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pumpkinleif · 2 years

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With the graphic novel coming out soon and people creeping back into the Danny Phandom after... a while... I’ve seen a couple posters wondering how a very NOT-transgender guy like Butch came up with a character with such powerful, universal trans energy. And while some of that answer is “Nicktoons were your childhood favorite and you’re trans,” I feel like it’s important to note that the initial concept art for Danny has NONE trans swag. None whatsoever.

Look at this guy. This guy disrespects women. This guy uses Axe body spray to cover up the fact that he hasn’t showered in two weeks. This guy talks about crossfit and supports Trump.

The transgender swag was a gradual bimbofication that was brought to us by the concept art of artists such as Bob Boyle and character designers like Stephen Silver. (Also Shannon Tindle, Ernie Gilbert, Erik Wiese, Ray Angrum, Chris Graham, Ian Graham... Look, there’s a LOT of people that draw a cartoon.)

Bob Boyle concept art ^^^

Stephen Silver concept art. (Also notable for giving us Kim Possible’s iconic swag.) ^^^

So remember, if your favorite cartoon character has trans swag, don’t thank your pitch creators, thank your local storyboard artists or character artists today!

#dp #danny phantom #Also notable: Sib Ventress wrote the scripts for Lucky in Love AND Maternal Instincts #and so gets credit for 'I'd tell you to use the men's room but I don't think you qualify' and like half of Maddie Fenton's character growth #Steve Marmel meanwhile wrote Bitter Reunions and did much of the heavy lifting for Vlad #Honestly I feel like half the best episodes can be credited to Marmel and the other half to Ventress #Marty Isenberg was there too #leif babbles

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