History WebAnimation / ENA

* ShoutOut:
** According to Joel himself in the description for the self-titled video, ENA's design is inspired by a mix of ''[[https://www.pablopicasso.org/girl-before-mirror.jsp Girl Before a Mirror]]'' by Creator/PabloPicasso and the works of Brazilian pop artist [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romero_Britto Romero Britto]].
** Most of the videos uses stock sound effects from ''VideoGame/RuneScape'' ''Classic''.
** Many of ENA's animations are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9Ip5OgxNoo references to or re-enactments of]] dance moves from the music video for Music/TalkingHeads' "Music/OnceInALifetime".
*** In "Auction Day", these include ENA swooping around in her first scene, flicking her temple when her sad side first emerges, and rubbing her head on the ground at the end after she pukes.
*** In "Extinction Party," her very first motions references those done alongside the first verse, and the jittery way she bows shortly after reflects some of the background dancers shortly after the line "My God, what have I done!?".
*** In "Temptation Stairway", she zooms towards the screen as Byrne does in the line "How did I get here?" after Brick Frog kicks her out of her FreakOut, and ENA's exchanges of the turrón with the Merchant and the Shepherd feature them as background dancers recreating the iconic squatting and stepping dances from the first chorus respectively.
** The 3D Maze in "Extinction Party" is one to WebOriginal/TheBackrooms. [[spoiler:Which makes a lot of sense why Merci and Robert were trying to tell ENA to get out of there.]]
** As stated [[https://twitter.com/JoelGuerraC/status/1330172136833638400 in a reply]] on Twitter, Robert is based on Hiroshi Uchiyamada from ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka''.
** During her breakdown in Act 1 of "Temptation Stairway", ENA momentarily gets switched with the VanityPlate for Creator/ToeiCompany.
** Brick Frog's voice is an audible nod to [[Franchise/TheMuppets Kermit the Frog]], and the frog parts of its body visually resemble [[VideoGame/VibRibbon Vibri]].
** At the end of "Auction Day" the Platform/PlayStation1 booting chime can be heard when ENA pukes and her vomit morphs into the Hourglass Dog.
** Ulysses' particular [[VoiceOfTheLegion speech patterns]] in ''Temptation Stairway'' are a blatant send-up to [[VideoGame/Fallout1 The Master]].
** Shortly after the publishing of "Temptation Stairway", and in recognition of ENA's in-universe birthday, Joel made [[https://twitter.com/JoelGuerraC/status/1364371153540812801 a thread]] on his Twitter account listing the various inspirations that went into the first three videos, which includes a number of nods to other works:
*** The aesthetic of "Auction Day" was directly inspired by ''VideoGame/TheTownWithNoName''.
*** Drunk ENA's animations were inspired by the Creator/JackieChan film ''Film/DrunkenMaster''.
*** The visuals in "Extinction Party" are a nod to those of ''VideoGame/{{Middens}}'', a personal favorite of Joel's.
*** Gabo's line "drink the blood and smoke the banana" is a nod to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjCu-pZxp4k&t=4650s the conversation with Dracula]] in ''VideoGame/SpaceFuneral''.
*** The Shepherd's appearance seems to be inspired by [[https://flaglerlive.com/12874/cubism-flagler-art-league/ a Cubist-style]] painting of a cat, appropriately named "Picasso's Cat".
*** A good chunk of the character designs, such as those for The Great Runas, were based on the works of late Polish surrealist Creator/ZdzislawBeksinski.
*** [[https://twitter.com/JoelGuerraC/status/1364427530745376768 Another reply]] from the thread confirms ''WesternAnimation/XavierRenegadeAngel'' as another source of inspiration.
*** Last but not least, the series as a whole was directly inspired by ''VideoGame/LSDDreamEmulator''.
** Hidden within Joel's official website is a secret animation inspired by Creator/{{Gobou}}, a Japanese animator famous for his ''VideoGame/YumeNikki'' fan animations.

-> ''This is like if Creator/SalvadorDali animated the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDIGames Zelda CD-i games]].''
-->-- Website/YouTube comment on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td7CBNu0914 the second episode]]

Days after "Temptation Stairway" was uploaded on [=YouTube=], Joel announced that [[https://twitter.com/JoelGuerraC/status/1362874252966453249 ENA will continue in the future]], but it will take a different direction with its main cast after Season 1. As of Mar 25, 2021, a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQebudKEHT0 teaser]] has been released for the first episode of season 2, to be entitled "Dream BBQ". On September 22, 2021, Joel announced that "Dream BBQ" will not actually be a cartoon at all, but a free AdventureGame for PC. A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLurAhsqXWc trailer]] can be seen here. The game was set to release in 2023, but has since been delayed as of October 20th, 2023 to allow their small team more time to achieve their vision for the game without overexerting themselves or compromising its quality.

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** At the end of "Auction Day" the UsefulNotes/PlayStation1 booting chime can be heard when ENA pukes and her vomit morphs into the Hourglass Dog.

* ColourCodedEmotions: Each one of ENA's emotions are color-coded: Yellow means her more euphoric sides and blue means her more melancholic sides; other versions of her from these emotions include orange and green meaning her demonic form, white and purple meaning her diablada form, and gray meaning fully-sad, foreshadowing her Full-Sadness form which debuts in "Temptation Stairway".

* DualityMotif: A few characters have a type of split-colored appearance, such as with ENA (Yellow/Blue; Black/White, Orange/Green, and White/Purple for her other forms), Moony (White/Gray), The Shepherd (White/Red), and the mask ENA wears (Blue/Teal).

** Ulysses' particular [[VoiceOfTheLegion speech]] [[BrokenRecord patterns]] in ''Temptation Stairway'' are a blatant send-up to [[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} The Master]].

* DualityMotif: A few characters have a type of split-colored appearance, such as with ENA (Yellow/Blue), Moony (White/Gray), The Shepherd (White/Red), and the mask ENA wears (Blue/Teal).