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| 3 | '''Fil-Cartoons''' was a UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}}-based animation studio. It was established in 1987 by Creator/HannaBarbera (specifically, Jerry Smith), and was in operation through 2001. The studio was primarily responsible for producing animation for parent company, Hanna-Barbera. Some of its employees later went to work for Creator/ToonCity. |
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| 5 | As the studio is closed, there is no official website for Fil-Cartoons, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=robniriOYS0 here]] is a short video tour, hosted by its general manager Bill Dennis. |
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| 7 | See also Creator/WangFilmProductions, another major animation provider for Hanna-Barbera (and its partner for several shows). |
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| 10 | !!Shows and films worked on by Fil-Cartoons: |
| 11 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{The Addams Family|1992}}'' |
| 12 | * ''The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda'' (uncredited) |
| 13 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBaskervilles'' |
| 14 | * ''Bibi Blocksberg'' |
| 15 | * ''VideoGame/BrokenSwordIITheSmokingMirror'' |
| 16 | * ''Capertown Cops'' |
| 17 | * ''[[WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers The New Adventures of Captain Planet]]'' |
| 18 | * ''Columbus: Adventures to the Edge of the World'' (ink and paint/camera; animation by Creator/BonArt) |
| 19 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheCompletelyMentalMisadventuresOfEdGrimley'' (uncredited) |
| 20 | * ''WesternAnimation/DaisyHeadMayzie'' (with [[Creator/CollingwoodAndCo Tony Collingwood Productions]]) |
| 21 | * ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnEwU-gq8F0 A Day in the Life of Jerry Smith]]'' [[labelnote:Info]](an in-house short film given to studio founder Jerry Smith as a retirement gift)[[/labelnote]] |
| 22 | * ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' (6 episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"[=DeeDeemensional=]/Maternal Combat", "Dexter Dodgeball/Dexter's Assistant", "Dexter's Rival/Old Man Dexter", "Double Trouble/Changes" (with Creator/JaimeDiazProductions), "Jurassic Pooch/Dimwit Dexter", "Dee Dee's Room/The Big Sister" (replaced by Creator/RoughDraftStudios for the rest of the series)[[/labelnote]] |
| 23 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheDreamstone'' (season 1 only, replaced by Creator/MovingImagesInternational) |
| 24 | * ''WesternAnimation/DroopyMasterDetective'' (with Creator/MrBigCartoons) |
| 25 | * ''Fairy Tale Police Department'' (with Creator/ColorlandAnimation) (to date, their last production) |
| 26 | * ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMax'' |
| 27 | * ''WesternAnimation/FishPolice'' (with Mr. Big, [[Creator/AhaStudios Karen Johnson Productions]] and Jaime Diaz Productions) |
| 28 | * ''WesternAnimation/AFlintstonesChristmasCarol'' |
| 29 | * ''WesternAnimation/GodTheDevilAndBob'' (with [[Creator/VirtualMagicAnimation [=VirtualMagic=] Asia]]) |
| 30 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatestAdventureStoriesFromTheBible'' (with Creator/WangFilmProductions) |
| 31 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheHalloweenTree'' |
| 32 | * ''WesternAnimation/HappilyEverAfterFairyTalesForEveryChild'' |
| 33 | * ''WesternAnimation/JetsonsTheMovie'' (ink & paint; with Wang Film) |
