Tigtone

Tigtone
Created by	Andrew Koehler Benjamin Martian
Based on	The Begun of Tigtone, by Andrew Koehler, Benjamin Martian, and Zack Wallenfang
Story by	Blake Anderson Frederic Cristy Andrew Koehler Benjamin Martian Joseph Scrimshaw Ryan Verniere Patricia Villetto
Directed by	Frederic Cristy Benjamin Martian (co-director, Series only)
Voices of	Nils Frykdahl Debi Derryberry Bill Corbett Lucy Davis Jeffrey Combs Trace Beaulieu
Composer	Leo Birenberg
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producers	Andrew Koehler Benjamin Martian Blake Anderson
Producers	Dave Newberg (Pilot) Jennifer Ray (Series) Charlie Sweitzer (line producer, Series only)
Editors	Paul Mazzotta and Jeff Picarello (Pilot) Megan Love (Series)
Running time	11–12 minutes
Production companies	Titmouse, Inc. Babyhemyth Productions Williams Street
Original release
Network	Adult Swim
Release	January 13, 2019 (2019-01-13) – present

Tigtone is an American adult animated television series that premiered on Adult Swim on January 13, 2019. It is based on the original characters of an independent short, The Begun of Tigtone, created by Andrew Koehler, Benjamin Martian, and Zack Wallenfang. They produced it through their own company Babyhemyth Productions.

The TV series was instead created by Andrew Koehler and Benjamin Martian – Zack Wallenfang isn't involved – and produced by Babyhemyth Productions with other two companies, Titmouse, Inc. and Williams Street. The setting is a parody of cliches and tropes from the medieval fantasy genre, with occasional steampunk references.

A second season was announced in July.

Plot

Tigtone is an intense and high-strung adventurer with a penchant for the over-dramatic and a murderous obsession for quests. He resides in the surreal, medieval kingdom of Propecia, ruled by its two-headed monarch, King Queen, who is regularly flanked by their effeminate manchild Prince Lavender and their frequently put-upon attendant Command-Or Mathis. Joined by his trusty and expendable companion Helpy, Tigtone regularly accepts tasks and assignments that take him to various locations in Propecia, slaughtering numerous enemies along the way.

Characters

• Tigtone (voiced by Nils Frykdahl as an adult, Cree Summer as a child) - The primary protagonist, a wandering adventurer with an obsession for quests.
• Helpy (voiced by Debi Derryberry) - Tigtone's companion, whose regenerative powers make him regularly exploited and abused, even after he and Tigtone become friends. In the finale of the first season, he was revealed to have used Tigtone's quests to gather the items he needed for his master, The Greater Good, only to subsequently be betrayed by The Greater Good and make amends with Tigtone.
• King Queen (voiced by Bill Corbett and Lucy Davis) - The two-headed ruler of Propecia. One head is male and the other head is female.
• Lore Mastra (voiced by Cree Summer) -
• Prince Lavender (voiced by Jeffrey Combs) - The man-child son of King Queen.
• Command-Or Mathis (voiced by Trace Beaulieu) - The put-upon attendant of King Queen.
• Barteener (voiced by Gary Anthony Williams) - A gnome who Tigtone sometimes remembers giving him advice.
• Lord Festus (voiced by Sid Haig in the pilot, John DiMaggio in later episodes) - A recurring villain.

Episodes

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
Precursor			May 10, 2014 (2014-05-10)
Pilot			May 13, 2018 (2018-05-13)
1	10		January 13, 2019 (2019-01-13)	February 10, 2019 (2019-02-10)

Precursor (2014)

Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
"The Begun of Tigtone"	Andrew Koehler	Andrew Koehler, Benjamin Martian, Zack Wallenfang, and Cody Larson	May 10, 2014 (2014-05-10)

Pilot (2018)

No.	Title	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original release date	Prod. code
0	"...and the Series" "...and the Pilot"	Andrew Koehler, Benjamin Martian, Blake Anderson, and Andreas Trolf	Freddy Cristy	May 13, 2018 (2018-05-13)	TBA
In exchange for the release of their beloved court magician, King Queen tasks Tigtone with delivering their reluctant son Prince Lavender to the evil Lord Festus, to be tortured. Angered at the prospect of being replaced by the old magician, his replacement (Blake Anderson) schemes to stop Tigtone from escorting the prince to Festus' kingdom.

