Media from 2009.
Carryovers
Current statistics of most released media as of January 1 this year:
Movies | |||||||||||
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Hercules |
Available on DVD since November 9, 1999; re-printed on August 1, 2000.
Still in print due to never getting a Special Edition re-release since 2004. | ||||||||||
Shrek |
Available on DVD since November 2, 2001.
A pan-and-scan single-disc DVD was also on sale. | ||||||||||
The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
Available on DVD since March 19, 2002. | ||||||||||
Castle in the Sky |
Available on DVD since April 15, 2003. | ||||||||||
Kiki's Delivery Service |
Available on DVD since April 15, 2003. | ||||||||||
Spirited Away |
Available on DVD since April 15, 2003. | ||||||||||
The Lion King |
No longer sold in retail stores as of January 31, 2005, but still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Finding Nemo |
Available on DVD since November 4, 2003. | ||||||||||
Alice in Wonderland |
Available on DVD since January 27, 2004. | ||||||||||
The Lion King 1½ |
No longer sold in retail stores as of January 31, 2005, but still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
The Cat in the Hat |
Available on DVD since March 16, 2004. | ||||||||||
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride |
No longer sold in retail stores as of January 31, 2005, but still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Aladdin |
Available on DVD until January 31, 2008. | ||||||||||
Mulan |
Available on DVD since October 26, 2004. | ||||||||||
Shrek 2 |
Available on DVD since November 5, 2004. | ||||||||||
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind |
Available on DVD since February 22, 2005. | ||||||||||
Bambi |
No longer sold in retail stores as of January 31, 2007, but still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
The Incredibles |
Available on DVD since March 15, 2005. | ||||||||||
Pocahontas |
Available on DVD since May 3, 2005. | ||||||||||
Robots |
Available on DVD since September 27, 2005. | ||||||||||
Cinderella |
No longer sold in retail stores as of January 31, 2008, but still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Lady and the Tramp |
No longer sold in retail stores as of January 31, 2007, but still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
My Neighbor Totoro |
Available on DVD since March 7, 2006. | ||||||||||
Howl's Moving Castle |
Available on DVD since March 7, 2006. | ||||||||||
The Little Mermaid |
Available on DVD until January 31, 2009. | ||||||||||
The Fox and the Hound |
Available on DVD as a 25th Anniversary Edition since October 10, 2006. | ||||||||||
My Little Pony: The Movie |
Available on DVD since November 14, 2006. | ||||||||||
Ice Age: The Meltdown |
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since November 21, 2006. | ||||||||||
Robin Hood |
Available on DVD since November 28, 2006. | ||||||||||
Open Season |
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since January 30, 2007. | ||||||||||
Peter Pan |
Available on DVD until January 31, 2009. | ||||||||||
The Jungle Book |
Available on DVD since October 2, 2007. | ||||||||||
Surf's Up |
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since October 9, 2007. | ||||||||||
Cars |
Available on DVD since November 7, 2006 and on Blu-ray Disc since November 6, 2007. | ||||||||||
Ratatouille |
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since November 6, 2007. | ||||||||||
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |
Available on DVD since May 28, 2002 and on Blu-ray Disc since December 11, 2007. | ||||||||||
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
Available on DVD since April 11, 2003 and on Blu-ray Disc since December 11, 2007. | ||||||||||
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
Available on DVD since November 23, 2004 and on Blu-ray Disc since December 11, 2007. | ||||||||||
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
Available on DVD since March 7, 2006 and on Blu-ray Disc since December 11, 2007. | ||||||||||
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since December 11, 2007. | ||||||||||
The Aristocats |
Available on DVD since February 5, 2008. | ||||||||||
101 Dalmatians |
Available on DVD since March 4, 2008. | ||||||||||
Ice Age |
Available on DVD since March 14, 2006 and on Blu-ray Disc since March 4, 2008. | ||||||||||
The Nightmare Before Christmas |
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since August 26, 2008. | ||||||||||
Shrek the Third |
Available on DVD since November 13, 2007 and on Blu-ray Disc since September 23, 2008. | ||||||||||
Sleeping Beauty |
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since October 7, 2008. | ||||||||||
WALL-E |
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since November 18, 2008. | ||||||||||
Horton Hears a Who! |
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since December 9, 2008. | ||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||
TV Shows | |||||||||||
Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy! |
Older episodes of both shows were currently airing on Game Show Network. | ||||||||||
Arthur |
The show was currently airing on PBS Kids, under the PBS Kids GO! programming block.
