Cartoon Network Studios

Cartoon Network Studios is a production studio located at 100 S California St., Burbank, California, which serves as Cartoon Network's first animation studio division to provide original programs for the network since 1994. On October 11, 2022, Warner Bros. Discovery announced that as part of a cost-cutting restructuring, CNS would merge into Warner Bros. Animation, with the CNS name and output continuing to be in use in future productions.

1st Logo (April 28, 1996-November 28, 1997)

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  Dexter's Laboratory: (Season 1): Later episodes have logo looking modified, featuring the Cartoon Network logo with an extra checkered row reading "STUDIOS" and the same copyright info as the colored background variants.
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  Dexter's Laboratory: (Season 1): In the last episode "Inflata Dee Dee/Can't Nap/Monstory", Dee Dee dances by the logo causing the O's to flip around briefly before Dexter bursts out of the logo in his robot, looking back and forth afterward. This may have been a signifying of more episode-specific variants had the logo not been retired immediately after.

Visuals: The 1992-2004 Cartoon Network logo is seen on a white screen, with black text "S T U D I O S" below it in small spaced-out letters. A byline reading "a division of Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc." appears underneath, alongside a Turner byline (with "Turner" appearing as its corporate logo of the time).

Trivia: This logo was not for the Cartoon Network Studios that the rest of the page covers, but rather merely a label for CN original content produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc., although it was scrapped a little over a year later and reverted back to Hanna-Barbera branding until the studio shuttered on March 12, 2001.

Variant: Some episodes of What a Cartoon! have a blue, red, or yellow background instead. Copyright information appears below.

Technique: A still graphic made with traditional ink and paint. Cel animation for the "Dexter" variant.

Audio: It depends on the variant:

• The standard logo is silent on Dexter's Laboratory, while on season 2 of What a Cartoon!, the audio from the 1994-1997 H-B All-Stars "Comedy" logo plays (likely as an attempt to plaster over the logo).
• The colored background variants use the audio from the 1997-2002 H-B All-Stars logo with the weird laugh at the end (which was first heard on another episode called "Zoonatiks").
• The Dexter's Laboratory custom variant has flipping sounds and a simple piano sounder when Dee Dee flips the "O"'s, then a crashing sound when Dexter destroys the logo, alongside two swooshing sounds when Dexter moves his eyes.

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Media Title	Date(s) of Release	Additional Note(s)
Dexter's Laboratory	April 28, 1996-January 1, 1997 Season 1	The standard version appeared on earlier episodes (with the Dial M for Monkey segment), while the later ones (with The Justice Friends segment), starting with the seventh episode, used the aforementioned custom variant.
What a Cartoon!	October 1996-November 28, 1997 Season 2	Mostly, the standard version was used. However, a few shorts had colored background variants instead, although they tended to be used to plaster the Hanna-Barbera logo. The blue variant appears on Strange Things, The Zoonatiks in Home Sweet Home and Babe! He... Calls Me. The red variant appears on Malcom and Melvin, and the yellow variant appears on Snoot's New Squat and Tales of Worm Paranoia.

2nd Logo (2000-July 20, 2001, June 3, 2006)

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Visuals: On a solid red background, there is a stylized illustration of the Cartoon Network Studios building; it consists of a white/gray building complex in a distinct, cartoonish design with black bordering and a geometric and slightly isometric perspective. The complex consists of three sections: a central tower that rises higher than the other two, flanked by shorter, rectangular structures on either side; each section features big black doorways and small windows. Under the building, one of the following two text variations of the company name would appear:

• 2000-2001: The 1992 Cartoon Network logo with white "STUDIOS" (set in URW DIN Black) in a black rectangular shape to the former's right.
• 2006: The white uppercase text reading the company name and written in the Impact font.

Trivia:

• This was the first official CN Studios logo, utilized in 2000 when the studio opened the same year.
• The logo resembles the Williams Street logo, which also may explain its reappearance on Korgoth of Barbaria, although it hasn't appeared on any other Adult Swim programming produced by CN Studios.

Variant: On IMP, Inc. and My Freaky Family, the 2000-2001 variant had an AOL Time Warner byline appearing below.

Technique: A digital illustration designed by Dexter's Laboratory and Samurai Jack creator Genndy Tartakovsky.

Audio: None or the closing theme.

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Media Title	Date(s) of Release	Additional Note(s)
Evil Con Carne	2000 Pilot	Debut appearance
IMP, Inc.	June 22, 2001	Byline variant
My Freaky Family: Welcome to My World	June 29, 2001	Byline variant
The Kids Next Door in No P in the OOL	July 20, 2001	Regular variant
Korgoth of Barbaria	June 3, 2006	Final appearance Impact font variant

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  Time Squad: Buck warns Larry not to press a button. Then, while Otto is watching, Larry presses the button, causing a shock where the logo reverts back to normal.
  The box in Season 1 was baby blue instead of red and lacked the AOL Time Warner byline.
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  Time Squad: Buck warns Larry not to press a button. Then, while Otto is watching, Larry presses the button, causing a shock where the logo reverts back to normal.
  Season 2 used the regular red box and AOL Time Warner byline.

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  Samurai Jack (Seasons 1-4): Jack slices the logo's walls, causing the logo to close.
  Normally, the box was the regular red and featured the AOL Time Warner byline.
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  Samurai Jack (Seasons 1-4): Jack slices the logo's walls, causing the logo to close.
  Some episodes featured an orange-colored box, the "STUDIOS" part shook and a different sword sound was sometimes used.

