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-'''Harry Partridge''' (born 17 August 1987) is an independent British [[animator]] and [[voice actor]],<ref name="escapist"/> best known for his 2011 short parody animation ''[[Saturday Morning Watchmen]]''. Partridge is largely inspired by Western 1980s animation and has been credited with pushing [[Adobe Flash|Flash-based]] Internet animation toward more traditional animation and away from simple [[tweening]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=Ben |title=Independent animation : developing, producing and distributing your animated films |date=2017 |publisher=CRC Press |location=Boca Raton |isbn=9781351599214 |quote=The Internet's always been quite segmented in a way, so specific websites that you deal with will have their own preferences. The original ethos was 'Bad equals Good,' which kind of worked back then; it was punk; it didn't matter what it looked like as long as you had the core idea. I think this was carried across on Newgrounds to a certain extent, but their idea was to push yourself and become better, which is why you have people like Harry Partridge and Egoraptor, who really started pushing what Flash could do, more in the direction of traditional animation in many ways.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Amidi |first1=Amid |title=A Response to Harry Partridge's Silly Go! Animate Rant |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/ideas-commentary/a-response-to-harry-partridges-go-animate-attack-41296.html |website=[[Cartoon Brew]] |date=26 April 2011}}</ref><ref name="interview" />
-==Early life and family ==
-Harry Partridge was born and brought up in [[Swindon]]. He is the son of Marianne Partridge (née Wyborn) and [[Andy Partridge]], the latter former frontman and songwriter for the English rock band [[XTC]].<ref name="Farmer"/> Andy has written two songs about or inspired by Harry: ''[[Garden of Earthly Delights]]'' and the double entendre-heavy ''[[Fuzzy Warbles Volume 6|Pink Thing]]''.<ref name="Farmer">{{cite book|last1=Farmer|first1=Neville|title=XTC: Song Stories: The Exclusive Authorized Story Behind the Music|date=1998|publisher=Helter Skelter Publishing|location=London|isbn=190092403X|pages=143, 239|author-link=Neville Farmer}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Andy |first1=Partridge |title=[[Fuzzy Warbles Volume 6]] |publisher=Virgin Records |date=September 2004 |quote=When you become a dad you badly want to write about your kids, it's natural, but it seems to easy to fall into the sickly greetings card world overpopulated by well meaning but flatulent fathers. So I thought I'd write about Harry in a way that was utterly unmistakable with thinly disguised filth.}}</ref><ref name="interview">{{cite web |url=http://kittysneezes.com/2009/06/02/interview-harry-partridge-472/ |title=Interviews - Interview: Harry Partridge |website=Kittysneezes.com |date=30 December 2016 |access-date=1 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825150737/http://kittysneezes.com/2009/06/02/interview-harry-partridge-472/ |archive-date=25 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=tracymarshall>{{cite news |last1=Tracy |first1=Marshall |title=Chalkhills: "An Interview with XTC's Andy Partridge", Manifesto, 5/99 |url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/Manifesto199905.html |work=chalkhills.org}}</ref> Harry has one older sister, Holly Partridge, who works as a musician and artist.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Radio |first1=N. T. S. |title=Holly Partridge {{!}} Discover music on NTS |url=https://www.nts.live/artists/16235-holly-partridge |website=NTS Radio |language=en}}</ref>
-Partridge was interested in drawing and animation from an early age. He and his father have claimed a character of his design "nearly" appeared as a background character on the animated sitcom ''[[The Simpsons]]'' in 1999, through a connection of Andy's, but that it fell through.<ref>{{cite web |title=Harry Partridge ⚡️ on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/happyharrytoons/status/1255497068967342080 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref><ref name=tracymarshall/> In an interview at the time, his father described Partridge as a "pudgy-looking kid in glasses" and expressed his hope he would work in the field of animation in the future.<ref name=tracymarshall/>
