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Plot Summary:
Heathcliff is an animated TV series that debuted on October 4, 1980. It was the first series based on the Heathcliff comic strip and was produced by Ruby-Spears Productions. It ran until September 18, 1982 with a total of 25 episodes, under two different names.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Family, Comedy
Country: USA, France
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, costume drama, feel good, humorous, not serious, slapstick
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Top Cat (1961)
Plot Summary:
Top Cat is a Hanna-Barbera prime time animated television series which ran from November 26, 1961 to April 18, 1962 for a run of 30 episodes on the ABC network. Reruns are played on Cartoon Network's classic animation network Boomerang.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, not serious, retro, slapstick, cult classic, humorous, slapstick comedy, 2d animation
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Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1971)
Plot Summary:
Toon version of the Archie Comics witch who uses her powers to aide the uncertainty of adolescence.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 325
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious
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The Sylvester & Tweety Show (1976)
Plot Summary:
Sylvester Cat is a lisping, inept, and often loud-mouthed cartoon alley cat with a penchant for chasing elusive mice and a weakness for various types of fowl, especially an innocent-looking but fiesty yellow canary named Tweety, whom Sylvester would like nothing better than to roast and eat. Each episode of this series contains three theatrical cartoons featuring Sylvester, two of them with Tweety, the other featuring Sylvester away from Tweety and often with his little son, Junior, and Hippety Hopper, a baby kangaroo he always mistakes for a giant mouse.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Family, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sentimental, anime, exciting, humorous, semi serious
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Droopy: Master Detective (1993)
Plot Summary:
Droopy, Master Detective is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera in association with Turner Entertainment. The show is a spin-off from Tom & Jerry Kids and was dropped from Fox's Saturday morning schedule on January 1, 1994. Months later, the series was aired on weekday afternoons in August and September 1994.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective, 2d animation
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Pink Panther & Pals (2010)
Plot Summary:
Pink Panther and Pals is an animated television.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 661
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Jordan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, sincere, feel good, not serious, slapstick
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The New Woody Woodpecker Show (1999)
Plot Summary:
The New Woody Woodpecker Show is an animated television series based on the original cartoon by Walter Lantz, produced by Universal Cartoon Studios and aired from 1999 until 2002 on Fox Kids and BBC. It is an updated version of The Woody Woodpecker Show with characters from the classic series and a few new ones appearing in their own segments.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, 2d animation
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Foofur (1986)
Plot Summary:
Foofur is a children's animated series made by Hanna-Barbera. It aired on NBC from 1986 to 1988. The protagonist and title character was a skinny blue dog. The animated series was produced in part by William Hanna. There was also a comic book series from Star Comics. Foofur played a role in the case Nationwide Insurance v. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, 116 F.3d 1154. The case dealt with an insurer's duty to defend an insured party in light of the insured's intentional acts of property damage. The insured, a drunken college student, tried to spell out "Foofur" on the football field with lighter fluid, and then burn it permanently into the astroturf. Although he did not manage to spell out more than "Foo", he did succeed in causing $600,000 damage to the astroturf. The court held that such an act was not within the insurance policy's liability coverage.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 200
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, semi serious
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Dennis & Gnasher (2009)
Plot Summary:
Based on the iconic D.C. Thomson comic strip Dennis the Menace, this 2D-animated series follows the mischievous adventures of Dennis and his best friend Gnasher the dog.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 12 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, light, feel good, 2d animation
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The Pink Panther Show (1969)
Plot Summary:
The Pink Panther Show is a showcase of cartoon shorts produced by David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng between 1969 and 1979, starring the animated Pink Panther character from the opening credits of the live-action films. The series was produced by Mirisch Films and DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, and was broadcast on two American television networks: from September 6, 1969 — September 2, 1978 on NBC; and from September 9, 1978 — September 1, 1980 on ABC.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, funny, light, retro, absurd, sentimental, psychedelic, political, anthology
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Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979)
Plot Summary:
Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo travel from town to town in their van, The Mystery Machine, solving cases of hauntings, monsters and unexplained occurrences. Joining the gang is Scooby's pint-sized nephew, Scrappy-Doo. Unlike his uncle, the little pup is constantly looking for a fight, and it is all Scooby and Shaggy can do to keep him from hurtling head-on into every ghost and monster they encounter.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, detective, humorous, not serious, 2d animation
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The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show (1983)
Plot Summary:
The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show is an animated television series featuring characters and storylines from the Charles M. Schulz comic strip Peanuts. It aired Saturday mornings on the CBS network from 1983 to 1986. It re-aired on The Disney Channel, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon and Nicktoons Network in the 1990s. In Canada, it aired on CBS Canada and re-aired on YTV. It re-aired with the Charlie Brown specials on the UK channel Boomerang in 2002, but was named and advertised as "Snoopy" for short. Currently, the last time the show aired on American television was in April 2005. The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show was one of the few full series produced by Bill Melendez, whose animation studio generally specialized in specials.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Short, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious
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A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988)
Plot Summary:
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo is the eighth incarnation of the Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo. This spin-off of the original show was created by Tom Ruegger and premiered on September 10, 1988 and ran for three seasons on ABC and on The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera as a half-hour program, until August 17, 1991 Following the show's first season, much of Hanna-Barbera's production staff, including Tom Ruegger, left the studio and helped to revive the Warner Bros. Animation studio, beginning with Tiny Toon Adventures. This was notable for being the last series where Don Messick voiced Scooby-Doo, and one of the few animated series in which someone other than Frank Welker voiced the character of Fred Jones. Messick and Casey Kasem were the only two voice actors from other Scooby-Doo series to reprise their roles in this version, and both received starring credits for their work.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: detective, exciting, feel good, humorous, not serious, nostalgic
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Clifford's Puppy Days (2003)
Plot Summary:
Talk about going to the dogs! Everyone's favorite fire engine red puppy, Clifford, is back in a series of fun new adventures. In "Helping Paws," Clifford proves that although he's kind of little, he can be a big help to his friends. In "Puppy Play Time," the pooch discovers that via imagination, sharing and friendship, you don't always need a toy to have fun during playtime.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 358
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Shaun the Sheep (2007)
Plot Summary:
Shaun the Sheep is a British stop-motion animated children's television series produced by Aardman Animations, and commissioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation and Westdeutscher Rundfunk, a constituent member of the consortium of German public-broadcasting institutions, ARD. It is a spin-off of the Wallace and Gromit franchise, starring Shaun from A Close Shave as its main protagonist. It first aired in the UK on CBBC in March 2007. The series has also inspired its own spin-off show, Timmy Time, which is aimed at younger viewers. The show has been broadcast in 180 countries around the world.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Animation, Short, Comedy, Family
Country: UK, Finland, Germany
Duration: 7 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, anime, light, captivating, semi serious, claymation
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Pat the Dog (2017)
Plot Summary:
"Space Dog" is the adaptation of the successful video game for tablets and smart phones. The most famous digital pooch appears today in a cartoon series mixing breath-taking action and comedy.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: France, Italy, Belgium
Duration: 7 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, 3d animation, slapstick comedy
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Field Trip Starring Inspector Gadget (1996)
Plot Summary:
Inspector Gadget's Field Trip is a spin-off incarnation of Inspector Gadget, produced by DIC Entertainment, and aired on The History Channel from 1996 to 1998, with over 26 episodes with live-action sequences produced. Don Adams returned as the voice of Inspector Gadget. It currently airs in reruns in syndication. The series was an educational travelogue program for children, in which the animated Gadget would show viewers the many different sites in famous cities around the world via live-action-clips. The theme song is slightly similar to the one in the Gadget Boy series. In fact, Gadget Boy sometimes makes an appearance in the show. The show as of April 2008 currently airs on Univision's Planeta U block on Saturday mornings as Los Viajes de Inspector Gadget. The show also airs in English on television stations in selected markets—in all cases, the program complies with Federal E/I standards. During the opening sequence, an image of the Temple of Saturn in the ancient forum in Rome is presented with the label of "Greece.".
