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7[[caption-width-right:350:Joseph Barbera (left) and William Hanna (right) with plushes of some of their many characters and a couple of the MediaNotes/{{Emmy Award}}s their studio won over the years.[[note]] On Barbera and Hanna's knees, respectively: [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred Flintstone and Dino the dinosaur]]. Middle, back row, L-R: WesternAnimation/WallyGator, WesternAnimation/YogiBear, WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw; front row, L-R: [[WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow Huckleberry Hound]], Franchise/TomAndJerry, WesternAnimation/TopCat.[[/note]]]]
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9The partnership of William Denby "Bill" Hanna (July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001) and Joseph Roland "Joe" Barbera (March 24, 1911 – December 18, 2006)--yes, it was ''not,'' in fact, created by a woman named Hanna Barbera--began at [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation MGM's animation studio]], where the pair created Franchise/TomAndJerry and spent almost 20 years directing their cartoon shorts. After MGM got out of the cartoon business in 1957, Hanna and Barbera founded their own studio, which would come to dominate WesternAnimation on television for decades.
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11The studio's extremely prolific half-century-plus output included classic cartoon series like ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'', ''WesternAnimation/YogiBear'', ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'', ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981''; the Emmy-winning live-action MadeForTVMovie ''The Gathering''; and a handful of feature films, most notably a popular adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/CharlottesWeb''. It was also responsible for the infamous live-action acid sequence in ''[[Music/{{Kiss}} KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park]]'', as well as countless other projects.
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13Hanna-Barbera pioneered the use of many LimitedAnimation techniques, such as RingAroundTheCollar, to produce cartoons on a low budget quickly enough to meet a television schedule. As a result a lot of Hanna-Barbera shows put the emphasis more on the voice acting and the writing/gags than the actual animation process itself. Although other animators who enjoyed better budgets in different circumstances, such as famed ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' veteran Creator/ChuckJones, would dismiss this approach as "Illustrated Radio", these practices allowed H-B to continue producing works and employing in times where other studios struggled, and manage to continue doing so well into the 1980s and 1990s. In 1967, the company was purchased by Ohio-based Taft Broadcasting (yes, related to [[UsefulNotes/WilliamHowardTaft that Taft]]), which also owned a bunch of regional theme parks such as King's Island in Ohio and Carowinds in North Carolina, and thus Hanna-Barbera properties became prominent at these parks, lasting for years after Taft spun them off (eventually coming under Creator/{{Paramount}} ownership, then Ride/CedarFairEntertainment; the attractions were rebranded as Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}-themed rides after Paramount merged with [[Creator/ParamountGlobal Viacom]], and then after ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' in later years after the parks for a short time came under Creator/{{CBS}} ownership just prior to Cedar Fair taking over), and when Taft acquired syndication company Worldvision Enterprises (the former Creator/{{ABC}} Films) in 1979, this meant that not only did H-B have easier access to the syndication market, but Taft television stations also had a built-in cartoon supply - this was most apparent on independent stations owned by Taft, which were free from commitments to network programming (Taft owned as many as five independent stations at once: KTXA in Dallas-Fort Worth, KTXH in Houston, WCIX in Miami, WDCA in Washington, D.C., and WTAF in Philadelphia).
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15In the late 1980s, Taft (which later renamed itself to Great American Broadcasting) faced a lot of internal and financial issues (chiefly stemming from a hostile takeover led by junk bond trader Carl Lindner). This had a major impact on the fates of Hanna-Barbera and its siblings. As a way of cutting costs, they began to look to sell off the studios. The first sale happened in 1988, when a buyout was reached for Hanna-Barbera's Australian division. That entity became the Southern Star Group and took the rights of the shows and specials produced by that sub-entity. The problems however still continued, as this lead to an exodus of 80s Hanna-Barbera staff to go help revitalize the Creator/WarnerBros Animation studio. In the early 1990s, GAB decided to put Hanna-Barbera and sister studio Ruby-Spears up for sale as well.
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17In 1991, a deal was struck between GAB and [[UsefulNotes/TedTurner Turner Broadcasting]] that resulted in Turner purchasing Hanna-Barbera and its library. Turner also purchased the Creator/RubySpears library, but not the studio, which became its own entity again. It was here those libraries merged and the HB shows were united with the predecessor shorts Bill and Joe had done for MGM, but are legally not in the same library. [[note]]All Hanna-Barbera and Ruby-Spears shows are listed as property of Hanna-Barbera, whereas Tom and Jerry and other MGM shorts are listed as property of Turner Entertainment Co., though they are free to be co-marketed as much as WB wants; not to mention that Tom and Jerry, in recent years, has been marketed under the Hanna-Barbera name a few times[[/note]] Under the new ownership, everything that was in planning but not funded was put on hold ([[https://fredseibert.frederator.com/post/451448569/the-hanna-barbera-logo-business-cards-circ indeed]], Turner was planning to shut the studio down and simply continue to utilize the library. Then-president David Kirschner convinced Ted not to, partially because of H-B being in production on expensive theatrical productions; Kirschner eventually turned H-B's feature animation into the semi-separate Turner Feature Animation, which only was able to produce ''Film/ThePagemaster'' and ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'' before being absorbed into Warner Bros. Feature Animation), and in 1992 Turner launched Creator/CartoonNetwork. The HB libraries and MGM libraries, along with the pre-August 1948 color ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies]]'' library and most of the Harman-Ising ''Merrie Melodies'' acquired when Turner bought out MGM in 1986[[note]]Turner had wanted the entire studio but was met with debt problems. This resulted in him selling off MGM/UA after only 74 days, but he kept the library. The pre-August 1948 color ''Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies'' and most Harman-Ising ''Merrie Melodies'', produced in black-and-white, had been owned by United Artists via Associated Artists Productions, which had bought most of the pre-1950 WB library in the 1950s, with a.a.p. owning all live-action short subjects released prior to September 1948 and almost all features released prior to 1950 as well as one released in 1950[[/note]]. This combined library, along with some other material, made up a good chunk of the schedule at the dawn of the network. However, as the channel grew, so did the initiative to bring new original content to the channel. The studio at the time had an influx of younger talent that had been brought in to fill the gap left by the earlier exodus. In 1994, Hanna-Barbera was internally reorganized as Hanna-Barbera Cartoons and with a new sub-entity that began to refocus their efforts towards what was originally called "World Premiere Toons", essentially allowing many of the younger members of the studio to launch their own pilots in the hopes of becoming new original shows. Originally this was only seen as a sub-division while the rest of the studio made their efforts to switch over from other channels. [[note]]The animated ''Film/DumbAndDumber'' series, a co-production with corporate sibling Creator/NewLineCinema, was the company's final non-Cartoon Network series.[[/note]]
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19In 1996, Time Warner merged with Turner Broadcasting, putting them under the same corporate roof as Creator/WarnerBros, all the ironic given H-B had a few years earlier lost a good amount of its staff to WB. This reunited a few H-B shows that had been in the hands of Warner Bros.[[note]]Namely the AnimatedAdaptation versions of ''Series/{{The Dukes of Hazzard}}'', ''[[Creator/AbbottAndCostello The Abbott and Costello Show]]'' and Ruby-Spears' WesternAnimation/PoliceAcademyTheAnimatedSeries, plus the ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'' franchise based on characters from Creator/DCComics and the R-S version of ''[[WesternAnimation/RubySpearsSuperman Superman]]''.[[/note]], and reunited the pre-1948 color ''Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies'' and the Harman-Ising ''Merrie Melodies'' with the rest of the library.[[note]]The Warner Bros. library (and the rest of Warner Bros. Television, for that matter) is still separate from the Turner and H-B libraries, but can be co-marketed when they wish.[[/note]] From this point Hanna-Barbera was slowly merged into Warner Bros. Animation, with the intent that the new company didn't need more than one animation studio. This, however, didn't go entirely smoothly. [[note]]The short version is that basically there were way too many people with different goals trying to be shoved under one roof. You had very pro WB people who didn't want to be associated with HB in any way. You had HB people that felt the new generation disrespected the HB legacy. You had younger employees not wanting to be shackled to the WB or HB legacies. You had WB execs who had helped with Nickelodeon not wanting to work with CN. And you had a lot of people stuck in the middle wanting the whole thing to just end already.[[/note]] Just before the then-imminent death of Bill Hanna in 2001, Cartoon Network programming and the units producing them were spun out into their own entity (Cartoon Network Studios) under the Turner silo and Warner Bros. assumed the production of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'', the company's [[LongRunners longest-running franchise]] and picked up all their legacy properties with Hanna-Barbera credited as the copyright holder under the Warner Bros. silo. By this point in time, the Cartoon Cartoon efforts had dominated the studio's output, in comparison to other general Hanna Barbera productions, and from here on out the earliest Cartoon Cartoons (including ''WesternAnimation/{{The Powerpuff Girls|1998}}'')[[note]]the final series to use the company's trademark "swirling star" logo (and even then, it was originally done as a throwback, as it was last used in 1992, outside an odd ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' episode in 1997, apparently an editing error)[[/note]] stopped being associated with Hanna-Barbera as well.
