The Most Popular Girls in School

The Most Popular Girls in School
Cast of MPGIS (Clockwise from upper left: Cameron, Shay, Jenna, Rachel, Deandra, Brittnay, Mackenzie and Trisha)
Genre
Created byMark Cope
Carlo Moss
Starring
  • Kate Frisbee
  • Lily Vonnegut
  • Garrett Mendez
  • Andrew Delman
  • Carlo Moss
  • Haley Mancini
  • Afton Quast
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes82 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersMark Cope
Carlo Moss
Tiffany L. Gray
Lily Vonnegut
ProducerLily Vonnegut (seasons 1–4)
Production companiesExtra Credit Studios
Universal Cable Productions (season 5)
Original release
NetworkYouTube
ReleaseMay 1, 2012 (2012-05-01) –
August 29, 2017 (2017-08-29)
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The Most Popular Girls in School (abbreviated MPGIS) is an American adult stop-motion animated comedy web series that debuted on YouTube on May 1, 2012. Created by Mark Cope and Carlo Moss, the series animates Barbie, Ken and other fashion dolls, usually with customized costumes and hairstyles, as various characters. MPGIS follows the exploits of a fictional high school cheer leading team in Overland Park, Kansas and their friends, family and enemies. Variety described the series as "Mean Girls meets South Park".[1] The first episode has been viewed over 11 million times,[2] and many episodes have received views in the millions.

In April 2013, MPGIS parodied the viral email rant of Delta Gamma sorority member Rebecca Martinson by having the character Brittnay Matthews (voiced by Lily Vonnegut) reenact the so-called "Deranged Sorority Girl Email". The MPGIS video went viral itself.[3][4][5][6] On May 1, 2018, Extra Credit Studios announced a sixth season to be in development, as well as a Patreon to crowdfund MPGIS in addition to new spin-off shows The Most Popular Girls in Quarantine, Keeping Up With The Van Burens, and Models.[7][8]

  1. ^ Saperstein, Pat (April 14, 2013). "Devour: Most Popular Girls in School, CBG19, The Beatles, Carol Burnett, More". Variety. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  2. ^ "MPGIS – Episode 1: 'The New Girl'". TheMostPopularGirls. May 1, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2017 – via YouTube.
  3. ^ "Rebecca Martinson's Insane Sorority Email Gets Parodied By Barbie". The Huffington Post. April 22, 2013. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  4. ^ O'Connor, Maureen (April 22, 2013). "Watch a Psycho Barbie Reenact That Sorority E-mail". New York. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  5. ^ Weaver, Caity (April 18, 2013). "The Most Deranged Sorority Girl Email You Will Ever Read". Gawker. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  6. ^ "Real-Life 'Mean Girl' Parodied on Web After Rant". Good Morning America. April 24, 2013. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  7. ^ "The Next Chapter". May 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2018 – via YouTube.
  8. ^ "Extra Credit Studios is creating The Most Popular Girls in School & More Stop-Motion Adventures". Retrieved May 7, 2018 – via Patreon.