[Split Second]

Amv Hell 4 is not random! Its just a tad more exclusive than 3. Browsing the forums I get the impression that a lot of people didn't understand many of the jokes for some videos. So lets help out by putting them into context with some links to the appropriate YouTube videos and such. Also, post the clips that you don't understand but may think there's a inside story involved.

I'll start with some I know:

Dancing Hello Kitty Gif (Cat, I'm a Kitty Cat) http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/kittycat

Mm What You Say (Bebop, Death Note, Bebop)
Season finale of the OC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3umNk9nVxbQ&mode=related&search=
and Saturday Night Live parody of said finale
http://www.idkwtf.com/videos/latest-videos/dear-sister-snl-digital-short
Some Examples of "Dear Sister" Parodies
Pirates of the Carribean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i41W029tRbk&mode=related&search=
LOTR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCLLirNuAog
Star Wars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JWz0CsvmZ8
300
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLyzscHXtWM
Azumanga Daioh (Thanks PurplePoleCat!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTxAPvq2FTw

I'm Bad Ash, and You're Good Ash (Final Fantasy XII)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK4XzGsIOHA

Christmas Lights (Love Hina)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmgf60CI_ks&mode=related&search=

Yatta!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9rWFZesV8s

Dota (Death Note)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ-TZk4gPKM&mode=related&search=

Numa (Dragon Ball Z)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60og9gwKh1o

Don't Worry Be Happy (Puni Puni Poemi)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xRnCCYuZC9Y

Trogdor (Spirited Away)
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail58.html

Mudah Flash (Inuyasha)
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/mudah

Lost (Nadia)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avUJFlTAWOk

My dad molested me (One Piece)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DFTmBrMYPw

Monkey VS Robot (Dragon Ball GT)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_QsCXm1vrk

The Beetis (Monster)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pod4jIKT_kA&mode=related&search=liberty%20medical%20diabetes%20testing%20te st%20supplies%20glucose%20meter%20type%202%20diabe tic%20medicare

Boxman (Zatch Bell)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_uln6CurFk

Boom Headshot! (Kino's Journey)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olm7xC-gBMY

I'm gonna Kill You (Vandread)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HDwsNyNyYo

Lotion (Berserk)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11dqktrtOzU

Benny Hill Theme (One Piece)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=spz8_rpE0e0

You Leik Mudkip?
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/SebauFiend/bbd201feaa780f589bc166b55612f6f8.swf

Lucky Star Death Note Opener
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWHkhVnZzyo&feature=related

Fatman (Dragon Ball Z)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S0OgucjDC4

Aphex Twins (Lucky Star)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Az_7U0-cK0

Jem (Berserk)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=20BZID081Vk

Do the Mario (Dragon Ball Z)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=65uNCLBTje0

Attack it Weak Point for Massive Damage
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2g1fr5vk72M

Thanks to everyone who shared links and making this such a cool thread!

[Kiarrens]

I'm Bad Ash, and You're Good Ash (Final Fantasy XII)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK4XzGsIOHA


It's FFXI. :)
(About the youtube version, it's weird... since when did they change that line at the end? It's "Good... Bad... I'm the guy with the gun" on my DVD!)
I'm really glad you posted this, I had no idea about the "Mmm what you say" thing, I don't watch OC. Thanks!
If someone could post the "Lost" intro that'd be super too, I had no idea what was going on in that segment either, until someone said it was a parody of Lost.

[Split Second]

Thanks. Yeah, that one makes no sense if you've never seen Lost, but if you have its really cool. The characters find the "numbers". Trust me its clever.

Oh, and here's one that I'm sure most people have seen:
Dragostea tin tei or simply Numa Numa (Dragon Ball Z)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60og9gwKh1o

[Zarxrax]

Don't Worry, Be Happy
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xRnCCYuZC9Y

[Split Second]

Thanks Zarx. I'm guessing Peomi is writhing in pain during that clip because when this song came out not only did it suck, but it was played over and over again on the radio. Source: I Love the 90's VH1

Here's another gem:
Trogdor (Spirited Away)
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail58.html

[Strawberry Key]

The clip featuring Shippo fighting another... little creature (so sue me, I haven't watched InuYasha much) is a reference to the Mudah/WRYYYYYYYYYYY Flash animation, which is itself referencing the anime/manga/video game JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. I can't explain too much beyond that, because I'm not familiar with JoJo's either, but I know that's where it comes from.

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/mudah (the last two options in the list are the ones that feature the audio clips used in Hell 4)

[Inkwolf]

Thanks Zarx. I'm guessing Peomi is writhing in pain during that clip because when this song came out not only did it suck, but it was played over and over again on the radio. Source: I Love the 90's VH1


George Bush senior even tried to use the phrase as a sound bite. People who were worried got very pissy about that...

What's the one where all the students are running around with a sort of military radio conversation? "Owned!" I assume it's from some game...

About LOST, this one has the music I think was used in the Nadia clip...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avUJFlTAWOk

But this one has the title style.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYdNd2lVYCg

I haven't seen the show myself, but I know it's about a lot of people shipwrecked on an island together where horrible and mysterious things happen, and it was made in the wake of the success of 'Survivor.' Sort of an occult Gilligan's Island.

[The Real Inferno]

One Piece - "My Dad Molested me.....alot."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DFTmBrMYPw

Dragonball GT - "Monkey vs. Robot"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_QsCXm1vrk

[Split Second]

The Beetis (Monster)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pod4jIKT_kA&mode=related&search=liberty%20medical%20diabetes%20testing%20te st%20supplies%20glucose%20meter%20type%202%20diabe tic%20medicare

The Box Man (Konjiki no Gash Bell)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_uln6CurFk

[Split Second]

Boom Headshot! (Kino's Journey)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olm7xC-gBMY

"I'm gonna kill you!" (Vandread)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HDwsNyNyYo

[Strawberry Key]

I thought the "u liek mudkips" video was based on another video when I saw it, and yup, I was right. Video for "Marisa wa Taihen na Mono wo Nusunde Ikima****a":

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/739975/mv_iosys_marisa_ha_taihen_na_mono_wo_nusunde_ikima ****a/

The Mudkip video mirrors that really, really well. I'm even more impressed with it than I was before!

And as for the copious 4chan inside jokes in that video, if you want to understand those: lurk moar.

[hyenaworks]

Having the audience do the Time Warp dance is tradition at every Rocky Horror Picture Show.


Thought I'd point that out. It provides a little extra amusement for those of us that have done the dance.