All episodes used the Cookie Jar Entertainment logo. | ||||||||||
Arthur's Perfect Christmas |
Available on DVD seasonally since 2000. | ||||||||||
Full House |
Currently airing on Nick at Nite and ABC Family.
The complete series was also available on DVD since November 6, 2007. | ||||||||||
Thomas & Friends |
Older episodes from Seasons 1–7 were currently airing on PBS Kids Sprout, restored in high definition and using the same narration from Seasons 2–4 of Shining Time Station.
Almost all episodes from Seasons 1–9 were also available on DVD since October 14, 2008. | ||||||||||
The Cat in the Hat, The Lorax, Dr. Seuss on the Loose, The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat, Pontoffel Pock and His Magic Piano, Grinch Night, and The Hoober-Bloob Highway were currently available on DVD since October 7, 2003, and as "Seuss Celebration: 9 Favorite Televised Classics" since September 27, 2005.
Some specials also aired seasonally on ABC Family. | |||||||||||
My Little Pony |
All 65 episodes were available on DVD since April 11, 2006, but went out of print this year due to Shout! Factory now owning distribution rights. | ||||||||||
Never released on DVD in North America. There was once a DVD in the UK, but it is out of print. | |||||||||||
All My Little Pony Generation 3 media to date was available on DVD since September 12, 2006. | |||||||||||
Super Mario Bros. Super Show |
Most of the complete series was available on DVD since October 31, 2006. | ||||||||||
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Horton Hears a Who! |
Available on DVD since November 21, 2006. | ||||||||||
Pokémon |
Currently airing on Cartoon Network. The Indigo League returned for one last run after reruns of Master Quest ended this year.
All episodes from the first five seasons were also available on DVD, released from March 27, 2001 through May 20, 2008; however, Seasons 3–5 went out of print this year. | ||||||||||
Sonic the Hedgehog |
Available on DVD since March 27, 2007. Volume sets were also being released. | ||||||||||
Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 |
Available on DVD since June 26, 2007. | ||||||||||
Barney & Friends |
21 episodes of the first three seasons were currently airing on PBS Kids Sprout. | ||||||||||
Super Mario World |
Available on DVD since November 13, 2007. | ||||||||||
Sonic Underground |
All 40 episodes were available on DVD since June 17, 2008. | ||||||||||
No longer airing on The N as of September 16, 2008. | |||||||||||
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog |
The first 44 episodes were available on DVD since December 9, 2008. | ||||||||||
The Amanda Show |
Reruns on The N lasted from April 4 through July 31, 2009. | ||||||||||
Music | |||||||||||
Disney's Greatest Vol. 1 |
Disney's Greatest Vol. 2 |
Disney's Greatest Vol. 3 |
My Favorite Kidsongs Collection | ||||||||
Kidsongs |
All 24 music video shows were available on DVD as of March 11, 2003, along with nine episodes of the TV Show's 1997 season and one from the 1995 season, since March 2006 and late 2007, respectively. | ||||||||||
Video Games | |||||||||||
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Kirby Super Star |
These Super NES games were currently awaiting Virtual Console releases for the Wii. | ||||||||||
Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble Sonic & Knuckles Sonic Drift 2 Sonic Jam Sonic R Sonic Shuffle |
Some classic Sonic games, including these titles, were currently out of print. However, Sonic & Knuckles was awaiting a Virtual Console release for the Wii. | ||||||||||
Mario Party Mario Party 2 Mario Party 3 Donkey Kong 64 |
These Nintendo 64 games were currently awaiting Virtual Console releases for the Wii. | ||||||||||
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 Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble Pokémon Red and Blue Pokémon (Yellow) Super Mario Bros. Deluxe Wario Land II Wario Land 3 Pokémon Gold and Silver Pokémon (Crystal) |
All Game Boy and Game Boy Color titles, including these ones, were currently out of print. | ||||||||||
Mario Kart: Super Circuit Wario Land 4 Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Sonic Advance Sonic Advance 2 Sonic Battle Sonic Advance 3 Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land Kirby & the Amazing Mirror Mario Party Advance |
All Game Boy Advance games were discontinued after 2006. However, they were still backwards compatible with the Nintendo DS. | ||||||||||
Super Smash Bros. Melee Super Mario Sunshine Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Mario Party 4 Mario Party 5 Mario Party 6 Mario Party 7 Kirby Air Ride Sonic Adventure 2 Battle Sonic Mega Collection Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut Sonic Heroes Shadow the Hedgehog Sonic Riders |
All Nintendo GameCube games were discontinued this year. However, they were still backwards compatible with the Wii, with a GameCube controller and memory card required. | ||||||||||
Super Mario 64 DS |
Available for the Nintendo DS since November 21, 2004. | ||||||||||
Kirby Canvas Curse |
Available for the Nintendo DS since June 13, 2005. | ||||||||||
Mario Kart DS |
Available for the Nintendo DS since November 14, 2005. | ||||||||||
Sonic Rush |
Available for the Nintendo DS since November 15, 2005. | ||||||||||
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time |
Available for the Nintendo DS since November 28, 2005. | ||||||||||
Super Princess Peach |
Available for the Nintendo DS since February 27, 2006. | ||||||||||
New Super Mario Bros. |
Available for the Nintendo DS since May 15, 2006. | ||||||||||
Yoshi's Island DS |
Available for the Nintendo DS since November 13, 2006. | ||||||||||
Kirby Squeak Squad |
Available for the Nintendo DS since December 4, 2006. | ||||||||||
Sonic and the Secret Rings |
Available for the Wii since February 20, 2007. | ||||||||||
Super Paper Mario |
Available for the Wii since April 9, 2007. | ||||||||||
Mario Party 8 |
Available for the Wii since May 29, 2007. | ||||||||||
Sonic Rush Adventure |
Available for the Nintendo DS since September 18, 2007. | ||||||||||
Super Mario Galaxy |
Available for the Wii since November 12, 2007. | ||||||||||
Mario Party DS |
Available for the Nintendo DS since November 19, 2007. | ||||||||||
Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity |
Available for the Wii since January 8, 2008. | ||||||||||
Mario Kart Wii |
Available for the Wii since April 27, 2008. | ||||||||||
Kirby Super Star Ultra |
Available for the Nintendo DS since September 22, 2008. | ||||||||||
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood |
Available for the Nintendo DS since September 30, 2008. | ||||||||||
Sonic Unleashed |
Available for the Wii since November 18, 2008. | ||||||||||
Donkey Kong 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 |
These NES games were currently available for purchase via the Wii Shop Channel. | ||||||||||
Super Mario World Kirby's Dream Course Donkey Kong Country Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars |
These Super NES games were currently available for purchase via the Wii Shop Channel. | ||||||||||
Super Mario 64 Mario Kart 64 Paper Mario Yoshi's Story Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards |
These Nintendo 64 games were currently available for purchase via the Wii Shop Channel. | ||||||||||
Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Sonic 3D Blast |
These Sega Genesis games were currently available for purchase via the Wii Shop Channel. |
Paper money
The following was printed during fiscal year 2009:
Denomination | Amount printed | Notes |
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$1 |
2,636,800,000 | All as Series 2006 notes. |
$5 |
384,000,000 | All as Series 2006 notes. |
File:$10-D (2008).png $10 |
345,600,000 | All as Series 2006 notes. |
$20 |
716,800,000 | All as Series 2006 notes. |
File:$50-L (2008).jpeg $50 |
371,200,000 | All as Series 2006 notes. |
File:$100-F (2008).jpeg $100 |
1,785,600,000 | All as Series 2006 notes. |
The following was in circulation by year's end:
Denomination | Estimate total | Notes |
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$1 |
About 9.6 billion | Everything printed since February or March 2007 was still in circulation, a majority of them as Series 2006 notes. |
$2 |
About 850 million | They were usually Series 2003 notes if from Minneapolis, Series 1995 notes if from Atlanta, and Series 2003A if from anywhere else. |
File:$5-I (2007).png $5 |
About 2.24 billion | Everything printed since March 2007 was still in circulation, a majority of them as Series 2006 notes. |
File:$10-D (2008).png $10 |
About 1.62 billion | Everything printed since August 2006 was still in circulation, a majority of them as Series 2006 notes. |
$20 |
About 6.38 billion | Everything printed since May 2005 was still in circulation. This included all of the Series 2004A notes ever printed. |
$50 |
Less than 1.32 billion | Everything printed since December 2003 was still in circulation. This included all of the Series 2004 and 2004A notes ever printed. |
File:$100-F (2008).jpeg $100 |
About 6.56 billion | Everything printed since January 2003 was still in circulation. This included all of the Series 2003A and 2006 notes ever printed. |
Events in 2009
January 1 | The worldwide market share for Windows XP, still at Service Pack 3, was currently at 78.45%, while Windows Vista was at just under 20%. The latter operating system never outperformed Windows XP. |
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January 3 |
After reruns on FOX ended, Sonic X was transferred to The CW4Kids on the CW Network. |
January 5 | Kirby's Dream Land 3 was released on the Wii Shop Channel. |
January 27 |
Mary Poppins was re-released on DVD as "45th Anniversary Edition". |
February 2 | Sonic Chaos (the Master System version) was released on the Wii Shop Channel. |
February 11 | Mario & Luigi RPG 3 was released in Japan for the Nintendo DS. |
March 3 |
Sonic and the Black Knight was released for the Wii. |
March 10 |
Pinocchio was re-released on DVD and for the first time on Blu-ray Disc as a "70th Anniversary Platinum Edition". |
March 19 |
Microsoft released Internet Explorer 8. |
April 10 | Full House temporarily left Nick at Nite, but still continued reruns on ABC Family. |
May 19 |
A Bug's Life was released on Blu-ray Disc. |
May 26 | Microsoft released Windows Vista Service Pack 2. |
May 29 |
Up premiered in theaters. |
June 2 | Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing and Super Mario Galaxy 2 were unveiled at E3 2009. |
June 6 | Kirby: Right Back at Ya! returned for one more run on The CW4Kids, airing one episode per week for six weeks, until July 11. |
June 17 | Apple introduced the iPhone 3GS, which came with iOS 3 by default. |
July 1 |
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs premiered in theaters. |
July 15 |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince premiered in theaters. |
July 29 | Universal Pictures released the first trailer for Despicable Me. |
August 14 |
Ponyo was released in several North American theaters. |
August 31 | Full House began airing on The N, one month before it was rebranded as TeenNick. |
All PBS stations can now only air Mister Rogers' Neighborhood once a week on reruns. In addition, the total number of available episodes dropped to 52. Moreover, as of this date, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and Arthur are now the only two remaining programs from before 1999 still occasionally airing on PBS Kids. | |
September 9 |
Apple introduced iTunes 9. |
September 12 | Kirby: Fright to the Finish! aired on The CW4Kids as the last Kirby media to ever be available from 4Kids Entertainment, along with roughly 70 episodes available for streaming on 4KidsTV.com.
All Kirby media was permanently sold back to Nintendo and HAL Laboratory on October 9. |
September 14 |
The 26th season of Jeopardy! and the 27th season of Wheel of Fortune began on local syndication. The CES 2009 set used during the 2009 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions now went into permanent effect. |
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story was released for the Nintendo DS in North America. | |
September 18 |
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs premiered in theaters. |
September 22 |
Episodes 39–52 of Sonic X were re-released on DVD. By this point, all 78 episodes have gotten at least one DVD since October 31, 2006. |
September 29 |
The Wizard of Oz was released on Blu-ray Disc as a 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition. |
October 2 | For a limited time, new versions of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 premiered in theaters, and were presented in 3D. |
October 6 |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and Horton Hears a Who! were released on Blu-ray Disc. |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD as a Diamond Edition. Attached to this Blu-ray Disc were trailers for the next Diamond Edition title, Beauty and the Beast, and an Anniversary Edition of Dumbo, the latter scheduled for release in February 2010 at the time. | |
October 13 |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas was released on Blu-ray Disc. My Little Pony: Twinkle Wish Adventure was also released on DVD, during Generation 3.5 of the franchise. |
October 22 |
Windows 7 was released for general availability. As Windows XP's market share continued to decline, Windows 7's market share surged to 8% within three months. |
October 27 |
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. |
November 10 |
Monsters, Inc. and Up were released on Blu-ray Disc, the latter also on DVD. It also included the teaser trailer for Toy Story 3. |
November 15 |
New Super Mario Bros. Wii was released for the Wii. |
November 23 | Super Mario Kart was released on the Wii Shop Channel. |
November 25 |
The Princess and the Frog premiered in New York and Los Angeles. |
December 8 |
Ponyo was released on Blu-ray Disc in Japan, five months after the DVD. The English dub is included in this Blu-ray Disc. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was also released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD. |
December 11 | The Princess and the Frog premiered in all North American theaters. |
December 17 | Studio Ghibli announced "Arrietty the Borrower". |
December 21 | Super Smash Bros. (the Nintendo 64 game) was released on the Wii Shop Channel. |