Should have linked this awhile ago but here’s an update to what happened to the Super Planet Dolan channels, Hellbent has been exposed for some really bad things, see this video for a better explanation ruclips.net/video/CDAckbWKkbQ/видео.htmlsi=S1_MpX04drW_ed1L so the channel has been on hiatus for a long time, I’m not sure when it’s coming back but Dolan now works at Glitch (people who made the amazing digital circus) hopefully one day the channel can come back and they can write out Hellbent in someway.
It’s not known why Shima disappeared. She was overwhelmed, but it’s not always hate that causes that. She was grateful for the positive attention and even the Rule 34. The whole group’s gone as far as to actively condone R34. She could’ve just been in that position where someone realises it’s scary having thousands of eyes on you.
'i would like to play a game. in front of you is the newest planet dolan video. you must watch the video while remaining completely calm. if you don't, you will loose your eyes, ensuring you will never be able to see your beloved pink cat ever again. good luck, mr. fudd.'
This is the first time I've ever seen Dolan's real life face and I feel like you just took off Mickey Mouse's head from the mascot at Disney World right in front of me
@@ehtresih9540Nah I didn't know he was Aussie for a while because it's so subtle, I thought he was Eastern European for a while. But in hindsight it's obvious
@@connor48880what did tord do? Don't recall him doing anything bad, unless you're talking about tords legacy replacement VA who ended up assaulting another VA.
This video is the first time I'm learning Planet Dolan has "lore", when I watched it it was still called "Danger Dolan" and he just did top 10 spookiest videos lists.
I haven't watched planet dolan since 2017/since Shima left and even watching the new return I could tell how different the voice sounded. I literally haven't heard her voice in 7+ years and I still can tell how off British Shima is.
From what is being said, this one is going to be "Shima Prime", and they are still keeping her over all but retired(mostly design-wise). The new girl sounds fine, and even has a similar tone, so I can't wait to see how she does.
I always thought she was evil shima from that one episode shere shima looked in her reflection and saw it. Aka she has the red eye, just replace the pink/orange with grey and there you go. @@Doc903
It's not about Shima. It never was about Shima. It's about the ERA that Shima was in. The reason people look so fondly on the Shima episodes is because it's when the show was at its peak. The artstyle was great and consistent, it was the begining of a genre, top 10s were relevent, there was only two hosts (Shima and Dolan.) Now, the reason the whole Shima Prime thing feels off is, well, everything surronding it is different. The artstyle is, imo, not very good, VA is different, people grew up and got bored of the genre, and finally, people are sick of having to get attached to new characters all the time and then see them vanish. You can't relive the past.
I used to be making fun of 2016 furry animation “meme” fangirls back then as if I wasn’t watching a group of tumblr-esque characters answering stupid questions while also having vague sexual innuendo references Confession aside, Police Department was the fucking goat I would’ve never been into art as much if it wasn’t for them
I couldn't over the fact that when Chaz was reacting to Shima's return he looked like he was in a mental institution 😭 Foreshadowing to his next video's location
i tad off topic but it always stuck with me how shima said she saw planet dolan as a show for a younger audience, and then first season was bloated with lewd inuendos
I remember when i was younger, i was pretty happy just watching a semi competent family friendly show on youtube and then i looked at the reddit stories and thought "....this isnt for me anymore is it"@@abiodunsulaiman2297
in an era where most non-shitpost videos are highly structured and formulaic, it’s refreshing to listen to you just talk and jump from one thing to another without a clear order or point most of the time.
definitely felt that about having watched so many of the reddit stories videos as a kid that i can still remember specific stories, i love going back down the planet dolan memory lane with you
Dawg, I miss when he was called Danger Dolan, and made top tens videos, now it feels like a fever dream looking back, that, and uh, let's just say I didn't get along with Hellbent
them bringing back shima would have been so much better if she was just voiced by Hellbent. They could honestly make the voice change apart of the lore by saying that hellbent possessed her body plus if they ever get shimas actual voice actor back they could just have shima suddenly wake up and pretend that nothing happened.
Highlights: 1:27 "Police Department" 1:54 "Too bad, I´ll meet you there" 4:08 When V-Tuber Technology gets called revolutionary 7:08 Fnaf 9:06 Definitely not evil 9:34 11:10 Live-Action Cutscene 11:52 Undertale 12:17 Dolan´s Dancing 12:52 ...Huh? 13:26 Live-Action Cutscene 2 16:17 Live-Action Cutscene 3 16:58 Random Encounters Animation 17:54 Darlink (So far) 18:41 The Moment Shaz came up with a Theory 22:28 The Return of the Cat 26:07 Plottwist 27:17 Live-Action Cutscene 4
Wait, does anyone else remember the mirror episode where there were evil versions of Shima and Dolan with reverse personalities? Shima looked like that in it.
