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| “i dont have much time to talk he might kill aim soon” — noogai3 to programmer021 on AIM, Animator vs. Animation 2 |
AOL Instant Messenger, Running Man or AIM is a character in the Animator vs. Animation series who first appeared in Animator vs. Animation 2. He was powerful enough to hold back The Chosen One while noogai3 contacted a friend for help to defeat him. He is also a deuteragonist friendly to noogai3 in Animator vs. Animation 2 and a supporting character in Animator vs. Animation 3.
Years later, AIM had appeared in "Mercenary Tryouts" as a rejected mercenary candidate.
Appearance[]
AOL Instant Messenger appears to be a short, solid-headed, yellow outlined stick figure. He heavily resembles a pictogram stick figure.
In Animator vs. Animation 2, it is noticeable that he, along with the Original Mozilla Firefox, are hand drawn and is given a color fill with radial or linear gradients.
In Animator vs. Animation 3, he appears to be rigged rather than being hand drawn animated like artificial stick figures created by noogai3. This also goes for every other anthropomorphic program in the episode.
Appearances[]
Animator vs. Animation 2[]
In Animator vs. Animation 2, he, Mozilla Firefox, and many other programs tried to stop The Chosen One. He wakes up after being hit with a fireball (thrown by The Chosen One at Mozilla Firefox). After Firefox landed in the Recycle Bin, he jumped up to Windows Media Player and fired music notes at the Chosen One, but the Chosen One threw one of them back, causing an explosion and knocking AIM onto the Paint icon. AIM then took the pens in the paint icon and started fighting The Chosen One while noogai3 ran the actual program, asking Programmer021 how to beat The Chosen One. The Chosen One destroys AIM before Programmer021 can tell him how.
AOL and The Chosen one on top of The Animator's chat bar.
Only with help, he held on for a while but was defeated when The Chosen One slammed the AOL Instant Messenger app page corner into his chest. noogai3 then opened the "Send To" menu for unknown reasons (the options were Graveyard and Heaven). Then, My Computer appeared and started fighting The Chosen One.
Animator vs. Animation 3[]
AIM also appears in Animator vs. Animation 3, albeit with a much smaller role. He was one of the many programs who fought The Chosen One, being the one that hung back for a really long time until Google Chrome, Windows Movie Maker, Orbit, and Yahoo! Messenger were defeated, and then entered the battle. He joined along with Mozilla Firefox but supposedly died soon after, when he and The Dark Lord were thrown into the Minesweeper window; while The Dark Lord attempted to navigate the maze, Firefox was defeated, thrown into Minesweeper, landed on a mine, and subsequently destroyed most of the Minesweeper area, killing AIM and Firefox as a result.
Victim - Animator vs. Animation 11[]
This is the first episode AIM appears in where he has a minor role; he is fully seen when noogai3 moves the perforated Flash window to the side to see victim take off on his rocket that he made.
The AOL website (where he originates from) is also briefly seen to the right of the SmithFamily PC as victim's rocket is pushed into Newgrounds.
Mercenary Tryouts[]
AIM can be seen as one of the many characters signing up for the mercenary tryouts. Depending on where this episode could be placed chronologically, this could possibly confirm that AIM is alive.
For his tryout, he punches the worker into the air, then kicks him into the wall twice. Based on his performance, he likely got a mediocre to high score.
Powers & Abilities[]
- Combat Mastery: AIM is an expert at an unknown form of martial art.
- Enhanced Agility: AIM is able to jump and dodge attacks very quickly–in other words, he is very agile.
- Enhanced Strength: AIM uses powerful attacks.
AIM battling The Chosen One.
- Skill Adaptation: AIM can quickly adapt to the situation and use objects around it. In Animator vs. Animation 2, it was shown that AIM could use the hammer from Game Maker and the paintbrushes from Paint to create weapons, as well as using Windows Media Player to fire notes.
- Program Connection: AIM can connect people through his window (when opened).
Weaknesses[]
- Delicacy: AOL Instant Messenger, when hit by a window in the chest, will die on impact. This could be attributed to the fact that he was hit by his own window and The Chosen One is especially strong, however.
Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
- AIM and Mozilla Firefox always fight together. This means that they could be friends, although it may also be a coincidence.
- When The Chosen One opens the start menu, AIM's defeated appearance is seen lying in the Recent Programs section.
- AIM is actually a stick figure itself, and the fact that he can connect people via messages reveals a secret superpower.
- It is the third program to be defeated in Animator vs. Animation 2. The others are Firefox and Photoshop.
- He is also one of the last programs to die in Animator vs Animation 3, due to him not being dead until the mines went off. It is tied for second-to-last death with Firefox and VLC Media Player.
- AIM is the program who appeared most through the series because he got the spotlight in two different episodes, while in the Chat (that counts as him) and fighting above the chat.
- AIM's favorite weapons are the pencil and brush because he uses them in every appearance.
- The actual AIM (the one that fights) is an icon.
- AIM's design and biography is very similar to Hazard, as they are both pictogram stick figures who have a negative relationship with The Chosen One.
- Due to not making a major appearance since Animator vs. Animation 3, it is unknown if AIM still rivals The Chosen One.
- AIM is the first non-natural stick figure to have a solid head.
- AOL Instant Messenger currently has the longest name, since AOL stands for “America Online,” meaning that AIM’s full name is “America Online Instant Messenger.”
- AIM is the first major stick figure to officially die, which is then followed by the Fighting Stick Figures.
- AIM's own window can be used against him, as shown in Animator vs. Animation 2.
- He is one of the shorter stick figures in the series.
- His color scheme is similar to Yellow's.
- It is the only program to have a full set of limbs.
- He's the first stick figure to have neither been created by an animator nor visibly shown being uploaded to Newgrounds, the second being Superhero video v1.
- He's the first stick figure to have been created before victim, followed by Ballista.
- AIM was discontinued on December 15, 2017 due to the rise of social media.
- AOL Instant Messenger is the most recurring sentient program, appearing in four episodes.
- He and the ViraBots are the only two programs to have been seen in the Outernet.
- He, Yahoo! Messenger and Skype are the only sentient programs to be messenger applications.
- It, Second Mozilla Firefox and the ViraBots are the latest sentient programs.
- AIM, Clippit and The Virabots are the only programs to have been seen in thumbnails.
- AOL Instant Messenger and Agent are the only stick figures whose names start with A.
- The AOL Instant Messenger stick figure is the oldest stick figure, being created in 1997, older than Ballista and victim, who are also known for how old they are in comparison to other stick figures.
- This only applies if AIM is considered a stick figure, as he is also a program.
- In the event that this does apply, then AOL Instant Messenger is the first stick figure in Season 1 to not be created by noogai3.
- If it doesn't apply, that title instead goes to the stick figure in the End Stick Slavery website.
- AOL Instant Messenger is currently the only program with a confirmed gender, that being male.
References[]
- ↑ AIM is referred as the "Running Man".
