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* [[ExecutiveMeddling/{{Superjail}} Executive Meddling]]
* [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/{{Superjail}} What Could Have Been]]
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* ActingForTwo: Justified due to the small cast, but there are quite a few examples of the actors taking on many roles.
** Chris [=McCulloch=]/Jackson Publick: Paul, Nicky, Ash, Turban, The Doctor, Time Police [[note]]The partner to the lead singer in the case of the "Time-Police" two-parter, and at least one of the two that appeared in "Oedipus Mess"[[/note]], The Prison Mogul (and assistant Gerald), numerous other inmates and bit parts
** Stephen Warbrick: Jean, Fatty, various inmates and other characters
** Sally Donovan: The Mistress, Nova, Charise (season 2-present), Ultraprison inmates (since "Stingstress"), Superjail computer
** Richard Mather: The Twins, Ozzal, The Triplets, inmates and bit parts here and there (although he isn't used as often as [=McCulloch=] or Warbrick)
* ApprovalOfGod: Christy Karacas has been known to praise various fanartists' takes on the show, as well as cosplay and other fanworks. The only thing he hasn't quite seen is the fanfiction (although recently it was revealed he DOES check it out on rare occasion), although an interviewer had stated [[RuleThirtyFour it was for the best that he didn't]]. He's gone on record as [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/10/christy-karacas-superjail-janine-ditullio_n_1662124.html finding the slash and shipping subculture hilarious]], even if he doesn't quite get some of the pairings and adult artwork in existence for the show. This lead to him and Stephen Warbrick joking that there may be an episode parodying the "dirty fan ideas" one day.
** However, conversely, Karacas would later admit to feeling awkward about said Huffington Post interview about the shipping subculture, and implied that his comments and the whole tone of the article were sensationalized, leaving fans to wonder how genuine his quotes in it were.
** Karacas had also drawn a guest illustration for a doujinshi as a thank-you gift for the overseas fanbase that produced the book. A copy even sits in the Titmouse studio and [[http://www.juxtapoz.com/current/surface-pro-behind-the-scenes-featuring-superjail-creator-christy-karacas can briefly be seen during an interview]] [[http://odyssean.tumblr.com/post/58487820725/i-found-out-today-that-theres-a-superjail-doujin The Titmouse animators are also aware.]]
* AscendedFanon: Perhaps due to the prevalence of yellow-skinned Lord Stingray in fanart, it appears that he's been changed from being relatively fair-skinned (as seen in "Stingstress") to having bold yellow skin in teasers of layouts for season 4.
* CelebrityVoiceActor: David Wain is about the closest thing they have to one in their cast. Creator/JohnWaters guest starred in the episode "Ghosts", voicing [[InkSuitActor a ghost that looked rather similar to him]].
* CreatorBacklash: A mild example, considering the vagueness of the subject. While proud of the bulk of their work, Christy Karacas has admitted to there being a few episodes of season 2 that he was disappointed in when it came to their end results (although he's never specified which exact episodes), while a podcast interview also implied that there may have been some problem with one of the guest writers for the season, but also stopped short of naming names. Stephen Warbrick has also stated that there were episodes that could have worked better, although he justifies that they had deadlines to work with and that at some point they had to complete them.
** A [[http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2012/10/24/nycc-creative-team-takes-superjail-in-new-direction/ Comic Book Resources interview]] briefly mentions that there were difficulties in storytelling for season 2 that lead to some animatics running too long, leaving fight sequences and other scenes to be cut down or dropped.
* CrossDressingVoices: Christy Karacas (who, despite his feminine-sounding name to some immediate viewers [[note]]As in Greek, "Christy" (and "Christos") is a rather masculine name.[[/note]], is a man) as Alice, Melissa Brown as Bruce (season 1).
** Sally Donovan voiced a teenage boy (Peepers) in "Lord Stingray Crash Party", and may have been the uncredited actress who voiced the rude kid in "Time-Police part 2".
