:TheOdd1sOut
{{Short description|American YouTuber and animator (born 1996)}}
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{{Infobox YouTube personality
| name = TheOdd1sOut
| image = James Rallison at Vidcon (cropped) 4.jpg
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| caption = Rallison in 2017
| birth_name = Robert James Rallison
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|5|14}}
| birth_place = Chandler, Arizona, U.S.
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| mother = Janette Rallison
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| occupation = {{flatlist|
- YouTuber
- cartoonist
- animator
- author
- {{nowrap|voice actor}}
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| website = {{URL|theodd1sout.com}}
| years_active = 2014–present
| channel_handle = TheOdd1sOut
| subscribers = 20.4 million
| views = 5.3 billion
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Robert James Rallison ({{IPAc-en|'|r|æ|l|ɪ|s|ə|n}}; born May 14, 1996), known online as TheOdd1sOut, is an American YouTuber, cartoonist, animator, author, and voice actor. He is known for producing storytime animations on his YouTube channel and co-creating, starring in, and executive producing the Netflix animated series Oddballs.
Early and personal life
Robert James Rallison{{Cite web|last=Dodgson|first=Lindsay|title=These were the top 10 trending videos on YouTube in 2019|url=https://www.insider.com/top-10-trending-videos-on-youtube-2019-12|access-date=2021-04-20|website=Insider|language=en-US}} was born in Chandler, Arizona,{{Cite web|last=Waltz|first=Adam|date=2018-11-19|title=Chandler Native Finds Success as 'TheOdd1sOut' on YouTube|url=https://kasw.ewscloud.com/positivelyarizona/chandler-native-finds-success-as-theodd1sout-on-youtube/|access-date=2019-11-10|website=YourPHX|archive-date=March 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309152359/https://kasw.ewscloud.com/positivelyarizona/chandler-native-finds-success-as-theodd1sout-on-youtube/|url-status=dead}} on May 14, 1996,{{Cite tweet|number=598912380504903680|user=theodd1sout|title=Happy Birthday (to me)|access-date=2022-09-08}} to a Mormon family.{{cite interview |last=Rallison |first=James |interviewer=Anthony Padilla |title=I spent a day with THEODD1sOUT |date=November 12, 2021 |publisher=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pbzyOU7nUM&t=267s |access-date=October 3, 2023}} His mother is author Janette Rallison.{{cite web |url=https://janetterallison.com/blog/answering-three-questions-about-becoming-a-writer/#comment-246948 |title=Answering three questions about becoming a writer |date=2018-07-18 |website=Janette Rallison & CJ Hill Books |language=en-US |access-date=2022-09-19}} Rallison is no longer Mormon and never had a desire to go on a mission.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pbzyOU7nUM |title=I spent a day with THEODD1sOUT |date=2021-11-12 |last=AnthonyPadilla |access-date=2024-08-10 |via=YouTube}} He has a twin sister and three other siblings.{{cn|date=September 2023}}
He attended Perry High School in Gilbert, Arizona.{{Cite web|last=Del Fosse|first=Sawyer|date=2016-09-29|title=James Rallison: Alumni taking self-made illustrative success to the internet|url=https://phsprecedent.com/entertainment/2016/09/29/james-rallison-alumni-taking-self-made-illustrative-success-to-the-internet/|access-date=2021-01-31|website=The Precedent}} In 2018, Rallison moved to Glendale, California.
Career
=Webcomics=
Rallison's first published illustrated works were webcomics, under the title TheOdd1sOut. He uploaded the first comic strip onto Tumblr in June 2012, when he was 16. After 100 comics, he had amassed 100 followers, and it took him about a year to settle into his art style.{{Cite news|last=Cappello|first=Nile|date=2018-06-11|title=James Rallison on TheOdd1sOut Comics, Animations & New Book|work=Crixeo|url=https://crixeo.com/theodd1sout-comics/|url-status=dead|access-date=2018-11-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707020123/https://crixeo.com/theodd1sout-comics/|archive-date=2018-07-07}} By September 2016 he had written around 400 strips. Rallison described the characters in his comics as "marshmallow people" because of their white, roundish look. His comics tended to focus on lighthearted themes, such as taking famous puns literally, or poking fun at social clichés.
=YouTube=
On August 30, 2014, just over two years after starting his webcomic, Rallison started his YouTube channel as theodd1sout comic. In his animated videos, which feature the same "marshmallow people" as the webcomic, he talks about his life story, his thoughts, and opinions. His first video was titled "A Book I Made as a Kid", looking at a short story he made while in elementary school. In March 2016, his channel reached 100,000{{nbsp}}subscribers.{{Cite AV media|last=Rallison |first=Robert |publisher=TheOdd1sOut |title=100,000 Sprinkles on a Cake (not really) (100,000 Subscriber Special!) |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=hb1SJpliZkQ |website=YouTube |type=Video |date=2016-03-15 |access-date=2022-09-25}}{{Cite tweet|last=Rallison |first=Robert |user=theodd1sout |number=709809880622706689 |title=100,000 subscriber special video is up! I put 100,000 sprinkles (rounded up) on a cake! THANKS, YOU GUYS! |access-date=2022-09-25}} In April 2016, his channel gained over 278,000{{nbsp}}subscribers, giving him a total of over 400,000{{nbsp}}subscribers.{{cite web|author=Cohen, Joshua|date=2016-05-20|title=Top 100 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • April 2016|url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2016/05/20/top-100-most-subscribed-youtube-channels-worldwide-april-2016/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905183404/http://www.tubefilter.com/2016/05/20/top-100-most-subscribed-youtube-channels-worldwide-april-2016/|archive-date=2017-09-05|access-date=2017-04-28|work=Tubefilter}} In July 2016, his channel reached 1 million subscribers.{{Cite tweet|last=Rallison |first=Robert |user=theodd1sout |number=759411086835589120 |title=THANKS FOR A MILLION SUBS!!!!!!💯0000 |access-date=2022-09-25}} At some point, Rallison dropped out of college to make videos full-time.
