Line #18 Creator/Saerom


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3	'''[[http://saeromani.com/saerom-home/ Saerom]]''' (Or Sae Rom, as they're been alternatively credited as) is a UsefulNotes/{{Seoul}} based UsefulNotes/{{South Korea}}n company founded in 1987 by Gilhwan Kim. It got its start at animating mostly American shows. They're probably known for very [[DerangedAnimation deranged animation]] in their works.
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5	Compare Creator/{{AKOM}}, Creator/RoughDraftStudios, Creator/DongWooAnimation, Creator/HanhoHeungUp, Creator/DRMovie, Creator/SunwooEntertainment and Creator/DigitalEMation, eight other major Korean studios. Also compare a few Taiwanese studios, such as Creator/HongYing, also known for exporting crazy cartoons.
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8	!!Shows and films worked on by Saerom (works sent off to former subsidiary Saerom Plus One, now known as Creator/PlusOneAnimation, under contract marked with *):
9	[[index]]
10	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfKidDanger'' (with Powerhouse Animation)
11	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' (with Creator/PhilippineAnimationStudioInc)
12	* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' (with Creator/RoughDraftStudios)
13	** ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTimeDistantLands''
14	** ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTimeFionnaAndCake'' (4 episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"Fionna Campbell", "Cake the Cat", "Destiny", "The Star", "Casper & Nova"[[/labelnote]]
15	* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' (with Creator/HongYing, [[Creator/GalaxyDigimation Rainbow Animation Korea]], Shanghai Rainbow Animation and Creator/TMSEntertainment)
16	** ''[[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' (with Creator/{{Milimetros}} for season 1)
17	* ''The All New Dennis the Menace''
18	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs\|2020}}'' (14 episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"Now Loading", "The Hamburg Tickler", "Know Your Scroll", "The Longest Word", "Christopher Columbusted", "The Apology", "Royal Flush", "Über Nachtmare", "Global Warnering", "[=WARnerGAMES=]" (with Flystudio), "Santamaniacs", "International Mouse of Mystery", "Joe", "Everyday Safety: Giant Adirondack Chair"[[/labelnote]]
19	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersUnitedTheyStand''
20	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' (36 episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"Hop Luck/Stakeout", "The Domino Effect/Taking Charge", "Anne Theft Auto/Breakout Star", "Lily Pad Thai/Plantar's Last Stand", "Grubhog Day/Hop Pop and Lock", "Civil Wart", "Croak and Punishment", "A Night at the Inn/Wally and Anne", "Cursed!/Fiddle Me This", "Reunion", "The Ballad of of Hopediah Plantar/Anne Hunter", "Quarreler's Pass/Toadcatcher", "Marcy at the Gates", "Lost in Newtopia/Sprig Gets Schooled", "The Sleepover to End All Sleepovers/A Day at the Aquarium", "The Shut-In!", "The First Temple", "Toad to Redemption/Maddie & Marcy", "Bessie and [=MicroAngelo=]/The Third Temple", "True Colors", "The New Normal", "Thai Feud/Adventures in Catsitting", "Fixing Frobo/Anne-Sterminator", "Spider-Sprig/Olivia & Yunan", "Froggy Little Christmas", "The Three Armies/The Beginning of The End", "All In" (with [[Creator/YoramGross Flying Bark Productions]]), "The Hardest Thing"[[/labelnote]] (plus the seasons 1 and 2 ending animations, the season 3 intro, and all "Teen Girl in a Frog World" shorts)
21	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Battletoads}}''*
22	* ''Bibi Blocksberg'' (1997)
23	* ''Bugtime Adventures''
24	* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster'' (season 3)*
25	* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers''* (season 1 only)
26	* ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'' (some episodes)
27	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Clarence}}''
28	* ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries''
29	* ''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough''
30	* ''WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek'' (6+ episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"Itch to Explore", "Too Many Treasures", "Escape From Family Dinner", "Monster in the Garden", "Dog Decider", "Lost in the Sewers"[[/labelnote]]
31	** ''Craig Before the Creek'' (with Creator/StudioYotta)
