What if 20th Century Animation Studios was founded in 1938?

It's obvious to realize that 20th Century Fox didn't get its own animation studio until 1997, in real life. But hey, at least this AU version can make you imagine if Fox does, right?

Changes

 * 20th Century Fox Animation would've started with names like Frank Capra Productions (1938-1948), Century City Cartoon Productions (1948-1960), 20th Century-Fox Cartoon Studio (1960-1997), and Fox Animation Studios (1997-2000)
 * It would've be have its original founder named Frank Capra (1897-1991) and is later taken over by Frank Capra Jr. (1934-2007) in Septemer 1991.
 * the Bubble Guppies would've been created in 1938 by Fox's animation division rather than in 2011 by Viacom/Nickelodeon.
 * Molly Gil, and Oona would've debuted in the 1939 short It's Bad to Be a Ghost!
 * Nonny, Goby, and Deema would've debuted in the 1940 short The School Guppy
 * Mr. Grouper would've debuted in the 1952 Oscar-nominated short The Teacher
 * Molly, Gil, Nonny, Goby, Deema, and Oona would've been silent, until the voices of June Foray (1944-1950, 1989-2000), Marilyn Monroe (1950-1962) and Lucy Ball (1962-1989) appears
 * Molly would've been the Mascot of 20th Century Fox, along with Bugs of Warner, Woody of Universal, Mickey of Disney, Mighty Mouse of Paramount, The Torch Lady of Columbia, Pinkalicous (replacing Leo) from MGM, the Boy of DreamWorks, the Constellation from Lionsgate, and Judy Garland (in Animal/Cartoon Style) of Garland.
 * Ocean Melodies would've been created in 1941 by Fox's animation division and later discontinued in 1962 after Marilyn Monroe died
 * Bubble Puppy would've debuted in the 1941 short The Stray Puppy
 * the Bubble Guppies would've made TV shows like The Bubble Guppies Show (1964-1969), Guppy Hour (1970-1977), The Bubble Guppies Comedy Show (1980-1984), Baby Bubble Guppies (1992-1994), Bubble Guppies Toons (2000-2004), and Bubble Guppies (2011-2016)
 * 20th Century Fox Animation would've never show adult shows to Koreans, Thais, and Chinese, with the exception of The Simpsons
 * 20th Century Fox Animation would've made 1987's The Bubble Guppies Movie it's first animated feature, followed by Furngully (1992), Once Upon A Forest (1993), The Pagemaster (1994), Anastasia (1997), and Titan A.E. (2000)
 * 20th Century Fox Animation would've made Bubble Guppies Movie II: The Baby Mermaid (1990) and The Bubble Guppies Adventure in France (1996)
 * Fuengully (1992) would've be the last Fox animated film under Frank Capra before his death in 1991
 * 20th Century Fox Animation would've become folded into Walt Disney Animation Studios due to Disney buying Fox
 * 20th Century Fox Animation would've made television specials since 1975.
 * 20th Century Fox Animation would've made media for Stant from 2003 to 2007, when Fox sold Stant rights to DHX Media
 * Four Barbie Films would've not star barbie at all and would've be made by Fox and Blue Sky rather than Lionsgate/FHE/Universal and Mattell/Mainframe/Rainmaker
 * the Three Fairytopia films would've never be staring Barbie at all and would be theatrical Fox films rather than direct-to-video Lionsgate/FHE/Universal/Barbie films
 * Fairytopia would've be made by Blue Sky Studios
 * Fairytopia 2: Mermaid would've also be made by Blue Sky Studios and featuring the Bubble Guppies
 * also it would've be a Fox crossover film and the last Fox animated film under Frank Capra Jr. before his death in 2007
 * Fairytopia 3: Magic of the Rainbow would've be made by Blue Sky Studios and featured the Villain Vike (voiced by Alec Baldwin)
 * another Barbie film the Diamond Castle would've not starring Barbie either and be produced by Blue Sky rather than Mattell or Rainmaker and distributed by Fox instead of Universal
 * also it would've been a Television film rather than a Direct-To-Video film
 * Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears A Who (a 2008 Blue Sky animated film) would've been dedicated to Fox animation founder Frank Capra (1897-2007)
 * However, the Goof Credits are all mixed up, as two people are Frank Capra and his son Frank Capra Jr., which both died in 1991 and 2007 in real life
 * 20th Century Fox Animation would've become bought by the main 20th Century Fox studio in 1948
 * 20th Century Fox Animation would've let Blue Sky became bought in 1997
 * 20th Century Fox Animation only made CGI films in reality since Titan A.E. failed, but the AU version said that Fox would've still made all Cel and CGI animated projects
 * the Robots sequels would've released
 * These Home Alone films would've been Animated rather than Live-action
 * Fox would've released The Magic Ring rather than Warner Bros. and would not be starring Tom and Jerry at all in the AU Version.
 * in face of this version, Droopy would've been replaced by Hector the Monkey, Spike and Tyke would've been replaced with a Kangaroo with a Joey, Butch would've been replaced with A Teddy Bear, Mussels would've been replaced with Barney the Rat, and the Butch Cat would've been replaced with an Unnamed Unicorn with Spots.
 * also, Ton and Jerry in the Magic ring would be replaced with Rey the Rhino and Gerald the Gunea Pig.
 * Frank Capra would've be Fox Animation's long time president before his death in 1997, when his son Frank Capra Jr. took the Office.
 * Fox's Animation unit's logo would've have no Fox Fanfare until 1997 (due to being too scary for Babies), but would instead have it's words "I Yi Yi Yi Like You Very Much" from the song I Yi Yi Yi by the trumpet as the fanfare.
 * on Horton Hears A Who!, sounds of "Alvin", "Hey You Guys", and some Tom and Jerry Screams appeared on the Fox logo after the fanfare ended.
 * Fox Animation would've been split into ABC Animation and Disney Independent Animation after being bought by Disney.
 * Chuck Jones would've been working at Fox Animation from 1970 to 1985.
 * the live-action Alvin and the Chipmunks would've been animated rather than Live-action.
 * Fox would've made a 2009 Animated version of The Electric Company rather than PBS as a live-action series.
 * Snowbert the Polar Bear and Sidney the Seal would've both been debuting in the 1989 film Snowbert and Sydney.
 * 64 Zoo Lane would've be co-produced and labeled by Fox Television Animation.
 * in Reality, Freddie as F.R.O.7 is released by Rank, Miramax, and Universal. in the AU Version, Freddie as F.R.O.7 would've been released by Fox worldwide.
 * Also, Freddie as F.R.0.7. would've been a success rather than a bomb and sequels would've been created.
 * Roger from American Dad would've been debuting in the 1992 Bubble Guppies episode "The Alien Escape".
 * FoxToons, TeenFox, and Fox Jr. would've been formed in 1987, 1991, and 1995.
 * The Sweet Tooth would've been made into a 1947 theatrical cartoon
 * Imagine if that George and Martha episode used the name "The Candy Tooth" instead.
 * Fox's Live-action family films including Miracle on 34th Street would've been animated rather than Live-Action.
 * George and Martha would've be a co-production between Fox Animation and Nelvana and would've lasted for ten years.
 * Fox and Aardman would've co-produced an Unreleased film Tortoise vs. Hare
 * Richard Rich would've worked with Fox from 1986 to 1991.
 * Horrid Henry would've been co-produced by Novel Entertainment and Fox Animation UK.
 * Horrid Henry: The Movie would've been animated rather than live-action and be produced and distributed by Fox instead of vertigo
 * Ice Age sequels would've not been created, with Collision Course being the exception, which would be not only as a second film, but also would be titled Ice Age 2: Collision Course.
 * The remaining two sequels would be replaced by theatrical re-releases of the original film.
 * Also, three elements from our real three Ice Age sequels would be added to Fox Animation History (2016), a tribute to Fox Animation founder Frank Capra. the Crow sequence from The Meltdown, the dinosaur scene from Dawn of the Dinosaurs and the Pirate Ship scene from Continental Drift.
 * Ice Age: The Meltdown (our Real Ice Age 2) would've been a 45-minute sequel.
 * A Scene of Scrat with the Fishes would've have Bubble Guppies character Donny in his Brief cameo.
 * Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs would've been a 20-minute film and not feature Ice Age characters, except for Scrat and Scratte.
 * Ice Age: Continental Drift would've been a 30-minute film.
 * Captain Gutt would've made his debut in the 1985 animated series "Planet of the Apes".
 * The Real Ludmilla would've debuted in the 1946 short The Witch Hat.
 * Furngully would've not have a sequel in the Ay. Instead, it will have a television series running from 1993 to 1996.
 * Fox would'be have more Traditional animated films released.
 * Stephen Hillenburg would've worked at 20th Century Fox Animation as Companyrunner from 2007 to 2014, when he returned to Spongebob until his death in late 2018.
 * 3 Fox Animation Studios films would've been directed and produced by Frank Capra Jr. instead of Don Bluth.
 * Bartok the Magnificent would've been made for TV rather than being a direct-to-video.
 * the Titan A.E. sequels would've released.

