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[[File:jon_mcclenahan_1700.jpg|frame|Meet Jon McClenahan.]]
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{{quote| "Jon McClenahan is one of the greatest animators alive today. You've just never heard of him because today's American animator is about as employable as a typewriter ribbon salesman. Which is a shame, really."<br />
[[Platypus Comix|Peter Paltridge]] on Jon McClenahan }}
 
'''Jon McClenahan''' is an American animator, hailing from [[The Windy City|Chicago, Illinois]].
 
Jon's career in animation began in 1980, when after four years as a meat-truck driver, he was told of a job opening at [[Hanna-Barbera]]'s Australian offices. He and his family left for Sydney promptly to work at the studio. He started as an inbetweener, eventually climbing the ladder to direct the animation for animated adaptations for ''[[The Berenstain Bears]]'' and ''[[Teen Wolf (animation)|Teen Wolf]]''.
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After a brief stint at Germany's Munich Animation, he became a director at [[Midway Games]] until 2006. After that, he had a two-year stint at Star Farm Productions.
 
Now, since 2008, Jon McClenahan once again has his own company, named [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20131012112345/http://mackhammer.com/index.php Mack Hammer Productions], which mainly does storbboards and character designs for miscellaneous shows. However, he keeps a low profile, and he posts on the [[Toon Zone]] forums as [https://web.archive.org/web/20130303004142/http://www.toonzone.net/forums/member.php?18706-Jonny-Mack Jonny Mack].
 
Interviewed a few years back on [http://www.platypuscomix.net/people/mcclenahan.html Platypus Comix] (which is where the page quote comes from).
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== StarToons ==
* ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' (sequences in 17 episodes by Kennedy Cartoons, and three full episodes using his StarToons studio: "Henny Youngman Day", "Thirteensomething", and "It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special")
* ''[[Darkwing Duck (animation)|Darkwing Duck]]'' (sequences in two episodes by Kennedy Cartoons: "Whiffle While You Work" and "Dry Hard")
* ''[[Taz-Mania]]'' (including the intro sequence)
* ''[[Animaniacs]]'' (28 shorts, plus some bumpers and wraparounds)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHh7JkuLeVk Fat Cats] (a pilot for the [[What a Cartoon Show]])
* ''[[Road Rovers]]'' (storyboards)
* ''[[Histeria (Animation)|Histeria!]]''
=== Tropes associated with Jon McClenahan: ===
* [[Animation Bump]]: Mainly due to the bounciness and expressiveness of his work
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