About
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy is an American animated series created by Maxwell Atoms for Cartoon Network, about the exploits of the dimwit Billy and the cynical Mandy, who befriend the Grim Reaper after winning him on a limbo game.
Premise
The show follows the adventures of Billy (Richard Steven Horvitz), a simple-minded and carefree boy, and Mandy (Grey DeLisle), a cynical and crafty girl, who beat the Grim Reaper (Greg Eagles) on a limbo game for Billy’s hamster life, making him their slave and being trapped on a perpetual friendship with them. Thanks to Grim’s supernatural powers, Billy and Mandy can venture into supernatural locations or environments, also using them to achieve goals or desires for themselves, often with twisted results.
History
In 1996, Maxwell Atoms created an animated short titled “Billy and Mandy” while he was a college student (shown bellow). The short involves Billy wanting to release his inner demons, deciding to go about doing so by drilling a hole into his head, and though Atoms described it as “completely inappropriate for Cartoon Network”, he decided to evolve the short into an entrie series.[1] In need of a straight man for the otherwise uncontrollable group of misfit characters, it was eventually decided to add the Grim Reaper to the lineup as the third protagonist.
The show premiered on August 24th, 2001 as “Grim and Evil”, consisted on two segments that eventually would split into two different series: “The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy”, which premiered as its own series on June 13th, 2003, and “Evil con Carne”, which was cancelled after the first season. The series ran until November 9th, 2007, after 7 seasons.
Reception
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy became one of Cartoon Network’s top rated series. During its airing, the series was nominated to various awards, winning an Annie Award on 2005 and two Emmy Awards on 2006 and 2007, in adition to nine nominations including those three wins. The show also earned a rating of 7.8 on IMDb.[2]
Fandom
The series has followings on on websites like Tumblr,[4] Reddit[3] or 4chan’s board /co/.[5] There’s also an official Wikia about the series.[7] As of May 22nd, 2015, the online artist community DeviantART has over 17,100 submissions submitted under the keywords “Billy and Mandy”.[6]
Related Memes
You’ve Messed With The Natural Order!
“You’ve Messed With The Natural Order!” is a catchphrase used as response to things that can be seen as “anti-natural”, and associated to the character Sir Raven. The quote comes from season’s five eighth episode, My Fair Mandy, where Mandy smiles and destroy the reality, followed by Sir Raven’s yelling the catchphrase.[10] The quote has some spread on Tumblr,[8] 4chan[9] and MemeCenter.[11]
Destroy Us all!
“Destroy Us All!” is a memorable quote from Billy, first appearing on season four’s fourth chapter, Attack of the Clowns, where Billy exclaims that clowns weere coming for him and would destroy all human race.[12] Online, the catchphrase is used on the context when something takes over anything.[13][14]
Search Interest
External References
[1]Lost Media Wiki – ‘Billy & Mandy’ Short Film
[2]IMDb – The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
[3]Reddit – Search for billy and mandy
[4]Tumblr – Search for billy and mandy
[5]Archive.moe – Search for billy and mandy on /co/
[6]DeviantART – Search for billy and mandy
[7]The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy Wiki – Main Page
[8]Tumblr – Search for you’ve messed with the natural order
[9]Archive.moe – Search for you’ve messed with the natural order
[10]The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy Wiki – My Fair Mandy
[11]MemeCenter – Search for you’ve messed with the natural order
[12]The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy Wiki – Attack of the Clowns
[13]Tumblr – Tagged as destroy us all
[14]Archive.moe – Search for destroy us all