On December 2, 2017, Rallison created a second channel, TheOdd2sOut, in which non-animation content is uploaded, i.e gaming. TheOdd2sOut amassed 1 million{{nbsp}}subscribers in April 2018,{{cite web|title=TheOdd2sOut's YouTube Stats|url=https://socialblade.com/youtube/channel/UC0GLNhtTu7yI8rl6ZZGeezw|access-date=2020-06-29|website=Social Blade}} and TheOdd1sOut reached 10{{nbsp}}million subscribers in January 2019.{{Cite AV media|last=Rallison |first=Robert |publisher=TheOdd1sOut |title=10 Million Sprinkle Special |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=mOEyGEGypvs |website=YouTube |type=Video |date=2019-03-02 |access-date=2022-09-25}}
==Collaborations==
File:Vidcon Animators Panel 2017.jpg, including Domics (2nd from right) and Jaiden Animations (right)]]
Rallison has collaborated with others to produce two songs and their accompanying music videos: "Life is Fun" in July 2018 with David Brown from Boyinaband;{{Cite web|last=TheOdd1sOut|date=2018-07-19|title=Life is Fun – Ft. Boyinaband (Official Music Video)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAb_bCtKuXg|access-date=2019-03-23|website=YouTube}}{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Life Is Fun - BMI Repertoire Search|url=https://repertoire.bmi.com/Search/Search?Main_Search_Text=Life%20is%20Fun&Main_Search=Title&Sub_Search=Please%20Select&Search_Type=all&View_Count=0&Page_Number=0|access-date=2021-01-31|website=BMI Repertoire|publisher=Broadcast Music, Inc.}} and "Good Person" in December 2020 with Joel Berghult from RoomieOfficial.
His animated character appeared in the credits scene of YouTube Rewind: The Shape of 2017 and in YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind where he has a speaking role.{{Citation|last=YouTube Spotlight|title=YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind {{!}} #YouTubeRewind|date=December 6, 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbJOTdZBX1g|access-date=2019-01-21}}
In March 2019, Rallison was in MrBeast's $200,000 YouTuber Battle Royale video. He was on a team with Jaiden Animations and Anthony Padilla and they won the first round.{{cite web|last=Griffin|first=Louise|date=2019-03-12|title=MrBeast unleashes hell on Caspar Lee, Anthony Padilla and JaidenAnimations in YouTuber Battle Royale|url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/03/12/mrbeast-unleashes-hell-on-caspar-lee-anthony-padilla-and-jaidenanimations-in-youtuber-battle-royale-8893154/|access-date=2019-06-10|publisher=Metro}} Rallison gave the earnings he made from the YouTuber Battle Royale to #TeamTrees, a non-profit started by MrBeast that aimed to plant 20 million trees by the end of 2019.{{cite news |last1=Griffin |first1=Louise |title=PewDiePie donates $69,420 to MrBeast's TeamTrees as he brands himself 'boomer' |url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/31/pewdiepie-donates-69420-mrbeasts-teamtrees-brands-boomer-11019297/ |access-date=2019-11-06 |work=Metro |date=2019-10-31}}
=Other work=
Rallison wrote a book titled The Odd 1s Out: How to Be Cool and Other Things I Definitely Learned from Growing Up, which was released in July 2018. It was ranked No. 12 in the "trade paperback" category on Publishers Weekly{{'}}s August 13, 2018, bestseller list.{{Cite web |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/77731-this-week-s-bestsellers-august-13-2018.html |title=This Week's Bestsellers: August 13, 2018 |last=Juris |first=Carolyn |date=2018-08-10 |website=Publishers Weekly |access-date=2019-01-09}}
Rallison also worked on the board game Can't Catch Harry,{{Cite web|last=TheOdd1sOut|date=2018-06-16|title=A Book I Made as an Adult|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bPezggGBa8|access-date=2020-02-11|website=YouTube}} and, on November 22, Rallison announced and released his mobile game named TheOdd1sOut: Let's Bounce!.{{cite news |last1=Gregson-Wood |first1=Stephen |title=TheOdd1sOut: Let's Bounce is a casual game for mobile that sees players bouncing through YouTuber James Rallison's life |url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/articles/084613/theodd1sout-lets-bounce-is-a-casual-game-for-mobile-that-sees-players-bouncing-through-youtuber-james-rallisons-life/ |access-date=2020-11-24 |work=Pocket Gamer}}
