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 The Drawn Together cast. Counter-clockwise from upper left: Wooldoor, Toot, Ling-Ling, Foxxy, Xandir, Clara, Spanky, and Captain Hero. |
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| Format | Animated series |
| Created by | Dave Jeser Matt Silverstein |
| Starring | Adam Carolla Jess Harnell Abbey McBride Jack Plotnick Tara Strong Cree Summer James Arnold Taylor |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. An animated cartoon is a short hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn Film for the cinema, Television or computer Dave Jeser is an American television writer and co-creator of Drawn Together with Matt Silverstein. Matt Silverstein is an American television writer and co-creator of Comedy Central 's animated series Drawn Together with Dave Jeser. Adam Carolla (born May 27 1964 is an American radio / Television host, Comedian, and Actor. Jess Q Harnell (born December 23, 1963 in Teaneck, New Jersey, U Abbey McBride is a voice actress who is best known for portraying the voice of Ling-Ling on Drawn Together. Jack Plotnick (born October 30 1968) is an American film and television actor Tara Lynn Charendoff Strong (born February 12 1973 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian voice actress and Singer Cree Summer Francks (born July 7, 1969 in Los Angeles California) best known as Cree Summer, is an American born Actress James Arnold Taylor (born July 22, 1969, in Santa Barbara California) is an American Voice actor. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 36 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 22-23 minutes (per episode) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Comedy Central |
| Original run | October 27, 2004 – November 14, 2007 |
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| TV.com summary | |
Drawn Together is an American animated television series, which ran on Comedy Central from October 27, 2004 to November 14, 2007. The following is a list of episodes for the animated Television Comedy, Drawn Together. Comedy Central is an American Cable television and Satellite television channel that carries predominantly Comedy programming Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An animated cartoon is a short hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn Film for the cinema, Television or computer Comedy Central is an American Cable television and Satellite television channel that carries predominantly Comedy programming Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The series was created by Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein, and uses a sitcom format with a TV reality show setting. Dave Jeser is an American television writer and co-creator of Drawn Together with Matt Silverstein. Matt Silverstein is an American television writer and co-creator of Comedy Central 's animated series Drawn Together with Dave Jeser. Like that of The Surreal Life, the show's eight characters are a combination of personalities that were recognizable prior to the series. The Surreal Life is a Reality television series that sets a select group of past-their-prime celebrities and records them as they live together in a mansion in Drawn Together, however, uses cartoon parodies of stock characters. A stock character is one which relies heavily on cultural types or names for his or her personality manner of speech and other characteristics In addition, their character traits parody personality types that are typically seen in reality TV shows. The characters agreed to live in a house together in a setup similar to that of The Real World. The Real World is a Reality television program on MTV originally executive produced by Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray. Comedy Central advertises it as the first animated reality show. Reality television is a genre of Television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations documents actual events and usually features ordinary
In some episodes, characters participate in challenges that are based on reality TV challenges. The show is made by Rough Draft Studios in Glendale, California, with much of the animation done at the studio's facilities in Korea. Rough Draft Studios Inc (RDS is an Animation studio based in Glendale California, United States with its sister studio Rough Draft Korea Glendale ( is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia.
Comedy Central's original tagline for the show was "Find out what happens when cartoon characters stop being polite… and start making out in hot tubs," referring to Clara and Foxxy's kiss in the pilot episode. A tagline is a variant of a branding slogan typically used in Marketing materials and Advertising. " Hot Tub " is the first episode of the animated series Drawn Together. The line is a parody of The Real World's tagline, "Find out what happens when people stop being polite… and start getting real. " The aforementioned hot tub kiss is considered one of the show's defining images; Comedy Central based nearly all of its first-season promotional material for Drawn Together on it. [1]
A total of three seasons have been produced and completed to date. Season 3 began airing on Thursday, October 5, 2006, and took a mid-season break which started on November 15, 2006. Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The second half of Season Three began airing on Thursday, October 4, 2007. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [2]
In March 2007, it was announced that creators Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein had left Comedy Central and signed a two-year contract with Fox Broadcasting Company to create new series and/or work on the network's existing ones. Even if the show had been renewed for a fourth season, Jeser and Silverstein would not have been involved with the show on a day-to-day basis. [3]
The season three finale included multiple jokes about the show's cancellation. TVGuide listed this episode as a series finale and described the episode as follows: "The series wraps up with the housemates participating in a singing competition as they look back on their recent misadventures. "
In an interview with The Big Spoon on March 20, 2008, Tara Strong confirmed that the show has been cancelled,[4] and the back of the third season DVD's box refers to it as the "third and final season". Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
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Style
The show's visual style is that of traditional ink and paint animation, which is actually a departure for Comedy Central, which usually favors more specialized approaches to animation. Traditional animation, also referred to as classical animation, cel animation, or hand-drawn animation, is the oldest and historically the most popular The style was chosen both for the retro feel it gives the show and for the versatility it allows the animators, providing an environment in which it is possible to combine many different styles of animation. Retro is a term used to describe denote or classify culturally outdated or aged trends modes or fashions from the overall postmodern past but have since that time become functionally Another unique aspect of the show is that, where most cartoons present their characters, though animated, as real within the show's world, the Drawn Together characters retain their identities as cartoon characters even within their animated world. The show also features many cameo appearances by famous characters (or in some cases, copyright-avoiding clones) from all across the animated spectrum. A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the Performing arts, such as
In keeping with the various animation styles that form for the various characters, Wooldoor and Toot have four fingers on each hand, whereas Clara, Foxxy, Hero, and Xandir have five. In promotional artwork for the show, Toot and Wooldoor are drawn with the standard five fingers, but in the show itself they have four. Also, whereas most of the characters are drawn with black outlines, Clara and items belonging to her are drawn with soft edges, a reference to Disney animation techniques.
Content
The show is adult-oriented and laden with black comedy, with plot lines revolving around such topics as the fact that Princess Clara's vagina is a multi-tentacled monster (a theme found in a number of hentai films). Black comedy, also known as black humor or dark comedy, is a sub-genre of Comedy and Satire where topics and events that are usually regarded The vagina (from Latin, literally " Sheath " or " Scabbard " is a fibromuscular tubular tract leading from the Uterus is a Japanese word that in the West is used when referring to sexually explicit or pornographic comics and animation particularly Japanese Anime, The humor is largely satirical in nature, its primary focus being the mockery of stereotypes. Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although in practice it is also found in the graphic and Performing arts In satire human A stereotype (from Greek: stereo + týpos = "solid impression" is a generalized perception of first impressions behaviors presumed by a group Some episodes have heavy emphasis on homosexuality and/or bisexuality, with some episodes (such as "Gay Bash" or "A Very Special Drawn Together Afterschool Special") solely devoted to these topics. Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation. Bisexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of both sexes or to a bisexual orientation For the practice of discrimination against gays see Gay bashing. " A Very Special Drawn Together Afterschool Special " is the twentieth episode of the animated series Drawn Together. Kinky sex is a common topic of conversation; several of the characters have extremely perverse sexual tastes, and the show makes frequent reference to masturbation, paraphilia, and BDSM. Kink is a term used to refer to a broad range of sexual practices (sometimes referred to as "kinky" such as spanking, bondage, Dominance and submission Masturbation refers to Sexual stimulation especially of one's own genitals ( self masturbation) and often to the point of Orgasm, which Death and violence are also constant themes. Nearly all episodes feature at least one death, and several episodes feature characters going on killing sprees or perpetrating massacres. A spree killer, also known as a rampage killer, is someone who embarks on a Murderous assault on his victims in a short time in multiple locations Even the main cast die with great frequency, though these deaths are never permanent.
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The show's content is controversial, partially for its explicit dialogue and graphic violence, but primarily for the casual attitude the show takes toward taboo subject matter. Dialogue in fiction is a verbal exchange between two or more characters Graphic violence is the depiction of especially vivid brutal and realistic acts of violence in visual media such as Literature, Film, Television A taboo is a strong Social prohibition (or ban) against words objects actions or discussions that are considered undesirable or offensive by a group culture A great deal of the show's humor revolves around making light of difficult topics such as abortion, rape, incest, pedophilia, gay marriage, spousal abuse, racism, homophobia, antisemitism, necrophilia and terrorism. An Rape, also referred to as Sexual assault, is an Assault by a person involving Sexual intercourse with or Sexual penetration of another person Incest refers to any sexual activity between closely related persons (often within the immediate family that is illegal or socially Taboo. The term pedophilia or paedophilia has a range of definitions as found in Psychology, law enforcement and the popular vernacular Same-sex marriage (also referred to as gay marriage) is a term for a legally or Socially recognized Marriage between two people of the same Domestic violence (also known as domestic abuse or spousal abuse) occurs when a family member partner or ex-partner attempts to physically or psychologically dominate List of racism-related topics|Racism by country Racism, by its simplest definition is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that BenPhelpsJPG|thumb|right|Westboro Baptist Church picket signs with Ben Phelps grandson of Fred Phelps Antisemitism (alternatively spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism; also rarely known as judeophobia) is the Prejudice against or hostility Necrophilia, also called thanatophilia and necrolagnia, is the sexual attraction to corpses Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion The extensive use of stereotypes is another controversial aspect of the show, though the intent is actually to make fun of bigotry. A bigot is a person who is intolerant of opinions lifestyles or identities differing from his or her own and bigotry is the corresponding state of mind As Jess Harnell states in the DVD commentary for "Hot Tub", "Most of the racism on the show is coming from people who are so obviously stupid about it; it really isn't that threatening. Jess Q Harnell (born December 23, 1963 in Teaneck, New Jersey, U " (Notably, one of the groups most commonly mocked is Jewish people, which includes both creators. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ )
Though the two shows are stylistically dissimilar, the coarseness of the humor in Drawn Together has led to frequent comparison with South Park, the show that immediately precedes it on the network. South Park is an animated American television comedy series created and written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for Comedy Central South Park was thought to be extremely profane upon its premiere seven years earlier. By 2004, the preceding cartoon had dropped its TV-MA warning bumper, and almost immediately following, a TV-MA warning was shown before episodes of Drawn Together.
Much like The Simpsons and Family Guy, Drawn Together is heavy with popular culture references. Family Guy is an animated American television sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane that airs on Fox and regularly on other Popular culture (or pop culture) is the Culture — patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance — Animation is a major source of material; as mentioned above, many characters from comics and animated cartoons make cameo appearances and often are the subjects of parody. Comics (via Latin from the Greek "" kōmikos, of or pertaining to "comedy" from kōmos "revel" An animated cartoon is a short hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn Film for the cinema, Television or computer A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject However, numerous live action films, TV shows, and video games are referenced as well. A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. Reality shows are another prime inspiration, not surprising given that Drawn Together is presented as a reality show that takes place in a cartoon world. Reality television is a genre of Television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations documents actual events and usually features ordinary However, although many of the first-season plots made extensive use of the reality show scenario, this aspect of the show has largely been de-emphasized in later episodes. The spoofing of film and television clichés is another common theme on the show; many Drawn Together stories are parodies of overused plots from TV and movies. A cliché (from French, klɪ'ʃe or cliche is a phrase expression or idea that has been overused to the point of losing its intended force
Although, figuratively speaking, the characters come from different kinds of cartoon worlds with radically different laws of nature and behavior (Princess Clara's fairy tale kingdom, Xandir's video game reality, Captain Hero's universe of super-heroics with set rules for hero/villain behavior, etc. A fairy tale or fairy story is a fictional Story that may feature folkloric characters (such as fairies, enchantments]] often involving ), no explanation for how these worlds co-exist is given. All seem aware that they are in fact animated cartoons and that live action creatures exist.
Another hallmark of the show is its extremely loose continuity. In Fiction, continuity (also called time-scheme) is consistency of the characteristics of persons plot, objects places and events seen by the reader or Events in different episodes contradict each other, as there is a very loose sense of canon, with humor serving as an ends unto itself, and not as part of a consistent continuity. This article is not about Literary canons of influential works of fiction but about the concept of a canon which defines the world of a particular fictional series One such example is in "The Other Cousin", in which Toot is pictured with a penis, but whether or not she actually has one is debatable. " The Other Cousin " is the fifth episode of the animated series Drawn Together. Another is Foxxy's various and contradictory stories about her son Timmy (one involves selling him on the black market, another involves her accidentally shooting him after believing him to be rabid, when he was really just brushing his teeth). Often plotlines exist that do not make any kind of internal sense, such as Foxxy, who is in her twenties, having a teenaged grandson. According to Executive Producer Bill Freiberger, "Very little on Drawn Together can be considered canon. If you try to find continuity on this show you'll drive yourself nuts. The only thing that's consistent is we try to make the show as funny as possible. And we'd never let a little thing like continuity get in the way of that. "[5]
Occasionally, episodes of Drawn Together are shown with less editing for content during Secret Stash, a Comedy Central program aired on weekends at 1 A. M. that showcases movies, comedy specials, and animated programs with uncensored language. Though Secret Stash programs typically have the nudity still censored, Drawn Together is an exception to this. Some nudity not seen in the original broadcast is shown in the Secret Stash version, while the nudity in other scenes is censored with a caption reading "DVD only"; this is done as a way of promoting the show's DVD releases.
Cast
Drawn Together features a cast of voice actors, which contains a mix of veteran voice actors (Tara Strong, Cree Summer, Jess Harnell, and James Arnold Taylor) and newcomers to the field (Abbey McBride and Jack Plotnick). Tara Lynn Charendoff Strong (born February 12 1973 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian voice actress and Singer Cree Summer Francks (born July 7, 1969 in Los Angeles California) best known as Cree Summer, is an American born Actress Jess Q Harnell (born December 23, 1963 in Teaneck, New Jersey, U James Arnold Taylor (born July 22, 1969, in Santa Barbara California) is an American Voice actor. Abbey McBride is a voice actress who is best known for portraying the voice of Ling-Ling on Drawn Together. Jack Plotnick (born October 30 1968) is an American film and television actor Comedian Adam Carolla rounds out the cast. Adam Carolla (born May 27 1964 is an American radio / Television host, Comedian, and Actor.
Members of the show's voice cast have previously collaborated with each other on numerous other projects prior to Drawn Together. Taylor (Wooldoor), Summer (Foxxy), and Strong (Clara and Toot) all performed in the Square Co./Square Enix-developed video games Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 as Tidus/Shuyin, Lady Belgemine/Young Tidus/Lenne (speaking voice)/Calli, and Rikku, respectively. was a Japanese Video game company founded in September 1983 by Masafumi Miyamoto. is a Japanese video game and publishing company best known for its Console role-playing game franchises which include the Final Fantasy series the Dragon is a Console role-playing game developed and published by Square (now Square Enix) and the tenth installment in the Final Fantasy series is a Console role-playing game developed and published by Square (now Square Enix) for Sony 's PlayStation 2. is the Protagonist in the Console role-playing game Final Fantasy X. On a similar note, Taylor, Strong, and Jess Harnell all performed in the video game Kingdom Hearts II (also developed by Square Enix) as Captain Jack Sparrow/Timon, Rikku, and Doctor Finklestein/Lock, respectively. is an Action role-playing game developed by Square Enix and published by Square Enix and Buena Vista Games (now Disney Interactive Studios in 2005 for the Sony Captain Jack Sparrow is a Fictional character from the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise who is portrayed by Johnny Depp. Timon and Pumbaa are a fictional Meerkat and Warthog duo first introduced in Disney 's popular 1994 animated film The Lion King Doctor Finklestein is a Fictional character from the film The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Tara Strong and Cree Summer have also worked together on several other projects, most notably Rugrats, All Grown Up!, Danny Phantom, Codename: Kids Next Door, The Buzz on Maggie (which also features Jess Harnell) and Transformers: Animated. Rugrats is an American Animated television series that aired from August 11, 1991 to June 8, 2004 on All Grown Up! is an animated television series that ran on Nickelodeon from April 12 2003 to August 17 2008 Danny Phantom was an American animated television show created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon, produced by Billionfold Studios Codename The Buzz on Maggie was an Annie Award -nominated Disney Channel original comedy series created by Dave Polsky and directed by David Transformers Animated is an American Animated television series based on the ''Transformers'' toy line. According to the DVD commentary for the episode "Hot Tub", the two have known each other since childhood (both grew up in Toronto, Ontario). Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec
Three of the show's voice actors had previously worked with creators Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein on other projects: Jack Plotnick on Action, and Adam Carolla and Abbey McBride on The Man Show. Action is a short-lived comedy series about a Hollywood producer named Peter Dragon who is trying to recover from his last box-office failure The Man Show was a half hour American Comedy Television show on Comedy Central. Two of Drawn Together's guest stars also came from the casts of earlier Jeser/Silverstein projects: "The Other Cousin" guest star Sarah Silverman (from Greg the Bunny), and Carolla's Man Show co-host Jimmy Kimmel, who guest-starred in "Xandir and Tim, Sitting in a Tree" and "Alzheimer's That Ends Well". Sarah Kate Silverman (born December 1 1970 is an Emmy -winning American Comedian, Writer, Singer, Guitarist, and Greg the Bunny was an American Sitcom that originally aired on Fox in 2002. James Christian "Jimmy" Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American Television host and Comedian. " Xandir and Tim Sitting in a Tree " is the eighteenth episode of the animated series Drawn Together. " Alzheimer's That Ends Well " is the twenty-first episode of the animated series Drawn Together.
