Object show

An object show is a genre of animated web series throughout YouTube, active on the Internet since 2010 with the Battle for Dream Island series premiere, "Take the Plunge", which has since spawned many other web series like this one after the release of Inanimate Insanity. The Object Show Community is the main fandom behind this topic and it is the community in which the genre revolves around.
==General overview==
An object show is generally a web independent animated cartoon series uploaded to YouTube which contains anthrophomorphic animated object characters as contestants mostly competing for a prize. 
Most of these object shows, mostly in universe controlled by a host, are competition based as most of the shows plotlines revolves around teams battling over contests to gain the prize, while the contestants are eliminated by vote, either by the contestants or the viewers, which are sent to the elimination zone. Some object shows however, follow a non-competition based plotline where are mostly slice of life skits by the objects or other genres.
==Etymology==
The term "Object show" have its earliest appearance on YouTube was on XanyLeaves first YouTube video which was the earliest intro for Object Overload, as seen on the video description.XanyLeaves: Object Overload: Object Overload Intro (OLD)
Quote the Urban Dictionary, an object show is a term used for a "web series featuring anthropomorphic objects, usually competing for something".External: Urban Dictionary: Object Show
==History==
===Origins===
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Although Move Your Feet! by rtil existed since 2008 on the Newgrounds website, it didnt focused on competition but the characters being objects with faces and sometimes even limbs arrose with this fan-made music video.rtil: Move Your Feet! (current 2012 link on YouTube)External: Newgrounds - Move Your Feet (archived link through the Wayback Machine)Humany: 2008 object show discovered? (2 years before BFDI!) Battle for Dream Island, the first official object show, first premiered on January 1, 2010, under the first season episode "Take the Plunge". Inanimate Insanity, who was thought to be the second object show, only premiered on April 1, 2011 under the first season episode "The Crappy Cliff" resulted in the creation of more object shows, inspired by the first three.
===Early developments===
===Rise in popularity===
===Current situation===
==Animator's Guide on Object Shows==
=== Foundation ===
There are over two main categories to follow when creating an object show: Competition-based and Non-competition-based. Competition-based shows follows the format introduced by BFDI and somehow makes more success than Non-competition-based.
The stories of the object show can either have light-hearted, fun or lore vibes.
==== Name ====
Most of the object shows from the 2010s followed the template of suffix starting with "Object" and then fill the blank with an event, but the name can either also follow the suffix starting with "Battle for" or "Inanimate".
===Assets===
===Plot===
===Scripting===
===Hiring===
===Voice acting===
===Audio processing===
===Sound design===
===Props and backgrounds===
===Animating===
Adobe Animate is an example of software used for animating an object show, which most of the time takes months or weeks to finish, depending on the schedule. Animate, a product of Adobe, was originally famous under the form Adobe Flash before the Player platform was shut down in January 2021 There are two other examples that are no longer mostly used, PowerPoint and Anime Studio. PowerPoint object shows were using the Microsoft Office software PowerPoint to make animations of their object show with sometimes bubbles of dialog in them. The only known Object show that used Anime Studio was Inanimate Insanity.
There are various styles used for animation. One of the most famous styles of Object show animation is the Classic animation style, which is the use of pre-existing assets, excluding the object asset, including faces, eyes, hands and legs. The assets most of the time uses the BFDI assets used for the first 3 seasons. The animation is mostly based on tweens.
A recent style of Object show animation is the Hand drawn style where most of the mouths, eyes, hands and legs are mostly drawn by the brush tool from Adobe Animate. This has since been popularized by Battle for BFB and ONE.
===Revisions===
===Editing===
===Music and sounds===
===Completion===
After finishing the first episode, you can upload the show on YouTube and share it online through social media or Discord server, giving attention to it. 
==Status of an object show==
===Ongoing===
An object show that is still airing episodes. Battle for Dream Island is the most famous example.
===Completed===
:An object show who is mostly completed, meaning it can either return or it is fully finished. ONE is a major example at this.
===In hiatus===
:An object show who is still in hiatus, meaning on hold or development paused. IDFB, the third season of BFDI, is an example.
===Canceled===
:Object shows that were announced to be canceled. Total Fruit Island supposedly got canceled around the time Inanimate Insanity premiered. "Self-Titled" takes the theme of an unsatisfying ending for the objects.
===Upcoming===
:An upcoming object show is when an object show is unreleased and still in development. Object Showdown by HyperCrystal is an example.
=== Revived ===
This is a rare occassion where an object show that was previously canceled returns to the air. Battle for Dream Island Again, the second season of BFDI, is an example, with the release of "Well Rested", also known as BFDIA 6.
==In popular culture==
=== Characters in real life ===
=== Cameos in news media ===
=== Mentions by YouTubers ===
==See also==
* Object Show Community
* List of object shows
==References==
==External links==
* Most object shows playlist
* TV Tropes article
Category:Object show basics