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==Characters==
==Characters==
''[[List of lonelygirl15 characters|See "List of lonelygirl15 characters"]]
===Main Characters===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Name
!Portrayed By
!Description
|-
|[[Image:Lonelygirl15 jonas cropped.jpg|90px]]
|Jonas<br>a.k.a. ''Jonastko''
|[[Jackson Davis]]
|<span style="font-size:11px;">Jonas makes his entrance posting video replies to Bree. His wealthy parents were ''supposedly'' lost at sea six years ago, and he was raised by his Nanny until he came of age. He lives alone in a big house with his inheritance at his disposal. He offers shelter to Bree and Daniel when they are on the run, but they leave his house and travel to various other outposts, including his residence in the mountains and his aunt's house. After he flees from his aunt's house, his aunt tells him his parents are still alive. Before Bree is killed by the Order, she and Jonas start a relationship. After her death, he vows to take down the Order. Thanks to a video from "LaRezisto" he finds his parents and manages to save his sister, Emma, from the Order. However, he places her in danger upon trusting a mysterious faction called "LaRezisto" and has to save his sister from death.<ref>[http://www.lonelygirl15.com/lgpedia/index.php?title=Jonas Jonas at lonelygirl15.com] ''lonelygirl15.com'' </ref></span>
|-
|[[Image:Lonelygirl15 daniel cropped.jpg|90px]]
|Daniel<br>a.k.a. ''Danielbeast''
|[[Yousef Abu-Taleb]]
|<span style="font-size:11px;">Daniel is Bree's best friend. Daniel is naturally laid-back and a bit of a slacker, but he will do just about anything to protect Bree. While Bree is a creative dreamer, Daniel is usually grounded and the voice of reason. He has a knack for breaking into buildings and other forms of amateur espionage. At the end of the season 1 finale Daniel seems to be moving on with his life and trying to forget his past with the Order. Eventually, he joins Jonas and Sarah in trying to protect Emma from harm. He is currently involved with a girl named Mallory.<ref>[http://www.lonelygirl15.com/lgpedia/index.php?title=Daniel Daniel at lonelygirl15.com] ''lonelygirl15.com'' </ref></span>
|-
|[[Image:LG15-Sarah.jpg|90px]]
|Sarah<br>a.k.a. ''Skyisempty''
|[[Alexandra Dreyfus]]
|<span style="font-size:11px;">Taylor's older sister, she is a former cheerleader who is very affected by her parent's divorce, changing several aspects of her personality, such as her outlook on life, her wardrobe, and her behaviour. Taylor, however, says that such changes are nothing but "an act" to cope with the trauma. She joins Jonas and Daniel when Bree is taken in by the Order and is currently assisting them to keep Bree from completing the ceremony. At the end of season 1 finale Taylor and Sarah both return to Zavalla, Texas, but Sarah later goes back to California and moves in with Jonas and Daniel.<ref>[http://www.lonelygirl15.com/lgpedia/index.php?title=Sarah Sarah at lonelygirl15.com] ''lonelygirl15.com'' </ref></span>
|-
|[[Image:LG15-Emma.jpg|90px]]
|Emma<br>a.k.a. ''Emma07''
|[[Katherine Pawlak]]
|<span style="font-size:11px;">Jonas' adopted sister, who is the next trait-positive girl on the Order's List. Emma is given to an associate of the Mysterious LaRezisto, who turns out to be a Rogue Elder who planning on using her for the same ceremony that killed Bree. Unlike Bree, however, Emma was rescued and is now safe in hiding with her parents.<ref>[http://www.lonelygirl15.com/lgpedia/index.php?title=Emma Emma at lonelygirl15.com] ''lonelygirl15.com'' </ref></span>
|-
|[[Image:LG15-Mallory.jpg|90px]]
|Mallory
|[[Carly Jones]]
|<span style="font-size:11px;">Daniel's new girlfriend. She dates Daniel for a couple of months, while everyone believes her to be in the dark about the Order. When Daniel and Sarah finally come clean, she reveals that she has known all along, and was waiting for Daniel to tell her himself. Mallory has been encouraging Daniel to focus more on his schoolwork, to the point where she bought his film teacher coffee to let him stay in class.It Has recently been revealed that she was actually cheating on him with the film teacher . She has since started making videos trying to win him back.<ref>[http://www.lonelygirl15.com/lgpedia/index.php?title=Mallory Mallory at lonelygirl15.com] ''lonelygirl15.com'' </ref></span>
|-