** The lunch ladies are all voiced by a man (Stephen Warbrick).
* ExecutiveMeddling: Christy Karacas has stated that there's been less of this in the later seasons, but that there were more rules about what they couldn't do in the original run. The crew also finds that censorship gives them more of a challenge to slip by [[CensorDecoy even stranger and disturbing shots that would be accepted]]. There are still a few things that the executives don't quite like though:
** Killing children and babies is apparently a no-go, although they managed to get away with [[spoiler: killing Cancer in "Mr. Grumpy-Pants", and having Jailbot turn a rude boy inside-out in "Time-Police part 2"]] in season 1. It would seem this rule came about a little later.
** Cannibalism is reportedly [[http://www.buzzfeed.com/kristinchirico/things-about-superjail-you-may-not-know another thing]] that the network hates, although this has also slipped by (with the starving inmate shown in a background gag to have cannibalized his cellmate, and of course the Twins eating their "bud").
** Nipples on female breasts and pubic hair on both men and women are also forbidden by Williams Street Standards and Practices, which is why Hunter's nudity had no detail to it in "Hot Chick." However, this has been subverted twice: The DVD version of "Best Friends Forever" shows Jacknife's photo of breasts to have had nipples under its censor bar, and a background gag in "Lord Stingray Crash Party" shows several Stingray statues with large, bared feminine breasts.
** Alice's pubic hair was censored in "Lord Stingray Crash Party" due to the above rule, though it remains uncensored on the DVD. Her grinding against Jean in "Gay Wedding" was also censored due to her bulge (along with the other scenes of characters in sexual positions), but was also left intact for the DVD version.
** Mistress Kilda's death had to be toned down, with her innards being colored pale yellow as well to make her disembowelment seem less gross (yet the rampant deaths and dismemberment of the prisoners are left intact. Guess Williams Street doesn't like it when women get brutalized [[note]]Which could make some sense when considering the changes that had to be made to "Hot Chick"'s climax[[/note]]). It's been stated in at least one interview that the network censors are rather sensitive to realistic-looking organs, although the crew can't remember exactly all the details of what they had to change aside from having to recolor Kilda's entrails.
** The season 1 DVD ''was'' meant to be uncensored, but something happened in production to prevent that. Karacas and Warbrick aren't exactly sure of the circumstances behind it, and the move caused some aggravation with fans due to false advertising.
*** This has also occurred with the season 3 DVD, also advertised as uncensored but containing the bleeped (and in some cases visually censored) broadcast versions of episodes. To this date, the season 2 release is the only one that actually has uncensored episodes.[[note]]While the official reasons behind the season 1 and 3 releases using the edited episodes have never been outright stated by WB, there's been speculation that Adult Swim did not supply them with the unedited masters and instead passed the broadcast edits over by mistake (or the original masters have been misplaced).[[/note]]
** The S&P department also objected to the depiction of [[NoSwastikas a swastika]] in one Twin's Neo-Nazi inmate disguise in "Hot Chick", which lead to his armband being recolored to a solid red for most scenes. In an exception, one shot kept a symbol on the armband, but had it edited to display a happy face with "SS" bolt eyes. Swastikas have been allowed on Jean and other inmates [[note]]Although since season 3, it seems the swastika that was once used on Jean's head is now entirely missing from his design, likely due to the fact that he's supposed to be played more sympathetically in spite of being a vicious killer[[/note]], which suggests it was the combination of the armband and other blatant Nazi symbolism (ie: The Twin having his scalp shaved and wearing a fake Hitler mustache) that played a part in the scenes being redone.
** In the opening to "Special Needs", the Jesus on a crucifix (which was actually Jailbot in disguise) was originally supposed to be shown getting off the cross and beating Jacknife. The censors apparently thought showing Jesus getting off the cross was blasphemous (but not him beating Jacknife and being revealed to be a robot), so they asked Karacas to replace the actual shot with a reaction shot of Jacknife and the congregation seeing what's happening off to the side.
