Frisky Dingo

Frisky Dingo was created by 70/30 Productions, the same group of animators who worked on Sealab 2021. The show's name during development was Whiskey Tango. Because a band was already using the name, it was changed to Whiskey Tango Six. This name was determined not to be sufficiently distinct to avoid infringement suits, so the creators jokingly said they would call the show Frisky Dingo, and the name remained. In episode 113, Killface can be seen entering "Frisky Dingo" into the Annihilatrix launch terminal; this is mentioned in the second episode of the second season, where Sinn/Hooper remarks that "Frisky Dingo" is the launch code for the Annihilatrix.

According to an article in Atlanta Magazine, Whiskey Tango Six was going to be the name of the six-member superhero group on which the show focused, headed by husband and wife Jack and Grace Taggart.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dw8AAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA110 |title=The Making of Frisky Dingo |access-date=2006-12-24 |year=2006 |last=Heckert |first=Justin }} The team flew around in a spaceship called the Glennis. Killface was going to be the main villain, but not a major character. During revisions of the show's scripts, Killface became the focus of the show. When Whiskey Tango Six was replaced with Xander Crews/Awesome X and the Xtacles is not known.

The two main characters of the show are Killface, who is a naked, bone-white, red-eyed, earless, talon-toed, spur-heeled, {{convert|7|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}}, {{convert|440|lb|kg|abbr=on}}, hairless, muscular humanoid supervillain focused on destroying Earth with his invention, the Annihilatrix;{{cite web |last=Hagan |first=Merrill |author2=Macke, Liz |url=http://wiki.adultswim.com/xwiki/bin/Frisky+Dingo/Killface |title=Frisky Dingo - Killface |publisher=Adult Swim |date=2008-05-28 |access-date=2008-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208161556/http://wiki.adultswim.com/xwiki/bin/Frisky+Dingo/Killface |archive-date=2008-12-08 |url-status=dead }} and billionaire tycoon Xander Crews, who fights crime under the superhero alias Awesome X.{{cite web |last=Hagan |first=Merrill |author2=Eason, Jonas |url=http://wiki.adultswim.com/xwiki/bin/Frisky+Dingo/Awesome+X |title=Frisky Dingo - Awesome X |publisher=Adult Swim |date=2008-05-29 |access-date=2008-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208161546/http://wiki.adultswim.com/xwiki/bin/Frisky+Dingo/Awesome+X |archive-date=2008-12-08 |url-status=dead }} Both Killface and Xander are voiced by co-creator Adam Reed. The two have an ever-shifting relationship, changing from enemies to unwilling allies on many occasions.

Other major characters include Killface's son Simon – voiced by Christian Danley – an overweight, blond-haired, pale-skinned, sexually confused, teenaged Hannah Montana fan, who wears sweater vests and exhibits adolescent rebellion by muttering and breaking cereal bowls;{{cite web |last=Hagan |first=Merrill |url=http://wiki.adultswim.com/xwiki/bin/Frisky+Dingo/Simon |title=Frisky Dingo - Simon |publisher=Adult Swim |date=2008-05-13 |access-date=2008-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009113722/http://wiki.adultswim.com/xwiki/bin/Frisky+Dingo/Simon |archive-date=2008-10-09 |url-status=dead }} reporter Grace Ryan, former girlfriend of Xander Crews turned into Antagone, a toxic, radioactive ant-powered villainess; Sinn – voiced by Kelly Jenrette – later known as Hooper, originally Killface's sidekick and later his enemy;{{cite web |last=Hagan |first=Merrill |url=http://wiki.adultswim.com/xwiki/bin/Frisky+Dingo/Sinn |title=Frisky Dingo - Sinn |publisher=Adult Swim |date=2008-05-13 |access-date=2008-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081109073703/http://wiki.adultswim.com/xwiki/bin/Frisky+Dingo/Sinn |archive-date=2008-11-09 |url-status=dead }} and the Xtacles, Awesome X's team of easily distracted and remarkably inept, rocket-booted troops.{{cite web |last=Hagan |first=Merrill |author2=Eason, Jonas |url=http://wiki.adultswim.com/xwiki/bin/Frisky+Dingo/Xtacles |title=Frisky Dingo - Xtacles |publisher=Adult Swim |date=2008-05-13 |access-date=2008-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081109193103/http://wiki.adultswim.com/xwiki/bin/Frisky+Dingo/Xtacles |archive-date=2008-11-09 |url-status=dead }}

