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*Video Mods*
Video Mods
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Created by	Tony Shiff
Directed by	Kris Renkewitz; Frank Drucker; Benjamin Porcari
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	6 (40 music videos)
Production
Executive producers	Alex Coletti; Tony Shiff
Producers	Parrish Gust; Greg Lontkowski
Editors	Terry Schwartz; Ron Douglas; John Laskas
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Big Bear Entertainment; IBC Entertainment
Original release
Network	MTV2
Release	September 18, 2004 –; July 22, 2005

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Video Mods is an animated television series that aired on MTV2 which made music videos for existing songs featuring video game characters and assets. It was created by Tony Shiff of Big Bear Entertainment in 2003. A pilot aired in December 2003, having been underwritten by Electronic Arts. It was a form of branded entertainment, as the pilot featured characters from their games SSX 3, The Sims 2 and Need for Speed: Most Wanted.

In 2004, MTV2 Head of Programming Alex Coletti commissioned four new episodes which aired that fall. The pilot and all 2004 episodes were produced and directed by Shiff, with Animation Director Kris Renkewitz. In 2005, additional episodes were animated by IBC Digital and Elektrashock.

MTV never cleared the music rights for any purposes beyond their television airings, and for several years, a majority of the episodes have become lost media. In 2022, all of the episodes were unofficially available to view on YouTube, as well as various other sites.

Music videos

Game(s)	Band/Artist	Song
NBA Street V3	Beastie Boys	"Oh Word?"
Medal of Honor: European Assault	Yellowcard	"Only One"
SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants!	Blink-182	"All the Small Things"
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith	Franz Ferdinand	"Take Me Out"
Death Jr.	My Chemical Romance	"I'm Not Okay (I Promise)"
Destroy All Humans!	Sum 41	"Pieces"
Darkwatch	Good Charlotte	"Predictable"
Dungeon Lords	Hoobastank	"The Reason"
Fight Night Round 2	Ying Yang Twins	"What's Happenin!"
Fight Club	Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz	"Get Low"
Half-Life 2	Breaking Benjamin	"So Cold"
The Sims 2	Fountains of Wayne	"Stacy's Mom"
BloodRayne 2	Evanescence	"Everybody's Fool"
Outlaw Golf 2	The Darkness	"I Believe in a Thing Called Love"
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude	Black Eyed Peas	"Shut Up"
BloodRayne 2, Jade Empire, Tribes: Vengeance, and Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude	The Vines	"Ride (The Vines song)"
Tribes: Vengeance	The Von Bondies	"C'mon C'mon (The Von Bondies song)"
Dawn and Dusk	Evanescence	"Bring Me to Life"
Lineage II	The Killers	"Mr. Brightside"
Need for Speed: Most Wanted	T.I.	"Do Ya Thing"
BloodRayne 2, Jade Empire, Tribes: Vengeance, and Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude	New Found Glory	"All Downhill from Here"
Star Wars: Battlefront II	Foo Fighters	"DOA"
SSX 3	Missy Elliott feat. Ludacris	"Gossip Folks"
SSX 3, The Sims 2, Tribes: Vengeance, and The Urbz: Sims in the City	Black Eyed Peas	"Let's Get It Started"
Jade Empire	Christina Milian	"Dip It Low"
Juiced	Jimmy Eat World	"Pain"
Silent Hill 4: The Room	Taking Back Sunday	"This Photograph Is Proof (I Know You Know)"
Indigo Prophecy	Queens of the Stone Age	"Little Sister"
Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 3, Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2, Karaoke Revolution Party	Ciara featuring Missy Elliott	"1, 2 Step"
SSX 3, The Sims 2, Unreal Tournament 2003, Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness, Sonic Heroes, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, Tony Hawk's Underground 2, Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy, Crash Bandicoot, SpongeBob SquarePants, Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude, and others	VG Unity	"Stand and Choose"
SWAT 4	The Used	"Take It Away"
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse	Unwritten Law	"Save Me (Wake Up Call)"
Sid Meier's Pirates!	The All-American Rejects	"Dirty Little Secret"
Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure	Jane's Addiction	"Mountain Song"
L.A. Rush	Twista	"Hit the Floor"
EverQuest II	Avenged Sevenfold	"Bat Country"
The Sims 2: Nightlife	Weezer	"Beverly Hills"
Need for Speed: Most Wanted	PSC	"Do Your Thang"
Guitar Hero	Sum 41	"Fat Lip"
True Crime: New York City	Fat Joe	"Get It Poppin'"

External links

Video Mods at IMDb
Video Mods at TV Guide

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-'''''Video Mods''''' is a television series that aired on [[MTV2]]. This show turned [[video game]] characters into [[musicians]]. It was created by Tony Shiff of Big Bear Entertainment in 2003. A pilot aired in December 2003, having been underwritten by [[Electronic Arts]]. It was a form of branded entertainment, as the pilot featured characters from their games ''[[SSX 3]]'', ''[[The Sims 2]]'' and ''[[Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005 video game)|Need for Speed: Most Wanted]]''.
+'''''Video Mods''''' is an animated television series that aired on [[MTV2]] which made [[music video]]s for existing songs featuring [[video game]] characters and assets. It was created by Tony Shiff of Big Bear Entertainment in 2003. A pilot aired in December 2003, having been underwritten by [[Electronic Arts]]. It was a form of branded entertainment, as the pilot featured characters from their games ''[[SSX 3]]'', ''[[The Sims 2]]'' and ''[[Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005 video game)|Need for Speed: Most Wanted]]''.
 In 2004, MTV2 Head of Programming [[Alex Coletti]] commissioned four new episodes which aired that fall. The pilot and all 2004 episodes were produced and directed by Shiff, with Animation Director Kris Renkewitz. In 2005, additional episodes were animated by IBC Digital and Elektrashock.
-MTV never cleared the music rights for any purposes beyond their television airings, and as such, a majority of the episodes have become [[Lost television broadcast|lost media]]. All of the episodes, however, are available to view unofficially on [[YouTube]], as well as various other sites.
+MTV never cleared the music rights for any purposes beyond their television airings, and for several years, a majority of the episodes have become [[Lost television broadcast|lost media]]. In 2022, all of the episodes were unofficially available to view on [[YouTube]], as well as various other sites.
 ==Music videos==
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 | "[[Only One (Yellowcard song)|Only One]]"
 |-
-| ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom]]''{{refn|group=note|name=first|Incorrectly credited as ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants!]]''}}
+| ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants!]]''
 | [[Blink-182]]
 | "[[All the Small Things]]"
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 | "[[Take Me Out (song)|Take Me Out]]"
 |-
-| ''[[Death, Jr.]]''
+| ''[[Death Jr.]]''
 | [[My Chemical Romance]]
 | "[[I'm Not Okay (I Promise)]]"
 |-
-| ''[[Destroy All Humans!]]''
+| ''[[Destroy All Humans! (2005 video game)|Destroy All Humans!]]''
 | [[Sum 41]]
 | "[[Pieces (Sum 41 song)|Pieces]]"
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 | ''[[Fight Night Round 2]]''
 | [[Ying Yang Twins]]
-| "What's Happnin'"
+| "[[What's Happenin!]]"
 |-
 | ''[[Fight Club (video game)|Fight Club]]''
-| [[Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz]]
+| [[Lil Jon|Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz]]
 | "[[Get Low (Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz song)|Get Low]]"
 |-
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 | "[[Everybody's Fool]]"
 |-
-| ''[[Outlaw Golf 2]]''
+| ''[[Outlaw Golf|Outlaw Golf 2]]''
 | [[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]]
 | "[[I Believe in a Thing Called Love]]"
 |-
 | ''[[Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude]]''
-| [[The Black Eyed Peas]]
+| [[Black Eyed Peas]]
-| "[[Shut Up (The Black Eyed Peas song)|Shut Up]]"
+| "[[Shut Up (Black Eyed Peas song)|Shut Up]]"
 |-
 | ''[[BloodRayne 2]]'', ''[[Jade Empire]]'', ''[[Tribes: Vengeance]]'', and ''[[Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude]]''
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 | "[[C'mon C'mon (The Von Bondies song)]]"
 |-
-| ''Dawn'' and ''[[NVIDIA Demos#Dusk|Dusk]]''
+| ''Dawn'' and ''Dusk''
 | [[Evanescence]]
 | "[[Bring Me to Life]]"
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 |-
 | ''[[SSX 3]]'', ''[[The Sims 2]]'', ''[[Tribes: Vengeance]]'', and ''[[The Urbz: Sims in the City]]''
-| [[The Black Eyed Peas]]
