The Cartoon Network Powerhouse Era Bumpers Collection 

I feel the same way about Disney Channel and Nickelodeon as I grew up with all three channels, though I didn't start watching Disney Channel until the early 2000s because I mostly watched Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon most of the time back then. I do, however, remember watching Disney's One Saturday Morning back in the '90s.

For 25 years since I started watching Cartoon Network from my childhood years in late 1997 with Dexter's Laboratory. The exact same year that I started watching Nickelodeon with Hey Arnold at the age of 6. Now 25 years later in my early 30s, I cannot believe that I have spent my time watching the cartoons that I know and love.

I know my wish is granted because of Checkered Past on Adult Swim. But these are entertaining, wacky, and absolutely fun. But that’s not to say the CN City and afterwards were decent PS, I was born around the time these bumpers were being replaced for CN City. So I grew up with Noods and early Check It.

Feels like the original Cartoon Network was trying to revive the golden age of Hollywood.

I've heard they have a different CN over there.

@@vashietru1848 yeah but it’s nowhere near as good as the original American CN 😭😭😭

We used to get the American Cartoon Network down here in Barbados too, until it was replaced by the Latin American version in early 2003.

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@@alknobhill Really? At least you have it airing 24/7. We only get it for 6 hours on weekdays now, with the all new Cartoonito block.

Don’t worry, we still have Crossover Nexus, It’s trying make Cartoon Network great again.

After the creator was revealed to be a pedophile,the fact Steven universe wasn't cancelled PROVES cartoon Network is run by morons now.

@@fridaynightnicktoons6885 of what show

@@spongebobplushiestuff8612 The creator of Clarence was a pedophile and got fired from Cartoon Network.

BOB IGOR RUINED STAR WARS NOT JUST KATHLEEN Is that actually true?

Dizzy Storms I definitely agree with you there!

@@michaelapelletier8662 I Want The Original Cartoon Network Shows Back On The Original Cartoon Network USA🇺🇲 And The Original Boomerang Now!!!!🤞😾😠😤😡👍

Dumber and dumber latinoamerica 13:26

I do.

this song plays a lot in Looney Tunes sooooo

What is the name of the song during the opening?

@@musicmaster83x2 Powerhouse

Thanks for clarifying that. I never knew what the colors meant as a kid. Now I know that they were meant for different time slots.

1998-2006?

@@CosmicSponge2004 It's more like 1999-2005. 2006 got rid of the City Block Era and replaced it with the garbage Yes era.

@@RockNRollSurf The used City as secondary branding in 2006

@@CosmicSponge2004 You are right, but the garbage "Yes" era was slowly taking over the bumpers as the year went on. The summer of 2006 was extremely inferior to the summer of 2005. By November of 2006 Cartoon Network was spamming the Fred Fred Burger and Cheese Red screen background 80% of the time and the CN City era went extinct in the summer of 2007.

@@RockNRollSurf i'd rather deal with the YES bumpers than the bumpers we have today! would you rather deal with the yes era or the teen titans go era seeing teen titans go over and over again? the yes/cn city were connected to each other! i'd say it went downhill in 2008!

ArtofMore 👏👏 yas

Hahahaha

Coming up next: (Dynamite): Coming up next it's The Wild Thornberrys (1:00 p.m), followed by Cow & Chicken (1:30 p.m.) Coming up next: (Wrecking Ball): Coming up next it's Tom and Jerry (3:30 p.m.), followed by SpongeBob SquarePants (4:00 p.m)

1998-2004 weren’t fun years for the word next but fun for us watching it get tossed around like a sack of potatoes

At this point it isn't insurance. IT'S FUCKING RESURRECTION, THEY NEED NEXT.

He was the voice actor of Spawn

Also heard in LATIN AMERICAN SAP Versions

There are so many radio hosts who did the Powerhouse Era Bumpers.

Fawkstraht I am with you. I love these. Memories. I wish it was 1998 again.

