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{{Main|Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure|Underfist: Halloween Bash}}
{{Main|Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure|Underfist: Halloween Bash}}
Three [[TV movies]] were made for the series. The first one was called ''Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure'' and was released on DVD in April, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7361167|title=Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure DVD|work=[[CD Universe]]|accessdate=May 26, 2012}}</ref> Commonsense media gave the movie 2/5 stars and is meant for kids over the age of 8 calling it "Undeniably gross and just as undeniably funny".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/billy-and-mandys-big-boogey-adventure|title=Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure|work=[[Common Sense Media]]|accessdate=May 26, 2012}}</ref> DVDverdict.com gave the movie a good review as well.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/billyandmandy.php|title=Billy And Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure (Review)|work=[[DVD Verdict]]|accessdate=May 26, 2012}}</ref>
Three [[TV movies]] were made for the series. The first one was called ''Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure'' and was released on DVD in Aprils I will have the option .If I don't have the option. 88 I will have the option of you, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7361167|title=Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure DVD|work=[[CD Universe]]|accessdate=May 26, 2012}}</ref> Commonsense media gave the movie 2/5 stars and is meant for kids over the age of 8 calling it "Undeniably gross and just as undeniably funny".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/billy-and-mandys-big-boogey-adventure|title=Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure|work=[[Common Sense Media]]|accessdate=May 26, 2012}}</ref> DVDverdict.com gave the movie a good review as well.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/billyandmandy.php|title=Billy And Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure (Review)|work=[[DVD Verdict]]|accessdate=May 26, 2012}}</ref>


A second movie, ''Wrath of the Spider Queen'' was also released in 2007. It was based on a spider queen from Grim's distant past, who tries to take revenge on Grim, because she was meant to be the reaper. Meanwhile, keeping up with the spider theme, Billy learns to love his spider son Jeff.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1075544/combined|title=Wrath of the Spider Queen|work=[[Internet Movie Database|IMDb]]|accessdate=May 26, 2012}}</ref>
A second movie, ''Wrath of the Spider Queen'' was also released in 2007. It was based on a spider queen from Grim's distant past, who tries to take revenge on Grim, because she was meant to be the reaper. Meanwhile, keeping up with the spider theme, Billy learns to love his spider son Jeff.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1075544/combined|title=Wrath of the Spider Queen|work=[[Internet Movie Database|IMDb]]|accessdate=May 26, 2012}}</ref>
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{{Main|The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (video game)}}
{{Main|The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (video game)}}
A video game inspired by the series based on the movie ''[[Billy & Mandy]]'' was developed by [[Midway Games]], and released on October 2, 2006,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/ADM231785/|title=The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (Video game)|work=[[British Board of Film Classification|BBFC]]|accessdate=May 26, 2012}}</ref> and is a 3D fighting game inspired by the show based on the movie. The video game received fair to good reviews: [[GameSpot]] gave it a 6.6/10 by Greg Mueller, he goes on to say that while it is fun for the "first few hours" and has "Fast-paced gameplay" the game action "gets old quickly" and has a very short story mode.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/the-grim-adventures-of-billy-and-mandy/reviews/the-grim-adventures-of-billy-and-mandy-review-6162195/|title=The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Review|work=[[GameSpot]]|accessdate=May 26, 2012}}</ref> [[IGN]] gave the game a good score of 7.2/10 highlighting its presentation and appeal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/739/739790p1.html|title=The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (Video game review)|work=[[IGN]]|accessdate=May 26, 2012}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] has the game at 61/100 based on 10 critic reviews.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii/the-grim-adventures-of-billy-mandy|title=The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Wii|work=[[Metacritic]]|accessdate=May 26, 2012}}</ref>
A video game inspired by the series based on the movie ''[[Billy & Mandy]]'' was developed by [[Midway Games]], and released on October 2, 2006,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/ADM231785/|title=The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (Video game)|work=[[British Board of Film Classification|BBFC]]|accessdate=May 26, 2012}}</ref> and is a 3D fighting game inspired by the show based on the movie. The video game received fair to good reviews: [[GameSpot]] gave it a 6.6/10 by Greg Mueller, he goes on to say that while it is fun for the "first few hours" and has "Fast-paced gameplay" the game action "gets old quickly" and has a very short story mode.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/the-grim-adventures-of-billy-and-mandy/reviews/the-grim-adventures-of-billy-and-mandy-review-6162195/|title=The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Review|work=[[GameSpot]]|accessdate=May 26, 2012}}</ref> [[IGN]] gave the game a good score of 7.2/10 highlighting its presentation and appeal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/739/739790p1.html|title=The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (Video game review)|work=[[IGN]]|accessdate=May 26, 2012}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] has the game at 61/100 based on 10 critic reviews.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii/the-grim-adventures-of-billy-mandy|title=The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Wii|work=[[Metacritic]]|accessdate=May 26, 2012}}</ref>

