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Free was nominated for a Webby Award in the Best Web Personality/Host (Online Film & Video) category for his work on The Slow Mo Guys on 5 April 2016. [2] His acting roles include Woody in Lazer Team and its sequel, Vav in the animated comedy series X-Ray and Vav, and Scarlet David in RWBY.
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“X-Ray and Vav want to be the greatest super heroes ever, but they're the last people you'd want to be saved by. Despite their lack of superhero prowess, the duo is ready to take on any thug, robber or villain who stands in the way of justice. And they'll do it in true X-Ray and Vav fashion; crotch touching and creating chaos to save the day (for the most part)!”
— Official Description
, also known as X-Ray & Vav, was an American Rooster Teeth 2D animated comedy web series, created by Rooster Teeth Productions with the first episode being released on November 27, 2014 and the final, 14th one, on October 18, 2015. The series surrounds, revolves around and focuses on the comical adventures of the two wannabe titular superheroes on the Super Powered Alter Egos of respective former and current Achievement Hunter cast members named "X-Ray" and "Vav" also known as the "dorktastic duo", who are in turn based on the team and the fictional alter egos of formed by Ray Narvaez, Jr. and Gavin Free from Achievement Hunter (who also provide their voices), with their names originating from the Halo 4 - Terminus Achievement Guide. The animated series was created and directed by Jordan Cwierz, creator of the Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures, and Lindsay Jones, with Patrick Rodriguez acting as the art director and Gray G. Haddock as the producer.
The show was first announced at RTX 2014. A short teaser trailer for the series, displaying its logo, was shown at the end of RWBY Volume 2's eighth episode. A full teaser showcasing its animation was aired alongside the nineteenth episode of Red vs. Blue: Season 12 and ninth episode of RWBY Volume 2. The first episode premiered at the 2014 New York Comic-Con. The trailer for the second season was shown at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con, being uploaded shortly after.
X-Ray (Ray Narvaez, Jr.) and Vav (Gavin Free) are your typical heroic duo, who are just trying to make the world a better place - the only problem is that they're failing miserably, unable to do the most menial 'superhero' tasks and getting no respect from the general public. However, after a failed robbery attempt and a run-in with a super-intelli...
Possibly the oddest story of a flub in an achievement guide starring two staff members who worked at Achievement Hunter that went from a meme/joke, to shirts, to a Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures-type show, to a full-on animated cartoon. The show X-Ray & Vav’s origin story traces its origins to a Halo 4 achievement guide created by the pair for Achievement Hunter. It can be found in the Halo 4 – Terminus Achievement Guide video with Ray & Gavin. In the video, Ray mispronounces Gavin's name as "Vav" and later Gavin asks Ray, "Do people ever call you 'X-Ray'?". In subsequent achievement guides, the pair would begin to stay "in-character" as their superhero alter-egos, X-Ray and Vav, and make references to them in other videos. The characters became incredibly popular with the Rooster Teeth community, spawning official merchandise, fan art, and cosplays. At RTX 2013, Gavin and Ray themselves, cosplayed as the characters.
Then, as revealed on Achievement Hunter Weekly Update #150 here, Rooster Teeth played into the hype and created & Vav-themed merchandise. The show itself was first announced in the RTAA panel at RTX 2013 and showed a trailer that was featuring RTAA-styled silhouettes of X-Ray & Vav and the words “coming soon.” In other words, at RTX 2013, the company showed an X-Ray & Vav teaser with the working title Animated Adventurers. Free and Narvaez also made a special appearance at the event in some brightly-colored costumes. They were seen wearing these X-Ray and Vav costumes at the Achievement Hunter panel at RTX 2013. (At another RTX female versions of the costumes appeared, worn by The Know employees Ashley Jenkins (X-Ray) and Meg Turney (Gavin's girlfriend, as a female Vav).
The first indication of an animated show based on X-Ray and Vav was at RTX 2013, during which a brief teaser was shown at the RTAA panel. The show was revealed under the title of Animated Adventurers and differed from the final show significantly, in that the animation bore a heavier resemblance to Jordan's distinctive art style, rather than the more polished cartoon look of the show proper.
At the following RTX, RTX 2014, Jordan (who makes the RTAAs) showed some footage of it on the RTAA panel. Also at RTX 2014, a new animated show called X-Ray and Vav was announced, starring Ray Narvaez, Jr. as X-Ray and Gavin Free as Vav. The show ended up having a much-loved “Saturday Morning Cartoon” feeling. The writing and plot were almost entirely driven by inside jokes from AH lore. The show is directed by Lindsay Jones (who also voices Hilda) and Jordan Cwierz, with art direction by Patrick Rodriguez. A trailer was released to YouTube here on November 6, 2014. An article was released on Tube filter the next day on November 7, 2014. It can be found here. The first episode premiered and was released on November 27, 2014, and was aired every Thursday on the Rooster Teeth website. The previous week's episode would then be available on YouTube. Season 1 ran for four episodes from November 27, 2014 until December 18, 2014.
