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{{quote|'''Gus''': ''I need some condoms so I can make love to my lover. And don't smirk - they're for gay sex.''}}
''[[Mission Hill]]'' (1999-2000, 2002) was a short-lived animated series about 24-year-old slacker Andy French and his [[Fish Out of Water]] brother Kevin, an [[Odd Couple]] forced to share a loft apartment in a [[Quirky Town|quirky downtown neighborhood]]. A total of 18 episodes were produced, but only 13 were ever broadcast.
For a failed program, Mission Hill was surprisingly noteworthy:
* It was one of the last animated shows to use hand-painted cels (Later shows, like ''[[Drawn Together]]'', did so mostly for stylistic reasons).
* It was the one of the first TV shows ''of any kind'' to feature an on-screen homosexual kiss (Gus and Wally, in the pilot episode) from a couple established to be male homosexuals. It was predated by a 1990 episode of "[[The Simpsons Did It|The Simpsons]]" ("Simpson and Delilah") and the
* In what must be one of the great [[Averted Trope|trope aversions]] of all time, elderly gay couple Gus and Wally had such rich personalities and unique storylines that the examples list below contains no [[Stereotype Gay]] entries. It is also unlikely that "Gay men fall in love while making a [[Mystery Science Theater 3000|MST3K-worthy]] sci-fi movie" and "Gay man gets knife stuck in head; gay partner welds birdcage and tennis racket to it" will become tropes. The show actually won an award from [[wikipedia:GLAAD|GLAAD]] for showing homosexual characters in a positive and non-stereotypical light.
* It was the birthplace of one of the most distinctive cartoon voices of all time. Voice actor [[Tom Kenny]]'s take on one-off character Jimmy Briskin (a diminutive actor who played an [[Alien Scrappy|Ewok]] in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'') was so well-received that he re-used the voice for a slightly more famous cartoon character: [[SpongeBob SquarePants]].
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** On the episode where Kevin tries to crack the SAT code and Posey puts out an ad for massages (only to have men think she's a hooker who does erotic massages due to a misprint), when the pimp knocks at the door, Andy says, "Yeah, keep banging. That'll make me come faster."
* [[Girlfriend in Canada]]: Played straight with Kevin and George in the pilot, where Toby states that George had a girlfriend in Singapore, to which Kevin mentions that he used to claim that he had a girlfriend in Canada ("because it's so far away, no one could ever check). He asks George if it's the same for him, whereupon he replies that "it's a more believable ethnic variation."
* [[Girl of the Week]] (Andy had several, Kevin had one, and they fought over one.)
* [[Granola Girl]] (Posey; also a subversion, in that she had a mean streak and a capitalistic urge she was all too eager to indulge.)
* [["Happy Ending" Massage]] (A typo makes people think Posey's perfectly legit massage service is this.)
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]] (Andy and Jim.)
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]:
** Jim's voice is quite recognizable as that of [[Brian Posehn]].
** Kevin is [[Scott Menville]]
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* [[Quirky Town]] (The Mission Hill neighborhood.)
* [[Scott Menville]] (voices Kevin)
* [[
* [[Ted Baxter]] (Andy seems to view his abilities and life as much better than they actually are, except in cartooning, which he's actually pretty good at.)
** His life ''is'' pretty damn awesome. Minimal work for maximum profit, a sweet-ass apartment with neighbors he likes (a rarity) and the uncanny ability to charm women so incredibly out-of-his-league.
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