Chowder is an animated television series which debuted on Cartoon Network on November 2, 2007. The show is created by C. H. Greenblatt, a former storyboard artist on SpongeBob SquarePants and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. The title character is a chubby young 7 year old child named Chowder (often referred to as a cat, rabbit, bear creature), an apprentice to a chef named Mung Daal, who owns a catering company serving the fictional Marzipan City. The show combines traditional animation with stop motion animation and puppetry.