A list of shows that previously were animated with cels that switched over to digital ink and paint. Unless stated otherwise, every episode mentioned and the subsequent episodes after it are all digitally inked and painted.
This list also includes shows that started out with digital coloring, then switched to cels like A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. As well as shows that switched back and forth between the two such as Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.
This list is only for episodes, not for opening or ending credits.
This list is incomplete, if you know anything that's missing or inaccurate, please comment below.
Hanna Barbera / Cartoon Network Studios
Walt Disney Television Animation
20th Century Fox
Other
This list also includes shows that started out with digital coloring, then switched to cels like A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. As well as shows that switched back and forth between the two such as Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.
This list is only for episodes, not for opening or ending credits.
This list is incomplete, if you know anything that's missing or inaccurate, please comment below.
Hanna Barbera / Cartoon Network Studios
- Pac-Man (1982)
- Episode 13 - "Nighty Nightmares / The Pac-Mummy" (only episode)
- The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries
- Episode 5a - "Doom Service"
- The Jetsons
- Episode 28 - "Judy's Birthday Surprise"
- The Snorks
- Season 3 (only season)
- The Smurfs
- Season 8 (only season)
- "Grandpa's Nemesis", "Grandpa's Walking Stick", and "Memory Melons" are the only season 8 episodes to use cels
- Season 8 (only season)
- A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
- The first seasons used digital coloring. Seasons 2 - 4 used traditional cels.
- Yo Yogi
- Only 5 episodes used cels
- Episode 2 - “Huck’s Doggone Day / Groundhog Day”
- Episode 6 - “Super Duper Snag”
- Episode 8 - “Polly Want a Safe Cracker”
- Episode 9 - “Mall or Nothing / There’s No Business Like Snow Business”
- Episode 11 - “Yippee Yo, Yogi / Of Meeces and Men”
- Only 5 episodes used cels
- The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
- The 10 episodes from the first season animated by Pacific Animation Corporation were digitally inked and painted by Toon's Factory in France.
- Episode 1 - "The Darkest Fathoms"
- Episode 3 - "In the Realm of the Condor"
- Episode 5 - "Ndovu's Last Journey"
- Episode 6 - "Manhattan Maneater"
- Episode 7 - "East of Zanzibar"
- Episode 11 - "Return of the Anasazi"
- Episode 17 - "The Spectre of the Pine Barrens"
- Episode 22 - "Expedition to Khumbu"
- Episode 24 - "Future Rage"
- Episode 25 - "Alligators and Okeechobee Vikings"
- The 10 episodes from the first season animated by Pacific Animation Corporation were digitally inked and painted by Toon's Factory in France.
- Johnny Bravo
- Episode 27a - “Galaxy Boy Johnny”
- Dexter’s Laboratory
- Episode 53a - “Streaky Clean”
- The Powerpuff Girls
- Episode 41 - “All Chalked Up” (Test)
- Episode 46 - “Superfriends” (full time)
- Ed, Edd n’ Eddy
- Episode 45 - "Little Blue Ed" (few seconds for a comic book gag)
- Special (2004) -"Ed, Edd n Eddy's Jingle Jingle Jangle” (full time)
- Ren & Stimpy
- Only 15 segments used digital coloring
- Episode 9 - “Sven Hoek”
- Episode 10a - “Haunted House"
- Episode 11b - "Man's Best Friend"
- Episode 12 - “Son of Stimpy”
- Episode 14b - “Out West”
- Episode 15 - “The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen”
- Episode 18 - "A Visit to Anthony"
- Episode 23 - “Stimpy’s Cartoon Show”
- Episode 27 - “Hard Times for Haggis”
- Episode 32a - “Blazing Entrails”
- Episode 33a - “Prehistoric Stimpy”
- Episode 45a - "Big Flakes"
- Episode 47b - “City Hicks”
- Episode 50b - “The Last Temptation of Ren”
- Episode 53 - "A Scooter for Yakmas"
- Only 15 segments used digital coloring
- CatDog
- Episode 21c - “Fetch” (theatrical short)
- Episode 43b - “No Thanks for the Memories” (Test)
- Episode 61/62/63 - “CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery” (full time)
- Tales from the Goose Lady (Oh Yeah, Cartoons!)
