Disclaimer:
This is an analysis and review of an episode of an animated series that content disturbing content, including one moment of violence involving blood and one moment of cannibalism. Reader discretion is advised.
While the teaser for Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft enticed tomb raiders with its potential to be an outstanding anime series based on the Survivor era of the Tomb Raider franchise [48] [75], the thirteenth episode of Salad Fingers intimated admirers of animation on YouTube a week after being released on David Firth’s Newgrounds account [26] [27]. Over a year ago, we were revolted at Salad Fingers laying eyes on a dog’s mutilated corpse. This year, the thirteenth chapter opened this year is titled “Harvest”. No reference to “The Harvest Moon Festival”, the fifth episode of the first season of Helluva Boss intended [43] [70] [71]. As sweet like cotton candy as this year’s Halloween-themed Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss merchandise was as a variety of treats [42] [44], the latest episode of Salad Fingers was quite a trick, even before the preparations for Halloween [26] [27]. If you are already unnerved, feel free to stick to preparing great new meals, such as home-baked pizza for a neighbourhood with the Home Chef Hustle Stuff pack for The Sims 4 if you are a simmer or race with Aladdin, Jasmine, Jafar, or the Genie in the fourth season of Disney Speedstorm if you are a Disney devotee [8] [58] [59] [60]. Otherwise, brace yourself as we delve into the distorted mind of Salad Fingers for the thirteenth time [26] [27].
Is Salad Fingers redeemable after grooming a dog’s corpse [25] [73] [74]? I guess so when it comes to being a fatherly figure once again… [26] [27]? But before that, he digs his fingers into the gravel and asks for a solution for the lack of crops, believing in Grandmother Growth in quite a religious manner, which appears to be a new aspect of his character…or just another bizarre state of mind. After a burial, he summons a monstrous plant-like creature whose design is insanely freaky with eyeballs as teeth, which could be just a hallucination, considering how mentally corrupted he has been throughout the series. Despite how his vocabulary is quite sophisticated, the melody he croons to a new character who will be discussed later sounds quite like a cult’s chant. Speaking of cult-like mannerisms, he teaches the new character about the great sand floor’s purpose in a way a cult’s leader would teach their followers. Too bad this Salad Fingers never got a chance to go to France for a reason that will also be explained later [20] [26] [27] [28], but I still suppose that it is just part of his imagination that tends to run wild at times.
I never knew that there was a fourth finger puppet until this episode [26] [27]. His name is “Melvin Wishcake” and sadly, he appears to be deceased due to his condition and how he was apparently a “rotten friend”, but at least his body was the vessel for summoning the creature that provides…eyeballs as food. What about the other three puppets? Poor Hubert Cumberdale has been scolded once again [23], but this time, for apparently utilising the Naughty Stick [26] [27], which applies…a certain activity. So much for how he “grew up a bit” in “Glass Brother” [23] [68] [69]. And poor Marjory Stewart-Baxter is still lacking her red locks from the punishment she got in “Glass Brother” [23] [68] [69]. As for Jeremy Fisher, he looks quite smart in a new cadet outfit alongside Hubert in just a tie [26] [27], even though that might be a reference to his honour that was tainted by a serious accusation from a father in “Present” [21] [29]. Perhaps for some consistency, there ought to be some backstory on how Salad Fingers fell out with Melvin Wishcake in a fourteenth episode or a spin-off episode like “Market” [18] [26] [27], but one must always expect the unexpected when encountering Salad Fingers’ strange touch with reality.
The strange birth of another new character reminds me of Yaap Yaap, a miniature clone of Billy from the eleventh episode Grim & Evil and Chip, the miniature clone of Peter Griffin from “Vestigial Peter”, the second episode of the twelfth season of Family Guy [55] [56] [57]. He starts off as a strange face further on Salad’s back lecturing Hebert, but the face later becomes a glossy replica that spouts out quite an inconsiderate message, compared to Salad’s formal message to Lady Etheridge [26] [27]. If only Yvonne was around to know her brother as how he grows out of Salad Fingers’ body and greets him warmly before following his footsteps was quite wholesome [22] [30]. However, I was revolted at the new Salad Fingers eating one or the old Salad Fingers’ fingers [26] [27], especially after he strikes him in the head with a rock referred to as “Bartholomew Degryse” that previously appeared in “Post Man” [25] [73] [74]. It was so sudden! And I thought he idolised the old Salad Fingers throughout his training [26] [27]. Well, I guess…violently slaying and cannibalising the mentor and father-figure counts as honour and thankfulness works in their species’ case. Can the new Salad Fingers take good care of the finger puppets in a fourteenth episode and still be better than the glass brother [23] [68] [69]?
The animation style has been upgraded back to its higher quality from “Glass Brother” [23] [26] [27] [68] [69]. It could be said that the visuals in “Post Man” matching the style of the ninth and tenth ones was a possibly cost-cutting decision [25]. The old Salad Fingers looked quite sickly as he was being cooked alive, even though he remained calm as if a sim would unwind in a hot tub in The Sims 2: Super Collection [2]. There was an inconsistency regarding the shade of the new Salad Fingers’ skin tone during the scene of them kneeling together, but at least it is…you guessed it; green [26] [27]. The background of the soil and gloomy grey sky look photographically realistic, compared to how it was in the first few episodes [16] [28] [68] [69], yet the photorealistic style must have been absent in “Post Man” as a cost-cutting choice or for copyright considerations during its production and the detail in “Harvest” is not as striking as the detail of the gravel in “Glass Brother” and the short animation that celebrated one million subscribers to Firth’s channel known as “One Million Billiard People” [19] [23] [25] [26] [27]. With rather suave animation yet uncanny character designs and earthy backgrounds, the eery artistry in “Harvest” is mostly top notch, but still hindered by a few inconsistences.
