The asdfmovies are a series of short, rapid-fire, surrealYouTubeweb cartoons produced by TomSka, partially adapting strips from asdfcomics, hiswebcomic. The skits are short, as are the movies overall, and the humour is random, but amusing in its own, strange way. If you can keep up. Or are similarly insane.The Videos (Works in the Series in Bold)
asdfmovie3 (December 30, 2010): The third movie. Also onNewgrounds. Thetheme from its credits and from other videos by TomSka is available on Newgrounds and on SoundCloud.
I LIKE TRAINS (asdfmovie song) remix (September 30, 2011): The full version of the theme from the music video's credits, a remix of the music video itself. Thesong is available on Amazon.com and on iTunes.
Mineturtle (May 23, 2012): An extended version of a theme that was going to be used for the fifth movie's intro. Thesong is available on Bandcamp and on iTunes.
The short skits mean that knowing what's in them will spoil the (what can loosely be called) gags very easily, so we recommend you watch the movies before reading the trope list. It won't take long.
There's also a cake in the first episode, who a guy cuts, but is unaware that the cake is alive. The cake then dies from its wounds and falls off the table.
Ax Crazy: People fire off guns, attack each other and summon random large objects with complete abandon.
Bait and Switch: A guy is asked to hold a live bomb. The guy who gave him the bomb comes back a few seconds later and takes it back. No explosion, next skit. Look closely and you'll notice the fuse gets longer at the end.
"This is a robbery." *dramatic sting and close-up* *hangs up and walks away*. Next skit.
Breakout Character: Following his debut in the second movie, the "I Like Trains" kid was apparently liked enough to show up in the third movie as well as in Lil Deuce Deuce's music video and star in the "I Like Trains" music video.
Depth Deception: In asdfmovie 4, that kid trying to grab a ball thrown at him isn't standing far away. He's just really small. And gets squished under the ball.
In the trailer for the fifth movie, Tom's dog's dog tag briefly shows the face of the "I Like Trains" kid before switching to "TOM'S DOG"
In the third movie's skit with the bomb, the fuse goes back to its original height for a single frame at the end, though this is most likely just a Blooper (as it doesn't seem to happen in the Newgrounds version).
French Jerk: He won't run out of muffins. He works at the muffin factory.
Genius Loci: The Earth is asdfmovie3, and the Moon in asdfmovie5.
Genre Savvy: Two skits involving the Mine Turtle exploding later, the guy in the third is smart enough not to step on it. It doesn't save him.
Remember that "Steg-o-saurus"? He's voiced by Robert Benfer.
"They said I could never teach a llama to drive!"— Christopher "Bing" Bingham
The man in the fourth movie announces the robbery is YouTube vlogger and creepy guy Jack "Jacksfilms" Douglas. Perhaps not as known, and it'a a little hard to hear, but still, hey, where did he come from?
Also in the fourth movie, the robber who gets held up by a finger gun and the guy holding the finger gun are voiced by Awesome Series creator Egoraptor.
Subverted Trope: A lot of the humor is derived by doing the complete opposite/something different than what you're expecting to see. Also, the second and third movie repeat and subvert some earlier skits.
Talking Animal: Mine Turtle. The ducks are a more unusual case; when one of them quacks, the other remarks (in English) how he was just about to say the same thing.
, partially adapting strips from asdfcomics
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