Butch Hartman

Elmer Earl "Butch" Hartman IV (born January 10, 1965) is an American animator, executive producer, animation director, storyboard artist, producer, and creator of the hit animated series, The Fairly OddParents and Danny Phantom. He was also a part-time actor in the 1980s. He also voices various characters, such as the father of Trixie Tang, the school bus driver, Dr. Rip Studwell, and the farmer on TV. Butch Hartman has been writing, directing, and story boarding episodes since the "Oh Yeah! Cartoons" animated shorts. Since he was very young he has loved drawing and one day at school he drew a very good picture, which the teacher displayed on the board. Butch Hartman was born at Highland Park, Michigan, U.S. in January 10 1965. All of his three shows employ the same style that involves thick outlines and thin in lines as well as the "flat- chinned children" and "Hartman Hips" drawing system. This style was inspired by that of the Hanna-Barbera Animation Company which he worked for.

Appearances
Butch appeared as a waiter in "A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!", and as one of the carolers in "A Fairly Odd Christmas". He also had an animated cameo appearance in "Abra-Catastrophe!". Butch also appeared as ones of Vicky's headgags in the Season 7 episode "One Man Banned/Frenemy Mine".

Trivia
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 * Butch is friends with Seth MacFarlane the creator of three animated series of Fox Studios.
 * Hartman drew Avatar Aang in his art style.
 * In 2012, Hartman serves as an animation director to team up with Sony Pictures Animation to bring Tonka and ALF to the big screen.