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Cultist children? That's so dementedly wholesome! I can't see why a fellow can't find love just because his presence destroys the Time-Space Continuum!
i just love Demon Neil in this. He has a bunch of cultists following but he keeps telling them to screw off because he's on a date, and then when he realizes that they succeeded their ritual on him he just... facepalms
It’s just funny how now that friday night funkin came out with Lemon Demon monster, many people associate him with that. Honestly it’s too funny for me to be disappointed.
I love how his body just slowly deteriorates and its small things to show he’s really getting fucked up. Like the hand on the left remaining huge and spidery while the one on the right is still normal while he’s showing her through the house. I LOVE that shit. This looks incredible I can’t get over it.
If you want to make this even sadder, the creator said on Tumblr that Neilathotep lost control of his true form because he was so focused making sure the date went well that he didn't notice he was changing back
I like how Neil transforms into Nyarlathortep, then the play on words is that is name is actually Neilathortep. This is really pretty. Glad UA-cam brought me here.
i had a whole comment typed up praising the designs of the monsters and how amazing all of them were to look at. then youtube did a silly and delete them. so heres this instead. theyre SO good and so inspiring. makes me wanna draw an apocalyptic hellscape of my own
THE ANIMATION. This animatic is so amazing and underloved to the point it hurts. So few comments, This was made in 2016 and the artist has improved. The animation is SO smooth.
You see, true fools would think that they only look cute in their humanoid forms. I love every single appearance that these two take on and would not be upset to be crushed by them and their love.
I caught some references to other Lemon Demon and Neil Cicierega works and I just wanna point them out. -The billboard at about 1:06 says "The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny" and do I even have to explain this one? -The people wear triangle masks trying to sacrifice a goat a worshipping a lemon demon! -The house has lots of references, let's start left to right. On the right we see the puppets of Harry Potter and Dumbledore from Potter Puppet Pals which references Potter Puppet Pals, a series Neil worked on. -The mask is a reference to the song "A Mask of My Own Face" -I'm not sure about the first poster or the rabbit, but I wanna say the rabbit references Eighth Wonder.... -The second poster is 100% a nod to Spirit Phone, no doubt. -The figure I am not sure about. -In the piles of dirt on the right we see a keyboard, this one is obvious since Neil can play the keyboard. -The Shrek is a nod to the Mouth Trilogy (Mouth Sounds, Mouth Silence, and Mouth Moods) which heavily involved Smash Mouth -The Pee Wee Herman is most likely a reference to Neil's music video for Aaron -In the back room we see a photo of the dinosaur from Dinosaurchestra -In the corner, we see a box labeled "Food" which is also most likely a reference to Toy Food -On the desk we see a View Monster! -I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the computer is a reference to Windows 95 Tips, Tricks, and Tweaks it's probably not though. -I'm gonna go out on another limb and say the news saying "Geomagnetic storm" is a reference to Redesign Your Logo -The final thing I caught was Neil's final form, as we all know Neil can turn into a bat demon anytime he wants, he just doesn't do it on camera.
INCREDIBLY done! True Neil scholar right here. Even the rabbit one was right! You're missing only a couple, and the only one you got wrong is the geomagnetic storm.. though it was a good guess, it's not a reference to anything in particular, just some personal lore for the events. GREAT JOB!
This is an absolutely delightful interpretation of one of my favorite Lemon Demon songs. I like him slowly losing control of his glamour. It adds a lot to the final reveal of his true form.
In My Personal Lore For This Video, He's A Creature That's Existed Seemingly Forever, He Has The Ability To Shapeshift, But Whenever He Takes Some Shape Part Of That Shape Is Permanently Applied To His True Form, But After Quite A While Of Living In Earth, Shapeshifting And Stuff, He Got Lonely, And Tried To Make Friends, But Whenever He Showed Them His True Form They'd Just Be Scared And Runaway, But He Wouldn't Want To Have Friends And Not Show Them His True Form, As He'd Feel Like He's Lying To Them, Eventually The Legend Got Out About Him, Likely From Someone He Tried To Befriend, And A Cult Was Formed Around Him, Whom He Often Finds Annoying, They Revere Him, But He Doesn't Want Them To, He JustWants To Have A Friend, Meanwhile She's An Alien Who Was Sent To Earth To Scout Out Good Strategic Locations And Things For This Battle, Which They Knew Would Be Coming As They Foresaw The Geomagnetic Storm That Opened The Portals.
3:53 oh, now this, this is beautiful. The way that you can see that she kind of goes “you know what? I _do_ kind of want this” and accepting it, and the way that after she transforms she pulls down one of her ears to make it look like her hair and she looks at it so satisfactorily, and how she looks at the other eldritch beings with an expression that doesn’t say she’s scared of them, but moreso scared if she’ll be as good as them, all the minor details it’s just...MAN, that’s a good part.
There's a battle with the sort of "angelic" creatures earlier and she receives a text asking "where are you," so it's implied she was a "monster" all along and was pretending to be human to get away from the battle, same as the Neil character, whose human form still had some affiliation with his demon form given where he lived became a cult center.
i like in his shack he has a mask of his own face, potter, a shrek doll,a keytar (that might weep) , and a spirit phone album and thats just in the front room alone
I feel like there's a hint of forbidden love here, since from the looks of it the girl and her 'friends' seem to be some form of angels, especially with how they show a few attacking the demonic looking things, and the guy is clearly some LoveCraftian anti-christ. But idk, that's just a theory.....A GAME THEORY, THANKS FOR WATCHING!
