James

James Bear (born: ),BIRTHBOY 20 (2019) — James Bear (YouTube). 6 Jul 2019 also known as d00dleJam, is a Canadian YouTuber, animator, and artist best known for his short animated skits focusing mainly on him and his girlfriend Clarissa.
==Career==
James created his YouTube channel on November 7, 2013, though he didn't upload anything until 2014. His first video was uploaded on October 30, 2014.Jamworld: "Zombie for a Bro" (S1E1) — James Bear (YouTube). 30 Oct 2014 This was the beginning of his series, Jamworld, a cartoon show inspired by Eddsworld. However, due to pushback from fans, he stopped producing the series. He would continue to make fan animations for YouTubers such as Eddsworld, the Game Grumps, and Pyrocynical.
James wouldn't see more widespread recognition though until late 2019, where he would start to upload a series of videos based around the "No Nut November" trend. These videos became monumentally popular and James would skyrocket in views and subscribers. James reached 100,000 subscribers on December 28, 2019.
He continues to make more comedic animation skits surrounding him and his girlfriend. In 2022, he began to stop using voice acting in his videos.
On May 13, 2023 James made a stream which was simply titled “Last” where he talks about the Controversy a little and then claims that this stream might be the last you’ll be hearing from him before ending the stream. 
On January 28, 2024, James would simply post the word "Goodbye" on his Twitter account.https://twitter.com/d00dleJam/status/1751777414382772246 In addition, his bio changed to say "1999-2024" alongside his profile picture and banner being blacked out. It is unknown what has happened to him at the time of writing this due to the lack of information aside from the aforementioned post. 
==Controversy==
===Incest towards sister===
On March 10, 2022, a Twitter user by the name of LaloDoesArt exposed James for having sex with his younger sister when he was a kid. He posted screenshots of his conversations with James through Twitter DMs and a document about James's behavior originally created by AwesomeAaron. In the messages, he admitted that he was having intercourse with his 9-year-old sister at the age of 13. James details that the events took place in 2013 and were the result of him suffering from depression from harassment, which ended up in him being taken to the hospital. James previously admitted to the incident in September 2020, but he would later delete the tweet.LaloDoesArt on Twitter: "Friendly reminder that this guy molested his 9 year old sis, admitted he did publically due to depression at the time, then removed everything relating to it once it died down" 10 Mar 2022
He gained widespread backlash from fans and other YouTubers for incest and rape. YouTubers Optimus, Jadyn, Tom Dark, and Bowblax all made videos addressing the allegations. Some of James's former friends, including Foneycone, freezepee, and Kayden Doxx confirmed that the messages were true. He would soon begin to lose thousands of subscribers on his main channel the day the tweet came out. 
====Responses====
On March 11, James posted multiple tweets saying how he regrets what he did but also saying the texts weren't meant to be public and Lalo took things out of context. He concludes by saying he would be improving his behavior.https://twitter.com/d00dleJam/status/1502389596314869761 However, these tweets would be criticized as well. Lalo also mocked the tweets for leaving out information and not admitting to his faults. James has went on to take a brief hiatus from the internet.
Weeks later, on April 1, James posted a video to bring up new information on the drama and to apologize. James states that those involved with exposing him only did it to harass him for personal motivations. One example was the original document "The Truth About James Bear" which James said was only made to end the relationship between him and Claire. He claims the document would later be taken down if he met some of Aaron's demands, although it doesn't seems to be the case as the document remains intact. Another example was someone who he claims to exaggerate some of the statements James said while talking on Discord. He says that the rape incident should have been kept private and says he still regrets what he did and has made amends with those involved. He concludes the video by apologizing and saying he'll be taking a break from the internet while also taking therapy.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uscZY59Dpnw This video gained a mixed response from his YouTube audience, with his like to dislike ratio being split.
On June 3, James would make one final response related to the drama. He clarified that the incest only happened once when he was 13, being unaware of what sex was at the time. When he was more educated, he spoke out to friends about everything, with some of them misconstruing the situation which resulted in inconsistencies. He concludes the response by saying he wanted to move on from the drama and focus on his animations more.My Final Response. — James Bear (YouTube). 3 Jun 2022 Afterwards, James took a brief break, but returned the following month.
After this info came to the public, many people took his side, but many others did the opposite as well. A multitude of commentary channels ended up using the situation for content, including Optimus, and Jadyn. After James came back, he got more positive than negative reception, but his audience is still currently split on the subject and are generally reluctant to accept him back to the internet.
==Channel milestones==
===Subscriber milestones===
*100,000 subscribers: December 28, 2019
*200,000 subscribers: October 26, 2020
*300,000 subscribers: September 11, 2021
==== Decline ====
* 298,000 subscribers: May 2, 2024
===Video view milestones===
*5 million video views: December 6, 2019
*10 million video views: April 30, 2020
==References==
Category:Animation YouTubers
Category:Art YouTubers
Category:Canadian YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2013