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With that, Paramount's involvement in theatrically released animation[[note]]their television division was involved with [[AnimatedAdaptation Animated Adaptations]] of their live-action series in the meantime[[/note]] was limited to occasional releases of movies from other studios until its acquisition by [[Creator/ParamountGlobal Viacom]] in 1994, when they started co-producing and distributing features based on or serving as pilots for Franchise/{{Nicktoons}} (and one Creator/{{MTV}} film, ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtheadDoAmerica''). This was accompanied in 2006 by a distribution pact with Creator/DreamWorksAnimation who soon [[GrowingTheBeard hit its artistic stride]] with great new animated feature films like ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' and ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' (DWA films would move their distribution to [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century Fox]] in 2013 and move again with their acquisition by Creator/{{Universal}}'s parent company in 2019; ironically, much of the Famous Studios output released between October 1950 and March 1962 was acquired by DWA in its 2012 purchase of Classic Media, the successor to Harvey Comics). Then in 2011, Paramount co-produced and distributed the Oscar winning hit, ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'', with [[Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic ILM]] handling animation duties. Soon after, Paramount Animation was launched as an imprint responsible for Nicktoon movies and other projects, with their first release being ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOutOfWater The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water]]'', a sequel to ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie''.

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With that, Paramount's involvement in theatrically released animation[[note]]their television division was involved with [[AnimatedAdaptation Animated Adaptations]] of their live-action series in the meantime[[/note]] was limited to occasional releases of movies from other studios until its acquisition by [[Creator/ParamountGlobal Viacom]] in 1994, when they started co-producing and distributing features based on or serving as pilots for Franchise/{{Nicktoons}} (and one Creator/{{MTV}} film, ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtheadDoAmerica''). This was accompanied in 2006 by a distribution pact with Creator/DreamWorksAnimation who soon [[GrowingTheBeard hit its artistic stride]] with great new animated feature films like ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1'' and ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2010'' (DWA films would move their distribution to [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century Fox]] in 2013 and move again with their acquisition by Creator/{{Universal}}'s parent company in 2019; ironically, much of the Famous Studios output released between October 1950 and March 1962 was acquired by DWA in its 2012 purchase of Classic Media, the successor to Harvey Comics). Then in 2011, Paramount co-produced and distributed the Oscar winning hit, ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'', with [[Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic ILM]] handling animation duties. Soon after, Paramount Animation was launched as an imprint responsible for Nicktoon movies and other projects, with their first release being ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOutOfWater The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water]]'', a sequel to ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie''.
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* WesternAnimation/LittleAudrey (1947-1958). A hastily-concocted (courtesy, bizarrely, of pioneering former Disney animator Bill Tytla, then employed as a director/producer at the studio) replacement for Lulu, albeit with an infamously grating SignatureLaugh; her shorts primarily revolved around the [[StrictlyFormula formula]] of Audrey garnering [[AnAesop moral lessons]] through dream sequences, as with several earlier Lulu shorts. Character rights and shorts produced from October 1950 to 1958 owned by Universal through [=DreamWorks=] Classics, though all cartoons prior to that are still owned by Paramount or are in the public domain

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* WesternAnimation/LittleAudrey (1947-1958). A hastily-concocted (courtesy, bizarrely, of pioneering former Disney animator Bill Tytla, then employed as a director/producer at the studio) replacement for Lulu, albeit with an infamously grating SignatureLaugh; her shorts primarily revolved around the [[StrictlyFormula formula]] of Audrey garnering [[AnAesop moral lessons]] lessons through dream sequences, as with several earlier Lulu shorts. Character rights and shorts produced from October 1950 to 1958 owned by Universal through [=DreamWorks=] Classics, though all cartoons prior to that are still owned by Paramount or are in the public domain
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* Segments of ''Popeye'' (1960 – 1962; outsourced from King Features); owned by Hearst Corporation

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* Segments of ''Popeye'' ''Popeye The Sailor'' (1960 – 1962; outsourced from King Features); owned by Hearst Corporation
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* ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} the Sailor (inherited from Creator/FleischerStudios, 1942 – 1957). Possibly the primary cause (from Paramount's financially-oriented perspective) of the studio's existence, the series retained its immense popularity until the mid-'50s despite its eventual degeneration into StrictlyFormula narratives centering on the Popeye-Bluto-Olive love triangle. Shorts now owned by Creator/WarnerBros through [[UsefulNotes/TedTurner Turner Entertainment]], which inherited the shorts from [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]], who inherited them from Creator/UnitedArtists, who inherited them from Associated Artists Productions which purchased the shorts in 1956 (some are in the public domain).

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* ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} the Sailor (inherited from Creator/FleischerStudios, 1942 – 1957). Possibly the primary cause (from Paramount's financially-oriented perspective) of the studio's existence, the series retained its immense popularity until the mid-'50s despite its eventual degeneration into StrictlyFormula narratives centering on the Popeye-Bluto-Olive love triangle. Shorts now owned by Creator/WarnerBros through [[UsefulNotes/TedTurner Turner Entertainment]], which who inherited the shorts from [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]], who inherited them from Creator/UnitedArtists, who inherited them from Associated Artists Productions which purchased the shorts in 1956 (some are in the public domain).

