Line #47 WebAnimation/TheDementedCartoonMovie


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:The movie will now continue normally, in whatever way "normal" applies to anything in this movie.]]
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4	->'''Guy in Green Chair''': Is it me, or is this movie making less and less sense?\
5	'''Guy in Blue Chair''': I think it is.\
6	'''Guy in Green Chair''': Then why are we watching it?\
7	'''Guy in Blue Chair''': I don't know. I think we're watching it because it doesn't make any sense.\
8	'''Guy in Green Chair''': Oh... Well it doesn't change the fact that this is crap.\
9	'''Guy in Blue Chair''': Nope.\
10	'''Guy in Green Chair''': You wanna watch some more?
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12	Short answer: It is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
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14	''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBFKfgLf0LI The Demented Cartoon Movie!]]'' is a 2001 Flash cartoon written, directed, drawn, animated, created, recorded, conceived of, responsibility claimed, filmed, edited, converted to standard transport elephant zucchini format and back again by Brian Kendall.
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16	It features a trailer[[note]]with everything missing![[/note]], opening credits, stick figures[[note]]Blah! boom[[/note]], green and blue chairs, Qrrbrbirlbel, a kamikaze watermelon[[note]][[RunningGag DA-DA-DA-DA, Da-DAAAAA! Wheeeeee! splat]][[/note]], a production of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''[[note]]O Romeo, catch[[/note]], a tidal wave[[note]]Splash.[[/note]], nucular[[note]]It's pronounced "nuclear!"[[/note]] explosions, a rocket to Mars[[note]]You fast-forwarded wrong![[/note]], a car race, a superhero, a villain, and an ending, among other things. If you have thirty minutes of your life to waste, you ought to check it out.
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19	!!I know, let's play Toss the Trope-Bomb!
20	* {{Angrish}}: As Juliet keeps murdering Romeo, the director can no longer put his criticisms into words and starts stammering before running off to find another actor.
21	* AnvilOnHead: Mr. Weight On Head, rather. It and Mr. Big Shoe often come in with an uncanny comedic timing to put an unexpected end to a number of characters.
22	* AxCrazy: Juliet can't keep herself from killing Romeo. The one time she tries to defy this trope, as per the director's instructions, she loses it and throws the bomb anyway.
23	* BalconyWooingScene: The crew attempt to recreate the Balcony Scene in ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', but they can't quite seem to pull off the whole "Romeo woos Juliet from her window" thing, because of Juliet's compulsive urge to kill the Romeos.
24	* BigRedButton: A few gags revolve around a big red button that characters can't seem to help but pressing. Big red buttons are also seen on the Auto Romeo Maker and the Auto Damsel Maker.
25	* BlahBlahBlah: Aside from the multitude of characters with "blah" either in or ''as'' their name, the second version of the intro uses placeholder words as it retreads stuff seen in the first intro, such as "Brian Ken- Blah, blah, blah".
26	* {{BFG}}: Mr. Blaster Ray Gun, which Evil Blah uses to shoot the origin of the music that keeps annoying him.
27	* BileFascination: InUniverse, the Chair Guys call the movie crap, wondering why they're watching a movie that makes no sense, but keep watching anyway, ''because'' it makes no sense.
28	* BombWhistle: Followed by BOOM - you guessed that, right? A long whistle comes between a curious stickman's examination of a marking on the ground and the bomb landing on it.
29	* BrickJoke: "Blah" causing head explosions. It's mostly been left behind by the time of Evil Blah and Super Blah's confrontation, but then Evil Blah kills Super Blah by having him read a sign that says "Blah."
30	* BuffySpeak: The "evil process" Evil Blah is undertaking is described as "Operation Something-Thingy".
31	* TheCape: Super Blah, hero of Blah guys everywhere, with a costume consisting of a cape and a [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS "B" logo on the chest]], and powers including super strength and flight.
32	* CardCarryingVillain: Evil Blah. "Hahahaha! I feel very evil today!"
33	* CartoonBomb: Zeeky H. Bomb is a round, black, fused bomb with a face.
34	* TheChewToy: Bloing Gloing! is almost always getting destroyed for whatever reason, and is always fine the next time they appear.
