Butch Hartman

Butch Hartman (Born January 10, 1965, Highland Park, Michigan) is an American animator, creator of Fairly Odd Parents, Crimson Chin, Crash Nebula, and Danny Phantom. Image File history File links Butch Hartman This is a copyrighted promotional photo with a known source. ... Image File history File links Butch Hartman This is a copyrighted promotional photo with a known source. ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... Highland Park is a city located in Wayne County, Michigan. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Fairly OddParents is one of the most popular cartoons on Nickelodeon The Fairly OddParents is an animated series created by Butch Hartman and was first aired in March 30, 2001. ... The Crimson Chin is a comic-book superhero from the animated series The Fairly OddParents. ... Crash Nebula is one of Timmy Turners favorite TV shows on The Fairly OddParents. ... For the title character of this television series, see Danny Phantom (character). ...

Childhood

Elmer Earl Hartman IV was born in Highland Park, Michigan to Elmer Earl Hartman III and Carol Davis. He received the nickname "Butch" as a youth and continues to use the name professionally as an adult. Hartman spent his childhood in Roseville, Michigan and his teen years in New Baltimore, Michigan. This article or section seems to contain too many examples (or of a poor quality) for an encyclopedia entry. ... Childhood (song) Childhood is a broad term usually applied to the phase of development in humans between infancy and adulthood. ... Roseville is a city in Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan, and is a part of the Metro Detroit area. ... New Baltimore is a city located in Macomb County, Michigan. ...

He graduated from Anchor Bay High School in New Baltimore in 1983. He subsequently attended the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California. He also spent his childhood for 1 year in New Zealand because his dad got a new job there. Anchor Bay High School is a four year secondary school located in Fair Haven, Michigan (Macomb County), and it is part of the Anchor Bay School District. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Entrance to CalArts on McBean Parkway The California Institute of the Arts is commonly referred to as CalArts. ... A typical stretch of Valencia Boulevard. ...

Early career

Hartman entered the animation industry 1986, first working on the Don Bluth film, An American Tail as an in-between animator; soon this was followed by a cartoon series My Little Pony and then It's Punky Brewster. Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... An American Tail is an animated film produced by Steven Spielbergs Amblin Entertainment, and directed by Don Bluth, originally released in movie theatres on November 21, 1986. ... A cartoon is any of several forms of illustrations with varied meanings that evolved from its original meaning. ... This article describes the My Little Pony television series. ... Punky Brewster was a popular sitcom in the 1980s. ...

In 1990, he went to DiC Entertainment, where he worked on Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Captain N: The Game Master and Gadget Boy. Later, he became a writer, television director and storyboard artist for several Cartoon Network shows, including Dexter's Laboratory, Cow and Chicken, and Johnny Bravo and an Oh yeah! cartoon,Terry and Chris. He also worked on the Disney movie Pocahontas (1995 movie) as a video reference. Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... The DiC Incredible World logo used from late 2001 to present. ... Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog is an American animated television series that was first broadcast in September 1993, and has been running in cartoon syndication ever since. ... Captain N: The Game Master is a cartoon series that aired on U.S. and United Kingdom television from 1989 to 1992. ... Gadget Boy & Heather (aka Gadget Boy) is a cartoon series from DiC Entertainment. ... A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... A television director is usually responsible for directing the actors and other taped aspects of a television production. ... . ... Cartoon Network (commonly abbreviated as CN) is a cable television network created by Turner Broadcasting which primarily shows animated programming. ... Dexters Laboratory (Dexters Lab for short) is an American animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky. ... Cow and Chicken is an American animated television series, created by David Feiss, first broadcast on the Cartoon Network from 1997 to the year 2000. ... Johnny Bravo is an American animated television series created by Van Partible. ... Disney may refer to: The Walt Disney Company and its divisions, including Walt Disney Pictures. ... Pocahontas was The Walt Disney Companys 33rd animated feature film. ...

He also worked on Seth MacFarlane's animated short "Zoomates" and "Dan danger" with Steve Marmel. Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (born October 26, 1973) is a two-time Emmy-winning American animator, screenwriter, producer, director, and voice actor. ...

