Bardel Entertainment is a Canadian animation studio established in 1987 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The company was purchased by fellow animation studio Rainbow SpA in 2015.
Shows and films worked on by Bardel:
- 44 Cats
- Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (storyboards for several episodes)
- All Hail King Julien
- Anastasia
- Angry Birds Blues
- Battletoads 2020 (special thanks)
- Bébé's Kids (with Wang Film Productions, Tony Collingwood Productions and Character Builders)
- Bob's Burgers (season 1 only, replaced by Yeson Entertainment)
- Bruno the Kid
- The Buzz on Maggie (17 episodes)List
- Cartoon Sushi (2 shorts)List
- Chaotic (season 1 only, replaced by Dong Woo starting with season 2)
- Dawn of the Croods (3 episodes)List
- DC Super Hero Girls (bumpers)
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2021 movie)
- Dinotrux (with Technicolor Animation India)
- Dog City (season 2)
- The Dragon Prince
- Dragons: Fire & Ice
- Dragons II: The Metal Ages
- Edgar & Ellen (with Studio B Productions)
- Eight Crazy Nights (with Warner Bros. Animation, A. Film, Yowza! Animation, Tama Productions, Spaff Animation, Anvil Animation, Time Lapse Studios, Golden Bell, Marina Motion Animation and Y.R. Studio)
- El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera (1 episode)List
- Fanboy and Chum Chum (season 2)
- Fievel's American Tails (with Wang Film)
- Fish Police
- Flash Gordon (1996) (storyboards and sheet direction)
- Flying Rhino Junior High
- gen:LOCK (season 2)
- George and Martha (with Hong Guang Animation and Studio B Productions) (season 2)
- HarmonQuest
- Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (additional animation services)
- Happily N'Ever After (with Mr. X, Nitrogen, Polygon Pictures, The LaB Sydney, Elliott Animation and Quadriga FX)
- The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild
- Itsy Bitsy Spider
- Ivanhoe: The King's Knight
- Joseph: King of Dreams (Lead Animation Production studio* ; film with Wang Film, Fil-Cartoons, Tama, Starburst Animation, New Vision International, Character Builders, Heart of Texas, Spaff Animation, Canuck Creations, Golden Bell, Wild Horse Animation Group, Blue Sunflower, Red Rover Studios, Big Fish Animation, Hits for Less and Ray Pang Effects)
- Jumanji: The Animated Series
- Mack & Moxy
- The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo
- The Magic School Bus (with Hanho Heung-Up)
- Marsupilami (2000) (storyboards)
- Monsters vs. Aliens (2013)
- Mother Up
- ¡Mucha Lucha! (32 episodes)List
- ¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico
- Neighbors from Hell
- The Nutcracker Prince (with Hinton Animation Studios)
- Once Upon a Forest
- The Oz Kids (storyboards)
- Pearlie
- The Pink Panther (1993 series; additional pre-production materials; with A. Film, Jaime Diaz Productions, Phoenix Animation Studios, Milímetros, Funbag Animation and NOA Animation)
- Planet Sheen (taking over from C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures)
- The Prince of Egypt (with Fox Animation Studios and Heart of Texas Productions)
- Project G.e.e.K.e.R.
- The Prophet
- The Raccoons (1 episode)List
- Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty
- The Ren & Stimpy Show (ink & paint) (1 episode)List
- Rick and Morty (with assistance from Snipple Animation, Morph Animation, Feitong Cartoon, Cyber Chicken, Tycoon Animation, 171 Animation Avenue, Inc., Magic N' Colors Inc. and Xentrix Studios)
- The Road to El Dorado (with Stardust Pictures)
- Rover Dangerfield (with Bon Art, The Baer Animation Company, Cartoons International, Character Builders, Rhythm & Hues, Hanho, Sullivan Bluth Studios and Wang Film)
- Rugrats (storyboards for a few episodes in season 4)
- Rudolph's Lessons for Life (with Karen Johnson Productions, Rainbow Animation Group and Film Factory Inc.)
- Savage Dragon (storyboards)
- Seven Little Monsters (with Hong Ying)
- Silverwing
- The Simpsons (couch gag for the season 26 finale)
- Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (with Stardust Pictures and Spaff Animation)
- Solar Opposites
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast (original pitch trailer)
- Space Jam (with Chuck Gammage Animation, Heart of Texas, Kennedy Cartoons, Character Builders, Cinesite, Orphan Films, Uli Meyer Studios, Premier Films and Stardust Pictures)
- Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (with Stardust Pictures and Anvil Animation)
- Stickin' Around (storyboards for season 1 and animation services for season 2)
- Tales From The Cryptkeeper (ABC seasons with Wang Film)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) (with Technicolor, Polygon Pictures, CGCG Inc and Inspidea)
- Teen Titans Go! (with Copernicus Studios, Snipple Animation, Tonic DNA, Yowza! and Top Draw)
- VeggieTales in the House
- Viva Piñata
- Where My Dogs At
- Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!
- Zeke's Pad
Tropes associated with Bardel:
- All-CGI Cartoon: Viva Piñata, Planet Sheen, VeggieTales In The House, Ninja Turtles, most of their works for DreamWorks Animation.
- Animation Bump: Any feature film work
- Limited Animation: Oddly averted in Happily N'Ever After, played straight in Harvey Birdman
- Production Posse: DreamWorks Animation not just used them for their hand-drawn movies, they also use them to animate many of its television productions.
- Vanity Plate: The first one is a black background with a white and purple box with the company name written in cartoony letters such as a green B with neon green zig-zags, with grey metal and maroon pieces in between, a red box with a white "a", a swirly indigo r with white polka dots, an outlined black d with a green marble in it, a swirly orange "e" and a blue and maroon lollipop stick as an "l". "Entertaiment inc." is written in mixed uppercase and lowercase letters in green slime below. The animation is simply the logo spinning. Later, the white box was removed, the marble is animated and bounces off the "l" and falls into the "d", the "b" has no metal or maroon in it and is completely green, the "r" is now a solid purple, and the "l" is blue and pink. "Entertainment inc." is written in jumbled, but normal, uppercase white letters. In both, the music is a creepy guitar/synthesizer tune.