Mickey's Descent Into Madness
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- Опубликовано: 21 июн 2021
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Thank you, the ost for this is one of the best RUclips soundtracks I’ve heard in a while
Nice! Guess we'll have to listen to it all again :)
Thank you very much
YESSS thank you good one.
Thank you, I really loved the OST and the story of Mickey series of yours
"How I stretched a 3 minute joke into a fucking trilogy"
It's actually 4
@@MidnightMission-ir good thing
@@VuPhan-kt2ww r/stfu
@@vn9574 Nobody cares
@@VuPhan-kt2ww stfu
When i saw the twist that they weren’t Disney characters at all, that was when I realized this wasn’t a shitpost anymore. This was art.
A gorgeous display of a tortured empty man struggling with his own decisions
shitpost is art
@@jayden3988 damn you right you right
fuck I just spoilt it for myself
When they reveal that true name of Goofy was Gabriel Gibson it blow my mind
I love the deeper meanings of this animation, the characters were never Disney characters at all. It was all the result of the broken mind of a war veteran who had to live with a horrible mistake he made. His slow and steady fall into madness caused his sense of self and reality to blend with so many things he had seen before until he couldn’t tell the difference between the reality he’s trapped in and the fiction he watched as a kid. It was all a blur, a blur that only gained clarity when he realized and accepted his mistake and the way it affected everyone and himself
I was thinking exactly the same and was about to comment about it until I saw your post. Yes, the protagonist's mind is so broken he is replacing them with his childhood shows. It's sad. Tragic. And this just only shows the masterfully crafted work of art which is this video. and its prequel.
oo, personally i thought it was him de-humanizing himself, to lesten the burden
We shouldn't forget about the shot with the needle shown during the part where we can hear his 'interrogation' by (probably) the CIA. I understood it in the way that they gave him a max payne like serum that together with the 'interrogation' itself brainwashed him into seeing everybody as disney characters.
Oh Now it all makes Sense
People who struggle with the present and fear the future often cloister themselves in the past. Mickey here clad his own reality in better memories from childhood to make living more bearable.
I just realized that the reason Mike/Micky saw everything as the cartoon and his reality was so distorted was because once he got back from his mission the CIA put him through MK-ULTRA to make sure he stayed quiet and genuinely believed in what he did.
His lying and keeping the file was his psyche in some way absolutely refusing to believe that and refusing to let it go.
His mind tried to crawl into his childhood, making everything a cartoon to cope, but it didn't work. No matter what he couldn't leave the war, couldn't leave what he did. Irregardless of how hard he tried.
Yeah. That's why while every else's person's face is distorted into a cartoon, "Mickey"'s face retains his old features.
In a way, it represents his illusion of duty to a country that never truly existed outside of his head.
The word is "regardless."
The worst punishment for Mickey was to not be punished at all
To live with his guilt yes
God just sat there picking his nails barely summoning the urge to judge him.
Forever in pain
Mickey received a punish worse than living with his guilt. He has to live with the manifestation of his guilt haunting him forever through max.
I'd say this is worse than death
the fact that a shitpost turned into a legitimately high budget saga never fails to amaze me
Amaze us
I guess no one will see this but I’m a 12 year old artist/producer making trap and hip-hop songs. You would make my day by simply liking this comment so more people would notice me. Thank you all, and god bless you.
Not to mention that over $5,000 got raised by the community to fund it
@@raygaullas2179 it's okay to follow you dreams, however self advertisement is not the way to reach them
and its insanely good.
11:22 I like how with everything Mickey says to the interrogator he immediately responds because it’s all expected but when he says goofy the interrogator pauses because he has to think about what he means
question for you, this is the most recent comment that I could find on this video. Does this correlate to what the video is talking about when it comes to MGS games? If so I 1000% want to play the games now. If not, do let me know. Thank you.
@@thebxtcher8378 I’ve never played mgs
@@thebxtcher8378You can tell there's some influence, I really like the games so do play them
@@thebxtcher8378
Dude ikr, it felt so much the same
One thing I just realized is that when the voice is asking him if he destroyed the documents, his voice flutters a little when he says "yes", unlike the monotone nature of all of his other answers. He kept the documents all that time, despite his orders to destroy them, because he couldn't bring himself to destroy the thing his best friend gave his life to protect. That's amazing storytelling right there in my opinion. It was only because he never destroyed the documents out of respect for his friend's determination that the only friend he had left gave up when he was forced to read them.
seems he had to fight truth serum through that too, basically rewire his brain into believing something else
When they showed that they're real people, It's not a parody anymore. It's a full on drama about the Vietnam war.