| 34 | * ''WesternAnimation/JosephKingOfDreams'' (additional animation services for Creator/BardelEntertainment; with Wang Film, Creator/StarburstAnimation, Creator/TamaProductions, Creator/GoldenBell, Creator/CanuckCreations, Creator/MercuryFilmworks, Creator/CharacterBuilders, [[Creator/HeartOfTexasProductions Heart of Texas]], [[Creator/SpaffAnimationIncorporated Spaff Animation]], Creator/StudioBihou, [[Creator/ArcProductions DKP Studios]], Creator/BakuProductions, Giant Productions, Creator/DesignOfficeMECHAMAN, Creator/VirtualMagicAnimation, Creator/BlueSunflower, Creator/MukuoStudio, Creator/RedRoverStudios, Dynomight Cartoons, Big Fish Animation, Creator/WildHorseAnimationGroup, Creator/NewVisionInternational, Hits for Less and Ray Pang Effects) |
| 35 | * ''Juanito Jones'' |
| 36 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendsOfTreasureIsland'' (season 2, replacing Creator/JadeAnimation and Moving Images International) |
| 37 | * ''WesternAnimation/MadJackThePirate'' |
| 38 | * ''WesternAnimation/MagicAdventuresOfMumfie'' (season 1 only) |
| 39 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicPudding'' (uncredited) |
| 40 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'' (seasons 2-3, with Creator/DaiWon, New Vision International, Creator/PlusOneAnimation and Creator/PhilippineAnimationStudioInc but unknown which specific episodes they worked on. (10 solo episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"Channel Surfin'", "The Green Marine", "Magic", "Fantashtick Voyage", "They Came From Within", "To Have and Have Snot", "Mystery Cruise", "The Goofalotatots", "When Pigs Ruled the Earth", "The Aceman Cometh" (with Cuckoo's Nest)[[/labelnote]] |
| 41 | * ''Meena'' (earlier episodes; replaced by Future Thought) |
| 42 | * ''[[WesternAnimation/YogiBear The New Yogi Bear Show]]'' (uncredited) |
| 43 | * ''Literature/PaddingtonBear'' (1989 Hanna-Barbera series; uncredited) |
| 44 | * ''Pigs Next Door'' |
| 45 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesOfDarkWater'' (with Creator/TamaProductions, Wang Film, Mr. Big and Creator/BigStar) |
| 46 | * ''Film/PoliceAcademy The Series'' (with Wang Film) |
| 47 | * ''WesternAnimation/PotsworthAndCompany'' (uncredited) |
| 48 | * ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'' (with Wang Film) |
| 49 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' (season 1 only; ink & paint for all episodes, animation for 2 shorts)[[labelnote:List]]"Stimpy's Breakfast Tips", "Fire Dogs" (with Creator/CarbunkleCartoons and Creator/LacewoodProductions)[[/labelnote]] |
| 50 | * ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheReluctantWerewolf'' (uncredited, with Wang Film and Optifex Animation) |
| 51 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{The Smurfs|1981}}'' (season 9, with Wang Film and an uncredited Creator/{{Saerom}}) |
| 52 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSnorks'' (uncredited) |
| 53 | * ''WesternAnimation/StreetSharks'' (with Wang Film, [[Creator/GalaxyDigimation Rainbow Group]], Creator/PlusOneAnimation, Creator/MookDLE & Creator/HongYing)[[labelnote:*]]At least one episode: "Fresh-Water Sharks"[[/labelnote]] |
| 54 | * ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'' (outsourced by [[Creator/JonMcClenahan StarToons]]; uncredited) |
| 55 | * ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' (ink & paint and camera services for Creator/KennedyCartoons (8 episodes),[[labelnote:List]]"Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow", "Gang Busters", "Buster and the Wolverine", "You Asked For It Part 2", "Fields of Honey", "The ACME Bowl", "Best o' Plucky Duck Day", "Who Bopped Bugs Bunny?"[[/labelnote]] Creator/EncoreCartoons (3 episodes),[[labelnote:List]]"Strange Tales of Weird Science", "Hero Hamton", "Looniversity Daze"[[/labelnote]] Creator/{{AKOM}} (1 episode)[[labelnote:List]]"The Wacko World of Sports"[[/labelnote]] and Wang Film (1 episode)[[labelnote:List]]"Spring in ACME Acres"[[/labelnote]] |
