secret mountain fort awesome secret mountain fort awesome american animated television series created debuted revolves fraternity monsters wild stunts public eponymous mountain fort loosely based antagonists appeared animated short employs heavy metal band early man composer premiered sneak august formal premiere september received designers won awards outstanding individual animation primetime emmy awards ceremony uncle short produced eventually adapted series felt adaptation children plot monsters known banished society behavior appearances eponymous mountain fort crazy stunts public leader purple creature named voiced party animal willing help group help desired voiced blue acts faithful pet group black monster likewise loyal lacks critical judgement skills hazardous likely follow green ball demanding attitude obsession technology pat duke monster touched sensitive group production announced secret mountain fort awesome series billed comedy created based animated short garnered praise cult following emmy award nomination produced landing worked mtv individual programs work series began creator looked pitch left studio elements design style short pitched network pilot according unsure having series centered title character felt monster characters pilot potential character designer director storyboard artist brought board help shape project development interview called process pitching pilot amazing learning experience allowed propose idea network manipulate change working animation veteran served creative director whilst previously art directed camp handled art direction directed animation depicted production schedule tight called manage time pick battles network united_states rated referring encounters network content learned let find right balance ask going notice music heavy metal band early man employed composer score incorporates heavy metal elements lots originally added rough draft found imagery envisioned design noted inspirations mad magazine called result definitely thing broadcast reception premiered august sneak preview broadcast seen million viewers premiered formally september monday night programming block seen million viewers marking slight decrease previous broadcast moved second season premiere december following premiere eighth episode season february pulled broadcast network published remaining episodes itunes month later march march concluding critics complimentary regards series art style website compared works elements childhood cartoon called character designs impressive styled felt art style complexity animation quality suffer result compared ridiculous nature film proposed featured work guest voice monster shannon wrote network bore resemblance aesthetics established independent comics artists considered failure despite influences way successful original series network episode nightmare sauce received multiple accolades including international animated film festival best production recipient primetime emmy awards awarded outstanding individual animation won 39th annie awards character design television production collectively awarded production design television production 40th annie awards nominated character design work episode secret mountain uncle spin secret mountain fort awesome got original short produced adapted series developed shorts development initiative series revolves title character simultaneously grandfather uncle world explained new series retain aspects secret mountain adaption children ultimately expressed wanted variety music able sic sort place dark heavy times work cited
Secret Mountain Fort Awesome