It's called yoloing everything in
Shut up
@@almightynugget3843 who was that directed to?
@@YesItsbee it was directed to me. I’m that guy.
@@lejenddairy You're not that guy pal, trust me you're not that guy.
"Give a farmer seeds and he'll create food, give a musician a melody and he'll create music, give a soldier an enemy and he'll create nothing, he only destroys, kills" - Mickey Mouse, 2020
give them a shitpost and...
@@danisob3633 theyll make a series
@@danisob3633 they'll make a masterpiece
I’m pretty sure the year is 1969
@@subjectverbargument9871 our end quotes are similar.
it's no coincidence that steam boat willie goes public and youtube recommends this video again
My father was in Vietnam. I only found this out after he died. It cleared up a lot of his solitary quirks that I never understood when he was alive, and I wondered why he never told me himself…
After seeing this video I can’t help but think: Perhaps it was because he was perpetually battling his own descent into madness, and none of us realized it at the time.
When war was war it must've been traumatising. When war is deception and dishonourable like it is today, it must be brain snappingly destructive to the psyche.
That’s deep man… Your dad fought for his country, whether or not it was for the wrong reasons. Wherever he is right now, Ik he’s proud of you. 👍
And remember folks:
If disney copyright claims this its officially canon
nice.
Hey stop scrolling
A Meat Canyon fan, i see
@@yggouro9613 Never forget
RIP
@@sebastianalvarez6006 How could I, he was stolen from us
Till this day I mourn our loss
Let his struggle be a lesson to us all
The fact that Disney cartoons have historically been used for the USA’s war propaganda machines also makes it all even more of a masterpiece about the horror that was the Vietnam war.
Horror is in the fact that they've learned their mistake in Vietnam and used those lessons to teach media how justify and glorify every war since that. War hasn't changed after all...
@@TheArklyte war never changes
@@murty4529 "If there's one thing that my time in the army has taught me... is that... War, war never changes"
-Sole Survivor, Fallout 4
Wanna know something worse, we literally repeated it again over the past 20 years because we didn’t learn
"War has changed..." -Solid Snake
The fact that this man managed to create four memorable fleshed-out characters that are interesting and identifiable with, using fucking Disney cartoon characters no less, a premise that should be comedic (not gonna give away the twist), and putting them in a story that conveys the horrors of war, PTSD, and what it does to a person, all in 17 minutes is a phenomenal achievement. My only complaint is that this video is not a full-length movie. 9/10.
Its honestly insane, how war drove this man insane. To the point where he kills goofy. But watching as he slowly starts remembering reality. This was a man who was driven so mad, that everyone everything turned into cartoon characters. Or maybe, this was a way to tone it down. But the fact that before he was sounding like the actual mickey, but now, it's a whole different voice. It's just honestly insane what could happen to a man after he truly snaps.
My thoughts were so scattered because of how deep this is.
Remember, if Disney copyrights this, it's considered canon.
you know they will. Warner Brothers took down meat canyons video and I know Disney is just as shitty
So Mickey, Donald and Goofy are actually all human.
@@lastson5014 YES
They dont deserve credit for this.
Holy shit
Mickey’s downfall ultimately being that he couldn’t look Max in the eye, and that being the same thing that Goofy asked of Mickey before he was killed, is so absurdly good. You have an incredible talent.
his downfall isnt where he couldnt look both father and son in the eyes, it was when he chose his country over his friend from childhood, or at least when he started dying inside.
@@Mobilizes True, but I’m talking about his downfall in the sense that not being able to look Max in the eye is what exposed him.
Yes but the thing that wows me the most is that twist, he was hallucinating, seeing his past as cartoons where the last place he felt alright, driving himself to almost committing suicide, it’s just so well thought out, I love this
@@orcacam0715 I feel like him looking at max is what made him remember
@@TheTank531 🦒
You tricked me.
You made me think I was going to watch some meme-ish nonsense, but I ended up watching a dramatic masterpiece.
12:07 The guitar chord just as "Goofey" disappears and we see the man himself for the first time, it still haunts me. This is absolutely amazing, well done.
It's definitely chilling. He looks a lot like Shaggy.
Yes officer? That’s it. That’s it right there. The shitpost that spun out of control and became an amazing story. Please arrest it. It’s making me sad
The creators of this just decided that they were gonna tur this meme into a masterpiece of writing, this is absolutely crazy
No can do its too good to arrest, now we just have to live with it
"Coward..."
Ok... so Mickey gets MK Ultra'd to forget about the documents that he killed his best friend for. The mind control makes him think of himself and his friends as cartoon characters. That's fucking something.
10/10 Plot Twist
So he forgot about the incident until like 10 years later when he went insane
@@pablopereyra7126 MK Ultra messed up his head
@@jovif.spemudaindonesia1841 Tru
It's also accurate as Disney's characters are period correct around that time + it's part of his childhood
Steamboat Willie's has entered into the public domain and Donald Duck will soon too. Wondering if we're gonna get more full budget works like this
It's best if we leave it at here, I don't want this masterpiece turning into a low effort movie
I tried showing my friends this video. All of them scoffed at it saying "What is so special about it" or "It's alright." or "Why is it Mickey Mouse themed?". This has got to be the most meaningful and deep 17 minute video of my life. The way the film displays PTSD and the effects of war are amazing. Being able to see all the characters interact with each other after what Mickey has done to Goofy is phenomenal. Please keep making more films like this, it is an eye opening experience with the writers and VAs make it sound and feel in the moment.
@@dickrichard626 I think this is just a classic case of people being different, having different views and conotations for quite literally everything. What is profound to one person is mundane to the next. As for the animation, I don't care about the work put into it. Everything we do only matters as much as its consequences, and the consequences of animating this video are a neat psychological story in my eyes. Still more work than some of the videos in my feed.
Damn I need to get off of youtube.
@dickrichard626 You make a good point. There are some videos I love and some that I hate. I wish the youtube algorithm would change to get rid of stupid youtube videos like those cringe and childish animated SCP videos. I hate those, but at the same time, I enjoy youtube videos from dj Peach Cobbler because of the ideas he talks about. You might think that he is cringe, and I can not in good faith say that you are wrong. But presumably, people still enjoy this cringe induced content, and we should present our case, but also be prepared for people to reject it. One day, maybe people will understand how to make a world without cringe, but until that day comes, we will endure the chaos of creation.
(Edit: i just realized I failed to address your main point. I will correct this in the morning.)
@@dickrichard626 Uh, buddy, most people don't like videos.
@@dickrichard626what?
Because it's an animation made by one person, not your normal animation made by 4/8 animators, it's an individual work, and the whole point of this being lazily made makes no sense... did you even watch another video on his channel? This guy profundizes on weird and surreal art, which means he's not interested in money, and genuinely makes things to improve his all-kinds of art (which goes from 2D, 2D with 3D-like features, 3D, you get it)
Also... uhhh... what? You dont like new stuff because it's easier to make?
What are you? An anti-technologist? Why would you not like things being easier?
Although... i do get your point on things requiring less effort... but you still have to appreciate that art is becoming available to more people because of this.
But like... This is completely hand made and doesnt use any CGI, voices are recorded and tested and music is produced by the creators.
Although i dont know what you mean with this not making sense or not getting things straight since multiple war veterans or conscripts have visited the channel and OST, reporting that they took the story seriously and understood it.
BUT, again, this means that this is content of a genre, implying that some people will love it and others despise it.
Last drispoval of your point.
How. How the hell is this for kids.
It is very clear that this animation did not find it's correct public, and the posibility is that kids were attracted to this animation, somehow werent noticed by their patents, and did not get what it was about. It is also a fact this channel is not that famous But as an ethereal snake fan i can say i do see your perspective.
@@talisman_g1and that... also that...
“The truth, Mickey, is that you’re here because you wanted to be something you’re not: a hero.”
No matter what comes next, don't be too hard on yourself. Even now, after all you've done, you can still go home.
Lucky you.
I know it’s hard to hear micky. Your all that’s left. And we can’t live this lie any longer.
The horror
"Remember back in Saigon, Mick? Before thing got bad, we were talking...About nothing really. I said something about goin' home and you...You said "Home? We can't go home. There's a line men like us have to cross. If we're lucky, we do what's necessary, then we die. No, all I really want, Lieutenant is peace."
