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The community's ranking of every Cartoon Network original finished yesterday, and as such I've decided to rank them all based off my votes (going by release order).

Some shows may be at different tiers for different seasons, so I rounded them up to put them at 1 of the 5 tiers.

I also added the 4 Cartoon Network Studios shows that weren't part of the list (as they didn' air on Cartoon Network proper).

Original Tiermaker list here: https://tiermaker.com/create/the-ultimate-cartoon-network-tier-list-revamped-16229683

Uncle Grandpa premiered 13 years ago today. It's my favorite Cartoon Network show (especially in its first season, which is its best one), and ultimately while it got a pretty got run on the network (at least until 2016), I think it could've been picked up from The Cartoonstitute earlier.

The show's pre-spinoff Secret Mountain Fort Awesome premiered 2 years, 1 month and 1 day earlier, and it's my 3rd favorite CN show (Mixels is 2nd). However I think it also either could've been a proper spin-off (so it and UG swap premiere years), or it becomes a segment on the show (like Evil Wizard, Weird Man, etc.), and said segments are proper episodes I Am Weasel/Evil Con Carne style.

Or even more ideally, Uncle Grandpa and SMFA remain proper shows, but the rest of the shorts (Evil Wizard, Weird Man, and Slice of Life with Pizza Steve, etc.) all become proper shows too.

Images sourced from the Cartoon Network/Adult Swim Archives wiki: https://cnas.fandom.com/wiki/September_2,_2013

Season 8 of The Fairly OddParents premiered in the U.S. on February 12 2011, but first premiered in Mexico and Latin America 16 years ago today (August 26 2010).

It's my tied with season 9 as my favorite season of the show, and is the only season with no bad, mediocre, or even okay episodes (Meet the OddParents is good, Love Triangle is great, and Timmy's Secret Wish, Invasion of the Dads and When Losers Attack are some of my favorite episodes).

Premiere images sourced from the wiki: https://fairlyoddparents.fandom.com/wiki/Love_Triangle/Images/1

https://fairlyoddparents.fandom.com/wiki/Love_Triangle/Images/2

2016's Legendary Dudas was an interesting show, in that it was a rare quarter-hour live-action show for Nick (previously seen on Ned's Declassified, House of Anubis [sort of] and Fred: The Show).

It also had very few episodes, getting only 6 half-hours (11 individual episodes since the first one was a half-hour). Somehow Nick still aired them out of production order, as half-hours 4 and 6 respectively premiered before 3 and 6.

After its finale on August 13, it never reran on Nick at all, and only had 2 reruns in total on July 19 and July 20 (thus meaning it only aired on Nick 8 times).

Although on TeenNick (which premiered it on August 6th), it last reran on November 23rd (although it didn't seem to rerun a lot on that channel).

Image source here: https://nickstory.fandom.com/wiki/August_13,_2016

Ever since I first watched Total Drama 11 years ago, Max has been my favorite character of the whole series (tied with Leonard), and like Leonard on his Reddit birthday, I decided to write a eulogy for Max since today's his Reddit birthday.

Alongside being tied for best character, Max is the best villain of the series (and there's barely any competition on that to me), as his wannabe villainy is absolutely hysterical (and fitting for a comedic parody of reality TV like Total Drama), and his dynamics with the others are pretty entertaining too.

Max also managed to reach the final 5, which is great since I'm not fond of a lot of them, but what's not great is that it's the shortest final 5 of the series (only lasting a few seconds), and what's worse is that he has the worst elimination in the franchise.

Personally I would've eliminated Shawn there instead of Max, and Sky in 3rd place instead of Sugar, that way the Pahkitew final 2 (which is the only canon F2 I like) becomes Sugar vs Max, which is more entertaining and fitting of TD's tone.

Max also returned with Ella in the Dramarama episode Dissing Cousins (respectively as Owen and Gwen's cousins), but outside of Ella's more interesting personality and writing, I wasn't that big on this (as Max's memorable voice is swapped for a kid's, I don't care for the cousins aspect, and Max is an actually competent villain now!).

My Leonard eulogy: https://www.reddit.com/r/Totaldrama/comments/1oayd68/a_little_eulogy_about_leonard_my_favorite_td/

My extended version of a Sugar vs Max finale: https://www.reddit.com/r/Totaldrama/comments/1r49vo2/a_max_vs_sugar_finale_and_how_id_make_it/

Robot and Monster premiered 14 years ago today. It was the first new Nickelodeon show I saw live at 8 years old (I started watching Nick in Spring 2012), and it's one of my favorite Nick shows overall, as well as my favorite Nick show from 2012.

