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{{Short description|American animated television series}}
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| creator = Owen Dennis
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| company = [[Cartoon Network Studios]]
| network = [[Cartoon Network]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|2019|8|5}}
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| network2 = [[HBO Max]]
| first_aired2 = {{Start date|2020|8|13}}
| last_aired2 = {{End date|2021|4|15}}
| list_episodes = List of Infinity Train episodes
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'''''Infinity Train''''' is an American [[
The [[Television pilot|pilot]] for the series was released by [[Cartoon Network]] on November 1, 2016, before being picked-up for a full [[miniseries]] due to positive reception, which premiered on Cartoon Network on August 5, 2019. After the conclusion of the first season, Cartoon Network announced that the series would continue as an [[anthology series]].<ref name="nexttime" /><ref>{{cite tweet |author=Owen Dennis |user=OweeeeenDennis |number=1198640615715565568 |date=24 November 2019 |title=#infinitytrain is an animated anthology series, all set in the same universe, with different protagonists for different stories. The first story is called Infinity Train: Book One - The Perennial Child. The second story is called Infinity Train: Book Two - Cracked Reflection. }}</ref> The second season debuted on Cartoon Network on January 6, 2020. The third season began airing on [[HBO Max]] on August 13, 2020, with ten episodes airing across three weeks,<ref>{{cite web |title=HBO Max Highlights - August 2020 |url=https://pressroom.warnermediagroup.com/gb/media-release/hbo-max-highlights-august-2020 |website=Warner Media |access-date=21 July 2020 |archive-date=July 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721011534/https://pressroom.warnermediagroup.com/gb/media-release/hbo-max-highlights-august-2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the fourth season was released in its entirety on April 15, 2021.<ref name="Book 4 Polygon" /><ref name="FinalSeason">{{cite magazine|title=Infinity Train hits the end of the line with first trailer for fourth and final season|url=https://ew.com/tv/infinity-train-season-4-trailer/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=11 March 2021}}</ref>▼
The series is set on a gigantic, mysterious and seemingly endless train traveling through a barren landscape, whose cars contain a variety of bizarre, fantastical, and impossible environments. Passengers on the train proceed from car to car by completing challenges which help them resolve their psychological trauma and emotional issues. Every season of ''Infinity Train'' (referred to as a "Book", each with its own separate subtitle) follows its own storyline and set of characters, although some characters appear across multiple seasons.
▲The [[Television pilot|pilot]] for the series was released by [[Cartoon Network]] on November 1, 2016, before being picked-up for a full [[miniseries]] due to positive reception, which premiered on Cartoon Network on August 5, 2019. After the conclusion of the first season, Cartoon Network announced that the series would continue as an [[anthology series]].<ref name="nexttime" /><ref>{{cite tweet |author=Owen Dennis |user=OweeeeenDennis |number=1198640615715565568 |date=24 November 2019 |title=#infinitytrain is an animated anthology series, all set in the same universe, with different protagonists for different stories. The first story is called Infinity Train: Book One - The Perennial Child. The second story is called Infinity Train: Book Two - Cracked Reflection. }}</ref> The second season debuted on Cartoon Network on January 6, 2020. The third season began airing on [[HBO Max]] on August 13, 2020, with ten episodes airing across three weeks,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/cartoon-networks-infinity-train-will-stream-its-th/1100-6479373 |title=Cartoon Network's Infinity Train Will Stream Its Third Season Exclusively On HBO Max |last=Smith |first=Suzette |date=July 6, 2020 |access-date=2020-07-06 |website=GameSpot |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727012506/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/cartoon-networks-infinity-train-will-stream-its-th/1100-6479373/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=HBO Max Highlights - August 2020 |url=https://pressroom.warnermediagroup.com/gb/media-release/hbo-max-highlights-august-2020 |website=Warner Media |access-date=21 July 2020 |archive-date=July 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721011534/https://pressroom.warnermediagroup.com/gb/media-release/hbo-max-highlights-august-2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the fourth season was released in its entirety on April 15, 2021.