History WebVideo / TheHorriblySlowMurdererWithTheExtremelyInefficientWeapon

* OverlyLongGag: The Ginosaji will hit you with a spoon again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again... Well, you get the picture.

* TooDumbToLive: In Ginosaji vs. Ginosaji, Jack tries to become a Ginosaji and go around hitting someone with a spoon. As he is not in fact a {{nigh-invulnerable}} demon like the real Ginosaji, it doesn't work out too well.

* LongTitle: Just read the title! Also a GoryDeadlyOverkillTitleOfFatalDeath.

* SimpleSolutionWontWork: Wearing protective clothing? Running away? [[JustShootHim Grab a gun and fight back?]] Against [[ImplacableMan the Ginosaji]], [[InescapableHorror it's completely worthless]]. Jack also tries at one point to call the police, and not only [[YouHaveToBelieveMe is his situation too stupid to be considered anything other than a prank call]], after everything Jack does to end the situation himself, it's easy to tell that [[PoliceAreUseless having police protection would do]] ''[[NoPoliceOption nothing]]''.

** All the Ginosaji does to bring Jack into this misery is whacking him with a spoon; it does not use the spoon for any other methods of killing, such as [[CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon cutting his heart/eyes out with a spoon]]. The awesome part is... [[DontExplainTheJoke care to explain]]?

* BilingualBonus: The victim in the story is Jack Cucchiaio. The murderer is called the Ginosaji. "Cucchiaio" and "Gin no saji" are Italian and Japanese, respectively, for "spoon" and "silver spoon". The seal that appears in the video repeatedly also says spoon as the english pronunciation (スプン, pronounced su-pu-n) in Japanese katakana. (It is not the native term for spoon, though.)

* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Or being beaten to death by one. The story manages to explore how this can be PlayedForLaughs (it's the epitome of CoolButInefficient) and PlayedForHorror (the spoon is wielded by an ImplacableMan, so it doesn't matters how stupid it looks, death ''will'' happen, and it ''won't'' be pretty. At one point Jack even [[DrivenToSuicide tries to kill himself]] because [[MercyKill it's the only way he can see his torment ending]] -- [[InescapableHorror but the Ginosaji denies this to him]]).

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The plot is Jack suffering an excruciatingly slow death by spoon over the course of years.

* SternChase: The Ginosaji and Jack equally trying to hit each other, with the latter usually failing and being harmed in the process.

* SimpleSolutionWontWork: Wearing protective clothing? Running away? [[JustShootHim Grab a gun and fight back?]] Against [[ImplacableMan the Ginosaji]], [[InescapableHorror it's completely worthless]]. Jack also tries at one point to call the police, and not only [[YouHaveToBelieveMe is his situation too stupid to be considered anything other than a prank call]], after everything Jack does to end the situation himself, it's easy to tell that [[PoliceAreUseless having police protection would do]] ''[[PoliceAreUseless nothing]]''.

%%* UglyGuyHotWife:

* BigEater: Jack, because the fat tissue makes for a little protection from the spoon blows, and because he's developed an eating disorder for his torture..

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Hilariously [[AvertedTrope averted]] in the follow-up video ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9-faa56l-s Spoon vs Spoon]]'', in which Jack decides to attack the Ginosaji with its own weapon: a spoon. [[spoiler:The Ginosaji merely knocks it out of his hand, picks it up, and starts beating him up with both spoons]].

** In "Save Jack: The Interactive Adventure", picking the Giant Magnet option will lead to this. The magnet actually works and stops the Ginosaji from using his spoons [[spoiler:until he pulls out a ''wooden'' spoon. To Jack's dismay, being beaten with a big wooden spoon is even more painful than being hit with a small metal one.]][[note]][[spoiler:Arguably, though, it's the best possible ending, since it at least gives Jack a moment of hope and a break from the spoon. He even ''kisses'' the magnet after realizing that it temporarily stops the Ginosaji.]][[/note]]

* ImplacableMan: The Ginosaji takes a knife to the throat, gunshots, and [[spoiler:two explosions]] without any harm done.

