Funny Farm is a webcomic authored by Ryan Smith (R. Smith) and hosted by Keenspot. The comic details the lives of a group of Anthropomorphic animals, who live on a boarding house owned by Ront and Mewn. The author has explained the apparent peculiarity of having humans and anthropomorphic animals coexisting. The main characters are in fact humans just like everyone else. It is merely in the mind of the reader that they appear as animals because this to some extent reflects their personal characteristics. The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ... The front page of the English Wikipedia Website. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The webcomic genres are the types of themes a webcomic can take. ... Webcomics, also known as online comics and web comics, are comics that are available on the Internet. ... Keenspot (short for KeenSpot Entertainment) is the largest single publisher of exclusive webcomics on the Internet. ... Anthropomorphism, also referred to as personification or prosopopeia, is the attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, forces of nature, and others. ... A boarding house is a house (often a family home) in which holiday-makers or lodgers rent one or more rooms for one or more nights, and sometimes for extended periods of weeks, months and years. ...

The story started simple enough, with characters starting to live on the boarding house, but it soon began to become something of greater proportions, and the life of the cast started to get more and more complicated; for example, there is a masked terrorist, a super-computer who intends to rule the world, giant corporations battling for power, and a psychotic pet monkey.

One of the characteristics of the webcomic are the fan-made comic jams, which are comics drawn by persons other than Ryan Smith. These comics are published on the Funny Farm forum and each artist takes turns to make one, followed immediately (though 'immediately' tends to mean 'within months') by another artist, making an overall very complex and strange story outside continuity. There are many running-gags on this, like making the appearance of characters as Naked Anime Flying Kitty, Pirate Mewn, or Millena Marvel, and making Naked Anime Flying Kitty speak many languages.

Characters

Main

The six main characters are the ones who live on the boarding house for most of the time.

Ront

• First Appearance: The First Three – Gulius vacation at home

One of the co-owners of the boarding house, along with Mewn, even tough Ront does most of the work on the house, especially concerning the financial and business aspects. He has known Mewn since high school, in his native Carmen, and has been his best friend ever since. He's always looking for new ways to expand his business, and his serious attitude toward life is the perfect complement to Mewn's free spirit. A very responsible person, he isn't afraid of hard work, but if there is one thing that can make him cringe, it's rats. He has two brothers, the oldest one being Horton and the younger one being Pomeroy. A running gag is to make fun of his big nose.

Mewn Blake Ramses

• First Appearance: The First Three – Gulius vacation at home

Along with Ront, he's the co-owner of the boarding home, and the one who supplied the house, which he inherited from his grandfather after winning it over his cousin, Lenette, but because of this dispute, they don’t get along very well. Mewn’s personality is very different from Ront’s, he’s impulsive and easy-going, but a little juvenile; he enjoys things that kids do, like playing video-games, watching TV (Naked Anime Flying Kitty is his favourite show), and collecting toys, especially with Transformers. This is because of his somewhat lost childhood, much of which was spent on a penguin school full of nuns; incidentally, his conscience has the form of a nun he accidentally killed from a heart attack. His family is very wealthy. He’s currently engaged to his long-time girlfriend Mavis.

Gulius

• First Appearance: The First Three – Gulius vacation at home

The first tenant to live in the boarding house, he’s a business man who hates his work and loves the money. Because of his cynical, sarcastic and egocentric nature, many persons find him hard to bear, but he actually isn’t as insensitive as he may look at first. Gulius started living on the boarding house because of its lower-than-usual rent, even tough it’s very far from his work at the Westone/Mayers Company; since he had a promotion there, he works as a Human Resources assistant manager, along with Mike. His life started getting complicated the day Pete took the place where he worked hostage, and ever since he keeps getting involved in conflicts, with Pete, with Westone and with Mayers. As a side note, he had job security in the Westone company, before Mayers bought the company out.

Francis “Flink” Linkletter

• First Appearance: Enter Flink – Clash with the cult

Flink started living in the boarding house when he saw Ront announcing it on the Pete conflict at Mayers. Flink can be described as very kind and very naïve; he comes from a very small town called “Bucket”, where he was raised by his grandmother, a failed witch, who was very possessive of him. The ladies can’t resist throwing themselves to his arms (literally) when he’s close to them, but this is only a part of the incredible luck that surrounds him. Even though he likes living a simple life, he often gets involved on events of tremendous proportions. PC has a personal vendetta against him because he foiled one of his plans to rule the world.