C F I think I figured it out. Remember he news report “Several hostile worlds declare war on each other with Earth as a battlefield.” Their worlds were at war. That must be why she doesn’t freak out until he reveals his full form. She’s used to seeing strange creatures but that specific creature was the enemy. Since she received a text earlier, most likely from one of her friends we see later, asking where she was I think it’s pretty clear that she wasn’t supposed to be there when the fighting broke out, and instead of evacuating was, unknowingly, fraternizing with the enemy. Who knows what consequences that she could face if her friends knew?
Hmmm... So if I got this straight, there's two teams: Horrific Eldritch Body Horror Demons and Horrific Eldritch Glowy Space Angels, of which Neilethotep is the former and his love interest (I didn't see her name anywhere, sorry) is the latter. She ran, not because she was afraid of what "Neil" truly was, but because of his rank as some kind of greater demon (full on wings, multilimbs, tentacles, three eyes, split jaw, spatial distortion) rather than just a lower ranking (with just the neck, ears, eyes and tail thing). And it wasn't that she was scared but that she initially panicked since not only was he an enemy force, but he was also a very powerful one. After rationalizing that to herself behind the wall, the prospect of their... future, secret love(?) that she would try to continue later excited her, before returning to her true form and rejoining her Horrific Eldritch Glowy Space Angel squad.
Thank you for your very thorough comment, I already knew some parts, but wow, I never knew there were two competing races of spacebeings here. It adds another level of emotion to the yearning here
This is what I have gleaned from the story from re-watching a handful of times: The Aurora Borealis opens two(?) portals to Earth (one is discovered in the first 20 seconds of the video by a scientist), and the inhabitants of these two other worlds behind these portals have declared war on each other. Our two main characters featured throughout are both monsters, but from opposing worlds, so they're dating in secret/in human form. One "faction" has a symbol of an open eye with demon horns, which is the faction that Neilathotep (the monster-neil singing the song throughout the video, his name is on a stocking at 2:38) is a part of. This "demon-eye" group is visually represented by fleshy or bloody monsters, like someone stripped apart a human and made them into an amorphous creature (think Sarkic cults from the scp foundation eg scp 610). (example monsters, 0:50 fleshy birds, 1:56 all onscreen minus moth monster) The other faction has the symbol of a closed eye (resembling the eye of Horus, with a squiggle underneath) in front of a pale sun/moon. The monsters that are from this group are angelic-esque, with multiple sets of wings, halos and various glowing areas. This is the group that the female character is a part of. (example monsters 2:004:00) Throughout the video, Neilathotep is sharing with the female character (unsure of her name, may also be hidden in video somewhere) things he enjoys doing and experiencing as a date. Both have foreshadowing for their being monsters in the video, eg Neil in the graveyard, his shadow changes and reveals his true self (at 1:25) and the girl is texted by her monster friends (from her faction, showing the little symbol I talked about earlier) asking "where the hell are you?!" (at 2:02) which shows that this interaction is secret - which may be why she seems distressed when Neil reveals his true form slowly throughout the video because they are supposed to be at war with eachother. (or alternatively, revealing your monster form like Neil is doing in the end is sort of like bringing a gun to bed - kind of unsettling for the other person who has to worry about whether you're going to shoot them or not, which is why he is singing about how he always messes up). That's my theory, anyways, might not be 100% correct. Feel free to add anything, from easter eggs to your own theories :) I can tell the creator put lots of work into this project and it really shows when I took the time to watch multiple times to unpick it. Lots of easter eggs to Neil Cicierega's stuff everywhere!
I applaud you! It's always so meaningful to me that people like you would take the time to go through the video and gather as much lore as they can. Makes me so happy even to this day!
@@Byona Thank you for making a wonderful piece of art with so many well thought out and interesting details! Videos like this are truly inspiring and entertaining. Amazing work~
There’s a second message after “where the hell are you” at 2:02 ! It quickly disappears, but it says “Have you found him?” I’m thinking maybe it isn’t a coincidence they went on a date together,,,,, idk, do with that what you will :))
I've got one of my own relating to No-Eyed Girl: the POV from No-Eyed Girl is the same one from Touch Tone Telephone, the theory he was discussing was about the existence of the No-Eyed People
Even though your animation can be jerky at times, your style and animation bring back quite a nostalgia in me. It reminds me of eddsworld animation/style, even though they're not that similar. Maybe it's your colors? Either way, I love this, despite my picky nature.
Tbh, when I first heard the song, I was thinking of the northern lights coming down and burning everyone, from the way the singer described it, everyone dying to the lights made more sense in my head.
Now _this_ is an example of a good Lemon Demon animation. A song that I love with all my heart, and brings back pleasant Christmas memories, animated amazingly by a talented individual, and featuring some of the most inspirational people I've ever discovered. Plus, the concept of this is extremely unique, and I absolutely love it.