35	* {{Cloudcuckooland}}: Qrrbrbirlbel has various nonsensical happenings, often involving explosions, [[AnvilOnHead giant weights falling on people]], and kamikaze watermelons, not to mention the crazy citizens.
36	* ColonyDrop: The earth falls into the sun too many times to count.
37	* CloneDegeneration: While the Auto Damsel Maker has always had problems with the damsels' heads falling off, the last damsel created proves to be a complete ''nutcase''.
38	* CreatingLife: The Auto Romeo Maker is used to create a new actor when Juliet keeps killing them. The Auto Damsel Maker is later used by Evil Blah to lure Super Blah into his lair.
39	* CurseCutShort: "And ''furthermore'' [[SelfDeprecation whoever made this movie]] is a complete jacka--" '''[[KilledMidSentence BOOM]]'''
40	* DamselInDistress: The generic damsel, used by Evil Blah to lure Super Blah into his lair.
41	* DeadlineNews: When Zeeky H. Bomb says the Zeeky Words, he blows up the news crew at the scene. Then the anchor realizes: "OhCrap, that's going to be broadcast all over the world!"
42	%%* DiabolicalMastermind: Evil Blah.
43	* TheDitherer: The car driver, who doesn't want to crash, but is reluctant to steer either, to the point of being TooDumbToLive.
44	* DoingInTheWizard: When the two Blah Guys go to Mars to find the secret of why the Zeeky Words cause explosions, it turns out it's not a random occurrence, but a bomb launcher that senses whenever the Zeeky Words are said. [[spoiler:Subverted; after they destroy the bomb launcher with its own H-Bomb, the Zeeky Words still blow the Blah Guys up.]]
45	* DropTheCow: Or Mr. Weight. Or Mr. Big Shoe. These two objects are often used to suddenly end a predictable running gag via crush.
46	* EarthShatteringKaboom: It's fun to count the number of times this happens.[[note]]Eleven. Fourteen, if you count the times it fell into the sun.[[/note]]
47	* EsotericHappyEnding: {{Invoked\|Trope}} with "HAPPY END!".
48	--> '''Guy in Green Chair''': "Happy end"? What the hell is "happy end"?
49	* EveryCarIsAPinto: A huge explosion occurs every time a car slams into a wall.
50	* EverythingExplodesEnding: It ends with those two stick figures on the chairs being stuck to their faces and their chairs falling apart, causing their city to collapse, and finally unleashing a missile that knocks the Moon out of the sky, which destroys the Earth.
51	* EverythingMakesAMushroom: There are a lot of mushroom-generating explosions in this movie, either because of random H-bombs or someone saying "the Zeeky Words".
52	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin:
53	** Fooby the Kamikaze Watermelon, Auto Romeo Maker, Auto Damsel Maker, Make the World Blow Up Button, brick wall and Fooby Buttons, Mr. Blaster Ray Gun... practically everything.
54	** Don't forget the Crash Yourself Into a Brick Wall Race.
55	** Hell, the movie itself. Self-explanatory title indeed.
56	* FastForwardGag: When the one Blah guy fast-forwards through the whole FailureMontage, he "fast-forwards wrong" and ends up in a pile of bombs that [[AC:poof]] into existence and blow up Mars.
57	* FreezeFrameBonus: At the end of the bad dance act segment, just before the guy [[DropTheCow gets blown up]], a long thought bubble appears for a split second.
58	* {{GASP}}: At the climactic moments when the Blah guys find out what actually causes the Zeeky Words to blow stuff up, and when Super Blah is defeated by Evil Blah, everyone present, including an unseen character accompanied by plain text, says "gasp".
59	* GilliganCut: As soon as the one chair guy expresses relief that there are no words to make the world blow up, it cuts to a character saying words that cause that exact thing.
60	* GiantFootOfStomping: Mr. Big Shoe, who stomps various character with a "pfft".
61	* GoWaitOutside: A rare non-video game use. Super Blah arrived to save the day too early, so Evil Blah tells him to come back in a few minutes.
62	* GreekChorus: The two stick figures sitting in the chairs watch, comment on, and criticize various aspects of the movie.