==References==
==References==


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The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
Genre
Created byMaxwell Atoms
Written by
Directed by
Voices of
Composer
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons6[inconsistent]
No. of episodes69[inconsistent](139 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerMaxwell Atoms
ProducerLouis J. Chuck
Running time22 minutes
Production companyCartoon Network Studios
Original release
NetworkCartoon Network
ReleaseJune 13, 2003 (2003-06-13) –
October 12, 2008 (2008-10-12)
Related
Evil Con Carne

The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (also known as Billy & Mandy) is an American animated television series that aired on Cartoon Network. The show began in 2003 and is a spin-off of the 2001 film Billy & Mandy and the show Grim & Evil. The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy follows two children named Mandy and Billy, who after winning a limbo game to save Billy's ten-year-old pet hamster, gain the mighty Grim Reaper as their best friend in eternal servitude and slavery forever and ever. The show ran from June 13, 2003, to November 9, 2007 (though due to a successful spin-off, it ended by default on October 12, 2008), in all seven seasons with seventy-one episodes were made in its original run. In addition to the episodes; three movies, two special episodes, and nineteen shorts were made, with 3 award wins for the series as a whole. Billy & Mandy has also been made into a video game as well as various licensed merchandise.

Overview

The series is centered around the exploits of two young children—the optimistic, dim-witted, and kindhearted Billy, and the dark, ill-tempered, sinister, and very intelligent Mandy. After cheating at a limbo match against the Grim Reaper (out of retaliation for putting the limbo rod too low for them to go under), he is enslaved in a perpetual, unwanted friendship with the children, who use his magical abilities and supernatural powers to venture into supernatural locations or environments, such as the underworld, inhabited by an assortment of grotesque monstrous beasts. The pair also may use Grim's enormously strong supernatural abilities or ties with a number of beastly characters to achieve goals or desires for themselves with grotesque, altered, or twisted end results. Famed fictional monsters including Dracula, the Wolfman, and the bogeyman are also comically depicted in the series, which also includes the characters of the nerdy, awkward Irwin and the snobby, stuck-up, spoiled Mindy.

The continuity of the show is far from clear, as many episodes leave complex situations unresolved. Characters sometimes display an awareness of some events from previous episodes, but rarely do they stay gone when exiled or dead when killed. There are no clear character arcs or coherent plot lines tying the show together, but its randomness is part of the humor. Two universal constants remain throughout the series: that Mandy is always cold-hearted and evil, and Billy is always idiotic and stupid.

Characters

Main article: List of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy characters
The show's main characters. From left to right: Billy, Mandy and Grim.

The Grim Reaper ("Grim") (voiced by Greg Eagles) is a skeleton Reaper with a Jamaican accent, who holds a scythe and wears a black hooded cloak. After losing a game of limbo to Billy and Mandy, Grim is forced to be their best friend forever.[1] Though Billy is friendly and kind towards him, Mandy treats him coldly and dominantly, and this angers and irritates him to the point where he constantly fantasizes about killing both of them. However, there have been instances that show that he does care for them while also finding them both obnoxious.[2]

Billy (voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz) is known for being slow with a low IQ and causes the most trouble for the three as a result. He wears a red hat, dark blue pants, a white shirt striped dark blue, red shoes and has a big pink nose. Billy is often kind to Grim, although he is seen by Mandy as more of a servant than an actual friend. His biggest fears are clowns and insects and often uses tangelos to ward them off. Overall Billy has a friendly personality.[2][3]

Mandy (voiced by Grey DeLisle) is a cynical and arrogant girl with blonde hair with a black hairband, black shoes, and a light pink dress with a yellow flower on it. Mandy, unlike Billy, is smart and loves absolute power, order, chaos and control, which is something she uses to make Grim her obedient servant and slave. Billy and Mandy are best friends, although sometimes it is hard to tell. She almost never smiles, and denies it when she actually does. Her parents are also scared of her. Mandy usually gets what she wants and she does not hesitate to speak her mind.[2][4] Despite her usually cold, dominant, and pompous demeanor she has from time to time been helpful and shown some general concern to both Grim and Billy.

