2000 in animation


2000 in animation is an overview of notable events, including notable awards, list of films released, television show debuts and endings, and notable deaths.

Events

January

January 1: The website Homestar Runner goes up. January 6: The film Cóndor Crux, la leyenda premieres.January 12: South Park concludes its third season on Comedy Central with the episode "World Wide Recorder Concert", this was the first episode to premiere in the 2000s. It was watched by over 2 million viewers that night.January 14: The Simpsons receive a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

February

February 6: The Walt Disney Company releases The Tigger Movie. February 26: The first episode of The Weekenders airs.February 29: The Walt Disney Company releases An Extremely Goofy Movie. This serves as the finale to the television series Goof Troop.Specific date unknown: Titmouse, Inc is founded.

March

March 9: The animated TV series God, the Devil and Bob is first broadcast, but was cancelled after four episodes over its satirical portrayal of God and Satan.March 19: The Simpsons episode "Bart to the Future" premieres. It has a throwaway joke about Donald Trump being President of the United States in the future and causing a budget crisis, which gained more attention when Trump became president in 2017 and the episode was accused of unintentionally predicting the future. March 26: 72nd Academy Awards:

April

April 1: Cartoon Network's sister channel Boomerang launches.April 3: The first episode of Between the Lions airs.April 5: Season 4 of South Park begins on Comedy Central with the premiere of the episode "The Tooth Fairy's Tats 2000". This episode marks the debut of the character Timmy Burch.

May

May 19: The Walt Disney Company releases Dinosaur. This marks the first Disney animated feature to receive the PG rating since The Black Cauldron in 1985.May 21:

June

June 16: Don Bluth and Gary Goldman's Titan A.E. is released, but becomes a box office flop, gaining $36.8 million against a $75–90 million budget and resulting in a $100 million loss for 20th Century Fox. Due to the failure of the film, Fox Animation Studios was shut down afterward.June 23: Peter Lord and Nick Park's Chicken Run premieres. It is the first feature-length film of Aardman Animation.

July

July 7: June Foray receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.July 10: The film Heavy Metal 2000, a sequel to the 1981 film Heavy Metal, is released.July 22: The film The Boy Who Saw the Wind premieres.July 25:

August

August 1: Family Guy concludes its second season on Fox with the episode "Fore, Father", which was seen by over six million viewers that night.August 14: The first episode of Dora the Explorer airs.August 18: The pilot episode of Sheep in the Big City is broadcast.August 26: The pilot episode of Generation O! is broadcast.August 29: Monster Mash is first released.

September

September 3: The first episode of Playboy's Dark Justice, a computer-animated pornographic series, is broadcast.September 4: The first episode of Clifford the Big Red Dog airs.September 9:

October

October 1: Season 5 of King of the Hill begins on Fox with the premiere of the episode "The Perils of Polling", which was seen by just nearly 9.6 million viewers that night.October 2: The first episode of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command airs. October 3: Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders is released, receiving positive reviews. This is the final time Mary Kay Bergman would voice Daphne as the film is dedicated to her memory. Grey DeLisle would later take the role for the character in the next film.October 6:

November

November 1: Season 12 of The Simpsons begins on Fox with the premiere of the latest Treehouse of Horror installment "Treehouse of Horror XI", which was seen by over 13.2 million viewers that night.November 5: The Simpsons' 250th episode "A Tale of Two Springfields" premiered on Fox, featuring the following guest stars: Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Paul Townshend & Gary Coleman. The episode was seen by over 16.1 million viewers that night.November 7: The film Joseph: King of Dreams is released, a sequel to The Prince of Egypt.November 7–9: The three-part Rugrats special "Acorn Nuts & Diapey Butts" premiered on Nickelodeon, these episodes serve as the prologue to Rugrats in Paris: The Movie.November 13: The Arthur episode "Bitzi's Beau" airs. This marks the earliest depiction of Mr. Ratburn getting married, but only in a fantasy sequence as being straight. His actual marriage occurs in the later episode "Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone", over 20 years of being closeted.November 14: 3-2-1 Penguins! is released in direct-to-video format.November 17:

December

December 7: The SpongeBob SquarePants holiday special episode "Christmas Who?" premieres on Nickelodeon.December 12: Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker is released direct-to-video. The film caused controversy for its violent content, including the Joker's death. As a result, the film was censored and the uncut version was not released until 2002. December 14: The film The Magic Pudding is first released.December 15: The Walt Disney Company releases The Emperor's New Groove. December 20: South Park concludes its fourth season on Comedy Central with the Christmas special "A Very Crappy Christmas", this was the last episode to premiere during the 20th century. It was seen by over 3 million viewers that night.

Specific date unknown

Films released

Television series debuts

DateTitleChannelYear
January 8Rainbow FishHBO2000
February 1PoochiniSyndication2000–2003
February 26Max SteelKids' WB2000–2002
February 26The WeekendersABC, Toon Disney2000–2004
March 6Mobile Suit Gundam WingCartoon Network2000
March 9God, the Devil and BobNBC2000
April 2JBVOCartoon Network2000–2001
April 3Between the LionsPBS Kids2000–2010
April 5ExposureSyfy2000–2002
April 14The Bob Clampett ShowCartoon Network2000–2001
May 31Clerks: The Animated SeriesABC, Comedy Central2000–2002
June 17CardcaptorsKids' WB2000–2001
June 26Spy GrooveMTV2000–2002
July 6Hand Maid MayWowow2000
July 7DinozaursFox Kids2000
July 28Baby BluesThe WB, Adult Swim2000–2002
August 5Action Man Fox Kids2000–2001
August 8SammyNBC2000
August 14Dora the ExplorerNickelodeon2000–2019
August 26Maggie and the Ferocious BeastNick Jr.2000–2002
August 26Generation O!Kids' WB2000–2001
September 3Playboy's Dark JusticePlayboy TV2000–2001
September 4Clifford the Big Red DogPBS Kids2000–2003
September 8The New Adventures of MadelinePlayhouse Disney2000–2001
September 9Jackie Chan AdventuresKids' WB2000–2005
September 9Teacher's PetABC, Toon Disney2000–2002
September 9Kong: The Animated SeriesSyndication2000–2001
September 9George ShrinksPBS Kids2000–2003
September 23Static ShockKids' WB2000–2004
September 30CorduroyPBS Kids2000–2003
September 30Marvin the Tap-Dancing HorsePBS Kids2000–2002
September 30Seven Little MonstersPBS Kids2000–2003
September 30Timothy Goes to SchoolPBS Kids2000–2001
October 2Buzz Lightyear of Star CommandABC, UPN2000–2001
October 14Pokémon: The Johto JourneysKids' WB2000–2001
October 24PelswickNickelodeon2000-2002
October 25As Told by GingerNickelodeon2000–2006
November 4X-Men: EvolutionKids' WB2000–2003
November 6Blue Submarine No. 6Cartoon Network2000
November 133-2-1 Penguins!Direct to video2000–2008
November 17Sheep in the Big CityCartoon Network2000–2002
December 6TV FunhouseComedy Central2000–2001
December 21The Brak ShowCartoon Network, Adult Swim2000–2003
December 21Sealab 2021Cartoon Network, Adult Swim2000–2005
December 30Aqua Teen Hunger ForceCartoon Network, Adult Swim2000–2015
December 30Harvey Birdman, Attorney at LawCartoon Network, Adult Swim2000–2007

Births

January

January 7: Marcus Scribner, American actor.January 8: Noah Cyrus, American singer, songwriter, and actress.

February

February 5: Jordan Nagai, American former child actor.February 10: Yara Shahidi, American actress.

March

March 6: Jacob Bertrand, American actor.March 21: Jace Norman, American actor.