63	* TheIgor: Several of Evil Blah's Nondescript Henchmen, who have hunchbacks and carry out his every whim.
64	* InherentlyFunnyWords: We repeat: Zeeky Boogy Doog. Fooby, the Kamikaze Watermelon. Blah. But [[TemptingFate at least there isn't any words to make the world blow up.]]
65	--> Gleeg Snag Zip! '''BOOM!!!'''
66	** We stand ''thoroughly'' corrected.
67	* InventionalWisdom:
68	** "Oops! I accidentally pressed the H-Bomb button!" "Wait, why the hell would there just happen to be an H-Bomb--" '''BOOM'''
69	** "Hey, you just pushed the Make-The-World-Blow-Up button!" "You know what, [[WhoWritesThisCrap this movie sucks, I don't get it]]...."
70	* KryptoniteFactor: Super Blah, like many of the other Blah Guys, is prone to having his [[YourHeadASplode head blown off]] if he ever says the word "Blah".
71	* LampshadeHanging: After the Earth blows up the second time, a guy watching it says, "How many times has the Earth blown up?".
72	* LazyArtist: Complete with [[LampshadeHanging an arrow noting this]] when the guy complaining about the movie moves between only two frames of animation.
73	* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: The OminousPipeOrgan used as a {{Leitmotif}} for Evil Blah, which Evil Blah ''himself'' takes care of by shooting a laser at it.
74	* {{Leitmotif}}: Evil Blah has an OminousPipeOrgan piece that plays for him...[[LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn to his annoyance]].
75	* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: Brian Kendall seems to ''love'' this effect, as the slowdown effect happens in many pieces of music during the movie:
76	** At the end of the "trailer".
77	** During the opening and end credits, to end both of them.
78	** The theme music for the news report trails off like this.
79	** Both times Evil Blah stops the OminousPipeOrgan from playing.
80	* MadeOfExplodium: Many objects explode for seemingly no reason, in particular Blah guys, who explode when they say "blah" and the world, which explodes when the words "gleeg snag zip" are said.
81	* MadeOfIndestructium: The Zeeky Causer is a tiny robot that is absolutely impervious to Zeeky explosions.
82	* MadeOfPlasticine: The typical Blah Guy can be decapitated by getting kicked in the head with a shoe.
83	* MadScientist: Crazy Scientist Blah looks like the typical mad scientist, with his wild hair and such, and works for Evil Blah in his lab to assist in the latter's evildoings.
84	* MagicAIsMagicA: Any words that cause things to happen will behave the exact same way most of the time.
85	* MediumAwareness: One stickman takes advantage of the fast forward function to skip the long journey to Mars. The first attempt doesn't go so well, however, as they're met with a multitude of bombs, with the other stickman saying, "You fast-forwarded it wrong!"
86	* MinskyPickup: The melody is the intro to the Zeeky Boogy Doog/Gleeg Snag Zip song.
87	* MissingEpisode: The supposed "introduction sequence" has been "lost" which probably means it was never made. According to the animator, it was supposed to involve a spinning office chair. [[invoked]]
88	* MockCousteau: The underwater scenes, in which the host speaks with a Jacques Cousteau-esque French accent.
89	* NegativeContinuity:
90	** Most notably, the [[EarthShatteringKaboom Earth explodes]] ''eleven times''.
91	** There are also many characters who die and appear alive afterwards, notably Bloing Gloing!
92	* NoFourthWall:
93	** When that one guy steps on the Make-The-World-Blow-Up button, he rants about [[WhoWritesThisCrap the movie]] and [[RageAgainstTheAuthor the author]].
94	** At the end of the movie, the two guys in chairs wonder aloud how the movie is going to kill them off.
95	* NothingCanStopUsNow - Evil Blah says that now nothing can stop him after defeating Super Blah, seconds before Zeeky H. Bomb appears and blows him up.
96	* NothingIsScarier: The actual appearance of TheDreaded Bubblefish is unknown, mainly because it lives deep in the ocean, where no light shines, and because both times they attempted to show the appearance of the Bubblefish, it turned out to be the Zeeky H. Bomb.
97	* OffWithHisHead: Many of the characters lose their head to [[MadeOfPlasticine ridiculously easy]] decapitation by several means, including getting their head kicked off by a shoe.
