Weird Helga is a social media account and online cartoon that follows the day-to-day exploits of the made-up cartoon character Helga. Lizz Hickey, an animator, made it for Buzzfeed. A small group of animators, including Andrea Reyes, Hae-Joon Lee, Tommy Takezawa, Jillian Lihani, and others, were contracted to create short films utilizing Helga.
On July 25, Jonni Phillips posted on her Twitter that she has joined the Weird Helga crew. The article included numerous illustrations of Helga done in Jonni's fashion. The first post she ever made for the account, a brief looping animation of Helga walking, came after that. On July 10, Jonni posted a gif from her first Weird Helga short as a teaser, then on July 11, she posted another announcement with frames from the short. On July 12, Hal Guy was made available.
Jonni's first original short for Weird Helga is Hal Guy. Helga requests coffee, but the barista spells her name "Hal Guy" instead. Helga chooses to embrace her new identity as Hal Guy when she gets home by taping her ponytail across her chin to make it look like a beard.
The second original short that Jonni created for Weird Helga is called Love is in Bloom. Helga first notices Tom on the library desk when she finishes her reading and develops feelings for him right away. She agrees when Tom approaches her from behind and asks if she wants to go outside.
Weird Helga has an estimated net worth of $200 thousand as per various sources in December 2022. As per SocialBlade, the YouTube channel earns an estimated amount of $7.5K - $119.6K per month and up to $89.7K - $1.4M per year. The account can earn an estimated amount of $2,160.75 - $3,601.25 and $9,763 - $14,644 from Instagram and TikTok respectively, for each post.
Jonni Phillips (born April 24, 1997) is an independent filmmaker and animator known for her work on Rachel and her Grandfather, Goodbye Forever Party, The Final Exit of the Disciples of Ascensia, Secrets and Lies in a Town of Sinners, and Barber Westchester. She has produced work for Frederator Studios, Buzzfeed, and Bento Box Entertainment.
Weird Helga can be seen on many social media platforms. She has a successful account on YouTube with a following of 254 thousand subscribers with over 230 million views. She has an irregular upload schedule but still gets tens of thousands of views. While on Instagram, she has a following of over 724k with 23,068 average likes and 91 average comments. The Instagram account is full of reels that are also posted on TikTok.
In this TikTok, Helga is looking for affordable clothes and getting frustrated when she doesn’t find anything appropriate.
This TikTok shows the difference between a fast eater and a slow eater.
This TikTok shows Helga’s frustration about the doctor not listening to her issues properly.
In this TikTok, Helga tries to quench her thirst by any means possible, even drinking pickle juice.
In this TikTok, a character of the Weird Helga show, Julie, tries to copy her sister putting on lipstick. Instead, she uses a chicken drumstick.
Helga plays with her dog and reacts to how dirty her dog’s ears are in this video.
In this video, Helga runs away from the theater after buying popcorn.
In this TikTok, two characters of the Weird Helga show have popsicles and continue eating them even through a brain freeze.
A. Weird Helga is an online cartoon and social media account that chronicles the daily activities of the fictional cartoon character Helga.
A. Weird Helga has a following of more than 7 million on Instagram, YouTube and TikTok.
A. Jonni created five shorts for the series.
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