GoAnimate/Vyond's Plagiarism of Family Guy

GoAnimate/Vyond here is showing some unoriginality by stealing backgrounds from Family Guy, aren't they?

[@JonsCartoonShow]

why are people still commenting on this 3 year old video

[@thebatterymill]

People are still discovering this video and making new observations...

[@Revivalofalls]

They want ot

[@nakedpear3558]

Cuz it’s interesting

[@brolybroly4485]

B CUZ U R GROUN-DED

[@RemyRatrigue]

ohhh so you're one of those fatherless children who gets mad over people commenting stuff on old stuff

[@brandonseepersaud5180]

so basically we're watching family guy but in a different animation

[@electricshedd179]

Barely different animation.

[@imdominiclucero]

No basically you make family guy episodes

[@Marsbandoo]

@@imdominiclucero so I’m supposed to be rich and famous?

[@BullyMaguire2024]

And also it’s caillou and stead of family guy

[@chellys.catbox]

Family Guy but shitty

[@ExtremeWreck]

I mean, the artstyle in general just looks like something Seth MacFarlane would draw in his free time.

[@KingSusiePenOfficial]

Maybe he sued Goanimate so Comedy World gets taken down.

[@ethanma3533]

I realized that the house the giffins lives in they don,t have two windows The School looks a lot different than in the comedy world

[@BombardierTraxx]

It does.

[@TimeWisely]

fun fact, if you use Wrapper: Offline, you may know that the Comedy World theme is literally just called "Family"

[@boredreindeer5602]

In cc_theme.xml it literally says Family Guy

[@HunterFilmsYTOfficialYouTube]

Guy

[@TimeWisely]

@@hiyestheone Awh you jealous little baby? Well you shouldn't be, get a life, and go do something with it.

[@ShiftyTwinofmybrotherlifty]

Lol

[@thebatterymill]

I'm surprised this has fallen under the radar of Fox/Disney. Then again Comedy World was introduced around 2010 when GoAnimate was still a small operation, and the vast majority of projects made with this theme have not been profited off of so that is why I think GA hasn't been sued.

[@okjeffy6581]

It was actually released sometime in October 2009. But imagine if Seth saw this. He would have a field day with this one for sure.

[@coinyyt]

he did say AROUND 2010 so its close enough

[@thebatterymill]

This was at a time before Harry Partridge, before the KZbin app was released in 2011. I also think that Comedy World falls under fair use for parody, it never *directly* lifted assets from these shows, rather GoAnimate made something close to it and thus no legal action was pursued

[@Legomovie970]

Over the years, I've always thought the concept of GoAnimate was based on South Park because of the kids misbehaving and their parents being abusive. I never paid any attention to the backgrounds.

[@CristiChiri10]

that's just how the community portrays it

[@worldwaide]

Reading this, you’ve now realized that you live in a world where there are call out videos for goanimate plagiarism

[@ReelSulid]

I noticed how Comedy World was an rip off of Family Guy very interesting

[@BlissBee]

Yeah everyone knows already

[@papalouiestory4114]

@@BlissBee ok

[@aubreys2ndchanneltheslacke677]

It sure is interesting

[@rainboyproductions12]

Oh I just realised something family Guy isn’t the only theme that had stuff from comedy world. The Simpsons have characters that look exactly like comedy world characters like comic book guy principal skinner etc even Homer Simpson.

[@MikuTM01]

gadzooki

[@ShaunGoVyond07]

1:56 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Jon Cassity grounds Goanimate for copying Family Guy backgrounds

[@SeyaDiakite7]

It even took the kitchen from family guy

[@biggysmoovemusic7777]

Finally someone made a video calling them out

[@jeffy59]

It's not plagiarism it's basically recreating family Guy but in a form of cringe-worthy animation

[@aDucks]

What’s interesting is MSP in its earlier days had also used this same theme for movie backdrops. It’s mostly just a free theme that can be licensed to companies.