[Sinistro]

The videogame Ilpalazzo is playing is Super Smash Bros Melee, a fighting game starring characters from many different Nintendo games (including Pikachu, BTW). The objective is not to deplete the opponent's health, but to knock them out of the battlefield, which is often done by throwing them so hard skyward they "blast off" and turn into a twinkle in the sky like Team Rocket.

[???Shadow???]

Is someone didn't know, song in Dragonball clip from 01:06:59 -> 01:07:16 was from movie called "Spaceballs"

[Inkwolf]

And for anyone who hasn't seen it, the lines from the song 'Lotion,' done with the scenes from Berserk, were a parody of a scene in the movie Silence of the Lambs.

[oppdis]

Azumanga Daioh-"Bump n' Grind" by R. Kelly (thanks for the correction)

[For those of you that have never seen Azumanga Daioh, the inside joke is that Kimura (the guy standing on stage) is attracted to high-schoolers. Hence "My mind's tellin' me no, but my body's telling me else..."]

I almost passed out with laughter when I first saw that.

-oppdis

[Zarxrax]

^ wrong video listed there. The video you are referring to is the one that uses the R Kelly song, not Bodies by Drowning Pool. And R Kelly has been accused of sexual relations with minors, I think, which makes the song a good match for that guy.

[Corpsegoddess]

And for anyone who hasn't seen it, the lines from the song 'Lotion,' done with the scenes from Berserk, were a parody of a scene in the movie Silence of the Lambs.


That song is horribly, horribly catchy. Purplepolecat and I saw the original video for it for the first time a few years ago and it pops into my head at inappropriate moments, and then I can't stop singing it. :o

Here's the original:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11dqktrtOzU

These people are wonderfully twisted.

[Lunk]

The video from GGX, with the song I'm the bad guy from Queen : The character's name is Sol Badguy (and he is actually loosely based on Freddie Mercury)

Another Guilty gear reference : in the end of the Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie clip, a screen saying 'destroyed' is briefly showed - the instant kill

[W.T. Snacks]

The Mudkip video mirrors that really, really well. I'm even more impressed with it than I was before!
Comparison between the AMV and the flash. (http://amv.8chan.net/minionamv.iosyscomparison.avi)

[The Real Inferno]

One Piece - "Yakety Sax" AKA the Benny Hill Theme
http://youtube.com/watch?v=spz8_rpE0e0

Elfin Lied - "Why Don't you Get A Job"
The main protagonist of Elfen Lied owns a house that seems to gain a steadily increasing number of characters living there for free, while he himself has no discernable source of income either. Here he seems to be tellig them to get off their asses and pay for their food themselves.

[Zarxrax]

Elfin Lied - "Why Don't you Get A Job"
The main protagonist of Elfen Lied owns a house that seems to gain a steadily increasing number of characters living there for free, while he himself has no discernable source of income either. Here he seems to be tellig them to get off their asses and pay for their food themselves.


Um... and of course the main part of it is that the girl's name is Nana.

[Inkwolf]

Was the "No!" part of the actual anime dub? (I thought that clip was pretty funny, even without ever having seen the anime.)

[Kiarrens]

The Mudkip video mirrors that really, really well. I'm even more impressed with it than I was before!
Comparison between the AMV and the flash. (http://amv.8chan.net/minionamv.iosyscomparison.avi)


Wow, awesome job on the syncing! I'm more impressed with the segment now that I've seen them side by side!

[Gimmick]

The pokemon one (video 180) is a spoof on this flash:
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/SebauFiend/bbd201feaa780f589bc166b55612f6f8.swf

I'm not sure that it was that exclusive a large majority of the videos didn't reference anything. There were a couple good ones, I like that Naruto one with Kwan, The Death Note - DoTA, Utena - Supermodel, Ichigo Mashimaro - Ridin' Dirty, Higurashi - What is Love, and Today in Class 5-2 - Skeeted on

I still think AMV 3 was much better, maybe I was just tired when I watched this but a lot of these weren't so funny.

[The Real Inferno]

Elfin Lied - "Why Don't you Get A Job"
The main protagonist of Elfen Lied owns a house that seems to gain a steadily increasing number of characters living there for free, while he himself has no discernable source of income either. Here he seems to be tellig them to get off their asses and pay for their food themselves.


Um... and of course the main part of it is that the girl's name is Nana.


the sad part is I own Elfin lied and cant even remember any of the character's names.

[Spookzter]

One Piece - "Yakety Sax" AKA the Benny Hill Theme
http://youtube.com/watch?v=spz8_rpE0e0



True that is an acceptable origin.

But this is the real "One Piece - "Yakety Sax" AKA the Benny Hill Theme" Origin. (http://www.ultrapublications.com/CTU/flash/11/index.html)

[HypnoCircle]

Was the "No!" part of the actual anime dub? (I thought that clip was pretty funny, even without ever having seen the anime.)


Yeah, thats the actual dub audio used for that

[AMVP]

What was with those grainy "Lucky Star" remixes? Don't get me wrong, I thought they were great, I just don't know what or if they were based on anything.

[Split Second]

What was with those grainy "Lucky Star" remixes? Don't get me wrong, I thought they were great, I just don't know what or if they were based on anything.
Hmm, well I think you might be talking about LS set to Death Note's second opener "What's Up People".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TrJ7im0ax4
I lost my mud watching that clip as I am a fan of both Lucky Star and Death Note. Tip: watch the YouTube video and a small window of Hell 4 playing the clip simultaneously. You'll be impressed.

[Inkwolf]

I think he might also have meant the 'come to daddy' one, too.

Now that I've seen THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQIYor_X-A0) awesome expanded edition, I think it's just perverse randomness.

Gotta love it...

[Zarxrax]

Fatman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S0OgucjDC4

[Corpsegoddess]

Source for my Candyman Death Note clip:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=W4kR8OQCrlQ

I tried to keep as close to the candy-colored "diva" thing as possible.

Utena Supermodel:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Gh1m_-Vou08

The visual comparison between RuPaul and Akio was always obvious to me, but then again I'm twisted.

And the Beggin' Strips commercial:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WvxgM3lr-mg

I don't know what made me decide to use Saizou. Poor piggy.

[W.T. Snacks]

I think he might also have meant the 'come to daddy' one, too.

Now that I've seen THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQIYor_X-A0) awesome expanded edition, I think it's just perverse randomness.

Gotta love it...

Well, at least the part used for AMV Hell 4 is parodying the actual video for CTD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Az_7U0-cK0 (Towards the end)
I thought it was great, but so few people were going to "get" it, sadly.

[purplepolecat]

Well, at least the part used for AMV Hell 4 is parodying the actual video for CTD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Az_7U0-cK0 (Towards the end)
I thought it was great, but so few people were going to "get" it, sadly.