Mario Peterson What year were you born? Just be honest I won't hurt ya or anything.

I was born in 2000.

***** Well of course you do duh, heck you should remember the Checkerboard Era (1992-1997) as well.

***** vaguely meaning you barely remember it? When did you first start watching Cartoon Network regularly?

***** Nice. Since I was born in 1996, I started watching Cartoon Network in 2001 when I was 5, which was around the time I started Kindergarten, actually, I started watching the channel before I started anyway, so Powerhouse Era is my favorite. Summer 2001 - Spring 2004 was my favorite time watching Cartoon Network regularly.

Dwayne Walker

Because it takes a fuckton of work to make an actual cartoon?

Dwayne Walker Honestly i thought about it, but working as someone who works does the plot of cartoons.

(Lightbulb lights up) IDEA!

I’m gonna make my own Cartoon! And my own Cartoon Network!

HEYHEY STOP !CHILL!

DUBBB KLUB Yes [as] did ruin the network with an influx of more adult-oriented and live action television and the whole athf fiasco causing the last decent head of the network to quit. Shameful, really.

What are you talking about? Adult Swim is awesome. Space Ghost Coast to Coast and Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law are awesome. (fucking Black Vulcan saying "In my pants" gets me every time)

Jessica Black You're welcome Jessica!! I'm certainly glad that your 6 year old sister enjoyed the old CN bumpers that I've uploaded and she thought they were better lol, but that's not all, of course, there was much more to it back in the day! Thanks for watching, and the Powerhouse Era (1997-2004) was also my favorite era too. I didn't start watching Cartoon Network until 2000 but for me 2000-early 2004 was when the channel was at its full peak or golden age. I really liked the City Era too from 2004-early 2006 (despite the lack of classics), those were great times as well. Perfect blend of Cartoon Cartoons, original programming, anime, action shows, classics like Looney Tunes, etc. blocks like CCF/Fridays, Toonami, Primetime, Miguzi, Boomeraction, old [adult swim], Cartoon Cartoon Show, etc. Yeah, the CHECK it Era today is not that bad, I've liked the original shows from this era, but the severe lack of variety, repetitive schedule, and barely any blocks still makes the channel lame to this day. I miss the Powerhouse/City eras from 1997-2006. Anyways, since you're referring to Cartoon Network's prime as 1992-2006 (which I definitely agree with 100%), what was your favorite time period in Cartoon Network's history, Checkerboard Era (1992-1997), Powerhouse Era (1997-2004), or City Era (2004-2006)?

mqgTWO96 Well, here's how I rank each one. 1. Powehouse Era (1997 - 2004) and City Era (2004 - 2006), tied for Number 1. 2. Checkerboard Era (1992 - 1997)

