#kirbopher15

[kirbopher]

Escape the Forest - An original rap song, inspired by Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.

Now available for download on Bandcamp: https://tomeseries.bandcamp.com/album/escape-the-forest

(Coming soon to ALL major music platforms later this week.)

Pick up a "Legend" t-shirt or hoodie from TEEZR

https://tee-zr.com/store/kirbopher/

Written, Performed & Animated by Chris "Kirbopher" Niosi https://www.patreon.com/c/kirbopher

Instrumental Arrangement by Jamison Boaz https://www.instagram.com/jamisonboaz_epsilonzero/

Backing Vocal & Engineering by Geoff Bisente https://www.instagram.com/GeoffBisente

Guest Animation by Harry Partridge, ToxicSoul77, Faelions, TwistedGrimTV, Nata & Michael J. Ruocco

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[mechcity-skyline]

Kerb

[artlasllm]

in honor of my reignited obsession with TTA

here's an MS Paint doodle from last year trying to figure out how "kirbopher15" would look like if sprite limitations for TTA weren't a thing; i was aiming to mix the cuteness of kirbopher15 with more of the physical elements of modern kirbopher, so i made him a fairy!

...that being said i did this on call with a friend who was infodumping about dark bloom from winx club to me while i was drawing and i ended up with uh. this.

[zetto-protection-squad]

GUYS IM NOT GONNA BE READY FOR HEARING 2024 KIRBOPHER15 ALSO BEG TO BE KILLED TO SAVE HIS FRIENDS (I AM SO FUCKING READY)

[stingyslegslookweird]

Curvier - a short essay-type thing

Okay, it's been 11 years, I have to share a theory. I'm fully aware that basically no one who currently follows me and/or pays attention to the things I post about will understand anything I'm about to say, but tbh I've put way too much into this to really care.

Anyway, you guys ever heard of TOME? :D

If not, it's this neat little 15-episode (technically 16 if you count /FILE:ZERO, 25 if you also count the Season 1 shorts, and 26 if you count all of those plus AvZ, the 5-year anniversary short) animated web series about two teenagers, an imp, a dragon-man, and a [REDACTED] who get together and fight criminals in VRchat.

Jokes aside, it's really good and you can watch it here. Seriously, go do that. It's so damn good. Today's the 11th anniversary, you literally have no excuse. At least watch episode one, otherwise the rest of this post will make absolutely no sense beyond the most surface-level of details.

Okay, done? You've watched Episode 1? Good, good. So...

In the first episode, specifically around 3:06, Nylocke pronounces Kirb's username wrong, to which he replies "It's Kirbopher. It's like Christopher except curvier." But... it isn't, though, is it? Merriam-Webster Dictionary (the most official dictionary, as we all know) defines a curve as "to have or take a turn, change, or deviation from a straight line or plane surface without sharp breaks or angularity", its synonyms including bend, curvature, arc, bow, and crook. Basically, any circle, half-circle, quarter-circle, oval, etc.

To be fair, assuming the onscreen textboxes are actually a "thing" in TOME itself, as opposed to a visual effect only used to tell the story, one could claim that the font Kirb's player uses is rather curvy itself (and they'd be right), but is it curvier?

After checking Google, I quickly found a list of every font used in the show, gathered in this here Google Doc by one unicornfoal (their username didn't pop up in the menu thing when I tried to @ them so idk if they still go by that), which tells us that the font Kirb uses is "Spicy Sushi Roll".

With the font determined, we can compare the curviness of the names. To do this, I typed each of them out in a word document, took a screenshot, and pasted it into my photo-editing software of choice. There, I created this handy diagram detailing every curve in the letters, in addition to offering brief definitions of my terminology and method for determining what counts as a curve.

Also, as an aside, I'm really proud of how this turned out, especially with the lines and colors and the grid in the background. Like... man. Not to suck myself off or anything, but holy hell am I good at this.

Anyway, as you can see, the name "Kirbopher" has 7 inner (convex) curves and 8 outer (concave) curves, adding up to a total of 15 curves, which, assuming I'm correct about all this, had to be intentional. "Christopher", on the other hand, has 10 inner curves and 11 outer curves, which adds up to 21 total curves. Therefore, "Kirbopher" is not only not "like Christopher except curvier", but is in fact less curvy. This revelation, while shocking, isn't my final point. No, no. Because this rabbit hole goes deeper, dear reader. First, though, we must talk about parallel universes a long-defunct 2000s internet forum.

Long before TOME was a 15-episode web series, its world and characters were conceptualized in a 70-something long series of sprite animations on Newgrounds, known as TvTome Adventures, or TTA for short. Based on the forums of the TvTome website, which now redirects to tv.com, the series featured characters based largely on the forum's users, including one white sword-wielding marshmallow-thing by the name of Kirbopher15, pictured below.

Yeah. That's... more or less Kirby in a hat. Somewhat Kirby-like. Kirbyish? Though, to be fair, it could probably be... kirbyer?

And that's where my theory kicks in. Buckle your fuckle because this is gonna blow your damn mind.

What if, and hear me out here, the original line wasn't "curvier", but instead "kirbyer", as in "more Kirby"? It'd certainly make more sense, seeing as, one, the character was originally just a Kirby recolor in a hat, and two, the name Kirbopher is literally just "Christopher" but with "Chris" replaced with "Kirby", minus the y.

Why was it changed, then? Seeing as it's so early on in the show, which has been stated to have had somewhat of a rough production, almost not making it past four episodes, it could be out of concern over copyrights, trademarks, or other legal issues possibly arising, were the show to be, say, picked up by a TV network or something. Even though Kirby is an actual name that real people have, when you factor in the character's previous incarnation, it could definitely be taken to mean the Nintendo character, instead of a regular person's name.

