this must be what its like when a beloved family pet comes up to you with its mouth full of something suspicious and they drop the most mangled bloodied corpse of an unidentifiable animal at your feet and looks up at you with expectant eyes dewy with innocent love
Fun fact, Verago is actually a prequel to escape. You can tell because of the newspaper at the end. Jesus returned already, the only reason it wasn’t front page is because Dan is much more powerful.
Given that in Real Life, people react to the possible confirmed existence of aliens with a shrug, this isn't that strange. "Not now, Jesus! We have enough problems right now!"
What mystifies me most about this series is that he has amnesia and when he read the newspaper he's like "Am I this dangerous crime lord?" Only for him to come back in the sequel like "I AM THIS DANGEROUS CRIME LORD!" Just totally fine with having no morals.
This is some of that VA's earliest work. When Retsupurae first did a video on this series, they actually got in contact with him. He's a pretty cool dude. Seems to be a much better VA now, lol.
@@DaFieFie oh I genuinely do like the voice I think it’s like perfect for the game this is. He’s got that vash charm where the dub actor underneath is actually pretty good but oh boy is he clearly new
I'll be perfectly honest here, the Trapped trilogy is honestly one of my favourite things to watch people play/react to. It's like the poster child of "so dumb, it's amazing" 2000s Flash projects. It just nails that perfect blend of scuffed visuals and animation, completely archaic puzzle design, and unintentionally hilarious writing and voice acting. But still, you can tell that that the folks who made it put so much hard work and effort into it, despite the ideas they had being way too ambitious and beyond their own levels of technical skill at the time. It's a bad seires of games, but the amount of earnestness and charm it carries just makes it impossible for me to hate.
@@JelloApocalypse honestly? Good. Looking back they are funny but at the time when i was also into flash game they were absolutely terrible to play through. I think nostalgia and ironic enjoyment is their only appeal now
Two things about “trapped” it was originally a ‘godlimation’ flash game, that’s what was up with all the random bible stuffs No matter how “of its time” trapped is. Dan McNeely is a fucking boss voice actor and no one can change my mind
I can't wait for their next game featuring Dan McNeely reviving and realizing he's Jesus, and then having to go on a journey of breaking walls to find a screwdriver.
Everyone in the comments, when you go to pray tonight, please pray for Patrick Majewski to return and make the 4th "Trapped" game where Dan McNeely is stranded on an island after escaping his vault. Amen.
Any time Dan notices something I want to hear him say it in that way. "There was a shiny object on top of the bookshelf." *It looked shinier than a normal object*
See, I know it's fucking ridiculous, but *tiny* bonus point: it makes more sense if you consider he's an ex serial killer and would be experienced with body parts. Still doesn't explain why the finger was fake tho
Tbf, the Trapped trilogy's artstyle is much brighter, making the BS parts hilarious instead Vorago's art style is definitely far more serious, but some of the solutions are still goofy (the cat), which in turn makes it frustrating and out of place instead of funny
It took me way too long to realise the voice of the guy was not one of Jello or his friends, it felt so sarcastic about literally everything on screen.
"I have a thing for women" is such a funny line because I do not for a second believe the creator of this sees anything other than being straight as typical, but it absolutely reads as a line in a world where being anything but is the norm. Anyway, Jay is great, as always, I always love when he makes an appearance.
I can't believe Kira Buckland had a major role in these... masterpieces. Now I'm imagining all of Jolyne's swearing coming out of green shirt girl's mouth.
Watching the entire video had me thinking "yknow... red hair girl doesnt have the worst voice acting." And then I remembered Kira voices her and it made sense.
I think my favorite part of the whole trapped trilogy is Dan looking "visibly shocked" to find out he was really an infamous criminal, and then immediately goes back into his crime boss ways in the sequel
Jello, holding a small box: "Hey Jay, I got you something small for our anniversary." Jay, opening the small box: *gasps, cradling the gift* "It-it's-." Jay, brandishing a fake finger: "-heavier than a normal finger."
It's weird seeing people surprised at Kira Buckland showing up in an old flash. For me, it was surprising to see Rina-chan show up in mainstream games and anime.
I would occasionally say "It's the devil's work, ma'am" when people would ask me what's going on and there wasn't a good answer. And i legitimately didn't remember where I picked that up from until this video reminded me about Vorago.
