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[2000-12-22] On WAKE ME WILLY, a young elf named Pedro and Willy must stop an evil toy executive from canceling Christmas by using his evil robot to put Santa and the rest of the elves to sleep. In the WAKE ME WILLY DREAMLAND DASH game help Willy collect his Zs before he falls asleep.

[2000-10-20] You can celebrate the upcoming Halloween holiday by helping Monster in My Closet get through a mysterious mansion in the Flash game, RUN MONSTER RUN. Plus on October 22, check out the new MONSTER IN MY CLOSET movie entitled "BlackLight Mega-Movie." Viewers can download an Adobe Acrobat version of the 3D glasses needed to watch the Webisode.

[2000-10-06] On SPACE PUPPIES, after the failed practice launch, tensions run high and the Communists unleash a devious plot. The RUMPUS OLYMPIAD features a host of your favorite Rumpus characters participating in games like archery, hurdles, weight lifting, 100 meter dash, swimming and soccer.

[2000-08-25] On EGGELS, Rumpus has premiered the conclusion to "The Search for the Golden Eggels," which finds Prof. Plover racing around the Empire State Building to rescue the golden eggels. Rumpus has also created the TWEAK A FREAK game, which allows you to stretch and pull your favorite Science Freak.

[2000-08-04] On the ninth installment of THE EGGELS, the professor finds clues to finding the golden eggels from a card hustler in the subway - but can he beat the gourmet chef to the rare egg first? After checking out the new EGGELS Webisode, you can pit yourself against the card hustler to find where he has hidden the eggels. There's an all-new RUMPUS COMEDY CLUB, featuring Gus Guts and Harry Hairball telling knee-slappers about cows and cats and dogs and much, much more. Plus, the new HARRY HAIRBALL LIVING ROOM LUNCHTIME game is up and running. Help Harry nab the scurrying mice before they dart under the couch and he goes hungry.

[2000-07-31] On the newest exciting adventure of SPACE PUPPIES, the government agents round up the final pup, Galaxy. Now that the team is finished what's in store for these four puppies? Rumpus has created a new game called PROFESSOR PLOVER'S EGGEL SAFARI, where gamers can help the Prof. net a collection of Eggels - but beware of crossing elephants on the path to the golden eggels.

[2000-07-25] The eighth episode of THE EGGELS has been laid and the professor learns the chilling future of our golden friends. A new addition of RUMPUS COMEDY CLUB has premiered starring Gus Guts and Harry Hairball. The new installment has some gut-busters from several Rumpus kids centering on elephants in the circus and what oceans talk about.




[2001-03-23] At CartoonNetwork.com on Funny Garbage's PLANET OF THE MAGILLAS, this parody of PLANET OF THE APES sends a JETSON-age space traveler to a world inhabited by a cast of cartoon simians. At GetMusic.com on Mondo Media's ABSOLUTE ZERO, Ozzy complains that there is no good new music out right now, but will he change his tune when the Insane Clown Posse asks him to join the band? At Heavy.com, BEHIND THE MUSIC THAT SUCKS tracks the short career of Joe C from his beginnings as Kid Rock's star-turning gimmick to his tragic desire to suffocate on his own vomit like all the rest of the great rock legends. At Hypnotic.com, BLOOD AND SUNFLOWERS is a stop-motion animation about organ transplants and bleeding sunflowers. At JibJab.com on 24K, the afro-sportin' dancer learns some new moves from CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON. At Rumpus.com, gamers can help a hapless pup collect his toys from the yard in FREDDY'S FETCHING FIASCO. At SlimShadyWorld.com on THE SLIM SHADY SHOW, Darrel Strawberry's drug habit gets out of control and Slim and the crew have to do something about it. At SHO.com on WHIRLGIRL, the rebels are living out their deepest fantasies, but with ZoneWerks' Ty Harden controlling them there's no promise of a happy ending. At tokto.com on MIXOU ET KOUSTO, Mixou and Kousto try to avoid the gun blast of a hunter by tunneling underneath him and stealing his rifle. This Webtoon is in French.

