''Sons of Butcher'' is a Canadian adult animated Comedy television series based on
the band of the same name. It is animated using a variety of programs, put together using
Adobe Flash
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.
Premise
The show follows the exploits of Sol Butcher, Ricky Butcher, and Doug Borski, who operate a successful butcher shop called "Sons of Butcher Quality Meats" in the slums of Steeltown, a city modelled after
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario. Hamilton has a Canada 2016 Census, population of 569,353, and its Census Metropolitan Area, census metropolitan area, which includes Burlington, ...
. When not tending to the shop, they play together at various venues in a Rock band, naturally called "Sons of Butcher".
It was announced on April 28, 2007 that
Teletoon
Teletoon (stylized as TELETOON) is a Canadian English-language specialty channel owned by Teletoon Canada, Inc., a subsidiary of Corus Entertainment. Its name is a portmanteau of "television" and "cartoon". The channel primarily broadcasts an ...
opted not to renew ''Sons of Butcher'' for a third season. On sonsofbutcher.com they declared that they'd be stopping entirely and their "guitars will be unplugged indefinitely".
A
petition
A petition is a request to do something, most commonly addressed to a government official or public entity. Petitions to a deity are a form of prayer called supplication.
In the colloquial sense, a petition is a document addressed to some offi ...
was started to renew the show for another season, taking donations from fans.
Main characters
Solsolido Ron "Sol" Butcher
Sol is the current owner of the butcher shop, older brother to Ricky, and the eldest and strongest of the three. He inherited the shop from their father, Arpo Butcher, who died in an unfortunate accident involving a meat grinder. Sol is a recovering alcoholic, and is unable to drink even a small amount of non-alcoholic liquor without going on a massive drinking binge that causes him to grow a thick beard in an instant and run through the city streets wearing nothing but a green thong. Despite his gruff attitude, Sol is the friendliest of the trio, affectionately referring to anyone he likes as "buds"; he only seems to have a short temper around Ricky, who often shows a rebellious attitude towards his authority as an older sibling.
Sol writes songs for the band sometimes and has a habit of speaking in
malapropism
A malapropism (also called a malaprop, acyrologia, or Dogberryism) is the mistaken use of an incorrect word in place of a word with a similar sound, resulting in a nonsensical, sometimes humorous utterance. An example is the statement attributed to ...
s. Sol's stupidity has had some consequences, as in one episode Sol (mistaking both the point and spelling of I.O.U.s) inadvertently becomes an infamous robber in Steeltown. Sol has had a few romantic interests in the series, including a woman named Sherry (whom he had literally dreamed about) and Jaco's daughter Suncheeps (whom he broke up with upon discovering she snored monstrously when she slept). He has gone to extreme lengths to earn their affections, including stealing massive amounts of coal in the hopes of making them into diamonds, and encasing himself in a feta cheese sculpture of
Aphrodite
Aphrodite ( ; grc-gre, Ἀφροδίτη, Aphrodítē; , , ) is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, and procreation. She was syncretized with the Roman goddess . Aphrodite's major symbols inclu ...
to gain Jaco's respect. Despite owning the butcher shop, Sol has worked in a few other jobs over the series, such as a prison chef (while incarcerated), cruise ship worker, and small-time actor.
Sol apparently has a name for each of his nuts; one is named Terry and the other one Berry.
Rickence Raine Ronnie R. "Ricky" Butcher
Ricky is Sol's clinically obese younger brother. He seems to suffer from several
eating disorders that raise his gluttony to the point that he will eat anything, despite the fact that this has made him suffer through multiple heart attacks and even a
tapeworm
Eucestoda, commonly referred to as tapeworms, is the larger of the two subclasses of flatworms in the class Cestoda (the other subclass is Cestodaria). Larvae have six posterior hooks on the scolex (head), in contrast to the ten-hooked Cesto ...
(which he deliberately gave himself by eating many rotten fish in an attempt to lose weight quickly). While he often considers himself to be a ladies' man, he seems to have a thing for women who are either grossly overweight or considerably older than he is, sometimes to the point of being middle aged and having one or more children (which Ricky hates) and maybe even already having a husband. It was originally Ricky's idea to start the band, after finding his deceased father's old guitar in a box of his belongings. He is quite talented and creative with a guitar, often coming up with new songs and constantly trying to defend his self-proclaimed status of "rock god." He is usually the lead singer (Doug and Sol have been known to sing sometimes) and is constantly criticizing the other two for not being able to keep up with him; because of this, he seems to long for a solo deal when he finally gets signed onto a label, which he perpetually believes will happen very soon.
