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{{About|the series' creator|the character|noogai3}}
{{Other uses|the channel|[[Alan Becker (YouTube channel)|Alan Becker's YouTube channel]]}}
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'''Alan Becker''' is an American animator and YouTuber. He is the creator of ''[[Animator vs. Animation]]'' and [[Animator vs. Animation Franchise|its accompanying franchise]], where he portrays [[noogai3]]. He also appears on his side channel [[Animators VS Games]] where he plays various games and reacts to his animations with his friend DJ Welch, who is also an animator.

==Life & Career==
Alan Becker was born on May 18th, 1989, in Dublin, Ohio, alongside with his sister Harmony Becker, who is a cartoonist and an illustrator. He grew up living with his parents, sister, and a brother. 

Becker, since his youth, has been fascinated with the world of 2D traditional animation. Some of his favorite cartoon series included {{W|Looney Tunes}} and the short {{W|Daffy Duck}} short {{W|Duck Amuck}} which would later inspire the creation of his famous franchise ''[[Animator vs. Animation]]''.<ref name="AVA10Years">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zj5mj1DHOk ''The Story of Animator vs. Animation - 10 Year Anniversary''] by '''Alan Becker''' (June 3, 2016)</ref>

Growing up in a financially struggling family, Becker claimed that his family owned merely one computer that was shared between him and his siblings. He only got limited access to the computer.

It was through this computer that he began experimenting with pixel art, beginning in 2001.

In 2005, he was home-schooled through an online training course which provided him with his first laptop. This laptop would motivate him to "experiment" with animations, and entered a course for {{W|Adobe Flash|Macromedia Flash}} to learn the topic in-depth. He began animating with  Macromedia Flash (later Adobe Flash and currently Adobe Animate) After some time discovering the entertainment website {{W|Newgrounds}}, the first animation of his filmography '''''Pink Army''''' was produced.

===Early Years===
Some time after the reception of '''''Pink Army''''', Becker animated the short '''''[[Animator vs. Animation]]''''' that depicted [[victim|a stick figure]] fighting with its creator ([[noogai3]]) in an application (Macromedia Flash) on Windows. It was uploaded to Newgrounds on '''June 3, 2006''', and earned 2nd place on the site the next morning. However, this was just heating up Becker's record over the internet.

Several website owners contacted Becker asking to host the animation on their website, one of which who offered $75 at the price of a contract that gave exclusive rights to the animation. Due to personal household struggles, Becker nearly signed the contract until '''Steven Lerner''' emailed him, warning him of the consequences if Becker were to follow through, because if he signed it, he wouldn't be able to post his animation anywhere else since the total ownership of his animation would not go to Alan; so he didn't post his contract for the incentive.<ref name="AVA10Years" />

====eBaum's World====
The website {{W|eBaum's World}} hosted ''Animator vs. Animation'' without Becker's permission as a "''Weekly Best of the Web''" post (for which the site was infamous of doing to many other video creators). Steven Lerner and many other people at the time were on a legal campaign to fight against eBaum's World's theft of images/videos without permission of the content creator, including ''Animator vs. Animation'' as one of many victimized flash animations that fought with the case.

In a while, eBaum's World discovered that Becker was in contact with Lerner. Becker described his concern at the moment as, "getting paid for my work and keeping rights to my animation". The company compromised by offering $250 to host the animation, which he accepted. Afterwards, the site pressured him to create a testimonial that would restore the company's "tainted" image. Lerner later created a blog post that described Becker "selling" him out, and after ongoing conversations with Lerner, Becker returned the profits to demand eBaum's World to remove the video and the testimonial from the site.

Becker's animation was found across the web, but had not received any formal credit or profits from it. {{W|Atom.com|'''Atomfilms'''}} (now CC Studios) approached Becker to fund the creation of a sequel known as '''''[[Animator vs. Animation 2]]'''''. It released on '''November 4, 2006'''. Within the animation, Becker included his real {{W|AIM (software)|AOL}} username, which ended up with him discontinuing his account there, due to massive amounts of text messages from strangers. '''Charles Yeh''' managed to contact Becker in the flooding spam to create a game based on the animation. The two collaborated to create ''Animator vs. Animation: The Game''.<ref name="AVA10Years" />

With YouTube beginning to trend in 2007, Becker wanted to begin to start uploading the series on the platform. However, other copies of the exact same animation were already uploaded there.  Each of them had over a million views. After reporting these duplicates as copyright infringements, Alan was able to ascend the search results as an official content creator. The public demanded the release of a third film, described as the "epic finale" to the trilogy by ending the user's computer with a {{W|blue screen of death}}. It was meant to be a shelved series that helped Becker's attempt to pursue animation and get a career at {{W|Pixar|Pixar Studios}}. However, the request to join their internship was denied for two years consecutively.<ref name="AVA10Years" />

