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3 | "Up, Up, Down, Down" is a Flash-animated music video by self-proclaimed "nerd rock" band Music/{{Kirby Krackle|Music}}. It starts out as a [[SillyLoveSongs sweet love song]] about a geeky video game store clerk who has a crush on a [[GamerChick girl]] who frequents his shop, before going into something [[LyricalDissonance completely different]]. |
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5 | The video can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg2kDtJZos8 here]]. Due to the short length of it, '''there are unmarked spoilers below.''' |
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7 | !!The video provides examples of: |
8 | * {{Animesque}}: The art style, including several standard "anime gestures". |
9 | * BlankWhiteEyes: The pianist switches between theses and EyesAlwaysShut. |
10 | * DoggedNiceGuy: The male lead is a milder version: he's persistent doing his best to win over the girl, though never going to extremes. |
11 | * DownerEnding: The girl is a stalker who murders the lead after their date by cooking him alive and eating him. |
12 | * FluffyCloudHeaven: Where the male lead winds up after being murdered. |
13 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: The girl has a poison mushroom shirt, a [[PoisonMushroom dangerous item]] from the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series, hinting at her darker nature. |
14 | * GamerChick: The female lead is an attractive young woman who loves video games, which is what gets the protagonist's attention. |
15 | * ImAHumanitarian: The girl is a cannibal who murders and eats the main character, and is implied to have done so to others before him. |
16 | * LyricalDissonance: You will never hear someone sound happier while singing "Because I'm dead". |
17 | * MurderBallad: The song is one from the victim's point of view. |
18 | * NerdsAreSexy: The protagonist finds the girl's nerdiness sexy. |
19 | * EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: The girl's skin is pure white, unlike the main character who is merely pale pink. |
20 | * PlayedForLaughs: The twist ending; the main character was murdered and eaten, but the song doesn't it very seriously. |
21 | * ShoutOut: Many. |
22 | ** The [[ClassicCheatCode Konami Code]] in the title and song lyrics. |
23 | ** The girl's [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels poison mushroom]] shirt. |
24 | ** The lyrics mention Hyrule from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''. |
25 | ** "I should take a risk, then like [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Wilson Fisk]], be the Kingpin of this day." |
26 | ** During his daydream, the male lead imagines the girl wearing [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Morrigan's]] signature outfit. |
27 | ** (She) warned me that I shouldn't scream or she'd gut me like ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}. |
28 | * StalkerWithACrush: The girl was stalking the main character for weeks beforehand. |
29 | * TwistEnding: The girl is a murderous stalker who kills and eats the main character. |
30 | * UnmovingPlaid: The girl's skirt. |
31 | * {{Yandere}}: The girl, who is both infatuated with the main character and who cheerfully murders him. |
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