History Creator / HannaBarbera

In the late 1980s, Taft (which later renamed itself to Great American Broadcasting) faced a lot of internal and financial issues (chiefly stemming from a hostile takeover led by junk bond trader Carl Lindner). This had a major impact on the fates of Hanna-Barbera and its siblings. As a way of cutting costs, they began to look to sell off the studios. The first sale happened in 1988, when a buyout was reached for Hanna-Barbera's Australian division. That entity became the Southern Star Group and took the rights of the shows and specials produced by that sub-entity. The problems however still continued, as this lead to an exodus of 80s Hanna-Barbera staff to go help revitalize the Creator/WarnerBros Animation studio. In the early 1990s, GAB decided to put Hanna-Barbera and sister studio Ruby-Spears up for sale as well.

* ''WesternAnimation/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventures'' (season 1 only; season 2 was by Creator/DiCEntertainment)

* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' (season 2 only, season 1 was by Creator/DICEntertainment)[[note]] The franchise was later acquired by Creator/CartoonNetwork in the year 2000 before HB folded.[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheHeroicQuestOfTheValiantPrinceIvandoe'' (2017) (as Hanna-Barbera Europe from season 2 onwards)

** ''WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}}'' [[note]]H-B directed some of the theatrical shorts and would also acquire the rights to the franchise along with Tom and Jerry (which they later merged it with) in the 90s[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/WaitTillYourFatherGetsHome'' (most of season 1 was animated by its Australian division, with the rest of the series animated by a studio in Canada; "Papa in New York" and "The Neighbors" were done in-house)

** ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' (seasons 1-2)
** ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' (seasons 1-3)

** ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' (seasons 1-3)

** So has Creator/DCComics. With an already ongoing ''Scooby Doo Team Up'' comic pairing Scooby with other HB cartoons and DC heroes, it has expanded with the recent announcement of ''ComicBook/FutureQuest''- a series with Jonny Quest and Space Ghost teaming with many of the other 60s H-B heroes. All of DC's ''H-B Beyond'' titles apparently exist in the same universe.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J50cJsopS5s Most of their live-action]] [[MadeForTVMovie TV movies]] (on which Barbera was always keener than Hanna). As the name Hanna-Barbera is often associated with WesternAnimation, it can be weird to learn they did in fact attempt to branch out to include live-action material, some with animation components and some with none at all. This came ahead in the 90s when the studio formed "Bedrock Productions" to produce live-action content for TV, such as ''[[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz The Dreamer of Oz]]'' and the infamous ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LytgLZDzzAY Poochinski]]'' pilot.

* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: The studio went through this in the mid-to-late 90's during their transition into Creator/CartoonNetwork, as the channel's emphasis on creator-driven cartoons caused many of their shows to contrast heavily with the rest of the HB library in terms of [[DerangedAnimation style]] [[ArtShift and]] [[invoked]][[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs tone]].

* MerchandiseDriven: Some of their 80's shows such as ''WesternAnimation/ChallengeOfTheGobots'' and ''WesternAnimation/SkyCommanders''.

** When ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' was a brand-new show, the first season's musical soundtrack consisted of roughly half original compositions by Ted Nichols (who often filled in for Curtin from the mid-60s to the early 70s) and stock tracks written for previous H-B shows (most notably tracks from ''The Adventures of Gulliver'' and ''The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'', and a "circus acrobatics" theme from ''Wacky Races''.)
** H-B continued this practice well into the early 1990s. ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'' recycled a few music cues from the 80s ''Jetsons'' revival and ''The New Yogi Bear Show'', in addition to a whole batch of new music cues by Music/JohnDebney.

* SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism: Seen in their talking animal shows of the 1950's and early 1960's. ''WesternAnimation/HuckleberryHound'', ''WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw'', ''WesternAnimation/SecretSquirrel'' and others are firmly in the FunnyAnimal category, while ''WesternAnimation/YogiBear'' and ''WesternAnimation/MagillaGorilla'' are treated more like [[CivilizedAnimal Civilized Animals]], in spite of everyone wearing at least some clothing, being bipedal, and being able to converse with humans in English. Later {{CrossOver}} shows like ''WesternAnimation/YogisGang'' tend to put everyone firmly at the FunnyAnimal level.

* LimitedAnimation:
** Pioneered many of the techniques in creating animation on a television schedule and budget, at least with what the technology would allow at the time. Of course, as mentioned on AnimationBump, give Hanna-Barbera a budget and they would use it for all it was worth.

Hanna-Barbera pioneered the use of many LimitedAnimation techniques, such as RingAroundTheCollar, to produce cartoons on a low budget quickly enough to meet a television schedule. As a result a lot of Hanna-Barbera shows put the emphasis more on the voice acting and the writing/gags than the actual animation process itself. Although other animators who enjoyed better budgets in different circumstances, such as famed ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' veteran Creator/ChuckJones, would dismiss this approach as "Illustrated Radio", these practices allowed H-B to continue producing works and employing in times where other studios struggled, and manage to continue doing so well into the 1980s and 1990s. In 1967, the company was purchased by Ohio-based Taft Broadcasting (yes, related to [[UsefulNotes/WilliamHowardTaft that Taft]]), which also owned a bunch of regional theme parks such as King's Island in Ohio and Carowinds in North Carolina, and thus Hanna-Barbera properties became prominent at these parks, lasting for years after Taft spun them off (eventually coming under Creator/{{Paramount}} ownership, then Ride/CedarFairEntertainment; the attractions were rebranded as Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}-themed rides after Paramount merged with [[Creator/ParamountGlobal Viacom]], and then after ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' in later years after the parks for a short time came under Creator/{{CBS}} ownership just prior to Cedar Fair taking over), and when Taft acquired syndication company Worldvision Enterprises (the former Creator/{{ABC}} Films) in 1979, this meant that not only did H-B have easier access to the syndication market, but Taft television stations also had a built-in cartoon supply - this was most apparent on independent stations owned by Taft, which were free from commitments to network programming (Taft owned as many as five independent stations at once: KTXA in Dallas-Fort Worth, KTXH in Houston, WCIX in Miami, WDCA in Washington, D.C., and WTAF in Philadelphia).

** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockin%27_with_Judy_Jetson Rockin' with Judy Jetson]]''

[[caption-width-right:350:Joseph Barbera (left) and William Hanna (right) with plushes of some of their many characters and a couple of the UsefulNotes/{{Emmy Award}}s their studio won over the years.[[note]] On Barbera and Hanna's knees, respectively: [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred Flintstone and Dino the dinosaur]]. Middle, back row, L-R: WesternAnimation/WallyGator, WesternAnimation/YogiBear, WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw; front row, L-R: [[WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow Huckleberry Hound]], Franchise/TomAndJerry, WesternAnimation/TopCat.[[/note]]]]

** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Cat_and_the_Beverly_Hills_Cats Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats]]''

* ''The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe'' (2017) (as Hanna-Barbera Europe from season 2 onwards)

* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Beauty_(1978_film) Black Beauty]]''

* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_Police_(TV_series) Fish Police]]''

* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Town_Santa_Forgot The Town Santa Forgot]]''

** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogi_the_Easter_Bear Yogi the Easter Bear]]''