It started from a shitpost that escalated into a cinematic masterpiece
This could definitely be a movie
It never was a shitpost bro
@@thebloodyalbo4580 yes
Yooooo link me the shitpost lmao
@@GUStavoSuperCool well the first video where shitpost
Lost a old buddy not long ago who served in Nam. Miss him everyday. Wasn’t only a friend but also felt like a grandfather. Rest in peace Mark. I’m sorry you had to go through that hell.
Im sorry for your loss. I hope things have gotten better
Take care - An internet Stranger
Sorry for your loss
I can't believe how a joke video turned into a masterpiece film, my words can't describe just how good this video is, excellent animation, very good writing and just perfect execution overall
I remember crying at the end the first time I saw this video, it's so perfect, you can actually feel the characters and think about just how horrible was the war in Vietnam
Remember kids: If a studio or company of their designated character/show claims/copyrights a video, then it’s canon, thus creating an alternate timeline
In plain English: if Disney copyrights it, it's canon.
So dragon ball gt is finally a cannon
Disney better cuz I want this timeline
I will be so mad if Disney take this gem down it took a huge effort for the creators to make this and even if it is a meme you can't denie that the writing is amazingly good
Im waiting for Disney to claim this like Warner bros claimed wabbit season
Remember, if Disney claims this, it’s canon.
oh yes unless they shoot it down for copyright violation lol
It happened with Nintendo before
Peach's Untold Tale(yes, THAT one) was taken down by Nintendo
You know what that means
Imagine this in a Kingdom Hearts game
@@her0brine975 That’s what i mean
Goofy is Shaggy confirmed
*It wasn’t Mickey, it was Michael all along.*
"The clubhouse has gone silent ever since the gang came back from the war. Years gone by, only few remain. A man, a broken man brought to suffer the weight he caused by himself. A weight that made the memories of the war into a vicious hellhole in one's mind."
-Pluto
"i lost 30,000 men in a blink of an eye and the world just fucking watched"
-Mickey
IS THIS A MODERN WARFARE 2 REFERENCE?
@@eth8556 YES
No he helped lose 30 000 men
"Tomorrow, there will be no shortage of volunteers. No shortage of Patriotism. I know you will understand."
"that's one less loose end."
the most anticipated by the entire internet connoisseur world has arrived
Let us partake in this series of a duty bound mission and life changing mistake
i have waited years for this
@@DyslexicMitochondria Hi bro I watch your channeII. Love your vidss
Sad life
we are the 1% of the Internet
My grandfather served in 'Nam. For most of his tour he served over there and then in the final year of his tour he was stationed in D.C. where he was called "baby killer" everyday he went to work. It messed him up to the point he took up drinking which caused rifts with his family and ultimately led to his death. That war... that war wasn't something anybody was prepared for. The Vietnamese were slaughtered and the Americans came back mentally scarred (if they came back at all).
That last shot of the trio going from adults to being kids again is haunting
There's no one else in the world who can do what you do.
And Your Voice-Work Was Great!
Well done, I recognised that voice instantly.
*episode two*
Your grizzly voice is so badass, you could technically voice Snake
i got some damn chills down my spine with your voice acting
Duty to Country - Mickey
Duty to Cause - Donald
Duty to Others - Goofy
Even in war a soldier fights for different reasons, but true duty is to know which one is right.
Oh hey I found you in a video this time
I like this quote. Nice bro👌
Your name looks familiar.
Which means this is a painful test of loyalty.
-Sun Tzu
I always find myself coming back to watch this again and again.
A series that started as a joke turned into an amazingly well put together story about PTSD and how truly terrible mickey is as a person.
Bravo
Dude was apparently brainwashed.
@@BrickDaniels-qu7bz maybe someone else shot goofy but MK-Ultra told him he did, carrying Goofy's death is what probably caused him to lie about destroying the CIA documents
Realizing that Gabriel probably never got to see max only makes this sadder :(
"We wanted a full length Vietnam mickey story, and for our sins we got one."
Why are we here just to suffer
@@Paladen_X Why we still here? Just to Suffer*
They played you like a damn fiddle.
Never get out of the boat. Unless you were going all the way..... Mickey got off the boat. He split from the whole fucking program...….
What have we done
War....War Never Changes.
This started as a fucking parodie, now it has its own lore......and that’s amazing
parody to what?
This type of shit I like.
Is this a parody of something?
@@kingbroly2534 he means a parody as in Disney characters coming back from war lol
I thought this whole thing was from a movie
Holy shit.. i came in expecting a joke, ended tearing up. Whole room felt like it was spinning. This was probably one of the greatest stories ive seen. This went hard
Used to be a funny, 2 and half minute video about mickey in Vietnam.
Now it's a half hour long seris about Mickey taking on the full guilt of his actions.
Remember, if this gets copystriked by Disney, it means it’s canon!
Why do people keep saying this? What makes it cannon about it getting striked?
@@Tommy50377 it’s the same situation that happened with wabbit season by Meat canyon and was copyrighted by Warner bros. Basically if a company copyrights a parody they claim the characters. So, if Disney does copyright this, then it means that the events that happened in the parody happened in the Disney universe if that makes sense.
@@Tommy50377 Videos only get copystriked if they copy someone else's without crediting them. If Disney decides to copystrikes this mean that the whole story is canon, which would be cool.
@@BranchInHand6707 But can't you just copyright someone got using your IP? Nintendo sues loads of fan games like Pokemon Uranium, but that doesn't mean the fan game is cannon. Like I could make a pokemon game where it ends with the entire planet exploding, Nintendo can sue me, and then release the next pokemon game where the world hasn't exploded.
@@Tommy50377 it means if they claim it as their own they claim all of it
I did not expect the ending
Mickey: The voice of chaos
Donald: The voice of peace
Goofy: The voice between the two trying to make sense.
And the voice of reason died first
id and the ego?
@@waluigi4298 no ego and superego
ego: reason
superego: morality
@@dekeking9416 I thought the ego was morality while the super ego was reason? But I could be wrong.
@@mrsporadicsporkguy5481 it's the other way around
So, I've watched this again after a year and... it's hit me really deep. In the time between the first and second watching, my service-related PTSD has gotten bad. My mental health is slipping. I sense threats everywhere without seeing them and my heart feels like it's going to explode the moment that I hear something frightening. A sound. Anything.
I didn't even do anything in the Navy. I was at Fukushima providing relief. I was in the Gulf of Arabia and Oman watching sandstorms roll over the ocean. But I'm trapped back there. Thinking, being told I was going to die every day as a naval firefighter. I'm trapped. I can't escape and I'm going to die trapped.
The commonality between PTSD sufferers is a strange one. Mickey and I are trapped. And we can't escape what haunts us from the shadows, from the corners of our vision that are almost made realized.
Thank you for making this.
Hey man, I just saw this comment and I really hope things have gotten better. I wish you all the strength possible, and the best of luck for the future. Take care
And if you need anyone to talk to, I'm here. I can also recommend some other online communities, though they are mostly for teenage-related problems and I'm pretty sure almost none of us know how to help with this. Still, we are here to listen, and I hope thats enough.
I wish you the best 💚
Go seacrch for the Polyvagal Theory by Doctor Porges it will really help you overcome PTSD and all related problems ... trust me
Holy shit. I've seen a lot of comments from other service members and veterans, but this one cut deep. That feeling of dread and knowing your own mortality every day, I can't imagine. You've probably got an appreciation for life more people could do with following, take every day you have now as a blessing. Thank you for sharing your story.
Mickey got the worst punishment for a guilty man; no punishment at all
My god. they were never actually Disney characters to begin with.
Just a man who couldn't accept what he did
@@andresherrera2902 no because he was put into CIA project MKULTRA and brainwashed into forgetting the details, did you not watch this part? 11:04
@@vlad3223 he wasn't brianwashed by all that imo. Just television. Watching Mickey Mouse as a kid.
@@wammert they did force him to watch and drugged him. Looks like brainwashing to me
@@wammert more like they used his old cartoon to hide away their secrets,because if a person tried to convinced you about what your government did to innocent was talking like a craze old cartoon nut jobs, would you believe what he said?
Spoilers:
When Goofy was revealed to be a human being, and the fact that he kinda looked like Shaggy, i was expecting to see Mickey morph into Scooby Doo just to add some new layer of mindfuckery to everything.
Lol
Me too lol
Yep, that guy totally looks like Shaggy. Was wondering how that was going to fit into this puzzle of a story haha
@@Dankalank isn't there a video about shaggy killing scooby in the Thing parody he made
I thought this also, I am glad that's not the direction they took with it, maybe it was intentional, to make us feel like it was cartoons all along only to pull the rug out from under us a second time.
