In 2013, Ion Media Networks acquired the stakes of Qubo held by Corus Entertainment, Scholastic, and DreamWorks Classics in 2013. With the NBC Kids block, Qubo lost the rights to all Universal-owned kids programming, and would eventually lose the rights to some DreamWorks Classics programming with the sale of that company to NBCUniversal. This left only the Qubo on Ion block and the 24-hour standalone Qubo Channel, putting a huge limit on its availability. Qubo began to nab hits in March 2012 with the announcement that NBC and Telemundo would drop their respective Qubo blocks in favor of new preschool blocks programmed by Sprout (which NBC's new parent company, Comcast, owned a stake in), known as NBC Kids and MiTelemundo respectively, due to NBCUniversal exiting the joint venture. One thing unique to the standalone Qubo Channel was that it provided Spanish-language Closed Captioning for mainly its older programming via the CC3 channel as well as a Spanish-language Audio Description for both its older and newer programming via the SAP channel.
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The network originally ran a looping 4-hour block of programs this block expanded into a 6-hour cycle with more outside programming later in the year, and in 2010, the channel introduced the late-night block Qubo's Night Owl, which initially consisted of classic animated series from the Filmation library. On January 8, 2007, the 24-hour free-to-air standalone Qubo Channel launched on the subchannels of Ion's stations. The Qubo block on NBC replaced NBCs previous ∽iscovery Kids on NBC block, while the Qubo block on Telemundo replaced Telemundo Kids, a block of Viacom's Nickelodeon and Corus' Nelvana Spanish dubs (with Nelvana-produced show Jacob Two-Two actually having been previously aired on Telemundo Kids and being carried over to Qubo on Telemundo). The Qubo block, a Saturday morning block of educational and informational programs (broadcasted by NBC and Telemundo) debuted on both NBC and Telemundo on September 9, 2006, with Friday afternoon reruns debuting on Ion on September 15 of that year.
It launched in 2006 as a joint venture between Ion Media Networks and NBC, along with Corus Entertainment, Scholastic, and the now NBCUniversal-owned DreamWorks Classics, formerly known as Classic Media (for content production and access to their respective libraries). It originally encompassed a Saturday morning lineup aired by NBC, Ion, and Telemundo (in English and Spanish respectively), along with a 24-hour free-to-air children's network, alternatively known as Qubo Channel, being broadcast on Ions subchannels and their accompanying online platforms. Dark Truder: Dark (In-) Truder is a pun on Darth (Dark In-) Vader.Qubo was a media venture which aimed to "provide quality, entertaining children's programming in a safe environment".Expect her hapless robot servant, Cloid, to be part of the disguise, mainly as a distraction to thrown the team off guard. She can shape shift to avoid capture, but part of her disguise will always show some part of her face in it. Paper-Thin Disguise: Dark Truder's signature fallback plan.Our Werebeasts Are Different: "Going Through A Phase" has Bula turn into a weremouse after encountering a strange plant.'Time Out' and 'Blue Moon' are also good examples of this trope. 'Chili Cook-Off' shows what happens when it's left to cool, in which it becomes a massive whirlwind that nearly demolishes their kitchen. His status is known throughout the galaxy, as even planets, including the Sun herself in 'Sun Day', refused to eat his food. Several episodes depict him making food with all sorts of things, most of them bugs, which the other members of the Zula Patrol aren't exactly fond of eating. It's rare when she does anything for others. It's All About Me: Deliria, the galaxy's resident spoiled heiress.Intelligent Gerbil: Wizzy and Wigg (easily based off of bee/lightning bug).