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**Mondo Media** is a Flash cartoon series by MiniToons, created by Kenn Navarro, Aubrey Ankrum, Rhode Montijo and Warren Graff. Since its debut, the show has become a popular internet phenomenon and has won a cult following. As indicated on the official site, the show is "not recommended for small children". Not withstanding the cute appearance of its characters, the show is extremely violent, with almost every episode featuring blood, gore, and violent deaths. The show is so violent, it was banned in Russia!

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## Overview

***Mondo Media*** (Commonly abbreviated to **MM**) is a Flash cartoon series by MiniToons, created by Kenn Navarro, Rhode Montijo, and Aubrey Ankrum, and developed by Montijo, Navarro, and Warren Graff. Since its debut, the show has become a popular internet phenomenon and has won a cult following. As is indicated on the official site, the show is "not recommended for small children". Notwithstanding the cute appearance of its characters, the show is extremely violent, with almost every episode featuring blood, gore, and violent deaths, to the point of being taken off the air in Russia. While the violence of these deaths is comparable to that of "The Itchy & Scratchy Show" (the short cartoon featured on "The Simpsons"), the portrayal of death in *Mondo Media* is more graphic and anatomically correct, depicting bloodshed and dismemberment in more vivid, exaggerated detail. The show is nearly free of dialogue; however, when the characters do speak, their words are severely garbled. Though it is obvious what each character's reaction is, their words can barely be understood. Exceptions to this are Pop, Lumpy, and Disco Bear; they have garbled speech as well, but can actually be understood on most occasions. According to the website, the idea for *Mondo Media* was conceived by Rhode Montijo when he drew a yellow rabbit, slightly resembling the character Truffels, on a piece of paper and wrote "Resistance Is Futile" underneath it.

### Beginning

While working on *MiniToons*, Rhode Montijo drew on a little piece of scrap paper, a character who would later become Toothy. He then drew a yellow rabbit that bore some resemblance to *Truffles*, on a piece of paper and wrote *"Resistance Is Futile"* underneath it. The drawing (of Truffles) made several employees laugh. In 1999 Mondo gave Aubrey Ankrum, Montijo, and Kenn Navarro a chance to do a short for them. They came up with a short named *Banjo Craze!* which featured a dinosaur (an earlier version of Lunder) killing a woodland animal (earlier versions of Truffels) with a banjo. From there Mondo gave them their own internet series, which they first named it *Happy Day Of Fun,* only to be changed to *Mondo Media* for obvious reasons. They got new writers and animators to work on the show.

### Success

Shortly after its original debut in 1997, Mondo Media became an unexpected success, getting over 15 million hits each month, and being shown in film festivals. In some countries, the episodes were shown on television. They could be seen on MTV and Comedy Central channels in Europe and Latin America, the Czech Music TV Óčko (again in 2012 - 2013), the Greek Mad Music Channel, the Russian 2x2 channel (until it was taken off the air due to controversy), the Canadian television channel Razer (later MTV2), the American television channel G4, and on the Australian Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) network. On June 10, 2005, the shorts began showing during G4's "Attack of the Show!" A series, *Mondo Media Nighttime Overview*, then began to air on August 29, 2005, as part of the late night the channel's Midnight Spank block. The series also features *Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law*, *Retarded Animal Babies* and *Angry Kid*. The series was then reformed into its own show, rather than as a part of a compilation as before. Mondo Media has also gained a collection of Audibles and an "IMVironment" for Yahoo!'s instant messenger. It is featured on many websites on which flash cartoons can be watched, such as Newgrounds, YouTube, Atom Films, and the official Mondo Media website. During select 2007 Ozzfests, some Mondo Media episodes were even shown on the big screen. Encouraged by the show's success, its creators have released multiple DVDs containing the episodes shown on the website and in the TV Series (see below) and others that have not been released. Mondo Media is currently one of the most downloaded iTunes podcasts and over 1,000 fan-made videos have appeared on YouTube.

Mondo Media episodes have begun airing on American television again as of April 2019, as part of *The Mini Toons Animation Hour* series on the El Rey Network.

