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Random! Cartoons is a spin-off
of the Nickelodeon animation
showcase Oh Yeah! Cartoons
. Produced by Frederator Studios
and Nickelodeon Animation Studios for the Nicktoons Network
, it premiered on Nicktoons Network
on December 6, 2008.
, ordered thirteen full-length episodes for the show which is also known as Oh Yeah! Cartoons
fourth season.
Unlike Oh Yeah!, there is no host. On January 10, 2007, ASIFA-Hollywood hosted an advance screening of six shorts as well as a question and answer session with the filmmakers at the Nicktoons Studios in Burbank, California. Two of the shorts were selected to become television series. Those shorts were Adventure Time and Fanboy. Adventure Time
began airing on April 5, 2010 on Cartoon Network. Fanboy, under the name Fanboy and Chum Chum
, began airing on November 7, 2009 on Nickelodeon.
Spin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
of the Nickelodeon animation
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
showcase Oh Yeah! Cartoons
Oh Yeah! Cartoons
Oh Yeah! Cartoons is an American animation showcase that appeared on the Nickelodeon cable channel. Oh Yeah! was an animation project guided by Fred Seibert, former Creative Director of MTV Networks and President of Hanna-Barbera...
. Produced by Frederator Studios
Frederator Studios
Frederator Studios is an independent American production company founded by Fred Seibert in 1997, with its first series launching in 1998. The studio focuses primarily on artists who write their own shorts, series, and movies...
and Nickelodeon Animation Studios for the Nicktoons Network
NickToons Network
Nicktoons is an American digital cable and satellite television network owned by Viacom. It is a sister service of the Nickelodeon cable channel...
, it premiered on Nicktoons Network
NickToons Network
Nicktoons is an American digital cable and satellite television network owned by Viacom. It is a sister service of the Nickelodeon cable channel...
on December 6, 2008.
Description
Creator Fred SeibertFred Seibert
Frederick "Fred" Seibert is a television and film producer and entertainment entrepreneur who owns Frederator Studios, and who has held leading positions with MTV Networks, Hanna-Barbera, and Next New Networks; he owns Frederator Studios...
, ordered thirteen full-length episodes for the show which is also known as Oh Yeah! Cartoons
Oh Yeah! Cartoons
Oh Yeah! Cartoons is an American animation showcase that appeared on the Nickelodeon cable channel. Oh Yeah! was an animation project guided by Fred Seibert, former Creative Director of MTV Networks and President of Hanna-Barbera...
fourth season.
Unlike Oh Yeah!, there is no host. On January 10, 2007, ASIFA-Hollywood hosted an advance screening of six shorts as well as a question and answer session with the filmmakers at the Nicktoons Studios in Burbank, California. Two of the shorts were selected to become television series. Those shorts were Adventure Time and Fanboy. Adventure Time
Adventure Time
Adventure Time was a local children's television show on WTAE-TV 4 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1959 to 1975. It was hosted by the late Paul Shannon, with guitarist Joe Negri and puppeteer Jim Martin...
began airing on April 5, 2010 on Cartoon Network. Fanboy, under the name Fanboy and Chum Chum
Fanboy and Chum Chum
Fanboy and Chum Chum is an American CGI animated television series produced by Frederator Studios. It is based on a first episode/short from Frederator's Random! Cartoons called Fanboy...
, began airing on November 7, 2009 on Nickelodeon.
