The following list consists of changes related to DreamWorks Pictures and DreamWorks Animation in this alternate universe.
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- DreamWorks Pictures was formerly known as Wilson Cartoon Studio (1934-1937), Dora Wilson Productions (1938-1954), DW Film Company (1955-1966), DW Film Pictures (1955-1966), Go Fish Films (1963-1966), DW-Go Fish Film Corporation (1966-1986), and DW-Go Fish Pictures (1966-1986); DreamWorks Animation was DreamWorks' nameless animation department until 1955, when it was named DW Cartoon Department (1955-1960), before using the names DW Cartoon Studio (1960-1966), DW-Go Fish Cartoon Studio (1966-1980), DW-Go Fish Animation Productions (1980-1986), DreamWorks Feature Animation (1986-1991), and finally DreamWorks Animation (1991-present) and PDI/DreamWorks (1998-2015; for some select CGI films).
- Its founders were Dora Wilson and Mike Wilson (fictional characters), who ran the studio until their respective retirements in 1989 and in 1994.
- DreamWorks would've had its own animated cartoon short series named Dreamtoons, which would be the same concept as cartoons from the Golden Age of Animation such as Walt Disney's animated shorts (such as the Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy shorts), MGM cartoons, UPA, Hanna-Barbera Productions, Paramount Cartoon Studios, Terrytoons, Walter Lantz cartoons and Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies.
- Just like Mickey Mouse and Looney Tunes, Dreamtoons can have several TV incarnations, most notably The Dreamtoons Show, Joey's Mysteries and Zoo Tales (the latter which would been the AU's version to the Penguins of Madagascar TV series).
- Two characters, Pudgy Parakeet and Gudge the Cat from the beginning animated scene in 20th Century Fox's 1993 film Mrs. Doubtfire, would've starred in their short series as part of the series, and would've debuted in 1971.
- Scrat the Squirrel, the mascot of Blue Sky Studios and a supporting character from the Ice Age film series, would debut in 1999 as part of Dreamtoons before appearing in said film series and the production logo for Blue Sky Studios before its closure in 2021.
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- DreamWorks would've had an action cartoon short series based on Captain America, in a similar way to Max Fleischer/Paramount Cartoon Studios' cartoon short series based on Superman.
- In reality, with the exception of Alice from Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland as the first strong female protagonist in American animated movies, since there most female protagonists in any pre-1980s American animated films either were damels in distress or had small screen time. However, in this AU version, this would make us imagine if DreamWorks would be the first American animation studio to introduce strong female protagonists before the 1980s, where strong female protagonists began to expand and become a mainstream in American animated features.
- Former Disney, Warner Bros. and MGM animators Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising would've been DreamWorks veteran animators after DreamWorks would've acquired Harman-Ising Cartoons in 1952 and then folded into DreamWorks Animation around the mid-1960s. Also, Harman and Ising's few cartoon series would've been produced for DreamWorks, until they were incorporated into Dreamtoons after Harman-Ising Cartoons was folded into DreamWorks Animation.
- Disney and Van Beuren's Burt Gillett retired from animation career in 1940, while in this AU, he'd continue his career by working at DreamWorks in 1940 until his death in 1970.
- Longest living Disney animation legend Ruthie Tompson would've been working with DreamWorks with a couple of animated films.
- Before acquiring Classic Media, DreamWorks would have make some co-productions with some of its divisions (such as Jay Ward Productions, Total Television, Harvey Films, etc.) when they used to be either independent studios or owned by other companies.
- The New Casper Cartoon Show would be produced as a 1963-1964 revival to the original Casper the Friendly Ghost theatrical shorts instead as a television series.
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- After Total Television shut down in 1969, Underdog co-creator Joe Harris would move to DreamWorks and continue to work there until his death in 2017.
- Rankin/Bass veteran writer Romeo Muller would've been a writer for DreamWorks animated films while writing for Rankin/Bass works throughout the 1980s to 1992.
- Bill Tytla, a veteran Disney, Paramount and Terrytoons animator would have worked at DreamWorks Animation.
