What if StudioCanal is founded in 1937?/Carlstoons

Carlstoons is an American animated short film series produced by StudioCanal and ran theatrically from 1937 and 1980, with a revival that runs from the 1990s to present day. Today, since 2005, the series is currently focusing to be produced mostly for the internet, solely on YouTube, and occasionally for theaters and film festivals.

The plus sign used in the series' logo (from 1937 to 1959) would later become into the studio's mascot in 1988.

Original

 * Muzyka Tenggren - The adventures of the young alphabet. Debuted in 1937.
 * Scenariusz Tenggren - An adventure loving-alphabet who gets messed in several situations with anthropomorphic letters who chase her every time they find her annoying. Debuted in 1937.
 * Quincy Tenggren - An alphabet man who live misadventures. Debuted in 1937.
 * Red Dot and Crazy Question Mark - A Tom and Jerry/Tex Avery cartoon-esque series. Debuted in 1937.
 * McDonald MacPherson - Debuted in 1938.
 * Animacja Zinnen - Debuted in 1938.
 * Uli MacPherson - Debuted in 1938.
 * Charakteryzacja Coe - Debuted in 1939.
 * Rosebud and Rosemary - Debuted in 1940.
 * Barney Breedlove - Debuted in 1940.
 * Kenneth and Patrick O'Connor - Debuted in 1941.
 * Polska Pan - Debuted in 1941.
 * Muzyka's Crazy Gang - Debuted in 1942.
 * Max Morgan - Debuted in 1942.
 * Quebec Quackenbush - Debuted in 1943.
 * Alfredo Green - Debuted in 1945.
 * Malarki Tenggren - Debuted in 1945.
 * Pepman - Debuted in 1947.
 * Woody Wilson - Debuted in 1949.
 * Steven MacMurray - Debuted in 1950.
 * Captain Kidd - Debuted in 1951.
 * The Heartbreaker - Debuted in 1952.
 * The Three Bears - Debuted in 1953.
 * The Five Boroughs - Debuted in 1953.
 * Mr. McGee - Debuted in 1953.
 * Mr. 522 - Debuted in 1953.
 * The Twin Willows - Debuted in 1953.
 * JJ Moore - Debuted in 1953.
 * Crazy Con Carne - Debuted in 1953.
 * Mustang, the Crazy Horse - Debuted in 1960.
 * Rezyseria Sikiewicz - Debuted in 1960.
 * Mike and Ike - Debuted in 1963.
 * The Boneheads - Debuted in 1964.
 * The Three Zs - Debuted in 1966.
 * Terrence Herrison - Debuted in 1967.
 * Bonnie and Clyde - Debuted in 1968.
 * Franz J. Stein - Debuted in 1970.
 * Cindy and Donna - Debuted in 1971.

1970s-present and miscellaneous
For a more comprehensive list, see Carlstoons filmography (1970s-present and miscellaneous).

Spin-offs and medias
Note: (^) = appearances/cameos in other StudioCanal and non-StudioCanal media.

TV series

 * The Carlstoons Show (1959-1999)
 * The New Carlstoons (1986-1989)
 * Muzyka's Mysteries (1988-1994)
 * All Hail King Barney (1993-2004, 2014-2017)
 * Alphabet Tales (2007-present)
 * The Carlstoons Show (2015-present)
 * A.L.P.H.A.B.E.T.S. (2019-present)
 * Cartoon Alphabet Town (^; 2019-present)

Animated

 * The Snow Queen (1957) (^; Muzyka Tenggren, Scenariusz Tenggren and Quincy Tenggren appearing as toys)
 * Alphabet in the House (1962) (^; seen where Max Morgan and watching Carlstoons on TV)
 * The City of Parrotville (1967) (^; Barney Breedlove made a cameo)
 * Myron Wolf, the Unlikely Boy (1975) (^; Scenariusz Tenggren made a cameo)
 * The Alphabet Christmas Carol (1977) (^; Muzyka Tenggren appears as a chimney sweep and the film's narrator)
 * The Theatre of Magic (1978) (^; Some of the Carlstoons alphabet letters made cameos)
 * Discover the United States and Other Countries (1981) (^; Muzyka Tenggren made a cameo)
 * Alberda (1990) (^; Muzyka Tenggren-like background character)
 * The Carlstoons Movie (1991)
 * The Carlstoons Movie (1991)

Live-action

 * Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972) (^; Some of the Carlstoons alphabet letters made cameos as judges on the Knave of Hearts' trial, and then in the final battle against the wind)
 * Who Framed Roger Rabbit (^; 1988, TBD)

Spin-off franchises

 * The Carlstoons Movie - a series of films based on the franchise's characters, with the inclusion with sub-series such as Sports, Bayonne City, Penguins from A.L.P.H.A.B.E.T.S., and Muzyka's Mansion
 * Franny K. Stein - The adventures of the mad scientist which of the same name.
 * A.L.P.H.A.B.E.T.S. - a comedic spy series. TBD.

Misc.

 * Carlstoons' Childhood Stories - a 1951 Golden Book torybook containg versions of classic children's stories and folktales with Carls'toons characters as the characters.
 * Where the Wild Things Are - (^) - the autobiology book about StudioCanal's history.

1937-1954
The opening credits begins with a image depicting of the plus sign on the logo screen, with the title stating "Stanley Carls Presents" and "Carlstoons" appearing on the screen, before fades to another card depicting whatever character is featuring in the cartoon. Then it fades to a list of people who worked on the cartoon and then the title of the cartoon before the short starts. At the ending, fades to "The End A Stanley Carls Production" logo, alongside with "Released by Republic Pictures" on the bottom.

Trivia

 * While most of the Carlstoons main characters are alphabets, Scenariusz Tenggren, Quincy Tenggren, McDonald MacPherson, Uli MacPherson, Animacja Zinnen, January, February and March the cast from the Chameleon Twist series, Davy, Jack, Fred and Linda are the main human/humanoid characters in the series.
 * The theme song of the series is “Alabama Jubilee”.
 * While the 1930s cartoons featuring Red Dot and Crazy Question Mark are owned by WarnerMedia through Warner Bros., the 1950s-present Red Dot and Crazy Question Mark cartoons are owned by Canal+ through StudioCanal.
 * Carls and Iwerks preferred the new cartoons by StudioCanal over the old ones they've made back in the 1930s.
 * Warner Bros. also had StudioCanal's permission to use its versions of Red Dot and Crazy Question Mark for The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (but redesigning them in a style similar to their 1930s cartoons) for the show's episodes Billy & the Bully and A Grim Surprise.