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 was premiered on December 6, 2008.
| Random! Cartoons | |
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| Created by | Fred Seibert |
| Starring | Various |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 13 (39 7-min cartoon segments) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes (7 minutes per segment) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nicktoons |
| Release | December 6, 2008 – August 14, 2009 |
Description
Creator Fred Seibert,[1] 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. Three of the shorts were selected to become television series and one of the shorts was selected to become a web series. Those shorts were Adventure Time, The Bravest Warriors, and Fanboy. Adventure Time began airing on April 5, 2010 on Cartoon Network. The Bravest Warriors, under the name Bravest Warriors, began airing on November 8, 2012 on Cartoon Hangover's YouTube channel. Fanboy, under the name Fanboy and Chum Chum, began airing on November 7, 2009 on Nickelodeon.
Despite not being picked up by any networks yet as of 2013, the shorts "Teapot", "Kyle + Rosemary", "Mind the Kitty" and "Hero Heights" have grown successful through the internet by being spun-off to different merchandises such as video games, artwork, fans, websites and online games.
In late March 2013, the show finally returned to a daytime airing slot at 10:00-11:00 am after only being aired two times a month at 5:00 am for a long time on Nicktoons.
List of shorts
| Prod. No. | Segment | Creator | Original airdate | Synopsis | Cast | Series/Short |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Solomon Fix" | Doug TenNapel | December 6, 2008 | A teddy bear named Solomon Fix is assigned to protect Ned, only that the child finds him lame. | Rob Paulsen as Soloman Fix John DiMaggio Maurice LaMarche |
Short |
| "MooBeard the Cow Pirate" | Kyle Carrozza | December 6, 2008 | Moobeard with his companion searches the treasure of the lost island of Hookamookapookalat. | Billy West as Moobeard | Short | |
| "Two Witch Sisters" | Niki Yang | December 6, 2008 | Twin witch sisters are causing magic-induced havoc at a park. | S. Scott Bullock as Dorothy Dee Bradley Baker as Carrot Candi Milo Niki Yang |
Short | |
| 2 | "The Finster Finster Show!" | Jeff DeGrandis | December 7, 2008 | Two Finsters battle anthrophomorphic frozen chickens in the supermarket. | Short | |
| "Adventure Time" | Pendleton Ward | December 7, 2008 | Penn and Jake battle the Ice King to save Princess Bubblegum. | Zack Shada as Pen John DiMaggio as Jake Paige Moss as Princess Bubblegum John Kassir as Ice King |
TV Series | |
| "Mind the Kitty" | Anne Walker | December 7, 2008 | Short | |||
| 3 | "Ivan the Unbearable" | Andrew Dickman | December 13, 2008 | Short | ||
| "Boneheads" | Polygon Pictures | December 13, 2008 | Roccos and Bone search for babanas. | Short | ||
| "Tiffany" | Adan Henry | December 13, 2008 | A doll must help her friend overcome a fear of horses. | Short | ||
| 4 | "Hero Heights" | Raul Aguirre Jr., Bill Ho | December 27, 2008 | Short | ||
| "Yaki & Yumi" | Aliki Theofilopoulos Grafft | December 27, 2008 | A bat and a dragon participate in a dance competition. | Candi Milo as Yumi | Short | |
| "Gary Guitar" | Bill Plympton | December 27, 2008 | Short | |||
| 5 | "Call Me Bessie!" | Diane Kredensor, Dana Galin | December 20, 2008 | A cow enrolls her friend in a scuba-diving class...but her friend does not want to go! | Short | |
| "Teapot" | Greg Eagles | December 20, 2008 | Two African-American kids that are fans of rap music are going to meet a famous rapper. | Greg Eagles | Short | |
| "Hornswiggle" | Jerry Beck | December 20, 2008 | Jeff Bennett Maurice LaMarche |
Short | ||
| 6 | "Krunch and the Kid" | Adam Henry | January 3, 2009 | Kevin Michael Richardson as Krunch Colleen O'Shaughnessey |
Short | |
| "Bradwurst" | Jason Plapp, Angelo di Nallo | January 3, 2009 | A grumpy sausage sabotages his friends' party. | Tom Kenny as Bradwurst | Short | |
| "Dr. Froyd's Funny Farm" | Bill Burnett, Jaime Diaz | January 3, 2009 | Dr. Froyd needs someone to test out a science experiment, but none of the animals on his funny farm want to! | Nika Futterman Candi Milo Charlie Adler |
