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{{Short description|Canadian adult animated TV series}}
{{Infobox television
| name image = The Dating Guy.jpg
| imagecaption = Season 1 DVD = The Dating Guy.jpgcover
| caption alt_name = Season 1 DVD cover
| alt_name genre = [[Animated sitcom]]
| genre creator = [[Animation]]<br{{Plainlist />[[Sitcom]]|
| creator = {{Plainlist |
* Matt Hornburg
* Mark Bishop
}}
| based_on =
| developer =
| writer =
| director = {{ubl|Joseph Sherman|Jamie Whitney}}
| creative_director =
| presenter =
| starring =
| judges =
| voices = {{Plainlist |
* [[Fab Filippo]]
* Anand Rajaram
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* [[Lauren Ash]]
}}
| narrated =
| theme_music_composer =
| opentheme =
| endtheme =
| composer = [[Jono Grant (Canadian = [[musician)|Jono Grant]]
| country = Canada
| language = English
| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 26
| list_episodes = #Episodes
| executive_producer = {{Plainlist |
* John Morayniss
* Frank Saperstein
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* Frank van Keeken
}}
| producer = Mark Satterthwaite<br />Mark J.W. Bishop<br />Matt Hornburg
| editor =
| location =
| cinematography =
| camera =
| runtime = 22 minutes
| company = {{Plainlist |
* marblemedia
* [[Entertainment One]]
}}
| distributorchannel = [[EntertainmentTeletoon Oneat Night|Teletoon Detour]]
| channel first_aired = [[Teletoon at{{Start Night]]date|2008|09|17}}
| picture_formatlast_aired = {{End date|2010|05|08}}
| audio_formatrelated =
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| first_aired = {{Start date|2010|10|17}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2011|05|08}}
| preceded_by =
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| website = http://www.datingguy.com/
| website_title =
| production_website = http://www.marblemedia.com/whatwedo/project.php?name=dating_scripted
| production_website_title =
}}
'''''The Dating Guy''''' is a Canadian [[adult animation|adult]] [[animated series]] and [[animated sitcom|sitcom]] that originally aired on [[Teletoon at Night]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channelcanada.com/canadian-channels/specialty-channels/teletoon/teletoon-unveils-teletoon-at-nights-fall-2010-programming-highlights |title=Teletoon Unveils Teletoon at Night's Fall 2010 Programming Highlights |publisher=Channel Canada |date=2010-07-17 |access-date=2013-07-30}}</ref> starting on OctoberSeptember 17, 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/648205/teletoon-at-night-s-original-series-the-dating-guy-serves-up-a-comedy-cocktail-with-a-provocative-twist |title=Teletoon Canada Inc. &#124; Teletoon At Night'S Original Series The Dating Guy Serves Up A Comedy Cocktail With A Provocative Twist |publisher=Newswire.ca |date=2010-09-23 |access-date=2013-08-13}}</ref>2008 and ending on May 8, 20112010.<ref name=crtclogs>{{cite web|url=ftp://support.crtc.gc.ca/logs/|title=Television Program Logs|date=2016-03-02|publisher=[[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]]}}{{dead link|date=August 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} [https://archive.org/details/support_crtc_gc_ca15052016 Alt URL]</ref> In the United States, it aired on [[HDNet]] starting on September 17, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2009/sep/10/dallas-hdnet-debuts-dating-guy/ |title=Dallas' HDNet debuts "The Dating Guy" &#124; www.pegasusnews.com &#124; Dallas/Fort Worth |publisher=www.pegasusnews.com |date=2009-09-10 |access-date=2013-09-29}}</ref>
 
The show was created by Matt Hornburg and Mark Bishop, with executive producers being John Morayniss and Frank Saperstein.<ref>{{cite web|author=AWN &#124; Animation World Network |url=http://www.awn.com/news/television/marblemedia-finds-blueprint-dating |title=Marblemedia Finds Blueprint for Dating &#124; AWN &#124; Animation World Network |publisher=AWN |date=2007-10-23 |access-date=2013-09-29}}</ref> Produced by marblemedia and [[Entertainment One]], the show also has a [[Gemini Award]]-winning [[tie-in]] [[website]], with two [[web series]]: ''The Morning After Show'', which discusses episodes of the main show, and ''Dr. Love'', which features an in-depth look at dating;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marblemedia.com/whatwedo/project.php?name=dating_scripted |title=marblemedia |publisher=marblemedia |date=2009-10-23 |access-date=2013-09-29}}</ref> unlike the show, the web series are [[live action]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Emily Claire Afan |url=http://playbackonline.ca/2010/10/15/teletoon-kicks-off-new-a18-34-bock-sunday/ |title=Teletoon kicks off new A18-34 block Sunday » Playback |publisher=Playbackonline.ca |date=2010-10-15 |access-date=2013-09-29}}</ref>
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===Main characters===
