Crime Time | |
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Created by | Santosh Sawant |
Written by | Kelly Ward Steve Kasper Nassos Vakalis |
Directed by | Nassos Vakalis |
Composers | Kostas Christides (117 episodes), Roto Shah (2 episodes) |
Country of origin | United States India |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 120 |
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Executive producer | Jay Zaveri |
Producer | Steve Kasper |
Running time | 2 minutes |
Production company | Future Thought Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Cartoon Network (India) |
Release | 1 December 2008 |
Crime Time is a series of animated shorts produced by Future Thought Productions, produced by Jay Zaveri and Steve Kasper, directed by Nassos Vakalis [1]
Shifty (The Criminal) perpetrates crimes from the sublime to the ridiculous - and never quite pulls them off, resulting in hilarious consequences. It is rendered in a graphic style reminiscent of classic UPA shorts. [2] [3]
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Shifty– The Show's main villain protagonist in the series.
The Fat Cop- An unnamed overweight police officer. He partners up with The Skinny Cop.
Lance the Skinny Cop- A thin police officer and the partner of The Fat Cop.
Female Robber- A Female Robber who is Shifty's one time Girlfriend who only appears in The Girlfriend episode.
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