The past couple of years, HBO Max has gradually removed several classic Cartoon Network series. For fans of shows like Powerpuff Girls, Scooby-Doo, and Ben 10, it’s been a rough time. But here’s some good news for you: those and more are jumping over to Tubi.
Pepsiman, who runs the curation YouTube Broken Saw, first clocked that several of the channel’s shows have recently gotten Tubi pages. Eventually, the streamer went and revealed the full list of shows it’s adding, cheekily saying it’ll enter its “cartoon era” on March 1. The first wave of shows on that date include the aforementioned Ben and Powerpuff, Justice League, Codename: Kids Next Door, and Ed, Edd, & Eddy—and you can see the full list of what’s coming here.
kicking off with these on march 1:
Animaniacs
Powerpuff Girls
Teen Titans
The Batman
Ben 10 (2005)
Pinky and the Brain
Justice League
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Dexter’s Laboratory
Ed, Edd ‘n Eddy
Courage The Cowardly Dog
Taz-Mania
Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends…— Tubi
This is exciting for a few reasons, the first being that it’s just good these shows exist somewhere. While some have gotten bumped to streamers like Prime Video, others haven’t been afforded the same opportunity. (At least, legally.) It’s also cool that several B and C-listers like Evil Con Carne and Loonatics Unleashed (!!) are getting some love. I haven’t thought about Mucha Lucha! in years, and its eventual arrival makes me want to.
Another reason it’s good? Tubi’s been a pretty good place for older cartoons to hang out; Looney Tunes did extremely well over there months after the transition, to the point that the IP has been given further life thanks to a recent TCM deal. So while it sucks that Warner Bros. is still going through some nonsense, it’s at least good that Cartoon Network and its history lives on.
