History WesternAnimation / Brickleberry

** As well as Connie and [[spoiler:Barack Obama. Barack says he likes a challenge. Apparently Michelle was also gay when they met]]
* IncompetenceInc: Brickleberry National Park, in ''spades'':
** Woody is [[PointyHairedBoss ethically questionable and runs the park badly]].
** Connie is clumsy and prone to mood swings where she runs off crying and punching things.
** Denzel is literally good for nothing and only has the job because there's a chance he'll sue the park for racial discrimination.
** Steve only achieves a level of satisfaction because of his peers' lack of any skill short of Ethel, who is great at her job as long as she doesn't drink.
** Malloy is the only one who comes close to true competence at anything, but he doesn't "work" for the park, nor does he care about nature, since he's a spoiled house bear who loves junk food, video games, and making people's lives a living hell.
** In "Squabbits", Woody mentions that they had 25 campers die in ''one month''.

* BloodBrothers: When Steve visits Dr. Kuzniak in "Two Weeks Notice", the doc reminds him of how many times he's told him not to engage in risky behavior. We see a montage of flashbacks demonstrating Steve's incredibly poor health decisions, one of which is asking an African tribe "Who wants to become blood brothers?"
** Woody did this on the battlefield with a member of his old military squad. They're still clasping hands when a grenade lands near them, so Woody yanks him onto the grenade to protect himself.

* BrainlessBeauty: Amber in "Amber Alert".

* TheExtremistWasRight: Parodied, within the universe of the show, the more extreme right-wing conspiracy theories of Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} are actually TRUE, such as Obamacare requiring donator organs to be given to gay illegal immigrants first and the Gay Mafia secretly running the media.

''Brickleberry'' was an animated series that aired from 2012 to 2015 on Creator/ComedyCentral[[note]]although most countries aired the show on networks owned by [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox Fox Networks Group]] instead of Comedy Central as the rights to the show are owned by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox and not [[Creator/ViacomCBS Viacom]].[[/note]], produced by Creator/DanielTosh. It features a group of retarted park rangers operating a national park called Brickleberry and a hateful, spoiled [[FunnyAnimal pet bear]] named Malloy who was adopted following his parents' suicide (that was caused by 9/11). The show takes many nods from Seth [=MacFarlane=]'s shows (specifically ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''), mainly for its disgusting art style and use of [[VulgarHumor heavy vulgar humor]]. The series was created by Roger Blackenstein, best known for his previous work as Fucko the Clown on ''Radio/TheHowardSternShow'', and Wacky O'Gun, who both worked previously together on Creator/{{MTV}} with their sketch comedy series ''Series/{{Stankervision}}''.

''Brickleberry'' is notable for being one of the few animated series to switch from Adobe Flash to traditional animation (most animated shows go the other way around, due to budget cuts or ExecutiveMeddling of some kind). It's also notable for being renewed [[AdoredByTheNetwork twice]], despite many disparaging reviews. Despite this, the show was eventually fucked over by the network in January 2015, with the last three episodes (see Recap) being thanos snapped out of existence between late March and mid-April.

In July 2016, [[Creator/DynamiteComics Dynamite Entertainment]] began publishing a 300-issue comic book series that continues where the season three finale left off. Creators Waco O'Guin and Roger Black expressed interest in finding a new home for the show to have created 29 additional seasons and continue off from where the series had ended. They announced the comic book material is what they planned out for Seasons 4-32.

Blackenstein and O'Gun later went on to create ''WesternAnimation/ParadisePD'' for Creator/{{Netflix}}, which is like ''Brickleberry'' humor-wise, but does develop the characters more and has a running story rather than being episodic. After 5 years of a hiatus from new episodes, ''Brickleberry'' returned in a crossover episode in Season 2 of ''Paradise PD''.

''Brickleberry'' was an animated series that aired from 2012 to 2015 on Creator/ComedyCentral[[note]]although most countries aired the show on networks owned by [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox Fox Networks Group]] instead of Comedy Central as the rights to the show are owned by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox and not [[Creator/ViacomCBS Viacom]].[[/note]], produced by Creator/DanielTosh. It features a group of incompetent park rangers operating a national park called Brickleberry and a hateful, spoiled [[FunnyAnimal pet bear]] named Malloy who was adopted following his parents' death (that was caused by one of the rangers Steve himself). The show takes many nods from Seth [=MacFarlane=]'s shows (specifically ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''), mainly for its similar art style and use of [[VulgarHumor heavy vulgar humor]]. The series was created by Roger Black, best known for his previous work as Yucko the Clown on ''Radio/TheHowardSternShow'', and Waco O'Guin, who both worked previously together on Creator/{{MTV}} with their sketch comedy series ''Series/{{Stankervision}}''.

