TANKMEN Series History + creator interview (JohnnyUtah) // Flashlight

[@2leftthumbs]

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[@InternetFanatic]

C0ck joek

[@blackmesaenjoyer]

nice

[@g.l.o.w.s.s6900]

It feels so weird hearing the 2 failed ughs, then the perfect "UGH", and then right back to a poopy one.

[@AmazingMezmer]

The second one wasn’t bad, just not quite right

[@rightrna-w4u]

Yeah... UGH!

[@dizzy-tuesday297]

that third UGH has become iconic

[@JustAnAverageGuy5731]

@@dizzy-tuesday297 blocked (trains or whatever tf u r)

[@Goofysillyassmf]

​@@JustAnAverageGuy5731bro what 💀

[@LenkuAzu]

My favorite quote from any of the episodes is, “My panties are kind of in a twist because it’s my birthday and you forgot.” “Oh, I didn’t forget, I just don’t care.”

[@prosecca_nene]

Same 😂

[@MegaDragon1983]

"you son of a gun" 🤣

[@zkdelta8014]

"you black and white son of a gun"

[@BeauTheGoobert]

“ *oh you black and white son of a gun* “

[@MarshallXeno]

Same

[@PedroJaimeCostaPereira]

Newgrounds = national treasure.

[@cinnamonboy4584]

Humanity treasure*

[@dave2051]

I think newgronds should compete against KZbin since it's actually targeted towards older audiences and tho flash dead there was little to no usage of it on new grounds anyway and newgronds is well known now there are a few problems such as needing a lot of money and other inconveniences

[@possibly_ben]

international treasure*

[@THEETHEREALTOBLERONE]

Universe

[@bubbachildsupport4535]

@@dave2051 nah they’ll lose if they try to compete against KZbin. KZbin just has more users overall.

[@Kirbman]

It's great how FNF is bringing all these old characters back in the limelight.

[@CloutKamui]

@I keep getting wooshed nobody thinks that.

[@jivehornet90833]

@@CloutKamui trust me a lot do

[@Kureiji-jy3cb]

@@CloutKamui some people do

[@RealestIsaac]

@@jivehornet90833 source: trust me bro

[@Kennot_B]

@I keep getting wooshed uh ohhh

[@RadikAlice]

Came for the obvious, was quickly mind-blown by the NG deep lore. The Cassandra bit is now stuck in my head I unironically think a Newgrounds iceberg would be a cool idea, and a good excuse to collab with cool people

[@2leftthumbs]

It's something I've thought about briefly. I think there is some really crazy stories on the BBS and such. But I feel that I'm not familiar enough with a lot of that to do it justice. I won't rule it out. But my focus will remain on character/series/developer histories for now

[@RadikAlice]

@@2leftthumbs Fair enough, after all individual people are messy. But if you ever cover one, Piconjo should be it. I feel a strong need to keep going on, but instead I'll just say. If you do it, get in contact with BluShades, and maybe Bedhead Bernie

[@zombiewafle]

The OG NG crew are very open to talk about stuff. The Spirit Science Guy started on Newgrounds lol

[@fab.912]

It's really pretty inspiring to see how far Newgrounds as a whole has come

[@eazyplayz3510]

Indeed

[@eazyplayz3510]

I like to snoop through people’s subscriptions....and I like what I see

[@Gunga_FAB.50]

Im glad people still know what nitw is

[@IAdmitMyCrime]

nice Mae pfp

[@Helicopter7]

Ok

[@iTzz_.matter]

Even tho i started to truly knew Tankmen cuz of FNF, as most people, i kind of knew him with these website that just steal flash games I always saw Tankmen in the intros but never knew who he truly was, but it doesn't really MATTER how you knew him. We all know he is a goddamn legend.

[@YehudiNimol]

True lmao. I live in a non English-speaking country so I'd get all my games from other sites. Played a bunch of Newgrounds classics like Dad N' Me and the Henry Stickmin games there but I never knew that Tankman was more than a logo. I only found out about the Tankmen videos recently when I was looking through Flashpoint for animations. Nevertheless, it doesn't matter if you knew who he is or what is his origin, most people who saw him will remember it for the rest of their lives.

