Prickles the Cactus was a short created by Denis Morella and produced by Curious Pictures for the Cartoon Network. The short premiered on Cartoon Cartoon Fridays on July 14, 2000 as one of ten contenders for Cartoon Network's Big Pick, the winner of which would become the next Cartoon Cartoon. The short did not win The Big Pick, and was not picked up by Cartoon Network to become a full-length series.