Line #6 Creator/FilmCow


1	[=FilmCow=] is a Florida-based animation studio headed up by Jason Steele. They are the creators of weekly shorts, both animated and infrequently live-action. Their most notable works include many animated series, including ''WebAnimation/CharlieTheUnicorn'', ''WebAnimation/LlamasWithHats'', ''Marshmallow People'', ''WebAnimation/{{Ghost House\|2014}}'', ''WebAnimation/ShadowstonePark'', ''WebVideo/DetectiveHeartOfAmerica'' and the longer animations ''WebAnimation/TheCloak'' and ''Spatula Madness''.
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3	They are also behind various other many one-shots and three feature-length films: An animated film based on Spatula Madness which was never finished[[labelnote:*]]Although the finished scenes are being released sporadically on their channel[[/labelnote]]; A live-action film named ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQaxTdlfVrw Nick: The Feature Film]]'', a mockumentary about a film director who is perhaps too obsessed with a regular man named Nick, and records an entire day in his life; and their most recent: ''Film/DetectiveHeartOfAmericaTheFinalFreedom''.
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5	Their website can be found [[http://www.filmcow.com/ here]], their [=YouTube=] channel [[https://www.youtube.com/user/SecretAgentBob here]], and their second channel [[https://www.youtube.com/user/FilmCowExtra here]].
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7	!!Tropes that appear in their videos include:
8	* AGodAmI: In "Cupcake Pals", one of the cupcakes climbs on top of a refrigerator and declares that now he is god.
9	* AllThereInTheManual: George's wife, with the exception of the first seconds of "The Animal", is only referred to as "woman" in the videos, but the playlist for the series reveals her name to be Angela.
10	** Professor Toothy's backstory is revealed in a novella the creator released on Amazon.
11	* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: "It's Aladdin!" portrays WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} as a deceitful {{Jerkass}} who only cares about sleeping with Jasmine. [[invoked]]
12	** Likewise, "It's {{Franchise/Super Mario\|Bros}}" portrays Mario as a racist, murderous maniac.
13	* AuthorAppeal: Butts. As evidenced by Lizardman from Tricorn and Obama. Ghost House is a series dedicated to butts (and also ghosts.)
14	* ArtShift: The "It's..." series (so far including "It's WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}!", "It's Series/CakeBoss!" and "It's Franchise/{{Super Mario\|Bros}}!") has noticeably worse art in comparison to the standard fare videos that are posted on the channel.
15	* AssShove: [[spoiler:Chris is on the receiving end of one of these thanks to a huge sword flying from the sky, courtesy of Rob's artistic impression of the end]] of "Nick: The Feature Film".
16	* AxCrazy: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imr7y7riHeQ Zach]]. He's killed 28 dentists and stolen their teeth.
17	* BaitTheDog: The brown ferret in "Ferrets" seems to be a NiceGuy, singing a happy song to cheer up his sad friend...that eventually devolves into a VillainSong about Holocaust denial, eugenics, inappropriate touching, murder and [[BrainFood eating brains]].
18	* BigBad: ''Dad Cop 2'' has Mister Kill/[[spoiler:The Chief of Police]].
19	* BlackComedy: A lot of the site's humor involves things that are normally played for utter horror by other people.
20	* BlackComedyRape: "Bino The Elephant." [[spoiler: He's crawling up my ''urethra!'']]
21	* BlatantLies:
22	** At the beginning of "Chris Draws a Cartoon", Jason says that he wrote something that wasn't too difficult for Chris (who has never drawn before) to handle. Cue the characters describing the highly detailed SceneryPorn around them, forcing Chris to work very hard on just about every scene.
23	** Wizard Horse is not using Google glasses to take pictures of you without pants on... ''Ok, glass, zoom in''...
24	** "I am Zulway, God of Mercy. You have broken one of Zulway's twelve tenets of mercy, prepare for destruction."
25	** Zulo's reaction to Grimace's story about Joe Biden is "This is great. I'm...glad to be hearing all of this."
26	* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Cupcake Jesus in "Cupcake Pals". He is totally fine with the three cupcakes being atheists, but when they keep rubbing it in his face he puts one of them in the blender.
