History Creator / JohnKricfalusi

John K is a fan of “classic” cartoons from TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, such as ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''. He is a controversial figure in animation history, with some seeing him as the man who brought back “cartoony” cartoons to television, while others see him as an egotistical has-been. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement (This is not the place to debate either of those things.)]]

-->-- Excerpted quote from a 90's magazine interview with him.

* TinyToonAdventures: Did some early design work while the show was in DevelopmentHell. The experience apparently scarred him and inspired an irrational hatred of modern WBA work (at its worst when he wrote and published a negative review of {{Animaniacs}} [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch before he'd even seen it]]).

* TinyToonAdventures: Did some early design work while the show was in DevelopmentHell. The experience apparently scarred him and inspired an irrational hatred of modern WBA work (at its worst when he wrote and published a negative review of [[Animaniacs]] [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch before he'd even seen it]]).

-->--Excerpted quote from a 90's magazine interview with him.

* AuthorAppeal: Where do we even start? Among them: BobClampett, ChuckJones, old comics, classic superheroes, UbIwerks, HannaBarbera, TheBeatles, {{Popeye}}, MaxAndDaveFleischer stuff in general, MightyMouse, BeanyAndCecil, WoodyWoodpecker, Milt Gross, FrankFrazetta and even ''{{Disney}}'' to a degree. [[note]] Surprisingly, he admitted in one recent response to a poster that he doesn’t hate Classic Disney -- he likes watching Disney productions for certain scenes and their animation and art, and even likes some of their features to a degree like Disney/{{Bambi}}, {{Fantasia}} and SongOfTheSouth. However, he just finds their stories and characters inane and boring. He is no fan of modern Disney, however.[[/note]] He also has a real fondness for OffModel toys, which he's made quite a big collection of over the years.

** On the other hand, he ''did'' say ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' was "pretty good" for its well constructed plot, specific character acting, and "cute, well-balanced designs". He claims Pixar is (relatively) the best studio out there right now. He also likes ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'', the color and timing of Genndy Tartakovsky's cartoons, ''{{Gorillaz}}'', AeonFlux, and ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' -- or anything by MikeJudge, for that matter. He also described the unused PlasticMan [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn74McRwEg0 pilot]] offered to CartoonNetwork as "pretty good", "visually interesting and appealing" and that it "stands out from most of what's out there right now". Also, what may come off as a surprise, he doesn't hold even half the contempt for {{Anime}} that he does for modern American animation. He claimed that "he can't watch the stuff" (due to not being heartfelt and alive in his opinion), but he loves the color schemes Japanese cartoonists use and encourages their [[FanService giving the audience what it wants.]] Also "Wallace and Gromit".

* ThereAreNoGoodExecutives: With the exception of Vanessa Coffey, the first one he worked with on RenAndStimpy, and Fred Seibert of CartoonNetwork, John seems to pretty much think this.

** Read about his trip to DreamWorksAnimation (see WhatCouldHaveBeen on the Trivia page). It explains a lot.

* ShutUpHannibal: PeterDavid had [[http://www.peterdavid.net/index.php/2011/01/31/words-and-pictures/ some choice words]] to say about John's disdain for comic book writers.

Also see the YMMV and Trivia tabs up top.

* The Thing That Lurked in The Tub (Short)

* AuthorAppeal: Where do we even start? Among them: BobClampett, ChuckJones, old comics, classic superheroes, UbIwerks, HannaBarbera, TheBeatles, {{Popeye}}, MaxAndDaveFleischer stuff in general, MightyMouse, BeanyAndCecil, WoodyWoodpecker, Milt Gross, FrankFrazetta and even ''{{Disney}}'' to a degree. [[hottip:*: Surprisingly, he admitted in one recent response to a poster that he doesn’t hate Classic Disney -- he likes watching Disney productions for certain scenes and their animation and art, and even likes some of their features to a degree like Disney/{{Bambi}}, {{Fantasia}} and SongOfTheSouth. However, he just finds their stories and characters inane and boring. He is no fan of modern Disney, however.]] He also has a real fondness for OffModel toys, which he's made quite a big collection of over the years.

** On the other hand, he ''did'' say ''ToyStory'' was "pretty good" for its well constructed plot, specific character acting, and "cute, well-balanced designs". He claims Pixar is (relatively) the best studio out there right now. He also likes ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'', the color and timing of Genndy Tartakovsky's cartoons, ''{{Gorillaz}}'', AeonFlux, and ''KingOfTheHill'' -- or anything by MikeJudge, for that matter. He also described the unused PlasticMan [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn74McRwEg0 pilot]] offered to CartoonNetwork as "pretty good", "visually interesting and appealing" and that it "stands out from most of what's out there right now". Also, what may come off as a surprise, he doesn't hold even half the contempt for {{Anime}} that he does for modern American animation. He claimed that "he can't watch the stuff" (due to not being heartfelt and alive in his opinion), but he loves the color schemes Japanese cartoonists use and encourages their [[FanService giving the audience what it wants.]] Also "Wallace and Gromit".

** LazyArtist: John strongly insists that [[TheTwelvePrinciplesOfAnimation solid drawing]] is ([[BeavisAndButthead almost]] [[KingOfTheHill always]]) the backbone of nearly any worthwhile cartoon or comic, claiming that poor drawing or lazy artistry will severely limit what you can do creatively with animation, hence why he has high standards for his artists.

John K is a fan of “classic” cartoons from TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, such as ''LooneyTunes''. He is a controversial figure in animation history, with some seeing him as the man who brought back “cartoony” cartoons to television, while others see him as an egotistical has-been. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement (This is not the place to debate either of those things.)]]

