List of Sanders Sides episodes

Sanders Sides is a web series starring Thomas Sanders and written by Sanders and Joan S. On the series, Thomas projects the different aspects of his personality into four main characters called the Sanders Sides. With them, Thomas has conversations where he analyzes the various inner conflicts or dilemmas he goes through in his life and tries to find solutions for them.[1]

Series overview

Season	Episodes	Originally released
		First episode	Last episode
1	17	October 19, 2016	July 19, 2017
2	12	September 1, 2017	TBA

Season 1 (2016-2017)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Release date
1	1	"My True Identity"	Thomas Sanders	October 19, 2016 (2016-10-19)
Thomas does not know how to make himself known to everyone, so he decides to project all the aspects of his personality into three characters he created for his Vine series. Teacher becomes Logic, and assumes all his logical thinking. Dad becomes Morality, and apart of that he represents him on his dad jokes. And Prince becomes Creativity and assumes his dreamy thinking and his love of Disney songs. Together they start pointing out how Thomas is and what he should or shouldn't change.[2]
2	2	"Way Too Adult"	Thomas Sanders	November 21, 2016 (2016-11-21)
Thanksgiving is approaching and Thomas' dad, his real dad, has asked him to help cook the turkey. But Thomas still doesn't know how to cook, so Morality pops up and reminds him that he should improve on the process of becoming an adult, which he consistently calls "adultery", to Thomas' dismay. (This malapropism becomes a running gag in Season 1.)[3]
3	3	"Taking on Anxiety with Lilly Singh"	Thomas Sanders	December 19, 2016 (2016-12-19)
Thomas is feeling quite relaxed, when suddenly Anxiety pops in and ruins his peace. He calls for help on Creativity, who suggests Thomas to retire to a corner of his mind for reinforcements. He does so, and Thomas and Anxiety pop up on Lilly Singh's apartment, where she gives Thomas a few tips to, if not destroying Anxiety completely, at least bring him down enough.[4] Note: First appearance of Anxiety, the first original character that was not based on any previous Vine character.
4	4	"A New Year of Lying to Myself... in Song"	Thomas Sanders	January 2, 2017 (2017-01-02)
New year has arrived, and as suggested by Logic, Thomas starts thinking on New Year's resolutions. Creativity and Morality also pop up to give suggestions and in the turmoil of emotions, Anxiety pops up to remind him that it is pointless to waste time on New Year's resolutions because he's going to give up fulfilling them in a month or probably less.[5]
5	5	"The Dark Side of Disney"	Thomas Sanders	January 9, 2017 (2017-01-09)
Thomas has decided to talk about the messages given by Disney movies, so Princey, as a Disney fan, cannot help popping up. So does Anxiety as he too is a Disney fan, because he sees the sinister undertone messages that Disney movies also provide. So Princey and Anxiety start a debate about what positive or creepy messages can be inferred from each Disney movie.[6]
6	6	"I'm in a Disney Show!"	Thomas Sanders	January 23, 2017 (2017-01-23)
Thomas has fulfilled one of the dreams of his life, appearing on a Disney show. So the Sanders Sides appear to ask him how the experience was.[7] Note: The show he appeared in was Bizaardvark.
7	7	"The Mind vs. The Heart"	Thomas Sanders	January 30, 2017 (2017-01-30)
Thomas decides to have a talk with Logic and Morality. They both collide so much that they make him feel confused in his daily life, and he gives them a few examples of situations when this has happened.[8]
8	8	"Alone on Valentine's Day"	Thomas Sanders & Joan S.	February 13, 2017 (2017-02-13)
Valentine's Day is coming, and Thomas is single and without hope of getting a romantic date on time. His Sides give him advice about how to approach romantic relationships, using a projection of Thomas' friend Valerie as an example of romantic crush.[9]
9	9	"Losing My Motivation"	Thomas Sanders & Joan S.	February 28, 2017 (2017-02-28)
Thomas has nothing to talk about. He's been procrastinating so much he didn't get anything on time, so Logic decides to discover in a Sherlock outfit, who among the Sanders Sides is the culprit for Thomas' procrastination.[10] Note: In this episode, Logic's name is revealed to be Logan.
10	10	"My Personality Q&A"	Thomas Sanders & Joan S.	March 6, 2017 (2017-03-06)
Thomas asks his followers on Twitter to send him questions that the Sanders Sides will answer as best as they can.[11]
11	11	"Am I Original?"	Thomas Sanders & Joan S.	March 21, 2017 (2017-03-21)
Thomas decides to show a series of drawings about his life, when Anxiety pops up and tells him that's boring because it is a "Draw My Life" and is something that lacks originality. So Creativity pops up and sets "Daydream Mode", where he'll be in full control to brainstorm and try to get to a really completely original idea. But all the ideas they get are versions of things that have already been done.[12] Note: In this episode, Creativity's name is revealed to be Roman.
