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Beginning in 2016, Ben began a HotterAndSexier turn to represent his current lifestyle, including creating lewd art, supporting similar artwork, and gaining controversy for drawing underaged cartoon characters in lewd style, with those accusing him of being a pedophile. He also began uncensoring everything in his videos as well. This turn in controversies and assumptions led to Ben's mental health to increase, and at the same time allowing him to begin taking drugs and smoking bongs, coming out as being bisexual.

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Beginning in 2016, Ben began a HotterAndSexier turn to represent his current lifestyle, including creating lewd art, supporting similar artwork, and gaining controversy for drawing underaged cartoon characters in lewd style, with those accusing him of being a pedophile. He also began uncensoring everything in his videos as well. This turn in controversies and assumptions led to Ben's mental health to increase, and at the same time allowing him to begin taking drugs and smoking bongs, coming come out initially as bisexual, but eventually came out as being bisexual.
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** His rant from 2022 about the Pushback against LGBTQ+ rights goes towards this after he came out as gay.
-->'''Ben:''' WE DON'T LEARN CRAP!
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Ben Rants is an internet rant series created by Ben Tannehill. The series initially debuted on April 10th, 2009 under Ben's [=PuffyZillaman4=] account.

Ben Rants consisted of several different topics in its initial run, such as rants on TV shows, movies, lists of favorite TV shows and movies and occasionally giving out his thoughts on topics (and one singing segment that Ben deeply regrets).

Because Ben couldn't log in on his [=PuffyZillaman4=] account, Ben Rants was put on hiatus for weeks after his infamous rant on ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' leading to speculation that his videos had ended for good. But Ben created a new channel called Benthelooney and the series resumed on July 26th, 2011 after a month and a half hiatus.

After 90 videos, Ben Rants finally ended production in December of 2011 with very little fanfare, because Ben wanted to retire from ranting and focus on positive videos. Two months later, after a surprisingly large amount of fan requests and Ben Tannehill discovering new topics to talk about, the show was put back into production on February 10, 2012.

Ben later retired Ben T. Looney on 13th December 2013 (although this time because Ben will be too busy pursuing his dreams of being an animator at college) and continued making videos as himself for the sixth and last season. But then he decided to bring back Ben T. Looney one last time until June.

The series officially ended on June 6, 2014- that is, until he brought it back AGAIN in November 2015. He ended the series and retired the Ben T. Looney character for real in June 2016, and Ben began to make videos as himself, mostly featuring him working on various pieces of artwork.

Due to low viewership on his newer videos due to recent controversies, Ben brought the series back from the dead in August 2019 with a new formula, which he described as "not knowing if it's gonna be a positive rant or a negative rant." Although the Ben T. Looney character was brought back as well, it functions more or less like an avatar. In Mid October 2019, due to major confusion, he turned his positive rants back into Ben Salutes videos. In Mid 2020, he announced that he would be going back to making cartoons, with a series titled "Alright Cartoons'', and so Ben Rants has ceased production again. As of 2023, due to personal issues, video uploads have gone scarce.

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\nBen Rants '''Ben Tannehill''', also known as '''Puffyzillaman''' (formerly '''Benthelooney''') is an internet rant reviewer, artist and animator who is most commonly associated with the cartoon community. He is most well known for his "Ben Rants" series created by Ben Tannehill. of videos, where he rants about things in the media, namely cartoons, television shows, movies, and much else. The series initially debuted on April 10th, 2009 under Ben's [=PuffyZillaman4=] account.

Ben Rants consisted of
account. After this, he started making several different other video types, including "Ben Salutes", "Ben's Top [number]", "Ben's Thoughts", and much else. They all feature the same topics in its initial run, such as his rants on TV shows, movies, lists of favorite TV shows and movies and occasionally giving out his thoughts on topics (and one singing segment that Ben deeply regrets).regrets).

Ben gained noteworthy attention from the commentary community for his rant on Creator/Cartoon Network, namely his negative opinions on ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' and ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow''. This gained him a lot of hate and the reputation of being called a "Nostalgiatard". His most infamous rant of this time was ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'', which gained so much controversy and notoriety, with Ben eventually disappearing from the internet for a month. This led to speculation that his videos had ended for good, but in reality Ben's computer crashed and when he got a new one, he was unable to log back into his [=PuffyZillaman4=] account. He soon created a new channel called "Benthelooney" and the series resumed on July 26th, 2011 after a month and a half hiatus.