Short | |
| 7 | "The Bravest Warriors" | Pendleton Ward | January 10, 2009 | Chris, Beth, Wallo, and Danny save the brain dogs from the tickle monster. | Charlie Schlatter as Chris Tara Strong as Beth Dan Finnerty as Wallo Rob Paulsen as Danny |
Web Series |
| "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 | The two daughters of Prince Charming (one with dark and one with light powers) have their powers switched before the talent show in there good/evil school. | Short | ||
| 8 | "The Infinite Goliath" | Mike Gray, Erik Knutson | January 17, 2009 | A super villain on parole moves into a neighborhood. | Kevin Michael Richardson as Infinity Goliath Darran Norris |
Short |
| "Kyle + Rosemary" | Jun Falkenstein | January 17, 2009 | A geek and a goth who play MMORPG games must break their shells to be together | Short | ||
| "Garlic Boy" | John R. Dilworth | January 17, 2009 | A garlic with a healing tonic wants to do good for folks. | Short | ||
| 9 | "Flavio" | Mike Milo | January 24, 2009 | An Italian goat wishes to be an inventor. | Rob Paulsen as Flavio | Short |
| "SamSquatch" | Adam Muto | January 24, 2009 | A cryptid hunter finds a Bigfoot named SamSquatch | Daran Norris | Short | |
| "Girls on the Go" | Aliki Theofilopoulos Grafft | January 24, 2009 | Short | |||
| 10 | "Victor the Delivery Dog" | Niki Yang | January 31, 2009 | Victor has to make deliveries before dinnertime. | Short | |
| "Bronk and Bongo" | Manny Galan, Alan Goodman | January 31, 2009 | Short | |||
| "Thom Cat" | Mike Gray | January 31, 2009 | A talking cat (surprising to everyone) helps a troubled girl from a bully. | Short | ||
| 11 | "Sugarfoot" | Erik Knutson | April 4, 2009 | Short | ||
| "Dugly Uckling's Treasure Quest" | Guy Vasilovich | April 4, 2009 | Short | |||
| "Dr. Dee and Bit Boy" | Seo Jun-Kyo, Kang Yo-Kong, Larry Huber | April 4, 2009 | Two kids and a scientist in a dog suit stop a corporation from creating a donut addiction. | Short | ||
| 12 | "Super John Doe Jr." | Lincoln Peirce | April 11, 2009 | Jim Connor as Super John Doe John Zee as Mayor Marc Graue as Anchorman Betsy Foldes as Moma Kimberly Brooks as Super John Doe, Jr. David Shaughnessey as Blimey Sandy Fox as Robin Andy Morris as Evil Butthead |
Short | |
| "Six Monsters" | Alan Goodman, Dave Pressler, Fred Seibert | April 11, 2009 | Adventures of six monsters in high school presented in different styles of animation | Jeff Bennett as Grandpa, Gaillard Chuck McCann as Buck John DiMaggio as Roy Nika Futterman as Cathy Teresa Ganzel as Lulu |
Short | |
| "Ratzafratz!" | Karl Toerge, Jim Wyatt | April 11, 2009 | Three hungry rats must escape a security guard | Jess Harnell as Crank, Man at Cookie Nook June Foray as Mall Walker, Old Man #1, Man at Garbage Can Debi Derryberry as Pop Singer, Teen at Cookie Nook Scott Fresina as Urban Jim Wyatt as Cyrus Don Cameron as Swuawk, Old Man #2 |
Short | |
| 13 | "Squirly Town" | Doug TenNapel | August 14, 2009 | Short | ||
| "Fanboy" | Eric Robles | August 14, 2009 | Fanboy and Chum Chum buy their first Frosty Freezy Freeze. | David Hornsby as Fanboy Nancy Cartwright as Chum Chum Don LaFontaine as Announcer Jeff Bennett as Fanman and Lenny Kevin Michael Richardson as Ice Monster |
TV Series | |
| "HandyCat" | G. Brian Reynolds, Russ Harris | August 14, 2009 | Short |
See also
- Nicktoons Film Festival: The television series and competition.
- List of Oh Yeah! Cartoons episodes: A complete list of episodes of the television series.
- Oh Yeah! Cartoons: The original Oh Yeah! Cartoons.
- What a Cartoon! Show: The series competitor created by Cartoon Network in 1995.
- KaBlam!: The original competitor of Oh Yeah! Cartoons, airing two years prior to its premiere.
- Shorty McShort's Shorts: A Disney Channel Original Series of shorts for Disney Channel in 2006.
References
External links
- Post on Frederator's blog announcing the series' name
- Random Cartoons production blog
- Information on the advance screening
- Episode list at the Internet Movie Database
- Official Hornswiggle site
- Official Mind the Kitty site
- Official MooBeard the Cow Pirate site
- Official Kyle+Rosemary site
- Random! Cartoons at IMDb
- Official Flavio cartoon site
- Adventure Time's Promotion Landing Page on Cartoon Network