12	12	"My Negative Thinking"	Thomas Sanders & Joan S.	April 4, 2017 (2017-04-04)
Thomas has just had an audition where he forgot the lyrics of the song he had to sing. Tortured by this blooper, and since Roman is too bruised for what happened and Dad is taking care of him, he calls on Logic for help while Anxiety keeps torturing him on the failure he has incurred into. Logan soon realizes that Anxiety is putting into Thomas' mind a number of cognitive distortions that are making Thomas see things worse than how they probably really are. So, Logan decides to set up a formal debate between him and Anxiety with Thomas as moderator to help Thomas identify these cognitive distortions and put them into perspective.[13]
13	13	"Growing Up"	Thomas Sanders & Joan S.	May 1, 2017 (2017-05-01)
It's been Thomas' birthday and he is wondering if he's doing what people of his age are or should be doing. Logan and Roman point out that Dad is acting as a slowdown on Thomas' adulthood and he should change his habits, forget everything that Dad provides him and act as a real adult. But the full abandonment of the simple pleasures of life provided by Dad only make him feel unhappy and depressed, so they realize something's wrong with their suggestions.[14] Note: In this episode, Morality's name is revealed to be Patton.
14	14	"Making Some Changes"	Thomas Sanders & Joan S.	May 23, 2017 (2017-05-23)
Thomas has just started using a new Mind Palace to have his conversations with the Sanders Sides, but for some reason he feels distressed about all the changes that he's going through lately and quickly pops back to his previous location, his apartment. There, Anxiety points out that the reason he's feeling that way is because he's too much time away from his friends and that he needs them in order to be consistent. Roman suggests that they could shape shift into Thomas' friends forms so that he could have them with him all the time no matter where he went, and Thomas changes all of them into their friends forms. Anxiety is the only one that doesn't want to be changed, but yet he is constantly being changed by the other Sides into four of Thomas' friends, Valerie, Joan, Terrence and Talyn.[15]
15	15	"Becoming a Cartoon"	Thomas Sanders & Joan S.	June 9, 2017 (2017-06-09)
Thomas talks about how he loves cartoons, and how he would love to be a cartoon. So, he decides to fly to L.A., meet Butch Hartman and ask him to turn him into a cartoon. He reluctantly does and for a minute Thomas and the Sanders Sides become characters of a day in the life of cartoon Thomas.[16] Note: Butch Hartman appears as himself and animates a cartoon sequence. Tara Strong also makes a voice cameo.
16	16	"Accepting Anxiety Part 1: Accepting Anxiety"	Thomas Sanders & Joan S.	July 10, 2017 (2017-07-10)
Thomas is acting strangely, like an aloof moron without common sense at all. He doesn't take care of his hair or his clothes, he has no filter on what he's ready to say about his private stuff, he loses attention of what the others tell him, and even he has lost his fear of death and survival instinct and reflexes. Logan notices this and calls Roman and Patton for help. Soon they all realize that he has no anxiety at all, and when they call him, Anxiety doesn't show up. So they decide to sink down, all of them, Thomas included, into Anxiety's room, the corner of Thomas' mind where Anxiety resides, to find out what happened to him.[17]
17	17	"Accepting Anxiety Part 2: Can Anxiety Be Good?"	Thomas Sanders & Joan S.	July 15, 2017 (2017-07-15)
Thomas and the Sanders Sides appear on Anxiety's room, which looks just like Thomas' apartment decorated as in a Tim Burton movie, with a clock that moves quickly backwards, spider webs everywhere, posters of "A Nightmare before Christmas" and a curtain with drawn spiders, something that scares Patton to death. At first they don't see him, but soon Anxiety pops up startling them all, a moment when Thomas goes back to normal. Anxiety tells them he has decided to quit, as he didn't believe he was wanted, and even though he only intended to protect Thomas, he has understood that he overdoes it and thinks Thomas will be better without him. Thomas and the others try to convince him to come back, as anxiety, even if unpleasant, is necessary for Thomas' life. But soon something strange starts happening to the Sanders Sides, as they start developing the same eye-shadow and progressively become more and more anxious the more time they spend on Anxiety's room.[18] Note: In this episode, Anxiety's name is revealed to be Virgil. It is also alluded to that there are more Sides than what we had previously seen, when Roman lets slip that Virgil is "nothing compared to the others".

