The Perishers his bathtime struggles with Wellington usually turn into epic battles. Boot's favourite food appears to be links of sausages, and his attempts to consume these in advance of Wellington provide the basis of many episodes. Boot was originally drawn with a short tail (on one occasion he met a bob-tailed sheepdog, and on hearing the name decided to call his own tail Fred), but Maurice Dodd later discovered that real Old English Sheepdogs' tails are docked, and so over the course of several years Collins drew his tail shorter and shorter until it vanished altogether – Boot still appears completely
What a Cartoon! would later go on to make "Gravity Falls" for Disney Channel/Disney XD. The studio launched another animation showcase in 2006, titled "Random! Cartoons", which in turn produced Nickelodeon's "Fanboy & Chum Chum" in 2009, Cartoon Network's "Adventure Time" in 2010, and Cartoon Hangover's "Bravest Warriors" in 2012. A sequel-of-sorts to the "What a Cartoon!" project, a Cartoon Network project titled "The Cartoonstitute", was announced in April 2008. Created by the channel executive Rob Sorcher and headed by "The Powerpuff Girls" creator Craig McCracken, the project was to "establish a think tank and create an environment in which animators can create