[@laurahuynh8333]

I have played some games in Newgrounds in the past and seen the logo of Tankman, but I never knew there was an entire series.

[@DGcontext]

Same here

[@NoreoeroN]

I only got fully introduced to tanoman from week 7 but I did some proper research I liked normal tankman

[@kr0626]

Same here for me. I only knew him as a logo for newgrounds

[@bozuteru2160]

It's insane that you got jeff for this video, he's usually so busy with his daily angryjoe marathons

[@rudeboyspodcast]

Really? I heard he never shuts up about Markiplier. Has his videos on a 24 hour loop in the Newgrounds office and it drives Tom crazy.

[@yigar]

Loser FNF commentors vs chad oneyplays commentors

[@Skullkan6]

CURSE THIS METAPHORICAL ANCHOR

[@CaptainClark23]

Hey Graeme Did Jeff ever tell you about the time where one morning, he woke up and after he saw his own reflection, he fell in love with it? He’d often cover his big beautiful lips in lipstick, put on women’s clothing and talk to himself in the most Marge Simpson-esque voice he could manage. I only mention this because I once met him at a convention and he wouldn’t stop telling my friends and I about it. He also mentioned some new Sonic animations while insisting something along the lines of “Sonic’s arms will be the right colour this time” (?) and how much reddit gold he’d invested in that week. We were gonna ask him about Nightmare Cops, but before we could, he started making motorbike noises with his mouth and getting spit all over his Smurf shirt while running away. We saw him again later that day where he wouldn’t stop hassling people in the other stalls about how much he loves AngryJoe and the “Kickassia” tattoo he was getting, whatever that means. Anyway, thanks for all your hard work, man. Keep up the cool vids. :)

[@shepantherz1344]

Huh, never knew about that, I didn’t need to either, but it’s funny nonetheless

[@2leftthumbs]

I'm not sure what to make of any of this. Is it some copypasta I've never seen? If not, it should be

[@bool194]

Its a series of jokes in reference to jokes made about jeff, like him having huge lips and being obsessed with them, or when he dressed as a smurf for halloween as a child, but the photo of it just looks like him in blackface with a smurf shirt.

[@brianbread7698]

@@2leftthumbs just listen to sleepy cabin and oneyplays episodes featuring Jeff and you'll understand.

[@tastydoomtime8890]

Of course RoachDoggJr

[@Fisshy0106]

"Should've used the Pythagorean Theorem, bitch" is my favorite line in the series

[@raheemaslam7363]

Me too

[@blacklight4720]

Tankmen only had four episodes, but it will always be one of my favorite animations. I'm now 32 and every time I change workplace I introduce tankmen to everyone, so I can have same style of humour.

[@M644theawesome]

Tankman is also in the indie smash game fraymakers as an assist, I do hope more flash/newground characters do get added into fraymakers, either as an assist or an actual character

[@2leftthumbs]

Luckily with character mods, we can potentially see a whole Newgrounds roster in that game!!

[@LunaMinuna]

@@2leftthumbs I want to make Hank/Pico/ or Alien Hominid for Rivals or even frat tools

[@M644theawesome]

@@nikblur130 Newgrounds Rumble

[@2leftthumbs]

@@nikblur130 It exists! It's called Newgrounds Rumble :)

[@smashmallow1012]

@@2leftthumbs assuming that they get made there before they do in rivals of aether. hopefully fraymakers will bring daniel fornaniel's masterpiece a bit more attention. (yes i know his name is dan fornace, but the rivals community calls him daniel fornaniel as a joke)

[@theundertaler5875]

I love that they used Jeff's iconic catchphrase: ugh...

[@ricestrange]

Yeh

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

There's always a tank logo in Newgrounds whenever I played a game yet I don't know who the Tankmen are until now. Honestly, these guys are pretty interesting. Armor Games, Kongregate, and Newgrounds are the three horsemen of Flash player.

[@syndere6755]

This is very true

[@MrGuidoxo]

Don't forget StickPage! :(

[@PedroJaimeCostaPereira]

True fact, but don't forget StickPage and Free Online Games too.

