Line #64 WebAnimation/TheLastGuest


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[ArcWords Be strong. Always be strong.]]]]
3	'''The Last Guest''' is a Platform/{{Roblox}} {{Fan Animat\|ion}}ed {{Drama\|tropes}} short film and first of its series of the same name, created by [=ObliviousHD=], a British teenage animator renown for Roblox fan animation and {{Machinima}}, and released on December 8, 2017. Despite being young, it has over 20 million views and is considered one of the best ''Roblox'' fan animations ever made.
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5	Produced as a tragic and [[TearJerker heartbreaking]] {{Allegory}} of ''Roblox'''s [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks removal of the Guest feature]], it tells the life of Guest[[note]]Originally, he had NoNameGiven, but the subtitles and other characters in the later entries call him [[ADogNamedDog Guest]][[/note]], whose status as Guest is the reason he is [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer disliked]] [[FantasticRacism by others]], and worst, is hunted down by [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Bacon Soldier Terrorist Organization, an army of terrorist Guest-hating noobs.]] After witnessing the horrific deeds of the Bacon Soldiers and the nearly-successful genocide against Guests, he joins the army and tries to defeat them for once and for all.
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7	[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHeaiYd0Npc Watch the short film here. Don't forget to bring tissues.]]
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9	''The Last Guest 2 - The Prodigy'', released on April 7, 2018, is a {{Synchronous Episode\|s}} taking place during the events of ''The Last Guest'' in the eyes of Jez, a Bacon Soldier taught that Guests were evil. However, after observing the horrible life [[SlaveRace the Guests]] were enduring and befriending Zara, [[RebelliousRebel who cares for the Guests]], he takes a [[HeelFaceTurn great turn on his view]]... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIJbjv72q6s Watch it here.]]
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11	''The Last Guest 3 - The Uprising'' was released on September 28, 2018. As another {{Synchronous Episode\|s}} happening during the end of ''The Last Guest'', it deals with the Colonel taking over the remains of the Bacon Soldier Terrorist Organization, and a plan to free the Guests once again. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utL9BXUf_zA Watch it here]].
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13	''The Last Guest 4 - The Great War'', the GrandFinale of and direct {{Sequel}} to the series, was released on November 29, 2018 and can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgT6m_mnsjA here]]. The ties are loose, the Robloxian Army is going head-on with the Bacon Soldier Terrorist Organization once again, and the fate of them and the Guests is uncertain.
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15	An official Roblox game based on ''The Last Guest'' series, Guest World was released for everyone on December 22, 2018. There, players can roleplay as either a Guest or Bacon, socialize, and take on quests and minigames. [[https://www.roblox.com/games/1828225164/Guest-World-Beta Check it out.]]
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17	If you would like, you can buy and watch the entire combined [[ReCut (and extended)]] series on [[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B07MZJCR49/ref=atv_mv_hom_1_c_6vPCPg_2_1 Amazon Prime Video]].
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19	On May 11, 2020, the trailer for the prequel series, ''WebAnimation/TheBaconHair'', was released, which serves as the {{Prequel}} of ''The Last Guest'' series and explores the state of the Bacons and Guests back then. All parts were released on December 11, 2020, with the first part made free on [=YouTube=] and the rest having to be bought on Amazon Prime Video.
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21	See also ''WebAnimation/Guest666'' and ''WebAnimation/BloxWatch'', other Roblox animations by [=ObliviousHD=]
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24	!! ''The Last Guest'' series provides examples of:
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26	[[folder:''The Last Guest'' and the series in general]]
27	* AllCGICartoon: Like most of [=ObliviousHD=]'s work, and ''Platform/{{Roblox}}'' fan animation
28	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Guest is disliked by others, [[FantasticRacism all because he's a Guest]]. Well, except for Matt and Daisy.
29	--> '''Bully''': Hey look, it's a stupid guest! Didn't you think there were [[LastOfHisKind any of them left]]?
30	* AnyoneCanDie: Including Guest's parents, [[spoiler:Guest himself, and much of the Bacon Soldier Terrorist Organization]]. Many more characters die in the next entries.
31	* ArcWords: At the beginning of the film, Guest's parents encourage him to "be strong" and "always be strong". [[spoiler:At the end, Guest, in his final note to his daughter, tells her the same.]]
32	* AuthorAvatar: Matt is [=ObliviousHD=]'s ''Roblox'' avatar.
33	* BigBad: Bacon Leader.
34	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Guest ultimately [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices himself]] to [[TakingYouWithMe kill the Bacon Leader]], resulting in a wipeout of Guests. Fortunately, the war is over and he's declared a hero!]]
35	* BloodyHorror: Guest's parents' murder, complete with a large puddle of blood
36	* TheBully: Daisy is seen by Guest being picked on by several bullies. Guest [[BullyHunter rushes over to help]], but is knocked down. Matt finally kicks their butt. The same bullies [[SchoolYardBullyAllGrownUp appear again as adults]] later on...
37	** TakeThatCritics: Interestingly enough, some of these bullies seem to be {{Exp\|y}}ies of other Roblox Website/{{YouTube}}rs who have criticized Oblivious in the past. One of them [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfgcIU1GYYM later mocked the film.]]
38	* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Guest and Daisy meet each other as children. Over a decade later, they're HappilyMarried.
39	* CloneArmy: Every member Bacon Soldier Terrorist Organization look identical, with the same hair, skin color, and clothing.
40	* DeathByOriginStory: Guest's parents are shot and murdered by a Bacon-Hair Soldier, starting is goal to stop the Bacon Soldiers.
41	* {{Determinator}}: Guest is this in the war against Bacon Soldier Terrorist Organization
42	--> '''General''': Fall back, soldiers! There's too many of them!
43	--> '''Guest''': No! I'm not giving up! We came here to protect our families and friends! And I'm not giving up until [[LeaveNoSurvivors every last one of them is dead]]. [[LastStand Or I am.]]
44	* DrillSergeantNasty: {{Subverted\|Trope}} with the Roblox Army General. He can sound quite harsh and has his soldiers train hard in the rain, but he is caring for them and wants them to do their best in battle.
45	--> '''General''': Welcome to training camp, maggots!
46	* DuringTheWar: Against the Bacon Soldier Terrorist Organization..
47	* FanArt: Before the release, [=ObliviousHD=] ran a fan art contest. Out of over 650 entires, he picked out 20 winners, with many of them being {{Animesque}}.
48	** He did the same for ''The Prodigy'' and ''The Great War''.
49	* FantasticRacism: The main theme in the film and its sequels. Guest is [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer bullied by the normal Robloxians for his race]] and the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Bacon Soldier Terrorist Organization]] wants to eradicate every living Guest.
50	* GirlNextDoor: Daisy, who befriended Guest in his childhood years
51	* GoodTimesMontage: Two are shown in the film. The first one shows Guest and friends playing video games together. The second one shows now married Guest and Daisy raising a daughter happily.
52	* GuiltFreeExterminationWar: Guest joins the army to fight and destroy the Bacon Soldier Terrorist Organization.
53	* HappilyMarried: As adults, Guest and Daisy marry and are happy to be together.
54	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: When Guest is shot down the Bacon Leader, he sets off a grenade, [[TakingYouWithMe killing both of them]] and ending the war]]
55	* InMediasRes: The film opens up with Guest fighting in a battle and his friend getting shot. It then shifts to Guest's birth and goes on to explain why he's fighting.
56	* LastOfHisKind: Guest is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Last Guest]].
57	* LimitedAnimation: The characters have ''no lip sync and mouth movements'' at all. They don Roblox faces that change depending on their emotions.
58	* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The Bacon Soldier Terrorist Organization, as they want to [[TakeOverTheWorld take over Robloxia]] and run a genocide against Guests. This is moreso in ''The Prodigy'', which shows them enslaving Guests and forcing them to participate in the [[GladiatorGames Guest Games]].
59	* NoNameGiven: The eponymous guest's name is never told. The subtitles refer to him as [[ADogNamedDog Guest]] and in ''The Uprising'', TLG. This is {{Averted\|Trope}} in the later entries, when other characters start calling him Guest.
60	** Lots of characters, such as [[UnnamedParent Guest's parents]] and daughter[[note]]Revealed to be Charlotte in ''The Uprising''[[/note]], the leader of the Bacon Soldiers[[note]]subtitles refer to him as [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Bacon Leader]][[/note]], and TheBully, also don't have names.
61	* OhCrap: [[spoiler:When the Bacon Leader is met with a grenade]]
62	* ReCut: The version released on Amazon Prime Video, while combined with later entries, includes additional scenes not present in the original Website/YouTube release.
63	* TheReveal: [[spoiler:The Bacon Soldier who murdered Guest's parents is the leader of the Bacon Soldier Terrorist Organization.]]
64	* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp: Guest meets the same bullies he faced as a child at the bootcamp. He takes them down.
65	* ShoutOut: Daisy wears a Nike shirt.
66	** During the first GoodTimesMontage, Guest, Matt, and Daisy are shown playing ''VideoGame/MarioKartWii'' and ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros for Wii U]]''.
67	* SpiritualSuccessor: [=ObliviousHD=] has [[WordOfGod confirmed]] that the plot is based on the webcomic, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stdvLavp5Js Life isn't Perfect]]''.
68	* StuffBlowingUp: [[spoiler:Guest defeats the Bacon Soldier Terrorist Organization by lighting a grenade near a jeep.]]
69	* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:A shot Guest kills both himself and the Bacon Leader with a grenade.]]
70	--> [[spoiler:'''Bacon Leader''']]: [[AnyLastWords Any Last Words]] before I blow your brains out?\
71	[[spoiler:'''Guest''']]: takes out grenade [[PreMortemOneLiner Yeah! Go to hell!]]
72	* TitleDrop: [[spoiler:At the ceremony honoring Guest]]
73	--> '''Builderman''': [[spoiler:He was]] the Last Guest.
74	* UniformityException: Bacon [[spoiler:Leader]] wears a neckerchief over his mouth.
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77	[[folder:''The Last Guest 2 - The Prodigy'']]
78	* AbusiveParents: Jez's father punches and knocks out his son, [[FantasyForbiddingFather for drawing instead of training to be a soldier]].
79	* AerithAndBob: Jez and Zara are exotic, compared to Rose, and Matt and Daisy in ''The Last Guest''.
80	* AssholeVictim: {{Lampshaded}} when [[spoiler:Jez disregards his injured father's call for pity and leaves him to die]]:
81	--> '''Jez''': [[spoiler: You locked away, humiliated and killed hundreds of innocent people. I will NEVER help you.]]
82	* TheBigBad: Appears to be Bacon Colonel at first. [[spoiler:Turns out to be Jez's father, Bacon General.]]
83	* BloodierAndGorier: ''The Last Guest 2'' has more blood and violent deaths than its predecessor, with 2 important characters being murdered and the whole GladiatorGames.
84	* BloodyHorror: Jez's mother's death has a giant puddle of blood. Blood splatters in deaths later on could count as this.
85	* CategoryTraitor: When Jez discovers Zara's kindness and friendliness to the Guests, he is initially mad and calls Zara a traitor.
86	** As a result of Zara and Jez supporting and helping the Guests, the Bacon Colonel [[spoiler:shoots Zara and [[{{Dehumanization}} sends Jez to live with the Guests in the camp]]]].
87	* {{Dehumanization}}: The Colonel punishes Jez for helping the Guests by [[spoiler:forcing him to live with the Guests at the camp]].
88	* {{Determinator}}: Because of his mother's encouragement of determination and "never giving up", Jez is successful in kicking other Bacons' butts.
89	* DidNotDieThatWay: After a long time believing that a Guest killed his mother, Jez finds out that his mother was killed by the Bacon Colonel. The murderer is later revealed to be not the Colonel, [[spoiler:but [[TilMurderDoUsPart Jez's father]].]]
90	* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:It turns out that Guest wasn't killed in the explosion in the previous film. Jez pushes Guest and himself into a ditch, dodging the explosion. Zara's father later confirms that the unconscious Guest is [[SequelHook alive]].]]
91	* DyingRace: The Guests are shown to be this. All but one have been either killed by the Bacons or sent to the labor camps where they are to be killed in the [[GladiatorGames Guest Games]], as part of the Bacon Soldier Terrorist Organization's genocide plan.
92	* {{Flashback}}: The beginning takes place 15 years before the events of the film.
93	** Later, Jez experiences a flashback with his mother and Jez encouraging him to [[{{Determinator}} never give up]].
94	* GladiatorGames: The Guest Games, where Guests are forced to fight each other to death
95	* GoodParents: Jez's mother is very sweet and soft to her son, contrasted to Jez's father brutal and harsh nature.
96	* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:When Jez discovers that [[DidNotDieThatWay his father actually murdered his mother]]]]
97	* NiceGirl: Zara, who cares for the Guests
98	* MoodWhiplash: "Mommy! Mommy! Guess what me and Zara found-" Cue Jez's mother [[ViolenceIsDisturbing laying on the floor in a puddle of blood, stabbed]].
99	* PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher: The Bacon Teacher teaches the little Bacon children anti-Guest propaganda. [[spoiler:{{Subverted\|Trope}} in ''The Great War'', as he was forced to do so.]]
100	* SynchronousEpisodes: ''The Last Guest 2'' takes place during the events of the previous entry, but told in the eyes of Jez, a member of the Bacon Soldier Terrorist Organization
101	* RebelliousRebel: Jez, Zara, and Zara's father. They're the only ones in the Bacon Soldier Terrorist Organization that are on the Guests' side.
102	** In ''The Great War'', [[spoiler:many more are revealed to be this, including the Bacon Teacher.]]
103	* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The injured dog Jez and Zara find in the forest
104	* SceneryPorn: The woodland landscape looks ''beautiful'' and realistic, compared to the previous film.
105	* SlaveRace: Almost all of the Guests are enslaved, carrying out forced labor and having to participate in the [[GladiatorGames Guest Games]]
106	* ThoseTwoGuys: The Bacon Soldiers guarding the main base's gate.
107	** A third one, with Tofuu's PluckyComicRelief voice, is introduced in ''The Uprising''.
108	* TilMurderDoUsPart: [[spoiler: Jez's father murdered his wife.]]
109	* UniformityException: Part of the Bacons, Jez has a red scar on his face, the Colonel dons a mustache and beard, and the Teacher has gray hair. Part of the Guests, Rose has long hair.
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112	[[folder:''The Last Guest 3 - The Uprising'']]
113	'''Spoilers for this entry will be marked as usual. However, spoilers for the past entries will remain unmarked. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!'''
114	* ActionizedSequel: In fact, the {{Tagline}} is now "A Roblox Action Movie". ''The Great War'' also receives this.
115	* ArtifactTitle: ''The Last Guest'' doesn't mean much by this entry. Guest's death was a DisneyDeath and there are plenty of Guests out there in the labor camps. They are still a DyingRace though.
116	* BigBad: The Bacon Colonel, once again. This time, he has taken over the leadership of the Bacon Squad Terrorist Organization and is willing to defeat the Guests and Robloxian Army once again.
117	* {{Cliffhanger}}: [[spoiler:The film ends with Matt, Daisy, and Charlotte standing by Guest's memorial. An Elite Bacon Guard is spying on them. Meanwhile, Guest and Jez will have to fight or be executed.]]
118	* DramaticIrony: Matt, Daisy, and Molly still don't think that Guest is alive.
119	--> '''Matt''': Is there any chance he could still be alive?
120	--> '''Molly''': A few soldiers saw him at the explosion. I'm afraid there's [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat no way he could have survived that.]]
121	* {{Flashback}}: The beginning is the end of both ''The Last Guest'' and ''The Prodigy''.
122	** Rose shares a flashback of her times with her parents and [[HowWeGotHere how she was sent to the prison camps]].
123	* GratuitousNinja: The Bacon Elite Guards wear ninja-like suits and fight with {{katanas\|AreJustBetter}} for the sake of RuleOfCool.
124	* {{Hypocrite}}:
125	--> '''Bully 1''': ''(standing upright)'' We've both injured our knees, sir, we can hardly walk!
126	* JumpScare:
127	--> '''Captain''': I'm going to look around to see if I can find [[KilledMidSentence the-]] ''(gets stabbed by a Bacon Elite Guard right behind him, loud dramatic music suddenly plays)''
128	* KatanasAreJustBetter: The Bacon Elite Guards wield katanas as their main weapons, as opposed to the regular Bacon Soldiers' firearms.
129	* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:It is [[WhamEpisode ultimately]] [[TheReveal revealed]] that the Bacon Colonel was using Rose to give false information to Jez and trick him and Zara into entering the Guest Games arena and fighting each other. This time, Jez and Guest have to fight each other.]]
130	* ShoutOut: Rose in her {{Flashback}} is seen reading ''Literature/LookingForAlaska''.
131	* TheSquadette: Molly
132	* SynchronousEpisodes: ''The Last Guest 3'' takes place during the ending of ''The Last Guest'', but focuses on Jez and Guest's mission to rescue the Guests.
133	* WhamEpisode: See ManipulativeBastard above.
134	* YouHaveFailedMe: When a Bacon Soldier reveals that Guest survived the explosion
135	--> '''Colonel''': Are you telling me there's a possibility he escape?
136	--> '''Bacon Soldier 1''': Well uh... yes sir.. there could be a chance he's [[KilledMidSentence still-]]
137	--> ''(Colonel shoots Bacon Soldier)''
138	--> '''Colonel''': Pathetic! I'll go find him myself!
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141	[[folder:''The Last Guest 4 - The Great War'']]
142	'''Same warning as the previous entry! Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!'''
143	* ActionGirl: Molly TheSquadette does more buttkicking than in ''The Uprising''. She shoots off the Bacon Elite Guard's sword and is seen brawling with the Bacon Soldiers to death.
144	* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:Matt and Molly presumably marry and have a baby girl.]]
145	* BetaCouple: [[spoiler:Jez and Rose and Matt and Molly to]] Guest and Daisy, the AlphaCouple
146	* TheCommiesMadeMeDoIt[=/=]IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler:Rose only betrayed Jez and Guest and obeyed the Colonel so that he wouldn't execute her mother.]]
147	* DeadlyDoctor: [[spoiler:Zara's father is able to bust Guest, Jez, and Rose from the Guest Games arena by injecting with syringes into the guarding Bacon Soldiers and putting them to unconsciousness.]]
148	* DisneyVillainDeath: {{Subverted\|Trope}}. [[spoiler:The Bacon Colonel is shot in the chest, falls off the cliff to a pond, and drowns.]]
149	* EarnYourHappyEnding: After all these chaos of the Bacon Soldier Terrorist Organization and the tragedies of Guest and Jez, [[spoiler:Jez kills off the Bacon Colonel, the Bacon Soldier Terrorist Organization surrenders, and Robloxians, Guests, and Bacons can now live together in peace.]]
150	* GenocideBackfire: All because he survived by DisneyDeath, Guest is able to lead the Great War and [[spoiler:to the end of the Bacon Soldier Terrorist Organization's reign of terror]].
151	* GrandFinale: This film is the one that wraps up the whole series and the war against the Bacons.
152	* JustFollowingOrders: [[spoiler:The Bacon Teacher really supports the Guest and was forced to teach Bacon propaganda in the first place.]]
153	* WarIsHell:
154	--> '''Daisy''': War is so pointless... [[DramaticIrony I've lost the person I love most in the world.]]

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