March 9: The animated TV series God, the Devil and Bob is first broadcast, but was cancelled after four episodes over its satirical portrayal of
God and
Satan.[5][6][7][8]
March 19: The Simpsons episode "
Bart to the Future" premieres. It has a throwaway joke about
Donald Trump being President of the United States in the future and causing a budget crisis, which gained more attention when Trump became president in 2017 and the episode was accused of unintentionally predicting the future.[9]
June 16:
Don Bluth and
Gary Goldman's Titan A.E. is released, but becomes a box office flop, gaining $36.8 million against a $75–90 million budget and resulting in a $100 million loss for 20th Century Fox. Due to the failure of the film,
Fox Animation Studios was shut down afterward.[15][16][17]
July 29: The film Blood: The Last Vampire premieres at the 5th annual International Festival of Fantasy, Action and Genre Cinema, nicknamed Fantasia 2000, in
Montreal.[25] The film airs in Australia on August 26, 2000, at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Arts Festival.[26] It makes its theatrical debut in its home country of Japan on November 16, 2000.[27]
November 13: The Arthur episode "Bitzi's Beau" airs. This marks the earliest depiction of Mr. Ratburn getting married, but only in a fantasy sequence as being
straight. His actual marriage occurs in the later episode "
Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone", over 20 years of being
closeted.[51]
November 14: 3-2-1 Penguins! is released in direct-to-video format.
January 8:
Noah Cyrus, American singer, songwriter, and actress (voice of the title character in Ponyo, Kid in The Emperor's New School episode "Guaka Rules").
February 23:
Ofra Haza, Israeli singer, actress, recording artist, writer and journalist (voice of Yocheved and performed the song "
Deliver Us" in The Prince of Egypt), dies at age 42.[68]
June 1:
Tito Puente, American musician, songwriter, bandleader and record producer (voiced himself in The Simpsons episode "
Who Shot Mr. Burns?"), dies from a heart attack at age 77.[78]
October 16: Ed Nofziger, American animator and comics artist (
UPA), dies at age 87.[95]
October 30:
Steve Allen, American television personality, radio personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian and writer (voice of
Bart Simpson's Electronically Altered Voice in The Simpsons episode "
Separate Vocations", himself in The Critic episode "A Day at the Races and a Night at the Opera", The Simpsons episode "
'Round Springfield", and the Pinky and the Brain episode "The Pinky and the Brain Reunion Special"), dies from hemopericardium at age 78.[96]
^Morandini, Laura; Morandini, Luisi; Morandini, Morando.
"Titanic, mille e una storia". il Moranidini: Zanichelli editore (in Italian). MYmovies / MoNet.
Archived from the original on May 26, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2011.
^Morley, Hugh R.
"Robert 'Bob' McFadden"; Voice of TV Commdercials", The Record (Bergen County), January 10, 2000. Retrieved March 31, 2011. "Robert 'Bob' McFadden, a former Leonia resident and show business stalwart who made his name doing radio and television voice-overs and impressions of famous people, died Friday, his family said. He was 76."
^"Charles M. Schultz". FamilySearch.com. United States Social Security Death Index. February 12, 2000.
Archived from the original on September 4, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
^Carl Barks: Conversations (2003), ed. by
Donald Ault: The Carl Barks Story: The Creator of Scrooge McDuck Moves into the Limelight, Disney News 19 no. 1 (Winter 1983–84), p. xi.
^Hermant, Norman (September 10, 2000).
"The pen and Ben Wicks". CBC Digital Archives.
Archived from the original on October 8, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
^"Rolf Kauka". lambiek.net.
Archived from the original on November 2, 2023. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
^"Ed Nofziger".
Archived from the original on July 22, 2018. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
^Campana, Joe (March 11, 2007).
"Century Birthday - Robert Bentley". Animation - Who & Where. Blogspot.
Archived from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
^"Billy Barty, 76, Diminutive Actor And an Advocate for Dwarfs". The New York Times. December 27, 2000.
Archived from the original on October 3, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2014. Billy Barty, a 3-foot-10-inch actor whose career spanned seven decades and all types of roles, died on Saturday at a hospital in Glendale, Calif. He was 76. Mr. Barty had been hospitalized for heart problems and a lung infection, and died of heart failure, said his publicist, Bill York.