32	** ''Jessica's Big Little World''
33	* ''WesternAnimation/DangerAndEggs''
34	* ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer''
35	** ''WesternAnimation/GoDiegoGo'' (Plus the main title)
36	** ''WesternAnimation/DoraAndFriendsIntoTheCity'' (9+ episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"Doggie Day", "We Save a Pirate Ship" "The Royal Ball", "Puppet Theater", "The Search for Mono", "Return to the Rainforest", "The Ballerina and the Troll Prince", "Community Garden", "The Princess and the Kate"[[/labelnote]]
37	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Double Dragon\|1993}}'' (first episode only; replaced by Creator/PacificRimAnimation and Creator/HongYing)
38	* ''WesternAnimation/FernGullyTheLastRainforest'' (with Creator/WangFilmProductions, Rough Draft, Creator/HanhoHeungUp, Creator/AFilm, Creator/LukFilm, Creator/CharacterBuilders, Time Art Studios, Siam Mammoth Animation, Sidley-Wright & Associates, Creator/AvailableLightProductions, Creator/KroyerFilms, Lumeni Productions, Electric Filmworks, [[Creator/AhaStudios Karen Johnson Productions]], The Baer Animation Company, Creator/PacificTitle and The Chandler Group)
39	* ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'' (1 special; In-Between Animation and Opaquing)
40	* ''Friendly Compa'' [cancelled]
41	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFungies''
42	* ''WesternAnimation/GadgetBoyAndHeather'' (with Creator/HongYing)
43	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' (2 episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"Vows", "Protection"[[/labelnote]]
44	* ''WesternAnimation/HaileysOnIt'' (Intro animation and 23 episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"The Beginning of the Friend", "Beta'd and Hooked/The Wild, Wild Mess", "Cubix Dudes/Cos-Played", "Escape Doom", "Splatter of the Bands", "Dance Like No Mom is Watching", "Catching Felines", "U.F. Whoa!", "Kissed Opportunities", "Leather Jacket Hailey/In a Pinch", "The Fart of War", "Beta's Gonna Hate", "Frankly Fabulous/The Pin is Mightier Than the Swole", "Mer-made in Oceanside/Full House (of Bugs)", "The Umpire Strikes Back", "Bad Bear Day/2001: A Spouse Odyssey", "The Saw-shank Redemption/No More Mr. Rice Guy", "When Squeeples Attack/Cool Intentions", "Student of the Weak/Smother Knows Best", "Out of Body Slam Experience/Get Whale Soon", "How Kristine Goat Her Groove Back/Oceanside's 11", "Student of the Weak/Smother Knows Best", "The Biggest Luger/An Imposter is Born"[[/labelnote]]
45	* ''Hamdoon'' (Co-produced with Ajyaal Entertainment)
46	* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' (seasons 2-5)
47	** ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheMovie''
48	** ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheJungleMovie''
49	* ''WesternAnimation/HouseBroken''
50	* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Incredible Hulk\|1996}}''
51	* ''WesternAnimation/JimButton''
52	* ''WesternAnimation/JingleBellRock''
53	* ''WesternAnimation/JJVillardsFairyTales''
54	* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' (season 4)
55	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Krapopolis}}'' (9 episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"Wife Swamp", "Please Demeter", "Big Man on Hippocampus", "Tyrdra", "A Krapwork Orange", "Eclipse", "The Majors", "Muse Your Illusion", "The Tyrannis Crown Affair"[[/labelnote]]
56	* ''Long Live the Royals''
57	* ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Madeline}} The New Adventures of Madeline]]'' (season 2 only)
58	* ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack''
59	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mixels}}'' (1 episode)[[labelnote:List]]"Nixel, Nixel, Go Away"[[/labelnote]]
60	* ''WesternAnimation/MonsterFarm'' (starting on episode 7)
61	* ''The Mouse and the Monster'' (with Creator/SunwooEntertainment)
62	* ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey''
63	* ''WesternAnimation/NASCARRacers'' (season 1)
64	* ''WesternAnimation/NiHaoKaiLan'' (intro and season 2, replacing Wang/Hong Guang)
65	* ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons'' (depending on the short; with Rough Draft, Plus One, Galaxy Digimation, Creator/TamaProductions and Creator/YesonEntertainment)
66	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Oswald}}''
67	* ''WesternAnimation/PartyWagon'' (with Creator/SunwooEntertainment)
68	* ''WesternAnimation/RandomCartoons''
69	* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow''
