"Don't Feed the Freaks" | Apocalyptic Animated Short Film (2018)

Created by David James Armsby.
/ davidarmsbyartist
"If you're reading this. If you find this book; I'm sorry but I have no answers. But I can tell you what I've seen and what I know".
A young man travels the lifeless wasteland of what was once civilization. He's following the breadcrumbs of an apparent thriving society hidden somewhere in the vast, long-dead wilderness.
This short was crazy-fun to work on. It was ambitious as hell and was the cause of many sleepless nights but I really got to run with my imagination in a way I feel I haven't for a while. Just balls-to-the-wall creativity and it was really frustrating and really fun. It's also a story about isolation and I love to make those, considering around 75% of my short films are about being alone.
This short film is fourth in a series I've created. The other 3 take place within the walls of Autodale and are more dystopian than apocalyptic.
Check them all out here:
• "Autodale" | Full Anim...
MAKING OF:
• Making of | "Don't Fee...
Animation Songs:
• Relaxing Guitar Music ...
• Ross Bugden - Attic
• Video

[@MisterJohnDoe]

“That pile of bones next to it is probably me” This has already gotten to a start

[@strebicux6174]

And... We're off!

[@Lostname53]

All of the videos and short stories are one as by the video it all started with a Robotic dinosaur

[@markoandfriends9863]

2D!!

[@God-ug6pq]

And an end

[@shmook1507]

Your name is Johnny topside and your picture is 2d you are my kind of dude

[@randomplayer.87-24]

“It sounds like a paradise” I really want David to make a scene where this guy sees people being stabbed and thrown into a pit full of dead bodies.

[@eliac]

*Thats when he knew, he fucked up*

[@whosjj_]

Yeah it’ll make him realize..

[@TheyCalledMeT]

well .. it's the socialist utpia waiting for gullible people (or any other utopia .. but right now there's nothing in the current social or media environment which is even close to it being tryed [again])

[@DLdg21]

As I read it he said it sounds like a paradise

[@silvercat18]

I am thinking that the culling is necessary to autodale's survival. It may well be that too many people may actually destroy it, simply by existing. The world may actually be physically threatened by free thought, to the extent where too vivid a dream or too much imagination may manifest physical threats out of the air. Even gravity seems to be failing beyond the city limits - the world is in a metaphysically threatened state.

[@DeadSound]

This one was a real passion project. I honestly think it's my best film yet! It totally re-sparked my love for filmmaking and I really hope you all enjoy it! ^_^ Making-of is here!: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmLIiXqMf5agnsU

[@GaliantSilverhawk]

I love this series you made. From the lore, and I really enjoyed seeing the freaks, and being able to see from the eyes of someone who wasn't controlled by robots. Great Job, and keep up the good work, also, is it only you who makes these? If so, you are very talented.

[@jpdesh8181]

I loved it!! Keep up the good work!

[@aasusty2661]

Wow just wow what a work if art

[@s0urd0ughn00dle]

These are always so cool and pretty! I love them!

[@leowest4602]

I didn't actually get what it meant

[@coroleos3272]

My theory is that he was a "freak" the entire time, but viewed himself as human. He awoke outside a destroyed city having no memories of his life prior to waking up, just making assumptions. He seems to be at peace with everything around him, including the other freaks, who, by the way he describes them, seem very at peace themselves, just traveling and surviving. At the end when the other freak approached him, it was calm and peaceful towards him, were all the books he read told him that the freaks are very aggressive. All this would explain the last seen where the children see a freak approach them wearing the MC's white scarf. I dont think that it is figurative, but the wasteland beyond the walls transforms people into the freaks. In a world with giant hive minded beings ruling cities, i don't think its a very far off theory. If you watch "Friendly Shadow" you will learn that these freaks can also draw and make beds for themselves, and know how to start fires(candles). So possibly those that venture into the wilderness become these freaks but retain parts of their humanity. The one that showed the MC the direction to autodale was carrying what i believe to be its own mask from when it had once been human.

[@rominarahbar2011]

yoo u a genuis that's an amazing theorie

[@namae.03]

I like your theory

[@a8tbb2488]

wow...

[@Dankami]

U'r pretty!

[@lee6228]

I think your on to something, but I think it's more figurative. I don't think the freaks are actually monsters, I think it's about how they are veiwed. For example, the guy we see in this video is a human, and he veiws the other freaks as monsters, they are unknown to him. When he enters the town the children dont know and understand him so they see him as a freak, or a monster.

[@amantooangrytodie7469]

The “freaks” are survivors of the “old autodale” because the survivor when he reached current Autodale, the freak had his scarf.

[@dirtyblnd]

@Daniel Hawkins he IS the freak. freak is just a term used to describe someone who isn't the same as them. it's based on his perspective. so to the people at autodale he's a freak, just like he saw the people of Town as freaks too just because they weren't the same as him.

[@purbamisra5378]

He's a freak to new autodell citizens

[@bubbubthealmighty9240]

Daniel Hawkins my theory is that outside is horribly irradiated and he sees himself as what he was but he is a freak on the outside and that is why the freaks don’t attack him immediately but if he poses a threat they will attack him even though he’s a freak as well.

[@lordvalen8133]

@@bubbubthealmighty9240 That explains their superhuman strength.

[@mayonnaise2396]

Freaks love to collect trinkets, it would appear. Masks and bandages, for example. It wouldn’t be far off that a scarf would be something to collect. Perhaps he was killed, or offered it to a freak to stay safe, since it would appear they don’t attack unprovoked, and the traveler can avoid getting killed by them. Perhaps he died of natural means? Who knows?

[@handlesRtrash354]

“It sounds like a paradise” Yeah, how about no.

[@tstewart376]

Walter Jones 👁👄👁

[@KoishiVibin]

Heaven, hell... Eyes of the beholder. Perhaps in this world of dead cities with shattered mechanica, a place where there is no menace of beasts is a better place, in their eyes. Food, water, shelter, safety... Well, what more could be asked? To the caged bird, where they are fed and watered, kept and cared for... The outside would be a rather terrible place, no?

[@raviolipie8052]

Norian Arijuna mmmmm I guess but the owner doesn’t end up killing the bird usually

[@PompomYourkey]

I have seen the episodes I know it’s not a paradise.

[@idioticbosd7995]

Well, that’s for the end

[@rosiewinchester9815]

“Why would they leave?” Because perfection can’t be reached and whenever someone thinks they’ve reached it they’ve only reached madness.

[@crtzy9626]

Rosie Winchester holy god, this is the most beautiful thing I have ever heard

[@Cryonically]

Hold up this comment is actually genius

[@feyefall4855]

"The price of this so called perfection, is everything."

[@legitimate8463]

Thanks, gonna use that advice later

[@theghostkidltu2878]

Tell that to Perfect Cell XD

[@yasminstb497]

WAIT A MINUTE At the end i realized that He is a monster but he sees everyone as a monster but not him

[@DrTofu83]

Well, it fits with the reveals in Immortal Machines and the Making Of. In the Merry Madness world monsters didn't see themselves as "scary monsters" The Rat was a chill dude in love with some sort of demon-thing and claiming she did love him back, a friend of all people sharing stories with kids of every race. He knew he was different, but he didn't see himself as a monster, and longed for a time where "Every creature lived in Merry Madness". When the Withering caused the Sickness humanity started to die. Humans killed every monster blaming them, science turned against magic and they kept ridding of the "freaks" to stave of the Sickness but it didn't happen. While Autodale managed to keep humans alive by feeding the Uglies to the Matriarch, the rest of the world somehow started healing itself. But it didn't start with humanity, the World brought back the Freaks, the monsters, the weird and the unbridled mystery. The Mayor literally blew a gasket: he was no more the Saviour of Life, the one conquering the Sickness and keeping Earth and the Humanity alive. He was just a rotten, decrepit relic trying to keep humanity alive in a World that couldn't care less of humanity and saved/remade/made the Freaks to inherit a renewing Earth. Hence, he pushed into the humans of Autodale a deep xenophobia: the Freaks were the living proof he should just have let nature do its thing, die forgotten and forsaken and spare the Matriarch, the Uglies and himself their fate. But also, they were something to hate because, like the Merry Madness era humanity, they were thriving and humans were dying and it wasn't fair to him. He became a wreck and asked the second opinion of the Exceptional Girl. From "The Friendly Shadow" we know HIVE is enamored with the Major's accomplishment and shares his hathred of the freaks

[@Epic_Memer_Man]

The explanation is the freak = foreigners. At the end he migrates to another place but there he is the freak

[@fluffball2233]

I feel like all the people who left the “paradise” were seen as the freaks because of the freak that was holding the mask and how the wanderer went to the kids as a freak

[@whitnehhh2]

True but it seems like the freaks were trying to fit in, they were holding the masks. And that one freak even showed the guy the way to Autodale

[@SunnyDragonfly]

What if he is actually a freak? He's carrying a mask too, and it had the same scarf.

