Line #51 Recap/SandersSides


1	!Sanders Sides
2	Episodes are listed in chronological order. Sanders Sides has two seasons, per WordOfGod by Thomas Sanders, who published in August 13, 2017 [[https://twitter.com/ThomasSanders/status/896537796386729984 a Tweet]] calling "Accepting Anxiety" a "season finale". Season 1 has 17 episodes released from October 19, 2016 to July 15, 2017. Season 2, as of today, has 15 episodes released from September 1, 2017 to July 31, 2021.
3	%% The use of names will be chronological, that is, in episodes before name reveals, the aspect names or nicknames will be used. In later episodes, the real names will be used, as all pages in the Sanders Sides section are free of spoiler tags, and this one is no exception.
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5	'''WARNING''': Untagged '''spoilers''' ahead. Read at your own risk.
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8	!!Season 1
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10	This season begins with the introduction of four different aspects, or "Sides", of Thomas Sanders' personality - Logic, Morality, Creativity/Princey, and Anxiety - and ends with all four of the Sides having names and fleshed-out personalities of their own.
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13	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS1E1MyTrueIdentity My True Identity]]": Thomas Sanders decides to take some time to figure himself out, and introduces three different parts of his personality: Logic, Morality, and Creativity (also known as "Princey").[[note]]First appearance, in Sanders Sides, of Logic, Princey and Morality.[[/note]]
14	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS1E2WayTooAdult Way Too Adult]]": With Thanksgiving approaching, Thomas realizes that he can't do as many adult things as are expected of him, including cooking. Morality pops in to help him out.
15	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS1E3TakingOnAnxiety Taking on Anxiety with Lilly Singh]]": When Anxiety shows up to give Thomas a hard time, Thomas decides to get creative and enlists the help of [[WebVideo/IISuperwomanII Lilly Singh]] to bring Anxiety down.[[note]]First appearance of Anxiety.[[/note]]
16	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS1E4ANewYearOfLyingToMyselfInSong A New Year of Lying to Myself... In Song]]": Thomas and the Sides discuss the usefulness of making New Year's resolutions.[[note]]...and yes, there is a song too.[[/note]]
17	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS1E5TheDarkSideOfDisney The Dark Side of Disney!]]": A regular video from Thomas about Disney turns into a debate between Princey and Anxiety over the many messages that Disney movies provide.
18	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS1E6ImInADisneyShow I'm in a Disney Show]]": Thomas shares his experiences with being part of a Disney show.
19	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS1E7TheMindVsTheHeart The Mind vs. The Heart]]": Thomas brings Logic and Morality together to talk about the arguments they have over what's best for him.
20	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS1E8AloneOnValentinesDay Alone on Valentine's Day]]": Thomas and the Sides discuss different ways to romance a girl for Valentine's Day so that Thomas won't have to spend the day alone.
21	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS1E9LosingMyMotivation Losing My Motivation]]": Thomas has lost his motivation to make the video, and it's up to Logic to figure out which of the Sides is responsible. [[note]]Logic's name (and by extension, the fact that the Sides ''have'' names) is revealed in this episode to be Logan.[[/note]]
22	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS1E10SandersSidesQAndA Sanders Sides Q&A]]": The Sides answer questions from Thomas' fans.
23	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS1E11AmIOriginal Am I Original?]]": After Thomas' initial idea for the video is deemed as unoriginal by Anxiety, Princey gathers the other Sides together to help brainstorm a new, completely unique idea.[[note]]Princey's name is revealed in this episode to be Roman.[[/note]]
24	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS1E12MyNegativeThinking My Negative Thinking]]": Anxiety and Logan go head-to-head to determine if some of Thomas' recent experiences are as horrible as he thinks they are.
25	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS1E13GrowingUp Growing Up]]": With another birthday having come and gone, Thomas has to decide whether he should keep the lifestyle he currently has, or make steps towards properly growing up.[[note]]Morality's name is revealed in this episode to be Patton.[[/note]]
26	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS1E14MakingSomeChanges Making Some Changes]]": Thomas has started to feel burdened with multiple changes in his life, so his Sides step in to try to convince Thomas that change isn't a bad thing.
27	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS1E15BecomingACartoon Becoming a Cartoon]]": With the assistance of Butch Hartman, Thomas and the Sides get a chance to be cartoons for a short time.
28	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS1E16AcceptingAnxiety Accepting Anxiety, Part 1/2: Excerpting Anxiety]]": The Sides discover that Anxiety has disappeared, leaving Thomas with no anxiety and a very different personality.
29	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS1E17CanAnxietyBeGood Accepting Anxiety, Part 2/2: Can Anxiety Be Good?]]": Thomas and the three remaining Sides travel to Anxiety's room to find Anxiety and bring him back.[[note]]Anxiety's name is revealed in this episode to be Virgil. The existence of other Sides is also revealed.[[/note]]
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31	!!Season 2
32	This season sees the introduction of more of the Sides' rooms and we get to know the Dark Sides, while the topics discussed get deeper and more dramatic (without leaving comedy behind) as the series advances.
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34	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS2E1FittingInHogwartsHouses Fitting In (Hogwarts Houses)]]": After Thomas dyes his hair dark purple, Virgil expresses discomfort with the idea of standing out. Thomas and the rest of the Sides try to help him fit in by sorting him into one of the four [[Literature/HarryPotter Hogwarts houses]].
35	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS2E2ExploringNostalgia Moving On, Part 1/2: Exploring Nostalgia]]": Thomas and the Sides reminisce over old memories and try to get him to move on from the past.
36	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS2E3DealingWithABreakUp Moving On, Part 2/2: Dealing With A Break-Up]]": With Logic leaving the room, Thomas and the other three Sides need to address the source of the problem.
37	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS2E4TheSandersSides12DaysOfChristmas The Sanders Sides 12 Days Of Christmas]]": Patton and Roman organise a Christmas celebration for the Sides, including custom-made Christmas sweaters and their own version of "The 12 Days of Christmas".
38	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS2E5CanLyingBeGood Can Lying Be Good?]]": Thomas feels bad after forgetting about Joan's meeting, which sparks a heated debate over a big question; what's more important? Telling the truth or sparing his friend's feelings?[[note]]First appearance of Deceit.[[/note]]
39	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS2E6WhyDoWeGetOutOfBedInTheMorning Why Do We Get Out of Bed in the Morning?]]": Logan and Roman have a conversation about the purpose behind everything Thomas does with his life.
40	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS2E7CrofterSTheMusical Crofter's: The Musical]]": Logan and Roman show their excitement over a partnership with Crofters and their new product.
41	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS2E8LearningNewThingsAboutOurselves Learning New Things About Ourselves]]": When Thomas encounters another dilemma in not knowing how to work through his feelings, Patton decides he and the others can help...[[ItMakesSenseInContext by turning into puppets]].
42	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS2E9EmbarrasingPhasesTheNightmareInsteadOfChristmas Embarrassing Phases: The Nightmare Instead of Christmas]]: At the suggestion of Virgil, Thomas and the Sides, instead of celebrating Christmas, decide to celebrate a belated Halloween. When Virgil finds out that the other Sides have lost all fear to him, and furthermore, Thomas thinks that him being scary was only a phase, Virgil decides to remind the others that he's still Anxiety by scaring all of them, reminding them of all of Thomas' embarrassing phases in his life.
43	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS2E10SelfishnessvSelflessness Selfishness v. Selflessness]]": Thomas is facing a moral dilemma over whether to attend a friend's wedding or go to a callback. So Deceit decides to set up a Courtroom episode.[[note]]In this episode, Janus reveals his emblem.[[/note]]
44	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS2E11DealingWithIntrusiveThoughts Dealing with Intrusive Thoughts]]": After a restless night, Thomas and the other Sides are forced to address some troublesome thoughts they've been dealing with.[[note]]First appearance of the Duke, who also reveals his name to be Remus.[[/note]]
45	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS2E12AreThereHealthyDistractions Are There Healthy Distractions?]]": Thomas has decided to stay home instead of going to a party because he's had a problem with a friend that's going there. As the anxiety is crippling on him, he decides to watch a movie with the Sides to distract himself, and they settle on ''{{WesternAnimation/Frozen\|2013}}''.
46	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS2E13PuttingOthersFirstSelfishnessVSelflessnessRedux Putting Others First - Selfishness v. Selflessness Redux]]": Thomas has just returned from Lee and Mary Lee's wedding. He still regrets having attended the wedding instead of going to the callback and Roman and Patton try to assist him in his doubts about if it's good to be selfish sometimes or stick to selflessness, no matter the cost for Thomas' own mental health. [[note]]In this episode, Deceit reveals that his real name is Janus.[[/note]]
47	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS2E14FlirtingWithSocialAnxiety Flirting with Social Anxiety]]": Thomas sees a guy at the mall and he, Roman and Virgil try to figure out the best way to approach him.
