The Terrible Secret of Animal Crossing: A Dramatic Reading

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A visually-enhanced audiobook of the definitive Animal Crossing creepypasta. Original Let's Play posted on the SomethingAwful forums by forum user Chewbot, and currently hosted at lparchive.org/Animal-Crossing/.
I know this isn't my usual stuff, but the idea of reading this aloud sunk its claws into me -- so here it is, several months in the making! It was super fun to make and I'll probably read more things aloud in the future, but after this, we're definitely due for a new Nostalgia Trip. Anyway, enjoy!
Thumbnail art originally by Demon Allie (of SomethingAwful), for the original thread. All art within the video comes from the thread as archived.
Re-uploaded to fix a volume issue. Chapter Timecodes TBA, captions in the works. WATCH THIS SPACE.

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@TailsClock 3 жыл бұрын

I read this before I played the games. I was very dissapointed the games weren't actually like this.

@LucasPelusso 3 жыл бұрын

I listened to this story in my mother tongue, and I'm kinda scared because I have been playing AC:WW since June of the past year haha

@Crimson-Hat 3 жыл бұрын

I... Have listened to hundreds of creepypasta, gaming, non gaming, and everything in-between. I don't think I've ever heard a story like this. I really don't know what to say. It's amazing.

@snolt7355 3 жыл бұрын

I love how you’ve hinted at Tom Nook’s tongue being cut out with that soft and dull voice. I love this honestly!

@ElloFantasy 2 жыл бұрын

The thing that really bugs me about this is the age that they made the main character. He's supposed to be 8 years old, but so much of what he says, how he thinks does not fit an 8 year old. If he was aged up even a few years, maybe 12 or 13...I feel that it would work so much better. But 8 just doesn't feel right.

@unclaimedusername6608 2 жыл бұрын

It's being filtered through his adult mind.

@Alex_Off-Beat Жыл бұрын

In the epilogue it's revealed that the whole story is being told, by Billy, 20 years later. So although it's about an 8/9 year old kid, it's being told from the point of view of an adult in their late 20's after years of therapy and processing what happened. 8yo Billy probably wasn't thinking or speaking in that way but 28yo Billy does

@squids6987 Жыл бұрын

i turned it into 17 in my brain

@IRONYREBURST Жыл бұрын

@@someguy1894That’s NOT how autism works 😭

@Lo0ny_T0ons Жыл бұрын

The mail Southpark characters are like 8

@dorothygilley3194 2 жыл бұрын

I’m anticipating this to be a horribly written story, seeing as it’s a video game pasta. I love the narration though. Let’s see how this turns out… EDIT 1: This is actually super good what the heck? LIKE THE TWIST IN THE MIDDLE IS SO FREAKIN WEIRD AND A PUN BUT YIKES

@zacharysmith6062 Жыл бұрын

lol

@carlossalazar478 2 жыл бұрын

Dude, THIS STORY WAS CREATED IN 2 0 0 7????? WHAT IN THE ACTUAL, LIKE, PRETTY ACTUAL FUCKING FUCK????? How has this superb story grown so forgotten by everyone, being a better written, more interesting and actually GOOD tale than 99.999999999999999999999999999999% of all time videogame creepypastas??? Like, it's insulting that only after so many fucking years i've found this, rotting in an abandoned corner of youtube. Like, WHAT THE FUCK, how did stories so stupidly TERRIBLE like Sonic.exe or its abortions have been more popular and remember than this??? It was so ahead of its time, and still to this day, remains as better than almost every gaming creepypasta I know (better than ben drowned, godzilla nes and all that shit), dude like honestly, how????

@Tiritiribobiri 2 жыл бұрын

hahaha 'rotting' aw cmon that's not very nice :P fr though, criminally underrated creepypasta; obviously i had to share it

@carlossalazar478 2 жыл бұрын

@@Tiritiribobiri Hahahahah my bad bro, you did an amazing job editing and acting, don't mind what this john doe says. I enjoyed it a lot, I'm grateful you did this. And fucking yes, is absolutely unacceptable that this went under the radar the way it did. I think it has something to do with its title, it sounds like a cheap clickbait or something, not even close to be representative of the true value of the narrative. I guess knowledge is a privilege only a few can handle 🤣

@amberdeyuliis7886 3 жыл бұрын

I don't think I've ever been this scared by a creepypasta in a long time

@glitzeredits4174 3 жыл бұрын

You did a really good job reading this, and it was very easy to listen to. I also think your voice fit the story well. Thank you for posting this, it was very good!