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* ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} the Sailor (inherited from Creator/FleischerStudios, 1942 – 1957). Possibly the primary cause (from Paramount's financially-oriented perspective) of the studio's existence, the series retained its immense popularity until the mid-'50s despite its eventual degeneration into StrictlyFormula narratives centering on the Popeye-Bluto-Olive love triangle. Shorts now owned by Creator/WarnerBros through Turner Entertainment (some are in the public domain)

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* ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} the Sailor (inherited from Creator/FleischerStudios, 1942 – 1957). Possibly the primary cause (from Paramount's financially-oriented perspective) of the studio's existence, the series retained its immense popularity until the mid-'50s despite its eventual degeneration into StrictlyFormula narratives centering on the Popeye-Bluto-Olive love triangle. Shorts now owned by Creator/WarnerBros through [[UsefulNotes/TedTurner Turner Entertainment Entertainment]], which inherited the shorts from [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]], who inherited them from Creator/UnitedArtists, who inherited them from Associated Artists Productions which purchased the shorts in 1956 (some are in the public domain)domain).

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With that, Paramount's involvement in theatrically released animation[[note]]their television division was involved with [[AnimatedAdaptation Animated Adaptations]] of their live-action series in the meantime[[/note]] was limited to occasional releases of movies from other studios until its acquisition by [[Creator/ParamountGlobal Viacom]] in 1994, when they started co-producing and distributing features based on or serving as pilots for Franchise/{{Nicktoons}} (and one Creator/{{MTV}} film, ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtheadDoAmerica''). This was accompanied in 2006 by a distribution pact with Creator/DreamWorksAnimation who soon [[GrowingTheBeard hit its artistic stride]] with great new animated feature films like ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' and ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' (DWA films would move their distribution to [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century Fox]] in 2013 and move again with their acquisition by Creator/{{Universal}}'s parent company in 2019). Then in 2011, Paramount co-produced and distributed the Oscar winning hit, ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'', with [[Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic ILM]] handling animation duties. Soon after, Paramount Animation was launched as an imprint responsible for Nicktoon movies and other projects, with their first release being ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOutOfWater The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water]]'', a sequel to ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie''.

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With that, Paramount's involvement in theatrically released animation[[note]]their television division was involved with [[AnimatedAdaptation Animated Adaptations]] of their live-action series in the meantime[[/note]] was limited to occasional releases of movies from other studios until its acquisition by [[Creator/ParamountGlobal Viacom]] in 1994, when they started co-producing and distributing features based on or serving as pilots for Franchise/{{Nicktoons}} (and one Creator/{{MTV}} film, ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtheadDoAmerica''). This was accompanied in 2006 by a distribution pact with Creator/DreamWorksAnimation who soon [[GrowingTheBeard hit its artistic stride]] with great new animated feature films like ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' and ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' (DWA films would move their distribution to [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century Fox]] in 2013 and move again with their acquisition by Creator/{{Universal}}'s parent company in 2019).2019; ironically, much of the Famous Studios output released between October 1950 and March 1962 was acquired by DWA in its 2012 purchase of Classic Media, the successor to Harvey Comics). Then in 2011, Paramount co-produced and distributed the Oscar winning hit, ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'', with [[Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic ILM]] handling animation duties. Soon after, Paramount Animation was launched as an imprint responsible for Nicktoon movies and other projects, with their first release being ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOutOfWater The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water]]'', a sequel to ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie''.
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* WholesomeCrossdresser: Done in "Sheep Shape".

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* WholesomeCrossdresser: Done in "Sheep Shape".Shape", in which the titular black sheep [[TheTrickster Blackie]] disguises himself as a Carmen Miranda-esque dancer to seduce Wolfie (and thus re-acquire $10,000 previously stolen by the latter).
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* WesternAnimation/ScreenSongs (1947 – 1951; originally produced by Fleischer Studios 1929 – 1938). Primarily revived as a means of filling Paramount's release schedule in a lower-budget form, although several shorts nonetheless featured Famous' earliest experimentation with modern design in the mould of the then-ascendant UPA). Last seven shorts owned by Universal through [=DreamWorks=] Classics. Many from 1947-October 1950 in the public domain

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* WesternAnimation/ScreenSongs (1947 – 1951; originally produced by Fleischer Studios 1929 – 1938). Primarily revived as a means of filling Paramount's release schedule in a lower-budget form, although several shorts nonetheless featured Famous' earliest experimentation with modern design in the mould of the then-ascendant UPA).UPA. Last seven shorts owned by Universal through [=DreamWorks=] Classics. Many from 1947-October 1950 in the public domain



* Modern Madcaps (1958 – 1967). A series of more satire-oriented shorts targeted at an adult audience, employing heavily-stylized LimitedAnimation in the vein of UPA. Character rights and shorts from 1958 to March 1962 owned by Universal through [=DreamWorks=] Classics, and all other shorts remain with Paramount

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* Modern Madcaps (1958 – 1967). A series of more satire-oriented shorts targeted at an adult audience, employing heavily-stylized LimitedAnimation in the vein of UPA.UPA (although their tone is arguably closer to Creator/JayWard's work). Character rights and shorts from 1958 to March 1962 owned by Universal through [=DreamWorks=] Classics, and all other shorts remain with Paramount

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