Grim & Evil is an American animated television series created by Maxwell Atoms. The show's episodes were all shorts that were later spun-off into their own shows. Those of which include The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Evil Con Carne. After separating into their own shows, the Grim & Evil format fades from existence. The series premiered on August 24th, 2001 and ended on October 18th, 2002. Another batch of 14 episodes were made but only aired when both Billy and Mandy and Evil Con Carne were separated into individual shows. Season 3 was aired in the UK on October 20th, 2003.
It is the first Cartoon Network original series to be premiered under Jim Samples' leadership.
Segments[]
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy[]
The segment is centered around the exploits of two young children—the optimistic, dim-witted, and kindhearted Billy, and the dark, ill-tempered, and sinister Mandy. After cheating at a limbo match against the Grim Reaper, he is enslaved in a perpetual, unwanted friendship with the children, who use his magical abilities and supernatural powers to venture into supernatural locations or environments, such as the underworld, inhabited by an assortment of grotesque monstrous beasts. The pair also may use Grim's enormously strong supernatural abilities or ties with a number of beastly characters to achieve goals or desires for themselves with grotesque, altered, or twisted end results.
This is the main segment, as two The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy episodes are wrapped around an episode of Evil Con Carne (or, on rare episodes, vice versa).
Evil Con Carne[]
Hector Con Carne was a "jillionaire playboy" crime lord and evil genius bent on taking over the world. Eventually, he was caught in an explosion initiated by his archnemesis, Cod Commando, a soldier for the Secret Paramilitary Organized Response Kommand (SPORK). The explosion scattered most of his body across the world. He was rescued by a scientist, the curvaceous Major Dr. Ghastly, who placed his living remains into two containment units: one for his brain, and the other for his stomach. These two units were later installed into Boskov, a purple circus bear, giving Con Carne's brain control over (almost) all of the bear's actions and movements.
Hector, Dr. Ghastly and his military leader, General Skarr, then created a secret laboratory on an island with a bunny-shaped mountain known as "Bunny Island" (a parody of Blofeld's lair in the James Bond movies). Gathering an army, Con Carne resumed his quest for world domination and made a new goal: to find his missing body parts.
History[]
The series' existence is largely the result of a viewer poll. An Internet and call-in event called the Big Pick was held from June 16 to August 25, 2000. The three final choices were Grim & Evil, Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?, and Longhair and Doubledome. Out of the three, Grim & Evil won the poll with 57% of the vote and became its own series. The first season appeared on Cartoon Network in 2001. Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? would later be made into a full (though short-lived) series despite losing; Longhair and Doubledome would reappear with another pilot episode in another Big Pick-style show later on, only to fall short once again.
In 2003, the network separated the series into The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Evil Con Carne, effectively giving both a full-length series. The short-lived Evil Con Carne series was cancelled once all the already-made episodes were aired. In 2004, Evil Con Carne was given another short-lived run with the newly created intro and end credits, only to be canceled again. Grim & Evil, in its original form, has not been seen on TV since 2003 (although the theme song has been seen on The Cartoon Cartoon Show and reruns appear on Cartoon Planet). Some characters from Evil Con Carne, usually Skarr, occasionally appeared on The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. Skarr was a co-star in Underfist, the TV film set in the shared universe of the programs.
On October 2, 2023, Grim & Evil aired in place of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy for Adult Swim's Checkered Past block. Season 3 made its United States television premiere with the third episode. This airing was likely an error due to the network's schedule changes at the time.
Characters[]
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy[]
- The Grim Reaper (voiced by Greg Eagles): The Grim Reaper is over 137,000 years old (as his early childhood took place during the Stone Age) and speaks with a Jamaican accent. The continuity of how Grim got his reaper status and powers jumps around quite a few times and it is unknown which way he really got his powers. His scythe is the source of his powers and possesses many magical qualities; although he is still capable of using magic without it, these instances are quite rare.
- Billy (voiced by Richard Horvitz): Billy is a young 10-year-old happy-go-lucky child with an extremely low IQ of -5. He was outperformed by a shovel and a candy necklace on an IQ test. He has an extremely large, pink nose, wears a blue and white striped shirt, and covers his orange hair with a red hat. His main affiliations are Grim and Mandy. Mandy is Billy's best friend, though she treats him more like a servant than a friend. It has been hinted several times that Billy may have underlying feelings for Mandy that even he (in his stupidity) may not fully realize. Billy is definitely kinder to Grim than Mandy is, and while he may go against the Reaper's advice and use him as a plaything, he appears to genuinely like him. Of the two children, Billy is the one who most often tells Grim that he's his "best friend".
- Mandy (voiced by Grey DeLisle): Mandy is a 10-year-old girl who has (mostly) a morbid attitude. However, unlike Billy, she is more stable, sane, and intelligent. She'll punch or otherwise injure (physically, emotionally, mentally, or any combination of the three) anyone who gets in her way. She is Billy's "best friend" regardless of the awful way she treats him. She is known for rarely smiling; the one occasion on which this happens, it causes reality to fall apart. She orders Grim and Billy to do chores for her, among a slough of other grunt work. She is naturally hostile and cynical, and is shown in one episode to have physical difficulty saying the word "please". She never smiles, except in "Meet the Reaper", "Opposite Day", "Look Alive!", "A Dumb Wish", and "Something Stupid This Way Comes".
Evil Con Carne[]
- Hector Con Carne (voiced by Phil LaMarr): Hector is a dynamic, evil playboy type, reduced to an anthropomorphic brain and a stomach after a gigantic explosion. Somehow, the stomach has taken on a life of its own and can talk. He is often frustrated by the difficulty of taking over the world in its current state.