* NeverendingTerror: The Ginosaji attacks his victims with a blunt spoon. They typically die of terror and/or boredom when they realize that he just. Wont. ''Stop.''

* SimpleSolutionWontWork: Wearing protective clothing? Running away? [[JustShootHim Grab a gun and fight back]]? Against [[ImplacableMan the Ginosaji]], [[InescapableHorror it's completely worthless]]. Jack also tries at one point to call the police, and not only [[YouHaveToBelieveMe is his situation too stupid to be considered anything other than a prank call]], after everything Jack does to end the situation himself, it's easy to tell that having police protection would do ''nothing''.

* TooDumbToLive: In Ginosaji vs. Ginosaji, Jack tries to become a Ginosaji and go around hitting someone with a spoon. As he is not in fact a nigh-invulnerable demon like the real Ginosaji, it doesn't work out too well.

* UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny: Jack ends up traveling the galaxy to find something to kill the Ginosaji. He ends up finding a [[LaserBlade lightsaber]]. [[spoiler:[[FailureIsTheOnlyOption It doesn't work.]] And it was AllJustADream anyway. Poor Jack]].

%% ** The Interactive Adventure also becomes this if you don't make a choice.

* RealityEnsues: In Ginosaji vs. Ginosaji, Jack tries to become a Ginosaji and go around hitting someone with a spoon. As he is not in fact a nigh-invulnerable demon like the real Ginosaji, it doesn't work out too well.

* ScratchDamage[=/=]GradualGrinder: The spoon is more irritating than actually harmful, but over the course of 10 years, it does some serious damage.

* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Or being beaten to death by one. The story manages to explore how this can be PlayedForLaughs (it's the epitome of CoolButInefficient) and PlayedForHorror (the spoon is wielded by an ImplacableMan, so it doesn't matters how stupid it looks, death ''will'' happen, and it ''won't'' be pretty. At one point Jack even [[DrivenToSuicide tries to kill himself]] because [[MercyKill it's the only way he can see his torment ending]] -- but [[InescapableHorror but the Ginosaji denies this to him]]).

* BlackBlood: The Ginosaji gets stabbed in the throat by a knife and there's black blood on the blade.

%%* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon

** In "Save Jack: The Interactive Adventure", picking the Giant Magnet option will lead to this. The magnet actually works and stops the Ginosaji from using his spoons [[spoiler:until he pulls out a ''wooden'' spoon. To Jack's dismay, being beaten with a big wooden spoon is even more painful than being hit with a small metal one.[[note]]Arguably, though, it's the best possible ending, since it at least gives Jack a moment of hope and a break from the spoon. He even ''kisses'' the magnet after realizing that it temporarily stops the Ginosaji.[[/note]]]]

A ''real'' movie version, titled ''Ginosaji'', is currently in pre-production. [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/richardgale/ginosaji-the-horribly-slow-murderer-movie-project Here is the Kickstarter page for it.]] The campaign ended with 155.71% funding[[note]]That's $77,855 pledged of its $50,000 goal[[/note]], but additional funding for the movie can still be made through [[https://ginosaji.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders the Backerkit shop]], which has currently made more than $7,000 as of March 2017.

** In "Save Jack: The Interactive Adventure", if the "Wear Protective Clothing" option is picked, the Ginosaji hits Jack in the groin before he can put on his cup. If the "Kick him in the Crotch" option is picked, [[spoiler:it [[{{Squick}} backfires horribly]].]]

* HumanoidAbomination: The Ginosaji, of course. He's an ImplacableMan with AlienBlood, apparently a different nervous system (or at least one that allows him to shrug off groin strikes) and a HammerSpace arsenal of spoons and the implication that he was sent to torture and kill Jack as some kind of curse makes him a parody of vengeful spirits like Sadako.

* KarmaHoudini: So far, the Ginosaji has avoided karmic retribution for his torture of Jack. Then again, it's implied that he ''is'' LaserGuidedKarma being meted out against Jack -- for what, we have no idea.
* LodgedBladeRecycling: [[spoiler:Subverted.]] Jack stabs the Ginosaji in the neck with a knife. The Ginosaji pulls it out, points it at Jack... [[spoiler:and discards it so he can keep using the spoon.]]