Originally, Xandir was to have been played by Nat Faxon, but the network forced the creators to fire him following the first table read, feeling his portrayal of the character was "too gay". They would end up replacing him with Jack Plotnick. [6]
In addition to their regular roles, the show's cast also provides many of the guest voices on the series, Summer, Strong, Harnell, and Taylor in particular. In the DVD commentary for "Hot Tub", Tara Strong jokes that this is because the show doesn't have a lot of money to pay guest stars. Chris Edgerly also appears in the majority of Season One and Two episodes despite not having a regular role on the series. Chris Edgerly (born August 6, 1969 in Silver Spring Maryland) is an American Voice actor.
Crew
- Executive producers: Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein
- Line producer: Mike Mendel
- Associate producer: Mark Douglas
- Supervising producer: Jordan Young
- Writers: Reed Agnew, Valerie Ahern, Elijah Aron, Jeffrey Bushell, Reid Harrison, Jeff Kahn, Dave Lewman, Joe Liss, Christian McLaughlin, Matt Silverstein, Erik Sommers and Jordan Young
Characters
- Princess Clara (voiced by Tara Strong) - A pampered, hyper-religious, and racist princess who is a parody of Disney princesses like Ariel from The Little Mermaid and Belle from Beauty and the Beast. Motion Pictures An executive producer of a Motion picture is typically a producer who is sometimes involved in creative or technical aspects of production Dave Jeser is an American television writer and co-creator of Drawn Together with Matt Silverstein. A line producer is a key member of the production team for a Motion picture. A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies. A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies. A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms Valerie Ahern is an American television screenwriter and producer Reid Harrison is an American television writer and producer He has written for television shows such as The PJs, " George & Leo " " Men Christian McLaughlin is a television writer producer, and author Matt Silverstein is an American television writer and co-creator of Comedy Central 's animated series Drawn Together with Dave Jeser. List of characters appearing in the animated series Drawn Together. Princess Clara is a Fictional character in the Animated series Drawn Together. Tara Lynn Charendoff Strong (born February 12 1973 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian voice actress and Singer Disney Princess is a Walt Disney Company franchise, based on Fictional characters who have been featured as part of the Disney character line-up The Little Mermaid is a 1989 animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation with a pencil test beginning on September 23, 1988 and Belle is the heroine of the Disney animated film Beauty and the Beast and its two Direct-to-video sequels Beauty and the Beast The Enchanted BATB redirects here If you were looking for Back at the Barnyard which is abbreviated as BATB see here.
