Blog:My Series Idea

[Untitled Show Name] is an upcoming show for Cartoon Network. It is about 9 birds having an adventure in the city of [Santa Isabel/Las Flores/San Patricio] in the California Republic (a fictional country). Every character is a bird including the background characters.

Meet the characters:

Roman (Blue Tit) is an arrogant, manipulative, obnoxious, impulsive, and a sarcastic person, but he can be ambitious and cunningly wise. He speaks with a New York Accent. He and Philip are slackers. He act snooty toward people that aren't his friends. He is allergic to kiwis and have a fear of cats. Despite this, he know that breaking the law is not a good idea and he is still a fun-loving, and sociable with his friends despite he is selfish and rude at times. He has a pet Komodo Dragon or European Badger which he called it "Antonio".

Philip (Common Bullfinch) is Roman's best friend. He is more of a mild-mannered, laidback and responsible than Roman. He is very good at cooking. He has stated he is Japanese and his name is actually his middle name, his real name is Hayao Philip Takeuchi. He is also a chef for his group and can be gluttonous, but he loves seafood. His full name is revealed in the game "Wing Wrestle!" which when you choose one of the 9 to fight against the toughest people, a card with Philip show his real name. He was diagnosed with asthma. He first met Roman in a middle school at age 12 when Roman moved in.

Ernest (Monk Parakeet) is a grouchy and cynical boss, but he can be social when he sees everybody being productive. He has a Moe Howard-esque voice. He is Armenian, evidence point to his last name being Grigorian. He has stated he was born in Seattle.

Jay (Eurasian Jay) is a genius, having created many inventions. He has similar behavior to those with Asperger's Syndrome and is stated to be Jewish (Reform Juadism). He is 35 years old. He never directly call others by their names, instead by "Mister" and "Ma'am/Madame". He usualy keep a straight face 70% of the time. He speak with a German accent that make him sound smart.

Manuel César (Baltimore Oriole) is a gothic-like character. He doesn't wear gothic makeup, but he still acts like one. At first glance he may look so depressed, but he is just as serious, persuasive, contemplative, but can be very solemn. He is 15-years-old, but he is still a progressive social justice activist who cited Bernie Sanders for it. He is a vegan/vegetarian, and is best friends with Jay. He wanted to go to University of California in Berkeley to earn a bachelor's in political science and economic. He is of either Mexican or Colombian descent. He is not just into politics and debating, also like comic books, rock music, Mexican Hot Chocolate, making Papel picado and hanging out with his friends. He is raised by a single-mother who is a lawyer.

Naomi (Fox Sparrow) is sassy and the voice of reason. Her catchphrase are "Seriously? That’s your plan?" and "Listen up if you want to get [Random things when Roman and Philip want something]". Naomi is South Korean. Her best friend is Dana despite Naomi is more into girly-girl stuff.

Dana (Hooded Warbler) is a tomboy girl. Dana is confident and adventurous, though there are some instances where she gets a little shy. She doesn't do usual girl stuff, instead she plays sports and video games, wears typical tomboy shirts and baseball caps, and love Jazz Music.

T-Bone (Northern Mockingbird) is a practical joker. He maybe a narcissist, but he rarely shows gentleness and is a very tough guy, he sometimes, but not always show empathy to people. He makes terrible puns that annoy others, and he is from Texas, speaking with a Southern accent. His real name is Tobias.

Felix (Varied Bunting) is goofy. He is the only one who likes T-Bone's jokes and he is best friends with him. He is loyal, joyous and supportive friend, but he is not the brightest and makes a lot of stupid decisions. He is stated to be African American/African Californian, he speak with Minnesotan Accent. Despite his sizes, he is able to carry anythings under his feathers and will pull it out (e.g. is he can pull out a raft when one of his friends say they need a raft).

Production: Produced by Cartoon Network Studios and animated by Rough Draft Studios. Most of the crew members are from SpongeBob SquarePants so you might see that this show has a lot of SpongeBob SquarePants vibes to it. There will be a lot of vibes from Regular Show, Uncle Grandpa and The Simpsons. While there is some original music, you can hear APM Music (the music that you hear on SpongeBob SquarePants, Ren & Stimpy and Camp Lazlo). It will be storyboard-driven meaning the storyboard artists are also the episode's writers. I do not like the idea of script-driven series since there could be too much writers in the episodes. The animation styles while it will look like 2010s, it will be similar style to 1960s. It will be animated traditionally.