** Another scene that would qualify is that [[spoiler:when the Ginosaji's spoon finally breaks, he backs off for a moment, then ominously opens his hoodie to reveal that his shirt has a dozen more spoons hanging from it. The maker confirms that the Ginosaji has an infinite number of spoons hanging from it.]]

* PoliceAreUseless: Somewhat justified, as the movie suggests Jack is never able to get any solid enough evidence for police assistance

* ScratchDamage[=/=]GradualGrinder: The spoon is more irritating than actually harmful, but over the course of 10 years does some serious damage.

* SternChase: The Ginosaji and Jack equally trying to hit each, with the latter usually failing and harmed in the process.

** A rare instance where the villain uses this trope, though with a spoon of course.

* BigEater: Jack, but only because the fat tissue makes for a little protection from the spoon blows.

''The Horribly Slow Murderer With the Extremely Inefficient Weapon'' started as a parody trailer that pokes fun at the horror genre, particularly the "TorturePorn" movies like ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' and ''Film/{{Hostel}}'' which focus on, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin well, see the title]]. It stars Paul Clemens as a man who is suddenly attacked by a supernatural being (Brian Rohan) for a (possibly imagined) slight against the Powers That Be. This attack is made with a normal spoon, the bowl struck sharply against the target's body, and is seldom ceased. The victim is sent spiraling past the brink of insanity from the constant flogging, and resorts to continually, and comedically, extreme lengths to get rid of his tormentor, all ending in failure, and in some cases even [[HoistByHisOwnPetard backfiring immensely]].

* HumanoidAbomination: The Ginosaji, of course. He's an ImplacableMan with AlienBlood and a HammerSpace arsenal of spoons and the implication that he was sent to torture and kill Jack as some kind of curse makes him a parody of vengeful spirits like Sadako.

%%* HumanoidAbomination: The Ginosaji, of course. He's a parody of Japanese evil spirits like Sadako.

* DeathOfAThousandCuts: The Ginosaji does this to Jack, though replace "cuts" with "billions upon billions of whacks with a spoon".

%% * BigBad: The Ginosaji seems to be this.
%% * BigEater: Jack.

%%* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin

%% * OhCrap: The ending of the original.

%%* PsychoShowerMurderParody

%%* SternChase

%%* YouCantFightFate

* HumanoidAbomination: The Ginosaji, of course. He's a parody of Japanese evil spirits like Sadako.

%% * HumanoidAbomination: The Ginosaji, of course.

* AwesomeButImpractical: All the Ginosaji does to bring Jack into this misery is whacking him with a spoon; it does not use the spoon for any other methods of killing, such as [[CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon cutting his heart/eyes out with a spoon]]. The awesome part is... [[DontExplainTheJoke care to explain]]?

* BigBad: The Ginosaji seems to be this.
* BigEater: Jack. Explained [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH2_CjPS2NE here]].

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Jack will die by being hit by a spoon... eventually.
** Especially cruel since the Ginosaji actually prevents Jack from killing himself at different points in the trailer. Not only will the killer eventually kill Jack, he won't allow him any opportunity to cheat the Ginosaji of delivering the death blow.

* GroinAttack: Inverted, as the Ginosaji throws the spoon at Jack, armed with a buzzsaw... and Jack winds up cutting his own testes off.

* HumanoidAbomination: The Ginosaji, of course.

* OhCrap: The ending of the original.

** The Interactive Adventure also becomes this if you don't make a choice.

** They're crowdfunding a real movie, though.

After the immense success of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VDvgL58h_Y the original parody trailer]], ''The Horribly Slow Murderer With the Extremely Inefficient Weapon'' (abbreviated HSMWEIW) has become a Website/YouTube series, including an "Ask Jack" featuring an interview with the victim, an interactive adventure [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption which cannot be won]], and a new mini-series called "Ginosaji Vs. Ginosaji".