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Not to be confused with GLITCH.

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—The first channel description, A part of the official description from the GLITCH channel

Glitch Productions (formerly known as Glitchy Boy Productions) is an Australian animation studio based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, specifically in heart of Parramatta CBD. The studio was founded by Kevin and Luke Lerdwichagul on May 27, 2017. The company is known for currently producing and airing SMG4/Super Mario 64 Bloopers, TheAwesomeMario (until January 2018), Hobo Bros, SMG4's Hitbox, Meta Runner, Sunset Paradise, Murder Drones, The Amazing Digital Circus, and The Gaslight District. It was first announced on May 24, 2017, in Big Things Are Happening (AND TONS OF AWESOME FAN ART!) - SMG4 Mail Time.

The videos were originally uploaded at 6:00 PM EST (3:00 PM PST), later the upload date was changed to 3:00 PM EST (12:00 PM PST), debut in META RUNNER - Skybreakers // Final Season: Ep 3.

On November 9th (10th PST), 2023, an inaugural live podcast panel event dubbed GLITCH-X 2023 premiered hosted by them, guest starring various indie animation creators, namely Liam Vickers, Vivienne Medrano/Vivziepop, Cooper Goodwin/Gooseworx, Tracy Butler, and David Axel Casanova/Sr Pelo, and Steven Carver/Saberspark (would would host the third segment of the panel, in addition to a handful of voice actors, namely Michael Kovach, Lizzie Freeman, Elsie Lovelock, Alex Rochon, Edward Bosco, and Belsheber Rusape, where Luke and Kevin held live segments involving interviewing, drawpiling, and improv acting scenario prompts with the guests and discussing their thoughts and stance on the renaissance of independent animation and how they personally would like to welcome and offer sponsorship to any other aspiring creators to help kickstart and distribute their own projects, as well as announcing the development of their newest show, Nick Szopko's The Gaslight District.

Intro and History[]

There have been seven and 2 minor intros for the company videos. Seven for SMG4 and one for the GLITCH channel.

SMG4 Intros[]

The first intro appears in Big Things Are Happening (AND TONS OF AWESOME FAN ART!) - SMG4 Mail Time, starting on September 7, 2016. It starts with the Glitchy Boy appears with its screen popping out. The words Glitchy Boy then appear on the screen. This intro was last used on September 30, 2017 (SMG4: Stupid Luigi's Mansion) and was later replaced with the second intro.

The second intro appears in SMG4: War of the Fat Italians 2017, starting on October 7, 2017. The intro starts with a Game Boy cartridge (SMG4, TheAwesomeMario or Hobo Bros) being inserted into the Glitchy Boy. Then Glitchy Boy appears on its screen similar to the Game Boy Advance Startup (only the text is glitching out). This intro was last used on September 1, 2018 (SMG4: Mario SAW) and was replaced later with the third intro. At the same time in March, the company moved its office from Luke's old house to a new office house in Mascot, Sydney.[1]

The third intro appears in SMG4 Direct (HUGE CHANNEL UPDATE), starting on September 5, 2018 and it's the first intro with the new company name Glitch Productions. The intro simply starts with the logo appearing and then glitching into SMG4 logo, sometimes even the screen goes blank afterwards. That variation can be seen on non-blooper related SMG4 videos like War Of The Fat Italians 2018 - Official Trailer and the new series Hitbox. However, non-blooper videos do not show the SMG4 logo after the company logo appears. The old intro last appeared on December 28, 2019 during the episode SMG4: The Grand Festival and was replaced with the fourth intro.

The fourth intro appears in SMG4: Mario Gets His PINGAS Stuck In The Door, starting on January 18, 2020. It now shows the Glitch Productions logo flashing before it appears in an all-black color (in a nutshell, the color scheme was swapped). There is also a separate intro for the hat, in which the hat appears and the text slowly popping up. It is usually then accompanied by Mario (or someone else) saying a random linem usually related to the video. This intro is reminiscent of the Season 5/2015 intros, in which Mario (or somebody else) would say something after SMG4 gets knocked off by the logo. Also, the outro had changed, with the background now featuring heads of the major characters (Fishy Boopkins, Bob Bobowski, Meggy, Tari, Saiko, Axol, and Mario or SMG4). This intro, and consequently variable openings, were last used in SMG4: She's Back!, being replaced with the fifth intro.

The fifth intro was debuted in Mario Plays: Friday Night Funkin, starting on August 5th, 2021. This is the shortest intro so far, lasting a mere two seconds. It consists of the SMG4 logo zooming in on the outro background, pushing back slightly. Accompanying this intro is a Mario coin sound as the logo zooms in, and the SMG4 jingle from the second intro, alongside a clip of Mario saying "That's-a so nice!" This is the first time since 2016 that there is no on-screen Glitch Productions logo in an intro.

