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Mutant Enemy Productions
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| Mutant Enemy Productions | |
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| Type | Privately held |
| Genre | Production company |
| Founded | Los Angeles, California U.S. (1997) |
| Founder | Joss Whedon |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Key people | Joss Whedon |
| Industry | Film industry |
| Products | Films Television series Web series |
Mutant Enemy Productions is the production company created in 1997 by Joss Whedon to produce Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The company also produced Angel, a Buffy spin-off; Firefly, a short-lived Space Western; and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog .[1]
Since Joss Whedon announced his new TV series Dollhouse, Fox has confirmed that it will be produced by 20th Century Fox Television and Mutant Enemy.[2] The show got a thirteen-episode commitment and is expected to premiere in January 2009.[3]
Its offices (made out of glass bricks) were on the lot of 20th Century Fox in Los Angeles, previously the home of Chris Carter's Ten Thirteen Productions. According to March 2006's issue of UK magazine The Word, the offices were closed not long after Angel was canceled.
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The following table lists the production credits of Mutant Enemy.[4]
The name "Mutant Enemy" is taken from the song "And You and I" by prog rock band Yes, of whom Whedon is a confessed fan. It was also the name Whedon had given his first typewriter. The company's end-of-credits logo and mascot is an intentionally poorly animated zombie cartoon figure crossing the screen from right to left and saying, "Grrr. Argghh." It was drawn and voiced by Whedon himself. In certain episodes of Buffy the animation was changed:
- Becoming, Part Two — He says "Oooh, I need a hug" instead.
- Amends — He wears a Santa hat while bells jingle in the background.
- Graduation Day, Part Two — He wears a graduation cap.
- Once More, with Feeling — He sings the line in falsetto.
- Storyteller — He sings a line from the episode, "We are as Gods".
- Chosen — He turns and pulls a face at the viewer.
The episode "Bargaining, Part One" references the end-of-credits logo. Tara gives Giles a small rubber monster and says "Grrr. Argghh.". In season seven of Buffy, there is a species of ancient Vampires called "Turok-Han" or Ubervamps. They look like more detailed versions of the Mutant Enemy.
On the adult swim show Robot Chicken entitled Rabbits on a Roller Coaster at the end of the show's credits a parody of the Mutant Enemy, Inc. logo appeared with Joss Whedon (guest starring as himself) providing the "Grrr... Arrgh..." As the enemy mutant rips apart the city, the scene cuts to an office where Joss Whedon is playing with dolls and an executive says to him, "Come on Joss, that's why you were kicked off Wonder Woman."
Staff members of Mutant Enemy, all of whom have writing and/or production credits on at least one of the above shows, have included, in alphabetical order:
- ^ "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog".
- ^ "FOX '08 New Series: Dollhouse". Fox Broadcasting Company. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
- ^ Whedon, Joss (2008-05-15). "Dollhouse news from Joss!". whedonesque.com. Retrieved on 2005-05-25.
- ^ "Mutant Enemy filmography". The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2008-07-21.
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