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21In 2016, Creator/WarnerBros announced plans to create a SharedUniverse of animated films based on Hanna-Barbera properties, provided that the 2020 animated feature ''WesternAnimation/{{Scoob}}'' does well. ''SCOOB!'' presented itself as a modern-set AlternateContinuity, using elements from various HB shows and altering them. Whether the movie launches any sequels is still undetermined, but it has also been noted Warner Bros. hopes this film also leads to a greater presence of Hanna-Barbera characters in the theatrical market, whether they be animated, live-action or hybrid. These also may not all share strict continuity, given comments made by writer Tim Sheridan on how the Scooby writers view continuity and that WB isn't against DC movies being made that are not in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.
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23On March 4, 2019, in a major shakeup of [=WarnerMedia=] by their new owners, AT&T, Warner Bros. took control of Cartoon Network and its production operations, ultimately bringing Hanna-Barbera and the Cartoon Network properties under one roof again for the first time in 18 years. While the shakeup brought no major alternations at first, April 2021 saw Cartoon Network Studios Europe (the branch of Cartoon Network Studios that produces ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' and other shows) be rebranded as [[https://deadline.com/2021/04/cartoon-network-studios-europe-renamed-as-hanna-barbera-studios-europe-1234729256/ Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe]]. This change gives Hanna-Barbera a physical studio presence for the first time in 20 years; the studio's logo is an homage to its 1966 and 1974 logos, while its endcap also revives the trademark "swirling star" element. The DirectToVideo film ''WesternAnimation/StraightOuttaNowhereScoobyDooMeetsCourageTheCowardlyDog'' marks the first {{Crossover}} between a classic Hanna-Barbera property (Scooby Doo) and a Cartoon Network original show (''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'') since the earliest days of the restructuring. In addition, Creator/HBOMax, [=WarnerMedia=]'s flagship streaming service, hosts material from both the Hanna-Barbera and Cartoon Network libraries.
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25See Creator/RubySpears, Creator/CartoonNetwork and Creator/WarnerBros Animation for related entities, as well as Creator/WangFilmProductions, a Taiwanese studio established for outsourcing by Hanna-Barbera (eventually expanding their services to other companies, too).
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27For a complete list of their shows, check out Website/IMDb:
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29* [[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0360253/ William Hanna - IMDb]]
30* [[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0053484/ Joseph Barbera - IMDb]]
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32Between 1965 and 1967, H-B dabbled in the music industry with Hanna-Barbera Records. While many HBR releases were based on the studio's cartoons, the label also had an eclectic pop roster which included Creator/ScatmanCrothers, Creator/PaulFrees, and Music/The13thFloorElevators. Read the HBR story [[https://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/08/the-vinyl-side-.html here]].
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35!!List of Hanna-Barbera works:
36[[index]]
37* ''[[WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs 2 Stupid Dogs]]''
38** ''Super Secret WesternAnimation/SecretSquirrel'' (remake of the 1960s cartoon)
39* ''[[Creator/AbbottAndCostello The Abbott and Costello Show]]'' ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Abbott_and_Costello_Cartoon_Show 1967 animated adaptation]])
40* ''ABC Afterschool Special''
41** ''WesternAnimation/TheLastOfTheCurlews''
42** ''Cyrano''
43** ''The Runaways''
44* ''WesternAnimation/TheAddamsFamily1973''
45** ''WesternAnimation/TheAddamsFamily1992''
46* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfDonCoyoteAndSanchoPanda''
47* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Gulliver The Adventures of Gulliver]]''
48* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Robin_Hoodnik The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik]]''
49* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Alice_in_Wonderland_(film) Alice in Wonderland (or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?)]]''
50* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_All-New_Popeye_Hour The All-New Popeye Hour]]'' (co-produced with Creator/KingFeaturesSyndicate)
51** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinky_Dog Dinky Dog]]''
52** ''WesternAnimation/PopeyeAndSon''
53** ''Film/{{Popeye}}'' (Opening titles)
54* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' (2011) (co-produced by Cartoon Network)[[note]]Produced as Cartoon Network Studios Europe.[[/note]]
55** ''The Amazing World of Gumball Movie'' (TBA) (as Hanna-Barbera Europe)
56* ''Amigo and Friends'' (co-produced with Creator/{{Televisa}})
57* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingChanAndTheChanClan''
58* ''WesternAnimation/TheAtomAntShow''
59** ''WesternAnimation/PreciousPupp''
60** ''WesternAnimation/TheHillbillyBears''
61* ''Series/TheBananaSplits''
62** ''WesternAnimation/ArabianKnights''
63** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Musketeers_(animated_TV_series) The Three Musketeers]]''
64*** Remake film
65** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Ventures Micro Ventures]]''
66** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_Island_(TV_series) Danger Island]]''
67** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Banana_Splits_in_Hocus_Pocus_Park The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park]]''
68* Baxter!
69* ''Film/TheBeastsAreOnTheStreets''
70* ''Belle Star''
71* ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'' ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Berenstain_Bears_(1985_TV_series) 1985 television adaptation]])
72* ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' ([[AnimatedCreditsOpening Opening Credits]])
73* ''Benji, Zax and the Alien Prince''
74* ''WesternAnimation/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventures'' (season 1 only; season 2 was by Creator/DiCEntertainment)
75* ''WesternAnimation/BillyBoy'' (Uncredited)
76* ''WesternAnimation/Birdman1967''
77** ''WesternAnimation/TheGalaxyTrio''
78* ''WesternAnimation/TheBiskitts''
79* ''Literature/BlackBeauty'' ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Beauty_(1978_film) 1978 film)]])
80* ''WesternAnimation/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKids''
81* ''WesternAnimation/CapitolCritters''
82* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainCavemanAndTheTeenAngels''
83* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' (season 2 only, season 1 was by Creator/DICEntertainment)[[note]] The franchise was later acquired by Creator/CartoonNetwork in the year 2000 before HB folded.[[/note]]
84* ''WesternAnimation/CasperAndTheAngels''
85** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casper%27s_Halloween_Special Casper's Halloween Special]]''
86** ''WesternAnimation/CaspersFirstChristmas''
87* ''WesternAnimation/TheCattanoogaCats''
88** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattanooga_Cats#Around_the_World_in_79_Days Around the World in 79 Days]]''
89** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattanooga_Cats#It.27s_the_Wolf.21 It's the Wolf]]''
90** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattanooga_Cats#Motormouse_and_Autocat Motormouse and Autocat]]''
91* ''WesternAnimation/CBBears''
92** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CB_Bears#Blast-Off_Buzzard Blast-Off Buzzard]]''
93** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CB_Bears#Heyyy.2C_It.27s_The_King Heyyy, It's the King]]''
94** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CB_Bears#Posse_Impossible Posse Impossible]]''
95** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CB_Bears#Shake.2C_Rattle.2C_.26_Roll Shake, Rattle, and Roll]]''
96** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CB_Bears#Undercover_Elephant Undercover Elephant]]''
97* ''CBS Storybreak''
98* ''WesternAnimation/ChallengeOfTheGoBots''
99** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoBots:_Battle_of_the_Rock_Lords GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords]]''
100* ''WesternAnimation/CharlottesWeb''
101* ''WesternAnimation/TheChickenFromOuterSpace'' (co-produced with [[Creator/JohnRDilworth Stretch Films Inc.]])
102* ''C.H.O.M.P.S.'' co-production with Creator/AmericanInternationalPictures.
103* ''A Christmas Story''
104* ''WesternAnimation/ClueClub''
105* ''WesternAnimation/TheCompletelyMentalMisadventuresOfEdGrimley''
106* ''The Count of Monte Cristo''
107* ''WesternAnimation/DaisyHeadMayzie''
108* ''Davy Crockett on the Mississippi''
109* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadline_(1982_film) Deadline]]''
110* ''WesternAnimation/{{Devlin}}''
111* ''WesternAnimation/DiseasyDoesIt'' (co-produced with Creator/CartoonNetwork)
112* ''WesternAnimation/DrakPack''
113* ''The Dreamer of Oz'' (as Bedrock Productions)
114* ''Series/{{The Dukes|OfHazzard}}'' ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dukes_(TV_series) 1983 animated adaptation]])
115* ''Film/DumbAndDumber'' ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumb_and_Dumber_(TV_series) 1994 animated adaptation]])
116* ''WesternAnimation/DynomuttDogWonder''
117* ''WesternAnimation/ElliottFromEarth'' (2021) (as Hanna-Barbera Europe)
118* ''WesternAnimation/TheFantasticFour1967''
119* ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMax''
120* ''WesternAnimation/FishPolice''
121* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''
122** ''WesternAnimation/TheManCalledFlintstone''
123** ''WesternAnimation/ThePebblesAndBammBammShow''
124** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flintstone_Comedy_Hour The Flintstone Comedy Hour]]''
125** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Flintstone_and_Friends Fred Flintstone and Friends]]''
126** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Flintstone_Christmas A Flintstone Christmas]]''
127** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flintstones:_Little_Big_League The Flintstones: Little Big League]]''
128** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Fred_and_Barney_Show The New Fred and Barney Show]]''
129*** ''WesternAnimation/FredAndBarneyMeetTheThing''
130*** ''WesternAnimation/TheThing''
131*** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_and_Barney_Meet_the_Shmoo Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo]]''
132** ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstoneComedyShow''
133*** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flintstone_Comedy_Show_(1980_TV_series)#The_Flintstone_Family_Adventures The Flintstone Family Adventures]]''
134*** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flintstone_Comedy_Show_(1980_TV_series)#Bedrock_Cops Bedrock Cops]]''
135*** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flintstone_Comedy_Show_(1980_TV_series)#Pebbles.2C_Dino_and_Bamm-Bamm Pebbles, Dino and Bamm-Bamm]]''
136*** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flintstone_Comedy_Show_(1980_TV_series)#Captain_Caveman Captain Caveman]]''
137*** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flintstone_Comedy_Show_(1980_TV_series)#Dino_and_Cavemouse Dino and Cavemouse]]''
138*** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flintstone_Comedy_Show_(1980_TV_series)#The_Frankenstones The Frankenstones]]''
139*** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flintstone_Funnies The Flintstone Funnies]]''
140** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flintstones%27_New_Neighbors The Flintstones' New Neighbors]]''
141** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flintstones:_Fred%27s_Final_Fling The Flintstones: Fred's Final Fling]]''
142** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flintstones_Meet_Rockula_and_Frankenstone The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone]]''
143** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flintstones:_Wind-Up_Wilma The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma]]''
144** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flintstones:_Jogging_Fever The Flintstones: Jogging Fever]]''
145** ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstoneKids''
146*** ''Flintstone Funnies''
147*** ''Captain Caveman and Son''
148*** ''Dino's Dilemmas''
149*** ''Flintstone Kids' "Just Say No" Special''
150** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Yabba-Dabba_Do! I Yabba-Dabba Do!]]''
151** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollyrock-a-Bye_Baby Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby]]''
152** ''WesternAnimation/AFlintstonesChristmasCarol''
153** ''WesternAnimation/CaveKids''
154** ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstonesStoneAgeSmackDown'' (posthumous credit)
155** ''WesternAnimation/YabbaDabbaDinosaurs'' (posthumous credit)
156* ''WesternAnimation/TheFonzAndTheHappyDaysGang''[[/index]] (1980 animated adaptation of ''Series/HappyDays''; co-produced with Creator/{{Paramount}})
157** ''[[Series/LaverneAndShirley Laverne and Shirley in the Army]]'' ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laverne_%26_Shirley_in_the_Army 1981 animated adaptation]])
158*** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mork_%26_Mindy/Laverne_%26_Shirley/Fonz_Hour#Laverne_.26_Shirley_with_the_Fonz Laverne and Shirley with the Fonz]]''
159** ''Series/MorkAndMindy'' ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mork_%26_Mindy/Laverne_%26_Shirley/Fonz_Hour#Mork_.26_Mindy 1982 animated adaptation]], co-produced with Ruby-Spears)[[index]]
160* ''WesternAnimation/{{Foofur}}''
161* ''WesternAnimation/FrankensteinJr''
162** ''WesternAnimation/TheImpossibles''
163* ''WesternAnimation/TheFunkyPhantom'' (co-produced with Air Programs International, which would later become Hanna-Barbera's Australian division)
164* ''The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera Arena Show''
165* ''Ride/TheFuntasticWorldOfHannaBarbera'' (simulator ride)
166* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Further_Adventures_of_SuperTed The Further Adventures of SuperTed]]''
167* ''WesternAnimation/GaltarAndTheGoldenLance''
168* ''WesternAnimation/TheGaryColemanShow''
169* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gathering_(1977_film) The Gathering]]''[[/index]]
170* ''Gidget Makes the Wrong Connection'' ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gidget#Television 1972 animated adaptation]])[[index]]
171* ''WesternAnimation/TheGodzillaPowerHour''
172** ''WesternAnimation/JanaOfTheJungle''
173* ''WesternAnimation/GooberAndTheGhostChasers''
174* ''Going Bananas''
175* ''WesternAnimation/GravedaleHigh''
176* ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatestAdventureStoriesFromTheBible''[[/index]]
177* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Grim & Evil]]'' (Pilot only)
178* ''Gulliver's Travels''
179* ''ComicStrip/HagarTheHorrible: Hägar Knows Best''[[index]]
180* ''WesternAnimation/TheHalloweenTree''
181* ''The Hanna Barbera Happy Hour''
182* ''WesternAnimation/HannaBarberaSuperstars10''
183* ''Film/{{Hardcase}}'' (HB's first live-action production)
184* ''WesternAnimation/TheHarlemGlobetrotters''
185** ''The Harlem Globetrotters Meet Snow White''
186** ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperGlobetrotters''
187* ''Series/TheHathaways'' ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn96fO226bU opening credits]])
188* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch!]]''
189* ''WesternAnimation/HeidisSong''
190* ''WesternAnimation/TheHerculoids''
191* ''WesternAnimation/TheHeroicQuestOfTheValiantPrinceIvandoe'' (2017) (as Hanna-Barbera Europe from season 2 onwards)
192* ''WesternAnimation/HongKongPhooey''
193** ''WebAnimation/HongKongPhooey2001''
194* "How Long's a Tear Take to Dry" AnimatedMusicVideo for Music/TheBeautifulSouth
195* ''WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow''
196** ''WesternAnimation/PixieDixieAndMrJinks''
197** ''WesternAnimation/HokeyWolf''
198** ''WesternAnimation/YogiBear'' (until [[BreakoutCharacter Yogi got his own show]])
199** ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodTheBadAndHuckleberryHound''
200* ''WesternAnimation/InchHighPrivateEye''
201* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jabberjaw}}''
202* ''Jack and the Beanstalk''
203* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jeannie}}'' (1973 animated adaptation)
204* ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons''
205** ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsonsMeetTheFlintstones''
206** ''WesternAnimation/RockinWithJudyJetson''
207** ''WesternAnimation/JetsonsTheMovie''
208* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}'' (posthumous credit)
209* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jokebook}}''
210* ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest''
211** ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfJonnyQuest''
212** ''WesternAnimation/JonnysGoldenQuest''
213** ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuestVersusTheCyberInsects''
214** ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuestTheRealAdventures''
215* ''WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussycats''
216** [[/index]]''Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space'', the TropeCodifier of RecycledInSpace.[[index]]
217* ''Film/KissMeetsThePhantomOfThePark''
218* ''Korg: 70,000 B.C.''
219* ''WesternAnimation/TheKwickyKoalaShow''
220** ''WesternAnimation/CrazyClaws''
221** ''WesternAnimation/DirtyDawg''
222** ''WesternAnimation/BungleBrothers''
223* ''WesternAnimation/LaffALympics''
224* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Halloween The Last Halloween]]'' (with Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic and [[Creator/DreamworksAnimation Pacific Data Images]])
225* ''The Last of the Mohicans''
226* ''Creator/LaurelAndHardy'' ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurel_and_Hardy_(animated_series) 1966 animated adaptation]])
227* ''Series/LegendsOfTheSuperheroes''
228* ''WesternAnimation/LippyTheLionAndHardyHarHar''
229* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleRascals'' (1982 animated adaptation of ''[[Film/TheLittleRascals Our Gang]]'', co-produced with King World)
230* ''The Little Troll Prince'' (animated [[/index]]ChristmasSpecial[[index]], co-produced with the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod)
231* ''WesternAnimation/LoopyDeLoop''
232* ''Series/LostInSpace'' (1973 animated adaptation)
233* ''WesternAnimation/{{Lucky Luke|1983}}'' (1983-1984 only)
234* ''WesternAnimation/MagillaGorilla''
235** ''WesternAnimation/RicochetRabbitAndDroopALongCoyote''
236** ''WesternAnimation/PunkinPussAndMushmouse''
237* ''WesternAnimation/MakeMineFreedom''
238* ''WesternAnimation/MightyMightor''
239** ''WesternAnimation/{{Moby Dick|HannaBarbera}}''
240* ''Monchhichis''
241* ''Monster in My Pocket: The Big Scream''
242* ''WesternAnimation/MrAndMrsJEvilScientist''
243* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]''
244* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_and_the_Artful_Dodger Oliver and the Artful Dodger]]''
245* ''WesternAnimation/OnceUponAForest''
246* ''WesternAnimation/PacMan''
247* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddington_Bear_(1989_TV_series) Paddington Bear]]''
248* ''[[Series/ThePartridgeFamily The Partridge Family 2200 A.D.]]'' (1974 animated adaptation)
249* ''WesternAnimation/PawPawBears''
250* ''WesternAnimation/PeterPotamus''
251** ''WesternAnimation/BreezlyAndSneezly''
252** ''WesternAnimation/YippeeYappeeAndYahooey''
253* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Puck Peter Puck]]''
254* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Panther_and_Sons Pink Panther and Sons]]''
255* ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesOfDarkWater''
256* ''WebAnimation/ThePitch2001''
257* ''Series/{{Poochinski}}'' (as Bedrock Productions)
258* ''WesternAnimation/PotsworthAndCompany'' (co-produced with Sleepy Kids PLC)
259** Known as ''Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone'' in the United States
260* ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies1980s''
261* ''WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw''
262** ''WesternAnimation/SnooperAndBlabber''
263** ''WesternAnimation/AugieDoggieAndDoggieDaddy''
264* ''WesternAnimation/RichieRich1980''
265* ''WesternAnimation/RockOdyssey''
266* ''WesternAnimation/TheRomanHolidays''
267* ''WesternAnimation/TheRuffAndReddyShow''
268* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo''
269** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou''
270** ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies''
271** ''WesternAnimation/TheScoobyDooShow''
272** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyGoesHollywood''
273** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndScrappyDoo''
274** ''WesternAnimation/TheScoobyDooAndScrappyDooShow''
275*** ''Scrappy and Yabba-Doo''
276** ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyAndScrappyDooShow''
277** ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMysteries''
278** ''WesternAnimation/The13GhostsOfScoobyDoo''
279** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMeetsTheBooBrothers''
280** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheGhoulSchool''
281** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheReluctantWerewolf''
282** ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo''
283** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooInArabianNights''
284** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooDirectToVideoFilmSeries'' (co-produced with Warner Bros. Animation)
285*** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooOnZombieIsland''
286*** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheWitchsGhost''
287*** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheAlienInvaders''
288*** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheCyberChase''[[note]] Officially their final project before folding into WB Animation completely. The studio is now credited as a holding company after this point.[[/note]]
289*** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheLegendOfTheVampire'' (posthumous credit)
290*** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheMonsterOfMexico'' (posthumous credit)
