Neurotically Yours

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Foamy the Squirrel, the main character of Neurotically Yours.

Neurotically Yours is a flash cartoon series created by iLL WiLL PreSS (the online pseudonym of Jonathan Ian Mathers, and the name of his online company) about a squirrel named Foamy. The cartoons are mainly located on the Ill Will Press website, in addition to numerous external websites, such as Friends of Foamy.com and Newgrounds.

A new episode of Neurotically Yours is posted approximately every two weeks on Thursdays. To date, there are over 100 official episodes of Foamy and his shenanigans. There are also a number of fan-produced episodes circulated among various fansites on the Internet, along with 3 DVDs which contain unreleased cartoons and test animations.

1 History
2 Characters
3 Foamy's Rants
4 Merchandise
5 Foamy Card Cult
6 Notes
7 External links

[edit] History

One review has described the comic as being a mix of "Tim Burton, Ren Höek (Ren & Stimpy), Jhonen Vasquez, early Simpsons and a heaping dose of misanthropy."[1]

The cartoon was originally hosted on "www.4yrecords.com". It was later taken down and everything moved to the show's current homepage, "www.illwillpress.com." The original strips are no longer available, except for the very few early "Foamy's rants" from the 4y Records Archive.

The first cartoon on the Internet was "Distractions," followed by "Pen of Doom", uploaded to Newgrounds in December 2002 [2]. It was followed by "Squirrel Pulpy Fiction Thingy," (a controversial and very violent game; its title appears to take on the high levels of violence in Quentin Tarantino films) in January 2003 [3]. These two have been later removed, with the explanation on Squirrel Pulpy Fiction Thingy that "I got bored with it and I'm sure it's warped enough minds ^_^."

The only one of these "un-numbered originals" that remains on the popular site is a short based on a skit from the comic, named "The Joyful Suicides Of Reese Witherly," which has been on Newgrounds since March 2004 [4].

Other "un-numbered originals" are at the Friends of Foamy fansite, "Maid of Horror" (2003) . "Innuendo Stare Down" (dating also from 2003) is a clip of Germaine with a lollipop. These originals are characterized by poor animation and audio quality in comparison with later episodes.

An official episode was summited on 9 June 2004 then "blammed" on 5 April 2006 from Newgrounds called 'Rules For The Masses'[5].

There is also the unofficial 'iLLegal Immigrant Special', which was submitted to Newgrounds on 29 March and was "blammed" on 2 April[6].

[edit] Characters

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Foamy - An outspoken, highly opinionated squirrel whose rants and often expletive-ridden protests include various topics. Foamy is the leader of his own cult, known, appropriately enough, as the "Foamy Card Cult". Also has an ambiguous power called "squirrely wrath", which, among other things, allows him to throw acorns with such precision and force as to violently decapitate a human. Foamy occasionally answers fan mail, his replies always being signed "Your Lord and Master, Foamy". He always appears mouthless when talking.
Germaine - Foamy's main human friend and "owner." She is depicted as a Wiccan and thinks that no one appreciates her creativity. Some say she has spooky powers. When the author decides to reward (or draw) viewers with a little fan-service, Germaine is always the target. She also freaks out whenever she gains some weight until she refers to all her clothes (more specifically bras) as "Man's torturous garments of oppression." Recently her character design was changed to appear more realistic, as creator Jonathan Mathers was, among other things, getting tired of having her compared to Tim Burton and/or Jhonen Vasquez characters. She is a misanthropic girl with purple hair, normally wearing goth clothing , and has a habit of belching out loud randomly. The actress for her voice is Dawn Bennett.
Pilz-E - Another squirrel and one of Foamy's friends. He wears big glasses, suffers from a genetic disability known as "eye stigmata" (which is revealed in the episode of the same name), and is always on some sort of medication to treat his ailments: depression, Attention Deficit Disorder, stopping his feet from turning blue, death (though he claims to have pills to cure the death), etc. Pilz-E speaks extremely quickly, almost to the point of gibberish. Some believe he is addicted to coffee (revealed in episode 65, "So I Said to My Doctor"). He is also believed to be based at least partially on "Woody Allen on crack" (revealed in episode 27, "Nuts to You", "Nuts to You" was also the episode that marked Pilz-E's first appearance). Pilz-E seems to be gifted in the art of voodoo, which he calls voodeedoo (revealed in episode 86 with the same name).
Begley - A squirrel with a purple mohawk who speaks with an English accent. He is also a friend of Foamy's. Begley was once in prison for 18 months for calling the Queen of England a wanker. Whenever Germaine is beset by the sexual aspects of society, Begley is often the one shown offering opinions and advice.
The Hatta - A black squirrel named Leroy who chooses to go by the name "Hatta" or "The Hatta," and rants on things as Foamy does. He wears a giant top hat and has an afro-like tail with an afro pick, and has a double standard for racist remarks. "Everybody's a racist. Except for me of course, 'cause I'm black." An obvious parody of the Mad Hatter, a fictional character from Alice in Wonderland.
The Pizza Delivery Boy - A pizza delivery boy who is often seen stalking Germaine. The pizza delivery boy is never referred to by name in the series. He is known to have an incredibly strong hate of Foamy, for curing Germaine of her magic breast enlargement. He apparently started a website containing nude photos of Germaine (http://www.germainenude.com, revealed in episode 77, "Open Mic Night 2").
Franklin - A human intended to represent corporate greed and propaganda, Franklin works at the Star-Schmucks coffee-house establishment, and appears to be homosexual, while disregarding Foamy's name-calling of being homosexual. He is also overly flamboyant.
Mammed Udi - Mammed is an Indian who works for the Smell Tech Computer Company (a parody of Dell) as tech support. He constantly repeats himself, asks ridiculous questions ("Do you like the ice cream?") and talks in riddles. One can hardly blame his eccentricities, though; apparently, Smell's 24-7, 365-days-a-year tech support team consists entirely of him. When Foamy asks him about this, Mammed replies, "I thought they were out of their minds as well... but apparently I am VERY versatile." If he even stops working for only one second he gets shocked by a monkey with a taser (who he calls a 'shocky monkey').

