Animutation

Animutation is a form of art using Macromedia Flash to create pop culture influenced videos of foreign-language, independent, or (more rarely) mainstream music. The style was invented and popularized by Neil Cicierega (a.k.a. Trapezoid) from Kingston, Massachusetts at the age of 13. The genre is currently expanding to include many other Flash artists. Independent musicians are turning to animutation artists and Flash-based music videos to promote their work for the Internet community. Currently a cult following near that of the also-popular YTMNDs, the genre has the potential to become mainstream within the next few years.

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The most commonly recurring character in animutation is Colin Mochrie from Whose Line Is It Anyway?. Other popular references include Jay Jay the Jet Plane from the PBS children's series of the same name, Pee Wee Herman, Hulk Hogan, Harry Potter, characters from the show Mystery Science Theater 3000, Mr. Bean, Dave Thomas, the middle finger, SpongeBob SquarePants, Bill Cosby, Steve Urkel, and Mochrie's Whose Line co-stars Drew Carey and Ryan Stiles. Catch phrases from shows have also been used, such as "Hi-keeba!" and "Watch out for snakes!", both taken from movies shown on famous episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Some messages are hidden, lasting for one frame, scrolling too quickly, or scrolling in the wrong direction. Such messages range from orders to buy Funyuns, messages to disobey grandparents, or statements like "These pretzels are making my horny" (which is derived from Cosmo Kramer's line "These pretzels are making my thirsty!").

Related Topics:
Colin Mochrie - Whose Line Is It Anyway? - Jay Jay the Jet Plane - PBS - Pee Wee Herman - Hulk Hogan - Harry Potter - Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Mr. Bean - Dave Thomas - Middle finger - SpongeBob SquarePants - Bill Cosby - Steve Urkel - Drew Carey - Ryan Stiles - Funyuns - Cosmo Kramer

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Animutation has also generated a few recognizable catchwords, such as "gahbunga" and "wahdee", first seen in Team Rocket's Journey Through Time and Space and Earth vs. Funk, respectively. Animutations tend to incorporate material from previous animutations. In particular, Hyakugojyuuichi Forever! is full of references to past animutations.

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