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Is there anything else you’d like to share with the world?

Yes! I just want to say how grateful I am to Frederator for this amazing opportunity. I really hope people enjoy watching (not)Hero!

On a completely random tangent, despite the end of their perfect winning streak, I strongly believe that Seoul Dynasty will make a comeback and win the Overwatch League. After all, the Ace Attorney series taught us that perfection isn’t everything. Go Dynasty!

Thanks for sharing, Liz! You can watch (not)Hero on Cartoon Hangover Select on VRV: http://frdr.us/YTCHnotHero

Liz Chun started at Frederator as an intern. Now, she is the creator of (not)Hero on Cartoon Hangover! (not)Hero: Heromy is destined to be the kingdom’s hero from birth, except there’s one problem: Heromy doesn’t want to be ANYBODY’s hero. He just wants to bake banana cream pies and mostly avoid other people. But when the terrible villainess, Missie, arrives to obliterate his face, he has to confront his destiny. Or maybe run away. He’ll probably just run away. If you love video games, witty humor, and cats, this cartoon is for you! Learn more about Liz Chun and (not)Hero:

What would be on your character description if you were in a video game? What are your special abilities? What’s your origin story?

Ooh, if I was in a video game I’d probably be a weird NPC that you encounter on a trading quest. So my description would probably be something like…

“A strange girl who lives in an underground cave. Liz has requested that you bring her a photo of a rare cat in exchange for a secret on how to increase your health.”

Then if I got that picture I wanted, I’d hand over some weird herbal tea that tastes awful but increases your health incrementally. (Does that count as a special ability?)

My origins would be unknown, but little easter eggs would reveal that I sailed to the main continent of the game from a strange land with many avocados.

Is (not)Hero the first show you’ve created?

Yes, it’s my first one! It’s been an amazing experience that started with an internship at Frederator, one wonderful (but really frigid) winter in NYC. I’m so grateful for everything that I’ve been able to learn through Frederator from then until now and onwards. They’re the nicest!

How did you come up with the concept for the show?

I actually came up with the concept while I was interning at Frederator! They encouraged us interns to try pitching ideas if we were interested. At the time the weather was really cold, so I was spending a lot of time inside playing games.

One night I was playing and thinking of how fun it would be to be the protagonist of a game. Then I hit a rough spot and kept dying. Over and over and over again, haha.

That changed my mind. I decided being a video game hero would be awful and used that chain of thought to create (not)Hero, which is about the protagonist of a game who really doesn’t want the job. It’s too much pressure!

Is the written language in (not)Hero actually readable?

Uh…so, embarrassing story! It was originally upside-down Korean but then I misspelled something and now it doesn’t make sense. So kind of readable but kind of not…

(not)Hero has some great references to games like Zelda and Pokemon. Are there any Easter Eggs or special tidbits that you’re excited for fans to find?

Yeah! There are a lot of references to a lot of different things. I tried to make them subtle and now I’m worried I went too far with that. I guess we’ll see!

There’s a reference in the second episode to a game that I’m into a lot right now, so I was excited to squeeze that in there…but my favorite is probably a Pokemon reference in the third!

Are there any plans to make (not)Hero a playable video game in some form?

That’d be so cool! I’m not the best at coding, but maybe some day…

I’ll just have to wait until people can make games just by thinking about them. But by then the robots might already take over…

Do you consider yourself to be a “gamer”?

Would Solid Snake consider himself to be a master of CQC?!  I love me some video games, so I guess the answer to that is yes!

What are some of your favorite games? What have you been playing recently?

Ack, there are so many amazing games to pick from! Ocarina of Time is my tried and true favorite, but more recently I’ve really enjoyed Overwatch, Breath of the Wild, and Persona 5. Then there’s my dreaded backlog which consists of Nioh (it has a cat that’s a clock!), Yakuza 0, Nier:Automata, and a million other games. It never ends!

Overcooked is a great multiplayer, but it will destroy your friendships.

You can choose any fantastical real world power-up and it lasts for 24 hours. What would it be?

I’ve thought about this question a lot, but not with the 24 hour stipulation. If you hadn’t put that in I’d have the easy and selfish answer of teleportation to avoid traffic! But if it’s only 24 hours, then I’ll go with the altruistic choice of super human intelligence for the sake of figuring out as many solutions to the world’s major problems as I can in that span of time.

We hear you have a fluffy cat. Does he help you create cartoons?

He’s so fluffy! In one way he helps because squishing his belly makes all my stress melt away. There is also this profound wisdom in his eyes that you can see when you stare really deeply into them. It makes you feel more secure with your place in the universe.

On the other hand, he likes to roll around on anything that I’m using to work whether it’s my keyboard or a sheet of paper, which is kind of a hindrance…especially when he ends up turning off my monitor. That’s really inconvenient when I’m doing stuff.

Are we living in a simulation?

If we are, I hope I figure out how to hack it soon. Then maybe I can have more cats. And a deeper understanding of my existence?

What’s your favorite food and why?

I LOVE FOOD. So this changes a lot. Right now it’s just…bread. (Milk toast to be precise!) There’s a chain of bakeries in SoCal called 85°C Bakery Cafe and I’m there more than I should be…

I love bread because it is versatile. Bread is a food of infinite possibilities!

What kind of stuff inspires you? Shows? Games? Artists? Places?

This is a hard question because I feel like just about everything I’ve encountered in life has inspired me in one way or another. I don’t know how to condense that list down! I think I’m most inspired by the real-world people, places, and things around me. Because life is strange, haha.

Any other projects or ventures that you’ve been working on lately?

I’ve been trying to “git gud” at Overwatch (and there’s some youth lingo I picked up), but I don’t think it’s working! I’ve also been thinking up some new ideas. Maybe a high-octane action film starring my cat as the only pure and good thing in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by mutant grasshoppers?

Do you have any sites or pages where people can follow you?

Admittedly, I’m not the best at social media. I have a very inactive Tumblr (elizathechun.tumblr.com), which hasn’t been used since I interned for Frederator…but wait! I also have an Instagram account (@piratekingfrancis) for my cat. The latter is definitely more up to date. Priorities.

Is there anything else you’d like to share with the world?

Yes! I just want to say how grateful I am to Frederator for this amazing opportunity. I really hope people enjoy watching (not)Hero!

On a completely random tangent, despite the end of their perfect winning streak, I strongly believe that Seoul Dynasty will make a comeback and win the Overwatch League. After all, the Ace Attorney series taught us that perfection isn’t everything. Go Dynasty!

Thanks for sharing, Liz! You can watch (not)Hero on Cartoon Hangover Select on VRV: http://frdr.us/VRVCHnotHero

Sure, Liz split Frederator a while back, but she soon learned you can check out of Frederator, but you can never leave. Hats off to Liz and Frederator Digital on their solid new Cartoon Hangover series, (not)Hero.