Frisky Dingo takes place primarily in and around a large city simply called "Town" or "the Town". Its actual name never being mentioned becomes a running joke throughout the series. Despite its lack of a specific name, maps of "Town" are featured throughout the series, which closely resemble interstate roadmaps of the city of Atlanta, Georgia, where 70/30 Studios, producers of Frisky Dingo, were based. Additional evidence for "Town" being Atlanta is the presence of buildings suspiciously resembling the Cotton Mill Lofts (a location that at one time housed production operations for 70/30) burning in the second episode, "Meet Awesome-X". Also, in the episode where Killface is pandering to the African American church congregation, he is wearing what looks like Michael Vick's Atlanta Falcons football jersey.

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The first season of Frisky Dingo follows the adversarial relationship between the villainous Killface, who aspires to strike fear into humankind before he drives the Earth into the Sun with his Annihilatrix, and Awesome X, the secret superhero identity of multibillionaire Xander Crews, who dreads retiring after having defeated the last known supervillain.

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| Title = Meet Killface{{cite web|url=https://www.adultswim.com/videos/frisky-dingo|title=Watch Full Episodes of Frisky Dingo Now on Adult Swim|website=Adultswim.com|access-date=October 2, 2020}}

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|10|15}}

| ProdCode = 101

| EpisodeNumber = 1

| EpisodeNumber2 = 1

| ShortSummary = Killface reveals his plan to drive the Earth into the Sun, and forces the marketing staff he kidnapped to help him market the plan.

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| Title = Meet Awesome-X

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|10|22}}

| ProdCode = 102

| EpisodeNumber = 2

| EpisodeNumber2 = 2

| ShortSummary = Having dispatched the last supervillain, superhero Awesome X (Xander Crews) searches for ways to avoid retiring his hero persona and having to actually work at running his company.

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{{Episode list

| Title = Pimp My Revenue

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|10|29}}

| ProdCode = 103

| EpisodeNumber = 3

| EpisodeNumber2 = 3

| ShortSummary = Thrilled at the prospect of a new supervillain to exploit and market, Xander sets his plans for Killface in motion. Killface, whose direct marketing of his plan to destroy the world has been unexpectedly successful (although for the reason being a snafu involving a typo), finds himself with the opportunity to appear on a morning talk show, which doesn't go the way he planned.

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| Title = XPO

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|11|5}}

| ProdCode = 104

| EpisodeNumber = 4

| EpisodeNumber2 = 4

| ShortSummary = Killface is in desperate need of some cash, so when a mysterious fax arrives announcing an inventor's expo with a $12 billion prize, he decides to enter the Annihilatrix. However, the expo is staged by Xander Crews, who hopes to trick Killface into signing over his action figure rights.

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{{Episode list

| Title = Kidnapped!

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|11|12}}

| ProdCode = 105

| EpisodeNumber = 5

| EpisodeNumber2 = 5

| ShortSummary = Killface, desperate for cash and revenge, enacts a plan to find and kidnap billionaire Xander Crews. Meanwhile, Crews, still after action figure rights, enacts a plan to find and bribe Killface. Meanwhile, Grace Ryan's life hangs by her microphone's cord.

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{{Episode list

| Title = Emergency Room

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|11|19}}

| ProdCode = 106

| EpisodeNumber = 6

| EpisodeNumber2 = 6

| ShortSummary = The entire Dingo gang, grievously injured in the collapse of the Annihilatrix's catwalk, have all ended up in the same emergency room, and Killface has to deal with a lapsed health insurance plan and a very rude customer service telephone rep.

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{{Episode list

| Title = Meet Antagone

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|11|26}}

| ProdCode = 107

| EpisodeNumber = 7

| EpisodeNumber2 = 7

| ShortSummary = As Killface searches for Xander Crews, radioactive ants begin to take over Grace Ryan's mind and she transforms into voluptuous, ant-controlling supervillain Antagone, who has a hatred for Xander Crews. Antagone fights Killface during a bank robbery, blinding him with formic acid. Meanwhile, Crews is kidnapped by the Xtacles.

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{{Episode list

| Title = Blind Faith

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|12|3}}

| ProdCode = 108

| EpisodeNumber = 8

| EpisodeNumber2 = 8

| ShortSummary = Xander Crews copes with being broke and Xtacle-less, while Killface struggles with being blind.

