What are some facts/things about Neil that others haven't payed much attention too? (Also I love your page and when u talk about Neil he's been my favorite character for like 5 years I absolutely love Neil! This page is actually soooo cool!!!<3)
Thank you so much! I really appreciate the kind words :)
I also really love Neil and I think he's rather unexplored as a character, both in the fandom and in the show! So here are some fun facts and little things I've noticed about him going through the show frame by frame XD
First off Neil wears Velcro shoes! Perhaps he doesn't know how to tie his shoe laces, or just wears them for convenience. This ties into my headcanon he is autistic because its common for people with autism to struggle with some skills, such as tying shoe laces.
Second, Neil as asthma! Or at least was originally meant to. He's shown with an inhaler in the teaser trailer and the pilot so it's likely this was scrapped later on. Its a common trope for nerds to have asthma so I'm not surprised XD
Neil is 11 years old. This makes him 1 year older than Max and Nikki. This information is from the camp Camp Press kit where Neil's age in the description is listed as 11. Further evidence for this is in season 2 episode 12 Parents Day Nikki says "I've always wanted an *older* brother." When referring to him. In season 5 he would be 12.
(sorry this was the best quality of this image I could find) XD
This is an odd one but Neil is tied With Cameron Campbell for appearing shirtless the most out of any character, that number being 4.
Neil browses some kind of 4chan adjacent text board.
Neil is very media savvy. In the official director's commentary it is noted that Neil often exclaims, "Have you seen any *genre* movie ever!?", on many occasions.
Another example of this is all the stickers on his safe in Anti-Social Network. It's implied that he has seen Akira, played Fallout, Ect.
i strongly recommend the directors commentary as its very interesting, I actually haven't watched it in its entirety myself but if anything else about Neil comes up I'll defiantly mention it :)
Neil does something called Raptor arms, this is a very common symptom in people with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Ive actually asked Miles myself through a cameo if Neil is intentionally implied to have autism but he said it wasn't intentional. They do acknowledge his raptor arms though usually calling them "T-Rex arms." Instead.
Here is a piece of art work made by one of the creators of the show, and there's another "T-rex arms" mention in the directors commentary.
Neil has canonically prevented three suicides. He stops the foreign exchange campers from killing themselves by offering them ice cream.
"WAIT!! Would some ice cream make you feel better?"
This is one of my favorite moments from him. It shows how golden hearted he can be. I also enjoy the scene where he comforts Jasper and makes sure they tell David about him and honor his last wish. What a good fella <:)
Neil and Space kid love each other Mr Rooster Teeth told me :)
Neil created a weapon of mass destruction when he was put in his new science camp (Napalm)
Neil bot says "time moves about a million times slower for me than it does you". I believe this may be a reference to 'I have no mouth and I must scream'. One of the main plot points there is that AM, the sentient robot, experiences time very slowly and it's extremely painful for him because he sentient. That's why he curses the last living character to experience time the way he does.
Even though Neil is Jewish, he's shown to eat bacon.
MISC.
-Neil is seen drinking two different types of energy drinks throughout the series. One is called Maple zap and the other is just coffee.
-Neil knows Morse code, Space Kid does as well :)
-He's allergic to sauerkraut
-Neil's design changed from the pilot to the final series. Nikki, Max, Gwen, and David did not.
-Neil was originally going to have dreadlocks
-Neil has rosacea
Wow that sure was a lot! Another one that I haven't personally confirmed yet but I believe Neil appears in every single episode as well, although I know he doesn't have a speaking roll in every episode as he doesn't speak in Fashion victims (S4E14) but does appear in the bg.
That's all i can think of for now but there's likely more things! If you have anything you'd like to add or comment on feel free to! I really appreciate getting to discuss my favorite character with others :)
Thanks so much for reading and sorry for the late reply it took me a moment to write all this out, I wanted to make sure it was the best it could be! Have a great rest of your day :)
Day 244
Images
1. Camp Camp Teaser Trailer
2. Camp Camp Teaser Trailer, Camp Camp Pilot
3. Official Camp Camp Press Kit
4. Camp Kool Kidz S1E4, Order of The Sparrow S1E12, Who Peed the Lake? S4E3, The Butterfinger Effect S4E17
5. Anti-Social Network S2E2
6. Anti-Social Network S2E2
7. Artwork
8. Foreign Exchange Campers S3E3
9. Eggs Benefits S2E9
10. Camp Corp S3E12
11. Anti-Social Network S2E2
12. Mind Freakers S1E10
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