[@MrGuidoxo]

@@PedroJaimeCostaPereira Let's also not forget about Coolmath Games!

[@Rogeryoo]

Yeah, there were many websites such as these, though the big three were definitely those. I'm not sure which site would be the fourth, though, to round it up. Perhaps miniclip, though I feel there's not many sites that ever got as big as NG, KG or AG.

[@Tucurb]

The 3 GodFathers of Newgrounds Pico's School Madness Combat Tankman

[@vollithe]

That is correct

[@SemiCommma]

@@alejjtheninja5803 I think fnf would be one of the many kids

[@liviwaslost]

Eddsworld

[@vollithe]

@@liviwaslost nah not true, but its ok

[@liviwaslost]

@@vollithe it was pretty popular.

[@mrdangerfun9779]

Expected : ugh Reality: TITANIC PART 2

[@UnD.niableSins]

@@shotgunner2039 ok

[@2leftthumbs]

It must stink to hate fun

[@thelastlordguy4311]

@@shotgunner2039 i understand since they draw "Weird" things immediately

[@catco123]

@@justsomerando4905 monster is original

[@toast7922]

@@justsomerando4905 People don't know everything, what do you expect

[@gianttacogod]

The fact 2 left thumbs supports scrabdackle even if he gets no benefit is wholesome.

[@2leftthumbs]

jake is a great guy, and I was very happy to play a role in hyping up his Kickstarter!

[@Stareostar]

my favorite joke is from Tankmen .5, the exchange "Sorry, my mom told me not to talk to assholes" "*gasp*" "Move, asshole! I'll do the talking" its a pretty simple joke on paper but its executed so well that it cracks me up every time

[@TrashMusic79]

Mine is from tank men infinity which is, " if I wasn't holding my gun right now, I'd be holding my GUN right now"

[@_.SnowyNights._]

Anyone else talking about how Pico literally goes rocket racoon on all of tankman's teammates during the last week 7 song?

[@themaincharacter4985]

This is why I love video games, people coming together and working with all there heart and soul in it with a fiery passion and creating something legendary

[@LunaMinuna]

My favorite part about these Newgrounds history videos is that it feels like going through a triple A game backstory on how they were made but these were just made by a bunch of adults

[@Blu_Streak]

-TANKMEN -BOYFRIEND -HENRY STICKMIN i think im obsessed with newground characters

[@2leftthumbs]

As we all should be!

[@zarazayan1905]

Yameen pico

[@birkenomegacybertronultimate]

22:26 If you pay attention you'll know that at this point at the episode steve says "ugh" and the song in the background matches up with it perfectly.

[@connorlego5229]

I didn’t really know about tank man past ‘the guy in the new grounds logo’ but now I know that tankman appearing in FNF is kinda like Banjo&kazooie getting in smash, an incredibly old character who was incredibly big in their time getting in a new big thing

[@heppuplays9125]

It's awesome how FNF is a true love letter to this era of NG content. Like with first adding Pico and Now Tank man. And even more Flash kings in the backround of the Christmas mall level. like Meatboy and Henry stickmin were a few i spotted.

[@zeze64.]

High Quality Ugh Man yeah?

[@theoverseer4946]

This is the last piece of the "old internet": An internet not that family friendly, yet more interesting than now

[@jaysonklein6018]

And free-er to express one's self, creatively.

[@danvern0]

@@shadyday2122 on surface level now is more expected to be politically correct, but under that there are a ton of genuine creeps peddling content much more disturbing than anything from that era.

[@wigglerwednesday]

22:26 the timing of the music and animation onscreen are perfect 10/10

[@CaramelodyTheSongBunny]

Holy crap the professionalism on this video is insane good job! Maybe do madness combat next?

[@2leftthumbs]

I actually did a Madness one a few years back! But it was super rushed, and I always felt it could have been done much better. The hope it to revisit that later this year alongside "Madness Day"

[@CaramelodyTheSongBunny]

@@2leftthumbs thanks for responding! your videos always succeed in making me smile. also id say go for it! i just got into madness and im excited to see what you come up with

[@gabirmol]

Damn fnf is really bringing some awesome series back into the spotlight.

[@familywald978]

Lol I did not know this

[@pikalop]

How have I never heard of Tankmen until now?? I've just watched it and damn I'm in love?

[@revelare_xvii6269]

*Friday Night Funkin’ is singlehandedly bringing back the glory these Newgrounds icons once had.*

[@ParadoxNoob]

22:26 that "UGH" synced so well with steve XD steve also said "ugh" in that clip you saw in the timestamp

[@TheAdvertisement]

While never particularly connected to Newgrounds, I used to love playing online games, and I'm loving the simple, dry humor and freedom I'm seeing now with Newgrounds's comeback! I'm definitely gonna be looking at the site more now.

[@g1gabytez]

tankmen and fnf got me into Newgrounds :) i just love the tankmen's designs and the charm of the series.

[@JR1cktheSk3tchy]

u that some person who amde the tankgirl video

[@ricestrange]

Same words

[@MariusKennedy]

same.

[@PoisonIvory088]

Thank u so much for doing this vid it brings things back to a simpler time!

[@2leftthumbs]

My pleasure!

[@alpphire]

I watched Tankmen back when I was a lot younger so to see it again is getting me all oddly nostalgic.

[@LunaMinuna]

5:28 I will NEVER forget the seasonal ones so nostalgic

[@robbykadobby]

anybody remember alien hominid? one of newgrounds' first games on console?

[@fod-der]

I only remember it only cause of castle crashers

[@batatolol9867]

ins't alien hominid from behemoth?

[@Beansman-gp3ws]

@@batatolol9867 It was made by Tom Fulp and Dan Paladin who created The Behemoth to make Alien Hominid a full game. It was originally a short flash game on newgrounds

[@batatolol9867]

@@Beansman-gp3ws ooooh cool

[@SunlightThePony0c0]

I miss the tankmen series😭

[@flmalegre]

There's nothing that warms my heart like Jeff's laugh.

[@Yipper64]

23:05 I love how you just KNOW which one it was.

[@bigoreoenergy3123]

Huh, interesting. Ppl behind Newgrounds are one of the most passionate, talented ppl I've ever seen and I respect that deeply. Makes me want to be part of this community one day.

[@ripace1742]

learning that the NG logo was inspired by KMFDM is pretty cool i never would've known that is was without this vid . KMFDM is such a good band definitely one of my favorites

[@ChumpX2]

3:15 what it says: Acknowledgment FOR THE MILTEILD

[@OGPepsiman]

I can’t wait for Brad Borne to put some work into making Fancy Pants Man in Friday Night Funkin’

[@ST3PF0RD]

0:25 THAT'S MY GAME! GUN KNIGHT, IN THE BANNER! :D That aside, I want to hear more about Nightmare Cops.

[@ladyma143]

Cool

[@iamthiccy_driftyyhi7916]

I was born in 2008 (I’m 14), But sometimes I really really wish I was born before that so I could experience the peak of what the world was like back then. My generation had those little IPod touches that died really quickly and those rubber band animal bracelets from what I remember, But I do wish I could truly experience what the world and the Internet in 2000-2007 was like. Luckily today, I can get a glimpse of that! I’m the same teenager laughing at a newgrounds skit, just in a different generation! The Internet never really ceases to amaze me and I’m glad I found tankman and newgrounds.

[@iamthiccy_driftyyhi7916]

Also, I love at 14 I can already experience nostalgia because of how much the world is progressing. The old Instagram logo and 2010-2016 pop songs are really nostalgic for me.

[@andre_601]

There is one thing I like about Newgrounds, which is that they still support Flash games, but in a different way. Instead of just dropping support, like so many pages did, did one person actually develop a software that allows running flash games on newer browsers, essentially allowing to preserve the games that existed for so long. Some people just don't get how much NG influenced the modern internet today, especially with what games came from there originally.

