Taking Nemo/Once Upon a Toon

Season 3, Episode 10: Taking Nemo/Once Upon a Toon

Aired: September 13, 2012

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Taking Nemo/Once Upon a Toon is the 10th episode of MAD Season 3, and the 62nd overall episode of MAD.

Episode Summary
Taking Nemo: When Nemo goes missing, his father, Marlin, calls Liam Neeson to get him back.

Once Upon a Toon: Johnny Bravo teams up with a young boy named Henry Mills to restore the memories of all the classic Cartoon Network characters.

Segments

 * 1) MADvent Calendar - Been watching the leaves change for a week? Here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
 * 2) *Monday, 10:00 AM: Cartoon Network celebrates its 20th Anniversary, but is still not old enough to stay up past 9:00 PM.
 * 3) *Saturday, 3:30 PM: Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively get married, but avoid exchanging rings for fear of reminding anyone of the last ring debacle.
 * 4) *Tuesday, 6:00 PM: Morgan Freeman says reports of his death are a hoax, unless of course, the afterlife looks like this!
 * 5) Opening Scene
 * 6) Taking Nemo (Movie Parody of Taken and Disney and Pixar's Finding Nemo)
 * 7) Animated Marginals segment - Alfred goes to the bull contest to catch a small bull.
 * 8) Caveman Makes Wood Fire (Animated by Mike Wartella)
 * 9) Dark Knight Bread Riser (Movie Parody of the Dark Knight Rises) (Ad Parodies segment)
 * 10) Extinction: It Can Happen at Any Time (Cartoon)
 * 11) The Adventures of Iron Man (Spoof on Iron Man / TV Parody of the Annoying Orange) (Ad Parodies segment)
 * 12) Blue Knight Forgets to Empty His Pockets and Finds Peanuts (Cartoon)
 * 13) Spy vs. Spy - Paper Airplane Chase (Spy vs. Spy segment) (Stop-motion Cartoon)
 * 14) Animated Marginals segment - A ladybug goes to the Tattoo Removal.
 * 15) Alfred E. Neuman for President - Alfred E. Neuman Was There (Alfred E. Neuman for President segment)
 * 16) Fish Staring Contest (Animated by Mike Wartella)
 * 17) Once Upon a Toon (TV Parody of [ABC's Once Upon a Time / Channel Parody of Cartoon Network)
 * 18) Credits
 * 19) 5-second Cartoon - (from The Adventures of Iron Man) (5-second Cartoon segment)

Trivia

 * This is the first time Taken and the Annoying Orange appeared on MAD.
 * This is the only time Once Upon a Time, Ed, Edd n Eddy, Johnny Bravo, Dexter's Laboratory, Cow & Chicken, the Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Evil Con Carne, Camp Lazlo, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Time Squad, Samurai Jack, Courage the Cowardly Dog, and Codename: Kids Next Door showed up on MAD.
 * This is the second time the Extinction segment appeared.
 * Once Upon a Toon was a special tribute to Cartoon Network's 20th Anniversary, and this episode of MAD premiered three days after Cartoon Network's 20th Anniversary, which was October 1, 2012.
 * And also, this is the second time Cartoon Network was mentioned. The first was I Am Lorax.
 * This is the third episode to spoof a Foreign film, and the third time Disney and Pixar's Finding Nemo is on MAD.
 * This is the fourth time The Powerpuff Girls and Disney's The Little Mermaid showed up, and the fourth episode of MAD to premiere on Thursday night at 8:00 PM.
 * In Once Upon a Toon, Jack goes missing after he jumps in the bag.
 * This is the 25th time Spy vs. Spy was done in stop-motion, and the first time since Episode 59 that White Spy won.
 * In Taking Nemo, Liam Neeson spoke without his Irish accent.
 * 11th appearance of the Alfred E. Neuman for President segment.
 * Right at the point while various characters fell through the trap door during the MAD opening scene, Goofy's trademark holler can be heard.
 * During the MADvent Calendar mention of "Cartoon Network is 20, but still goes to bed at nine" is a reference to the daily Cartoon Network transformation to [adult swim].
 * This is considered to be the best episode of MAD.
 * People who purchased the MAD Season 3 pass on YouTube must be careful. People may instead see "The Amazing Spider-Minaj/Go, Dragon Ball, Go!" because the episode is instead named "The Amazing Spider-Madea (the early name/sketch)/Once Upon a Toon.

Voices

 * Gregg Bissonette - Marlin, Airport Guard, and Goldfish
 * Chris Cox - John Lasseter, Blue Knight, and the Adventures of Iron Man Announcer
 * Hugh Davidson - Jack, Anchor, and Caveman
 * Grey DeLisle - Ariel, Flounder, and Dexter
 * Rachel Ramras - Dory, Henry Mills, and Pepper
 * Kevin Shinick - Bruce, Johnny Bravo, Iron Man, SpongeBob SquarePants, Batman, Chum, Caveman, Dinosaur, Shoe / Pencil Sharpener, and the MADvent Calendar Announcer
 * Tara Strong - Nemo, Cow, and Dee Dee
 * Fred Tatasciore - Bryan Mills, Chicken, Alfred E. Neuman Announcer and Celebrity Superpowers Announcer