Bruh, this was unexpectedly amazing. Algorithm auto played it, and I couldn't look away.
i love how this not only started as a shit post but became a full saga, but also how it tells a deep and horrifically real story of ptsd and survivors guilt
The fact that they were revealed as actual people. Incredible. The fucking storytelling is so insanely well made.
Suprised the fuck out of me but holy shit it was a good suprise
i saw it as a brain washing mechanic they(gov) used in order to hide evidence or to let mick or mitch or what ever his name is to live back into the country... or it could be a by-product of the things he saw as a kid and used it as a coping mechanism to deal with his own actions. but it will explain why out of all three characters, goofy was the moral beacon of the three, since he was a family man, it helps sell the story better than to establish a character background.
@@ramcode8714 I'm pretty sure it was a coping mechanism from the Disney cartoons he watched as a kid.
@@neurofiedyamato8763 There is literally a scene where he is shown to be injected with some drug and then mind-wiped
@@neurofiedyamato8763 he was brainwashed with mk ultra you can literally see him getting injected with a syringe
"People keep telling me life goes on, but to me that's the saddest part... Ahyuck"
Oh
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@@raygaullas2179 no
@@raygaullas2179 no
@@raygaullas2179 no.
3 men dead but one’s still breathing.
"Collateral damage can be justified, if the gain outweighs the cost. How much do you think Adams and Lugo are worth?"
"The truth, Walker, is that you're here because you wanted to feel like something you're not: a hero."
Spec Ops: The Line - 2012
I never thought I'd see a spec ops related comment
Do you feel like a hero yet?
It takes a strong man to deny what's infront of him. Stronger then you were.
I’m actually shocked how well written this is Jesus christ
Right?
I wonder if there is an award for youtube short films?
No need to use the name of the Lord that way good buddy
It is not written it was real story Bro
@@ironduke5058 OMG did he say something wong
Remember: if Disney claims this, demand they hire Ethereal Snake.
If Disney claims this , its cannon
They’re not gonna hire him you don’t even wanna work for Disney these guys are clowns all they’re gonna do is just claim it and try to take the video down the same morons who tried to claim a deity like Loki who they don’t own will try to Claim an Internet series is there’s no the only thing they can claim is the fact that ethereal snake is using their characters and that’s all but there’s nothing else
@@LazGato dammit, I wanted to say that
Since Disney has bought Marvel they could make another wing that does totally different stuff from base Disney and Ethereal Snake could be head of that
@@calebmurray4438 I seriously doubt that the only thing Disney is worried about is critical race theory
I think this is unironicly my favorite piece of art along with "mickey never came back" I can't explain why but the fact that the character are mickey and friends make the drama matter 100% more to me,
Why can't things like this be shown in theaters? This is art.
It could, the creator would just need to pay theaters to do so iirc, but it costs a lot, obviously.
This is legitimately better than 95% of anything Hollywood produces. . . . and it started as a parody shitpost. Never change.
S1apSh0es watching ethereal snake? Awesome. Just awesome.
95? The number 100 is what your looking for my friend.
@@Exuro_ No lies detected
Have you watched apocalypse now?
can somebody tell me about the parody shit post?
"I feel like a man dying of thirst watching a man drown"
- krilin
This is referencing those billie ellish fans
@@Human_traain
Girls: Haha funny cartoon😂
Real Men: MICKEY NOOOOOOOOOO…
Tbh that is a good quote for mickey
*a mouse
@Kevin the Teletubbie dum girls all they do is have smal brane and shop clothing
It never ceases to amaze me how much talent exist in this world and how artists like this can do stuff that even the mega studios seem incapable of these days
As a soldier this hits home
What hurt Mickey wasn’t Donald finding out that he’d had killed Goofy, but instead the realization that his past had caught up to him
@Frax yes, but he doesn’t get it. And it that realization, Mickey discovers that he’ll never get punished for his actioms
@@mimiblilly always not accepting
@Frax well, it’s just my interpretation of what he thinks… like you said, we don’t know. :)
>Barges into youtube
>Ruins people's childhood
>Doesn't elaborate further
>Continue posting
Chad moment
Underrated but this will blow up soon
Sadness ensues
lmao
Ruined?
No, made it better
This is better than 90% of Netflix shows.
