50 Fun Facts About Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network launched as the first 24-hour single-genre cable channel on which date?

Ted Turner had bought the Hanna-Barbera library the year before, giving the new channel thousands of hours of cartoons to fill the schedule.

In 1991 Ted Turner bought the library of which animation studio, home of Scooby-Doo and The Flintstones?

Cartoon Network Studios began in 1994 as a division of Hanna-Barbera.

In which US city is Cartoon Network headquartered?

Its address is the Ted Turner Campus on Techwood Drive, shared with other Turner networks.

Which 1994 parody talk show made from recycled 1960s superhero footage was an early Cartoon Network original?

Zorak was the bandleader and the lava man Moltar the director; the show moved to Adult Swim in 2001.

Which 1995 anthology of shorts launched many of the network's first original series?

Seth MacFarlane and Butch Hartman both worked on shorts for the showcase before creating Family Guy and The Fairly OddParents.

Which show about a boy genius with a secret lab was Cartoon Network's first Cartoon Cartoons original?

Tartakovsky gave Dexter an accent because 'all well-known scientists have accents'.

What is the name of Dexter's hyperactive older sister, who constantly invades his lab?

The show also ran superhero segments, Dial M for Monkey and The Justice Friends.

What was the original title of Craig McCracken's Powerpuff Girls pilot, which Cartoon Network refused to market?

Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup were born when Professor Utonium spilled Chemical X into sugar, spice and everything nice.

The Powerpuff Girls' arch-enemy Mojo Jojo is what kind of animal?

He was Professor Utonium's lab assistant before the Chemical X accident enlarged his brain.

In which fictional city do the Powerpuff Girls fight crime?

The series premiered on 18 November 1998 and got a theatrical movie in 2002.

Johnny Bravo's home, Aron City, is named after the middle name of which singer he is modelled on?

Jeff Bennett voiced the pompadoured, sunglasses-wearing lunk, who was also partly based on James Dean.

Who voiced all three title siblings and the Red Guy in David Feiss's 1997 Cow and Chicken?

The Red Guy is a comic version of the Devil; the show's I Am Weasel segment was spun off as its own series in 1999.

In Ed, Edd n Eddy, the boys' endless scams are all aimed at buying which sweet?

Danny Antonucci's show ran long enough to become the longest-running singular series to premiere on the network at the time.

In Ed, Edd n Eddy, what surname do the sisters Lee, Marie and May share?

The series wrapped up with the TV film Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show in November 2009.

Courage the Cowardly Dog lives in the fictional town of Nowhere, in which state?

John R. Dilworth's 1996 pilot, The Chicken from Outer Space, was nominated for an Academy Award.

The Courage the Cowardly Dog pilot, which aired in 1996 and was nominated for an Oscar, had what title?

The full series did not premiere until November 1999.

Which lava-man character from a 1994 parody talk show first hosted Toonami in 1997?

The robot TOM took over as host in 1999, voiced for most of his run by Steve Blum.

Which two anime were among the first Toonami brought to American afternoons in the late 1990s?

Toonami's spaceship was called the Absolution; the block was revived on Adult Swim after an April Fools' stunt in 2012.

Adult Swim, Cartoon Network's late-night adult block, launched on which date?

The first night featured a new Home Movies episode and Cowboy Bebop; Williams Street programs the block.

Samurai Jack pits a samurai flung into the future against which shape-shifting demon?

Mako voiced the villain for the first four seasons; the fifth and final season aired on Adult Swim in 2017 and the show won eight Emmys.

In Codename: Kids Next Door, Sector V fights 'adult and teenage tyranny' from what kind of base?

They go by Numbuhs 1 through 5; the show ran from December 2002 to January 2008.

Which Japanese band performed the English and Japanese Teen Titans (2003) theme songs?

The series ended with the TV film Trouble in Tokyo in 2006, and the reboot Teen Titans Go! followed in 2013.

In Teen Titans, Starfire is an alien princess from which planet?

Raven, by contrast, comes from the parallel world Azarath.

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (2004) was Cartoon Network's first series animated mainly in which software?

Craig McCracken's follow-up to The Powerpuff Girls won seven Emmys.

In Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, what is the name of Mac's blue imaginary friend?

