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Crime Time | |
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Created by | Santosh Sawant |
Written by | Kelly Ward Steve Kasper Nassos Vakalis |
Directed by | Nassos Vakalis |
Composers | Kostas Christides (117 episodes), Roto Shah (2 episodes) |
Country of origin | United States India |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 120 |
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Executive producer | Jay Zaveri |
Producer | Steve Kasper |
Running time | 2 minutes |
Production company | Future Thought Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Cartoon Network (India) |
Release | 1 December 2008 2009 | –
Crime Time is a series of animated shorts produced by Future Thought Productions, produced by Jay Zaveri and Steve Kasper, directed by Nassos Vakalis[1]
Shifty (The Criminal) perpetrates crimes from the sublime to the ridiculous – and never quite pulls them off, resulting in hilarious consequences. It is rendered in a graphic style reminiscent of classic UPA shorts.[2][3]
Crime Time gives the viewer a brief but comical look at the irony of crime. Taking on the spirit of old-world cartoons, the series uses sight gags and pacing to bring about a comedic scenario. Produced in a combination of Flash and CGI animation, the creators utilize classic elements of storytelling to give this series a unique personality. The series, which consists of shorts varying in length from 90 to 180 seconds, introduces a comic anti-hero character Shifty (The Criminal) who seems to always be just moments away from successfully beating the system only to have his plans derailed by some unforeseeable circumstance.
Shifty – The show's main villain protagonist in the series.
The Fat Cop – An unnamed overweight police officer. He partners up with The Skinny Cop.
Lance the Skinny Cop - A thin police officer and the partner of The Fat Cop.
Female Robber – A female robber who is Shifty's one-time girlfriend who only appears in The Girlfriend episode.