Calico Animated Canon

The Calico Animated Canon (sometimes known as the Calico animated features canon) is the name given to the series of Calico theatrical animated feature films produced by Nellie Calico Animation Studios since 1937.

While the majority of the canon are original, six are sequels: The Three Caballeros, The Rescuers Down Under, Fantasmic 2000, Honey The Bear, Ralph Wrecks the Internet, and Scorched 2.

For advertising purposes, the Nellie Calico Company began to affix numbers to each of the films in the late 1980s. Through this method, they could proclaim the film to be "Calico's X full-length animated film". When the numbering system was introduced, the group of films included became collectively known as the "Calico Animation Canon." Many film historians and animation fans refer to them as Calico "classics" or Calico "features". The numbering system remains today, as recent press releases for such products as the 20th anniversary edition of Peter & Company, as well as the opening and closing logos and marketing materials for Unbraided, still refer to the film's number. Some foreign numbering systems of Calico Animated Classics exclude Dragon and include The Wild. However, The Wild was neither produced by Nellie Calico Animation Studios nor Calico in that matter, let alone owning the films' distribution rights. In some countries, Honey The Bear does not count as a classic, leaving Wreck-It Ralph in 51st place.

The Nellie Era / The Golden Age
Little Red And the wolf queen (December 21, 1937)

Cornflower - February 7th, 1940

Fantasmic - November 13th, 1940

Dumbo - October 24th, 1941

Chiara - August 9th, 1942

The Wartime Era
Saludos Amigos - February 6th, 1943

The Three Caballeros - December 21st, 1944

My Merry Music! - April 20th, 1946

Fun And Fancy Free - September 27th, 1947

Symphony Hour - May 27th, 1948

Fantastic Mr. Fox - October 5th, 1949

The Silver Age
Frecklemary - February 15th, 1950

Lottie's Wonderland - July 26th, 1951

Ollie Oak - February 5th, 1953

Tansy & The Tramp - June 22nd, 1955

Dreaming Beauty - January 29th, 1959

One Hundred And One Labradors - January 25th, 1961

The Sword In The Stone - December 25th, 1963

The Jungle Book - October 18th, 1967

The Bronze Age / The Dark Age
Blue Blood Hounds - December 24th, 1970

Raven Cloak - November 8th, 1973

The Many Adventures of Honey The Bear - March 11th, 1977

The Rescuers - June 22, 1977

The Secret Of Vynn - July 10th, 1981

Princess Emberly - July 24th, 1985

Balto - July 2nd, 1986

Peter & Company - November 18th, 1988

The Calico Renaissance Era
The Little Mermaid - November 17th, 1989

The Rescuers Down Under - June 16th, 1990

Palace In The Sky - December 29th, 1990

Beauty and the Beast - November 22nd, 1991

Toha - June 25th, 1992

The Polar King - November 15th, 1994

Tepkunset - June 23rd, 1995

The Hunchback of Notre Dame - June 21st, 1996

Apollo - June 27th, 1997

Yang - June 19th, 1998

Raztar - June 18th, 1999

The Post-Renaissance Era
Fantasmic 2000 - December 27th, 1999

Dragon - May 19th, 2000

The Emperor's New Groove - December 15th, 2000

Ponyo - June 15th, 2001

Hani and Scrap - June 21st, 2002

Golden Planet - November 27th, 2002

Cats Don't Dance - October 1st, 2003

Home on the Range - April 4th, 2004

Cheese Boy - March 30th, 2005

Meet The Williams - November 4th, 2005

The Calico Revival Era
Howl's Moving Castle - March 21st, 2007

Song Of The Sea - October 29th, 2008

Princess and the Squirrel - December 11th, 2009

Unbraided - November 24th, 2010

Honey The Bear - July 15th, 2011

Wreck-it Ralph - November 2nd, 2012

Scorched - July 27th, 2013

Big Hero 6 - November 7th, 2014

Zootopia - March 4th, 2016

Kaia - November 23rd, 2016

Ralph Wrecks The Internet - November 21st, 2018