# Shut Up! Cartoons

Shut Up! Cartoons was a YouTube animation channel project created by the Smosh duo (Anthony Padilla, Ian Hecox) and Barry Blumberg that features various animated videos. Shut Up! Cartoons launched on April 30, 2012, with Do's and Don'ts and ended with the termination of the series Smosh Babies on June 23, 2017.

## Ownership and production

The channel was launched as part of YouTube's $100 million "original channel initiative" by Smosh co-creators Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox, as well as Barry Blumberg. Blumberg served as the president of the Smosh YouTube channel, as well as Shut Up! Cartoons. Previously, Blumberg served as the executive vice president of Harvey Entertainment, as well as Disney Television Animation chief. At the time of Shut Up! Cartoon's launch, Blumberg was the Head of Content for Alloy Digital, which would become Defy Media via its 2013 merger with Break Media. As such, Defy Media owned Shut Up! Cartoons.
At the channel's launch, Lenora Hume served as its production lead. Later, TeamTO co-founder Corinne Kouper served as head of production on Shut Up! Cartoons.

## Content

The initial teaser trailer featured clips from 11 different shows, with Padilla and Hecox later informing their viewers that there were 18 planned shows in total. The first three cartoons launched by the network included Do's and Don'ts: A Children's Guide to Social Survival, Zombies vs. Ninjas, and Pubertina, a show about an 11-year-old girl going through puberty. In May 2012, Smosh launched Krogzilla, a show created by and starring Cory Edwards featuring John O'Hurley, about a shrunken sea monster seeking employment. Snowjacked soon followed, broadcasting on Tuesdays, meeting mixed reception. At the end of the first three cartoons' 10-episode run, they were replaced by Nature Break, Weasel Town, and Oishi High School Battle. Oishi High School Battle, a series starring a 2D animated anime heroine attending a live action high school, spawned a second season and prequel series. Another show was added replacing Krogzilla called Samurai! Daycare. In September 2012, they also launched Politicats to replace Snowjacked. The show that replaced Nature Break is Planets, a reality show about the ten celestial bodies of the Solar System (the eight planets, Pluto, and the Sun).
Weasel Town's replacement, entitled Really Freaking Embarrassing, created by Peter Hannan (Nickelodeon's CatDog) had its first trailer removed from the website, stated as "shocking and disturbing content".
A new trailer was added, with fewer disturbing scenes. In September 2012, the channel launched Oishi Origins, a three-episode prequel to Oishi High School Battle. The show replacing Samurai! Daycare is Icons of Teen, which features both fictional characters (such as Batman and Spock) and real celebrities (such as Oprah Winfrey) as teenagers. Also that week, Oishi Origins was replaced by Teleporting Fat Guy, which is based on a character from previous Smosh videos and explains how he became the Teleporting Fat Guy.
On November 20, 2012, Politicats was replaced by Sub: 3 following a Speed Racer-like character that delivers pizza on a tight time limit, met by mixed reviews. On November 28, the trailer was released for With Zombies created by Matt Clark (the creator of Planets). On November 15, 2013, Do's and Don'ts and Krogzilla received IAWTV nominations for Best Animated Web Series. The second seasons for Do's and Don'ts and Pubertina premiered in April 2014, with Do's and Don'ts ending in April, and Pubertina ending in May.
On June 12, 2013, the paper series Paper Cuts premiered on the channel. The ten episodes featured shot-by-shot re-creations of famous movie scenes and trailers made entirely out of construction paper. On June 23, the Canadian stop motion series Life's a Zoo premiered on the channel.
On June 23, 2017, the channel posted their final video, which was the series finale of Smosh Babies and ceased operations following Anthony’s departure from Smosh.

