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Disney Television Animation is an animation studio which is the TV animation production unit of Disney Branded Television, a division of Walt Disney Television, dedicated to creating, developing, and producing animated television series, films, specials, and other projects.

Established in 1984 during the reorganization and subsequent reorganization of Walt Disney Productions into The Walt Disney Company following the arrival of then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner, the entity was formerly known as The Walt Disney Pictures Television Animation Group, the name was then later shortened to Walt Disney Television Animation starting in mid-1987 and the name remained up until 2011, when it was shortened again to Disney Television Animation.

The unit was originally formed as the animation production arm of the former Walt Disney Television group banner. Television Animation, itself part of The Walt Disney Studios, Burbank and formerly parented by the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, like all of the in-house/outsourcing television animation studios proved a commercially successful venture, as most of the animated series it produced and established were well received at best and were successful enough to gain and earn enough popularity during their initial premieres (due to virtually-acclaimed promotional campaigns and groundbreaking receptions for their animated shows). The Television Animation studio previously had some immediate eventual success in 1985, when they successfully gambled with substantially higher budgeted productions which proved profitable ventures that raised the standard for the TV medium.

In 2003, it absorbed the old U.S. Walt Disney Television group name, re-branding itself into a separate unit of its own that same year. Today, the aforementioned Walt Disney Television brand is still active as in-name-only by producing television programs internationally.

The studio is (or was) responsible for and exclusively involved in the production of animated television programming and other projects (including made-for-TV films, specials, and short subjects). The company formally produced many of the cartoon shows airing on The Disney Afternoon syndication package program and the ABC Kids Saturday morning programming block of the ABC television network, but in the present, the studio is under control and under contact from Disney's cable television network Disney Channel to produce and program animated original content exclusively for the channel (as of late 2002).

It is headquartered since 1998 in the Frank G. Wells Building on the Studio Lot across from the Team Disney Burbank building (fronted by the Seven Dwarfs). The Frank G. Wells building was specifically designed for Television Animation, and has a film reel and filmstrip across the front of the building facing Team Disney Burbank across the parking lot. Television Animation has a secondary building located in Glendale on Sonora Street which they moved into in 2002, since the creation of Disneytoon Studios in 2003, both studios share the building.

Television Animation was formerly headquartered at the Motion Picture and Television Academy in North Hollywood, with a secondary building on Cahuenga. For a short period of time following the 1998 move, the secondary building was the Fairmont building next to Bob's Big Boy in Burbank. Television Animation is now split between the Frank G. Wells Building (third floor), and its first floor location in Glendale at the Sonora Building.

History[]

The Walt Disney Company first ventured into the television industry as early as 1950, beginning with the one-hour one-off special, One Hour in Wonderland. This was followed by the long-running (19542008) anthology series The Wonderful World of Disney (which was Disney's first regular series as a whole), the children's variety show The Mickey Mouse Club, and the 1957-1959 adventure series Zorro. However, one element was missing from Disney's expansion into television: An original animated television series. Until the early 80s, the studio had never produced its own original animated shows in-house, because Walt Disney felt it was economically impossible. Nearly all pre-1985 TV animation was wrap-around segments made to bridge the gaps on existing theatrical material on The Wonderful World of Disney. Osamu Tezuka met Walt at the 1964 World's Fair, at which time Disney said he hoped to "make something just like" Tezuka's Astro Boy someday, but unfortunately, nothing came of it.

But under new management, the studio, (originally known as Walt Disney Productions), formed in 1985 what was originally christened the Walt Disney Pictures Television Animation Group, but then was later renamed as Walt Disney Television Animation, to produce high-quality animated television series. They invested far more money into the television series than had previously been spent on animated shows of the time. This was considered a risky move, because animated TV series were generally considered low-budget investments for most of the history of TV animation up through the 1980s. Many critics say that Disney's own animation studio had lost most of its luster during the period from Walt Disney's passing through the 1980s.

However, the studio took a number of risks that paid off handsomely. The studio successfully gambled on the idea that a substantially larger investment into quality animation could be made back through both network television and over-the-air in syndication, as well as cable. The final result is a string of higher budgeted animated television productions which proved to be profitable ventures and raised the standard for the TV medium.

The Disney television animation cycle began in mid-1985, with The Wuzzles (which premiered on CBS on September 14, 1985) and Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears (which had premiered on NBC on September 14, 1985 at the same time as and shown first-run back-to-back with The Wuzzles), both which are based upon funny animal-based conceptions, the Gummi Bears being named after a common candy and the Wuzzles originating as a hybrid of two animals put together into one creature. The supposedly (and possibly) final third series in the incidentally so-called "magic animal"-based "trilogy" of original character sets was going to be Disney's Fluppy Dogs (which premiered only as an hour-long TV pilot on ABC on November 27, 1986), itself loosely based a series of children's books and line of toys about a race of anthropomorphic pastel-colored dimension-hopping alien (fluppy) dogs. It was not a successful hit (due to low viewership and support) however, as the proposed series was not picked up after it never went beyond that one pilot episode, and the studio instead quickly fell into a routine of adapting its old properties into the new use, which ultimately, Disney coincidentally really did.