How is nobody commenting on how cute it is to have an angel and demon dating?! Too bad he scared her off… Edit: I love how he keeps the bow tie in eldritch form. He really just wants a friend/partner, poor sweet… thing
If anyone didn’t realize this there is a secret message at the start ending at 0:31 I know that most likely over half of people that watched this knew about this secret but I watched it at least 10 times and didn’t realize (also message to the creator if they even see this but I just want to say you made a wonderful animation)
This video has some references to Neil Cicirega's work. Here are all I and people replying to the comment have found: 1:06 The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny is seen on a billboard 2:25 Spirit Phone album cover seen on the wall 2:25 A mask of the speaker's own face is seen on the table (thanks Asley Lopez) 2:25 Harry and Dumbledore from potter puppet pals are also seen on the table. (thanks Eveo Airo) 2:25 Kevin James from Guaranteed* Video is seen on the wall 2:41 The deer from I am become Christmas EP is seen on the wall (thanks Quote) 2:42 A View-Master is seen on the table as a reference to View-Monster 2:42 There is also a painting of one of the things on the Dinosaurchestra album cover As always, there is probably more, if you find any don't hesitate to reply! ;)
1:08 you can see a billboard for ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny 2:26 you can see a picture with the album cover for spirit phone, you can also see shrek and the potter puppet pals 2:44 the cultists are wearing literal lemon demon masks, and there is a view monster bottom left which is a reference to well... view monster. And there is also a picture on the wall with the cover for dinosaurchestra
Aroura Borealis ( the song ) would fit way to well with Weirdmageddon in Gravity Falls, I don't mean the song syncs to it or anything, but with the context of both situations it would kinda make sense
lmao that computer error screen "Technical information: The ground was clef and mad auroras rolled, Down on the quaking citadels of man." also this is fRICKING AMAZING
This really has become a christmas tradition for me, haven't gone a christmas eve/day without watching this and it still holds up. Tbh it helps that you released this one what is still one of the best christmases I've ever had so once again thank you for this lovely new tradition
SANKER1! I HAVE REACHED INSANE LEVELS OF THEORIZING ABOUT THE LEMON DEMON COMMUNITY. ARE YOU AFFILIATED WITH sys128, YTP tennis, missadaxio, or vib ribbon discord servers?
@@iwastherobloxianminecrafter wow uhh, i mean that's crazy XD, but i really don't think so, i only know about sys128 but not the rest of those people Although i really love vib ribbon related stuff i never took the time to join a dc about it, i'll join sys' jsks
Hi, I have an unhealthy obsession with lemon demon and everything related, so I look through all the art related to him, finding as many references as possible, so I have an excuse to look at it longer. That being said, here's everything I've found in order. Formatting: [TIME STAMP] - the object - what it's referencing (and any associated album) Let's go! 1:07 - Sign on the left of the screen - The ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny (dinosaurchestra) 1:27 - missed opportunity: one of the gravestones could have said "he earned his life" - I earn my life (spirit phone) 1:29 - text in background - "only 90s kids will remember this" is a meme 1:47 - moth monster - mothra? not sure 2:20 (and for the rest of the song) the cultists' masks - probably referencing bill cipher from gravity falls 2:25 imma expand this: left of the door, we've got a mask of neil's face, referencing A Mask Of My Own Face (Nature Tapes) Left of the mask, we've got some potter puppet pals, which are nice I'm pretty sure the poster to the right of the mask is referencing something, but I'm not sure. if it was a 1-800 number, it could have been Angry People (spirit phone bonus tracks), but idk To the right of the door, the framed picture is the cover art for the Spirit Phone Album, and Shrek is in the pile on the floor. 2:42 expanded again: bottom left, we've got the view monster from view monster (crazy right) Top right, we've got Goodsie, who's part of the Dinosaurchestra Album art 2:53 - geomagnetic storm - possible reference to Redesign your logo (Spirit Phone bonus tracks) 2:59 - very briefly the computer screen flashes neilathotep - this is referencing nyarlathotep, a character by HP lovecraft. This happened earlier too, but I don't remember where very good job!
PJ Shaw maybe the rabbit to the right of the neil mask could be referencing the rabbit in the eighth wonder music video? thats what i thought at least lol
Awesome work! Some of the references escaped you but probably because they are not all strictly Lemon Demon references, some just refer to Neil Cicierega's other work, for example the 1-800- poster refs to Ryan Murphy, Psychic Friend. The windmill is just a windmill however asjksjksjks
2:26 so many Easter eggs -mask of his own face -potter puppet pals -a lil Shrek -album cover for spirit phone (I think) And probably some more I missed
Rowan Heyd - I think Adrian Brody is on the poster with the phone number in the back (Brodyquest) -Dinosaurchestra picture in the room with candles -The view finder from the album I forgot, sorry - the Toy food box
There's also the dinosaur on the album cover of Dinosaurchestra in a frame at 2:42 and 2:46. Also I found this on accident but when the computer bluescreens, it reads as a normal bluescreen but the Technical Information reads: "The ground was cleft and mad auroras rolled down on the quaking citadels of man"
Rowan Heyd also in the cult room there was the view monster and there was a sign with the Ultimate Showdown on it. Also in that one news frame it said a geomagnetic storm which might have been a reference to Redesign Your Logo
Lowkey like 3 years late to this but holy HELL this is so good! And sooooo underrated! Might I mention all of those easter eggs ;) Someone did their Lemon Demon homework
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I was wondering how long you were gonna take the madness
Packages a steamed ham and drops it at your front doot-
You can always try using an AIC Webcrawler.
