History Creator / Montyoum

Oum died on February 1, 2015, ten days after he suffered a severe allergic reaction during a hospitalization. He was 33 years old. [[http://www.gofundme.com/MontyandSheena A fundraiser]] set up after news of his reaction broke to help with paying for related expenses ended up raising $210,000. In his memory, Rooster Teeth has [[http://roosterteeth.com/members/journal/entry.php?id=3302319 challenged]] everyone whose lives were touched by Oum and his works to use their creativity to make the world a better place. That March, the ''RWBY'' creative team announced they had the required information to continue the series, with the third volume premiering on October 15. Oum's role, Lie Ren, was also recast with his older brother, Monyneath "Neath" Oum.

Another long-term goal of Oum's, aside from making movies for his fans, was to make the most awesome fighting game ever. Some fans begged him to make a game based on ''RWBY'', something he somewhat [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/b2bfc4fdb85def81a3dfc580f0638a8e/tumblr_n7ly33i5fw1sk8tsio1_1280.jpg hinted at]] before a ''RWBY'' game, ''[[VideoGame/RWBYGrimmEclipse Grimm Eclipse]]'', was confirmed at RTX 2014.

Oum died on February 1, 2015, ten days after he suffered a severe allergic reaction during a hospitalization. He was 33 years old. [[http://www.gofundme.com/MontyandSheena A fundraiser]] set up after news of his reaction broke to help with paying for related expenses ended up raising $210,000. In his memory, Rooster Teeth has [[http://roosterteeth.com/members/journal/entry.php?id=3302319 challenged]] everyone whose lives were touched by Oum and his works to use their creativity to make the world a better place.

After his death, the ''RWBY'' creative team announced they had the required information to continue and complete the series. As of 2022, the series is ongoing, and Oum's older brother, Monyneath "Neath" Oum, has since taken over voicing the character that he voiced on ''RWBY'', Lie Ren.

After his death, the ''RWBY'' creative team announced they had the required information to continue and complete the series. The series is ongoing to this day, and Oum's older brother, Monyneath "Neath" Oum, has since taken over voicing the character that he voiced on ''RWBY'', Lie Ren.

Despite Oum's tragic passing, the ''RWBY'' creative team eventually issued a statement confirming they had the required information to continue and complete the series. The series is ongoing to this day, and Oum's older brother, Monyneath "Neath" Oum, has since taken over voicing the character that he voiced on ''RWBY'', Lie Ren.

Oum suffered a severe allergic reaction during a hospitalization on January 22, 2015, and passed away as a result of it 10 days later on February 1. He was 33 years old. [[http://www.gofundme.com/MontyandSheena A fundraiser]] set up after news of his reaction broke to help with paying for related expenses ended up raising $210,000. In his memory, Rooster Teeth has [[http://roosterteeth.com/members/journal/entry.php?id=3302319 challenged]] everyone whose lives were touched by Oum and his works to use their creativity to make the world a better place.

A mere two months after the release of ''Haloid'', Oum was a highly sought-after name among game companies. While he would end up doing combat design and/or animation work for Creator/MidwayGames and Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment for several years (namely working on the latter's ''Anime/AfroSamurai'' game), he was ultimately frustrated by his experience in the industry. By 2010, Oum relocated to Austin, Texas, to work for Creator/RoosterTeeth. The crux of his work was creating never-before-done (at the time) animation for ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'', for which he worked tirelessly to make the character Tex even more awesome than previously thought possible.

At the end, Oum suffered an allergic reaction during a hospitalization on January 22, 2015, and succumbed to it 10 days later. He was 33 years old. [[http://www.gofundme.com/MontyandSheena A fundraiser]] set up after his reaction to help with paying for related expenses ended up raising $210,000. In his memory, Rooster Teeth has [[http://roosterteeth.com/members/journal/entry.php?id=3302319 challenged]] everyone whose lives were touched by Oum and his works to use their creativity to make the world a better place.

Despite his tragic ending, the ''RWBY'' creative team confirmed they had the required information to continue and complete it. His older brother, Monyneath "Neath" Oum, has since taken over voicing the character that Monty voiced on ''RWBY'', Lie Ren.

A mere two months after the release of ''Haloid'', Oum was a highly sought-after name among game companies. While he would end up doing combat design and/or animation work for Creator/MidwayGames and Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment for several years (namely working on the latter's ''Anime/AfroSamurai'' game), he was ultimately frustrated by his experience in the industry. Oum then met Burnie Burns, co-founder of Creator/RoosterTeeth, in 2009, and his hiring by the company was later announced in 2010. The crux of his work was creating never-before-done (at the time) animation for ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'', for which he worked tirelessly to make the character Tex even more awesome than previously thought possible.

A mere two months after the release of ''Haloid'', Oum was a highly sought-after name among game companies. While he would end up doing combat design and/or animation work for Creator/MidwayGames and Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment for several years (namely working on the latter's ''Anime/AfroSamurai'' game), he was ultimately frustrated by his experience in the industry. Oum then met Burnie Burns, co-founder of Creator/RoosterTeeth, in 2009, and his hiring by the company was later announced in 2010. The crux of his work was creating never-before-done (at the time) animation for ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', for which he worked tirelessly to make the character Tex even more awesome than previously thought possible.

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' (Seasons 8-10) (produced by Creator/RoosterTeeth)

Sadly, Oum died on February 1, 2015 at the age of 33 after suffering an allergic reaction during an unspecified "simple medical procedure" that left him comatose two days earlier. [[http://www.gofundme.com/MontyandSheena A fundraiser]] set up after his reaction to help with paying for related expenses ended up raising $210,000. In his memory, Rooster Teeth has [[http://roosterteeth.com/members/journal/entry.php?id=3302319 challenged]] everyone whose lives were touched by Oum and his works to use their creativity to make the world a better place.

Although his death left the future of ''RWBY'' in question, the series' creative team confirmed that they had the required information to continue and complete it. His older brother, Monyneath "Neath" Oum, has since taken over voicing the character that Monty voiced on ''RWBY'', Lie Ren.

Sadly, Monty Oum died on February 1, 2015 at the age of 33 after suffering an allergic reaction during an unspecified "simple medical procedure" that left him comatose two days earlier. [[http://www.gofundme.com/MontyandSheena A fundraiser]] set up after his reaction to help with paying for related expenses ended up raising $210,000. In his memory, Rooster Teeth has [[http://roosterteeth.com/members/journal/entry.php?id=3302319 challenged]] everyone whose lives were touched by Oum and his works to use their creativity to make the world a better place.

Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Oum began making fan videos as early as 2002 after dropping out of high school. In 2007, he discovered reverse engineering techniques that allowed for the extraction of models from ''VideoGame/Halo2'', and using additional assets from ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'', he made a video pitting a Spartan and [[VideoGame/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]] together in an [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny ultimate fight]]. The end result was ''WebAnimation/{{Haloid}}'', which gained significant attention online, as did ''WebAnimation/DeadFantasy'', released the same year and revolving around a similarly epic fight premise that merged the worlds of ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy''.

A mere two months after the release of ''Haloid'', Oum was a highly sought-after name among game companies. While he would end up doing combat design and/or animation work for Creator/MidwayGames and Creator/NamcoBandaiGames for several years (namely working on the latter's ''Anime/AfroSamurai'' game), he was ultimately frustrated by his experience in the industry. Oum then met Burnie Burns, co-founder of Creator/RoosterTeeth, in 2009, and his hiring by the company was later announced in 2010. The crux of his work was creating never-before-done (at the time) animation for ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', for which he worked tirelessly to make the character Tex even more awesome than previously thought possible.

Although his death left the future of ''RWBY'' in question, the series' creative team confirmed that they had the required information to continue. His older brother, Monyneath "Neath" Oum, has since taken over voicing the character that Monty voiced on ''RWBY'', Lie Ren.

