Max Gilardi

Max John Gilardi ( ; born January 28, 1988), also known as Max G. or his pseudonym hotdiggedydemon, is an American internet personality, YouTuber, cartoonist, animator, and voice actor. He is best known for his PONY.MOV web series, a gorey adult-oriented parody of the popular children's animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, other viral videos, and his media analysis series known as Brain Dump.

Early life and education Max John Gilardi was born on January 28, 1988. He is of Italian descent and has an older sister. He attended the Art Institute of Boston briefly before dropping out after one of four years in an animation major.

Internet career

Early career (2003–2010) Gilardi, under the name "hotdiggedydemon", first started creating Flash animations in the mid-2000s on Newgrounds as a teenager. Among shorts, he would experiment in launching his own original cartoon. These early efforts included Adam Android, about a superpowered robot boy, and Spookyville USA, about a town of monsters. In 2007, he began uploading his work to his YouTube channel.

In 2010, he created the Wacky Game Jokez, 4 Kidz! series,

PONY.MOV and parody videos (2011–2015) From 2011 to 2013, Gilardi gained notoriety for releasing his six-part video parody of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, PONY.MOV, an adult animated dark comedy web series in the art style of John Kricfalusi and Spümcø's The Ren & Stimpy Show. and Animal Crossing, due to their dark nature and subversive themes. The Animal Crossing parody has Isabelle, an innocent character in the game, worshipping Karl Marx.

Brain Dump (2016–present) The majority of Gilardi's YouTube videos are self-made: written, animated, and voiced by himself.

On September 2, 2016, Gilardi launched a new YouTube series titled Brain Dump in which he reviews movies and other media, often satirically. The series has since become the main focus of Gilardi's channel, with an overarching narrative exploring his career and the show's three main characters. Brain Dump stars Gilardi himself, a ghost named Goofball, and a living television named Burnbot.

In 2018, Gilardi released the video THE APU THAT I KNOW - Brain Dump, a 45-minute documentary about The Simpsons character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. It explores the 30-year history of the show and offers a critique of the 2017 documentary The Problem with Apu by Hari Kondabolu.

Personal life

In December 2022, Gilardi came out as bisexual.

On May 3, 2024, Gilardi revealed that he had been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, which had affected the scope of his animated work. On August 1, 2026, he disclosed he had decided to seek euthanasia in Switzerland, as his fibromyalgia had become more debilitating, along with medical treatment for the condition becoming financially impossible. He also announced that he had developed chronic hypersalivation and tinnitus. On August 2, he stated on X that he was "not thinking clearly" and would reevaluate his choice. On August 4, Gilardi explained that he could no longer go through with his decision as support from fans and friends had made him feel guilty and ashamed, and he did not want to emotionally hurt his audience.

Filmography

Web

Television

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