Original title
China, IL
Released
10/2/2011
Origin country
US
Genre
Animation, Comedy
Production companies
Titmouse, Williams Street, Working For Monsters, Neely Comics
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
3
Number of episodes
30
China, IL – meaning "China, Illinois" – is an animated television series for the cable network Adult Swim. The series is created by Brad Neely, and features Neely's existing characters from the China, IL web series and special. Characters include Frank and Steve Smith, aka "The Professor Brothers," and Mark "Baby" Cakes. Neely provides the voice for all three characters. The series is produced by Williams Street and animated by Titmouse, Inc. China, IL has been renewed for a second season with the possibility of a new half-hour runtime. On May 25, 2008, Adult Swim ran The Funeral, an 11-minute special which was streamed on the now defunct Super Deluxe website. The special combined Brad Neely's Professor Brothers and Baby Cakes webseries, which were also streamed at Super Deluxe, and established a larger environment for the characters. The special, as well as Brad Neely's other videos, can be viewed at Neely's YouTube page.
Baby Cakes finds the diary of a dead professor. This 4-act special was originally made for SuperDeluxe.com and drawn in the style of Neely's Creased Comics videos. Part 1: Romeo + Romeo Part 2: Lives After Death Part 3: Cruel Duel Part 4: The Lovers Reconcile
Baby Cakes finds the diary of a dead professor. This 4-act special was originally made for SuperDeluxe.com and drawn in the style of Neely's Creased Comics videos.
Baby Cakes finds the diary of a dead professor. This 4-act special was originally made for SuperDeluxe.com and drawn in the style of Neely's Creased Comics videos.
Baby Cakes finds the diary of a dead professor. This 4-act special was originally made for SuperDeluxe.com and drawn in the style of Neely's Creased Comics videos.
Baby Cakes finds the diary of a dead professor. This 4-act special was originally made for SuperDeluxe.com and drawn in the style of Neely's Creased Comics videos.
Ronald Reagan wants revenge on the unstable Steve in the premiere of this animated comedy chronicling the hijinks of a pair of brothers who teach at a state university.
The Mayor is tired of the riots sparked by UCI, and challenges The Dean to an arm wrestling contest for control of the school.
A giant baby destroys the campus, and the faculty is split on how to handle the situation.
Student registration for the History Department sinks to an all-time low after the death of Harold, one of the faculty's best professors. Steve must come up with a plan to save their jobs while Frank becomes convinced that he's getting unsolicited attention from a paranormal being.
Steve realizes life after tenure isn't as exciting as he suspected, and Pony finds out that the Dean has a secret that he'd do anything to keep hidden.
The Staff-Only Prom is thrown in a condemned building formerly used by Professor Cakes who experimented on hippies there.
The professors join together to build robotic replicas of themselves to take their place.
After both Frank and Steve sustain life-threatening injuries during a wrestling match, Dr. Falgot performs surgery on them turning Frankensteve into a super brother.
Baby cakes accidentally meets his old imaginary friend one day, and must travel into his own mind to defeat the beast before said friend destroys his real body.
Different departments on campus are selected for The Dean's List, an annual scavenger hunt that is much more dangerous than it sounds.
Frank wants to give a perfect lecture on the first day of school.
Pony must take drastic measures to afford a recently raised tuition.
The history department hires a new professor who looks just like Steve. Pony reveals she can't speak Spanish.
Frank discovers that Thomas Jefferson's mythical Diamond Castle is real.
Kenny Winker is giving away a ticket to hang with him on his tour bus.
Frank bets that he will be the focus of the "Person of the Day" news segment.
Total Validation, China, IL's newest counselling service, will determine who is right or wrong in any relationship.
Frank learns how to speak and becomes a world-famous stand-up comic.
Steve, Frank and Baby Cakes start a band in order to gain the attention of a beautiful celebrity.
Since crows have the intelligence of 4-year-old humans, the dean enrolls a murder of them as new students.
The Mayor bans eating anchovies in town; Trump's child is the newest student at UCI.
Baby Cakes cannot attend the faculty Parent's Day at UCI because he must visit his mother for the weekend.
In order to prove his masculinity, Frank challenges a boxing legend to a fight; Baby Cakes and Pony compete in a game of Dungeons & Dragons.
Steve, Frank, Baby Cakes and Pony all become life coaches for each other.
Steve and Baby Cakes strike it rich; Frank falls in love with a piece of a movie star.
Baby Cakes wants a magical pet; Frank learns why women find him unattractive; Pony and Steve try to prove they are good people.
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