Lame I wanted to post dated memes
What the fudge happened here that this is the pinned comment
I don't see why a family can't be a woman, an extradimensional beast, and hundreds of cultists.
Found family
Cultist children? That's so dementedly wholesome!
I can't see why a fellow can't find love just because his presence destroys the Time-Space Continuum!
sounds nice
a disguised eldritch god wants to date a human who is also a disguised eldritch god of another kind
Tale older than times
kinda like no eyed girl but both ways
I like how much you managed to make a monster who could emote in a sympathetic way and still be rather horrific to look at.
Ah yes
The monster design was very inventive I actually liked it.
Horrific? I
I love him I want him he seems amazing
Byona's talent in a nutshell
Well...the face of the monster didn't really change much from human...
I love how when he’s a monster he still has the bow tie on
Truly the most terrifying thing to happen during an apocalypse is to find out that your quirky boyfriend is a scaly.
lol
But it’s a l cause your scaly too
I hate it when that happens 😤😤😤
i just love Demon Neil in this. He has a bunch of cultists following but he keeps telling them to screw off because he's on a date, and then when he realizes that they succeeded their ritual on him he just... facepalms
seems legit. it sounds like something Neil would totally do
It’s just funny how now that friday night funkin came out with Lemon Demon monster, many people associate him with that. Honestly it’s too funny for me to be disappointed.
i first saw this because i like alot of lemon demons music. i didnt know who neil is until i was like: oh its the dude
Kinda like in real life
I love the masks of the cultists because lemon demon fans are called illlemonati
tfw you try to have a romantic date with bae and the satanic worshipers won't leave you alone
Your pfp is so adorable omg
@@shinequeen4299 aww thank you!!
I love how his body just slowly deteriorates and its small things to show he’s really getting fucked up. Like the hand on the left remaining huge and spidery while the one on the right is still normal while he’s showing her through the house. I LOVE that shit. This looks incredible I can’t get over it.
This implies that Neil is an otherworldly god and honestly I wouldn’t be surprised if this was actually his irl true form
Actual Neil looks like the nerd from middle school but 40
@@omogHL tf he looks 15
@@omogHL but his true form?
The neck length after the first chorus is actually pretty accurate to his real neck
If you want to make this even sadder, the creator said on Tumblr that Neilathotep lost control of his true form because he was so focused making sure the date went well that he didn't notice he was changing back
proposed sequel: S.A.D.
aka "Neilathotep Has A Depressive Episode"
I like how Neil transforms into Nyarlathortep, then the play on words is that is name is actually Neilathortep.
This is really pretty. Glad UA-cam brought me here.
wait whats a "Nyarlathortep"
@@gabmalagonpersonal dunno but all i see is that "nya"
POV: It's Christmas 2020 and you came back to this
Me too. This is happening.
Pov:it's not even Christmas but you come back to watch this because it's amazing
pov: it's august 2021 and you still came back because you think about this more than you should
Even as a non-elder god, I'd instantly fall in love with a nerdy boy who's secretly a lovecraftian terror
All these dang cult members ruining my date
Ugh, I hate when that happens...
God damn it they’re out there ominously chanting ancient incantations again
Get yourself an eldritch monster bf
I love how the blonde dude is literally Neil Cicierega.
and the love interest is his wife
ming
@@cactus450 OMG YES! I JUST REALIZED
just Neil cicierega and his wife having a nice Holiday Vacation,Nothing weird here
Hoovy i think i saw scout touching sasha.... go... go kill em
@@themittenfireshow3597 NOBODY TOUCHES MY GUN
@@HeavyWeaponsGuyisHorny yea scout touched sasha! Go kill him!
ALL THE SCPS HAVE BREACHED CONTAINMENT HOW THE FUCK DID WE MESS UP THIS BAD
Zy Q blame the Old Man SCP.
You shouldn't place your base near [redacted]
i had a whole comment typed up praising the designs of the monsters and how amazing all of them were to look at. then youtube did a silly and delete them. so heres this instead. theyre SO good and so inspiring. makes me wanna draw an apocalyptic hellscape of my own
THE ANIMATION.
This animatic is so amazing and underloved to the point it hurts. So few comments, This was made in 2016 and the artist has improved.
The animation is SO smooth.
You see, true fools would think that they only look cute in their humanoid forms.
I love every single appearance that these two take on and would not be upset to be crushed by them and their love.
The combination of flash-style limb movement and kinda jittery sprite animation is oddly adorable.
for something that's supposed to be horrifying this is really cute
Why am I just seeing this now, at this time of day, at this time of year, in this part of the country, particularly in my kitchen?
I saw this after trying to find the aurora borealis
Can I see?
It's amazing how much emotion we see out of the flesh dragon, especially after it's fully transformed.
I caught some references to other Lemon Demon and Neil Cicierega works and I just wanna point them out.
-The billboard at about 1:06 says "The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny" and do I even have to explain this one?
-The people wear triangle masks trying to sacrifice a goat a worshipping a lemon demon!
-The house has lots of references, let's start left to right. On the right we see the puppets of Harry Potter and Dumbledore from Potter Puppet Pals which references Potter Puppet Pals, a series Neil worked on.
-The mask is a reference to the song "A Mask of My Own Face"
-I'm not sure about the first poster or the rabbit, but I wanna say the rabbit references Eighth Wonder....
