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Fast, funny, and still right.

Wacky Explainer is for the topics people scroll past: a comic register, quick cuts and a visual change every couple of seconds, built on the same researched script as every other format. Part of the Pro plan.

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What it does

The detail that makes it work.

Never static

A new picture, gag or animation every beat, timed to the narration.

Accurate underneath

The jokes ride on a researched script, so the facts survive the tone.

Any frame

Landscape for lectures, or a reel-length cut for social.

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Choosing a lecture type
Tutorial 10 · The script page

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Pairs well with these.

X-Ray ReelsA researched vertical explainer of about 40 or 70 seconds that opens with a question, draws the real thing, opens it up and moves each part on the word that names it.PictureMotion ReelsThe reel built on a realistic picture of the subject: its parts light up, pull out and change state on the words.Social ShortA 20–60 second film for Reels, Shorts and TikTok: a hook in the first second, a shot on every sentence, and an ending that loops.Kinetic WordsA typography-only short: every sentence condensed to a few big words that rise as they are spoken, with one key word marked.Stickman films & a saved castComic-panel films with a cast you design once in Assets — the same characters in every scene, as moving images or animated.Split PresenterYour AI presenter fills the bottom of a vertical reel while the visuals play in a square above — nothing cropped.

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It’s one part of a tool that carries your source all the way to a polished, finished video.

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