Korgoth of Barbaria
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| Format | Action Comedy |
| Created by | Aaron Springer Genndy Tartakovsky |
| Starring | Diedrich Bader Corey Burton Craig Raisner Tom Kenny |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 1 |
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| Executive producer(s) |
Aaron Springer |
| Running time | 22 minutes approx. |
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| Original channel | Cartoon Network (US) |
| Original airing | June 3, 2006 |
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Korgoth of Barbaria is an American animated television series created by Aaron Springer, storyboard writer and director for Dexter's Laboratory, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Spongebob Squarepants. The pilot episode first aired in the United States on June 3, 2006 at 12:30 AM (EST) on Adult Swim. On June 18, 2006, Adult Swim ran a bumper announcing Korgoth was officially picked up as a series.
As of Comic Con 2006 the show was scheduled to release sometime in spring of 2007. However, as of December 29th, 2007, the only mention of the show on the Adult Swim website is an intro graphic with the words "you couldn't handle more than one anyway."
The series follows the exploits of the eponymous Korgoth (voiced by actor Diedrich Bader), and parodies Conan the Barbarian, as well as the sword and sorcery subgenre in general. The show is set in a post-apocalyptic world where sorcery and the remnants of technology exist simultaneously, similar to Thundarr the Barbarian. The heavy metal/thrash metal musical theme is composed by Lee Holdridge.
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[edit] Summary
From the Adult Swim website:
| “ | In a dark future wasteland, the great cities have risen and fallen, primordial beasts have reclaimed the wilderness and thieves and savages populate sparse, dirty towns. From the frozen north emerges a warrior known as Korgoth, and his merciless savagery may be his only key to survival. Korgoth of Barbaria is an animated fantasy-action-adventure-comedy from Aaron Springer. The half-hour pilot aired on September 25th at 11:00PM EDT. | ” |
[edit] Characters
- Korgoth - voiced by Diedrich Bader
- Narrator - voiced by Corey Burton
- Specules - voiced by Corey Burton
- Gog-Ma-Gogg - voiced by Craig Raisner
- Stink/Scrotus/various others - voiced by John DiMaggio
- Hargon/various others - voiced by Tom Kenny
- Orala - voiced by Susan Spano
[edit] Episode list
[edit] Season 1: 2006
| EP# | Title | Airdate | Prod. code |
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| 1 | "Pilot" | June 3, 2006 | 101 |
| Korgoth is infected with a deadly parasite by Gog-Ma-Gogg and extorted to steal an item known as "The Golden Goblin of the Fourth Age" from the wizard Specules, whom Gog believes to be dead. He journeys with a group of Gog-Ma-Gogg's henchmen to Specules' castle, picking up a girl and killing several things along the way. The group reaches the castle, considerably smaller than when it had left, and begin to plunder it. As Korgoth searches for the Golden Goblin, Specules returns, explaining that he was on vacation. Specules uses his magic to kill or incapacitate all but Korgoth, who proves largely immune to the ridiculous creatures the wizard conjures. As a last resort, Specules uses his magic on directly against Korgoth; however, he is knocked off-balance and accidentally kills Korgoth's girl. Angered, Korgoth takes a two-pronged candle stick holder and impales Specules through the eyes, only to find that the wizard has magically transferred his head onto the dead girl's body. Specules proceeds to fly out the window. Korgoth returns to Gog-Ma-Gogg with the Golden Goblin (a simple modern-age novelty item) and gets the elixir for the deadly parasite, though the elixir takes many seasons to take effect. He is last seen walking away, pulling a cart full of medicine bottles. | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- IMDB entry
- Korgoth Central the first fan site for the show.
- Bring Back Korgoth! a petition to bring back the show.
