FIVE Pinoy kids--all of them residents of Metro Manila--have won Cartoon Network's "Get Tooned Too" loyalty program and will star alongside each other in an animated short. These kids have been awarded the ultimate grand prize of seeing themselves as a cartoon star on their favorite network.

A specially assembled crew from Cartoon Network was in Manila on July 8-9 to shoot live action video clips of the winners at a local studio. Winners Kara Bodegon, Zachary Balthazar Datu, Mark Norbert Guiab, Aileen Grace Sotyco and Miguel Uy became Switch, Mr. Big, Spex, Lightning and Racer or collectively as Flash Force created by the Network.

The five kids were assembled by Cartoon Network at a professional studio with a full-sized blue screen Chroma background. One at a time, each kid was asked to act out their respective animated character's movements. The footage later served as guide for Cartoon Network animators in creating the 90-second animated short.

A Hollywood-style "The Making of . . ." interview followed after the shoot where the kids were asked their thoughts about the shoot and what they feel as future cartoon stars. At the end of the shoot, the production crew and Cartoon Network's Flash Force Five and their parents celebrated with a wrap-up party where Dexter and Dee Dee of Cartoon Network's "Dexter's Laboratory" were on hand to give the kids exclusive Cartoon Network gifts.