Also on August 4th 6 years later in 2018, is the final 2 episodes of Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn (of which they're 2 of the 5 episodes from when Dicky left the show). NRDD is another show I find great, and unlike Robot and Monster, it wasn't severely screwed over by the network.

Images sourced from Nickstory:

https://nickstory.fandom.com/wiki/August_4,_2012

https://nickstory.fandom.com/wiki/August_4,_2018

Rabbids Invasion, the TV series version of one of my favorite video game franchises (both this and its origin franchise Rayman) is now 13 years old.

While not being a Nicktoon, I see it (and sometimes Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks) as the final entry to the golden age of CGI Nicktoons, first teased with Jimmy Neutron 11 years prior, then fully started with Tak, Barnyard, Penguins, Fanboy and Chum Chum, Planet Sheen, Kung Fu Panda, Robot and Monster, and Monsters vs Aliens (oh yeah and I like TMNT 2012, so there's that).

While the show's had some flaws, like (as seen in the first screencap) it only airing letterboxed on the SD feed, and season 3 being kinda dull, I overall still think it's great!

Images sourced from Nickstory:

https://nickstory.fandom.com/wiki/August_3,_2013

The Uncle Grandpa (and by proxy The Cartoonstitute) pre-spinoff Secret Mountain Fort Awesome turns 15 years old today (specifically its sneak peek, as the full show would premiere later on September 26).

Like The Problem Solverz (which turned 15 back in April), Secret Mountain Fort Awesome is great and overhated (it's my 3rd favorite Cartoon Network show, with Mixels at 2nd and its post-predecessor Uncle Grandpa at #1).

In an ideal world, Uncle Grandpa would've been picked up first (like how it was pitched to The Cartoonstitute), with SMFA being one of its recurring end segments that gets properly spun off (like I Am Weasel from Cow and Chicken, and Evil Con Carne from Grim & Evil/the Billy & Mandy pilot) and gets at least 3 seasons and 46 segments (of which the last season/20 segments where scrapped during production).

Images sourced from the Cartoon Network/Adult Swim Archives wiki:

https://cnas.fandom.com/wiki/August_1,_2011

https://cnas.fandom.com/wiki/August_1,_2011/Teleport-a-Potty

Max and (All-Stars) Scott are some of the show's most entertaining characters, and have great designd on top of that, most notably having eye-catching colored hair (ginger for Scott, purple for Max).

However, good designs usually come from goof inspirations, and in this case their hair colors come from 3 great and underrated Nicktoons! (2 full-fledged and CGI, 1 co-production and stop-motion).

2009's Fanboy and Chum Chum, 2012's Robot and Monster, and 2005's Purple and Brown are all cartoons that aired on Nickelodeon, all starring a titular duo were one's primary color is purple and the other's primary color is ginger.

Something notable however is that in all 3 duos have the orange/brown character as the short one and the purple one as the tall one. To not make their inspirations seem to obvious, Fresh TV made Scott the taller one and Max the shorter one.

Unfortunately, Scott and Max never got to be a duo like these 3, as both were apart of different generations, which is just another missed opportunity for the series.

The 90s Are All That block on TeenNick debuted 15 years ago today (early July 26 2011, or July 25 2011 if going by the TV broadcast day of 6am-6am).

This also marked the premiere of the latter 2 shows (Clarissa Explains It All and Doug) on TeenNick, as Kenan & Kel premiered on the channel's launch day (back when it was The N) of December 31 2007, while All That premiered on March 12 2008, though season 2 (which had not aired on it beforehand) was also a TeenNick premiere.

Fun fact, the gap between the youngest show at the block's premiere (Kenan & Kel) and the gap between the block's premiere and present day has been surpassed, as 5456 days were between its August 17 1996 premiere and July 25 2011, and 5456 days after the block's premiere was July 1 2026.

Images sourced from TeenNickstory: https://teennickstory.fandom.com/wiki/July_26,_2011

Since it's been 3 days since the 12 year anniversary of Let Sleeper Dogs (and 6 days since its online premiere), I've decided to share my AU for the show, in which Crocker never loses his fairies and still has them to the present day.

Here's how the story goes:

During the events of Let Sleeper Dogs Lie, Crocker actually succeeds in keeping Sparky and getting Cosmo and Wanda back after he turned 11. Despite notably poor hiding attempts, he manages to keeps them for over 40 years, and gains another fairy along the way with the birth of Poof.

He's still crazy and malajusted (like how he acted in that episode), and his belief in fairies for all these years single-handedly powers their magic (like in Crocker Shocker), which upsets them since Crocker has basically been a wanted fugitive for decades to them.

One of his crazy wishes is for the school to never advance in grades, so Timmy and the rest of his classmates are still in the 5th grade at 23 (like in A Fairy Odd Movie, but for the entire school roster), and in a role-reversal, he slowly becomes the fairy hunter that Crocker canonically is.

