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Butch Hartman

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[Wikipedia] Elmer Earl "Butch" Hartman IV is an American animator, illustrator, writer, producer, director, and voice actor. He is best known for creating the animated television shows The Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom, T.U.F.F. Puppy, and Bunsen Is a Beast for Nickelodeon. He founded the company Billionfold

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When you're a kid, helping an old lady across the street is kind of cute. But when you're an adult, it's just…

Creepy

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When we grew up, we had three channels on television and only one day of cartoons and if you missed it, you…

Cartoons

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I was working on 'My Little Pony' in the '80s, but I got fired because I couldn't draw the ponies well enough.…

Enough

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I want to encourage everyone to experiment and try out as many of your talents as you can because, if you utilize…

End

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Bunsen' is one of the best things I've been able to do. I'm so excited about it. Not only because of the…

Awesome

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I started out being a cartoonist at school, but I went to CalArts to study.

Being

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I think I'm fascinated with empowering the shy kids.

Fascinated

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I'm a parent, and my kids think I'm an idiot.

Children

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I think it's funny when parents are idiots.

Funny

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It was really difficult for guys like me who were just young punks to come in and sell a funny idea.

Come

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I want adults to be the last ones to switch off a cartoon on TV.

Cartoon

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You feel kind of powerless as a kid, so I wanted to create a world where the kid actually gets some power.

Create

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Whereas 'OddParents' was slam-bam and silly all the way through, 'Danny Phantom' has more of a good-guy-vs.-bad-guy comic book feel.

Book

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I always try to make/produce shows that can be viewed by the entire family. I never want to intentionally make anything that…

Age

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My shows are frenetic and fast-paced.

Fast paced

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When 'Johnny Bravo' was going to end, I thought, 'I really need to sell something. I need a job.' So, I sat…

End

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I just like to draw and put ideas down. And every idea that Nickelodeon doesn't buy I put on the Noog Network.

Down

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I learned early that I could get attention from adults with my drawings.

Attention

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