Here are November's top 5:

1. littlefoot One of the best looking animations on Newgrounds, you can tell the author is a professional animator. This is the first part in a two-part story that takes place in the forrest. Bigfoot's son Littlefoot has gotten lost and is wandering around when our main character Bitey finds him. Being the kind, helpful soul that he is, Bitey decides to have some fun at Littlefoot's expense. Will Bigfoot show up in time?
- Bitey of Brackenwood The first of the Brackenwood series, a halpless Fat Sacks (you will understand the name when you watch this) is sitting alone in a forrest of many fantastical creatures. Then Bitey comes along to play with it... not in that nice way though. Bitey is, in the words of the author ,"a complete bitch ". He then goes to harass the local witch. Not much story but very nicely done.
- Prowlies at the River The Brackenwood prowlies are usually harmless, but when provoked they can be very dangerous, especially in numbers and wouldn't you know that Bitey is about to meet up with 5 as he goes to the river for a drink...

2. eBaums world dot com Alright ebaumsworld.com/ is a website that gets submissions from various sources. Not unlike Newgrounds does. There is a difference though between taking all the funny content on the internet and compiling it on one site (as NG does) giving FULL credit to the authors... and taking all the content, removing the original signatures, and adding your own Ebaums World signature. When you submit to Ebams, you sign a disclaimer that gives them ownership of your work. For this reason and a few others (such as an apperent infestation of spyware and even just finding funny stuff on the internet and taking it if it doesn't say copyrighted. Again, unlike NG that only shows what is submitted by the author) someone wrote a neat and very catchy sounding music video protesting the website. I think it may have merit, if I make something, I don't want that work to be sold to some company just because I wanted to show it off there. So give this a listen.

3. The New Guy A short, nicely animated flash about robot that is in charge of a sales department. There's a new guy and he's disrupting things for everyone. How will the boss deal with him?

4. The Touchtone Genius Music video about a guy who sings a song and uses the number pad of his touchtone phone to give melody to the song. I am completely unable to hear the keypad noises on my computer personally but the author actually paid to have this song made by a quirky composer and if you go to songstowearpantsto.com/, scroll down to song #219 and load it you can hear the audio in full. It's a different sound, that's for sure and the idea is intriguing as I have never heard of someone composing unique songs from a telephone before, though I know you could if so inclined.

5. A Midnight Snack A off the wall, wacky animation about a little pink guy named Kirby and his needlessly hyper violent and reckless attempt to get himself a midnight snack. If only people could act with a LITTLE bit of common sense. Heh!

The Rest:

1. ++Nes Collab++ a great series of tributes to 4 old school NES (Nintendo, first generation) games. I laughed more to the Kung Fu parody then any other animation on my top 30 list this month. Two thumbs up.

2. -=another random battle=- One stick-man against the relentless hoards out to kill him. Yea, yea, you've seen this before but they are still fun and the action is smooth. Besides it has a funny and unexpected ending to it that made me laugh.

3. Yeah Toast!!! An exceedingly silly music animation set to Bob & Tom's "Yea Toast!!! that is done in a doodle-esc style. I think the author or a friend of his made this themselves. Amateurish but still amusing.

4. Finding Harold A late but still great Halloween submission that didn't make it onto my October list. You'd probably find it if you went through the Halloween submissions but after some thought I decided to add it here anyway. The story, in a man's misdirection to find his place, he stumbles upon the thing all dead walkers love most....

5. How to make a good Flash I sometimes have wished I would make my very own flash animation, win awards and get the general acclaim that I have seen others manage but HOW? No worries, after watching this animation I am now prepared to make something that will... leave an impression anyway <grins>.

6. (2005)In 3 Minutes Clay! Another Knox production with his trademark blue men and humor.What if you had 3 minutes to live? well..you wouldnt do the krap THIS guy does! ENJOY!
- Bungee Jumping Time! Another Knox presentation. Some klaymen go bungee jumping..you know you wanna see this. <grins>

7. King of Buttons Game! This is the best button clicking game I have ever played. There are a bunch of modes including reflex (how fast you can react when you see the button appear), endurance (how long can you keep clicking) and time attack (how many times you can click within a given time frame). Simple yet addicting.
- King of Buttons 2 the sequel. Same sort of stuff but with a few new modes and anti cheating additions added. Might be better just to go to this instead.

