September 27, 2025
Homestuck: The Animated Pilot is the pilot episode of an animated adaptation of Homestuck, produced by SpindleRoo and released on Vivziepop's YouTube channel on September 27th, 2025.
The animated pilot is mostly a run-down adaptation of Homestuck's early beginnings, focusing on introducing the Beta Kids, John Egbert's confrontation with his dad, and a pre-credits teaser that quickly reveals the Trolls' appearances at the end of the pilot. The pilot overall and its decision with pacing, voice acting/lines, and quick reveals has garnered mixed reception and is mainly the core focus for criticisms and is acknowledged to be "almost incomprehensible to newcomers".
Storyline
The pilot more or less follows Homestuck: Act 1, although the pacing is compressed and some characters appear before they do in the webcomic.
Also See
- Homestuck
- Hiveswap
Sound Effects Used
- Hollywoodedge, Baby Crying Slowly PE144001 (2nd half; used once out-of-context when the 1st item gets pushed out of the Captchalogue card in John's 4 slots wide Sylladex as the narrator explains about putting too many items in it.)
- Hollywoodedge, Wet Splats Various CRT052301 (very high pitched)
- Sound Ideas, BOINK, CARTOON - BOINK 01 (very high pitched)