During his time in college, he created a variety of films with classmates, students and teachers that gave their own unique story and environment as seen with the short ''Lumin'' in 2013.<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93JiNSJKRx8 Lumin (2013)]'' by '''Columbia College of Art and Design'''</ref>

===Animator vs. Animation Reboot===
Becker's professor and/or instructor '''Thomas Richner''' at ''Columbia College of Arts and Design'' advised that Becker move forward with the ''Animator vs. Animation'' series due to its large fan base and unique potential, which values more than working professionally at a company. After his graduation, he started a kick-starter campaign to fund for a fourth film. After the release of ''[[Animator vs. Animation 4]]'' in '''October 2, 2014''', his subscriber count grew to over one-hundred thousand. The large exponential increase of followers gave motivation to create another installment that came to be ''[[Animation vs. Minecraft]]'' which put him at one million in less than a month.<ref name="AVA10Years" /> Unlike the previous four films, outsourced labor was used this movie forward.<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSzrf195IAk Behind the Scenes - Animation vs. Minecraft]'' by '''Alan Becker''' (December 14, 2015)</ref>

Two years later, Becker began production on ''[[Animation vs. YouTube]]'' that required him to contact thousands of other content creators on YouTube such as ''[https://www.youtube.com/user/PewDiePie PewDiePie]'', ''[https://www.youtube.com/user/smosh Smosh]'' and ''[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq8DICunczvLuJJq414110A Zach King]''. It was delayed due to his personal life events, one of which included his marriage and first child.<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM8AN2wppAQ I have an announcement!]'' by '''Alan Becker''' (July 26, 2017)</ref> It reached public audiences on August 3, 2017.

On November 18, 2017, Becker debuted a pilot short which became the [[AVM Shorts|AVM Series]]. Midway through Season 1, he announced a second series AVA Shorts which revolves around the return of [[The Chosen One]] and [[The Dark Lord]], antagonists of the original trilogy.<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fPhQLM4Iac Villagers - Animation vs. Minecraft Shorts Ep. 9]'' by '''Alan Becker''' (July 18, 2018)</ref> For the [[Note Blocks - AVM Shorts Episode 5|fifth]] and [[Note Block Battle - AVM Shorts Episode 16|sixteenth]] episodes of the ''[[AVM Shorts]]'' series, Becker commissioned [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgK8Thq8i7hRhCLwGVW37QA Aaron Grooves] for the special note block music.

In November 29, 2019, Becker announced he now has his own tutorial series (in collaboration with [https://www.bloopanimation.com/about/ Bloop Animation]) that goes in-depth with the entire process of how each of the episodes/movies are made and includes an exclusive animation that is inspired by ''Animator vs. Animation''.<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyVgkAyVu6c I made a Stick Figure Animation Course!]'' by '''Alan Becker''' (November 29, 2019)</ref><ref>''[https://www.bloopanimation.com/stick-figure-animation-course-by-alan-becker/ref/alanbecker/ Stick Figure Animation]'' by '''Alan Becker''' on '''Bloop Animation'''</ref>

He has a second channel called "Alan Becker Tutorials" in which he shared tutorials and Animation Flash. It is currently inactive.

Becker is married to an author of Mochi Magic and a cook specializing in Japanese cuisine, Kaori in February 10, 2010. Alan made an announced on July 27, 2017 that he became a father.

