Tortellini Western

infobox television
show_name = Tortellini Western


format = Children's television series
runtime = 3 to 4 min.
creator = Larry Schwarz
starring = Larry Schwarz
country = USA
network = NickToons Network

Tortellini Western is an animated film series on NickToons Network. It was produced by Animation Collective, and debuted in 2004. The title is a play on the term Spaghetti Western.

Characters

* Giovanni - A kid who is the star of the show. He has a lot of adventures, often disappointing. He loves pasta that his grandma makes.
* Grandma - Giovanni's grandmother, who likes making pasta.
* Grandpa - Giovanni's grandfather, who sometimes ruins Giovanni's day.
* Buck - Giovanni's enemy.
* Dances - Giovanni's Indian "girl" friend.
* Towns People - The citizens of the fictional city of Palermo, Montana; on-lookers to the plight of the family Ruggiero

Credits

Cast

* Gary Littman - Giovanni/Various
* Larry Schwarz - Grandpa
* Michelle Newman - Grandma

Crew

* Writer: Mike Yank
* Director: Sean LeHay
* Animator: Joe Andriola
* Animator: Julian Koelsch
* Animator: Dagan Moriarly
* Animator: Aleksey Nuzhnov
* Animator: Justin Simonich
* Animator: Matt Rodriguez
* Animator: Andy Smith
* Animator: Keith Vincent
* Animator: Stephen Moverley
* Head of Animation: Sergey Aniskov
* Head of Production: John Calapeno
* Editor: Krammer O'Neil
* Editor: Susie Hwang
* Production Assistant: Jon Neimand
* Score: Sean LeHay
* Executive Producer: Larry Schwarz
* Executive Producer: Sergey Aniskov
* Executive Producer: Sean LeHay
* Art Director: Dagan Moriarly

Mini-Episodes

# Some Like This Pot - Giovanni tries to find Grandma's pasta pot.
# Cattlefield Earth - Cattle run wild.
# No Small Heat - There's no way to stop the intense heat.
# Pony Express Yourself - Once he finds the mailman sick, he fills in for him on the last mail. The mail is for the mailman.
# Cacti Fighter - Giovanni cuts the lawn.
# Das Boot - Giovanni keeps stepping in cow pies.
# Montana Tea - Giovanni sees a man sell oil to get money, and tries it himself. He ends up striking the sewage line.
# Of Thee I Sting - Giovanni gets stung by a poisonous scorpion.
# Golden Stumblers - Giovanni tries to get gold during a gold rush.
# Lasso Miserables - Giovanni has trouble lassoing.
# Up in Smoke Signals - Giovanni spotted smoke signals in the sky and thinks that an army of dinosaurs and mummys are going to attack, but the smoke signals are just gas from his grandpa.
# All's Well That Ends Well - Giovanni gets stuck in a well and calls for help, but he ends up getting cows in the well, which he uses to get out.
# The Bull Marked Kid - A bull chases Giovanni, just for his pasta.