291*** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooReturnToZombieIsland'' (posthumous credit)
292* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2020}}''
293* ''WesternAnimation/SecretSquirrel''
294** ''WesternAnimation/SquiddlyDiddly''
295** ''WesternAnimation/WinsomeWitch''
296* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shazzan}}''
297* ''Shootout in a One-Dog Town''
298* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinbad_Jr._and_his_Magic_Belt Sinbad Jr. and his Magic Belt]]''
299* ''WesternAnimation/ShirtTales''
300* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Skatebirds The Skatebirds]]''
301** ''[[WesternAnimation/ClueClub Woofer & Wimper, Dog Detectives]]''
302** ''WesternAnimation/TheRobonicStooges''
303** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Wheels Wonder Wheels]]''
304** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Island Mystery Island]]''
305* ''Series/{{Skedaddle}}''
306* ''WesternAnimation/SkyCommanders''
307* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981''
308** ''The Smurfs' Springtime Special''
309** ''The Smurfs' Christmas Special''
310** ''My Smurfy Valentine''
311** ''The Smurfs' Halloween''
312** ''Smurfily Ever After''
313** ''The Smurfic Games''
314** ''Tis the Season to Be Smurfy''
315* ''WesternAnimation/TheSnorks''
316* ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost''
317** ''WesternAnimation/DinoBoy''
318* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpaceKidettes''
319* ''WesternAnimation/SpaceStars''
320** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Stars#Teen_Force Teen Force]]''
321** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Stars#Astro_and_the_Space_Mutts Astro and the Space Mutts]]''
322* ''WesternAnimation/SpeedBuggy''
323* ''WesternAnimation/StarFairies''
324* ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}''
325** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legends_of_the_Superheroes Legends of the Superheroes]]''
326** ''The All-New Super Friends Hour''
327** ''The World's Greatest Super Friends''
328** ''Super Friends (1980)''
329** ''Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show''
330** ''The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians''
331* ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats''
332* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bewitched#Spin-offs.2C_crossovers.2C_and_remakes Tabitha and Adam and the Clown Family]]''
333* ''WesternAnimation/TeenWolf''
334* ''WesternAnimation/TheThanksgivingThatAlmostWasnt''
335* ''These Are the Days''
336* ''Timeless Tales from Hallmark''
337* ''WesternAnimation/TheTownSantaForgot''
338* ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea''
339* ''Franchise/TomAndJerry'' [[note]]H-B made the original run of theatrical shorts for MGM and would later acquire the rights to the franchise in the 1990s[[/note]]
340** ''WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}}'' [[note]]H-B directed some of the theatrical shorts and would also acquire the rights to the franchise along with Tom and Jerry (which they later merged it with) in the 90s[[/note]]
341** ''WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryShow''
342*** ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatGrapeApe''
343*** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mumbly_Cartoon_Show The Mumbly Cartoon Show]]''
344** ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryKids''
345*** ''Droopy and Dripple''
346*** ''Spike and Tyke''
347*** ''WesternAnimation/DroopyMasterDetective''
348*** ''Screwball Squirrel''
349** ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTales''
350* ''WesternAnimation/TopCat''
351** ''WesternAnimation/TopCatAndTheBeverlyHillsCats''
352* ''WesternAnimation/ToucheTurtleAndDumDum''
353* ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollkins}}''
354* ''Anime/UltramanTheAdventureBegins''
355* ''WesternAnimation/ValleyOfTheDinosaurs''
356* ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces''
357** ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines''
358** ''WesternAnimation/ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop''
359** ''WebAnimation/PenelopePitstopGT''
360** ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces2017'' (posthumous credit)
361* ''WesternAnimation/WaitTillYourFatherGetsHome'' (most of season 1 was animated by its Australian division, with the rest of the series animated by a studio in Canada; "Papa in New York" and "The Neighbors" were done in-house)
362* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake,_Rattle,_and_Roll Wake, Rattle, and Roll]]''
363** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake,_Rattle,_and_Roll#Monster_Tails Monster Tails]]''
364** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake,_Rattle,_and_Roll#Fender_Bender_500 Fender Bender 500]]''
365* ''WesternAnimation/WallyGator''
366* ''WesternAnimation/WhatACartoon'' (co-produced with Creator/CartoonNetwork)
367** ''WesternAnimation/AwfullyLucky''
368** ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken''
369*** ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel''
370** ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' (seasons 1-2)
371** ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' (seasons 1-3)
372** ''WesternAnimation/LarryAndSteve'' (later reworked into ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'')
373** ''WesternAnimation/MinaAndTheCount'' (first short only)
374** ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' (seasons 1-3)
375* ''WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'' (pilot only)
376* ''WesternAnimation/WheelieAndTheChopperBunch''
377* ''WesternAnimation/WheresHuddles''
378* ''Series/{{Whew}}'' (opening animation)
379* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wildfire}}''
380* ''Yabba-Dabba-Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera''
381* ''WesternAnimation/YogiBear''
382** ''WesternAnimation/{{Snagglepuss}}''
383** ''WesternAnimation/YakkyDoodle''
384** ''WesternAnimation/HeyThereItsYogiBear''
385** ''WesternAnimation/YogisArkLark''
386*** ''WesternAnimation/YogisGang''
387** ''WesternAnimation/YogisSpaceRace''
388*** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Goof-Ups Galaxy Goof-Ups]]''
389*** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Buford Files and The Galloping Ghost}}''
390** ''WesternAnimation/YogisFirstChristmas''
391** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogi_Bear%27s_All_Star_Comedy_Christmas_Caper Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper]]''
392** ''WesternAnimation/YogisTreasureHunt''
393** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogi%27s_Great_Escape Yogi's Great Escape]]''
394** ''WesternAnimation/YogiBearAndTheMagicalFlightOfTheSpruceGoose''
395** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogi_and_the_Invasion_of_the_Space_Bears Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears]]''
396** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Yogi_Bear_Show The New Yogi Bear Show]]''
397** ''WesternAnimation/YoYogi''
398** ''WesternAnimation/YogiTheEasterBear''
399* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Robin_Hood Young Robin Hood]]''
400* ''WesternAnimation/YoungSamsonAndGoliath''
401* ''WesternAnimation/TheYumYums'': The Day Things Went Sour''
402[[/index]]
403----
404!Hanna-Barbera as a company and its works provide examples of:
405%% Remember, creators do not get trivia pages. Trivia items on this page should stay here.
406
407* ActingForTwo: And how! A lot of Hanna-Barbera shows had only a few actors playing all the parts. ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'' had just '''two''', Don Messick and Paul Winchell. Luckily, the actors were talented enough to have multiple voices in their repertoire.
408* AnimatedAdaptation: A staple of their later work was adapting everything from ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' to ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'' into a cartoon.
409* AnimationBump: While their regular TV shows relied heavily on limited animation, the studio would use a more lax schedule and substantial budget for all it was worth when it could get it. Most of their staff from ''Franchise/TomAndJerry'' migrated over to HB when MGM closed its cartoon unit, so they were plenty capable of full, classical animation. You mostly see this in their features and one-shot specials. The mid '60s also saw an influx of former Disney animators, resulting in some parts of episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' being uncannily animated on ones. They'd move away from limited stuff for good by the '90s, after reconstructing their pipeline to allow for outsourcing.
410* BookEnds: Joe made his directorial debut with the first Franchise/TomAndJerry short ''WesternAnimation/PussGetsTheBoot'' in 1940, so it's fitting that his last directing credit would be for the final theatrical Tom and Jerry short, ''The Karate Guard'', in 2005 before his death the following year.
411* CareerResurrection: Subverted. While the name "Hanna-Barbera" was retired in 2001, the studio (or what remained of its assets, at least) never officially went away so much as just being more limited until something triggered a bigger comeback. There are two especially notable examples of this.
412** After middling success in the 1980s, when their runaway hit was the LongRunner ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' that nothing else matched, a shakeup in management, as well as a massive facelift of their production pipeline, led to the production of Cartoon Network's hugely successful Creator/CartoonCartoons, most of which were HB productions (or at least had their initial pilots produced by HB) and existed under the studio's umbrella until about 2001. Until Cartoon Network Studios' own absorption into WB, association between the two had been little to none.
