Hanna-Barbera's Works

Hanna-Barbera's Works is an American television show that features the cartoon character Yogi Bear and his friends in a series of animated segments. It is the first Hanna-Barbera Cartoons and Warner Bros. Animation animated series to be broadcast in HD.
Yogi Bear, Boo-Boo Bear, Ranger Smith, Cindy Bear, Fred Flintstone, Wilma Flintstone, Barney Rubble, Betty Rubble, Pebbles Flintstone, Bamm-Bamm Rubble, Dino, The Great Gazoo, George Jetson, Jane Jetson, Elory Jetson, Judy Jetson, Rosie the Robot Maid, Orbitty, Snagglepuss, Yakky Doodle, Huckleberry Hound, Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks, Hokey Wolf, Ding-A-Ling, Jonny Quest, Bandit, Hadji, Dr. Quest, Race Bannon, Birdman, the Galaxy Trio, Space Ghost, Jace, Jan, Blip, Dino Boy Bronty, Ugh, Mighty Mightor, Captain Caveman, Brenda Chance, Dee Dee Skyes, Taffy Dare, Josie McCoy, Valerie Brown, Melody Valentine, Alan Mayberry, Alexandra Cabott III, Alexandra Cabott, Sebastian, Big Dog, Little Dog, Mr. Hollywood, Ren, Tula, Niddler, Ioz, T-Bone, Razor, Quick Draw McGraw, Baba Looey, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy, Snooper and Blabber, Magilla Gorilla, Mr. Peebles, Ogee, Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse, Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long, Peter Potamus, Breezly and Sneezly, Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey, Tom and Jerry, Dick Dastardly, Muttley, Penelope Pitstop, Atom Ant, Secret Squirrel, Morocco Mole Squiddly Diddly, Precious Pupp, The Hillbilly Bears, Winsome Witch, Wally Gator, Touché Turtle and Dum Dum, Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har, Abigail, Edgar, Russell, Michelle, Corneilus, Butch Cassidy, Merilee, Wally, Steffi, Elvis, Mr. Socrates, Hustle, Bump, Boogie, Charlie, Undercover Elephant, Shake, Rattle, Roll, Blast-Off Buzzard, Crazy Legs, Captain Planet, Gaia, Gi, Kwame, Linka, Ma-Ti, Wheeler, Larry, D.D., Pepper, Dottie, Woofer, Whimper, Sheriff Bagley, Ernie Devlin, Tod Devlin, Sandy Devlin, Henry McSummers, Dinky Dog, Uncle Dudley, Sandy, Monica, Dynomutt, Blue Falcon, Foofur, Godzilla, Godzooky, Captain Carl Majors, Brock Borden, Dr. Quinn Darien, Pete Darien, The Great Grape Ape, Beegle Beagle, Hair Bear, Square Bear, Bubi Bear, Eustace P. Peevly, Zandor, Tarra, Dorno, Zok, Igoo, Tundro, Gloop, Gleep, Inch High, Lori, Gator, Braveheart, Potsworth, Rosie, Nick, Murphy, Carter, Keiko, Max, A.B. Sitter, Ben, Zoe, FX, XS, Dumping Jack Trash, Jeannie, Babu, Wildfire, Princess Sara, Scooby-Doo, Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, The Hex Girls, The Grimswood Girls and Shaggy Rogers all appear as supporting characters. Musical themes for each character are composed by Stephen James Taylor with a live 12-piece band and extensive use of the fretless guitar. Music was nominated for an Annie Award in both 2002 and 2006. The cartoons on the show were later used in the Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation animated television series Hanna-Barbera's Superstars Show.
==Premise==
Hanna-Barbera's Works was created by Spike Brandt, Tony Cervone, Sander Schwartz and Tom Ruegger to recreate the golden age of Hanna-Barbera's animated cartoon series, featuring some of Hanna-Barbera’s most popular characters. By using basic colors and the original sound effects, effort was put forth to capture the look and feel of those shorts Hanna-Barbera's.
Each half-hour episode consisted of a variety of cartoons, varying in length from ninety seconds to twelve minutes. These shorts fell into three general types: the brief gag cartoons, the longer character-based cartoons, and the more classically based "Hanna-Barbera's Tales" (usually the show's longest segment and a homage to the Timeless Tales from Hallmark series ). The character-based segments also included "Hanna-Barbera's Symphonies", carrying on the tradition of a musical-based series of theatrical shorts. The series' slapstick comedy and cartoon violence is a reminiscent of Warner Bros. cartoons of the 40's and early 50's, Tex Avery and Bob Clampett's Warner cartoons from the 30's, MGM cartoons, DePatie-Freleng theatrical shorts and Famous Studios' Popeye cartoons, as well as Tom Ruegger/Steven Spielberg Warner Bros. Animation shows of the 90's ( which include Tiny Toon Adventures, Taz-Mania, The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries, Histeria ! and of course, Animaniacs ). 
The gag shorts, which lasted 90 seconds each, were shown with the following umbrella titles:
* Yogi to the Rescue: Yogi tries to rescue Cindy from Dick Dastardly and Muttley's trap-laden hideout.
* Maestro Snagglepuss: Snagglepuss conducts an orchestra of animated, disagreeable, instruments.
* Penelope Pitstop's Arcobat Circus: Penelope Pitstop shows off extreme circus to the words of her offscreen narrator.
* The Banana Splits' Fun House of Zaniness: Fleegle, Drooper, Snorky and Bingo perform acts of screwball comedy in their fun house, only for strange and bonkers things to occur and heckle them in classic cartoon fashion.
* Rapunzel in Distress: Rapunzel ( from the Timeless Tales from Hallmark series ) finds multiple ways to escape the tower and outwits the guards using true girl power.
* Tom and Jerry's Dynamite: Tom and Jerry's activity is interrupted by the appearance of a well-placed bomb.
* Snooper and Blabber's House of Genius: Snooper and Blabber show off an invention of theirs which goes haywire.
* Chans vs Raccoon: Charlie Chan and the Chan Clan are enjoying their break from solving mysteries, but are pestered by a Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck/Screwy Squirrel/Woody Woodpecker/Heckle and Jeckle/Aracuan Bird-esque screwball raccoon.
* Scooby-Doo Gets the Paper: Scooby-Doo goes through a bit of problems trying to fetch the newspaper for Shaggy Rogers, causing the great dane to end up getting badly hurt and beaten up through comedic slapstick ( a la Buttons from Animaniacs ).
With no established schedule or routine, Hanna-Barbera's Works was designed to look like one spontaneous flow. Adding to that feeling were the show's opening credits, which ended differently each week, the only constant being an elaborate interruption from a spotlight-stealing Fred Flintstone.
While most skits involved individual characters, some have Yogi Bear, Fred Flintstone and Scooby-Doo running a special service group. Most Penelope Pitstop skits have her doing a "how-to" segment, always accompanied by a narrator. Most Scooby-Doo segments were about him trying to accomplish a certain task which never works out right, frustrating him and having him abused through comedic slapstick.
==Characters==
==Series overview==
Season	Season	Episodes	Originally Aired	Originally Aired
Season	Season	Episodes	First Aired 	Last Aired
 	1 	13 	 	
 	2 	12 	 	
==Episode list==
*List of Hanna-Barbera's Works shorts
*List of Hanna-Barbera's Works mini-shorts
Category:Cartoons
Category:Warner Bros. films
Category:Hanna-Barbera
Category:2018
Category:Hanna-Barbera Cartoons