Cartoon Pop

Cartoon Pop, also known as Cartoon Z@um (or Cartoon Zaum) in Brazil, was a programming block that aired on Cartoon Network Latin America, launched on January 1, 2008, replacing the Cartoon Cartoons block. The block aired older Cartoon Network shows, such as The Powerpuff Girls, I Am Weasel, Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Courage the Cowardly Dog, and Codename: Kids Next Door, among others.
The block ended on May 1, 2021, being replaced by The Amazing World of Gumball.
==History==
The block was introduced on January 1, 2008 with the aim of showing original Cartoon Network series, as many no longer had space on the schedule. The block's bumpers consisted of characters from Hanna-Barbera, Warner Bros. and DC protesting for not being part of the block, with the slogan "The Cartoon Network originals. Everybody wants to be part of it". During this time several goods were made. Airing from Monday to Friday at 8 am, the block was also shown on Saturdays at 7 am and on Sundays at 6 am for two hours. The block was also shown in the early hours of the morning on the channel for 2 hours from 4 am.
As of 2011, the block gained new bumpers, involving characters from several cartoons (such as the title character of Chowder, Billy from The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Chip and Skip from Camp Lazlo, Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup from The Powerpuff Girls, and Dexter and Dee Dee from Dexter's Laboratory) in the form of cells. In addition to the introduction of new cartoons such as Chowder, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack and The Secret Saturdays as part of the block. In 2013, Sym-Bionic Titan, Generator Rex and Ben 10 were introduced to the block, although the latter did not last long until being removed from the block in 2015.
During this time, several merchandise were made for the block, such as a scooter, activity book and a sticker album.
Between 2012 and 2014, the block began to lose space in the programming, being moved to the late nights on the channel as it was before, in addition to the bumpers beginning to be removed and replaced by generic bumpers. In 2018, the block was reduced from two hours to one hour on the grid. The bumper is coming, it was maintained until 2020.
On March 30, 2021, it was announced on the block's Facebook page that it would definitively end its broadcasts on May 1, 2021, but Cartoon Network would also stop broadcasting its classic series (from Dexter's Laboratory to Sym-Bionic Titan) definitively, this is derived from the channel's programming changes and the launch of HBO Max.
After 13 years, the block came to an end on May 1, 2021, with Grim & Evil being the last program to be shown on the block. After that, it began to be replaced by The Amazing World of Gumball on the grid from then on. With this modification, Tooncast became the only channel that broadcasts all its original series and also the HBO Max platform.
==Programming==
*Dexter's Laboratory
*Johnny Bravo
*Cow and Chicken
*I Am Weasel
*The Powerpuff Girls
*Ed, Edd n Eddy
*Mike, Lu & Og
*Courage the Cowardly Dog
*Sheep in the Big City
*Time Squad
*Samurai Jack
*Grim & Evil
*Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?
*Codename: Kids Next Door
*The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
*Megas XLR
*Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
*Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
*The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
*Camp Lazlo
*My Gym Partner's a Monkey
*Squirrel Boy
*The What a Cartoon! Show/The Cartoon Cartoon Show
*Chowder (as of 2010)
*The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack (as of 2010)
*The Secret Saturdays (as of 2010)
*Generator Rex (as of 2013)
*Ben 10 (as of 2013)
*Sym-Bionic Titan (as of 2013)
==Trivia==
*Evil Con Carne (as a half-hour series; despite the show's episodes were as part of Grim & Evil), Star Wars: Clone Wars and Transformers: Animated were the only original productions not to be broadcast on the block, although the last two are due to the fact that they are co-productions of the channel, and Lucasfilm (Star Wars) and Hasbro (Transformers) have the rights to the respective series.
*Adventure Time and the other cartoons that came along (such as Regular Show and The Amazing World of Gumball) were never part of the block either. Not even the Ben 10 franchise (with the exception of the first one, which lasted a short time on the block).
*Original European productions such as Robotboy, Chop Socky Chooks and Hero: 108 were also never part of the block.
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