History WesternAnimation / WhatACartoonShow

* WesternAnimation/MinaAndTheCount: Interlude with a Vampire

* [[WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo Jungle Boy]]: Mr. Monkeyman

* Yuckie Duck: Short Orders
* Sledgehammer O'Possum: Out and About
* George and Junior: Look Out Below

* George and Junior's Christmas Spectacular

* Yuckie Duck: I'm on My Way
* WesternAnimation/MinaAndTheCount: Interlude with a Vampire

* '''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory: Old Man Dexter'''

* Sledgehammer O'Possum: What's Goin' on Back There?!

* '''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls: Crime 101'''

* '''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog: WesternAnimation/TheChickenFromOuterSpace'''

* '''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls: Meat Fuzzy Lumkins'''

* '''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken: No Smoking''' (a.k.a "Cow and Chicken Go to Hell")

* Uncle Gus: For the Love of Monkeys

Shorts that would later serve as pilots for official CN series are highlighted in '''bold'''.

* WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls: Meat Fuzzy Lumkins
* WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory
* WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo

* WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken: No Smoking (a.k.a "Cow and Chicken Go to Hell")

* WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls: Crime 101

* WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog: WesternAnimation/TheChickenFromOuterSpace

* WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory: The Big Sister

* WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory: Old Man Dexter

* WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo and the Amazon Women

* WesternAnimation/MikeLuAndOg: Crash Lancelot

* WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy: Meet the Reaper
* WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones

* WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity: In the Baa-ginning

* [[WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor Kids Next Door]]: No P in the OOL

* PeekABangs: The granddaughter in ''Gramps''.

* WesternAnimation/FerretAndParrot

** Luther from "Awfully Lucky". The very beginning of the short has him steal a man's sandwich, tease a dog with the last bite before eating it in front of the pooch, and steal a baby's milk bottle to wash it down. It's almost as if they wanted to make him as unsympathetic as possible when the curse of the Paradox Pearl continuously gives him good luck only to follow with bad luck so that his misfortunes wouldn't seem unfair.

* SlasherSmile: The aforementioned psychotic Colonel Sanders Ghost from "Podunk Possum" wears a perpetual one while smashing eggs and delivering completely nonsensical catchphrases. Chickens are terrified of him for good reason.

The ''What A Cartoon! Show'' (originally known as ''World Premiere Toons'', and later renamed ''The Cartoon Cartoon Show'') was an anthology show on Creator/CartoonNetwork running from 1995 to 1997, with a few scattered shorts airing towards the end of TheNineties. Created by then-president of Creator/HannaBarbera Fred Seibert as a throwback to theatrical studio cartoons from UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, it was described as "48 chances to succeed or fail" at potential original programming. The premiere of the project was on a special hosted by [[WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast Space Ghost]].

True to Seibert's word, 48 cartoons were produced by a generous handful of creators (mostly Hanna-Barbera staff), each reflecting [[AuthorAppeal the artist's individual style and sensibilities]]. Five of the shorts -- ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'', ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'', ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerPuffGirls'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheChickenFromOuterSpace'' (which became ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'') -- would go on to be the network's first original shows, or Creator/CartoonCartoons. One wound up being the prototype for a much more popular toon later on (''WesternAnimation/LarryAndSteve'' would serve as one of the inspirations for ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''.) Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera themselves got back in the director's chair to create "Hard Luck Duck" and two shorts featuring Dino of ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', respectively. Others, such as ''Yoink of the Yukon'', ''Pfish & Chip'', ''Yuckie Duck'', and ''Shake & Flick'', were not as successful, but have gained a strong cult following from classic CN fans.

* BlindingBangs: The grandson in ''Gramps'' has his eyes obscured by his hair.

* AdultFear: "Help?" has the poor Jof in pain, yet no one seem to care, and has to deal with what is basically medical negligence.

After the show's initial 1995-97 run, Fred Seibert would leave Hanna-Barbera to produce [[WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons a counterpart series]] for {{Creator/Nickelodeon}} at his own production company, Creator/FrederatorStudios. In the meantime, CN would retool the series into ''The Cartoon Cartoon Show'', with then-vice president of Cartoon Network Sam Register now serving as producer. The rebranded anthology series now showcased new episodes and reruns of the network's full-series cartoons in addition to premieres of new pilot episodes. Three new shorts were made in 1998 and 1999, those being ''Kenny and the Chimp'', ''WesternAnimation/MikeLuAndOg'', and ''King Crab: Space Crustacean''; the second of these would be greenlit into a series. In 2000 and 2001, Cartoon Network would take a more direct approach with "The Big Pick", in which viewers got to vote for brand-new series from that summer's collection of ten pilots. The winner of the 2001 "Big Pick" was ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', with runner-up ''WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'' also getting picked up.[[note]]The original ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'' short was aired as part of that "Cartoon Cartoon Summer" as well, but had already been greenlit.[[/note]] In the summer of 2002, the winner would be ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', with runner-up short ''Lowbrow'' also getting the greenlight to become ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR''.

* Ignoramooses

* Home Sweet Home

* TheCastShowOff: Most of the shorts were created by Hanna-Barbera staff, given free range to create whatever they wanted.

On April 15, 2021, Cartoon Network announced that they will be creating a brand new anthology series of shorts titled, ''Cartoon Cartoons'' (Named after the network's [[Creator/CartoonCartoons original brand name for its animated shows]]).

* Help?

* BananaPeel: "The Most Dangerous Thing on Earth", according to ''Strange Things''. The chief of security explains it's what the scientists at the institute he works at had come up with at the time, yet they continue to look for something more lethal.

On April 15, 2021 Cartoon Network announced that they will be creating a brand new anthology series of shorts titled, ''Cartoon Cartoons'' (Named after the network's [[Creator/CartoonCartoons original brand name for its animated shows]]).

** Hard Luck Duck from the short of the same name is an almost exact clone of the earlier Creator/HannaBarbera WesternAnimation/YakkyDoodle. Both are naive ducklings who have to be protected from being eaten by a hungry fox.

* ThickLineAnimation: Some of the cartoons utilized this design style, such as ''Boid n Woim'' ''Sledgehammer O Possum'' ''Pizza Boy in No Tip'', ''Godfrey and Zeek'', ''The Powerpuff Girls'', and ''Dexter's Laboratory''.

* ThickLineAnimation: Some of the cartoons utilized this design style, such as ''Pizza Boy in No Tip'', ''Godfrey and Zeek'', ''The Powerpuff Girls'', and ''Dexter's Laboratory''.

** Sledgehammer O'Possum is a ScrewySquirrel with the obnoxiousness cranked UpToEleven. He spends his two shorts harassing people for doing their jobs or just completely without provocation.

* {{Jerkass}}: Luther from "Awfully Lucky". The very beginning of the short has him steal a man's sandwich, tease a dog with the last bite before eating it in front of the pooch, and steal a baby's milk bottle to wash it down. It's almost as if they wanted to make him as unsympathetic as possible when the curse of the Paradox Pearl continuously gives him good luck only to follow with bad luck so that his misfortunes wouldn't seem unfair.

'''President:''' ''(high-pitched voice)'' No problem!