''Brickleberry'' is notable for being one of the few animated series to switch from Adobe Flash to traditional animation (most animated shows go the other way around, due to budget cuts or ExecutiveMeddling of some kind). It's also notable for being renewed [[AdoredByTheNetwork twice]], despite many disparaging reviews. Despite this, the show was eventually canceled by the network in January 2015, with the last three episodes (see Recap) being burned off between late March and mid-April.

In July 2016, [[Creator/DynamiteComics Dynamite Entertainment]] began publishing a 4-issue comic book miniseries that continues where the season three finale left off. Creators Waco O'Guin and Roger Black expressed interest in finding a new home for the show to have created a Season 4 and continue off from where the series had ended. They announced the comic book material is what they planned out for Season 4.

Black and O'Guin later went on to create ''WesternAnimation/ParadisePD'' for Creator/{{Netflix}}, which is like ''Brickleberry'' humor-wise, but does develop the characters more and has a running story rather than being episodic. After 5 years of a hiatus from new episodes, ''Brickleberry'' returned in a crossover episode in Season 2 of ''Paradise PD''.

** [[JustForPun Played straight?]]

* ForgotToFeedTheMonster: Woody had apparently been keeping some Oompa Loompas in his basement. When he tries to summon them to fix the park, camera pan to a bunch of rotting Oompa Loompa corpses that depict them having resorted to cannibalism.

* IncompetenceInc: Brickleberry is run badly by the ethically questionable Woody and staffed by: Connie, who is clumsy and prone to mood swings where she runs off crying and punching things; Denzel, who is literally good for nothing and only has the job because there's a chance he'll sue the park for racial discrimination; and Steve, who only achieves a level of satisfaction because of his peers' lack of any skill short of Ethel, who is great at her job as long as she doesn't drink. Malloy is the only one who comes close to true competence at anything, but he doesn't "work" for the park, nor does he care about nature, since he's a spoiled house bear who loves junk food, video games, and making people's lives a living hell. In "Squabbits", Woody mentions that they had 25 campers die in ''one month''.

** In one episode, Steve talks about some of the awful things that happened to him when he was a kid, including not getting any presents for Christmas, his college fund being gambled away, a car backing over his dog, and his mom getting two black eyes on her birthday. It's made quite obvious that Steve's dad did all these things, buthe would always tell Steve that a ghost did it, and Steve believed him. Subverted at the end of the episode when it turns out that the culprit really was a ghost.

* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: While out ghost hunting, Denzel scares Steve by putting on a bed sheet. When he throws it off, Steve just thinks that the ghost morphed into Denzel. Denzel tells Steve to ask him only something he would know, and when Steve asks him what his last name is, Denzel says "I don't ***ing know". This convinces Steve.

* ThatWasObjectionable: Part of Malloy and Steve's court case against Woody in "Cripple Berry" is for pain and suffering resulting from having to look at Woody's fat and fucked-up face. Woody objects, saying that his face is neither fat nor ***ed up. The judge overrules it, stating that his face is indeed fat and fucked up.

* YetAnotherChristmasCarol: It's not actually set at Christmas, but the episode "Old Wounds" contains a parody of the story when Denzel is shown by his imaginary friend, [[IncrediblyLamePun Reefer Sutherland]], what will happen if he never smokes pot again. Among other things, his drug dealer will be unable to pay for medical treatment for his son, Whiny Tim.

* TheResolutionWillNotBeTelevised: The four-issue miniseries by Creator/DynamiteComics serves as the conclusion to the series.

* IncompetenceInc: Brickleberry is run badly by the ethically questionable Woody and staffed by: Connie who is clumsy and prone to mood swings where she runs off crying and punching things, Denzel who is literally good for nothing, and only has the job because there's a chance he'll sue the park for racial discrimination, and Steve who only achieves a level of satisfaction because of his peer's lack of any skill short of Ethel who is great at her job as long as she doesn't drink. Malloy is the only one who comes close to true competence at anything, but he doesn't "work" for the park nor does he care about nature, since he's a spoiled house bear who loves junk food, video games, and making people's lives a living hell. How bad is Brickleberry? In "Squabbits" Woody mentions that they had 25 campers die, in ''one month''.