- Spanish-Argentine animator Manuel García Ferré would be an veteran animator for DreamWorks from 1944 to 2000, and his animated films would be produced by DreamWorks Animation.
- Rankin/Bass co-founder Jules Bass would've become a DreamWorks veteran animator since 1987, shorty after Rankin/Bass was absorbed into Warner Bros. Animation.
- Children's book author and former Disney animator Bill Peet would've been a DreamWorks Animation veteran animator, storyboard artist, writer and director after he left Disney in 1964 while he still wrote picture storybooks.
- Cartoonist and animator Milt Gross would join DreamWorks Animation in the 1940s, after got fired from MGM, until his death in 1953.
- Animator Don Lusk would've worked for DreamWorks with some few animated products.
- Sam Singer, an animator who produced infamous cartoons such as Adventures of Pow Wow, The Adventures of Paddy the Pelican, Bucky and Pepito, Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse and Sinbad Jr. and His Magic Belt, would have working at DreamWorks from late-1930s to mid-1940s before independently creating his own said cartoons, until he returned to DreamWorks in 1966 and died in 2001.
- Nelvana co-founder Clive A. Smith would've worked at DreamWorks in the late 1960s on only two films.
- Before its acquisition by NBCUniversal/Comcast in 2016, DreamWorks Studios would've been one of the major American film studios, along with Walt Disney Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox (before its acquisition by The Walt Disney Company in 2019), Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Lionsgate.
- DreamWorks would've made distributing deals with movie companies to distribute its cartoons and films, such as Liberty Pictures (1934-1937), Republic Pictures (1937-1954; for cartoon shorts), MGM (1938-1948; for animated feature films), and Warner Bros. (1948-1954; for animated feature films) before DreamWorks decided to distribute their projects until mid-2000s where they stopped distribute their films and only producing them.
- In the 1970s, they would join forces with Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to form Cinema International Corporation (currently known as United International Pictures).
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- After acquiring DreamWorks Studios, NBCUniversal would own the third largest animation catalogue in the United States, right after The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros. Discovery.
- DreamWorks would've made distributing deals with movie companies to distribute its cartoons and films, such as Liberty Pictures (1934-1937), Republic Pictures (1937-1954; for cartoon shorts), MGM (1938-1948; for animated feature films), and Warner Bros. (1948-1954; for animated feature films) before DreamWorks decided to distribute their projects until mid-2000s where they stopped distribute their films and only producing them.
- Ron Rodecker (1930-2021), an artist and the creator of Dragon Tales, would work at DreamWorks as concept and storyboard artist for some animated features and television programs (including design the characters for series such as Speller: The Enchanted Owl) before creating Dragon Tales.
- SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg (1961-2018) would have worked for DreamWorks Animation after he left the show in 2004, before his return to SpongeBob for its 9th season and his death in 2018.
- He would be create new IPs for DreamWorks Animation such as the television series Sailor Cat and Sailor Fish, Family of the Dead, Aura and Sally, Awesome Six, The Pet Adventures of Lego, Animal City, Pirate Tales, Male and Female, Atomic Puppet, Rocky the Shrimp, Camp Lakebottom, Tex and Avery (which he would co-create with future The Loud House creator Chris Savino), Spy Madness (which he would co-create with Rocko's Modern Life, Camp Lazlo, and Let's Go Luna! creator Joe Murray and Chowder and Harvey Beaks creator/Jellystone! developer C. H. Greenblatt, reuniting with them), T.U.F.F. Puppy, Pirate Express, Jimmy Two-Shoes and The Doggies (which he would co-create with Cow and Chicken and I Am Weasel creator David Feiss) and being an executive producer in several TV series.
- Neighbors from Hell would've been a spin-off of Jimmy Two-Shoes, and Lucius Heinoius and Samy would be in the place of Satan and his monkey servant.
- Nickelodeon's popular failed animated TV pilot The Modifyers (2007) would be officially greenlighted into a full series, being co-produced by DreamWorks Animation Television.
- He would be create new IPs for DreamWorks Animation such as the television series Sailor Cat and Sailor Fish, Family of the Dead, Aura and Sally, Awesome Six, The Pet Adventures of Lego, Animal City, Pirate Tales, Male and Female, Atomic Puppet, Rocky the Shrimp, Camp Lakebottom, Tex and Avery (which he would co-create with future The Loud House creator Chris Savino), Spy Madness (which he would co-create with Rocko's Modern Life, Camp Lazlo, and Let's Go Luna! creator Joe Murray and Chowder and Harvey Beaks creator/Jellystone! developer C. H. Greenblatt, reuniting with them), T.U.F.F. Puppy, Pirate Express, Jimmy Two-Shoes and The Doggies (which he would co-create with Cow and Chicken and I Am Weasel creator David Feiss) and being an executive producer in several TV series.
- DreamWorks would've started producing and releasing non-Dreamtoons animated shorts in 1940, and animated feature films in 1942.
- In real life, since DreamWorks' early years, the company is known with animated movies in two genres: occasional traditionally animated movies to be focus on epic standard, and CGI films commonly known for focusing on mostly comedies. So, imagine this if the company's films would've started off as Disney-esque cute and light-hearted musical animated films, with occasional dark and edgy standards, before Jeffrey Katzenberg would've focused with CGI and traditionally animated comedies and occasional epic traditionally animated films, before mostly focusing on animated comedies with the use of both CGI and traditional animation.
- Some of the real-life canceled projects that DreamWorks Animation planned would've been produced.
- Most of the films produced by DreamWorks Animation would remain in their actual release years, with a few exceptions.
- In real life, DreamWorks only makes CGI films due to the box office failure of Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, but in this AU version they would've still been making animated films with the use of both traditional animation and CGI.
- Kung Fu Panda's three sequels would be produced as three direct-to-video films.
- Some of the sequels would've been direct-to-video.
- Some animated films of the real-life version of DreamWorks would've been part of The Dreamtoons Movie line-up:
- Madagascar series; which in this AU version would be including more Dreamtoons characters.
- Megamind
- Blazing Dragons, a 1996 animated series produced by Nelvana, would be originally produced as an animated feature film which would later be adapted into a TV series with DreamWorks co-producing it.
- The main characters from the Madagascar film series would be stars that first debuted in Dreamtoons and later appearing in some Dreamtoons television series such as All Hail King Julien and Zoo Tales, and they would've be created by Alex Lovy, Tex Avery and Michael Lah:
- Alex the Lion and Marty the Zebra would debut in their own cartoon short series Alex and Marty. They would've been originally created by Alex Lovy.
- Melman and Gloria would debut as cameo/background characters in the 1990s and later becoming into main characters in most modern Dreamtoons media.
- Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private would debut in their own cartoon short series Penguins from A.N.I.M.A.L.S.. They would've been originally created by Michael Lah.
- Manson and Phil would debut in their own cartoon short series of the same name. They would've been originally created by Tex Avery and Michael Lah.
- King Julien, Maurice and Mort would debut in their own cartoon short series King Julien. They would've been originally created by Tex Avery.
- All Hail King Julien would've debuted in 1994 and ended in 2004 which would've made it as one of the longest-running American animated television series in television history, along with Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones, FOX's The Simpsons and Family Guy, Comedy Central's South Park, PBS' Arthur and Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants. In 2014, it would've had a fully CGI remake for Netflix.
- The character Megamind would've debuted as a comic book character in the Dreamtoons comic books and later appearing in two episodes of Zoo Tales.
- The 2017 animated short film Bluehilda would've been a short series on Dreamtoons.
- DreamWorks would've obtained the ownership rights to Screen Gems' cartoon library from Columbia Pictures after its closure in 1947, with The Fox and the Crow and Flippity and Flop would've been incorporated into the Dreamtoons series with new shorts.
- Shrek 2 (titled Shrek 2: Kingdom of Far Far Away) would be released as a direct-to-video film in 2005 instead of a theatrical film in 2004, making Puss in Boots as a standalone film instead, while Shrek Forever After would be the third and final film in the series (with Shrek the Third not existing), and would be titled Shrek: Happily Ever After and also released as a direct-to-video film.
- The theatrical release of Shrek the Third would be replaced by a theatrical re-release of the original film.
