The Channel of Egg: The Animated Television Special

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The Channel of Egg: The Animated Television Special is an animated special that was released on The Channel of Egg on July 21, 2021.

Plot

Egg Dude is watching Family Guy on TV when Joe the Stickman comes to his house to warn him about the Gnome. Egg Dude doesn't believe Joe at first, but then sees the Gnome in the sky.

Egg Dude and Joe defeat the Gnome with Scott the Woz bombs, but after watching Youtube Poops on TV Steve tells the two that the Gnome is back and he wants to destroy the world "for the evils". They then go to Flex Inc. to see the legendary Phil Swift. Phil points to a sign stating that the Gnome is on Mount Gnome and they need three Cool Cat Plushies to get there.

On Joe the Stickman's plane, Egg Dude realizes that Joe is gone and King Harkinian is in his place. Egg Dude asks where Joe is, but the King just says nonsense, and the plane then falls, crushing Link. The King then asks what's for dinner, and Egg Dude and Joe go to the kitchen to make dinner. The King eats the dinner and dies, and Egg Dude and Joe see the first Cool Cat Plushie.

Egg Dude and Joe go to 7-Eleven to find the next plushie, but before they are able to buy it, the Super Mario in Real Life kid takes the plushie and buys it. Entering the Super Mario in Real Life kid's house, Egg Dude and Joe enter the basement and find the kid, who flips a lever which releases Mario and Luigi. Joe uses a Waluigi Launcher, which launches Waluigi who says "wah", making Luigi vanish. Mario gets angry and runs toward Joe, only for Joe to punch him and Mario lands on another house and explodes.

Afterwards, the Super Mario in Real Life kid is defeated, and Egg Dude and Joe retrieve the second plushie. Suddenly, the house turns into a rocket, and the two land in space, where they see a castle. They enter the castle and see the Real Gamers; Lego Mario, Badly Drawn Characsn, and The Duck. Lego Mario shows the next cool cat plushie, but Badly Drawn Characsn makes the two do a puzzle.

After the puzzle is completed, Egg Dude and Joe the Stickman receive the final plushie, and Superman arrives to carry the two to Mount Gnome. However, the two are dropped after Superman asks them if they take any drugs and Egg Dude responds with "uhhhhh", which Superman takes as a yes. Landing in front of the mountain, the two see Orangehead the mountain keeper, who offers to show off his collection of mountains. After showing off his mountains, Orangehead's third Mount Wario turns into a floating stone Wario head and begins chasing Egg Dude and Joe. Joe blows up the Wario head, making Orangehead kick them out of his "sexy home".

Afterwards, Egg Dude and Joe finally arrive at Mount Gnome, where they redeem their plushies and receive a key to the mountain. At the top is the Gnome, who starts shooting lasers at them. Joe gets hit by a laser, killing him, angering Egg Dude, who calls the Gnome a "stupid Mario brother". After running away from the Gnome, Egg Dude is cornered. Suddenly, Rick Astley comes out of nowhere, says "say goodbye", and shoots the Gnome, causing him to explode. Joe the Stickman comes back from the dead, and Egg Dude makes an incredibly lame and unfunny "pun".

In an after-credits scene, Orangehead is seen purchasing a new Mount Wario, which inexplicably explodes.

History

The Channel of Egg: The Animated Television Special was first conceived on November 7, 2020. Nothing about the special was shown to the public until January 29, 2021, when the Channel of Egg Twitter account tweeted a picture of Egg Dude.

The special was first announced on February 15, 2021 in a tweet on the Channel of Egg Twitter. Nothing else was mentioned until July 6, 2021, with the release of the video coming soon.

Two more teasers were posted on July 10 and 13 respectively. A twitter-exclusive trailer was posted on July 16. The final trailer was posted on July 19, which was the only trailer to have actual footage from the special.

On July 21, 2021, at 5 PM central time, the special premiered.

Spanish Version

A Spanish version of the special was announced on November 14, 2021. The intended release date is set for Winter 2021-2022. Various Characters with voices will be voiced in Spanish by Lunar Lemon. Sentenced mixed characters such as King Harkinian will have subtitles when they speak.

Trivia

Behind the Scenes Stuff

• There were plans for a South Park parody intro that played during the Real Gamers scene. Concept art and lyrics were made, but the intro was not made as nobody wanted to record it.
  • There were also plans for a Family Guy-themed intro, but that was never made.
• There were a few cut lines, including:
  • A line during the Orangehead's mountain collection scene which referenced the Lenstar Productions video Mario Minestrone. This was removed after the JacobLenstar drama.
  • Near the end of the special, Egg Dude originally said "you sons of a bitches" instead of "you stupid mario brother". This was changed to the current line as Keapy felt that swearing was out of character for Egg Dude.
  • The special was originally going to start with Burrito Fish creating Egg Dude.

• Two draft versions were made in June and July 2021. These can be seen on Eggstras.
• The scene with the CRT TVs was done by burning two DVDs containing two animations of Egg Dude and playing them on two identical DVD players.

Fun Facts

• The house that the Super Mario in Real Life kid enters was a real house. The address was 19939 Dresden St, Detroit, MI 48205.
  • Keapy found this house by looking around in Google Maps.
  • According to Google street view imagery, the house was demolished sometime between 2013 and 2018.
• This is the first Channel of Egg video to be worked on by more than one person.
• This video has the longest production time out of any other Channel of Egg video, with a production time of 8 months and 5 days.
• This is the first Channel of Egg video to have LunarLemon appear in live action.

Soundtrack album

Main article: The Channel of Egg: The Animated Television Special (Official Sountrack)

A soundtrack (or sountrack) album was released on July 21, 2021. It contains the original songs featured in the special.

Gallery

The gallery can be found here.