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious
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Catscratch (2005)
Plot Summary:
Catscratch is an American animated television series created by Doug TenNapel. It was aired on both Nickelodeon and Nicktoons in 2005. It was also shown on Nickelodeon UK / Ireland in 2006. It is a lighthearted adaptation of TenNapel's graphic novel, Gear, which is also the name of the cats' monster truck. The series features music composed by longtime TenNapel collaborator, Terry Scott Taylor. Catscratch's first DVD appearance was on Nick Picks Vol. 3, which came out February 7, 2006.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, inspirational, exciting, offbeat, children's program, surreal, 2d animation
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Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper (1982)
Plot Summary:
Yogi escapes from Jellystone and hides out in a department store - posing as the Store's Santa. Along the way, he helps a little girl to rediscover her faith in Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 272
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: christmas special, exciting, humorous, not serious
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The Yogi Bear Show (1961)
Plot Summary:
Yogi, a smooth, talkative forest bear looks to raid park goers picnic baskets, while Park Ranger Smith tries to stop him.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, anime, slapstick, exciting, humorous, not serious, nostalgic
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Tom and Jerry Tales (2006)
Plot Summary:
Tom and Jerry Tales is an animated television series which began production in 2005 and premiered in the United States on September 23, 2006, and ended on March 22, 2008, on Kids' WB!. It is the fourth television show in the franchise that continues the chase and violence of the Oscar-winning cat and mouse duo and other characters since the first Tom and Jerry cartoon, Puss Gets the Boot. It is based on the famous cat and mouse, Tom and Jerry, and the cartoons in the 1940s and 1950s. Cartoon Network has been airing re-runs of the series as of November 21, 2011.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, anime, slapstick, slapstick comedy
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The Mighty B! (2008)
Plot Summary:
The Mighty B! is an American animated television series co-created by Amy Poehler, Cynthia True and Erik Wiese for Nickelodeon. The series centers on Bessie Higgenbottom, an ambitious Honeybee girl scout who believes she will become The Mighty B if she collects every Honeybee badge. Bessie lives in San Francisco with her single mother Hilary, brother Ben and dog Happy. Poehler provides the voice of Bessie, who is loosely based on a character Poehler played on the improvisational comedy troupes Second City and Upright Citizens Brigade. The Mighty B! premiered on Saturday, April 26, 2008, which was the morning after Poehler's film Baby Mama had premiered. She said that she would "go to bed and stay in my pajamas until 10:30 a.m. and watch Mighty B". Since its debut, the show has attracted an average 3.1 million viewers. In the second quarter of 2008, the show ranked among the top five animated programs on television. In September 2008, the show was renewed for a second season with 20 episodes that premiered on September 21, 2009. The second season was the last, since The Mighty B! was not featured in Nickelodeon's list of renewed shows for the 2010–2011 TV season. The Mighty B! has been nominated for six Annie Awards and four Daytime Emmy Awards, so far winning one Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation. It has garnered one Artios Award nomination and one Golden Reel Award nomination.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Short, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, not serious, captivating, sitcom, nostalgic
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Garfield and Friends (1988)
Plot Summary:
The animated stories of Garfield the cat, Odie the dog, their owner Jon and the trouble they get into. And also Orson the Pig and his adventures on a farm with his fellow farm animals.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada, Australia, Taiwan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, captivating, feel good, retro, adult animation, slapstick, slapstick comedy
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The Little Lulu Show (1995)
Plot Summary:
The Little Lulu Show is an animated television series, based on the Marjorie Henderson Buell comic book character Little Lulu. The show was produced by CINAR Animation after Marge's death in 1993, and aired on HBO Family and Cartoon Network in the United States and on, CTV, and the Family Channel in Canada from 1995 to 1999. In Canada, reruns are currently being shown on both the English and French versions of Teletoon Retro. The series centered on the life and adventures of Lulu Moppet and Tubby Thompkins. Between stories, they showed stand-up comedy that Lulu hosted. This show is not to be confused with Little Lulu and Her Little Friends, an anime TV series featuring the same characters made in 1976.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 775
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, realistic, not serious, sketch comedy, 2d animation
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Eek! the Cat (1992)
Plot Summary:
Eek! The Cat is a Canadian-American animated series, created by Savage Steve Holland and Bill Kopp and produced by Fox Kids and Savage Studios with animation by Nelvana, that ran from 1992 to 1997.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: not serious, retro, anime, humorous
