''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'' is an American

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created by

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for

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and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television. It follows Billy, an extremely dimwitted, happy-go-lucky boy, and Mandy, a cynical, remorseless girl, who, after winning a

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game to save Billy's pet

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, gain Grim, the mighty

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, as their "best friend forever". Grim, who is reluctant to serve the two children, has access to

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items, spells, and other abilities that often lead Billy and Mandy to interact with otherworldly environments, characters, or situations. ''Billy & Mandy'' began as a series of segments on ''

Grim & Evil ''Grim & Evil'' is an American animated television series created by Maxwell Atoms for Cartoon Network. It consists of two segments which were eventually spun off into their own series, ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'' and ''Evil Con Car ...

'', from which it was a spin-off, along with sister series ''

Evil Con Carne ''Evil Con Carne'' is an American animated television series created by Maxwell Atoms for Cartoon Network. The series centers on wealthy crime lord Hector Con Carne, who is reduced to his brain and stomach after an assassination attempt and subseq ...

'', on August 24, 2001. Although the 2003-2004 episodes were produced for ''Grim & Evil'', the show ran as a separate series from June 13, 2003, to November 9, 2007, on Cartoon Network. Two made-for-TV movies were also produced, ''

Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure ''Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure'' is a 2007 made-for-television animated adventure fantasy comedy film produced by Cartoon Network Studios, and is the first made-for-television film based on the animated series ''The Grim Adventures of Bill ...

'', which aired on March 30, 2007, and ''Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen'', which aired on July 6, 2007. A crossover special with fellow Cartoon Network series, '' Codename: Kids Next Door'', entitled "The Grim Adventures of the KND", aired on November 11, 2007. One more made-for-TV movie, '' Underfist: Halloween Bash'', intended to serve as a pilot for a new spin-off series, aired on October 12, 2008. During its run, the series won two

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and one

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, with nominations for one

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, three Golden Reel Awards, and two other Annie Awards. ''Billy & Mandy'' has also been made into a

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as well as various licensed merchandise.

Premise

The series is centered around the exploits of Billy (

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), an idiotic and happy-go-lucky boy; Mandy (

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), a cynical and cold-hearted girl; and Grim (

Greg Eagles Greg Eagles (born October 28, 1970) is an American actor. He voiced the Grim Reaper in Cartoon Network's ''Grim & Evil'' and its spin-off ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy''. He also voiced Captain Bob and Sketch Pad on HBO's Canadian-Ameri ...

), a Jamaican-accented

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. After Billy and Mandy cheated at a limbo match against Grim (in retaliation for putting the limbo rod too low for them to go under), he is enslaved in a permanently unwanted friendship with the children. Grim is miserable in the first days of his servitude, and even fantasizes about killing them multiple times. However, as the time passes, he gradually adapts to the new life, and even grows to care for Billy and Mandy, if only somewhat. Despite this, he retains a

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with the two and desires to eventually break free from his servitude. Billy and Mandy use Grim's supernatural abilities and powers to venture into supernatural locations or environments, such as the

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, or the Netherworld, inhabited by an assortment of grotesque monstrous beasts. The pair also use Grim's enormously strong supernatural abilities or ties with a number of beastly characters to achieve goals or desires for themselves, often with twisted results. Famed fictional monsters including

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, the

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, and the

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are also comically depicted in the series. Supporting characters include Irwin (

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), Billy's nerdy best friend who has a crush on Mandy; Harold (

), Billy's father who shares his son's stupidity; Gladys (

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), Billy's loving yet mentally unstable mother; Mindy (

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), the snobby, stuck-up, and spoiled queen bee of Billy and Mandy's school; Sperg (

), the local

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who has a sensitive side; Hoss Delgado (

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), an overly-intense "spectral exterminator" who hunts supernatural creatures; Nergal (

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/ Martin Jarvis), a friendship-seeking demon who later marries Billy's aunt and bears a son, Nergal Jr. (

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); General Skarr (

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), Billy's ill-tempered next door neighbor who originated in the ''

'' animated series; and Jeff (Maxwell Atoms), a giant spider constantly trying to win the approval of the arachnophobic Billy, whom he sees as his father. The show lacks continuity for the most part, as many episodes end with characters killed, exiled, or stuck in a situation. Characters sometimes display an awareness of some events from previous episodes, but there are no clear character arcs or coherent plot lines tying the show together.

