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Am I Dating Someone? is an animation and the second Q&A (other than Rebecca Explains, and the first Q&A after Rebecca Explains being No Mouths?!) created by Rebecca Parham.
Synopsis[]
Rebecca Parham answers more questions (whether they're frequently asked or are just some random and trivial questions) she gets in the comments section of her videos or even in her social media.
Her fans have asked many questions about her and her animations in the video and Rebecca has answered 33 of these questions.
Questions & Answers[]
Questions | Answers |
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Is Rebecca on a relationship? If so, would she put him on a video? | She isn't on a relationship. However, when she goes on a relationship, she keeps it as a secret until they both agree to handle going on public. Rebecca finds it as hard work to be on a relationship, even without her fans. |
What Disney princess can she relate to? | She can relate to Tiana the most, for a few reasons: she has big dreams, she's a workaholic, she lost her father and she likes jazz, to name a few. |
What is her favorite animated movie? | By her definition, her favorite movies are the ones she watches many times. Her favorite animated movie is Wreck-it-Ralph. However, she has seen the sequel and said it could've been better. |
Which Harry Potter house is she? | Ravenclaw |
What is her favorite non-animated movie? | Jurassic Park |
What is her favorite dinosaur? | T-rex and triceratops |
What theater role would she love to have? | In the show Into the Woods, she wanted to either be the baker's wife or the witch. She wanted to do a bunch of theater roles, even though she is aware that she would never be able to do them, like the phantom from Phantom of the Opera, for example. |
If YouTube dies/shuts down, what will she do? | She would go to a big animation studio, like Nickelodeon and try to find a job in the animation industry, like she was instructed in her art college. However, instead of going to a big animation studio, she made her own company, Let Me Explain Studios. Of course, there are some requirements, like showing her portfolio. Moreover, jokingly, if YouTube shut down, she would go to be a forest and be the witch of the woods. |
What YouTube videos does she watch the most? | She mostly watches the videos of her animator friends, such as James' and Jaiden's videos. However, they upload monthly, so she couldn't watch too many videos from them. The videos that she watches the most and favors is Game Grumps, because they can make her laugh at any time, even when she is exhausted. |
What's her favorite anime? | Ouran High School Host Club |
What's her favorite Marvel character? | Captain America |
How did she get to where she is now? | She "walked", as she said, jokingly. |
What does she to be motivated when she feels burnt out? | She deals with the burn out first. She grabs some TLC, taking a hot shower or a bubble bath, cleaning the surroundings, getting a good sleep, exercising, getting a good meal, do some easy things to feel accomplished, do something recreational like drawing and finally, getting off of social media and the notifications. |
What is her opinion about the VidCon London recap? Why wasn't a video made about it? | She was a featured creator at VidCon London back in February 2019. She loved London itself and really wanted to go back there because the city is so full of history, she got an English tea, she sightsaw with James and Adam, she hung out with TomSka and his friends, she met ItsSimonsCat with James and she thought VidCon London was so much fun. Even though on a poll, 59% of the people chose the VidCon London recap video, she didn't want to work on an animation that would take 1-2 months to make for half of the views she normally gets, so instead, she made an animated story for everyone to enjoy, like Backyard Stories. |
Does she only wear dresses? | No. She sometimes wears skirts (and as shown on few of her other videos, such as My Teacher Murdered Someone, she wore pants.) |
Does she prefer crunchy or creamy peanut butter? | Creamy peanut butter. |
Would their be more guest voices in her videos? | Four other YouTubers with guest voices ironically responded to this question. |