I know and love it, it's the most disturbing music video ever. As soon as that girl started screaming in the other girl's face (in the AH4 clip), I thought "wow, I would never have thought of that !"

[Adrian DX]

Wow, there were alot more inside jokes than I thought in this one...

But I guess most of them are funny on their own. But stuff like the O.C. thing and the Lost thing is not funny on its own if you haven't seen the series (which is sad, cuz us who don't watch stuff like that will just be sitting there all like "wtf" =/)

Well thanks for clearing stuff up, great thread.

[Inkwolf]

Well, at least the part used for AMV Hell 4 is parodying the actual video for CTD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Az_7U0-cK0 (Towards the end)
I thought it was great, but so few people were going to "get" it, sadly.


Creepy....but that makes it even funnier. :D

Adrian, I'm one of the out-of-its, too, but having a great time catching up. It makes rewatching even more fun for us, doesn't it?

[Split Second]

I know the OC Finale parodies were explained in the first post, but I think some examples of other successful parodies would help people appreciate their hilarious quirkiness

Pirates of the Caribbean:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i41W029tRbk&mode=related&search=

South Park:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoDIx0bspSE

Lord of the Rings:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCLLirNuAog

Loony Toons:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLW963ewcq8&mode=related&search=

Star Wars:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JWz0CsvmZ8

And the best one that's legitimately funny, 300:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLyzscHXtWM

So yeah, Dear Sister parodies are weird for the sake of weird, the Amvs
included.

[Adrian DX]

Adrian, I'm one of the out-of-its, too, but having a great time catching up. It makes rewatching even more fun for us, doesn't it?


Indeed ^^,

[Anti_Drug]

Heheh, it's funny watching some of these videos(I no longer hate "hide and seek")

The "My name is" one with Death Note is because Light(the brown-haired dude) is trying find L's(Blacked haired dude) real name so he can write his name in the death note. By default people would die of heart attack, So the I'm having a heart attack and the your life is over now one's make sense(I dont know their song titles)

[Zarxrax]

Also, with the Pinky and the Brain video, the guy (Light) is a Brilliant genius and he basically wants to rule the world.

[Daxmort]

I think some of these are common-sense more than 'inside-jokes'--although I did find that a lot of AMV Hell' 4's videos had some sort of connection to the anime itself, or was related to some sort of Internet phenomenon (or whatever), whereas AMV Hell 3 were either just quite obvious or whacky. (E.g. 'I Am Watching You Pee', 'I Love to Drive a Taxi'.)

The only one that I thought required any explanation from AMV Hell 3 was the Banana Phone clip, the flash-video for which I'd fortunately seen on NewGrounds a year or so before (at least, I assume that's where the connection came from).

Not that I didn't enjoy either of them. :P I find AMV Hell 4 much more fun to watch now that I've 'read up' on some of this stuff. ;D

[Kabukiman]

Wow, there were alot more inside jokes than I thought in this one...

But I guess most of them are funny on their own. But stuff like the O.C. thing and the Lost thing is not funny on its own if you haven't seen the series (which is sad, cuz us who don't watch stuff like that will just be sitting there all like "wtf" =/)

Well thanks for clearing stuff up, great thread.


That's the main reason, I think, why so many ppl don't like hell 4. Most of the jokes are only understandable and funny when you know the thing which is referred to.

Eg. the whole "letter to my sister" thing is only funny when you know the original snl thing. Other clips work without prior knowledge, eg. the Osaka Cowbell Hero clip (my favourite) or the "Flash" clip (perfect - I knew what was coming my wayas i heard the first few notes :D).

Some are so small I only realized them on the 10th view. Did anyone else notice, that the last "spear" pinning EVA 02 down in one clip looks a lot like a manta ray or is that just my imagination ?

[Inkwolf]

Yeah, the manta ray was kinda the point of that one. :D Death of Steve 'Crikey!' Irwin, you know?

Heh, I knew the Flash Gordon music would be a giveaway...but only to people who knew it. And I didn't know how many people would have heard it, since I only barely discovered it myself by accident.

I agree some weren't funny unless you knew the source. The first time I watched, I was annoyed to heck with the SNL/O.C. thing because it seemed totally randomw, and even though it was used as a running gag, it just baffled me. Now that I know the source, I find them pretty funny.

Nadia was very cool. though, even before I knew wjat it was a parody of.

Banana phone was based on something besides a silly song? I thought that was just a brilliant piece of cuteness and wit on its own...must seek out the original...

After the Death Note explanations, I'm finally beginning to get the point of some of those. 'Unwritten' still seems a little unexplained, though, unless the (admitted) sheer coolness of the clip helped get it in. Is there more there than the wanting words to come / Light wanting the other guy's name to write down and kill him?

[Adrian DX]

eg. the Osaka Cowbell Hero clip (my favourite) or the "Flash" clip (perfect - I knew what was coming my wayas i heard the first few notes :D).

Yea, well the Osaka clip can be funny to anyone who has played Guitar Hero. But it adds if you've seen the SNL clip.

[Ok?nd]

Clip number 250 (Trigun). Is a version of the YTMND fad "Epic Maneuver"

http:// wiki . ytmnd. com/Epic_Maneuver

Just remove the gaps.
I just can't be bothered to register and the URL was blacklisted for some reason.

[Daxmort]

Banana phone was based on something besides a silly song? I thought that was just a brilliant piece of cuteness and wit on its own...must seek out the original...

I could be wrong entirely. ^^; It just seemed to parody the flow of the Flash. 'Hm, cool.' > '...' > 'D:' > ';_;' > '*Dead.*' > 'Ohnoes, now I suffer!'

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HJCQVGJY0Fk&mode=related&search= <-- Originally from Newgrounds.

However, according to http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_phone , there was originally an Osaka-based flash, so perhaps the two were put together? ??? *Shrug.*

My theory seems less credible now, either way. :P

[Spider0042]

What&#39;s the one where all the students are running around with a sort of military radio conversation? "Owned!" I assume it&#39;s from some game...


Not sure anyone ever answered this, but its from the game &#39;Counter Strike&#39; (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter_strike) (aka &#39;CS&#39;). Anime was &#39;School Rumble&#39;
(I believe it was mentioned somewhere on the forums.)

Related to &#39;BOOM HEADSHOT!!!&#39; (http://amvhell.com/index.php/topic,712.msg3505.html#msg3505). Its the game &#39;FPS Doug&#39; is playing.


