I like how the narrator is the voice from an old Cold War educational film called "duck and cover."

As a kid I had no idea of the ramifications of this Atom Ant promo. He just single handedly stopped mutual Atomic destruction and defeated the four horseman of the apocolyps.

As a kid I honestly never realized this was about him saving earth from atomic bombing... So many things flew right over me

"It is such a big explosion. There is no time to sit around or wait. It can smash in buildings without any warning..." This line always gives me chills.

DAT BEAT IS TOO POWERFUL

I remember when I first saw this, I thought it was an intro to a show and it kept going on and on, only to lead up to no show.

There's a bright flash. Brighter than the sun. Brighter than anything you've ever seen

The song is awesome and dark at the same time

THIS BEAT IS FIRE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

The first horseman has some pretty deep symbolism. The three heads are a reference to Hobbes leviathan which is a social contract theory based on a power keeping men in check and ensuring security. The leviathan supports the ideas of nuclear deterrence and mutually assured destruction through the fact that the bombs are so dangerous that no one will want to use them. This is why the leviathan is seen trying to sell smiley faces to people on the streets. He wants people to feel happy and secure and he does this by bragging about how dangerous the nukes are. The 2nd horseman is straight forward and the 3rd one seems to speak on environmental issues as gas is emitted and he shoots flame Hazard symbols, however I could be wrong. The fourth horseman is also straightforward but notice he only plants bombs on the nations that own nukes. As far as I know those 4 nations (Britain France US Russia) were the only nuke owning states at the time of atom ants running.

This used to freak me out when I was younger.

My god, this was my childhood, I want it back now

This use to scare me....

The Atom Ant used to scare me, but I stopped being afraid of it at some point. And then I realized that Atom Ant is capable of stopping what seems like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Incredible.

Those lips used to creep me out, but not anymore this is my favorite Cartoon Network groovie

I just realized something. Atom Ant may have prevented all those bombs from going off, but he failed to take down the criminal that was responsible for planting those bombs there to begin with. O_o

I never realized as a kid just how hard this beat goes.🔥💥

This terrified me when I was little, especially bc it always came on late at night. I mean, it’s still kinda freaky, but now I appreciate the art and the effort that went into making it

Funnily enough after watching this after over a decade i thought to myself "the music reminds me of aqua teen for some reason" only to find Michael Kohler is a composer for Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

The guy who directed this shirt, Jonas Odell, won a PromaxBDA award for Best Mixed Media animation for this. He was also responsible for the other Cartoon Network Groovies of Jabberjaw, and my favorite one Josie and the Pussycats in Muscal Evolution.

This feels like seven different art styles combined into one. I like the music.

Out of all the shorts this one is still my favorite. Mainly because even though I was raised in the 2000's I grew up with a cold war nostalgia. I always loved the idea of atomic energy and this one always hit me close to home. I miss the old Boomerang/Cartoon Network..

Man, this used to scare me all the time. I love it.

I just noticed... Those guys are the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse!

THIS BEAT

this sounds like something MFDOOM would rap on

the 4 horseman of the apocalypse

Boomerang: We changed :D Us: Change back. Boomerang: No, but we will give you something else. Us: What? Boomerang: Is 20 dollars ok?

When I first saw this on TV, I admit I had no idea about the deeper themes of this short. The Four Horsemen motif and nuclear bomb threats went completely over my head. "This is very, very important."

THIS BEAT IS FIRE YO🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

WE MUST ALL GET READY NOW.

I remember not really liking this bumper when I was younger, but now I love it. I love how the music, visuals, and narration all work really well together.

The original Electro Swing.

These always brought me back to the old days Such good memories😢

Call me crazy but do those four villains remind you of the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse? In order, Strife, War, Fury and Death?

I remembered this!!! I always thought it was kind of weird when I was little.

The old days when Boomerang was worth watching.

I love this video. It's like some kind of bizarre postmodern Paper Mario-esque thing.

This video was foreshadowing D:

I love how the bad guys are basically the four horseman of the apocalypse. This is both an impressive and clever cartoon. 😄

I only just discovered that the music and imagery are actually an updated version of the original Atom Ant opening title sequence

Love the music change starting at 1:03, favorite part of this groovy.

Nobody: Not even Atom Ant: The elephant thing: *It'S a BoMb*

Although I have never had the pleasure of watching Atom Ant, this is one of my top favorite Groovies. Every aspect of this video is gorgeous!

this song... *it's a bomb.*

This terrified me as a kid. I was, unfortunately, informed about atomic bombs when I was way too young, and so I understood exactly what this short meant.

