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Set in an AlternateContinuity of ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'' universe, the film begins with [[BigBad Nelson Muntz]] and [[GangOfBullies his cronies]] holding [[DistressedDude Bart Simpson]] hostage in a vacant warehouse. Nelson intends to kill Bart, having done the same to his younger sister [[TheLostLenore Lisa]] sometime earlier, but is interrupted by [[TookALevelInBadass Milhouse Van Houten]]. Now calling himself [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "Killhouse"]] and having altered his body into that of a {{Cyborg}}, Milhouse aims to defeat Nelson's gang, save Bart and avenge Lisa's death.
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Set in an AlternateContinuity of ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'' ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' universe, the film begins with [[BigBad Nelson Muntz]] and [[GangOfBullies his cronies]] holding [[DistressedDude Bart Simpson]] hostage in a vacant warehouse. Nelson intends to kill Bart, having done the same to his younger sister [[TheLostLenore Lisa]] sometime earlier, but is interrupted by [[TookALevelInBadass Milhouse Van Houten]]. Now calling himself [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "Killhouse"]] and having altered his body into that of a {{Cyborg}}, Milhouse aims to defeat Nelson's gang, save Bart and avenge Lisa's death.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The characters featured are at best goofy-looking and at worst downright ugly in ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'', while they're all (with the exception of [[TokenGirl Lisa]]) varying degrees of beefy hunks here.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The characters featured are at best goofy-looking and at worst downright ugly in ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', while they're all (with the exception of [[TokenGirl Lisa]]) varying degrees of beefy hunks here.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Nelson is merely a {{Jerkass}} who reveals himself to possess a HiddenHeartOfGold fairly frequently in ''Franchise/TheSimpsons''. Here, he is a remorseless murderer who revels in the suffering of others.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Just like in ''Franchise/TheSimpsons''. Unlike the original series, though, besides their skin every character is drawn to be fairly realistic-looking, creating a pretty hilarious contrast.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Just like in ''Franchise/TheSimpsons''. Unlike the original series, though, besides their skin every character is drawn to be fairly realistic-looking, creating a pretty hilarious contrast.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Nelson is merely a {{Jerkass}} who reveals himself to possess a HiddenHeartOfGold fairly frequently in ''Franchise/TheSimpsons''.''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. Here, he is a remorseless murderer who revels in the suffering of others.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Just like in''Franchise/TheSimpsons''.''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. Unlike the original series, though, besides their skin every character is drawn to be fairly realistic-looking, creating a pretty hilarious contrast.
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* TheComicallySerious: The entire film is basically this. The story is a standard bloody tale of revenge with no humorous elements whatsoever, but the characters are all for whatever reason various children from ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'', which makes everything about it inherently hilarious.
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* TheComicallySerious: The entire film is basically this. The story is a standard bloody tale of revenge with no humorous elements whatsoever, but the characters are all for whatever reason various children from ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', which makes everything about it inherently hilarious.
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* DemotedToDragon: While Jimbo Jones is usually presented as the lead bully whenever he appears in ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'', here he's just another one of Nelson's goons.
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* DemotedToDragon: While Jimbo Jones is usually presented as the lead bully whenever he appears in ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', here he's just another one of Nelson's goons.
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* TheVoiceless: Bart, Jimbo, Dolph and Kearney never utter a word throughout the film. Lisa gets a line, but it is archived audio from ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'' and she isn't shown speaking it onscreen.
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* TheVoiceless: Bart, Jimbo, Dolph and Kearney never utter a word throughout the film. Lisa gets a line, but it is archived audio from ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'' ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' and she isn't shown speaking it onscreen.
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* WorldOfBadass: This version of ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'' features a cast of deadly martial artists.
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* WorldOfBadass: This version of ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'' ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' features a cast of deadly martial artists.
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* BadassBaritone: Milhouse's voice is ridiculously deep.
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* AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: [[spoiler: Nelson is the leader of his gang, and so is naturally infinitely stronger than each of his goons.]]
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* RankScalesWithAsskicking: [[spoiler: Nelson is the leader of his gang, and so is naturally infinitely stronger than each of his goons.]]
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* CrusadingWidower: Milhouse is suggested to be primarily motivated in taking Nelson and his boys down to avenge their killing of Lisa. [[spoiler: However, the flashback during the final battle reveals that, just like in the original series, Lisa wasn't ever romantically interested in him.]]
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* CrusadingWidower: CrusadingWidow: Milhouse is suggested to be primarily motivated in taking Nelson and his boys down to avenge their killing of Lisa. [[spoiler: However, the flashback during the final battle reveals that, just like in the original series, Lisa wasn't ever romantically interested in him.]]
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* SmugSuper: Nelson spends the entire film mocking Milhouse, up to and including [[spoiler: during his FamousLastWords]], and only very briefly loses his composure when he first realizes that Milhouse has become a cyborg. [[spoiler: Of course, seeing how powerful he is, he's more than earned the right to his confidence.]]
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* SmugSuper: Nelson spends the entire film mocking Milhouse, up to and including [[spoiler: during his FamousLastWords]], last words]], and only very briefly loses his composure when he first realizes that Milhouse has become a cyborg. [[spoiler: Of course, seeing how powerful he is, he's more than earned the right to his confidence.]]
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While intended to be something of a parody of over-the-top [[DarkFic dark]] fan fiction as well as 80's fighting {{Anime}} series such as ''Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar'', it is noted for possessing [[AwesomeArt surprisingly high quality artwork]] and fight scenes that are dynamic enough to [[IndecisiveParody call its status as a parody into question]].
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While intended to be something of a parody of over-the-top [[DarkFic dark]] {{dark|Fic}} fan fiction as well as 80's fighting {{Anime}} series such as ''Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar'', it is noted for possessing [[AwesomeArt surprisingly high quality artwork]] artwork and fight scenes that are dynamic enough to [[IndecisiveParody call its status as a parody into question]].
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The characters featured are at best goofy-looking and at worst downright ugly in ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'', while they're all (with the exception of [[TokenGirl Lisa]]) varying degrees of musclebound hunks here.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The characters featured are at best goofy-looking and at worst downright ugly in ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'', while they're all (with the exception of [[TokenGirl Lisa]]) varying degrees of musclebound beefy hunks here.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Milhouse succeeds in killing Nelson and his goons and saving Bart, but vanishes and is never seen again afterwards. To make it even more bittersweet, Bart lives a long life and fulfills his dream of becoming a Supreme Court Justice, only to be unceremoniously stabbed to death trying to break up a fight in a {{McDonald}}'s.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Milhouse succeeds in killing Nelson and his goons and saving Bart, but vanishes and is never seen again afterwards. To make it even more bittersweet, Bart lives a long life and fulfills his dream of becoming a Supreme Court Justice, only to be unceremoniously stabbed to death trying to break up a fight in a {{McDonald}}'s.[=McDonald=]'s.]]
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* BulletCatch: [[spoiler: Milhouse catches each of the bullets that Kearney fires at him ''in his mouth'' and then ''fire them back at him''. Later, Nelson catches a bullet shot at him by Milhouse between his fingers and flicks it into Bart's head at the same speed it was fired with.]]
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* BulletCatch: [[spoiler: Milhouse catches each of the bullets that Kearney fires at him ''in his mouth'' and then ''fire ''fires them back at him''. Later, Nelson catches a bullet shot at him by Milhouse between his fingers and flicks it into Bart's head at the same speed it was fired with.]]
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* InformedAbility: Nelson commends Bart for being "tougher than [Nelson] thought" at the beginning of the film, suggesting that he possesses some fighting ability. Not only does he never display this at any point, but [[spoiler: he is eventually killed by two random people in a McDonald's later in his life]].
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* InformedAbility: Nelson commends Bart for being "tougher than [Nelson] thought" at the beginning of the film, suggesting that he possesses some fighting ability. Not only does he never display this at any point, but [[spoiler: he is eventually killed by two random people in a McDonald's [=McDonald=]'s later in his life]].
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Milhouse succeeds in killing Nelson and his goons and saving Bart, b8t vanishes and is never seen by Bart again afterwards. To make it even more bittersweet, Bart lives a long life and fulfills his dream of becoming a Supreme Court Justice, only to be unceremoniously stabbed to death trying to break up a fight in a {{McDonald}}'s.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Milhouse succeeds in killing Nelson and his goons and saving Bart, b8t but vanishes and is never seen by Bart again afterwards. To make it even more bittersweet, Bart lives a long life and fulfills his dream of becoming a Supreme Court Justice, only to be unceremoniously stabbed to death trying to break up a fight in a {{McDonald}}'s.]]
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* OhCrap: Nelson has one after [[spoiler: Milhouse catches all of Kearney's bullets in his mouth]], but quickly regains his composure. Dolph later has one when he cuts into Milhouse's arm and the blood that leaks out becomes oil.
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* OhCrap: Nelson has and Kearney both have one after [[spoiler: Milhouse catches all of Kearney's bullets in his mouth]], but though Nelson quickly regains his composure. Dolph later has one when he cuts into Milhouse's arm and the blood that leaks out becomes oil.
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* ScaryShinyGlasses: Milhouse's signature coke bottles are frequently used for this Effect.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The characters featured are at best goofy-looking and at worst downright ugly in ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'', while they're all varying degrees of musclebound hunks here.
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* UnderestimatingBadassery: Nelson doesn't take Milhouse's initial threats seriously at all. He starts to get more serious after Milhouse defeats his goons without a problem.
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Set in an AlternateContinuity of ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'' universe, the film begins with [[BigBad Nelson Muntz]] and [[GangOfBullies his cronies]] holding [[DistressedDude Bart Simpson]] hostage in a vacant warehouse. Nelson intends to kill Bart, having done the same to his younger sister [[TheLostLenore Lisa]] sometime earlier, but is interrupted by [[TookALevelInBadass Milhouse Van Houten]]. Now calling himself [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "Killhouse"]] and having altered his body into that of a {{Cyborg}}, Milhouse intends to defeat Nelson's gang, save Bart and avenge Lisa's death.
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Set in an AlternateContinuity of ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'' universe, the film begins with [[BigBad Nelson Muntz]] and [[GangOfBullies his cronies]] holding [[DistressedDude Bart Simpson]] hostage in a vacant warehouse. Nelson intends to kill Bart, having done the same to his younger sister [[TheLostLenore Lisa]] sometime earlier, but is interrupted by [[TookALevelInBadass Milhouse Van Houten]]. Now calling himself [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "Killhouse"]] and having altered his body into that of a {{Cyborg}}, Milhouse intends aims to defeat Nelson's gang, save Bart and avenge Lisa's death.
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* AmbiguousSituation: As a result of the film beginning right at the start of the action entrance and ends as soon as the action does, the viewer's knowledge of the setting is limited entirely to what happens onscreen. We have no idea why Nelson killed Lisa, or why he wants to kill Bart, we have no idea how Milhouse was able to become a cyborg and we have no idea why some of the characters seem to possess superhuman abilities.
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* AmbiguousSituation: As a result of the film beginning right at the start of the action entrance and ends ending as soon as the action does, it stops, the viewer's knowledge of the setting is limited entirely to what happens onscreen. We have no idea why Nelson killed Lisa, or why he wants to kill Bart, we have no idea how Milhouse was able to become a cyborg and we have no idea why some of the characters seem to possess superhuman abilities.
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-> ''Nelson: "So you're a cyborg now. You couldn't cut it as a real man, so you decided to make yourself into a tin one. Pathetic. What a waste of good technology."''
-> ''Killhouse: "We'll see about that..."''
-> ''Killhouse: "We'll see about that..."''
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* AmbiguousSituation: As a result of it being EnMediaRes, the viewer's knowledge of the setting is limited entirely to what happens onscreen. We have no idea why Nelson killed Lisa, or why he wants to kill Bart, we have no idea how Milhouse was able to become a cyborg and we have no idea why some of the characters seem to possess superhuman abilities.
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* AmbiguousSituation: As a result of it being EnMediaRes, the film beginning right at the start of the action entrance and ends as soon as the action does, the viewer's knowledge of the setting is limited entirely to what happens onscreen. We have no idea why Nelson killed Lisa, or why he wants to kill Bart, we have no idea how Milhouse was able to become a cyborg and we have no idea why some of the characters seem to possess superhuman abilities.
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* AuthorityEqualAssKicking: [[spoiler: Nelson is the leader of his gang, and so is naturally infinitely stronger than each of his goons.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Milhouse succeeds in killing Nelson and his goons and saving Bart, b8t vanishes and is never seen by Bart again afterwards. To make it even more bittersweet, Bart lives a long life and fulfills his dream of becoming a Supreme Court Justice, only to be unceremoniously stabbed to death trying to break up a fight in a McDonald's.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Milhouse succeeds in killing Nelson and his goons and saving Bart, b8t vanishes and is never seen by Bart again afterwards. To make it even more bittersweet, Bart lives a long life and fulfills his dream of becoming a Supreme Court Justice, only to be unceremoniously stabbed to death trying to break up a fight in a McDonald's.{{McDonald}}'s.]]
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* CatchTheBullet: [[spoiler: Milhouse catches each of the bullets that Kearney fires at him ''in his mouth'' and then ''fire them back at him''. Later, Nelson catches a bullet shot at him by Milhouse between his fingers and flicks it into Bart's head at the same speed it was fired with.
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* CatchTheBullet: BulletCatch: [[spoiler: Milhouse catches each of the bullets that Kearney fires at him ''in his mouth'' and then ''fire them back at him''. Later, Nelson catches a bullet shot at him by Milhouse between his fingers and flicks it into Bart's head at the same speed it was fired with.]]
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* DemotedToDragon: While Jimbo Jones is usually presented as the lead bully whenever he appears in ''[[Franchise/TheSimpsons]]'', here he's just another one of Nelson's goons.
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* ManVsMachine: [[spoiler: In a bit of a twist, the heroic Milhouse, who utilizes cybernetics to become stronger, is the machine while the monstrous Nelson, whose strength is entirely his own, is the man.]]
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* ManVsMachine: ManVersusMachine: [[spoiler: In a bit of a twist, the heroic Milhouse, who utilizes cybernetics to become stronger, is the machine while the monstrous Nelson, whose strength is entirely his own, is the man.]]
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* VolunaryShapeShifting: Jimbo randomly has the power to transform into a snake. It goes unexplained.