A mere two months after the release of ''Haloid'', Oum was a highly sought-after name among game companies. While he would end up doing combat design and/or animation work for Creator/MidwayGames and Creator/NamcoBandaiGames for several years (namely working on the latter's ''Anime/AfroSamurai'' game), he was ultimately frustrated by his experience in the industry. Oum then met Burnie Burns, co-founder of Creator/RoosterTeeth, in 2009, and his hiring by the company was later announced in 2010. The crux of his work was creating never-before-done (at the time) animation for ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', for which he worked tirelessly to make Tex even more awesome than previously thought possible.

After finishing up season 10 of ''[=RvB=]'', Oum launched a new web series under the name of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', something he said he'd always wanted to do since he got into animation. As the director and lead animator of ''RWBY'', he took employees and writers from all sections of Rooster Teeth, including fan favorites from Creator/AchievementHunter, to produce the series. In between his movies, he was working on an adaptation of [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Hatsune Miku]] for VideoGame/{{MUGEN}}.

Another long-term goal of Oum's, aside from making movies for his fans, was to make the most awesome fighting game ever. Some fans have begged for him to make a game based on ''RWBY'', something he somewhat [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/b2bfc4fdb85def81a3dfc580f0638a8e/tumblr_n7ly33i5fw1sk8tsio1_1280.jpg hinted at]] before a ''RWBY'' game, ''[[VideoGame/RWBYGrimmEclipse Grimm Eclipse]]'', was confirmed at RTX 2014.

Monty Oum died on February 1, 2015 at the age of 33 after [[https://roosterteeth.com/post/3302319 suffering an allergic reaction that left him comatose two days earlier]], even with [[http://www.gofundme.com/MontyandSheena a fundraiser]] being set up to help with paying for the expenses. In his memory, Rooster Teeth has [[http://roosterteeth.com/members/journal/entry.php?id=3302319 challenged]] everyone whose lives were touched by Oum and his works to use their creativity to make the world a better place.

His older brother, Monyneath "Neath" Oum, has since taken over voicing the character that Monty voiced on ''RWBY'', Lie Ren.

Monyreak "Monty" Oum (June 22, 1981 - February 1, 2015) was an American animator[[labelnote:*]]and, though he preferred the term "film maker", "one-man production crew" would be more appropriate[[/labelnote]] and writer, whose education was entirely observational. He was responsible for some of the most awesome WebAnimation around, most of which relied on RuleOfCool.

Born in Providence, Rhode Island, he gained early fame for ''WebAnimation/{{Haloid}}'' and ''WebAnimation/DeadFantasy'', two of his most famous works and the two that really put him on the map. He was hired by Creator/RoosterTeeth to work on never-before-done (at the time) animation for ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', for which he worked tirelessly to make Tex even more awesome than previously thought possible. After finishing up season 10 of ''[=RvB=]'', he launched a new web series under the name of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', something he said he'd always wanted to do since he got into animation. As the director and lead animator of ''RWBY'', he took employees and writers from all sections of Rooster Teeth, including fan favorites from Creator/AchievementHunter, to produce the series. In between his movies, he was working on an adaptation of [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Hatsune Miku]] for VideoGame/{{MUGEN}}.

He also worked briefly as a combat designer for Creator/MidwayGames and Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment (as a combat designer for the former and combat designer/animator for the latter's ''Anime/AfroSamurai'' game). His long-term goal, aside from making movies for his fans, was to make the most awesome fighting game ever. Some fans have begged for him to make a game based on ''RWBY'', something he somewhat [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/b2bfc4fdb85def81a3dfc580f0638a8e/tumblr_n7ly33i5fw1sk8tsio1_1280.jpg hinted at]] before a ''RWBY'' game, ''[[VideoGame/RWBYGrimmEclipse Grimm Eclipse]]'', was confirmed at RTX 2014.

