History Creator / ButchHartman

* RenaissanceMan: Outside of animation; Butch is also a painter, cartoonist, vlogger, podcast host, web personality, live action actor, stand-up comedian, occasional composer, script editor, comic book author, philanthropist, creator of the kid friendly app "The Noog Network", and is currently planning to develop a family streaming network called [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oaxisentertainment/oaxis-entertainment Oaxis Entertainment]]. It's enough to make people like [[Creator/FrederatorStudios Fred Seibert]] wonder if the man even sleeps at night.

After graduation, he was hired as a storyboard artist on ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePony''... then [[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity fired six weeks later]]. He spent a few years at Creator/RubySpears before moving on to Creator/HannaBarbera, a studio he was a huge fan of. Starting as a model designer, Hartman quickly rose through the ranks to being a director on four of Creator/CartoonNetwork's first five original shows, eventually becoming one of the key staff writers on ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' alongside a young Creator/SethMacFarlane (Dr. Elmer Hartman on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' was named after him). He also worked on multiple shorts for the ''WesternAnimation/WhatACartoonShow'', including one of the only ones to get a sequel, ''Phish and Chip'', for which Hartman voiced one of the main characters.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Mostly on the idealistic end of the scale.

Hartman moved on to Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} as soon as his contract with HB expired to work on [[DuelingShows a slightly similar show]], ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons''. There, he created several shorts that would eventually become ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'', one of the station's longest running shows (the ''Oh Yeah!'' shorts were retroactively named "Season Zero"). In fact, something else Hartman and [=MacFarlane=] have in common: their animated shows are the only ones to ever get Uncanceled ''twice''. Hartman has since produced three more shows for the station, ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', ''WesternAnimation/TuffPuppy'' and ''WesternAnimation/BunsenIsABeast'', making him second to Creator/KlaskyCsupo as Nick's most prolific creator. He parted ways with the company after twenty years of employment, assuring fans that he was still hard at work on new shows, including ''Elf Detective'' for his Website/YouTube channel. He would also make a return to Creator/CartoonNetwork for the action comedy ''Dynamice!''.

Elmer Earl "Butch" Hartman IV (born January 10, 1965) is an American animator, writer and actor, best known for the many, many shows he's created for Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}. He worked there from 1998 until February 2nd 2018.

Hartman moved on to Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} as soon as his contract with HB expired to work on [[DuelingShows a slightly similar show]], ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons''. There, he created several shorts that would eventually become ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'', one of the station's longest running shows (the ''Oh Yeah!'' shorts were retroactively named "Season Zero"). In fact, something else Hartman and [=MacFarlane=] have in common: their animated shows are the only ones to ever get Uncanceled ''twice''. Hartman has since produced three more shows for the station, ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', ''WesternAnimation/TuffPuppy'' and ''WesternAnimation/BunsenIsABeast'', making him second to Creator/KlaskyCsupo as Nick's most prolific creator. Nothing, however, can last forever, and in February 2018, Hartman announced his resignation from the company after 20 years of employment. Hartman quickly assured that he was still working on projects, saying that he is currently developing a show named ''Elf Detective'' for his Website/YouTube channel, as well as working with Creator/CartoonNetwork on another show called ''Dynamice!''.

In July 2018, he suffered a case of InternetBackdraft over a crowdfunded streaming service he created, called Oaxis Entertainment, after he was perceived to be dishonest with the purpose of his campaign. [[note]]Throughout the campaign, he only advertised it as a "family friendly" service, then afterwards a video surfaced where he gave a presentation about Oaxis to a church, in which, he appeared to state that his primary intention for the service was to promote Christian values. He later clarified that he did not intend Oaxis Entertainment as a Christian-based service.[[/note]] As well as several comments that have been perceived as tactless.[[note]]Using suicide and depression to promote his channel by claiming that those things did not exist back in his times, a tactless comment to Creator/TaraStrong in which he "blames" her for Mary Kay Bergman's suicide, his failure to address if LGBT people would have any representation in Oaxis, his remark that introverts are "selfish", and a rude response of LetsSeeYouDoBetter to a fan who was not even attacking him, though even attacking him would still not excuse anything.[[/note]]

* RealMenLoveJesus: As stated before, Butch is a practicing Christian and many of his motivational tweets have vague Christian undertones.

