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Born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, James Peter "Jim" Jinkins (born August 8, 1953) worked on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} in its infancy, where he acted in ''Series/{{Pinwheel}}'' and served as a graphic designer on several other shows. He then moved on to the Children's Television Workshop (now Creator/SesameWorkshop), where he created short cartoons for ''Series/SesameStreet'' and ''Series/SquareOneTV'', and served as graphics director for the latter. Jinkins also worked in advertising during this period. In 1989, he produced a series of grapefruit juice commercials that featured an "everyman" character who would later be known as Doug Funnie.

In 1990, Jinkins started Jumbo Pictures with his business partner, David Campbell. The studio's first project was ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'', which premiered in 1991 as one of Nickelodeon's first Franchise/{{Nicktoons}}. After Jinkins sold his company to Creator/{{Disney}} in 1996, ''Doug'' [[ChannelHop hopped]] to Creator/{{ABC}}'s Creator/OneSaturdayMorning and was {{retool}}ed as ''Brand Spanking New Doug''. The show ran until 1999 and spawned a theatrical film titled ''WesternAnimation/Dougs1stMovie''. Jinkins also created ''Series/AllegrasWindow'' for Creator/NickJr, ''Hoyt'n Andy's Sportsbender'' for Creator/{{ESPN}}[[note]]Disney's discovery of Jinkins working on this series during its acquisition of ABC and ESPN was one of the catalysts in Jumbo's sale to Disney[[/note]], ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries'' for One Saturday Morning, and ''WesternAnimation/PbAndJOtter'' for [[Creator/DisneyChannel Playhouse Disney]], as well as the DirectToVideo series ''The Beginners' Bible''.

In 2000, Jinkins created a new production company called Cartoon Pizza. The new company mostly specialized in {{preschool show}}s, including ''WesternAnimation/{{Stanley}}'', ''WesternAnimation/JoJosCircus'' (both for Playhouse Disney), and ''WesternAnimation/PinkyDinkyDoo'' (an InternationalCoproduction for Creator/{{Noggin}}, [[Creator/{{CBC}} Kids' CBC]], Creator/{{CBeebies}}, and Discovery Kids Latin America). The studio animated the "Global Thingy" cartoons for ''Sesame Street''. Jinkins also co-created a DirectToVideo [[ReligiousEdutainment religious cartoon]] series called ''Hoop Dogz''. Cartoon Pizza's final project was ''Musical Mornings with Coo'', a programming block on [[Creator/{{Sprout}} PBS Kids Sprout]].

Jim Jinkins's cartoons had a distinctive style. Most characters were depicted with BlackBeadEyes. Music was provided by Fred Newman, who also performed the voice of at least one character.
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!!Shows and segments produced by Jumbo Pictures (including those that predated the company):
[[index]]
* ''Series/SquareOneTV'' (animated segments)
* ''Series/SesameStreet'' (animated segments)
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}''
** ''WesternAnimation/Dougs1stMovie''
* ''Creator/RichardScarry Presents The Best Series Ever!'' (beginning with ''Richard Scarry's Best Busy People Video Ever!'' in 1993, taking over from Jerry Leiberman Productions)
* ''Series/AllegrasWindow''
* ''The Beginners' Bible''
* ''Hoyt'n Andy's Sportsbender''
* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries''
* ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter''
* ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' (Pre-production services only)
[[/index]]
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!!Shows and segments produced by Cartoon Pizza:
[[index]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Stanley}}''
* ''Sesame Street'' ("Global Thingy" segments)
* ''WesternAnimation/JoJosCircus''
* ''WesternAnimation/HoopDogz''
* ''WesternAnimation/PinkyDinkyDoo''
* ''Monster Monster Trucks''
* ''Musical Mornings with Coo''
[[/index]]
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!!His work provides examples of:
* AuthorAvatar: Pinky's father in ''Pinky Dinky Doo'' is [[CreatorCameo voiced by Jinkins]], and he works as a cartoonist.
* AuthorCatchphrase: A number of characters in his works are named "Dink"[[note]]an [[FunWithAcronyms acronym]] of "double income, no kids"[[/note]] or "Dinky", such as the Dinks from ''Doug'', Dinky Pachyderm from ''[=JoJo=]'s Circus'', and the title character of ''Pinky Dinky Doo''.
* BlackBeadEyes: Almost all of his characters have black dots for eyes. ''101 Dalmatians: The Series'' is an exception.
* CreatorCameo: He appeared in the ''101 Dalmatians: The Series'' episode "Dalmatian Vacation" as the leader of a Heaven's Gate-esque cult. The character's appearance was a caricature of Jinkins dressed as Doug Funnie.
* CreatorsOddball: ''Allegra's Window'' used puppetry, and ''[=JoJo=]'s Circus'' used stop-motion animation. ''Hoyt'n Andy's Sportsbender'' and ''101 Dalmatians: The Series'' didn't use Jinkins's art style. ''Hoyt'n Andy's Sportsbender'' is also the only adult work Jinkins has done.
* CreatorProvincialism: Jinkins grew up in Richmond, Virginia; ''Doug'' and ''PB&J Otter'' were both set in the South.
* EdutainmentShow: Most of his output is aimed at the preschool crowd, with some curriculum attached. ''Allegra's Window'' and ''PB&J Otter'' have life lessons, while ''Stanley'' teaches about animals, ''[=JoJo=]'s Circus'' teaches exercise, and ''Pinky Dinky Doo'' teaches vocabulary. ''Doug'' isn't aimed at preschoolers and doesn't really teach anything, but it did air on Creator/{{Noggin}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8Zuan8OlMs once]] for some reason.
* GoodParents: All of his shows have loving parents to guide their child protagonists.
* RealMenLoveJesus: Jinkins is a devout Christian. In ''Doug'', the Funnies are seen in their Sunday best in episodes that take place on Sunday; the show otherwise did not have explicit religious themes. Jinkins's faith led him to work on the AnimatedAdaptation of ''The Beginners' Bible'' and create ''Hoop Dogz''.
* {{Tuckerization}}: In ''Pinky Dinky Doo'', Daffinee's butler is named Jinkins.
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