What's something she wanted to do on her channel but couldn't for any reason? | She wanted to perform some original songs on her videos, as she can sing. However, there are two problems: one is that she couldn't play any instruments or write any lyrics for an original song (which is why all of her songs are covers or remixes), so she would need to pay a musician or get a YouTuber to help her out with the music. The other problem is that she doesn't have enough time for music, due to her animated videos, so she needs more time to be able to do some music. Time I'd becoming less of a problem, since she has an assistant animator, who is Megan Maher. |
Does she prefer dogs or cats? | She likes cats, but she is allergic to them. So, she prefers dogs. |
Let her show her fans the dogs. (this isn't initially a question.) | Her dogs are: |
Who is her favorite animator in general? | Her favorite animator is Glen Keane, since he animated characters like Ariel, Tarzan and many more. Rebecca wishes she gets to meet him. |
Who is her main character in Super Smash Bros Ultimate? | Pikachu |
What is her favorite Pokémon? | Butterfree |
What kanto starter Pokémon did she pick when she played Pokémon Red and Blue? | Squirtle, who is Rebecca's favorite starter Pokémon |
Was there a ghost that followed her in her office after Working Late? | There is a ghost story. Somewhere in April-May, when she was working late and was the only person working in the building. She leaned to her second monitor and found a black mask behind her drawing tablet/monitor. She thought a bag fell out of her desk, but really, it turned out to be nothing. That creeped her out for the rest of the night. |
What's her favorite musicals? |
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Who's her favorite characters? |
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Has she ever been to or thought about going to Australia? | James and Rebecca are planning to go to VidCon Australia. She was told that she was going to do something there. |
Who is her favorite character in Night in the Woods? | Bea |
Does she prefer waffles or pancakes? | Waffles |
What is her favorite chocolate bar? | Reese's |
Did she have a crush in high school? | She had a crush on the senior theater kid. |
Can this be the last question? | Rebecca responded with a yes. |
Characters[]
- Rebecca Parham
- The Girlfriend Fairy
- Fan
- Example character
- Tiana
- Wreck-It-Ralph
- Vaneloppe Von Schweetz
- Rebecca's college friends
- Game Grumps
- Ami Yamato (person who recorded the footage of the VidCon London trip.)
- TheOdd1sOut
- SomeThingElseYT
- ItsSimonsCat
- Jaiden Animations (briefly shown in the footage of the VidCon London trip.)
- Jaco (from Backyard Stories)
- Rachel Parham (from Backyard Stories)
- Illymation
- TomSka
- Anthony Padilla
- Example character (musician)
- Example character (YouTuber)
- Megan Maher (cameo)
- Noah
- Charlie
- Mabel
- Ace
- Glen Keane
- Ariel
- Tarzan
- Anime character
- Black mask
- Senior theater kid
- Medusa (from My Crazy Theatre Teacher)
Reception[]
The reception for this video is very positive. Some people did tell Rebecca to do a collaborative song with Boyinaband, though.
Advertisement[]
At the end if the video, Rebecca Parham informed the viewers that she is selling a vintage t-shirt with her logo on it on CreatorInk's website.
Easter eggs[]
- At 0:32, there is a cameo of The Girlfriend Fairy.
- At 1:58, there is a treehouse, which is a reference to the treehouse from Backyard Stories.
- At 2:15 to 2:19, the former Ringling College students, who now have a job at big animation studios, have a modified version of the animation studio logos on their heads. From left to right: Warner Bros, Disney, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, DreamWorks.
- At 6:34, various applications can be seen, including: Chrome, Firefox, Steam, iTunes, Discord, Night in the Woods, Cuphead and more. The Cintiq's background is also Felix the Cat.
Errors[]
- She sometimes forgot to include the row of dots with a darker shade of light green at the bottom of her green dress.
- At 4:22, it is unknown how she got to wear the skirt very quickly.
Trivia[]
- The reason why she puts "am I dating someone" as a question in her title and the thumbnail is because people want to know if Rebecca has ever went on a date, is on a date or will be on a date.
- It is the second Q&A video after No Mouths?!.
- This is the video in which she most frequently changed her costume/clothes. She changed them 14 times.
- On this video, instead of showing fans physically asking Rebecca like in No Mouths, she took screenshots of the comments and put the questions as comments before she answers them.
- It is the video with the most features: there are 5 features, which are 4 guest voices and one assistant animator.
