YouTube History #5: The Fall Of Danger Dolan
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
- The Fall Of Danger Dolan
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In this episode, we look back at my former favorite UA-cam channel, Danger Dolan. Back in 2015, I would always tune back into this creator to see what weird list video he would put out next. But over the years, his content has slowly slipped away from consciousness, not just for me, but for many others. What exactly happened to this formerly popular creator? What caused the fall of Danger Dolan?
Intro - 0:00
Inception - 1:05
Rise In Popularity - 3:44
Planet Dolan - 6:44
Shima’s Disappearance - 9:19
Downfall - 11:56
Analysis & Conclusion - 15:04
Music:
• Shades of Spring
• The Snow Queen
• Royalty Free Music - R...
• Kool Kats - Розваги
I made an update regarding Destruna, PipeAttack, and Dolan's return. It can be found here: ua-cam.com/video/JRloLcnm9kg/v-deo.html
I've not been recommended one of his video for years. Completely forgot he even existed until I saw this video crop up.
well, funny enough, the channel and its subchannels died after the Shima drama. she did love dolan but was betrayed by him when he got back with his ex lol. she ended up leaving the crew without saying anything to anyone. prompting panic in multiple communities around dolan's channels..
based on the timing of him getting back with his Ex, that ex getting her own spot on the show, Shima getting less and less screen time, it only took a few months before it broke her to the point of abandoning it all. her actions and the timing of it all made it clear how she felt. makes me sad every time i think about the Shima drama. who knows, they mighta had a great future together...
Don't feel bad, I'm subbed to him and forgot about him xD damn!
Same. The only thing I really remember about them is Chrischan developed an obsession with them and it showed up in his mad rants every now and then.
@@ddxinthehouse Who was that ex?
Same more or less but I was wondering what had happened to that channel not too long back. Also, love your channel...actually just resubscribed to your channel. Weird. I already was a subscriber I'd thought. I never unsubscribed. Interesting. Love your videos.
God just hearing that “danger Dolan” line at the start caused immense nostalgia.
I remember when he had only had 50k lol
Same. Danger Dolan is etched into my mind.
I read nostalgia as migraine somehow and it made this so fucking funny
Same
Just reading the words 'Danger Dolan' brings that sound into my head
I still worry about Shima to this day. I was so distraught when she left. Wherever Shima is, I hope she’s okay.
I believe she's okay. I saw another video done on her disappearance awhile back, and someone said in the comments is how Danger Dolan handled her leaving was poor. I understand Internet privacy, but the way they talked and answered her absence made it sound like something bad happened to her. They drew a lot of criticism on this. Their understanding of "privacy" completely misled the public to think that something bad had happened, to not even state that she left the project, etc.
From my understanding after what happened, Dolan made a response to someone looking into shima, which turns out she just, decided that social media and the Dolan crew just wasn’t worth it anymore, she just decided to leave, she stopped contacting the group but there was a conversation between her and Dolan which basically was her saying she’s fine and is doing her own thing, what ever that that may be
@@reflection6401 She’s like off the grid?
@@Blueoriontiger ikr like wtf was that "Shima x pipe attack" video. always thought that was distasteful. i remember hearing that she didn't like being sexualized, and that the fanart weirded her out... so seeing that artist draw the guy groping her boob was so fucking weird.
I always thought that she might’ve had a mental episode of some sort due to the high stress that is common in animators and she probably just stuck by her decision due to stress
Shima was my favorite "character" as a kid, one day I noticed her disappearance. Sadly I stopped watching after that, nothing felt right, and as much as I respected how they gave her privacy, I couldn't understand her disappearance without being given a reason. Currently 9:37 minutes in so I'm interested to see where this goes
I can’t agree more, as soon as shima disappeared something felt off, like everyone was hiding something dark that may have happened to her...
I thought shima left because of sexual harassment ?
@@purrecioustabby630
People have been saying that but no one on team Dolan has come forward to confirm it as far as I know
@@mayrahemmerechts5867 hellbent's comment here mentions how "parasocial" shima "fans" got so... i would say sexual harassment is a pretty good guess, it just didnt come from the crew, and instead the audience. all parasocial relations w women online seem to be driven by attraction
Me too, shima and Melissa the purple bird avatar were my favourites, I was sad when she left but I think it was for the best
Quality version of Watchmojo is the perfect way of summing up dolan's list videos
Yee
Perfect videos to watch late at night at around 3 a.m.
@@themangoman9315 yeah
@@themangoman9315 yeeep
I miss Danger Dolan. I stopped watching when he changed up the content to exclusively weird reddit posts and user-submitted stories. They were interesting for a while until that was all he was putting out and it got boring and old. Its weird to see a channel's budget goes up but content suffers.
