HTO 1X Funnies Spies

HTO 1X Funnies Spies, sometimes shortened to Spies, is an American series that first aired on Umipuppets Originals on YouTube on March 3, 2017 as a series of episodes for HTO 1X Funnies. The episodes were spun off into a separate series that released September 9, 2017.

The series became part of the Umipuppets Channel in September 2017.

In December 2017, the series was renewed for a second season. In June 2018, the series was renewed for a third season that was produced throughout the summer. In October 2018, the series was renewed for a fourth season. In August 2019, the series was renewed for a fifth season. In February 2020, the series was on hiatus until December 2020. In August 2020, the series was renewed for a sixth season.

The series was cancelled on February 8, 2022 due to the closure of Umipuppets Originals Productions.

Current series
4 spies that work for the Animalland Secret Agency go on missions and defeat Mr. Unicorn.

Early episodes
Senior Elmo, Tasha, Lola Loud, and Bot prepare to go to the Bicycle Shop to stop an uninvited party from happening and get past Mr. Unicorn.

Characters
List of HTO 1X Funnies Spies characters

Episodes
List of HTO 1X Funnies Spies episodes Unfinished episodes

Development
The series began production and development on February 4, 2017. Originally, Senior Elmo and Tasha were supposed to complete the first mission while Bot and Lola Loud would stay at the agency and communicate with them.

Filming

Filming was done throughout February 2017. Some mild language was used during filming.

Editing

Editing began in late February 2017. Mild language was removed from the footage during editing.

Release

Episodes began to release on March 3, 2017 until April 2, 2017.

Regular series (September 2017-22)
On September 7, 2017, Umipuppets Originals started producing HTO 1X Funnies Spies as a separate series. The first episode was released on September 9, 2017. The original opening was updated to use 1080i widescreen. Production for the first season was completed in December 2017.

The opening was remade in the second season. It was used until season 3. In late season 2, episodes started to regularly take place in Senior Elmo's house.

Production of the third season started in early July 2018 and ended in late September 2018.

In the fourth season, the opening was remade and the animation was replaced by live-action scenes and images.

In October 2019, the series received a crossover with The Bird Beat Band.

In July 2020, the series almost got cancelled along with Lola Loud Clues due to lack of production. In the sixth season, the live-action scenes and the fonts have changed in the opening and the logo was remade to match the series titlecard. The end credits were upgraded to have more information. Songs were also added to the episodes and music composed under Umipuppets Originals Music is used. Some characters received new looks and voices. Some of the humor has changed to be more appealing. The series began to be produced under Umipuppets Originals' production division in late-May 2021 until July 2021.

Trivia

 * The sixth season was originally supposed to transition to 1080i, but the first episode file was too large and took much longer to save.
 * This is the second longest-running Umipuppets Originals series, behind main series HTO 1X Funnies.