### TV Series

**Mondo Media** gained its own TV show in 2007, and it was first shown at Comic-Con with some of the segments being shown on the website a few weeks later. The Mondo Media TV series premiered on September 25, 2009 at midnight (Eastern Time) on the G4 Network. Each half hour episode of the TV series contains three 7-minute segments, with 39 segments having aired across 13 full episodes. Reruns would later air on MTV in 2007. The show also aired in Canada on Razer and City, MTV and Comedy Central channels in Europe and Latin America, MTV and Animax (now Sony Max) in South Africa, MTV, Comedy Central and FX in Asia, and MTV and Paramount Comedy 1 (now Comedy Central) in the UK. The series was also available on Netflix until 2018 and has been available on Crunchyroll since 2015. The series was rated TV-14 on G4 in the US for **"intense violence",** while on Netflix, it was rated TV-MA Crunchyroll rates it the same.

## Premise

*Mondo Media* is a parody of a television show (e.g. *Tiny Toon Adventures*, *Peanuts*). All the characters are anthropomorphic mammals, they all (with the exception of Lumpy, Sniffles, and Buddhist Monkey) have two front buck teeth and heart-shaped noses. In early episodes, most characters played the roles of children playing childish games. However, as the series progressed, the age concept was dropped, and now characters act variously like children, teenagers, and adults in different episodes. The only characters who are unaffected by this concept are Pop and Cub, who always act like an adult and a child respectively, and characters whose roles usually are not affected by age, such as Splendid or Cro-Marmot.

At the beginning of each episode, the characters are typically found in everyday situations. However, these situations always escalate into violence, and the inevitable deaths of those involved and/or "innocent" bystanders, mostly because of very unfortunate, surprising accidents with otherwise harmless instruments. Some of the characters have mental illnesses, like Flippy, who has post-traumatic stress disorder from a war and will become a killer in certain situations (such as when balloons pop, which sounds like gunfire to him).

The show's characters sometimes appear not to notice others' deaths or injuries, despite clear indications (such as blood coming out of their mouths), or they seem to overcome their deaths (save for the web episode "Happy Trails Pt. 2," in which several funerals are held, and the first few are taken seriously). Most characters always return for the next episode, alive and uninjured.

Each episode starts with introduction credits resembling a book, which portrays the show's logo, the episode title (which is usually a pun), and the cast – and ends with an iris shot, followed by the end credits, where a (often sarcastic or ironic) moral is shown at the very end. Internet episodes have a typical duration of a maximum of four minutes. Usually only a few of the characters are used in a single episode, but occasionally longer episodes have been released in which most of the characters appear (and in one case, the entire cast [with the exception of the Buddhist Monkey, Lammy, and Mr. Pickels] have appeared). Television episodes last about half an hour, having three segments of about seven minutes each.

## Show Characteristics

All of the show's main characters are anthropomorphic woodland creatures. Many of them show two front large buckteeth when they smile. All of the Mondo Media Characters, with the exceptions of Lunder, Kite, Ray and Sniffles, have the same pink Care Bear or Care Bear Cousin heart-shaped noses. In early episodes, most characters played the roles of children doing childish games. However, as the series progressed the age concept was dropped, and now characters act variously like children, teenagers and adults in different episodes. The only characters who are unaffected by this concept are Lunder, Disco, The Mole, Pop, and Cub, who always act like adults and a child respectively. At the beginning of each episode, the characters are typically found in everyday situations. However, these situations always escalate into violence and the inevitable deaths of those involved and/or innocent bystanders, mostly because of very unfortunate, surprising accidents with otherwise harmless instruments. The show's characters sometimes appear not to notice other character's deaths/injuries, despite clear indications (such as blood coming out of the latter's mouths), or they seem to quickly overcome their fellows' deaths. The only regular episodes where none of the characters died were Nuttin But The Tooth, Out On A Limb, Dream Job. Ken Navaro has stated that, despite all of deaths in the show, no character is going to be killed directly by a gun as that would be "too easy". The continuity of the series does not seem to be affected by the frequent deaths of the characters, as they always appear alive and well in episodes subsequent to those in which they were killed.