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  Grim and Evil and The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy: Grim, with a smirk on his face, stands next to Billy and Mandy. He attempts to chop their heads off with his scythe, but fails because they hid in their shirts. Their heads pop out and Billy looks amused while Mandy looks irritated. Grim does a double take and gives a confused/shocked look.
  The normal version is set on a black background rather than a white one, and is also bylineless.
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  Grim and Evil and The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy: Grim, with a smirk on his face, stands next to Billy and Mandy. He attempts to chop their heads off with his scythe, but fails because they hid in their shirts. Their heads pop out and Billy looks amused while Mandy looks irritated. Grim does a double take and gives a confused/shocked look.
  On Season 1 of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, it uses the standard white background and AOL Time Warner byline.

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  The Flintstones: On the Rocks and Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law (Season 1) The logo is still. The former special uses it with the AOL Time Warner byline and is silent. The latter show doesn't use the byline and uses the ending theme. On the episodes "Shoyu Weenie" and "The Dabba Don", Judge Mightor is heard saying "Hello?"

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  Dexter's Laboratory (Seasons 3-4) and Chicken Scratch (theatrical version, 2002): Dexter stands next to Dee Dee, who slowly presses a button in front of him, causing Dexter to explode. After a flash of light, Dexter appears, scorched and visibly annoyed as a smoke particle drifts out of the logo.
  The normal version is set on a black background with a neon green box, without the byline.
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  Dexter's Laboratory (Seasons 3-4) and Chicken Scratch (theatrical version, 2002): Dexter stands next to Dee Dee, who slowly presses a button in front of him, causing Dexter to explode. After a flash of light, Dexter appears, scorched and visibly annoyed as a smoke particle drifts out of the logo.
  Some late Season 3 episodes use this logo with the regular white background, red box and AOL Time Warner byline respectively.

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  The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002), The Powerpuff Girls (Seasons 5-6), The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!! and The Powerpuff Girls: Who, What, Where, How, Why... Who Cares? Mojo Jojo opens the logo and roars at the audience. The girls, Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup then each zoom in and beat him up. Mojo also bumps into the W.
  By Season 6 (and later episodes of Season 5), the byline was switched to the 2003-2018 Time Warner byline, being the only show to use that variant, alongside Star Wars: Clone Wars.
  On The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!! and Who, What, Where, How, Why... Who Cares?, the logo is squished, despite the latter already being in a 4:3 screen format.
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  Star Wars: Clone Wars The logo is still on a black background with a Time Warner byline. A Hanna-Barbera sound effect is then heard. Seasons 1 and 2 used the "Grungy" font variant, while Season 3 uses the normal version. This initially was kept on Disney+ prints of the show, but has since been removed.
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  Johnny Bravo (Season 4) Johnny shows off his poses, then kisses the screen. His lips get stuck in the logo, but he quickly squeezes them out. Beginning with this variant, the logo now uses the design from the standard variant and appears larger on-screen.
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  Megas XLR Megas shoots a few laser blasts at the screen, then its guns jam. It taps one of its blasters with a confused look. It accidentally fires at the right side of the logo, and it closes without any damage.
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  Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends Mac stands on the red box and blinks. Bloo then appears on the right into the box and tackles Mac. They both smile at each other. The letters also shake when the logo closes.
  On seasons 5-6, the logo is stretched to 16:9 widescreen format and zoomed out further than usual.
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  Evil Con Carne (Season 2) Major Dr. Ghastly is holding a clicker and General Skarr is on a jet pack. Ghastly presses the button on the clicker and Skarr flies around, crashing into the logo, damaging it. He destroys the left side of the logo (as well) and vanishes. Ghastly looks at the audience and the logo closes without any damage.
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  Camp Lazlo Lazlo begins to blows a trumpet, and then Scoutmaster Lumpus walks up with a large cork and places it in the trumpet. Lazlo continues to blow on it, making a quieter trumpet sound. This is the first version of the logo to be made in a 16:9 widescreen format.

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  The Life and Times of Juniper Lee (Seasons 2-3): Monsters lift the Cartoon Network part of the logo to escape, but Juniper jumps on top of the logo and squashes the monsters by closing the logo, and then finally jumps away from the screen. (1/2)
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  The Life and Times of Juniper Lee (Seasons 2-3): Monsters lift the Cartoon Network part of the logo to escape, but Juniper jumps on top of the logo and squashes the monsters by closing the logo, and then finally jumps away from the screen. (2/2)

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  My Gym Partner's a Monkey Jake and Adam swing on a vine (Adam, visibly uncomfortable, is being held by Jake). Jake swings off the screen, but Adam hits the edge of the logo and falls to the ground. Jake then swings back to the other side, passing by Adam. This was the first variant to use a white box.
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  Squirrel Boy Rodney accidentally fires a rocket, as it catches Bob Johnson by his shoe, causing a nervous laugh by Rodney at Andy. The "Cartoon Network" text is also slightly larger than normal when the logo is closed.
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  Class of 3000 A piano plays and Sunny Bridges appears at the first of the line, smiling and taking his hat off leading the other main characters of the show (Lil' D, Madison, Philly, Tamika, Eddie and Kim) on the ride through the piano. Eventually, Kam falls onto the piano.
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  Ben 10 (Seasons 3-4) and Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix: Ben turns on the Omnitrix, chooses an alien and pushes the button, triggering a flash of green light. This variant uses a gray box, and uses the "Grungy" variant of the logo. The logo also opens wider than usual.
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  Ben 10: Alien Force, Ben 10: Alien Swarm and Ben 10: Ultimate Alien: There is a close-up of a grown-up Ben's eyes. The screen then zooms out on him and as he does in the former variant, he pushes the button on the Omnitrix, triggering a flash of green light. Before the flash, Ben turns into a silhouette. This variant uses a black background and a white box. The show's closing theme is used (in the case of Alien Swarm, the Alien Force theme music cuts in and plays over).
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  Out of Jimmy's Head Two of Jimmy's cartoon friends, Pickles and Prickles, hit each other with hammers. The logo also shakes when this happens even when the box is closed. Sometimes, the logo is shortened.

