Bardel Entertainment

**Bardel Entertainment, Inc.** is a Canadian animation studio founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1987. The word "Bardel" comes from the names of its founders, Barry Ward and Delna Bhesania, who are a married couple.

Bardel is involved in the acquisition, development, production and distribution of animated programming. The studio is best known for animating _Rick and Morty_ and _Teen Titans Go!_. On October 5, 2015, Bardel was purchased by Rainbow SpA, an Italian animation studio co-owned by Iginio Straffi and ViacomCBS.

### Television

|Show|Year(s)|Co-production(s)|Notes|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_The Raccoons_|rowspan="2"|1990|Evergreen Raccoons Television Production|"Black Belt Bentley!" (camera, xeroxing, and opaquing)||
|_The Ren & Stimpy Show_|Nickelodeon|"Big House Blues"||||
|_Britannica's Tales Around the World_|1991|Encyclopædia Britannica|"The Maiden, the Frog, and the Chief's Son" (xeroxing)|||
|_Fish Police_|rowspan="2"|1992|Hanna-Barbera|||
|_Fievel's American Tails_|Universal Television Animation|additional production facility||||
|_The Pink Panther_|1993|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation|additional pre-production|||
|_Tales from the Cryptkeeper_|1993-1994|Nelvana|production facility|||
|_Dog City_|1993|The Jim Henson Company|additional production facility|||
|_Problem Child_|1994|Universal Television Animation|storyboards (season 2)|||
|_The Magic School Bus_|rowspan="2"|1994-1997|Scholastic|pre-production||
|_Phantom 2040_|Hearst Entertainment|pre-production||||
|_Aaahh!!! Real Monsters_|1995-1997|Klasky Csupo|rowspan="2"|storyboards||
|_The Savage Dragon_|1995|Universal Television Animation||||
|_Stickin' Around_|rowspan="2"|1996-1997|Nelvana|storyboards (season 1), animation (season 2)||
|_Flash Gordon_|rowspan="2"|Hearst Entertainment|storyboards and sheet direction|||
|_The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo_|rowspan="2"|1996|pre-production|||
|_The Oz Kids_|Hyperion Pictures|storyboards||||
|_Bruno the Kid_|1996-1997|Film Roman|rowspan="5"|pre-production||
|_Jumanji: The Series_|1996–1999|rowspan="2"|Adelaide Productions|||
|_Project G.e.e.K.e.R._|1996|||||
|_Prince of Atlantis_|rowspan="4"|1997|Pixibox|||
|_Ivanhoe The King's Knight_|CINAR|||||
|_Rugrats_|Klasky Csupo|storyboards||||
|_Cartoon Sushi_|MTV Animation|"Howl", "Man's Best Friend"||||
|_Flying Rhino Junior High_|1998-2000|rowspan="2"|Nelvana|rowspan="2"|additional production facility|
|_George and Martha_|1999-2000|||||
|_Milo's Bug Quest_|rowspan="3"|2000|Sunwoo Entertainment|pre-production||
|_Marsupilami_|Marathon Media|storyboards||||
|_Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law_|Williams Street|||||
|_Zoog Disney_|rowspan="2"|2001-2002|Disney Channel|||
|_Seven Little Monsters_|Nelvana|additional production facility||||
|_¡Mucha Lucha!_|2002-2005|Warner Bros. Animation||||
|_The Mr. Dink Show_|2002|||||
|_Siverwing_|2003|||||
|_Critter Mockers_|2003-2004|Gingo Animation||||
|_The Buzz on Maggie_|2005|Walt Disney Television Animation||||
|_El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera_|2006|Nickelodeon Animation Studios|pilot|||
|_Viva Piñata_|2006-2009|4Kids Entertainment||||
|_Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!_|2006-2010|Starz Media||||
|_Where My Dogs At?_|2006|MTV/MTV2 Music Group||||
|_Chaotic_|2006-2008|4Kids Entertainment|season 1|||
|_Edgar & Ellen_|2007-2008|Star Farm Productions||||
|_Zeke's Pad_|2008-2009|Flying Bark Productions||||
|_Computeropolis: Adventures of Peri and Nicky_|2008-2014|Universal Television Animation||||
|_Pearlie_|2009-2010|Nelvana||||
|_Neighbors from Hell_|2010|MoonBoy Animation||||
|_Planet Sheen_|2010-2011|rowspan="2"|Nickelodeon Animation Studios|additional animation||
|_Fanboy & Chum Chum_|2011-2012|season 2||||
|_Bally and Friends_|2011-2014|Universal Television Animation||||
|_Bob's Burgers_|2011|Bento Box Entertainment|season 1|||
|_Puppet Pals: The Series_|2011-2016|Fox Television Animation||||
|_Woo La La_|2011-2013|Universal Television Animation||||
|_Croc!_|2012-2016|Fox Television Animation||||
|_Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles_|2012-2017|Nickelodeon Animation Studios||||
|_Monsters vs. Aliens_|2013-2014|Nickelodeon||||
|_Teen Titans Go!_|2013–present|Warner Bros. Animation||||
|_Mother Up!_|2013-2014|Breakthrough Entertainment||||
|_Rick and Morty_|2013–present|Williams Street||||
|_Lah-Lah's Adventures_|2014|Stella Projects||||
|_Swan Dream Pool: Magical Stories_|rowspan="2"|2014-2016|MGM Television|||
|_VeggieTales in the House_|rowspan="3"|DreamWorks Animation||||
|_All Hail King Julien_|2014-2017|||||
|_The Adventures of Puss in Boots_|2015-2018|||||
|_The Simpsons_|2015|20th Century Fox Television|"Mathlete's Feat" (couch gag)|||
|_Captain Jake and the Never Land Pirates_|2015-2016|Walt Disney Television Animation|season 4|||
|_Dinotrux_|rowspan="2"|2015–present|DreamWorks Animation|||
|_DC Super Hero Girls_|Warner Bros. Animation|||||
|_Dawn of the Croods_|2015|DreamWorks Animation|"The Mean Warts", "School of Hard Rocks", "Garden of Eaten"|||
|_Mack & Moxy_|2016|Georgia Public Broadcasting||||
|_HarmonQuest_|2016–present|Starburns Industries||||
|_VeggieTales in the City_|rowspan="2"|2017|DreamWorks Animation|||
|_Angry Birds Blues_|Rovio Entertainment|||||
|_44 Cats_|2017–present|Rainbow S.r.l.||||
|_Tales in Paradoria_|2017–2020|Universal Television Animation||||
|_The Dragon Prince_|rowspan="2"|2018–present|Wonderstorm|||
|_Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny_|DreamWorks Animation|||||
|_Zola: Queen of the Deep Web_|rowspan="3"|2019–present|Universal Television Animation|||
|_Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty_|Funrise|||||
|_DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders_|DreamWorks Animation|||||
|_Solar Opposites_|2020–present|20th Century Fox Television||||
|_Magic: The Gathering_|TBA|Netflix|Executive produced by Anthony and Joe Russo|||

