The Summoning - Nerdy Prudes Must Die Animatic

This musical's been living rent-free in my head grgrraarghh couldn't do a full animatic bc of work and college 😔

[iateadogwheniwasyearsold]

THE "you gamble it all on the roll of the dice" PART WAS SOOO SICK

[crimsonprincess]

I love how Grace and Steph look so determined and Peter is just ✨nervous✨

[gltchundertale]

I feel like you kidnapped the vibe of the lord in black so well. Having Wiggly standing atop the stage is a nice touch

[Lie_Z]

Just realized that Pokey’s mask crashing into them at the start mimics the meteor crashing into Hatchetfield in TGWDLM! This is so well thought out!

[TheBmb-kigj]

I like the expressions of the kids as they do the chant showing the different levels of trepidation between them:

-Graces’ face is completely straight and determined, she seems to have no qualms about using the Lords in Black’s power or at least is not openly afraid of it, foreshadowing how by the end she’ll harness their powers in full in her quest to punish all dirty dudes.

-Peter is the most openly afraid, he looks at Steph nervously and looks around fearfully as they do the chant, self explanatory.

-Stephanie strikes a middle ground between Grace and Pete, she looks at Pete nervously as they sit down showing she’s afraid of what the LiB might do to him but as she looks at Grace her expression changes to match Graces own steeled determination, partly because she knows the LiB are their only hope and partly because she’s not as worried for Grace since she doesn’t like her very much. Then as she says Nibbly’s full name she almost sneers disgustedly, she doesn’t want to do this but there’s no other choice, foreshadowing her eventual reluctance to pay the LiB’s price (or fuck off).

[lordgeneralmilitantdeezy]

I like how each one represents their first appearance.

Pokothos: the blue liquid from tgwdlm

Blinklothep: The roller coaster from Watcher world

T’noy Karraxis: Time bastard and showing Ted what was in the box

Nibblenephim: Honey Queen because of what he does to Linda

Wiggog Y’wrath: The soft plushy tentacles of wiggly from Black Friday

[ethanrappthefilmmaker]

1:20 is so brilliant. You barely have like just enough time to process what you're looking at before they shift forms again. Really captures the eldrich horror vibe when you pause and look at the silhouettes too.

[Blackundetected]

It's animatics like this that really make me wish we'd be like the Disney Renaissance and Animated a bunch of musicals because this is exactly why they were amazing!!
On stage this scene was unsettling and creepy, but overall kind-of stiff in the Preformance, but only because they were limited by what they could do; it is just a stage play after all.
BUT THIS!! This brings it all to life in a way you just can't in any other medium. The weirdness, the chaos, the demented giggles as the old ones tearing the fabric of reality out from under your feet!!! Perfectly captured!

[YakitoriQueen]

This is fucking BRILLIANT. I cannot overstate how much I love this.
Because I've seen this so many times and have analyzed it almost frame by frame, here are some brilliant details I want to point out:
- Not entirely sure if this is intentional, but when the trio sings T'Noy Karaxis, it shows Pete, and then when they sing Nibblenephim, it shows Steph, which are the specific Lords who single them out later in the song
- Once again, not sure if this was intentional, but when chased by Pokotho in the nightmare sequence, Grace puts her hands over her ears
- The Blinky rollercoaster ; reference to Watcher World!!
- At the end of the nightmare sequence when the trio is falling into the hands of Wiggly, Grace is praying
- User @gltchundertale2756 already pointed this out, but Wiggly is standing on the stage whereas all other Lords are standing at the trio's level, because Wiggly is the ruler of the Black and White
- At the end when all the Lords are shown individually, Ted's screaming shadow appears in the Bastard's Box for a few frames, referencing Time Bastard
- Lastly, I love how your design of Blinky shows him with many pupils in one eye. Very offputting and fitting :)

[anobservatory]