<ref name="Book 4 Polygon" /><ref name="FinalSeason">{{cite magazine|title=Infinity Train hits the end of the line with first trailer for fourth and final season|url=https://ew.com/tv/infinity-train-season-4-trailer/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=11 March 2021}}</ref>
All four seasons of ''Infinity Train'' have received critical acclaim for their complex themes and characters, writing, uniqueness, visual animation style, and voice acting. In August 2020, Dennis stated that, although he wanted to continue the series for a total of eight seasons, most of the crew had been laid off and the series was at risk of not being renewed for a fifth season; Dennis suggested that HBO Max might be concerned that the series' stories and themes were too dark and unappealing to children.<ref name="GizmodoFutureJeopardy" /><ref name="HITCRenewalS4" /><ref name="PolygonShowsPotential" /> Promotional material for the fourth season refers to it as the final season of ''Infinity Train''.<ref name="Book 4 WM PR">{{Cite press release|date=February 17, 2021|title=WarnerMedia Expands Kids & Family Offerings on Cartoon Network and HBO Max Under New Tagline Redraw Your World|url=https://pressroom.warnermedia.com/us/media-release/warnermedia-expands-kids-family-offerings-cartoon-network-and-hbo-max-under-new?language_content_entity=en&fb|url-status=live|access-date=February 17, 2021|website=|publisher=[[WarnerMedia]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217181729/https://pressroom.warnermedia.com/us/media-release/warnermedia-expands-kids-family-offerings-cartoon-network-and-hbo-max-under-new?language_content_entity=en|archive-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref> In August 2022, the series was removed from HBO Max;
==Synopsis==
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* One-One is a spherical robot consisting of two separate hemisphere-shaped robots, formerly collectively known simply as One. In ''Book 1'', One-One accompanies Tulip on her journey, and eventually learns that it is the rightful Conductor of the train. At the end of ''Book 1'', One-One resumes its duties as Conductor, overseeing the operations of the train and passengers. Throughout the background of ''Book 4'', set in 1986, One bonds with Amelia, loosening restrictions on the passengers, before she usurps his position as the Conductor.
** Glad-One (Jeremy Crutchley) is the exuberant and optimistic part of One-One.
** Sad-One ([[Owen Dennis]]) is the morose and pessimistic part of One-One.
* Atticus ([[Ernie Hudson]]) is a talking [[Welsh Corgi|Corgi]] and the king of Corginia, one of the train cars. He accompanies Tulip on her journey.
Guest voices for Book One include [[Matthew Rhys]] and [[Ron Funches]].
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==Production history==
===Conception and influences===
Prior to creating ''Infinity Train'', Owen Dennis worked as a storyboard artist on ''[[Regular Show]].'' Dennis conceived ''Infinity Train'' in 2010, originally as a film. He was inspired by "the feeling of waking up in an unsettling space" which he felt while on a return flight to the U.S. from China. Claiming when he had "woken up. I looked around, and there were a bunch of people staring into screens in the dark in this quiet room. I thought this was kind of creepy. And it sort of started from there."