Solving the Flipnote ARG
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Thanks for watching guys. Stick to the end of the video for something crazy.
Also, I wasn't able to play the audio for the first Flipnote, sadly. You can watch it on the original channel for the full experience.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:25 Understanding the June Archive
24:21 Analysis
32:43 Conclusion
33:44 U̴͍͋̎h̴̩̪̗͚̓̋̾͑̚ ̸̛̺̐͗̽ŏ̵̝̦̽h̷̢̽̑̃
Music:
Mysterious Strange Things - Yung Logos
A Hand In The Dark - Underbelly & Ty Mayer
AnalogueCabin - Noir Et Blanc Vie
Kurt - Cheel
Unlisted Flipnote: • DSi Safety Parody 2 by...
The June Archive channel: / @junefliparchive
Пікірлер: 206
I think fuzz’s neck breaking was supposed to be him using a emoticon but like… in real life He actually :)’d in real life
@DarkerFourtherHour
Жыл бұрын
Get real. fuzz: *Gets real*
@Blue_Pikmin123
Жыл бұрын
Fuzz tried to be scary in that video but after he went to the doctor
@Wheelchair_Man
Жыл бұрын
@@Blue_Pikmin123 you might be onto something maybe he IS trying to scare us off so we don't see what they're looking for
@Tobyfoxfoam
Жыл бұрын
it was noted fuzz always ends his sentences with a :) so that could be true
@crimester
Жыл бұрын
i will use the gun emoji on you in real life
The "strings" on the bottom of the clock cat look like they are weights in the style of that on a grand father clock.
I really appreciate this custom trigger warning frog. It's cute, appropriate, and shows such decent humanity. Once you finished describing this system I walked over to my husband and explained this concept and we both love it. He isn't watching the video, much more my thing, but we are still happier now knowing that this was a genuinely thoughtful and kind act on your part. Great content and a great person!
i haven’t watched the whole video yet but i just wanted to take a moment and say thank you for the colored frog symbols!! i love using videos like this for background noise or late at night and really appreciate the warnings - more often than not jumpscares catch me off guard, lol :)
@shadow-im8yw
2 жыл бұрын
just finished it and loved it! your analyses and theories seem super plausible and i can’t wait for the next video!
You also missed some more hidden stuff. ;) If you download the flips to your DSi starting with the McDoodles one and turn OFF layer 1, there is some hidden text and images that's shown throughout the flipnotes :)
@desuretard8654
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I knew there would be that. I woulda done that if I still had a DSi.
@tera1692
2 жыл бұрын
Does this work with the 3ds Flipnote too?
@bandband4498
2 жыл бұрын
Can you show what's hidden so the people without DSIs aren't mssing out?
@Meggobro
2 жыл бұрын
@@bandband4498 I'm making a video showing what secrets I find in the DSi files :)
@EpicTyphlosionTV
2 жыл бұрын
Where can I download them?
Sooo maybe "unlock do not destroy" is about locked vs unlocked flipnotes, and asking creators to, rather than delete/destroy their flips, instead unlock them for people to keep
@tempori
2 жыл бұрын
but what about the vial????????
@lunalesombras1150
Жыл бұрын
@@tempori I don't think that was actually a vial, it just looks like that due to the limited color palette, and in fact it's meant to be a lock bolt, like on motel room doors.
@tempori
Жыл бұрын
@@lunalesombras1150 upside down lock bolt?
@lunalesombras1150
Жыл бұрын
@@tempori yeah, I don't get the positioning, but there are some like that. They typically have a little lever sticking out the side, though.
@tempori
Жыл бұрын
@@lunalesombras1150 im gonna be 100% with you - there are lines on the side that indicate measuring points, and the red line looks like liquid. its a lot like a vial
Something I find quite interesting about archive update 2 is that while Happy Fuzz answers with a modern day mobile phone, Angry Fuzz, the one who goes on about nostalgia and turning back the clock, uses an older, wired telephone to hang up with. It seems like rather specific symbolism, but I can't say for sure what it means for the timeline.
@ambercreeper173
Жыл бұрын
Possibly fuzz has 2 personality's: the one representing creator, and the one representing evil. Possibly even simpler, there are 2 fuzzes. Did you notice that in every video mentioning him he is either cute or creepy evil demon the destroyer of the worlds?
cerealbowl was hiding in plain sight, cause his videos are pretty popular on sudomemo. That’s how I even knew about this project in the first place
Sorry guys- KZread wasn't happy with some audio to a 36 year old song, so I had to cut it out of the video. You can watch the proper clip on the June Archive's channel. I apologize for the inconvenience, and hope you still enjoy the video.
@conquestanddeath4406
Жыл бұрын
Corpocucks strike again.
When I first saw this arg it made me think of this Bandcamp album called flipnoteanimation12709. It's basically bitesized tracks that are songs recorded straight from the DSI speakers, with a few extra surprises here and there. It isn't attached to any analog horror series or Arg, it's most likely just a shitpost but it still gives off a weird and lonely vibe.
No one ever mentions that when Fuzz snaps his neck it's to the left which makes his smile match the ":)" smiley in "Let's look together" it's a nice little detail. Also not sure how much this will help but Clock Cat is a not so subtle reference to Galatic Nova from Kirby.
@ElfilinSupporter
Жыл бұрын
YEEEH BOIIII FUNNI WISH GRANTING NOVAAA~!
Genuinely forgot that this wasn't a huge channel and got surprised when I ran out of comments to read. Keep up the phenomenal work and quality!
The flipnotes I made as a kid have definitely been consumed by the void haha
In the original flipnote about starface, it was instead Luigi and he’d show up on the computer screen and say “you will die”
The monster is a memory virus or at least strongly resembles one, the last flipnote has a link hidden within that leads to something you missed
This project is brilliant! You did a fantastic job summarizing and theorizing. I was honored to have one of my flipnotes (DSi Safety Parody) featured in the Archive, and I am very excited to see where it goes from here. My favorite aspect of this ARG is the worldbuilding. I'm really impressed with how the city, characters, themes, and art styles have already been so fleshed out, while still leaving those eerie, unanswered questions that comprise great ARGs.
@gabriellagehman3220
Жыл бұрын
Woah, that was yours? Well, you're lucky to have it featured in the Archives! Nice!
i think there is a seperate entity in fuzz they seem to leave their mark with the :) emoticon it could just be a different side of fuzz but with how it seems to jerk his body around it seems more like he is possessed like some of the other flipnote characters it kinda feels like this smile face has hitched itself to the archives to find something also notice when "fuzz" turns his head he isnt just snaping his neck but making us know that the smile is talking forcing fuzz's head to make the :) face we also hear it wants to change some things now whether this is just to turn back time and make hatena stay around or somethin else i dont think we know for sure yet
I'm a friend of the creator of the june archive, and can confirm he is a king of animating, and has big plans ahead.
@catsboxesyt
Жыл бұрын
Do you know if he voiced fuzz the cat because the voice is really good
@Tntah
Жыл бұрын
@@catsboxesyt he indeed voices Fuzz
@jpuc5568
Жыл бұрын
I don’t believe you at all lmao
oh my god, 38 minutes on my favorite arg right now. what a treat! Absolutely love seeing this arg starting to blow up, i remember discovering it on sudomemo a couple months ago.
I love this, I can’t believe it hasn’t got more views! Flip note was something I couldn’t experience, but it loooked truly beautiful.
Oh!! I saw one of their flipnotes on sudomemo and I had no idea it was an ARG! Ahhh this is beyond cool! Edit: that ending was unexpected, I’m so glad I stuck around
13:50 okay so I did as directed and went and binged the channel and subbed because OH BOI I PICKED A *TIME* TO TUNE IN ( not complaining I kinda love discovering things like this when they're mid way or already complete, there's so much ENERGY that comes with arriving just as tension reaches crecendo ) and the thing I noticed on first watch and *listened for* here is Fuzz sounds like they're talking with their teeth closed and clenched when in Friendly mode. Restrained, barely holding together is what it sounds like to me.
I really like your ideas on clockcat :o I was sadly never really into flipnotes except for the ones ported onto KZread when I was younger, so I don't know very much of the lore in that department. Maybe clockcat is a reference to something? I remember there was a big internet trend of that cat animation licking the screen, and I'm pretty sure that was on flipnote, so it might be that but it's a bit of a stretch. I love your video btw! I'm genuinely shocked that this isn't by some huge commentary channel, when I saw your sub count I almost fainted- the quality on this is immaculate and I'm looking forward to what you'll produce in the future :D
my theory so far: Fuzz is a mind virus that used flipnote hatena to spread. nintendo (or who ever ran hatena) discovered him and as it was already starting to get out of hand they deleted Hatena to stop him. now fuzz is either trying to restore his hunting ground or he left something important (maybe the red vial) in hatena city and is going back to retrieve it.
I really miss flipnote studio man . My childhood forreal i had this on my dsi and 3ds :( this was honestly my social media as a kid
honestly i like fuzz too much to care if hes infecting my brain. hes a cute lil guy
oh my god. i used to be a flipnote artist in the pokemon / eeveelution community ! Im SO GLAD i found out that this exists. I vividly remember 11 year old me having these pretend conversations with myself trying to bargain with the creators of hatena not to shut it down because it means so much to so many. and then i stopped creating because my ds screen on one of my DSI's went funky and became unresponsive on one side (a common problem for flipntoe artists) and on my other, the L+R buttons stopped working (another common problem for heavy flipnote makers) and i couldnt create as easily anymore. I stopped. And then it actually shut down a couple years later. Im sharing this series with all of my old flipnote friends. Its such a trip. Thank you for covering it.
had no idea the flipnote at 8:42 on sudomemo was part of an arg, definitly love the direction and meaning behind this, thanks for covering it too
This is such a cool arg!!! i only just heard of it now and you did an amazing job covering it and i can say im definitely a fan! one thing i noticed while watching through during the last note with fuzz there were flashing letters at the bottom of the screen. maybe theyre the file address to a hidden note? not sure but they definitely seemed like they were there for a reason, unless they spelt something out! (edit) ok so i kinda have an idea of what click cat could be?? the creator of this arg is a kirby fan and in kirby there’s a boss called galactic nova and it’s a clock with a mouth that kind of looks like a cat mouth?? hard to explain but there’s a little resemblance. not completely sure just a hunch
@bandband4498
2 жыл бұрын
About the letters and numbers, you must've missed the part at the end.
A memory parasite is truly a scary thought
Fantastic video overall. The coloured frog to warn for jumpscares was a really nice touch too, I've not seen anyone do anything like that and I agree when you said it seems like the best way to show them unaltered but also warn for jumpscares. Cant wait for the follow up to see where this goes
A simplistic start to what the Clock Cat could be, especially considering "Dark" Fuzz's conversation about turning back the time in the 2nd Thank You video, could be a showing of the time Fuzz rewinded to allow him to find the "thing" he is desperately searching for, so the time is returned back to 11 pm of the last day of Flipnote and slowly moving forward and eventually creeping upon the "Dawn of the Last Day" before everything is destroyed all over again. But there absolutely could be more meaning to it all, but that's a simple start.
i just realized the “hole in the sky” is the ds screen the “unlock” “do not destroy” i think thats the personification of memories. they want you to unlock those memories to *remember them* not *destroy them*
What I think makes this good is, it's all actually done in flipnote! It's all done almost completely inside flipnote! At least the animation and recording side.
clock cat reminds me of a Nova from Kirby not sure if that plays into anything but its a nice observation
The very last flipnote at the end of the video unlocked a very deep memory.
is that the guy from the "BosS vs 100%" flipnote? They have the same head shape. The three spikes.
@SeedButter
2 жыл бұрын
Good thinking!
