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1	'''Kennedy Cartoons''' was an animation studio founded in UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}} by animator Glen Kennedy in 1989, with a branch in the Philippines opening in 1992 (largely for ink-and-paint/camera work). It is known among animation fans for its varying animation quality and its many OffModel moments. The studio is also known for its stretchy and bouncy character animation.
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3	Some of its Manila staff (such as Annabelle Galvez, Joseph Balderas and Ronaldo Delfino) migrated to Creator/ToonCity. After Kennedy closed, Glen founded '''One Shot Pro''', which worked on ''WesternAnimation/HozeHoundz''. Glen has since become a freelance storyboard artist, with credits including ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}''.
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5	Here's Glen Kennedy's site: [[http://www.kennedyanimationinc.yolasite.com Kennedy Animation Inc.]]
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7	Compare Creator/StarToons, which worked on some of Kennedy's cartoons.
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9	!!Kennedy Cartoons worked on the following shows:
10	* ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'' (12 episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"As the Netherworld Turns", "Eye of the Beholder", "The Game", The Lost City of the Sun", "Mission Imp Possible", "Much Abu About Something", "Night of the Living Mud", "Poor Iago", "Sandswitch", "Smolder and Wiser", "Stinkerbelle", "The Way We War" (all with the Manila branch)[[/labelnote]]
11	* ''Literature/BibiBlocksberg'' (animated adaptation)
12	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}}'' (8 episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"Out of Sight, Out of Toon", "Once in a Blue Toon", "Tune Pig", "Frame That Toon", "A Wooly Bully", "The Final Review", "Miracle at the 34th Precinct", "Fall-Apart Land" (all with the Manila branch)[[/labelnote]] (1 short)[[labelnote:List]]"Goldijitters and the Three Bobcats"[[/labelnote]]
13	* ''WesternAnimation/BritannicasTalesAroundTheWorld'' (1 short)[[labelnote:List]]"The Sun, Moon, and Talia" (with Creator/BonArt and an uncredited Creator/FilCartoons)[[/labelnote]]
14	* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' (6 episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"Darkwing Doubloon", "Dry Hard", "Jurassic Jumble", "Up, Up, and Awry", "Water Way to Go", "Whiffle While You Work" (all with Bon Art)[[/labelnote]]
15	* ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourTheAnimatedSeries'' (1 episode)[[labelnote:List]]"Mole Man" (with Creator/WangFilmProductions)[[/labelnote]] (plus the opening sequence with Encore Communications)
16	* ''WesternAnimation/IronManTheAnimatedSeries'' (storyboards for season 1)
17	* ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' (15 episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"Counterfeit Goof", "Cabana Fever", "Hot Air", "Max-imum Protection", "Cat's Entertainment", "Hallow-Weenies", "Tub Be Or Not To Be", "Lethal Goofin", "For Pete's Sake", "Educating Goofy", "Queasy Rider", "Puppy Love", "Talent to the Max", "Sherlock Goof", "Clan of the Cave Goof"[[/labelnote]] (with assistance from the Manila branch, along with Wang Film and Creator/BonArt on four episodes, plus the opening animation for the syndication airings)
18	* ''WesternAnimation/MutantLeague'' (storyboards)
19	* ''Film/SpaceJam'' (uncredited, confirmed by several animators of the Philippines unit who worked on the film)
20	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesOfDarkWater'' (uncredited; animator [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-straus-65906420 James Straus]] has mentioned working on it)
21	* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' (17 episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"The Looney Beginning", "Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow", "Gang Busters", "Buster and the Wolverine", "You Asked For It Part II", "Fields of Honey", "Inside Plucky Duck", "The ACME Bowl", "Best O' Plucky Duck Day", "Son of Looniversity Daze", "Who Bopped Bugs Bunny", "Pollution Solution", "You Asked For It Again", "How Sweetie It Is", "New Character Day" (incorrectly credited as by Wang), "High Toon"[[/labelnote]] (with assistance from Creator/FilCartoons and Wang Film) (layouts for 1 episode)[[labelnote:List]]"Fairy Tales for the '90s"[[/labelnote]]
22	* ''WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa'' (assistance for 3 segments by Creator/ToonCity; uncredited)
23	* ''WesternAnimation/WhatACartoonShow'' (1 short)[[labelnote:List]]"Tales of Worm Paranoia" (with the Manila branch and Creator/CarbunkleCartoons)[[/labelnote]]
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25	!!NOT animated by Kennedy Cartoons but similar in style:
26	* ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'' (animation by Wang Film and Cuckoo's Nest. The first season episodes featured Glen Kennedy as an animation supervisor. The episodes that are most Kennedy-esque are "A Bicycle Built For Boo", "The Sludge Monster From the Earth's Core," "Now Museum, Now You Don't", "Scooby Dude" and "Lights, Camera, Monster".)
