"Beep bop poody doo, wintle cree vertaloo, see prah bingley bong bay. *screaming noise*"
—Cran's animated self, Cranbersher's Guide To Stop-Motion / Lip Sync
Cranbersher (real name Oliver Beale) is a Stop Motion animator on YouTube. He's primarily known for his fan-animations of YouTubers like Jacksepticeye, Markiplier, and PewDiePie, but he creates original animations, plays games, makes animation how-tos, and even composes his own background music.
One of his first big stop-motion projects was titled "Four Seven Six," and it can be found here.
As of now, Cran has a bit over 100,000 subscribers, and his current projects are more YouTuber fanimations and a short animated segment for an indie movie called "Deviant." Here's a highlight reel of sorts for samples of his most recent stuff.
Cran's channel is here, and here are his Twitter, Patreon, Twitch, and personal website.
Tropes pertaining to Cranbersher and his videos:
- Animation Bump: The animation at the end of "cranbersher's guide edification" is far more fluid than any other animation in the rest of the series.
- Breaking the Fourth Wall: In his second Timore animation:Markiplier puppet: [The first Timore game] also spawned an animation made by Cranbersher—
Cranbersher puppet: (looks up from controlling an even smaller puppet of Mark) [jump cut] - Early Installment Character-Design Difference: Towards the start of the "Cranbersher's Guide" series, the Cranbersher puppet has shorter, darker hair, an orange shirt, and nubby little feet. Later on, his hair is longer, a different color, his clothes are different and complete shoes. Subverted, as it's later revealed they're two different characters.
- Eye Scream: Let's just say that the most gruesome parts of the game The Tender Cut are animated in full.
- Mind Screw: The majority of his original stuff will leave you wondering what you just watched.
- Minimalist Cast:
- Four Seven Six really only has Mr. Bishop, the main character, and an appearance from his daughter at the end.
- "Cranbersher's Guide To Stop-Motion" has puppet Cran, original puppet Cran, and the narrator. Cran himself also shows up in "cranbersher's guide edification."
- Theme Tune Extended: Cranbersher's Theme, here. The end usually plays over the credits.
- Wipe That Smile Off Your Face: The Cran puppet does this to the original Cran puppet at the end of "Walk Cycles." For his entire face.
- Year Outside, Hour Inside: How the "Guide" series works. The puppets think they're moving normally, but to Cranbersher, they're moving really slowly. The Narrator calls this "puppet time."