| 56 | * ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryKids'' (with Wang and Mr. Big) |
| 57 | * ''WesternAnimation/WhatACartoonShow'' [[labelnote:With the exception of the following shorts]]"Dino: Stay Out" (Wang), "Johnny Bravo" (in-house), "Captain Buzz Cheeply: A Clean Getaway" (Buzz Image Group), "Rat in a Hot Tin Can" (Perennial Pictures), "Fat Cats: Drip Dry Drips" ([[Creator/JonMcClenahan [=StarToons=]]]/Creator/AnimationServiceHK), "The Chicken From Outer Space" (Stretch Films), "Help?" (Cartoonia), "Godfrey & Zeek: Lost Control" (Hyun Young), "Buy One, Get One Free" (Rough Draft), "Strange Things" (Sensible Shoes), "Home Sweet Home" (Rough Draft), "Malcom and Melvin" (Bakshi Zoo Toons), and "Babe, He Calls Me" (Bakshi Zoo Toons); they also provided ink-and-paint/camera (but not the animation) for "Cow and Chicken: No Smoking" (animated domestically by David Feiss) and "Tales of Worm Paranoia" (animated by Creator/KennedyCartoons and Carbunkle Cartoons), and split animation duties for "Meat Fuzzy Lumkins" (with Creator/AnimalYa) and "Pfish and Chip: Short Pfuse" (with Creator/DelaneyAndFriendsProductions)[[/labelnote]] |
| 58 | * ''Wicked!'' (with Creator/SaeHahnProductions and Creator/YRStudio) |
| 59 | * ''WesternAnimation/YoYogi'' (layouts; with Wang Film) |
| 60 | ** ''WesternAnimation/BooBooRunsWild'' (with [[Creator/GalaxyDigimation Galaxy World]], Creator/ColorKeyStudios and [[Creator/VirtualMagicAnimation [=VirtualMagic=] USA]]) |
| 61 | * ''Yogi the Easter Bear'' (uncredited, with Jaime Diaz Productions) |
| 62 | * ''Young Robin Hood'' (with Big Star and with Saerom during season 1) |
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| 64 | !!Unconfirmed: |
| 65 | * ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' ([[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101076/companycredits/ IMDb]] lists Fil-Cartoons as having involved, likely providing uncredited ink & paint, camera services for Creator/KennedyCartoons) |
| 66 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'' (ink & paint services for [[Creator/WaltDisneyAnimationUnits Walt Disney Animation UK]], uncredited) |
| 67 | * ''Timeless Tales From Hallmark'': Jerry Smith is listed as a production supervisor, which is often a giveaway that he supervised episodes at his studio Fil-Cartoons. And Hanna-Barbera used them quite heavily during this period. They are not listed in the end credits though. |
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| 70 | !!Tropes associated with Fil-Cartoons: |
| 71 | * AnimationBump: |
| 72 | ** Many of their ''What a Cartoon!'' shorts. |
| 73 | ** Compared to the rest of the series, Season 3 of ''The Mask'' is easily the most fluid and expressive. |
| 74 | ** The earlier ''Dexter's Laboratory'' episodes is much more fluid than Rough Draft, which uses limited animation for their episodes. |
| 75 | * DependingOnTheArtist: Their style tended to be cruder but more offbeat and free style than standard studios at the time, meaning a lot of their episodes produced this for respective shows. The episodes they produced for ''Dexter's Laboratory'' and ''The Dreamstone'' in particular contrast greatly with the work of other studios. |
| 76 | * DerangedAnimation: Present in a lot of their ''What a Cartoon!'' shorts, but especially the ones directed by Pat Ventura. |
| 77 | ** Also many moments in ''Capertown Cops'', especially the intro sequence. |
| 78 | ** Urpgor is generally characterised by this individually in ''The Dreamstone'' but Fil-Cartoon's episodes animate him especially bizarre. |
| 79 | * LineBoil: In the ''What a Cartoon!'' short "The Kitchen Casanova". |
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