The Fairly OddParents and Danny Phantom

His biggest success came in 1997, when he created The Fairly OddParents. It was originally a series of made for TV shorts on the anthology show, Oh Yeah! Cartoons. In 2001, Nickelodeon picked it up as a full series. The Fairly OddParents became a huge hit, second only in the ratings to SpongeBob SquarePants. Due to the success of "OddParents", Hartman created another cartoon for Nickelodeon, Danny Phantom, in 2004. Danny Phantom was also considered a popular superhero/comedy show, albeit with more mature and complex elements than the Fairly OddParents. The Fairly OddParents ceased production in 2006, but he announced in his website on February 2, 2007 that 20 more episodes will be produced. Danny Phantom ceased production around 2007. On July 11, 2007 The first new episode was aired of Danny Phantom on Nickelodeon. Hartman is making a new flim and TV series called "Mr. Magic". Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... The Fairly OddParents is an American animated television series about the adventures of a boy who has two fairy godparents. ... Oh Yeah! Cartoons was a late-1990s American animation showcase that appeared on the Nickelodeon cable channel. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the title character of this television series, see Danny Phantom (character). ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... is the 192nd day of the year (193rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Doogal

He served as executive producer and screenwriter of Doogal, the Americanized dub of the Franco-British animated film The Magic Roundabout. The film was dubbed by The Weinstein Company, and was released on February 24, 2006. However, Doogal was poorly received by critics, and did poorly in the box-office, grossing only $7 million dollars and getting 5% on Rotten Tomatoes. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... The Magic Roundabout (released in North America as Doogal) is a film based on the TV series of the same name, This film version was released in 2005, with both languages using the French style of each character having its own voice. Voice artists are: The characters as seen in... Motto: Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité Liberty, Equality, Fraternity Anthem: La Marseillaise Metropolitan France() – on the European continent() – in the European Union()  —  [] Capital (and largest city) Paris Official languages French Government Unitary republic  -  President Jacques Chirac  -  Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin Formation  -  Celtic Gaul 1200 BC   -  Franks 11 BC   -  Kingdom of France... Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... The Magic Roundabout (released in North America as Sprung! The Magic Roundabout and, in an amended form, as Doogal) is a film based on the television series of the same name. ... The Weinstein Company is an independent American film studio founded by Harvey and Bob Weinstein in 2005 after the pair left the Disney-owned Miramax Films, which they had co-founded in 1979. ... February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Other and future works

Hartman is currently working on four new projects for Nickelodeon: one, a live-action series and the other three, animated. It has also be stated that now that 20 more episodes of The Fairly OddParents are being produced that he may decide to go ahead and make a theatrical feature film The Fairly OddParents Movie, but with him selling "The Fairly OddParents" AND his sole-written screenplay. This article is about the TV channel. ...

His other TV work include voicing various characters on the animated series Family Guy, and playing the character Sean Masters on the short-lived series Generations in 1991. He was also a recurring character on the popular NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives (1988 - 1989; see [1]). A voice actor (also a voice artist) is a person who provides voices for animated characters (including those in feature films, television series, animated shorts), voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides. ... Family Guy is an Emmy award winning American animated television series about a nuclear family in the fictional town of Quahog (IPA or ), Rhode Island. ... Generations was a soap opera which aired on NBC from March 27, 1989 to January 25, 1991. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Days of our Lives is an American soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965[2] on the NBC network in the United States, and has since been syndicated to many countries around the world. ...

Hartman currently lives in Bell Canyon, California, with his wife, Julieann, and daughters, Carly and Sophia. There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

Trivia

• He also has two brothers Mike and Timmy whom Timmy Turner is named after.
• He is a huge fan of The Simpsons.
• He also appeared on "Body Language," the gameshow based on charades.
• He has often placed his FOP visualization of himself as a fairy in places, such as "The Pointy Crown".
• His friend Seth MacFarlane named the character of Dr. Elmer Hartman on Family Guy after Butch.
• He and fellow animators Seth MacFarlane and Maxwell Atoms all worked on Cow and Chicken

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FOP looks of other Nicktoons and Shows

On an edition of Nick Magazine, Butch Hartman posted FOP looks of Nicktoons and other Nick Shows such as Rugrats, Zoey 101, SpongeBob SquarePants, Drake and Josh, and Avatar the Last Airbender. For the 1980s Canadian childrens band, see The Rugrats. ... Zoey 101 is an American live-action situation comedy television show that debuted on January 9, 2005 on Nickelodeon. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... (From the Left) Josh Peck, Miranda Cosgrove and Drake Bell. ... Avatar: The Last Airbender (known as Avatar: The Legend of Aang in the UK) is an American animated television series airing on Nickelodeon since February 21, 2005. ...

External links

• Official site
• Fairy Odd Blog
• Butch Hartman at the Internet Movie Database