A lot of his vids now look a little clickbaity, to be honest.
Is stopped watching him too lol 😂
That’s kinda how it feels with Mathew Santoro (If that’s how you spell it), the budget went up, but the content most definitely suffered.
Yeah that reminds of another reddit reader. He used to post the pro revenge and the like, then suddenly stopped, and started doing reddit memes and laid back bs. The guys content felt kinda shitty after he stopped posting his serious stuff.
Same
I had the pleasure of being the main music composer/singer/producer for SPD. I can tell you that a big impact was simply budget - I even made more songs, fully written/produced and with my animation ideas fully provided - but there wasn't money to animate them. However, he always paid me for my work, even those unanimated ones, and was such a joy to work for and always replied to messages. He had big ambitions, and went full-hog at them in a way thats super inspiring. Sometimes they'd make mistakes, like use an earlier mix of some of my songs in the videos by mistake, but I think that points more to how overworked they all were than any negligence. My understanding is he's working on a project with a better budget, I'm pretty sure he publically announced it too.
Remembering Dolan made me realize how crappy my recommendations had been since the pre-2016 era of UA-cam. Back then, I could find any channel with a unique way to output content and refresh my subscription list every month. Nowadays, most of the UA-camrs I get are documentary-based channels that were interesting at first, but are now boring me to death with endless videos of the same soft background music format that span between 30-60 minutes.
I used to have a limitless source of watchable content through my large subscription list. Now most of the time my subscription box is full of the same stupid people, and my recommendations are full of things I've already watched, subscription videos that could've just stayed on the subscription section, a mix of the first two, and a stupidly long list of documentary UA-cam videos. It's annoying the hell out of me as there's nothing unique or diverse to what I find anymore, just the same old shit.
UA-cam is slowly becoming a cable provider surgically grafted to a social media platfrom.
Ikr? Awful, and they are getting reeaal comfortable with the 2 ad count after every video now.. Its noticeable...
@Frax It’s gotten to the point where I feel like the majority of my time on UA-cam is spent watching unskippable ads...
I used to watch a lot of animations and ended up at one point only getting recommended animated music videos and cgi and like college animation projects. I never got sick of it tbh, just I watch other stuff too and because UA-cam is what it is, now I don't get anything like that recommended now.
@@hossdelgado626 yeah its impossible to do regular ten minute uploads for animators, youtube no longer became as full of opportunities for them
I actually stopped watching with the introduction of Super Planet Dolan. Never really fell in love with the animated content. The lists made easy watches and felt informal and laid back. I still felt like the animated stuff was solid but not what I was looking for so sort of stopped watching after that.
Same, it honestly seemed to me like it was going in way too many directions and that turned me off of it.
Also the topics of the reddit videos were things that didn't concern me nor did I find interesting
Yeah same. It became too cluttered too
I thought this was something only I experienced. I didn't know so many people felt the same way
I didn't even purposefully stop watching, it just stopped appearing for me when they changed to Planet Dolan. After that I would see him in Nixxioms stuff etc. but never really got back into the DD stuff.
Same. I remember him having a contest for his profile pic. Right after he made planet Dolan, and i just didn't enjoy it for some reason and stopped watching
I actually met dolan and gooby back in 2018. He was super cool and chill and so was gooby and he also had ginger hair which took me by surprise as no image of his face existed on the internet, but it was awesome meeting him and gooby and I didn't really have a image of what they looked like at all.
I had a tingly feeling he was ginger, idk he just had that voice. Cant describe it.
intrigue level yes
@V. S. Werejester i remember he uploaded a video of himself doing a video game unboxing when he was sick.
Was this at the first VidCon in Melbourne? If so... I was there too!
this might be a stupid question, but how did you know it was them without knowing their faces?
This might seem like a stretch but does anyone else remember Dark5? Also a ‘list channel’ but the themes seemed much more dark, creepy, and honestly very interesting.
Yeah I used to love that channel back then. Slowly lost interest in their video format. I should check that channel again, wonder what it's like nowadays, haven't looked at it in sOOOO long.
Yep. Still following that guy and still quite over with the switch to video format.
Yea until they repeated lists and only made videos up to 10 minutes for ad money and lost quality.
@@thehr99 I swear I was the only one who noticed them repeat uploads, thought I was going crazy.
yeah, that's why I stopped watching. fuck that channel, scummy af
Yeah
Man, I used to LOVE Danger Dolan. This video gave me so much nostalgia.
