After Duluth

**After Duluth** (also known as simply **Duluth**) is a short-lived cartoon adaptation to *Duluth* and is the third show created by Cartoon Network Studios.

## History

The cartoon series starring everyone's favorite freighters that sail the Great Lakes started a few years after the production of the twenty-fourth season was completed, when the staff was asked to doing a series that contained cancelled episodes. But John Fang stated that it would've been too hard due to the production process of their feature film at the time. Then someone suggested to John that could make it in a style of a comic book; cartoon style. Animator Tom Bancroft who just joined the company worked on the new series, made it a cartoon done in flash animation.

The first episode of the series was released during November 15, 2021, selling to various television channels and retailers across the country. However, the reception was mixed at the time. According to John in his blog, fans and parents complained that it looked cheap and it looked like something similar to "Powerpuff Girls" that they can watch on cable television instead. Tim Hodge stated in the Duluth commentary it was somewhat an experiment they tried out, but didn't become what they wanted.

The series lasted for four seasons total, with the last one coming out on January 28, 2024. It is unknown why the series was cancelled, though it is possible it was due to Cartoon Network Studios moving to Franklin and filing for bankruptcy at the time following disappointing box-office results for the twenty-fourth season and a lawsuit by former Duluth mass market distributor HiT Entertainment, as well as the reception everyone had towards the series at the time.

## Cast

* Tom Kenny - Paul R. Tregurtha, Stewart J. Cort, Saginaw
* Steve Blum - Great Republic
* Rodger Bumpass - American Mariner, Presque Isle
* Sean Astin - Algoma Transport
* Griffin Burns - John G. Munson, Michipicoten
* David P. Smith - Maumee (2)
* Cree Summer - Victory
* Chris Cox - James R. Barker, American Century
* Stephanie Sheh - Hemskerkgracht
* Jeff Bennett - Arthur M. Anderson
* Phil Hayes - Joseph L. Block
* Jess Harnell - Burns Harbor
* Dave Fennoy - Mesabi Miner
* David Tennant - Edward H.
* Alex Cazares - Floragracht
* Gregg Bissonette - American Integrity

## Trivia

* The series is considered a different continuity to the main Duluth as there's some elements that were in the Duluth episodes. This was confirmed by Tom Bancroft.
	+ Originally, it was going to be part of the main series, as the story treatment takes place after the twenty-fourth season of the original show.
		- Further supporting this is the fact that a few early pieces of concept art show Stewart J. Cort in his original design, albeit hand-drawn.
* This show aired on Cartoon Network, bundled with The Duluth Show. The Duluth Show would air most of the time, while this show aired occasionally.
	+ Speaking of Cartoon Network, Duluth Classics aired under this show, as it had this intro rather than the Duluth on TV intro.
* During the end credits, each season has a rock instrumental of the theme song. There is a song rest that instead plays a specific sound:
	+ Season 1: "Aww, peanut brittle!"
	+ Season 2: "Bubble-bath!"
	+ Season 3: "Baaa!"
	+ Season 4: "Yes!"
* This is the first Cartoon Network Studios production to use professional voice actors, including Marc Graue.