Although Ricky technically works at the butcher shop, he actually does very little work, and happily abandons his post there every time a better opportunity comes up. He has, in such cases found other work as a police officer/vigilante, steel worker, and a member of the frequently changing in tone band Feedbag. Ricky is violent and confrontational, but clearly makes a poor physical combatant, once receiving a bloody hole in his chest from Jaco, and being physically overpowered by three old women until thrashing blindly at them (all while wearing protective foam body armor).
Ricky dyes his hair later on in the series, explaining why his hair is a different color of that of his brother or father.
Dougland Peyronie "Doug" Borski
Doug is the 18-year-old janitor of the Sons of Butcher meat shop, hired by late proprietor Arpo Butcher. He was raised in Africa by a tribe of aborigines, and his adoptive parents were devoured by a 5-legged lion moments after revealing they weren't his real parents. After Doug failed his rite of manhood firewalk, the tribe banished him to Canada, where he found a job as a janitor. Doug has a vast collection of pornography and is obsessed with cleaning any and all filth.
Doug is often heard speaking in
Ebonics because of his upbringing, sometimes to the point where he becomes difficult to understand. Doug has worked in several other jobs throughout the series, both alongside and in place of his janitorial duties. Among these professions have been carnie, janitor at a different carnival, cruise ship worker (along with Sol and Ricky), bodyguard, and impromptu butcher. A running gag in the first season involves Doug being hired for a new job in the middle of introducing himself, his new employer never caring to hear his name before giving him a job.
Doug is also addicted to pornography; he is seen many times ''playing with himself'' while watching these kind of magazines and not paying attention to anything else (even to a point when a girl hits on him and he's too absorbed in the magazines to notice). At some point, he tries to leave pornography behind and start to date real women, but he accidentally ends up working in adult cinema. It is revealed in the final episode of season 2 that Doug is
color blind
Color blindness or color vision deficiency (CVD) is the decreased ability to see color or differences in color. It can impair tasks such as selecting ripe fruit, choosing clothing, and reading traffic lights. Color blindness may make some aca ...
.
Arpo Butcher
Sol and Ricky's late father, killed in a meat grinding accident. Much like his eldest son, he was a heavy drinker as well, and frequently abused and insulted the boys when they were young (according to recurring flashbacks seen in the show), even developing the
pet name
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for I ...
s "shithead" for Sol and "dorknuts" for Ricky. The current status and whereabouts of their mother is unknown.
Arpo's spirit briefly returns once to possess a
haunted house
A haunted house, spook house or ghost house in ghostlore is a house or other building often perceived as being inhabited by disembodied spirits of the deceased who may have been former residents or were otherwise connected with the prope ...
that Sol has created for Halloween, wherein he chastised Sol for not making it scary enough. He currently resides in hell, and his face is never shown (in its place is a
Jack-o-lantern
A jack-o'-lantern (or jack o'lantern) is a carved lantern, most commonly made from a pumpkin or a root vegetable such as a rutabaga or turnip. Jack-o'-lanterns are associated with the Halloween holiday. Its name comes from the reported phenomen ...
that moves its lips and eyes as if it were his actual face).
In one of Sol's flashbacks, it is shown that his dad used to towel whip him for not being able to pee in public, which in turn traumatized Sol up to his adult life making him "pee shy." Arpo's body is seen as being considerably overweight, and he has a long beard.
Recurring characters
Jean-Guy
A muscle bound French-Canadian man who occasionally appears as a friend to the Butchers. He first appears as a carnival ride operator, using marijuana smoke to enhance the experience. On one occasion, Jean-Guy gives Ricky steroids to improve his physical condition, but Ricky quickly abandons them when he discovers that they've massively shrunk his testicles. It was Jean-Guy who forced Sol to try to overcome his pee shyness by peeing in a public urinal at a rock concert.
Good Cop
A black person wearing a white shirt and gray slacks, always with the bad cop; his punch line is ''what my partner is trying to say is...''
Bad Cop / Digs
A white, muscular man with long brown hair, always punching people, which then is followed by the Good Cop's punch line. He wears a red shirt. He is briefly referred to as "Digs."
