Smokey Stover who it is agreed by most 415th members gave the "foo fighters" their name. The phrase foo fighter, also taken from Holman's strip, was used by Allied aircraft pilots in World War II to describe various unidentified flying objects or mysterious aerial phenomena seen in the skies over both the European and Pacific Theaters of Operations. Though foo fighter initially described a type of UFO reported and named by the 415th Squadron, the term was also commonly used to mean any UFO sighting from that period. Foo Fighters is also the name of a rock band, first heard in 1995.
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