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StarToons International, LLC. was an animation studio located in the Chicago, Illinois area. It was founded by Jon McClenahan, an animator who had previously worked for other studios like Hanna-Barbera.^[1] The initial founding of StarToons was in October 1988 and for the most part it provided animation exclusively for Warner Bros. shows, but it also created the character Dudley the Dinosaur for the American Dental Association. * Its animators also worked on the 2000 Looney Tunes short Little Go Beep featuring Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. StarToons shut down in 2001.^[2]

The studio provided animation for the following cartoons:

Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1992) - 3 half-hour episodes: Henry Youngman Day, Thirteensomething and It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special.
Taz-Mania (1991–1992) - The opening and 2 half-hour episodes: Instant Replay/Taz and the Pterodactyl and Hypnotazed/Mum's n' Taz's.
McGee and Me (1992) - The animated sequences.
Animaniacs (1993–1998) - 28 segments: Wakko's America, What Are We?, Be Careful What You Eat, Slappy Goes Walnuts, The Big Candy Store, Plane Pals, Meatballs or Consequences, Broadcast Nuisance, Guardin' the Garden, Bumbie's Mom, Wally Llama, Chairman of the Bored, Meet Minerva, And Justice for Slappy, Meet John Brain, Critical Condition, Frontier Slappy, MacBeth, Windsor Hassle, Scare-Happy Slappy, Ragamuffins, Karaoke-Dokie, Testimonials, Dot The Macadamia Nut, Bully for Skippy, Magic Time, The Brain's Apprentice and There's Only One of You. Also, numerous bumpers.
Secret Adventures (1994) - The animated sequences.
What a Cartoon! (1995) - 1 short: Drip Dry Drips.
Histeria! (1998–2000) - 4 half-hour episodes: The Wild West, Around the World In a Daze, Writers of the Purple Prose and Dawn of Time.

References

^ "The animators of Animaniacs take us inside the iconic cartoon series". 26 January 2018.
^ "Startoons founder, Animaniacs director McClenahan speaks at Columbia College". December 2003.

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[1] "The animators of Animaniacs take us inside the iconic cartoon series". 26 January 2018.

[2] "Startoons founder, Animaniacs director McClenahan speaks at Columbia College". December 2003.

