When Charlie was going up the golden escalator, it seemed like he had a choice to run back down there, yet instead, he just smiled and waved, expecting to end up in heaven.
Yeah, but its kind of literally the point of the Light, you're encouraged to run into it, in Christianity, when dying your are literally told to choose heaven over returning to the living if given the choice. You see, my big problem with this song is that at no point does he commit sin. Which is a requirement to end up in hell. Now we can assume he has sinned as all humans do, but his sins are never significant enough for mention, and he repents every Sunday for forgiveness which is exactly what the scripture asks you to do. The scripture never asks you to avoid sin with perfect gusto just because you feel like being a good person, the scripture literally threatens the punishment of eternal damnation so that those who follow the faith won't deviate into more "tempting" and sinful behaviors.
In my opinion, this song represents people who do good things just so they'd be thought of as "good people" instead of doing them just because they genuinely want to and aren't honest with themselves in that sense. They don't try to become a better person, but only pretend they are by doing "good deeds" just so people think they're actually getting better and praise them.
Yes, exactly! A lot of this song is based off implications instead of spelling out his misdeeds. You can tell through the implications that he mainly did his deeds to act good but ultimately were for his benefit-for example, he rode his bike… but when gas prices rose. As well, he rushes death with little disregard to his loved ones. (Though when he realizes that he's being punished for his selfishness? Now he doesn't want to die!) That's what I like about it! It doesn't go in detail about his fraud, but lets you understand the double meaning of his actions. :)
@@majkoueven if you only care about yourself, but still do good things and help others, you still make others feel good about themselves and make their day better so is it still not moral?
In my understanding of this song, Charlie was so focused on living up to the standards of a “good person” that he never actually took time to be a good person. Everything he did, even getting his wife cards and going to church, was all just so he could get into heaven. Heck, he was so excited to go to heaven he never actually considered the people who would miss him. He never gave out of the kindness of his heart, but out of his willingness to get to heaven. You could describe this as Fraud or Greed, but that’s not the point. All in all just be a good person, regardless of if God is watching or not.
@gamer zoologist it wasn't really that bad of torture either, he's just stuck in a jar, pointless, unusable and more importantly empty kind of like he's actions in life
I like the lyric 'Avoiding all the little things that were hard to ask'. It sounds so out of place listed with the 'good' deeds he did, and was sung in a way where you wouldn't even notice it if you weren't paying attention. I feel like those 'little things' were genuinely good stuff that Charlie could have done in his life, but ignored due to them not immediately benefiting him at the time. Also, the lyric being right before mentioning his death shows that the other stuff didn't matter as much as the 'little things' he'd avoided in the end.
i feel its the same with the line "Rode his bicycle to work when the gasoline price rose" after not using hot water and using eco-friendly lightbulbs. he couldve rode his bike to work everyday, but only did it when there was an incentive(high gas price)
Also there was him only riding his bike when gas prices rose and not in general because it was not about him caring about the environment but him caring about his wallet
I also believe his good deeds weren’t done bc he wanted to, but he had to. He only rode his bike when gas went up and him getting his wife flowers on a schedule as if it’s a talk.
I love "Never swam in the ocean for fear of shark attacks" because it contextualizes his other decisions. He chooses not to swim for his own personal benefit and paranoia, not for any legitimate reason, only becoming worse when you realize that shark attacks are comparatively rare.
Yeah "when the gas prices rose" also does this shedding light on the seemingly good acts like cold showers and eco friendly light bulbs which are just to reduce bills
The most ironic part is that they'd still end up in hell because, just like Charlie, they're only doing it to appeal to a higher being. It would be superficial😭
Man a lot of people seem to think he was just selfish. Honesty, I appreciate the consensus, but I do think there’s another way of looking at it. I believe that it’s more so a symbolic song, Charlie lived his life “ignoring all the little things that were hard to ask” I see that as him avoiding his own mental problems, determined on being a good person. He ran from his inner demons, refusing to confront himself. At the end it states, I think, “You can run from your demons until you are exhausted, but one day you have to stop and wonder what they wanted.” He was obsessed with running from his demons, when he should have confronted them to be a better person but yeah that’s my thoughts
Honestly, a better interpretation on the song in my opinion, I mean… going to hell because you’re too fussed on going into heaven? You’re telling me being a little arrogant means you deserve to suffer with literal muderers in the afterlife? He would of gone to purgatory at least
@@chimdalustudios1055 well that’s a bit unfair? There always has to be a middle ground especially for really morally grey people who did bad things but still good
If you notice, most if not all of what he did in his life wasn't actually virtuous. Most of it was simply frugal living (the lightbulbs, riding a bike) and keeping up appearances (giving a rose to his wife on a perfect bi-monthly schedule, fish on the weekends).
@@CatalystsCompass In all honesty, I don't think him just going to church will help his case. I mean if you believe in something, going to church is a good way to talk to others that also believe in it. But you do know that there are preachers that know almost the whole bible and simply don't follow it. It's what you decide to do with what you are given really. sorry for being literal. I suck. Have a nice day.
So even if you make the effort, your heart wasn't in the right place therefore into the pit of forever torture. This is why i hate the idea of hell, the system is rigged.
@@jackhazardous4008 to be all honest every system will seem rigged. Even if you believe nothing it's rigged. So sucks to be human I guess. I know what I believe, now just gotta have faith that it's right. It's what everyone seems to do.
Then again. By those ethics no human can enter heaven as all decisions are based on a reward. You do it either to get a good feeling, increase others opinion of you, gain material rewards, or something completely different. There is no way to make a completely selfless action. Feeling good for doing something nice is in itself a reward which corrupts your motive.
@@JeppeBeier i'm fine with that, it doesn't make sense to me to separate people, what's heaven if you know some of your friends ... or anyone really... is being tortured in hell?
@@JeppeBeier not really, having empathy isnt a given. giving to someone and being nice doesnt acutally guarantee reward. people might still respon with hate and anger, doing the right thing, DESPITE, any negative consequences because of it makes you good. there truly is a way to be selfless
He has a nose like pinocho(he's a liar) , and maybe in the accident of the car , he didn't care if he kill or hurt someone, he just thinking on himself
@@mr.froggu3292 hey, spoiler warning, someone probably has the same first middle, and last name as you. I know theres a ton of people who have my full name as theirs too
Something I'm not seeing a lot of people comment on here is that he also "judged with no pretense" and "avoided all the little things that were hard to ask" - it's pretty much said outright in the song that Charlie was a judgmental person who ran away from his problems and refused to introspect on his own flaws, despite his "pious" persona
wow, I didn't think about that. even so, does he really deserve such a fate? every day people do things worse than others, but they also have a chance for forgiveness, don't they?
When they say that he judged with no pretense it means that he was unbiased and fair in his judgements. Example, he wouldn't decide that a person was responsible for a meltdown at work just because the person was a Mexican etcetera etcetera. And when they say he avoided the little things that were hard to ask I think they are talking about things like alcohol, cigarettes, porn, and other things that people commonly indulge in. Those would be difficult to ask someone to completely avoid in their life and a person would not be judged just because they indulged in it. But charlie didn't indulge. What is important to note is the fear of shark attacks and the "got in a car crash, cardiac arrest, died of a heart attack." The man was so afraid of death that it killed him.
no the lyrics are “had a car crash cardiac arrest, died of a heart attack” which means that crash could’ve put him into cardiac arrest.. then died of a heart attack shortly after
Despite how nice Charlie seems, he ultimately went to hell for being a liar, blaming others, and never taking responsibility for his own mistakes. The entire video, all we ever see Charlie do is either try to run away from the situation or try to talk his way out of it and even foist blame onto others (angels). He makes excuses for why he couldn't possibly be bound for hell, he never even entertains the idea that maybe he didn't deserve to go to heaven. Charlie never mentions anything along the lines of being a good person or samaritan to excuse himself, just "I went to church!". When lying and words didn't help, he runs away at one point, too. It ends with him trapped forever, repeating the words to try and plead and talk his way out of a situation he can never escape from. That's his inferno. In Dante's Inferno, the 8th circle of hell is dedicated to Fraud. It's a pit of darkness where they're tortured for eternity, which Charlie notably also fell into.
The whole reason why I love this song so much. It's my song to those old ladies who are just sure person X is going to hell and never once think that they might go too.
Hey Chummer I want to add to because he wasn't sad because he saw his wife beside the bed and him laying there motion less and he really didn't feel anything and he did go to church on Sunday's but he did not care for anybody like you said he is a nice guy but wasn't afraid to leave his loved one's
I think people trying to prove Charlie is actually bad are missing the point. In my opinion, one of themes of the song is that we always try to find a reason and hope that good people are rewarded while bad people are punished, but the real world isn't like that, and sometimes terrible things happen to people through no fault of their own.
The thing is, the whole point of heaven is that God's judgement is supreme and the good are rewarded while the wicked are punished. Unless we're going with the rapidly rising in popularity trope of "hell good, heaven bad", then Charlie _deserved_ to go to hell, not because "the world is unfair". And there's a fair amount of context throughout the song to suggest he really wasn't a good person.
@@IBZogTheGreat nah its about how charlie was only good so he can go to heaven not to make the world a better place which is kinda like greed which made him go to hell...
I think the "Never swam in the ocean for fear of shark attacks" explains why he went to hell. He never did anything due to the goodness of his heart, but for fear of getting punished. Very different things. He didn't give his wife roses because he loved her, but so he could say he was a loving husband. He didn't go to church to actually worship the lord and help the community, but to say he went to church. Everything he did was superficial and had no true motive behind it outside of "I don't want to go to hell"
In my head he was bouncing and making exagerated movements during the chorus, while the angel would find it pathetic and revolting and the demon would find that pathetic and funny
my understanding of the line “running from your demons until you are exhausted, one day you will have to stop and find out what they wanted” is basically running away from your problems instead of solving them
I don’t think that line means he’s running from his problems necessarily, it implies he doesn’t actually want to understand why he’s being punished. It’s more so like he’s avoiding acknowledgment of his issues and choosing to live in ignorance of his flaws. It’s like the narrator is saying “before you demand to go to heaven, ask why you’re in hell first”
Is it just me, or are you totally disturbed in how the song just fades off on the chorus? I feel so bad for Charlie and can't help but sympathize. Now I can't help but fear this is my fate, and that of so many people I know.
@Khaki Shorts welp, the song implies that even if you are religious and go to church every sunday (truly, usually more!) you eventually will go to hell because you are doing it to go to heaven, your reason isn't pure and you want a reward for your actions.
@Khaki Shorts dont believe in the afterlife andbe good for the sake of it. if there is a heaven more atheist will be in it than christians, if morality is anything to go about
Well I mean I think that’s how he thought, he just cares about being good and getting to heaven but Charlie still heads straight to hell so what I’m saying is basically you have no reason to worry about it cause it’s kinda just gonna be whatever it is, have fun on earth and appreciate it, worry about the rest after
i really like charlie's nose feature on his character design. I feel like it signifies how he was basically lying to himself and to others on how he was a 'good' person. Just like how pinocchio's nose grows long every time he tells a lie. Great animation!!