EtherealSnake somehow made an emotinal masterpiece that shows the tragedy of war. And its made even sadder by the fact that Mickey ruined both of his friends lifes. And now he has to live with it. With no punisment.
I love how mick’s insanity is explained by the use of characters, you can see moments of sanity in the glitches. This isn’t a story of Disney characters in Vietnam, it’s the story of a Vietnam vet turned detective that copes with what he saw and did by imagining his friends, family and himself as Disney characters. It’s the only way he can remember, as you can clearly see the military wiped (or tried to) his memory, leaving only his childhood for reference. And because of that he mistakenly sees people as Disney characters. This story is actually really sad. And I did not expect this out of a shit post.
It is not a shitpost anymore, it is pure art!
And the Mickey Mouse voice is just in his head, and this is how he truely talks
Wow said it was ever a shit post
Big lez fuck ye mate
Big Lez another shit post turned into something truly magical
I'm serious, not a single atom of sarcasm here. This is an actual masterpiece. Period. I've not been emotionally whiplashed like this for a very long time
100% agree
"Animation is for children" Sure it is buddy sure it is
Stfu this is awesome
I seriously showed my friend this to tell him it's better then most recent movies lol
True, I thought it would be funny and yea in a certain way it is, but the reality behind is deep and dark
Refreshing new art. I believe something way deeper is going on with this short film. Few people remember that senseless war… yet so many were scarred by it for generations. Great work.
I feel like out of the trio, Donald is the most human, Goofy embodies the best of humanity, and Mickey embodies the worst of it.
If this gets copyright claimed by Disney, its canon.
Indeed.
RUclips just demonitized it. Seems like it's Canon now
@@jakeholland1825 lmfaooo
Good news,it is,there was an actual really old Mickey Mouse Cartoon called Disney in Vietnam:
ruclips.net/video/hAtnOkqO_l0/видео.html
@@nbanextlegend7497 WHAT THE FUCK LMAOO
The fact, that they are real people instead of disney characters actually explains Mickeys realistic face. He ignores the memories and faces of the people he hurt, by replacing them with childhood memories, but no matter what, he can never truly forget his own actions, the man he has become. He tries but the sins of the past are always lurking in the background, never to be forgotten.
What a masterpiece.
Holy crap, this level of comprehension is unfathomable. Take an upvote!
so true. This shows the devestating effects that war has on the mind, soul and body. as a man once said: "war is old men arguing and young men dying".
But you make it seem like he imagined himself as disney character on purpose. When I thought that he got brainwashed by the fbi because he knew to much
I like rats
Did you not see him get brainwashed
I created a playlist named hall of fame and this is the first video on it. Cried, touching and amazing work!
I'll always love the use of Mickey mouse to represent the "Mickey mouse" war that was fought for money and corporate interests.
Remember if Disney claims this, means it’s canon
Which would also mean they claim responsibility for brainwashing people?
@@LoganJKroll They'd never own up to that.
Fun Fact: If this masterpiece gets taken down, then it’s canon
Yeah
A bunch of low lifes saying “thats not how it works” incoming
@@onyxxchidori4214 basically me
@@onyxxchidori4214 that was hilarious man, calling yourself lowlife like that
Meat canyon is on board with this project so....
I've watched this so many times and the backgrounds still amaze me. They're designed and shaded so well, and fit so well with the theme of each scene. It helps enhance the mood of the scene. Excellent work!
No one’s talking bout the end credit scene, it’s just beautiful, really adds to everything
"A psychological thriller masterpiece of a cartoon series, made for kids."
-IGN, probably
It'd be the most accurate they've been in ages.
7.8/10 too much water
@WHOPPER 28 2/10 didnt use their reach to spread awareness aboute climate change
10/11 it has little something for every one
And then the rating they gave is 6.3/10 or something
"What do you remember from the war?"
"Nothing."
"What do you remember from your childhood?"
"Everything."
"What do you remember from the war?"
"Nothing."
This fucking broke me
What is America: Life.
I don´t get it :(
@@sebastianmolas9347 He was substantially brainwashed after the operation to make sure no confidential information was leaked. It could be also be argued that part of his PTSD tied things he witnessed in war to his childhood to help him cope.
@@Steelierelk1 That's actually amazing. I wouldn't have even watched this if I didn't think it was a shitpost too
@@plantinapot9169 dude, no shitpost is this elaborate let me tell ya. From the story to the animation the quality is top
This series started as a silly satire of the Vietnam war and Mickey Mouse. Now it’s become a literal statement, or critique, of the morality of man and what chaos can be sewn on the human condition by war and betrayal.