[2001-03-02] At GetMusic.com on Mondo Media's ABSOLUTE ZERO, a strange anomaly switches the personas of Hvita and Courtney Love. At Heavy.com, BEHIND THE MUSIC THAT SUCKS looks at Celine Dion's titantic rise to stardom from the strip malls and strip clubs of Montreal. At hoogerbrugge.com on THE LYING DUTCHMAN, see a man's nose grow with each fib he tells. At MediaTrip.com on GARY THE RAT, can a shadowy woman keep our melancholy mouse from downing a bottle of rat poison? At Rumpus.com on SCIENCE FREAKS, Denny borrows Digby's bike, but once the rusty old cycle gets broken the gang must discover a way to replace it. At SciFi.com in Francois Baranger's ANTEBIOS, a UFO crash-lands on a distant planet and its sole alien survivor confronts two human astronauts on this cosmic outpost. At SHO.com on WHIRLGIRL, the CloneDroids' cover looks quite thin and Kia gets paid a visit from ZoneWerks' pervert general Axxen Baines. At SlimShadyWorld.com on THE SLIM SHADY SHOW, Slim has Marshall pose as him for a movie so that the little guy can score some chicks.

[2001-02-16] At CartoonNetwork.com on Funny Garbage's PINK DONKEY, Pink Donkey learns more about Japan on her flight to the Land of the Rising Sun, but trouble brews back home when Flittermouse lures Maw and Coot into his evil plan. At CampChaos.com on CHRISTMAS 22 A.D., Jesus' pals take him out to a strip club to celebrate his 21st birthday. At CountingDown.com on the premiere of RDA Studio's TALES OF IRTH, mayhem breaks loose in a marketplace when Mr. Sly M's boss thinks a customer has attacked his employee. At Heavy.com, BEHIND THE MUSIC THAT SUCKS tells the seedy story of fat cat record moguls who cloned young boys to form the band O-Town. At MediaTrip on GARY THE RAT, Gary gets fame thrown upon him when he accidentally saves a baby from a burning building. At Rumpus.com, players can grow bigger by gobbling up littler fish in the BIG FISH, LIITLE FISH: FISH FOOD game. At SHO.com on WHIRLGIRL, Nigel and Landen start to think their mysterious guest is WhirlGirl and Katt wonders why Kia (i.e. the CloneDroid) isn't upset about her boyfriend Trevor's death. At Wildbrain.com on GUILTY AS SIN, will Bev confess to Sister Mary Agnes? Will Lazar take Jenny's cherry? Does Piper calm Socks down?

[2001-01-19] At CartoonNetwork.com, Spazzco's THE CHOPPER BUNCH tells the story of a group of tough motorbikes, who like to wreak havoc on cute cartoons, but run into some trouble when they take on a psychedelic Japanese animation. At ClubhouseStudios.com on SCI-FI GUYS, Lenny and the guys go back to 1965 to shag a young Jane Fonda before she films BARBARELLA. At Heavy.com, BEHIND THE MUSIC THAT SUCKS tells the tired tale of why William Shatner should have never stepped foot in a recording studio. At Hypnotic.com on RICK & STEVE: THE HAPPIEST GAY COUPLE IN ALL THE WORLD, Kirsten and Dana baby-sit a gender-less tyke while Rick and Steve think about spicing up their sex life. At LooseleafProductions.com on THE SPACE PROGRAM, Capt. Walt loses faith in the mission, so Jack livens things up with a dance number. At MediaTrip.com on GARY THE RAT, Gary (Kelsey Grammer) takes a ride on the subway, but it may be his last. At Rumpus.com, SPACE PUPPIES' SPACE RACER is a new Flash game, which has players racing to chart the solar system before the Russians. At SciFi.com on CHI CHIAN, Dr. Yoshimoto and X enlist Nahm to save Chi Chian from a bubble prison. At UGO.com on Honkworm's FISHBAR, two evil fish try to suck the essence of the Royal Ham into their farminator being. At UrbanEntertainment.com on the premiere of John Ridley's THOSE WHO WALK IN DARKNESS, animated by Flip Your Lid, Soledad goes on her first mission as a member of the Meta-normal Tactical Unit and finds out that her advisory may be too hot to handle.

