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[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.

[2001-03-09] At GetMusic.com on ABSOLUTE ZERO, Hvita and Ozzy get in a tussle, but can the groovy words of Lenny Kravitz soothe the situation? At Heavy.com, BEHIND THE MUSIC THAT SUCKS takes a look at Hootie's rise from Emmanuel Lewis' replacement on WEBSTER to selling his soul to Rick James in return for rock stardom. At Hypnotic.com on RICK & STEVE, THE HAPPIEST GAY COUPLE IN ALL OF THE WORLD, Rick and Steve search all night at the Cock dance club for what else but cock. At JibJab.com on EXIT 109, in a cash-making scheme, Boss gets Winston to mate with a pure-bread bulldog, but the little pitbull isn't sure if Winston's man enough for the job. At Locomotion.com on TEEVEY, after Teevey draws a face on a dog's backside, the world goes haywire. At SHO.com on WHIRLGIRL, CloneDroid increases Kat's faith in her and Axxen reveals Kia's hidden identity to her. At Shockwave.com, check out the slammin' new Flash video for the Scienz of Life's track, "Undaground Starvin' Artist." At SlimShadyWorld.com on THE SLIM SHADY SHOW, Slim and his crew run up on a Republication plot and land themselves in lock-up. At wb.com on Mondo Media's THE GOD & DEVIL SHOW, Hilary Clinton and Dev fight over Bill's balls. At Wildbrain.com on GUILTY AS SIN, will Bobby jump to his death or can someone save him?

[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.

[2001-02-23] At CenterSeat.com on CYBER SLACKER, Cyber Slacker (Jamie Levy) goes out on a date with Keanu (John Bowe), who keeps warping in and out of his various movie characters. At GiantHeads.com, FREE OXEN is a rap video set in a strangely happy world of playing children. At Heavy.com, BEHIND THE MUSIC THAT SUCKS takes a journey back in time to see how Whitney Houston rose from her childhood being raised by rats in the projects to record stardom and a sham marriage to cover up her homosexuality. At Hotwired Animation Express on INSPECTOR BRESITOUFFE, the scruffy investigator must weed through various wild explanations on what happened to the sultan. At MediaTrip.com on GARY THE RAT, after an unfriendly trip to the Hamptons, Gary laments over being a giant rat. At MishmashMedia.com on PAPU, edgy Internet company Licebox.com is about to go under and they hope that Papu will invest to keep the doors open. At Romp.com on a BOOTY CALL extra, R.O.M.P. reporter Penny O'Snatch reports from the scene of Jake's apparent death at the hands of the voodoo doctor's henchman. At SHO.com on WHIRLGIRL, the pleather-clad heroine starts to remember her past when a romance heats up with Landen. At Shockwave.com, game players have to draw circles around butterflies in the new Flash game LOOP. At Wildbrain.com on GUILTY AS SIN, where the hell is Bobby? Is he alive or dead? What has gotten into his head?

[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?

[2001-02-02] At CartoonNetwork.com on Funny Garbage's PINK DONKEY, Sir Flutterby Flapping reveals to Pink Donkey that a Japanese company wants to open up a store with her likeness on it. At Heavy.com on BEHIND THE MUSIC THAT SUCKS, see how Melissa Etheridge rose above an unsuccessful women's volleyball career and started sucking ass both on stage -- and in the bedroom. At Level13.net on CAPBUSTER, the United Crime Wave, a sinister international cartel, wreaks havoc on the law-abiding citizens of a once humble hamlet and its up to Tony Tempest and his crew to save the city. At SciFi.com on CHI CHIAN, Nahm must battle the Dread Brothers Grimlock to save the princess from her prison bubble. At SHO.com on WHIRLGIRL, will the WhirlGirl clone kill Victoria and is the real pleather-clad heroine really dead? Find out on the first Webisode of chapter nine! At StickyFlicks.com on YOUNG DICTATORS IN LOVE, see how a drunken Adolph Hitler got that strange little mustache.

[2000-12-22] At CampChaos.com on BunnyGrenade.com's MISSLE TOE CHRISTMAS, if you can shoot Santa's sleigh out of the sky you get to keep all his presents. At Heavy.com on BEHIND THE MUSIC THAT SUCKS, find out how Axl Rose rose from sideshow freak to heavy metal freak with a little help from his freakish band mates. At RenegadeCartoons.com on DOTCOMEDY, ajives.com and amazonia.com open their own Websites, but their launch parties go in totally different ways. At SHO.com on WHIRLGIRL, Kia parties like its 2099, but alcohol and Zonewerks assassins don't mix. At UGO.com on Honkworm's FISH BAR, our fishy friends rant about Frankie's trip to Colorado and the state's evil babies that disguise themselves as ham sandwiches. At UrbanEntertainment.com on the debut of THERE GOES THE NATION, see how black man Darwin Speeks rose from reality show hero to the White House.