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While intended to be something of a parody of over-the-top [[DarkFic dark]] fan fiction as well as 80's fighting {{Anime}} series such as Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar, it is noted for possessing [[AwesomeArt surprisingly high quality artwork]] and fight scenes that are dynamic enough to [[IndecisiveParody call its status as a parody into question]].
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While intended to be something of a parody of over-the-top [[DarkFic dark]] fan fiction as well as 80's fighting {{Anime}} series such as Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar, ''Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar'', it is noted for possessing [[AwesomeArt surprisingly high quality artwork]] and fight scenes that are dynamic enough to [[IndecisiveParody call its status as a parody into question]].
* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: While Nelson's personality is genuinely a much more sinister take on his usual jerkassery, Milhouse is now a stoic and serious warrior rather than a whiny nerd. Of course, considering his status as a TragicHero, it could be argued that the trauma he has experienced has hardened him. Alternatively, it could be seen as a case of [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul him losing his humanity to his cybernetic enhancements]].
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* CrusadingWidower: Milhouse is suggested to be primarily motivated in taking Nelson and his boys down to to their killing of Lisa. [[spoiler: However, the flashback during the final battle reveals that, just like in the original series, Lisa wasn't ever romantically interested in him.]]
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* CrusadingWidower: Milhouse is suggested to be primarily motivated in taking Nelson and his boys down to to avenge their killing of Lisa. [[spoiler: However, the flashback during the final battle reveals that, just like in the original series, Lisa wasn't ever romantically interested in him.]]
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* HopelessSuitor: [[spoiler: The flashback to Lisa's death reveals that, as per usual, she wasn't even slightly romantically interested in Milhouse.]]
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* MinorMajorCharacter: Kearney is one of Nelson's three goons, and the first and easiest of the bunch to go down. Despite this, [[spoiler: the flashback to Lisa's death reveals that he was the one who killed her.]]
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* SatelliteCharacter: Bart and Lisa and Jimbo, Kearney and Dolph don't get much more characterization than "Milhouse's loved ones" and "Nelson's goons", respectively.
* SmugSuper: Nelson spends the entire film mocking Milhouse, up to and including [[spoiler: during his FamousLastWords]], and only very briefly loses his composure when he first realizes that Milhouse has become a cyborg. [[spoiler: Of course, seeing how powerful he is, he's more than earned the right to his confidence.]]
* SmugSuper: Nelson spends the entire film mocking Milhouse, up to and including [[spoiler: during his FamousLastWords]], and only very briefly loses his composure when he first realizes that Milhouse has become a cyborg. [[spoiler: Of course, seeing how powerful he is, he's more than earned the right to his confidence.]]
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''Van Houten Rises'' is a three part short film by [[{{Youtube}} Youtuber]] Lycan Jonze.
Set in an AlternateContinuity of ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'' universe, the film begins with [[BigBad Nelson Muntz]] and [[GangOfBullies his cronies]] holding [[DistressedDude Bart Simpson]] hostage in a vacant warehouse. Nelson intends to kill Bart, having done the same to his younger sister [[TheLostLenore Lisa]] sometime earlier, but is interrupted by [[TookALevelInBadass Milhouse Van Houten]]. Now calling himself [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "Killhouse"]] and having altered his body into that of a {{Cyborg}}, Milhouse intends to defeat Nelson's gang, save Bart and avenge Lisa's death.
While intended to be something of a parody of over-the-top and [[DarkFic dark]] fan fiction as well as 80's fighting {{Anime}} series such as [[Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar]], it is noted for possessing [[AwesomeArt surprisingly high quality artwork]] and fight scenes that are dynamic enough to [[IndecisiveParody call its status as a parody into question]].
All three parts can be found on Youtube.
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!!This film features the following tropes:
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The characters featured are at best goofy-looking and at worst downright ugly in ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'', while they're all varying degrees of musclebound hunks here.
* AdaptationalBadass: While Milhouse is a nerdy loser and Nelson and his goons are run of the mill schoolyard bullies in their home series, here all five are musclebound warriors. In particular, both Milhouse and Nelson are complete killing machines.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Milhouse is the main hero here, whereas he's firmly a secondary character in his home series. Nelson counts as well, as he's ascended to BigBad status.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Nelson is merely a {{Jerkass}} who reveals himself to possess a HiddenHeartOfGold fairly frequently in ''Franchise/TheSimpsons''. Here, he is a remorseless murderer who revels in the suffering of others.
* AmbiguousSituation: As a result of it being EnMediaRes, the viewer's knowledge of the setting is limited entirely to what happens onscreen. We have no idea why Nelson killed Lisa, or why he wants to kill Bart, we have no idea how Milhouse was able to become a cyborg and we have no idea why some of the characters seem to possess superhuman abilities.
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: Milhouse loses all of his limbs over the course of his fight with Nelson. Of course, since he's a cyborg, this doesn't matter much.]]
* {{Animesque}}: The art style closely resembles that of ''Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar''.