Fax and I have his book 😂
Danger Dolan was the shit when I was in elementary school back in the early/mid 2010s
This post hurts
damn son how old are you
I was in my later high school and college years during that time span
@@youllbemytourniquet the op is probably around 17/18 because I was in elementary and middle school around the same time and I'm 18
@@dtxspeaks268 I bet you used aol/yahoo messager alot
Honestly Shima dodged a bullet by going dark at that time because Chris Chan got into Dolan's fandom sometime after
Where is shima luan now anyways?
@@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307 shima used to be a popular (perhaps even staff) user of an online neopets like game called chickensmoothie. that's about all i know, she hasn't been active there in ages either
@@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307 No one knows
I remember her as a cat from the Q&A question things 😂😂😂
@@junolysses shima played chickensmoothie??? thats like my childhood right there wow
The three main Shima disappearance theories are:
1. Shima suffers from depression and disappears from the Internet intermittently when her depression gets worse
2. Shima's real life job/circumstances caused her to become too busy
3. Something bad happened in her life and she just never came back to the Internet after it
I personally think that it's probably a combination of the above theories.
I have no way to double check this right now because I am writing this on a whim, but I somehow remember there being a stalking case with Shima. My sisters and I were avid Danger Dolan fans and after Shima's "disappearance" one of my sister's did some investigating and maybe saw something on her twitter about something like that. I haven't finished the video yet as of watching this, so I don't know if this is mentioned or if it doesn't have any substance at all behind it. I just saw a few comments here about Shima's disappearance without any mention of her possibly being stalked and decided to share the very vague memory I had of it.
@stupid Cat I remember her saying somewhere that she didn't really care people did. So I doubt that is the reason.
I just hope she's okay.
Shima left because a portion of Planet Dolan's audience were being creeps to her because the animator who draws the characters was a weird NSFW artist and some of his fans came over to Planet Dolan and they began stalking her. It would've been nice if the artist and his fans were called out for this and they were forced to do something about it instead of her doing the apologizing, but in the end that's mostly why she left.
That "something bad" was chris chan.
Man this is such a great video. I worked on some of the earlier content and stuck around for a long time. This definitely brings back memories.
I’m curious but I was wondering weren’t you one of the animators? I remember hearing that handle sweetcommando way back but thinking how cool of a name it is 😄
@@drgamebit6218late but yes he was
I miss it when Dolan did list videos.
Remember when he would always say Danger dolan at the beginning of his videos?
Yeah I lost interest when it became super planet Dolan. It just wasn't the same anymore
@@coffeecaim2527 yeah :[
Same
@@coffeecaim2527 Yeah the list where nice and simple, where as planet Dolan was all over the place! Like nursery rhyme remixes, lists, reddit stories and other type videos. like what even!
Wow what a blast from the past. I watched this guy when I was in early high school-ish, like 2012-2013 maybe? I remember when it was just Dolan with the old icon. I even remember specifically when Cr1tikal was in that animation for the first time because I'd been watching him since waaaaayy before his channel is what it is today (tbh stopped watching when he gravitated away from stupid funny gameplay videos and into..whatever kind of dudebro streaming commentary stuff he's doing now) and it was exciting to see an animated interpretation of him because this was before he'd ever publicly shown his face and I think before he'd even said his name online. I just stopped watching after a while, right around the time Hellbent was first introduced to the channel, but I recently heard about the whole situation with Shima and your video definitely piqued some interest.
It makes me feel so freaking old to see videos like this about channels that are considered at least somewhat "defunct" in a way, when I'd not only watched them in the past but specifically watched them before they even really hit their peak haha. Thanks for the look back in time!
Cute profile pic
He still does gaming
aww i forgot that hellbent existed/the peguinz0 of the group..
yeah very off topic but i’m not a fan of new critikal. his old vids were epic and funny. his new ones are uh…too ‘political’ for me for lack of better word.
I watched Dolans videos during high school too but I always liked hellbent cus he would go from talking normally when covering a video to yelling in like 2 seconds.
Both Hellbent, Slapped Ham, and Pringle the One run independent channels now. Hellbent live streams games. Slapped ham does spooky posts and videos. And Idk what pringle does.
I was a huge planet dolan fan in high school and I got to witness in real-time when Shima dropped off the face of the internet. Everybody was making stupid conspiracies that she was dead or had been kidnapped or there was some super secret crazy drama between her and the other channel members. And then people would bash on her for “abandoning” the channel or whatever. And it’s like. Man. Nobody owes you an explanation for why they left the internet. That’s their private biz and if they don’t wanna talk about it, they don’t have to. And that doesn’t make them suspicious or flaky or whatever. I feel so bad for her honestly
I used be into the channel a long time ago, early 2010's. I unsubbed like maybe 5 or 6 years ago because of some the content repeating itself and just growing bored of it.
