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Classic Compilations:
* ''[[Looney Tunes|The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show]]''
* ''[[Tom and Jerry (Animation)|Tom and Jerry]]''
* Most of the early Cartoon Network lineup, as in the early days it was essentially MTV for short cartoons.
** ''The [[Bob Clampett]] Show''
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Newer [[Sketch Show]] Style:
* ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]''
* ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]''
** When production began on the [[Spin-Off]] ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'', production was already underway on segments for ''Animaniacs'' starring the two lab mice. Those were collected as anthology episodes, along with a few classic segments from previous seasons of ''Animaniacs''. Most of the show proper followed a full-length half-hour format.
* ''[[Garfield and Friends]]''
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* ''[[Histeria (Animation)|Histeria]]'' - Sketches revolved around the historical lesson ''du jour''.
* ''[[House of Mouse]]'' does this with a [[Framing Story]]. Before that, it was known as ''[[Mickey Mouse Works]]'', which was a straight-up anthology.
** Disney previously did ''[[Raw Toonage]]'', with the series Marsupilami, ''[[Bonkers (Animation)|Bonkers]]'' and Totally Tasteless Videos (the last one, completely random shorts) and a wraparound (which starred guests such as Scrooge McDuck and [[The Little Mermaid|Sebastian]].
* Cartoon Network is in the process of developing a show called "Cartoonistute" created by [[Powerpuff Girls|Craig]] [[FostersFoster's Home for Imaginary Friends|McCraken]] and [[My Life Asas a Teenage Robot (Animation)|Rob Renzetti]] that fits this format.
** And previously did ''[[What a Cartoon Show]]'', with some of the showcased shorts later becoming "Cartoon Cartoons" such as [[DextersDexter's Laboratory]], [[Cow and Chicken (Animation)|Cow and Chicken]], [[The Powerpuff Girls]] and [[Johnny Bravo]].
* ''[[Fairly Oddparents]]'', ''[[Chalk Zone]]'', and ''[[My Life As a Teenage Robot (Animation)|My Life Asas a Teenage Robot]]'' were all spin-offs of the Nickelodeon anthology program ''[[Oh Yeah Cartoons]]''.
* ''[[Ka Blam!]]'', better known for its spin-off ''[[Action League NowNOW]]'', was an anthology show of animated shows. It had four-to-five recurring sketches each week.
* ''[[The Comic Strip]]''
* ''[[The Wacky World of Tex Avery]]''
* ''[[My Little Pony and Friends (Animation)|My Little Pony and Friends]]'' aired in this format. First was ''My Little Pony'', and then one of three other shows. ''My Little Pony'' was the only segment to get aired every week. The other properties, ''Glo Friends'', ''Moondreamers'', and ''The Potato Head Kids'' (yes, really) alternated each week.
* 1989's ''Maxie's World'' featured episodes from ''Beverly Hills Teens'' and the animated ''[[Punky Brewster]].''
* Several [[Hanna-Barbera]] shows were anthologies, starting with [[Huckleberry Hound]]. Others included ''The New Hanna-Barbera Cartoon Series'' (Lippy & Hardy, Touchè Turtle, and Wally Gator) [[Magilla Gorilla]], Peter Potamus, [[The Cattanooga Cats]], [[CB Bears]], and 1985's ''The Funtastic World Of Hanna-Barbera'' (which ran as three separate half-hour shows but were all under the same umbrella title).
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