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The premise involves a girl named Vivian who decides to summon a demon to get revenge against a bully. However, the demon she summons appears to be harmless and not what she hoped for.

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The premise involves a girl named Vivian who decides to summon a demon to get revenge against a bully.her bully Nancy. However, the demon she summons appears to be harmless and not what she hoped for.

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* KickTheDog: Nancy's introductory scene is her shoving Vivian off the bus and stepping on her while saying, "Thanks for being my floormat again, Vivian. I know you don't mind since you look like dirt anyway. Ta-ta!"

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* KickTheDog: Nancy's introductory scene is her shoving Vivian off the bus and stepping on her while saying, "Thanks her.
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for being my floormat again, Vivian. I know you don't mind since you look like dirt anyway. Ta-ta!"Ta-ta!
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* OrigamiGag: After Vivian summons the demon Belphagor, she tears apart a photo of Nancy to demonstrate what she wants Belphagor to do, then hands him an identical photo. He swishes it around in his mouth for a few seconds before spitting out an origami crane, which makes Vivian [[HeadDesk pound her head against the desk.]]
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* MinimalistCast: The three characters in the short are Vivian the goth girl, Nancy the AlphaBitch, and Belphagor the adorable demon. Justified as this short is a student-made animation project, which usually have simple storylines and therefore no need for a large number of characters.

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* MinimalistCast: The three characters in the short are Vivian the goth girl, Nancy the AlphaBitch, and Belphagor the adorable demon. Justified as this short is a student-made animation project, which usually have simple storylines and therefore no need for a large number small casts of characters.characters so they can be completed by a certain deadline.
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* MinimalistCast: The three characters in the short are Vivian the goth girl, Nancy the AlphaBitch, and Belphagor the adorable demon.

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* MinimalistCast: The three characters in the short are Vivian the goth girl, Nancy the AlphaBitch, and Belphagor the adorable demon. Justified as this short is a student-made animation project, which usually have simple storylines and therefore no need for a large number of characters.
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* TheVoiceless: Vivian never speaks a word throughout the short. The only sound she makes is a grunt of frustration when she can't get Belphagor to kill Nancy like she wants.

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* TheVoiceless: Vivian never speaks a word throughout the short. The only sound she makes is a grunt of frustration when she can't get Belphagor to kill Nancy like she wants.wants.
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* AlphaBitch: Nancy is a stereotypical mean popular girl who wears a ton of makeup and bullies Vivian, who finally decides to summon a demon to make her stop.
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* MinimalistCast: The three characters in the short are Vivian the goth girl, Nancy the AlphaBitch, and Belphagor the adorable demon.

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''The Colors of Evil'' is an animated short film by Philip Simon and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyjw0ZLyzpE uploaded to youtube]] on August 1st, 2012.

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''The Colors of Evil'' is an animated short film created by Philip Phillip Simon and Alyse Miller at Ringling College of Art and Design, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyjw0ZLyzpE uploaded to youtube]] YouTube]] on August 1st, 2012.



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* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Belphagor is a demon who behaves like a big, cuddly, friendly dog, and his body shape resembles a cartoon dog bone.

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* HateSink: Nancy's introduction is her pushing Vivan out of the bus and then stepping on her while talking on the phone all while directly insulting her. [[spoiler:It makes Belphagor enforcing CutenessOverload on her extremely satifying, especially [[LaserGuidedKarma when he steps on her afterward as well]].]]

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* FacePalm: Vivian does one when she realizes Belphagor has followed her out of the house and to the bus stop.
* HateSink: Nancy's introduction is her pushing Vivan Vivian out of the bus and then stepping on her while talking on the phone all while directly insulting her. [[spoiler:It makes Belphagor enforcing CutenessOverload on her extremely satifying, especially [[LaserGuidedKarma when he steps on her afterward as well]].]]]]
* ImStandingRightHere: Nancy trash-talks Vivian on the phone to someone while Vivian is standing next to her at the bus stop. Vivian's lack of outward reaction implies she's used to it.
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* TheVoiceless: Vivian never speaks a word throughout the short.

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* TheVoiceless: Vivian never speaks a word throughout the short. The only sound she makes is a grunt of frustration when she can't get Belphagor to kill Nancy like she wants.
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* PaperDestructionOfAnger: To demonstrate to Belphagor what she wants him to do to Nancy, Vivian takes a photo of her and tears it into tiny pieces, then hands him an identical photo. He puts it in his mouth, chews for a few seconds, and spits out a paper crane.

