This is going to be a bit of a doozy. He's been mentioned twice here and a thread hasn't been made on him yet. To call him a lolcow is questionable as he seldom produces much content these days, but I figured he was worth mentioning in broad enough detail.
Gruntchovski Von Veizaton, also known as simply
Grunt, is a puppet hailing from the fictitious country of Transfatlyvania, which is a parody of Soviet Russia but mostly a melting pot of different fascist regimes inhabited by a motley crew of (mostly) obese reptilians that worship Godzilla as their lord and savior. He is a crocodile inspired by King K. Rool and Joseph Stalin, and serves as the Dictator of this particular nation. The nation has no government other than "whatever-grunt-wants-it-to-be" and their main pastime involves promoting and then delivering excessive violence toward anything and everything Grunt hates, anime and MLP being his favorite targets.
Or so he would like you to buy into.
In actuality, Grunt's more lackluster and real-world identity is that of
Christopher Addolorato, an unemployed 29-year-old man with autism hailing from Long Island, New York. Chris has but one goal in life- to have an award-winning show on [adult swim] and will settle for nothing less. He's been running a dedicated YouTube channel for over a decade uploading his material, though it is less a web series and more of a means to pitch his work to anyone in the industry who happens to be watching. Most of his videos are short and simple; a 2-3 minute long scene of Grunt or another character singing about murdering something. Despite having a colorful cast of characters with developed biographies, he has yet to produce anything other than song parodies, dumb low-effort shorts about his OCs killing other toons, and videos showing off his newest puppet creations.
(Christopher's personal Facebook account. Note that he prefers to use Grunt as the face of his identity. He used to call himself "Gruntchovski Von Veizatun" before Facebook instituted the "use your real name" policy and his account was flagged)
(Christopher himself, in full regalia)
(Chris with his father, Robert Addolorato. It's worth mentioning that Bob is a high ranking Detective in the NYPD. Chris's mother is a college professor who teaches special education. Both of them shower Christopher with gifts. Hundreds of thousands of dollars run through his family's home)
Chris also loves cosplaying, and has a habit of going to numerous conventions dressed as either his own characters, or other well known ones. He loves playing villains in particular, but he prefers adding a spin to them; he'll do Stalin as Mario or Hitler as the Joker, to name a few.
(Christopher sporting a rather tasteless “Hitler as the Joker" outfit)
(Suffice to say, Chris has yet to find someone willing to tolerate his monomaniacal obsession for masquerading his dumb ideas.)
If you can’t tell by looking at him, Gruntchovski is a blatant King K. Rool ripoff, a fact openly admitted by Addolorato himself. He claims to have loved the villain since childhood after being exposed to an overdose of Donkey Kong Country. The focus of Chris's autism is K. Rool, but extends to villains in general, his top favorites being: K Rool himself, the Penguin from Batman, and King Boo from Luigi's Mansion.
(Art of Grunt and a few of his no-name mooks)
Chris is surprisingly good at building puppets, but is quite inept at anything else. He has zero writing skills whatsoever and claims to be a one-man operation. Even though he has no day job and does fuck all with his life, he hardly ever puts out any content, and when he does, it's either low effort vids or pictures of his characters murdering something. Despite drawing this shit since childhood, his art barely improved. He claims that puppets are his go-to medium simply because it's easier than learning how to animate properly. Chris relies on the kindness of other, more talented individuals to do things such as write music, record them, do voice-overs, and help with the editing. His only income is from a monthly SSDI check.
(Chris complaining about why nobody has given him a show yet, while also admitting that he's unemployed and still lives with his parents. The fact that he doesn't take well-meaning advice says a lot)
(Christopher chimps out whenever someone asks to draw one of his characters without his permission.)
Gruntchovski and the rest of his content are very dear to Christopher. To him, it represents a nearly 30-year ambition that may or may not be realized. Due to him opposing any form of guidance and refusal to try new ideas, new concepts, and perhaps actually put effort into his work, he will most likely never fulfill his goal of becoming widely recognized in some form. He seems to prefer getting attention by associating with other, more prolific creators.
Chris
LOATHES My Little Pony, specifically the G4 series "Friendship is Magic". A significant portion of his content is dedicated to murdering ponies in a variety of gore-filled, edgy ways. Chris also hates all other animation in general, but ponies are the preferred targets.
(Christopher periodically uploads art of Grunt murdering whatever cartoon he doesn’t like. Which is 90% of everything.)
His second source of hate happens to be anime. Chris abhors all anime, but his perception of it remains in 1999; he sees all animation from Japan as either Pokemon or Sailor Moon. He supposedly never watched anime in his life beyond seeing a few episodes of Pokemon on TV during the Pokemania craze of the 90s. He probably dislikes any animation not totally wacky.
(One example of many pieces of art displaying his hatred of anime)
(A cringy anti-anime propaganda poster)
(He met the english voice actress for Sailor Moon at an anime convention. Why someone who claims to despise anime would go to a convention based entirely around it is beyond me)
The only things he seems to be a fan of are Nintendo games, though it's mainly limited to the Donkey Kong series and Rare titles in general. Chris is mostly into cartoons with some sort of novelty appeal and is an overall simpleton in terms of his taste in media.
