Logan Thirtyacre edit
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| “ | Jeffy, stop it! | „ |
| ~ Mario's Catchprase. |
Logan Austin Thirtyacre (born: November 17, 1994 [age 26]), better known online as SML (short for SuperMarioLogan), is an American YouTuber who's well known for making puppet videos. From 2007 to 2021, he was known for using plushies from Mario games and also used toys which are non-Nintendo as well. As of 2021, Logan has put more emphasis on making puppet videos instead of plushies and toys to make his channel more original. Logan is most famous for the puppet character Jeffy who was first introduced in January 2016. In addition to his main series of videos, Logan also does reviews, vlogs, behind the scenes videos and updates and has also made reaction videos and let's plays in the past as well. He’s been making his last videos of his first channel on 2019.
Personal life edit
Logan was born in Pensacola, Florida to Kelly Fay Thirtyacre and Jennifer Nichole Grant. Logan and his brother have Irish decent, which mostly comes from his father. At the age of three, his mother and father divorced, his mother met a new man named Brian Grant and they got married. This made Brian Logan's step-father. Brian also introduced the famous Nintendo character Mario to him.
Logan once got West Nile Virus from a Mosquito and was cured after two weeks. He attended J.M. Tate High School in Cantonment, Florida. He graduated on June 4, 2013. He currently lives in Pensacola, Florida, United States.
On November 4, 2020, Logan tested positive for COVID-19. His brother Lance as well as multiple crew members also tested positive. They have all since then recovered.
Controversies edit
FroggyCompany drama edit
When Logan first began doing YouTube in December 2007, he was inspired by an early Mario plushtuber going by the name FroggyCompany to make his own plush videos after watching a few of FroggyCompany's videos. Logan later contacted and started talking to Froggy who gave Logan advice tips on making plush videos. Not long afterwards, however, FroggyCompany stopped doing plush videos as he felt he was getting too old to make them and moved on to doing other content such as YTPs and stopped socializing with Logan. When Logan started getting popular in the plushtubing community around 2008, FroggyCompany became jealous of Logan's success as he was now more popular than Froggy.
This lead to Froggy demanding Logan the SuperMarioLogan channel as Froggy felt he deserved it. After failing to convince Logan to give him the SuperMarioLogan channel, Froggy began to take Logan's videos and redub over them. This was seen as harassment by Logan who reported the videos. Froggy's channel was then terminated by YouTube as a result of this. As of 2021, the whereabouts of FroggyCompany are unknown.
Recent content edit
Some of Logan's videos has been criticized in recent years. Most of the criticism is towards repetitive and boring plots, overused and horrible characters, and terrible morals and messages. Some of the criticism mostly started sometime around 2014 and 2015, mostly towards the character Junior who was bashed for his bad behavior and no karma given when deserved. However, most would argue that Logan's content got worse starting on January 24, 2016 when the character Jeffy was introduced. While most fans didn't mind the character, several people bashed Jeffy for stereotyping the mentally impaired, his intentional bad behavior, and repetitive jokes. Several YouTubers would continue to criticize Logan's content including Dabhdude, MλFDOMiNUS, and Daniel T. Gaming.
One example is Jeffy's Bad Word, where Jeffy used a derogatory slur and Mario gets punished for it. The episode was polarized by fans, criticizing it for the use of Mario torture porn and how horrible Jeffy and Rosalina act. Many consider Jeffy's Bad Word to be the worst SML episodes ever. One episode, Turkey Tyranny made a self aware joke about another heavily bashed episode, Locked Out. Logan stated that he wouldn't get rid of Jeffy because it's what helped him become popular as well as making him lots of revenue. In 2018, Logan promised that if he got his ad revenue back on the main SML channel, he would burn the Jeffy puppet. When YouTube gave him his ads back, he made a video saying that YouTube had a deadline to which they didn't make although many argue this was just an excuse by Logan to get away with lying about burning Jeffy. They also mocked Jeffy haters being portrayed by Tito Jimenez.
In late 2019, Logan attempted to redesign the Nintendo plushie characters into puppets which he could call his own original characters. So he created new human puppets of these characters which first appeared in the episode, The Human Potion which was released on November 4, 2019. Several fans disapproved the new puppets calling them creepy and not as appealing as the original designs. One example is the Joseph puppet, which people called creepy for his teeth and the lack of eyebrows. Logan had initially did this to avoid issues relating to COPPA but due to the backlash he decided to make one puppet video per month and more plushie videos as a compromise. However, due to the cease and desist from Nintendo that Logan received in 2021 the human puppets have become permanent.
