"Honey get the camera, we caught Willie Trout!"
HI NIGHTMARE NED FANDOM!!!! HOW YOU ALL DONIG TONIGHT?? (I say as the room echoes)
I first started watching Nightmare Ned probably... November of last year?? I first found it thanks to a video essay that was randomly recommended to me on Youtube. I remember seeing Ned in the thumbnail and being INSTANTLY INTRIGUED by his character design, which led me to click on the video.
It was a review on the video game, with the person discussing the Trans implications of the game and Ned's character as a whole. I was (of course) instantly hooked! The person went on to say that there was a show based on the video game and that all 12 episodes were easily accessible on Youtube. I didn't expect to get obsessed with it at first but. DEAR LORD I WAS WRONG. SO VERY WRONG.
I became overly hyperfixated within the first episode and it just continued to spiral from there. This show is TERRIBLY underrated and deserves SO much more love and absolutely did NOT deserve the brutal butchering it got from Disney and the public at the time.
With the show getting ripped immediately from all public broadcast after receiving negative reception from Disney fans for it's more "darker themes" and "mean spirited nature" to the point where it almost became lost media and was only saved thanks to old VHS recordings which. STILL BAFFLES ME TO THIS DAY THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT EVEN HAPPENED LIKE??!! WHHAA??!!
(Here's some old doodles I did HEEHHEHE)
The show is extremely unique, creative and incredibly hilarious. The backgrounds are GODLY STUNNING! I wanna eat them so bad! The music makes me crazy!! I really wish there was a way to access the soundtrack!! And the animation. Oh. The animation. Where do I EVEN BEGIN?! It's beautiful, fluid and OH SO EXPRESSIVE! I'VE NEVER SEEN A SHOW THIS EXPRESSIVE OR FLUID BEFORE IT DRIVES ME UP THE WALL!!!! INSANE!!!!!!
I love the voice work done by all the voice actors, you can tell they were giving it they're all and were clearly enjoying themselves. The character designs are PEAK! I'm very crazy over the art style, I'll never get over it! I LOVE IT!!!!
You can just tell so much love, passion and care was put into this show alongside the video game, which makes the lack of love and the fact that it was just forgotten even the more tragic.
I really really wanna see a revival for the show, though I highly doubt Disney would EVER wanna touch this property ever again after such a huge fiasco it caused back in the day.
And I do fear that if it were to come back it would be digitally animated with it standing NO CHANCE against traditional cel animation. Which would personally ruin my viewing on it since the animation (at least for me) played a HUGE PART on the show and my enjoyment for it so. Yeah. I'm content with what I have. Though I can still dream...
(Here's some more old doodles for ya)
My favorite episodes have gotta be "Monster Ned", "My, How Have You've Grown", "Tooth Or Consequences" and "Girl Trouble" for SURE!
I had the phrase "Buster brown" , "Honey get the camera, we caught Willie Trout", "I gotta get out of here!" and "OHHH!! LINCOLN AY??" as my vocal stims for the longest time! I even had the entire living room scene from "My, How Have You've Grown" saved to my brain (and on my phone eheheh) I referenced it so much that it became an inside joke between me and my bestie! I'm so normal I promise you.
This obsession became all the more better once I got my bestie hooked onto it. She ended up loving it just as much as I did and we both became equally as crazy for it!! We even watched a full walk through of the video game after we sadly finished the show.
It was so much fun to see all the little changes in designs and color schemes of most of the minor characters and the inspirations behind all the episodes since each episode of the show was based on aspects and things that happened in the game.
I adore Ned Needlemeyer. Like. An extreme amount. He's my favorite character!!! His very presence on screen makes me jump and scream in the most joy!! He makes me smile ear to ear without fail every time!! He just makes me so unbelievably happy!! I'll never get over his character design IT'S MY MOST FAVORITE THING EVER!!! Not to mention how relatable and me coded he is MY GODDD. Like. The comparisons are insane I tell ya!
I just. I LOVE HHIIIIMM!!!! I LOVE NED!!!!!! I LOVE MY SON!!!!! I LOVE MY NEURODIVERGENT AROMANTIC SON SO MUCH!!! YES NED NEEDLEMEYER IS MY NEW SON I DONT CARE WHAT YOU SAY!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAA I could just gush about this show for LITERAL HOURS BUT. I feel as if I went on long enough so I'll spare you the internal infodump. This time.
So in conclusion. I love Nightmare Ned and Ned Needlemeyer so very much! Both Ned and his show/game deserve all the love and appreciation in the world and if you have the time. You should definitely give it a watch!!!! All 12 episode on youtube so you got NO excuses!
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