The Animator vs. Animation series (also known as the AVA series) is one of Alan Becker's major productions, and it shows the story of the Animator and the stick figures he made along with the fighting sticks.
Season 1 debuted on June 3, 2006, with the compilation being released on July 20, 2024. It involves the animator creating four different stick figures, all with different power levels, doing battles with them, and eventually befriending a couple of them. It consists of a consistent story arc and spans 26 minutes in total, the shortest season of them all.
Season 2 debuted on August 19, 2018, with the compilation being released being on December 5, 2020. It involves the Animator and his Stick Gang icon stick figure friends encountering a powerful virus, a new ally, and a deadly enemy who craves world domination and destruction. It too consists of a consistent story arc and lasts over 30 minutes, second longest in terms of time.
Season 3 debuted on April 29, 2023. It involves The Chosen One being hunted by four Mercenaries and dragging a reluctant Orange with him, all of it as a means of getting revenge against the Animator by the boss of a massive company with advanced technology. Despite the season still in progress as of this writing, it has already exceeded both of its predecessors in terms of time.
List of Episodes
# | Image | Title | Synopsis | Air Date | Links |
|---|
1 | 
| Animator vs. Animation | An animator faces his own animation in deadly combat. The battlefield? The Flash interface itself. A stick figure is created by an animator with the intent to torture. The stick figure will be using everything he can find - the brush tool, the eraser tool, etc. - to get back at his tormentor. It's resourcefulness versus power. Who will win? You can find out yourself. | June 3rd, 2006 | (Newgrounds)
(YouTube)
(atom.com)
(Facebook) |
2 | 
| Animator vs. Animation 2 | The animator, looking for a challenge, decides to make the stick figure harder to beat. Little does he know exactly how much power he is giving to the little guy. Long live The Chosen One! | November 4th, 2006 | (atom.com)
(Newgrounds)
(YouTube) |
3 | 
| Animator vs. Animation 3 | "The Chosen One" from episode two is trapped inside the Animator's internet explorer in forced labor as a pop-up blocker. This segment follows his eventual escape onto Microsoft Word, Solitaire, Minesweeper, and the desktop. | October 11th, 2010 | (Newgrounds)
(YouTube)
(Facebook) |
4 | 
| Animator vs. Animation 4 | The struggle between a stick figure and its creator, a computer animator. In this fourth installment, the animator is finally shown in real life interacting with his computer monitor. The stick figure, resisting his tormentor, attacks his social life by hacking his Facebook account, traveling onto his iPhone via USB cord, and drawing animations of his own to dismantle the animation interface. | October 2nd, 2014 | (Newgrounds)
(YouTube)
(DeviantArt)
(Facebook) |
# | Image | Title | Synopsis | Air Date | Links |
|---|
9 | 
| Wanted | The Chosen One is in trouble. | April 29th, 2023 | (YouTube) |
10 | 
| The Box | Anything goes, in The Box | November 4th, 2023 | (YouTube)
(Facebook) |
11 | 
| Victim | The stick figure that started it all. | December 14th, 2024 | (YouTube) |
12 | 
| Hacker | The animation returns to the animator. | September 13th, 2025 | (YouTube) |
13 | 
| The Machine | Turn it on, see what it does | May 30th, 2026 | (YouTube) |