[@andrewriel1549]

It makes sense why Goanimate Comedy world doesn’t show on Vyond because it got copyrighted.

[@Demonetization_Symbol]

Wait, they did?

[@andrewriel1549]

@@Demonetization_Symbol yep

[@jeremiahsatterlee3940]

I've seen family guy, I've been watching GoAnimate for 3 years but that never crossed my mind, I never knew GoAnimate world was a rip off of family guy

[@webdrivertorso4227]

The creator of GoAnimate made it as a parody animation for his wife so she could watch a Family Guy parody with her husband.

[@ethanj1310]

I noticed Also you can't ground GoAnimate

[@user-fe1lf9dx3e]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@PepperShake53]

Because that is stupid bullshit, the grounding thing in goanimate is overused

[@JayFow]

@@PepperShake53 i agree, the cavalcade of grounded videos in goanimate has been running for a decade, and it's already a dead meme a few years ago, but, i guess if it's what makes this website successful for, then i guess goanimate should be "groundanimate"

[@mermaidfan2420]

That's what I said

[@JayFow]

@@mermaidfan2420 3 months ago...

[@giggs-chan2004]

I think what happened was GoAnimate got a lawsuit from FOX and were forced to remove the theme

[@TCBF245]

It Didn’t Get A Lawsuit From FOX, It Got Removed Due To A Fraud After A Celebration Of 2 Million Cartoons On GoAnimate/Vyond

[@TCBF245]

Well They Also Knew If FOX Saw It They Would Get Really Mad

[@MythicalWolf690]

How am I realizing this just now? I watched a lot of Vyond videos back when it was known as Go!Animate and I never knew this!

[@Maw0]

I just watched a Family Guy video and I was confused about how they were able to get a couch scene that looked exactly like it.

[@djstarkidmashups8536]

It's crazy how FOX never sued the person who copied the backgrounds to Go!Animate.

[@tt.davidemon]

That’s why he had to remove that theme from his site

[@AriInhalesSeasoning]

I think you missed one, in that episode where meg met a boy from a hospital she started dating him and in a scene this girl named Connie was bullying meg and peter was slamming her head in a fire extinguisher, that looked like a scene from goanimate

[@okjeffy6581]

Lol I thought I was the only one who noticed

[@PerfectionReincarnated]

What episode of family guy is it from?

[@enthusiastisch1922]

@@PerfectionReincarnated Season 6 Episode 7

[@jjweiss5958]

Proof that the comedy world creators for go animate were heavily inspired by family guy.

[@Creeps097]

the irony that this was made with vyond, go animate's redesign. also, comedy world even looks somewhat like family guy's art style (the mouths)

[@okjeffy6581]

But much lazier. I imagine these characters actually appearing in a family guy episode.

[@ssuperr405]

The title should be "GoAnimate Comedy World Copies Backgrounds From Family Guy/Grounded"

[@worstvideos1754]

You can't ground a company.

[@okjeffy6581]

And at the end of the video the creator calls it out but it just ends right before he can even start his sentence.

[@M1s1i8]

@@worstvideos1754 well you can ground anything stupid

[@M1s1i8]

@@okjeffy6581 barely heard it

[@ihatefurriesxxx]

Goanimate after being grounded: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@emdicadrian]

0:58 they copied it but its different

[@piracyparty]

I was thinking the whole time like "hey this bathroom looks familiar" "hey this school looks familiar" "THIS HOSPITAL LOOKS FAMILIAR" and *dramatic boom* im right

[@okjeffy6581]

I thought the bathrooms looked alike

[@okjeffy6581]

There should be an episode where Goanimate caillou actually makes an appearance in family guy with Goanimate Boris. And the animation should be 10 times better than the original.

[@wyatt8739]

I think they actually did reference goanimate. Lois asks Peter why Peter is suddenly so polite and Peter says I’ve been hanging out with callous beta dad, as in how he originally was before goanimate changed him.

[@okjeffy6581]

Well I want an even better reference. I don’t know if they will ever be able to find the voice actors for the text to speech voices, but they might actually have the animation be better.

