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Now I know I'm not usually the one to discuss CN or Gumball any more, but Cartoon Network is still a major part of my childhood, and the love for the station is still there. It just isn't in full swing any more.

Recently I've been enjoying looking up old commercial breaks on YouTube, and it got me thinking:

What shows introduced you to CN and what Commercials do you remember fondly?

What bumpers do you miss? (Most will say CN City. I agree with that, and I also miss the old CN Too ones.)

(I'd appreciate if you listed the time period and went into detail. Really pour your heart out on this one, if you need to.)

I already have a huge section on my userpage that explains my Cartoon Network history so if you haven't seen it before, I'll paste it here.

I'm hiding it because it's long text, but it's an alternative to loading up my userpage.

It is true that my appreciation for Gumball back in the early days of the Wiki, didn't stem from the show alone.

As most of you tend to be, I am an avid Cartoon Network fan.

I am not immensely into the Cartoons, in the same vein as Gaming, as in; I haven't watched full series that aren't on-going, and if I have I would have probably been too young to remember all of the details. Only a few things resonated with me, which I'll get to in a minute.

The furthest back I can possibly remember, is when my mum would put on the TV after school and play Tom and Jerry on the TV. This was fine for her at the moment,  but as she tended to do back then she fell asleep and left me to it, so I discovered so much more shows, that she wasn't really that happy with. Especially The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, which is really understandable given how it's a show dealing with Death and morbid things.

My sister and I would wake up early every morning, turn on Cartoon Network and watch Foster's Home, Teen Titans, Hi Hi Puffy Amiyumi and PowerPuff Girls. I can still vaguely remember watching the exact first premiere of the Hi Hi Puffy Amiyumi Show and Foster's Home. I remember seeing the Promo for HHPAY too. It should come as no surprise then, that my reasoning for this username stems from HHPAY.

The truth is, when watching this Cartoon as a kid I had a debiliating crush on Yumi. My first ever Cartoon crush actually, which is what to blame for my obession for the show. I have long since lost this childhood crush since I matured into a teenager, but that's usually what I associate the show with. I haven't seen all the episodes, because once I do, then I know that's it. The feeling of there being no episodes would be painful. There are times when I think of watching these shows from the beginning and I will do so one day.

My love for Cartoons has just decreased.

When I became obsessed with Video Games, I ignored CN for years. I remember my exact hiatus from the station occuring when My Gym Partner's a Monkey and Ben 10 started. I claimed it had "gone downhill".

When games become too commonplace for me, I returned to in in late 2010, and I was almost ready to give up, after I found myself only sticking around for Chowder, but then Regular Show and Adventure Time showed up. I thought RS looked terrible when I first saw the promo, but when I tuned into the station one day, the episode "Just Set Up the Chairs" started playing. It was then that I thought "Hey, these voices actually do suit the characters. I want to see more of this!" and that was another one I began to enjoy.

As for AT, wasn't quite sure what to expect, but I remember a clip of the 3D obstacle course from "Businessmen" played and I was amazed at the animation for that. I gave that a try too. I think my first episode was "Rainy Day Daydream" but I ended up enjoying both for their refreshing humour.

Later on in 2011, a Commercial for The Amazing World of Gumball appeared. Wasn't quite sure it was a show at first. I thought it was some bizarre block or Movie they were showing, but after my sister remarked it looked bizarre, she told me to go and watch it and I did. I saw the World Premiere of "The Responsible" and the real-life backgrounds sold the show for me. I thought that from then on, that would set the standard for Cartoons. I learned through someway or another that  despite the episodes being delayed for half a month in my territory, the episodes in the US were all avaliable online, and that's when I finally got it. I finally realized why repeats happen. From that day forth, I began to watch AT, RS and Gumball online. It was magic. I got way too invested, and I ended up like many are on here. I became obsessed with Episode Lists, and considered myself advanced on show information.

One day, I decided I had, had enough of seeing this Wiki appear in my search results, so I clicked the link. Why did it keep appearing? It was getting really annoying. So I discovered a chat room on here, and the rest is history.

To cut this story short, once I got used to the art style, the show lost its charm. I took it for granted. The Season 1  episodes that were leaked towards the end of it, including "The Fight" "The Helmet" "The Microwave" "The Curse" and "The Meddler" were the final nail in the coffin. There was a 6 months hiatus in America. The UK episodes were lagging way behind. I was no longer hyped for Gumball any more. In fact, I was getting pretty tired of it. Not wanting to leave my friends behind, I stayed around and I'm still here today. Gumball isn't something I hate, but I simply am not excited for episodes any more and will end up missing way too many, then binge-watching them all. The same goes for AT and RS. What did I do then, you wonder? Well, then I went back to Video Games and I discovered Anime.

The only Commercials I remember fondly are Juicy Drop Pop,  Golden Nuggets, Coco Pops, Yop Drink, Baby Born, Sonic Rush Adventure, Pokemon Link and Kirby: Mouse Attack.

I'd also like to know if any of these Commercials influenced you. Did you buy any of these products, and did they influence any decisions in the future?

On occasion, I get Juicy Drop Pops from the store. I rarely see Yop Drinks any more though. My sister once bought a Baby Born Doll at Argos. Sonic Rush Adventure was my first DS game and the commercial influenced me on getting one. Pokemon Link(Pokemon Trozei)'s theme song was really addicting, but it  does not make me want to buy it.

Kirby: Mouse Attack on the other hand though, is a game that I've been meaning to get since I started watching the station. It was my first introduction to Kirby, and I didn't own a DS at the time but the Commercial influenced me so much, that when I moved houses and found out my neighbour had Kirby's Dream Land on the GB, I begged him for it to his annoyance, and I had it for about a week before I was forced to return it. At the time, I didn't know about gaming history so it blew my mind to know Kirby was an entire series.

I later got the game on the Virtual Console for 3DS in 2012, but it isn't quite the same. I'm debating on whether to invest on a cartidge for the memories.

I can fondly remember when Foster's Home was first introduced, and there was a contest to speak to one of the characters. My sister and I would ring constantly, without our parent's permission. We never got through to them, but it's a fond memory of mine and I'd like to see those contests again sometime. I can't find it for the life of me.

More importantly, Golden Nuggets was one of my favourite breakfast Cereals growing up and it's been a while since I've been a commercial of it. I thought it was sold out everywhere, but recently I managed to get some and they're as good as I remember. My influence of getting those stems from my Sister and I seeing the Commercial on the CN website, while we were on our Dad's computer. There was something magical about it. I still can't find that commercial. I can only find the 90's Golden Nugget ones.

There was also a Coco Pops(Chocolate Krispies) Commercials where Coco Pops would run rampid on the tables, and the famous Coco Pops jingle would be made, as they fly across a spoon, into a washing-up glove, and spilled on the table. I never really respected that commercial, until just yesterday(am I dating this right?) when I watched a CN Too Commercial break on YouTube. It brought back so many memories, and it wasn't that long ago either. In fact, CN Too was recently closed and replaced with CN+1, so my advice to you all  is to really cherish the CN Bumpers, Commercials and shows while they're around.

I'm sure you already do,  but I never thought I'd be looking back on CN Too Bumpers. They irritated me to no end. 