Cartoon Madness

Cartoon Madness is an American animated anthology series created by Curiousgorge66 for Nicktoons Family and Nickelodeon Family. The series started airing on Nicktoons Family on November 24th, 2015. The series is noted for creating a shared universe of NickFamily Studios-produced animated series for Nicktoons Family, called the Nicktoons Family Universe.
In March 2017, Nicktoons Family announced that the fifth season would be the series' last. The final episode's airdate has yet to be announced. Several pilots that were not chosen for the program would eventually air as standalone pilots on Aura.
On December 18th, 2018, the finale was aired on Nicktoons Family. A post-season special (which serves as an alternate version of the finale, featuring shorts from season five that haven't been picked up) has also been announced.
==Episodes==
===Season 1===
Show title 	Creator 	Info 	Airdate 	Picked up?
Macy's Balloons FLY! 	PolarJack77 	Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade characters move in the M Tower. 	November 24th, 2015	Not picked up.
Magic Toupee 	EliNinja 	A bald guy finds a toupee that has magical powers. 	November 24th, 2015	Originally picked up for a 13-episode season on Nicktoons Family, but was scrapped by the creator. Out of respect for the creator, the characters are absent from the series finale of Cartoon Madness.
Wizards 	That Guy in the hat	A kid becomes a student at a wizard school. 	November 25th, 2015	Picked up as a 13-episode season on Nickelodeon Family, which may get renewed if ratings are good enough.
Cuties 	Curiousgorge66 	The original plot for the pitch to Nickelodeon 3. 	November 26th, 2015	Considered for Nickelodeon 3, but not picked up.
The Day After Christmas 	Curiousgorge66 	A man sees that all the Christmas stuff at the store has been taken away without a clearence sale. 	December 26th, 2015	Not picked up.
Thanks the Latte 	PolarJack77 	A wolf forgot to pay the barista for a latte. 	December 27th, 2015	Not picked up. Curiousgorge66 Studios later dropped the original cut of the episode from reruns and syndication thanks to similarities to a Cartoon Network short of the same name, but an edited version produced in association with Cartoon Network with new footage and a slightly different plot would air on Aura in October 2018. In addition, the characters from the short are not present in the series finale due to them being owned by Cartoon Network.
The Polar and Linus Show	PolarJack77 	Linus and Polar host their pilot talk show, and in the second part, they're at school. 	December 28th, 2015	Not picked up on a CG66 Studios network, possibly due to the pilot's similarities to The Henry and June Show.
Gamer's Quest 	Curiousgorge66 	A gamer has a quest to beat a Banjo-Kazooie style videogame. 	December 30th, 2015	Not picked up by Western networks; however, the short was retooled into an Adventures of a Gamer OVA by Studio Aura.
The Best Band Ever 	Curiousgorge66 	Four teenagers join together to become the best hair metal band of the 2010's. 	December 30th, 2015	Not picked up.
The Best Band Ever 2 	Curiousgorge66 	The four teenagers who joined together to become the best hair metal band of the 2010's suddenly face weird adventures.	January 6th, 2016 	Not picked up.
===Season 2===
Show title 	Creator 	Info 	Airdate 	Picked up?
Steal My Tomatoes 	BaconMahBoi 	An old farmer will go to EXTREME lengths just to keep people from stealing his tomatoes. 	January 14th, 2016 	Not picked up on a CG66 Studios network.
Superhero Headquarters 	Curiousgorge66 	A group of superheroes hang out at Superhero Headquarters, a hangout for superheroes who have nothing else to do. 	January 16th, 2016 	Retooled into a series by OverFlare/Beta Cartoon using characters from "Beta Heroes". The characters were written out of the finale upon the announcement.
Criminal Influences 	Curiousgorge66 	A group of spies set out to catch every criminal that has committed murder. 	January 21st, 2016 	Picked up by Nicktoons Family and later moved to AuraNightfall.
The Switch Leading to Doom 	Curiousgorge66 	A guy named Lou pulls a switch and is sent into certain doom. 	February 1st, 2016 	Not picked up.
