When He Sees Me - Waitress (ANIMATIC) 

"but what scares me the most" *frustratingly eats Oreo*

I have a southern accent and i don’t know if the actress who sang this actually has a southern accent, but the way she sings the high notes is literally perfect.

*He could be a psychopath* Dawn, sweetie, this isn't Heathers.

Dawn: I'M NOT DEFENSIVE *says making a defensive face*

All I could think was: “What scares me the most. What scares me the most...” *munch munch*

Fun fact (not really fun actually quite sad): waitress was based on a movie by Adrienne Shelly. She was an incredibly talented actress but on November 1st 2006 she was found dead in her office/apartment. It was ruled as a suicide but after further investigation it was revealed that it was actually a murder. Rip Adrienne 💖🕊

when u hear a song for the first time and know in 24 hours it's going to be the only thing you listen to

This woman has talent if she's able to eat an oreo and still sing that perfect-

I love the way she says "I'm not DEFENSIVE!!"

When she leaned against the door all I thought was Mi ch a e l in the ba t h rooom

The fact that she mentions lovely eyes… I realized now that it’s not exactly about PRETTY eyes… it’s about eyes that look at you in this way… just this way… that lets you know, out of everyone in the world, you are the person that they want to see the most… it leaves an impression

Great....another musical that I'm gonna become obsessed with. Thanks very much.

a W 1. THIS IS SO GOOD AND CUTE 2. I LOVE WAITRESS

"I could end up a MISRIBLE WIFE!!!!" Customer: ummmmmm can i order now?

You like Heathers, Steven Universe, AND WAITRESS? Leave it to Sangled to draw the best Kimiko Glenn and throw in references.

I'm learning how to sing this song for the soul purpose of bursting out into it when my friends bug me about a guy.

Holy fuck dude You've really outdone yourself on this one, this is so incredibly excellent??

"HE COULD BE COLORBLIND!" *Has a friend who's colorblind...*

wow that's quality animation. It's getting way better! Thanks for making this

The real question is... Where did she put the other Oreo Cookie? (Questions Science still cannot answer)

Lyrics I stick with real things Usually facts and figures When information's in its place I minimize the guessing game Guess what? I don't like guessing games Or when I feel things Before I know the feelings How am I supposed to operate If I'm just tossed around by fate? Like on an unexpected date? The stranger who might talk too fast Or ask me questions about myself Before I've decided that He can ask me questions about myself He might sit too close Or call the waiter by his first name Or eat Oreos But eat the cookie before the cream? But what scares me the most what scares me the most Is what if when he sees me, what if he doesn't like it? What if he runs the other way and I can't hide from it? What happens then? If when he knows me, he's only disappointed? What if I give myself away, to only get it given back? I couldn't live with that So, I'm just fine, inside my shell-shaped mind This way I get the best view So, when he sees me, I want him to I'm not defensive I'm simply being cautious I can't risk reckless dating Due to my miscalculating While a certain suitor stands in line I've seen in movies Most made for television You cannot be too careful When it comes to sharing your life I could end up a miserable wife He could be criminal, some sort of psychopath who escaped from an institution, somewhere where they don't have girls He could have masterminded some way to find me He could be colorblind How untrustworthy is that He could be less than kind Or even worse he could be very nice, have lovely eyes And make me laugh, come out of hiding What do I do with that? Oh, God What if when he sees me I like him and he knows it? What if he opens up a door And I can't close it? What happens then? If when he holds me My heart is set in motion I'm not prepared for that I'm scared of breaking open But still I can't help from hoping To find someone to talk to Who likes the way I am Someone who when he sees me Wants to again

Damn, the line "I'm not prepared for that, I'm scared of brakin' open" at 2:58 never fails to give me shivers. What a beautiful performance from the singer in the musical, and also a great animatic as well that portrays it so nicely.

Wow. I've never even HEARD of Waitress and I'm already emotionally invested. Thank you for getting me absolutely addicted to another musical.

I've never seen waitress, but I've seen a ton of animations of this song (cause I love this character) and this is the best one by FAR! The art style is adorable, the timing is on point, the jokes land, I wanna see this animator go far!

This is me af, southern and anxious xD

What is it with her bothering the customers... Dawn: I could end up A MISERABLE WIFE!!! The Customer:(sweating excessively) When there's a musical number, it's best to stay away from the one singing.

