Animator vs. Animation
You might remember it as stick figure fights animator
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2006·Early YouTube
A Flash animation that became a franchise and is still cited as a landmark of web animation.
At a glanceThe facts
- Remembered as
- stick figure fights animator
- Spread in
- 2006
- Began as
- A web animation
- Made by
- Alan Becker
- Where it started
- Newgrounds
- Taken from
- Made in Macromedia Flash
- Origin
- Not an upload originally
- Available
- Playable from the source
Why it matteredWhat changed
A Flash cartoon posted to Newgrounds in 2006 was taken by another site without credit, which then offered its maker 250 dollars. The series is still running twenty years later.
TimelineIn order
- Posted
Becker posts the animation to Newgrounds. It is second on the site’s daily chart the next day.1
- Remixed
A sequel, paid for by AtomFilms, is released.1
- Remixed
A fourth part, paid for by crowdfunding, is released on YouTube.1
- Remixed
Animation vs. Minecraft is uploaded.1
- Came back
A third season begins.1
LegacyWhat it left behind
- eBaum’s World posted the original without permission or credit, then offered Becker 250 dollars.1
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Why it is here: something the internet still knows by name · it got out of its own corner of the internet fast
The version shown here is a later copy, posted by the creator to YouTube.
Where it came fromWhat we know
There is no original upload to identify: this did not begin as one. What it began as is recorded here, and what is shown is a later copy.
View the creator's copy on YouTube
Nothing here is claimed to be the first publication of this Moment, because the first publication was not an upload. This began as a web animation, not as a video upload. Originally published on Newgrounds.
More from 2006You were there
ConnectedFollow it further
- Spread by NewgroundsPhenomenon · 2000
First posted to Newgrounds on 3 June 2006, where it reached second place on the daily chart the next day.
SourcesWhat was read
Sources last read on . That date is about the history on this page. Whether the media still plays is checked separately and can change any day. How ViralWorld documents things