<ref name="'Infinity Train' tackles issues">{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2019-08-08/infinity-train-owen-dennis | title='Infinity Train' tackles issues many kids shows avoid. The creator is proud of that | author=Tracy Brown | date=August 8, 2019 | newspaper=LA Times | quote=It’s a kids’ mystery-horror-comedy-science-fiction show,” Dennis told The Times. | access-date=August 31, 2020 | archive-date=January 12, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112071213/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2019-08-08/infinity-train-owen-dennis | url-status=live }}</ref> Like protagonist Tulip, Dennis created video games as an amateur in his teens, including [[point-and-click adventure game]]s and [[mod (video gaming)|mod]]s for titles such as ''[[Half-Life 2]]'' and ''[[Unreal Tournament 2004]]''. He has stated that ''[[Myst]]'' has been one of his primary influences since he was 13, and its influence continued in ''Infinity Train''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/animated-people/animated-people-owen-dennis-infinity-train-steams-ahead/ | title=Animated People: Owen Dennis' 'Infinity Train' Steams Ahead | author=Animation Magazine | work=[[Animation Magazine]] | date=August 4, 2019 | access-date=August 5, 2019 | archive-date=March 3, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303112727/https://www.animationmagazine.net/animated-people/animated-people-owen-dennis-infinity-train-steams-ahead/ | url-status=live }}</ref> He also cites ''[[Doctor Who]]'', [[Agatha Christie]], ''[[The NeverEnding Story (film)|The NeverEnding Story]]'', ''[[The Matrix]]'', [[Philip K. Dick]], ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'', ''[[Sliders (TV series)|Sliders]]'', and "[[The Mysterious Stranger]]" segment from ''[[The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985 film)|The Adventures of Mark Twain]]'' as influences, along with novels such as ''[[Nightbirds on Nantucket]]'' and ''[[The Wolves of Willoughby Chase]]''.<ref>{{citation |quote=Doctor Who, Agatha Christie, Myst, Neverending Story, The Matrix, Phillip K Dick, Star Trek Voyager, Sliders, and a lot of books that my parents used to read to me like Nightbirds on Nantucket, Wolves of Willoughby Chase, etc. -OD" |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/InfinityTrain/comments/co6u6w/owen_and_maddie_here_ask_us_anything/ewga5ah/ |title=Owen and Maddie here – ask us anything! |website=reddit.com/r/InfinityTrain |date=Aug 9, 2019 |access-date=August 10, 2019 |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726162743/https://www.reddit.com/r/InfinityTrain/comments/co6u6w/owen_and_maddie_here_ask_us_anything/ewga5ah/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Dennis |first1=Owen |title=So today I found out that many people on my crew haven't seen this segment from the Adventures of Mark Twain, adapted from his story "The Mysterious Stranger". If you wanna know the aesthetic that is affecting Infinity Train, this is it. I've never seen a piece of media that has spoken to me and who I am as much as this does. This is just my soul. If I ever make something half as good as this, I'll die happy. |url=https://oweeeeendennis.tumblr.com/post/152830686692/unfortunately-thats-not-up-to-me-but-i-can-try |website=Tumblr |access-date=15 December 2020 |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726065655/https://oweeeeendennis.tumblr.com/post/152830686692/unfortunately-thats-not-up-to-me-but-i-can-try |url-status=
===Development===
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The pilot was first released on the Cartoon Network App and [[Video on demand|VOD]] on November 1, 2016, and released the following day on the official Cartoon Network [[YouTube]] channel. The short garnered a million views within its first month of availability and has since gained 5.2 million views as of July 2020, making it the most viewed pilot on the channel while two other originals, ''[[Welcome to My Life (pilot)|Welcome to My Life]]'' is the second most viewed pilot, and ''[[Twelve Forever]]'' (later moved to [[Netflix]]) being the third most viewed pilot.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://oweeeeendennis.tumblr.com/post/154199062042/yyyeeeeeaaaaahhhhh | title=Oh, Hey, Hello. - YYYEEEEEAAAAAHHHHH!!!! | author=Owen Dennis | date=December 8, 2016 | website=Tumblr | access-date=March 3, 2018 | archive-date=March 4, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304094100/https://oweeeeendennis.tumblr.com/post/154199062042/yyyeeeeeaaaaahhhhh | url-status=
===Full production===
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From October 18, 2019, Cartoon Network started uploading a series of ''Infinity Train'' shorts onto their app and YouTube channel called "The Train Documentaries", which focused on One-One showing off a number of cars in the train, including "The Green Car", "Tiny Wizard Car", "The Kaiju Car" and "The Tech Support Car".