[@twilizone536]

I remember being very young and coming home from school to watch the tankman series multiple times. I never understood anything but I still found it funny, I haven't been on NG in a long time now but I wanna make an account and start going back again, I'm glad other people are finding out about NG and checking it out now :)

[@doodlehobbo8697]

Loving week 7

[@s.gooberson]

Newgrounds: the greatest thing to grace the universe

[@Angel_Underscore]

I want an ugh remix where every note the tankman sings is an ugh except for the ugh itself, that would be a normal note

[@jolleh]

22:26 The timing of "Ugh" in the song with the "ugh" from Tankmen .5 is a really nice touch

[@Hi_Just_Fred]

Honestly after watching a compilation of all the Tankmen Animations they didn't even feel that dated to me, not even in terms of writing. I genuinely find them to be very well made cartoons. 👍

[@abowlofguacamole8558]

What confuses me is that there is definitely that one person who thinks Friday night funkin isn't from newgrounds

[@SemiCommma]

I did for a been when I wasn’t quite familiar with new grounds and thought it was down for years lol

[@delete---7593]

@@SemiCommma Wow sad.

[@jtboatyard]

Dam this is really what i needed, i'm completely noob to all of this newgrounds stuff and i have so much catching up to do. i'm so glad fnf introduced me to this entire new to me side of the internet. great video, appreciate all the work u put into it bruh xo

[@AgarthanExecutioner]

So nice to see that the art for the iconic logo was inspired by my favourite band! It always reminded me of BRUTE!'s art and I'm glad to see it be a direct inspiration :) I even got a commission from Aidan Hughes (BRUTE! himself) a while ago after I added him on Facebook. Next up is to get Käp'n K (KMFDM's frontman) to sign the print I made of it lol

[@greenman1200]

Although the inclusion of the Tankman in fnf has gotten me more interested into him, plus my discovery of the classic series. I allways knew him from playing flash games with began with his logo, AKA stolen from Newgrounds. But for some reason I allways knew the games were gonna be good when they had that logo. Seriously.

[@2leftthumbs]

The "stolen" concept is interesting. Because some of them would have been. But largely is was kind of like the Flash equivalent of a publisher. Developers benefitted from their games being shared around! I really gotta make that video on how Flash game monetization used to work lol

[@chomperone559]

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[@greenman1200]

@@2leftthumbs Huh, your right! I agree. I don't think i would call that "stolen" anymore. Amazing video by the way! Really liked it.

[@Korified_]

Wait that statue had the castle crashers knights. Does that mean... TANKMEN takes place in the same universe as Castle Crashers?

[@articxunodorseggnej8016]

I’ve always loved the tankmen design since I was a little kid. Would always spam the no profile tankmen as my profile pic for school.

[@TombOfFangs]

He should make TANKMEN into a comic.

[@LumosVeil]

I never really found out about Newgrounds until in recent years ago I’ve been wanting to learn more about its character and history.

[@Uhhhhh1188]

April 11th: video uploaded April 18th: Tankman now inFriday Night Funkin' Week 7 (it crashed Newgrounds) Today (April 19th): Video gets recommended Wow.

[@MrSonicTeam]

if it's true that tankmen 2.5 and 3 can/would come out in the near future then I'll be so damn hyped I'll take anything JohnnyUtah throw at me

[@AaronSoul725]

God watching these videos makes me so nostalgic for Tankman and Newground as a whole I watched Newgrounds when I was only 8 Years old and god I love that this stupid dumb site that I still loved and shaped my childhood is still strong and kicking. Long live Newgrounds!

[@jaredfry2037]

This is my first info about tankmen and watching the series after this I just wanna thank you

[@decidueyesrandm5526]

I feel someone needs to continues the series for him

[@I-AM-SPAZZ]

18:07 and 8:51 Don't mind this, this is here for me to replay over and over again bc I love it.

[@solumanblevins5906]

I still remember a sub series that had this Female Tank-Woman as the main character, had a RT Tex vibe to her, sadly probably taken down cause one episode was a giant Skillet-Monster AMV. I miss those days...

[@imbaconplate8872]

I watched the tankmen series a while ago but this was very helpful to get the full story

[@XaeLion_Productions]

Tank man is the Newgrounds person Everyone KNOWS

[@-TheLegendHimself-]

Omg that guy from FnF rIgHt??? uGh UgH the tank man from fnf who say uGH

[@mattomustsplatto8986]

@@-TheLegendHimself- wOaH

[@ricestrange]

Then what about Pico?