Cast

Main cast

as Billy, Harold (Billy's father), Saliva (Mandy's pet dog) *

as Mandy, Aunt Sis (Billy's aunt), Milkshakes (Billy's pet cat) *

as Grim, Sperg *

as Irwin, Claire (Mandy's mother)

Recurring cast

as Gladys (Billy's mother) *

Jane Carr Ellen Jane Carr (born 13 August 1950) is an English actress. She is well known for her first film role as Mary McGregor in drama '' The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'' (1969) and the voice role of " Pud'n" on the animated ''The Grim Adventures of ...

as Pud'n *

as Mindy, Eris *

Phil LaMarr Phillip LaMarr (born January 24, 1967) is an American actor, comedian and screenwriter. LaMarr was one of the original featured cast members on the sketch comedy television series ''Mad TV''. His voice acting roles in animated series include Jo ...

as Dracula; Grandmama; Judge Roy Spleen *

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as Phillip (Mandy's father) *

as General Skarr *

as Hoss Delgado *

as Jeff the Spider *

as Nergal (2001–2002) * Martin Jarvis as Nergal (2003–2008) *

as Nergal Jr. * Chris Cox as Principal Goodvibes *

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as Ms. Butterbean *

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as Boogeyman *

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as Fred Fredburger

Episodes

Production history

The series had its genesis in 1995, when Maxwell Atoms, while he was a junior at the University of the Arts in

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, made a two-minute short film for his thesis project. Titled ''Billy and Mandy in: The Trepanation of the Skull and You'', it centers around Billy and Mandy (prototype versions) discussing

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with each other. In the end, Mandy drills Billy's head, causing him to pass out after too much blood loss even though he says he feels great. The short had never been shown publicly until April 30, 2016, during the first annual TromAnimation Film Festival. After the screening, Atoms uploaded the film to his YouTube channel, albeit in a deteriorating state after years of storage. While working on the first season of ''

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'', Atoms was approached by Hanna-Barbera executives for ideas for new short films. Among the ideas he presented to Hanna-Barbera was "Milkman", centering on an anthropomorphic, superhero milk carton who saves the missing children depicted on his back. Though the idea was rejected, executives were interested in Billy and Mandy, two characters that were to be featured in the project. Atoms was prompted to devise a series centering on the two children. Feeling that the characters Billy and Mandy would not be enough to carry a show, he began devising a third character to round out the main cast. He was always fascinated by the idea of a little girl befriending the

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or the

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, but eventually settled on the latter, as Cartoon Network did not approve of depictions of the devil after ''Cow and Chicken''. Atoms pitched the ''Billy & Mandy'' concept to Cartoon Network and

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, to which Cartoon Network approved the production of a short film 6 months later (which would become the short/pilot ''Meet the Reaper''). The show was put into full production after the result of a viewer poll event by way of telephone and the Internet called ''

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'' which was held from June 16 to August 25, 2000. The three final choices were ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'', '' Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?'', and ''Longhair and Doubledome''. Out of the three, ''Billy & Mandy'' attained the most votes with 57%; ''Robot Jones'' came in second place at 23% while ''Longhair and Doubledome'' received 20% of the vote. Originally part of ''

'', ''Billy & Mandy'' served as the main show. In each episode, an ''

'' short was put between two ''Grim'' shorts. An original Evil Con Carne short was produced in 2000 after ''Meet the Reaper'', but Cartoon Network wanted to combine the series, to have a "B cartoon" as a middle segment (similar to the ''Dial M For Monkey'' and ''The Justice Friends'' shorts in ''

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'', or the ''

