| “ | Hey, folks! How's it going? | ” |
―Saber's intro in some of his videos | ||
Stephen Carver[1] (born October 11, 1988),[3] better known online as Saberspark, is an American[2] YouTuber known for reviewing obscure cartoons and animated films and for his analysis videos on the folly of a certain franchise or studio. He also streams regularly on Twitch where he mostly plays games and watch films along with his viewers.[4]
Background[]
Stephen Carver was born on October 11, 1988 to Welsh immigrants.[5] He was raised in a Christian household where he grew up with Veggietales.[6][7] Despite becoming agnostic in adulthood, Stephen has remained very respectful toward organized religion.[8][9]
About[]
Saberspark created his channel on September 18, 2007.[2] He was originally a brony channel that created MLP related content and skits.[10][11] Most of these older videos have been deleted but his first remaining video from December 7, 2011 was a college thesis titled "Ballad of the Brony" discussing the Brony (adult male My Little Pony fans) subculture.[12] He then released the 2-part Kickstarter documentary, "The Brony Chronicles", tackling the history of Hasbro, the My Little Pony franchise, and the rise of bronies.[13][14] His earlier content besides these were sketches[15][16][17] and PMVs (Pony Music Videos)[18] before moving on to making the content he is now known for.
Saberspark has discussed the history and problems of television channels and animation studios ranging from Cartoon Network to Sony Animations. On March 2, 2017, he began the series What the HELL is... in which he reviews interesting and/or bad cartoons and animated films.[19][20] The episodes are usually followed with a video titled Let's Watch in which he watches and comments on the reviewed cartoon or animated film with a group of friends.[21]
Personality[]
Saberspark can come across as a rather typical YouTube reviewer that mainly covers animation and films, but a significant difference is that he tends to cover ones that aren't part of the mainstream. The films he covers are either forgotten or ignored, and often very, very bad. Every once in a while, however, he does cover a movie that's good or at least one that he finds interesting.[22] He interacts a lot with his fans, talking to them about what he'll cover in his next video, taking suggestions from Twitter, sharing thoughts about movies and displays some of his fanart at the end of his videos.[citation needed]
Outside his channel, Saber is more loose and a little wackier. His jokes can get pretty satirical and topical and he is also very good at improv comedy. His close friendship with ACRacebest and Black Gryph0n make them look like the 3 Musketeers (or The Three Stooges), partnering up with Race on panels or podcasts and commenting a lot on Gabe's videos.[citation needed]
Not only is he a brony but a bit of an otaku as well, liking Attack On Titan,[23] One Punch Man,[24] JoJo's Bizarre Adventure[25] and Pokemon.[26] He also loves Godzilla.[27] His favorite pony is Sunset Shimmer.[28]
Controversies[]
Defending Black Gryph0n[]
In December 2023, a call-out post against Black Gryph0n, one of Saber's close friends, was made by Twitter user Brony Fandont,[29] accusing him of grooming his girlfriend and later wife, Claire Corlett, who met Gryph0n when she was 14 years old and he was 25. Saber defended Gryph0n, blaming her father for being at fault,[30] which he was heavily criticized for.[31]
Criticism of FreedomToons[]
On January 28, 2025, Saber uploaded a video titled "The SHAMELESS World of ANTI-WOKE Cartoons," where he criticizes conservative cartoons such as The New Norm, Mr. Birchum, Chip Chilla, and Leo & Layla's History Adventures. At the end of the video, Saber talked about political animator FreedomToons, calling it a "low effort right-wing series pandering to Republican demographics."[32]
On February 5, FreedomToons' creator, Seamus Coughlin, responded to Saber in a video titled "Animation Critic REKS FreedomToons ?!?!?" stating that while he is a conservative, he has made fun of Republican politicians many times. He also points out how Saber constantly missed the irony in videos such as “Anti-WOKE Dog!!!!!” and even edited a few clips from his videos to make them look worse. It was also noted that most of the comments in Saber's video were defending FreedomToons. Saber has since removed that segment from the video and privately apologized to Seamus. Youtuber Xanderhal would claim that Saber only deleted that segment because of the backlash from FreedomToons' fanbase.[33]
Sexual misconduct allegations[]
In April 2025, a YouTuber named ILoveKimPossibleALot started advertising a video titled "What RUINED Saberspark and DAGames," billing it as a "takedown" against Saberspark and DAGames. On May 1, the aforementioned Brony Fandont made a tweet accusing Saber of 2 incidents of rape by coerced consent of an anonymous victim in 2012.[34] This was initially met with support, but some were skeptical due to a lack of evidence.
Two hours after Fandont's tweet, KP's video was made public, but the part about Saber in question was only about six minutes long. This video was met with heavy scrutiny and backlash for how irresponsibly she handled the allegations, with many noting how it seemed to have been made solely for clout, with Fandont eventually throwing KP under the bus, claiming that they didn't see the video beforehand. The video was eventually unlisted and removed entirely shortly after, on the same day. The people whose voices were included in the video stated that they were unaware that their voices were going to be used in a video regarding serious allegations.
On May 5, Slug Entertainment did an interview with KP, where she admitted that some of her claims were hearsay from the accuser and had little evidence.[35] Fellow cartoon reviewer TheMysteriousMrEnter shared a Google Doc on Twitter condemning KP for how she handled the allegations, also revealing that he would be investigating the situation himself.[36] On May 14, he made an update.[37]
On May 12, Saberspark made a video titled "Response," where he denies the allegations, and also talks about his history with KP; He met her in 2014 due to both of them living in the same state, and they eventually became friends. At a convention between 2015 to 2016, one of Saber's friends Aficionados Chris joked about ejaculating on KP's clothes and she later found out about it in 2023.[38][39] Despite Chris apologizing, KP didn't like that he still worked with Saber, due to Saber believing that people can change and move on from something they've done in the past. Due to this, KP cut contact with him, and decided to help make the allegations against him. Saber also mentions that one of the people who run the Brony Fandont account is IDW writer Sophie Scruggs, who is friends with KP. Saber was mostly met with support, though he received criticism for not addressing the allegations directly (only saying that they're false). On May 13, one of the users who run the Brony Fandont account, "Bonk," streamed an attempted suicide. First on Twitch, then on Twitter after being banned from the former. According to Sophie, they were found alive and admitted to a hospital.[37]
On June 2, 2025, the aforementioned Mr. Enter made a video titled "The Worst YouTuber Takedown of All Time" in it he reveals that Saber's accuser was the controversial Sonic YouTuber EmuEmi (as some suspected),[40] who he and Lazy Bedhead would interview in "Interview with Saberspark's Accuser (EmuEmi/Emily Jones)".[41] Emi claimed that in September 2012, when she was 18 years old and Saber was 23, they met at the Canterlot Gardens convention, she was a big fan of his. Saber then gave Emi his phone number, and the next day, they met up at a hotel room, where Saber was editing a YouTube video on his laptop. After a few minutes of talking on the bed, Saber allegedly threw Emi on the bed and started making out and then had sex, Emi said that she was extremely uncomfortable and that he also didn't ask for consent.
The second incident occurred in November 2012 at the Equestria LA convention, where Emi even though previously experiencing sexual assault still decided to remain friends as Saberspark was her first YouTuber interaction. After allegedly meeting up with Saber, he brought her to an elevator and as soon as the elevator doors closed, starting tongue kissing her, after this he took her to the men's restroom forcing her to perform oral sex on him, which she hastily complied to. Enter also mentions that at the time of the 2nd incident in November 2012, ACRacebest met up with Saber and MandoPony and made vlogs at the conventions.[42] Enter pointed out that in the Day 1 vlog, MandoPony made sexual "jokes" about 13 year old Michelle Creber, who was the voice for Apple Bloom in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.
On June 20, 2025, Saber reached out to Cope And Seethe regarding the allegations, deciding to speak up in the video released the next day titled "Saberspark Has Receipts" where he shared his old text messages with Emi.[43][44] In the video, they stated that Emi had a mutual relationship with Saber even 6 months after the alleged sexual encounters, Enter also appeared in the video, saying that he was dissapointed that Emily, had lied about how long their relationship lasted for.