- Major Dr. Ghastly (voiced by Grey DeLisle): Dr. Ghastly is a mad scientist, Ghastly is the brains behind all Hector's plans. Ghastly does not really seem to be intent on taking over the world; she is more interested in inventing things and getting closer to Hector.
- General Skarr (voiced by Lance Henriksen, then by Armin Shimerman): Skarr is Con Carne's paramilitary leader. He is a cold-hearted, hateful and harsh man, with a scar on his face, and one eye. He tends to be more evil than Con Carne himself, many times trying to overthrow his leader.
- Boskov (voiced by Frank Welker): Boskov is a former Russian circus bear, whom carries Con Carne's brain and stomach on his body, via metal plates on said spots. He is usually controlled by Con Carne and seems to care for everyone around him. He is sometimes difficult to control due to his animal instincts and lack of intelligence.
Episodes[]
| Season: | episodes: | premiere: | finale: |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | August 24th, 2001 | October 18th, 2002 |
| 2 | 14 | Unaired in the U.S. | |
Season 1 (2001-2002)[]
| Number in
series: |
Number
in episode: |
name: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meet the Reaper (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) | August 24th, 2001 | |
| Evil Con Carne (pilot) | |||
| Skeletons in the Water Closet (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) | |||
| 2 | Opposite Day (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) | August 31th, 2001 | |
| Emotional Skarr (Evil Con Carne) | |||
| Look Alive (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) | |||
| 3 | Mortal Dilemma (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) | September 7th, 2001 | |
| Evil Goes Wild (Evil Con Carne) | |||
| Get Out of My Head! (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) | |||
| 4 | Devolver, Part 1 (Evil Con Carne) | October 5th, 2001 | |
| Recipe for Disaster (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) | |||
| Devolver, Part 2 (Evil Con Carne) | |||
| 5 | Tiptoe Through the Tulips, Part 1 (Evil Con Carne) | October 12th, 2001 | |
| A Dumb Wish (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) | |||
| Tiptoe Through the Tulips, Part 2 (Evil Con Carne) | |||
| 6 | The Smell of Vengeance, Part 1 (Evil Con Carne) | December 14th, 2001 | |
| Fiend is Like Friend Without the "R" (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) | |||
| The Smell of Vengeance, Part 2 (Evil Con Carne) | |||
| 7 | Grim vs. Mom (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) | July 19th, 2002 | |
| Bring Me the Face of Hector Con Carne (Evil Con Carne) | |||
| Tastes Like Chicken (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) | |||
| 8 | Grim or Gregory? (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) | July 26th, 2002 | |
| Search and Estroy (Evil Con Carne) | |||
| Tastes Like Chicken (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) | |||
| 9 | A Grim Surprise (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) | August 2nd, 2002 | |
| Everyone Loves Uncle Bob (Evil Con Carne) | |||
| Beasts and Barbarians (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) | |||
| 10 | Hoss Delgado: Spectral Exterminator (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) | August 9th, 2002 | |
| Evil on Trial (Evil Con Carne) | |||
| To Eris Human (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) | |||
| 11 | Billy's Growth Spurt (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) | October 4th, 2002 | |
| The Time Hole Incident (Evil Con Carne) | |||
| Billy and the Bully (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) | |||
| 12 | Big Trouble in Billy's Basement (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) | October 11th, 2002 | |
| Christmas Con Carne (Evil Con Carne) | |||
| Tickle Me Mandy (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) | |||
| 13 | Little Rock of Horrors (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) | October 18th, 2002 | |
| The Pie Who Loved Me (Evil Con Carne) | |||
| Dream a Little Dream (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) | |||
Season 2 (2003-2004)[]
| Number in
Series: |
Number in
Season: |
name: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | It's Hokey Mon! | |
| Boskov's Day Out | |||
| Tween Wolf | |||
| 15 | 2 | Grim in Love | |
| The Trouble With Skarrina | |||
| Love is Evol Spelled Backwards | |||
| 16 | 3 | Mandy the Merciless | October 2nd, 2023 |
| Go Spork | |||
| The Really Odd Couple | |||
| 17 | 4 | Brown Evil, Part 1 | |
| League of Destruction | |||
| Brown Evil, Part 2 | |||
| 18 | 5 | Go Kart 3000 | |
| Day of the Dreadbot | |||
| Smarten Up! | |||
| 19 | 6 | Educating Grim | |
| Gutless! | |||
| Toadblatt's School of Sorcery | |||
| 20 | 7 | Creating Chaos | |
| Max Courage! | |||
| The Grim Show | |||
| 21 | 8 | Who Killed Who? | |
| Son of Nergal | |||
| 22 | 9 | Crushed | |
| Son of Evil | |||
| Night of the Living Grim | |||
| 23 | 10 | Terror of the Black Knight | |
| The Right to Bear Arms | |||
| Battle of the Bands | |||
| 24 | 11 | The Crawling Niceness | |
| Cod vs. Hector | |||
| Chicken Ball Z | |||
| 25 | 12 | Grim for a Day | |
| Sister Grim | |||
| The Halls of Time | |||
| 26 | 13 | Billy & Mandy's Jacked Up Halloween | |
| 27 | 14 | Five O' Clock Shadows | |
| Ultimate Evil |
Broadcast and availability[]
The series aired on the Latin American network, Tooncast.
Grim & Evil was released on demand in 2017.
The series aired on Checkered Past for one time on October 2nd, 2023.
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