I've got such fond memories of producing & performing (much of) the music for the kids song parodies & original songs for SPD. I'm so thankful I got to be a part of it. Its amazing to see people still discussing what he started way back then. I think Dolan and I both have had a few beatings, but I'm glad to see he's still standing and creating and ambitious. Took me some time but I am too! Best possible boss to have - so much creative freedom. If SPD had a thriving Patreon to help it through the ad-pocalypse, it probably never would have slowed down. I made at least two other songs, fully finished, that were meant to be animated back at the start of 2017 - alas, twasn't meant to be. But Dolan made sure I was pai still - again, great boss. They're on Bandcamp if anyone cares.
Planet Dolan characters were nothing more than avatars for the voice actors and cartoon characters to be used in visual gags. Artists used their own OCs on the show, and the characters are used interchangeably in various gags and scenarios. This way of using characters associates them with the overall Dolan brand and the people behind them, which is great, it's one of the elements that makes Dolan so special. The problem is, it goes against the idea of them being characters in an ongoing narrative. A story needs to have an internally consistent world with characters consistent with that world and themselves. The Dolan cast did not have this. Their thoughts and actions were consistent only to the gag they were taking part in. This means for 'Planet Dolan with plot' to work, they needed to build the world and concrete characters on some shaky foundation, and I don't think they've been doing too well at this. My main problem is with Dolan and his inconsistent characterization. Dolan is naive enough to not understand the obvious manipulation of Darlink, take the Brain Juice apparently without push back, fail to notice Melissa's attempts at contact, and go along with Darlink's flimsy dismissals of important clues in the search for his friends (his brother's book and Nixxiom's recorder). And yet, he is, at the same time, still smart enough to be suspicious of her and make actually insightful observations (such as the inconsistency with Nixxiom's coffin). If he's suspicious of her, why is he not suspicious of the very suspicious things she does? Why does he not push back? Is he supposed to be helplessly naive or not? This portrayal makes him feel less like a person existing in the world and more like a plot device that does whatever the writer needs him to do. Darlink also irks me. How strict is she with Dolan really? She apparently locks him indoors for days, and then just lets him out for no reason. She clearly does not want him to find out what happened to his friends, and you can interpret her tolerance of his investigation as manipulation, but why is she not at all concerned with him meeting up with Grgak or the keycard? Shouldn't she be scared those clues might lead somewhere? I hope it all makes sense in the end. She has the potential to be a great character. The world seems to just be real life with extra wacky elements, and the characters are probably on the same level as normal people, which I suppose is a pretty established way to do things. Still, they could have done a better job easing our transition from the contextless void of season 1 to this. Maybe a separate episode showing a day in Dolan's life with Darlink. That would be able to elaborate on both the world and the characters. This is way too long for a RUclips comment, but there are few other places for a post like this. The Dolan cast is genuinely charismatic and can definitely do great things in a proper story. The above are merely my idle worries; there's no telling what they'll do next. I really do hope they succeed. Prison guard Darlink has already done wonderful things for me, I need to see more of her. And seeing more of Cooki couldn't hurt as well.
people who watched super planet dolan when it first began may or may not have been familiar with the dolan character prior to the animations but shima was literally dolan's other half and without her, his character had practically lost its purpose so fans that remember the show would no longer see it the way the remembered it. the new cast was great but shima was THE backbone.
I remember I loved the SPD content since the early Shima days up to way into a period where Doopie seemed like the main co-host. 3 things happened for me: ---- 1 ) My dumb younger self believed the reddit stories at first were puzzling up a consistent lore of sorts, and after a while, some things just could not fit together with older stories so the engagement of tunning into them was reduced to me liking the art and the characters narrating, and that's still good but less than what it was. ---- 2 ) After Shima, I thought I was keeping track with all the characters that were coming into the project but at some point it was enough of them that it felt like they made up new ones on the fly that didn't necessarily correspond to anybody worth remembering. Like stuff that'd just appear as the MC of 1 story narrated by somebody else and never be voiced or show up again. ---- 3 ) RUclips stopped showing them to me, so even if I wanted to keep up, I was bird brained and forgot to check when I got distracted by other channels. Even now I'm sorta catching up but I still have to manually search Dolan's content to do so every time. ---- I still like them and wish the channel prosperity. For Gooby's art streams to have more audience. For Doopie to be doing better than last time I looked her up on Twitter. For Dolan to find a way to keep things good and fresh and economically stable. I remember at some point I was like "I wish I knew how to animate so I could reach out and help". Though tbh, this current plot is not my favorite thing. I don't like too many random new characters popping in and out of existence but I also don't like the opposite of that where not even the other regulars show up. Melissa being my favorite girl of SPD's channels, this sounds a bit harsh but it kinda gives me flashbacks to the last season of Fairly Odd Parents when they couldn't get most of their cast on screen anymore. A project like this is still a monumental praise deserving feat though. IDK if the other characters had channels prior or had their characters born from SPD but nowadays any of their appearances is technically a cameo. PD: I enjoyed Hellbent's early streams of him playing Among Us, but I can't find them no more. What's up with that? xD
I used to watched a Super Planet Dolan and only remember one joke from the hours I spent consuming their content. It was about a mirror's internet connection speed in Australia, with the punchline being "Thanks Obama." Which I guess is more than nothing...