This is an analysis and review of an episode of an animated series that content disturbing content, including one moment of violence involving blood and one moment of cannibalism. Reader discretion is advised.
While the teaser for Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft enticed tomb raiders with its potential to be an outstanding anime series based on the Survivor era of the Tomb Raider franchise [48] [75], the thirteenth episode of Salad Fingers intimated admirers of animation on YouTube a week after being released on David Firth’s Newgrounds account [26] [27]. Over a year ago, we were revolted at Salad Fingers laying eyes on a dog’s mutilated corpse. This year, the thirteenth chapter opened this year is titled “Harvest”. No reference to “The Harvest Moon Festival”, the fifth episode of the first season of Helluva Boss intended [43] [70] [71]. As sweet like cotton candy as this year’s Halloween-themed Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss merchandise was as a variety of treats [42] [44], the latest episode of Salad Fingers was quite a trick, even before the preparations for Halloween [26] [27]. If you are already unnerved, feel free to stick to preparing great new meals, such as home-baked pizza for a neighbourhood with the Home Chef Hustle Stuff pack for The Sims 4 if you are a simmer or race with Aladdin, Jasmine, Jafar, or the Genie in the fourth season of Disney Speedstorm if you are a Disney devotee [8] [58] [59] [60]. Otherwise, brace yourself as we delve into the distorted mind of Salad Fingers for the thirteenth time [26] [27].
Is Salad Fingers redeemable after grooming a dog’s corpse [25] [73] [74]? I guess so when it comes to being a fatherly figure once again… [26] [27]? But before that, he digs his fingers into the gravel and asks for a solution for the lack of crops, believing in Grandmother Growth in quite a religious manner, which appears to be a new aspect of his character…or just another bizarre state of mind. After a burial, he summons a monstrous plant-like creature whose design is insanely freaky with eyeballs as teeth, which could be just a hallucination, considering how mentally corrupted he has been throughout the series. Despite how his vocabulary is quite sophisticated, the melody he croons to a new character who will be discussed later sounds quite like a cult’s chant. Speaking of cult-like mannerisms, he teaches the new character about the great sand floor’s purpose in a way a cult’s leader would teach their followers. Too bad this Salad Fingers never got a chance to go to France for a reason that will also be explained later [20] [26] [27] [28], but I still suppose that it is just part of his imagination that tends to run wild at times.
The moment the green creep begs for aid from Grandmother Growth could be a reference to the artwork Firth posted on Instagram regarding algorithm and demonisation two years ago [12] [26]. [27] |
There goes Hubert Cumberdale again. Being emotional when it comes to being scolded [26]. [27] |
The animation style has been upgraded back to its higher quality from “Glass Brother” [23] [26] [27] [68] [69]. It could be said that the visuals in “Post Man” matching the style of the ninth and tenth ones was a possibly cost-cutting decision [25]. The old Salad Fingers looked quite sickly as he was being cooked alive, even though he remained calm as if a sim would unwind in a hot tub in The Sims 2: Super Collection [2]. There was an inconsistency regarding the shade of the new Salad Fingers’ skin tone during the scene of them kneeling together, but at least it is…you guessed it; green [26] [27]. The background of the soil and gloomy grey sky look photographically realistic, compared to how it was in the first few episodes [16] [28] [68] [69], yet the photorealistic style must have been absent in “Post Man” as a cost-cutting choice or for copyright considerations during its production and the detail in “Harvest” is not as striking as the detail of the gravel in “Glass Brother” and the short animation that celebrated one million subscribers to Firth’s channel known as “One Million Billiard People” [19] [23] [25] [26] [27]. With rather suave animation yet uncanny character designs and earthy backgrounds, the eery artistry in “Harvest” is mostly top notch, but still hindered by a few inconsistences.
Here is a new example of surreal creativity in the series aside from its freak factor [26] [27]. Could this plant take on a hoard of zombies [76]? [27] |
The Salad Fingers series is sure no Disney movie [51]. The latest episode is not as long as “Glass Brother” [23], but it certainly made the series maintain its freak factor [26] [27], leaving a new impact on over a million billiard people [19]. I consider myself quite lucky that this review has been published a week before a Friday the 13th, even though I failed to predict the exact release date of the episode over a year ago [73] [74]. Aside from that, we must stay cautious once the Slender Man returns to stalk players once again in honour of the tenth anniversary of Slender: The Arrival [72]. The preparations for the Halloween season have only just begun [10] [37]. Who knows how the creatively disturbing legacy of the green freak created by David Firth will progress in a fourteenth episode in honour of the series’ 20thanniversary [68] [69]? In the meantime, I hope you be careful out there next week, especially if you are familiar with Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th film franchise... or perhaps you ought to watch out for a possessed doll, like the one from the stop-motion video starring a Salad Fingers plush toy and his local teacup [17] [47].
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