Guest stars
*
Rudy Ray Moore (
Dolemite
''Dolemite'' is a 1975 American blaxploitation crime comedy film and is also the name of its principal character, played by Rudy Ray Moore, who co-wrote the film and its soundtrack. Moore, who started his career as a stand-up comedian in ...
) makes an appearance in Season 2 as Rudy the psychic janitor.
*
Pat Mastroianni appears as Parsons, the womanizing
metrosexual stud.
*
Jeff Wincott
Jeffrey Wincott (born 8 May 1956) is a Canadian actor and martial artist best known for his lead role in the television series ''Night Heat.''
Wincott was also the star of several martial arts films in the 1990s. In 1996 he was named one of the ...
appears as Ram Punchington, the martial arts action star, and a character that was based on Jeff Wincott himself.
* Karl DiPelino appears as Karl, the production assistant.
Episodes
Series overview
Season 1 (2005)
Season 2 (2006–07)
Song listing
Not all songs listed below have been released. However, all have been featured at some point in an episode of the ''Sons of Butcher'' animated series.
*"SOB Theme"
*"SOB Story"
*"The Gentle Art of Butchery 2"
*"Tit Song"
*"Cheeseburgs"
*"Becomin' a Butcher"
*"Helpin' the Community"
*"Hate Triangle"
*"Tapeworm"
*"'Nsane Dream"
*"Tenderize Me"
*"Bacon Shakes"
*"Epiphany in the Key of Bigfoot"
*"The Gentle Art (Original)"
*"Escape Ants"
*"Lick Me Up"
*"Low Carb Treat"
*"Butcher of the Month" aka "Ode to my Brother"
*"In the Cellar"
*"Salon Tech"
*"Rum Cruise"
*"S'verybody Someone"
*"Prayers for Fishies"
*"Bigfoot Rap"
*"Bacon Shakes (Reprise)"
*"New Wave Them"
*"Arpo's House of Death"
*"Chicken Fever"
*"Come Fight Me"
*"Crazy Toenails"
*"Dear John"
*"Dirtbike"
*"Don't Egg Me"
*"Feed The Snake"
*"Fukt Country"
*"Funky Drummer Carol"
*"Go Vegan"
*"Heavy Duty (Look At That)"
*"How Will Doug Die?"
*"I Kill Everything"
*"Jaco: Portrait of a Kicked Ass"
*"Why Must I Bleed"
*"My Cow Son"
*"Pineapple Breaks"
*"Playin' High"
*"Publicity Rocket 3.0"
*"Publicity Rocket 4.0"
*"Punch You With A Knife"
*"Rashmen"
*"Rock Rash"
*"Scalpin' Interrogation"
*"Scalpin'"
*"Slaughterhouse Blues"
*"The Lord VS Rock"
*"The Message"
*"The Plan"
*"Trainin' Jerry"
*"Trainin' The Robot"
*"Until It Bleeds"
*"Until It Rains"
*"Warehouse Party"
*"Wolfback Laceration"
*"Workin' the Line"
*"Decapitation"
*"Love in the Raw"
*"Cherry Thief"
*"(Dream) Girl Dream (Lady)"
*"Fuck the Shit"
*"In Thru The Outhole"
*"I Hate Girlfriends"
*"Pump Me Up"
*"Punch That Face"
*"Rockload"
*"We Fuckin' Rule"
*"Prayers"
*"Meatlantis"
*"Action Reaction"
*"Here To Rock"
*"Party's On"
*"Love Blaster"
*"Made Love By The River"
*"I Need An Arm"
*"Whip’em Out"
*"F The World"
*"Fuck Producers"
*"Panty Dropper"
*"Doug In Space"
*"Suite: Bad Touch"
*"Free Shit"
*"Ultimate Drinking Song"
*"Sneakin’ in"
*"Razors"
*"Meatlantis Reprise"
*"Gold"
*"Loverechaun"
*"Lion Tech"
References
External links
Fuck The Shit Music Video*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sons Of Butcher (Tv Series)
2000s Canadian adult animated television series
2000s Canadian music television series
2000s Canadian satirical television series
2000s Canadian sketch comedy television series
2005 Canadian television series debuts
2007 Canadian television series endings
Canadian adult animated comedy television series
Canadian adult animated musical television series
Canadian flash animated television series
English-language television shows
Teletoon original programming
Television series by S&S Productions