FREDERATOR STUDIOS

'Frederator Studios' is an independent American animated cartoon studio founded by Fred Seibert in 1997. Its debut production was the television series ''Oh Yeah! Cartoons'', which later spun-off three series: ''The Fairly OddParents'', ''ChalkZone'', and ''My Life as a Teenage Robot'', in addition to 48 original short cartoons by a unique group of creators including the first films by creators like Butch Hartman, Rob Renzetti, Tim Biskup, and Carlos Ramos.
In 2002, Frederator created a joint venture for pre-school cartoons with producer Susan Miller's Mixed Media Group, Inc.
Frederator Studios and Animation Magazine teamed up with the Nicktoons digital cable channel to launch the television series and competition ''The Nicktoons Film Festival'', which debuted October 24, 2004 now known as the ''Nicktoons Network Animation Festival''.
On November 1, 2005, Frederator launched the world's first cartoon podcast, named Channel Frederator. This weekly animation network features submitted films from around the world, specifically for distribution on portable video devices such as Sony's Playstation Portable or Apple's iPod. And in February 2006, Frederator's first book (edited by Fred Seibert & Eric Homan) ''Original Cartoons: the Frederator Studios Postcards 1998-2005'' was published by the Easton Studio Press.
In April 2006, Frederator Studios launched ReFrederator, a daily podcast featuring public domain cartoons compatible with portable video devices. This podcast reached the number 1 position in the iTunes Music Store and helped push the Channel Frederator Podcast to 7th place. The now defunct podcast is the subject of ridicule in an early PodParody.TV episode.
In June 25, 2007 ''Variety'' article mentioned that Fred Seibert, Kevin Kolde and Eric Gardner had become partners and formed a new studio called Frederator Films, dedicated to creating animated feature films budgeted under $20 million.[1]
In June 2007, Frederator hosted the first ever live drinking and drawing event. The event went down at someday lounge in Portland, Oregon. Bill Plymton and Patrick Smith were among some of the animators that took place in this event along with local animators Brian Larson, Eric Reigert, and Nolan Lorch.
On September 5 Frederator Studios released a video on the viral video sites YouTube and MySpaceTV that featured some of the best internet memes and internet people from 2005-2007. Featured people and memes included: The Dramatic Prairie Dog, South Park, the Star Wars Kid, Numa Numa lip-syncher Gary Brolsma, the Back Dorm Boys, Napster Bad, Jack Rebney, Burt and Osama Bin Laden, goatse, JibJab, G.I. Joe, YTMND, Spongemonkeys, Andy Milonakis, Ask a Ninja, the Average Homeboy, Jessica Rose, House of Cosby Clones, Chad Vader,Lazy Sunday, The Kid from Brooklyn, George Lucas in Love, Kramer and his controversial performance, The MySpace Movie, Chuck Norris Facts, Peter Oakley, Brian Atene, Leeroy Jenkins, Homestar Runner, the grape stomping woman, the Paris Hilton sex tape, All your base are belong to us, the Diet Coke and Mentos eruption scientists, OK Go, The Shining trailer remix, the sneezing baby panda, Dick in a Box, Yacht Rock, Snakes on a Plane, the angry German kid, Daxflame, Stephen Colbert and President George W. Bush at the correspondents dinner, Little Superstar, Tom Cruise zapping Oprah Winfrey, White & Nerdy, Kevin Federline, Ashlee Simpson, Boom goes the dynamite, Lily Tomlin, Peanut Butter Jelly Time, the house with the Christmas Lights that go along with music, William Shatner, Judson Laipply, Tay Zonday, and the zombie boy who said "I Like Turtles."

Contents
Television series
External links

Television series



★ ''The What-A-Cartoon! Show'' (1995–1999)

★ ''Dexter's Laboratory'' (1996–2003)

★ ''Oh Yeah! Cartoons'' (1998–2001)

★ ''The Fairly OddParents'' (2001–present)

★ ''ChalkZone'' (2002–2005)

★ ''My Life as a Teenage Robot'' (2003–2007)

★ ''The Nicktoons Film Festival'' (2004–present)

★ ''Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!'' (2006–present)

★ ''Random Cartoons'' (2006–present)

External links



Official website

The Frederator Blogs

Frederator's deviantArt Gallery

Channel Frederator

ReFrederator

Bolder Media for Boys & Girls

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