Tom Ruegger

Tom Ruegger (/ˈruːɡər/) is an American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist, and lyricist. Ruegger is known for his association with Disney Television Animation and Warner Bros. Animation. He also created Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, and Histeria!. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Ruegger, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

The Snoopy Show
7.7

The Snoopy Show

The world's most iconic dog is ready for his close-up. Dive into new adventures with the happy-dancing, high-flying, big-dreaming beagle, who's joined by best friend Woodstock and rest of the Peanuts gang.

Release Date: 2021-02-05

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 149

Will You Wear A Mask? I Ask.

Video of Tom Ruegger's rhyming picture book narrated by Mark Hamill.

Release Date: 2021-01-23

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Animaniacs
8.5

Animaniacs

Yakko, Wakko and Dot return for all-new big laughs and the occasional epic takedown of authority figures in serious need of an ego check. Joining the Warners are Starbox & Cindy on their latest play date while Pinky and the Brain's ideas for world domination lead them to all new adventures.

Release Date: 2020-11-20

Department: Sound

Job: Main Title Theme Composer

Episode Count: 86

Vote Count: 566

7.0

Scoob!

In Scooby-Doo’s greatest adventure yet, see the never-before told story of how lifelong friends Scooby and Shaggy first met and how they joined forces with young detectives Fred, Velma, and Daphne to form the famous Mystery Inc. Now, with hundreds of cases solved, Scooby and the gang face their biggest, toughest mystery ever: an evil plot to unleash the ghost dog Cerberus upon the world. As they race to stop this global “dogpocalypse,” the gang discovers that Scooby has a secret legacy and an epic destiny greater than anyone ever imagined.

Release Date: 2020-07-08

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Visual Effects Designer

Vote Count: 1721

8.0

Heart of Batman

In the early 1990s, a rare gathering of talent defined Batman for a generation. Twenty-five years later, "Batman: The Animated Series" continues to inspire fans and myth-makers all over the world. This is an in-depth look at the storytellers behind the series.

Release Date: 2018-10-30

Character: Self

Vote Count: 6

The 7D
6.0

The 7D

The 7D is an American animated television series produced by Disney Television Animation loosely based on the 1937 film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Walt Disney Productions where The 7D must defend the land of Jollywood from the magical villains Grim and Hildy Gloom who attempt to dethrone Queen Delightful and rule Jollywood.

Release Date: 2014-07-07

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 88

Vote Count: 16

Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures
7.3

Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures

The fate of PacWorld lies with Pac and his loyal crew as they protect the Power Berries from falling into the sinister hands of Betrayus and his evil army of baddies.

Release Date: 2013-06-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 131

The Voyages of Young Doctor Dolittle

John Dolittle loves animals just like his uncle, Doctor Dolittle. When John is warned that animals are in danger, he jumps into his uncle’s submarine to help. When he arrives at Dolittle Island, he learns that it has been taken over by Ramsey the Ram and his army of gorillas. With a little help from some new friends, John comes to the rescue and saves the island.

Release Date: 2011-11-01

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Kid vs. Kat
7.9

Kid vs. Kat

Kid vs. Kat is a Canadian-American animated television series developed and produced at Studio B Productions. The show was created and co-directed by Rob Boutilier. The series is distributed by Studio B Productions. The feature revolves around a 10-year-old boy's constant battle with his sister's Sphinx cat which, in reality, is a cybernetic alien. The show premiered on YTV in Canada on October 25, 2008, aired on Disney XD in the United States on February 21, 2009, and then ended on June 4, 2011. It ran for 2 seasons, spanning 52 episodes.

Release Date: 2008-10-25

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 297

Animalia
6.9

Animalia

Animalia is an Australian children's television series based on the 1986 picture book of the same name by illustrator Graeme Base in 2012 being distributed by Cyber Group Studios.

Release Date: 2007-11-19

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Episode Count: 40

Vote Count: 4

Sushi Pack
10.0

Sushi Pack

Sushi Pack is an American-Canadian animated television series produced by DIC Entertainment and American Greetings, that aired on the KEWLopolis block on CBS November 3, 2007 - September 12, 2009. It featured a team of wasabi, salmon egg sushi, crab sushi, tuna sushi, and octopus sushi as they used their wits and their emotions to save the world and educated young children. The Sushi Pack team lives in a donut shop with their human friend, Ben. Despite the superhero element of the story, violence is used only as a last resort. The closing theme song of the show is a techno/rap/funk hybrid song written by Phofo, composer for the entire series. Sushi Pack was created by Studio Espinosa. Quests involve learning about the meaning of friendship, social skills, and teamwork.

Release Date: 2007-11-03

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 4

Vote Count: 2

Duck Dodgers
7.4

Duck Dodgers

Duck Dodgers battles evil in the 24th century.

Release Date: 2003-08-23

Department: Writing

Job: Teleplay

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 117

Codename: Kids Next Door
8.2

Codename: Kids Next Door

Taking numbers instead of names, five extraordinary 10-year-olds form a covert team called the Kids Next Door with one dedicated mission: to free all children from the tyrannical rule of adults.

Release Date: 2002-12-06

Department: Crew

Job: Visual Effects Art Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 731

7.3

Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish

The Warner Brothers (and the Warner Sister) go on a quest to find a fallen wishing star to help Dot with her illness. Unfortunately the rest of the town, including an evil king, also hear about the star and want to get to it first to have their own wishes come true. It's a race against time and it's up to the three zany siblings to get there first.

Release Date: 1999-12-20

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 100

Batman Beyond
8.1

Batman Beyond

As new villains overrun Gotham City of the future, the aging Bruce Wayne hangs up the cape of the once invincible Batman. But when troubled teenager Terry McGinnis stumbles upon the Dark Knight's secret, a new alliance is forged. And a triumphant new Batman is born.

Release Date: 1999-01-10

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 556

Pinky, Elmyra & The Brain
6.0

Pinky, Elmyra & The Brain

The popular animated characters Pinky and the Brain continue to concoct schemes to rule the world while hiding out in the suburbs where they live with Elmyra, a hyperactive tot of Tiny Toon Adventures fame.

Release Date: 1998-09-19

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Episode Count: 25

Vote Count: 29

Histeria!
6.4

Histeria!

Perhaps the world's only animated sketch-comedy educational series, Histeria! delivers lessons that stick - to your funny bone. Hosted by Father Time, the cartoon cast careens through time to deliver historical facts from Siberia to Sumeria, despite the efforts of Miss Information, the claims of The World's Oldest Woman and the perpetually poopy diapers of the egg-shaped Big Fat Baby.

Release Date: 1998-09-14

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Episode Count: 52

Vote Count: 10

Road Rovers
6.8

Road Rovers

The Road Rovers are a team of five super-powered crime-fighting anthropomorphic dogs known as "cano-sapiens". Their leader is Hunter, a golden retriever mix from the United States. The Rovers' boss is a scientist known as The Master who oversees their operations and supplies them with equipment from their subterranean headquarters.

Release Date: 1996-09-07

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 13

Vote Count: 5

8.0

Pinky & the Brain: World Domination Tour

Pinky and Brain are genetically enhanced laboratory mice who reside in a cage in the Acme Labs research facility to test their unique personalities. Brain's personality is self-centered and scheming, and Pinky's personality is good-natured but feeble-minded. In each episode, Brain devises a new plan to take over the world, which ultimately ends in failure, usually due to Pinky's idiocy or the impossibility of Brain's plan. The bulk of every episode involves one of Brain's plans for world domination with Pinky's assistance and the ultimate failure of that plan. One centers on his rival Snowball's plan to take over the world using Microsponge. Another episode features Brain's single day where he tries to do anything but take over the world; in the end, a group of people vote that he should take over the world on the one day he does not want to. Episodes: "Pavlov's Mice" "Brain Meets Brawn" "Where Rodents Dare" "Tokyo Grows"

Release Date: 1996-08-13

Department: Writing

Job: Characters

Vote Count: 1

6.5

A Pinky and the Brain Christmas

The Brain designs a mesmerizing doll, Noodle Noggin, and plans to have Santa Claus deliver one to every house so he can make people do his every command through mind control.

Release Date: 1995-12-13

Department: Writing

Job: Characters

Vote Count: 6

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
4.8

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective is an animated television series based on the film of the same name. The series was produced by Morgan Creek Productions and Nelvana for Warner Bros. Studios. It aired for two seasons from 1995 to 1997 on CBS. A third season and reruns of previous episodes aired on Nickelodeon from 1999 to 2000.

Release Date: 1995-12-09

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 27

Freakazoid!
7.8

Freakazoid!

The adventures of Freakazoid, a manic, insane superhero who battles with an array of super villains.

