* ArchivePanic: Terrytoons made some of the most prolific output of all the Golden Age studios. To start, they made 489 sound theatrical cartoons, which doesn't seem so insurmountable on its own--but then add all 673 of their made-for-TV cartoons, and that number balloons to something that puts even the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' filmography to shame--''1,162'' shorts.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Another hallmark of many a Terrytoon was either their catchy saxophone heavy scores, or, more famously, their many Operetta episodes. Shorts like "Gypsy Life", "Carmen's Veranda" and "The Butcher of Seville" have wonderful singers and memorable songs!
* CriticProof: The cartoons were critically panned, but the studio still managed to outlast its competition (save for Creator/WalterLantz Productions) and has a cartoon library that put ''Looney Tunes'' to shame.
* CultClassic: Despite being disparaged by critics, staying off TV for decades, and having little to no exposure on home video, the cartoons are still surprisingly popular among vintage cartoon fans, and the internet making it much easier to see many of the studio's cartoons has only made them more popular in recent years.
* FriendlyFandoms: There is a considerable amount of overlap between fans of Terrytoons and fans of Creator/VanBeurenStudios, to the extent that an entire Facebook group is equally dedicated to both studios. The fact that Paul Terry had involvement in both studios is probably a big reason why.
* GrowingTheBeard: The cartoons greatly benefited from an animation and color upgrade from the late 30's and onward, as well as finding some new star series like WesternAnimation/MightyMouse, Gandy Goose and Sourpuss and WesternAnimation/HeckleAndJeckle and going in a [[DenserAndWackier more wacky, humorous direction than before]]. And then they got animator Jim Tyer on board, which combined with the talents of other animators like Connie Rasinski and Carlo Vinci turned the studio in a distinct name in the industry. Many animation fans agree that the cartoons also improved drastically after Creator/GeneDeitch took over the studio in the late fifties and changed everything (new design style, new characters, brought new artists, etc.), a few even critically acclaimed. Alas he was fired after 2 years and the studio reverted to its old ways, albeit with new characters.
%%* MemeticMutation: [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/somebody-toucha-my-spaghet SOMEBODY TOUCHA MY SPAGHETT!!!]]
* NeverLiveItDown: The studio will probably never live down its modest reputation as being considered one of the weaker studios of the Golden Age of Cartoons, not helped by Paul Terry's blunt attitude about the studio being "The Woolworth's of animation". This, combined with limited exposure of the films and critical thrashing of the past, have caused this reputation to become much more exaggerated now than it was even in its day--it is important to note that, while Terrytoons ''did'' have strict deadlines for their cartoons and weren't able to polish their animation, their output was considered far from unwatchable--the studio created a staggering amount of characters, and the studio was popular enough to last longer than most of the other cartoon studios of its time, which had died out before Terrytoons was finally forced to close shop in 1969, on account of theatrical cartoons becoming completely unprofitable (and even then, the characters lived on for decades via tv reruns, being popular enough to spawn three different revivals of their characters). Their animation, while having a tendency to be rushed and suffer from helter-skelter inking and inbetweening, was surprisingly smooth and inventive, and above all else, humorous and lively, particularly when artists like Jim Tyer, Carlo Vinci, and Bill Tytla were on hand. Also of note is the truly ''beautiful'' background art and color styling of the cartoons, which is easily as great as the work of any of the other cartoon studios (this is especially obvious once the cartoons upgraded to color).
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: In ''Landing of the Pilgrims'', a pilgrim spares a Thanksgiving turkey's life because of a presidential proclamation that Thanksgiving was last week. Then the narrator says, "And to this day, dear children, no one knows just when to celebrate Thanksgiving." This dates the short to the three-year period when Franklin Roosevelt wanted Thanksgiving to be a week earlier and only half the states agreed to change the date.
* WatchItForTheMeme: Thanks to the "SOMEBODY TOUCHA MY SPAGHETT!" meme, ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeBears'' short from 1939 gained popularity in TheNewTens.
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