Making Fiends

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Charlotte, a character in the cartoon
Charlotte, a character in the cartoon

Making Fiends is a Flash cartoon by Amy Winfrey. It follows the interactions between Vendetta, a nasty, evil-hearted girl that regularly makes monsters called fiends, and Charlotte, a happy-go-lucky girl with every intention of making friends with Vendetta (despite her complete failure to realize that Vendetta despises her cheerful nature).

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[edit] Characters

Charlotte: A blue, optimistic girl from Vermont who could be described as 'too friendly'. It is impossible for her to get upset. When Vendetta unleashes fiends onto her, Charlotte usually stops them from wreaking havoc by accident, stating with a smile that they were just playing with her. A running gag is that she sees projectiles thrown at her as gifts. Almost every episode includes her singing some kind of song. She is voiced by Amy Winfrey.

Vendetta: A light green girl who makes fiends, both through stereotypical mad-scientist means and in the kitchen. She spends her time torturing the other children and using her giant hamster to get what she wants. In fact, she has complete run of the school because all the adults are afraid of her. She constantly tries to kill Charlotte, but her schemes are always foiled by Charlotte's kindness. She seems to hate music and only eats clams, grape punch (drink) and beef jerky. Vendetta is voiced by Aglaia Mortcheva.

Mr. Milk: He is the teacher of Charlotte's class. He speaks in depressing drones due to Vendetta's dominion, and is forced to do whatever Vendetta bids out of fear. He is probably a take-off of Caspar Milquetoast, a comic book character remarkably similar to him. In episode 14 we learn he has a bass singing voice. He is voiced by Peter Merryman.

Marion: A dark blue overweight girl who sits next to Charlotte and talks in quiet tones. Marion lost the class election in episode 12 to Marvin by 182 votes to one (Charlotte's vote). She is voiced by Amy Winfrey.

Marvin: A dark green boy who almost always starts his sentences with "my", the only exceptions being Wonderful Wintery Day and the April Fools Episode. He won the class president election after Vendetta & Grudge rigged the vote, but was punched by one of Vendetta's fiends and replaced by Vendetta herself. Marvin is voiced by Peter Merryman.

Malachi: A dark grey boy. He is seemingly a Puritan and speaks in complicated, Shakespeare-like phrases. His dire cautions are ignored by Charlotte. He is voiced by Peter Merryman.

Maggie: A grey girl who doesn't speak until episode 14, when she cogently remarks, "Charlotte's dumb." She is voiced by Amy Winfrey.

Rubella: Vendetta's new fiendish friend who resembles a very large girl. She eats non-edible food (like wood, glass, plaster) and talks in one- and two-word sentences. (Voiced by Elissa Calfin) She is named after a disesase of the same name.

Grudge: Vendetta's giant hamster. Grudge does not speak, but rather growls, and is Vendetta's constant sidekick. In episode 18 Grudge is replaced by Rubella, but is again accepted by Vendetta after helping her fend off her own wild fiends in ep 20. Grudge is voiced by Peter Merryman.

Giant Kitty: Vendetta's cat fiend whom Charlotte spends a lot of time with, much to Vendetta's dismay. It has an insatiable appetite, as seen in episode 10. The Giant Kitty always closes its eyes when giving its distinctive meow. It is voiced by Amy Winfrey.

Buttons: Charlotte's pet hamster, her "favorite hamster in the whole world", first seen in episode 2 of season 1.

Buttons 2: A fiend that Vendetta made for Charlotte that looks like a bird and can cut things with its beak like scissors. Charlotte thinks it's a puppy, and makes it a good friend. He likes cutting up pink construction paper. He is also a kick butt valentine maker.

Mrs. Minty: One of Mr. Milk's substitutes. She refers to the classmates as "buttercups", "ducklings", and so on. She kicks out Grudge with a newspaper and hands out tests. Her main debut is in episode 9 of season 1. Mrs. Minty is voiced by Peter Merryman.

(Other recurring characters include the lunch lady, the red frog fiend on the lunch counter, and the red bird-fiend usually perched on Mr. Milk's desk)

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Season one

[edit] Season two

[edit] Season Three

  • Episode 21 (continues from episode 20, most likely will continue into episode 22)

[edit] Nickelodeon's part in Making Fiends

Amy Winfrey has communicated publically that Making Fiends will officially be a full length television show for Nickelodeon. According to Winfrey, it is still too early to say when episodes will start airing. As part of Winfrey's agreement with Nickelodeon, she is no longer able to produce new Making Fiends merchandise to sell on her Web site. Once the limited remaining items have sold out, the gift shop will be closed.

[edit] Trivia and secrets

  • Every page has a hidden message near the top, which can be seen by being highlighted.
  • Nearly every character's first name starts with the letter 'M', because of her famous shows 'Muffin films'
  • Behind the bush in the bottom-left corner of the main menu is a small red cat (or a piece of candy corn during Halloween).
  • The bush in the bottom-right corner of the main menu can be clicked on.
  • Aglaia Mortcheva is from Bulgaria.
  • A 'vendetta' is "a bitter, destructive feud" (definition from Dictionary.com).
  • Occasionally simple, gruesome drawings can be seen in the background with a small message written with them. They appear to be alphabet-teaching posters, but feature such inspiring thoughts as "A is for alimony".
  • A picture of muffins can be seen in the back of the classroom, a reference to Muffin Films.
  • Most of the textures used to make walls, the sky, grass, etc. are .jpeg files overlapping one another.
  • All of the human characters besides Malachi and Marvin wear what looks like dresses or muumuus.

[edit] The 2005 April Fool's Day episode

All episodes are in English with the exception of episode 17, which was recorded in Bulgarian. When first released, the episode was entirely in Bulgarian, and received many complaints in the guestbook. After a couple of days, subtitles were slapped on. The subtitles feature translations that are laughably substandard (Marvin can be seen crying "ice cream of mine!" instead of the expected "my ice cream!") when they are not completely superfluous (as for translated clock ticks and screams). Episode 17's hidden text (viewed by highlighting at the top) says "Den na shegata!", which is Bulgarian for "April Fools".

[edit] The 2006 April Fool's Day episodes

In the days leading up to April Fool's Day in 2006, a message was posted on the front page saying that a fiend was to be temporarily placed in charge of the site. On April Fool's Day, the main menu had a bite taken out of it, and the fiend was there to explain that he got hungry and ate some episodes, but fixed them. As a result, five episodes were replaced with alternate versions, each featuring a major mistake.

  • Episode 4: All dialogue is in Mandarin.
  • Episode 6: All dialogue is spoken by a computerized speech simulator.
  • Episode 11: All characters have beards.
  • Episode 18: All characters are muffins (another nod to Muffin Films).
  • Episode 20: The episode ends with Vendetta moving to Florida and never seeing Charlotte again.

[edit] Episode 20

In this episode most of the main characters escape being devoured by fiends by boarding a giant boat. Those who are not seen on the escape boat are;

  • Charlotte's family, who are briefly mentioned in episode 4
  • Rubella

(The giant cat is not on the boat for obvious reasons, but is seen wading away) (Buttons 2 is very hard to spot, but he is seen at the very top of the sailboat.)

[edit] Marvin

Marvin usually starts his sentences with "my." There are two exceptions - the April Fools episode (above) and A Wonderful Wintery Day where he sings the second line of the song.

[edit] Holiday Specials

Halloween Treat

Throw pumpkins at Charlotte! Returns 10/13/06.

Christmas Bonus

Charlotte and Vendetta sing songs about wishing Charlotte was a Christmas tree.

(Note: The latter of these two pages is removed after the holiday time is over)

[edit] See also

Amy Winfrey

[edit] External links