History Trivia / SymBionicTitan

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: When the creators balked at the idea of licensing the series for toy manufacturing (an unfortunate side-effect of an economic recession), the network swiftly canceled the series halfway through its run. They then abruptly changed the time slot from Wednesday night to Saturday morning, ensuring that it could die quietly without its fans knowing the truth and clamoring for its return, and eventually wrote the show off for tax exemption, removing any possibilities of reruns. The experience left the crew apathetic, and they all drifted from Cartoon Network to work on new projects.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: '''And how!''' The show is currently impossible to obtain legally, as Cartoon Network wrote it off for taxation purposes in 2014, therefore making it illegal for them to rerun it, release it on home video (except, for some reason, [[NoExportForYou in Australia]]) or license it for streaming. In a pre-internet age, it'd be like the show never existed. Amazingly, it's still available for purchase on iTunes.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: '''And how!''' The show is currently impossible to obtain legally, as Cartoon Network wrote it off for taxation purposes in 2014, therefore making it illegal for them to rerun it, release it on home video (except, for some reason, [[NoExportForYou in Australia]]) or license it for streaming. In a pre-internet age, it'd be like the show never existed.
** However, you can still purchase the full series on iTunes.

* RecycledScript: The "Tashy 497" episode was a recycle of an old ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode, with Ilana as Bubbles and Lance as Buttercup.

* CreativeDifferences: According to Genndy, a major factor in the network's lack of support was a shift in management during his time away, meaning that he wasn't working for the people who's trust he'd earned in the first ten years of his career. The whole exhaustive experience also caused the crew to simply lose interest.

** Young Lance is also voiced by different child actors in "Shaman of Fear" and "Shadows of Youth," although it could be that he's at a different age.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: When the creators balked at the idea of licensing the series for toy manufacturing (a unfortunate side-effect of an economic recession), the network swiftly canceled the series halfway through it's run. They then abruptly changed the time slot from Wednesday night to Saturday morning, ensuring that it could die quietly without it's fans knowing the truth and clamoring for its return, and eventually wrote the show off for tax exemption, removing any possibilities of reruns. The experience left the crew apathetic, and they all drifted from Cartoon Network to work on new projects.

* CreatorCameo: In one episode, Creator/GenndyTartakovsky voices a caricature of himself as a father comforting his crying son. The father even refers to his son as Jake, named after Genndy's real-life son.

* XMeetsY:
** One of Creator/AdultSwim's bumps described it as ''Anime/GoLion'' / ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'' meets ''Series/{{Kikaider}}'' meets ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' meets [[RuleofCool HELL YEAH!]]
** Alternatively, ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'' -- or ''Anime/MazingerZ'' -- meets ''Anime/{{Zambot3}}'' meets ''[[Anime/{{Gigantor}} Tetsujin 28-go]]''.
** The show has pretty much solidified itself as a cross between a John Hughes Highschool movie and traditional Mecha Anime.

* CreatorCameo: In one episode, Creator/GenndyTartakovsky voices a caricature of himself as a father comforting his crying son, Jake, named for Genndy's own son.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Ilana's actual bodyguard being injured in the invasion meant Lance was the only ready choice.
** Creator/GenndyTartakovsky said he wanted to do episodes featuring more of Lance's father and a musical episode with Ilana. Makes sense, considering Creator/TaraStrong's singing ability.

* CreativeDifferences: The producers ended up going their separate ways because they lost interest.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Creator/CartoonNetwork pulled the show after its first run and never bothered to rerun it. In an even bigger disappointment to fans, they also never bothered to release any of the series on DVD, so, up until October 2012, unless you were comfortable with watching the show through methods of questionable legality or iTunes, you were pretty much completely out of luck. Thank God it's being re-aired on Toonami, which may or may not herald a forthcoming DVD release.
** With the show officially written off for tax reasons, a DVD/Blu-Ray release is now legally impossible, and the show has been officially removed from iTunes.
** The show is currently available to watch via Amazon Prime.
** A DVD release was made on April 6, 2016....[[NoExportForYou in Australia]].

* RecycledScript
** The "Tashy 497" episode was a recycle of an old ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode, with Ilana as Bubbles and Lance as Buttercup.
** The entire series has a great deal in common with an old ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' episode.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Getting moved from Friday nights to Wednesday nights then finally moved practically unannounced to an early Saturday morning slot all in the first season alone is never a good sign. True to form, it signaled that production on the series had suddenly been dropped. It was quietly bumped to a Saturday morning death slot when it neared its last episodes that were produced so that the show could be forgotten without a mess erupting. This wasn't enough to stop fans from learning the truth and clamoring for its return. The cause of its cancellation is often blamed for not getting a toy deal to help buffer the production costs. But the true reason the show folded was because its own production crew had their interests focused on other projects and began going their separate ways.
** Creator/CartoonNetwork had to can the series after 20 episodes since no [[ProductPlacement toy manufacturers were stepping up to make toys from the show]] (a unfortunate side-effect of an economic recession) though ratings were doing well. The production team also crumpled a bit and their interests switched to other things. Genndy has now moved onto working at Sony Pictures Animation to focus on his own projects.
** According to some rumors, it was because Cartoon Network wanted to license the show for merchandise, while the creators wanted it to speak for itself. Genndy also blames the change in management, as all of the people who's trust he had gained during his original tenure had since left, causing a lot of head-butting with the new network people.
** And now for the biggest screw against this show: Cartoon Network has written this show off financially, meaning it can no longer air on the channel ever again.