History

Main article: List of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy episodes

Billy and Mandy started out as a short made by Maxwell Atoms during school. In the short, Billy was trying to drill his head to free the evils from within. The short has never been shown publicly.[5] The show's existence is the result of a viewer poll event by way of telephone and the Internet called Cartoon Network's Big Pick which was held from June 16 to August 25, 2000.[6] The three final choices were The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Whatever Happened to Robot Jones? and Longhair and Doubledome.[6] Out of the three, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy attained the most votes with 57%; Robot Jones came in second place at 23% while Longhair and Doubledome received 20% of the vote.[6][7] The first season began airing on Cartoon Network on August 24, 2001.

Originally part of Grim & Evil, Billy & Mandy served as the main show. In each episode, an Evil Con Carne short was put between two Grim shorts.[6] On occasion, it was the other way around, with two Evil shorts and one Grim short. On June 13, 2003, the network separated the two and gave each their own full-length program. The short-lived Evil Con Carne show was cancelled once the already-produced season had aired. Some characters from Evil Con Carne occasionally appeared on The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. General Skarr would become a permanent recurring character by moving next door to Billy. And in one episode Major Doctor, Hector, Bozkov and Stomach tried convincing Skarr into coming back to the team but once he finally did go back his plans were foiled by Billy.

Episodes

Main article: List of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy episodes
SeasonEpisodesSeriesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
12413Grim & EvilAugust 24, 2001October 18, 2002
11Grim & Evil (U.K.) /
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (U.S.)		June 13, 2003October 22, 2004
219The Grim Adventures of Billy & MandyJune 11, 2004 (2004-06-11)June 3, 2005 (2005-06-03)
39April 1, 2005 (2005-04-01)June 30, 2005 (2005-06-30)
48July 29, 2005 (2005-07-29)December 2, 2005 (2005-12-02)
513January 6, 2006 (2006-01-06)August 9, 2006 (2006-08-09)
611October 6, 2006 (2006-10-06)November 9, 2007 (2007-11-09)

Reception

The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy became one of Cartoon Network's top rated series. Commonsense media gave the show a 3/5 star rating and stated that it has "Goofy punchlines and obscure cultural references" and recommends the viewer age be at least 8 years old.[8] The series has won one Annie Award, two Emmy Awards and including those three wins, has been nominated a total of nine times for various awards.

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result
2002 Golden Reel Awards Best Sound Editing in Television Animation[9] Glenn Oyabe, Jesse Aruda, and Rob Desales
for "The Smell of Vengeance: Pt. 1 & 2/Fiend is Like Friend Without the "R"" 		Nominated
2003 Best Sound Editing in Television Animation - Music[9] Glenn Oyabe
for "Little Rock Of Horror/The Pie Who Loved Me/Dream a Little Dream" 		Nominated
2005 Best Sound Editing in Television Animation[9] Glenn Oyabe, Jesse Aruda, Erik Sequeira, and Cecil Broughton
for "Super Zero/Sickly Sweet" 		Nominated
Annie Awards Directing in an Animated Television Production[10] Brian Sheesley
for "Nursery Crimes" 		Nominated
Shaun Cashman and Phil Cummings
for "Attack of the Clowns" 		Won
2006 Annie Awards Directing in an Animated Television Production[11] Shaun Cashman
for "Hill Billy" 		Nominated
Emmy Awards Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation[12] Michael Diederich Won
2007 Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation[13] Phil Rynda
for Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure 		Won
Daytime Emmy Awards Broadband-Children's[14] The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Nominated

Media

TV movies

Main articles: Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure and Underfist: Halloween Bash

Three TV movies were made for the series. The first one was called Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure and was released on DVD in Aprils I will have the option .If I don't have the option. 88 I will have the option of you, 2007.[15] Commonsense media gave the movie 2/5 stars and is meant for kids over the age of 8 calling it "Undeniably gross and just as undeniably funny".[16] DVDverdict.com gave the movie a good review as well.[17]

