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==Production and development== In 1997, Chris Moeller, who was working on the animated TV series ''[[King of the Hill]]'' and who had been producing animation shorts with Dark Bunny Productions, met [[Chuck Austen]] and pitched their idea for a [[science fiction]] comedy to animation studio [[Film Roman]]. In early 1998, they launched the first pilot ''Love and Darph'' on the internet. The Chode character first appeared in the 1994 short, ''Wisconsin''.<ref name="d">[https://web.archive.org/web/20040212134046/http://www.darkbunny.com/dbfilms.htm A chronological history] Chris Moeller, Dark Bunny Productions</ref> In 2001, Film Roman released the ''Oh Brother'' teaser for episode 2<!-- source: the clip itself -->, and Chris claimed the full version was made, but its release was left up to Film Roman.<ref>[http://www.darkbunny.com/2002_11_01_blogarchive.html Dark Bunny blog] Chris Moeller, 2002-11-23</ref> In 2002, [[CinéGroupe]] acquired the rights to the five-minute short ''Love and Darph'' and approached animator Bernie Denk to direct the series, which was produced in association with [[Syfy|Sci Fi US]]. Bernie Denk's team worked in [[Montreal]] on preproduction (character design, modeling and textures) while the [[Malaysia]]n studio Shanghai Cartoon worked on animation using [[Autodesk 3ds Max]] software, [[Rendering (computer graphics)|lighting]] and [[compositing]]. [[Key frame|Keyframe]] animation was chosen for its quality and animating control capabilities.<ref name="b">[http://www.sadgeezer.com/html/Reviews+index-req-showcontent-id-660.html Tripping the Rift: Interviews: Director Bernie Denk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022165522/http://sadgeezer.com/html/Reviews+index-req-showcontent-id-660.html|date=2007-10-22}} SadGeezer.com, 2004-04-24</ref>
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