Stick Fighters

Stick Fighters
Also known as	SF Stick Fighters
Genre	Action-adventure Science fiction Comedy-drama
Created by	Freddie Goodwin
Developed by	Freddie Goodwin
Written by	Freddie Goodwin Skim
Directed by	Freddie Goodwin Skim Guzzu
Composers	Aaron Grooves Scott Buckley
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producer	Freddie Goodwin
Producers	Freddie Goodwin Skim
Running time	3–31 minutes
Original release
Network	Newgrounds
Release	June 3, 2012 (2012-06-03) – present
Network	Atom.com
Release	November 4, 2012 (2012-11-04) – October 4, 2014 (2014-10-04)
Network	YouTube
Release	September 12, 2013 (2013-09-12) – present

Stick Fighters is an American animated web series created by Freddie Goodwin. Blending action, comedy, science fiction, and digital-realm mythology, the series follows a group of sentient stick-figure warriors who escape their origin code and evolve into fully independent beings fighting across the vast “Outernet”—a simulated dimension hidden beneath software, devices, and abandoned networks.

The series debuted on Newgrounds on June 3, 2012, before expanding to Atom.com and later YouTube, where it developed a dedicated following for its fluid animation, fast-paced battles, and near-absence of traditional dialogue, relying instead on visual storytelling, expression-based symbols, and interface effects.

Premise

Stick Fighters centers on artificially generated stick-figure entities created within a defunct animation engine called FrameForge Studio, which unintentionally produced self-aware constructs. When one of them violently rebels, it triggers a chain reaction that unlocks contact with the Outernet, a hidden digital world that mirrors the abandoned scraps of internet history. As new threats form—including corrupted AIs, rogue code weapons, and long-lost prototypes—the Stick Fighters must uncover their origins while battling forces that threaten both the Outernet and the human world.

Characters

Humans

• The Creator: A reclusive programmer who originally designed FrameForge Studio. Believed to have abandoned the project years before the Stick Fighters became sentient. The Creator appears only in silhouette or through system logs, serving as an unpredictable external force in the narrative.

Stick Figures

Artificial Stick Figures

Sentient stick figures accidentally produced by the FrameForge codebase.

• Obsidian (formerly Victim): The very first sentient stick figure, created on June 3, 2012. Originally unstable and tortured by repeated resets inside FrameForge, he eventually escaped to the Outernet, turning gray as his code deteriorated. After losing his partner, Mitsi, during an attack by the rogue stick figure Cinder, he founded Rocket Corp, a tech syndicate dedicated to processing corrupted code. Later, he forcibly rebrands himself as "Obsidian," gaining destructive cybernetic abilities.

• The Chosen One / Cinder (later "Null"): The second sentient prototype created in 2013. Designed with layered combat subroutines, Cinder became unstable and turned on Obsidian and the Creator alike. After years of self-improvement and absorbing rogue modules, he rechristens himself “Null” after Obsidian forcibly strips his identity in Season 2.

• The Dark Sovereign: A red-coded enforcer created in 2014 as an emergency failsafe meant to destroy Cinder. After initially failing his mission, the Sovereign reactivates in the Outernet and transforms into a virus-generating tyrant. Though destroyed in Season 1, dormant fragments later reassemble him.

• The Second Spark (TSS): A bright orange stick figure born from a failed auto-save recovery. TSS becomes the leader of the Stick Fighters, possessing rare “Threadborn” abilities—telekinetic control of digital constructs, limited file manipulation, and temporary regeneration. These powers activate unpredictably and often overwhelm him.

Fighting Stick Figures

A group of solid-headed stick figures originally imprisoned on a combat-testing website before escaping into the Outernet.

• Red: Hot-headed brawler who is impulsive but fiercely loyal. Loves animals and often rescues Outernet creatures.
• Blue: A mellow potion-brewer and digital botanist who grows data-plants from corrupted memory.
• Yellow: A coder capable of threading scripts into physical form. Kidnapped by Rocket Corp in Season 1.
• Green: A music-obsessed fighter able to weaponize vibrations. Known for being arrogant—and constantly suffering for it.

Mercenaries

Four powerful, uniquely coded fighters hired by Obsidian.

• Agent: A tall, dark-gray stick figure wearing digital sunglasses. Wields a UI-toolbar that grants rudimentary animator abilities. Loyal to Obsidian after witnessing Mitsi’s death.
• Hazard: A pictogram entity who uses iconography to unleash unpredictable abilities—cloning, electricity, explosives, and giant hazard symbols.
• Primal: A caveman-style stick figure built from ancient ASCII art. Channels “raw code” to enter a berserk enhanced form.
• Ballista: A pixelated shapeshifter from a discontinued animation engine. Can morph into weapons, shields, or tools.

Others

• Purple: Once a friend, later corrupted by gaining admin-like power inside a sandbox-game universe. Not evil by nature; driven by ambition.
• Pink: Mother of Purple. A calm, strategic stick figure uploaded by a long-lost animator. Killed during the fallout of Navy’s experiments.
• Navy: A deep-blue warrior and Purple’s father. Secretly trained Purple for combat and inadvertently sparked his fall into corruption.
• ViraBots: Mechanical spider-like virus drones created by the Dark Sovereign. Mostly eradicated—until fragments revive him.
• Mitsi: Obsidian’s partner and co-founder of Rocket Corp. Her death becomes the emotional core of Obsidian’s villain turn.

Episodes

Main article: List of Stick Fighters episodes

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	6		December 1, 2025 (2025-12-01)
2	6		May 20, 2027 (2027-05-20)
3	6		June 8, 2029 (2029-06-08)
4	6		December 7, 2032 (2032-12-07)
5	6		February 17, 2035 (2035-02-17)
6	6		January 26, 2038 (2038-01-26)
7	10		September 12, 2041 (2041-09-12)	December 24, 2041 (2041-12-24)

Reception

The series has gained a generally positive reception.