In June 2022, Rallison announced that an animated series, Oddballs, based on his character, would premiere on Netflix later in the year.{{cite web |last1=Lang |first1=Jamie |title='Oddballs' Series Coming To Netflix From Youtube Creator James Rallison |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/series/odballs-series-netflix-james-rallison-youtube-218072.html |website=Cartoon Brew |access-date=2022-06-23 |date=2022-06-23}}{{cite web |last1=Robinson |first1=Jacob |title=Netflix Animated Series 'Oddballs': Coming to Netflix in October 2022 |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/netflix-animated-series-oddballs-coming-to-netflix-in-october-2022/ |website=What's on Netflix |access-date=2022-09-17 |language=en |date=2022-09-16}}
Public image
File:TheOdd1sOut at the 2022 "Creator Clash" Boxing Event (cropped).jpg]]
As of December 2022, Rallison's main YouTube channel had over 19.5{{nbsp}}million subscribers, and his secondary channel had over 2.7{{nbsp}}million subscribers.{{Cite web | url=https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/theodd1sout| title=TheOdd1sOut's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) - Social Blade Stats| newspaper=Socialblade.com| date= | accessdate=2022-12-10}}
Foodbeast writer Peter Pham called Rallison's three videos about working at Subway (which Rallison satirically refers to as "Sooubway") as "amazing" and "hilarious".{{cite news|last=Pham|first=Peter|date=April 12, 2016|title=A Former 'Subway' Worker Recreates His WORST Customer Experiences in One Hilarious Animation|work=Foodbeast|url=https://www.foodbeast.com/news/sooubway-customers/|access-date=2018-11-01}}{{cite web|author=Pham|first=Peter|date=2016-03-31|title=Sooubway Worker Created An Animated Video Detailing His Experience There And It's Amazing|url=https://www.foodbeast.com/news/subway-animated/|access-date=2018-10-01|work=Foodbeast}}{{cite web|author=Pham|first=Peter|date=2017-01-13|title=A Former 'Subway' Worker Explains Why You Should Be Nice To Fast Food Employees in a Hilarious Animated Video|url=https://www.foodbeast.com/news/sooubway-episode-3/|access-date=2018-11-01|work=Foodbeast}}
In 2017, Dave Trumbore of Collider named Rallison one of five YouTubers who were "poised for mainstream success".{{cite web|last=Trumbore|first=Dave|date=2017-07-20|title=5 Indie YouTube Animators Poised for Mainstream Success|url=http://collider.com/youtube-animators/|access-date=2018-11-01|website=Collider}} In 2018, Kristin Brantley of Culturess reviewed his channel and webcomics favorably, writing, "You'll be glued to the screen watching all of these hilarious clips and reading all his great comics."{{Cite web|last=Brantley|first=Kristin|date=2018-08-18|title=10 hilarious webcomic artists you should check out ASAP|url=https://culturess.com/2018/08/18/10-hilarious-web-comic-artists-you-should-check-out-asap/|access-date=2019-01-08|website=Culturess}}
=Awards and nominations=
Boxing record
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|TBD |TBD |style="text-align:left;" |Will Neff |TBD |TBD | style="text-align:left;" |{{small|Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida, U.S.}} | |
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|{{no2}}Loss |0–1 |style="text-align:left;"|I Did a Thing |{{abbr|TKO|Technical knockout}} |1 (5), {{small|1:24}} |style="text-align:left;"| {{small|Yuengling Center, Tampa, Florida, US}} |style="text-align:left;"| |
Books
- TheOdd1sOut: How to Be Cool and Other Things I Definitely Learned from Growing Up (July 2018)
- TheOdd1sOut: The First Sequel (March 2020)
- TheOdd1sOut Doodle Book (March 2022)
- The Odd 1s Out Journal (October 2022)
- Oddballs: The Graphic Novel (April 2023)
Discography
- "Life is Fun" (with Boyinaband) (2018)
- "Good Person" (featuring Roomie) (2020)
Filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
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| 2017
|YouTube Rewind: The Shape of 2017 | N/A | Short film; animator |
| rowspan=4|2018
|YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind |Himself | Short film; voice; also animator |
| How It Should Have Ended
|Martha | Web series; voice; episode: "The Martha Origin Story" (no. 138) |
| rowspan=2|asdfmovie11
|Judge |rowspan=2|Short film; voice |
| Psychologist |
| 2018-2019; 2022
| Himself | Web series; 28 episodes |
| rowspan=2|2019
|rowspan=2|Meta Runner |Male civilian |Web series; voice; episode: "Wrong Warp" (no. 1) |
| Himself
|Web series; voice; episode: "Fast Food Fight" (special episode){{Cite web|last=SMG4|date=2019-10-19|title=Fast Food Fight (Ft. TheOdd1sOut & Arin Hanson) - Meta Runner Special|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMAsJBJFjzs|access-date=2019-10-19|website=YouTube}} |
| 2022–2023
|James |TV series; voice; also creator, executive producer |
References
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