Butch Hartman

Butch Hartman
Full name	Elmer Earl Hartman IV
Nickname(s)	Butch
Gender	Male
Current home	Bell Canyon, California
Born	(1965-01-10) January 10, 1965
Born in	Highland Park, Michigan
Family
Children	Carly Sophia
Spouse	Julieann Hartman
Behind the scenes
Occupation	Producer Writer Director Storyboard artist Composer Voice actor
Website	https://twitter.com/realhartman

Butch Hartman is the creator of the TV show Danny Phantom. He has also served as a writer, producer, director, and storyboard artist for the show, and is a composer of its theme song.

He has worked on other shows as well, but he is most famous for the four shows he created: Danny Phantom, T.U.F.F. Puppy, The Fairly OddParents, and Bunsen is a Beast.

Credits

Ep #	Episode Title	Credit
Season 1
1	Mystery Meat	Writer, storyboard artist, director
2	Parental Bonding	Director
3	One of a Kind	Writer, storyboard artist, director
4	Attack of the Killer Garage Sale	Director
5	Splitting Images	Writer, Director
6	What You Want	Director
7	Bitter Reunions	Director
8	Prisoners of Love	Director
9	My Brother's Keeper	Director
10	Shades of Gray	Director
11	Fanning the Flames	Director
12	Teacher of the Year	Storyboard artist, director
13	Fright Knight	Storyboard artist, director
14	13	Director
15	Public Enemies	Director
16	Lucky in Love	Storyboard artist, Director
17	Maternal Instinct	Storyboard artist, director
18	Life Lessons	Storyboard artist, director
19	The Million Dollar Ghost	Storyboard artist, director
20	Control Freaks	Storyboard artist, director
Season 2
21	Memory Blank	Storyboard artist, director
22	Doctor's Disorders	Storyboard artist, director
23	Pirate Radio	Storyboard artist, director
24-25	Reign Storm	Storyboard artist, director
26	Identity Crisis	Storyboard artist, director
27	The Fenton Menace	Storyboard artist, director
28-29	The Ultimate Enemy	Storyboard artist, director
30	The Fright Before Christmas	Storyboard artist, director
31	Secret Weapons	Storyboard artist, director
32	Flirting With Disaster	Storyboard artist, director
33	Micro Management	Storyboard artist, director
34	Beauty Marked	Storyboard artist, director
35	King Tuck	Storyboard artist, director
36	Masters of All Time	Storyboard artist, director
37	Kindred Spirits	Storyboard artist, director
38	Double Cross My Heart	Storyboard artist, director
39-40	Reality Trip	Storyboard artist, director
Season 3
41	Eye for an Eye	Storyboard artist, director
42	Infinite Realms	Writer, storyboard artist, director
43	Girls' Night Out	Storyboard artist, director
44	Torrent of Terror	Writer, Storyboard artist, director
45	Forever Phantom	Writer, Storyboard artist, director
46	Urban Jungle	Writer, storyboard artist, director
47	Livin' Large	Storyboard artist, director
48	Boxed Up Fury	Storyboard artist, director
49	Frightmare	Storyboard artist, director
50	Claw of the Wild	Storyboard artist, director
51	D-Stabilized	Storyboard artist, director
52-53	Phantom Planet	Writer, storyboard artist, director

Trivia

Avatar Aang by Butch Hartman

• Butch has drawn Avatar Aang and many other Nickelodeon characters in his art style.
• Butch Hartman is friends with Seth MacFarlane, creator of three animated shows on Fox. They met while working at Hana Barbara.^{[citation needed]}
• In a video on his YouTube channel, Butch listed his top 5 favorite Danny Phantom episodes (in no particular order) as:
  1. Maternal Instinct
  2. Kindred Spirits
  3. Fanning the Flames
  4. The Ultimate Enemy
  5. Phantom Planet
• His favorite movies and heroes are:^{[citation needed]}
  • Superman: The Movie, starring Christopher Reeve
  • Spiderman films and the X-Men films
  • The only Batman film he likes is Batman Begins with Christian Bale.
  • Star Wars, the first three films
  • Back to the Future

Original Art

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External Links

• Butch's Youtube Channel
• Butch Hartman's Twitter
• Butch Hartman's Tumblr
• Butch Hartman's Wikipedia page
• Butch Hartman's page on IMDb