Titmouse, Inc.

Titmouse, Inc. is an American animation studio that develops and produces animated television programming, feature films, music videos, title sequences, commercials, and short films. The studio opened in 2000, and has offices in Los Angeles, New York City, London, Melbourne and Vancouver. Some of their productions include Breadwinners and Baby Shark's Big Show! for Nickelodeon, Motorcity for Disney XD, Big Mouth and The Midnight Gospel for Netflix, Metalocalypse, The Venture Bros., Superjail!, Ballmastrz: 9009, Black Dynamite for Adult Swim and Megas XLR and Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart for Cartoon Network, Hanazuki: Full of Treasures for Hasbro, Animaniacs (2020) for Warner Bros. Animation and Hulu,[3] and Bless the Harts for Fox. '

Titmouse, Inc.
FoundedFebruary 2000; 20 years ago
FoundersChris Prynoski
Shannon Prynoski
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
,
United States[1]
Key people
Number of employees
over 400[2]
SubsidiariesTitmouse New York
Titmouse Canada
Titmouse Australia
Titmouse London
Websitetitmouse.net

History

Owner Chris Prynoski began working at MTV in New York on shows such as Daria, Beavis and Butt-Head, and his own creation, Downtown, which was nominated for a primetime Emmy Award.[4] In the early 2000s, Prynoski opened a small T-shirt company with his wife, Shannon Prynoski. However, upon getting more requests for cartoons than for T-shirts, they decided to abandon screen-printing in favor of animation. The Prynoskis moved to California, and opened the revamped Titmouse, Inc., an animation studio. They hired French art director, Antonio Canobbio. Titmouse opened a games division in 2009.[5]

Due to projects like Cartoon Network's Metalocalypse, Superjail! and The Venture Bros. the company expanded and opened a sister studio in New York City in 2010. The California studio later added a wholly owned subsidiary, Robin Redbreast, which was then unionized in order to produce Motorcity for Disney XD.

The company has a YouTube channel, Rug Burn, launched in December 2012 with Six Point Harness. Rug Burn was launched with a handful of shows.[6]

In April 2016, Titmouse released its first feature-length film, titled Nerdland. The film is R-rated, and stars Paul Rudd and Patton Oswalt.[7]

In October 2020, Titmouse Vancouver became the first animation studio in Canada to join a union. Following a vote that captured 87% of the workforce, 98% of Titmouse Vancouver's workforce voted to join the newly founded Animation Guild IATSE Local 938.[8] In response to this, some said that the issues raised by the workers of Titmouse were the same ones heard "from unrepresented animation workers everywhere" and that the unionization of the Titmouse workers acknowledges the contributions by animation workers to the industry.[9][10][lower-alpha 1] Others said that the union represents "some of the most precarious workers in the artistic sector." [11]

Filmography

Television
Title Year Notes Client
2002 MTV Movie Awards 2002 opening and graphics MTV
The Osbournes main titles (produced for ka-chew!)
Megas XLR 2004–05 main titles, additional animation (Season 1 only) Cartoon Network
Avatar: The Last Airbender 2005–08 main title sequence[12] Nickelodeon
Shorty McShorts' Shorts 2006 "Dudley and Nestor Do Nothing" (animation production) Disney Channel
The Amazing Screw-On Head Pilot Syfy
Metalocalypse 2006–13 [13] Adult Swim
Class of 3000 2007 digital effects Cartoon Network
Let's Fish pilot Adult Swim
Frank TV "Frankincense and Myrrh" (animation) TBS
G.I. Joe: Resolute 2009 [14] Adult Swim
DJ & the Fro MTV
Attack of the Show! "Slasher School" shorts[15] G4
Freaknik: The Musical 2010 Adult Swim
Black Panther BET
Mad 2010–11 additional animation Warner Bros. Animation
Floogals 2010–19 Disney Junior
Superjail! 2011–14 seasons 2–4[13] Adult Swim
The Venture Bros. 2011–18 seasons 5–7, three specials[13]
Black Dynamite 2011–12 season 1[3]
China, IL 2011–15 [13]
Major Lazer 2011 pilot (unaired/unreleased)
Community 2011–12 animated sequences in “A Fistful of Paintballs”, “Foosball and Nocturnal Vigiliantism” and “Digital Estate Planning”[16][17] Sony Pictures Television
Motorcity 2012–13 [18] Disney XD
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja 2012–15 production only[19]
Liquid Television 2013 MTV
Turbo FAST 2013–16 [13] DreamWorks Animation
Breadwinners 2014–16 Nickelodeon
TripTank 2014–16 "Jerk Chicken" shorts Comedy Central
King Star King 2014 series only Adult Swim
Hot in Cleveland 2014 "The Animated Episode" TV Land
Kirby Buckets 2014–17 animation Disney XD
Niko and the Sword of Light 2015–19 Amazon Studios
Yoyotoki HappyEars 2015 pilot
Moonbeam City [20] Comedy Central
TMNT Half-Shell Heroes: Blast to the Past Nickelodeon
Doble Fried pilot[21] (unaired/unreleased; co-produced with PFFFR) Adult Swim
Rachel Dratch's Late Night Snack 2016 animated sequences TruTV
Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio Adult Swim
Lazor Wulf pilot (unaired/unreleased)
Little Big Awesome 2016–18 Amazon Studios
Son of Zorn 2016–17 animation 20th Television
Home: Adventures with Tip and Oh 2016–18 animation DreamWorks Animation
Future-Worm! 2016-18 animation Disney XD
Comedy Crib 2016 intro, transitions, promos IFC
Hanazuki: Full of Treasures[22] 2017–2019 Hasbro Studios
The New V.I.P's 2017 pilot Amazon Video
Uncle Grandpa "More Director Shorts" Cartoon Network
Halt and Catch Fire 2017 Pilgrim gameplay AMC Studios
Disjointed 2017–18 animated sequences[23] Warner Bros. Television
Goldie and Bear 2017–18 season 2 Disney Junior
Big Mouth 2017–present Netflix
Project Runway All Stars 2018 "Thrown for a Loop by Betty Boop" (animation) The Weinstein Company
Ballmastrz: 9009 2018–present Adult Swim
Tigtone
Trap Universe 2018 pilot
Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters "Bubba the Bear" (animation) TruTV
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants 2018–present production services DreamWorks Animation
Neo Yokio: Pink Christmas 2018 Netflix
Deadly Class 2019 animated sequences Sony Pictures Television
Universal Cable Productions
T.O.T.S.[24] 2019–present Disney Junior
Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart[25] Cartoon Network
Archibald's Next Big Thing production services DreamWorks Animation
Bless the Harts animation 20th Television
Fox Entertainment
Cleopatra in Space production services DreamWorks Animation
The Midnight Gospel[26][27] 2020–present production services Netflix
Star Trek: Lower Decks 2020–present animation CBS All Access
Animaniacs Hulu
Kinderwood 2020 Noggin
Baby Shark's Big Show! Nickelodeon
The Harper House 2021 animation CBS Eye Animation Productions
WandaVision 2D animated sequences (Episode 2 only) Marvel Studios
I Heart Arlo[28] 2021 production services Netflix
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur TBA visual and animation development Marvel Animation
Q-Force TBA animation Universal Television
Critical Role: The Legend of Vox Machina TBA animation Critical Role
Pantheon TBA animation AMC
Harriet the Spy TBA animation The Jim Henson Company