-==Career==
-Partridge began sharing his work on [[Newgrounds]] already in 2004,<ref name="skwigly">{{cite news |last1=Wilkes |first1=Nathan |title=10 British YouTube Animators to Watch |url=https://www.skwigly.co.uk/10-british-youtube-animators-watch/ |access-date=22 September 2021 |work=Skwigly Animation Magazine |date=18 December 2013}}</ref> but starting in 2006 also on [[YouTube]], where he has won many fans.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Troftgruben |first1=Chad |title=Learning Anime Studio. |date=2014 |publisher=Packt Publishing |location=Birmingham |isbn=9781849699587}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ashcraft |first1=Brian |title=How Western Animation Has Changed |url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/09/how-western-animation-has-changed/ |website=Kotaku Australia |language=en-AU |date=1 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Amidi |first1=Amid |title=Joe Murray's Kaboing Goes Kaput |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/ideas-commentary/joe-murrays-kaboing-goes-kaput-56066.html |work=[[Cartoon Brew]] |date=23 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ASFF - Masterclasses |url=https://www.asff.co.uk/all-masterclasses/ |website=Aesthetica Short Film Festival |quote=Independent animator Harry Partridge has amassed an enormous online cult following with his creation of iconic cartoon characters such as Dr. Bees, the Starbarians and Trilby Dogtooth.}}</ref> His major breakthrough came with the short ''[[Watchmen]]''-parody ''[[Saturday Morning Watchmen]]'', set to an original composition written and sung by Partridge himself. It was released just a day before the US release of the 2009 Hollywood [[Watchmen (film)|live-action ''Watchmen'' film]] and received widespread media coverage and even positive commentary from the original comic's artist, [[Dave Gibbons]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Robinson|first1=Tasha|title=Who watches the '80s Watchmen children's cartoon?|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/who-watches-the-80s-emwatchmenem-childrens-cartoon-24687|publisher=The A.V. Club|access-date=20 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesonline.typepad.com/blockbuster_buzz/2009/07/dave-gibbons-talks-about-the-watchmen-dvd-and-staying-out-of-the-water.html |title=Dave Gibbons talks about the Watchmen DVD, and staying out of the water |last=Moran |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Moran (journalist) |date=21 July 2009 |work=[[The Times]] (via [[archive.org]]) |access-date=10 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830233902/http://timesonline.typepad.com/blockbuster_buzz/2009/07/dave-gibbons-talks-about-the-watchmen-dvd-and-staying-out-of-the-water.html |archive-date=August 30, 2009|quote="But you have seen Saturday Morning Watchmen haven’t you? “Yes! I loved it. The thing is, obviously they’re having fun with it but the way it was done, you know that the person really cared about what they were doing…really knew Watchmen in detail”"}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Goellner |first1=Caleb |title=Saturday Morning 'Watchmen' Cartoon -- The Stuff Of Alan Moore's Nightmares? |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2593733/saturday-morning-watchmen-cartoon-the-stuff-of-alan-moores-nightmares/ |access-date=15 September 2021 |work=MTV News |language=en}}</ref>
-Partridge's animations has consisted of short humorous skits, commonly parodying [[Popular culture|pop culture]] phenomenon such as such as video games or other animated works. In ''American Akira'' (2008), for example, he parodied the seminal 1988 anime ''[[Akira (1988 film)|Akira]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schley |first1=Matt |title='Akira' inspires generations of foreign animators |url=https://features.japantimes.co.jp/akiraweek-community/ |work=The Japan Times}}</ref> Many of his videos are accompanied by an original song, usually sung by Partridge himself, for example in ''Nicolas Cage Wants Cake'' (2010) and in his two 2011 ''[[Skyrim]]'' parodies.