98	* OhCrap: Occurs a couple times.
99	--> '''Scientist''': Now it seems as though we have found ze bubblefish. We are close now. When we shine ze light on it--\
100	[[spoiler: '''Zeeky H. Bomb''': ZEEKY BOOGY DOOG!]]\
101	'''Scientist''': [[SelfDemonstratingArticle Oh Crap]].
102	** BOOM
103	** When Zeeky is being interviewed:
104	---> '''Interviewer''': What do you have to say in your defense?\
105	'''Zeeky H. Bomb''': Ah... ZEEKY BOOGY DOOG!\
106	'''BOOM'''\
107	'''Anchor''': OhCrap, that's going to be broadcast all over the world!\
108	''Cut to Earth which becomes covered in explosions''
109	* OminousPipeOrgan: Parodied! Evil Blah demanded one of his minions to ''shut off'' the organ, and proceeds to shoot the organ when it plays again because it annoyed him.
110	* OperationBlank: "Begin Operation: Something-Thingy!"
111	* OverlyLongGag:
112	** The trip to Mars, with multiple attempts going the same way until one character decides to fast forward through it. Conversed by the characters watching it.
113	** The bad dance act, with the orthogonal stickman starting from the top every time he accidentally knocks his head off.
114	** The movie overall is half an hour long, which is miraculous considering that it doesn't take particularly long to load on most connections.
115	* RageAgainstTheAuthor: The guy who steps on the Make-The-World-Blow-Up button starts to single out the author specifically when he's cut off by [[EarthShatteringKaboom the world blowing up]].
116	* RandomEventsPlot: Few scenes are related beyond a few common running gags.
117	* RetroactiveWish: Someone said, "It would suck if an airplane randomly flew out of the sky and crashed into us." which is exactly what happened. His friend then said, [[BriarPatching "It would suck if a large, generic wad of cash randomly appeared in front of me that I could do whatever I wanted with."]] A shoe kicked his head off.
118	* RuleOfFunny: Few events have any reason to occur except for laughs.
119	* RunningGag: 90% of the movie. The Zeeky words; the Kamikaze Watermelon; the rocket trip to Mars, "blah", the giant boot... all repeated multiple times.
120	* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud:
121	** "GASP!"
122	** The "poof" and "splash" sound effects are also said out loud.
123	* TheScottishTrope:
124	** A nuclear explosion happens every time someone says "zeeky boogy doog" BOOM As a result everybody calls the phrase "the Zeeky Words".
125	** And the ''entire world'' breaks ''in half'' whenever anyone says "Gleeg snag zip". World breaks in half
126	** And if a Blah guy says "Blah"-- head pop
127	** Or if someone mentions Fooby the Kamikaze Watermelon-- charge fanfare "Wheeee" splat
128	* ScreamingWoman: The Generic Damsel, who has to be replaced every time her head falls off. The first one even says she's screaming ''because'' her head's about to fall off.
129	* ShootTheShaggyDog: Early and often. {{Lampshade\|Hanging}}d after the Mars scenes, with the green chair guy frustrated that, despite the explorers having removed the machine causing explosions when the Zeeky Words are uttered, saying the words still causes an explosion.
130	* ShoutOut:
131	** The entire intro, and possibly the entire movie, is steeped with allusions to Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail.
132	** Also to Music/TheBeatles with the 9th attempt to reach Mars. NUMBER NINE ... NUMBER NINE ... NUMBER NINE ...
133	** And then there's the whole ''Romeo and Juliet'' production.
134	** '''HAPPY END!''' is possibly a ShoutOut to VideoGame/BubbleBobble.
135	* SimpletonVoice: The guy driving to Qrrbrbirlbel speaks slowly in a low-pitched voice. He happens to think that driving into a brick wall is more efficient than steering away from it.
136	* SpeakOfTheDevil: Anytime someone mentions Fooby, the Kamikaze Watermelon—
137	** fanfare WHEEEEEEEEE! splat
138	--->'''Guy in Chair''': At least there aren't any words that make the whole world blow up.\
139	''[Another guy appears on TV, holding a cannon to his grinning face, and [[{{Beat}} stays perfectly still for several seconds]], until:]''\
140	'''Guy on TV:''' Gleeg snag zip!\
141	''[The Earth immediately explodes.]''\
142	'''Guy in Chair''': I stand ''thoroughly'' corrected.
