Neurotically Yours
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Neurotically Yours is a flash cartoon series created by iLL WiLL PreSS (the online pseudonym of Jonathan Ian Mathers, and the name of his online company) about a squirrel named Foamy, who is the pet of a goth girl named Germaine (voiced by Dawn Bennett). The cartoons are mainly located on the ill WiLL PreSS website, in addition to numerous external websites, such as Foamy Toons (out-of-date as of July 18th, 2006), Friends of Foamy.com and NewGrounds.com.
A new episode of Neurotically Yours is posted approximately every two weeks on Thursdays. To date, there are over 100 official episodes of Foamy and his shenanigans. There are also a number of fan-produced episodes circulated among various fansites on the Internet, along with 3 DVD's with behind the scenes footage
Characters
- Foamy - An outspoken, highly opinionated squirrel whose rants and often expletive-ridden protests include various topics. Foamy is the leader of his own cult, known, appropriately enough, as the "Foamy Card Cult". Also has an ambiguous power called "squirrely wrath", which, among other things, allows him to throw acorns with such precision and force as to violently decapitate a human.
- Germaine - Foamy's main human friend and "owner." She is depicted as a Wiccan and thinks that no one appreciates her or her creativity. Some say she has spooky powers. When the author decides to reward (or draw) viewers with a little fan-service, Germaine is always the target. She also freaks out whenever she gains some weight until she refers to all her clothes (more specifically bras) as "Man's torturous garments of oppression." Recently her character design was changed to appear more realistic, as creator Jonathan Mathers was, among other things, getting tired of having her compared to Tim Burton and/or Jhonen Vasquez characters. She is a misanthropic girl with purple hair, normally wearing goth clothing. The actor for her voice is Dawn Bennett.
- Pilz-E - Another squirrel and one of Foamy's friends. He wears big glasses, suffers from a genetic disability known as "eye stigmata" (which is revealed in the episode of the same name), and is always on some sort of medication to treat his ailments: depression, Attention Deficit Disorder, stopping his feet from turning blue, death (though he claims to have pills to cure the death), etc. Pilz-E speaks extremely quickly, almost to the point of gibberish Some believe he is addicted to coffee (revealed in episode 65, "So I Said to My Doctor"). He is also believed to be based at least partially on "Woody Allen on Crack" (revealed in episode 27, "Nuts to You"). Pilz-E seems to be gifted in the art of voodoo, which he calls voodeedoo.
- Begley - A squirrel with a purple mohawk who speaks with an English accent. He is also a friend of Foamy's. Begley was once in prison for 18 months for calling the Queen of England a wanker.
- The Hatta - An African-American squirrel named Leroy who chooses to go by the name "Hatta" or "The Hatta," and rants on things as Foamy does. He has a double standard for racist remarks. An obvious parody of The Hatter, a fictional character from Alice in Wonderland.
- The Pizza Delivery Boy - A pizza delivery boy who is often seen stalking Germaine. The pizza delivery boy is never referred to by name in the series, however a name has been used in a script for Episode 17: A Poetic Meal and is given as Anchovie [1]. He is often the victim of what relatively little physical violence the cartoon contains. He is also known to have an incredibly strong hate of Foamy, for curing Germaine of her boob enlargement. He apparently started a website containing nude photos of Germaine (http://www.germainenude.com, revealed in episode 77, "Open Mic Night 2").
- Franklin - A human intended to represent corporate greed and propaganda, Franklin works at the Star-Schmucks coffee-house establishment, and is openly gay.
- Mammed Udi - Mammed is an Indian who works for the Smell Computer Company as tech support. He constantly repeats himself, asks ridiculous questions (Do you like icecream?) and talks in riddles. One can hardly blame his eccentricities, though; apparently, Smell's 24-7, 365-days-a-year tech support team consists entirely of him. When Foamy asks him about this, Mammed replies, "I thought they were crazy too... but apparently I am VERY versatile." If he even stops working for only one second he gets shocked by a monkey with a taser.
Merchandise
The creator has released merchandise that can be bought on his website, as well as the specialty store, Hot Topic. These include:
- Neurotically Yours DVD Volume 1 (includes episodes 1-35)
- Neurotically Yours DVD Volume 2 (includes episodes 35-70)
- Neurotically Yours DVD Volume 3 (includes episodes 71-105)
- Rants for the Masses (Audio CD, 41 tracks)
- Habla Inglese Por Favore (Audio CD, 34 tracks)
- T-Shirts
- Posters
- Stickers
Although it is unrelated to Foamy, "2 CDs OF UNDER-PRODUCED, ACOUSTIC MUSIC " (according to Jonathan Ian Mathers himself) are also available for one low price. [2]
Foamy Card Cult
The Foamy Card Cult was created by Foamy in the episode with the same name. The cult consists of cards that can be found on Ill Will Press. There are instructions on how to obtain and transfer the card to others. The only purpose given for this cult is "Meet people, scare strangers, warp the masses... 'cause you know you wanna." [3]