Web Animation / ShockHat734

i make "funny" kirby gmod videos

—ShockHat734's channel description

ShockHat734 is a Machinima YouTuber who joined the site in 2019. He is known mainly for his Kirby videos in the style of SMG4.

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i make "funny" list of tropes:

• Adaptational Backstory Change: Dark Taranza, in canon, is an Evil Counterpart to Taranza. Here, he's a persona Taranza made as a reminder that Sectonia is dead. However, this is not the case in "Welcome to the Mirror World".
• Adaptational Jerkass:
  • Kirby goes from an All-Loving Hero to a Smug Super who values food over helping others, is fine with letting Pitch die, eats people indiscriminately when his canon self really only does such a thing for self-defense, baits Vividria into a date just so he can eat her at the dinner table, and casually blows up buildings with people still in them. He also is mean to Elfilin even after The Reveal.
  • How much of Magolor's actions were of his own free will in canon is ambiguous, but he does turn himself around and become a friend of Kirby. This version is fully aware of what he's doing with the Master Crown and shows no remorse for his actions, going right back to scamming people.
  • Meta Knight in the games, aside from his one brief stint as a bad guy, is quite polite with Kirby, Dedede, and others, but this version is sick of everyone around him and has to be dragged into adventures against his will. He's also perfectly happy to rub Kirby's friends undergoing Chuck Cunningham Syndrome in his face.
  • The Squeaks in the games are said to preferably avoid physical confrontation, and ultimately become friends of Kirby's, while here, they're a bunch of thugs who kill Adeleine for her paintbrush and canvas. Daroach also tries to rob a crowded grocery store because everyone blocked him online.
  • In Forgotten Land, Commentator Waddle Dee is a Large-Ham Announcer who is generally a friendly guy, here, he’s a snobby Insufferable Genius.
• Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: Francisca and Flamberge were really close in the game, to the point where they were Ambiguously Gay. Here, Francisca is a hippie who gets on Flamberge's nerves, so they constantly bicker.
  • In Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Kirby immediately befriends Elfilin and the two become so close that Kirby goes on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge when Dedede captures him. Here, Kirby refuses to believe that Elfilin is not evil and constantly tells him to shut up, and initially refuses to rescue Elfilin because he didn’t feel like it. In "Kirby's Plane Trip", Elfilin annoyed him so much that Kirby ate him in his sleep.
• Adapted Out: Dark Mind is completely absent in the adaptation of Amazing Mirror. This is likely due to the lack of a 3D model of him.
• all lowercase letters: In his channel's "Community" section, and on social media, this is sort of Zig-Zagged. ShockHat734 mainly writes in all lowercase, but every now and then he writes in properly capitalized text. Averted in his videos, however.
• April Fools' Day:
  • "21st century kirb 2" was originally titled "Kirby Forgot The Land", and was hyped up to be an adaptation of Kirby and the Forgotten Land. But it ended up being an amalgamation of Kirby memes due to being posted on April 1st. "Kirby Forgot The Land" was eventually released in June.
  • "KIRBY REACTS to if KIRBY was the in the MEMES (Funny Cartoon Animation) YOU WILL LAUGH!" is essentially a static Kirby facecam reacting to a parody of the entirety of SMG4's infamous "Anime arc", released in 2023.
  • Released in 2024, "SSGV5: King DEDEDE gets PREGNANT??!??!" is an absurd short containing random stuff such as a pregnant Pomni, a Minecraft avatar changing his skin tone as his evil alter-ego, and a rap battle between the pregnant Dedede and Pomni. Given the date it was released in, it was likely intentional.
• Armor-Piercing Question: Played for Laughs in Stupid Kirby Fighters 2, Kirby defeats the “Relatively Experienced Ninja” by asking him what it’s like being a clone born with no other purpose than to fight, which makes him break down crying. Then Bandana Dee spears him.
• Art Evolution: In a lot of earlier episodes, the cast, with the exceptions of Adeleine, Ribbon, Taranza, and Dark Meta Knight, mainly used their models from Kirby's Return to Dream Land, however in more recent episodes, they primarily use ones from Kirby Star Allies, and, even more recently, Kirby and the Forgotten Land.
• Artistic License – Child Labor Laws: Kirby is a child and in "Kirby Gets a Job", he is forced to work at Waddle Dee Cafe to pay off his debt. However, it appears to be illegal in-universe as Meta Knight points out that Kirby is too young for a job, and Susie suspects Halcandra Dee of making children work for him.
• Bait-and-Switch Boss: In Kirby Forgot the Land, the final boss cutscene plays as normal, but then Shadow the Hedgehog appears for some reason, then he and Kirby battle it out in a straight up gunfight. This is presumably a joke based on "The Ultimate Life Form" title.
• Broken Record: Dedede, for laughs. Often, his voicelines are his demands for chips, but it begins to devolve into him repeating it over and over, then into complete gibberish.
• Buffy Speak:
  Doc: "Hey, Kirby, I am back, and you're gonna die big time because I've got a big bug robot thing that's gonna-"
• Burn the Orphanage: Evil Matthew Stuart loves blowing up orphanages as much as he hates Super Monkey Ball.
• …But He Sounds Handsome: When a crowd is told by Magolor they can cameo in ShockHat's videos, ShockHat himself shows up and says this guy they're talking about sounds cool.
• Character Exaggeration: Every character is defined by one major characteristic, whether it be an exaggerated take on their canonical personality, or based on Memetic Mutation. Dedede is obsessed with chips, Magolor is a Con Man who will take any opportunity he gets to scam others, Taranza is constantly mourning over Sectonia and refuses to move on, Adeleine flips out at the mere sight of Gooey or anything resembling Dark Matter, Marx is a prankster and The Bully, Elfilin constantly tries (in vain) to convince others he's not evil, Chuchu and Ribbon are both Stalkers With A Crush for Kirby, Sonic loves rings, Framberge's anger is ramped up to the point where she had a heart attack in "Stupid Star Allies", and Kirby himself is even more food crazed than in canon.
• Cute, but Cacophonic: It's Kirby but his audio is on speed. The scream he lets out whenever Adeleine is possessed by Dark Matter can get pretty grating if you hear it enough.
• A Day in the Limelight: Most of its episodes focus on Kirby himself, but there are some episodes that focus solely on the secondary characters:
  • "The Rival" for ShockHat734 and WaterHat623.
  • "Gooey's epic adventure" for Gooey.
  • "How the Dedede Ruined Christmas" for King Dedede.
  • "Welcome to the Mirror World" for the Mirror World denizens.
  • "The Mage Sisters' Day Out" for Francisca, Flamberge, Zan Partizanne and Hyness.
• Dies Differently in Adaptation: In a move that is both surprisingly merciful and excessively cruel, Haltmann doesn't undergo the same slow death he did in the game. Here, he's just killed by Star Dream when it falls over on him.
• Denser and Wackier: All of the franchises portrayed by this channel are portrayed in wackier ways and get into more chaotic scenarios.
• Everybody Hates Mathematics: Kirby screams just from being asked what 2 plus 2 is.
• Epic Fail: In “The Temple of Chips”, Doc tries to battle with Kirby and the crew but winds up slipping and falling into a pool of lava. Did we mention that he slips up while driving a freaking UFO, by the way?
• Early-Installment Weirdness: Earlier episodes are usually shorter and slower paced than more recent ones.
• Fake Shemp: Some characters use Uberduck.ai voices, but this trope is in effect for two of them: Ribbon's Uberduck voice is Tiff's, Dedede’s is Dedede’s, and Gooey's is...Patrick Star's.
• Forced Transformation: In KirbyTube, Susie manages to stop Taranza from getting back his life savings he donated to her channel by turning him into a Walker Waddle Dee (referred in the video as a Robo Waddle Dee).