Saber states that in early 2011, he started a podcast called Brony Breakdown with PaleoSteno.[45][46] In June 2012, the channel was picked up by Everfree Radio (now Everfree Network). Emi was 17 years old at the time, she was a fan of the podcast and also talked to Saber and PaleoSteno on Skype. In August 2012, Emi also made a podcast with her friend Sondra called Pegasisters Live.[47] Saber stated that they before he met up with his friends and Emi at the convention, his relationship with Emily started about 2 to 3 months before that, when he started talking to her on Skype, their relationship ended around June 2013. Saber stated that the hotel room he stayed in after the Canterlot Gardens convention, he was with 6 other people, inlcuding PaleoSteno, Hirosashii, SoGreatandPowerful,[48] Johnny (chairman of Everfree Northwest Convention), Rob Bob and Silin. When their friends were away, Saber and Emi had sex in the room. The next day, Saber was concerned that if Emi got pregnant, he would not be able to support her as he didn't have a job back then and was living with his mother. They met up again at the Equestria LA convention to have a serious discussion about their relationship and also get a pregnancy test. Saber also said that Emi at the time had no problem with the second sexual encounter in the bathroom, with him saying it was a mutual and consentual interaction.
After their relationship ended in February 2013, Emi started a relationship with an 18 year old named Carlos (also known as Solrac), though she and Saber still remained friends over Skype and Twitter up until June. Solrac broke up with Emi due to her hiding the fact that she had a daughter and because their relationship was toxic. After Saber cut contact with Emi in June 2013, she told her friends at the time Jessa, Kira and an unnamed girl, that she was assaulted by him.[49] In Enter's interview video, Emi stated that she came out with the allegations against Saber due to him defending Black Gryph0n, as mentioned before. Emi’s friend AmyNew told her to speak up about the situation. Amy was also in a Discord server with the people running the Brony Fandont twitter account. At the end of Cope And Seethe’d video, he shows a voice message he received on Discord, where she states she even though what happened to her was traumatic, she wants to move on and doesn't want the controversy to continue, saying that she was partially at fault and forgave Saber.[50] On July 30, 2025, Emily made a reponse titled "For Clarity," where she denied lying about the allegations.[51]
Series[]
Video essays[]
Saber talks about a certain topic regarding animation or an animated series and the industry.[52]
The History of...[]
Saber discusses the history of something, mostly about animation.[53]
What's RUINING/What RUINED...[]
Saber discusses what led or is leading to the downfall of certain franchises or studios and what contributed to it.[54]
What the HELL Is...[]
Saber reviews obscure animated movies that are either critically panned, box-office failures, rip-offs, obscure, memes, uncanny valley, or all of the above. But every once in a while, he comes across a movie he actually enjoys. This is perhaps his most popular series.[20]
Let's Watch[]
Saber and his friends watch a movie he covered in the "What the HELL is..." series. The people featured can vary and interchange with each video.[21]
Weird Episodes[]
Saber covers a controversial episode from a certain animated series.[55]
Nerd Echo[]
A podcast about commentary on random stuff. This series has since been discontinued.[56]
Subscriber milestones[]
Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
Trivia[]
- One of Saberspark's former editors was Cosmodore. However, he cut ties with him after he confessed to knowingly dating a 15-year-old, and unlisted any videos featuring him out of respect for the victim.[59]
- On Twitch, whenever anyone subscribes, he plays the infamous "We come from the mayor's" clip from The Christmas Tree.[60]
- He created and hosted the Joshua and the Promised Land: Reanimated Collaboration.[61]
- The Kingdom Hearts series helped him through his parents' divorce.[62]
- Due to Saberspark being openly critical of NFTs, the cartoon Red Ape Family featured a character that was a parody of him portrayed in a negative light. The character even used audio from one of Saber's videos.[63]
- Saberspark guest starred in an episode of AnimationEpic's Inanimate Insanity Invitational, in the episode Title TBD, where he played the character Zoetrope.[64]
- He formerly hosted The Top 10 Pony Videos throughout January 2012 to April 2012, replacing TheMovieBrony (who originally created the project, though they later returned for another 4 months).[65] He briefly returned as a guest presenter on June 2019.[66]
- He hates Johnny Test, and views it as a ripoff of Dexter’s Laboratory.[67]
- Saber has trouble pronouncing names from other countries, which has become somewhat of a running joke on his channel.[68][69][70][71][72]
