Line #133 WebAnimation/TheLazerCollection


1	->"'''BLAAAAH!'''"
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3	''The Lazer Collection'' is a series of videos by [[Creator/DomFera Dominic Fera]] which do all they can to drive the [[BreathWeapon Shoop Da Whoop]] [[MemeticMutation meme]] into the ground, dig it up, drive it back into the ground, and lazer it. The format is a disjointed series of shorts, each of which inevitably ends with a lazer being fired from someone or something.
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5	Currently a (shoop da) five-parter: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSVNbxjdvv8 Part 1]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQLKEZzBIZE Part 2]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3ZYF-Zmo2E Part 3]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws4UVguoZjM Part 5]]. He wanted to stop at three episodes, but when requests for a fourth part got on his nerves he made Part 4: a [[StylisticSuck short, scribble-y parody]] with the subtext "Stop asking for more episodes". Nonetheless, he decided to continue with a Part 5, with an ominous "To Be Continued" at the end. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95dcnCuBI9c "seventh" part]] (actually the sixth part) was eventually released in Summer 2015 (plus a trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=desvZUNsDvc here]]). Also includes the short "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_8uPSW__gk&feature=related A Lazer]]".
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7	For some unexplained reason, [[Creator/DomFera DomFera]] has set the Lazer Collection videos to private (i.e., made them inaccessible for anyone but him). However, some fans have managed to make compilations of the Lazer Collection, such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkASn347UjU this one]].
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10	!!Provides Examples Of:
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12	* AbortedArc: The plotline from 3 is cut very short in 5, and the ensuing plot from 5 has yet to be referenced again.
13	* AnimateInanimateObject: The piano in Part 5.
14	* AntiClimax: [[spoiler:The first short of Part 2 subverts all expectations by not firing a lazer at all.]]
15	* AntiHumor:
16	** Part 2 opens with a scene of a guy eating a red pepper. No lazers are fired.
17	** "Hey. What's the difference between me and a ghost?" "I dunno, what?" "GHOSTS. AREN'T. DOLPHINS."
18	** Another sketch involving a guy popping a kid's balloon also has no lazer.
19	** In fact, many of the later sketches subvert the viewers expectations, either by not showing any lasers at all, characters [[DefiedTrope actively preventing the lasers]], and finally, just to keep you on edge, [[SubvertedTrope having there be lasers when you expect there to be none]].
20	* ArtEvolution: The animation quality jumps dramatically between episodes, with the exception of [[StylisticSuck the fourth episode.]]
21	* AssholeVictim: The philandering husband and "medium sort-of-rare" jerk in Part 5.
22	* AuthorFilibuster: Part 7 ends with the series creator going on a lengthy tangent concerning former president Barack Obama.
23	* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:Randal dies at the very beginning of Lazer Collection 5.]]
24	* BadPowersBadPeople: [[spoiler:When Detective Randal discovers that he has the same powers as Doctor Octogonapus, he joins him.]] At the end of [=TLC5=] trailer it's all but confirmed.
25	--->[[spoiler:'''Doctor Octogonapus:''' You are learning well, My Son.]]
26	*** However, it's then subverted in Part 5 proper, where it's shown that they've been living a peaceful life for two years.
27	* BigBad: Doctor Octogonapus (BLAAAAH!)
28	** [[spoiler:In Part 5, it's [[HijackedByGanon revealed that he was working for Shoop Da Whoop,]] the actual BigBad.]]
29	* {{Blackface}}: Shoop Da Whoop. Hell, he was originally known as "[N-word] [[Manga/DragonBallZ Cell]]" back on Website/FourChan before Dom Fera came along.
30	* BreakoutCharacter: Doctor Octogonapus, again.
31	* BreathWeapon[=/=][[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]]: The ''entire point'' of these videos.
32	** When they're not coming from other places, anyway.
33	* CallBack: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1sBfWUMcDg Dom Fera's earlier animated adaptation]] of ''Literature/TheDevilAndDanielWebster'' is referenced in the second video albiet with a lazer.
34	* TheCameo: Doctor Octogonapus in Part 7.
35	* CaptainErsatz: Doctor Octogonapus is basically a flying, lazer-shooting ComicBook/DoctorOctopus with spastic tentacles. He first appeared in a ''Film/SpiderMan2'' clip after [[ActorAllusion being referred to as]] "Creator/AlfredMolina". There isn't even an effort to disguise it.
36	* CatchphraseInterruptus: An overeager Aladdin-like guy constantly interrupts Doctor Octogonapus' CatchPhrase as he tries to come up with his first wish (after summoning Doctor Octogonapus from a magic lamp), leading to a very angry Octogonapus lazering him with extreme prejudice, instead of with glee.
37	-->"Doctor Octo-mother-f[[SoundEffectBleep ***]]ing-gonapus BBLAAAAAAAH!"
38	* CerebusSyndrome: The first two videos are completely disjointed shorts, each of which end in a lazer. The third video is a random series of shorts, each ending with a lazer, which are tied together by Detective Randall's quest as he discovers the truth behind the random lazer deaths, and struggles with his dark past and destiny. Downplayed, as the disjointed segments are still very silly in nature.
39	* ChekhovsGunman[=/=]AscendedExtra: Doctor Octogonapus.
40	* TheComicallySerious: Doc doesn't take kindly to criticism of his immaculate steak cooking chef-skills.
41	-->'''Doc:''' Your steak was cooked to perfection! You know ''nothing'' of good food! BLAH!
42	* ContinuityNod: The death reports at the start of Part 3 are all references to lazers fired in the previous videos.
43	* CrapsackWorld: Just about anything has the ability to randomly fire lasers and instantly vapourize you.
44	* DoubleEntendre: "I am a [[AllMenArePerverts dirty boy.]] It's time for me to take a shower."
45	* DoubleSubversion: All the videos include some shorts which seem to subvert a perfect opportunity for a lazer, only for one to come from a completely different source (usually Doctor Octogonapus). One short ends up pulling a ''triple subversion'', where a man is looking down a sink and wondering what's in there. Cue Doctor Octogonapus emerging from the sink and preparing to fire his lazer, only for his would-be victim to beat him up... and then fire his ''own'' lazer.
46	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The exchange between [[spoiler:Randal and Dr. Octogonapus]] is more than a bit creepy.
47	-->'''[[spoiler:Dr. Octogonapus]]:''' "Feel the power, [[spoiler:Randal]]! Let it seep up your thighs and penetrate your body! Let it penetrate you, [[spoiler:Randal]]!"\
48	'''[[spoiler:Randal]]:''' "It feels good!"\
49	'''[[spoiler:Dr. Octogonapus]]:''' "Now release! Let it build up and release!"\
50	'''[[spoiler:Randal]]:''' "Hnnn… BLAAAAH!!"
51	* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Randal is accidentally and abruptly killed by Dr. Octagonapus in the Lazer Collection 5.]]
52	** And then in The Lazer Collection 7, [[spoiler:Dr. Octogonapus himself is crushed by a falling piano three seconds after his first appearance.]]
53	* DropTheCow: The Lazers themselves.
54	* DynamicEntry: Mostly from Dr. Octogonapus, and one from Randal, which was made to counter the former before he could lazer two innocent dudes.
55	** Dr. Octogonapus ups the ante in Part 5, where all of his entrances are by bursting through the floor in a HumongousMecha.
56	* {{Emoticon}}: Frequently found in the comments-section, overlapping with VisualPun:\
57	O o\
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60	\| BLAAAAAAAAARRRRRGH!!\
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64	* EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped: In the Part 5 opening, though not so much stumped as just giving up because the singer is just making random noises.
65	* FartsOnFire: A skit in Part 5 features a man attempting to fart onto a candle, and... you can guess what happens. Unusually, in this skit it's the guy firing the lazer who dies.
66	* {{Foreshadowing}}:
67	** At the start of Part 3, Detective Randal's superior gives up on trying to pronounce his last name, but it starts with an "O".
68	** Later on, another character attempts and fails while talking to Randal over the radio.
69	** Randal also falls several stories to land on the pavement with his back. He's fine. [[spoiler:His tentacles cushioned his fall.]]
70	* GenieInABottle: Subverted every time. First off, it's never a real genie (the only genie in the series is the "Genie with a dirty mind"), and they're never actually there to grant three wishes. Their real purpose is always to '''fire my lazer BLAAAAAH!'''
71	* GrossUpCloseUp: There is a scene in [=LC3=] where we get a close up of Randal's partner's face. It ain't pretty.
72	* HatingOnMonday: Spoofed. The inspector has a mug that says [[{{ComicStrip/Garfield}} "I hate Mondays"]]. The last word changes throughout the short he appears in to "Tuesdays", "Wednesdays", [[Memes/AttackOfTheClones "Sand"]], "Dolphins", "Polar Bears", and [[HeManWomanHater "Women"]].
73	* HehHehYouSaidX: "Hey Genie, do you mind if I'm on top [[note]](the top bunk)[[/note]] tonight?"
74	* HowDoIShotWeb: In the first episode, Spider-Man is practicing how to shot web like in ''Film/SpiderMan1'', and references the meme itself.
75	* HumongousMecha: The "Holy Shit" Robot that contains Doctor Octogonapus.
76	* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: [[spoiler:Doctor Octogonapus accidentally kills his son in Part 5.]]
77	-->'''Doctor Octogonapus:''' Oops.
78	* InherentlyFunnyWords: "And so, Nipslip the dolphin once again swam back to the shores of Buttpoopia."
79	* ItsPersonal: After Randal's first encounter with Doctor Octogonapus…
80	-->'''Chief:''' (after Randal falls off a building and slams into the ground) Randal! NO!\
81	'''Randal:''' (gets up) I'm fine. But this case was just made personal!
82	* JumpScare: Sometimes, There is often a long awkward silence before a lazer is fired.
83	* KilledOffForReal: Spider-Man, Randal and Dr. Octogonapus do not return from the dead.
84	* LamePunReaction[=/=]WhosOnFirst:
85	-->'''Ron:''' "[[Franchise/HarryPotter Harry]], come quickly! Dumbledore's been in some sort of accident!"\
86	'''Harry:''' "Oh my god! Was it serious?"\
87	'''Ron:''' "No, it was Snape!"\
88	[[LosingHorns trombone plays, indicating the]] {{Pun}}\
89	'''BLAAAAAH!'''
90	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: The TakeThatAudience monologue can easily apply to the observing character delivering it as well, and it finally does once the speech notes how the "Do Not Open" box [[ToiletHumour has turned into a giant butt]].
91	* LeftHanging: TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness has yet to be dealt with by the series end.
92	* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Detective Randal Octogonapus, Doctor Octogonapus]] is your father!
93	* MockGuffin: In the Lazer Collection 7, the opening cinematic hints at a ruby of immense power hidden among the jungles of the mysterious tribe, but that doesn't matter at all.
94	* NeverTrustATrailer:
95	** The trailer for The Lazer Collection 3 has a completely different logo than the final film, with the numerals III instead of 3.
96	** Another trailer contains the footage from the trailer for ''Film/SpiderMan3'', interspersed with Shoop Da Whoop. It has since been [[ArchivePanic deleted]].
97	** The end of the trailer for the Lazer Collection 5 strongly insinuated that Randal would play a huge role. ''However''… [[spoiler:he dies within the first minute after his father accidentally vaporizes the upper half of his body.]]
98	** It also showed a short that isn't in the Lazer Collection 5.
99	** The Lazer Collection 7 trailer is about a man's dilemma opening a box that turns into a butt, having little to do with the events of Lazer Collection 7.
100	* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: After Octogonapus drops Randal off the building, he hits the ground with a very loud bang and even cracks the ground. He gets back up four seconds later.
101	** [[spoiler:This may be justified by Randall's heritage, however…]]
102	** The fifth Lazer Collection includes a skit where a guy commits suicide by jumping off a building. [[spoiler:After a long, overly-excited rant from a random person witnessing it, the guy gets up and Lazers the other one in the face.]]
103	* OhCrap: The victims' default response to Dr. Octogonapus' mecha exploding onto the scene is pure terror. The background music agrees (''Oh shit!/Holy shit!'').
104	* [[OneSteveLimit One Jim Limit]]: Invoked in [=LC4=], and is replaced with the name Steve.
105	-->"Oh shit, I already used 'Jim.'"
106	* OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: From what little we've seen of it, the Council of Shoop has all the trappings of one at the very least. [[spoiler:Dr. Octogonapus gets fired from it by Shoop after accidentally killing Randal, who was part of their plans.]]
107	* OohMeAccentsSlipping: "I've always wondered what's in my dad's briefcase [[BreathlessNonSequitur why am I British?]]"
108	* PantsFree: [[spoiler:Dom Fera in the end of [=LC2=]]].
109	* PureEnergy: The Lazers. Detective Randal asks whether the energy traces on the lazered bodies are electric or solar or something. Nope -- [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Just. Pure. Energy.]]
110	** Ironically, it might be the only piece of fiction in which the words "pure energy" make any sense. The lazers are just concussive blasts of light and heat -- the most basic or "pure" forms of waste energy in a given system.
111	* PrecisionFStrike: "DOCTOR OCTO-MOTHER***ING-GONAPUS!"
112	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQLKEZzBIZE&t=1m23s]]. ArmorPiercingAttack, [[CallingYourAttacks GO!]]
113	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3ZYF-Zmo2E&t=5m43s Mediocre Employee's reaction]]. Another ArmorPiercingAttack much?
114	* PunctuatedForEmphasis: '''"[[WesternAnimation/ToyStory1 YOU! ARE! A! ''BLAAAAAAHH!!!'']]"'''
115	* RecycledTrailerMusic: The EpicRiff used in Parts 1 and 2 was originally used for the infamously bad movie ''Film/BallisticEcksVsSever'', and has since been associated more with the lazer collection than with the original movie. Thank…god.
116	** The riff comes from the song "Hell Above The Water" by Curve, and can be listened to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0FhnDCX15E here.]]
117	* RuleOfThree:
118	** Almost played straight in the second collection, with Dr. Octogonapus appearing to blast people three skits in a row, only for the third to end with him being punched out and lazered.
119	** Played with in Part 5, with a boy opening his father's briefcase and getting lazered, his sister opening the same briefcase and getting lazered, and then his mother opening the briefcase and...not being lazered. Instead, she finds love letters to another woman and runs out on her husband...who then gets lazered by the briefcase.
120	** And the giant robot who's head opens up to reveal Doctor Octogonapus, who fires his lazer. In the third one, the giant robot accidentally kills someone, leading to Octogonapus running like hell.
121	** Part 6/7: [[spoiler:PEPPER BATTLE! [[SubvertedTrope The third time, however..]]]]
122	* RunningGag: Well duh. But also, there's Doctor Octogonapus (who [[MemeticMutation became a meme of his own]]), and the car whose trunk fires lazers.
123	* SayMyName: Doctor Octogonapus BLAAAAH! Judging by the chimney sweep sketch in Part 5, he sounds like he's getting tired of saying it.
124	* SchmuckBait: From the preview of the Lazer Collection 7, the "Do Not Open" box (later "Do Not Open" [[ToiletHumour Butt]]), which contains [[spoiler:a lazer. Obviously]].
125	* SevenDirtyWords: "DOCTOR Octo-''MOTHER'''F**K'''ING''-GONAPUS, blblb[=lA=]AAAAAH!"
126	* SeriousBusiness: Cooking. See TheComicallySerious.
127	* SpinOff: The Genie with a Dirty Mind has gotten a few animated shorts to himself.
128	* SpoofAesop: From The Lazer Collection 2, "procrastination makes perfect".
129	* StockScream: In Part 5, the [[UpperClassTwit "medium sort-of-rare" type gentleman in the diner]] gives a Howie Scream when [[DynamicEntry Dr. Octogonapus arrives in his]] HumongousMecha.
130	* StylisticSuck: As a collection of cartoony flash animations, this could apply to the whole series, but Part 4 is done in a particularly sloppy manner, to convey the potential loss of quality due to rushing a work.
131	* SubvertedTrope: As mentioned above, the first part of Part 2 subverts the entire point of the series by not firin' a lazer. And the fifth brings back some more partial CerebusSyndrome, as sort of a double subversion.
132	** Part 5 has two consecutive skits without a lazer.
133	** Also, in every video except the first, if the original Shoop Da Whoop picture shows up, you can be assured that there will be no lazers.
134	--->'''Shoop Da Whoop:''' "'''IMMA FIRIN''' MAH— ''(Colin Mochrie appears in his mouth with [[OminousLatinChanting dramatic music]])''\
135	'''Shoop Da Whoop:''' "'''IMMA FIRIN''' a mediocre employee."\
136	'''Shoop Da Whoop:''' "'''IMMA FIRIN''' [[spoiler:you... Doctor Octagonapus!]]"
137	* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:Randal]] in Part 5 and [[spoiler:Dr. Octogonapus]] in 7. However, given he took a lazer in Part 2 and came out fine in the next episode, the latter might be subverted.
138	* TakeThatAudience: Pretty much most of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=desvZUNsDvc the Lazer Collection 7 Preview]]. It's glorious.
139	** TakeThatUs: The TheReasonYouSuckSpeech is aimed just as much at himself, since the fifth and sixth episodes were made at his own request. We may be mindlessly gobbling it up and asking for more, but he's guilty of agreeing to and perpetuating it.
140	* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Shoop Da Whoop]] is this for Doctor Octogonapus.
141	* TrilogyCreep:
142	** There's a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aLIP94KBlw Part 4]], but it's a case of StylisticSuck with a subtext of "[[ArtistDisillusionment Now Shut Up]]."
143	** There's also a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws4UVguoZjM Part Five]]. The joke is that, now, anyone who tells him to make a new one is torn to shreds by people yelling, "DO YOU '''WANT''' [[StylisticSuck ANOTHER PART 4]]?!" with the subcontext of, "letting him make one when he FEELS like it."
144	* UnexplainedRecovery:
145	** In Part 2, Literature/HarryPotter casts the spell "Shoopus My Whoopus", killing Ron Weasley with a lazer. In Part 3, Ron is somehow alive again, only for Harry to blast him with another lazer [[LamePunReaction in response]] to an IncrediblyLamePun about Sirius and Snape.
146	** In Part 3, the Dirty Boy is blasted by a lazer when attempting to take a shower. In Part 5, the Dirty Boy returns to play piano, only for Dr. Octogonapus to attempt to kill him, before [[OhCrap realizing]] that he accidentally killed him by lodging a shard of glass into his head, causing Dr. Octogonapus [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere to bail]].
147	* UnInstallment: Part 4 could be considered a non-episode, as it highlights the results of a rushed production. Played straight with Part 7, implying the existence of a non-existent Part 6.
148	* WaveMotionGun: The lazers.
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150	'''BLAAAAAH!'''

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