** A shot of dogs mauling and devouring an inmate in "Superfail" was deemed too disturbing to be broadcast, so a large censor bar was added for the TV airings. Similar meddling happened with a shot of an inmate snorting cocaine in "Sticky Discharge", Alice's groin depicted as a jackhammer in "Stingstress" (although blurred instead of blacked out with a large box), and Alice and Sweet Cheeks' bulges in their workout clothes in "Superfail" (apparently they were drawn a little too big for the censors' comfort). These were going to be uncensored for a DVD release, but the DVD used the edited copies of the episodes.
*** Completely averted in the case of another shot from "Stingstress": Fans wondered if there was really anything under the giant censor box that took place [[spoiler: as Alice and the Mistress were having sex]]. Long story short, that one wasn't a case of meddling, but the box was meant as an intentional gag and never meant to be "uncensored", so the artists wouldn't have to draw anything raunchy under it. This was also the case for the censor box covering Alice's crotch in "Vacation".
* ExecutiveVeto: An episode taking place entirely in the "real world" was rejected by the network for season 1, as all episodes had to involve the Superjail and Warden in some way. The plot involved Jacknife evading his arrest by Jailbot, then proceeding to build a robotic suit to fight him with. The civilians in the city would think of Jacknife as a hero, and believe that Jailbot was part of some alien invasion conspiracy.
* FanCommunityNickname: Some fans have begun to call themselves "Inmates" after one of the creators joked around about the idea.
* FlipFlopOfGod: Whether the Warden's just a narcissistic megalomaniac and not even really an actual warden, or if he does care deep down about his inmates beneath it all. The creators have given both viewpoints through different interviews over the years. At one point, they had claimed he'd go even more darker and sadistic if they'd get a second season, although it was only a brief idea considered and instead, he evolved in a completely different direction.
** Both Karacas and Warbrick acted very coy for a while on whether or not Alice was actually transgender, with some answers [[TeasingCreator coming off more like a tease]]. They then confirmed it at New York Comic-Con 2009, although it was also uncertain at the time if their backstory ideas for season 2 would happen. Following the contested season 2 (which included "Jailbot 2.0", which made Alice's origin canon), Christy Karacas has given different sorts of answers (including claiming that she has "all sorts of parts") or a non-answer whenever asked about Alice's nether regions, and has admitted to "kind of regretting" showing her backstory. Even with that in mind, season 3 seemed to continue with jokes about Alice's large member and show more brief flashbacks relating to her gender identity.
** In the case of the Twins, they were originally to be "super-criminals", but that idea seemed discarded after the pilot. It is unknown if their otherworldly heritage was present in that stage of development, although Karacas would spill at a few points that they were "foreign exchange students from another planet" or hint at them being alien. When season 2 came around, he then would reiterate that they were [[http://blogs.laweekly.com/arts/2011/04/superjail_christy_karacas.php "alien foreign exchange student, Paris Hilton characters"]], but then teased that they might ''not'' be actually aliens (with emphasis on the teasing, probably to hide any spoiler). Come "Hot Chick", and the answer? [[spoiler: They are.]]. He also claimed that the Twins' origin had a bunch of "theories" among the crew and that they wanted to drag it out, although the later season 2 episode and season 3 seem to come to a consensus on the characters. Whether or not they're inmates is another matter that seems undecided, with them either being lumped in with the inmates in interviews (and treated as such in the Playboy comic) or considered a separate division from the inmates and staff.
** There are different opinions on whether or not the Warden is not actually a human. To hear Karacas or Warbrick tell it, he seems to be a normal guy, but their answers are more guarded and they joke that they're still seasons away from revealing his full backstory. Meanwhile, when asked, Jackson Publick had the opinion that the Warden was something other than human.
* GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld: Ultimately, even if it's the brainchild of Karacas and Warbrick, Karacas has admitted in answers to fans that he does not own Superjail!, and that Adult Swim and Turner Broadcasting hold the rights to it- which is part of why he's more laid-back about fan projects (including the 2013 doujinshi), but notes that the network legal team could sue if they feel there's profit to be made from them. The network executives are also said to be why the show has never had much merchandise or been imported to other countries, as it's felt that it would not be as profitable as more readily accessible fare like ''The Venture Bros.''