[@senayonsedegbe2883]

Woh woh wah seriously Goanimate I thought this was original

[@monnetheepicgamer]

I still love Goanimate/Comedy World

[@Viet273VN]

GoAnimate is actually a Family Guy

[@boredreindeer5602]

I found “Family Guy” literally in the code for the character creator, also to mention that “Comedy World” was actually something inside of family guy itself

[@RileyGamerTV3]

I know right this was what I discovered when I started watching Vyond

[@AnimationGuyAG]

I like both the goanimate version and the original version

[@basicallysnake]

That’s probably why it’s named comedy world, because it’s so comedically close or their non-traced counterparts

[@Crazylegoman3791]

0:28, wait a minute, is that theme from agori defender (a tower defense game)?

[@angelmalarkey7946]

So that’s where all the background seems come from. 😅

[@CMBGAMER2018TV]

Not only that, but the dance that the overweight Vyond characters can do was copied from Peter Griffin

[@carlextaxi4677]

Today I was today years old when I knew about this.

[@SuperDrago.]

You can see real similarities in the older season

[@CheesyLemurs]

I actually just noticed that the GoAnimate dance animation looks like it was borrowed from the Family Guy Madagascar cutaway gag.

[@okjeffy6581]

Hmm, did you see any other Family Guy episodes with these GoAnimate dances.

[@CheesyLemurs]

@@okjeffy6581 I didn't, at least none off the top of my head. There could be more out there though.

[@okjeffy6581]

You know what would be magnificent? If there was an episode where Goanimate caillou actually makes an appearance in family guy with Goanimate Boris. And the animation should be 10 times better than the original.

[@boredreindeer5602]

This is not the only copied thing, business friendly is close to South Park and the backgrounds look like fosters home for imaginary friends. It’s mainly the facial expressions however.

[@aaronnicolas1760]

So that means. Vyond must have stoled backrounds

[@okjeffy6581]

I will admit the backgrounds gave me Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends Vibes.

[@ThePowerpuffHotline]

Looks like Seth Macfarlane had worked at GoAnimate.

[@okjeffy6581]

Or at least a worker from family guy

[@MakaraFurusawa]

1:56-2:23 Grounded threats do not work at all.

[@jaydeslover58]

I never noticed this until now. Interesting

[@pollyevans6485]

Is it only the business thing for Go Animate now? Or is there a way to do the other types of animations still? Also, how do you see your old videos it won’t let me log in

[@Scampfan127]

I CAN'T UNSEE IT!!!

[@AmIntrigued]

For a minute I thought it was the other way around

[@APinkRabbit87]

Holy shet I never noticed I knew that the character designs for comedy world looked similar to family guy but I didn’t think they also copied the backgrounds too Shet, no wonder it got removed, and yet people are still trying to bring it back despite the big copyright violation

[@MandBPYesSandRNo]

There was a Scar gets grounded video and he was (along with Tavid) in the family guy living room.

[@metalheadteenboy07]

Can u show me

[@holzmann-]

Wow, very new! Did you also know that the Roman Empire no longer exists?

[@kierangaming8549]

WAIT, one of the go animate workers may of been a family guy owner, until they may of got fired for copyright

[@okjeffy6581]

Why don’t I know that

[@gaming_pills]

The drunken clam booth of Peter and his friends also is in comedy world

[@hypographixproductions]

Its possible they got permission to do this. Also noticed some backgrounds may have also been from moviestar planet because many of the background and prop files start with the letters msp.

[@okjeffy6581]

Wait why would they get permission to do this

[@gdgamerboy1017]

Goanmate: you can’t ground us

[@Hearttoons2003.]

Clone High and Total Drama: same style Go animated and Family Guy:

[@sapphicwriter]

I thought some of the character design creators for TDI worked on Clone High

[@mxron1.]

2:03 😂 he just grounded goanimate

[@michaelajelinkova5091]

Not funny, it's not funny

[@mxron1.]