@harasen_haras5 Жыл бұрын

This must be the best creepy pasta I've ever heard. The way it became a pessimistic interpretation of how the game plays out is very clever, and I did not expect those twists and turns. I'm shivering! What an amazing story. Also, such a good job on the narration and added images.

@reeree.360 2 жыл бұрын

I come back to this video time and time again because you do such a great job narrating. Setting up major plot points and twists (Tom Nook), giving each character in the story so much expressiveness, and overall a really engaging experience. I really wish this video had more love, it’s amazing and I want to thank you for all of the sleepless nights you’ve helped me overcome and all of the hours of focus you’ve given me while I’m doing homework and prep materials for my engineering major. Hope you have an amazing day, dude!!!!

@Tiritiribobiri 2 жыл бұрын

Do you ever want to, like, print out a YT comment and hang it on your wall? No? Just me? Huh No but seriously, thank you so much. The love that I *have* gotten on this video just blows me away. I knew I'd done okay, don't get me wrong, but I never thought people would want to watch/listen to it more than once! I wish you the best of luck with your engineering major, and I hope it leads to a career you absolutely love.

@ThatRyeMcFly Жыл бұрын

This is honestly my favourite creepy pasta

@alitaniaregion9448 3 жыл бұрын

This is how middle schoolers talk about their school to their parents

@daemondoodles Жыл бұрын

Wow. This was... a trip, an emotional ride for sure. Your narration and editing are fantastic and compliment the great writing perfectly. I absolutely loved this. Thank you. This is a _real_ keeper. I'm sticking around, I think. Edit: holy shit you did the deltarune longplays too??? Haha! I had no idea! I loved those too. You're something alright! Surprising you haven't done any more creepypastas btw, you're a natural

@Tiritiribobiri Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words

@daemondoodles Жыл бұрын

@@Tiritiribobiri Hahah, glad to hear it!! And glad to hear there might be more in the future as well, I'd be hyped 👀

@MiyuandFay Ай бұрын

This story was so creative! Never have a felt genuine dread from a creepypasta before... and it was written in 2007?! Incredible!

@rotomfan63 2 жыл бұрын

As much of a classic of legend this is, the idea this kid is 8 years old and in only the first two chapters is swearing like million times the sailor Gulliver is, knows what a furry is and knows what the word Orwellion means. Like i know it's supposed to be he's telling this story years later but like, still. To me it makes ten times more sense if he's like, a teenager. like 13-16. Cause again what the fuck kind of 8 year old swears like that and knows what those words mean.

@ElloFantasy 2 жыл бұрын

I had an issue with the age as well, not because of the swearing because I've actually heard young kids swear a lot like that. But the thought processes and his vocabulary don't fit an 8 year old at all. That was bugging me throughout the story.

@siyahseeker Жыл бұрын

Maybe he was telling the story as he lived many years to tell the tale and finally have peace.

@JessyDoom614 4 ай бұрын

This is my first time stumbling upon a site such as this. I've been finding a lot of these "mini-level-horror games," but I can't focus too well as I used to and I don't want to disturb anyone - or anything.

@diamondaurathewitch7124 10 ай бұрын

i remember reading this before I gave billy a gruff man voice and marathon the box ending. it was halliourous

@HBKFanGirl11 2 жыл бұрын

This deserves so much more views! I love it! 🖤

@realchairman Жыл бұрын

Entertained me over the course of a week. Thanks man.

@shaniaduchene8063 Ай бұрын

I was enraptured by this story when i read it online as a kid. Immediately went to eBay to buy a copy of Wild World.

@user-lf5xq4gu1g 2 жыл бұрын

This was really fantastic. Props to Chewbot for the original story and you for reading it so well.

@LightbulbSunStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Seconded. This was fantastic.

@gabebrutal1874 3 жыл бұрын

This is art

@TheXell 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you for this!

