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*** To answer for the Disney questions, those two movies are distributed by Disney, as in they are the studio who was willing enough to give the film crew the money and allow them to shoot the movie while calling it their own. Now ''[[Air Bud]]'' seems more like Disney property since they made an entire series out of it, but ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'' was originally a syndicated cartoon that used to air outside of Cartoon Network. And also, they aired ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' and (I believe they did) ''[[James and the Giant Peach]]'', which are also from Disney as well. Again, distributed by them, (with the possible exception of Nightmare Before Christmas. That has some grounds in Disney, so...) so that does give Cartoon Network some rights to air those movies. And I don't mind the idea of airing a live-action version of a cartoon or having a [[Medium Blending|medium blend]] that contains cartoons, but ''[[Air Bud]]'' doesn't exactly belong on Cartoon Network.
 
* Why did Boomerang (the Argentinian version), a children's channel, show "Stand By Me", an R-rated movie?
** Likely it was the censored version, plus the channel is not geared towards children. Rather, it's a [[Nostalgia Filter]] for those over 30.
** Wait what?
** To prove Americans can pervert children just as easily as the Japanese. Or it could be the same reason Cartoon Network has Adult Swim: [[Animation Age Ghetto|not only children watch cartoon channels]].
** Was it the censored version?
** Of course Boomerang being geared towards adults is [[Network Decay|slowly becoming less and less true.]] Who over the age of seven wants to watch Baby Looney Tunes?
*** Uh, wasn't Boomerang originally for [[Captain Obvious|old cartoons?]]
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*** Or a [[Kayfabe]] explanation, TOM was built to relieve Moltar of the stress of running a programming block, and producing Coast to Coast, which is as draining as working with Space Ghost and Zorak would entail.
 
* Is it just me, or does CN Latin America have a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij1aXNlTZY0 bigger] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5T-q8JNNkk animation] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko6scpEnNoM budget] than CN USA (and they're both based in Atlanta!)? And let's not forget that they redid the Nood era for Latin America replacing them with the exclusive Toonix, even with [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|individual bumpers]]!
** No, I think you're kind of right. Latin america has around 600 million people, and all they need to do is dub and tweak the animation a bit. It makes sense they'd have a bit more money to work with.
 
 
* Here's a very good question concerning ''[[Dude, What Would Happen?]]'': why? That's it. Why?
** Because, and I hate to lay even a modicum of indirect blame on them, ''[[Myth BustersMythBusters]]''. More accurately, [[Follow the Leader|Mythbusters]] [[Money, Dear Boy|fans]]. More detailed, ''Mythbusters'' has many fans, so a show that [[Blatant Lies|takes the]] [[Completely Missing the Point|core concept]] of ''Mythbusters'' will also have many fans, and the horrible failure of ''[[Smash Lab]]'' to be popular [[Money, Dear Boy|enough]] means that it wasn't good enough to use as an example of why making "Mythbusters, but moar X-Treme" doesn't work if you [[Completely Missing the Point|completely miss the point of why most fans like it]]. Also, [[Viewers are Morons|CN Viewers Are Adolescent Morons]] who would justify dumbing down ''Mythbusters'' even more than most [[Misaimed Fandom|misaimed]] [[Follow the Leader|copies]]. For the most cynically terse reason, it's [[Money, Dear Boy|cheap]] and [[Follow the Leader|probably]] [[Lowest Common Denominator|popular]].
** And to throw in a dash of ''[[Jackass]]'', you get a [[Sarcasm Mode|recipe for success]]...
*** They ''really'' could [[Follow the Leader|do it]] [[Affectionate Parody|better]]:
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They don't just demonstrate cartoon physics, they put it to the test. }}
** [[User:Shadow Dog|I]] honestly feel it's one of the best shows currently on the channel. After all, it's competing with ''[[Johnny Test]]'', ''[[Total Drama Island]]'', ''[[Adventure Time]]'', ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]'', ''[[Chowder]]'', and ''[[Regular Show]]''... I'd just like to note that I've never even watched the last one, I'm just putting using the "CNNewShow" function on my calculator. Admittedly, there are better shows on the channel, but most of them just seem to be on there by accident rather than them actually caring.
*** Are you honestly trying to claim that ''[[Dude, What Would Happen?]]'' is better than Adventure Time and Regular Show?
** For the sake of argument, ''[[Dude, What Would Happen?]]'' was the most profitable show from [[CN Real]]... not that it's saying much. Plus, it's extremely hard to get hosts that preteen boys can appeal to when they are animated, or else you'll need months of planning and tons of extra budget set aside.
** Good news be heard, people! The two remaining shows from [[CN Real]] have been, if not outright canned, at the very least, put on a bit of a hiatus for the time being to get the [[Christmas Special|Christmas Specials]] onto the lineup. Things may be looking up for the time being.
* Why put DC Nation shows on weekend mornings? Why can't they rebroadcast them in the evenings? On fridays, Ninjago and Star Wars make up the prime time cartoons when Ninjago seems more saturday morning material. Not to diss Ninjago but it seems more commercial and not as complex as ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]'' and [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]. Are they even allowed to rebroadcast shows now? it seems Flapjack or any of the old shows get played much, is it a money issue?
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