Butch Hartman

[[File:ButchHartman2020.png|thumb|right|165px|Hartman in 2020]]{{christianity}}{{cquote|Whenever you put yourself out there to do anything, there's always someone who's going to, like, try and bring you down 'cause they've never done anything on their own. And so... if someone doesn't do anything, and they want to like, you know, I don't know, criticize, I have no time for them.|||He'll definitely be a fan of this article.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikQR9-nmcPY Butch Hartman Trashes Fan During Live Stream], legofan101, ''YouTube''</ref>}}

'''Elmer Earl "Butch" "I created your childhood" Hartman IV''' {{lived|1965}} is a once fairly popular but now washed-up and disgraced cartoonist best known for his work on {{wpl|Nickelodeon||.}} Originally famous for his work on cartoon shows like ''{{wpl|Danny Phantom}}'' and ''{{wpl|The Fairly OddParents||'',}} he also has a [[YouTube]] channel with over 870,000 subscribers as of January 2024.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/@ButchHartmanart/featured Butch Hartman], ''YouTube''</ref> However, declining interest in his shows (his newest show ''{{wpl|Bunsen is a Beast}}'' received terrible reviews<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6433606/?ref_=tt_urv Bunsen Is a Beast], ''IMDB''</ref> while ''The Fairly OddParents'' is infamous for its seasonal decline)<ref>[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/SeasonalRot/TheFairlyOddParents Seasonal Rot / The Fairly OddParents!], ''[[TV Tropes]]''</ref> on top of a number of scandals (detailed below) have derailed his reputation. Hartman and his wife are both [[Born again|born-again]] [[Fundamentalist Christianity|fundamentalist Christian]]s, and they created a series called ''The Garden'' for the Christian streaming service PureFlix.<ref>[https://www.christianpost.com/news/former-nickelodeon-kids-show-creator-launches-the-garden-series.html Former Nickelodeon kids show creator launches 'The Garden' series to help viewers learn Bible lessons], Jeannie Ortega Law, ''The Christian Post'' 2 April 2023</ref>

==The OAXIS scam==
In June 2018, Hartman released a Kickstarter for "OAXIS Entertainment". It promised a "family-friendly" streaming service that would allow users to upload their own content.<ref>[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oaxisentertainment/oaxis-entertainment OAXIS Entertainment], Kickstarter</ref> After raising over $268,000, a presentation was leaked in which Hartman said that OAXIS would be a Christian network, something that wasn't mentioned on the original Kickstarter.<ref>[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/butch-hartman-oaxis-streaming-service-controversy Butch Hartman OAXIS Streaming Service Controversy], ''Know Your Meme''</ref> Over {{age|2018}} years later, the OAXIS website still has nothing to show, with the website still saying "Streaming service coming soon".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210414164651/https://www.oaxisentertainment.com/ OAXIS Entertainment]</ref> Due to the deceptive way it was marketed and nothing being accomplished with all the money, OAXIS is widely considered to be a [[scam]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0CEXPkvNZM What the HELL is Oaxis? (come on Butch...$270,000 for this mess?)], Saberspark, ''YouTube''</ref>

==Praying away autism==
Hartman is a firm believer in the [[Faith healing|healing power]] of [[prayer]] and has claimed that praying cured his wife's [[fibromyalgia]]. He and his wife started a website that was focused on the supposed healing powers of prayer, which included such gems as [[autism]] supposedly being "cured" by prayer.<ref>[https://win.gg/news/why-is-fairly-odd-parents-butch-hartman-controversial-now/ Why is Fairly Odd Parents’ Butch Hartman controversial now?], Olivia Richman, ''win.gg'' 7 September 2022</ref>

==Tracing and art theft==
Hartman has been accused multiple times of tracing other people's artwork for commissions without the original artists' permission, which is a form of [[plagiarism]].<ref>[https://www.insider.com/butch-hartman-accused-plagiarizing-commission-art-mikasa-drawing-trace-ackerman-2021-2 'Fairly Odd Parents' creator accused of plagiarizing from Japanese Twitter artist for commissions], Steven Asarch, ''Business Insider'' 22 February 2021</ref> He has also been accused of not paying an animator he commissioned, only paying up after said animator made a video with receipts saying what happened.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200614020444/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrgv0YN9tSw Ripping People Off in The Fairly Oddparents Style], The Ink Tank, ''YouTube'' (archived from the original 14 June 2022)</ref>

==Other facts==
*Hartmann was on ''The Match Game Hollywood Squares Hour'' back in 1984, and won three thousand dollars during his appearance.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbebTrIpJlU Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour (#45): January 3, 1984 (First episode of 1984)]</ref>

*The character of Dr. Elmer Hartman on ''Family Guy'' is named after Butch, who is good friends with Seth McFarlane.<ref>[https://familyguy.fandom.com/wiki/Elmer_Hartman Elmer Hartman]</ref>

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