- The 2011 film Puss in Boots would've not been only a standalone film as already said, but also would've been released in 2004 (replacing our real Shrek 2's theatrical release).
- Also, Shrek 2 would have the ending scene from the not existing Shrek the Third, along with the baby subplot.
- Gingy the Gingerbread Man would appear in cameos in some DreamWorks Animation CGI films, as the punching bag in his scenes.
- The Shrek 2 short Far Far Away Idol would've been a series of shorts who feature characters from other DreamWorks Animation films.
- Arthur from Shrek the Third would star in a standalone film, Hail Arthur instead.
- In real life, Shrek has this honor to be the first non-Disney animated film in history and the first DreamWorks animated movie to be honored being part of the National Film Registry in 2020. But in the term of this alternate version, the AU 1942 film Headin’ South would've be the first DWA film to be honored in NFR in 1990.
- Don Bluth/MGM's classics All Dogs Go to Heaven, its sequel and TV series, and The Pebble and the Penguin would've been co-produced and wholly owned by DreamWorks Pictures.
- The All Dogs Go to Heaven franchise would have two additional characters named Fee and Line, who are shown as cat versions of Jasper and Horace Baddun from Walt Disney's 101 Dalmatians.
- For the AU version of All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 and All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series, they would've taken place in 1940, a year after where the first film took place (rather than present day), and David, a boy from the real-life version of the second film and the TV series, would be replaced by Anne-Marie from the first film.
- The animation in All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 is upgraded to include shadows and lighting.
- However, David would appear in the franchise's AU Valentine special as Anne-Marie's love interest.
- The All Dogs Go to Heaven franchise and The Pebble and the Penguin would've been released by DreamWorks via its home video label rather than MGM.
- The 1954 animated film Animal Farm would've been produced under a joint effort between Louis de Rochemont and DreamWorks Pictures co-distributed by Warner Bros.
- Trolls would be produced in 1994 as an traditionally animated film instead of in 2016 as a CGI one, being one of the fewer 1990s musical animated films who came close in terms of matching the same critical and financial success like the animated films of the Disney Renaissance era.
- This AU version of Trolls would be rated G, would have different scenes, would have no crude humor (except in a fewer scenes), would be one of the first animated films to have pop culture-themed references and humor, as well as the first one to feature well-known songs, TBD
- While its other three animated films were box-office failures, Trolls would be considered the only film produced by Amblimation to be a box-office success. It would also be Amblimation's only film not to be owned by Universal Pictures until NBCUniversal acquired DreamWorks Pictures in 2016.
- However, it can have a live-action/CGI remake in 2016.
- The character Guy Diamond would be fully clothed and sneeze out glitter for the AU version, compare to the real-life version, who is fully naked and farts out glitter, which would happen only in the live-action/CGI remake.
- The songs "Can't Stop the Feeling!" and "Move Your Feet" first originated in 2016 and 2002 by Justin Timberlake and Junior Senior respectively, but imagine if these songs originated in 1994 by former Beatle Paul McCartney as original songs for Trolls.
- A trio of comic relief characters named Lancy (a cat based on Azrael from The Smurfs), Rascal (a bulldog based on Muttley from Wacky Races) and Battly (a bat based on Bartok from Anastasia) appear in several DreamWorks animated films, as henchmen for the main antagonists.
- The 2003 film The Cat in the Hat would've been an animated film rather than a live-action film.
- Unlike the real-life live-action one, this version would be more successful in this AU.
- Most of the adult gags in the film are tuned down in this version.
- In fact, this version should be G-rated instead of PG-rated.
- In this version, Sally would've be a main character without Conrad.
- The video game adaptation would, while remaining the same, being different than what it is in real life. For example, the game would've designed to be cartoony, Conrad wouldn't appear in the game, the game for the GameCube would be released, the beginning of the story would have rhyme, narrated by the Cat, and some of the Cat's line would've be different as well.
- MouseHunt, DreamWorks' live-action film, would've been first made as an animated feature film titled Mouse in the House in 1961 and then got a live-action remake in 1997.
