Hellbenders Leaked Pilot
I should be doing classwork right now, but I'm too busy thinking about hellbenders (the newgrounds cartoon by oney and psychicpebbles, not the animal) so I'm posting about it in hopes that will help get it out of my head.
My favorite episode is probably the leaked pilot, even though it's unfinished and was never officially released. I recommend you watch it before reading this otherwise you will at best be confused and at worst get spoilers for something you would've liked. I've watched this one so much. I've even shown my mom, which turned out poorly (in my defense I forgot she had a fear of spiders). I love the animation and color on the parts that are finished, it's so smooth and nice to look at. The writing is incredibly funny, both one off jokes and jokes that come back later were amazing. I quote the "You're fucking with me baby, you're fucking with me!" part in my head so often. Part of me wants to just talk about how much i love each individual joke, but that would probably not be fun to read (or comprehensive if we're being honest) so I will keep those in my head.
I wish I was a fan when merch was being made but I was too young. It wouldn't be that big of a problem if it weren't for the fact that NOBODY IS RESELLING THE MERCH!! I really want the poster, which seems like it should be easy to just make myself with a printing company but the only image of it that isn't a picture of the poster (rather than the original art that was printed on it) is the old version which has a bunch of slurs on it😭 no way am I putting that in my bedroom. I do have the modern day oney and psychicpebbles plushies where they are their oneyplays characters, but it would be nice to have the ones from the hellbenders era.
It really makes me sad it wasn't picked up, but at the same time if it was we probably wouldn't have Smiling Friends!
Posted May 6th 2024