Season 1 (2019–present)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"...and His Fellowship Of"	Benjamin Martian	Sean Glaze and Stanley Von Medvey	January 13, 2019 (2019-01-13)	TBA	N/A
Tigtone is tasked with defeating the necromancer Wadsor (Brandon Johnson), who has been stealing the souls from Propecia's chickens as a means of revitalizing his rock army. While preferring to accomplish the task to kill Wadsor with a magic dagger by himself, Tigone is reluctant with having King Queen provide him with a fellowship consisting of the ranger Poach-Or (Blake Anderson), the barbarian Axeanne (Cree Summer), and the elf Redünart. Along the way, his companions each killed one-by-one throughout his quest as Tigtone rescues a creature he dubbed Helpy whom Wadsor held prisoner for his magical regeneration powers. Helpy helps Tigtone kill Wadsor, with Tigtone deciding to keep Helpy as his companion.
2	2	"...and the Beautiful War"	Andreas Trolf	Frederic Cristy	January 13, 2019 (2019-01-13)	TBA	N/A
A spreading plague of beauty has wracked the land of Propecia, and made it impossible for Lord Festus to do his job, working best in a brutal and hideous environment. He calls upon Tigtone to find the source of the beauty plague, (Which has already claimed Helpy, making him incredibly handsome) and put an end to it, and "re-uglify" the land. Their travels lead them to a kingdom of stunningly gorgeous unicorns residing above the clouds, who are locked in battle with each other to determine who is the most beautiful. Amidst the chaos of the battling unicorns, Tigtone meets an ugly unicorn named Zlotovf, (Alan Oppenheimer) who explains that their bloodshed is what's causing the beauty plague in Tigtone's realm, and reveals another hidden world above the unicorn's, where a race of hideously ugly creatures reside. Tigtone and Helpy journey to this realm, and upon discovering that the creatures' tears reverse the unicorn's blood, Tigtone verbally abuses them until they cry an uglifying rain upon the land.
3	3	"...and the Wine Crisis"	Andreas Trolf	Sean Glaze and Stanley Von Medvey	January 20, 2019 (2019-01-20)	TBA	N/A
A wine shortage has wracked Propecia, and several of the land's vineyards have gone missing, leaving the populace without much-desired wine to drink. King Queen tasks Tigtone with finding the cause of the wine shortage before it's too late. Tigtone and Helpy's travels lead them to an untouched vineyard, where they happily drink their fill of wine, only for the entire vineyard (Along with the rest of Propecia's vineyards) to be uprooted by a band of sky pirates, lead by the vicious air pirate Zuviell. (Grey Delisle) Tigtone to a standstill, forcing he and Helpy to retreat. Tigtone soon hatches a plan to rid themselves of the sky pirates, by turning Helpy into a vampire, and siccing him upon the pirates in their slumber. They awaken in horror to discover their transformation, only for Tigtone to explain that they no longer crave wine, but blood instead. Upon realizing this, Zuviell declares they will no longer steal wine, and returns the stolen vineyards to Propecia, where they set to drinking the blood of its denizens.
4	4	"...and Those Elemental Kings"	Andrew Koehler	Frederic Cristy, Sean Glaze, and Stanley Von Medvey	January 20, 2019 (2019-01-20)	TBA	N/A
Tigtone regales Helpy with a story of the time he discovered an enchanted doorway, which only could be opened with several symbols of power held by four elemental kings. In his story, Tigtone fights the gargantuan Metal King, the hideous Blood King, (Neil Hamburger) the pushover Lightning King, and the masochistic Pain King, receiving tokens of power from each one as he defeats them. Helpy then asks what Tigtone discovered behind the doorway once he got it open, only for Tigtone to remember that he never opened the door after receiving the symbols. The two of them immediately head to the doorway's location to see for themselves, but the visions they encounter inside of it horrify and traumatize the both of them for several days. Tigtone then declares that no mortal man should ever set foot inside the door...for free. The two of them then set up an admissions booth and charge the people of Propecia to walk through the door and experience its horrors themselves.