Escape from Nightmaria 	PB&Jotterisnumber1	A group of foster children try to escape from possibly one of the scariest places: Nightmaria. 	February 2nd, 2016 	Not picked up.
Samarium Search 	PB&Jotterisnumber1	A couple named Ross and Sherry are miners looking for a very rare mineral: samarium, but things aren't easy for them. 	February 3rd, 2016 	Not picked up in-title, but a spin-off aired on AuraToons.
Parallel Dimension 	BaconMahBoi 	An anthomorphic twig finds a portal in his basement which ends up transporting him to a parallel dimension. 	February 7th, 2016 	Not picked up.
Inside a TV 	Polarjack77 	The viewers see how television series go on the air. 	February 14th, 2016	Not picked up.
A Pretty Bad Valentine's Day	Curiousgorge66 	A man tries to send in a last-minute Valentine's Day card to his sweetheart, with minimal success. 	February 14th, 2016	Not picked up.
The Long Dark 	Chaossy 	Samuel Galkin is a Russian who tries to survive in the Ural Mountains during the winter. Loosely based off the Dyatlov Pass incident.	March 15th, 2016 	Not picked up on a CG66 Studios network; instead, the series was picked up by RaGE.
===Season 3===
Show title 	Creator 	Info 	Airdate 	Picked up?
Thiefbusters 	Curiousgorge66	In a parody of Ghostbusters, four guys travel around town looking to bust criminals for theft. 	May 12th, 2016 	Picked up for a series by OverFlare to be sold to other broadcasters. The characters were written out of the finale upon the announcement.
Storytelling 	Curiousgorge66	A man tells a lengthy story to a bunch of preschoolers. 	May 13th, 2016 	Picked up for a 13-episode season by Canadian network YTV Family.
Nervous Breakdown 	Curiousgorge66	A man goes through a nervous breakdown. 	June 9th, 2016 	Not picked up.
Writer's Block 	Curiousgorge66	A man starts to feel uninspired so he temporarily stops writing. 	June 10th, 2016 	Not picked up.
The Last Place Baseball Team	Curiousgorge66	A baseball team that loses every game every baseball season, aka Baseball Team 106, searches for the lucky baseball that could get them out of last place. 	July 22nd, 2016 	Retooled as a 26-episode series on Nicktoons Family.
The One 	Chaossy 	After a mysterious event that happened at a power plant, worker #5357 must go in and see what's going on. Unexplained things happened like bodies appearing, monsters attacking the ones that are alive, and that means that #5357 is the only one alive in the power plant.	July 23rd, 2016 	Picked up as a 13-episode season for Nicktoons Family. An additional season may be picked up if ratings are good enough.
Kuy And Kirl 	PlanetofLinux 	An ultimate brother (Kuy) and sister (Kirl) duo try to get into an adventure club. 	July 29th, 2016 	Not picked up.
The Robot Show 	SBFW's Linux 	A family of robots are sent to the human world. 	August 4th, 2016 	Not picked up.
DVD Manufacturing 	Curiousgorge66	A group of criminals decide to mass-produce a ton of DVDs, but don't realize the consequences of their actions. 	December 27th, 2016	Not picked up.
Eagle Girl 	Curiousgorge66	A 12-year-old girl, who has the power to turn into an eagle when she feels brave, gets stuck in her eagle form when somebody tells her not to be afraid of anything. 	December 29th, 2016	Picked up by Cartoon Network XD ahead of the episode's airing, but was moved to Aura.
===Season 4===
Show title 	Creator 	Info 	Airdate 	Picked up?
The Yard Sale of Horrors 	Curiousgorge66	A man who fears every yard sale decides it's time to overcome his fear and set up a yard sale of his own. 	December 29th, 2016	Not picked up.
The Animator's Worst Nightmare 	Curiousgorge66	An animator who made a vow to put humans in all of his works becomes a rival with the animation studio who only accepts works without humans in them. 	December 30th, 2016	Picked up by Cartoon Network XD ahead of the episode's airing.
