Network YouTube Slogan Shut Up, Cartoons! | Picture format 1080p Language English | |
Launched April 30, 2012 (2012-04-30) Owned by Smosh
(Defy Media [2014–present]) | ||
Shut Up! Cartoons is an animation channel project created by the Smosh duo (Anthony Padilla, Ian Hecox) and Barry Blumberg that features various animated videos. Shut Up! Cartoons launched on April 30, 2012 with Do's and Dont's.
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The initial teaser trailer featured clips from 11 different shows, with Padilla and Hecox later informing their viewers that there were 18 planned shows in total. The first three cartoons launched by the network included Do's and Don'ts: A Children's Guide to Social Survival and Zombies vs. Ninjas and Pubertina, a show about an 11-year-old going through puberty,. In May 2012, Smosh launched Krogzilla, a show created by and starring Cory Edwards and featuring John O'Hurley. Then they released Snowjacked, broadcast on Tuesdays, which met mixed reviews.
At the end of the first three cartoons' 10 episode run, they were replaced by Nature Break, Weasel Town, and Oishi High School Battle. Oishi High School Battle spawned a second season. Another show was added replacing Krogzilla called Samurai! Daycare. In September 2012, they also launched Politicats to replace Snowjacked. The show that replaced Nature Break is Planets, a reality show about the ten celestial bodies of the galaxy (the nine planets and the sun).
The show replacing Weasel Town, entitled Really Freaking Embarrassing, created by Peter Hannan (Nickelodeon's CatDog). Its first trailer was removed from the website, stated as "shocking and disturbing content".
A new trailer was added, with less disturbing scenes. In September 2012, the channel launched "Oishi Origins", a three-episode prequel to Oishi High School Battle. The show replacing Samurai! Daycare is Icons of Teen, which features both fictional characters (such as Batman and Spock) and real celebrities (such as Oprah Winfrey) as teenagers. Also that week, "Oishi Origins" was replaced by "Teleporting Fat Guy", which is based on a character from previous Smosh videos and explains how he became the Teleporting Fat Guy.
On November 20, Politicats was replaced by Sub: 3 following a Speed Racer-like character that delivers pizza on a tight time limit, met by mixed reviews. On November 28, the trailer was released for With Zombies created by Matt Clark (the creator of Planets). On November 15 of 2013, Do's and Don'ts and Krogzilla received IAWTV nominations for Best Animated Web Series. The second seasons for Do's and Dont's and Pubertina premièred in April 2014, with Do's and Dont's ending in April, and Pubertina ending in May.
On June 12, 2013, the paper series Paper Cuts premièred on the channel. The ten episodes featured shot-by-shot re-creations of famous movie scenes and trailers made entirely out of construction paper.
On June 23, 2013, the Canadian stop motion series Life's a Zoo premiered on the channel.