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Home Movies is a dialogue-driven American animated television series that originally aired from 1999 to 2004. It is about eight-year-old Brendon Small (voiced by the creator, head writer, and lead musician of Home Movies, Brendon Small), who makes home films with his friends, Melissa Robbins and Jason Papadopolous, in his spare time. He lives with his divorced mother, Paula, and his adopted baby sister, Josie. He is also friends with his alcoholic, short-tempered soccer coach, John McGuirk. Image File history File links Home Movies Logo Slightly smaller, more cropped version to use in Infobox television File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... This article or section is incomplete and may require expansion and/or cleanup. ... This article or section seems to contain too many examples (or of a poor quality) for an encyclopedia entry. ... Loren Bouchard is best known as a co-creator of Home Movies (1999) (alongside Brendon Small). ... Brendon Small (born February 15, 1975 in Springfield, Illinois) is an American stand-up comedian. ... Loren Bouchard is best known as a co-creator of Home Movies (1999) (alongside Brendon Small). ... Brendon Small (born February 15, 1975 in Springfield, Illinois) is an American stand-up comedian. ... H. Jon Benjamin (born May 23, 1966 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is an American comedian and actor, known mostly for his extensive voice acting. ... Melissa Bardin Galsky (born January 17, 1972; died July 18, 2007) was an American voice actress and producer for several animated sitcoms from the Soup2Nuts company. ... Brendon Small (born February 15, 1975 in Springfield, Illinois) is an American stand-up comedian. ... Loren Bouchard is best known as a co-creator of Home Movies (1999) (alongside Brendon Small). ... Brendon Small (born February 15, 1975 in Springfield, Illinois) is an American stand-up comedian. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This is a list of episodes for the animated series Home Movies, along with their original airdates and very brief synopses. ... UPN (which originally stood for the United Paramount Network) was a television network in over 200 markets in the United States. ... Cartoon Network (commonly referred to as CN) is a cable television network created by Turner Broadcasting which primarily shows animated programming. ... Adult Swim, sometimes rendered [adult swim] based on its logo, is the name for an adult-oriented television programming network. ... is the 116th day of the year (117th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 94th day of the year (95th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A dialogue (sometimes spelt dialog[1]) is a reciprocal conversation between two or more entities. ... This article or section is incomplete and may require expansion and/or cleanup. ... Television series redirects here. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... A film soundtrack is the music that is from or inspired by a feature film. ... Brendon Small (born February 15, 1975 in Springfield, Illinois) is an American stand-up comedian. ... Home Movies is a dialogue-driven animated series about 8-year-old Brendon Small (voiced by the creator, head writer, and lead musician of Home Movies Brendon Small), who makes films with his friends, Melissa and Jason, in his spare time. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... For other uses, see Adoption (disambiguation). ... Alcoholism is the consumption of, or preoccupation with, alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the drinkers normal personal, family, social, or work life, and may lead to physical or mental harm. ... Youth soccer in small-town Indiana in 2005. ... In sports, a coach or manager is an individual involved in the direction and instruction of the on-field operations of an athletic team or of individual athletes. ...

Home Movies was produced by Soup2Nuts and aired on Cartoon Network for most of the series (the first five episodes aired on UPN). Soup2Nuts is a production company known for its adult-oriented animated comedies. ... Cartoon Network (commonly referred to as CN) is a cable television network created by Turner Broadcasting which primarily shows animated programming. ... UPN (which originally stood for the United Paramount Network) was a television network in over 200 markets in the United States. ...

Style

In its first season, Home Movies utilized Soup2Nuts’s patented Squigglevision technology to animate the show but later abandoned that for the cheaper, more malleable Macromedia Flash animation. The switch was initiated for several reasons: scattered negative response to Squigglevision (from both critics and potential fans), limitations in regard to movement (fluid motion is rare in Squigglevision), and the view that Squigglevision was inherent to Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist and that Home Movies should develop its own unique style.^[1] Soup2Nuts is a production company known for its adult-oriented animated comedies. ... Squigglevision is a mode of computer animation in which the outlines of shapes are made to wiggle and undulate. ... Adobe Flash, or simply Flash, refers to both the Adobe Flash Player, and to the Adobe Flash Professional multimedia authoring program. ... Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist was an animated series that originally ran on Comedy Central from 1995 to 1999, and starred Jonathan Katz. ...

Another quality of Home Movies’ carried over from Dr. Katz was its initial use of “retroscripting.” Retroscripting is a process in which an episode’s scripts are purposely left vague, and instead of exact dialogue, the plot of a particular scene is merely outlined—the rest of the dialogue is then created through improv by the actors. The use of retroscripting in Home Movies gives the show very casual, realistic dialogue with an often dry, sarcastic wit. This technique is also used in other shows such as Curb Your Enthusiasm, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Trailer Park Boys, Tom Goes to the Mayor, and Reno 911! Although retroscripting was only used officially in the first season (the entire first episode was improvised from start to finish), the dialogue in the following three seasons remained heavily improvised, with the written script serving mainly as a guide or something to fall back on for jokes if needed. Retroscripting is a term for two techniques used in movie and television programs. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Look up Wit in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This section has been identified as trivia. ... Aqua Teen Hunger Force (also known as ATHF or simply Aqua Teen) is an American animated television series shown on Cartoon Network as part of its Adult Swim late-night programming block, as well as Teletoon in Canada. ... Trailer Park Boys is a popular Canadian mockumentary television series focusing on the misadventures of a group of trailer park residents, some of whom are ex-convicts living in fictional Sunnyvale Trailer Park, located near Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia. ... Tom Goes to the Mayor is an American animated television series on Cartoon Networks Adult Swim, which premiered on November 14, 2004. ... Reno 911! is an American comedy television series on Comedy Central which debuted in 2003. ...

Another prominent feature of the show was its use of completely original music written and performed by the series creator Brendon Small, a graduate of the Berklee College of Music and a self-proclaimed shredder. Berklee College of Music, founded in 1945, is an independent music college in Boston, Massachusetts with many prominent faculty, staff, alumni, and visiting artists. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ...

A recurring visual theme within the show are lawn gnomes, which tend to make random but subtle appearances in the background of many scenes (even a gnome-shaped guitar appears in a music shop in the episode “Guitarmageddon”). At least one lawn gnome can be found in every episode of the series, as well as on the DVD box art. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

Characters

This is a list of the main and recurring fictional characters from the UPN/Adult Swim animated sitcom Home Movies. ...

Season Summaries

Season One (1999-2001)

Animated in Squigglevision and heavily using retroscripting, the first five episodes aired on UPN in 1999 and the other eight on the Cartoon Network in 2001. The show introduced the main characters in this season, and mainly consisted of episodes revolving around Brendon’s movies. Much of the style of the writing is loose and improvised. The season ends with Brendon saying hello to his, until then absent, father on the phone. Squigglevision is a mode of computer animation in which the outlines of shapes are made to wiggle and undulate. ... Retroscripting is a term for two techniques used in movie and television programs. ... UPN (which originally stood for the United Paramount Network) was a television network in over 200 markets in the United States. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... Cartoon Network (commonly referred to as CN) is a cable television network created by Turner Broadcasting which primarily shows animated programming. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Television shows and stage plays sometimes include continuing characters â€” characters who are currently in frequent interaction with the other characters and who influence current story events â€” who are never seen or heard by the audience and only described by other characters. ...