Oh, and one more thing. Tumblr, being very art-driven by design, is home to tons and tons of artists, writers, voice actors, etc., both amateur and professional. Plus, because Tumblr lets you @ blogs you know the names of, someone with an insane theory about a single throwaway line of dialogue in an episode of a somewhat niche web animation could, say... @ the creator of said animation, assuming they're on tumblr in the first place, and ask if they're correct in their long-winded assertions, or are simply talking out of their ass. So, with that in mind...

@kirbopher How'd I do?

[fuckyeahsnakus]

Snake V Samus

[starlightsruby]

Its finally here!

Its been a while since i did a tome project again, slightly smaller one for an animation meme ive been wanting to do for ages. Mother mother is a great artist and body is one of my favourite songs, i could had taken a gruesome route with the pictures like ive seen with other variations of the meme but i found it more interesting to do it symbolical and have it represent the characters throughout the series. 

Song: Body- mother mother

(orignal is in the youtube video description)

[ravenwolfie97]

Hey what’s good, everybody!

If you all are fans of @kirbopher‘s work-in-progress Balancing Act, then come join my Discord server: Balancing Actors! Get together and chat and discuss the concept, share fanart, and more.

PM me for an invite, and I’ll see you there!

[livefromthehauntedcandleshop]

i drew kirbopher15 because honestly i miss you baby boy

[kirbopher]

Help us get 200 pre-orders for a KIRBOPHER PLUSHIE from the folks at Makeship! Pick one up and spread the word! TOME (Terrain of Magical Expertise) fans deserve new merch and I've always wanted to be turned into a marketable plushie for nefarious purposes :3c

[atlasifyllm]

Protag Voices (so far)

Ruby (DOTSDD) = Hayley Williams

Alpha (DOTS5x5) = Marceline (AT)

Lux (ETSS) = SOFDTI

Silver (SOTGC) = Connie (SU)

Nimbus (AuAg) = Kirbopher15 (TTA, 2004)

Momo (PSG!) = Juliet (Romeo x Juliet, sub)

Roxy & Robi (ZP) = Ash Costello & Gerard Way

Bluebell (ROP) = Pyrrha Nikos (RWBY)

There's quiiite a few missing ^^;

ALSO: While Ruby is a sort of reincarnation of Alpha, I personally don't see them sharing the same voice. Alpha is much more calmer, mature, and posh than Ruby, who is a lot louder, immature and energetic. An in-universe excuse could be due to paladins being given a mortal body, as they are given a physical form by Iris by placing a paladin soul within future parents, as the child just resembles the paladin in appearance and nature, but not particularly voice, though. I will say that all Blue and Cyan Paladins have the Chris variation rule XD

[atlasllm]

if tome zetto is tome kirbopher and tome kirbopher is tta kirbopher15 does this mean tta zetto is like 50% nonexistent

[kudotsurugi]

And now, the Inktober-style pics for TOME’s Five-Man Band are complete, with the Marshmallow Man that started it all: Kirbopher

Just to briefly explain why Zetto is in the pic(briefer than with GC/GS, I promise): WARNING: Slight spoilers for TvTome Adventures and TOME Episodes 10, 00 and the ‘Plan Z’ short

In the original TVTome Adventures, Zetto and Kirbopher were separate characters, with Zetto being depicted as a huge DragonBall fan, acting mostly like Vegeta as a rival to Alpha. Like in TTA, TOME’s Zetto was one of the original Netkings  and was secretly involved with the hackers. However in TOME, Zetto’s player decided to create Kirbopher to enjoy TOME for what it was, a fun and sociable game.

Now we have a new incarrnation of Kirb which, like Gamesoft, seems to be a mix of what’s come before. We don’t know if Zetto will show up in this new continuity or not, but I look forward to whatever surprises the game has in store for us :-)

From top to bottom, the incarnations are: TV Tome Adventures(Season 3, Kirbopher15), TOME series(Season 2, Kirb & Zetto) and TOME-RPG.

TOME: Terrain of Magical Expertise is owned by @kirbopher, Character Designs by @mikeluckas

[genogirl100]

I decided to Draw Kirbopher's New design in TOME RPG, TOME was created by Youtuber Chris Niosi Aka Kirbopher15

[zetto-protection-squad]

One of the most iconic TTA scenes for me as a wee 12 year old was Kirbopher15's "What are you angsting about?" dialogue about his own self sacrifice, literally begging for Alpha to do whatever it takes to protect the others at the cost of his own life; funnily enough, very VERY similar as to why 2011 Zetto became my favorite character (OF ALL TIME), hearing him beg Alpha to be killed in Episode 10 due to the pain of being possessed by the virus

Anyway all this to say

Nearly cried at the TTA 20th Anniversary because Chris' seasoned decades of voice acting experiences make Kirbopher15's self sacrifice dialogue:

Literally more tragic because he's openly portraying Kirb15 to sound younger/softer than Zetto

Literally outright sounding like a young boy afraid of death but still willing to do whatever it takes to protect their mutual friends even if it means that ultimate sacrifice

Generally just Chris himself improving on his "weakened and probably in pain" performance in comparison to literally 20 years ago

Directly sounding more in pain and perhaps outright CRYING because this poor marshmallow JUST regained consciousness from LOSING CONTROL OF HIS OWN BODY THROUGH A VIRTUAL AI TAKING HIS MIND OVER

Like holy shit I did NOT have "crying over TTA like I'm back in 7th grade watching it during the summer on my old shitty laptop drinking baja blast and microwaved chicken bakes" on my bingo card but MY GODDD CHRIS KNOCKED THAT PART OUT OF THE PARK and goes to show that TTA means so so SO much to me, just as much as TOME (2011) does to me, because it truly still DOES have a very serious emotional weight to it that you just can't find that much anywhere else nowadays