Blame the Hero

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Blame the Hero
Blame the Hero.jpg
Promotional release poster.
Genre
Created byBrandon Rogers
Based onCharacters
by Brandon Rogers
Written by
  • Brandon Rogers
  • Adam Neylan
  • Jonathan Hinman
Directed byBrandon Rogers
StarringBrandon Rogers
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes7
Production
Producers
  • Morgan Roger
  • Su Jan Chase
CinematographyJoe Vulpis
EditorBrandon Rogers
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time11-24 minutes
Production companyTV30
DistributorYouTube
Release
Original releaseMarch 2 (2019-03-02) –
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)

Blame the Hero is an American post-apocalyptic science fiction dark humor web miniseries created by Brandon Rogers. The series, which stars Rogers' as multiple main characters, centers around street thug Blame, who is sent back in time to prevent a nuclear apocalypse. The show premiered on March 2, 2019, on YouTube, and concluded on July 1, 2019, consisting of 7 episodes. At the 9th Streamy Awards, Blame the Hero received four nominations, winning Best Actor (for Rogers) and Best Scripted Series.

Premise[]

In 2033, street thug Blame arrives in an alternate reality where the United Kingdom has managed to conquer the world and declare world peace. Soon after, terrorist Bobby Worst nukes the planet and causes a global apocalypse. Blame is told by the Eldest Elmer that Blame himself caused the apocalypse through an unrelated chain of events that began in 1865. The Eldest Elmer sends Blame back in time to reverse his actions and save the world before it's too late, and Blame arrives in the year 1865.

Cast[]

Main[]

  • Brandon Rogers as Blame / Bobby Worst / Lord Mingeworthy / Eldest Elmer / Bryce Tankthrust / Various

Recurring[]

  • Paulette Jones as Donna Phitts / Abraham Lincoln / Various
    • Alariza Nevarez portrays a young Donna Phitts
  • David July (credited as David Burton) as Swallow / Various
  • Dominiq Badiyo as Suck
  • Logan Bubar as Blame's Friend / Various
  • Kornbread Jete as Queen's Advisor / Various
  • Georgina Leahy as Lady Mingeworthy / Various
  • Pulp Fictionally as Blame's Tatted Girlfriend (1)
  • Adam Neylan as Adolf Hitler / Various
  • Jude B. Lanston as News Correspondent / Various
  • Monique Parent as News Correspondent / Various
  • Joe Vulpis as Police Officer / Various
  • Nandini Minocha as News Correspondent / Various
  • Jonathan Hinman as News Correspondent / Various
  • Annelise Jr as TV Host / Various
  • Alex Diehl as Evil PE Kid / Various
  • Serena Laney as Evil PE Kid
  • Su Jan Chase as Evil PE Kid
  • Eric Morris as Auction Party Guest / Various
  • Morgan Roger as Distressed Influencer / Various

Guest[]

Episodes[]