27	* BreadEggsMilkSquick: "Ferrets" [[spoiler:is a gradual example of this, as Harold slowly realizes how [[AxCrazy unhinged]] his friend is during the latter's ListSong.]]
28	* BunnyEarsLawyer:
29	** Booboo in "Business Cats" is an exceptional accountant. He is also [[CreepyMonotone phenomenally]] [[DissonantSerenity creepy.]]
30	** Similarly, Agent [=KitKat=] is a phenomenal spy who refuses to hurt or deceive his enemies.
31	* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Why should Doctor Fabulous remember who Zorg is? He battles a thousand alien scumbags every week!
32	* CatsAreSnarkers: In the "Cat Monarchy" game, the two advisers and the true king whom you act as regent for are full of this.
33	* CloudCuckooLand: The skits tend to be in places where.......''things'' happen. Like going to Candy Mountain and having your kidneys stolen. Or having a sentient, communist hating, Cloak and a disembodied, singing, head and spine talk about the sweet milk from the breasts of Freedom. Save for a select, completely frazzled [[OnlySaneMan few]], virtually everyone in the skits are crazy to some extent.
34	* CreatorThumbprint: Horses and other ungulates are an extremely common topic in his videos.
35	* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Amongst his insane and downright creepy outbursts, Dennis from ''The Magical Realm of Horseman'' says a few very insightful things.
36	-->'''Dennis:''' (In response to one of Horseman's egotistical rants) One day, the universe will collapse into entropy and even Shakespeare and Coca-Cola won't be remembered. So what chance do you have?\
37	'''Horseman:''' Oh for God's sake, Dennis, stop Holocausting my party.
38	* CloudCuckoolander: Nick ''could'' have been this in ''Nick: The Feature Film'', but Rob plays into this trope much more. That is, until Chris shows up and [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter blows him out of the water]] in regards to craziness, and Chris ends up being the resident Cuckoolander.
39	* ClusterFBomb:
40	** The entirety of "OMG CRACKLIN' OAT BRAN"
41	** Merlin the Wizard Fish to the Fine Bros. in ''Merlin Reacts to The Fine Brothers'': ""So, if you're interested in creating your own version of any of our React formats, which, if you don't then... what is wrong with you?" [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Fuck. You.]] Fuck you. Fuck you forever. Fuck yourselves, go fuck yourselves, you fucks."
42	* DeliberateValuesDissonance: In "It's Super Mario!", Toad points out the racism in Mario's rather poor imitation of an Italian, comparing it to "putting on a bad Chinese accent and yelling 'fried rice' a bunch." Then...
43	--> '''Mario:''' Mario can do Chinese!\
44	'''Toad:''' [[OhCrap No, no, please don't -]]\
45	''(Mario turns into a more "Chinese" version of himself)''\
46	'''[=Chinese!Mario=]:''' It's-a-me, Mari-roh!\
47	'''Toad:''' God, ''no...''
48	* DidntThinkThisThrough: In "A Serious Business Meeting", Johnson breaks into song about how Tom's advertising proposal is "totally gay". [[spoiler:Johnson is promptly fired.]]
49	* DisproportionateRetribution:
50	** Zulway, God of Mercy's judgements always involve [[{{Irony}} mercilessly]] exploding the perpetrator, no matter the offense. Such offenses include disagreeing with Zulway on which ice cream flavor is best.
51	** Detective Mittens murders the proprietor of Joe's Italian and frames him for a serial killing spree, because he sent Mittens the wrong take-out order twice in a row.
52	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin:
53	** ''Hit It With A Car'', where Chris Alex hits everyday objects with a Cadillac Eldorado.
54	** ''Seven Weeks of Cat Monarchy''. The Monarch of the Cat Kingdom has taken a sabbatical from his duties, and you have seven weeks to rule the Kingdom in his place.
55	* ExtremeDoormat: Angela always cancels her plans and apologizes for it whenever Horse Man plans his own parties.
56	* FantasticRacism: In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11fqtALxgmM Stanley and the Pineapple]]", the pineapple and the orange are this.
57	--> Cucumber: "I have to go to heaven now. See y'all!" dies
58	--> {{Beat}}
59	--> Pineapple: "He's not going to heaven."
