User:Lolcatistan/Argosy catalogue

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Argosy Animation Studios
The main animation department of Argosy.

TV shows by decade
Symbol meanings:
 * (VR): Co-produced with Code 82 Corporation/Village Roadshow Animation.
 * (NZ): Produced at Wellington, NZ satellite studio.
 * (PR): Produced at Puerto Rico satellite studio.
 * (SC): Series is a sketch comedy consisting of sketches/shorts —- some repackaged archive material, but mostly brand-new.
 * (PS): Suitable for a preschool audience.

Pre-1980s
Not much notable occurred during this time. This was before they bought in Ellen Peck and Paul Lopez.

1980s
Peck and Lopez were freshly hired, and had a considerable presence, cranking out shows like clockwork. A lot of (now-mostly-forgotten) shows with cats. However, higher-ranking executives still had some control over the creative output of the company. Much of these series had ended by the 1989-1991 period, as Argosy were working on new projects, and wanted “new blood”. In the meantime, reruns were syndicated. The only thing still being produced in the gap between the end of Long-Tail Kitty and the massive 1993 overhaul (other than parent-company-corporate-synergy-obligated MTM co-productions) was Revenge of Sarah.
 * The Mimsie and Smokey Show (1983-1989) (SC) (created by Paul Lopez)
 * The Twisted World of MTM (1989-1993) (SC) (created by Ellen Peck and Paul Lopez)
 * Long-Tail Kitty (1983-1991) (created by Paul Lopez)
 * Orange Gus (1983-1991) (created by Paul Lopez)
 * Adriana Pendleton (1985-1989) (created by Ellen Peck)
 * Revenge of Sarah (1989-1999) (created by Ellen Peck)
 * The Spacebots (1985-1989) (created by Paul Lopez)

1990s
This was when Ellen Peck and Nathan Blake took helm of the company as a whole after Lopez’ death. In 1989, Ellen’s team started work on a series vaguely based on the cat in the company’s production logo. They were given full creative control, exorbitant amounts of money, and the ability to hire whoever they wanted. The executives (a mixture of British TV moguls and televangelists) were expecting former Disney or Hanna-Barbera talent; instead, they got Robert Stainton, a mad electronics-tinkerer from Chicago and inventor of an early form of computer animation, who Ellen had seen on a WGN news interview received on her quasi-legal C-band satellite dish (which she had paid for using money that was meant to go towards hiring a character designer). “Ol’ Robby” brought his patented Rotanimation system to the table. The result: The Aaron Show. The period of 1993-2006 was considered the “Argosy Golden Age”, and was also marked by the establishment of satellite studios in places such as New Zealand and Puerto Rico. Argosy also became known at the time for an inability to cancel shows; the last time Argosy themselves officially cancelled a show was in 1989 when Adriana Pendleton and The Spacebots were pulled due to declining ratings. Since then, all Argosy shows have ended at the creator’s discretion.
 * The Aaron Show (1993-2006) (created by Ellen Peck and Nathan Blake)
 * Foxy (1993-1996) (created by Terry Ward)
 * The Adventures of Mercy (1993-2006) (created by Jeremy McAbee)
 * AuldTopia Kids (1993-2006) (created by Andrew Auld)
 * Snuffy (1993-2006) (PR) (created by Elijah Taino)
 * Felicia (1996-1998) (created by Thomas Hammocks)
 * Catgirl and the Clawed Crusaders (1998-2001) (created by Crystal Stainton)
 * Juline’s Tree (1998-2002) (PS) (created by Elijah Taino)
 * The Jumping Ground (1998-2019) (NZ) (VR) (created by Lee Eisenhower and Conrad Vernon)

2000s
In 2006, Peck resigned to an executive role (CEO and [self-proclaimed] Founder) in the company, having just bought out the MTM parent company from its Canadian owners who found it worthless. This was also the year when the majority of the 90s shows ended; Ellen ended The Aaron Show in that year because she had more important things to take care of, and most of the other animators gave up because TAS was the flagship of the whole syndicated Argosy Animation block, and what use is there continuing without a flagship? The only show from the 1993 lineup of the block still running today is Stella and Adriana, and that’s a Marifransia production which is only distributed, not produced, by Argosy.
 * My Bedroom is Freaking Out! (2001-2003) (created by Ellen Peck)

2010s
In 2011, Ellen returned to a major creative role, becoming the Chief Creative Officer of the reorganized ArgosyMTM Group. Immediately, a rebooted (or, more accurately, continued) Aaron TV show, The New Aaron Show, was greenlit.

Films by decade
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Animated
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