The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

2001–2007 · Animation, Comedy, Kids · 7 seasons · ★ 8.1

Ended

Synopsis of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

The series is set in Endsville, a fictional town with a gloomy, surreal atmosphere. Billy is a cheerful, not-so-bright 10-year-old boy, and Mandy, his friend, is an expressionless, cynical girl with a cold personality. After cheating in a limbo match to save Billy's sick hamster, they forced Grim, the Grim Reaper, to become their best friend forever. Grim, a Reaper with a Jamaican accent, resists serving them. The kids use their supernatural powers to venture into places like the Underworld, home to monstrous creatures, and to get what they want, often with twisted results. The series airs on Cartoon Network and was created by Maxwell Atoms.

«It's Good Grim Fun!»

7seasons

184episodes

13 minper episode

8.1audience scoreTMDB · 1,039 votes

7.6IMDb rating29,598 votes

Seasons of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

Season 12001 · 23 ep. · ★ 7.0

Season 22003 · 26 ep. · ★ 6.4

Season 32004 · 32 ep.

Season 42005 · 24 ep. · ★ 6.8

Season 52005 · 11 ep. · ★ 7.5

Season 62006 · 24 ep. · ★ 7.1

Season 72006 · 21 ep. · ★ 7.0

Cast by The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

Vanessa Marshall162 episodes

Greg EaglesGrim (voice)161 episodes

Richard Steven HorvitzBilly (voice)161 episodes

Grey DeLisleMandy (voice)161 episodes

Rachael MacFarlane10 episodes

Diedrich Bader6 episodes

Phil LaMarrDracula6 episodes

Billy WestThe Nerve6 episodes

Maxwell AtomsJeff the Spider (voice)6 episodes

Dee Bradley BakerWorm6 episodes

Candi Milo6 episodes

Armin ShimermanGeneral Skarr5 episodes

David Warner4 episodes

Jake ThomasNigel Planter4 episodes

Brian Tochi3 episodes

Jennifer HaleGladys (voice)3 episodes

Martin JarvisNergal3 episodes

John VernonDean Toadblatt3 episodes

Tom Kenny3 episodes

Quinton Flynn2 episodes

Peter Renaday2 episodes

Jess Harnell2 episodes

Frank WelkerScooby-Doo (voice)2 episodes

Dawnn Lewis2 episodes

Jane CarrPud'n2 episodes

Henry GibsonLord Pain2 episodes

'Weird Al' YankovicSquid Hat2 episodes

C.H. GreenblattFred Fredburger (voice)2 episodes

Debi DerryberryNergal Jr.2 episodes

Tom KaneCaptain Heifer2 episodes

John KassirLord Moldybutt2 episodes

Jay GordonZeus (voice)2 episodes

Earl BoenEpisode 1

Mark HamillEpisode 1

Jeff BennettEpisode 1

Clyde KusatsuEpisode 1

Jeannie EliasMalariaEpisode 1

Alan OppenheimerFather TimeEpisode 1

Keone YoungKwan TiEpisode 1

Wayne KnightJack O'LanternEpisode 1

Technical Details

Created by: Maxwell Atoms
Address: Juli Murphy, Robert Alvarez, Shaun Cashman, Maxwell Atoms, Eddy Houchins
Writing: Maxwell Atoms, Gord Zajac, Alex Almaguer, C.H. Greenblatt, Mike Diederich
Production companies: Cartoon Network Studios
Network or Platform: Cartoon Network
Country: United States
Original Language: English
Premiere: August 24, 2001
Last Episode: November 9, 2007 (7x21)
Status: Ended
Type: Fiction
Awards: Won 1 Emmy Award; 2 wins and 6 nominations in total.
Links: IMDb · TMDB · Official Website

Trivia about The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

The series went into production after a viewer poll conducted by phone and online, Cartoon Network's Big Pick, held between June 16 and August 25, 2000. Billy and Mandy received 57% of the votes.

Before creating the series, Atoms pitched Hanna-Barbera an idea called Milkman, about a superhero milk carton. The executives rejected it but became interested in Billy and Mandy.

Atoms, diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome in adulthood, compared Mandy to the cold, rational way he learned to see the world in order to survive.

The series has won one Annie Award and two Emmys, and has earned nine nominations across various awards.

Entertainment Weekly ranked the series ninth on its list of the 10 best Cartoon Network shows, published in 2012.

Aurelio Voltaire composed two songs for the show, including "Brains!", and both are part of the album Spooky Songs For Creepy Kids.

Billy and Mandy first appeared in a 1995 short that Maxwell Atoms made during his college years, and it was not shown publicly until 2016.

The TV movie "Underfist: Halloween Bash", which aired in 2008, was conceived as the pilot for a spin-off focusing on supporting characters, but Cartoon Network did not approve the spin-off series.

Sources: Wikipedia (Spanish) · Wikipedia (English)