Line #25 Music/GuardiansInferno


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Zardu Hasselfrau! Zardu Hasselfrau, hey!"'']]
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4	->''In these times of hardship,\
5	just remember:\
6	We! Are! Groot!''
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8	"Guardians Inferno" is a disco cover of Tyler Bates' ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy\|2014}}'' theme, with lyrics written by Creator/JamesGunn, and performed by Creator/DavidHasselhoff and "The Sneepers". It plays during the end credits of ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' (after "Surrender" and "Flashlight"), and also closes the soundtrack ''Awesome Mix, Vol. 2''. In August 2017, Marvel shared a ''[=TopPop=]''-inspired [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MMMe1drnZY music video]] for the song, guest-starring Gunn and the main ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' actors, both online, and on the ''[=GotG=] Vol. 2'' home media releases.
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11	!!"Guardians Inferno" provides examples of:
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13	* SeventiesHair: Some of the music video's performers (including most of the men involved with making the ''Guardians'' movies) wear wigs to accomplish this.
14	* BrickJoke: Gamora mangles David Hasselhoff's name as "Zardu Hasselfrau" near the beginning of ''Vol. 2''. In "Guardians Inferno", the one and only Hoff is introduced as "Zardu Hasselfrau".
15	* TheCameo:
16	** Creator/StanLee can add yet another notch to his cameo list, as he shows up near the end of the video. He doesn't dance, however, despite joking about it in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQy-_aM8MLo the "Behind the Scenes" video]].
17	--->'''Stan Lee:''' I've always wondered why the world hadn't tapped into my musical talent before...
18	** One of the extras costumed as an alien is Guillermo Rodriguez (from ''Series/JimmyKimmelLive''), who also should have had a cameo in the movie (as a cop on Earth), but this ended in a DeletedScene.[[invoked]]
19	* ChromaKey: Liberally used throughout the music video, with psychedelic space or geometric shapes as background. '70s-style chroma key, of course, meaning it's painfully obvious.
20	* CurtainCall: In the video, the robot takes a bow after the song finishes.
21	* DoubleVision: The video is extremely fond of the classic special effect making a performer appear twice at once, mirrored by the middle of the screen.
22	* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The video's set and costumes make liberal use of sequins and glitter.
23	* FakeBand: The song is credited to "The Sneepers feat. Creator/DavidHasselhoff". There is, of course, no such band; it's the main cast of the movies (Creator/ChrisPratt, Creator/PomKlementieff, Sean Gunn, Creator/MichaelRooker, Creator/ZoeSaldana, Creator/DaveBautista, Creator/KarenGillan) and director Creator/JamesGunn having loads of fun in full Disco regalia.
24	* {{Fanservice}}: Several of the video's performers wear low-cut outfits, and Bautista [[WalkingShirtlessScene doesn't wear a shirt at all]].
25	* FingerGun: The dancers, as well as Zoe Saldaña, make frequent finger-gun gestures along with the zapping sounds of the music to evoke {{Ray Gun}}s.
26	* GratuitousDiscoSequence:
27	** In the ''[=GotG=] Vol. 2'' end credits, this song accompanies a display of holographic stickers of the Guardians [[spoiler:and the Grandmaster]] dancing.
28	** The whole music video is one long, very gratuitous, very Disco sequence, slavishly following the style and limitations of a music video from the '70s.
29	* {{Homage}}: The song and the video evoke Meco's disco covers of scores from ''Franchise/StarWars'', and when the Dutch variety show ''[=TopPop=]'' staged [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0PLHZhvg4Y a dance number]] around the first one.
30	* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:Most of the ''Guardians'' cast members, who play aliens in the films, appear without alien makeup in this music video. In contrast, Chris Pratt, who plays the TokenHuman in the films, is hiding his face underneath a robot suit.]]
31	* LeaveTheCameraRunning: The video runs a little longer than the song itself, even showing when the performers stop holding their final poses.
32	* NonAppearingTitle: No-one ever sings the words "Guardians" or "Inferno".
33	* PornStache: Sean Gunn is sporting an epic one along with his SeventiesHair.
34	* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "We! Are! Groot!"
35	* {{Retraux}}: Everything is designed to evoke disco performance videos of the [=1970s=], from the set design, costumes, and lighting. It was even shot on vintage television cameras to get the right look.
36	* ShoutOut: The song's title is a reference to the 1976 musical ''Theatre/DiscoInferno''.
37	* StylisticSuck: The music video slavishly follows the visual codes of '70s television, including laughable "aliens" and "spacemen" costumes, painfully obvious ChromaKey and other crappy special effects, over-the-top shots and camera moves, etc. Seriously, it's so "bad" in a well-done way and faithful to the tropes of the time[[note]]Creator/JamesGunn even shot it on 70's-era television cameras to make sure the final product had the right kind of bad quality[[/note]], without knowing the context it's almost impossible to guess it's not a vintage music video.
38	* TinCanRobot: One of the costumed dancers is a glitzy robot with a bucket head, doing vaguely robotic dance moves throughout the video. [[spoiler:The ending reveals it's Chris Pratt inside the costume.]]
39	* ViewersAreGeniuses: One of the lyrics for the number is "Getting down and dirty with a ''Procyon lotor''." ''Procyon lotor'' is the scientific name for "raccoon". This refers, naturally, to Rocket Raccoon. The video puts those words on the screen, presumably so viewers can look them up.
40	* WalkLikeAnEgyptian: In the background, Pom Klementieff briefly integrates the Egyptian walk in her dance moves.

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