History WebAnimation / SockSeries

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Gaeous die by getting cut in half from behind by one of Ceriazibus' tongue as they're about to attack Sock.

There is also a prequel comic called ''[[http://www.zehkiflorn.com/600/01.html Genesis of Sock]]''.

* FlyingSeaFoodSpecial: A flying angler fish manifested out of spirits.

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 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6dc0Ld9gO8&list=PLBC1E15B62F4B0011 YouTube]] and [[http://barfquestion.newgrounds.com/movies/ Newgrounds]].

%%* PortalDoor: Sock turns their owner's fridge into one, though it's never shown where it leads.%%Then how do we know it happened?

* ShockAndAwe: In addition to [[BlowYouAway creating wind]] Hothica can summon very powerful lightning bolts.

* PortalDoor: Sock turns their owner's fridge into one, though it's never shown where it leads.

* ArtStyleDissonance: Despite the cutesy and stylized artstyle, this serie is full of human misery, BodyHorror and hellish monsters.

A man purchases a demonic hamster from a pet shop. Things quickly get [[BewareTheCuteOnes out]] [[EldritchAbomination of]] [[ReligionOfEvil hand]].

There is also a prequel comic called [[http://www.zehkiflorn.com/600/01.html ''Genesis of Sock'']]

* ShoutOut: In ''Empire'' a little girl is seen holding a plushie that looks like the Fetusaur from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nSw1RqtaRA The Faster The Treadmill]], another animation by Grey Gerling.

* AuthorAvatar: Sock's owner looks like how Grey Gerling represent himself.

* BodyHorror: The series as a whole is ripe with this, but special mention goes to Ceriazibus exposing their flailing guts.

* SkewedPriorities: Despite all the terrible things going on around him, Sock's owner is more concerned about getting a snack.

* DemBones: The giant skeleton creature that appears in all three parts.

** Hothica have the power of freezing water.

* ArtStyleDissonance: Despite cutesy and stylized artstyle, this serie is full of human misery, BodyHorror and hellish monsters.

* BlackBeadEyes: Sock, the humans and the smoking demon have these, Sock's owner also have them but they are more line-shapped, Gaeous Appear to have this but he actually have holes for eyes.

* {{Cephalothorax}}: In term of physical appearence, Sock and the three gods are just tiny floating heads as bodies, they don't even have legs even if Sock's is supposed to be an hamster. This make him more cute looking and thus make his statut as an apocalypse bringer even more scary.

* EatingTheEnemy: The smoking demon kill Uquorion by eating half of their body in one bite for [[MustHaveNicotine lighting off its cigarette.]]

* FlowerMouth: How Ceriazibus' mouths looks like.

* GreenThumb: Gaeous's powers. They simply has to cry on something to create giant sentient flora.

* GrotesqueCute: Sock is a cute hamster who sacrifice a pizza delivery man, summon creatures from hell, and bring the apocalypse.

** When Ceriazibus get freed by Gaeous' vines by Sock's cultists, they have some wound that instantanly disapears. they can't regrow their heads though.

* {{Hellhound}}: Though not a canine per se, Ceriazibus is definitely evocative of Cerberus, even the name is very similar.

* 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, meanwhile 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.

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

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

* MultipleHeadCase: Ceriazibus have three heads, when the left one gets infected by Gaeous' parasitic blood, the middle head simply decapitate it before the rest of their body get infected.

* NumberOfTheBeast: Sock costed 9.99 dollars do buy, swap the number upside down and you get 666.

* OverlyLongTongue: Ceriazibus's tongues are so long that it can wrap them around on of their's head multiple times and it's so sharp that it can '''decapitate''' themself.

* PlayingWithFire: Sock have power over fire and even engulf the city in a fire storm.

* PowerNullifier: The intro of ''Empire'' implies that Sock's powers were completely negated by a mundane hamster cage. There's a few hints that Sock's powers have no effects on pastic at all.

* SwallowedWhole: A giant ghostly black angler fish eat a bunch of humans in one bite, leaving their skeletons.

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

* BadMoonRising: The moon and stars have turns blood red during ''Advent of Sock''.

* 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.
* KillerRabbit: Sock is an adorable hamster. they are also a seemingly unkillable demon that commands an army of monsters from hell.

* SealedEvilInACan: The can in this case being Sock's cage, which nullifies his powers by being made of plastic wihch Sock cannot affect.

* SwallowedWhole: A giant ghostly black angler fish eat a punch of humans in one bite, leaving their skeletons.

** Gaeous' green parasitic plant creating liquid also serve as their tears and their blood.
** Uquorion have gray blood.

* AllThereInTheScript: Nobody but Sock is named in the shorts themselves, but several names are revealed through character artwork Gerling posted on his developer blog. The god of storm is Hothica, the god of dirt is Gaeous, the god of fluid is Uquorion, and the cerberus monster is Ceriazibus.

* BadMoonRising: The moon and stars have turned blood red by the third episode.

* {{Cephalothorax}}: Physically speaking, Sock and the three gods are just tiny floating heads as bodies, they don't even have legs even if Sock's is supposed to be an hamster. This make him more cute looking and thus make his statut as an apocalypse bringer even more scary.

* 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 Ceriazibus.
* KillerRabbit: Sock is an adorable hamster. they are also a seemingly unkillable demon that commands an army of monsters from hell.

* PowerNullifier: The intro of ''Empire'' implies that Sock's powers were completely negated by a mundane hamster cage.

* SealedEvilInACan: The can in this case being Sock's cage, which inexplicably nullifies his powers

* TheXOfY: All parts of the series follow the X of Sock formula.

* WeakSauceWeakness: As powerfull as Sock is, his radiation powers cannot affect plastic objects, which is why a sipple hamster cage render him harmless.

* WeakSauceWeakness: Sock, an eldritch being from hell, is rendered harmless by a hamster cage.

* ''Empire of Sock'' (2013-2014, 3 episodes)

* 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 with wines.

* {{Hellhound}}: Though not a canine per se, Ceriazibus is definitely evocative of Cerberus.

* AllThereInTheScript: Nobody but Sock is named in the shorts themselves, but several names are revealed through character artwork Gerling posted on his developer blog. The god of storm is Hothica, the gpd of dirt is Gaeous, the god of fluid is Uquorion, and the cerberus monster is Ceriazibus.

* AllThereInTheScript: Nobody but Sock is named in the shorts themselves, but several names are revealed through character artwork Gerling posted on his developer blog. The sky god is Hothica, the plant god is Gaeous, the water god is Uquorion, and the cerberus monster is Ceriazibus.