No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"The Worst Ending"Brandon RogersBrandon Rogers & Adam NeylanMarch 2, 2019 (2019-03-02)
Street thug Blame arrives in an alternate reality where the United Kingdom has been the ruler of the world since 1865 and has since declared world peace. In a flashback to his original timeline, Blame uses a time machine to remove a childhood tattoo, resulting in his arrival to the new timeline. In the present, Blame is kidnapped by multiple Elmer-clones, who knock him unconscious and take him to meet the Eldest Elmer in an underground bunker. Once awake, Blame learns that while he was unconscious, terrorist Bobby Worst caused a nuclear holocaust, resulting in those affected by the nuclear radiation to transform into the worst versions of themselves. The Eldest Elmer explains to Blame that while Blame traveled back in time, a British couple used the time machine to allow the UK to rule the world and that those events led to the apocalypse. While Bobby Worst arrives at the bunker, the Eldest Elmer gives Blame an opportunity to go back in time to prevent the apocalypse. Blame accepts, and he is introduced to chained prisoner Bryce Tankthrust.
2"Sassy Wasteland"Brandon RogersBrandon Rogers & Adam NeylanMarch 10, 2019 (2019-03-10)
In a flashback, the Eldest Elmer tortures Bryce using a magic book. In the present, Bryce accepts to help Blame after learning about Bobby Worst, but requests to have the Eldest Elmer's heart in order to live. After Bobby arrives at the underground bunker, the Eldest Elmer gives up his heart (transferring his consciousness into a smartphone) and causes a distraction, allowing Blame and Bryce to leave the premises. Traveling in hazmat suits, the pair encounter a "green-asshole", a woman affected by the nuclear radiation, who the pair shoot in order to retrieve a map. Later, Bryce secretly reveals that she is helping Blame in order to kill Sam, the man responsible for making her the Eldest Elmer's prisoner.
3"Radioactive Love Story"Brandon RogersBrandon Rogers & Adam NeylanMarch 20, 2019 (2019-03-20)
In a flashback, a young Bobby Best falls in love with a young Bryce Tankthrust. The next day, Bryce offers her heart as a symbol for her love for Bobby, but Bobby rejects it. This causes Bryce to kill Bobby's father, and for her classmates to put the blame on Bobby. In jail, Bobby (now named Bobby Worst) promises to get his revenge on Bryce. Forty years later, Bobby escapes the prison after recruiting Suck and Swallow as his henchmen. In the present, Blame and Bryce arrive at the Cornhole Cafe to retrieve the time machine. Bobby and his henchmen arrive, and Blame kills both Suck and Swallow. As Blame travels back to 1865, Bobby and Bryce kill one another and bleed out on the floor.
4"The United States of Britain"Brandon RogersBrandon Rogers & Adam NeylanApril 4, 2019 (2019-04-04)
Three days after arriving in 1865, Blame is invited to a party, where he learns that the British couple, Lord and Lady Mingeworthy, have already been in power for a whole month. In a flashback, the Mingeworthys' arrive in 1865, where they meet David Edgar Herold, who plans to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln with the help of John Wilkes Booth. On April 14, 1865, the British couple prevents the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by killing Booth. Having saved his life, Lincoln gives up the US government to the British, having learned about World War I and World War II. Meanwhile, at the party, the guests attempt to kill Blame after learning that he's a time traveler. Blame freezes time, allowing him to escape, and later time travels to the time Lincoln gave up the US government to the British couple. Blame enters the room and blindly shoots at the trio.
5"A Botched Beach"Brandon RogersBrandon Rogers & Adam NeylanApril 28, 2019 (2019-04-28)
Following his entrance, Blame shoots and kills the British couple. Lincoln advises Blame to prevent the Mingeworthys' from gaining access to the time machine, and Blame travels forward in time to the year 2018. In 2018, Blame encounters the British couple, who destroy the time machine after Blame yells at them. Blame decides to look for his past-self, who is soon to arrive with a different time machine to change his childhood tattoo. After past-Blame arrives, Blame explains his situation and gains access to the other time machine. Blame travels to the present (2033), where he learns that he successfully prevented the apocalypse. Out of nowhere, a nuclear siren begins to play around the world.
6"Thug out of Time"Brandon RogersBrandon Rogers, Adam Neylan, & Jonathan HinmanMay 19, 2019 (2019-05-19)
After hearing the nuclear siren, Blame quickly travels to the underground bunker. Once there, a nuclear weapon goes off, and he is restrained by the Eldest Elmer, who explains that he caused a new apocalypse after learning that Adolf Hitler created the original time machine. In a flashback, a young Elmer meets Adolf Hitler, and together, they create a nuclear weapon designed to transform all affected by its radiation into Elmer-clones. In the present, Blame escapes his restraining and shoots the Eldest Elmer, who continues to live via his smartphone consciousness. In an armory, Blame finds a copy of the time machine, and time travels back to 1942 to prevent Hitler from creating the original time machine, accidentally bringing an Elmer-clone along with him. In 1942, the Elmer-clone runs away, and Blame is found by multiple American assassins looking to kill Adolf Hitler.
7"The Best Ending"Brandon RogersBrandon Rogers, Adam Neylan, & Jonathan HinmanJuly 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)
In Berlin, the Elmer-clone visits Hitler to warn him about Blame. At Hitler's birthday party, the assassins set out a plan to kill Hitler. The plan goes awry, resulting in most of the assassins being shot and Blame fighting the Elmer-clone. Hitler arrives to join the fight, and Blame uses his time machine to spawn Abraham Lincoln. After a fight for the time machine, Hitler and Lincoln both time travel to Bryce's love proposal to Bobby. Hitler reveals himself to be Bobby's grandfather, and Bobby kills Hitler. Finding a book written by Hitler, Bobby and Bryce decide to stay together to rule the world. With Hitler dead, Lincoln returns to 1942 and is quickly stabbed by the Elmer-clone. After another fight with Elmer shooting Blame and Elmer bleeding out, Lincoln remains the only one alive. Blame is buried by the two remaining assassins, one of which reveals herself to be a young Donna Phitts. In the present, Bryce has become the President of the United States, the apocalypse has been averted, and Grandpa George is revealed to be an older version of Blame.

