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 (1938–present)
 * Animacja Zinnen (1938–present)
 * Uli MacPherson (1938–present)
 * Charakteryzacja Coe (1939–present)
 * Rosebud and Rosemary (1940–present)
 * Barney Breedlove (1940–present)
 * Kenneth and Patrick O'Connor (1941–present)
 * Polska Pan (1941–present)
 * Muzyka's Crazy Gang (1942–present)
 * Max Morgan (1942–present)
 * Quebec Quackenbush (1943–present)
 * Alfredo Green (1945–present)
 * Malarki Tenggren (1945–present)
 * Pepman (1947-present)
 * Woody Wilson - Debuted in 1949
 * Steven MacMurray - Debuted in 1950
 * Captain Kidd (1951-present)
 * The Heartbreaker (1952–present)
 * The Three Bears (1953–present)
 * The Five Boroughs (1953–present)
 * Mr. McGee (1953–present)
 * Mr. 522 (1953–present)
 * The Twin Willows - (1953–present)
 * JJ Moore (1953–present)
 * Crazy Con Carne (1953–present)
 * Mustang, the Wonder Horse (1960–present)
 * Rezyseria Sikiewicz (1960-present)
 * Mike and Ike (1963-present)
 * The Boneheads (1964-present)
 * The Three Zs (1966-present)
 * Terrence Turtle (1967-present)
 * Bonnie and Clyde (1968-present)
 * Cindy and Donna (1971-present)

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.PH.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)
 * 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)
 * 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)

Live-action

 * 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.