Sticky Squirrel

Sticky Squirrel is a stick squirrel and a cartoon character made prior to ATBW Label Networks (1925) in 1919. The cartoons were produced by Langile Studios (which adopted him as their mascot) from 1919 to 1924, with ones from 1922 being distributed by paramount. Due to Eric Langile's contract expiring by 1924, he ended up having to start a new studio and create a nearly similar character resembling him, but this one being a plain one, which would eventually become the new studio's most iconic mascot, Zach The Stick Person, which Langile would use for the studio and retain and keep the rights to permanently. Langile previously considered bringing Sticky to be the company's mascot for ATBW, but it was sold in 1925 when Langile Home Entertainment was formed, the same time ATBW was, which continued distributing these cartoons. Eric Langile tried to get him back, but his cousin Thomas Langile refused to do so and kept it under LHE, which he founded.

In 1947, the character was sold to RKO Pictures, which in turn sold it to Trans-Lux in 1951 before being sold to Paramount Pictures in 1962 and then ATBW Label Networks in 1994. ATBW Pictures, Paramount Pictures, and Langile Home Entertainment released a movie in 1974, but it was owned by the latter two companies until the franchise was sold.