* AuthorityEqualAssKicking: [[spoiler: Nelson is the leader of his gang, and so is naturally infinitely stronger than each of his goons.]]
* BadassBaritone: Milhouse's voice is ridiculously deep.
* BadassNormal: [[spoiler: Nelson does not utilize a weapon in combat like Dolph and Kearney, nor does he possess magical powers like Jimbo or cybernetic enhancements like Milhouse. He merely fights with his bare hands using his own natural strength. He more than lives up to his claims of being the "pinnacle of human strength" and effortlessly beats Milhouse to a pulp in a few seconds.]]
* BigBad: Nelson Muntz is the leader of the gang of thugs that the film is centered around taking down.
* BigDamnHeroes: The entire film showcases Milhouse pulling one of these off to save Bart.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Milhouse succeeds in killing Nelson and his goons and saving Bart, b8t vanishes and is never seen by Bart again afterwards. To make it even more bittersweet, Bart lives a long life and fulfills his dream of becoming a Supreme Court Justice, only to be unceremoniously stabbed to death trying to break up a fight in a McDonald's.]]
* BrooklynRage: Nelson speaks with a New York accent, [[UnexplainedAccent despite not possessing one at all in the original series]]. Naturally, he's a violent murderer.
* CatchTheBullet: [[spoiler: Milhouse catches each of the bullets that Kearney fires at him ''in his mouth'' and then ''fire them back at him''. Later, Nelson catches a bullet shot at him by Milhouse between his fingers and flicks it into Bart's head at the same speed it was fired with.
* TheComicallySerious: The entire film is basically this. The story is a standard bloody tale of revenge with no humorous elements whatsoever, but the characters are all for whatever reason various children from ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'', which makes everything about it inherently hilarious.
* ComputerVoice: Milhouse's voice occasionally experiences a mechanical-sounding reverb.
* CrusadingWidower: Milhouse is suggested to be primarily motivated in taking Nelson and his boys down to to their killing of Lisa. [[spoiler: However, the flashback during the final battle reveals that, just like in the original series, Lisa wasn't ever romantically interested in him.]]
* CurbstompBattle: Milhouse slaughters Jimbo, Dolph and Kearney in quick succession with little effort.
* {{Cyborg}}: Milhouse has been modified into one. His abilities include possessing a gun in his mouth which can catch and fire back enemy bullets, detachable limbs, flight and [[spoiler: laser vision]]. In addition, he is much more resilient and is able to shrug off Dolph and Jimbo's attacks with ease.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Lisa has been killed. Bart is about to be killed. Nelson and his bullies are responsible. Milhouse has sacrificed his humanity to stop them. Everything is settled through violence.
* DemotedToDragon: While Jimbo Jones is usually presented as the lead bully whenever he appears in ''[[Franchise/TheSimpsons]]'', here he's just another one of Nelson's goons.
* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler: Milhouse continues fighting even after Nelson rips all of his limbs off.]]
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Bart is seemingly shot dead by Nelson in part 3, but is revealed to have been safely taken to the hospital by Milhouse and survived the events of the film in the epilogue.]]
* DistressedDude: Bart spends the entire film either tied up or [[spoiler: dying of a gunshot wound.]] Milhouse's goal is to rescue him.
* EliteMook: Jimbo, Dolph and Kearney all seem to posses unique skills that give them a certain amount of value to Nelson, but all three are ultimately just empty muscle for him to throw at his enemies, and they're all crushed easily by Milhouse in a fight. Nelson even calls them "mooks" after Milhouse defeats them.
* EnMediaRes: The film begins with Bart already having been captured by Nelson, with Milhouse's dramatic rescue happening soon after.
* EverybodyDies: [[spoiler: Lisa died before the events of the film and Milhouse kills all of Nelson and his men over the course of it. While Bart survives the encounter, he is stated to have eventually died as well. Only Milhouse's fate remains uncertain, though there's a fairly high chance that he also died.]]
* EvilIsPetty: Nelson constantly mocks Milhouse throughout the film just to spite him. He brings up Lisa's death and Milhouse's failure to protect her to do the same.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler: Milhouse ultimately defeats Nelson by burning through his eye sockets with laser vision.]]
* TheGunslinger: Kearney fights from a distance with a golden pistol, and seems to be Nelson's go-to guy for carrying out a hit on someone.
* HulkingOut: [[spoiler: Nelson performs a subdued version of this when he reveals his full power, bulking up substantially and ripping his clothes.]]
* IndecisiveParody: Despite transparently being intended as a joke, the film takes itself so seriously and is generally of a high enough quality that the degree to which it was meant to be seen as a joke becomes less clear.
* InformedAbility: Nelson commends Bart for being "tougher than [Nelson] thought" at the beginning of the film, suggesting that he possesses some fighting ability. Not only does he never display this at any point, but [[spoiler: he is eventually killed by two random people in a McDonald's later in his life]].
