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Warner Brothers Cartoons continued, with intermittent interruptions, until 1969 when it was dissolved when the parent company ceased film short production entirely.

Regardless of this treatment, its characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety Bird, Sylvester, and Porky Pig became central to the company's image in subsequent decades.

Bugs in particular remains a mascot to Warner Bros .' various divisions and Six Flags ( which Time Warner previously owned ).

In fact, it was the success of the compilation film, The Bugs Bunny / Road Runner Movie in 1980, featuring the archived film of these characters that prompted Warner Brothers to organize Warner Brothers Animation as a new production division to restart production of original material.