### Films

|Show|Year(s)|Co-production(s)|Notes|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_The Nutcracker Prince_|1990|Lacewood Productions|additional opaquing services|||
|_Rover Dangerfield_|1991|rowspan="2"|Hyperion Pictures|rowspan="2"|additional animation services|
|_Bébé's Kids_|rowspan="2"|1992||||
|_The New Adventures of Little Toot_|Strand Home Video|pre-production art services||||
|_Once Upon a Forest_|1993|Hanna-Barbera||||
|_Romeo and Juliet_|1994|Multimedia Animation||||
|_Balto_|1995|Amblimation|uncredited|||
|_Space Jam_|1996|Warner Bros. Animation||||
|_Anastasia_|rowspan="2"|1997|Fox Animation Studios|||
|_Ama and the Mysterious Crystal_|Universal Animation Studios|||||
|_The Prince of Egypt_|1998|DreamWorks Animation||||
|_The Magical Riddle_|rowspan="2"|1999|Fox Animation Studios|||
|_Paint World_|Universal Animation Studios|||||
|_The Road to El Dorado_|rowspan="3"|2000|rowspan="2"|DreamWorks Animation|special effects|
|_Joseph: King of Dreams_||||||
|_Mistress Masham's Repose_|rowspan="2"|Universal Animation Studios||||
|_Going Francisco_|rowspan="4"|2001|additional animation|||
|_Mice Tales_|20th Century Fox Animation|||||
|_The Mystical Legends_|DreamWorks Animation|||||
|_Marco Polo: Return to Xanadu_|The Tooniversal Company|additional animation production||||
|_Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron_|rowspan="2"|2002|DreamWorks Animation|additional final line services||
|_Eight Crazy Nights_|Columbia Pictures|additional animation||||
|_Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas_|rowspan="2"|2003|DreamWorks Animation|additional final line services||
|_Magina_|Universal Animation Studios|||||
|_Dragons: Fire and Ice_|rowspan="2"|2004|Mega Bloks|||
|_History Island_|20th Century Fox Animation|||||
|_¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico_|rowspan="2"|2005|Warner Bros. Animation|||
|_Dragons II: The Metal Ages_|Mega Bloks|||||
|_Happily N'Ever After_|2006|Vanguard Animation||||
|_Wubbzy's Big Movie!_|2008|Starz Media||||
|_The Prophet_|2014|Participant Media|CGI animation|||
|_The Loud House: The Louds' First Movie_|2017|Paramount Animation Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies Nickelodeon Animation Studio||||
|_The Loud House Movie_|2021|Netflix Nickelodeon Movies Paramount Animation Nickelodeon Animation Studio||||

### Specials/shorts/other

|Show|Year(s)|Co-production(s)|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_The Wish That Changed Christmas_|1991|McDonald's|assistant animation||
|_Itsy Bitsy Spider_|1992|Hyperion Pictures|additional animation services||
|_Wanna Be a Dino Finder_|1995|Cloud 9 Interactive|video game; animation||
|_But Where Does It Come From?_|rowspan="2"|1996|Playhouse Pictures||
|_Gregory and Me_|Kideo||||
|_The Christmas Orange_|2002||||
|_Def Jam Vendetta_|2003|EA Canada|video game; additional animation||
|_SuperFuckers_|2012-2013|Frederator Studios|||
|_Nickelodeon Animated Shorts Program_|2013-2016|Nickelodeon|"Earmouse and Bottle", "Space Mission: Danger"||
|_Albert_|2016|Nickelodeon Animation Studios|animation||
|_Rick and Morty: Rick and Morty Exquisite Corpse_|rowspan="2"|2017|Titmouse, Inc./Williams Street||
|_Monster High: The Adventures of The Ghoul Squad_|Mattel Creations||||

## Infobox (_company)

- **name**: Bardel Entertainment, Inc.
- **type**: Subsidiary
- **industry**: Animation
- **foundation**: June 19, 1987
- **location**: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- **products**: _Rick and Morty_, "Teen Titans Go!" "44 Cats" "Puss in Boots" "All Hail King Julien" "Dinotrux" _VeggieTales_ series
- **owners**: Rainbow S.p.A
(Viacom [30%])
- **parent**: Rainbow S.p.A