*'''Mark Dexler''' ([[Fab Filippo]]) – Mark is a 25-year-old single man who works as a [[copywriter]] at an [[ad agency]]. He shares an apartment with his best friends VJ and Woody.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://datingguy.com/30 |title=Mark Dexler |publisher=datingguy.com |access-date=2013-09-29}}</ref>
*'''VJ Mendhi''' (Anand Rajaram) – Mark's Indian Canadian, virgin roommate. He works in [[Information technology|IT]] at the same ad agency where Mark works at. Despite sharing an apartment with his friends Mark and Woody, he does not pay rent. He is extremely perverted and has seen all the internet porn in the world. It is revealed in the episode 'Too Fast, Too Dexler', that VJ is short for [[Vagina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://datingguy.com/55 |title=VJ Mendhi |publisher=datingguy.com |access-date=2013-09-29}}</ref>
*'''Woodrow "Woody" Jenkins''' (Sean Francis) – the womanizing, Black Canadian bartender of the Hotel Ego bar, and lives with his Mark and VJ.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://datingguy.com/31 |title=Woody Jenkins |publisher=datingguy.com |access-date=2013-09-29}}</ref>
*'''Samantha "Sam" Goldman''' ([[Lauren Ash]]) – Mark's neighbor and friend, who is a concert promoter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://datingguy.com/54 |title=Sam Goldman |publisher=datingguy.com |access-date=2013-09-29}}</ref>
 
===Recurring characters===
*'''Anderson Anderson''' ([[Gabriel Hogan]]) – Sam's one-and-off-again boyfriend, from the US, who has multiple careers.
*'''Celia''' ([[Bryn McAuley]]) – a country [[Mormon]] who is new to the city and works at te Hotel Ego bar with Woody (season 2).
*'''Vince''' (Louis Ferreira) – a [[police officer]] who takes his job very seriously and his speech is vaguely similar to [[Al Pacino]]. He once dated Sam and remains a friend to her.
*'''Wang''' (Albert Chung) – the owner of A Taste of Wang the local Chinese restaurant, who is also a part-time [[drug dealer]].
*'''Lily Wang''' - Mr. Wang's daughter and employee, who is VJ's love interest and a former girlfriend of Irwin.
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*'''Ursula''' (Krystal Meadows) – A young coworker of Mark and VJ; whom the latter has a crush on.
*'''Zorro''' – VJ's perverted, pet [[raccoon]].
*'''Cpt. Steiner''' ([[Aron Tager]]) – an elderly [[nazi]] and Woody's best customer at Hotel Ego.
 
==Episodes==
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| Title = Bonnie & Mark
|ShortSummary = Mark hits it off with Bonnie just before she robs a bank, making him her accomplice. Sam meets the mysterious street illusionist Archangel who briefly impresses her with his mystical abilities.
| AltDate = {{dts|20092008|09|17}}
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| Title = Beaver Fever
|ShortSummary = Mark's new girlfriend Brie invites the gang to her parents' cottage for the weekend. Mark is hunted by Brie's father while V.J. and Woody attempt to get lucky with the ladies at an all-female retreat across the lake.
| AltDate = {{dts|20092008|09|24}}
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| Title = Boner Donor
|ShortSummary = Mark is promised the best sex of his life in exchange for a kidney to save his date's dying brother. What do you think he'll do?
| AltDate = {{dts|20092008|10|01}}
| LineColor = 800000
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| Title = A Taste of Wang
|ShortSummary = V.J. falls for Lily and becomes involved in illegal fish fighting to win her from her gangster boyfriend. To impress Jeanie, Mark lies about knowing a famous singer. Now he must convince Sam, a dead-ringer for the celebrity, to impersonate the badmouthed rocker.
| AltDate = {{dts|20092008|10|08}}
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = Statute of Limitations
| AltDate = {{dts|20092008|10|15}}
|ShortSummary = Mark is emasculated when an artists sculpts him with a reduced manhood. Elsewhere, Woody gets a tattoo. On his face. Who would do that?
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| Title = Yummy Dummy
|ShortSummary = Mark hooks up with ventriloquist Shari, but takes a liking to her dummy Mallory.
| AltDate = {{dts|20092008|10|22}}
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}}
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = Really Bad Lieutenant
|ShortSummary = A drunken Woody and V.J. are abandoned at a reenactment pioneer village. butThey think they have traveled back in [[time-travel]]ed. Mark and Sam date police officers Valerie and Vince, a crime fighting duo with reality issues.
| AltDate = {{dts|20092008|10|29}}
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = Captain Petard
| AltDate = {{dts|20092008|11|05}}
|ShortSummary = Mark meets a gold-digger. Then heHe steals a boat to impress her. Meanwhie, Woody starts a pillow-fighting league.
