Killer Bean

Killer Bean is a YouTube channel about the titular protagonist and the franchise by VFX artist/animator Jeff Lew. Lew has been known for creating the series and providing voice acting and sometimes music all by himself, with the exception of his one and only movie Killer Bean Forever, where he had a cast of five people, a musician and a lead designer including himself. 
Due to Lew's single-handed work on the franchise for almost three decades, he has been praised by many people for his animations, and 
== Story ==
As the channel's name states, it revolves around the titular character (whose real name is Jack) who goes on a killing spree after being bothered by loud music coming from a party at the warehouse across his street, which eventually leads to mercenaries and the authorities attempting to take him down, as well as the Shadow Agency (which he was a member of) turning their backs on him and sending a hitman to execute him. This leads to him resigning from the agency and seeking revenge against them.
==History ==
=== Early life ===
Most of Jeff's history comes from his movie's making-of video included in the DVD release of Killer Bean Forever.
During his high school days, he used to record shorts with his father's camcorder. After graduating from Columbia University with a degree in electrical engineering, he decided to become a filmmaker. Since filmmaking requires film and other complex assets, he instead decided to take up animation, since computer animation was just in its infancy. Around 1994, he bought a computer and animation software, and then started to learn how to animate at home.
===Late 90s - Early 2000s===
In 1996, Jeff created his first short, Killer Bean: The Interrogation, which was originally a self-education project he did to teach himself animation. He then released it on the internet, which amassed about 3,000 views. 
A year after he made his first animated short, he landed his a job as an animator, having worked on films like X-Men and Looney Tunes: Back In Action. According to himself, he used to work on his animation from the time he returned from work until midnight. 
The short was succeeded by Killer Bean 2.1 - The Party, which was released in 2000 on iFilm and took three years to make. Unlike The Interrogation, this one was far more successful, having amassed one million views in six months. 
Both shorts would later be adapted by the movie. 
=== Late 2000s - Early 2010s===
Killer Bean Forever was originally supposed to be the third short in the series in 2003, but Jeff changed his mind and instead turned it into a full-feature film, after having received calls from numerous Hollywood agents and managers following the success of Killer Bean 2.1, for projects that never came to fruition. The film took about five years to create, with approximately one and half years in pre-production and three years in animation. 
The film was later released in 2009 in the United States. Jeff launched his YouTube channel that same year which was originally and solely dedicated to promoting the movie, as evidenced by its username. 
In 2012, Jeff released Killer Bean Unleashed, a mobile game that takes place shortly after the events of the movie. The game has accumulated over 100 million downloads to date. 
=== Late 2010s - Present===
After Killer Bean Forever was uploaded to YouTube almost a decade later after its release (around its 10th anniversary), it was greatly received with positive reviews from people such as Penguinz0 and Saberspark (with the former landing a role on the succeeding series). Internet personalities such as Quackity and xQc have also reacted to the film. Due to the success of Killer Bean Forever, it was announced that a series was going to be released that takes place right after the movie. Jeff Lew also announced that some YouTubers were going to have voice acting roles in the serieshttps://twitter.com/Real_KillerBean/status/1235754763150446594?s=20 On May 10, 2020, Lew posted a video promoting the new Killer Bean show. On September 6, 2020, the first episode was released. The series was later discontinued after two episodes due to copyright issues, as well as in favour of an upcoming PC game. 
Penguinz0 & MaximillianMus were originally credited as features on both episodes, but after controversy sparked surrounding the latter, Jeff discredited both YouTubers. 
==Trivia==
*His channel originally contained 3D animation tutorials, but were removed for unknown reasons. Similarly, all non-Killer Bean content on his channel were delisted.
*Jeff was inactive on YouTube twice.
**The first hiatus lasted for a period of 6 years after he uploaded a trailer for Killer Bean Unleashed in 2012, before returning in early 2018 with a video titled "Killer Bean plays FAR CRY 5".
**The second hiatus lasted for a year after he uploaded the movie, before he returned with an announcement of the series in 2020.
*Before working on Killer Bean, Lew worked on other big and well-known movies such as X-Men, The Matrix Reloaded and Tron: Legacy as an animator/VFX artist. 
*Although he hasn't revealed his face online, he did reveal it in his Killer Bean Forever making-of video included on the DVD release.
* The movie was originally released in 2008 at the Toronto Film Festival.
*According to his Twitter, the short series was rendered in Unreal Engine.
*The movie's soundtrack was formally available on E-Junkie, but is now available on music sites like Apple Music and Spotify.
*Viewers of the movie likened Killer Bean to John Wick (mainly in terms of murder reasons). The movie is claimed to be one of the many inspirations for John Wick, since it preceded the latter by six years.
==Quotes ==
===Killer Bean Forever ===
* "When I don't get enough sleep, I get irritable. And you don't want me to g-" - Killer Bean
*"...because criminals use guns. Hello? They also use drugs!" - Cappuccino
*"Why are narcotics sales performing so poorly?" -Cappuccino
*"By the way, Vagan; You're fired!" -Cappuccino's last words before being shot by Vagan
**"It's all those anti-drug commercials on TV. You never see any anti-gun commercials. It's not fair." - Criminal
*"My social security number is 3-4-6-8..." - Criminal
*"Does this satisfy your ego?" - Detective Cromwell
*"Decaffeinated!" - Killer Bean's signature quote.
*"Where is Killer Bean?" - Jet Bean
*"Let me put it in a language you can understand: Oh, so sorry. No chow mein here. You deliver wrong place." - Random Cop
*"Not exactly what I had in mind, but this will do." -Killer Bean
*"Sorry, it was a double flusher." - Killer Bean
*"All right, sucker. You come down here, we can dance. Hello? Hello? Bitch!" - Cappuccino's nephew
==Gallery ==
===Killer Bean Forever===
killerbeananimation.jpg|Killer Bean
===Killer Bean Series===
killerbeanteaser1.jpg|Teaser for the Killer Bean series
==References==
Category:Animation YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2009