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Published Mar 10, 2026, 1:41 PM EDT
The comedy streaming service will present standalone shorts by animators later this spring
Image: DropoutDropout has officially entered its experimental era. The past several months have seen a barrage of first-time initiatives from the comedy streaming service formerly known as CollegeHumor, including the introduction of a "pay more if you want to support us" Superfans pricing tier, the company's first Blu-ray release (seasons 1 and 2 of Game Changer, in a set that sold out instantly), and a 24/7 streaming channel designed to mimic the "always-on" nature of cable. February saw Dropout's first-ever licensing deal, for the deeply weird puppet show Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, and March featured its first crossover with a non-Dropout TV show, with CEO and Game Changer host Sam Reich and regular series contestants Jacob Wysocki, Zac Oyama, Vic Michaelis, and Anna Garcia appearing as themselves on the ABC police procedural The Rookie.
So what's next on the roster? Apparently an original series of short-form cartoons, featuring animation from a variety of creators working in the field. The company announced it has commissioned 25 independent animated shorts, which it will release biweekly under the banner Toonout. The advance teaser gives off "Cartoon Network, but, like, back when it was cool, man" vibes.
The Dropout service currently hosts several animated series. The gross-out educational cartoon WTF 101 is a parody of The Magic School Bus and similar shows, in which a teacher magically transports a class of delinquents around the world to learn horrifying true facts about nature and history. In Cartoon Hell, two animators die immediately after signing a contract with the devil, guaranteeing them an animated series; they then have to produce the series in hell. Troopers: Animated follows hapless stormtroopers through minor entanglements on the Death Star. But all these series were produced by CollegeHumor. Toonout will be the first animated series produced since the streaming service Dropout launched in 2018.
Dropout's announcement doesn't reveal story details for any of the shorts, but does announce some of the participating animators:
The first six episodes will feature animation by Raj Brueggemann (Big City Greens, Twelve Forever), Victor Courtright (Co-Executive Producer of Thundercats Roar and Aquaman: King of Atlantis), Jonathon Wallach (Big City Greens), Kay Hayes (Monsters at Work, Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure), Violaine Briat (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse) and Matt Braly (Creator of Amphibia) respectively.
Toonout will launch on March 24, with new episodes on alternate Tuesdays.
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