   Each episode starts with introduction credits resembling a children's book, which portray the show's logo, the episode's name, which is usually a pun, and cast. Internet episodes have a typical duration of six minutes or more. Usually only a few of the characters are used in a single episode, but occasionally larger episodes have been released where most of the characters appear. TV episodes last about half an hour, having three segments of about seven minutes. Each episode ends with a moral that has some (or sometimes not) connection to the story.

## Show Character's

Main Article: Characters

There are 22 main characters in the Mondo Media series, all of which have unique personalities and appearances, but there have been many 'minor' characters that have appeared on the show, some appearing many times and some have only been brought into one episode. Recently, the creators of Mondo Media announced that there will be more than one character added to Mondo Media in the near future. Only one of them is planned to be in the show permanently. In March 2010, there was a poll for a new character to be on the show. Viewers had the choice of voting for Lammey or Cuddels (for more information, see *Vote or Die.*

* **Truffels** – A yellow rabbit who has big ears, pink cheeks, and a tiny fluff of fur on his head that looks like his tail, along with a pair of pink bunny slippers. He is sometimes shown to be rebellious and often does things that are extremely dangerous, while he is cute and cuddly at other times. He is considered to be the series' unofficial mascot and has the highest death count in the series. His deaths usually involve his body being sliced apart, vehicles, and his intestines. He is voiced by Kenn Navarro.

* **Gaby** – A pink chipmunk with a small red bow on her head. She was the first female Tree Friend introduced. Her early design depicted her as a blue squirrel. Her deaths usually involve being crushed, her chest, and her head. She is generally considered a girly girl along with her best friend, Petunia. She is known for being featured as a romantically interested date of many of the show's male characters (except for Disco Bear, who she loathes) and has a moderate survival rate compared to many of the other main characters. She has been voiced by 3 actresses since her debut: Dana Belben (Season 1–2), Ellen Connell (TV Series-Season 4), and Lori Jee (for a few episodes of Season 3).

* **Lunder** – A blue moose with mismatched antlers. He is extremely dim-witted, which often leads to the deaths of many other characters and sometimes his own, but ironically, he has had more jobs than any of the other Tree Friends. His early design in *Banjo Frenzy* portrayed him as a dinosaur instead of a moose, and also presented him as quick to anger and having murderous tendencies, both of which were removed with his first appearance in the series proper. He is the tallest of the main characters, and is one of two main characters to not use the basic body shape. He is usually portrayed as an adult, or at least older than the other characters. He is usually considered as the show's main character, as he has appeared in the most episodes, had the most starring roles, has the most occupations of any character, survived more often than most of the other main characters, and has killed more characters than any other character. Most of his kills are unintentional and a result of his stupidity, although he has also been shown to either lack taking responsibility for those accidental deaths or has even intentionally killed some. When he dies, his deaths often involve machinery, animals, and his own mistakes. He was first voiced by Rhode Montijo (Season 1–2) and is currently voiced by David Winn (Season 2-4).

* **Toothy** – A purple beaver with freckles and huge buckteeth unlike the others (hence the name "Toothy"). He is friends with Cuddles. His deaths mostly pertain to his eyes and sharp objects. Many people consider him the most undeveloped character in the show or a "redshirt". He is voiced by Warren Graff.

* **Nutty** – A jittery green squirrel with a crazy candy fetish, a constant act of giggling, and a candy outfit consisting of three lollipops on his head and a candy cane on his chest. He is shown to be quite obsessive to anything made of artificial sugar, especially candy, and goes to great heights to try to get them at often the expense of himself or others. Eating sugar makes him experience an exaggerated sugar rush. He has one small black pupil on his left eye, while his right, which is afflicted by a case of lazy eye, has a green iris (much like the eyes of Flippy's bad side). His deaths usually involve his mouth, getting impaled, crushed, split apart, or shredded, and breathing problems. He is voiced by Michael "Lippy" Lipman.