SuperMarioLogan Movie edit
Around 2017, Logan planned to create a SuperMarioLogan movie. The plot would be Mario getting kidnapped by Jeffy's mother in order to inherent her husband's wealth, so the SML characters would have to rescue him. One of Logan's friends and old cast members, Zeke returned to play as Mama Luigi in the film, pleasing older fans. The trailer was released on July 9, 2017 and screenshots would later be teased. However, the movie kept being delayed multiple times and Logan promising his fans that the movie will be releasing soon. In 2020, Logan's ex-girlfriend, Chilly confirmed that the film was cancelled, with no official response from Logan. Many fans were disappointed that Logan never made an official announcement, with Zeke potentially losing his job due to traveling to film with Logan.
Jeffy fan hanging controversy edit
On December 12, 2017, an article published by a UK tabloid company The Sun, discusses how a mother was disgusted by the content SML was creating with the Jeffy puppet. The mother describes how the episode "Jeffy's Tantrum" involves Jeffy flipping out over Mario after not buying him the SpongeBob Moves In game from the App Store. Towards the end of the episode, Jeffy was about to hang himself after Mario continued refusing to give him it although this was stopped after Junior gave him an Apple Gift Card to buy the game.
Logan apologized and deleted the video. However, his channel was demonetized causing his followers to criticize the mother for not teaching her son about Internet safety. Later, The Same 7-year-old made a viral petition on Change.org to re-monetize SuperMarioLogan's channel, however it was ultimately taken down due to defending YouTube’s Guidelines, re-uploads of still exist, so people can watch the video.
JeffyCon edit
In 2018 Logan and his former girlfriend Chilly announced an event called JeffyCon, which took place outside the Nintendo NY Store. While Logan was expecting a few people to show up, he was surprised when hundreds of fans showed up. The Convention got so big and hectic that the NY Police Department got informed about what was happening, causing Logan and Chilly to be escorted out of the convention.
Good Morning America edit
On May 8, 2018, the TV news program, Good Morning America released a segment about YouTube content for kids, specifically Logan's videos. The show bashed the channel for violent and inappropriate content for his young audience, commenting on how destructive Jeffy is as a role model. Good Morning America interviewed kids who watched Logan's content, calling his videos addictive and attractive.
Many fans bashed Good Morning America for biased news and bad parenting, as well as the children who were interviewed. They also mass disliked the video as well. Logan had explained in his channel description and vlogs that the channel is meant for audiences 18 and older. However, some criticized Logan for being unaware of his young fanbase and harmful content since he attempted to be family friendly around January 2018. In a vlog, Logan reacted to the news article and called Good Morning America manipulative, scripted, and biased despite some of the things that were said being true.
Drama and severing ties with Jimenez family edit
Following 2 weeks of inactivity on Chilly's YouTube channel after the last video upload was on November 29, 2019, many people speculated that Logan and Chilly had broken up.
On December 15, 2019, Chilly's sister, Damaris Chapman, spoke out on both her Twitter and Instagram that Logan had cheated on Chilly with two prostitutes. She also said that Logan had told Tito not to tell Chilly of his adultery, but Tito told her, which led to Logan ripping up all of Tito's plushes. Then, he angrily told both Chilly and Tito to get out of the house.
Logan would later confirm on his Instagram that he had been involved in a falling out with both Chilly and Tito for the past month, and it culminated with him ousting them from the house. Tito also confirmed on his Instagram as to why he snitched on Logan. On February 3, 2020, Logan confirmed on his Instagram that he and Chilly had been broken up for a month.
During an Instagram live-stream with Lovell on February 22, 2020, Logan revealed more details in regards to his break-up with Chilly. Having found a new girlfriend shortly after breaking up with Chilly, Logan told Chilly to get out of his house, but despite his mom changing the locks and taking out of all of Chilly's stuff, she broke into the house due to his address being on her driver's license and that she was able to use a locksmith to get back into the house.
In addition to this, Logan also confirmed Chilly's infidelity, where he said that she brought numerous other guys with her back to his home to sleep with her. Logan knew of her infidelity due to his neighbors calling him about the whole ordeal. Logan also stated that he's going to sue Chilly over ownership of her channel due to royalty issues and that he's technically the owner of the channel due to it originally being called SuperPeachLogan.
Logan stated that his brother Lance was edited out of all of the Chilly's vlogs due to her dislike of Lance. He added on to this, saying that Chilly disliked his family in general, not letting him contact or see them and instead forcing him to support her family over his own. Logan further stated that he helped Chilly and Tito grow their channels, citing that his involvement was the only reason why people watched the videos on their channels. Logan then re-iterates about wanting ownership back of Chilly's channel, but then makes a proposition: Chilly can keep the channel, but she must remove every video on the channel that involved him.
