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unusual facts about cartoon series



Barbarian Chronicles

The Barbarian Chronicles is a planned animated television program by Brendon Small, creator of Home Movies and Metalocalypse.

John Mariano

A gifted improviser, sketch player and voice-over artist, his impression of Robert De Niro in a sketch entitled "De Niro Sings the Supremes" at The Groundlings, led to him playing a pigeon named Bobby in the cartoon series Animaniacs, who is based on a character played by De Niro in Goodfellas.

Mal Pope

He also sang the theme songs of the Welsh children's television shows Fireman Sam (1987), SuperTed (1982), Satellite City (1988) and Joshua Jones (1991).

Melissa Bardin Galsky

She was associate producer and talent coordinator for Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, but is best known for playing the character "Melissa" on the show Home Movies, which aired on both UPN and Cartoon Network and was created by Loren Bouchard and Brendon Small.

Popeye and Son

Popeye and Son is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and King Features Entertainment, and aired for one season and thirteen episodes on CBS.

The Losing Edge

"The Losing Edge" is the fifth episode of the ninth season of the American animated series South Park.


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Active Enterprises

Action 52 also included a game titled The Cheetahmen, which Active Enterprises trademarked in 1992 and hoped to turn into a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-inspired media franchise consisting of action figures, a comic book series and even a television cartoon series.

Animated series

Cartoon series are sometimes grouped together according to network programming demands.

Apple Mighty Mouse

Prior to launching the device, Apple received a license to the name "Mighty Mouse" from Viacom, and subsequently CBS Operations, as owner of the Mighty Mouse cartoon series, the title having been registered in the U.S. as a trademark with respect to various merchandise (such as T-shirts and multivitamins) associated with the character.

Budgie

Budgie the Little Helicopter, a children's cartoon series by Sarah, Duchess of York

Bunghole

In the MTV cartoon series Beavis and Butt-head created by Mike Judge, the term "bunghole" was popularized as both a personal insult and slang for anus.

Captain Ultra

Captain Ultra makes a cameo appearance in the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon series episode "Damage Control", voiced by Cam Clarke.

Cartoon Saloon

The company developed the successful cartoon series Skunk Fu!.

Chauncey Leopardi

During the late 1990s, he played a recurring role as Otto the Nome Prince in the ABC cartoon series The Oz Kids.

Country Music Television

On April 4, 2012, CMT announced its first cartoon series, Bounty Hunters, featuring the voices of Jeff Foxworthy, Larry the Cable Guy and Bill Engvall who also serve as executive producers.

Crazylegs Crane

Crazylegs Crane is a 16-episode made-for-television cartoon series produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises in 1978 for The All New Pink Panther Show on ABC.

Dario De Toffoli

More recent games have had a more mainstream focus such as Sudoku and Kakuro board games and themed board games such as for the Totally Spies! cartoon series.

Dino 5

The Dino 5 has also been optioned for a cartoon series and Grammy-winning poet Ursula Rucker narrates its audio book.

Don Diamond

He performed extensive voice-over work in commercials and cartoons, most notably as the voice of Toro in the DePatie-Freleng Enterprises cartoon series Tijuana Toads.

Eddie Germano

Germano also won an award for his cartoon series on heavyweight boxer Rocky Marciano, who grew up in Brockton, MA.

EMH

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, an American cartoon series by Marvel Animation

Five o'clock shadow

Another famous media figure with this facial look is Homer Simpson from the cartoon series The Simpsons, although in his case it grows immediately after shaving in the morning.

Free Country

Free Country USA, the fictional setting of the Homestar Runner cartoon series

Here Comes the Grump

Here Comes the Grump is an animated cartoon series produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and aired on NBC from 1969 to 1970.

Hondo Maclean

Taking their name from a character in 80s cartoon series M.A.S.K., Hondo Maclean emerged from the South Wales hardcore scene to wider recognition, including touring with former Jackass star Steve-O and engaging in their own headline tour.

Janine Melnitz

In the cartoon series Real Ghostbusters, she was originally voiced by Laura Summer and later by Kath Soucie.

Jay Ward Productions

Jay Ward Productions (or simply Ward Productions) was an American animated television cartoon series production company, founded in 1949 by American animator Jay Ward.

