History WebAnimation / SaladFingers

* AluminumChristmasTrees: In the episode, "Glass Brother," Salad Fingers is making food with instructions on ingredients from the Glass Mother. One of the things she tells him to add is "spider milk." While it may sound like something made up for the series for the sale of sounding creepy and weird, [[https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/spider-milk-044322/ spider milk is not only real]], but it's also 4 times more nutritious than cow milk.

* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: "Glass Brother" actually ends on a somewhat ambiguously ending. With Salad Fingers rescuing Hubert from his Glass Family and finally cutting off all contact with them.

* FauxSymbolism: A point David Firth tries to enforce. In fact he announced before its release that episode 11, "Glass Brother" would purposely debunk all the theories people kept sharing online to "explain" the series. This announcement notably happened after his reaction to the "Salad Fingers explained" videos of [[WebVideo/GameTheory The Film Theorists]], which quite displeased him. He specified that he felt "honoured" to have his work "pulled apart and speculated over", but that the conclusions reached in the videos were not in the least what he was aiming for.

* OhCrap: Taken [[UpToEleven to far beyond merely unrealistic proportions]] in [[spoiler: episode 5, after a crow steals his spoon.]]

* NiceHat: Salad Fingers wears a beret when he wants to visit France. Also [[strike: Hubert Cumberdale]] Barbara Logan-Price and his bosun hat.
** Horribly subverted in "Birthday" with [[spoiler: the hat made with Milford Cubicle's skin]]

* VocalEvolution

* DarkerAndEdgier: Episode 10 of ''Salad Fingers''. It features a carnivorous puppet cutting a hole into a horse with its claws, [[spoiler: Milford Cubicle's corpse]] returns only to have the remains consumed, leaving the skeleton behind, and lastly [[spoiler: five other Salad Fingers-like beings were eating his remains]]. Salad Fingers's mannerisms are also slightly more darker this time around as well.

* FauxSymbolism: A point David Firth tries to enforce. In fact he announced before its release that episode 11, "Glass Brother" would purposely debunk all the theories people kept sharing online to "explain" the series. This announcement notably happened after his reaction to the "Salad Fingers explained" videos of [[WebVideo/GameTheory The Film Theorists]], which quite displeased him. He specified that he felt "honoured" to have his work "pulled apart and speculated over", but that the "conclusions" reached in the videos were not in the least what he was aiming for.

* FauxSymbolism: A point David Firth tries to enforce. In fact he announced before its release that episode 11, "Glass Brother" would purposely debunk all the theories people kept sharing online to "explain" the series. And he also notably reacted to the "Salad Fingers explained" videos of [[WebVideo/GameTheory The Film Theorists]]: while feeling "honoured" to have his work "pulled apart and speculated over", he specified that the "conclusions" reached where not in the least what he was aiming for.

It's ''that'' kind of series. It has 12 episodes which are pretty much considered [[NotSafeForWork Not Safe For Humanity.]] [[http://www.fat-pie.com/salad.htm We warned you]].

* AmbiguouslyHuman: A lot of the "human" characters look quite strange. Be it misshapen heads or bodies, [[AnArmAndALeg missing arms]], [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation strange skin colors, etc.

It's ''that'' kind of series. [[http://www.fat-pie.com/salad.htm We warned you]]. There are 12 episodes.

It's pretty much considered [[NotSafeForWork Not Safe For Humanity.]]

* AmbiguouslyHuman: A lot of the "human" characters look quite strange. Be it misshapen heads or bodies, missing arms, strange skin colors, etc.

It's ''that'' kind of series. [[http://www.fat-pie.com/salad.htm We warned you]]. There are 11 episodes.

* CreepyDoll: Any of Salad Finger's three finger puppets can be this. To elaborate, Hubert Cumberdale can become human-sized, gain red eyes, and scream for no apparent reason, as well as randomly turn into a black liquid that burns at the touch. Marjory Stewart-Baxter jealously watches Salad Fingers have a picnic with a little girl through the window. Jeremy Fisher can also become human-sized, stores a weird green fluid in his plugged-up mouth, and can suddenly transform into [[MindScrew a second Salad Fingers]] [[ImAHumanitarian to get eaten alive by the first.]]
* CreepyLongFingers: Salad Fingers.

** Regarding the freakout in episode five, an interesting way to look at it (and likely the genuine one): [[spoiler:Salad Fingers either only imagines the noises that he hears, or makes them himself. Because he is insane, he feels like he's completely deserted and all alone. He had gotten used to hearing no other voices except his own since all the other characters can only articulate screaming, animalistic noises. When Mable speaks, it sends him into a panic attack because he hasn't heard any other voices but his own for a long time, which causes him to snap back into reality and realize she is a normal, ''real'' human being and not a hallucination or a monster. You'll notice that after this episode, all the other episodes include Salad Fingers crying, having bad memories, feeling lonely, and being afraid. Mable's voice is what snaps him out of it]].

* TooDumbToLive: The armless guy in episode 3 who runs after Salad Fingers after he takes a baby carriage. Since he doesn't have hands, he bangs on Salad Finger's door with his head, ''even though he still has his legs''. By the time Salad Fingers investigates the noises, he dies of blood loss.

** The two normal human characters in the series go along with Salad Finger's requests (getting a fish out of the oven and joining him in a picnic) despite him being a creepy green man. At least the Varsity Kid seems to be much more apprehensive about it.

* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite being a creepy noseless green man who lives in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, Salad Fingers seems to be friendly and nice. [[AndCallHimGeorge What happens to]] [[ObliviouslyEvil the people around him]], though...

* BlackHumor: Lapses into this occasionally%%{{Blipvert}}

* BlackHumor: Lapses into this occasionally
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* CrapsackWorld

* ADateWithRosyPalms: Salad Fingers rubbing his hands up and down the rusty jail cell window bars is clearly supposed to evoke him masturbating, as is his touching the rusty teapot or pricking his finger on a hook.