It’s hard for me to explain but it saddens me to say this,Cartoon Network is already in its dork age because it focus more on comedy and less on action and adventure cartoons especially when they ‘reboot’ old action/adventure’ shows into funny ones.

You see it happened after the end of the CN real era when Turner broadcast reorganize the whole executive staff and replace with a new one led by Christine Miller,Then in 2013 When the DC nation block aired ,Teen Titans go a funny spin off of 2003 Teen titans appeared ,A year after the block ended,Teen Titans go still remained on the channel and It has been a long running show ever since and also release an upcoming movie ,But it gain mixed reception from critics and received bad reception from fans of the original Teen Titans series because of its crude humour and is considered a bad role model for children according to older viewers though the children liked the show which is why it was still long running.







Then in 2016 the reboot of the Powerpuff girls aired ,It was like the original except it focus on slice of life and less on crime fighting especially that it is hated by fans of the original series and is notorious for its off model facial expressions and the expired memes according to most people.

The same year Ben 10 is rebooted and even though it has some action scenes it is more comedy oriented and only runs for 11 minutes like current cartoon network shows unlike the original which balance both comedy and action and runs for 24 minutes.

The two reboots which air is boomerang (cartoon networks sister channel which will soon be rebranded as a streaming channel) are Be cool scooby doo? (which is considered a more funny light toned version of Scooby doo) and Wacky races (2017) which is a reboot of wacky races but is more character driven and less on racing unlike the original where it has more racing.

And now this year there is another “reboot” of thundercats which is also comedy driven by the same animation studio that made Teen Titans Go Warner Bros. Animation and will air on 2019 centered and it’s called thundercats Roar! ,The creator of the show victor courtright who is considered a fan of the original thundercats series says that the show will be a comedy series but will have some action included but i think that it like a copycat of OK K.O ,Mighty Magiswords and wander over yonder combined.

So what I am writing this topic is to sadly confirm that Cartoon Network has reached the dork age because it just rarely focus more on 11 minute shorts and comedy rather that other channels which air cartoons which balance action,adventure and comedy and attract both older and younger audience.

And seeing that cartoon network air these type of shows,I think there are many reasons for this,It can be used for as a merchandising strategy for older shows to promote their toy sales and the executives of this network are using this strategy to attract younger audience while unknown to them the older fans don’t like it as they could have made original shows and reboots aimed for both ages and they no longer want to air action cartoons since they might be considered too violent.

I mean if cartoon Network keeps doing this type of reboot strategy with warner bros animation it will go something like this,

Transformers will receive a comedic spinoff about the misadventures battle with the autobots and the decepticons

Gi Joe will receive a funny spin off probably in a style of funny caricatures of chibi like forms similar to the style of TMNT team up nickelodeon shorts where it will be a parody of 80s pop culture between the joes and cobra through daily routines.

(note Gi joe and Transformers are owned by hasbro and will probably air them on other channels rather than cartoon network)

Swat Kats will be revived as a funny furry cartoon involving the misadventures between the swat kats and the villains.which will look something like this like the one made by a tumblr artist:





Street sharks even though its forgotten will end up something like this like the one made by a tumblr artist :

Samurai jack (even though the main ones finally gains its conclusion) will end up like this :

TMNT :Team Up! A comedic version of the 1987 turtles but it will be expanded to 11 minutes when it airs on cartoon network :

He-man will be revived as a parody of the 1980s cartoon while poking fun at pop culture which will be something like this made by a tumblr artist:

Sonic the hedgehog which will end up something like this which is drawn by a deviantart artist:

Even though sonic boom was like this on cartoon network but got better though it will likely be cancelled.

Yogi bear will be revived and be funny like its predecessor but worse like Yo Yogi! Though it will be probably air only on boomerang

And more!

So If cartoon network keeps focusing more on comedy and more on 11 minute reboots,Then I fear that the channel will truly get worse and will be stuck in the dork age

Unless Infinity train which will likely be mystery oriented which will be balanced with humor similar to gravity falls and likely be 24 minutes will change all that and help the channel be retooled and will likely receive its second renaissance by airing cartoons which balance humour with action and adventure similar to what disney channel is doing now or maybe get some new executive staff to retool the channel but make it air 24 minute cartoons as well like the rest of the channel and streaming ones even though the channel wants to aim for the streaming business.