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  Chowder Chowder walks by with a bag of food. He eats the "O" in "NETWORK". An apple falls out of the bag and replaces the "O" as the logo closes. (1/2)
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  Chowder Chowder walks by with a bag of food. He eats the "O" in "NETWORK". An apple falls out of the bag and replaces the "O" as the logo closes. (2/2)

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  The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack Takes place in a white box and the logo is already opened. Flapjack is seen with Captain K'nuckles. Flapjack is giggling in a really annoying way. K'nuckles gets annoyed and pulls down the top of the logo, closing it.
  On the episode "Flapjack Goes to a Party/Rye Ruv Roo", Flapjack's laughter is replaced by him barking like a dog.
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  Underfist: Halloween Bash The original 2001 logo is shown, but with a still zooming picture of Hoss Delgado with his banana nunchuks (which is tinted in green) and Billy (voiced by Richard Horvitz) saying "All that work and nothin' to show for it!" On the HBO Max Latin America print, the logo is heavily sped up along with the following Cartoon Network Productions logo.
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  Adventure Time (Season 1) Finn pokes Jake, as he becomes larger and larger, roaring and squeezing aside him. As he does this, Finn laughs.
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  Generator Rex (Season 1) Rex turns his back into a jet engine, blasting off in the process while smiling, but he crashes into the logo when it closes, which causes the logo to shake. Like with the Ben 10 variant, this variant uses the "Grungy" version of the logo.

Visuals: There are two variations for this logo:

• June 8, 2001-March 31, 2012 (custom variant): Over a white or black background, there is a grungy 1992 Cartoon Network logo with the text "STUDIOS", in the same grunge style, in the centre of the screen (with most of the letters shaking, most visibly the "W"). The logo splits in two, with walls on each side of it, causing the letters to stop shaking. Then, one of the custom animations plays in the box (see "Logo Variations"), and the logo then closes itself. Sometimes, this variant would have a black background instead of the usual white one.
• August 3, 2001-November 20, 2009 (standard variant): Over a white background, a green laser goes to the right, revealing the same grungy 1992 Cartoon Network logo via a wipe effect, causing it to stop blinking. The laser then goes to the left, and reveals the same "STUDIOS" text. Then, the laser disappears.

Bylines:

• 2001-2005: The custom logos for the shows during the early years featured the byline "An AOL Time Warner company.".
• 2003-2005; 2008-2009: The Powerpuff Girls and Star Wars: Clone Wars variants feature the byline "A TimeWarner Company" (or stylized as "A Time Warner Company" for the black background versions).

Trivia:

• According to former CNS executive Brian A. Miller, the custom variants represent a clapboard that showed the viewer a "working" studio along with the rough drawings of each show behind the animation.
• This logo appeared on the end credits for the Billy & Mandy episode "Guess What's Coming to Dinner?" (as a sticker on the dumpster, but the "STUDIOS" text is absent; in which Hoss Delgado wakes up when he turns into a puppet and looks at the studio's location filled with puppets) and the title card for the Clarence episode "Pilot Expansion".
• This logo briefly appeared on the Chowder episode "The Bruised Bluenana".
• The custom variants are known for their variety, being used depending on the show. This would serve as the template for future logos shown below.

Technique:

• Hand-drawn animation for the custom variants.
• 2D computer animation for the standard variant.

Audio: The sound effects in the variation. In the standard one, it's either a laser sound or the sound of a photocopier.

Audio Variants:

• On CN shows that premiered up to 2005 and had the alternate version of this logo, there are slideshow projector clicking noises for the opening and closing of the logo, as well as the sound of an old film projector when the logo is open.
• On some shows that premiered after 2005 with this logo, there are no clicking/projector noises.
• Some shows or pilots feature a one-liner from the episode or short (see the Audio Variations section above).
• In most cases, it uses the ending theme of the show.