Can't believe the small time indie game NieR: Automata & small indie animation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure part 6 Stone Ocean acquired such a legendary VA from the iconic TRAPPED series.
just letting people know, Dan McNeely is in a flash fighting game, and when he wins a match he says "you need to beat the banana fishing pole challenge to beat me"
14:47 "did I forget to mention the fact that I have a thing for women?" Besides the absurdity of Jason being a creep out of nowhere that line just kills me 😂😂😂
@@sophie6413 exactly, while it’s obvious that the line was probably supposed to be something like “I have a thing for women like you” or “I have a thing for redheads” it’s still pretty funny to think that being straight is bizarre 😂😂😂
so much of my tween years was playing these three games over and over. Literally iconic enough when you made a reference to them in another video I lost it.
Oh my god this is bringing back soooo many middle school memories 😂 I LIVED for point and click room escape games, and this one was legit one of my favorites, lol. It’s so dumb and I love it.
I have watched this video over 40 times. I watch it every day. I had never even heard of the Trapped series before this but now i can safely say Dan McNeely is the best character of all time in anything. Idk what to do when i close my eyes i see Dan and Diala looking at me
Is the Dan expression in your head the blank stare at the key on top of the bookshelf? Bc that's the one that pops into my head at random points of the day 😂
Seeing Edwyn Tiong and Kira Buckland in this threw me for a bit of a loop. Then again, it was the Newgrounds days, so it makes sense that they'd be a part of projects like that. I still remember seeing Tiong in Smashtasm.
I deadass thought the second game was a prequel and it was going to end in a fight where she gets knocked out and Dan gets amnesia (presumably from falling off a building) so when the two meet in the first game it makes slightly more sense that she was still alive.
I think the plot mentions her taking immortality drugs that also give amnesia (which is why Dan is also immortal and gets amnesia). That's what I got from tv tropes anyway
@@appelofdoom8211I think I figured it out. Here is my theory on the timeline. Dialla and Dan are crime bosses who discover immortality, dialla uses it, but it causes amnesia and she believes herself to be a detective, her cover job, and starts to date one of her "coworkers". Dan kidnaps her to try to make her remember, but then a rival crime syndicate attacks, forcing Dan to use his immortality elixir. He wakes up with no memory in the bathroom (unrestrained) with the wallet of the guy who owns the mansion he's Trapped™️ in. He gets out, tricks the guard into thinking he's another guard IN THE ROOM HE WAS GUARDING, then frees Dialla, who doesn't recognize him somehow. (Note: the only logical conclusion is that there WERE two guards, but dan ate one of them and stole his wallet.) He opens a way out, "leaves dialla behind" even tho she could have just followed him out the way he came (and she got out anyway), and Dan gets his memory back. Then, Pursuit happens, Escape begins, and Dan makes dialla solve his Cool Escape Room to find out her identity and get the key, hoping she will stay if she knows who she really was. Dan is promptly locked in a safe and thrown into the ocean, forced to drown eternally until the safe erodes or someone comes to rescue him.
Alternatively, one of them is a detective, and the other a crime boss, but they've been Trapped™️ in a purgatory-esque time loop for so long that everything starts to blend together and no-one knows who was who originally.
This video immediately had some weird energy for me personally because of hearing these two interact. after watching Jell-O apocalypse for years, and finally almost completely catching up to thrilling intent. It feels almost like two worlds colliding, even though it shouldn’t at all because I’ve seen these two play in a Pokémon TTRPG together, and the only reason, I know of thrilling intent is because of Jell-O apocalypse. And my shock only increased when I learn these two are dating and they played this game on their anniversary, which is adorable I might add.
You clearly haven't heard of good'ol Jonny'two partners (jello) there's a third person in that relationship yam. I don't know what the relationship between Jay and yam is . Jello and yam I'm pretty sure are .could be a polycule not sure though
Ended up playing myself and discovered some random things. The bible is mandatory in trapped since Dan McNeely will die entering the balcony without it. The mirror has screws you can't interact with since you lose the ability to re-enter the bathroom when you get the guard to leave and your inventory is cleared except for Bible and Key when escaping. A game over in Trapped (Where the guard catches you if you light the bathroom after leaving Dialla) is retconned by Mickey taking out the guard as shown in ESCAPE. Also, the game has a snarky message for you if you take to long to enter the bathroom.
I grew up with these Flash games made so its nice to see them getting attention I also remember another Newgrounds animator by the name of SpikeVallentine who made the amazing "Snow Snow For Lucy" short movie. Sadly, he purged all his works after going through a "Christian awakening" but some of his works can still be found RUclips
Man this takes me back. Vorago was goofy as Hell looking back but its ending horrified me as a kid. It was so abruptly dark compared to the other random games I was clicking through on Kongregate.
