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American Chopper is a that airs on and is produced by . The series centers on and his son (also known as Paulie or simply Junior ), who started a business creating custom motorcycles in their workshop, in . [ The OCC fabricators and mechanics such as , Rick Petko, Nick Hansford, Christian Welter, and former employees , (who left OCC to start V-Force Customs in 2007) and Cody Connelly (a student intern who has since joined DiMartino's business), to create dozens of custom motorbikes. [ OCC is the defendant in a legal action filed by artist Justin Barnes, who alleges that his original designs were copied on merchandise without his permission and appropriate compensation . The second, was developed by Creat Studios and released for the , , and . Bike features were specified by the winning , who sent in videos expressing their reasons for wanting a bike. The contest winners were (in episode order): Jeff Clegg ( Corporal Punishment ), Susan Morisset ( Female Snake Bike ), Joseph McClendon ( Custom Hog ), Bryan King ( Vertebrate Trike ). [ [ , an improvisational shown on , is a parody of American Chopper, as well as other similar shows, such as and . [ [ at the at the