History WebAnimation / DoubleKing

A strange and very, ''very'' surreal short created by Felix Colgrave. The short takes place over the course of a few days, where [[VillainProtagonist The Double King]] travels across the land looking for any crowns, even if it means killing innocent people.

!! Double King contains examples of...

* TheDeterminator: Nothing, and we mean NOTHING, will stop The Double King from reaching his goal.

* OffModel: When Double King pins down his own left hand with his right one, he draws a knife with ''[[MultiArmedAndDangerous another right hand]]''. Either that or he actually pins it down with his foot. Which also looks more like a hand.

-->-- How the Youtube description describes this short.

* ChariotPulledByCats

* EvilIsPetty: The Double King slew other kings and queens in many ways, and uses all of his resources available, just so he could get their crowns. There’s no big plan.

* HalfwayPlotSwitch

* {{Jerkass}}: The Double King.

For more details as on the story, see [[Recap/DoubleKing this synopsis]]. You can watch it [[https://youtu.be/w_MSFkZHNi4 here]].

** The very first image shows two centipede-like beasts carrying the King's throne on pillars on their backs. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_MSFkZHNi4#t=3s See here.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_MSFkZHNi4#t=5m4s The King's mobile fortress]] is built on the back of a giant insect-like creature and it is almost pulled, but more like guided by two lion-like creatures.

* GratuitousLatin

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Most kings and queens get very little screen-time. This is mainly due to all of them being quickly killed by the Double King.

* PyrrhicVillainy: Double King manages to kill all the other kings and rule over most of the races, but then kills himself in a fit of insanity. When he finally manages to get Agatha's crown, he runs out of the underworld and leaps into the empty void of space -- in the end, he becomes the ultimate king, but has nothing and nowhere to rule over and can't do much other than float in space.

** [[NiceGuy Ratking Augustus the Agreeable]]

** [[Cumulonemesis Stratomonarchus]]

** [[Beelzebub Lord of the Flies]]

** [[AbdicateTheThrone(Outgoing) King Aldo of the Glade]]
** [[OfferedTheCrown(Incoming) Queen Aldine of the Glade]]

** The ([[InNameOnly Double]]) King
** Ratking Augustus the Agreeable
** Queen Daisy VII
** Stratomonarchus
** Lady Gertrud of Squash
** Lord of the Flies
** Harg the Serpent Queen
** King Ronald the Moist
** (Outgoing) King Aldo of the Glade
** (Incoming) Queen Aldine of the Glade
** Olov the Mountain King
** Durt the Elder

** Agatha, Matriarch of Death

* AllThereInTheScript: Asides from the titular Double King, everyone else is only given a name within the credits.

* OffModel: When Double King pins down his own left hand with his right one, he draws a knife with ''another right hand''. Either that or he actually pins it down with his foot. Which also looks more like a hand.

* StealthPun: Some of the characters' names are very punny. Case in point: [[Theatre/PeerGynt Olov the Mountain King]]

!! Double King contains examples of:

* ChariotPulledByCats:

* GratuitousLatin:

* HumbleGoal: While it initially looks like the Double King is a megalomaniacal regicidal despot, all he really wants is crowns. Lots of them, at any cost, but still. [[spoiler: He is even content to hurl himself into oblivion as long as he has a nice big crown to wear during the trip.]]

* TheDeterminator: Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, will stop The Double King from reaching his goal.

[[caption-width-right:350:'''COMING EVENTUALLY''']]

For more details as on the story, see [[Recap/DoubleKing this synopsis]].

* HumbleGoal: While it initially looks like the Double King is a megalomaniacal regicidal despot, all he really wants is crowns. Lots of them, at any cost, but still.

* EasilyForgiven: None of the king and queens show any anger towards the Double King for killing them out of selfish reasons. They even let him join their afterlife feast!

* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Implied when The Double King flees the Underworld with Agatha's crown only to fall and drift into space for ''probably'' all eternity. Considering he ultimately got what he wanted and already descended into absolute madness, this trope could be inverted.]]