How did Button Mash get so popular?

[Spikey-Wikey 378]

How did Button Mash get so popular? I know he's not as popular as he used to be, but why was he so popular?

 

I don't get it, what exactly mad him so popular compared to other colts like Shady Daze? I don't dislike Button Mash, I think he's fairly adorable, but what managed to make him so popular?

[Quinch 1,123]

As far as I can tell, it was a combination of good animation, funny writing and a character that was just silly enough to be believable. Also his mom, although the only secondary character, did a pretty good job of portraying a "cool adult" archetype.

[CaptainDoubloon 857]

And the character was used for a music video called Don't Mine At Night, a song about playing Minecraft.

[Gearbox10mm 794]

I think the thing that originally made him standout was the fact that he was first seen playing a video game. There are a lot of gamers in the fandom so Jan Animations took him and ran with it. Their animation and overall production quality rivaled the show's, so yeah, it's not much of a surprise he took off like he did.

[ProjectRKA 2,848]

I've got two words for this: The Internet.

[Jokuc 8,174]

Because one of the most famous animators in the community called Jan Animation Studios made a video called Button Mash Adventures as well as a video called "Don't mine at night" where he is the head character. There's no other reason, he was more or less unknown before the hype about those videos.

[MAIKUN 262]

I really liked Button Mash because he is a real crybaby and has a hard time separating between the fantasy world and the real world. To be honest, Button Mash DOES remind me of Cartman/Butters from South Park right at the end.

[The Crimson Cross 7,532]

I had no idea this character was even legit until a few months back. I haven't even seen him in the show, or at least remember, but if a BG character such as Derpy can be a widely accepted fan favourite.. I don't see why not!

 

I couldn't care less for him, and I don't watch/read much fan-base stuff, so I really have no idea.

I saw a Minecraft Parody with a few million hits starting him, so it honestly wouldn't surprise me if that had a role to play in it.

[Stormghost 136]

JanAnimations has shipped botton mash OC for MLP:FiM, so he appeard in the 100th episode.

[cider float 2,539]

His hot mom

Lots of bronies play games

The nice animation

 

He's not that popular the way I saw compared to other BG ponies.

[Megas 28,047]

Someone made a funny animation using the character as the star and now he's one of the fandom's most beloved characters

[Megas 28,047]

EDIT: Computer glitched up and I Double Posted. Sorry

Edited August 3, 2015 by Lemon Zest

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 42,175]

The aminations man, the aminations.  That is the main reason that I know of, that is how I heard of him. He's a pretty cool pony, ya know?

[Guest]

Because he's "SOOOO COOOL!" 

[Vox 870]

Like everyone else says, JanAnimation's aborted "Button's Adventures" fan mini-series, as well as the "Don't Mine at Night" parody.

[Unlikeable Pony 2,700]

Really sad the Button mash miniseries got cease and desisted. I loved that animation XD
I get that the ill advised VA spoofing adult lines caused hasbro to flip their shit, but still; I liked button mash's adventure.

[Buck Testa 5,505]

How did Button Mash get so popular? I know he's not as popular as he used to be, but why was he so popular?

 

I don't get it, what exactly mad him so popular compared to other colts like Shady Daze? I don't dislike Button Mash, I think he's fairly adorable, but what managed to make him so popular?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkaTUjBBXcc

 

Jananimations is the reason, and frankly any colt would be more interesting than the dumb and dumber tag team snips and snails... no thats an insult to dumb and dumber

[Unlikeable Pony 2,700]

 

Jananimations is the reason, and frankly any colt would be more interesting than the dumb and dumber tag team snips and snails... no thats an insult to dumb and dumber

 

 

I still don't get why the staff keep using those two. Like, do they HONESTLY think people enjoy seeing them? Do they resonate with the target audience because "Lol stupid boys!"?

why?

[GuyNamedEarl 1,332]

No one really knows. It's like how derpy got so popular

[Wind Chaser 4,768]

He initially shows up playing an arcade game in a brief ~2 second blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment in the "Perfect Stallion" song. It's only for all of two seconds, but the idea of video games in Equestria really appeals to people, especially JanAnimations, who single-handedly popularized the character through "Button's Adventures". Now everyone who missed the character the first time knows about him thanks to what Jan did with him.

 

He does share a model with Shady Daze, who has had more screen time and even a speaking role (as well as another background colt and the pony with the bowling cutie mark in "The Cutie Pox"), however it's what he's doing that sets him apart, similarly to how Vinyl Scratch launched from a single 5-second scene of her operating a DJ booth in "Suited for Success".

Edited August 3, 2015 by Wind Chaser

[Limeblossom 482]

Don't forget that the brony fandom also consists of gamers . And the fandom is part of the Internet subculture.

[PinkieatHeart 208]

I definitely think the internet/gaming aspect has helped. But to be honest... I hardly know anything about him, myself. >.>

[Riganthor 484]

the animations where indeed important and I think the whole ordeal with hasbro sying no to more animations helped even more.

[cmarston1 5,962]

People liked the idea of a video game playing character from the show, and like other background characters someone out there (in this case JanAnimations) decided to make content expanding on that.

There were a few pretty entertaining videos made from that which lead to his character becoming popular.

Edited January 20, 2016 by cmarston1

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,825]

It really started in the song "The Perfect Stallion". That's how he got his name. JanAnimations was the guy who made him famous. Too bad he was C&Ded though...