143	* StockFootage: You are going to see the same H-bomb explosion nearly twice a minute. With the movie going on for half an hour, that is a lot.
144	* StuffBlowingUp: Nearly everything in the movie explodes, sometimes more than once.
145	* SurrealHumor: Just about every single thing about this cartoon is nonsensical and played for laughs.
146	* TemptingFate: Evil Blah says that now nothing can stop him after defeating Super Blah, seconds before Zeeky H. Bomb appears and blows him up.
147	* ThatsNoMoon: {{Inverted\|Trope}}. A stickman sees an ant, only to realize that it's not an ant, but Zeeky H. Bomb, who proceeds to say his [[StuffBlowingUp explosive]] {{catchphrase}}.
148	* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: The world is blown up or otherwise destroyed 14 times.
149	* TooDumbToLive:
150	** The guy who presses the various buttons, knowing fully well that the last one is labelled with a picture of the world exploding.
151	** The driver of a gray car, who declines to steer away from a brick wall because "I'm baaad at thaaat!"
152	-->'''On-Board Computer System:''' [[AC:This is your on-board computer system. We are about to crash. What do you want to do?]]\
153	'''Driver:''' Uhh... mmuuuuh... I can't decide.\
154	'''On-Board Computer System:''' [[AC:Steering prevents accidents.]]\
155	'''Driver:''' Well, yeah, but umm...\
156	'''On-Board Computer System:''' [[AC:Do you want to crash?]]\
157	'''Driver:''' Well, not really...\
158	'''On-Board Computer System:''' [[AC:Then maybe you should steer.]]\
159	'''Driver:''' But I'm ''baaaad at thaaaat!''
160	** "Eeeeh, I'm bored." "Me too." "Eh-what are we going to do?" "I dunno." "Wanna play a game?" "Sure, what game?" "I dunno." "...Oh I know! Let's play catch the H-Bomb!" "Yeah!" "WHEEE!" '''BOOM'''
161	** Heck, virtually ''everyone'' in this movie.
162	* TropeName: The final skit between the two "bubblefish" scenes is simply the text "<INSERT ZEEKY BOOGY DOOG HERE>" followed by a nuclear explosion.
163	* TheUnintelligible: Bloing Gloing! speaks only in noises similar to his name. This is dragged out so much that after a while, he just gets crushed by Mr. Weight as soon as he starts speaking.
164	* UnreadablyFastText: Two-thirds into the animation, a dancing stick-figure that tries to do his jig gets a bomb thrown at him, with the many-sentence-long speech bubble lasting for one whole second before blowing up. Fortunately for those viewing in the original Flash format, the cartoon has a pause button built-in.
165	* VerbalTic: Various characters talk about "nucular" explosions.[[note]][[RunningGag It's pronounced "nuclear"!]][[/note]]
166	* WhatDoesThisButtonDo:
167	** Within the first few segments, we see a guy walk up to a wall which has a big red button marked "!!!!!!!!" He looks at it while making curious noises, then pushes it, only to be crushed by Mr. Weight. Quickly followed by another guy showing up, pointing and laughing, only to get his head kicked off by a shoe on a stick.
168	** A later scene involves another "Hmm Guy" pressing a series of buttons. One causes a brick wall to pop up on the nearby road, causing several cars to crash behind him. The second causes Fooby the kamikaze watermelon to make an appearance. The last one [[EarthShatteringKaboom causes the world to blow up]].
169	* WhoWritesThisCrap: When the guy steps on the Make-The-World-Blow-Up button, he starts a rant about how the movie sucks and makes no sense. Before he can ''really'' lay into the author, [[EarthShatteringKaboom the world blows up]].
170	* YourHeadASplode: Every time a stick guy says "Blah!", their head pops off explosively.
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172	->'''Zeeky H. Bomb''': Zeeky boogy doog!\
173	< INSERT MUSHROOM CLOUD HERE >

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