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welcome to Chowder Network where Chowder rules!

About C.H. Greenblatt
this is how Chowder(TV Series)start.

During his time working on SpongeBob SquarePants, Greenblatt had been sketching various characters for his own animation series concept.Greenblatt originally based the premise on the idea of the sorcerer's apprentice style of story, such as The Sword in the Stone. The plot devices were modified so that the story revolves around a master chef who teaches his young apprentice how to cook. Chowder himself was developed with no specific species in mind,[3] but rather with the intentions of invoking the image of a child's soft squeeze toy.Some of the inspiration comes from Richard Scarry, with other inspiration from Saturday morning cartoons.

Shnitzel was created originally as a personal character design exercise in the late 1990s.“I was even going to try and animate him in Flash, so I did alternate pieces of him. Back then he was called "Tapiocaca". He was supposed to be sort of like a big rock tiki monster that was always on fire. I even made a cool logo for him. Well, I didn't really do anything with him after that, but I still liked the design. So when I was forming the world of Chowder, he seemed like a good fit. I like to think of him as a living menhir from the Asterix comics."

One of the unique design features of the show is the patterns used on the characters' clothing or skin. The patterns are developed as a full screen image and then sent to the production house where the characters are modified to fill the patterns in over the character clothing.

Setting
Chowder is set in the fictional Marzipan City. For the architectural style of the city, examples from Moroccan and Indian architecture were referenced.The inhabitants of Marzipan City, including the show's primary cast, are composed of various strange non-human creatures, ranging from anthropomorphic animals, humans to more abstract and surreal beings including fairies, robots, mammoths, owls, and many more creatures.

The show's humor features puns and meta-references, such as the characters and locations being named after various foods.Many food names are altered, like "grubble gum", "thrice cream" or "blutter". The show also breaks the fourth wall regularly. An example is found in the episode "Gazpacho Stands Up". Chowder, who is learning to write, scribbles on the television screen. Gazpacho erases this, leaving the Cartoon Network screen bug untouched. When Chowder points this out, Gazpacho comments "That one doesn't come off. I've tried."

What's New?
we listed the newest things in Chowder Network!


 * Characters-meet Chowder and the people of Marzipan.
 * Chowder Central-find out many things here such as Recipes and Ingredients,Episode Guide and Panini's Blog!