1991 in animation

Years in animation:	1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
Years:	1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

Events

January

• January 10: In The Simpsons episode Bart Gets Hit by a Car Dr. Nick Riviera and Lionel Hutz make their debut. [1]

February

• February 7: In The Simpsons episode Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment Troy McClure makes his debut. [2]
• February 14: In The Simpsons episode Principal Charming Groundskeeper Willie, Hans Moleman and Squeaky Voiced Teen make their debut. [3]
• February 21: In The Simpsons episode Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? Herb Powell (voiced by Danny DeVito) and Mona Simpson make their debut. [4]

March

• March 26: 63rd Academy Awards:
  • Creature Comforts by Nick Park wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. [5]
• March 28: In The Simpsons episode Old Money Professor Frink makes his debut. [6]
• March 31: The first episode of Darkwing Duck, broadcast by the Walt Disney Company, is broadcast. [7]

April

• April 11: In The Simpsons episode Brush with Greatness Ringo Starr is special guest voice.[8]
• April 25: In The Simpsons episode Lisa's Substitute Dustin Hoffman is special guest voice. The episode is furthermore notable for fleshing out Lisa Simpson's character. [9]

May

• May 2: In The Simpsons episode "The War of the Simpsons" Snake Jailbird makes his debut. [10]
• May 9: In "Three Men and a Comic Book", Comic Book Guy and Radioactive Man make their debut.[11]

July

• July 26: The American film studio Animal Logic is founded.

August

• August 2:
  • Don Bluth's film Rock-a-Doodle premiers. [12]
  • The film Rover Dangerfield, which features a dog modelled after comedian Rodney Dangerfield (who also voices himself), premiers. [13]
• August 11:
  • The first episode of Doug is broadcast. [14]
  • The first episode of Rugrats is broadcast. [14]
  • The first episode of The Ren & Stimpy Show is broadcast. [14]

September

• September 3:
  • The first episode of The Legend of Prince Valiant is broadcast, based on the comics series Prince Valiant. [15]
  • The first episode of Little Dracula is broadcast. [16]
• September 7:
  • The first episode of Hammerman, a short-lived animated TV series based on the popularity of rapper M.C. Hammer, is broadcast and cancelled after only one series. [17]
  • The first episode of Rupert is broadcast, an animated TV series based on the British comics character Rupert Bear. [18]
  • The first episode of Taz-Mania is broadcast, which will popularize the Looney Tunes character Tasmanian Devil. [19]
• September 19: In The Simpsons episode Stark Raving Dad Michael Jackson is special guest voice. [20]
• September 26: The first episode of Spider! is broadcast. [21]
• September 28: The first episode of Mr. Bogus is broadcast, an adaptation of a series of French-Belgian claymation shorts, here done in traditional animation. [22]

October

• October 2: Nelvana's critically acclaimed adaptation of Hergé's comics series Tintin, The Adventures of Tintin is first broadcast.
• October 10: In The Simpsons episode Bart the Murderer Fat Tony, Legs and Louie make their debut. [23]
• October 11: Gertie the Dinosaur is added to the National Film Registry. [24][25]
• October 24: In The Simpsons episode Like Father, Like Clown Krusty the Clown is revealed to be Jewish. [26]
• October 28: The first episode of Once Upon a Time... The Americas is broadcast.

November

• November 21: In The Simpsons episode Flaming Moe's the band Aerosmith is special guest voice. [27]
• November 22:
  • The Walt Disney Company releases Beauty and the Beast. [28]
  • Don Bluth releases An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, a sequel to An American Tail. [29]
• November 30:
  • The first episode of Æon Flux airs. [30]
  • The first episode of Liquid Television airs. [31]

Specific date unknown

• The animation studio Dong Woo Animation is founded.
• Turner Broadcasting purchases animation studio Hanna-Barbera.

Films released

Main article: List of animated feature films of 1991

Television series debuts

Main article: List of animated television series of 1991

Date	Title	Channel	Year
February 25	The Pirates of Dark Water	ABC, Syndication	1991–93
March 1	Toxic Crusaders	Syndication	1991
August 11	Doug (Original series)	Nickelodeon	1991–94
	Rugrats	Nickelodeon	1991–04
	The Ren & Stimpy Show	Nickelodeon, MTV	1991–96
September 3	The Legend of Prince Valiant	The Family Channel	1991–93
	Little Dracula	Fox Kids	1991–99
September 7	Little Shop		1991
	Taz-Mania		1991–95
September 8	Darkwing Duck	The Disney Channel, Syndication, ABC	1991–92
	Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars	Syndication	1991
September 14	Super Mario World	NBC
	Wish Kid
	Space Cats
	Yo Yogi!
	ProStars
	Hammerman	ABC
	Mother Goose and Grim	CBS	1991–92
	Where's Wally?		1991
	Back to the Future		1991–92
September 15	Young Robin Hood	Syndication
September 16	James Bond Jr.
September 28	Mr. Bogus		1991–93
November 30	Liquid Television	MTV	1991–95
	Æon Flux