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Media Title	Date(s) of Release	Additional Note(s)
Time Squad	June 8, 2001-November 26, 2003	Debut appearance Custom variant
Ferret and Parrot	August 3, 2001	Standard variant
Samurai Jack	August 10, 2001-September 25, 2004 Seasons 1-4	Custom variant; the logo is seen on Boomerang when this show reran.
A Kitty Bobo Show	August 17, 2001	Standard variant
Grim and Evil	August 24, 2001-October 22, 2004	Custom variant
Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law	September 2, 2001-June 8, 2003 Season 1	Still variant
The Flintstones: On the Rocks	November 3, 2001	Still variant
Dexter's Laboratory	November 18, 2001-November 20, 2003 Seasons 3-4	Custom variant
Welcome to Eltingville	March 23, 2002	Standard variant
The Powerpuff Girls Movie	July 3, 2002	Custom variant which would later be used in the show itself
Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?	July 19, 2002-November 14, 2003	Standard variant
Commander Cork: Space Ranger	August 23, 2002	Standard variant
Jeffrey Cat: Claw and Order	August 23, 2002	Standard variant
Bagboy!	August 23, 2002	Standard variant
LowBrow	August 23, 2002	Standard variant
The Groovenians	November 10, 2002	Standard variant
The Powerpuff Girls	December 6, 2002-March 25, 2005 Seasons 5-6	Custom variant; the logo is seen on Boomerang when this show reran.
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy	June 13, 2003-November 9, 2007	The same variant used in Grim and Evil
Evil Con Carne	July 11, 2003-October 22, 2004	Standard variant in season 1; custom variant in season 2
Star Wars: Clone Wars	November 7, 2003-March 25, 2005	Still variant; amusingly, this logo is also retained on the show on Disney+.
Johnny Bravo	February 20-August 27, 2004 Season 4	Custom variant; the logo is seen on Boomerang when this show reran.
Party Wagon	February 27, 2004	Standard variant
Megas XLR	May 1, 2004-January 15, 2005	Custom variant
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends	August 13, 2004-May 3, 2009	Custom variant; the logo is seen on Boomerang when this show reran.
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee	May 30, 2005-May 14, 2007	Standard variant in season 1; custom variant in the last two seasons
Camp Lazlo	July 8, 2005-March 27, 2008	Custom variant; the logo is seen on Boomerang when this show reran.
My Gym Partner's a Monkey	December 26, 2005-November 27, 2008	Custom variant
Ben 10	December 27, 2005-April 15, 2008	Standard variant from episodes 1 to 32 and then 35; custom variant for the rest. The logo is seen on Boomerang when this show reran.
Welcome to Wackamo	2006	Standard variant
Squirrel Boy	May 29, 2006-September 27, 2007	Custom variant
Class of 3000	November 3, 2006-May 25, 2008	Custom variant
Out of Jimmy's Head	September 14, 2007-May 29, 2008	Custom variant
Chowder	November 2, 2007-August 7, 2010	Custom variant
Transformers: Animated	December 26, 2007-May 23, 2009	Standard variant; now Discovery Family airings cut this logo out, though.
Diggs Tailwagger: Galactiс Rover	2007	Standard variant
Enter Mode 5	2007	Standard variant
Ben 10: Alien Force	April 18, 2008-March 26, 2010	Custom variant
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack	June 5, 2008-August 31, 2010	Custom variant
Underfist: Halloween Bash	October 12, 2008	Standard variant
The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!	November 29, 2008	The same variant used in the show
The Powerpuff Girls: Who, What, Where, How, Why... Who Cares?	January 20, 2009	The same variant used in the show
Firebreather	November 20, 2009	Standard variant; originally aired on Afghanistan one year and four days before its United States release on November 24, 2010.
Adventure Time	April 5-November 1, 2010 Seasons 1-2	Custom variant; seen on all of season 1 and the season 2 episode "Loyalty to the King/Blood Under the Skin".
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien	April 23, 2010-March 31, 2012	Final appearance The same variant used in Ben 10: Alien Force
Generator Rex	April 23-December 10, 2010 Season 1	Custom variant

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  Regular Show (Seasons 1-4): The right-most square features a clip from the episode "Prank Callers", whereas the sound clip of Mordecai and Rigby laughing is from the episode "Death Punchies".
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  Regular Show ("The Power", 2010): There is an earlier version where it uses a clip from the episode "Free Cake", where Mordecai and Rigby chant "Free Cake!" twice.
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  Sym-Bionic Titan: In the right-most square, a clip from the episode "Neighbors in Disguise" is seen with the camera panning up to the Titan robot's head, with Lance saying "Form Titan!". This variant features a techno robotic version of the jingle.
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  Adventure Time (Seasons 2-5): The right-most square features a clip from the episode "The Enchiridion!", with Finn saying "This party is so crazy!" This is one of the two variants where the fourth square doesn't turn white at the end.
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  Level Up and Incredible Crew: The logo is in-credit at the bottom left. Also, the fourth square is not shown.
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  Tower Prep and Level Up (TV movie): Similar to the previous variant, only the first three squares appear. This variant also features a deep synthesized version of the same four-note CN jingle.
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  Generator Rex (Seasons 2-3): The right-most square features a clip from the episode "The Day That Changed Everything", with Rex transforming.
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  The Problem Solverz: The right-most square features a clip from the episode "Videogamez", with Alfe dancing against a yellow-red striped background. Like the Adventure Time variant, the fourth square doesn't turn white.
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  Secret Mountain Fort Awesome: The right-most square features a clip of the episode "Funstro", with The Fart saying "All right, who used the last of the purple stuff?"
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  Ben 10: Omniverse (Seasons 1-4), The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed and Tome of the Unknown: The logo animates as usual, however no clip is featured in the fourth square. This variant also features a deep synthesized version of the same four-note CN jingle.

Visuals: Against a black background with a grid of barely visible lines, three squares drop down forming a diagonal line (the blue square dropping to the bottom, turning white and bounces once. The pink square sliding in from the left and turning white. And the yellow-orange square zooming in and turning white). Then, a fourth square opens showing a different clip of the show's characters (depending on each show). As the grid fades out, the words "CARTOON NETWORK" (set in Proxima Nova) wipe in and "STUDIOS" (set in Proxima Nova Extrabold) slides in from the right and pushes the text, causing it to shake briefly while forming the words "CARTOON NETWORK STUDIOS". Then, the clip in the fourth square turns white.

Trivia:

• This logo was made by Brand New School to fit with the 2010 "CHECK it 1.0" rebrand, and for the production of Regular Show and promotion of its premiere from August to September 2010.
• It appeared on the Uncle Grandpa episode "Viewer Special", in the scene where Uncle Grandpa holds a model sheet to restore his normal self.
• The logo was still used as a welcome mat at the entrance of the company's former Burbank headquarters until September 2023.
• In Steven Universe, a mug with the logo on it can regularly be seen in Steven's room. The show itself uses the 5th logo variant after the credits.

