Gobblety Tobblety is an animated pilot and script by Liam Vickers. It follows Gobblety Tobblety ("GT" for short), a deer who has been turned most of the way into a human by a mysterious amulet and found herself attending Northpine High School, a school for hunters, while trying to keep her identity secret.
Accompanying GT is Skip, a ghostly student whom apparently no one else can see. It turns out two other students can see Skip as well: Patty, a Scottish exchange student, and Maxwell, a farmer, both of whom have secrets of their own. The common thread between the four of them is a connection to something called "The Collaboration".
The animation
(alternate link), posted 2016, adapts the first part of the script. There is also a blog post with a detailed synopsis.
Contains examples of:
- 2D Visuals, 3D Effects: Most of the art is 2D, but the chair that Patty kicks out the window is animated in 3D CGI.
- Bait-and-Switch: Mr. McCarthy is trying to find the culprit behind some things, so he goes to each student and slams a paper onto their desk for them to write what they did that day. When he gets to GT, he looms menacingly, then turns friendly and apologizes for having to make her participate.
- Fauxreigner: Patty claims to be a Scottish exchange student, but is actually from Iowa and putting on an accent.
- Humanity Ensues: GT is turned from a deer into a human (mostly).
- In-Series Nickname: Skip nicknames Gobblety Tobblety "GT" after he has trouble saying her full name.
- Instrumental Theme Tune: The opening theme is a wordless piece consisting of a few different instrument sections.
- Little Bit Beastly: GT is humanoid with antlers, hooves for hands, cerulean hair, gray skin, and red eyes.
- Mellow Fellow: Maxwell is first seen propping his feet on his desk and leaning back with his eyes closed and a relaxed smile. When Mr. McCarthy slams a paper onto his desk, smashing it into pieces, he doesn't even react, and his feet stay floating in midair. The paper drifts onto his lap and he glances at it before going back to relaxing.
- Oral Fixation:
- Maxwell is always seen chewing a piece of straw.
- Essence is frequently chewing gum and blowing bubbles with it.
- Never Learned to Read: GT, being a deer, is a horrendous speller. Her first attempt at writing "school" is "SSSQY".NAYME: Gobblety Tobblety
TODEH IN Scool I WOK up ANd - Protagonist Title: Gobblety Tobblety is the main protagonist and the work's namesake.
- Un-person: All traces of Skip's existence have been erased, including memories. Only GT and the other students connected to the Collaboration are able to perceive him.
- Violent Glaswegian: Scottish exchange student Patty reacts violently when Mr. McCarthy slams a paper onto her desk (or tries to). In the script, she throws a punch at his shoulder (which turns out to be comically ineffectual), and in the animation, she kicks her chair through the window. She claims it's a "Scottish reflex to being startled".