Multidimensional Investigators 	Curiousgorge66	Ally and Clara, two girls with an overactive imagination, are assigned to be investigators across many dimensions; but when they leave their world, they both turn into raccoons. 	January 2nd, 2017 	Picked up by Cartoon Network XD ahead of the episode's airing.
The Unlucky Boy 	Curiousgorge66	After a boy cost his football team the game- and their winning streak- luck and hope turn against him by making the opposite of what he hopes happen. 	March 6th, 2017 	Not picked up yet.
Jazz Improvisation 	Curiousgorge66	After several brassists of a jazz band mess up on their improvisations thanks to a heavy metal-inspired guitarist, the band agree that the guitarist deserves his own guitar solos and they turn into a jazz metal band. 	March 7th, 2017 	Not picked up yet.
Winning Streak 	Curiousgorge66	In the sequel to "The Unlucky Boy", after a boy from the winning football team saw he got lucky enough to make his football team win, he went to an arcade where he won at every game. 	March 9th, 2017 	Not picked up yet.
The Animator's Other Worst Nightmare	Curiousgorge66	In the sequel to "The Animator's Worst Nightmare", the animator who always vowed to put humans in all of his works gets a letter from Disney asking him make a show that has no humans in it, putting him under constant stress.	March 13th, 2017 	Picked up by Cartoon Network XD ahead of both episodes' airing.
Build-a-Thing 	Curiousgorge66	After several "Build-an-Otter" (a parody of Build-a-Bear) stores pop up around Wisconsin, Keith tries to get away from the stores but they keep popping up across the country and eventually the world. 	March 14th, 2017 	Not picked up.
World Drawn by Crayons 	Curiousgorge66	After a boy draws several things with crayons (a guitar, a can of Coca-Cola, and a camcorder) he decides to draw his own world. 	March 20th, 2017 	Not picked up, due to its similarities to Harold and the Purple Crayon.
Time Force 	Curiousgorge66	After a boy gains the ability to travel through time, he and his three friends form the Time Force, dedicated to keep a villain from creating a dystopian future. 	March 21st, 2017 	Picked up (and premiered) as a 26-episode season on YTV Family/Nicktoons Family ahead of the short's airing. Additional seasons may be ordered if ratings are high enough.
===Season 5===
In 2017, it was announced that the fifth season would be the final season of the show. In May 2017, it was announced that the fifth season would run for 25 episodes as opposed to 10 per season for the first four seasons. However, animators have since announced that five pilots were scrapped due to creative differences. However, five additional pilots that were produced for the first season that were not chosen during the season's original run were announced to air as the final five episodes over December 2018.
Show title 	Creator 	Info 	Airdate 	Picked up?
Project: D.R.E.A.M. 	Curiousgorge66 	A boy goes into a dream one day and tries to wake up, but can't. 	September 4th, 2017	Retooled as a YTV Family and Nickelodeon Family series, under the title of Neverending Nightmare.
The Funny Saturday Show 	Curiousgorge66 	In a parody of Saturday-morning cartoons, sketches are shown featuring comedic cartoon shorts. 	January 22nd, 2018 	Retooled as a Nicktoons Family series, under the title of Saturday Morning Fever.
Our Teacher is a Squirrel! 	Curiousgorge66 	In an inversion of My Gym Partner's a Monkey, Ms. Squrl becomes the first animal to teach at a human school. 	June 18th, 2018 	Retooled into Ms. Squrl before the pilot even aired.
Lucid Fantasy 	Chaossy 	A group of friends roam the world "Lyness" trying to capture the seven swords of justice. 	July 9th, 2018 	Initially picked up for a 26-episode season on Aura but moved to Nicktoons Family before its premiere. It may be renewed for a second season if ratings are good enough.
