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Tortellini Western is an animated film series on NickToons Network. It was produced by Animation Collective, and debuted in 2004. The title is a play on the term Spaghetti Western.
[edit] Characters
- Giovanni - A kid who is the star of the show. He has a lot of adventures, often disappointing. He loves pasta that his grandma makes.
- Grandma - Giovanni's grandmother, who likes making pasta.
- Grandpa - Giovanni's grandfather, who sometimes ruins Giovanni's day.
- Buck - Giovanni's enemy.
- Towns People - The citizens of the fictional city of Palermo, Montana; on-lookers to the plight of the family Ruggiero
[edit] Credits
- Writer: Mike Yank
- Director: Sean LeHay
- Animator: Joe Andriola
- Animator: Julian Koelsch
- Animator: Dagan Moriarly
- Animator: Aleksey Nuzhnov
- Animator: Justin Simonich
- Animator: Matt Rodriguez
- Animator: Andy Smith
- Animator: Keith Vincent
- Animator: Stephen Moverley
- Head of Animation: Sergey Aniskov
- Head of Production: John Calapeno
- Editor: Krammer O'Neil
- Editor: Susie Hwang
- Production Assistant: Jon Neimand
- Score: Sean LeHay
- Executive Producer: Larry Schwarz
- Executive Producer: Sergey Aniskov
- Executive Producer: Sean LeHay
- Art Director: Dagan Moriarly
[edit] Mini-Episodes
- Some Like This Pot - Giovanni tries to find Grandma's pasta pot.
- Cattlefield Earth - Cattle run wild.
- No Small Heat - There's no way to stop the intense heat.
- Pony Express Yourself - Once he finds the mailman sick, he fills in for him on the last mail. The mail is for the mailman.
- Cacti Fighter - Giovanni cuts the lawn.
- Das Boot - Giovanni keeps stepping in cow pies.
- Montana Tea - Giovanni sees a man sell oil to get money, and tries it himself. He ends up striking the sewage line.
- Of Thee I Sting - Giovanni gets stung by a poisonous scorpion.
- Golden Stumblers - Giovanni tries to get gold during a gold rush.
- Lasso Miserables - Giovanni has trouble lassoing.
- Up in Smoke Signals - Giovanni spotted smoke signals in the sky and thinks that an army of dinosaurs and mummys are going to attack, but the smoke signals are just gas from his grandpa.
- All's Well That Ends Well - Giovanni gets stuck in a well and calls for help, but he ends up getting cows in the well, which he uses to get out.
- The Bull Marked Kid - A bull chases Giovanni, just for his pasta.