* OneOfUs: Very often, just navigating his Twitter account tells you he is a fan of so many things that he enjoys drawing said things in his style; from video games, comic books, to anime.

In July 2018, he suffered a case of InternetBackdraft over a crowdfunded streaming service he created, called Oaxis Entertainment, after he was perceived to be dishonest with the purpose of his campaign. [[note]]Throughout the campaign, he only advertised it as a "family friendly" service, then afterwards a video surfaced where he gave a presentation about Oaxis to a church, in which, he appeared to state that his primary intention for the service was to promote Christian values. He later clarified that he did not intend Oaxis Entertainment as a Christian-based service.[[/note]] As well as several comments that have been perceived as tactless.[[note]]Using suicide and depression to promote his channel by claiming that those things did not exist back in his times, a tactless comment to Creator/TaraStrong in which he "blames" her for Mary Kay Bergman's suicide, his failure to address if LGBT people would have any representation in Oaxis, his remark that introverts are "selfish", the obligatory [[https://twitter.com/RiseFallNick/status/1019611920750522368 transphobic tweet]], and a rude response of LetsSeeYouDoBetter to a fan who was not even attacking him, though even attacking him would still not excuse anything.[[/note]]

In July 2018, he suffered a case of InternetBackdraft over a crowdfunded streaming service he created, called Oaxis Entertainment, after he was perceived to be dishonest with the purpose of his campaign. [[note]]Throughout the campaign, he only advertised it as a "family friendly" service, then afterwards a video surfaced where he gave a presentation about Oaxis to a church, in which, he appeared to state that his primary intention for the service was to promote Christian values. He later clarified that he did not intend Oaxis Entertainment as a Christian-based service.[[/note]] As well as several comments that have been perceived as tactless.[[note]]Using suicide and depression to promote his channel by claiming that those things did not exist back in his times, a tactless comment to Creator/TaraStrong in which he "blames" her for Mary Kay Bergman's suicide, his failure to address if LGBT people would have any representation in Oaxis, his remark that introverts are "selfish", and a rude response of LetsSeeYouDoBetter to a fan who was not even attacking him, though even attacking him would still not excuse anything.[[/note]]

In July 2018, he suffered a case of InternetBackdraft over a crowdfunded streaming service he created, called Oaxis Entertainment, after he was perceived to be dishonest with the purpose of his campaign. [[note]]Throughout the campaign, he only advertised it as a "family friendly" service, then afterwards a video surfaced where he gave a presentation about Oaxis to a church, in which, he appeared to state that his primary intention for the service was to promote Christian values. He later clarified that he did not intend Oaxis Entertainment as a Christian-based service.[[/note]] As well as several comments that have been perceived as tactless.[[note]]Using suicide and depression to promote his channel by claiming that those things did not exist back in his times, a tactless comment to Creator/TaraStrong in which he "blames" her for Mary Kay Bergman's suicide, his failure to address if LGBT people would have any representation in Oaxis, his remark that introverts are "selfish", and a rude response of LetsSeeYouDoBetter to a fan who was not even attacking him.[[/note]]

In July 2018, he suffered a case of InternetBackdraft over a crowdfunded streaming service he created, called Oaxis Entertainment, after he was perceived to be dishonest with the purpose of his campaign. [[note]]Throughout the campaign, he only advertised it as a "family friendly" service, then afterwards a video surfaced where he gave a presentation about Oaxis to a church. In which, he appeared to state that his primary intention for the service was to promote Christian values.[[/note]] As well as several comments that have been perceived as tactless.[[note]]Using suicide and depression to promote his channel by claiming that those things did not exist back in his times, a tactless comment to Creator/TaraStrong in which he "blames" her for Mary Kay Bergman's suicide, his failure to address if LGBT people would have any representation in Oaxis, his remark that introverts are "selfish", and a rude response of LetsSeeYouDoBetter to a fan who was not even attacking him. He later clarified that he did not intend Oaxis Entertainment as a Christian-based service.[[/note]]

In July 2018, he suffered a case of InternetBackdraft over a crowdfunded streaming service he created, called Oaxis Entertainment. Throughout the campaign, he only advertised it as a "family friendly" service, but some videos where he was presenting his Oaxis Entertainment to churches as a ''Christian'' service made him come off as if he meant to teach children "Christian values". [[DontShootTheMessage This enraged even Christian fans, who thought that he acted dishonestly when he hid that he apparently intended to do Christian-based shows]], and many believe he scammed his non-Christian audience. This was worsened when people saw that on those videos Butch was using suicide and depression to promote his channel by claiming that those things did not exist back in his time, a tactless comment to Creator/TaraStrong in which he "blames" her for Mary Kay Bergman's suicide, his failure to address if LGBT people would have any representation, his remark that introverts are "selfish", and a rude response of LetsSeeYouDoBetter to a fan who was not even attacking him. He clarified that he did not intend Oaxis Entertainment as a Christian-based service.

In July 2018, he suffered a case of InternetBackdraft over a crowdfunded streaming service he created, called Oaxis Entertainment. Throughout the campaign, he only advertised it as a "family friendly" service, but some videos where he was presenting his Oaxis Entertainment to churches as a ''Christian'' service made him come off as if he meant to teach children "Christian values". [[DontShootTheMessage This enraged even Christian fans, who thought that he acted dishonestly when he hid that he apparently intended to do Christian-based shows]], and many believe he scammed his non-Christian audience. This was worsened when people saw that on those videos Butch was using suicide and depression to promote his channel by claiming that those things did not exist back on his time, a tactless comment to Creator/TaraStrong in which he "blames" her for Mary Kay Bergman's suicide, his failure to address if LGBT people would have any representation, his remark that introverts are "selfish", and a rude response of LetsSeeYouDoBetter to a fan who was not even attacking him. He clarified that he did not intend Oaxis Entertainment as a Christian-based service.

In July 2018, he suffered a case of InternetBackdraft over a crowdfunded streaming service he created, called Oaxis Entertainment. Throughout the campaign, he only advertised it as a "family friendly" service, but some videos where he was presenting his Oaxis Entertainment to churches ''Christian'' service made him come off as if he meant to teach children "Christian values". [[DontShootTheMessage This enraged even Christian fans, who thought that he acted dishonestly when he hid that he apparently intended to do Christian-based shows]], and many believe he scammed his non-Christian audience. This was worsened when people saw that on those videos Butch was using suicide and depression to promote his channel by claiming that those things did not exist back on his time, a tactless comment to Creator/TaraStrong in which he "blames" her for Mary Kay Bergman's suicide, his failure to address if LGBT people would have any representation, his remark that introverts are "selfish", and a rude response of LetsSeeYouDoBetter to a fan who was not even attacking him. He clarified that he did not intend Oaxis Entertainment as a Christian-based show.

In July 2018, he suffered a case of InternetBackdraft over a crowdfunded streaming service he created, called Oaxis Entertainment. Throughout the campaign, he only advertised it as a "family friendly" service, only revealing when it was very nearly funded that he meant that it was specifically a ''Christian'' service, explicitly meant to teach children "Christian values". [[DontShootTheMessage This enraged even Christian fans, who thought that he acted dishonestly when he hid that he intended to do Christian-based shows]], and many believe he scammed his non-Christian audience. This was worsened when people saw that on the revealing videos Butch was using suicide and depression to promote his channel by claiming that those things did not exist back on his time, a tactless comment to Creator/TaraStrong in which he "blames" her for Mary Kay Bergman's suicide, his failure to address if LGBT people would have any representation, his remark that introverts are "selfish", and a rude response of LetsSeeYouDoBetter to a fan who was not even attacking him.

In July 2018, he suffered a case of InternetBackdraft over a crowdfunded streaming service he created, called Oaxis Entertainment. Throughout the campaign, he only advertised it as a "family friendly" service, only revealing when it was very nearly funded that he meant that it was specifically a ''Christian'' service, explicitly meant to teach children "Christian values". This enraged even Christian fans, who thought that he acted dishonestly when he hid that he intended to do Christian-based shows, and many believe he scammed his non-Christian audience. This was worsened when people saw that on the revealing videos Butch was using suicide and depression to promote his channel by claiming that those things did not exist back on his time, a tactless comment to Creator/TaraStrong in which he "blames" her for Mary Kay Bergman's suicide, his failure to address if LGBT people would have any representation, his remark that introverts are "selfish", and a rude response of LetsSeeYouDoBetter to a fan who was not even attacking him.

* DontShootTheMessage: Butch has stated that his intentions for Oaxis is to counteract the large amount of inappropriate content in the media and to teach christian values to children. However his secrecy towards the network's intent during the kickstarter campaign and his response to the backlash against him has drawn criticism from christian fans who felt that his actions were dishonest and unprofessional, with some going as far as to call them un-christian in nature.