That obsession with a piece of media that isn't that good but you can't help but love is a curse, a plague that lurks in the back of your mind. Why can't I have this same obsession with smart subjects or something I can talk to other people about like a normal person 💀
i remember when i was like 11 and i loved watching the animation question videos, it was so entertaining while informative, I stopped watching and after few years pass, hearing about this channel again and seeing them now, learning about all of this stuff, it's just heart breaking seeing where it ended up
The whole naming scheme of Danger Dolan, Planet Dolan, and Super Planet Dolan reminds me of The Salty Spitoon, Weenie Hut Jr.’s and Super Weenie Hut Jr.’s Also, I used to be a Danger Dolan fan when I was younger, but I could never get into Planet Dolan. Something about most RUclips animators just does not click with me. Doopie and Darlink are kinda cute though, I guess lol
It’s such a shame that it’s been on the downward for years, I thought it was such an enjoyable channel. I hope at some point it bounces back. It’s also like, yeah it’s neat that the character is back, but Shima being back is a bit funky
I used to binge the hell out of Danger Dolan back in middle school and even stuck around for his Planet Dolan rebrand and Super Planet Dolan project in high school. They were absolutely killing it in views at first; impressive, actually. I eventually grew tired of them due to the constant influx of new characters. Like, I was perfectly okay with just Dolan and Shima and occasionally Doopie and Melissa. I also believe that the jokes Dolan made were getting dragged out and stale, and so I jumped ship around 2016-17 (senior year of high school). I'm actually still impressed Dolan is still going. Good for him.
It's a good day when you're listening to Chazington ramble on about shit that would sound relatable to me if I was given a iPad at birth and was raised by chris chan
I just rewatched the entire show after not seeing it in years and… Honestly? I still love it! it’s taken some turns, sure, but i feel like it’s the same lovable show. I still see the passion in the recent stuff. As someone who loves creating stories and character arcs in my head and has an unhealthy obsession with them, I can tell you story crafting doesn’t mean he’s scrambling for ideas, it just means it’s something that he enjoys doing. He tried to make a whole show, of course he likes writing stories! I trust Dolan with this. I want to see where the story goes!
In the past 4 years, the 3 most popular videos on SPD and PD were all videos with Shima in the title. Goes to show just how dependent the show was on her not to mention that shima only actually was on PD for 10 months and hasnt been for 7 years
Calling it, it's a fakeout...look at her eyes! They wouldn't make such a glaring difference shifting from blue white eyes to red yellow eyes if it was indeed the same character with ONE voice. And after they reveal this, we'll see the real shima call her out and then say a proper "Goodbye" so people will shut the fuck up. ...a boy can dream.
I used to watch Danger Dolan and Planet Dolan religiously, but stopped around 2018, i really like your sort of extremely obsessed persona and in-depth explations, quite the joy to watch!
Planet Dolan becoming a part of chris chan lore will always be funny to me, it doesn't matter what fandom or community there is or corner of the internet, chris chan will worm himself into a niche.
@@Dr.Oofers chris chan used to stalk and act like Doopy doover was one of his gal pals, to the point where she blocked him, and chris was CONVINCED it was the trolls, and not because he was creepy (calling her darling and sweetie) and acting like they were friends.
I remember back when there was no such thing as Planet Dolan and the channel was called Danger Dolan and he was largely a WoW youtuber. He even appeared as a guest VA in a couple machinimas. I remember watching some of his spooky top 10s when I was much younger, about 10 years ago. Dolan used to be quite critical of Blizzard in the past, and games in general. Idk why he never decided to become a game critic, he totally could've done it. Time sure flew.
I just woke up at 2 am, played a game with my friends with an hour and after coming off of that I now find hyper realistic Kauffmo saying "I don't want to be alive anymore" the funniest thing ever
Bro I started foaming and choking and screaming and my handler took away my phone so I used my school Chromebook to type this at the thermodynamic lawyer
i kid you not, 4 years ago i really didn't like my name at the time and someone asked me what they should call me instead, and like, years prior i used to watch planet dolan and thought melissa was a cool name. present day and my favorite color is purple and my favorite animals are fucking birds i dont know how this happened but im proud to canonically be melissa from planet dolan
i absolutely loved the live action storyline/segments in this, the video itself is absolutely awesome as well, i look foward to every upload of yours, your editing style and you overall is very unique, keep up the great work!!
This is actually one of the best videos I’ve ever watched. I’m dead serious I wouldn’t joke about that. this is hilarious you deserve 1m subs chaz Edit: thanks for 20 likes!
Should have linked this awhile ago but here’s an update to what happened to the Super Planet Dolan channels, Hellbent has been exposed for some really bad things, see this video for a better explanation ruclips.net/video/CDAckbWKkbQ/видео.htmlsi=S1_MpX04drW_ed1L so the channel has been on hiatus for a long time, I’m not sure when it’s coming back but Dolan now works at Glitch (people who made the amazing digital circus) hopefully one day the channel can come back and they can write out Hellbent in someway.
