The Truth Behind "Tribute to Anomalocaris" (ft. Scorpiopede)

[@scorpiopede]

It was an absolute pleasure doing this with you, thanks a ton for doing this and convincing me to be apart of it. You absolute legend.

[@germtheory9053]

Thank you so much! your video was such a key piece of my childhood I still watch it to this day

[@stokedsteezy]

Return of the King

[@themanicpineapple8772]

It was my pleasure to deliver you to your people my Lord

[@triangulum8869]

How old are you now

[@the_chosen_one5642]

Robert you are so fucking cool mate

[@frindaddy]

it is so incredibly jarring to: 1) completely forget you made a shitty "tribute to anomalocaris" meme 2) see it used in a youtube mini-doc 3) instantly get flooded with memories that feel straight out of a fever dream thank you for this experience im shaking

[@revolverocelot8106]

And it's about to get flooded with snk fans

[@theLadyofSpoons]

the answer to “why did this of all things blow up?” is that it slaps, next question.

[@ethanwesterfield6478]

Man, Robert, kindred soul brother. I was the weird dino kid too and am hoping to become a paleontologist someday. I sincerely wish you the absolute best, but friend; hope to call you Dr. Robert someday.

[@themanicpineapple8772]

He's currently doing very well for himself in the States all things considered. A few days ago, he let me know that he's been spending a lot of time brainstorming projects and that he feels very productive. Dr. Robert sends his well wishes to you ;)

[@TheBfutgreg]

What mid 90s kid wasn't? Jurassic Park was def a big influence, always wanted to get the dino books from the library with all the pictures and size comparisons of different dinos

[@likira111]

I relate a lot to kid Robert, beyond just being a "cringy kid". I had a pet chicken named Nutzi and coped with bullying by becoming fucking obsessed with chickens talking about them and Nutzi to everyone. So naturally I was "that weird chicken girl". Eventually Nutzi died of old age, my social skills improved tremendously (not related) and ironically I started to wonder if I was just a generic just zoomer wannabe artist with no personality, but Robert feels like person. So thanks Robert, for making me feel better too.

[@wiffle2614]

Nazi?

[@frannielmartinez]

​@@wiffle2614Nutzi, like a Nut

[@Vashmata]

This is the most wholesome video I've seen since the pandemic started

[@themanicpineapple8772]

Well, you are the most beautiful thing I've seen since the pandemic started ❤️

[@bingozonk3143]

@@themanicpineapple8772 groomer

[@Phaz0nFckr]

@@bingozonk3143 💀

[@RenZeffie]

So glad this story had a happy ending.

[@mrs.specksynder970]

What you described of Robert sounds like me. I'm autistic, and though I wasn't bullied I had no social skills and nobody really wanted to talk to me. From all of elementary school to most of high school, I had at most one friend, sometimes none. For a long time my interests was Sonic the Hedgehog, and I would talk about him and draw him constantly. My interests have shifted towards hero robots like Transformers, Gundams and Megaman, and they're still as fervent. To see that Robert really is achieving his dreams is amazing to me. As a side project I do stop motion videos (look up "the adventures of Gundaniel" if you wanna see it), and maybe I can make a career out of these robots and these characters... just maybe. Thank you, I love this video.

[@Shoxic666]

As someone with similar experiences, trust me, it's better to be focused on something you're passionate about than to abandon any sense of genuine enjoyment to seem aloof and cool, in the long run it's passion that motivates you to do well.

[@DinoDiego16]

I know I'm late to this, but hearing Robert's story hits hard, especially since as someone who also absolutely loves dinosaurs, I can relate to a lot of the ridicule he had to deal with throughout school. Props to him for sticking with his passion. Hope he's still doing well.

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Agreed! The picking on for my passion for palaeontology/zoology got pretty bad in some instances, but getting out of HS and into university completely upended all of it. So many more like-minded and awesome people there. :)

[@Herecomesthegiggler]

@@HenrythePaleoGuy Two legends talking to eachother and (almost) no likes and replies ? Time to fix that then. (i am also late to the party)

[@JurassiChaos_2000]

Robert went from being made fun of and mocked, to uploading one of the greatest art pieces on all of KZbin. He's got that dog in him.