-The second poster is 100% a nod to Spirit Phone, no doubt.
-The figure I am not sure about.
-In the piles of dirt on the right we see a keyboard, this one is obvious since Neil can play the keyboard.
-The Shrek is a nod to the Mouth Trilogy (Mouth Sounds, Mouth Silence, and Mouth Moods) which heavily involved Smash Mouth
-The Pee Wee Herman is most likely a reference to Neil's music video for Aaron
-In the back room we see a photo of the dinosaur from Dinosaurchestra
-In the corner, we see a box labeled "Food" which is also most likely a reference to Toy Food
-On the desk we see a View Monster!
-I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the computer is a reference to Windows 95 Tips, Tricks, and Tweaks it's probably not though.
-I'm gonna go out on another limb and say the news saying "Geomagnetic storm" is a reference to Redesign Your Logo
-The final thing I caught was Neil's final form, as we all know Neil can turn into a bat demon anytime he wants, he just doesn't do it on camera.
INCREDIBLY done! True Neil scholar right here. Even the rabbit one was right! You're missing only a couple, and the only one you got wrong is the geomagnetic storm.. though it was a good guess, it's not a reference to anything in particular, just some personal lore for the events. GREAT JOB!
@Ena Bonny Baker it's a reference to the origimal Eighth Wonder music video on Neil's channel, there are rabbit figurines in that one!
I think the first poster is a reference to Ryan Murphy: Psychic Friend, which is one of the videos on Neil's channel!
This is an absolutely delightful interpretation of one of my favorite Lemon Demon songs. I like him slowly losing control of his glamour. It adds a lot to the final reveal of his true form.
I think his final form was revealed in 2 separate frames in different points through the animation before the full reveal.
In My Personal Lore For This Video, He's A Creature That's Existed Seemingly Forever, He Has The Ability To Shapeshift, But Whenever He Takes Some Shape Part Of That Shape Is Permanently Applied To His True Form, But After Quite A While Of Living In Earth, Shapeshifting And Stuff, He Got Lonely, And Tried To Make Friends, But Whenever He Showed Them His True Form They'd Just Be Scared And Runaway, But He Wouldn't Want To Have Friends And Not Show Them His True Form, As He'd Feel Like He's Lying To Them, Eventually The Legend Got Out About Him, Likely From Someone He Tried To Befriend, And A Cult Was Formed Around Him, Whom He Often Finds Annoying, They Revere Him, But He Doesn't Want Them To, He JustWants To Have A Friend, Meanwhile She's An Alien Who Was Sent To Earth To Scout Out Good Strategic Locations And Things For This Battle, Which They Knew Would Be Coming As They Foresaw The Geomagnetic Storm That Opened The Portals.
Love this way of viewing this song
DID YOU PURPOSEFULLY CAPITALIZE EVERYTHING
@@obnoxiousArcade I Feel It Would Be Quite A Challenge To Do It Unintentionally.
I just realized that the people in the animation are Neil and Ming! :)
YEAH
Oh my god I was always wondering who that was , why do I only realize this now
the best geeks in love
3:53 oh, now this, this is beautiful.
The way that you can see that she kind of goes “you know what? I _do_ kind of want this” and accepting it, and the way that after she transforms she pulls down one of her ears to make it look like her hair and she looks at it so satisfactorily, and how she looks at the other eldritch beings with an expression that doesn’t say she’s scared of them, but moreso scared if she’ll be as good as them, all the minor details it’s just...MAN, that’s a good part.
There's a battle with the sort of "angelic" creatures earlier and she receives a text asking "where are you," so it's implied she was a "monster" all along and was pretending to be human to get away from the battle, same as the Neil character, whose human form still had some affiliation with his demon form given where he lived became a cult center.
the only problem i have with the part is that the animation was way to fast.
i like in his shack he has a mask of his own face, potter, a shrek doll,a keytar (that might weep) , and a spirit phone album and thats just in the front room alone
squaker there’s also dumbledore
and a potter puppet pal, which neil also made
i said potter already
how is it possible for something to be both so terrifying and so sweet at the same time
magic of lemon demon i suppose
I feel like there's a hint of forbidden love here, since from the looks of it the girl and her 'friends' seem to be some form of angels, especially with how they show a few attacking the demonic looking things, and the guy is clearly some LoveCraftian anti-christ. But idk, that's just a theory.....A GAME THEORY, THANKS FOR WATCHING!
C F I think I figured it out. Remember he news report “Several hostile worlds declare war on each other with Earth as a battlefield.” Their worlds were at war. That must be why she doesn’t freak out until he reveals his full form. She’s used to seeing strange creatures but that specific creature was the enemy. Since she received a text earlier, most likely from one of her friends we see later, asking where she was I think it’s pretty clear that she wasn’t supposed to be there when the fighting broke out, and instead of evacuating was, unknowingly, fraternizing with the enemy. Who knows what consequences that she could face if her friends knew?
You guys have won the Plot Game, good job!
No Eyed Girl but flipped
Oh I know what you mean.
SCP, Festive Edition
Hmmm...
So if I got this straight, there's two teams: Horrific Eldritch Body Horror Demons and Horrific Eldritch Glowy Space Angels, of which Neilethotep is the former and his love interest (I didn't see her name anywhere, sorry) is the latter.
