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38-610: The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy is an American animated television series created by Maxwell Atoms for Cartoon Network . It follows Billy, a dimwitted, happy-go-lucky boy, and Mandy, a cynical, remorseless girl, who, after winning a limbo game to save Billy's pet hamster , gains Grim, the mighty Grim Reaper , as their "best friend forever". Grim, who is reluctant to serve the two children, has access to supernatural items, spells, and other abilities that often lead Billy and Mandy to interact with otherworldly environments, characters, or situations. Billy & Mandy began as

76-432: A video game as well as various licensed merchandise. The series is centered around the exploits of Billy ( Richard Steven Horvitz ), an idiotic and happy-go-lucky boy; Mandy ( Grey DeLisle ), a deadpan, cynical and cold-hearted girl; and Grim ( Greg Eagles ), a Jamaican -accented Reaper . After Billy and Mandy cheated at a limbo match against Grim (in retaliation for putting the limbo rod too low for them to go under), he

114-518: A child-friendly show, shifted its target group to ages 12 and up, resulting in a darker and more mature storyline. Animated film theatrical series include all early animated series: Animated Weekly (1913), The Newlyweds (1913 — 1915), Travelaughs (1913, 1915 — 1918, 1921 — 1923), Doc Yak (1913 — 1915), Colonel Heeza Liar (1913 — 1917, 1922 — 1924), Kapten Grogg  [ sv ] (1916 — 1922), Les Aventures des Pieds Nickelés (1917 — 1918),

152-537: A crush on Mandy; Harold ( Richard Steven Horvitz ), Billy's father who shares his son's stupidity; Gladys ( Jennifer Hale ), Billy's loving yet mentally unstable mother; Mindy ( Rachael MacFarlane ), the snobby, stuck-up, and spoiled queen bee of Billy and Mandy's school; Sperg ( Greg Eagles ), the local bully who has a sensitive side; Hoss Delgado ( Diedrich Bader ), an overly-intense "spectral exterminator" who hunts supernatural creatures; Nergal ( David Warner / Martin Jarvis ),

190-522: A deteriorating state after years of storage. While working on the first season of Cow and Chicken , Atoms was approached by Hanna-Barbera executives for ideas for new short films. Among the ideas he presented to Hanna-Barbera was "Milkman", centering on an anthropomorphic, superhero milk carton who saves the missing children depicted on his back. Though the idea was rejected, executives were interested in Billy and Mandy, two characters that were to be featured in

228-515: A friendship-seeking demon who later marries Billy's aunt and bears a son, Nergal Jr. ( Debi Derryberry ); General Skarr ( Armin Shimerman ), Billy's ill-tempered next door neighbor who originated in the Evil Con Carne animated series; and Jeff (Maxwell Atoms), a giant spider constantly trying to win the approval of the arachnophobic Billy, whom he sees as his father. The show lacks continuity for

266-593: A local station of a television network broadcasts an animated series as a part of its own programming, the time-slot will vary by region. All early animated television series, the first being Crusader Rabbit (1950 — 1959), are comic cartoon series. However, later series include sports ( Speed Racer , Captain Tsubasa , Slam Dunk ), action ( Hajime no Ippo , G.I. Joe ), science fiction ( Mobile Suit Gundam , Tenchi Muyo ), drama ( Neon Genesis Evangelion ), adventure ( Dragon Ball ), martial arts ( Baki

304-572: A segment on Grim & Evil , from which it was a spin-off, along with sister series Evil Con Carne , on August 24, 2001. Although the 2003–2004 episodes were produced for Grim & Evil , the series aired (as a separate series) from June 13, 2003, to October 12, 2008, on Cartoon Network. In 2007, the series produced two made-for-TV movies, respectively titled Billy & Mandy Save Christmas and Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure . A crossover special with fellow Cartoon Network series Codename: Kids Next Door , entitled "The Grim Adventures of

342-455: A set time period in "segments", including several such shorts. When advertising is taken into account, the cartoon itself may be only 15 — 20 minutes of the half hour, although Netflix and many other streaming companies do not show commercials. There are also series with a very short episodes lasting approximately five minutes; they have recently become more common in Japanese animation . If

380-622: A sidescrolling beat 'em up , was developed by Full Fat and released on October 31, 2006, for the Game Boy Advance . Characters from the series have also appeared in Cartoon Network crossover video games, such as FusionFall and Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion . The first season was first released on DVD by Warner Home Video on September 18, 2007. Collection 2 released February 11, 2010, in Australia and New Zealand and contains

418-550: A spinoff series titled Cheeseburger featuring Fred Fredburger and Cheese from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends , but the idea never gained traction. Atoms retroactively confirmed in 2021 that the three main characters of the show are on the autism spectrum , having been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome late in life. He likened Mandy to "the cold, rational way [he] learned to view the world in order to survive", Billy to "the fun and joyous inner-world where [Atoms likes] to spend [his] time" and Grim to "the moral mediator between

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456-483: Is an American voice actress who has provided voices for a number of animations and video games. She played Jimmy Neutron in the film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and the television series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius . Derryberry was born in Indio, California to a family of Hungarian Jewish descent. Her grandparents were Holocaust survivors. After graduating from Indio High School in 1978, she attended

494-550: Is enslaved in an unwanted permanent friendship with the children. Grim is miserable in the first days of his servitude, and even fantasizes about killing them multiple times. However, as the time passes, he gradually adapts to the new life, and even grows to care for Billy and Mandy, if only somewhat. Despite this, he retains a love–hate relationship with the two and desires to eventually break free from his servitude. Billy and Mandy use Grim's supernatural abilities and powers to venture into supernatural locations or environments, such as

532-576: Is the song " Round and Round " by glam metal band Ratt . Midway Games published two video games based on the series in 2006, each featuring the same plot but different gameplay. The first, a 3D fighting game , was developed by High Voltage Studios and released in North America on September 25, 2006, for the PlayStation 2 and GameCube , and on November 19, 2006, for the Wii as a launch title. The second,

570-738: The Tom and Jerry cartoon short films released in movie theatres from 1940 to 1967, and many others. Direct-to-video animated series include most Japanese original video animations (OVAs). The first OVA series (and also the first overall OVA) was Dallos (1983 — 1985). Almost all hentai (pornographic) anime series are released as OVAs. Animated web series are designed and produced for streaming services . Examples include Happy Tree Friends (1999 — 2023) and Eddsworld (2003 — present). They can also be released on YouTube , such as Asdfmovie , which debuted in 2008. Debi Derryberry Debi Derryberry (born September 27, 1960)

608-649: The Underworld , or the Netherworld, inhabited by an assortment of grotesque monstrous beasts. The pair also use Grim's enormously strong supernatural abilities or ties with a number of beastly characters to achieve goals or desires for themselves, often with twisted results. Famed fictional monsters including Dracula , the Wolfman , and the bogeyman are also comically depicted in the series. Supporting characters include Irwin ( Vanessa Marshall ), Billy's nerdy best friend who has

646-666: The University of California, Los Angeles where she majored in kinesiology. After college, she moved to Nashville to become a country singer. Her first acting role was as Skeeter in Hey Vern, It's Ernest! along with Jim Varney in 1988. She was also a stand in. Her voice roles include the title character from the first CGI film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and its CGI TV series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius , Nergal Jr. from The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy , Jay Jay, Herky, Savannah, and Revvin' Evan from Jay Jay

684-474: The 1990s, more mature content than those of traditional cartoon series began to appear more widely, extending beyond a primary audience of children. These cartoon series included The Simpsons , South Park , Family Guy , Futurama , The Ren & Stimpy Show , Rocko's Modern Life , Beavis and Butt-Head , King of the Hill , and Duckman . Canadian computer-animated series ReBoot , which began as

722-454: The Grappler ), and other genres. The first animated sitcom was The Flintstones (1960 — 1966), produced by Hanna-Barbera . It was followed by other sitcoms of this studio: Top Cat (1961 — 1962), Jonny Quest (1964 — 1965), The Jetsons (1962 — 1963, 1985, 1987) and Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1972 — 1974), an adult-oriented animated series in

760-736: The Jet Plane (Following the death of Mary Kay Bergman ), Tad on various LeapFrog animated videos and DVD's from 2003 to 2004, Coco Bandicoot in the Crash Bandicoot series, Wednesday in The Addams Family cartoon, Jackie in Bobby's World , Draculaura in Monster High , and Maureen Murphy in F is for Family . Derryberry is the voice of Clay in the Playhouse Disney segments presented in

798-465: The KND", aired on November 11, 2007. The series finale, a made-for-TV movie titled Underfist: Halloween Bash (intended to serve as a pilot for a new spin-off series), aired on October 12, 2008. During its run, the series won two Emmy Awards and one Annie Award , with nominations for one Daytime Emmy Award , three Golden Reel Awards , and two other Annie Awards. Billy & Mandy has also been made into

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836-482: The Skull and You , it centers around Billy and Mandy (prototype versions) discussing trepanning with each other. In the end, Mandy drills Billy's head, causing him to pass out after too much blood loss even though he says he feels great. The short had never been shown publicly until April 30, 2016, during the first annual TromAnimation Film Festival. After the screening, Atoms uploaded the film to his YouTube channel, albeit in

874-562: The devil after Cow and Chicken . Atoms pitched the Billy & Mandy concept to Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon , to which Cartoon Network approved the production of a short film 6 months later (which would become the short/pilot Meet the Reaper ). The show was put into full production after the result of a viewer poll event by way of telephone and the Internet called Cartoon Network's Big Pick which

912-712: The early 2000s. In English language dubs of anime, she provided the voice of Ryo-Ohki in the Tenchi Muyo series. She received a Best Actress in a Comedy award at the American Anime Awards for her work as Zatch in Zatch Bell! and for Chica's Magic Rainbow in FNAF World Update 2 . Aside from her work as a voice actress, Derryberry worked on the 1993 film Free Willy as the stunt double for Jesse in some shots that showed Keiko who played Willy. She has provided

950-525: The main show. In each episode, an Evil Con Carne short was put between two Grim shorts. An original Evil Con Carne short was produced in 2000 after Meet the Reaper , but Cartoon Network wanted to combine the series, to have a "B cartoon" as a middle segment (similar to the Dial M For Monkey and The Justice Friends shorts in Dexter's Laboratory , or the I Am Weasel segment on Cow and Chicken ). On occasion, it

988-591: The most part, as many episodes end with characters killed, exiled, or stuck in a situation. Characters sometimes display an awareness of some events from previous episodes, but there are no clear character arcs or coherent plot lines tying the show together. The series had its genesis in 1995, when Maxwell Atoms, while he was a junior at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia , made a two-minute short film for his thesis project. Titled Billy and Mandy in: The Trepanation of

1026-580: The musical Little Shop of Horrors , features a song titled " Brains! " and, in Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure , the song "Land of the Dead" is played in the opening credits. Both songs are a part of the album Spooky Songs For Creepy Kids . The season two episode "Battle of the Bands" also featured the song "Darkness" by gothic industrial rock band SPF-1000. The end credits music of "Billy & Mandy Save Christmas"

1064-558: The network gave Atoms a decision to continue one series, while the other would be dropped from production. Atoms opted to continue Billy & Mandy and accepted the network's decision, as he considered running both shows stressful. Evil Con Carne characters occasionally appear on The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy . General Skarr was introduced into the show as a recurring character beginning in Season 2's "Skarred for Life", where he became Billy's new next-door neighbor. In "Company Halt",

