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1	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Up_Up_Down_Down_2304.jpg]]
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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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