In 1987, Disney finally unveiled the newest series yet in its cycle, and the first in their successful long-time line of syndicated animated shows, DuckTales, which premiered on September 18, 1987. The show was successful enough to spawn a feature film DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp and two spin-off series Darkwing Duck and Quack Pack. The success of DuckTales also paved the way for a new wave of high-quality animated TV series, including Disney's own The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh in 1988. Later, early that spring, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers debuted on March 4, 1989, and was paired with DuckTales in an hour-long syndicated show through the 1989-1990 television season. In the 1990-1991 season, Disney expanded the idea even further, to create The Disney Afternoon, a two-hour long syndicated block of half-hour cartoons, which premiered much later on September 10, 1990. DuckTales was one of the early flagship cartoons in the series.

Over the next few years - and later, many more to come, Disney experimented with more television animation fare, such as Goof Troop, Darkwing Duck, TaleSpin, Raw Toonage, Bonkers, Marsupilami, and Gargoyles (which was Disney's first serious action-based animated series, that infinitely later gained a large cult/fan following) and The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show and Doug (which was the sequel to and revival version of the Nickelodeon animated series of the same name) and Nightmare Ned. The TV animation unit was also responsible for even adapting some of the films from the Disney animated features canon and other film sources as well (The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Timon & Pumbaa, The Mighty Ducks, itself loosely based on Disney's The Mighty Ducks film series, Jungle Cubs, the second spin-off of Disney's The Jungle Book, 101 Dalmatians: The Series, Hercules, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, based on Disney/Pixar's Toy Story franchise, The Legend of Tarzan, etc.), and later finally bought back Mickey Mouse and company for two both brand new animated anthology and variety series, Mickey Mouse Works and House of Mouse. At the same time, the Disney Television Animation banner was strongly associated with Saturday morning cartoons and, more recently since 1998, The Disney Channel, and may have adversely affected the widely commercial, and ratings, successes of its other cartoon series that premiered on ABC's Saturday morning programming block, such as Recess and The Weekenders. Other WDTA series include Kim Possible, Phineas and Ferb, Fish Hooks, and Gravity Falls.

Most of the following shows produced by WDTA premiered on ABC and some on NBC, CBS, and over-the-air in first-run syndication, and are (or were) currently being re-run almost every day on various incarnations of The Disney Channel (despite whom since 2002, the cable network now produces exclusive material of its own from WDTA) and its spin-offs, the now-defunct Toon Disney and Playhouse Disney and their successors Disney XD and Disney Jr..

Ownership and management[]

Originally, Television Animation was formerly part of the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, it has had been since then taken on by the Disney-ABC Television Group in circa 2004. Also, since November 2005, Walt Disney Television Animation is now a unit of Disney Channel, operating as its animation sub-arm, similar to Cartoon Network's Cartoon Network Studios and Nickelodeon's own Nickelodeon Animation Studio. WDTA is headed by Eric Coleman, Vice President of Original Series of WDTA, he reports to Carolina Lightcap, president of Disney Channel.

Prior this president of Television Animation was Barry Blumberg, who announced his resignation in November 2005.

Tom Ruzicka, now at Universal Animation Studios, was one of the original executives in charge of this fledgling group. Other animation executives that worked at Television Animation over the years were Barbara Ferro, Sharon Morrill, Bill Gross (former President of Jumbo Pictures, creators of Doug), Maia Mattise, and Lenora Hume.

List of Disney Television Animation productions[]

Television series[]

Disney television series[]

Title Original running Notes
The Disney Afternoon Era
The Wuzzles 1985
Adventures of the Gummi Bears 1985–91
DuckTales 1987–90 Winner of an Emmy Award for Outstanding Film Sound Editing.
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 1988–91 Winner of 2 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program of 1988 and 1989.
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 1989–90
TaleSpin 1990–91
Darkwing Duck 1991–92
Raw Toonage 1992
Goof Troop 1992–93
The Little Mermaid 1992–94
Bonkers 1993–94
Marsupilami 1993 In association with Dupuis Audiovisuel and Marsu Productions
Aladdin 1994–96 Winner of 4 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Film Sound Mixing, Outstanding Film Sound Editing, Outstanding Sound Mixing – Special Class and Outstanding Music Direction and Composition.
Gargoyles 1994–97
The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show 1995
Timon & Pumbaa 1995–99 Winner of 3 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program – Nathan Lane, Outstanding Sound Mixing – Special Class and Outstanding Individual in Animation.
Quack Pack 1996
The Mighty Ducks 1996–97 Winner of an Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Editing - Special Class.
Disney's One Saturday Morning Era
Doug 1996–99 Seasons 5-7 only, co-production with Jumbo Pictures, First animated series inherited from Nickelodeon
Jungle Cubs 1996–97
Nightmare Ned 1997
101 Dalmatians: The Series 1997-98
Pepper Ann 1997-2000
Recess 1997–2001 Co-production with Paul & Joe Productions
Hercules: The Animated Series 1998–99 Winner of an Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program – James Woods.
Mickey Mouse Works 1999–2000
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command 2000–01 Winner of an Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Editing - Special Class. Co-production with Pixar Animation Studios.
Teacher's Pet 2000–02 Winner of 4 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Individual in Animation, Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program – Nathan Lane and Outstanding Special Class Animated Program of 2001-2002.
The Weekenders 2000–04
House of Mouse 2001-02 Moved to Disney Channel and Toon Disney for season 3 most likely due to low ratings that ABC was getting at the time.
The Legend of Tarzan 2001–03
Lloyd in Space 2001–04 Co-production with Paul & Joe Productions
Teamo Supremo 2002–04
Fillmore!

