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Natasha Kline is an American cartoonist, storyboard artist, and animation producer. She is the creator, showrunner, and executive producer of the animated television series Primos. She is also known for her work on Big City Greens, South Park, The Lego Ninjago Movie, Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh, and Too Loud.

Early life
Kline was born in 1986, in West Covina, Los Angeles. She spent summers with her multicultural, and extended, Mexican-American family. She later told Variety that, at age 3, she was inspired by the animated video for Tom Petty's "Runnin’ Down a Dream" to become an animator. Kline made her first animated film in high school with a camcorder using VHS tapes, later describing it was "the most horrible way to animate...but it was a film." In March 2023, Klein said that she watched shows on MTV and Nickelodeon as a kid, such as Hey Arnold!, Rugrats, Æon Flux, Looney Tunes, and musical features by Disney Corporation.

Kline attended Cal State Fullerton, where she studied illustration. She later got a degree in animation at the California Institute of the Arts.

South Park
Kline was a storyboarder and designer on seasons 12 to 18 of South Park, from 2008 to 2015. In March 2023, she described it as her first animation industry job, and noted she was part of a group of six people who made "all the pre-production materials for the show".

In 2022, Kline told Stuart Miller of Variety that South Park creator Trey Parker was a "huge inspiration" to help her see "what is possible as a storyteller". She would be a storyboarder, character designer, and background artist for the video game, South Park: The Stick of Truth. In a December 2020 comic, she stated that the show's workplace was a "toxic environment".

Big City Greens
Kline was a storyboarder and director for Big City Greens in the first, second, and third seasons, from 2018 to 2021. Her writing on the show would be nominated for an Emmy Award. Kline later said she "loved working" on the show and that it was "such a great experience". Shane Houghton, one of the show creators, also called her a "hilarious, talented, and a terrific leader".

Primos
It was announced in July 2019 that she signed, a development deal with Disney Television Animation, as did 16 other animators and artists.

In November 2021, Disney Branded Television ordered Primos, an animated comedy series, with Kline as creator and executive producer. Kline described it as born from her personal experiences, and said she was excited to share her "family dynamic through these new Disney characters and stories." The series received an original order of 20 episodes, which was increased to 30 episodes, as announced in June 2022 at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. The series was inspired by Kline's childhood summers living with her cousins alongside her extended Mexican-American family, with Kline saying she wanted the lead characters to also be of Mexican-American heritage due to the lack of Mexican-American representation on television during her childhood. Meredith Roberts, a senior vice president at Disney Television Animation said the series bears the "authentic voice" of Kline and "her family’s culture and values", saying the series will be aimed at kids and families.

In 2022, Kline stated that representation was one of the reasons she became an animator, and said it was "exciting" to be a voice for Latinos, and pictures her "niece and cousins", and thinks about "how they’d want to be represented." In March 2023, Kline told Animation Magazine that the series was inspired by an adult short she had created for an Upright Citizen’s Brigade stand-up comedy show in 2017, was inspired by Peanuts and Calvin and Hobbes, and said she loved working with the show's crew, praising their "intense passion, drive, and talent". The series will air half-hour episodes that are divided into 11-minute stories and premiere on Disney Junior.

In June 2023, the opening sequence of the series was released by Disney Branded Television, with a mixed reception to the sequence on social media, including from Latinos and Mexicans, Kline stated that she created content based on her own experiences and later restricted her Instagram account. She also wrote on her Instagram tnat the backlash traumatizing, and said, in a comic posted on her account, that it made her "doubt myself, my project, [and] my intentions."

In an interview on June 16, 2023, Kline said the series is based on her personal experiences of growing up with a multicultural Mexican-American family in Los Angeles in the 1990s, being bicultural, biracial, and noted that the project's relatability attracted well-known individuals like Melissa Villaseñor. She also stated that Tater doesn't speak Spanish, which is why her grammar is incorrect, the importance of cousins in her life, and noted that the art style showcased the environment in L.A. She additionally hoped the series would make people proud of their roots.

Other work
Kline was a character designer and storyboarder for Bojack Horseman in 2014 and a storyboarder and writer for Star vs. the Forces of Evil in 2015. In 2016, she would be a storyboarder for Pinky Malinky, Harvey Street Kids, and Too Loud. Kline would write and direct episodes of Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh from 2015 to 2017. In 2017, Kline worked as a character designer for the Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie, and was a storyboarder on The Lego Ninjago Movie.

In October 2017, Kline signed a letter to major animation studios along with other female animators, such as Rebecca Sugar, Sofia Alexander, and Shadi Petosky, calling for an end to sexual harassment in the animation industry, and calling for an anti-harassment committee within The Animation Guild.

Kline would be storyboarder for an episode of Ollie & Scoops in 2019 and storyboard for the animated short, Goldie.

Personal life
Kline currently uses she/they personal gender pronouns. In a July 2021 comic on Instagram, she implied that she was "not...straight" and gay. She supported the Disney walkout in March 2022 by LGBTQ Disney employees. She also stated that she opposed the Don't Say Gay Bill and called for action by Disney, stating that she writes "inclusive stories."