Cartoon Network channel errors (1995 – 2025)

The following is a work in progress list of known times that Cartoon Network and Adult Swim, alongside Cartoonito, had errors with screenbugs, their split screen credits, any identifications, and even during the shows themselves. Date Description Example The Pirates of Dark Water , staying onscreen for approximately 30 seconds before going to commercials. January 26, 1997 Taz-Mania episode Pup Goes the Wendal / I'm Okay, You're Taz , the show's audio glitched out for 4 seconds. The error was then fixed, only for it to happen again 9 seconds later. The error then happened on and off until 1:35 into the show, after which it faded into the Checkerboard Technical Difficulties slide. After 18 seconds, the slide disappeared and the show returned. December 16, 1997 ThunderCats episode Fond Memories encountered substantial technical difficulties. Following the show's custom Toonami intro was just under a minute of blank screen followed by the QTTV Technical Difficulties slide. The slide abruptly cuts to the first act already in process as Mumm-Ra is explaining his plan to trap Lion-O, accompanied by the TV-Y7-FV ratings bug fading in and out. The following establishing shot of Mumm-Ra walking through a cave was then interrupted by a Toonami ThunderCats bumper, followed by the commercial break playing ahead of schedule. After the commercial break ends and a few seconds of blank screen followed by a brief gray screen, the episode starts again, halfway through its title card / credits. The episode then aired properly, albeit with about five seconds of black and gray screens preceding each act of the episode (including the epilogue), and the commercial break being replaced with a Toonami bumper. The screenbug was completely absent for the entirety of the episode. March 4, 1998 Robotech episode False Start , the screenbug disappeared in the first and last few minutes of the second act. March 14, 1998 Cow and Chicken episode The Karate Chick / Yard Sale was faced with a significant amount of technical difficulties. Prior to the start of the show, the Starburst Cartoon Cartoons intro is used despite its corresponding era having recently been retired at that point. Right after it ends, a Powerhouse bumper introducing the show plays, only for it to abruptly fade out midway through. Lastly, the screenbug is not present throughout the entire duration of the episode. July 18, 1998 An American Tail (1986). April 1, 1999 , August 29, 1999 ReBoot episode Infected . The same issue happened again during a Toonami Midnight Run airing of the Robotech episode Blitzkrieg . June 15, 1999 Dragon Ball Z episode Elite Fighters of the Universe... the Ginyu Force , over a minute of black screen interspersed with the Technical Difficulties slide was seen instead of going straight to commercial. This was followed by the All Cartoons All the Time CN promo already in progress. After the promo ended, a split second of the Cartoon Library CN promo could be seen, followed by the proper Toonami Dragon Ball Z bumper and...

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