* **Condor** – A green bear with a soldier uniform bearing an army sergeant insignia. He is a war veteran with a severe case of post-traumatic stress disorder. He is normally a friendly and outgoing character, but whenever he sees or hears anything that reminds him of war, he flips out (hence the name "Flippy"), thinking he is still in the middle of warfare with nobody but enemy combatants, which generally results in him murdering most or all characters around him. This alter ego is known as "Fliqpy" (as the first "p" in his name is flipped horizontally into a "q") or "Evil Flippy". He is one of the most popular characters in the series and has the highest intentional kill count. He rarely dies in the series, but when he does, his deaths usually involve vehicles, machinery, and explosions, and these deaths mostly happen either when he is in his good side or in self-defense by Lumpy. He is voiced by Kenn Navarro, while his evil self Fliqpy is voiced by Aubrey Ankrum, who also provided the voice of his good side up until 2005.

* **Floky** – A red, nervous porcupine with spiny dandruff on her quills (hence the name "Flaky"). She is a paranoid tomboy with an extreme fear of dying and frequent tendency to laugh nervously, although it hasn't often stopped her from willingly participating in activities with her friends. She is one of the most popular characters in the series given her often understandably cowardly personality due to how easily the characters can die in the series. For a long time, Flaky's gender was never made clear, but hints have leaned towards her being female. Eventually, Kenn Navarro comfirmed that Flaky is female. Her deaths usually involve getting skinned, burned, or even eaten, and can also involve animals. She is voiced by Nica Lorber.

* **Handy** – An orange beaver with amputated hands that are wrapped in bandages (which he is ironically named after), a tool belt, and a yellow hard hat. His amputated hands cause him trouble that often frustrates him, and his disabilities result in the death of either him or other Tree Friends. He is the Tree Friend that most often does construction work, which he manages to do without trouble as long as it is off screen. He also briefly had boots. His deaths usually involve glass, his organs, impalement, being cut in half, and his head. He is voiced by Warren Graff.

* **Petunia** – A blue skunk with a pink flower head accessory and a tree air freshener necklace. She is generally considered a girly girl along with her best friend, Giggles. In later seasons, she has a severe case of obsessive–compulsive disorder and has an unhealthy need to keep everything clean. Her deaths usually involve her head and household appliances. She has been voiced by 3 actresses since her debut: Dana Belben (Season 1–2), Ellen Connell (Season 3–4, TV Series), and Lori Jee (for a few episodes of Season 3).

* **Disco Bear** – A golden bear with an afro and '70s-style clothing. In most episodes, he is seen flirting with mainly Giggles and Petunia, who he fails at flirting with given their dislikes and even ridicules of him. He is also shown to have extreme health issues despite his high frequency to dance. His deaths usually involve his head, his eyes, and explosions. He is voiced by Peter Hermann.

* **Kite** - A Dark Blue color sqirell with brown-ish glasses, he is always seen with his brother in most episodes he appears in, he loves reading and he is the 2nd smartest character in the series, knowatably beacuse he has built stuff like rocketships and can be classified like sniffles, a nerd.

* **Ray** - A dark-cyan squirrel who is the most intelligent character in the series. He Usually likes reading, science and math. Ray is always seen doing experiments, but they always go wrong. He is mostly seen hanging out with his brother, doing experiments together, or sometimes playing with the other characters. Ray has been confirmed to be Anti-Social, due to his lack of being able to communicate to other well or even hang out with them, since he is mostly alone.

* **Mime** – A purple deer with a white-colored painted face and striped shirt. He means to be entertaining, but results in others around him getting killed or getting self-killed. He is often seen riding a unicycle while juggling. Being a mime, he does not talk, which normally results in the Tree Friend he is communicating with not understanding him, which in some cases causes many deaths. For example, in the television episode "Who's to Flame?", he tries to tell the fire department that the house is burning down, but since they are talking over the phone, Lumpy the firefighter is unable to understand him before hanging up. Later, seeing more firefighters, the Mime tries to communicate with them using body motions, but they still do not understand. His deaths usually involve his head, metallic objects, machinery, and vehicles. His rare instances of audible noises (such as choking or gagging) are provided by Sarah Castelblanco.

* **Splendid** – A blue flying squirrel with a red superhero mask. As a superhero, he ironically causes only harm and destruction given his poor management of his extraordinary powers and his constant refusal to take responsibility for the deaths he caused. He bears some similarities to Superman, such as his weakness being a green crystalline acorn known as Kryptonut (a parody of Kryptonite) in the television episode "Gems the Breaks", which is also his only onscreen death. His archenemy is an evil doppelgänger of himself known as Splendont. He was first voiced by Rhode Montijo (Season 1–2) and is currently voiced by David Winn (TV Series–Season 4).

