Twilight Sparkle's Retro Media Library
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Media from 2010.

Carryovers

Current statistics of most released media as of January 1 this year:

Movies
Hercules 2000
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 2010 DVD
Shrek
The two-disc special edition DVD was now out of print, but the single-disc edition was still available for a while.
Hunchbackofnotredame 2002
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Available on DVD since March 19, 2002.
Spirited away
Spirited Away
Available on DVD since April 15, 2003.
Findingnemo dvd
Finding Nemo
Available on DVD since November 4, 2003.
Lionking1.5
The Lion King 1½
No longer sold in retail stores as of January 31, 2005, but still available in most Blockbuster stores.
Catinthehat dvd
The Cat in the Hat
Available on DVD since March 16, 2004.
Lionking2 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 2004
Aladdin
Available on DVD until January 31, 2008.
Mulan 2004
Mulan
Available on DVD since October 26, 2004.
Shrek2 dvd
Shrek 2
Available on DVD since November 5, 2004.
Incredibles dvd
The Incredibles
Available on DVD since March 15, 2005.
Pocahontas 2005
Pocahontas
Available on DVD since May 3, 2005.
Robots dvd
Robots
Available on DVD since September 27, 2005.
Cinderella 2005
Cinderella
No longer sold in retail stores as of January 31, 2008, but still available in most Blockbuster stores.
Ladyandthetramp 2006
Lady and the Tramp
No longer sold in retail stores as of January 31, 2007, but still available in most Blockbuster stores.
Howl's Moving Castle DVD
Howl's Moving Castle
Available on DVD since March 7, 2006.
Littlemermaid 2006
The Little Mermaid
No longer sold in retail stores as of January 31, 2009, but still available in most Blockbuster stores.
Foxandthehound 2006
The Fox and the Hound
Available on DVD as a 25th Anniversary Edition since October 10, 2006.
My Little Pony The Movie 2006 DVD
My Little Pony: The Movie
Available on DVD since November 14, 2006.
Iceage2 bluray
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since November 21, 2006.
Robinhood 2006
Robin Hood
Available on DVD since November 28, 2006.
Openseason bluray
Open Season
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since January 30, 2007.
Peterpan 2007
Peter Pan
No longer sold in retail stores as of January 31, 2009, but still available in most Blockbuster stores.
Junglebook 2007
The Jungle Book
Available on DVD until January 31, 2010.
Surfsup bluray
Surf's Up
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since October 9, 2007.
Cars bluray
Cars
Available on DVD since November 7, 2006 and on Blu-ray Disc since November 6, 2007.
Ratatouille bluray
Ratatouille
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since November 6, 2007.
Harrypotter1 bluray
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Available on DVD since May 28, 2002 and on Blu-ray Disc since December 11, 2007.
Harrypotter2 bluray
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Available on DVD since April 11, 2003 and on Blu-ray Disc since December 11, 2007.
Harrypotter3 bluray
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Available on DVD since November 23, 2004 and on Blu-ray Disc since December 11, 2007.
Harrypotter4 bluray
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Available on DVD since March 7, 2006 and on Blu-ray Disc since December 11, 2007.
Harrypotter5 bluray
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since December 11, 2007.
Aristocats 2008
The Aristocats
Available on DVD since February 5, 2008.
101dalmatians 2008
101 Dalmatians
Available on DVD until January 31, 2010.
Iceage bluray
Ice Age
Available on DVD since March 14, 2006 and on Blu-ray Disc since March 4, 2008.
The Nightmare Before Christmas 2008 Blu-ray
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since August 26, 2008.
Shrek3 bluray
Shrek the Third
Available on DVD since November 13, 2007 and on Blu-ray Disc since September 23, 2008.
SleepingBeauty2008USCoverBD
Sleeping Beauty
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc until January 31, 2010.
Walle bluray
WALL-E
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since November 18, 2008.
Hortonhearsawho bluray
Horton Hears a Who!
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since December 9, 2008.
Mary Poppins 2009 DVD
Mary Poppins
Available on DVD since January 27, 2009.
Pinocchio Blu-ray 2009
Pinocchio
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since March 10, 2009.
Abugslife bluray
A Bug's Life
Available on DVD since May 27, 2003 and on Blu-ray Disc since May 19, 2009.
Snow White DE 2009 USA Bluray
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Available on Blu-ray Disc and DVD since October 6, 2009.
Howthegrinchstolechristmas bluray
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Available on Blu-ray Disc since October 13, 2009.
Iceage3 bluray
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Available on Blu-ray Disc since October 27, 2009.
Monstersinc bluray
Monsters, Inc.
Available on Blu-ray Disc since November 10, 2009.
Up bluray
Up
Available on Blu-ray Disc and DVD since November 10, 2009.
Harrypotter6 bluray
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Available on Blu-ray Disc and DVD since December 8, 2009.
Books
Horton Hears a Who!
Horton Hears a Who! (1954)
Catinthehat book
The Cat in the Hat (1957)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957)
Green Eggs and Ham
Green Eggs and Ham (1960)
Lorax
The Lorax (1971)
TV Shows
Wheel of Fortune
Jeopardy!
Older episodes last aired on GSN (Game Show Network) on January 21, 2010.
ArthurLogo
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 DVD
Arthur's Perfect Christmas
Aired seasonally since 2000.
Fullhouse 1993
Full House
Currently airing on ABC Family.

