History Creator / ButchHartman

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. In 2018, he parted ways with the company after twenty years of employment, assuring fans that he was still hard at work on new shows while making videos for his Website/YouTube channel. He would also make a return to Creator/CartoonNetwork for the action comedy ''Dynamice!''... or at least attempted to. [=CN=] changed a lot since he last worked there and the pilot wasn't picked up, leaving him in a bit of limbo for the time being. At the current he makes Youtube vids talking about his career and topics of animation in general (read more on that below).

-->'''Butch:''' Ember is fighting Bubbles, Bubbles is fighting Ember, and what I hear about the new Powerpuff Girls is that the show fights off comedy.

* EndOfAnAge: His departure from Nickelodeon after working there for over 20 years marks the end of his overall style and influence on the channel, [[FranchiseKiller effectively killing off]] ''Fairly [=OddParents=]'' and ''Bunsen is a Beast'' in the process as well as ending any chances of the long-discussed ''Danny Phantom'' revival. It also came at roughly the same time Creator/DanSchneider, which signaled a similar end for Nick's kidcoms.

Elmer Earl "Butch" Hartman IV (born January 10, 1965 in Highland Park, Michigan) is an American animator, writer and actor, best known for the many, many shows he has created for Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} from 1998 to 2018.

* JustForFun/OneOfUs: A ''very'' major geek when it comes to other franchises outside his own, be they from other cartoons, video games, and even anime. His Twitter account is chock-full of examples of everything he likes drawn in his ''Fairly Oddparents'' style.
* OlderThanTheyLook: It's easy to forget that he is in his 50s.

** This passive remark in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhIOFyewAh0&feature=youtu.be Powerpuff Girls 10 Years Later]] video.

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. In 2018, he parted ways with the company after twenty years of employment, assuring fans that he was still hard at work on new shows while making videos for his Website/YouTube channel. He would also make a return to Creator/CartoonNetwork for the action comedy ''Dynamice!''.

* JustForFun/OneOfUs: A ''very'' major geek when it comes to other franchises outside his own, be they from other cartoons, video games, and even anime. His Twitter account is shockfull of examples of everything he likes drawn in his ''Fairly Oddparents'' style.

* RealMenLoveJesus: As stated before, Butch is a practicing Christian and many of his motivational tweets have vague Christian undertones. This actually got him in a bit of trouble when his crowdfunded app, Oaxis Entertainment, was accused of using dishonest tactics to get fans to fund Christian propaganda for him (Butch's pitch for it, once it had been funded, just happened to be in a church and he later assured funders that this had not been the case).
* RenaissanceMan: Outside of animation and his person life as a husband and father; 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.

** He also doesn't hide his distain for amateur artists with non-traditional work ethics. See "LetsSeeYouDoBetter."

* LullDestruction: A lot of his works are very loud and hectic.

** At least the South Park creators are libertarian agnostics.

* OddFriendship: With Creator/SethMacFarlane, as the two are close friends in real life, yet have drastically different views in terms of religion, politics, and animation.

Unlike many of his contemporaries, Hartman is admittedly one of the few who isn't at all interested in [[AnimationAgeGhetto creating cartoons for adults]], and has often expressed his disappointment in other animators for implying that there's anything wrong with cartoons that are exclusively for children. He even has a pet project ''Noog Network'', an app which hosted exclusively "kid safe" shows. Regardless of one's agreement with him, it's clear that the career path he's chosen suits him.

Hartman's cartoons are instantly recognizable: visually, his character designs tend to be angular and have [[ThickLineAnimation thick outlines]]. Most notable is that his are the few characters in TV animation to have ''colored'' eyes rather than black circles. Writing wise, expect the characters to be so self-aware that you might be asking them if they're [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall holding up the fourth wall]], as well as a healthy does of [[ShoutOut pop culture references]], both modern and [[ParentalBonus not so modern]].

Like many great animators from UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation, Hartman is a graduate of California Institute of The Arts. He managed to snag his first animation job between his first and second years an inbetweener on ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail''.

Elmer Earl "Butch" Hartman IV (born January 10, 1965 in Highland Park, Michigan) is an American animator, writer and actor, best known for the many, many shows he's created for Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} from 1998 to 2018.

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}} from 1998 to 2018.

* ThatCameOutWrong: His crowdfunded app, Oaxis Entertainment, was the subject of a minor scandal when fans and non-fans alike latched onto some tactless comments he made giving a speech about it. In addition to the typical MoralGuardian jargon of too much violence in the media resulting in real-world violence, depression and suicide, and how such things "didn't exist" when he was younger, some unfortunate wording and body language made it sound like he blamed Creator/TaraStrong for Creator/MaryKayBergman's suicide in 2000.

Hartman has also had a fairly steady career as an actor, both in voices and live-action. In addition to some one-shot characters on [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy his friend Seth's show]], he was a regular on ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'' in the late '80s, and starred in the short-lived ''Series/{{Generations}}'' as Sean Masters, as well as a smattering of small roles in late 80s/early 90s comedy films and shows. He was also part of the video reference cast for Disney's ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}''.

* OneOfUs: A ''very'' major geek when it comes to other franchises outside his own, be they from other cartoons, video games, and even anime. His Twitter account is shockfull of examples of everything he likes drawn in his ''Fairly Oddparents'' style.

* EndOfAnAge: His departure from Nickelodeon after working there for over 20 years marks the end of his overall style and influence on the channel, [[FranchiseKiller effectively killing off]] ''Fairly [=OddParents=]'' and ''Bunsen is a Beast'' in the process as well as ending any chances of the long-discussed ''Danny Phantom'' revival.

* BetterThanABareBulb: The humor in his cartoons is extremely self-aware, with characters frequently acknowledging the absurdity of the situation they're in.

[[caption-width-right:350:Just your [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents average cartoonist that no one understands]].]]

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. In 2018, 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!''.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: His upcoming cartoon that he is doing for his own network, ''Elf Detective'', is a much more serious, anime-inspired cartoon.

** It's a bit worse when you take into account that it came after fellow Nickelodeon mainstay Dan Schneider left as well, who was around slightly longer than he was, but was just as influential on the live action side of things. It's an end of an era for more than just one part of Nick.

* JustForFun/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.

Hartman has also been a regular web presence in the second half of TheNewTens, with semi-regular videos on [=YouTube=] giving career advice, doing live drawing sessions and interviewing fellow talents he's worked with. He is also producing a WebAnimation series spin-off of the children's [=YouTube=] channel [=HobbyKidsTV=], ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDBQ3AWMdmo&list=PLzDMAGLsSlZoqawfhlgRNRfZqo7copzjC HobbyKids Adventures]]''.

Hartman has also been a regular web presence in the second half of TheNewTens, with semi-regular videos on [=YouTube=] giving career advice, doing live drawing sessions and interviewing fellow talents he's worked with.

* ThatCameOutWrong: His crowdfunded app, Oaxis Entertainment, was the subject of a minor scandal when fans and non-fans alike latched onto some tactless comments he made giving a speech about it. In addition to the typical MoralGuardian jargon of too much violence in the media resulting in real-world violence, depression and suicide, and how such things "didn't exist" when he was younger, some unfortunate wording and body language made it sound like he was blamed Creator/TaraStrong for Creator/MaryKayBergman's suicide in 2000.