It's been 4 years but GOOD LORD was it worth it seeing this finished! This was the video that made me subscribe and it fills me with gooey joy seeing it in 3D and complete
+gavandedub THANKS! I was really worried that 4+ years of waiting would mean that anyone who saw or encouraged me to finish the original animation wouldn't even see/care about it anymore. Thanks for stickin' around!
The fact that at the ending of the song it says “please don’t let me die” I feel like shows that Charlie wanted to die to go to heaven but after finding out he can’t and is going to hell he no longer wants to die and he wants to live again.
i like how at the end he’s saying “i don’t want to die” or something like that because he wanted to die to get into heaven, but now that he’s realized the truth, he wants to go back to life and fix those tiny mistakes
I think the reason he didn’t get into heaven is because the things he did weren’t really “good” per se, they were just easier for him; cycling when gas is low, eating fish on the weekend, etc. they’re seen as good for our society, but aren’t anything like donating to the poor or just being an all around nice person.
I mean he wasn't a saint, but nothing he did was damnable either. Maybe he was a bit shallow, but that's a usual human flaw. He was just remarkably human.
@@Byebyebye- I think the reason he went to hell was because he wasn't actively doing good in the world, he never asked the hard questions in life and never faced his inner demons he just ran away from sin his whole life and followed the bible in hopes of going to heaven.
@@Byebyebye- i think that's why instead of being tortured like the other people, he was simply put in a jar for the rest of eternity. Nothing he did was worthy of endless torture, not even in the good book, but he wasn't worthy of endless paradise either. In fact, it might even be an even worse punisment if you see this as him being selfish and vain. Being forgotten and left on a shelf like last year's empty peanut butter, with nobody to feed his huge ego or even pay him any mind, since in the end, his only sin was greed, only doing "good" deeds for the reward of heaven while skipping over things that would have actually helped him get into heaven.
@@Byebyebye- And when it comes to christianity, that isn't good enough. You are condemned to hell really easily, even if you don't do anything intrinsically harmful
@@Byebyebye- To clarify, christian doctrine says you must be as close as possible to a mindlessly obedient robot (since morality, as stated by divine command theory and the eden story, is just whether you are obeying God's current whims or not), following a list of rules to the letter even when its harmful or nonsensical WHILE loving it & constantly reflecting on how much you love him. Why not just design you that way? Well free will of course! After all, he doesnt want mindlessly obediant robots. If this makes no sense to you, congrats. Out of God's infinite love mercy & justice, he will allow you to send yourself to infinite conscious torment.
This is a really, really cool video. Apparently your mum is my boss, and she showed me at work today. haha. Your characters are really interesting and friendly-looking, which really suits the song. Great job!
Charlie's punishment is interesting to me. The song never actually mentions what his punishment is but this video puts him in a jar. This song, "charlie's inferno" is a reference to dante's inferno. In dante's inferno there is only one layer that has a similar punishment to what charlie gets. Left alone, trapped in a cold dark place by yourself, a place so deep in hell that there is no light. That's the ninth level of hell. The deepest level of hell for the worst sinners, the traitors. It's interesting to think that charlie was a traitor enough to warrent eternal damnation.
I always interpreted it as him going to purgatory. He didn't do anything horrible in his life, but he never did anything great for others. He wasn't kind or altruistic, just nonconfrontational. He avoided anything that could've been a problem instead of facing them head on. So he's left to continually wonder why he was rejected from heaven. And by the end, he still doesn't see himself to blame, he thinks someone must've made a mistake, he isn't stopping to question what those angels wanted.
Im pretty sure the hidden lyrics of charlie saying "i dont want to dieee" and "please dont let me dieee" were because he realized he was going to hell and started begging to not die, hoping he could regain conciousness on earth and try to fix the bad things he had done and genuinely try to be good to be able to go to heaven.
It reminds me so much of those cheap, early 2000s 3D Nintendo games you played and then completely forgot about. There's something so... familiar about it.
As many many others have pointed out, plenty of Charlie’s habits are either done with vested self-interest (saving money with cold showers and biking to work) or are mostly meaningless gestures of thoughtfulness (offering his own wife a rose, without helping anyone truly in need who he doesn’t know or sacrificing his own wellbeing for others). This also shows with his priority being to go to heaven rather than to rejoin his friends and family to support them. This could make him a decent candidate for fraud, but i think his true sin is pride or hubris. He presumptuously assumes he is going to heaven when he dies (“off to see the man upstairs”). When he is denied, he also presumptuously assumes that a God who he believes is omnipotent, omniscient, and all-good - assuming his piety is true and he follows any of the mainstream/popular branches of Christianity - has made a mistake (“there must be someone you’ve confused me for”). He also pleads his case using well-known informal fallacies, appeal to character (e.x. “I could never have done something so violent, I wouldn’t hurt a fly! Just ask my friends/family/coworkers/anyone!”) when he asks to see “someone who knows him”, and appeal to authority (e.x. “Carl Sagan says that the digits of pi on a dot matrix reveals the face of God, so I must be right because I agree with him on that and he’s super smart!”) when he asks to see “someone in uniform”. To me, this just screams entitlement in hubris. In my interpretation, Charlie was a decent enough guy and was going to get into heaven, and his damnation was a secret test of character to see if he would accept his God’s judgement of him (which he failed by protesting and was therefore sent to hell for his hubris to challenge the authority of God, just as the Devil/Lucifer who he meets down there was banished for). Or maybe I’m looking into it too much. Great song and animation either way.
I think the song is more of the singers fear that when he dies he will find out that he wasnt good "enough" which is why i think theres a back ground couce saying "i dont want to die" in the end
I pointed this out in my own comment, but it also says he's also on a golden escalator, not the traditional staircase to heaven. He's trying to take the easy way there
Interesting that he had a long nose, the symbol of lie, his entire life was a lie of kindness, he wasn't actually kind, he just don't wanted to get punished from hell, and, he had fate even worse
Dont mind me, just posting some lyrics for myself (Here lies Charlie. You can tell it's him 'cause we put his name on the stone.) He kept his showers ice cold, Used eco-friendly lightbulbs Rode his bicycle to work when the gasoline price rose He'd judge with no pretense, fish on the weekends Each morning, get up, do the Pledge of Allegience Never swim in the ocean, for fear of shark attacks Bi-monthly get his wife a rose with a card attached Avoiding all the little things that were hard to ask Had a car crash, cardiac arrest, died of a heart attack Up the golden escalator, all his friends and neighbors Huddled there in prayer around the respirator Catch you later, I'm off to see the man upstairs They all look like ants from here Stars and crystal chandaliers There was an angel at the entrance Checking off a guest list Charlie wasn't on it, and was ushered to the exit His heart sank, he was breathless Excuse me, sir! There must be someone you've confused me for If I could see someone who knew me or someone in uniform I go to church on Sunday, truly, usually more! Screaming at the angels while they pushed him through the door! Excuse me, sir! There must be someone you've confused me for If I could see someone who knew me or someone in uniform I go to church on sunday, truly, usually more! Screaming at the angels while they pushed him through the door! "Abandon all hope, all ye who enter." It was a horrifying sign, but sounded like a neat adventure. Far beyond the halos and the castles in the clouds Fatsos squealing, shackled with some apples in their mouths Attention whores in padded bras hanging from extension cords Tortured with the products from their favorite catalogs Here, we buy and sell a million kinds of Hell Imagination is the limit to the devil's clientelle Up a dingy elevator, no televised debate Will save you from the Hell you paid for Sorry buddy, smell you later Side-stepped fate Went right for the gate But you know the devil, he loves a good chase! There was a demon at the entrance, making X's on a checklist Who would kick you in the ass when you begged him for repentance Those tempted by the senses with the cruelest of intentions Charlie's heart sank, he was breathless Excuse me, sir! There must be someone you've confused me for If I could see someone who knew me or someone in uniform I really don't belong here, I know you've heard the tune before Screaming at the demons while they pushed him through the door! Excuse me, sir! There must be someone you've confused me for If I could see someone who knew me or someone in uniform I really don't belong here, I know you've heard the tune before Screaming at the demons while they pushed him through the door! You can run from your demons until you are exhausted One day you will have to stop and find out what they wanted A-running from those demons until you are exhausted You can run to those angels until you are exhausted One day you will have to stop and question what they wanted Keep on running to those angels until you are exhausted Excuse me, sir! There must be someone you've confused me for If I could see someone who knew me or someone in uniform (I don't want to die) (Please don't let me die) Excuse me sir
I like to think that the fact he’s put in a jar at the end reinforces the idea that he avoided all the hard things during his life, literally protected from everything in glass jar.
Interesting interpretation on the animator's part! From a Jewish perspective, it only matters that you did a good deed. It doesn't matter if you get a reward or not. If you're a "psychopath" (the word for the real disorder is "asocial" I believe) and you struggle with empathy because of it, but know logically that you don't want to hurt anyone because it would have consequences for you, EVEN if that's the ONLY REASON, you've still done a good deed when you stop and don't chose to say the mean thing when you're angry, or don't put the cat out in the rain, etc. There's a story of a man who went to the Rabbi and said he'd like to open up an orphanage. The next week, he went back to the Rabbi and said he had changed his mind and would not do it. When the astonished Rabbi asked why, the man said, "I realized while praying that I only wanted to do it for myself and my reputation. It was all for selfish reasons." The rabbi replied, "Will the orphans care if you are selfish?" A good deed is a good deed. Don't second guess yourself, and don't let others do it to you either. Just do what you can, even if that good deed for today is just being alive and giving yourself a little break.
Nah, someone like that will abandon the pretext of being good the moment it's beneficial to. I hate that argument, let's stop defending selfishness. Celebrities donate to charity for tax breaks, that's still an evil act. People like that will also never make any good decisions that hurt them too much or sacrifice themselves for others. They'll never do what's actually needed to better the world.
@@ChangedMyNameFinally69I like the idea that donating an incredibly large sum of money to people who desperately need it doesn’t actually better the world because it may feed one person’s ego. It’s interesting that you side against the orphans in this example, preferring they earnestly suffer rather than prosper from someone else’s supposed selfishness. On that note, I feel there’s a very interesting key difference between the man in the story and Charlie: integrity. The man in the story recognized his own selfishness, and the Rabbi noted that despite his supposed intentions there would still be a great benefit to those in need. The fact that the man acknowledged where he was coming from yet may still build the orphanage at the Rabbi’s behest genuinely makes it a good deed because at that point his actions became a choice, not an assumption. Charlie would’ve built the orphanage in denial of his selfish motivations, and while the orphans would still have benefited, Charlie’s denial of his nature is ultimately what he’s punished for. The man in the story recognizes his own shortcomings, which is how we often begin to resolve them within ourselves, by acknowledging them in the first place. Charlie was in constant denial of who he really was, so he never truly faced his demons until it was too late.
@@RockySamson Yet notice how charity hasn't even alleviated these issues? If charity actually ended poverty the rich would be against it. You can't trust the orphanage owner because there's a very good chance he half-asses everything anyway
Charlie isn’t a good person. ・ 0:07 ”here lies Charlie you can tell it’s him cause we put his name on the stone.” Implying that most people can tell how Charlie is.(idk) ・he did most things for himself. 0:13 “kept his showers ICE COLD” cold water dosent run up bills. Charlie didn’t want to pay money for his living so he kept his cold showers. 0:15 “used eco friendly light bulbs.” Eco friendly props or items don’t harm the environment around you, he was doing it for HIS safety, not others. 0:17 “rode his bicycle to work *when the gasoline price roars* ” the highlighted part applies that once again he didn’t want to pay for his living. 0:30 “bi monthly get his wife a rose with a card attached” every two months he only does so to apply and “act of kindness for his wife” which was only to be said as a nice person ・ 0:41 his neighbors and loved ones were sitting around his hospital bed, and it looked like he could’ve has a chance to run back if he really wanted to but he chose not to because he was entirely excited to go to heaven, so he just said “cya, I’m going to see the man upstairs”and describes heaven. ・ 1:06 when trying to excuse the angel to let him in heaven, he said nothing about being a good person or anything, just that he didn’t belong in hell. ・ 1:16 “ *SCREAMING AT THE ANGELS* as they pushes him through the door” screaming at gods angel because you don’t want to go to hell? Something is off there. ・ 3:18 “I don’t want to die…” as he noticed he had more to his life than just heaven. ・ 3:36 you can tell he was a pretty bad person if his ‘torture’ is being stranded in a jar. ・you might think “but dosent everybody wanna get to heaven so they do good things?” Yes BUT, if your doing something like praying, or giving and sharing JUST to get to heaven, your not doing it for a nice reason, your doing it for your good.
The part when he gets up the stairs to Heavens. Saying “Catch you later, I’m off to see the man upstairs!” That’s the line that really told me he’s no good man. He never truly cared about those surrounding him, saw them only as a tool, a way “upstairs”. A selfish little crooked man, whose one goal in life was to get a reward he was never worthy of.
This, this right here. That line always stood out to me because if he actually cared about his friends and family he’d want to stay with them. He just wants his place in heaven
Well, honestly, even so, for people to still care for him, he had to be good to them. I mean, why would you attend the death bed of the guy you hate? Why would you even bother? My point of view is that the thing that Charlie did to get him stuck in eternal torture was _Freedom._ He *could* do those things out of his own heart, but he only did the bare minimun. He never truly challenged himself to become a better person. He kept escaping the demons and ran to the angels for so long, that he ignored the people who he *_could_* help, and instead continued to be a jackass to everyone he saw no need to help. There is no problem in wanting heaven, but Charlie took it too much into the extreme, to the point his whole _life_ was based around it. Wanting to become the perfect person for eternal rest, he ended up becoming the perfect soul to be eternaly tortured. But that's just a theory. *_A CHARLIE THEORY!_*
goddamn, i have tried to look you up on other platforms to reach out to you personally, but failed. i feel like a comment doesn't really do justice to how bad i mean this but; i love this so fucking much. i've loved this and i absolutely embrace this as THE music video. I love your animation style and i have trouble understanding this is only a fan video. great work.
When we die we go to where ever we believe we will go. Charlie never delt with his problems, his demons before he died explaining the line "keep run from your demons till your exhausted" he subconsciously thought he would go to hell he won't find peace until he accepts his faults and what type of life he lived
Love this song, everyone speaks about how Charlie was so preoccupied with getting into heaven but no one about how incredibly high and unreachable heaven is, like Charlie was just a normal average guy who never hurt anyone
I believe that it’s more about the fact that the only reason he did ‘good things’ was to impress and get a ticket to heaven, and he didn’t do good things just to be a good person, but to get rewarded with heaven. Like a cheap way in
@@Soksjis Do you have to jump out of a plane with no parachute for charity to get into heaven or something? He's just an average guy, Idk what else he could've done that wouldn't make his life shit.
Charlie never stopped to face his demons (his problems) and kept run to the angels without wondering what they wanted. Charlie was a run of the mill, normal dude that never did anything out of the ordinary (neither a demon nor an angel) That won't get you to heaven.
Does it matter though? Ultimately, all action is inherently selfish. Even if you are only doing something because you like being a good person, you are only doing good things because seeing others happy makes you happy too - in my opinion, all actions, no matter how virtuous they might appear, are selfish. Honestly, a lot of this comment section makes me kind of annoyed because the standard for getting into heaven is so high that basically no one would ever be able to get in. Is it even worth it worshipping a god like that? @@Soksjis
i don't know why, but this song honestly makes me feel so sad for charlie, even if he was selfish, the way he says "i really don't belong here" genuinely breaks my heart
I think I finally understand this song. So, we all know that Charlie did all of these wonderful and good things to be liked by many, and loved and mourned by his wife at his passing. But again, something didn't sit right with me: why *did* Charlie go to Hell? Why wasn't he rewarded for his good deeds? And that's when something hit me: The preacher lists off all of these great things that Charlie did in his life; keeping his showers cold, doing the pledge, and buying his wife card and roses every now and then. But really, that's all it is: A LIST. A list of good things Charlie has done to make his seem *worthy* of going into heaven. That's why Charlie is so distraught and confused when he's rejected into Heaven, even pleading with the Angels that he goes to church more than *once* on Sundays. And to add onto that, he seem so enthusiastic to get into heaven, not even feeling sad or mournful that he left his wife and his friends when he died. He was READY and EAGER to get into paradise. The line in the song that really made this click was: "Those tempted by their senses by the cruelest of intentions." Charlie didn't do those good things because he was a good person. He did them to secure himself a place in everlasting life and bliss. But, of course, it doesn't turn out that way. The Angels see right through him, seeing that there was no sincerity in his actions, not matter how much he tries to convince them, and himself, that there was. And so, he's sent to hell to be trapped in a jar; a confined restricting existence, being devoid of the very things he sought to gain once he died. Honestly, I'm sure that there are people who have thought of different theories than I have for this song, but to me this one just seems to make the most sense. EDIT: I think I should make it clear the basis of my theory is rooted in more of a moral standpoint. Perhaps this song take the saying "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions" as literally as it could, but I personally like to believe that you don't get into Heaven just for doing good and honest things, but you shouldn't expect any reward for simple being a good person, or "Doing good with Ill intent." Again, this is just my personal take on the story being told here.
Well i guess the important thing is just enjoy life without bothering by any hoping very much through heaven on our action. Just simply enjoy life with family and friends until the very end....
@@flame4513 hey I've accepted my religion and doing good in life but if i still end up in hell I'll accept damnation. as long as my family don't end up there, im fine.
who cares he did good things for selfish reasons, he did good things, i think that this song more about how the whole idea of an afterlife doesn't make any sense and is flawed and illogical
I really like the art style chose, I feel like it suits the song so well because the song's main backing theme is a happy melody that sounds vaguely like something you'd hear in a commercial or nursery rhyme video (I don't mean this in a bad way), however the lyrics describe a rather sad story. The same motif also applies with the actual art style of the 3d animation. The characters and locations are modeled and designed in a way reminiscent of commercials or nursery rhyme videos (again, I don't mean this in a bad way), however the things you see follow the tale told by the lyrics of this song. I'm unsure of whether or not this was intentional, but if it was, it was a really great decision, and makes this video all the more iconic.
I enjoy also that he "chased after angels (without questioning what they wanted)" e.g. he was following the manual of what he was supposed to do to "be good" to get into heaven without actually questioning what being good meant
I'd just like to take a moment to thank you for taking all the trouble to make this video. My first contact with the song was with this video and I'm sure I wouldn't have enjoyed the song half as much if it wasn't for this excellent animation. You rock!
Charlie wasn’t a good person. He did good deeds to get into heaven, but he used them as an excuse to not go to hell. Personally I think the man upstairs should let a persons action judge their character, but whatever.
There are two theories of this that I like-1 is that all of the singing is Charlie's external dialog. He doesn't see himself as a bad person because he's describing himself And 2 every good thing he describes himself doing is all for selfish reasons. He's extremely fruegal his entire life the only thing he does for ther people is gives his wife a rose. Aside from that gas price goes up-avoid car all together, uses energy efficient lightbulbs to save on his electric bill, eats fish on weekends because it's a cheap meal, and doesn't swim because fear of personal harm from sharks. The demon tells him you get what you paid for. When he doesn't get into heaven he blames the angels for the mistake when he gets to hell he blames the demons but never takes responsiblity and his punishment is the 8th circle of fraud. He runs from his demons while never confronting them
There’s also this other theory that just makes me laugh sometimes it’s very simple: look at heaven and hells checklist books. I believe someone genuinely swapped the books knowing it would mess up innocent peoples lives. (That’s why heavens looks worn out) (and hells book looks brand new) idk I’d like to think the devil did it as a prank or something just to mess around.
@@granthill4252I do think this is funny but this was just something the animator added, because this is a fan-made video. I think it’s ironic they did this though
I have a theory that the checklists were swapped. If you look at how they look, Heaven’s is worn out while hell’s is clean and with Charlie’s name. Though in the song, its more about how Charlie wasn’t actually good, he just looked good on the outside.
theory one: the devil swapped the checklists knowing charlies true intentions theory two: heaven checklist is worn out because they don't have to make then often, due to completely pure people being rare, and hells is clean because ithey have to replace it constantly due to the large amount of sinners
A person in the comments by the tag of Hey Chummer (I think) stated the reason why Charlie went to hell. But I want to focus on his fate. He was sent to hell for never owning up to his problems, shifting blame onto others, and possibly trying to go to heaven for all his good deeds rather then out of the kindness of his own heart. Throughout the song he constantly tries to reason with the angels and devils on how this shouldn’t be happening. During the bridge for the “Hell” section of the song, a key lyric is stated as so “-I know you've heard the tune before”. Meaning he’s almost sure that this excuse was used before hand. And most likely it was, based on how many jars surrounded Charlie at the end. And that’s just it, the Devil is a cruel and twisted soul and what better way to get a kick then to listen to the endless pleas of the Liars and Cheats of the world. All in the safety of a jar. Notice how at the end, all the people who share Charlie’s fate never look around, instead they all do the same of pleading with the Devil. It’s because they can’t accept what happened to them. “I’m a good person! They were wrong!”, lies such as that will spew from their mouth constantly because no matter who they were, they can’t confront that their deeds are as hollow as souless as the demons within hell. Welcome Home Charlie
@@gigaboi7921 Charlie did all these things only to be good in God's eyes, not out of love or faith. he lived a "perfect" life/the life you'd put on display, which is why he's put on display at the end
I only noticed this now but Charlie is still alive when he goes up the escalator 0:43 which means this could’ve been a test by god to see if he actually cared about his loved ones he was leaving behind or only cared about them for the reward of going to heaven
After rewatching this a couple of times... I'm now imagining the guy at the beginning just singing a song to all the funeral goers about Charlie going to hell. I imagine an edit to this song where everything is the same except the crying from the beginning continues on throughout the video.
