Cabinet Man (Fan-Made Animatic) 

Holy cow I never thought my freshman year storyboard final would ever reach half a million views…Thank you all. 4 years and one pandemic later I’m finally graduating with my BFA. I hope to never stop making.

Reminder that the “change” is literally his lungs, when the boys ripped open the machine they LITERALLY ripped his lungs apart, along with his face, then vandalized his body

The idea that his consciousness is so intact that he can make decisions and be completely aware of his surroundings while his body rots and decomposes in the machine is the best take of this i’ve scene. The blood with the skeleton seems to imply that the wires have become like a vascular system, the machine is a like secondary living body holding on to his mind while his corpse lays dead inside. I just love this concept, it’s the creepiest version

the blank, unreadable screen of the cabinet is so much more unnerving than any of the animatics that give it a face.

When you realised this guy is consciously murdering dozens of people while he sits there, idk there something about the idea of a machine being fully conscience with working organs inside that are binder with the electronics that always disturbs but at the same time I love it.

I was staring at it bleeding on the ground waiting for it to do the thing. Thank you for delivering.

this doesnt even look like a animatic. the lines are so crisp and professional. i love this so much and your effort shows in it greatly. you are an amazing artist. keep ip the good work.

there is no doubt this is one of the best fan animations for spirit phone. the lines, the extra character given to the narrator, the fluidity of it, EVERYTHING brings it together to be such a perfect fit for the song. you have a load of talent!

This is one of the only few animations that actually give it some justice, and I love it because Cabinet Man was the first Lemon Demon song I heard, making me fall in love with Neil's songs

I’d say this is probably the only animatic that explains exactly what happened as the others just don’t explain how he’s in the machine. Edit: on a random note this is probably the most popular comment I have so kudos :)

The "File photo" of him just looking like a gremlin made me laugh so hard. That's gonna be me one day tbh.

UPDATE: Sorry to all deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers, I finally got the corrected captions up so you don't just see the [MUSIC] thing anymore!!

Oh so THATS what this song was about.

NES: (is created) Cabinet Man: well shit

I’m commenting this at nearly 1 am but I just saw that this hit 10,000 and I can’t thank everyone who’s sat through the video and enjoyed my work. It means the world to me.

I’m gonna be honest, I never really understood the song but holy hell this puts it to light

I cant imagine the smell he would leave, Wouldn’t anyone be worried about were the smell is coming from???XD

All of these nice comments make my heart absolutely MELT thank you all so much it means the absolute world to me to know you guys enjoyed my work

Wow the quality is so high, I can’t believe this only has 500 views. Btw nice touch uploading this on Christmas Eve haha

The scene showing the skeleton inside gave me chills 10/10 would watch again

Initial news report: arcade owner murdered and organs stolen After Christmas news report: ok so funny story

I'm so upset that I missed the chance to screen-cap my video receiving 69,420 views.

I have a small head-cannon that at 3:43 the little disturbance in his voice is him using the machine's speaker system to actually start talking so they goons can hear everything he says from then on making it 10x more terrifying

The "blood on their sneakers" part always gives me chills. Probably my favorite part.

The “Cabinet Boy” at 2:56 is genius, and I loved the blood on their sneakers part. It’s by far the coolest interpretation of what the story would look like!

Lyrics: The day they found me, I hadn't yet been played Inside my workshop behind the old arcade Electric desires had unraveled all my wires Now I'm in the box for safekeeping The news reporters reported that I died But all my organs were living on inside Circuit board to brain with two lungs collecting change One big human heart gently beeping You can't win me, I can't be beat I won't hurt you unless you cheat You can't see me behind the screen I'm half human and half machine Thank God for business, they let me take the floor I stood so proudly, like I was going to war Players soon appeared and I quickly was revered This must be what love would have felt like Such dedication, they came from miles away With eyes so piercing, they'd wait their turn to play In perfect patient lines because I was in their minds I could do whatever I felt like (Whatever I felt like) You can't win me, I can't be beat I won't hurt you unless you cheat You can't see me behind the screen I'm half human and half machine I'm happy for years and years And only eating the occasional maintenance man Only driving a few kids to madness Maybe they were predisposed to madness, who knows? I only want to have fun But now they're telling me my days here are done 'Cause there's a little tiny box they make in Japan And pretty soon it's gonna fit in your hand It's getting lonely, it's getting hard to breathe The arcade's empty, I think it's Christmas Eve Someone's broken in, now they're painting on my skin Breaking me and taking my quarters Bashing in my face with a crowbar Kicking me and pushing me over Now they see my blood on their sneakers You can't win me, I can't be beat I won't hurt you unless you cheat You can't see me behind the screen I'm half human and half machine

This truly deserves more attention! every character looks so unique and you firmed up the story to this song in a very satisfying way. Also, the Cabinet Man's skeleton at the end was such a light touch but it was unnerving in the best way.

