Gustav Gets Grounded: The Original Stories

Gustav Gets Grounded: The Original Series (better known as Gustav: The Series) is an American adult animated series originally created by Daniel Fuenmayor Ledesma to YouTube. This animated series serves as a second part and a sequel to the animated series Violy Gets Grounded: The Series. An original story directed by Daniel Fuenmayor Ledesma and written by Francisco Ortiz Lemus and Frederick Ondátegui. A total of 40 episodes with two seasons have been confirmed so far.
It was announced by Ian Fastlicht Nava on behalf of his husband (while Daniel was recovering in hospital from the incident) on 11 June 2021 in the YouTube community post. Four days later, he fully announced the animated series and it will premiere on 7 July 2021. The series was abruptly canceled after premiering the episode 'The Bizarre Return of Emma and Ferdinand' on 8 November 2021 (which was its last episode of the original version), because it was plagued by the Ian Fastlicht Nava controversy that It arrived during October 2021 until March 2022 currently known as Ianpocalypse.
After a year of its end and its supposed cancellation of the original version, Daniel posted on his YouTube account a banner of Gustav pointing a gun and with the year 2023, alluding to his return from the series and it was not until late-January 2024 where a teaser and a trailer were released announcing that it would premiere with a double episode on 22 March 2024. The series returned with a remastered version on that day, is currently on hiatus and may return in April 2024.
==Plot==
Gustav Novikov Richardson, an American man of Russian descent, is a victim of homophobia and rejection by his father Marcus Sobolevsky Novikov, an ultra-conservative and far-right businessman. Gustav was taken to conversion therapy by Marcus Novikov to cure homosexuality in 2020 and blackmailed by Marcus Novikov's minions Emma and Ferdinand in 2021, turning him into a rather problematic person, a womanizer, sexist and misogynist, forgetting the good memories he had of his boyfriend Abraham Henderson. After the events of Violy Moves Out, three months have passed in July 2021. Gustav learned of Ferdinand and Emma's deaths from the news and vows revenge for crimes such as kidnapping, raping, assaulting or stealing money from others with the help of his friends. The three troublemakers swore allegiance to Evil Emma and Ferdinand before being executed in April 2021, the three decide to take revenge on everyone, especially Violy and her parents, as well as the residents of Los Angeles to take advantage. Gustav's parents, Irina, the mother decide to stop his son Gustav before it is too late. Gustav will be grounded by his mother.
==Characters==
It was confirmed from Twitter on 16 June 2021.
===Main===
*Gustav Novikov: Is a 28-year-old man American of Russian descent, the main antagonist/protagonist of the series. Unlike Violy Anderson; He commits serious crimes such as kidnapping, stealing money from others, assaulting innocent people, and raping women and men as retaliation.
*Abraham Henderson: Is a 29-year-old man American businessman, the main protagonist of the series and the lost boyfriend of Gustav's. Abraham is very sad since his boyfriend Gustav left his side, after Gustav's father separated them in 2020 and he will not rest until he finds him regardless of the death threats Gustav's father received.
*Irina Richardson: She is Gustav's mother, a housewife who is very calm and positive, while her son Gustav is involved in illegal things, she loses control. She is the wife of Marcus Novikov.
===Supporting===
*Daniel Fuenmayor Ledesma: Is a 28-year-old man American of Mexican descent, the co-protagonist of the series. But the happiness ends when Gustav arrived to make life miserable in the middle of work hours, doing the mobbing.
*Frederick Ondátegui: Is a 28-year-old man Chilean-American male stripper, the co-protagonist of the series and the current boyfriend of Daniel's. Frederick is known for being quite eccentric. Despite everything, he is a nice, sweet, positive, respectful, funny, friendly, intelligent, serious, kind, more mature and responsible man.
===Antagonists===
*Marcus Sobolevsky: He is Gustav's father is a Russian-born American 48-year-old upper-class millionaire man with high purchasing power. Despite everything, he is misogynistic, sexist, and an extremely homophobic person as well as a sexual predator. It truly makes him a Mr. Morris wannabe. He is considered the person truly responsible for the behavior of his son due to his extreme beliefs and ideologies of his nation. He made Gustav take conversion therapy in 2020. He also ordered his minions Emma and Ferdinand to kidnap and blackmail Gustav in 2021.
*Tomás Moya: A 32-year-old Mexican man, originally from Monterrey. He is currently classified as a Mexican Karen due to his unpleasant defensiveness and defiant lack of emotions. He is currently Francisco Ortiz's worst enemy.
*Christopher Ronaldson: He is a 22-year-old young man, born in San Diego, California. He is a troubled young man who was expelled from his college school after physically attacking Violy Anderson due to her drastic change. He is Gustav's best friend unfortunately.
==Series overview==
Season	Season 	Episodes	Original broadcast	Original broadcast
Season	Season 	Episodes	Season premiere 	Season finale
 	1 	19 	22 March 2024 	July 2024
 	Special	Special 	13 September 2024 	13 September 2024
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Category:American animated series
Category:Mexican animated series
Category:LGBT-related animated series
Category:2020's American LGBT-related series
Category:2020's Mexican LGBT-related series
Category:2021 American LGBT-related series
Category:2024 American LGBT-related series