Feature films
Title Release date Co-production with Note
Freddy Got FingeredApril 20, 200120th Century Fox
Regency Enterprises		Animated sequence and artwork
WonderlandOctober 3, 2003Lionsgate
Flirt Pictures
Emmett/Furla Films		"Divee the Loot" sequence
Sunset Strip2012animation
Girl RisingMarch 7, 2013Vulcan Productions
The Documentary Group		"Egypt" sequence
HerDecember 18, 2013Annapurna PicturesGiant Man Sequence
Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll MysteryJuly 10, 2015Warner Bros. Animationtitle sequence
Team Hot Wheels: The Skill to Thrill!August 17, 2015Mattel Playground Productions
Team Hot Wheels: Build the Epic Race!October 5, 2015
NerdlandDecember 6, 2016Samuel Goldwyn Films
AKW Worldwide
Pariah		Theatrical animated feature film
Father of the YearJuly 20, 2018Happy Madison Productionsvirtual reality sequences
Teen Titans Go! To the MoviesJuly 27, 2018Warner Bros. Animationanimation services
Next GenSeptember 7, 2018Baozou Manhuaadditional pre-production services
Borat Subsequent MoviefilmOctober 23, 2020Four By Two Films
Universal Pictures		animation services
Arlo the Alligator BoyApril 2021[29]Netflix Animationproduction services[28]
Foxy TrotterTBAFairy Dust
Bold Films
Wild Bunch		[30]
Untitled Hanazuki: Full of Treasures filmParamount Pictures
Paramount Animation
Allspark Animation[31][32]

Short films
Title Year Client Notes
Let's Get Dirty (I Can't Get in da Club)2001Redmanmusic video; animation
Dirty Little Thing2004Velvet Revolvermusic video; animation
The Hidden Life of the Burrowing Owl2008[33]
Heartless2009The Fraymusic video
Barko2009
Pinched2010[34]
Scott Pilgrim vs. The AnimationAdult Swim
Underworld: Endless War2011Lakeshore Entertainment
Diablo III: Wrath2012Blizzard Entertainment[35]
The WindZac Brown Bandmusic video
Miss Atomic BombThe Killersmusic video; animation
Very Important House2015Disney Television Animation
Team Hot Wheels: Search for the 5th Driver!Mattel Playground Productions
Space FaceNickelodeon
Menehunes
Don Vs. Raph
We Strike Hard and Fade Away Into the Night
Toonami Exquisite Corpse2017Adult Swim
Rick and Morty Exquisite Corpse
The Story of O.J.Jay-Zmusic video; character animation
Bluehilda
Heroes of the Storm: Obey the CallBlizzard Entertainment[36]
Imaginary Friend Society: Long Hospital StaysPediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures2018–presentLucasfilm
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse2019Sony Pictures Animation
HBO Backstories2019HBO"Barry"
Hallucinate2020Dua Lipamusic video; character animation
Yankee and the Brave2020Run the Jewelsmusic video

Video games

Commercials

Notes
  1. A related union is The Animation Guild, IATSE Local 839, formerly named the Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists, located in Burbank, California

References
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