History Trivia / GoAnimate

* CreatorBreakdown: Isaac Anderson, around the time [=GoAnimate=] made the switchover, made all of his [=YouTube=] videos private, then later brought back a handful, notably a handful of Caillou grounding videos and his first "Caillou Gets Grounded: The Movie" video. A few people, however were not impressed with these videos, including finding making Caillou grounding videos boring, while a large side of viewers started to hate Isaac for his more violent Caillou videos (and most likely not enjoying his original works). This led to Isaac not only losing his [=GoPlus=] account but also his [=GoAnimate=] account. He seems to have returned as of recently, however, through a new Website/YouTube account, and has started uploading content again (mostly his older videos).

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: When the site rebranded itself as Vyond, it took hundreds of old [=GoAnimate=] videos along with it. Most of these videos haven't been uploaded to Website/YouTube, however, there are [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5gZBK3ot51BiLqsQ7qgRFw/featured a couple of]] [[https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCRGRyDhth4N6FLPk0exHe8w YouTube channels]] that are dedicated to finding lost [=GoAnimate=] videos. Some videos survived because the users uploaded them to [=YouTube=] while users could still upload [=GoAnimate=] videos to that site.

* NoBudget: Back in the early days of the website, [=GoAnimate=] was a {{Freemium}} style website, where users can join for free, although had limited access to certain themes and had the ability to create their first character for free. Their videos could be no longer than 2 minutes and didn't have the ability to export their videos to Website/YouTube, although some users were able to export to [=YouTube=] using a creator feature until early 2013. These limitations were not present the [=GoPlus=] subscription, which costed $4.50-6 per month. On top of that, [=GoAnimate=] featured [=GoBucks=] as a [[{{Microtransactions}} virtual currency]] which limited their ability to create characters, having to spend real money in order to create more characters, until September 16, 2013 when [=GoBucks=] were retired, allowing users to create unlimited characters for free.

* LoopholeAbuse:
** A while after the site began its transition to [=HTML5=], users discovered that [=GoAnimate=] For Schools featured the old themes and had yet to be removed, causing a few users to create fake school identities to use the site. However, the site was quick to discover this loophole, and then patched it up, rendering those unlucky enough not to save the themes beaten.
*** Ruined ([[OverlyLongGag again]]) for the second time, with the discovery of [[https://wix.goanimate.com GoAnimate on Wix]], which also contained the old themes. It has now been patched, however. Requestly was for a few months, the only way to use the old themes... until it was patched once more in January 2017. This leaves starters the only way to still use the old themes. However, users figured out a way to get Requestly to work again, by ''downloading the files'' required for the old themes to function and tricking [=GoAnimate=] into using them via Requestly.
** Beaten '''AGAIN''' by the discovery...er, ''rediscovery'' of the old Quick Video Maker pages from the Pre-[=HTML5=] era, which still work despite the flash player being removed entirely. While severely limited, these pages allow users of [=GoAnimate4Schools=] to access most of the dummied-out themes, including [[https://goanimate4schools.com/videomaker/quickvideo/anime the Anime Theme]] and Comedy World. As of 2017, this is the only way to access the 'deleted' themes without using Requestly, Starters or other methods to get to them.
** In Australia, it was common for local users to request access to their local provider[[note]]Edsoft[[/note]]'s "customer service" demo account and use that instead.[[note]]Edsoft had stated that this was a 14-day trial account, but from there it became the "Australian Good Users"' new-found playground[[/note]] On July 8th, 2017, this method was retried, with some users losing their projects as a result.
*** Finally [[AvertedTrope averted]] in December 16, 2019, where the legacy video maker was retired, alongside with the old themes.

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3gbqbiiUrY salute]] on ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' asserts that Willow and Gus are main characters alongside Luz. Luz's primary companions are Eda and King, both of whom the video fails to mention. While Willow and Gus are important to the story, they aren't as prominent as Eda and King.

* CreatorBacklash: [=NotSmirks=], best known for being the creator of the famous BizarroEpisode satirical video trend, has since departed the site following December 2016. He admitted that over time he has fully lost interest in making satire videos, even claiming that the trend was now dead. This stems from [[SpringtimeForHitler users misunderstanding the meaning behind his videos and proceeding to make videos of their own with more elements to the bizarre montage for comedy]]. Smirks' departure in itself mostly put a stop to videos of this kind.

* SpringtimeForHitler: If it can apply here. Many of the satirical videos made by Smirks under his [=NotSmirks=] alias were made to ''poke fun'' at the entire [=GoAnimate=] fandom, such as the portrayal of WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}} (Uolliac, as well as the [[LarynxDissonance Jennifer]] voice setting) and the grounding video trend in general (43 Chars). However, most of the non-ironic fandom misunderstood the meaning behind the satire in the videos, causing the aforementioned gags to undergo MemeticMutation and develop a MisaimedFandom of Smirks, [[CreatorBacklash which eventually led to him misunderstanding the point of the satirical videos and to completely stop making them and leave the site permanently]].

