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"Victim" is the eleventh episode of the Animator vs. Animation Series, also being the third episode of Animator vs. Animation Season 3.
Synopsis[]
The stick figure that started it all.
Plot[]
On June 3rd, 2006, victim was first made by noogai. Tormented by his cursor, the stick figure valiantly fought back against his creator through an array of tools but is restrained. He prevents himself from being deleted by blocking the cursor's actions with the pencil tool and forms copies of himself to fight back against noogai. Together, victim and his copies nearly corner noogai until he exits the Flash Program and doesn't save, wiping them out.
The next day, victim is recreated by noogai3, who remembers his actions from yesterday but is trapped in a box and thrown aside. noogai3 then ties victim up and cuts him, killing the stick figure again. On June 5th, victim is resurrected and pelted by balls until noogai3 crushes him to death. On June 6th, he is see-sawed into a beam, and 3 days later, victim is drowned in a fish tank. On June 12th, noogai3 kills victim with a giant shuriken. On June 25th, noogai3 pushes victim off a tall staircase. In July, victim is blasted by numerous fireworks. August comes dropped bombs, and September follows with victim being struck by a speeding rocket. October and November see him being struck by a truck and punched by a boxing glove, before he is slowly erased from existence by noogai.
On a fateful March 15th the next year, victim, now so traumatized that he doesn't even dare to run, awaits his torture, but noogai is called to dinner and leaves his laptop idle with victim trapped in a box. When he returned, noogai finds his laptop destroyed, and victim, having built a rocket out of pieces of Flash and collected an array of supplies and tools, travels away from his laptop and escapes. He travels to an HTTP protocol and makes his way into the Internet. After crashing through Yahoo, bouncing off of RuneScape, travelling through MySpace, and bouncing around in 3D PinBall, the rocket lands in the computer of a person named Grace. Grace has produced a Flash animation titled Mitsi, depicting a test animation of a girl dancing in a field. Grace uploads her file into Newgrounds, forcing victim's rocket back into the protocol.
As numerous other files are sent off to be uploaded to Newgrounds, the animations eventually make their way to the Outernet, where they materialize into their corresponding characters. victim's rocket is also transported and forces its way in, in the process turning itself and victim into a grayer shade. Eventually, the rocket successfully penetrates through, causing a large explosion and several new connections to be formed from the Outernet to several sites and computers, including ALANSPC.
The rocket eventually crash lands into a field, and the girl from the Mitsi file also manifests in the world. Mitsi sees the unconscious victim but startles him when she tries to help. victim is frightened by her white appearance and because the only person he had ever known had constantly hurt him, but gradually realizes she means him no harm. They struggle to see through the fog, but soon other white figures walk through. victim initially believes them to be numerous cursors and cowers behind Mitsi in intense fear. The sunlight and a gust blows away the fog, allowing them to see they are surrounded by curious people from a village. Mitsi shakes their hands and ushers victim to follow them.
Arriving at their village, Mitsi and victim are kindly welcomed with flower wreaths by the villagers. victim then sees the damage he has caused to their wind vane and inspects what he can do. Before Mitsi and the amazed villagers, victim recreates a propeller with his tools, and with the help of the villagers, the wind vane is as good as new. Celebrating their achievement and victim's powers, the villagers and Mitsi gather around him from a photo.
Over the next several years, photos depict victim and Mitsi's story as they live and work together to help the village thrive, as well as their blossoming love for each other. Occasionally, victim has flashbacks of the torturous cursor who created him but he is able to push aside his fears and move on. On Mitsi's suggestion, the two start a repair store, and through their efforts they are able to found his company, with his fateful rocket now as his logo. The company rapidly grows into a large technological enterprise, Rocket Co. , famed for its success and advancements in technology. It is also at this time that Mitsi and victim would also meet Agent, then a police officer apprehending a criminal. They begin a tight friendship with him as their own love deepens.
In 2011, four years after founding the company, the staff, Mitsi, Agent, and victim put together a party to celebrate their success. As everyone takes to the dance floor, Mitsi and victim hold each other in a swirling dance, only for her to suddenly vanish. victim can only hold her party hat in anxious worry as more people too begin to disappear as well around him, causing everyone to run away in confusion and fear; Agent attempts to protect his friend in the chaos but vanishes as well, his Newgrounds file destroyed by someone.
Mitsi appears in the world of Newgrounds and witnesses tremendous devastation around her, all while numerous animations manifest onto the world and run away in fear as well, including Purple and his biological parents Pink and Navy. As she notices tanks and soldiers firing onto something in the air, Agent's file falls nearby and he appears beside her. Agent is supported by Mitsi as she takes him to nearby support, but she turns back to rescue other animations from beneath debris. As she tries to run back to Agent, an explosion rocks the area around them.
Regaining consciousness, Mitsi finds herself trapped beneath heavy debris. Agent tries desperately to reach her but is cut off by a powerful explosion, killing Mitsi. In the flaming aftermath, Agent witnesses the perpetrators of their world's destruction, a black and a red stick figure. The Dark Lord proudly watches the world of Newgrounds in flames and high-fives his companion, The Chosen One. As the two begin to target the survivors, Agent sees several animations jumping into a portal and follows suit, re-entering the Outernet.