I honestly had no idea Cr1tikal was one of the narrators until now, maybe because back then I had no idea who he was yet. Shima disappearing was strange, but I remember people not liking her initially because she "ruined" the Danger Dolan channel.
This was such a nostalgic trip to my early years on the internet.
Yeah I remember her getting disliked a lot early on, I stopped watching after they made planet dolan. Danger Dolan was my favorite channel back then
@@SACKBOY123432 Same, though I stayed on Planet Dolan for a few years before moving on because later on they only focused on reddit stories for shock value.
Used to watch his World of Warcraft content, man sometimes I really hate being nostalgic, makes me lonely.
My favorite line from DD is “So you’re eating a blender and your tongue gets caught in a sharp twirly bit. I’m not sure how you got this far in life.”
sound more like a sam o nella quote. IS THAT FUCKING FISH JENGA?
This is a case imo for how oversaturation ruins channels. I think they're nice people and they seem chill to be around but, the algorithm can get VERY ruthless with how much content is there, if you post too much, the audience may feel overwhelmed, but if you don't, we all know. I hope that those two people who're missing are safe and probably have other career paths that they're nice to have and that their health is as better as it can be.
What a throwback. Loved this channel when I was younger. The disappearance of Shima was so intriguing and I’m surprised nothing has come to light about it after all these years. Really hope she’s ok.
I totally forgot about this channel tbh. I remember being so worried about Shima. Hope she's doing well.
Blameitonjorge has actually being doing videos since like 2012. He just privated or removed his older list video because they were outdated and not good in general. That's why when you go to his channel, the earliest video on his page is "Top 50 Lost or Banned Episodes of Kid Shows" from February 2015.
Correction, since 2013. And it was more skit stuff than lists, which he started doing more in early 2014.
@@RobsMedia25 no he started doing lists back in 2012 and I know bc I've been subscribed to him since and the first video I saw from him was his original most disturbing moments in kids shows list. He also released his top 20 "scariest" creepypasta list (which was really just popular pastas back in 2012 and 13).
I think he started getting better in 2014 with his Disney/Pixar theory list video even though it did feature a lot of debunked creepypastas like Pixar Theory.
@@RobsMedia25 do you that his first video was "am I a brony"
No I'm not joking
I miss n continue to ask for the return of his omegel vids with his DUCK
@@dtxspeaks268 honestly, his top 20 scariest creepypastas video is my favorite, next to the broadcast intrusion video
Hellbent is still kicking it on his channel at least.
@@Heckbent | nice
@@Heckbent Hell yea brother.
@@Heckbent my man!
10:29 in general, ARGs including real life people (aside from historical figures) tend to be in poor taste. Its really gross to use real victims for a spoopy internet project.
agreed
Danger Dolan is back, if anyone here doesnt know that yet. He was indeed spending his time working on his own cartoon Destruna, i really do suggest yall take a look, it only has 44k views rn, and its probably bc youtube hasnt notified or ppl unsubscribed, but he has returned, its time to show this legend some love again
I still remember the days when I first watched him.
I was there when he first transitioned into the Movies Channel, the original launch of Super Planet Dolan, the additional of the other narrators, the initial disappearance of Shima, Doland's relationship and eventual marriage to Gooby, etc.
Now it all just makes me depressed, as Doland was one of my first interaction wit a community.
I had a pretty successful planet dolan fanpage a few years back, 2000 followers, made alot of friends in the fandom, and shortly before i quit, planet dolan tanked, and I resumed the page for a few months after trying to drive viewers to their channel, but it didn't work, it was really sad, because Dolan is a cool guy, and I talked to some people from PD, Because they found my page, i even had a PD animator follow the page, and they were all really nice and didn't deserve to have such a big downfall, dolan is working on a show now, gooby and hellbent stream sometimes on yt, I don't know much about the others, it's really sad, I hope they all succeed in whatever they try to do in the future
I unsubbed from Planet Dolan when they started churning out lame creepypasta videos where the narrator of the video would always swear up and down this actually happened to them. At first they didn't acknowledge they were pilfering content from Reddit, though at some point later the channel went back and added "reddit stories" to all the videos they plagiarized from Reddit. I guess I wasn't the only one who unsubscribed when the channel tried to legitimately pass off creepypastas and urban legends as things that actually happened to the person narrating the video.
Everyone still does this.