- 2nd short - "Hamzel and Grandé"
- Hey Arnold
- Episode 63a - “Full Moon”
- Angry Beavers
- Episode 44a - “Nice & Lonely”
- The Wild Thornberrys
- Episode 40 - "The Gift of Gab" (A few shots of Eliza getting her powers)
- Episode 41 - "Black and Mom All Over" (full time)
- Rugrats
- Episode 113/114 - “Runaway Reptar” (test)
- Episode 128 - “Diaper Change” (full time)
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Episode 7b - "Jellyfish Jam" (test, the shot with SpongeBob standing on a rock looks at rows of jellyfish)
- Episode 14a - "SB-129" (test, close up shot of Primitive SpongeBob and Patrick drooling)
- Episode 21a - “Your Shoe’s Untied” (full time)
- Episode 54 - "Ugh" (uses recycled footage from Episode 14a - "SB-129")
- Episode 97a -"20,000 Patties Under the Sea" (uses recycled footage from Episode 3a - "Jellyfishing")
Walt Disney Television Animation
- The Lion King's Timon and Pumbaa
- Episode 13c - "Stand By Me" (only episode, theatrical short)
- Quack Pack
- Episode 5 - "Pride Goeth Before the Fall Guy" (only episode)
- 101 Dalmatians: The Series
- Episode 48 - "A Christmas Curella" (only episode)
- Pepper Ann
- Episode 14a - “Quiz Bowl” (mostly full time)
- "Def Comedy Mom", "The Beans of Wrath" and "Effie Shrugged" are the only episodes since to use cels
- Episode 14a - “Quiz Bowl” (mostly full time)
- Hercules: The Animated Series
- Episode 34 - "Hercules and the Dream Date" (only episode)
- Recess
- Only 13 segments used digital coloring
- Episode 32a - Recess is Cancelled
- Episode 35a - Prickly is Leaving
- Episode 38a - The Biggest Trouble Ever
- Episode 39a - Gus and Misdemeanors
- Episode 40b - Here Comes Mr. Perfect
- Episode 41 - Good Luck Charm / Diggers Split Up
- Episode 43a - Schoolworld
- Episode 44b - Bonky Fever
- Episode 45b - This Brain for Hire
- Episode 46 - The Barnaby Boys / Buried Treasure
- Episode 47b - The Ratings Game
- Only 13 segments used digital coloring
- Mickey Mouse Works
- Only 7 shorts used cel animation
- "Pluto vs. The Watchdog"
- "Pluto Runs Away"
- "Donald's Dinner Date"
- "Mickey's Remedy"
- "Mickey Tries to Cook"
- "Donald and the Big Nut"
- "Topsy Turvy Town"
- Only 7 shorts used cel animation
- PB&J Otter
- Episode 62 - "Big Beaver Day / The Thing That Almost Ate Hoohaw" (only episode)
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
- 26 out of 65 episodes used digital coloring.
- "The Torque Armada"
- "Gravitina"
- "NOS-4-A2"
- "The Beast of Karn"
- "Tag Team"
- "The Main Event"
- "Lost in Time"
- "Strange Invasion"
- "Mind Warp"
- "Mira's Wedding"
- "Root of Evil"
- "Downloaded"
- "The Crawling Flesh"
- "Rescue Mission"
- "Devolutionaries"
- "Star Smasher"
- "Stranger Invasion"
- "Eye of the Tempest"
- "Revenge of the Monsters"
- "Revenge of the Raenoks"
- "Millennial Bugs"
- "First Missions"
- "Return of Karn"
- "Speed Trap"
- "Holiday Time"
- "Ancient Evil"
- 26 out of 65 episodes used digital coloring.
- Superman: The Animated Series
- Episode 47 - "Absolute Power" (the black hole was painted digitally, the rest of the episode was painted in cels)
- Footage of Flash from "Speed Demons" was recycled in the Justice League episode "Paradise Lost"
- Footage of explosions originating from this show have appeared in other Warner Bros. shows such as Batman Beyond, Static Shock, Justice League/Unlimited, and Xiaolin Showdown.
- The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries
- Episode 48a - "This is the Kitty"
- Batman Beyond
- Episode 27 - “Eyewitness”
20th Century Fox
- The Simpsons
- Episode 130 - "Radioactive Man" (test)
- Episode 138 - "Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" (clip show episode)
- Episode 260 - "Tennis the Menace" (test)
- Episode 292 - "Treehouse of Horror XIII" (test)
- Episode 297 - "The Great Louse Detective" (full time)
- King of the Hill
- Episode 105 - "Bobby Goes Nuts" (test)
- Episode 116 - "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Hill" (nightmare sequence only)
- Episode 136 - "Megalo Dale" (test)
- Episode 142 - "The Miseducation of Bobby Hill" (select scenes only)
- Episode 150 - "Patch Boomhaur" (full time)
- Four episodes that were produced for the previous season aired after this episode
- Rurouni Kenshin
- Episode 95 - "End of Wanderings" (final episode)
- Cyborg Kuro-chan
- Episode 66 - "Big Shopping Date Duel!"