[edit] Foamy's Rants

A part of Foamy's episodes revolve around rants. The premises of his rants to date:

People he hates, like people who ask for advice and don't take it or people who stalk their ex-girlfriends. [7]
People blaming others for their problems, like people suing fast food restaurants for being fat.
People who take children who cry and scream to restaurants.
People who don't speak the language of the country they're in. [8]
How he hates reality shows because they rarely resemble reality. [9]
Diet menus at fast food restaurants.
The Atkins Diet, which he calls the "Fat-kins diet."
Starbucks terminology of "tall, grande, venti" for cup sizes instead of small, medium, and large.
The word "riveting" when used by movie critics. [10]
People who turn everything into a double entendre.
Drunken idiots. [11]
Cell Phones and Car Ads.
People lobbying for medicinal marijuana, and people who use psychiatric medication.
People who complain about being depressed.
People who use the words "phat," 'bling bling, any word ending in "-izzle," and "mah baby fatha" and "sticks to your ribs", and also "blinga blinga babah".
People complaining about the word "Christmas".
Problems with Halloween not being scary or original.
Fanmail, especially fanmail letters asking to see Germaine nude, or Foamy nude, or both.

[edit] Merchandise

The Neurotically Yours Volume 1 DVD (original non-"Play All" version)

Mathers has released merchandise that can be bought on his website, as well as the specialty store, Hot Topic and online store CafePress. These include:

Neurotically Yours Volume 1 (DVD; includes episodes 1-35)
Neurotically Yours Volume 2 (DVD; includes episodes 36-70)
Neurotically Yours Volume 3 (DVD; includes episodes 71-105)
Rants for the Masses (audio CD; 41 tracks)
Habla Inglese Por Favore^[1] (audio CD; 34 tracks)
Veins In My Head (audio CD; 33 tracks)
Entertaining Ulcers (audio CD; 38 tracks)
Foamy Live at GBCB's (audio CD; 30 tracks)
T-shirts
Posters
Stickers
Coffee mugs

Since their first pressings, each of the DVDs has been redesigned to include a "Play All" feature rather than force the viewer to select each episode individually. The different versions can be recognized by their DVD covers; the cover art on iLL WiLL PreSS's store depicts the revised editions. With the exception of Foamy Live at GBCB's, the Neurotically Yours audio CDs are available for purchase on iTunes at the same price as their packaged counterparts.

The iLL WiLL PreSS store also sells a series of audio CDs with acoustic music by Mathers; these are unrelated to Neurotically Yours, although one album contains demo versions of songs from Foamy Live at GBCB's.

[edit] Foamy Card Cult

The Foamy Card Cult was created by Foamy in the episode with the same name. The cult consists of cards that can be found on iLLWiLLPreSS. There are instructions on how to obtain and transfer the card to others. The only purpose given for this cult is "Meet people, scare strangers, warp the masses... 'cause you know you wanna." [12]