413** As of 2016, while the company Hanna-Barbera operates in name only, Creator/WarnerBros has made another more abundant attempt to jump-start the HB brand to bigger goals. This seems to be a culmination of several years of back catalog releases doing well to expanding the new DirectToVideo movies to include more than ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' and ''Franchise/TomAndJerry'', increasing of other merchandise for sale, letting DC produce more comics with the characters and the intent of using the animated Scooby-Doo reboot feature to launch a whole film universe. 2017 had brought about another increase in promotion for the 60th anniversary of the studio, and ''WesternAnimation/{{Wacky Races|2017}}'', the first children's TV cartoon based on a non-''Scooby-Doo'' classic H-B property in 21 years. ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}'' and the scheduled ''WesternAnimation/YabbaDabbaDinosaurs'' (the latter having been held back in the US for 3 years) would follow in 2021, as the rise of [[Creator/HBOMax streaming]] [[Creator/{{Boomerang}} services]] gives the previously niche product that these characters had become room to breathe.
414* ContinuityDrift: Continuity in Hanna Barbera productions is a difficult subject. Even despite many of the shows tending to operate on lax rules regarding continuity in general, the studio never had a problem producing crossovers and show off their characters inhabiting a SharedUniverse. This creates a weird contrast as to how the shows reference one another, but most of their shows operated on either this principle or BroadStrokes. In Hanna Barbera, sometimes continuity is there and sometimes it changes by the episode. One can't say Hanna-Barbera had a strict continuity, but also one can't say Hanna-Barbera had no continuity. From an out of universe reason a lot of this is a result of RuleOfFun. From an in-universe perspective, one might consider it a faulty timeline which really can be HilariousInHindsight as that gives an excuse for all the mistakes that happen from time to time.
415* {{Crossover}}: The studio made good use of its huge roster of popular characters. In the early days, characters would sometimes cameo in each other's shows or even passively name-drop them. The first true crossover was Yogi's Birthday Party, the end special to ''WesternAnimation/YogiBear'' and this was followed by the Council of Doom arc on ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost''. ''WesternAnimation/YogisGang'' became the first series built around the idea as a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, which itself followed off the ''WesternAnimation/YogisArkLark'' special. Many more series and movies of the like followed from this such as ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsonsMeetTheFlintstones,'' and ''WesternAnimation/LaffALympics''.
416** Warner Brothers has continued the spirit as of 2015 which saw the release of a crossover with ''Franchise/TomAndJerry'' and ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'' with ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerrySpyQuest'', as well as ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndKissRockAndRollMystery'' where Franchise/ScoobyDoo meets Music/{{Kiss}}. Bonus points for giving Kiss their superpowers from ''Film/KissMeetsThePhantomOfThePark''.
417** Earlier ''Creator/CartoonCartoons'' recognized their origins as some of the last Hanna-Barbera productions this way. ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' crossed over ''WesternAnimation/DynomuttDogWonder'', ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' and ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' crossed over with ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'', and ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'' did an episode of an elderly Weasel with similarly elderly versions of Hanna-Barbera characters. This continued even after Cartoon Network Studios became its own entity, as WesternAnimation/YogiBear and [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred Flintstone]] made guest appearances on ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy''.
418** So has Creator/DCComics. With an already ongoing ''Scooby Doo Team Up'' comic pairing Scooby with other HB cartoons and DC heroes, it has expanded with the recent announcement of ''ComicBook/FutureQuest''- a series with Jonny Quest and Space Ghost teaming with many of the other 60s H-B heroes. All of DC's ''H-B Beyond'' titles apparently exist in the same universe.
419* CreatorsOddball:
420** The ''Franchise/TomAndJerry'' shorts, when compared to the output of H&B's own studio. The former were lavishly animated and featured almost no dialogue, while the latter was the exact opposite. It’s sort of a shame to see what the duo was capable of when given the proper resources.
421** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J50cJsopS5s Most of their live-action]] [[MadeForTVMovie TV movies]] (on which Barbera was always keener than Hanna). As the name Hanna-Barbera is often associated with WesternAnimation, it can be weird to learn they did in fact attempt to branch out to include live-action material, some with animation components and some with none at all. This came ahead in the 90s when the studio formed "Bedrock Productions" to produce live-action content for TV, such as ''[[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz The Dreamer of Oz]]'' and the infamous ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LytgLZDzzAY Poochinski]]'' pilot.
422** This is also the case with their more obscure adult-oriented productions. While everyone can remember types such as FunnyAnimal and YouMeddlingKids cartoons from Hanna-Barbera, they've occasionally deviated from their target audience to produce cartoons like the serious drama ''WesternAnimation/{{Devlin}}'' and the primetime adult sketch comedy show ''Jokebook''. These shows are so against what people associate with Hanna-Barbera that you can change a the course of an entire conversation just by mentioning them.
423** Their obscure live-action TV special ''The Last Halloween'' marked the first and only time Hanna-Barbera used CGI to animate their characters. They've experimented with the technology before, but primarily used it for visual effects like with the ''Funtastic World'' ride.
424* DarkerAndEdgier: While in some corners of the web the studio isn't thought to be associated with this trope, they have crossed this line many times. It was earliest in the 1960s, with shows like ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'' and ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'' being action shows where the weekly bad guys didn't always survive the episode. During the 1970s this trend was dialed back, as the increased controversy over "cartoon violence" forced Hanna-Barbera to focus on comedies instead.
425** Their action cartoons during the 1980s and 1990s began to take this route as well. The last two seasons of ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'' brought in Darkseid, for starters; the trend continued with ''WesternAnimation/GaltarAndTheGoldenLance'', ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesOfDarkWater'', and ''WesternAnimation/SwatKats''.
426** And in even more obscure corners, the studio also provided things such as ''WesternAnimation/TheLastOfTheCurlews'' and ''Rock Odyssey'' featuring some scenes that may launch into pure nightmare fuel.
427** DC Comics' ''ComicBook/HannaBarberaBeyond'' is a slate of comic reboots of H-B properties; while the above mentioned ''ComicBook/FutureQuest'' aims at a retro aesthetic, the others provide these kinds of what-if takes on the characters. These include ''ComicBook/ScoobyApocalypse'' (which takes the Scooby-Doo Gang into a world infected by a nanite virus), ''ComicBook/WackyRaceland'' (which transplants the Wacky Racers into a ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''–style environment), and ''ComicBook/TheFlintstones'' comic that takes it back to its roots about social issues in a prehistoric setting. This, of course, mirrors the multiple paths being taken in the modern animation projects.
428* DomesticOnlyCartoon: Justified, as the studio was founded well before outsourcing animation duty to foreign countries was possible, but even after it became the norm, the studio still had its cartoons animated in US, for better or worse. On the one hand, they proudly kept animation jobs going in America at a time when it was an otherwise suicidal career choice. On the other, it was not a practice conducive to creating shows of a quality higher than what they produced.
429** They would, however, outsource several shows out to their Australian branch or to Creator/WangFilmProductions during the late 70s through to the 80s to varying degrees of involvement.
430* EarlyBirdCameo: Some of their characters made cameos as prototypes in cartoons, usually as villains. For example, Snagglepuss started out as a villain named "Snaggletooth" in ''Quick Draw [=McGraw=]'' before getting its' own series of shorts. Hardy Har Har was an antagonist in a ''Snooper and Blabber'' cartoon. Ricochet Rabbit was an antagonist in a ''Touché Turtle'' cartoon.
431* FlipFlopOfGod: Given his businessman personality, Joe was known to backtrack on his own thoughts during pitch meetings and, on occasions, casual conversations. This likely explains why John Kricfalusi made claim that Joe hated ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' when he really didn't, Joe just wanted to be on John's good side when he offered a character design position to him; especially since John was one of his biggest fans.
432* FollowTheLeader:
433** Almost all of their cartoons were made to cash in on something trendy at the time. ''Secret Squirrel'' was made to cash in on the success of ''Franchise/JamesBond'' for instance.
434** They were also prone to following ''themselves''. Popular formulas included:
435*** "Animal wants to escape from confinement/steal food" - Yogi Bear, Wally Gator, Breezly and Sneezly, Squiddly Diddly, Hair Bear Bunch.
436*** "Small smart guy and big dumb guy fight crime" - Quick Draw [=McGraw=], Ricochet Rabbit, Touche Turtle.
437*** "Animals try to scam others" - Hokey Wolf, Top Cat, Lippy and Hardy.
438*** "Superhero action shows with realistically drawn people" - Space Ghost, Birdman, Herculoids, Galaxy Trio, Superfriends.
439*** "Sitcom with a certain gimmick" - Flintstones (prehistoric), Jetsons (space), Roman Holidays (Ancient Rome), Where's Huddles? (football).
440*** "Mystery solving teens" - Scooby-Doo, Jabberjaw, Clue Club, Funky Phantom.
441*** "Small, cute creatures" - Smurfs, Snorks, Shirt Tales, Monchhichis.
442** In 1991, they opened their own store to compete with the Disney Store. It was shut down a year later.
443* FourFingeredHands: Played with.
444** Any anthropomorphic FunnyAnimal character (e.g., WesternAnimation/YogiBear, WesternAnimation/HuckleberryHound, WesternAnimation/{{Snagglepuss}}) almost always has four fingers.
445** Shows which used exaggerated cartoony designs for their human characters (e.g., WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones, WesternAnimation/TheJetsons) also used four-fingered hands, while shows which used realistically-designed human characters (e.g., WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest, WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo, most HB superhero characters such as WesternAnimation/{{Birdman|1967}} and WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost, and any animated spin-off based on a live-action TV show or film) used five-fingered hands.
446** Some shows had characters with both four-fingered and five-fingered hands, particularly those that had both anthromorphic/cartoony characters paired with realistically-designed human characters (e.g., WesternAnimation/CaptainCavemanAndTheTeenAngels, WesternAnimation/LaffALympics).
447* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Surprisingly, Bill and Joe's relationship was largely professional, and they very rarely interacted outside of the workplace. Tellingly, both of their biographies barely make any mention of their partner.
448* FriendlyEnemy:
449** With Creator/RubySpears, both Ruby and Spears met at Hanna Barbera and split off to form their own studio. Despite doing so to create more competition for them they however shared a generally positive relationship with their old employer. (Given that they shared multiple employees this of course made some sense) Once Ruby-Spears was sold to Taft in 1981, H-B and R-S became sister studios and began producing shows together and co-marketing. The relationship is somewhat fuzzier now since the Ruby-Spears library was merged into the Hanna-Barbera library.
450** Technical example with Southern Star Group (now a part of Endemol Australia) which was originally a sub-entity/joint venture of Hanna Barbera. Despite being divorced, Endemol is allowed to brand several of their [=DVDs=]' material with the Hanna-Barbera name [[note]]Mind you, not the Hanna Barbera/Southern Star Australia name, just the Hanna-Barbera name.[[/note]], and Warner seems to be on good terms with them to not raise a case about it.
451* GenreProlificCreator: They did [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation Golden Age's]] slapstick (''{{Franchise/Tom And Jerry}}''), science fiction (''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons''), pulp action-adventure (''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest''), horror comedy (''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' and ''[[Main/FollowTheLeader the thousand of it's clones]]''), superhero (''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheAtomAntShow''), spy fiction (''WesternAnimation/SecretSquirrel'') and western (''WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw'').
452* InNameOnly: Turner's initial idea for Cartoon Network Studios was to serve as an in-house example of this for Hanna-Barbera. While HB was wrapping production on their then current shows, this new "subdivision" would be in charge of testing the waters for more original content on the channel until the rest of the company shifted focus towards this goal. It wasn't until ExecutiveMeddling from the Time Warner buyout caused CN Studios to become recognized as a full-fledged production arm of Hanna-Barbera before eventually spinning off into its own company. This is why CN Studios [[invoked]][[MyRealDaddy isn't credited on most of the channel's first shows despite already having been formed]], as they weren't intended to be a permanent addition to HB from the start. Before such, CN's president Betty Cohen and Hanna Barbera's head Fred Seibert had enjoyed a good working relationship, and given how much Turner's CN utilized the classic HB roster, looking back in hindsight can make one stunned at just how much the failed merger affected every institution involved.
453* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: For most of the library, this is becoming less of an issue. Warner is vastly committed to releasing their holdings, and thanks to the Warner Archive DVD-R program, it's relatively easy to release shows. However, odds of the ones not owned by Warner (e.g., ''WesternAnimation/TheHarlemGlobetrotters'') are much lower and require some circulating.
454* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: The studio went through this in the mid-to-late 90's during their transition into Creator/CartoonNetwork, as the channel's emphasis on creator-driven cartoons caused many of their shows to contrast heavily with the rest of the HB library in terms of [[DerangedAnimation style]] [[ArtShift and]] [[invoked]][[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs tone]].
455* LimitedAnimation:
456** Pioneered many of the techniques in creating animation on a television schedule and budget, at least with what the technology would allow at the time. Of course, as mentioned on AnimationBump, give Hanna-Barbera a budget and they would use it for all it was worth.
457** Believe it or not, Hanna-Barbera cartoons were actually ''more'' animated than the very first TV cartoons like WesternAnimation/CrusaderRabbit. That show was originally part of a package called ''The Comic Strips of Television'' because the characters literally didn’t move at all. Even in later years, their work was noticeably more animated than anything put out by the likes of Creator/{{Filmation}}.
458** For the record, Bill and Joe never liked the term "limited animation"; [[InsistentTerminology their prefered name]] for their process was "planned animation."
459* MarathonRunning: During the Thanksgiving weekend of 2020, Boomerang aired marathons of their most popular shows, most notably Top Cat, Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, The Jetsons, The Flintstones, Wacky Races, Jonny Quest, Josie and the Pussycats, and Magilla Gorilla.
460* MerchandiseDriven: Some of their 80's shows such as ''WesternAnimation/ChallengeOfTheGobots'' and ''WesternAnimation/SkyCommanders''.
461* MickeyMousing: Originally averted in most cases, as in their earliest years they used stock music from the Capitol Hi-Q library (as heard in ''WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}}'', ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy'' and even ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968''), and then when Hoyt Curtin took over as the studio's full-time composer in 1961, he generally continued this approach, in most cases coming up with canned music cues that would be recycled, [[RecycledSoundtrack sometimes from show to show]]. In an interview, Hoyt explained...
462--> "I just let the music play. Hanna liked that. He didn't want the music to stop and start all the time. I think he was right. The sound effects guy is there to put the sound on every blink; just let the music be happy underneath. Kind of anti-[[TropeNamer Disney]] after a while."
463** But then their budgets increased in TheNineties with the Turner buyout and they began often playing this straight, most notably on ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooInArabianNights'', to the point where the music sounds like something out of a typical ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' episode (complete with one of the same composers and [[BigBudgetBeefUp a full studio orchestra]]).
464* MultipleDemographicAppeal: The studio lasted as long as it did because their cartoons were purposefully made to appeal to everyone. Kids liked the colorful characters, slapstick humor, and action, while grown-ups liked the witty writing and celebrity references. In the case of ''Huckleberry Hound'', [[https://yowpyowp.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-collegiate-hound.html college students adored the series]] and [[https://yowpyowp.blogspot.com/2010/10/fans-of-huckleberry-unite.html had fan clubs for it]], as well as "[[https://yowpyowp.blogspot.com/2010/11/daws-butler-goes-home.html Huckleberry Hound Days]]" where they would blast episodes of series on the loudspeakers.
465* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Many of their characters' voices are impressions of old celebrities. For example, Wally Gator's voice is based on Creator/EdWynn.
466* NoExportForYou: For Hanna-Barbera, this trope was the case in Germany and Austria, when the [[invoked]]AnimationAgeGhetto was strong in the United States. Hanna-Barbera did not recognize Germany (until 1990, split into West Germany and East Germany) and Austria because of both countries' very harsh history of authoritarianism and is also due to MoralGuardians. Until the 1990s, West Germany (later Germany) and Austria heavily relied on American animation studios other than Hanna-Barbera for American animation distribution. As a result, most classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons were never dubbed in German while some others, like ''WesternAnimation/YogiBear'' and ''WesternAnimation/TopCat'', fall into LateExportForYou as they were only released in Germany and Austria in the 1990s.
467* ParodyAssistance: They helped animate Music/TheBeautifulSouth's music video for "How Long's a Tear Take to Dry?", which is an AffectionateParody of {{Band Toon}}s.
468* ThePowerOfFriendship: A near-constant theme in their shows, regardless of formula. Most have characters that will be best of friends and sometimes whole episodes are devoted to showcasing how friendship overcomes hardship. For a 50th anniversary, Bill and Joe led several of their star characters in a song about teamwork. To take it up a notch when Warner Bros decided to give the HB characters a serious theatrical push in ''WesternAnimation/{{Scoob}}'' they grounded the plot in this trope especially among a pair of and the studio's most beloved heroes and two of the studio's most beloved villains.
469** The studio itself survived decades thanks to its founders' teamwork, despite the two of them being polar opposites (Hanna was the quiet country type, Barbera was the fast-paced city type) and rarely fraternizing outside of work. Inside the studio the two worked in their own ways and complemented one another's talent to a tee.
470* ProductionPosse:
471** Most of the animators previously worked with Creator/{{Disney}} and Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer. Even some of them worked on ''Tom & Jerry'' when they were at MGM.
472** Composer Hoyt Curtin and music producer Paul [=DeKorte=] frequently worked on several shows together from the early 1960s until [=DeKorte=]'s death in 1985 and Curtin's retirement one year later. They even worked on ''Anime/BattleOfThePlanets''.
473** HB's productions usually had several voice actors who regularly worked alongside one another. Creator/DawsButler, Creator/CaseyKasem, Creator/DonMessick, John Stephenson, Janet Waldo, and Creator/FrankWelker were among its regulars.
474* PromotedFanboy: Given how the company produced several popular shows over the span of 44 years, it's no surprise to learn that many of its later alumni were fans of their shows as well.
475** Fred Seibert, who was head of television production from 1992 to 1993, and president of the whole studio from 1993 to 1996, instituted the ''WesternAnimation/WhatACartoon'' program, and a set of logos celebrating classic Hanna-Barbera characters (the H-B "All-Stars").
476** As a longtime ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' and HB fan, not only did Van Partible had the honor of writing a crossover episode with the Mystery, Inc. gang for ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' and later story boarding for [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated one of their many televised reboots]], but he also had the chance to work with studio co-founder Joe Barbera himself, having him as a writer and consultant during the first few episodes of ''Johnny'''s first season, before he was dismissed due to budget constraints.
477*** Van also wanted the aesthetic '50s HB design style implanted in the show and as such tried to hire as much veterans from the studio as he could, with one specific alumni he got out of retirement, Ed Benedict, who was a background consultant and background designer for the first season and several holiday specials.
478** Before Creator/SethMacfarlane got his first break in TV with the studio, he grew up as a fanboy of both ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Flintstones]]'', and in his later career with Creator/{{Fox}} he tried to reboot the latter for a newer audience; which unfortunately never came through [[WhatCouldHaveBeen due to licensing issues]].
