Bardel Entertainment

Bardel Entertainment, Inc.

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Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Animation
Founded	June 19, 1987
Headquarters	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
Website	bardel.ca

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.

Produced works

Television

Show	Year(s)	Co-production(s)	Notes
The Raccoons	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	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	1994-1997	Scholastic	pre-production
Phantom 2040		Hearst Entertainment	pre-production
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters	1995-1997	Klasky Csupo	storyboards
The Savage Dragon	1995	Universal Television Animation
Stickin' Around	1996-1997	Nelvana	storyboards (season 1), animation (season 2)
Flash Gordon		Hearst Entertainment	storyboards and sheet direction
The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo	1996		pre-production
The Oz Kids		Hyperion Pictures	storyboards
Bruno the Kid	1996-1997	Film Roman	pre-production
Jumanji: The Series	1996–1999	Adelaide Productions
Project G.e.e.K.e.R.	1996
Prince of Atlantis	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	Nelvana	additional production facility
George and Martha	1999-2000
Milo's Bug Quest	2000	Sunwoo Entertainment	pre-production
Marsupilami		Marathon Media	storyboards
Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law		Williams Street
Zoog Disney	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	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	2014-2016	MGM Television
VeggieTales in the House		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	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	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	2018–present	Wonderstorm
Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny		DreamWorks Animation
Zola: Queen of the Deep Web	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	Hyperion Pictures	additional animation services
Bébé's Kids	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	1997	Fox Animation Studios
Ama and the Mysterious Crystal		Universal Animation Studios
The Prince of Egypt	1998	DreamWorks Animation
The Magical Riddle	1999	Fox Animation Studios
Paint World		Universal Animation Studios
The Road to El Dorado	2000	DreamWorks Animation	special effects
Joseph: King of Dreams
Mistress Masham's Repose		Universal Animation Studios
Going Francisco	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	2002	DreamWorks Animation	additional final line services
Eight Crazy Nights		Columbia Pictures	additional animation
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	2003	DreamWorks Animation	additional final line services
Magina		Universal Animation Studios
Dragons: Fire and Ice	2004	Mega Bloks
History Island		20th Century Fox Animation
¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico	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?	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	2017	Titmouse, Inc./Williams Street
Monster High: The Adventures of The Ghoul Squad		Mattel Creations