Shorts in a Bunch

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Shorts in a Bunch
Genre Comedy
Variety
Voices ofVarious
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes13
Production
Producers
  • Cheryl Griffin
  • Danielle Kinder (associate producer)
EditorKarrin Ellertson
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original network Nicktoons Network
Original releaseSeptember 23 (2007-09-23) 
December 30, 2007 (2007-12-30)

Shorts in a Bunch is a Nicktoons variety series. The show first premiered on September 23, 2007 and ended on December 30, 2007 but was canceled due to its decreasing viewers. It was also taken off the air on January 28, 2008. The show is similar to Cartoon Network's Sunday Pants, where which featured original/not original shorts but with the exclusion of live-action segments.

Shorts

Some shorts featured in the series are aired 3-4 per episode.

TitleCreated byProduction company(s)
Avatar: The Last Airbender — Super Deformed Shorts Mike DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko Nickelodeon Animation Studio
The Christmas CalendarChristian Davin, Lesley Taylor Gaumont Animation, Cookie Jar Group and TiJi
Edgar & Ellen Charles Ogden (original books) Bardel Entertainment, Star Farm Productions, YTV and Nicktoons
HiroAlessandro Ferrari Nickelodeon Italy
Mr. Meaty Jamie Shannon and Jason Hopley Nickelodeon, 3J's Productions and CBC Television
Nicktoons Film Festival Nicktoons Network Frederator Studios
Planet Sketch Aardman, Decode Entertainment, and Teletoon
The PresentatorsStefan Marjoram, Dan Lane, and Wee BrianAardman and Nickelodeon UK
PrimoPrism Entertainment
Prometheus & Bob Cote ZellersLuna Vox Productions
Those Scurvy Rascals Blue-Zoo and Entara
A Town Called Panic La Parti and Pic Pic AndréAardman and Entropie Films

Pilots

All six pilots are produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio.

TitleEpisodeCreated bySynopsisVoices
The Billy Goats: Bacon & Bunk"Moby Weenie"Debbi Cone and Luke Brookshier Rob Paulsen as Bacon
Carlos Alazraqui as Bunk
Emperor"Emperor of the Beasts" Scott Christian Sava and Mike Kunkel Will Friedle as Emperor
Skye Arens as Ollie
Harland Williams as Eugene
Kevin Michael Richardson as George
Grumpy Puppy"First Place Pup" Bob Boyle and Jack Thomas Carlos Alazraqui as Grumpy Puppy
Tom Kenny as Paxton J. Pig
The ModifyersN/A Lynne Naylor and Chris Reccardi A young woman named "Agent Xero", and her sidekick Mole, attempt to return the All Seeing Eye to the Museum of Really Odd Stuff, before Rat shows it to Baron Vain. Mae Whitman as Agent Xero/Lacey Shadows
Jeff Bennett as Mole and Rat
Paul Rugg as Katz and Baron Vain
Monster SafariN/AMark Caballero and Seamus Walsh
Christopher Finnegan (co-creator)
The Wizzard of Krudd N/AMike Stern and Greg Miller Devon Werkheiser as Gordo
Clive Revill as Butterbeard
Jeff Bennett as Rotten the Minus
James Arnold Taylor as Kunkle

Others

This is a list of six shorts featured in the series that are student films.

  • Birds of a Feather (created by Joe P. TT and Nick Butera)
  • Cafeteria Crush (created by Chris Allison)
  • Cuddle Bee: Hugs 'n' Such (created by Alex Hirsch and Adrian Molina)
  • Penguins, Penguins, Penguins (created by Mike Williams)
  • That's the Way the Kitty Crumbles (created by Sean Kreiner)
  • Thirsty Iguana (created by Leonardo Matsuda)

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