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* Skyler Page, creator of ''WesternAnimation/{{Clarence}}'', had problems with bipolar disorder that, combined with the stress of running a show, caused a psychotic episode where he groped female co-workers and ran out into the street shirtless yelling at police officers, speaking in different characters voices, riddles and They Might Be Giants songs. His disorder having caused some trouble in the past, as well as the sexual harassment incidents becoming public and creating a PR panic, led to him being fired by Cartoon Network and the role of Clarence being recast.
** According to one of Skyler's close friends, in the days prior to that incident he witnessed him doing things like trying to smoke cigarettes with his nose, charging into the street shirtless while screaming at cops (which apparently happened again on the day of the actual incident), drinking olive juice, staying up for days, answering questions with riddles, and when going to a mental hospital after the event he began to sing Music/TheyMightBeGiants songs while strapped to a hospital bed. Nothing about Skyler has been publicly known since then.
** According to one of Skyler's close friends, in the days prior to that incident he witnessed him doing things like trying to smoke cigarettes with his nose, charging into the street shirtless while screaming at cops (which apparently happened again on the day of the actual incident), drinking olive juice, staying up for days, answering questions with riddles, and when going to a mental hospital after the event he began to sing Music/TheyMightBeGiants songs while strapped to a hospital bed. Nothing about Skyler has been publicly known since then.
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* Skyler Page, creator of ''WesternAnimation/{{Clarence}}'', had problems with bipolar disorder that, combined with the stress of running a show, caused a psychotic episode where he groped female co-workers and ran out into the street shirtless yelling at police officers, speaking in different characters voices, riddles and They Might Be Giants songs.officers. His disorder having caused some trouble in the past, as well as the sexual harassment incidents becoming public and creating a PR panic, led to him being fired by Cartoon Network and the role of Clarence being recast.
** According to one of Skyler's close friends, in the days prior to that incident he witnessed him doing things like trying to smoke cigarettes with his nose, charging into the street shirtless while screaming at cops (which apparently happened again on the day of the actual incident), drinking olive juice, staying up for days,answering questions with riddles, and when going to a mental hospital after the event he began to sing Music/TheyMightBeGiants songs while strapped to a hospital bed. Nothing about Skyler He was eventually released from the hospital and now does random art on his Instagram account, and has been publicly known since then.never mentioned ''Clarence'', the incident or his firing.
** According to one of Skyler's close friends, in the days prior to that incident he witnessed him doing things like trying to smoke cigarettes with his nose, charging into the street shirtless while screaming at cops (which apparently happened again on the day of the actual incident), drinking olive juice, staying up for days,
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** The breakdown actually came way before that. He tried smoking cigarettes with his nose, charging into the street shirtless while screaming at cops, drinking olive juice, staying up for days, answering questions with riddles, and when going to a mental hospital after the event he began to sing Music/TheyMightBeGiants songs while strapped to a hospital bed.
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** The breakdown actually came way before that. He tried smoking According to one of Skyler's close friends, in the days prior to that incident he witnessed him doing things like trying to smoke cigarettes with his nose, charging into the street shirtless while screaming at cops, cops (which apparently happened again on the day of the actual incident), drinking olive juice, staying up for days, answering questions with riddles, and when going to a mental hospital after the event he began to sing Music/TheyMightBeGiants songs while strapped to a hospital bed.bed. Nothing about Skyler has been publicly known since then.
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** The breakdown actually came way before that. He tried smoking cigarettes with his nose, charging into the street shirtless while screaming at cops, drinking olive juice, staying up for days, answering questions with riddles, and when going to a mental hospital after the event he began to sing Music/TheyMightBeGiants songs while strapped to a hospital bed.
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* Narrowly averted with Pendleton Ward, who stepped down as showrunner for ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' sometime during the production of season five, after realizing that the stress of running the show was starting to drive him crazy.
* Narrowly averted with Pendleton Ward, who stepped down as showrunner for ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' sometime during the production of season five, after realizing that the stress of running the show was starting to drive him crazy.
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** The breakdown actually came way before that. He tried smoking cigarettes with his nose, charging into the street shirtless while screaming at cops, drinking olive juice, staying up for days, answering questions with riddles, and when going to a mental hospital after the event he began to sing Music/TheyMightBeGiants songs while strapped to a hospital bed.
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* Skyler Page, creator of ''WesternAnimation/{{Clarence}}'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Clarence}}'', had problems with bipolar disorder that that, combined with the stress of running a show, culminated in caused a psychotic episode where he groped female co-workers, co-workers and ran out into the street shirtless yelling at police officers, speaking in different characters voices, riddles and They Might Be Giants songs. His disorder having caused some trouble in the past, as well as the sexual harrassment harassment incidents becoming public and creating a PR panic, lead Skyler Page led to be him being fired by Cartoon Network and the role of Clarence to be being recast.
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* Skyler Page, creator of ''WesternAnimation/{{Clarence}}'' had problems with bipolar disorder that combined with the stress of running a show, culminated in a psychotic episode where he groped female co-workers, ran out into the street shirtless yelling at police officers, speaking in different characters voices, riddles and They Might Be Giants songs. His disorder having caused some trouble in the past, as well as the sexual harrassment incidents becoming public and creating a PR panic, lead Skyler Page to be fired by Cartoon Network and the role of Clarence to be recast.