- Wooldoor Sockbat (voiced by James Arnold Taylor) - A bizarre children's show character in the mold of SpongeBob SquarePants or Stimpy who displays many of the typical reality-defying behaviors of Looney Tunes characters. Wooldoor Jebediah Sockbat is a Fictional character in the Animated series Drawn Together. James Arnold Taylor (born July 22, 1969, in Santa Barbara California) is an American Voice actor. Children's television series are Television programs designed for and marketed to Children normally broadcast during the Morning and Afternoon SpongeBob SquarePants is the main character of the Fictional Nickelodeon Animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros Animated cartoon series which ran in many movie theatres from 1930 to 1969
- Foxxy Love (voiced by Cree Summer) - A sharp-tongued parody of Valerie Brown from Josie and the Pussycats, she is a promiscuous mystery-solving musician. Foxxy Shaquafafa Love is a Fictional character in the Animated television series Drawn Together. Cree Summer Francks (born July 7, 1969 in Los Angeles California) best known as Cree Summer, is an American born Actress Josie and the Pussycats was an American Animated television series produced for Saturday morning television by Hanna-Barbera Productions
- Toot Braunstein (voiced by Tara Strong) - An overweight sex symbol from the 1920s reminiscent of Betty Boop. Toot Braunstein is a Fictional character in the Animated series Drawn Together. The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada Betty Boop is an animated Cartoon character appearing in the Talkartoon and Betty Boop series of films produced by Toot demands to be the center of attention, cuts herself with razor blades when depressed, and often instigates conflict in the house. Self-injury ( SI) or self-harm ( SH) is deliberate Injury inflicted by a person upon their own body without suicidal intent
- Ling-Ling (voiced by Abbey McBride) - A homicidal spoof of Pikachu from the Pokémon franchise, who battles using various supernatural powers/abilities (reminiscent of anime) and speaks in pseudo-Japanese gibberish (or "Japorean", as Ling-Ling's voice Abbey McBride calls it) with English subtitles. Ling-Ling is a Fictional character Abbey McBride is a voice actress who is best known for portraying the voice of Ling-Ling on Drawn Together. is one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon Media franchise &mdasha collection of Video If you came here to express your personal opinion about Pokémon please go somewhere else (anime in Japanese,
- Xandir P. Wifflebottom (voiced by Jack Plotnick) - A hypersensitive, homosexual, overemotional, and effeminate parody of video game heroes like Link from The Legend of Zelda series. Xander Xandir P Wifflebottom is a Fictional character in the Animated series Drawn Together. Jack Plotnick (born October 30 1968) is an American film and television actor is a Fictional character and the main Protagonist from Nintendo 's ''The Legend of Zelda'' series. is a High fantasy action-adventure Video game series created by Game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and developed and published
- Spanky Ham (voiced by Adam Carolla) - A sex-obsessed, toilet humored, obnoxious parody of Internet Flash cartoon characters. Spanky Ham is a Fictional character in the Animated series Drawn Together. Adam Carolla (born May 27 1964 is an American radio / Television host, Comedian, and Actor. Toilet humour, or scatological humour, is a type of off-colour humour dealing with Defecation, Urination, Flatulence, Vomiting A Flash animation or Flash cartoon is an animated Film which is created using Adobe Flash animation software and often distributed in the
- Captain Leslie Hero (voiced by Jess Harnell) - A chauvinistic, perverted, and lecherous parody of Superman and other superheroes, with a visual style taken from the cartoons of Bruce Timm and Max Fleischer. Captain Leslie Hero is a Fictional character in the Animated series Drawn Together. Jess Q Harnell (born December 23, 1963 in Teaneck, New Jersey, U Chauvinism (ˈʃoʊvɨnɪzəm is extreme and unreasoning Partisanship on behalf of a group to which one belongs especially when the partisanship includes malice and hatred Perversion is a concept describing those types of Human behavior that are perceived to be a serious deviation from what is considered to be orthodox or normal Superman is a fictional Comic book Superhero widely considered to be one of the most recognized of such characters and an American Cultural icon A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do Bruce Walter Timm (born on February 8 1961) is an American Character Designer, Animator Max Fleischer ( July 19, 1883 – September 11, 1972) was an important Austrian American pioneer in the development of the
Episodes
DVD releases
Season releases
| DVD name | Cover art | Release date | Discs | Episodes | Special features |
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| Season One Uncensored |  |
October 4, 2005 | 2 | 7 |
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| Season Two Uncensored |  |
September 25, 2007 | 2 | 15 |
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| Season Three Uncensored |  |
May 13, 2008 | 2 | 14 |
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The first season of Drawn Together was released on DVD by Paramount Home Entertainment on October 4, 2005. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Its release was timed to coincide with the premiere of Season Two on television. The set includes all seven aired first season episodes. (By the time the release was finalized, it had been determined that the unaired "Terms of Endearment" would air during Season Two, so it was left off the set and eventually released as part of the Season Two set). Great googlie mooglie!|Foxxy Love " Terms of Endearment " is the fifteenth episode of the animated series Drawn Together. The profanity and nudity are intact and uncensored. Some shows also contain additional lines and scenes. Special features include audio commentary on select episodes by creators Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein along with assorted cast and crew members, in addition to deleted scenes and karaoke/singalong versions of the show's songs. (kɑːrɑːˌoʊkɛ in Japanese karaoke) is a form of Entertainment in which Amateur Singers sing along with recorded Music (and/or a
The set also contains a game called the Censored/Uncensored game: A line is given, and the viewer must decide if the line aired on television as given (uncensored), or if it had to be altered significantly or deleted (censored). Some of the censored lines appear intact in the extended DVD version of the episode. Getting at least 11 of the 19 questions correct unlocks a hidden feature, a prank phone call by Jeser and Silverstein to their agent regarding the royalties they are to receive for the DVD audio commentaries.