[@duckluiz]

I found out about Tribute to Anomalocaris because I genuinely love Anomalocaris and was watching videos about it, and then I found this amazing piece of art

[@salmonking2724]

Anomalocarisbros...

[@aurusallos]

The fact that we now know where Tribute to Anomalocaris comes from makes me so happy. Thank you Robert for making a video that unites paleontology internet amongst our arguments about dinosaur sex lakes, feathers, and interpretations of arthropod evolution.

[@themanicpineapple8772]

I'm glad I was able to pay this absolute legend the homage he deserves ;)

[@irbful]

Dude I could listen to Robert talking about dinosaurs and company for hours

[@themanicpineapple8772]

Don't want to give too much away, but if you're subbed to him, then you might get the chance in the coming months ;)

[@liftingskies8970]

Idk if Robert is on the autism spectrum but I think a lot of us that are and have special interests can relate to being bullied for them. Robert deserves only good things!!!!!! I’m sure in another universe some anomalocaris is making a tribute to robert video themed to my immortal.

[@ev-0163]

You're a true friend dude. After listening to your interview with your friend robert I see how much you really care about him. He's so lucky to have a friend like you. I Instantly subscribe to your channel after I watched that video.

[@johndeere2788]

This is nice but Robert please tell me how can we defend ourselves when the anamalocaris’ return. Please Robert I’m scared

[@Johnny-mp2ew]

Do not fear my child. Submit to them.

[@Oheng75]

I, for one, welcome our new Anomalicaris overlords. "Now that I know what I'm without, you can't just leave me"

[@BookWyrmOnAString]

They will defend you

[@dysfunctionalcaterpillar790]

Worship them whilst vanished, and they will save you once present.

[@Oheng75]

@@dysfunctionalcaterpillar790 Hail Lord Animalocaris, saviour of part of humanity!

[@swagmundfreud666]

Genuinely, I like the funny ancient shrimp, and I like 2000s emo pop. Combining them is fun.

[@Eseckiels]

This is KZbin history right here. A video that was made 14 years ago. Getting a reaction 10 years later is amazing.

[@nerdygem8620]

Ah, a geologist. From the geologists I know, that makes perfect sense 😂 Lots of people with "weird" passions but an absolute blast to hang out with.

[@lurientheenjoyer6711]

I had been watching natural history documentaries in my free time, and 10 minutes ago, after I finished watching one about the Cambrian. I looked up "Anomalocaris" to see if I could find some 3d model of the creature, but I found the tribute first and your video second, This last half hour has been really entertaining

[@themanicpineapple8772]

Could you say that this last half hour... Woke you up inside?

[@lurientheenjoyer6711]

@@themanicpineapple8772 WOW, happy to see that you read the comments on your videos. Good job by the way! Keep it up!

[@MsAnthropic]

I know it’s been two years but I want Robert to know that he reignited my passion in archaeology and his video is something I show everyone I have the opportunity to tell about anomalocaris. Hands down my favorite and most watched video on KZbin no joke. I am sending all my love and good wishes his way!

[@themanicpineapple8772]

This was so heartwarming :3 I sent your message over to him. Thank you for the kind words: I know he'll appreciate them

[@swagmundfreud666]

Man Robert's story really reminds me of myself when I was a child. I got bullied, not anywhere near as bad as him though, and it stopped mostly once I got to high school. But I was also really obsessed with dinosaurs until about the seventh grade, and I still find them very fascinating to this day, although my interests shifted and to be honest I find living animals more interesting these days, particularly birds (which are dinosaurs technically so I guess I'm still really into them). Like bro *penguins* are living, breathing dinosaurs that live in ANTARCTICA and can swim. That's insane. Anyways, I live in Alberta and lucky for little me, the Royal Tyrrell Museum is just an hour and a half drive away in Drumheller, which has, if I'm not mistaken, the largest collection of dinosaur fossils in the world. My family went there sometimes almost every two months when I was a child and it was easily my favorite place. There's a photo of me when I was eight years old sitting next to a dinosaur femur fossil I had found on one of the tours of the hoodoos. Of course, I was not the first to notice it, but I was the first in the group. I watched the walking with monsters and walking with dinosaurs BBC series religiously as a child. While I'm not much obsessed with dinosaurs anymore my autism makes it such that I do have very strong, passionate interests that many would find to be to an unusual degree. Whether it's linguistics, banjo, the noises birds make to communicate, the various Latin American dialects of Spanish, Jamaican music, I'm always into something really niche, specific yet encapsulatedly deep. I should make a tribute video to penguins one of these days.

