History WesternAnimation / MakingFiends

* AprilFoolsDay: The Bulgarian Episode. As in an episode spoken completely in Bulgarian.
** The Bulgarian Episode, while is ''is'' spoken entirely in Bulgarian, recieved a ''lot'' of complaints for being impossible to follow -- so Winfrey added subtitles that were [[GagSub intentionally mangled and gramatically incorrect.]]

* RealMenWearPink: Grudge, the presumably male giant hamster, once donned a frilly, pink apron while cleaning Vendetta's house, and was shown to be very goo

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The web animations used to come in available [=DVDs=] with many alternate versions and character commentaries of the webisodes. Since Making Fiends is licensed by Nickelodeon, the creators can't sell any of its merchandise, even what they made independently. All of the DVD was uploaded by someone on [=YouTube=] at one time, but he deleted his account over a year ago. The only way you can get a DVD of the webisodes is if you win the [[http://www.makingfiends.com/artcontest2010/contest2010.htm Making Fiends Art Contest]].
** As of September 2012, Amy Winfrey has an [[http://www.youtube.com/user/fancymeats official YouTube channel]] and is uploading her shows, though she has only uploaded the first 18 episodes of ''Making Fiends'' so far. These episodes are also available on her website.

** "Look Vendetta! They're forming a [[VForVendetta 'V'! For you!]]"

Vendetta, due to her fiend-making abilities, appears to have the entire town at her control. As such, Clamburg is a bleak, dark and forbidding place. Mr. Milk, who has gotten the misfortune of teaching Charlotte and Vendetta's class, is incredibly timid and never gets around to teaching due to his fear of Vendetta's reactions to his lessons. Charlotte's classmates include Marion, who speaks quietly and is fearful of Vendetta; Marvin, who starts each sentence with the word "my" and has his property vandalized by Vendetta in various ways (which leads to such exclamations as "My banana!" and "My ice cream!"); Malachi, who speaks in Shakespearean phrases and consistently warns Charlotte against messing with Vendetta (to no avail); Maggie, who has resigned herself to depression and dreams of someday escaping, and Mort, an earnest little boy who often spouts nonsensical advice (or so it's claimed- he hasn't spoken once in the show's run.)

The show seems to be cancelled at this point, as it has been almost 4 years since a episode was aired, and even reruns of the show have stopped airing, as of July 2012. The show's creator has stated that she's made 7 more episodes, but it seems Nick has no plans to air it

* MeaningfulName: Vendetta. Charlotte could arguably be a reference to the band [[{{Pun}} Good Charlotte.]]

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Vendetta cannot destroy Charlotte no matter how hard she tries! About halfway in the tv series, Charlotte gets even more stupider, and even more invincible.

* VillainSong: Vendetta gets "Me And My Best Friend Marion", which is a song based on pretending to be friends with marion so Charlotte won't play with Vendetta.
** She also gets "If you lived upon the moon..." which is a alternate version of Charlotte's song "If I lived upon the moon", while she's pointing out the downsides of living on the moon.
** She also shares quite a few songs with Charlotte. "Neighbors" and "Cheese" (While, Charlotte's dream vendetta).

* {{Adorkable}}: Mr. Milk

* CatsAreMean: The Giant Kitty
* CheerfulChild: Charlotte.

* CreepyChild: Vendetta.
** Possibly Charlotte, depending on your definition of creepy.

* CloudCuckooLander: Charlotte.
** Mort also seems to be this way, at least according to [[WordOfGod his Nickelodeon Making Fiends page bio]] (since he hasn't spoken yet.) In "Smash", he shows up to marching band practice with two drumsticks and a cardboard box labelled "drum".

* DramaQueen: Vendetta

* EmotionlessGirl: Maggie.
* EnfanteTerrible: Vendetta, although without the DevilInPlainSight part.

* ExtremeDoormat: Mr. Milk.

* {{Flanderization}}/CharacterExaggeration: At the beginning of the web series, Charlotte wasn't nearly as stupid and as much of a [[ThePollyanna Polyanna]]. Vendetta arguably qualifies as well.
* FluffyTamer: Charlotte.
* TheFool: Charlotte.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Charlotte. Even Vendetta's fiends can't resist her.

* GenkiGirl: Charlotte.

* LighterAndSofter: To a ''slight'' degree. In a first few episodes of the web series, there were posters in the back of the classroom that weren't very kid-friendly, such as a cat being hanged, and a poster that read [[DudeNotFunny "A is for Alimony"]]. When Nickelodeon licensed Making Fiends, these were removed. You also wouldn't hear "Tempt not yon hellcat", "I was going to play in traffic and drink bleach!" , or "and your eyeballs would fall out!" in a typical modern Nicktoon.
* MadScientist: Vendetta.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Charlotte, except without the mopey boyfriend, [[NoHuggingNoKissing or any boyfriend for that matter]].

