The Adventure Zone Amnesty Animatic - "The PHOON" 

Aubrey: "This is exactly how he would want to die" Me: *loud sobbing*

Clint: Ned doesn’t have a beard. The entire fanbase: it’s amazing how you’re somehow incorrect about something you’re right about.

i love that you made duck know in-character what a phoon is and look traumatised by it because now i can't stop picturing him as a kid in summer going to kepler's public pool and a younger but no less crooked ned being that asshole that goes to the pool with the sole purpose of phooning people. the odd beginnings of a lasting friendship.

Aubrey: [awed whispering] *the perfect phoon*

I love how Griffin had the DANKEST music made, like the kind you'd see in a horror movie where the killer is chasing you and there's no way out and then just. Phoon.

I would have loved if Griffin then said "You disrupted the attack of the abomination, so you don't take any harm from that." then wait for sounds of appreciation before adding "You do take 2 harm from the phoon."

I am *breathless* Your Ned is the most perfect Ren and Stimpy guest starring Dr. Eggman abomination in the history of animation

How Ned would want to die? Oh, Aubrey. Ned would never die diving face first into a Monster.

I love how Duck seems to have a perfect understanding of the water destruction that is coming, but Aubrey is just confused and a bit sickened. Great facial expressions, man, you really nailed it!

oh my gosh the rose makes absolute sense because Aubrey is a stage magician i love this

PENANCE

AUBREY LAYING THE ROSE DOWN ON NED OMFG...this is so good holy shit

P E N A N C E

I love how Duck's crying at Ned's "imposing form" XD

Duck's tears I'm dying

jesus all of the cinematography and staging in this is INSANELY GOOD i was so drawn in to this perfect phoon.... u made the perfect phoon even more perfect

"This is exactly how he would want to die"

I love how you wove the out-of-character chatter into the scene. Marvelous!

I'm not going to lie, this scene here is what ultimately sold me on Amnesty and had me grinning until my face hurt. Your animation and the way you captured this entire scene had me snorting. I made probably the most disgusting sounds in my life just now. Thank you.

your style for the characters is really great and the way you bring the mcelboys actually talking into their playing is really cute and fun!! and its almost like?? really cartoony? the way everything is more exaggerated and silly and AH its just so good????? this deserves so much more attention holy heck dude this is just,, so good AND THE LIGHTING UNDERWATER OOF AND THE TITLE in that like HORROR MOVIE TEXT the like?? ELASTICITY and squish/pull is so good and it gives so much movement and ?? i wish i knew more about art but just geez this is so good dude and i love the expressions and the way you draw the mcelboys!! also i mega love duck taking off him glasses dramatically and griffins little laugh and the splash transition from the little demonstration back to him talking!! and the music choice is peak as all hell and i love the credits even n just??? i could probably go on for hours dude, it's all just,, so frickin good!

Thank god for this video, I could not fathom what a phoon looked like.

0:51 My GOD that’s a spectacular art style. Your depiction of Ned is something out of a professional cartoon. Stellar character design, my friend.

I like the implication that Aubrey just always has a rose on her

God, I lost it when the surf music kicked in. Excellent work.

I feel like this is the perfect animatic to show someone who wants to understand the exact mix of awesome and hilariously goofy that makes the adventure zone so fun. Great job!

A moment of silence for the perfect phoon, and the man that made it happen. ;_;7

the penance and "how he'd want to die" comments make a lot more sense now

Now THIS is the quality of animatics I want to see.

THE PERFECT 'PHOON

Yes! I'm so glad Amnesty is getting animated, and you picked one of my favorite family moments, too!

this is the animatic this scene deserves. fucking incredible

GOD THIS IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL THE EXPRESSIONS?? THE DESIGNS?? AMAZING THE CINEMATOGRAPHY OF THIS IS SO?? AMAZING??? GODBLESS YOU MAN THIS IS TOP QUALITY

I can see this being animated like the movie Atlantis. Anyone else?

This is a goddamn masterpiece

I love how Justin the oldest brother just seems traumatized by this dive and Griffin just doesn't know what it is. Like where in their shared family history did the Phoon stop

I LOVE the cut from Clint looking nervous, to Stern with his badge, to Ned looking nervous. Such a stellar thing to add to the dialogue

“This is exactly how he’d want to die” Now I’m feeling shit again

Aubrey’s expression at 0:53 had me in tears 😂😂 So glad this scene’s getting some love. You did a really great job!

I knew the phoon was going to be good when he introduced it, "Invented by my cousin - Tom Neil."

Ned reminds me of "Cow And Chicken" and i love it so much? The tiny details, the toe wriggling, the diagrams, *penance*, and the design of those good good boys??? I am so in Love.

This is so good. It has such good Clint energy.

everything from your designs to expressions is perfect. thank you

BRUH AUBREY AT THE END MADE ME HAVE WAR FLASHBACKS

I watch this once a week religiously.

"It might disrupt the water tension....a bit"

THE DREADED PHOON SO MANY CHILDHOOD SUMMER DAYS HAVE BEEN WRECKED BY THE POWER OF THE PHOON

man this is something that hurts so much more after seeing the recent episodes of amnesty

Man, Neds such a great character, I do hope nothing bad happens to him.