• Foreshadowing: In "Kirby 64: The Stupid Shards", Kirby remarks on mixing copy abilities as a "fun and interesting" mechanic and hopes that it'll be improved upon for many years to come. Come "Stupid Star Allies" when Kirby gets his hands on the ability mixing book in Planet Earthfall and still hopes that the mechanic was improved upon by then, only to find that the ability mixing is only limited to Elemental Weapons as in the game it's parodying, much to his disappointment.
• If My Calculations Are Correct: Deconstructed for laughs: HR-H claims that, according to his calculations, he will win the fight against Kirby. And when Kirby beats him, we get this gem.
  HR-H: "According to my calculations my calculations are bullshit."
• Irrational Hatred: Because she's supposed to be the opposite to Ribbon, Mirror Ribbon wants Shadow Kirby dead for no apparent reason.
• Grievous Harm with a Body: In Stupid Kirby Clash, Yellow Kirby defeats Pyribbit by picking up Blue Kirby and hurling him at him.
• It's All About Me: Drawcia is a total Narcissist who sees herself as a superior being to all others and is The Rival to Adeleine. Vividria also shares this trait as shown in "Stupid Star Allies".
• It's Probably Nothing: Following a common bit of Fanon, Adeleine says Shiver Star looks familiar, but writes it off as nothing. Completely ignoring the skeletons behind her wearing hats identical to hers.
• Killed Off for Real: Most characters that get killed in an episode are usually back by the next episode. However, exceptions to this include Queen Sectonia and President Haltmann. This still affects Taranza and Susie. The former is depressed by Sectonia's death while the latter is angered by Haltmann's death.
• Laughably Evil: Evil Matthew Stuart. A recolor of Mario who is usually in a T-pose position, even while driving, makes his Irrational Hatred for Super Monkey Ball well known, makes his business everyone else's business, and happily brings destruction and misery everywhere he goes For the Evulz while simultaneously making the audience laugh with his antics.
• Lethal Chef: In "KirbyTube 2", Kirby makes an unbearably inedible meal that kills everyone who eats it. The only reason he didn't die when tasting it was because it gave him the Poison ability.
• Love Makes You Crazy: Ribbon does have more to her character than just her feelings for Kirby, as seen when Gooey finds her in the library in "Gooey's Epic Adventure", but this trope comes into play whenever Kirby comes in the picture. The fact Kirby is Oblivious to Love (he only cares about food) doesn't help. (Or maybe this is why Ribbon is so obsessed...)
• Made of Explodium: Stuff blows up a lot.
• Matchmaker Failure: In "Kirby's Average Day", Gooey attempts to make a surprise encounter between Kirby and Ribbon more romantic by playing romantic music. Unfortunately, Gooey decided to play the flute instead of the saxophone.
• Mirror Universe: The Mirror World from Kirby and the Amazing Mirror serves as this. Shadow Kirby is a meek loser to contrast with Kirby's Smug Super demeanor; Dark Meta Knight is an Ax-Crazy murderer while Meta Knight is an apathetic Only Sane Man; WaterHat623 is a Basement-Dweller who spends all his time stealing ShockHat's videos and calling Meggy Spletzer his wife; and Shadow Dedede is elequent and polite, while Dedede...isn't that.
• Nerdy Nasalness: Exaggerated for laughs with Commentator Waddle Dee, who has a ridiculously nasally voice and snorts loudly every time he says something.
• No Animals Allowed: Parodied. In "Kirby's Plane Trip", animals aren't allowed on the plane despite one of Kirby's companions being a penguin, gorillas being the attendants, and an Awoofy being one of the passengers. Humans also aren't allowed on the plane, even though Mario, SMG4, and Evil Matthew Stuart are present. And Gooeys are also not allowed on the plane, making the line between what is and what is not allowed on the plane very blurred.
• Oblivious to Love: Kirby never realizes Ribbon and Chuchu's feelings for him. He only cares about food.