Of all the shit that passes for entertainment these days, I'm so grateful for a honest, emotional, thought provoking, and excellently voice acted passion project.
This series when from: “Haha funni mouse man”, to “Dammit Mickey if you trust me then look me in the eye when you pull that trigger.”
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Its sad though
Came out amazing dude! Thanks for letting me voice in this!
You did a pretty great job as Donald champ!
THAT WAS YOU??? YOU DID AMAZING MAN THAT WAS GREAT
Thanks papa meats and friends!
Yeah great collab my friend
Collab
I'm surprised that this video was published 1 year before the events of February 2022. It feels so relevant to the current reality, especially the post credits scene.
I know it started as a meme but this is one of the most beautiful animations ive ever seen. I often come back to it. It makes me think a lot about accountability and guilt
“I took her husband. The kid, he’s lost. I’m lost. I’ve killed myself. Maybe that’s my punishment. No burning bush, no smiting, no anything. Nothing. Just that I have to look into the eyes of the people I’ve wronged, see their tortured souls. See Goofy in Max’s eyes. An abyss in my own.”
- Michael Mouse
Lol “micheal” mouse
💀💀💀
Michael Mouse
Micheal Mouse
Can't forget the "AAAAAAAAA"
That was plain inspirational
I'm saving this, just in case disney goes petty and pulls it down
mickey mouse is actually being a coping mechanism for a deeply harmed veteran that regrets everything he has done heh Disney doesn't have the balls to make that canon
@@gabrielpetersen1308 that was deep not gonna lie
Make sure you repost
some fake disney will claim it, I bet
@@gabrielpetersen1308 you should see "rip wabbit season" by MeatCrayon
How did you make this?! As someone with ptsd, I’ve never seen something so accurate to how it feels. The perfect, eclipsing guilt
when a 17 min video its more deep and meeningful that the 90 min movies
Oh shit, I love the twist of Mickey being MK-Ultra'd to forget what he saw, which broke his already damaged mind even more, causing it to take his memories of the Mickey Mouse cartoons he watched as a kid and conflate them with reality - which, in the end, made him hallucinate himself and others as Mickey Mouse characters. Great fucking work, Snake, cheers.
I love that twist
This is horrifying, completely horrifying. Good job with the story and animation Ethereal Snake
, good job.
@@jacktobias6513 It is. My guess is that the government spooks tried to brainwash him into believing that the things he saw in 'Nam weren't real, only something he saw in a Mickey Mouse cartoon, but it ended up having the opposite effect - he still knew 'Nam was real, but now he thought the cartoons were real, too, causing him to imagine himself and his friends as Mickey Mouse characters.
@@generalrubbish9513 yeah, because he called goofy Sargent something gibson.
@@christianmccauley7340 Gabriel Gibson. He's the only real world name we know here.
I say this in a completely serious way: this would have easily won the award for best short film at this year's Annecy animation festival, hands down.
Hands down fr as low budget as it may seem.
can it be entered for next year?
I feel like Disney wouldn't allow that.
If they take it down it's cannon.
@@jackson3475 i know what I have to do but I don't have the strength to do it
One major theme for me is Mick's idea that there is nothing he can do. When he's confronted by Goofy Mickey is screaming how there is nothing he can do to atone, but during the final confrontation Mickey spares Max. He may not be able to reverse what he did in the past, but he can make better decisions in the present to grow and properly grieve.
This is a piece of art ngl, i literally watch this all the time.
Its a so complete work of art, you can literally "put yourself into the characters place" and feel what they feeling. Am not a depressed guy, but this can make me sad, teach me, even give me energy. It gives me goosebumps, make me think a lot on the Vietnam war, even made study more about it. Thanks for this masterpiece
This isn’t a joke anymore, THIS IS ART
Yea
It was so beautiful 😭 😭 😭
Was it a joke ?
always has been
*CINEMA*
War doesn't determine who is right...
only who is *left.*
Defcon’s slogan is great for war;
*Everybody dies.*
@@camaranjones6679 war ,war never changes but men do.
I ve seen this one from call of duty bt anyways lol
Good people get caught on the wrong side of the war.
This is surprising a scary and wiseful thinking
8:39
You took everything from me
NUH UH