DaThings

Ellie Spectacular (born: ), also known as DaThings (formerly DaThings1), is an American YouTuber who is known for her brand of "clean" YouTube Poops. She is additionally a mashup artist,https://elliespectacular.com/mashups Twitch streamer,http://twitch.tv/elliespectacular and the host of her original live game-show Act Promptly. In addition to her YouTube Poops, she produces video essays on her titular channel as part of the series Ellie-mentary.https://elliespectacular.com/elliementary
==Content==
She makes a wide variety of YouTube Poops on all sorts of things, including TV, movies, anime, music videos, livestreams, and other media. Her YTPs are mostly family-friendly, which makes her stand out from other YouTube Poopers. Spectacular chose this approach to the craft a year into making videos, because they were difficult to share with friends and family due to their inappropriate jokes.
Her current most popular body of work is her YouTube Poop of Les Misérables, "24601 Releases a Sammich on Parole", released in 2013. The video was reanimated in 2023 by a group of 52 animators and editors, including Spectacular, to benefit the .
Spectacular's YTP content has attracted the attention of PBS Idea Channel, who called on her as a consultant for their "Related Videos" installment about the artform.
==Personal life==
Spectacular was born in Michigan in a family of six, and moved to Ohio at age 10. In high school, she was primarily occupied with extracurricular activities focused on the arts. Post-graduation, she dove directly into editing and full-time work, and has been pursuing it ever since.
In 2019, she came out as a trans woman. She is currently dating her boyfriend Bee Brunner.
In 2024, she deactivated her Twitter accounts @DaThings and @EllieSpec.
==Discography==
*SweewS (2019)
*Borrowed Time (2020)
*Feels Time (2021)
*Leetle Sweetle Keetle (2022)
*The Sequel to Violence (2023)
==Trivia==
*She edits stream highlights for Penny Parker. She has also edited highlights for Parker's girlfriend, Dollip Daze.
*To create her artwork on her livestreams and videos, Ellie uses Microsoft Office PowerPoint.
==References==
Category:Art YouTubers
Category:Comedy YouTubers
Category:Meme YouTubers
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:Music YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2009
Category:LGBT YouTubers