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Did you know that animator Danny Antonucci had made a show for {{MTV}}? If not, here's the background of it. During TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation, animation was at its prime for cable television. BeavisAndButthead were infamous on TV (aside from their show being [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids mistaken for a children's cartoon]]). And when they were on hiatus due to censorship issues and controversy over underaged viewers imitating the duo's reckless behavior, this show appeared.

''The Brothers Grunt'' (1994-1995) told about the leader of the grunts, Perry, who had escaped. His five brothers (Frank, Dean, Bing, Sammy and Bernie) have to find him or else the brotherhood of the grunts will fall. It's a CultClassic to fans of Danny Antonucci. After this show ended, Danny would later be famous for Creator/CartoonNetwork's ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy''. As of 2012, the show has not appeared on VHS or DVD. However, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuswZYAsIAI there is a fan movement]] to help support the idea of releasing the show onto DVD.
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!!''The Brothers Grunt'' provides these tropes:

* BigEater: The episode "Scrub me Sammy" features a big fat lady that fits this trope.
* TheCameo: Beavis & Butt-Head
* EarlyBirdCameo: The grunts appeared in an ad for MTV before the show was made; that ad can be seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrXbZMNVb8k&NR=1 here]].
* DerangedAnimation: The show heads in this direction.
* GrossoutShow
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The person who is singing the song's intro is impersonating Tom Jones. Danny originally wanted Tom Jones to sing the song's intro, but that didn't happen.
* RogerRabbitEffect: In the middle of certain episodes this will happen. A random music video will play that fits with the episode, and the grunts would appear either doing random things or walking by the singers (who cannot see them).
* SpeakingSimlish: The grunts follow this by making grunt sounds, although at times they only said a few words only once.
* ShoutOut: The main characters' names are nods to famous singers from the 1960s: [[FrankSinatra Frank]], [[TonyBennett Tony]], [[BingCrosby Bing]], [[DeanMartin Dean]], [[SammyDavisJr Sammy]] and [[PerryComo Perry]].

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