Neil Cicierega
Encyclopedia
Neil Stephen Cicierega is an American
comedian
, filmmaker and musician
. He is the creator of a genre of Flash animation known as "Animutation
". He has also released several albums as a musician under the stage name "Lemon Demon".
imagery and are typically set to novelty or foreign music, often from the Japanese version of Pokémon
. One of his earliest works entitled "Hyakugojyuuichi" was published on the web, and was described as a "hit" in 2001 by Salon magazine.
. It originated as a pair of Flash animations on Newgrounds
in 2003, and later resurfaced in the form of a series of live action puppet shows released onto YouTube
and PotterPuppetPals.com, starting in 2006 and continuing to the present. The central characters of the Harry Potter series are portrayed simply by puppets. The most successful Potter Puppet Pals video, the Mysterious Ticking Noise, currently has over 113 million views (as of October 2011). Cicierega has done puppetry live at Harry Potter-themed events.
in November 2009.
Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny on Newgrounds
. This became very popular, reaching over 12 million views on Newgrounds, as well as topping the "Funny Five" on The Dr. Demento
Show for several weeks and becoming the #1 Request for 2006. The song was later included in the 2006 album, "Dinosaurchestra." An updated recording of the song was released to the Rock Band Network
in 2010.
United States
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comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
, filmmaker and musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
. He is the creator of a genre of Flash animation known as "Animutation
Animutation
Animutation or fanimutation is a form of web-based computer animation, typically created in Adobe Flash and characterized by unpredictable montages of pop-culture images set to music, often in a language foreign to the intended viewers...
". He has also released several albums as a musician under the stage name "Lemon Demon".
Animutation
Cicierega created a genre of dadaist or surrealist Flash animation he termed "Animutation". Animutations feature arbitrary, nonsensical scenes and pop culturePopular culture
Popular culture is the totality of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, memes, images and other phenomena that are deemed preferred per an informal consensus within the mainstream of a given culture, especially Western culture of the early to mid 20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the...
imagery and are typically set to novelty or foreign music, often from the Japanese version of Pokémon
Pokémon
is a media franchise published and owned by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games developed by Game Freak, Pokémon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video...
. One of his earliest works entitled "Hyakugojyuuichi" was published on the web, and was described as a "hit" in 2001 by Salon magazine.
Potter Puppet Pals
Cicierega's Potter Puppet Pals is a comedy series which parodies Harry PotterHarry Potter
Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
. It originated as a pair of Flash animations on Newgrounds
Newgrounds
Newgrounds is an American entertainment and social media website. Founded on July 6, 1995 by Tom Fulp, the site primarily hosts Adobe Flash animations and games, but also features a music-oriented page, along with an art portal...
in 2003, and later resurfaced in the form of a series of live action puppet shows released onto YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
and PotterPuppetPals.com, starting in 2006 and continuing to the present. The central characters of the Harry Potter series are portrayed simply by puppets. The most successful Potter Puppet Pals video, the Mysterious Ticking Noise, currently has over 113 million views (as of October 2011). Cicierega has done puppetry live at Harry Potter-themed events.
Lemon Demon
Cicierega currently releases music and performs it live under the name of "Lemon Demon". He has released six Lemon Demon albums since 2003, selections from the first four of which have been made available for free download on the Lemon Demon website. His most recent album View-Monster, originally released in 2008, was released to iTunesITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
in November 2009.
The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
In 2005, Neil Cicierega and animator Shawn Vulliez released the Flash videoMusic video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny on Newgrounds
Newgrounds
Newgrounds is an American entertainment and social media website. Founded on July 6, 1995 by Tom Fulp, the site primarily hosts Adobe Flash animations and games, but also features a music-oriented page, along with an art portal...
. This became very popular, reaching over 12 million views on Newgrounds, as well as topping the "Funny Five" on The Dr. Demento
Dr. Demento
Barret Eugene Hansen , better known as Dr. Demento, is a radio broadcaster and record collector specializing in novelty songs, comedy, and strange or unusual recordings dating from the early days of phonograph records to the present....
Show for several weeks and becoming the #1 Request for 2006. The song was later included in the 2006 album, "Dinosaurchestra." An updated recording of the song was released to the Rock Band Network
Rock Band Network
The Rock Band Network is a downloadable content service designed by Harmonix Music Systems with the help of Microsoft to allow musical artists and record labels to make their music available as playable tracks for the Rock Band series of rhythm video games, starting with Rock Band 2...
in 2010.
Complete Discography
- Outsmart (2000) - Deporitaz
- Microwave This CD (2001) - Deporitaz
- Dimes (2002) - Deporitaz
- Clown Circus (2003) - Lemon Demon
- Live From The Haunted Candle Shop (2003) - Lemon Demon
- Hip To The Javabean (2004) - Lemon Demon
- Damn Skippy (2005) - Lemon Demon
- Dinosaurchestra (2006) - Lemon Demon
- Circa 2000 (2007) - Deporitaz
- View-Monster (2008) - Lemon Demon
- Live (Only Not) (2011) - Lemon Demon