Too Cool! Cartoons

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Too Cool! Cartoons
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Created by Fred Seibert
StarringVarious voice actors
Country of originVarious, primarily United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes11
Production
Executive producerFred Seibert
ProducersKevin Kolde and Eric Homan
Production company Frederator Studios
Original release
Network YouTube
ReleaseApril 4, 2013 (2013-04-04) 
August 28, 2014 (2014-08-28)
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Too Cool! Cartoons is a series of adult animated shorts on the YouTube channel Cartoon Hangover. It was created by Fred Seibert and produced by Frederator Studios. [1] The series premiered on April 4, 2013, with the short Our New Electrical Morals. [2] It was planned to feature 39 shorts but ended up releasing only 11 shorts.

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Too Cool! Cartoons is Frederator's fifth cartoon "incubator" series over the past 21 years, featuring unique voices in short animated films, meant to introduce original characters and animation creators. The other series include What A Cartoon! (1995, with Hanna-Barbera and Cartoon Network), Oh Yeah! Cartoons (1998, with Nickelodeon), The Meth Minute 39 (2008, with Channel Frederator), and Random! Cartoons (2008, with Nickelodeon).

The series was available to view on VRV until Cartoon Hangover Select was removed from the site in December 2021.

Description

Too Cool! Cartoons showcases animated shorts. [3] [4] The series is Frederator's fifth cartoon incubator, in which animators have their work shown on Frederator's YouTube channel Cartoon Hangover. [5] [6]

Too Cool! Cartoons has been a multi-national effort, with creators and artists in England, [7] Australia, [8] Greece, South Korea, Scotland, Japan, Canada, Sweden, and the United States. [3] [9]

List of episodes

EpisodeTitleCreatorDirectorAir DateCast
101Our New Electrical MoralsMike RosenthalKenny PittengerApril 4, 2013 Fred Tatasciore, Johnny Hawkes, Audrey Wasilewski, Kari Wahlgren
102Rocket Dog Mel RoachMel RoachMay 2, 2013Mel Roach, Josh Lawson, Steven Blum, Kari Wahlgren
103Ace DiscoveryTom Gran & Martin WoolleyTom Gran & Martin WoolleyMay 30, 2013 Ako Mitchell, Hugo Harold-Harrison, Eric Meyers, Doireann Ní Chorragáin, Martin Woolley
104 Bee and PuppyCat: Part 1 Natasha Allegri Larry Leichliter July 11, 2013 Allyn Rachel, Kent Osborne, Tom Kenny
105Bee and PuppyCat: Part 2Natasha AllegriLarry LeichliterAugust 9, 2013Allyn Rachel, Frank Gibson, Marina Sirtis
106Doctor LollipopMiss Kelly Martin Aliki Grafft September 12, 2013 Chris Diamantopoulos, Dee Baker, Rose McGowan, Jason Marsden, Travis Willingham
107Dead EndHamish SteeleMel RoachJune 26, 2014 Zack Pearlman, Cameron Goodman, Stefan Marks, Maria Bamford
108Chainsaw RichardChristopher ReinemanTom KingJuly 17, 2014Tyler Merna, Ashly Burch, Eric Bauza, River Jordan
109Manly Jesse Moynihan & Justin MoynihanJesse Moynihan & Justin MoynihanJuly 31, 2014Jill Bartlett, Joey Richter, Steve Agee, Roger Craig Smith
110SpaceBearAndy HelmsDave FergusonAugust 14, 2014 Rodger Bumpass, Christopher Curry, Ogie Banks, Josh Keaton
111Blackford ManorJiwook KimJiwook KimAugust 28, 2014Ashly Burch, Martin Rayner, Billy West

Reception

Laura Beck of Jezebel called Bee and PuppyCat "adorable and hilarious," and Meredith Woemer of io9 wrote, "This might be the first cartoon webseries we didn't want to end." [10] [11] The two-part short led to a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a full season; the campaign was successfully funded, raising $872,133 in November 2013 to go toward producing nine original new episodes of the series. [12]

Robert Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times wrote that Manly was "psychedelic and melancholy," and Susana Polo of The Mary Sue called the short "weird and awesome." [3] [13]

Filmography

Fred Seibert cartoon shorts filmography

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