Editing The Oblongs

{{Short description|Adult animated sitcom}}
{{Infobox television
| image              = The Oblongs title card.png
| caption            = ''The Oblongs'' title card
| genre              = {{ubl|[[Animated sitcom]]|[[Black comedy]]|[[Surreal comedy]]}}
| based_on           = {{based on|''[[Creepy Susie and 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children]]''|Angus Oblong}}
| runtime            = 22 minutes
| opentheme          = "Oblongs" by [[They Might Be Giants]]
| composer           = {{plainlist |
* David Michael Frank
* David Schwartz
}}
| creator            = {{ubl|[[Angus Oblong]]|[[Jace Richdale]]}}
| voices             = {{ubl|[[Will Ferrell]]|[[Jean Smart]]|[[Pamela Adlon]]|[[Sklar Brothers|Jason Sklar]]|[[Sklar Brothers|Randy Sklar]]|Jeannie Elias|[[Lea DeLaria]]|Becky Thyre|[[Billy West]]|[[Maurice LaMarche]]|[[Laraine Newman]]}}
| country            = United States
| executive_producer = {{ubl|Jace Richdale|[[Bruce Helford]]|[[Deborah Oppenheimer]]}}
| company            = {{plainlist |
* Oblong Productions
* Jobsite Productions
* [[Film Roman]]
* [[Mohawk Productions]]
* [[Warner Bros. Television]]
}}
| network            = [[The WB]]
| network2           = [[Adult Swim]]
| first_aired        = {{Start date|2001|4|1}}
| last_aired         = {{End date|2001|05|20}}
| first_aired2       = {{Start date|2002|08|25}}
| last_aired2        = {{End date|2002|10|20}}
| num_seasons        = 1
| num_episodes       = 13
| list_episodes      = <!-- name of list of episodes article goes here -->
}}
'''''The Oblongs''''' is an American [[Adult animation|adult]] [[animated sitcom]] created by [[Angus Oblong]] and [[Jace Richdale]]. It was [[Mohawk Productions]]' first venture into [[animation]]. The series premiered on April 1, 2001 on [[The WB]], and cancelled due to low ratings on May 20, leaving the last five episodes unaired.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |pages=593–594}}</ref> The remaining episodes were later aired on [[Cartoon Network]]'s late-night programming block [[Adult Swim]] in August 2002, with the series premiering on the network in production order. The series is loosely based on a series of characters introduced in a picture book entitled ''[[Creepy Susie and 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children]]''.<ref name=Perlmutter>{{cite book |last1=Perlmutter |first1=David |title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1538103739 |page=434}}</ref>

Three networks had a bidding war to win the rights to turn Angus Oblong's characters into a series: [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]], the WB, and [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. Warner Bros. won the bidding to turn Oblong's characters into a series; and thus, the series was submitted to the WB. The show was produced by [[Film Roman]], Oblong Productions, Jobsite Productions and [[Mohawk Productions]] in association with [[Warner Bros. Television]], and the theme song for the series was composed and performed by [[They Might Be Giants]]. This was the only animated series to date to have been produced by [[Bruce Helford]] under Mohawk.

A total of 13 episodes were produced. All thirteen episodes of ''The Oblongs'' were released on DVD on October 4, 2005.

==Setting and premise==
The series focuses on the antics of a [[mutant]] family who live in a poor valley community. As a result of pollution and [[radiation]] exposure, they are all either [[Disability|disabled]], [[Deformity|deformed]], or mutated. The pollution is the direct result of the lavish lifestyle of the rich community known as "The Hills", whose residents exploit and harm the valley residents with absolutely no regard for their safety or well-being.