Television series endings

Date	Title	Channel	Year	Notes
January 26	Piggsburg Pigs!	Fox Kids	1990–91	Cancelled
February 16	Zazoo U
February 22	Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears	NBC, ABC, Syndication	1985–91	Ended
May 11	Swamp Thing (1991)	Fox Kids	1990–91	Cancelled
May 20	Toxic Crusaders	Syndication	1991
August 8	TaleSpin	The Disney Channel, Syndication	1990–91
August 17	A Pup Named Scooby-Doo	ABC	1988–91
September 10	Fox's Peter Pan & the Pirates	Fox Kids	1990–91
October 5	The Real Ghostbusters	ABC, Syndication	1986–91	Ended
October 26	Captain N: The Game Master	NBC	1989–91	Cancelled
	The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh	The Disney Channel, ABC	1988–91
November 2	Muppet Babies (1984)	CBS	1984–91	Ended
November 16	Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1990)	CBS, Fox Kids	1990–91	Cancelled
November 23	Attack of the Killer Tomatoes	Fox Kids
November 30	Little Shop		1991
December 1	Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars	Syndication
December 6	Beetlejuice	ABC, Syndication	1989–91
December 7	Hammerman	ABC	1991
	Super Mario World	NBC
	Wish Kid
	Yo Yogi!
	ProStars
December 8	The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda	Syndication	1990–91
December 14	Where's Wally?	CBS	1991
	Space Cats	NBC
Unknown	Wake, Rattle, and Roll	Syndication, The Disney Channel	1990–91

Births

• December 17: Daniel Tay, American actor and voice actor (voice of Doogal in Doogal).

Deaths

January

• January 30: John McIntire, American actor (voice of Mr. Digger in The Fox and the Hound), dies at age 83. [32]

February

• February 1: Jimmy MacDonald, Scottish-American animator, voice actor, musician and sound effects maker (Walt Disney Company, voice of Mickey Mouse between 1948-1977, original voice of Chip, Gus and Jaq and Humphrey the Bear, the unlucky wolf in The Sword in the Stone), dies at age 84. [33][34]
• February 2: Franco Latini, Italian voice actor (Italian dub voice of Donald Duck and Tom Cat from Tom & Jerry), dies at age 63. [35]
• February 3: Nancy Kulp, American actress (voice of Frou-Frou in The Aristocats), dies at age 69. [36]

March

• March 4: Vance Colvig, American clown and voice actor (voice of Chopper in Yogi Bear), dies at age 72. [37]
• March 14: Howard Ashman, American playwright and lyricist (wrote songs for The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin), dies at age 40 from AIDS. [38]
• March 26: Lechosław Marszałek, Polish animated film and TV series director (Reksio, worked on Bolek i Lolek, Studio Filmów Rysunkowych), dies at age 69. [39]

April

• April 19: Frederik Bramming, Danish animator and comics artist (made advertising animated shorts for Bergenholz), dies at age 79. [40]
• April 28: Ken Curtis, American singer and actor (voice of Nutsy the vulture in Robin Hood), dies at age 74.
• April 30: Roy Seawright, American special effects maker and animator (animated the Tin soldiers sequence in the Laurel & Hardy film Babes in Toyland and the dinosaur sequences in One Million B.C.), dies at age 85. [41]

May

• May 14: Joy Batchelor, British animator, film producer and director (Halas & Batchelor, Animal Farm, the animated music video of Love Is All by Roger Glover), dies at age 77. [42]

September

• September 14: Lisa Michelson, American voice actress (dub voice of Satsuki Kusakabe in My Neighbor Totoro, dub voice of Kiki in Kiki's Delivery Service), dies at age 33 in a car accident.
• September 24: Dr. Seuss, American children's novelist, illustrator, animator and comics artist (Warner Brothers Animation), dies at age 87.[43]
• September 29: Ed Barge, American animator (Harman-Ising, MGM, Hanna-Barbera, Ralph Bakshi), dies at age 81.

October

• October 26: Henry Wilson Allen, aka Heck Allen, American novelist and animation writer (Barney Bear, worked for Tex Avery), dies at age 79.

November

• November 25: Eleanor Audley, American actress (voice of Lady Tremaine in Cinderella and Maleficent in Sleeping Beauty), dies at age 86.

December

• December 29: Tony Strobl, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company, scriptwriter for Duck Tales), dies at age 76.[44]

Specific date unknown

• David Hamilton Grant, British pornographic producer and convicted criminal (produced the pornographic animated short Snow White and the Seven Perverts), dies at age 52 of an alleged contract killing. [45]

See also

• 1991 in anime

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