What If Bluezoo was founded in 1968/CBeebies in 1986?

What if Bluezoo was founded in 1968, rather than 2000, and CBeebies was founded in 1986, rather than 2002? What if those two companies were founded at those earlier points of time? What would happen?

Here's what would happen:

## List of Changes

* CBeebies would've been originally known as BBC Littles (1985-1991).
	+ It would've been a morning block on BBC1, or if CBBC was a channel at the time, it would be on there.
	+ CBBC would start in 1971 instead of 1985.
* Bluezoo would make short films, with their 1960's characters such as the Numberblocks being still owned by them and used in current media.
* Numberblock One would've been the official mascot of Bluezoo from 1968 to the present day, she would be later accompanied by Two and Three in 1971. the original mascot was actually going to be Rose the Unicorn FIlly, but Bluezoo changed thier minds because they think she's too feminine to be a mascot, so they used their ''gender neutral'' character, Numberblock One (along with Two and Three in 1971).
* Bluezoo would have an association with BBC since the 80's.
* Bluezoo would make the only anime films in the UK (NOT IN JAPAN?!?).
* Bluezoo would test scanimation in 1977.
	+ Bluezoo also tested CGI in the mid 80's, but didn't officially use it until the late 90's.
* CBeebies would primarily air Bluezoo's Numberblocks cartoons what were the most kid-friendly.
* Bluey's rights would've gone to UYoung, a chinese animation company, as a series of cartoons by the end of the 70's.
	+ That changes when Bluezoo founded Ludo Studios in Australia.
* BBC would demand for acquisition of Bluezoo in 1990, Bluezoo would politely accept.
	+ Bluezoo is still owned by the BBC to this day.
* Alphablocks Inc. would've been founded in 1971, as the Alphablocks are created.
* Dracco would've been founded in 1945, as the Filly toyline is created.
* Toonz Media Group would've been founded in 1963.
* Imira Entertainment would've been founded in 1967.
* Bluezoo would've exported their films on 16mm.
* *Numberfanagram* would originally be created as a film in 1976 in co-production with EMI.
* All Numbershows will be released between the late 1970's and 1980's as traditionally animated films.
	+ *Numberfanagram* was the first of them, being released in 1976 as a collaboration with EMI Films.
* Bluezoo would start the "Bluezoo Commonwealth" in 1971 as they created Nelvana in Canada, Ludo Studios in Australia, Kiwi Animation (currently known as Kiwimation) in New Zealand, Black Dragon Entertainment in China and Devsisters Studios in South Korea.
	+ Bluezoo also set up two animation studios, one in the US called "Guru Studios" (Stylized as gurustudios) and the other in Spain called ''Screen 21'' in 1977.
	+ Bluezoo eventually let go of Nelvana, Ludo, Kiwi, Black Dragon, Devsisters Studios, Guru and Screen 21 in the early 90's. Nelvana was acquired by Corus Entertainment and Devsisters Studios was acquired by Devsisters afterwards.
		- BBC Worldwide (now BBC Studios) acquired 41% of Nelvana and Devsisters Studios in 1998.
	+ Guru became very good in the 2000's.
* Bluezoo would've been originally headquartered in Birmingham, their studios were moved to London in 1986.
* Bluezoo had an association with Disney in 2003.
* Bluezoo launched their own TV Channel called "Bluezoo TV" in 1999. It was on Sky, NTL and OnDigital.
	+ Telewest didn't like the channel so they didn't put it on their service.
	+ After ITV Digital went into administration, Bluezoo TV was removed from the service, and got shut down in 2004 due to low viewership and a failed contract with Top Up TV.
* Numberblocks orginally had the limbs the same color as their blocks, but the new owner of Bluezoo changed the limb colors in 1986.
* Aswell as 16mm, Bluezoo also produced their films on 35mm, in pure Dolby Stereo.
* The Alphablocks didn't look good back in the day.
* In 1997, Bluezoo created a studio dedicated to adult animation, called "Redzoo".
	+ In 2006, a studio called "Redzoo West" was created, being headquartered in Bristol.
		- The name was used for Redzoo Shows produced in the West Coast of England.
		- In 2010, "Redzoo East" was set up in Ipswich, but was shut down shortly as it was unnecessary.
* Aardman wasn't associated with Bluezoo until 1993.
* Former ITV Franchise Arifmetix Television would make a reboot of *Numberfanagram* in 2019.
	+ Arifmetix Television served the South Midlands, before being taken over by Carlton in 1992. It was briefly revived in 2003.
