CartoonMania

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This article is about the 2017 series, you may be looking for the reboot.

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Series logo as seen in the theme song

***CartoonMania*** is an animated web series created by Matthew Littlemore.

The series officially premiered on YouTube on August 8, 2017 with "Slapstick" and ran for a total of thirty-two episodes. The final episode, "Whatever Happened to Victor Virus?", was released on June 6, 2019.

A film, *CartoonMania: The Movie*, premiered on September 20, 2019. It serves as the series finale.

## Synopsis

Matthew Littlemore, an animator, lives in a one-hundred story home with all three-hundred and twenty of his cartoon characters who can drive him a little insane sometimes.

## Production

In 2016, Matthew began making episodes of CartoonMania and they would be show-cased in his school, later making their online debut in 2017. The series and film was animated using OpenOffice 2.2, a discontinued software intended for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases, etc and not for animation. He would use assets for the animation.

Matthew rarely, if ever, storyboarded episodes prior to the animation process, however he did begin doing it for the reboot series.

For all the voices done by Matthew Littlemore, they were recorded on an iPad.

### Theme song

An official theme song for the series was composed by Seboka and animated by Matthew Littlemore in September 2018.

## Release

*Main Article: List of CartoonMania episodes*

The season 1 episodes "*Slapstick*", "*Auditions*", "*Get Your Shinebox*", "*Firework*", "*Copyright*", "*I'm All Ears*", "*They Don't Call Him Wacky Quacky For Nothing*", "*Unprotected*", "*Sandwich*" and "*Xmas Marks The Spot*" were all originally uploaded to YouTube with subtitles in March 2017 but later removed for unknown reasons. Then, on May 2, 2017, "*Slapstick*" and "*Sandwich*" were posted to Instagram.

The series officially began on YouTube with the reupload of "*Slapstick*" on August 8, 2017, the first season concluded on December 31, 2017 with a total of twenty episodes. Many of the first season episodes had been produced the year prior in 2016. The second season began on February 13, 2018 and concluded on December 15, 2018 with eleven episodes. The third and final season was released on June 6, 2019, containing only one episode.

The episodes "*Slapstick*", "*Xmas Marks The Spot*", "*Twelve Days of Christmas*" and "*Acknowledgement*" were released onto Newgrounds from 2018-2019.

### Crossovers

*CartoonMania* had three official crossovers during its run. The first being "*Fifty Bucks*" in January 2019, a crossover with *Foolmates*. The second being "*KatoonRuffia*" in May 2019, a crossover with *Kat and Ruff* (for which Littlemore also provided the voice of Ruff). Finally, also in May 2019, "*Recognition*", another crossover with *Foolmates*.

All crossovers have since become officially unavailable as of 2020.

### Film

*Main Article: CartoonMania: The Movie*

***CartoonMania: The Movie***, a feature length film based on the series, was released to YouTube on September 20, 2019, it serves as the series finale. When Matthew gets a job in the animation industry with the help of Timmy and Tanya, he has to learn to control his anger. During this, he and the gang must stop a mysterious figure which threatens the entire household.

The film was released onto animator320's now defunct Newgrounds account on September 24, 2019.

## Reboot

*Main Article: Cartoon Mania (reboot)*

On July 8, 2019, Matthew announced via Twitter that he plans to reboot the CartoonMania series after the film is released;  however, the tweet was eventually deleted due to unknown reasons.

Later, on September 9, 2019, Matthew has tweeted a video on Twitter that was fictionally taken place on a fictional convention called Toon Lake City CartoonMania Con 2019 (TLCCC2019), where he showcased the looks of the characters for the upcoming reboot.

With several crew members gone and Matthew's indefnite hiatus from social media from 2020 to 2022, the series' future was left uncertain. Matthew has since returned to his YouTube channel in 2022, with no updates on the reboot.

## Comics

*Main Article: CartoonMania Comics*

In October 2017 a series of comic strips based on the cartoon began, they were posted onto Matthew's now defunct Deviantart and Twitter pages. Later, in September 2018, a full comic book was released.

## Trivia

* The first chunk of episodes of the series were produced in 2016, but they were not released online until 2017. The last episodes produced in 2016 made their online debut in December 2017.
* Matthew has described the series as being "a bunch of show ideas I had combined into one".
* Influences for the series include *Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends*, *Animaniacs and* *Mickey Mouse* cartoons.
* The episodes "*Slapstick*" and "*Sandwich*" were released on May 2, 2017 on Matthew's instagram account, before the premiere on YouTube.
* The most talked about episode is "*Slapstick*". This episode has been the target for many different memes and jokes.
* The characters used in this cartoon were created by Matthew from 4th to 10th grade. Although in the series canon they were created by animated Matthew from ages 6 to 24 and he has dealt with them for the last 18 years.
* Matthew pays for the house by getting checks from the government, as he is canonically on welfare, and his job. Matthew's parents are terrified of his house.

## External links

1. ↑ http://archive.vn/iKZS8
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4. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20171224080150/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-i3xSAcFuqq4zXmNYLZUdw
5. ↑ https://twitter.com/animator320/status/1148252014960267265
6. ↑ https://twitter.com/animator320/status/1171149930653614080
7. ↑ http://archive.vn/6ie89
8. ↑ http://archive.vn/SurRY
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10. ↑ http://archive.vn/3SqAj
11. ↑ http://archive.vn/H0iOQ
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