Lemon Demon

Neil Cicierega
Neil Cicierega speaking at XOXO in September 2016
Born	Neil Stephen Cicierega (1986-08-23) August 23, 1986 (age 30) Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Residence	Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
Other names	Deporitaz Lemon Demon Trapezoid Trapezzoid
Occupation	Internet artist, comedian, actor, filmmaker, puppeteer, singer, musician, animator
Known for	Animutation, flash animation
Spouse(s)	Ming Doyle (m. 2015)
Website	eviltrailmix.com neilcic.com

Neil Stephen Cicierega (/ˌsɪsᵻˈriːɡə/; born August 23, 1986) is an American Internet artist, comedian, actor, filmmaker, puppeteer, singer, musician, and animator. He is the creator of the genre of Flash animation known as "Animutation", and has released several albums as a musician under the name of "Lemon Demon" and a series of mashup albums more recently under his own name.

Cicierega was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Cicierega's father was a programmer, so Cicierega was surrounded by computers growing up. At a young age, Cicierega began using a program named Klik & Play, a simplistic game developing program. By the fourth grade, Cicierega's parents began homeschooling him and his brother and sister. Cicierega continued making amateur games, and he even began creating digital music to feature in his games. Soon, Cicierega began sharing his music on the Internet through the music sharing website MP3.com under the name Trapezoid. Cicierega continued making content for the Internet, and he continued to grow in popularity.

Cicierega is known for a series of dadaist or surrealist Flash animations he termed "Animutation". Animutations feature arbitrary, nonsensical scenes and pop culture imagery and are typically set to novelty or foreign music, often from the Japanese version of Pokémon. One of his earliest works entitled Hyakugojyuuichi was published on the web, and was described as a "hit" in 2001 by Salon magazine.