- Five animated TV specials, 1964's Return to Oz, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, 1969's Frosty the Snowman, 1970's Santa Claus is Coming to Town and 1971's Here Comes Peter Cottontail, all produced by Rankin-Bass, would've been theatrical feature films co-produced and released by DreamWorks, and even adding more scenes and subplots to make them as hour long films. Later, they were fully sold to General Electric along with other Rankin/Bass pre-1974 works in 1974 (three years after the time where Rankin-Bass was under the ownership of General Electric's Tomorrow Entertainment from 1971 to 1974 though DreamWorks would've continued hold the US distribution rights to the four Rankin-Bass films until 1988), Broadway Video in 1988, Golden Books in 1996, and Classic Media in 2001 until DreamWorks acquired Rankin/Bass' pre-1974 works, including re-acquiring the four films, into DreamWorks Classics in 2012.
- In Return to Oz, it was originally produced as a 90-minute special before being edited as a 50-minute special. However, as a film in this AU, despite it still remains mystery on what scene they took out, the scene would've included as a 90-minute film including TBD
- In Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the song "Fame and Fortune" and the ending scene where Rudolph and Santa takes the Misfit toys from the Misfit Island, which were shown in its 1965 airing, would be used in this AU version of the film.
- The song "King of the Cats" from Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale (one of the Tom and Jerry films) would've been debuted in Frosty the Snowman, and would've later been used for Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale under permission.
- Frosty the Snowman would've have an Japanese anime series adaptation titled Frosty, produced by Mushi Production (who provided the animation for the 1969 classic) in association with DreamWorks Classics.
- After pre-1974 Rankin/Bass works were sold to GE, DreamWorks would've continued handling the distribution rights to the Rankin/Bass films in USA, until the late 1980s, before they would get re-acquired by DreamWorks in 2012.
- The 1967 animated television special Cricket on the Hearth would remain as a TV special but co-produced by DreamWorks.
- Three live-action films, Paulie, A Series of Unfortunate Events and Hotel for Dogs, would've been produced as animated films instead due to their styles.
- Bee Movie would've been produced as a live-action/animated hybid film.
- DreamWorks would've partnered with Aardman Animations from 1990-2006.
- Aardman's 1993-2004 short films would've been released by DreamWorks in United States.
- The films and shorts co-produced by Aardman Animations would've be fully owned by Aardman (except Chicken Run and Flushed Away, which are co-owned by both DreamWorks and Aardman).
- Since our reality's Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron had animals not talking (even though Spirit does the narration), the AU version of the film would've had animals talk.
- Harvey Street Kids/Harvey Girls Forever, a 2018 animated series, would've been first debuted as a 2015 hand-drawn animated feature film and it would have spun-off into a media franchise.
- Tom and Jerry: The Movie would've been distributed by DreamWorks Studios in worldwide until it was later bought by Turner Entertainment and Warner Bros. Pictures (both divisions of Warner Bros. Discovery), the current owners of the Tom and Jerry franchise.
- They would've also started to make live-action shorts in 1949 and live action films in 1955.
- The Road to El Dorado would've been a 1955 live-action film (as DreamWorks' first live action film) and then have an animated film remake in 2000.
- While staying relevant to the story and tone alike, the 1955 version would be different from the 2000 version other than being live-action such as:
- Not being a musical compare to the 2000 version.
- The armadillo does not appear in the 1950s version.
- The opening theme of the 1955 film would been different.
- In the 2000 version, the two main characters, Miguel and Tulio challenge in a ball game, while the 1955 version would've be how they are challenging with tough fighters in order to TBD.
- In length, the 2000 version is 1 hour long, while the 1950s version would've be 2 hours long, to include more scenes.
- Chel's clothing for the 1955 film would been different from the 2000 version.
- The 1955 version would be in CinemaScope.
- The 2000 film would've been loosely based on the 1955 film.
- DreamWorks SKG's 1997 logo music would've be originally composed for the 1955 film before it became into the studio's logo fanfare in 1997 by John Williams.
- While staying relevant to the story and tone alike, the 1955 version would be different from the 2000 version other than being live-action such as:
- Deep Impact would've been made in 1958 before it was remade in 1998.
- The 2003 film Old School would be originated as a 1979 film before having a remake in 2003.
