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Calling all animation fans to help us make new episodes of our Happy Tree Friends spin-off action series, Ka-Pow!

 S.O.S. from the Mondo Art Department trenches!

We've had an amazing 11 year run of Happy Tree Friends, the most watched animated series on YouTube. Our cute and bloody show has garnered everything from a TV show to key-chains and everything in between.

The creator, Kenn Navarro and other malcontents within the Mondo regime, wanting to take HTF to another level, developed a spin-off series with more action, adventure and bloodshed. Thus was born "Ka-Pow!", the animation work force managed to lob a few amazing episodes over the fence to great fanfare.

The fans love the episodes and crave more, (click the thumbnails above to watch some episodes and you'll see what we mean) but we haven’t been able to feed their hunger for them any more. When we ask to make more, our oppressive overlords turn us down and tell us that there's not enough "ka-ching!" to make new episodes.

We all want more animation! We need a new way of doing things! We need our own uprising... our rebellion... our...REVOLUTION!!!

So we are putting the call out to all the fans! Stand up and be heard! Stand up and... KICKSTART THE KA-POW REVOLUTION!

Our goal is to enlist the fans to help us make a new KA-POW! episode and vote for the character they want to star in the episode.  (not to mention sending a message to the authorities about the importance of making new episodes!) 

Pledge at any level you want! Supporters of the uprising will receive various gifts as our thanks.

Pledging at the "SOLDIER" and "OFFICER" levels will enable you to vote for your favorite character. If we reach our goal, the character with the most votes gets animated!  

But wait, there's more! We'll make as many episodes as YOU want to fund! Double the goal and we'll make another episode of the second most popular character. Triple it and we'll do all three!

THE KA-POWER IS IN YOUR HANDS

You decide how many episodes we make AND which ones we make, not to mention the official propaFANda gifts described below!

Pledge $1 or more

Let your voice be heard! The people want more Ka-Pow! With a pledge amount of $1 or more and you will get our undying gratitude for supporting the cause. PLUS

  • The Digital Download Pack (laptop and mobile wallpapers, avatars and a super secret Ka-Pow Revolutionary Membership certificate)

 

Pledge $29 or more(international orders please add US $6)

Everyone’s voice gets to be heard but now your vote gets to be counted. Welcome to the voting class!

All SOLDIERS get:

  • The Digital Download Pack

PLUS

  • A VOTE.  Make sure you pick the Soldier Level for the character you want to win. You can vote for Flippy, Splendid or Buddhist Monkey.  
  • A backer exclusive, special edition, Ka-Pow T-shirt starring the character you voted for. Not available anywhere else! Let everyone at the victory parade know who you voted for! (victory parade is entirely optional and is your responsibility). Don't worry, you will still receive the shirt of your choice despite the outcome of the votes. (Please specify size at check out)
  • 3 Ka-Pow Revolution propaganda postcards to get the word out.
  • An 11x17 Ka-Pow  Revolution propaganda poster starring character you voted for. Hang it on the wall in protest!
  • Recognition as a SOLDIER on the HTF website

 

Pledge $199 or more (international orders please add US $6)

Now your voice is heard, your vote is counted and your name goes down in history!

All OFFICERS get:

  • The Digital download pack
  • The awesome shirt as described above. You will receive the shirt of your choice despite the outcome of the votes. (Please specify size at check out)
  • The 3 Ka-Pow Revolution Propaganda postcards
  • The 11x17 Ka-Pow Revolution propaganda poster signed by show creator, Kenn Navarro  
  • Recognition as an OFFICER on the HTF website.
  • A VOTE for Flippy, Splendid or Buddhist Monkey.  Make sure you pick the Officer Level for the character you want to win.

PLUS

  • Your name in the credits! (Please specify how you want to be credited at check out. Potty mouths will be given dishonorable discharges)
  • Access to behind-the-scenes movies, art and other media during production.
  • Access to special “backers only” sneak preview of the episode before it goes live to the unwashed masses.
  • Digital HD download of finished episode! Show all your friends and tell them, "I helped make that!"



Pledge $4,999 or more

Topple the current regime and you become the NEW Dictator! That’s right, you will get Executive Producer Credits in the show (on credits and Wikipedia and imdb etc) and some of the privileges that come with the title like help naming the episode and be involved with the team on other decisions at key steps in the production. We'll be taking orders from you! Will you be benevolent or evil?

All DICTATORS get: 

  • The Digital download pack.
  • All three T-shirts! (Please specify size at check out.)
  • The 3 Ka-Pow Revolution Propaganda postcards.
  • All three signed11x17 Ka-Pow  Revolution propaganda posters
  • Recognition as a DICTATOR on the HTF website.
  • Access to behind-the-scenes movies, art and other media during production.
  • Access to special “backers only” sneak preview of the episode before it goes live to the unwashed masses.
  • Digital HD download of finished episode! Show all your friends and tell them, "I TOLD them to make that!"