60	--> Orange: "Cucumbers have wicked souls."
61	** Likewise in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wozmu-1Rv7g The Lonliest Platypus]]", Madam Horsington states that alligators are "dangerous and shifty" and that she would never hire one.
62	* ForScience: Dr. Z's reason for doing just about anything in "Bino the Elephant".
63	* GainaxEnding:
64	** "Marshmallow People 2".
65	** "Marshmallow People 3" even more so...
66	** Every episode of ''Dark Midnight''.
67	* TheGenieKnowsJackNicholson: "It's Aladdin!" parodies this, the genie only knows how to do impersonations of celebrities who won't exist for another thousand years.
68	* GoMadFromTheRevelation: One of the puppet creatures when he finds out that Biscoff Spread is made of cookies.
69	* HappyEnding: [[spoiler:''Spatula Madness'']]
70	** [[spoiler: ''Mystery of the Missing Emerald Necklace'', aside from being the only part of the Westington Manor trilogy where the elephant detective does not die, ends with the mystery being solved and the culprit finally being caught and arrested, albeit in the most anticlimatic way imaginable.]]
71	* TheHedonist: Both of the Marshmallow People. Becomes a plot point in the second video when they realize that nothing they do fulfills them, and they try to make up for everything they've done.
72	* HouseRules: Chris's version of Monopoly in ''Nick: The Feature Film'' appears to be entirely made up of these.
73	* HollywoodAtheist: The cupcake pals.
74	* IAmNotShazam: [[invoked]] Subverted in ''Dad Cop 2''. The protagonist's name is Dad Cop 2.
75	* IAteWhat: "The Walrus Song".
76	-->'''Tim:''' [[spoiler:[[WhamLine I've been feeding you walrus meat.]]]]\
77	'''Mister Walrus:''' What?!\
78	'''Tim:''' [[spoiler:That glop I feed you every morning is walrus meat. ''You're a cannibal.'']]
79	* InformedAttribute: Pretty much everything that Angela fears about the animal/dinosaur/alien/robber. No matter what she says about it, from what we see it's pretty much just standing/floating there doing nothing but meowing occasionally.
80	* InnocentInnuendo: The late night visitors in "Socksual Innuendos" insist that their double entendres are unintentional, but the protagonist is not convinced.
81	* {{Jerkass}}: There are several, though [[ObliviouslyEvil whether they're aware]] is another matter.
82	* KarmicTwistEnding: ''Nick: The Feature Film'' features one: [[spoiler:Robert can't bring himself to allow Chris to end up as the hero of the film, so he gives his "artistic rendition" of what happened as the film's ending, and ends up putting Chris through [[AssShove the most insufferable pain]] possible.]]
83	** [[spoiler: The Mystery of the Missing Silver Pendant after shooting the elephant for no good reason and gloating about it, a chandelier falls on George Zimmerman]]
84	* KickTheDog: "Mr. Happy Face" is just a scene about a happy face murdering a child's dog and later the child itself. The [=YouTube=] description points out that everybody seems to be upset about the dog being stabbed to death and forget the kid completely.
85	* MadLibsCatchphrase: Horse Man thinks that this is the 9/11 of tropes. One commenter even took this to its literal extreme by saying "9/11 was [[ShapedLikeItself the 9/11 of terrorist attacks]]."
86	* MoodWhiplash: "OMG BISCOFF SPREAD" begins as what seems like an advertisement for the spread, but quickly devolves into a [[NightmareFuel nightmarish]] descent into madness over said foodstuff's contents.
87	** [[MadnessMantra "Made out of fuckin' COOKIES... made out of fuckin' COOKIES... made out of fuckin' COOKIES..."]]
88	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Zulway, God of Mercy self destructs when he realises just how unmerciful he himself is.
89	* MyRulesAreNotYourRules: The rules to Chris's game of Monopoly in ''Nick: The Feature Film'' appear to be this. [[spoiler:He ends up giving Robert the two worst properties in the game and a grand total of ''three dollars''.]]
90	* MundaneMadeAwesome: ''Hit It With A Car''. Chris Alex rams a shiny yellow Cadillac Eldorado into everyday objects, and he cannot be more excited. Contrasting this is [[StraightMan Nick Alex]], who looks at things [[TheComicallySerious more objectively]].
