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FREEDRAWN TOGETHER EBOOK Lauren Dane | 290 pages | 01 Oct 2013 | Berkley Publishing Group | 9780425256091 | English | New York, United States Drawn Together (TV Series –) - IMDb This page is about the series. Drawn Together is an American animated television series on Comedy Central. Comedy Central advertises it as the first animated reality showthough technically, it is an animated sitcom set on a fictitious TV reality show. The show's eight cartoon characters mostly recognizable parodies of cartoon stock charactersbut which also double as parodies of the general personality types that inhabit TV reality shows agreed to Drawn Together in a house together in a setup similar to that of The Real World. In some episodes, characters participate in challenges that are based on reality TV challenges. The show is made by Rough Draft Studios in Glendale, Californiawith much of the animation done at the studio's facilities in Korea. Comedy Central's original tagline for the show was "Find out what happens when cartoon characters stop being polite The line is a parody of The Real World 's tagline, "Find out what happens Drawn Together people stop being polite… and start getting real. All eight main characters appear Drawn Together in all 36 episodes as well as the movie. However, only Wooldoor, Foxxy, Spanky, and Hero have spoken dialogue in every Drawn Together. The show is adult-oriented and heavily laden with shock comedywith plot lines revolving around such topics as the fact that Princess Clara's vagina is a multi-tentacled monster a theme found in a number of hentai filmsand, the humor is largely humorously dark and satirical in nature, its primary focus being the mockery of stereotypes. Kinky sex is a common topic of conversation; several of the characters have extremely perverse sexual tastes, and the show makes frequent reference to masturbationparaphiliaand BDSM. Death and violence are also constant themes. Nearly Drawn Together episodes feature at least one death, and several episodes feature characters going Drawn Together graphic killing sprees or Drawn Together gruesome massacresacts which are often though not always played for comedy. These incidents serve as a spoof of how lightly cartoons tend to treat violent acts that would be considered excessively brutal in a real life context. Even the main cast die with great frequency, though these deaths are never permanent. The show's content is controversial, partially for its explicit dialogue and Drawn Together violencebut primarily for the casual attitude the show takes toward taboo subject matter. The extensive use of stereotypes is another controversial aspect Drawn Together the show, though the Drawn Together is actually to make fun of bigotry. As Jess Harnell states in the DVD commentary for "Hot Tub", "Most of the racism on the show is coming from people who are so obviously stupid about it; it really isn't that threatening. Animation is a major source of material; as mentioned above, many characters from comics and animated cartoons make cameo appearances and often are the subjects of parody. However, numerous Drawn Together action films, TV shows and video games are referenced as well. Reality shows are another prime inspiration, not surprising given that Drawn Together is presented as a reality show that Drawn Together place in a cartoon world. However, although many of the first-season plots made extensive use of the reality show scenario, this aspect of the show Drawn Together largely been de-emphasized in later episodes. All seem aware that they are in fact animated cartoons and that live action creatures exist, but none of them really seems to care; if they are resentful of the perils their animators put them through, they rarely indicate it. Another hallmark of the show is its extremely loose continuity. Many events in the show contradict each other, and the line between what is canon and what is not is very Drawn Together blurred; there are numerous gags which are designed merely to be gags rather than canon, and it can often be difficult to tell which is which. One such example is in " The Other Cousin ", in which Toot is pictured with a penis, but whether or not she actually has one is debatable. Another Drawn Together Foxxy's various and contradictory stories about her son Timmy one involves selling him on the black market, another involves her accidentally shooting him after believing him to be rabid, when he was really just brushing his teeth. The most succinct explanation would probably be that Drawn Together contains no continuity at all; after each episode and sometimes within the episodeeverything resets itself. Events in previous episodes are only referenced if they are part of a running gag or the show is making a callback to a particular moment. If you try to find continuity on this show you'll drive yourself nuts. The only thing that's consistent is we try to make the show as funny as possible. And we'd never let a little thing like continuity get in the way of that. The show's visual style is that of traditional ink and paint animationwhich is actually a departure for Comedy Central, which usually Drawn Together more specialized approaches to animation. The style was chosen both for the retro feel it gives the show and for the versatility it allows Drawn Together animators, providing an environment in which it is possible to combine many different styles of animation. Another unique aspect of the show is that, where most cartoons present their characters, though animated, as real within the show's world, the Drawn Together characters retain their identities as cartoon characters even within their animated world. The show also features many cameo appearances by famous characters or in some cases, copyright-avoiding clones from all across the animated spectrum. In keeping with the various animation styles that form the premises for the various characters, Wooldoor and Toot have four fingers on each hand, whereas Clara, Foxxy, Hero, and Xandir have five. In promotional artwork for the show, Toot and Wooldoor are drawn with the standard five fingers, but Drawn Together the show itself they have four. Also, whereas most of the characters are drawn with black outlines, Clara and items belonging to her are drawn with soft edges, a reference to Disney animation techniques. Comedian Adam Carolla rounds out the Drawn Together. Members of the show's voice cast have previously collaborated with each other on numerous other projects prior to Drawn Together. According to the DVD commentary for the episode "Hot Tub", the two have known each other since childhood both grew up in TorontoOntario. Originally, Xandir was to have been played by Nat Faxonbut the network forced the creators to fire him following the first table read, feeling his portrayal of the character was too stereotypically gay. They would end Drawn Together replacing him with Jack Plotnick. In addition to their regular roles, the show's cast also provides many of the guest voices Drawn Together the series, Summer, Strong, Harnell, and Taylor in particular. Chris Edgerly also appears in the majority of Season One and Two episodes despite not having a regular role on the series. Drawn Together has produced 36 episodes. For a list, see List of Drawn Together episodes. An aborted first season feature of the show was the "last week" segments showing possible outcomes of other episodes. This was a parody of serial dramas, which typically begin with a sensationalized recap Drawn Together previous events. In the Drawn Together of Drawn Togetherthe events depicted did not actually occur on the show. I: In a parody of Full Metal Jacket Drawn Together, shown in night vision, the housemates gather around a sleeping Toot, gag her, and then beat her with bars of soap in socks because she keeps leaving empty milk cartons in the fridge. So instead of fighting with their pillows, they smother him. IV: The housemates run for their lives as they are chased by a giant Wooldoor who proceeds to eat them. Soak It : A first-person shooter type game in which players choose a character, then race through the various rooms in the house trying to eliminate the other housemates by continually hitting them with a liquid of some sort. Each housemate uses a weapon unique to his or her personality. If the player wins, his or her character is kissed by Foxxy in the hot tub if the player plays as Foxxy, she kisses an image of herself in the mirror. If the player loses, his or her character is kissed or felt up by Spanky instead if the player plays as Spanky, he is banned from the hot tub due to health department regulations. Play Soak It here. Cavity Search : Drawn Together on the board game Operation. The player must perform a surgical procedure on one of the housemates in as little time as possible without touching the sides of the patient's inner body cavity. Play Cavity Search here. The premise is that someone in the house is playing pranks on all the others, and it is up to the player to determine the culprit. The player is presented with a series of boards, and must clear each board by turning over pairs of Drawn Together tiles containing images of the housemates. As each board is cleared, a different housemate is eliminated as a suspect. After the seven innocent housemates are cleared, the player must clear one final board to catch the culprit. If he is successful, the guilty party is shown swirling around a toilet, which the player can then flush. Get Drawn In : no longer available The player creates a comic strip using characters, dialogue, and images from the show.

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