Season Two (2002)

Now animated in Flash, this is the first season commissioned by the Cartoon Network as a result of moderate ratings of Season One reruns. The episodes are now heavily scripted, but the creators now have much more freedom, allowing for creative episodes (“History”), introducing new characters (Fenton, the Addleburgs) as well as a Seinfeld-esque multiple-story season arc, which included: Adobe Flash, or simply Flash, refers to both the Adobe Flash Player, and to the Adobe Flash Professional multimedia authoring program. ... Seinfeld is an Emmy Award-winning sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, running a total of 9 seasons. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

The show also develops a writing device that carries through the next seasons, in which the plots of one episode usually all have an underlying theme. Emphasis on Brendon’s movies become key here, and the subtext of their creation is finally discussed. Family therapy, also referred to as couple and family therapy and family systems therapy, and earlier generally referred to as marriage therapy, is a branch of psychotherapy that works with families and couples in intimate relationships to nurture change and development. ... A literary technique or literary device may be used in works of literature in order to produce a specific effect on the reader. ... In literature, a theme is a broad idea in a story, or a message or lesson conveyed by a work. ... Subtext is content of a book, play, film or television series which is not announced explicitly by the characters (or author) but is implicit or becomes something understood by the reader / viewer as the production unfolds. ...

Season Three (2002-2003)

A bit looser than Season Two, the show ditches the idea of seasonal story arc, and many of the episodes air out of order. Brendon’s father has one episode and remains unseen for the rest of the series. The episodes become racier, with more resounding sexual themes and cursing than before. Secondary characters, such as Fenton and Duane, begin to have a chance to shine, as episodes focused on them and others are made. Another noteworthy aspect is that the show finally recognizes actual movies, and starts parodying them heavily. The season ends with Linda, Brendon’s stepmother, having a child, but afterward she, Andrew, and the child are never heard from again.

Season Four (2003-2004)

The last season: the creators apparently knew they were getting canceled throughout the entire production of the final thirteen episodes. Many of the episodes are straight parodies of movies, including three allusions to Hitchcock thrillers. The bulk of the episodes consist of plots that involve Brendon doing something other than making films. Part of this revolves around Brendon trying to figure out whether he still enjoys making movies, or if it's becoming more of a chore. An entire episode (“Curses”) dealt with swearing and adult themes. The loose dialogue and long conversations lessen for humorous plot devices and a speedier delivery at jokes and gags. The final episode (“Focus Grill”), was made in mind as a series finale, and brought back the long conversations and loose dialogue, as well as a resolution to the series as Brendon’s camera crashes out of a moving car, yet Brendon decides to move on with his life. The final episode aired on April 4, 2004. Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE (August 13, 1899 â€“ April 29, 1980) was a highly influential British-born film director and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres. ... The thriller is a broad genre of literature, film, and television. ... A plot device is a person or an object introduced to a story to affect or advance the plot. ... A series finale is the very last installment of a television series, usually a sitcom or drama. ... Sony DV Handycam A camcorder is a portable electronic device for recording video images and audio onto an internal storage device. ... is the 94th day of the year (95th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

DVD releases

Shout! Factory, through Sony BMG Music Entertainment, releases DVD of Home Movies seasons, each on three-disc box sets. Each DVD has numerous special features and easter eggs. Image File history File links Home_movies_season_1_DVD_cover_scan. ... November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... On a DVD (or laserdisc), an audio commentary is a bonus track consisting of a lecture or comments by one or more speakers, who talk about the movie as it progresses. ... . ... Short subject is an American film industry term that historically has referred to any film in the format of two reels, or approximately 20 minutes running time, or less. ... Image File history File links Home_movies_season_2_DVD_cover_scan. ... May 31 is the 151st day of the year (152nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Home_movies_season_3_DVD_cover_scan. ... is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Celluloid media Featurette is a term used in the American film industry to designate a film of approximately 3-4 reels length, or about 20-44 minutes in running time - thus midway between a short subject and a feature film; thus it is a small feature (ette is a common... Image File history File links Home_movies_season_4_DVD_cover_scan. ... May 16 is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Shout! Factory (founded 2003) is a multi-platform integrated entertainment company that was started by Richard Foos (co-founder of Rhino Records), Bob Emmer (former Warner Music Group and Rhino executive) and Garson Foos (former Rhino executive). ... Bertelsmann is a transnational media corporation founded in 1835, based in G tersloh, Germany. ... DVD (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... A virtual Easter egg is a hidden message or feature in an object such as a movie, book, CD, DVD, computer program, or video game. ...

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