* IShallTauntYou: Almost every single one of Nelson's lines is a taunt. [[spoiler: Even his final one.]]
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Dolph fights with a katana.
* LimitedAnimation: The entire film has only a few frames of genuine animation. The rest of it is done entirely through still artwork. Despite this, the pacing of the fight sequences nonetheless allows the action to remain surprisingly fluid.
* LivingMacguffin: Bart spends the entire film off to the side tied up and seemingly unconscious, and doesn't interact with the characters or engage in the plot at all besides needing to be saved. [[spoiler: The epilogue mostly focuses on him, however.]]
* TheLostLenore: Lisa is presented as being this to Milhouse. [[spoiler: Of course, we later learn that, just like in the original series, Milhouse was her HopelessSuitor all the way up to her death.]]
* ManVsMachine: [[spoiler: In a bit of a twist, the heroic Milhouse, who utilizes cybernetics to become stronger, is the machine while the monstrous Nelson, whose strength is entirely his own, is the man.]]
* MeaningfulRename: Milhouse chooses to go by "Killhouse" after becoming a cyborg, to signify that he now means business.
* MinimalistCast: There are only seven characters, only two of whom actually have any lines.
* MyGreatestFailure: Milhouse is extremely guilty over his failure to protect Lisa from Nelson's men, and he aims to prevent the same thing happening with Bart.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: [[spoiler: Nelson's fight against Milhouse mostly consists of him mercilessly tossing him around and tearing him apart.]]
* OhCrap: Nelson has one after [[spoiler: Milhouse catches all of Kearney's bullets in his mouth]], but quickly regains his composure. Dolph later has one when he cuts into Milhouse's arm and the blood that leaks out becomes oil.
* OneManArmy: Milhouse's cybernetic enhancements allow him to toss Kearney, Jimbo and Dolph aside with little effort. Nelson reveals himself to be of comparable strength by the end.
* PosthumousCharacter: Lisa is established as having been killed by Nelson in the very first line of the film.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: One of Milhouse's eyes glows red to signify his non-human nature.
* RedOniBlueOni: The arrogant and loudmouthed [[BigBad Nelson]] is the red oni while the quiet and determined [[TheProtagonist Milhouse]] is the blue oni.
* SnakesAreSinister: Jimbo possesses the ability to turn into a snake, and is one of Nelson's thugs.
* SoftSpokenSadist: While Nelson is incredibly cocky and loudmouthed, his voice is always in a controlled and condescending tone.
* TheStoic: Milhouse remains stone-faced and serious throughout, in contrast to the cocky and confident Nelson.
* TookALevelInBadass: Milhouse took a ''huge'' one, going from a whiny wimp to an incredibly powerful cyborg. On a more {{Meta}} level, every other character who fights has as well, as they're all just regular kids in their home series.
* TragicHero: It's made abundantly clear that Milhouse has lost everything important in his life, and is solely driven by revenge. [[spoiler: After finally killing Nelson and saving Bart, he closes his eyes and seemingly resigns himself to whatever the future has planned for him.]]
* UnexplainedAccent: Nelson randomly speaks with a Brooklyn accent.
* TheVoiceless: Bart, Jimbo, Dolph and Kearney never utter a word throughout the film. Lisa gets a line, but it is archived audio from ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'' and she isn't shown speaking it onscreen.
* VagueAge: It's unclear if the characters are still meant to be children as they are in their home series and are merely drawn to be YoungerThanTheyLook, or if they are intended to have been aged up into adults.
* VolunaryShapeShifting: Jimbo randomly has the power to transform into a snake. It goes unexplained.
* WorldOfBadass: This version of ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'' features a cast of deadly martial artists.
* WouldHitAGirl: Nelson and his men had no problem with killing Lisa, and Nelson enjoys taunting both Bart and Milhouse by bringing it up.
Set in an AlternateContinuity of ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'' universe, the film begins with [[BigBad Nelson Muntz]] and [[GangOfBullies his cronies]] holding [[DistressedDude Bart Simpson]] hostage in a vacant warehouse. Nelson intends to kill Bart, having done the same to his younger sister [[TheLostLenore Lisa]] sometime earlier, but is interrupted by [[TookALevelInBadass Milhouse Van Houten]]. Now calling himself [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "Killhouse"]] and having altered his body into that of a {{Cyborg}}, Milhouse intends to defeat Nelson's gang, save Bart and avenge Lisa's death.
While intended to be something of a parody of over-the-top and [[DarkFic dark]] fan fiction as well as 80's fighting {{Anime}} series such as [[Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar]], it is noted for possessing [[AwesomeArt surprisingly high quality artwork]] and fight scenes that are dynamic enough to [[IndecisiveParody call its status as a parody into question]].
All three parts can be found on Youtube.
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!!This film features the following tropes:
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The characters featured are at best goofy-looking and at worst downright ugly in ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'', while they're all varying degrees of musclebound hunks here.
