What RUINED Butch Hartman? (A Legacy DESTROYED by Pride)

Butch Hartman: a man who was once one of the most beloved creators in the world of animation. He was behind the creation of The Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom and a few other less popular shows. However, the charming Butch we all thought we knew would eventually reveal his true colors and torpedo his own career and legacy. How did this happen? Well, let's find out!

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Video Chapters

00:00 - 1:34 Intro
1:35 - 5:43 Sponsor
5:44 - 11:32 Butch's Beginnings
11:33 - 25:44 The Rise of Butch Hartman
25:45 - 1:00:33 The Fall of Butch Hartman
1:00:33 - 1:22:35 What Went Wrong Exactly?
1:22:36 - 1:31:23 Constructive Criticism for Mr. Hartman
1:31:23 - 1:33:54 Conclusion
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Video Credits
►Video Script and Research by Saberspark
►Video Script, Research and Edits by ToonGrin
►Script Editing by Treceh
►Thumbnail and Edits by Henri
►Audio Edits by dBPony
►Avatar by Rishi
►Intro Music/Outro Music by Hirosashii
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📝Research Sources📝
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[Saberspark]

Hey folks! Sorry for being out of action these past few weeks. I'm trying to take more time to create longer form videos and to pursue projects that I feel more passionate about. This is one of them. I hope you enjoy!

[TheInkTank]

Kuro here. I appreciate you covering my side of the story in this video. The conflict between Butch and myself happened years before I went public with the information. Originally I had no intention of making a big fuss about it, but I eventually decided to speak up against his mishandling of our contract to officially distance myself from him once I caught wind of the harmful and offensive statements he made about mental illness. I opened the court case as a testament that his "unstoppable force" is penetrable, in hopes to inspire others to take appropriate actions as well. It was also to clarify that despite previously working for him, I do not hold the same views and opinions, which many unfortunately assumed at the time.

However, I do want to clarify that some of the statements in this video are incorrect. I was not replaced for ImagiNathan, but in fact was the replacement for the original animator, Jeremy Chinshue, whose work you are showcasing in the video. That version was completed and scrapped before he brought me on. The version of ImagiNathan I worked on was a more action-focused reboot featuring an older version of Nathan. Aside from showcasing a few frames of an animatic I put together featuring boards from an unknown artist, all of my work on my version of ImagiNathan never saw the light of day. This also includes the work I did for Elf Detective, which I also largely went underpaid for and was scrapped as well.

[LordLemmysLabs]

Calling introverts selfish is rich coming from an extrovert whose entire personality revolves around himself being "the creator of your childhood"

[EnigmaticGentleman]

They almost entirely removed Butch from the new FOP reboot, and bam, immediate and genuinely shocking level of improvement.

[irritated_name]

when fairly odd parents was cancelled, i can only imagine he shook his fist, "Hillenburg!"

[locust]

He gave Butch the “what happened” video essay with the thumbnail of the person with their eyes crossed out by their actions, it’s so over.

[mrterp]

I find it funny that almost every Butch Hartman drawing of Butch Hartman looks like the Chad meme

[pbpeanut]

1:10:55 "Obviously not actual dead ppl because im a christian i wouldnt do that"
Scott Cawthon (a christian): here's a game about animatronics being haunted by ghost kids
this is the exact thought i had when Butch said that lmao

[ByrdieFae]

Holy crap. I'd have walked out if someone joked that I caused someone's suicide, I wouldn't care about whatever contracts I was under. What the heck.

[TheCouncil-zgvp]

Tara's uncomfortable laugh as Butch blames her for her friend's unaliving on live media is just horrifying.

[Gormathius]

"He fights ghosts, but not the ghosts of dead people-" Well what are they then? The ghosts of christmas past, present and future?

[DangericeDreams]

Butch Hartman is a good case study on what happens when you let popularity get to your head. First, his writing started to suffer. Then, he basically became a poorly written cartoon character himself.

[pasarasaki]

"Hartman's original material was rewritten and re-recorded without his consent by Harvy Weinstein." Easily the least horrifying thing I've heard followed by the words 'without his content by Harvey Weintsein'...

[TheKaiser]

As someone who was raised Christian... Wanting to be personally credited with someone getting into Heaven has to be one of THE most blasphemous things I've ever heard in my LIFE!

[Savior_of_the_union]

Hartman is crazy for saying he "paved the way for serialized cartoons" while showing AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER💀💀💀

[MrWaspMan]

It's a shame that someone who created such great shows turned out to be such a toxic egomaniac. He's the prime example of what can happen when you let success go to your head.

[Quader]

💀”suicide didn’t exist back in the day” guess that confirms he didn’t read romeo and juliet in highschool

[JainEhren]

Kuro: "Hey Butch, can you pay me?"
Butch: "I'M GOING GHOST!"

[elvingearmasterirma]

"People who critique are weak"
How did this man even survive art school??

[windego]

My jaw DROPPED when I heard him say "It was probably your fault" about Mary Kay's death and Tara. I don't know how anybody could possibly think that was even remotely OK to say, let alone laugh about.