Variant: On the live-action shows, the fourth square is not shown.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: A four-note double bass theme based on the CHECK it jingle used on Cartoon Network since the 2010 rebrand.

Audio Variant: On some shows, there is a deep synthesized version of the four-note theme with a futuristic-like echoing sound.

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Media Title	Date(s) of Release	Additional Note(s)
Regular Show	September 6, 2010-August 12, 2013 Seasons 1-4	Series announced on August 2010. On-screen debut appearance upon premiere on September 6, 2010. Clip variant
Sym-Bionic Titan	September 17, 2010-April 9, 2011	Clip variant
Adventure Time	October 11, 2010-March 17, 2014 Seasons 2-5	Clip variant
Tower Prep	October 16-December 28, 2010	Fourth square-less variant
Generator Rex	February 4, 2011-January 3, 2013 Seasons 2-3	Clip variant
The Problem Solverz	April 4-September 29, 2011	Clip variant
Secret Mountain Fort Awesome	August 1, 2011-February 17, 2012	Clip variant
Level Up	November 23, 2011 (pilot) January 24, 2012-February 19, 2013 (series)	Fourth square-less variant for the film; in-credit variant for the series
Ben 10: Omniverse	August 1, 2012-December 7, 2013 Seasons 1-4	Clip-less variant
Incredible Crew	December 31, 2012-April 11, 2013	In-credit variant
Tome of the Unknown	September 9, 2013	First shown on LA Shorts Fest and later widely released via YouTube on November 27, 2015.
The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed	January 20, 2014	Clip-less variant

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Uncle Grandpa

A clip plays from the episode "Funny Face" with the character Beary Nice saying "That was quite delicious". The theme from the fourth logo can also be heard.

Another variant with the three main characters in claymation (seen in the short "Total Reality") cheering can be found on the episode "Guest Directed Shorts". It was animated by Max Winston.

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My Science Fiction Project (Short)

A scene in the short with Chancellor Maniac saying "Oh hello, are you a potato?" to Nutmeg, Manler Wagner, and Woolworth, respectively.

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Lakewood Plaza Turbo (Pilot)

A scene from the short with Radicles and Enid, with the latter saying "Boss, that's the graffiti wiener!"

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Paranormal Roommates (Short)

Bigfoot is puffing while giving a greatly livid expression.

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Long Live The Royals, Summer Camp Island, Ben 10 (2016 reboot, Season 2-4) and The Fungies!

The box shows a clip from its respective episode.

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Regular Show (Seasons 5-8) and Regular Show: The Movie

The box shows the same clip and sound effect from the previous logo.

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Adventure Time (Seasons 5-10)

The box shows the same clip from the previous logo.

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Steven Universe, Steven Universe: The Movie and Steven Universe Future

Steven is thrown by Amethyst over to Garnet, who then throws him to Pearl. Pearl then throws him up into the air, and the box closes. This variant is animated in a similar style to the third logo, with a rough sketch style. It was animated by former Supervising Director/Co-Executive Producer Ian Jones-Quartey.

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AJ's Infinite Summer (Short)

AJ says "Noice!" in an almost Michael Rosen-esque fashion.

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Long Live the Royals (Pilot)

Katherine punches Alex, as Alex starts to punch her, then Rosalind punches Alex.

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Back to Backspace (Short)

Mustacki spins around in a colorful vortex.

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Pillywag's Mansion (Short)

Pillywag is seen stuttering.

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Mixels

Vulk shouts "Remix!" and then scratches a rainbow-colored Cubit on his turntable. This is the only variant of this logo to have a copyright stamp beneath the logo. On some episodes of the show, the logo skips Vulk. European prints had this logo PAL pitched. Starting with the second season, at the beginning, the Mixels Mixing noise is heard, the scratching sounds are different and the copyright notice is removed.

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Ben 10: Omniverse (Seasons 5-8)

The box shows the scene from the episode "Arrested Development" where 11-year-old Ben hits the Omnitrix, showing visible frustration when it doesn't work. Every episode has a different sound effect played over him hitting the Omnitrix.

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Clarence (Pilot)

Clarence holds up a chicken, which then scratches at his face.

Clarence

A cardboard cutout of Clarence is shown, flopping around and whistling.

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Over The Garden Wall

An eerie animation of Wirt and Greg's shadows is shown, which looks like it was sketched out using pencils.

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Black Dynamite (Season 2)

The box shows scenes of Black Dynamite fighting.

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Ridin' With Burgess (Short)

Burgess says "Fool, this ain't no high school football game!" rapidly.

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Jammers (Short)

Carol's face "explodes" when a pimple forms on her face.

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Twelve Forever (Pilot)

One of Reggie's imaginary creatures speaks in an alien language while holding flowers.

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YES (2009 short, 2015 re-release)

The merman happily exclaims "Yes!" as the green and blue word "YES" draws above him.

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Spleenstab (2009 short, 2015 re-release)

A scene where Twinkle says "Maybe take it down a notch".

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Danger Planet (2009 short, 2015 re-release)

A scene where Danger Planet screams "I'm alive!". On the 2016 YouTube re-release of the short, the logo has brighter colors.

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Meddlen Meddows (2009 short, 2015 re-release)

Bacculas is frantically crazy.

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We Bare Bears (Pilot)

The box shows a clip of Panda saying "We should probably leave before someone calls the popo".