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = There's Something About Amelia
|ShortSummary = VJ and Woody believe the son of Sam's new boyfriend is the [[Antichrist]]. Mark dates a were-wolf. Can he takedate her out at night? What's is her budget for hair products? Does she walk on two legs or four? So many questions!
| AltDate = {{dts|20092008|11|12}}
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| Title = Cherry Sundae
|ShortSummary = A porn star named Cherry Sundae takes a liking to Mark. Because that always happens in real life.
| AltDate = {{dts|20092008|11|19}}
| LineColor = 800000
}}
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = Woodyplicity
|ShortSummary = Woody pretends he has a twin brother in order to date twin sisters. Elsewhere, VJ totals Mark's car.
| AltDate = {{dts|20092008|12|03}}
| LineColor = 800000
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = Wind Tunnel
|ShortSummary = After spending the night with Mark, localLocal weathergirl Connie directly goes to work commando, accidentallyafter sleeping during the previous night with Mark, flashes the worldbroadcast viewers and loses her job. Mark, feeling responsible, takes action to get her job back, but is forced to accept the position himself. V.J. turns a golf-putting device into the next greatpopular sex toy.
| AltDate = {{dts|20092008|12|10}}
| LineColor = 800000
}}
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| Title = He's Here and He's Queer
|ShortSummary = VJ's family sends him a mail-order bride. Also, someone pops the question.
| AltDate = {{dts|20092008|12|17}}
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}}
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = 24ish
| AltDate = {{dts|20102009|10|0607}}
|ShortSummary = Two Swedish flight attendants awaitwait for Mark and Woody, who think that if theythe guys can get to the airport in 30 minutes; Sam and V.J. think a zombie uprising is atwill handhappen.
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = Perfect 10 Killer
| AltDate = {{dts|20102009|10|1314}}
|ShortSummary = Sam tracks a serial killer who's is targeting perfect women;. Mark buys his first pair of "man shoes" and falls in with a ring of international spies.
| LineColor = 9C9C00
}}
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = Incredible Shrinking Woody
| AltDate = {{dts|20102009|10|2021}}
|ShortSummary = A mad scientist shrinks Woody and Anderson for sinister purposes;. Mark and Sam compete on a Japanese game show.
| LineColor = 9C9C00
}}
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = AssPocalypse Now
| AltDate = {{dts|20102009|10|2728}}
|ShortSummary = Sam goes to Brazil for a butt augmentation while V.J., on the run from Woody, gets an unexpected gut reduction. Mark follows Sam into the Brazilian jungle to retrieve the one-of-a-kind jeans he needs for work.
| LineColor = 9C9C00
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = Leprechaun Interrupted
| AltDate = {{dts|20102009|11|0304}}
|ShortSummary = V.J. and Woody abduct a leprechaun, whose hot Irish daughter puts a hex on them; Sam tries to revive an ex-rocker's career by getting herself committed to a mental hospital.
| LineColor = 9C9C00
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Gross Encounters of the Virgin Kind
| AltDate = {{dts|20102009|11|1011}}
|ShortSummary = V.J. thinks he's has had an alien encounter after a night of heavy partying;. Sam coaxes her boyfriend to get cosmetic surgery.
| LineColor = 9C9C00
}}
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = VJ and the Holy Boner
| AltDate = {{dts|20102009|11|1718}}
|ShortSummary = V.J. embarks on a porn odyssey, while. Mark reconnects with an old flame.
| LineColor = 9C9C00
}}
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = Spontaneous Skidmark
| AltDate = {{dts|20102009|11|2425}}
|ShortSummary = Woody's new basketball-player flame becomes pregnant, forcing Woody to evaluate what type of father he'll will be;. V.J.'s car has a volatile temper.
| LineColor = 9C9C00
}}
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = Spanking the Monkey
| AltDate = {{dts|20102009|12|0102}}
|ShortSummary = Sam becomes maternal toward her ex's monkey;. Woody and V.J. raise a botanical monster.
| LineColor = 9C9C00
}}
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = Brother From Another Tanning Booth
| AltDate = {{dts|20102009|12|0809}}
|ShortSummary = In an experiment, Woody and Mark change their skin tones;. aA boy band may jeopardize Sam's career as a concert promoter.
| LineColor = 9C9C00
}}
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = Too Fast Too Dexler
| AltDate = {{dts|20102009|12|1516}}
|ShortSummary = Mark is dumped for being too safe, and. Woody lands them both in a gang war;. V.J. and Sam dateglue conjoinedthemselves twinstogether afteran theydate becomeconjoined glued togethertwins.
| LineColor = 9C9C00
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = Weekend at Booyah's
| AltDate = {{dts|20102009|12|2223}}
|ShortSummary = Mark must make his boss happy after the latter had a short-lived romance with Sam;. Woody encounters a promiscuous woman from the afterlife.
