Forrestfire101

Forrest Shane Whaley, better known online as forrestfire101, is an American Lego animator, stop-motion designer, and voice actor on YouTube. He is otherwise known for his famous animation of Songdrops's "The Duck Song", but he has also made other content centered around things like LEGO for videos, (most notably out of Batman).
==Content==
===Lego Batman===
Forrest's most notable content is his Lego Batman parody skits. Many of the videos involve Batman and Robin stopping villains and crime while also dealing with their own shenanigans. The series originally began with the start of his channel in 2007, having multiple videos on the channel. Some of them are usually full-length episodes while some are short skits.
===The Duck Song===
The Duck Song was released on March 23, 2009. The video did exceptionally well receiving 608 million views as of November 2023. As of today, the video is still his most popular upload with second place going to the Duck Song 2, third place going to the Duck Song 3, and fourth place going to a Duck Song spin off. These are all a collection of songs composed by Bryant Oden and animated by Forrest Whaley. There are currently six songs in the series. 
The songs are about a cartoon duck obsessed with grapes. He approaches a lemonade stand and asks the man if he sells grapes, the man replies that he does not and the duck "waddles away to the very next day" where he comes back to the stand to ask the same question. This goes on for many days slowly angering the man more overtime until the resolution where he buys the Duck it's grapes. The Duck Song 2 features the Duck asking a corner store employee the same question, if they had any grapes. The second part closely resembled the original, just featuring a different location and person the Duck annoys with the same plot. 
The Duck Song 3 features the original lemonade stand man refusing the Duck's request to follow him. The man declines for many days before giving in and following the Duck. The Duck takes the lemonade stand man to the corner store from the Duck Song 2. The corner store employee and the lemonade stand man chat before the man walks out and the Duck walks in and asks for Duck tape, which the woman had given the lemonade stand man prior, revealing the Duck had planned this all out before the Duck asks again if she has any grapes.
Honey Bear - Duck Song Spin off has nothing to do with the original Duck Song series. The song features the same style of happy upbeat music. The Duck from the Duck Song has a cameo in the background of one of the Honey Bear scenes.
The live action Duck song. The live action Duck song was a remake of the original Duck song. It had the same audio from the original but this time featured a realistic Duck rather than the original 2D version.
The Christmas Duck Song is the newest Duck Song Video to the series, releasing over 14 years after the original as a holiday special. This time, the Duck repeatedly comes up to Santa to ask him for grapes in the days leading up to Christmas Eve. The Duck gives Santa grapes in which Santa gives the Duck lemonade in return. The Duck then get's into Santa's sleigh with them flying into the sky concluding the video.
All The Duck Song music videos have been uploaded onto the channel songdrops which is the official channel for all of Bryant Oden's songs. It is unknown if any more Duck videos will be released.
===Craig===
Craig is a live action-comedy series created in 2009. The series revolves around the narcissistic and oblivious friend, Craig who constantly acts like a nuisance to his "friends". All of the characters are played by Forrest and his friends. The series began on July 8, 2009, and currently, there are around 10 episodes.
===LEGO: The Hobbit===
The Lego Hobbit series is an action series that simulates a XBOX video game. The series has four short stories involving different scenarios from The Hobbit. The characters that the player interacts with are Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield, Legolas & Kili, and Gandalf. The series was created on May 2, 2014, and there are four videos.
===Eames & Berry===
Eames and Berry is a crime comedy series created in collaboration with Disney XD using maker. It takes place in the 1950's about two detective animals named Eames and Berry solving a crime about stolen purses. The pilot episode was released in 2016, being split in two parts. 
==Personal Life==
Forrest Whaley is 27-years-old living in Los Angeles. Although he has always been interested in art, he started making videos about six years ago and since then they've become immensely popular on YouTube, leading to an interview with Nick News in the Spring of 2009 and the publication of his illustrations in the book The Duck Song, which was released in the Fall of 2010. 
He is married and is a father to two. https://www.instagram.com/forrest_whaley/ He is 6'5 and was a former division one athlete.https://twitter.com/forrestfire101 He is a big fan of LEGO, shown in his constant retweets and uploads on Instagram and Twitter on the toy.
===College===
Forrest attended Webster University and intends to finish his degree in film. His long-term dream is to make a living working on feature films alongside other talented individuals. When he is not writing, directing, or in general, working on his films, Forrest enjoys hanging with his dog Buster and spending time with friends and family.
===Short Film===
In the fall of 2011, he released the popular short film Zombie Universe. A sequel came the following fall, Zombie Universe 2. The sequel is known for its professional effects and how the movie deserved to be a official motion picture for its creation from ForrestFire101.
==Trivia==
*He has worked with several studios, such as The Lego Group, Cartoon Network, and Disney.
*Forrest was featured on Nick News in 2009.
*He had a nearly three hour long interview with Beyond The Brickhttps://www.youtube.com/live/sywDsa9-Ex8?si=DyFTKo0XNMIxFwEl
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