Carbunkle Cartoons
Carbunkle Cartoons is a Canadian animation studio.
Headed by Bob Jaques and Kelly Armstrong, Carbunkle is well known among the animation community as having some of the best animation since The Golden Age of Animation (like with TMS, Ghibli, Startoons and studios founded by Ex-TMS staff members like Disney Japan and Spectrum).
Lately, Bob Jaques has left the company for Mercury Filmworks. There, he is a studio director.
animated created by Carbunkle Cartoons include:
- The Ren and Stimpy Show - The company's most well known work. They did several episodes during the Spumco era with Fil Cartoons, Lacewood Productions (another Canadian animation studio), Bon Art, and Rough Draft.
- The Baby Huey Show
- Tales of Worm Paranoia - A short for the What a Cartoon Show, produced with Kennedy Cartoons.
- The Ripping Friends - Ink and paint was sent off to PiP Animation Services.
- Ren And Stimpy: Adult Party Cartoon - Likewise had ink and paint sent off to PiP. Also animated in collaboration with Big Star.
- The Haunted World of El Superbeasto - Also with Big Star.
Carbunkle Cartoons provides examples of the following tropes:
- Animation Bump: Possibly one of the most popular cases of this tropes.
- Off-Model: These guys milked this trope for all its worth. This, in return, made the animation even better.