History WebVideo / ThomasSanders

He got his start on Website/{{Vine}}, and had one of the largest follower counts on the app, with over 8.3 million in January 2017. Three of his most popular Vine series, "Narrating People's Lives", "Creator/{{Disney}} Pranks with Friends", and "Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pranks", received heavy rotation on other social media like Website/{{Facebook}}, and he was featured on ''Series/TheView'' when they did a week-long special on Vine.

* UnfinishedBusiness: In a short, Thomas has a new idea for a story and then he is haunted by the spirits of the stories he didn't finish writing and abandoned 2 years ago, 5 years ago, 7 years ago, 8 years ago, 15 years ago [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers and a week ago]], who demand him in creepy voices to finish writing them.

While still an active Viner, Thomas also did a number of Website/YouTube videos, usually collaborations with other Viners or [=YouTubers=] or Q&A sessions. With the end of Vine as an active social media platform, he transitioned to [=YouTube=] for the bulk of his video content. However, he has continued doing short skits in the style of his Vines, now renamed as the ''Sanders Shorts'' series, which he releases first on Instagram and Twitter, and later on the rest of his social media. From 2019 onwards, Thomas' shorts also started premiering on Website/{{TikTok}}. Even though he had an account on the app back since the Vine days, when [=TikTok=] was called [=Musical.ly=], he gathered a huge amount of followers there with little promotion, much to his surprise. In 2019, his [=TikTok=] follower count even surpassed his subscriber count on [=YouTube=], and it currently stands at 9.4 million.

-->'''Thomas''': ''[like a DJ, with a deep voice]'' This is T-Dogg and it's time to d-d-drop the bass!\\

* HideYourLesbians: Parodied with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f78UIe8RrTc&lc= "JUST Good Friends: A Historian's Tale]], a skit where historian Alexander Cartilage recounts the [[BlatantLies completely platonic]] relationship between two (fictional) Victorian men, Harold Weatherington III and Uriah Jeffries. Starting with their "friend" at first sight, it moves on to their very affectionate letters, their first meeting in a back alley ("Make sweet, hot platonic love to me, Harold!"), their time at "discreet gentlemen's clubs, and culminates in a rarely seen "[[MetaphoricalMarriage best friend ceremony]]" where they exchanged rings and Uriah changed his name to Weatherington. The historian concludes that they must have been JustFriends, because gay people didn't exist back then and he doesn't feel comfortable admitting otherwise.

* HideYourLesbians: Parodied with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f78UIe8RrTc&lc= "JUST Good Friends: A Historian's Tale]], a skit where historian Alexander Cartilage recounts the [[BlatantLies completely platonic]] relationship between two (fictional) Victorian men, Harold Weatherington III and Uriah Jeffries. Starting with their "friend at first sight, it moves on to their very affectionate letters, their first meeting in a back alley ("Make sweet, hot platonic love to me, Harold!"), their time at "discreet gentlemen's clubs, and culminates in a rarely seen "[[MetaphoricalMarriage best friend ceremony]]" where they exchanged rings and Uriah changed his name to Weatherington. The historian concludes that they must have been JustFriends, because gay people didn't exist back then and he doesn't feel comfortable admitting otherwise.

** In an episode of the [=YouTube=] series "Real or Fake Anime", Dominic tosses a pie in Thomas' face each time Thomas gives a wrong answer.

Aside from the themes of his content, Thomas is also known for doing a ''lot'' of singing in his media, attributable in part to his musical theater background. This has extended into a proper musical career; following a Christmas EP in 2013, he released an album in 2016 with the soundtrack of his ''Ultimate Storytime'' musical, a show with which he went on tour across the USA and Canada. From 2017 onward, he's released a number of singles as well as music collabs with fellow [=YouTube=] artists including [[WebVideo/{{Doddleoddle}} dodie]] and [[WebVideo/{{Paint}} Jon Cozart]]. He has an album on the works with songs composed by his friend Joan Stokes. Although the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic has slowed down the production of the album, some of the songs have already been premiered in live concerts in the meantime, while, as announced by Joan, the album will also include new versions of released songs.

* PermaShave: Thomas never sports the slightest facial hair. Sometimes he's made fun of by Joan about how they have a thick beard and Thomas cannot even grow one, and Thomas even parodies himself in a short where his electric razor gets broken and he freaks out, and three weeks later he still doesn't have any facial hair at all, not even on touch.[[note]]In real life he said he does indeed grow a beard, but, as he said, with not much fortune.[[/note]]

Thomas Sanders (born April 24, 1989) is a social media personality and theater actor from Gainesville, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}}.

->'''''What is up, everybody!'''''

He got his start on Website/{{Vine}}, and had one of the largest Vine follower counts with over 8.3 million in January 2017. Three of his most popular Vine series, "Narrating People's Lives", "Creator/{{Disney}} Pranks with Friends", and "Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pranks", received heavy rotation on other social media like Website/{{Facebook}}, and he was featured on ''Series/TheView'' when they did a week-long special on Vine.

While still an active Viner, Thomas also did a number of Website/YouTube videos, usually collaborations with other Viners or [=YouTubers=] or Q&A sessions. With the end of Vine as an active social media platform, he's transitioned to [=YouTube=] for the bulk of his video content. However, he continues doing short skits in the style of Vine, now renamed as the ''Sanders Shorts'' series, which he releases first on Instagram and Twitter, and later on the rest of his social media. From 2019 onwards, his shorts started premiering also on Website/{{TikTok}}, where, to his surprise and barely without any promotion, even though he had an account back since the Vine days, when [=TikTok=] still was called [=Musical.ly=], he's gathered a huge amount of followers that by 2019 even surpassed his [=YouTube=] count by more than a million, growing almost at lightspeed. As of January 2020, he had 4.4 million followers on [=TikTok=]. Barely eight months later, on August 2020, he already had 6.5 million followers, almost doubling his [=YouTube=] account already, and seven months later, on March 2021, he reached 7.4 million, which means than in barely 15 months, he had grown 3 million followers. By September 2021 he had recovered all the 8.3 million followers he had at the end of Vine and even surpassed this amount.

In late 2016, Thomas began to turn his solo [=YouTube=] vlog videos into five-way conversations between himself and four aspects of his personality: Logan, his Logic; Patton, his Morality (also known as Dad); Roman, his Creativity (also known as Princey); and Virgil, his Anxiety. These eventually became a full-fledged series called ''WebVideo/SandersSides''. In 2017, he debuted a new web series, ''Cartoon Therapy'', where he plays Dr. Emile Picani, an eccentric therapist for couples who uses cartoons as a way to treat his patients' issues, achieving great results despite his methods. He also releases in his [=YouTube=] channel a wide variety of shows, like "Real or Fake Anime" (co-starring Dom Gold), "Voices of Unreason", "I Can't Believe I Never Knew...", "Ask the Experts" (co-starring Joan), "Video Games Through the Ages", later renamed to "Joystick Joyride" (co-starring Joan, Talyn and Camden Foote) and lots of sketches and one-off shows.

Aside from the themes of his content, Thomas is also known for doing a ''lot'' of singing in his media, partly because he's a really good singer and partly because he does musical theater. As a singer, he released an EP in 2013 consisting of Christmas songs, and an album in 2016 with the soundtrack of his ''Ultimate Storytime'' musical, a show with which he went on tour to 17 cities of the USA and Canada, including Toronto and New York City, and a mini-series of winter concerts online in December 2020. He's also released both on [=YouTube=] and on iTunes, Spotify and other platforms several singles from 2017 onward like "The Things We Used to Share", "On the Borderline" or "Recipe of Me" among others, as well as music collabs like "Dear Happy" with dodie or "A Gay Disney Prince" with Jon Cozart. He has an album on the works with songs composed by his friend, Joan. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has slowed down the production of the album, some of the songs, like "Musical Chairs", have already been premiered in live concerts in the meantime, while, as announced by Joan, the album will also include new versions of released songs.

'''WARNING''': Untagged '''spoilers''' ahead. Read at your own risk.

While still an active Viner, Thomas also did a number of Website/YouTube videos, usually collaborations with other Viners or [=YouTubers=] or Q&A sessions. With the end of Vine as an active social media platform, he's transitioned to [=YouTube=] for the bulk of his video content. However, he continues doing short skits in the style of Vine, now renamed as the ''Sanders Shorts'' series, which he releases first on Instagram and Twitter, and later on the rest of his social media. From 2019 onwards, his shorts started premiering also on [=TikTok=], where, to his surprise and barely without any promotion, even though he had an account back since the Vine days, when [=TikTok=] still was called [=Musical.ly=], he's gathered a huge amount of followers that by 2019 even surpassed his [=YouTube=] count by more than a million, growing almost at lightspeed. As of January 2020, he had 4.4 million followers on [=TikTok=]. Barely eight months later, on August 2020, he already had 6.5 million followers, almost doubling his [=YouTube=] account already, and seven months later, on March 2021, he reached 7.4 million, which means than in barely 15 months, he had grown 3 million followers. By September 2021 he had recovered all the 8.3 million followers he had at the end of Vine and even surpassed this amount.