A second movie, Wrath of the Spider Queen was also released in 2007. It was based on a spider queen from Grim's distant past, who tries to take revenge on Grim, because she was meant to be the reaper. Meanwhile, keeping up with the spider theme, Billy learns to love his spider son Jeff.[18]

On October 12, 2008, a third and final spin-off movie titled Underfist: Halloween Bash, premiered. The movie's primary focus is on Irwin, Jeff the Spider, Hoss Delgado, General Skarr, and Fred Fredburger accidentally coming together to defeat an invasion of chocolate bar monsters, led by an evil marshmallow bunny, on Halloween night. Billy, Mandy and Grim Reaper always go in other Cartoon Network shows for charity.[19]

Music

The score composers for the series are Gregory Hinde and Drew Neumann and Guy Moon.[20][21][22] In addition two songs were made for the show by Voltaire, the episode Little Rock of Horror, which parodies the musical version of The Little Shop of Horrors, features a song titled "BRAINS!"[23][24] and, in Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure, the song "Land of the Dead" is played in the opening credits.[25] Both songs are a part of the album Spooky Songs For Creepy Kids.[23] There was also an instance at the end of the Christmas special entitled "Billy & Mandy Save Christmas", where the end credits music is the song Round and Round by heavy metal band Ratt.

Video game

Main article: The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (video game)

A video game inspired by the series based on the movie Billy & Mandy was developed by Midway Games, and released on October 2, 2006,[26] and is a 3D fighting game inspired by the show based on the movie. The video game received fair to good reviews: GameSpot gave it a 6.6/10 by Greg Mueller, he goes on to say that while it is fun for the "first few hours" and has "Fast-paced gameplay" the game action "gets old quickly" and has a very short story mode.[27] IGN gave the game a good score of 7.2/10 highlighting its presentation and appeal.[28] Metacritic has the game at 61/100 based on 10 critic reviews.[29]

References

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  2. ^ a b c "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Characters". Cartoon Network. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  3. ^ "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Characters (Billy, Cartoon Network UK)". Cartoon Network. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
  4. ^ "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Characters (Mandy, Cartoon Network UK)". www.cartoonnetwork.co.uk. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
  5. ^ "1-Interview with Maxwell Atoms". youtube.com. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  6. ^ a b c d "Billy, Mandy and Grim Head to the Movies". Animation World Network. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  7. ^ Dempsey, John (August 29, 2000). "'Billy & Mandy' beats out 'Robot,' 'Longhair' to get greenlight". Variety. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  8. ^ "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy". Common Sense Media. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  9. ^ a b c "Awards for Grim & Evil (2001)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  10. ^ "32nd Annual Annie Nominations and Awards Recipients". AnnieAwards.org. ASIFA-Hollywood. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  11. ^ "34th Annual Annie Nominations and Awards Recipients". AnnieAwards.org. ASIFA-Hollywood. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  12. ^ "List of Creative Arts Emmy winners". USA Today. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  13. ^ "Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announces Emmy® Award Winners in Costumes for Variety or Music Program and Individual Achievement in Animation". Emmy Awards. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  14. ^ "Children's Emmy Award noms make history at the KidScreen Summit". KidScreen.com. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  15. ^ "Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure DVD". CD Universe. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  16. ^ "Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure". Common Sense Media. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  17. ^ "Billy And Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure (Review)". DVD Verdict. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  18. ^ "Wrath of the Spider Queen". IMDb. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  19. ^ "Underfist: Halloween Bash. Billy, Mandy and Grim Reaper recomment other Cartoon Network shows for charity". BCDB. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
  20. ^ "Gregoryhinde resume". www.gregoryhinde.com. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
  21. ^ "Drew Neumann Credits". DrewNeumann.com. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
  22. ^ "Guy-Moon". The New York Times. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
  23. ^ a b "Brains! (From The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)". Amazon.com. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
  24. ^ "Little Rock of Horror". Cartoon Network. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
  25. ^ "New Voltaire Album!". AdventureQuest Worlds. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
  26. ^ "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (Video game)". BBFC. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  27. ^ "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Review". GameSpot. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  28. ^ "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (Video game review)". IGN. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  29. ^ "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Wii". Metacritic. Retrieved May 26, 2012.

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