Counter-Strike is the second most widely played online first-person shooter in the world, behind Halo 3. (Heh, &#39;Halo 3&#39;)

Actually I&#39;d expect most of the audience to know this one. Maybe that?s why it hasn&#39;t been mentioned? :/ Of course, if you&#39;ve never seen the game you wouldn&#39;t know where it was from. So now it&#39;s been mentioned. ^_^;

Next time I watch AMV Hell 4 I&#39;ll try to pick out any obscure ones that haven&#39;t been mentioned at that point in time.

[Split Second]

Banana phone was based on something besides a silly song? I thought that was just a brilliant piece of cuteness and wit on its own...must seek out the original...

I could be wrong entirely. ^^; It just seemed to parody the flow of the Flash. &#39;Hm, cool.&#39; > &#39;...&#39; > &#39;D:&#39; > &#39;;_;&#39; > &#39;*Dead.*&#39; > &#39;Ohnoes, now I suffer!&#39;

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HJCQVGJY0Fk&mode=related&search= <-- Originally from Newgrounds.

However, according to http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_phone , there was originally an Osaka-based flash, so perhaps the two were put together? ??? *Shrug.*

My theory seems less credible now, either way. :P

That&#39;s not the Banana Phone flash at all. This is it:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/166521

Osaka-Phone flash:
http://www.transbuddha.com/osaka/osakaphone.html

[Inkwolf]

I know the OC Finale parodies were explained in the first post, but I think some examples of other successful parodies would help people appreciate their hilarious quirkiness

Pirates of the Caribbean:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i41W029tRbk&mode=related&search=

South Park:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoDIx0bspSE

Lord of the Rings:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCLLirNuAog

Loony Toons:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLW963ewcq8&mode=related&search=

Star Wars:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JWz0CsvmZ8

And the best one that&#39;s legitimately funny, 300:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLyzscHXtWM

So yeah, Dear Sister parodies are weird for the sake of weird, the Amvs
included.


I&#39;m actually starting to like the song a little.

Can&#39;t believe nobody&#39;s done an Excel Saga one yet...

[Corpsegoddess]

Counter-Strike is the second most widely played online first-person shooter in the world, behind Halo 3. (Heh, &#39;Halo 3&#39;)

Actually I&#39;d expect most of the audience to know this one. Maybe that?s why it hasn&#39;t been mentioned? :/ Of course, if you&#39;ve never seen the game you wouldn&#39;t know where it was from. So now it&#39;s been mentioned. ^_^;

Next time I watch AMV Hell 4 I&#39;ll try to pick out any obscure ones that haven&#39;t been mentioned at that point in time.


Some of us avoid FPS games like the plague. :P

[purplepolecat]

The new AMV HELL logo (on this site, and the eye-catchers for the commercial break in AH4), and the phrase "the work that becomes a new genre itself will be called...", is from the opening credits of Cowboy Bebop.

I just got that last night, before that I thought Zarxax was just being pretentious. ;)

[Zarxrax]

The new AMV HELL logo (on this site, and the eye-catchers for the commercial break in AH4), and the phrase "the work that becomes a new genre itself will be called...", is from the opening credits of Cowboy Bebop.

I just got that last night, before that I thought Zarxax was just being pretentious. ;)


Yes, the graphic design is based directly on one of the cowboy bebop eyecatches. I forget which episode it was from though, they had a different one on practically every episode.

[purplepolecat]

I know the OC Finale parodies were explained in the first post, but I think some examples of other successful parodies would help people appreciate their hilarious quirkiness
...
So yeah, Dear Sister parodies are weird for the sake of weird, the Amvs
included.


You missed one... possibly because I only made it today. ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTxAPvq2FTw

[AMVP]

That&#39;s pretty sweet. I gotta ask though, shouldn&#39;t the song have restarted for each pullback like in the SNL skit?

For more Chiyo scalping action, head to:
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v665816SwKzp9mT?searchId=4907360034777958631&rank=0

[Split Second]

lol. Nothing would make me happier than if people made more of these. I know they aren&#39;t hard to do and they get funnier the more you see.

[AMVP]

something weird is going on. Last night, I posted on this subject, and when I checked back just a few minutes ago, my post was gone. I resubmited the post, but afterwards, the origional post showed back up again. Then I deleted my new post, but that got rid of the old post too! What&#39;s Happening?

(sigh, I gotta go. I&#39;ll try again later)

[Inkwolf]

something weird is going on. Last night, I posted on this subject, and when I checked back just a few minutes ago, my post was gone. I resubmited the post, but afterwards, the origional post showed back up again. Then I deleted my new post, but that got rid of the old post too! What&#39;s Happening?

(sigh, I gotta go. I&#39;ll try again later)


It&#39;s the evil and inscrutable spam-blocking software, which hides suspicious posts and makes Zarxrax approve them later.

[AMVP]

It&#39;s the evil and inscrutable spam-blocking software, which hides suspicious posts and makes Zarxrax approve them later.


Whatever it was, my origional post is up now, so no harm, no foul.

[Daxmort]

Banana phone was based on something besides a silly song? I thought that was just a brilliant piece of cuteness and wit on its own...must seek out the original...

I could be wrong entirely. ^^; It just seemed to parody the flow of the Flash. &#39;Hm, cool.&#39; > &#39;...&#39; > &#39;D:&#39; > &#39;;_;&#39; > &#39;*Dead.*&#39; > &#39;Ohnoes, now I suffer!&#39;

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HJCQVGJY0Fk&mode=related&search= <-- Originally from Newgrounds.

However, according to http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_phone , there was originally an Osaka-based flash, so perhaps the two were put together? ??? *Shrug.*

My theory seems less credible now, either way. :P

That&#39;s not the Banana Phone flash at all. This is it:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/166521

Osaka-Phone flash:
http://www.transbuddha.com/osaka/osakaphone.html


Whoops! That&#39;s the one I meant. I went to YouTube, must&#39;ve mis-clicked on the link. D: Thanks for the correction.

[Cheese]

The fact that there is reference list for inside jokes in AMV Hell 4 points out one fatal flaw that was not present in 3(or 1 and 2).
For example, I watched 3 with my dad who doesn&#39;t really know **** about anime, or popular culture in America for that matter, but he still managed to enjoy it. Why? You didn&#39;t need any additional knowledge to enjoy jokes, there was just clip and music/sound that fitted and it was awesome.
On 4 there was... Lots of stuff you couldn&#39;t get if you didn&#39;t have additional knowledge of the show or music clip used. For example "Mmm what you say" was pretty out there for most non-americans.

I don&#39;t get what I&#39;ll achieve by this, but I still felt like saying it.