May

May 18: Addison Holley, Canadian actress.

June

June 2: Lilimar Hernandez, American actress.

July

July 16: Jonathan Morgan Heit, American former actor.July 25: Meg Donnelly, American actress.

August

August 3:

September

September 1: Jacob Ewaniuk, Canadian actor.September 4: Ruby Stokes, English actress.September 28: Frankie Jonas, American former child actor.

October

October 14: Mekai Curtis, American actor.October 16: David Rawle, Irish actor.October 31: Willow Smith, American singer-songwriter and actress.

November

November 10: Mackenzie Foy, American actress.November 15: Coco Grayson, American actress.November 22: Auliʻi Cravalho, American actress and singer.

December

December 22: Joshua Bassett, American actor, singer and songwriter.

Deaths

January

January 7: Bob McFadden, American actor, dies at age 76.January 12: Marc Davis, American animator and character designer, dies at age 86.

February

February 10: Jim Varney, American actor and comedian, dies at age 50.February 12: Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist, dies at age 77.February 13: J. Robert Harris, American composer, dies at age 74.February 23: Ofra Haza, Israeli singer, actress, recording artist, writer and journalist, dies at age 42.

March

March 3: Nicole Van Goethem, Belgian cartoonist, animator and film director, dies at the age of 58.March 6: John Colicos, Canadian actor, dies at age 71.March 13: Rex Everhart, American actor, dies at age 79.March 16: Stanley Ralph Ross, American writer, and actor, dies at age 64.March 24: Kazuo Komatsubara, Japanese animator, character designer and director, dies at age 59.

April

April 3: Félix Nakamura, Peruvian animator and film director, dies from cancer at age 59.

May

May 9: Arthur Davis, American animator and film director, dies at age 94.

June

June 1: Tito Puente, American musician, songwriter, bandleader and record producer, dies from a heart attack at age 77.June 13: Yefim Gamburg, Russian film director, dies at age 75.June 24: David Tomlinson, English actor, singer and comedian, dies at age 83.June 30: Robert L. Manahan, American actor and re-recording mixer, dies at age 43.

July

July 14: Meredith MacRae, American actress, dies at age 56.July 20: Eyvind Earle, American artist, author and illustrator, dies at age 84.

August

August 8: Glenn Schmitz, American animator and comics artist, dies at age 70.August 24: Tatiana Riabouchinska, Russian ballerina, dies at age 83.August 25: Carl Barks, American animator and comics artist, dies at age 99.August 27: Ante Zaninovic, Croatian animator, film director and comics artist, dies at age 65.

September

September 3: Walt Stanchfield, American animator, writer and teacher, dies at age 81.September 10:
  • * Ben Wicks, English-born Canadian cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and author, dies from cancer at age 73.
  • * Lester Novros, American animator, art director, and teacher of filmmaking, dies at age 91.September 13: Rolf Kauka, German comics artist and film director, dies at age 83.September 26: Richard Mulligan, American actor, dies from colon cancer at age 67.

October

October 16: Ed Nofziger, American animator and comics artist, dies at age 87.October 30: Steve Allen, American television personality, radio personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian and writer, dies from hemopericardium at age 78.

November

November 1: Bernard Erhard, American actor, dies at age 66.November 16: Joe C., American rapper and musician, dies from celiac disease at age 26.November 20: Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin, Russian animator and comics artist, dies at age 73.November 28: Robert Bentley, American animator, dies at age 93.

December

December 3: Hoyt Curtin, American composer, dies at age 78.December 6: Werner Klemperer, German-American actor, stage entertainer and singer, dies from cancer at age 80.December 18: Nick Stewart, American actor, dies at age 90.December 23: Billy Barty, American actor, dies at age 76.

Specific date unknown

  • Storm de Hirsch, American poet, film director and animator, dies at age 87 or 88.
  • Meliza Espinosa, Canadian character designer, dies at an unknown age.