# asdfmovie asdfmovie is a series of surreal animated flash shorts created by British YouTuber TomSka, debuting August 10, 2008. Built from rapid-fire stick-figure skits with punchlines like 'I LIKE TRAINS,' the series spawned recurring characters including Mine Turtle and Desmond the Moonbear, and became one of YouTube's defining random-humor franchises of the late 2000s and early 2010s. ## Origin asdfmovie was created by London animator Thomas Ridgewell, who posts as TomSka on YouTube[5]. Before the animations, Ridgewell drew the gags as a webcomic on Sheezyart under the handle 'asdfman,' and many of those strips were later recycled as skits inside the videos[5]. The first asdfmovie went up on YouTube on August 10, 2008[1]. The second followed on January 1, 2010[6], and the third on December 30, 2010[7]. The fourth episode, uploaded September 2, 2011, was picked as the Daily Feature on Newgrounds the day of release[8]. By October 2011 the original video had cleared 19 million views[5]. - **Platform:** YouTube - **Creator:** Thomas Ridgewell (TomSka) - **Date:** 2008 ## Overview Each asdfmovie episode runs barely over a minute and strings together unconnected gag skits drawn as crude stick figures with blank-dot eyes[1]. Punchlines land in two or three seconds, then cut, giving the series its signature rhythm of total non-sequitur comedy. The name is pronounced 'ass-duff,' taken from the top-left keys on a QWERTY keyboard[2]. Recurring characters became the main engine of fan attachment. The 'I Like Trains' kid from the second episode interrupts conversations before a locomotive kills whoever he is talking to[3]. Desmond the Moonbear, Mine Turtle, the suicidal muffin, and the 'do the flop' guy all cycled through later installments and spun off into their own stand-alone jokes[2]. TomSka built the shorts in Adobe Flash in a style he borrowed from The Lazer Collection and similar late-2000s web animations[5]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is asdfmovie? asdfmovie is a series of short animated flash cartoons by British YouTuber TomSka, built from unrelated stick-figure gag skits with punchy, absurd humor[1]. ### Where did asdfmovie come from? Thomas Ridgewell first drew the gags as a Sheezyart webcomic under the name 'asdfman,' then uploaded the first animated episode to YouTube on August 10, 2008[5]. ### What does asdfmovie mean? The title is pronounced 'ass-duff' and comes from the four keys on the left-middle row of a QWERTY keyboard, used as a placeholder name[2]. ### How do you use asdfmovie? Fans typically quote lines like 'I LIKE TRAINS' or 'I'm gonna do an internet,' use clips as reaction GIFs, or remake the skits in Garry's Mod and MMD[5]. ### Is asdfmovie still popular? The series is a classic of late-2000s YouTube animation, with the original video still carrying tens of millions of views and recurring characters like Mine Turtle still recognized by fans[1][2]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8oSNMvn8EM]() 2. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Asdfmovie]() 3. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KAWV6lyI5Q]() 4. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzxSK3ySAEg]() 5. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/asdfmovie]() 6. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYnsfV5N2n8]() 7. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I3LCyLY_m0]() 8. [https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/453074]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/asdfmovie Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library