[@annana6098]

"Don't feed the freaks" the citizens gave food and shelter to the outsiders, the outsiders unbalanced everything, triggering the rebellion. These ruined cities with giant alien women, invaders? Farming humanity for the exceptional ones with enough imagination to help the machines progress. It's a breeding program, they kill off the parents when the children are old enough to start the next generation. Survivors from ruined cities will even see each other as freaks. I just had a surge of hope seeing the Glamorous city in ruins, they can do it, they can break free.

[@Rize-TheArtOfPlay]

@@annana6098 Yes! This! I love it!

[@AAquese]

Gayiest thEory and str8st

[@lizzydarkrose]

The “freak” at the end wore the kid’s scarf. The monsters aren’t literal. They are an illusion, a metaphor for people different than you

[@he3004]

So, do you think they are humans or not? Or those robots create the illusions around them to make anyone thats not from their city look like a monster?

[@murd_bird]

@@he3004 theyre humans but to the audience on all of our screens, we see monsters.

[@lizzydarkrose]

assgore I’m not sure to be honest. I just know it can’t be what they actually are. I’m willing to believe that it is a tangible allusion created by something the robots do. Or something the giant human every town has is doing. I think the giant people are a hive-mind center that might have some control over people to make them complacent. The “exceptional” people we see in another episode are those that can’t be controlled by the mother mind. So TLDR, I think the mother mind is creating the allusion that people not from your town, or people who have escaped, are “Freaks”

[@fiddelman7802]

What if those masks they wear somehow alters the reality of the wears perspective creating the illusion of a freak. When they see some who's "pretty", they see them as a normal person. But when they see an ugly person, they see them as a freak. That can also explain why this society goes and kills them, because they think that just because they are freaks/monsters, they must be tossed away and forgot about.

[@myaedelman]

@@fiddelman7802 Thank you finally someone is speaking out about this!! That is what I was thinking too. This might be the only logical & plausible theory that actually goes along with the show's storyline. Props to you man! 😁😁👏👏

[@erinbuxton8438]

That "Freak" that pointed him to autodale could well be a curious child taking a risk going up to what they view as a freak. Perspective is a crazy thing.

[@KikogamerJ2]

Or he knew people see him was a freak but wait the kid with the scarf he sees the other kids in autodale was humans that's means oh I'm so confused now we really need answers

[@012jebaited]

this reminds me of "Men against fire" from Black mirror

[@Koniving]

The ending has me thinking that upon reaching Autodale... the human was a freak, too.

[@Yellow-vs8gb]

@@sanityslayer5291 but this Gacha doesn't sound like a 9 year old kid.

[@franklinphan764]

He got a cut on his face by a child?

[@Spubbily01]

1st year of high school: "Oh this isn't as bad as everyone makes it out as." 2nd year of high school: 4:56

[@chatfulness03]

I am upset to say that this genuinely made me laugh, good on you 😂

[@neurohexis2819]

This genuinely is funny

[@jonsohan1954]

I have _terible_ time management and desperately need help

[@introverteee]

"i dont sleep anymore...."

[@Mara-ee9ks]

hahahaha, i died

[@skcartist774]

I like how he doesn’t hate the freaks. He just thinks their misunderstood.

[@dn2k718]

he is a freak, he became one of em when that freak touched him.

[@maximnikolaev6627]

Don't feed them next time! Jeez...

[@biotenki9760]

@@dn2k718 No. The Freaks are other wanderers but he doesn't understand them so he sees them as Freaks. The Freak at the end is the Wanderer, we can tell by the scarf, he is seen as a Freak by those who live in Autodale, he is an outsider, a freak.

[@lianarice]

They’re*

[@MisterJohnDoe]

Bio Tenki Who’s the “Wanderer”?

[@someoneidk5673]

The “monsters” aren’t literal, they’re human just like the boy narrating the video. At the end, we see a monster with the same exact scarf the boy wears. We see them as monsters though, which is trippy, because everyone else sees them as monsters too, or “freaks”. Humans are what killed their own town and were so violent.

[@bambi732]

Wow, your mind is remarkably beautiful and insanely filled-to-the-brim with intelligence. Please never let this incredible trait go to waste. Use it! Use it any, and every, which way you possibly can - whenever, and wherever, you go. I hope you take this serious because I am so serious when I say this.

[@safinhh8312]

Bambi732 you seem like a very kind person

[@bambi732]

@@safinhh8312 Thank you! That was very sweet of you to say! I am as kind as most people deserve. I give respect to everyone and genuinely love people.. but being antisocial asf, I also hate them. Lol. But it's not that kind of hate.

[@safinhh8312]

Bambi732 i think everyone would benefit from a mindset like yours

[@bambi732]

@@safinhh8312 Add me on Facebook and throw me a message so I know its you. My name is _Amanda Marie Gacina_ on there.

[@quietyuki8543]

Everyone talking about the message, when no one is gonna point out, how cool the scenery looks?

[@ElfHijinks]

i am most intetested in how the scenery in the bit with the last dead person he finds before reaching autodale is inverted. gravity is inverted. do you think this is supposed to throw us off a bit and make us feel as unfamiliar with the setting as he feels? or is it something more literal than that?

[@taliafunn4231]

Maybe they're building themselves? The others were almost finished and maybe they're all going to join together to rule the world? that's just my theory

[@outtakesmithy7569]

Strike Fighter473 yeah do that

[@Speed001]

Some things don't need to be said.

[@gingergamer8204]

For those of you returning after Immortal Machine- I’m pretty sure the freaks are the result of the disease around the world, and that’s what infected humans turn into

[@samuelweller4530]

where do you think this falls in the timeline, before or after the events of friendly shadow and/or immortal machine

[@tourmelion9221]

Maybe when they get sick they produce light gas which makes them float

[@RoninOtter]

If the disease turns me into an 8-foot two-tailed kangaroo dinosaur, I’ll skip the vaccine thanks.

[@cerberus9562]

that is what I thought when I saw this for the first time. are humans freaks?

[@TheMysticashes]

@@samuelweller4530 i am starting to think this takes place after friendly shadow. The freak pointing the way to autodale i think could be the child freak. I think the girl died and it carries around the mask as a reminder of her. Also we see a bit from a dead persons diary and the picture of the girl giving a freak cake only makes sense if it was the girls diary, who else would have that memory but her?

[@Inferno7766]

“It didn’t always look like this...” Yea it looked like a d with a city around it

[@nuclear_atoms7186]

Oh I'm not the only one.

[@alpacapotato2117]

I knew I wasn’t the only one who thought that looked like a dildo

[@toasterhavingabath6980]

True

[@samuelaquino8911]

@@tthung8668 lmfao

[@anarchyfork2676]

The buildings were pubes

[@EdNebula]

"Sounds like a paradise" *Wanna test that theory?*

[@coolsceegaming6178]

Erick J Esquivias *hands him an L when he finds out he was wrong*

[@mrradio4586]

Coolscee Gaming meanwhile in the so called paradise: *Piles of body can be seen in a hole*

[@namiweiko3673]

🤔🤔

[@elijahnelson4557]

No

[@learningwithlaila]

But hey that’s just a theory, a *FILm THeOry*

[@MonkeyNeuronActivation]

So... in every "Town" there's a central tower, where there should be one "Giant" inside the middle? But in AutoDale, that giant is amputated.

[@eternallylearning2811]

Maybe they did that so she can't crawl away like the lastone

[@fernandoleamshake7031]

Shes a survivor from the robot-human war and was obviously very damaged

[@trapbuilder2283]

Is she amputated, or being built?

[@fernandoleamshake7031]

@@trapbuilder2283 she got messed up, because she was in the other town that got destroyed. Shes damaged, but is on life support

[@applesauce5117]

They were building it, there man made

[@jadivods]

I watched this after seeing Friendly Shadow and now everything makes a lot more sense, it seems autodale is just another repeat of something thats happened everywhere else on the planet already, humans attempting to build mechanical gods but then everything goes wrong, and everyone dies. HIVE is just another one of these mechanical gods, doomed to failure one day when she finishes that giant body in the tower and tries to activate it, somehow, its going to kill her and everyone else in autodale, just another failure.

[@MrCoolguy425]

Close, but not quite. A for effort though!

[@jaspersullivan1395]

I think that Autodale is the only working town. And I think that it's the first town to create a HIVE.

[@collectorofmyst2107]

Hive isn't a mechanical god; they're an amalgamation of Exceptional minds, people who figured out the truth of Autodale and brought into the fold so that they can find another way. It isn't about 'building' the body of the Matriarch or activating her - it is about keeping her alive, so that she, in turn, keeps the people of Autodale alive.