===Social commentary===
Many reviewers and fans see the series as a [[social commentary|commentary]] on [[social stratification]].<ref name = "NY Daily News Article">"[http://articles.nydailynews.com/2001-03-30/entertainment/18183263_1_pamela-segall-adlon-oblongs-jeannie-elias 'The Oblongs' Shapes Up As A Toxic Treat]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}". Eric Mink. New York Daily News. Retrieved November 26, 2012.</ref>

==Characters==
===The Oblong family===
* {{anchor|Bob}}Bob Oblong (voiced by [[Will Ferrell]]) – Born with no arms or legs, Bob works at a poison factory called Globocide. Despite his deformities, he is very chipper and sunny, and modeled after various fathers from 1950s TV shows.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} Bob has a happy-go-lucky attitude. He is married to Pickles and is the father of Biff, Chip, Milo, and Beth. The only time Bob had limbs was in the episode "My Name is Robbie". While he mostly uses his mouth for tasking and moving his torso in ways that can help him get around, he can often drive with his mind in various episodes or read a newspaper with his mind as seen in "Flush, Flush, Sweet Helga", which assumes that he may have mind powers.
* {{anchor|Pickles}}Marie Kay "Pickles" Oblong (voiced by [[Jean Smart]]) is a [[chain smoking]] [[Alcoholism|alcoholic]] who was originally a Hill resident but moved to the valley after marrying Bob. Due to the hazardous atmosphere of The Valley, all of her hair has since fallen out (something which is usually hidden by an extremely tall blonde [[beehive (hairstyle)|beehive]] wig), and she is now regarded as an outcast by her former Hill friends. While not bitter about losing her privileged life, she often expresses disdain towards her self-centered former neighbors in the Hills. She is the mother of Biff, Chip, Milo, and Beth, whom she loves dearly as much as she does her husband.
* {{anchor|Biff & Chip}}Biff Oblong and Chip Oblong (voiced by [[Sklar Brothers|Randy and Jason Sklar]] respectively) are 15-year-old [[conjoined twins]] who are attached at the waist and share a middle leg. Biff is a hard worker obsessed with sports while Chip is more laid back. It is frequently implied that Biff is [[Homosexuality|gay]] and attracted to their unnamed gym teacher.<ref>{{cite web|last=Howe|first=Nicholas|url=https://screenrant.com/oblings-jokes-not-funny-outdated/|title=10 Jokes From The Oblongs That Have Already Aged Poorly|website=[[Screen Rant]]|date=September 28, 2019|access-date=September 21, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210922020514/https://screenrant.com/oblings-jokes-not-funny-outdated/|archive-date=September 22, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> However, there are instances when the two are seen lusting after girls together (possibly implying Biff as [[bisexual]]).{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} Biff and Chip each occasionally go into "trances" to give the other brother privacy.<ref>Episode 10, "Get Off My Back"</ref>
* {{anchor|Milo}}Milo Oblong (voiced by [[Pamela Adlon]]) is the youngest son. Often referred to by other kids as a "psycho", he is afflicted with numerous mental and social disorders and is on "everything from [[Methylphenidate|Ritalin]] to [[Minoxidil|Rogaine]]". Despite his afflictions, he is a very forthright and benevolent boy, though he envies the Hill lifestyle and wishes to rise above his economic status. He has a single hair sticking up on his head, a squint in one eye (which also occasionally twitches), and often wears a shirt that says "NO".
* {{anchor|Beth}}Beth Oblong (voiced by Jeannie Elias) is the youngest child and only daughter, she has a warty, elongated growth growing out of her head. Despite her appendage, she is shown to be better adjusted than the rest of her family. In the episode "Pickles' Little Amazons", it is revealed that the growth on her head is the result of eating meat containing bovine growth hormones. In the episode "My Name is Robbie", it is revealed that her birthday is June 7.
* Grammy Oblong (vocal effects provided by [[Lea DeLaria]]) is Bob's [[Persistent vegetative state|vegetative]] mother and the grandmother of Biff, Chip, Milo, and Beth who moves around in a [[motorized wheelchair]] and is [[Muteness|unable to speak]] because she hasn't moved in 12 years, yet makes occasional gurgles and moans. Instead, she communicates with an electronic communicator around her torso using a green light which means yes, a red light which means no, and a flashing red light which means she has soiled herself and that her adult diaper needs changing. Later episodes featured an orange light on her electronic communicator where its meaning has not been defined.
* {{anchor|Lucky}}Lucky is the one-lunged family cat who chain-smokes cigarettes and wears an uninterested deadpan expression.
* Scottie is Milo's [[Narcolepsy|narcoleptic]] dog, a result of perfume used on him during his tenure as a test animal at Globocide. Scottie was based on the short story "Narcoleptic Scottie" in ''Creepy Susie''.