Info
Twentieth Century Fox Animation (stylized as 20th Century Fox Animation) is the animation division of the film studio 20th Century Fox, tasked for producing animation since its founding in August 21, 1938 by Frank Capra as a small live-action and animation studio called Frank Capra Productions, based in headquartered in City, Los Angeles, CA. The studio is known for producing animated shorts, feature films and television programs, including the Bubble Guppies franchise.

in January 1947, Frank Capra closed his Live-action unit down due to the Box Office Failure of RKO's It's A Wonderful Life (1946) and in May 1948, sold his studio to 20th Century Fox to form Century City Cartoon Productions. in 1950, Fox sold one of Frank Capra's live-action productions to Republic Pictures.

it's most successful film is The Lemon Prince (2006). the film Horrid Henry: The Movie (2011) is released. However, the box office failure of Horrid Henry's movie caused Fox to transfer it's pre-2008 animated films to The Frank Capra Company, a new division of 20th Century Fox Animation that News Corporation formed in 2011 (when they bought Frank Capra Animation Studios).

Studio Facility


Fox had a studio facility for animated films at the Fox Movie Ranch. Two Weeks before the studio is established, The Site is built by Frank Capra.

Animated films are made at the Frank Capra Studio. until Capra closed down it's live-action business 1948, Live-action films are filmed here.

Animated shorts are made here from 1937 to 1967 and from 1997 to 2007, Animated television shows are made here from 1960 to 2007 and Animated Feature films are made here from 1985 to 1987.

due to Frank Capra Jr.'s death in 2007, Fox closed the former Capra Studio and sold it for park development. Since 2008, all Fox animated media are made at the main Fox Studio lot, although when Disney bought Fox, the former DisneyToon building is the new home of Fox Animation.

Characters

 * The Bubble Guppies
 * Molly
 * Gil
 * Nonny
 * Goby
 * Deema
 * Oona

Feature Films
for the List See List of 20th Century Fox Animation productions

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