2005 in animation

2005 in animation is an overview of notable events, including notable awards, list of films released, television show debuts and endings, and notable deaths.

Events

January

• January 7: The first episode of Pocoyo airs.
• January 18: The Tom and Jerry direct-to-video film Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars releases on VHS and DVD.
• January 21:
  • American Dragon: Jake Long premieres on Disney Channel.
  • Season 2 of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends begins on Cartoon Network with the premiere of the episode "Partying Is Such Sweet Soiree".

February

• February 4: The Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends episodes "Where There's a Wilt, There's a Way/Everyone Knows It's Bendy" premiere on Cartoon Network, the latter episode was very negatively received by fans due to the new one-time character Bendy constantly blaming Bloo & the gang for his own wrong-doings, and with Mr. Herriman & Frankie actually believing Bendy, leading to them punishing Bloo & the others for no reason. Craig McCracken & Lauren Faust even ended up apologizing to fans of the show for having this episode made in the first place.
• February 6: The pilot episode of American Dad! airs on Fox as a sneak peek.
• February 20:
  • The first episode of Robot Chicken airs.
  • The Simpsons episode "There's Something About Marrying" premieres, in which the character Patty Bouvier outs herself as a lesbian.
• February 21: The first episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender airs.
• February 27: 77th Academy Awards:
  • The Incredibles, directed by Brad Bird and produced by the Walt Disney Company, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
  • Ryan by Chris Landreth wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
  • In their 100 Greatest series, the British TV channel Channel 4 broadcasts the "100 Greatest Cartoons!", a list of the 100 greatest animated cartoons, as voted by viewers.

March

• March 9: Season 9 of South Park begins on Comedy Central with the premiere of the episode "Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina". The character Mr. Garrison gets a surgical sex change in this episode & becomes "Ms. Garrison" for the next 3 years/seasons.
• March 11:
  • The first episode of Wonder Showzen airs, an adult parody of children's educational shows.
  • Blue Sky Studios releases Robots, directed by Chris Wedge.
• March 25:
  • The first episode of Krypto the Superdog is broadcast.
  • The final episode of The Powerpuff Girls airs. While the series itself gained generally positive attention, it was cancelled following the poor critical reception of The Powerpuff Girls Movie as Cartoon Network ceased production of the series in 2003.
• March 28: Turner Broadcasting splits Adult Swim off from Cartoon Network after the block debuted in 2001, as the Nielsen Media Research could treat it as a separate channel for ratings purposes.

April

• April 1: Season 4 of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy begins on Cartoon Network (ahead of its third season's finale) with the premiere of the episodes "He's Not Dead, He's My Mascot/Hog Wild".
• April 14: Noitamina, a programing block created for Fuji TV, premieres with its first program Honey and Clover.
• April 17: The Simpsons' 350th episode "Future-Drama" premieres on Fox, guest starring Amy Poehler as Bart's future girlfriend Jenda & John DiMaggio as Futurama's Bender. The episode was seen by just over 8.3 million viewers that night.

May

• May 1:
  • The Animation Domination programming block launches on Fox.
  • Family Guy returns to Fox after a three-year cancellation with the premiere of its fourth season, the episode being "North by North Quahog".
  • American Dad! makes its official premiere on Fox with the episode "Threat Levels".
• May 2: The first episode of Fifi and the Flowertots airs.
• May 6: SpongeBob SquarePants returns to Nickelodeon after a seven-month hiatus with the premiere of its fourth season, the episodes being "Fear of a Krabby Patty/Shell of a Man".
• May 9: Japanese animation studio A-1 Pictures is founded.
• May 10:
  • Marco Nguyen, Pierre Perifel, Xavier Ramonède, Olivier Staphylas and Rémi Zaarour's Le Building premieres.
  • The Fairly OddParents episode "It's a Wishful Life" premieres on Nickelodeon. This episode was negatively received by fans due to Jorgen showing Timmy that everyone lives would be so much better if the latter was never born, which is the exact opposite message that It's a Wonderful Life (the film that this episode is parodying) taught us.
• May 13: Michel Ocelot and Bénédicte Galup's Kirikou and the Wild Beasts premieres.
• May 15:
  • King of the Hill concludes its ninth season on Fox with the episode "It Ain't Over 'til the Fat Neighbor Sings". The episode was watched just over 4.5 million viewers that night.
  • The Simpsons concludes its 16th season on Fox with the following episodes:
    • "Home Away from Homer", which guest stars Jason Bateman as himself. The episode watched by over 8.1 million viewers that night.
    • "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star", which guest stars Liam Neeson. The episode watched by nearly 9.7 million viewers that night.
• May 27: Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath's Madagascar premieres.
• May 30: The first episode of The Life and Times of Juniper Lee premieres.

June

• June 10: The Fairly OddParents concludes its fourth season on Nickelodeon with the premiere of its third TV-movie "School's Out: The Musical!", which reeled in a total of just nearly 4 million viewers that night.
• June 17:
  • Danny Phantom concludes its first season on Nickelodeon with the episode "Control Freaks".
  • The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy concludes its third season on Cartoon Network with the episodes "Dream Mutt/Scythe For Sale".
• June 18: The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius half-hour special "The League of Villains" premieres on Nickelodeon. This is the show's series finale by production order, but a bunch of unaired episodes would still continue to premiere on the network.
• June 19: American Dad! concludes its first season on Fox with the episode "Deacon Stan, Jesus Man". The season's finale was seen by over 6.5 million viewers that night.
• June 22: Happy Tree Friends Volume 3 - Third Strike renews its theatrical release by adding episodes of 19 to 21 of the Internet Season 2, as well as Dino-Sore Days (an irregular episode), a Buddhist Monkey episode (Books of Fury).
• June 24: Season 2 of Danny Phantom begins on Nickelodeon with the premiere of the episode "Memory Blank".

July

• July 8: The first episode of Camp Lazlo premieres on Cartoon Network.
• July 9:
  • Disneyland receives a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the first and only theme park to receive this honor.
  • The first episode of Catscratch and Time Warp Trio airs.
• July 15: Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends concludes its second season on Cartoon Network with the episode "My So Called Wife".
• July 22: Season 3 of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends begins on Cartoon Network with the premiere of the episode "Eddie Monster".

August

• August 12: The Proud Family episode "Who You Callin' a Sissy?" airs only once on Disney Channel due to allegations with the LGBT-related content in the episode before reinstating it 15 years later prior to the reboot in 2022.
• August 19: