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This is a list of television series, television specials and title sequences produced by Ruby-Spears Productions (also known as Ruby-Spears Enterprises).

Most of the pre-1991 library of Ruby-Spears is currently owned by Warner Bros. Television Studios through Warner Bros. Animation. (except Rambo: The Force of Freedom, It's Punky Brewster and Piggsburg Pigs!)

Television series

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Title Years Network Notes Co-production with Episodes
Fangface 1978–1979 ABC 24
The Daffy Duck Show 1978–1981 NBC Walter Lantz Productions 52
The Plastic Man Comedy/​Adventure Show 1979–1981 ABC DC Comics (Plastic Man segments) 112
Heathcliff and Dingbat 1980–1981 McNaught Syndicate 13
Thundarr the Barbarian 21
Heathcliff and Marmaduke 1981–1982 McNaught Syndicate and United Feature Syndicate 13
Goldie Gold and Action Jack
The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/​Puppy Hour 1982–1983
  • The Puppy's New Adventures segments produced by Ruby-Spears
  • Scooby-Doo & Scrappy-Doo and Scrappy & Yabba-Doo segments written at Hanna-Barbera & animated at Ruby-Spears
 Hanna-Barbera
Mork & Mindy/​Laverne & Shirley/​Fonz Hour
  • Mork & Mindy
 1982–1983
  • Mork & Mindy segments written at Hanna-Barbera & animated at Ruby-Spears
  • Laverne & Shirley with the Fonz segments produced by Hanna-Barbera
 27
The Pac-Man/​Rubik, the Amazing Cube Hour 1983–1984
  • Rubik, the Amazing Cube produced by Ruby-Spears
  • Pac-Man segments produced by Hanna-Barbera
 44
Mister T 1983–1985 NBC 30
Alvin and the Chipmunks1983–1988 Bagdasarian Productions52/102
Saturday Supercade 1983–1985 CBSNintendo (Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Junior segments) 26
The Puppy's Further Adventures1983–1984ABC21
Out of the Box1984–1987NBCUnited Plankton Pictures52
Turbo Teen1984–1985ABC13
Sectaurs1985SyndicationMiniseries5
It's Punky Brewster1985–1987NBCNBC Studios26
Centurions1986–1987SyndicationBegan as a 5-episode miniseries before becoming a full series in 1986Nippon Sunrise65
Lazer Tag Academy1986–1987NBCWorlds of Wonder Saban Entertainment13
Rambo: The Force of Freedom1986SyndicationCarolco Pictures65
Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos1986Miniseries5
Police Academy: The Series1988–1989Warner Bros. Television65
Superman1988CBSDC Comics13
Dink, the Little Dinosaur1989–199021
Piggsburg Pigs!1990FoxThe Fred Silverman Company and The Sy Fischer Company13
Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa1993–1994ABC
  • Season 2 only
  • Season 1 was animated by Gunther-Wahl Productions.
 Greengrass Productions13/26
Mega Man1994–1996SyndicationDistributed by The Summit Media GroupAshi Productions27
Skysurfer Strike Force1995–1996Distributed by Bohbot Productions26

Television specials

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Title Year Network Co-production with Notes
The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy1978ABCABC Weekend Specials
Weep No More, My Lady1979
The Horse That Played Center Field
The Puppy's Great Adventure
The Incredible Detectives
The Puppy's Amazing Rescue1980
The Trouble with Miss Switch
Scruffy
The Puppy Saves the Circus1981
Bunnicula, the Vampire Rabbit1982
Miss Switch to the Rescue
Beauty and the Beast1983CBSTriple Seven ConceptsKenner Family Classics
I Love the Chipmunks Valentine Special1984NBCBagdasarian Productions
Bad CatABCABC Weekend Specials
Rose Petal PlaceSyndicationDavid Kirschner Productions
The Cabbage Patch Kids' First ChristmasABCHeywood Kling Productions and Original Appalachian Artworks
Robo Force: The Revenge of NazgarSyndication
A Chipmunk Reunion1985NBCBagdasarian Productions
Rose Petal Place: Real FriendsSyndicationDavid Kirschner Productions
The Magic Flute1994ABCGreengrass ProductionsABC Weekend Specials
Jirimpimbira: An African Folktale1995Huff-Douglass Productions

Other works

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Titles and sequences

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Title Year Co-production with Notes
Child's Play1988United ArtistsProvided animation sequences
Child's Play 31991Universal Pictures

Hanna-Barbera Classics Collection

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The Hanna-Barbera Classics Collection (once called the Hanna-Barbera Golden Collection, later called the Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection) is a series of two-to-four-disc DVD box sets from Warner Home Video and later by Warner Archive, usually containing complete seasons and complete series of various classic Hanna-Barbera (with MGM Cartoons and Ruby-Spears) cartoons (along with the television movies and specials). The line began in March 2004.

Warner Archive releases

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2010

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2011

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2015

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2016

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  • Centurions: Part 2 (March 15, 2016)

2017

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Blu-ray releases

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2021

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  • Thundarr the Barbarian: The Complete Series (March 16, 2021) (Ruby-Spears)
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