Cartoon Insanity

***Cartoon Insanity*** is an American animated television series created by Skylar Robinson and Tom Ruegger. The show was produced by Amblimation and SkyRuby Studios in association with Warner Bros. Animation. The series chronicles the adventures of an anthropomorphic talking cartoon dog named Speedy R. Dog, his creator Tripp Animator, and his friends. The series was envisioned by Robinson in the early 1990s; she later brought the rest of the Warner Bros. Animation creative team aboard to develop storylines and characters to pitch the show.

The show first premiered on Fox Kids on September 10, 1994, before moving to Kids' WB on September 9, 1995, until it finished its run on November 14, 1998, with a total of five seasons. *Cartoon Insanity* was praised by critics and received high ratings during its original run, becoming popular among both younger and older audiences.

A sequel series, titled *Speedy's Toon Life*, premiered on Cartoon Network on March 1, 2014.

## Characters

### Main

* **Speedy R. Dog** (voiced by Billy West) - A anthropomorphic talking cartoon dog who lives with his creator.
* **Tripp Animator** (voiced by Maurice LaMarche) - A cartoonist artist who is Speedy's creator.
* **Mikey Squirrel** (voiced by Tom Kenny) - A anthropomorphic talking cartoon squirrel who is Speedy's best friend.
* **Marie Bullock** (voiced by Cathy Cavadini) - A young sweet girl who befriend with Speedy and Mikey.

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## Production

### Development

The idea for *Cartoon Insanity* originated in the early 1980s, when Skylar Robinson, while at college, created a series of comic books titled *My World* that starred various characters, many of which would evolve into *Cartoon Insanity* characters, especially the titular protagonist. Robinson tried selling the comic book so it can be professionally published, but none of the companies he sent it to were interested. After graduating from college to work at Zaiden Fischer Productions, her work laid untouched in her attic for a few years.

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### Writing

Writers from *Tiny Toons Adventures* and *Animaniacs*, such as Sherri Stoner and Paul Rugg, wrote the episodes for the show along with Skylar Robinson and her friends Ruby Petersen and Jessica Goldberg. Guest writer Thalia Ward wrote the *Alaina Gleen* cartoon-parodied episode as well.

### Animation

*Cartoon Insanity* was mostly outsourced to Tokyo Movie Shinsha (TMS Entertainment) and AKOM Production Company, respectively. Lacewood Productions also worked on a few of the episodes during the first season and half of the episodes during the second season. Wang Film came around the second season. Newcomer Rough Draft Korea came in around the last three season of the show.

*Cartoon Insanity* was made with a higher production value than standard television animation; the show had a higher cel count than most TV cartoons. The *Cartoon Insanity* characters often move fluidly, and do not regularly stand still and speak, as in other television cartoons.

### Music

The music was composed by Richard Stone. It was strongly influenced by Carl Stalling and Milt Franklyn's work on the *Looney Tunes* series.

## Episodes

*Main article: List of Cartoon Insanity episodes*
## Broadcast

*Main article: Cartoon Insanity/Broadcast*

## Merchandise

### Home media

*Main article: List of Cartoon Insanity home video releases*
Episodes of the show have been released on DVD and VHS during and after the series' run.

VHS tapes of *Cartoon Insanity* were released in the United States and in the United Kingdom. All of these tapes are out of print, but are still available at online sellers. The episodes featured are jumbled at random and are in no particular order with the series. Each video featured four to five episodes each which were accompanied by a handful of shorter skits, with a running time of about 45 minutes.

Beginning on July 25, 2006, Warner Home Video began releasing DVD volume sets of *Cartoon Insanity* episodes in order of the episodes' original airdates.

## Trivia

* This was the third animated series produced jointly by Amblin Animation and Warner Bros. Animation. The first two were *Tiny Toon Adventures* and *Animaniacs*, followed later by *Freakazoid!*, *Pinky and the Brain*/*Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain*, *Hello, My Guest!*, the 2005 reboot of *Animaniacs*, *Speedy's Toon Life*, *The Animators* and the 2020 reboot of *Animaniacs*.
* The series takes place in the same universe as *Animaniacs* and *SkyToons*, with some characters appeared in the show while other makes a cameo.
	+ However, this actually led to the creation of the Warner Bros. Looneyverse after Warner Bros.' acquisition of SkyRuby Studios in 2018.

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