Jeremy Monroe (TV series)

***Jeremy Monroe*** is an American animated sitcom created by Jake Maldonado and features the voices of Tom Kenny, Tara Strong, Billy West, Hank Azaria, Catherine Cavadini, Isabel Maldonado, Eric Bauza, Jess Harnell, Kevin Michael Richardson, Richard Steven Horvitz, Mona Marshall, and Rob Paulsen. The series centers around four dysfunctional teenagers, which consists of Jeremy Monroe, Sara Summers, Robert Robinson, and Nikki Williams. The show is set in the fictional town of Slewood Springs and parodies American culture and society, television, films, and the human condition.

The show was conceived by Maldonado in 1994 while working as a scriptwriter on *Alaina Gleen*, who came up with the idea of an adult animated cartoon after being inspired by Fox's own *The Simpsons*. The show's pilot episode was produced at Klasky Csupo, using a mix of paper cutout and hand-drawn animation, leading to all subsequent episodes from season 2 onwards being produced at Maldonado Studios with computer animation that emulated the paper cutout/hand-drawn technique.

Since its debut on October 27, 1996, the show received acclaim throughout its first eleven seasons, and has won dozens of awards, including 24 Primetime Emmy Awards, 9 Golden Reel Awards, and 20 Annie Awards. However, it has also been criticized for a perceived decline in quality over the years. Currently, Jeremy Monroe is on its 25th season, which began airing September 27, 2020. The show was renewed for a 26th season on August 4, 2020. *Jeremy Monroe* is a joint production by Maldonado Studios and 20th Television. *Jeremy Monroe: The Biggest Movie Ever*, a feature-length film, was released in theaters worldwide on July 18, 2003, and grossed over $343 million. A second film adaptation, *Jeremy Monroe: The Second Biggest Movie Ever*, followed on July 10, 2020. As of September 30, 2020, all prior seasons of the show are available on Hulu.

## Premise

The show follows the exploits of four teenagers, Jeremy Monroe, Sara Summers, Robert Robinson, and Nikki Williams. The teens live in the fictional small town of Slewood Springs, located in central California. The town is also home to an assortment of frequent characters such as students, families, high school staff, and other various residents, who tend to regard Slewood Springs as a crazy, loud place to live. Prominent settings on the show include the local high school, the local park, various neighborhoods and the surrounding sunny landscape, actual California landmarks, and the shops and businesses along the town's main street.

### Characters

*Main article: List of Jeremy Monroe characters*
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## Production

In 1994, Jake Maldonado, while working on *Alaina Gleen* came up with an idea of a adult animated TV show about four teenage boys in a small town after watching and being inspired by Fox's own *The Simpsons*. Maldonado soon pitched *Jeremy Monroe* to Fox in 1995, and the executives liked it. Maldonado immediately left *Alaina Gleen* in 1997 to focus more on *Jeremy Monroe*.

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### Animation

Traditional stop motion cutout animation made with construction paper and hand-drawn animation techniques were used in the pilot episode and earlier episodes from 1996 to 1997. Subsequent episodes have been produced by computer animation, providing a similar look to the originals while requiring a fraction of the time to produce. Before computer artists begin animating an episode, a series of animatics drawn in Toon Boom are provided by the show's storyboard artists. The characters and objects are composed of simple geometrical shapes and primary and secondary colors. Their usual movements are animated in an intentionally jerky fashion.

### Voice Cast

*See also: List of Jeremy Monroe cast members and List of Jeremy Monroe guest stars*
*Jeremy Monroe* has five main cast members. Tom Kenny provided the voices of Jeremy Monroe, Mr. Robles, George Sanford and many other incidental characters. Kenny was asked to voice the characters due to his involvement in *Alaina Gleen*. Tara Strong voiced Sara Summers and other, more minor, characters. The role of Sara was originally assigned to Yeardley Smith, who voiced Lisa Simpson in Fox's *The Simpsons*. However, the producers found Smith's voice acting too similar to Lisa's so Strong was given the role of Sara instead. Billy West voiced Robert Robinson, Hank Azaria voices Mr. Morrison, Ted Norman, and Jeffrey Summers, and other various characters, and Isabel Maldonado voices Nikki Williams.

In addition to the main cast, creator Jake Maldonado voiced several supporting and minor characters.

#### Guest Stars

Like *TeenV*, *The Simpsons*, *Family Guy*, *South Park*, and *Futurama*, many episodes of *Jeremy Monroe* feature guest voices from a wide range of professions, including actors, entertainers, bands, musicians, and scientists. Many guest-stars voiced supporting characters, although many voiced themselves. Recurring guest stars include Jon Lovitz, Danny DeVito, Maurice LaMarche, Jennifer Hale, John Goodman, Mark Hamill, Ben Stiller, Amy Poehler, John DiMaggio, Eric Idle, Kelsey Grammer, George Takei, Danny Trejo, Patrick Stewart, Dan Castellaneta, Khary Payton, Bryan Cranston, Ryan Reynolds, Bill Hader, Mandy Moore, and Chris Parnell.

## Episodes

*Main article: List of Jeremy Monroe episodes*

## Reception and Legacy

### Awards

*Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Jeremy Monroe*

## Broadcast

*Jeremy Monroe* premiered and aired in the United States on the Fox network from October 27, 1996 – present. Adult Swim carried the series in the US from March 9, 2003, to September 5, 2011. The syndicated broadcast of the series in the US began in September 2000.

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## Other Media

### Films

*Main article: Jeremy Monroe: The Biggest Movie Ever*
*Main article: Jeremy Monroe: The Second Biggest Movie Ever*