==Filmography==
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{| class="article-table"
!Year
!Video
|-
|2005
|''Pink Army''
|-
| rowspan="2" |2006
|''Trampoline time-lapse''
|-
|''[[Animator vs. Animation Season 1|Animator vs. Animation 1–2]]''
|-
| rowspan="3" |2007 
|''Machine''
|-
|''Stop Motion - Worm''
|-
|''AIM spam 100 IMs in 13 minutes''
|-
| 2009 
|''Instant Messaging in Real Life''
|-
| rowspan="3" |2010
|''We Are Corn''
|-
| ''Frog and the Fly''
|-
|''[[Animator vs. Animation 3]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" |2011
|''HOST.NET Animation''
|-
|''My First Maya Animation''
|-
|''Crank Powered Dancing Eggplant Machine''
|-
|''RiverRun Film Festival intro''
|-
|''If Water Had Eyes''
|-
| ''Something Freaky''
|-
| rowspan="2" |2012
|''The Burger''
|-
|''Stick Texting''
|-
| rowspan="3" |2013
|''My paper crane flew away''
|-
|''Lumin''
|-
|''A Wild Pokémon Sighting''
|-
| rowspan="3" |2014
|''Revolt TV Animation''
|-
|''Revolt TV Animation 2''
|-
|''[[Animator vs. Animation 4]]''
|-
| rowspan="4" |2015
|''Chairbending'' 
|-
| ''Stick Texting - A Whole Conversation''
|-
|''[[Animation vs. Minecraft]]''
|-
|the "Beat Box" - a Percussion Machine
|-
| rowspan="2" |2016
|''The Story of Love'' 
|-
|''GreeNoodle''
|-
| rowspan="2" |2017
|''[[Animation vs. YouTube]]''
|-
|''[[Animation vs. Minecraft Shorts Season 1|AVM Shorts (Episodes 1–2)]]''
|-
| rowspan="3" |2018
|''[[Animation vs. Minecraft Shorts Season 1|AVM Shorts (Episodes 3–10)]]''
|-
|''[[Animation vs. League of Legends]]''
|-
|''[[Animator vs. Animation Season 2|Animator vs. Animation 5–6]]''
|-
| rowspan="5" |2019
|''[[Animation vs. Minecraft Shorts Season 1|AVM Shorts (Episodes 11–14)]]'' 
|-
|''[[The Flashback - Animator vs. Animation 7|Animator vs. Animation 7]]''
|-
|''[[Animation vs. Pokémon]]''
|-
|''[[Blue's New Superpower]]''
|-
|''[[Animation vs. Super Mario Bros]]''
|-
| rowspan="3" |2020
|''[[Animation vs. Minecraft Shorts Season 2|AVM Shorts (Episodes 15–19)]]''
|-
|''[[The Showdown - Animator vs. Animation 8|Animator vs. Animation 8]]''
|-
|''[[The Piglin War - AVM Shorts Episode 20|AVM Shorts (Episode 20)]]''
|-
| rowspan="3" |2021
|''[[Animation vs. Minecraft Shorts Season 3|AVM Shorts (Episodes 21–26)]]''
|-
|''[[Animation vs. Arcade Games]]''
|-
|''[[Animation vs. Trash]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" |2022
|''[[Animation vs. Minecraft Shorts Season 3|AVM Shorts (Episodes 27–30)]]''
|-
|''[[Actual Shorts Season 1|Actual Shorts (Episodes 1–15)]]''
|-
| rowspan="5" |2023
|''[[Actual Shorts Season 1|Actual Shorts (Episodes 16–54)]]''
|-
|''[[Animator vs. Animation Season 3|Animator vs. Animation 9–10]]''
|-
|''[[Animation vs. Minecraft Shorts Season 4|AVM Shorts (Episodes 31–33)]]''
|-
|''[[Animation vs. Education|Animation vs. Education (Episodes 1–2)]]''
|-
|''[[Actual Shorts Season 2|Actual Shorts (Episodes 55–57)]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" |2024
|''[[Actual Shorts Season 2|Actual Shorts (Episodes 58–76)]]''
|-
|''[[Animation vs. Minecraft Shorts Season 4|AVM Shorts (Episodes 34–35)]]''
|-
|''[[Animation vs. Geometry|Animation vs. Education (Episode 3)]]''
|-
|''[[Influencer Arc|Influencer Arc (Episodes 1–3)]]''
|-
|''[[Victim - Animator vs. Animation 11|Animator vs. Animation 11]]''
|-
|''[[Actual Shorts Season 3|Actual Shorts (Episodes 77–78)]]''
|-
| rowspan="22" |2025
|''[[Actual Shorts Season 3|Actual Shorts (Episodes 78–82)]]''
|-
|''[[Animation vs. Coding|Animation vs. Education (Episode 4)]]''
|-
|''[[Blue's Speedrun - An Actual Short|Actual Shorts (Episode 83)]]''
|-
|''[[Animation vs. Addiction|Animation vs. Education (Episode 5)]]''
|-
|''[[Actual Shorts Season 3|Actual Shorts (Episodes 84–85)]]''
|-
|''[[Bedwars - AVM Shorts Episode 36|AVM Shorts (Episode 36)]]''
|-
|''[[Actual Shorts Season 3|Actual Shorts (Episodes 86–87)]]''
|-
|''[[App Staff]]''
|-
|''[[King Orange's Speedrun - An Actual Short|Actual Shorts (Episode 88)]]''
|-
|''[[Speedrun Competition]]''
|-
|''[[Block Beats - An Actual Short|Actual Shorts (Episode 89)]]''
|-
|''[[Mercenary Tryouts]]''
|-
|''[[Beta - AVM Shorts Episode 0|AVM Shorts (Episode 0)]]''
|-
|''[[Actual Shorts Season 3|Actual Shorts (Episodes 90-91)]]''
|-
|''[[Animation vs. Water]]''
|-
|''[[Actual Shorts Season 3|Actual Shorts (Episodes 92-93)]]''
|-
|''[[Hacker - Animator vs. Animation 12|Animator vs. Animation 12]]''
|-
|''[[Actual Shorts Season 3|Actual Shorts (Episodes 94-95)]]''
|-
|''[[Hardcore Manhunt - AVM Shorts Episode 37|AVM Shorts (Episode 37)]]''
|-
|''[[Actual Shorts Season 3|Actual Shorts (Episodes 96-97)]]''
|-
|''[[Animation vs. Game Design]]''
|-
|''[[Egg - An Actual Short|Actual Shorts (Episode 98)]]''
|}