Jean-Jacques Perrey

Perrey's 1974 moog track, "Boys And Girls," on which he collaborated with Gilbert Sigrist, is used for the closing credits music in the Nickelodeon cartoon series, The Mighty B!

Jeff Pescetto

He is also well known for being the singer of the theme song to the 80's cartoon series DuckTales.

John Reiner

John Reiner (born 1956) is a cartoonist who collaborates with writer Bunny Hoest on three cartoon series: The Lockhorns, syndicated by King Features, and Laugh Parade and Howard Huge (both for Parade magazine).

King Randor

In early material, the character is called King Miro, this was later given in the Filmation cartoon series as King Randor's long-lost father's name.

Maggie Blue O'Hara

In Hong Kong, Maggie provides voices for name-brand electronic toys such as VTech, and cartoon series such as Hello Kitty and Friends.

Michael Stark

Other roles included Superboy (his only live-action role), Onimusha (for PlayStation 2), Police Academy (the cartoon series) and Noddy (his last voice role for television).

Misterjaw

Misterjaw is a 34-episode made-for-television cartoon series, produced at DePatie-Freleng Enterprises in 1976 for The Pink Panther and Friends television series on NBC.

Monchhichi

The American cartoon series Monchhichis was produced by Hanna-Barbera in 1983 and aired on ABC in an effort to promote the doll line.

Monchhichis is an American cartoon series produced by Hanna-Barbera.

Neversoft

They initially found work for Playmates Interactive Entertainment a then division of Playmates Toys, who were about to release a line of toys called Skeleton Warriors and wanted a video game to go along with the toys and the cartoon series.

Night Hood

Night Hood was a cartoon series inspired by the Arsène Lupin novels and was produced by Cinar and France Animation S.A. for television audiences in both English and French-speaking nations.

Phileas Fogg

The 1980s cartoon series, Around the World with Willy Fog was based on, and expanded on, the original story.

Puss 'n Boots: Pero's Great Adventure

The game was featured in the episode "Once Upon a Time Machine" in the second season of the video game-themed cartoon series, Captain N: The Game Master.

Red-headed Woodpecker

In the 1940s, Warner Bros popularized a television cartoon series about a red-headed woodpecker named "Woody Woodpecker," created by Walter Lantz.

Rowby Goren

He also wrote for numerous cartoon series including Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, The Berenstain Bears, The Busy World of Richard Scarry, Tiny Toon Adventures, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! as well as Saturday morning series such as various Sid and Marty Krofft's H.R. Pufnstuf series.

Sanmao

Wanderings of Sanmao, a 2006 cartoon series based on the comic character

Smartwatch

In the 1983 cartoon series Inspector Gadget, the protagonist's niece, Penny, wears a device on her wrist known as a "utility watch" that was capable of wireless videoconferencing and she frequently used the device to communicate with her pet dog who was named "Brain".

Space Ace

A short-lived cartoon series based on Space Ace was produced in 1984 as part of the Saturday Supercade cartoon block (which was composed of cartoon shorts based on current video games) with Space Ace voiced by Jim Piper, Dexter voiced by Sparky Marcus, Kimberly voiced by Nancy Cartwright, and Commander Borf voiced by Arthur Burghardt.

Starship Regulars

Starship Regulars was an animated Macromedia Flash cartoon series created by Simpsons producer Rob LaZebnik for Icebox in 1999.

Sugar, Sugar

It was performed by The Archies, a band formed by a group of fictional teenagers in the television cartoon series The Archie Show.

The Pink Panther Show

Henry Mancini composed "The Pink Panther Theme" for the live action films, which would be used prominently in the cartoon series as well.

The Pit and the Pendulum

In a 1970 episode from the animated cartoon series The Perils of Penelope Pitstop, entitled "London Town Treachery", the Hooded Claw has captured Penelope and attempts to kill her using a pendulum that swings lower and lower, as in Poe's story.

The Woodpecker Song

The song is not The Woody Woodpecker Song composed later in the 1940s by George Tibbles and Ramey Idriess and used in the Woody Woodpecker cartoon series.

Wheat Thins

A more recent commercial aired during Super Bowl XLVI featuring Brian and Stewie from cartoon series Family Guy, in which Stewie puts emphasis on the "H" in "Wheat", saying "Hwheat Thins."

Young Mutley

Woodley obtained his nickname from his father, who was said to laugh like Muttley from the cartoon series Wacky Races.