Krogzilla is an adult animated web series, created by filmmaker and actor Cory Edwards for the YouTube channel Shut Up!
Cory Edwards sought to parody fast food in this episode, and described Big Dogs as "the dumbest, most hideous idea" he could think of.
He felt that real fast food restaurants make poor attempts at variety, and parodied this with the disgusting toppings offered at Big Dogs.
Cory Edwards had previously collaborated with Ken Marino on Hoodwinked!, and immediately thought of him to play the role of Regurgitor.
Edwards met John O'Hurley when their children attended the same preschool class, and cast him as the executive in this episode.
Edwards used this episode to comment on many of the issues that he has with the current film industry, including the impersonalization of movie theatres and the influx of sequels and remakes.
Edwards wanted to create many fake movie posters to be seen in the episode, but was unable due to budget constraints.
He enjoyed coming up with a children's character to exist in the world of the show and since he felt that clowns, Barney the Dinosaur, Dora the Explorer, and Sesame Street characters had been over-done, he decided to draw inspiration from the children's television series Yo Gabba Gabba!
Edwards wanted to feature a scene with Krogzilla jumping in and popping a bounce house, as well as moments with a piñata, and a table of presents, but these were not animated due to budget and schedule restraints.
A joke where Krogzilla makes a balloon that could be interpreted as either a sword or a penis was not in the original script, but was conceived of by the animators.
Edwards asked his animators to add sight gags to the classroom scene, since it was dialogue-laden and SMOSH did not want the show to be "too talky".
The gags that the animators came up with included the students flying paper airplanes and shooting spitwads, and Krogzilla accidentally pulling down a chart of the male reproductive system.
Marcus, who has found a job as a delivery man, visits Krogzilla at work and reveals that he plans on going back to school.
Edwards chose to make the final episode more emotional than comedic and hoped to speak to those who had lost jobs in recent years.
He compared the episode's tone to a Wes Anderson movie and recognized that it might not appeal to SMOSH's target demographic, so he was surprised when it was well received by viewers.
These channels would feature original content created by various Hollywood production companies, celebrities, and new media groups with the hope of providing a new Digital Age alternative to television.
[20] He has also stated that he wanted the show to serve as a metaphor for those who lost their jobs and had to find alternative employment in recent years.
[9] Edwards' wife created the character of Jeff, as she felt that the initial plan for the series wasn't weird enough for its target audience.
[21] He felt that the two roles comprised different extremities of Greene's personality, and described scenes that featured dialogue between the two characters as "like hearing a 'Jeckle and Hyde' routine."
According to Greene, he approached the role of Jeff by channeling the love child of Al Pacino and Gilbert Godfried.
[19] Both Greene and Ken Marino, who was cast in the recurring role of Krogzilla's nemesis Regurgitor, had previously collaborated with Edwards on Hoodwinked!
[2][20] Edwards found creating a series for the internet to be an enjoyable experience, largely due to the immediate feedback that would come from viewers, and the significant amount of creative freedom that he was given.