Media from 2000.
Carryovers
Current statistics of most released media as of January 1 this year:
Movies | |||||||||||
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No longer on sale; also never aired on television since September 4, 1995. | |||||||||||
Beauty and the Beast Aladdin Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs The Lion King Cinderella Bambi Sleeping Beauty |
These films were planned to be released on DVD under the Platinum Collection series starting in 2001.
Aside from that, all films were still available in most Blockbuster stores in their most recent VHS formats. | ||||||||||
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1997; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
My Neighbor Totoro |
Available only in Japan on VHS since June 27, 1997. | ||||||||||
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind |
Available only in Japan on VHS since September 19, 1997. | ||||||||||
Kiki's Delivery Service |
Available on VHS since September 1, 1998. | ||||||||||
Castle in the Sky |
Available only in Japan on VHS since September 18, 1998.
Was planned for a North American release in 1999, but was canceled. | ||||||||||
The Rescuers |
Available on VHS since January 5, 1999. | ||||||||||
The Great Mouse Detective |
Available on VHS since August 31, 1999. | ||||||||||
The Wizard of Oz |
Available on VHS and DVD as of October 19, 1999. | ||||||||||
101 Dalmatians |
Available on DVD until January 8, 2000. | ||||||||||
Peter Pan |
Available on DVD until January 22, 2000. | ||||||||||
Lady and the Tramp |
Available on DVD until January 22, 2000. | ||||||||||
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride |
Available on DVD until January 22, 2000. | ||||||||||
Dumbo |
Still only available on VHS in North America, though it was released on DVD in the UK. | ||||||||||
The Sword in the Stone |
Still only available on VHS in North America, though it was released on DVD in the UK. | ||||||||||
The Jungle Book |
Available on DVD until February 5, 2000. | ||||||||||
The Little Mermaid |
Available on DVD until February 5, 2000. | ||||||||||
Books | |||||||||||
Horton Hears a Who! (1954) |
The Cat in the Hat (1957) |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957) |
Green Eggs and Ham (1960) |
The Lorax (1971) | |||||||
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
Beauty and the Beast |
Cinderella |
The Little Mermaid | ||||||||
Bambi |
101 Dalmatians |
The Lion King |
Toy Story |
Toy Story 2 | |||||||
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | |||||||||
Only available in Japanese: | |||||||||||
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | |||||||||||
Castle in the Sky | |||||||||||
My Neighbor Totoro | |||||||||||
Kiki's Delivery Service | |||||||||||
These Disney books began going out of print: | |||||||||||
Pinocchio |
Dumbo |
Alice in Wonderland |
Peter Pan | ||||||||
Lady and the Tramp |
Sleeping Beauty |
The Jungle Book |
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | ||||||||
The Aristocats |
The Fox and the Hound |
Robin Hood |
Aladdin | ||||||||
Pocahontas |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
Hercules | |||||||||
Mulan |
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride |
A Bug's Life | |||||||||
Music | |||||||||||
The Wizard of Oz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
The Little Mermaid |
Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||||||
The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
Pocahontas |
Toy Story |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame | ||||||||
Classic Disney Vol. 1 |
Classic Disney Vol. 2 |
Classic Disney Vol. 3 |
Classic Disney Vol. 4 | ||||||||
My Neighbor Totoro |
Kiki's Delivery Service |
Hercules | |||||||||
Classic Disney Vol. 5 |
Mulan |
Return to Pride Rock |
A Bug's Life | ||||||||
Kidsongs A Day at Old MacDonald's Farm, Cars, Boats, Trains and Planes and We Wish You a Merry Christmas, I Can Dance! and Meet the Biggles were currently on sale, along with a total of 23 videos t | |||||||||||
Pokémon 2.B.A. Master |
Toy Story 2 | ||||||||||
TV Shows | |||||||||||
The Cat in the Hat The Hoober-Bloob Highway Dr. Seuss on the Loose Grinch Night |
Available on VHS since November 17, 1998.
