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In 2002, Cartoon Network premiered a new original cartoon, Codename: Kids Next Door.

Courage the Cowardly Dog and Sheep in the Big City all conclude their runs.

Show Info[]

Cartoon Network Original Series[]

# Cartoon Name Premiere Date End Date
10 Courage the Cowardly Dog November 12, 1999 November 22, 2002
9 Sheep in the Big City November 4, 2000 April 7, 2002
15 Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? July 19, 2002 November 14, 2003
16 Codename: Kids Next Door December 6, 2002 January 21, 2008

January[]

4[]

  • The Ed, Edd n Eddy episodes "Will Work for Ed/Ed, Ed and Away" premiere.

11[]

18[]

25[]

  • The Ed, Edd n Eddy episodes "X Marks the Ed/From Here to Ed" premiere.

February[]

8[]

  • The Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes "Campsite of Terror/Record Deal" premieres.

22[]

  • Chuck Jones passes away. The network dedicates his memory with words "We’ll miss you" during commercial breaks.
  • The Dexter's Laboratory episodes "If Memory Serves/A Mandark Cartoon/Tele Trauma" premiere

15[]

  • The Ed, Edd n Eddy episodes "Boys Will Be Eds/Ed or Tails" premiere.

23[]

  • The Thursday night repeat block of Adult Swim is replaced by a Saturday night action block.

March[]

1[]

  • Samurai Jack aired its second season with the episode "Jack Learns to Jump Good".

2[]

  • Dexter's Laboratory: Mandark's Lab? releases for the Sony PlayStation.

8[]

  • The Samurai Jack episode "Jack Tales" premieres.
  • The Ed, Edd n Eddy episodes "Gimme, Gimme Never Ed/My Fair Ed" premiere.

15[]

  • The Samurai Jack episode "Jack and the Smackback" premieres.
  • The Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes "Stormy Weather/The Sandman Sleeps" premiere.

22[]

  • The Samurai Jack episode "Jack and the Scotsman II" premieres.
  • Time Squad aired its second season.
  • The Ed, Edd n Eddy episodes "Rock-a-Bye Ed/O-Ed Eleven" premiere.

23[]

29[]

  • The Samurai Jack episode "Jack and the Ultra-Robots" premieres.
  • The Dexter's Laboratory episodes "A Boy Named Sue/Lab on the Run" premiere.

April[]

5[]

  • The Samurai Jack episode "Jack Remembers the Past" premieres.

7[]

12[]

  • The Samurai Jack episode "Jack and the Monks" premieres.

May[]

31[]

June[]

7[]

  • The Johnny Bravo episodes "The Island of Mrs. Morceau/The Color of Mustard/Third Dork from the Sun" premiere.
  • The Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes "Hard Drive Courage/The Ride of the Valkyries" premiere.
  • The Dexter's Laboratory episodes "Dos Boot/A Dee Dee Cartoon/Would You Like That in the Can" premiere.

14[]

  • Johnny Bravo concludes it's third season with the episodes "The Hansel & Gretel Project/I.Q. Johnny/Get Stinky!".
  • The Time Squad episodes "White House Weirdness/Nobel Peace Surprise" premiere.
  • The Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes "Scuba-Scuba Doo/Conway the Contaminationist" premiere.
  • The Dexter's Laboratory episodes "That Magic Moment/A Silent Cartoon/Opposites Attract" premiere.

21[]

  • The Powerpuff Girls episode "Him Diddle Riddle" premieres.
  • The Ed, Edd n Eddy episodes "The Luck of the Ed/Ed... Pass it On..." premiere.
  • The Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes "Katz Under the Sea / Curtain of Cruelty" premiere.
  • The Dexter's Laboratory episodes "Comic Relief/A Third Dad Cartoon/Robo-Dexo 3000" premiere.

28[]

  • The Powerpuff Girls episode "Forced Kin" premieres.
  • The Ed, Edd n Eddy episodes "Brother, Can You Spare an Ed?/The Day the Ed Stood Still" premiere.
  • The Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes "Feast of The Bullfrogs/Tulip's Worm" premiere.
  • The Dexter's Laboratory episodes "Glove at First Sight/A Mom & Dad Cartoon/Smells Like Victory" premiere.

July[]

3[]

5[]

  • The Powerpuff Girls episode "Stray Bullet" premieres.
  • The Ed, Edd n Eddy two-part episode "If It Smells Like an Ed" premieres.
  • The Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes "So in Louvre Are We Two/Night of the Scarecrow" premiere.
  • The Dexter's Laboratory episodes "Oh, Brother/Another Dad Cartoon/Bar Exam" premiere.

12[]

  • The Powerpuff Girls episode "Knock It Off" premieres.
  • The third season of Ed, Edd n Eddy concludes with the episodes "Don't Rain on My Ed/Once Bitten, Twice Ed".
  • The Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes "Mondo Magic/Watch the Birdies" premiere.
  • The Dexter's Laboratory episodes "Jeepers, Creepers, Where is Peepers/Go, Dexter Family! Go!" premiere.

14[]

  • Johnny Bravo celebrates it's 5th anniversary.

19[]

  • The Powerpuff Girls episode "All Chalked Up" premieres.
    • Originally premiered on June 29th on "Kids' WB!".
  • The Grim & Evil episodes "Grim vs. Mom/Bring Me the Face of Hector Con Carne/Tastes Like Chicken" premiere.
  • The Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes "Fishy Business/Angry Nasty People" premiere.
  • Cartoon Network's 12th Cartoon Cartoon, Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?, officially premieres with the episodes "P.U. to P.E./Vacuum Friend".