Season 2 (2017-)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Release date
18	1	"Fitting In (Hogwarts Houses)"	Thomas Sanders & Joan S.	September 1, 2017 (2017-09-01)
Thomas has just dyed his hair purple, and the Sanders Sides, who as a result have also developed purple hair, show their opinion about the change. Patton and Roman love it, while Logan hates it and Virgil doesn't know what to say, as he doesn't want to spill too much anxiety on Thomas, since he wants to fit in the group, although he doesn't know how. When Patton has the idea that the purple hair reminds him of Nymphadora Tonks, from "Harry Potter", Thomas has the idea of using the Hogwarts Houses to sort all of the Sanders Sides into different houses based on their personality traits. As Thomas is a long time convinced Hufflepuff guy, the rest analyze themselves to see which house they would fit in, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff or Slytherin, and to try and get Virgil more integrated into the team.[19] Note: Last time the Sanders Sides wear the season 1 classic Vine/Sanders Shorts costumes. At the end of this episode, the Sanders Sides change their costumes to new redesigned models, although Patton's redesign would be further developed in following episodes.
19	2	"Moving On Part 1: Exploring Nostalgia"	Thomas Sanders & Joan S.	October 3, 2017 (2017-10-03)
Thomas is feeling really sad over the remembrance of a long lost love he hasn't been able to move on from yet. He has the idea that going to Patton's room will help him enhance the happy memories to wipe away his sadness. So all the Sanders Sides and Thomas go to Patton's room, which is full of items of Thomas' past: things he wrote as a kid, music he used to play, gadgets he had and enjoyed, photographs and drawings of his life, and more. They all get carried away with the memories, while suddenly Virgil starts feeling bad. Only Logan notices this and tells the others they must get out of the room quickly, because "habitual worriers" like Thomas, with a habitual tendency to anxiety, when they look back to the past, they tend to think that the present pales in comparison to the "wonderful memories", which in turn worsens their anxiety. This is confirmed when Virgil suddenly develops a demonic voice and starts showing signs of pain and an oncoming panic attack. But Thomas, Roman and Patton have got too attached to the memories of the room and no one wants to listen to Logan, with Patton even yelling at him to stop. An offended Logan leaves the room on his own while Virgil, now left out on his own, stares at them with a face of pure terror.[20]
20	3	"Moving On Part 2: Dealing with a Breakup"	Thomas Sanders & Joan S.	October 25, 2017 (2017-10-25)
After Logan's abrupt departure, Thomas starts realizing that he cannot keep like that anymore, torturing himself with a love that cannot, and shouldn't, be back, because that wouldn't be fair, nor for him neither for his ex, because he wouldn't be happy with Thomas, just as he wasn't happy in the final times of their relationship. So, even though it's not going to be easy, and knowing that he's still gonna feel pain, maybe for a very long time, Thomas decides it's time to move forward with his life, accept that that love story is over for good, and, even if not healing completely from his pain, at least learn to live with it.[21] Note: At the end of the episode, Patton completes the change of his costume.
21	4	"The Sanders Sides 12 Days of Christmas"	Thomas Sanders & Joan S.	December 24, 2017 (2017-12-24)
The Sanders Sides appear on Thomas because they feel in the mood for doing a video, and since it's Christmas Eve, and it's the first Christmas that Virgil spends with the rest of his new friends, Roman suggests that the four of them should wear festive Christmas "ugly sweaters" and perform a Christmas carol together. But they don't agree very much on the lyrics that Roman has written for them, especially Virgil.[22]
22	5	"Can Lying be Good??"	Thomas Sanders & Joan S.	February 3, 2018 (2018-02-03)
Thomas has forgotten last night to go with Joan to support them to a reading for a stage play Joan had been working on. In the morning, Joan sent him a text reading "where were you last night, F Word Face", and Thomas, who thinks Joan is mad at him, doesn't know how to tell them or if he should tell them the truth at all, that he was on a date with a guy he'd just known while Joan was on his reading. Since Thomas is more inclined to lie to Joan because the truth is too horrible for him to tell them, Roman decides to transport them all to a Mind Palace shaped as a theater where he will assume Joans' form so that Thomas can practice his lying to Joan in the various situations Roman puts in front of Thomas in the form of a play, with Logan as the stage manager, Virgil as the technical operator and Patton as the director. It is revealed at the end that "Deceit" had been disguised as Patton throughout the whole episode in order to encourage Thomas to lie.[23] Note: First appearance of Deceit, and also first outright mention of the Dark Sides.
