Worse Than It Sounds / Web Original

• 2Beats+ - Meant as a parody of sketch review shows, 2 music enthusiasts with differing views of the world discuss popular artists of the 2000s, covering entire discographies. The unique and colorful characters leaves lasting impressions on it's viewers. It's creator feels very strongly about it.
• 4chan: One of the last remaining bastions of freedom of speech in the current-day internet, where unique and thought-provoking discussions about politics and media take place, and one-of-a-kind innovations of internet culture are made.
• 90s Kid from Atop the Fourth Wall: An enthusiastic young man with an unending love for the last decade of the 20th century. He continues to see the good in the artists, institutions, and philosophies of his era even as others lose their appreciation for such works.
• The Angry Video Game Nerd: An emotional, heartfelt look back at some of the gaming industry's achievements most notable for their quality, from the Atari era to the present day, highlighting the aspects of each classic that stand out the most. This magnum opus throws no punches, illustrating the feelings that a game can instill in its player with a unique sense of language and a distinct brand of comedy, and even features classic figures of contemporary media as characters.
• Backstroke of the West: A complete reimagining of a famous but base-breaking popular drama that will make you laugh, cry, fall in love, and maybe rethink how you see the world.
• Battle for Dream Island: A diabolical robot from outer space forces unlikely and strange competitors to battle for land using some of the most insane, deadly, and unfair challenges known to man.
• "Blank Room Soup": An online video where two people in funny costumes comfort a crying man while giving him something to eat.
• Bum Reviews: A man, rejected by society, refuses to be discouraged. He relentlessly pursues his passion, and finds greatness in all that he sees. He tells others of what he has learned in a series of inspirational, uplifting stories.
• Melvin, Brother of the Joker: A rather well-known work by one of the Internet's most famous comedians, this short film details the life of a lesser-known relative of one of cinema's greatest villains, and all the hardships that come with his choices in life.
• Creamsicle: A visual describing one girl's feat of standing out in society by defying her perceived standards. Managed to get a large following shortly after the original image was posted, with many fanworks that throw the presented concept completely Off the Rails.
• Epic Rap Battles of History: A massive, musical, interactive, historically accurate series where various characters and historical figures are tossed into duels against one another.
• Hot Ones: An ordinary man has impeccably researched interviews with celebrities from all walks of life over an enticing meal.
• If the Emperor Had a Text-to-Speech Device, Bro Trip 40,000: Jopallian Japes: In a world that only values money, a man lies on his deathbed. Due to his brother signing a binding contract in a moment of distraction, all of their possessions have been taken by debt collectors, leaving them homeless. Most of his friends have vanished, along with almost all of his children. To pay for their dying father's treatment, his two remaining sons labor day and night in the forge, while his brother joins the army. However, the brother is an uncooperative sort, and is quickly shot for disobedience. Thanks to the brother's brave words, in front of the firing squad, the downtrodden people start a revolution and overthrow the ruling class—too late to save the dying man. At the end, the man's sons regain their worldly possessions, but their father is lost.
• Game Theory: A man takes apart the video games we all know and love, discovering the secret meanings behind everything using only the most sophisticated techniques of science and analysis.
• Inanimate Insanity: In this Deconstruction of harmful game shows that shows how they affect the minds of people, twisted and grotesque mutations are put in a deadly competition and fight one another for a million dollars.
• The Irate Gamer: Inspired by one of the Internet's most renowned comedians, one man shares his "knowledge" of the art of video games while also passionately stating his criticism of the industry. With a distinct acting method and mind-blowing special effects, such ingenious work can only be updated once in a good while.
• Jerma985: Boston man does skits, hosts wrestling events, and makes movies that shape the way you think about reality and will make just as much sense with or without context.
• Nyan~ Neko Sugar Girls: A heart-wrenching story that deals with the high hopes and shattered dreams of three young people. The characters, all of whom seem to have some sort of birth defect, at first lead happy lives, but a series of devastating events sets their lives into a downward spiral. Contains themes of repressed homosexuality, serious illness and unrequited love. Has been compared to Zora Neale Hurston's seminal novel Their Eyes Were Watching God.
• Pube Muppet: A very openly minded frog head based on a popular series talks about his fantasies to various characters. He's afraid of no pain. Created on Newgrounds as a close cousin to the Barney Bunch.
• Salad Fingers: After the fall of man, one of the few survivors explores the darkest corners of his mind and comes to terms with who he really is.
• Sugoi Quest For Kokoro: The protagonist is a morally complex young girl who leads a privileged life. She possesses special powers and uses them to deal with evil classmates who try to keep her down. She has eyes only for one man, but one day her so-called best friend takes him away with little regard for her feelings. Angered, she spirals into a depressive despair that culminates in multiple hospital vists. The end of the series involves her closest ally and caretaker trying to save her from herself as her powers grow too dangerous and her mental health worsens, culminating in the destruction of the planet. Notable for also being a crossover with a popular and beloved web comic.
• Tales of MU: A young half-human woman deals with the enemy within as she learns about love at a school for adventurers.
• THEN WHO WAS PHONE??: An uncanny tale of teenage romance, implicitly intruded upon by creatures in the past of the main character's lover. Written in the present tense, and in second person to exaggerate the immediacy of the shocking events in this groundbreaking, greatly influential short story.
  • AND THEN A SKELETON POPPED OUT: One of the most shocking and important twist endings in horror short stories. Interpretable either as satire of its audience and its contemporary creators, or as a heartfelt postmodernist work examining and remixing the urban legends of the present through its surrealist eyes.