This is still my favorite visualization of this song. The depiction of the person inside, the white eyes, the cords wrapping around people, the skull at the end... iconic

Bro I remember seeing this Xmas eve and being really upset the next day cause I couldn’t find it. Glad you got everything sorted. I love how well done this is! Keep up the good work!

This animatic is amazing! Ive been listening to this song so often recently that i kind of forgot what it felt like to hear it for the first time? But the visual storytelling in this animatic really helped me relive that vividly. Especially the beginning, which is not a thing many other animatics really ruminate on, but you did, which was really cool.

I hardly ever see animatics with this much extra storytelling added, and never done THIS WELL! You should be very proud.

He turned himself into an arcade cabinet funniest shit I've ever seen

This is a really tiny detail but i am in LOVE with how the lyrics/captions go into full capitalization in the last chorus. Just the static shot of the broken machine, slowly zooming in, is SO cryptic. The shot where you realize again that it’s (half) human.

I love how the song was interpreted and twisted right at the end. It feels like the cabinet was keeping a promise yet with animated context turned it into a threat.

this is fantastic!! all the cabinet man animatics are great and i'm glad there are so many super high quality ones like this!!

this is my personal favorite cabinet man animation

Okay but imagine you and the boys out vandalisin an arcade machine before Christmas keeps you indoors then it starts bleeding and ominously singing

I’m in utter disbelief at seeing my own video at 100k views, I can’t thank you all enough.

I’ve listened to this song so many times but 3:35 was the first time that part gave me chills. The storytelling with this is uncanny, and the way the shots are framed is really clever. I can’t wait to see more of your style!

he didn't even know what love felt like until he was inside the screen...sad

For me the ending part of the song where he gets broken is just one guy who breaks in and takes his shit. As he is walking away he sees the blood on his shoe. A fist rises from the broken screen and an inhuman combination of wires, flesh, and bone. The monster chases the man down until he tackles him and as the "Duh duh duh duh duh dah" part is what the monster is yelling as he caves in the man's head with the crowbar, swinging to the beat.

bro this animatic does not need to go as hard as it does. but it DOES and it's amazing

this is so incredibly professional that it blows my mind it was just made for fun. this serves as a lot of inspiration to get started on animatics of my own. thank you so much for this!

The concept of the song is ALOT MORE creepier with this,but is SOO good

3:33 YES HOLY SHIT I SCREAMED THE WAY THEIR EXPRESSIONS CHANGE- this is so perfect, i love it!!

The quality of this is insane and while watching it struck me I never fully processed the lyrics-

i never payed too much to lyrics when the chorus came up with the line "you can't see me behind the screen" i for some reason always imagined a wizard of oz kind of thing "pay no attention to the man behind the sheet". but with this animatic being.. basically a 1 to 1 translation of the lyrics i probably won't be able to unhear them now while listening in the future

just watched this like the fifth time and it was the first time id actually caught the face in the hole in the screen. dunno if i was just to focused on the blood or the song lmao. but then again this time i was watching *and* playing it on my ukulele so idk man

"...with two lungs colecting change." "It's geting hard to breath" "Breaking me and taking my quarters"

This is... *criminally* good. You have no idea how much I appreciate

I like the detail that he’s missing an arm( 2:32 as example) because one of his arms didn’t make it in Also and now they see there blood,on there sneakers BUm BUDUm

This was amazing, my only question is what was with the arm laying on the ground at the beginning after he put himself inside the arcade machine?

oh my god I can't believe I'm saying this in 2020, but the skull in the box gave me SEVERE fnaf vibes and I'm HERE for it

My mans really still had acne in his digi form

DUDE THIS GIVES ME VIBES IT LOOKS AWESOME

i like that you left out some of his body parts at around 0:43 since he couldn’t fit his entire body into the machine

The SCP potential that this gives off is criminal. Just, vengeful arcade man that eats people and causes the occasional bout of insanity.

this needs to become a scp

this is amazing! youre so talented! this mustve been hard work im so glad to see the final product

Wrote an entire character based off of this song. Here's their prompt: Evil, but tends to only attack if provoked. This character died but was brought back with a glitch of sorts. They could enter digital realms. They decided to become the character of their own game for a little while but eventually started driving people playing it into madness once they got bored. They managed to escape their own realm and now torment people by traumatizing them via every game they play until they descend into madness. If someone tries to stop them by destroying their device, hacking, or other means, they're found dead the next day with a note simply saying "Game over". Thoughts?

I'm sorry why is this in my recommended only now and why is it happening to so many people? Love lemon demon.

This animation literally clarified some of the lyrics and events in the song to me. Amazingly made, very creative and has a lovely style! Loved the "CabinetBoy" detail too!

This is probably the best crack at a music video for this song anyone's ever taken

This needs to be the official music video for this song. It’s fantastic and I love how you designed the characters and the backgrounds!