==Alan Becker's YouTube Channels==
===[[Alan Becker (YouTube channel)|Alan Becker]]===
'''Alan Becker''' is Alan's main channel, being the home of the [[Animator vs. Animation Franchise]] as well as other animations made by him.

===[https://www.youtube.com/@AlanBeckerTutorials AlanBeckerTutorials]===
'''AlanBeckerTutorials''' is a channel in which Alan shows some Flash Tutorials. This channel is currently inactive.
It was created on September 26th, 2011.

===[https://www.youtube.com/@AlanBeckerMinecraft AlanBeckerMinecraft]===
'''AlanBeckerMinecraft''' is a channel where Alan plays Minecraft. The channel originally started as a showcase video for his SpiritedAwayMinecraft project (which was later renamed GhibliCraft). This turned into a Minecraft network that developed more game modes unrelated to Studio Ghibli and more related to his main work, AvA. As a result, the entire admin team decided to split the game modes and the Ghibli side into two servers: AlanBeckerMC (ABMC for short) and GhibliCraft. The channel and (both) servers are still owned by Alan Becker himself, but the day-to-day operations has been handed over to the admins of both ABMC and GhibliCraft, the latter of which is now also producing content for this YouTube channel. The channel was created on December 9, 2013.

===[[Animators VS Games]]===
'''Animators VS Games''' is a channel where Alan Becker and his friend DJ Welch play many different games. They have collaborated with TheOdd1sOut, Skip the Tutorial, Jaiden Animations, and many other YouTubers. This channel is currently very active!
It was created on August 20th, 2018.

===[https://www.youtube.com/@abclipsofficial Alan Becker Clips]===
This channel cuts parts of his videos into YouTube Shorts clips.
It was created on March 19th, 2021.

===[https://www.youtube.com/@alanplays4750 Alan Plays]===
'''Alan Plays''' is a music channel of Alan playing the otamatone. It is currently inactive.
It was created on March 19th, 2021, the same day the Alan Becker Clips channel was created.

==Videos==
<gallery>
The Story of Animator vs. Animation - 10 Year Anniversary
</gallery>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Alan Becker Logo.jpg|Alan Becker logo
File:Alan Becker logo from store.webp|logo
File:Alan Becker atom.com profile.jpg|atom.com profile
File:Alan Becker and Charles Yeh atom.com profile.jpg|Alan Becker and Charles Yeh atom.com profile
File:Alan Becker Twitter banner.jpg|Twitter banner
File:Alanbeckersupport eBay profile.webp|alanbeckersupport eBay profile
File:AlanBeckerTutorials.jpg|Alan sitting with the [[Stick Gang|Stick Figures]].
File:Alanhappy.webp|Alan with headphones.
File:Noogai Newgrounds Icon.jpeg|Newgrounds profile picture
File:Stick figure alan.png|Alan as a stick figure.
File:Alan's Mother calling Alan.jpeg
File:Noogai3 (Alan).png
</gallery>

==Trivia==
*On September 29th, 2020, Alan [https://x.com/alanthebecker/status/1310978929918787585 posted a GIF] on his Twitter showing Green as a stick bug, in reference to a meme. (The GIF was animated by @ellis02magson)
{{Quote|is this meme dead yet?|Tweet description|Twitter}}
*On May 18th, 2022, Alan posted an [[HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALAN BECKER|animation]] on his Twitter made by Able Rai, one of his animators, for his birthday.
*His favorite scene in AvA as a whole, is [[The Second Coming]] using his enormous laser beam, as it is shown five other times. ([[Wanted - Animator vs. Animation 9|1]], [[Kirby - An Actual Short|2]], [[The Box - Animator vs. Animation 10|3]], [[Showdown from the Street - An Actual Short|4]], [[Hacker - Animator vs. Animation 12|5]])
*Originally, his sticksona appeared to be a purple hollow-headed stick figure with glasses. In AvM 37, his sticksona is a purple solid-headed stick figure and his glasses are less detailed.[[File:Alan is on break being a dad.png|left|thumb|Before]][[File:Stick figure alan.png|thumb|After]]

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