|}

===Supporting Characters===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Name
!Portrayed By
!Description
|-
|[[Image:LG15-Lucy.jpg|90px]]
|Lucy
|[[Amanda Goodfried]]
|<span style="font-size:11px;">Bree's "Helper" for the ceremony who is often present at the time of Action against the Resistance. She is incredibly mysterious and has never had any dialogue in the entire series.<ref>[http://www.lonelygirl15.com/lgpedia/index.php?title=Lucy Lucy at lonelygirl15.com] ''lonelygirl15.com'' </ref></span>
|-
|[[Image:LG15-NikkiB.jpg|90px]]
|Nikki Bower<br>a.k.a. ''NikkiBowerReport''
|[[Alli Danziger]]
|<span style="font-size:11px;">Nikki Bower is an investigative reporter hot on the trail of Bree, Daniel, Jonas, Sarah, etc. She makes an appearance in the 12in12 season Finale where she rescues the gang by knocking out an evil Shadow (Order Agent) with a fire extinguisher.<ref>[http://www.lonelygirl15.com/lgpedia/index.php?title=Nikki_Bower Nikki Bower at lonelygirl15.com] ''lonelygirl15.com'' </ref></span>
|-
|[[Image:LG15-Carl.jpg|90px]]
|Carl
|[[Craig Coyne]]
|<span style="font-size:11px;">A Member of the Hymn of One who is often seen with Bree in their advertisement videos. He is deeply devoted to his religion, and does not take kindly to those who try to tell him that it's a front for the Order.<ref>[http://www.lonelygirl15.com/lgpedia/index.php?title=Carl Carl at lonelygirl15.com] ''lonelygirl15.com'' </ref></span>
|-
|[[Image:LG15-Sonia.jpg|90px]]
|Sonia
|[[Raegan Payne]]
|<span style="font-size:11px;">Carl's Ex-Girlfriend who was once a devoted member of the Hymn of One. She began to question her faith after Bree did the ceremony and was never heard from again. Eventually, she discovers the truth, and helps the resistance rescue a baby from the Order that would one day do the ceremony.<ref>[http://www.lonelygirl15.com/lgpedia/index.php?title=Sonia Sonia at lonelygirl15.com] ''lonelygirl15.com'' </ref></span>
|-
|[[Image:LG15-Taylor.jpg|90px]]
|Taylor<br>a.k.a. ''Soccerstar4ever''
|[[Becki Kregoski]]
|<span style="font-size:11px;">A Revver poster who makes videos similar to the ones Bree made in the beginning of the series. She first appears when she contacts Jonas, Daniel and Bree with information regarding to Jules, a possible new candidate for the ceremony. She continues to help the trio with information and clues in their fight against the Order. At the end of season 1, Taylor and Sarah both return to Zavalla, Texas.<ref>[http://www.lonelygirl15.com/lgpedia/index.php?title=Taylor Taylor at lonelygirl15.com] ''lonelygirl15.com'' </ref></span>
|-
|[[Image:LG15-Virgil.jpg|90px]]
|Virgil
|[[Joe Rubin]]
|<span style="font-size:11px;">A Watcher who both helps and hinders the resistance's efforts to Rescue Emma. When it looks like Claire is going to kill Emma, he shoots Claire and lets them go safely.<ref>[http://www.lonelygirl15.com/lgpedia/index.php?title=Virgil Virgil at lonelygirl15.com] ''lonelygirl15.com'' </ref></span>
|-
|}

