[6] Known for its unique concept and high-quality animation, it became an immediate internet hit, receiving 4.78 stars on Newgrounds[7] and 80 million views on YouTube.

[9] A Kickstarter campaign for a reboot episode of the series was created July 10, 2013,[5][10] reaching their $10,000 funding goal on August 9, 2013.

Longing for freedom, he sees a website about Stick Figure Slavery promising escape, but the animator swiftly cuts off The Chosen One's plans.

Chaos erupts as the orange stick figure, presumably related to The Chosen One from previous episodes, goes around being a general online detriment to the animator, doing things such as insulting his friends on Facebook.

Animation V and later renamed AVA Shorts, before ultimately being retitled as episode 5 through 8 with the original four being considered Season 1.

The animator subsequently opens the Task Manager, showing a program named "ViraBot" using massive amounts of resources.

After the animator attempts to shut down the program with Task Manager, a large amount of different "Vira-" apps are shown in the start menu.

After trying to use the Recycle Bin to destroy it, the animator draws a hammer requested by Orange, who bashes the icon until it cracks, with a red, four-legged spider-like creature emerging.

The ViraBot then proceeds to attack the cursor and the stick figure, with their attempts to defend themselves proving unsuccessful.

Years later, The Dark Lord invents an extremely dangerous virus called ViraBot, with the intention of creating an even greater apocalypse, much to the anxiety of The Chosen One, who by then had undergone a change of heart.

In this house, they discover a black-red wristband, which The Dark Lord later puts on and uses, giving him more power for the fight against The Chosen One.

As The Dark Lord approaches The Chosen One and surrounds and corners him with ViraBots in order to attack and kill him, Orange and the Fighting Stick Figures arrive and stand in defense.

However, The Dark Lord stabs them, making the Fighting Stick Figures vanish while also seemingly killing Orange.

The Fighting Stick Figures rush in the same direction as the mercenaries in the previous episode, and ask several citizens if they know anything about the rocket symbol they had seen.

Meanwhile, in the secret organization (symbolized by the rocket) from the previous episode, Orange is forced to teach the organization's workers how to create living 3D creatures with the drawing animation tool and is locked in a special box with Victim, where he has his super strength and eye lasers disabled.

At the same time, they increase Victim's strength as he starts fighting back, eventually tying The Chosen One to a chair and before proceeding to interrogate him about the animator.

[16][14] Becker used his real AIM username in the animation, which made him unable to use the service without his desktop screen being smothered by hundreds of fans who attempted to message him online.

Becker then went to study animation at Columbus College of Art and Design, with the goal of being hired at Pixar.

Becker later retracted the statement, and officially asked eBaum's World to pull the animation and the testimonial off the website.