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->'''Billy:''' Oh, oh, look! It's Santa, Santa Claus!\\
'''Mandy:''' That's not Santa, you stooge. That's the GrimReaper.\\
'''Billy:''' Do I still get presents?
-->-- "Meet the Reaper"

TheGrimReaper (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.

Grim 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.

Adventures 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.

Thus 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.

Created 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.

The 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]]''.

The 2007 online game ''VideoGame/TheFrightBeforeChristmas'' has its own page.
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!!''The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy'' provides examples of:

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* TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy/TropesAToD
* TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy/TropesEToH
* TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy/TropesIToM
* TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy/TropesNToR
* TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy/TropesSToZ
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* [[BreakingTheFourthWall/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Breaking the Fourth Wall]]
* [[ShoutOut/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Shout-Out]]
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->''!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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