8. Bra Bashing FOAMY! GERMAINE GIVES UP ON LOOKING FOR COMFORTABLE CLOTHING AND REVOLTS!!! Burn the bras BURN THEM. Heheh.

9. Lemmings Very cute animation with a nice minimalist look. A bunch of lemmings are waiting to jump off the cliff but the one at the front of the row is holding things up... Enjoy the odd tale of the little critters.

10. Heads, shoulders, knees.. Music animation set to the classic children's song "Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes". I havn't heard this song in so very long. This submission is crisp, has good art, and a funny theme that's rated G for the whole familly.

11. Self-Portrait Just as the title says. A short 15 second intro to a self-portrait the author drew in one shot (heh, you'll get that little joke when you watch the flash). It's interesting and very creepy at the same time.

12. Stone Tablets Brother Josiah has been working on a sacred sacrament who's rules would be followed by the entire tribe they are a part of. He wrote it down and now asks two of his fellow brothers from the order to get their opinions. I have to say they gave their thoughts with more tact then I would have. <smirks>

13. the bill 'o' rights a VERY stylish and nifty animation that was done as a school project. The author had to present the USA's bill of rights in a unique way. He got a 100% on this, come and see why.

14. Star Ball GAME! I have seen more then a few Breakout style games in the past year at Newgrounds but I think this is be best one ghaphic and control wise. Move a platform from side to side so you can bounce the ball up and break the bricks. Get power-ups, avoid the bombs that sometimes drop down. When all the bricks are gone you move up to the next level. Hours of simple, addictive fun are to be had here.

15. The Gift.. A slow but sweet animation that was done to a too short, sad sounding, piano melody. Not much going in in this but if your willing to give it a chance you might find it worthwhile. A boy is sitting down alone and he picks a flower of which half the petals get blown away making it incomplete, like the boy. Must it always be this way?

16. who goes there? An interesting horror animation. In part one of the series, a security guard is trapped in a bunker with strange creatures crawling around. Will he send the emergensy signal or die trying.? Find out here.
- Who goes there? Part 2 A small band of soldiers move into the base. To rescue the trapped guard I believe but are they too late?
- Who Goes There? Part 3 The guard is given important infromation by the monsters while the soldiers continue to look for him, find out more about the strange beings ... and survive this nightmare.
- Who Goes There? Part 4 the security guard toes to get some weapons while the soldiers learn more about the monsters they are fighting or try to... The monsters are coming and they are hungry.

17. NG 1337 Translator! What is 1337 or leet speak? Basically it it the transformation of letters into numbers or symbols. It can be quite hard to make but with this translator making leet speak becomes child's play (ex. H becomes |-|; E becomes 3; HELLO becomes |-|3|_|_0) Amaze and annoy your friends with the most usless translator EVER. Just don't try and translate back. For some reason that doesn't quite work...

18. Conan VS Kindergaten Kop A wonderfully done and amusing political movie about Arnold Schwarzenegger and how he might handle an issue that has arisen during his governing of California. Specifically the state's infamous kid prisons. Arnold debates with two of his movie personas, Conan and the Kindergarten Cop, to find the best solution. Watch it and see if YOU think they come up with the answer.

19. 3 Dudes And A Puppy - Ep1 In this first of a potential series, Dude 1 asks Dude 2 to look after his puppy.Soon after Dude 1 leaves though... the puppy dissapears. Can Dudes 2 and 3 find it before something bad happens? This pilot is 8 minutes long, and full of comedy and confusion, so enjoy it!

20. Charlie the Unicorn Now here is a movie that revels in it's poor animation. A very different looking with it's brightly covered pastels. the real treat though is the audio and the author's twisted mind. Poor Charlie is forced to accompany to other annoying unicorns to Candy Mountain. You'll never guess what happens when they get there.

21. Alcoholics Anonymous The author made a 30 second short that could be used as an advert on TV for a serious issue, something that could help change someone's life. He chose to do this animation based on alcoholics anonymous. Simple yet effective. Take a look.

22. Annabel A music video that the author created himself. Simple graphics that still go well with this weird song he created. Few people realise that Satan had a daughter, and that her name was Annabel. Fewer still realise there's a song about it. Well allow me to enlighten you...