That's kinda scummy, tbh. Like I did shitty stuff as a kid because I thought creepypasta (don't ask) I rather not have Pastas be passed off as real, or like stories that happened because kids thought creepypasta were real passed of as creepypastas- I've had my story used in a video like this actually. On video it was rated near one the top of the list, and the person who was making the video... I loath how he handled it acting like a "spooky" story, that was my trauma. I rather not have any one else stories, and trauma get used for clout and income at least without my permission. Which he doesn't have
I think The time I stopped watching was when they started putting weird photos as there video covers. Still the channel gives me some good memories but if I’m being honest it’s not something I could return to these days.
I stopped paying attention way earlier than all this planet stuff. News to me heh. I think he was still doing top tens, I'd never seen any of the animated cast ones. I only learnt through this video that Charlie was on there....and I first knew about him with his old as Hell gameplay videos. The first one I saw was a Mario Kart knock off so many years ago now.
I remember finding his channel in 2015-2016 and I binged it so much. I definitly noticed the channels slow but sure downfall of the channel, and the animated channel as well. It's sad - the videos are great.
This entire thing just sounds like the channel died naturally, which in these times is oddly rare and hard to find. It's nice to see a more nostalgic part of everyone's past be left on a positive note.
Planet Dolan, a good business decision, turned into a really bad business decision, all those animators and voice actors, where was your money going Dolan? It's not infinite, his ambitions were too great, expectations too high, he kept hiring and hiring, and after that it was barely even Dolan anymore, I loved Hellbent and many of the new voice actors and things, the animations were cool too but I was here for Dolan, and trying to find the guy narrating over a video became like finding a needle in a haystack.
I think Dolan has given up on this business, and I think the cast got laid off, if he comes back the man should return to his roots, it's been 5 years or something since a classic Danger Dolan list video, I think that could bring people back, sometimes simpler is better, and Dolan's massive ambitions ironically left him blind to what was actually happening.
So this is why the uploads stopped?
@@TheTrueEMan Probably. I mean gotta pay for everyone right?
With a smaller audience, harder to keep doing it at a loss. Especially with a family.
@@InformerMaz true
Probably hard to do the old videos now. I'm honestly surprised most those old videos are still up considering youtube has become the world's most overbearing mother who doesn't like it when you use naughty language. Or pictures in the thumbnail.
Exactly, people were were there first in foremost for his acerbic yet humorous diatribes. No shade at those he hired later on but you’re right it became mired and saturated.
Shima dodged that Chris Chan drama like a real smooth cha cha.
What chris chan drama?
@@Top10Dylan oh boy, its a lot to type. Look up videos on what's been going on with him.
@@Top10Dylan All of it. The creepy stalking, sexual perving, etc. It was all on Doopie and anyone cute so.
@@Topdoggie7 I never heard of him doing this. What was the extent of it all?
wasnt he the dude who faked being trans?
I was really into the Question and Answer videos; someone asks a question, one of the characters gives a wildly incorrect answer and another gives the actual correct answer. It reminded me of Timon and Pumbaas' Find Out Why series if anyone remembers that.
I stopped watching DD when Shima Luan up and disappeared. I still wonder if she's okay and where she is now.
Definitely an interesting video on a UA-camr I used to watch back in the day. Awesome stuff.
Yeah
Agreed
I'll never forget the fact that VimHomeless, Swamp Ass themselves, did a lot of the artwork. Always amusing when a porn artist gets a mundane job. Then comes the fridge horror when you look them up and realise.
Same dude I discovered Vim on Twitter a few years later and I realized about last year they did some of the artwork for Dolan.
To be fair, the way Vim drew characters were very...sensual, what with some of the characters having a lot of curves (same went for other artists like FroggyWithFries). When I found out he drew porn, I wasn't really surprised.
@@ajgameguy3674 just cuz someone draws curves doesnt make it sensual/sexual. but i see what u mean.
Or Doopie's involvement with Chris Chan
@@moppupaws it actually makes alot of sense though, because nsfw artists know more about anatomy than regular sfw artists, thus ending up with more curves and proportions than say, how a sfw artist would go for.
Well-done video! As one of the writers at Planet Dolan, I agree with what Hellbent said in terms of being burnt out after a while. I also felt the later scripts were essentially rehashes of already-produced videos (i.e. Meanest Teachers #4). Despite having been burnt out after a while, I still enjoyed working for the channel. I worked with several talented people and even made some friends in the process. Overall, it was a fun experience. It's an experience I will never forget. Thanks for making this video. I enjoyed the nostalgia as not only an employee, but also a fan.
Will Planet Dolan ever come back?