Disney Channel original series[]

Title Original running Notes Series Production Code
Kim Possible 2002–07 Winner of an Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing - Live Action and Animation.

First series of the studio to get a revival.

Lilo & Stitch: The Series 2003–06 Continuation of the film Lilo & Stitch.
Dave the Barbarian 2004–05
Brandy & Mr. Whiskers 2004–06 Winner of an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual in Animation
American Dragon: Jake Long 2005–07
The Buzz on Maggie 2005–06
Shorty McShorts' Shorts 2006-07
The Emperor's New School 2006–08 Continuation of the film The Emperor's New Groove.

Winner of 2 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program – Eartha Kitt of 2006-2007

The Replacements 2006–09
Phineas and Ferb 2007–15

2025-TBD

Aired new episodes simultaneously with Disney XD.

Winner of an Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing in Animation and winner of 3 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Individual in Animation - Background Design and Background Painter.

Second series of the studio to get a revival

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Take Two with Phineas and Ferb 2010-11 Spin-off of Phineas and Ferb.
Fish Hooks 2010–14
Gravity Falls 2012–16 Was moved later to Disney XD. 618G
Mickey Mouse 2013–19 482M
Star vs. the Forces of Evil 2015-19 Spent a majority of it's run on Disney XD.

Season 1 (Episode 1 & 2) & Season 4 only.

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Descendants: Wicked World 2015-17 First production based on a Disney Channel Original Movies IP

Continuation of Descendants. Co-production with Bad Angels Productions and 5678 Productions.

Elena Of Avalor 2016-20 503A
Milo Murphy's Law 2016-19 Spin-off of Phineas and Ferb

Moved over from Disney XD.

Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure 2017-2020 Continuation of the film Tangled & DCOM: Tangled: Before Ever After.
Big City Greens 2018–present Originally planned to air on Disney XD before it was later picked up by Disney Channel.
Amphibia 2019–22 Co-production with Damn! Show Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment, and Titmouse, Inc.
The Owl House 2020–23 450H
The Ghost and Molly McGee 2021–24 Originally titled as "The Curse of Molly McGee".
Chibiverse 2022-present Showcase of Chibi Tiny Tales shorts.

Crossover between multiple Disney Channel shows as chibis.

Hamster & Gretel 2022-present
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur 2023-present Co-production with Marvel Animation and Cinema Gypsy Productions.
Kiff 2023-present Co-production with Titmouse, Inc.
Hailey's On It! 2023-24 Co-production with 37 Monkeys 412S
Primos 2024-present
StuGo 2024 Co-production with Titmouse, Inc.
Cookies And Milk TBA Co-production with Cinema Gypsy Productions.
Sam Witch TBA
Journey TBA
Magic Children Doing Things TBA Second animated series inherited from Nickelodeon
Untitled C.H. Greenblatt animated series TBA
Untitled Noah Z. Jones and Ryan W. Quincy animated series TBA
Untitled Thurop Van Orman animated series
Untitled Pedro Eboli and Mark Satterthwaite animated series TBA
Untitled Latoya Raveneau animated series TBA
Untitled Hannah Ayoubi animated series TBA
Untitled Raj Brueggemann animated series TBA
Untitled Amy Hudkins and Ian Mutchler animated series TBA
Untitled Charlie Gavin and Spencer Rothbell animated series TBA
Untitled Pendleton Ward animated series TBA
Untitled Dave Cooper and Johnny Ryan animated series TBA
Untitled Jim Dirschberger, Jay Howell, and Andreas Trolf animated series TBA
Untitled Steve Borst and Gary "Doodles" DiRaffaele animated series TBA
Untitled George Gendi animated series TBA
Untitled Diego Molano animated series TBA
Untitled Jenny Goldberg and Jhonen Vasquez animated series TBA Co-production with Titmouse, Inc.

Toon Disney/Disney XD original series[]

Title Original running Notes Series Production Code
Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! 2004–06 Credited under "Jetix Animation Concepts"
Get Ed 2005–06
Yin Yang Yo! 2006–09
Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil 2010–12 First series of the studio to be a "Disney XD Original" 624J
Motorcity 2012–13 Co-production with Titmouse, Inc.
Tron: Uprising Co-production with Sean Bailey Productions 876T
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja 2012–15 Co-production with Titmouse, Inc and Boulder Media

Studio was involved but was not credited.

Wander Over Yonder 2013-16 Moved over from Disney Channel
The 7D 2014-16 Originally planned to air on Disney Jr. before being picked up by Disney XD. 597D
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero 2014–17 755P
Two More Eggs 2015-17 Co-production with Citywide Hoop and Champs, Inc.

Variety sketch anthology series from the creators of Homestar Runner

Pickle and Peanut 2015-18
Future-Worm! 2016-18
Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer 2017 Final series of the studio to be a "Disney XD Original".
DuckTales (2017) 2017–2021 Reboot of the original 1987 series.

Aired new episodes on Disney Channel from 2018-19.

Big Hero 6: The Series Continuation of the film Big Hero 6.

Aired new episodes on Disney Channel from 2018-19.

Final series to premiere new episodes on Disney XD.

Playhouse Disney/Disney Jr. original series[]

Title Original running Notes Series

Production Code

PB&J Otter 1998–2000 Co-production with Jumbo Pictures

First series of the studio to be produced for and aired exclusively on Disney Channel

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 2006–16 211P
My Friends Tigger & Pooh 2007–10
Special Agent Oso 2009–12
Jake and the Never Land Pirates 2011–16 First Series to the Studios to be on "Disney Jr."
Sofia the First 2013-18 231S
The Lion Guard 2016-19
Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures 2017–21
Fancy Nancy 2018-22
Mickey Mouse Funhouse 2021-present
Alice's Wonderland Bakery 2022-2024
Firebuds 2022-present Co-production with Electric Emu Productions and ICON Creative Studio
Playdate with Winnie the Pooh 2023-present Co-production with OddBot Inc.
Ariel 2024-present Co-production with Wild Canary
RoboGobo 2024 Co-production with Brown Bag Films
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 2.0 2025 Reboot of the original 2006 series
Sofia The First: Royal Magic 2026
Tiny Trailblazers TBA Co-production with Hello Sunshine
Johnny Guitar, Rock Star TBA
Dusty Dupree TBA Co-Production with Electric Emu Productions
Untitled Jose Zelaya animated series TBA
Untitled Norma P. Sepulveda animated series TBA

Disney+ original series[]

Title Original running Notes Series Production Code
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse 2020-23 Continuation of Mickey Mouse (series).

First series of the studio to get a revival.

Monsters at Work 2021-present Co-production with Pixar Animation Studios.
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder 2022-present Co-production with BAR Productions.

Reboot of The Proud Family

Rhona Who Lives By The River TBA Co-production with 20th Television Animation and Stoopid Buddy Stoodios

First stop-motion series of the studio.

La Familia Avenúñez TBA Spin-off of The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
Recess TBA Reboot of the original 1997 series.
Darkwing Duck TBA Co-production with Point Grey Pictures

Reboot of the original 1991 series.

TaleSpin TBA Co-production with Point Grey Pictures

Reboot of the original 1990 series.

The Witchverse TBA Co-production with Baobab Studios
InterCats TBA
Untitled Sofia E. Alexander animated series TBA
Fantasy Sports TBA Based on the graphic novel series of the same name.

Co-production with Nobrow Press and SpringHill Company

Hybrid-released series[]

Title Original running Network Notes
Zombies: The Re-Animated Series 2024-present Disney Channel
Disney+
Co-production with Bloor Street Productions

Second production based on a Disney Channel Original Movies IP

First series of the studio to be a hybrid release between Disney Channel and Disney+

Disney Television Animation Multiplatform Content[]

Title Notes
Kick Buttowski: Surbuban Daredevil: Shorts
Mickey's Mousekersize Spin-off of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
Special Agent Oso: Three Healthy Steps Spin-off of Special Agent Oso
Jake's Never Land Pirate School Spin-off of Jake and the Never Land Pirates
Minnie's Bow-Toons Started as a spin-off of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

The revival is a spin-off of Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures

Phineas and Ferb: Doofenshmirtz's Daily Dirt Spin-off of Phineas and Ferb
It's a Small World: The Animated Series
Gravity Falls: Dipper's Guide to the Unexplained
Gravity Falls: Mabel's Guide to Life
Gravity Falls: Fixin' It with Soos
Gravity Falls: Public Access TV
Jake's Buccaneer Blast Spin-off of Jake and the Never Land Pirates in collaboration with The LEGO Group.
Gravity Falls: Mabel's Scrapbook
Gravity Falls: Old Man McGucket's Conspiracy Corner Spin-off of Gravity Falls featuring puppetry
Future-Worm!: Shorts
Gravity Falls: Grunkle Stan's Lost Mystery Shack Interviews Spin-off of Gravity Falls featuring puppetry
Wander Over Yonder: Shorts
Gravity Falls: 'Pocalypse Preppin' Spin-off of Gravity Falls featuring puppetry
Gravity Falls Mystery Shack: Shop at Home with Mr. Mystery
It's UnBungalievable Spin-off of The Lion Guard in collaboration with Disneynature
Gravity Falls: Soos' Stan Fiction
Invade All of the Humans!!! Based on Tom and Mark Perrett's original 2012 micro-musical-comedy film of the same name.

Collaboration with Disney Europe Animation and Nexus Studios.

Tangled: Inside the Journal
DuckTales: Welcome to Duckburg!
Tangled: Short Cuts
Elena Of Avalor: Adventures in Vallestrella
Chip 'N Dale's Nutty Tales Started as a spin-off of Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures
Elena Of Avalor: Scepter Training with Zuzo
Star vs. the Forces of Evil Listicle
30 Things with DuckTales
DuckTales: Webby Reacts
DuckTales: The World's Longest Deathtrap!
Big Hero 6 The Series: Baymax And..
DuckTales: Dewey Dew-Night!
Big City Greens: Country Kids In The City
Big Hero 6: Baymax Dreams Started as a Big Hero 6: The Series spin-off
Elena Of Avalor:The Secret Life of Sirenas
Chibi Tiny Tales Started as a Big Hero 6: The Series spin-off.
Fancy Nancy: Fancy It Yourself
Theme Song Takeover
Big Hero 6 The Series: Baymax & Mochi
Random Rings Started as a Big City Greens spin-off.
Amphibia:Teen Girl in a Frog World
Elena Of Avalor: Discovering the Magic Within
Broken Karaoke
Mickey Mouse: Hot Diggity-Dog Tales Spin-off of Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures.
Big City Greens Roadtrip
The Owl House: Owl Pellets
Big City Greens: Miss Tilly's Fun Time TV Minute Some shorts used as cross-promotion for Upside-Down Magic.

