Frisky Dingo

Frisky Dingo
Frisky Dingo title screen
Genre	Cartoon series
Created by	Adam Reed Matt Thompson
Written by	Adam Reed Matt Thompson
Directed by	Adam Reed Matt Thompson
Voices of	Adam Reed Christian Danley Kelly Jenrette Kate Miller Killer Mike Amber Nash Scott Lipe Stuart Culpepper Mike Bell
Composers	Casey Willis Killer Mike
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	25 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Keith Crofford Michael Lazzo Adam Reed Matt Thompson
Running time	11 minutes
Production companies	70/30 Productions Williams Street
Original release
Network	Adult Swim
Release	October 16, 2006 (2006-10-16) – March 23, 2008 (2008-03-23)

Frisky Dingo was an American animated cartoon series created by Adam Reed and Matt Thompson for Adult Swim. The series revolves around the conflict between a supervillain named Killface and a superhero named Awesome X, and much of the show's humor focuses on parodying superhero and action movie clichés. It debuted on October 16, 2006 and ended its first season on January 22, 2007; the second season premiered on August 26, 2007 and ended on March 23, 2008. Its spin-off show, The Xtacles, premiered on November 9, 2008.

Due to 70/30 Productions closing its doors, there will be no more new episodes of the series.

Origins

Frisky Dingo was created by 70/30 Productions, the same group of animators who worked on Sealab 2021. The show's name during development was Whiskey Tango. Because there was already a band using the name, it was changed to Whiskey Tango Six. This name was determined not to be sufficiently distinct to avoid infringement suits, so the creators jokingly said they would call the show Frisky Dingo, and the name remained.

According to an article in Atlanta Magazine, Whiskey Tango Six was going to be the name of the six-member superhero group on which the show focused, headed by husband and wife Jack and Grace Taggart. The team flew around in a spaceship called the Glennis. Killface was going to be the main villain, but not a major character. During revisions of the show's scripts, Killface became the focus of the show. It is not known when Whiskey Tango Six was replaced with Xander Crews/Awesome X and the Xtacles.

Characters

Main article: List of characters in Frisky Dingo

The two main characters of the show are Killface, a naked, bone-white, red-eyed, earless, talon-toed, spur-heeled, seven foot tall, hairless, muscular, humanoid supervillain focused on destroying Earth with his invention, the Annihilatrix; and billionaire tycoon Xander Crews, who fights crime under the superhero alias Awesome X. Both Killface and Crews are voiced by co-creator Adam Reed. The two have an ever-shifting relationship, changing from enemies to unwilling allies on many occasions.

Other major characters include Killface's son Simon (voiced by Christian Danley), a blond-haired, white-skinned, chubby, sexually confused teenage Hannah Montana fan who wears sweater vests and exhibits adolescent rebellion by muttering and breaking household objects; Sinn (voiced by Kelly Jenrette), later known as Hooper, originally Killface's sidekick and later his enemy; and the Xtacles, Awesome X's team of easily distracted and remarkably inept troops.

Setting

Frisky Dingo takes place primarily in and around a large city whose name is never stated outright, only mentioned as 'Town'. This sly avoidance of the town's name becomes a running joke throughout the series. Despite its lack of a specific name, maps of the 'Town' are featured throughout the series which closely resemble interstate roadmaps of the city of Atlanta, Georgia where 70/30 Studios, producers of Frisky Dingo, were based. Additional evidence for the 'Town' being Atlanta is the presence of buildings suspiciously resembling the Cotton Mill Lofts (a location housing production operations for Adult Swim in the past) burning in the second episode, "Meet Awesome-X".

Style

Animation

The series' animation has a distinctive look. Characters are rendered in a very 'clean line' style, with little fine detail. The backgrounds are unusually lush, having a painted appearance. In any particular scene, the characters' movement is limited, presumably to limit animation time and cost, although this is not particularly apparent when watching the program. Although the show includes superheroes, there are only limited action sequences. It has the same feel as Sealab 2021, also created by Reed and Thompson, where the characters are usually just seen standing around talking as opposed to actually moving around the scene. Menial tasks such as scratching an itch or walking, are usually non-existent or shown in a manner where animation isn't necessary, but the character seems to glide across the background.

The color palette is typically muted or neutral, with an emphasis on shades of brown, black and white. Bright, primary colors are used sparingly, primarily to emphasize strange things (such as radioactive ants) or explosions.

Writing

The writing is characterized by a heavy emphasis on repetition, such as multiple one-word catch phrases, sentences, sight gags, and plot sequences. The series also makes use of overlapping dialog and dialog spanning between scenes. As the story became more complicated, a recap introduction was added to the beginning of new episodes. These segments could contain reused footage, previously-seen sequences rewritten for comedy or brevity, or completely new material to move the story forward.

Episodes

Main article: List of Frisky Dingo episodes

The first season of Frisky Dingo follows the adversarial relationship between the villainous Killface, who aspires to strike fear into humankind before he drives the Earth into the Sun with his Annihilatrix, and Awesome X, the secret superhero identity of multi-billionaire Xander Crews who dreads retiring after having defeated the last known supervillain. The season ends with the activation of the Annihilatrix by Simon. At the beginning of the second season, Killface is taking credit for 'curing' global warming by the Annihilatrix having moved the earth a total of three feet further from the sun before malfunctioning, and has decided to run for President of the United States. Xander Crews follows suit, re-forming his company and launching his own Presidential campaign.

Reception

Frisky Dingo was named the 87th best animated series by IGN, calling it "one of the most awesome creations ever conceived by our miserable race".

DVD releases

Title	Release date	No. of episodes	Additional information
Season One	March 25, 2008	13	Comes with a replica of Killface's 'Welcome to you're "doom!"' postcard.
Season Two	January 6, 2009	12	Features a brand new short made to tie in with the spin-off series The Xtacles (as a result, the DVD box says 13 episodes)

References

there is no short on the stupid DVD just a commercial for killfaces campaign

External links

Official Sites

• Official site
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Other sites

• Frisky Dingo Central
• Frisky Dingo at IMDb
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