He's still a part of the League of Super Evil Revenge Seekers with Foop, Dark Laser and Flipsy, though with him having fairies here, things can get a bit awkward.

This AU also touches upon Butch's other Nicktoons (Danny Phantom, T.U.F.F. Puppy, Bunsen is a Beast) as Crocker also causes chaos in their universes and becomes a fugitive to many characters from those shows as well.

And finally, 23yo Timmy will look and sound like Drake Bell to match a 24yo Jimmy Neutron who looks and sounds like Josh Peck (which also should've been a live-action trilogy), which ties into my other AU where Sheen is crowned President and returning to Earth (and bringing all of Zeenu with him), thus a Jimmy Timmy Power Hour in this universe can double as a Drake & Josh event.

On July 7, 2007, Nickelodeon had the Cosmo & Wanda's Lucky 7 Saturday marathon consisting of 77 episodes that people voted for online that lead up to the 77 Secrets of Fairly OddParents Revealed! special, which had 77 facts about the show (and a 78th secret about Jim Ward narrating it) and teased the debut of Poof next year.

I generally disagree with the order and episodes picked for the marathon, which inspired me to make a version for the show set 10 years later for July 7, 2017, as setting it in the future would make space for my top 77 episodes in the show, whereas my top 77 episodes of the show in 2007 (so pre-Poof) would eventually run into episodes I just find okay around the 50s.

The episodes listed are in packaging order as I don't have an order for all 77 of them at the order (I only have #3 through #1 being When LOSERS Attack, Return of the L.O.S.E.R.S., and The Terrible Twosome). To tie into the 78th secret of it all, the bonus 78th 'episode' is a stitched together edit of all 3 live-action films (A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up Timmy Turner!, A Fairly Odd Christmas, and A Fairly Odd Summer).

Original Tiermaker list here: https://tiermaker.com/create/the-fairly-oddparents-episodes-816615-2

Full marathon list here: https://nickstory.fandom.com/wiki/Cosmo\_%26\_Wanda%27s\_Lucky\_7\_Saturday

The Sortr website got a redesign the last time I played it (https://www.reddit.com/r/Totaldrama/comments/1rsbtji/my\_sortrio\_rankings/), and for the time being it'll still be the last time I play it, as the full ranking only gives images to the top 10 now.

But it does give the ability to display a top 10 on its own, which is what I have here. It's mostly accurate to my top 10, but I'd bundle some characters into the same ranking, and rearrange some of them (for both the top 10 and the full ranking in general); so here's how I'd make my top 10:

1: Leonard/Max

2: Gerry/Pete

3: Lorenzo/Chet

4: Zee

5: Izzy

6: Rodney (the rest onwards are more interchangable)

7: Dwayne

8: Brody

9: Topher

10: Scary Girl

My full ranking: https://sortr.io/rankings/165ce185-f192-411a-9cb5-d154123b437e

Play a version with different (and personally better) icons here: https://sortr.io/sorter/total-drama-characters-rr-y7rxe

Poof's adult form Peri in A New Wish I have mixed thoughts on, in short due to him not feeling much like Poof. That's why I think a certain other Eric Adrian Bauza character should've been used as inspiration for him: Buhdeuce.

Buhdeuce Von Deuce Bersukovich The First is the other protagonist of the 2014 Nicktoon Breadwinners (which like seasons 6-10/the live-action trilogy/Fairly Odder, I think is great and overhated), and can be described as an introductory Breadwinner who wants to be the best can be at it, though can screw up at it by his stupidity/distractedness/etc.

He's goofy and rather daft (at times a bit more than his co-pilot Sway Sway), which generally aligns to how Poof acted in the original show, and thus would be a more natural evolution of Peri.

In addition, Buhdeuce's voice would also fit perfectly for this adult Poof, and work as a contrast to Foop (who's voice generally remained the same when he became Irep).

In fact, it'd work for the original Poof's voice as well when he spoke in School of Crock and Fairly Odd Fairy Tales, but I'd also add his voice impersonation ability from Certifiable Super Sitter to Periwinkle.

A sequel to my ranking of the Nicktoons' first 5 episodes (which is also an inversal of a community event a few months back about the same topic), this is my ranking of every Nicktoon by their last 5 episodes.

Like the first 5 episodes rank, this doesn't reflect a show's whole rating overall, rather how their first couple of episodes rank, and sometimes not every batch of 5 episodes share the same rating, so they're rounded up to get a tier ranking.

This also doesn't include the Nicktoons aren't over yet, though if I included their most recent 5 episodes, SpongeBob, The Patrick Star Show and Rock Paper Scissors would be in great, Loud House would be in bad, Max & the Midknights would be in meh, and Wylde Pak would be in good.

