2005 in animation is an overview of notable events, including notable awards, list of films released, television show debuts and endings, and notable deaths.
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Events
January January 7: The first episode of Pocoyo airs. January 18: The Tom and Jerry direct-to-video film Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars releases on VHS and DVD.Warner Home Video (November 22, 2004). "Tom and Jerry's All-New Feature-Length Movie! Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars, Featuring the Voice Talents of Everybody Loves Raymond Star Brad Garrett" (Press release). Business Wire. Archived from the original on June 5, 2019. Retrieved October 5, 2016. January 21: American Dragon: Jake Long premieres on Disney Channel. Season 2 of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends begins on Cartoon Network with the premiere of the episode "Partying Is Such Sweet Soiree"."Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Season 2 on iTunes". iTunes. Apple Inc. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
February February 4: The Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends episodes "Where There's a Wilt, There's a Way/Everyone Knows It's Bendy" premiere on Cartoon Network, the latter episode was very negatively received by fans due to the new one-time character Bendy constantly blaming Bloo & the gang for his own wrong-doings, and with Mr. Herriman & Frankie actually believing Bendy, leading to them punishing Bloo & the others for no reason. Craig McCracken & Lauren Faust even ended up apologizing to fans of the show for having this episode made in the first place. February 6: The pilot episode of American Dad! airs on Fox as a sneak peek. February 20: The first episode of Robot Chicken airs. The Simpsons episode "There's Something About Marrying" premieres, in which the character Patty Bouvier outs herself as a lesbian. February 21: The first episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender airs. February 27: 77th Academy Awards: The Incredibles, directed by Brad Bird and produced by the Walt Disney Company, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Ryan by Chris Landreth wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. In their 100 Greatest series, the British TV channel Channel 4 broadcasts the "100 Greatest Cartoons!", a list of the 100 greatest animated cartoons, as voted by viewers.
March March 9: Season 9 of South Park begins on Comedy Central with the premiere of the episode "Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina"."Watch South Park Episodes Online Season 9 (2005)". TV Guide. Archived from the original on August 13, 2019. Retrieved September 13, 2019. The character Mr. Garrison gets a surgical sex change in this episode & becomes "Ms. Garrison" for the next 3 years/seasons. March 11: The first episode of Wonder Showzen airs, an adult parody of children's educational shows. Blue Sky Studios releases Robots, directed by Chris Wedge. March 25: The first episode of Krypto the Superdog is broadcast. The final episode of The Powerpuff Girls airs. While the series itself gained generally positive attention, it was cancelled following the poor critical reception of The Powerpuff Girls Movie as Cartoon Network ceased production of the series in 2003. March 28: Turner Broadcasting splits Adult Swim off from Cartoon Network after the block debuted in 2001, as the Nielsen Media Research could treat it as a separate channel for ratings purposes.
April April 1: Season 4 of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy begins on Cartoon Network (ahead of its third season's finale) with the premiere of the episodes "He's Not Dead, He's My Mascot/Hog Wild". April 14: Noitamina, a programing block created for Fuji TV, premieres with its first program Honey and Clover. April 17: The Simpsons 350th episode "Future-Drama" premieres on Fox, guest starring Amy Poehler as Bart's future girlfriend Jenda & John DiMaggio as Futurama's Bender. The episode was seen by just over 8.3 million viewers that night."Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. April 19, 2005. Archived from the original on November 1, 2013. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
May May 1: The Animation Domination programming block launches on Fox. Family Guy returns to Fox after a three-year cancellation with the premiere of its fourth season, the episode being "North by North Quahog". American Dad! makes its official premiere on Fox with the episode "Threat Levels". May 2: The first episode of Fifi and the Flowertots airs. May 6: SpongeBob SquarePants returns to Nickelodeon after a seven-month hiatus with the premiere of its fourth season, the episodes being "Fear of a Krabby Patty/Shell of a Man". May 9: Japanese animation studio A-1 Pictures is founded. May 10: Marco Nguyen, Pierre Perifel, Xavier Ramonède, Olivier Staphylas and Rémi Zaarour's Le Building premieres. The Fairly OddParents episode "It's a Wishful Life" premieres on Nickelodeon. This episode was negatively received by fans due to Jorgen showing Timmy that everyone lives would be so much better if the latter was never born, which is the exact opposite message that It's a Wonderful Life (the film that this episode is parodying) taught us. May 13: Michel Ocelot and Bénédicte Galup's Kirikou and the Wild Beasts premieres. May 15:"Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. May 17, 2005. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved November 27, 2011. King of the Hill concludes its ninth season on Fox with the episode "It Ain't Over 'til the Fat Neighbor Sings". The episode was watched just over 4.5 million viewers that night. The Simpsons concludes its 16th season on Fox with the following episodes: "Home Away from Homer", which guest stars Jason Bateman as himself. The episode watched by over 8.1 million viewers that night. "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star", which guest stars Liam Neeson. The episode watched by nearly 9.7 million viewers that night. May 27: Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath's Madagascar premieres. May 30: The first episode of The Life and Times of Juniper Lee premieres.
June June 10: The Fairly OddParents concludes its fourth season on Nickelodeon with the premiere of its third TV-movie "School's Out: The Musical!", which reeled in a total of just nearly 4 million viewers that night.Azote, Abigail (June 15, 2005). "'The Inside,' victim of summer reality". Media Life Magazine. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved April 3, 2015. June 17: Danny Phantom concludes its first season on Nickelodeon with the episode "Control Freaks". The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy concludes its third season on Cartoon Network with the episodes "Dream Mutt/Scythe For Sale". June 18: The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius half-hour special "The League of Villains" premieres on Nickelodeon. This is the show's series finale by production order, but a bunch of unaired episodes would still continue to premiere on the network. June 19: American Dad! concludes its first season on Fox with the episode "Deacon Stan, Jesus Man". The season's finale was seen by over 6.5 million viewers that night."Weekly Program Rankings". ABC. June 14, 2005. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2011. June 22: Happy Tree Friends Volume 3 - Third Strike renews its theatrical release by adding episodes of 19 to 21 of the Internet Season 2, as well as Dino-Sore Days (an irregular episode), a Buddhist Monkey episode (Books of Fury). June 24: Season 2 of Danny Phantom begins on Nickelodeon with the premiere of the episode "Memory Blank".
July July 8: The first episode of Camp Lazlo premieres on Cartoon Network. July 9: Disneyland receives a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the first and only theme park to receive this honor. The first episode of Catscratch and Time Warp Trio airs. July 15: Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends concludes its second season on Cartoon Network with the episode "My So Called Wife". July 22: Season 3 of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends begins on Cartoon Network with the premiere of the episode "Eddie Monster"."Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Season 3 on iTunes". iTunes. Apple Inc. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
August August 12: The Proud Family episode "Who You Callin' a Sissy?" airs only once on Disney Channel due to allegations with the LGBT-related content in the episode before reinstating it 15 years later prior to the reboot in 2022. August 19: Disney Channel's The Proud Family Movie premieres. This film is later confirmed non-canon regarding the inconsistent aging of Penny Proud.
September Specific Date Unknown Happy Tree Friends and Friends premieres, adding episodes of 25 to 26 of the Internet Season 2 on G4. Chorion completes its purchase of Silver Lining Entertainment. September 3: The Tom and Jerry Direct-to-video film Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry premieres in theaters in selected cities. The movie later released on VHS and DVD on October 11th."THE DAILY SPIN: 'Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry', 'Wizard of Oz', 'Blues Brothers (25th Anniversary Edition)', 'Mallrats (10th Anniversary Edition)'". MovieWeb. July 14, 2005. Archived from the original on December 15, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2026. September 4: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit premieres. September 6: The first episode of Go, Diego, Go! airs. September 7: Tim Burton and Mike Johnson's Corpse Bride is released. September 11: Season 17 of The Simpsons begins on Fox with the premiere of the episode "The Bonfire of the Manatees". The episode watched by exactly 11.1 million viewers that night.unknown (September 12, 2005). "NFL, Simpsons Take Sunday For FOX". Posted by Adam. Simpsons Channel. Archived from the original on August 3, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2013. Season 2 of American Dad! begins on Fox with the premiere of the episode "Bullocks to Stan". The episode watched by over 7.8 million viewers that night."Weekly Program Rankings". ABC. September 13, 2005. Archived from the original on November 5, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2011. September 17: The first episodes of Johnny Test, Loonatics Unleashed, Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island!, and Pokémon: Advanced Battle airs. September 18: Season 10 of King of the Hill begins on Fox with the premiere of the episode "Hank's on Board". The episode watched by over 7.1 million viewers that night."Weekly Program Rankings Report (Sept. 12-18, 2005)". ABC Medianet. September 20, 2005. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved June 12, 2023. September 23: Nicktoons rebranded itself as Nicktoons Network. It remains rebranded for four years before returning to its former name. Happy Tree Friends - Mole in the city was theatrically debuted on the same day. September 26: Sprout Network is launched by a joint venture between PBS, Comcast, HIT Entertainment, and Sesame Workshop when the new network replaces PBS Kids. September 27: The Tom and Jerry short The Karate Guard premieres in theaters all across Los Angeles."". The Big Cartoon Database. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013.
October October 10: A fire destroys most of Aardman Animations' archive warehouse, including most of Nick Park's creations and the models and sets used in the film Chicken Run. Some of the original Wallace & Gromit models and sets, as well as the master prints of the finished films, were stored elsewhere and were not destroyed. October 21: The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy concludes its fourth season on Cartoon Network with the half-hour special "Prank Call of Cthulhu". October 23: Bratz Rock Angelz premieres. October 28: The stand-alone Ed, Edd n Eddy Halloween special "Ed, Edd n Eddy's Boo Haw Haw" premieres on Cartoon Network. October 30: Disney's Chicken Little premieres in theaters, it receives mixed to negative reception by fans & critics.
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