In the 20+ years that the Simpsons have been on the air, they have done countless parodies of other TV shows, movies, celebrities, news situations, and so one. However, its rare that they’ll actually spoof another cartoon! Few honors have taken place over the years, including The Critic, The Flintstones, and Family Guy. In a recent episode, The Simpsons did a take on one of the other most popular and long-lasting animated series on TV today, South Park, with Bart, Milhouse, Ralph, and Nelson standing in for Kenny, Kyle, Stan, and Cartman. Take a look at the clip in action below to see TV animation history! (more… )

Renegade Animation, Graphiti India Limited, Honest Entertainment, and Fitz Roy Media have formed a team – a super team ready to work together to bring us a brand new cartoon based on a long-standing icon. Fido Dido, a character created in 1985 by Joanna Ferrone and Sue Rose, has for years been seen in commercials, posters, sneakers, even soda cans! But now, the long time mascot will be gifted with his own short-form animated series, with the first season ready for TV this coming September. Above and beyond TV, fans can look for the character to be reborn across the internet and iTunes, as well. And, of course, on ToonBarn! (more… )

Treehouse is welcoming yet another toon to its family of animation; Guess with Jess. The Classic Media series will air daily across Treehouse in Canada, flashing it’s high quality CG animation and educational background across your screens. The series made its debut launch on BBC’s CBeebies last year, where it was warmly received by legions of new fans. Now, along with additions like Treehouse, and Tele-Quebec later this summer, the cartoon is destined to continue making it’s way around the world, establishing a fan base everywhere it goes. Take a look (more… )

You’re a balloon. You’re a wheel. You’re Bloony Wheel! It’s a wonderful, magical life, where you scout around platformed environments, looking for the exit, solving brain-teasing puzzles along the way. It’s an awesome game, maybe not quite on “Bloons” level, despite sounding similarly named, but still incredibly addicting. Why not give it a play now (more… )

As the year goes on, Hit Entertainment plans to unleash a fury of new animated projects on the world, sharing their love of cartoons with the rest of us, and we couldn’t be happier! One such new toon is For the Birds, a series produced by the creators behind Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, and Batman. Not to be confused with the Disney and Pixar animated short of the same name (pictured above), For the Birds is a story that follows Earl E. Bird (hah!) on his adventures and misadventures. Not many other details are known yet about the series, still early in development, but stay TOONed right here for updates, and we’ll post them ASAP! (more… )

Those of you with Treehouse can prepare for the debut of an all new animated series called the WotWots tonight at 6:15pm. Created by Weta Workshop and Pukeko Pictures, the WotWots launched globally in New Zealand on TVNZ last year, and now runs on both TV2 and TVNZ6 every day. Treehouse joins that group, along with ABC1 and ABC2 in Australia, Channel 5’s Milkshake in the UK, and MTV3 in Finland. Treehouse promises to show the new CG animated toon regularly, at 6:15 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 6:15pm, Saturdays at 6:30pm, and Sundays at 1:40pm. The series focuses on two young aliens who land their spaceship in a zoo and spend days exploring the environment around them, wondering what (Wot?) they will be. Take a look at the animation in action (more… )

On March 14th, Pokemon fans everywhere will be able to get their hands on the latest and greatest Pokemon games to hit the Nintendo DS; Pokemon HeartGold and Pokemon SoulSilver, enhanced remakes of the 1999 video games Pokémon Gold and Silver for Nintendo Game Boy. The games will be available in all the regular toy stores, but… 1 lucky ToonBarn fan will get their own copy of each game for free! What’s better, you’ll also get a brand new Nintendo DSi to play them on! How can you enter for a chance to win? (more… )

ABC TV Australia has acquired Kaitangata Twitch, a mystery series based on Margaret Mahy’s stories of the Maori culture. The series will match live action with Animation Research’s CG animation. Similar to Dora the Explorer and Ni Hao Kai-Lan, the show will deal with family roots and balances of culture, as Mahy herself saw her European New Zealand background and her part-Maori family, showing users how to find their identity. Lenz Entertainment owns the international distribution rights to the series, and will serve as our best chance to get the show here in the States! (more… )