She ran, not because she was afraid of what "Neil" truly was, but because of his rank as some kind of greater demon (full on wings, multilimbs, tentacles, three eyes, split jaw, spatial distortion) rather than just a lower ranking (with just the neck, ears, eyes and tail thing). And it wasn't that she was scared but that she initially panicked since not only was he an enemy force, but he was also a very powerful one. After rationalizing that to herself behind the wall, the prospect of their... future, secret love(?) that she would try to continue later excited her, before returning to her true form and rejoining her Horrific Eldritch Glowy Space Angel squad.
Thank you for your very thorough comment, I already knew some parts, but wow, I never knew there were two competing races of spacebeings here. It adds another level of emotion to the yearning here
Elder-Gods versus Great Old Ones
I like the names that you gave to the races
IS THIS THE FIRST, TIME THAT YOUVE EVER SEEN AURORA BOREALIS, CRUSH MAN KIND?
Yes
*By FAR a better love story than Twilight*
ＡＴ ＴＨＩＳ ＴＩＭＥ ＯＦ ＹＥＡＲ？？
2:26 Fun little detail, you see what that is over there on the left?
That's *A Mask of His Own Face.*
He’d where that
I love how in neil's "home" is full of references
And don't forget the Billboard advertising "the ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny"
I refuse to believe that Neil isn’t actually an alien to thx
10/10 would date monster Neil
If bill cypher actually took over the world
When your on a date, but he turns out to be Cthulhu
This is what I have gleaned from the story from re-watching a handful of times:
The Aurora Borealis opens two(?) portals to Earth (one is discovered in the first 20 seconds of the video by a scientist), and the inhabitants of these two other worlds behind these portals have declared war on each other. Our two main characters featured throughout are both monsters, but from opposing worlds, so they're dating in secret/in human form.
One "faction" has a symbol of an open eye with demon horns, which is the faction that Neilathotep (the monster-neil singing the song throughout the video, his name is on a stocking at 2:38) is a part of. This "demon-eye" group is visually represented by fleshy or bloody monsters, like someone stripped apart a human and made them into an amorphous creature (think Sarkic cults from the scp foundation eg scp 610).
(example monsters, 0:50 fleshy birds, 1:56 all onscreen minus moth monster)
The other faction has the symbol of a closed eye (resembling the eye of Horus, with a squiggle underneath) in front of a pale sun/moon. The monsters that are from this group are angelic-esque, with multiple sets of wings, halos and various glowing areas. This is the group that the female character is a part of.
(example monsters 2:00 4:00)
Throughout the video, Neilathotep is sharing with the female character (unsure of her name, may also be hidden in video somewhere) things he enjoys doing and experiencing as a date. Both have foreshadowing for their being monsters in the video, eg Neil in the graveyard, his shadow changes and reveals his true self (at 1:25) and the girl is texted by her monster friends (from her faction, showing the little symbol I talked about earlier) asking "where the hell are you?!" (at 2:02) which shows that this interaction is secret - which may be why she seems distressed when Neil reveals his true form slowly throughout the video because they are supposed to be at war with eachother. (or alternatively, revealing your monster form like Neil is doing in the end is sort of like bringing a gun to bed - kind of unsettling for the other person who has to worry about whether you're going to shoot them or not, which is why he is singing about how he always messes up).
That's my theory, anyways, might not be 100% correct. Feel free to add anything, from easter eggs to your own theories :)
I can tell the creator put lots of work into this project and it really shows when I took the time to watch multiple times to unpick it. Lots of easter eggs to Neil Cicierega's stuff everywhere!
Ur rad
I applaud you! It's always so meaningful to me that people like you would take the time to go through the video and gather as much lore as they can. Makes me so happy even to this day!
@@Byona Thank you for making a wonderful piece of art with so many well thought out and interesting details! Videos like this are truly inspiring and entertaining. Amazing work~
There’s a second message after “where the hell are you” at 2:02 ! It quickly disappears, but it says “Have you found him?” I’m thinking maybe it isn’t a coincidence they went on a date together,,,,, idk, do with that what you will :))
Aurora Borealis is a Christmas song in the same way Die Hard is a Christmas movie.
You're thinking of Cabinet Man.
i really can’t believe this video is 6 years old, it’s such an amazing animation!!!
I know right! It's amazing!
true
im terrified of blonde neil cicierega
This song is so good but the way Neil says "hand" during the chorus kills me
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@@pixoturi
With two lungs collecting change
3:30 the way she looks back at him in somewhat confusion and fear always gets me dude, i love it
*aurora borealis appears in the sky*
Me:"Something is wrong i can feel it"
Honestly, good excuse if your kitchen's on fire. Just say it's aurora borealis.
There's no good movies, but there's a fire
Well, the whole kitchen is now on fire
Theory: this is a sequel to No Eyed Girl
The events of the song is the havoc caused by letting the No Eyed People in
I've got one of my own relating to No-Eyed Girl: the POV from No-Eyed Girl is the same one from Touch Tone Telephone, the theory he was discussing was about the existence of the No-Eyed People
It's totally different from what I thought Aurora Borealis was about but still very good.
aurora borealis?!? at this time of year, on this channel, contained entirely in a rather cool song and animation? Can I see it?
No
Even though your animation can be jerky at times, your style and animation bring back quite a nostalgia in me. It reminds me of eddsworld animation/style, even though they're not that similar. Maybe it's your colors? Either way, I love this, despite my picky nature.