[[caption-width-right:350:"Fucking [[GodwinsLaw Auschwitz]] would get a better Yelp review."[[note]]From left to right, [[ButchLesbian Connie Cunaman]], [[OnlySaneEmployee Ethel Anderson]], [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist Steve Williams]], [[FatBastard Woody Johnson]], [[DeadpanSnarker Malloy]], and [[TokenMinority Denzel Jackson]].[[/note]]]]

* AdultsAreUseless: If an adult isn't an unscrupulous sociopath, then they are complete idiots who frequently create more harm than good with their incompetence and recklessness. While Ethel is technically the only responsible adult in the show, even she gets roped up in the others' shenanigans every now and then and has little control over their antics.

* CrapsackWorld: The titular setting of Brickleberry is prone to forest fires, pollution, destruction, the endangerment or disorganization of animals, explosions, destruction, sex and hate crimes, etc. There are also extreme budget cuts, mostly due to either lawsuits from visitors who get severely injured/killed along the way or Malloy wasting it all on whatever he feels (mostly video games, weapons, or other sorts of fancy technology). Not to mention the severely underhanded and incompetent staff members who are generally responsible for all the chaos.

* HomemadeSweaterFromHell: When Woody's mother comes visiting, he puts on a sweater that has the words "Don't [[ADateWithRosiePalms touch your dirty pecker]]" stitched on it.

* BreakTheHaughty: While the show's favorite target is [[SmallNameBigEgo Steve]], he's not the only one. For instance, in "Little Boy Malloy", some smug schoolyard bully gets a HumiliationConga courtesy of Malloy, who he [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech bullied]] and claimed [[TemptingFate he couldn't get a girlfriend]]. The bear takes all his friends via outclassing him at trash-talking and he mocks him for the former. During a school play with a large audience, he tauntingly winks at him, steals his girlfriend, and [[FlippingTheBird flips him off]]. Not only does he gloat to him that he stole his lover, [[KickTheSonOfABitch he even gets mocked by one of his former friends]]!

* DesecratingTheDead: [[spoiler:In one episode, [[KickTheSonOfABitch Steve runs over Flamey's corpse]]. Given this is a black comedy, it's PlayedForLaughs]].

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Although most of the cast '''''aren't''''' saints themselves, sometimes their antics are directed towards someone who deserves it. For instance, [[spoiler:in "Obamascare ''[sic]''" Steve exploits [[PlotAllergy Woody's severe allergy to crab cakes to sabotage his ceremony]] and get {{revenge}} on him. While it was rather cruel, you still can't really feel sorry for Woody considering: he [[BadBoss abuses his employees]] (with Steve getting the worst of it[[note]]regardless of if [[KarmicButtMonkey he deserves it]] or not[[/note]] and that episode is no exception), has killed many people, etc.]]

* AdultsAreUseless: If an adult isn't an unscrupulous sociopath, then they are complete idiots who frequently create more harm than good with their incompetence and recklessness. While Ethel is technically the only responsible adult in the show, even she gets roped up in the others' shenanigans and has little control over their antics.

* AdultsAreUselees: If an adult isn't an unscrupulous sociopath, then they are complete idiots who frequently create more harm than good with their incompetence and recklessness. While Ethel is technically the only responsible adult in the show, even she gets roped up in the others' shenanigans and has little control over their antics.

* IncompetenceInc: Brickleberry is run badly by the ethically questionable Woody and staffed by: Connie who is clumsy and prone to mood swings where she runs off crying and punching things, Denzel who is literally good for nothing, and only has the job because there's a chance he'll sue the park for racial discrimination, and Steve who only achieves a level of satisfaction because of his peer's lack of any skill short of Ethel who is great at her job as long as she doesn't drink. Malloy is the only one who comes close to true competence at anything, but he doesn't "work" for the park nor does he care about nature, since he's a spoiled house bear who loves junk food, video games, and making people's lives a living hell. How bad is Brickleberry? In "Squabbits" Woody mentions that they had 25 campers die, in one MONTH.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: [[PlayedForLaughs Played for grim laughs]] in "Little Boy Malloy"; when a PedophilePriest masturbates to Malloy, disguised as a human child, while he was...trying to perform a provocative dance.

* PedophilePriest: One shows up several times. In "Two Weeks Notice" (his debut), he's revealed to be the clown that was trying to kidnap blind kids at the start of the episode. Later on, we find out that Steve's fatal medical report was a mix-up with a priest, who dies in the middle of service. After several long seconds, all the altar boys around him drop dead too.

* AcceptableTargets: Everything the writers considered easy to make fun of, with right-wingers and religious fundamentalists being the most common targets.