History WesternAnimation / ChalkZone

* BananaPeel: Rudy at one point trips up Bully Nerd in the original ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons'' pilot by drawing a banana peel in his path.

%% * DisneyDeath: Rudy gets this in "Double Trouble," "The Big Blow Up," and "Tiny Pirate Problem."

* DownerBeginning: "That Sinking Feeling" is a variation if you think about it. See FridgeHorror.

* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: One of the sidewalk chalk drawings angry at Rudy for modifying them before they were erased into [=ChalkZone=] in "Draw and Let Draw" is a vampire who got his fangs corked because Rudy assumed he was going to bite a puppy, when the vampire only intended to use his fangs to opena can of dog food to feed his pet.

%% * RedOniBlueOni: Snap and Penny, but with reversed colors.

%% * UnmovingPlaid: All lines of anything from Chalkzone. It's not always noticeable.
%% * UngratefulBastard: Mr. Wilter
%% ** Skrawl qualifies as well.

* VillainTeamUp: Skrawl and Craniac 4 in "Double Trouble", Terry Bouffant and Vinnie Ritone in "Snap vs. Boorat".

* VocalEvolution: The ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons'' shorts gave Rudy a higher pitched voice (justified, he was younger than he was in the actual show) and gave Rudy's father Joe a gruffer and deeper voice (though the shorts featuring him that were repackaged as segments of the show were redubbed with his current voice for consistency). In addition, Snap's accent got heavier (he also had a higher voice in early episodes).

* VocalEvolution: The ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons'' shorts gave Rudy a higher pitched voice (justified, he was younger than he was in the actual show) and gave Rudy's father Joe a gruffer and deeper voice. In addition, Snap's accent got heavier (he also had a higher voice in early episodes).

%% * {{Pirate}}s, of the chalk variety naturally.

%% * TitleThemeTune

** Skrawl sings "Skrawl's Song" in his debut episode "The Skrawl", which later gets reprised with different lyrics in "Chalk Queen" and "Double Trouble", the last one having it become a duet with Craniac 4.

* ADogAteMyHomework: In "Chak Queen", Skrawl forces Penny into siding with him by threatening to have a dog eat her homework.

* {{Prequel}}: "Rudy's Story" is established as Rudy's first meeting with Penny (particularly, featuring her as a new student of Mr. Wilter's class) and has her under the impression of [=ChalkZone=] merely being a product of Rudy's imagination, indicating that it chronologically takes place before her debut in the ''Oh Yeah! Cartoons'' short "Rudy's Date".

* SecretKeeper: After Rudy's best friend, Penny, learns about ChalkZone, she swears to keep it a secret.

%% * TheBrute: Reggie

%% * DeadpanSnarker: Penny and Snap, a lot of the time. Rudy has his moments as well.
%% * DerangedAnimation: DUH.

* VocalEvolution: The ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons'' shorts gave Rudy a higher pitched voice (justified, he was younger than he was in the actual show), and Snap's accent got heavier (he also had a higher voice in early episodes).

%% * ButtMonkey: Reggie & Wilter

** BEANIE BOYS, BEANIE BOYS, WE'RE THE BOYS THAT SKRAWL EMPLOYS. HA HA HA HA HEE HEE HEE HEE HO HO HO HO HA.

%% * TheEeyore: Mr. Wilter

%% * FeudEpisode: Rudy and Penny in "Power Play", "Chalk Queen", and "Double Trouble".

%% * GRatedDrug: Water Water, Everywhere
%% * GentleGiant: Biclops

''[=ChalkZone=]'' (1999-2008) is a {{Creator/Nickelodeon}} cartoon that, like fellow Nicktoon ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', began as a series of shorts on ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons''. Despite similarities with a former Pinwheel (now Nickelodeon) cartoon with the same premise, ''WesternAnimation/SimonInTheLandOfChalkDrawings2002'', creator Bill Burnett has confirmed that ''[=ChalkZone=]'' is not a SpiritualSuccessor.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: At the end of "Snap Builds His Dream House". Rudy spent the entire episode trying to make Snap a house that fit all of his (and the others) suggestions... only for Snap to be disappointed at the resulting "hodgepodge". Rudy, at this point completely fed up, decides to send it out to sea... in a barge he drew ''[[KillItWithWater holes]]'' in.
** [[ZigZaggedTrope However]], Snap actually ''likes'' it after it gets sunk (since it's now an ''island'' home[[note]][[ItMakesSenseInContext The birdhouse part]] is the only part that's still sticking out above the ocean.[[/note]]). But, when Snap tries to ask Rudy to draw him a bridge so he can get to it, Rudy just draws some bandages over Snap's mouth.

** "The Doofi", which introduced Rudy and Penny's {{Oddball Doppelganger}}s Doofus Rudy and Doofus Penny, received two sequel episodes in "Killer Breath" and "Doofus Penny's Grand Opening". The former had Doofus Penny try to help Doofus Rudy's search for the perfect art model by using an invention to merge baby's breath with the killer bush Doofus Rudy was trying to paint, inadvertently creating the monster Killer Breath. The latter had Doofus Rudy open a Scientastical Hall of Wondoors and force Snap to follow her tour.

