Jeremy Monroe (TV series)

Jeremy Monroe is an American animated sitcom created by Jake Maldonado and features the voices of Tom Kenny, Tara Strong, Billy West, Hank Azaria, Catherine Cavadini, Isabel Maldonado, and Rob Paulsen. The series centers around four dysfunctional teenagers, which consists of Jeremy Monroe, Sara Summers, Robert Robinson, and Nikki Williams. The show is set in the fictional town of and parodies American culture and society, television, films, and the human condition. Since its debut on October 27, 1996, the show received acclaim throughout its first eleven seasons, and has won dozens of awards, including 24 Primetime Emmy Awards, 9 Golden Reel Awards, and 20 Annie Awards. However, it has also been criticized for a perceived decline in quality over the years. Currently, Jeremy Monroe is on its 25th season, which began airing September 27, 2020. The show was renewed for a 26th season on August 4, 2020. Jeremy Monroe is a joint production by Maldonado Studios and 20th Television. Jeremy Monroe: The Biggest Movie Ever, a feature-length film, was released in theaters worldwide on July 18, 2003, and grossed over $343 million. A second film adaptation, Jeremy Monroe: The Second Biggest Movie Ever, followed on July 10, 2020. As of September 30, 2020, all prior seasons of the show are available on Hulu.

The show was conceived by Maldonado in 1994 while working as a scriptwriter on Alaina Gleen, who came up with the idea of an adult animated cartoon after being inspired by Fox's own The Simpsons. The show's pilot episode was produced at Klasky Csupo, using a mix of paper cutout and hand-drawn animation, leading to all subsequent episodes from 1999 onwards being produced at Maldonado Studios with computer animation that emulated the paper cutout/hand-drawn technique.

Premise
The show follows the exploits of four teenagers, Jeremy Monroe, Sara Summers, Robert Robinson, and Nikki Williams. The teens live in the fictional small town of Slewood Springs, located in central California. The town is also home to an assortment of frequent characters such as students, families, high school staff, and other various residents, who tend to regard Slewood Springs as a crazy, loud place to live. Prominent settings on the show include the local high school, the local park, various neighborhoods and the surrounding sunny landscape, actual California landmarks, and the shops and businesses along the town's main street.

Characters
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Production
In 1994, Jake Maldonado, while working on Alaina Gleen came up with an idea of a adult animated TV show about four teenage boys after watching and being inspired by Fox's own The Simpsons. Maldonado soon pitched Jeremy Monroe to Fox in 1995, and the executives liked it. Maldonado immediately left Alaina Gleen to focus more on Jeremy Monroe.

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Animation
Traditional stop motion cutout animation and hand-drawn animation techniques were used in the pilot episode and earlier episodes from 1996 to 1999. Subsequent episodes have been produced by computer animation, providing a similar look to the originals while requiring a fraction of the time to produce. Before computer artists begin animating an episode, a series of animatics drawn in Toon Boom are provided by the show's storyboard artists. The characters and objects are composed of simple geometrical shapes and primary and secondary colors. Their usual movements are animated in an intentionally jerky fashion.

Writing
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Voice cast

 * See also: List of Jeremy Monroe cast members and List of Jeremy Monroe guest stars

Jeremy Monroe has five main cast members. Tom Kenny provided the voices of Jeremy Monroe, Mr. Robles, George Sanford and many other incidental characters. Kenny was asked to voice the characters due to his involvement in Alaina Gleen. Tara Strong voiced Sara Summers and other, more minor, characters. The role of Sara was originally assigned to Yeardley Smith, who voiced Lisa Simpson in Fox's The Simpsons. However, the producers found Smith's voice acting too similar to Lisa's so Strong was given the role of Sara instead. Billy West voiced Robert Robinson, Hank Azaria voices Mr. Morrison, Ted Norman, and Jeffrey Summers, and other various characters, and Isabel Maldonado voices Nikki Williams.

Guest stars
Like TeenV, The Simpsons, Family Guy, South Park, and Futurama, many episodes of Jeremy Monroe feature guest voices from a wide range of professions, including actors, entertainers, bands, musicians, and scientists. Many guest-stars voiced supporting characters, although many voiced themselves.