Editing Mutant Enemy

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'''Mutant Enemy Productions''' is an American [[production company]] founded in 1996<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/cbs.aspx|title=Business Entity Detail|access-date=2013-01-28|publisher=California Secretary of State|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100402014221/http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/cbs.aspx|archive-date=2010-04-02}}</ref> by [[Joss Whedon]] to produce ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. The company also produced the ''Buffy'' [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]], ''[[Angel (1999 TV series)|Angel]]'', and his two short-lived [[science fiction television|science fiction series]], the [[space Western]] ''[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'' and his [[high-concept]] ''[[Dollhouse (TV series)|Dollhouse]]'', all co-produced by [[20th Century Fox Television]].<ref name="FoxNew">{{cite web |url=http://www.fox.com/programming/shows/new/dollhouse.htm |title=FOX '08 New Series: Dollhouse |access-date=2008-05-25 |publisher=[[Fox Broadcasting Company]] |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080519094204/http://www.fox.com/programming/shows/new/dollhouse.htm |archive-date = 2008-05-19}}</ref> Mutant Enemy also produced the internet series, ''[[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog]]''<ref name="Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog">{{cite web | url=http://www.drhorrible.com | title=Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog}}</ref> the film ''[[The Cabin in the Woods]]'' and the superhero series ''[[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'', along with [[ABC Studios]] and [[Marvel Television]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2013/tv/reviews/marvels-agents-of-shield-review-1200572901/|title=Review: "Marvel's Agents of SHIELD"|last=Lowry|first=Brian|publisher=Variety|date=August 4, 2013|access-date=August 5, 2013}}</ref> Most recently, Mutant Enemy produced the supernatural fiction series ''[[The Nevers]]'' for [[HBO]].

Its offices (made out of glass bricks) were on the lot of [[20th Century Fox]] in [[Los Angeles]], previously the home of [[Chris Carter (screenwriter)|Chris Carter]]'s [[Ten Thirteen Productions]]. According to March 2006's issue of UK magazine [[The Word (UK magazine)|''The Word'']], the offices were closed not long after [[Angel (1999 TV series)|''Angel'']] was cancelled.

==Filmography==
The following table lists the production credits of ''Mutant Enemy'':<ref name="IMDb-filmography">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/company/co0009514/ |title=Mutant Enemy filmography |access-date=2008-07-21 |publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]] }}</ref>
{| class="sortable wikitable"
! Title
! Format
! Year
|-
|''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''
| Television series
| 1997–2003
|-
|''[[Angel (1999 TV series)|Angel]]''
| Television series
| 1999–2004
|-
|''[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]''
| Television series
| 2002
|-
|''[[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog]]''
| Web series
| 2008
|-
|''[[Dollhouse (TV series)|Dollhouse]]''
| Television series
| 2009–2010
|-
|''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight|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
|-
|}

==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]]—the 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.

==Staff==
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:
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* [[Jeffrey Bell]]
* [[Elizabeth Craft]]
* [[Steven S. DeKnight]]
* [[Ben Edlund]]
* [[Jane Espenson]]
* [[Sarah Fain]]
* [[David Fury]]
* [[Ashley Gable]]
* [[Drew Goddard]]
* [[Drew Z. Greenberg]]
* [[David Greenwalt]]
* [[Rebecca Rand Kirshner]]
* [[Tim Minear]]
* [[Jose Molina (writer)|Jose Molina]]
* [[Marti Noxon]]
* [[Doug Petrie]]
* [[Mere Smith]]
* [[Maurissa Tancharoen]]
* [[Jed Whedon]]
* [[Joss Whedon]]
* [[Zack Whedon]]
{{div col end}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.whedon.info/A-Brief-History-of-Mutant-Enemy.html A Brief History of Mutant Enemy]

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