Gallery[]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbUY6gIofZI (see description)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://www.youtube.com/@Saberspark/about
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Saberspark/status/1315087702853914624
- ↑ https://www.twitch.tv/saberspark_
- ↑ https://youtu.be/a4Y7ZHAWowg?t=64
- ↑ https://youtu.be/kkzL3bfvr2Q?t=610
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwU5OBbt41Y
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Saberspark/status/1339274666935017472
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Saberspark/status/1281665756409876481
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120723143706/https://www.youtube.com/user/Saberspark/videos
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20131217213242/https://www.youtube.com/user/Saberspark
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE7I_IDX98g
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2EOfhvvURY
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4rbTg1i7rs
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRo_FIo9RMM
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln9M9oDOE6M
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdf-anBlE4U
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THijvto8a0g
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71_wKR73rWA
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrtmY8lRImW8k0SM-xm5-u5XeJnkczmKq
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrtmY8lRImW_TJoDRIuYa0nvIjDmIVHoe
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrtmY8lRImW8qWFWBCsiRc1A0LRLS84qR
- ↑ https://youtu.be/3qcqdjC6U6U?t=1745
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Saberspark/status/1130900955107663877
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Saberspark/status/1117517577671073792
- ↑ https://youtu.be/Y_7ZO6idBOU?t=572
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Saberspark/status/1378027455672377351
- ↑ https://youtu.be/GNr9gU3QcKM?t=4851 (unlisted)
- ↑ https://x.com/BronyFandont/status/1739987681944203436
- ↑ https://x.com/BronyFandont/status/1739987710436311432
- ↑ https://x.com/Chevistian1/status/1904219821144744446
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/the-shameless-world-of-anti-woke-cartoons
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baoxMtAANME
- ↑ https://x.com/BronyFandont/status/1917942090878820622
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOqZqr2IImA
- ↑ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o1uOs7-ot64PPUDiM6SegUQPG9izZVEQ4nCxiD0HkvM/edit?tab=t.0
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 https://x.com/RealMrEnter/status/1922812284860064192
- ↑ https://x.com/ILoveKPAlot/status/1856631454786302131
- ↑ https://x.com/ILoveKPAlot/status/1856620786267914247
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6HZws2n3sw
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiKF7gUsrfg
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-rSl1eWbZI
- ↑ http://youtube.com/post/UgkxxTY2JzXZBDErbPamN_H4frT-oGT0wQRL?si=6kEtxEuTgXNMlNbH
- ↑ https://youtu.be/U8pobnqcASs?si=4CNu73S8fpp9ouAS
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrfyKuW3sBb6lAbe9LcqOpQ/community?lb=UgkxV2dGMdk--L_fOwzO8f2CyMriWMmcw-Bg
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfhXS-gUMOw
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfMs81TPv1Y
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAhJD-yjAUTb3Ks_heq7wWg
- ↑ https://youtu.be/U8pobnqcASs?si=4CNu73S8fpp9ouAS
- ↑ At 1 hour, 24 minutes into "Saberspark Has Receipts"
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLNGp3zSpJk
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrtmY8lRImW-wXf6TBgRQOHJUb_-XROGM
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrtmY8lRImW-L4sz4RTNx0Pc9rhby8MFL
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrtmY8lRImW_58wGRjcJFUDFwFmHhtu1n
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrtmY8lRImW-EqXYUqgp1jbSfYPT8fHdz
- ↑ https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/nerd-echo-saberspark-BHCyslMQ1An/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Saberspark/status/1250893078895955969
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Saberspark/status/1769113426104598890
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Saberspark/status/1288468969956007936
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNu0KYJRDf0
- ↑ https://x.com/monkeymosesmap
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Saberspark/status/1165718233703440384
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3BxtNnLFag
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Saberspark/status/1550545091051520000
- ↑ https://www.thetop10ponyvideos.com/links-info-credits
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVvEEWK6QyA
- ↑ https://youtu.be/WXp8W6jwHts?t=268
- ↑ https://youtu.be/gSDxk1IPuMw?t=189
- ↑ https://youtu.be/9EU84vfOWqo&t=112
- ↑ https://youtu.be/xexxfkigcfs?t=330
- ↑ https://x.com/Saberspark/status/1329496198873559043
- ↑ https://x.com/Saberspark/status/1464979784946040847