Kira Buckland (the voice of 2B in Nier Automata and Erika from the Fire Emblem series, among other things) being credited as the voice of Dialla is a fact I'll never recover from.
I'm just relieved that Dan McNeely and the safe finally got together in the end. They kept teasing us the entire trilogy with it and I'm glad they actually delivered. Pity we didn't get a fourth installment where Dan could say "Despite all that's happened, I feel... Safe."
I know everyone focuses on the Trapped trilogy and the pure greatness of Dan McNeely - which is totally understandable. But I have to love how Vorago - despite posing itself as a "prophetically true event" - is just a blatant ripoff of The Mist with some batshit crazy deviations.
Fun fact: Dan McNeely and the Armored Gamsees gang are references to the actual human being Dan McNeely and his website Armor Games. These games were even originally hosted on that site, but have since been removed.
I remember watching retsupurae play this years ago. I don't think it was covered in this video, but I think the 2nd or 3rd game has a shampoo bottle item that is used for exactly zero puzzles XD
My favorite part of this was the BIBLE PRANK at the end of that horrible VHS. I want to interview this developer so I can ask how he decided on the puzzles and why. He fascinates me. I want to study him in a lab environment.
I’m the developer and at the time I made these games I don’t really know how any of the logic of the puzzles fit. And it’s been well over 10 years that I’ve long since forgotten the creative mind of what once was.
Oh dang that VA of Dan must have gotten WORK when it came to flash games, specifically Armor Games. I was trying to pinpoint where I knew him from because i KNEW the voice was familiar. Took a bit but then i got it, he's Detective Grimoire's VA! And still is. Good for him, and his voicework was one of the best parts of this video. Dude does good work and GETS work, respect.
A couple years ago I would have said "you make a good game if you're so smart" but I did that with TV shows and then he made Epithet Erased. Always trust Jellos mockery.
Dan McNeely looks and sounds like a crazy indie game developer. I'm talking about the kind of dev who makes some weird esoteric game that has some kind of bizarre arg involved with it and somehow gets Insanely popular for like six months.
Every month this video happens to appear in my recommended I just can't help but watch it the whole way through again. PLEASE do more of this sort of thing, it's funny as all hell
That cat part absolutely captured my reaction with the editing - WHAT . . . ?? God I'm so happy this is a video, I only caught the end of the stream when you were playing them
The TPE series is easily one of my all time flash favorites. Despite the hilarious storyline, janky visuals and odd puzzle making, the game just has an captivating and charming appeal to it.
THIS is where the "It felt heavier than a normal finger" joke came from? I've been hearing people make that reference for years, and I never knew what they were on about!
![Miles is a Robot - [Episode 1]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/xyZim4hZr3k/mqdefault.jpg)
this must be what its like when a beloved family pet comes up to you with its mouth full of something suspicious and they drop the most mangled bloodied corpse of an unidentifiable animal at your feet and looks up at you with expectant eyes dewy with innocent love
This is very specific but yes
But in actuality, the corpse was heavier than a normal corpse.
And then you need to light the corpse on fire to destroy a mirror.
Oh my god I knew I recognized that voice!
For context, Omahdon voices the main character in Trapped
"Did I forget to mention that I have a thing for women?"
way to disavow heteronormativity, Escape!
In this world...
It's HOMONormativity time!!
@@ndres6955 Homeownermativity.
“Before I do the tango with you, did you know that I’m straight?”
@@ndres6955Or perhaps acenormativity?
@@adrienstarfaer perhaps a little bit of that as well
Jello uploaded a video…
*It felt heavier than a normal video.*
It was an edited version of a stream...
*It felt heavier than a normal stream.*
@@nettalie4435 the video felt more edited than a normal stream
Do we... have to burn it now?
This is a comment. It feels heavier than a normal comment.
It’s a comment….
It feels gayer than a normal comment
I'd forgotten how _seamlessly integrated_ all the Christianity stuff was in these games.
Better written than God's Not Dead trilogy. ( I do mean that.)
@@NyJoanzy Not a high bar to cross
@@NyJoanzyWait they made a 3rd one?
@@SuperNicktendoEntertainment Yep, and they still don't know what an atheist is.
@@NyJoanzy It's movies/people like them that make me feel bad for being religious
Fun fact, Verago is actually a prequel to escape. You can tell because of the newspaper at the end. Jesus returned already, the only reason it wasn’t front page is because Dan is much more powerful.
Given that in Real Life, people react to the possible confirmed existence of aliens with a shrug, this isn't that strange.
"Not now, Jesus! We have enough problems right now!"