70	** ''WesternAnimation/RegularShowTheMovie''
71	* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' (season 7 only; other studios that worked on the show include Wang, Creator/KokoEnterprises, Creator/TMSEntertainment, Creator/SeiYoung, Creator/DaiWon, Creator/KKCAndDAsia, Creator/ToeiAnimation, Creator/StudioKorumi, Hanho, Creator/{{Visual 80}} and Creator/TransArts)*
72	* ''WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig''
73	* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' (Season 1 only) (8 episodes) [[labelnote:List]]"Beware the Beast from Below", "Revenge of the Man Crab", "The Grasp of the Gnome", "Howl of the Fright Hound", "When the Cicada Calls", "Where Walks Aphrodite", "Nightfright", "Attack of the Headless Horror"[[/labelnote]] (alongside Creator/DongWooAnimation and Creator/LottoAnimation)
74	* ''WesternAnimation/StuntDawgs'' (with Point Animation, Creator/BigStar, Woo Nam and Rainbow Animation Korea)
75	* ''Super Dave: Daredevil for Hire''
76	* ''Super Zuri: The Galactic Quest'' (one of the few properties created by Saerom itself, not as an animation subcontractor)
77	* ''VideoGame/TakAndThePowerOfJuju'' (animated adaptation, 2 episodes)[[labelnote:list]]"Bad Medicine", "Slog the Babysitter"[[/labelnote]]
78	* ''WesternAnimation/TwelveForever''
79	* ''WesternAnimation/TheTwistedTalesOfFelixTheCat'' (3 episodes, with Creator/PlusOneAnimation)
80	* ''ComicBook/WalterMelon''
81	* ''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears'' (15+ episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"Our Stuff", "Viral Video", "Food Truck", "Panda's Date", "Primal", "Nom Nom", "Shush Ninjas", "My Clique", "The Road", "Pet Shop", "Yuri and the Bear", "Icy Nights", "Creature Mysteries", "The Library", "Christmas Parties" and probably others[[/labelnote]]
82	** ''WesternAnimation/WeBabyBears''
83	* ''Literature/WhatAMess'' (1995 animated adaption)
84	* ''Young Robin Hood'' (season 1 only, with Big Star and Creator/FilCartoons)
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86	!!Uncredited: (see [[http://www.saeromani.com/eng/index.html their website]] for proof)
87	* ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries''
88	* ''WesternAnimation/BadDog''
89	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}''
90	* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck''
91	* ''ComicBook/{{Diabolik}}'' (with Creator/AshiProductions)
92	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Phantom2040}}''
93	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' (later seasons)
94	[[/index]]
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96	!!Tropes associated with Saerom:
97	* AnimationBump: Present in many shows (especially the deranged ones, as well as ''Hey Arnold!'').
98	* DerangedAnimation: Extremely evident, but ''Adventure Time'', ''Flapjack'', ''Sanjay and Craig'', ''The Twisted Tales Of Felix The Cat'', ''Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog'', and ''JJ Villard's Fairy Tales'' especially.
99	* LimitedAnimation: Visible in many of their action shows and adds to their already disturbing animation of the others.
100	** ''The Adventures of Kid Danger'' takes this up to eleven, with it looking more like a cheaply animated Flash-cartoon on the internet.
101	** Done deliberately in ''JJ Villard's Fairy Tales'', as it doesn't even bother to '''''animate the characters walking''''' a-la-WesternAnimation/SouthPark.
102	** Also seen in their Nick Jr. and Creator/DiCEntertainment shows.
103	* MediumBlending: ''NASCAR Racers''
104	* ProductionPosse: Cartoon Network Studios has gravitated towards them in the last decade; Saerom has worked on ''Johnny Bravo'', ''My Gym Partner's a Monkey'', ''The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack'', ''Adventure Time'', ''Regular Show'', ''Clarence'', ''We Bare Bears'', and ''Craig of the Creek''.
105	** They've also worked with Nickelodeon, having worked on ''Hey Arnold'', ''[=CatDog=]'', ''Dora the Explorer'' (and its spinoffs), and ''Sanjay and Craig''.
106	** They are also a common contractor for [=DiC=] back in the early-to-mid-90s.
107	* ThickLineAnimation: ''Clerks'' and Cartoon Network shows such as ''Johnny Bravo'' and ''My Gym Partner's a Monkey''.
108	* TroubledProduction: ''Sanjay and Craig'', of which was animated by them, waffles between fluid to stiff, along with the occasional miscolor, wrong character model, or unused drawings.

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