[Zarxrax]

I don&#39;t really know that 4 went any more in this direction than 3 did... A lot of the stuff listed in this thread really isn&#39;t necessary in order to find humor in the clips, though there are a few that would leave people lost if they didn&#39;t know what was happening. 3 had a number of those too though...

[Daxmort]

Oh, another..I think. Not sure if it counts.

&#39;Light&#39;s evil laughing is actually that of King of Fighters veteran Iori Yagami..which I think may be a play on the fact that Light&#39;s name is &#39;Light Yagami&#39;.

Of course, that could be entirely unintentional.

[XIII]

Oh, another..I think. Not sure if it counts.

&#39;Light&#39;s evil laughing is actually that of King of Fighters veteran Iori Yagami..which I think may be a play on the fact that Light&#39;s name is &#39;Light Yagami&#39;.

Of course, that could be entirely unintentional.
I thought it was because Light kinda looks Iori.
....Sort of.

[Inkwolf]

A lot of the stuff listed in this thread really isn&#39;t necessary in order to find humor in the clips, though there are a few that would leave people lost if they didn&#39;t know what was happening.


The more I find out about Death Note, the funnier those clips are getting. :p

[AMVP]

I know what you mean. I&#39;m watching the series on animethat.com. Understanding the show&#39;s themes and characters (more than just knowing of them) goes a long way towards adding to its AMVs.

[Crazael]

Is there more there than the wanting words to come / Light wanting the other guy&#39;s name to write down and kill him?
other than Light&#39;s quest to become a God? not really

oh, and as for the manta ray thing, i spotted that the first time, and i have no idea how you could have missed that

[Split Second]

The Death Note clips are way better in terms of production value if you&#39;ve seen the anime, which if you haven&#39;t, you should, you really really should. It&#39;s a must-see, like Cowboy Bebop. If you&#39;ve seen it and didn&#39;t like it, you weren&#39;t paying attention and didn&#39;t follow the plot correctly or were watching the English dub.

[UNOwen]

That&#39;s true. When I watched Cowboy Bebob, I didn&#39;t watch it in order so I was always totally lost. But, you know what they say: You can&#39;t go home again.

[masterage]

The Death Note clips are way better in terms of production value if you&#39;ve seen the anime, which if you haven&#39;t, you should, you really really should. It&#39;s a must-see, like Cowboy Bebop. If you&#39;ve seen it and didn&#39;t like it, you weren&#39;t paying attention and didn&#39;t follow the plot correctly or were watching the English dub.


And what does the dub have to do with anything?

[AMVP]

The Death Note clips are way better in terms of production value if you&#39;ve seen the anime, which if you haven&#39;t, you should, you really really should. It&#39;s a must-see, like Cowboy Bebop. If you&#39;ve seen it and didn&#39;t like it, you weren&#39;t paying attention and didn&#39;t follow the plot correctly or were watching the English dub.


And what does the dub have to do with anything?


Alot of people feel that dubbing takes away from the inherent qualities of the anime as it origionally was. Personally, I&#39;m not that strict. If the voice sounds right, then a dub can be just as good as the japanese version (in some cases, it can even be better, like with Haruko in FLCL). Other times, especially, I find, with live action movies, the dubbing can screw with your head; then you&#39;re just better off reading subtitles. Again, it&#39;s all a matter of preference.

[masterage]

The Death Note clips are way better in terms of production value if you&#39;ve seen the anime, which if you haven&#39;t, you should, you really really should. It&#39;s a must-see, like Cowboy Bebop. If you&#39;ve seen it and didn&#39;t like it, you weren&#39;t paying attention and didn&#39;t follow the plot correctly or were watching the English dub.


And what does the dub have to do with anything?


Alot of people feel that dubbing takes away from the inherent qualities of the anime as it origionally was. Personally, I&#39;m not that strict. If the voice sounds right, then a dub can be just as good as the japanese version (in some cases, it can even be better, like with Haruko in FLCL). Other times, especially, I find, with live action movies, the dubbing can screw with your head; then you&#39;re just better off reading subtitles. Again, it&#39;s all a matter of preference.


I know that, actually...
I&#39;m envisioning a device that turns regular English conversation into Japanese and displays mostly accurate subs at the bottom of your eyesight...question is, would they buy it or try to pirate it using at-home materials? XD

And agreed on the live action dubs thing...

[An AMV Hell Fan]

Hi there.
Some months ago i posted a request for a Lordi song in AMV Hell 4. (some of you may remember this). Just here to say thanks for putting one in, and proving that people on the web actually listen to requests and such like.
I laughed more than i have in have in years at the final AMV Hell. Well done to all who worked on it, for it is truly in a league of its own.

Thanks and good luck in the future!

[Matt_Colly]

i still havent seen deathnote, and i am kind of waiting for its american release Nov. 20th...does that make me a bad person?

[AMVP]

i still havent seen deathnote, and i am kind of waiting for its american release Nov. 20th...does that make me a bad person?


You&#39;re not bad people, Matt. Horses are bad people.

Also, I thought I saw some english Death Note dvds on sale at Amazon.com, so I don&#39;t know what this Nov. 20th business is all about. I&#39;m pesonally waiting for the complete box set to come out (preferably one made to look like... well, you know.)

[Split Second]

The complete first season of the Death Note English dub is available for direct download of a couple pay sites, the links of which you can find on the Death Note US official website. The first two episodes has appeared the last two Saturdays on Adult Swim at 12:00p 11:00c.
I watched them as they aired and thought the main character&#39;s voice sounded... strange. Its hard to explain. I&#39;m probably just baised, new fans of the series might still be able to enjoy it.

[MasterfulKnight]

I&#39;m not sure where I should post this, but I assume this is an OK thread to post my opnion about a clip on AMV Hell 4

All of the clips I believe are great and hilarious, aside from one clip that made me really mad. The one I&#39;m talking about is the one that is a parody of Steve Irwin&#39;s death. Who is that heratless to make something like that?

[UNOwen]

All of the clips I believe are great and hilarious, aside from one clip that made me really mad. The one I&#39;m talking about is the one that is a parody of Steve Irwin&#39;s death. Who is that heratless to make something like that?
Acquiring target...
T-minus 10 seconds to firing of flamethrower...
That&#39;s the only way to kill trolls, isn&#39;t it? Fire?

[Matt_Colly]

i still havent seen deathnote, and i am kind of waiting for its american release Nov. 20th...does that make me a bad person?


You&#39;re not bad people, Matt. Horses are bad people.

