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This page now exists as a lasting tribute to Ben Spurgin.

Ben passed away from a heroin overdose on October 13, 2009.

A long-time member of the NG community, Ben created the popular Stick Slayer series as a way to poke fun at the number of stick movies on NG.

"Stickmen are many things. They are an animators practice tool, they are easy to draw, and they are violent. They are a scourge, a teeming horde of malicious demons that are consuming the Internet faster than porn sites. Their sole purpose is to destroy, maim, and kill each other and anything else they can get ahold of.

They must be stopped." -Ben Spurgin

Newgrounds has lost a legend.

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  The Stick Slayer: trailer by Ben-Spurgin

  The trailer that started it all!

  Score

  3.37 / 5.00

  Type

  Movie

  Popularity

  128,023 Views

  Rated

  Ages 17+

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  Stick Slayer: Episode One by Ben-Spurgin

  Stickmen are on the loose and the Stick Slayer is called upon to take them out!

  Score

  3.62 / 5.00

  Type

  Movie

  Popularity

  227,933 Views

  Rated

  Ages 17+

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  Stick Slayer: Episode Two by Ben-Spurgin

  The Stickmen regroup, and unleash the Giant Stickman to try and destroy the Stick Slayer!

  Score

  3.64 / 5.00

  Type

  Movie

  Popularity

  113,763 Views

  Rated

  Ages 17+

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  Stick Slayer Episode 3 by Ben-Spurgin

  The Stick Slayer is faced with the Giant Stickman, and has to fight it to the death!

  Score

  3.60 / 5.00

  Type

  Movie

  Popularity

  91,011 Views

  Rated

  Ages 17+

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  Stick Slayer Episode Four by Ben-Spurgin

  Will the Stick Slayer survive the battle with the Giant Stickman? Will the sticks ever be stopped? Find out!

  Score

  3.64 / 5.00

  Type

  Movie

  Popularity

  98,924 Views

  Rated

  Ages 17+

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  Stick Slayer Episode Five by Ben-Spurgin

  The evil Stickmen have taken over the white house and launch a nuclear missile!

  Score

  3.67 / 5.00

  Type

  Movie

  Popularity

  135,732 Views

  Rated

  Ages 17+

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  Stick Slayer: Episode Six by Ben-Spurgin

  Is this the end for all mankind? Can the Stick Slayer save us? Find out!

  Score

  3.84 / 5.00

  Type

  Movie

  Popularity

  73,022 Views

  Rated

  Everyone

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  Stick Slayer Episode 7 by Ben-Spurgin

  The Stick Slayer gets some help from some popular Portal characters!

  Score

  3.90 / 5.00

  Type

  Movie

  Popularity

  152,427 Views

  Rated

  Ages 17+

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  Stick Slayer vs Xiao Xiao by Ben-Spurgin

  The Stick Slayer kills the Xiao Xiao stickmen, and then goes after the creator of Xiao Xiao!

  Score

  3.15 / 5.00

  Type

  Movie

  Popularity

  950,714 Views

  Rated

  Ages 17+

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  Stick Slayer Episode VIII by BenSpurgin

  OMG, the sticks are relentless!

  Score

  4.13 / 5.00

  Type

  Movie

  Popularity

  246,639 Views

  Rated

  Ages 13+

In an interesting turn of events, someone actually made an anti-Stick Slayer movie! Author Steve Kim explained to us that he has nothing against the Stick Slayer, he just thought it would be funny. He doesn't have anything against stick movies in general, just bad movies - which don't necessarily require sticks.

Steve would also like to add that he hates people who rate movies "stupidly", and says that "Critics are like eunuchs (castrated men) in a harem (whore house) : they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves."

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  The Stick Slayer Slayer by OddJob9

  Perhaps you could call this an anti-anti-stick movie. This movie attacks Ben Spurgin's popular series (see above).

  Score

  3.43 / 5.00

  Type

  Movie

  Popularity

  97,328 Views

  Rated

  Ages 17+

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  SSVsXX(FinalFight)Part1 by chuanasa

  Stick Slayer vs. Xiao Xiao - a great cartoon that isn't even by either of the original creators!

  Score

  3.74 / 5.00

  Type

  Movie

  Popularity

  672,494 Views

  Rated

  Ages 17+

If you've enjoyed the Stick Slayer series, be sure to check out the rest of Ben Spurgin's work! Here are some more great movies by Ben!

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  Power of the Geek part 1 by Ben-Spurgin

  Watch an ordinary geek turn into a super hero, as he battles an evil villain to save a geeky girl!

  Score

  3.72 / 5.00

  Type

  Movie

  Popularity

  44,917 Views

  Rated

  Ages 17+

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  Power of the Geek part 2 by Ben-Spurgin

  Our hero continues his battle to try and save the girl in distress from certain doom!

  Score

  3.62 / 5.00

  Type

  Movie

  Popularity

  40,939 Views

  Rated

  Everyone

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  Power of the Geek part 3 by Ben-Spurgin

  The Geek is just about to get his girl when things goes terribly wrong!

  Score

  3.68 / 5.00

  Type

  Movie

  Popularity

  47,290 Views

  Rated

  Ages 17+

"Many of you have seen them. Many of you have spoken to them. Many of you are them. They are the ones who huddle in the computer room at lunch. They are the ones still struggling up the social ladder. They are the few, the proud, the GEEKS. The geeks have long held a prophecy that a man would come. A messiah. Someone to lead them to true freedom. Behold the Power of the Geek!" - Ben Spurgin

Several submissions have been made in tribute to Ben.

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  Stick Slayer Heaven by Hulalaoo

  Ben Spurgin, still kickass in the heaven of the sticks.

  Score

  3.86 / 5.00

  Type

  Movie

  Popularity

  18,848 Views

  Rated

  Ages 13+

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  Pee Man - The Game by TomFulp

  For every Poo, there is a Pee.

  Score

  4.28 / 5.00

  Type

  Game

  Popularity

  512,066 Views

  Rated

  Ages 13+