442oons
{{short description|YouTube channel}}
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{{Notability|date=April 2024}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2021}}
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{{Use British English|date=February 2020}}
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{{Infobox YouTube personality
| name = 442oons
| logo = 442oons logo.svg
| birth_name = Dean Stobbart
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Stockton-on-Tees, England
| channel_handle = 442oons
| years_active = 2013–present
| genre = {{Hlist|Football|comedy|parody}}
| subscribers = 4.4 million
| views = 3.8 billion
| silver_button = voled
| gold_button = voled
| silver_year = 2014{{cite tweet|number=487329867063885824|date=10 July 2014|user=442oons|title=
- worldcup #brazil2014 #gobsmacked|access-date=19 May 2019}}
| network =
| stats_update = 7 October 2024
}}
442oons is an English-language YouTube channel set up by Dean Stobbart that focuses on animated parodies of various football topics. The channel has accumulated over 4.4 million subscribers and 3.8 billion views over its eleven years of activity.{{Cite web |title=442oons |url=https://www.youtube.com/user/442oons/about |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=YouTube |language=en}}
Stobbart has worked with OneFootball, Bundesliga, and many other footballing brands to make videos on their channels.{{Cite web |title=442oons Onefootball Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLq7QrKqMresUFb09fZ_5dt11wGEok7nn0&feature=shared |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=YouTube |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Animated Stars – Powered by 442oons |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3uJGozO1imc05LiE7V0S6rowDb0wUTLn&feature=shared |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=YouTube |language=en}}
History
The channel's creator, Dean Stobbart, originally a teacher from Norton, County Durham, had in the past been a part-time voice actor who also did some animation for his lessons.{{cite news|url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/former-teacher-norton-850000-subscribers-11783864|title=This former teacher from Norton has 850,000 subscribers on YouTube|last=Corking|first=Graham|date=23 August 2016|work=TeessideLive|publisher=Reach plc|access-date=29 April 2019}} He said he saw a gap in the market that "no one had really done football cartoons before", so he made his first animated video, a parody of Uruguayan footballer Luis Suárez and then-Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger in a cartoon parody of a scene from The Silence of the Lambs in August 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyqK68BMnnc|title=LUIS SUAREZ BITE 🎬Silence of the Lambs Remake🎬! by 442oons (football cartoon parody)|author=442oons|date=8 August 2013|website=YouTube|access-date=10 April 2019}} The video currently has 2.8 million views and was followed up with another Suárez themed video (this time, a parody of the 1995 film Seven){{Citation |title=😁LUIS SUAREZ BITE😁 by 442oons (Suarez Evra Ivanovic football cartoon) Seven Sins of Suarez | date=24 August 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLhUgkO7Zxg |language=en |access-date=2022-05-24}} which has received more than 18.6 million views. Since then, he has worked with organisations such as TalkSport{{cite web|url=http://talksport.com/football/best-football-april-fool-them-all-442oons-sends-bayern-munich-stars-150401141853|title=The best football April Fool of them all? 442oons sends up Bayern Munich stars|last=talkSPORT|date=1 April 2015|access-date=14 December 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://talksport.com/football/mourinho-v-sterling-video-footage-you-didnt-see-liverpool-v-chelsea-150121133222|title=Mourinho v Sterling: The video footage YOU DIDN'T SEE from Liverpool v Chelsea!|first=Craig|last=Bloomfield|date=21 January 2015|access-date=14 December 2017}} and Sky Sports on animations. His videos have also been featured on Metro and the Spanish Marca.{{cite web|url=http://www.marca.com/en/football/barcelona/2016/04/14/570f82c6e5fdeaaf688b45b8.html|title=The 4 conspiracy theories surrounding Gabi's 'penalty' – MARCA English|date=14 April 2016|access-date=14 December 2017}} He also has a Facebook account with 1.8 million followers, a TikTok account with 774.6 thousand followers and a Twitter account with 149.6 thousand followers.
Although Stobbart had originally created his videos by himself, he hired three animators, Sam Dunscombe, Mike Myler and James Williams. Dunscombe and Stobbart have also been featured in some other videos, where they play mobile games such as Online Soccer Manager.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}} In 442oons' 3-million-subscribers video in July 2020, Sam confirmed his departure from the channel. Currently with 4 animators, Lauren Bagstaff and Karl Hargreaves are the additional two animators with Myler and Williams.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}} The current most popular video on the channel is the MSN (consisting of Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez and Neymar Jr.) SONG (a parody of 3 by Britney Spears), published in 2015. The video parodies the First and Second-legs of the 2015 Champions League Semi-final between FC Barcelona and FC Bayern Munich. The video currently has 33.9 million views.{{Cite web|title=🎶MSN SONG🎶 Bayern Munich vs Barcelona 3–2 PARODY (Champions League Semi-final 2015 Goals Neymar) – YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62B4pIe6QZM|access-date=11 February 2021|website=www.youtube.com| date=13 May 2015 }}
In July 2017, Stobbart created a new YouTube channel parodying the celebrity world called Celebri2oons. The channel never really took off so he does not upload often.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4m9rhlOV1VCFbqZJXpVcFw|title=Celebri2oons|website=YouTube|access-date=2 April 2019}} On 24 April 2019, he launched a game called "442oons Football Runner" which features fusions of football players.{{cite web | url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.four42oons.runner&hl=en&gl=US | title=442oons Football Runner – Apps on Google Play }}{{cite web|title=⚽️⬅️🏃♂️442oons Football Runner!⚽️⬅️🏃♂️ – YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2sNHrR1vFg|access-date=25 March 2023|website=www.youtube.com| date=24 April 2019 }}
On 4 July 2020, Stobbart launched a second mobile game called "442oons Football Shooter".{{cite web | url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.four42oons.shooter&hl=en&gl=US | title=442oons Football Shooter – Apps on Google Play }} He also has been in partnership with the Bundesliga YouTube channel (English), OneFootball, The Football Republic (most notably the fictional tabloid talk show: 'The Roy Keane Show'), FREEbets and other YouTube channels.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}
442oons posted a controversial video in July 2024 titled "If Footballers Were The Trump Shooter" mocking the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. The video was taken down by YouTube after a day. The video has since been reinstated as "If Footballers were the Shooter...".
Awards and nominations
=Football Content Awards=
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| Year
! Category ! Work ! Result ! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
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| 2015
| rowspan="2"| Best Video Football Blog (Fans' Choice) | rowspan="3"| 442oons | {{won}} |
| 2016
| {{won}} |
| 2018
| Best Football Video Creator (Fans' Award) | {{won}} |