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Enter ''[[Raw Toonage]]''.
 
Born from Disney's aquisition of the rights to the Belgian comic ''[[Marsupilami]]'', as well as the [[Development Hell]] that ''[[Bonkers (Animation)|Bonkers]]'' was going through at the time, ''Raw Toonage'' was an [[Animated Anthology]] experiment that ran during the CBS Saturday Morning block in the USA and The Saturday Disney block on CityTV in Canada in the fall of 1992. The show's format essentially predated ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'' by one year (in fact, future ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'' writer Tom Minton worked on the "Totally Tasteless Videos" segments), though ''Raw Toonage'' usually added a different [[Framing Device]] to the mix each week.
 
However, [[Short Runner|the show only lasted twelve episodes]] on CBS before being cancelled. It ultimately spawned two spinoffs, though: Disney's ''Marsupilami'', and ''[[Bonkers (Animation)|Bonkers]]''.
 
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=== ''[[Raw Toonage]]'' provides examples of: ===
* [[Animated Anthology]]
* [[Affectionate Parody]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FoDhrhGozE "Robin Hoof"] was essentially ''Raw Toonage'''s tribute to [[Jay Ward]].
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* [[The Cameo]]: Tons from various Disney characters. For instance, in the episode that Jitters hosted, there were cameos from about half of the Disney Afternoon.
* [[Description Cut]]: From "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0E_QZR5Xl8 Cro-Magnum PI]":
{{quote| [[Private Eye Monologue|"Just what I needed, another beautiful woman in my life. I did everything I could to get rid of her."]]<br />
''[Cuts to the caveman getting her a chair, brushing his teeth and getting his hair done]'' }}
* [[Drop the Cow]]: Robin Hoof's shtick.
* [[Framing Device]]: Each week, a different Disney character would host the cartoon and have some sort of adventure. Usually the hosts were [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Ensemble Darkhorses]] from various other Disney properties (i.e. [[Darkwing Duck (Animationanimation)|Gosalyn]], [[Tale Spin (Animation)|Don Karnage]], and [[The Little Mermaid (Disney)|Sebastian]] each hosted an episode).
* [[Furry Ear Dissonance]]: Bonkers' ears are shaped like golf clubs, despite him being (ostensibly) a bobcat.
* [[Hey, ItsIt's That Voice!]]: Gary Owens as Badly Animated Man! [[Jim Cummings]] as...a lot of characters!
* [[Instant Wristwatch]] Several times (For example: Marsupilami did so in ''Jungle Fever'')
* [[The Jimmy Hart Version]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbihjd3obp0 The opening theme song] sounds a ''lot'' like the song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG_6CopW9GQ "Oh Yeah"] by Yello.
* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]: A few episodes and segments can be found on [[YouTube]].
* [[Or Was It a Dream?]]: The end of {{spoiler|"Nightmare on Rocky Road."}}
* [[Stylistic Suck]] / [[Limited Animation]]: Parodied with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4BOBkbjfvM Badly Animated Man].
* [[Take That]]: Badly Animated Man had two at the end of his segment:
{{quote| "As long as [[Hammerman|rap stars]] and [[The Smurfs|blue elves]] have their own cartoon shows, ''I'll'' be around!"}}
* [[The Renaissance Age of Animation]]
* [[Totally Radical]]: The title. This wasn't reflected so much in the show itself, but the promos at the time seemed to play it up.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: It's long been rumored that one unproduced episode of the show would have featured [[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Animationanimation)|Gadget]] hosting the show from Rescue Ranger Headquarters.
 
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[[Category:Western Animation]]
[[Category:CityTV Shows]]
[[Category:Raw Toonage]]
[[Category:Western Animation of the 1990s]]