Also, I thought I saw some english Death Note dvds on sale at Amazon.com, so I don&#39;t know what this Nov. 20th business is all about. I&#39;m pesonally waiting for the complete box set to come out (preferably one made to look like... well, you know.)




i am talking about

http://animatedbliss.com/DVD/new-releases.asp?date=November+20,+2007
this
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=15792527&st=death+note&lp=7&type=product&cp=1&id=1671289
this
http://www.suncoast.com/Death-Note--Vol--1-Front-Page_stcVVproductId21419566VVcatId455365VVviewprod .htm
and this. ;D

All say 11/20 from the looks of it...

I was thinking about getting the box but the realized from all you hellish cornheads that i need to start watching this thing immediatly if i am going to FULLY appreciate the death note clips...thus the urgancy.

[DicyDax]

i still havent seen deathnote, and i am kind of waiting for its american release Nov. 20th...does that make me a bad person?


You&#39;re not bad people, Matt. Horses are bad people.

Also, I thought I saw some english Death Note dvds on sale at Amazon.com, so I don&#39;t know what this Nov. 20th business is all about. I&#39;m pesonally waiting for the complete box set to come out (preferably one made to look like... well, you know.)




i am talking about

http://animatedbliss.com/DVD/new-releases.asp?date=November+20,+2007
this
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=15792527&st=death+note&lp=7&type=product&cp=1&id=1671289
this
http://www.suncoast.com/Death-Note--Vol--1-Front-Page_stcVVproductId21419566VVcatId455365VVviewprod .htm
and this. ;D

All say 11/20 from the looks of it...

I was thinking about getting the box but the realized from all you hellish cornheads that i need to start watching this thing immediatly if i am going to FULLY appreciate the death note clips...thus the urgancy.



Like someone once said to me: &#39;&#39;Is there possibly any valid excuse for not watching the entire series of Elfen lied?&#39;&#39;
So i&#39;m going to say the same... Just about Death Note... Unless you haven&#39;t watched Elfen Lied... Then .... What the (amv) hell are you thinking?????????
Anyway... This was a very useful topic ^^ Might enjoy AMV Hell 4 even more now (if that&#39;s even possible) Anyway... I kinda agree that AMV Hell 3 was very funny in a different way than 4 was... Some of my friends who haven&#39;t ever seen an anime thought that they were funny... AMV HELL IS THE SOURCE OF THE RISING AMOUNT OF OTAKUS!

[Coderjoe]

I&#39;d like to point out, for all the people complaining about inside jokes, that pretty much all of the jokes in the AMV Hell series are "inside jokes." By this, I mean that you have to have some sort of experience with what the clip is referencing (unless the clip helps out).

For example, from AMV Hell 3, would you find the Carmen Sandiego/Hellsing clip funny if you had never heard of Carmen Sandiego?

With my Strawberry Eggs clip in Hell 3, I somewhat tried to make the clip accessible to people who didn&#39;t know anything about the show. I&#39;m not sure how well that works, but people have told me they found the clip funny.

[AMVP]

I&#39;d like to point out, for all the people complaining about inside jokes, that pretty much all of the jokes in the AMV Hell series are "inside jokes." By this, I mean that you have to have some sort of experience with what the clip is referencing (unless the clip helps out).

For example, from AMV Hell 3, would you find the Carmen Sandiego/Hellsing clip funny if you had never heard of Carmen Sandiego?

With my Strawberry Eggs clip in Hell 3, I somewhat tried to make the clip accessible to people who didn&#39;t know anything about the show. I&#39;m not sure how well that works, but people have told me they found the clip funny.


Haven&#39;t heard of Carmen Sandiego? Seriously?

I don&#39;t mind inside joke AMVs. If anything, they have gotten me more immersed in the world of anime/music/related pop-culture. Without AMVs, just think of all I&#39;d be missing:

Andrew WK
Death Note
Azumanga Daioh

and so on...

[Coderjoe]

Haven&#39;t heard of Carmen Sandiego? Seriously?

Seriously, if one had no idea who Carmen Sandiego was, that clip would not make any sense. I&#39;m sure there is at least one person out there (in developed countries) that has never heard of her. Whether they&#39;re also the type to watch AMV Hell, though, I doubt. I was just trying to make a point with that example.

[DicyDax]

Haven&#39;t heard of Carmen Sandiego? Seriously?

Seriously, if one had no idea who Carmen Sandiego was, that clip would not make any sense. I&#39;m sure there is at least one person out there (in developed countries) that has never heard of her. Whether they&#39;re also the type to watch AMV Hell, though, I doubt. I was just trying to make a point with that example.

ehm... I haven&#39;t heard of carmen sandiego..

[Inkwolf]

ehm... I haven&#39;t heard of carmen sandiego..


Okay, I&#39;m going to assume you&#39;re serious (at the extreme risk of my street cred.)

"Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" was an extremely popular educational geography-based computer game. Carmen Sandiego was a master thief, and the player had to try to catch her by solving clues about what country she was going to next.

The game was so popular that it spawned a series of sequels, and even a TV game show (where the song came from.)

The inside joke is: Carmen Sandiego (the character) was always pictured as a mysterious figure wearing a red trenchcoat and wide-brimmed hat...remarkably like Alucard&#39;s wardrobe.

Here&#39;s a picture...
http://www.superkids.com/aweb/pages/reviews/math/4/csmath/merge.shtml

[UNOwen]

What makes you think your "Street Cred" would mean anything here, anyway? :P

[Inkwolf]

Forum cred. Whatever.

[masterage]

ehm... I haven&#39;t heard of carmen sandiego..


Okay, I&#39;m going to assume you&#39;re serious (at the extreme risk of my street cred.)

"Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" was an extremely popular educational geography-based computer game. Carmen Sandiego was a master thief, and the player had to try to catch her by solving clues about what country she was going to next.

The game was so popular that it spawned a series of sequels, and even a TV game show (where the song came from.)

The inside joke is: Carmen Sandiego (the character) was always pictured as a mysterious figure wearing a red trenchcoat and wide-brimmed hat...remarkably like Alucard&#39;s wardrobe.

Here&#39;s a picture...
http://www.superkids.com/aweb/pages/reviews/math/4/csmath/merge.shtml


there was the game show, the mainstream animated TV series, and it&#39;s PBS spinoff as well :P

[DicyDax]

Ah.. Thank you^^ it makes much more sense now..

[Inkwolf]

there was the game show, the mainstream animated TV series, and it&#39;s PBS spinoff as well :P


Wow. I didn&#39;t know all that. (I kinda live under a rock. Um, actually, I just spend too much time on the net and watching DVDs to bother with regular television)

[Zalis]

there was the game show, the mainstream animated TV series, and its PBS spinoff as well :P


Wow. I didn&#39;t know all that. (I kinda live under a rock. Um, actually, I just spend too much time on the net and watching DVDs to bother with regular television)
It&#39;s more of an age issue than a "not watching regular TV" issue -- I don&#39;t know how old you are, but at 26, I can remember playing the Carmen Sandiego computer games in the late 1980s and watching the game show and the animated series in the early/mid 1990s. But I&#39;m the same way now -- I don&#39;t watch any regular TV, so I missed the The OC connections. So I&#39;m grateful to everyone who&#39;s explained those clips as well as all the other in-jokes in this thread.

I have a question about clip #106: I know the song is from an American idol winner (or maybe just contestant?) and was used in the movie DreamGirls. But since I haven&#39;t played FFX/X-2, I was wondering if there was any additional significance to the clip?

These are relatively obvious, but since they haven&#39;t been mentioned in the thread:

Clip #203 - Jem Opening Theme: (another series out of the 1980s that I&#39;m semi-embarrased to remember)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=20BZID081Vk

Clip #71 - Do the Mario: (ending credits from the Super Mario Brothers Super Show)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=65uNCLBTje0

Clip #234 - Attack its weak point for massive damage:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2g1fr5vk72M
(after watching AMV Hell 4, I couldn&#39;t help but laugh when I later rewatched that Mahoromatic episode)

[Split Second]

Awsome, people are still posting links. By the way, I updated the first page with all the links that everyone has shared to make watching them easier.

[TnAdct1]

These are relatively obvious, but since they haven&#39;t been mentioned in the thread:

Clip #203 - Jem Opening Theme: (another series out of the 1980s that I&#39;m semi-embarrased to remember)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=20BZID081Vk
Besides the whole "Jem" theme, I think it&#39;s also a nod to a YTMND fad in which "gayish" moments are accompanied by the Jem theme song and the caption "Outragous" (and if there&#39;s one anime that obviously has gay undertones, it&#39;s Berserk ;D ).

[madhatter0082]

Has anyone ever thought about making a wiki about all of these things? There&#39;s just so much that these videos say about anime and pop culture that it seems like there should have a definitive resource as to where these references came from and what they are/were.

[DicyDax]

hm.. I suddenly noticed another one. The elfen lied &#39;&#39;tnt&#39;&#39; clip. The point is that the little creppy girl in the wheelchair is actually kind of a &#39;&#39;TNT&#39;&#39; since she has, at that moment, a bomb inside her.

[beriorgar]

hm.. I suddenly noticed another one. The elfen lied &#39;&#39;tnt&#39;&#39; clip. The point is that the little creppy girl in the wheelchair is actually kind of a &#39;&#39;TNT&#39;&#39; since she has, at that moment, a bomb inside her.

she didn&#39;t just had the bomb in her at that time, it was inserted in her body right after she was born as a security measure

[DicyDax]

hm.. I suddenly noticed another one. The elfen lied &#39;&#39;tnt&#39;&#39; clip. The point is that the little creppy girl in the wheelchair is actually kind of a &#39;&#39;TNT&#39;&#39; since she has, at that moment, a bomb inside her.

she didn&#39;t just had the bomb in her at that time, it was inserted in her body right after she was born as a security measure

Yeah.. But she still had the bomb inside her at that particular moment right? Good then!

[q-pa]

This is probably very late, but I wanted to add the Pokemon clip set to IOSYS&#39;s "Marisa wa Taihen na Mono o Nusunde Ikima****a" (#180)

The original Flash video doesn&#39;t seem to exist anymore at http://miezaru.donmai.us/, but it can be seen at http://forums.megatokyo.com/index.php?showtopic=1719318


Edit: The SNL "Dear Sister" clip has long since been taken off of Youtube, here&#39;s a different link:
http://www.clipstr.com/videos/SNLDigitalShortDearSister/

[DicyDax]

F**k Copyright!

[Yuhoshihana]

I&#39;m Bad Ash, and You&#39;re Good Ash (Final Fantasy XII)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK4XzGsIOHA

I LOVE BRUCE CAMPBELL. Nuf said.

[AMVP]

I&#39;m Bad Ash, and You&#39;re Good Ash (Final Fantasy XII)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK4XzGsIOHA

I LOVE BRUCE CAMPBELL. Nuf said.


Have you read his autobiography? Great stuff.

[Yuhoshihana]

I&#39;m Bad Ash, and You&#39;re Good Ash (Final Fantasy XII)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK4XzGsIOHA

I LOVE BRUCE CAMPBELL. Nuf said.


Have you read his autobiography? Great stuff.


You mean "Make Love! ...The Bruce Campbell Way" Not yet, my roommate is reading it, and I hear him snorting while on the toilet (starting to think I should put a bookshelf in the bathroom) so it must be good.

[AMVP]

I&#39;m Bad Ash, and You&#39;re Good Ash (Final Fantasy XII)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK4XzGsIOHA

I LOVE BRUCE CAMPBELL. Nuf said.


Have you read his autobiography? Great stuff.


You mean "Make Love! ...The Bruce Campbell Way" Not yet, my roommate is reading it, and I hear him snorting while on the toilet (starting to think I should put a bookshelf in the bathroom) so it must be good.


Actually, I was refering to his first book, "If Chins Could Kill". I haven&#39;t read the second one... yet.

[Kuroi_Youkai]

First off, just wanna say thanks for making the list, had a few things in there I&#39;d been wondering about, the O.C. parody in particular. Secondly, just for the sake of being thorough, thought I&#39;d mention to anyone who wouldn&#39;t know that the One Piece "Jackass" clip is based on a TV show where guys do very harmful or inappropriate things to themselves and one another. It&#39;d shock me if the last sentence actually enlightened anyone, but I felt it my duty to say something. :P

[Jet]

You&#39;re deathnote vid got removed from copyright it looks like.

[Kami]

When Slowpoke interrupts Pikachu after he&#39;s hung himself, on him is written "C-c-c-combo breaker!" This is a term used in forums when the same answer is given to a question or comment over and over again to break it; it originated from Killer Instinct.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XERZywq9o_g&NR=1

[Calvin3]

A lot of those are prety good.

there should be one for the other AMV Hells(just a thought)

[ubergamerMatt]

alright, i have a question about one of the Death Note segments. i know the source anime, and source song..i don&#39;t get the joke. if ANYONE can explain this to me please.

Misa Amane with the black mages "maybe i&#39;m a lion" what the **** on a ****ing tuesday was that about?

[PeanutSteak]

alright, i have a question about one of the Death Note segments. i know the source anime, and source song..i don&#39;t get the joke. if ANYONE can explain this to me please.