I miss the old stuff that was in the beginning. I wasn't too sure about the later stuff, as all the new people felt like it was getting so crowded. I loved the character's like Shima, hellbent, etc. All were such great personalities.
I never knew what happened to Shima after it happened. I heard about the chris-chan stuff, but in the end... I miss the old clips.
Whew. I really had forgotten about him.. I loved watching his videos, as well as videos from Matthew Santoro and Most Amazing Top 10. Probably someone else I've forgotten about too.. 💀
Yeah
probably forgot about rob gavagan (formerly rob dyke). he’s put out a few videos recently but i feel like he hasn’t made an actually good video in years
@@misseselise3864 I used to watch him a bit, not as much as ones like Matthew Santoro though.. Santoro really had my heart 😂
Top 5 Unknowns was another great countdown channel that went downhill
Bruh I used to watch both of these guys everyday too back in the 2010s too, it's a shame Planet Dolan moved to an "AskReddit" kind of format in it's later years meanwhile Mathew just stole and copypasted the info in his vids :(
I forgot he existed but man... I’m lowkey nostalgic for some of his stuff
Danger Dolan introduced me to the weird and creepy side of the world. Hearing his outro was so nostalgic 😔 🖤
Wow I never knew Shima was the one who submitted that logo adds a bit more context to what would follow
Middle school me was absolutely obsessed with this channel(s) I’d draw the narrators constantly, especially HB.
Honestly, I miss the old Danger Dolan videos. I used to watch them almost all the time until Planet Dolan went down the stories route. I just didn't find them engaging or entertaining.
It kinda makes me sad that its over.
The original Danger Dolan videos from 2014-2016 remain to be some of my favourite comfort videos on UA-cam. I will occasionally throw on some of his old videos when I feel a bit low, and it always makes me feel better.
Objectively, yeah his videos aren't the most creative or anything, but his personality shined through in a way that set him apart from other 'list based' creators at the time.
Hope he's doing well.
Fun fact: Chris Chan had several interactions with planet dolan therefore making them part of christory
Yeah lol, My sister told me when chris was hitting on doopie, because I was a huge fan of PD at the time lol, weird stuff.
@@jesusisking1741 Wow, kind of a trip now, eh?
And they made a comic about them that is only partially found
Yup he stalked doopie for a while, it got so bad she had to remove him from her patreon
his pfp on youtube is still art he commissioned her to do lol
Please don't promote or mention that worthless loser. No one cares.
Thank you for covering this. I miss Danger Dolan/ Planet Dolan/ all his other channels, he put out some good content in my opinion, especially when he collabbed with other creators. I wish the channels would come back, at least all the videos are still up, ripe for the rewatching.
R.i.p Danger Dolan and the Planet Dolan crew
I truly used to adore danger Dolan, me and my siblings all watched them together when we were kids
Now I'm an adult and my siblings aren't far behind, it makes me genuinely sad to think about when we used to debate who our favorite characters and personalities on the channel and what story or most fun or interesting thing was on the list in the last video we watched while we decided the next one
Things were always so simple
Also something I wanna add, we watched them from pretty close to the beginning of danger Dolans channel on to when Shima left and we kept watching for a while till sometimes after that,, and also I ended up first being exposed to critical on the channel who is still a favorite of me and my brother who both watch at least one or two streams a day
The Shima missing thing for some reason always creeped the hell out of me, Danger Dolan as a whole always made me feel unsettled, I don’t know what it is just something about his voice and stuff scared me.
I forgot THAT was his outtro...the temporal whiplash of that specific jumpscare for the first time in five years...
Honestly, I forgot how fucking funny some of the older videos were. I used to watch them with my cousins a lot, and they'd help me understand certain things I didn't quite get at first since when Danger Dolan was getting really big I didn't speak English that well. But even when I didn't know what was going on most of the time I'd laugh anyway, either because he was laughing too or just the way he said it. I need to rewatch the old videos again now that I'm fluent LOL
I remember liking his old list videos and dropping the channel when Super Planet Dolan started up, it just wasn’t the same for me.
I had this video on the back burner for a while because I didn't expect it to be as great as it was. You did a great job in pretty much ever aspect I can think of. Thank you for your work, and for the nostalgic feelings this brought me.
To me, “Dolan” got corporate really quick and lost sight of what drew viewers to it. Or him, but that blurred distinction was part of the issue. A channel going from a sardonic and funny guy to “planet” that guy with a bunch of other, less invested people and all having these logo cartoon characters just felt really lame. Their momentum carried them for a while, but I think they also made the critical bad choice to try to appeal to kids, hence the cartoon characters and coughing over curse words or whatever. What creators fail to realize is that kids will watch cool things that are made for adults, but adults aren’t interested in kid stuff. When those kids grow up, they’ll stop being interested as well. On some ways, this explains the continued success of anime, as much of it is geared toward a more mature audience yet isn’t beyond kids to understand. The young and old loved the muppet show, but adults weren’t tuning into “baby muppets” or whatever.
Just as with Smosh, the decision to go corporate, to get big and fancy, and then to get dumb was fatal. I hope he got his bag and is OK with what happened because the good part of it all was Dolan. The planet part, however, was super lame.
Gotta go corporate to make it big it's how the game is played
I blame UA-cam for that more. I remember at the time many of UA-cams changes hurt many of these animated channels. I feel like the channel was fighting to stay in the algorithm after awhile.
I honestly used to love watching their videos. But i guess i kinda fell off after Shima Luan left. As she was basically my favorite of the bunch. It was just never completely the same afterwards, and i know a lot of others can agree to that, because she was in fact an extremely prominent figure to the channels.
And since it’s been so long since i ever watched their content, I wasn’t even aware they stopped uploading
I really enjoyed the reddit stories when they made their own cartoons to set the scenery. Heck, I even featured on one of their stories; I was really shocked yet excited all at the same time. But when I saw them just reuse the stories with no countdown, i felt a sense of disorganized work. It's sad because I was a huge fan of their channel and watched Dolan when he just began the top ten lists, so I've seen his growth over the years😔
It was Chris Chan and his obsession with Doopie that killed Planet Dolan, because anything associated with Chris Chan has a tendency to go down in flames.
Pun intended
Crazy that some of the channels that I watched as a kid are being covered in videos like these! Awesome video, totally forgot about the Dolan channels. Had no idea so much craziness went on.
never forget, before dolan used hot girls for views and clickbait storytimes we had videos about creepy doll islands
You just unlocked a part of my memory I had completely forgotten. It felt like I had been sent back in time when the intro played. I used to really love their videos, and it's a bit sad to think how things turned out. Great video on your part.
OML THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO - I watched sooo many of his videos when I was younger and couldn’t remember his channel name besides “dolan” which when searched only came up with dolan dark. I really miss watching this channel.
He was the first "top 10" UA-camr I ever watched and also the only one that I liked. I stuck around when he introduced more people but left soon after. Tbh I preferred when his content was simple and just him. I think that the Planet Dolan stuff should have been a different channel.
I was the commenter who asked if penguins have knees! Weird to know it was Shima’s last video, I really liked her as a narrator and I hope she’s ok.
Like Smosh, Dolan was one channel brought me a lot of joy as a teenager. Until now I honestly just thought he was still uploading videos. Makes me really sad to know his channel is more or less dead. Thanks for sharing the history of his channel.
Months ago I was working on a draft for a Dolan video essay but after rewriting it multiple times I decided to shelve it, I'm happy someone was able to make a video about the topic, great work
I remember how everyone was so confused by shima, why would she just ghost everyone. then after going back years later she's just a generally very flaky person who didn't care enough about any of her "friends" to even talk to them after years.
I know people get anxiety but when it comes to your friends or family you should be brave enough to speak to them. She didn't therefore she doesn't care, she ghosted them and her fans. I can't believe I even liked her, smh. I wish her well, tho.
@@dj_nyx8903 I think you both should rediscover your empathy, then hop back on the internet
@@littlemoth4956empathy is a double edged sword
Bruh what? You literally chose my entry for the "Cheating on tests" part. What are the odds.
I wouldnt be surprised if Shima just ghosted everyone bc of the commitment, time, effort and emotional energy it takes to do multiple channels daily. I'd tear my hair out and live alone in a yurt for the rest of my life if I had half of that pressure lol
Ghosting people is rude as fuck and gross.
@@bearzdlc2172 nigga no it isn’t lmao
His lists are so nostalgic now. I was in the second half of elementary and early middle school when I watched him. Many of his videos scared me and I had quite a few sleepless nights but I still always watched them.
Man this got me right in the feels
It makes me remember how long I’ve been on this website and how far it’s fallen
I remember his channel being one of the first I ever subbed to way back in late 2013-ish, loved the videos but stopped watching around the time the 8 narrators thing started and even then at that point I didn't watch too many. Hellbent was always great though, he kept me watching for way longer. That "watch mojo without the fluff" (I'm paraphrasing) is such a perfect description too, great video!
