#chowder 2007

[cephalosaur]

OG from Chowder

[90s-2000s-barbie]

Hot Topic the golden age

[loganblue-camflo]

(っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ " I´M NOT YOUR BOYFRIEND" ♥

Together with my brother we like to do drawing battles, so we decided that this time Chowder would be the theme.

[smallmariofindings]

In the "Sniffleball" episode of the 2007-2010 Chowder cartoon series, Chowder and other characters briefly appear in a castle designed after the Bowser castle levels from Super Mario Bros., with one of the characters also being dressed up as Bowser.

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[bro3256]

The source of the video game bleeps and bloops in media

Have you ever wondered what the source of those specific video game bleeps and bloops were from? Odds are if a show or movie had a character play a video game or if a scene takes place in an arcade than it's very likely that it uses the same distinct sound effects that originally were sourced from the Atari VCS (2600) ports of Donkey Kong and Pac-Man. These ports are already historically important with Donkey Kong being one of the few Nintendo games to be released on non-Nintendo hardware and Pac-Man being one of the most anticipated releases for Atari at the time. Today these ports are often mocked for how butchered they are to the arcade originals but at the time these were fine ways to experience these arcade games at home.

So why are the sounds from these arcade ports used so often in media? You can pretty much thank the widespread use of a particular sound effect library and in this case the Series 1000 Sound Effects Library which initially released on tape in 1979 and released on CD in 1983. A good chunk of this library contains the same sounds found on another sound library called the Network Sound Effects Library.

The Series 1000 library however includes audio recordings of gameplay from these Atari games. Ever since then, these sounds have been used for many years and continues to be used to this very day. Before I showcase some examples of media using these sounds I would like to present the recordings from these games. The following is sourced from the Series 1000 Sound Effects Library which feature sound effects from Atari arcade ports.

If you're familiar with these ports than you can make out the specific sound effects present from these recordings. The distinct walking and jumping sounds in Donkey Kong and the dots being eaten and game over sounds from Pac-Man are the more identifiable sounds you hear. With this in mind here are a handful of examples of these sounds being used in media.

(Note: Due to Tumblr restricting one video per post I have compiled all the example clips in a single video so feel free to read below for the specific sound bytes used whilst the video plays.)

Arthur (1996)

The season 1 episode "Arthur Accused!" has Buster investigating an arcade which features sounds from Pac-Man as it eats ghosts and a faint sound of Pac-Man dying from a ghost.

Drake & Josh (2004)

The season 2 episode "The Bet" has Josh playing your typical video game but features several seconds of audio from Donkey Kong. Weirdly music from the Nintendo NES version of Tetris (Type-A specifically) can be heard when Josh is playing on his "handheld" which is clearly a red Game Boy Advance SP.

SpongeBob SquarePants (2007)

The season 5 episode "Atlantis SquarePantis" features a segment of Sandy in a retro inspired environment. The puzzle game segment features various cut up sound bytes from Donkey Kong including jumping over barrels and the walking sounds.

Chowder (2008)

The season 1 episode "Sniffleball" features a brief sound effect from Donkey Kong of Mario jumping over a barrel. (also what is this retro nonsense?)

Ted (2024)

The season 1 episode "Just Say Yes" features Ted and John playing Super Mario Bros. on the NES. For whatever reason no footage of the game is shown and the audio used is from, you guessed it those Atari games. Donkey Kong sound effects can be heard while brief snippets of Pac-Man can also be heard mixed in.

I could keep going but you get the idea. There are plenty of other examples you can find and I highly recommend checking out the Sound Effects Wiki if you're curious to see what other examples are out there. Linked below are the articles for the other sources for these Atari recordings.

Sound Ideas, ARCADE, VIDEO GAME - VIDEO GAME: ELECTRONIC SOUNDS, AMUSEMENT PARK, FAIR 01 Sound Ideas, ARCADE, VIDEO GAME - VIDEO GAME: ELECTRONIC SOUNDS, AMUSEMENT PARK, FAIR 02

I guarantee most folks nowadays aren't even aware that these sounds are from actual Atari games cause out of context they sound like generic bleeps and bloops. That's probably why it's so common to hear these sounds in media as unless you're a nerd like myself this is something you're likely not going to think about and I'd imagine the folks working with audio aren't gonna stop and think about where particular sounds come from outside of the library they're featured in.

[funtasticworld]

The following characters have been confirmed to appear in the Jellystone/CN crossover special Crisis on Infinite Mirths

Dexter's Laboratory

Johnny Bravo

Cow and Chicken

I Am Weasel

The Powerpuff Girls

Ed, Edd n Eddy

Time Squad

Samurai Jack

Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? 

Codename: Kids Next Door

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

Evil Con Carne

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

Camp Lazlo

My Gym Partner's a Monkey

Ben 10

Chowder

The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack

Adventure Time

Regular Show

Maxwell Atoms said that shows after the year 2008 will not appear, but there is a loophole that allows AT and RS to be in it; The Naive Man From Lolliland was released in 2005, and the Adventure Time pilot was released in 2007.

