History WebAnimation / SockSeries

The Sock series is made by [[http://www.barfquestion.com Grey Gerling]], who is known for his unique hand drawn style of animation. There are 3 parts, the last of which was released in 3 separate episodes. The series is available on [[http://barfquestion.newgrounds.com/movies/ Newgrounds]].

* FourElementEnsemble: Sock and the three gods each represent an element.
** Sock can produce fire with radioactive properties, making them representative of the fire element.
** Hothica can control wind and storm, making them representative of the air element.
** Uquorion has control over water and submarine life, making them representative of the water element.
** Gaeous can grow plants and fungi and is known as the god of dirt, making them representative of the earth element.

* AnIcePerson:
** Hothica has the power of freezing water.
** When Hothica and Gaeous are killed, Uquorion create some ice arms that shoot high pressure water to pin Sock against the ground.

* IgnoredEnemy: At no point are the gods seen attacking Sock's cultists, which bite them in the ass because a group of them trap Hothica in a magical cylinder and crush them to death while another group free Ceriazubus from the vines they were trapped in which allow them to kill Gaeous, the one who wrapped them in the first place.

** When Hothica and Gaeous are killed, Uquorion create some ice arms that shoot high pressure water to pin Sock against a wall.

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Most humans look basically like actual humans, though depicted in a stylized artstyle like you would expect to see in a children's book (even though this series is ''[[ArtStyleDissonance not]]'' for children). Sock's owner however, looks like a stick figure with thick arms and legs.

->''Evil hamster [[NumberOfTheBeast 9.99]].''

* NumberOfTheBeast: Sock cost $9.99 to buy, turn the number upside down and you get 666.

* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Uquorion, on account of being modeled after an angler fish.

** At the end of ''Empire'', Sock's owner is looking in his house's wreckages for Sock's receipt, all while sporting a mildly annoyed expression, despite the fact that the city he lives him just got completely destroyed by a demonic hamster, an army of monsters from hell and three gods. He's even happy to finally find the receipt, as if bringing back his evil hamster to the pet shop would change anything.

* CrucifiedHeroShot: The intro sequence in ''Empire'' shows Sock being crucified. [[MindScrew By himself.]]

* CreepyCoolCrosses: The intro sequence in ''Empire'' shows Sock being crucified. [[MindScrew By himself.]]

* FlowerMouth: What Ceriazibus' mouths look like flowers when they are open.

* SwirlyEnergyThingy: Sock creates a [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/354717257731145729/781959482451165184/Sans_titre_1.png purple vortex]] within their owner's fridge, though it's never shown if the vortex leads anywhere.

* WeakSauceWeakness: As powerful as Sock is, his radiation powers cannot affect plastic objects such as bottles or plastic bags, which is why a simple hamster cage renders him harmless.

* FlowerMouth: What Ceriazibus' mouths look like.

* TakeThat: The whole concept of Sock's cultists is a jab at religions in general, something Grey Gerling is against. While this is only represented as a subtle visual metaphor in Empire of Sock, Sock lore side material indicates that in the past, most of Sock's cultists separated into various real-world religions while a few stayed loyal to Sock as we see in the videos where Sock rises again. This basically means that the origin of all religions is a group of fanatics worshiping a world-destroying hamster for no reason.

* ''Dawn of Sock'' (2007)
* ''Advent of Sock'' (2009)
* ''Empire of Sock'' (2013-2014, divided in 3 parts)

** Uquorion seems to have both purple blood when he gets bitten off and gray blood when his corpse falls on the ground.

Altough the video series stopped after the third episode, Grey Gerling wrote a [[http://www.zehkiflorn.com/exitzone/timeline/timeline.html timeline]] that conclude the story of ''Sock'' and Gerling's other series in one go, tying all of his animation series in a single canon on the same time of finishing them.

** Gaeous sounds like "gaia" which fit for someone who has power over nature.

* MixAndMatchCritter: In ''Genesis of Sock'' Uquorion uses their power to fuses various sea creatures together which either results in [[BodyHorror nonfunctional masses of twiching meat]] or monstuous levianthans.

* TakeThat: The whole concept of Sock's cultists is a jab at religions in general, something Grey Gerling is against. While this is only represented as a subtle visual metaphor in Empire of Sock, Sock lore side material indicates that in the past, most of Sock's cultists separated into various real-world religions while a few stayed loyal to Sock as we see in the videos where Sock rises again. This basically means that the origin of all religions is a group of fanatics worshipping a world-destroying hamster for no reason.

* CutShort: Development of the fourth installment, ''Rictus of Sock'', unfortunately stopped when the creator decided to pursue another project.

* MeaningfulName:
** Gaeous sounds like "gaia" which fit for someone who has power over nature.
** Uquorion sounds like "aqua" and has power over water.
** Ceriazibus sounds like "Cerberus", the creature they are based on.