Additional shorts where made only for Disney Channel Spain.

Mickey Mornings Started as a spin-off of Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures
Fancy Nancy: Fancy It Yourself
Lip Switch
Mickey Mouse and the Magical Snowy Holiday Stop-motion shorts

Spin-off of Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures.

Prequel to Mickey Saves Christmas.

Shake Your Tail with Chip 'n Dale Started as a Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures spin-off
Amphibia: Vlogs from the Bog
Disney Animals in The Funhouse Spin-off of Mickey Mouse Funhouse

Collaboration with National Geographic Partners

Me & Mickey Vlog Started as a Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures spin-off
How Not To Draw
Zombies: The Re-Animated Series Shorts Spin-off of Zombies: The Re-Animated Series.
Me & Winnie The Pooh Spin-off of Playdate with Winnie The Pooh
Mickey’s Christmas Tales Spin-off of Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures
Ariel: Mermaid Tales Spin-off of Ariel
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Moon Girl’s Lab Spin-off of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
A Piece of My Mind
Disney Animals: Under the Sea with Ariel Spin-off of Ariel

Collaboration with National Geographic Partners

Mickey Mouse Funhouse Play Break! Spin-off of Mickey Mouse Funhouse
Hailey's On It!: Roadtrip Spin-off of Hailey's On It!
Mickey’s Spooky Stories Spin-off of Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures

Television specials[]

Title Original airdate
Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too December 14, 1991
Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh October 25, 1996
A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving November 22, 1998
A Valentine for You February 13, 1999
O.W.C.A. Files November 9, 2015
Duck the Halls: A Mickey Mouse Christmas Special December 9, 2016
The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular October 8, 2017
Big City Greens: Shortsgiving November 21, 2020
Shortstober With Big City Greens October 30, 2021
Spring Shorts-tacular with The Ghost and Molly McGee May 21, 2022
Zombi-Thon With Big City Greens August 20, 2022
Mickey Saves Christmas November 27, 2022
Shortsmas with Big City Greens December 3, 2022
The Wonderful World Of Mickey Mouse: Steamboat Silly July 28, 2023
Summer Shortstacular with Big City Greens August 12, 2023
Mickey and Friends: Trick or Treats October 1, 2023
Hailey Banks' Disney Mini Movie Marathon March 8, 2024
Kiff's Animal Kingdom April 6, 2024
Kiff: The Haunting Of Miss McGravy's House October 5, 2024
Untitled Kiff Christmas Special December 2024
Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol TBA, 2025

The first four are originally-produced first-run specials directly related to the TV series The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

Feature films[]

Television films[]

Disney television films[]
Title Original airdate
Fluppy Dogs November 27, 1986
DuckTales: The Treasure of the Golden Suns September 18, 1987
DuckTales: Time is Money November 24, 1988
Super DuckTales March 26, 1989
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers: To the Rescue September, 1989
TaleSpin: Plunder and Lightning September 7, 1990
Darkwing Duck: Darkly Dawns the Duck September 6, 1991
Goof Troop: Forever Goof September 5, 1992
Bonkers: Going Bonkers September 4, 1993
Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time November 28, 2003
Leroy & Stitch June 23, 2006
Disney Channel Original Movies[]
Title Original airdate Notes
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama April 8, 2005
The Proud Family Movie August 19, 2005 Serves as the series finale to The Proud Family.
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension August 5, 2011
Tangled: Before Ever After March 10, 2017 Serves as the pilot to Tangled: The Series (renamed as "Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure" in the second season).
Disney XD original movies[]
Title Original airdate
Gravity Falls: Weirdmaggedon May 28, 2016
Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni July 15, 2017
Disney Jr. original movies[]
Title Original airdate
Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess November 18, 2012
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar November 22, 2015
Elena and the Secret of Avalor November 20, 2016
Mickey's Tale of Two Witches October 7, 2021
Mickey and Minnie Wish Upon a Christmas December 2, 2021

Direct-to-video films[]

Title Release Date Note
The Return of Jafar May 20, 1994 Sequel to Aladdin & pilot to the animated series.
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken January 31, 1995
Aladdin and the King of Thieves August 13, 1996
Around the World with Timon & Pumbaa September 12, 1996
Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off April 8, 1997 Compilation of the first three episodes from Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series.
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin August 5, 1997
Jungle Cubs: Born to Be Wild August 15, 1997
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas November 11, 1997
Belle's Magical World February 17, 1998
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World August 25, 1998
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride October 27, 1998
Hercules: Zero to Hero August 17, 1999 Sequel to Hercules.
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas November 9, 1999
Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving
An Extremely Goofy Movie February 29, 2000 Sequel to A Goofy Movie & finale to Goof Troop.
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins August 8, 2000 Pilot to Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea September 19, 2000
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure February 27, 2001
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse November 6, 2001
Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True February 26, 2002
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II March 19, 2002
Tarzan & Jane July 23, 2002 Sequel to Tarzan, uses scenes from the second season of The Legend of Tarzan.
Mickey's House of Villains September 3, 2002 Stand-alone sequel to Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse.
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year November 12, 2002
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure January 21, 2003
Atlantis: Milo's Return May 20, 2003
Stitch! The Movie August 26, 2003
Recess: All Growed Down December 9, 2003
Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade Series finale to Recess.
Disney+ original movies[]
Title Release Date Note
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe August 28, 2020 Second film to be based off Phineas and Ferb.
Superfudge TBA
The School For Sensitive Souls TBA
Confessions Of A Imaginary Friend TBA

