Stoopid Buddy Stoodios

Stoopid Buddy Stoodios (formerly known as Stoopid Monkey and stylized as Stoop!d Monkey) is an American production company and animation studio, formed by Seth Green, Matthew Senreich, John Harvatine IV, and Eric Towner. It was established in 2011 following the partnership of Stoopid Monkey, which had been founded in 1999, and Buddy Systems Studios. It is one of the producers of the Adult Swim animated television series Robot Chicken and Titan Maximum as well as SuperMansion on the streaming service Crackle and Buddy Thunderstruck on Netflix.

Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, LLC.
FormerlyStoopid Monkey (1999–2013)
Company typePrivate
IndustryAnimated series
Web series
Founded1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Founder
Headquarters,
U.S.
Key people
  • Seth Green
  • Matthew Senreich
  • John Harvatine IV
  • Eric Towner
Websitewww.leagueofbuddies.com Edit this at Wikidata

Filmography

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Television series

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Show Network Creator(s) / Developer(s) Year(s) Co-production(s) Notes
Robot Chicken Adult Swim Seth Green
Matthew Senreich
2005–present ShadowMachine (seasons 1–5)
Sony Pictures Digital (seasons 1–5)
Sony Pictures Television (seasons 6–10)
Williams Street
Produced under Stoopid Monkey until 2012, after which the brand is still shown with Stoopid Buddy Studios
Titan Maximum Matthew Senreich
Tom Root
2009 Tom Is Awesome
ShadowMachine
Williams Street
Produced under Stoopid Monkey
SuperMansion Crackle Matthew Senreich
Zeb Wells
2015–19 Moon Shot Entertainment Stoopid Monkey brand used with Stoopid Buddy Studios
Hot Streets Adult Swim Brian Wysol 2016–19 Justin Roiland's Solo Vanity Card Productions!
Williams Street
First traditional animated series from Stoopid Buddy Stoodios
Buddy Thunderstruck Netflix Ryan Wiesbrock 2017 American Greetings Entertainment First family-oriented production from Stoopid Buddy Stoodios
Crossing Swords Hulu John Harvatine IV
Tom Root
2020–21 Tom Is Awesome
Sony Pictures Television
Buddy System Studios brand used with Stoopid Buddy Studios
The Summoner Syfy Charlie Hankin 2021 [1]
M.O.D.O.K. Hulu Jordan Blum
Patton Oswalt
10k
Multiverse Cowboy
Marvel Television
Ultra City Smiths[2] AMC Steve Conrad AMC Studios [3]
Santa Inc. HBO Max Alexandra Rushfield Rushfield Productions
oh us.
Point Grey Pictures
Lionsgate Television
[4]
Duffy & Friends Disney+ TBA TBA Disney Parks, Experiences and Products [5] [6]
Rhona Who Lives by the River Emily Kapnek Piece of Pie Productions
20th Television Animation
Disney Television Animation
[7]
OMG! Earth! Adult Swim John Harvatine IV
Eric Towner
Williams Street [8]
Micro Mayhem The Roku Channel John Harvatine IV Golem Creations
Entertainment One
[9]
Filthy Animals Nikolai Haas
Simon Haas
Carrey O'Donnell
Johnny Smith
Le Train Train [10]
Superbago! TBA TBA Sony Pictures Animation Originally developed as a feature film.[11][12]

Web series

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Network Show Creator(s) / Developer(s) Year(s) Co-production(s) Notes
YouTube The Stoopid Monkey Show N/A 2011–14 Produced under Stoopid Monkey until 2012, after which the brand is still shown with Stoopid Buddy Studios
WWE Network WWE Slam City WWE 2014 WWE
YouTube The Grand Slams Denny's 2014–18 Denny's
Kre-O Transformers N/A 2015 Hasbro
Bratz MGA Entertainment
Lego Scooby-Doo 2015–16 The Lego Group
WWE Network Camp WWE Seth Green 2016–2018 Film Roman
WWE
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Instagram
YouTube
Comedy Central
Blark and Son Ben Bayouth
Adam Aseraf
2018–present
YouTube Alabama Jackson Donald Faison 2022–present Adeosun
Williams Street
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Specials

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Network Special Year Co-production(s) Notes
Adult Swim Robot Chicken: Star Wars 2007 Lucasfilm
ShadowMachine
Sony Pictures Digital
Williams Street
Produced under Stoopid Monkey until 2012, after which the brand is still shown with Stoopid Buddy Studios
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II 2008
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III 2010
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 2012 Warner Bros. Animation
DC Entertainment
Sony Pictures Television
Williams Street
Stoopid Monkey brand used with Stoopid Buddy Studios
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 2: Villains in Paradise 2014
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship 2015
Netflix Buddy Thunderstruck: The Maybe Pile 2017 American Greetings Entertainment Interactive special
Adult Swim The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking Sony Pictures Television
Williams Street
Stoopid Monkey brand used with Stoopid Buddy Studios
The Bleepin' Robot Chicken Archie Comics Special 2021
ABC Mickey Saves Christmas 2022 Disney Television Animation [15]
Disney Channel Mickey and Friends: Trick or Treats 2023 [16]
Fox Untitled holiday special TBA Fox Entertainment [17]

Feature films

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Film Year(s) Co-production(s) Notes
Changeland 2019 Living Films
Karivara Films
First live-action film from Stoopid Buddy Stoodios.
Rabbids TBA Ubisoft Film & Television
Mandeville Films
Lionsgate
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Other credits

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Show / Film Year(s) Notes
Mad 2010–13 Animation services for the Spy vs. Spy sketches & other features (seasons 1–4)
Big Top Scooby-Doo! 2012 Main title sequence
The Simpsons 2013–2023 Couch gag for the episodes "The Fabulous Faker Boy", "The Cad and the Hat" and "The Many Saints of Springfield"
The Lego Movie 2014 End title sequence
Gravity Falls 2014 Stop-motion animation for the "Clay Day" segment of the season 2 episode "Little Gift Shop of Horrors"
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend 2014–19 Main title sequence for season 1, animated transitions and "Our Twisted Fate" in season 4
Wander Over Yonder 2015 H.A.T.E.R.V. commercial for the Season 2 episode "The New Toy".
Adam Ruins Everything 2018 Animation for the "Re-Animated History" episodes
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants Stop-motion sequences for the episode "The Costly Conundrum of the Calamitous Claylossus" and "The Xtreme Xploits of the Xplosive Xmas"
The Predator Holiday Special Stop-motion-animated short film
Woke 2020–2022 Puppets and animation services
The Paloni Show! Halloween Special! 2022 Production Services for short "Plopsie and Friends"
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special Rotoscoping animation
The Muppets Mayhem 2023 Stop-motion sequences for the episode "Track 5: Break on Through"
Doc McStuffins: The Doc & Bella Are In! [19][20]
Mickey's Christmas Tales [21][22]
 
Matthew Senreich with a Stoopid Monkey shirt.

Production logos

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Every episode of Robot Chicken from seasons 14 displays one of many still Stoopid Monkey production logos following the credits; each depicts a cartoon monkey performing an obviously foolish or life-threatening activity or the aftermath of suicide as an irritated Seth Green is heard saying, "Stupid monkey." Each Stoopid Monkey card was drawn by artist and actor Adam Talbott. [citation needed] All of them except for the first part of "Book of Corrine" have the name with an exclamation point replacing the "I" in a jumbled white font surrounded by a thick black border, as well as a smaller white border around that, and Talbott's signature somewhere on the logo. On Titan Maximum and early episodes of Robot Chicken's fifth season, the logo is the monkey's shining silver head smiling with the shining Stoopid Monkey text below it. On later episodes of Robot Chicken from season 5 onward, the logo returned to a similar concept as the first, but the titular monkey was redesigned to be cuter, despite in season 7 a still variant showcasing only the company logo was used.

References

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  1. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (August 31, 2020). "Syfy's TZGZ Orders 'The Summoner' Animated Series From Charlie Hankin & Stoopid Buddy Stoodios". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on October 9, 2020.
  2. ^ Porter, Rick (April 1, 2021). "AMC Animated Series 'Ultra City Smiths' Sets Voice Cast (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.
  3. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (September 14, 2020). "AMC Greenlights Stop-Mo Dramedy 'Mega City Smiths' from Steve Conrad, Stoopid Buddy Stoodios".
  4. ^ Turchiano, Danielle (November 10, 2021). "Santa Inc' Sets December Premiere on HBO Max, Reveals Full Cast and First-Look Photos (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
  5. ^ Newsdesk, Laughing Place Disney (2022-09-11). "Duffy & Friends Getting Stop-Motion Animated Series on Disney+". LaughingPlace.com. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  6. ^ "#TBT to one of our beary favorite projects 🐻 Did you know? The "puppets" we use for Duffy and his friends aren't actually puppets at all".
  7. ^ Petski, Denise; Andreeva, Nellie (November 16, 2021). "Karen Gillan To Star In Emily Kapnek's Rhona Who Lives By The River Animated Musical Series With Danny Elfman In Works At Disney+". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  8. ^ Heroes. "Justin Michael – HVE". Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  9. ^ Petski, Denise (February 21, 2020). "Quibi Greenlights Stop-Motion Animated Series 'Micro Mayhem' From Stoopid Buddy Stoodios & eOne".
  10. ^ Porter, Rick (April 14, 2020). "Rashida Jones, 'Robot Chicken' Producers Team for Quibi Animated Comedy (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.
  11. ^ McNary, Dave (July 9, 2014). "Sony Pictures Animation Developing 'Superbago'". Variety. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
  12. ^ Hopewell, John (June 12, 2019). "Sony Pictures Animation Links to Tencent, Sets New 'Boondocks,' Tartakovsky Duo". Variety. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  13. ^ "WWE Network partners with Seth Green, Jerry Springer and Jeff Tremaine on three new original series". www.wwe.com.
  14. ^ Hipes, Patrick (2021-05-19). "Adult Swim To Produce Digital Short Series Based On Its Hit Shows Including 'Rick And Morty'". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  15. ^ "'Tis the Season for Festive Holiday Programming on ABC". Disney General Entertainment Content (Press release). October 24, 2022.
  16. ^ "Top preschool brand Disney Junior makes major new series, specials and cast announcements at 'Disney Junior & friends playdate' event at Disney California Adventure Park". Retrieved 2023-09-08.
  17. ^ "FOX ORDERS ALL-NEW, STOP-MOTION HOLIDAY SPECIAL FROM STOOPID BUDDY STOODIOS". FOX 26 Medford. January 8, 2020. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  18. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (2019-12-12). "Lionsgate Closes Pic Rights On Ubisoft Video Game Series 'Rabbids' With Mandeville To Produce; Todd Strauss-Schulson In Talks To Direct". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
  19. ^ "Alyssa Sapire Tapped To Lead Content for Leading Global Preschool Brand Disney Junior". Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  20. ^ "Top preschool brand Disney Junior makes major new series, specials and cast announcements at 'Disney Junior & friends playdate' event at Disney California Adventure Park". Retrieved 2023-09-08.
  21. ^ "Disney Junior Brings Holiday Cheer to Kids and Families With Festive Programming Premiering Throughout the Season". Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  22. ^ "'Mickey's Christmas Tales' Is About To Be Your Kids' Favorite New Holiday Special". Romper. 2023-11-02. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
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