* *NumberQuartz* would've been released in 1977 as a short film and would be Bluezoo's first co-production with ETV Films.
	+ It would have a sequel in 1982 known as *Numberquartz 2* which was about a girl known as "Paige", It would be one of Bluezoo's first feature length films and also one of Bluezoo's highest grossing films during that time.
	+ It was one of Bluezoo's most highest grossing films during the 70's.
	+ It would have a hybrid remake in 2017, replacing our current Numberblocks.
* Numberblocks was more successful than Bluey.
* The NBC would be less toxic than IRL.
* Bluezoo-owned American Animation Studio "Guru" would originally release *Pikwik Pack*, *Kit & Kate,* *Kung Fu Wa* (*Kung Fu Sock* when aired on POP (UK and Ireland)) and *50/50 Heroes* in the early 1980's.
* All the BBC1 preschool shows like *Playschool* would be moved to BBC Littles.
* Bluezoo began making shows for ITV and Channel 4 in 1987.
* *Friday Night Funkin'* was originally a traditionally animated film by Bluezoo in 1984.
	+ Sky would've originally worn a dress instead of a shirt as she does today.
* *Elementcats* was originally a traditionally animated film by Bluezoo and Michael Igafo-Te'o Animation Studios in 1984.
	+ Flarecat was originally a maned wolf, Bitterbubs was originally a maine coon and Aircat was originally a nudibranch.
	+ Milkcow was originally the 7th Elementcat instead of Butterflycat.
	+ There were anthro animal versions of Numberfanagrams and NumberQuartzes (as well as other Numbershow Characters).
* The 1980-1991 series *Numberblocks: Learn to Count* isn't just the first Numberblocks thing where children can properly learn maths, but is also the first Numberblocks thing to use the famous Numberblocks theme tune which has remained consistent through the years.
	+ It is also Bluezoo's first association with the BBC. As the BBC co-produced the show and aired it on BBC1 during the mornings
* With Nelvana and Devsisters Studios being part of the Bluezoo Commonwealth during 1985, *The Care Bears Movie* would still exist in this AU but with different management, being a co-production with BBC Enterprises.
	+ This also applies to *Little Bear The Movie* with BBC Worldwide (now BBC Studios) Distributing it.
	+ Two UK versions of Nelvana and Devsisters Studios were made in 1998 and were used as backup studio in case Bluezoo was shut down.
	+ South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and USA versions of Nelvana were made in 1998 and were used as backup game studios in case Devsisters and thier Japan, Taiwan and USA versions were shut down.
	+ During the late 90’s, Nelvana and Devsisters Studios were facing bankruptcy, to avoid it from going defunct, BBC, Corus Entertainment and Devsisters decided to turn them into two Theatrical Film and Television Studios, the conversion was successful, and Nelvana and Devsisters Studios are still making shows and Nelvana is still making mobile games to this day.
	+ *Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun* would've been released in 1996 as the pilot for *Rolie Polie Olie*, it was received well.
* The Show *Numberblocks* would be released in 2014 instead of 2017.
	+ Series 5 was originally going to be released in 2020, but it was delayed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
	+ On the other hand, the show *Alphablocks* would be released in 2006 instead of 2010.
	+ The Show *Colourblocks* would be released in 2019 instead of 2022, it was originally produced by Alphablocks Inc., Bluezoo and BBC Television, but the latter three companies dropped out of producing the series around 2016. Guangzhou Huamai Animation Studios, B-Water Animation Studios, and Zhaolong Culture joined production much later and managed to complete what the other studios left behind.
* The Show *Happy Tree Friends* will be canon in this AU but will be released in 1991 instead of 1999. And will be created by Bluezoo until 1997 as Redzoo wasn't founded yet.
	+ HTF was created by Redzoo when it was founded.
	+ Mondo Media starts co-producing the show when it opens up.
	+ It would have a feature length film in 2002 known as *Happy Tree Friends: Bigger, Longer and Uncut* and would be a co-production with Universal Pictures.
* The Alphablocks-Numberblocks crossover never happened because the BBC knew that algebra would be too advanced for little kids. The crossover is replaced by 4 specials (2 Alphablocks and 2 Numberblocks) in this AU.

* The Show *Filly Funtasia* would be released in 2016 instead of 2019. And will be created by both Bluezoo and Michael Igafo-Te'o Animation Studios.
* Numberblocks would be old, according to WindowsSevenTube81.

## History

### The Beginning of Bluezoo (1968-1970)

Bluezoo was created by two people in Birmingham and demonstrated animation at school. When they seen some Disney and Warner Bros cartoons at their local ABC Cinema, they decided to make their own animation studio. They named it "Bluezoo Pictures Inc". The company's first film was Numberblocks: The Little block

## Companies

* Bluezoo (1968-present) - The main animation studio based in London, best know for making the Learningblocks and other CBeebies characters.
* CBeebies (1986-present) - The BBC's preschool channel available in many countries. It is the channel what the Learningblocks mainly air on. The channel timeshares with BBC Four.
* CBBC (1971-present) - The BBC's channel for school aged kids. The channel timeshares with BBC Three.
* Redzoo (1997-present) - Bluezoo's sister studio dedicated to adult animation.
	+ Redzoo West (2006-present) - Redzoo shows produced on the west coast of England from Bristol.
* Nelvana (1971-present) - Canadian Animation Studio creating theatrical and made-for-tv films and TV shows, it is also an internationally operating game developer headquartered in Canada, with offices in UK, Seoul, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and San Mateo, California. Owned by both Corus Entertainment and BBC Studios.
	+ Nelvana UK (1998-present) - Used as a backup studio in case Bluezoo shuts down.
	+ Nelvana Korea (넬바나코리아, 1998-present) - Used as a backup game studio in case Devsisters shuts down.
	+ Nelvana Japan (ネルバナジャパン, 1998-present) - Used as a backup game studio in case Devsisters Japan shuts down.
	+ Nelvana Taiwan (內爾巴納台灣, 1998-present) - Used as a backup game studio in case Devsisters Taiwan shuts down.
	+ Nelvana USA (1998-present) - Used as a backup game studio in case Devsisters USA shuts down.

* Devsisters Studios (1971-present) - South Korean Animation Studio creating theatrical and made-for-tv films and TV shows. Owned by Devsisters and BBC Studios
	+ Devsisters Studios UK (1998-present) - Used as a backup studio in case Bluezoo shuts down.

* Ludo Studios (1971-present) - Former Bluezoo Commonwealth Studio in Australia. Know for making the hit shows *Bluey* and *Odo* which both would be less popular in this AU.
* Kiwimation (1971-present) - Former Bluezoo Commonwealth Studio in New Zealand. Not much is known about this animation studio.
* Black Dragon Entertainment (1971-present) - Former Bluezoo Commonwealth Studio in China. Not much is known about this animation studio.
* Guru Studios (1977-present) - Animation Studio best known for making *Pikwik Pack*, *Kit & Kate,* *Kung Fu Wa* (*Kung Fu Sock* when aired on POP (UK and Ireland)) and *50/50 Heroes.* Was very good in the 2000's.
* Screen 21 (1977-2016) - Animation Studio in spain who is bankrupted.

## Shows

(-) - Made before CBeebies was created

(bz) - Created by Bluezoo Animation

(>) - Adult

(\*) - Not made by Bluezoo or Redzoo

(cbbc) - On CBBC

(cbbs) - On CBeebies

(£) - Not on any BBC-owned channels/blocks

(rz) - Created by Redzoo

### 1980's

* Numberblocks: Learn to Count (1980-1991) - (-) (bz) (cbbs) (Co-production with BBC Television and Bluezoo) - Learn to Count and do some maths with the Numberblocks!
* Alphablocks: Learn to Spell (1980-1991) - (-) (bz) (cbbs) (Co-production with BBC Television and Bluezoo) - TBD.
* Filly Funtasia: Learn Magic with Us (1980-1991) - (-) (bz) (£) (Co-production with Bluezoo, Michael Igafo-Te'o Animation Studios, and Imira Entertainment (which is owned by Toonz Media Group)) - TBD

### 1990's

* Happy Tree Friends (1991-present) - (>) (rz) (Co-production with BBC Worldwide (now BBC Studios), Mondo Media and Redzoo) - TBD.
* Rolie Polie Olie (1997-2012) - (\*) (cbbs) (Co-production with Playhouse Disney/Disney Junior, Nelvana, BBC Worldwide (now BBC Studios), Meta Hurlant and Sparx/Sparkling) - TBD.

