Fil-Cartoons.



Fil-Cartoons was a Philippines-based animation studio. It was established in 1987 by Hanna-Barbera (specifically, Jerry Smith), and was in operation through 2001. The studio was primarily responsible for producing animation for parent company, Hanna-Barbera. Some of its employees later went to work for Toon City.

As the studio is closed, there is no official website for Fil-Cartoons, but here is a short video tour, hosted by its general manager Bill Dennis.

See also Wang Film Productions, Kennedy Cartoons, Inc, another major animation provider for Hanna-Barbera (and its partner for several shows).

Among the animations worked on by Fil-Cartoons:

 * The Addams Family (1992)
 * The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda (uncredited)
 * The Baskervilles
 * Bibi Blocksberg (1995)
 * Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror
 * Capertown Cops
 * The New Adventures of Captain Planet
 * Columbus: Adventures to the Edge of the World (ink and paint/camera; animation by Bon Art)
 * The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley (uncredited)
 * Cow and Chicken (pilot only; ink and paint/camera; animation done domestically by David Feiss)
 * Daisy-Head Mayzie TV special
 * A Day in the Life of Jerry Smith Info
 * Dexter's Laboratory (first six episodes)
 * The Dreamstone (1st season only; replaced by Moving Images International)
 * Droopy, Master Detective (with Mr. Big Cartoons)
 * Fairy Tale Police Department (with Colorland Animation) (to date, their last production)
 * Fantastic Max
 * Fish Police (with Mr. Big Cartoons, Karen Johnson Productions, and Jaime Diaz Productions)
 * A Flintstones Christmas Carol
 * God, the Devil and Bob
 * The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (With Wang)
 * The Halloween Tree
 * Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
 * Jetsons: The Movie (With Wang, ink and paint)
 * Joseph: King of Dreams
 * Juanito Jones
 * The Legends of Treasure Island (2nd season only, replacing Jade Animationand Moving Images International)
 * Mad Jack the Pirate
 * Magic Adventures of Mumfie (season 1 only)
 * The Magic Pudding (uncredited)
 * The Mask (seasons 2 and 3; listed with Dai Won, New Vision International, Plus One Animation and Philippine Animation Studio Inc. but unknown which specific episodes they worked on. Listed solo for "Channel Surfin'", "The Green Marine", "Magic", "Fantashtick Voyage", "They Came From Within", "To Have and Have Snot", "Mystery Cruise", "The Goofalotatots", "When Pigs Ruled the Earth", and "The Aceman Cometh" (with Cuckoo's Nest))
 * Meena (earlier episodes; replaced by Future Thought)
 * The New Yogi Bear Show (uncredited)
 * Paddington Bear (1989 Hanna-Barbera series; uncredited)
 * Pigs Next Door
 * The Pirates of Dark Water (Main studio; with Tama Productions, Wang, Mr. Big Cartoons, and Big Star)
 * Police Academy The Series (With Wang)
 * Potsworth & Company (uncredited)
 * A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1 episode: Catcher in the Sly/Ghost of Mrs. Shushman/Wrath of Waitro; all the other episodes were by Wang)
 * The Ren & Stimpy Show (Pilot, Season 1)
 * Rocko’s Modern Life (Pilot, Season 1-2)
 * SpongeBob SquarePants (Season 1-2)
 * The Simpsons (Season 1-2)
 * Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf (uncredited, with Wang and Optifex Animation)
 * The Smurfs (1981) (season 9, with Wang and a uncredited Saerom)
 * The Snorks (1988, uncredited)
 * Street Sharks (with Wang, Rainbow Group, Plus One Animation, Mook DLE& Hong Ying)*
 * Taz-Mania (outsourced by StarToons; uncredited)
 * Tiny Toon Adventures (Ink & Paint and Camera services for 8 Kennedy Cartoons episodesList, 3 Encore episodesList , 1 AKOM episodeList  and 1 Wang episodeList )
 * Tom & Jerry Kids (With Wang and Mr Big Cartoons)
 * What A Cartoon! Show With the exception of the following shorts
 * Wicked! (with Sae Hahn Productions)
 * Yo Yogi! (Layouts, with Wang)
 * Boo-Boo Runs Wild
 * Yogi the Easter Bear
 * Young Robin Hood (with Big Star, and with Saerom during season 1)

Unconfirmed:

 * Timeless Tales From Hallmark: Jerry Smith is listed as a production supervisor, which is often a giveaway that he supervised episodes at his studio Fil-Cartoons. And Hanna-Barbera used them quite heavily during this period. They are not listed in the end credits though.

Tropes associated with this Company:

 * Animation Bump: Many of their What a Cartoon! shorts.
 * Depending on the Artist: Their style tended to be cruder but more offbeat and free style than standard studios at the time, meaning a lot of their episodes produced this for respective shows. The episodes they produced for Dexter's Laboratory and The Dreamstone in particular contrast greatly with the work of other studios.
 * Deranged Animation: Present in a lot of their What a Cartoon! shorts, but especially the ones directed by Pat Ventura.
 * Also many moments in Capertown Cops, especially the intro sequence.
 * Urpgor is generally characterised by this individually in The Dreamstonebut Fil-Cartoon's episodes animate him especially bizarre.
 * Line Boil: In the What a Cartoon! short "Kitchen Casanova".
 * Off-Model: There were numerous animation mistakes for their work on Ren and Stimpy, including drawing Stimpy's eyes as just black dots in one scene in "Stimpy's Breakfast Tips". They were fired after the first season. Interestingly The Dreamstone was similarly only animated by the studio for that one same year, their episodes also common for drawing and colour errors. In both cases, members of the staff had to directly supervise the studio to keep things (mostly) up to standard.