Tortellini Western
| Tortellini Western | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Larry Schwarz |
| Starring | Larry Schwarz |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Production | |
| Running time | 3 to 4 min. |
| Release | |
| Original network | NickToons Network |
Tortellini Western is an animated series on NickToons Network.[1] It was produced by Animation Collective, and debuted in 2004. The title is a play on the term Spaghetti Western.
Characters
- Giovanni - A young boy who is the main protagonist of the show. He has a lot of adventures, but many of them have him fail in his goals. He loves pasta that his grandma makes. His grandparents seem to be his only relatives shown, though his parents were seen in the intro.
- Grandma - Giovanni's grandmother, who likes making pasta.
- Grandpa - Giovanni's grandfather, who sometimes ruins Giovanni's day. The intro states that he came up with the idea to move to America when his family's pasta supply ran out.
- Buck - Giovanni's enemy.
- Dances - Giovanni's Indian "girl" friend.
- Towns People - The citizens of the fictional city of Palermo, Montana; on-lookers to the plight of the family Ruggiero.
Credits
Cast
- Gary Littman - Giovanni/Various
- Larry Schwarz - Grandpa
- Michelle Newman - Grandma
Crew
- Writer: Mike Yank
- Director: Sean LeHay
- Animator: Joe Andriola
- Animator: Julian Koelsch
- Animator: Dagan Moriarly
- Animator: Aleksey Nuzhnov
- Animator: Justin Simonich
- Animator: Matt Rodriguez
- Animator: Andrew Hayden-Smith
- Animator: Keith Vincent
- Animator: Stephen Moverley
- Head of Animation: Sergey Aniskov
- Head of Production: John Calapeno
- Editor: Krammer O'Neil
- Editor: Susie Hwang
- Production Assistant: Jon Neimand
- Score: Sean LeHay
- Executive Producer: Larry Schwarz
- Executive Producer: Sergey Aniskov
- Executive Producer: Sean LeHay
- Art Director: Dagan Moriarly
Mini-episodes
- Some Like This Pot - Giovanni tries to find Grandma's pasta pot, only to find it in the hands of Buck.
- Cattlefield Earth - Cattle run wild and Giovanni attempts to calm them down.
- No Small Heat - Giovanni looks for a way to resist an intense heat wave.
- Pony Express Yourself - Once he finds the mailman sick, he fills in for him on the last mail. Unbeknownst to him, the mail is for the mailman.
- Cacti Fighter - Giovanni cuts the lawn.
- Das Boot - Giovanni keeps stepping in cow pies.
- Montana Tea - Giovanni sees a man sell oil to get money, and tries it himself. He ends up striking the sewage line.
- Of Thee I Sting - Giovanni gets stung by a poisonous scorpion, so Grandma and Grandpa look for treatment.
- Golden Stumblers - Giovanni tries to get gold during a gold rush.
- Lasso Miserables - Giovanni has trouble lassoing.
- Up in Smoke Signals - Giovanni spots smoke signals in the sky and thinks that an army of dinosaurs and mummies are going to attack. The end, however, reveals that the smoke signals are just gas from his grandpa.
- All's Well That Ends Well - Giovanni gets stuck in a well while attempting to fetch water and calls for help, but he ends up getting cows in the well. He eventually uses the pile of cows to get out.
- The Bull Marked Kid - A bull chases Giovanni, just for his pasta.
References
- ↑ "Nicktoons Serves Up Traditional Toons Leader Dog Tortellini Western". Animation World Network.
External links
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