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9->'''Billy:''' Oh, oh, look! It's Santa, Santa Claus!\
10'''Mandy:''' That's not Santa, you stooge. That's the GrimReaper.\
11'''Billy:''' Do I still get presents?
12-->-- "Meet the Reaper"
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14TheGrimReaper (Creator/GregEagles) has come for a soul -- specifically, a hamster in his dying days -- but he's thwarted from taking the hamster to the afterlife by two children: [[TheDitz blissfully idiotic]] Billy (Creator/RichardHorvitz) - the hamster's owner - and his [[CreepyChild cynical, amoral best friend]] Mandy (Creator/GreyGriffin). [[ChessWithDeath The pair challenge "Grim" to a limbo contest to save the hamster]]; when Grim loses (through Mandy's cheating) he becomes Billy and Mandy's newest friend -- and by "friend," we mean that he's contractually bound to cater to their every whim.
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16Grim is now (begrudgingly) forced to serve as something of an underworld version of Film/MaryPoppins, thanklessly placating Billy's demands for cheap entertainment and Mandy's schemes for self-profit with his magical scythe while desperately trying to find a way to be rid of the duo for good.
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18Adventures abound as the human duo and their unwilling friend interact with others in their [[SarcasmMode lovely little town]] of [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace Endsville]], facing down all sorts of opponents, from the school bully to sometimes homicidal neighbors to {{Eldritch Abomination}}s born from the most terrifying pits of the human mind.
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20Thus goes ''The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy'', an absurd HorrorComedy series created for Creator/CartoonNetwork that combines dark comedy, slapstick, and eldritch horror themes reminiscent of those found in Creator/HPLovecraft's novels.
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22Created by former ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' artist Creator/MaxwellAtoms, the show was the winner of the first Big Pick, a contest where viewers got to vote what pilot would be greenlit to be the next Creator/{{Cartoon Cartoon|s}}. The series was also originally paired up with another Maxwell Atoms cartoon, ''WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne'', to make up the ThreeShorts show known as ''WesternAnimation/GrimAndEvil''. This early version of the show put more emphasis on the "horror" part of horror-comedy, becoming more goofy and comedic (but still pretty dark) when the two shows were separated into their own series.
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24The cartoon lasted seven seasons (2001-2008) with two {{Made For TV Movie}}s; ''[[WesternAnimation/BillyAndMandysBigBoogeyAdventure Billy & Mandy’s Big Boogey Adventure]]'' and ''Wrath of the Spider Queen'', a couple of specials -- including a crossover with ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' [[note]]Coincidentally, the only other CN series to be greenlit based directly on fan voting.[[/note]] -- and a spin-off attempt titled ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Underfist}} Underfist: Halloween Bash]]''.
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26The 2007 online game ''VideoGame/TheFrightBeforeChristmas'' has its own page.
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28!!''The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy'' provides examples of:
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30[[AC:General examples]]
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32[[index]]
33* TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy/TropesAToD
34* TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy/TropesEToH
35* TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy/TropesIToM
36* TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy/TropesNToR
37* TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy/TropesSToZ
38[[/index]]
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40[[AC:Tropes with their own pages]]
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42[[index]]
43* [[BreakingTheFourthWall/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Breaking the Fourth Wall]]
44* [[ShoutOut/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Shout-Out]]
45[[/index]]
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48->''!sdrawkcab ti gnidaer er'uoY !egap eht fo dne eht si siht ,on oN''[[note]]No no, this is the end of the page! You're reading it backwards![[/note]]

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