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Revolt TV Animation is a web animated video duology posted on January 2014 created by Alan Becker, the creator of Animator vs. Animation. It was created for Revolt TV, a music television network founded by Sean Combs, as a commercial to be shown on TV.

Both videos are under less than a minute of screentime and thèy have basically the same plot. A character is watching TV channel surfing through a couple shows until they stumble upon a music program they like which gets them to dance with a disco sequence.

The videos of the duology can be viewed here and here. The website for the network Revolt TV can be found here


REVOLT — ONE NATION UNDER TROPES:

  • Blah, Blah, Blah: The first broastcast shown in the second video have two anchormen literally saying "Blah, blah, blah, blah" multiple times.
  • Dancing with Myself: Both videos have the protagonists dancing by themselves when they watch a program they like in both the endings.
  • Every Pizza Is Pepperoni: In the second video, the guy has a pizza box filled with pepperoni pizza as well as a pepperoni pizza slice on his hand that he's taking a bite of.
  • Gratuitous Disco Sequence: Both videos have a disco sequence appearing out of nowhere with stage lighting such as a flashing disco ball or neon laser lights in either videos when both the protagonists stand up dancing in the endings.
  • Shout-Out:
    • In the first video, the protagonist watches a few programs which feature Austine Mahone singing What About Love in a program called TMV (Tele Music Vision), the show Keeping Up with the Cardashians in a program called V1H+, and a disco channel of Let's Groove made by Earth, Wind & Fire in the network Revolt.
    • In the second video, another protagonist watches a couple of shows featuring A news program called fu-z (Fuse), A program called EBT featuring Soulja Boy in a music video Turn My Swag On, and Daft Punk singing Lose Yourself To Dance in Revolt.
  • Stick Figure Animation: Both the duology videos are animated with all the characters, the protagonists and the people featured on TV as stick figures.
  • Tagline: In both the endings of each video, the tagline will show up next to the protagonists after they're dancing: One Nation Under Groove.

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