'''''Deathigner''''' is an animated short created in 2013 by animation students at the Taiwanese University of Art.

The short centres on the children of various [[{{Psychopomp}} embodiments of death from different cultures]] being enrolled in a Death School. The parents – [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Osiris]], [[Myth/ChineseMythology The Heibai Wuchang]] (The Light and Dark Guardians of Impermanence), and TheGrimReaper – are determined to see their kids – Anubis, the Heibai Kids, and Little Death. But Little Death does not seem to be so keen on his studies as his fellow students...

The short itself can be found [[http://vimeo.com/72625639 here]].
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!!This short contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: The Light Impermanence's daughter.
* ActualPacifist: Little Death does not like watching bunnies getting killed.
* AnimalMotif:
** Anubis, of course, has the head of a jackal.
** The teacher's design is based off a vulture.
* ArtShift: Happens when showing the various psychopomps harvesting souls around the world.
* BadassAdorable:
** Little Death is easily the cutest and gentlest of the four students [[spoiler:and ends up being a lot better at harvesting souls because of this]].
** Anubis has the face of a puppy, but he can clearly kick some ass.
* BarbieDollAnatomy: Ghost Girl is naked, but it's not immediately obvious until she actually realises this.
* BermudaTriangle: The site of Death School, [[FridgeBrilliance presumably why there are so many disapperances in the area.]]
* BlackComedy: After the students practice on bunnies, the teacher announces they'll be harvesting souls from a hospital. After a long montage demonstrating them practicing [[NeckSnap soul harvesting.]] The teacher then harvests a soul from a body bag. Ghost Girl can't be much older than 13.
* BookEnds: The short starts with the parents harvesting the souls of the dead around the world by violently wresting them from their still-living bodies, and ends with Little Death travelling around the world, meeting ghosts, and cheering them up with new clothes.
* CloudCuckooLander: Death School's students are all single-mindedly devoted to the practice of death and the harvesting of souls. Except Little Death, who likes knitting.
* CreditsMontage: At the end, we see Little Death, [[spoiler:travelling around the world, collecting the souls of the dead, and giving them pink clothes to sheer them up]].
* DisturbedDoves: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]. When Little Death brings down his sickle on the bunny, the image cuts away to a flock of vultures fluttering away. The cause of this commotion? [[spoiler:Little Death was making his bunny a ribbon!]]
* DontFearTheReaper: Little Death.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Each student's introduction.
* EverybodyHatesHades: Aside from the protagonist, all of the psychopomps are completly, irredeemably evil, and soul harvesting is depicted as actual murder instead of simply gathering the souls of the dead. This is quite jarring when some of the psychopomps depicted - Anubis, for example - are some of the most benevolent gods in their respective mythologies.
* EverythingsBetterWithBunnies: The students practice harvesting souls on them... [[spoiler:or, in Little Death's case, fashion cute ribbons for them.]]
* [[FaceDeathWithDignity Face Little Death With Dignity]]: When Ghost Girl awakes to find she's dead, she's upset - then she realises she's naked, and seems to forget her dismay.
* FacePalm: Daddy Death's reaction to Little Death failing to harvest the bunny's soul is grabbing his hood and pulling it over his eye-sockets.
* FluffyCloudHeaven: Ghost Girl's eventual destination, as implied by the Pearly Gates.
* GenerationXerox: Played straight with Anubis and the Heibai Kids, averted by Little Death.
* GoryDiscretionShot: during the practice session with the bunnies.
* KickTheDog: The teacher snaps the bunny's neck in front of Little Death.
* LightningBruiser: Anubis is pretty thickset, but can fly through the air with apparent agility.
* [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Mad Psychopomp's Adorable Son]]: Little Death.
* MoodWhiplash:
** Daddy Death, [[RedEyesTakeWarning his eyes aflame]], pulls back his dark robes to reveal... his cute little son, who falls over onto his butt and drops his ball of yarn.
** Instead of harvesting his bunny's soul, Little Death makes it a cute ribbon, and is really proud of his achievement! Then the teacher breaks the bunny's neck.
* MyEyesAreUpHere: Ghost Girl.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Ghost Girl.
* NeckSnap: It's how the teacher takes out Little Death's bunny.
* NonActionGuy: Little Death prefers knitting.
* PhysicalGod: Most of the cast are figures from Chinese, European, and Egyptian mythology.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: Little Death's fellow students.
* {{Psychopomp}}: Daddy Death, Osiris, and the Heibai Wuchang. Their children are psychopomps-in-training
* PunnyName: Deathigner = Death + Designer.
* [[RealMenWearPink Real Psychopomps Wear Pink]]: Little Death wears a pink ribbon around his neck, and little pink popsocks! All the clothes he makes are also pink, and adorned with ribbons and a cute little smiley skull!
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Daddy Death invokes this, when introducing Little Death. Promptly averted, as Little Death is not intimidating at all.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Little Death, Anubis, Ghost Girl, the Heibai Kids, the [[EverythingsBetterWithBunnies bunnies]]...
* SecondarySexualCharacteristics: Ghost Girl hastily covers her bust when she realises she's naked.
* SiblingYinYang: the Heibai Kids are introduced emerging from a Yin-Yang. In Myth/ChineseMythology, the Light Impermanence harvests good souls, while the Dark Impermanence harvests evil souls.
* TheGrimReaper: Daddy Death. Little Death is a smaller, cuter version of his dad.
* TheSpeechless: None of the characters speak, communicating mostly with facial expressions and a few noises.
* SweatDrop: Daddy Death sports one as his son struggles to harvest his bunny's soul.
* ThisIsNoTimeForKnitting: While Anubis and the Heibai Kids start chasing Ghost Girl, Little Death takes a seat and literally begins knitting and sewing. [[spoiler:Turns out he wanted to win Ghost Girl over with a dress. It worked.]]
* ThoseTwoGuys: The Heibai Wuchang and their kids.
* WellDoneSonGuy: All of the kids are implied to be this - even Little Death tries to be good at harvesting souls.
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