Neil Cicierega

Neil Stephen Cicierega (born August 23, 1986), is an American comedian, filmmaker and musician. He is the creator of a genre of Flash animation known as "Animutation". He also performs as a musician. Cicierega lives in Kingston, Massachusetts, United States.

Animutation

Main article: Animutation

Neil Cicierega is the creator of a genre of surrealist Flash animation known as "Animutation".^[1] Animutation features arbitrary, nonsensical scenes and pop culture imagery, somewhat resembling the animation style of Terry Gilliam. These scenes are typically set to foreign or novelty music, often Japanese. Most of his early Animutations used music from the original Japanese version of Pokémon.

Animutations found online popularity in early 2001 with Cicierega's "Hyakugojyuuichi", and the genre soon developed a cult following. Over the following years, a community of Flash animators began making their own animations inspired by Cicierega's works.^{[citation needed]}

Cicierega made about twenty Animutations between 2001 and 2003, but for the most part abandoned the genre.^{[citation needed]}

Potter Puppet Pals

Potter Puppet Pals
Also known as	PPP
Genre	Comedy, puppetry
Created by	Neil Cicierega Emmy Cicierega Alora Lanzillotta
Directed by	Neil Cicierega
Voices of	Neil Cicierega
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
Broadcast
Original channel	Newgrounds (2003) YouTube (2006-present)
Original run	Animated series: September 27, 2003 – December 15, 2003 Puppet series: September 26, 2006–present
External links
Official website

Cicierega's Potter Puppet Pals is a comedy series which parodies Harry Potter. It originated as a pair of Flash animations on Newgrounds.com in 2003, and later resurfaced in the form of a series of live action puppet shows released onto YouTube and Potterpuppetpals.com in 2006.

The Mysterious Ticking Noise

"The Mysterious Ticking Noise", released in 2007, is the 17th most-viewed video on YouTube, with over 50 million views as of October 2008. The video was nominated and won^[2] in the Comedy category in the 2007 YouTube Awards with 33.6% of the votes in that category.^[3]

Videos

Flash animations:

• "Bothering Snape" (September 27, 2003)
• "Trouble at Hogwarts" (December 15, 2003)

YouTube episodes:

• "PPP Teaser" (September 18, 2006)
• "Potions Class" (September 26, 2006)
• "Wizard Angst" (November 2, 2006)
• "The Mysterious Ticking Noise" (March 23, 2007)
• "Wizard Swears" (December 1, 2007)
• "School Is For Losers" (April 7, 2008)
• "Awakening of the Incorruptible" (May 16, 2008)
• "The Vortex" (May 17, 2008)

Live performances:

• "Yule Ball 2006" and part 2
• "Yule Ball 2007" and part 2

Lemon Demon

Lemon Demon
Lemon Demon, performing at Lemonic Demonade
Background information
Also known as	Trapezoid, Deporitaz
Origin	Kingston, Massachusetts, United States
Genre(s)	Geek rock Alternative rock Experimental rock Comedy Synthpop
Years active	2000–present
Website	www.LemonDemon.com
Members
Neil Cicierega Alora Lanzillotta Charles "Chooch" Sergio Tony Wry Dave Kitsberg

Neil Cicierega also releases music and performs it live under the name of "Lemon Demon", previously known as both "Trapezoid" and "Deporitaz". His music typically falls under the genres of power pop, geek rock or novelty music.

Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny

"Good guys, bad guys, and explosions, As far as the eye can see."

Main article: Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny

On December 22, 2005, Lemon Demon and animator Shawn Vulliez released the Flash music video Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny on Newgrounds. The video features dozens of famous people and fictional characters, largely from 1980s and 1990s pop culture in a large century-long brawl where "...only one will survive."^[4]

The video was featured as the Newgrounds daily feature on December 23, and the weekly user's choice on December 28; it has since been released on Flash Portal, Albino Blacksheep, Transbuddha, Weebl's Stuff, and eventually its own fan-created site at UltimateShowdown.org. The song topped the weekly "Funny Five" and became #1 of 2006 on the Dr. Demento Show. The song itself was later included on Lemon Demon's fifth album, Dinosaurchestra.

• The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny

Discography

As Trapezoid/Deporitaz:

• "Outsmart" (2000)
• "Microwave this CD" (2001)
• "Dimes" (2002)
• "Circa 2000" (2007)

As Lemon Demon:

• "Clown Circus" (2003)
• "Live From the Haunted Candle Shop" (2003)
• "Hip to the Javabean" (2004)
• "Damn Skippy" (2005)
• "Dinosaurchestra" (2006)
• "View-Monster" (2008)

Filmography

The New Kids on the Rock

In addition to Potter Puppet Pals, Cicierega adds regular video content to his YouTube channel.

He has worked on videos with fellow Massachusetts internet film makers and close friends Kevin James, Ryan Murphy, Max Pacheco, and J.L. Carrozza. In 2008, Neil, Ryan, and Kevin were recently commissioned to make a series of "webisodes" for Plymouth Rock Studios. The series, called New Kids on the Rock, is a tongue-in-cheek comedy series about the trio's attempts to make webisodes for Plymouth Rock Studios.

Several of Neil's short films have been featured on television shows such as G4's Attack of the Show!, The CW's Online Nation and CBBC's Chute!.

References

• "All hail Neil Cicierega" by Katharine Mieszkowski and Amy Standen, Salon.com, 26 April 2001
• "He's a hit with Internet set" by Emily Sweeney, Boston Globe, 22 June 2006

External links

• EvilTrailMix.com, Cicierega's personal home page
• Animutation homepage
• Lemon Demon homepage
• Potter Puppet Pals homepage
• Newgrounds Lemon Demon collection
• WikiLemon, the Lemon Demon wiki^{[dead link]}
• Neil Cicierega's YouTube profile
• Neil's Personal MySpace
• Lemon Demon's MySpace
• Potter Puppet Pals' MySpace

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