| Alt Name: | Cheyenne Cinnamon |
| Genre: | Animated Musical comedy Surreal humor Satire |
| Creator: | Dave Willis Matt Harrigan |
| Theme Music Composer: | Butch Walker |
| Opentheme: | "Sugar Town Candy Fudge", |
| Composer: | Butch Walker |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Network: | Adult Swim |
| Executive Producer: | Keith Crofford Mike Lazzo |
| Editor: | Dave Hughes |
| Company: | Williams Street |
| Runtime: | 11 minutes |
Cheyenne Cinnamon and the Fantabulous Unicorn of Sugar Town Candy Fudge (often shortened to Cheyenne Cinnamon) is an American animated television series pilot created by Dave Willis and Matt Harrigan;[1] mainly produced by Williams Street and animated by Radical Axis. Rated TV-MA, the pilot episode aired on Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim on March 29, 2010, but was not picked up for a full series.
Willis explained the plot as "a Strawberry Shortcake pop princess that lives in a candy wonderland just outside Detroit". She comes into Detroit and helps solve problems of racism and teen pregnancy "with the power of love and teen pop songs".
The pilot episode was first released in the United States, as part of the Adult Swim in a Box DVD box set on October 27, 2009.[2] The pilot was later posted on Adultswim.com as part of an online poll entitled "Big, Uber Network Sampling" in early 2010.[3] The pilot episode eventually aired on television in the United States on Adult Swim on March 29, 2010.
The central joke of the series is a parody of how pop music sensations are often nothing like their public image: while Cheyenne outwardly projects the image of being a clean and wholesome role model, she is in fact a heavy abuser of drugs and is very promiscuous. For example, Cheyenne can magically transport people to her base of operations in a Candyland-like environment, but it turns out that the volcano that at first appears to be spewing sugar is in fact spewing cocaine, which Cheyenne snorts off-camera.
Alternative country singer Neko Case stars as Cheyenne Cinnamon but does not provide singing vocals. Instead, "her character will lip-synch, and then a decidedly different-sounding voice sings all the songs", according to Dave Willis. Rappers MF DOOM, MC Chris and T-Pain provide additional voices. References to the show, including brief clips from the pilot, have been featured in various episodes of Squidbillies, another Adult Swim program.
Willis mentioned on Twitter that the pilot was not picked up for a full series.
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On October 27, 2009, Adult Swim, and distributor Warner Home Video, released "Adult Swim in a Box", a seven-disc DVD box set of a variety of different Adult Swim shows.[5] Cheyenne Cinnamon and the Fantabulous Unicorn of Sugar Town Candy Fudge is featured in this set on a bonus DVD along with Korgoth of Barbaria, the pilot episode of Perfect Hair Forever, Totally for Teens, and Welcome to Eltingville; in June 2010, the bonus DVD, from "Adult Swim in a Box", was made available for separate purchase on Adultswimshop.com.[6]