• Only Sane Man:
  • Meta Knight is the only Kirby character to have any sort of common sense, yet he's struggling to keep his grip on sanity because of the people around him. He's usually dragged along on Kirby and Dedede's adventures against his will, and it's telling that the thumbnail for the Stupid Return To Dream Land video shows him facepalming to side while everyone else makes dumb faces.
  • Adeleine isn't above getting in on the other's nonsense, but she tends to be much more sensible and cool-headed than her friends. Usually. Case in point, she grows increasingly frustrated when her friends keep making ludicrous requests (or demands in Dedede's case) that she paint stuff for them.
  • Elfilin is also more level-headed if you believe him when he says he's not evil. While he enjoys hanging out with Kirby, he often calls out idiotic stuff, like when Kirby forgot to make the Waddle Dee Cafe customers pay for the food in "Kirby gets a job". In addition, he's the only character who didn't get his channel deleted by YouTube for violating guidelines (even if some of them are rather ridiculous) in "KirbyTube 2". He instead deleted his channel willingly after getting cyberbullied by Dark Meta Knight.
• Origins Episode: "Kirby's Dream Land the First" serves as the origin story for how Kirby came into Planet Popstar, Whispy Woods started a grudge against Kirby, Dedede earned his obsession with chips, and Bandana Waddle Dee got his trademark bandana through a promotion.
• Picked Last: Gooey was the last student remaining when Marx and Dedede were asked to pick teams in PE class. Even though it was Marx's turn, he tried to get Dedede to pick him instead, only to fail and be forced to take him.
• Primal Scene: In "Kirby's Painful Pinball Land", the kid Waddle Dee walks in to his parents making love while they scold at him for opening the door. This is based off of the 4chan meme where a similar situation happened while they were playing Kirby's Pinball Land on their Gameboy.
• Sadist Teacher: A majority of the teachers in the "Kirby Goes To School" series fall into this category. The most notable one is the history teacher, Mr. Dooter, who teaches their students that Barry was a special man, a great man, a special man, a great man, a special man, a great man, a special man, a great man. Then once he's finished the "lesson", he'll ask the class what type of man Barry was, and whoever answers that he was a special and great man will be deemed wrong and get a table thrown at them.
• Simpleton Voice: In recent episodes, Gooey has become fully voiced and has this type of voice.
• Shout-Out: Several are made to fellow Machinima maker SMG4:
  • WaterHat623 has a Villainous Crush on Meggy Spletzer. ShockHat, on the other hand, finds Meggy stinky (which makes sense since WaterHat is ShockHat's Mirror World counterpart).
  • In "Kirby Gets A Job", Kirby shoots down Magolor using Elfilin as amno in a rocket launcher he dubbed "Elfilin Launcher", a nod to SMG4's Waluigi Launcher.
• Suddenly Shouting: Inverted with Sillydillo in Kirby Forgot the Land.
  Sillydillo: IM GOING TO capture YOU!!!
• Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: In "Kirby's Stupid Return to Dream Land", when the heroes make it to Dangerous Dinner, Kirby uses the Leaf ability and tries using his leaves to attack, only for them to instantly turn to ash.
• Take That!: "Kirby 64: The Stupid Shards" throws one at DARLING in the FRANXX: when on Dark Star, Kirby and Ribbon prepare to face 02... only for DARLING in the FRANXX's Zero Two to appear. This scares the hell out of Kirby and Ribbon, who shoot her dead. Then, the actual 02 appears, and Kirby and Ribbon breathe a sigh of relief. Also as a running gag, expect a couple of SMG4 OCs to get hurt in some way, usually Meggy, either as a blink and you miss it or as part of a scene.
• Tamer and Chaster: Compared to most other machinima channels with a similar formula. ShockHat’s videos bleep out curse words and lack the more risqué, vulgar humor of similar channels like SMG4, instead relying more heavily on slapstick.
• What Measure Is a Non-Human?: Or non sapient creature in this case. In "Kirby's Plane Trip", Kirby doesn't invite Rick, Kine, or Coo to come to Merry Magoland with him because animals aren't allowed on the plane. But King Dedede is coming with him, and he's a penguin.