I haven’t rewatched my old CartoonMania episodes in a while, but let me say what I can remember about them.
Episode 1 - Poor Direction Sense (2016) All I can remember about this short is that it was one of the first shorts that I made to entertain my family.
Episode 2 - Slapstick (2016) How the opening scene became a meme, I will never understand in a million years. The end quote was straight up taken from “American Dad”, replaced “chair” with “sledgehammer”. I wasn’t all that creative.
Episode 3 - I Am Happy (2016) Ryan’s “Mr. Will Ritson” quote was originally going to be a catchphrase of his, and he did say it again in the movie, but that was it. There was also going to be a scene with two other toons, Nestor and Truman, but their scene got scrapped.
Episode 4 - Auditions (2016) The trailer for “Sing” inspired that short. Clearly.
Episode 5 - Get Your Shinebox (2016) This was meant to be a nod to the characters that the StickFigures were named after.
Episode 6 - Firework (2016) Wanted to make another StickFigures short for the 4th of July in 2016, and also to show that Jimmy’s not someone you want to mess with.
Episode 7 - Sneaking at Night (2016) All I can remember is that my dad inspired me to add the last scene where Quincy gets caught sneaking food. My dad was in stitches when he saw the added bit at the end. There were also 200 characters at the time.
Episode 8 - Copyright (2016) Copyright was a worry of mine at the time, and I was told that it would cost $345 to have my characters copyright protected, so that short was born. The copyright chip implanter was inspired by the career chip thing from Futurama I think. Plus, you can tell that a FHFIF shot was imitated in this.
Episode 9 - I’m All Ears (2016) I finally gave my cartoonist ears. Why I didn’t give him ears in the first place, I’ll probably never remember. I think this short was also an excuse just to have Sylvester run through that golden staircase shot.
Episode 10 - They Don’t Call Him Wacky Quacky For Nothing (2016) I think I grabbed some of those corny jokes that Wacky was telling from online. One thing I still like about that short is him morphing into Ray Liotta at the end as a reference to Goodfellas.
Episode 11 - Unprotected (2016) I made this as a callback to the copyright short, and as another excuse to imitate another FHFIF shot, I was clearly obsessed with the show at the time.
Episode 12 - Masterpiece (2016) I wanted to explore more of Victor’s virus aspect, mainly with him sneezing adware all over the place.
Episode 13 - Handle With Scare (2016) Oh, this special was cringe, but I’m still fond of a few gags from here, mainly “Say ‘aah’ for Dr. Bullet!” followed by “Dang it, Henry!” One of the scenes with Donald Trumpet was originally cut in the first upload of this special, but I reuploaded it uncut. I don’t think I’m gonna do any political jokes after that. Politics are a mess.
Episode 14 - Xmas Marks the Spot (2016) I think this episode highlighted how severely unpopulated the rest of the city is the most. I had to use characters from the house to populate the rest of the city. I think I hate that about this special the most. This was the last episode I made before I began production of my movie. There were also 300 characters at this time. The last twenty were made a couple of months later before animation for the movie began.
Episode 15 - Sandwich (2016) I remember this short being influenced by scenes from both Rocko’s Modern Life (the Heffer Deluxe) and Back at the Barnyard (spit sandwich).
Episode 16 - Twelve Days of Christmas (2016) I remember it was actually one of The Simpsons’ couch gags that inspired this short.
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I haven’t rewatched my old CartoonMania episodes in a while, but let me say what I can remember about them.
Episode 1 - Poor Direction Sense (2016)
All I can remember about this short is that it was one of the first shorts that I made to entertain my family.
Episode 2 - Slapstick (2016)
How the opening scene became a meme, I will never understand in a million years. The end quote was straight up taken from “American Dad”, replaced “chair” with “sledgehammer”. I wasn’t all that creative.
Episode 3 - I Am Happy (2016)
Ryan’s “Mr. Will Ritson” quote was originally going to be a catchphrase of his, and he did say it again in the movie, but that was it. There was also going to be a scene with two other toons, Nestor and Truman, but their scene got scrapped.
Episode 4 - Auditions (2016)
The trailer for “Sing” inspired that short. Clearly.
Episode 5 - Get Your Shinebox (2016)
This was meant to be a nod to the characters that the StickFigures were named after.
Episode 6 - Firework (2016)
Wanted to make another StickFigures short for the 4th of July in 2016, and also to show that Jimmy’s not someone you want to mess with.
Episode 7 - Sneaking at Night (2016)
All I can remember is that my dad inspired me to add the last scene where Quincy gets caught sneaking food. My dad was in stitches when he saw the added bit at the end. There were also 200 characters at the time.
Episode 8 - Copyright (2016)
Copyright was a worry of mine at the time, and I was told that it would cost $345 to have my characters copyright protected, so that short was born. The copyright chip implanter was inspired by the career chip thing from Futurama I think. Plus, you can tell that a FHFIF shot was imitated in this.
Episode 9 - I’m All Ears (2016)
I finally gave my cartoonist ears. Why I didn’t give him ears in the first place, I’ll probably never remember. I think this short was also an excuse just to have Sylvester run through that golden staircase shot.
Episode 10 - They Don’t Call Him Wacky Quacky For Nothing (2016)
I think I grabbed some of those corny jokes that Wacky was telling from online. One thing I still like about that short is him morphing into Ray Liotta at the end as a reference to Goodfellas.
Episode 11 - Unprotected (2016)
I made this as a callback to the copyright short, and as another excuse to imitate another FHFIF shot, I was clearly obsessed with the show at the time.
Episode 12 - Masterpiece (2016)
I wanted to explore more of Victor’s virus aspect, mainly with him sneezing adware all over the place.
Episode 13 - Handle With Scare (2016)
Oh, this special was cringe, but I’m still fond of a few gags from here, mainly “Say ‘aah’ for Dr. Bullet!” followed by “Dang it, Henry!” One of the scenes with Donald Trumpet was originally cut in the first upload of this special, but I reuploaded it uncut. I don’t think I’m gonna do any political jokes after that. Politics are a mess.
Episode 14 - Xmas Marks the Spot (2016)
I think this episode highlighted how severely unpopulated the rest of the city is the most. I had to use characters from the house to populate the rest of the city. I think I hate that about this special the most. This was the last episode I made before I began production of my movie. There were also 300 characters at this time. The last twenty were made a couple of months later before animation for the movie began.
Episode 15 - Sandwich (2016)
I remember this short being influenced by scenes from both Rocko’s Modern Life (the Heffer Deluxe) and Back at the Barnyard (spit sandwich).
Episode 16 - Twelve Days of Christmas (2016)
I remember it was actually one of The Simpsons’ couch gags that inspired this short.
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