1102-511: The next 13 episodes in the series. The entire series is available on iTunes and Amazon Prime in six volumes, with the exceptions of Billy & Mandy Save Christmas , Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure and Underfist: Halloween Bash . On January 1, 2021, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy was added to HBO Max in United States. Animated series Animated television series are presented daily or on certain days of

1140-430: The ninth episode of the final season which also functions as the true series finale for Evil Con Carne , Ghastly, Hector, Boskov, and Stomach restart their evil organization and convince Skarr to rejoin them, but their plans are ultimately foiled by Billy and Mandy, and Skarr goes back to living his life as a normal person. On March 20, 2022, Craig McCracken revealed that years ago on Cartoon Network there were plans for

1178-463: The project. Atoms was prompted to devise a series centering on the two children. Feeling that the characters Billy and Mandy would not be enough to carry a show, he began devising a third character to round out the main cast. He was always fascinated by the idea of a little girl befriending the Devil or the grim reaper , but eventually settled on the latter, as Cartoon Network did not approve of depictions of

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1216-1038: The style of All in the Family . The Alvin Show from Ross Bagdasarian Sr. and Beany and Cecil from Bob Clampett are also sitcoms. The 1980s and 1990s were a renaissance of the animated children and adult television series. Various broadcast networks and media companies began creating television channels and formats designed specifically for airing cartoon and anime series. Companies that already had these types of formats in place began to revamp their existing models during this time. Most of this animations were American-based or Japanese anime. Listed below are examples of television networks and channels that include animated programs. American British Japanese Canadian Australian Examples of animation-focused networks and channels are listed below; but some of them aired live-action programs occasionally. American South Korean Canadian Japanese During

1254-425: The two." The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy currently airs in reruns on Checkered Past . Grim, Billy and Mandy will appear in the upcoming Jellystone! special Crisis on Infinite Mirths , with Greg Eagles specificially confirming his reprisal of the role as Grim. Common Sense Media gave the show a 3/5 star rating and stated that it has "goofy punchlines and obscure cultural references" and recommends

1292-408: The viewer age be at least 8 years old. The series has won one Annie Award and two Emmy Awards and has been nominated nine times for various awards. Three television films were produced: The score composers for the series are Gregory Hinde , Drew Neumann , and Guy Moon . In addition, two songs were made for the show by Aurelio Voltaire , the episode "Little Rock of Horrors", which parodies

1330-580: The voices of a series of characters, mostly those of young boys and tomboyish girls. In addition, Derryberry has also provided voice-over for Ice Age: The Meltdown , as the voice of Wednesday Addams in the 1990s animated version of The Addams Family , Weenie and Catrina on Oswald , Taz 's little brother Jake on Taz-Mania , Coco Bandicoot in the Crash Bandicoot video game series, and Clay in some Playhouse Disney segments. She has also done voice work for comedic English language adaptations of anime titles such as Zatch Bell! in which she plays

1368-430: The week during a prescribed time slot , including for example saturday-morning cartoons , prime time cartoons , late night anime , and weekday cartoons ; series broadcast only on weekends. The duration of an episode also varies. Traditionally, they are produced as complete half-hour or nearly half-hour programs; however, many are presented as animated shorts of 10 — 11 minutes, which can be combined for filling

1406-431: Was held from June 16 to August 25, 2000. The three final choices were The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy , Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? , and Longhair and Doubledome . Out of the three, Billy & Mandy attained the most votes with 57%; Robot Jones came in second place at 23% while Longhair and Doubledome received 20% of the vote. Originally part of Grim & Evil , Billy & Mandy served as

1444-625: Was the other way around, with two Evil shorts and one Grim short. The series premiered on August 24, 2001, during the Cartoon Cartoon Fridays Big Pick Weekend . Another batch of 13 half-hour episodes were produced for Grim & Evil , but on June 13, 2003, the network separated the two segments and gave each their own half-hour program. The split came as a result of Cartoon Network wanting to move away from three 7-minute segments and focus on two 11-minute segments instead. After both series aired their respective new seasons,

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