* AdaptationalBadass: While Milhouse is a nerdy loser and Nelson and his goons are run of the mill schoolyard bullies in their home series, here all five are musclebound warriors. In particular, both Milhouse and Nelson are complete killing machines.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Milhouse is the main hero here, whereas he's firmly a secondary character in his home series. Nelson counts as well, as he's ascended to BigBad status.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Nelson is merely a {{Jerkass}} who reveals himself to possess a HiddenHeartOfGold fairly frequently in ''Franchise/TheSimpsons''. Here, he is a remorseless murderer who revels in the suffering of others.
* AmbiguousSituation: As a result of it being EnMediaRes, the viewer's knowledge of the setting is limited entirely to what happens onscreen. We have no idea why Nelson killed Lisa, or why he wants to kill Bart, we have no idea how Milhouse was able to become a cyborg and we have no idea why some of the characters seem to possess superhuman abilities.
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: Milhouse loses all of his limbs over the course of his fight with Nelson. Of course, since he's a cyborg, this doesn't matter much.]]
* {{Animesque}}: The art style closely resembles that of ''Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar''.
* AuthorityEqualAssKicking: [[spoiler: Nelson is the leader of his gang, and so is naturally infinitely stronger than each of his goons.]]
* BadassBaritone: Milhouse's voice is ridiculously deep.
* BadassNormal: [[spoiler: Nelson does not utilize a weapon in combat like Dolph and Kearney, nor does he possess magical powers like Jimbo or cybernetic enhancements like Milhouse. He merely fights with his bare hands using his own natural strength. He more than lives up to his claims of being the "pinnacle of human strength" and effortlessly beats Milhouse to a pulp in a few seconds.]]
* BigBad: Nelson Muntz is the leader of the gang of thugs that the film is centered around taking down.
* BigDamnHeroes: The entire film showcases Milhouse pulling one of these off to save Bart.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Milhouse succeeds in killing Nelson and his goons and saving Bart, b8t vanishes and is never seen by Bart again afterwards. To make it even more bittersweet, Bart lives a long life and fulfills his dream of becoming a Supreme Court Justice, only to be unceremoniously stabbed to death trying to break up a fight in a McDonald's.]]
* BrooklynRage: Nelson speaks with a New York accent, [[UnexplainedAccent despite not possessing one at all in the original series]]. Naturally, he's a violent murderer.
* CatchTheBullet: [[spoiler: Milhouse catches each of the bullets that Kearney fires at him ''in his mouth'' and then ''fire them back at him''. Later, Nelson catches a bullet shot at him by Milhouse between his fingers and flicks it into Bart's head at the same speed it was fired with.
* TheComicallySerious: The entire film is basically this. The story is a standard bloody tale of revenge with no humorous elements whatsoever, but the characters are all for whatever reason various children from ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'', which makes everything about it inherently hilarious.
* ComputerVoice: Milhouse's voice occasionally experiences a mechanical-sounding reverb.
* CrusadingWidower: Milhouse is suggested to be primarily motivated in taking Nelson and his boys down to to their killing of Lisa. [[spoiler: However, the flashback during the final battle reveals that, just like in the original series, Lisa wasn't ever romantically interested in him.]]
* CurbstompBattle: Milhouse slaughters Jimbo, Dolph and Kearney in quick succession with little effort.
* {{Cyborg}}: Milhouse has been modified into one. His abilities include possessing a gun in his mouth which can catch and fire back enemy bullets, detachable limbs, flight and [[spoiler: laser vision]]. In addition, he is much more resilient and is able to shrug off Dolph and Jimbo's attacks with ease.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Lisa has been killed. Bart is about to be killed. Nelson and his bullies are responsible. Milhouse has sacrificed his humanity to stop them. Everything is settled through violence.
* DemotedToDragon: While Jimbo Jones is usually presented as the lead bully whenever he appears in ''[[Franchise/TheSimpsons]]'', here he's just another one of Nelson's goons.
* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler: Milhouse continues fighting even after Nelson rips all of his limbs off.]]
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Bart is seemingly shot dead by Nelson in part 3, but is revealed to have been safely taken to the hospital by Milhouse and survived the events of the film in the epilogue.]]
* DistressedDude: Bart spends the entire film either tied up or [[spoiler: dying of a gunshot wound.]] Milhouse's goal is to rescue him.
* EliteMook: Jimbo, Dolph and Kearney all seem to posses unique skills that give them a certain amount of value to Nelson, but all three are ultimately just empty muscle for him to throw at his enemies, and they're all crushed easily by Milhouse in a fight. Nelson even calls them "mooks" after Milhouse defeats them.
* EnMediaRes: The film begins with Bart already having been captured by Nelson, with Milhouse's dramatic rescue happening soon after.
* EverybodyDies: [[spoiler: Lisa died before the events of the film and Milhouse kills all of Nelson and his men over the course of it. While Bart survives the encounter, he is stated to have eventually died as well. Only Milhouse's fate remains uncertain, though there's a fairly high chance that he also died.]]