===Milo's friends, "The Clubhouse Kids"===
* Helga Phugly (voiced by Lea DeLaria) is an overweight toad-like girl who will eat virtually anything. She lives in a fantasy world, believing that she is pretty and popular and that the "Debbies'" actually like her (she stubbornly believes this, as when told that the Debbies hate her, she covered her ears, shut her eyes, and started stomping around humming very loudly).  At times, she is shown to have a crush on Milo, leading to her kidnapping him in the episode "Milo Interrupted". When her parents went on vacation and never returned, Helga was forced to live at home by herself, eating only rejected wedding cakes from a nearby wedding cake factory and the occasional animal that she spotted.  Milo eventually locates her parents when Mrs. Hubbard, a Bible-thumping, gun-toting old woman, tries to adopt Helga.<ref>"Milo Interrupted"</ref>  Her name is a play on the phrase "hella fugly"; "fugly" being short for "fucking ugly".
* [[Creepy Susie and 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children|Creepy Susie]] (voiced by Jeannie Elias) is a melancholic [[Goth subculture|goth]] girl who speaks with a deadpan French accent and appears to float instead of walk as her legs are never shown. She is obsessed with death and has a problem with [[pyromania]], but it has been revealed she does enjoy [[hula hoop]]s.
* Peggy (voiced by Becky Thyre) is a girl who has one breast and lacks a lower jaw, causing her to spit and talk with a lisp. Despite her deformities, Peggy is cheerful and upbeat. The daughter of a male gay couple, she dreams of being President and marrying a handsome [[Speech–language pathology|speech therapist]].
* Mikey (voiced by Jeannie Elias) is a boy saddled with a dangling, doubled posterior. Standard underwear will not fit him, so he wears his grandmother's old bra like backwards suspenders. He is also known to habitually probe his nose and ears with his finger. Because of his larger deformed posterior, he takes jokes about the area more literally especially since they often come true soon after. As a running gag, he is inflicted with severe misfortune in almost every appearance, ranging from being stung by bees to being attacked by dogs.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}

===The Hills residents===
The following are residents of the Hills:

* George Klimer (voiced by [[Billy West]]) is Bob's rich and snobby boss at Globocide. He represents the power and arrogance of the people of the Hills. George is very condescending to his employees, especially Bob and James. He is also implied to be racist and anti-Semitic. George is husband to Pristine and father of Jared and Debbie Klimer.
** Pristine Klimer (voiced by Becky Thyre) is the wife of George and mother to Jared and Debbie. Pristine was good friends with Pickles before she married Bob, but abandoned her once she went to live in the Valley.
** Jared Klimer (voiced by Pamela Adlon) is the arrogant son of George and Pristine and brother to Debbie. He likes to taunt The Clubhouse Kids, along with his equally snobbish best friend Blaine. He calls Milo "Obdong". In the episode "Get Off My Back", Milo retorts with the information that a rumor of Jared and Blaine claims the two have had sex with each other. Jared even said he goes to therapy in "Milo Interrupted" episode.
** Debbie Klimer (voiced by Becky Thyre in most episodes, Pamela Adlon in some episodes) is the only daughter of George and Pristine Klimer and sister of Jared. She is the leader of the Debbies and is considered the most beautiful and popular girl in school, even though all of her friends are identical. Like most of The Hills residents, she often treats the people in the Valley with cruelty. She is the only Debbie with her last name known, besides Debbie Bledsoe.
* Blaine (voiced by Billy West) is Jared Klimer's best friend and usually picks on the other kids with his buddy. Although the two are usually just friends, many believe the two are gay, usually being together often.
* The Debbies (voiced by Becky Thyre in most episodes, Pamela Adlon in some episodes) are a popular clique of identical girls who all look exactly the same and are all named Debbie. Despite them all being identical, each Debbie is the daughter of a different wealthy Hills resident, with no relation. They seem to be a symbol of how most popular people tend to be conformists and lack individuality. The Debbies are often cruel to the Valley kids, especially Helga, who aspires to be accepted by them.
* Johnny "The Mayor" Bledsoe (voiced by Billy West) is the town's mayor and a masked [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]]. He is corrupt and his daughter is a Debbie. Johnny is prone to accepting bags of bribe money from anyone.
** Debbie Bledsoe (voiced by Becky Thyre in most episodes, Pamela Adlon in some episodes) is the daughter of the mayor we only focus on her when she is given a locket on her birthday from her daddy "Mayor Johnny". She gets upset when Helga wears it, but is happy getting it back and repaired only to lose in the sewers again by a launched Helga.
* Leland Bergstein (voiced by Billy West) is the kids' homeroom teacher who is shown to be weak and easily cowed by the Debbies and the rich residents of the town. It is revealed that he lives in the Hills as seen in the episode "Milo Interrupted".
* Sheriff Pepper (voiced by Billy West) is Hill Valley's inept and corrupt [[sheriff]]. He favors the people of the Hills and provides better law enforcement for them.
* Dr. M. Hofschneider (voiced by Billy West) is the Oblongs' condescending and uninterested doctor]].
* Mrs. Hubbard ([[Laraine Newman]]) is the town's Bible-thumping, gun-toting old woman who is appointed czar of child and family services after a disturbance in the Hills is blamed on valley kids. She never married or had children. She wears a [[chastity belt]] called "The Forni-Guard 2000".

