MAKBOT

Nicholas Deary (born August 31, 1991), also known by his online pseudonym MAKBOT (/ˈmækˈbɑt/), is a British animator and internet personality. Deary primarily distributes his work on his YouTube channel, as well as TikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@makbot_cartoons. The premise of Deary's animations is often surreal in nature, with running themes such as the main character dying offscreen, or inexplicably meltinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvdSq2GAcEk.
==Early life==
Deary was born and raised in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdomhttps://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/nicholas-deary.html.
==Education==
Deary has a Masters Degree in Animation from Northumbria University.
==YouTube Career==
On April 17, 2007, the "NicholasDeary" YouTube channel was createdhttps://www.youtube.com/@MAKB0T/about. For the first two years, various videos were uploaded, but were subsequently deleted. In 2009, the first video to remain on the channel was a Bioshock parody imitating the style of Egoraptor, named "AwesomeShock"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar2Mhorvq7U. 
In 2014, the channel was rebranded to "MAKBOT" and cartoon parodies were uploaded on a semi-frequent basis which was usually a month or a few weeks apart.
After uploading a parody video protesting YouTube's new "YouTube Heroes" initiative in September 2016https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LFd0cj5c7E, Deary went on hiatus for over three years until April 2020, when he released a surprise April Fools' Day video which was a short and seemingly innocuous parody of Frozen IIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVBlwvi77OM.
==YouTube Collaborations==
Deary has collaborated and contributed towards a variety of videos created by other YouTubers:
Year	Title 	Contribution 	Youtuber
2009	Pencilmation: Love at First Write 	Clean-up artisthttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt6382092/fullcredits/ 	Ross Bollinger
2014	Life Observations "Going to the Gym" 	Additional animation 	Mustache Wax
2015	Mianite MMO Teaser Trailer 	Director, Lead animator 	Mianite Crew
2015	Starship Goldfish "New Ghostworth" 	Animator, Compositorhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt9036246/fullcredits/	Starship Goldfish
2016	Dads Doin Yoga 	Director, Lead animator 	Sick Animation
2018	What is League of Legends? 	Director, Animator 	League of Legends
2022	Canceled Try Hards episode 	Animator 	Nerd City
2024	Harry Potter & the Shoot-Down Order Over Phoenix	Executive producerhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt33091920/ 	Podel
==Channel Voice Actors==
Deary does not voice act for his channel (with the exception of the video How to be Successful on YouTube in 2016 in which Deary voiced "Steve" from Minecraft during an in-universe parody of a clichéd and poor quality Let's Play video). Deary does hire a variety of voice actors, and uses recurring actors as well as the occasional one-off appearance. The main recurring voice actors are listed below:
Time period 	Voice actor
2011 - 2012 	Mick Lauer
2012 - 2013 	Dave J. Dixon
2014 - present 	Danny Musch
2016 - present 	Cole Nowacki
2024(?) upcoming	Brock Baker
==Feud with TheSyndicateProject==
In 2015, Deary accused YouTuber TheSyndicateProject of not paying him for promotional animation work that he had done in previous monthshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHt0NyFosPk. Syndicate responded on Twitter and the two had a lengthy exchange, with numerous other YouTubers participating in the debate, including Critikal who staunchly defended Dearyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Req_A1i35lA. In December, Syndicate apologized to Deary and sent over the compensation that he was owedhttps://twitter.com/Syndicate/status/682659755198906371.
==Legal Issues==
A parody of the Minions movie entitled "British Minions" was uploaded in 2015, but then received a copyright strike from NBC Universal in 2020 and was removed from YouTubehttps://x.com/MAKBOT/status/1244291651507572738. Deary considered appealing the strike, but appears to have not taken any action since as the video has not been reinstatedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8oZPWtMlXY.
==Trivia==
* Deary grew up with TheGamingBeaver (they are both from Newcastle, England).
* Fellow animator Psychicpebbles used to work as Deary's thumbnail artist for flash animations submitted on Newgrounds. This was back in 2010 before he was famoushttps://x.com/MAKBOT/status/1830953614988451927.
==Personal Life==
Deary lived in Dublin, Ireland between 2016 - 2022 and now resides in his hometown of Newcastle upon Tyne, Englandhttps://twitter.com/MAKBOT. Aside from being a Youtuber, Deary works full time as an engineer at the tech company Slack.
==References==
Category:Users who joined in 2007
Category:English YouTubers
Category:Animation YouTubers