In July 2018, he suffered a case of InternetBackdraft over a crowdfunded streaming service he created, called Oaxis Entertainment. Throughout the campaign, he only advertised it as a "family friendly" service, only revealing when it was very nearly funded that he meant that it was specifically a ''Christian'' service, explicitly meant to teach children "Christian values". This enraged even Christian fans, who thought that he acted dishonestly when he hid that he intended to do Christian-based shows, and many believe he scammed his non-Christian audience. This was worsened when people saw that on the revealing videos Butch was using suicide and depression to promote his channel by claiming that those things did not exist back on his time, a tactless comment to Creator/TaraStrong in which he "blames" her of her suicide, his failure to address if LGTB people would have any representation, his remark that introverts are "selfish" and a rude response of LetsSeeYouDoBetter to a fan who was not even attacking him.

Since 2005, Butch and his wife Julieann have been running a Christian non-profit organization called [[https://www.hartmanhouse.org/ourstory Hartman House]], which funds housing for the most poverty-stricken parts of the United States and provides homeless families with dinners during Thanksgiving. Butch attends many of these events, doing personal drawings and autographs for charity. As of this writing, they're working to get schools built in Africa.

In July 2018, he suffered a case of InternetBackdraft over a crowdfunded streaming service he created, called Oaxsis Entertainment. Throughout the campaign, he only advertised it as a "family friendly" service, only revealing when it was very nearly funded that he meant that it was specifically a ''Christian'' service, explicitly meant to teach children "Christian values". This enraged even Christian fans, who thought that he acted dishonestly when he hid that he intended to do Christian-based shows, and many believe he scammed his non-Christian audience.

In July 2018, he suffered a case of InternetBackdraft over a crowdfunded streaming service he created, called Oaxsis Entertainment. Throughout the campaign, he only advertised as a "family friendly" service, only revealing when it was very nearly funded that he meant that it was specifically a ''Christian'' service, explicitly meant to teach children "Christian values". This enraged even Christian fans, who thought that he acted dishonestly when he hid that he intended to do Christian-based shows, and many believe he scammed his non-Christian audience.

In July 2018, he suffered a case of InternetBackdraft concerning Oaxis Entertainment when he appeared at Christian channels revealing that he intended that the shows on Oaxis Entertainment had Christian values. This enraged even Christian fans, who thought that he acted dishonestly when he hid that he intended to do Christian-based shows and considered he scammed his non-Christian audience.

* NiceGuy:
** Along with his foundation, Butch is also very dedicated towards his family who would often accompany him abroad to personally help children in need of a better home.
** While "Bunsen" wasn't being advertised at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con, he still showed up to personally give passers by at the Nickelodeon exhibits a Bunsen Pin for free.
** Even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4D-jTrOuRg in]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29oy4OZgMKQ interviews]] he comes off as upbeat and friendly to people.

ToMakeALongStoryShort, Butch is [[{{Workaholic}} a busy guy]]!

Hartman is easy to track down on social networking, either through [[https://twitter.com/realhartman Twitter]], [[http://butchhartman.tumblr.com/ Tumblr]], [[https://www.facebook.com/butch.hartman1 Facebook]], [[https://www.instagram.com/butchhartman/ Instagram]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8iVuEUisbubpH9z5p0eUsg YouTube]], where he regularly hosts themed drawing request sessions.

Hartman moved on to Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} as soon as his contract with HB expired to work on [[DuelingShows a slightly similar show]], ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons''. There, he created several shorts that would eventually become ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'', one of the station's longest running shows (the ''Oh Yeah!'' shorts were retroactively named "Season Zero"). In fact, something else Hartman and [=MacFarlane=] have in common: their animated shows are the only ones to ever get Uncanceled ''twice''. Hartman has since produced three more shows for the station, ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', ''WesternAnimation/TuffPuppy'' and ''WesternAnimation/BunsenIsABeast'', making him second to Creator/KlaskyCsupo as Nick's most prolific creator. Nothing, however, can last forever, and in February 2018, Hartman announced his resignation from the company after 20 years of employment. Hartman quickly assured that he was still working on projects, saying that he is currently developing a show named ''Elf Detective'' for his YouTube channel, as well as working with Creator/CartoonNetwork on another show called ''Dynamice!''.