Heroes of the Universe 	James and Zoey Smith (comics), Chaossy (series)	A group of heroes with amazing talents must show the world that they belong, and they will save the world and surrounding planets from impending doom from the evil Golden Killer. 	July 16th, 2018 	Picked up by Aura for a 26-episode season. It may be renewed for a second season if ratings are good enough.
Kari the Magic Bunny 	Curiousgorge66 	Kari is a normal human who happens to receive a wand that turns her into a bunny rabbit. When it's revealed the wand now belongs to her, she decides to venture into the world of Utopio. 	August 3rd, 2018 	Picked up for a 26-episode season by Nicktoons Family before the pilot even aired. It may be renewed for a second season if ratings are good enough.
Queen 	Curiousgorge66 	In a parody of King, a 13-year old is invited to a realm called "Below", so that she can be crowned Queen. 	September 7th, 2018	Not picked up, due to its similarities to King.
Princess of Halloween Night, part 1	Curiousgorge66 	After recovering from her latest sugar rush, a 14-year-old girl crowns herself "Princess of Halloween Night" while taking her brother trick-or-treating. 	October 5th, 2018 	Picked up by Nicktoons Family as a miniseries for Halloween 2019. Serves as the first part of a three-episode pilot.
Princess of Halloween Night, part 2	Curiousgorge66 	The Princess of Halloween Night tries to fight off a Jack-o-Lantern, before realizing that Jack-o-Lanterns don't actually move. 	October 12th, 2018 	Picked up by Nicktoons Family as a miniseries for Halloween 2019. Serves as the second part of a three-episode pilot.
Princess of Halloween Night, part 3	Curiousgorge66 	The Princess of Halloween Night is convinced that she would lose her Halloween powers at midnight despite not having any. 	October 19th, 2018 	Picked up by Nicktoons Family as a miniseries for Halloween 2019. Serves as the third part of a three-episode pilot.
WereBunny 	Curiousgorge66 	After getting exposed to a full moon, an unlucky bunny rabbit turns into a were-rabbit, planning revenge on Frankenstein's monster. 	October 26th, 2018 	Not picked up.
Runaway Boy 	Curiousgorge66 	A boy gains running shoes and tries to run to New Mexico with them. 	November 2nd, 2018 	Not picked up yet.
The Puppy Triplets 	Curiousgorge66 	Three dogs go on extraordinary adventures. 	November 9th, 2018 	Not picked up yet. The animators responsible for the pilot's animation are currently working on the Netflix series Rainbow Puppies.
SuperRabbit 	Curiousgorge66 	A bunny rabbit turns into a parody of Supergirl when she sees an increase in crime in their city. 	November 16th, 2018	Not picked up yet.
Arcade Masters 	Curiousgorge66 	Two friends try to save arcades from evil monsters. 	November 23rd, 2018	Not picked up on an Aura-controlled network, due to its similarities with a storyline from another Nicktoons Family original series, Adventures of a Gamer. Picked up for a series by OverFlare for Beta Cartoon.
Instant Height: Just Add Water! 	Curiousgorge66 	Four friends- a rabbit, a squirrel, a puppy, and a raccoon- discover that they can change size whenever exposed to water. 	November 30th, 2018	Picked up for a six-episode miniseries as Instant Adventure: Just Add Water! on Nicktoons Family.
Rune Excavation 	Curiousgorge66 	An explorer finds some runes at a temple and tries to identify its meaning. 	December 7th, 2018 	Retooled into Excavators by OverFlare for Beta Cartoon.
Christmas Rushed 	Curiousgorge66 	A game gets Christmas-rushed due to creative differences. 	December 10th, 2018	Not picked up.
Robot Anime Parody 	Curiousgorge66 	In a parody of Mobile Suit Gundam, the pilots of a giant robot try to save the day but end up destroying the town. 	December 11th, 2018	Picked up for a series by OverFlare for Beta Cartoon.
Around the World in 40 Days 	Curiousgorge66 	In a parody of Around the World in 80 Days, a young pilot tries to fly around the world in half the time it took. 	December 12th, 2018	Originally pitched to the anthology's first season, but not chosen to air until 2018. Retooled into Around America in 40 Days, produced by NickFamily Studios.
