Games Animation-AU/Jollylarks (franchise) (2024)

Jollylarks is an American animated comedy short film series produced by United Cartoon Pictures/Games Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures with two revivals being produced from 1974-1982 and 1995-present. The series' would mainly focus on 5 short series', The Sponge and the Star, Ren and Stimpy, Modern Life, The Beaver Brothers and CatDog, while also focusing on other original worlds every now and then.

Jollylarks has since become a worldwide media franchise and serves as Famous Animation's flagship franchise. The most famous Jollylarks character, SpongeBob SquarePants, is regarded as a cultural icon and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

During the following years after its debut, Jollylarks has since eventually evolved into a media franchise, spawning several television series, feature films, comic books, music albums, merchandise, video games, and amusem*nt park rides, making it Paramount's flagship franchise, as well as one of the most popular cartoon series of all time behind Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes/Merry Melodies, Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse/Silly Symphonies, Fox's Twentieth Toons, Max Fleischer's cartoons like Popeye the Sailor and Betty Boop, Universal’s Woody Woodpecker, and MGM's Tom and Jerry. In later years, Turner brought Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn Mayer (including the franchise, alongside Fleischer’s cartoons including Popeye, Betty Boop and Tom and Jerry). In 1995, the short film series would be revived again, this time appearing before theatrical releases.

Whenever the series is aired on TV, it has been rated TV-G since 1997.

History[]

Beginnings: 1952-1955[]

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Golden Age: 1955–1965[]

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Dark Age: 1965–1969[]

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2nd Golden Age: 1974–1982.[]

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New Age: 1990-2021[]

In 1994, Fred Seibert created an animated analogy TV show called Cartoon Cartoons/World Premiere Toons with the collaboration of Hanna-Barbera. Seibert intended the firm to create quick cartoons that were reminiscent of the American animation industry's Golden Age. Even though the expense of a 48-short project would double that of a regular series, whatever's involved promises chances to "succeed or fail.".

In 1995, the same year when Turner acquired Paramount and Metro-Goldwyn Mayer, a new Jollylarks series was produced, titled Jollylarks Presents. The shorts appeared before films, starting with TBA.

New Era: 2022-present[]

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Filmography/Shorts[]

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Characters[]

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Accolades[]

Inducted into the National Film Registry[]

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Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Cartoon)[]

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Academy Award nominations[]

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Related media[]

Television series[]

The Originals[]

• The Sponge and the Star (^) (1950–1971): A slapstick cartoon series created by Gregory Anderson and Kelly N. Hillenburg Jr. involving a sea sponge named SpongeBob and a starfish named Patrick in their misadventures around Bikini Bottom.
• Casper the Friendly Ghost (1945–1949)
• Charlie the Chinchilla (1951–1967)
• Oliver the Owl (1952–1965)
• Ren and Stimpy (1961–1969)
• Rocko the Wallaby (1959–1969)
• The Beaver Brothers (1954–1969) (The first UCP cartoons to be produced in CinemaScope)
• CatDog (1953-1969)
• Beany and Cecil (1962-19??)

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Post ParaToons Era Franchises that are a part of the Paratoons Tree[]

• The Odd Parents (1979–1985, co-produced with Games Animation) - TBA
• Boy Genius (1987–1994)
• The Loud House (1996-2006)
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Cartoon Cartoons/World Premiere Toons (1995–2003; shorts)[]

• The Powerpuff Girls - "Meat Fuzzy Lumkins" (1995)
• Dexter's Laboratory (1995)
• Yuckie Duck- "Short Orders" (1995)
• Dino - "Stay Out!" (1995)
• Johnny Bravo (1995)
• Sledgehammer O'Possum - "Out and About" (1995)
• George and Junior- "Look Out Below" (1995)
• Hard Luck Duck (1995)
• Shake & Flick (1995)
• The Adventures of Captain Buzz Cheeply - "A Clean Getaway" (1995)
• Meet the Kookytails (1995)
• My Neighbor Was a Teenage Robot (1999)
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Spin-Offs[]

• The SpongeBob Hour (1974-1977)
• Betty Boop and Friends (1983–86)
• Mini Mountains (1987-1993)
• Spongebob, Patrick, Charlie & Oliver (1989–1994)
• Ren and Stimpy (1991-1997)
• Rocko's Modern Life (1993-1996)
• The Patrick Show (1994-2002)
• The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (1995-1997)
• Richie Rich (1996)
• The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper (1996-1998)
• CatDog (1998-2003)
• SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–present): An animated show about the classic Paratoons star.
• The Fairly OddParents (2001–2011)
• Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years (2002–2008)
• The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2002–2008)
• The New Ren and Stimpy Show (2003–2009)
• My Life as a Teenage Robot (2003–2010)
• Jack's Big Music Show (2005–2008) - a remake of the classic 1970s show.
• Jollylarks: School Daze (2006-2011)
• Casper's Scare School (2009)
• The Jollylarks Show (2009–2015)
• JollyGirls Forever! (2018–2020)
• Jollylarks: Reanimated! (2022–present)
• Jimmy Neutron's New Adventures (2022–present)
• Ren & Stimpy (!) (2023-present)
• My Life as a Teenage Robot (2023 reboot) (2023–present)
• The Odd Parents: A New Wish (2024–present)
• Toonville (!) (2024–present) - the adult spinoff of Jollylarks franchise, also based on the 2012 video game and 2022 film series.

Films[]

Mainline films[]

• Jollylarks: Origins (1985)
• Ice Zone (1998)
• Unreal: A Jollylarks Movie (2003)
• Jollylarks: Out of Control (2017)
• Jollylarks: Now and Forever (2021)
• Ice Zone: Generations (2023)
• Jollylarks: Reunion (2025)

Spin-Off films

• The Odd Parents Movie (1990)
• Casper (1995)
• Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)
• Betty Boop (!) (2003)
• The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
• My Life as a Teenage Robot: Escape from Cluster Prime (2005)
• The Odd Parents (2012)
• The Odd Parents 2: Summer Vacation (2014)
• The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015)
• The SpongeBob Movie: Journey to Atlantis (2019)
• The Odd Parents: Lost Worlds (2021)
• Ren and Stimpy (2021)
• Welcome to Toonville (2022)
• The Odd Parents: TBA (2024)
• Toonville: Lost Prime (2025)
• The SpongeBob Movie: The Search for SpongeBob (2025)
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Direct-to-video[]

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Specials[]

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Comic books[]

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Gold Key Comics/Whitman[]

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Archie Comics[]

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Bongo Comics[]

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IDW Publishing[]

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Video games[]

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Home Video Releases[]

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Theme Park attractions/Other entertainment[]

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Gallery[]

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Tropes[]

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Trivia[]

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