[2000-11-27] At Icebox.com on SENIOR HOUSE, the old folks cheer up Nurse Isabel with their old comedy review. Rumpus.com has rolled out their epic 40-minute toon THE DAY I SAVED AMERICA, which has a valiant, young tomboy, Harriet, saving George Washington from the Red Coats. At AtomFilms.com on FORTY AND SHORTY, Shorty's pet pog goes into heat and it

[2000-10-27] At Rumpus.com on MONSTER IN MY CLOSET, Monster helps a little boy overcome the creatures lurking in the dark in a special black-light movie. At CampChaos.com on THE FASHION DEBATE, presidential candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush debate America's true issues

[2000-10-13] At Rumpus.com on SCIENCE FREAKS, find out what the rest of the sunbathing beach dwellers think when Eyena does an Indian rain dance so she can see a rainbow. At CampChaos.com on THAT DAMN WOODPECKER from NuisanceBatch.com's Dave Ensign, learn how the gentle tap of a woodpecker can create eye-popping effects. At Eruptor.com on THE MARTY SHOW, the green monster shows some of his Hollywood screen tests and interviews sexy comic book superheroine, WITCHBLADE's Sara Pezzini. At Oxygen.com on OUR STORIES, Arlyne's parents fell in love at first sight, but what did their fianc

[2000-09-29] At Rumpus.com on EGGELS, Cobble decides to build a train, but it turns into a heated competition between the train builders and track builders. At RenegadeCartoons.com, the newest adventure of ajives.com and amazonia.com is up and the sibling pair get lessons on constructing a kite. At UrbanEntertainment.com on UNDERCOVER BROTHER, something seems funny when retired Army General Colin Powell gets elected president and African-Americans aren

[2000-09-22] Debuting on Tuesday at Shockwave.com, the newest Flash video has Madonna performing her single "Music." At Rumpus.com on SPACE PUPPIES, the four canine astronauts must escape the enflamed spacecraft after a tragic mislaunch. At MediaTrip.com on LIL

[2000-09-15] At Rumpus.com on EGGELS, Hobby finds adventure and profit when searching through the woods for a comb. At UrbanEntertainment.com on CISCO & RIPPLE, the "Trust Us" team give props to the otherwise critically bashed TURN IT UP and drool over the new cheerleader flick BRING IT ON. At MediaTrip.com on LIL' PIMP, Fruit Juice decides to rub out the mysterious bad weather specter, Dumpers Weepers. At Eruptor.com, JONNI NITRO heads to France to find out more about her mysterious disease. At Oxygen.com, OUR STORIES tell of one memorable race by the first legally blind Olympic athlete, track runner Marla Runyan. At Heavy.com, BEHIND THE MUSIC THAT SUCKS tells the tale of how Christina Aguilera was sent back into the past to terminate MTV's Carson Daly before he could award Britney Spears the video of the week prize. SUCKS also airs on UGO.com. At TheThreshold.com on WHERE ARE THE TOONS NOW?, we discover the grim results of what happens when power goes to the heads of the cops of toondom. At StickyFlicks.com on JARNAK, the jive-talking jerk is still recovering from his run-in with his ex-wife and doesn't fare any better with a visit from his cousin Blongo. At SHO.com on Visionary Media's WHIRLGIRL, Sid discovers something strange about WhirlGirl's mother, Morgan, and the crew is betrayed by one of their own as they escape the penal colony. At WB.com from MadMag.com, A CORNY TALE is a tragic story of one man's obsession with popcorn. At Wildbrain.com, SFON tells two embarrassing first sexual experiences from a POKEMON point-of-view. At AntEye.com on LET ME HOLLER @ YA, D.L. Hughley tells why beatings in Philly are like no other town's.

[2000-09-08] At Rumpus.com, tensions rise in the ranks of the SPACE PUPPIES when the launch of the Dog Star rocket goes awry. At UrbanEntertainment.com on CISCO AND RIPPLE, the "Trust Us" crew talks about what they wanted from THE ORIGINAL KINGS OF COMEDY and what they got out of Wesley Snipes' ART OF WAR. At MediaTrip.com on LIL' PIMP, the redheaded rebel finds out the truth about the pimp-killing Dumpers Weepers fairy tale. At Oxygen.com on OUR STORIES, Pat tells Malena what it was like to be a birthing coach and help her mother, Ana, on the most important day of her life. At Heavy.com, BEHIND THE MUSIC THAT SUCKS tells the tale of David Hasselhoff's climb to fame and subsequent abandonment of his original partner Kitt the Wonder Car for German mechanics. SUCKS also airs on UGO.com. At TheThreshold.com, WHERE ARE THE TOONS NOW? takes a look at where Superman wasn't the man of steel and how as the new Viagra spokesman the hero has risen again. At iFuse.com, from the creators of LIL' PIMP, Webisode #6 of ADVENTURE MEN features our trio of heroes kicking back after defusing the world's largest bomb. From Stan Lee Media at BackstreetProject.com, catch the origin of the Backstreet Boys' superpowers, and in Webisode #2 the golden throated five-some have to save their fans from an evil iron giant. At StanLee.net, the comic book kings have rolled out the trailer for their next Webseries THE DRIFTER. At AntEye.com, D.L. Hughley raps about the pros and cons of porn in this week's LET ME HOLLER @ YA. If you're into online gaming check out Banja.com. It's an addictive Flash world where keeping the peace is the number one goal. While it is difficult for us to judge non-English language Websites with the same amount of depth as those listed above, here is a list of places to go that look cool no matter what language you speak. OeilPourOeil.fr is a French site with a great opening and hip spokesman. Webcaster (wcaster.com) is another French site that brings the club scene to the Net with some bizarre Flash toons. Locomotion.com is a Latin American/English site that features toons from the television station, plus original Web projects. In addition, there's also mytv2go.com, a slick Spanish site that features toons with great character designs.