[@MarkGallagher]

This is a fun update after randomly stumbling on the original tribute. The video isn't stupid, it's fun and cute and thanks Robert. and Thanks manic pineapple for telling this interesting backstory. As a mercilessly picked on person in my younger days in school it's heartwarming.

[@DragonDelTrueno]

2:16 From You, 2 Years Ago.

[@Ryu-on1jq]

To you, 2 years from now

[@goldencapybara7952]

I've had an on and off interest in palaeontology throughout my life. When I found this video, it introduced me to the time before dinosaurs, something I overlooked as a kid. This introduction has led me to learn so much about prehistory and sparked a fondness of anomalocaris itself! I've recently purchased a crochet pattern, so I can crochet my own very anomalocaris. All thanks to this funny little video!

[@DBZMacky]

Beautiful video, really cool that Robert was able to pursue his passion too. Keep moving forward Anomalocarisbros 👍

[@ExoticIsaac5839]

Robert made it man. Follow your dreams peeps!

[@iguanaboi3921]

Imagine in like 20 years, the most acclaimed paleontologists will have uploaded videos like "Ceratosaurus tribute," using Papa Roach's "last resort," as the song

[@antusFireNova]

I was thinking of making a shitpost as a tribute to the og vid, and I stumbled upon this video So cool to hear the man himself and to know about his story, and it's really inspiring how he never let bullies affect him as a person

[@Basegud]

This shit post has taken on a new meaning to me. Every few days, one of my friends will send an email to every single one of us in the friend group with a short blurb about it and the link to the video. Its the stupidist but funniest thing of all time

[@Leucism]

absolutely starstruck...in the presence of an absolute legend

[@colinpartridge9943]

Jeez louise I found the tribute through my love of anomalocaris from "walking with monsters" I have fallen down a rabbit hole that I totally enjoy. THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS EARNS MY SUBSCRIPTION.

[@themanicpineapple8772]

Welcome to the channel ;) Hope you enjoy your stay. We've got wacky content galore, and the only price of admission is your curiosity

[@suly5836]

I'm from the future, this meme somehow revived again.

[@TheKryptoNova]

Anomalocarisbros... Leave Hallucigenia to me..!

[@dogf421]

"even by dork standards, robert wasnt cool enough to hang out with" a more tragic line has never been spoken

[@Catzrule28]

i found his video during the tumblr wave a couple years ago and i got SO hyped when it was in the youtube recommendations!!!! thats so cool that y'all were friends :) i'm glad he's doing well, this was rlly heartwarming!!! 🥺 wish the best for Both of y'all!!!!! :)

[@themanicpineapple8772]

Oh my God! We've got an OG in the chat :p Glad you enjoyed the vid

[@The_Dummy_thyneself]

Mr Dino, you didnt introduce me to the anomalocaris but i appreciate your dedication to this marvelous animal. Its my fav animal and i luv u sir❤️

[@flightlesslord2688]

Good radiodont legend. Im glad us dino nerds are finally being seen as people who have the deepest love for the odd beasties of bygone eras. Im hoping kids dont get bullied or teased as much for this now as we did as kids. Good lads, the both of you.

[@lorenazn6567]

this was so heartwarming, thank you for bringing this story to light.

[@themanicpineapple8772]

It was my pleasure

[@slinky6415]

im so glad that my favorite video to watch while stoned comes from such a genuine guy, and that my views are going to a good place.