+| [[Black Eyed Peas]]
 | "[[Let's Get It Started]]"
 |-
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 | "[[Pain (Jimmy Eat World song)|Pain]]"
 |-
-| ''[[Silent Hill 4]]''
+| ''[[Silent Hill 4: The Room]]''
 | [[Taking Back Sunday]]
-| "[[This Photograph Is Proof (I Know You Know)]]"
+| "[[Where You Want to Be|This Photograph Is Proof (I Know You Know)]]"
 |-
-| ''[[Indigo Prophecy]]''
+| ''[[Fahrenheit (2005 video game)|Indigo Prophecy]]''
 | [[Queens of the Stone Age]]
 | "[[Little Sister (Queens of the Stone Age song)|Little Sister]]"
 |-
-| ''[[Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 3]]'', ''[[Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2]]'', ''[[Karaoke Revolution|Karaoke Revolution Party]]''
+| ''[[Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 3]]'', ''[[Dance Dance Revolution Extreme#Sequel|Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2]]'', ''[[Karaoke Revolution|Karaoke Revolution Party]]''
 | [[Ciara]] featuring [[Missy Elliott]]
-| "[[1,2 Step]]"
+| "[[1, 2 Step]]"
 |-
-| ''[[SSX 3]]'', ''[[The Sims 2]]'', ''[[Unreal Tournament 2003]]'', ''[[Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness]]'', ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'', ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell]]'', ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground 2]]'', ''[[Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy]]'', ''[[Crash Bandicoot]]'', ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', ''[[Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude]]'', and others
+| ''[[SSX 3]]'', ''[[The Sims 2]]'', ''[[Unreal Tournament 2003]]'', ''[[Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness]]'', ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'', ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell]]'', ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground 2]]'', ''[[Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy]]'', ''[[Crash Bandicoot]]'', ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', ''[[Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude]]'', and others
 | VG Unity
 | "Stand and Choose"
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 | ''[[L.A. Rush]]''
 | [[Twista]]
-|  "Hit the Floor"
+|  "[[The Day After (album)|Hit the Floor]]"
 |-
-| ''[[Everquest II]]''
+| ''[[EverQuest II]]''
 | [[Avenged Sevenfold]]
 |  "[[Bat Country]]"
 |-
-| ''The Sims 2: Nightlife''
+| ''[[The Sims 2: Nightlife]]''
 | [[Weezer]]
-|  "[[Beverly Hills (song)|Beverly Hills]]"
+|  "[[Beverly Hills (Weezer song)|Beverly Hills]]"
 |-
-| ''[[Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005 video game)|Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005)]]''
+| ''[[Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005 video game)|Need for Speed: Most Wanted]]''
-| [[PSC (group)|PSC]]
+| [[PSC (musical group)|PSC]]
 |  "Do Your Thang"
 |-
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-== Notes ==
+== External links ==
-{{reflist|group=note}}
-==References==
-{{reflist}}
-==External links==
 * {{IMDb title|0479851}}
 * {{tvguide title|195680}}
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 [[Category:American adult computer-animated television series]]
 [[Category:MTV2 original programming]]
-[[Category:Crossover television]]
+[[Category:Crossover animated television series]]
 [[Category:Television shows about video games]]

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Upcoming	Jodie Ren & Stimpy
1990s debuts	Liquid Television (1991–95) Æon Flux (1991–95) The Brothers Grunt (1994–95) The Head (1994–96) The Maxx (1995) Daria (1997–2002) Cartoon Sushi (1997–98) Celebrity Deathmatch (1998–2002, 2006–07) Station Zero (1999) Downtown (1999–2000)
2000s debuts	Spy Groove (2000–02) Undergrads (2001) 3-South (2002–03) Clone High (2002–03, 2023–24) Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (2003) Video Mods (2004–05) Wonder Showzen (2005–06) Where My Dogs At? (2006) The Adventures of Chico and Guapo (2006) Friday: The Animated Series (2007) DJ & the Fro (2009) Popzilla (2009)
2010s debuts	Good Vibes (2011) Greatest Party Story Ever (2016)
2020s debuts	Fairview (2022)
See also	MTV Comedy Central Nickelodeon Animation Studio CBS Eye Animation Productions