The injured Agent makes it back to victim's business headquarters, where a fellow stick figure helps him to the company's Memory Machine. victim watches the memories of the survivors to determine what has happened. He sees his friend and anxiously asks for Mitsi's whereabouts, only to be answered by a sad nod from Agent. victim inserts his friend into the machine, where they watch his memories of his nightmarish experience in Newgrounds. They eventually find his memories of Mitsi's last moments, causing Agent to sob.
victim watches Mitsi being killed by a powerful explosion and sees who he presumes is her killer, The Chosen One, as he hovers above where she last laid. In 2018, as victim sits by himself in a darkened room, it is entered by Agent and a company employee. Despite his initial refusal, the two reveal to victim a sighting from a bystander of The Chosen One and Alan's cursor as they fight back against The Dark Lord. victim orders the room lights turned on, revealing newspapers, drawings, and clippings of the company he worked so hard for with Mitsi, reports of The Chosen One, and finally, an illustration of the stick figure and his creator. victim draws a line between them and connects the two as the sources of his anger, grief, and trauma.
Credits[]
Writers[]
- Alan
- @its_me_skim
Project & background lead[]
- @Fabian_Banu
Storyboards[]
- Terkoiz
- @its_me_skim
- / luenfire
Animation[]
- @Fordz
- Terkoiz
- @DonnieBoots
- @smoilysheep4670
- ExcelD
- @Keenlol
- @ARCpersona
- @eds7236
- @tjb7345
- @favfaris4714
- @ichasedacrow2
- @NotSoProishNoob
- @Hexalhaxel
- @Spacedoughnut
- @DaSassyOwl
- @ShadowQrow
- @Ellis02Media
- @kayalartwork
- @SimpleFox1
- @Nemo0501
- Roman Carlos Ng Lok
- @Shuriken255
- @n8sterAnimates
- @ablerai
- @doumaki4501
Backgrounds[]
- iSwimmi
- @Fabian_Banu
- / luenfire
- Double Apple
- Zhaar
- Lorkhatosh
- IMP4HIRE
- @Kyokaz
3D[]
- UnderMineBlox https://undermineblox.webflow.io
Sound design[]
- @dan_loeb
- / e_soundwork
Editor[]
- @dan_loeb
Music[]
- @ScottBuckley
- @LilDeuceDeuce
Line producer[]
- @hatena3608
Production assistant[]
- Sammi Alea
Characters[]
Protagonists[]
- victim
- Mitsi (debut)
- Agent
- Original Workers
Antagonists[]
Other characters[]
- Rocket Corp. Worker
- Corn Dog Guy
- Purple
- Navy
- Pink
- Dark Green
- Cerulean
- Other stick figures
- Many Newgrounds characters
- Alan's mother (debut/only appearance; voice only)
- Grace (debut/only appearance)
- Programs
- The Second Coming (in thumbnail)
- Yellow (in thumbnail)
- Red (in thumbnail; removed)
Trivia[]
- At over 20 minutes, this is the longest episode of the Animator vs. Animation series so far.
- This is the first time the Corn Dog Guy appears outside of the Actual Shorts.
- The Singh Family's PC also can be seen in Wanted - Animator vs. Animation 9 in the IP Barrier when The Chosen One is going to ALANSPC for help.
- This is the first time Purple appears in the Animator vs. Animation Series.
- This is the first episode of Season 3 where The Second Coming and the Fighting Stick Figures never make an appearance at all.
- This is the episode where Mitsi was drawn and she was the designer of the Rocket Co. logo.
- This is the first Season 3 episode that physically features The Dark Lord.
- This episode debunks a few theories and presumptions:
- The reason for victim turning gray was not because of his deletion, it was because he entered the Outernet by breaking its barrier, which desaturated his body.
- victim kidnapped The Chosen One not because The Chosen One replaced him, but because of his rampage on the internet with The Dark Lord which resulted in Mitsi's death.
- The scene where victim was tortured with fireworks in July may be a reference to the United States' Independence Day (4th of July), where fireworks are used prominently, although it is unknown if this is intentional.
- The rocket that noogai hit victim with in August appears to be a Saturn V.
- The shepherd stick figure is the only Stylized Stick Figure to not work for Rocket Co.
- At 12:31, a photo shows drawings trying to figure out how stick figures come and appear in the Outernet.
Errors[]
- The text "August" turns into the default font in one frame.
- When victim escapes, the Text tool is shown to be left behind in the toolbar, even though in the next shot it is thrown into the rocket with the rest of the tools victim escapes with. In addition, in AvA 9, the Text tool is among the many tools on the wall in victim's office.
- When victim climbed onto the library he drew a line to provide himself with a place to stand. It looked perfectly straight as he was drawing it, but in the next scene, it appears crooked.
- In the original Animator vs. Animation, the line was always crooked.
- When noogai3 pulls the paintbrush tool out of victim's hand, his cursor uses its modern design (Windows 8 or later).
The error cursor.
- When the Disc Jockey records the clip of The Chosen One and noogai3 working together, he is then cut off by several rocks being thrown. However, in The Showdown, noogai3 actually threw those rocks before he and The Chosen One stayed at the water level like that.
Gallery[]