He died on February 1, 2015, at the age of 33 after [[https://roosterteeth.com/post/3302319 suffering an allergic reaction that left him comatose two days earlier]], even though [[http://www.gofundme.com/MontyandSheena a fundraiser]] was set up to help with paying for the expenses. In his memory, Rooster Teeth has [[http://roosterteeth.com/members/journal/entry.php?id=3302319 challenged]] everyone whose lives were touched by Oum and his works to use their creativity to make the world a better place.

His online presence lives on through [[http://www.gametrailers.com/game/monty-oum/4712 a video list of his work]] over at [=GameTrailers=], his Website/DeviantArt [[http://montyoum.deviantart.com gallery]], his original Website/YouTube [[https://www.youtube.com/user/montyoum channel]], and his former Website/{{Twitter}} [[http://twitter.com/montyoum account]].

His older brother, Monyneath "Neath" Oum, took over voicing Monty's role on ''RWBY'', Lie Ren.

* ShoutOut: While working on shows such as ''WebAnimation/{{Haloid}}'', ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' and ''WebAnimation/DeadFantasy'', Oum frequently included references to other works, fairy tales, mythology, history, and so on.

* PromotedFanboy:
** Oum got inspired to pursue animation because he wanted to do cool things like what he saw on the internet. Then he became an animation director over at Creator/RoosterTeeth.
** Oum was a big fan of ''Franchise/BlazBlue''. Three years after his death, ''RWBY'' got to [[VideoGame/BlazBlueCrossTagBattle cross over]] with said franchise.

* ShoutOut: On shows such as ''WebAnimation/{{Haloid}}'' and ''WebAnimation/DeadFantasy'', Oum frequently included references to other works, fairy tales, mythology, history, and so on. ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has so many that it has its own dedicated [[ShoutOut/{{RWBY}} shout out]] and [[FairytaleMotifs/{{RWBY}} fairy tale motifs]] pages.

!!Monty Oum and his works provide examples of:

* DoingItForTheArt: This is why Oum [[{{Workaholic}} worked for hours and hours longer than considered healthy every day]]; he was just that dedicated to seeing his vision come to fruition. Additionally, he found out that making a webseries yearly instead of a video game that takes three years (as he did so in the ''Anime/AfroSamurai'' game) was more artistically rewarding.

* ShoutOut: Monty peppered works like ''WebAnimation/{{Haloid}}'' and ''WebAnimation/DeadFantasy'' with references to other works, fairy tales, mythology, history, and so on. ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has so many that it has its own dedicated [[ShoutOut/{{RWBY}} shout out]] and [[FairytaleMotifs/{{RWBY}} fairy tale motifs]] pages.

* ShoutOut: Monty peppered works like ''[[WebAnimation/{{Haloid}}'' and ''WebAnimation/DeadFantasy'' with references to other works, fairy tales, mythology, history, and so on. ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has so many that it has its own dedicated [[ShoutOut/{{RWBY}} shout out]] and [[FairytaleMotifs/{{RWBY}} fairy tale motifs]] pages.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Oum himself. While he definitely looked Asian, any observer would be hard-pressed to pinpoint the exact nationality. [[note]]For the record, he was of Cambodian, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Japanese heritage.[[/note]]

He gained early fame for ''WebAnimation/{{Haloid}}'' and ''WebAnimation/DeadFantasy'', two of his most famous works and the two that really put him on the map. He was hired by Creator/RoosterTeeth to work on never-before-done (at the time) animation for ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', for which he worked tirelessly to make Tex even more awesome than previously thought possible. After finishing up season 10 of ''[=RvB=]'', he launched a new web series under the name of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', something he said he'd always wanted to do since he got into animation. As the director and lead animator of ''RWBY'', he took employees and writers from all sections of Rooster Teeth, including fan favorites from Creator/AchievementHunter, to produce the series. In between his movies, he was working on an adaptation of [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Hatsune Miku]] for VideoGame/{{MUGEN}}.

* AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder: Between ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' and ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', ''WebAnimation/DeadFantasy'' was hit hard by ScheduleSlip. Unfortunately, due to [[AuthorExistenceFailure Oum's death in 2015]], the lattermost will never be updated.

* ShoutOut: ''Haloid'' has a scene where Samus and the SPARTAN recreate Neo's "running pole kick" move from ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Besides the obvious aspects of ''Dead Fantasy'' being cancelled and ''RWBY'' having to move on without him contributing to voice acting, story and animation:
** Freddie Wong of Creator/RocketJump had spoken to Oum beforehand about maybe collaborating on some projects, which they'd supposedly gotten far on. Because of Oum's sudden death, these plans were nixed.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: A shocking and tragic example. He was entirely fine and healthy until mid-January 2015; ''two weeks'' later, he died from a severe allergic reaction. At the age of 33, he should have had ''decades'' more work in him. As a result, ''WebAnimation/DeadFantasy'' wasn't completed, and while ''RWBY'' continues, it will always have a ''heavy'' cloud of WhatCouldHaveBeen hanging over it.

* DoingItForTheArt: Why Oum [[{{Workaholic}} worked for hours and hours longer than considered healthy every day]]; he was just that dedicated to seeing his vision come to fruition. Additionally, he found out that making a webseries yearly instead of a video game that takes three years (as he did so in the ''Anime/AfroSamurai'' game) was more artistically rewarding.

* ShoutOut:
** ''Haloid'' has a scene where Samus and the SPARTAN recreate Neo's "running pole kick" move from ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded''.
** ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' was heavily influenced by fairy tales from around the world, anime and action films. As a result, the show has separate [[ShoutOut/{{RWBY}} Shout Out]] and [[FairytaleMotifs/{{RWBY}} Fairy Tale]] pages that attempt to capture all the references.

** Team Four Star wanted Monty to voice Future Gohan in the ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' version of the ''History of Trunks'' film, but Monty's death cut this short. The film has a tribute to Monty.

* BadassArmfold: As per his profile picture, it seemed to be his trademark pose, as shown in ''The Gauntlet'' and other appearances.
* CoolVersusAwesome: The two works that brought him to fame were ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' vs. ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' and ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' vs. ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''.

* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: Oum used to be very active in Facebook, often chatting with and exchanging ideas with fans alongside posting character model turnabouts and information such as weapon names. This changed when he started getting bombarded with comments and messages demanding he finish ''WebAnimation/DeadFantasy''. A photo of him and his family at his mother's wake getting these comments was the last straw, so he turned his Facebook page into a like page and rarely visited it anymore. Twitter was the only social media outlet that he updated regularly until his death.
* {{Workaholic}}: It was a common sight in the RT offices for Monty to work overnight on his animations and need to be dragged away for appearances in podcasts or other media.

** ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' was heavily influenced by fairy tales from around the world, anime and action films. As a result, the show has separate [[ShoutOut/{{RWBY}} Shout Out]] and [[FairyTale/{{RWBY}} Fairy Tale]] pages that attempt to capture all the references.

* MassiveNumberedSiblings: He is the youngest of seven siblings, having four older brothers and two older sisters.

** ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' was heavily influenced by fairy tales from around the world, anime and action films. As a result, the show has a separate [[ShoutOut/{{RWBY}} Shout Out page]] that attempts to capture all the references.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Besides the obvious aspects of ''Dead Fantasy'' being cancelled and ''RWBY'' having to move on without him contributing to story and animation:

** Monty was hoping to voice Qrow Branwen in ''RWBY,'' though this fell through thanks to his death with Vic Mignonga and later Jason Liebritch voicing the character.

-->--'''Monty Oum'''

* {{Workaholic:}} It was a common sight in the RT offices for Monty to work overnight on his animations and need to be dragged away for appearances in podcasts or other media.