00:10For 20 years, animation's most famous prehistoric squirrel was violently denied a single acorn.
00:17He endured endless slapstick torture until a real-world corporate shutdown pushed fired artists to finally end his suffering.
00:25Blue Sky Studios built a massive, family-friendly legacy off the back of this character's eternal struggle.
00:32But a devastating megacorporation merger forced the studio to abruptly close.
00:38All future projects were instantly killed, and artists had to pack up their desks.
00:43Their beloved characters were left frozen in corporate limbo.
00:46But in the studio's final days, a rogue team of animators secretly came together.
00:52They anonymously rendered one last 35-second farewell shot strictly on their own terms.
00:58Instead of another chaotic disaster, the squirrel simply sits down, looks at his prize, and finally eats it.
01:06The tragic death of a beloved animation studio became the bittersweet catalyst that finally allowed their most tortured character to
01:15find peace.
01:16To be continued...
