Elmer Earl "Butch" Hartman IV (born January 10, 1965) is an American animator, executive producer, animation director, storyboard artist, voice actor, television producer, and creator of The Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom, T.U.F.F. Puppy, and Bunsen Is a Beast.
Once Butch finished his 5 year term at CalArts, he got a job as a character designer for the television series My Little Pony, and as quickly as he was hired, he was fired.
After his contract with Hanna-Barbera finished up, he went to work with former co-worker Fred Seibert on the Oh Yeah! Cartoons show.
Butch mentioned in an interview that before the start of The Fairly OddParents TV series, he actually started drawing Dudley Puppy first, he mentioned in his quote "Well, I always have drawn a white dog with a black T-Shirt, and with a dog collar, but didn't know where to put him at the time".
After the success of The Fairly OddParents, he was asked by the president of the Nickelodeon Corporation to make another TV series, and before Butch could answer, he was offered a contract with the company and created his second TV series, Danny Phantom.
Right before Butch created his next hit series, he put together the ever so famous Billionfold, Inc., which became the iconic symbol and company for his two TV series, Danny Phantom, and T.U.F.F. Puppyand stating using it in the 6th season of The Fairly OddParents.
After 20 years of working on Nickelodeon, Butch left Nickelodeon on February 2nd, 2018 and announced his departure on his YouTube channel on February 8th, 2018. His explanation for this was that he wanted to move on to other things and focus more on his YouTube channel and other projects.