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Dennis the Menace (1986)
Plot Summary:
Dennis the Menace is an American animated series produced by DHX Media, based on the comic strip by Hank Ketcham. The young blond boy with a cowlick and a mischievous personality, Dennis the Menace, gets into numerous scrapes and adventures with his dog Ruff and his friends Joey, Margaret, Gina, Tommy, PeeBee and Jay. Dennis is an impulsive, angel-faced little devil who is always getting into scrapes which end up tormenting his hapless next-door neighbor, Mr. Wilson. Dennis finds himself involved in all kinds of wild adventures but always manages to save the day. The series was originally aired in syndication in the U.S., distributed by The Program Exchange. The second season aired on Saturday mornings on CBS. Each half-hour show consists of three six or seven minute shorts. The show was sponsored by General Mills.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada, France, Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, anime, humorous, realistic, not serious, slapstick, detective, 2d animation, nostalgic
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Ed, Edd n Eddy (1999)
Plot Summary:
Three adolescent boys, Ed, Edd "Double D", and Eddy, collectively known as "the Eds", constantly invent schemes to make money from their peers to purchase their favorite confectionery, jawbreakers. Their plans usually fail though, leaving them in various predicaments.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, retro, adult animation, humorous, realistic, not serious, absurd, buddy comedy, slapstick comedy, minimal cast
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The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1984)
Plot Summary:
Picking up almost directly where 'The New Scooby and Scappy Doo Show' left off. The main difference being that the team are now occasionally joined by Fred and Velma, who have been absent since season one of the 'Scooby and scrappy Doo' show in 1979.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: detective, humorous, not serious
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The Garfield Show (2008)
Plot Summary:
The Garfield Show is a French/American CGI animated television series that premiered in France on France 3 on December 22, 2008. English-language episodes started airing on Boomerang UK on May 5, 2009. It premiered in the United States on Cartoon Network on November 2, 2009, at 3:00pm. It also aired on YTV in Canada. However, it was taken off the air on May 30, 2011, for a hiatus and returned on September 6, 2011. The show was taken off the schedule in Canada once again on December 23, 2011. Based on the American comic strip, Garfield, the series is executive produced by Garfield creator, Jim Davis, and co-written and voice directed by Mark Evanier, who also wrote most of the episodes for the Garfield and Friends series. Returning from Garfield and Friends are the voice actors Julie Payne and Gregg Berger. Frank Welker replaces the late Lorenzo Music as the voice of Garfield, and Thom Huge, as the voice of Jon Arbuckle, is replaced by Wally Wingert. Also returning is David Lander, reprising his role as Doc Boy from the earlier Garfield prime-time special A Garfield Christmas Special. The show is produced by Dargaud Media and Paws Inc. The show is directed by Philippe Vidal and the music is done by Laurent Bertaud and Jean-Christophe Prudhomme.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: France, USA, India, Singapore
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, entertaining, funny, light, feel good, captivating, computer animated, sitcom, 3d animation
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The Smurfs (1981)
Plot Summary:
Classic Saturday-morning cartoon series featuring magical blue elf-like creatures called Smurfs. The Smurfs, named for their personalities, inhabit a village of mushroom houses in an enchanted forest. These loveable creatures are led by Papa Smurf and live carefree... except for one major threat to their existance: Gargamel, an evil but inept wizard who lives in a stone-built house in the forest; and his feline companion, the equally nasty Azrael.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Belgium
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, entertaining, light, retro, funny, sentimental, not serious, slapstick comedy, slapstick, children's program
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The Penguins of Madagascar (2008)
Plot Summary:
The Penguins of Madagascar is an American CGI animated television series airing on Nickelodeon. It stars nine characters from the DreamWorks Animation animated film Madagascar: The penguins Skipper, Kowalski, Private, and Rico; the lemurs King Julien, Maurice, and Mort; and Mason and Phil the chimpanzees. Characters new to the series include Marlene the otter and a zookeeper named Alice. It is the first Nicktoon produced with DreamWorks Animation. A pilot episode, "Gone in a Flash", aired as part of "Superstuffed Nicktoons Weekend" on November 29, 2008, and The Penguins of Madagascar became a regular series on March 28, 2009. The series premiere drew 6.1 million viewers, setting a new record as the most-watched premiere. Although the series occasionally alludes to the rest of the franchise, The Penguins of Madagascar does not take place at a precise time within it. McGrath, who is also the co-creator of the film characters, has said that the series takes place "not specifically before or after the movie, I just wanted them all back at the zoo. I think of it as taking place in a parallel universe.".
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Animation, Short, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, light, 3d animation, anime, relaxing, slapstick, computer animated, fun