The Cartoonstitute was a planned
Cartoon Network project created by Cartoon Network's executive Rob Sorcher that would have been a showcase for animated shorts created without the interference of network executives and
focus testing. It was headed by
Craig McCracken (creator of
The Powerpuff Girls,
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and
Wander Over Yonder) and
Rob Renzetti (creator of
My Life as a Teenage Robot). 39 shorts for the project were in development at
Cartoon Network Studios, but only 14 of these were completed. Eventually, balancing 5 upcoming shows and adding another proved difficult and the project was scrapped. Of the shorts which were made, only
Regular Show and
Uncle Grandpa have been greenlit to become animated series (the latter was initially greenlit as
Secret Mountain Fort Awesome, before becoming a series of its own). On May 7, 2010, Cartoon Network uploaded nearly all of the shorts to their website. The only shorts not uploaded were
Maruined,
3 Dog Band, and
Joey to the World.