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{{Episode list

| Title = The Odd Couple

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|12|10}}

| ProdCode = 109

| EpisodeNumber = 9

| EpisodeNumber2 = 9

| ShortSummary = Xander Crews, using the name Barnaby Jones, moves in with Killface; Simon runs away with all the knives; and Stan, posing as Awesome X, orders the Xtacles to find and kill Xander Crews.

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{{Episode list

| Title = Flowers for Nearl

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|12|17}}

| ProdCode = 110

| EpisodeNumber = 10

| EpisodeNumber2 = 10

| ShortSummary = The Xtacles find a replacement hostage for Xander Crews – his mentally retarded twin brother, Nearl. However, made intelligent through an experimental brain chemical, Nearl decides to reveal a little family history about the Crews brothers that would've made things complicated.

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{{Episode list

| Title = The Grate Escape

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|1|7}}

| ProdCode = 111

| EpisodeNumber = 11

| EpisodeNumber2 = 11

| ShortSummary = Killface and Crews attempt to sneak into the lair of criminal kingpin Torpedo Vegas in order to save Simon.

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{{Episode list

| Title = Penultimate Fighting

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|1|14}}

| ProdCode = 112

| EpisodeNumber = 12

| EpisodeNumber2 = 12

| ShortSummary = Killface and Crews are captured by Torpedo Vegas and forced to fight to the death, gladiator-style, in lieu of the regular rabbit fights.

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{{Episode list

| Title = Thrust Issues

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|1|21}}

| ProdCode = 113

| EpisodeNumber = 13

| EpisodeNumber2 = 13

| ShortSummary = Killface and Crews attempt to return to their lives amidst multiple betrayals, but have one last score to settle with each other.

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At the beginning of the second season, Killface is taking credit for "curing" global warming due to the Annihilatrix having moved the Earth a total of three feet further from the Sun before it malfunctioned, and has decided to run for President of the United States. Xander Crews follows suit, reforming his company and launching his own presidential campaign.

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| Title = Behold a Dark Horse

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|8|26}}

| ProdCode = 201

| EpisodeNumber = 14

| EpisodeNumber2 = 1

| ShortSummary = The Annihilatrix malfunctions moments after being initiated, moving the Earth three feet away from the Sun and ending global warming. Instead of destroying the world, Killface decides to play the global warming card and run for the office of President of the United States.

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{{Episode list

| Title = The Opposition

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|9|2}}

| ProdCode = 202

| EpisodeNumber = 15

| EpisodeNumber2 = 2

| ShortSummary = Following the incident on the Annihilatrix, Xander Crews is found to be living in financial ruin behind an RV dealership. Running an 'outreach center' made from cardboard boxes, Xander offers services such as boiling used hypodermic needles and selling them back to the homeless. Upon hearing of Killface's candidacy for President, Xander decides to run against him after revealing that he had the check for his vast fortune in his possession the entire time.

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{{Episode list

| Title = The Issues

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|9|9}}

| ProdCode = 203

| EpisodeNumber = 16

| EpisodeNumber2 = 3

| ShortSummary = Xander proposes Fred Dryer as his running mate after gaining the Republican nomination for President. Aboard his new campaign jet (as opposed to Killface's campaign bus), Crews outlines his proposals to improve education and alleviate illegal immigration.

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{{Episode list

| Title = The Image Problem

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|9|16}}

| ProdCode = 204

| EpisodeNumber = 17

| EpisodeNumber2 = 4

| ShortSummary = Xander and Killface both try to improve their images by going duck hunting, which Xander cannot distinguish from his annual panda hunt, but the two manage to reconnect when they get lost after an assassination ploy by Valerie.

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{{Episode list

| Title = The Miracle

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|9|23}}

| ProdCode = 205

| EpisodeNumber = 18

| EpisodeNumber2 = 5

| ShortSummary = After Valerie miraculously fails at another assassination attempt, Killface finds God and quickly ruins his campaign. Upon hearing that Simon is a homosexual, Killface renounces Christianity as a missile strikes him in the chest.

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{{Episode list

| Title = The Middle

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|9|30}}

| ProdCode = 206

| EpisodeNumber = 19

| EpisodeNumber2 = 6

| ShortSummary = Killface begins to recuperate after the rocket incident while Xander again attempts to recruit Fred Dryer as his running mate, only to find that Sinn has taken over the Xtacles.