- The 2019 remake of the horror film Black Christmas would been co-produced by DreamWorks, and history-wise for the AU, it would've gone against Dora Wilson's rule about never producing Christmas-themed horror films before her death, a similar case to Nickelodeon going against Stephen Hillenburg's rules for SpongeBob SquarePants about never making spin-offs before his death.
- In real life, the 1998 film Saving Private Ryan had this honor to be the first live action DreamWorks movie to be honored being part of the National Film Registry in 2014. But also in the term of this alternate version, the AU 1976 film The Ring of Nibelung would've be the first live action DreamWorks movie to be honored in NFR in 1989.
- The Ring of Nibelung would've have changed the way movies were made, similar to Jaws and Star Wars, and would've popularized the "summer blockbuster" term.
- The 1960 film adaptation of The Time Machine would've been made by DreamWorks instead of MGM, just like the 2002 remake film.
- Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues and Rings (2017) would've been produced by DreamWorks instead of Paramount.
- Road Trip: Beer Pong would've been released in theaters instead of being a direct-to-video release.
- The Transformers film series would've been co-produced by DreamWorks.
- The 2001 Tom Hanks' film Cast Away would've been originated as a live-action short film produced in 1959 before remade as a full-length movie adaptation.
- In this AU version, it would be different from the reality's film version such as the main character would been a sailor in the 1959 version, while the 2001 remake counterpart is a FedEx deliver man, TBD
- The Fright Night film series would've been produced by DreamWorks instead of Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, just like the 2011 remake.
- Fright Night 2: New Blood would've also been released in theaters instead of being a direct-to-video release, just like Road Trip: Beer Pong.
- The extremely infamous Atlas Shrugged trilogy would've been produced by DreamWorks Pictures instead of The Strike Productions, Either Or Productions and "A is A" Productions Inc. and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures instead of Rocky Mountain Pictures and Atlas Distribution Company, and would've have lots of changes to make it better.
- The entire cast and crew wouldn't get replaced for the sequels, meaning that the cast from the first film would reprise their roles in the sequels.
- All three films in the trilogy would've been way more successful both critically and financially at the box office.
- More Atlas Shrugged movies would've been made.
- DreamWorks Pictures would've made a parody movie directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer titled The Filany Family and the Lost City of Christmas (2015), where it would be universally lambasted by critics and audiences alike, would've be not only one of the worst movies of all time, but also killed the spoof movie genre and gained the title of the "most controversial Christmas movie of all time", would've bomb extremely big time at the box office (which would've played a factor in NBCUniversal's acquisition of DreamWorks in 2016 and Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox), and would've sweep the 36th Golden Raspberry Awards to win every award there, including Worst Picture.
- The Road to El Dorado would've been a 1955 live-action film (as DreamWorks' first live action film) and then have an animated film remake in 2000.
- The 1999 film Galaxy Quest would be a media franchise debuted in the 1980s, serving as DreamWorks' parodic answer to Paramount Global's Star Trek, Disney/Lucasfilm's Star Wars, NBCUniversal's Battlestar Galactica, BBC's Doctor Who, and 20th Century Studios' Lost in Space.
- For the sake of this alternate version, the AU 2023 film Galaxy Quest: Corona would be the longest delayed movie ever in the history of the COVID-19 pandemic, delayed three years from its original August 2020 release date.
- In 1994, DreamWorks would've been acquired by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen and then later NBCUniversal in 2016.
- In real life, DreamWorks Animation is owned by NBCUniversal while DreamWorks Pictures is owned by Amblin Partners (despite Universal jointly own it), but in this AU, DreamWorks and its divisions would be wholly owned by NBCUniversal.
- Speaking of Amblin Partners, in this AU version it would be jointly owned by DreamWorks, especially two companies are running by Steven Spielberg.
- Amblin Partners would've had the label Storyteller Pictures (STP) in the AU, different from real life how Amblin has DreamWorks Pictures label.
- In real life, DreamWorks Animation is owned by NBCUniversal while DreamWorks Pictures is owned by Amblin Partners (despite Universal jointly own it), but in this AU, DreamWorks and its divisions would be wholly owned by NBCUniversal.