Jessica Black Awesome! That's great! Ok, so here's my opinion on all of the eras. *Checkerboard Era (1992-1997): Early Age*, CN was a new channel, the first 24 hour channel in TV history, and there were mostly just Hanna-Barbera/MGM reruns then, Space Ghost Coast to Coast & the What A Cartoon Show are what changed this channel forever, it brought originals on to the network, however, around this time, FOX Kids & Nickelodeon were still the dominant networks though. I respect this era a lot for setting up Cartoon Network for the greatness that was about to come. *Powerhouse Era (1997-2004): Golden Age*, this is when CN started to make it's major debut, dominated all the networks, it was the best place for cartoons, CN was in its true prime in this era and had a full mixture of blocks, classics, originals, anime, acquisitions, and shorts that appealed to a huge audience of all ages, CCF, Primetime, Toonami everyday, etc. It felt like the channel was mainly about cartoons more than anything. Also, this was my favorite era too, it's the first era I grew up with, and I thought during this time CN had the most variety of cartoons to choose from. In this era we had Cartoon Cartoons like Dexter's Lab, Johnny Bravo, Cow & Chicken, PPG, Ed, Edd n Eddy (my favorite CN show of all time too) Courage the Cowardly Dog, Grim & Evil, Sheep in the Big City, Time Squad, etc. We had all the great anime on Toonami. THe ONLY era Toonami was on everyday except Sundays. Weekday afternoon block and Saturday midnight run! Primetime's jazzy music was awesome, and I loved all the bumpers too! Later in this era we had Justice League and Batman Beyond, which were awesome cartoons. This era was so amazing seeing all your random favorite cartoons, you'd never know what be coming up next! I loved how after CCF on Saturdays you could watch your favorite movies on Cartoon Theater and many Looney Tunes shorts as well. This era had a large library of original programming, acquisitions, action shows, anime, and classics to choose from all on one channel. Cartoon Network had that cartoony feel during the Powerhouse Era!!! The GOLDEN AGE of CN hands down! We can all agree that this era was the best! *City Era (2004-2006): Silver Age*, My 2nd favorite era, a perfect transition after the Powerhouse ended couldn't have came at a better time, sure, there were many changes, but there was still lots of variety of great cartoons to choose from on the network, the best summer known as "Summer 2005" came from this era, the most original programming in CN's history aired all at once in this era, and many acquisitions as well. Of course, we had Miguzi block with action shows like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003), Code Lyoko, and I had a crush on the Totally Spies lol! We still had many Cartoon Cartoons that showed reruns from time to time as separate shows or on the Top 5 block. Ed, Edd n Eddy was still around. We had Grim Adventure of Billy & Mandy and Codename: Kids Next Door. Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends was pretty good and Camp Lazlo too. Keep in mind, Teen Titans, Justice League Unlimited, and Duck Dodgers reached its max popularity throughout this era. My biggest gripe with the City Era despite how amazing and creative this venue was, that it was waaay too short for only two years. That still cringes me to this day. Plus some classics were taken off the air and could be seen on BOOM only. Some of the original shows from this era weren't as good as the ones that debuted during the Powerhouse. Toonami being on Saturday nights only was ok with me, but the anime that was offered was still really great, like Naruto, One Piece, Yu Yu Hakusho, BoBoBo was hilarious!!!! This era was overall a great one! *YES! Era (2006-2007): Bronze Age/Decline*, CN slowly began to decline and start getting out of its originality. The Cartoon Cartoons by this time could only been seen on the Cartoon Cartoon Show or Top 5 block. Out of Jimmy's Head Re-animated movie started in this era, the low quality shows started in this era imo, and as soon as 2007 started, Boston Bomb Scare occurred, and we all know what happened when Stuart Snyder became president, TOM 4 made his debut in Toonami as well. Of course during this era we still had Codename: Kids Next Door, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Camp Lazlo, and Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy thank God. Xaolin Showdown started showing reruns in this era too! However, many shows started getting played over and over again I noticed and the network started to slowly lose variety. However, overall, CN was still watchable in this era and Toonami was still pretty good, but sadly CN's decline started here which was noticeable. *Fall A.K.A. "Fall is Something That Grownups Invented" Era (2007-2008): start of Dark Age*, with all the other events that occurred in the previous era leading up to this one, many original shows and blocks ended, the live-action stuff started here, Fried Dynamite/Dynamite Action Squad replaced Fridays after its long 8 year run, Cartoon Theatre got replaced by live-action flicks, by this time, the writing on the wall was clear, and CN made no attempts to hide what they were becoming. They were no longer interested in being an animation channel, they were now trying to be Nickelodeon/Disney Channel clone. Plus, most of the shows from this era (with the exception of Chowder in 2007) just weren't very good. This era also produced the infamous Out of Jimmy's Head turned into a series. The latter seemed better suited for a general kids' entertainment network than an animation network, and as the former, randomness does not equal funny or creative in my book. This was the worst era in Cartoon Network history in my opinion, tied with the Noods, which I'll explain next. *Nood Era (2008-2010): Dark Age*, about as bad as the Fall Era when you think about it, the Nood bumpers as a concept was a great idea, but CN Real took over the network in this era, which was unacceptable because live-action reality shows don't belong on a network meant for cartoons, more blocks cancelled like Toonami, no CN originals premiered throughout 2009, the Nood bumper concept was a decent idea, but the fact that there were many Canadian shows spamming up the network and too many live-action shows on a network meant for cartoons killed this era for me. The only decent shows from this era I remember were Chowder, Flapjack, and Total Drama seasons 1-3 only. The action shows like Batman: Brave & the Bold and Star Wars: The Clone Wars were OK, but don't stand up to the same level as the ones from the Powerhouse/City eras though. *CHECK IT! Era (2010-present): Revival Age*, this era has made some really good decisions at times, but really bad ones at times too, CN is better than it was during the Fall/Nood eras, but still has waaays to go. There have been great shows in this era, like Adventure Time, Regular Show, Amazing World of Gumball, Steven Universe, Clarence, and much more. Of course, we've had some great gems that had more potential like Sym-biotic Titan, Young Justice, Generator Rex, and Scooby-Doo Mystery Inc, but those were pushed to death time slots and cancelled way too soon, due to the way CN treated it. I wish Cartoon Planet never got cancelled either. Best of all, a much improved Toonami had returned in this era on adult swim. So overall, this era has been better than the Fall/Nood eras when its come to the shows. But however, look at their schedule right now, it's really bad, and I'm not joking, I'm dead serious. They overplay the same shows over and over again, it's not TTGO/Gumball/Clarence network, it's Cartoon Network, have some variety that can appeal to all audiences like they used too. Adult Swim starts way too early as well. Thank God Stuart Synder is gone now, and for Christina Miller, I know she can do it, but sadly I feel like the channel is too damaged now ;(. CN in this era has been only trying to climb back on its heels since its death in 2007. This era is better than the previous one, but it still has ways to go. So here are my favorite CN eras from best to worst imo. Not just the bumpers but also the shows too. 1. Powerhouse: 1997-2004 (Golden Age) 2. City: 2004-2006 (Silver Age) 3. Checkerboard: 1992-1997 (Early Age) 4. CHECK it: 2010-present 5. YES!: 2006-2007 (Bronze Age/Decline) 6. Fall/Noods 2007-2010 (Dark Age A.K.A. Fried Dynamite/CN Real/Live Action Era) So btw, when did you first start watching Cartoon Network? Around mid-2000 is when I started watching it on a regular basis.