[2000-09-01] At Rumpus.com, on EGGELS, Zog runs for mayor on the "I'll tell you when your delivery food arrives" platform. At RenegadeCartoons.com, with ELMO AARDVARK on vacation, the Renegade crew has rolled out a fable on the dos and don'ts of the dotcom age. On Heavy.com's BEHIND THE MUSIC THAT SUCKS, Shania Twain finds that having the Grim Reaper as her greatest fan makes her life full of dead bodies. At Level13.net's Channel 1, JERSEY SHORES, by Joe Alter, uncovers skeletons in the closets of two truck driving partners. At SHO.com, WHIRLGIRL and the crew have a showdown with the prison colony inmates. At AntEye.com, D.L. Hughley tells why African American athletes only excel at free sports in this week's LET ME HOLLER @ YA.

[2000-08-18] At Rumpus.com, help Sy Klops become the greatest sheep shooter alive in Rumpus' new wooly game. At CartoonNetwork.com, the first PRICKLES THE CACTUS Webtoon follows Prickles and her run in the Miss Green Teen 2000 pageant - but she needs to beat out her arch rival Becky the Palm Tree. At Othervision.com, on INDIE PLANET, after receiving a recruitment e-mail from resistance leader Salazar, Milton gets a secret device from his friend Brick to help ease his mind. On SHO.com, tensions heat up on the newest installment of WHIRLGIRL when space pirates invade the Starship Newark and Trevor and Reed butt heads.

[2000-08-11] After a two week hiatus RenegadeCartoons.com has rolled out a new episode of ELMO AARDVARK: OUTER SPACE DETECTIVE, which uncovers the allusive Captain VaVa LaVoom's mysterious mission plan. At Rumpus.com, the newest installment of SPACE PUPPIES reveals the monkey business that the U.S.' four canine crusaders have to face from the Russian space plan. At CartoonNetwork.com, Courage the Cowardly Dog stars in SCARY MONSTERS, where viewers can help the petrified pup battle his worst fears - birds, mattresses and his own shadow. On JibJab.com, HOOLA BOY drives his nice little old babysitter into a mean old hag. On Level13.net, the Ottawa Animation festival selected series, WILLIS AND JONAH, takes a look at the affect SURVIVOR has had on pop culture - who wants more rat sandwiches? On Sho.com, the path to rescuing WHIRLGIRL's mother is interrupted by a mysterious distress call. On Evanmather.com, FANSOM THE LIZARD unravels the tale of torrid events one pet lizard gets into while his owner sleeps.




[2000-12-11] Rumpus.com's SPACE PUPPIES Webisode 2 is my pick for Archived Classic this week. The series is a fictional take on the 1954 space program. Webisode 2 is witty and subtly written. The humor is set for all ages and works on different levels for different people. This series is top-notch fun for the whole family and this installment is the best of the batch.

[2000-11-10] This week

[2000-09-29] Rumpus.com is one of the best Web sites for kids and SCIENCE FREAKS is one of the reasons. "Episode 2: Flying Saucers" is my favorite. When a three-eyed freak named Inky needs to create a science fiction story for class, Dr. Freakenstein helps him out with a lesson in science friction. Educational and fun SCIENCE FREAKS is a little bit BILL NYE mixed with a little bit of ANIMANIACS then topped off with a dab of AAGH! REAL MONSTERS. Rumpus has made the Internet an enjoyable place for children to learn and be entertained. Plus, trust me, it


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