Ty
time for retconning
shima colab in amazong digital dolan episode 3
Groombent
Did Dolan ever mention that he was going to Glitch? I tried seeing what was up and then I saw hellbents downward spiral.... but not an update :/
crazy to think the new shima VA heard "Last one got bothered a bunch and had to disappear off the internet" and they were like "I'll take the gig"
It’s not known why Shima disappeared. She was overwhelmed, but it’s not always hate that causes that. She was grateful for the positive attention and even the Rule 34. The whole group’s gone as far as to actively condone R34. She could’ve just been in that position where someone realises it’s scary having thousands of eyes on you.
you wouldnt ?
its a security gig
@@return4887 you only got one job, just check the cameras and make sure no one gets in.
@@MustyYewthat's two things
I want a Planet Dolan parody where the cast get asked questions and they reply with "I dunno." That's it.
Bet
Great april fools video
The video would be 20 minutes long.
"uh.. I guess?"
(Question 32423523)
"Ah. Sort of."
What a good idea Charliehotdog79.
Huge respect to chaz for recording his reaction from his cell at guantanamo bay
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@@nahhjhg true
my left ear is enjoying this
I like how the Chaz’s reaction to Shima’s return is recorded like he’s in a fan film saw trap being forced to watch it.
Because he is
'i would like to play a game. in front of you is the newest planet dolan video. you must watch the video while remaining completely calm. if you don't, you will loose your eyes, ensuring you will never be able to see your beloved pink cat ever again. good luck, mr. fudd.'
More like the fnaf camera
@@dogwithahat0383my legit reaction would be your tails pfp, I'd be like: 😟
He looks like he is in a low budget ps1 game
This is the first time I've ever seen Dolan's real life face and I feel like you just took off Mickey Mouse's head from the mascot at Disney World right in front of me
this is true
You didn't watch those silly "Planet Dolan Character Face Reveals" videos back like 5 years ago?!
The biggest shocker is that hes australian. I really should of picked up on that considering his accent.
@@ehtresih9540Nah I didn't know he was Aussie for a while because it's so subtle, I thought he was Eastern European for a while. But in hindsight it's obvious
@@ehtresih9540I know what you mean brother, 10 year old me was fucking flabbergasted when he found out Pringle was black
Shima is quite literally the Tord of Planet Dolan
More like the Carmen Sandiego
Hi Squidward 👋😀
@@estenmaxwell2945more like the Gordon freeman of half life 3
Except Tord was a dick and we know that
don’t we know basically nothing about Shima’s VA?
@@connor48880what did tord do? Don't recall him doing anything bad, unless you're talking about tords legacy replacement VA who ended up assaulting another VA.
This video is the first time I'm learning Planet Dolan has "lore", when I watched it it was still called "Danger Dolan" and he just did top 10 spookiest videos lists.
I miss when it was just Dolan for the most part, and that "blur your mind with trouf!" intro he had
i would’ve never remembered it was called danger dolan
I'm probably blinded by nostalgia, But I much much much prefer his old Danger dolan channel...
Same. I had no clue 😂😂😂
SAME.
"you've heard of doubling down but have you heard of mental illness"
i'm crying laughing
LOLZ! take this updoot kind stranger 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@mattgroening8872hello my fellow Reddit gigachad! **tips fedora**
@@demoman5864 erm…Keanu reeves! Lolz. Updoot!
@@mattgroening8872this exchange has been really wholesome chungus, farewell my fellow sigma!
muganimate I'm sorry this reply section is full of redditors you deserve better
They need to hire you as a real Planet Dolan character tbh
blima in planet dolan? 🔥🔥🤔
#blimaforspd
I haven't watched planet dolan since 2017/since Shima left and even watching the new return I could tell how different the voice sounded. I literally haven't heard her voice in 7+ years and I still can tell how off British Shima is.
Hi Squidward 👋😀
From what is being said, this one is going to be "Shima Prime", and they are still keeping her over all but retired(mostly design-wise). The new girl sounds fine, and even has a similar tone, so I can't wait to see how she does.
I always thought she was evil shima from that one episode shere shima looked in her reflection and saw it. Aka she has the red eye, just replace the pink/orange with grey and there you go. @@Doc903
Nothing is more funnier than hearing Chaz having a schizophrenic rant to a bygone channel known as planet Dolan
It's not about Shima. It never was about Shima.
It's about the ERA that Shima was in.
The reason people look so fondly on the Shima episodes is because it's when the show was at its peak. The artstyle was great and consistent, it was the begining of a genre, top 10s were relevent, there was only two hosts (Shima and Dolan.)
Now, the reason the whole Shima Prime thing feels off is, well, everything surronding it is different. The artstyle is, imo, not very good, VA is different, people grew up and got bored of the genre, and finally, people are sick of having to get attached to new characters all the time and then see them vanish.