5	5	"...and the Wizard Hunt"	Joseph Scrimshaw	Frederic Cristy, Sean Glaze, and Stanley Von Medvey	January 27, 2019 (2019-01-27)	TBA	N/A
Tigtone is rewarded for completing a quest by being transformed into a wizard. As he and Helpy marvel and delight in his newfound magical powers, Propecia prepares for its annual Wizard Hunt, during which an alignment of the land's many moons saps the land's magician community of its magical powers, rendering them mortal. Tigtone soon finds himself caught up in the middle of the hunt when his powers give out without warning, gravely injuring Helpy, who can no longer magically regenerate himself. Tigtone seeks refuge amongst a clan of wizards hiding out from the hunting parties, whose leader Crackers (Fred Willard) devises a plan to reroute all the magic sapped by Propecia's moons into the creation of a giant kaiju-like wizard. The giant wizard goes berserk and begins to destroy much of Propecia, during which Tigtone comes up with a new plan: Build a giant Tigtone to battle the wizard. With the assistance of the giant Tigtone the wizard is defeated, releasing all the collected magic back into Propecia's wizards, and into Helpy, who can now regenerate again.
6	6	"...and the Freaks of Love"	Patricia Villetto	Sean Glaze and Stanley Von Medvey	January 27, 2019 (2019-01-27)	TBA	N/A
Tigtone and Helpy enthusiastically answer the call to quest for a coven of centaurs. Tigtone's excitement turns to disappointment when he learns that his task is to locate the legendary Fertile Centaur (John Waters) and escort him back to the coven before sundown. Tigtone agrees, but angrily makes his disdain for the quest known at every opportunity, escort quests being Tigtone's least favorite. He and Helpy locate the Fertile Centaur, but find him a nuisance who stubbornly refuses to travel, and is very nearly killed multiple times. After Tigtone searches inward, he realizes that all of his quests have indirectly been escort quests, and fully dedicates himself to completing his task, which moves the Fertile Centaur into cooperation, before promptly dying from an allergic reaction to a bee sting, forcing Tigtone and Helpy to cobble together a makeshift fake Fertile Centaur to present to the coven.
7	7	"...and His Manless Match"	Andreas Trolf	Frederic Cristy, Sean Glaze, and Stanley Von Medvey	February 3, 2019 (2019-02-03)	TBA	N/A
8	8	"...and the Cemetery of the Dead"	Benjamin Martian	Frederic Cristy, Sean Glaze, and Stanley Von Medvey	February 3, 2019 (2019-02-03)	TBA	N/A
9	9	"...and the Singing Blade"	Benjamin Martian	Mike Carlo, Sean Glaze, and Stanley Von Medvey	February 10, 2019 (2019-02-10)	TBA	N/A
10	10	"...vs. Nothing"	Andrew Koehler	Mike Carlo, Sean Glaze, and Stanley Von Medvey	February 10, 2019 (2019-02-10)	TBA	N/A

Shorts (2014–15, 2019)

In addition to the main episodes, there have been twelve Tigtone's Journal shorts released on Babyhemyth Productions' YouTube channel (like The Begun of Tigtone, these predated the television series), and eight Dear Journal shorts released on Adult Swim's YouTube channel. With the exceptions of Entries # 6, 8, 9, and 10 of Tigtone's Journal, which are slightly over a minute long, each has a runtime of less than one minute.

References

Informational notes

External links

• Official website
• Tigtone at IMDb