Cartoon Network Movies

Credits

Editions by

Michael Kenchington

Background

Cartoon Network Movies is the film production arm of Cartoon Network.

1st Logo (2002)

Logo: On a background with a red light and several spirals emerging from the center (similar to the background for the Cartoon Cartoons logo), the 1992-2004 Cartoon Network logo zooms towards us.

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: An announcer saying either “…from Cartoon Network…” or “Cartoon Network presents…”, as taken from the trailers.

Availability: This logo was made specifically for the first theatrical trailer and video release teaser for The Powerpuff Girls Movie.

2nd Logo (July 3, 2002)

Logo: We see the seat view of a movie theater with several characters from the Warner Bros. cartoons, MGM cartoons, Hanna-Barbera cartoons, and Cartoon Network originals in the seats as the camera slowly zooms out. Then after a moment, the theater darkens leaving it pitch-black with many blinking eyeballs. The light from the projector shines on the audience, with the characters’ eyes forming the 1992-2004 Cartoon Network logo.

Trivia: Characters included in this logo are as follows, listed from top to bottom row:

• Dexter’s Mom and Dad, Giant Fishballoon, Krunk, Gossamer, Jabberjaw, Foghorn Leghorn, Aku, Grape Ape
• Bossman, Magilla Gorilla, Cindy Bear, Yogi Bear, Velma Dinkley, Valhallen, Blue Falcon, Birdman, Zandor, Tasmanian Devil, Mandark, Squiddly Diddly, Judy Jetson, Judy’s Boyfriend
• May Kanker, Astro, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy, Scrappy-Doo, Otto Osworth, Bugs Bunny, Larry 3000, Rosie, Wile E. Coyote, I.R. Baboon, Ricochet Rabbit, Hong Kong Phooey, Jonny Quest
• Buck Tuddrussel, Muttley, Bandit, Huckleberry Hound, Porky Pig, Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Lenny Baxter, Space Ghost, Scooby-Doo, Ms. Bellum, Hector Con Carne and Boskov
• The Wolf, The Mayor of Townsville, Baba Looey, Chicken, Fred Flintstone, Thundarr, Ed, Dee Dee, Shaggy Rogers, Droopy, Brak, Daffy Duck
• The Red Guy, Sheep, Wilma Flintstone, Betty Rubble, Johnny Bravo, Grim, Courage, Creeper, Dexter, I.M. Weasel
• Cow, Dick Dastardly, Edd, Buttercup, Bubbles, Mojo Jojo, Blossom, Samurai Jack, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, Penelope Pitstop
• Eddy, Zorak, Barney Rubble, Boo-Boo Bear, Eustace Bagge, Muriel Bagge, Snagglepuss
• Dr. Benton Quest, Quick Draw McGraw, Hadji, Professor Utonium, Secret Squirrel, Plank

Technique: A pretty nice combination of 2D (for the characters) and 3D animation (for the theater seats). This logo was done by Primal Screen, the same people who made some of the PBS Kids logos.

Music/Sounds: Chattering and other miscellaneous sound effects, followed by blinking noises, and a projector running with a cymbal roll.

Availability: Rare.

• Only seen on The Powerpuff Girls Movie and the Dexter’s Laboratory short Chicken Scratch on The Powerpuff Girls Movie VHS and DVD releases.
• It can also be seen on Primal Screen’s website as well.
• Footage from this logo was also reused for a 60-second bumper celebrating Cartoon Network’s 10th anniversary, and then as an actual bumper for later on.

3rd Logo (August 11, 2006-November 21, 2007)

Logo: On an ethereal sky background, a plasma television set with wings flies up, then stops. When this happens, characters from various CN originals pop out around the television. On the set, we see a fuzzy picture of the Cartoon Network Movies logo (the CN logo from 2004-2010 with a gold banner reading “MOVIES” below). We then zoom up to the TV, whose picture clears up, and the CNM logo starts to shine. The logo situates itself into a letterbox format.

Trivia:

• Like the previous logo, most of the characters featured in this logo include:
  • Edd (Ed, Edd n Eddy)
  • Eddy (Ed, Edd n Eddy)
  • Tamika Jones (Class of 3000)
  • Bloo (Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends)
  • Mac (Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends)
  • Eduardo (Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends)
  • Billy (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
  • Jake Spidermonkey (My Gym Partner’s a Monkey)
• The animations of Edd (from Ed, Edd n Eddy), Eddy (also from Ed, Edd n Eddy) and Billy (from The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) were recycled from Cartoon Cartoon Fridays, a block that ran on Cartoon Network from 1999 to 2003.

Variant: Sometimes the banner simply reads “MOVIE”, which doesn’t include the letter “S”.

Technique: A mix of 2D and 3D animation.

Music/Sounds: Three chimes when the TV flies up, then two orchestral hits (one when the TV stops, and the second when we zoom up to it). The sounds of children laughing are heard as the characters appear.

Availability: Rare.

• It appears on several CN made-for-TV movies from 2006 to 2007, such as Ben 10: Race Against Time, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends: Destination Imagination, and Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo.
• Some of which had not been seen in years.