SuperPuppy 	Curiousgorge66 	In a parody of Krypto the Superdog, a puppy gains superpowers and fails to protect her owner despite gaining new superpowers. 	December 13th, 2018	Originally pitched to the anthology's first season, but not chosen to air until 2018. Not picked up.
Metal Rabbits 	Curiousgorge66 	Four rabbits form a speed metal band but realize they can't play fast enough to qualify. 	December 14th, 2018	Originally pitched to the anthology's first season, but not chosen to air until 2018. Picked up by YTV Family for a thirteen-episode season before being financially written-off.
Anchor Maureen 	Curiousgorge66 	An animated take on Maureen O'Boyle getting ready for the morning WBTV news. 	December 17th, 2018	Originally pitched to the anthology's first season, but not chosen to air until 2018. Not picked up.
uAnimate 	Curiousgorge66 	A parody of the iPhone, uAnimate, releases to poor reception, resulting in the manufacturers trying to get more people to buy it, ultimately making it worse and worse. 	December 18th, 2018	Originally pitched to the anthology's first season, but not chosen to air until 2018. Not picked up.
The Grand Finale 	Curiousgorge66 	Every character from every short from the first four seasons (except those from Magic Toupee (out of respect for the creator) and pilots that were greenlit as their own series) get erased from the Cartoon Madness world, one by one, until the world itself is erased.	December 19th, 2018	Not picked up, due to its tone and it being the finale to Cartoon Madness altogether. Some scenes have had to be edited prior to broadcast, due to some series that were set to be featured being picked up for full series.
===Post-season special===
Show title 	Creator 	Info 	Airdate
The Alternate Grand Finale	Curiousgorge66	Every character from every short from season five (except those from pilots that were greenlit as their own series) get erased from the Cartoon Madness world, one by one, until the world itself is erased.	November 30th, 2019
===Episodes not featured in Cartoon Madness===
This is a list of episodes that were scrapped from appearing on the show before their initial airdate. These episodes were eventually shown as individual pilot episodes on Aura during late-night slots and are not featured in the finale.
Show title 	Creator 	Info 	Airdate (Aura) 	Picked up?
Justin and Carl 	SBFW's Linux 	2 best friends move into their own treehouse and go on loads of adventures. 	March 1st, 2018 	Not picked up.
No More Mr. Nice Robot 	SpongeBobChampion 	A robot is sent to protect the universe from villains. 	March 8th, 2018 	Not picked up.
Teen4life 	SpongeBobChampion 	Comedy about the life of 4 teens. 	March 15th, 2018	Not picked up.
Noxmore 	Chaossy 	Two families try to survive in the future as they uncover a plot that would destroy Noxmore. 	March 22nd, 2018	Picked up by Aura for a season of 26 episodes.
Basketball Team: 1 Court	Chaossy 	A group of friends have been handpicked to be in the new NBA Las Vegas team. They must work hard to keep their spot while also work hard at home. 	July 2nd, 2018 	Not picked up on a CG66 Studios network.
Electric City Blues 	Chaossy 	Growing up in New York isn't easy, especially for the low income citizen, Skylar Smith. He will have struggles while trying to keep up with life. 	July 9th, 2018 	Not picked up on a CG66 Studios network.
Academy Stars 	James and Zoey Smith (comics), Jaxon Hubbard (series)	Five friends are enlisted in the Ninja Academy, and they must prove to their senseis and to the world that they are the best. They will hunt down enemies of their village, and pursue criminals around the Ninjastate.	July 16th, 2018 	Picked up for two separate series by Aura.
==Broadcasting==
===United States===
*Nicktoons Family
*Cartoon Network XD
===Canada===
*YTV Family (English Canada)
*Télétoon Famille (French Canada)
*Cartoon Network XD (English Canada; reruns)
*Cartoon Network (French Canada; reruns)
===United Kingdom===
*Cartoon Network XD
===Japan===
TBA.