===The Valley residents===
The following are residents of the Valley:

* Anita Bidet (voiced by Billy West) is the owner of the bar Pickles frequents called The Rusty Bucket. Her name is a play on the phrase "I need a [[bidet]]." It is implied that she is transgender. Anita's assumed male form (when originally named "Andy") is seen during a flashback of how Bob and Pickles met. Although when questioned about it in the present, Anita claims that she had a brother.
* Nurse Rench (voiced by Laraine Newman] is the school nurse who is described by Peggy as "a godless butcher without a shred of legitimate medical training". She has a scary operating contraption in place of her right arm, has four breasts arranged in a pattern resembling a cow's udder, and a deformed left hand.
* James (voiced by Billy West) is Bob's hunchbacked co-worker. He is a people-pleaser and lacks self-esteem to the point where he buys friends on [[eBay]] to attend his bachelor party. James is shown to be infatuated with Anita.

===Minor characters===
* Yvette (voiced by [[Michelle Ruff]]) is an additional member of the Debbies, the only one who does not carry the same name. An extraterrestrial masquerading as a human, she has long blonde hair in a ponytail. She takes an interest in Milo, though only to experiment on his brain. When it appears that Milo has been killed, she is forced to self-destruct as it is more cost-effective than returning to her base of operations. She only appears in the episode "Misfit Love".
* Principal Davis (voiced by [[Debra Wilson]]) is the [[African-American]] principal. She appears in the episode "Disfigured Debbie".
* Homeless Bill (voiced by Billy West) is Hill Valley's resident [[Street children|street urchin]]. He appears in the episodes "Narcoleptic Scottie" and "Bucketheads".
* The Girl with a Beak (voiced by Becky Thyre) is an aptly named, bird-like classmate of The Clubhouse Kids. She often is spurned by the kids despite their own maladies. She was never given an actual name. She appears in the episodes "Narcoleptic Scottie" and "Bucketheads".
* Coach (voiced by Will Ferrell) is Biff and Chip's school [[gym teacher]], with whom Biff has an unhealthy obsession. He also teaches the sex and [[driver's education]] classes. However, he seems to confuse the two. He appears in the episode "Bucketheads".
* Verdelle Diver (voiced by Lea DeLaria) is the regional coordinator of The Li'l Amazons, a [[Girl Scouts]]-like troop. She and the organization in general are implied to be lesbian (hence her last name, referring to the slur "muff diver"). Verdelle hits on Pickles frequently during Pickles' court-ordered tenure as Beth's den mother. She appears in the episode "Pickles' Little Amazons".
* Tommy Vinegar (voiced by [[Maurice LaMarche]]) is Pickles' ex-boyfriend. He got rich after Pickles taught him how to be cool and popular and then promptly dumped her after all his coolness went to his head. He appears in the episode "Bucketheads".
* Velva, the Warrior (voiced by Pamela Adlon) is a parody of ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'', whom Beth adores. Her name is a pun on "[[vulva]]" and her show has heavy lesbian/anti-male overtones (all of the villains are male while all the heroes are female), not to mention blatant advertising of Velva merchandise and numerous genital references. Her sidekick is named Majora, she has a horse named Fallopious, and a pet bird named Placentor. She appears in the episode "Heroine Addict".
* Dusty (voiced by Becky Thyre) is Bob's one-time co-worker and a [[lifeguard]]. It is heavily suggested that she has had a lot of [[cosmetic surgery]]. She appears in the episode "My Name Is Robbie".
* Courtney (voiced by Becky Thyre) is Chip's girlfriend who only appears in "Get Off My Back". Not much is known about her, but she seems to be live somewhere in the Valley. Her deformity is unknown, however. She also gets easily annoyed, as shown when she wishes that Milo would also go into a trance alongside Biff, during a date with Chip and accuses him of trying to grab her breasts. However, she seems to be easily moved, as Milo is able to prevent her from abandoning Chip when he says that his brother thinks she "has a beautiful soul."

