The Off-Beats is an American slapstick comedy animated television series that was created by Mo Willems.
after Willems moved to Cartoon Network to create Sheep in the Big City; it too was cancelled after two years on the air.
The series itself (especially in story and concept) pays homage to the classic Peanuts TV specials, especially since the majority of the voice cast are child actors.
After 15 years of being considered lost, the Off Beats Valentine Special can be viewed on YouTube as of February 27, 2014.
On some occasions, he breaks his calm nature and loses his temper, causing him to shout with words coming out of his mouth, usually startling his friends and himself.
Betty is able to copy Tommy's movements and yelling voice at ease, and Repunzil is able to do the same as shown in the Valentine's Day special.
He may have a crush on Tina since he tries to get her to be his valentine with an invention he made, which results in him being thrown into the punchbowl at the party.
He once fell in love with a falling cat named February, which his dog friends found strange.
Grubby Groo - The beatnik-looking adult friend of the Off-Beats, and the only one who realizes what big jerks the Populars are, as shown in the pilot and "The Sprain".
Grubby Groo was originally created for a short Willems made for Sesame Street in 1993.
The Populars are a group of six mean kids, usually seen led by Tina, traveling in a huge nose-in-the-air clump.
The Populars seem to be the inspiration for the antagonists, the Delightful Children from Down The Lane, in Codename: Kids Next Door, a cartoon on which Mo Willems has also worked.
Despite her spoiled personality and bad attitude, she seems to be intelligent, as she is curious about Betty Anne's inability to react to her negative comments.
Some of her insults make little (if any) sense or are deemed too childish; for example, in one episode she calls paddleball "Stupid" and says that Betty Anne will get "bumpkis" once Repunzil wins the Sweepstakes.
A running gag in the series usually involves him saying something that will upset Tina, and then the Populars throw him forward into the distance, causing him to crash into something (most likely a trash can given the sound effects) and scream.
They are also seen on the Rugrats “Tommy Troubles” VHS release and aired as an intermission between two Nickelodeon programmings.
This episode also proves that the Populars do in fact sleep and live together, and each individual member is allowed a bathroom break.
This was also the very last episode produced by Mo Willems, who moved to the Cartoon Network to create Sheep in the Big City.
Production notes: As the original voiceover child actors and animators returned, everyone was set for the production as cited in a press release: "We've had the same team of independent animators and voiceover kids for the past four years, so everyone really understood their characters and was ready to jam".
Willems uploaded the music score for the cartoon's theme song, the flashback of September's girlfriend's story, and the sad valentine song about September played at the dance at a low volume due to the horrific lyrics.