The following is a list of theatrical short animated cartoon series ordered by the decade and year their first episode was released. Most notable animated film series were produced during the silent era and the Hollywood golden era. All series below are from the United States except as noted. A real time interval of movie releases can be wider than it is listed due to incomplete reliable information about a series.
Animated Weekly (1913)
The Newlyweds (1913 — 1915)
Travelaughs (1913, 1915 — 1918, 1921 — 1923)
Doc Yak (1913 — 1915)
Colonel Heeza Liar (1913 — 1917, 1922 — 1924)
Joe Boko (1914 — 1916)
The Police Dog (1914 — 1916)
The Animated Grouch Chasers (1915)
Dreamy Dud (1915 — 1916)
Otto Luck (1915)
Bobby Bumps (1915 — 1923, 1925)
Mile-a-Minute Monty (1915)
Keeping Up with the Joneses (1915 — 1916)
Vernon Howe Bailey's Sketchbook (1915 — 1916)
Phables (1915 — 1916 (initial name), 1916, 1919 (Joys and Gloom ))
The Travels of Teddy (1915)
Sammie Johnsin (1916 — 1917)
Mr. Nobody Holme (1916)
Farmer Al Falfa (1916 — 1917, 1920, 1922 — 1923 (silent cartoons), 1931 — 1937 (sound cartoons))
Maud the Mule (1916)
Parcel Post Pete (1916)
Mutt and Jeff (1916 — 1923, 1925 — 1926)
Miss Nanny Goat (1916 — 1917)
Krazy Kat (1916 — 1917, 1920 — 1921, 1925 — 1929 (silent cartoons), 1929 — 1934 (sound black-and-white cartoons), 1935 — 1940 (sound cartoons in color))
The Trick Kids (1916)
Historical cartoons (1916 — 1919)
Toyland (1916)
Inbad the Sailor (1916)
The Boob Weekly (1916)
Fuller Pep (1916 — 1917)
Charlie (1916, 1918 — 1919)
Hans and Fritz (1916)
Kapten Grogg [sv ] (1916 — 1922, from Sweden)
Happy Hooligan (1916 — 1921)
Jerry on the Job (1916 — 1917, 1919 — 1920)
Bringing Up Father (1916 — 1918)
The Katzenjammer Kids (1916 — 1918 (initial name, silent cartoons), 1920 (The Shenanigan Kids , silent cartoons), 1938 — 1939 (The Captain and the Kids , sound cartoons))
Boomer Bill (1917)
Hardrock Dome (1917)
Quacky Doodles (1917)
Picto Puzzles (1917)
Terry Feature Burlesques (1917)
Terry Human Interest Reels (1917)
Les Aventures des Pieds Nickelés (1917 — 1918, from France)
Box Car Bill (1917)
Abie the Agent (1917)
Rhyme Reels (1917)
Goodrich Dirt (1917 — 1919)
Flambeau (1917 — 1923, from France)
Out of the Inkwell (1918 — 1927 (initial name), 1927 — 1929 (Inkwell Imps ))
Von Loon (1918)
Judge Rummy (1918 — 1921)
Tad Cartoons (1918 — 1920)
Us Fellers (1919 — 1920)
Felix the Cat (1919 — 1920, 1922 — 1928 (silent cartoons), 1929 — 1930 (sound black-and-white cartoons), 1936 (sound cartoons in color))
Becassotte (1919 — 1920, 1923, from France)
Bud and Susie (1920 — 1921)
Lampoons (1920)
Ginger Snaps (1920)
The Gumps (1920 — 1921)
Such is Life (1920 — 1922)
Peanut Comedies (1920 — 1921)
Aesop's Fables (1920 — 1929 (silent cartoons), 1928 — 1933, 1945, 1950 — 1953, 1955, 1960 (sound cartoons))
Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend (1921)
Le Canard en ciné (1921 — 1923, from France)
Mécanicas (1921, 1923 — 1925, from France)
Toby (1921, from France)
Toto (1921 — 1924, from France)
Potiron (1921 — 1922, from France)
American Picture Book (1922)
Hodge Podge (1922 — 1929)
Ink-Ravings (1922 — 1923)
Fun from the Press (1923)
Red Head Comedies (1923)
Alice Comedies (1924 — 1927)
Song Car-Tunes (1924 — 1927 (initial name, black-and-white cartoons), 1929 — 1938 (Screen Songs , black-and-white cartoons), 1947 — 1951 (Screen Songs , cartoons in color))
Historiets (1924)
Dinky Doodle (1924 — 1926)
Animated Hair (1924 — 1927)
Animated Crosswords (1925)
Judge's Crossword Puzzles (1925)
Ebenezer Ebony (1925)
Little Ebony (1925 — 1926)
Colored Cartoon Comics (1925)
Popular Song Parodies (1926)
Pete the Pup (1926 — 1927)
Camera Mysteries (1926)
Outlandish History (1926)
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927 — 1928 (silent cartoons), 1929 — 1938, 1943 (sound cartoons))
Newslaffs (1927 — 1928)
Inklings (1927 — 1928)
Mickey Mouse (1928 — 1942, 1947 — 1948, 1951 — 1953, 1983, 1990, 1995, 2013)
Silly Symphonies (1929 — 1939)
Talkartoons (1929 — 1932)
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