===Former Characters===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Name
!Portrayed By
!Description
|-
|[[Image:Lonelygirl15 lazy eye.jpg|90px]]
|Bree Avery<br>a.k.a. ''Lonelygirl15''
|[[Jessica Lee Rose]]
|<span style="font-size:11px;">([[October 26]],[[1989]]&mdash;[[August 3]],[[2007]]) Bree was a perky 17-year-old girl (16 at the start of the series) who has been homeschooled for most of her life by her strict and religious parents. Although she is intelligent and well-read, she can be naive and emotionally immature because of her sheltered upbringing. Her family belongs to a mysterious cult called "The Hymn of One". In the early stages of the series there was speculation about the similarities to [[Thelema]].<ref>http://www.lonelygirl15.com/lgpedia/index.php?title=Bree ''lonelygirl15.com'' </ref> Recently it has been revealed that Bree's last name is Avery. On the last day of season 1 (in which 12 episodes were made public) Bree dies in an act of self-sacrifice to let her friends live normal lives. Strangely, however, in a recorded voice mail received after her death, she asks her friends to promise to help other girls in the same circumstances, which will surely complicate their lives.<ref>[http://www.lonelygirl15.com/lgpedia/index.php?title=Bree Bree at lonelygirl15.com] ''lonelygirl15.com'' </ref></span>
|-
|[[Image:LG15-DrewAvery.jpg|90px]]
|Drew Avery
|[[Greg Goodfried]]
|<span style="font-size:11px;">Bree's Father, who was secretly trying to make her trait negative and undesirable to the Order. In December 2006, he is killed when he tries to tell Bree everything. Like Lucy, he is very mysterious and never has any dialogue beyond a phone message heard in a May 2007 video.<ref>[http://www.lg15.com/lgpedia/index.php?title=Bree%27s_parents Drew Avery at lonelygirl15.com] ''lonelygirl15.com'' </ref></span>
|-
|[[Image:LG15-OpAphid.jpg|90px]]
|OpAphid
|''Unknown''
|<span style="font-size:11px;">OpAphid is the leader of a division of the order called Operation APHID. OpAPHID was an elite organization within the Order (the secret society behind Bree's religion, the Hymn of One).<ref>[http://www.lonelygirl15.com/lgpedia/index.php?title=OpAphid OpAphid at lonelygirl15.com] ''lonelygirl15.com'' </ref></span>
|-
|[[Image:LG15-Tachyon.jpg|90px]]
|Tachyon
|''Unknown''
|<span style="font-size:11px;">A secret agent, assumed to be a member of [[The Culper Ring]]. She works undercover within the Order (Hymn of One), before disappearing with an encrypted disk full of the Order's secrets. Tachyon helps Bree rescue Daniel when he is captured by the Order, and for a short while she is training Bree to help lead a new Resistance against the Order.<ref>[http://www.lonelygirl15.com/lgpedia/index.php?title=Tachyon Tachyon at lonelygirl15.com] ''lonelygirl15.com'' </ref></span>
|-
|[[Image:LG15-Brother.jpg|90px]]
|Brother<br>a.k.a. ''10033''
|[[Glenn Rubenstein]]
|<span style="font-size:11px;">Tachyon's partner in [[The Culper Ring]] who once had an affair with Gemma. Previously, Gemma blows Brother's cover as "Sebastian," which results in Gemma's assassination from Brother.<ref>[http://www.lonelygirl15.com/lgpedia/index.php?title=Brother Brother at lonelygirl15.com] ''lonelygirl15.com'' </ref></span>
|-
|[[Image:LG15-Gemma.jpg|90px]]
|Gemma<br>a.k.a. ''Gemmers19''
|[[Jackie Jandrell]]
|<span style="font-size:11px;">Gemma first shows up on YouTube, replying to one of Bree's videos. They had been friends when Bree was living in England, and they were both part of the same "Order." She was the owner of the dog that Bree alluded to earlier in the series; the dog was Bree's best friend whilst living in England. Gemma claims to be a University student living in a flat in London who had drifted away from the Order. She often posts videos giving advice to Bree while talking about her life there. It is later revealed that Gemma is actually an agent of the Order who had been in Southern California all along. She is last seen in a video posted by "Brother," in which it is implied that she is shot by him.<ref>[http://www.lonelygirl15.com/lgpedia/index.php?title=Gemma Gemma at lonelygirl15.com] ''lonelygirl15.com'' </ref></span>
