1 | "Kings of Power: 4 Billion%" is a web animation created by Creator/PaulRobertson with music done by Cornel Wilczek, released in 2008 as his second short film, after "Pirate Baby Cabana Battle 2006". It is a short, 15 minute film done in 2D 16-bit graphics, all hand designed, and is a marvelous piece of work, without any dialogue and very little plot. |
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3 | [[MindScrew It's also batshit-insane]]. |
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5 | Basically, it seems that the author was trying to see how much he combine of the following: RuleOfCool, RefugeInAudacity, {{Gorn}}, pixel art and as [[{{Troperiffic}} many videogame references and conventions]] he could get away with. |
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7 | It can be seen in multiple places on the web, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNMJe83VxdY here]] (NSFW) is an upload by the animator himself. |
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10 | !!Tropes present in this animation: |
11 | * AlienInvasion: This is one way to interpret the beginning of the plot, except the aliens look like boys for some reason. At first. |
12 | * AllThereInTheManual: Apparently, [[spoiler: the little girl's name is [[http://probertson.livejournal.com/37973.html Kathy, or perhaps Guro Kathy]]]]. |
13 | %% * BigBad: [[spoiler: The little girl, of all people]]. [[MindScrew Maybe]]. |
14 | %% * {{BFS}}: The geeky girl carries one. |
15 | %% * BlobMonster: One of the many enemies faced in the animation. The geeky girl deals with several of them near the beginning. |
16 | * BloodyMurder: [[spoiler:The little girl's attacks all involve self-mutilation and propulsion of the resulting blood and/or organs.]] |
17 | * BodyHorror: Done multiple times, all meticulously and caringly animated, to point one might suspect the author has something of fetish. |
18 | %% * BossRush: Much of the movie consists of this, albeit only with only one confrontation per boss. Becomes an InvokedTrope against the Violence Kings. |
19 | %% * TheCameo: Several characters and people cameo during [[spoiler:the formation of the "New Jesus."]] |
20 | %% * CreditsGag: The creators are credited under titles like "King of Animation" and "King of Music". |
21 | %% * DualBoss: The Violence Kings. |
22 | * EveryCarIsAPinto: The vehicles explode when shot at, or when they crash. |
23 | * {{Fanservice}}: |
24 | ** The cyan/magenta/yellow trio briefly undress for a "special portrait" move against a giant robot, and are naked for a split-second during their attack before the "GOD RUSH." |
25 | ** The goddess Venus appears during the "GOD RUSH" mimicking her depiction "the Birth of Venus," except with her giant breasts completely visible. |
26 | %% * FinalBossNewDimension: With big dose of {{Gorn}}. |
27 | %% * FightingYourFriend: [[spoiler: The little girl]]. |
28 | * FreezeFrameBonus: A number of things can only be spotted for a split-second in the animation, such as a number of the cameos. |
29 | %% * GenreShift: At the very least, from a sidescroller brawler to a ShootEmUp and back a couple of times. Kinda. |
30 | * {{Gorn}}: Most of the movie has plenty of this throughout, but wait until you see the final 2 minutes or so. |
31 | %% * GratuitousEnglish: "Bury me deeper lest my love reach you in the eternal resting place." This appears as a subtitle on the screen for seemingly no purpose. |
32 | %% * HopelessBossFight: Depending on how you interpret things, again. |
33 | %% * TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:The Violence Kings aren't really the final boss]]. |
34 | %% * MirrorBoss: The elegant dressed guy goes through one. |
35 | %% * MindScrew: Just what the hell is going in this movie? |
36 | * PrimaryColorChampion: Three of the heroes appear to be superheroines that are near-identical except for their hair and bloomers being cyan, yellow, and magenta. |
37 | %% * RuleOfCool: You can strongly suspect the movie is made with the purpose of achieving as much of this as possible. |
38 | * ShapeShifterSwanSong: The Violence Kings go backwards through their transformation process after being killed. |
39 | * WaveMotionGun: The Violence Kings create one during the final battle, killing the heroes [[OneHitKO in one shot.]] At least until the little girl revives them, that is. |
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