Powerhouse bumpers

During the Powerhouse era, most of Cartoon Network's shows used commercial bumpers, animated by Primal Screen, that depicted typical gags and scenes from the shows, underscored by a remix of the show's theme music set to "Powerhouse". The backgrounds for the bumpers were given color schemes to fit with the time of the day the shows aired: shows that aired on weekday mornings had bumpers with yellow backgrounds, shows that aired on weekday afternoons had green bumpers, shows airing on weekday evenings as well as on weekends had blue bumpers, and shows that aired during the midnight hours had black backgrounds (early on, these bumpers were red, but were changed afterward because older TV sets could not display red backgrounds very well). Action cartoons (outside of Toonami) typically used bumpers with purple backgrounds.

By the end of 2002, as Cartoon Network began to shift its focus more and more towards its original programming, the Powerhouse bumpers gradually started becoming less frequently used, with certain shows only airing in programming blocks that used their own bumpers. The black midnight-hour bumpers, in particular, became discontinued when Adult Swim was expanded from being shown on Sundays and Thursday weeknights to all weeknights (with the exception of Fridays and Saturdays) from Sunday-Thursday (from 11:00pm to 2:00pm) in 2003. Some of the newer shows notably never even had their own Powerhouse-styled bumpers (such as when The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Evil Con Carne split in the summer of 2003, some shows premiered in 2003-2004 like Teen Titans, Baby Looney Tunes and Duck Dodgers). Additionally, in 2003 and 2004, for the Powerhouse-styled bumpers that were still being used, the "Powerhouse" remixes were inexplicably dropped, replaced with background music from the shows themselves. Also, prior to 2003, some shows had multiple patterns of bumpers, which were cut down to one pattern afterward. In addition, the majority of the bumpers seen from 2003 to 2004 only had the blue and purple backgrounds, as the green, yellow, and dark blue bumpers were long gone by the beginning of 2003 (with the strange exceptions of the "Coming Up Next" bumpers until May 2003). These bumpers were discarded entirely when the network switched to its "City" branding, immediately after Adult Swim signed out (during the end of Home Movies) at 5:00 AM EST, and reruns of Time Squad and Captain Planet that aired on June 14, 2004.


 * This list is incomplete. You can help the Cartoon Network Wiki by adding the missing bumpers.

Bugs & Daffy
In 2003, the "Powerhouse" arrangement was replaced by the title card music from the short Box Office Bunny.

Freakazoid!
In 2003, the "Powerhouse" arrangement was replaced by the instrumental version of the show's theme song.

The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries
These bumpers were made for Cartoon Network Latin America. In 2002, they were adapted for use in the USA before the US Powerhouse bumpers changed one year later.

2 Stupid Dogs
In 2003, the "Powerhouse" arrangement was replaced by the theme song from the show.

Captain Planet
In 2003, the "Powerhouse" arrangement was replaced by an unknown piece of music from an unidentified action show.

The Flintstones
In 2003, the "Powerhouse" arrangement was replaced by the theme song from the show.

The Flintstone Kids
In 2003, the "Powerhouse" arrangement was replaced by the theme song from the show.

The Jetsons
In 2003, the "Powerhouse" arrangement was replaced by the theme song from the show.

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!/The Scooby-Doo Show
In 2003, the "Powerhouse" arrangement was replaced by the theme music of The Scooby-Doo Show.

The New Scooby-Doo Movies
In 2003, the "Powerhouse" arrangement was replaced by the theme music of The Scooby-Doo Show.

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
In 2003, the "Powerhouse" arrangement was replaced by the theme song from the show.

Tom & Jerry
In 2003, the "Powerhouse" arrangement was replaced by the orchestral version of the Tom & Jerry theme music.

Tom & Jerry Kids
In 2003, the "Powerhouse" arrangement was replaced by the theme song from the show.

Dexter's Laboratory
In 2003, the "Powerhouse" arrangement was replaced by the show's title card music.

Johnny Bravo
In 2003, the "Powerhouse" arrangement was replaced by the instrumental version of the show's theme song.

The Powerpuff Girls
In 2003, the "Powerhouse" arrangement was replaced by the show's production music from a unknown episode (possibly from "The Mane Event" or "Candy is Dandy"). At one point in and, these bumpers were joined together to form a Coming Up Next bumper.

Ed, Edd n Eddy
In 2003, the "Powerhouse" arrangement was replaced by the show's title card music from the second season.

Mike, Lu & Og
In 2003, the "Powerhouse" arrangement was replaced by the theme song from the show.

Courage the Cowardly Dog
In 2003, the "Powerhouse" arrangement was replaced by the show's title card music from the episode "Katz Kandy".

Sheep in the Big City
In 2003, the "Powerhouse" arrangement was replaced by the instrumental version of the show's theme song.

Time Squad
In 2003, the "Powerhouse" arrangement was replaced by the theme song from the show.

Grim & Evil
In 2003, the "Powerhouse" arrangement was replaced by the theme song from the show. In Latin America (after both shows were split that same year), it was replaced by Billy & Mandy 's first solo promo song.

The Tex Avery Show
Most bumpers only contained the name of the show on a shot, with no characters to be seen.

The Adventures of Tin-Tin
Used in Asia and Latin America.

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Used in Japan.

The New Adventures of Zorro
Used in Latin America.

Men in Black: The Series
Used in Latin America.

Pinky and the Brain
Used in Latin America.

The Popeye Show
Used in Asia and India.

Garfield and Friends
Used in Latin America, UK, Australia, Japan, and the rest of the world.

Hamtaro
Used in Latin America. Hamtaro aired on the American network's schedule as well, but the generic bumpers were used instead.

Extreme Dinosaurs
Used in Latin America.

Buddy Buddy: A Dog's Life!
Used in Latin America.

Mr. Magoo
Used in Latin America.

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Used in Latin America.

The Mask
Used in Latin America.

Dragon Flyz
Used in Latin America.

The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat
Used in Latin America.

Franklin
Used in Latin America.

Ned's Newt
Used in Latin America.

Dumb and Dumber
Used in Latin America.

Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys
Used in Latin America.

Godzilla: The Series
Used in Latin America.

Toonsylvania
Used in Japan.

Mr. Bean
Used in Japan.

Jyankenman
Used in Japan.

Sweet Mint
Used in Japan.

Sailor Moon
Used in Japan.

Magical Princess Minky Momo
Used in Japan.

Ninku
Used in Japan.

Adventures of the Little Koala
Used in Japan.

The Triplets
Used in Latin America and Brazil.

The Little Lulu Show
Used in Latin America and Brazil.

Speed Racer (different from the ones in the US)
Used in Japan.

Secret Squirrel
Used in Japan.

Megas XLR
Used in Japan.

Tokyo Pig
Used in Japan.

Generic bumpers
Most of the generic bumpers were used for some Hanna-Barbera cartoons, action cartoons and the acquired series. The Halloween and Christmas-themed bumpers stopped being used in 2000 in the USA, but continued to be used in Japan.

"Characters with the CN logo" bumpers
Only bumpers featuring Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, The Tex Avery Show, Popeye the Sailor and Secret Squirrel are currently confirmed. Also, these bumpers were used in Latin America and Brazil.

Next menus
In Latin America and Brazil, the word "Next" was translated as "En Instantes" in Spanish and "Daqui A Pouco" in Portuguese. Some programming blocks, such as Cartoon Network's Cartoon Theatre, Boomerang, The Cartoon Cartoon Show and Cartoon Cartoons: The Top 5, are which bumper is used are random like normal programs.