What jokes does it have?: They will have satire, animated comedy, animated sitcom, black comedy, surreal humor and slapstick jokes. You might hear some political jokes, but not too much. (an example: "Who's the Conservatives? Who's the Liberals?"). If they want to do stereotypes of countries, I am only focusing on positive ones to avoid xenophobic jokes (like Canadian people being nice and South Korea being a futuristic land). Though, U.S. States can still have negative stereotypes (e.g. Texans being fat, Florida as a fascist kingdom led by Ron DeSantis, etc). Returning to jokes with guns (however, to avoid being in bad taste, only pistols shotgun, and hunting rifle are shown), mild language (only crap) and mature jokes (like in Rocko Modern's Life and Ren & Stimpy). 1 episode will make fun of Matt Walsh and his controvesial comments. Classic stuffs you see in SpongeBob and Ren & Stimpy is some gross close-up and photoshop animation. It will references old meme: For example after Roman tricked Pedestrian 1d (Blue white-faced Budgies) into eating a lemon dressing it as an apple. Pedestrian 1d said it was good before realizing, he made the face that is like "Y U NO"'s Guy face meme after the intense sour reaction.

Setting: It is located in the California Republic where California finally got its independence from the U.S. The show is set in a diverse city with 742,908 residents living there. The city is known to be socially progressive. Based on Los Angeles, San Francisco, Riverside, Anaheim, and Chico, all in California Republic. The name of the city is Santa Isabel/San Patricio/Las Flores.

Rules: While I hope I get a lot of freedom. Here are some rules my crew members has to follow. Number 1: No humans allowed. (unless the show is referencing other media). Number 2: Never reveal Manuel César's father, because his mother is a single mother. Number 3: No reboots for a different target audience, to avoid the same mistakes that Ren & Stimpy: Adult Party Cartoon and Velma made. Number 4: The characters cannot express bird-like traits. They do not eat seeds, worms and insects, they do not live in nest and especially no flying (The only exception is one scene where Roman is sliding down a hill with a sideboard so fast and when get launched, he was flapping his wings like crazy to balance before forgetting he is a bird and shrug before crashing into the cliff). Number 5: Never reveal Jay's middle initial. His full name is Jay E. Bloomfield. Number 6: Never show the inside of T-Bone's trailer from the outside. Only time is when it is outside that show the inside. He is still seen coming out of door after sleeping.

Influence: This show could get a lot of vibes from SpongeBob SquarePants and Regular Show. I am taking inspiration from Charles M. Jones, Stephen Hillenburg, William Hanna & Joseph Barbera, Bob Clampett, Ralph Bakshi, Tex Avery, Dr. Seuss, Walt Disney, Rocksar Games and Max Fleischer. Bob Clampett, Charles M. Jones and Tex Avery for the humors, Ralph Bakshi for satire. Max Fleischer, Rockstar Games and William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for characters and storylines. Walt Disney is for creativity. Stephen Hillenburg for the gross close-up, how everybody is a birds and character designs (Mostly the identical fishes for the pedestrian birds).

Audiences: I hope it get rated TV-PG or TV-Y7-FV. Without trying to hip with the kids, it still have references to Social Media (e.g. Kookaburra is parody of pre-2022 Twitter and their rival E is paordy of X), Celebrities (e.g. Doctor Robin Williams is named after actor Robin Williams, Evan Kust is parody of Elon Musk), cell phones and famous brands (e.g. Mr. Jeffrey's is parody of McDonald's).

Episode Idea: The pilot will have Roman and Philip applying for a job that would later introduce them to their 7 others friends. They have to get the special delivery as the strictest test after failing 4 out of 5. Nonetherless, despite almost losing the delivery and failing on time. The customer wrote a positive reviews online about their jobs which Ernest decides to overrule the 1 delivery test over the 4 and said to them, they are hired. They get the rest of the day offs.

Your recommendations: Give a score from 1 to 10 on how you like the idea. If you like it, great! If you feel like it's flawed, then explain the flaws and give me something that I could fix. If you like it, but still think it needs work, then give me some suggestions. And lastly, now for the naming. What are good names for the series? (please note they have to be unique.) No puns involving wings, beaks or feathers. No puns involving same letters for each words (e.g., Sam Hong instead of Sam Song) due to preference. Which is the best city name? Santa Isabel, San Patricio or Las Flores? Thank you for reading.

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