Rooster Teeth

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Rooster Teeth Productions was an American media and entertainment company based in Austin, Texas. The company was founded on April 1, 2003 when it began production of the machinima series [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Red vs. Blue|{{#if:||Red vs. Blue}}]], which would continue for 21 years and become one of the longest-running web series of all time. The company later produced several other projects, including live-action productions, independent films, music videos, and animated series such as [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}RWBY|{{#if:||RWBY}}]] and [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Gen:Lock|{{#if:gen:LOCK|gen:LOCK|Gen:Lock}}]]. Rooster Teeth also produced extensive gaming content as part of their "Let's Play" network, and was the parent of several other channels such as The Slow Mo Guys, Funhaus, and Death Battle. Following the shutdown of Machinima, Rooster Teeth became the home for several of the site's former series, including the Prime Wars Trilogy cartoons.

In February 2019, it was announced that Rooster Teeth would be producing the War for Cybertron Trilogy animated series, which premiered on Netflix in July of the following year. On March 6, 2024, it was announced that Rooster Teeth would be shut down by its parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, with the site officially shutting down on May 15.<ref>{{#if: |""—|}}{{#if: https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/rooster-teeth-shutting-down-warner-bros-discovery-1235931953/ |Spangler, Todd|Spangler, Todd}}{{#if: Variety |, Variety|}}{{#if: Rooster Teeth Is Shutting Down After 21 Years |, "Rooster Teeth Is Shutting Down After 21 Years"|}}{{#if: 2024 |, 2024{{#if: 03 |/{{#switch:{{#len:03}}|1=003|03}}{{#if: 06|/{{#switch:{{#len:06}}|1=006|06}}|}}}}|}}{{#if: https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/rooster-teeth-shutting-down-warner-bros-discovery-1235931953/ ||}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/rooster-teeth-shutting-down-warner-bros-discovery-1235931953/%7C7%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/rooster-teeth-shutting-down-warner-bros-discovery-1235931953/%7C8%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/rooster-teeth-shutting-down-warner-bros-discovery-1235931953/%7C7%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/rooster-teeth-shutting-down-warner-bros-discovery-1235931953/%7C8%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#if: | (dead link)}}</ref><ref>{{#if: |""—|}}{{#if: https://www.axios.com/local/austin/2024/03/06/rooster-teeth-shutdown-warner-bros-discovery |Price, Asher|Price, Asher}}{{#if: Axios |, Axios|}}{{#if: Rooster Teeth calls it quits |, "Rooster Teeth calls it quits"|}}{{#if: 2024 |, 2024{{#if: 03 |/{{#switch:{{#len:03}}|1=003|03}}{{#if: 06|/{{#switch:{{#len:06}}|1=006|06}}|}}}}|}}{{#if: https://www.axios.com/local/austin/2024/03/06/rooster-teeth-shutdown-warner-bros-discovery ||}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://www.axios.com/local/austin/2024/03/06/rooster-teeth-shutdown-warner-bros-discovery%7C7%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://www.axios.com/local/austin/2024/03/06/rooster-teeth-shutdown-warner-bros-discovery%7C8%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://www.axios.com/local/austin/2024/03/06/rooster-teeth-shutdown-warner-bros-discovery%7C7%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://www.axios.com/local/austin/2024/03/06/rooster-teeth-shutdown-warner-bros-discovery%7C8%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#if: | (dead link)}}</ref>

Notes

• Outside of War for Cybertron Trilogy, Transformers characters have made unofficial appearances in various Rooster Teeth productions. Most prominently, Starscream fought Rainbow Dash, Optimus Prime fought the [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Gundam (fictional robot)|{{#if:RX-78-2 Gundam|RX-78-2 Gundam|Gundam (fictional robot)}}]], Megatron fought [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Frieza|{{#if:||Frieza}}]], and Unicron fought [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Galactus|{{#if:||Galactus}}]] in Death Battle; Optimus was also featured in an episode of its Death Race spinoff series.

External links

• Official Website (This site is now defunct and only shows the goodbye video.)
• [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Rooster Teeth|{{#if:||Rooster Teeth}}]] at Wikipedia

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