Brody Boutcher (born: March 27, 2005YouTuber, animator, comedian, and musician.
), better known online as BrodyAnimates, is a CanadianAbout[]
BrodyAnimates makes videos about childhood experiences and his general thoughts through animated shorts.
History[]
BrodyAnimates started his YouTube channel in November of 2013 when he was eight years old. He originally made Mario Plush videos under the name FlawlessYoshi47, but later switched to Minecraft videos.
Sometime after that, Brody decided to take his channel in an entirely new direction, uploading a debut animated video in January 2018 called, "The Quest For the Cookie (School Project)." This video would be the start of his animation YouTube channel, which he is famous for. Brody continued to post animated content, seeing great success very early on, quickly reaching 300 subscribers, then 400 less than a month later.
On May 31st, 2018, Brody uploaded a video titled "Being An Identical Twin (ft. TheAMaazing)". This video did extremely well, bringing in over a million views. Around the same time, Brody attended VidCon US 2018. The publicity from VidCon combined with the massive success of his video with TheAMaazing caused Brody's channel to grow at an almost unprecedented rate for a young animator on YouTube.
Throughout the summer, Brody's channel continued to grow in subscribers, causing him to surpass 100,000 subscribers less than a year after starting animation, in February of 2019.
His subscriber count doubled in less than 6 months when he reached 200,000 subscribers that same year in June. To this day, BrodyAnimates is one of the most well known young animators within the community.
Collaborations[]
Brody has done many collaborations with many YouTubers. Tortie (formerly Aidini Tortellini) is a featured voice actor in his video "My Random Thoughts (Brody Edition)." In his 1,000 subscriber channel trailer, 7 different animators voice acted in the video, among them Laddi, Junky Janker, and ToastedNoodle. In his "Almost Died at Summer Camp" video, BaggiBoi was a featured voice.
In his "How to Make Friends" video, GingerPale is a voice actor. In his video, "Online Gaming is Awesome", Brock Baker, voice of Brody Foxx on the Yo Mama channel, was featured as Brody with BrodyAnimates making jokes about how they have the same name. Brody has also had members of his own family do voice lines in a few of his videos. He was also In Purpled's First Episode of Purpcast where he was interviewed about being an animation YouTuber.
Personal life[]
Brody was born on March 27, 2005, in Canada. He has an identical twin brother, Brock,[1] and a sister, Jade, as well as his girlfriend, Izzie. He currently resides in Calgary, Alberta.[2]
Trivia[]
- He uses Adobe Animate for his animation process.
- Brody attended both VidCon US 2018 and 2019, both of which he vlogged.[3][4]
- He once used his parents' money and on in-game characters, currency and "smurf berries". He spent over $800 and got heavily punished.
- He experienced having a Minecraft girlfriend.
- Brody likes pineapple pizza.[5]
- Brody doesn't like when people make fun about his "voice" or "laugh".
- Brody is 6'2. This is shown in his "Strangers" video.[6]
- He is good friends with Infamous Swoosh and Haminations.
Channel milestones[]
Subscriber milestones[]
- 1,000 subscribers: June 13, 2018
- 100,000 subscribers: January 30, 2019[7]
- 500,000 subscribers: August 25, 2021
- 1 million subscribers: November 14, 2023
- 2 million subscribers: March 2, 2025
Video view milestones[]
- 10 million video views: April 2019
- 50 million video views: July 31, 2021
- 100 million video views: October 5, 2023
References[]
- ↑ Being An Identical Twin (ft. TheAMaazing) by BrodyAnimates. YouTube. May 31, 2018.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/BrodyAnimates
- ↑ VIDCON 2018!! (Animation + vlog) ft. My face by BrodyAnimates. YouTube. June 29, 2018.
- ↑ The Best Vidcon 2019 Video (Vlog/Animation) by BrodyAnimates. YouTube. August 29, 2019.
- ↑ Defending Pineapple Pizza (It’s not bad) by BrodyAnimates. YouTube. November 1, 2019.
- ↑ Strangers (ft. TheOdd1sOut) by BrodyAnimates (283s mark). YouTube. December 16, 2023.
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BtRxzW6nouy/