File names in flipnotes are always in a specific format otherwise the DS will not play them. The file names include data such as when it was last saved, along with the console's network MAC address
that 'MEMORY IS THE KEY TO REALITY.' video feels like "TRY AGAIN, FOOLS!" from the Monument Mythos. "GOODBYE, FOOLS." - Cthonaut A
When his neck gets broken his face turns to ":)" which is a running motif throughout the entire ARG
“Isn’t nostalgia just the worst!” ~Fuzz, 2022
Broooo i watched your first flipnote video and was super hype when I saw this video. This story is genuinely interesting
The sad reality of flipnote hatena shutting down is even though we have sudomemo some will still be lost to time
His neck breaks to represent that he is the sideways smile
im glad someone made a video about the arg on youtube! i hope it reaches more people here so we can solve more things easier and together! anyways very good video and keep up the good work!
Nice vid! I made a video myself but I missed the hidden video in the 2nd update video. This was really well made and I'm definitely subbing
You are so underrated! How does this not have a million views?
Bruh why isn’t this vid or arg more popular?? Both of these are super high quality!
CerealBowl: *makes a cat flipnote* The entire planet: OMG FUZZ REAL!!
the primary location for the videos is the creator's (CearealBowl's) Sudomemo account, which is a modern version of Flipnote Hatena
I should also note that "Jzork" *is* Bowlby! Fuzz was made back when Flipnote first released
only 2.9k? dude youre seriously underrated. also the idea of the frog to warn for jumpscares and stuff is such a great idea
This is the only ARG I have ever found that truly has struck fear into me. Every other ARG I have seen only slight equipment me out this one my mind is on a roller coaster at this point.
@sanstheyoutuber
Жыл бұрын
Like this ARG it truly scares me but it also makes me so very invested into it to the point that I don't want to stop watching at this point my mind is in a vicious cycle
“something’s not righ-“ **ad plays**
Incredibly underrated vid, I wish you luck with the evils of the algorithm
You are the first channel I've seen do a creative warning system like your green/yellow/red frog, which is both clever & under-rated! I personally love horror, but I have an autistic friend who get over stimulated easy. She'll only watch specific horror media, that I've already previewed, with me because I'll warn her when things are about to happen. This indicator you've implemented actuallu has a lot of potential and could work brilliantly should other users adopt it 🤔
oh my god i LOVE the colored frog system you used. that is absolutely fantastic. are you going to do any updates on this?
I'm really happy that this project is getting the attention that it deserves :)
Actually Fuz could've been an flipnote animator sense the animation it self its like the one from the day (im crying out of nostalgia)
@Local_pixel_artist
Жыл бұрын
I believe the actual animator was a big creator from what I heard from another video on this it may not be cannon to the In series storyline tho
This is so well animated and i love Fuzz so much
this memory virus. seems to be in effect now, i been on a wave recently of surfing through the flipnote archives
A face without a name is a stranger. A name without a face is lost. Don't forget to remember your name.
One thing I noticed is in archive announcement 1 when fuzz is right next to the computer screen with another fuzz on it the fuzz on the screen eyes actually move to be looking at the viewer or I maybe looking in too much of things but one thing I think is a detail is that when fuzz snaps his neck it sorta resembles cat clock aka the head on the left side of the body with the head still connect to the main body And another random detail is that whenever time is mentioned it glitches out like in the first ever upload and the seventh upload I think the fuzz on the screen in archive announcement 1 is actually clock cat or just represents clock cat and somehow it's going back trying to find something
Maybe characters that transcended Flipnote have ascended to a higher plane? An example could be EpicGuitar/PotooBrigham's Zangoose, Charizard, etc.
Seeing the orange frog in the first video made my heart rate skyrocket
I think that nostalgia will be a very big theme in this ARG Fuzz is (what I think) an avatar for a person who wants the same feeling they did a long time ago and what we're really seeing is a way of telling the story of this person and should really be taken beyond face value.
Maybe since fuzz said something about turning the clock backwards, he built clock cat to reverse time powered with those cylindrical thingy ma bobs.
