Shut Up! Cartoons

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Shut Up! Cartoons
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Intertitle used in videos
Network YouTube
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format1080p
Ownership
Owner Defy Media
Parent Smosh
History
LaunchedApril 30, 2012;12 years ago (2012-04-30)
ClosedJune 23, 2017;7 years ago (2017-06-23)
Availability
Streaming media
YouTube ShutUpCartoons

Shut Up! Cartoons was a YouTube animation channel project created by the Smosh duo (Anthony Padilla, Ian Hecox) and Barry Blumberg that features various animated videos. [1] [2] [3] Shut Up! Cartoons launched on April 30, 2012, with Do's and Don'ts and ended with the termination of the series Smosh Babies on June 23, 2017. [4] [5]

Contents

Ownership and production

The channel was launched as part of YouTube's $100 million "original channel initiative" by Smosh co-creators Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox, as well as Barry Blumberg. Blumberg served as the president of the Smosh YouTube channel, as well as Shut Up! Cartoons. Previously, Blumberg served as the executive vice president of Harvey Entertainment, [6] as well as Disney Television Animation chief. [7] At the time of Shut Up! Cartoon's launch, Blumberg was the Head of Content for Alloy Digital, [8] which would become Defy Media via its 2013 merger with Break Media. As such, Defy Media owned Shut Up! Cartoons. [9]

At the channel's launch, Lenora Hume served as its production lead. [7] Later, TeamTO co-founder Corinne Kouper served as head of production on Shut Up! Cartoons. [10]

Content

The initial teaser trailer featured clips from 11 different shows, with Padilla and Hecox later informing their viewers that there were 18 planned shows in total. The first three cartoons launched by the network included Do's and Don'ts: A Children's Guide to Social Survival, Zombies vs. Ninjas, and Pubertina, a show about an 11-year-old girl going through puberty. [11] [12] In May 2012, Smosh launched Krogzilla , a show created by and starring Cory Edwards and featuring John O'Hurley. [13] Snowjacked soon followed, broadcasting on Tuesdays, meeting mixed reception. At the end of the first three cartoons' 10-episode run, they were replaced by Nature Break, Weasel Town, and Oishi High School Battle. Oishi High School Battle spawned a second season. [14] Another show was added replacing Krogzilla called Samurai! Daycare. In September 2012, they also launched Politicats to replace Snowjacked. The show that replaced Nature Break is Planets, a reality show about the ten celestial bodies of the Solar System (the eight planets, Pluto, and the Sun).

Weasel Town's replacement, entitled Really Freaking Embarrassing, created by Peter Hannan (Nickelodeon's CatDog ) had its first trailer removed from the website, stated as "shocking and disturbing content".[ citation needed ]

A new trailer was added, with fewer disturbing scenes. In September 2012, the channel launched Oishi Origins, a three-episode prequel to Oishi High School Battle. The show replacing Samurai! Daycare is Icons of Teen, which features both fictional characters (such as Batman and Spock) and real celebrities (such as Oprah Winfrey) as teenagers. Also that week, Oishi Origins was replaced by Teleporting Fat Guy, which is based on a character from previous Smosh videos and explains how he became the Teleporting Fat Guy.

On November 20, 2012, Politicats was replaced by Sub: 3 following a Speed Racer-like character that delivers pizza on a tight time limit, met by mixed reviews. On November 28, the trailer was released for With Zombies created by Matt Clark (the creator of Planets). On November 15, 2013, Do's and Don'ts and Krogzilla received IAWTV nominations for Best Animated Web Series. [15] The second seasons for Do's and Don'ts and Pubertina premiered in April 2014, with Do's and Don'ts ending in April, and Pubertina ending in May.

On June 12, 2013, the paper series Paper Cuts premiered on the channel. The ten episodes featured shot-by-shot re-creations of famous movie scenes and trailers made entirely out of construction paper. On June 23, the Canadian stop motion series Life's a Zoo premiered on the channel.

On June 23, 2017, the channel posted their final video, which was the series finale of Smosh Babies and ceased operations following Anthony’s departure from Smosh.

Series

Show TitleCreator(s)DebutEnded
Do's and Don'tsF. Ryan NaumannApril 30, 2012 (Season 1)July 2, 2012 (Season 1)
February 4, 2013 (Season 2)April 8, 2013 (Season 2)
PubertinaEmily BrundigeMay 2, 2012 (Season 1)July 4, 2012 (Season 1)
February 20, 2013 (Season 2)May 22, 2013 (Season 2)
Zombies vs. NinjasMichael GranberryMay 4, 2012 (Season 1)July 6, 2012 (Season 1)
March 22, 2013 (Season 2)June 28, 2013 (Season 2)
Krogzilla Cory Edwards May 31, 2012August 2, 2012
Snowjacked Kelsy Abbott & John Olsen June 26, 2012August 28, 2012
Nature Break Mike Hollingsworth July 9, 2012September 10, 2012
Weasel TownEric Filipkowski & Nathan HamillJuly 11, 2012September 12, 2012
Oishi High School BattleDan Dominguez & Joe GressisJuly 13, 2012 (Season 1)September 14, 2012 (Season 1)
December 6, 2013 (Season 2)February 7, 2014 (Season 2)
June 20, 2014 (Season 3)August 22, 2014 (Season 3)
Samurai! DaycareMike BlumAugust 9, 2012October 11, 2012
PoliticatsSunnyBoySeptember 4, 2012November 6, 2012
PlanetsMatt ClarkSeptember 17, 2012 (Season 1)November 19, 2012 (Season 1)
May 27, 2013 (Season 2)July 29, 2013 (Season 2)
October 28, 2013 (Season 3)December 30, 2013 (Season 3)
Really Freaking Embarrassing Peter Hannan September 19, 2012November 21, 2012
Oishi OriginsDan Dominguez & Joe GressisSeptember 28, 2012October 12, 2012
Icons of TeenBrian WysolOctober 18, 2012December 20, 2012
Teleporting Fat Guy Anthony Padilla & Ian Hecox October 19, 2012 (Season 1)December 21, 2012 (Season 1)
April 4, 2014 (Season 2)June 6, 2014 (Season 2)
October 31, 2014 (Season 3)January 2, 2015 (Season 3)
Sub: 3 Prudence Fenton & Peter Hastings November 20, 2012January 22, 2013
With ZombiesMatt ClarkDecember 5, 2012February 6, 2013
Paper CutsTravis BetzJune 12, 2013October 16, 2013
Life's a Zoo [a] Andrew HorneJune 23, 2013November 3, 2013
Just Shut Up Anthony Padilla & Ian Hecox July 13, 2013November 23, 2013
Smosh BabiesAugust 12, 2013 (season 1)October 14, 2013 (season 1)
January 13, 2014 (season 2)March 21, 2014 (season 2)
January 23, 2015 (season 3)June 26, 2015 (season 3)
January 22, 2016 (season 4)June 24, 2016 (season 4)
January 20, 2017 (season 5)June 23, 2017 (season 5)
MunroeBrian WysolNovember 13, 2013January 15, 2014
Otaku Taco TruckSunnyBoyFebruary 17, 2014April 21, 2014
16-Bit High Brett Weiner March 8, 2014August 3, 2014
Alfred and PoeChris BennettMay 5, 2014July 7, 2014
Money & Cash Joel H. Cohen August 4, 2014October 6, 2014
Überdude Jeremy Diamond February 13, 2015June 5, 2015
MaganzoBrian WysolJune 19, 2015July 17, 2015
Super SmoshChris BennettJuly 24, 2015 (season 1)November 25, 2015 (season 1)
July 22, 2016 (season 2)December 23, 2016 (season 2)
Staff of GelrothBrian WysolJuly 31, 2015August 14, 2015
Crazy CabbiesSeptember 2, 2015October 21, 2015
Scream Engine IV [b] Harriss and Matt [16] October 5, 2015December 14, 2015
God SquadNicholas KemptNovember 4, 2015December 16, 2015
An Okay Place to EatAndrew RachoDecember 21, 2015January 4, 2016
ABC wid da MobDecember 30, 2015February 17, 2016
Blood RedFebruary 24, 2016April 13, 2016

Legacy

Several creators who worked with Shut Up! Cartoons have gone on to create their own series or worked on other successful shows, including Mike Hollingsworth (creator of Nature Break, who went on to become the supervising director for BoJack Horseman and serves as an executive producer for Inside Job ), Brian Wysol (creator of Icons of Teen, Munroe, Maganzo and Staff of Gelroth, who went on to create Hot Streets ), Emily Brundige (creator of Pubertina, who went on to develop Harvey Street Kids and serves as a writer in various animated shows like Unikitty! and Amphibia ) and Daniel Dominguez (co-creator of Oishi High School Battle, who went on to work as a writer for various shows like The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants ).

Notes

a. ^ Originally created by Cuppa Coffee Studios in 2008 for Teletoon in Canada. Shut Up! Cartoons obtained the rights to the series, but it has been deleted from the YouTube channel.
b. ^ Originally created by Harriss and Matt in 2008 and published to Super Deluxe. Shut Up! Cartoons gained the rights to the series following the revival of Super Deluxe in 2015.

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