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Type the world you want to roast — one prompt populates the whole show: the loft, the founders, the running gags. Sharp, animated, exactly as merciless as your premise deserves.
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How to make your own satire comedy
Type the target — the startup, the group chat, the industry, a made-up president — and one prompt populates the whole show: the World, the Cast and the tone in a flat adult-2D look. Then direct Scene by Scene, make the Clips and keep the take where the joke lands hardest. The Cast never breaks character, and next week there is a new absurdity to air. Continue with the free Studio.
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Pick a target
Satire needs a target that deserves it and an audience that recognises it. Invent the specifics and keep the recognition.
The startup
Three founders, one pivot per Episode, a pitch deck that gets worse every week. The runway is always eight weeks.
The fictional government
A made-up president of a made-up country, a cabinet of yes-men, a press secretary who gave up in Episode 2. Invented politicians only: no real ones and no lookalikes.
The industry you know
Your own job, only louder: the agency, the hospital billing office, the influencer house. Aim at the system rather than a coworker's face.
The fake documentary
A deadpan true-crime parody investigating who keeps stealing the good stapler. Talking heads, dramatic reconstructions and a narrator with far too much gravity.
How deadpan satire is built
The flat 2D look is a choice. When nobody on screen reacts, the audience does it for them. Deadpan is also forgiving: short Clips of people standing very still, saying terrible things calmly, are exactly what the format needs.
Play it straight
The Characters never wink. The CEO announces layoffs and a new kombucha tap in the same calm sentence.
Escalate one rule
Pick one absurd premise (the government now runs on customer-satisfaction surveys) and follow it logically until it breaks.
Hold the silence
Often the best beat is the pause after someone says the quiet part out loud. Keep the take where nobody moves.
Put the joke in the set
A mission statement on the wall, a campaign slogan on a mug, a trophy for Most Synergy. Write props into the Scene and the World keeps them for later callbacks.
Fictional politicians, done right
Political satire works here as long as the people are invented. The content policy rules out identifiable real people without their consent, "inspired by" lookalikes, and political deepfakes presented as real. Build the government from scratch; it's more fun anyway.
Invent the country
Give it a name, a flag and a national anxiety: the Republic of Perpetual Rebrand, a tiny island nation obsessed with its ranking. The World holds it all together.
Types, not people
Write the career senator, the populist with a slogan for every crisis, the aide who runs everything. Base them on a type, never on one real person's face, voice or name.
Keep it clearly fiction
Make it unmistakably a cartoon of an invented place. Satire that could pass for real footage has stopped being satire.
Punch up at invented power
The funniest targets are the powerful people you made up: the minister of nothing, the billionaire who owns the weather service. Nobody real gets hurt, and the joke still lands.
A recurring Cast delivers the joke
Satire gets funnier the better the audience knows who is about to do something stupid. The same ensemble returns each Episode with a new absurdity to react to.
Archetypes that hold
The founder who says "disrupt", the intern who knows everything, the lawyer who only says "no comment". Their designs stay locked, so a returning face gets a laugh before it says a word.
A new scandal each week
Keep the Cast and the World, and change the premise. Riff on the kind of thing that's in the news, acted out by people you made up. The World remembers last week's scandal, so it can come back as a callback.
A fake newsroom as home base
Plenty of satire needs somewhere to deliver it from: a desk, an anchor with perfect hair, a correspondent always standing in the wrong weather. Build the studio set once and every Episode has a place to start.
8 satire comedy ideas to start from
Press one and it lands in the idea box. Change a word or keep it; the Director takes it from there.
- 01The Honourable MessA made-up prime minister governs entirely by poll, and the poll is one guy named Kevin.Use this idea
- 02PivotThree founders change their startup's mission every Episode, and none of the missions work.Use this idea
- 03Ministry of VibesA fictional country appoints a minister to make everyone feel fine about everything.Use this idea
- 04Who Took the CakeA true-crime parody series investigates one missing office birthday cake over six Episodes.Use this idea
- 05The CandidateAn invented senator's campaign team is secretly running three rival campaigns, all of them for him.Use this idea
- 06Thought LeaderA man with no job gives a keynote every Episode about a different industry he has never worked in.Use this idea
- 07Department of Minor PermitsA government office where it takes nine forms to get the form that lets you file a form.Use this idea
- 08RebrandAn invented island nation hires a marketing agency to fix its national reputation, and the agency is two interns.Use this idea
From one line to Episode 01
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Name the target
One prompt — the startup, the scene, the industry. The World, the Cast and the running gags populate around it.
- 2
Sharpen the ensemble
Tune who is who: the visionary, the realist, the one who is definitely a printer. They hold across every Scene.
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Air the episode
Direct the bit Scene by Scene, keep the take where the joke lands hardest, and cut on the punchline.
Questions, answered
Still curious? The guides go deeper.
Can I make an animated satire about my own industry?
That is the best kind. Write the world you actually know, cast the archetypes, and aim the jokes at situations rather than real people’s likenesses.
Is it really one prompt to a whole show?
One prompt populates the World, the Cast and the tone. Then you direct like any show here — Scene by Scene, take by take.
What style is the satire drawn in?
A flat adult-2D comedy look — deadpan by design. For warmer adult comedy about dating and friendship, see the cartoon show page.
Can I satirize real people?
Not their likeness. Identifiable real people — politicians included — need their consent, and lookalikes and political deepfakes are off the table. Invent the target instead: the satire lands harder when nobody can say you got the facts wrong.
Can I make a political satire cartoon?
Yes, with fictional politicians. Invent the candidate, the party and the country — not a lookalike of a real one — give them a Cast of aides and rivals, and the running gags hold all season.
How is this different from a cartoon show?
Cartoon show is warm adult comedy about your own life; satire is dry adult comedy pointed at a target. Different tone, same Cast-persistence machinery.
What does it cost to run a satire?
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- Make an adult animated satire showAn adult animated satire needs three things: a target worth roasting, a cast of archetypes who never break character, and a look flat enough to stay deadpan.
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