We Bare Bears

An animation is shown of the three main characters, with Grizzly typing on a laptop. He shouts "Done!" and raises his hand, followed by Panda and Ice Bear also shouting "Done!". This variant is animated in a similar style to the third logo, with a rough sketch style.

Episodes centering on the bears as kids use a different animatic of the cubs in a box, falling. This was used for any episodes featuring the bears as cubs from "The Road" to "Band of Outsiders".

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The Powerpuff Girls (2016 reboot)

The box shows the Powerpuff Girls' 2016 voice actors (Amanda Leighton, Kristen Li, Natalie Palamides) dressed up in their respective characters' attire and flying through the sky, with their color streaks trailing behind them. This does not appear on the Teen Titans Go!/The Powerpuff Girls (2016 reboot) crossover episode "TTG v PPG", as the company wasn't involved in that episode.

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Mighty Magiswords

An animatic of Prohyas happily unleashing a Muscle Magisword (which is in color), which intentionally panning to an unsuspecting Vambre reading as her left arm enlarges with magical muscles, which breaks the right side of the logo as Grup just looks at her while he floats. There is a different variant in the episode "Let's Team Up Because We Aren't Bad Friends" where Scarriet says "What's a Cartoon Network?", then Witchy Simone says "Don't worry about it.".

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  Mighty Magiswords (2016-2019)
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  Mighty Magiswords: Let's Team Up Because We Aren't Bad Friends gag (2018)

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Ben 10 (2016 reboot, Season 1)

A clip of the episode "The Filth" is shown of Four Arms exclaiming "Time to throw stuff!". Starting with the episode "Out to Launch", the logo uses a clip from its respective episode.

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Infinity Train:

Pilot: The box shows the scene from the pilot where Tulip asks Atticus if he wants to go outside, to which he eventually agrees.

Book One: For episodes one to nine, there is Tulip's hand, against a backdrop of the Wasteland, with her number rapidly changing. On episode ten (the final episode of Book One), Tulip's number reaches zero and a bright green light fills the screen.

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  "The Grid Car"-"The Past Car" variant
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  "The Engine" variant

Book Two: For episodes one to nine, MT (Mirror Tulip; later known as Lake) is looking at her reflection in her hand while on board the Infinity Train. On episode ten (the final episode of Book Two), Lake is looking at her reflection in her hand, but now in the real world. She smiles hopefully.

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  "The Black Market Car"-"The Tape Car" variant
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  "The Number Car" variant

Book Three: Grace, Simon, Hazel, Amelia, and Tuba’s hands with their numbers are shown. The logo changes from episode-to-episode depending on how many of them are remaining or added to the group at that point.

• On episode one, there are Simon and Grace's hands, with their numbers, with the floor of the Mall Car in the background.
• On episode two, Simon and Grace's hands are joined by those of Tuba and Hazel's, prominently showing their numbers (and lack thereof), against the background of the Jungle Car's ground. Hazel's hand waves playfully.
• On episode three, there are Simon, Grace, Hazel, and Tuba's hands, against a background of the floor of the Debutante Ball Car. Hazel's hand continues to wave playfully.
• On episode four, Simon, Grace, Tuba, and Hazel's hands are against a backdrop of snow. Grace's hand is covered by her glove, Hazel's hand continues to wave playfully.
• On episode five, against the background of the Campfire Car, Tuba's hand is now gone, Grace's hand is still covered, and Hazel's hand, rather than waving playfully, fearfully trembles in its turtle form with webbed fingers and claws.
• On episode six, Simon, Grace, and Hazel's hands are now joined by Amelia's, against a background of the Canyon of the Golden Winged Snakes Car.
• On episode seven, there are Simon, Hazel, Amelia, and Grace's hands, against a background of the grotto the group camped out in.
• On episode eight, there are Simon, Hazel, Amelia, and Grace's hands, against a backdrop of the Hey Ho Whoa Car, with the white screen of Grace's memory projection visible in the background.
• On episode nine, against a background of static, Simon's number rises while Grace's still-gloved hand is gradually covered in static.
• On episode ten (the final episode of Book Three), Grace is back in the Mall Car as she was in "The Musical Car," but she is now alone, as her number rapidly descends down her arm, reaching her wrist before the tag closes.

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  "The Musical Car" variant
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  "The Jungle Car" variant
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  "The Debutante Ball Car" variant
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  "Le Chat Chalet Car" variant
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  "The Color Clock Car" variant
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  "The Campfire Car" variant
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  "The Canyon of the Golden Winged Snakes Car" variant
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  "The Hey Ho Whoa Car" variant
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  "The Origami Car" variant
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  "The New Apex" variant

Book Four: From episodes one to nine, Ryan and Min-Gi's hands with their numbers are shown. On episode ten (the final episode of Book Four), Min-Gi's hands are shown holding a Stylophone, while Ryan's hand is shown holding a guitar pick.

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  "The Twin Tapes" variant
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  "The Iceberg Car" variant
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  "The Old West Car" variant
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  "The Pig Baby Car" variant
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  "The Astro Queue Car" variant
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  "The Party Car" variant
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  "The Art Gallery Car" variant
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  "The Mega Maze Car" variant
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  "The Castle Car" variant
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  "The Train to Nowhere" variant

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Victor and Valentino (Pilot)

The box shows Chupacabra saying "Oh, a fine choice little man!" to Victor and Valentino.

Victor and Valentino

The box shows the scene from the episode "Dead Ringer" where Victor lifts up Valentino's shirt and starts slapping his stomach, as they both laugh.