[@DaSilverIngot]

There’s a lot of lore behind this film thought. The other matriarchs you see are attempts of other people to build their own cities, but those matriarchs tried to scape, some going far away, other not ending up moving at all, they all are seen dead, dead in sufferment as the changes made to their bodies made them dependent of the civilization around them. The freaks are only the transformation of other humans after the worlds sickness passed away, as the theory of them being other people or human beings is quite invalid as in this film we can see the traveler tripping alongside the way of a freak, and freaks are bigger and stronger feral creatures. So them being a mutated human or alive being itself is more trustable than other theories about them. And the humanity cannot live without the matriarchs as the matriarchs cannot live with the humanity’s technology, since the matriarchs keep them from turning into freaks, and the humans keep the matriarchs from diying. As we seen in the film “inmortal machine” the matriarchs can cure the disease that keeps turning humans into freaks. Edit: also when typing this I realized the traveler only camps around matriarchs since their presence keeps him from turning into a freak.

[@abdulazizrex]

Those “freaks” have some of the most original and bizarre designs I’ve ever seen!

[@Yhhmoyghkouffjj]

Abdulaziz Rex it looks like a death claw from fallout

[@kyliedevries3696]

Saggy Chickens i was just about to comment that 😂

[@creepy5387]

Such an adventure

[@dekhunter148]

@@Yhhmoyghkouffjj when the deathclaws start reading we know it finna bout be over

[@forestv5334]

@@Yhhmoyghkouffjj About to say that.

[@Northflowo]

I think freaks are people who don't live in Autodale. Everything our protagonist knows is based on the stories of those who have left Autodale, so ultimately he ends up perceiving things from their perspective. They obviously left Autodale because of all the horrors we have seen before, but it seems that if they *did* write them down the protagonist didn't understand. He only saw the propaganda and thought of Autodale as a paradise. But through all of this he doesn't understand that the "freaks" are not only the creatures he sees, but himself as well, from the Autodale perspective. He is outside of the society, therefore a freak. In the very last shot we see him arrive in Autodale, but the children see him as anyone else from the outside; a freak.

[@banana-op5je]

Omg that’s a really good theory

[@WannabeWa1fu]

We wouldn’t see human skeletons then. All the bones would be the bones of freaks because he doesn’t know how else to look at them. I think that the Freaks are aliens of some sort who wiped out almost all of humanity and are attracted to emotions like confusion or sympathy. With the uglies being minority groups they would have sympathy for the freaks and how they are cast out. So, auto dale fixes this by demonizing the freaks and killing the uglies so that the freaks won’t be attracted to the town of autodale. Edit: so I didn’t realize the freak at the end was actually wearing the scarf so your theory makes a little more sense but what if the freaks are mutated humans. He says himself that he doesn’t remember town and that everything happened when he was young so seeing the bones of humans he assumed he was one of them. That might also explain why the Matriarch is reaching out at him. Trying to kill him before he can kill anyone else? Also this raises the question of what are the Matriarchs? What’s their purpose?

[@tandlsmith7829]

... Perhaps.. The Matriarchs were originally meant to protect and refine humanity. But the freaks are mutated humans. The ones who got away from the slaughter pits and the patrols. The ones who no longer fit Society's molds.

[@fairystride449]

There's a second woman, so I'm wondering if that means maybe the "freaks" were people from past autodale cities, and that's why the protagonist can't remember anything, maybe they turned into these things upon the destruction of their city... or death?

[@owloddity9297]

sounds about right. also note the way him and the "freaks" Cary/Hold masks of the fallen.

[@SNOWSOS]

I love every second of this

[@kimjongun3811]

Ok 813 people liked your comment and still no replies. Well i will be your first reply.

[@cherrytunic1171]

@@kimjongun3811 second reply

[@dont_taze_a_bloody_gas_main]

Answer to the last sentence: "Because it's not paradise, its the entrance to hell. For there is no salvation no safety, but only awaiting the moment when you become ugly. When you become trash. When you're corpse will fill the hole with others. Because thats the assured ending to the story, the story of the city filled pretty people.

[@forgottenbloom1096]

SNOW SOS I did not expect to see you here lol

[@fox7757]

first name last name make that 1.7k likes now

[@blue_kobolt1785]

Did anyone else catch at 5:34 where the Freak's large claw went in front of the black space, almost like it was breaking the 4th wall? Idk why but that gave me a bit of a spook.

[@mr.potato2223]

A lot of things do that

[@vaz270]

I like how he said “sounds like a paradise” yet he is the ruins of a past autodale

[@merP.-YT]

He's not.

[@vaz270]

INailedIt I’m pretty sure he is. At the start there is that robot over lord lady leaning over him. He walks around the dilapidated city. I literally see no reasoning to your claim

[@esternight1133]

There must have been other towns where they used to follow the same rituals as autodale. Also if you listen to what he says he mentions that the town he is from has a name that starts with a t

[@merP.-YT]

What you take from all the autodale videos is that autodale is a sort of perfect soceity one that doesn’t fail. The fact that the character is a freak and doesn’t come from the named autodale implies the Town he came from didn’t function in the same way.

[@merP.-YT]

This is support in the fact that if they did function in the same way as autodale the town would most likely still be functioning.

[@kysier6015]

This series would make an amazing game.

[@corinthianbarrogo2369]

LOL. IT WOULD

[@UnpleasantDawn]

The boy from Town

[@firecandy1735]

Coming Soon...

[@vudjubuh]

or a movie, either way it'll be good.

[@justicebrown1077]

You should try Fallout 3. It has many similar vibes.

[@mrreyes5004]

Tbh the concept of the Freaks actually being human but are just percieved as weird-looking monsters by the people makes perfect sense going by the traveler's descriptions at 2:49 onwards; *"I think they had something to do with capital "T" Town... maybe all towns"* - they were people who lived there and got away when the towns fell - *"they're the only living things I ever see out here"* - fellow scavenging humans making do with what they find just like the traveler - *"Some are alone, others stick together"* - some people prefer to live by themselves while others gather with friends/lovers to survive together (most animals either all live alone or all live in groups i.e. wolves, great white sharks etc, with humans being a major exception) - *"migrating to who-knows-where"* - like the traveler, those people are seeking out places to live too - *"Most just sit and watch from a distance"* - humans are known to be observers and nervous about things that are new/not yet understood - *"Some follow until they just stop"* - People who've settled in a general area and aren't willing to venture beyond the land they know - *"But others... others don't seem to see me at all"* - people who are surviving in the wilds may not care or be interested in another human they cross paths with in their own struggle to survive - *"Eventually... inevitably... one will get curious... and close"* - we as a species are also known for our curiosity, which can be a good and bad thing - *"they can be extremely violent if you don't behave."* - literally every war, crime, atrocity and sin throughout all human history - *"sometimes I get the feeling they're as homeless as I am"* - you bet they are, buddy.

[@teeheeteeheeish]

I would love your theory, except this loner character would not have been brainwashed by the Autodale proaganda. I think they represent the necessary chaos as the antidote to the hyper-orderly Autodale. Like nature’s prescription.

[@hivelingg]

david said they represent strangers, people you dont know, so this theory ties in pretty well

[@The.blind__idiot--god974]

Four arms

[@markchino5679]

@@teeheeteeheeish I feel like all the towns, as well as Autodale function the same way. He wouldn't be brainwashed by Autodale necessarily but by the propaganda his own town fed into him, hence him talking about how everyone in the city is "Pretty " but overall these are great comments and I feelnlike good conversations to come haha

[@SergeantExtreme]

@@teeheeteeheeish The latest episode disproves this. It's shown that they are just as intelligent as humans, and can even draw pictures.

[@wrengaming1519]

What's odd is the fact is that they have their masks still. It really shows how crazy people will stick to their cause even when their organization has fallen. It's scary.

[@bobann3566]

I see people all the time wearing masks in their car alone...This short is so prophetic and ironic that it was created before the flu season manipulations by the Representatives that only want to protect us from the ugly. LOL

[@PixelsPolygonsNPetrichor]

Their not crazy, its hard to explain but, the citizens just live their life in a way that to us may seem incredibly awful and unethical but, if they looked at our world they'd see it as just as awful, terrifying, monstrous, its all about perspective

[@HenryBehlmann]

who else just sat staring at their screen after seeing the end clip? David, you've completely outdone yourself.

[@skeladly1204]

Actually after watching this I couldn't just stare at my screen cause "Meme" Awards v213 popped up. The thumbnail for that one made me laugh.

[@aizu0830]

Why do I love this stuff so much..

[@crazywtf1638]

Ice Jai because is unique and not boring

[@ceoof1xmiss141]

Cause its high quality and scary but with a meaning

[@alexwilliams1575]

Because good people like seeing how the darkside live... Allway choose light over dark... 😇😇😇

[@StylishWitch]

cuz ur weird like the rest of us welcome to the club XD

[@GB-hk7ko]

“I don’t sleep anymore” He says this right after the encounter with the freak after it cut him not to mention he wakes up and the scar is already almost gone which to me means one of two things 1.he became a freak and now has regeneration abilities 2.there was a time skip

[@williamhe1967]

It could be because the freaks are just seen as outsiders to Autodale. Remember, the guy heard stories that were highly biased in Autodale’s favour, which I assume actually brainwashes him (though not to the extent of the people of Autodale.) thus, he sees those who rejects this “utopia” and lives outside of it as “freaks.” Meaning that these monsters might not be literal, and the cut might not even exist. It could be from brainwashing from the books that make him assume that everything about a freak is dangerous. This theory is based off the fact in the end, there’s a freak with a scarf, similar to the protagonist, indicating that freaks are likely just seen as outsiders from the eyes of the brainwashed.

[@umcaraqualquer3640]

The Freaks are metaphorical, not actual monsters. William He explained it well enough.

[@maartenfranken9182]

@@williamhe1967 u r right

[@ultimatewaybig10]

He says that because all the dead people he sees are running away from Autodale when he finds them, which shouldn't be the case, since it's supposed to be perfect, not scary

[@mentalhealthmama2995]

That would explain the ending.

[@avgeek3811]

This makes sooo much more sense now that immortal engine has been released. Don't read more if you don't want spoilers. The people going away from autodale are probably people who tried to escape when they realised that the society they lived in relied on sacrificing humans. Also the freaks are the people from Town, due to the illness which wipes out humanity.

[@janesvirtualworld]

I know right???

[@tian297]

I can see no spoilers. All you said was already in the episodes I watched

[@onetenths8017]

90% the freaks are a human's evolution into protecting itself from the disease

[@lovekenmaforlife3406]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate this original content. Like wow!

[@vickib57]

But I bet money that KZbin will be like ORIGINAL NON FAMILY FRIENDLY CONTENT YOU SHALL NOT HAVE ADS no matter the quality ( in this case beyond very high)

[@jojozozo3533]

Idk why they treat the "freaks"like that. They seam cute acctualy

[@vickib57]

@@jojozozo3533 just because something looks cute doesnt mean it is safe they literally say they can be extremely violent

[@jojozozo3533]

@@vickib57 The ones we've seen on screen aren't

[@vickib57]

Some animals are different from others literally in friendly shadow he gets attacked by one anyway until people can consider something passive enough or can't kill someone I wouldn't reccomend going into contact with the creature

[@bsgfan1]

Everyone talking about the Freaks, but honestly I’m more interested in the “Giants” (0:18, 0:44, 4:50). I have so many questions. What are they? Are they or were they ever human? Is the one in Autodale the last one? What happened to the others? What do they want? What is their nature? Why do they all seem in pain? Why do some look like they were trying to escape from something? If they’re not from Earth, where did they come from? If they’re from Earth, what were they created for?

[@itsshrimp91]

Finally! Another person who wants to know. As far as I know, they are called the Matriarchs and are powered by the minds of the exceptional. But I dont know what they really are.

[@amber.e36]

Maybe they are failed attempts to creating the “perfect world”. Possibly the Matriarchs snapped out of it in a sense and the robots had to recreate what is Autodale. I legit barely started watching this so my mind is fucking flooded with how wonderfully creepy this is.

[@whitnehhh2]

It makes me think that there were failed Autodales. Those matriarchs are from past "perfect towns" like Autodale that just didn't work out. I can't imagine why else there's so much death and destruction with all the dead robots and people. The freaks are literally just outsiders who can't fit in because they're different.

[@APoliticalConfusionAndMess]

Quiet, child.

[@annalorrenbetito5238]

Big bewbz

[@monikakavaliunaite8017]

Woah, ok, a lot to unravel here. I could write pages analysing this video, but the most important part to me is in the final 5.35 moment. The traveler wears a white scarf throughout the short. The scarf is constantly moving and flowing through the wind, but at 5.35 a freak enters Autodale. A freak with a white scarf flowing through the wind. Could this be our traveler? I can understand this in two ways: 1. The traveler is actually a freak who read books and believes to be a human. Or 2. Since the traveler is new, different to Autodale, since he wasn't raised with brainwashing, he's neither pretty or ugly. To the people living there, he is a freak

[@mullerpotgieter]

Completely agree

[@thedemonunderbeds9361]

monika kavaliunaite agreed

[@sonexblink716]

Completely random thought but... "Hej hej monika hej bode monika 🎶"

[@thatmilk3655]

Brandon Greenland - Glenforest SS (2172) that moment is implied as a nightmare

[@frootsnacc6790]

There could also be a chance a Freak found the deceased man, took his scarf and book, and decided to use it to find his way to Autodale That or a Freak followed him into Autodale

[@learningwithlaila]

“Dont feed the freaks” My parents: you can’t have a snack Me: *hold up*

[@cupoflean8697]

*jazz music stops*

[@naomigwolfe8112]

Also realizing I hadn't had breakfast today:

[@zenith_8184]

Me realizing I’m hungry:

[@Zooollieg]

@@zenith_8184 I’m hungry too

[@ptanjakhondee5201]

Ring ding ding ding ding ding ding ding

[@vito-m9x]

Who else has been LIVING for another upload? Edit: You're all Pretty.

[@conorgildea1163]

Not by my choice but yeah

[@nevanadefensor4944]

What the heck! Happened to AUTODALE.

[@marshallgraves8410]

I agree and the wait was so worth it

[@sophiejoanne994]

Me

[@lymantriadispar]

ME

[@fatecosmic923]

Freaks are people that aren't understood. Our traveler doesn't know these people in the outside, so they're freaks to him. The people in Autodale don't know him, so he's a freak to them.

[@add.ismith]

Aliosn Brehder your theory is the only one I agree with.

[@crispyicecream8208]

I agree to your perspective.

[@MC-mj5wt]

So people who are different from the others like in the first episode when it went in the hole and said gay, homeless and depressed on the mask

[@ushy1897]

@@MC-mj5wt Apparently ugly and different are two different things in this series, someone can become ugly but you can't become different, you are different from the start. That's what I think at least.

[@yeetusbeteetus6471]

"They're called freaks" IM PRETTY SURE THAT'S A DEATH CLAW BUT OK

[@KossolaxtheForesworn]

I thought so as well.

[@phoenixthegrandanomaly236]

This is what an NPC sees when you forget to turn off your deathclaw mod

[@sketchpon3]

That's what i thought

[@ferniexx]

The claaaaaaw

[@cryoblaster8371]

Alpha Deathclaw

[@tempest8882]

0:43 I don't know but this scene feels very uncanny. The goddess screaming in pain in their last moments makes me feel an emotion I've never felt before. It also feels reminiscent of the works of the artist Simon Stålenhag

[@rin-io7]

Dude: Why would they want to leave this paradise? Robots: You wanna find out?

[@iconist8064]

*Everyone starts dying*

[@smile--]

This sht scaaaaary maaaaaan

[@HotTamaleLover]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@きぶ-q8c]

hahahaha...... no

[@pinetree2519]

Karate chop to the head

[@sammsu4668]

Him: * Talking about Autodale and how it sounds like paradise * Me: NOPE NOPE NOPE

[@Maribro4]

That’s the beautiful irony of it. Imagine if this was the first autodale video you saw. From the sounds of it, you’d believe him, you’d agree with him. He doesn’t know the truth, and that’s the terrifying thing about perfect societies. Outside they seem amazing, but everything comes with a price

[@jamiegrazier9099]

@@Maribro4 this is the first video im seeing :0 oops lmaoo i really thought it was gonna be a good place

[@sirdiesalot2959]

dude shits about to get real

[@jaybones2811]

@@jamiegrazier9099 Autodale is hardly automatic. You are the gears that keep this machine going

[@pizzaboi1008]

@@Maribro4 I think it is very clear that it is propaganda

[@breadthealien]

I find the "freaks" quite cute looking actually-

[@GreenWingSpino]

They have a cool design and they're friendly looking

[@masonpryor1187]

You mean deathclaws? No Chief no

[@glitchyjoon9292]

Furry

[@salutationshaveyouheardoft4886]

how does that make him a furry? does thinking a kitten or puppy is cute make you a furry? no.

[@vanessamuller3684]

Haha yeah same I find them cute too

[@KrishnaLuthra]

"Take me down to Autodale city, where the children are safe and everyone is pretty!" -Axl Rose, 1987

[@carpinchipedia7009]

the man: they're the only living things i see out here the literal plants that are in almost every scene: am i a joke to you

[@makhlukhidup2228]

lol

[@keding3126]

This is what we call an underrated comment!

[@ortherner]

Ya that’s what I was thinking.

[@afooz]

he means conscious living things that can give a crap about him, beings that can look at him, react to him more than "oh god I'm being stepped on!!!" in pheromones

[@carpinchipedia7009]

@@afooz lol I know it was just a joke :)

[@bvnny1379]

Him: "Sounds like paradise." Me: *Who gon' tell him?*

[@lolololfoo3775]

Don’t you dare tell him lol

[@batgirl.with.glasses5281]

Outside is a good place to stay out and huddle, But put me in Autodale and I’ll be a... Pretty Citizen!

[@RogueT-Rex8468]

@@lolololfoo3775 someone’s gotta tell him 😰

[@chainsaw_cannon5192]

Imma tell him

[@DinosaurToothbrush_NinjaSauce]

@@chainsaw_cannon5192 don’t you dare!

[@mollsgreys5827]

I don't hate you. I think you're just... misunderstood. You don't seem mean. Or scary. Or evil. You aren't even all that ugly. You really seem more.... Sad. Or lonely. You helped me find food, and shelter, and Pieces. You help me get un-lost. You help me get "found." Why do people cast you out? What happened?

[@devedee2393]

what

[@devedee2393]

I am really confused is this a movie or just an animated short film with puzzles so people can solve them

[@cailleach8416]

@@devedee2393 it's a series. And it has a lot of space for theories.

[@Darkness-iq3cp]

Kind ppl is expelled ...that why the "authority"call him as freak,IMO

[@oligb1469]

welcome to Nightvale

[@shadedergu9921]

So two theories The more realistic one for this story; everyone views outsiders who don't wear masks as freaks (outsiders are usually viewed as beasts) A fun one though; is that the narrator is a freak and that they are a species of their own; he just fell in love with humanity and believed himself to be one

[@BlackCover95]

I subscribe to the theory that he’s an insane Freak.

[@microwave221]

The second theory would explain why he has no memories that make sense for a human, and why he has never met any. It also would explain how he's survived for so long

[@tavothellama1046]

Wow. Just wow. So many questions. Someday we might get answers but until then we can just enjoy the brilliance of these videos.

[@cilantrocat]

There was grafiti all over Town: 0:48 "ERASE" 0:53 "Don't FEED the FREAKS" 3:06 " The FALLEN KINGDOMS OF DEAD GODS" "Don't FLOAT!" " They _____ _______ ______" *note i am only writing what was not said in the video* Also in the journals (from what I can make out) say 2:06 "The masks are unique to Autodale" "The closer I ...... the most by....... depicts some..... tower. I'm.......where the ....Titain's Legs... Perhaps ____ alive!" " All of the ___(towns?) I've ________ _____ of _____ ____ damage of the Towers ___ ______ ____ _____ ____ _____" 2:10 " A lot of the pieces depict children. Childhood toys, television ____ and general _____ and ____. Seems like an incredible place to grow up." "THE TOWER I've found so many of these drawings. Is it just because of the ____(maybe "towns")? It seems the villagers ("villains"??) are obsessed with the Tower" The writer also infers that the masks are status symbols, or perhaps something to do with happiness or harmony. 2:12 "This image(the robots) is everywhere. The bots I remember were just for security." 2:17 you probably read this one but whatever " I was never Pretty. I didn't belong" " I miss dad. I miss Autodale" " Who drew this? Who wrote this?" 3:03 "the fallen kingdom of the gods" "DON'T FLOAT" "they will watch from above"-"will watch from above " courtesy of @jiarae yew 3:32 " This is a page from a childrens book I found. Turns out the freaks REALLY ARE everywhere" " Freaks, Monsters, Strangers, Outsiders, they're all the same. Autodale refers to them as "Monsters". Town called them "Freaks" . There big, scary, and unpredictable. I've tried so desperately..." "I want to understand them but I can't" "A child's drawing of (freaks)..." 3:35 "Give them what they want, stay calm and behave. The first hurt me worse than the second. The second didn't even take anything. It just pushed me down and roared at me. I _____ it and it left me." 3:37 "Sympathy? Empathy? Monsters???" I don't know who ____ this but it makes me think of something I've considered for a while. The Freaks are monsters and they're extremely dangerous, but I can't help but empathize with them. Maybe because they're the only other living things I have encountered." Make what you can of it!

[@yewjiarae3408]

for 3:03 I think the last one was "they will watch from above" :) this is really good though!

[@cilantrocat]

@@yewjiarae3408 Thanks!

[@gloriacaoify]

At the end of “Friendly Shadow”, everything in the distance was floating, so that might be a part of it.

[@aztecgodhuzluiospd1033]

Fascinating

[@just_luk4238]

Thank you. I’m stupid and I won’t get anything out all of that but thank you

[@4puppypower]

Are you continuing the autodale series? There are still so many questions and things to open on, it's absolutely amazing!

[@sammillson6918]

I'm sure you already know, but he's announced that he's working on a very big project that continues on the series.

[@vialived]

A new video was recently released announcing a few more videos soon :)

[@indiefaerie1019]

I think the 5th one was just released! Called "model citizen"

[@vialived]

@@indiefaerie1019 It was indeed! :)

[@nava2810]

I am starting to get the timeline and picture now

[@Fayeburnmusic]

I like how they emphasize the violence by only making the blood in color and everything else is in black-and-white. Very unique concept and one that works very well at that!

[@elietheshark1497]

It's abstract brilliance. I sure hope to god this isn't where we're headed.

[@petekamps7864]

Rose Rottbuttons this is where we are

[@Vampxiii_]

Sammmee! And agreed

[@makayahbenavides2478]

I beg to differ. This is not where we are. But this, or extinction, is our future.

[@sheeprverycool]

I’m just scared of where humanity is headed. But it won’t stop.

[@0hnutty455]

The message is of people today feeling alone and scared by other people. So yes, this is where we are today.

[@Big_smoked]

Autodale aint so “pretteh” anymore

[@theoriginalman9426]

yeah, its *creepeh*

[@denyraw]

This misspelling meme needs to get known

[@sammythebeliever9916]

@@theoriginalman9426 Keep talking like that and you too, can be creepy.

[@maplemation1564]

@@theoriginalman9426 my pants are gonna get *poopeh*

[@patrickstar3802]

I think he thinks he's a human but he's just like the others a "freak" But everybody seems to focus on the guy. But nobody focuses on the saying " Don't feed the freaks. What happens when you feed them?

[@EK-tk4ki]

I think its just to show us, the watchers, how the freaks (people who arent like them/not from Autodale) are seen as dangerous and undeserving of any generosity or human kindness

[@ScarySwan25]

If you feed them, you become sympathetic, most of this society is very anti feelings, just do what your supposed to do. If you “feed the monsters” you’re showing that you care for something other than functioning in Autodale. You become a label under the society but just human when you show it in this world.

[@elenistavrakaki8244]

They die

[@elenistavrakaki8244]

I don't remember writing this comment (weird)

[@theteethburglar4716]

I see it as ”Don’t help the freaks” or ” Don't sympathise with the freaks” this is to divorce the idea of humanity from these freaks. To these people, freaks are dangerous animals that should not be helped. The rule is there to make sure no one feeds or sympathies with the freaks.

[@purplehaze2358]

3:17 Minor fourth wall break. It looking into the camera really captures that slightly unnerving, unpredictable shtick you aimed for with the freaks.

[@Silentprincess360]

“They can be extremely violent if you don’t behave” Literally describing every parent if they were monsters

[@Jebb_bb7]

Well yes

[@liamlivingdummy9854]

*_”It sounds like a paradise.”_* You are super wrong.

[@danis4048]

Austin Goodhand omg same, twinseeiiiss

[@giggy4321]

Baby's taste very good

[@ronzmacapagalful]

Babies are 72% water *Do you like water?*

[@kube2555]

Its actually a dystopia that is totally influenced by robots.

[@ReformedSooner24]

Totalitarianist ideologies like communism and fascism always promise paradise and utopia...and always lead to hell.

[@chocovamp._]

2:13 'it sounds like the paradise." Me: *Ha ha ha* , nope

[@pinguoindubg3607]

Hmm i dont really understand the video so wy you say taht?

[@blake1974]

@@pinguoindubg3607 there's another video about that place go watch it

[@KrypticVisonUnmute]

*chuckles* I'm in danger.

[@omariwest6249]

@@pinguoindubg3607 theres 3 other videos, this is a yearly series

[@justaduck6240]

@@pinguoindubg3607 oi

[@danksanchez4324]

The ‘freak’ at the end was wearing the wanderers scarf, does that mean ‘freaks’ are just people who they view as monsters or different than them?

[@collectorofmyst2107]

It's possible, in a sense, but the 'Friendly Shadow' short establishes that the Freaks are not human in appearance, either. They have a distinctly different appearance.

[@e_2times992]

This is actually my first time watching this video and I really didn’t see all the other one to give a better explanation on all the graffiti but so far what I got from this is that in the beginning he says that he really don’t remember what happen in the city because he was young so I feel that the freaks and also himself are people who are not program and we’re people who want out. That why he kinda wasn’t as afraid of them but because of him not remembering anything when he got to the place where the kids were he was view as a freak just my opinion I don’t know much😂🤦🏾‍♂️

[@TheKersey475]

So basically "Autodale" is doomed to inevitably fall apart like the other Towns?

[@itsshrimp91]

Yes.

[@zenoblues7787]

No because Autodale is most likely the "perfected" model of these "towns" so long as the "Freaks" are kept out and the "Exceptional" are taken to teach the Matriarch how to combat "Ugliness" there is nobody to topple Autodale.

[@TheKersey475]

@@darkacademiavanessa True, but a society can still completely collapse in ways other than revolution which is what the ruins of all the other towns imply.

[@itsshrimp91]

@@zenoblues7787 This may mean nothing. But how did the scarf guy get IN autodale at the very end???

[@zenoblues7787]

@@itsshrimp91 I assume "Freaks" trying to get into Autodale is so rare the Matriarch doesn't have robots patrol the outer edges.

[@biddleTM]

I can't be the only one who thinks the "freaks" are kinda cute

[@theeguy9022]

Yea they're kinda like snakes with their little pug faces

[@aztecgodhuzluiospd1033]

There’s something interesting about there design

[@hivelingg]

thats the point they were designed for you to empathize with them

[@VitaNewbo]

I want a plush of them. Anyone else want a plush?

[@sharonwolfe5210]

Bunnies on serious steroids

[@coyote8229]

The “freaks” are really cute.

[@JetFalcon710]

They really are. I just want to pat one on the head...while standing on a stepladder because it's like 8 or 9 feet tall

[@cheezezy79]

Yeah even if they look ugly and scary doesn't mean they are violent they are like misunderstood like normal animal. People treat them think they gonna kill them but they have to understand that they treat them like the "ugly" if you know what im saying

[@kid542]

They look sad and lonely, like they want a friend. It makes me sad

[@ahumanoidtroodon1074]

They're faces and expressions are, calm and welcoming in a way, but everything else is scary

[@leavonderlieth5781]

I gotta agree to this.

[@EthenHong-ws9ku]

“They may have killed everything and everyone I knew, but I don’t hate them”. If the freaks are humans and he is a freak himself, this line makes so much more sense. If the people caused this disaster and turned others into freaks, then of course, instinctively, he wouldn’t hate them. Humans may have and probably will in our future, destroy everything we know, but we can’t bring ourselves to truly hate humanity because we are it. This is a true masterpiece! Please continue making more in the future!

[@larrygardner8293]

The top comment asks for a sequel to this but I want a prequel. Like what caused Town to fall into such disrepair? What caused everyone to either die or escape?

[@kingshiny918]

Larry O'Gardener Ya also why are there floating skeletons and why are the matriarch robots seeming to try to escape as well(my theory is that it is because she is powered by the exceptional who knew the society was bad)

[@lcrs5050]

I want both, please.

[@bekismith432]

Larry O'Gardener we just need a main movie and a prequel someone call Netflix or anything that could make this happen!

[@cleanerben9636]

They ran out of places to fill with bodies so they killed whoever they could and migrated to a new area. It's all part of the cycle.

[@tosinakin2508]

@@cleanerben9636 Not sure I agree with that, but that's an interesting idea

[@JayEyedWolf]

God, I love your creature designs. They're consistently absolutely fantastic, and the way you bring them to life with 3D models... it's incredible.

[@pidgeona4007]

I dont know about you, but I wanna ‘freak’ plush Downside: It’ll turn me gay and I’ll get thrown in the pit

[@blink8383]

😂😂😂

[@lizziedoesthings1450]

I love how this comment under any other video would make no sense at all

[@monicatoledo457]

I whant to ve a freak ( im spanisg)

[@sumi_luu]

@@monicatoledo457 I want to be a freak, knowing a different Language is hard. I know Spanish and English so good job!

[@sewmicah]

I totally do too. Good thing I make plushies and don’t have to buy one/wait for one to come out!

[@debatreyadeb6940]

The fact that all these series in this chanel are connected is crazy as if the whole channel is trying to teach us something about our life

[@ariaendello7976]

“-why, why would they leave?” *I DONT KNOW, MAYBE ASK THE ROBOT.

[@ilovecheez7769]

Robot here; what's the question?

[@Oneiros0629]

Ilove Cheez why would they leave

[@ilovecheez7769]

Well,@@Oneiros0629 , there are many reasons people may leave a location. A lack of resources, or a hazardous environment. Examples of a hazardous environment include: war or civil unrest, crime, robotic uprising, discrimination, or dictatorship. In this case, they might have left because they got a better job opportunity across the state.

[@Pepsi-Mann21]

@@ilovecheez7769 Or maybe because they get slaughtered when their children grow up. But who knows?

[@timtheguy2179]

They wouldn’t leave Because Autodale is hardly automatic

[@theteethburglar4716]

I showed the whole series to my mom and she said “I have no idea what this is about but it’s awesome.”

[@lilyfae7197]

End Cat My mom was super confused

[@rambletown]

Only noticed the "dont float" graffiti now. A lot of the wasteland has floating elements. 👀 his scarf was floating too. And the peoplr were as well. Now i'm wondering if the reason why he only ever sees freaks in the wasteland is because freaks can stay on the ground. And hes a freak? Idk man I'm just throwin shit out there.

[@monicatoledo457]

Ho mmm

[@zinc3067]

Thats actually a really good theory

[@awanderer3047]

at the end it transitions from the scarfed man to a "freak's" arm, signifying that he was able to traverse because he is one

[@bamdraws]

The areas that are floating are underwater. The guy and the freak at the end are the same character

[@NO-de7gx]

@@bamdraws no they aren’t underwater because he wouldn’t be walking, and in the newest one it shows stuff floating in the air, maybe gravity’s all messed up and the reason the skeletons are floating is because they aren’t heavy enough, so what ever is making the other gravity can pull them

[@liamdabrowski9643]

watching "friendly shadow" first and then this has made the freaks to much more interesting. I think this is my favourite short in the series to be honest

[@val-n-tine]

So people can escape autodale! Is it toxic out there, with freaks being mutated? How many more matriarch are there? Are those other towns just failed replicas/predesecors of autodale? It's beautiful short and the animation is amazing. Hope to see more of this world. :)

[@aspen8609]

In the short you see a town were the motto there is be glamorous. And in other town you see that they have the same motto that all have to do with being pretty. Also in this short you see more of the same stuff in other towns but a little different than the others

[@cramerfloro5936]

Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh, I liked this. Especcially the ending scene, where you see his scarf waving and the hand of a Freak

[@Visy23TheElf]

I get the feeling the scarf is actually around its neck, and the freak is the narrator. just a theory though, but I dont appear to be alone if one reads the comment from Northflower

[@robinschuelke2056]

Either a freak killed him and took the scarf, or any outsiders are freaks,

[@MrMelly2783]

Same but what if he's dead or thinks he's human but what he calls a freak witch is why they're all skididish and violent but could have been attacked and killed by a freak

[@lindinle]

Its all perception. The freaks are just people who dont belong. The freak at the end IS the protagonist. He is seen as a freak by the inhabitnce.

[@lindinle]

Dont feed the freaks. If you did they would see you as a freak.

[@janakamberi9316]

When you watched behind the scenes videos and you’re able to understand more of the story with the monsters and the giant penis tower . Btw the commenter watching by : Go watch all of em cuz they are so good.

[@childples1937]

@@nothanks5466 what does that mean?

[@GayBrain]

@@childples1937 You're still innocent, I see...

[@childples1937]

@@GayBrain do you know what that means?

[@booksandcats5000]

child ples Well..do you know what a penis is? If not, you’ll know one day, when you’re older

[@The_King_Mayno]

This is both the most beautiful and scary at the same time. It's fantastic

[@brennashanes6867]

New theory based on the latest animation: Friendly Shadow so if you haven’t seen that spoiler warning. The freaks are mutated humans, from fall out after the human uprising in Town. The scarf man himself is a mutated freak, but his trauma and denial make him believe he still looks human. The freaks merely see him as one of their own, because he is. He’s the only one who sees himself as still human. The humans in Autodale are taught that the freaks are bad because they look different, when in reality they look monstrous due to their rebelling, and it’s the free thought and will that the robots truly hate. In Friendly Shadow the girl leaves Autodale and yet she stays human looking. Could be she turns monstrous later, but maybe she’s still actually human and not mutated like the Freaks because she escaped without getting mutated from, perhaps a noxious gas/blood from the deity like beings that run every town? The ones seeming to cry out in agony all around scarf man’s Town. Some freaks still try to deny their appearance, like scarf man, and hold onto keepsakes from their past. The mutation allows freaks to live out in the wild, unlike unmutated humans, which is why he’s gotten farther than any of the people whose books he finds.

[@yasno915]

yes

[@HahaTTpro]

Good hypothesis, because that "freak" in friendly shadows take multiple shot to die, and damn strong, knock away robot with one hand.

[@HahaTTpro]

Look like the freak are real mutation, not because Autodale engineered people to see stranger as freak illusion.

[@asdfxw5752]

I think the signs that say "be more glamourus" is the "be pretty" of that other town

[@Vaquita_Vibes]

Thats a good theory. Remember the part where he says he doesnt sleep anymore near the end? Its likely that the mutations altered his sleeping cycle so he just needs shorter rests rather than sleeping. The reason he slept at all was probably his own delusion into thinking he needed to sleep, but as the doubts grew, he mind was slowly adjusting the reality of its new form.

[@jellolava3373]

Ok I’m thinking everyone in the, let’s call it, “no mans land” is seen as a freak. They all see themselves as humans but see each other as freaks...

[@itsshrimp91]

That sounds better than my idea! But I was thinking that there were people outside the towns that survived and didn't see others as freaks, but the people in the cities were brainwashed to see everyone not from their town as a freak.

[@markoshristovski5275]

Then why do some travel in groups

[@jellolava3373]

Narednik Đubo, I think some travel in packs because they seek companionship of any kind. Think of it as a human and a dog, they all see each other as the dog.

[@ironici]

That's what I thought as well! It's also interesting is that he sends all of the skeletons as human.

[@mythiceverett9452]

Okay, so a man, let's call him Adam. Adam's collecting pieces of a puzzle to Glamorous, or to him "Town." The place he was possibly born, raised, and ventured away from so many possible years ago. He had been collecting books on the "Freaks" and hoarding the masks from another town called Autodale, looting them from only bones. The trail Adam walks, he encounters large, behemoth mechanical looked humanoids, and even shows another mechanical being strangling two people until it had lost all power. The city of Glamorous had one in the middle with a house stating it was the, "The fallen kingdom of Dead Gods." The machines being god's among man. A failed town, a failed government and a failed Autodale, as the rest were, as all are to become. Raiders scavenging for food, killing who they need or want for personal gain. The masks hide beauty, hide hideous, make everyone on the same level, everyone looks the same after all. It is only when someone takes off their mask are they a freak, an outcast, driven away from the city because they don't want to be restrained by the shackles that the government nailed to the ground. Each Freak is a person without a mask, or that had taken it off, just like Adam is. Trying to find a corrupt paradise that he knows to little about to understand it's true nature. To everyone else, he is a freak, but from what his blind eyes also see are the monsters with a goats head, razor claws, a split tail, and lengthy have hanging antennae. Adam has been confused on why other were moving away from the town, and soon he will know why, he doesn't belong there to the government, he is a monster, a loner, a freak in their eyes. Though, it begs the question... Were they all monsters to begin with? A freak is a human, though transformed due to their lack of restraint, showing the reality of what a human is, a beast, a wolf in sheep's clothing, violent in nature. He was a Freak himself the entire time, wanting to rejoin society and shed the insanity that looms over his mind. There was nothing between the town, and nothing can get weird. Isolation brings one to imagine impossibly realistic images, and show someone's true nature, if they are a Freak, or a Mask.

[@hithisisachannel4799]

i think... i agree with u. but david's latest videos kinda say that the freaks are actually monsters... and not humans? IDK but your theory is rlly good :D

[@f.santyabudi]

WTF dude, reading ur argument really make me excited want to know more about freaks,.. u r awsome

[@thomass2505]

Well we have seen a grown woman with no mask who was considered special though

[@gooseberriepi]

Hmmmmmmmm Interesting

[@reneewetsel875]

Wow man that was deep U earned my like

[@CordellPotts]

I need more of this story. Your work is really good, Every video I watch makes me want more of the story from that world.

[@valorabersig9160]

Its kind of sad if you think about it. He used to live in a town too. With people and television. But than something happened. A war maybe. Then he journied out determined to find the city of "AutoDale" or Paridise as he calls it. Reading more and more of the journals he starts seeing escapers or outsiders as freaks. The mind can do wonderous things. But it can also change on how you see the way you see things. He finally finds AutoDale not knowing that he too is an outsider or in this case a refugee. He is a freak. He wasn't born in AutoDale so he can't stay.

[@teddybearthotslayer3466]

Hay the masked or masked skels thats from a diffrent animtion (sorry i suck at spelling lol) and the statues he sleeps under was a dictater and it was like happy few the core might have expolded. sorry if this dosen't make sense...

[@valorabersig9160]

Yeah it doesn't make sense. When did I state masks or masked skulls? They are part of this story though. If you think its from "Being Pretty" or "No Monsters" its because they are. This is set in the same universe as them. The statue you talk of is not called a dictator its called a matriarch. Its not even a statue it's a cyborg sex-bot thing. And for the core, what do you mean. What core? Do you mean the giant penis tower? There is no core.

[@highmanpan3681]

No offense, but I've never seen this masked thing; so I'm kind of confused, lol

[@manamemajeff6283]

u a salty ass

[@quantum6812]

Than go watch the other parts they’re called: Being Pretty, Children’s Toys and No Monsters

[@naterey7270]

The freaks aren’t freaks at all are they? They’re just “outsiders.” someone different from yourself and your peers or what you know they should be like. Or maybe even what society says they should be like.

[@deedr1234]

Naterey yea it’s all about perspective. In other words, how people see others though their eyes. Only you, the character sees “the freaks” like that.

[@pidgeona4007]

Alexander Zheng in my perspective they’re adorable and look cuddly lol

[@sam248]

There's so much to look at in this. 0:19 that leader thing, much like the one seen leading Autodale, is crawling away from the city in the background. Like it's trying to escape, and where it lays dead now you can see anguish in her face (they feel things?). 0:47 again with one of the leaders frozen with an expression of pain. 1:38, these scenes are neat. No idea what they mean, but it's got creatures from nature (one of James Armsby's interests). 1:47 the mask is the same as the sculpture of a Handy Man's head seen in other videos. 3:03, a peculiar scene. "Don't Float," referencing the earlier scene with the bodies floating in the air? What could it possibly mean... Fallen gods? I assume it's referring to the leaders of these towns. 3:36, a bit of backstory on our main character. He only encountered Freaks twice. The second the creature just pushed him down and roared at him. In comparison to how the later one pointed in the direction of the town, it's as if the Handymen have done something to them. Perhaps removed their civilisation (why they seem to be homeless). But also intelligent, some are against him (the one that roared), but the second is more curious (I'll talk about that later). 3:40, playing off my thought that Freaks were pushed out by people. This scene shows a person giving one cake. It's almost like Freaks were segregated from the rest of society. Forced out, like in American history with people of different ethnicity in a way (makes sense with James' other American inspiration). Until these Freaks eventually revolted perhaps? 4:17, why is this freak carrying a mask? After seeing the other masks our main character has he points him in the direction of Autodale. My guess? This Freak misses 'home' (these towns). It's as if it carries around the mask as a reminder of the past (quite sad). 5:20. Why would they leave? A poignant line for sure. I think this Freak that carried the mask misses the town, a foil to our main character that also wants to go back to these towns. 5:34, is it here to hurt the kids? I doubt it. Also, looks like the same kids from previous shorts. Same toys. ANYWAY! That's my quick, spur of the moment analysis, maybe I'll make a video on it on my actual channel one day. Will people see this comment? Perhaps, maybe, just maybe. Would love to get your thoughts! Honestly, this animations and there making of's are a massive inspiration to me and my work on a game. Seeing them motivates me to keep writing. So thank you James Armsby, thank you.

[@sam248]

Redgear17, in another comment. Comments on how "how the freak at the end wears a white scarf, Do other people see him as a freak. Dose he see others as freaks." A really good point that compliments my other thoughts that these freaks have been very much pushed out of the cities. Segregated, but have a lot of humanity.

[@sam248]

ALSO! The way the freak touches the main characters face is a very human gesture as well! Humanity again. AH! There are so many layers to this animation. The analysis part of me is in love xD

[@destinydynamites]

UNDERRATED COMMENT OML

[@katierasburn1093]

Sam I love this, all things I noticed too

[@sam248]

Glad you think so! These are things I've been noticing, small details, over and over again in these shorts. Decided to share for a change :)

[@jacquietimms3075]

Seriously, you should get a tv deal or something. This stuff is legit amazing!

