Battington

Battington (born ) is an animation YouTuber known for making horror animations based off of Squimpus McGrimpus' FNAF VHS Tapes and also making an originally animation horror series called "Harmony & Horror". His work is similar to the latter, along with LOCAL58TV, KrainaGryzbow, Martin Walls, and Marble Hornets.
==History and Overview==
=== Starting Career ===
The first video was uploaded to the channel on November 14, 2015 titled "FNAF Numa Numa",https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMj_cx8iFF4 - "FNAF Numa Numa" which shows someone, presumably Battington, wearing a Golden Freddy costume dancing to "dragostea din tei" by ozonetvuk.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7P5Q2IIT4U - "dragostea din tei" He also made a video where he played FNAF: Ultimate Custom Night.
=== Skits and Gaming Videos===
He would then start making skits with a series called "The Rangers", presumably a parody of Power Rangers in 2016 to 2018 making several videos based off of it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ3KV3QgMIA - "The Rangers"
Around 2019, he made two videos experimenting with Blender to make a model called Blinky the Clown.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD2Eht3o6rMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjhU3KElSqc Later that year, he would release his last skit called "Uncle Lui" and would make a couple of Minecraft Let's Play videos. He also made videos relating mostly on Five Nights at Freddy's as well.
===Harmony and Horror ===
That same year, he released his first video on the "Harmony and Horror" Series titled "Ice Cream Man | VHS cleaning maintenance guide | lost tape",https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUZQ7i6GTSQ - "Ice Cream Man | VHS cleaning maintenance guide | lost tape" which is also his first video to blow up reaching 450k views surpassing his first video on Numa Numa.
He began to gain traction for his series in 2020 at the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic reaching 50k Subscribers. Other YouTubers like LaurenZSide, Bijuu Mike (which is presumably deleted), AyChristene, and CoryxKenshinhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7EY2XF0ZpM - LaurenzSide's Reactionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xruKK0i3c0o - AyChristene's Reactionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9ivdoWBkfo - CoryxKenshin's Reaction (the latter of whom would get a video dedicated to him) would react to his animations.
On November 23th 2023, Battington realease the physical Vhs tape of Harmnoy and Horror, including the bonus episodes, by the thanks of RETRO RELEASE VIDEO.
Battington release a remasterd or REMAKE, of the Episode 1 of Harmony and Horror on April 22th 2024https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSQ1WXXwz2c&t=309s - [H&H S1 Remastered - Episode 1] - H3NRY_REDACTED, that it was mention in a short of battington even doe he said that the videos ""will be realease in the REAL vhs tapes""https://youtube.com/shorts/-pYPVo1hwVs?si=niicaMQRhfrD2j9m - H&H physical vhs cassette tapes are available again for preorder.
=== Dramas ===
==== Battington's Joke Drama ====
on april 13, 2022, Battington to make a joke since it was April Fools moth at Martin Walls due his inactivity in that year, However the joke was "his dead" of him on Twitter.
at that the fans thought that he actually dead, only to that the creator post another tweet that it was a joke, but the fans were piss off of the joke that even Squimpus McGrimpus said to Battington to not make another remake of the saga FNAF VHS, and send him a image of Phil McGraw holding a letter L (call him a loser basically).
However Martin Walls wasnt angry (but upset) at Battington, but he warn him about the consequences about it, Battington then make a Doc of a apology of the situation, calming the fans a little, at the end Martin walls forgive Battington.
==== H4PPY_N3W_FRIEND5's Drama ====
In April 23th 2024, a drama happend because Battington use without knowing a image of a murder victim call Linda Ann O'keefe (rest in peace) and put in the episode "H4PPY_N3W_FRIEND5s" on 2021, the creator deleted the episode 3 years later (2024) for the reason of that, and apologies for that.https://x.com/Ragnarok_Mayhem/status/1782985023001346131 - Ragna mention the controversy
==Collaborations==
===CoryxKenshin Tribute===
In Late 2020, Battington would release a video titled "Killer_Kenshin.mp4 | Found Footage (Warning Highly graphic)" to honor Coryxkenshin retiring from YouTube after reaching the Ten-Million Subscriber mark. He would also release an unreleased soundtrack of the video.
===FNAF VHS Tapes===
Around 2021, Battington decided to announce he will be remaking Squimpus McGrimpus' FNAF VHS Tape series. The most notable videos remake "Sound Response Check", "Pirate Cove Pre-Show", and "Nonexistent Video", with the former being the most viewed with at least 6-million views. However, after Battingtons in April 13th 2022, make a Joke about Martin Wall's is death (hes not), only to Squimpus obligate Battington to not doing another remake. 
*One of Battington's videos, titled "Killer_Kenshin.mp4", is dedicated to CoryxKenshin after he reached 10-Million Subscribers.
**Battington himself also said that he actually got inspired by Cory.
**Cory was originally gonna retire at 10-Million Subscribers, but changed his mind when one of his videos got striked.
*According to Battington on "Fazbear_Entertainment_Video", he decided to remake Squimpus McGrimpus' VHS Series.
*He uses Blender for most of his VHS Tape Animations. Making the characters and scenes with the program while also putting in a VHS filter for the video.
*The mask of The Clown may be similar to the mask seen in "Trailer Bloopers".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URblxmdUfNQ
*After Battington realease the physical Vhs tape of Harmnoy and Horror, Martin Walls the creator of The Walten Files said in one of (now deleted space of X (most know as Twitter)) that he plans to make a physical Vhs tape for The Walten Files after watch Battingtons REAL vhs's ad, however, due the copyright on those videos, he decided to make a original show from "The Showstoppers".https://x.com/brightoncast/status/1762682155732476058 - Martin Wall's REAL Vhs tape idea thanks to Battington and RETRO RELEASE VIDEO
==Channel Milestones==
Note: These statistics are according to noxinfleuncer.com and the dates might be slightly inaccurate by one or two days.
=====Subscriber Milestones=====
*80,000 Subscribers: November 30, 2020
*90,000 Subscribers: December 21, 2020
*100,000 Subscribers: February 2, 2021
*200,000 Subscribers: December 3, 2021
*300,000 Subscribers: January 15, 2022
*400,000 Subscribers: March 26, 2022
*500,000 Subscribers: 2022/2023?
*600,000 Subscribers: June 12, 2023
*700,000 Subscribers: 2024?
==References==
Category:Film YouTubers
Category:Animation YouTubers
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers