Korgoth of Barbaria
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| Genre | Action Comedy |
| Creator(s) | 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 run | June 3, 2006 – present |
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Korgoth of Barbaria is an American animated television series created by Aaron Springer. The pilot episode first aired in the United States on June 3, 2006 at 12:30 AM (EST) on Adult Swim. On June 18, Adult Swim ran a bumper announcing Korgoth was officially picked up as a series. As of Comic Con 2006 the show has been scheduled to release sometime in spring of 2007.
The series follows the exploits of the title character 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. | ” |
Springer has also been a storyboard writer and director for Dexter's Laboratory,The Grim Adventures Of Billy And Mandy and Spongebob Squarepants.
[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] Episodes and Brief Synopsis
[edit] Season 1 (2006)
- Pilot - 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. He journeys with a group of Gog-Ma-Gogg's henchmen to Specules' castle. Many random fights take place during his journey and while travelling, he saves a buxom girl chained to a killer tree. He makes this girl his own (while the henchmen awkwardly wait behind the bushes) and continues on. The group reaches the castle, considerably smaller than when it had left. The wizard is not at his castle and is presumed dead according to information provided by Gog-Ma-Gogg. Korgoth's posse begins to plunder the castle while Korgoth goes to find the Golden Goblin. In the middle of their plunder Specules returns, explaining that he was on vacation. Specules uses his magic and kills many of the men and incapacitates the rest. Then Specules creates a monster made out of chewing gum to kill Korgoth. Korgoth defeats this monster with a little bit of difficulty. Specules uses his magic as a last resort against Korgoth, however he accidentily misses and kills Korgoth's girl. Angered, Korgoth takes a two-pronged candle stick holder and impales Specules through the eyes. However Specules survives this by magically transferring his head onto the dead girl's body and 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 comes with a prescription of many more and he is informed the elixir will take many seasons to take full effect. He is last seen walking away pulling a cart full of medicine bottles.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Examinationof Korgoth on DigitalMonkeyBox.com
- IMDB entry
- KorgothCentral.com a fansite