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Samurai Jack (Season 5)

The box shows the scene from the episode "XCII" with a close-up of Jack's face. Sword sound effects are played as the box opens and closes.

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Primal

The box shows a scene from the episode "Spear and Fang" with Spear riding Fang, while holding a spear in his hand. On Primal: Tales From Savagery, the scene is smaller.

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  Primal (2019-present)
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  Primal: Tales From Savagery (2019)

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OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes

The box shows an animatic of the main cast flying towards the camera while showing off their Power Moves, before then ending on a closeup of K.O.'s face. This logo is a reference and a homage to the 1994 "All-Stars" Hanna-Barbera logo, as it features the same general concept of that logo, along with the classic H-B sound effects. It was animated by the show's Storyboard Supervisor Jeremy Polgar.

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Craig of the Creek (Pilot)

A clip is shown of Kelsey shouting "Bad boys for life!" followed by J.P. excitedly agreeing.

Craig of the Creek

A clip plays from the episode "Jessica Goes to the Creek" with Craig saying "Just like I drew it!"

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Summer Camp Island (Pilot)

A clip is shown of a shirt in an open drawer saying "Oh my gosh, hi!"

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Apple & Onion (Pilot)

The box shows a scene of Apple saying "We're already doing it, baby!"

Apple & Onion

The box shows Apple and Onion staring at the ground, before they then look up and face the camera. The camera then zooms into an extreme closeup of their faces.

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Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart

The box shows Mao Mao backing up, before then charging into the camera with his sword. He stares angrily at the viewer as the box closes.

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JJ Villard's Fairy Tales

The box shows the main character from that episode doing something.

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Adventure Time: Distant Lands

BMO: The box shows a scene of BMO raising their broken arm & saying “Good babies.”

Obsidian: The box shows Marceline floating in the air saying "Oh, come on, you love it."

Together Again: The same logo from seasons 5-10 of Adventure Time is used.

Wizard City: The box shows Cadebra, during her audition, saying “Do not attempt this at home!”

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  Episode 2: Obsidian
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  Episode 3: Together Again
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  Episode 4: Wizard City

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Close Enough (Seasons 1-2)

The box shows Josh and Emily high-fiving and chest-bumping each other.

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Trick Moon (Short)

The box shows a clip from the short of Pocket kicking Trickshot in the face.

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The Wonderful Wingits (Short)

The box shows puppets of Tim and Iris taking a bow.

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Bottom's Butte (Short)

A scene where Beverly and Peanette say "I know" and start quietly laughing.

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Legendary Place (Short)

Baba Lee points to a plate of dumplings and yells "Legendary!".

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Welcome to My Life (Short)

A scene of a young T-Kesh blowing out the candles for his birthday party.

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Tiggle Winks (Pilot)

A scene of Tiggy saying, "Toodles! Bye! See ya!" while starting up and driving off with Gweeseek in the back.

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Sunshine Brownstone (Short)

Gene, sweating and jumping, says "Can I use the bathroom?".

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Pops and Branwell (Short)

A white dog with a blue bowtie is sitting at a desk in front of Pops. The dog barks, jumps off the seat and does a little tap dance on the table before falling off.

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Splitting Time (Short)

Coen and Pinn are sitting on chairs with drinks in their hands. They raise their drinks, and Coen says "To a flawless plan!". They then both laugh.

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Cadette in Charge (Short)

In an empty futuristic classroom, Cadette, with Nono behind her, is smiling and rotating her arms in front of her, while making a hissing sound. This is an extension of the final scene of the pilot, where Cadette and Sam fail their group project. Cadette says to Sam "We're such good friends we even finish each othersssssssssssss...", while a visibly ticked-off Sam walks away. Cadette continues to make the hissing sound, thinking he'll come around.

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Tig n' Seek

The box shows Gweeseek meowing on top of a stuffed laundry basket.

Starting with the episode "Boss: Bear in the City", Gweeseek presses the button of the arcade cabinet as she meows.

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Come and Learn with Pibby (Short)

The logo is on a black background with Pibby in front as she turns around and looks at it. Shortly after, they glitch out. This appears during the short.

In the full animatic of the Pibby pilot, Pibby says "What's a... Cartoon Network?" as she sees the logo after her show's end credits.

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Afternoon Super

The box shows KT shrugging.

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Bird & Squirrel

The box shows the Cat who chased Bird and Squirrel hanging from a tree branch at night.

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Greetings From Samson

The box shows a clip from the pilot with Samson dancing with two sausages on his hands.

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OutRunners

The box shows one of Steve's henchmen saying "Do I go home now?"

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The Nonsense Tales of Alakasam! (Short)

The logo is on a black background as Alakasam shouts "Huzzah!" inside the box.

Visuals: On a white background, there is a reworked version of the 2001 Cartoon Network Studios logo, which features the 2010 version of the Cartoon Network "Checkerboard" logo (which uses the modified Gotham Ultra typeface). Also, the word "STUDIOS" (set in Eagle Bold) is smaller and spaced-out.

Trivia:

• Like the previous logo, this logo was made by Brand New School to fit with the 2013 "CHECK it 3.0" rebrand.
• This logo (taken from the 2013 short Lakewood Plaza Turbo) briefly appeared on the OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes episode "Let's Watch the Pilot".

Variant: On Mixels, a copyright stamp appears below.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: Usually none or the tail-end or the closing theme of the show, sometimes with a whoosh when the logo opens and closes.

Audio Variants:

• Earlier versions of the logo (on shows like Adventure Time, Uncle Grandpa and the Adventure Time: Distant Lands episode "Together Again") have the same double bass jingle as the last logo at the start.
• On seasons 5-8 of Ben 10: Omniverse, there are different sounds that are heard whenever Ben hits the Omnitrix.
• Some shows may have their sounds and FX combined with the closing theme.