* CaliforniaDoubling: Grocery stores double as other stores such as Wal-Mart, [=GameStop=] and Best Buy, hamburger-type fast food restaurants double as all types of fast food restaurants and the fancy restaurant doubles as all other types of them (such as Olive Garden).

* OldShame: If you look around, you can find former [=GoAnimate=] users who are not proud of the videos they have made with the service, Grounded videos or not, and have attempted to distance themselves from them. Smirks especially has admitted to disliking his later satire videos under his [=NotSmirks=] alias, which he believed were done for RuleOfFunny instead of the message he had themed his previous videos about. After losing his interest in making more videos, Smirks left [=GoAnimate=] to focus on other kinds of satire work.

** Whenever one of Jake Crader's (whose channel name is now [=HiHiPuffyAmiYumiRules2001=]) videos gets deleted from [=YouTube=], he uploads a video called "My Video Has Been Deleted" and acts like the video is dead forever. However, [[Tropers/MisterToodleoo Toodle-oo Enterprises]] has copies of all videos intact on the channel as of early 2021 (plus one of the lost videos from before) and uploads deleted ones to the Internet Archive.

* OldShame: If you look around, you can find former [=GoAnimate=] users who are not proud of the videos they have made with the service, Grounded videos or not, and have attempted to distance themselves from them. Smirks especially has admitted to disliking his later satire videos under his [=NotSmirks=] alias, which he believed were done for RuleOfFunny instead of the meanings he had themed his previous videos about. After losing his interest in satire videos, Smirks left [=GoAnimate=] to focus on other satire work.

* CreatorBacklash: [=NotSmirks=], best known for being the creator of the famous BizarroEpisode satirical video trend, has since departed the site following December 2016 after he admitted that after time he has fully lost interest in making satire videos, even admitting that the trend was now dead. This stems from [[SpringtimeForHitler users misunderstanding the meanings behind the videos and proceeding to add more to the bizarre aspects for comedy]]. In addition, Smirks' departure also mostly put a stop to the bizarre satirical episodes.

* FanNickname: [[WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}} "Kaylew"]], due to it being the most frequent way his name is pronounced by the text-to-speech generator. There's also variations of "K-I-U"
** Usually, a variety of characters (e.g. principals, teachers, minor characters or other characters) will often share the same name as their text-to-speech voice.

* RecycledScript: There are so many repeated plots within the Grounded videos that they [[RecycledScript/GoAnimate now have their own page for this trope]].

* OldShame: If you look around, you can find former [=GoAnimate=] users who are not proud of the videos they have made with the service, Grounded videos or not, and have attempted to distance themselves from it. Smirks especially has admitted to disliking his later satire videos under his [=NotSmirks=] alias, which he believed were done for RuleOfFunny instead of the meanings he had themed his previous videos about. After losing his interest in satire videos, Smirks left [=GoAnimate=] to focus on other satire work.

* OldShame: If you look around, you can find former [=GoAnimate=] users who are not proud of the videos they have made with the service, Grounded videos or not. Smirks especially has admitted to disliking his later satire videos under his [=NotSmirks=] alias, which he believed were done for RuleOfFunny instead of the meanings he had themed his previous videos about. After losing his interest in satire videos, Smirks left [=GoAnimate=] to focus on other satire work.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: When the site rebranded itself as Vyond, it took hundreds of old [=GoAnimate=] videos along with it. Most of these videos haven't been uploaded to Website/YouTube, however, there are [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5gZBK3ot51BiLqsQ7qgRFw/featured a couple of]] [[https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCRGRyDhth4N6FLPk0exHe8w YouTube channels]] that are dedicated to finding lost [=GoAnimate=] videos.
** [=timonyoumook=]'s videos survive as she had a [=YouTube=] account called Momo [=YouMookSaidTimon=] with most of them on it. Meanwhile, most of [=karenjean5409=]'s videos are pretty much lost.

