ToonSteve FunnyShorts

ToonSteve FunnyShorts is a Canadian-American animated television series created by Robin Balzano for Bonzai Network. The series chronicles the exploits and adventures of the main character and his various friends and family in the fictional cartoony town of Toonville. The series' popularity has made it a media franchise, as well as the highest rated series to air on Bonzai Network and the most distributed property of BritCan Television. As of late 2017, the media franchise has generated $10 billion in merchandising revenue for Bonzai Network.

Many of the series' ideas originated in an comedian comic book titled The Animated World, which Balzano created in 1990. He began developing ToonSteve FunnyShorts into the television series in 1995 following the cancellation of Binge On With Baxter and Buster. He pitched the series to Bonzai Network and Cartoon Network, but the latter demanded creative control, leading to him making a deal with the currently run, and aired its first episode on August 31, 1999.

The series has received worldwide critical acclaim since its premiere and had gained enormous popularity by its second season. A feature film, The ToonSteve FunnyShorts Movie, was released in theaters on October 10, 2008. A second film adaption, The ToonSteve Movie: Steve the Superhero, followed on July 14, 2016. A spin-off series, The Edward Show, featuring Edward Sampson, aired from May 10, 2012, to October 24, 2016. In 2019, the series began airing its thirteenth season; it was renewed for a fourteenth season on February 6, 2019.

ToonSteve FunnyShorts has won a variety of awards, including six Annie Awards, two Kids' Choice Awards, four Golden Reel Awards, 8 SOCAN Awards, four Leo Awards, three Reuben Awards, and 5 BAFTA Children's Awards. The series attracted an audience of 63 million households, and is broadcasted in 160 countries, and proved to be among children, teenagers and adults. ToonSteve FunnyShorts is the longest-running Bonzai Network original series, as well as longest-running Bonzai cartoon and the sixth longest-running American animated series. In 2013, TV Guide ranked ToonSteve FunnyShorts the eleventh Greatest TV Cartoon of All Time.

Characters

 * Students
 * School College
 * Families
 * Other Townsfolk
 * Other Characters

Parodies

 * 1) ToonSteve FunnyShorts/Thomas
 * 2) ToonSteve FunnyShorts/South Park
 * 3) ToonSteve FunnyShorts/SpongeBob SquarePants
 * 4) ToonSteve FunnyShorts/The Simpsons
 * 5) ToonSteve FunnyShorts/Ed, Edd n Eddy
 * 6) ToonSteve FunnyShorts/The Loud House
 * 7) ToonSteve FunnyShorts/Family Guy
 * 8) ToonSteve FunnyShorts/Looney Tunes
 * 9) ToonSteve FunnyShorts/TUGS
 * 10) ToonSteve FunnyShorts/Arthur
 * 11) ToonSteve FunnyShorts/The Amazing World of Gumball
 * 12) ToonSteve FunnyShorts/Rocko's Modern Life
 * 13) ToonSteve FunnyShorts/Disney
 * 14) ToonSteve FunnyShorts/Camp Lazlo
 * 15) ToonSteve FunnyShorts/Regular Show
 * 16) ToonSteve FunnyShorts/The Fairly OddParents
 * 17) ToonSteve FunnyShorts/Rugrats
 * 18) ToonSteve FunnyShorts/Phineas and Ferb
 * 19) ToonSteve FunnyShorts/Alvin and the Chipmunks
 * 20) ToonSteve FunnyShorts/Futurama
 * 21) ToonSteve FunnyShorts/Garfield
 * 22) ToonSteve FunnyShorts/Fanboy and Chum Chum