Wilt, Eduardo and Coco are fellow residents of the home run by Madame Foster and her granddaughter Frankie.

In Ben 10 (2005), what is the alien device on ten-year-old Ben Tennyson's wrist?

Ben spends the summer in his Grandpa Max's RV, the Rustbucket, with his cousin Gwen.

Ben 10 was created by which four-person writing collective, later behind Generator Rex and Big Hero 6?

The series premiered as a sneak peek on 27 December 2005.

Billy and Mandy win the Grim Reaper as their 'best friend forever' after beating him at what?

Greg Eagles voices Grim with a Jamaican accent; the show began as a segment of Grim & Evil in 2001.

In Chowder (2007), the title character is an apprentice in whose catering company?

Panini, apprentice to the rival chef Endive, has a perpetual crush on Chowder.

In The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, what kind of animal is Bubbie, who raised Flapjack?

He and Captain K'nuckles set out from Stormalong Harbor in search of Candied Island.

Adventure Time began as a short on which Frederator anthology series in 2008?

Pendleton Ward's full series premiered on 5 April 2010 and ran 283 episodes over 10 seasons.

In Adventure Time, Finn and Jake live in the post-apocalyptic Land of what?

Jeremy Shada voiced Finn and John DiMaggio voiced Jake; the show won eight Primetime Emmys and a Peabody.

In Regular Show, Mordecai is a blue jay; what animal is Rigby?

Their boss Benson is a gumball machine and the park's owner Pops is shaped like a lollipop.

In Regular Show, what is Skips, the park's immortal handyman?

J. G. Quintel's show ran from September 2010 to January 2017 and won an Emmy for the episode 'Eggscellent'.

In The Amazing World of Gumball, Gumball Watterson is a blue cat. What is his adoptive brother Darwin?

Ben Bocquelet's series famously mixes 2D, CGI, puppetry and live-action backgrounds within single scenes.

The Amazing World of Gumball was produced by a Cartoon Network studio on which continent?

Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe, in London, later became Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe.

Which 2013 series about a boy and three Crystal Gems in Beach City did Rebecca Sugar create?

Sugar was the first non-binary person to create a show independently for the network; it won a Peabody in 2019.

Which British singer voices Garnet, leader of the Crystal Gems, in Rebecca Sugar's 2013 series?

The Gems, Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl, live in the seaside town of Beach City.

Which Lord of the Rings actor voiced Wirt in Cartoon Network's 2014 miniseries Over the Garden Wall?

Patrick McHale's tale of two half-brothers lost in the Unknown won the Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program in 2015.

We Bare Bears' Grizz, Panda and Ice Bear live around which West Coast city?

Daniel Chong adapted it from his webcomic The Three Bare Bears; the bears travel by 'bear stack'.

Craig of the Creek's creators had previously written for which Cartoon Network show set in Beach City?

Craig, Kelsey and J.P. play in the creek in Herkleton, Maryland, a fictional town between Baltimore and Washington.

Which media conglomerate took ownership of Cartoon Network in a 2022 merger?

Turner Broadcasting was folded into Time Warner, then WarnerMedia, which merged with Discovery in April 2022 to form the company.

Which sister channel began in December 1992 as a Cartoon Network weekend block of vintage cartoons?

It became a channel of its own in 2000.

Which 1997 Cartoon Cartoon has two barnyard-animal siblings born to human parents?

Cow is a 7-year-old and Chicken is her 11-year-old brother; the show premiered in July 1997.

Which TNT executive did Ted Turner pick to devise the channel and serve as its first president?

Turner Broadcasting announced its launch plans on February 18, 1992.

In which year did Cartoon Network peak at about 100 million US pay-TV households?

By November 2023 the figure had fallen to roughly 66 million.

Which 2011 Cartoon Network block was devoted to series adapted from DC Comics properties?

It followed CN Real, a 2009 block of live-action reality shows for young viewers.

In which city is Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe, Cartoon Network's European production arm, located?

It was called Cartoon Network Studios Europe until 2021.

What Sunday-evening family-film block did Cartoon Network introduce in September 2021?

It launched alongside the preschool block Cartoonito.

Which organisation produced Big Bag, Cartoon Network's 1996 preschool puppet show?

It aired alongside Small World, which imported animated preschool series from other countries.