He got his start on WebOriginal/{{Vine}}, and had one of the largest Vine follower counts with over 8.3 million in January 2017. Three of his most popular Vine series, "Narrating People's Lives", "Creator/{{Disney}} Pranks with Friends", and "Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pranks", received heavy rotation on other social media like Website/{{Facebook}}, and he was featured on ''Series/TheView'' when they did a week-long special on Vine.

Guys: Also, ya wanna have sex?\\

While still an active Viner, Thomas also did a number of Website/YouTube videos, usually collaborations with other Viners or [=YouTubers=] or Q&A sessions. With the end of Vine as an active social media platform, he's transitioned to [=YouTube=] for the bulk of his video content. However, he continues doing short skits in the style of Vine, now renamed as the ''Sanders Shorts'' series, which he releases first on Instagram and Twitter, and later on the rest of his social media. From 2019 onwards, his shorts started premiering also on [=TikTok=], where, to his surprise and barely without any promotion, even though he had an account back since the Vine days, when TikTok still was called [=Musical.ly=], he's gathered a huge amount of followers that by 2019 even surpassed his [=YouTube=] count by more than a million, growing almost at lightspeed. As of January 2020, he had 4.4 million followers on [=TikTok=]. Barely eight months later, on August 2020, he already had 6.5 million followers, almost doubling his [=YouTube=] account already, and seven months later, on March 2021, he reached 7.4 million, which means than in barely 15 months, he had grown 3 million followers. By September 2021 he had recovered all the 8.3 million followers he had at the end of Vine and even surpassed this amount.

While still an active Viner, Thomas also did a number of Website/YouTube videos, usually collaborations with other Viners or [=YouTubers=] or Q&A sessions. With the end of Vine as an active social media platform, he's transitioned to [=YouTube=] for the bulk of his video content. However, he continues doing short skits in the style of Vine, now renamed as the ''Sanders Shorts'' series, which he releases first on Instagram and Twitter, and later on the rest of his social media. From 2019 onwards, his shorts started premiering also on [=TikTok=], where, to his surprise and barely without any promotion, even though he had an account back since the Vine days, when TikTok still was called [=Musical.ly=], he's gathered a huge amount of followers that by 2019 even surpassed his [=YouTube=] count by more than a million, growing almost at lightspeed. As of January 2020, he had 4.4 million followers on [=TikTok=]. Barely eight months later, on August 2020, he already had 6.5 million followers, almost doubling his [=YouTube=] account already, and seven months later, on March 2021, he reached 7.4 million, which means than in barely 15 months, he had grown 3 million followers. Should his [=TikTok=] fanbase continue growing at this rate, by late 2021, early 2022, he will have recovered all the 8.3 million followers he had at the end of Vine and even surpass this amount.

* PleaseDontLeaveMe: In-Universe. When Terrence announces that he's moving away from Florida to start college, in the vlog where the announcement is made, Thomas says this phrase in a whining but soft whispering voice, while containing [[TearJerker crying]] in other moments.

At the end of October 2018, Thomas debuted a second [=YouTube=] channel titled ''Thomas Sanders & Friends''. From that moment on, all his unscripted shows and series, as well as the ''Sanders Shorts'' monthly compilations, would be released only in his second channel, while his main channel would be reserved exclusively for "Sanders Sides", "Cartoon Therapy" and other scripted shows, as well as his music videos. Occassionally, though, he still releases some unscripted shows on his main channel, as a way of promoting the second channel or new unscripted shows destined to be released there.

Aside from the themes of his content, Thomas is also known for doing a ''lot'' of singing in his media, partly because he's a really good singer and partly because he does musical theater. As a singer, he released an EP in 2013 consisting of Christmas songs, and an album in 2016 with the soundtrack of his ''Ultimate Storytime'' musical, a show with which he went on tour to 17 cities of the USA and Canada, including Toronto and New York City, and a mini-series of winter concerts online in December 2020. He's also released both on [=YouTube=] and on iTunes, Spotify and other platforms several singles from 2017 onward like "The Things We Used to Share", "On the Borderline" or "Recipe of Me" among others, as well as music collabs like "Dear Happy" with dodie or "A Gay Disney Prince" with Jon Cozart. He has an album on the works with songs composed by his friend, Joan. Although the covid pandemic has slowed down the production of the album, some of the songs, like "Musical Chairs", have already been premiered in live concerts in the meantime, while, as announced by Joan, the album will also include new versions of released songs.

** "Could Be Gayer!", first used casually in one of the Sanders Shorts, this phrase became so popular that he ended up using it in his merch due to popular demand.

* FaintInShock: The episode "Crofters - The MUSICAL!" has Logic of all people doing this when he sees that there's a new flavor of Crofters jam named after him.

