Not only is Gwimbly a 3D character living in a 2D world - he was also painstakingly designed by artist Dave "Hoolopee" Post to invoke the crude video game protagonists of the '90s and early 2000s.
v=NFtKlgFpfd4 The Gwimbly-themed episode immediately took ... The way it collectively commemorates and mourns a lost culture of 1990s video games is absolutely breathtaking in such a short time ...