Secret Mountain Fort Awesome

Secret Mountain Fort Awesome
The phrase "Secret Mountain Fort Awesome" in a bold, black and raggedy typeface
Genre
Created byPeter Browngardt
Story by
  • Peter Browngardt
  • David P. Smith
  • Dave Tennant
  • Fred Belford
Creative directorChris Reccardi
Voices of
ComposerMike Conte
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producersPeter Browngardt
David P. Smith
Brian A. Miller
Jennifer Pelphrey
Curtis Lelash
Rob Sorcher
Nick Weidenfeld
Conrad Montgomery
ProducerPernelle Hayes
Running time11 minutes
Production companyCartoon Network Studios
Original release
NetworkCartoon Network
ReleaseAugust 1, 2011 (2011-08-01) –
February 17, 2012 (2012-02-17)
NetworkiTunes
ReleaseMarch 8 (2012-03-08) –
March 29, 2012 (2012-03-29)
Related
Uncle Grandpa
The Cartoonstitute
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Secret Mountain Fort Awesome is an American animated television series created by Peter Browngardt for Cartoon Network that debuted in 2011. The show revolves around a fraternity of five monsters who unleash wild stunts upon the public from their eponymous underground mountain fort.

The series is loosely based on the antagonists that appeared in Browngardt's animated short, Uncle Grandpa, which Browngardt created for The Cartoonstitute. It employs Mike Conte of the heavy metal band Early Man as composer. The show's raunchy, surrealist humor was heavily indebt to the underground comix scene, and received a mixed to negative reception, though it received praise for its art direction.

The show premiered as a sneak peek on August 1, 2011, and had a formal premiere on September 26, 2011. Designers Robertryan Cory and Chris Tsirgiotis both won awards for "Outstanding Individual in Animation" at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony. The Uncle Grandpa short that Browngardt had produced was eventually adapted a full series of the same name, which he felt was a more lighthearted adaptation for children.

The series last aired on television on February 17, 2012, with the remaining episodes being released on iTunes from March 8 to 29, 2012.