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{{quote|"[[Self-Deprecation|Disney is the Tiffany's in this business, and I am the Woolworth's.]]"|Paul Terry summing up Terrytoons in a nutshell. }}
One of the more obscure studios from [[The Golden Age of Animation]], '''''[[Terry Toons]]''''' was the animation division of [[Twentieth Century Fox|20th Century Fox]]. It was founded by former [[Van Beuren Studios|Van Beuren]] employee Paul Terry. It produced classic cartoon serials such as [[
Animation historians and modern animators (with occasional exceptions like Leonard Maltin and [[John Kricfalusi]]) are hostile towards this studio and its output, writing off these cartoons as cheaply produced garbage only worth a footnote in their books. This is [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] because Paul Terry was considered the ''Dean of Animation'' in the 20's and 30's period of animation; even ''[[Walt Disney]]'' looked up to him and hoped to make cartoons as good and funny as his.
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=== Series Made By This Studio: ===▼
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* Farmer Alfalfa
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* Gandy Goose and Sourpuss
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* Dinky Duck
* Deputy Dawg
* [[Hashimoto-san]]
* Hector Heathcote
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* Oil Can Harry
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* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Gandy Goose. This was even parodied in ''[[Mighty Mouse the New Adventures]]''.
* [[Animated Anthology]]: "Mighty Mouse Playhouse" is potentially the [[Trope Maker]] for [[Western Animation]] clip show re-airings of old cartoons.
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* [[Deranged Animation]]: Any scene done by Jim Tyer, arguably Terry's top animator.
* [[Executive Meddling]]: A [[Tropes Are Not Bad|GOOD]] example of this trope--Paul Terry made only the barest effort put into his cartoons production values until the late 1930's, when Fox forced him to beef up the quality of his cartoons or get the axe.
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* [[Limited Animation]]: One of the most prominent and early users of this.
* [[Long Runner]]: Despite the low budgets, total reliance on formula, and rushed animation, the Terrytoons enjoyed a ''very'' long, healthy lifespan, lasting from 1929 all the way up to 1968, where they were finally forced to close up shop on account of theatrical cartoons becoming all but completely unprofitable by that point--only the [[Walter Lantz]] cartoon studio was able to outlast Terrytoons with their shorts, by four measly years. And even that wasn't enough to kill them--the Terrytoons enjoyed an equally healthy lifespan on TV for decades, with Mighty Mouse Playhouse pioneering the concept of [[Animated Anthology|recycling old theatrical cartoons for reairing on TV.]]
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