### 2000's

* Alphablocks (2006-present) - (bz) (cbbs) - Are you ready for some fun with the Alphablocks?

### 2010's

* Numberblocks (2014-present) - (bz) (cbbs) - Count with Numberblocks, in Numberland, you can learn numbers with One, Two, Three, Four and Five!

* Filly Funtasia (2016-present) - (bz) (£) (Co-production with Bluezoo, Michael Igafo-Te'o Animation Studios and Imira Entertainment (which is owned by Toonz Media Group)) - The Filly friends attend the Royal Magic Academy of Funtasia, and soon have to use their new skills... especially magic! ...as danger is not far away, and will take them on exciting adventures to keep Funtasia safe.
* Unnamed Cookie Run TV Show (2019-present) - (\*) (cbbs) (Co-production with Devsisters Studios, Devsisters and BBC Worldwide (now BBC Studios))

## Films

(-) - Made before CBeebies was created

(bz) - Created by Bluezoo Animation

(>) - Adult

(\*) - Not made by Bluezoo or Redzoo

(rz) - Created by Redzoo

### 1960's

* Numberblocks: The Little Block (1968) - (-) (bz) - A little red block falls from the sky! She discovers this one beautiful world!

### 1970's

* Alphablocks: Band Together (1971) - (-) (bz) - Let's get the Alphabet band together! B, A, N and D start one of the best shows on Alphaland!
* Numberfanagram (1976) - (-) (bz) (Co-production with Bluezoo and EMI Films) - TBD.
* Numberquartz (1977) - (-) (bz) (Co-production with Bluezoo and ETV Films) - TBD.

### 1980's

* The Care Bears Movie (1985) - (-) (\*) (Co-production with Nelvana, American Greetings and BBC Enterprises) - TBD.
* Numberquartz 2 (1982) - (-) (bz) (Co-production with Bluezoo and ETV Films) - A precious little girl tags along with a handsome boy as they enter the blocky reality and meet some new friends.

### 1990's

* Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun (1996) - (\*) (Co-production with Walt Disney Pictures, Nelvana, BBC Worldwide (now BBC Studios), Meta Hurlant and Sparx) - Pilot for the 1997 Series *Rolie Polie Olie*.

### 2000's

* Happy Tree Friends: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (2002) - (>) (rz) (Co-production with Universal Pictures, Mondo Media, BBC Worldwide (now BBC Studios) and Redzoo) - TBD.

### 2010's

* Numberquartz (2017) - (bz) (Co-production with Bluezoo and ETV Films) - TBD.
* Filly Butterfly Special (2019) - (bz) (Co-production with Bluezoo, Michael Igafo-Te'o Animation Studios and *Apollo Films*) - As Funtasia prepares for the seasonal *Change of Color Festival*, Rose, our heroine, accidentally meets Alyssa, a *Butterfly Filly* that comes from the distant mythical realm of Papilia. It is true... Butterfly Fillys exist! But... ... but they must remain secret so Rose helps Alyssa hide and the two become instant friends. Little do they know that their over-confidence will end up revealing Alyssa and unleashing the greatest threat Funtasia has faced in centuries
* Filly Stars Special (2019) - (bz) (Co-production with Bluezoo, Michael Igafo-Te'o Animation Studios and *Apollo Films*) - High above the Filly World, in Skylia, live the Filly Stars. The sky kingdom has been split into two realms due to a long forgotten conflict between the Moonlight and Starlight Fillys. Zack, a Moonlight Filly and Zodia, a Starlight Filly, share a forbidden friendship. When Zodia comes to Funtasia looking for Zack it sets off a set of events that creates a rare "purple moon" whose evil light plunges all of Funtasia into chaos. Can the two kingdoms set aside their differences to restore the balance of magic before the evil lord Wranglum is set free?