23	6	"Why Do We Get Out of Bed in the Morning?"	Thomas Sanders & Joan S.	April 12, 2018 (2018-04-12)
After a failed game and loss of motivation, Logan tries to help Thomas find the bigger picture behind everything he does in his life, while Roman tries to convince Thomas to take risks and not settle for a boring and basic life. [24]
24	7	"Crofter's: The Musical"	Thomas Sanders & Joan S.	April 19, 2018 (2018-04-19)
Crofter's has partnered with Thomas to release a new fruit-spread inspired on Logan, so naturally Logan, as a Crofter's fan is flipping out about it. Roman, however, feels jealous as he too wants his own flavor of Crofter's. [25] Note: This episode features the original song "Crofters: The Musical" with music by Jamahl Rawls and lyrics by Joan S.
25	8	"Learning New Things About Ourselves"	Thomas Sanders & Joan S.	October 29, 2018 (2018-10-29)
Thomas had a conversation with a friend some days ago that made him feel iffy. When his friend asked him what he did for a living, he answered he did YouTube. His friend asked a question that Thomas had been asked several times before; what he "really" did for a living, like a "real" job. For some reason, this time it stuck with him. Thomas hasn't stopped feeling bad ever since, and he doesn't even know the reason why. He feels even guiltier because he thinks he should feel blessed for everything his job gives him. The Sides decide to help him work out this issue and discover what's wrong. They think about how Thomas used to learn and discover things in the past, and Patton has the idea that, as a child, Thomas learned new things by playing with puppets or watching puppet shows. So the Sides turn into puppets to help Thomas.[26] Note: This episode features the original song "Incomplete" with music and lyrics by Joan S. According to Thomas Sanders in a livestream, this is the episode that prompted the organization of the Streamy Awards 2019 to give a nomination for best writing to Sanders' YouTube channel. The nomination also included Adri White, Quil Cauchon and AJ Hentges as nominees alongside Thomas and Joan.
26	9	"Embarrassing Phases: The Nightmare Instead of Christmas!"	Quil Cauchon, AJ Hentges, Thomas Sanders & Joan S.	December 24, 2018 (2018-12-24)
Thomas and the Sides are celebrating a belated Halloween by dressing up as different monsters. Virgil, disguised as a vampire, tries to scare his friends and fails miserably. Virgil realizes that Thomas and the Sides have embraced him too much as a friend, up to the point that they don't find him scary anymore. Furthermore, Thomas has told him that Virgil being scary was only a phase and an "act" that is over. So Virgil decides to make a journey with them through Memory Lane to remind them of all the terrifying phases Thomas has gone through in his life (cosplay, emo, Vine and fedora accordingly), so that he can remind them that he's still Thomas' Anxiety and he still can be terrifying if he wants to.[27]
27	10	"Selfishness v. Selflessness"	Adri White, Quil Cauchon, AJ Hentges, Thomas Sanders & Joan S.	March 31, 2019 (2019-03-31)
Thomas has received the callback of his life to participate in a movie. However, the callback day is the same day of the marriage of two of his friends. Now he's torn between lying to his friends to pursue the job of his life or losing the opportunity of a lifetime and attend his friends' wedding. Deceit shows up and puts Thomas on a trial to prove that Thomas is guilty of caring for himself more than he cares for his friends and prove to the other Sides that Thomas is not the perfect idealistic figure they think he is.[28]
28	11	"Dealing with Intrusive Thoughts"	Joan S., Quil Cauchon, Adri White & Thomas Sanders	June 25, 2019 (2019-06-25)
Thomas hasn't had any sleep the whole night, and he's been having the most bizarre intrusive thoughts. Soon he has to face a new Dark Side. The Duke, or as he soon introduces himself, Remus, is Roman's brother and the part of Creativity Thomas constantly tries to suppress. He manifests through intrusive thoughts, like the ones Thomas had last night, and may be proof that, after all, Thomas isn't the angelic person Patton wants him to be.[29] Note: First appearance of Roman's "brother" Remus, a.k.a., The Duke. This episode also features the original song, "Forbidden Fruit" with music by Jamahl Rawls and Bill Foti and lyrics by Joan S.
29	12	"Putting Others First - Selfishness v. Selflessness Redux"	Joan S., Quil Cauchon, Adri White & Thomas Sanders	May 1, 2020 (2020-05-01)
Thomas has just returned from Lee and Mary Lee's wedding. He's resented that the bride and groom didn't seem to care about his presence any more than any other guest's, and he regrets having renounced to the callback to attend the wedding as he thinks in the end the spouses wouldn't have lost anything for his absence, while he lost something important for him. Patton and Roman try to assist him on his doubts about if it's good to be selfless sometimes or if selfishness should be the norm at all times, no matter the cost for his own mental health.[30] Note: This episode has a special appearance by Leslie Odom Jr. In this episode, Deceit's name is revealed to be Janus.