mqgTWO96 I started watching Cartoon Network in 1992.

Jessica Black Wow, so you witnessed Cartoon Network from the day it was born! I didn't realize you were that much older than me lol! The first time I ever put my eyes on Cartoon Network was around late 1999, but from mid-2000 and on I watched in on a regular basis. Powerhouse/City eras FTW! So anyways, when did you think Cartoon Network started going downhill or when it died! IMO, when the YES! Era debuted in 2006, that's when the channel begin to go downhill for me, but 2007 when the Fall Era came marked the death of the channel when it hit rock bottom. I'd say things have been getting better since 2010/2011, but still won't be as good as the Checkerboard, Powerhouse, or City eras again.

Honestly, industry executives underestimate the power of nostalgia. They have no idea how much of a killing they’d make with viewership and financially if they just started airing all the old stuff again like they used to. Little kids don’t really care what they watch. They enjoy almost anything animated that is on TV. Imagine if people of all age groups were tuning into the channel. Unfortunately, I think the original source material for the bumpers got destroyed, so this would all be lost media if people hadn’t taped it on VHS.

@@psychedelicpiper999 You said it.

I remember watching that lineup when I was sick with chicken pox in 2003 😂

I'll say.

@@treseancann1261 Szerinte még Bátori Miki se nemhogy Lakits...

