Foxtoons

Foxtoons is an American series of animated comedy short films produced by 20th Century Fox from April 11th, 1942 until May 10th, 1969.

Foxtoons has since eventually evolved into a media franchise, spawning several television series, feature films, comic books, music albums, video games and amusement park rides.

In 1990, 20th Century Fox launched a series of new shorts, airing on Fox from April TBDth, 1992 until December TBDth, 1999 and again in 2018, with those shorts now airing on Disney Channel since TBD 2020.

1990s: revival era
In 1990, following the unexpected success of The Simpsons, 20th Century Fox announced its interest to revive its animation department by bringing back the Foxtoons series as new shorts, although this time premiering on television through its own Fox network. Other factors that consolidated its move was Fox's desire to compete with the slowly-growing Nickelodeon as well as the revitalized Disney and Warner Bros.' animation departments, aside from Hanna-Barbera, then recently acquired by Turner.

2000s: Foxtoons in modern age
On October 24th, 2001, News Corporation sold Fox Family Worldwide to The Walt Disney Company for $2.9 billion cash plus $2.3 billion in debt assumption, which gave Disney control of the Fox Family channel (which, owing to its new ownership, was renamed ABC Family, and its parent company renamed ABC Family Worldwide), the Saban Entertainment library, the Fox Kids brand name and its Fox Children's Productions library of shows, including its international networks in Latin America and Europe.

However, Foxtoons wasn't included in the sale as its trademarks were reverted back to 20th Century Fox as the studio wanted to keep investing in the franchise with new projects. Given the fact Fox was likely to shut down its Fox Kids block after the sale, Disney Channel, Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon expressed their interest on housing a new Foxtoons series as the Viacom-owned channel's proposal was picked TBD.

Characters
See List of Foxtoons characters.

Shorts
See List of Foxtoons shorts.

Television series

 * The Foxtoons Show (ABC, 1972-1976)
 * Thimble and Nigel, Adventure Cadets (Fox, 1996-1999)
 * M.J. Fox, Kung Fu Master (Nickelodeon, 2004-2007)
 * M.J. Fox, Kung Fu Master (Nickelodeon, 2004-2007)

Films

 * [how many shorts stacked into an overarching plot movies, 12]
 * Foxtoons: The First Ever Cartoony Movie! (2001)

Video games

 * Sgt. Snake and Pvt. Peacock: The Great Adventure (1999)
 * [somewhat recent game, character] (2017)
 * [somewhat recent game, character] (2017)

Tropes
See Foxtoons/Tropes.

Trivia

 * While not as popular as now-parent company Disney's Mickey Mouse/Silly Symphonies or Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies, Foxtoons still is considered pretty popular.
 * M.J. Fox is officially 20th Century Fox's mascot, although some fans think that position currently belongs to.
 * Despite 20th Century Fox's acquisition by Disney in 2019, the company has confirmed that the franchise will not be merged with the Mickey Mouse series due to the fact they have different origins and it wouldn't make much sense if two former rival franchises became a single one nowadays.
 * Despite that, Disney will now assume the distribution rights for the franchise, although newer media will still be produced under the 20th Century Fox and 20th Century Fox Television labels.
 * Despite 20th Century Fox being renamed 20th Century Studios in January 2020, Disney confirmed the Foxtoons name will be kept, although no longer alluding to the studio but to M.J. Fox himself instead.