* LineToGod: Christy Karacas has a [[https://twitter.com/ChristyKaracas Twitter]] and [[http://christykaracas.tumblr.com Tumblr]] [[note]]though the askbox is disabled on it, likely to prevent such flooding of questions and spam[[/note]], and used to have a Facebook where he'd answer fan questions until opting to go with a different outlet. There's also an official [[http://superjail.tv Superjail]] tumblr, run by Adult Swim for promotion of the show.
* NoExportForYou: The German branch of TNT ''was'' apparently going to air the show at some point on their own "Adult Swim" block, [[http://www.tnt-serie.de/shows/adultswim/superjail as it's listed on the network's website]]. But as of 2013, Germans report no sign of a dub or subtitled airing of ''Superjail!'' in their country. Aside from a Region 2 (UK) DVD release of the first season and R4 releases of seasons 1-2, there really isn't much a way for non-North American fans to watch the show unless they import the [=DVDs=], watch the free episodes on Adult Swim's site, or use iTunes. It still hasn't stopped the show from gradually acquiring a cult following from Japanese and South Korean fans.
* OneBookAuthor: While this can go for some of the voice cast that don't normally do it as their job, Teddy Cohn was cast as Jared due to being a friend of Stephen Warbrick. He hasn't really acted in anything else, or done any other roles in the show (that are confirmed anyway).
** Melissa Brown was a fellow artist and animator that Karacas had known, and otherwise hasn't had any voice acting roles since her season 1 stint.
* TheOtherDarrin: Kamala Sankaram was one of two semi-regular voice actresses in season 1, voicing Charise and some of the inmates of Ultraprison. In the downtime between the first two seasons, she either became busy with her opera work or retired from voice acting. The remaining actress, Sally Donovan, has since taken over these roles.
** Melissa Brown voiced Bruce the Ultraprison guard in "Ladies' Night", but had retired during the hiatus or was otherwise unavailable due to other non-acting commitments. Jackson Publick/Chris [=McCulloch=] took over starting with "Stingstress", imitating Brown's lispy take, although much obviously deeper and bit more flamboyant.
** While Reggie Watts voiced one of the Time-Police in their original appearance (with Chris [=McCulloch=] voicing the other one that spoke), he was unavailable for "Oedipus Mess". The Time Police in the later episode were given an auto-tuned effect to their voice, and were either both voiced by [=McCulloch=], or one was voiced by Warbrick. Perhaps justified by them being ''different'' Time-Police.
* TheOtherMarty: Alice was to originally be voiced by Melissa Brown, but Christy Karacas replaced her late in the production of "Bunny Love". Official word from Karacas is that the executives didn't care for the original Alice and had suggested he take the part.
** Chris [=McCulloch=] originally voiced Lord Stingray, but the Adult Swim executives told the crew to cast someone else as the character, due to perceiving him to be too similar to [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers the Monarch]].
* PlayingAgainstType: While Richard Mather seems to have been typecast in roles relating to the Twins (such as their father, their brothers, and Combaticus [[note]]the one line he had as a constellation, anyway[[/note]]) or just minor inmate roles, his voice used for Black Face in "Lord Stingray Crash Party" was a far cry from his usual voice work in the show. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cx6elySz_w Although, the Twins themselves were a far different type of character compared to his pre-Superjail voice work he did for MTV]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btpj51uBZN8 and his own shorts]].
** This also applied to Sally Donovan's role as Peepers in the same episode, considering that she's usually cast in the roles of attractive women (or basically any female character that isn't Alice or the lunch ladies).
