Grim and Evil
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Grim and Evil was an American animated television series created by Maxwell Atoms. The series, which aired on Cartoon Network, consisted of two segments which were eventually spun off into their own shows, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, and Evil Con Carne.
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[edit] Series origins
The show's existence is largely the result of a viewer poll. An Internet and call-in event called the Big Pick was held from August 24 to August 25 in 2000. The three final choices were Grim and Evil, Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?, and Longhair and Doubledome. Out of the three, Grim and Evil won. The first season appeared on Cartoon Network in 2001. Robot Jones would later be made into a full series despite losing; Longhair and Doubledome would reappear with another pilot episode in another Big Pick-style show later on, only to fall short once again.
The theme song was a hypnotizing green and black background with Grim and Hector laughing maniacally with their heads in fireballs.
[edit] The segments
Grim and Evil consisted of two segments:
[edit] Billy & Mandy
- Billy & Mandy is show about two neighborhood kids who force the Grim Reaper to be their best friend forever after defeating the Messenger of Death in a game of Limbo. This was the main segment, as two Billy & Mandy episodes were wrapped around an episode of Evil Con Carne.
[edit] Evil Con Carne
- Evil Con Carne is show about the disembodied brain of an evil genius who wants to take over the world that was transplanted into a moronic circus bear. This was usually the backup to Grim Adventures as Evil Con Carne was put between two Billy & Mandy cartoons. On occasion, the format was reversed, with a two-part Evil Con Carne cartoon sandwiching one Billy & Mandy cartoon.
[edit] Spinning off
In 2003, the network separated Grim and Evil, effectively giving both a full length show. The short-lived Evil Con Carne show was cancelled once all the already-made episodes were aired. In 2004, Evil Con Carne was given another short-lived run with the newly created intro and end credits, only to be canceled again. "Grim and Evil", in its original form, has not been seen on TV since 2003 (although the theme song has been seen on "The Cartoon Cartoon Show"). Some characters from Evil Con Carne, usually Skarr, occasionally appear on The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.
[edit] Trivia
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In the episode of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy called 'Duck!', Hector Con Carne is in the jail cell and announces after Grim says about how the duck got so many people into jail, he says, "I'm not even on this stupid show anymore!!", obviously breaking the fourth wall.