Release Date: 1995-09-09

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Episode Count: 24

Vote Count: 164

Pinky and the Brain
7.6

Pinky and the Brain

Pinky and Brain are genetically enhanced laboratory mice who reside in a cage in the Acme Labs research facility. Brain is self-centered and scheming; Pinky is good-natured but feebleminded. In each episode, Brain devises a new plan to take over the world, which ultimately ends in failure, usually due to Pinky's idiocy, the impossibility of Brain's plan, Brain's own arrogance, or just circumstances beyond their control.

Release Date: 1995-09-09

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 4

Vote Count: 698

6.5

Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery

In this Halloween Special, Babs Bunny plays the part of host as she and the Tiny Toons gang spoof various popular horror movies and TV shows. Among the works parodied are "Night Gallery", "The Twilight Zone", "The Devil and Daniel Webster", "Frankenstein" and the "Abbott and Costello Meet..." films.

Release Date: 1995-05-28

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 31

The Warner's 65th Anniversary Special

The biggest stars in Hollywood celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Warner Brothers and their sister, Dot.

Release Date: 1994-05-23

Department: Writing

Job: Story

6.5

I'm Mad

The Warner Brothers, Yakko and Wakko, and their sister Dot star in their first theater short. Yakko and Dot are constantly bickering while Wakko is complaining during a car ride with their psychiatrist Dr. Otto Scratchansniff. A mostly musical cartoon.

Release Date: 1994-03-30

Department: Writing

Job: Story

Vote Count: 19

6.5

Tiny Toon Spring Break

Buster, Babs and the entire 'Tiny Toons' gang decided to take a trip to Ft. Lauderdale for Spring Break. Meanwhile, Elmrya believes that Buster is the Easter Bunny, and with the help of Samuel Gerard(Tommy Lee Jones in 'The Fugitive') they go on a mission to capture Buster. Plucky tries to make a quick buck by sellin' "The Tan Meiser 6000" but quickly turns his sights on a blonde duck that passes him by. Spoofs of music videos and films of that time (1994) are some of the highlights

Release Date: 1994-03-27

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 26

7.5

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

Andrea Beaumont leaves her father to return to Gotham, rekindling an old romance with Bruce Wayne. At the same time, a mysterious figure begins to hunt down Gotham's criminals, wrongly implicating Batman in the murders. Now on the run from the law, Batman must find and stop the culprit, while also navigating his relationship with Andrea.

Release Date: 1993-12-25

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Vote Count: 1128

Animaniacs
8.0

Animaniacs

The two Warner Brothers Yakko and Wakko and their Warner sister Dot had been (supposedly) created in the 1930's, but their cartoons were too screwy for the general public to handle. The three Warners were locked up in the studio water tower until they escaped in the 90's. There, they run wild, causing chaos everywhere!

Release Date: 1993-09-13

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character: Producer (voice)

Episode Count: 4

Vote Count: 711

Batman: The Animated Series
8.5

Batman: The Animated Series

Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".

Release Date: 1992-09-05

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 1634

6.7

Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation

Term-time ends at Acme Looniversity and the Tiny Toon characters look forward to a summer filled with fun. Buster and Babs Bunny turn a water fight into a white-water rafting trip through the dangerous Deep South; Plucky Duck and Hamton Pig share the most impossibly awful car journey imaginable on the way to HappyWorldLand; Fifi's blind date becomes a "skunknophobic" nightmare; and a safari park is turned upside-down by Elmyra's search for "cute little kitties to hug and squeeze".

Release Date: 1992-03-11

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 77

Taz-Mania
7.0

Taz-Mania

The wildest teenager south of the Equator, Taz lives to party. With his insatiable appetite, he tends to eat everything in sight. The oldest child in a family of five, Taz works at a rather bizarre coastal resort, the Hotel Tasmania, as a bellhop, busboy to earn party money.

Release Date: 1991-09-07

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Episode Count: 24

Vote Count: 234

Tiny Toon Adventures
7.8

Tiny Toon Adventures

Follow the adventures of a group of young cartoon characters who attend the Acme Looniversity to become the next generation of characters from the Looney Tunes series.

Release Date: 1990-09-14

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Episode Count: 98

Vote Count: 488

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
7.6

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo

The world's favorite chicken-hearted canine, as a puppy? That's right! And the old gang is back with him. Shaggy, Daphne, Velma, and Freddy are all here as gangly kids — goofing off, solving kid-size mysteries, and having run-ins with ghouls, ghosts, and goblins.