The complete series was also available on DVD since November 6, 2007.

Thomas&Friends1
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.

Seuss celebrationdvd 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.

Mylittlepony 2004dvd
My Little Pony
All 65 episodes were available on DVD since April 11, 2006, but they all went out of print due to Shout! Factory now owning distribution rights.
My Little Pony Tales Never released on DVD in North America. There was once a DVD in the UK, but it is out of print.
Smbss volume1 Smbss volume2
Super Mario Bros. Super Show
Most of the complete series was available on DVD since October 31, 2006.
Pokemon Logo
Pokémon
The Indigo League season last aired on Cartoon Network this year.

All episodes from the first two seasons were also available on DVD as of May 20, 2008, while Seasons 3–5 were out of print at the moment.

Satam dvd completeseries
Sonic the Hedgehog
Available on DVD since March 27, 2007. Volume sets were also being released.
Aosmb3 dvd
Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Available on DVD since June 26, 2007.
Barney & Friends Logo
Barney & Friends
21 episodes of the first three seasons were currently airing on PBS Kids Sprout.
Smw dvd
Super Mario World
Available on DVD since November 13, 2007.
Sonicunderground vol1 Sonicunderground vol2
Sonic Underground
All 40 episodes were available on DVD since June 17, 2008.
All That No longer airing on The N as of September 16, 2008.
Aosth dvd1 Aosth dvd2
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
The first 44 episodes were available on DVD since December 9, 2008.
SonicX
Sonic X
Currently aired on The CW4Kids as of January 3, 2009.

All episodes also made available on DVD since October 31, 2006.

Amandashow
The Amanda Show
Reruns on The N lasted from April 4 through July 31, 2009.
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Logo 1971
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Currently aired on weekend reruns on PBS Kids, with only 52 episodes available now.
Kirby: Right Back at Ya! The English dub produced by 4Kids was temporarily unavailable at the moment, but the original anime could still be viewed in Japan via the Wii no Ma.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2009 Blu-ray Horton Hears a Who! Blu-ray (2009)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Horton Hears a Who!
Available on DVD since November 21, 2006 and on Blu-ray Disc since October 6, 2009.
Mlp twinklewishadventure
My Little Pony: Twinkle Wish Adventure
Available on DVD since October 13, 2009.

All other Generation 3 specials were out of print for a while due to all distribution rights having been sold to Shout! Factory.

Music
Disneysgreatest vol1
Disney's Greatest Vol. 1
Disneysgreatest vol2
Disney's Greatest Vol. 2
Disneysgreatest vol3
Disney's Greatest Vol. 3
Kidsongs cd
My Favorite Kidsongs Collection
Kidsongs1990
Kidsongs
As of early 2010, all 24 music video shows were available on DVD, along with 15 episodes of the TV Show -- three from 1994, two from 1995, and 10 from 1997.
Video Games
Sonic the Hedgehog CD
Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble
Sonic Drift 2
Sonic R
Sonic Shuffle
Some classic Sonic games, including these titles, were currently out of print.
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Diddy Kong Racing
Mario Party
Mario Party 3
Donkey Kong 64
These games were never released on the Wii Shop Channel.