The Lorax, Pontoffel Pock and His Magic Piano and The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat were temporarily put on hold. | ||||||||||
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood |
Currently airing on PBS. See below for more details. | ||||||||||
Barney & Friends Barney's Imagination Island Barney Live! in New York City While most of the Backyard Gang videos went out of print, these videos were still available on VHS. | |||||||||||
Thomas & Friends |
The first four seasons were available on VHS from Anchor Bay Entertainment since between 1995 and 1998.
Season 5 so far only had 12 episodes to date released on VHS. | ||||||||||
Super Mario World My Little Pony My Little Pony Tales Sonic the Hedgehog Barney & Friends |
No longer airing on television as of September 6, 1999. | ||||||||||
The Kidsongs TV Show |
Currently airing only on several PBS stations. | ||||||||||
Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy! |
Older episodes of both shows were currently airing on Game Show Network. | ||||||||||
All That |
Currently airing on Nickelodeon with Seasons 1 through 4 on weekday reruns and Season 5 on weekends. | ||||||||||
Full House |
Currently airing on TBS Superstation. | ||||||||||
Arthur |
Seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4 were currently airing on PBS. | ||||||||||
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog |
Currently airing on Toon Disney. | ||||||||||
Video Games | |||||||||||
Donkey Kong Jr. Mario Bros. Donkey Kong 3 Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels Super Mario Bros. 2 Super Mario Bros. 3 Kirby's Adventure |
All NES games, including these titles, were discontinued since 1995. | ||||||||||
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Sonic the Hedgehog CD Sonic & Knuckles Sonic Chaos Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble Sonic Drift 2 |
All Sega Game Gear and Genesis games, including these titles, were discontinued since 1997. | ||||||||||
Sonic Jam |
All Sega Saturn games, including these titles, were discontinued since 1998. | ||||||||||
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 Kirby's Dream Land Kirby's Pinball Land Kirby's Dream Land 2 Kirby's Block Ball Kirby's Star Stacker |
All older Game Boy titles, including these ones, were discontinued since 1999. | ||||||||||
Super Mario Kart Super Mario All-Stars Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble Kirby's Dream Course Kirby Super Star Kirby's Dream Land 3 |
All Super NES games, including these titles, were discontinued since 1999. | ||||||||||
Super Mario 64 |
Available for the Nintendo 64 since 1996. | ||||||||||
Mario Kart 64 |
Available for the Nintendo 64 since 1996. | ||||||||||
Diddy Kong Racing |
Available for the Nintendo 64 since late 1997. | ||||||||||
Yoshi's Story |
Available for the Nintendo 64 since March 9, 1998. | ||||||||||
Pokémon Red and Blue |
Available for the Game Boy since September 30, 1998. | ||||||||||
Sonic R |
Available on PC CD-ROM since November 11, 1998, for use on Windows 95 and 98 PCs. | ||||||||||
Mario Party |
Available for Nintendo 64 since February 8, 1999. | ||||||||||
Wario Land II |
Available for Game Boy Color since March 1999. | ||||||||||
Super Smash Bros. |
Available for Nintendo 64 since April 26, 1999. | ||||||||||
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe |
Available for Game Boy Color since May 10, 1999. | ||||||||||
Sonic Adventure |
Available for Sega Dreamcast since September 9, 1999. | ||||||||||
Pokémon (Yellow) |
Available for Game Boy Color since October 19, 1999. | ||||||||||
Donkey Kong 64 |
Available for Nintendo 64 since November 22, 1999. |
Paper money
The following was printed during fiscal year 2000:
Denomination | Amount printed | Notes |
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$1 |
5,190,400,000 | 544,000,000 as Series 1995 notes; 4,646,400,000 as Series 1999 notes. |
File:$5-E (2001).jpg $5 |
640,000,000 | 166,400,000 as Series 1995 notes; 473,600,000 as Series 1999 notes. |
$10 |
492,800,000 | 64,000,000 as Series 1995 notes; 428,800,000 as Series 1999 notes. |
File:$20-D (1998).png $20 |
2,707,200,000 | 569,600,000 as Series 1996 notes; 2,137,600,000 as Series 1999 notes. |
The following was in circulation by year's end:
Denomination | Estimate total | Notes |
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$1 |
About 7.7 billion | Up to 70% of them were Series 1999 notes. |
File:$2-B (1996).jpeg $2 |
About 600 million | Mostly Series 1976 and 1996 notes. |
$5 |
About 1.78 billion | At least 65% were Series 1995 notes. |
$10 |
About 1.45 billion | At least 65% were Series 1995 notes. |
File:$20-D (1998).png $20 |
About 4.93 billion | More than half were Series 1996 notes. |
$50 |
About 1.1 billion | Mostly Series 1996 notes. |
$100 |
Less than 3.78 billion | Mostly Series 1996 notes. |
Events in 2000
January 8 |
New episodes of the Orange Islands season of Pokémon continued on Kids' WB. A total of 35 were made. |
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January 11 |
Toy Story was re-released on VHS as the first entry in the Gold Collection. |
January 15 | Season 6 of All That premiered on Nickelodeon. This was the final season with the old cast. |
January 18 |
Pokémon: Wake Up Snorlax! and Jigglypuff Pop were released on VHS and DVD. |
January 24 |
Mario Party 2 was released for Nintendo 64. |
February 1 |
Mulan was re-released on VHS and DVD as the next Gold Collection title. |
Barney in Concert was re-released on VHS. This marked the last time a Backyard Gang video ever got a re-issue. | |
February 17 |
Windows 2000 was released to retail stores. |
February 21–25 | The "Curiosity" episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (#1751–1755) premiered on PBS Kids. These were the first new episodes to contain the 1999 PBS Kids logo. |
February 22 |
Pokémon: Charizard!! and Totally Togepi were released on VHS and DVD. |
February 26 | Reruns of The Amanda Show's first season continued on Nickelodeon after it ended with 13 episodes. |
February 29 |
Spills and Chills and Other Thomas Thrills was released on VHS, raising the Season 5 episode total to 18. |
March 1 | A Japanese version of Super Mario Bros. Deluxe was released for Game Boy Color. |
March 2 | Spirited Away was announced to be in production. |
March 7 |
Pinocchio was re-released on VHS and DVD as a Gold Collection title. |
March 21 |
Wario Land 3 was released in Japan. |
March 24 |
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards was released in Japan. |
April 4 |
The Aristocats was released on DVD for the first time. The film remained unchanged from the 1996 VHS. Oliver & Company and The Hunchback of Notre Dame were scheduled for DVD releases this year, but were delayed to a later date. |
April 18 |
A Collector's Edition DVD of Tarzan was released. |
May 2 |
The Fox and the Hound was released on DVD for the first time. The film remained unchanged from the 1994 VHS. |
May 3 | "Super Mario Adventure", the working title for Mario's next RPG game, was retitled "Paper Mario Story", then later to just "Paper Mario". |
May 16 | Half of the Barney & Friends episode "The Exercise Circus!" and 20 minutes of Barney Live! in New York City were released on DVD as bonus features. |
May 19 |
Dinosaur premiered in theaters. |
May 30 |
Wario Land 3 was released for Game Boy Color in North America. |
Pokémon: Picture Perfect and Water Blast! were released on VHS and DVD. | |
May 28 | After this date, the Super Mario Bros. Super Show permanently stopped airing on syndication. |
June 5 |
Shining Time Station returned for one more broadcast run on Nick Jr., again only airing Seasons 2 and 3. |
June 6 |
Pocahontas was released on DVD for the first time. The film remained unchanged from the 1996 VHS. |
A trailer for the Universal Pictures film, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, started playing in theaters. | |
June 26 |
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards was released for Nintendo 64 in North America. |
June 30 | The trailer for Sonic Adventure 2 presented at E3 2000 was released online. |
July 4 | Alice in Wonderland, Robin Hood and Mary Poppins were released on DVD as Gold Collection titles. |