0:31 The reason Charlie went to hell is clearly for stealing his wife's Nose. Like look at her, she has no nose at all, and Charlie has more than enough for two
One thing i do find interesting is the end of the song where is says "You can run from your demons until you are exhausted, but one day you'll have to stop and find out what they wanted" is trying to say maybe Charlie should have seen what was the problem first before deciding he wasn't supposed to be there. Then the next line is "You can run to those angels until you are exhausted, one day you'll have to stop and question what they wanted" is signaling that even though Charlie did "good" in his life he never actually knew what they wanted and was basically just working for appearances rather than being good to his core
lyrics to Charlie's inferno Here lies Charlie You can tell it's him 'cause we put his name on the stone He kept his showers ice-cold, used eco-friendly lightbulbs Rode his bicycle to work when the gasoline price rose He'd judge with no pretense, fish on the weekends Each morning, get up, do the Pledge of Allegiance Never swim in the ocean, for fear of shark attacks Bi-monthly get his wife a rose with a card attached Avoiding all the little things that were hard to ask Had a car crash, cardiac arrest, died of a heart attack Golden escalator, all his friends and neighbors Huddled there in prayer around the respirator "Catch you later, I'm off to see the man upstairs! They all look like ants from here, stars and crystal chandeliers!" There was an angel at the entrance, checking off a guest list Charlie wasn't on it, and was ushered to the exit His heart sank He was breathless "Excuse me, sir! There must be someone you've confused me for If I could see someone who knew me or someone in uniform I go to church on Sunday Truly, usually more!" Screaming at the angels while they pushed him through the door "Excuse me, sir! There must be someone you've confused me for If I could see someone who knew me or someone in uniform I go to church on Sunday Truly, usually more!" Screaming at the angels while they pushed him through the door "Abandon all hope, all ye who enter" It was a horrifying sign, but sounded like a neat adventure Far beyond the halos and the castles in the clouds Fatsos squealing, shackled with some apples in their mouths Attention whores in padded bras hanging from extension cords Tortured with the products from their favorite catalogs Here, we buy and sell a million kinds of Hell Imagination is the limit to the devil's clientele Up a dingy elevator, no televised debate Will save you from the Hell you paid for, sorry buddy, smell you later Side-stepped fate, went right for the gate But you know the devil, he loves a good chase There was a demon at the entrance, making X's on a checklist Who would kick you in the ass when you begged him for repentance Those tempted by the senses with the cruelest of intentions Charlie's heart sank, he was breathless "Excuse me, sir! There must be someone you've confused me for If I could see someone who knew me or someone in uniform I really don't belong here I know you've heard the tune before!" Screaming at the demons while they pushed him through the door "Excuse me, sir! There must be someone you've confused me for If I could see someone who knew me or someone in uniform I really don't belong here I know you've heard the tune before!" Screaming at the demons while they pushed him through the door You can run from your demons until you are exhausted One day, you will have to stop and find out what they wanted Keep on running from those demons 'til you are exhausted You can run to those angels until you are exhausted One day, you will have to stop and question what they wanted Keep on running to those angels 'til you are exhausted "Excuse me, sir! (I don't) There must be someone you've confused me for (want to) If I could see someone who knew me or someone in uniform (die) I really don't belong here (please don't) I know you've heard the tune before! (Let me die)" "Excuse me, sir! (I don't) There must be someone you've confused me for (want to) If I could see someone who knew me or someone in uniform (die) I really don't belong here (please don't) I know you've heard the tune before! (Let me die)"
GUYS I FIGURED IT OUT! He said he went to church on sunday. The priest said a LOT but never ONCE said he went to church on sunday. Visuals don't count towards the story as it's a fan video
mate the reason why hes in hell is because he spent his entire life chasing heaven and only doing good JUST to get into heaven, he didnt care when his wife was upset of him dying.
At 3:04 "you can run to those angels until you are exhausted, one day youll have to stop and question what they wanted" he was doing what he thought was good and was gonna get him in heaven, he did all those things with the intent to get in heaven, not caring for those who were around him like a true good person would
@@theastonvillaseal585They we’re driven by faith or else he wouldn’t have done only mediocre deeds, he wanted to get into heaven desperately, the problem was is he never did anything actually good, he only didn’t do anything bad. Even then he still should’ve gone to heaven because why would he get separated from god simply for being lackluster
Does anyone really do anything for truly selfless reasons? Even if you do something good just for the sake of being good, that's still just trying to achieve the satisfaction of doing a good thing. I doubt there is a way to truly do something that isn't tainted by your own desire to enjoy life. If you could go to hell for not being "genuine" enough in your goodness, then everyone who dies would probably go there.
I like the idea that the man singing is actually the man describing his life at a funeral.
Imagine him saying all that while the friends and family are like "what the FUCK bro"
@@BillyShamsReal "Charlie was a good man, anyway he's in Hell now lmao"
Then proceeds to describe his _after_ life at his funeral
@@graciel.7500 Imagine if priests actually knew that and did that at funerals though
@@axolotl9861 Hehe, that'd be neat
I like how he metaphorically put his life of the shelf, and instead of torture his punishment is being literally left on a shelf
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When Charlie was going up the golden escalator, it seemed like he had a choice to run back down there, yet instead, he just smiled and waved, expecting to end up in heaven.
That... jeezums, unfortunate
He just smiled and waved because he didn’t actually care about those he was leaving behind
@@slyfox7452 plus, on his way up, he basically said "later, losers. I'm gonna go meet God."
Yeah, but its kind of literally the point of the Light, you're encouraged to run into it, in Christianity, when dying your are literally told to choose heaven over returning to the living if given the choice. You see, my big problem with this song is that at no point does he commit sin. Which is a requirement to end up in hell. Now we can assume he has sinned as all humans do, but his sins are never significant enough for mention, and he repents every Sunday for forgiveness which is exactly what the scripture asks you to do. The scripture never asks you to avoid sin with perfect gusto just because you feel like being a good person, the scripture literally threatens the punishment of eternal damnation so that those who follow the faith won't deviate into more "tempting" and sinful behaviors.
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In my opinion, this song represents people who do good things just so they'd be thought of as "good people" instead of doing them just because they genuinely want to and aren't honest with themselves in that sense. They don't try to become a better person, but only pretend they are by doing "good deeds" just so people think they're actually getting better and praise them.
Wow. And I keep guessing 😅
Yes, exactly!
A lot of this song is based off implications instead of spelling out his misdeeds. You can tell through the implications that he mainly did his deeds to act good but ultimately were for his benefit-for example, he rode his bike… but when gas prices rose.
As well, he rushes death with little disregard to his loved ones. (Though when he realizes that he's being punished for his selfishness? Now he doesn't want to die!)
That's what I like about it! It doesn't go in detail about his fraud, but lets you understand the double meaning of his actions. :)
If someone does good to be thought of as a good person is it really bad? Everyone benefits in this scenario.
@@LarnelTheThird imo mostly for their own benefit. and they don't truly care about anybody but themselves
@@majkoueven if you only care about yourself, but still do good things and help others, you still make others feel good about themselves and make their day better so is it still not moral?
I like that that angel is "checking off a check list" and the demon is "making X's on a check list. "
souls accepted versus souls taken care of.
I've always heard it as Checking off a guest list
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just thought about that after you mentioned it and, yeah, that's really smart
also in heaven his heart saaank & he was breeeathleeess, & in hell his heart sank & he was breathless.
Even better nose physics than Luigi's Mansion.
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Legendary.
Which one
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He was put in the jar at the end, truly a terrible fate.
Religious Men of Culture know the truly horrible fate that awaits.
Don't google pony jar
Oh...oh no
Charlie Cm Jar
@@nutscheese4510 mmmm- don’t put him on the radiator
I KNOW THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE SERIOUS BUT THE WAY CHARLIE'S NOSE WOBBLES ✋😭
FR LIKE IS IT MADE OF JELLO OR SUM
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what i thought
In my understanding of this song, Charlie was so focused on living up to the standards of a “good person” that he never actually took time to be a good person. Everything he did, even getting his wife cards and going to church, was all just so he could get into heaven. Heck, he was so excited to go to heaven he never actually considered the people who would miss him. He never gave out of the kindness of his heart, but out of his willingness to get to heaven. You could describe this as Fraud or Greed, but that’s not the point. All in all just be a good person, regardless of if God is watching or not.
I just took it as a Divine whoopsie. Some office temp filing the wrong paperwork or something.
Man. The Christian god really sucks
@@Isosyth "he'd judge with no pretense" charlie was an asshole that assumed he was a good person
@gamer zoologist it wasn't really that bad of torture either, he's just stuck in a jar, pointless, unusable and more importantly empty kind of like he's actions in life
To me i feel it didn't warrant being trapped in a jar for eternity considering he didn't do anything outwardly harmful
I like the lyric 'Avoiding all the little things that were hard to ask'. It sounds so out of place listed with the 'good' deeds he did, and was sung in a way where you wouldn't even notice it if you weren't paying attention. I feel like those 'little things' were genuinely good stuff that Charlie could have done in his life, but ignored due to them not immediately benefiting him at the time. Also, the lyric being right before mentioning his death shows that the other stuff didn't matter as much as the 'little things' he'd avoided in the end.
I like your take on this! Very cool
i feel its the same with the line "Rode his bicycle to work when the gasoline price rose" after not using hot water and using eco-friendly lightbulbs. he couldve rode his bike to work everyday, but only did it when there was an incentive(high gas price)
Also there was him only riding his bike when gas prices rose and not in general because it was not about him caring about the environment but him caring about his wallet
I also believe his good deeds weren’t done bc he wanted to, but he had to. He only rode his bike when gas went up and him getting his wife flowers on a schedule as if it’s a talk.
Another thing i noticed is that he only rode his bike AFTER gas prices went up.
I love "Never swam in the ocean for fear of shark attacks" because it contextualizes his other decisions. He chooses not to swim for his own personal benefit and paranoia, not for any legitimate reason, only becoming worse when you realize that shark attacks are comparatively rare.
Yeah "when the gas prices rose" also does this shedding light on the seemingly good acts like cold showers and eco friendly light bulbs which are just to reduce bills
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THE MAVERIICK?
I’m so glad someone also noticed this!😊
what children think will happen if they skip a jesus video
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What kids think will happen if they don't comment "team Jesus 👇" in random videos:
Fr I used to think that's what would happen
The "like for Jesus and skip for Satan" like what the sigma
The most ironic part is that they'd still end up in hell because, just like Charlie, they're only doing it to appeal to a higher being. It would be superficial😭
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Man a lot of people seem to think he was just selfish.
Honesty, I appreciate the consensus, but I do think there’s another way of looking at it. I believe that it’s more so a symbolic song, Charlie lived his life “ignoring all the little things that were hard to ask”
I see that as him avoiding his own mental problems, determined on being a good person. He ran from his inner demons, refusing to confront himself. At the end it states, I think, “You can run from your demons until you are exhausted, but one day you have to stop and wonder what they wanted.”
He was obsessed with running from his demons, when he should have confronted them to be a better person
but yeah that’s my thoughts
Honestly, a better interpretation on the song in my opinion, I mean… going to hell because you’re too fussed on going into heaven? You’re telling me being a little arrogant means you deserve to suffer with literal muderers in the afterlife? He would of gone to purgatory at least
This a better take that all the other ones
I'll take this interpretation because I honestly felt bad for him
@The Nylon, I don't think there is a purgatory. It is either you are pure in God's eyes or you are not. Heaven or Hell
@@chimdalustudios1055 well that’s a bit unfair? There always has to be a middle ground especially for really morally grey people who did bad things but still good
He laughed at a “if you laugh you go to hell” video
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How is this not the top comment LMAO
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If you notice, most if not all of what he did in his life wasn't actually virtuous. Most of it was simply frugal living (the lightbulbs, riding a bike) and keeping up appearances (giving a rose to his wife on a perfect bi-monthly schedule, fish on the weekends).
He went to church
@@CatalystsCompass In all honesty, I don't think him just going to church will help his case. I mean if you believe in something, going to church is a good way to talk to others that also believe in it. But you do know that there are preachers that know almost the whole bible and simply don't follow it. It's what you decide to do with what you are given really.
sorry for being literal. I suck. Have a nice day.
@@bre-ezy9693 no, thats a good point
So even if you make the effort, your heart wasn't in the right place therefore into the pit of forever torture. This is why i hate the idea of hell, the system is rigged.
@@jackhazardous4008 to be all honest every system will seem rigged. Even if you believe nothing it's rigged. So sucks to be human I guess. I know what I believe, now just gotta have faith that it's right. It's what everyone seems to do.
To go along with what everyone was saying about Charlie being narcissistic, at 0:34 he crashes because he was looking at himself in the mirror
Bro do u know how to drive car?
He was just adjusting the mirror that’s how it looks
@@Eric-1444it's a rear view mirror, for looking behind the car. He was adjusting the mirror so he could see himself instead of looking at the road.
my only problem with this is that this is a video only thing, unless THD wanted it to be official
I look in the mirror to see my eyes not my eg9
Kants theory of ethics. He did it for the reward sold by the religion. The reason he was a nice person was not ethical.
Then again. By those ethics no human can enter heaven as all decisions are based on a reward.
You do it either to get a good feeling, increase others opinion of you, gain material rewards, or something completely different.
There is no way to make a completely selfless action.
Feeling good for doing something nice is in itself a reward which corrupts your motive.
@@JeppeBeier i'm fine with that, it doesn't make sense to me to separate people, what's heaven if you know some of your friends ... or anyone really... is being tortured in hell?
@@bobvella7228 I don't believe there is anything after death, so I'm not scared of segregation.
Everyone will be equally non-existent.
@@bobvella7228 anyone really? i dont have a heave conscience because pedophiles are being burnt alive...its plain karma baby. it makes ALOT of sense
@@JeppeBeier not really, having empathy isnt a given. giving to someone and being nice doesnt acutally guarantee reward. people might still respon with hate and anger, doing the right thing, DESPITE, any negative consequences because of it makes you good. there truly is a way to be selfless
I just like the idea that it was entirely a clerical error and he actually didn't deserve to go to hell
I mean then it's technically worse. It not only dodges the point of the song impo but if he got it wrong then he got sent to hell for no reason
This is why we have last names
He has a nose like pinocho(he's a liar) , and maybe in the accident of the car , he didn't care if he kill or hurt someone, he just thinking on himself
@@mr.froggu3292 hey, spoiler warning, someone probably has the same first middle, and last name as you. I know theres a ton of people who have my full name as theirs too
@@lightlylemony And _this_ is why we have numbers, Lemon Cake #07.
Something I'm not seeing a lot of people comment on here is that he also "judged with no pretense" and "avoided all the little things that were hard to ask" - it's pretty much said outright in the song that Charlie was a judgmental person who ran away from his problems and refused to introspect on his own flaws, despite his "pious" persona
wow, I didn't think about that. even so, does he really deserve such a fate? every day people do things worse than others, but they also have a chance for forgiveness, don't they?
When they say that he judged with no pretense it means that he was unbiased and fair in his judgements. Example, he wouldn't decide that a person was responsible for a meltdown at work just because the person was a Mexican etcetera etcetera.
And when they say he avoided the little things that were hard to ask I think they are talking about things like alcohol, cigarettes, porn, and other things that people commonly indulge in. Those would be difficult to ask someone to completely avoid in their life and a person would not be judged just because they indulged in it. But charlie didn't indulge.
What is important to note is the fear of shark attacks and the "got in a car crash, cardiac arrest, died of a heart attack." The man was so afraid of death that it killed him.
Avoiding all the little things that were hard to ask meant that he didn't really ask to borrow money or items from anyone
judging without pretense is usually not cohesive with the typical idea of “judgemental” being unfair judgements.
@@mrsiviy2921its almost as if Eternal punishment for temporary actions isnt moral
0:36 “and a car crash, cardiac arrest died of a heart attack”
MAKE UP YOUR MIND CHARLIE TELL ME HOW YOU DIED 💀
So turns out I was very wrong 😍
By my guess he died by a heart attack by surprise of the car crash.
Or he could have been driving, But Got a Heart attack And Got into a Car Crash@@youtubebobguy
no the lyrics are “had a car crash cardiac arrest, died of a heart attack” which means that crash could’ve put him into cardiac arrest.. then died of a heart attack shortly after
@@skelyz my bad lol /gen
Idk if this was how but when the car crashed he had a hear attack
Despite how nice Charlie seems, he ultimately went to hell for being a liar, blaming others, and never taking responsibility for his own mistakes. The entire video, all we ever see Charlie do is either try to run away from the situation or try to talk his way out of it and even foist blame onto others (angels). He makes excuses for why he couldn't possibly be bound for hell, he never even entertains the idea that maybe he didn't deserve to go to heaven. Charlie never mentions anything along the lines of being a good person or samaritan to excuse himself, just "I went to church!". When lying and words didn't help, he runs away at one point, too. It ends with him trapped forever, repeating the words to try and plead and talk his way out of a situation he can never escape from. That's his inferno.
In Dante's Inferno, the 8th circle of hell is dedicated to Fraud. It's a pit of darkness where they're tortured for eternity, which Charlie notably also fell into.
The whole reason why I love this song so much. It's my song to those old ladies who are just sure person X is going to hell and never once think that they might go too.
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Hey Chummer I want to add to because he wasn't sad because he saw his wife beside the bed and him laying there motion less and he really didn't feel anything and he did go to church on Sunday's but he did not care for anybody like you said he is a nice guy but wasn't afraid to leave his loved one's
good job buddy. keep your eyes open.
The dude in hell holding up a hairdryer to simulate that noise was genius
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How did this bop goes unnoticed for 7 years is beyond me
I have no idea either
Same
I dont know either. It’s so shocking 😭
over a million people
I KNOW?? im so happy it finally became popular, but honestly.. when *did* it get noticed?
I think people trying to prove Charlie is actually bad are missing the point. In my opinion, one of themes of the song is that we always try to find a reason and hope that good people are rewarded while bad people are punished, but the real world isn't like that, and sometimes terrible things happen to people through no fault of their own.
Poor Charlie
So real bro, I like to look at it both ways. But yeah fate is pretty random so donating plasma ain’t gonna save you from cancer
The thing is, the whole point of heaven is that God's judgement is supreme and the good are rewarded while the wicked are punished. Unless we're going with the rapidly rising in popularity trope of "hell good, heaven bad", then Charlie _deserved_ to go to hell, not because "the world is unfair".
And there's a fair amount of context throughout the song to suggest he really wasn't a good person.
Charlie’s wife watching the preacher sing an absolute BANGER at his funeral: 👁👄👁
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And it’s about how her husband who was nice to her going to hell.
his wife:😡😳
@@IBZogTheGreat nah its about how charlie was only good so he can go to heaven not to make the world a better place which is kinda like greed which made him go to hell...
@@TophatyTophat ik but from his wife’s perspective he was a nice guy.
I think the "Never swam in the ocean for fear of shark attacks" explains why he went to hell. He never did anything due to the goodness of his heart, but for fear of getting punished. Very different things. He didn't give his wife roses because he loved her, but so he could say he was a loving husband. He didn't go to church to actually worship the lord and help the community, but to say he went to church. Everything he did was superficial and had no true motive behind it outside of "I don't want to go to hell"
Nice copy/paste
@@noahward7228 Why do you think this is a copy paste.
@Misha gaming bro its been a month I don't even remember lol
One of the lyrics also states that he "Judged with no pretense", stating that he was an extremely judgemental and most likely stereotypical person.
I guess I'm going to help
I think everyone imagined this music video in their heads and this is better than what I had in my head
In my head he was bouncing and making exagerated movements during the chorus, while the angel would find it pathetic and revolting and the demon would find that pathetic and funny
i thought of charlie slimecicle
@@KurunoMONO100 not enough chulkers to be Charlie
2:52 He's a runner he's a track star. he's gonna run away when it gets hard.
YEAHHHHHHHH 🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥
my understanding of the line “running from your demons until you are exhausted, one day you will have to stop and find out what they wanted” is basically running away from your problems instead of solving them
That what makes you human
I don’t think that line means he’s running from his problems necessarily, it implies he doesn’t actually want to understand why he’s being punished. It’s more so like he’s avoiding acknowledgment of his issues and choosing to live in ignorance of his flaws. It’s like the narrator is saying “before you demand to go to heaven, ask why you’re in hell first”
@@catcactus1234 hmm makes sense thx
@@alexa_the_goober Le gasp, a fellow goober?
@@Suited_goober da gooberos
Is it just me, or are you totally disturbed in how the song just fades off on the chorus? I feel so bad for Charlie and can't help but sympathize. Now I can't help but fear this is my fate, and that of so many people I know.
@Khaki Shorts welp, the song implies that even if you are religious and go to church every sunday (truly, usually more!) you eventually will go to hell because you are doing it to go to heaven, your reason isn't pure and you want a reward for your actions.
@Khaki Shorts dont believe in the afterlife andbe good for the sake of it. if there is a heaven more atheist will be in it than christians, if morality is anything to go about
@@AE-rg5rc but Charlie lied about going to church?
@Khaki Shorts being a mayfly would be cool.
Well I mean I think that’s how he thought, he just cares about being good and getting to heaven but Charlie still heads straight to hell so what I’m saying is basically you have no reason to worry about it cause it’s kinda just gonna be whatever it is, have fun on earth and appreciate it, worry about the rest after
I like how his nose just shoots out, and his wife's nose doesn't even exist
He stole it from her
@@Sillylittleman27 the worst sin of all
@@Sillylittleman27 Damn he really took the "got your nose" to a new level
she cut hers off and put it on his nose this was funnier in my head
or his nose looks like Pinocchio😂
The fact that every time he says "excuse me sir ..." his voice becomes more histerical and disperated is just... The right touch
i really like charlie's nose feature on his character design. I feel like it signifies how he was basically lying to himself and to others on how he was a 'good' person. Just like how pinocchio's nose grows long every time he tells a lie. Great animation!!
We don't know for sure that he was lying about being good but probably was
Also no wonder why his wife liked him. 💀
@@Doublehoodedi-
@@Doublehooded 😧
But he was a good person, there was nothing saying he wasn't
It's been 4 years but GOOD LORD was it worth it seeing this finished!