479** Maxwell Atoms was another younger talent that came in as a fan to the company from his childhood. He also said in an interview Cartoon Network gave him some trouble when he still wanted to use some older characters for cameos in his shows. After departing Cartoon Network, Atoms would return to do some work for Warner Bros. Animation's ''WesternAnimation/{{Bunnicula}}'' which in premise clearly shows some favor to the special produced by sibling studio Ruby-Spears as well.
480** Donovan Cook has often cited ''WesternAnimation/SecretSquirrel'' as one of his favorite shows growing up and as a key inspiration for his decision to enter the animation industry. So it wasn't a shock to many when he decided to revive the character as a side story between episodes of his [[WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs first TV series]].
481* RealLifeRelative: Joseph Barbera's daughter, Jayne, worked with Hanna-Barbera for several years, first as an ink and paint supervisor, and then as a production manager.
482* RecycledInSpace: Definitely not the first to do this, but both the TropeNamer (with ''ComicBook/JosieAndThePussycats in Outer Space'') ''and'' TropeCodifier for how this trope is currently used. As stated above, they were known for shameless recyling -- if one show was successful, do another just like it. If one was not, do one like one of the more successful shows, rinse, repeat. If you're not too busy, check out [[RecycledInSpace/WesternAnimation this trope's page for western animation]]. About half of the above list is on there.
483* RecycledScript: They loved reusing plots for their shows. Just a few of their common tropes and plots include LatexPerfection, EvilKnockoff, UnexpectedInheritance, and FracturedFairyTale.
484* RecycledSoundtrack: With the high number of shows produced per year and their short turn-around time, this would happen frequently...
485** When Hoyt Curtin first became the studio's full-time composer in 1961 and the ''Huckleberry Hound'' and ''Quick Draw [=McGraw=]'' shows abandoned the use of Capitol's Hi-Q stock music library in favor of original music, Curtin largely recycled his compositions from ''The Flintstones'' and ''The Yogi Bear Show'' in both series (and even then, both aforementioned shows tended to "borrow" music from one another.)
486** When ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' was a brand-new show, the first season's musical soundtrack consisted of roughly half original compositions by Ted Nichols (who often filled in for Curtin from the mid-60s to the early 70s) and stock tracks written for previous H-B shows (most notably tracks from ''The Adventures of Gulliver'' and ''The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'', and a "circus acrobatics" theme from ''Wacky Races''.)
487** H-B continued this practice well into the early 1990s. ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'' recycled a few music cues from the 80s ''Jetsons'' revival and ''The New Yogi Bear Show'', in addition to a whole batch of new music cues by Music/JohnDebney.
488* ReusedCharacterDesign: Inevitably, due to the sheer number of shows that the studio produced per-year and their short turn-around time. Some former employees claimed that it got the point that they would simply trace pre-existing model sheets to create new ones. Sometimes this went down to characters who look alike to the same designs being used in more than one show. However, the studio wasn't immune to also having fun with this; ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperGlobetrotters'' had so much fun reveling in this trope[[LampshadeHanging that they clearly were trying to fit as many in as possible]].
489* RhymingNames: Many of Hanna-Barbera's cartoons that use CharacterTitle features characters with rhyming names, while the ones that feature duos frequently employ RhymeThemeNaming.
490** ''WesternAnimation/BreezlyAndSneezly'' (part of ''The WesternAnimation/PeterPotamus Show'')
491** ''WesternAnimation/MagillaGorilla''
492** ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatGrapeApe''
493** Pixie and Dixie from ''WesternAnimation/PixieDixieAndMrJinks''
494** ''WesternAnimation/SquiddlyDiddly'' (part of ''The WesternAnimation/SecretSquirrel Show'')
495* TheRival: Creator/{{Filmation}} during the '60s and '70s -- the rivalry faded in the '80s as Filmation concentrated on syndication, and was eventually shut down by the end of the decade. Filmation even generally used the same StockSoundEffects as Hanna-Barbera, albeit at a distinctively lower sound quality.
496* ScrewedByTheLawyers:
497** Creator/MarvelComics' ''Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera'' comics are unlikely to be reprinted now that the Hanna-Barbera characters are owned by Creator/WarnerBros, parent of Creator/DCComics. It was made even more unlikely when Marvel was bought by Creator/{{Disney}}.
498** The studio's sister company, Creator/RubySpears, has received some of this by way of how the Turner buyout merged their library into the Hanna Barbera library. Some of their cartoons are branded in the Hanna-Barbera Classic Collection, some are not. However all claim Hanna Barbera as their owner in the legal crawl on the back, because legally now they are. [[note]]The reason behind this was because the Ruby Spears' pre-1991 back catalog was purchased by Turner Entertainment along with HB, but not the studio itself. This is why their final cartoons, like ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears'', don't appear with the rest of their library on DVD, as they were produced after the buyout when RB was operating independently.[[/note]]
499** There were reportedly negotiations involving a DVD release of ''WesternAnimation/TheFantasticFour1967'' shortly before Disney bought Marvel Comics.
500** ''WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw'' and later seasons of ''WesternAnimation/HuckleberryHound'' used music from the Capitol Records library as underscore. As a result, the shows are stuck in legal limbo as the rights to the music has reverted back to their composers.
501* ScrewedByTheNetwork:
502** In its original run, the studio suffered from this in regards to ''WesternAnimation/WaitTillYourFatherGetsHome'', which was cancelled in response to the negative feedback it got from MoralGuardians who cited it as inappropriate for younger viewers.
503** Mark Evanier in one of his blog posts recalled how Joe Barbera had some instances where he clashed with the network censors. Two often recalled examples being that he and Doug Wildey failed to convince the network to let them do a darker-themed ''Godzilla'' show, and another where Barbera and Evanier clashed with network people on Scrappy Doo being, well, too scrappy.
504** In later years, the history of the studio's catalog and Cartoon Network is a turbulent one, to say the least. Originally, reruns of HB (and Ruby-Spears) shows made up a good chunk of the schedule, making it for some people a resource and even possibly the place they first ever learned about that huge list above. The major change in this is often pinpointed to be 2001, a year that brought many changes to Cartoon Network as the disastrous AOL-Time Warner merger occurred. As you read above, some of this really began earlier, but the splitting of the studios and the Kellner vs Cohen feud of 2001 is really the point that is impossible to change course on. See [[NetworkDecay/UniqueSituations here]] for the very long summary that explains the Cartoon Network side of this history.
505** Upon the split, Warner Bros. Animation continued on with HB legacy productions and had Kids WB as an alternative. Cartoon Network had it's own studio to produce its original content for themselves. As time went on though, under Jim Samples more and more HB shows lost their places on the network. Some were able to find semi-reliable space on Boomerang, while others did not. As a result, some shows on the main page were victims of the KeepCirculatingTheTapes trope for over a decade and some still are.
506** Several of Cartoon Network's promos from the above mentioned time [[LampshadeHanging seemed to have pointed some of this out]]. There is some confusion as when this process began Cartoon Network under Cohen believed in parodying their cartoons while also showing them in their regular forms. A lot of the humor came from the programming room. [[note]]Which was where most of the creative from Creator/AdultSwim came from as well.[[/note]] Originally though the concept behind these may have been to parody the rivalry going on at the studio by even having the characters kind of take sides. Once the studios split and the Cohen-era ended there seemed to be a more direct TakeThat attitude added some of which even twisted the network's old slogan into the ''best place for some cartoons''. This may have made some of the earlier light hearted ones look [[invoked]]HarsherInHindsight.
507*** Some of the earliest ones featured Dexter and Weasel explaining time zone listings while Dr. Quest stood in the background and got chastised for dropping a lab flask. Then Weasel did a presentation explaining the difference between Cartoon Cartoons and regular cartoons, with less than enthusiastic descriptions of some less popular HB and RS shows. Then they had WesternAnimation/YogiBear not being allowed into the building without an ID, even though they featured his poster behind the reception desk. There was the "parking lot" promo where [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred Flintstone]], WesternAnimation/{{Thundarr|TheBarbarian}} and [[WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken Chicken]] try to find a parking spot (as the lot is overcrowded thanks to all the characters), which ultimately culminates in a standoff with Anime/SpeedRacer. Another one had Ugh from ''WesternAnimation/DinoBoy'' having to help [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy Edd]] find the recording room at the CN offices, with Ugh spending the entire time complaining that he has next to no work there anymore since it "got crowded". The most famous (and a notable TakeThat) one, though, had [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scrappy-Doo]] going on a rant, in which he outright snaps at the Cartoon Cartoons for them being treated like "the kings and queens of this network".
508** Some specific shows are cited as having been caught in the middle of the Cartoon Network situation. ''Cave Kids'' was a new show made for the network and it was cancelled after only a few episodes. Meanwhile, it is reportedly the reason why shows like ''WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs'' and ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats'' were cancelled as more of the budget went towards producing Cartoon Network originals rather then rehoming HB series from other networks (though fans of the latter have {{Misblamed}} Ted Turner for supposedly preferring ''Captain Planet'' and cancelling ''SK''... which is ironic, given ''CP'' ended not long after for the same reason). In later years, some of WB's ideas for Hanna-Barbera legacy properties found themselves being rejected due to CN not having any interest in green-lighting them. Not to mention, several of the shows that ''did'' get produced have had their scheduling so backed up (thanks to Vishnu Atreya's spamming of popular shows to the detriment of everything else on the schedule), even the people who worked on them admitted they had no idea when or where they'd air.
509** This last note is again for both HB and RS. While a good chunk of their shows appeared at some point on Cartoon Network or Boomerang, recent revelations by the Warner Archive proved some shows from both parts of the library have legally been theirs the whole time, yet never were shown on Cartoon Network or Boomerang. Jerry Beck, back in the older days, did note that CN never had copies of every single thing in these libraries, so it begs the question which were deliberately snubbed and which were innocently overlooked.
510* ShoutOut: Hanna Barbera used this in their shows about as often as they had a direct CrossOver. It was quite normal to hear a character make a reference or turn on the TV to see another Hanna-Barbera character.
511** In the earliest days of Cartoon Network originals (as Cartoon Network Studios was simply a subdivision of Hanna-Barbera), these and cameo appearances were common, but they started to slow down after the '90s. In an interview, Maxwell Atoms mentioned Cartoon Network gave him a bit of a hard time over using the older HB characters for cameos. However, even longer after H-B shut down, ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats'' merited a mention in the crossover episode between ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' and ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'' (likely because the Crewniverse and the creator, Rebecca Sugar, watched the show in the 1990s). ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'' has even more references, with creator Ian Jones-Quartey specifically stating that H-B is in the show's DNA (see above).
512* SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism: Seen in their talking animal shows of the 1950's and early 1960's. ''WesternAnimation/HuckleberryHound'', ''WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw'', ''WesternAnimation/SecretSquirrel'' and others are firmly in the FunnyAnimal category, while ''WesternAnimation/YogiBear'' and ''WesternAnimation/MagillaGorilla'' are treated more like [[CivilizedAnimal Civilized Animals]], in spite of everyone wearing at least some clothing, being bipedal, and being able to converse with humans in English. Later {{CrossOver}} shows like ''WesternAnimation/YogisGang'' tend to put everyone firmly at the FunnyAnimal level.
513* SpeechCentricWork: Most of their shows from were dialogue heavy by necessity (except ''Blast-Off Buzzard'', which had no dialogue). Due to the small budgets and short production time, they had to make do with limited animation, so most of the effort went to writing the dialogue.
514* [[invoked]]SpiritualSuccessor: Hanna Barbera itself was the successor to the [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM Animation]] studio. As when MGM shut them down, Bill and Joe went on their own and took a good chunk of their MGM staff with them.
515** There is, however, heavier debate which of the two animation studios owned by [=WarnerMedia=] deserve to be the heir apparent. One is Creator/CartoonNetwork Studios, which began it's existence as a sub-entity of Hanna-Barbera in 1994 before going on it's own. A lot of their first shows were pet projects of younger HB employees who were originally hired to fill the void when a chunk of the 1980s Hanna Barbera staff went to another studio. That studio being Creator/WarnerBrosAnimation, which was revitalized in the early 1990s after that exodus. The Turner/Time Warner merger ended up putting both of these entities back under the same umbrella in 1996. Corporate executives and ideologies allegedly clashed from the merger to the point where in 2001, the decision was made to split the corporate culture. Cartoon Network Studios got their cartoons and distanced themselves from the Hanna-Barbera name. Warner Bros. Animation, on the other hand, got all the HB legacy properties and ever since have made up a good chunk of their yearly output. Now, thanks to the AT&T merger and subsequent reorganization, both of these entities are back under the same roof, and it remains to be seen if history repeats itself, or they learn from past issues how to handle it better.
516* StockFootage: Hanna-Barbera often used this method when necessary, though at least it didn't get as bad or repetitive as Creator/{{Filmation}}'s use of stock footage, in most cases.
517* StockSoundEffects: H-B had a very popular and memorable library of sound effects, and not just the usual cartoony sounds, but more general effects as well. Most of them were released [[https://www.sound-ideas.com/Product/409/Hanna-Barbera-Sound-Effects-Library on CD by Sound Ideas]], though it's a pretty expensive collection (as it's a professional royalty-free sound effects library.). In fact, many of their sound effects are still being used by sound editors today!
518* StrictlyFormula: They are notorious for making a decades long career with ''over a hundred shows'' with a handful of similar concepts.
519** Specifically, the company went through several different formulas in its history:
520*** FunnyAnimal cartoons starting with WesternAnimation/TheRuffAndReddyShow and producing such classics as WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow and WesternAnimation/YogiBear
521*** Animated sitcoms starting with WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones, with other such shows being WesternAnimation/TheJetsons, WesternAnimation/TopCat, etc.
522*** Action-Adventure shows with realistically drawn people, starting with WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest and continuing with WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost, WesternAnimation/BirdMan1967, etc
523*** Fantasy shows with tiny creatures living in a hidden fantastic MouseWorld, codified by their adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' and continued on with ''WesternAnimation/TheSnorks'', ''Monchichis'', ''WesternAnimation/TheBiskitts'' and ''WesternAnimation/PawPawBears''.
524*** Perhaps their most infamous formula, mystery-solving teen shows starting with WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou and producing a seemingly '''endless''' number of clones
525* TakeThat: Both William Hanna and Joseph Barbera really disliked their boss at MGM, Fred Quimby. Now notice how pushy Fred Flinstone and Fred Jones (of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'') are....
526* [[HeAlsoDid They Also Did]]: The studio, along with several established artists that they hired over the years, were involved with some notable works in the industry.
527** Before he became the studio's chairman and president, David Kirschner already had writer/producer credits for films like ''Film/ChildsPlay'' and ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' under his belt.
528** Mark Jones, the writer/director of ''Film/{{Leprechaun}}'' and some other quirky movies, was also a writer at both Hanna-Barbera and Ruby-Spears. While his works are often a bit more adult, when watching his movies with this knowledge, the influence is noticeable. And just to be clear, yes, the man who created ''Leprechaun'' has some credits on ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo''.
529** Illustrator Clark Haas was the creator of ''WesternAnimation/ClutchCargo'' and the founder of Cambria Productions. Both him and ''Captain Fathom'' writer Warren Tuff spent the rest of their careers with Hanna-Barbera after Cambria's closure.
530** HB provided some early concept art for the first ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' game. The specific artist in question was a young Creator/ButchHartman.
531** ''Flintstones'' and ''Jetsons'' writer Joanna Lee is remembered for her role as the alien "Tanna" from ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace''.
532** The studio itself produced many of [[Creator/CartoonNetwork Cartoon Network's]] earliest shows and pilots[[note]] including one of the pilots for ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', ''WesternAnimation/LarryAndSteve''[[/note]] before the channel took over production themselves.
533* TieInCereal:
534** If there was ever an example of the trope that outlived its source material, that honor would go to Fruity Pebbles and Coco Pebbles. Originally made as a tie-in to TheSixties animated sitcom ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', the Pebbles Cereal was so popular that the cereal would continue to be sold in every grocery store in America to this day, even as the original show reached its end. Even if you've never seen an episode of ''The Flintstones'' or any other iteration of the franchise, you've probably had one of the Pebbles Cereals at least once.
535** Besides the everlasting Fruity Pebbles, other Creator/HannaBarbera characters have also sponsored cereal. WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw sponsored Sugar Smacks, Snuffles (also from ''QDMG'') sponsored Apple Jacks, when Sugar Smacks was changed to Honey Smacks Series/TheBananaSplits sponsored it at one point, WesternAnimation/{{Snagglepuss}} sponsored Cocoa Krispies, WesternAnimation/YogiBear sponsored [=OKs=] Cereal, and [[WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow Huckleberry Hound]] sponsored Sugar All Stars.
536* VindicatedByReruns: A lot of Hanna-Barbera shows only lasted one season, but it's near universal that HB shows were quite easy to get rerun slots, first on Saturday morning and so on. In the 1990s, Cartoon Network was created as a 24-hour source for rerunning a lot of these shows and no doubt a reason for their continued fandom building. For a library with a whole percent being one season shows, some of those social media reactions can be pretty notable.
537** Given that in recent time home media has overtaken cable as the thing to get if you like watching reruns of older programming, it is also evident that Hanna-Barbera is the area of Warner Bros. Animation's library that routinely gets the most releases each year.
538** The Hanna Barbera Diamond Collection in 2017 was a surprising move that cemented this. Warner Bros. seemed to have been moving the majority of their older properties into the Warner Archive over the previous years. While WB regularly re-releases discs to stores with new packaging, it is notable these were actually newly made discs, which doesn't happen often for back-catalog animation.[[note]]Do note, these discs have increased the number of episodes to disc and eliminated flipper discs, but have dropped the extras from the previous editions.[[/note]] The idea they would take this risk only for a 60th anniversary and three years before the theatrical push really speaks to how much they feel in the HB brand as a whole.[[note]]Ironically, years back, there were rumors some of those sets were shelfwarming so much, they were among the contents of a warehouse WB paid to have destroyed. This new program, however, seems to have made those past rumors tip over like Fred Flintstone's car.[[/note]]
539* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Enough for [[WhatCouldHaveBeen.WesternAnimation an entire sub-folder]].
540* ZanyCartoon: The company's bread and butter, as while they ''did'' do a handful of nuanced dramas, the low budgets and short turnaround time tended to inspire more broad slapstick and downright silly plots animated in a snappy pose-to-pose style.

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