## Series

| Show Title | Creator(s) | Debut | Ended |
| Do's and Don'ts | F. Ryan Naumann | April 30, 2012 (Season 1) | July 2, 2012 (Season 1) |
| Do's and Don'ts | F. Ryan Naumann | February 4, 2013 (Season 2) | April 8, 2013 (Season 2) |
| Pubertina | Emily Brundige | May 2, 2012 (Season 1) | July 4, 2012 (Season 1) |
| Pubertina | Emily Brundige | February 20, 2013 (Season 2) | May 22, 2013 (Season 2) |
| Zombies vs. Ninjas | Michael Granberry | May 4, 2012 (Season 1) | July 6, 2012 (Season 1) |
| Zombies vs. Ninjas | Michael Granberry | March 22, 2013 (Season 2) | June 28, 2013 (Season 2) |
| Krogzilla | Cory Edwards | May 31, 2012 | August 2, 2012 |
| Snowjacked | Kelsy Abbott & John Olsen | June 26, 2012 | August 28, 2012 |
| Nature Break | Mike Hollingsworth | July 9, 2012 | September 10, 2012 |
| Weasel Town | Eric Filipkowski & Nathan Hamill | July 11, 2012 | September 12, 2012 |
| Oishi High School Battle | Dan Dominguez & Joe Gressis | July 13, 2012 (Season 1) | September 14, 2012 (Season 1) |
| Oishi High School Battle | Dan Dominguez & Joe Gressis | December 6, 2013 (Season 2) | February 7, 2014 (Season 2) |
| Oishi High School Battle | Dan Dominguez & Joe Gressis | June 20, 2014 (Season 3) | August 22, 2014 (Season 3) |
| Samurai! Daycare | Mike Blum | August 9, 2012 | October 11, 2012 |
| Politicats | SunnyBoy | September 4, 2012 | November 6, 2012 |
| Planets | Matt Clark | September 17, 2012 (Season 1) | November 19, 2012 (Season 1) |
| Planets | Matt Clark | May 27, 2013 (Season 2) | July 29, 2013 (Season 2) |
| Planets | Matt Clark | October 28, 2013 (Season 3) | December 30, 2013 (Season 3) |
| Really Freaking Embarrassing | Peter Hannan | September 19, 2012 | November 21, 2012 |
| Oishi Origins | Dan Dominguez & Joe Gressis | September 28, 2012 | October 12, 2012 |
| Icons of Teen | Brian Wysol | October 18, 2012 | December 20, 2012 |
| Teleporting Fat Guy | Anthony Padilla & Ian Hecox | October 19, 2012 (Season 1) | December 21, 2012 (Season 1) |
| Teleporting Fat Guy | Anthony Padilla & Ian Hecox | April 4, 2014 (Season 2) | June 6, 2014 (Season 2) |
| Teleporting Fat Guy | Anthony Padilla & Ian Hecox | October 31, 2014 (Season 3) | January 2, 2015 (Season 3) |
| Sub: 3 | Prudence Fenton & Peter Hastings | November 20, 2012 | January 22, 2013 |
| With Zombies | Matt Clark | December 5, 2012 | February 6, 2013 |
| Paper Cuts | Travis Betz | June 12, 2013 | October 16, 2013 |
| Life's a Zoo | Andrew Horne | June 23, 2013 | November 3, 2013 |
| Just Shut Up | Anthony Padilla & Ian Hecox | July 13, 2013 | November 23, 2013 |
| Smosh Babies | Anthony Padilla & Ian Hecox | August 12, 2013 (season 1) | October 14, 2013 (season 1) |
| Smosh Babies | Anthony Padilla & Ian Hecox | January 13, 2014 (season 2) | March 21, 2014 (season 2) |
| Smosh Babies | Anthony Padilla & Ian Hecox | January 23, 2015 (season 3) | June 26, 2015 (season 3) |
| Smosh Babies | Anthony Padilla & Ian Hecox | January 22, 2016 (season 4) | June 24, 2016 (season 4) |
| Smosh Babies | Anthony Padilla & Ian Hecox | January 20, 2017 (season 5) | June 23, 2017 (season 5) |
| Munroe | Brian Wysol | November 13, 2013 | January 15, 2014 |
| Otaku Taco Truck | SunnyBoy | February 17, 2014 | April 21, 2014 |
| 16-Bit High | Brett Weiner | March 8, 2014 | August 3, 2014 |
| Alfred and Poe | Chris Bennett | May 5, 2014 | July 7, 2014 |
| Money & Cash | Joel H. Cohen | August 4, 2014 | October 6, 2014 |
| Überdude | Jeremy Diamond | February 13, 2015 | June 5, 2015 |
| Maganzo | Brian Wysol | June 19, 2015 | July 17, 2015 |
| Super Smosh | Chris Bennett | July 24, 2015 (season 1) | November 25, 2015 (season 1) |
| Super Smosh | Chris Bennett | July 22, 2016 (season 2) | December 23, 2016 (season 2) |
| Staff of Gelroth | Brian Wysol | July 31, 2015 | August 14, 2015 |
| Crazy Cabbies | | September 2, 2015 | October 21, 2015 |
| Scream Engine IV | Harriss and Matt | October 5, 2015 | December 14, 2015 |
| God Squad | Nicholas Kempt | November 4, 2015 | December 16, 2015 |
| An Okay Place to Eat | Andrew Racho | December 21, 2015 | January 4, 2016 |
| ABC wid da Mob | | December 30, 2015 | February 17, 2016 |
| Blood Red | | February 24, 2016 | April 13, 2016 |

## Legacy

Several creators who worked with Shut Up! Cartoons have gone on to create their own series or worked on other successful shows, including Mike Hollingsworth (creator of Nature Break, who went on to become the supervising director for BoJack Horseman and serves as an executive producer for Inside Job), Brian Wysol (creator of Icons of Teen, Munroe, Maganzo and Staff of Gelroth, who went on to create Hot Streets), Emily Brundige (creator of Pubertina, who went on to develop Harvey Street Kids and serves as a writer in various animated shows like Unikitty! and Amphibia) and Daniel Dominguez (co-creator of Oishi High School Battle, who went on to work as a writer for various shows like The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants).