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[[File:MTV_Downtown_547.jpg|frame|Sesame Street has succumbed to urban blight here.]]
''[[Downtown]]'', or ''MTV's Downtown'', was an animated series on [[MTV]] on urban life, based on interviews with real people. The show followed a diverse and ethnically diverse cast who live in [[New York City]], and presents their everyday lives through quirky, humorous, and imaginative perspectives from the characters. It was created by Chris Prynoski, a former animator on ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'', and produced by David McGrath. In 2000, ''Downtown'' was nominated for an Emmy in the category of Outstanding Animated Program.▼
Like many of MTV's other cartoons, it lasted only one season of 13 episodes. There has been an outcry for a DVD release of the series. The use of an original score rather than licensed music would make such a DVD release easier. Prynoski sublimated the lack of an official Paramount DVD release by way of offering a promotional DVD via his [https://web.archive.org/web/20131010101203/http://chrisprynoski.blogspot.com/ blog], which includes all episodes of the series in DVD quality.▼
▲''Downtown'', or ''MTV's Downtown'', was an animated series on [[MTV]] on urban life, based on interviews with real people. The show followed a diverse and ethnically diverse cast who live in [[New York City]], and presents their everyday lives through quirky, humorous, and imaginative perspectives from the characters. It was created by Chris Prynoski, a former animator on ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'', and produced by David McGrath. In 2000, ''Downtown'' was nominated for an Emmy in the category of Outstanding Animated Program.
Not to be confused with the 1965 [[Petula Clark]] song of the same name.
▲Like many of MTV's other cartoons, it lasted only one season of 13 episodes. There has been an outcry for a DVD release of the series. The use of an original score rather than licensed music would make such a DVD release easier. Prynoski sublimated the lack of an official Paramount DVD release by way of offering a promotional DVD via his [http://chrisprynoski.blogspot.com/ blog], which includes all episodes of the series in DVD quality.
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* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Chaka, though more to Alex than her classmates.
* [[Anything That Moves]]: Leah does this, [[Really Gets Around|to the point where she interupts sex with one guy to hook up with another one right in the middle.]]
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** When she changes from goth to "normal" look in the final episode, her skin isn't pale anymore, so it was probably just makeup.
* [[Fake-Out Make-Out]]: Alex and Jen do this to fool their limo driver in "The Limo."
* [[Friends
* [[Furry Fandom]]: A furry art/comics/cosplay group appears on a comic book convention, right next to the booth that Fruity and Matt are manning for Starbase 51. Noteable since this episode came out long before furries ever appeared in other mainstream media.
* [[Garage Sale]]:
{{quote|
Chaka: Mecca, They have other people's sweat in them.
Jen: Chaka, where do you think this stuff comes from, a time capsule? No, I buy it off people who think it's worthless, dry clean it and mark it up 1000%. }}
* [[Known Only By Their Nickname]]: Goat and Fruity never revealed their actual names. Goat's first or last name *might* be Scott.
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* [[Nerds Are Virgins]]: Alex's friends. Whether Alex himself is a virgin is [[A Man Is Not a Virgin|nebulous]].
* [[The Not Love Interest]]: Jen and Alex. {{spoiler|In one episode they're so horny they do consider going beyond friendship, but then come to the conclusion it wouldn't make any sense.}}
* [[Once More,
* [[Or So I Heard]]: "And not an upscale stripclub like Scores, but one where the girls have nasty implant scars... not that I've been there or anything."
* [[Perky Goth]]: Serena. To some, her exotic goth style can seem off-putting, but she's a very likable, positive person.
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* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: Alex has to explain this about Jen fairly often. Not to mention the Gender reversed version that Jen has to point out as well.
* [[Stealth Pun]]:
{{quote|
Fruity: Get it over with already!
Matt: Gotta find the right spot, B.
Chaka: If only all guys were like you. }}
* [[Subways Suck]]: In Episode 102, a battle-of-the-sexes train race of Chaka and Mecca vs. Matt and Fruity to get to Coney Island. Chaka acts impulsively and takes random trains while Mecca is too spineless to stop her. Matt looks at the maps, makes a plan and firmly sticks to it despite Fruity's complaints, but all for nothing when their train line ends abruptly due to construction.
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