- Crayon Shin-Chan
- Episode 440 - "Nupan IV Is Here!"
- Detective Conan
- Episode 96 - "The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases" (test)
- Episode 219 - "The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid" (test)
- Episode 263 - "The Osaka Double Mystery - The Naniwa Swordsman and Toyotomi's Castle" (test)
- Episode 284 - "Chinatown Deja Vu in the Rain, Part 1" (full time)
- Pokémon
- Episode 142 - "Let's Battle! Hassam VS Heracros!!" or "Wired for Battle"
- Battle between Heracross and Scizor
- Episode 263 - "Nanako and Elekid" or "Here's Looking at You, Elekid"
- Episode 142 - "Let's Battle! Hassam VS Heracros!!" or "Wired for Battle"
- Mahoromatic
- Episode 14 - "Return of the Maid"
- Doraemon (1979 series)
- Episode 1682 - "The Mini-Dora Rental"
- Episode 1694 "All the Way From the Country of the Future" was the only episode since to use cels.
- Episode 1682 - "The Mini-Dora Rental"
- The Big O
- Episode 14 - "Roger the Wanderer"
- 3 year gap between previous season
- Episode 14 - "Roger the Wanderer"
- Inuyasha
- Episode 99 - "Sesshomaru and Koga: A Dangerous Encounter"
- Hunter x Hunter (1999 series)
- Episode 71 - "Auction × Plan × 80 Percent"
- Slayers
- Episode 79 - "AMAZING - The Astonishing Dragon Slave!?"
- 11 year gap between the previous season
- Episode 79 - "AMAZING - The Astonishing Dragon Slave!?"
- Sazae-san
- October 6, 2013 episode.
Other
- The Super Mario Bros. Super Show
- Episode 18 - "Count Koopula"
- Willy Fog 2
- Episode 14 - "A Maritime Mystery"
- Rupert
- Episode 27 - "Rupert and the Ginger"
- Sandokan
- Only 9 episodes use digital coloring
- Episode 6 - "The Rebellion of the Dayakos"
- Episode 13 - "The Kidnapping"
- Episode 14 - "The Search for Dama"
- Episode 16 - "The Battle on the Marsh"
- Episode 18 - "Escape"
- Episode 22 - "Sandokan Taken Prisoner"
- Episode 23 - "The Pills of Death"
- Episode 24- "Together Again"
- Episode 26 - "A Double Wedding"
- Only 9 episodes use digital coloring
- Beavis and Butthead
- The first two seasons used digital coloring, then switched to cels starting with Season 3. It returned to digital ink and paint in Season 8 when the series was revived in 2011.
- Fantastic Four (1994)
- Season one mostly used digital coloring. The following episodes and season two used cels
- Episode 7 - "Super Skrull"
- Episode 9 - "The Mask of Doom, Part II"
- Episode 11 - "Mole Man" (show switches to cels full time)
- Season one mostly used digital coloring. The following episodes and season two used cels
- Dennis and Gnasher
- Episode 14 - "The Competition"
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
- Episode 1 - "The Reindeer Hunter"
- Episode 14 - "Panda-monium" (full time)
- All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series
- Only two episodes used digital coloring
- Episode 26 - "All Creatures Great & Dinky"
- Episode 39 - "Haunted Is as Haunted Does"
- Only two episodes used digital coloring
- The Country Mouse and City Mouse Adventures
- Episode 27 - "Bicycle Mice"
- Men in Black: The Series
- Episode 27 - "Puppy Dog Syndrome"
- Episode 34 - "The Out to Pasture Syndrome"
- Episode 37 - "The Bad Doggie Syndrome"
- Episode 41 - "The Future So Bright Syndrome" (Full time)
- Daria
- Episode 40 - "Partner's Complaint"
- Stressed Eric
- Episode 7 - "Cricket"
- Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
- Only three episodes used digital coloring
- Episode 19 - "5000 Fingers of Rusty"
- Episode 21 - "Sickout"
- Episode 23 - "The Lower Depths"
- Only three episodes used digital coloring
- Dragon Tales
- Episode 41a - "Lucky Stone"
- Babar
- Episode 66 - "The Departure"
- 9 year gap between the previous season
- Episode 66 - "The Departure"
- The New Woody Woodpecker Show
- Episode 41a - "Woodsy Woody"
- Cyberchase
- The pilot episode "The Podville Case", which aired as the seventh episode, used cels. The rest of the series used digital coloring, and later rigged puppets.
- Blinky Bill
- Episode 53 - "The Great Escape"
- 9 year gap between the previous season
- Episode 53 - "The Great Escape"
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