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Who created the beloved animated series SpongeBob SquarePants?
Stephen Hillenburg, a marine science educator and animator, created SpongeBob SquarePants for Nickelodeon. He drew inspiration from an educational comic book he made in the 1980s called The Intertidal Zone.
Which Hanna-Barbera series, set in the Stone Age town of Bedrock, was the first animated show to air in a prime-time slot on American television?
It ran on ABC from September 30, 1960 to April 1, 1966, and was also the first animated sitcom.
In the Scooby-Doo franchise, what breed is the talking dog who solves mysteries with four teenagers?
Character designer Iwao Takamoto studied the breed standard, then deliberately broke most of its rules with bowed legs and a sloped back.
What is the name of the brightly painted van driven by the teenage sleuths in Scooby-Doo?
The van is painted in psychedelic colours with flower-power imagery, and has since been reproduced as die-cast toys and Hot Wheels models.
The Simpsons began life as a set of short animated sketches slotted around the commercial breaks of which variety programme?
James L. Brooks asked cartoonist Matt Groening to pitch animated shorts for the show; the Simpson family first appeared on 19 April 1987.
The Simpsons is set in a fictional American town that shares its name with one of the most common place names in the United States. What is it called?
Matt Groening named it after Springfield, Oregon, and picked a common name so that viewers everywhere would assume it was theirs.
Which 1928 animated short is considered the official debut of Mickey Mouse?
Walt Disney had seen The Jazz Singer and pushed to make a fully synchronised sound cartoon; earlier Mickey films Plane Crazy and The Gallopin' Gaucho had failed to find a distributor.
The 161 theatrical Tom and Jerry shorts of the 1940s and 1950s were produced by which Hollywood studio?
The cat-and-mouse pairing was devised in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, who worked at the studio's animation unit long before founding their own.
Which voice actor originated the voice of Bugs Bunny?
He gave the rabbit a voice and laugh close to the one he later used for Woody Woodpecker.
Betty Boop was designed by animator Grim Natwick at the request of which studio head?
She first appeared in Dizzy Dishes on 9 August 1930, the seventh instalment of his studio's Talkartoon series.
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