[@XaeLion_Productions]

@@ricestrange Well Pico Also is but he’s not the (KING) of Newgrounds Pico was born in 1990s

[@CommanderSymbols]

I keep coming back to this because I FEEL LIKE THIS WAS A PROPHECY BC I FOUND THIS VIDEO BEFORE I DISCOVERED KMFDM LATER THAT SAME YEAR 😭

[@CommissarJimbo]

Didn't know I missed Tankmen so much.

[@commencat9827]

what a conicadence i was just watching tank man so meow

[@mothilibu]

cat moment

[@luckycrab94]

I’m still holding out on the idea that on the last song of week 7 of FNF, a giant chicken will crush him

[@ryantalley5284]

Sorry bro

[@masaka82]

Nah, but at least Pico’s there shooting down tankmen from both sides, so we have him.

[@GregoryMom]

f

[@RB565_YT]

Everyone thought Newgrounds will be doomed when flash dies, but it went renaissance instead!

[@lildumbguy]

when Phantom Arcade leaked the next week friday night funkin. Everyone: TANK MAN

[@LunaMinuna]

As much as I love Tankmen series nothing can beat BITEY my absolute favorite series and I can’t wait for its return

[@_.t4763]

You can't lie you like the ugh sound

[@xSwiftx4]

Ive poked around Newgrounds a bit as a child but didnt really know what it was all about for me? Was it like CartoonNetwork.com? Some website to play Flashgames? or perhaps something a bit of a mashup. Seeing this video helped me realize that NG has its own unique style that no other website does. I appreciate it

[@Extremezotako]

Now this is good content right here folks

[@c5l217]

I'm excited for an episode on Madness Combat!

[@beanutbutter2977]

While I had heard of Newgrounds before, Ive frequented on it in my childhood, I liked the girlier games ya see. Wasn’t my style at the time, but hey, I’m learning and loving these characters I didn’t appreciate before.

[@MineSlimeTV]

I feel like I seen this channel before, yet it feels so charmingly nostalgic but fantastic

[@kwstassp]

"IM GONNA BE A DAAD IM GONNA BE A DAAAD" *shoots* "Not anymore"

[@dklk734]

I feel bad I missed the height of Newgrounds I didn't even know about it until college

[@lobzoy]

*i think i called tankman "tankguy" once even tho i had never went onto newgrounds and had no idea about what his actual name was. (i f he had one, that is.)* *(oh, and, fun fact: newgrounds and a lot other...i n t e r e s t i n g websites were blocked in turkey for quite a few years.)*

[@thecoffeequeen_]

half of people don't know that there's some characters in fnf are from new grounds that get me shocked. Anyways Newgrounds is legend, it's my favorite Shit I've ever had

[@EvyDevy]

Thanks for the great interview!

[@Nny_is_neat777]

18:07 i swear i cant get over that like the way he says “yup look theres my peni 😁”

[@awesome6183]

I was 5/6 when I watched new grounds sweet memories and I even watched tankman have a vivid memory of it soo as a thanks for building the blocks that made me an a animator thanks

[@Ultrox007]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that still quotes tankmen. Thank you JohnnyUtah.

[@CaptainJoosh]

Wasn't too interested in FNF at first, then I saw they added Tricky and I was like "Whoa", then they added the Tankmen and it brought back even more good memories. Probably won't ever play it, was never good rhythm games on PC, but it has brought me nostalgia and joy.

[@nachaslover]

Didn’t know they were inspired by KMFDM I LOVE THAT BANDD

[@hypercactus6489]

I love how tank man is so funny that I can only hear parts of the episodes and still laugh my ass off 🤣

[@DrJones-ly4ug]

I just saw a ad while watching this and basically the ad is like a Demi Gorgon terrorizing the whole town but there’s just one person using this one thing and just OK and they put a flower in their hair and Demi GorgonIt’s just terrorizing the city

[@pedromeiramendesyoutuberpe7203]

"this is war and in war people die" sergeant john captain 2021 19 april