You can't relive the past.
i appreciate that a lot but its also that shima was hot
@@sunbirth4795 Brah what the fuck
She was a 7/10 AT MOST
idk, Melissa and hellbent were in the same era and they're still nowhere near as popular as Shima. I think people just have a hard on for the cat
@@sunbirth4795THAT’S WHAT I’M SAYINNN
@@sunbirth4795i'm not a shima fan... but i know i'm gonna come
I used to be making fun of 2016 furry animation “meme” fangirls back then as if I wasn’t watching a group of tumblr-esque characters answering stupid questions while also having vague sexual innuendo references
Confession aside, Police Department was the fucking goat I would’ve never been into art as much if it wasn’t for them
Danger Dolan probably made me a furry
It was a different time
@@NeonBeeCatis that a boykisser
Unironically based tvh
That's so fucking real bc I was the exact same back then 💀 Ironically now I'M the cringe ahh furry that I would've made fun of back then
I couldn't over the fact that when Chaz was reacting to Shima's return he looked like he was in a mental institution 😭 Foreshadowing to his next video's location
LITERALLY came down here to check if ANYBODY else had a comment about whatever the hell was that room
Shima is the W.D Gaster of animated RUclips characters.
Me see pink cat
Me get happy with a purpose to live
*Shima Blast*
@@bastardhyena7882 you feel old cringe crawling up your back. The stupider your 13 yo self was, the more damage you take
i tad off topic but it always stuck with me how shima said she saw planet dolan as a show for a younger audience, and then first season was bloated with lewd inuendos
Hi Squidward 👋😀
The reddit stories were literally just porn by the end lmfao.
I remember when i was younger, i was pretty happy just watching a semi competent family friendly show on youtube and then i looked at the reddit stories and thought "....this isnt for me anymore is it"@@abiodunsulaiman2297
The artist makes r34 primarily
@@PretzelSagebased
I love how Chaz recorded his reaction from inside a psychic ward. The dedication.
brave of them to redesign shima knowing the types of fans planet dolan has. i was expecting it to go down like blue armed sonic
Holyfuck....blue armed Sonic....that was a time...
Chaz is fighting the urge to tap Shimaz's mystery box.
Don’t blame him tons do lol
in an era where most non-shitpost videos are highly structured and formulaic, it’s refreshing to listen to you just talk and jump from one thing to another without a clear order or point most of the time.
My Shima has been cloned/Isekai theory has been confirmed.
I want my royalties.
definitely felt that about having watched so many of the reddit stories videos as a kid that i can still remember specific stories, i love going back down the planet dolan memory lane with you
Hi Squidward 👋😀
danger dolan
This entire video is a confession of Chaz being thirsty for a pink cat. At least he's honest.
Can you blame him when shima was designed by a porn artist?
@@bajscast she was? Didn't know that
@@LuigiStar31 Yeah, I know the guy, he's pretty cool
@@LuigiStar31she was what
And thirsty for a purple bird.
Basically furry confession.
I dont give a single shit about planet dolan but i love how batshit crazy this guy is
i will find you.
wtf is planet dolan
@@cyanidesoup the shit in the video dawg
Dawg, I miss when he was called Danger Dolan, and made top tens videos, now it feels like a fever dream looking back, that, and uh, let's just say I didn't get along with Hellbent
isn’t planet dolan named after a shitty drawing of donald duck
them bringing back shima would have been so much better if she was just voiced by Hellbent. They could honestly make the voice change apart of the lore by saying that hellbent possessed her body plus if they ever get shimas actual voice actor back they could just have shima suddenly wake up and pretend that nothing happened.
Yes
Maybe not hellbent, considering what’s happened 😬
@@Dr.OofersI am very scared to ask for context
_GOD FUCKING _*_DAMN ITTTTTTTTTTTTTT_*
@@Dr.Oofers i said this before it happened😔
Why is your Shima reaction recorded like a live leak video
H
Highlights:
1:27 "Police Department"
1:54 "Too bad, I´ll meet you there"
4:08 When V-Tuber Technology gets called revolutionary
7:08 Fnaf
9:06 Definitely not evil
9:34
11:10 Live-Action Cutscene
11:52 Undertale
12:17 Dolan´s Dancing
12:52 ...Huh?
13:26 Live-Action Cutscene 2
16:17 Live-Action Cutscene 3
16:58 Random Encounters Animation
17:54 Darlink (So far)
18:41 The Moment Shaz came up with a Theory
22:28 The Return of the Cat
26:07 Plottwist
27:17 Live-Action Cutscene 4
Wait, does anyone else remember the mirror episode where there were evil versions of Shima and Dolan with reverse personalities? Shima looked like that in it.
That gets referenced in the video right after the rant about how far ahead they had the red eyes planned for
"I don't think anyone's been here for years!"
-Chaz, referring to coffin with a comical amount of footprints leading to and from it
I've got such fond memories of producing & performing (much of) the music for the kids song parodies & original songs for SPD. I'm so thankful I got to be a part of it. Its amazing to see people still discussing what he started way back then. I think Dolan and I both have had a few beatings, but I'm glad to see he's still standing and creating and ambitious. Took me some time but I am too! Best possible boss to have - so much creative freedom. If SPD had a thriving Patreon to help it through the ad-pocalypse, it probably never would have slowed down. I made at least two other songs, fully finished, that were meant to be animated back at the start of 2017 - alas, twasn't meant to be. But Dolan made sure I was pai still - again, great boss. They're on Bandcamp if anyone cares.
I like those it was such a weird idea to start the channel with those but it was funny, thank you
Planet Dolan characters were nothing more than avatars for the voice actors and cartoon characters to be used in visual gags. Artists used their own OCs on the show, and the characters are used interchangeably in various gags and scenarios. This way of using characters associates them with the overall Dolan brand and the people behind them, which is great, it's one of the elements that makes Dolan so special. The problem is, it goes against the idea of them being characters in an ongoing narrative.
A story needs to have an internally consistent world with characters consistent with that world and themselves. The Dolan cast did not have this. Their thoughts and actions were consistent only to the gag they were taking part in. This means for 'Planet Dolan with plot' to work, they needed to build the world and concrete characters on some shaky foundation, and I don't think they've been doing too well at this.
My main problem is with Dolan and his inconsistent characterization. Dolan is naive enough to not understand the obvious manipulation of Darlink, take the Brain Juice apparently without push back, fail to notice Melissa's attempts at contact, and go along with Darlink's flimsy dismissals of important clues in the search for his friends (his brother's book and Nixxiom's recorder). And yet, he is, at the same time, still smart enough to be suspicious of her and make actually insightful observations (such as the inconsistency with Nixxiom's coffin). If he's suspicious of her, why is he not suspicious of the very suspicious things she does? Why does he not push back? Is he supposed to be helplessly naive or not? This portrayal makes him feel less like a person existing in the world and more like a plot device that does whatever the writer needs him to do.
Darlink also irks me. How strict is she with Dolan really? She apparently locks him indoors for days, and then just lets him out for no reason. She clearly does not want him to find out what happened to his friends, and you can interpret her tolerance of his investigation as manipulation, but why is she not at all concerned with him meeting up with Grgak or the keycard? Shouldn't she be scared those clues might lead somewhere? I hope it all makes sense in the end. She has the potential to be a great character.
The world seems to just be real life with extra wacky elements, and the characters are probably on the same level as normal people, which I suppose is a pretty established way to do things. Still, they could have done a better job easing our transition from the contextless void of season 1 to this. Maybe a separate episode showing a day in Dolan's life with Darlink. That would be able to elaborate on both the world and the characters.
This is way too long for a RUclips comment, but there are few other places for a post like this. The Dolan cast is genuinely charismatic and can definitely do great things in a proper story. The above are merely my idle worries; there's no telling what they'll do next. I really do hope they succeed. Prison guard Darlink has already done wonderful things for me, I need to see more of her. And seeing more of Cooki couldn't hurt as well.
Bro wrote an English essay on planet Dolan
@@painpokebeys With a channel as old and storied as Dolan's, I could write an actual essay
@@painpokebeys This channel has uploaded the equivalent of like 3 feature-length documentaries in videos on Planet Dolan.
@@Voingous ikr, it's crazy
ADHD version: darlink may have killed everyone and Dolan is going insane
23:33 bro be watching in a 3x3 empty minecraft house
Dude that Freddy Fazbear clip is the most unintentionally funniest shit ever
I started watching this on 1,50x speed without any knowledge of this series/ youtube channel and left half way with a headache.
100% Would recomend!
people who watched super planet dolan when it first began may or may not have been familiar with the dolan character prior to the animations but shima was literally dolan's other half and without her, his character had practically lost its purpose so fans that remember the show would no longer see it the way the remembered it. the new cast was great but shima was THE backbone.
I remember I loved the SPD content since the early Shima days up to way into a period where Doopie seemed like the main co-host. 3 things happened for me:
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1 ) My dumb younger self believed the reddit stories at first were puzzling up a consistent lore of sorts, and after a while, some things just could not fit together with older stories so the engagement of tunning into them was reduced to me liking the art and the characters narrating, and that's still good but less than what it was.
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2 ) After Shima, I thought I was keeping track with all the characters that were coming into the project but at some point it was enough of them that it felt like they made up new ones on the fly that didn't necessarily correspond to anybody worth remembering. Like stuff that'd just appear as the MC of 1 story narrated by somebody else and never be voiced or show up again.
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3 ) RUclips stopped showing them to me, so even if I wanted to keep up, I was bird brained and forgot to check when I got distracted by other channels. Even now I'm sorta catching up but I still have to manually search Dolan's content to do so every time.
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I still like them and wish the channel prosperity. For Gooby's art streams to have more audience. For Doopie to be doing better than last time I looked her up on Twitter. For Dolan to find a way to keep things good and fresh and economically stable. I remember at some point I was like "I wish I knew how to animate so I could reach out and help".
Though tbh, this current plot is not my favorite thing. I don't like too many random new characters popping in and out of existence but I also don't like the opposite of that where not even the other regulars show up. Melissa being my favorite girl of SPD's channels, this sounds a bit harsh but it kinda gives me flashbacks to the last season of Fairly Odd Parents when they couldn't get most of their cast on screen anymore. A project like this is still a monumental praise deserving feat though. IDK if the other characters had channels prior or had their characters born from SPD but nowadays any of their appearances is technically a cameo.
PD: I enjoyed Hellbent's early streams of him playing Among Us, but I can't find them no more. What's up with that? xD
I used to watched a Super Planet Dolan and only remember one joke from the hours I spent consuming their content. It was about a mirror's internet connection speed in Australia, with the punchline being "Thanks Obama."
Which I guess is more than nothing...
That obsession with a piece of media that isn't that good but you can't help but love is a curse, a plague that lurks in the back of your mind. Why can't I have this same obsession with smart subjects or something I can talk to other people about like a normal person 💀
i honestly forgot about planet dolan till this appeared on my feed 😭
i remember when i was like 11 and i loved watching the animation question videos, it was so entertaining while informative, I stopped watching and after few years pass, hearing about this channel again and seeing them now, learning about all of this stuff, it's just heart breaking seeing where it ended up
Plot twist, new shima is green Pringle wearing shima’s skin.
I think about it atleast once a month, just gives off a vibe UNIQUE to 2017
23:41 the camera angle and bareness of the room makes it look like you've been kidnapped and forced to watch planet Dolan in this room
You’ve literally kept Planet Dolan relevant I swear
The whole naming scheme of Danger Dolan, Planet Dolan, and Super Planet Dolan reminds me of The Salty Spitoon, Weenie Hut Jr.’s and Super Weenie Hut Jr.’s
Also, I used to be a Danger Dolan fan when I was younger, but I could never get into Planet Dolan. Something about most RUclips animators just does not click with me. Doopie and Darlink are kinda cute though, I guess lol
It’s such a shame that it’s been on the downward for years, I thought it was such an enjoyable channel. I hope at some point it bounces back. It’s also like, yeah it’s neat that the character is back, but Shima being back is a bit funky
the fact that an old channel I watched like 5 years ago for funny reddit stories has genuine lore spanning multiple seasons is insane
here comes the barrage of british shima comments
i would ask for cattail gaming but im feeling pretty satisfied, thank you chazington
Downgrade😢😢😢😢😢
I can work with this
The Thermodynamic Lawyer jumpscare caught me off guard so hard
This channel is Scott the Woz for the terminally online.
0:28 AMOEBA SISTERS JUMPSCARE
That jumpscare gave me a flashback.
I couldn’t wait any longer I bought the patreon
Bros comment is a day old on a 30 minute old video, awesome
@@jpnagaming7716patreon
@@Relcilisity_OfficialWhat comment?
@@olasdorosdiliusimilius2174literally the comment we're under
I used to binge the hell out of Danger Dolan back in middle school and even stuck around for his Planet Dolan rebrand and Super Planet Dolan project in high school. They were absolutely killing it in views at first; impressive, actually. I eventually grew tired of them due to the constant influx of new characters. Like, I was perfectly okay with just Dolan and Shima and occasionally Doopie and Melissa. I also believe that the jokes Dolan made were getting dragged out and stale, and so I jumped ship around 2016-17 (senior year of high school). I'm actually still impressed Dolan is still going. Good for him.
6:00 I did NOT expect Thermodynamic lawyer esq here lol
My heart jumped out of my chest!!
I got so excited T^T
There isn’t enough references to my favorite gay icon William Woodrow Wilson
It's that fucking john egbert
@@CronusScrewsSharksyes.yes it is
I remember when Dolan was just Danger Dolan and was like a semi-normal crime channel
Planet Dolan is my life support, always has been and always will
It's a good day when you're listening to Chazington ramble on about shit that would sound relatable to me if I was given a iPad at birth and was raised by chris chan
i jumped out of my seat and punched the air when seatbelt's intro card played
I just rewatched the entire show after not seeing it in years and… Honestly? I still love it! it’s taken some turns, sure, but i feel like it’s the same lovable show. I still see the passion in the recent stuff. As someone who loves creating stories and character arcs in my head and has an unhealthy obsession with them, I can tell you story crafting doesn’t mean he’s scrambling for ideas, it just means it’s something that he enjoys doing. He tried to make a whole show, of course he likes writing stories! I trust Dolan with this. I want to see where the story goes!
Planet Dolan always felt like an Adult swim show with all the adult themes and the sexy animation
Literally I couldn’t care about anyone else but Hellbent his episodes were always the best and his voice was never annoying. Hellbent is goated
Boy do i have news for you...
23:33 that’s funny
But where the f*ck are you?
Are you kidnapped?