@spingleboygle
Жыл бұрын
i think those are called vials
Analog Horror is more 90’s and 80’s this is new for late 00’s - early 10’s Horror. Maybe we could call it Servicedrop Horror as old Flipnotes is out of service.
kekeflipnote's ocs are fucking eating gourmet compared to them folks in this arg
the creator goes by CerealBowl on Sudomemo, and i think that was their username on hatena as well
@atlassolid5946
Жыл бұрын
actually nevermind, looks like they went by "Jzork" on hatena
:)
@shawverno.1130
2 жыл бұрын
:O
@candiesturgis1880
2 жыл бұрын
It's the guy! yea you know the guy we all know the guy
@CerealBowlby
2 жыл бұрын
@@candiesturgis1880 Yikes! They found me!
Well, glad to know I know I'm not the only one who felt this way, Ironically I think I understand the intention here, to turn back time just enough to bring it all back, even though it might be incredibly hard... an arg who would've guessed, but yea, nostalgia, if there is anything I want to get rid off in my life it is that... Nostalgia is a virus in my opinion, I'm not anything related to this arg or whats happening but this indeed sent me through a trip, and I won't be able to get it out of my head any time soon, I still miss everything and everyone from those times, back then was the only times I wasn't alone, Hatena is what made a the few people who feel this way, I feel the exact same way these creators do, my dsi has gone through hell but I should be able to retrieve everything that had been in its memory and sd cards. We were all so young, and I guess I was just one of these few out there that actually can't let go of flipnote hatena either. If there are any others out there who were out there for the Hatena days or heck, even the DSi paint peeps, hope yall are doing well, the worlds only descended more and more since those days and I miss it all, life was still hell but it had more hope too hahah.
this is so freaking cool
I can't wait for more stuff to come out about this ARG
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The face of clock cat looks sort of like a moon and the exposed gear on top of its body looks sort of like a sun? Im not sure if that means anything
Disclaimer: The blue channel is NOT an arg. It’s a common mistake made by a lot of people. The video was created by gooseworx to look like an analog horror video. The phone number in the video is a random number that gooseworx has started to never call.
There has been two June Archive Flipnotes after this video was uploaded. The two Flipnotes center around Clock Cat.
Fuzz getting his neck broken is just him going :) thats just how he does it I guess lol
The figure in the remember flipnote resembles 100%. The first figure not so much but possibly
I know you said Fuzz seemed to break his neck for no reason but the :) smiley face seems to be a thing with him, he does it again in his second video, and just seems to use it a lot in general. No idea if it has a greater meaning or if it's just a strange character quirk tho
Probably not the first one, but the creator kinda gave away what the clock cat is, or atleast its some kind of time machine
izzz crazy tht when you said incase youre watching at 4 am i looked at the clock n it was exactly 4am
Just got recommended this
are you ever gonna make a part 2 to this? if so theres a lot of new stuff, espcially another twitter account it seems? the official june archive account follows it i forgot the same, but theres also a second sudomemo account called "J.A STAFF" uploading more flipnotes and its getting crazy, you should make another video
I love the frog system.
This man literally called me out I'm watching this at 4 am
Clock cat reminds me of that one Kirby boss that looks like a giant clock and is also cat themed
Every single dialogue can be turned into horror regarless of context if you reply with "that's exactly the point"
Moral of the story: use Sudomemo
I just realized that this whole Unfiction/ARG is basically one big middle finger to the concept of nostalgia. (Even I agree that nostalgia is stupid as well.) The past is the past, and there's nothing you can do about it. Deal with it and grow up, people. Life and the universe don't give two damns about "your childhood", because it's gone now. Try all you might, but in the end, it's futile. Forget the past and focus on the future. (Dwelling on the past is not good for anyone's mental health, anyways.)
Thank you for the frog symbols... I actually hate jumpscares. Seriously. Thank you.
Fuzz genuinely feels like a Flipnote OC
Yeah CerealBowl is a pretty dang cool dude B)
"memory is the key" could also be a Red vs Blue reference
It was made on April 6th? That's my birthday!
Someone who wants to watch flipnotes doesn't need to know the workings of a time machine
The hatena song Stick guy looks like 100% from the 100%vs series
That’s so cool
Will we get an update video of analyzing the ARG since some videos were added quite a long while ago?