Hybrid-released films[]

Title Release Date Network Note
Big City Greens The Movie: Spacecation June 6, 2024 Disney Channel

Disney+

First film based on Big City Greens

Theatrical films[]

Title Release Date Note
DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp August 3, 1990
A Goofy Movie April 7, 1995
Doug's 1st Movie March 26, 1999 Co-production with Jumbo Pictures
The Tigger Movie February 11, 2000
Recess: School's Out February 10, 2001 (premiere)

February 16, 2001 (US)

Co-production with Paul & Joe Productions
Return to Never Land February 10, 2002 (premiere)

February 15, 2002 (US)

Teacher's Pet January 16, 2004

Short films[]

Title Release Date Notes
Petal to the Metal August 7, 1992 Released in theaters with 3 Ninjas
Stand by Me December 22, 1995 Released in theaters with Tom and Huck
The Bug Hunt 1996 Winner of Disney Channel's Create a Great Story contest

Selected by Roy Edward Disney himself.

Dragon Friend 1997 Winner of Disney Channel's Create Story Magic contest
Redux Riding Hood First short of the proposed "Totally Twisted Fairy Tales" theatrical short series by Disney Television Animation and DisneyToon Studios

Shortlisted in the category of "Best Animated Short" for 1997's Academy Awards

Three Little Pigs 1999 Second and final short of the proposed "Totally Twisted Fairy Tales" theatrical short series by Disney Television Animation and Disney Toon Studios

Never officially released in any official media capacity by Disney since it's screening.

Little Angelita
Grievance of a Starmaker 2002 Released only on Walt Disney's It's a Small World of Fun!
Gravity Falls: Creature in the Closet 2012
The Adventures of Luzu & Manolo 2016 Maker Studios animated shorts made by various YouTube content creators.
Natalia's and Mayden's Vida Loca
Eames and Barry
Hamburger High Animated stop-motion short as part of Disney Channel Original Movies short program.
DuckTales: The Lost Key of Tralla La 2017 Animated 360° short for Disney XD's Youtube
Star vs. the Forces of Evil: Interdimensional Scavenger Hunt
The Ghost and Molly McGee: Scratch Calls The Haunted Mansion 2023 Random Rings themed short in collaboration with Walt Disney Imagineering.
An Almost Christmas Story 2024 Screened at Hamptons International Film Festival, Santa Fe International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Morelia International Film Festival, Montclair Film Festival, Animation Is Film, São Paulo International Film Festival, SPARK Animation Festival, World Animation Summit and Bogotá Short Film Festival – BOGOSHORTS.

Miscellaneous work[]

Title Year Notes
Epcot: World Showcase Adventure 2009-2012 (as Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure)

2012-2020 (as Agent P's World Showcase Adventure)

2022–present (as DuckTales World Showcase Adventure)

Theme Park scavenger hunt based on different series like Kim Possible, Phineas and Ferb, and DuckTales 2017
Gravity Falls: Between the Pines 2016 Behind the scenes special celebrating the series finale of Gravity Falls
Disney XD Meets The Haunted Mansion Halloween themed stop-motion commercials of various characters of Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Pickle and Peanut, DuckTales, and Big Hero 6: The Series interacting with The Haunted Mansion IP.
Gravity Falls: Farewell to the Falls Art-gallery from Gallery Nucleus to celebrate the Gravity Falls series finale "Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back The Falls"

Provided Gravity Falls production art.

Star Vs The Forces Of Evil: Star Fan Live Stream Disney XD's Facebook vtuber livestream to celebrate Star vs. the Forces of Evil premiere of "Bon Bon the Birthday Clown".
Star Vs The Forces Of Evil: #MarcoLive 2017 Disney XD's Youtube vtuber livestream to celebrate Star Vs The Forces Of Evil Season 2B premiere.
Star vs. the Forces of Evil: Turn Off Your Phone PSA Turn off your phone PSA with Star vs. the Forces of Evil characters screened in select theaters alongside The Lego Batman Movie, Beauty and the Beast (2017), The Boss Baby, and Smurfs: The Lost Village.
Star vs. the Forces of Evil Tribute Exhibition Art-gallery from Gallery Nucleus to celebrate Star Vs. The Forces Of Evil.

Provided Star vs. the Forces of Evil production art.

