Mary Shelley's Frankenhole

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Mary Shelley's Frankenhole
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Genre
Created by Dino Stamatopoulos
Based on Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Voices of
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes20 (1 unaired)
Production
Executive producers
  • Dino Stamatopoulos
  • Joe Russo II
  • James A Fino
  • Duke Johnson
  • Patrick O'Neill
Producer Rosa Tran
Running time11 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network Adult Swim
ReleaseJune 27, 2010 (2010-06-27) 
March 25, 2012 (2012-03-25)

Mary Shelley's Frankenhole is an American adult stop motion-animated television series created by Dino Stamatopoulos for Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim. [1] [2] The series premiered on June 27, 2010 and ended on March 25, 2012, with a total of 20 episodes, over the course of 2 seasons.

Contents

Premise

Dr. Victor Frankenstein has completely mastered immortality and has now also created an infinite number of Einstein–Rosen Bridges (wormholes) or "Frankenholes" between Somewhere in Eastern Europe (which is teeming with monsters and supernatural forces) and every time period from the past and the future. This allows historical figures and celebrities seeking the doctor's services to find him. Although many classic horror monsters are present, the series' main focus is Dr. Frankenstein and his family. Creator Dino Stamatopoulos says "regular human beings are the monsters." [3]

Besides Dr. Frankenstein himself, other characters from Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus appear.

Characters

Episodes

Season 1 (2010)

Episodes in the first season were requested to air out of order by the series creator, Dino Stamatopolous, following the show's theme that all time takes place at once and is meaningless.

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
1"Yawn of the Dead"David TuberDino StamatopoulosJune 27, 2010 (2010-06-27)110

Victor re-animates the long-dead pop idol Michael Jackson thirty years after his death to reunite with his adult son, Blanket Jackson. Doing this reawakens Victor's memories of his own father.

Song: "Split Yourself in Two"
2"(John) Thomas Jefferson"David TuberMark Rivers & Dino StamatopoulosJuly 4, 2010 (2010-07-04)106

Thomas Jefferson visits Dr. Frankenstein in hopes of pleasing his slaves, requesting Barack Obama's penis.

Guest appearance: William Salyers as John Hancock

Songs: "Never Let A Lady Think You Care", "Declaration of Mendependence"
3"Death"Duke JohnsonDino StamatopoulosJuly 11, 2010 (2010-07-11)105
Death comes for the mortal sons of Victor Frankenstein, after being annoyed by Frankenstein, Polidori and Elizabeth's immortality, but Victor only eggs Death on.
4"Heal Hitler"David TuberDino StamatopoulosJuly 18, 2010 (2010-07-18)104

Adolf Hitler wishes that Dr. Frankenstein and Dr. Polidori cure him of his antisemitism - but instead, Hitler finds himself loving the Jews.

Song: "Little Daisies"
5"Attack of the Were-Lawrence"Scott AdsitScott Adsit & Savelen ForrestJuly 25, 2010 (2010-07-25)103

Stewart Lawrence, the Wolfman, desperately wishes to die, but can only die by the hands of a lover.

Song: "Don't Blame The Moon"
6"Ronny Ron Ronald"Duke JohnsonDino Stamatopoulos & Eric BlylerAugust 1, 2010 (2010-08-01)107

Ron Howard goes back in time in and attempts to kidnap a younger version of himself to transplant his current brain into.

Song: "Ronny, My Baby"
7"Hunger of the Vampire"David TuberDino StamatopoulosAugust 8, 2010 (2010-08-08)108
Mahatma Gandhi seeks rejuvenation from Victor, but ends up being turned into a vampire.
8"LBJFK"Duke Johnson & David TuberDino StamatopoulosAugust 15, 2010 (2010-08-15)101

Lyndon B. Johnson asks Victor Frankenstein to put his brain into the handsome head of the recently deceased John F. Kennedy.

Song: "I'm A Werewolf"
9"Humanitas"Duke JohnsonDino Stamatopoulos, Nick Weidenfeld & David TuberAugust 22, 2010 (2010-08-22)109

After Victor Frankenstein forgets his 1000th anniversary with Elizabeth, he embarks on a time-travelling quest to prevent his past self from making Elizabeth immortal. Meanwhile, Jesus Christ stops by and asks Frankenstein and Polidori to invent socks to keep his feet warm.

Guest appearance: Andy Dick as Jesus Christ

Song: "Come Fly Away With Me"
10"Mother To Be-Sa"Duke JohnsonDino Stamatopoulos, Duke Johnson & Mark RiversUnaired102

Mother Teresa just can't say "no" to anyone, and ends up becoming the Frankensteins' indentured servant.

Guest appearance: William Salyers as The Invisible Man

Season 2 (2012)

Season two episodes are titled in commemoration of famous writers and poets of classic science fiction. [4]

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
US viewers
(millions)
11"H.G. Wells' Scary Monster Contest!"Duke JohnsonPatrick O'Neill & Dino StamatopoulosJanuary 22, 2012 (2012-01-22)201N/A
Victor enters the Creature into the Scary Monster Contest, but highly doubts that he will win.
12"Robert Louis Stevenson's Belushi!"David TuberMicheal J.S. MurphyJanuary 29, 2012 (2012-01-29)204N/A

John Belushi drinks Dr. Jekyll's potion, which turns him into Jim Belushi.

Guest appearance: David Cross as John Belushi and Jim Belushi
13"H.P. Lovecraft's Vagina!"Duke JohnsonDino StamatopoulosFebruary 5, 2012 (2012-02-05)203N/A
Victor and Elizabeth switch roles to prove a point.
14"Bram Stoker's Loudmouths!"DougPatrick O'NeillFebruary 12, 2012 (2012-02-12)205N/A

Tired of movie theater disruptions, Victor hatches a plan with Joe to end vampires.

Guest appearance: Peter Blood as John Hancock
15"Jules Verne's Monster Run Rally!"David TuberGreg CohenFebruary 19, 2012 (2012-02-19)202N/A
Victor enters the Monster Rally, a road race across time, in order to impress Elizabeth.
16"Victor Hugo's Identity!"David TuberGreg Cohen & Patrick O'NeillFebruary 26, 2012 (2012-02-26)206N/A
For his birthday, the Creature asks Victor to bring the people who make up his body back to life.
17"Edgar Allan Poe's Jesus!"Duke JohnsonDino StamatopoulosMarch 4, 2012 (2012-03-04)2090.982 [5]

Death asks Jesus for advice on how to kill better, but Jesus cannot stop talking about himself.

Guest appearance: Andy Dick as Jesus Christ
18"Franz Kafka's Jealousy!"Duke Johnson & David TuberDuke Johnson & Dino StamatopoulosMarch 11, 2012 (2012-03-11)2100.911 [6]

To prove he isn't jealous, Victor offers everyone in town with an under-average sized penis to have sex with Elizabeth. Meanwhile, the Invisible Man accidentally exposes himself to a little girl.

Guest appearance: William Salyers as The Invisible Man
19"Hyralius, Mutant Monster!"
"Maly Sherrey's Hyralius! Mutant Monster!!"
Duke JohnsonDino StamatopoulosMarch 18, 2012 (2012-03-18)2070.890 [7]

Japan turns to Victor to defeat Hyralius, a Godzilla-like monster who makes lame jokes about Asian stereotypes.

Guest appearance: Ken Jeong as every character
20"Gaston Leroux's Je Ne Sais Quoi!"Duke JohnsonDino StamatopoulosMarch 25, 2012 (2012-03-25)2080.903 [8]
After brainstorming with Dr. Jekyll, Victor creates a copy of his present self so he can witness his own greatness first-hand, but his copy sees Victor for who he really is: obnoxious, sweaty, egotistical and a phony.

International broadcast

In Canada, Mary Shelley's Frankenhole previously aired on G4's Adult Digital Distraction block. [9]

Home media

Every episode, with the exception of "Mother To Be-Sa", is available for digital purchase on iTunes, [10] Google Play, [11] Amazon Video [12] and Microsoft. [13]

The show is available to stream for free on Tubi.

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