What a Cartoon!

***What a Cartoon!*** is an American animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera that originally aired on Cartoon Network from February 20, 1995 to November 28, 1997.

The series was a showcase of various animated shorts that were intended to return creative power to animators and artists. The cartoons in the series were later picked up by Cartoon Network and other networks, such as the Cartoon Cartoons, the *Mina and the Count* short for another series of shorts on fellow showcase series *Oh Yeah! Cartoons* and *Larry and Steve*, which was turned into *Family Guy*.

## Desenhos Incríveis - O Show

### Year(s)

1995 – 2004

The Brazilian Portuguese dub of *What a Cartoon!*, titled **Desenhos Incríveis - O Show**, premiered in 1995 on Cartoon Network. The next year, the dub would find its way into free TV, airing on Rede Globo as part of the "TV Colosso" block, and on SBT. The dub would stop airing on Cartoon Network in 2004, but it would later return in 2008 as part of Tooncast's launch lineup, as well as getting brief runs in 2012 and 2014. During this same period, the dub was among the shows that were part of the "Cartoon Z@um" block.

Due to the dub's reruns on Tooncast, a majority of the dub has been preserved, with only a few remaining lost. This is mainly due to two factors: Tooncast not having aired the entire lineup, and some shorts not having been recorded back in its Tooncast run. The latter would then be retracted on December 2, 2023 with the show's addition to HBO Max, as the service added all the shorts that had aired on said network.

## Supermix

### Year(s)

2011

A Czech dub, titled **Supermix**, premiered on March 8, 2011 as part of the launch lineup of, and also the first show to air on Prima Love; An oddity as the channel was mainly geared towards female viewers.

There are no recordings of the dub available. However, it is possible that it was available on Uloz.to before the site made every file hosted on the site private to comply with new laws from the European Union.

## What a Cartoon!

### Year(s)

1997

A Danish dub, which is referred to as **Sikken en Tegnefilm!** on promos despite retaining its original title on the dub itself, premiered in 1997 on Cartoon Network. Not much is known about the dub besides seven members of its cast, all of which don't have identified roles.

VHS Vulture has preserved some of the shorts on VHS, which have been uploaded here. However, some are only partial, though there are uploads that are complete.

## ¡Vaya dibujo!

### Year(s)

Late 1990s

An European Spanish dub, titled **¡Vaya dibujo!**, aired on Cartoon Network. While it is not known just when exactly did it start airing on the network, it was known to be still airing there by 2000. There are no recordings of the dub available.

## Micsoda rajzfilm!

### Year(s)

Late 1990s

A Hungarian dub, titled **Micsoda rajzfilm!**, premiered sometime in the late 1990s on Cartoon Network. Interestingly, the full series is said to have never been dubbed, with the Hungarian version of Wikipedia claiming that the only shorts dubbed were most of the shorts that were greenlit to a full series. While these shorts were made part of their respective show's episode order (ex. the Johnny Bravo shorts, alongside the Jungle Boy short "Mr. Monkeyman"), this is true in the case of the Powerpuff Girls short "Meat Fuzzy Lumkins", whose dub, recorded from a CN broadcast is available on Indavideo.

## What a Cartoon!

### Year(s)

1996

An Italian dub premiered in 1996 on Rai 2, later airing on the country's dedicated Cartoon Network feed. Not much is known about this dub besides the involvement of Vittorio Stagni, who is credited on Antonio Genna's site as a narrator, and the studio behind the dub, CDC Sefit Group.

Prior to 2023, recordings of the dub were nowhere to be found. This changed on September 24, when the dub of the *Yuckie Duck* short "Short Orders" was uploaded to YouTube by FornoTV, who had obtained it from a friend. This was later followed by "Johnny Bravo" and the *Cow and Chicken* pilot, "No Smoking".

## ¡Qué historia tan maravillosa!

### Year(s)

1995 – 2004

A Latin American Spanish dub, titled **¡Qué historia tan maravillosa!**, premiered in 1995 on Cartoon Network. As with the Brazilian Portuguese dub, it would stop airing on Cartoon Network in 2004, but would later return to broadcast on Tooncast, alongside on CN's "Cartoon Pop" block. The known dubbing cast can be found here.

In the same case as the Brazilian Portuguese dub, a majority of the dub has been preserved thanks to its run on Tooncast, with a few shorts remaining lost due to the network not airing all of them. Most of the found shorts (specifically the ones that aired on Tooncast, as others were found via VHS recordings from Cartoon Network) were then added to HBO Max.

## What a Cartoon!

### Year(s)

1997

A Norwegian dub premiered in 1997 on Cartoon Network. Not much is known about this dub besides the involvement of Stig Krogstad, who voiced Vlad the Count (from the *Mina and the Count* short "Interlude with a Vampire"). There are no recordings of the dub available.

## Co za kreskówka!

### Year(s)

1998

A Polish dub, titled **Co za kreskówka!**, premiered in 1998 on Cartoon Network. The known dubbing cast can be found here.

A few episodes were uploaded to the file-sharing site chomikuj.pl. The rest of the dub, however, remains lost.

## What a Cartoon!

### Year(s)

1997

A Swedish dub premiered in 1997 on Cartoon Network.

There is a thread on Dubbningshemsidan's forum dedicated to the dub, which reveals some of the actors involved. However, recordings of the dub remain unavailable.

## Superfilmukai!

### Year(s)

2010 – 2011

The Lithuanian voice-over of *What a Cartoon!*, titled **Superfilmukai!**, premiered sometime around 2010, with an early-recorded date being on July 30, and ending its run in early 2011. There are no recordings of the voice-over available.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.infoanimation.com.br/2012/11/destaques-do-canal-tooncast-em-novembro.html
2. ↑ https://anmtv.com.br/novembro-no-tooncast-looney-tunes-e-desenhos-incriveis-o-show/
3. ↑ https://lostmediabrasil.miraheze.org/wiki/Desenhos\_Incr%C3%ADveis!\_O\_Show\_(dublagem)
4. ↑ https://www.danskefilmstemmer.dk/Film.php?fid=1818
5. ↑ https://mangaclassics.mforos.com/2080443/11580871-reportajes-de-las-series-de-animacion-de-canal-satelite/?pag=3
6. ↑ https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/anim/whatacartoon.htm
7. ↑ https://rokiskiosirena.lt/laikrastis/2010-07-30.pdf

## External links

* *What a Cartoon!* on the Dubbing Database