Boe

• First Appearance: Boe Moves In – It’s obvious what he is

He may look as a rude person, but Boe is far from it. He came as a surprise when he first came to the boarding house, because Mewn had already accepted him without really knowing anything about him. He’s a very nice person who cares deeply for his friends (especially Mileena), he’s one person who will always be there to help with a problem; Boe’s two passions are cooking and fitness. Raised in the military town of Ferndeck by his brother Lukis after both his parents died in an accident, he grown to be someone “tough”, so he kept his interest in cooking a secret; he is now the chef at the Giovanni’s restaurant. Even tough he certainly has feelings for Mileena, he’s reluctant to date her as she is still a married woman.

Mileena

• First Appearance: When Ront Met Mewn – Mileena’s first appearance

When Mileena first came into the boarding house, it was obvious she was holding a big secret (she came in a helicopter labelled “Mayers”); the other finally learned her secret: she is Clifford Mayers wife, who married her out of convenience. It didn’t took long for Mileena to discover the true person behind his husband: a controlling man who only cares about himself. She started to suspect his shady business was ill-related, so she investigated it only to find he had some obscure contacts. She left him and went into hiding because she feared for her life, with the hope that one day she would be able to expose him. Mileena is very superficial (she married Mayers because of his looks), but even tough she first liked Boe because of his body, she soon began to see him for something else. Incidentally, she’s very good with computers.

Sidenote: It was later discovered that Mr. Mayers' mother, Magda Mayers, deliberately arranged the marriage, so that he may use Mileena's family resources for personal gain (like admission for the secret organization named the Concordat, which Mr. Mayers' mother was a member of).

Chapters

Year 1: Funny Farm's Year Long Intro

• The First Three
  • Gulius Vacation at Home
  • PC the conqueror
  • Toys, Glorious Toys
  • Pete Mayhem at Westone
• Enter Flink
  • Clash with the Cult
  • Unexpected Mavis
  • Cult Revisited
  • Wrath of Ridley
• Boe Moves In
  • Its Obvious What He Is
  • Pomeroy the Unwanted
  • Newshounds Crossover
  • Close Encounters of the Mavis Kind
  • The Ridley and Pete Conflict
• When Ront Met Mewn
  • That Wacky Darn Highschool Experience
  • The Joy of Cooking With Joy
  • Tis the Season
  • Mileena's First Appearance
  • Home for New Years Nightclub

Year 2: The Gang's All Here

• Flink Be Fired
  • Cliche Hollywood Voodoo
  • Mystery Of Mileena
• From Conqueror To Emperator PC
  • When Computers Rule the World
  • Welcome to Siliconopolis
  • Westone Workout
  • The Co-Worker Dating Game
  • Mayers Foreshadowing
• How Funny Farm Spends Their Summer Vacation
  • Toy Collecting Competition
  • Luck of the Flink
  • Tem'Pom'orary Tenant
  • Mayor Silverman
  • College Prospecting
  • I See London, I See France...
  • Unconventional Mavis
  • Last Legs of European Vacation
  • PC's Epilogue
  • Have to go Home
• The Mayers Menace
  • Under New Management
  • Mileena's Secret
  • Senile Intentions
  • Party Crashing
  • The Great Escape
• Camp Christmas
  • Winter Blahs
  • Home Where for the Holidays?
  • Christmas Aftermath

Year 3: Where the Real Story Begins

• The Return of Pete
  • Flink Be Hired
  • Withdrawal
  • Cabin Fever
  • Posibly a Prelude
  • Terms of Agreement
  • Paper or Plastic
  • Monkey Amok
• PC's Grand Plan
  • 'L33t' Means 'Elite'
  • While PC is Away...
  • Hello, PC, Well, Hello, PC
  • Unholy Reunion
  • Fly the Unfriendly Skies
• Where is Mavis?
  • Case of the Cult
  • Not Just Cults Anymore
  • Heart of the Cult
  • There's Mavis
  • Faded Memory
• Moving On Up
  • Your New Assignment
  • Your New Recruits
  • Road to Higher Education
  • Flink's Promotion
  • I'm Gay
  • Double Date
  • Trouble Date
• Winter Estate
  • Monkey Shines No More
  • Love, Exams and Mental Breakdowns
  • Ramses Manor
  • Sticky Advice
  • The Choice