List of shorts
| Prod. No. | Segment | Creator | Original airdate | Synopsis | Cast | Series/Short |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Solomon Fix" | Doug TenNapel Doug TenNapel Douglas Richard "Doug" TenNapel is an American musician, animator, Eisner Award-winning artist, author, essayist and Christian. He is best known for creating Earthworm Jim, a character that spawned a famous video game, cartoon series, and toy line.-Early life:TenNapel was born and raised in the... |
December 6, 2008 | A bear wants to protect a man. | Short | |
| Kyle Carrozza | December 6, 2008 | Moobeard searches the treasure of Hookamookapookalat. | Short | |||
| "Two Witch Sisters" | Niki Yang Niki Yang Niki Hyun Yang is a South Korean animator who currently lives in the United States. After graduating from Hongik University and then CalArts, she became one of the storyboard artists of Family Guy before moving to Frederator Studios.-Animated shorts:* "Where is the Jackknife?" * "East of the Sun,... |
December 6, 2008 | Short | |||
| 2 | "The Finster Finster Show" | Jeff DeGrandis Jeff DeGrandis Jeff DeGrandis is an American animation director and producer. He is currently Supervising Producer on Dora the Explorer, Go, Diego, Go!, and Ni Hao Kai Lan... |
December 7, 2008 | Short | ||
| "Adventure Time Adventure Time Adventure Time was a local children's television show on WTAE-TV 4 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1959 to 1975. It was hosted by the late Paul Shannon, with guitarist Joe Negri and puppeteer Jim Martin... " |
Pendleton Ward Pendleton Ward Pendleton "Pen" Ward is an American animator, musician, screenwriter and producer. He has worked on cartoons such as The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack , and created Adventure Time .... |
December 7, 2008 | Series | |||
| "Mind the Kitty" | Anne Walker | December 7, 2008 | Short | |||
| 3 | "Ivan the Unbearable" | Andrew Dickman | December 13, 2008 | Short | ||
| "Boneheads" | Polygon Pictures Polygon Pictures is a Japanese 3DCG anime studio.They have animated a wide variety of content, from commercials for Shiseido, which included numerous of their original characters, such as the two penguins , to the 3DCG anime TV series Digital Tokoro-san and their upcoming 3DCG anime film Samuroid Zero.In 2004,... |
December 13, 2008 | Short | |||
| "Tiffany" | Adan Henry | December 13, 2008 | Short | |||
| 4 | "Call Me Bessie!" | Diane Kredensor, Dana Galin | December 20, 2008 | Short | ||
| "Teapot" | Greg Eagles Greg Eagles Greg Eagles is an American voice actor whose talents have been used for numerous TV shows and video games... |
December 20, 2008 | Two kids that are fans of rap music are going to meet a famous rapper. | Short | ||
| "Hornswiggle" | Jerry Beck Jerry Beck Jerry Beck is a well-known animation historian, with ten books and numerous articles to his credit. He is also an animation producer, an industry consultant to Warner Bros., and has been an executive with Nickelodeon and Disney.... |
December 20, 2008 | Short | |||
| 5 | "Hero Heights" | Raul Aguirre Jr., Bill Ho | December 27, 2008 | Short | ||
| "Yaki and Yumi" | Aliki Theofilopoulos Grafft | December 27, 2008 | Short | |||
| "Gary Guitar" | Bill Plympton Bill Plympton William "Bill" Calvin Plympton is an American animator, former cartoonist, director, screenwriter and producer best known for his 1987 Academy Award-nominated animated short Your Face. and his series of shorts Guard Dog, Guide Dog, Hot Dog and Horn Dog.- Biography :Bill Plympton was born in... |
December 27, 2008 | Short | |||
| 6 | Krunch and the Kid | Adam Henry | January 3, 2009 | Short | ||
| "Bradwurst" | Jason Plapp, Angelo di Nallo | January 3, 2009 | Short | |||
| "Dr. Froyd's Funny Farm" | Bill Burnett, Jaime Diaz | January 3, 2009 | Short | |||
| 7 | "The Bravest Warriors" | Pendleton Ward Pendleton Ward Pendleton "Pen" Ward is an American animator, musician, screenwriter and producer. He has worked on cartoons such as The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack , and created Adventure Time .... |
January 10, 2009 | Short | ||
| "The Dangerous Duck Brothers" | Patrick Ventura | January 10, 2009 | Two ducks want to crash the dangerous record | Short | ||
| "Sparkles and Gloom" | Melissa Wolfe, Anne Walker | January 10, 2009 | Short | |||
| 8 | "The Infinite Goliath | Mike Gray, Erik Knutson | January 17, 2009 | Short | ||
| "Kyle + Rosemary" | Jun Falkenstein Jun Falkenstein Jun Falkenstein is an animation director, writer, and story artist. She is best known for directing the Disney theatrical feature The Tigger Movie.-Film and television work:* 2011: Gatchaman. Director.... |
January 17, 2009 | Short | |||
| "Garlic Boy" | John Dilworth | January 17, 2009 | Short | |||
