History WesternAnimation / SecretMountainFortAwesome

The show takes its humour and art style from Pete Browngardt's ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'' pilot for Cartoonstitute. Unfortunately, its [[RefugeInAudacity rowdy, over-the-top humour]] struggled to find an audience and plans for a second season (which was already in production) were scrapped, with only half of the first series actually broadcast.

* GagSeries

* SpecialEditionTitle: "Secret Mountain Uncle Grandpa" has Uncle Grandpa shouting "SECRET MOUNTAIN FORT AWESOME!" instead of the regualar voice.

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Urhm, sorry... I mean, [[DescribeTopicHere describe]] ''Secret Mountain Fort Awesome''.

* FiveManBand:
** Festro: TheHero (if you can call him that)
** Fart: TheLancer
** Gweelok: The SmartGuy
** Slog: TheBigGuy
** Dingle: TeamPet and TheUnintelligible

** [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Jake the Dog]] [[https://img-lb.fireden.net/co/image/1634/92/1634929034655.png can be seen]] in a movie projector screen in the episode "The 6th Disgustoid"

** The episode "Just for Kicks" sees Festro battle a CGI tyranosaurus over a pair of sneakers.

* TheCameo: [[https://img02.fireden.net/co/image/1630/41/1630417783306.png A picture]] of Franchise/ScoobyDoo can be seen briefly in the episode "What it do Nephew?"

* RiddleForTheAges: The show didn't survive long enough have a chance to establish an origin for the Disgustoids or their many-roomed secret fort, so we can only guess.

** Dingle: TeamPet and TheChick

* and Gweelok: A monster who looks like a giant puss ball.

The brainchild of cartoonist & animator Pete Browngardt (whose previous credits include ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'') and broadcast on Creator/CartoonNetwork, this short-lived toon covers the misadventures of five monsters - known collectively as Disgustoids - who live in an underground mountain (the titular fort of the series) and generally cause mischief either among themselves or with the people on the surface world while trying to fit in with them. To put it lightly, [[HilarityEnsues HILARITY ENSUES]]!

The show takes it's humour and art style from Pete Browngardt's ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'' pilot for Cartoonstitute. Unfortunately, its' [[RefugeInAudacity rowdy, over-the-top humour]] struggled to find an audience and plans for a second season (which was already in production) were scrapped, with only half of the first series actually broadcast.

* ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere: The third episode has the group making a bet with Gweelok that he can't use the internet for 24 Hours. Not surprisingly they try to tempt him to use it.
* DerangedAnimation: Though considering Creator/CartoonNetwork's [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime recent]] [[WesternAnimation/RegularShow efforts,]] this shouldn't come as a surprise.
* FiveManBand

* EarsAsHair: Dingle has hair that looks like dog ears.
* FantasticRacism: Most of the humans in the show shun the Disgustoids or treat them like second class citizens, which justifies the show's main conflict.

* GrossOutShow: Surprisingly subverted, the designs of the show seem to be this but otherwise it's surprisingly tame and focuses more on the humor of the characters rather then obligatory [[GrossUpCloseUp Gross-Up Close-Ups]].

* KillerRabbit: The adorable (and huge) kitten in the second episode [[spoiler: Fart falls for its cuteness and gets eaten but explodes it from the inside with his farts.]]

* InsaneTrollLogic: Somehow eating sandwiches with 4 year old mayo allows you to travel through time.
* MediumBlending: This show mixes hand-drawn and cut-out animation styles.
** The episode "Just for Kicks" sees Festro battle a CGI tyranosauras over a pair of sneakers.

* PaperThinDisguise: In the first episode, the Disgustoids put mustaches on their faces, which make them look like real life humans (emphasis on ''real life'')
* ShoutOut: The short ''WesternAnimation/PeaceOnEarth'' in the episode "7,002".
** Also there's a huge scene in "President the Fart" that is based off the Rainbow Road in Mario Kart. Dingle even plays a similar role of Lakitu when Festro falls off.
** "Broken Chair" has a part where Dingle has his own band. They play a song that sounds similar to Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne. Dingle then holds a bat and appears to be fixing to bite its head off then he kisses it instead.

** In "Funstro", Fart tries to calm down a toothache-ridden Festro by performing a William Shatner-style cover of the theme to ''Series/MrBelvedere''.

Still, for all the collective venom being spewed at this show, it's worth pointing out that it went on to pick up several prestigious animation awards (more so in its short run than the network's flagship shows ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' and ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' achieved), and eventually led to Browngardt getting his original ''Uncle Grandpa'' concept off the ground and onto our TV screens. Whether you think that's impressive or a sign of Cartoon Network's descent into mediocrity is up for debate.

* AwesomeArt: Most of the positive press towards this show was aimed at the grungy, overly-detailed character designs by Robertryan Cory, who went on design for ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' (most notably the "Weirdmageddon" trilogy).

The brainchild of cartoonist & animator Pete Browngardt (whose previous credits include ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'') and broadcast on Creator/CartoonNetwork, this short-lived toon covers the misadventures of five monsters - known collectively as Disgustoids - who live in an underground mountain (the titular fort of the series) and generally cause mischief either among themselves or with the people on the surface world while trying to fit in with them. To put it lightly, HILARITY ENSUES!

** In "Funstro", Fart tries to calm down a toothache-ridden Festro by performing a William Shatner-style cover of the theme to ''MrBelvedere''.

* [[EarsAsHair Hair as Ears]]: Dingle has hair that looks like dog ears.

* XMeetsY: ComicBook/XMen meets Franchise/GarbagePailKids with a side order of ''{{MAD}}'' and Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus.

* AwesomeArt: Most viewers remember this show fondly for the grungy, overly-detailed character designs by Robertryan Cory, who went on design for ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' (most notably the "Weirdmageddon" trilogy).

* AwesomeArt: Most viewers remember this show fondly for the grungy, overly-detailed character designs by Robertryan Cory.

* ShoutOut: The short PeaceOnEarth in the episode "7,002".