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*** So you're saying that all the jokes that ''[[Tiny Toons]]'', ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'', ''[[Histeria (Animation)|Histeria!]]'', ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'', and ''[[Freakazoid]]'' made at the expense of Disney's productions and theme parks were all "just kidding" and NOT meant as [[Take That|Take Thats]]?! Yeah, right.

**** Cultural touchstones for the time the episodes were written? They were riffing on the hot button issue of the day? Kinda like the "___ movie" movies, only, you know, intelligent?

*** One should also remember that both Disney and Warner Bros. are HUGE corporations, and sometimes different shows or films are made by different divisions of the same company (for example, the [[Disney Animated Canon]] is made by a different branch of the Walt Disney Company from the one that runs Disney Channel, and there are probably similar examples within Warner Bros.) and even different people working in the same division may not all feel the same way about the competition. Perhaps Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, Histeria, [[Pinky and The Brain]], and Freakazoid were all written by members of Warner Bros. who hated Disney, while the decison to let Warner Bros. shows run on Toon Disney was made by executives who did ''not'' share those writers' hatred? Besides, both companies [[Money Dear Boy|really want to make money]], and sometimes greed may overcome bitter hatred (especially if shareholders don't share the companies' hatred for each other and would be really pissed at the company they own passing up an easy monymaking opprotunity). The coorporate world is seldom as simple as people think it is (then again, that's often true of [[Real Life|the world in general]]).

*** One should also remember that both Disney and Warner Bros. are HUGE corporations, and sometimes different shows or films are made by different divisions of the same company (for example, the [[Disney Animated Canon]] is made by a different branch of the Walt Disney Company from the one that runs Disney Channel, and there are probably similar examples within Warner Bros.) and even different people working in the same division may not all feel the same way about the competition. Perhaps Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, Histeria, [[Pinky and The Brain]], and Freakazoid were all written by members of Warner Bros. who hated Disney, while the decison to let Warner Bros. shows run on Toon Disney was made by executives who did ''not'' share those writers' hatred? Besides, both companies [[Money, Dear Boy|really want to make money]], and sometimes greed may overcome bitter hatred (especially if shareholders don't share the companies' hatred for each other and would be really pissed at the company they own passing up an easy monymaking opprotunity). The coorporate world is seldom as simple as people think it is (then again, that's often true of [[Real Life|the world in general]]).

* When I was younger, I loved Toon Disney because it would show all of the old Disney shows that the main network no longer bothered with. I would watch ''[[Darkwing Duck (Animation)|Darkwing Duck]]'', ''[[Gargoyles (Animation)|Gargoyles]]'', ''[[Duck Tales (Animation)|Duck Tales]]'', ''[[Tale Spin (Animation)|Tale Spin]]''... all manner of fantastic childhood memories were visited upon again by this network. So, dovetailing nicely from the above complaints, why the ''hell'' do they allow live-action shows and Warner Bros. cartoons and more modern Disney shows and ''ignore the vast and wonderful stockpile from the 90s''. And I know they show some stuff a two and three in the morning, but two and the three in the morning? Is not a good timeslot. WHY do they spit upon my youth?!

** Dude, ya gotta understand. Disney is the devil. That's why they make such good shows and almost never show them anymore. As far as I know, the only thing you listed that airs anymore is ''[[Gargoyles (Animation)|Gargoyles]]'', and that is, like you said, around 3 in the morning. At least there's always [[YouTube]] and [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]].

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***** That's purely subjective. The new stuff trounces the old stuff in ratings. That's why they were eventually taken off the air. Old shows tend to be put in schedules as filler for new networks; that's why The Hub has shows like ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' and ''[[Jem and The Holograms]]'', for example. If the old stuff were that much more popular, then Boomerang wouldn't have niche-level viewership or be a colossal money sink for Time Warner. (Dn't get me wrong--I like the old stuff too. But it really ''is'' a niche thing, fueled mainly by nostalgia.)

* On the Warner Brothers stuff - forgiveness?

** [[Money Dear Boy]], it's how syndication works. Plus, who cares if Disney is playing some old Warner Brother's show that CN isn't playing or vice versa? In the end you still get to watch the show.

** [[Money, Dear Boy]], it's how syndication works. Plus, who cares if Disney is playing some old Warner Brother's show that CN isn't playing or vice versa? In the end you still get to watch the show.

* This troper's problem with the channel is their willingness to put the ''really good stuff'' (ie: shows like ''[[Digimon]]'' and ''[[Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go]]'') on in the morning when I'm still asleep, and put the rest of the crap up during the day!

* Why did they REMOVE Toon Disney completely and change it into "Disney XD", in addition to removing most of the "toon" aspect. Fresh Freaking Prince comes on it now for Pete's sake.