===Southeast Asia===
*Western Domination
===Wales===
*Disney XD
==Spin-offs==
*1 = produced/co-produced and/or picked up by NickFamily Studios/FlareNetworks
*Wizards (Nickelodeon Family; 2015 - present) 1
*Baseball Team 106 (Nicktoons Family; 2016 - TBA 2020) 1
**Baseball Team 106: Baseball Forever (TV Tokyo/SurgeAnime TOO; 2017)
**Softball Victory Team (Nicktoons Family; 2018 - present) 1
***Softball Victory Team Unite! (TV Tokyo; 2018 - present)
**Baseball Team 106 live-action adaptation (Flare+, 2020)
*The Long Dark (Axiom Prime; early 2018)
*Storytelling (YTV Family/Disney XD/Disney Channel; 2017 - 2018) 1
*Anime Madness (NHK/Nicktoons Family; 2017 - 2018)
**No-Limit Power Zone (Yomiuri TV/Nicktoons Family; 2017 - 2018)
*The One (Nicktoons Family; 2017 - present) 1
*Time Force (YTV Family/Nicktoons Family; 2017 - TBA 2020) 1
**Time Force Girls! (AT-X/Aura Japan/TV Akihabara/Nicktoons Family; 2018 - present)
**Cottonsweet (YTV Family/Nicktoons Family; 2018 - TBA 2020) 1
***Cottonsweet, the Magic Warrior (TV Tokyo/Nicktoons Family; 2018 - 2019)
****Cottonsweet vs. the Dark Magic (TV Tokyo; 2018 - 2019)
***Cottonsweet: Feel the Magic! (TV Tokyo; 2019)
***Cottonsweet: Maho no Usagi (TBA)
***Magical Hero Dog (Flare+; 2020) 1
***Cottonsweet tokusatsu (Flare+, 2020)
**Cottonsweet: Time-Travelling Rabbit (Direct-to-DVD; 2019)
**Time Force Dozi (SurgeAnime Japan/SurgeAnime Network; 2018 - present)
**Time Force: Next Gen (Flare+, 2020)
***Time Force: Before the Next Gen (TV Akihabara, 2020)
*Criminal Influences (AuraNightfall; 2017 - present) 1
*Saturday Morning Fever (Nicktoons Family; 2018 - present) 1
*Ms. Squrl (YTV Family/Cartoon Network UK/Nicktoons Family; 2018 - present) 1
*Lucid Fantasy (Nicktoons Family; 2018 - present) 1
**Lucid Fantasy Anime (TV Surge Nippon; 2019 - present)
*Kari the Magic Bunny (Nicktoons Family; 2018 - present) 1
*Neverending Nightmare (YTV Family/Nickelodeon Family; 2018 - present) 1
*The Adventures of Ross and Sherry (AuraToons; 2018) 1
*Eagle Girl (Aura/AuraToons; 2017 - present) 1
*Multidimensional Investigators (TeleAmerica/Aura; 2018 - present) 1
*The Animator's Worst Nightmare (TeleAmerica/Aura; 2018 - present) 1
*Instant Adventure: Just Add Water! (Nicktoons Family/Aura; 2019) 1
**Mia's Adventure (Direct-to-DVD; 2019)
*Around America in 40 Days (TBA; 2019) 1
*Metal Rabbits (Direct-to-DVD; 2020) 1
*Excavators (Beta Cartoon; 2019 - present) 1
*Arcade Masters (Beta Cartoon; 2019 - present) 1
*Superhero HQ (Beta Cartoon; 2019 - present) 1
*Robot Anime Parody (Beta Cartoon; 2019 - present) 1
*Princess of Halloween Night (Nicktoons Family; 2019) 1
**Princess of Halloween Night: Were-Coyote Side Story (Direct-to-DVD; 2019)
==Home media==
On September 11th, 2017, the first four seasons were released on DVD in Region 1.
In July 2020, the complete series- including the alternate finale- would be released on DVD in the United States and Canada.
==Trivia==
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