[@offiziellerkanalvondoggen-3116]

Robert is an absolute Chad. Such an empowering story.

[@Pyrooogenic]

I am extremely happy to have found this video, I feel like I can relate in a way to where I absolutely love Paleontology but people around me see it as odd and nerdish. People always get on my case about dinosaurs even if I only really care about Prehistoric marine animals but I still like them. Great editing and awesome interview gives me a little hope in myself to continue my passion.

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Early youtube was such a fun ride, and looking back on it always makes me smile. So awesome you made this video. :) Keep up the great work in what you do, Robert!

[@ThePositivolp]

Anomalocaris died for us

[@themanicpineapple8772]

He died for our sins :(

[@ne3333t]

This is extremely well made. I too have a love for prehistoric animals.

[@cauamsengerse8089]

can i just say, you definitely deserve more subs/views, the writing, unique editing style and great sound quality equals to a very pleasent viewing experience, good job

[@acryliceel]

i agree, and he also has a lot of natural charm and sincerity! this channel slaps, and i wouldn't be surprised if it started gaining more traction. :D

[@joniivee]

This is one of my favorites of yours, if not my favorite. The humor's even stronger than usual (The beginning and the bit about your mom in particular got me) and I like that you not only document the history of the video but you have that inside perspective and so the video is able to transition seamlessly into something really heartfelt. Good work to both you and Robert!

[@Segaco4]

Incredible video with very good editing. Must have taken a while to edit all of it o.o (this video+the interview!!) I came here for the meme and enjoyed both of the videos, thank you for taking the time to shine a light on scorpiopede's life! I didn't know memes could have such a deep story

[@conbon7816]

This just made my day fr

[@kijamu01]

this absolutely mad me cry. thank you so much for sharing!!! you were the only person who could make this video, and it was just a delight. thank you ManicPineapple, and thank you Robert!!!!

[@Fortnbalz]

I admire your passion and kindness Robert!

[@halb23]

This vid made me tear up a bit, and made me feel really happy. Almost as happy as when I watched tribute to anomalocaris for the first time. Thank you both.

[@themanicpineapple8772]

Thanks for watching. Robert is currently kicking ass during his PhD and is greatly humbled to know he's got so many people rooting for him.

[@MelancoliaI]

This is everything I need in life. I was told not to research this lest I become an Oedipus, standing alone before a yawning void of hideous truth, then falling into the fathomless depths of blackest hell. Instead, it feels like I fell into a pile of adorable, fluffy and soft stuffed animals situated in a cozy corner of an inviting, well-lit room. Thank you ❤

[@themanicpineapple8772]

I love the use of yawning as an adjective :) such an underrated word

[@MelancoliaI]

@@themanicpineapple8772 I'm a Lovecraft freak, and vary rarely in his stories did voids fail from yawning lol

[@eggyeg]

I always wondered what this guy was up to. A true legend

[@shatopcrymeh9771]

Thank you so much for doing this, I can't believe it there's been an 11 year buildup

[@themanicpineapple8772]

I am but a humble disciple ;) Seriously though, it was a humbling experience to take part in telling Robert's story. The most rewarding part of my summer by far.

[@JR-hf4xy]

Im very late to the party but this video brought me to tears! I was also bullied but Im ashamed to admit I was also the dork who left behind the other dork because I didn't want to continue suffering. That cowardice makes me suffer a lot and Im glad Robert is doing alright. Loved the video and the interview

[@thenuuthei7137]

Awesome video! I think this is one of the best obscure meme explanation videos I've ever seen. Your channel has a lot of potential!

[@Shy_Abi]

She did her best 🖤

[@Herobeans]

How curious, I've been recommended this

[@captaincrunch7]

There is one line most fitting for this story... "Life...finds a way!"

[@realistfilms162]

I remember watching this 11 years ago wtf

[@Estradiol_Gaming]

This actually made me cry

[@themanicpineapple8772]

Glad Robert's story touched you in some way. The love people have thrown his way has been overwhelmingly positive for him.