Tbh, when I first heard the song, I was thinking of the northern lights coming down and burning everyone, from the way the singer described it, everyone dying to the lights made more sense in my head.
Why are all of Lemon Demons songs so good Jesus Christ
Now _this_ is an example of a good Lemon Demon animation. A song that I love with all my heart, and brings back pleasant Christmas memories, animated amazingly by a talented individual, and featuring some of the most inspirational people I've ever discovered. Plus, the concept of this is extremely unique, and I absolutely love it.
damn they are still hearting comments 4 years later.. GOAT shit
this feels like a 2000's animation
It honestly does and i love it
This feels like weirdmageddon from Gravity Falls and I love it, the animation is absolutely amazing too
Niel worked for graffiti falls
So truee
How is nobody commenting on how cute it is to have an angel and demon dating?! Too bad he scared her off…
Edit: I love how he keeps the bow tie in eldritch form. He really just wants a friend/partner, poor sweet… thing
I love all the little references to Lemon Demon here
It took me so long to realise, but he has a Mask of His Own Face, that was a very subtle reference among the others
If anyone didn’t realize this there is a secret message at the start ending at 0:31 I know that most likely over half of people that watched this knew about this secret but I watched it at least 10 times and didn’t realize (also message to the creator if they even see this but I just want to say you made a wonderful animation)
I don’t see any secret message?
@@riffraff2454 use captions
i fuckin hate it when my cute ass bf turns out to be an eldritch god 🙄
coward
@@Funky.S you’re the coward for daring to think that it’s more than an inconvenience, you skin bag
@@strideryourself skin bag 👩🦲😔😰
This is actually wholesome.
Let's not forget that this song is from a Christmas album
spoilers for December 2020
Oh boy D:
this is it. the best comment
ruh roh
*RUH ROH*
The wind chimes are in fact, chiming with the screams right now! Open your window and listen to nature's new favourite song~
when they see us holding hands, they know we're eldrich geeks in love~
omg is that supposed to be neil and his wife? very cute
very cute indeed
This video has some references to Neil Cicirega's work. Here are all I and people replying to the comment have found:
1:06 The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny is seen on a billboard
2:25 Spirit Phone album cover seen on the wall
2:25 A mask of the speaker's own face is seen on the table (thanks Asley Lopez)
2:25 Harry and Dumbledore from potter puppet pals are also seen on the table. (thanks Eveo Airo)
2:25 Kevin James from Guaranteed* Video is seen on the wall
2:41 The deer from I am become Christmas EP is seen on the wall (thanks Quote)
2:42 A View-Master is seen on the table as a reference to View-Monster
2:42 There is also a painting of one of the things on the Dinosaurchestra album cover
As always, there is probably more, if you find any don't hesitate to reply! ;)
Possibly at 2:25 there is a mask that looks like the main characters face, so a reference to a mask of my own face?
2:25 You can see the Harry Potter puppet pals on a shelf along with other things
Eveo Airo One of the other things is a mask of his own face
@@ashleylopezart Cool, I'm adding that
2:41 you can see the deer from I am become Christmas
Enjoy the UA-cam algorithm hug while it lasts! Great vid!
I think the algorithm is taking us on a trip through a bunch of lemon demon animations
Don't you hate it when an entire cult breaks into your kitchen while your trying to go on a date like smh man
"It cant get worse, can it?"
The first of December:
BDYSHSG HE HAS A MASK OF HIS OWN FACE
AND ALSO THE POTTER PUPPET PALS PUPPETS THIS IS AMAZING
3:51 despite him being sad the cultists still bow to him like
It’s funny to me
Either they didn’t notice or don’t care
I think they didn’t notice…. I hope…
The cultists are My sibling, they know the exact release date of all the songs and all the info you could know on neil,
1:08 you can see a billboard for ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny
2:26 you can see a picture with the album cover for spirit phone, you can also see shrek and the potter puppet pals
2:44 the cultists are wearing literal lemon demon masks, and there is a view monster bottom left which is a reference to well... view monster. And there is also a picture on the wall with the cover for dinosaurchestra
Not to mention a mask of his own face
Dude I never realized how many small details went into this. It's awesome.
Don’t forget about plastic food!
At 2:54 I believe "GEOMAGNETIC" in the news is a reference to Redesign you logo.
-Scout- the Invincible oooo maybe!
Aroura Borealis ( the song ) would fit way to well with Weirdmageddon in Gravity Falls, I don't mean the song syncs to it or anything, but with the context of both situations it would kinda make sense
yea i agree
Agreed
lmao that computer error screen "Technical information: The ground was clef and mad auroras rolled, Down on the quaking citadels of man."
also this is fRICKING AMAZING
The unfairly unrecognized animators of youtube.
This really has become a christmas tradition for me, haven't gone a christmas eve/day without watching this and it still holds up. Tbh it helps that you released this one what is still one of the best christmases I've ever had so once again thank you for this lovely new tradition
Thank you for coming back 💜 It really means a lot to me that there's people who come back to watch this every christmas!
@@Byona Didn't comment last year but back once again to watch it as usual! Merry christmas
Ay, happy 2024 everyone!!
