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Old Toon Disney logo with multiple characters

This variation of the original Toon Disney logo, featuring many Disney Afternoon characters, appeared in the second intro sequence for the channel's "Magical World of Toons" block.

Toon Disney was a 24-hour American cable television channel owned by the Walt Disney Company that aired mostly children's animated television series. Launched on April 18, 1998, as a spin-off of the Disney Channel, Toon Disney showed children's cartoons 24 hours a day (except for minimal live-action programming in the later half of its run), not unlike Cartoon Network and the later NickToons channel. Toon Disney's target audience were children ages 2–12, with the exception of the Jetix programming block, aimed at children ages 7–14. A Spanish language audio track was available on Toon Disney through the SAP option; some cable and satellite systems also offered the Spanish language feed as a separate channel.

In the network's early years, the Disney Afternoon-Era shows made up a large part of Toon Disney's schedule, alongside classic Disney shorts as well as selections from the DiC Entertainment library (which Disney had acquired in 1995). Adventures of the Gummi Bears, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Aladdin, Bonkers, TaleSpin, Goof Troop, Darkwing Duck, Timon and Pumbaa, Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers, The Little Mermaid, Raw Toonage, Marsupilami, The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show, and The Wuzzles were all part of the channel's line-up when it debuted. Mighty Ducks and Quack Pack were added on August 31st of that year, with Gargoyles following the very next day, and DuckTales joined the line-up on September 3, 1999.

However, as the network continually changed its schedule and more recent Disney cartoons were added to the channel, the Disney Afternoon-Era shows were gradually dropped from the regular schedule. The Wuzzles, Gummi Bears, Raw Toonage, Marsupilami, and Shnookums and Meat disappeared after 2001. (TaleSpin was also removed from the schedule for the majority of the 2001-2002 season before returning in September 2002.) Many of the other shows were taken off the network following the addition of the Jetix programming block in 2004. Afterward, Disney Afternoon-Era shows were only shown sporadically on the channel, often only appearing in the two-hour "Super Stacked Weekday" marathons on Fridays. When Toon Disney was replaced by Disney XD in February 2009, its final broadcast of a Disney Afternoon-Era show was a rerun of Gargoyles (notably the only Disney Afternoon show to stick around for the change-over, at least until 2012) on February 9th.

Disney Afternoon-Era shows' broadcast history on Toon Disney[]

Show First Toon Disney airing Final Toon Disney airing
Timon & Pumbaa April 18, 1998 February 8, 2009
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh October 19, 2007
Goof Troop December 21, 2008
TaleSpin June 28, 2008
Aladdin December 14, 2008
Adventures of the Gummi Bears April 1998 December 28, 2001
Bonkers September 2004
Darkwing Duck January 19, 2007
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers August 3, 2008
The Little Mermaid January 25, 2008
Raw Toonage December 30, 2001
The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show July 6, 2007
Marsupilami December 30, 2001
Mighty Ducks August 31, 1998 March 2, 2007
Quack Pack October 31, 2004
Gargoyles September 1, 1998 February 11, 2009
DuckTales September 3, 1999 February 9, 2007

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1998-2002 logo variations[]

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