Once Upon a Toon

Once Upon a Toon
Network	Cartoon Network
Premiere date	October 4, 2012
Run time	2:45
Writer(s)	Matthew Ireland Beans Justin Becker Aaron Blitzstein
Director(s)	Tennessee Reid Norton
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Once Upon a Toon is a segment of the Mad season three episode "Taking Nemo/Once Upon a Toon". It is a parody of Cartoon Network and Hanna-Barbera characters mashed up with the ABC series Once Upon a Time. The episode aired on October 4, 2012 on Cartoon Network.

Henry Swan must restore the memories of various Cartoon Network stars.

Memorable quotes

Chicken: You know, I actually thought of myself as more of a goose. Is that weird?
Johnny: You're asking me? I've been thinking I'm Thor.

Johnny: What's MAD?
Henry: It's the terrible thing I was talking about!
Dee Dee: Here, let me show you
Johnny: What's MAD?
Henry: It's the terrible thing I was talking about!
Dee Dee: Here, let me show you.
Johnny: What's MAD?
Henry: It's the terrible thing I was talking about!
Dee Dee: Here, let me show you.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Henry Swan	Rachel Ramras
Johnny Bravo	Kevin Schnick
Dexter	Grey Griffin
Samurai Jack	Hugh Davidson
Blossom Utonium	N/A
Bubbles Utonium (bush)	N/A
Buttercup Utonium (bush)	N/A
Cow	Tara Strong
Chicken	Fred Tatasciore
Buck Tuddrussel	N/A
Numbuh One/Nigel Uno	N/A
The Grim Reaper	N/A
Courage	N/A
Blooregard Q. Kazoo	N/A
Lazlo	N/A
Hector Con Carne	N/A
Edd	N/A
Dee Dee	Tara Strong

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Storybrooke
    • Toone's
    • Cartoon Network Studios building

Vehicles

• None

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• October 4, 2012 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• This episode was made in commemoration of Cartoon Network's 20th anniversary.
• Dee Dee being a villain may be a reference to the Dexter's Laboratory episode "Comic Relief," where Dee Dee became a comic book villain named Deestructa.
  • It's also ironic considering Dee Dee was never evil in the original show, just annoying to her brother Dexter.
• The repeating concentric circles in the title card are a reference to the opening titles for the Looney Tunes theatrical cartoons. However, no Looney Tunes characters appear in this segment despite the fact that Cartoon Network started off with only reruns of old Hanna-Barbera and Warner Bros. cartoons.

Errors

• Dexter's gloves are orange.
• Dee Dee's ears are missing.
• Why would Dee Dee cancel her own show?

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• None available. 😢