- DreamWorks Animation would've been remained as part of the main DreamWorks studio instead of becoming into a separate company.
- Also in real life, the 1997-2010 library and the DreamWorks Television library are both owned by Paramount Pictures, while the 2011-2016 library is owned by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. In this AU however, the entire live-action library (both film and television) would be owned by NBCUniversal.
- DreamWorks' home video distribution label would've been founded in 1984.
- It would've gone through names such as DreamWorks Video (1984-1986), DreamWorks Home Video (1987-1997), and finally DreamWorks Home Entertainment (1998-2018).
- Though the some non-USA video publishers for DreamWorks would be various home media distributors, both formerly and currently, like Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in Japan, India, China, Village Roadshow Home Entertainment in Australia, UK.
- DreamWorks Pictures would have two buildings like its animation department at Glendale, CA and its department for live-action films and TV shows at Universal City, CA.
- DWA's division DreamWorks Classics would've been a division of DreamWorks Studios founded in 1997 which holds the collection of pre-1997 animated and live action movies and TV shows produced by DreamWorks before acquiring Classic Media in 2012.
- DreamWorks Interactive would've been founded in 1982 (formerly known as DreamWorks Games until 1990).
- DreamWorks' defunct division Go Fish Pictures, which distributed independent, art, foreign and anime films in United States, would've been remained operating and then would've be transferred to DreamWorks Animation.
- DreamWorks Television would've been founded in 1954 (initially as an unnamed TV unit) and still operating.
- In a similar manner to NBCUniversal's Revue Studios, Paramount Global's Desilu Productions, and Sony Pictures' original incarnation of Screen Gems, it would've been originally known as Go Fish Studios (1956-1966), DW-Go Fish Television Productions (1966-1986), and DreamWorks Television (1986-present), and would've had its founder Albert Ringering (not a real person, but just made up).
- The Fiesta Trio fanfare from Dora the Explorer would've been originally composed in 1956 as Go Fish Studios' fanfare (composed by Ernest Hughes), and would have various rearrangements until 1996 when DreamWorks Television introduced their new logo. The Go Fish Studios fanfare would be heard on the aforementioned Dora the Explorer with permission.
- Teletoon's Planet Sketch would be produced by DreamWorks Animation Television/Moonboy Animation titled Sketch Satires, being an adult animated sketch show co-created by Joe Murray and Bob Camp with more segments, as a 30-minute show instead of in 11 minutes, and it would still running.
- The flash-animated segments would've continued to be used.
- Making Fiends, a popular webtoon and TV series would've instead appearing as a segment of Sketch Satires.
- YouTube channels such as AOK, mashed, How It Should Have Ended, Flashgitz, AnimeToons, CartoonHooligans, Piemations, Smosh, Alligator Tub, GoonCartoons, TBD would make segments for Sketch Satires, while remaining on YouTube.
- Some segments in the show are just made-up and original.
- The QPiz, an Italian animated short series, would've been appearing as a segment of Sketch Satires.
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- Two 1960s cartoons, The Funny Company and Roger Ramjet, would've been co-produced by DreamWorks Television.
- Another Nickelodeon’s failed animated pilot Constant Payne would be picked up by DreamWorks and given changes from the pilot.
- The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! would've been co-produced by DreamWorks Animation Television. It would've been also based on the 2003 film as well.
- Jimmy Two-Shoes, Camp Lakebottom, Pirate Express, Atomic Puppet, and Fugget About It, five Canadian cartoons, would've been co-produced by DreamWorks Animation Television.
- Jimmy Two-Shoes, Camp Lakebottom, Pirate Express and Atomic Puppet would've been co-created by Stephen Hillenburg as part of his post-SpongeBob SquarePants works in the AU.
- Atomic Puppet would've been renewed for two more seasons in order to get a proper conclusion.
- Fugget About It would've been produced under the Moonboy Animation banner.
- Jimmy Two-Shoes, Camp Lakebottom, Pirate Express and Atomic Puppet would've been co-created by Stephen Hillenburg as part of his post-SpongeBob SquarePants works in the AU.