[2000-12-11] At AtomFilms on FORTY AND SHORTY, when Shorty catches Forty's dad committing a crime, he decides going into the witness protection program is his safest bet. On UrbanEntertainment.com on CISCO AND RIPPLE, the "Trust Us" crew takes a look at THE GRINCH to find out if this Christmas tale is a holiday must or bust. At MediaTrip.com on GARY THE RAT, the lawsuit against the Southern Tobacco Co. begins and Gary shows off why he's really a giant rat. At Romp.com on COOTIE'S, Pedro has kidnapped Santa Claus and you can win his presents if you pitch bottles at Saint Nick's head. At Heavy.com, BEHIND THE MUSIC THAT SUCKS takes a look at how Glenn Miller blew his trombone up the behind of the Nazi War Machine. At Level13.net on IN THE DIRTY WORLD, Babs takes a look at the long line of celebs that have gotten caught sippin' one for the road. On SHO.com on WHIRLGIRL, find out if it's too late for WhirlGirl to save rebel leader Victoria after she goes to save her friends from the death maze. At Hypnotic.com, Rachel Max's ROCKY IV is a deadpan, animated critique of Stallone's ROCKY IV. At UGO.com on Honkworm's FISH BAR, the Queen gives Steven Spielberg a call about doing a flick together. At GetMusic.com on Mondo Media's ABSOLUTE ZERO, Hvita helps No Doubt's Gwen Stefani write a personal ad so that the singer can find her next heartbreak and hit pop tune.

[2000-11-03] At Heavy.com, discover all the mishaps, blunders and acts of God that have occurred on a blooper filled edition of BEHIND THE MUSIC THAT SUCKS. At SHO.com on Visionary Media's WHIRLGIRL, Kia must trust her mother Morgan for the time being, so that she can save her friends from Ty Harden's evil plans. At Z.com on THE ROTTEN FRUIT, the riotous Brit band creates havoc at a hotel, but a smart manager flips things upside down. At Hypnotic.com from director James Barfield, PUMPKIN PUKE is a live-action/stop-motion film about a little orange being who sings jingles and kills.

[2000-10-06] At Shockwave.com, the Flash video for Dogstar's first single "Corner Store" has debuted. And yes, Dogstar is Keanu's band. At Oxygen.com on OUR STORIES, Nicole tells the long genealogy of stubborn redheaded women in her family. At StickyFlicks.com on MR. PANTS, the green slacks wearing geek becomes the life of the office party after a sip of vodka. At SHO.com on WHIRLGIRL, after Kia's mother betrays WhirlGirl and the gang, Ty Harden tightens his grip on the captured heroine in an attempt to locate the whereabouts of rebel leader, Victoria Thalios. At Anteye.com on LET ME HOLLER @ YA, D.L. Hughley talks about how Woody Harrelson beat the hemp planting charge against him. At JoeCartoon.com on CATCH AND RELEASE, learn why fishin' is for men and fishin' poles are for sissies! At StanLee.net on BACKSTREET PROJECT, the Backstreet Boys find themselves cornered by an army of black cloaked mystery men. On Funny Garbage's Katbot.com, Katbot introduces her planet Katatonia and receives her shocking Earth assignment. At GetMusic.com on Mondo Media's ABSOLUTE ZERO, Hvita and Ozzy find out what Marilyn Manson has been up to now that he's sold out Satan for corporate fame. At FantasticTV.com on RAT AND ROACH, Rocket Rat has his laser sights centered on the hellishly cute Roach. At Wildbrain.com on GLUE, at the Fred Nougat concert, a friendly board game between Gooner and Rentweld triggers a flaming fiasco.

[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.

[2000-09-01] 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.

[2000-08-04] At Cartoon Network On-line, THE POWERPUFF GIRLS Web Premiere Toon "Powerpuff Rumble!" has viewers picking their favorite Powerpuff Girl to run them through a training regiment before battling Mojo JoJo and his meany minions. At Oxygen.com, OUR STORIES features Rebecca Feig discussing the creation of her documentary about the lives of Russian women entitled, BYE-BYE BABUSHKA. On Heavy.com, BEHIND THE MUSIC THAT SUCKS looks at the evil powers that have helped Smashing Pumpkins' lead singer, Billy Corgan, to the heights of fame. BEHIND also airs on UGO.com. Heavy has also rolled out a trailer for their upcoming toon series MUNCHYMAN & FATTY. On MongaDillo.com, the series SHAWKS has debuted and we find out that the chum sucking man-killers have now migrated onto land. On SHO.com, WHIRLGIRL and the crew team up with unlikely allies - Trevor and Reed - to save Morgan from the penal colony.




[2000-10-06] A true cyberspace classic would have to be "Chapter 1: Episode 1" of WHIRLGIRL. As the first weekly updated Webseries, the adventures of Kia and her band of rebels has served as a torch-barer in the exploding field of Internet animation. The toon is grounded in tongue-and-cheek humor and well written episodic tales that keep you coming back for more. Internet animation software usually hampers action Webtoons, but Visionary Media has realized the limitations and utilizes the software to its best potential to create an action-packed new type of superhero series.




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AlwaysI.com
Animood.com
Anteye.com
AtomFilms
Atomic Cartoons
BitMagic
Brilliant Digital
BunnyGrenade.com
CampChaos.com
Cartoon Network Online
ColbyBluth.com
CountingDown.com
DarkHorse.com
DistantCorners.com
DotComix
Entertaindom
Eruptor
ExtraTainment
FantasticTV.com
Heavy.com
Honkworm
Hotwired Animation Express
Hypnotic.com
Icebox
iFilm
Jib Jab
Joe Cartoon
Level13.net
Locomotion
Lycos
Media Trip
Mishmash Media
Mondo Media
MongaDillo
Netscapes' Netcenter
NewGrounds.com
Othervision
Oxygen
Playboy.com
Pork & Beans Productions
Renegade Animation
Romp
Rumpus
SciFi.com
SHO.com
Shockwave
SlimShadyWorld.com
Stan Lee Media
StickyFlicks
TheThreshold.com
Troma.com
UGO.com
UrbanEntertainment.com
Warner Bros. Online
WebWank.net
Wildbrain
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