I like how her voice sounds so awkward and dorky but so pretty.

Dawn is a pure bean

when she says, "he could be color~blind!?!" she changes into the colors of *red*, *yellow*, and *green*..... *cough*Heathers*cough*

Or he eats Oreos *Agressivly eats Oreo*

i love how there was interpretation in this one. it rlly makes your animatic unique because you didn't just follow what the play did or what the lyrics explicitly said ahhh i love it. also your art style reminds me of steven universe!!

When the staircase turns into a slide and she slips down. It's such a perfect way to represent uncontrollably falling in love, it starts slow, just a few steps, and then you start slipping further and your heart just does what it wants.

"this'll probably be the only waitress animatic i'll do :0" H O P E S D E L E T E D

I stick with real things Usually facts and figures When information's in its place I minimize the guessing game Guess what? I don't like guessing games Or when I feel things Before I know the feelings How am I supposed to operate If I'm just tossed around by fate? Like on an unexpected date? The stranger who might talk too fast Or ask me questions about myself Before I've decided that He can ask me questions about myself He might sit too close Or call the waiter by his first name Or eat Oreos But eat the cookie before the cream? But what scares me the most what scares me the most Is what if when he sees me, what if he doesn't like it? What if he runs the other way and I can't hide from it? What happens then? If when he knows me, he's only disappointed? What if I give myself away, to only get it given back? I couldn't live with that So, I'm just fine, inside my shell-shaped mind This way I get the best view So, when he sees me, I want him to I'm not defensive I'm simply being cautious I can't risk reckless dating Due to my miscalculating While a certain suitor stands in line I've seen in movies Most made for television You cannot be too careful When it comes to sharing your life I could end up a miserable wife He could be criminal, some sort of psychopath who escaped from an institution, somewhere where they don't have girls He could have masterminded some way to find me He could be colorblind How untrustworthy is that He could be less than kind Or even worse he could be very nice, have lovely eyes And make me laugh, come out of hiding What do I do with that? Oh, God What if when he sees me I like him and he knows it? What if he opens up a door And I can't close it? What happens then? If when he holds me My heart is set in motion I'm not prepared for that I'm scared of breaking open But still I can't help from hoping To find someone to talk to Who likes the way I am Someone who when he sees me Wants to again

Me: Why does this song speak to me Inner Me: cause your a tormented, nervous, man who let's his past control him and stops him from making friends just cause your afraid to get hurt. Me: Yeah that's fair

Hey there! I haven't the faintest clue who you are, but your two-hours-old animatic showed up in my suggested feed and I'm so incredibly glad it did! Gorgeous animatic! So smooth, so clear, and this song is amazing! Awesome job!

Colleeen, YOU CAN DO THIS!!❤️

I am so glad you did this! This is an absolute favorite of mine. ❤️ Lovely job!!

Whoa......your heathers animatics made me like heathers.....now I'm intrigued with waitress....

Dawn: "I'm just being cautious" Some random guy: *sings the most red flaggy song ever* Dawn: I'll take your whole stock

(10:30) Oh cool an animatic, I love those. I'll just watch it once before I go to sleep. ..……........……….………................... (1:00)I'm sure watching it a few more times won't hurt, besides, sleep isn't THAT important for human survival.

I just keep coming back to this video. If they would've been able to choreograph this for the show it would've been truly unforgettable. The timing and the attitude in the pictures is amazing. Great job!

Dawn here is my advice: Just stay away from all types of romance and you’ll be fine! :D

omg this is done so well

If my panic before my first date with my crush was a musical piece it's exactly this. I was panicking about anything he does and say XD I was like: WHAT IF HE'S MANIPULATING ME?! WHAT IF HE DOESN'T LIKE ME?! WHAT IF HE BREAKS MY HEART?! WHAT IF HE'S ALLERGIC TO COFFEE?! WHAT IF HE'S COLOUR BLIND AND I WILL TRY TO EXPLAIN WHAT PURPLE IS LIKE LIKE THAT ONE TIME THIS HAPPENED TO ME?! WHAT IF- *my friend on the phone laughing hysterically*

ok but????? TALENT??