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Media Title	Date(s) of Release	Additional Note(s)
Uncle Grandpa	September 2, 2013-June 30, 2017	Clip variant
Regular Show	September 2, 2013-January 16, 2017 Seasons 5-8	Clip variant
Adventure Time	September 23, 2013-September 3, 2018 Seasons 5-10	Clip variant
Ben 10: Omniverse	February 15-November 14, 2014 Seasons 5-8	Clip variant
Steven Universe	November 4, 2013-January 21, 2019	Clip variant
Clarence	May 21, 2013 (Pilot) April 21, 2014-June 24, 2018	Clip variant
Black Dynamite	October 18, 2014-January 10, 2015 Season 2	Clip variant

6th Logo (January 1, 2022-)

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  We Baby Bears: There is an animation of young Grizzly, Panda, and Ice Bear coming together and taking a selfie.
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  Close Enough (Season 3): The same clip from the previous logo.
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  Unicorn: Warriors Eternal: A sped-up clip plays from the episode "The Awakening" with Copernicus communicating.
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  Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake: A clip plays from the episode "Prismo the Wishmaster" with Fionna riding Cake.
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  Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake (Season 2): For the show's second season starting with the episode "The Bird in the Clock", a clip plays from the episode "The Cat Who Tipped the Box" with Cake carrying Huntress Wizard with Fionna walking along with her.
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  Jessica's Big Little World: A clip plays from the episode "Small Uncle's Big Bath" with Jessica (wearing a bonnet) hugging Small Uncle.
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  Craig Before the Creek (Opening): At the start of the movie, a still version of the logo fades to the opening scene, with the second "O" in "CARTOON" fading into the moon.
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  Craig Before the Creek (Closing): A clip plays from the movie with Craig entering the creek for the first time as the camera pans around.
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  Mouthwash Madness: A clip plays from the pilot with Kathleen, Anne, Bess and Marie laughing while watching TV.
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  Hungy Ghost: A clip plays from the pilot with Hungy's Space Launch 2.0 exploding.
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  Dang! It's Dracula: A clip plays from the pilot with Dracula throwing flames.
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  Harmony in Despair: There is an animation of Harmony spinning and waving at the camera before falling backward.
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  Off The Menu: A clip plays from the pilot with Sowley landing and wiggling her butt on a fish dish with butter.
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  The All-nimal: ‎A clip plays from the pilot with a ladybug eating the All-nimal's small and weak form.
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  Buttons' Gamezone: A clip plays from the pilot with Buttons crashing into a circuit board which blows up on Cherry's face.
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  A for Angel: A clip plays from the pilot with Clementine giving Ray a tackle hug.
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  Sleeping Giants: ‎A clip plays from the pilot with 2-BIT giving Hopper a hug.
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  Pig In A Wig: It shows a pencil test animation from the pilot with Peter/Humperdinck walking around with his wig.
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  Scaredy Cat: A clip plays from the pilot with Scaredy Cat and Ghost Girl saying "TURN ANYTHING INTO MONSTERS?!"
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  Foools: There is a gold star flying through the night sky.
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  I Love You, Jocelyn: A clip plays from the pilot with Jocelyn flying over the skies of Miami Island.
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  Mandie Mander: A clip plays from the pilot with Mandie, Drew, and Sal singing to an acorn in the mud.
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  IScream: A clip plays from the pilot with Daisy, Margot, and Cosmo running in the freezer.
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  Madison and Skyler: A clip plays from the pilot with the two main characters doing a secret handshake and slapping each other.
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  Invincible Fight Girl: A clip plays from the show's pilot episode with a close-up of Andy.
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  Primal (Season 3): A clip plays from the episode "Prey for The Wicked" with Fang roaring.
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  Regular Show: The Lost Tapes: The same clip and sound effect from the previous 2 logos. Also, the cream background at the end is replaced with the space background seen on the show's title card and end credits.
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  Adventure Time: Side Quests: Transitioning from the credits, the Cartoon Network Studios logo pops in. The box displays a pink room. The character or characters in the room change each episode. There are 7 versions of this variant seen in this series.

Visuals: On a background from the preceding show, there is a new version of the Cartoon Network "Checkerboard" logo with inverted colors, more rectangular squares, and weirdly spaced letters in a black box with "STUDIOS" below it, all set in an excessively bold version of Eagle Black. The logo flips to reveal an animation (which varies by show) that plays before flipping back to the logo. During this, the background flips to show more backgrounds from the preceding show before ending on a cream background.

Technique: Computer animation.

Audio: An ascending three-note synthesized string legato accompanied by two drum/cymbal rolls.

Availability Notes:

• It was first used in print on a post on Cartoon Network's Instagram account on December 14, 2021.
• The new checkerboard was apparently created exclusively for this logo and co-exists with the 2010 checkerboard since then.

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Media Title	Date(s) of Release	Additional Note(s)
We Baby Bears	January 1, 2022-	Debut appearance
Close Enough	April 7, 2022 Season 3
Unicorn: Warriors Eternal	May 5-June 30, 2023
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake	August 31, 2023-
Jessica's Big Little World	September 20, 2023-May 31, 2024
Craig Before the Creek	December 11, 2023
Primal	January 11, 2026 Season 3
Cartoon Cartoons (shorts)	January 26, 2026-
Regular Show: The Lost Tapes	May 11, 2026-
Adventure Time Side Quests	June 29, 2026-