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Courtesy of Paradise PD/Netflix and Nickelodeon Courtesy of Paradise PD/Netflix and Nickelodeon F E AT U R E S P O N G E B O B S Q U A R E P A N T S N I C K E L O D E O N TEEN TITANS GO! C A R T O O N N E T W O R K S U P E R J A I L ! A D U LT S W I M B E N G R U B E R below: Sandy Cheeks from SpongeBob SquarePants and Gina Jabowski from Paradise PD; right: American Dad! Stan and from across the pond, The Wild Thornberrys Nigel. 28 KEYFRAME "Basically on a prime time show, we had eight directors, and when I went to Disney it was a two director rotation, and that was a big change for me," says Aoshima who directed multiple episodes for both shows. "I think prime time has a larger team just because of the budget. Also, they're constantly rewriting and trying to stay up with the times in order to accommodate the constant rewrite changes they need. Production has to be able to adapt to that." Wyatt agrees, maintaining that the high scene counts, tight deadlines, and constant rewriting of prime time shows can pose challenges. She was interviewed as she was completing her last day as a color designer for the upcoming Disney Channel show Amphibia to return to Rick and Morty, a show she had worked on previously. Although she has shuttled between both genres, Wyatt says she chooses her projects less based on kids versus adults than on the creative opportunity. "I like to work on really fun styles, and so if I know a really great artist is doing a new show, and he's trying to develop it and make it into something different and fun, then I want to be on it," she says. "Rick and Morty is one of my favorite shows to work on. When I read those storyboards, I'm laughing out loud. People and personalities are also important." Most of the artists interviewed for this story said that—content restrictions notwithstanding—daytime children's programming is the arena in which an artist may more frequently get an opportunity to stretch his wings. With less of an emphasis on narrative or of landing a joke, an artist may get more of an opportunity to submit an idea or be creative. New opportunities, such as the chance to direct, can often come with working on new shows.