Zoomates is an 8 minute animated short film directed, storyboarded and produced by Butch Hartman (creator of The Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom and T.U.F.F. Puppy) and written by Seth MacFarlane (creator of Family Guy, American Dad! and The Cleveland Show). It aired on Nickelodeon's Oh Yeah! Cartoons in 1998 and Channel Frederator on February 28, 2007.