Cartoon Network in 2005: The Channel's Last ICONIC Year | A Retrospective

[@47Cartoonguy]

thinking about doing more of these "In (insert year here)..." videos for other channels like Nickelodeon, Toon Disney etc. what do you think? Thanks for watching and i appreciate the continued support

[@samrtnr97]

I'd be down for that. Especially with Nick since as much as I love Nick Knacks, it'll definitely take a while before Greg gets to the late 90s and early 2000s (which is where a lot of my formative memories with the channel properly begin)

[@47Cartoonguy]

@@samrtnr97 its funny you say that because i been scripting out Nickelodeon in 2000 in my head

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

@@47Cartoonguy CN City is still a classic

[@retromanstv]

@@47Cartoonguy do one for the nicktoons tv channel year:2004

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

@HEADLEY CHRISTOPHER HEADLEY Yeah

[@T-Rex_7]

City Era was the best era for me. The feeling of having all the Cartoon Network characters being present in the same universe for me was amazing as a kid, Their soundtracks were outstanding and very nostalgic. City Era was the most cartoon network thing ever.

[@joshuafouse1715]

Yeah and I don't know why but the CGI back then was amazing!

[@gabriellitewski7988]

I hope you're right I don't like future cartoons fir adults

[@sizzurpmp3]

My friends and I had a theory back in the day that the female announcer, Nikki, would eventually star in a show centered around CN City where she'd interact with various characters in the same vein as others do in the bumpers. The reasoning behind this was that at the end credits of almost every show, we'd hear her say a monologue that eventually carries us into the next show. These monologues involve her experiences at CN city while meeting these characters. We were anxiously waiting for this theoretical show, until the bumpers themselves were discontinued. We were sad and heartbroken. It would've been nice to see a show centered around the city.

[@jakemiketta3868]

I want to go back in time and save the Cartoon Network City Era and make it remain for the next few years without having to be gone

[@shizuwolf]

I prefer city over powerhouse. Mainly because it looked like a fleshed out world. All the characters interacting with each other and living normal lives. It was awesome

[@cartoonfanatic524]

I am with you on The Life and Times of Juniper Lee. I remembered watching this show when I was a kid and I was sad that it was cancelled after its third season. I wished that this show would make a comeback soon with a few more seasons and to end the series on a high note.

[@animationloverslacker2405]

I believe this was my earliest memory of Cartoon Network. I always wished that I got to experience more of this era since I was a kid because I was only 2 when this area began and 5 when it ended.

[@bankroll_gotti99]

2005 was a incredible year 🥲

[@syler_nice_7red-guiltys]

Very phenomenal job of the retrorspective on Cartoon Network City era 47Cartoonguy, Cartoon Network has always been my favorite as kid while I love Disney Channel, Nickelodeon and Toon Disney/Jetix, Cartoon Network had some of the best shows I watch, I've been a fan of your content for a few years now and I love seeing people putting so work into they videos.

[@TheBamaPrinceable]

Bro I gotta give you the utmost thanks for these classic CN videos! This era doesn't get documented or talked about nearly enough. 05 was all the way live. Summer was too fun that year and the joy of watching CN back then helped me with some of the wildness going on in my life. Good stuff!

[@calebglasscock7392]

With all the popularity of CN City you would think Cartoon Network could find a way to bring it back to life.

[@bluethousand4651]

Such an underrated channel, don’t stop making this content brother

[@moonbased7796]

3:30 I guess you can say it’s the Rocko’s modern life but for Cartoon Network but instead of a town it’s at a camp. Since if I can remember correctly, Rocko’s modern life was a Nickelodeon show when it was airing new episodes where as with Camp Lazlo it was a Cartoon Network show when it was airing new episodes which makes it interesting since in the final episode of Camp Lazlo the elephant from Rocko’s Modern Life makes a cameo but him being an adult.

[@bballfan3419]

Since I was born in 2000 This was around the time i remember first watching Cartoonetwork. Was my favorite channel growing up until 2013.

[@sjmhadsock4586]

If i remember right naruto showed on both toonami and regular cn

[@CYSYS8993]

There should be a Kingdom Hearts game (or some fresh new franchise by Square Enix) but with Cartoon Network characters. Imagine an anime protagonist fighting along Dexter, Powerpuff Girls, etc.

[@toxicperson8936]

Powerpuff Girls, Dexters Laboratory, Fosters home, Cow & Chicken, & most of all, Ed Edd & Eddy, were the best the network has ever done. They won’t ever do better than that.

[@gabriellitewski7988]

Should we have quited watching cartoons by the end of the 2000s

[@carleespindler3177]

When are you gonna talk about the Cartoon Network Fridays era with hosts Tommy and Tara? That era was too awesome to forget. It gives me a tingle of nostalgia.

[@47Cartoonguy]

I already talked about it in my cartoon cartoon Friday’s retrospective

[@juord]

2003-2007 is really peak CN especially 2005 and the City Era. And before ya know CN Real lol. I also really miss the idents and bumpers where CN characters would interact with each other. I think the last time we had that was CN’s 20th anniversary back in 2012. Powerhouse Era with CN Fridays (before the City Era) also had this

[@gabriellitewski7988]

I need to go back to 2005 and redo my past

[@Gondarth]

See, I don't know, I really enjoyed the city era, so I feel like we could push the "memorable" meter to 2007, when the City look ended, although for me, maybe up to 2010 at the max, when the classic shows stopped airing, but overall, the channel did peak around 2006-07, and it just made a very slow descent over the next few years.

[@gabriellitewski7988]

I didn't want to watch teen sitcoms!!!!!!😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@kooarchived]

I thought 2006 was the last iconic year.

[@tjdmt297]

I disagree Cartoon Network had more iconic years after 2005 like 2010 and 2013 I know old heads don’t like that era but it was fire.

[@bankroll_gotti99]

Facts

[@tommydiaz-millan2438]

I would know 2005 was not the last iconic year for Nickelodeon. It was 2008 which was Nickelodeon's final iconic year for me. Avatar The Last Airbender just premiered in 2005 and I was 9 when I watched it. And by Nickelodeon's flagship show, u mean Rugrats. Because SpongeBob SquarePants is their second flagship show next 2 Scooby-Doo and The Simpsons and Sesame Street from other companies.

[@gabriellitewski7988]

I don't know what to accept that's unforgettable in the late 2000s😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@SuperSegaUltra]

I will never forget Cartoon Network in 05 some of the best years of my life look back on it very fondly and I also feel like after 2005 it wasn’t quite the same though although obviously in 2009 they went downhill for me when they introduced CN real but between 2010-2013 was an I’m provenent point is 2004/2005 my childhood was at its prime Both Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon helped it

[@gabriellitewski7988]

I didn't learn anything back then

[@AnAverageSymBionicTitanFan]

3:39 holy shit

[@BizarreWords]

05 was such an amazing year!

[@xavierbrown8053]

What's the song called in the beginning

[@DeAngeloStevens]

CN City Era during my High School Years 2004-05 9th Grade Freshmen, 10th Grade Sophomore 2005-06, then the Yes ERA during Mid-Season from my 10th Grade Sophomore April-May 2006 until May 31, 2007 my 11th Grade Junior Year PASSED 11th Grade prior to Summer School.

[@shaamex2]

Blackhat from Villainous by alan ituriel is a intresting Villain.

[@hisyoungmajesty]

Powerpuff Girls could've been renewed for a 7th and final season and could've ended in November 2005 instead of March 25th, 2005

[@FunnxRepublic]

This might not have happened considering that the creator was working on Foster’s.

[@hisyoungmajesty]

@@FunnxRepublic that could be true

[@victorlopezg1199]

English/ingles: PPG ended it's sixty season on august 27 2004, only in 4 episodes of fifth season were released that had not been relansed in the USA while they had already been relansed in the rest of the world therefore its final episode is "what's the big idea?" not "octi gone". Spanish/español: Las chicas superpoderosas termino su sexta temporada en el 27 de agosto de 2004 solo que se lanzaron 4 episodios de la quinta temporada que no se habían estrenado en EE UU por lo tanto su episodio final es "¿cual es la gran idea?" no "donde esta octi".

[@chieftone-tone591]

Kids Next Door movie debut in 2006 not 2005.

[@shaamex2]

Villainous by alan ituriel is my favorite cartoon network show.

[@Lupo32]

After 2005 everything went to 💩 2001 was a wake up call .

[@gabriellitewski7988]

Anything but maturity!!!!!

[@trivellramey243]

This is cartoon network best Era hands down better than powerhouse era

[@trivellramey243]

@@electricsoul8624 bro city had high quality animation they cartoon network look a real place Just like Disney we have disney channel and disney world Power house was a really Era but city Era was on whole different level

[@gabriellitewski7988]

Anything that's part of Saturday morning

[@courtneyminnis6222]

CN City was my favorite era of Cartoon Network. It had a mix of old and new. Characters old and new interacting with each other outside of their respective shows was awesome. Like Samurai Jack and Johnny Bravo in a laundromat together. You won't find that on Disney or Nickelodeon. Cartoon Network was great until they brought live-action into the mix. CN Real was a REAL disaster!! And when Christina Miller took over in 2014, it got 100x worse. Live-action was gone, yes that's a good thing. But, all of her focus was on the CN app. Also, the greenlit reboots under her name sucked ass! Thank the Lord above, she was fired on Thanksgiving of 2019! Bring the CN City era back!!

[@tommydiaz-millan2438]

And Avatar ended in 2008 so 2005 wasn't the beginning of Nick's darker age yet.

[@kenyaholloway-reliford8213]

I...liked My Gym Partner's a Monkey. And I'm with you on Ben 10. I wasn't too big on it, not being a fan of action shows. Although, I did like Alien Force.

[@gabriellitewski7988]

Anytime to quit would be better for me

[@gabriellitewski7988]

November 8, 2009 ended everything!!!!!!

[@randomguy56789]

Bro you forgot about Robotboy 🤦‍♂️

[@seanmullikin117]

I was in 5th grade in 2005 and honestly i wasnt fully fond of alot of the lineup.i would always skip camp lazlo and ben 10 lol i hated the preschool block too lmao id get so pissed

[@marco_supernova2704]

Cancelled cartoon shows of 2005: Powerpuff Girls Mega XLR Running cartoon shows of 2005: Ed Edd N Eddy Teen Titans Grims Adventure Of Billy and Mandy Codename Kids Next Door Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi The Life And Times Of Juniper Lee Camp Lazlo Robotboy My Gym's Partner Is A Monkey Ben 10 Classic

[@gabriellitewski7988]

I want Saturday morning cartoons not cartoons for old audiences

[@tommydiaz-millan2438]

Nevermind. U did mention Avatar in this retrospective. Sorry.

[@chikamotokenji3217]

CN advance

[@gabriellitewski7988]

I'm scared of watching shock comedy shows!!!!!!

[@movieman410]

i thought Chowder was decent

[@tommydiaz-millan2438]

It didn't work because yeah Cartoon Network stop copying Nickelodeon please.

[@gIoriaflores]

7:23 *cartoonito enters the chat*