This was the video that made me subscribe and it fills me with gooey joy seeing it in 3D and complete
+gavandedub THANKS! I was really worried that 4+ years of waiting would mean that anyone who saw or encouraged me to finish the original animation wouldn't even see/care about it anymore. Thanks for stickin' around!
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4 years layteur
@@typhondio0000 what
It’s been 11 years and this is still a banger
The fact that at the ending of the song it says “please don’t let me die” I feel like shows that Charlie wanted to die to go to heaven but after finding out he can’t and is going to hell he no longer wants to die and he wants to live again.
film theory better be taking notes here
3:18 i really like this part cuz the music
i like how at the end he’s saying “i don’t want to die” or something like that because he wanted to die to get into heaven, but now that he’s realized the truth, he wants to go back to life and fix those tiny mistakes
Please listen to 'terrible things'
@@Just_a_Gamer_ you're so right
3:17
I love how TERRIBLE THINGS was basically just an extended piece of this part
@@Harm0piummaybe you’re right, no you’re right, YOU’RE SO RIGHT!
when he put him in the jar i audibly shouted "NO!" my brain is tainted
Truly the worst fate
Lol my little pony 😭
hell is hot too, perhaps that might act as a radiator
@@kalekoi PLEASE NO
Charlie is my favorite pony
I think the reason he didn’t get into heaven is because the things he did weren’t really “good” per se, they were just easier for him; cycling when gas is low, eating fish on the weekend, etc. they’re seen as good for our society, but aren’t anything like donating to the poor or just being an all around nice person.
I mean he wasn't a saint, but nothing he did was damnable either. Maybe he was a bit shallow, but that's a usual human flaw. He was just remarkably human.
@@Byebyebye- I think the reason he went to hell was because he wasn't actively doing good in the world, he never asked the hard questions in life and never faced his inner demons he just ran away from sin his whole life and followed the bible in hopes of going to heaven.
@@Byebyebye- i think that's why instead of being tortured like the other people, he was simply put in a jar for the rest of eternity. Nothing he did was worthy of endless torture, not even in the good book, but he wasn't worthy of endless paradise either. In fact, it might even be an even worse punisment if you see this as him being selfish and vain. Being forgotten and left on a shelf like last year's empty peanut butter, with nobody to feed his huge ego or even pay him any mind, since in the end, his only sin was greed, only doing "good" deeds for the reward of heaven while skipping over things that would have actually helped him get into heaven.
@@Byebyebye- And when it comes to christianity, that isn't good enough. You are condemned to hell really easily, even if you don't do anything intrinsically harmful
@@Byebyebye- To clarify, christian doctrine says you must be as close as possible to a mindlessly obedient robot (since morality, as stated by divine command theory and the eden story, is just whether you are obeying God's current whims or not), following a list of rules to the letter even when its harmful or nonsensical WHILE loving it & constantly reflecting on how much you love him. Why not just design you that way? Well free will of course! After all, he doesnt want mindlessly obediant robots. If this makes no sense to you, congrats. Out of God's infinite love mercy & justice, he will allow you to send yourself to infinite conscious torment.
this might unironically be my favorite song, it's been stuck in my head for atleast 2 years at this point
This is a really, really cool video. Apparently your mum is my boss, and she showed me at work today. haha. Your characters are really interesting and friendly-looking, which really suits the song. Great job!
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Charlie's punishment is interesting to me. The song never actually mentions what his punishment is but this video puts him in a jar. This song, "charlie's inferno" is a reference to dante's inferno. In dante's inferno there is only one layer that has a similar punishment to what charlie gets. Left alone, trapped in a cold dark place by yourself, a place so deep in hell that there is no light. That's the ninth level of hell. The deepest level of hell for the worst sinners, the traitors. It's interesting to think that charlie was a traitor enough to warrent eternal damnation.
I always interpreted it as him going to purgatory. He didn't do anything horrible in his life, but he never did anything great for others. He wasn't kind or altruistic, just nonconfrontational. He avoided anything that could've been a problem instead of facing them head on. So he's left to continually wonder why he was rejected from heaven. And by the end, he still doesn't see himself to blame, he thinks someone must've made a mistake, he isn't stopping to question what those angels wanted.
@@spicy1615purgatorio is different than inferno
Aka treachery
Damn, my name is dante
@@undante9210 by any chance is your last name 's Inferno?
Im pretty sure the hidden lyrics of charlie saying "i dont want to dieee" and "please dont let me dieee" were because he realized he was going to hell and started begging to not die, hoping he could regain conciousness on earth and try to fix the bad things he had done and genuinely try to be good to be able to go to heaven.
1:50 he looks like the villain from the princess and the frog
Dr. Facilier?
Why is this art style literally my favorite thing ever
It reminds me of Katamari
It reminds me so much of those cheap, early 2000s 3D Nintendo games you played and then completely forgot about. There's something so... familiar about it.
THERE MUST BE SOMEONE YOU'VE CONFUSED ME FOR
Damn furries
Zach The Bruh Stfu that has nothing to do with anything.
IF I COULD SEE SOMEONE WHO KNEW ME OR SOMEONE IN UNIFORM
I go to church on Sunday, truly, usually more!
SCREAMING AT THE ANGELS WHILE THEY PUSHED HIM THROUGH THE DOOR!-
As many many others have pointed out, plenty of Charlie’s habits are either done with vested self-interest (saving money with cold showers and biking to work) or are mostly meaningless gestures of thoughtfulness (offering his own wife a rose, without helping anyone truly in need who he doesn’t know or sacrificing his own wellbeing for others). This also shows with his priority being to go to heaven rather than to rejoin his friends and family to support them. This could make him a decent candidate for fraud, but i think his true sin is pride or hubris. He presumptuously assumes he is going to heaven when he dies (“off to see the man upstairs”). When he is denied, he also presumptuously assumes that a God who he believes is omnipotent, omniscient, and all-good - assuming his piety is true and he follows any of the mainstream/popular branches of Christianity - has made a mistake (“there must be someone you’ve confused me for”). He also pleads his case using well-known informal fallacies, appeal to character (e.x. “I could never have done something so violent, I wouldn’t hurt a fly! Just ask my friends/family/coworkers/anyone!”) when he asks to see “someone who knows him”, and appeal to authority (e.x. “Carl Sagan says that the digits of pi on a dot matrix reveals the face of God, so I must be right because I agree with him on that and he’s super smart!”) when he asks to see “someone in uniform”. To me, this just screams entitlement in hubris. In my interpretation, Charlie was a decent enough guy and was going to get into heaven, and his damnation was a secret test of character to see if he would accept his God’s judgement of him (which he failed by protesting and was therefore sent to hell for his hubris to challenge the authority of God, just as the Devil/Lucifer who he meets down there was banished for).
Or maybe I’m looking into it too much. Great song and animation either way.
I think the song is more of the singers fear that when he dies he will find out that he wasnt good "enough" which is why i think theres a back ground couce saying "i dont want to die" in the end
Awesome interpretation
@@CherishCatmakes sense, I’m actually scared of that too lol
I pointed this out in my own comment, but it also says he's also on a golden escalator, not the traditional staircase to heaven. He's trying to take the easy way there
His heart went to heaven his brain didn't
Interesting that he had a long nose, the symbol of lie, his entire life was a lie of kindness, he wasn't actually kind, he just don't wanted to get punished from hell, and, he had fate even worse
Dont mind me, just posting some lyrics for myself
(Here lies Charlie.
You can tell it's him 'cause we put his name on the stone.)
He kept his showers ice cold,
Used eco-friendly lightbulbs
Rode his bicycle to work when the gasoline price rose
He'd judge with no pretense, fish on the weekends
Each morning, get up, do the Pledge of Allegience
Never swim in the ocean, for fear of shark attacks
Bi-monthly get his wife a rose with a card attached
Avoiding all the little things that were hard to ask
Had a car crash, cardiac arrest, died of a heart attack
Up the golden escalator, all his friends and neighbors
Huddled there in prayer around the respirator
Catch you later, I'm off to see the man upstairs
They all look like ants from here
Stars and crystal chandaliers
There was an angel at the entrance
Checking off a guest list
Charlie wasn't on it, and was ushered to the exit
His heart sank, he was breathless
Excuse me, sir!
There must be someone you've confused me for
If I could see someone who knew me or someone in uniform
I go to church on Sunday, truly, usually more!
Screaming at the angels while they pushed him through the door!
Excuse me, sir!
There must be someone you've confused me for
If I could see someone who knew me or someone in uniform
I go to church on sunday, truly, usually more!
Screaming at the angels while they pushed him through the door!
"Abandon all hope, all ye who enter."
It was a horrifying sign, but sounded like a neat adventure.
Far beyond the halos and the castles in the clouds
Fatsos squealing, shackled with some apples in their mouths
Attention whores in padded bras hanging from extension cords
Tortured with the products from their favorite catalogs
Here, we buy and sell a million kinds of Hell
Imagination is the limit to the devil's clientelle
Up a dingy elevator, no televised debate
Will save you from the Hell you paid for
Sorry buddy, smell you later
Side-stepped fate
Went right for the gate
But you know the devil, he loves a good chase!
There was a demon at the entrance, making X's on a checklist
Who would kick you in the ass when you begged him for repentance
Those tempted by the senses with the cruelest of intentions
Charlie's heart sank, he was breathless
Excuse me, sir!
There must be someone you've confused me for
If I could see someone who knew me or someone in uniform
I really don't belong here, I know you've heard the tune before
Screaming at the demons while they pushed him through the door!
Excuse me, sir!
There must be someone you've confused me for
If I could see someone who knew me or someone in uniform
I really don't belong here, I know you've heard the tune before
Screaming at the demons while they pushed him through the door!
You can run from your demons until you are exhausted
One day you will have to stop and find out what they wanted
A-running from those demons until you are exhausted
You can run to those angels until you are exhausted
One day you will have to stop and question what they wanted
Keep on running to those angels until you are exhausted
Excuse me, sir!
There must be someone you've confused me for
If I could see someone who knew me or someone in uniform
(I don't want to die) (Please don't let me die)
Excuse me sir
Thanky
THANK YOU I HAD A HARD TIME HEARING THE LYRICS
Thx so much 🙏🏽
I think it's "towards" not "to"
Theory: Charlie didn’t get in heaven because he didn’t have a last name so the angels couldn’t confirm if he was on the list.
Canon
Canon
But his name is on the devil’s list
@@Inseticidacontrahu. It wasnt tho
@@Inseticidacontrahu.that could’ve been another Charlie though
I like to think that the fact he’s put in a jar at the end reinforces the idea that he avoided all the hard things during his life, literally protected from everything in glass jar.
I noticed that when he spoke to the devil and said i dont belong here you can hear a stretch sound and his nose grew i think
Wow dude, this is professional quality, amazing stuff. Seriously impressed, loved it.
2024
Seeing that jar at the end always triggers my fight or flight response
Our mind is tainted and bleeding
truly the worst punishment of all
thankfully this is fiction (hopefully 😨)
Interesting interpretation on the animator's part!
