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The "Shockwave" brand was something of an [[Artifact Title]] even from the beginning. See, Macromedia had an existing product called "Director" that was more mature and did some of the same things, and they had developed a browser plugin called "Shockwave" to let people view Director movies directly in their browser. After Macromedia bought FutureWave, they positioned Flash as something of a "Director Lite", most likely to protect Director sales. Flash proved popular, however, and eventually they dropped the Shockwave branding.
Since its introduction, Flash has gained more and more features. Due to the shortcuts that it offers that aren't available in normal animation, combined with steady improvement in computer performance and decreasing budgets from cable networks, it's started to branch from animations made for the Web into television and even movie animation (this article mainly covers these titles). [[
Flash has not been without its competitors. [[Toon Boom]] has been competing against it in the entertainment industry for years now, and has actually been used in big-scale feature films. Both programs have developed to the point where it is nearly impossible to determine which show was made with which program just by watching them. Silverlight is a direct competitor to Flash on the Web, developed by [[Microsoft]] and based on .NET classes. Also, HTML 5 adds video capability to the HTML standard, though it's still new and isn't available in all browsers, much less the older versions people are likely to keep around for the next few years. Apple has a turbulent relationship with the software due to its rudimentary video performance- their iPad originally could not play Flash Player videos, and Flash games are nowhere to be found in the games that are available for their hardware.
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* ''[[Fetch With Ruff Ruffman]]''
* ''[[Fish Hooks]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Freaknik the Musical (Animation)|Freaknik the Musical]]''
* ''[[Gotham Girls]]''
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* ''[[Jimmy Two Shoes (Animation)|Jimmy Two Shoes]]'' - in combination with Toon Boom Harmony
* ''[[Johnny Test (Animation)|Johnny Test]]'' - the later episodes were made in Flash.
* Henry and June on ''[[Ka Blam! (Animation)|Ka Blam]]!'', one of the earliest shows to use this.
* ''[[Kappa Mikey]]''
* ''[[Kick Buttowski]]''
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* ''[[Mucha Lucha]]''
* ''[[My Life Me]]''
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''. Notable for the high quality of the animation. The creator of the show, [[Lauren Faust]], specifically picked an animation studio that could make the animation look like traditional, and was adept at animating four-legged animals. The movements look surprisingly natural, as opposed to the less natural movement that often plagues flash animated shows.
* ''[[Neighbors From Hell]]''
* ''[[Out of Jimmys Head]]'', and the television movie it was based on: ''Re-Animated''. The cartoon characters were made in Flash in both cases, but the TV show was done by another studio.
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