The Ethanimation Show

The Ethanimation Show is a American animated television series comedy franchise, primarily consisting of a television show and two short films produced by Ethan Partington & Cartoon Network in association with Ethan Partington Pictures Its main characters are four plasticine Humans: Al, Luke, Mr. N and Forkhead.

Al was first introduced as a Idea character in Ethan Partington's Ideas, During the seven years of development of the characters, Ethan Partington produced two pilots, subtitled How Dinosaurs Became Extinct (2044), Dreams (2044)

Thirteen ten-minute episodes of the series aired over two weeks for Cartoon Network from December 2051. A second thirteen episode series aired from September 2063 on the same channel. As well as the core cast guest voices included James Franco & Michael Cera.

The 2-D animation is Made by Flash and are animated to exaggerate this - they are Cool in appearance and animated with the backgrounds & behind the scenes.

Main characters

 * Al, the protagonist — a timid, irritable Human. He is quick-witted and usually comes up with plans to get out of the scrapes the gang finds themselves in. However, he can also annoy the others by being a smart aleck. His favourite superhero is Great Hero Guy.
 * Mr. N is a "big, fat slob", interested in food and TV. His friends, and occasionally even he himself, describe him as a "Big, fat, jelly-wobbly, fat bast- Human", usually getting cut off towards the end. He is distinguishable by his eye patch, which changes from eye to eye, and often carries around a revolver almost the size of himself. However grumpy he might be, he is intelligent and loyal.
 * Luke is the only female housemate, distinguishable by her eyelashes, pink colour, noticeably hemispheric breasts, and wears a pink bow on her head. She is cynical, sarcastic, and fiercely independent. Luke provides solutions to problems albeit in a distant or non-caring way.
 * Forkhead is the son of the household, although all four are humans. He is distinguished by his prominent buckteeth and mismatched eyes. He speaks in single words or short disjointed phrases, his favourites being "Spaghetti", "Tuesday", "Jam", and "Trousers". forkhead suffers from "Random Pavarotti Disease", causing him to randomly blurt out snatches of opera. While he appears to be unintelligent, he occasionally shows great ingenuity, for example by building an elaborate Heath Robinson machine designed to kill a Bully. The other members of the gang often respond to Forkhead's random outbursts by irritably telling him to "shut it". forkhead often has a habit of copying what others have said, sometimes even if they have just said it in their minds, which Mr. N finds really annoying.
 * Mr. H is a medical doctor. Moustachioed, complacent and greedy, he's an opportunistic money-grabber, whose habitual charge for any treatment is "ten quid" - regardless of whether the cure works or does more harm than good. He isn't above using the main characters in medical research. Voiced by Michael Cera.
 * Logbert, another semi-regular character, who first makes an appearance in the last episode of the first series, but appears quite frequently in the second. He is an Creepy but experienced dustman, sporting sleepy mismatched eyes, a neckerchief, a pair of dirty underpants and a large nose with prominent nasal hair. Despite his grotesque appearance and smell, he and luke get on rather well, much to the annoyance of al. He becomes a friend of the household when he helps find al after he was turned into spaghetti.

References to other Cartoon Network Shows
Several episodes of The Ethanimation Show contain inside references to other television programmes created by Cartoon Network:
 * In the episode "Adventures on Telly Part I", Pops (from the Regular Show) is washing the windows on al's house, until Mr.N pushes his ladder over (in the episode Sugar Rush, Pops operates a window washing business).
 * Gregor and Anton, (from the Sunday Pants) two of Cartoon Network's lesser known creations, are present in the spectator gallery during the courtroom scene from "The Trials of Luke" and are also present in the audience watching Al's band in "Bill's Search for a Star"
 * In the episode "Jimmy Saveloy's Undoing", two of the jars containing the chemical essences of various stars are labelled "Lazlo" and "Samson". Another jar on the top shelf reads "Joe Murray".
 * A number of cameos of the kids of Cartoon Network characters are Sad by Jimmy Saveloy including: Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup from The Powerpuff Girls, Dexter and Dee Dee from Dexter's Laboratory, Billy and Mandy from The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Mac from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Juniper Lee from The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, Flapjack from The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Finn from Adventure Time, the titular characters of Ed, Edd n' Eddy, Clarence from Clarence, and Steven from Steven Universe.
 * The exorcist called upon in "Patio" is actually Captain K'nuckles from Flapjack, a character from an Cartoon Network children's show, wearing a trench coat, hat, and large moustache.
 * There are two references in the episode "Mr. U": A Coco from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is rejected during the auditions (with Mr. N making a comment regarding the recent popularity of chickens, referring to the film's success), and Mr.N consults the New History of Animation.
 * The episode entitled "One plus One equals Al" may be a pun on the Ed Edd n Eddy Episode One Plus one Equals Ed.

Production
The series works with Screen Novelties to produce the stop-motion and title card portions of the show.