==Episodes==
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=1
 |Title={{anchor|Misfit Love}}Misfit Love
 |DirectedBy = [[Vincent Waller]]
 |WrittenBy  = [[Jace Richdale]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|4|1}} <small>(The WB)</small><br>{{Start date|2002|8|4}}<br><small>(Adult Swim)</small><ref>{{cite web |title=The Oblongs - "Misfit Love" Adult Swim Premiere |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-press-the-oblongs-misfit-love-a/146125856/ |website=News-Press |access-date=26 April 2024 |pages=185 |date=4 August 2002}}</ref>
 |ProdCode = 236-001
 |Viewers = 2.16<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/41487647/the-los-angeles-times/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (March 26-April 1)|date=April 4, 2001|work=[[The Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=May 22, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{free access}}</ref>
 |ShortSummary= Milo Oblong gets transferred to public school after his father Bob is taken off his job's insurance for filing too many claims and falls for a beautiful, popular girl named Yvette who's really an alien. Meanwhile, Bob tries to find a second job to pay the medical bills.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2
 |Title=Narcoleptic Scottie
 |DirectedBy = [[Bob Jaques]]
 |WrittenBy  = [[Scott Buck]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|4|8}} <small>(The WB)</small><br>{{Start date|2002|8|18}}<br><small>(Adult Swim)</small><ref>{{cite web |title=The Oblongs - "Narcoleptic Scottie" Adult Swim Premiere |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-stuart-news-the-oblongs-narcolept/146126206/ |website=The Stuart News |access-date=26 April 2024 |pages=157 |date=18 August 2002}}</ref>
 |ProdCode = 236-003
 |Viewers = 3.34<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/41490207/the-los-angeles-times/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (April 2–8)|date=April 11, 2001|work=[[The Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=May 22, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{free access}}</ref>
 |ShortSummary=In an attempt to calm his hyperactivity, Bob and Pickles let Milo care for an injured Scottish terrier, but when the dog proves to be a bad influence on Milo, he's forced to give the dog up for adoption.

'''Note''': This is the first Oblongs' episode to have the full opening.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=3
 |Title=Milo Interrupted
 |DirectedBy = Kelly Armstrong
 |WrittenBy  = Ben Kull
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|4|15}} <small>(The WB)</small><br>{{Start date|2002|9|29}} <small>(Adult Swim)</small><ref>{{cite web |title=The Oblongs - "Milo Interrupted" Adult Swim Premiere |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-press-the-oblongs-milo-interrupt/146126528/ |website=News-Press |access-date=26 April 2024 |pages=165 |date=29 September 2002}}</ref>
 |ProdCode = 236-009
 |Viewers = 2.49<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/41490262/the-los-angeles-times/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (April 9–15)|date=April 18, 2001|work=[[The Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=May 22, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{free access}}</ref>
 |ShortSummary=After a Hill kid chucks a rock at the window of Mr. Bergstein's house, the mayor hires a Bible-thumping, gun nut named Mrs. Hubbard to investigate the Valley for [[Dysfunctional family|dysfunctional families]] and juvenile delinquents when the Valley kids are accused of the incident. Meanwhile, Milo discovers that Helga's parents are missing and must care for her, making Bob suspect that Milo is abusing drugs. |LineColor=D1E231
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=4
 |Title=Bucketheads
 |DirectedBy = Joe Horne
 |WrittenBy  = Scott Buck
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|4|22}} <small>(The WB)</small><br>{{Start date|2002|10|13}}<br><small>(Adult Swim)</small><ref>{{cite web |title=The Oblongs - "Bucketheads" Adult Swim Premiere |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun-the-oblongs-bucketheads-adul/146126582/ |website=The Sun |access-date=26 April 2024 |pages=73 |date=13 October 2002}}</ref>
 |ProdCode = 236-011
 |Viewers = 1.90<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/41490315/the-los-angeles-times/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (April 16–22)|date=April 25, 2001|work=[[The Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=May 22, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{free access}}</ref>
 |ShortSummary=Milo becomes an unlikely trendsetter for the Hill kids after Pickles sends him to school with a bucket on his head, but the fame goes to Milo's head when Milo sets out to create his own line of offbeat attire.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=5
 |Title=Heroine Addict
 |DirectedBy = Monte Young
 |WrittenBy  = [[Joey Soloway]] and Scott Buck
 |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2001|4|29}} <small>(The WB)</small><br>{{Start date|2002|10|27}}<br><small>(Adult Swim)</small><ref>{{cite web |title=The Oblongs - "Heroine Addict" Adult Swim Premiere |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-stuart-news-the-oblongs-heroine-a/146126634/ |website=The Stuart News |access-date=26 April 2024 |pages=135 |date=27 October 2002}}</ref>
 |ProdCode = 236-013
 |Viewers = 2.16<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/41490424/the-los-angeles-times/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (April 23–29)|date=May 2, 2001|work=[[The Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=May 22, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{free access}}</ref>
 |ShortSummary=Pickles wins the chance at a shopping spree from a cigarette company, but when she passes out after smoking one too many cigarettes, Pickles decides to quit smoking (and drinking alcohol after inadvertently setting her finger on fire) and becomes a thrill-seeker after knocking out a woman during Tae-Bo class.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=6
 |Title=The Golden Child
 |DirectedBy = Linda Miller
 |WrittenBy  = [[Leonard Dick]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|5|6}} <small>(The WB)</small><br>{{Start date|2002|9|22}} <small>(Adult Swim)</small><ref>{{cite web |title=The Oblongs - "The Golden Child" Adult Swim Premiere |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/corpus-christi-caller-times-the-oblongs/146126461/ |website=Corpus Christi Caller-Times |access-date=26 April 2024 |pages=149 |date=22 September 2002}}</ref>
 |ProdCode = 236-008
 |Viewers = 2.71<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/41490539/the-los-angeles-times/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (April 30-May 6)|date=May 9, 2001|work=[[The Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=May 22, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{free access}}</ref>
 |ShortSummary=Bob Oblong becomes depressed after learning all his suggestions to make Globocide better have been used as kindling for the factory's furnace. Meanwhile, Milo creates an energy drink called "Manic", and is named "The Corporate Messiah" by the higher-ups at Globocide.

