Specials

1977 – 26 cartoons

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Episode guide

  1. A Cosmic Christmas

    December 6, 1977 TV Special Nelvana Limited, CBC

    A small town is immersed in holiday season festivities. A small boy named Peter and Lucy, his pet goose, are suddenly confronted by three aliens (wise men) investigating the real meaning of…

  2. The Devil And Daniel Mouse

    October 22, 1978 TV Special Nelvana Limited

    Jan and Dan Mouse are recently unemployed folk singers. Jan sells herself to agent B.L. Zebubb to become a rock star. She does, as "Funky Jan." When she signs a contract with "Devil May Car…

  3. The Star Wars Holiday Special

    November 17, 1978 TV Special Nelvana Limited, 20th Century Fox, Lucasfilm Ltd., Smith-He…

    Luke takes a Y-Wing to rendezvous with Chewbacca, who has inexplicably bound Han up and hung him by his feet from the ceiling. It turns out Han has contracted a deadly disease, and Chewie h…

  4. Romie-0 and Julie-8

    April 1979 (estimated) TV Special Nelvana Limited

    An updated version of Romeo And Juliet in which the star-crossed lovers are robots, and the Montagues and Capulets are the rival companies that made them.

  5. Intergalactic Thanksgiving

    October 1979 (estimated) TV Special Nelvana Limited, CBC

    A space-traveler family- in a covered wagon spacecraft at that- land on the planet 'Laughalot' and encounter King Goochi. His subjects, who are entertained by the King all the time, don't d…

  6. Easter Fever

    March 30, 1980 TV Special Nelvana Limited

    It's 'hare-raising' news when the public learns that Jack the Easter Rabbit has decided to quit. A "Celebrity Roast" on the occasion of his retirement provides a 'quick-as-a-bunny' review o…

  7. Take Me Up To The Ball Game

    September 1980 (estimated) TV Special Nelvana Limited In Association With: Canadian Broadcasting…

    Baseball players from Earth try their luck against the Alien All-Star Intergalactic Champs. It's an interplanetary space jam!

  8. Housewarming Surprise

    April 1983 (estimated) TV Special Nelvana Limited, MAD Productions

    The Peculiar Purple Pieman and Sour Grapes ruin Strawberry's housewarming party.

  9. The Special Magic Of Herself The Elf

    July 30, 1983 TV Special Scholastic Productions. In Association With: Those Characte…

    About a madcap band of tiny elves whose magical powers help them protect the workings of nature.

  10. Strawberry Shortcake And The Baby Without A Name

    March 1984 (estimated) TV Special Nelvana Limited, MAD Productions

    When Strawberry and friends set out to rescue the kidnapped Baby Without A Name, they are kidnapped themselves by the Peculiar Purple Pieman and Sour Grapes.

  11. The Adventures Of The Get Along Gang (Series Pilot)

    September 1984 (estimated) TV Episode Nelvana Limited, Scholastic Productions, Those Characters F…

    Traveling through the countrieside in its Clubhouse Caboose, this lovable group of friends is always ready to lend a helping hand in its own happy, clever way. These animals with very human…

  12. Strawberry Shortcake Meets The Berrykins

    April 1985 (estimated) TV Special Nelvana Limited, MAD Productions

    Strawberry foils the Peculiar Purple Pieman and Sour Grapes in their plans to make perfume out of the Berrykins.

  13. The Great Heep

    June 7, 1986 TV Special Nelvana Limited, Hanho Heubg-Up Productions, Mi-Hahn Produc…

    Featuring C3-PO, R2-D2, Mungo Boabab, Admril Screed, Fridge, KT-10, Drava, The Great Heep, Captain Cag, Gulper

  14. The Care Bears Nutcracker Suite

    November 5, 1988 TV Special Nelvana Limited. In Association With Global Television Netw…

    The Care Bears meet a girl named Anna, her little brother Peter and the Nutcracker as they find out that Toyland has been taken over by the evil Vizier. As they journey through Toyland, the…

  15. It's A Very Merry Eek's-mas

    December 5, 1993 Season 2, no. EC-27 TV Special Nelvana Limited, Savage Studios

    When the reindeers go on strike (and his wife leaving him), Santa Claus gets depressed that Christmas will be canceled. So Eek, a homesick Sharky and Elmo (this time as a brown nosed reinde…

  16. In The Haunted House

    October 29, 1994 No. 108 TV Episode Nelvana Limited, Scholastic Productions, PBS

    The class is thrilled about its upcoming concert at the sound museum... until they discover that the spooky mansion is more of a thrill than they bargained for. As they crept through the mu…

  17. Ace Ventura Christmas Special

    December 13, 1995 TV Special Nelvana Limited

    Featuring Ace Ventura, Spike, Shickadance, Aguado, Emilio, Woodstock

  18. Holiday Special

    December 25, 1996 No. 313 TV Episode Nelvana Limited, Scholastic Productions, PBS

    It's the last day of school before the winter holidays and Wanda plans to see the Nutcracker ballet. But during a trip to a recycling plant that belongs to Murph, the toy soldier she needs…

  19. Gahan Wilson's The Kid

    October 30, 2001 TV Special Nelvana Limited, Nelvana Entertainment, Showtime Networks,…

    "The Cat": What would you do if you were a kid and the ghost of the dead cat you dissected in biology class came back to haunt you? "The Waitress": When Bruno tells the Kid and Earl that he…

  20. Franklin's Magic Christmas

    November 6, 2001 TV Special Nelvana Limited

    Franklin and Harriet are spending Christmas this year at Faraway Farm, where Mrs. Turtle grew up. As Franklin, Harriet and their parents are leaving Woodland, we find that Sam has been left…

  21. The Santa Claus Brothers

    December 13, 2001 TV Special Nelvana Limited, Film Roman Productions, Sitting Ducks Prod…

    A comic Christmas tale for all season and ages. Santa's sons, Mel, Daryl and Roy, may be 150-year-old triplets, but they have to do a little growing up to do before they are ready to take o…

  22. Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender Of Fun

    August 13, 2002 TV Special Nelvana Limited, Sparkling

    It's Zowie's birthday. Of course, Olie and friends are throwing Zowie a party, and every bot in the galaxy is expected to come. However, when dreaded space pirate Gloomius Maximus threatens…

  23. Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids

    March 31, 2003 TV Special Nickelodeon, Nelvana Limited, Callaway & Kirk

    Bugs Awaaay! It's Miss Spider's wedding day! Little Miss Spider is all grown up and she is getting hitched to Holley spider. The wedding is a bug-stravaganza. Bugs from all over Sunny Patch…

  24. Rescue Heroes: The Movie

    October 24, 2003 TV Special Nelvana Limited

    A series of mysterious lightning storms wreak havoc as they spiral through the atmosphere toward a common destination. Once they collide, they will create one massive storm that will result…

  25. Beyblade: The Movie - Fierce Battle

    August 17, 2004 TV Special Nelvana Limited

    Immediately after winning the National Championships, Tyson is challenged by a mysterious boy named Daichi, who is determined to become the next Beyblading champion. But when they battle, t…

  26. Wayside School

    November 19, 2005 TV Special Nelvana Limited

    A special based on the comically absurd tales of students on the top floor of Wayside, a quirky grammar school that was accidentally built 30 stories high. The original plans called for 30…