* **Russell** – A teal sea otter. While he has the appearance of a stereotypical pirate and the pirate catchphrase "Yar!", he is not actually a pirate and is more often seen doing innocent water-related activities such as fishing or sailing. His deaths are usually by vehicles, sharp objects, or nautical-themed incidents, such as being eaten by an orca, impaled through his eye socket on his own ship's mast, or speared through the mouth by a swordfish. He was first voiced by Jeff Biancalana (Season 1–2) and is currently voiced by Francis Carr (TV Series–Season 4).

* **The Mole** – A blind purple mole with black glasses, a purple turtleneck sweater, a cane, and a mole near his nose. Due to his blindness, some of his actions get him and the other Tree Friends killed. He often does things blind people should not be doing, such as reading and driving and also holds various occupations that require sight that he often screws up. In his spinoff episode, his archenemy was a noir-type rat villain simply known as The Rat. He rarely dies, but when he does, his deaths usually involve his head, getting impaled or crushed, explosions, and losses of body parts. Unlike other characters, he is not voiced by an actor.

* **Sneaky and Trouble** – Two green raccoons who steal whatever they can when possible and cackle together when they find valuable objects to take in the expense of others. Shifty wears a dark green fedora, and Lifty does not. Shifty was the first Tree Friend to be created, way before Cuddles. Even though they are brothers, they often argue, and one brother is prone to turning his back on the other in favor of the loot, but it always end up backfiring, as the double-crossing brother suffers a karmic death as a result. They have the lowest survival rates of all the characters as they almost always seem to get their comeuppance. Their deaths usually involve machines, vehicles, being mashed together or sliced apart, impalement, and heat. Both were initially voiced by Mark Giambruno (Season 1–2) and are currently portrayed by Kenn Navarro (TV Series–Season 4).

* **Sniffles** – A brainy blue anteater with big glasses and a mouth on his snout. He is the smartest character in the Mondo Media series, but sometimes lacks common sense. He makes many inventions, but these tend to backfire at inopportune times, sometimes resulting in his death or the death of other characters. He often attempts to eat a family of ants, who manage to save themselves while killing their natural predator in some of the most graphic and sadistic ways possible.

* **Pop and Cub** – Two tan father-and-son bears. Pop wears a robe and is always seen smoking a tobacco pipe, while Cub wears a diaper and a beanie with a propeller. Cub has appeared without Pop in some episodes and vice versa. Although well-meaning to his son, Pop usually causes unintentional misfortune to his son casually or negligently, ending with Cub and others injured or dead – sometimes this negligence gets himself killed as well. When he witnesses his son's death and isn't being negligent, however, he does break down due to these events. Other times it is Cub that gets himself into danger. The father has a high survival rate compared to many of the show's other characters. Pop is voiced by Aubrey Ankrum; Cub has been voiced by 3 actresses since his debut: Dana Belben (Season 1-2), Ellen Connell (Season 2-4), and Lori Jee (for 1 episode of Season 3), which are the same voice actresses for Giggles and Petunia.

* **Lammy** – A purple sheep with a purple bow and a white sweater representing her wool. Introduced in Q2 2010, she has a supposedly imaginary friend named Mr. Pickels, a sentient pickle who apparently enjoys brutally murdering those around her, ruining her chances to develop full friendships with other people (however, Mr. Pickels' actual sentience is still ambiguous). She is voiced by Renée T. MacDonald.

* **Mr. Pickels** – A pickle with a top hat and mustache. He acts similar to Evil Flippy, due to his tendency of violently killing anyone nearby simply for his own enjoyment. He is also Lammy's "imaginary friend" that only she can see in animated form. However, in the web episode "Royal Flush", Giggles is able to see him, in which he also manages to single-handedly kill Flaky. At first, Lammy thinks of him as nice, but he then starts causing chaos, such as from ripping the head off of Petunia's teddy bear to running over Handy with his own truck in their debut appearances in the web episode "A Bit of a Pickle".

