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
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 ' 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
April
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 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" premiered 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 it's 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
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 in 2022.
- August 19: Disney Channel's The Proud Family Movie premieres. This film is later confirmed non-canon regarding the inconsistent aging of Penny Proud.
September
October
November
December
Awards
Films released
Television series debuts
Television series endings
Television season premieres
Television season finales
Births
January
- January 8: Collin Dean, American actor (voice of Hiroshi in Welcome to the Space Show, Tiffany and Candy Kids in Adventure Time, Gregory in Over the Garden Wall, Lincoln Loud in seasons 1-3 of The Loud House, Oto in Doki, Camper in the American Dad! episode "Camp Campawanda", announcer for Boomerang).
- January 25: Avantika Vandanapu, American actress (voice of Kamala in Mira, Royal Detective, Sareena Tapoor in the Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures episode "A Gollywood Wedding!").
February
May
June
July
- July 12: Issac Ryan Brown, American actor (voice of Goby in season 4 of Bubble Guppies, Haruna Kitumba in Miles from Tomorrowland, Chomper in ', Chai in Whisker Haven, Bingo in seasons 1-3 of Puppy Dog Pals, Brett in All I Want for Christmas Is You, Ric in Next Gen, Everett Nichols in Costume Quest, Gus Porter in The Owl House, Stinky in The Stinky & Dirty Show, Bra Jabu in Kiya & the Kimoja Heroes).
- July 25: Pierce Gagnon, American actor (voice of Tim Templeton in ', Tiago in Rio 2, young Fred Jones in Scoob!, Ryan Miller in The Loud House episode "Family Bonding").
August
September
October
November
December
Deaths
January
- January 15: Dan Lee, Canadian animator and character designer (Disney Television Animation, Pixar), dies at age 35.
- January 24: Steve Susskind, American actor (voice of J.J. Eureka Vatos in The Tick, Irate Chef in The Emperor's New Groove, Jerry Slugworth in Monsters, Inc., Sergeant Squash in the DuckTales episode "Duckworth's Revolt", Maxie Zeus in the ' episode "Fire from Olympus"), dies in an automobile accident at age 62.
- January 23: Johnny Carson, American television host, comedian writer and producer (voiced himself in The Simpsons episode "Krusty Gets Kancelled"), dies from respiratory failure at age 79.
- January 25: Chad Grothkopf, American comics artist and animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Fleischer Studios, Hanna-Barbera, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, Chuck Jones, Jay Ward Productions, Terrytoons, Tiny Toon Adventures), dies at age 90 or 91.
- January 28: Daniel Branca, Argentine animator and comic artist, dies at age 53.
- January 29: Ron Feinberg, American actor (voice of Headstrong in The Transformers, André the Giant in Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling, Doc Terror in Centurions, Titanus in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ming the Merciless in Defenders of the Earth, Vladimir Goudenov Grizzlikof in Darkwing Duck), dies at age 72.
February
- February 1: John Vernon, Canadian actor (voice of Rupert Thorne in ', Iron Man and Namor in The Marvel Super Heroes, Thunderbolt Ross in The Incredible Hulk, Shao Kahn in ', Prosecutor in Heavy Metal, the title character in Wildfire, Warden Toadblatt in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Nohrin Judge in Delgo, Doctor Strange in the Spider-Man episode of the same name, Principal Dinkler in the Duckman episode "From Brad to Worse"), dies at age 72.
- February 4: Ossie Davis, American actor, director, writer, and activist (voice of Yar in Dinosaur), dies at age 87.
- February 17: Dan O'Herlihy, Irish actor (voice of Grant Walker in the ' episode "Deep Freeze", additional voices in The Pirates of Dark Water), dies at age 85.
- February 28: Pam Carter, American voice actor (voice of Lena Mack in Street Sharks, Mrs. Andrews in Archie's Weird Mysteries, Sea Beast in Strawberry Shortcake, additional voices in Liberty's Kids) and voice director (DIC Entertainment), dies at age 50.
March
- March 5: Vance Gerry, American storyboard artist, concept artist, and character designer (Walt Disney Animation Studios), dies at age 75.
- March 10: Debbi Besserglick, Israeli actress (dub voice of Arthur Read), dies at age 49.
- March 13: Hal Seeger, American animator, comics writer and comics artist (Fleischer Studios, Batfink, Milton the Monster), dies at age 87.
April
- April 11: John Bennett, English actor (voice of Captain Holly in Watership Down, Don in The Plague Dogs), dies at age 76.
- April 21: Bob Gardiner, American animator (co-director of Closed Mondays) and inventor (Claymation), dies at age 54.
- April 22: Paul Beard, American animator (Blue's Clues, Wonder Pets!), dies at age 27.
- April 23: Romano Scarpa, Italian comics artist, writer and animator (La piccola fiammiferaia), dies at age 77.
May
- May 6: Joe Grant, American animator, character designer and screenwriter (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 96.
- May 9: Chris Kreski, American writer, biographer and screenwriter (Beavis and Butt-Head, Celebrity Deathmatch), dies at age 42.
- May 19: Henry Corden, American actor (voice of Paw Rugg in The Hillbilly Bears, Ookla the Mok in Thundarr the Barbarian, continued voice of Fred Flintstone), dies at 85.
- May 17: Frank Gorshin, American actor, impressionist, and comedian (voice of Daffy Duck in Superior Duck, Foghorn Leghorn in Pullet Surprise, Yosemite Sam in From Hare to Eternity, Sir 1023 and Quart in Rudolph's Shiny New Year, Hugo Strange in The Batman, The Reverend Jack Cheese in The Ren & Stimpy Show episode of the same name, Barney Stone and Clovy in the Johnny Bravo episode "Blarney Buddies"), dies at age 72.
- May 21: Howard Morris, American actor (voice of Gopher in Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree and Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, the title characters in Atom Ant and Munro, Mr. Peebles in Magilla Gorilla, Jughead Jones in The Archies, Professor Icenstein and Luigi La Bounci in Galaxy High, Flem in Cow & Chicken), dies at age 85.
- May 22: Thurl Ravenscroft, American actor and singer (voice of Monstro the Whale in Pinocchio, the alligator in Lady and the Tramp, Tony the Tiger in the animated ads, Paul Bunyan in Paul Bunyan, Captain in One Hundred and One Dalmatians, singer of You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Billy Bass in The Aristocats, Kirby in The Brave Little Toaster), dies at age 91.
June
- June 6: Anne Bancroft, American actress (voice of Queen Ant in Antz, Empress Sedessa in Delgo, Dr. Zweig in The Simpsons episode "Fear of Flying"), dies from uterine cancer at age 73.
- June 11: David Lehner, American music composer (composed the theme song of The Life and Times of Juniper Lee with his brother Rob), dies at 21.
- June 14:
- Robie Lester, American actress (voice of Miss Jessica in Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town, singing voice for Eva Gabor in The Aristocats and The Rescuers), dies at age 80.
- Barrington Bunce, English-born American animator (Hanna-Barbera, Spider-Woman, Ruby-Spears Enterprises, Garbage Pail Kids, The Simpsons), storyboard artist (Dink, the Little Dinosaur, Marvel Productions, Hanna-Barbera, Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa, Red Planet, Freakazoid!, Adventures in Odyssey, Nickelodeon Animation Studio, Butt Ugly Martians, Make Way for Noddy, Danger Rangers), character designer (ChalkZone) and art director (Alvin and the Chipmunks), dies at age 60.
- June 19: Selby Kelly, American comic artist and animator (Walt Disney Animation, Warner Bros. Animation Studios, MGM Animation, Walter Lantz, George Pal's Puppetoons, Hanna-Barbera, Jay Ward, Bill Melendez, Chuck Jones), dies at age 87.
- June 24: Paul Winchell, American ventriloquist and actor (voice of Tigger in Winnie the Pooh, Dick Dastardly in Wacky Races and Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines, Shun Gon in The Aristocats, Gargamel in The Smurfs, Boomer in The Fox and the Hound, Zummi Gummi in Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears), dies at age 82.
- June 25: John Fiedler, American actor (voice of Piglet in Winnie the Pooh, Father Sexton in Robin Hood, Porcupine in The Fox and the Hound, Rudy in The Emperor's New Groove), dies at age 80.
July
- July 2: Norm Prescott, American animation producer (co-founder of Filmation), dies at age 78.
- July 11: Frances Langford, American singer (sang the Once Upon a Wintertime segment in Melody Time), dies at age 92.
- July 20: James Doohan, Canadian actor (voice of Scotty in '), dies at age 85.
- July 21: Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer and actor (voice of Dr. Robotnik in Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Mistle Toad in Toad Patrol, Komplex in Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars), dies at age 64.
- July 26: James O'Brien, American animator (The Simpsons), dies at age 33.
- July 27: Marten Toonder, Dutch comics artist and animator (Toonder Animation), Als Je Begrijpt Wat Ik Bedoel (The Dragon That Wasn't (Or Was He?)), dies at age 93.
August
- August 1: Wim Boost, aka Wibo, Dutch comics artist, cartoonist and animator, dies at age 87.
- August 2: Loulie Jean Norman, American coloratura soprano singer (voice of Penelope Pinfeather in Melody and Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom), dies at age 92.
- August 9: Nikolay Serebryakov, Soviet and Russian director of animated films dies at age 76.
- August 16: Joe Ranft, American screenwriter, animator, and voice actor (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar), dies at age 45.
- August 23: Brock Peters, American actor (voice of General Newcastle in Challenge of the GoBots, Tormack in Galtar and the Golden Lance, Boneyard in Gravedale High, Bloth in The Pirates of Dark Water, Lucius Fox in ', Dark Kat in ', Jomo in The Wild Thornberrys, Usula in The Legend of Tarzan, Chronos in the Johnny Bravo episode "Bearly Enough Time!", Morris Grant / Soul Power in the Static Shock episode "Blast from the Past"), dies at age 78.
September
- September 2: Bob Denver, American actor (voice of Gilligan in The New Adventures of Gilligan and Gilligan's Planet, himself in The Simpsons episode "Simpson Tide"), dies from pneumonia at age 70.
- September 10: Carlos Costantini, Argentine comic artist and animator (Doña Tele, Barbeta y Grunchi, Mac Perro), dies at age 69.
- September 24: Tommy Bond, American actor (voice of Beans in Looney Tunes, speaking voice of Owl Jolson in I Love to Singa), dies at age 79.
- September 25: Don Adams, American actor and comedian (voice of Tennessee Tuxedo in Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales, the title character in Inspector Gadget, Gadget Boy in Gadget Boy & Heather, Principal Hickey in Pepper Ann, voiced himself in The New Scooby-Doo Movies episode "The Exterminator"), dies from lymphoma at age 82.
October
- October 2: Hamilton Camp, English actor (voice of Gizmoduck in DuckTales, Greedy and Harmony Smurf in The Smurfs, Professor Moriarty in Sherlock Hound, young Barney Rubble in The Flintstone Kids, Dracula in Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf, Professor Chromedome in The Tick, Merlin in House of Mouse), dies at age 70.
- October 7: Charles Rocket, American actor, comedian, musician and television news reporter (voice of Leo Lionheart Jr. in MGM sing-along videos, Firrikash in Titan A.E., Mission Control 1961 in Fly Me to the Moon, narrator in ', Frederick Fournier in The New Batman Adventures episode "Mean Seasons", Oil Slick Monster in The Adventures of Hyperman episode "Oceans a Leavin'", Crewcut in the Static Shock episode "She-Bang"), commits suicide at age 56.
- October 16: Elmer Dresslar Jr., American actor (voice of the Jolly Green Giant), dies at age 80.
- October 20: Eva Ã
 vankmajerová, Czech painter, ceramist, poet, animator, designer, director and producer, and wife of Jan Ã
 vankmajer, dies at age 65.
- October 29: Lloyd Bochner, Canadian actor (voice of Hamilton Hill in ' and The New Batman Adventures), dies at age 81.
November
- November 5: Derek Lamb, English animator and film producer (Special Delivery, Every Child, Mystery!, Sports Cartoons, Sesame Street), dies at age 69.
- November 7: Harry Thompson, English radio and TV producer, comedy writer, novelist and TV writer (co-creator of Monkey Dust), dies at age 45 from cancer.
- November 11: Keith Andes, American actor (voice of Birdman in Birdman and the Galaxy Trio), dies at age 85.
- November 24: Pat Morita, Japanese-American actor and comedian (voice of Mr. Miyagi in the opening narration of The Karate Kid, The Emperor of China in Mulan and Mulan II, King Makahana in the ' episode "Puss in Boots", Mr. Straw in the Adventures from the Book of Virtues episode "Charity", Master Udon in the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Karate Island", himself in the Robot Chicken episode "S&M Present"), dies from kidney failure at age 73.
- November 26: Stan Berenstain, American author and illustrator (co-creator of The Berenstain Bears), dies from cancer at age 82.
- November 28: Miroslav Ã
 tÃÂpánek, Czech animator, film director, sculptor, screenwriter, illustrator and graphic designer (PojÃÂte pane, budeme si hrát, aka Hey Mister, Let's Play!), dies at age 81.
December
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