Line #73 YMMV/ASDFMovie


1	* AngstWhatAngst:
2	** A talking hamburger is pretty calm about the fact that it used to be a cow.
3	** And Mr. Muffin is so cheerful about dying.
4	** The girl at the beginning of ''asdfmovie11'' is pretty chill about [[BlackMagic turning her dad into ice cream and eating him.]]
5	** In ''asdfmovie14'', even though a guy has potentially apocalyptic powers of [[MundaneMadeAwesome turning people into eggs]], he doesn't sound [[DullSurprise too off-put]] by it, and the one guy who tries to stop him sounds more irritated than he is fearful.
6	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
7	** Did the student who flunked out of Standing Up School really fail at standing up? Or was he simply trying to do the Flop?
8	*** The "Do the Flop" music video has a freeze-frame bonus of a newspaper saying that people are flunking out of the school, providing evidence for the latter, but it's ultimately unclear.
9	*** Maybe the student who flunked out of the school took advantage of his inability to stand up to create a new music craze. Maybe that flunked student ''is'' Dougal Flopguy.
10	*** Again, the music video provides evidence for that. Dougal is stated to have done just that, he took advantage of his inability to dance in order to create a music craze.
11	** Is Larry [[ObliviouslyEvil unaware]] that he is [[NeckSnap breaking people's necks]], or is he [[FauxAffablyEvil pretending to be to mock his victims]]?
12	** The "Beep Beep I'm a Sheep" skit seems to be a metaphor for memes; the sheep does something funny for no reason, it quickly catches on with everyone, and later, when the cow tries to do it again, everyone gets mad at him and nobody wants anything to do with it. Or it might not be about memes specifically, but rather fads in general.
13	** Does Dougal Flopguy ''actually'' care about the safety of the world at the mercy of the Flop, or is he just ''pretending'' to care just to salvage his reputation, since he was still willing to do the Flop in the vicinity of a poor soul about to commit suicide (not to mention he brought back the Flop craze despite its risks to the world just so that he'd be popular again)?
14	** That guy seemed a ''bit'' too happy to admit he parked his car on that other guy's sandwich. Did he do it to be an asshole and was smiling because he wanted to rub it in his face, or did he think parking on the sandwich would be helpful in some way?
15	** Is the "I Like Trains" Kid insane? Is he an EnfantTerrible who's ObfuscatingInsanity and is perfectly capable of saying things that aren't "I like trains" (even without the Ritalin) but deliberately says it so that the train will come and kill whoever stands in his way? (Note that he says it as a response to bad grades and an awkward date). Or is he cursed (which the singer wonders at the beginning) and the curse requires focus to resist, yet he has ADHD (hence the Ritalin) and usually can't focus well enough to resist the curse?
16	* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt:
17	** ''asdfmovie12'' has an {{animesque}} opening. Not only does it look fantastic, it also humanizes the cast.
18	** There seems to be a big boost in animation quality found in ''asdfmovie13'', with character movement coming across as a lot more dynamic, edged, and far less stilted.
19	* CargoShip: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in The Muffin Song, with the Book Guy from ''asdfmovie4'' caressing his book with a LuminescentBlush on his face, putting into perspective the phrase, "Well, I'm gonna [[DoubleEntendre do]] a book".
20	* ContestedSequel: ''asdfmovie14'''s reception was decidingly mixed. Some people found it just as hilarious as those preceding it thanks to its multitudes of creative {{double subversion}}s, whereas others found it mediocre due to the sponsor plug, inconsistent animation, and being the first ''asdfmovie'' since 5 not to have Todd Bryanton doing the music.
21	* CrossesTheLineTwice: [[CrossesTheLineTwice/ASDFMovie Has its own page.]]
22	* DiagnosedByTheAudience: "I Like Trains" kid seems to be only capable of saying "I like trains!" (when he's not being medicated) and [[CaptainObvious has an obsession with trains]]. [[https://youtu.be/hHkKJfcBXcw His dedicated song]] states he never spoke a word until he went to school, and had to take a ritalin treatment.
23	* FirstInstallmentWins: Not so much the first installment itself, but there's a VocalMinority of fans who believe that ''asdfmovie1-5'' are the only funny installments, with ''6'' onward (though, some come to the defense of ''6'') being hollow recreations.