* DVDCommentary: Did several interesting commentaries for Vol. 2 and Vol. 3 the LooneyTunes Golden Collection series, but refused to do any more of them due to his complaints about the DigitalDestruction in those sets. Strangely, he supplied one more commentary for Vol. 5. He also supplied some commentaries for the official PopeyeTheSailor DVD sets, and Thunderbean's WartimeCartoon sets.

* DirtyOldMan: He has a reputation for openly lusting after the young female animators he hires. (This can be heard in DVD commentaries).

* JerkAss: Can and does descend into this, as his employees can vouch for.
** JerkWithAHeartofGold: He does have his moments of kindness, however (see the Heartwarming page)

John Kricfalusi (pronounced as kris-fa-LOO-see) is a well-known animator, the creator of such series as ''RenAndStimpy'' and ''TheRippingFriends''. He worked on ''MightyMouse: The New Adventures'' with his friend and mentor RalphBakshi, as well as the very short lived revival of ''BeanyAndCecil'', with the offspring of his hero and mentor BobClampett. He has also dabbled in webtooning with "The George Liquor Show" and "Weekend Pussy Hunt", being a pioneer of Flash-based cartoons. He was the founder of the defunct animation studio Spumco.

John K is a fan of “classic” cartoons from TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, such as ''LooneyTunes''. He is a controversial figure in animation history, with some seeing him as the man who brought back “cartoony” cartoons to television, while others see him as an egotistical has-been. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement (This is not the place to debate either of those things.)]]

He maintains a blog, [[http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/ John K Stuff]], wherein he posts information on classic cartoons and practical knowledge for aspiring animators. There is also a more distilled version with advice and lessons on cartooning and animation, [[http://johnkcurriculum.blogspot.com/ John K Curriculum]]. Note that both are home to John K’s notoriously controversial opinions regarding animation, including his belief that good drawings are the back-bone of a cartoon's success (rather than it being the story, which is the common contemporary belief). He is very opinionated, and some rants may be a little overwhelming.

* SuperFriends:

* PacMan Cartoon Series: Layout artist.

* "Close, but No Cigar" music video for WeirdAlYankovic.

* CanadaEh: A native of Ottawa, he poked fun at Canadian stereotypes in pieces like "The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen".

* DirtyOldMan: He has a reputation for openly lusting after the young female animators he hires. (This can be heard in DVD commentaries).

* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Considering that the man is a walking encyclopedia of TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, this is rather appropriate.

** He also enjoyed working on music videos for WeirdAl and TenaciousD, with those musicians as execs. According to John, they gave him pretty much complete creative control - except for Tenacious D's Kyle Gass, whose only request was to "make me look sexy" (according to John, had no problem with following that simple request).

* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: John used to host regular AIM chats with the fandom, and post Q&A sessions on certain Ren and Stimpy message boards. Some chats and question sessions went well, at least at first. However, after a large amount of "heckling" and being drowned out with constant clamoring requests of "Do you like this show? What do you think of this show? What's your opinion on anime?", etc. (mostly done for the purpose of troll-baiting his opinionated statements against animated shows he doesn't like) and even moderation not helping matters of people getting somewhat out of hand, he dropped this method of communication altogether. However, he later would created his own self-moderated blog to talk about various subjects and drawing and animated character theories, and does participate in comment discussions there. He has lessened considerably himself from making as many overt statements about cartoons he does not like quite as much, focusing more of his attention on simply praising the inspirations he does admire.

%%%%%%%%% NOTICE: Please do not add "Small Name Big Ego" or "Fallen Creator" to this page, not even in the opening paragraph. The Ego page discussion has already made it clear that John is not an example of the former trope, but rather an example of Opinion Myopia. But if you insist on discussing how he is associated with these tropes, put it in another article or in the YMMV page.%%%%%%%%%

* The New Adventures of TomAndJerry

* TheSocialDarwinist: He thinks the world is a man eat man world and was such "until the hippies[[hottip:*: By "hippies", he means Executives, not ''actual'' hippies]] made us lie about ourselves."

* TheSocialDarwinist: He thinks the world is a man eat man world and was such "until the hippies[[hottip:*: By "hippies", he means Executives, not ''actual'' hippies]] made us lie about ourselves."

-->Excerpted quote from a 90's magazine interview with him.

* Fuck Her Gently: An AnimatedMusicVideo he worked on for Tenacious D.

** On the other hand, he ''did'' say ''ToyStory'' was "pretty good" for its well constructed plot, specific character acting, and "cute, well-balanced designs". He claims Pixar is (relatively) the best studio out there right now. He also likes ''CowAndChicken'', the color and timing of Genndy Tartakovsky's cartoons, ''{{Gorillaz}}'', AeonFlux, and ''KingOfTheHill'' -- or anything by MikeJudge, for that matter. He also described the unused PlasticMan [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn74McRwEg0 pilot]] offered to CartoonNetwork as "pretty good", "visually interesting and appealing" and that it "stands out from most of what's out there right now". Also, what may come off as a surprise, he doesn't hold even half the contempt for {{Anime}} that he does for modern American animation. He claimed that "he can't watch the stuff" (due to not being heartfelt and alive in his opinion), but he loves the color schemes Japanese cartoonists use and encourages their [[FanService giving the audience what it wants.]] Also "Wallace and Gromit".

* TakeThat: One episode of TheTwistedTalesOfFelixTheCat, "Phoney Phelix", had the Felix imposter getting kicked out of a studio called "[[{{Pun}} Scumco.]]"
** A [[http://dummcomics.com/2011/06/03/they-were-a-rip-off-of-silly-symphonies/ issue of Dumm Comics]] pokes fun at John. This may very be a TakeThat for John criticizing Kyle's artwork.