DuckTales: Turn Off Your Phone PSA Turn off your phone PSA with DuckTales characters screened in select theaters alongside Cars 3, Despicable Me 3, and The Emoji Movie.
Star vs. the Forces of Evil: #StarLive with Star and Marco Disney XD's Youtube vtuber livestream to celebrate the premiere of Star Vs The Forces Of Evil: The Batte Of Mewni.
Star vs. the Forces of Evil: Marco Scary Stories Halloween themed Disney XD's Youtube vtuber livestream featuring Star vs. the Forces of Evil characters.
Be Inspired: Disney Citizenship - Share The Joy Holiday Ads Stop-motion christmas themed commercials featuring Star Vs The Forces Of Evil, DuckTales, and Big Hero 6:The Series characters at the Walt Disney World castle as part of a campaign for Toys for TOTS.
Fly (Marshmello song) 2018 Marshmello Music Video featuring DuckTales characters.
Wonderful World of Animation 2019 Disney's Hollywood Studios: Theme Park Night-time Show.

Provided Mickey Mouse farewell animation.

Star vs. the Forces of Evil : Blood Moon Ball - A Farewell to Mewni Art-gallery from Gallery Nucleus to celebrate the premiere of the Star Vs. The Forces Of Evil series finale "Cleaved".

Provided Star vs. the Forces of Evil production art.

Internet Safety With Mickey Mouse Childnet International Internet safety PSA featuring Mickey Mouse for Disney Jr. EMEA.

First collaboration with sister studio Disney Europe Animation.

Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway 2020 Theme Park Attraction
Mickey Shorts Theater Theme Park Attraction.

Provided Original Short "Vacation Fun".

This Duckburg Life 2021 Podcast.

Spin-off of the DuckTales reboot.

AquaMouse 2022 Disney Wish Cruise attraction.
Disney Springs : Passholder Magnet Provided redesigning of Orange Bird as well original animations featuring characters of The Wonderful World Of Mickey Mouse on complimentary passholder magnet.
The Art of Amphibia: Exhibition & Fan Celebration Art-gallery from Gallery Nucleus to celebrate the Amphibia's series finale "All In" and "The Hardest Thing".

Provided Amphibia production art.

D23 Expo: Disney's Epic Entertainment Showcase: The Musical: The Extravaganza! Provided original Random Rings animation of Cricket Green during the presentation.
The Art of The Owl House - Exhibition / Fan Celebration Art-gallery from Gallery Nucleus to celebrate The Owl House's premiere of Thanks To Them.

Provided The Owl House production art.

The Art of DuckTales Art-Book by Dark Horse Comics

Provided desings,theming and archieved production artwork of DuckTales for the book.

Broken Karaoke: Ways We Feel Anxious National Alliance on Mental Illness PSA featuring characters from Big City Greens, Phineas and Ferb, Amphibia, and The Ghost and Molly McGee throughout the Broken Karaoke Short Series
Walt Disney World : Passholder Magnet 2023 Provided redesigning of Dumbo, Figment, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and Hei-Hei for complimentary passholder magnet
Mickey Through The Ears Prop exhibit on the queue of Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway on the Disneyland version.


Provided designing for props of the exhibit based on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures, The Wonderful World Of Mickey Mouse, Adventures of the Gummi Bears, DuckTales, Goof Troop, and Darkwing Duck.

Reimagine Tomorrow: Black History Month Interstitial Interviews Black History Month themed interstitial interviews for Disney Channel with different community people and Disney Branded Television actors hosted by Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur characters
Reimagine Tomorrow: International Women's History Month Interstitial Interviews International Women's History Month themed interstitial interviews for Disney Channel with different community people and Disney Branded Television actors hosted by Big City Greens characters.
Random Rings: Cricket Calls the National Hockey League! Random Rings cross-promotion short for "The NHL Big City Greens Classic"
The NHL Big City Greens Classic Simulcast ESPN broadcast of the New York Rangers hockey game themed around Big City Greens

Collaboration with ESPN and Edge Innovation Center.

Mickey's Toontown: Donald's Boat Disneyland attraction inspired by DuckTales
Mickey's Toontown: Chip 'n' Dale's GADGETcoaster Disneyland attraction inspired by Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers.
Mickey's Toontown: The EngineEar Souvenirs Shop Souvenir store at Disneyland.

Store features nods to House Of Mouse, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse,Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures, and Mickey Mouse Funhouse.

Chibi Tiny Tales: Happy Birthday Disney Channel Animated Short in commemoration of Disney Channel's 40th anniversary featuring characters from the studio as well characters from shows and films from It's A Laugh Productions and Disney Channel Original Movies within the "Chibi Tiny Tales" short series.
Chibi Tiny Tales: Happy Pride From Disney Channel Animated short in commemoration of Pride Month featuring characters of the studio including Kim Possible, Phineas and Ferb, Gravity Falls, Big City Greens, Amphibia, The Owl House, The Ghost and Molly McGee, The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, Kiff, and Hailey's On It!, as well characters from live action shows and films from It's a Laugh Productions and Disney Channel Original Movies like Descendants, Zombies, and That's So Raven within the Chibi Tiny Tales short series.
Walt Disney World Passholder Magnet: Journey of Water inspired by Moana 2024 Provided redesign of Hei-Hei for complimentary passholder magnet.
The NHL Big City Greens Classic 2 Second edition of the simulcast ESPN broadcast of the New York Rangers hockey game themed around Big City Greens

Collaboration with ESPN and Edge Innovation Center.

