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EDIT: What the hey - I threw in one more row for some additional faces suggested by friends. And a couple of extra spaces left just in case

TL;DR;

….ya lazy buggers. Read the WHOLE description if you want to know more!! >P

Well, here it is - 20 years ago this month, the channel we've come to love first aired on satellite and, despite the "Marmite *" content they're broadcasting nowadays, has left a huge impact on all of us old and new alike.

*Marmite - as in "either love it or hate it" ---> [link]

Now for the lengthy, boring stuff behind the making of this tribute.

* The style I chose is a simple one: a stylised outline of the featured characters above with "loose" (and slightly off-model) line arts. This is to A) test the geek knowledge of how many characters you can name; and B) to represent CN in its earliest years, as in "foot loose and free" before viewing qualities became lopsided.

* I've tried to go in chronological order (as in the years of which shows first aired), with familiar classic characters slotted in-between; but for the final two row I threw in various faces to even out the picture a bit. Which leads me to my next point:

* I'll be honest when I admit that I did not include EVERY character or EVERY show here. Had to keep the numbers down so as to leave room for the next show in line. Thus we have a small amount of characters representing their respective shows / spin-offs (Numbah 5 for "KND", Grim and Evil for "Billy and Mandy", Frankie for "Foster's Home").

* But there are shows I have excluded for two further reasons: either I didn't watch them at all or, for those I did watch, didn't care for at all. So "Problem Solvers" and "My Gym Partner is a Monkey" miss out here.

* The same goes for Scooby-Doo, who I left out deliberately. TBH, with 11 TV Shows, 7 telefilms, 19 direct-to-video / DVD features and 4 live-action movies, all in a space of 43 years, the mutt has enough material to launch his own digital channel. So it's unlikely anyone could forget him. Not like how CN used to air "June Bugs" or "Flintstones Week" anyway.

* However, I did try to include as many as possible, plus the semi-recent shows that CN seem keen to push long and hard on. I maybe a nostalgic chap, but I'm not biased!

* And if anyone is curious, I created this in a space of 3 to 4 days est. Each character profile was done in one Photoshop file, while the whole poster was rendered in another. If anyone protests about the shows I did leave out, then by all means I'll redo it at a later date. But I'll stand by my argument by representing the best that CN has / had to offer. ie; their original, home-brewed content. Next to showcasing those from the Golden Ages to a whole new audience.

So….yeah. That's all, Folks! Who knows what'll come next in another 20 years.

Description
EDIT: What the hey - I threw in one more row for some additional faces suggested by friends. And a couple of extra spaces left just in case

TL;DR;

….ya lazy buggers. Read the WHOLE description if you want to know more!! >P

Well, here it is - 20 years ago this month, the channel we've come to love first aired on satellite and, despite the "Marmite *" content they're broadcasting nowadays, has left a huge impact on all of us old and new alike.

*Marmite - as in "either love it or hate it" ---> [link]

Now for the lengthy, boring stuff behind the making of this tribute.

* The style I chose is a simple one: a stylised outline of the featured characters above with "loose" (and slightly off-model) line arts. This is to A) test the geek knowledge of how many characters you can name; and B) to represent CN in its earliest years, as in "foot loose and free" before viewing qualities became lopsided.

* I've tried to go in chronological order (as in the years of which shows first aired), with familiar classic characters slotted in-between; but for the final two row I threw in various faces to even out the picture a bit. Which leads me to my next point:

* I'll be honest when I admit that I did not include EVERY character or EVERY show here. Had to keep the numbers down so as to leave room for the next show in line. Thus we have a small amount of characters representing their respective shows / spin-offs (Numbah 5 for "KND", Grim and Evil for "Billy and Mandy", Frankie for "Foster's Home").

* But there are shows I have excluded for two further reasons: either I didn't watch them at all or, for those I did watch, didn't care for at all. So "Problem Solvers" and "My Gym Partner is a Monkey" miss out here.

* The same goes for Scooby-Doo, who I left out deliberately. TBH, with 11 TV Shows, 7 telefilms, 19 direct-to-video / DVD features and 4 live-action movies, all in a space of 43 years, the mutt has enough material to launch his own digital channel. So it's unlikely anyone could forget him. Not like how CN used to air "June Bugs" or "Flintstones Week" anyway.

* However, I did try to include as many as possible, plus the semi-recent shows that CN seem keen to push long and hard on. I maybe a nostalgic chap, but I'm not biased!

* And if anyone is curious, I created this in a space of 3 to 4 days est. Each character profile was done in one Photoshop file, while the whole poster was rendered in another. If anyone protests about the shows I did leave out, then by all means I'll redo it at a later date. But I'll stand by my argument by representing the best that CN has / had to offer. ie; their original, home-brewed content. Next to showcasing those from the Golden Ages to a whole new audience.

So….yeah. That's all, Folks! Who knows what'll come next in another 20 years.