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["Arcade Attack"-SMBCSM]

Better

This was far better than the previous thing that I reviewed. This is mostly because the animation (well stop-motion) is done far better and I can see how it got a higher score. These Super Mario Bros. chess pieces just look so awesome! If nothing else, I praise you for introducing them to me. Everything was presented in a very clear manner, but the big downside was that there was not much action. If you want to work in stop-motion, then you should have a lot more things going on.

The music was pretty appropriate but there needed to be some more wonder. You could make it like a battle between the characters and throw in the Mario icons. That still does not take away from the fact that this looks nice. It just did not have much going on. All of these figurines look great and I would love to see them engage in a lot more action with sound effects.

doppler73 responds:

Thanks for the improvments, and the 5!

[Ecko the dolphin]

No, I didn't

I thought this was just going to be the dolphin blowing the rings, but it was something else. It did not scare me that much as I am kind of used to it by now, but still effective. Dang, it almost makes me wish more people worked on those prank flashes. I do wish you would make it so that it does not endlessly loop. That is pretty hypocritical considering what my single submission is like. At least that dolphin is cool to look at.

The dolphin by himself is not bad to look at, although I guess it would be someone else's work if you just showed the dolphin. I suggest next time you try to put in some more music and maybe a scarier goblin thing. It's really the best thing you can do to improve on this. I did even notice that this was submitted on April Fool's Day! Of course someone else's video would have been a joke by itself.

[The Worm and the Apple]

Eh, not terrible

The animation in this was alright, but the main fault was that it did not have that much uniqueness to it. I did find it better than a lot of some other stuff because the part where the bird snatches the worm is really good. I don't think I have ever seen a bird do something like that. It seemed like you were getting a little cliched with the wise man thing. I do not understand how this was supposed to be funny. While the lesson was a good one, it seems like it's the kind of lesson that has been done many times before.

This was good in that the background was in very good use. I liked how the worm's cartoonish design contrasted with the realistic background. That apple reminds me of how I have eaten everything from Christmas except a single apple! It has been a long time since I have heard about a worm appearing in an apple. The characters need to have some more depth to make the submission out of the ordinary.

[I'm a Ball.(2010)]

I'm a ball?

I guess you were just trying to make something really simple, but it did not work well because so little was actually happening. It was just these shapes talking. Oh wait, were you trying to get into the shape meme of cartoons here? Whatever your intention was, there needs to be a lot more action going on and many more jokes. Seeing as how this was "experimental" I guess it wasn't supposed to make any sense. Congradulations on working on your first independent cartoon, I suppose.

The only good part about this were that the lines were drawn pretty well. It was far too short and needed to have far more going on. I guess it works as a test but you should know that on this website it is generally not polite to submit things that are simply tests. Too bad you did not win the Underdog Of The Week award. Have more going on with more jokes for a higher score!

doppler73 responds:

Let me guess, I'm a Ball 2?

Also, FYI, doppler14 did the voices.

[PirateClock v, Anticlocks]

Mildly entertaining

Woah, I had no idea there was another Clock holiday called Pirate Day or AntiClock Day! That being said, this was fairly mediocre because it had a lot of characters but they did not do much. I like how you used the fat Sephiroth as a symbol for the gay clocks. One thing I'm wondering, if they're all gay men, why not throw in some women to make it straight? Anyway, this was as goofy as any other Clock Crew flash. I was expecting something more about religion granted your clock name.

Some of it was lazy, like how the one yellow clock just randomly flew himself around the screen. There were some good ideas like the sword shaped like a penis. As random as this thing was, it did manage to have more of a plot than other clock stuff. The animation in the intro looked so good! I really wish you would have used that for the entire thing!

[It Whoopzilla!!!]

Whoop!

I think this footage may in fact be from the first Japanese Godzilla movie. That is known for being the best in the entire series. Normally, I am not a fan of these submissions where it's basically one short joke, but this was an exception. In fact, the only thing that kept me from liking it more was that you did not put in the Shoop Da Whoop sound! It is great to see footage from a classic Godzilla movie. It is also neat how you included a list of all the other flash cartoons you have made.

Sometimes it is not enough to just mention them, but also show screenshots of them! It's hard to say more, because this really works well in how brief it is. The footage itself just looks so good and in no way campy or cheesy. That atomic bomb scene is pretty popular, isn't it? This is funny because Godzilla himself is supposed to be a metaphor for the atomic bomb.

Psychopath responds:

No it's not, it's from the first one made in the '90's; specifically, it was Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah [1991]. The first Godzilla movie was made in the fucking '50's and was in black and white.

[Pee Soup]

Pee?

For a momen there, I thought you were going to make a joke about pea soup. I simply love this cartoon and think it is one of your best. This is probably because you guys just make fun of yourselves so much. Like, what are these guys doing in a house doing all these disgusting things and why would any of them ever want to drink pee in the first place? The funniest part was probably when the black man turned into a realistic woman with a sandwich. The part with the dancing naked people was great too.

Farts and poop are always funny when you randomly put them in stuff. It was also a treat to see everything going in reverse back to the guy who was sucking the woman sandwich or whatever. The animation is as great as ever. Even the joke parts of it with the second naked guy were well done. Thank you guys for having such a great time with yourselves and never losing your goofy sides.