What if Don Bluth moved to MGM?

We all know that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is the primary producer and distributor of Three Don Bluth films (The Secret of Nimh, All Dogs go to Heaven, and The Pebble and the Penguin), the current owners of Rock-A-Doodle, and the proposed distributor of Thumbelina, but think about this, folks. What if Don Bluth (an animator who made beloved classics such as All Dogs Go to Heaven, The Land Before Time, An American Tail and The Secret of NIMH) moved to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer? What films would he have made with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer? What ideas would he freshen up with the Lionhearts? Would he be the head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animators? is Don Bluth working for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer?

Find out for yourselves.

Changes

 * All of Don Bluth's films, along with their sequels and spin-offs, would've be fully produced and owned by MGM.
 * He also would've be a co-director of Igor and The Adams Family.
 * He also would've be a co-director of The Last Unicorn, Rock & Rule, Balto (which would've been produced by MGM in the AU), along with We're Back: A Dinosaur Story (which would've just released by MGM under the UA label), since Steven Speilberg would begin his partnership with MGM) and the short film Banjo the Woodpile Cat.
 * An American Tail would've be split into three films: Fivel: An American Tail, The Giant Mouse of Minsk, and Never Say Never.
 * A Song named Never Say Never would've not been voiced by Fievel.
 * Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor would've been heard in the 1983 film Satyrday.
 * Digit would've been appearing in Never Say Never.
 * sequels to The Land Before Time would've not used the same name.
 * Thumbelina would've be a member in the MGM Princess media franchise, similar to "Disney Princess".
 * Don Bluth's 1990s films would've be critical and commercial successes for MGM, similar to the Disney Renaissance era, except it is known as "MGM's Animation of the Fine-T's".
 * The Little Blue Whale would've been produced as a CGI-Animated film (as MGM's first computer-animated film).
 * Some of Don Bluth's canceled films would've be produced.
 * Star baby would've been a CGI film.
 * All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 would've not feature Itchy at all and would've been set in 1945 rather than 1996.
 * MGM's revived animation division would've been known as MGM Bluth Studios (1979-1981), MGM/UA Animation (1982-1996), MGM Animation (1997-2007), and MGM Animation Studios (2008-present).
 * Thumbelina would've been released in 1993 rather than 1994.
 * MGM would've still distributed it's films on home media as MGM Studios Home Entertainment rather than making a deal with Sony, Fox or Universal for home media.
 * Both An American Tail: Fievel Goes West and All Dogs go to Heaven 2 would've been direct-to-video rather than theatrical.
 * Don Bluth would've never made Anastasia and Titan A.E. for MGM, because they would've been directed by Frank Capra Jr. for Fox instead.
 * Brad Bird would've directed The Little Blue Whale for MGM.
 * MGM would've made a few cancelled MGM Animation films
 * Next Gen would've been made as an MGM Theatrical film rather than a Netflix Original film.
 * Planet 51 would've been produced and distributed by MGM rather than TriStar.
 * an anti-drug D.A.R.E. cartoon would've been produced by MGM called D.A.R.E.: The Animated Featurette
 * all MGM movies would've been available on it's own Home Entertainment service MGM-Netflix.
 * MGM would've bought The Samuel Goldwyn Company in 1989 rather than 1997?
 * Vanguard Animation would've been MGM's Animation sister.
 * all Vanguard Animation would've been produced and distributed by MGM rather than Lionsgate, Disney, Fox, and Netflix.
 * a sequel to The Last Unicorn called Pegasus would've been created.
 * some made-up MGM animated movies would've existed in the AU.
 * Cat R. Waul would've debuted in the 1985 film The Giant Mouse of Minsk.
 * Don Bluth Would've passed away in 2019 before the release of The Adams Family.
 * some characters from other media would've been appearing in MGM's films.
 * Princess Bubblegum (from Adventure Time) would've made a cameo in The Last Unicorn.
 * Lilly Loud (from The Loud House) would've appeared in Don Bluth's Thumbelina as Baby Thumbelina.
 * early films directed by Don Bluth would've have the MGM/UA Home Video logo variant at the end.
 * The Girl You Left Behind would've been debuting in the 1988 album MGM's Western King before it appeared on the film.
 * Fievel's American Tails would've been running on PBS Toons from 1992 to 1998.
 * also, imagine if the series has a setting between the First film and the Third film.
 * Don Bluth would've operated a animation facility for MGM.
 * Also, Imagine if MGM did not move headquarters to Santa Monica and Century City at all.
 * MGM would've lived in Beverly Hills from 1992 until 2020 rather than in 2011.
 * MGM and Don Bluth would've got a studio facility at the Warner Ranch (which would've been known as the MGM Studio in the AU).
 * A Sequel to All Dogs go to Heaven would've been named Gabriel's Horn.
 * Charlie, Itchy, and Carface would've not appeared in the sequel.
 * all of Don Bluth's films would've been on the MGM Family Entertainment label from 1995 to 2000.
 * Sullivan Bluth Studios would've been named a satellite studio for MGM, MGM Dublin, which would make additional animation in some MGM films (mainly Bluth-directed ones) and in-house producing Thumbelina, A Troll in Central Park and The Pebble and the Penguin, until MGM announced its shut down in 1995 when Former Bluth animators open a new satellite studio for Fox in Phoenix, Arizona.
 * Don Bluth would've be the CEO of MGM, along with Jonathan Glickman as President and Chris Brearton as a COO.
 * Fievel would've made a brief cameo in The Land Before Time.
 * the song "Love Survives" would've debuted in the 1982 album "MGM/UA's First Pop Music Album" before it debuted in All Dogs go to Heaven in 1989.
 * Also, the song would've been covered by Celine Dion in 1999 on MGM's new album "MGM's 75 Years with 75 songs).
 * on MGM's 80th Anniversary Soundtrack, the song Love Survives would've been covered by girl group No Secrets.
 * in reality, MGM stopped distributing and producing animated films from 2001 to 2007 and from 2009 to 2017. in the AU, MGM is still allowed to distribute and produce any more animated films.
 * some deleted scenes would've existed in MGM animated films.
 * the deleted scenes from some Disney animated films would've have characters replaced by MGM characters.
 * The Backyardigans would've been co-produced between MGM Animation Studios, Nelvana and Nick Jr. Productions
 * Also, International Home Entertainment rights would've been owned by MGM Studios Home Entertainment.
 * More Land Before Time sequels would've been created.
 * One of Don Bluth's characters would've appeared in the opening song to MGM Sing-Along Songs.
 * Don Bluth would've animated MGM's logos in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s decades.
 * in 1986, Don Bluth would've changed MGM's riboning to Gold Orange, but the mask stays red (due to recoloring issues)
 * in 1998, Don Bluth would've made MGM's ribboning Yellow, but only on it's Home Entertainment division until 2005.
 * in 2001, Don Bluth still would've made MGM's logo looked the same, only this time it's Yellow Orange and the Mask is brown and the url "www.mgm.com" is added.
 * in 2008, Don Bluth would've made MGM's Ribboning and Mask yellow, and the "www." is dropped.
 * Don Bluth would've been making more films from 2001 to 2019.
 * MGM would've fully produced and distributed All Dogs go to Heaven worldwide in 1989.
 * while UA distributed the film in North America, MGM would've distributed the film Overseas.
 * A Troll in Central would've been split into Two Films: The Troll in Central Park and Buster and the Flower Beds.
 * MGM would've released it's animated films on UltraViolet (later Movies Anywhere before merging with Disney Movies Anywhere) via VUDU and Amazon Video.
 * some Don Bluth films would've been re-relased in IMAX.

