The following is a list of film theatrical short animated cartoon series ordered by the decade and year their first episode was first publicly presented. Most notable among these series were produced during the silent era and the golden era of Hollywood. All series below are from the United States of America except as noted. A real time interval of the first public screenings can be wider than indicated here due to incompleteness of reliable information about a series.
1900s
- Fantoche (1908, 1911, 1921, from France)
1910s
- The Newlyweds (1913àâ 1914)
- Travelaughs (1913, 1915àâ 1918, 1921àâ 1923)
- Doc Yak (1913àâ 1915)
- Colonel Heeza Liar (1913àâ 1917, 1922àâ 1924)
- Hesanut (1914àâ 1915)
- Joe Boko (1914àâ 1916)
- The Police Dog (1914àâ 1916)
- Bertlevyettes (1915)
- Kriterion Komic Kartoons (1915)
- The Animated Grouch Chasers (1915)
- Dreamy Dud (1915àâ 1916)
- Otto Luck (1915)
- Bobby Bumps (1915àâ 1923, 1925)
- Mile-a-Minute Monty (1915)
- Keeping Up with the Joneses (1915àâ 1916)
- Canimated Nooz Pictorial (1915àâ 1917)
- Vernon Howe Bailey's Sketchbook (1915àâ 1916)
- Phables (1915àâ 1916 (initial name), 1916, 1919 (Joys and Gloom))
- The Travels of Teddy (1915)
- Sammie Johnsin (1916àâ 1917)
- Mr. Nobody Holme (1916)
- Farmer Al Falfa (1916àâ 1917, 1920, 1922àâ 1923 (silent cartoons), 1931àâ 1937 (sound cartoons))
- Maud the Mule (1916)
- Parcel Post Pete (1916)
- Mutt and Jeff (1916àâ 1923, 1925àâ 1926)
- Miss Nanny Goat (1916àâ 1917)
- Krazy Kat (1916àâ 1917, 1920àâ 1921, 1925àâ 1929 (silent cartoons), 1929àâ 1934 (sound black-and-white cartoons), 1935àâ 1940 (sound cartoons in color))
- The Trick Kids (1916)
- Historical cartoons (1916àâ 1919)
- Kartoon Komics (1916àâ 1917)
- Toyland (1916)
- Inbad the Sailor (1916)
- The Boob Weekly (1916)
- Fuller Pep (1916àâ 1917)
- Charlie (1916, 1918àâ 1919)
- Hans and Fritz (1916)
- ' (1916àâ 1922, from Sweden)
- Happy Hooligan (1916àâ 1921)
- Jerry on the Job (1916àâ 1917, 1919àâ 1920)
- Bringing Up Father (1916àâ 1918)
- The Katzenjammer Kids (1916àâ 1918 (initial name, silent cartoons), 1920 (The Shenanigan Kids, silent cartoons), 1938àâ 1939 (The Captain and the Kids, sound cartoons))
- Boomer Bill (1917)
- Hardrock Dome (1917)
- Quacky Doodles (1917)
- Picto Puzzles (1917)
- The Cartoons of Benjamin Rabier () (1917àâ 1920, 1922àâ 1923, from France)
- Flambeau (1917, 1919, 1922, 1923 from France)
- Terry Feature Burlesques (1917)
- Terry Human Interest Reels (1917)
- Les Aventures des Pieds Nickelés (1917àâ 1918, from France)
- Box Car Bill (1917)
- Hammon Eggs (1917)
- Abie the Agent (1917)
- Rhyme Reels (1917)
- Goodrich Dirt (1917àâ 1919)
- Out of the Inkwell (1918àâ 1927 (initial name), 1927àâ 1929 (Inkwell Imps))
- Animated Technical Drawings (1918)
- B.D.F. Cartoons (1918àâ 1919, 1921àâ 1926)
- Von Loon (1918)
- Judge Rummy (1918àâ 1921)
- Tad Cartoons (1918àâ 1920)
- Us Fellers (1919àâ 1920)
- Felix the Cat (1919àâ 1920, 1922àâ 1928 (silent cartoons), 1929àâ 1930 (sound black-and-white cartoons), 1936 (sound cartoons in color))
- Cinema Luke (1919àâ 1920)
- Bécassotte (1919àâ 1920, from France)
1920s
- Screen Follies (1920)
- Bud and Susie (1920àâ 1921)
- Lampoons (1920)
- Ginger Snaps (1920)
- The Gumps (1920àâ 1921)
- Silly Hoots (1920àâ 1921)
- Such is Life (1920àâ 1922)
- Peanut Comedies (1920àâ 1921)
- Aesop's Fables (1920àâ 1929 (silent cartoons), 1928àâ 1933, 1945, 1950àâ 1953, 1955, 1960 (sound cartoons))
- Scat Cat (1920)
- Laugh-O-Grams (1921àâ 1922, 1927)
- Tony Sarg's Almanac (1921àâ 1923)
- Sketchografs (1921àâ 1923, 1926)
- Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend (1921)
- Le Canard en ciné (1921àâ 1923, from France)
- Mécanicas (1921, 1923àâ 1925, from France)
- Toby (1921, from France)
- Toto (1921àâ 1924, 1926, 1931, from France)
- Potiron (1921àâ 1922, from France)
- American Picture Book (1922)
- Roving Thomas (1922àâ 1923)
- Hodge Podge (1922àâ 1929)
- Technical Romances (1922àâ 1923)
- Ink-Ravings (1922àâ 1923)
- Silliettes (1923àâ 1925)
- Fun from the Press (1923)
- Tom and Jerry (1923)
- Red Head Comedies (1923)
- Alice Comedies (1924àâ 1927)
- Song Car-Tunes (1924àâ 1927 (initial name, black-and-white cartoons), 1929àâ 1938 (Screen Songs, black-and-white cartoons), 1947àâ 1951 (Screen Songs, cartoons in color))
- Historiets (1924)
- Dinky Doodle (1924àâ 1926)
- Animated Hair (1924àâ 1927)
- Animated Crosswords (1925)
- Judge's Crossword Puzzles (1925)
- Ebenezer Ebony (1925)
- Un-Natural History (1925àâ 1927)
- Little Ebony (1925àâ 1926)
- Colored Cartoon Comics (1925)
- Popular Song Parodies (1926)
- Scenic Sketchographs (1926)
- Pete the Pup (1926àâ 1927)
- Camera Mysteries (1926)
- Outlandish History (1926)
- Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927àâ 1928 (silent cartoons), 1929àâ 1938, 1943 (sound cartoons))
- Newslaffs (1927àâ 1928)
- Inklings (1927àâ 1928)
- Mickey Mouse (1928àâ 1942, 1947àâ 1948, 1951àâ 1953, 1983, 1990, 1995, 2013)
- Silly Symphonies (1929àâ 1939)
- Talkartoons (1929àâ 1932)
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
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