91	* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: The Device from the "Dark Midnight" episode of the same name reveals that the reason Rebecca killed Tim was because she found out he was secretly [[spoiler:an alien and also a ghost.]] slightly deconstructed when she [[FridgeLogic questions]] a couple PlotHoles the reveal of the latter brings up.
92	* NotMeThisTime: After weeks of Relno the Storykeeper telling (true) stories in which the shadowy hand of [[BigBad the C.I.A.]] is behind events, he stresses that "The Hand That Guides the Butcher" is not about the C.I.A. ...It's about the C.I.C., [[DistinctionWithoutADifference and later the C.I.A.]]
93	* OneSteveLimit: Averted. There are two characters named Angela. The girl from ''The Magical Realm of Horse Man'' and "woman", George's wife (see AllThereInTheManual).
94	* OrificeInvasion: To Bino The Elephant. Courtesy of a sentient flower. In Hell.
95	* OurDemonsAreDifferent:
96	** A talking flower that takes pictures of monkey penises and climbs up people's urethras while singing.
97	** A man wearing a black hat and a black coat who sings about the specials at Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and Little Caesars.
98	* OverlyLongGag: The ''Mystery of'' series, where every episode involves waiting for a chandelier to fall. [[spoiler:It does in the second episode, on George Zimmerman's head.]]
99	* PaletteSwap: The ferrets in "Ferrets" have the same design except for their color and the markings around their eyes.
100	* ParodyCommercial: The OMG CRACKLIN' OAT BRAN and OMG BISCOFF SPREAD are these. Fannie and Earl begins as a usual skit [[spoiler:but suddenly turns into a commercial for Pizza Hut by a singing "spook".]]
101	* {{Pastiche}}: Many of the live action videos...
102	** ''The Cosmic Adventures of Doctor Fabulous'' is an homage to many British Sci-fi serials like ''Series/DoctorWho'' and ''Series/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1981''.
103	** ''Dark Midnight'' pays tribute to Creator/RodSerling style shows like ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' and ''Series/NightGallery'', only [[StylisticSuck played for so-ridiculous-it's-funny]].
104	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: In "Ferrets", the brown ferret sings to the grey ferret (Harold) about things that make him happy. In this song the brown ferret reveals that he [[ImplausibleDeniability thinks the Holocaust was a lie]] and that he supports [[EvilutionaryBiologist Eugenics]].
105	* PrecisionFStrike: In the final scene of ''Professor Toothy''.
106	--> '''Man''': ''holding [[spoiler:a bag of sugar]]'' Boy, [[TemptingFate I could sure go for some Skittles or a whole bucket of Froyo or some shit]]!
107	** Possibly the first they ever did is at the end of ''Detective Mittens''. Early cartoons in general had little to no harsh language.
108	* PreMortemOneLiner: From ''Dad Cop 2'':
109	--> [[spoiler:'''Chief''': You're off the case!]]\
110	'''Dad Cop 2''': Oh yeah? Well you're...\
111	[[BoomHeadshot Bang]]!\
112	'''Dad Cop 2''': [[spoiler:''Off the face!'']]
113	** Also attempted by [[spoiler:Mister Kill/The Chief of Police]] in the end of the same video:
114	--> [[spoiler:'''Mister Kill''']]: That's right, Dad Cop 2. It's now time for ''you''... To Dad.. Cop... DIE!
115	* RetiredMonster: In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLeRK7zMHLQ A Murder has Occurred]]", the detective investigating the murder casually remarks that he was once in prison for war crimes.
116	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After the fraternity of fruit members loses half its members to a sniper, they become a fraternity of fruit revenge. The next scene shows the leader Garry (an apple) with a scar across his eye, a hook for a hand, and another scar on his cheek. We don't see the actual roaring rampage but we are told that they made their way from the mountains of India to an abandoned warehouse in Equator, and as Garry says "the trail stops here" that somewhat implies a roaring rampage.
117	* SceneryPorn: Chris is forced to do this several times in "Chris Draws a Cartoon". Eventually he gets [[PrecisionFStrike fed up]] with it.