(forgot to come here 5 days before..
oh that's a litte embarrassing)
SANKER1! I HAVE REACHED INSANE LEVELS OF THEORIZING ABOUT THE LEMON DEMON COMMUNITY. ARE YOU AFFILIATED WITH sys128, YTP tennis, missadaxio, or vib ribbon discord servers?
@@iwastherobloxianminecrafter wow uhh, i mean that's crazy XD, but i really don't think so, i only know about sys128 but not the rest of those people
Although i really love vib ribbon related stuff i never took the time to join a dc about it, i'll join sys' jsks
@@Sanker1 👍
hey even eldritch abominations go on cute dates! they need love too!
Oh my god, how did I not notice this when I first watched it, the eye that the cultists have on their masks is a lemon with horns, by Jove
2:31 I love the details here of the little things like the spirit phone poster and the Harry Potter puppet and then later the dinosorchestra poster
And don't forget Shrek at the bottom
And the vid where Ryan sees the future has a poster to the left of the door
you could say that
strange things happen for no reason
reconsider your choices
I love how both will wood and the tapeworms and neil cicierega use that lyric
Hi, I have an unhealthy obsession with lemon demon and everything related, so I look through all the art related to him, finding as many references as possible, so I have an excuse to look at it longer.
That being said, here's everything I've found in order.
Formatting:
[TIME STAMP] - the object - what it's referencing (and any associated album)
Let's go!
1:07 - Sign on the left of the screen - The ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny (dinosaurchestra)
1:27 - missed opportunity: one of the gravestones could have said "he earned his life" - I earn my life (spirit phone)
1:29 - text in background - "only 90s kids will remember this" is a meme
1:47 - moth monster - mothra? not sure
2:20 (and for the rest of the song) the cultists' masks - probably referencing bill cipher from gravity falls
2:25 imma expand this:
left of the door, we've got a mask of neil's face, referencing A Mask Of My Own Face (Nature Tapes)
Left of the mask, we've got some potter puppet pals, which are nice
I'm pretty sure the poster to the right of the mask is referencing something, but I'm not sure. if it was a 1-800 number, it could have been Angry People (spirit phone bonus tracks), but idk
To the right of the door, the framed picture is the cover art for the Spirit Phone Album, and Shrek is in the pile on the floor.
2:42 expanded again:
bottom left, we've got the view monster from view monster (crazy right)
Top right, we've got Goodsie, who's part of the Dinosaurchestra Album art
2:53 - geomagnetic storm - possible reference to Redesign your logo (Spirit Phone bonus tracks)
2:59 - very briefly the computer screen flashes neilathotep - this is referencing nyarlathotep, a character by HP lovecraft. This happened earlier too, but I don't remember where
very good job!
PJ Shaw maybe the rabbit to the right of the neil mask could be referencing the rabbit in the eighth wonder music video? thats what i thought at least lol
Pretty sure that the windmill on 1:21 is a Courage The Cowardly Dog reference. It's pretty generic, yes, but the color scheme is similar too
@@anonymousnoone___1776 hmm, perhaps. I'd never even considered that. good find!
Awesome work! Some of the references escaped you but probably because they are not all strictly Lemon Demon references, some just refer to Neil Cicierega's other work, for example the 1-800- poster refs to Ryan Murphy, Psychic Friend. The windmill is just a windmill however asjksjksjks
There's a box of food at 2:42, perhaps a reference to Toy Food?
2:26 so many Easter eggs
-mask of his own face
-potter puppet pals
-a lil Shrek
-album cover for spirit phone (I think)
And probably some more I missed
Rowan Heyd
- I think Adrian Brody is on the poster with the phone number in the back (Brodyquest)
-Dinosaurchestra picture in the room with candles
-The view finder from the album I forgot, sorry
- the Toy food box
There's also the dinosaur on the album cover of Dinosaurchestra in a frame at 2:42 and 2:46.
Also I found this on accident but when the computer bluescreens, it reads as a normal bluescreen but the Technical Information reads: "The ground was cleft and mad auroras rolled down on the quaking citadels of man"
There's that scene on the roof where she gets a text from her faction of warring horrors well before her reveal.
Rowan Heyd also in the cult room there was the view monster and there was a sign with the Ultimate Showdown on it. Also in that one news frame it said a geomagnetic storm which might have been a reference to Redesign Your Logo
Lowkey like 3 years late to this but holy HELL this is so good! And sooooo underrated! Might I mention all of those easter eggs ;) Someone did their Lemon Demon homework
God I've been so into Lemon Demon recently and suddenly this is recommended to me? it's fate!
Gosh I just had an even weirder experience since I just opened up my spotify and this exact song was up on the play bar....
Same!!
I love the idea of humans and eldritch creatures living along eachother
THIS IS SO FUCKING GOOD HOLY FUCK... I AM COMPELLED TO NOW DRAW OTHERWORLDLY BEING NEIL
Hasn't Neil always been an otherworldly being? Either way, yeah this looks really cool
I just realized that they are suppose to be Niel and Ming, that's adorable💕
Who's Ming?
@@alexandertoucan4956 She's Neil's wife
@@trixie7759 oh ok
I just noticed that ultimate showdown billboard, you clever bastard.
Dinosaurchestra album cover too
@@sonicfanboy3375 and spirit phone in the house! :D
Basically "Beauty and the beast" but written by H.P. Lovecraft
i feel bad for the weird eldrich horror thingy somehow
He just wanted to share with someone!