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*** The same girlfriend was the name of the horse in ''Film/CannibalTheMusical'' -- who leaves Parker's character during the film. In fact, just listen to the drunken commentary on the DVD.
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* Parodied in Creator/DonHertzfeldt's, ''[[https://www.Creator/DonHertzfeldt's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuOvqeABHvQ short film]]'', film]], ''WesternAnimation/{{Rejected}}''. The creation quite literally falls apart.
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* Parodied in DonHertzfeldt's short film, Creator/DonHertzfeldt's, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuOvqeABHvQ Rejected]]''.short film]]'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Rejected}}''. The creation quite literally falls apart.
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* Shortly after the first season of ''RockosModernLife'' Joe Murray's first wife [[DrivenToSuicide committed suicide]], so Murray started spending less and less time working on the series, until he finally just gave up on it altogether. Thus seasons 3 and 4 are not produced by him, and the series came to an end after season 4. For a while out of grief, he MisBlamed the series for his wife's suicide.
** A similar turn of events happened with ''CampLazlo'', this time a result of his second wife divorcing him.
** A similar turn of events happened with ''CampLazlo'', this time a result of his second wife divorcing him.
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* Shortly after the first season of ''RockosModernLife'' ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' Joe Murray's first wife [[DrivenToSuicide committed suicide]], so Murray started spending less and less time working on the series, until he finally just gave up on it altogether. Thus seasons 3 and 4 are not produced by him, and the series came to an end after season 4. For a while out of grief, he MisBlamed the series for his wife's suicide.
** A similar turn of events happened with''CampLazlo'', ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'', this time a result of his second wife divorcing him.
** A similar turn of events happened with
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** [[WordOfGod According to]] co-creator Trey Parker, the episode "Raisins" (in which Stan's girlfriend Wendy breaks up with him) was based on the trials and tribulations he went through when he found his fiancée in bed with another man, man. Stan's thoughts in the episode reflect Parker's.
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* Shortly after the first season of ''RockosModernLife'' Joe Murray's first wife [[DrivenToSuicide committed suicide]], so Murray started spending less and less time working on the series, until he finally just gave up on it altogether. Thus seasons 3 and 4 are not produced by him, and the series came to an end after season 4. For a while out of grief, he MisBlamed the series for his wife's suicide.
** A similar turn of events happened with ''CampLazlo'', this time a result of his second wife divorcing him.
** A similar turn of events happened with ''CampLazlo'', this time a result of his second wife divorcing him.
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* At a convention, Meghan [=McCarthy=] said of writing ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' that the reason that one of the main characters [[SanitySlippage go goes crazy]] in many of the episodes she's written is because they were mostly composed in the wee hours of the morning under a tight deadline, reflecting her stress.
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* At a convention, Meghan [=McCarthy=] said of writing WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' that the reason that one of the mane six goes crazy main characters [[SanitySlippage go crazy]] in many of the episodes she's written is because they were mostly composed in the wee hours of the morning under a tight deadline, reflecting her stress.
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* [[WordOfGod According to]] ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' co-creator Trey Parker, the episode "Raisins" (in which Stan's girlfriend Wendy breaks up with him) was based on the trials and tribulations he went through when he found his fiancée in bed with another man, Stan's thoughts in the episode reflect Parker's.
** Also, the character of Cartman's Mom was created and named after Parker's ex-fiancée who left him at the altar. [=LeAnne=] Cartman is not only the town slut, she has a penis to boot.
*** [[spoiler: So we all thought, until it got {{retcon}}ned - she slept with the late Mr. Tenorman, deceased at his biological son's hands. Also, as of late, she's actually become more firm and less slutty, indicating that Parker's feelings on the matter have more than died down at this point]].
** Also, the character of Cartman's Mom was created and named after Parker's ex-fiancée who left him at the altar. [=LeAnne=] Cartman is not only the town slut, she has a penis to boot.
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** [[WordOfGod According to]]''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' co-creator Trey Parker, the episode "Raisins" (in which Stan's girlfriend Wendy breaks up with him) was based on the trials and tribulations he went through when he found his fiancée in bed with another man, Stan's thoughts in the episode reflect Parker's.
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* The opening crawl in the third episode of WesternAnimation/FamilyGuyPresentsLaughItUpFuzzball ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuyPresentsLaughItUpFuzzball'' states that the show's staff was sick of doing the ''Franchise/StarWars'' parodies. The DVD Commentary DVDCommentary for the episode makes it clear that they were definitely ''not'' joking.
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* Seth Macfarlane now wants to cancel FamilyGuy because he feels the show has pretty much done everything by now. FOX won't let him, saying that if he cancels the show all the people working on it would be canned and it would be his fault, making FamilyGuy an official FranchiseZombie. It probably doesn't help that Family Guy is constantly made fun of by giants of the animation world like South Park and The Simpsons. Hell, half the people on TVTropes ''still'' haven't forgiven him for [[OldShame Not All Dogs Go To Heaven]].
* Seth Macfarlane now wants to cancel FamilyGuy because he feels the show has pretty much done everything by now. FOX won't let him, saying that if he cancels the show all the people working on it would be canned and it would be his fault, making FamilyGuy an official FranchiseZombie. It probably doesn't help that Family Guy is constantly made fun of by giants of the animation world like South Park and The Simpsons. Hell, half the people on TVTropes ''still'' haven't forgiven him for [[OldShame Not All Dogs Go To Heaven]].