Walt Disney World Passholder Magnet: Disney's Animal Kingdom Provided redesign of Timon and Pumbaa for complimentary passholder magnet.
Aqua Mouse: Curse of the Golden Egg Disney Treasure cruise attraction
The Art of Amphibia 2025 Art-Book by TOKYO POP

Provided archieved production artwork of Amphibia for the art-book

The Disney Afternoon: The Making of a Television Renaissance Art-Book by Disney Publishing Worldwide

Provided designs, theming, and achieved production artwork of Adventures of the Gummi Bears, DuckTales, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin, Darkwing Duck, Goof Troop, Bonkers, Gargoyles, The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show, Quack Pack, and Mighty Ducks:The Animated Series.

Aqua Mouse: Villan Mountain Disney Destiny cruise attraction

Other credits[]

Title Notes
Gargoyles: Comics Based on Gargoyles properties and characters by.
Darkwing Duck: Comics Based on Darkwing Duck properties and characters by.
Gravity Falls: Dipper's and Mabel's Guide to Mystery and Nonstop Fun! Based on Gravity Falls properties and characters by.
Gravity Falls: Journal 3
Gravity Falls: Dipper and Mabel and the Curse of the Time Pirates' Treasure!: Select Your Own Choose-Venture
Star vs. the Forces of Evil: Deep Trouble Based on Star vs. the Forces of Evil properties and characters by.
Star vs. the Forces of Evil: Star and Marco's Guide to Mastering Every Dimension
DuckTales: Comics Based on DuckTales properties and characters by.
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure: Comics Based on Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure properties and characters by.
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure: Rapunzel and the Vanishing Village
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure: Rapunzel's Guide to All Things Brave, Creative, and Fun!
Gravity Falls: Don't Color This Book! It's Cursed! Based on Gravity Falls properties and characters by.
One Crazy Summer: A Look Back at Gravity Falls Gravity Falls footage courtesy of.
Gravity Falls: The Hirsch Twins
DuckTales: Solving Mysteries and Rewriting History! Based on DuckTales properties and characters by.
Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Magic Book of Spells Based on Star vs. the Forces of Evil properties and characters by.
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure: Rapunzel and the Vanishing Village Based on Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure properties and characters by.
Gravity Falls: Lost Legends Based on Gravity Falls properties and characters by.
Big Hero 6: The Series Comics Based on Big Hero 6: The Series properties and characters by.
One Day at Disney: Jose Zelaya - Character Designer Recess, Lilo & Stitch: The Series, The Lion Guard, Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures footage courtesy of
Disney Insider Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway, Mickey Mouse Funhouse, Alice's Wonderland Bakery, Big City Greens footage courtesy of
Black Widow DuckTales footage courtesy of
Big Hero 6: The Series : The Manga Based on Big Hero 6: The Series properties and characters by.
Tangled: The Rise of Flynn Rider Lance Strongbow Special Thanks.
Disney Magic Bake-Off: Big City Greens Based on Big City Greens properties and characters by
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (film) Based on Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers

Rescue Rangers footage courtesy of

Atlanta: The Goof Who Sat By the Door A Goofy Movie footage courtesy of
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse Mickey Mouse footage courtesy of
Amphibia: Marcy's Journal Based on Amphibia properties and characters by.
Toontown: Goofy's How-to-Play Yard Mickey's Toontown attraction where it features artwork featuring Peg Pete, Pistol Pete, Peter Pete, Jr, and Max Goof from Goof Troop and Webby Vanderquack in her DuckTales 2017 version as well small nods to A Goofy Movie.
Created by Craig McCracken! - Nucleus Wander Over Yonder production art courtesy of.
Pencils Vs Pixels Gravity Falls, Sofia the First, Milo Murphy's Law footage courtesy of.
Gargoyles: Dark Ages Based on Gargoyles properties and characters by.
San Fransokyo Makers Market Gift Shop Disney's California Adventure gift shop featuring merchandise and poster artwork based on Big Hero 6: The Series.
Darkwing Duck: NegaDuck Based on Darkwing Duck properties and characters by.
Gargoyles Halloween Based on Gargoyles properties and characters by.
Dashing Through the Snow Rise Up, Sing Out footage courtesy of.
Darkwing Duck: Justice Ducks Based on Darkwing Duck properties and characters by.
Gargoyles Quest Based on Gargoyles properties and characters by.
Disney Lorcana Based on TaleSpin, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers and DuckTales 2017 properties and characters by
The Walt Disney Company: Your Vote Matters A Goofy Movie, Mickey Mouse Works, House of Mouse footage courtesy of.
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Wreck and Roll Based on Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur properties and characters by.
Phineas And Ferb Based on Phineas And Ferb properties and characters by.
Gravity Falls: The Book of Bill Based on Gravity Falls properties and characters by.
DuckTales (1987): Comics Based on DuckTales properties and characters by.
Moana 2 Additional recording booths courtesy of.
Mufasa: The Lion King Kiara and The Lion King II: Simba's Pride properties and characters by.
Not Just A Goof Goof Troop, A Goofy Movie, and An Extremely Goofy Movie footage courtesy of.
Gargoyles Based on Gargoyles properties and characters by.

Only Fluppy Dogs is not related to any television series, as it is a failed pilot episode to the proposed TV series of that same name.

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References[]

  • Cotter, Bill, The Wonderful World of Disney Television: A Complete History, California: Disney Editions, 1997, ISBN 978-0-7868-6359-4

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