The Jumping Ground (season 13)

The thirteenth season of The Jumping Ground, an internationally co-produced animated television science fiction comedy series, originally aired in the United States on FX between September 9, 2009 and April 14, 2010. The season was headed by the series creators Lee Eisenhower and Conrad Vernon, who served as executive producers along with Mic Graves. The season continued to focus on the exploits of protagonists PuffPuff, Zowie, Lance, Rob and Melvin in the fictional Ohio city of Pencaster and across the Ida galaxy.

The season was the first of three new seasons Eisenhower and Vernon agreed to produce for the network under a renewal deal. It consisted of fourteen half-hour episodes, which aired in two groups of seven episodes separated by a three-month gap. Prior to the season's premiere, all The Jumping Ground episodes were made available for free viewing on the official series website, Jumping Ground Studios. The 13th season was the first to be broadcast in high definition and in widescreen. A spin-off focusing on the minor character Hellucard, called The Hellucard Show, also debuted during this season.

The 13th season received mixed reviews: some critics called it one of the show's strongest seasons, while others claimed the series was starting to decline in quality. The season maintained the average Nielsen rating viewership for the series, around 3 million viewers per episode. The episode "Whale Whores", which satirized Japanese whaling, won the 2009 Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour).