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|title=<center>''What a Cartoon!'' Cartoons</center>
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|imagecaption=A title card for What a Cartoon!
|imagecaption=A title card for ''What a Cartoon!''
|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|datefound=01 May '19
|datefound=01 May 2019
|foundby=Mr. Greenbeanz
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'''''The What A Cartoon! Show''''' was an animation showcase series created by Fred Seibert which aired on Cartoon Network.  
'''''The What A Cartoon! Show''''' was an animation showcase series created by Fred Seibert which aired on Cartoon Network.  


The series aired its first short, "The Powerpuff Girls in Meat Fuzzy Lumpkins" on February 20, 1995, as a "World Premiere Toon." During the original run of the shorts, the series was re-titled from "World Premiere Toons" to "The What A Cartoon! Show" and later to "The Cartoon Cartoon Show," this time with no What A Cartoon! Intro and a new theme. These versions of the shorts were broadcast for a period in the early 2000s as a part of the Cartoon Cartoon Show block and on Boomerang for a while in the summer of 2007. They are currently the most prevalent versions of the shorts online today. The project ultimately brought six original winning series to the network, including ''The Powerpuff Girls'', ''Cow and Chicken'', ''Dexter's Laboratory'', and ''Courage the Cowardly Dog''.
The series aired its first short, "The Powerpuff Girls in Meat Fuzzy Lumpkins" on February 20th, 1995, as a "World Premiere Toon". During the original run of the shorts, the series was re-titled from ''World Premiere Toons'' to ''The What A Cartoon! Show'' and later to ''The Cartoon Cartoon Show'', this time with no ''What A Cartoon!'' intro and a new theme. These versions of the shorts were broadcast for a period in the early 2000s as a part of the "Cartoon Cartoon Show" block and on Boomerang for a while in the summer of 2007. They are currently the most prevalent versions of the shorts online today. The project ultimately brought six original winning series to the network, including ''The Powerpuff Girls'', ''Cow and Chicken'', ''Dexter's Laboratory'', and ''Courage the Cowardly Dog''.


Despite massive popularity at the time and bringing the struggling network<ref>[http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2007/09/01/blog-history-of-frederator%e2%80%99s-original-carto-2/ Part 17 of Fred Seibert's series of blog posts, mentioning ''What A Cartoon!''.] Retrieved 14 May '19</ref> out of its minor financial depravities, it never had any video releases of any kind (besides a few shorts being featured as "bonus toons" on select Cartoon Network VHS tapes). As a result, several of the short's variants can't be found physically or online.
Despite massive popularity at the time and bringing the struggling network<ref>[http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2007/09/01/blog-history-of-frederator%e2%80%99s-original-carto-2/ Part 17 of Fred Seibert's series of blog posts, mentioning ''What A Cartoon!''.] Retrieved 14 May '19</ref> out of its minor financial depravities, it never had any video releases of any kind (besides a few shorts being featured as "bonus toons" on select Cartoon Network VHS tapes). As a result, several of the short's variants can't be found physically or online.


The missing versions of the shorts are the original "What A Cartoon!" variants, which have an extended intro where a character from the episode says the title (What A Cartoon), followed by rock music (the rock music also played during the credits).
The missing versions of the shorts are the original ''What A Cartoon!'' variants, which have an extended intro where a character from the episode says the title (What A Cartoon), followed by rock music (the rock music also played during the credits).


On May 1st, 2019, an Internet Archive user named Mr. Greenbeanz uploaded all of the ''What A Cartoon!'' versions of the shorts as a playlist.
On May 1st, 2019, an Internet Archive user named Mr. Greenbeanz uploaded all of the ''What A Cartoon!'' versions of the shorts as a playlist.
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==External Link==
==External Link==
*[https://archive.org/details/yt-WhatACartoon Archive.org "mirror" of most of the found videos]
*[https://archive.org/details/yt-WhatACartoon Archive.org "mirror" of most of the found videos.]
*[https://archive.org/details/WhatACartoonSeason1 Archive.org upload of all of The What a Cartoon! shorts.] Retrieved 01 May '19
*[https://archive.org/details/WhatACartoonSeason1 Archive.org upload of all of The ''What a Cartoon!'' shorts.] Retrieved 01 May '19


==Reference==
==Reference==

Revision as of 15:59, 16 May 2020

Whatacartoon.png

A title card for What a Cartoon!

Status: Found

Date found: 01 May 2019

Found by: Mr. Greenbeanz

The What A Cartoon! Show was an animation showcase series created by Fred Seibert which aired on Cartoon Network.

The series aired its first short, "The Powerpuff Girls in Meat Fuzzy Lumpkins" on February 20th, 1995, as a "World Premiere Toon". During the original run of the shorts, the series was re-titled from World Premiere Toons to The What A Cartoon! Show and later to The Cartoon Cartoon Show, this time with no What A Cartoon! intro and a new theme. These versions of the shorts were broadcast for a period in the early 2000s as a part of the "Cartoon Cartoon Show" block and on Boomerang for a while in the summer of 2007. They are currently the most prevalent versions of the shorts online today. The project ultimately brought six original winning series to the network, including The Powerpuff Girls, Cow and Chicken, Dexter's Laboratory, and Courage the Cowardly Dog.

Despite massive popularity at the time and bringing the struggling network[1] out of its minor financial depravities, it never had any video releases of any kind (besides a few shorts being featured as "bonus toons" on select Cartoon Network VHS tapes). As a result, several of the short's variants can't be found physically or online.

The missing versions of the shorts are the original What A Cartoon! variants, which have an extended intro where a character from the episode says the title (What A Cartoon), followed by rock music (the rock music also played during the credits).

On May 1st, 2019, an Internet Archive user named Mr. Greenbeanz uploaded all of the What A Cartoon! versions of the shorts as a playlist.

Formerly Missing Variants

Episode Name Status
Dexter's Laboratory "The Big Sister" Found
Boid N' Woim Found
Buy One, Get One Free Found
Podunk Possum in "One Step Beyond" Found
Johnny Bravo Found
The Zoonatiks in "Home Sweet Home" Found
Pfish and Chip Found
Hard Luck Duck Found
Sledgehammer O' Possum in "Out and About" Found
Wind Up Wolf Found
Awfully Lucky Found
Johnny Bravo in "The Amazon Women" Found
Snoot's New Squat Found
Sledgehammer O' Possum in "What's Goin' On Back There" Found
Pfish and Chip in "Blammo the Clown" Found

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