'''Note''': On Adult Swim, the angry customer's line "Go back to France, you stupid kraut!" to the "A to Zed" shopowner had "kraut" (an ethnic slur against German people) muted.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=7
 |Title=Flush, Flush, Sweet Helga
 |DirectedBy = Monte Young
 |WrittenBy  = Jace Richdale
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|5|13}} <small>(The WB)</small><br>{{Start date|2002|9|1}}<br><small>(Adult Swim)</small><ref>{{cite web |title=The Oblongs - "Flush, Flush, Sweet Helga" Adult Swim Premiere |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-the-oblongs-flush-flush/146126279/ |website=Tulsa World |access-date=26 April 2024 |pages=131 |date=1 September 2002}}</ref>
 |ProdCode = 236-005
 |Viewers = 1.98<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/41490616/the-los-angeles-times/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (May 7–13)|date=May 16, 2001|work=[[The Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=May 22, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{free access}}</ref>
 |ShortSummary=When Milo and his friends get caught crashing a Debbie birthday party, Helga ends up losing Debbie's locket and goes in the sewers to retrieve it, only to be stuck in the Valley's sewer pipes, and the Hill people don't see it as a problem -- until a failed attempt to get Helga out results in the Hill people annexing The Oblongs' house (which isn't affected by Helga being stuck in the pipes) for water.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=8
 |Title=Disfigured Debbie
 |DirectedBy = Joe Horne
 |WrittenBy  = Joey Soloway
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|5|20}} <small>(The WB)</small><br>{{Start date|2002|8|11}}<br><small>(Adult Swim)</small><ref>{{cite web |title=The Oblongs - "Disfigured Debbie" Adult Swim Premiere |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-press-the-oblongs-disfigured-deb/146125986/ |website=News-Press |access-date=26 April 2024 |pages=159 |date=11 August 2002}}</ref>
 |ProdCode = 236-002
 |Viewers = 2.40<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/41488110/the-los-angeles-times/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (May 14–20)|date=May 23, 2001|work=[[The Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=May 22, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{free access}}</ref>
 |ShortSummary=Milo runs for class president, but loses to Debbie, who ends up an outcast after falling in a thresher.

'''Note''': This is the last episode to air on [[The WB]] before the series was canceled.
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 |EpisodeNumber=9
 |Title=Pickles' Little Amazons
 |DirectedBy = Skip Jones
 |WrittenBy  = Ben Kull
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|8|25}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Oblongs - "Pickles Little Amazons" Television Premiere |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-manhattan-mercury-the-oblongs-pic/146123467/ |website=The Manhattan Mercury |access-date=26 April 2024 |pages=32 |date=25 August 2002}}</ref>
 |ProdCode = 236-004
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 |ShortSummary=Pickles gets arrested for neglecting Beth after trying to rescue her from a giant Venus flytrap and is sentenced community service by working as a den mother for a vaguely lesbian Girl Scout-esque troop called "The Little Amazons."

'''Note''': This is the first episode to air on [[Adult Swim]] after they picked up the rest of the unaired episodes from the show's remaining run. There were originally going to be more 13 episodes, but only five episodes were produced.
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 |EpisodeNumber=10
 |Title=Get Off My Back
 |DirectedBy = Jack Dyer
 |WrittenBy  = [[Eric Friedman]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|9|8}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Oblongs - "Get Off My Back" Television Premiere |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/southern-illinoisan-the-oblongs-get-o/146123658/ |website=Southern Illinoisan |pages=72 |date=8 September 2002}}</ref>
 |ProdCode = 236-006
 |Viewers = 
 |ShortSummary=An accident involving [[Cyanoacrylate|Insani-Glue]] and Milo getting chased by Biff and Chip results in Milo getting stuck to Biff and Chip's back, which cuts into their training for the two-man triathlon against Hill kids Jared and Blaine.  Meanwhile, Beth feels left out and begins sticking herself to others.

'''Note''': On the Adult Swim version of this episode, Mayor Bledsoe's line after he pulls a gun on the other runners was "Move it, assholes!" (with "assholes" partially muted out). On the DVD, the line is changed to "Move it, pussies!" with no aural censorship to the last line.
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 |EpisodeNumber=11
 |Title=Please Be Genital
 |DirectedBy = Gary McCarver
 |WrittenBy  = Leonard Dick
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|9|15}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Oblongs - "Please Be Genital" Television Premiere |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-press-the-oblongs-please-be-geni/146123821/ |website=News-Press |access-date=26 April 2024 |pages=175 |date=15 September 2002}}</ref>
 |ProdCode = 236-007
 |Viewers = 
 |ShortSummary=Bob gets his genitals crushed by a stripper wearing clogs during his best friend's bachelor party.  When he confesses to Pickles that they can't have sex for two weeks, Pickles begins wondering whether or not her marriage to Bob is real. Meanwhile, Milo becomes an insomniac when Pickles and Bob stop having sex.
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 |EpisodeNumber=12
 |Title=My Name is Robbie
 |DirectedBy = Vincent Waller
 |WrittenBy  = Joey Soloway
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|10|6}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Oblongs - "My Named is Robbie" Television Premiere |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-stuart-news-the-oblongs-my-named/146124383/ |website=The Stuart News |access-date=26 April 2024 |pages=145 |date=6 October 2002}}</ref>
 |ProdCode = 236-010
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 |ShortSummary=Bob gets his jaw injured at his company's theme park, and at the advice of company attorneys, is given a robotic body with the arms and legs he never had, which gives him the confidence to quit his job and become a lifeguard.

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 |EpisodeNumber=13
 |Title=Father of the Bribe
 |DirectedBy = Michael Kim and Bob Jaques 
 |WrittenBy  = Eric Friedman
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|10|20}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Oblongs - "Father of the Bribe" Television Premiere |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-stuart-news-the-oblongs-father-of/146124498/ |website=The Stuart News |access-date=26 April 2024 |pages=141 |date=20 October 2002}}</ref>
 |ProdCode = 236-012
 |Viewers = 
 |ShortSummary= Biff and Chip get their driver's licenses and crash Bob's car during a drag race.  Biff and Chip then buy Bob a new car at a police auction, and come across the Mayor's bribe money, which they spend on themselves, despite nightmarish harassment from city officials.

'''Note''': On the episode listings on the DVD cover, this episode is incorrectly listed as "Father of the Bride."
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==Broadcast==
The show premiered on April 1, 2001 on [[The WB]] but failed to find an audience. On May 20, 2001, The WB aired "Disfigured Debbie", the second episode produced, as the [[season finale]], leaving five episodes unaired. Reruns of the first eight episodes, and the five remaining episodes, premiered on [[Cartoon Network]]'s late-night programming block, [[Adult Swim]], from August 4 to October 27, 2002. Reruns of the series continued to air on [[Adult Swim]] until March 29, 2015.

In Canada, the series aired on [[Teletoon]] as part of "Teletoon Unleashed". In Australia, the show premiered on the [[Nine Network]] on December 8, 2001,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.encoremagazine.com.au/articles/39/0C02AE39.aspx|title=''Nine's summer programming blitz'' |website=Encore Magazine|access-date=December 2, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> however due to insufficient ratings, it was withdrawn after one episode,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200112/ai_n17778817/?tag=content;col1|title=''Off-beat cartoon gets chop.'' |publisher=The Mercury|access-date=December 2, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref> but was eventually shown in a late-night/early morning time slot. The series aired from December 3, 2004 to September 29, 2006 on [[TBS (U.S. TV channel)|TBS's]] late-night programming block, Too Funny To Sleep and aired on [[TBS (U.S. TV channel)|TBS]] again from April 1, 2013 to February 20, 2015.

==Home media==
The entire series was released on two disc DVD set in the United States on October 4, 2005.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!DVD name!!Release date!!Ep #!!Features
|-
|''The Complete Twisted Series''||October 4, 2005<ref name=DVD>{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Mike|title=The Oblongs – The Complete Series (2001)|website=Amazon|date=4 October 2005|url=https://www.amazon.com/Oblongs-Complete-Mike-Kim/dp/B000ABKHZC|access-date=July 6, 2011}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"|13|| "It's an Oblong World" – The show's concept, characters and casting, "The Art of the Oblongs" Angus Oblong-guided tour of his original artwork for the series, and "An Oblong Picture Book" – Angus Oblong drawings gallery.<ref name=TVSODVD>{{cite web|last=Lacey|first=Gord|title=The Oblongs – Oblongs Back Shot and Specs|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Oblongs/3408|publisher=TV Shows On DVD.|date=May 12, 2005|access-date=July 6, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019211644/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Oblongs/3408|archive-date=October 19, 2012}}</ref><!--</ref name=DVD>with nine unaired episodes -->
|}

==Awards and nominations==
''The Oblongs'' won the [[Casting Society of America|Artios]] award in 2001 for Best Casting for Animated Voiceover – Television Mary V. Buck Susan Edelman.<ref>{{cite web|title=Artios Award Winners|url=http://www.castingsociety.com/press/42-artios-awards/80-previous-artios-awardr-winners#2001|publisher=Casting Society of America|access-date=July 6, 2011}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{official website|https://www.angusoblong.com/pages/the-oblongs-animated-series}}
* {{IMDb title|0219446}}

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