* OldShame: If you look around, you can find former [=GoAnimate=] users who are not proud of the Grounded videos they have made. Smirks especially has admitted to disliking his later satire videos under his [=NotSmirks=] alias, which he believed were done for RuleOfFunny instead of the meanings he had themed his previous videos about. After losing his interest in satire videos, Smirks left [=GoAnimate=] to focus on other satire work.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: When the site rebranded itself as Vyond, it took hundreds of old [=GoAnimate=] videos along with it. Most of these videos haven't been uploaded to Website/YouTube, however, there's [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5gZBK3ot51BiLqsQ7qgRFw/featured a YouTube channel]] that's dedicated to finding lost [=GoAnimate=] videos.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The original "Politics and Celebrity" and "White Houserz" themes that came with the program are clearly dated in 2007. The themes contain several politicians (e.g. UsefulNotes/SarahPalin and UsefulNotes/MittRomney for example) from the 2008 and 2012 US elections, respectively, an {{Expy}} of UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden called "Been Hiding" that came 4 years before his assassination, and the PC Guy and Mac Guy characters from [[Creator/{{Apple}} Apple's]] former Get a Mac advert campaign.

* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: In January 2015, [=GoAnimate=] was retooled as a pay-only site for business and advertising usage with the removal of the [=GoPlus=] membership for casual animation usage the site had originally been before then. Despite this, existing [=GoPlus=] subscribers were grandfathered for the time being, with the non-business themes remaining accessible in the main video maker until January 4, 2016, when the themes were removed permanently following the site's October 2015 announcement on transitioning from Flash to the newer [=HTML5=] animation system, causing the fandom to get extremely angry at CEO Alvin Hung, leading him to become the laughingstock of the community, before he became the target of several death threats and sinophobic insults. However, fans of the site (particularly non-ironic "Grounded" video makers) found several bypasses around this method, with some latching onto the final holdout for the older themes, [=GoAnimate=] For Schools, by faking school addresses and e-mails. However, in July 2016, the site ''finally'' pulled the remaining Flash themes from [=GoAnimate=] For Schools for the new school year, leaving the themes inaccessible through normal usage. Ever since then, [=GoAnimate=] has had to pull remaining themes from sites such as Wix, and only time will tell when Requestly, a site used to obtain the old themes through playing with old link browsers, will be fully patched. As the school version was made to be used by kids, any doubt left that the Grounded videos and fandom didn't have at least something to do with the removal of the non-business themes evaporated. Because of all this, it's likely that this means the use of the program for Grounded videos [[GenreKiller will likely not be as common, if it doesn't outright come to an end]].
** However, it seems that like many fanbases, the grounding fandom [[TheDeterminator won't leave the website unless it is pushed]], no matter how many times [=GoAnimate=] tries to get rid of them, [[WereStillRelevantDammit in spite of the non-business themes having lost their relevance a while ago]]. Over time, people have begun to accept the Business Friendly theme, and more and more videos are being made with the theme now, as the other two themes (Infographics and Whiteboard Animation) are comparatively useless. Whether this is a sign of the fandom finally maturing or just giving up and accepting the changes made by the website is unknown.
** Thanks to the rise of source ports of the Legacy Video Maker such as Wrapper Offline and [=GoAnifire=], whole ports of the old [=LVM=] have been developed and are continuously being updated, allowing creators to use the old themes to their heart's content without having to shell out vast amounts of cash on a Vyond subscription. Since the users who stayed with Vyond have also mostly adjusted to the changes, it's likely the community won't be going anywhere soon.
** Eventually, due to all of the people abusing loopholes they announced they were [[https://blog.goanimate4schools.com/2018/04/10/goanimate-for-schools-is-shutting-down/ shutting down 4 Schools altogether]], followed by rebranding the entire website to Vyond. And ''even then'', people are still finding ways to get the older themes back onto Vyond. That said, given the techniques to try and get the themes back are extremely impractical and not particularly effective, only time will tell if this continues, especially with the possibility of said code being removed.
** What’s more, it is rumored by some that the reason [=GoAnimate=] rebranded itself to Vyond is because the staff didn’t want the website to be associated with the Grounded video trend and want it to be used for more serious reasons.

** However, it seems that like many fanbases, the grounding fandom [[TheDeterminator won't leave the website unless it is pushed]], no matter how many times [=GoAnimate=] tries to get rid of them, [[WereStillRelevantDammit in spite of the non-business themes having lost their relevance a while ago]]. Over time, people have begun to accept the Business-Friendly theme, and more and more videos are being made with the theme now, as the other two themes (Infographics and Whiteboard animation) are comparatively useless. Whether this is a sign of the fandom finally maturing or just giving up and accepting the changes made by the website is unknown

--> '''Boris:''' OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH. KAYLEW, HOW DARE YOU FIND OUT THE TRUTH ABOUT [=GOANIMATE=]. THAT'S IT. {{YOU ARE GROUNDED}} GROUNDED GROUNDED GROUNDED GROUNDED GROUNDED GROUNDED GROUNDED FOR 9 MONTHS! That means no TV, no video games, no Chuck E. Cheese's, no ice cream, no pizza, no life and more. {{GO TO YOUR ROOM}} RIGHT NOW.
--> '''Caillou:''' [[InelegantBlubbering Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]].