Andrew Kepple is a flash animator from New Zealand (currently residing in Canada). He started out in 1999 under the online handle Too Much Spare Time (or just TmsT) and have since then produced quite a few viral and semi-viral animations. It is probably safe to say that he has been with the Internet since it really started to go big, and has had a hand in laying the foundation for quite a bit of Internet culture.
In 2003, after making and running a few webcomics, from which the most well-known is perhaps Goodbye Cruel World
, Kepple took great interest in Flash animation. His first big break was his Animutation videos, amongst them the famous Colin Mochrie vs. Jesus H. Christ fanimutrilogy, which became quite popular in the fanimutation community. Kepple would later have a couple of rather fruitful collaborations with the father of Animutation, Neil Cicierega, which resulted in some Animated Music Video based on some of Neil's early Lemon Demon songs.
Also noteworthy is Kepple's own voice acting and keyboard music which is featured in a couple of his videos, and which really isn't half bad. He is also very fond of Creator Cameos and Easter Eggs.
While all of Kepple's official sites appears to be down at the moment, most of his work can be viewed through his Albino Black Sheep page and Newgrounds page
Andrew Kepple's body of work includes:
- The Colin Mochrie vs. Jesus H. Christ fanimutrilogy, the first of which, French Erotic Film, has nothing to do with porn from France.
- TmsT's Duke Nukem Forever — The various incarnations of Duke Nukem sings Forever by
The Beach Boys. Made in 2004 and pretty Hilarious in Hindsight. - TmsT's Zero Wing Rhapsody — Zero Wing meets Bohemian Rhapsody.
- Geeks in Love — Music video for the Lemon Demon of the same name.
- When Robots Attack — Another Lemon Demon music video which happens to be a Oner
- ScientLOLojyuuichi!! — Was published under the pseudonym Androgynous. Based on a song by Nuclear Bubble Wrap, this video is a funny look on Scientology, the Internetbased group Anonymous' Project Chanology related protests and tribute to the original Hyakugojyuuichi!!, the first animutation video of note.
- Hosue — House meets HOLY FUCK SHIT AHHHHHHHHHHHH
- Spy & Pyro — Team Fortress 2 meets Looney Tunes. Has its own page.
- Avada Kedavra — Video for the song of the same name by Nuclear Bubble Wrap and Steve Goodie. A Harry Potter themed parody of Hakuna Matata, wherein Voldemort and Wormtail explains the wonders of the killing curse to Draco Malfoy.
- ''Sophisticus — Music video celebrating an imaginary holiday in which men become olde-timey fancy british gentlemen for a night.
- ''Draining the Lizard — Video for the song of the same name by Nuclear Bubble Wrap about urinating on Dumbledore.
- ''Two Guys and a Jigsaw Puzzle — A short sketch where one person is creating a jigsaw puzzle of boundless human knowledge, and another comes by to "help" with his suspiciously-shaped "edge pieces."
- Animal in Love (part of The Best Garfield Falsh Animashun Collab Ever! 2: The Next Mutation) — A video for Coldplay's "Fix You" based on a Garfield strip.
- Speaking of Garfield, Andrew is a frequent contributor to the webcomic Square Root of Minus Garfield.
- ''Becausemos A parody of * Cosmos and the New Conservative copypasta.
- The Trash Pack — Along with New Zealand animation team Mukpuddy, he helped animated the web shorts for the Moose toyline The Trash Pack. He has also contributed with Mukpuddy for other projects as well.
Kepple's work provides examples of:
- Transformation Sequence: The two protagonists in Sophisticus go through a parody of a Sailor Moon transformation in which they acquire facial hair and spats, complete with sparkly skin and whipping coattails.
- Take That!: At House's fangirls. Or at least the ones who think of him as a nice, kindly individual.
- Belief Makes You Stupid: Two Guys and a Jigsaw Puzzle, Lampshaded somewhat in Becausemos.
- Speedy Techno Remix: The Squirrel of Life, which is a noticeably sped up version of The Circle Of Life mashed up with a sample of Frank van der Plas (as Ome Henk) chanting in Opblaaskrokodil and a beautiful piano improv by Kepple himself.