Honestly glad this video was recommended to me, Danger Dolan was a major part of my childhood, I loved his channel so much, but one day his channel kinda just stopped getting recommended to me and I didn’t even notice.
bro, i was remembering super planet dolan's content, but for the life of me i couldnt remember its name, the fact that your video popped into my recommended feed is either a coincidence or a miracle
I remember I used to be pretty into Danger Dolan years ago! I loved Dolan, Shima, Hellbent and Melissa mostly. I even bought and still have my Dolan and Shima T-shirts.
I do think there got to be too many narrators. I guess I felt that with Shima gone and a bunch of new people suddenly coming in, that I somehow missed some kind of memo. I felt like it was moving too fast for me at that point. So I wordlessly drifted away from the channel. But I'll never forget them. Heck, maybe even one day they'll come back to do something else.
Yeah they added way too many people and it just felt like too much.
When it was just Dolan, Shima, Hellbent, and Melissa that's when it was good to me. The addition of way too many characters kinda got overwhelming and I was like nah...
@@lonerevenant0 that's when it nosedived.
In my own opinion as well that Planet Dolan as a whole is dead and also I can agree that they just never recovered since Shima left as a whole or just doing too much with the animator and voice actors as well.
Also update their game is not on Google play store btw or on Apple stores either I bet just a heads up
holy shit the nostolgia hit me so hard
Danger Dolan was such a great channel, I still watch them from time to time
I think what killed it for me was he kept adding more and more voice actors they just got so generic after a while only good ones were Dolan hell-bent and Shima and a bit of pringle the new ones are just nothing not interesting. Not very funny
Honestly the first time I heard a different narrator I was like this is not what I'm here for.
Like ngl I still listened, but I preferred the Dolan narrated ones and was getting disillusioned with what at least felt like the increase in videos narrated by others. At that point I felt like if I wanted basically anyone but Dolan there were plenty of channels out there that weren't him already.
Like obviously I get not doing it all, but eventually it started feeling like it was everyone but him.
This whole video is a memory unlocked. Used to binge watch his videos in high school
hearing dolan's outro again for the first time in years brought back some memories, man. and finally answered for me why wendigoon's sounds so familiar
Shima kept me alive during school, I was sad when the said “she’s fine” and “please don’t bother her, we don’t know what’s going on” his whole channel was turnt
I used to watch him often. Then, overtime, I forgot he existed.
Been waiting for this video
been waitin for this
I seriously forgot DD existed and am shocked at remembering how much I used to watch them
The reason both channels have been inactive as of late is because Dolan is currently working on developing an animated show called Destruna. You can check it out on its twitter page and website. He's stated on his patreon that he's working on the show full-time and he's had to pause all video production for both channels for the time being.
Even then, seems he is all alone now.
It seems like it. He has totally different crew working with him now. Not sure if anyone who worked with him on PD/SPD is involved in the show.
I really woke up one morning completely forgetting about Dolan you brought this name out of my brain & it was covered in dust
I don't know if any of the Dolan crew will ever see this but... thank you for all the memories. I've spent many late nights watching your videos with my cousins back in 2012-2015. I even stuck around for Shima and the introduction of Dolan's Brother, Hellbent and others. I wasn't the most active viewer but thanks for the fun. Cheers and I hope you all find your way.
And to anyone that reads this, I hope you have a wonderful day/night.
I see you. And I'm glad we could be that positive influence for you. It was fun! :) (I'm JamKat, 10:50)
I remember watching all his creepy videos back in middle School. tbh I forgot he existed, I might have to go back and binge watch his vids now
I miss Danger Dolan. I feel bad that his content had to fall from grace the way it did. He was awesome, I still believe he is. His content just declined into doing boring Reddit stories, and I couldn’t watch anymore. Then he left, now all that’s left of him in my heart is years of nostalgia.
10:52 wow that made me realize how much I miss ScareTheater’s videos too lol. I hope that he’s ok and that he comes back soon
Well done video! I really liked how you covered the history of PD! By the way, a friend of mine who knows Hellbent told me Dolan shut down his channel without telling anyone. He did it to work on a cartoon called "Destruna," he even financed his house for it!
PD will always hold a tiny place in my heart though since it did lead to me a finding a group of friends I still hang with to this day! (Man I feel old). Also what you said about Melissa is accurate considering the fact she does NFTs now.
That whole channel is my hyperfixation, and it still is. I really miss it.
This was a good chunk of my entertainment in the summers of 2016 and 2017 in middle school
I never thought that I would hear Danger Dolan's intro again till now. This is bringing me baaack
I adore the little detail of you using the old background music
God i remember watching Dolan back in his top 10 vids and i really enjoyed it alotttt and i did enjoy his animated vids and kept updated to his vids back in 2016. Man its been forever.