''Random! Cartoons'' is an American

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that aired on Nicktoons. Much like '' Oh Yeah! Cartoons'', it was created by Fred Seibert and produced by Frederator Incorporated and

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. It premiered on December 6, 2008, and ended on December 20, 2009.

Production

Creator Fred Seibert ordered 13 half-hour episodes (39 7-minute segments) for the series, which was originally announced in 2005 as the fourth season of '' Oh Yeah! Cartoons''. Production on the series started in 2005 and ended in 2007. Originally slated to air on

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by the end of 2007, it was later halted for release in 2008 on the separate

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channel. The shorts were first released on air and online individually on January 2007. Unlike ''Oh Yeah! Cartoons'', there is no host. On January 10, 2006,

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hosted an advance screening of six shorts as well as a Q&A session with the filmmakers at the Nicktoons Studios in

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. Two 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''. ''

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'' began airing as a full-length series on April 5, 2010, on

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. ''The Bravest Warriors'', under the new name '' Bravest Warriors'', began airing on November 8, 2012, on

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. ''Fanboy'', under the new name '' Fanboy & Chum Chum'', began airing as a full-length series on November 7, 2009, on Nickelodeon.

List of episodes

Legacy

''Random! Cartoons'' is the third Frederator Studios short cartoon shorts "incubator". Frederator has persisted in the tradition of surfacing new talent, characters and series with several cartoon shorts "incubators," including (as of 2016): ''

What a Cartoon! ''What a Cartoon!'' (later known as ''The What a Cartoon! Show'' and ''The Cartoon Cartoon Show'') is an American animated anthology series created by Fred Seibert for Cartoon Network. The shorts were produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions; by ...

'' (

, 1995), ''The Meth Minute 39'' ( Channel Frederator, 2008), ''Random! Cartoons'' (

/ Nicktoons, 2008), '' Too Cool! Cartoons'' (

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Cow & Chicken'', ''

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'', ''

The Fairly OddParents ''The Fairly OddParents'' is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon. The series follows the adventures of Timmy Turner, a 10-year-old boy with two fairy godparents named Cosmo and Wanda who grant him ...

'', ''Nite Fite'', '' Fanboy & Chum Chum'', ''

'', '' Bravest Warriors'', ''Rocket Dog'', and '' Bee and PuppyCat''.

Filmography

Fred Seibert cartoon shorts filmography

References

External links

Episode list
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Production

List of episodes

Legacy

Filmography

See also

References

External links