23. Artext And now for something completely different. Sometimes known as ascii art, this animation is a freeform set completely in text... there are no graphics or other shapes. No story, just complete randomness. Take a look, I hope you find it entertaining,

24. ATU:Delusions of Grandeur In this first of a possible series, the universe is very desolate, except for one small blue orb. Our alien friend has found it apparently, but what are her true intentions? Kind of slow, very intriguing though without a single line of dialogue, it still encompasses what is going on. The visual, color palette has a mellow and soothing tone and the animation was solid and adds to the sense of desolation. A bit short though. You really don't know what's going on with anything by the end. Still I found something very ethereal and appealing about this. I look foreword to the next installment.
- _Across the universe_ A sort of prequel to the above movie, even though it has little or nothing to do with it other than the main character they both share (after making this, the author decided to evolve this first submission into a story). It's a music animation set to the Beatles' song "Across The Universe". The animation doesn't go the entire length of the song but you get to hear the music in it's entirety. Everything I said (graphic wise) for the other animation fits here too. Good stuff.

25. Canadian Nookie Funny, adult cartoon about Canadian Nookie, which is a safe sex concept the author hopes will have a lasting impression.

26. CC - Clockification Mineral Water Clock has an appointment with King Strawberry to become clockified but first he must pass a few simple tests. Heh, heh.

27. Clam by the bus A short little funny on the value of mom's for their annoying... erm angelic brats. I MEAN KIDS! It gave me a good chuckle.

28. Drakojan Skies Mission 1 Game! Superb, professional looking, side scrolling shooter with a great theme and even a bit of story too it. It's not normally my thing but when they make it THIS good you have to take notise. The game is divided into 3 parts that are all pretty much the same to play them all.
- Drakojan Skies Mission 2 Second level
- Drakojan Skies Mission 3 Third level.

29. -Faceless- Tribute to the Holocaust. It is a result of a project the author had for english. In his class he read the book "Night", by Elie Wiesel. He then had to make a artist responce on the book, and this is what we made. He only had three days to do it so it's not as polished as it could be but the underlying message comes through quite clear.

30. Groovy! Music animation set to Simon & Garfunkel's "The 59th Street Bridge Song" (also known as "Feeling Groovy"). They erased the last verse if the short song though. Would have been nice if they had done the whole thing. Oh well, it's a random nonsense movie which is basically entirely violence. Follow this man on his feel-good adventure around town, looking for fun and feeling groovy.

31. Way of the Jedi: Volume 3 An extra, I kind of wanted to not use it as the stick figure animation was absolutely atrocious but it had good visuals otherwise. The sound effects are spot on and the end fight scene with the soldiers and then the fellow Jedi taking on the Sith fighter in that top down perspective was one of the smoothest little fight sequences I have seen on NG. No story or even dialogue as such. The Sith's ship gets taken in and the Sith then must fight his way through various challenges. I really wish the people in here were created with the care that the rest of the animation is.

And here are 5 older picks that are worth a look:

1. Windows Noises This is really neat. The guy took a bunch of the default Windows noises, modified them and then played them together in various musical ways.

2. britney, britney, britney Not a really good animation but I want to show it to you because this is almost psychic. Almost three years before Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" at the Superbowl this animation was made. In it, Janet is upset because Britney Spears is getting too much attention and plots how to raise her profile.

3. FBI: Paris Sex Tape I thought if I was going to show off one animation parody of a celebrity's "accidental" public nudity I would show off another. Paris Hilton's sex tape has been just released on the internet and Federal Agent Simms has gathered a team of men to help contain the damage. It's a decent parody with some cutting insight.

4. Chipmunks Gangsta Rap This is a fantastic music animation but also very, very dark. If the idea of seeing Alvin and the Chipminks as violent, murderous junkies bent on revenge for how success in the 80's absolutely ruined their lives you might give this a pass (I'll admit I cringed a bit during this, especially during the torture of Dave) but if you can take it, you will really enjoy this. The author really did the source material credit.

5. The Icecream Machine Inspired by a true story. A boy has given an ice-cream machine some money but it's not giving the poor kid his rightfully purchased goods and on top of that it begins taunting him. What follows is an an almost epic battle of man vs ice-cream machine. It's really amusing and well made without resorting to violence like so many animations when power struggles happen. Highly recommended viewing.

That's all for November. Stay tuned for next month's exciting installment.
Till next time...

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