Jaiden Animations (born: September 27, 1997) is an American YouTuber and animator who does story times and creates animations about her life. She does many other story times too that she animates as an example. Jaiden has previously animated for many other YouTubers such as iHasCupquake. She currently has over 8 mil subscribers and 1.3 b views as of August 2020.
She is a close friend to Rebecca Parham and is a re-occurring female character in her animations and videos. Like most of Rebecca's YouTube animators' friends, Rebecca draws Jaiden in Jaiden's animation style.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Jaiden was born on September 27, 1997. During her childhood, she enjoyed drawing and casual video games. As she got older, she participated in competitive sports such as tennis and karate She also took music lessons such as piano and violin.[1]
YouTube history[]
Jaiden joined YouTube on February 16, 2014, but didn't upload her first video until July of that year. Frequent collaborations with iHasCupquake, and other creators helped skyrocketed her sub count, jumping from 100K subscribers to over 1,000,000 in the span of a year. Her channel has since grown to have 12,000,000 subscribers, and each of her videos bolstering an equally impressive number of views.[2]
Description[]
Appearance[]
She is an Asian woman with a tan skin tone, dark brown hair and brown eyes. In her animation style, what she usually wears is a purple shirt, blue pants and black shoes.
Personality[]
Jaiden is shy, and tends to be nervous around people. She calls herself 'awkward' and 'anxious’, although recently she's gotten to be much better with social interactions. These traits are referenced in many videos, the most notable being “Why I Don’t Have a ‘Face Reveal’” video in which she details her problems with self-consciousness, body dysmorphia, and eating disorders. She comes off as humble and kind. She follows a vegan diet and it is most likely due to her concerns about how animals are treated in farms. [3]
Role in videos[]
Jaiden Animations usually sends voice recordings of her speaking lines that needed to be spoken for the videos. Her name was partially mentioned in Backyard Stories and she saw Rebecca at the Instagram lounge. She made a cameo appearance in Slumber Parties are Witch Gatherings, sleeping with other YouTube animators in the same room.
Relationships[]
She is close friends with TheOdd1sOut, TimTom, and SomeThingElseYT, forming a gang called the Boise Squad. The previous Animation Squad, however, included herself, TheOdd1sOut, ItsAlexClark, and TonyvToons.
Rebecca Parham from Let Me Explain Studios is also a close friend to Jaiden Animations, but she wasn't in either gang.
She came out as aroace (aromantic asexual) in March 2022.
Appearances[]
- 2016 VidCon Recap
- Don't Listen to the Demon (cameo)
- How to Creep Out Your Favorite YouTubers at Conventions
- No Mouths
- 2017 VidCon Recap
- YouTube Rewind, PAX South and more (mentioned and drawn)
- Draw My Life (mentioned and drawn)
- Ruining Your Favorite YouTubers (mentioned and drawn)
- 2018 VidCon Recap (part 2)
- Backyard Stories
- Am I Dating Someone? (very briefly shown on the footage showing the list of featured creators)
- The Last VidCon Recap
- Slumber Parties Are Witch Gatherings (cameo)
Quotes[]
- This section lists her quotes only in Rebecca Parham's animations. For a list of quotes in her own animations, see w:c:youtube:Jaiden Animations#Quotes.
- "AHH!"
- "Hey. Hey, Rebecca. Love you. Bye! Can't wait to see you at Vidcon!"
Trivia[]
- Coincidentally, Rebecca Parham created her big channel the day after JaidenAnimations created her channel.*She is an animal lover and had two dogs when she was a child. She currently has 2 birds ,one named Ari, whom she jokingly calls a dog and Tofu who she mentioned in a live stream.
- She went vegan for one week after being nominated to do the "7 Day Vegan Challenge, baby (solves all yo' problems)" by TheOdd1sOut (who "created" the name to this challenge), who she frequently collabs with.
- This nomination was mostly a joke, as Jaiden was a vegan before accepting this challenge.
- She hates the color green, and her favorite color is purple.
- She once dyed her hair purple to look like her favorite YouTuber at the time, iHasCupquake.
- She adds fanart at the endcard of her videos.
- She was invited to make animation for YouTube Rewind 2017. Her animation is in the video's credits.
- Jaiden made a music video with Boyinaband called Empty.
- She would rather keep her full name private.
- Her name was referenced in the cast in My Crazy Theatre Teacher.
- Also coincidentally, both Jaiden and Rebecca are allergic to cats
- She also has her own Wiki: Jaiden Animations Wiki
- She originally thought the community tab feature on youtube was an annoyance to her and publicly stated she would never use it. She has since backtracked on that statement and has posted to the comunity tab on her channel many times.
- She got another bird called Tofu.
References
Protagonists
Rebecca Parham
Animator assistants
Megan Maher • Ninedoodles • E Griswold • Annie Loomis • Chloe Dungate
Antagonists
Broomstache Man • Buzzard • Dress code staff member • Emo singer • Eric Paul Engel • Horrifying creature • Jaco • Medusa • Milly • Rebecca's Demon • Red-Eyed Ghost • Storage Lady • The curious Disney security guard • Thief • Wrong number caller
Recurring characters
Alice • Ben • Director • Example character • Fan • Jaco's father • Kid President • Nacie • Police officer • Rapper • Senior theater kid • Shannon • Snitch • Students • The Girlfriend Fairy • Tweedledee • VidCon Doll Rebecca • VidCon security • VidCon staff • Yoli • Yoli's husband
Minor characters
Attention boy • BeeFwee • Black-haired Pokémon trainer • Bloody Mary • Boxer • Brunette Pokémon trainer • Carpenter • Carter Branch • Choir Director • Chris Miller • COVID-19 Doctor • Dentist • Disney performer • Disney recruiter • Disney security guard • Doctor • Earl • Fashion lady • Female Disney security boss • Fifi • Fire chief • Fire Senpai • Freddy • Girls on TV • Gladys • Greg • Hank Green • Harry Heartbreaker • Head security woman • Head teacher • Henry • Katniss • Kay • Kay's father • Kay's mother • Lawyer • Let Me Explain Studios logo • Little Girl • Lizzie Borden • Marilyn • Mary • Mr. Vanderbilt • Noah Ark • Orthodontist • Pablo • Pedicure employee • Pervert • Principal • Poo-Pourri Marketer • Psychiatrist • Rebecca's Angel • Rebecca's problems in human form • Rebecca's slumber party friends • Rhydon • Ringling advisor • Rue • Serial killer • Shop employee • Stagehand • Stage Manager • Tech theater girl • Theater department advisor • Treehouse-chan • Vice-principal
Rebecca's relatives
Ace • Ann Parham • Charlie • David Parham • Mabel • Mike Parham • Noah • Photographer Girl • Rachel Parham • Stanley Parham • Rebecca's grandmother
YouTubers
Ami Yamato • Anthony Padilla • Arin Hanson • Boyinaband • CrankGameplays • ChillyPanda • CypherDen • DaneBoe • Danny Sexbang • Domics • Doddleoddle • DrawWithJazza • Eddache • FootofaFerret • Game Grumps • GingerPale • Illymation • It's Alex Clark • Jacksepticeye • Jaiden Animations • Life Noggin • Link • Markiplier • MatPat • Meghan Tonjes • Nathan Yaffe • OnlyLeigh • Rebaka-Chan • Rhett • RoomieOfficial • RubberNinja • Shgurr • SomeThingElseYT • sWooZie • Tabbes • Tessa Violet • TheAMaazing • TheOdd1sOut • TimTom • TomSka • TonyVToons