March 9: The animated TV series God, the Devil and Bob is first broadcast, but was cancelled after four episodes over its satirical portrayal of
God and
Satan.[5][6][7][8]
March 19: The Simpsons episode "
Bart to the Future" premieres. It has a throwaway joke about
Donald Trump being President of the United States in the future and causing a budget crisis, which gained more attention when Trump became president in 2017 and the episode was accused of unintentionally predicting the future.[9]
June 16:
Don Bluth and
Gary Goldman's Titan A.E. is released, but becomes a box office flop, gaining $36.8 million against a $75–90 million budget and resulting in a $100 million loss for 20th Century Fox. Due to the failure of the film,
Fox Animation Studios was shut down afterward.[15][16][17]
July 29: The film Blood: The Last Vampire premieres at the 5th annual International Festival of Fantasy, Action and Genre Cinema, nicknamed Fantasia 2000, in
Montreal.[25] The film airs in Australia on August 26, 2000, at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Arts Festival.[26] It makes its theatrical debut in its home country of Japan on November 16, 2000.[27]
November 13: The Arthur episode "Bitzi's Beau" airs. This marks the earliest depiction of Mr. Ratburn getting married, but only in a fantasy sequence as being
straight. His actual marriage occurs in the later episode "
Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone", over 20 years of being
closeted.[51]
November 14: 3-2-1 Penguins! is released in direct-to-video format.
January 8:
Noah Cyrus, American singer, songwriter, and actress (voice of the title character in Ponyo, Kid in The Emperor's New School episode "Guaka Rules").
February 23:
Ofra Haza, Israeli singer, actress, recording artist, writer and journalist (voice of Yocheved and performed the song "
Deliver Us" in The Prince of Egypt), dies at age 42.[68]
June 1:
Tito Puente, American musician, songwriter, bandleader and record producer (voiced himself in The Simpsons episode "
Who Shot Mr. Burns?"), dies from a heart attack at age 77.[78]
October 16: Ed Nofziger, American animator and comics artist (
UPA), dies at age 87.[95]
October 30:
Steve Allen, American television personality, radio personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian and writer (voice of
Bart Simpson's Electronically Altered Voice in The Simpsons episode "
Separate Vocations", himself in The Critic episode "A Day at the Races and a Night at the Opera", The Simpsons episode "
'Round Springfield", and the Pinky and the Brain episode "The Pinky and the Brain Reunion Special"), dies from hemopericardium at age 78.[96]
^Morandini, Laura; Morandini, Luisi; Morandini, Morando.
"Titanic, mille e una storia". il Moranidini: Zanichelli editore (in Italian). MYmovies / MoNet.
Archived from the original on May 26, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2011.
^Morley, Hugh R.
"Robert 'Bob' McFadden"; Voice of TV Commdercials", The Record (Bergen County), January 10, 2000. Retrieved March 31, 2011. "Robert 'Bob' McFadden, a former Leonia resident and show business stalwart who made his name doing radio and television voice-overs and impressions of famous people, died Friday, his family said. He was 76."
^"Charles M. Schultz". FamilySearch.com. United States Social Security Death Index. February 12, 2000.
Archived from the original on September 4, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
^Carl Barks: Conversations (2003), ed. by
Donald Ault: The Carl Barks Story: The Creator of Scrooge McDuck Moves into the Limelight, Disney News 19 no. 1 (Winter 1983–84), p. xi.
^Hermant, Norman (September 10, 2000).
"The pen and Ben Wicks". CBC Digital Archives.
Archived from the original on October 8, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
^"Rolf Kauka". lambiek.net.
Archived from the original on November 2, 2023. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
^"Ed Nofziger".
Archived from the original on July 22, 2018. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
^Campana, Joe (March 11, 2007).
"Century Birthday - Robert Bentley". Animation - Who & Where. Blogspot.
Archived from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
^"Billy Barty, 76, Diminutive Actor And an Advocate for Dwarfs". The New York Times. December 27, 2000.
Archived from the original on October 3, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2014. Billy Barty, a 3-foot-10-inch actor whose career spanned seven decades and all types of roles, died on Saturday at a hospital in Glendale, Calif. He was 76. Mr. Barty had been hospitalized for heart problems and a lung infection, and died of heart failure, said his publicist, Bill York.