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Legends of Avantris boards a ghost train for The Crooked Moon

Andy and Gary's animated misadventure doubles as a soundtrack announcement, with Tom Kenny and Jemaine Clement among the featured singers.

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 386,312 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (28,574).

we need to talk.we need to talk.

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  1. 0:00Andy and finger-puppet wizard Gary encounter strange figures while walking through a spooky graveyard.
  2. 0:48An approaching train sends the pair tumbling down a cliff.
  3. 1:57They board the Ghost Light Express and enter a lounge car with jazz playing.
  4. 2:10The sketch reveals its purpose: announcing a vinyl release for The Crooked Moon soundtrack.
  5. 2:54Song previews introduce featured singers including Jemaine Clement, Tom Kenny, Ramin Karimloo and Annapantsu.
  6. 4:54The train's missing doors set up the final supernatural gag.

"we need to talk." sounds serious, but the conversation takes a while to arrive. First, Andy and Gary have to survive a graveyard, an approaching train and a tumble down a cliff. Gary's distress gets a practical response: he is a finger puppet, so the legs he is worrying about do not exist.

This is an animated promotional sketch for Legends of Avantris's own Crooked Moon soundtrack vinyl release, not a solemn channel update. It has drawn roughly 267,000 views in half a day, already far beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for a regular video.

The announcement comes only after the pair board the Ghost Light Express and settle into its jazz-playing lounge car. The music is composed by The Blasting Company, also known for the soundtrack to Over the Garden Wall. That connection gives the spooky journey a musical context beyond the group's Dungeons & Dragons table.

The sketch previews songs featuring Jemaine Clement, Tom Kenny, Ramin Karimloo and Annapantsu. Kenny's appearance is a particular talking point in the comments, where viewers recognize the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants in this rather different setting.

Other comments linger on the animation's smaller jokes: Andy's delayed realization that he is falling, and the human arm that remains attached to Gary despite his wizardly independence. Viewers also remark on the loose, improvised feel of the conversation. For a channel built around friends playing characters together, even the soundtrack announcement leaves room for a puppet to derail proceedings.

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  • I love that you can tell they made this up as they went
  • Andy not falling down the hill until he realized that they were falling down the hill was perfect
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  • i love how mikey's hand is animated with Gary
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The facts
Subscribers
2,930,000 ▲ 20,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days
47,190,115
Channel views, pace per day
3,881,909 (on a normal day: 6,261,570)
Video published
October 22, 2026
Video views so far
266,648 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day
386,312

The numbers

The sketch has already exceeded the channel's usual full-day views for regular videos. Its comment section is also much busier than a typical first day.

the video's first day
usual first day here
28,574
this video
386,312
subscribers
2,930,000
▲ 20,000 in the last 7 days
total views
3,757,006,399
views per day
3,881,909
typical day: 6,261,570
the video
views
266,648
likes
14,826
comments
554
days online
1
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
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3,620,000
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2,880,000
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2,400,000
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1,970,000
As of October 23, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
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