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Skyrim toon by Harry Partridge |url=https://www.engadget.com/2011-11-09-new-skyrim-toon-by-harry-partridge.html |work=Engadget}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hinkle |first1=D. |title=Harry Partridge is pretty excited for Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim |url=https://www.engadget.com/2011-02-08-harry-partridge-is-pretty-excited-for-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim.html |work=Engadget |date=February 8, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hoare |first1=James |title=The Song Of Skyrim fights the corner for epic fantasy |url=https://www.scifinow.co.uk/blog/the-song-of-skyrim-fights-the-corner-for-epic-fantasy/ |work=SciFiNow |date=11 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Corona |first1=Alberto |title=Del meme al mito: cómo Nicolas Cage se convirtió en un dios para Internet |url=https://www.eldiario.es/cultura/comics/meme-mito-nicolas-cage-convirtio-dios-internet_1_7824517.html |work=ElDiario.es |date=17 April 2021 |language=es}}</ref><ref name="escapist">{{cite news |last1=Westbrook |first1=Logan |title=Excitable Elder Scrolls Fan Creates Animated Tribute to Skyrim |url=https://www.escapistmagazine.com/excitable-elder-scrolls-fan-creates-animated-tribute-to-skyrim/amp/ |work=The Escapist |date=4 February 2011}}</ref>
-Among his original popular original creations are ''Dr. Bees'' (2013), the episodic series ''[[Starbarians]]'' (2012-), and ''Dr. Bees Returns'' (2021).<ref name=wat>{{cite web |last1=Mo |first1=Alesya |title=Razones por las que echamos de menos a Harry Patridge |url=https://www.thewatmag.com/los-mejores-videos/razones-que-echamos-harry-patridge |website=WATmag |language=es |date=10 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Neafcy |first1=Paul |title=Save Animation: How 'Watch Time' Is Endangering YouTube Animators |url=https://teneightymagazine.com/2015/04/23/save-animation-how-watch-time-is-endangering-youtube-animators/ |website=TenEighty Magazine |date=23 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Wilkes |first1=Nathan |title=10 British YouTube Animators to Watch |url=https://www.skwigly.co.uk/10-british-youtube-animators-watch/ |access-date=15 September 2021 |work=Skwigly Animation Magazine |date=18 December 2013}}</ref><ref name=Fox>{{cite web| last = Bartkewicz| first = Anthony| title = 'Watchmen' Reimagined as Kids' Cartoon| publisher = [[WFXT|Fox WFXT]]| date = 9 March 2009| url = http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/entertainment/dpgo_Watchmen_Reimagined_as_Kids_Cartoon2242222| access-date = 10 March 2009| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090324155019/http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/entertainment/dpgo_Watchmen_Reimagined_as_Kids_Cartoon2242222| archive-date = 24 March 2009}}</ref>
-While Partridge mainly works independently, he has done animation work for [[RiffTrax]], the [[BBC]], [[ChannelFlip]], and the animated show ''[[Hazbin Hotel]]'', among others.<ref>{{cite news |title=RiffTrax Animated Intro |url=https://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax-animated-intro |date=19 September 2014 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - Harry Partridge, Series 1, Attic Junk |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p007x2h0 |website=BBC |access-date=15 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Thair |first1=David |title=BBC - BBC Comedy Blog: I Can't Believe It's Not Beatles Rockband - download the track |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/comedy/2009/09/not-beatles-rockband-download.shtml |work=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - Harry Partridge, Johnny Depp in Burtonland |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p006w55c |website=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Laughlin |first1=Andrew |title=ChannelFlip becomes biggest UK broadcaster on YouTube |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a334535/channelflip-becomes-biggest-uk-broadcaster-on-youtube.html |access-date=15 September 2021 |work=Digital Spy |date=11 August 2011}}</ref>
-==External links==
-* [https://www.youtube.com/user/harrypartridge Harry Partridge's YouTube channel]
-* [https://happyharry.newgrounds.com/ HappyHarry on Newgrounds]
-* {{IMDb name|4259353}}
-==References==
-{{reflist}}
-{{Newgrounds}}
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