Sanders Asides

This series of smaller episodes is still canon and chronological to the regular series, but it explores other topics that have otherwise not found a place in the main storyline.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Release date
1	1	"Are There Healthy Distractions?"	Joan S.	November 22, 2019 (2019-11-22)
Thomas is distressed for a problem he's had with a friend, something that has made him decide to avoid going to a party. Now he's at home, anxious about it. To try and distract himself, he decides to watch "Frozen" with the Sides. But Virgil doesn't believe a distraction is the best idea. [31]

References

1. Thomas Sanders (November 4, 2017). Reacting to Sanders Sides Cosplay. Event occurs at 00:01:48. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
2. "My True Identity". October 19, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
3. "Way Too Adult". November 21, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
4. "Taking on Anxiety with Lilly Singh". December 19, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
5. "A New Year of Lying to Myself... in Song". January 2, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
6. "The Dark Side of Disney". January 9, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
7. "I'm in a Disney Show". January 23, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
8. "The Mind vs. The Heart". January 30, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
9. "Alone on Valentine's Day". February 13, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
10. "Losing My Motivation". February 28, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
11. "My Personality Q&A". March 6, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
12. "Am I Original?". March 21, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
13. "My Negative Thinking". April 4, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
14. "Growing Up". May 23, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
15. "Making Some Changes". May 23, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
16. "Becoming a Cartoon". June 9, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
17. "Accepting Anxiety Part 1: Excepting Anxiety". July 10, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
18. "Accepting Anxiety Part 2: Can Anxiety Be Good?". July 15, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
19. "Fitting In (Hogwarts Houses)". September 1, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
20. "Moving On Part 1: Exploring Nostalgia". October 25, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
21. "Moving On Part 2: Dealing with a Breakup". October 25, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
22. "The Sanders Sides 12 Days of Christmas". December 24, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
23. "Can Lying be Good??". February 3, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
24. "Why Do We Get Out of Bed in the Morning?". April 12, 2018. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
25. "Crofter's - The MUSICAL!". April 19, 2018. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
26. "Learning New Things About Ourselves". October 29, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
27. "Embarrassing Phases: The Nightmare Instead of Christmas". December 24, 2018. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
28. "Selfishness v. Selflessness". March 31, 2019. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
29. "Dealing with Intrusive Thoughts". June 25, 2019. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
30. "Putting Others First - Selfishness v. Selflessness Redux". May 1, 2020. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
31. "Are There Healthy Distractions?". November 22, 2019. Retrieved November 22, 2019.