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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film industry |
| Genre | Production company |
| Founded | Los Angeles, California, U.S. (1996; 29 years ago (1996)) |
| Founder | Joss Whedon |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California ,U.S. |
Key people | Joss Whedon |
| Products | Films Television series Web series |
Mutant Enemy Productions is an Americanproduction company founded in 1996[1] byJoss Whedon to produceBuffy the Vampire Slayer. The company also produced theBuffyspin-off,Angel, and his two short-livedscience fiction series, thespace WesternFirefly and hishigh-conceptDollhouse, produced by20th Century Fox Television.[2] Mutant Enemy also produced the internet series,Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog[3] the filmThe Cabin in the Woods and the superhero seriesAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D., along withABC Studios andMarvel Television.[4] Most recently, Mutant Enemy produced the supernatural fiction seriesThe Nevers forHBO.
Its offices (made out of glass bricks) were on the lot of20th Century Fox inLos Angeles, previously the home ofChris Carter'sTen Thirteen Productions. According to March 2006's issue of UK magazineThe Word, the offices were closed not long afterAngel was cancelled.
The following table lists the production credits ofMutant Enemy:[5]
| Title | Format | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Television series | 1997–2003 |
| Angel | Television series | 1999–2004 |
| Firefly | Television series | 2002 |
| Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog | Web series | 2008 |
| Dollhouse | Television series | 2009–2010 |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8 Motion Comic | Animated series | 2010–2011 |
| Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope | Documentary | 2012 |
| The Cabin in the Woods | Film | 2012 |
| Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Television series | 2013–2020 |
| The Nevers | Television series | 2021–2023 |
The name "Mutant Enemy" is taken from the song "And You and I" byprogressive rock bandYes, of whom Whedon is a professed fan: "There'll be no mutant enemy/we shall certify/political ends/as sad remains will die." (On the special features of theBuffy DVDs, Whedon also says in an interview that he called his typewriter "mutant enemy".)
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The company'send-of-credits logo andmascot is an intentionally poorly animatedvampire monster cartoon figure crossing the screen from right to left and saying, "Grr. Argh." It was drawn and voiced by Whedon himself. In certain episodes ofBuffy the animation was changed:
The episode "Bargaining, Part One" references the end-of-credits logo.Tara givesGiles a small rubber monster and says "And a monster. Sort of a Sunnydale souvenir, we thought. Grr. Argh." In season seven ofBuffy, there is a species of ancient Vampires called "Turok-Han" or Ubervamps. They look like more detailed versions of the Mutant Enemy.
In the canonicalBuffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8 comic books, issue 22 "Swell", on page 10, the slogan for an in-comic fictional product is "Vampy Cat! Grr! Argh! He'll love you to <obscured> the Santorio Corporation!"
At the end of the credits of the animated sketch comedy parody showRobot Chicken, a parody of the Mutant Enemy, Inc. logo appeared with Joss Whedon (guest starring as himself) providing the "Grr... Argh..." As the enemy mutant rips apart the city, the scene cuts to an office where Joss Whedon is playing with dolls and an executive says to him, "Come on Joss, that's why you got kicked offWonder Woman."
WithThe Nevers, the Mutant Enemy vampire end-credits logo was replaced. The new end-of-credits card features a typewriter, upon which the company's name is affixed as an embossed label maker label.
Staff members of Mutant Enemy, all of whom have writing and/or production credits on at least one of the above shows, have included, in alphabetical order:
