Thumbelina - Drawfee Animated

[@C.V317]

Some fun facts: 1. That song the field mouse sings to convince Thumbelina to marry the mole was so bad, it won the movie a Razzie; it’s first animated movie to win one. 2. The movie has a creepy subtext where you can only be happy if you’re married to your own kind, otherwise you have to marry for money. Not sure why they added that. 3. This was a kickass retelling.

[@AleksandarBell]

I love this movie just because of how bad it is lol.

[@skybunny2226]

Funny story one of my current professors animated on that film and even he fucking hates it

[@Infinitysquaredorsomething]

fun fact, this comment is how I heard of the Razzies!

[@LimitlessLiger4404]

its amazing that julia can forget nearly every detail of some things she actually likes, and yet can recount every story beat in something she hates. thats how powerful hatred is

[@ghouligan3045]

she's like Arin from game grumps😂

[@ChibiRandom13]

same tho

[@zen_lemming]

Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to... remembering way too much about animated films from the 90's.

[@kantpredict]

Trauma

[@Th3BlackLotus]

Negative emotions build stronger memories.

[@sleepiestmoth]

Idk why but the fact that the 'beetle' costume for Thumbejulia is just a half pill shape with a face hole and some wings is absolutely sending me. It's so simple yet so effective this entire video is so cleverly done.

[@neurotikale3638]

especially in the context of this being the "beautiful" guise the bugs finding an aspirin tablet with antenna sexy is VERY funny

[@ccherry.berryy]

Wow it’s crazy how talented the drawfee crew is, they can watch, preform and explain a play all simultaneously

[@MisterSynyster]

The biggest part I feel was left out of this is that LITERALLY everyone also outwardly and vocally says that Thumbelina is an idiot and they also may not be wrong. But you don't have to SAY IT to her FACE!

[@rsullivan6738]

I love finding out about the one thing that makes someone irrationally angry.

[@Forever_Rayne]

This is sooo good!!! I laughed so hard at the Drawfee crew playing the characters, the special appearances of the Duolingo owl and Porfo and just the funny little details you put in it. Marvelous!! I'll be watching it often ☺️😆

[@onibeebee]

i adore the thumbelina movie so much but Julia's rant is valid and i agree with every point but tbh its like the most faithful recreation of the thumbelina fairy tale lmao one thing id probably mention is that the frogs are like a really awful stereotype of Mexican/hispanic people edit: someone pointed out that it's probably spanish, which makes more sense in hindsight

[@sailthemarigold_7864]

Where do you watch it, by the way? Because I wanna see it.

[@solarprogeny6736]

pretty much all the "evil" characters have some ethnic characteristics to their designs, as animated movies often did back then (and up until very recently, see disney). beetle has a big human nose (italian? jewish?), mr mole is very round (using body size as the butt of the joke) etc

[@onibeebee]

@@sailthemarigold_7864 i mean i have a dvd copy of it that i got as a kid. but I'd say just pirate it. disney unfortunately owns a lot of don bluths work now so probably the only way to legally get it is on disney+ or physical dvd. second hand is another option but i wouldnt rec it

[@onibeebee]

@@solarprogeny6736 i mean yeah, but the mexican frogs are basically the only characters where the racism is very out there and blatant. the other examples are a bit more singular then the absolute body slam of ethnic stereotyping the frogs were

[@sailthemarigold_7864]

Thanks!

[@hanvo8026]

I think the most fascinating part about your incredible animation is that the expressions you gave look EXACTLY like what the narration sounds like (tone and inflections and everything)

[@friend_trilobot]

Ok, but now drawfee needs to do a stream where they just react to fan animations like this!

[@dimass.a1507]

I can't believe you animated THE WHOLE THING. This is so good and the fact that it's one of my favorite moment from drawfee streams just made it better.

[@sam_bamalam]

Even STRONG JACOB? Thumbelina truly has no standards

[@aandyy4791]

This is amazing. It also desperately makes me want Julia to watch, hate, and give me a recap of The Swan Princess.

[@SilverfujiAnimation]

Lost it at the frogs! Amazing work!

[@capmal8884]

Karina’s Camp Rock joke mixed with the perfect Tess shoulder animation got a huge laugh out of me

[@fableagain]

I absolutely love the frogs' character designs

[@hatchet1013]

Look, this is a treasured childhood classic to me but, Julia is right. And this animation is absolutely incredible

[@AdaptiveReasoning]

I deeply and truly appreciate the frog designs.

[@gyrrakavian]

For those curious, Thumbelina was one of Don Bluth's frustrated attempts to compete with Disney.

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

How does it compare to a Troll in Central Park?

[@SabrinaTwyla]

“Singing basically like… um… i’m so cool.” “Oh that song from camp rock” *VIGOROUS SHOULDER DANCE*

[@cassafrass1219]

This was amazing! I love the play set-up and using the Drawfee members as actors and Julia's frogs!

[@griffinwetzel3059]

it’s so cute that jacob was the prince🥹

[@romulusnuma116]

This really has an indie horror game aesthetic it's amazing

[@sinsortz]

Love the side comments from Karina in this hahahaha

[@squipsquap]

omg omg, the frogs! Hahaha, you incorporate the deep cuts so well.

[@KatieKat823]

The frogs took me out 🤣

[@KickyFut]

This was amazing!! 🤩👍 I can't believe you were able to do the entire recap using the Drawfee cast! This must have taken such a long time, not only making all the characters, swappable heads(I assume?), the setting like a play... Not to mention... *how many times* you had to listen to the story to time everything up!😵‍💫🤯

[@eyesofmuffin]

Nathan as Jack frost @ 4:40 dropped in there for 'hi yeah it's cold' fucked me up. Brava.

[@redpikmin6473]

I love that the frogs are Julia’s design

[@wizard6029]

i hope to gorsh goofy that the drawfee crew sees this.

[@Kralisedra]

Gilbert Gottfried Beetle is my sleep paralysis demon.

[@riddertjelief3679]

ALL GLORY TO YOU AND YOUR AMAZING FUNNY ANIMATION

[@sydneymitrecic]

I love that Jacob is the prince 😂

[@lucywynnf]

Hey hello what the FUCK how is this so COOL I’m so FUCKING IMPRESSED literally 11/10 beautiful talented art incredible masterpiece. Thank you for animating this whole thing I am STUNNED

[@fiddleriddlediddlediddle]

I feel like I've seen Thumbelina now.

[@teddieElaine1446]

I love your art/animation style. It looks like the characters would be like soft plastic. Such a skill!

[@sepiasmith5065]

this is FANTASTIC

[@swims11torches]

HELP I LOST IT AT THE JULIA FROGS

[@captainwilliams1325]

love that end card.

[@kelsanggyudzhin2340]

You really did this you absolute mad lad. *standing ovation*

[@haleyhersh3850]

I remember this movie. I used to watch this movie when I was six or seven

[@black_platypus]

2:09 YEEESSS! Them's the right kind of frogs! 😊

[@weaselwolf]

I adore the Julia frogs

[@dreamer5959]

This is great, very cool and original art style

[@nickalasmontano1496]

This is a work of art

[@FredDino]

Jack Frost getting arrested just SENT me

[@DondarfSnowbonk]

Love the casting of the story.

[@nicholemonade]

this is incredible

[@TBTabby]

Just be glad it wasn't the Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny version.

[@yate0128]

THE FROGS ARE JULIA FROGS XD

[@Gamehen9]

The Julia frogs are perfect 🤩

[@gab4315]

I literally skipped through the whole movie while watching this and its so dang accurate LMAO! ngl the prince looks pretty handsome while thumbelina looks like one of cinderellas step sisters

[@NoiseDay]

I haven't seen the movie in a long time, but everything Julia says checks out Like who even wrote this story?

[@Engardian]

Oooh, Thumbalulia bout to marry Hot Jacob™️! 6:03

[@mitchellcrispi3472]

I absolutely love this

[@loopsbrother]

The Jack Frost 🤣🤣

[@RadishTheFool]

I love this. I love this so much.

[@GaffiLikeDuh]

The Julia frogs!!!!!!!!!

[@astrealove2247]

As bad as the movie is, you've got to remember that the book was written by a Danish male author in 1835, back then women didn't have a say in who they would get married away to and basically no rights to stand up for themselves. And as horrible as that sounds, that was considered normal 200 years ago, I acknowledge that doesn't help the fact that it's a bad plot though.

[@coryfarmer2596]

Thumbalina for the streets lol

[@nyarg33]

i love that all the major characters are played by the drawfee crew EXCEPT mr beetle whos just a png of gilbert gottfried

[@adde9506]

I guess it could have been Cauldwell.

[@nyarg33]

@@adde9506 Caldwell should have been the random lady at the beginning who adopts thumbelina

[@madameflurrie7277]

rip a legend

[@Montaq_]

Gilbert is honorary Drawfee.

[@bg26789]

@@Montaq_ Gilbert Drawfried

[@geekwithapen1398]

THE DUOLINGO OWL THE FACT THAT THEYRE WATCHING A MIDDLE SCHOOL PLAY STARRING THEMSELVES THE BIG BOY CAMEO This is SO good !!!

[@GradnLordTad]

I marked out when I saw the frogs with Jacob drew cooking on another stream. 🤣

[@Sp4rkler3rickson]

Fun fact, the Big Boy is modeled after Drawfee lore's own Porfo, the Eldritch monster destined to devour Earth, and legendary figure that Drawfee's yearly holiday episode "Drawing Porfmas Gifts For Each Other," is centered around.

[@blarg2429]

@@Sp4rkler3rickson I thought Julia was the eldritch monster destined to devour Earth. How awkward.

[@marc2live]

​@@blarg2429 Potato Cthulhu

[@MemorableMedia]

I can't believe you animated the WHOLE RECAP Absolutely legendary. Loved the casting choices. Especially paper cutout of Gilbert Gottfried's head. Truly a stellar performance.

[@irishpieceoftrash]

I love that Julia's intense dislike for Thumbelina's storyline means that she can literally recount it beat by beat and scene by scene.

[@Kangakool]

And use direct quotes from it!

[@adrianrandom3448]

Hatred is a powerful force

[@sydneymitrecic]

Julia: Can't remember anything ever. Not even what a gorilla vaguely looks like Also Julia: Remembers the entire plot of Thumbelina out of pure hatred

[@theWeaverofTales]

The Julia frogs are so choice, I love them This whole vid is a delight edit: FUCK I took a drink of water and then the Duolingo owl showed up and I choked

[@jadesheridan7492]

I can’t get over the hot guy Jacob cameo

[@akannuoli]

That's what I was thinking!

[@gluestickgenius2644]

I'd marry Hot Jacob any day of the week.

[@bclairelarr]

SCUSE me but *every* Jacob cameo is a hot guy Jacob cameo, _how dare you_

[@shylleth]

I can't get over how well Julia remembers the movie for someone who hates it 🤣

[@annalisasteinnes]

That's probably why she remembered it, because she was so actively hating it the whole time.

[@NezumiWorks]

@@annalisasteinnes She was absolutely correct, too. It's a terrible film.

[@LFOtobot]

Julia: "So in the night she gets kidnapped by four frogs, four performing frogs." Karina: "Oh, I hate when that happens..." My suspicions are confirmed: Karina is smol, only a couple inches tall at most, and Drawfee uses camera tricks to make her look mostly human-sized, though still pretty dang smol.

[@ZipplyZane]

My one thing was that Karina's body looks the same as Julia's. I'd have loved her being smol.

[@thareelhelloagain]

I'm so tired of seeing the word small spelled like that.

[@ZipplyZane]

@@thareelhelloagain It doesn't quite mean the same thing. Karina isn't actually all that small. She's just the shortest of the group, and likes to play up the cutesy cutthroat trope.

[@thareelhelloagain]

@@ZipplyZane I know what it means, I'm just... sick of it. Some modern slang I find pretty charming, but others, like that, I just... ugh. Feels cringey.

[@WGGplant]

its funny bc karina isn't actually that short, but she got "smol" vibes

[@morganqorishchi8181]

You know how dark and edgy renditions of fairy tales are a big thing now? What I've learned from Julia is that that's impossible with Thumbelina because the original was already the worst kind of needlessly dark BS imaginable.

[@annoyingkid48]

Read any fairy tale, the originals were already the darkest. Back when folk tales were told by word of mouth, they were all intended to warn kids off of things that were dangerous. Stay out of the forest, don’t trust strangers, don’t be greedy, don’t break the rules… and if you do any of that, you’ll die. Big reason why edgy reboots suck is they’re trying to do something that was already done by the source text.

[@happyjellycatsquid]

Actually the original original Thumbelina by Andersen isn’t as dark or depressing as that animated movie by Don Bluth. I actually loved the story of Thumbelina and found it uplifting for some reason as a child. So there can be no edgy retelling because the darkest, most depressing one was made years ago and haunts Julia to this day lol

[@rayonidkhow]

I really appreciate the inclusion of everyone as characters, Nathan as the Mole and Jacob as the prince was peak casting 😭 this was a masterpiece thank you for your work

[@roecoe]

Now Jacob and Julia are engaged, I hope that they have a sword shaped runner down the aisle. I think that’s be neat.

[@quintonchurch4064]

I'm sitting here through the whole thing, thinking, "Who are Karina and Nathan going to play?" You made the perfect choices.

[@Sp4rkler3rickson]

"Yikes, she'll marry, like, anyone!" Porfo appears in the roster, Drawfee lore's future devourer of the earth. Nice touch, animator!

[@Harleyishella]

The style of this synopsis given by Julia is how I want stories recounted to me forever now lmfao

[@LadyTroubadour]

WOW that's a lot of work, what an amazing job you've done!!! I love all the cute little in jokes, with the frogs done like that one Julia drawing of the weirdly upright frogs, and Porfo sneaks in for a sec, and it's just... wonderful, every detail, I am so impressed and delighted. The way you designed your character assets is great, looks so simple but it's like, deceptively simple, they can pull off whatever you want them to do, and the expressions are spot on. Also good choice for a clip to animate, Julia basically recounted the whole movie spot on. The orig story is already a bit of an aimless mess but in trying to make it musicy-dancey-charming the studio made it like somehow even worse. It was a shame because the animation itself and the sets and such were pretty to look at but the story had no substance, a janky timeline, no real point or moral center, and very little internal logic, in addition to the somewhat weird portrayal of women and marriage.

[@GradnLordTad]

This animation is incredible. I love Julia ranting about Thumbelina since I hate it too. 🤣

[@kittikat4124]

So it wasn't until this episode came out that I realized I had completely forgotten the story of Thumbilina. I haven't seen the movie since I was like 6, so in my head I thought that it had basically the same story as The Borrowers. So when Julia was talking about how wild the story was, I was so confused and then she explained the story and I was like wait what? I do not remember that story AT ALL, but I know I've seen Thumbilina before

[@jasonuy6129]

NO GXUSBSK the way i can tell u actually watched the movie cause the costumes were so accurate 😭 this was perfect

[@alphagamma19]

The production value of what seems to be a middle school or high school play is incredible

[@shockofthenew]

My favourite thing about this bit is just how genuinely upset Julia gets because I relate so much to becoming unreasonably, sputteringly angry about some stupid piece of media you were subjected to as a kid which made no sense and/or had a problematic message. Like sure that thing might be kind of annoying anyway, but when it's a specific thing from your childhood you get ENRAGED whenever it comes up and have a whole powerpoint ready to go. Julia encapsulates that energy here perfectly.

[@PeregrineDee]

Jack frost and the duolingo owl! i am deceased! The humor is truly impeccable and you captured the energy so well! thank you for this gift!

[@chancematters]

The implication that Thumbalina would be willing to marry Porf is fascinating

[@Red-Hermit]

Do you really think Porfo would allow her to refuse?

[@bleachyidioms]

i love the julia frogs and that they all have roles in the play. your animations are so delightful

[@k.m.2629]

I've never seen this movie before but now I guess I have. Thank you! What a wild undertaking this is and you did it so well. Also. I love your Julia frogs.

[@mostlyghostly5148]

didn't even read the title. I saw drawfee animated, i clicked. very pleasantly surprised to find it was the thumbelina clip

[@hannahmandryk8645]

Making Thumbelina and the Prince look like Julia and Jacob is so flipping good!

[@lizabee484]

Loved the cameos from the Duolingo owl and how Jack Frost was there too? For some reason? I’m assuming that is a Drawfee reference I’m missing context for? But anyway, the whole children’s puppet theater scenario was absolutely adorable and thoroughly entertaining!!

[@baffledmouse]

She's dancing to her favourite book.. Twilight lol. Oh my god the Julia frog model. Thank you for this. Its glorious!

[@lizzy-qu7dh]

AH!!! This is so stinking rad dude!!! So many cute touches in here like the bulk of the story being on a stage w cardboard props, all the dif textures like the flocking on the thumbalina dress, the bumpy plastic frog texture, and all the reflections, and also just the costume designs for the drawfee crew were so cute!! I cant get over nathans mole costume. Phenomenal work!!!! Such a good project u can tell u have pride and passion in

[@deborah2763]

Omg this animation style is perfect. I'd watch a entire movie like this... Heck, I'd watch several seasons of a show in this style. Great work

[@kathryngal3]

I really love Julia. She is so strong and so passionate. Also, Karina’s comments are the best - Oh, I hate when that happens.; Good for him! Lol ❤ this crowd is awesome.

[@lovingzombi6179]

when al predicts Julia and Jacob marrying

[@Joebingley15]

The Julia frogs got me.

[@KaylaKasel]

The style! The artistry! *chef's kiss*. This was absolutely delightful to watch with all the little details and the stage show styling. To quote Gilbert BugFried, (3:40).

[@roxtrox7]

“Yo she’s hot. I’m going to marry her” is so much funnier now that they are engaged 😂 I’ve watched this so many times. Amazing work!

[@f0olk94]

Yeah, i totally get remembering something out of pure hatred. I've made a point of reading the original material of every anime i hate just so i can properly explain to people why it absolutely sucks.

[@Yami_yuugi]

This reminded me of this Thumbelina Adaptation I've been trying to find for YEARS now. It was in the style of studio ghibli but i have never seen it in any ghibli catalogue i've seen. Thumbelina isn't actually thumbelina she's a normal girl whose a bit spoiled and lives with her single mother, and one day her mother got fed up with the girls misbehavior and asked a witch for something to punish the kid, which is a cookie or something that shrinks her down. anyway the mother and daughter fall asleep and Thumbelina shrinks and is taken by these grogs to marry their son. And its just this big adventure of Thumbelina trying to get home to her mother and the Frog boy wants to be a muscician or smth and they ride a butterfly. Like this is the only adaptation where Thumbelina wants to stay with her mother where is it???

[@castlecaptured]

It looks like there was an animated show from the '90s called "Thumbelina: A Magical Story" that seems to match your description. Could that be it?

[@hannatude]

I twitch every time I hear “De-thaw”. It’s either “Defrost” or “Thaw”, guys, you can’t portmanteau them; it changes the meaning entirely.

[@matesafranka6110]

Yeah that's weird, I've also heard someone else say it as "unthaw". I guess it's like how some people say "irregardless" too

[@sepiasmith5065]

omg I didn't even pick up on that LMAO you're right haha

[@KGibbs-pe4ed]

holy shit ///7/// minutes? thats so impressive!!! oh my god the jack frost cameo asdhfhfj