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Artwork of Grunt murdering the cast of MLP Friendship is Magic, part of a series of commissions by Curtsibling. Featured in this video: https://youtu.be/caNq2rs8-HE)
(Grunt burning Lauren Faust's pony OC at the stake)
(A few examples of Grunt's hatred for the Brony fandom. This is probably why CWC called him out)
Chris is lazy, and I mean lazy. Rather than work a day job and focus on building his channel like every other creative mind on the internet, he prefers to sit on his ass and continuously pitch his work in the hopes that a big network executive notices him and offers to give him his own hit show on TV. Chris is also obese and has the cholesterol of a middle-aged woman; it's unlikely he'll live beyond 55, which reduces his chances of living long enough to see his dream realized (spoiler alert: it won’t).
Chris refuses to put too much work into his craft, preferring to cosplay for attention. He's met the likes of Tara Strong, whom he gloated over having been blocked by on Twitter like a sperg. Instead, he uses his autismbux to commission
hundreds of artwork from much more talented artists depicting Grunt and the rest of his OCs. Despite complaining about being a one-man operation and not having many funds to draw from, he still refuses to get a full-time job despite having the means to do so. He doesn't comprehend that he'd have a much easier time promoting his work if he simply swallowed his pride and got an entry level job in editing/production/set-building, where his true talents lie. Chris wants full creative control over his characters and therefore it is highly unlikely he'll ever be anything more than a local eccentric who occasionally shows up at cosplay events promoting his "material".
(Addolorato meeting Tara Strong at BronyCon, of all places. For a guy who vehemently hates MLP, he seems fine with paying money to attend their conventions)
Chris's family is wealthy and he spends most of his time overeating, living in luxury and, when he's feeling extra spergy, gloating about his projects. His anti-brony art drew the attention of Chris-Chan himself, who at the time was solidifying his beliefs in the dimensional merge.
(Grunt posting publicly about the Tweet)
(Gloating about said-Tweet)
(Seems like he enjoyed the extra attention CWC gave him.)
As Addolorato prefers to remain in-character most of the time, this only reinforced Chris-Chan's already warped delusions. It has been speculated he played a role in sponsoring his BronyCon 2018 trip. If that were the case, it would reasonably explain how some random tard was able to afford wasting over $1,000 toward funding the tugboat of another exceptional man, possibly due to money his affluent family has in trust for him. This was also ostensibly for the purpose of promoting his YouTube channel by interviewing Chris-Chan there. Christopher seems to harbor animosity for a certain “Jack", which may support the theory that Jack Z, the one seemingly responsible for financing the aforementioned Bronycon trip, was implicated in his stead, but this is just me putting on my tinfoil hat at this point.
(Whatever "Jack" did to Grunt was enough to set him off badly. Grunt holds grudges over minor shit though, so the actual severity of this incident is questionable)
(A mysterious incident is cited in the description of one of his dA submissions. This was posted around 2013. Is this what caused the hatred toward Jack?)
On the other hand, Grunt does have legitimate talent and has been known to produce decent content. He has a lot of fans who unironically support him, though the majority of his followers are underage spergs who obsess over children's cartoons much like he does. His videos, while not super popular, consistently pull in views around the 100s. His most popular vids, however, are ones that feature puppets based on Rareware characters such as King K. Rool, Gruntilda, and The Great Mighty Poo. Christopher would probably be 100x more successful if he bothered to make and sell puppets online. He's friends with Adam Kreutinger, who is known for selling puppet commissions; he made the puppet the Nintendo-tuber "Arlo" uses for his channel.
(Grunt likes targeting SJWs and other groups of exceptional individuals because he revels in pissing people off. And that's a good thing.)
Grunt has toned down the vitriol in recent years and isn't as much of a sperg as he was. Artists such as @CurtSibling use his characters often. However, this has the disadvantage of leading people to assume that Grunt and company are creations of Curt and not himself, with Curt being the superior and more well-known artist. Christopher doesn't produce comics or sketches, opting for collages or portraits. The reason he goes with this method is apparently due to him wanting to give as much information to people in the industry as possible in the off-chance they notice him. His dA serves mainly as a portfolio of his work, and his primary source of interaction with his fans. No one has really attempted to troll or mess with him in any form, but given his flair for the dramatic and unhinged levels of autism for a man on the cusp of his 30s, there may be potential in poking his poodle.
(Cecil the asshole dachshund, one of the few characters of his that I legitimately found funny)
Most recently, Steven Universe seems to have overtaken the brony fandom as his new obsession, making tons of art and videos involving violence against the Crystal Gems. Instigating fandoms filled with SJWs and Tumblr communities is a source of motivation for him, apparently. Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, though.
(Three minutes of one of his puppets singing an uninspired song about Rose Quartz being murdered. His style of humor never changes nor does he deviate from it at any point during his storied career of posting crap online.)
Grunt occasionally makes political posts on his Facebook account, which alienated him from the few friends he has.
He also proudly claims he's autistic and that Bronies give autistics a bad name.
This is all I really feel the need to post. He has a mostly underwhelming ED page (
https://encyclopediadramatica.rs/Gruntchovski) and some obscure YouTuber made a video on him.
That's pretty much the general overview of this guy. If you want to check him out and draw your own conclusions about his body of work, you're free to do so.
His DeviantArt:
https://www.deviantart.com/gruntchovski
His YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/user/TransfatylvaniaFilms
His Twitter:
https://twitter.com/gruntveizatun
If you want his personal Facebook account, look up "Christopher Addolorato". It's completely open to view, comment, and follow, so you don't need to friend him.