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{{Episode list

| Title = The Debate

|RTitle = (Parts 1 and 2)

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|10|7}}

| ProdCode = 207
208

| EpisodeNumber = 20
21

| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
8

| ShortSummary = Killface plans for the upcoming debate with Dottie, while Wendell looks into alternative campaign funds. Awesome X finds himself a prisoner along with Ronnie on board Xcalibur. While Killface prepares for the presidential debate, Xander makes a few stops with Ronnie before he arrives. Both Xander and Killface come to realize that neither of them is qualified or allowed to run for the presidency due to constitutional provisions they have both overlooked. Killface decides to follow up on his original plan to destroy the world.

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{{Episode list

| Title = A Take on 'Hooper'

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|3|2}}

| ProdCode = 209

| EpisodeNumber = 22

| EpisodeNumber2 = 9

| ShortSummary = Sinn and her 'Sisterhood of Chaos' (consisting of Valerie, Antagone, Watley, and the Decepticles, formerly the Xtacles) claim the Annihilatrix as their own, holding the world hostage. President Taqu'il, Xander, and Killface separately plan their own offensives to stop them.

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{{Episode list

| Title = Wendell Goes Undercover Again

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|3|9}}

| ProdCode = 210

| EpisodeNumber = 23

| EpisodeNumber2 = 10

| ShortSummary = Killface and Simon attempt to repair the burnt couplings on the Annihilatrix, while Stan and Taquil attempt an escape from their shot-down plane. Sinn and Valerie ask Watley to kill Antagone, while Wendell is sent by Xander to kill the giant ant baby. Both Wendell and Watley inadvertently fall in love with Antagone.

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{{Episode list

| Title = Cody Gains a Namesake

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|3|16}}

| ProdCode = 211

| EpisodeNumber = 24

| EpisodeNumber2 = 11

| ShortSummary = Valerie shoots Sinn and frames Wendell and Arthur. Xander learns he has an illegitimate daughter; when she comes to visit after her mother dies from cancer, Xander bribes her never to contact him again. Wendell decapitates Arthur when he tries to propose to Antagone. Antagone finally gives birth to her monster ant baby, which commits matricide by eating her head.

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{{Episode list

| Title = Differences are Put Slightly Aside

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|3|23}}

| ProdCode = 212

| EpisodeNumber = 25

| EpisodeNumber2 = 12

| ShortSummary = Wendell names the monster ant baby 'Cody 2' and rides it around town achieving orgasms on its back along the way. Everybody else races to the Annihilatrix, while the Deceptacles make a stew out of Arthur's decapitated body in the motel swimming pool. After killing Cody 2, Killface's alien brethren (including his mother) arrive to inquire about why the Earth has not yet been annihilated and why he is not wearing any clothes, to which Killface replies, "Funny story."

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In Canada, Frisky Dingo previously aired on Teletoon's Teletoon at Night block,{{cite news|title=Teletoon skeds 13 new shows for fall|url=https://mediaincanada.com/2007/08/01/teltoon-20070801/|date=August 1, 2007|access-date=September 20, 2020}} and currently airs on the Canadian version of Adult Swim.{{cite news|title=Adult Swim (Canada) November 2015 Programming Highlights|url=https://www.corusent.com/news/adult-swim-canada-november-2015-programming-highlights/|date=October 27, 2015|access-date=September 20, 2020}}

The Xtacles is a spin-off from Frisky Dingo in which the Xtacles, Xander Crews' private army, take a lead role. The series revolves around the Xtacles' lack of direction following the abduction of their leader by aliens at the end of Frisky Dingo. They take on random missions from President Stan, who returns from the previous series. The series premiered its only two episodes on November 9, 2008.

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| EpisodeNumber = 1

| Title = Operation: Mountain Punch

| DirectedBy = Mack Williams & Matt Thompson

| WrittenBy = Christian Danley & Casey Willis

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|11|9}}

| ProdCode = 101

| ShortSummary =

Paralyzed by a lack of leadership, The Xtacles struggle with the decision to decide about future decisions. Meanwhile, terrorists are systematically destroying the Rocky Mountains. Evil President Stan has no choice but to call on the Xtacles to stop the destruction of America's Favorite Mountain Range.

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| EpisodeNumber = 2

| Title = Operation: Murderous Conclusions

| DirectedBy = Mack Williams & Matt Thompson

| WrittenBy = Christian Danley & Casey Willis

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|11|9}}

| ProdCode = 102

| ShortSummary = The Xtacles are called upon once again by Evil President Stan to solve the mystery of who "desecrated" the President's extravagant new statue. Using their typical mix of rash judgment, and murderous conclusions, the Xtacles pin the crime on an innocent man. Case Closed.

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