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Animator vs. Animation
Animator vs. Animation (AvA) is Alan Becker's web series, begun June 3, 2006 as a viral Flash animation, in which mute stick figures battle their animator's cursor on a computer desktop, later expanding into sequels, seasons, and Animation vs. spin-offs.
Annoying Orange
Annoying Orange: American comedy web series created by Dane Boedigheimer (Gagfilms), first video October 9, 2009; talking orange with human eyes and mouth annoys fruit; over 1 billion views by 2012, Cartoon Network TV series 2012-2014, still running.
Autocomplete Interview
Autocomplete Interview is WIRED's YouTube celebrity series, begun March 2016, in which guests peel strips off a board and answer Google's most searched autocomplete questions about themselves; trademarked 2019, with Italian and podcast editions.
Awkward Black Girl
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl (ABG) is Issa Rae's two-season YouTube comedy web series, premiered February 3, 2011, starring J, an awkward Black office worker; it won the 2012 Shorty Award and led to HBO's Insecure.
Battle for Dream Island
Battle for Dream Island (BFDI) is a YouTube animated competition series created by twin brothers Michael and Cary Huang, premiered January 1, 2010 on jacknjellify; it originated the object-show genre, uses viewer-voted eliminations, and has over 2.6 billion views.
Bee and PuppyCat
Bee and PuppyCat (also Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space) is a Natasha Allegri animated series about unemployed Bee and alien PuppyCat doing space temp jobs; Kickstarter-funded web series 2014–2016, Netflix season 2022.
Betas
Betas, an Amazon Studios comedy by Evan Endicott and Josh Stoddard, follows Silicon Valley entrepreneurs building the social app BRB; one season of 11 episodes, 2013–2014, cancelled.
Bravest Warriors
Bravest Warriors: Pendleton Ward's animated sci-fi comedy, a 2009 Random! Cartoons short that became Cartoon Hangover's first series in 2012, following teen heroes Chris, Beth, Danny, and Wallow saving aliens with emotion powers.
Burning Love (2012 TV series)
Burning Love (2012-2013) is an American comedy web series parodying The Bachelor, created by Erica Oyama, directed by and starring Ken Marino as firefighter Mark Orlando, on Yahoo! Screen and E!, with Ben Stiller executive producing.
Camp Camp
Camp Camp: American adult animated web series (2016-2024) by Rooster Teeth, created by Jordan Cwierz and Miles Luna; 64 episodes about camper Max at dysfunctional Camp Campbell; distinct from the 'Camp' Camp LGBTQ retreat in Maine.
Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager
Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager is a Star Wars parody web series (2006–2012) by Matt Sloan and Aaron Yonda of Blame Society Productions, about Darth Vader's less successful brother managing a grocery store; it won the 2007 George Lucas Selects award.
Chen Xiang 6:30 (陈翔六点半)
Chen Xiang 6:30 (陈翔六点半) is a Chinese comedy short-video team founded by director Chen Xiang in 2014 in Yunnan, known for daily reversal sketches, six revenue-sharing network films, and a 2026 move into short dramas on Hongguo.
Clark and Michael
Clark and Michael is a 2007 CBS Interactive mockumentary web series starring Michael Cera and Clark Duke as themselves, clueless Hollywood writers pitching a TV show; 10 episodes, thesis-film origin, TIME top viral video of 2007.
Con Man (web series)
Con Man is a comedy web series about a struggling actor who attends fan conventions. It raised over $3 million on Indiegogo, becoming the highest-funded web series at the time.
Death Battle
Death Battle (DEATH BATTLE!) is Ben Singer's web series pitting fictional characters in researched fights to the death. Created 2010 at ScrewAttack, later Rooster Teeth, independent under Party Up Media since 2024.
Decker
Decker is a Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington Adult Swim action parody (2014-2017), an On Cinema spinoff about agent Jack Decker; distinct from ABC's 2026 crime drama RJ Decker.
Dick Figures
Dick Figures is a 2010-2014 flash-animated YouTube comedy web series by Ed Skudder and Zack Keller about stick figures Red and Blue, produced by Six Point Harness with Mondo Media, spanning five seasons and a Kickstarter-record 2013 feature film.
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is a 2008 three-act musical web series by Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon, Jed Whedon, and Maurissa Tancharoen, starring Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, and Felicia Day; self-funded at about $200,000 during the WGA strike, it drew over 2 million free views in five days and won a 2009 Emmy.
Easy (TV series)
Easy is a Netflix comedy-drama anthology series created by Joe Swanberg, following Chicagoans through love, sex, technology, and culture. Three seasons, 25 improvised half-hour episodes, aired 2016–2019 with a 90% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Foursome
Foursome is a 2016-2018 AwesomenessTV teen comedy web series on YouTube Red starring Jenn McAllister and Logan Paul; the name also covers a Playboy TV reality series, a 2026 Edward Burns golf film, and a Kline novel.
Funny or Die
Funny or Die (FOD), American comedy studio and website founded 2007 by Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, and Chris Henchy; launched with "The Landlord"; user voting model; acquired 2021 by Henry R. Muñoz III.
Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street
Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street, also known as Gortimer Gibbon – Mein Leben in der Normal Street, is Amazon's first original live-action kids series (2014–2016), created by David Anaxagoras, about Gortimer, Ranger, and Mel on a magically tinged suburb; 2 seasons, 39 episodes.
Gummibär & Friends: The Gummy Bear Show
Gummibär & Friends: The Gummy Bear Show is an animated web series starring the Gummibär character, with Kala the Cat and Harry the Chameleon. Premiered June 24, 2016 on YouTube; 39 seven-minute episodes per season, produced by Toonz Animation and Gummybear International; season 1 drew over 330 million views.
Half-Life: Full Life Consequences
Half-Life: Full Life Consequences, also written Halflife: Full Life Consequences, is a 2006 squirrelking fan fiction about John Freeman, Gordon Freeman's brother, famous for its broken English and Djy1991's 2008 Garry's Mod machinima adaptation.
Happy Tree Friends
Happy Tree Friends is a Mondo Media adult Flash-animated black comedy by Kenn Navarro, Rhode Montijo, and Aubrey Ankrum, online from 2000, with dialogue-free shorts showing cute forest animals dying graphically.
HarmonQuest
HarmonQuest is an American actual-play comedy series (2016-2019, 3 seasons, 30 episodes) created by Dan Harmon and Spencer Crittenden, in which comedians play Pathfinder before a studio audience with animated adventures; it began on Seeso and now streams on Crunchyroll.
Homestar Runner
Homestar Runner is a Flash-animated American web cartoon by Mike and Matt Chapman (The Brothers Chaps), launched January 2000 at homestarrunner.com, famous for Strong Bad Email, Trogdor, merchandise-only funding, a 2010-2014 hiatus, and its post-Flash Ruffle revival.
Hoovie's Garage
Hoovie's Garage (Hoovies Garage) is Tyler Hoover's Wichita, Kansas automotive YouTube channel about buying cheap broken cars, the Hooptie Fleet, the Car Wizard, Car Issues TV, and The Hooptie Lot dealership.
How It Should Have Ended
How It Should Have Ended (HISHE) is an American animated web series by Daniel Baxter and Tina Alexander, running since 2005 on YouTube, parodying films with alternate endings, Super Café and Villain Pub segments, 10.5M subscribers, 3.46B views.
Italian Spiderman
Italian Spiderman: Australian 2007 parody web series by Dario Russo and Alrugo Entertainment, posing as a lost 1960s Italian superhero film; ten YouTube episodes in 2008, 40-minute cut, later Danger 5.