I think the same way, I think most people (including me) think city is the best era for CN in terms of branding and overall aesthetic although in actuality powerhouse had the stronger shows and is the best era in the programming regard It wouldve been god tier if they had that programming variety of powerhouse mixed with the cn city aesthetic tbh

@@Idamensional 💯

Carlos Medrano Good times man, 2002 overall will always be my favorite year in Cartoon Network history, or at least fall 2001 through summer 2002 will always be my favorite season, seeing new episodes of Cartoon Cartoons on Cartoon Cartoon Fridays. Plus new episodes of Justice League and Samurai Jack were around at the time as well. Primetime weeknights with your favorite Cartoon Cartoons like Dexter's Lab, Johnny Bravo, Time Squad, Ed, Edd n Eddy, Courage the Cowardly Dog, etc. and classics like Scooby-Doo or Tom & Jerry, listening to that jazz music background with the cartoon characters in the bubbles, Toonami that year with Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Batman Beyond and Powerpuff Girls. 2002 Cartoon Network had tons of Looney Tunes and Cartoon Theatre on Saturdays. Tons of Groovies and primecuts in between commercials like you mentioned. The channel was still 24 hours on most days. 2002 was a special year for me as well, looking back, it'll always be my favorite year of the Powerhouse Era, or best year in Cartoon Network's entire history for me.

Do you remember Toonami's "Trapped in Hyperspace" event? Swayzak was the BEST!

@@mqgTWO96 the cartoon network need more red powerhouse bumpers!

SonicTheHedgehog57 sonicthehedgehogfan52 that is so true!

This is what i keep saying. To me 2000-2005 was my best years. The late 2000s are not as fun as 2000s.

@Lissy Gutierrez Are you f***ing serious?!?

Are you fucking kidding me?

In that case... (Fanmade) Totally Spies 9:30/8:30 SpongeBob 10:00/9:00 (NEW!) SpongeBob 11:00/10:00 (NEW!) LEGO Jurassic World 11:30/10:30

@Ahmad Nasser I have a rather good feeling of what the announcer would say in this case though. “Coming up next, it’s... huh? Nothing? Uh... on Cartoon Network?”

Kyle Pontillo IKR JUST TO RELIVE THAT MOMENT...

I say that all the time. I wish time traveling was a real thing.

I wish I could time travel to the point of time where we can time travel

@@justaspectator9762 wwhhhhaaaaaa XD

I was in high school and college when the 2010's era of CN happened. I was fortunate enough to be in elementary school when the Powerhouse era was still going on back in the early 2000's.

Same, next thing you know, kids today will call "Yoursday" and these shitty emoji bumpers as "The Good Ol Days"

To quote ICarly, “Thank you technology, for ruining our kids.” Not me though, I was a oldies kid from the start of my life. I mean Fridays, Kids’ WB, ABC Kids, Nick on CBS, Classic Nickelodeon, Disney Channel/Junior(Playhouse Disney)/XD, Cartoon Network, you name it, I say it! Seriously, being born on October 11, 2003 means I was able to enjoy a lot of REAL good stuff from the past. I can say that Late 2003 to now will be considered the good ol’ days for me. Social media also didn’t exist back then, too! All I had was some REALLLY good TV.

JAJAJAJA

fewpolecat93- jay Exactly. And it needs to stop!

I uploaded this video almost a decade ago lol… so of course more have been discovered online since then.

@@mqgTWO96 I also found out Phil Hartman worked at Cartoon Network Studios as the announcer for 2 months and 26 days from March 2nd until his untimely death on May 28th 1998!

I say 2007 is when it started to suck ass (2006 was the decline) It's debatable. Both the Powerhouse and City eras were good. Some people enjoyed Hanna-Barbera cartoons, but not everybody did. Most people liked the Cartoon Cartoons though, which were the main shows that kept Cartoon Network's ratings going well. Cartoon Cartoons were still around during the City. The Powerhouse Era was nearly perfect though. The City Era had its ups and downs but was still a great time overall.

Don't worry Cartoon Network may bring back the powerhouse era just in time for cartoon network's 30th anniversary!🤔

@@rudymalone1 I hope so.

@@treseancann1261 could be!

Sounds like we're around the same age.

TWO96 I think you might be right lol