This especially goes for duck, but I love the way all of the characters look in this. Duck's appearance is my new head cannon

This is just too perfect... like your designs are so good, Ned is so distinct from Merle but still the figure Clint intended to make and the poses are so fluid and... and how impressed Aubry and Duck became after watching this ultimate phoon!!! I'm constantly searching for new TAZ fan animations but you bring something so powerful to the table it elevated to a new level! 😍😍😂😂😂

Dude this was awesome, i loved the horror writing of the title, the character design was sick, and the motion and expressions were incredible well done man

Everything about the way you designed Ned is hilarious.

this is so perfect!! so expressive and dynamic!!! wonderful job!

I don’t see enough people complimenting your Duck design, because it is fucking gold. I never had a good way of imagining Duck in my head, but I really like this interpretation. His broom handle mustache, the glasses, the mullet, it’s a perfect way to design like a burned-out burnout like Duck

Holy shit penance is so much more powerful now

IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOR TWENTY MINUTES I LOVE IT SO MUCH

i love how you drew ned like a background human character in the angry beavers

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS EVERY PART OF THIS IS BEAUTIFUL AND I WAS REALLY HOPING SOMEONE WOULD DO THIS BECAUSE I WAS HAVING A LOT OF TROUBLE IMAGINING SOMETHING SO BEAUTIFUL

The look of determination on neds face... 10/10

That moment at the end is kinda heartbreaking now.

Duck tearing up with his hand over his heart in salute to the perfect Phoon kills me every time.

oh my god this is a pinnacle of timing, comedy, and art, thank you for sharing this incredible work

all these characters are so shaped. love it

God, I was so hoping this would get animated. I never hoped for it to be done so incredibly though. Like damn, that action sequence is full of frames and interesting angles and shapes. Fuckin' masterpiece.

*yes* I joked on tumblr a while back that I'd love to see an animatic of the phoon, and this did not disappoint!

I remember when I first saw this, having not touched Amnesty and not even finished Balance. I thought this was a lab setting, with this sort of doctor-stuck-in-his-own-experiment-course thing, with Ned this innovating professor scientist-type person, Aubery thus badass older biker lady and Duck.. I didn't know WHAT Duck was. A scout leader? Camp counsellor? A teacher? How wrong I was.

Beautiful. Awesome character design!

When the summer pool music starts playing you know it’s getting good.

it's gonna take me ten minutes to watch this because your ned design keeps sending me into hysterics and then duck's facial expressions deliver the final blow and kill me. i keep having to resurrect to finish this fucking astounding video 1111111/10

this is perfect and now i cant see ned any other way

Christ almighty these character designs are INCREDIBLE

i love everything! ur duck design is perfect

You know your animation is excellent when it becomes how I picture this scene whenever I relisten to Amnesty

I had no idea wtf a phoon would look like, so I did a search, I was NOT disappointed. Thank you for teaching me the power of a phoon

I'm glad they describe it as: *Neds imposing form*

Inverted phoons are a lot of fun. Painful but fun. If you land on your back while aiming your legs and arms up, you can sort of target the water that claps together after your back hits.

I listened to this bit, IMMEDIATELY went to RU-vid and was not disappointed thank you sir

I honestly forgot about this moment and now im laying in bed, cackling like a absolute mad person

Words can not express how good this is

I was doing a re-listen to Amnesty and when this scene comes up, your animatic just popped in to my head.

I started re-listening to Amnesty recently, and remembering this video made the moment in the episode even more special.

These designs aren't how I pictured these three but god, they're BETTER. I love this animatic so much. You do the slow-mo 'phoon much justice, my friend

This is the FUNNIEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN. JEEZ. Amnesty honestly needs more animations like this!!

KADEN WESTBROOK!! this is by far my favorite amnesty animatic, the character designs are IMPECCABLE, the SHAPES oml its perfect 🤩

"So it is both punishment for the other people in the pool, but mostly a way that one might give penance for something terrible they’ve done." Hhhhhhh

I freaking love your character design for Ned so much.

This scene was hysterical!!! Thank you so much for animating it

NED IS IN A WHOLE DIFFERENT ART STYLE! I'M CRYING

Honestly, aside from the amazing animatic, this was really really good for explaining exactly what a phoon would look like (I had no idea what a jackknife dive was so I just was confused the whole time he was describing it).

All of your character designs are fantastic omg

Absolutely stunning

The faces are absolutely fantastic! This is so good!

This is so great, really solid character design and boarding and the addition of that music is just so great

This is so beautiful....GOD BLESS YOU KADEN

the music made me CACKLE. but seriously, loved this animatic. it really helped me picture the scene!

that was the most glorious thing I've ever seen you staged it so well and the expressions and the motion and the frickin surf shimmy.... thank you god for blessing us upon this day

Been waiting for someone to animate this!

Simply marvelous.

I am in literal tears, this is the best video I've ever seen in my life. Such majesty conveyed.

I LOVE THIS ART STYLE AND THE WAY THEY LOOK PLEASE MORE