DBG Channel

**Aaron M. Thompson**, more popularly known as **DBG Channel** (labeled on YouTube as "DBG Channel (Aaron) 🇺🇦") (Born February 11th, 2003) is a soon-to-be-retired plotagonist that joined Plotagon on September 26, 2016 and started his YouTube channel on February 13, 2017. His career started with the release of the first episode his series, "HIP" on September 29, 2016, but now is more known for making movies. In July 2022, he stated that he plans on retiring from Plotagon (for the second time; after he intended to do so in 2020) and hopes to make live action movies from here on out.

## Career

On September 26, 2016, DBG created his Plotagon account and three days later, he posted his first plot, "HIP: Season 1 Episode 1". It centers on HIP (which stands for “Homeless Injured Person”), who goes around town committing heinous crimes. The show would run until September 2017, it was intended that the series would go on hiatus temporarily, to allow the production to begin on a movie, HIP 2, however the movie would be cancelled along with the original seties (though HIP 2 would briefly be revived in February 2020 before quickly being cancelled due to a lack of viewers).

The series, along with some short plots he would make in between, continued being made with slowly growing success.

### LazyTown

On June 4, 2017, he posted the first part of his first completed feature-length film, *Lazytown: The Movie*, based upon the Icelandic children's television program. Enthusiasm was shown for the film until its completion on October 19, 2017. The film overall received positive reviews, but as time went on, its flaws were getting more noticed and DBG and his fans consider the film to be dated.

After completing *LazyTown: The Movie*, DBG started production on *LazyTown 2: Trashy's Revenge* on November 13, 2017. The film faced many hiatuses and production issues, with DBG almost cancelling the film at one point. The film was finally completed on April 5, 2019, leaving DBG completely unsatisfied.

In September 2018, during production of *LazyTown 2*, DBG started production on a director's cut of *LazyTown: The Movie*, which extended the runtime and overall quality of the original cut. It was completed in October 2018.

After the completion of LazyTown 2, DBG attempted to make another sequel titled *LazyTown 3: Mindgames*, which would later end up being cancelled due to production problems and DBG's dissatisfaction with what was completed of the movie. The film's cancelation practically killed the series for a while.

However, on September 8, 2021. DBG expressed interest in making a new LazyTown film, but he said it would be his last one. It also would ignore the events of *Trashy's Revenge*. This new sequel was named *LazyTown II: The Rotten Chase*. This however, would later be scrapped as well.

### Happy Wheels

On June 15, 2017, DBG posted the first part of *Happy Wheels: The Movie*, which would have kick-started the *Happy Wheels* franchise based upon the online game by Jim Bonacci, but due to lack of interest in the project, he stopped production on January 2, 2018 after completing seven parts. The day after its cancellation, DBG started the project over and created *Happy Wheels: Chaos Ensues*, which was completed on April 19, 2018 to positive reception. However, DBG started giving the original project a second chance by releasing part 8 on November 7, 2018. Only this and part 9 were completed before the film was cancelled a second time on April 7th 2020. A supercut of the completed footage was released on October 19, 2020.

An extended cut of *Chaos Ensues* started production in November 2018, but was on long hiatus until September 2019 and was finally completed in November 2019. A supercut of the regular extended cut was not released until November 18, 2020, almost 10 months after the release of an "EXTRA Extended Cut". The EXTRA Extended Cut contains about 10 minutes of extra footage, which was made in December 2019 through January 2020. DBG would later express his dislike for these extended cuts. With his newfound hatred for the previous extended cuts, DBG announced that he would be making a new extended cut, with the name of *The Super Chaotic Edition*.

On June 18, 2018, production started on *Happy Wheels 2: Virtual Madness*. Like *Lazytown 2*, the film faced a few hiatuses and production issues, but the film was completed on August 16, 2019 and received critical acclaim, being declared the best movie DBG has ever created, a sentiment DBG agrees with. Though in recent times, he still enjoys the movie, he stated that there were things that didn't sit well with him in Happy Wheels 2, and thusly announced a Director's Cut of the movie, subtitled *The SUPER DUPER ULTRA DELUXE DLC EDITION.*

After the success of the livestream for his most popular film, *Happy Wheels 2: Virtual Madness*, DBG launched a teaser trailer for the third film in the *Happy Wheels* franchise, *Happy Wheels 3: Multi-Insanity*. The film is set to be released sometime in 2023.

### The Forgotten Atlantic Kingdom

On March 27, 2017, DBG posted the first part of his first attempt at a feature-length film, *The Forgotten Atlantic Kingdom*. It was going nowhere, so it was quickly scrapped after the third part was completed. In 2018, DBG attempted not to revive the film, but to remake it from scratch. He had high hopes for the preview when it was published to YouTube on March 2020, but it was ultimately cancelled on November 6, 2020 due to lack of attention to it and lost interest.

