1. Butch Hartman founded the company, Billionfold Inc in 2003, to produce the shows.
20 Facts About Butch Hartman
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In February 2018, Butch Hartman announced his departure from Nickelodeon after almost 20 years; this resulted in the end of production on Bunsen Is a Beast after one season.
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Butch Hartman received the nickname Butch as a young boy and continued to use it as an adult.
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Butch Hartman spent his childhood in Roseville, Michigan, and his teenage years in New Baltimore, Michigan.
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Butch Hartman graduated from Anchor Bay High School in New Baltimore in 1983, and subsequently attended the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California.
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Butch Hartman graduated in 1987 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
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Butch Hartman was a member of the video reference crew for the Disney film Pocahontas.
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Butch Hartman voiced various characters in the show's first seasons.
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Danny Phantom received his furthest critical acclaim throughout his career, with Butch Hartman himself acknowledging it as perhaps the best of his programs while acknowledging its cult following.
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Butch Hartman's final show, Bunsen Is a Beast, aired on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons from January 16,2017, to February 10,2018.
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On February 8,2018, Butch Hartman announced on his Twitter and YouTube accounts that he had left Nickelodeon as of February 2 after a 20-year run.
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In 2015, Butch Hartman launched a "kid-safe [online] network of live shows and cartoons" called The Noog Network.
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In October 2017, Butch Hartman launched the podcast Speech Bubble, on which he talks about pop culture.
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In June 2018, Butch Hartman started a Kickstarter campaign for OAXIS Entertainment, a "family-friendly" streaming service.
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However, Butch Hartman later claimed that, while faith would continue to be a part of his personal life, OAXIS would not be a faith-based service.
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On June 22,2019, Butch Hartman released the animated web series HobbyKids Adventures.
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In 2019, Butch Hartman created the Christian animated web series The Garden, which he co-produced with his wife Julieann.
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Butch Hartman has planned at least two seasons of the series and plan to launch a subscription-based app for The Garden in late 2022.
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In February 2021, Butch Hartman was accused of plagiarism when he published his commissioned artwork of Attack on Titan character Mikasa Ackerman, in which similarities were noted to a 2018 artwork of a Japanese artist.
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Butch Hartman was credited as an executive producer on The Fairly OddParents revival series The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder and The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish.