Line #48 WebAnimation/FallenKingdom


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Reading order from Top Left: Fallen Kingdom, Take Back the Night, Find the Pieces, Dragonhearted]]
3	->''"I used to rule the world\
4	Chunks would load when I gave the word\
5	Now every night I go stow away\
6	Hide from the mobs I used to slay"''
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8	''Fallen Kingdom'' is a five-part ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' fanfilm by LetsPlay/CaptainSparklez. The first and most well known, a music video parodying "Viva La Vida" by Music/{{Coldplay}}, covers the rise and fall of a happy kingdom with a DownerEnding of the King all alone… but it turns out the Prince survived, and the Kingdom might not stay so Fallen. Even if he has to take on the hordes of the Nether to do it.
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10	The five videos are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-sH53vXP2A&list=PLGtiqjW-gYyIn8I7HnZHiC7ojipQc0HyH&index=1 Fallen Kingdom]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwwl9jiJ1A4&list=PLGtiqjW-gYyIn8I7HnZHiC7ojipQc0HyH&index=2 Take Back the Night]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyu7-Jcyl_8&list=PLGtiqjW-gYyIn8I7HnZHiC7ojipQc0HyH&index=3 Find the Pieces]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07rtl-zcQhg&list=PLGtiqjW-gYyIn8I7HnZHiC7ojipQc0HyH&index=4 Dragonhearted]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzHrpIfEhJU&list=PLSUHnOQiYNg3lFwtTzo_f0bY2IF5T9TqA&index=5 Rising Kingdom]] (a prequel). Or you can watch the original tetralogy all together [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayl3UXKpH1g here.]]
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12	Not to be confused with the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' DarkFic [[Fanfic/FallenKingdom of the same name]].
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14	!!The ''Fallen Kingdom'' quintology include examples of the following tropes:
15	* AdaptationalVillainy: Zombie Piglins in the game are harmless unless provoked. Here they're minions of the Piglins.
16	* TheBeastmaster: After obtaining [[spoiler:the Staff of Herobrine]], the King uses it to [[spoiler:[[HijackingCthulhu take control of a Warden]] and escapes while his tamed Warden fights against the other Warden summoned]]. [[CallForward In "Dragonhearted"]], he is seen retrieving it from his ender chest to [[spoiler:tame the Ender Dragon]].
17	* BigBad: [[TheDreaded Herobrine]] is the antagonist who sets all the series' conflict into motion by attacking the King for stealing his sceptre and motivating his son into training himself into a fearsome warrior to defeat Herobrine. He is also shown to be one of the three primary leaders of the Pigman Army, as well as being implied to have been [[spoiler:resurrected in the Piglin Brute's corpse]] in "Find the Pieces" and "Dragonhearted".
18	* BittersweetEnding: Herobrine is dead, the Nether invasion has been crushed and the kingdom is being rebuilt, but [[spoiler:at the cost of the Prince's life]].
19	* TheChosenOne: The Prince's heroic destiny was foretold in ancient engravings.
20	* DecapitatedArmy: The destruction of the Piglins' fortress deactivates their zombie {{mooks}}, destroys their Nether portals... and for some reason, causes their ships to sink.
21	* DiscOneFinalBoss: In spite of being the BigBad, Herobrine serves as this when he's defeated and slain at the end of "Take Back the Night", avenging the fallen kingdom... but now, there's a Nether invasion to deal with left in his wake.
22	* DoomedHometown: Twice for the Prince. His kingdom is destroyed when he's a child, and then as an adult, his adopted Village is attacked by Piglins. In both cases, they're rebuilt, though.
23	* DualWielding: The Piglin General uses two Gold Swords in the final battle.
24	* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:[[RidingTheBomb Riding a missile]] right into the enemy's HQ]]? Good way to go.
25	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The song in the first video is a spoof of a Music/{{Coldplay}} song. The others are all original.
26	* FallingChandelierOfDoom: In "Rising Kingdom", when confronted with two demonic guards, the King shoots an arrow to drop a chandelier on them.
27	* FantasticNuke: The Nether Star ''missile'' that's used for the finale.
28	* GameplayAndStorySegregation: A few rules of Minecraft are overlooked for the sake of the narrative:
29	** The Prince destroys the Wither by [[spoiler:shooting an arrow into a nearby convenient pile of TNT]]. This would not work in the game without a Flame enchantment.
30	** The entire concept of the Nether invading the Overworld is impossible, since there is no Obsidian in the Nether for them to make portals from.
31	** While the Piglins being able to survive in the Overworld without becoming zombies may seem to be this to modern viewers, at the time of the video's release non-undead Piglins had not actually been added to the game.
32	** The Warden is summoned after one Sculk catalyst/shrieker is triggered. In the game the animated music videos are based on, it takes ''four'' to be triggered in a time span of about 10 minutes for this to happen.
33	* GiantMook: Both regular and zombie Piglins have large, hulking variants that aren't seen in the source material.
34	* TheGoodKing: The King was a kind, beloved ruler who often went out and mingled with his subjects.
35	* AHandfulForAnEye: The Prince turns the tide in his battle with Herobrine by doing this with ''lava'', though he does it with a sword instead of his bare hand.
36	* HappyFlashback: All of "Fallen Kingdom" shifts between the King's happy memories of his kingdom… and wandering through the mob-infested wreck it is now.
37	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:The Prince]], stuck on the Nether Star missile, [[spoiler:guides it into a Nether Portal and right into the heart of the Piglin's war machine.]]
38	* HijackingCthulhu: In "Dragonhearted", the King is able to turn the tides of battle by doing the impossible and [[spoiler:taming the Ender Dragon]]. In the prequel, he similarly saves his own life by [[spoiler:taming a Warden to fight against the other Warden pursuing him]].
39	* HotBloodedSideburns: The Prince has a blocky blonde pair.
40	* HumanShield: At one point in "Rising Kingdom", the King impales a zombie on his sword and uses it as a shield against a Creeper explosion.
41	* HumongousMecha: The Piglins' ultimate weapon is a giant Nether Star-powered mech which boasts great strength, though it's no match for [[spoiler:the Ender Dragon]].
42	* LastBreathBullet: The Piglin brute, [[spoiler:reanimated and turned into the Piglin mech's pilot and possibly possessed by Herobrine, launches the Nether Star-powered missile from the rocket to stop the King's son from killing him]]. Where he had this trope in mind or just tried to save himself, [[spoiler:he probably didn't last long without the mech's power source, but assuming he's possessed by Herobrine, it's possible that he could've narrowly survived and escaped]].
43	* LoadBearingBoss: Herobrine's castle collapses upon his defeat, though all the damage the battle did to it probably didn't help.
44	* MartialArtsHeadband: The Prince wears a long green one.
45	* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:The Sensei Villager]] taught the Prince combat and other monsters in the world. When some pigmen attack his village, he doesn't make it.
46	* NoNameGiven: Except for Herobrine, the Wither and the Ender Dragon (who aren't named in the actual videos) no one has a name due to the lack of dialogue.
47	* NoSell: The Sensei Villager is shown defeating ordinary minions with ease, but when a giant zombie Piglin appears, his kick just bounces off him.
48	* NotSoStoic: The stern, stoic Sensei Villager chuckles to himself when the Prince trips over some steps, but quickly stops when he sees another Villager looking at them.
49	* OhCrap: The Piglin Emperor is shown quaking in fear as [[spoiler:the Nether Star missile is about to crash into his palace]].
50	* OldMaster: The Sensei Villager, though he's not that old when they first set out.
51	* OutlivingOnesOffspring: By the end of the series, [[spoiler:the King has outlived both his wife and son]].
52	* PlotDevice: The staff the King uses to [[spoiler:tame the Ender Dragon]] during the events of "Dragonhearted". "Rising Kingdom" reveals he [[spoiler:stole it from Herobrine]], and similarly used it to [[spoiler:tame a Warden]].
53	* PortalCut: The Prince defeats the giant zombie Piglin who [[spoiler:killed his master]] by shoving him into a Nether Portal and then knocking one of the bricks out. [[spoiler:It's top half is later used as the controller for the Piglin's mecha and is possibly possessed by Herobrine.]]
54	* RankScalesWithAsskicking: The King can still wield his Diamond Sword against the invading mobs in "Fallen Kingdom", but there are just too many of them.
55	* RapePillageAndBurn: Needless to say, the Piglin invasion has a lot of this. They seem less about conquering humanity than destroying it.
56	* RasputinianDeath: A brief example, but the Piglin General [[AnArmAndALeg has his hand cut off]], is [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaled with a sword]], and then [[KillItWithFire thrown into a fire]] for good measure.
57	* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: The King. Monsters invading your kingdom? Put down the crown and pick up a sword!
58	* SilenceIsGolden: Partial example, there's plenty of music and singing in the background, but nary a word of dialogue from the characters.
59	* SoftWater: Just like in the game, the King is able to survive falling hundreds of feet by landing in a small basin of water.
60	* ShownTheirWork: In the happier times flashback in part one, the King is seen teasing a [[ActionBomb Creeper]] in a cage, which doesn't explode. Creepers won't detonate if there's a wall in the way, even if it's not a solid one.
61	* TrilogyCreep: Or rather, Tetralogy Creep. "Dragonhearted" was released in November 2016, and everyone thought it was the end of the story... until "Rising Kingdom", a prequel, was released in December 2022. Lampshaded in the latter video's description:
62	-->After 6 years, we revisit the not yet Fallen Kingdom.
63	* WarriorPrince: The Prince is the hero, and a deadly fighter.
64	* WeaponizedAnimal: The Nether invaders are shown riding Ghasts with cannons strapped to them, and using flamethrowers powered by captive Blazes.
65	* WhenYouSnatchThePebble: The Sensei Villager trains the Prince until he can disarm him. It takes him until he's an adult.
66	* XanatosGambit: The Piglins unleashing a Wither into an Overworld city will destroy their enemies, unless someone defeats it... in which case they can swoop in and grab the Nether Star to power their HumongousMecha.
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68	->''"Oh oh, oh oh\
69	Oh oh, oh oh\
70	Oh oh, oh oh\
71	Oh oh, oh oh\

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