Production[]

On January 3, 2019, series creator Brandon Rogers announced that he had been working on a seven-part series set around the end of the world.[1] Brandon also stated that he was filming episodes at the same time as he was writing them.[2] Writing took place from early 2019 to mid-May of the same year.[1][3]

Following the announcement of the series, Brandon Rogers announced via Twitter that he had started filming for the series in January 2019.[4][5] Said filming took place in Los Angeles, California, with the main portion of the series being filmed in Hollywood.[6]

On January 27, 2019, Brandon posted a teaser trailer for the series on his YouTube channel, declaring that the series would come out later that year.[7] On February 13, 2019, Brandon posted a picture on his Instagram stating that the release date for the first episode was expected to be in March.[8] On February 25, 2019, Brandon confirmed the statement, stating that the first episode would premiere on March 2, 2019.[9]

Accolades[]

Year Award Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
2019
 Streamy Awards Scripted Series Blame the Hero Won [10][11][12]
Acting Blame the Hero Won
Costume Design Blame the Hero Nominated
Directing Blame the Hero Nominated

References[]

  1. ^ a b Rogers, Brandon [@BrandonLOVESYOU] (January 3, 2019). "Announcing the title of my new series: BLAME THE HERO - It'll a 7-part series about the end of the world within my universe of characters. We start shooting very soon :)" (Tweet). Archived from the original on September 12, 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2020 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ @brandonbored (January 26, 2019). "The face of writer's block at 3am". Retrieved September 12, 2020 – via Instagram.
  3. ^ Rogers, Brandon [@BrandonLOVESYOU] (May 22, 2019). "Writing the finale of Blame the Hero has put me in such a sad headspace - imagine writing the moment you say goodbye to your best friend. I hated playing Blame at the beginning of this series and now I'm getting choked up #staytunedafterthecredits" (Tweet). Archived from the original on September 12, 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2020 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ Rogers, Brandon [@BrandonLOVESYOU] (January 19, 2019). "Screenshot from my new series. What is Bobby Worst up to now?" (Tweet). Archived from the original on September 12, 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2020 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Rogers, Brandon [@BrandonLOVESYOU] (January 21, 2019). "Screenshot from my new series, Blame the Hero. Why is Elmer sad? It's not the end of the world" (Tweet). Archived from the original on September 12, 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2020 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ Rogers, Brandon (April 28, 2019). BLAME THE HERO - Ep 5: A Botched Beach. Archived from the original on September 12, 2020.
  7. ^ Rogers, Brandon (January 27, 2019). BLAME THE HERO (Teaser Trailer). Archived from the original on September 12, 2020.
  8. ^ @brandonbored (February 13, 2019). "Wanted to give a production update on #blamethehero - release date will probably be sometime in March, I'm being a bit more patient with this series because it's coming along SO well! @adamneylan and I have written a 7-episode arc that I LOVE, involving not only the end of the world, but time travel to various areas in American history, and a big twist in the finale that walks the line of happy and heartbreaking. Each day we shoot new footage, I fall deeper in love with this production. The actors have ALL been hitting 6 cylinders with their performances and the sets are unbelievable... it's just all so cool to me! Can't wait for you to see this BIG thank you to my talented 2-person crew who I couldn't pull this off without: @ughitsjoe and @iammorganroger and to my fans, I thank you immensely for your patience. I promise it'll be worth it! OH! And for those of you asking where you can watch it - YouTube bitch #dontpaytolaugh". Retrieved September 12, 2020 – via Instagram.
  9. ^ Rogers, Brandon [@BrandonLOVESYOU] (February 25, 2019). "OFFICIAL BLAME THE HERO POSTER!! Episode 1 drops March 2nd (this Saturday!!!) to a YouTube near you! A massive thank you to @thisuserisangry for this amazing poster art and to everyone who's involved with this project!! Excited to finally start uploading!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on September 12, 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2020 – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "Streamy Awards - 9th Annual Nominees & Winners". Archived from the original on September 12, 2020.
  11. ^ "Winners Announced For the 9th Annual Streamy Awards". December 13, 2019. Archived from the original on September 12, 2020.
  12. ^ "Streamy Awards 2019: Full List of Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. December 13, 2019. Archived from the original on August 22, 2020.

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