- PBS Kids' Arthur would've been co-produced and labeled by DreamWorks Animation Television.
- The 1998-1999 series Toonsylvania would have a third season between 2001 and 2002, the year where Fox Kids was replaced by Fox Box/4KidsTV, by adding new characters.
- The infamous 1997 DiC cartoon The Wacky World of Tex Avery would've been co-produced by DreamWorks Animation Television, under the title Dreamtoons' Wacky World and put as a Dreamtoons television series and made several changes to make it better.
- The 2017-2019 Mexican animated series Legend Quest, which is based the Leyendas animated film franchise, would be labeled by DreamWorks Animation Television.
- Eric Weiner, creator of Dora the Explorer, Jojo's Circus and Little Einsteins, would have worked for DreamWorks on interactive animated IPs such as Protectors of Galaxy Quest (2010-2017), The Supremes (2017-2021) and Krazy Kart Kids (2021-present).
- DreamWorks would have a live-action western television show in the 1950s titled Outlaw Oscar, which is inspired the legend of Robin Hood, ran from 1954 to 1964.
- The Upside Down Show, an Australian live action preschool series that aired in late 2006, would've been co-produced by DreamWorks Television.
- It would've been produced in 1.78:1 high-definition widescreen.
- Season 2 would've been produced and aired in late 2007 and later Season 3 in late 2008 along with a 44-minute special.
- DVDs would've been released in North America.
- The Upside Down Movie would've actually be made, being released in 2010.
- Catscratch and T.U.F.F. Puppy, two Nickelodeon animated series, would've been labeled by DreamWorks Animation Television, with the latter being fully owned by DreamWorks.
- However, Catscratch can have a direct-to-video finale film released in 2012.
- T.U.F.F. Puppy would've been co-created by Stephen Hillenburg as one of his post-SpongeBob SquarePants works in the AU.
- Team Umizoomi, another Nickelodeon animated series, would've been labeled by DreamWorks Animation Television.
- Just like The Upside Down Show, it would've been produced in 1.78:1 high-definition widescreen.
- It would've first aired in January 2009 rather than January 2010, because most of Season 1 was produced in 2008.
- However, Journey to Numberland, Team Umizoomi vs. the Shape Bandit, and Umi Space Heroes can have their own unique openings.
- My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic would've been also co-produced and co-labeled by DreamWorks Animation Television.
- 2013-present Amblin Television wouldn't exist, having their shows produced by DreamWorks Television
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- In a similar manner to NBCUniversal's Revue Studios, Paramount Global's Desilu Productions, and Sony Pictures' original incarnation of Screen Gems, it would've been originally known as Go Fish Studios (1956-1966), DW-Go Fish Television Productions (1966-1986), and DreamWorks Television (1986-present), and would've had its founder Albert Ringering (not a real person, but just made up).
- A foreign television channel DreamWorks Channel would first launched in 1990, along launching its sister channel as DreamWorks Classics (first launched in 2000), TBD
- DreamWorks would had its own American children and family television channel Drio, which would be a joint venture with Sanrio, and launched on television on September 1, 2002. Initially, it would air just re-runs of DreamWorks and Sanrio programs, but lster adding acquired foreign content uvp to around 2010s and currently, it would be jointly acquired by other company giants like TBD, to air their shows that are originally produced for their networks such as TBD.
- DreamWorks would have its own premium network, FlickWorks Networks, similar to Warner Bros. Discovery's HBO and Cinemax, Paramount Global's Showtime/Paramount+ with Showtime, Lionsgate's Starz, The Walt Disney Company's Freeform, and Amazon MGM Studios' MGM+.
- There would've been a DreamWorks Scene It? DVD game released in 2008 and two DreamWorks Trivial Pursuit board games released in 1990 and 2010.
- Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios would've been given permission by DreamWorks to use the concept of the 1970s animated series The Fantastic Family, thus creating The Incredibles which was released in 2004.
- One of Jeffery Katzenberg's own companies, Quibi, would've been a streaming service division before Peacock launched and still be shutting down.
- Steve Gerber would have worked on DreamWorks and pitch an animated movie called Super-Squirrel, which would later be released in 2009.