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The Yes! era (also known as the Red Campaign and Reface 2006) was the fifth era of Cartoon Network. It began on April 3, 2006, running concurrent with CN City; both the City and Yes! bumpers ended on May 28, 2007, with the Summer 2007 look replacing them. The first program to air under the Yes! era was Teen Titans while the last program airing in the era was Courage the Cowardly Dog.

Many of the bumpers in the Yes! era consisted of characters saying and doing random things behind a plain red background. There were also new CN City bumpers created in this era. It was the last branding of Cartoon Network to be introduced under Jim Samples's lead.

Bumpers[]

CN Yes! bumper screenshot

A menu bumper set in red and blue-colored Townsville from The Powerpuff Girls.

The menu (Now/Then) bumpers in this era were similar to those featured in the CN City era, but with a more psychedelic color scheme. Some of the sets in the bumpers featured a silhouetted (or color-tinted) character from a show in their environment (i.e. kids running past a mailbox in Ed, Edd n Eddy's cul-de-sac). Discs that showed the character's head in the Now/Then bumpers were changed from white to red. In the Coming Up Next bumpers, a character would pop up in the same disc. The music in these bumpers was more electronic rock-oriented than the CN City ones. Nicole Vicius, who was the announcer for the Now/Then bumpers from 2004 to 2006, was mostly phased out in favor of Nate Corddry. However, in September 2006, some of the recycled City bumps featuring her were used, likely as a placeholder.

From June to September 4, 2006, bumpers would air involving characters from Cartoon Network shows doing and saying random things behind a red background, sometimes accompanied by yellow and white text (similar to an Internet meme). The mascots for these bumpers were Fred Fredburger (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) and Cheese (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends). The network's slogan during the summer was a simplistic "Cartoon Network: Yes!", as spoken by Fred Fredburger. This ad campaign was relatively popular, being featured on billboards, cinema spots, and cross-channel commercials, as well as having an Internet presence.

The CN City look was still in use during this time, and some new cityscape bumpers were made. One had CN characters at a yard sale outside the Foster's mansion, while another had Lumpus meeting Eduardo and Lupe after his bus broke down. A new CN City set aired promoting Cartoon Summer 2006: Party Palace, a large recreation center, drawing inspiration from mid-century modern and pop art design. CN City's animation supervisor, Geoff Valent, left Animal Logic after producing these bumpers, to pursue other creative endeavors. With those in the company thinking the software used for the branding was going out with him, they submitted assets to Cartoon Network that were used for the Now/Then Yes! bumps, featuring the more psychedelic color scheme.

Random Clam

(whispers) "Random Clam..."

Starting on September 5, 2006, the City bumpers were edited to have a red splash screen at the end with the CN logo. Some European City bumps (created by Spain-based companies Ink Apache and Tricefalo Studio) were also imported to the U.S. at this time, such as one of Numbuh 1 hitting a security camera which then cuts to the CN logo. Also that month, the Fred Fredburger and Cheese bumpers were dropped, and new animated/live-action bumpers were created in the style of Adult Swim and Williams Street. These featured CN characters acting out various situations, sometimes in the form of stick puppets or cardboard cutouts. It still used the "red background" from the earlier bumpers, but added graffiti clouds, leaves, rain droplets, lightning bolts, and paint drops.

Lunchbox of Doom

A "during" bumper featuring the Lunchbox of Doom.

In January 2007, the Yes! branding was slightly refurbished. Two different styles of bumpers were aired during this time: the first style is "Lunchbox of Doom", featuring an assortment of show clips (such as Camp Lazlo, Pokémon and Naruto) inside a CGI gothic lunchbox, a reference to the Billy & Mandy episode "Pandora's Lunch Box". The second is "VS.", comparing two cartoon characters. In May 2007, towards the end of the era, the Cartoon Network Invaded event aired, a special event featuring five alien-themed episodes of CN's original series. The Yes! and CN City bumpers both ended on May 28, 2007, on the last day of the Invaded event, leading into the Summer 2007 era.