|-
|[[Image:LG15-Alex.jpg|90px]]
|Alex
|[[Bitsie Tulloch]]
|<span style="font-size:11px;">Jonas's Aunt and half-sister of Jonas's Dad. Alex is a former photographer, now a fashion designer. It is revealed that she betrayed the resistance due to the power the Order had over her. Alex flees to Mexico, where Bree, Jonas and Daniel track her down and demand answers. She seems willing to help them, only to turn on them again, proclaiming that another girl is being used in the ceremony instead of Bree. She is missing for a few months before resurfacing as a mole in the order that was aiding the resistance. She helps the resistance create a serum, and then goes into hiding.<ref>[http://www.lonelygirl15.com/lgpedia/index.php?title=Alex Alex at lonelygirl15.com] ''lonelygirl15.com'' </ref></span>
|-
|[[Image:LG15-Jules.jpg|90px]]
|Jules Anderson a.k.a. ''Callmejules24''
|[[Shannon Solomon]]
|<span style="font-size:11px;">The Supposed "New Girl" to participate in the ceremony instead of Bree. She is kidnapped by Bree, Daniel, and Jonas, and is eventually rescued by Lucy and other members of the Order. It is later revealed that Jules is, in fact, Trait Negative.<ref>[http://www.lonelygirl15.com/lgpedia/index.php?title=Jules Jules at lonelygirl15.com] ''lonelygirl15.com'' </ref></span>
|-
|[[Image:LG15-Spencer.jpg|90px]]
|Spencer Gilman<br>a.k.a. ''LAlabrat''
|[[Maxwell Glick]]
|<span style="font-size:11px;">Spencer is the son of the deceased Isaac Gilman, who was a scientist working for the Wyman Foundation, an in-game research foundation. Isaac works with Bree's father to help Bree become "trait negative". When Daniel, Jonas, Sarah, and Taylor learn of Isaac Gilman's involvement, his subsequent death under suspicious circumstances, and the existence of his son Spencer, they proceed to contact Spencer in hopes that he can carry on his father's research. Spencer is wary at first, but then decides to help Jonas, Daniel, Sarah, and Taylor find Bree and try to make her trait negative. Spencer is 22 and graduated from [[University of California, San Diego|UCSD]] early, completing his [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] in only 3 years. He is employed by [[Neutrogena]], where he was recently named employee of the month. <ref>http://www.neutrogena.com/spencer.asp</ref><ref>[http://www.lonelygirl15.com/lgpedia/index.php?title=Spencer Spencer at lonelygirl15.com] ''lonelygirl15.com'' </ref></span>
|-
|[[Image:LG15-LaRezisto.jpg|90px]]
|LaRezisto
|[[Jay Laisne]]
|<span style="font-size:11px;">A Mysterious New Faction of the Resistance who posts unseen footage of Bree's death and leads Jonas to his parents. He is revealed to be a hoax, created by a Rogue Elder to trick Jonas into handing over Emma for the ceremony.<ref>[http://www.lonelygirl15.com/lgpedia/index.php?title=LaRezisto LaRezisto at lonelygirl15.com] ''lonelygirl15.com'' </ref></span>
|-
|[[Image:LG15-Claire.jpg|90px]]
|Claire
|[[Shelby Kocee]]
|<span style="font-size:11px;">The Shadow (Bodyguard) of the Rogue Elder behind LaRezisto. She tricks Jonas into bringing her Emma, but creates a series of videos claiming that the Watcher (Virgil) is lying. When the Resistance comes to rescue Emma, Claire snaps and shoots and kills LaRezisto. She is about to kill Emma as well when she is shot dead by Virgil.<ref>[http://www.lonelygirl15.com/lgpedia/index.php?title=Claire Claire at lonelygirl15.com] ''lonelygirl15.com'' </ref></span>
|-
|}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==

