History Creator / MattBraly

Prior to creating his own show, Braly worked briefly as a storyboard artist on the Creator/DreamworksAnimation film ''WesternAnimation/{{Turbo}}'', before becoming a storyboard artist and director on ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', winning an UsefulNotes/AnnieAward for his directorial work on [[Recap/GravityFallsS2E10NorthwestMansionMystery "Northwest Mansion Mystery"]]. He would briefly work as a storyboard artist on other shows and later work as a director on ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' before starting ''Amphibia''.

* JustForFun/OneOfUs: He's a stated fan of ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'', and has cited ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'', ''Anime/DragonballZ'', ''Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', and ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' as inspirations for ''Amphibia''.

** WriteWhatYouKnow: Anne Boonchuy, the protagonist of his show, is a second-generation Thai-American, just like Braly. He based a lot of Anne's experiences on his own, and the episode "Temple Frogs" in particular feature a lot of Thai traditions that Matt grew up with. He was also inspired by a picture of his grandmother as a child for her design.

** WriteWhatYouKnow: Anne Boonchuy, the protagonist of his show, is a second-generation Thai-American, just like Braly. He based a lot of Anne's experiences on his own, and the episode "Temple Frogs" in particular feature a lot of Thai traditions that Matt grew up with.. He was also inspired by a picture of his grandmother as a child for her design.

Matthew Benjakarn "Matt" Braly (born November 8, 1988 in Sacramento, California) is an American animator, director, and producer who is the creator and executive-producer of the [[Creator/DisneyTelevisionAnimation]] animated series ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'', a show he based upon [[WriteWhatYouKnow his own childhood experiences with his friend-group and heritage as a second-generation Thai immigrant visiting his family's home country]].

Matthew Benjakarn "Matt" Braly (born November 8, 1988 in Sacramento, California) is an American animator, director, and producer who is the creator and executive-producer of Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'', a show he based upon [[WriteWhatYouKnow his own childhood experiences with his friend-group and heritage as a second-generation Thai immigrant visiting his family's home country]].

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: A consistent theme throughout his episodes and shows are extremely heavy and dark topics that you would usually not expect from Disney shows. He directed the infamously dark ''Gravity Falls'' episodes "Northwest Mansion Mystery" and "Weirdmageddon 2: Escape from Reality", and listing all the heavy or dark topics in ''Amphibia'' would take an entire page, but includes such gems as casual jokes about an old man's death, corpses as a regular part of background decoration, toxic relationships, and, infamously, [[spoiler:a teenage girl getting impaled on-screen]].
* WriteWhatYouKnow: Anne Boonchuy, the protagonist of his show, is a second-generation Thai-American, just like Braly. He based a lot of Anne's experiences on his own, and the episode "Temple Frogs" in particular feature a lot of Thai traditions that Matt grew up with.

Prior to creating his own show, Braly worked briefly as a storyboard artist on the Creator/DreamworksAnimation film ''WesternAnimation/{{Turbo}}'', before becoming a storyboard artist and director on ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', winning an UsefulNotes/AnnieAward for his directorial work on [[Recap/GravityFallsS2E10NorthwestMansionMystery "Northwest Mansion Mystery"]]. He would briefly work as a storyboard artist on other shows and later work as a director on ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' before starting Amphibia.

* WriteWhatYouKnow: Anne Boonchuy, the protagonist of his show, is a second-generation Thai-American, just like Braly. He based a lot of Anne's experiences on his own, and the episode "Temple Frogs" in particular feature a lot of thai traditions Matt grew up with.

Prior to creating his own show, Braly worked briefly on the Creator/DreamworksAnimation film ''WesternAnimation/{{Turbo}}'', before becoming a storyboard artist and director on ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', winning an UsefulNotes/AnnieAward for his directorial work on [[Recap/GravityFallsS2E10NorthwestMansionMystery "Northwest Mansion Mystery"]]. He would briefly work as a storyboard artist on other shows and later work as a director on ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' before starting Amphibia.

Matt Braly (born November 8, 1988) is an animator, director, and producer who is the creator and executive-producer of Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}''. He also was an storyboard artist and director on ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' and a director on ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens''.

Matt Braly is an animator, director, and producer who is the creator and executive-producer of Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}''. He also was an storyboard artist and director on ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' and a director on ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens''.

* AnimationBump: Had a hand in the case in the ''Gravity Falls'' episode "Not What He Seems", having been a key animator for the closomg sequence.

* CreatorBacklash: He isn't too fond of the cartoonish character designs in ''WesternAnimation/{{Turbo}}'', for which he was an storyboard artist. So much, that when it came to designing snails for ''Amphibia'', he tried to make them as un-cartoonish as possible.
* DescendedCreator: He has provided the voices of Chuck, the Seamstress, and other miscellanous characters in ''Amphibia''.
* EpilepticTrees: Purposefully invoked in the ''Amphibia'' episode "True Colors". He expected that, by including cameos-througth-drawing of Goliath from ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' and Bill Cipher from ''Gravity Falls'', fans would begin to speculate about a multiverse of Creator/DisneyTelevisionAnimation series.
* PromotedFanboy: He is a big fan of Creator/KeithDavid's work on ''Gargoyles'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''. And when he started creating the character of King Andrias in ''Amphibia'', he did it with David in mind, and David eventually landed the role.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Braly originally wanted to work as a Creator/{{Pixar}} storyboard and had no plans to create a TV series. However, he settled for working at Disney TVA after failing for fourth or fifth time to apply for a job.
* WriteWhatYouKnow:
** Braly made Anne, the lead character in ''Amphibia'', Thai-American because he is Thai-American himself and wanted to include more Thai representation in media. He was also inspired by a picture of his grandmother as a child for her design.
** Braly was also inspired by his real life experiences in Thailand for the story in ''Amphibia''.
** He also drew inspiration for the relationship between Anne and her human friends in ''Amphibia'' from friendships he had in his youth. He particularly based Marcy on himself.

** Braly made Anne, the lead character in ''Amphibia'', Thai-American because he is Thai-American himself and wanted to include more Thai representation in media. He was also imspired by a picture of his grandmother as a child for her design.

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** He also drew inspiration for the relationship between Anne and her human friends in ''Amphibia'' from friendships he had in his youth. He particularly based Marcy on himself.

** He also drew inspiration for the relationship between Anne and her human friends in ''Amphinia'' from friendships he had in his youth. He particularly based Marcy on himself.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Braly originally wanted to work as a Creator/{{Pixar}} storyboard abd had no plans to create a TV series. However, he settled for working at Disney TVA after failing for fourth or fifth time to apply for a job.

** Braly made Anne, the lead character in ''Amphibia'', Thai-American because he is Thai-American himself and wanted to include mote Thai representation in media. He was also imspired by a picture kf her grandmother as a child for her design.

* EpilepticTrees: Purposefully invoked in the ''Amphibia'' episode "True Colors". He expected that, by including cameos-througth-drawing of Goliath from ''WestenAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' and Bill Cipher from ''Gravity Falls'', fabs would begin to speculate about a multiverse of Creator/DisneyTelevisionAnimation series.