[@alligatorscrublord]

i want a full movie based around this. **now.**

[@BitterJoyXx]

Alligator Scrublord emphrase on the *now*

[@jellyno1946]

@@BitterJoyXx emphasis on the *emphrase*

[@normalizeappendicitis]

Yeah and is it was a series with the same animation that would be so cool

[@normalizeappendicitis]

At the same time tho I want to keep it to myself lol

[@Ayprr]

Yes

[@juniper_plant]

mom: what are you watching? me: an animation called ‘dont feed the freaks’ mom: guess you’re not getting dinner tonight

[@ajnel7236]

Oh no shame... :o

[@R_candy]

i don’t care anymore OOF

[@geuxto]

tf this actually happened to me

[@farmlandusa777]

I don't want cold Mac n cheese anyway

[@An_odd_X]

Pfffff camon, how old are you?!

[@uncomfortableviewings9086]

Been waiting so long!!! FINALLY YES The freak at the end had the scarf. Do you think travelers are seen as freaks? Or was that freak not so friendly? Edit: Woah! Thank you so much for all the likes!!!

[@lonewaffle231]

Maybe they see them selfs as ppl. But really they are the monsters. It doesn't really make sense, like why would he run them another freak?

[@lonewaffle231]

Or maybe everyone from the town will see any new ppl as freaks. So than ppl wouldn't want to leave.

[@aquagamer1212]

I think you’re right. It had the same scarf on as the guy. So outsiders or travelers are seen as freaks.

[@mayonnaise2396]

“Sounds like a paradise,” Yeah, compared to the outside. It is, at least as close to a paradise you’d get in this hellscape. And it’s not perfect, far from it. But everyone is happy, save for a select few. They have kids. They have good meals, and they even agree with its policies. Kids have friends, and grow up to continue their family legacy. And they love it. It gives them purpose. Their lack of individuality is a point of pride for them. Is it really a dystopia if everyone buys into to the lies, and everyone really, truly believe this is their best life? That even those most wronged by the system believe?

[@DrTofu83]

Well, it's pretty much established the Withering caused the Sickness. And the Sickness mostly wiped away the whole human race save for the (un)lucky ones able to replicate the Mayor's experiments and enslave a Monarch. And in the end, just Autodale managed to survive and the Freak saw every other city with the Monarch dead and the city prey to the Sickness. The Freaks and the outside world are pretty much the only alive things able to thrive without enslaving the Matriarch, humans are proud to be alive, and kept, and fed because when the HIVE Propaganda tells them that Autodale is safe, protected and their only home she's not lying. Without Autodale, humanity would have perished long ago and the Freaks would have inherited everything

[@catherinerogers8558]

This is a terrifying take. Please never go into politics

[@Anonymous92838]

That "monster" or "freak" as said that pointed towards the sun (a symbol of enlightenment) was actually a human that managed to escape and survive one of the massacres of their own Town or ya know Autodale... This person who still held onto their past (you can see them holding onto a mask) unlike the other freaks looked down at the man's collection of masks, remnants of their own "pretty" society. So, after careful observation basically pointed him into the direction where one of those cities still manage to live on. They basically said "So you're curious of your past huh kid? Think that it was perfect? That WE were to blame? Alright ... I'll show you where you can find your answers...and learn for yourself what really went down" The perspectives in this series are beautifully crafted.

[@fictioncraft8487]

The new video theory in the making

[@fictioncraft8487]

Also nice job mate

[@casual_ice_consumer4148]

I think Auto Dale is (or was?) a society maintaining authority by fear of the freaks. I think the freaks destroyed it for some reason, and everyone was evacuated to a second Auto Dale.

[@birdy5516]

Kimberly Scholl it seems as though there are multiple Autodales as referenced when he said “Between towns”.

[@empartortosanz6572]

Protagonist: oh boy autodale is such a nice place Handymans,light-weight recon mechs, and glaDOS wannabe: well yes, but actually *[censorship time]*

[@bruhhelp7396]

"GLaDOS wannabe" Lmao

[@floridianrailauto9032]

Hello and again, welcome to the Aperture Township Enrichment City

[@acedetective9542]

What did Cave Johnson do this time?

[@floridianrailauto9032]

@@acedetective9542 The combustible lemons went haywire

[@ahmed4363]

Lmao a single comment that has GLADOS brought some portal fans (I am one)

[@acerains]

The ending shows him appearing as a freak to the children of autodale... what are the freaks but those who are the outcasts from society. And to those who are in society freaks are those who don't belong. Not always bad Not always good But always misunderstood.

[@WhatAWhimsicalLife]

I study first year A-level sociology and this video reminded my of functionalism. This is more referring to "Being Pretty" but I wanted to get this down whilst I remembered it. Functionalism is a perspective that sees a person as a cell, a group of people ( like a family, school or business) as an organ and society as a living breathing creature. They believe that everyone has a set function that they must complete, no questions asked. Functionalists believe that individuals must set aside their own desires, as "greed" for something other than their set role will cause the collapse of society. What made me think of functionalism was the creepy bit at the end of "Being Pretty," where they "uglies" were being killed. There are several aspects that just screamed out to me because they are what functionalists don't like. The pretties that are accepted because they are exactly the same; following rules and not stepping out of line (this is what functionalists like). On the other hand, the uglies are what functionalists don't like. They don't like same-sex couples because they cannot have children. They aren't the biggest fans of the elderly because they can no longer form their previous function. They aren't fans of anything that puts their view of society at threat. To functionalist, education and the nuclear family (mother, father and children) are incredibly important as they mould children into what society needs, people who will obey. The parents teach children to behave, and education enforces the hierarchy of authority they children will meet in the work place. In the "making or being pretty," Mrs Armsby said how he saw a world were adults were brain washed into beings with no individuality and nothing that makes them unique, and the children grow up to be just like their parents. I believe that Autodale is a society where functionalism takes it too far and over rides the other, vital perspectives that makes our society they way it is today (like the personal-life theory that looks at how relationships impact the individual and not the society). I'm not saying functionalism is all bad because they present values that a society needs for building blocks (like how to keep social order). This is just my theory based on what I've learnt in class. If people reading this disagree or know more about the subject and want to correct me please do. Like I said, I'm in the first year of the course and I'd like to know what other people think of me. Thank you for reading my one am essay on functionalism.

[@BUGCANDYY]

This kinda explains the whole matriarch thing

[@ny8hok155]

K

[@antimatter_nvf]

Woah, this does sound pretty similar to their system. I also used to see parallels between society and a function of an organism, but would've never predicted it could be taken to such a degree. Good luck with your A-levels!

[@WhatAWhimsicalLife]

Antimatter_NVF thank you. Writing that mini essay was good revision for me.

[@JohnSmith-ns9mf]

@@ny8hok155 uhhh......dont k others.....

[@bottledwater751]

I understand now... the guy was the "monster" cause he wasn't from autodale. That ending blew my mind! Great job brah!

[@Payayaso]

Needs to be a game or movie

[@screamingkid7554]

I agree

[@dusk606]

Fallout 76

[@xxxirritation5816]

Knight Opz both dude!

[@iwehfiuesdjhiufwerjikf]

Book is the best fit in my opinion. It's anti gamer but it only makes sense. As a gamer though I can't read.

[@skullsterrr]

Definitely a Movie

[@FrilledMayfly_AmberlyFerrule]

After watching the first Making Of of the mayor/exeptional girl episode, i HAD to rewatch this one. This blew my mind and i don't know why i only watched this once a long time ago. Its so good and builds up the big reveal to the mayor episode so incredibly well!!

[@waffledemonoverlord4232]

"They can be *extremely* violent if we dont behave" Museum guards

[@KrypticVisonUnmute]

lol

[@notareallin620]

Hmmm. I wonder why that is. He had to mention that so maybe its important. God I love this series! It's so straightforward but at the same time, such a mystery!

[@deo3250]

The freaks don’t deserve to be called freaks. They’re kinda cute.

[@Souleii]

Cat Z ikr

[@Krystalized_Python]

Cat Z tru

[@giantturtlecat2959]

They look like a kangaroo but the Fallout version of a Kangaroo

[@notagirlcreator6248]

Cat Z ikr

[@k3vvalkyrie243]

They look pretty bad ass and adorable. Like chappie. I want one

[@saucysacrilegious]

that ending gave me goosebumps the execution was by all means masterfully done. Just the right atmosphere and never overdone.

[@niro7842]

i remember seeing this around the time it came out. now im rewatching everything and i just wanna say that this is one of the coolest series i have ever seen