Can’t stop the Shima grind even while kidnapped
Low key that looks like a fucking Shed.
cod killhouse hes boutta finish the entire map in 32 seconds
23:32 Why does my fellow individual Chazington live on me nephew's treehouse?
the planet dolan vtuber model is giving me flashbacks to the fucking thinknoodles cat
Welp, if they were gonna bring back Shima as a character, this was probably the most logical option, Hope others can grow to accept it .
That thermodynamic lawyer jumpscare got me
Thank god someone else noticed
I KNOW T^T
In the past 4 years, the 3 most popular videos on SPD and PD were all videos with Shima in the title. Goes to show just how dependent the show was on her
not to mention that shima only actually was on PD for 10 months and hasnt been for 7 years
Calling it, it's a fakeout...look at her eyes! They wouldn't make such a glaring difference shifting from blue white eyes to red yellow eyes if it was indeed the same character with ONE voice. And after they reveal this, we'll see the real shima call her out and then say a proper "Goodbye" so people will shut the fuck up.
...a boy can dream.
THE WILL WOOD REFERENCE!!!
6:00
YOU CANT JUST FLASH MY FAVORITE ARTIST THAT NOBODY NOWS ABOUT AND ACT LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED😭😭😭
Your single handedly keeping that channel going lol
I used to watch Danger Dolan and Planet Dolan religiously, but stopped around 2018, i really like your sort of extremely obsessed persona and in-depth explations, quite the joy to watch!
Dude I LITERALLY just finished watching your first Dolan video a few minutes ago damn
Planet Dolan becoming a part of chris chan lore will always be funny to me, it doesn't matter what fandom or community there is or corner of the internet, chris chan will worm himself into a niche.
*What?*
@@Dr.Oofers chris chan used to stalk and act like Doopy doover was one of his gal pals, to the point where she blocked him, and chris was CONVINCED it was the trolls, and not because he was creepy (calling her darling and sweetie) and acting like they were friends.
@@deepcrabI will comment despite my lateness because what the fuck?
I seriously can't wait for Pringle to be back, if they do actually show back up, they were always my favorite!! :)
this video feels like a return to form both in writing, editing and... subject for chaz and i love it
watching these videos as someone who only saw like 5 dolan videos as a kid is very interesting ngl
I remember back when there was no such thing as Planet Dolan and the channel was called Danger Dolan and he was largely a WoW youtuber. He even appeared as a guest VA in a couple machinimas. I remember watching some of his spooky top 10s when I was much younger, about 10 years ago. Dolan used to be quite critical of Blizzard in the past, and games in general. Idk why he never decided to become a game critic, he totally could've done it.
Time sure flew.
4:44 This Kaufmo clip from Skunk better be a mainstay clip on the channel from now on
"Aw man, I already ate" after finding the coffin of Shima sent me.
Imagine if Boogie got a stable job as a Dolan's character.
The fact that this man made a liquid chris AND brian death reaction reference in the same video is phenomenal bravo chaz
Ceiling empty shed reaction
this video was so fucking passionate about PLANET DOLAN of all things it reminded me of how much i loved that channel as a kid too this was amazing
THERMODYNAMIC LAWYER BY WILL WOOD AND THE TAPEWORMS?!
I just woke up at 2 am, played a game with my friends with an hour and after coming off of that I now find hyper realistic Kauffmo saying "I don't want to be alive anymore" the funniest thing ever
Still better than the Reddit stories
Hi Squidward 👋😀
6:01 OH MY GOD WILL WOOD AND THE TAPEWORMS YOU ARE LITERALLY THE BEST PERSON ON THIS PLANET
Bro I started foaming and choking and screaming and my handler took away my phone so I used my school Chromebook to type this at the thermodynamic lawyer
-average will wood fan
I knew someone who was unironically 100% like this in High school
My disappointment is inevitable and my day is ruined.
That was not the real Cooki, why must you toy with my emotions
THEY MADE SHIMA BRITISH
Honestly not the worst
Why does the bird have jiggle animations
let's just say horses wouldn't be called horses anymore
2023 really was the year of SML
Hearing faint elements of the original LBP soundtrack, really really enhances this video.
0:39 well people didn’t have to talk about the coffin of Andy and laylay either but we did and it was glorious except for the doxxing part
i kid you not, 4 years ago i really didn't like my name at the time and someone asked me what they should call me instead, and like, years prior i used to watch planet dolan and thought melissa was a cool name. present day and my favorite color is purple and my favorite animals are fucking birds
i dont know how this happened but im proud to canonically be melissa from planet dolan
I will never understand why Chaz likes PD so much lol.
Nostalgia is a bitch.
probably the nostalgia, and the cat
i absolutely loved the live action storyline/segments in this, the video itself is absolutely awesome as well, i look foward to every upload of yours, your editing style and you overall is very unique, keep up the great work!!
This is actually one of the best videos I’ve ever watched. I’m dead serious I wouldn’t joke about that. this is hilarious you deserve 1m subs chaz
Edit: thanks for 20 likes!
Chazington is one of the only RUclipsrs I watch, he definitely deserves more attention
He deserves a business large enough it could be listed on the NASDAQ