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'' segment on ''Cow and Chicken''). On occasion, it was the other way around, with two ''Evil'' shorts and one ''Grim'' short. The series premiered on August 24, 2001, during the ''Cartoon Cartoon Fridays Big Pick Weekend''. Another batch of 13 half-hour episodes were produced for ''Grim & Evil'', but on June 13, 2003, the network separated the two segments and gave each their own half-hour program. The split came as a result of Cartoon Network wanting to move away from the old 7 minute segment format, and focus on two 11 minute segments per half hour instead. After both series aired their respective new seasons, the network gave Atoms a decision to continue one series, while the other would be dropped from production. Atoms opted to continue ''Billy & Mandy'' and accepted the network's decision, as he considered running both shows stressful. ''Evil Con Carne'' characters occasionally appear on ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy''. General Skarr was introduced into the show as a recurring character beginning in Season 2's "Skarred for Life", where he became Billy's new next-door neighbor. In "Company Halt", the ninth episode of the final season which also functions as the true series finale for ''Evil Con Carne'', Ghastly, Hector, Boskov, and Stomach restart their evil organization and convince Skarr to rejoin them, but their plans are ultimately foiled by Billy and Mandy, and Skarr goes back to living his life as a normal person. On March 20, 2022,

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revealed that years ago on Cartoon Network there were plans for a spinoff series titled ''Cheeseburger'' featuring Fred Fredburger and Cheese from ''

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'', but the idea never gained traction. Atoms confirmed in 2021 that the three main characters of the show are on the

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, having been diagnosed with

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late in life. He likened Mandy to "the cold, rational way elearned to view the world in order to survive", Billy to "the fun and joyous inner-world where

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to spend istime" and Grim to "the moral mediator between the two."

Reception

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gave the show a 3/5 star rating and stated that it has "goofy punchlines and obscure cultural references" and recommends the viewer age be at least 8 years old.

Awards and nominations

The series has won one

and two

and has been nominated nine times for various awards.

TV movies

Three

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were made for the series. The first one was called ''Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure'' and was released on DVD in April, 2007. A second movie, ''Wrath of the Spider Queen'', was also released in 2007. It was based on a spider queen from Grim's distant past, who tries to take revenge on him because she was meant to be the reaper. Meanwhile, keeping up with the spider theme, Billy learns to love his spider son Jeff. On October 12, 2008, a third and final spin-off movie, titled ''Underfist: Halloween Bash'', premiered on Cartoon Network. The movie's primary focus is on Irwin, Jeff the Spider, Hoss Delgado, General Skarr, and Fred Fredburger accidentally coming together to defeat an invasion of chocolate bar monsters, led by an evil marshmallow bunny, on Halloween night.

Media

Music

The score composers for the series are

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Drew Neumann Drew Neumann is an American musician and composer of film and television scores. He created the soundtrack of the science fiction animated series ''Æon Flux'', and has composed music for many other shows, including ''The Wild Thornberrys'', '' B ...

and

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. In addition, two songs were made for the show by

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, the episode "Little Rock of Horrors", which parodies the musical '' Little Shop of Horrors'', features a song titled " BRAINS!" and, in ''

'', the song "Land of the Dead" is played in the opening credits. Both songs are a part of the album ''Spooky Songs For Creepy Kids''. The season two episode "Battle of the Bands" also featured the song "Darkness" by gothic

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band SPF-1000. The end credits music of "Billy & Mandy Save Christmas" is the song " Round and Round" by

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band

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Video games

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published two video games based on the series in 2006, each featuring the same plot but different gameplay. The first, a 3D

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, was developed by High Voltage Studios and released on September 25, 2006, for the

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and

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, and on November 19, 2006, in North America for the

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. The second, a sidescrolling

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, was developed by

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and released on October 31, 2006, for the

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. Characters from the series have also appeared in Cartoon Network crossover video games, such as ''

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'' and '' Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion''.

Home media

The first season was first released on DVD by

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on September 18, 2007. ''Collection 2'' released February 11, 2010, in Australia and New Zealand and contains the next 13 episodes in the series. The entire series is available on

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and

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in six volumes, with the exceptions of ''Billy & Mandy Save Christmas'' and ''Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure''. On January 1, 2021, ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'' was added to

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Notes

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