48	# "[[Recap/SandersSidesS2E15WorkingThroughIntrusiveThoughts Working THROUGH Intrusive Thoughts]]": Logan tries to help Thomas, who’s had a particularly rough night, get his life in order, but Remus is determined to up his game and trap Thomas in his worst intrusive thoughts yet. HilarityEnsues.
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52	!Sanders Asides
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54	''Sanders Asides'' is a companion series to ''Sanders Sides'' which features shorter episodes featuring lighter stories that are not directly tied to the main narrative or advance its main plot points, but are still completely canon into the ''Sanders Sides'' universe, featuring character backstories and development, as well as stories that would not fit in into ''Sanders Sides'' for one reason or another. In September 2023 there was a major reorganization of the Sanders Sides and Sanders Asides series. The three original episodes of Sanders Asides were turned into Sanders Sides episodes and moved to the main story count, most of the skits made about the Sides were in turn moved into Sanders Asides, and two special episodes that were originally Sanders Sides were moved into Asides.
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56	# "[[Recap/SandersAsidesS1E01ReturnOfTheJam Return of the Jam]]": A commercial video featuring the Sanders Sides getting their own Crofter's jam each.
57	# "[[Recap/SandersAsidesS1E02HaveIGrownFiveYearsLaterASandersSidesSpecial Have I Grown? - Five Years Later: A Sanders Sides Special]]": It's been five years since the beginning of Sanders Sides, and Thomas decides to have a series of interviews with the Sides about what the series has meant for them and their expectations for the future.[[note]]In this episode, Remus reveals his emblem for the first time on-screen (although Remus' emblem had been revealed in real life more than two years earlier, this is the first time it was shown in-universe).[[/note]]
58	# "[[Recap/SandersAsidesS1E03CanPlushiesImproveOurMentalHealth Can Plushies Improve Our Mental Health?]]": Logan tries to convince Thomas to get rid of his childhood teddy bear, Benjamin, and give it to a child who might need it. Patton, then joined by Virgil and Roman, oppose and give Logan solid arguments about why is it still good to keep childhood plushies through adulthood, by using a VHS recording they made using plushy versions of themselves.
59	# "[[Recap/SandersAsidesS01E04IntoTheUnknownOverTheGardenWallCover Into The Unknown- Over The Garden Wall Cover]]": A cover of the song "Into The Unknown" from WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall, sung in-character by Janus and featuring appearances from the other Sides.
60	# "[[Recap/SandersAsidesS01E05IfWesAndersonDirectedTheSandersSides If Wes Anderson Directed the Sanders Sides]]": Thomas imagines how he and the Sides would be if the Sanders Sides were directed by Wes Anderson.
61	# "[[Recap/SandersAsidesS1E06TheSidesNeedANiceDay The Sides Need a Nice Day]]": Thomas decides the Sides "need a freaking break", so he has them pair off for a "pick-a-card adventure" in order to give them a nice day.
62	# "[[Recap/SandersAsidesS01E07WeMadeASandersSidesAnimeIntro We Made a Sanders Sides Anime Intro]]": Thomas has been watching a lot of anime recently and that has an influence in his creative decisions when he tries to make a new intro for Sanders Sides.
63	# "[[Recap/SandersAsidesS01E08VirgilReactsToAnxietyFromInsideOut2 Virgil Reacts to Anxiety from Inside Out 2]]": The Inside Out 2 trailer has just been released and with it the creature that represents anxiety in the picture. The Sides reenact an Inside Out mind space trying to help Virgil cope with the vision of that creature.
64	# "[[Recap/SandersAsidesS01E09WhatMakesThePerfectGift What Makes The Perfect Gift]]": It's Christmas and Logan decides it's time again to do a Secret Santa, but this time, Janus and Remus will participate in the gift exchange.
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66	!Others
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68	The following are official videos that, although out of the Sanders Sides/Asides episode count, feature the canon Sanders Sides.[[note]]Not to be confused with the Shorts characters, Teacher Guy, Prince Guy and Dad Guy which inspired the Sanders Sides but are not the same characters. The appearances of these characters are not covered in this section.[[/note]]
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70	# "[[Recap/MyPersonalitiesAllHadLittleAdventuresYesterday My Personalities All Had Little Adventures Yesterday]]": A collection of Snapchats stories featuring Patton, Roman, Logan and Virgil in Hollywood.
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