July 8 |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was released in bookstores. |
July 15 |
The Amanda Show's second season premiered on Nickelodeon. |
July 18 |
Pokémon: Our Hero Meowth and The Final Badge were released on VHS and DVD. |
July 20 |
Toy Story 2 ended its theatrical run with a box office of $245,852,179. |
July 25 |
Make Someone Happy and Other Thomas Adventures was released on VHS, raising the Season 5 episode total to 24. |
August 1 |
The Rescuers Down Under was released on DVD. A Bug's Life and Hercules were re-released as Gold Collection titles. |
August 11 | Shining Time Station aired on Nick Jr. for the last time, before being replaced by a new series called "Dora the Explorer" the next Monday. |
Paper Mario was released in Japan as "Mario Story". | |
August 15 | Microsoft released the first service pack (SP1) for Windows 2000. |
August 23 |
Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble was released in Japan. It was the last first-generation Kirby game of the franchise. |
August 24 | The Nintendo GameCube was unveiled at Space World 2000. |
August 28–September 1 | The "Ready to Read?" episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (#1756–1760) premiered on PBS Kids. |
Sonic Underground ended reruns on syndication, as so did weekday reruns of All That (Seasons 1–4) on Nickelodeon, leaving only Seasons 5 and 6 to continue. | |
September 4 |
The 17th season of Jeopardy! and the 18th season of Wheel of Fortune began on local syndication. |
September 12 |
Arthur's Perfect Christmas was released on VHS and DVD. |
September 14 |
Windows Me was released to retail stores. At the time, most PCs still used Windows 98 Second Edition or earlier. |
September 19 |
Pokémon: The Po-Ké Corral! and Hang Ten, Pikachu were released on VHS and DVD. |
September 25 | Season 5 of Arthur premiered on PBS Kids. It ran for 10 episodes through November 27. |
September 26 |
Thomas' Christmas Wonderland was released on VHS, replacing Thomas' Christmas Party. This tape only had one new Season 5 episode. |
October 3 |
The Black Cauldron was released on DVD. |
October 14 |
New episodes of the The Johto Journeys season of Pokémon premiered on Kids' WB. The first 15 episodes of this season premiered through December 16. |
Pokémon Gold and Silver were released for Game Boy Color. | |
October 17 |
Toy Story and Toy Story 2 were released on DVD, at a price of $39.99. A Collector's Edition DVD was also available for both films, with a list price of $69.99. A teaser trailer for Monsters, Inc. was attached to Toy Story 2. |
Earliest archived date for the Internet Movie Database (IMDb). | |
October 26 | Nintendo announced a February 5, 2001 release date for Paper Mario. |
October 31 |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Horton Hears a Who! were re-released on DVD by Warner Home Video. |
November 4 |
Donkey Kong Country was released for Game Boy Color. |
The 13th and final episode of All That aired on Nickelodeon, with IMx as musical guest. | |
November 14 |
Sonic Shuffle was released for Sega Dreamcast. |
Pokémon: Show Time! and Into the Arena were released on VHS and DVD. | |
Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 were both released on DVD, in standard and Collector's Editions. | |
November 17 |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas was released in theaters. Most theatrical prints contained a teaser trailer for Shrek. |
December 7 |
Mario Party 3 was released in Japan. |
December 14 |
Pokémon Crystal was released in Japan. |
December 15 |
The Emperor's New Groove premiered in theaters. |
December 19 |
Princess Mononoke was released on Region 1 DVD. |
December 21 | Sonic Shuffle was released in Japan. |
December 25 | Arthur's Perfect Christmas premiered on PBS Kids. The next day, further reruns of the main show's first four seasons now had lowercase text dialogue on the closed captions. |
December 31 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas! grossed $251,628,905 so far in the box office, while The Emperor's New Groove grossed $47,465,336. |