Ongezellig
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About
Ongezellig (sometimes called 'zellig by fans) is a web animation series created by Studio Massa, a one-man animation studio based out of the Netherlands, and hosted on YouTube. The title translates to "uninviting" or "uncomfortable" in Dutch. The series tells the story of Maya, Coco, and Mymy, three adopted sisters trying to pass their history class. The pilot of the show was released in several parts on YouTube between 2018 and 2022. The show gained a notable following on 4chan's /qa/ and /co/ boards after 2018, as well as spinoff boards like soyak.party.
History
The Pilot is the first episode of Ongezellig and the only episode of the series. It follows Maya, the central protagonist, as she struggles to complete her history presentation, along with her two adoptive sisters Coco and Mymy.
Dutch animator Studio Massa originally posted the first part ("deel" in Dutch) of his pilot to his YouTube[1] channel on July 20th, 2018. This video was later unlisted and reuploaded alongside part 2 on July 20th, 2019, gathering over 1.5 million views in five years. The final episode was uploaded on October 9th, 2022
The show was discontinued on February 6th, 2024, with Studio Massa citing burnout and multiple failed attempts at pitching the show.[7]
Online Presence
The popularisation of Ongezellig memes is often credited to one single spammer who made daily threads on 4chan's /qa/ board, with an early example being a July 23, 2018 post on 4chan's /co/[2] board. The thread also contains the earliest known mention of and link to "Ongezellig Booru," a website[3] used to host Ongezellig fanart.
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On July 26th, 2018, Ongezellig and the Booru link made an appearance on 4chan's /pol/[4] boards as well, with an anonymous user writing, ">tfw when no dutch nationalist gf"
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A page for Ongezellig was made on the Soyjak Wiki on February 6th, 2022[6], and it is currently the most viewed page on the site after the main page.
Ongezellig continued to be referenced in subsequent Soyak.Party memes, as seen in a June 23rd, 2023 schizo-style edit posted by YouTuber[8] "Soyjak Party Video Archive."
A July 23rd, 2023 discussion on /r/ongezellig[5] shows non-4chan fans of the show discussing its popularity on the site, with one fan theorizing about the identity of the original /qa/ Ongezellig spammer.
![93 What does ongezellig have to do with soyjak? It's uncanny af (self.ongezellig) submitted 1 year ago * (last edited 1 year ago) by Urinate_Cuminium 31 comments source share save hide report crosspost hide all child comments sorted by: top navigate by you are viewing a single comment's thread. view the rest of the comments → [-] [deleted] 9 points 1 year ago Sorry for kinda reviving a 2 month old post, but man, I ran into the same experience as you. For fun I wanted to find out the origins of a soyjak meme and somehow in one youtube video I heard guy mentioning "ongezellig". I am currently studying Dutch (albeit slowly af) and wanted to find out what is that. And then I watched all 6 series but still don't understand how it is related to memes. It is good series actually with so many Dutch culture references, I bet this is gonna be studied by future historians permalink source embed save save-RES report reply hide child comments [-] HWABAG_though 8 points 1 year ago It comes from a 4chan's meta board called /qa/ where a single person spammed it relentlessly every day. Anything that didn't belong anywhere else on 4chan found its way to /qa/, and it became a haven for soyjakers because they weren't welcome anywhere else. There was also a poster on /qa/ that was particularly obsessed with the cartoon and posted a thread about it at least once a day and over time it became well-known on /qa/. One day, /qa/ raided /lgbt/ and spammed it with soyjaks. 4chan's staff then decided to delete /qa/, wiping all of the content on there and prohibiting any new threads from being made. Intra-board raids are rare on 4chan these days, so /qa/ and its culture (which includes ongezellig, or "zellig") became very famous overnight, causing soyjaks and Ongezellig to be associated with one another and /qa/. /qa/ moved off-site onto a spiritual successor of /qa/ dedicated to soyjak spamming, and they continue to make weird stuff like the video OP linked. permalink source embed save save-RES parent report reply hide child comments [-] AtomicStarfish1 wait wait wait 3 points 12 months ago I just have the slightest suspicion I know that spammer. Perhaps an asocialite? permalink source embed save save-RES parent report reply hide child comments [-] Urinate_Cuminium [S] 3 points 9 months ago Who is that? permalink source embed save save-RES parent report reply](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/938/473/1af.png "June 23rd, 2023 post on /r/ongezellig")
Search Interest
References
[1] YouTube – Studio Massa
[3] Ongezellig Booru – Main Page
[5] Archive.ph – Soyak.Party Ongezellig
[6] Reddit – /r/ongezellig
[7] PetJeaf – Ongezellig Discontinued
[8] YouTube – Soyjak Party Video Archive
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![93 What does ongezellig have to do with soyjak? It's uncanny af (self.ongezellig) submitted 1 year ago * (last edited 1 year ago) by Urinate_Cuminium 31 comments source share save hide report crosspost hide all child comments sorted by: top navigate by you are viewing a single comment's thread. view the rest of the comments → [-] [deleted] 9 points 1 year ago Sorry for kinda reviving a 2 month old post, but man, I ran into the same experience as you. For fun I wanted to find out the origins of a soyjak meme and somehow in one youtube video I heard guy mentioning "ongezellig". I am currently studying Dutch (albeit slowly af) and wanted to find out what is that. And then I watched all 6 series but still don't understand how it is related to memes. It is good series actually with so many Dutch culture references, I bet this is gonna be studied by future historians permalink source embed save save-RES report reply hide child comments [-] HWABAG_though 8 points 1 year ago It comes from a 4chan's meta board called /qa/ where a single person spammed it relentlessly every day. Anything that didn't belong anywhere else on 4chan found its way to /qa/, and it became a haven for soyjakers because they weren't welcome anywhere else. There was also a poster on /qa/ that was particularly obsessed with the cartoon and posted a thread about it at least once a day and over time it became well-known on /qa/. One day, /qa/ raided /lgbt/ and spammed it with soyjaks. 4chan's staff then decided to delete /qa/, wiping all of the content on there and prohibiting any new threads from being made. Intra-board raids are rare on 4chan these days, so /qa/ and its culture (which includes ongezellig, or "zellig") became very famous overnight, causing soyjaks and Ongezellig to be associated with one another and /qa/. /qa/ moved off-site onto a spiritual successor of /qa/ dedicated to soyjak spamming, and they continue to make weird stuff like the video OP linked. permalink source embed save save-RES parent report reply hide child comments [-] AtomicStarfish1 wait wait wait 3 points 12 months ago I just have the slightest suspicion I know that spammer. Perhaps an asocialite? permalink source embed save save-RES parent report reply hide child comments [-] Urinate_Cuminium [S] 3 points 9 months ago Who is that? permalink source embed save save-RES parent report reply](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/938/473/1af.png "June 23rd, 2023 post on /r/ongezellig")
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