Evil Con Carne

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Evil Con Carne

Genre	Animated television series
Running time	30 min.
Creator(s)	Maxwell Atoms
Starring	Phil LaMarr Grey DeLisle Armin Shimerman Frank Welker Jesse Corti
Country of origin	United States
Original channel	Cartoon Network
Original run	2003–2004

Evil Con Carne is a Cartoon Network American animated television series, created by Maxwell Atoms, which first appeared during the show Grim and Evil and later became a separate program in 2003, running for one season.

The title, Evil Con Carne, is Spanish for "Evil With Meat".

[edit] Plot

Hector Con Carne was a crime lord and evil genius bent on taking over the world. Eventually, he was caught in an explosion initiated by his archnemesis, Cod Commando. The explosion scattered most of his body across the world. He was rescued by a scientist, the begoggled and curvaceous Major Dr. Ghastly, who placed his living remains into two containment units: one for his brain, and the other for his stomach. These two units were later installed into Boskov, a purple circus bear, giving Con Carne's brain control over (almost) all of the bear's actions and movements.

Con Carne, Dr. Ghastly, and his military leader, General Skarr, then created a secret laboratory on an island with a bunny-shaped mountain (apparently a spoof of Blofeld's lair in the James Bond movies). Gathering an army, Con Carne resumed his quest for world domination and made a new goal: to find his missing body parts. The group may be a parody of the Brotherhood of Evil from DC Comics: a criminally-bent body part (The Brain in DC, Hector in Evil Con Carne); a beautiful femme fatale (Madame Rouge in DC, Ghastly in Con Carne), an obedient animal (Boskov here, Monsieur Mallah in DC) and an incredibly intelligent general (Zahl in DC and Skarr here).

After Evil Con Carne was canceled, its characters appear in Maxwell Atoms' other show, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy and Evil Con Carne are the two spinoff TV series of Grim and Evil). The first cameo was in the episode Chicken Ball Z, which ended with Mandy purchasing Hector's Bunny Island. General Skarr moved to Billy's neighborhood in the episode Skarred for Life after Bunny Island was bought out by an "entertainment corporation that didn't want competition in world domination". Since then, General Skarr has been a recurring character in the Grim Adventures.

Evil Con Carne can still be seen occasionally on "Cartoon Cartoons" on Cartoon Network. Episodes of the show are also consistently added to Cartoon Network's streaming video website, Cartoon Network Video.

[edit] Characters

Hector Con Carne (Phil Lamarr): the main character, as described above. Reduced to an anthropomorphic brain and a stomach with a life of its own. Is often frustrated by the difficulty of taking over the world in this state.
Major Dr. Ghastly (Grey DeLisle): a gentle mad scientist who fell in love with Con Carne and helped him out of sympathy, even though he had rejected her during an earlier job interview. She is a red-haired woman in rubber clothing and wears dark goggles that hide her eyes, except her irises.
General Skarr (Armin Shimerman): Con Carne's military leader. He is a cold-hearted, hateful and harsh man with a scar on his face, and he has one eye. He tends to be more evil than Con Carne himself. Has made several appearances on Maxwell Atoms' other show The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, as Billy's next door neighbor. Skarr seems to resemble Fearless Leader
Boskov (Frank Welker): A former circus bear, Boskov carries Con Carne's brain and stomach on his body, and is usually controlled by Con Carne. Is sometimes difficult to control due to his animal instincts and lack of intelligence.
Cod Commando (Jesse Corti): Con Carne's arch-nemesis. He is an anthropomorphic codfish secret agent who can only speak in gibberish by going "blah, blah, blah" (though he did say "Hello" in his premiere episode). Almost invariably thwarts Con Carne's evil plans.
Destructacus Con Carne: Destructacus is Hector and Ghastly's son from the future, who, in Hector's disgust, rejects his father's evil ways and becomes superhero, fighting in the name of good, although he still loves his parents.
Estroy (Maurice LaMarche): Hector's next-island neighbor; the two are very competitive. Wears a metal mask to hide his immense beauty, as seen in one episode. He is a parody of Destro, a villain from the G. I. Joe series.

[edit] Episode List

01 "Gutless / Day of the Dreadbots / League of Destruction"
02 "Son of Evil / Right to Bear Arms / Trouble With Skarrina"
03 "Go Spork! / Boscovs' Day Out / Cod vs. Hector"
04 "Search & Estroy / The Pie Who Loved Me / Evil On Trial"
05 "Max Courage"
06 "Evil on Trial / The Time Hole Incident / Christmas Con Carne"
07 "Bring Me the Face of Hector Con Carne / Devolver: Part 1 / Devolver: Part 2"
08 "Evil Con Carne / Emotional Skarr / Evil Goes Wild"
09 "Evil on Trial / The Smell of Vengeance Part 1 / The Smell of Vengeance Part 2"
10 "Everyone Loves Uncle Bob / Tiptoe Through The Tulips Part 1 / Tiptoe Through the Tulips Part 2"
11 "No No Nanuk / Teenage Idol"
12 "The Mother of All Evils / The HCCBDD"
13 "Gridlocked and Loaded / Fool's Paradise"
14 "Jealousy, Jealous Do / Hector, King of the Britains"
15 "Ultimate Evil"

Cartoon Cartoons
Codename: Kids Next Door • Courage the Cowardly Dog • Cow and Chicken • Dexter's Laboratory • Ed, Edd n Eddy • Evil Con Carne • The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy • Grim and Evil • I Am Weasel • Johnny Bravo • Mike, Lu & Og • The Powerpuff Girls • Sheep in the Big City • Time Squad • What a Cartoon! • Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?
Other Cartoon Network original series
Camp Lazlo • Class of 3000 • Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends • Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi • The Life and Times of Juniper Lee • My Gym Partner's a Monkey • Squirrel Boy • Chowder • Zoot Rumpus • Phibian Mike