* TalkingToHimself: KariWahlgren voices Kimmy and her two friends, Monica and Amber.

* TheOtherDarrin: Kimmy is voiced by Cassie Scerbo in her first appearance in "Showdown at Sherman High." Both her and KariWahlgren, interestingly enough, voice characters in ''WesternAnimation/RandyCunninghamNinthGradeNinja''. Young Lance is also voiced by different child actors in "Shaman of Fear" and "Shadows of Youth," although it could be that he's at a different age.

* [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Screwed By The Lack Of Merchandise and Production Woes]]: Creator/CartoonNetwork had to can the series after 20 episodes since no [[ProductPlacement toy manufacturers were stepping up to make toys from the show]] (a unfortunate side-effect of an economic recession) though ratings were doing well. The production team also crumpled a bit and their interests switched to other things. Genndy has now moved onto working at Sony Pictures Animation to focus on his own projects.

** One of Creator/AdultSwim's bumps described it as ''Anime/GoLion'' / ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'' meets ''{{Kikaider}}'' meets ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' meets [[RuleofCool HELL YEAH!]]

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Creator/TaraStrong is Princess Ilana.
** Creator/BrianPosehn is Octus.
** Creator/TomKenny is Brick Jackson.
** Creator/JohnDiMaggio is General Steel and the King of Galaluna.
** Much like in Gennedy's [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack previous series]], Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson can be heard all over the place.
** Creator/BillFagerbakke is Edwin Kapinski.
** Creator/WillFriedle is Jason.
** Creator/KariWahlgren is Kimmy.
** Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor is Brandon.
** Tim Russ ([[Series/ICarly Principal Franklin]], [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Tuvok]]) is Solomon.
** Creator/VanessaMarshall is Tiffany, Kristin and Xeexi.

* TroubledProduction: The show started off strong, but it was ultimately the wavering production crew that did it in. In particular, Genndy was working on ''Film/HotelTransylvania'' (not to mention ''still'' trying to pitch a ''Series/SamuraiJack'' GrandFinale movie).

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Getting moved from Friday nights to Wednesday nights then finally moved practically unannounced to an early Saturday morning slot all in the first season alone is never a good sign. True to form, it signaled that production on the series had suddenly been dropped. It was quietly bumped to a Saturday morning death slot when it neared its last episodes that were produced so that the show could be forgotten without a mess erupting. This wasn't enough to stop fans from learning the truth and clamoring for its return. The cause of its cancellation is often {{Misblamed}} for not getting a toy deal to help buffer the production costs. But the true reason the show folded was because its own production crew had their interests focused on other projects and began going their separate ways.
** According to WordOfGod, it was because Cartoon Network wanted to license the show for merchandise, while the creators wanted it to speak for itself. Genndy also blames the change in management, as all of the people who's trust he had gained during his original tenure had since left, causing a lot of head-butting with the new network people.

* [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Screwed By The Lack Of Merchandise and Production Woes]]: Creator/CartoonNetwork had to can the series after 20 episodes since no [[ProductPlacement toy manufacturers were stepping up to make toys from the show]] (a unfortunate side-effect of an economic recession) though ratings were doing well. The production team also crumpled a bit and their interests switched to other things. Genndy has now moved onto working at Sony Pictures Animation to focus on the 'WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' feature.

* TroubledProduction: The show started off strong, but it was ultimately the wavering production crew that did it in. In particular, Genndy was working on ''Film/HotelTransylvania'' (not to mention ''still'' trying to pitch a ''Series/SamuraiJack'' GrandFinale BigDamnMovie).

* LostForever: For the above-stated tax write-off Cartoon Network did, the show can never be legally obtained ever again.

** The show is currently available to watch viva Amazon Prime.

** According to WordOfGod, it was because Cartoon Network wanted to license the show for merchandise, while the creators wanted it to speak for itself. Genndy also blames the change in management, as all of the people who's trust he had gained between 1995 and 2004 had since left, causing a lot of head-butting with the new network people.

* [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Screwed By The Lack Of Merchandise and Production Woes]]: Creator/CartoonNetwork had to can the series after 20 episodes since no [[ProductPlacement toy manufacturers were stepping up to make toys from the show]] (a unfortunate side-effect of an economic recession) though ratings were doing well. The production team also crumpled a bit and their interests switched to other things. Genndy has now moved onto working at Sony Pictures Animation to focus on the 'WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' feature.

** According to WordOfGod, it was because Cartoon Network wanted to license the show for merchandise, while the creators wanted it to speak for itself. Genndy also blames the change in management, all all of the people who's trust he had gained between 1995 and 2004 had since left, causing a lot of head-butting with the new network people.