Revision as of 03:46, 25 January 2008

Lonelygirl15
GenreVideoblog, Drama, Comedy
Created byMiles Beckett
Mesh Flinders
Greg Goodfried
Amanda Goodfried
Directed byColin Hargraves
Glenn Rubenstein
Amanda Goodfried
Greg Goodfried
Jackson Davis
Kevin Schlanser
Mesh Flinders
Miles Beckett
Yumiko Aoyagi
StarringJessica Lee Rose
Yousef Abu-Taleb
Jackson Davis
Alexandra Dreyfus
Katherine Pawlak
Carly Jones
Craig Coyne
Raegan Payne
Amanda Goodfried
Bitsie Tulloch
Alli Danziger
Jackie Jandrell
Becki Kregoski
Maxwell Glick
Voices ofKevin Schlanser
Country of origin United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes400 (List of Episodes)
Production
Executive producersAmanda Goodfried
Glenn Rubenstein
Greg Goodfried
Mesh Flinders
Miles Beckett
Yumiko Aoyagi
ProducersAmanda Goodfried
Glenn Rubenstein
Mesh Flinders
Miles Beckett
Yumiko Aoyagi
Production locationsMarin County, California
EditorsAmanda Goodfried
Colin Hargraves
Glenn Rubenstein
Ian Schwartz
Kevin Schlanser
Miles Beckett
Camera setupAmanda Goodfried
Colin Hargraves
Glenn Rubenstein
Kevin Schlanser
Mesh Flinders
Miles Beckett
Yousef Abu-Taleb
Running timeVaries
Original release
NetworkYouTube
ReleaseJune 16, 2006 –
Present
Related
KateModern

lonelygirl15 is an interactive web-based video series, centering on the life of a fictional teenage girl named Bree, whose YouTube username is the eponymous "lonelygirl15." The series is presented through short, regularly updated videoblogs posted by the fictional characters. Lonelygirl15 came to international attention ostensibly as a real video blogger who achieved massive popularity on YouTube, a popular video sharing website, but was eventually outed by suspicious viewers as a hoax featuring a fictitious character played by American-New Zealand actress Jessica Rose.[1]

A story in The New York Times entitled "‘Lonely Girl’ (and Friends) Just Wanted Movie Deal" revealed the series' creators: Ramesh Flinders, a screenwriter and filmmaker from Marin County, California, Miles Beckett, a surgical residency dropout turned filmmaker, and Greg Goodfried, a former attorney with Mitchell, Silberberg and Knupp, LLP.[2]

The series, which began June 16, 2006, is still running, with new videos appearing regularly on YouTube, Revver, metacafe, LiveVideo, Veoh, Bebo, and MySpace.

A spin-off show, KateModern, premiered in July 2007 with a video featuring Kate's art on Bebo. It can be viewed at www.KateModern.tv. While a separate series, KateModern and lonelygirl15 live in the same fictional universe. As of September 2007, the LG15 series have more than 70 million combined views.

Along with Amanda Goodfried, an attorney who worked with Creative Arts Agency (CAA), the creators of lonelygirl15 created LG15 Studios to produce original interactive content online.


History

lonelygirl15 debuted on YouTube posing as a "real" 16-year-old video blogger with the eponymous username. In "lonelygirl15"'s earliest videos, she posted video replies to, and dropped the names of popular YouTubers, which attracted the attention of their fans. To further the initial illusion that Bree was a real girl, a MySpace page was set up for her and she began meaningfully corresponding with many of her fans. Several fans of lonelygirl15's video posts began to wonder if Bree was, in fact, a real person or if the posts were part of a teaser campaign for a television show or an upcoming movie[3] (similar to the viral marketing used to hype The Blair Witch Project). Others felt that the blog might be part of an alternate reality game.[4]

In early August 2006, fans began an active discussion on the www.lonelygirl15.com message boards and instigated an all-out investigation into the details behind lonelygirl15, pointing to small inconsistencies within the videos as evidence that the story might not be genuine. Los Angeles Times reporter Richard Rushfield was the first to provide proof of a hoax, when he wrote of Shaina Wedmedyk, Chris Patterson, and an anonymous law student, who set up a sting on MySpace to reveal that the Creative Artists Agency was behind the videos. Eventually it was revealed that 16-year-old "Bree" was played by 19-year-old New Zealand actress Jessica Rose.[5][6]

Because of lonelygirl15's YouTube popularity, media sources seized upon the story, extensively covering both the search process and the eventual "outing" as a fictional series. She has fooled many people into believing that she is a real 16 year-old.

Afterwards, numerous news sources and talk shows featured interviews with the creators and actors of the series itself.[7][2][8][9][10][11][12][13]

New York Times reporter Virginia Heffernan expanded on the series of revelations on September 12 out with an article which confirmed Jessica Rose's identity, and revealed the identities of her "co-conspirators", Ramesh Flinders, a screenwriter and filmmaker from Marin County, Calif., and Miles Beckett, a doctor-turned-filmmaker. Software engineer Grant Steinfeld was also involved in this project, as a photographer. Amanda Solomon Goodfried assisted in their efforts to hide their identities as well as posed as "Bree"'s online alter-ego. Ms. Goodfried's father-in-law, Kenneth Goodfried, handled various legal matters. The personnel involved worked under a non-disclosure agreement, according to Grant Steinfeld. Steinfeld has verified most of this information to the Times, and provided photographs he took on set of Ms. Rose as proof.[2] Also on September 12, the three main creators gave an interview to the Los Angeles Times revealing the third major partner as Greg Goodfried.[13]

Since the fictitious nature of lonelygirl15 has been revealed, the storyline continued to develop via new videos posted to both YouTube and Revver. However due to the recent partnership with YouTube and Myspace, videos stopped being posted on Lonelygirl15's Revver account, and now are only viewable via Youtube and MyspaceTV.

After the hoax was discovered

  • Jessica Rose participated in a United Nations campaign in 2006, to fight poverty through an online anti-poverty video.[14] Rose portrayed the lonelygirl15 character as she sat by herself in her bedroom talking to the camera. The subject matter in the video focused on antipoverty, which breaks from the regular subject matter of the show. The video was posted on an alternate account, separate from the main channel.[15]
  • On November 20, 2006, lonelygirl15.com announced that the spin-off OpAphid was the official Alternate Reality Game of lonelygirl15.[16] OpAphid began in late September with what many speculated was a well-produced fan effort, and this announcement merges its characters OpAphid, Tachyon, and 10033/Brother, into the series storyline and continuity. In early February 2007, it was revealed that Glenn Rubenstein was the original Puppet Master behind the OpAphid Alternate Reality Game and also the creator of its characters, OpAphid, Tachyon, and Brother. Due to internal issues between the Creators and Glenn, OpAphid is no longer the official ARG.
  • A 2006 episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent was "inspired" by the lonelygirl15 phenomenon. The episode "Weeping Willow" featured a blogger named weepingwillow17, played by Michelle Trachtenberg. Willow and her boyfriend were kidnapped by men in black who demanded her fans donate money to a website to save their lives. The investigators did not know if Willow was real or fake. Various other video bloggers were also seen decrying weepingwillow as a fake, just like many did on YouTube. The site on the episode was named YouLenz.
  • On November 9, 2006, DEE, a Montreal artist, released a song and a music video entitled lonelygirl.[17] The lonelygirl music video was shot in an almost exact replica of Bree's bedroom. In February 2007, it was featured by YouTube and got hundreds of thousands of views.
  • Wired magazine ran a story on YouTube titled "YouTube Grows Up" in its December 2006 issue, featuring Jessica Lee Rose on the cover.[18]
  • The lonelygirl15 blog won Biggest Web Hit Award on VH1's Big in '06 Awards.[19]
  • Epic Movie released a series of trailers on YouTube in which Carmen Electra spoofed lonelygirl15. Electra portrayed lonelygirl362436. Yousef Abu-Taleb, the Danielbeast actor, even appears in one of them.
  • In the "Best Series" category of the inaugural YouTube Video awards in March of 2007, the series "Ask a Ninja", "Ask a Gay Man", and "Chad Vader - Day Shift Manager" finished first, second and third, with the lonelygirl15 series finishing fourth.[20] The New York Times attributed Lonelygirl's finish to the YouTube community's ill will towards the series.[21]
  • On Friday, August 3, 2007, Season One of lonelygirl15 celebrated its finale with an exclusive on MySpaceTV known as "12 in 12" where 12 videos were uploaded over the course of 12 hours from 8 am PST to 7 pm PST, culminating in the highest one-day viewership ever for the series. A "summary" video from the first season was offered as a part of the event, and it logged in over a million views on its own.
  • In the last episode of the Season One finale, Bree's character was killed off by the order during the ceremony in the season finale and her trait positive blood was transfused into one of the orders elders. The reason for her character's death was attributed to Jessica Lee Rose not renewing her contract for Season Two[citation needed]. In a later episode of Ask a Ninja, The Ninja of the title claimed responsibility for Lonely Girl's death, apparently misinterpreting orders simply stating to kill "LG15". It seems he had been ordered to kill Large Gargoyle 15; the 15 signifying the number of the creatures' heads.
Bree aka lonelygirl15 in a videoblog

Marketing

lonelygirl15 was the first Internet series to introduce product integration when the episode Truckstop Reunion featured the characters eating and displaying Hershey's Icebreaker's Sours Gum.

In another example of a product integration first, lonelygirl15 landed on the front page of Variety for the integration of a character from Neutrogena in the storyline over the period of more than two months. Dr. Spencer Gilman became such a popular character that Neutrogena made him "Employee of the Month" and gave him his own e-mail account on the company's corporate website.

The newest form of brand integration was for the film Jumper, where several YouTube videos were posted by user watchyourjack. Many main characters watched these videos and visited associated site WhatWeird.com.[22]

Characters

See "List of lonelygirl15 characters"

Trivia

  • The series was developed under the working title The Children of Anchor Cove.[23]
  • lonelygirl15 has various signature items/props that appear in its episodes. Recurring props include a pink feather boa, a safari hat, her beloved puppet Purple Monkey (a.k.a. "P.Monkey"), and her green, stuffed animal turtle, Owen.
  • In one of lonelygirl15s videos, she uses the Lemon Demon song Don't Be Like the Sun.
  • The song, used in the episode "House Arrest", is "Window" by Jacqueline Nassar. Jacqueline is a 16 year-old independent singer-songwriter from Clarksdale, MS.

See also

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lonelygirl15.
  1. ^ "SVW Exclusive: The identity of LonelyGirl15". Retrieved 2007-08-14.
  2. ^ a b c Heffernan, Virginia and Zeller, Tom (2006-09-12). "'Lonely Girl' (and Friends) Just Wanted Movie Deal". The New York Times. Retrieved 2006-09-13. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Sternbergh, Adam (2006-08-28). "Hey There, Lonelygirl". New York Magazine. Retrieved 2006-09-13. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ Cook, Lee (2006-09-29). "LonelyGirl15". Alternate Reality Gaming Network. Retrieved 2006-09-13. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ Flemming, Brian (2006-08-21). "Lonelygirl15 jumps the shark". Retrieved 2006-09-13. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ Trademark Application
  7. ^ Rushfield, Richard and Hoffman, Claire (2006-09-08). "Mystery Fuels Huge Popularity of Web's Lonelygirl15". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2006-09-13. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "lonelygirl15 revealed : jessica rose aspiring actress". Top of the Tube. 2006-09-12. Retrieved 2006-09-13. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ mgpapas (2006-09-12). Lonelygirl15 a.k.a. Bree a.k.a. Jessica Rose Exposed (YouTube video).
  10. ^ Foremski, Matt and Foremski, Tom (2006-09-12). "SVW Exclusive: The identity of LonelyGirl15". Silicon Valley Watcher. Retrieved 2006-09-13. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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