History ThreeShorts / WesternAnimation

* ''WesternAnimation/WordGirl'' uses an interesting format compared to most PBS Kids shows, it uses ABABCDE, A being 11 minute episodes of Word Girl, B being the game show segment "May I Have a Word" told in two parts at the end of each episode, C is "What's Your Favorite Word" D would usually be a one off segment either focusing on one of the villains or shows a deep look into the gadgetry Word Girl uses, and E would be a pantomime sketch featuring Captain Huggy Face acting out a word.

* ''WesternAnimation/WordGirl'' uses an interesting format compared to most PBS Kids shows, it uses ABABCDE, A being 11 minute episodes of WordGirl, B being the game show segment "May I Have a Word" told in two parts at the end of each episode, C is "What's Your Favorite Word" D would usually be a one off segment either focusing on one of the villains or shows a deep look into the gadgetry Wordgirl uses, and E would be a pantomime sketch featuring Captain HuggyFace acting out a word.

** The original ''WesternAnimation/{{Birdman}}'' ran ABA with ''WesternAnimation/TheGalaxyTrio'' as the B.

** ''WesternAnimation/MagillaGorilla'' featured Magilla as A. ''WesternAnimation/RicochetRabbitAndDroopALongCoyote'' was the B. ''WesternAnimation/PunkinPussAndMushmouse'' was the C. When the show moved to ABC mid-season into the 1965-66 season, B became ''WesternAnimation/BreezlyAndSneezly'' ''Ricochet Rabbit & Droop A Long'' moved to ''The Peter Potamus Show'', which also did a ChannelHop from syndication to ABC.

** ''The WesternAnimation/PeterPotamus Show'' followed the ABC pattern with Peter as A, ''Breezly & Sneezly'' as B, and ''Yippey, Yappey & Yahooey'' as C. When the show moved to ABC mid-season into the 1965-66 season, B became ''Ricochet Rabbit & Droop A Long''. ''Breezly & Sneezly'' moved to ''WesternAnimation/MagillaGorilla'', which also did a ChannelHop from syndication to ABC.

** [[WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020 The revival]] uses the ABA format, with the A being Warner siblings segments and the B usually being ''Pinky and the Brain''.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'' used Two Shorts, excepting a few 22-minute segments and "Escape from Cluster Prime", which ran for 44 minutes.

** In some of the newer episodes, "A Word from Us Kids" was replaced by "Postcards from You!".

** ''WesternAnimation/MagillaGorilla'' featured Magilla as A. ''WesternAnimation/RicochetRabbitAndDroopALongCoyote'' was the B. ''WesternAnimation/PunkinPussAndMushmouse'' was the C. When the show moved to ABC mid-season into the 1965-66 season, B became ''Breezly & Sneezly.'' ''Ricochet Rabbit & Droop A Long'' moved to ''The Peter Potamus Show'', which also did a ChannelHop from syndication to ABC.

** ''The Peter Potamus Show'' followed the ABC pattern with Peter as A, ''Breezly & Sneezly'' as B, and ''Yippey, Yappey & Yahooey'' as C. When the show moved to ABC mid-season into the 1965-66 season, B became ''Ricochet Rabbit & Droop A Long''. ''Breezly & Sneezly'' moved to ''WesternAnimation/MagillaGorilla'', which also did a ChannelHop from syndication to ABC.

* For ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' while most of the episodes would have one long story broken in half with a Silly Song, many of the episodes followed an ABC format, with two different stories pertaining to the theme of the show being the A and C with a Silly Song shown in-between as the B, often times with titles like Minnesota Cuke or Sumo of the Opera, the eponymous segment is often shown at the end of the show.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther''. [=ABA=], with the B being either a short with ''WesternAnimation/TheInspector'', or a less well-known Creator/DePatieFrelengEnterprises cartoon like ''WesternAnimation/TheAntAndTheAardvark'' or ''WesternAnimation/{{Misterjaw}}''.

* ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' has a ABCDA format. The "Rocky" segments take up the beginning and the end; the B is either "Fractured Fairy Tales" or "Aesop and Son"; C (the shortest segment) is "Bullwinkle's Corner" or "Mister Know-it-all" or a Fan Club meeting; D is "Peabody's Improbable History" or "WesternAnimation/DudleyDoRight".

* ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn'' mostly uses two shorts, but there are some episodes (like "Ziterella" and "The Environmentals") where it's just one episode.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther''. [=ABA=], with the B being either a short with ''WesternAnimation/TheInspector'', or a less well-known Creator/DePatieFrelengEnterprises cartoon like ''WesternAnimation/TheAntAndTheAardvark'' or ''{{Misterjaw}}''.

** ''WesternAnimation/IHeartArlo''

* ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'' but only when shown in the US. When Nickelodeon began airing episodes of the show they removed the elements of serialization with the cliffhangers and recaps and had a five part story air as one big block,running shy of 19 minutes. To fill up time episodes of Bananaman were used to round out the program. In the UK Danger Mouse airs on its own one episode a week.

* The first season of ''WesternAnimation/{{Toonsylvania}}'' had an ABCD format. A was ''Frankenstein'', B was either ''Night of the Living Fred'' or a B-horror movie parody, C was ''Igor's Science Minute'' and D was ''Melissa Screetch's Morbid Morals''The second season would ditch this format and would instead be a bit more like a horror themed Animaniacs with a more loose format of sketches, songs and cartoons of varying lengths.

* The first season of ''WesternAnimation/{{Toonsylvania}}'' had an ABCD format. A was ''Frankenstein'', B was either ''Night of the Living Fred'' or a B-horror movie parody, C was ''Igor's Science Minute'' and D was ''Melissa Screetch's Morbid Morals''The second season would ditch this format and would instead be a bit more like a horror themed ''WesternAnimation/Animaniacs'' with a more loose format of sketches, songs and cartoons of varying lengths.

* The first season of ''WesternAnimation/{{Toonsylvania}}'' had an ABCD format. A was ''Frankenstein'', B was either ''Night of the Living Fred'' or a B-horror movie parody, C was ''Igor's Science Minute'' and D was ''Melissa Screetch's Morbid Morals''.

** Often times when Micro Ventures was shown the format would always have The Three Musketeers as the A, Danger Island as the B, and Micro Ventures as the C.

* Every episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheMrMenShow'', would be centered around a theme, (such as art,food, transporation etc) and within each ten minute episode, three sketches revolving around the theme would be shown, often with music videos and black out gags shown inbetween.

** ''WesternAnimation/BeatBugs''

* ''WesternAnimation/MashaAndTheBear'' uses a three shorts format on Netflix.

* A majority of animated series on ''Creator/{{Netflix}}'' used this format:

** ''WesternAnimation/TrollsTheBeatGoesOn'' and its ''Creator/{{Amazon}}'' successor, ''WesternAnimation/TrollsTrollstopia''.

** ''WesternAnimation/WereLalaLoopsy''