Misa Amane with the black mages "maybe i&#39;m a lion" what the **** on a ****ing tuesday was that about?

I&#39;ve wondered the same thing, except I think it might have been a Wednesday that I pondered it on.

[TnAdct1]

alright, i have a question about one of the Death Note segments. i know the source anime, and source song..i don&#39;t get the joke. if ANYONE can explain this to me please.

Misa Amane with the black mages "maybe i&#39;m a lion" what the **** on a ****ing tuesday was that about?

My take: lion = lyin&#39; (aka Misa is lying in front of those men)

[UbergamerMatt]

I gave that take on it a thought. my thoughts on it are the song is Squall&#39;s theme. and Misa&#39;s coat in that scene looks like his? idk. just a thought.

[Mdk]

I see it as "Maybe I&#39;m not the weak, stupid girl I actually look like from this interview and I could kill you at any time" ;D

[beriorgar]

posible, but i don&#39;t think we&#39;ll ever gonna find out

[ZinnKid]

Clip: #175
Anime: The ****pit
Song: Heut Ist Mein Tag
Artist: Blumchen Vs Roh
Editor: SGWNBTD

Inside Joke: The "OMG Secret Nazi" fad
Link: http://naziforest.ytmnd.com/
Info: http://wiki.ytmnd.com/Secret_Nazi

[Zarxrax]

alright, i have a question about one of the Death Note segments. i know the source anime, and source song..i don&#39;t get the joke. if ANYONE can explain this to me please.

Misa Amane with the black mages "maybe i&#39;m a lion" what the **** on a ****ing tuesday was that about?

As someone else said her furry neck thing on her coat looks like the furry neck thing squall wears in ff8. And it looks like a Lion&#39;s mane. At least, thats what I tell myself.

[Issitheus]

and that song in hell four... i think it was called hide and seek... i didnt understand any of its clips.

[jopojelly]

and that song in hell four... i think it was called hide and seek... i didnt understand any of its clips.


Think there was a thread explaining this....but anyway, it&#39;s a spoof of the SNL skit "Dear Sister" which is a spoof of a scene in the finale of "The OC".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3umNk9nVxbQ -- The OC scene

...and I can&#39;t find "Dear Sister" amongst all the parodies on youtube, sorry.....

[WelshLadGriff]

I don&#39;t really bother to point out any inside jokes, i just watch and let my brain deal with the scarring.

Still, it&#39;s *Bloody* funny.

[ssgwnbtd]

alright, i have a question about one of the Death Note segments. i know the source anime, and source song..i don&#39;t get the joke. if ANYONE can explain this to me please.

Misa Amane with the black mages "maybe i&#39;m a lion" what the **** on a ****ing tuesday was that about?

As someone else said her furry neck thing on her coat looks like the furry neck thing squall wears in ff8. And it looks like a Lion&#39;s mane. At least, thats what I tell myself.


I guess I should say something since I made that video. The opening line of the song is said by Squall from Final Fantasy 8. Misa is wearing an outfit that looks exactly like Squall&#39;s outfit in FF8. In that scene and in most of her other scenes in the anime, she is lying to various people to trick them into doing something. So it sort of works on 2 levels, but if you haven&#39;t seen Death Note and don&#39;t know the song, it makes absolutely no sense. A lot of people consider FF8 the worst modern FF game. I never played it, so I have no opinion. I like the opening of the song though.

[Issitheus]

alright, i have a question about one of the Death Note segments. i know the source anime, and source song..i don&#39;t get the joke. if ANYONE can explain this to me please.

Misa Amane with the black mages "maybe i&#39;m a lion" what the **** on a ****ing tuesday was that about?

As someone else said her furry neck thing on her coat looks like the furry neck thing squall wears in ff8. And it looks like a Lion&#39;s mane. At least, thats what I tell myself.


I guess I should say something since I made that video. The opening line of the song is said by Squall from Final Fantasy 8. Misa is wearing an outfit that looks exactly like Squall&#39;s outfit in FF8. In that scene and in most of her other scenes in the anime, she is lying to various people to trick them into doing something. So it sort of works on 2 levels, but if you haven&#39;t seen Death Note and know where the song is from it makes absolutely no sense. A lot of people consider FF8 the worst modern FF game. I never played it, so I have no opinion. I like the opening of the song though.

WTF?! youre actually ON?!

[DicyDax]

alright, i have a question about one of the Death Note segments. i know the source anime, and source song..i don&#39;t get the joke. if ANYONE can explain this to me please.

Misa Amane with the black mages "maybe i&#39;m a lion" what the **** on a ****ing tuesday was that about?

As someone else said her furry neck thing on her coat looks like the furry neck thing squall wears in ff8. And it looks like a Lion&#39;s mane. At least, thats what I tell myself.


I guess I should say something since I made that video. The opening line of the song is said by Squall from Final Fantasy 8. Misa is wearing an outfit that looks exactly like Squall&#39;s outfit in FF8. In that scene and in most of her other scenes in the anime, she is lying to various people to trick them into doing something. So it sort of works on 2 levels, but if you haven&#39;t seen Death Note and know where the song is from it makes absolutely no sense. A lot of people consider FF8 the worst modern FF game. I never played it, so I have no opinion. I like the opening of the song though.

WTF?! youre actually ON?!

Just what I thought..

[Inkwolf]

I just wanted to bump this very cool and informative thread. I think it ought to be stickied...

[church1000]

Finnaly I get the "MmMmMm what you say" joke!
Subliminal Messege: Make AMV Hell 5

[jaw091]

lolz nice :D amv hell 4 is great

[Inkwolf]

Hey, someone just brought up a clip on the Wat's that song/anime thread that I've always wondered about...

That clip with Sensitive Pornograph to the song about Passionate Kisses...

What's the joke? Is it that they're guys? Is it that you can't tll whether they're guys or girls? Is there some pop culture connection I don't know about?

I don't get it. Please enlighten me.

[Zarxrax]

It was simply to gross out all of the straight male viewers.

[Useful]

It was simply to gross out all of the straight male viewers.

That's pretty much what I thought. It was perhaps even more hilarious because it represented a strong contrast: the feeling of that scene ACTUALLY MATCHED the song, unlike everything else in 0 and /0 which tends to come at you from behind.

Pun very intended.

Edit: I also instantly thought that they both looked like Kaworu from NGE

[Inkwolf]

It was simply to gross out all of the straight male viewers.


'Kay, that's kind of what I suspected, but just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing a good laugh!

(Inkwolf-the-female snickers at all you straight guys.)