Well time to be obsessed with another musical thanks

“When he sees me, wants to again!” “WHEREVER YOU GO,I WONT BE FAR TO FOLLOW!!!” Does anyone else thing he heard her singing and just kinda decided that XD

This is the first Waitress Animatic ive seen and i already LOVE THIS SONG

Dawn is so cute in this omg. I mean, her actress is awesome and gorgeous in real life but animated Dawn is so

"But still I can't help from hoping to find someone to talk to,who likes the way I am" 3:05 This part hit me hard bc that is how i feel,i hope that i find my prince charming someday.😁

OMG YES I HAVE WAITED YEARS FOR THIS THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL ANIMATIC

ok now we just need - the negative - never ever ever getting rid of me -i didn't plan it - it only takes a taste -soft place to land? - bad idea - literally all the other songs in this musical

*this whole song hurts me, honestly most of its parts is too painfully relatable.*

HEhEHE the Orange is the New Black reference :')

Not the fact that she said what if he’s colorblind and went how untrustworthy is that CRAZYYY

I love how she sounds more scared that he could be colorblind than that he could be a master criminal

It wasn't until I actually looked up Kimiko's performance that I fully realized just how amazing your animation is. KG's take is (sorry to the other actresses) the premier version of this song and character in general. The soaring airiness of her voice is the perfect amount of whimsy, and her awkward dorkiness had edges in all the right places. The contrast between the two only makes the dork more dorky and the whimsy more whimsical. But here's the thing, I THOUGHT you had been punching UP the comedy with your various beats, but if anything you were subdued by comparison. The physical side to Glenn's performance was practically stringing one awkward comedic beat into the next. It was a genuine challenge to simply relish the beauty of her singing while being distracted by everything going on. By toning down the comedic side, and then indulging in depictions that revolved around representing her turmoil, you cranked the hesitant romantic pureness of this song (which was already impressive) up to 11. In a way, that may actually make this the truer representation of this song; not playing up how awkward and socially inept she was being in reality, but narrowing in on only the desperate hopes within her heart as they struggled against her own self-doubts. The rest of the world? Unimportant. EDIT: Playing this several times in a day leaves me even more to say; - The wry grin, flopping in frustration, banging on the counter all emphasized wonderfully how exasperated she was feeling. - Pulling her out from behind the counter for the start of her soaring number was an excellent move - the words "and I can't hide from it" are tied to taking off her glasses, a method used by people with glasses to "hide" by removing the details of the world around them, but you had her clean her glasses, keeping that aspect properly subtle - "to only get it given back" she puts her glasses back on. Having her feelings, and the harshness of reality literally thrown into her face. - Removing the random guys she randomly harrassed allowed the audience to fully focus on her thoughts and emotions. - Brought someone in for her to shake on "miserable wife" an act of silliness reminiscent to her antics on stage, but now it has been paired up with the portions of her lyrics in which she is actually indulging in irrational silliness. - Pulling her completely out of the world and into her own head for "he could be very kind" is perfect. This is the beautiful crescendo moment and having the diner and customers still there just pulls the audience out of this beautiful moment. - "find someone to talk to" you have the door not closing properly, but she also makes sure that it's not closed herself. You made a beautiful song even more beautiful. Congrats.

I wasn't going to listen to this musical but this animatic has completely convinced me- this is adorable!!

When your so scared of being part of a masterminded plan that you grow an extra finger. (Love the animatic and I mean no harm.)

i feel like this song and your animatic capture the relationship anxiety perfectly. the way you had the stairs disappear, just hit so close to home for me someone who has some relationship anxiety and because of that has never dated and had trouble making friends. beautiful

When I saw the doors, I thought of Monsters, Inc. 😂

i love how eating the cookie before the cream on an oreo is one of the worst things she could think of

There were parts that were really smooth! Good job

oh my gosh I broke the replay button help

I love the subtle things she does in this animatic (Like cleaning her glasses, taking an Oreo and removing the cookie on top, etc.)

at 0:18 I thought she was dabbing. This is my life now

I realize that a lot of people can be defensive but does anyone actually consider things like this?

I am so obsessed with this video it makes no sense

When Dawn is literally you.

i can see connie from su singing this song XD

"but what if when he sees me, i like him and he knows it" yeah, that part.

2:12 wait was that an Orange Is The New Black reference?? :0

Okay but why is this animation so amazing?!? The style is too great and I just love it!!!!!

