StarToons International, LLC. was an animation studio located in the

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area. It was founded by Jon McClenahan, an animator who had previously worked for other studios like

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. The initial founding of StarToons was in October 1988 and for the most part it provided animation exclusively for

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shows, but it also created the character Dudley the Dinosaur for the

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. * Its animators also worked on the 2000 ''

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'' short '' Little Go Beep'' featuring Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. StarToons shut down in 2001. The studio provided animation for the following cartoons: *''

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'' (1990–1992) - 3 half-hour episodes: ''Henry Youngman Day'', ''Thirteensomething'' and ''It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special''. *''

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'' (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. *''

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'' (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

External links

Interview with Jon McClenahanIMDb - StarToons Assistant Animator: John MorfootFat Cats Short
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