Programming[]

During this era, most of the original Cartoon Cartoons were being re-run on The Cartoon Cartoon Show and The Top 5, and one of them, Dexter's Laboratory, also became available on Boomerang. At this point, the only Cartoon Cartoons to still be in production were The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Ed, Edd n Eddy, and Codename: Kids Next Door. Courage the Cowardly Dog reran standalone in October 2006, as part of The Grim & Courage Hour. Due to strong ratings, the show was brought back into reruns starting April 2, 2007.

The CN City era was the first era of CN to air live-action programming, and the Yes! era continued this trend, much to the chagrin of long-time fans. In April, teen sitcom Saved by the Bell aired on Adult Swim for two weeks. The 1980s Saturday morning program Pee-wee's Playhouse also began airing Mondays-Thursdays on July 10, 2006. On December 8, 2006, the network debuted their first original live-action television movie titled Re-Animated, a collaboration between both live-action and animation. In 2007, the film was spun-off into its own half-hour series entitled Out of Jimmy's Head, which continues the events of the film.

Cast[]

  • Andre 3000—Sunny Bridges
  • Ben Diskin—Numbuh 1, Numbuh 2
  • C.H. Greenblatt—Fred Fredburger
  • Candi Milo—Coco; Cheese, Madame Foster
  • Carlos Alazraqui—Lazlo; Clam; Salty Mike; Monroe
  • Crystal Scales—Tamika Jones
  • Cree Summer—Numbuh 5
  • Dee Bradley Baker—Numbuh 4; Wildmutt
  • Grey DeLisle—Mandy; Frankie; Yumi; Ingrid Giraffe; Lupe Toucan
  • Janice Kawaye—Ami, Kim Chin, Kam Chin
  • Jeff Bennett—Raj; Samson
  • Jennifer Hale—Madison Spaghettini Papadopoulos
  • Kath Soucie—Ray Ray Lee
  • Keith Ferguson—Blooregard Q. Kazoo
  • Keone Young—Kaz Harada
  • Lara Jill Miller—Juniper Lee
  • Lauren Tom—Numbuh 3
  • Matt Hill—Ed
  • Maurice LaMarche—Principal Pixiefrog; Father
  • Mirabelle Kirkland—Yumi Ishiyama (Now/Then bumpers only)
  • Nate Corddry—Nate
  • Nicole Vicius—Nikki (Now/Then bumpers only)
  • Pamela Adlon—Andy Johnson
  • Paul Eiding—Max Tennyson
  • Peter Kelamis—Rolf
  • Phil LaMarr—Wilt, Philly Phil
  • Tara Strong—Ben Tennyson
  • Tom Kane—Mr. Herriman, Professor Utonium
  • Tom Kenny—Eduardo; Jake Spidermonkey; Scoutmaster Lumpus; Henry Armadillo, Eddie Lawrence III
  • Tony Sampson—Eddy
  • Rachael MacFarlane—Mindy
  • Richard Horvitz—Rodney J. Squirrel; Billy
  • Rick Gomez—Slips Python; Windsor Gorilla
  • Samuel Vincent—Edd (Double "D")
  • Scott Menville—Bobby
  • Sean Marquette—Mac
  • Small Fire—Li'l D
  • Steve Blum—Heatblast
  • Steve Little—Chip; Skip
  • Vanessa Marshall—Irwin

Trivia[]

  • The on-screen logo used during this era was a translucent version of the 2004 logo with a red shadow, which was also used during the Summer 2007 era and the beginning of the Fall era.
  • Due to the City era lasting until August 2010 in Latin America/Brazil, the Yes! era, along with the Fall era, were never brought over to Latin America itself. In fact, they are the only Cartoon Network eras never to be brought over to that country.
  • In 2011, a similar era, named "YEEEAUHHHH!", was a nod to the Yes! era, as it uses a quote from Regular Show, much like the other one did by using a quote from The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy.
  • In the original ending for Cartoon Network Invaded (aired on May 28, 2007), that era was referenced by the alien general who said "Yes!" after drinking the brain juice from the notable dumb comic-relief characters (which has Fred Fredburger, Ed, Skip, Cheese and Slips Python in the pods) from five different shows.
  • In the OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes episode, "Crossover Nexus", the Yes! logo made an appearance.

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