24	* FriendlyFandoms:
25	** Not surprisingly, there's a lot of crossover with fans of this series with other beloved web-based animation, like ''WebAnimation/TheLazerCollection'', ''WebAnimation/SuctionCupMan'', and Creator/FilmCow's various properties. Many of the creators of these animations have also guest starred in asdf skits.
26	** There's also fan crossover with, of all things, ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'', thanks to a series of well-made animations by Website/YouTube animator Cmanflip recreating ''ASDF'' skits with ''[=VeggieTales=]'' characters.
27	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The videos are enormously popular in the United States, thanks to the RapidFireComedy and BlackComedy being liked by both countries.
28	* GrowingTheBeard:
29	** The first video is essentially just randomness for the sake of randomness. By the second video, Tom begins to figure out what works and what doesn't, the series begins to develop its pechant for the RunningGag, and in general everything starts to click.
30	** The first five episodes experimented with who animated the episodes and who composed the music, with ''1'' being animated by [=PivotRJ=] and composed by Binärpilot, ''2'' animated by Creator/EddGould and composed by Stephen Grant, ''3'' and ''5'' animated by [=RageNineteen=], and ''5'' composed by Music/TheLivingTombstone. However, between ''3'' and ''5'' was ''asdfmovie4'', which was the first episode to feature Wonchop as animator and [=LilDeuceDeuce=] as composer. The two would be promoted to lead animator and composer starting with ''6'', with the two staying all the way up until ''asdfmovie13'', and the animation and music style staying consistent with what was presented in ''4''. At least, up until ''14'', when Wonchop was fitted into a collective team of animators, and the music was co-composed by [[WebVideo/TryHards Elliot Gough]] and [[Music/{{Skindred}} Dan Pugsley]].
31	* HarsherInHindsight:
32	** In ''THE TWENTY MINUTE ASDFMOVIE'', an angry potato tells a look-alike of the "I Like Trains" kid, "I am an angry potato and I hope you get cancer!" Edd Gould, who voiced the trains kid, died of cancer a year later. Particularly TemptingFate, considering he had recovered from it a year earlier.
33	** asdfmovie7 has a lot more jokes about death and suicide than previous episodes. A month after it was released, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds8sSeJtwYs the creator admitted he had been suffering from depression]] and that it may have been subconsciously influencing those jokes, though luckily he emphatically denied wanting to commit suicide.
34	** Tom has admitted that the many jokes about messed-up parental relationships in the ninth episode were a result of his parents' marriage falling apart.
35	** The beginning of 10 can be downright ''uncomfortable'' to watch after Creator/LoganPaul came under fire for filming and uploading a video of a man who ended his life in Japan's Suicide Forest on the first day of 2018. For bonus points, WebVideo/{{Jacksepticeye}} voices the sketch, and would later admit to having suicidal thoughts himself back in 2017.
36	* HilariousInHindsight:
37	** ''4'' had a clip where a guy sarcastically says he likes someone else's hat. The other guy steals his face. Guess what's the main plot in ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}''?
38	** An [[BlackComedy especially gruesome example]] is ''5'''s opening clip, which features a guy [[StaircaseTumble falling down the stairs]] and landing on a piano... eight years before [[VideoGame/{{Omori}} a certain video game]] featured something similar to that as part of TheReveal.
39	* LGBTFanbase: If the comments are to be believed, the Skateboard Cow-centric music video ''Real Man'' is very popular with transgender viewers.
40	* MemeticMutation: Considering the videos consist of multiple seconds-long gags, it's easier to list the lines that ''haven't'' become memes.
