Popzilla

{{short description|American adult animated sketch comedy television series}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox television

| image = Popzilla-logo.jpg

| genre = Sketch comedy
Black comedy
Parody
Satire

| runtime = 22 minutes approx.

| creator = R.J. Fried
Tim Hedrick
Jared Miller
Kevin Pedersen
Dave Thomas

| starring =

| opentheme =

| company = Animax Entertainment
MTV Production Development

| country = United States

| network = MTV

| first_aired = {{Start date|2009|09|27}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2009|10|16}}

| num_episodes = 12

}}

Popzilla is an American adult animated sketch comedy television series that aired on MTV.{{cite news|url=http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-28-2009/0005014809&EDATE=|title=MTV Programs to The Millennial Generation With Nine New Shows and Five Returning Series|publisher=PRNewswire|access-date=2009-04-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504222821/http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=%2Fwww%2Fstory%2F04-28-2009%2F0005014809&EDATE=|archive-date=2009-05-04|url-status=dead}} It premiered on September 27, 2009 following America's Best Dance Crew and ended on October 16 of the same year. The show is produced by Second City Television alum Dave Thomas and is an animated sketch comedy show focused on pop culture, celebrities, and famous figures. Each episode consists of about 30 sketches, each under a minute. Celebrities such as Britney Spears, Kevin Federline, Criss Angel and even fictional characters such as Harry Potter have all been targets in some of the early sketches released on YouTube.

Popzilla is animated in Flash by Animax Entertainment to provide for fast turnaround to cover celebrity news.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2009/digital/news/technology-keeps-tv-toons-topical-1118006778/|title=Technology keeps TV toons topical|first=Ellen|last=Wolff| work=Variety | date=July 31, 2009|access-date=February 22, 2022}}