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6->''"Revenge is a dish best served immediately."''
7-->-- '''Dan'''
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9''Dan Vs.'' is an animated comedy series produced by Creator/FilmRoman and Creator/{{Starz}} that premiered on Creator/TheHub on January 1, 2011, and the first original animated show on that network not based on an existing property. It focuses on a ComedicSociopath named [[{{Jerkass}} Dan Mendel]] (Creator/CurtisArmstrong), who has it ingrained in his mind that '''every''' negative thing that remotely happens in his life is the fault of some random unseen force, from the entire country of UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} to the WolfMan. His daily misadventures stem from his desire to provide swift retribution on whatever supposedly caused his problem, much to the chagrin of his best friend [[OnlySaneMan Chris Pearson]] (Creator/DaveFoley). Needless to say, HilarityEnsues. The show was very surprisingly well-received and considered, alongside ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', ''Series/FamilyGameNight'' and ''Series/TheHauntingHour'', to be one of The Hub's flagship shows.
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11Perhaps the best way to describe the show comes from this Internet quote: "It's... like some inversion of ''Series/MyNameIsEarl''." Indeed, it features a lot of the same sort of humor and characterization as ''Earl'', only with more cartoonish absurdity and less adult humor (but still some, mainly in the form of BlackComedy).
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13Though [[MainstreamObscurity somewhat unknown]], reception was largely positive, receiving an MediaNotes/EmmyAward for "Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program" in 2013. Previously only on streaming services as "free with ads", the entire series was made available on Creator/PrimeVideo in December 2020[[note]](and then pulled without notice a few months later)[[/note]]. The entire series can also be watched for free on Creator/{{Tubi}}.
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15A flash game called ''Dan Vs. This Game'' was released in Nov 23, 2011 and used to be played on the now defunct hubworld.com.
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17On February 6, 2021, co-creator Chris Pearson [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBN7nvJUkwU publically announced]] that there are plans for a revival aimed more towards adults. There's now a public campaign to garner fan interest in hopes that a streaming service will take notice and pick up the show.
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19Now has a [[Recap/DanVs Recap]] page.
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21Since so many examples of {{tropes}} have been gathered, the main page was split in half.
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24!!TV TROOOOOOOOOOOOOPES!!:
25[[index]]
26* DanVs/TropesAToL
27** [[DisproportionateRetribution/DanVs Disproportionate Retribution]]
28** [[Radar/DanVs Getting Crap Past the Radar]]
29* DanVs/TropesMToZ
30** [[ShoutOut/DanVs Shout Out]]
31[[index]]
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33[[SelfDemonstratingArticle Dan vs. TV Tropes]]

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