Because Ben couldn't log in on his [=PuffyZillaman4=] account, Ben Rants was put on hiatus for weeks after his infamous rant on ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' leading to speculation that his videos had ended for good. But Ben created a new channel called Benthelooney and the series resumed on July 26th, 2011 after a month and a half hiatus.

After 90 videos, many different rants, Ben Rants finally ended production in December of 2011 with very little fanfare, because Ben wanted to retire from ranting and focus on positive videos. Two months later, He continued to make videos and on February 10, 2012, he resumed making "Ben Rants" videos, after a surprisingly large amount of fan requests and Ben Tannehill discovering new topics to talk about, about. He went on hiatus again in early 2013 after his microphone broke, and when he did, he put a more "cartoony" spin on his voice and transitioned the show was put back infamous avatar into production on February 10, 2012.

a dedicated character named "Ben T. Looney", and would now represent videos as himself using a live-action picture of him. Alongside Ben T. Looney, he would also bring in several other characters, including Neb T. Yenool, Looney T. Ben, Negative Nick, and much else.

Ben later retired Ben T. Looney and the other characters on 13th December 2013 (although this time with his review on ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine''. This was because Ben will be was too busy pursuing his dreams of being an animator at college) and continued making college. He made videos as himself for the sixth himself, and last season. But then he decided to bring back Ben T. Looney one last time until June.

The series officially ended on June 6, 2014- that is, until he
brought it back AGAIN in the character again until June. This run saw the character become much more calmer. In November 2015.2015, the character and the rants were brought back again, with a mixture of his 2011-2012 and 2013 runs, with the inclusion of actual profane words instead of the fake ones, abit the strong ones being bleeped. He ended the series and retired the Ben T. Looney character for real again in June 2016, and Ben began to make videos as himself, mostly featuring him working on various pieces of artwork.

Due Beginning in 2016, Ben began a HotterAndSexier turn to low viewership on represent his newer current lifestyle, including creating lewd art, supporting similar artwork, and gaining controversy for drawing underaged cartoon characters in lewd style, with those accusing him of being a pedophile. He also began uncensoring everything in his videos due as well. This turn in controversies and assumptions led to recent controversies, Ben's mental health to increase, and at the same time allowing him to begin taking drugs and smoking bongs, coming out as being bisexual.

Ben brought the series back from the dead "Ben Rants" in August 2019 with a new formula, which he described as "not knowing if it's gonna be a positive rant or a negative rant." Although the Ben T. Looney character was brought back as well, it functions more or less like an avatar. In Mid October Mid-October 2019, due to major confusion, he turned his positive rants back into Ben Salutes videos. This era of the series focuses more on controversial topics resolving cartoons instead of ranting on the topic as a whole. In Mid March 2020, he ended both shows again, and announced that he would be going back to making cartoons, with the creation of a series titled "Alright Cartoons'', Cartoons''. However, his health has led to him becoming more scarce on the internet, and so Ben Rants has ceased production again. As of 2023, due since apologized for his lifestyle, although he does continue to personal issues, video uploads have gone scarce.
produce lewd art.

He changed his username back to [=PuffyZillaman=] (abit without the "4" at the end) in January 2024.



** His 2015 revival swapped out the fake swears for the real ones, abit bleeped, except for usages of "Pissed". His videos starting in 2018 have the swears unbleeped, although it could be due to his edgier take on videos.

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** His 2015 revival swapped out the fake swears for the real ones, abit bleeped, except for usages of "Hell" and "Pissed". His videos starting in 2018 have the swears unbleeped, although it could be due unbleeped to represent his edgier take on videos.turn.



* PrecisionFStrike: From the video ''I Love Art'' onwards, his videos contain some instances of this due to his Darker and Edgier turn.

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* PrecisionFStrike: From the video ''I Love Art'' onwards, his videos contain some instances of this due to his Darker and Edgier HotterAndSexier turn.
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* {{Angerish}}: In third rant on ''The Looney Tunes Show'', after seeing Yosemite Sam's out-of-character persona in one episode, he explodes into an assortment of fake swears:

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* {{Angerish}}: {{Angrish}}: In third rant on ''The Looney Tunes Show'', after seeing Yosemite Sam's out-of-character persona in one episode, he explodes into an assortment of fake swears:
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* Angerish: In third rant on ''The Looney Tunes Show'', after seeing Yosemite Sam's out-of-character persona in one episode, he explodes into an assortment of fake swears:

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* Angerish: {{Angerish}}: In third rant on ''The Looney Tunes Show'', after seeing Yosemite Sam's out-of-character persona in one episode, he explodes into an assortment of fake swears:

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