41	** "Well, I stole your face!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]A section of ''asdfmovie4'', where a guy proceeds to steal the face of another guy who said his compliment towards him was sarcastic. It's been re-enacted with other characters, sometimes involving characters that actually lost their face.[[/labelnote]]
42	** "Everybody do the flop!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]The main RunningGag of ''asdfmovie6'' are the appearances of Dougal Flopguy, who appears out of nowhere while saying this, causing him and everyone around him to FacePlant. Many re-enactments have been made with other characters and real people, some of which are compiled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS7rZJ8jPFE here]].[[/labelnote]]
43	** "There's something on your face!" punch "It was pain!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]In ''asdfmovie3'', a man says this as he punches another person on the face.[[/labelnote]]
44	** "I baked you a pie!" "Oh boy, what flavor?" "[insert random object here] FLAVOR." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Originates from the very first exchange of ''asdfmovie2'', where someone is baked a "pie-flavored" pie (represented by a small pie bursting out of the bigger one). It grew into a snowclone where the original "pie" flavor is replaced with just about any other word. The exchange would experience another surge in popularity thanks to its usage in The Muffin Song below.[[/labelnote]]
45	** "Suddenly, pineapples." [[labelnote:Explanation]]A RunningGag in the deleted scenes is to have pineapples appear everywhere, with this line preceding it. The line has been used in other videos outside of ''asdfmovie'', where pineapples will appear upon it being said.[[/labelnote]]
46	** "Die, potato!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]A classic scene from the first ''asdfmovie'', which was later played with in ''asdfmovie2''. It caught on for its blunt and silly nature, and it's frequently used when potatoes or the squashing of foods are involved.[[/labelnote]]
47	** It is now literally impossible to say that you have an affinity for locomotives in any way, shape or form without someone responding with "I LIKE TRAINS."
48	*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHkKJfcBXcw Now in song form!]]
49	** "Beep beep, I'm a sheep." [[labelnote:Explanation]]A line from ''asdfmovie10'' said by a sheep, which was later turned into a song. It spawned many variations in the form "[x] [x], I'm a [y]", with [x] being a random word that rhymes with [y], which is an object, but usually an animal. It also spawned various remixes, which got enough attention that a (somewhat) official [[https://youtu.be/CZlfbep2LdU remix]] was made.[[/labelnote]]
50	*** "Meow meow, I'm a cow/I said meow meow, I'm a-" "[[BluntNo NO!]]"
51	** It's Muffin Time/The Muffin Song [[labelnote:Explanation]]A set of memes involving 2 remixes of the Muffin's lines starting from ''asdfmovie7''. [[https://youtu.be/cGzujGfXrlI The first remix]] from 2014 was mainly used in fan animations. [[https://youtu.be/LACbVhgtx9I The second remix]] from 2018 gained more exposure when it became a popular audio on [=TikTok=], where it was used for lip-dubs and duets. The "I baked you a pie" section became especially popular for duets due to a lip-dub [[https://youtu.be/Z39gYYKkRlk video]] which gained notoriety for how janky the peoples' movements were.[[/labelnote]]
52	* MisaimedFandom: The Muffin Song has become a meme, especially on [=TikTok=]. However, many people who sing and dance to it completely missed that it isn't just about a muffin wanting to die. The song is actually about Tom's depression and desire to quit the series, put in song form. The bridge (sung by Music/TheGregoryBrothers) really drives it home, and is mostly cut out in performances for this reason.
53	** Strangely enough, this trope gets [[ZigZaggingTrope zigzagged]] by the fact that, as explained by [[https://youtu.be/sFLyzlI5BQ4 this video]], not only did its surge on [=TikTok=] lead to the song going gold, but it also inspired Tom to change the name of ''Random!'' into ''TabletopGame/MuffinTime'', both of which helped to further his career he had long since been debating on whether or not to quit.
54	** This trope ''also'' gets [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] by Tom giving an ApprovalOfGod when he reacted to [[https://youtu.be/vySEy0qabE4 asdfmovie on [=TikTok=]]], finding most of the clips he viewed as incredibly creative with how they reshape the original sketches. In particular, so long as it doesn't [[RedundantParody play the song completely straight]] or involve [[PrimalFear puppets]], Tom finds a lot of the [=TikToks=] of The Muffin Song to be really funny.
55	* {{Misblamed}}: With asdfmovie11 being his first as co-writer, some fans blamed Eddie Bowley for the infamous butt joke. Creator/TomSka later admitted the joke was actually ''his'' idea, and Eddie fought against its inclusion.
56	* {{Moe}}: Thanks to the chibi-esque art ([[ArtStyleDissonance yes, even for a show like this]]), expect a few of the characters to come off as such.
57	** The "I Like Trains" kid, since he's modeled after and voiced by [[Creator/EddGould Edd]] [[{{WebAnimation/Eddsworld}} Gould]].
58	** Mine Turtle, thanks to the way it squeaks out "Hello!" JUST before it explodes.