The intro for season two premiered on March 26, 2015. On April 10, 2015, Narvaez, the main voice actor, announced his departure from Achievement Hunter in favor of and in order to focus on dedicating his time and attention towards full-time Twitch livestreaming and officially quit and left on April 17, 2015. However, despite Narvaez's departure from Achievement Hunter in April of that year, he continued to frequently return to the Rooster Teeth offices and recording studios do continue voice work for his character in the series during Season 2 (however, when asked by fans, he said he was "not interested" in returning to voice the character again should they do a third season). The Season 2 trailer had premiered on July 11, 2015 at the San Diego Comic Con. On July 13, 2015, another article on Tubefilter was released about the event. A second season began on 18 July 2015 (you can watch the new intro trailer here, and a Comic Con trailer. X-Ray and Vav Season 2 initially premiered July 18, 2015, with a total of ten episodes to be released in two batches of five each. Rooster Teeth sponsors got to see the first episodes a day before they're released to the public on July 19. The second season premiered to the public audience for non-sponsors on July 19, 2015. Narvaez and Free reprised their roles as the show's titular heroes (with Lindsay, Barbara and Gray reprising their roles well), and Season 2 is also bringing on board new characters voiced by Adventure Time’s Jessica DiCicco as news reporter Ash Samaya and Parks & Recreation’s Colton Dunn (who's also starring in Rooster Teeth's Lazer Team film), with the addition of Michael Jones as the anti-hero Mogar (also starring in Lazer Team with Colton and Gavin). Though Season 2 would be longer than Season 1 with a total of ten full episodes, Rooster Teeth opted to split it in half, with the second season of The Strangerhood (one of the many stretch goals for funding Lazer Team) airing between the first and second halves. After running for another 10 episodes, Season 2 officially ended on October 18, 2015.
One short video, titled "X-Ray & Vav: Posi-Choices 101 – Short" was released on November 22, 2015. The last, and final short video, titled "The X-Ray & Vav Holiday Special! – Short" was released on December 13, 2015.
Before being cancelled, there were initially high hopes and plans for a Season 3, even as early as when Season 2's debut in the summer of 2015. Rooster Teeth's Lindsay Jones said at the SDCC panel the company would like to continue X-Ray and Vav beyond Season 2 if fan reception is positive. At the X-Ray and Vav panel at RTX 2015, when they talked about how "interesting and engaging" Season 2 was, Lindsay and Jordan also said "At present, we currently don't have plans for a Season 3 yet or another third season in development production yet, but who knows? You never know!"
Ultimately, however, the series was not renewed following the airing of the Season 2 finale. The rest of the creation, direction, production and the animation team behind the show has moved over to working on Camp Camp. According to the website status, it states that the show is "Retired."
Main Cast Cameos
•Ashley Jenkins and J.J. Castillo as passersby •Miles Luna and Chris Demarais as robbers; Miles also voices the Winer in the Season 2 opener •Kdin Jenzen as a henchman •Colton Dunn as Flynt Coal, a private eye hired to figure out more about Mogar. •Gus Sorola as X-Ray's Mother •Shannon McCormick as the editor of Ash's newspaper •Margaret Tominey as Little Girl •Jen Brown as Die-Mond
Series Directed by •Jordan Cwierz & Lindsay Jones
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As super studs, they fight for good;
They’re awesome guys, who kick crime in the X-Ray and Vav!
He's a popular guy, a parkour master,
And might know some Kung fu...
X-RAY AND VAV!
He's delightfully British, a hero for justice,
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Gavin Free is an English actor, entertainer, producer, and filmmaker. Originally from Thame in Oxfordshire, he is best known for his work at the Austin, Texas-based production company Rooster Teeth – where he formerly served as creative director – featuring in many of their projects, including the Achievement Huntergaming division; starring in his own YouTube-based web series The Slow Mo ...
Gavin David Free is an English actor, director, cinematographer and internet personality. He is best known for his work at Rooster Teeth—where he formerly serve...
Gavin Free. Editor: The Slow Mo Guys. Gavin David Free is a British born filmmaker who wowed millions with his slow-motion videos on the Slow Mo Guys YouTube channel alongside Daniel Gruchy. He has also done a number of other videos with the production company Rooster Teeth. Gavin was born on May 23, 1988 in Oxfordshire, England. Before fame, he launched his first YouTube channel with his ...
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Gavin David Free (born 23 May 1988) is an English actor, director, producer, and cinematographer living in the United States note who is known for his work for Rooster Teeth Productions, their Achievement Hunter division, his own web series The Slow Mo Guys, the voice of Vav in X-Ray & Vav, the voice of Scarlet David in RWBY and starring as Woody in Lazer Team and Lazer Team 2.