A promo after the final episode of the first season confirmed the series would return.<ref name="nexttime">{{Cite AV media |title=Until Next Time {{!}} Infinity Train {{!}} Cartoon Network|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJg3RGhZxzw |access-date=2019-08-12}}</ref> On November 22, 2019, the ''Infinity Train'' website was updated with a new claw machine puzzle. Completing the puzzle leads to a trailer for Book 2. The trailer was then released officially the next day.<ref>{{cite web |author=Cartoon Network |title=Infinity Train: Book Two (Official Trailer) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9livZeXARWU |website=YouTube |date=November 23, 2019 |access-date=24 November 2019 |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729130250/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9livZeXARWU |url-status=live }}</ref>
Book Two debuted on January 6, 2020.<ref>{{cite tweet|author=Cartoon Network |user=cartoonnetwork |title=Another door will open in 2020 ♾🚃 Infinity Train Book 2: Cracked Reflection, a five night special event, starts in the U.S. on Monday January 6th at 7:30p on Cartoon Network!|number=1202271594535624705 |date=Dec 4, 2019 |access-date=4 December 2019}}</ref>
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===Removal from HBO Max===
On August 17, 2022, it was announced that ''Infinity Train'' was among 37 series being removed from HBO Max.<ref name="HBOMaxDeadline">{{cite news |last1=White |first1=Peter |date=August 17, 2022 |title='Ellen's Next Great Designer', 'The Not-Too-Late Show With Elmo' & 'My Mom, Your Dad' Among Unscripted & Animated Titles Pulled From HBO Max |work=Deadline |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/hbo-max-titles-pulled-ellens-next-great-designer-the-not-too-late-show-with-elmo-1235094987 |url-status=live |access-date=August 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928025117/https://deadline.com/2022/08/hbo-max-titles-pulled-ellens-next-great-designer-the-not-too-late-show-with-elmo-1235094987/ |archive-date=September 28, 2022}}</ref> Two days later, the series was removed from the streaming service. In addition, all references to the show were removed across Cartoon Network's [[Twitter]] and [[YouTube]] profiles, with Dennis subsequently stating on his Twitter bio that fans would have to resort to [[online piracy]] in order to watch the series.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Baker-Whitelaw |first1=Gavia |title=HBO Max pulls 20 original titles from streaming, including 'Infinity Train,' 'Summer Camp Island' |url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/hbo-max-shows-removed-animation-infinity-train/ |access-date=August 19, 2022 |work=The Daily Dot |date=August 18, 2022 |archive-date=September 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927065416/https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/hbo-max-shows-removed-animation-infinity-train/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The show's soundtrack was later removed from online platforms, though it has since been reinstated. Episodes of the show
Following its removal from HBO Max, ''Infinity Train'' trended on Twitter as fans expressed their frustration and disappointment.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://screenrant.com/infinity-train-hbo-max-removal-creator-response/amp/ | title=Infinity Train Creator Responds to Show's Removal From HBO Max | first=Ellisha | last=O'Donnell | date=August 21, 2022 | website=[[Screen Rant]] | access-date=August 22, 2022 | archive-date=August 22, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822105751/https://screenrant.com/infinity-train-hbo-max-removal-creator-response/amp/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Meanwhile, all four seasons of ''Infinity Train'' topped the kids and family sale chart on [[iTunes]] on August 20, 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cbr.com/infinity-train-itunes-charts-warner-bros-hbo-max-purge/ | title=Infinity Train Tops iTunes Charts Following Warner Bros HBO Max Purge | first=Narayan | last=Liu | date=August 20, 2022 | website=[[Comic Book Resources]] | accessdate=August 22, 2022 | archive-date=September 27, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927065415/https://www.cbr.com/infinity-train-itunes-charts-warner-bros-hbo-max-purge/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://collider.com/warner-bros-hbo-max-removals-infinity-train-owen-dennis-comments/ | title='Infinity Train' Creator Owen Dennis Calls Warner Bros. Removal of Series From HBO Max "Incredibly Unprofessional" | first=Matt | last=Villei | date=August 21, 2022 | website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] | accessdate=August 22, 2022 | archive-date=September 27, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927065415/https://collider.com/warner-bros-hbo-max-removals-infinity-train-owen-dennis-comments/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Additionally, the DVDs for ''Infinity Train'' sold out on websites such as [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], [[Walmart]], [[Target Corporation|Target]], and [[Best Buy]], while the prices of the DVDs on [[eBay]]
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