@@michaelajelinkova5091 it is funny

[@kallofox3459]

It’s not plagiarism. They confirmed that they got permission to use these backgrounds.

[@CristiChiri10]

where?

[@KennethV2000]

Proof?

[@AnthonyTheMay1stFan]

1:19 see what-

[@superspidey901.]

It seems today that family Guy scene on Goanimate

[@xavierkrantz1098]

I can't believe I never noticed this

[@CHALKBARDZ]

damn, i always thought they looked familiar,,,, you make a fair point my guy

[@okjeffy6581]

“My Family Guy” ;) lol

[@Awesominori]

NO WONDER IT GIVES OFF FAMILY GUY VIBES

[@nio_n]

I knew i wasnt going crazy

[@superplushamos8344]

This is insane thank for telling me that

[@GojiBoiEarth1964]

I have a feeling that’s probably why they retired the comedy world theme and not because of grounded videos

[@FoxLadyQueen]

It was a mix of both

[@EllislovesCrossovers]

This Plagiarism is no better than the plagiarism I used to do (I kinda don’t do it anymore for obvious reasons)

[@jackthepizzafananimations1613]

there are many themes in goanimate, this one is called comedy world. it is inspired by family guys artstyle

[@Angel_ortiz22]

Oh my god this can’t be it’s impossible after all these years I didn’t even recognize that before but now I get it goanimate/vyond is now completely plagiarized arts why tho why

[@ThomasFan-vd3uz]

I noticed the restaurant copy

[@alonsoalsajrsalcedojr]

Makes scenes bcuz family guy was January 1999 and goanimate was November 2007.

[@fmajor881]

That could be one of the reasons why Comedy World was removed.

[@snivygamer3996]

I had to watch this thinking it was clickbait

[@JesterBean]

It’s family guy but low budget

[@paulinamaslow2002]

The resemblance is uncanny

[@RobloxianX]

This just proves that family guy was made with goanimste

[@randomgirlinthetrees1954]

I didn't even notice

[@Objects21]

You forgot the table at the drunken clam

[@florzolog]

Goanimate should be called family guy maker then

[@Jader47]

I Love this

[@gusc061]

Poor family guy :(

[@thomas_01]

No wonder Comedy World was removed

[@JustMiaMakingStuff]

Wait until seth mcfarlane finds out goanimate/vyond

[@jorgemedina2731]

What song is that?

[@KazuinEnjoyer]

comedy world’s name is based off of this entire kind of comedy

[@jamiecloughgaming25387]

I used to make, Go Animate, videos from 2011-2012, when it was linked into KZbin and I knew that, they, copied there backgrounds from Family guy, then, which didn't give you a lot of scope for creativity, when searching for a background, in the end, I concluded that they just ended up looking like a cheap knock off of Family Guy, when they could of been so much more creative than that, thus I stopped doing them. I guess, that'd, be why the program, mysteriously disappeared from KZbin.

[@Anicevloggerman2000]

The fun fact:- Goanimate is related with family guy.

[@lindamims3930]

OH MY GOD I CAN'T BELIEVE IT

[@stop_posting_about_baller]

Wow... I never knew this...My life is a life

[@DanaTheNintendoLoverGirl2011]

They Look Pretty Similar! But Something Is Not The Same To Some!

[@LoveElectronics95]

"See what"

[@theelementalgriffin2092]

They weren't even trying to hide it with the bathroom ones. Not to mention they ripped off the background K-On!.

[@Brendon_John_Harrison]

GoAnimate is Now VYOND

[@Kostya2005]

So did fans are confused and Coincidentally Finds background to matching better

[@staceyoppong6247]

Yea I noticed this 2 months back

[@NagumoHaruya]

No one gets grounded in Family Guy though.

[@Demonetization_Symbol]

Some of these are a stretch.

[@dani303]

GoAnimate is like Family Guy but Bootleg 💀

[@alwinvesille]

Nice grounded joke at the end

[@basketballfan8432]

I never noticed that!!!