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[[File:ChalkZone.jpg|thumb|350px|''Rudy's got the chalk!'']]
 
''[[ChalkZone]]'' (2002-2004) is a [[Nickelodeon]] cartoon that, like fellow Nicktoon ''[[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents]]'', began as a series of shorts on ''Oh Yeah! Cartoons''. It apparently finds its roots in an older cartoon with the same premise, ''Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings'', which coincidentally had also come on Nickelodeon at one time (as part of the network's earliest program, ''[[Pinwheel]]''). Whether or not ''ChalkZone'' is <s>plagiarized from</s> an intentionally modernized version of ''Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings'', however, is unknown.
 
The show centers on a shy, daydreaming kid by the name of Rudy Tabootie, who one day discovers a world hidden beyond his teacher's chalkboard. In this world, ChalkZone, chalk drawings that have been erased from all chalkboards are now sentient beings; among them is a creation of Rudy's, a [[Kid Hero]] named Snap. Most episodes revolve around Rudy and Snap adventuring around ChalkZone, often accompanied by Rudy's best friend / love interest, Penny Sanchez; in some cases, Rudy, being the only person to know about ChalkZone and wield the [[MacGuffin|Magic Chalk]] (with Penny being [[Secret Keeper|the only person he trusts with this information]]), has to keep the place safe from [[The Masquerade|being found out by anyone else]].
 
It's stated to be the sweetest and cutest non-Jr. Nick show ever made, however it receives a lot of criticism due to its [[Tastes Like Diabetes|sugary nature]] and over-the-top cuteness. Despite this, it has somewhat of a [[Cult Classic|cult following]] ([[The Angry Beavers|though not]] [[Invader Zim|as much]] [[The Ren and Stimpy Show|as other]] [[Hey Arnold!|classic]] [[Rocko's Modern Life|Nick]] [[Ka BlamKaBlam!|shows]]), and finds the cuteness a charm.
 
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* [[G-Rated Drug]]: Water Water, Everywhere
* [[Gentle Giant]]: Biclops
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Not as much as [[The Ren and Stimpy Show|some]] [[Rocko's Modern Life|other]] [[SpongeBob SquarePants|Nicktoons]] [[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents|that]] [[Rugrats|are]] [[Danny Phantom|probably]] [[Invader Zim|worth]] [[Ka BlamKaBlam!|mentioning]], as this Nicktoon was geared toward a slightly younger audience. But yeah, it snuck in some innuendos, most common is how busty Penny is, and she's uh, ten.
** In one episode, Rudy had to prevent his dad from getting seen nude in public.
** There's also the episode "The Smooch". In the episode, Snap gets kissed by a bird. As the bird kisses him, its head goes out of camera and we see its tail feathers straighten suddenly. It then gets up with a smile on its face and takes off.
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* [[Summon Bigger Fish]]: When being kidnapped and harassed by Craniac 3, Rudy draws Craniac 4, making #3 obsolete and put into frozen suspension along with Craniacs 1 and 2. It seems to work well... until ''Craniac 4'' starts chasing Rudy intending to get Rudy's "instant matter materializer"
* [[Title Theme Tune]]
* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Drawing wise, Rudy's first ever drawing was Blocky in 1st grade. 2nd grade? He made an old woman in a bathtub and by fifth grade, his mom stated that it took him only ''four weeks'' for the newspaper to get his comics published whereas the mom took four ''years'' for a single article.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Reggie Bullnerd {{spoiler|gets Fs all the time.}}
** Now honestly... who thought creating Craniac 4 would solve Rudy's problems?
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* [[Whole-Episode Flashback]]: The first two shorts from ''[[Oh Yeah Cartoons]]'' were turned into flashbacks in episodes of the series.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: Joe Tabootie, Mr. Wilter & Both Bullnerds in "Water, Water Everywhere"
* [[You Look Familiar]]: Rudy looks ''a lot'' like [[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents|Timmy Turner]] or Disney's Christopher Robin from the [[Winnie the Pooh]] cartoons.
* [[You Mean "Xmas"]]: The [[Christmas Episode]] contains a song where the characters mash the names of all the winter holidays into one big name.
** If I remember right, the lyrics included "Merry Chris-hanukkah-mas and a Happy Rama-Kwanzaa-dan."
 
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[[Category:TurnWestern Animation of the Millennium/Western Animation2000s]]
[[Category:Hyun Young]]
[[Category:Western Animation]]
[[Category:Chalk Zone]]▼
[[Category:Nickelodeon]]
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