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==Name and logo== ===Name=== The name "Mutant Enemy" is taken from the song "[[And You and I]]" by [[progressive rock]] band [[Yes (band)|Yes]], 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 the ''Buffy'' DVDs, Whedon also says in an interview that he called his typewriter "mutant enemy".) ===Original end-of-credits logo=== [[File:Mutant Enemy Productions (original logo).svg|thumb|right|The original Mutant Enemy logo, as seen at the end of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', ''[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'', and other productions]] The company's [[production logo|end-of-credits logo]] and [[mascot]] is an intentionally poorly animated [[vampire]] 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 of ''Buffy'' the animation was changed: * "[[Becoming, Part Two]]": He says "Oooh, I need a hug" instead. * "[[Amends]]": He wears a Santa hat. * "[[Graduation Day, Part Two]]": He wears a [[graduation cap]]βthe image used is a reversed logo from the U.S. national college honor society [[Mortar Board]]. * "[[Once More, with Feeling (Buffy episode)|Once More, with Feeling]]": He sings the line in [[falsetto]]. * "[[Storyteller (Buffy episode)|Storyteller]]": The monster (overdubbed by cast member [[Adam Busch]]) sings a line from the episode, "We are as Gods". * "[[Chosen (Buffy episode)|Chosen]]": He turns and pulls a face at the viewer. The episode "[[Bargaining, Part One]]" references the end-of-credits logo. [[Tara Maclay|Tara]] gives [[Rupert Giles|Giles]] a small rubber monster and says "And a monster. Sort of a Sunnydale souvenir, we thought. Grr. Argh." In season seven of ''Buffy'', there is a species of ancient Vampires called "[[Turok-Han]]" or Ubervamps. They look like more detailed versions of the Mutant Enemy. In the canonical ''Buffy 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!" ====Parodies==== At the end of the credits of the animated sketch comedy parody show ''[[Robot 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 off ''[[Wonder Woman in other media#Undeveloped and abandoned projects|Wonder Woman]]''." ===New end-of-credits logo=== With ''[[The 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.
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