Diddy Kong Racing contained characters that were owned by Microsoft since September 24, 2002, while the Mario Party games had control stick-spinning minigames, and Donkey Kong 64 contained the same game-breaking bug from 1999.

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island's reason was unknown.

Super Mario Land
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.
Super Mario Advance
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.
Luigi's Mansion
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 out of print. However, they were still backwards compatible with the Wii, with a GameCube controller and memory card required.
Supermario64ds
Super Mario 64 DS
Available for the Nintendo DS since November 21, 2004.
Kirbycanvascurse
Kirby Canvas Curse
Available for the Nintendo DS since June 13, 2005.
Mariokartds
Mario Kart DS
Available for the Nintendo DS since November 14, 2005.
Sonicrush
Sonic Rush
Available for the Nintendo DS since November 15, 2005.
Mario&luigi2
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Available for the Nintendo DS since November 28, 2005.
Superprincesspeach
Super Princess Peach
Available for the Nintendo DS since February 27, 2006.
Newsupermariobros
New Super Mario Bros.
Available for the Nintendo DS since May 15, 2006.
Yoshi's Island DS
Yoshi's Island DS
Available for the Nintendo DS since November 13, 2006.
Kirbysqueaksquad
Kirby Squeak Squad
Available for the Nintendo DS since December 4, 2006.
Sonicandthesecretrings
Sonic and the Secret Rings
Available for the Wii since February 20, 2007.
Superpapermario
Super Paper Mario
Available for the Wii since April 9, 2007.
Marioparty8
Mario Party 8
Available for the Wii since May 29, 2007.
Sonic Rush Adventure
Sonic Rush Adventure
Available for the Nintendo DS since September 18, 2007.
Supermariogalaxy
Super Mario Galaxy
Available for the Wii since November 12, 2007.
MariopartyDS
Mario Party DS
Available for the Nintendo DS since November 19, 2007.
Sonicriders2
Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity
Available for the Wii since January 8, 2008.
Mariokartwii
Mario Kart Wii
Available for the Wii since April 27, 2008.
Kirbysuperstarultra
Kirby Super Star Ultra
Available for the Nintendo DS since September 22, 2008.
SonicChronicles
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
Available for the Nintendo DS since September 30, 2008.
SonicUnleashed
Sonic Unleashed
Available for the Wii since November 18, 2008.
Sonicandtheblackknight
Sonic and the Black Knight
Available for the Wii since March 3, 2009.
Mario&Luigi3
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Available for the Nintendo DS since September 14, 2009.
NSMBWii
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Available for the Wii since November 15, 2009.
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
Super Mario Kart
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
Kirby's Dream Land 3
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
Super Smash Bros.
These Nintendo 64 games were currently available for purchase via the Wii Shop Channel.
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic Chaos (Master System)
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 2010:

Denomination Amount printed Notes
$1-K (2011)
$1
1,856,000,000 1,139,200,000 as Series 2006 notes;
716,800,000 as Series 2009 notes.
$5-J (2008)
$5
352,000,000 All as Series 2006 notes.
$20-H (2013)
$20
2,265,600,000 1,043,200,000 as Series 2006 notes;
1,222,400,000 as Series 2009 notes.
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$100
1,907,200,000 854,400,000 as Series 2006 notes;
1,052,800,000 as Series 2009 notes.

The following was in circulation by year's end:

Denomination Estimate total Notes
$1-H (2009)
$1
About 9.7 billion Everything printed since July 2007 was still in circulation, a majority of them as Series 2006 notes.
$2-A (2006)
$2
About 900 million They were usually Series 2003 notes if from Minneapolis, Series 1995 notes if from Atlanta, and Series 2003A if from anywhere else.
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$5
About 2.3 billion Everything printed since May 2007 was still in circulation, almost all of them as Series 2006 notes.
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$10
About 1.66 billion Everything printed since November 2007 was still in circulation, a majority of them as Series 2006 notes.
$20-E (2009)
$20
About 6.53 billion Everything printed since December 2005 was still in circulation, mostly comprising of Series 2004A and 2006 notes.
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$50
Less than 1.34 billion Everything printed since December 2003 was still in circulation. This included all of the Series 2004 and 2004A notes ever printed.
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$100
Less than 7.05 billion Everything printed since January 2003 was still in circulation. This included all of the Series 2003A and 2006 notes ever printed.

Events in 2010

January 1 The worldwide market share for Windows XP now stood at under 68%, about three times more than Windows Vista. However, usage of Windows 7 was still surging.
January 5 Cloudywithachanceofmeatballs bluray

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD.

February 15 Sonic & Knuckles was released on the Wii Shop Channel.
February 23 Sonic&segaallstarsracing

Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing was released for the Wii.

March 2 Ponyo Blu-ray Castle in the Sky 2010 DVD My Neighbor Totoro 2010 DVD Kiki's Delivery Service 2010 DVD

Ponyo was released on Blu-ray Disc and Region 1 DVD in North America.

Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service were also re-released on DVD.

Sonic Classic Collection (DS)

The Nintendo DS counterpart of Sonic Jam, titled "Sonic Classic Collection", was released.

March 16 The Wizard of Oz 2010 Blu-ray Princessandthefrog bluray

Warner Home Video released a more affordable Blu-ray Disc of The Wizard of Oz.

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released The Princess and the Frog on Blu-ray Disc and DVD.

Aosth dvd3

The remaining 23 episodes of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog were released on DVD.

March 23 Toystory bluray Toystory2 bluray

Toy Story and Toy Story 2 were released on Blu-ray Disc for the first time.

March 30 Aliceinwonderland 2010

Alice in Wonderland was re-released on DVD as a Special Un-anniversary Edition.

May 17 Kirby Super Star was released on the Wii Shop Channel. This was the last eligible Kirby game to appear on the service.
May 21 Shrek4 2

Shrek Forever After premiered in theaters.

May 23 Supermariogalaxy2

Super Mario Galaxy 2 was released for the Wii.

June 15 To start off the third generation of the Kirby franchise, Kirby's Epic Yarn was unveiled at E3 2010.
June 18 Toystory3

Toy Story 3 premiered in theaters.

June 24 Apple introduced the iPhone 4, which came with iOS 4 by default.
July 9 Despicableme

Despicable Me premiered in theaters.

July 13 Windows-7-logo

Support for Windows 2000 and Windows XP Service Pack 2 ended, resulting in Windows XP SP3 to now be the oldest release still supported. Even so, its market share was still at a high number of 60%, three times more than both Windows Vista and 7, the latter now having more users for the first time.

July 14 Nausicaa Japan Blu-ray

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind was released on Blu-ray Disc in Japan. This film was still only available on DVD in North America.

September 1 ITunes logo 2010

Apple introduced iTunes 10.

September 13 2010title Wheel of Fortune 2010 Title Card

The 27th season of Jeopardy! and the 28th season of Wheel of Fortune began on local syndication.

October 5 Beautyandthebeast bluray

Beauty and the Beast was released on Blu-ray Disc as the next Diamond Edition title. Attached to this Blu-ray Disc were trailers for Dumbo's 70th anniversary and the next two Diamond Edition titles, Bambi and The Lion King.

October 10 Title01.wmv 000096250

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic premiered on the Hub Network, which also launched that same day.

October 17 Kirbysepicyarn

Kirby's Epic Yarn was released for the Wii.

October 21 Super Mario All-Stars: 25th Anniversary Edition was released in Japan for the Wii.
November 2 Toystory3 bluray

Toy Story 3 also released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD. Included with Toy Story 3 was a teaser trailer for Cars 2.

November 4 Sonicfreeriders

Sonic Free Riders was released for the Xbox 360.

November 14 As of this date, 100 episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, including 20 from the old series, were released on Amazon Video on Demand.
November 19 Harrypotter7 filmposter

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 premiered in theaters.

November 24 Tangled

Tangled premiered in theaters.

December 7 Shrek4 bluray

Shrek Forever After was released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD.

December 12 Supermarioallstars wii

Super Mario All-Stars: 25th Anniversary Edition was released for the Wii in North America.

December 14 Despicableme bluray

Despicable Me was released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD.

December 20 Mario Party 2 was released on the Wii Shop Channel. It was the last classic video game to be released on the service.
December 22 Castle in the Sky Japanese Blu-ray My Neighbors the Yamadas Japanese Blu-ray

Castle in the Sky and My Neighbors, the Yamadas were released on Blu-ray Disc in Japan. Both films were still only available on DVD in North America.

December 24 The last episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic to premiere this year was "Winter Wrap Up".
December 31 By year's end, Windows 7's market share had surged to 30%.
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