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Secret Mountain Fort Awesome is an American animated television series created by Peter Browngardt that debuted in 2011 on Cartoon Network. The show revolves around a fraternity of five monsters who unleash wild stunts upon the public from their eponymous mountain fort. The series is loosely based on the antagonists that appeared in Browngardt's animated short, Uncle Grandpa, and employs Mike Conte of the heavy metal band Early Man as composer. The show premiered as a sneak peek on Cartoon Network on August 1, 2011, and had a formal premiere September 26, 2011. The show has been well received, and designers Robertryan Cory and Chris Tsirgiotis both won awards for "Outstanding Individual in Animation" at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony. The Uncle Grandpa short that Browngardt had produced was eventually adapted as a full series of the same name, which he felt was a more lighthearted adaptation for children.

The series last aired on television on February 17, 2012, with the remaining episodes being released on iTunes from March 8 to 29, 2012.

Plot[]

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The main characters of the show; clockwise from left: Slog, Festro, the Fart, Dingle and Gweelok

A fivesome of monsters known as the Disgustoids are banished from society due to their unruly behavior and grotesque appearances. From their sentient and eponymous mountain fort, they unleash crazy stunts on the public. Their leader, a purple, tusked creature named Festro (voiced by Peter Browngardt), is a macho party animal willing to do anything to help out his group, even when his help is less than desired. Dingle (also voiced by Browngardt), scrawny and blue, acts as their faithful pet, intelligible only to the group. Slog (voiced by Steve Little), a black-furred monster, is likewise blindly loyal, but lacks critical judgement skills—the more hazardous something is, the more likely he will be to follow it. Gweelok (voiced by Paul Rugg), an acned green ball, has a demanding attitude and an obsession with technology. The Fart (voiced by Pat Duke), a monster made of buttocks who flatulates when touched—is the most sensitive and levelheaded of the group.

Production[]

At their 2011 upfront, Cartoon Network announced Secret Mountain Fort Awesome, along with various other series.Template:Sfn Billed as a comedy,Template:Sfn the show was created by Peter Browngardt and based on his animated short Uncle Grandpa,Template:Sfn which garnered praise, a cult following and an Emmy Award nomination.Template:Sfnm Both were produced at Cartoon Network Studios.Template:Sfn Before landing his own show, Browngardt had worked at Augenblick Studios and MTV, as well as on individual programs, such as Futurama, The Venture Bros. The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack and Chowder. Browngardt's work on the lattermost series began when its creator C.H. Greenblatt looked through one of his pitch bibles that he left at the studio.Template:Sfn

The show borrows elements and its design style from his Uncle Grandpa short, which was pitched to the network as a pilot. According to Browngardt, Cartoon Network executives were unsure about having a series centered on the title character, and felt the monster characters from the pilot had more potential. Character designer Robertryan Cory and David P. Smith (a director and storyboard artist on Dexter's Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls) were brought on board to help shape the project's development.

In an interview with Cartoon Brew, Browngardt called the process of pitching his pilot an "amazing learning experience" because it allowed him to propose an idea to the network and see "how it can manipulate and change while you're working on it".Template:Sfn On the show, animation veteran Chris Reccardi served as creative director, whilst Sue Mondt (who had previously art directed Cartoon Network's Camp Lazlo) handled art direction and Robert Alvarez with Larry Leichliter directed the animation.Template:Sfn Browngardt depicted the production schedule as "really tight", which called for them to manage their time and to pick their battles with the network.Template:Sfn

Referring to his encounters with the network regarding content, Browngardt learned to let go and find the "right balance", as well as to ask himself, "Is my grandma going to notice this?"Template:Sfn For the music, Mike Conte of the heavy metal band Early Man was employed as composer. The score, which incorporates heavy metal elements and "lots of riffage",Template:Sfn was originally added to the animatics as a rough draft. Browngardt found that it harmonized with the imagery and what he envisioned for the design.Template:Sfn Conte noted Browngardt's inspirations from Garbage Pail Kids and Don Martin of Mad magazine, but called the result "definitely its own thing".Template:Sfn