From a Jewish perspective, it only matters that you did a good deed. It doesn't matter if you get a reward or not. If you're a "psychopath" (the word for the real disorder is "asocial" I believe) and you struggle with empathy because of it, but know logically that you don't want to hurt anyone because it would have consequences for you, EVEN if that's the ONLY REASON, you've still done a good deed when you stop and don't chose to say the mean thing when you're angry, or don't put the cat out in the rain, etc.
There's a story of a man who went to the Rabbi and said he'd like to open up an orphanage. The next week, he went back to the Rabbi and said he had changed his mind and would not do it. When the astonished Rabbi asked why, the man said, "I realized while praying that I only wanted to do it for myself and my reputation. It was all for selfish reasons." The rabbi replied, "Will the orphans care if you are selfish?"
A good deed is a good deed. Don't second guess yourself, and don't let others do it to you either. Just do what you can, even if that good deed for today is just being alive and giving yourself a little break.
Nah, someone like that will abandon the pretext of being good the moment it's beneficial to. I hate that argument, let's stop defending selfishness. Celebrities donate to charity for tax breaks, that's still an evil act. People like that will also never make any good decisions that hurt them too much or sacrifice themselves for others. They'll never do what's actually needed to better the world.
@@ChangedMyNameFinally69I like the idea that donating an incredibly large sum of money to people who desperately need it doesn’t actually better the world because it may feed one person’s ego. It’s interesting that you side against the orphans in this example, preferring they earnestly suffer rather than prosper from someone else’s supposed selfishness.
On that note, I feel there’s a very interesting key difference between the man in the story and Charlie: integrity. The man in the story recognized his own selfishness, and the Rabbi noted that despite his supposed intentions there would still be a great benefit to those in need. The fact that the man acknowledged where he was coming from yet may still build the orphanage at the Rabbi’s behest genuinely makes it a good deed because at that point his actions became a choice, not an assumption. Charlie would’ve built the orphanage in denial of his selfish motivations, and while the orphans would still have benefited, Charlie’s denial of his nature is ultimately what he’s punished for. The man in the story recognizes his own shortcomings, which is how we often begin to resolve them within ourselves, by acknowledging them in the first place. Charlie was in constant denial of who he really was, so he never truly faced his demons until it was too late.
@@RockySamson Yet notice how charity hasn't even alleviated these issues? If charity actually ended poverty the rich would be against it. You can't trust the orphanage owner because there's a very good chance he half-asses everything anyway
Charlie isn’t a good person.
・ 0:07 ”here lies Charlie you can tell it’s him cause we put his name on the stone.” Implying that most people can tell how Charlie is.(idk)
・he did most things for himself. 0:13 “kept his showers ICE COLD” cold water dosent run up bills. Charlie didn’t want to pay money for his living so he kept his cold showers. 0:15 “used eco friendly light bulbs.” Eco friendly props or items don’t harm the environment around you, he was doing it for HIS safety, not others. 0:17 “rode his bicycle to work *when the gasoline price roars* ” the highlighted part applies that once again he didn’t want to pay for his living. 0:30 “bi monthly get his wife a rose with a card attached” every two months he only does so to apply and “act of kindness for his wife” which was only to be said as a nice person
・ 0:41 his neighbors and loved ones were sitting around his hospital bed, and it looked like he could’ve has a chance to run back if he really wanted to but he chose not to because he was entirely excited to go to heaven, so he just said “cya, I’m going to see the man upstairs”and describes heaven.
・ 1:06 when trying to excuse the angel to let him in heaven, he said nothing about being a good person or anything, just that he didn’t belong in hell.
・ 1:16 “ *SCREAMING AT THE ANGELS* as they pushes him through the door” screaming at gods angel because you don’t want to go to hell? Something is off there.
・ 3:18 “I don’t want to die…” as he noticed he had more to his life than just heaven.
・ 3:36 you can tell he was a pretty bad person if his ‘torture’ is being stranded in a jar.
・you might think “but dosent everybody wanna get to heaven so they do good things?” Yes BUT, if your doing something like praying, or giving and sharing JUST to get to heaven, your not doing it for a nice reason, your doing it for your good.
1:16 i think screaming about not wanting to be eternally tortured is reasonable
@@Speed001no he's supposed to say "understandable have a great day"
The part when he gets up the stairs to Heavens. Saying “Catch you later, I’m off to see the man upstairs!” That’s the line that really told me he’s no good man. He never truly cared about those surrounding him, saw them only as a tool, a way “upstairs”. A selfish little crooked man, whose one goal in life was to get a reward he was never worthy of.
This, this right here. That line always stood out to me because if he actually cared about his friends and family he’d want to stay with them. He just wants his place in heaven
he didn’t even care about the people who were grieving about him
Well, honestly, even so, for people to still care for him, he had to be good to them.
I mean, why would you attend the death bed of the guy you hate? Why would you even bother?
My point of view is that the thing that Charlie did to get him stuck in eternal torture was _Freedom._
He *could* do those things out of his own heart, but he only did the bare minimun. He never truly challenged himself to become a better person. He kept escaping the demons and ran to the angels for so long, that he ignored the people who he *_could_* help, and instead continued to be a jackass to everyone he saw no need to help.
There is no problem in wanting heaven, but Charlie took it too much into the extreme, to the point his whole _life_ was based around it. Wanting to become the perfect person for eternal rest, he ended up becoming the perfect soul to be eternaly tortured.
But that's just a theory.
*_A CHARLIE THEORY!_*
@@taxcollector9543 I feel like no one hated him because he did everything that made him SEEM nice without actually putting in the effort
@@doubleaabattery7562 That's... Nah that checks out.
You pass, fam.
goddamn, i have tried to look you up on other platforms to reach out to you personally, but failed. i feel like a comment doesn't really do justice to how bad i mean this but; i love this so fucking much. i've loved this and i absolutely embrace this as THE music video. I love your animation style and i have trouble understanding this is only a fan video. great work.
Thank you that means so much to me. ;A;
Any plans on making more videos on THD? The theme, art style and music with this works perfect together. I would love to see more!
When we die we go to where ever we believe we will go. Charlie never delt with his problems, his demons before he died explaining the line "keep run from your demons till your exhausted" he subconsciously thought he would go to hell he won't find peace until he accepts his faults and what type of life he lived
This whole time I thought it was official until I read the title today. It's been 8 whole years. This is so good.
It's funny when you realize the demons let Charlie run away because it would be more horrifying to build up his hope than just outright torturing him.
Love this song, everyone speaks about how Charlie was so preoccupied with getting into heaven but no one about how incredibly high and unreachable heaven is, like Charlie was just a normal average guy who never hurt anyone
I believe that it’s more about the fact that the only reason he did ‘good things’ was to impress and get a ticket to heaven, and he didn’t do good things just to be a good person, but to get rewarded with heaven. Like a cheap way in
@@Soksjis Do you have to jump out of a plane with no parachute for charity to get into heaven or something? He's just an average guy, Idk what else he could've done that wouldn't make his life shit.
Charlie never stopped to face his demons (his problems) and kept run to the angels without wondering what they wanted.
Charlie was a run of the mill, normal dude that never did anything out of the ordinary (neither a demon nor an angel)
That won't get you to heaven.
Does it matter though? Ultimately, all action is inherently selfish. Even if you are only doing something because you like being a good person, you are only doing good things because seeing others happy makes you happy too - in my opinion, all actions, no matter how virtuous they might appear, are selfish. Honestly, a lot of this comment section makes me kind of annoyed because the standard for getting into heaven is so high that basically no one would ever be able to get in. Is it even worth it worshipping a god like that? @@Soksjis
@@GsusCrust I can't respect a God who would damn someone to an eternity of torture in hell for just being a normal person.
This is fantastic! You really did it justice.
Man I can't believe there's so few people on this video
Its always weird to me to see people I watch commenting on stuff
RUclipsrs use RUclips? This is news to me.
@jeff jefferson same
i don't know why, but this song honestly makes me feel so sad for charlie, even if he was selfish, the way he says "i really don't belong here" genuinely breaks my heart
I think I finally understand this song.
So, we all know that Charlie did all of these wonderful and good things to be liked by many, and loved and mourned by his wife at his passing. But again, something didn't sit right with me: why *did* Charlie go to Hell? Why wasn't he rewarded for his good deeds? And that's when something hit me:
The preacher lists off all of these great things that Charlie did in his life; keeping his showers cold, doing the pledge, and buying his wife card and roses every now and then. But really, that's all it is: A LIST. A list of good things Charlie has done to make his seem *worthy* of going into heaven. That's why Charlie is so distraught and confused when he's rejected into Heaven, even pleading with the Angels that he goes to church more than *once* on Sundays. And to add onto that, he seem so enthusiastic to get into heaven, not even feeling sad or mournful that he left his wife and his friends when he died. He was READY and EAGER to get into paradise.
The line in the song that really made this click was: "Those tempted by their senses by the cruelest of intentions."
Charlie didn't do those good things because he was a good person. He did them to secure himself a place in everlasting life and bliss.
But, of course, it doesn't turn out that way. The Angels see right through him, seeing that there was no sincerity in his actions, not matter how much he tries to convince them, and himself, that there was. And so, he's sent to hell to be trapped in a jar; a confined restricting existence, being devoid of the very things he sought to gain once he died.
Honestly, I'm sure that there are people who have thought of different theories than I have for this song, but to me this one just seems to make the most sense.
EDIT: I think I should make it clear the basis of my theory is rooted in more of a moral standpoint. Perhaps this song take the saying "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions" as literally as it could, but I personally like to believe that you don't get into Heaven just for doing good and honest things, but you shouldn't expect any reward for simple being a good person, or "Doing good with Ill intent." Again, this is just my personal take on the story being told here.
That’s deep…
Well i guess the important thing is just enjoy life without bothering by any hoping very much through heaven on our action. Just simply enjoy life with family and friends until the very end....
@@flame4513 hey I've accepted my religion and doing good in life but if i still end up in hell I'll accept damnation. as long as my family don't end up there, im fine.
@@KeyboardTarantula
Nice
who cares he did good things for selfish reasons, he did good things, i think that this song more about how the whole idea of an afterlife doesn't make any sense and is flawed and illogical
Jesus christ, you turned a mildly sad funny song into an incredibly depressing existential one in span of the latter 30 seconds.
Depressing? It's kinda karmic to me
This is such high quality for a small channel! I'd love to see more animated things like this, especially THD songs like Viva Discordia.
Benett Malcolm I LOVE VIVA DISCORDA!!
What's the song?
i agree!!
This is unironically such a good song
1:50 jack skellingtin looking ahh
OMG FINALLY SOMEONE REMEMBERS
real
Fr
I love you monkey 🐒
the guy from fortnite
1:49 why does bro look so goofy
jack skellington looking ah
Me if i accidentally slept at 3 am when realizing that its 6 am now
WHAT
I really like the art style chose, I feel like it suits the song so well because the song's main backing theme is a happy melody that sounds vaguely like something you'd hear in a commercial or nursery rhyme video (I don't mean this in a bad way), however the lyrics describe a rather sad story. The same motif also applies with the actual art style of the 3d animation. The characters and locations are modeled and designed in a way reminiscent of commercials or nursery rhyme videos (again, I don't mean this in a bad way), however the things you see follow the tale told by the lyrics of this song. I'm unsure of whether or not this was intentional, but if it was, it was a really great decision, and makes this video all the more iconic.
