Orrin Scott: Archiving Animation with Home Media - Cartoon Network Physical Home Media Releases

Definitely a topic for further elaboration and research in the future, but every five years or so there seems to be a show that hosts a pantheon of staff that would go on to make significant waves in the industry. Some examples would be; in the 80’s, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, in the early 90’s, Rocko’s Modern Life, and in the late aughts, Chowder. After all, everyone needs a start somewhere, and put enough creative people in a room yearning to learn, grow and evolve and you end up with something special. Onto today’s toons...

Sunday Pants (2005) ran for a single season, but only aired half the episodes produced. A pseudo-sequel to the anthology What A Cartoon!, the show consisted of many 2-3 minute pilots. Due to the nature of the program and it’s many rights holders, it has never seen any home media releases.

Sources:

https://lostmediawiki.com/Sunday_Pants_(partially_lost_Cartoon_Network_animated_short_series;_2005)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_Pants#cite_note-Perlmutter-1

Sunday Pants Logo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_Pants#/media/File:Sunday_Pants.jpg

My Gym Partner's a Monkey (2005) ran for four seasons. While there are screener copies for Emmy Judges floating around on second hand websites, there have not been any large scale home media releases.

Sources

https://www.ebay.com/i/114438112583?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Gym_Partner%27s_a_Monkey

My Gym Partner’s a Monkey Logo

https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/My_Gym_Partner%27s_a_Monkey

Ben 10 (2005) the original series ran for four seasons and started a media empire. All four seasons of the original show have been released on DVD. Three films were produced during this era, the 2D animated, Secret of the Omnitrix, the live-action Race Against Time, and the CGI sequel to Secret of the Omnitrix, Destroy All Aliens. All three films have been released on DVD, though of varying degrees of availability as the first film was a Wal*Mart exclusive.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_10_(2005_TV_series)

https://ben10.fandom.com/wiki/Ben_10

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https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/Ben_10

Squirrel Boy (2006) ran for two seasons. Unfortunately, neither season has been released on any form of Home Media.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squirrel_Boy

Squirrel Boy Logo

https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/Squirrel_Boy

Class of 3000 (2006) ran for two seasons. While the first season saw a CD released of the original soundtrack, neither season has had any home media releases.