[@vidiottheowl2825]

I bought an anomalocaris plushie at the carneghie natural history museum the other week because of him

[@josiahbayliss3697]

Legendary youtube pull🔥🔥 Got the original and the documentary in the same day🔥🔥🔥

[@Duckcalculator]

Interesting story, good ending, 10/10

[@Eseckiels]

What a win. Thank you algorithm for taking me here

[@-GG101-]

So crazy seeing the anomalocaris meme coming back after all this time

[@gamesonb1562]

I never saw this video until it was recommended to me earlier today and now this got recommended. KZbin algorithm doing its work ig.

[@sidoniazuknyphausen169]

This made me really happy💚it is so sweet

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

The fucking twist at the 9 minute mark. Holy fucking shit.

[@danysaurus]

watched this. you and robert's interview is super sweet. hope ur doing well

[@SwedePlaysGames]

Really glad Robert was able to pursue his dream career

[@funzionedispari4325]

I'm currently watching this video at 3:30 AM but I have to see was rellay impressed (is that the correct tense?) by all the effort and dedication to make this video and the fact that it's made so well. And the fact that it's not about a popular topic but it's just an analysis of a funny video I found on the internet just makes things better, the video feels both very high-quality and genuine, and I found very interesting topics in your explanations, like how KZbin video went viral or the mixture of fun and appreciation we feel watching a video like this. Idk if I explained myself, I'm not an English speaker so probably I made a lot of grammatical errors, but I just wanted to recognise your talent and dedication in a comprehensible way

[@themanicpineapple8772]

As an English teacher, I give you English a 9/10 goodfellow--small mistakes did not get in the way of you delivering your message clearly. I thank you for the kind words :) I really do put a ton of time into these vids. I hope my upcoming projects even nearly are as well-received

[@BuggyPop47]

Robert is so lucky to have u as a friend❤❤❤❤

[@Kaisersaurus]

I actually saw this when I was younger. I also remember ones for Spinosaurus, Trilobites and T. rex

[@drewfriend3368]

And now I'm getting this video recommended 3 years later

[@CTGReviews]

I got recommended the original tribute, checked out the channel, saw his newest video, and clicked the link in the description for this one

[@meownistor]

The fact you don't have more subscribers is an honest to God mistske

[@themanicpineapple8772]

That's honestly very kind of you to say. I genuinely feel very fortunate enough to have had over 600 people who saw my stuff and thought they'd want to see more. This whole KZbin thing has been a truly humbling experience

[@meownistor]

@@themanicpineapple8772 I'm happy that you're happy dude. Me and my buddy found this video on accident when my buddy found the Anomalocaris video and this vid just happened to appear in my recommended and honestly I'm happy it did. I didn't expect such a amazing and beautiful backstory from a silly Anomalocaris video and I'm happy to have heard it myself.

[@shako4907]

where you and Robert lived sounds horrible. liking dinosaurs(almost as religiously as him) was and is something I also did, and was never bullied. Good luck to you both! I'd love to talk with him irl

[@themanicpineapple8772]

I assure you he's the nicest guy irl ;) Many people at our high school, and society at large tbh, stigmatize people based on how they look and the surface level associations they make based on hobbies. It's sad, but luckily Robert eventually found lots of people who love him for who he is.

[@goldsaturn1436]

Something you didn't mention is that early youtube was full of these tribute videos, a simple slideshow of images of some prehistoric animal (mostly dinossurs) with usually rock music like Linkin Park or Green Day. These were the coolest shit on the internet at the time for me, and this was just one of them.

[@Shoxic666]

People think it's weird but back in 2006-2011 times it was commonplace to get some pics of a thing/character you liked off of google images/DeviantArt, slap some Evanescence, Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace or Drowning Pool on it in windows movie maker (these days you'd get Susan 360 noscoping your channel) and call it a tribute video. Kinda a wholesome era of YT really, full of "gmod zombie apocalypse" vids where someone just killed HL2 zombies on GM_Bigcity. A lot of stuff people do these days to game the algorithm like red circles or making fake excited faces in thumbnails just wasn't really a thing. Also the comments weren't all just stale memes or "why is this in my recommended?" People still had dumb arguments tho, I used to read pages of that shit just because lol.

[@themanicpineapple8772]

I think back then there was a much greater emphasis placed on just making the things that you love and expressing your passions as opposed to getting good numbers. I'll be honest, it's even been tempting on my end to do the same. That said, I like to remind myself that I made this channel to foster a community of curious nerdy folks who like games and movies and art in general, and I don't ever want to compromise my material just for more views. I ain't making Minecraft videos any time soon ;)

[@Shoxic666]

@@themanicpineapple8772 Ad revenue and the ability to make a living on KZbin is both a blessing and a curse, on one had passion isn't the sole motivation on the other it allows content to be self-sufficient.

[@groxymcgroxhole8187]

i wasnt expecting a video about a goofy looking shrimp would have a emotional story connected to it.

[@John_Weiss]

As someone else mercilessly bullied growing up who went on to get a PhD in physics, I want to say something to Robert's former tormentors: what have _you_ accomplished, eh? What do you have now, other than the anonymous infamy of being the people who abused the creator of a famous Internet meme? Robert, to you I say: hope you passed your comps with ease (or at least without too much pain) and are having a grand time working on your doctoral research! I wish you much success!

[@a-bird-lover]

ohh my goodness I love this!! I've been abusing the shitposting abilities of the tribute to infodump on anomalocaris to strangers lol

[@StudiosRick]

When i first watched i indeed was very confuse if it was a shitpost or not, but them i remembered that a lot of people love dinosaurs and this is not uncommon, my old brother when he was little loved too and was very fascinated, today he has 37 years old and was a Interior Designer I'm very very happy that the love Scorpion has grew up and turned in his professional carrer, this is very crazy and huge...

[@govnopochta69]

12:04 PTEROSAUR AND A PLIOSAUR UP THERE ARE NOT DINOSAURS!

[@Tomas-qk5fy]

Descendants of Anomalocaris survived to the devonian, the prey species trilobites, died off in the Permian "The Great Dying"

[@rionka]

Thanks a lot, guys, now I finally know the backstory! Brilliant and beautiful video, I'm so glad for Robert ❤ sending hugs! Here, have a sub and like and comment❤

[@simonbolivartercero7653]

here am I, at 3 AM watching an anomaloclitoris documentary

[@carnotv6136]

Videos like Tribute to Anomalocaris were my childhood.

[@theoheinrich529]

Absolutely based video.

[@espurresso]

this video made me cry. good stuff

[@naturalistmind]

When I was a kid my fixation was the coelicanth, and that was before animal crossing came out

[@WasThisMail]

Loved this video, Made me somehow love the tribute more than I originally did. Robert is an inspiration to paleonerds everywhere.

[@basti7848]

Thanks for the video

[@SodaliteSabre]

This video made me so happy.

[@themanicpineapple8772]

You make me happy ❤️

[@TxcEcko]

This video had recently one more surge in popularity, due to the final chapters of the Attack On Titan manga having some relation to animals such as Anomalocaris and Hallucigenia.

[@themanicpineapple8772]

So what you're telling me is that someone hath foretold of Anomalocaris saving us during the impending titan invasion? I see: The plot thickens.

[@TxcEcko]

@@themanicpineapple8772 Without trying to spoil too much, but basically the current main titan very much resembles a Hallucigenia, and people started to meme about AoT being about ancient sea creatures. On the latest chapter it was revealed that the current main Titan design really is inspired on a Hallucigenia and its properties, and people found this video and started memeing about how the Anomalocaris is the one able to defeat it.

[@fluffyllama1505]

Omg the Important Videos playlist existed for other people? It spread like wildfire through my school but everyone else I've mentioned it to has had no idea what I'm talking about

[@cityhippiecowboy]

So glad I found your content, this is awesome, your channel definitely needs more subs

[@themanicpineapple8772]

Glad you enjoyed your stay at casa Manic Pineapple ;) Home to cool nerdy stuff and awesome stories

[@trent6112]

This was great, I can't believe you only have 470 subs!!