The song "Time of My Life" from "Dirty Pranking No. 2" had to be left off the first season DVD due to copyright issues. " Dirty Pranking No 2 " is the sixth episode of the animated series Drawn Together. The show mocked the situation in the lyrics of the replacement music.
Season Two Uncensored was released on September 25, 2007. Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Like the Season One set, the set features audio commentaries by Jeser and Silverstein along with assorted cast and crew members, as well as karaoke/singalong versions of the show's songs. The set also contains, in the words of the box art, "potentially annoying" commentary on the commentary for "Terms of Endearment". The behind-the-scenes interviews in the set are the same ones that appear on Comedy Central's website, which feature each of the voice actors talking about his or her character, along with a separate interview with creators Jeser and Silverstein. Tara Strong does two separate interviews, one for each of her characters (Princess Clara and Toot Braunstein). The interview with Adam Carolla, the voice of Spanky Ham, does not appear on the set for reasons unknown. (However, it can still be accessed from the website. [1])
The set also includes the controversial horse shot from "Terms of Endearment", which was not allowed to air on television. (See "Terms of Endearment" for more information. Great googlie mooglie!|Foxxy Love " Terms of Endearment " is the fifteenth episode of the animated series Drawn Together. )
Season Three Uncensored was released on May 13, 2008. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common According to commentary on the Season 3 DVD set, the creators of the series are in talks with Comedy Central about trying to get the funds together for a possible direct-to-DVD Drawn Together movie.
Previously on Drawn Together
An aborted first season feature of the show was the "last week" segments showing possible outcomes of other episodes. This was a parody of serial dramas, which typically begin with a sensationalized recap of previous events. Serials in Television and Radio are series often in a weekly Prime time slot that rely on a continuing plot that unfolds in a serial fashion Sensationalism is a manner of being extremely Controversial, loud or attention grabbing (In the case of Drawn Together, the events depicted did not actually occur on the show. ) Four were produced but not used, and were included on the Season One DVD set.
I: In a parody of Full Metal Jacket, shown in night vision, the housemates gather around a sleeping Toot, gag her, and then beat her with bars of soap in socks because she keeps leaving empty milk cartons in the fridge. Full Metal Jacket ( 1987) is a War film based on the novel The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford.
II: After a nuclear apocalypse, the housemates repopulate the Earth with their kids, amalgams of themselves that include a Captain Hero/Clara going out with a Foxxy/Captain Hero/Wooldoor.
III: Xandir tries to have a pillow fight with Spanky and Captain Hero, who are less than pleased. So instead of fighting with their pillows, they smother him.
IV: The housemates run for their lives as they are chased by a giant Wooldoor who proceeds to eat them.
Notes and references
- ^ Scoobie Davis Online
- ^ Comedy Central Press | Press Release
- ^ Breaking News - Development Update: Friday, March 23 | TheFutonCritic.com
- ^ The Big Spoon's interview with Tara Strong
- ^ Toon Zone Forum - View Single Post - Drawn Together Episode 23 - "Freaks and Greeks" (SEASON 3 PREMIERE!)
- ^ "Hot Tub" DVD commentary.
External links
- Official Comedy Central homepage
- Drawn Together at the Internet Movie Database
- Drawn Together at TV.com
- TV IV page
- Drawn Together MySpace
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