The Moxy Show

The Moxy Show also known as The Moxy Pirate TV Show And The Moxy And Flea Show was an animation anthology television series produced by Hanna-Barbera and is rumored to be the first Cartoon Network original series. The show ran from December 5, 1993 to May 25, 1996, originally as The Moxy Pirate Show, and consisted of classic cartoons divided by 3-D animated interstitials featuring Moxy, a dog, and Flea, a flea (originally voiced by Penn Jillette, and later Chris Rock).
The Moxy Show technically doesn't count as a Cartoon Network original series, all that credit goes to Space Ghost Coast to Coast. The series itself was more of a variety show where Moxy and Flea would run a pirate TV station, and the series itself would feature cartoons from Turner's library, but was not as educational as ToonHeads. However, Moxy himself was created as Cartoon Network's first original character. That said, he was not very popular or successful with critics during its run, as confirmed by Andy Merrill, who worked on the show.
Later in 2011, fans who recorded the series at the time it was still on the air had uploaded clips of certain episodes, bumpers during the early era of Cartoon Network and the series' theme song that were either dubbed in English or Spanish into video-sharing websites such as YouTube.
A rare behind-the-scenes video of The Moxy Show titled "The Making of Moxy" was uploaded in YouTube which featured the production, starting and magical-works on how the show was made, Moxy was created and the art of computer animation, including interviews of crew members and the appearance of Bobcat Goldthwait, Moxy's voice actor.
== Broadcast History ==
=== USA ===
* Cartoon Network (1993–1995, original run; 1995-2000, reruns)
* TBS (1993–1996)
* TNT (1993–1995)
== Trivia ==
*The Moxy Show was not the only Cartoon Network series to not have any DVD releases, there are lots and lots of CN shows that weren't released on DVD. Examples of shows are Whatever Happened to… Robot Jones?, Squirrel Boy, Class of 3000, Out of Jimmy’s Head, The Problem Solverz, and Sheep in the Big City. Camp Lazlo and My Gym Partner's a Monkey never received full DVD releases in the US, though they were featured on the 2006 Fridays DVD.
*This was the first original show on Cartoon Network.
*Moxy makes an appearance in the OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes episode "Crossover Nexus", which marks the first and so far only time Moxy has appeared in official Cartoon Network media since the tenth anniversary promo of Cartoon Network in 2002.
== Gallery ==
MoxyCatchphrase.PNG|Moxy posing while making a raspberry sound while trying to come up with a catchphrase for himself.
IMG 6864.jpg|Moxy Pirate TV show coming up next
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IMG 6867.jpg|Abducted title card
Moxy Crossover Nexus Closeup.jpg|Moxy turned to stone in the OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes episode, "Crossover Nexus"
Moxy as stone.jpg|Ditto
Moxy Ben 10 transformation.jpg|Moxy as one of Ben 10's transformations in "Crossover Nexus"
Foxy restored by Strike.jpg|Moxy restored in "Crossover Nexus"
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