Salad Fingers

2004
Salad Fingers

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EP1 Spoons Jul 01, 2004

Salad Fingers goes on a search for some rusty spoons to touch.

EP2 Friends Jul 15, 2004

Salad Fingers has a tea party but can't quite reach into the oven on his own.

EP3 Nettles Aug 01, 2004

Salad Fingers enjoys nettles and stumbles across a nettle carrier.

EP4 Cage Aug 20, 2004

An odd boy-like creature takes a special interest in Salad Fingers!

EP5 Picnic Nov 25, 2004

Salad Fingers enjoys a lovely picnic with his friends!

EP6 Present Jul 24, 2005

Salad Fingers receives a gift from an old friend.

EP7 Shore Leave Jan 29, 2006

The brave Kenneth has come back from the Great War to sew his wild oats!

EP8 Cupboard Sep 22, 2007

Salad Fingers explores his cupboard.

EP9 Letter May 26, 2011

Salad Fingers receives a letter.

EP10 Birthday Nov 23, 2013

It's Hubert Cumberdale's birthday but Milford isn't feeling so well.

EP11 Glass Brother Jan 30, 2019

Salad Fingers decides it’s time for Hubert Cumberdale to become a real boy……...

EP12 Post Man Mar 07, 2022

Salad Fingers goes out on his local postal rounds - and then back to the "postal counting house".

EP13 Harvest Sep 27, 2023

Salad Fingers is facing a food shortage due to a failed crop. His only hope is to pray to Grandmother Growth.
8.1| 0h30m| TV-MA| en| More Info
Released: 01 July 2004 Returning Series
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Country: United Kingdom
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Official Website: https://www.newgrounds.com/collection/saladfingers
Synopsis

Salad Fingers is a lonely green man who lives in the middle of nowhere.

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osakar The reviewer at the bottom of this list had it right. Salad Fingers is great mood. But what does it actually show? The world it portrays is a world of ONLY the Shadow; The Shadow and isolation - nothing more. But this is a purge: it does not show the truth of the world: only Miyazaki does that. Spirited Away does it best.A world of only shadow appeals only to those who blind themselves to light.*** I still give this 7 for the mood and for nostalgic reasons. I like it when the red water comes out.**** I refer to the Shadow as Jung described it; that hidden, darker aspect of the unconscious.
Rectangular_businessman Ah, Newgrounds. A website that used to be a big thing back then in the early 2000s, but which ended being overshadowed by the websites that appeared during the following years such as Youtube, and during the present time is often considered as the place where so many poorly made point-and-click horror games filled with cheesy jump scares can be easily found.But such kind of generalization would be unfair. After all, some really good stuff originally debuted on Newgrounds...The work of some animators such as Harry Partridge and Max Gilardi had its humble beginnings on this website. And one those creators was David Firth, whose most iconic work is this web series, which showed that while flash animation was mostly used for silly shorts filled with references and shocking humor (Not that there is anything wrong with that) it also can be used in a darker, more haunting manner.The eerie atmosphere and the creepy (yet strangely endearing) protagonist are the strong points of "Salad Fingers" making it an interesting watch on its 10 weird but fascinating episodes, getting progressively creepier in each chapter. Yes, it could be somewhat self-indulgent at moments, and yes, the bleak nature of the plot are definitely not something that could be easily enjoyed for every viewer, but personally, I liked this series. I liked its mood, animation style and characters, and I think is such a shame that there are not so much horror-themed animations as this one, since even to this day, most viewers still feel that cartoons should be always comedies. But fortunately, from time to time shows like dared to be different instead of imitating what everything else keeps doing. And I am more than thankful for that.8/10
Doctor_Phil Another reviewer wrote, "it really does open your mind to what the world is coming to, what we're doing to the Earth, and in time what we could do to ourselves if we succeed in perishing our world. People who appreciate art, and appreciate a profound storyline will enjoy Salad Fingers: contrary to the belief it's an absurd cartoon with little meaning."Art is a slippery concept. There are artistic elements here: the character quirks and gentle psychosis of salad fingers, the dream-like, minimalist animation. But mere creation of a mood does not, in my mind, rise to the level of art. I don't mean to condemn the attempt with my low rating. Experiments must be made. But this is a failed experiment, and because it lacks any structure, conventional narrative, or beauty, there's nothing left to like after that failure. There is no profound storyline. Salad Fingers does not speak to human experience, not even the experience of delusional psychotics. There is no reasonable, interesting, apparent interpretation of the events, no way to make sense of it. (And don't tell me that "not making sense is its sense!" Kafka did that right. This is not Kafka.) It's a bunch of random creepy stuff thrown together, made independently without any story or plan.
TheVictoriousV Salad Fingers, a singularly disturbing Flash cartoon by David Firth is a unique experience. A series of bizarre animations that are mere random messes to those who are simply too lazy to think hard, but beautiful and bewildering to those who wish to interpret and analyze them and those who appreciate art.Salad Fingers is set around a lonely, mentally disturbed mutant who resides in a wasteland with only his finger puppets and his imagination as company. We hear that the world around him perished during a great war. He sees and does strange things that often end him up in surreal and frightening situations.As we follow him through his nightmarish experiences, we grow to like him and care about him, despite his sickening habits and hobbies. It is hard not to feel sorry for him when he breaks down and feels miserable and alone.Salad Fingers is truly a one-of-a-kind Flash series. No other series I can think of has been this surreal, strange or beautiful. Many have tried to mimic it, yes, but that has not always ended well.