[duskdragonxiii]

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Thank you for the words of encouragement Schnitzel, the token straight man from the 2007 cartoon series Chowder

[shinigami-striker]

John DiMaggio | Monday, 09.04.2023

Happy 55th birthday to John DiMaggio, a celebrity voice actor notable for his voice performances as a lot of funny and iconic characters, including:

Bender Bending Rodriguez - Futurama (1999-)

Tiny Tiger/Uka Uka - Crash Nitro Kart (2003; only Tiny) / Crash of the Titans (2007; only Uka Uka) / Crash: Mind Over Mutant (2008; only Uka Uka) / Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (2017) / Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (2019) / Crash Bandicoot: On The Run! (2021; only Tiny)

Schnitzel - Chowder (2007-2010)

Jake The Dog - Adventure Time (2010-2018)

Bobo Haha - Generator Rex (2010-2013)

Fung/Croc Bandits - Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (2011-2016)

[new-employeeamillion]

November 2

On this day in random cartoon history, there’s a lot to bring up, as always. Babs makes like a bee and preserves Honey in 1990, the Warners meet a boring person and lose their minds in 1993, Arnold hosts a party for geeks in 1998, Zurg makes unsuccessful clones of the Space Rangers in 2000, Penny goes on a date with the guy voiced by the Good Burger Guy in 2001, the KND put on a science fair, Toph plays guessing games and Chowder premieres in 2007, and Doofenshmirtz has cultivated enough sad backstories to fill a clip show by 2012. The Tiny Toons episode would be my favourite of the day, but I’d like to hear from you.

[ijichi-nijika]

chowder (2007) is dungeon meshi (2014) for white people

[cephalosaur]

OG: "Taste Buds," Chowder (2007)

Not entirely the same, mostly because I was remembering the scene incorrectly. In the episode, after Mung and Chowder hug the first time (they hug three times throughout the episode), Shnitzel barfs. Stick's line here, I believe, is from "The Meach Harvest", but it felt so in-character for her that I kept it.

[90s-2000s-barbie]

[nsomniacsdream]

It's hard to believe but everything that came after 2007 was only because of Chowder.

Everything. Chowder being broadcast prevented a bootstrap paradox from destroying space time. And also influenced every cartoon ever made, even retroactively.

[lynntbw]

Random thought: Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures and Chowder are two shows that don’t have much in common but both didn’t have a very long run(especially Mighty Mouse) and felt ahead of their time and don’t have much in common with the decade in which they were made.

Mighty Mouse started in 1987 and got removed from saturday mornings in 1989 and it was a massive shift compared to basically everything around it that wasn’t Looney Tunes reruns and is a precursor to the 1990s with its Clampett esque art style, being made by actual cartoonists instead of toy companies, and being a bit edgier and satirical with its humor.

Chowder started in 2007 and ended in summer 2010 and while isn’t quite as different for its time as MM was it still had more in common with the 2010s with its thin lined circular art style, having a Internet type lol random sense of humor, and an emphasis on being meta.

[strawberryonfire]

Some Of My Favorite Shows Pt. 1

Gravity Falls (2012-2016)

Over The Garden Wall (2014)

Adventure Time (2010-2018)

Steven Universe (2013-2019)

Regular Show (2009-2017)

Chowder (2007-2010)

Ed, Edd 'n Eddy (1999-2009)

Total Drama Island (2007-2014)

Invader Zim (2001-2006)

Star Vs. The Forces Of Evil (2015-2019)

Phineas and Ferb (2007-2015)

The Amazing World Of Gumball (2011-2019)

The Powerpuff Girls (classic) (1998-2005)

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) (2012-2017)

Wander Over Yonder (2013-2016)

The Angry Beavers (1997-2001)

Josie and the Pussycats (1970-1972)

Spongebob Squarepants (1999-Present)

Camp Camp (2016-2019)

Wild Kratts (2010-Present)

Johnny Bravo (1995-2004)

Dexter's Laboratory (1996-2003)

Courage The Cowardly Dog (1996-2002)

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (2001-2007)

The Misadventures of Flapjack (2008-2010)

Codename: Kids Next Door (2002-2008)

Fish Hooks (2010-2014)

Catdog (1998-2005)

Tom and Jerry (classic) (1940-1968)

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir (2015-Present)

[eeveechaotix]

(image above could very well be wrong and inaccurate in some way due to a lack of solid sources, so take it as a "reconstruction" on what the schedule MAY have looked like by then)

The Cartoon Network UK Schedule for March 2009 (exact date unspecified). This one's better than the autumn 2007 schedule (and a little better than what followed in September of that year).

A nice variety of both old and new programming being aired alongside one another, with most of the older shows taking up the mid-day and night-time slots, which makes sense. It's really odd seeing KND get more airtime than Foster's, though it wouldn't be long until the former was removed completely, save for Cartoon Cartoon segments (aired until 2011). What's also weird is Robotboy getting only ONE timeslot (5am), knowing how often it would air in the years to come (2009-2011; 2014-2017).

This also serves as a reminder for just how much Cartoon Network LOVED Ben 10 in the late 2000s and early 2010s, especially in the UK. There's a reason I colour coded Alien Force and the 2005 show to the same colour and that's partially to highlight the airtime they were getting, and this was after Alien Force had JUST premiered in the UK (took them a year for some reason), along with Clone Wars. Chowder, Flapjack and The Secret Saturdays hadn't premiered yet, and probably didn't for another several weeks.

I may have yapped too much. Maybe I'll do one for September at some point, if I can find the complete weekly schedule for it somewhere (my best chances are with the CN UK website through the Internet Archive, that itself is a fairly reliable source for anything between 2009 and 2015). Perhaps I can even show you just how terrible 2012-2014 truly was!