* ShrinkingViolet: Mr. Milk is a rare male example, often finding himself unable to speak to people outside of his class.

** "My [noun]!"

** As of 2012, Amy Winfrey has an [[http://www.youtube.com/user/fancymeats official YouTube channel]] and is uploading her shows, though she has only uploaded the first 18 episodes of ''Making Fiends'' so far.

* RealMenWearPink: Grudge, the presumably male giant hamster, once donned a frilly, pink apron while cleaning Vendetta's house, and was shown to be very good at neatly folding clothing.
* RodentsOfUnusualSize: Grudge

The show is currently on a hiatus after only 6 episodes, with {{Nickelodeon}} currently running re-runs. The show's creator has stated that she's made 7 more episodes, but Nick is still contemplating whether to renew the series or not.

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-->''"Once there was a little girl, a girl who could make fiends,\\

''BigBunny'' is another web series by Amy Winfrey. It never had a chance of becoming a TV series, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids for]] [[BloodierAndGorier various]] [[ItsShortSoItSucks reasons.]]

''Making Fiends'' is an animated television series, created by Amy Winfrey. It is a spin-off of an online series of the same name and started airing on NicktoonsNetwork on October 4, 2008.The show revolves around the life of Charlotte, a sweet, innocent little girl who is the new girl in the town of Clamburg (she used to live in Vermont, according to the first webisode). Charlotte is also incredibly naïve, and is unable to think badly of anyone around her. Charlotte quickly makes "friends" with Vendetta (or so she thinks), a horrid little girl who makes monsters, or fiends, through baking. Vendetta cannot stand Charlotte's happy-go-lucky nature, and will often go to great lengths to destroy Charlotte (or at least get her out of the way for a little bit). These attempts inevitably backfire, usually resulting in Vendetta doing great damage to herself. When they do succeed, Charlotte can only see the bright side of her situation and will become more annoying than usual. Everything is back to normal by the end of the episode.

** Possibly Charlotte, [[YourMilageMayVary depending on your definition]] of creepy.

* FoeYay: In one episode, we find Vendetta [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything hiding in a closet, obsessing over Charlotte]].

* LighterAndSofter: To a ''slight'' degree. In a first few episodes of the web series, there were posters in the back of the classroom that weren't very kid-friendly, such as a cat being hanged, and a poster that read "A is for Alimony". When Nickelodeon licensed Making Fiends, these were removed. You also wouldn't hear "Tempt not yon hellcat", "I was going to play in traffic and drink bleach!" , or "and your eyeballs would fall out!" in a typical modern Nicktoon.

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-->''"Once there was a little girl, a girl who could make fiends,\\
She kept the whole town terrified, the girl who could make fiends,\\
Then there came another girl who wanted to be friends,\\
Vendetta can not stand her, so she plots her end!"''

''Making Fiends'' is an animated television series, created by Amy Winfrey. It is a spin-off of an online series of the same name and started airing on NicktoonsNetwork on October 4, 2008.The show revolves around the life of Charlotte, a sweet, innocent little girl who is the new girl in the town of Clamburg (she used to live in Vermont, according to the first webisode). Charlotte is also incredibly naïve, and is unable to think badly of anyone around her. Charlotte quickly makes "friends" with Vendetta (or so she thinks), a horrid little girl who makes monsters, or fiends, through baking. Vendetta cannot stand Charlotte's happy-go-lucky nature, and will often go to great lengths to destroy Charlotte (or at least get her out of the way for a little bit). These attempts inevitably backfire, usually resulting in Vendetta doing great damage to herself. When they do succeed, Charlotte can only see the bright side of her situation and will become more annoying than usual. Everything is back to normal by the end of the episode.

Vendetta, due to her fiend-making abilities, appears to have the entire town at her control. As such, Clamburg is a bleak, dark and forbidding place. Mr. Milk, who has gotten the misfortune of teaching Charlotte and Vendetta's class, is incredibly timid and never gets around to teaching due to his fear of Vendetta's reactions to his lessons. Charlotte's classmates include Marion, who speaks quietly and is fearful of Vendetta; Marvin, who starts each sentence with the word "my" and has his property vandalized by Vendetta in various ways (which leads to such exclamations as "My banana!" and "My ice cream!"); Malachi, who speaks in Shakespearean phrases and consistently warns Charlotte against messing with Vendetta (to no avail); Maggie, who has resigned herself to depression and dreams of someday escaping, and Mort, an earnest little boy who often spouts nonsensical advice (or so it's claimed- he hasn't spoken once in the show's run.)

