Awesome Antics

***Awesome Antics*** is an American hand-drawn animated sketch comedy series produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio. It was released on November 11, 2016 and ended on August 16, 2019. *Awesome Antics* is inspired by Cartoon Network's *MAD*. Also, it contains hand-drawn animation (for skits and shorts) and flash animation (for intermission segments).

## Plot

### Recurring sketches

* ***Wolf vs. Sheep*** - The segment features a hungry anthropomorphic gray wolf, who tries to catch a sheep, but failing. Based on Antonio Prohias' *Spy vs. Spy*, MGM's *Tom and Jerry* and Warner Bros.' *Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner*. The cartoon is animated by Paramount Animation.
* ***AABS News*** - The segment features SpongeBob SquarePants and Dexter from *Dexter's Laboratory* as news reporters in AABS News, which is stands for **A**wesome **A**ntics **B**roadcasting **S**ervice. Based on *MAD News*, while its name is a parody of CBS News.
* ***Cartoon Break*** - The segment features flash-animated intermission sequences with inanimate objects.
* ***Agent Xero's Post Office***- The segment features Agent Xero and Mole are working at the post office, which is before the skit or short starts.
* ***Batman vs.*** - The segment features Batman fighting cartoon characters and video game characters, which is used for later episodes.

## Production

### Voices

Unlike *MAD*, whose voices were in its majority peformed by the show's writers, with regular voice actors appearing in recurring or guest roles, the voices in this series are performed in its majority by regular voice actors. Most of its voice cast already performed other roles in other Nickelodeon television series.

### Animation

The animation was outsourced to AKOM Production, Ltd. (for *Wolf vs. Sheep* segments), Sunwoo Entertainment (for main skits) and Renegade Animation (for intermission segments).

## Voice cast

### Principal cast

* Tom Kenny
* Jeff Bennett
* Mae Whitman
* Paul Rugg
* Maurice LaMarche
* Bill Farmer
* Dan Castellaneta
* Rob Paulsen
* Jess Harnell
* Tress MacNeille
* Billy West
* Corey Burton
* Johnny Yong Bosch
* Tara Strong
* Daran Norris
* Susanne Blakeslee
* Jeff Bergman
* Grey Griffin
* Bryce Papenbrook
* Dionne Quan
* Carlos Alazraqui
* Charlie Adler
* Bill Fagerbakke
* Rodger Bumpass
* Clancy Brown
* E.G. Daily
* Nancy Cartwright
* Kath Soucie
* Frank Welker
* Travis Willingham
* Dee Bradley Baker
* Nolan North
* Richard Steven Horvitz
* Roger Craig Smith
* David Kaufman
* Colleen Villard
* Kevin Michael Richardson
* Robbie Daymond
* Eric Bauza
* Jim Ward
* Fred Tatasciore
* Phil LaMarr
* Greg Baldwin
* Dan Green
* Janice Kawaye
* Candi Milo
* Catherine Taber
* Jessica DiCicco
* Lara Jill Miller
* Cathy Cavadini
* Benjamin Diskin
* Lauren Tom
* Cree Summer

*Under construction...*

### Guest/other voices

* J.G. Quintel
* William Salyers
* Zach Callison
* Estelle
* Deedee Magno-Hall
* Michaela Dietz
* Charles Martinet
* Jeremy Shada
* Quinton Flynn
* Mike Pollock

## Broadcast history

* Nickelodeon
* Nicktoons
* Nick on CBS
* NickSplat

## Trivia

* The series contains the characters from Nickelodeon, Warner Bros., Cartoon Network, Walt Disney Pictures, Disney Channel, Disney XD, Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Universal Studios, DreamWorks Animation, Sony Pictures Entertainment and other companies, just like *MAD*.
* Due to the fact of having an assemble cast of regular VAs, in most of the cases, they end up to reprise their Nickelodeon and non-Nickelodeon roles (like Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants, Tara Strong as Timmy Turner, David Kaufman as Danny Phantom and Bryce Papenbrook as Mittens the Cat, for example).
* *Wolf vs. Sheep* segments share the animation style from the 1990-1992 episodes of *Tiny Toons Adventures*and the 4 seasons of *Animaniacs*.