Year 4: Major Revelations

• Changing of the Guard
  • Reach Out and Touch Some-Evil
  • Movingly Moving
  • Threats
  • Prodigal CEO
  • Wrong Number
• Desperate Times
  • Making the Grade
  • Indignation
  • SCALPER
  • Hunt's End
  • State of Hate
  • Hospital Hospitality
• Winding Down
  • Striking Revelation
  • The Plot Thickens
  • Con-venient Plot Device
  • Free Therapy
  • Mileena's Move
• Who shot Gulius?
  • One Big Mayers Family
  • The Final Threat
  • Face To Face
  • Behind the Mask
• You Can't Handle the Truth
  • Adventures in Mileena-sitting
  • The Fake Flink FAQ
  • Irrifusable Invitation
  • Getaway from the Everyday
  • Marriage Council

Year 5: Power Struggle

• Siliconopolis and Back Again
  • Long Time No PC
  • Chez PC-Drome
  • Clone Conspiracy
  • Siege of Silinconopolis
  • Defeat in Disguise
• Showdown
  • Happy Camper
  • Mileena Conspiracy
  • Old Scores
• The New Tenant
  • Five is a Crowd
  • The Perils of Boe
  • Pomography
  • The Mayers Agenda
• Consolidating Forces
  • Evil Minds Unite
  • Mistaken Identity
  • Mayers vs. Westone
  • Mistrust
  • Pop Goes the Question
• M is for Marriage and Murder
  • Wedding Planner
  • Marital Tiff
  • Party Crasher
  • Secret Identity
  • Twisted

Year 6: Full Circle

• Coming Home
  • Lenny Dilemmy
  • Penguin School
  • Francis Linkletter
  • v3.0
  • Made to Maid
• End of the Beginning
  • Mother Mayers
  • A New Day
  • Meeting of the Minds
  • Epilogue

Intermission
Year 7: Welcome Back

• Reaquainted Friends
  • Brand New Beginning
  • Good-bye to the Boys
  • Mileena's Old Friends
• The Concordat
  • Evil Psych Out
  • Thinning Of The Herd
  • Winner and Loser
  • Concordat Aftermath
• Booming Realestate
  • Property Proprietor
  • Gr8businessman's Agenda
  • Doctor in the House
  • Medical Mavis
• Trouble's a Brewin'
  • Hypnotic Seduction
  • Nose Cancer!
  • Bucket Tales
  • The Most Chaotic Highschool Reunion Ever
• Insidious Investigation
  • Mail Fraud
  • Chez Mayers
  • Oh Nose!
  • President Computers
  • Happy Holidays

Crossovers

Funny Farm has had some crossovers with other popular webcomics. Currently, four of them have taken place: Chromosomal crossover in genetics is an exchange of material between two chromosomes. ...

• Newshounds crossover.- Funny Farm's first crossover, it featured KPET's news team Wolfram, Kevin, Ferris and Renata from Newshounds covering the supposed sighting of an UFO near the boarding house. This crossover occurred from August 12 to August 20 in 1999.

• College Prospecting.- Begun on July 2 until July 8, 2000. A crossover with Maritza Campos' College Roomies from Hell!!!, Pom bombs his aptitude test on the college he originally planned for, so instead he, Ront and Mewn go to another college. All hell breaks loose because April and Margaret, who are in charge of Pom's college tour, are dressed in skimpy outfits and Marsha offers Ront and Mewn some weird drinks...

• Occupied.- Crossover with The Class Menagerie. Gulius may get a promotion to the Human Resources department if he can convince Ridley he's the right man for the job; he must hire temporary summer interns, and if he can do it right, he can keep his position. He gets some students…but forgets to ask for business students, so instead he gets Tony, Scott, Brad, Lisa and Cindy. It ran from August 12th, 2001, to September 6.

• Evil Minds Unite.- General Protection Fault crossover. Trudy Trueheart comes into contact with Mayers with a proposal: she can make the UGA to stop their watchful eye on PC if Mayers can get her out of the country. In the end, the plan fails because UGA intervenes, and Mayers and PC leave Trudy to take the blame, tough in the end she manages to escape. From July 27 to August 30, 2003.

Newshounds is a humorous webcomic drawn and written by Thomas K. Dye. ... UFO can mean: Unidentified flying object United Future Organization, a Japanese-Brazilian electronic jazz band UFO, the rock band that previously featured Michael Schenker UFO, the Gerry Anderson TV series United Farmers of Ontario, a political party that formed the government in Ontario from 1919 to 1923 U.F.O... August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... College Roomies from Hell!!! or CRFH!!! as it is known to fans, is an Internet-based webcomic strip by Maritza Campos-Rebolledo. ... The Class Menagerie is an anthropomorphic web comic written and illustrated by Vince Suzukawa. ... August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ... General Protection Fault (or GPF) is a webcomic created by Jeffrey T. Darlington. ...

External links

• Funny Farm