PLUS

  • Your name as Executive Producer in the credits! (Please specify how you want to be credited at check out. Potty mouths will be given dishonorable discharges).
  • Executive Producer production meetings with production team at key points during production
  • The Entire Happy Tree Friends DVD catalog (HTF: Overkill which contains the First Blood DVD, Second Serving DVD and Third Strike DVD plus bonus content. In addition, you'll get the Winter Break Special DVD and the full first Season of Happy Tree Friends TV show. Close to 20, mind-numbing hours of content!
  • Original production art/sketch from the episode framed and signed by the creator, Kenn Navarro.
  • An original, one-of-a-kind 24”x24” fine art painting on canvas featuring the Ka-Pow character of your choice by show creator, Kenn Navarro!



Thank you for responding to our S.O.S. (Save Our Show!)

Join us, and let's draw some blood!

M.A.D. (Mondo Art Department)

FAQ

  • Yeah, sorry to everyone who might be confused about this. It was a bit tricky trying to set up the pledge module over there>. So, basically, at the Soldier or Officer levels, YOUR PLEDGE IS YOUR VOTE. Right after the level name will be the character name for that level. For example, if you wanted to pledge at the Soldier level and vote for Flippy, you would go to the level that says " SOLDIER LEVEL - FLIPPY" I f you wanted to pledge at the Officer level and vote for Flippy you would click on " SOLDIER LEVEL - FLIPPY" , and so on. So just make sure you are clicking on the level that has your favorite character's name on it!

    Last updated: Thursday Apr 21, 8:09pm EDT
  • Well, yes it is quite a bit isn't it? To be honest, we were a little shocked ourselves. But when you consider KickStarter takes 5%, then Amazon takes about 5% right off the top, then after the cost of designing and making all the pledge gifts as well as shipping them to all the revolutionaries we wind up with about half ,give or take, of the goal amount to do all steps involved with getting the fans a new episode.

    Last updated: Thursday Apr 21, 8:13pm EDT
  • Yes it is a good chunk of change and one of the reasons we have not been able to do new episodes ourselves. But watch one of the episodes, any of the Ka-Pow! or Happy Tree Friends episode and take a good look at the credits. You can see that there are a lot of really talented designers, directors, writers, animators, musicians and tech people involved with making an episode. I guess the reason it is so much, in a nutshell, is that we want to use people for those roles who are not only top-notch talents but passionate about the show and work hard to make it a great piece of animation. And just as important, we believe those people should get paid a fair rate for the awesome level of work that they do.

    Last updated: Thursday Apr 21, 8:13pm EDT
  • When the project successfully funds, then we will be sending you a survey with all the questions we will need answered in order to process your gift package. That is where you can tell us the shirt size and mailing address etc.

    Last updated: Thursday Apr 21, 8:13pm EDT
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Funding Unsuccessful This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on May 30, 2011.

Funding period
Apr 15, 2011 - May 30, 2011 (45 days)

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  • Pledge $1 or more

    17 backers

    PROTESTER LEVEL ........................... Support the cause and receive the Digital Download Pack (see left for gift details)

  • Pledge $29 or more

    31 backers

    SOLDIER LEVEL - FLIPPY ..................... VOTE FOR FLIPPY and get gifts including the FLIPPY T-shirt and poster! (see left for gift details)

  • Pledge $29 or more

    7 backers

    SOLDIER LEVEL - SPLENDID .................. VOTE FOR SPLENDID and get gifts including the SPLENDID T-shirt and poster! (see left for gift details)

  • Pledge $29 or more

    24 backers

    SOLDIER LEVEL - BUDDHIST MONKEY VOTE FOR BUDDHIST MONKEY and get gifts including the BUDDHIST MONKEY T-shirt and poster! (see left for gift details)

  • Pledge $199 or more

    3 backers

    OFFICER LEVEL - FLIPPY ..................... VOTE FOR FLIPPY and get gifts including the FLIPPY T-shirt, poster and your name in the CREDITS! (see left for gift details)

  • Pledge $199 or more

    1 backer

    OFFICER LEVEL - SPLENDID ............... VOTE FOR SPLENDID and get gifts including the SPLENDID T-shirt, poster and your name in the CREDITS! (see left for gift details)

  • Pledge $199 or more

    0 backers

    OFFICER LEVEL - BUDDHIST MONKEY VOTE FOR BUDDHIST MONKEY and get gifts including the BUDDHIST MONKEY T-shirt, poster and your name in the CREDITS! (see left for gift details)

  • Pledge $4,999 or more

    0 backers

    DICTATOR LEVEL ............................... Take over and call some shots as an Executive Producer and get ALL 3 SHIRTS, ALL 3 posters and EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CREDITS! (see left for gift details)