The show is currently on a hiatus after only 6 episodes, with {{Nickelodeon}} currently running re-runs. The show's creator has stated that she's made 7 more episodes, but Nick is still contemplating whether to renew the series or not.
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!!''MakingFiends'' contains examples of:
* AdultsAreUseless
* AlphabeticalThemeNaming: All of the main human characters besides Charlotte and Vendetta have names that start with "M" (Marvin, Marion, Malachi, Mr. Milk, Mrs. Minty, etc).
* AprilFoolsDay: The Bulgarian Episode. As in an episode spoken completely in Bulgarian.
** The Bulgarian Episode, while is ''is'' spoken entirely in Bulgarian, recieved a ''lot'' of complaints for being impossible to follow -- so Winfrey added subtitles that were intentionally mangled and gramatically incorrect.
* ArtEvolution: From the web series to the TV series.
* BigNo: Vendetta's usual reaction when her plans go awry.
* BreakTheCutie: Averted.
** Although played straight in the TV episode "No Singing", [[spoiler:when Charlotte hears a very sad poem and [[HeroicBSOD falls into a depression.]] Being Charlotte though, she does [[IGotBetter get better]] rather quickly.]]
* BornInTheWrongCentury: Malachi.
* ButtMonkey: Marvin is always having his property forcibly taken from him by Charlotte or Vendetta, and according to his bio on the Nickelodeon Making Fiends page, is also tormented by [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling eight younger siblings.]]
* CatchPhrase: ''Ooh, a puppy!"
** "So, she wants a [noun]? I think I will make her a [noun], a very special [noun]!"
** "I will destroy you....destroy you with FIENDS!"
** "My [noun]!"
** [[AnnoyingLaugh Teehee]]!
** "[Person Charlotte likes] is THE BEST!"
* CatsAreMean: The Giant Kitty
* CheerfulChild: Charlotte.
* CrapsackWorld: Clamburg is a pretty crappy place to live, although it is implied that it used to be a nice town before Vendetta showed up.
* CreepyChild: Vendetta.
** Possibly Charlotte, depending on your definition of creepy.
* CrossdressingVoices: Mrs. Minty is voiced by Peter Merryman, [[TalkingToHimself the same guy who voices Mr. Milk, Marvin, Malachi, Mort, Grudge, and various townspeople and fiends]].
** Amy Winfrey, the show's creator, plays Charlotte, Grandma Charlene, Giant Kitty, Marion, Maggie, Buttons, and Mrs. Millet. Producer and director Dave Wasson, voices Vendetta's father, Viktor, and Mr. Gumpit. In fact, Aglaia Mortcheva is the only one ''not'' doing double duty, playing only Vendetta.
* CloudCuckooLander: Charlotte.
** Mort also seems to be this way, at least according to [[WordOfGod his Nickelodeon Making Fiends page bio]] (since he hasn't spoken yet.) In "Smash", he shows up to marching band practice with two drumsticks and a cardboard box labelled "drum".
* [[DealWithTheDevil Deal With The Toupee]]: The Toupee Fiend promises to get Mr. Milk the life and Ms. Minty he always wanted, so long as Mr. Milk kills Charlotte. [[spoiler: He doesn't go through with it, leading to a DownerEnding.]]
* DevelopmentHell: The show had been in the planning stages for years and there were promos made for it ages before it actually aired on tv, only for it to get a shaky under promoted start and then tossed back into development.
** The second season has been this. Six episodes in, the series stopped airing episodes. The last episode was in 2008, though the creators has season 2 episodes.
* DownerEnding: Two words: Toupee episode.
* DumbIsGood: Charlotte, Charlotte, Charlotte.
* EconomyCast
* EmotionlessGirl: Maggie.
* EnfanteTerrible: Vendetta, although without the DevilInPlainSight part.
* ExpositoryThemeTune
* ExtremeDoormat: Mr. Milk.
* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: Played with in a bit of dialogue.
-->'''Charlotte''': But Vendetta, what can I do if a kitty is stranded up high and I want to get it down?
-->'''Vendetta''': [[KickTheDog You could shoot it]]...[[{{Beat}} (long pause)]]...with a [[{{Nerf}} water gun]].
* {{Flanderization}}: Vendetta and Charlotte (especially Charlotte) in the TV show, compared with the web series.
* FluffyTamer: Charlotte.
* FoeYay: In one episode, we find Vendetta [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything hiding in a closet, obsessing over Charlotte]].
* TheFool: Charlotte.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Charlotte. Even Vendetta's fiends can't resist her.
* FunnyForeigner: Vendetta's parents.
* GagSub: The April Fools' web episode, which was originally written in Bulgarian.
* GenkiGirl: Charlotte.
* TheGlomp: Mr. Huggles' entire purpose.
* HasTwoMommies: "Mama Vendetta"
* TheHeartless: Vendetta's fiends are a subversion, as they can become tame when influenced by Charlotte.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Charlotte.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The web animations used to come in available [=DVDs=] with many alternate versions and character commentaries of the webisodes. Since Making Fiends is licensed by Nickelodeon, the creators can't sell any of its merchandise, even what they made independently. All of the DVD was uploaded by someone on [=YouTube=] at one time, but he deleted his account over a year ago. The only way you can get a DVD of the webisodes is if you win the [[http://www.makingfiends.com/artcontest2010/contest2010.htm Making Fiends Art Contest]].
* LesYay
* LickedByTheDog: Charlotte likes Vendetta despite all of the horrible things the latter tries to do to her.
* MadScientist: Vendetta.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Charlotte, except without the mopey boyfriend, [[NoHuggingNoKissing or any boyfriend for that matter]].
* MeaningfulName: Vendetta. Charlotte could arguably be a reference to the band [[IncrediblyLamePun Good Charlotte.]]
* [[MesaCrowd Me's a Crowd]]: Charlotte in "Puppies! Puppies! Puppies!"
* MisplacedKindergartenTeacher: Mrs. Minty in "The Substitute Teacher". Oddly enough, Mr. Milk seems to have [[AllLoveIsUnrequited a bit of a thing for her.]]
* MegaNeko: The Giant Kitty.
* NeverSayDie
* NonHumanSidekick: Grudge, the giant hamster.
* OhCrap: Vendetta's reaction when the Canary Bombs she tossed off a cliff learn to fly and make a V-line straight for her.
* ParentalAbandonment: Charlotte claims that her parents are on a space station (it is implied that they died); Vendetta keeps her parents in a hamster cage.
** It's also worth noting that in "Parents", Vendetta and Malachi were the only kids to show up to the parent teacher conference with a full set of parents.
* PetTheDog: Strongly averted in Vendetta's case. [[spoiler: Just tell yourself that any time it looks like Vendetta's actually doing something nice for somebody, there is always a sinister ulterior motive. ALWAYS.]]
* ThePollyanna: Charlotte, to the extreme. [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Though there's always the possibility]] that she's [[StepfordSmiler not as happy as she seems]].
* RealMenWearPink: Grudge, the presumably male giant hamster, once donned a frilly, pink apron while cleaning Vendetta's house, and was shown to be very good at neatly folding clothing.
* ShortRunners: The TV show lasted six episodes.
* ShrinkingViolet: Mr. Milk is a rare male example, often finding himself unable to speak to people outside of his class.
* SlasherSmile: Vendetta got a very scary one in "Super Evil".
* SnapBack: Used in many of the web episodes, [[spoiler:but subverted in episodes 18-21, when many events lead up to Clamburg being rendered uninhabitable by fiends, forcing everyone in Clamburg to board a large boat and [[DownerEnding search hopelessly for dry land]].]]
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: In a fashion. Vendetta and Charlotte both took the quiz in Vendetta's evil magazine. To her horror, Charlotte's score indicated that she was more evil than Vendetta. This led to Vendetta studying Charlotte and attempting to learn from her.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Vendetta's birthday party of DOOM for Charlotte is undone by her sheer stupidity and general niceness.
** Actually, ''most'' of Vendetta's plans end up undone by Charlotte's stupidity and general niceness, in both versions.
* StealthPun: In "Mama Vendetta".
** "Look Vendetta! They're forming a [[VForVendetta 'V'! For you!]]"
* TalkingToHimself: The voice cast for the TV series consists of just nine people, including the director and the composer. Only three of these nine people voice regulars. The web version had even fewer voice actors. Seriously.
* TooDumbToLive: Charlotte again. Even the others [[{{Lampshading}} admit it]]:
-->'''Charlotte:''' I wish Vendetta could be here.
-->''(Happy music stops)''
-->'''Maggie:''' Charlotte's dumb.
** Partially subverted in that Charlotte always seems to avoid certain death. [[spoiler: Her clones in the episode "Puppies!Puppies!Puppies!" on the other hand, plays this straight by riding a slide right into the gaping maw of a huge fiend. It takes the very last clone (after HUNDREDS) to realise what's going on, only to have the fiend's jaw snap shut on her.]]
* VerbalTic: Malachi, a boy in Charlotte's class, speaks in Shakespearean English.
** Also, Marvin beginning almost every sentence with "my" and Charlotte's "tee-hee".
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Though it's implied that the birthday cake Vendetta made for Charlotte is poisoned, we never do find out what's in it (besides strawberries and clams).
* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: Malachi's dialogue consists exclusively of this. When asking Marion what Charlotte was doing with a giant hairbrush:
-->'''Malachi''': Whither doth yon cheery one go with yon titan implement?
** Even lampshaded once, where after Malachi is done talking Charlotte says, "...What?"
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