He got his start on WebOriginal/{{Vine}}, and had one of the largest Vine follower counts with over 8 million in January 2017. Three of his most popular Vine series, "Narrating People's Lives", "Creator/{{Disney}} Pranks with Friends", and "Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pranks", received heavy rotation on other social media like Website/{{Facebook}}, and he was featured on ''Series/TheView'' when they did a week-long special on Vine.

While still an active Viner, Thomas also did a number of Website/YouTube videos, usually collaborations with other Viners or [=YouTubers=] or Q&A sessions. With the end of Vine as an active social media platform, he's transitioned to [=YouTube=] for the bulk of his video content. However, he continues doing short skits in the style of Vine, now renamed as the ''Sanders Shorts'' series, which he releases first on Instagram and Twitter, and later on the rest of his social media. From 2019 onwards, a few of his shorts started premiering first on [=TikTok=], where, to his surprise and barely without any promotion, even though he had an account back since the Vine days, when it still was [=Musical.ly=], he's gathered a huge amount of followers that by 2019 even surpassed his [=YouTube=] count by more than a million, growing almost at lightspeed. As of January 2020, he had 4.4 million followers on [=TikTok=]. Barely eight months later, on August 2020, he already had 6.5 million followers, almost doubling his [=YouTube=] account already. Should his [=TikTok=] fanbase continue growing at this rate, by 2021 he will have recovered all the 8.3 million followers he had at the end of Vine and even surpass this amount.

At the end of October 2018, Thomas debuted a second [=YouTube=] channel titled ''Thomas Sanders & Friends''. From that moment on, all his unscripted shows and series, as well as the ''Sanders Shorts'' monthly compilations, would be released only in his second channel, while his main channel would be reserved exclusively for "Sanders Sides", "Cartoon Therapy" and other scripted shows, as well as his music videos.

Aside from the themes of his content, Thomas is also known for doing a ''lot'' of singing in his media, partly because he's a really good singer and partly because he does musical theater. As a singer, he released an EP in 2013 consisting of Christmas songs, and an album in 2016 with the soundtrack of his ''Ultimate Storytime'' musical, a show with which he went on tour to 17 cities of the USA and Canada, including Toronto and New York City. He's also released both on [=YouTube=] and on iTunes, Spotify and other platforms several singles from 2017 onward like "The Things We Used to Share" or "On the Borderline". He has an album on the way with songs composed by his friend, Joan.

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* AdamWesting: As any good comedian should do, Thomas is not afraid to laugh at himself, and he won't miss an oportunity to parody his own quirks in his videos and make comedy material from them.

** Thomas did a whole [=YouTube=] video with Anthony Padilla in which the main premise was [[GoshDangItToHeck his apparent inability to swear on camera]], no matter how hard Anthony tried to teach Thomas how to. Thomas even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] how easy it was for Joan to swear at least once per each of his videos compared to him.

'''Sacagawea''': ''[[[InnerMonologue inner voice]]]'' Ummm... I think I'd probably just tell you to put the f... ''[bleep]'' me down.\\

* BeleagueredAssistant / MeanBoss: Thomas and, sometimes, Joan and Talyn take the role of mean bosses with Camden, who in turn fulfills the role of beleaguered assistant. This happens sometimes jokingly, sometimes inside of a given plot, never of course seriously, both in the vlogs and, lately, the shorts. Thomas, Joan and Talyn frequently roast him or scold him, and usually give him loads of work to do as he sighs and sticks to do his job. When some kind of "competition" arises between boss(es) and employee during a task, expect Thomas and friends to fail several times and Camden coming to the rescue after being belittled by them earlier.

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* GenreBlindness / GenreSavvy: Both in the same short starring Chad and Billy, applied to them respectively. They're both in a horror movie chased by an off-screen killer. Chad follows all the cliches of a character that is about to be killed, while Billy tries to warn him and explains said cliches to him. Chad completely ignores him and he's straightforwardly killed as soon as he leaves the room.

* GenderBlindness / GenreSavvy: Both in the same short starring Chad and Billy, applied to them respectively. They're both in a horror movie chased by an off-screen killer. Chad follows all the cliches of a character that is about to be killed, while Billy tries to warn him and explains said cliches to him. Chad completely ignores him and he's straightforwardly killed as soon as he leaves the room.

* GenderBlindness/GenreSavvy: Both in the same short starring Chad and Billy, applied to them respectively. They're both in a horror movie chased by an off-screen killer. Chad follows all the cliches of a character that is about to be killed, while Billy tries to warn him and explains said cliches to him. Chad completely ignores him and he's straightforwardly killed as soon as he leaves the room.