-->'''Snap''': ''Helloooooooo, Minnedakota!'' Are you ready for some magic, there?! (starts swinging on the chalkboard) ''The Incredibleeeeeeeeeee Disappearing Newscaster!'' (slams the chalk portal down over Terry)

''[=ChalkZone=]'' (1999-2008) is a {{Creator/Nickelodeon}} cartoon that, like fellow Nicktoon ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', began as a series of shorts on ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons''. Despite similarities with a former Pinwheel (now Nickelodeon) cartoon with the same premise, ''WeaternAnimation/SimonInTheLandOfChalkDrawings2002'', creator Bill Burnett has confirmed that ''[=ChalkZone=]'' is not a SpiritualSuccessor.

''[=ChalkZone=]'' (1999-2008) is a {{Creator/Nickelodeon}} cartoon that, like fellow Nicktoon ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', began as a series of shorts on ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons''. Despite similarities with a former Pinwheel (now Nickelodeon) cartoon with the same premise, ''WeaternAnimation/SimonInTheLandOfChalkDrawings'', creator Bill Burnett has confirmed that ''[=ChalkZone=]'' is not a SpiritualSuccessor.

''[=ChalkZone=]'' (1999-2008) is a {{Creator/Nickelodeon}} cartoon that, like fellow Nicktoon ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', began as a series of shorts on ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons''. Despite similarities with a former Pinwheel (now Nickelodeon) cartoon with the same premise, ''Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings'', creator Bill Burnett has confirmed that ''[=ChalkZone=]'' is not a SpiritualSuccessor.

%% * FreudianTrio:
%% ** TheKirk: Rudy
%% ** TheSpock: Penny
%% ** TheMcCoy: Snap

%% * LoveMakesYouDumb: Snap a lot of the time with Rapsheba. Rudy's [[PrecociousCrush crush]] on Trina is a temporary example.

%% * SecretKeeper: Penny

%% * WholeEpisodeFlashback: The first two shorts from ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons'' were turned into flashbacks in episodes of the series.

%% * BadassAdorable: Snap, Rudy, and even Penny show this, in various degrees.

%% * ChristmasEpisode: ("When Santas Collide")

%% * CreatorCameo: Many episodes had Bill Burnett play additional voices.

''[=ChalkZone=]'' (1999-2008) is a {{Creator/Nickelodeon}} cartoon that, like fellow Nicktoon ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'', began as a series of shorts on ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons''. Despite similarities with a former Pinwheel (now Nickelodeon) cartoon with the same premise, ''Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings'', creator Bill Burnett has confirmed that ''[=ChalkZone=]'' is not a SpiritualSuccessor.

* RecycledSoundtrack: Seasons 1, 2, and the first half of 3 tended to reuse their songs over and over again. Not only that, some background tracks were reused from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents''. This is no longer the case starting with "Double Trouble".

''[=ChalkZone=]'' (1999-2008) is a {{Creator/Nickelodeon}} cartoon that, like fellow Nicktoon ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'', began as a series of shorts on ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons''. Despite similarities with a former Pinwheel (now Nickelodeon) cartoon with the same premise, ''Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings'', creator Bill Burnett has confirmed that ''[=ChalkZone=]'' is not an considerable {{spiritual successor}}.

The show centers on a shy, daydreaming kid by the name of Rudy Tabootie, who one day finds [[PlotDevice a piece of magic chalk]] and accidentally discovers a world hidden beyond his teacher's chalkboard as a result. In this world, [=ChalkZone=], chalk drawings that have been erased from all chalkboards live together as now sentient beings; among them is an early creation of Rudy's, a small blue Chalkzoner named Snap.

The original ''Oh Yeah! Cartoons'' shorts featured a fairly young Rudy, aged eight years old. The series takes place a few years later, aging Rudy to ten years old and introducing a new female Latina character in Rudy's girlfriend/love interest, Penny Sanchez, who is [[SecretKeeper the only person he trusts with knowledge about ChalkZone]]. In addition to their usual adventures in the magical world, the trio of Rudy, Snap, and Penny occasionally fight the various threats within a chalk zone, in addition to keeping the place safe from [[TheMasquerade being found out by anyone else]].

* BalefulPolymorph: According to an interview with Bill Burnett, any human who remains in [=ChalkZone=] for more than 24 hours becomes a zoner themselves, and lose their ability to use the magic chalk. Had the show continued, Rudy would have encountered a human villain who was a victim of this.

* WeHaveWaysOfMakingYouTalk: In "[=FutureZone=]", Rudy gets kidnapped by Craniac 3 and demands Rudy tell him how to use the magic chalk, even though he says he's the only one who can use it. Not believing him, he tries to get him to talk by putting a loaded diaper on his head and having a robotic grandmother with giant lips kiss his face.