| Frisky Dingo | |
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| Also known as | Whiskey Tango Whiskey Tango Six |
| 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 |
| Composer(s) | Casey Willis Killer Mike |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 25 (List of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Keith Crofford Michael Lazzo Adam Reed Matt Thompson |
| Running time | 11 minutes |
| Production company(s) | 70/30 Productions Williams Street |
| Distributor | Adult Swim Cartoon Network |
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| Original channel | Adult Swim |
| Original run | October 16, 2006 – March 23, 2008 |
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| Followed by | The Xtacles |
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| Official website | |
Frisky Dingo is an American animated cartoon series created by Adam Reed and Matt Thompson for Adult Swim. The series revolved 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. A third season was in development, but in the absence of a renewal contract from Adult Swim pre-production ceased. The production company itself, 70/30 Productions, subsequently went out of business in January 2009. [1]
A spin-off show, The Xtacles, premiered on November 9, 2008, but only two episodes were aired prior to the production company's dissolution.
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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.[2] The team flew around in a spaceship called the Glennis. Killface was going to be the main villain, but not a major character.[2] 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.
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;[3] and billionaire tycoon Xander Crews, who fights crime under the superhero alias Awesome X.[4] 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), an overweight, blond-haired, pale-skinned, sexually confused teenage Hannah Montana fan who wears sweater vests and exhibits adolescent rebellion by muttering and breaking household objects;[5] Sinn (voiced by Kelly Jenrette), later known as Hooper, originally Killface's sidekick and later his enemy;[6] and the Xtacles, Awesome X's team of easily distracted and remarkably inept troops.[7]
Frisky Dingo takes place primarily in and around a large city whose name is 'Town'. "Town" 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 that at one time housed production operations for 70/30) burning in the second episode, "Meet Awesome-X". Also in the episode where Killface is pandering to the African American church congregation he is wearing what looks like Michael Vick's Atlanta Falcons football jersey.
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.
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".[8]
| Title | Release date | No. of episodes |
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| 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). Also comes with a Frisky Dingo sticker. |
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Frisky Dingo is an animated cable television series.
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[After Grace falls from the Annihilatrix and into the tub of radioactive waste, everyone just stares looking down]
(The bank explodes, knocking Killface and Phillip away)
Shortly after Killface has grazed Xander's eyes with a shotgun, leaving them both blind and lost in the middle of the city.
[Xander and Killface proceed to board the sweatshop truck.]
[a fellow slave has given Killface a radish]
[Suddenly Grace falls and manages to grab on to Xander, hanging on as they float down]
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