He does whatever a cabinet can

My favourite part of this song is "Now they see my blood ... on their sneakers" followed by the Reveal, so a massive thank you for doing it justice!! Not only is the visual of an arcade machine wounded & bleeding so compelling, but the reveal of the skeleton (& implied amalgamation) was just 😙👌 When the cables turned prehensile to exact vengeance, I audibly went "FUCK YES", it was SUPERB. Transcend the limitations of form, babey!! "I'm half human and half machine" and all monster!! I LOVE what u did with this animatic & the creative choices u made to convey the story. Keep it up, ur incredibly talented! 🌟

I can't lie this is my favorite thing right now. My favorite animatic ever.

wow.. I never "really" listened to the lyrics.. chilling. well done!!

It's such a zany yet horrifying story, it's just awesome

Man, the Wreck-It Ralph prequel is wild.

total madlad just turned himself into an arcade cabinet just for the hell of it

I will never be over the fact that supposedly the inspiration for this was Polybius and it now haunts me more than before Also this is the best animation for Cabinet Man I've ever seen and I'm honestly kinda shocked by the whole thing because its almost exactly like the animatic I had planned

THIS IS AMAZING. fits the song perfectly !

this is what we have that isnt aimkid

I love how every animation of this agrees those kids at the end GET GOT

I found out about this video like a yesterday, I love the execution of the story. However, I have question: What is going on during 2:33 - 2:34, where Cabinet Man is gripping a screwdriver? He is in the machine at this time, correct? He seems upset, for some reason? Is he not happy about fulfilling his "electric desires"? Is he feeling some regrets over his decision? He said that he was "happy for years and years" after that over that one part of the song, but how much of that is true?

This is very good, and I'm definitely subscribing to you for future work! I especially love the image of a skull in the arcade machine.

HOLY-- THE FREAKING SKULL DROPPING SCARED THE LIFE OUT OF ME

i am OBSESSED w this oh my god !!!!!!!

i absolutely adore this! the art and storytelling is brilliant! i've been constantly mourning the lack of spirit phone animatics so you've filled a hole in my heart, thank u for ur service

THIS IS MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE CABINET MAN VIDEO. It’s absolutely so great, and I love how the guy looks too, he makes me smile really big idk why.. either way this is so damn good! amazing work ❤️

possibly one of my favorite songs finally portrayed extremely well and i am absolutely captivayed

This is amazing! I can't overstate how great this is! Some definite skill and talent went into making this!

He’s kinda cute in an incel way (Dhdhg no but for real this is one of the best animatics I’ve seen on RU-vid, terrific job)

This is SO amazing, it fits so perfectly!!!

3:38 i think that lemon demon repeating that verse, is the machine talking to the robbers in a broken tone.

THATS WHAT ITS ABOUT?!?!? THATS SO FRIKEN COOL!!!! THIS MAKES WAYYY MORE SENSE!

The little “cabinet boy” just aaaaaahhhg it’s so cute

I love this! Its gorgeous, and your character art is so smooth and expressive, it has so much life! Theres so many different perspectives too, the art is crisp and clear and just fits together beautifully. I really love it!!!

This is absolutely flawless in every single way and I hope it gets animated in full some day. The only change I would make is adding a subtle detail to the workshop at the beginning in the background: A draft letter. The line in the song "I stood so proudly, like I was going to war!" always struck me as a bit odd in regards to the rest of the song, and I know I'm looking waaaay too far into this but considering the time frame this song takes place in has to be somewhere between the late 70's and early 80's (the Famicon, or"tiny little box in Japan" came out 1983), and the draft was reinstated in 1980, it'd make sense if getting a draft letter was the final push Cabinet Man needed to act upon his "electric desires". In my theorized time frame for the song he probably converts himself sometime in 1980 after recieving a draft letter, and he was active until 1983 when the video game crash killed most arcades and the NES would have been launched. HOWEVER he also mentions the Gameboy specifically, but does point out it will come out "pretty soon", so absolute best case scenario the arcade started declining in '83 and was basically abandoned by like '87 or '88. TL;DR: Cabinet Man is a draft dodge, yo.

THIS ONE. THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. THE BEST.

I've seen tons of fanmade videos to this song, but I think this is my favorite interpretation so far.

This is so disgusting (visually and when you think about it). I love it so much.

I was like "Please tell me he eats the children at the end" glad to say I wasn't disappointed

I just found this and god I love how you interpreted the song so much. Also your art is very epic I love

Showing off the guy as someone programming the games on the opposite side of the screen is pretty cool. 10/10

This has to be by far the greatest animation/animatic on this song I've ever seen! It's so creepy seeing the dude tied up in the wires after 'dying' such a cool take on the story!

Everybody gangster until the arcade cabinet starts bleeding

yes officer this is my gender

I’m still crying from the cabinet boy joke