# Has anybody seen Spawn: the animated series?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-seen-spawn-the-animated-series/53312
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [February 6, 2001, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-seen-spawn-the-animated-series/53312 "2001-02-06T04:16:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RocknRoll_Killing_Machine)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2001, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-seen-spawn-the-animated-series/53312/1 "2001-02-06T04:16:14Z")
I viewed the year one and two recently. I was impressed, I hope other series like this will be created because of this.
What did you think?
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### Author:  [@robgruver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robgruver)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2001, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-seen-spawn-the-animated-series/53312/2 "2001-02-06T04:39:59Z")
I liked it personally, and I am not a fan of the comics (too gritty for me). I have always been a fan of adult animation (Heavy Metal, American Pop, South Park to a degree) and this fits in nicely.
I can only hope that HBO keeps it up.
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### Author:  [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2001, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-seen-spawn-the-animated-series/53312/3 "2001-02-06T05:59:18Z")
I thought it was pretty kick ass myself. I watched the first 2 seasons before leaving for college and now that they don’t HBO up here I cannot watch it anymore. Damn that sucks actually now that I think about it.
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### Author:  [@RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RocknRoll_Killing_Machine)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2001, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-seen-spawn-the-animated-series/53312/4 "2001-02-06T07:07:24Z")
Blockbuster, et al. rents 2.5 hour tapes of each year. You should be abe to find year three on tape somewhere.
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### Author:  [@absoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/absoul)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2001, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-seen-spawn-the-animated-series/53312/5 "2001-02-06T09:01:11Z")
I tried to record all the episodes the first year but… I am just to lazy.
Very good series. Picked up the DVD’s the other day at Best Buy.
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### Author:  [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2001, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-seen-spawn-the-animated-series/53312/6 "2001-02-06T12:33:13Z")
Looks like series 4 maybe a series or a full length movie. Either way, MacFarlane will likely go straight to video from what I’ve heard.
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### Author:  [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2001, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-seen-spawn-the-animated-series/53312/7 "2001-02-07T06:37:28Z")
Love it. Totally. When the series first aired, I scheduled my weekend around it. At least twice I rushed home from the bar I was in to watch _Spawn_ then returned afterwards.
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### Author:  [@RickQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickQ)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2001, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-seen-spawn-the-animated-series/53312/8 "2001-02-08T00:07:29Z")
I have not seen the Spawn animated series on the tv (I am in the UK, so it prolly hasn’t aired) but I have the first few videos. They came out a while ago, but I have missed the last few cause I have been broke. I also bought the comic books (not the individual comics). I love them both. The live film sucked though.
Rick
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### Author:  [@Heath\_Doolin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heath_Doolin)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2001, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-seen-spawn-the-animated-series/53312/9 "2001-02-08T08:58:29Z")
Then you won’t be happy to hear this
Ol spawnie is supposed to have a sequel…
I agree with you assessment. The comic was good (to a point) and the animated series ripped the tits. MacFarlene animation is about the best out there right now - they did the Korn and Pearl Jam vids as well.
Todd though is killin me. I have met him personally at least 4 or 5 times and he is egomanical. Sure he has a great comic and all, but man is he is becoming Jerry Lewis.
I dunno, maybe he calmed down a bit since I last saw him at a con.