* EvilIsPetty: Nelson constantly mocks Milhouse throughout the film just to spite him. He brings up Lisa's death and Milhouse's failure to protect her to do the same.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler: Milhouse ultimately defeats Nelson by burning through his eye sockets with laser vision.]]
* TheGunslinger: Kearney fights from a distance with a golden pistol, and seems to be Nelson's go-to guy for carrying out a hit on someone.
* HulkingOut: [[spoiler: Nelson performs a subdued version of this when he reveals his full power, bulking up substantially and ripping his clothes.]]
* IndecisiveParody: Despite transparently being intended as a joke, the film takes itself so seriously and is generally of a high enough quality that the degree to which it was meant to be seen as a joke becomes less clear.
* InformedAbility: Nelson commends Bart for being "tougher than [Nelson] thought" at the beginning of the film, suggesting that he possesses some fighting ability. Not only does he never display this at any point, but [[spoiler: he is eventually killed by two random people in a McDonald's later in his life]].
* IShallTauntYou: Almost every single one of Nelson's lines is a taunt. [[spoiler: Even his final one.]]
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Dolph fights with a katana.
* LimitedAnimation: The entire film has only a few frames of genuine animation. The rest of it is done entirely through still artwork. Despite this, the pacing of the fight sequences nonetheless allows the action to remain surprisingly fluid.
* LivingMacguffin: Bart spends the entire film off to the side tied up and seemingly unconscious, and doesn't interact with the characters or engage in the plot at all besides needing to be saved. [[spoiler: The epilogue mostly focuses on him, however.]]
* TheLostLenore: Lisa is presented as being this to Milhouse. [[spoiler: Of course, we later learn that, just like in the original series, Milhouse was her HopelessSuitor all the way up to her death.]]
* ManVsMachine: [[spoiler: In a bit of a twist, the heroic Milhouse, who utilizes cybernetics to become stronger, is the machine while the monstrous Nelson, whose strength is entirely his own, is the man.]]
* MeaningfulRename: Milhouse chooses to go by "Killhouse" after becoming a cyborg, to signify that he now means business.
* MinimalistCast: There are only seven characters, only two of whom actually have any lines.
* MyGreatestFailure: Milhouse is extremely guilty over his failure to protect Lisa from Nelson's men, and he aims to prevent the same thing happening with Bart.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: [[spoiler: Nelson's fight against Milhouse mostly consists of him mercilessly tossing him around and tearing him apart.]]
* OhCrap: Nelson has one after [[spoiler: Milhouse catches all of Kearney's bullets in his mouth]], but quickly regains his composure. Dolph later has one when he cuts into Milhouse's arm and the blood that leaks out becomes oil.
* OneManArmy: Milhouse's cybernetic enhancements allow him to toss Kearney, Jimbo and Dolph aside with little effort. Nelson reveals himself to be of comparable strength by the end.
* PosthumousCharacter: Lisa is established as having been killed by Nelson in the very first line of the film.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: One of Milhouse's eyes glows red to signify his non-human nature.
* RedOniBlueOni: The arrogant and loudmouthed [[BigBad Nelson]] is the red oni while the quiet and determined [[TheProtagonist Milhouse]] is the blue oni.
* SnakesAreSinister: Jimbo possesses the ability to turn into a snake, and is one of Nelson's thugs.
* SoftSpokenSadist: While Nelson is incredibly cocky and loudmouthed, his voice is always in a controlled and condescending tone.
* TheStoic: Milhouse remains stone-faced and serious throughout, in contrast to the cocky and confident Nelson.
* TookALevelInBadass: Milhouse took a ''huge'' one, going from a whiny wimp to an incredibly powerful cyborg. On a more {{Meta}} level, every other character who fights has as well, as they're all just regular kids in their home series.
* TragicHero: It's made abundantly clear that Milhouse has lost everything important in his life, and is solely driven by revenge. [[spoiler: After finally killing Nelson and saving Bart, he closes his eyes and seemingly resigns himself to whatever the future has planned for him.]]
* UnexplainedAccent: Nelson randomly speaks with a Brooklyn accent.
* TheVoiceless: Bart, Jimbo, Dolph and Kearney never utter a word throughout the film. Lisa gets a line, but it is archived audio from ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'' and she isn't shown speaking it onscreen.
* VagueAge: It's unclear if the characters are still meant to be children as they are in their home series and are merely drawn to be YoungerThanTheyLook, or if they are intended to have been aged up into adults.
* VolunaryShapeShifting: Jimbo randomly has the power to transform into a snake. It goes unexplained.
* WorldOfBadass: This version of ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'' features a cast of deadly martial artists.
* WouldHitAGirl: Nelson and his men had no problem with killing Lisa, and Nelson enjoys taunting both Bart and Milhouse by bringing it up.