Voice cast[]

Main article(s): List of Secret Mountain Fort Awesome and Uncle Grandpa characters

Broadcast and reception[]

Secret Mountain premiered on August 1, 2011 on Cartoon Network as part of a sneak preview;Template:Sfn this broadcast was seen by 1.8 million viewers.Template:Sfn It premiered formally on September 26 as part of their Monday night programming block,Template:Sfn where it was seen by 1.3 million viewers, marking a slight decrease from the previous broadcast.Template:Sfn The show was moved to Fridays upon its second-season premiere on December 30, 2011.Template:Sfn Following the premiere of the eighth episode of the season on February 17, 2012, the show was pulled from broadcast. The network released the remaining eight episodes through iTunes a month later, from March 8 to March 29, thus concluding the show.Template:Sfn

Many critics were complimentary in regards to the series' art style. In his website Lineboil, Aaron Simpson compared it to Garbage Pail Kids and the works of Don Martin, two elements of his childhood.Template:Sfn Amid Amidi of Cartoon Brew called Robertryan Cory's character designs "impressive" and "distinctively styled", though he felt the art style's complexity made the limited animation quality suffer as a result.Template:Sfn Abby Koenig of Houston Press compared its "ridiculous" nature to the film Little Monsters, and proposed that Howie Mandel (featured in the latter work) guest voice a monster on the show.Template:Sfn Shannon O'Leary of Publishers Weekly wrote that the show, along with others on the network such as Adventure Time and Superjail!, bore resemblance to the aesthetics of established independent comics artists.Template:Sfn Meanwhile, Jason Krell of io9 considered it a failure despite its influences from Adventure Time, which made way for many successful original series on the network.Template:Sfn

The episode "Nightmare Sauce" received multiple accolades, including at the 2012 Annecy International Animated Film Festival for "Best TV Production" (of which Browngardt was the recipientTemplate:Sfn), and at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards, where Cory and Chris Tsirgiotis were awarded "Outstanding Individual in Animation".Template:Sfn Cory also won at the 39th Annie Awards for "Character Design in a Television Production", while Tsirgiotis, Sue Mondt, Daniel Elson and Mark Bodnar were collectively awarded "Production Design in a Television Production".Template:Sfn At the 40th Annie Awards, Thaddeus Paul Couldron was nominated for "Character Design in an Animated Television or Other Broadcast Venue Production" for his work on the episode "Secret Mountain Uncle Grandpa".Template:Sfn

Series overview[]

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast airedNetwork
110August 1, 2011 (2011-08-01)December 16, 2011 (2011-12-16)Cartoon Network
2168December 30, 2011 (2011-12-30)February 17, 2012 (2012-02-17)
8March 8, 2012 (2012-03-08)March 29, 2012 (2012-03-29)iTunes

Episodes[]

Season 1 (2011)[]

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Season 2 (2011–12)[]

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Spin-off[]

Main article(s): Uncle Grandpa

After Secret Mountain Fort Awesome got panned by critics, The Cartoonstitute's original Uncle Grandpa short that Browngardt produced was adapted as a full series of the same name.Template:Sfn A preview was shown as part of Cartoon Network's shorts development initiative.[1] The series revolves around the title character, who is simultaneously the grandfather and uncle of everyone in the world.Template:Sfn Browngardt explained that while the new series would retain some aspects of Secret Mountain, it would be a more lighthearted adaption for children. He ultimately expressed that he wanted "more variety in the music and be able to go Template:Sic sort of a happier place, though it does go dark and heavy at times".Template:Sfn

References[]

  1. ↑ Next Generation of Animation - Behind The Scenes | Geek Week | Cartoon Network - YouTube

Works cited[]

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