26[]

  • The Powerpuff Girls episode "Members Only" premieres.
    • Originally premiered on June 15th on "Kids' WB!".
  • The Grim & Evil episodes "Grim or Gregory?/Search & Estroy/Something Stupid This Way Comes" premiere.
  • The Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes "Dome of Doom/Snowman's Revenge" premiere.
  • The Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? episodes "Cube Wars/Sickness" premiere.

August[]

2[]

  • The Powerpuff Girls episode "Superfriends" premieres.
    • Originally premiered on June 8th on "Kids' WB!".
  • The Grim & Evil episodes "A Grim Surprise/Everyone Loves Uncle Bob/Beasts & Barbarians" premiere.
  • The Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes "The Quilt Club/Swindlin' Wind" premiere.
  • The Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? episodes "Parents/Embarrassment" premiere.

9[]

  • The Powerpuff Girls episode "Nano of the North" premieres.
    • Originally premiered on June 22nd on "Kids' WB!".
  • The Grim & Evil episodes "Hoss Delgado: Spectral Exterminator/Evil on Trial/To Eris Human" premiere.
  • Courage the Cowardly Dog concludes it's third season with the episodes "The King of Flan/Courage Under the Volcano".
  • The Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? episodes "Politics/Growth Spurts" premiere.

16[]

23-25[]

30[]

September[]

6[]

  • The Samurai Jack episode "Jack and the Dragon" premieres.
  • The 4th & final season of Courage the Cowardly Dog premieres with the episodes "A Beaver's Tale/The Nutcracker".
  • The Premiere Premiere Show began.

13[]

  • The Samurai Jack episode "Jack vs. the Five Hunters" premieres.
  • The Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes "Rumpledkiltskin/House Calls" premiere.
  • Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? aired its season one finale.

16[]

20[]

  • The Samurai Jack episode "Jack vs. Demongo, the Soul Collector" premieres.
  • The Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes "Le Quack Balloon/Windmill Vandals" premiere.
  • Dexter's Laboratory concludes it's third season with the episodes "Scare Tactics/My Dad vs. Your Dad".

23[]

27[]

  • The Samurai Jack episode "Jack Is Naked" premieres.
  • The Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes "The Uncommon Cold/Farmer-Hunter, Farmer-Hunted" premiere.
  • The fourth season of Ed, Edd n Eddy premieres with the episodes "An Ed in the Bush/See No Ed".

October[]

1[]

  • Cartoon Network celebrates its 10th anniversary.

4[]

  • The Samurai Jack episode "Jack and the Spartans" premieres.
  • Scaretoon Scaretoon Fright-Days aired.
  • The Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes "Bride of Swamp Monster/Goat Pain" premiere.
  • The Grim & Evil episodes "Billy's Growth Spurt/The Time Hole Incident/Billy & the Bully" premiere.

11[]

  • Samurai Jack concluded it's second season with the episode "Jack's Shoes".
  • The Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes "Muriel Blows Up/Profiles in Courage" premiere.
  • The Grim & Evil episodes "Big Trouble in Billy's Basement/Christmas Con Carne/Tickle Me Mandy" premiere.

18[]

  • Samurai Jack premiered its third season with the episode "Chicken Jack".
  • The Courage the Cowardly Dog double-length episode "The Mask" premieres.
  • Grim & Evil concludes it's first season with the episodes "Little Rock of Horrors/The Pie Who Loved Me/Dream a Little Dream".

25[]

  • Scaretoon Scaretoon Fright-Days ended.
  • The Samurai Jack episode "Jack and the Zombies" premieres.
  • The Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes "Squatting Tiger, Hidden Dog/Muted Muriel" & "Aqua-Farmer/Food of the Dragon" premiere.

31[]

November[]

1[]

  • The Samurai Jack episode "Jack and the Rave" premieres.
  • Cartoon Cartoon Fridays returned.
  • The Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes "Last of the Starmakers/Son of the Chicken from Outer Space" premiere.
  • The Ed, Edd n Eddy episodes "Is There an Ed in the House?/An Ed is Born" premiere.

8[]

  • The Samurai Jack episode "Couple on a Train" premieres.
  • The Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes "Courageous Cure/Ball of Revenge" premiere.
  • The Time Squad episodes "Out with the In Crowd/Child's Play" premiere.

11[]

15[]

  • The Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes "Cabaret Courage/Wrath of the Librarian" premiere.
  • The Ed, Edd n Eddy episodes "One Size Fits Ed/Pain in the Ed" premiere.

21[]

22[]

  • The Samurai Jack episode "Jack and the Scarab" premieres.
  • Courage the Cowardly Dog airs it's last episodes "Remembrance of Courage Past/Perfect".
  • The 4th & final season of Dexter's Laboratory premieres with the episodes "Beau Tie/Remember Me?/Over-Labbing".

28[]

29[]

December[]

6[]

  • Cartoon Network's 16th original series, Codename: Kids Next Door, officially premieres with the episodes "Operation: I.-S.C.R.E.A.M./Operation: C.A.N.N.O.N.".
  • The Powerpuff Girls episodes "Keen on Keane/Not So Awesome Blossom" premiere.

13[]

  • The Premiere Premiere Show ended.
  • The Codename: Kids Next Door episodes Opreation: N.O.-P.O.W.U.H./Operation: T.E.E.T.H." premiere.
  • The Powerpuff Girls concludes it's fourth season with the episode "Power-Noia".

20[]

  • The Codename: Kids Next Door episodes "Operation: P.I.R.A.T.E./Operation: C.O.W.G.I.R.L." premiere.

27[]

  • The Codename: Kids Next Door episodes "Operation: T.U.R.N.I.P./Operation: M.I.N.I.G.O.L.F." premiere.
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