0:18 The leaves falling off teasing the shadowy tentacles of the LiB.
0:22 I guess everyone in that family feels dread after hearing that name, for good reason.
0:33 The branches becoming the darkness of the LiB circling the kids is so cool.
0:49 Wiggly first showing up as just shining eyes like he did in Black Friday.
0:51 I'm so used to the stage version that I was waiting for the screams of the audience.
0:57 The LiB as a colorful swirling mass is both terrifying and pretty.
1:03 Pokey's blue sh*t from tghdlm.
1:07 Binky's amusement park from Nightmare Time 1-2, also I just want to highlight the look on the kid's faces in this frame.
1:11 Nibbly must feed from Nightmare Time 2-1.
1:15 Tinky looking at the toys in his toy box from Nightmare Time 1-4. Also I love the look of the box with a maze inside that turns into a clock pattern on the outside.
1:20 The fuzzy Wiggly doll from Black Friday, also the order the LiB show up in is the order they're said in the ritual like how in the master cut of the show they give us a close up on each LiB in that order.
1:21 Before we see the LiB in their full glory we see the silhouette of their doll forms.
1:25 In this spinning shot we see them in a pentagram position like what they were going for in the staging of this show.
1:32 Starting here we see that certain part of the LiB are shaded differently, the mouth for Nibbly, the mask and goo for Pokey, the box for Tinky, the eyes for Blinky, and the crown for Wiggly.
1:33 Poor Ted stuck in the box. Also is it just me or does Tinky's messy hair look like goat horns and ears.
1:34 Blinky having multiple eyes under his glasses, like he's barely keeping his human disguise together.
1:35 Again Wiggly is just a pair of eyes like in Black Friday.
Thank you for letting me point out the details I saw in this video.

[MoriGreaves-csgy]

I love how at the end the lords are standing in the same positions as the points of the star on the book!!!

[lanahex]

I LOVE the detail of Ted being trapped in the Bastard’s Box

[hfar_in_the_sky]

1:21 I love the little motion bump each Lord has when the black pulls away to reveal their human form. It's a nice subtle way to give that feeling they're "settling into" their human forms

[burntbeanies]

Oh this is gorgeous, my god. I ADORE how you illustrated the eldritch nature of the lords in black, and all those transitions between them with the coaster and the mouth and the toy box maze AH! So good! The expressions, they use of colour, the character designs, your style, I loved it the first time I came across you and I love it all over again. Thank you for making this!

[peydays]

Was obsessed with Blinky’s phone with the eye when I realized the beautiful connection between social media, observation, and (from what I remember of Watcher World) Alice’s attachment to her phone. Such a great detail!!

[RafterSomeFood]

I have watched this over and over for the past few months AND ONLY NOW do I spot Ted in the box. Cheeky cheeky 👀

[ModernAegis]

I love how Peter looks deeply unconfident in what they’re doing and Steph looks like she’s trying to hide how much she’s dreading whatever’s gonna happen, but Grace is completely locked in. Cute little foreshadowing for what she ends up doing with the tome once Max is dealt with.

[DazzlingNishi]

this animation got me into the whole Team Starkid Hatchetfield lore, and now rewatching this makes everything make so much moresense! the way Pokotho/Pocky is represented with blue goo (reference to The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals?, and also reminds me a little of Otho in the very last episode of Nightmare Time season 2), Blicklotev(?)/Blinky being represented by a theme park ride (referencing Watcher World), Nibbleheffim/Nibbly being a mouth that swallows them whole (reminds me of Honey Queen), T'noy Karaxis/Tinky being a maze/labyrinth and then a box (reminds me a lot of Time Bastard), and then Wiggog Y'wrath/Wiggly being fluff and two big lit up green eyes (very reminiscent of how he appeared in the Black and White in Black Friday)

[mrmightyena]

I love that you didn't just capture the energy of the characters in your own style, but the actors playing them, too. Setting aside obvious giveaways like Joey's lankiness and Jon's voice, I'm convinced that I could've picked out Joey, Mariah, Corey, Curt, and Jon as their respective characters had I no knowledge of the show. Especially Curt lol. Like that's literally just his face 🤪

[penelope]

I'm so happy that Nerdy Prudes Must die is getting the popularity it deserves