The song is so good yet unsettling even the captions know the lyrics
I enjoy also that he "chased after angels (without questioning what they wanted)" e.g. he was following the manual of what he was supposed to do to "be good" to get into heaven without actually questioning what being good meant
I'd just like to take a moment to thank you for taking all the trouble to make this video. My first contact with the song was with this video and I'm sure I wouldn't have enjoyed the song half as much if it wasn't for this excellent animation. You rock!
6y
THE FACT THAT THIS WAS MADE 8YEARS AGO AND ALREADY A TREND-
when I was given headphones, the first thing I listened to was this
3:00
I’m sorry but I cannot take this seriously with his nose shaking violently
LMAO
👃
👁️👃👁️
Pp nose
NAHH💀😭😭
I see everyone trying to figure out why Charlie went to hell, but honestly, I think it was just a paperwork mistake.
Charlie wasn’t a good person. He did good deeds to get into heaven, but he used them as an excuse to not go to hell.
Personally I think the man upstairs should let a persons action judge their character, but whatever.
There are two theories of this that I like-1 is that all of the singing is Charlie's external dialog. He doesn't see himself as a bad person because he's describing himself
And 2 every good thing he describes himself doing is all for selfish reasons. He's extremely fruegal his entire life the only thing he does for ther people is gives his wife a rose. Aside from that gas price goes up-avoid car all together, uses energy efficient lightbulbs to save on his electric bill, eats fish on weekends because it's a cheap meal, and doesn't swim because fear of personal harm from sharks. The demon tells him you get what you paid for. When he doesn't get into heaven he blames the angels for the mistake when he gets to hell he blames the demons but never takes responsiblity and his punishment is the 8th circle of fraud. He runs from his demons while never confronting them
There’s also this other theory that just makes me laugh sometimes it’s very simple: look at heaven and hells checklist books. I believe someone genuinely swapped the books knowing it would mess up innocent peoples lives. (That’s why heavens looks worn out) (and hells book looks brand new) idk I’d like to think the devil did it as a prank or something just to mess around.
@@granthill4252I do think this is funny but this was just something the animator added, because this is a fan-made video. I think it’s ironic they did this though
That'd just make the song fucked up and mean
1:59 man went soaring
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I have a theory, i think his nose is so long is because his life is basically a lie. Pretending to be the person u want to be just to get the heaven.
Pretty good observation
That’s a nice notice and make sense especially since he’s the only one with it
2:33
Idk why but the angle that the demon is looking is so funny
2:40 look at the demons butt
I have a theory that the checklists were swapped. If you look at how they look, Heaven’s is worn out while hell’s is clean and with Charlie’s name.
Though in the song, its more about how Charlie wasn’t actually good, he just looked good on the outside.
Ooo! That would real intriguing if that was true!
Oh shiiii- I didn’t even notice!
theory one: the devil swapped the checklists knowing charlies true intentions
theory two: heaven checklist is worn out because they don't have to make then often, due to completely pure people being rare, and hells is clean because ithey have to replace it constantly due to the large amount of sinners
2:12 maythey did get switched 🤔
Nah I think it's just meant to be ironic
A person in the comments by the tag of Hey Chummer (I think) stated the reason why Charlie went to hell. But I want to focus on his fate. He was sent to hell for never owning up to his problems, shifting blame onto others, and possibly trying to go to heaven for all his good deeds rather then out of the kindness of his own heart. Throughout the song he constantly tries to reason with the angels and devils on how this shouldn’t be happening. During the bridge for the “Hell” section of the song, a key lyric is stated as so “-I know you've heard the tune before”. Meaning he’s almost sure that this excuse was used before hand. And most likely it was, based on how many jars surrounded Charlie at the end. And that’s just it, the Devil is a cruel and twisted soul and what better way to get a kick then to listen to the endless pleas of the Liars and Cheats of the world. All in the safety of a jar. Notice how at the end, all the people who share Charlie’s fate never look around, instead they all do the same of pleading with the Devil. It’s because they can’t accept what happened to them. “I’m a good person! They were wrong!”, lies such as that will spew from their mouth constantly because no matter who they were, they can’t confront that their deeds are as hollow as souless as the demons within hell.
Welcome Home Charlie
Well if you actually a good person wouldn’t you have acted almost exactly the same wouldn’t you the entire argument you guys use is flawed
the "Welcome home Charlie" is what did it for me
Hard not turning out like that for a lot of people, all to feel secure and safe
@@gigaboi7921 Charlie did all these things only to be good in God's eyes, not out of love or faith. he lived a "perfect" life/the life you'd put on display, which is why he's put on display at the end
@@kennyv7886cool didn’t ask not reading that shit
This aged like fine wine
no way you have the cursed minion pfp still 💀
@@JackBoi101What was it?
Love the transition at 2:09
“You know the devil he loves a good chase”
Bud runs like he just committed a crime
god this is amazing
the amount of effort that went into this amazes me, the cool stylisation, lip syncing, everything
just for a fan project
respect
2:24 that’s a pretty good part
I only noticed this now but Charlie is still alive when he goes up the escalator 0:43 which means this could’ve been a test by god to see if he actually cared about his loved ones he was leaving behind or only cared about them for the reward of going to heaven
definitely not a wild theory
After rewatching this a couple of times... I'm now imagining the guy at the beginning just singing a song to all the funeral goers about Charlie going to hell.
I imagine an edit to this song where everything is the same except the crying from the beginning continues on throughout the video.
0:31 The reason Charlie went to hell is clearly for stealing his wife's Nose.
Like look at her, she has no nose at all, and Charlie has more than enough for two
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I would like this but i'll ruin the perfect 69 likes
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😂 amazing
RUclips be like: *let’s just recommend this masterpiece to people eight/seven years after it was created :)*
I wish I saw the video earlier honestly
@@SophieAndSippysame
charlie sounds like a stand up guy, especially them eco friendly lightbulbs, charlie did NOT deserve to go to hell
One thing i do find interesting is the end of the song where is says "You can run from your demons until you are exhausted, but one day you'll have to stop and find out what they wanted" is trying to say maybe Charlie should have seen what was the problem first before deciding he wasn't supposed to be there. Then the next line is "You can run to those angels until you are exhausted, one day you'll have to stop and question what they wanted" is signaling that even though Charlie did "good" in his life he never actually knew what they wanted and was basically just working for appearances rather than being good to his core
3:24 NOT THE JAR!
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the worst punishment
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Unless
@@JonnelTheGreatestbest*
lyrics to Charlie's inferno
Here lies Charlie
You can tell it's him 'cause we put his name on the stone
He kept his showers ice-cold, used eco-friendly lightbulbs
Rode his bicycle to work when the gasoline price rose
He'd judge with no pretense, fish on the weekends
Each morning, get up, do the Pledge of Allegiance
Never swim in the ocean, for fear of shark attacks
Bi-monthly get his wife a rose with a card attached
Avoiding all the little things that were hard to ask
Had a car crash, cardiac arrest, died of a heart attack
Golden escalator, all his friends and neighbors
Huddled there in prayer around the respirator
"Catch you later, I'm off to see the man upstairs!
They all look like ants from here, stars and crystal chandeliers!"
There was an angel at the entrance, checking off a guest list
Charlie wasn't on it, and was ushered to the exit
His heart sank
He was breathless
"Excuse me, sir!
There must be someone you've confused me for
If I could see someone who knew me or someone in uniform
I go to church on Sunday
Truly, usually more!"
Screaming at the angels while they pushed him through the door
"Excuse me, sir!
There must be someone you've confused me for
If I could see someone who knew me or someone in uniform
I go to church on Sunday
Truly, usually more!"
Screaming at the angels while they pushed him through the door
"Abandon all hope, all ye who enter"
It was a horrifying sign, but sounded like a neat adventure
Far beyond the halos and the castles in the clouds
Fatsos squealing, shackled with some apples in their mouths
Attention whores in padded bras hanging from extension cords
Tortured with the products from their favorite catalogs
Here, we buy and sell a million kinds of Hell
Imagination is the limit to the devil's clientele
Up a dingy elevator, no televised debate
Will save you from the Hell you paid for, sorry buddy, smell you later
Side-stepped fate, went right for the gate
But you know the devil, he loves a good chase
There was a demon at the entrance, making X's on a checklist
Who would kick you in the ass when you begged him for repentance
Those tempted by the senses with the cruelest of intentions
Charlie's heart sank, he was breathless
"Excuse me, sir!
There must be someone you've confused me for
If I could see someone who knew me or someone in uniform
I really don't belong here
I know you've heard the tune before!"
Screaming at the demons while they pushed him through the door
"Excuse me, sir!
There must be someone you've confused me for
If I could see someone who knew me or someone in uniform
I really don't belong here
I know you've heard the tune before!"
Screaming at the demons while they pushed him through the door
You can run from your demons until you are exhausted
One day, you will have to stop and find out what they wanted
Keep on running from those demons 'til you are exhausted
You can run to those angels until you are exhausted
One day, you will have to stop and question what they wanted
Keep on running to those angels 'til you are exhausted
"Excuse me, sir! (I don't)
There must be someone you've confused me for (want to)
If I could see someone who knew me or someone in uniform (die)
I really don't belong here (please don't)
I know you've heard the tune before! (Let me die)"
"Excuse me, sir! (I don't)
There must be someone you've confused me for (want to)
If I could see someone who knew me or someone in uniform (die)
I really don't belong here (please don't)
I know you've heard the tune before! (Let me die)"
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Whørê$ in padded bras 😭
GUYS I FIGURED IT OUT!
He said he went to church on sunday.
The priest said a LOT but never ONCE said he went to church on sunday.
Visuals don't count towards the story as it's a fan video
mate the reason why hes in hell is because he spent his entire life chasing heaven and only doing good JUST to get into heaven, he didnt care when his wife was upset of him dying.
At 3:04 "you can run to those angels until you are exhausted, one day youll have to stop and question what they wanted" he was doing what he thought was good and was gonna get him in heaven, he did all those things with the intent to get in heaven, not caring for those who were around him like a true good person would
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He lived life according to his own pride, as shown through never going the extra mile. His goals weren’t driven by faith, but by his own reputation
@@theastonvillaseal585They we’re driven by faith or else he wouldn’t have done only mediocre deeds, he wanted to get into heaven desperately, the problem was is he never did anything actually good, he only didn’t do anything bad.
Even then he still should’ve gone to heaven because why would he get separated from god simply for being lackluster
@@jamesoliver1345Because centrists are worse than evil people
Does anyone really do anything for truly selfless reasons? Even if you do something good just for the sake of being good, that's still just trying to achieve the satisfaction of doing a good thing. I doubt there is a way to truly do something that isn't tainted by your own desire to enjoy life. If you could go to hell for not being "genuine" enough in your goodness, then everyone who dies would probably go there.
Wait, this vid is 8 years old?! It looks so stylish!
Damn, 14 minutes ago?
3:18 My favorite part of the song
Sameee
I like to imagine he really was just confused for someone else who looked like him named Charlie