27	* ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'': "Fake Me To Your Leader" (animation by Wang Film and Cuckoo's Nest. Glen Kennedy supervised the animation in this episode while in Taiwan.)
28	* ''ComicStrip/HagarTheHorrible: Hagar Knows Best'': (animation by Wang Film and Cuckoo's Nest. Glen Kennedy was one of the animation directors and some scenes are animated in his signature style.)
29	* ''WesternAnimation/JetsonsTheMovie'' (animation by Wang Film, Cuckoo's Nest and Fil-Cartoons. Glen Kennedy was an animator and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N86ahA6_r8 his style is unmistakable.]] (see about 31 seconds in)).
30	* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Smurfs\|1981}}'': "A Maze of Mirrors" (animation by Wang Film and Cuckoo’s Nest. The seventh and eighth season episodes featured Glen Kennedy as an animation supervisor.)
31	* ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyWorldOfTexAvery'' (the opening sequence was animated by Creator/{{Animasia}}, a Singapore-based studio where Glen Kennedy was a staff member.)
32	* ''WesternAnimation/YogisTreasureHunt'': "Goodbye, Mr. Chump" (animation by Wang Film and Cuckoo's Nest. Glen Kennedy supervised the animation in this episode.)
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34	!!as One Shot Pro:
35	* ''WesternAnimation/HozeHoundz'' (seasons 2-5, with Creator/DQEntertainment, Sriven Multi-Tech and Creator/PiPAnimationServices)
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38	!!Tropes found in Kennedy Cartoons' work:
39	* AnimationBump: Certain animators from the studio (such as Glen Kennedy) went above and beyond by producing full animation for their sequences. For a TV production, this was (and still is) rare, especially from a domestic studio.
40	** Say what you will about the character designs, but when it comes to the amount of drawings, the first few minutes of "Fields of Honey" are exceptional. The same is true for the first short in "Best O' Plucky Duck Day".
41	** Generally people will agree that the best animated sequences were done by Creator/JonMcclenahan (who would later found the animation studio [=StarToons=]) and John Williamson.
42	* ArtEvolution: When the studio began, Glen Kennedy's bouncy style heavily influenced many of the animators, but his visual influence became less and less evident with each passing Disney show, to the point that his style is barely present in ''Aladdin''.
43	* DeclarativeFinger: Characters animated by Kennedy often have a tendency to do this as they speak.
44	* DependingOnTheArtist: And ''how''. One of the major differences between Kennedy and other studios is how easy it is to differentiate between different animation styles during an episode. Opinions differ on whether this is a good thing; proponents like that an individual's thumbprint is still seen in the final animation because it gives the work a more personal touch, while opponents consider this is a sloppy practice because to them, if the designs/animation style aren't 100% uniform throughout the episode, it's considered OffModel.
45	* DerangedAnimation: Some scenes Kennedy animated for ''TTA'' that usually lasted for a split second or two.
46	** David Feiss animated on a few of the early Kennedy episodes (most notably in "Buster and the Wolverine" and "You Asked For It Part II"), and his scenes stick out quite a bit, looking somewhat similar to ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken''.
47	* EverybodyDoTheEndlessLoop: In the Tiny Toons work, sometimes characters would do a rather nutty dance move reminiscent of Kennedy's earlier work on ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'', and on occasion, characters may break out into dance ''for no reason'' (such as in "Buster and the Wolverine"). This practice was quickly nixed after the first few KC episodes, though. This did still pop up in some of their later work, including the can-can scenes in the ''Goof Troop'' episode "Cat's Entertainment" (though they also did the DancingTheme opening for the Syndication run, this trope isn't as blatant there) and during Johnny's rap in the ''Fantastic Four'' episode "Mole Man".
48	* SignatureStyle: As far as Glen Kennedy is concerned, bouncy and stretchy characters, mouths that are frequently in the "o" position, shuffling feet, and many oft-repeated sight gags (such as characters stretching to absurd lengths before zipping off-screen). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXuIEMpM1e8 This YTP encapsulates many of those traits.]]
49	** David Feiss would animate his scenes in an angular, almost [[DerangedAnimation deranged]] quality. This is especially noticeable on Plucky, whose beak seems to change often.
50	* ThickLineAnimation: Most pronounced in the ''Tiny Toon'' episodes "Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow" and "Buster and the Wolverine".
51	* WildTake: Glen Kennedy could do some really crazy and off-the-wall wild takes that would've done Creator/TexAvery and Creator/BobClampett proud. This is mostly prominent in ''A Pup Named Scooby-Doo'' and their earlier ''Tiny Toons'' work.

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