Drawn Together is a series, originally released in 2004, which lampoons reality TV shows like Big Brother. The essentially premise is that several characters, from a variety of different styles of animated TV shows, have been 'drawn together' into one house, and forced to live there, in harmony, or some approximation of it.
The main characters are;
- Princess Clara, voiced by Tara Strong, inspired by the Disney Princesses.
- Toot, also voiced by Tara Strong (Tara Strong happens to be the actress who's played the most voice-over roles, including Rikku in Final Fantasy X and X-2), inspired by Betty Boop.
- Captain Hero, voiced by Jess Harnell (who played Doctor Finklestein in Kingdom Hearts), inspired by all those super hero TV shows.
- Foxxy Love, voiced by Cree Summer (Lenne and Belgemine in Final Fantasy X and X-2), a black, mystery-solving musician, inspired by Scooby Doo and Josie and the Pussycats.
- Waldor Sockbat, voiced by James Arnold Taylor (Tidus, from Final Fantasy X and X-2, among others), inspired by such cartoons as (ugh) Spongebob Squarepants.
- Ling-Ling, a Japanese Battle Monster, inspired by Pokemon and voiced by Abbey McBride (newcomer to the field).
- Xander P. Wifflebottom, a gay RPG hero, loosely inspired by Link, and voiced by Jack Plotnick (another newcomer).
- Spanky Ham, voiced by Adam Carolla (Death on Family Guy, among many, many others). A parody of internet Flash Cartoon characters.
The show is hilarious. In terms of obscenity, it ranks somewhere between South Park and The Simpsons (only less stale than the latter). Unfortunately, the three seasons are now complete, but there are rumours of a film, to be released in 2009. Fingers crossed.
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