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[quote]Home Movies is a dialogue-driven American animated series that originally aired from 1999 to 2004. The plot surrounds an eight-year-old Brendon Small (voiced by the creator, head writer, and lead musician of Home Movies, Brendon Small), who makes films with his friends Melissa Robbins and Jason Penopolis in his spare time. He lives with his divorced mother, Paula, and his baby sister, Josie. He is also friends with his alcoholic, short-tempered soccer coach, John McGuirk.
Home Movies was produced by Soup2Nuts. It originally aired on the UPN network but was canceled after the first season. The show was then picked up by Cartoon Network, and was the first program to be aired on the Sunday night block of the original Adult Swim animation showcase. As part of Adult Swim, it finished the first season and was picked up for three more. It can currently be seen in reruns. It also ran on YTV in Canada.
Season 1
Animated in Squigglevision and heavily using retroscripting, the first five episodes aired on UPN in 1999. The show introduced the main characters in this season, and mainly consisted of episodes revolving around Brendon’s movies. Much of the style of the writing is loose and improvised. The season ends with Brendon saying hello to his, until then absent, father on the phone.
[edit] Season 2
Now animated in Flash, this is the first season commissioned by the Cartoon Network as a result of mixed ratings of Season One reruns. The episodes are now heavily scripted, but the creators now have much more freedom, allowing for creative episodes (“History”), introducing new characters (Fenton Mewly, the Addleburgs) as well as a multiple-story season arc, which included:
* Brendon meeting his father Andrew and his fiancé Linda, resulting in therapy sessions, leading up to a wedding.
* Brendon develops a crush on Scäb choreographer Cynthia, and tries to win her over.
* Paula loses her job and searches for a new one.
The show also develops a writing device that carries through the next seasons, in which the plots of one episode usually all have an underlying theme. Emphasis on Brendon’s movies becomes key here, and the subtext of their creation is finally discussed.
[edit] Season 3
A bit looser than Season Two, the show ditches the idea of seasonal story arc, and many of the episodes air out of order. The episodes become racier, with more resounding sexual themes and cursing than before. Secondary characters, such as Fenton and Duane, begin to have a chance to shine, as episodes focused on them and others are made. Another noteworthy aspect is that the show begins to acknowledge actual movies more often than it had previously, and starts parodying them heavily. The season ends with Brendon’s stepmother Linda having a child, but afterwards she and Andrew no longer make appearances in the show.
[edit] Season 4
The final season: the creators apparently knew they were getting cancelled throughout the entire production of the final thirteen episodes. Many of the episodes are straight parodies of movies, including three allusions to Hitchcockian thrillers. The bulk of the episodes consist of plots that involve Brendon doing something other than making films. Part of this revolves around Brendon trying to figure out whether he still enjoys making movies, or if it's becoming more of a chore. An entire episode (“Curses”) dealt with swearing and adult themes. The loose dialogue and long conversations lessen for humorous plot devices and a speedier delivery at jokes and gags. The final episode (“Focus Grill”), was made in mind as a series finale, and brought back the long conversations and loose dialogue, as well as a resolution to the series as Brendon, Jason and Melissa finally make a conclusion to their first film, declaring their friendship before they come to the conclusion that their movies aren't as good as they had always believed. He accidentally drops his camera from a moving car while filming scenery in the final sequence and watches in distress as it gets run over, but is thereafter distracted from his grief by a discussion of fast food prompted by his mother and Coach McGuirk. The final episode aired on April 4, 2004, and ended where Brendon's video camera was destroyed.
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I love this show. I'm not sure why though, it has an unexplainable lure to it.
I found this show slightly annoying.
[QUOTE=xZippy;24525440]I found this show slightly annoying.[/QUOTE]
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I never used to get the humor, but now that I'm older I find it pretty funny. Even though it's only on at the weirdest of times.
top 25 tv shows evereeee
A friend in mine used to quote the show with me when we were bored in US History. The lines from the little gay kids started the rumor we were lesbians.
Coach Mcguirk is my favorite character of the show. I love the episode where he gets eye surgery and goes blind and the kids think he is psychic and pretty much any episode where he is a big character.
Such a good show. There are a lot of episodes on youtube if you're interested in checking it out.
One of my favorite shows ever.
I need to get this series on DVD.
Pisses me off how quickly this show died.
Adult Swim you took on another season of Bleach, now do the intelligent half of your viewers a favor and take on another season of this.
I didn't get this show when I was younger. I always knew it had good dialogue I just never cared. But I've been watching it again recently and damn it's good.
I saw this show on Adult Swim when it first came out and all I can remember is fish eye lens.
[QUOTE=Minimole;24575993]I never got why almost every one wore footy pajama's or pants that covor your feet?[/QUOTE]
It's called...
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Easy to animate
I never got what was so great about this show, but then people say that about Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! and I love that show. To each his own I suppose.
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yes mr lynch he gives me his checks sometimes
Wasn't there another show created by the same people? It used to be on ABC saturday mornings and had something to do with a court room. It has the same "squiggle vision" animation.
I just don't remember what it was called.
It called Metalocolypes
[QUOTE=RG4ORDR;24607461]It called Metalocolypes[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=Pascall;24607386]Wasn't there another show created by the same people? It used to be on ABC saturday mornings and had something to do with a court room. It has the same "squiggle vision" animation.
I just don't remember what it was called.[/QUOTE]
Science Court.