Animated stories
Almost Run Over by a Car • Backyard Stories • Bitten While Defending A Friend • Blood On My Windshield • Crazy Wrong Number Caller • Crotchety Storage Lady • Daycare Stories • Daycare Stories 2 • Disney Street Performers Pick on Me • Getting Recognized Stories • I Got Stuck on a Roof • Lost My Pants in Wonderland • My Crazy Theatre Teacher • My Real Ghost Encounters • My School Dress Codes • My Teacher Murdered Someone • My Terrible Mouth Accident • Running Away From Home • Stole Mom's Credit Card to Buy N64 • Street Performers Pick on Me Again! • The Curious Disney Security Guard • The Girlfriend Fairy
Animations
Am I Dating Someone? • BeeFwee • Can You Solve My Secret Code? • Come See My Spooky Tree House • Dumb Things I Do • Flight of the Valentine • How to Creep Out Your Favorite YouTubers at Conventions • I Am a YouTuber?? • If YouTube Animators Actually Uploaded Weekly • My Embarrassing & Weird Old Art • No Mouths?! • Over the Moon • Phone Notifications • Slumber Parties Are Witch Gatherings • Stuck in a Bank • The Sochi Hotel Games • Things Animation Girls Say • Things I Would Do if I Had the Time or Money! • Too Much • Welcome to Let Me Explain Studios! • Working Late • You Think I'm Stupid?!
Music videos
Animated Outtakes (Dumb Things I Do) • Barcarolle • Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen • Carol of the Bells • Chewy Fingers • I Sang a Song for Hurricane Harvey Victims
Subscriber milestone specials
1000000 Subscribers Extravaganza • Draw My Life
VidCon recaps
2015 VidCon Recap • 2016 VidCon Recap • 2017 VidCon Recap • 2018 VidCon Recap • 2019 VidCon Recap
Vlogs
Basset Hound Puppy Steals Shoe • Don't Listen to the Demon • First Father's Day Without Him • Father's Day Video & Inside Out • Girlfriend Fairy Halloween Costume • How I Found Self-Esteem Through Animation • Loopy & Sleep Deprived Office Tour • My Most Embarrassing Halloween Costumes • There's 20000 of us! • VidCon Panel Audition • What the Hell Anime Is This? • YouTubers I Want to Sing With
Drawing videos
Drawing Animators into Over the Garden Wall • Ruining Your Favorite YouTubers
Firebug Chats
My Sultry Voice Gives You an Update • What It Was Like Having The Virus
Selected Outtakes
LastVidCon Bloopers • SlumberParties Bloopers
Announcements
Quick Birthday Update • VidCon Update & Snake • Update Central
Behind the Scenes
Stuck in an Emo Band (behind the scenes) • YouTube Rewind, PAX South and more
Advertisements
DELETING SOON! Discount on Halloween MERCH! • DONATE, you cowards! #HopeFromHome • Pin Theatre • Pokémon Parody and We've Moved
Rebecca Explains
Rebecca Explains 1 • Rebecca Explains 2 • Rebecca Explains 3
Animatics
Down With the SICK
Animations (rare)
Children • Ed Edd n Eddy Crack Parodies • Ed Edd n Eddy Grim Grinning Ghosts • Ed Edd n Eddy Sing the FCC Song • Ed Edd n Eddy Showtune Parodies
Animatics (rare)
I'm a Star • Inventure • Ode to Mother • Ode to Dad • Pissing People Off • Quest for Storage • Rachel's Birthday Animatic • Raiders of the Lego Man • Sling Shot • Tis the Season • Trick or Retreat
Animations for other channels (rare)
Angles Song • Stuck in an Emo Band (animation) • Time Song
Animation reels (rare)
2012 Demo Reel • 2013 Story Reel • Flash Animation Demo Reel
Animation tests (rare)
2D Dance • Artie Animations • Emotions Lipsync Test • Push/Pull Exaggerated • Push/Pull Natural • Silhouette • Swinging Lip Sync • Tobuscus Animated Lip Sync • Waiting • Walk Cycle
Vlogs (rare)
70 Random Things Found in my Room • Freaking Myself Out While Filming the Halloween Video • Tea with Mat Hatter and Alice