How NOT to Draw is a short drawing tutorial parody series where animators bring beloved Disney characters to life, and the characters are given chaos that the animator(s) bring upon them. It premiered on September 30, 2022 on Disney Channel.[1]
When Cricket Green from Big City Greens is brought to life, he has a very special request for his animator. This is How NOT To draw Cricket Green, from Big City Greens!
When a Disney animator draws Mickey Mouse a boat, our favorite mouse finds himself facing a series of unexpected challenges. But our pal Mickey has a secret Minnie Mouse up his sleeve, will that be enough to battle a shark?!
Our Disney Animator is up for the fight of his life when Dr. Doofenshmirtz gets his hands on the ERASE-INATOR. Can the animator draw himself out of this situation before Dr. Doof destroys his desk?
How NOT To Draw is back with a BIG season 2 premiere featuring Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur! In this drawing tutorial parody, when Moon Girl can't decide what kind of supervillain to fight, she unknowingly creates one of her greatest enemies yet! Can she and the animator defeat the villain before it escapes the page?
In this drawing tutorial parody, the charming Minnie Mouse helps the Animator learn that putting a little bit of love into your baking goes a long way. Also featuring special guest stars Daisy Duck and Clarabelle Cow!
In this drawing tutorial parody, Flik from “A Bug’s Life” helps the animator learn that when you’re an ant, maybe it’s not so tough to be a bug after all!
In this drawing tutorial parody, the Animator joins forces with R2-D2 from Star Wars to rescue C-3P0 after he’s kidnapped by those pesky scavengers, the Jawas!
In this drawing tutorial parody, the animator tries to give Donald a proper celebration for his birthday. But when other versions of Donald show up to crash the party… let’s just say… “Aw Phooey”
The shorts' premise is reminiscent of the Looney Tunes shorts Duck Amuck and Rabbit Rampage and also has similarities to the viral video series Animator vs Animation.
The second short features Mickey whistling on a boat, an obvious reference to Steamboat Willie.
In the seventh short, Minnie, instead of her red skirt with white polka dots, wears a plain blue skirt similar to the one she wore in the 1936 short, Mickey's Rival.
The beginning and the end of the second short where Mickey doesn't have his ears and can't hear anything is a reference to episode 9 of the 2013 Mickey Mouse series, Bad Ear Day.
Zeno Robinson voiced the animator in the Mickey and Suga Mama episodes, while Dee Bradley Baker voiced the animator in the Doof episode. Debra Wilson also voiced the animator in the Moon Girl episode while Sarah-Nicole Robles also voiced the animator in the Minnie episode.
The series was added to Disney+ on August 2, 2023.
Dan Povenmire recorded himself doing the "A Platypus? Perry the Platypus?!" line for "Dr. Doofenshmirtz Cartoon Come to Life!" for Doofenshmirtz on October 8, 2022.[4]
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur were the first Marvel characters to be the subject of an episode.
Flik became the first Pixar character to be the subject of an episode, marking his true return to animation 25 years since A Bug's Life. Additionally, his appearance was probably meant to be a cross promotion with the Disney+ docuseries by National Geographic, A Real Bug's Life, hence why the episode featured scientific facts about ants.
The Donald Duck episode is made to co-alongside the character's 90th birthday, hence the birthday party theme and the versions of Donald featured in the episode.
At the end of the Grunkle Stan episode, a cipher code in its mock up YouTube error screen is shown reading: "HTTP ERROR 502: EB WUDQVODWLQJ WKLV FRGH BRX DUH KHUHEB DJUHHLQJ WR OHW ELOO FLSKHU WDNH SHUPDQHQW FRQWURO RI BRXU PLQG. JRRG OXFN ZLWK WKDW!" When translated it reads: "BY TRANSLATING THIS CODE YOU ARE HEREBY AGREEING TO LET BILL CIPHER TAKE PERMANENT CONTROL OF YOUR MIND. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT!"
In the part where Dr. Doofenshmirtz erases Candace's mouth in "Dr. Doofenshmirtz Cartoon Come to Life!", a table napkin with sketches of Phineas can be seen; which is the drawings that Dan Povenmire drew in a restaurant which became the inspiration for him to create Phineas and Ferb with Jeff "Swampy" Marsh.