118	* ScreamDiscretionShot: In "Bino the Elephant", when the flower from hell is crawling up Bino's urethra. We instead see Dr. Z listening to Bino's screams via their communicators.
119	* TheSecretOfLongPorkPies: In "The Walrus Song", the singer reveals that [[spoiler:he has been feeding the walrus the meat of other walruses]], and rubs it in her face for the rest of the song.
120	* ShaggyDogStory: At the end of The Mystery of the Missing Emerald Necklace, the Detective's monologue on how much investigating it took to reach Westington manor is interrupted by the thief showing up and confessing to the crime. The rest of the episode is the two of them awkwardly standing around waiting for the police to arrive.
121	* SoundtrackDissonance: Bino the Elephant's title theme, aside from being ridiculously catchy for a song that plays over a video of an elephant being dropped into hell, features a sound clip of children cheering at three moments which coincide with when Bino gets trapped in hell, Bino catching fire, and Bino being impaled on spikes.
122	* StealthParody: Hit It With A Car is a stealth AffectionateParody of the destruction genre of Platform/YouTube videos such as ''Advertising/WillItBlend'' and ''WebVideo/IsItAGoodIdeaToMicrowaveThis'' They even featured Blendtec blenders in one episode. Of course people don't get the joke and often request crazy things for them to hit with a car including another car.
123	%%* StylisticSuck: "Wizard of the West".
124	* SubvertedKidsShow: Sort of. Any cartoon that starts off innocent and especially when it starts off sweet is guaranteed to become totally horrifying toward the middle. The shorts that start off bizarre maintain a subtle creepiness (such as "In This Box").
125	* SurrealHumor: Oh, very.
126	* TakeThat:
127	** Steele made an entire cartoon attacking Chris Brown; it even used some of the man's own words against him.
128	** People expected his John [=McCain=] cartoon to be this, [[SubvertedTrope but]] it turned out to just be a nonsensical, surreal cartoon that happened to star the politician. In the Filmcow DVD commentary, Jason Steele even emphasized that the cartoon wasn't supposed to have any political agenda or message; he just liked how [=McCain=] always said "my friends" and thought it would be funny to base a cartoon off of that quirk.
129	** ''The Mystery of the Missing Silver Pendant'' is one against George Zimmerman.
130	** "Spatula Madness" has an entire song ripping on France. The protagonist of the movie, Edward, even says "I'm sure France would be nice if they killed off all the French".
131	** Spatula Madness also has one against Scientology. At one point he has to fight off a group of well dedicated Scientologists.
132	--> '''Protagonist''': You're Not a Religion you're a Pyramid Scheme!
133	** The "Marshmallow People" cartoons are one towards people who bitch about being bored online.
134	** Merlin the Wizard Fish Reacts to the Fine Bros was, as one might guess, a rather vicious attack on the Fine Bros. for their attempt to copyright reaction videos, pointing out the hypocrisy of them copyrighting their video format when they have used content from other channels (including Film Cow's) without permission in their own videos.
135	** Professor Toothy seems to be a parody of every annoying character from every educational children's cartoon ever. [[spoiler:He gets his face burned off when the man he's been harassing dumps a bag of sugar on him.]]
136	* TalkingAnimal: A great number of the cartoons have talking animals as the main characters.
137	* {{Telefrag}}: Bino [[spoiler: accidentally kills Dr. Z's wife]] this way. But it's okay. He has more.
138	* TemptingFate: Done intentionally by the guy being bothered in "Professor Toothy" in order [[spoiler:to get Professor Toothy to show up so that he can attack him.]]
139	* TrademarkFavoriteFood:
140	** George in "The Animal", "Jurassic Park 5", "Prometheus 2", and "The Robber" is making eggs at the start of each episode. Naturally, he never gets to eat them.
141	** Professor Toothy doesn't eat lamb chops himself...but he loves to make ''other'' people eat them.
142	* TriggerHappy:
143	** George Zimmerman in "The Mystery of the Missing Silver Pendant".
144	** The eponymous character from ''Dad Cop 2''. He even ends up shooting [[spoiler:the Chief of Police]].
