Random encounters
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| Original title | Random encounters |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | since 2011 |
| length | 2 to 6 minutes |
| Episodes | 81+ in 7+ seasons |
| genre | Comedy , musical |
| idea | AJ Pinkerton Peter Srinivasan |
| First broadcast | June 7, 2011 |
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| Official logo | |
| YouTube channel (comedy, music) | |
| language | English |
| founding | June 7, 2011 |
| channels | Random encounters |
| Subscribers | over 950,000 |
| Calls | over 285,000,000 |
| Videos | Parodies, Misheard Lyrics, Music Videos |
| network | Polaris |
Random Encounters is produced since 2011. Musical - web series , which was created through the collaboration of AJ Pinkerton and Peter Srinivasan. The series is partnered with Polaris from Maker Studios and was previously part of IGN Entertainment .
The first episode to air on YouTube was A Pikachu Song and was uploaded on June 7, 2011. Each episode contains its own musical number, which is often created in collaboration with live-action actors and cosplayers . Scenes are recreated or protagonists from various video games, such as The Legend of Zelda or Pokémon, portrayed. The idea of creating a web series came up back in 2010 when a parody musical for Sonic the Hedgehog won a prize in a competition initiated by Sega .
Since the opening of a YouTube channel, Pinkerton and Srinivasan have appeared with their pieces at various festivals and conventions.
history
The history of Random Encounters goes back to 2010 when AJ Pinkerton and Peter Srinivasan submitted and won Needlemouse: The Musical - based on Sonic the Hedgehog - an entry for a competition started by the video game manufacturer Sega . SEGA asked the two to perform their song at the Sonic Boom Community Event the following year. This performance sparked increased interest in such pieces, so Pinkerton and Srinivasan decided to write and produce more short musical pieces based on video games.
On June 7, 2011, the official YouTube channel was closed and the first video production was published with the piece A Pikachu Song . Pinkerton collaborated on various videos with well-known web video producers such as Markiplier and NateWantsToBattle .
style
Unlike many other game series, Random Encounters target both young and adult audiences. Her songs are often funny and self-censoring, for example by ignoring a fixed rhyme scheme to avoid swear words and curses . Short videos that are about video games or adult films include light-hearted versions of the characters featured in the themed media rather than their actual in-game versions.
The music in her pieces varies widely, typically incorporating fun rhythms and a fast tempo. Some pieces are strongly tied to originals, such as Disney pieces or game themes. The humor in their songs is derived from their lyrics, which are often a reference to in-game events, memes or pop culture .
Productions
Based on video games
| title | Based on | Remarks |
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| Needlemouse: The Musical | Sonic the Hedgehog | Winner of a competition launched by SEGA |
| Singachu: A Pikachu Song | Pokémon | First official video from Random Encounters |
| The Legend of Ganondorf | The Legend of Zelda | |
| The Big The Cat Song | Sonic the Hedgehog | |
| Pac-Man: The Musical | Pac-Man | |
| Nicole: A Dead Space Song | Dead space | |
| Angry Birds the Musical: A Green Pig Song | Angry Birds | |
| Nothing is true | Assassin's Creed | |
| O Meta Knight | Kirby | |
| Little John | Mass Effect | |
| The Eggbot Bop | Sonic the Hedgehog | |
| Sega Bass Fishing of the Dead | Sega Bass Fishing | |
| The Best We Can Be | Super Princess Peach | |
| One-winged office | Final Fantasy VII | |
| The Magikarp Song | Pokémon | |
| Rhythm Thief: The Musical | The Rhythm Thief | |
| Tetris: The Musical | Tetris | |
| The K. Rool Way | Donkey Kong | |
| Pikmin the Musical: Cuteness in Major Thirds | Pikmin | |
| "MEDIC!" A Team Fortress 2 song | Team Fortress 2 | |
| Ganon Claus | The Legend of Zelda | |
| We Wish You A Merry Creeper: A Minecraft Christmas Carol | Minecraft | |
| Super Monkey Ball: The Musical | Super Monkey Ball | |
| The Wario Rap | Wario | |
| Companion Cube: A Portal Song | portal | |
| The Eevee Song: A Pokémon Jazz Number | Pokémon | |
| Don't Let Me Go: A Yoshi Song | Yoshi | |
| Minesweeper: The Musical | Minesweeper | |
| Tricked By The Eggman: A Knuckles Rap | Sonic the Hedgehog | |
| Arkham Origins Rock Opera | Arkham Origins | |
| Pokémon University | Pokémon | with NateWantsToBattle |
| Legends of Zelda: Tales of the Wind Waker | The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker | |
| Dance of the Sugar Plum Clefairy | Pokémon | |
| The Flag Pole Song | Super Mario 3D World | |
| The Enderman Song | Minecraft | |
| The Power of Pong: A Star Wars Rap | Pong | |
| Phanto of the Mushroom Kingdom | Super Mario Bros. 2 | |
| My Date With Captain Falcon | F-Zero series | |
| Hyrule Warrior's Heart (The Legend of Zelda Parody Song) | Hyrule Warriors | |
| Resident Enis and Resident Enis: Monster Gulch | resident Evil | |
| Sonic Boom the Musical - A Sonic the Hedgehog Song | Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric | |
| Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker - The Musical | Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker | |
| The Three Days of Clock Town: A Zelda Christmas Song (Majora's Mask 3DS Parody) | The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask | |
| The Zubat Song | Pokémon | with Zubatman from Dorkly |
| Cubone <3 Mudkip: A Pokemon Love Song | Pokémon | |
| MEDICS DON'T HEAL SCOUTS! A Team Fortress 2 song | Team Fortress 2 | |
| StreetPass Love | StreetPass | |
| Paperboy The Musical | Paperboy | |
| The People of Smash Bros. | Super Smash Bros. U | |
| Five Nights at Freddy's the Musical: Nights 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, together with the "Complete Edition" | Five Nights at Freddy's | Published in part by Markiplier |
| Octodad: The Musical | Octodad | |
| Bowser's Castle: A Super Mario Maker Song | Super Mario Maker | |
| A Slender Song: Lost in the Woods (Halloween Musical) | Slender - The Eight Pages | |
| The Vaults of Fallout | Fallout 4 | |
| Shovel Knight: A Christmas Carol | Shovel Knight | |
| The Three Fates of Undertale | Undertale | |
| Fran Bow: Finding Mr. Midnight | Fran Bow | |
| Senpai Notice Me: A Yandere Simulator Musical | Yandere simulator | |
| Samus The Spaceman Cowboy (Animated Metroid Parody Song) | Metroid series | |
| GO GO, POKÉMON GO! | Pokémon Go | |
| Onix The Rock Snake | Pokémon | |
| Determined to the End: An Undertale Song | Undertale | |
| Team Full of Harmony: A Pokemon Go Musical | Pokémon Go | |
| Everything's a Puzzle: A Professor Layton Song | Professor Layton | |
| Best Fiends Forever: Song of the Slugs | / | sponsored by Best Friends Forever |
| Five Nights at Freddy's Sister Location: Blood and Tears | Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location | |
| Alola Form For Me | Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon | |
| Tingle Bells | The Legend of Zelda | |
| Phoenix Wright the Musical: The Turnabout Encounter | Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney | |
| HuniePop the Musical | HuniePop | |
| Hello Neighbor: What's In Your Basement | Hello Neigbor | |
| No More Mama: A Tattletail Song | Tattletail | |
| ARMS of a Fighter (a Nintendo ARMS song) | ARMS | |
| Bendy and the Ink Musical | Bendy and the Ink Machine | |
| Kindergarten: The Musical | kindergarten | |
| Papers Please: The Musical | Papers Please | |
| Friday The 13th: The Musical | Friday the 13th: The Game | |
| My Own Little Nightmare | Little Nightmares | |
| Up on my Housetop: A Hello Neighbor Christmas Song | Hello Neighbor | |
| Don't Starve: The Musical | Don't starve | |
| Just Monika: A DDLC song | Doki Doki Literature Club! | |
| Cuphead the Musical | Cuphead |
Other
| title | Based on | Remarks |
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| The Brony Song | My Little Pony - friendship is magic | |
| This isn't a car | The Dark Knight Rises | |
| Why Not Wii U | Nintendo's game console Wii U | |
| The Amiibo Song | Amiibo | |
| The Brony Song 2 | My Little Pony - friendship is magic | |
| Lolcats the Musical | The Lolcat meme | |
| E3: The Musical | The Games Convention Electronic Entertainment Expo | |
| The Console Wars Musical | The game consoles Xbox One , Wii U and PlayStation 4 | |
| Muffins the Musical: A Derpy Hooves Song | My Little Pony - friendship is magic | |
| Godzilla the Musical | Godzilla | |
| Wario Wrecks E3 | WarioWare series | |
| How To Beat A Monkey At Chess | / | Published at Markiplier |
| THE LEAVING HOME MUSICAL: A Moving Song | / | Cover of the piece Empty Chairs at Empty Tables from the musical Les Misérables |
actor
The following personalities have already been seen at Random Encounters:
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Connections to companies
SEGA
After the play Needlemouse: The Musical won the Sonic birthday contest initiated by SEGA, Random Encounters were invited by the game chairperson, an alternate version of the play that was supposed to highlight the chemistry between Modern Sonic and Classic Sonic , on the Sonic Boom 2011 to present. Nine months later, Random Encounters co-produced a musical game trailer for the fictional title Sega Bass Fishing of the Dead , which was created as part of Sega's online April Fools joke . A third collaboration came about for the game Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure .
In August 2012, the Random Encounters team announced that they were working with SEGA again to produce a video for the game Super Monkey Ball .
Nintendo
In 2012, Random Encounters joined the Nintendo Ambassador program . The company's first video was produced for an advertisement for The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD game . In June 2014, Random Encounters were sent to the Electronic Entertainment Expo along with other internet personalities including Black Nerd Comedy , Lamarr Wilson and Smosh . To promote Nintento productions, Random Encounters wrote a short musical with Wario , on which Charles Martinet has a guest appearance.
In 2015, Nintendo worked again with Random Encounters. For the publication of the Splatoon franchise , the collective organized a multi-cam lets play tournament. AJ was also invited to promote the game on the Santa Monica Pier at Mess Fest .
Disney
In August of 2015 was an article on Variety cooperation between Random Encounters and Disney announced .com. Together with Disney XD , the Disney XD Maker initiative was started, which is well versed in finding and developing video concepts in order to publish videos on YouTube. Random Encounters later announced that Disney would fund production costs for their video Resident Enis 2: Monster Gulch . The video was released in early February 2016.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ IGN Daily Fix 11.23.11 . IGN.com. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
- ↑ a b Singachu: A Pikachu Song . Youtube.com. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ↑ Jace Hall Show Blog RE Interview . JaceHallShow.com. Retrieved on September 1, 2010. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ AODSF History . aodsf.org. Archived from the original on March 12, 2013. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
- ↑ JPOP 2012 Guests: Random Encounters . NewPeopleWorld.com. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
- ↑ Sonic's 19th Birthday Winners Announced . sega.com. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
- ^ Watch Your Favorite Games Being Acted Out . dailydot.com. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
- ↑ Random Encounters Interview . jacehallshow.com. Retrieved on September 1, 2011. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Introducing Bass Fishing of the Dead . sega.com. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
- ^ Sega and Random Encounters Deliver a Rhythm Thief Musical . destructoid.com. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73EW1I0a6IY
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2JiZAV5BmDXrGBFTDQz2FuIOWp7l2RDf
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTBpRwPSoxqmnzfj3olpxWP0kweEOgY2e
- ↑ Splatoon to make a big mess in Santa Monica, California next Friday 5/15 . vgtidbits.com. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
- ↑ Disney XD Might Make TV Shows Starring YouTube Creators . variety.com. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