Original Tiermaker list here: https://tiermaker.com/create/nickelodeon-animation-studios-nicktoons-shows-1991-2025-685276

My ranking of the Nicktoons' first 5 episodes: https://www.reddit.com/r/nickelodeon/comments/1syaijv/my_ranking_of_the_nicktoons_first_5_episodes/

Following my post about the Nickelodeon lineup in 2015 (found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/nickelodeon/comments/1tlmpei/the\_nickelodeon\_lineup\_in\_2015/), and the previous posts for 2010-2014, here's the year that followed: 2016.

Some other additions that didn't make the image limit/I didn't think fully qualify for the post:

Bella and the Bulldogs, 100 Things to Do Before High School, Rank the Prank, Jagger Eaton's Mega Life, The HALO Effect, Regal Academy, Kuu Kuu Harajuku, Pig Goat Banana Cricket (sent to Nicktoons in September), Max & Shred (sent to Nicktoons this year), Breadwinners (sent to Nicktoons this year), Rabbids Invasion (came back for 5 episodes, then went back to Nicktoons), The Haunted Hathaways (3 reruns), The Dude Perfect Show (only on Nicktoons), TeenNick Top 10 (only on TeenNick), Top 10 Trick Shots (only on Nicktoons), Lip Sync Battle Shorties (only the pilot), Winx Club (only on the Nick Jr. channel), Kung Fu Panda: LOA (holdover episodes on Nicktoons), Penguins of Madagascar (2 holdover segments on Nicktoons in January), and The Ed Bassmaster Show (only 1 episode for one day on Nicktoons, & only 2 episodes for 2 days on TeenNick).

Cartoon Network's "big 3" in the 2010s are considered to be Adventure Time, Regular Show, and Gumball, as all 3 ran for several years, got many episodes and seasons, and have all gotten revival shows in this decade.

However, there's another Cartoon Network trio from the early 2010s, those being Secret Mountain Fort Awesome, Robotomy, and The Problem Solverz.

These 3 shows were allegedly greenlit by Adult Swim executive Nick Weidenfeld, who hid them from executives and developed them as almost Adult Swim shows.

Unlike AT, RS and TAWOG (which were all beloved and aired for years), these 3 shows didn't have the best reception, barely left the United States, and only ran for a handful of episodes and months on air (barring Uncle Grandpa eventually getting picked up due to those executives liking Pete Browngardt).

There's probably an alternate universe out there where SMFA, Robotomy and TPS were the big 3 of Cartoon Network in the 2010s while the actual big 3 all had way shorter runs, which would be very interesting to think about if that was the case.

Leonard is a great character and real wizard, and while (like many characters) he has no parents (thus making him a test tube baby, he does have 2 uncles who are also magic, those being the best Skylanders characters, Chompy Mage and Sheep Mage.

Like how their nephew Leonard is a real wizard with magic powers, the mage brothers/cousins are real wizards who have the ability to talk to Chompies/sheep.

Both Chompy and Sheep are advanced level wizards, as not only can they communicate with their respective species, but they also have puppets on their right hands that can talk too!

Leonard has taken after his uncles by wearing similar robes, growing a beard in the same color, and occasionally wielding a staff (currently he lacks a puppet though).

Even though Leonard has no parents, the similarities are close enough for someonento believe that one of the mages is Leonard's dad, which would thus make Leonard a DNA clone instead of a test tube baby.

Sanjay and Craig premiered 13 years ago today, and something interesting I noticed about its premiere is that on the SD feed, it was actually pillarboxed to 4:3 instead of being letterboxed to 16:9 (which unfortunately was what happened with the rest of the show's run).

This was a practice Nick had usually did with their widescreen shows and select movies back in the 2000s (sans Zoey 101), though this practice would start slowing down in the 2010s when Victorious premiered letterboxed to 16:9, and slowly the rest of the programs on Nick would start being letterboxed instead of being pillarboxed.

While the live-action shows generally stopped being aired in 4:3 during the 2010s (minus some exceptions like You Gotta See This or the Figure It Out revival), Nick's animated output was usually aired in 4:3 during this era (the exceptions being Korra, SpongeBob season 9 and Winx Club), though would generally stop after this year (in fact today was also the first time they aired the SpongeBob movie in widescreen).

I say on Nick because Paw Patrol premiered later in August on the Nick Jr. block and was pillarboxed to 4:3 as well (and suprisingly continued to be pillarboxed until 2017 ended).

Images sourced from Nickstory: https://nickstory.fandom.com/wiki/May_25,_2013

https://nickstory.fandom.com/wiki/June_1,_2013