Logan states that Chilly was in disbelief of him moving on from their relationship despite posting on Instagram photos and stories of him and his new girlfriend in Hawaii. Logan states that his life was a living hell with Chilly for the last few years due to her being abusive towards him and using him for her own personal gain (For example Logan couldn't do videos with Elaina due to Chilly placing cameras around the house and strictly telling him that he couldn't do videos with her). Chilly officially left Logan's house on Monday, February 24, 2020.
Logan then says a couple of last things before leaving the live-stream. He confirms Chilly had been cheating on him for over a year, in which he didn't believe Lovell at first when he told him about Chilly's infidelity. He also stated that if he doesn't get back ownership of Chilly's channel, he'll start his own vlogging channel and show the SML crew in a more positive light. This would be a stark contrast to Chilly's vlogs, in which the members of the SML crew was rarely seen in or mentioned in a good manner. Logan then summarizes the drama, stating that he was used by Chilly and her family for his wealth and fame. Logan concludes that his content won't change and that the format of his videos will remain the same, while expressing that he's never seen such ungrateful people in his life.
Swatting and coverup edit
On December 16, 2019, Logan received a call from the Escambia County Sheriff's Office, telling Logan to come out with his hands up, however, The Police Force was not at Logan's house right away. Later, Logan told Lance to get out of the house so he didn't get involved. However, a SWAT team encountered Lance and asked for Logan. Logan later came out of the house and was handcuffed by police, where Logan claimed that he was likely being swatted after a police officer said that someone called the police, saying Logan was shooting his neighbor's windows with an AK-47. Later, Chilly exited the house and the police figured nothing was going on, which according to Logan made them annoyed, due to there being a lot of crime in the area. The footage was leaked on September 6, 2020.
Two days later on September 8, Logan released a video in which he, along with Lance, explained the situation. He did not break the news initially, but did now to clear up some questions people had. Logan and Lance also stated that no one should swat others due to how dangerous it is. The video would become #2 on trending before the trailer of the Xbox Series S. It's currently unknown who truly got Logan swatted in December, as the footage wasn't released and confirmed for 10 months, so any evidence would have been lost. Many fans suspected Chilly and Tito were the ones responsible for getting Logan swatted as revenge for the breakup, despite Logan and Chilly not breaking up until a week later and Chilly getting escorted out of the house. Some fans also suspect Chilly and Tito's older sister Damaris Chapman as the person who got Logan swatted as revenge for him not wanting to lie about having an affair he didn't do.
Within a few days of the video of the swatting being leaked, fans found an old message from November 2019 warning the SML community about SkipDip plotting to swat Logan. The link also included an Instagram page that was posted by SkipDip, but the Instagram page had already been taken down. This supposedly confirmed that SkipDip was the one responsible for the December 2019 swatting. However, there is no way to truly confirm that he was responsible as SkipDip has vanished from the internet and hasn't been seen since early 2020.
Cease and Desist from Nintendo edit
In February 2021, it was revealed through a Twitter DM that the licensed Nintendo plushies that were used in Logan's videos since the start of the channel in December 2007 would no longer be used in videos following a cease and desist that Logan got from Nintendo. Although Logan has claimed his content was meant to be a parody of Nintendo and Mario he decided to stop using the plushies in favor of original puppet characters. These puppet characters had already been becoming more prominent on the channel since they were first introduced in 2019.
At first, many people speculated it was fake such as SML Fandom User Bearbro57, who explained how the letter could've been sent from someone like SkipDip or Tito in order to troll Logan and get him to use the puppets. Others thought the letter was sent from an angry fan who didn't like the direction Logan had went with his content. One fan believed Chilly sent the letter as revenge for having her main source of income (mooching off Logan) cut off. Logan later confirmed the letter was real, first through a comment on one of Dabhdude's video on the topic and later through an update video he made on Lance's channel which ended up on the trending page.
On March 16, 2021 Logan uploaded a channel trailer on a channel formerly owned by crew member Elaina Keyes where he talked about having to move the SML content to that channel. In addition, he also said he would start to remake older SML videos using the human puppets as the original videos used the Nintendo plushies. Logan also said he might have to delete the original videos as well as the channels they were uploaded on including SuperMarioLogan, SuperLuigiLogan, and SuperBowserLogan despite all three of them being renamed. This was due to Logan not being able to change the url name to the channels which retain their original channel names and appearances.
On May 2nd, 2021, Logan made a community post on his original channel saying that the main channel would be deleted in 30 days due to the Nintendo conflict. It was later confirmed on May 15th, 2021 that the SuperLuigiLogan channel would be deleted too. SuperBowserLogan's fate hasn't been 100% confirmed by Logan yet although it is likely to be deleted for the same reasons. As a result of this post, many fans started reuploading Logan's older videos in an effort to archive his past content.
Videos edit