<P> 10 Episodes (14 confirmed) have already been published on YouTube and Newgrounds . </P> <P> The cartoon revolves around the eponymous "Salad Fingers", a thin, green, mentally troubled being who inhabits a desolate world with three lifeless, scruffy finger puppets . The first seven episodes of Salad Fingers were shown back - to - back in Australia at the 2007 Sydney Underground Film Festival at the Factory Theatre, along with a variety of other animated short films, during the "Re-Animation" session . </P> <P> Salad Fingers was first conceived as an in - joke when Firth was playing the guitar one day and his friend and frequent collaborator Christian Webb commented that he had "salad fingers," referring to the way Firth was playing the C chord . </P> <P> Firth has cited the works of David Lynch, South Park, Tim Burton, The League of Gentlemen and Chris Morris as sources of inspiration . There are similarities between the novel Tideland by Mitch Cullin and the film Tideland by Terry Gilliam and Salad Fingers . </P>

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