1 | ''Cartoon Dump'' was a web series and its corresponding live comedy show created by animation historian Jerry Beck and Frank Conniff of Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 fame. The show is a SaturdayMorningKidsShow parody set in a garbage dump. ExcitedKidsShowHost Compost Brite and her friends, usually Moodsy the Clinically Depressed Owl, present an obscure and terrible cartoon. The web series was put on hold after six episodes. |
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4 | !!This provides examples of: |
5 | * MinimalistCast: The only characters shown on screen are Compost Brite, Moodsy and Buff Badger the Rageaholic Animation Historian. The live shows add Dumpster Diver Dan. |
6 | * NoTitle: The episodes have no title. Instead, they tend to identified by the cartoon played in them. |
7 | * RecoveredAddict: Moodsy mentions going to AA meetings. |
8 | * StepfordSmiler: Compost Brite acts like an ExcitedKidsShowHost but suffers from depression and [[WeightWoe body issues]]. |
9 | * StrictlyFormula: Each episode has the same formula: |
10 | ##ThemeSong with different lyrics each time. |
11 | ##Compost Brite gives a SpoofAesop |
12 | ##Moodsy (or Buff in one episode) arrives usually plug an fictional product or sing a song. |
13 | ##An obscure and terrible cartoon that takes up the bulk of the episode |
14 | ##Compost Brite and her co-host comment on the cartoon. |
15 | * SpoofAesop: Some of the lessons taught include mediocrity pays off in the end and starve yourself even if you haven't eaten in days. |
16 | %%* SubvertedKidsShow: The show constantly employs BlackComedy, most notably Moodsy's depression being PlayedForLaughs. |
17 | * UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Apparently, at one point Moodsy told kids to disembowel themselves so they can send him their liver. He got a lot of letters from angry parents. |
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