59	** And then there's Mr. Muffin, a sentient muffin with the voice of a CheerfulChild. Awww!
60	** The {{Animesque}} opening to [=asdfmovie12=] has both Mr. Muffin and the "I Like Trains" Kid drawn as cute anime boys, and also the human versions of Beep Beep Sheep and Skateboard Cow.
61	* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound:
62	** The intro skit of ''asdfmovie2'' ends with an awesome-sounding guitar riff.
63	** The train. Whenever you hear it approaching, you know a funny moment will occur, usually involving someone getting hit.
64	** Any time Mr. Muffin speaks, with his high-pitched, childlike voice being a delight to hear thanks to contrasting with the nature of [[DeathSeeker what he says]]. Even when not being suicidal, he still sounds adorable, especially his happy giggle at the end of the Muffin Song.
65	* ReplacementScrappy: While the Waffle in ''asdfmovie12'' isn't necessarily ''hated'', per se, him serving almost the exact same role as one of the series' most popular characters, Mr. Muffin, only replacing suicidal tendencies with brain damage, left many fans disappointed, to say the least. He was quickly retired after only two scenes.
66	* RetroactiveRecognition: Some of the characters Creator/TomSka voices have him use the voice he uses for Tom from WebAnimation/{{Eddsworld}}.
67	* SeasonalRot: ''asdfmovie11'' is widely considered to be the least popular episode to date, mainly because of the [[ToiletHumour fart jokes]] (which the series has gone out of its way to avoid up until this point). The [[JokeOfTheButt butt jokes]] even composed the entirety of the lowest-rated asdf sketches in a polling website Tom set up. Even Creator/TomSka himself feels this one [[CreatorBacklash shouldn't have been made]].
68	* SpecialEffectFailure:
69	** The animation of the boy putting on his sunglasses in the beginning of ''asdfmovie9'' consists of only two frames.
70	** ''asdfmovie14'' is rather inconsistent in its animation.[[note]]According to WordOfGod, this is because it was completed on short notice and had three animators.[[/note]] The earliest example being that the chef's mouth from the first sketch is backwards, with his tongue being on the wrong side of his mouth. From thereon, it then flip-flops between the ''asdfmovie4-12'' style and the ''asdfmovie13'' style, with three sketches being of noticeably lesser animation quality than the rest. ("Taco Tuesday", "Guess Whose Arms I Stole", and "The Baby Is Taking His First Life")
71	* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The hook for "Beep Beep, I'm A Sheep" is clearly a riff on the "uptown funk you up" refrain from "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson and Music/BrunoMars (which itself was borrowed from "Funk You Right On Up" by The Sequence). This can't be a coincidence, as "Uptown Funk" was one of the biggest hits in the world at the time of the video's release.
72	* TearJerker: Much of "The Muffin Song", due to being an analogy about how burned out Tom is, but wanting to continue the series, but a particular scene, involving the Train Kid, shows Tom giving his voice actor, Edd Gould, a T-Shirt, and afterward showing him and Tom at a stand. The next time the stand is seen, it fades out, and Edd Gould is gone.
73	* ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs: The [[StylisticSuck Ritalin'd movie]] is basically asdfmovie but on Ritalin.
74	* ToughActToFollow: ''asdfmovie10'' is considered by many as the best asdfmovie episode to date, but the episodes that followed didn't receive as much praise by some viewers, especially 11 because of the butt jokes. However, ''asdfmovie10'' is one of Tom's least favorites as he found a majority of the jokes to be on-the-nose.
75	* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: The series is popular among older children, thanks to its simple format, SurrealHumor, and unforgettable jokes. However, there are lots of BlackComedy sketches with [[BloodyHilarious red animated blood]] and some SuicideAsComedy. There is also a sexual (and adultery-related) reference[[note]]In ''asdfmovie12'', an anthropomorphic car punches a guy for "sleeping with his wife"[[/note]], and, in earlier sketches, mild profanity. Even its [[TheBoardGame Board Game]], ''Muffin Time'', is rated 12+!
76	* WinBackTheCrowd: The 11th episode was panned by some viewers, mostly because of the fart jokes, and even Creator/TomSka recognized this episode wasn't that great. The following episode, asdfmovie12, received a better reception.

Context YMMV / ASDFMovie