Towards a Hanna-Barbera Taxonomy
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Towards a Hanna-Barbera Taxonomy
by Hal Johnson and Mike Stutzman with Chris Guerette
Kingdom Hanna-Barbera
Phylum Moderated Show
- Jump, Rattle and Roll [Wake, Rattle and Roll]
- Cartoon Planet
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast
- The Moxie Show
Phylum Tragically Cute Collectives
- Shirt Tales
- Biskitts
- Pound Puppies
- Paw Paws
- Smurfs
Phylum [Orphaned Teen] Detectives
Class Dog Dependant
- Scooby-Doo [and spin-offs]
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids
- Clue Club [Woofer and Whimper, Dog Detectives]
- Beuford
- Goober and the Ghost Chasers
Class Family
Class Rock Band
- Josie and the Pussycats [and spin-offs]
- Jabberjaw
- The Impossibles
Class Physically Unnatural Humanoid Protagonist
- Captain Caveman
- The Funky Phantom
- Fangface
- The Galloping Ghost
- Inch-High Private Eye
Phylum Families (in chronological order of setting)
- The Flintstones [Flagstones] [and spin-offs]
- The Roman Holidays
- The Jetsons
- Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
Phylum Action-Adventure
Class Earth
- Birdman
- Johnny Quest [Real Adventures of JQ]
- Superfriends
- Blue Falcon and Dinomutt
- Shazann
- Moby Dick
- Frankenstein, Jr.
- Godzilla
- Thundarr the Barbarian
- Galtar
- Samson and Goliath
- Dexter's Labratory
- Johnny Bravo
- Power Puff Girls
- Arabian Knights
- The Pirates of Dark Water
Class Space
- Space Ghost
- The Herculoids
- The Galaxy Trio
- Space Kiddettes
- Space Ace [Astro and the Space Mutts]
Class Prehistory
- Mightor
- Valley of the Dinosaurs
- Dino Boy
Phylum Anthropomorphic Animals
Class Regular Antagonists
- Yogi Bear
- Pixie and Dixie
- The Hair Bear Bunch
- Magilla Gorilla
- Top Cat
- Mildew Wolf
- Motor Mouse
- Kwicky Koala
- Crazy Claws
- Cow and Chicken
- I Am Weasel
- Sqiddly Diddly
Class No Regular Antagonists
Order Sidekicks
- Grape Ape and Beagly
- Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har
- Super Snooper and Blabbermouse
- Peter Potamus and So-So
- Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy
- Quickdraw Mcgraw [El Kabong] and Babalooie
- Richocet Rabbit and Hop-along
- Hong-Kong Phooey and Spot
- Ruff and Reddy
- Breezly Bruin and Sneezly Seal
- Secret Squirrel and Morrocco Mole
- Yakky Doodle and Chopper
- Hokey Wolf and Ding-a-Ling Fox
- Dirty Dog and Ratso
- Bungle Brothers
- 2 Stupid Dogs
Order No Sidekicks
- Huckleberry Hound
- Hokey Wolf
- Snagglepuss
- Atom Ant
- Wally Gator
- Touche Turtle
- Precious Pup
- Dinky Dog
- Loupe deLoupe
Phylum Ensemble
- Yogi's Gang [Ark]
- Yogi's Space Race
- Laff-a-Lympics
- The Galaxy Goof-Ups
- Wacky Races
Phylum Live-Action
- The Banana Splits
- The Hanna-Barbera Happiness Hour
- Cattanooga Cats
- The Skatebirds
Phylum Vehicle
Class Non-Sentient Vehicle
- Devlin
- The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
- Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines
Class Sentient Vehicle
- Challenge of the Go-Bots
- Speed Buggy
Disputed Areas
Disputed Placement
If you disagree with any of our placements, please e-mail Mike, at the
address below.
A few of the cartoon above have been classified based on their
descriptions in "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals."
Unknowns
The Archies and Groovy Goulies have been found to be from the Filmation Kingdom. Just how this kingdom is related to HB is under investigation.
Due to the glut of HB cartoons from the two "great leaps forward" of the
1960's and 1980's, some works may have inadvertantly been excluded or
mis-classified.
Under study
Due to the overwhelming number of one or two-shot cartoons (brought on by
the 1995- present "World Premiere Toon" campaign), a HB series is defined as: any
cartoon having more than two episodes run at a scheduled and
announced time. Note that this definition also excludes show or movie-length "specials."
Those Responsible
Original study © 1996 Hal Johnson
Additional research and editing © 1996,1997 Mike Stutzman, © 1997 Chris
Guerette, © 1997 Hal Johnson
If you think that you have data relevant to this study, please e-mail it
to:
mistutzman@vassar.edu.
If used, you will be credited in future editions.
The following people have contributed their time and effort: Ben Munson,
Dylan Brooks, Eron Garcia, Timothy Burke.