| 9 | "Flavio" | Mike Milo | January 24, 2009 | Short | ||
| "SamSquatch" | Adam Muto | January 24, 2009 | An explorer finds a Bigfoot named SamSquatch | Short | ||
| "Girls on the Go" | Aliki Theofilopoulos Grafft | January 24, 2009 | Short | |||
| 10 | "Victor the Delivery Dog" | Niki Yang Niki Yang Niki Hyun Yang is a South Korean animator who currently lives in the United States. After graduating from Hongik University and then CalArts, she became one of the storyboard artists of Family Guy before moving to Frederator Studios.-Animated shorts:* "Where is the Jackknife?" * "East of the Sun,... |
January 31, 2009 | Short | ||
| "Bronk and Bongo" | Manny Galan, Alan Goodman Alan Goodman Alan Goodman has played a key role in creating and launching many media brands since 1981, first in cable television and now for the internet and other platforms.... |
January 31, 2009 | Short | |||
| "Thom Cat" | Mike Gray | January 31, 2009 | Short | |||
| 11 | "Sugarfoot" | Erik Knutson | April 4, 2009 | Short | ||
| "Dugly Uckling's Treasure Quest" | Guy Vasilovich Guy Vasilovich Guy Vasilovich is an American writer and director. He has also held such positions as executive producer, art director, layout artist, storyboard writer, and visual developer.-Awards and nominations:... |
April 4, 2009 | Short | |||
| "Dr. Dee and Bit Boy" | Seo Jun-Kyo, Kang Yo-Kong, Larry Huber | April 4, 2009 | Short | |||
| 12 | "Super John Doe Jr." | Lincoln Peirce Lincoln Peirce Lincoln Peirce is a mexican cartoonist who writes the comic strip Big Nate. Peirce is from Portland, Maine, lives with his wife and two children, and occasionally gives lectures to students about cartoon creating.... |
April 11, 2009 | Short | ||
| "Six Monsters" | Alan Goodman, Fred Seibert Fred Seibert Frederick "Fred" Seibert is a television and film producer and entertainment entrepreneur who owns Frederator Studios, and who has held leading positions with MTV Networks, Hanna-Barbera, and Next New Networks; he owns Frederator Studios... |
April 11, 2009 | Short | |||
| "Ratzafratz!" | Karl Toerge, Jim Wyatt | April 11, 2009 | Short | |||
| 13 | "Squirly Town" | Doug TenNapel Doug TenNapel Douglas Richard "Doug" TenNapel is an American musician, animator, Eisner Award-winning artist, author, essayist and Christian. He is best known for creating Earthworm Jim, a character that spawned a famous video game, cartoon series, and toy line.-Early life:TenNapel was born and raised in the... |
August 14, 2009 | Short | ||
| "Fanboy Fanboy and Chum Chum Fanboy and Chum Chum is an American CGI animated television series produced by Frederator Studios. It is based on a first episode/short from Frederator's Random! Cartoons called Fanboy... " |
Eric Robles | August 14, 2009 | Fanboy and Chum Chum buy their first Frosty Smoothy. | Series | ||
| "HandyCat" | G. Brian Reynolds, Russ Harris | August 14, 2009 | Short |
See also
- Nicktoons Film FestivalNicktoons Film FestivalThe Nicktoons Animation Festival is an annual event that was created by producer Fred Seibert and produced for its first three years by his Frederator Studios. Founded in 2004 to showcase the diversity of worldwide animation filmmaking, it is the largest multiplatform animation festival in North...
: The television series and competition. - List of Oh Yeah! Cartoons episodes: A complete list of episodes of the television series.
- Oh Yeah! CartoonsOh Yeah! CartoonsOh Yeah! Cartoons is an American animation showcase that appeared on the Nickelodeon cable channel. Oh Yeah! was an animation project guided by Fred Seibert, former Creative Director of MTV Networks and President of Hanna-Barbera...
: The original Oh Yeah! Cartoons. - What a Cartoon! ShowThe Cartoon Cartoon ShowWhat a Cartoon! , is an American animation showcase project created by Fred Seibert for Hanna-Barbera Cartoons to be run on Cartoon Network...
: The series competitor created by Cartoon Network in 1995. - KaBlam!KaBlam!KaBlam! is an American animated television series that ran on Nickelodeon from 1996 to 2000. Then it moved to The N on April 15, 2002 as part of its The N's Saturday Nights block...
: The original competitor of Oh Yeah! Cartoons, airing two years prior to its premiere.
External links
- Post on Frederator's blog announcing the series' name
- Random Cartoons production blog
- Information on the advanced screening
- Episode list at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- Official Hornswiggle site
- Official Mind the Kitty site
- Official MooBeard the Cow Pirate site
- Official Kyle+Rosemary site
- Official Flavio cartoon site
- http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/promotion_landing_page/adventuretime/index.html?episodeID=8a250ab025958a5f0125d5eff3a0032d cartoon network