Still slaps hard to this day. These groovies were the best and way ahead of their time! I loved Atom Ant as a kid too.

i saw this last night on boomerange and it creeped the crap out of me o.0

This used to scare me for some reason. I was too young to realize how lit this short was, though. Childhood right there.

so where did the old 60's nuke warning stuff come from

This takes me back

0:58 never knew sirenhead existed back then till today...

Everyone talks about how creepy this is but the music is a fucking banger

Thats not subliminal messaging, that is called "Symbolism" its a literary and entertainment technique to add depth to work and give it more meaning. Certainly it can be subtle, but its not anything insidious.

there were so many wild sensibilities in the cartoon network groovies that perfectly applied to the shows and how they remembered. the 90's and the early 2000's were probably the time that CN was the most forward looking when it came to animation and aesthetic

So this was a real thing, I wasnt tripping on acid that one day at 1am

it's a bomb!

God Boomerang used to be so cool and experimental, wish the promos were still this awesome.

I remember seeing this before my dad went to work and I was getting ready fir school. Gosh I miss my dad

i don't know why peope hets scared for this, you must remember the original Aton Ant show was on air in the 60's, and the cold war was for 1947 to 1991, I always liked watching this on T.V.

Didn't realize how much of a bad ass he was. Literally speaking, he basically pulled off an Ironman/batman with carrying the nuke into space. Atom ant, atomic bad ass.

its so crazy that cartoon network used to do such creative promos with music and animation that im still awestruck over all these years later. to give such original and amazing things for a channel directed at kids, not undermining what entertains them, seems almost unreal, now. it felt nice when an entire channel seemed to love cartoons just as much as their viewers.

0:53 bro I was like 6 I remembered whenever this part came on it always creeped me out

Whenever I talk about Atom Ant, my friends always think I'm weird because they've never heard of it...

I remember Atom Ant, gosh I miss that show!

It's SO COOL how this samples the Duck & Cover film from the 1950's.

The art style used here always reminded me of the Klasky Csupo logo!

this had me drenched in sweat and fear when i first seen this as a child at night

Pretty Funky remix of his theme song. This has always been my favorite classic CN groovie back in the days. I miss the old CN :/

Someone needs to make an instrumental of this. The beat is nice!

This short was always super boring and long to me when I saw it on boomerang. Now it’s surprisingly one of my favorites, aesthetic wise at least, mainly because of what they were able to get away with using symbolism.

"Up and atom!" *"UP AND AT THEM!"*

Old Boomerang: A Rebrand Boomerang: F

"Up and At' em Atom Ant!!!!"

My gosh! My childhood! I really forgot about this 😢

“Up and At’ em, Atom Ant!”

I remember this used to give me nightmares as a kid.

I like how the villains are riding horses, even one of them is bigger than an actual horse.

i like how the horseman of death has the same design for when he places bombs in most of the countries, but looks stereotypically french when he places one near the eiffel tower

This is a longer ransom remake of the original intro. By ransom I mean the paper style.

This was my JAM!

Atom Ant represents public action against lawlessness.

That moment when you realize the narrator's voice is from a cold war safety video called "Duck and Cover" really makes this a lot more thought out.

I miss that commercial

I honestly thought Atom Ant looked like a space monkey when I was a kid. I was never creeped out of this except for the elephant.

Nostalgia. Anyone else?

I never knew how much of a banger this was when I was younger

My birthday is tomorrow and watching all the groovies are making me cry! God we've came a really long way! Now I understand what my mom said about loving these days, ur going to miss the hell out of them!!!!!

And it shows that the world always needs a hero. No matter how dark and bleak things are, a hero is needed.

As a kid these the concepts shown flew over my head and I just appreciated music (it helps that it’s a remix of the original Atom Ant theme song.) now as an adult I appreciate the imagery even more, especially how the whole video aside from the final bits is a whole reference to the intro of the Atom Ant show. Even down to the bit of Atom lifting weights before giving the robot the smackdown.

Remember shelter drills in school?

Ah, the good old times of my childhood.

THIS BEAT IS FIRE

I loved talking with the intro as a kid. Still do.

MY SISTER JUST SENT ME THIS AND I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT THIS AHHHH I LOVE

I think I remember this...but must not have seen it many times. Great retro feel to it. Atom Ant is so cute!

When I was a kid, this stuff confused me and scared me

One of my most favorites out of all of them. Thanks for the upload! :D

This used to horrify me all the way to hell. But now it's my brain in chemistry class

i used to like never hearing the “we must all get ready now” and i never understood the concept of Atom Ant. i just waited for my show to be aired and not pay too much attention. now i love this, i listen to it on loop at times.