Release Date: 1988-09-10

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Episode Count: 25

Vote Count: 275

6.6

The Good, the Bad and Huckleberry Hound

It's the gold rush era in the Wild West. A mysterious stranger (Huckleberry Hound) arrives in a small desert town carrying a huge golden nugget. The notorious Dalton brothers steal it. The town asks "the stranger" to go after them.

Release Date: 1988-04-05

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 13

2.0

The Pound Puppies

A female dog from a wealthy family named Violet Vanderfeller is picked up and taken to the city pound, where she meets the gang and discovers their mission of uniting themselves up with homes. The special centers on Violet attempting to reunite with her family, ultimately succeeding.

Release Date: 1985-10-26

Department: Writing

Job: Story

Vote Count: 1

The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
7.9

The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo

Shaggy and Scooby-Doo and friends must return 13 ghosts which they inadvertently released to a magical chest. Together with Daphne and Scrappy-Doo, along with newcomer Flim-Flam, they travel the world facing the ghosts that must be returned to the chest.

Release Date: 1985-09-07

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 5

Vote Count: 217

Yogi's Treasure Hunt
7.2

Yogi's Treasure Hunt

Yogi's Treasure Hunt is a cartoon series first aired in 1985 as part of the weekend/weekday morning programming block, The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera. It is the fourth incarnation of Hanna-Barbera's Yogi Bear.

Release Date: 1985-09-02

Department: Writing

Job: Story

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 8

Snorks
6.3

Snorks

The Snorks is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera which ran on NBC from September 15, 1984, to May 13, 1989. Although not as popular as the animated series The Smurfs, the program continued to be available in syndication from 1986 to 1989 as part of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera's 3rd season, on USA Network in the late-1980s and early-1990s, on the BBC in the late 1990s, and from 2009–2011 and again from 2012–Present on Boomerang.

Release Date: 1984-09-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 45

The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries
8.5

The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries

Picking up where 'The New Scooby and Scappy Doo Show' left off. The main difference being that the team is now occasionally joined by Daphne Blake and friends to solve mysteries together.

Release Date: 1984-09-08

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 100

The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show
8.1

The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show

The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show is the sixth incarnation of the Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo. It premiered on September 10, 1983, and ran for one season on ABC as a half-hour program made up of two eleven-minute short cartoons. The show is a return to the mystery solving format and reintroduces Daphne after a four-year absence. The plots of each episode feature her, Shaggy, Scooby-Doo, and Scrappy-Doo solving supernatural mysteries under the cover of being reporters for a teen magazine.

Release Date: 1983-09-10

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 141

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
7.3

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

When Adam, Prince of the planet Eternia, raises his magic sword he transforms into He-Man (the most powerful man in the universe). With his allies and friends, he battles the evil Skeletor and his minions to protect the secrets of Castle Greyskull.

Release Date: 1983-09-05

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 365

Gilligan's Planet
5.7

Gilligan's Planet

Gilligan's Planet is a Saturday morning cartoon produced by the Filmation animation studio and MGM/UA Television which aired during the 1982-1983 season on CBS. It was the second animated spin-off of the popular sitcom Gilligan's Island, the first being The New Adventures of Gilligan. Gilligan's Planet was the last cartoon series that Filmation produced for Saturday mornings; afterwards, they produced cartoons exclusively for syndication. It was also the first Filmation series to feature the Lou Scheimer "signature" credit. Gilligan's Planet was also the final 1980s Saturday morning cartoon to retain Charley Douglass's adult laugh track. Thereafter, Filmation dismissed Douglass' chuckles for its animated lineup as it transitioned to more heroically-themed cartoons that were more dramatic for a laugh track. In 2012, Animation World Network named Gilligan's Planet the 57th greatest animated television series of all-time.

Release Date: 1982-09-18

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 3

Shirt Tales
8.7

Shirt Tales

Shirt tales is an American animated series that aired on NBC from September 18, 1982 to January 21, 1984. The series featured animal characters, created in 1980 by greeting card designer Janet Elizabeth Manco, that were among Hallmark Cards' best sellers at the time.

Release Date: 1982-09-18

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 3

The Premiere of Platypus Duck

The history of Platypus Duck, the oldest surviving mammal (And a mixed-up one at that...), and a quest of one such Platypus Duck and his kids to rescue his wife after she gets swept away in a flood to Sydney.

Release Date: 1976-01-01

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

The Flintstones
7.4

The Flintstones

The misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles.

Release Date: 1960-09-30

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 901

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