In 2021, DBG announced plans to write a film called *Wiktor Heggins and The Lost Gold Desert*, with Sammy Knight likely being the director. This film will be a reworking of The Forgotten Atlantic Kingdom. This plan has since fallen through, and the project has been cancelled.

### Period of depression

At some point in 2019, DBG started to develop depression, this was made worse by personal problems in real life and his channel's declining performance.

By late 2019, DBG recalls "absolutely hating making videos" and desperately hoping for his past active viewers to come back.

He also recalls often "being pathetically fake" with his viewers, saying that he disguised how much he hated his viewers.

By January-February 2020, DBG started to lash out at viewers, being fed up with "being ignored", he also started to either threaten to cancel projects, like *LazyTown 3*, or flat out kill off other projects.

By March 2020, DBG describes being at "the lowest point in my life at that point", and by this time, DBG started to contemplate suicide, or quitting YT, and was lashing out at viewers even more than ever, two such incidents was when DBG lashed out at the then retired plotagonist JPW Pictures, berating him in a series of comments for "not being there for him", and when the first Happy Wheels 2 live stream failed.

Another contribution to DBG's depression, was the failure of the preview for the 2020 version of The Forgotten Atlantic Kingdom, DBG recalled "feeling like a total failure" at this point in 2020.

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### Second retirement from Plotagon (2022-Present)

In July 2022, Aaron again stated that he was going to retire from Plotagon after he completes Happy Wheels 3, this time stating that his interest in the app has been "practically nonexistent", he also states that he is likely never to return to Plotagon.

Aaron also stated that he is again planning to move on to live action filmmaking at some point in the future, some projects that were meant to be done in Plotagon are now planned to be done in live action, whereas others are in limbo or permanently cancelled.

## Other Cancelled Projects

On October 7, 2017, DBG started making "HIP 2", which was a continuation of the HIP series and sequel to his short film "HIP: The Evil Journey Begins". It was quickly cancelled on April 13, 2018 and he attempted to replace it with a reboot of the series, *HIP: Evil Begins*, which would have been a feature-length film based on HIP. Production started on April 20, 2018 and cancelled in Summer 2019 due to its lack of progress and DBG did not feel it would be satisfactory, labelling it as "average".

On February 28, 2018, DBG started production on *redrieW Wonderland*, which would have been a feature-length film that would allow him to goof off. The fifth part was published on March 1, 2018 and he would have posted part 6, but production issues aroused and he was unable to post it. The film was ultimately cancelled on October 25, 2018 due to lack of interest and production. He initially despised the film, but saw that the film could have had potential had the plot been executed well.

On December 31st, 2018, DBG started work on a film adaptation of edutainment horror game Baldi's Basics, titled *Baldi's Basics: The Movie.* He only made five parts of the film before cancelling it on January 26th, 2021 due to lack of interest, underperformance, and the game losing popularity.

Sometime in 2019, DBG got an idea for a thriller/mystery movie, which was inspired by a dream his father had, where he got accused of something he didn't do. The film's title was *Victimized*, and the film would be about a man named Nathan Dryers, who is accused of a robbery (which culminated in someone being murdered), something he didn't do. Nathan then tries to find who actually committed the crime, and bring him to justice. In August 2021, DBG confirmed in a Discord chatroom, that the project was officially dead, due to him losing interest in the project. DBG would then use the protagonists name in Victimized, Nathan Dryers, for another movie, The Online Facade. DBG would also describe an upcoming movie *Paranoid Anxiety*, as a very heavily altered version of Victimized.

In early 2020, DBG started thinking of an idea for a movie that would be known as *The Rebels.* He released a video asking viewers if it looked like a movie they would see, most users said that they would see it. However, this movie would be shelved due to his depression, lack of motivation and him losing interest in the film. DBG would later also say of the project.

"I came up with that idea for that movie when I was in my darkest period of my life so far... That project was utterly loathsome and very unpleasant. It was supposed to practically be a big middle finger to those who were not supporting my movies at the time. The story I had come up with for that movie was also very repulsive, and completely despicable. I am so embarrassed at that movie, that I won't tell you guys the plot for it. It was such a bitter and angry movie. ...I am so happy it never got made, as in all honesty, it would've likely ended up being one of, if not THE worst Plotagon movie ever."

According to some supercuts to his cancelled movies, DBG also planned to have sequels to a lot of his cancelled movies. These were obviously cancelled when the planned first film(s) were cancelled.

## Personal Life

in September 2021, DBG announced that he has Autism. He also has ADHD.

He grew up in a devoutly Christian upbringing. Throughout 2019- some part of 2021, he was an "Agnostic-atheist", however he changed his mind throughout 2021 and 2022, and now considers himself a Christian.

## Filmography

Directed features
 2018