Famous Studios

Famous Studios (renamed Paramount Cartoon Studios in 1956-67) was the first animation division of the film studio Paramount Pictures from 1942 to 1967. Famous was founded as a successor company to Fleischer Studios, after Paramount seized control of the aforementioned studio and ousted its founders, Max and Dave Fleischer, in 1941. The studio's productions included three series started by the Fleischers—Popeye the Sailor, Superman, and Screen Songs—as well as Little Audrey, Little Lulu, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Honey Halfwitch, Herman and Katnip, Baby Huey, and the anthology Noveltoons series. And now currently consists of SpongeBob SquarePants and TBD.

Theatrical short subjects series

 * Popeye the Sailor (1942 – 1957; inherited from Fleischer Studios)
 * Superman (1942 – 1943; inherited from Fleischer Studios)
 * Noveltoons (1943 – 1967)
 * Little Lulu (1943 – 1948)
 * Notre Dame (1947 – 1950)
 * Screen Songs (1947 – 1951; originally produced by Fleischer Studios)
 * Casper the Friendly Ghost (1950 – 1959)
 * Kartunes (1951 – 1953)
 * Herman and Katnip (1952 – 1959)
 * Modern Madcaps (1958 – 1967)
 * Jeepers and Creepers (1960)
 * The Cat (1960 – 1961)
 * Abner the Baseball (1961; two-reeler special)
 * Comic Kings (1962 – 1963)
 * Swifty and Shorty (1964 – 1965)
 * Honey Halfwitch (1965 – 1967)
 * Merry Makers (1967)
 * GoGo Toons (1967)
 * Fractured Fables (1967)
 * SpongeBob SquarePants (2019 – present)
 * TBA (2019 – present)