May 28: Filmation's final project, Happily Ever After, finally releases after the four year hiatus due to distribution problems after Filmation's closure.[3] The film was poorly received for its limited creativity and animation quality, and gained some notoriety for having African American singer Irene Cara to take the voicing role as the titular character.[4]
June
June 18: The film Once Upon a Forest premieres, but flops at the box office.
September
September 5: The first episode of 2 Stupid Dogs airs.
September 6: The first episode of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog airs. It was originally planned to be a Saturday morning series, but got rejected by ABC and became a weekday series for syndication instead.[5]
September 13: The first episode of Animaniacs airs.
The first episode of Sonic the Hedgehog airs. It gained a cult following and is acclaimed for its unexpected storylines in a Saturday morning cartoon of its time.[7]
September 23: The Thief and the Cobbler by Richard Williams is released after being in production for a record-breaking 30 years. Unfortunately, it was not well-received due to the changes made after Williams lost all rights of the film in 1992.[8] It would not be released in the US until 1995 when Miramax Films retains its distribution rights while editing the film further, which became a critical failure and is since regarded to be an insult to Richard Williams.[9]
October
October 10: A five-year-old boy, Austin Matthews, sets fire to his mother's mobile home in Moraine, Ohio, killing his two-year-old sister Jessica. The mother claims that her son got the idea from watching Beavis and Butt-Head.[10] Although it is later revealed that the family did not have cable television and thus could not watch the show, the controversy led to Beavis and Butt-Head being rescheduled to air later in the evenings and be edited to remove all references to fire.[11]
October 21: During a U.S. Senate hearing, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Ernest Fritz Hollings, argues that TV broadcasters have to be pressured to curb violent or otherwise offensive shows, making direct reference to Beavis and Butt-Head. However, he is ridiculed for mispronouncing the characters' names as Buffcoat and Beaver and admitting that he had never watched the show.[12]
December 5: Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby, the sequel to I Yabba-Dabba Do!, premieres. Its availability became limited years after the initial broadcast due to regarding some of its mature subject matter.[14]
March 4: Zach Hadel, American voice actor, internet personality, animator, storyboard artist (SpongeBob SquarePants), writer and director (co-creator and voice of Charlie, Glep and other various characters in Smiling Friends).[20]
December 19: Nik Dodani, American actor, writer, and comedian (voice of Randy Betancourt in Big Nate, Kardez in Strange World, Gavin in The Owl House episode "Through the Looking Glass Ruins").
March 3: Bill Draut, American comics artist and animator (G.I. Joe), dies at age 71.[36]
March 10: Vladimir Suteev, Russian children's writer, artist, animator, film director, screenwriter (China in Flames, Petya and Little Red Riding Hood, The Magic Store), dies at age 89.[37]
Cantinflas, Mexican comedian, actor and filmmaker (voice of Amigo in Amigo and Friends), dies from lung cancer at age 81.[43]
Charles Degotte, Belgian comics artist and animator (Dupuis), commits suicide at age 59.[44]
May
May 3: Hermína Týrlová, Czech animator, film director, and screenwriter, (directed Tajemství Lucerny (The Lantern's Secret) and Ferda Mravenec (Fernando the Ant), dies at age 93.[45][46][47]
Specific date unknown: Renaud Mader, aka Mad, French comics artist and animator (Gaumont, Walt Disney Animation), dies at age 26.[48]
December 4: Frank Zappa, American rock artist and composer (voice of the Pope in The Ren & Stimpy Show episode "Powdered Toast Man", created background music for the first season of Duckman), dies from cancer at age 52.[62][63][64]
December 10: Roland Davies, English comics artist, animator, animation producer and painter (Roland Davies Films Ltd., animated cartoons based on Come On, Steve), dies at age 89.[65][66][67]
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^Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.
^Peter B. Flint (October 27, 1993). "Vincent Price, Noted Actor Of Dark Roles, Dies at 82". The New York Times. Retrieved October 27, 2014. Vincent Price, the suavely menacing star of countless low-budget but often stylish Gothic horror films, died at his home in Los Angeles on Monday. He was 82 years old and died of lung cancer, a personal assistant, Reggie Williams, said. ...