145	* UnusualEuphemism:
146	** Doctor Fabulous gives us "Oh sweet fancy Moses, what is that?!"
147	** Horse Man refers to things he dislikes as [[MadLibsCatchphrase "The 9/11 of _______,"]] and calls out his friend Denis for "9/11-ing up the mood" by making his party awkward.
148	* UnwantedAssistance: In "Professor Toothy", an office worker is constantly harassed by a talking tooth named Professor Toothy who randomly shows up to give him dental advice and force-feed him lamb chops. [[spoiler:The fourth time Professor Toothy shows up, the man attacks him with a bag of sugar.]]
149	* TheVerse: [[spoiler:''Fannie and Earl'']] takes place in the same universe as ''Detective Heart of America'', as shown in ''[[TheMovie The Final Freedom]]''.
150	* VillainSong: ''Make Me Smile'' from "Ferrets"
151	* VirtualYouTuber: Vulo the [[FaceStealer Face Borrower]] is a parody of these. She is a strange walrus / seal like monster with the face of CatGirl (who is now a coma without her face).
152	* VisualPun: ''The Mystery of the the Missing Emerald Necklace'' has the culprit immediately surrendering to the [[TalkingAnimal elephant detective]], and then they just stand there silently and awkwardly as they wait for the police to arrive. The obvious question would be why the culprit would steal all those treasures and then give up, but it's not mentioned because ''[[DontExplainTheJoke they're not talking about the elephant in the room]]''.
153	* WarmHeartedWalrus: "The Walrus Song" features a cute little walrus wearing a bow. The poor thing is traumatized when her owner suddenly reveals that [[spoiler:[[TheSecretOfLongPorkPies he's been feeding her walrus meat]].]]
154	* WeaksauceWeakness: Professor Toothy [[spoiler: naturally gets horribly burned by sugar]].
155	* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:The BigBad]] of ''Spatula Madness''.
156	* WhamLine:
157	** "Cupcake Pals":
158	---> '''Cupcake''': [[spoiler:HELP ME, ''JESUS PUT ME IN THE [[PrecisionFStrike FUCKING]] BLENDER!'']]
159	** "The Walrus Song":
160	--->'''Tim:''' [[spoiler:I've been feeding you walrus meat.]]
161	** "OMG BISCOFF SPREAD" has one that isn't really that shocking, but is treated as such by the puppets:
162	---> '''Puppet 2''' ''(describing the foodstuff)'' It's made out of fucking ''cookies!''
163	** "Ferrets" has a [[WhamLine Wham Lyric]]:
164	---> '''Ferret''': [[spoiler:Everybody knows the holocaust was a lie]], so let's sing about the things we like and don't be shy...!\
165	'''Harold''': Wait, what was that about [[spoiler:the holocaust]]?
166	** "Obama's Terrible Secret":
167	---> '''John''': I know your favourite Franchise/{{Pokemon}} is... [[spoiler:Mr. Mime!]]
168	** "Nick: The Feature Film", just when [[spoiler:things are starting to look up for Chris]]:
169	---> '''Rob''': Chris smiled the biggest smile of his life, a face made from pure sparkling bliss. [[spoiler:And then a huge sword came flying out of nowhere and plunged ''right up his ass''.]]
170	** "It's Series/CakeBoss"
171	---> '''Buddy''': My wife's birthday's coming up. I'd thought I'd surprise her with something special. A CAKE! It's her favorite flavor too! In fact it's the same cake I've surprised her with for every birthday and anniversary since we've been together. One year she said she didn't want anymore cakes, so I [[spoiler:locked her in the cellar for a while.]]
172	* WhodunnitToMe: In the short story "Well, I Was Murdered in a Lake Again" the protagonist has this happen to her twice, each time returning to life because she killed the Psychopomp that came for her.
173	* WordSaladHorror: Jason's monologues in the "Month Of..." videos have been rapidly descending into this, whether by design or...something else. Even his speech trying to tell his audience that he's "okay" still comes off as very unnerving.
174	* {{Yandere}}: [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Robot Ice Cream Sandwich]] is this to Derrick in "In This Box."
175	* YouBastard: Merlin, the Wizard Fish lapses into this a lot, musing about how ungrateful and insignificant the audience is.

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