"What If I give myself away to only get given back?" aww for some reason I imagine handing out flyers of yerself then getting rejected haha :(

Is 2:13 a reference to Kimiko's role on Orange is The New Black?

"IM NOT DEFENSIVE!" *she says defensively, making a defensive face, and sings a whole song about being defensive

THIS IS SO WONDERFUL!!! I adore animatics that introduce me to new musicals that I go and get obsessed over :'D. But Dawn is precious, expressive, funny (BEAAAUTIFUL WIIIIIFE), and taking more time on it has definitely paid off! :D. (Am I the only one who thinks of Sadie from SU thinking about Lars?)

she's back

I relate so strongly to this song. I overcame this crushing feeling of fear of the unknown, but I still got a huge dose of approach anxiety. Though there's no describing for that longing feeling of partnership, finding someone you can connect to.

*sits quietly and prays for door number 3*

OMG the part with the doors... it’s so emotionally charged! I love the symbolic imagery in that segment!

Never been big on musicals, and it's my first time even hearing of this... but the combo of the fun songwriting, amazing note-hits and an animatic dripping with equal personality? For all the shit I give the youtube algorithm, it sometimes serves me a big fuckin' dessert sometimes

I met this girl. I mean, the girl this song is about. One of the millions of girls this song is about. A wonderful, beautiful, loveable girl who could just as easily be anyone else, anywhere else, and at any other time. I was lucky enough to meet her, after she’d been single for 10 years and was on the verge of giving up hope all together of finding love, after one man after another after another after another rejected her. After our second date, I told my brother “I will marry this one”, contradicting everything I had ever told him up to that point. I never thought I would find someone who I loved enough (and more to the point, who loved me enough) to marry. I still think back to the very early days of us dating, in those first few weeks, in dark vulnerable moments cuddling contentedly together in my bed and waiting for sleep to overcome us, she would whisper “please don’t leave me”, and I had no idea how to relate to her in a way that she could believe that I was here to stay. That was three years ago. I love her more than life, and my love for her only grows with every passing day. To anyone facing desperation: don’t give up hope. You matter, you are loved, and you will find happiness.

I like that when I discovered this video and watched it a dozen+ times, I was able to finally set it aside. And then RU-vid changed it's recommendations to make me watch old videos and this one resurfaces again and I have to start the pattern all over again.

I like how this has more views than the original

0:06 - 0:07 oooOh not even 10 seconds in and I'm already lovin it; I'm livin for dawn's lil head bop there 0:07 - 0:12 she's just gettin started a lil tame at first as she opens up to her pals- I love how just uwu how her body movements express this. 0:12 - 0:17 that quick lil drop of expression w/ the drop in the song is just perfect,,, then her exasperated look as when falls into character?? mmMYES 0:18 - 0:25 her head falls, she clenches her fists and gives out a little burst- this just conveys the song's lyrics and tune so well and mmm 0:29 - 0:30 that tiny frame where Dawn just spreads her arms and looks into the camera with the ladies kinda confused at her in the back- such smol details you're killin it 0:30 - 0:39 awwh you included that cute little ketchup n mustard scene~~ Becky just puttin' her hand on her shoulder AUGh

I swear this is adorable af

This song is good 1:36 is awesome to me

I can’t be the only one who got Dolly Parton vibes on some of her lines like “what do I do with that.”

I come back to this video at least 4 times each year

this is actually the best animatic i ever seen. and I've seen a lot

I think this is my favorite song of all time. I feel compelled to listen to it almost every single day and it has been like that for years now. I'm not sure why, but this song just tickles my brain in all the right places. And only the Kimiko Glenn version.

AAAAGGGHH THOSE LITTLE CUTE MOVEMENT DETAILSSSSS I'M IN LOVEEEEE

HE COULD BE COLORBLIND *Oh no, George*

When HEATHERS is your ex ALEXANDER HAMILTON is your bae, And then you see this and think... I'm not gonna cheat on Hamilton,I'm not gonna cheat on Hamilton... Do you know what I did!? *insert SAY NO TO THIS-Alexander Hamilton Soundtrack* I was alexander and WAITRESS is Maria Reynolds...

I don't know what this is but im obsessed o.o

I have watched this 20 times over the last 2 days. It's so good!

0:54 WHERE DI *D THE OR EO G O?!?*

Her "defensive" is so adorable like oxnxixixnxixnxj its so cuuuuuuute