'''Guest star:''' [[Howie Mandel]]
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = 20,000 VJ's Under the Sea
| AltDate = {{dts|20102009|12|2930}}
|ShortSummary = Mark takes a job working for [[Russell Peters]], who takes the gang on an underwater adventure in his submarine to find Atlantis in his submarine.
'''Guest star:''' [[Russell Peters]], [[Howie Mandel]]
| LineColor = 9C9C00
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==Reception==
A review of the show prior to its release on Teletoon praised it for its humour but criticized it for a perceived lack of polish.<ref>{{cite web|author=Avril Lavigne |url=http://mikesbloggityblog.com/sneak-a-peek-the-dating-guy/ |title=Sneak A Peek: The Dating Guy &#124; Mike's Bloggity Blog &#124; Canada's Entertainment Blog &#124; Movies, Television, Music, Radio |date=17 October 2010 |publisher=Mikesbloggityblog.com |access-date=2013-09-29}}</ref> A review of the [[DVD]] rated it 2/5, praising the show's eccentricity and references to [[Canada|Canadian]] culture but criticizing its humour and storyline.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pressplus1.com/dvd-reviews/the-dating-guy-season-1 |title=The Dating Guy: Season 1 &#124; DVD Reviews |publisher=Pressplus1.com |date=2011-05-30 |access-date=2013-09-29}}</ref>
 
''The Dating Guy'' has also been criticized for allegedly being a ripoff of the [[webcomic]] ''[[Least I Could Do]]'', which was reportedly submitted to Teletoon to create an animated series. thatIt did not come to fruition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webcomicoverlook.com/2011/05/24/ryan-sohmer-wants-you-to-help-make-an-licd-cartoon-a-reality/ |title=Ryan Sohmer wants you to help make an LICD cartoon a reality! |publisher=The Webcomic Overlook |date=2011-05-24 |access-date=2013-09-29}}</ref> Teletoon has reportedly denied the accusation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webcomicoverlook.com/2011/05/25/teletoon-responds-to-the-licd-discussion/ |title=Teletoon responds to the LICD discussion |publisher=The Webcomic Overlook |date=2011-05-25 |access-date=2013-09-29}}</ref>
 
===Awards and nominations===
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! scope="row" | 2011
| [[Gemini Awards]] || Best Cross-Platform Project - Fiction || DatingGuy.com || {{won}} || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.academy.ca/About-the-Academy/Awards-Database?flow=titleYear&step=2&bys-award-v=2&bys-winners-v=False&bys-show-v=26&byty-award-v=2&byty-winners-v=False&byty-title-v=DatingGuy.com&byty-year-v=0 |title=About the Academy - Academy |website=www.academy.ca |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811060639/http://www.academy.ca/About-the-Academy/Awards-Database?flow=titleYear&step=2&bys-award-v=2&bys-winners-v=False&bys-show-v=26&byty-award-v=2&byty-winners-v=False&byty-title-v=DatingGuy.com&byty-year-v=0 |archive-date=2016-08-11}}</ref>
|-
!2011
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==Home video releases==
A DVD containing only Season 1 was released on April 26, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.ca/Dating-Guy-Season-Fab-Filippo/dp/B004MXXV02 |title=Dating Guy - Season 1 / Célibataire cherche - Saison 1 Bilingual: Amazon.ca: Fab Filippo, Sean Francis, Lauren Ash: DVD |date=26 April 2011 |publisher=Amazon.ca |access-date=2013-09-29}}</ref> The first season was also released for online viewing on the US version of [[Amazon Video]].<ref>{{cite web|author=comiXology |url=https://www.amazon.com/Bonnie-Mark/dp/B004XMHTBY |title=The Dating Guy: Season 1, Episode 1 "Bonnie & Mark": Amazon Video |website=Amazon |access-date=2013-09-29}}</ref> The entire show is available from the Canadian [[iTunes Store]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/ca/tv-season/the-dating-guy-season-1/id395511591 |title=iTunes - TV Shows - The Dating Guy, Season 1 |publisher=Itunes.apple.com |date=2010-10-17 |access-date=2013-09-29}}</ref> Seasons 1 and 2 were both available on the US version of [[Hulu]] until it was removed in the late 2010s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hulu.com/the-dating-guy |title=Hulu - TV Shows - The Dating Guy |publisher=Hulu.com |access-date=2016-01-05}}</ref>
 
==References==
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[[Category:2011 Canadian television series endings]]
[[Category:Canadian adult animated comedy television series]]
[[Category:English-languageCanadian televisionanimated showssitcoms]]
[[Category:Canadian English-language television shows]]
[[Category:Teletoon original programming]]
[[Category:Television shows set in Toronto]]
[[Category:Animated sitcoms]]
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