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Wild grinders is a 2009-2013 TV animated series produced by professional skater Rob Dyrdek. The premise of the show follows a younger persona of Rob Dyrdek and the misadventures he faces with his friends and his dog, "Meaty" while skating. The show was notoriously panned, and holds a lower Imdb rating than even the Filipino-American animated show, "The Nutshack." Online the show has taken a presence for its poor quality animation, low humor, and some seeing similarities between Wild Grinders and The Nutshack.

Origin:

The series was originally conceived by Rob Dyrdek, a professional skater, as a cartoon produced by him based around his experiences as a young adolescent. Around 2009, a web-series hosted by Kabillion On-Demand was put onto YouTube, and various featured merchandise and a podcast-like segment called "Wild in the streets" was also posted onto Rob Dyrdeks channel promoting the series. Many promotional media was made to help hype the series up before airing on Nickelodeon, including one clip with Rob Dyrdek dressed in a Lil-Rob mascot costume to help promote the show at a local mall. Various stop motion videos made by Rob Dyrdek was also put onto the web-series as well, made with the various toys and merchandise sold along with the show. By mid 2012, the Wild Grinders show was finally premiered onto Nickelodeon's "Nicktoons" channel for a total of 2 seasons and 26 episodes, before being cancelled.

Spread

The show was critically panned upon release, with many critics and viewers calling the shows animation, writing, and humor poor. The production value of the show was also critically panned for its lazy flash animation, and the cast of characters in the series. The show online has also led some to draw parallels between this show and The Nutshack, with some even claiming that the same animation team behind The Nutshack also produced the Wild Grinders. Even so, this show has actually received a lower rating on Imdb and Tv.com, making The Nutshack a higher rated show.

Various Examples

On August 14th, 2016, user Aedan Senpai uploaded a video titled "THE WILD GRINDERS AND NUTSHACK RANT", where he discusses the similatites between Myx's The Nutshack and Nicktoons Wild Grinders, in a satirical manner.

On October 1st, almost two months after Aedan Senpai's video, user Mohammad M uploaded a video titled "Its the nutshack but with wild grinders", where nearly all the characters in The Nutshacks intro were replaced by characters from the Wild Grinders. The video has received over 22,000 views and 500 likes as of December 12th.

A month later on November 7th, YouTuber chopping boss uploaded a video titled "Wild Grinders anime op", which creates a AMV using footage from The Wild Grinders and "Unravel" from Tokyo Ghoul. The video has received 3,500 views and 130 likes as of December 12, 2016.

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External Refrences

Wikipedia
Nick's web page
Imdb page
Wikia page
TV Tropes page