Secret Mountain Fort Awesome is an American animated television series created by Peter Browngardt for Cartoon Network that debuted in 2011.

Their leader, a purple tusked and underwear-clad creature named Festro (voiced by Peter Browngardt), is a macho party animal willing to do anything to help out his group, even when his help is less than desired.

Slog (voiced by Steve Little), a furred proboscis monkey-like monster, is likewise blindly loyal, but lacks critical judgment skills – the more hazardous something is, the more likely he will be to follow it.

[1] Billed as a comedy,[2] the show was created by Peter Browngardt and based on his animated short Uncle Grandpa,[3] which garnered praise, a cult following and an Emmy Award nomination.

[5] Before landing his own show, Browngardt had worked at Augenblick Studios and MTV, as well as on individual programs, such as Futurama, The Venture Bros., Chowder, and The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack.

In an interview with Cartoon Brew, Browngardt called the process of pitching his pilot an "amazing learning experience" because it allowed him to propose an idea to the network and see "how it can manipulate and change while you're working on it".

[3] Conte noted Browngardt's inspirations from Garbage Pail Kids and Don Martin of Mad magazine, but called the result "definitely its own thing".

[8] Secret Mountain Fort Awesome premiered on August 1, 2011, on Cartoon Network as part of a sneak preview;[9] this broadcast was seen by 1.8 million viewers.

[10] It premiered formally on September 26 as part of their Monday night programming block,[5] where it was seen by 1.3 million viewers, marking a slight decrease from the previous broadcast.

[16] Shannon O'Leary of Publishers Weekly wrote that the show, along with others on the network such as Adventure Time and Superjail!, bore resemblance to the aesthetics of established independent comics artists.

[21] At the 40th Annie Awards, Thaddeus Paul Couldron was nominated for "Character Design in an Animated Television or Other Broadcast Venue Production" for his work on the episode "Secret Mountain Uncle Grandpa".