Theatrical Originals

 * The Secret of NIMH (1982)
 * The Last Unicorn (1982)
 * Rock &amp; Rule (1983)
 * Satyrday (1983)
 * The Giant Mouse of Minsk (1985)
 * Fivel: An American Tail (1986)
 * Never Say Never (1987)
 * The Land Before Time (1988)
 * All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
 * East of the Sun and West of the Moon (1990)
 * Rock-A-Doodle (1992)
 * We're Back: A Dinosaur Story (1993)
 * Thumbelina (1993)
 * The Troll in Central Park (1994)
 * The Pebble and the Penguin (1995)
 * Balto (1995)
 * Buster and the Flower Beds (1996)
 * The Little Blue Whale (1997)
 * The Velveteen Rabbit (1999)
 * Star Baby (2001)
 * Dragon's Lair (2004)
 * Igor (2008)
 * The Land Before Time (2013)
 * The Adams Family (2019)

Direct-to-Video Sequels and Originals

 * Fievel: A Western Tale (1991)
 * The Great Valley Adventure (1994)
 * The Time of the Great Giving (1995)
 * Gabriel's Horn (1996)
 * Journey Through the Mists (1996)
 * The Mysterious Island (1997)
 * The Secret of NIMH II: Timmy to the Rescue (1998)
 * The Secret of Saurus Rock (1998)
 * Fievel and The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1999)
 * The Hidden Dino World (1999)
 * Fievel and The Mystery of the Night Monster (2000)
 * The Stone of Cold Fire (2000)
 * The Big Freeze (2001)
 * The First Pegasus (2002)
 * Journey to Big Water (2002)
 * The Great Longneck Migration (2003)
 * Search for the Golden Treasure (2004)
 * Invasion of the Tinysauruses (2005)
 * The Great Day of the Flyers (2006)
 * The Wisdom of Friends (2007)
 * The Ice Ages (2010)
 * Peril at the Antarctic (2011)
 * On Planet Mars (2012)
 * Mystery Egg (2013)
 * Arctic Ice (2014)
 * Jungle Lands (2015)
 * Journey of the Brave (2016)
 * The Time Tunnel (2017)
 * Deserts of Egypt (2018)
 * New City of Life (2019)
 * The Journey of Columbus (2020)

Vanguard Animation

 * Valiant (2005)
 * Happily N'Ever After (2007)
 * Space Chimps (2008)
 * Citizen Siege (2009)
 * Space Chimps 2 (2010)
 * Get Squirrely (2016)
 * Dimebox (2018)
 * Gnome Alone (2018)
 * Charming (2018)
 * Trouble (2019)
 * Supercharged (2019)

Other

 * D.A.R.E.: The Animated Featurette (1993)
 * The Betty Boop Movie (1994)
 * Rocks and Nuts (1999)
 * The Aviators (2008)
 * Planet 51 (2009)
 * Rocks and Nuts 2 (2011)
 * Next Gen (2018)

Short Films

 * Banjo the Woodpile Cat (1979)

Other Media

 * MGM Sing-Along Songs (1997) (Fievel and Littlefoot at MGM studios in the Opening theme song)
 * The Lionhearts (1998) (The Land Before Time screen caps at the MGM filming on Leo's Diet)
 * Igor (2008) (On The Set at the Century Studios)
 * Skyfall (2011) (Swimming Sharptooth's Cameo in the opening)
 * A Star Is Born (2018) (Cera and Charlie appeared in the logo without Leo)
 * The Sun is Also A Star (2019) (Littlefoot replaced Leo in the logo)

TV Shows

 * Fievel's American Tails (1992-1998) (with Amblin Entertainment and WGBH)
 * All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series (1996-2000) (with WGBH)
 * The Network of NIMH (1997-1998) (with WGBH)
 * The Lionhearts (1998-2005) (with Fox Kids)
 * The Artwork and the Penguin (1999-2005) (with Nickelodeon)
 * The Space Unicorn (2003-2010) (with Nick Jr.)
 * The Backyardigans (2004-2011)
 * The Land Before Time (2007-2011) (with Amblin Entertainment and Cartoon Network)
 * A Troll in Los Angeles (2010-2014) (with Boomerang)
 * Rocks and Nuts (2012-present) (with Cartoon Network)
 * The Greater Land Before Time (2014-present) (with Amblin Entertainment and Hulu)
 * Animal Farm (2015-2018) (with BBC and Hulu)
 * All Dogs at the Pound (2016-present) (with Hulu)
 * An American Life (2017-present) (with Hulu)
 * NIMH (2018-present) (with Hulu)

History
On his 42nd birthday in 1979, Bluth, Gary Goldman, John Pomeroy, and 9 fellow Disney animators, set out to start a new life at MGM for his own animation studio, MGM Bluth Studios.

in 1981, MGM bought UA. in 1982, The Secret of Nimh became the first MGM film directed by Don Bluth. after the success, MGM's animation unit announced to make more films.

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