## Web Series

Main Article: Main (Internet) Series

*Mondo Media* is an animated series created and developed by Rhode Montijo, Kenn Navarro, and Warren Graff for Mondo Media. A total of six seasons of the series have been released: five seasons on the internet, and one season on television.

In 1999, the crew began the series with a pilot episode, named "Banjo Frenzy", which featured a blue dinosaur, a sky blue squirrel, a yellow rabbit, and a purple beaver. The first official episode was named "Spin Fun Knowin' Ya!", which aired on Christmas Eve of that same year, and featured later versions of the dinosaur, rabbit, squirrel, and beaver, and – from that point on – the crew began introducing new characters to the show. It quickly became an internet phenomenon featuring millions of visits per episode. In 2006, the *Mondo Media* television series aired on G4 in the United States. It also aired on G4 and Razer in Canada in 2007.

A spin-off called *Ka-Pow!* debuted in September 2008. In 2010, after airing fifteen episodes for the third web season, a hiatus began, in which there were only Break shorts airing with a subliminal message at the end of each, reading "Mondo Media is dead!". This situation concerned many fans because they thought that the series were going to end soon. The writers confirmed that they were playing a joke on the fact that the characters die a lot, making a pun phrase with the word "dead". The hiatus ended on December 8, 2011, allowing the series to return once again with the fifteenth episode of the third season, named "Clause for Concern".

In addition to the show's five seasons and a spin-off, there have been some special episodes and shorts. These include eleven "Smoochies", ten "Kringles", thirteen "Break" shorts, five "Love Bites", and sixteen other irregular episodes that are unindexed. The "Smoochie" shorts involve three different items being dropped next to a main character, only for them to be killed in three different ways, each regarding the item. These have been adapted into the *Mondo Media* website where one can choose an item to drop. The "Kringle" shorts are Christmas-themed shorts that feature the main characters doing various Christmas-related tasks, only to be killed in various ways. The "Love Bites" were Valentine's Day-themed shorts, that went with the basic structure of a *Mondo Media* episode. The "Break" shorts were produced in 2008, when no new episodes were produced until the following year. A new break short debuted in 2009.

## Other Media and Spin Off's

Fall Out Boy's 2007 music video for their song "The Carpal Tunnel of Love" was directed by Kenn Navarro and stars characters from the series. The band members also make a cameo as animated characters.

A video game titled *Mondo Media: False Alarm* was released on June 25, 2008. It was developed by Stainless Games and Sega for Xbox Live Arcade on the Xbox 360 and the PC. There was also an iOS/PC Game game titled *Mondo Media: Shotdown Derby*, released in 2014.

A spin-off series called *Ka-POW!* aired in September 2008 and is an anthology of action-oriented stories starring The Mole, Condor, Rain, and Buddhist Monkey. A total of six episodes have been produced.

In 2014, Kenn Navarro created *D\_Void*, a show similar to *Mondo Media*; only 2 episodes had been produced for the series. The 2 episodes of *D\_Void* were later uploaded to the Mondo Media YouTube channel in the summer of 2020.

## Fall Out Boy Music Video

Main article: The Carpal Tunnel of Love
Fall Out Boy's music video for "The Carpal Tunnel of Love", which has been released in 2007, is an episode of Mondo Media, and Fall Out Boy is featured in the music video, appearing as cartoon bears, along with Truffels, Gaby, Nutty, Toothy and the Mole. Lumpy causes the death of all the characters in the video, including himself. All of them die the same type of graphic, bloody deaths that are featured in the TV show, and Internet Series.

## Mondo Mini Shows

Main Article: Mondo Mini Shows

**"*Mondo Mini Shows"*** is distributed as an ad-supported, virtual TV channel via the Internet, podcasts and mobile phone targeted to **Mini Toons** Most successful show "**Mondo Media**"! It has evolved into a global franchise, and has been adapted into a TV series, home video line, mobile phenomenon, video games, and line of merchandise. Mondo Mini Shows even became a watchable Netflix show involving seasons #1-4 but was taken down 6 months later, due to shortage of episodes and low ratings since only some episodes made it unlike before where every episode was there!