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-'''StarToons International, LLC''' was an animation studio located in the [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]], [[Illinois]] area. It was founded by Jon McClenahan, an animator who had previously worked for other studios like [[Hanna Barbera]]. The initial founding of StarToons was in October 1988 and for the most part it provided animation exclusively for [[Warner Bros. Animation|Warner Bros.]] shows, but it also created the popular character [[Dudley the Dinosaur]] for the [[American Dental Association]]. StarToons officially went out of business in August 2000. Before its demise StarToons had a plethora of exciting projects lined up, such as pilots "[[Up With the Chickens]]", "[[Tuna Sammich]]", "[[The Kitchen Sink Gang]]", "[[The Neverland Gnomes]]", and [[M-7 (anime)|M-7]], a Japanese-style [[anime]] which was to be animated fully in [[Chicago]]. The studio has provided animation for the following cartoons:
+'''StarToons International, LLC.''' was an animation studio located in the [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]], [[Illinois]] area. It was founded by Jon McClenahan, an animator who had previously worked for other studios like [[Hanna-Barbera]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/the-animators-of-animaniacs-take-us-inside-the-iconic-cartoon-series|title=The animators of Animaniacs take us inside the iconic cartoon series|date=26 January 2018}}</ref> The initial founding of StarToons was in October 1988 and for the most part it provided animation exclusively for [[Warner Bros. Animation|Warner Bros.]] shows, but it also created the character [[Dudley the Dinosaur]] for the [[American Dental Association]]. * Its animators also worked on the 2000 ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short ''[[Little Go Beep]]'' featuring [[Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner]]. StarToons shut down in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.reelchicago.com/article/startoons-founder-animaniacs-director-mcclenahan-speaks-columbia-college/|title=Startoons founder, Animaniacs director McClenahan speaks at Columbia College|date=December 2003}}</ref>
-*''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' (1990-1992) - 3 half-hour episodes: ''Henry Youngman Day, Thirteensomething'' and ''It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special''. Also several scenes in 17 other ''Tiny Toons'' episodes and 3 ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' episodes (the rest was animated by [[Kennedy Cartoons]]).
-*''[[Taz-Mania]]'' (1991-1992) - The opening and 2 half-hour episodes: ''Instant Replay/Taz and the Pterodactyl'' and ''Hypnotazed/Mum's n' Taz's''.
+The studio provided animation for the following cartoons:
-*''[[McGee and Me!|McGee and Me]]'' (1992) - The animated sequences in 1 episode: ''In the Nick of Time''.
+*''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' (1990–1992) - 3 half-hour episodes: ''Henry Youngman Day'', ''Thirteensomething'' and ''It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special''.
-*''[[Animaniacs]]'' (1993-1998) - 1 half-hour episode and 27 segments: ''Bully for Skippy, Wakko's America, What Are We?, Be Careful What You Eat, Slappy Goes Walnuts, The Big Candy Store, Plane Pals, Meatballs and Consequences, Broadcast Nuisance, Guardin' the Garden, Bumbie's Mom, Wally Llama, Chairman of the Bored, Meet Minerva, And Justice for Slappy, Meet John Brain, Critical Condition, Frontier Slappy, MacBeth, Windsor Hassle, Scare-Happy Slappy, Ragamuffins, Karaoke-Dokie, Testimonials, Dot The Macademia Nut, Magic Time, The Brain's Apprentice'' and ''There's Only One of You''. Also numerous bumpers.
+*''[[Taz-Mania]]'' (1991–1992) - The opening and 2 half-hour episodes: ''Instant Replay/Taz and the Pterodactyl'' and ''Hypnotazed/Mum's n' Taz's''.
-*''Secret Adventures'' (1994) - The animated sequences.
-*''[[What A Cartoon!]]'' (1995) - 1 short: ''Drip Dry Drips''.
+*''[[McGee and Me!|McGee and Me]]'' (1992) - The animated sequences.
+*''[[Animaniacs]]'' (1993–1998) - 28 segments: ''Wakko's America'', ''What Are We?'', ''Be Careful What You Eat'', ''Slappy Goes Walnuts'', ''The Big Candy Store'', ''Plane Pals'', ''Meatballs or Consequences'', ''Broadcast Nuisance'', ''Guardin' the Garden'', ''Bumbie's Mom'', ''Wally Llama'', ''Chairman of the Bored'', ''Meet Minerva'', ''And Justice for Slappy'', ''Meet John Brain'', ''Critical Condition'', ''Frontier Slappy'', ''MacBeth'', ''Windsor Hassle'', ''Scare-Happy Slappy'', ''Ragamuffins'', ''Karaoke-Dokie'', ''Testimonials'', ''Dot The Macadamia Nut'', ''Bully for Skippy'', ''Magic Time'', ''The Brain's Apprentice'' and ''There's Only One of You''. Also, numerous bumpers.
-*''[[Histeria!]]'' (1998-2000) - 4 half-hour episodes: ''The Wild West, Around the World In a Daze, Writers of the Purple Prose ''and'' Dawn of Time.''
-*''[[Looney Tunes]]'' (2000) - 1 short: ''[[Little Go Beep]]''.
+*''[[Secret Adventures]]'' (1994) - The animated sequences.
+*''[[What a Cartoon!]]'' (1995) - 1 short: ''Drip Dry Drips''.
+*''[[Histeria!]]'' (1998–2000) - 4 half-hour episodes: ''The Wild West'', ''Around the World In a Daze'', ''Writers of the Purple Prose'' and ''Dawn of Time''.
+==References==
+<references />
 ==External links==
 *[http://www.platypuscomix.net/people/mcclenahan.html Interview with Jon McClenahan]
-*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2956043/ IMDb - StarToons Assistant Animator: John Morfoot]
+*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2956043/ IMDb - StarToons Assistant Animator: John Morfoot]
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3YF1diXHNM Fat Cats Short]
-*{{IMDb company|id=0444158}}
-*{{tvtropes|StarToons}}
+{{Animation industry in the United States}}
-*[http://youtube.com/watch?v=l3YF1diXHNM Fat Cats Short]
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 [[Category:American animation studios]]
+[[Category:Mass media companies established in 1988]]
+[[Category:Mass media companies disestablished in 2001]]
 [[Category:Film production companies of the United States]]
-[[Category:Companies disestablished in 2000]]
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