The sixth and the most recent major intro first appears in SMG4: THE NEW CASTLE!!, on July 29th, 2023. It consists of Mario, SMG4, Swag, Saiko, Meggy, Tari, Luigi, SMG3, Melony, Bob, and Karen coming in together to make the new SMG4 logo with a white glow effect. This intro also has a clip of Mario saying "That's-a so nice!"

The two minor intros are for SMG4 Crew; the first one is SMG4, SMG3, Mario, Tari, and Meggy waving hello to the camera as a train hits them with Beeg SMG4 coming for the camera, as the screen fades to the SMG4 Crew logo.

The second and current SMG4 Crew intro shows SMG4, SMG3, Bob, Luigi, Boopkins, Meggy, Tari, and Saiko playing a game of Monopoly. Beeg SMG4 falls onto the game right as Mario is about to roll the dice. Mario gets angry and flips the table over as Beeg SMG4 is coming towards the screen. The screen fades to the SMG4 Crew logo.

GLITCH Intros[]

History[]

As of February 21, 2020, the company has moved to a new head office in an undisclosed location in Sydney, as the old office house would be used completely as a residence for the Lerdwichagul brothers. It was briefly closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, but reopened to staff on July 3, 2020. Later on August 28, the third official channel for the company, titled "GLITCH", was launched, which would show original programming provided by the company.[2]

The SMG4 channel reached 5 million subscribers on November 13, 2021 while Glitch reached 1 million subscribers at the end of 2022.

Shows[]

Ongoing shows[]

on SMG4

Show name Date started Other names used Notes
SMG4 May 4, 2011
  • Super Mario 64 Bloopers (2011 to 2014)
  • SM64 Bloopers (2015 to Feb 4, 2017)
  • SM64 (Dec 8, 2012 to Feb 25, 2017)
  • SMG4 (since 2017)
Show was taken over by Glitch in 2017.
Hobo Bros December 3, 2016 NA Show was taken over by Glitch in 2017. (currently on hiatus)
Hitbox September 22, 2018 NA The show is on a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

on GLITCH

Show name Date started
Ultra Jump Mania September 4, 2020
Sunset Paradise March 26, 2021
Murder Drones October 29, 2021
The Amazing Digital Circus October 13, 2023

Upcoming Shows & Pilots[]

Show name Date started
The Gaslight District TBA

Finished/cancelled shows[]

Show name Date started Date ended Reason for cancellation
TheAwesomeMario 2013 2017 Harry Brown no longer works on the channel's content and Luke and Kevin wanted to focus on bigger projects.
The Wacky Wario Bros. 2013 2016 Merged into the SMG4 series
Sonic the Derphog 2014 2016 Merged into the SMG4 series
Guards N' Retards 2014 2018 Merged into the SMG4 series as seen in SMG4: Mario's Prison Escape
SMG4 Gaming 2014 2016 No longer exists, was replaced by "Hobo Bros"
Retarded64 2013 2017 No longer exists, was merged with Super Mario 64 Bloopers to create the current SMG4 series
The Mario Channel 2017 2018 Presumably ended or merged into the SMG4 series, possibly due to YouTube's new video policy

Hobo Bros

2016 2020 The channel is on an indefinite hiatus as Kevin and Luke are focusing on their animations on the GLITCH and SMG4 channels.
Meta Runner 2019 2022 Series concluded


All Crew Members (Alphabetical Order)[]


Gallery[]

Images[]

Videos[]

Trivia[]

  • For strange reasons, Hobo Bros uses the Glitch Productions intro the least. The SMG4 and TheAwesomeMario channels are the primary users of the intro.
  • Also for unknown reasons, by March 2018, TheAwesomeMario was removed from the Glitchy Boy website and the channel link is no longer present on newer videos of SMG4 and Hobo Bros. TheAwesomeMario itself became inactive once again after January 2018. This is due to Harry Brown (former Glitchy Boy member and the person who made the videos for TheAwesomeMario) focusing more on assist editing for SMG4.
  • In the video SMG4 Direct (Huge Channel Update) the company changed its name to Glitch (full name Glitch Productions), along with changing the intro. According to Luke, the change was due to the fact that no one knew what Glitchy Boy was since the company didn’t do a good job explaining it.
  • Starting from the video THE OFFICIAL SMG4 MERCH REVEAL, the link to the Glitch Productions website in the description was removed and the website became inactive.
    • However, after the announcement of the 2019 SMG4 tour, the website was once again activated and was updated to the new company name. Newer videos would once again include the website link in their descriptions.
  • As of August 2020, Glitch Productions content is now uploaded in their new channel GLITCH.
  • There is a secret motto in the videos (SMG4 & Glitch): "I always running." This is likely a reference to the opening song of Meta Runner season one.
  • As of Early 2022, Glitch Productions launched their new official website.
  • Murder Drones is the first series with a German translation. After that, The Amazing Digital Circus is the first series with a German dub.

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