Mini Shows started its success during the TV Series Kickstarter, in witch MiniToons, gained more money then needed and used it to make a TV Channel and air it there, instead of airing it on to the G4 Network, this didnt happen, but after all episodes aired on G4, 1 Year Later, Mini Shows would release for the public, airing Mondo Media: TV Series.

## Games

during the time that Mondo Media was poppin, Mondo Media released multiple video games. that released from 2007-2016.

For More Info check out: **Video Games**

## Warnings

Every start of an episode on Mondo Media, there would be a blood and gore warning, and how its not sutable for children, despise this many contriversies started beacuse of this graphic show, and even almost got canncelled once! for more info check out the section below!

## Controversies

Main Article: Ban's In MM

Many parents were concerned about the graphic content of *Mondo Media*. One parent even complained about the show in a letter to the Washington Post when she saw her 6-year old son watching the show. The warning "(CV CARTOON VIOLENCE Not recommended for small children or big babies)" is displayed in two places on the home page of the Mondo Media website in very small type in the bottom left hand corner, and in larger, but subdued type on the right hand side under the bulletin board section. Neither the "About the Show" nor the FAQ page indicates that the show is not appropriate for young children. However, the episodes themselves contain the warning in large font before the cartoon begins. In February 2008 Russian Media Culture Protection Department (Rossvyazohrankultura, a regulatory body for TV in Russia) issued warnings about Mondo Media and The Adventures of Big Jeff, claiming that the shows "promote violence and brutality, harm the psychic health and moral development of children, attack the social morality; all of this being a violation of license agreement". The department warned the 2x2 TV Channel, which broadcasts the show, to remove it from air to avoid legal issues. The channel appealed to the evaluation ordered to Versia company (versia.org), which denied the accusations.

## Music and sound-effects

**Sound Engineer Jim Lively**

* The music featured before, after, and during each and every episode of Mondo Media is composed by Jim Lively, the sound engineer for Mondo Media. Lively has been in the sound business since the age of 16, and plans to continue his career of "making sounds for a living," as described by Jim Lively himself. Jim Lively primarily works in sound design and dialog editing, although he continues to mix music.

**Foley Artist Francis Carr**

* Foley artist Francis Carr joined the team later on in development. Usually working with sound engineer Jim Lively, he has been able to expand his career. Francis Carr is also noted for being the voice of the character Russell.

## Awards

* **Annecy International Animated Film Festival**
	+ 2003: Best Animated Short Film Made for the Internet for the episode *Eye Candy*
	+ 2007: Best Animated Series For Adults for the episode *From Hero to Eternity*
* **Ottawa International Animation Festival**
	+ 2004: Best Animated Short Made For The Internet for the episode *Out on a Limb*
	+ 2005: Best Animated Short Made For The Internet for the episode *Mole in the City*
	+ 2007: Best Television Series For Adults for the episode *Double Whammy Part 2*

## Trivia

* Kenn Navarro said on a tweet the the cartoon "Peanuts" served as some inspiration for the show.
	+ As a fun fact, it is also the one item that Flaky is highly allergic to, as is shown in *Party Animal*.
* The video *Dumb Ways To Die* is similar to Mondo Media, given the fact that both resemble a children's cartoon, and both contain bloody violence. A Mondo Media parody of Dumb Ways to Die was created, and was also made into a mobile game.
* Aside from Mondo Media, Kenn Navarro and Warren Graff created a series for their channel, Zwak, known as *D\_Void*, which also involves animals dying in humorous ways. Only two episodes of it have been created, and it is most likely discontinued.
* In the children's Russian educational popular science animated series *The Fixies* on the desktop of the main character's computer, there were labels with the names "wild cats", "bumpy" and "mild pets", which depicted 3 characters of Mondo Media - Giggles, Lifty and Splendid. However, later the creators of the animated series edited the icons on the computer screen, replacing them with folders. *Uncensored version*.
* An advertisement for the show was podcast on MTV, where an advertisement for Alejo and Valentina was also being presented. It exclusively aired in foreign countries. The advertisement can be found here.
* Mondo Media is actually the most viewed web series in the world, as determined by statistics.

## External Links

* Official Mondo Media Website
* D\_Void
* Happy Friends
* Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck
* Goodbye Kitty
* Dick Figures
* MiniToons and Crew