Here Are Some Fun Cartoon Facts!

 Here Are Some Fun Cartoon Facts!

Cartoons on Disney Channel and Cartoon Network use The Stinger during the credits to get extra gags in, which get edited out due to this trope. While Disney XD used to keep credits intact on their shows, now they usually only keep the credits intact during the initial airings of new shows or reruns of very old shows. Luckily, sometimes the credits slip by the editing or the promo isn't long enough to run for the entire credits.

• When Kim Possible returned for its Post-Script Season, the creators added over-the-credits gags that hadn't existed in seasons 1-3. On the night of the four-episode premiere, Disney Channel covered the first such Stinger with a voice over for another show. They caught on eventually.
• The Emperor's New School once lampshaded the fact that the credits were too small to read with a sundial's singing during the credits (since a clock radio during the time period would be ridiculous).
• When Star vs. the Forces of Evil aired its sneak peek on Disney Channel, the credits sequence was shrunken down into a tiny box at the bottom, while a promo for one of those kid sitcoms played in a large box at the top. This caused viewers to miss out on a large portion of the credits song until the series' official premiere on Disney XD. Thankfully, the later airing of the episodes on both channels do keep the end credits (Mostly after coming from the last break of the show), one of the reasons for it staying because the credits are amazing.
• The airing of the compilation version of the Descendants: Wicked World shorts went into this after the last short, making it hard to see who voiced who. It's unknown if this carried over in later airings of the compilation.
• Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Random! Cartoons, and What A Cartoon all emulated this by default within their show's credit sequence, wherein they'd quickly flash clips of the pilot you just watched alongside its credits.
• Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends has end-credits gags (usually quiet, low-animation ones) that weren't always pushed back in the early days of the show, but of course that since became rarer and rarer. They can still be found on all digital releases.
• "You don't know what you're missing..." "..If you aren't in the kitchen!" Or if you live in the States and don't have Hulu or HBO Max, apparently.
• Cartoon Network is also doing this with The Looney Tunes Show. Since the show tends to pay homage to classic Looney Tunes, one of the characters takes their place behind the WB shield and waves to the audience as part of a closing Couch Gag. Is Porky just saying "That's All, Folks!" or making one last joke for the audience? You'll only find out if you get the DVDs, digital downloads, streaming, on demand.
• Speaking of which, Adventure Time ironically itself has ending credits completely skipped over unless on DVD, digital download, streaming, or video on demand. And what really sucks is the credits are pretty awesome. Same thing with Regular Show.
• Steven Universe has beautiful end credits music... that is completely skipped over whenever it is broadcast. Like the previous two examples, fans consider it a waste on the network's part. The outro theme frequently changes as time goes on, revealing itself to be a full-length song called "Love Like You" when all the sections are put together, and is story-related. Cartoon Network still doesn't air it. This became a problem when the season 3 finale aired, as the song underscores a scene that goes to credits as the song finishes for the first time with the last line. When pushed back, it's quite jarring as it cuts off. The lack of credits also ruins the scene for fans who don't know of the ending, as the song playing in full during the show doesn't invoke as emotional of an impact if you haven't been hearing tidbits for three seasons. The only time the full credits played on TV was when the series aired on Boomerang for a brief time in the summer of 2018.
  • At the end of the premiere of "Now We're Only Falling Apart", the credits appeared in tiny white lettering at the lower-left part of the screen before it ended. This is the first time this type of "credit crawl" has been used on Steven Universe, even though Cartoon Network has done it for other shows.
  • When Adult Swim aired Adventure Time for a couple weeks in February 2019, it sadly suffered from credits pushback. You were excepting "Island Song" to play at the end, but nope, they have to show the credits as an episode is about to finish.
  • Boomerang started using split-screen credits in September 2015, but originally only used them for their original series (such as New Looney Tunes, Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!, and Bunnicula) and repeats of certain modern Cartoon Network shows (such as DC Super Hero Girls and Uncle Grandpa). Sadly, though, in November 2020, they switched over to using split-screen credits for ALL of their shows 24/7, even on shows that used to air with their full end credits intact. As this video demonstrates this has a damning effect on classic Cartoon Network shows that had stingers during their closing credits, such as Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Chowder, and Camp Lazlo. You can still see the extra scenes at their normal speed, but they've been muted!
  • A strange inversion for The Amazing World of Gumball. The full opening sequence is almost never seen in the US. Instead, a short snippet of the theme is played, with the show's logo, and a creator credit for Ben Bocquelet. Occasionally, for certain episodes, or if there's a suitable gap in the timeslot, the full opening is shown, but rarely.
  • The same can be said for all new animated series airing on Disney Channel starting in 2018 - both Disney made and non-Disney made ones. Big City Greens is affected the most by this, due to having a great ending song that is only partially heard at the very end of the credits due to this trope.
  • Since November 2019, the credits of animated shows' more recent seasons have been squeezed to the bottom third during the last thirty seconds of the show, and there's a commercial break right after the theme song to make more time This is averted on Disney XD airings and on all digital releases.
  • The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Codename: Kids Next Door had a few stingers as well, but Cartoon Netowork Ads of course ruined the last minute jokes.