@puppycraft1016 3 жыл бұрын

This is the best thing ive ever heard

@idontknow9801 3 жыл бұрын

My eye itches now

@TreeBranchStudios Жыл бұрын

Man I heard this was a famous creepy pasta and always wanted to read it, but never got the chance This story is so cool!

@ResearchAndDevelopm3nt 2 жыл бұрын

I wish someone would do one for new horizons

@theemeraldking3251 Жыл бұрын

Me too, that would be amazing

@strongarm5137 11 ай бұрын

I love how the MC just straight up beats the villain to death with his bare hands

@sylvianapalma958 2 жыл бұрын

Great job narrating this. I'm listening to this while playing...get this... Animal Crossing New Horizons!!! 😂

@sadcatproductions3853 Жыл бұрын

Same

@Lo0ny_T0ons 2 жыл бұрын

This is basically how I see my animal crossing games.

@hippieduck 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant reading. 👏

@imjustaboredperson9116 10 ай бұрын

57:52 “hey pooh! how are you?”

@goodolchris4173 2 жыл бұрын

2 things: 1) I downloaded this video and listened to repeatedly as I drove across the US, great work! It provided me lots of entertainment. 2) What recording do you use for that air raid siren where the sky lights up? I'm just curious.

@Tiritiribobiri 2 жыл бұрын

1) Oh wow. I'm really glad you got so much entertainment out of this! Kinda honoured tbh; I hope you had a fun trip. 2) Went and hunted it down for ya! It's this one -- freesound.org/people/nooly/sounds/382611/ -- a recording of an air raid siren test in Prague. I fiddled with the volume levels here and there but it was otherwise perfect as is.

@goodolchris4173 2 жыл бұрын

@@Tiritiribobiri You're welcome and thank you!

@shaniaduchene8063 Күн бұрын

There are currently 666 likes on this video

@businessmudkip4548 Жыл бұрын

9:44 😭😭😭

@charliedove837 3 жыл бұрын

omg at the end he becomes the villager

@siyahseeker 11 ай бұрын

It's an alternate ending.

@MrIKEACat Жыл бұрын

cutlerine moment

@sophiegeerts953 10 ай бұрын

Animal crossing got creepy

@daemondoodles Жыл бұрын

I keep getting seriously invested and then remembering this is an 8 year old narrator and busting up laughing. Great experience Edit: I'm going to scream if the end means there was a reset. I'm going to say no it wasn't, because that doesn't make sense, and also for my own sanity.

@tarekmoneimsaid Жыл бұрын

it's not a reset, it's an alternate "bad" ending where he doesn't open the wrap in the box and doesn't get the key :D

@daemondoodles Жыл бұрын

@@tarekmoneimsaid Oh, that is a relief lmao

@Polychi1998 11 ай бұрын

Watching this, I wish you can add music to add some tensions to some scenes. Makes the narration less boring.

@Tiritiribobiri 11 ай бұрын

i'll think about this advice if i do this sort of thing again; the secret is that i absolutely hate audio mixing and bgm especially lmao. im never really sure what im doing with background tracks, and these projects take so much effort and time even without them -- by the time i get to music im like ughhhh nooo. but you're absolutely right, music would add something more. i just gotta buckle down and face it. 💪

@Polychi1998 11 ай бұрын

@@Tiritiribobiri yeah. I honestly think sound effects and fitting music from horror games and animal crossing games in general would make the story more engaging. Rather than slapping a generic creepy music like most creepypasta channels.

@Polychi1998 11 ай бұрын

@@Tiritiribobiri unless… I can actually… add the music for you. I can always add more sound effects to make most of the dramatic moments from the story more impactful.

@Tiritiribobiri 11 ай бұрын

@@Polychi1998 i appreciate this offer!! that's really very cool of you. im not keen however on taking this video down to update it at this stage of its life; i think next time i do a thing like this i'll just keep music and sound more in mind through the initial process.

@sophiegeerts953 10 ай бұрын

Thats wild world ruined do new leaf next

@Defnot.anthonyy 2 жыл бұрын

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@WillightRobinbine 2 жыл бұрын

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@wolf75819 Жыл бұрын

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@bog_is_cool723 2 жыл бұрын

who ever wrote this story is so paraniod and doesent understand the logic of games , its just games and everything he says contradicts thing i know about the game

@onyxmoth383 Жыл бұрын

it's a creepypasta. 😐