* RuleThirtyFourCreatorReactions: While Christy Karacas admitted he couldn't understand some of the porn and pairings, he also noted being amused by it and having seen a lot of well-drawn porn for the characters. The one time that Stephen Warbrick was interviewed alongside Karacas about it though, he appeared visibly awkward about the subject, and admitted to being "bugged" by one of the pairings Karacas brought up (Twincest and Future Warden/Warden) [[note]]Considering his comments about being uncomfortable with seeing a "pregnant Twin" in "The Budding of the Warbuxx", most fans speculate that he meant Twincest.[[/note]]
* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The Superjail pilot was originally to air in September ''2005''. Delays, rewrites, and other factors pushed production back to late 2006. The pilot itself would finally air on May 13th, 2007.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Season 4's renewal was announced, but after some time, the news broke that Adult Swim had only ordered six episodes and not the full order of ten. Though the creative team tried to quell fan fears, Adult Swim would give no indication of the release date even as the show got closer to air, leaving the fandom magazine ''Bubble Blabber'' to break the word first. The fourth season was barely promoted, leaving the six episodes to come and go fast. After nearly a year of no word from Adult Swim on the show's fate, it was revealed that the network had quietly cancelled Superjail! months prior, opting to renew the show ''Mr. Pickles'' in its place and greenlighting another pilot by Karacas called ''Ballmasterz''.
* TeasingCreator: Christy Karacas is definitely the most cryptic and teasing of the crew, although the times Stephen Warbrick is interviewed alongside him, he can also join in. Other staff members can count, such as the recurring writer Adam Modiano, who claimed "Oedipus Mess" was only all about the Jacknife openings and that fans needn't watch for anything else ([[spoiler: Conveniently leaving out the B-plot involving the Twins taking two of the Jacknife clones to a mall]]).
* TransCharacterCisActor: Alice the trans woman is voiced by the cisgender man Christy C. Karacas, [[DescendedCreator who is also the show's creator]].
* UnspecifiedRoleCredit: Complicated at first as the season 1 credits were stated to have had quite a few mistakes in them, most notably only ever crediting David Wain, Chris [=McCulloch=], Teddy Cohn, and Richard Mather for the voice roles. This was even the case when one of the actors would apparently be absent, or when other actors would be present for an episode. Sometimes these other actors' names would be lumped into the "Special Thanks" section, which was done away with by season 2, or would be completely unlisted. Christy Karacas and Stephen Warbrick were left uncredited through the first season, as well as Kamala Sankaram, Sally Donovan [[note]]Who was first credited in the "Special Thanks" of "Ladies' Night" under the alias "Elizabeth Mann", although a crew member confirmed that crediting her by the alias was an error. However, she'd started doing voices as early as "Combaticus"[[/note]], Melissa Brown, M. Wartella, and Reggie Watts. The season 2 and 3 credits are generally better about listing all the voice actors, although Sally Donovan was mistakenly left out in "Oedipus Mess".
* WriteWhoYouKnow: Prison Peedee was modeled after and based on one of the producers at Titmouse, Peedee Shindell.
** Jacknife's physical appearance was (rather loosely) based off of Richard Mather, according to the bump that aired before "Hot Chick" in its first broadcast.
** Karacas chose the names "Jean" and "Paul" for the gay inmate couple to pay homage to a friend of his named Jean-Paul.
* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: Season 1 episode ideas were first concepted through roundtable ideas from a group of writers, and rough thumbnail storyboards for a plot, which then would be handed off to someone to write the full script for and what the actual storyboards and final story would be based from. Even now, with the scripts written first (since season 2), the creators note that episodes can drastically change over the course of production. Sometimes the entire endings can change as well, along with dialogue that's re-recorded with revised/improved lines in the post-production ADR period.
** The death sequences go through this trope in the development process. Some scripts intentionally remain vague on the exact carnage and methods of death during a sequence, which allow the storyboard artists and animators to get creative. The Comic Book Resources interview about season 3 also states that the animators can be given free reign for the inmates within bloodbath sequences if the storyboards are too vague in design, leading to them using or referencing whatever designs there are from the pre-made model packs (if they don't outright draw their own).
** Although the crew has their own ideas on certain characters' origins, the details can also go through this as they may wind up having a different plan over time. In particular, Karacas' initial idea for Alice's backstory had her as a warden of her own jail, rather than being the head guard to another warden.
** The revisions to "Burn Stoolie Burn" were a particular case of this, with the crew unable to settle upon an ending that would work- until they decided to employ a hint about the nature of Superjail within the cliffhanger.