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* PaperDestructionOfAnger: To demonstrate to Belphagor what she wants him to do to Nancy, Vivian takes a photo of her and tears it into tiny pieces, then hands him an identical photo. He puts it in his mouth, chews for a few seconds, and spits out a paper an origami crane.
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* PaperDestructionOfAnger: To demonstrate to Belphagor what she wants him to do to Nancy, Vivian takes a photo of her and tears it into tiny pieces, then hands him an identical photo. He puts it in his mouth, chews for a few seconds, and spits out a paper crane.


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* WackySoundEffect: Vivian makes a sound like a squeaky toy when Belphagor picks her up and hugs her.

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* DartboardOfHate: Vivian has an entire wall of her room with crossed-out pictures of Nancy, newspaper articles about her, and a picture of her impaled with an axe and a meat cleaver.

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* DartboardOfHate: Vivian has an entire wall of her room with covered in crossed-out pictures of Nancy, newspaper articles about her, and a picture of her impaled with an axe and a meat cleaver.



* RainbowPuke: [[spoiler:Upon suffering CutenessOverload from Belphagor, Nancy lets out a rainbow from her mouth that hits a satellite and destroys the moon.]]

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* RainbowPuke: [[spoiler:Upon suffering CutenessOverload from Belphagor, Nancy lets out a rainbow from her mouth that hits a satellite and destroys the moon.]]]]
* TheVoiceless: Vivian never speaks a word throughout the short.

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* AllThereInTheManual: Nancy is never referred to by name in the short. Her name is given in the credits.

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* AllThereInTheManual: Nancy is never referred to by name in the short.short, although Vivian's DartboardOfHate has her name written on two newspaper articles about her. Her name is given in the credits.


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* DartboardOfHate: Vivian has an entire wall of her room with crossed-out pictures of Nancy, newspaper articles about her, and a picture of her impaled with an axe and a meat cleaver.


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* KickTheDog: Nancy's introductory scene is her shoving Vivian off the bus and stepping on her while saying, "Thanks for being my floormat again, Vivian. I know you don't mind since you look like dirt anyway. Ta-ta!"
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* IronicName: Vivian has a name phonetically similar to "vivid," but dresses in dark and gloomy clothing. It's her rival Nancy that wears [[BrightIsNotGood bright and colorful clothes]].
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* AllThereInTheManual: Nancy is never referred to by name in the short. Her name is given in the credits.
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* NoNameGiven: While refered to as Belphagor on this page, thats only the name on the demon's tag and the demon doesn't actually have a name otherwise.
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* ParodiesForDummies: Vivian summons a demon using a book called "Demon Summoning for Kids".

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* ParodiesForDummies: Vivian summons a demon using a book called "Demon Summoning for Kids".Kids".
* RainbowPuke: [[spoiler:Upon suffering CutenessOverload from Belphagor, Nancy lets out a rainbow from her mouth that hits a satellite and destroys the moon.]]
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''The Colors of Evil'' is an animated short film by Philip Simon and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyjw0ZLyzpE uploaded to youtube]] on August 1st, 2012.

The premise involves a girl named Vivian who decides to summon a demon to get revenge against a bully. However, the demon she summons appears to be harmless and not what she hoped for.

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Once Belphagor witnesses Nancy bully Vivian, [[spoiler:he takes action against the bully by overwhelming her with his cuteness.]]
* CutenessOverload: Enforced. [[spoiler:When Belphagor confronts Nancy to protect Vivian, he does so using his cuteness to overwhelm her.]]
* TheDogBitesBack: The premise of the short is that Vivian wants to get revenge against Nancy.
* HateSink: Nancy's introduction is her pushing Vivan out of the bus and then stepping on her while talking on the phone all while directly insulting her. [[spoiler:It makes Belphagor enforcing CutenessOverload on her extremely satifying, especially [[LaserGuidedKarma when he steps on her afterward as well]].]]
* KillerRabbit: Belphagor may look fluffy, adorable, and friendly, [[spoiler:but that's just a part of how he deals with his victims.]]
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Vivian wanted a deadly demon to get revenge against Nancy only to get Belphagor, who is a cute and cuddly demon. [[spoiler:She soon finds that to be what makes him deadly.]]
* ParodiesForDummies: Vivian summons a demon using a book called "Demon Summoning for Kids".

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