@@Bluecho4to be fair I think Jesus would have more value as a political pawn
@@Pihsrosnec for who? fucking Jerusalem
What mystifies me most about this series is that he has amnesia and when he read the newspaper he's like "Am I this dangerous crime lord?" Only for him to come back in the sequel like "I AM THIS DANGEROUS CRIME LORD!" Just totally fine with having no morals.
I mean, he left the girl to die and was unfazed.
I realise I'm trying to apply logic to this series, but I'm guessing when his memories came back, his original personality came back along with them.
He was like fuck it we ball
Also he grew beard in between games
@@chara5"It felt heavier than a normal finger"
How does he know how heavy a finger is?
I absolutely love Dan mcneelys voice it’s like the solid snake impression people do badly on purpose but it’s completely genuine
Its like solid snake mixed with Patrick Bateman
@@toxicdemon5426I was about to say that. A weird sequel to American psycho
This is some of that VA's earliest work. When Retsupurae first did a video on this series, they actually got in contact with him. He's a pretty cool dude. Seems to be a much better VA now, lol.
@@DaFieFie oh I genuinely do like the voice I think it’s like perfect for the game this is. He’s got that vash charm where the dub actor underneath is actually pretty good but oh boy is he clearly new
Psycho Mantis?
I'll be perfectly honest here, the Trapped trilogy is honestly one of my favourite things to watch people play/react to. It's like the poster child of "so dumb, it's amazing" 2000s Flash projects.
It just nails that perfect blend of scuffed visuals and animation, completely archaic puzzle design, and unintentionally hilarious writing and voice acting. But still, you can tell that that the folks who made it put so much hard work and effort into it, despite the ideas they had being way too ambitious and beyond their own levels of technical skill at the time. It's a bad seires of games, but the amount of earnestness and charm it carries just makes it impossible for me to hate.
There really just aren't any games out there quite like the Trapped trilogy.
What a wonderful description
in art you can always tell when they really and truly give a shit. and these people did.
@@JelloApocalypse honestly? Good. Looking back they are funny but at the time when i was also into flash game they were absolutely terrible to play through. I think nostalgia and ironic enjoyment is their only appeal now
Two things about “trapped”
it was originally a ‘godlimation’ flash game, that’s what was up with all the random bible stuffs
No matter how “of its time” trapped is. Dan McNeely is a fucking boss voice actor and no one can change my mind
I can't wait for their next game featuring Dan McNeely reviving and realizing he's Jesus, and then having to go on a journey of breaking walls to find a screwdriver.
That's how Jesus got out of the tomb, he just clicked on it twelve times and it shattered
@@JelloApocalypse And that tomb? It was the awful laser tag house.
@@JelloApocalypse A large stone is blocking the exit to the tomb.
*It feels heavier than a normal exit-blocking stone.*
@@JelloApocalypse He was trapped for 3 days...TRAPPED???
@@JelloApocalypse It shattered like so many pieces of glass.
Everyone in the comments, when you go to pray tonight, please pray for Patrick Majewski to return and make the 4th "Trapped" game where Dan McNeely is stranded on an island after escaping his vault. Amen.
I wonder what this one is gonna be called…
if that happens if will 100% be called 'Stranded.'
"Why do I feel so...stranded(tm)?"
I thought you were gonna say “please pray for Patrick Majewski’s discourtesy”
Please play more Patricm Majewski games
Amen 😔✊😢💜🙏 I’ve been praying every day for -Stranded-
Any time Dan notices something I want to hear him say it in that way.
"There was a shiny object on top of the bookshelf."
*It looked shinier than a normal object*
A hostage was tied up on the floor. She felt cuter than a normal hostage.
@@camilogarciaylasaari1857 I woke up inside a bathroom. I felt more trapped than usual.
See, I know it's fucking ridiculous, but *tiny* bonus point: it makes more sense if you consider he's an ex serial killer and would be experienced with body parts. Still doesn't explain why the finger was fake tho
I like the role reversal from Jello being the one who knows all the insane solutions to getting blindsided by them in the last game.
Tbf, the Trapped trilogy's artstyle is much brighter, making the BS parts hilarious instead
Vorago's art style is definitely far more serious, but some of the solutions are still goofy (the cat), which in turn makes it frustrating and out of place instead of funny
It took me way too long to realise the voice of the guy was not one of Jello or his friends, it felt so sarcastic about literally everything on screen.
Edwyn Tiong has always had the best smug voice on Newgrounds.
who
@@whyiwakeup6460ohmaddon
Play the detective grimoire games if you want to hear his voice done well in actually good point and clicks!
Jello screaming "WHUDDYOUMEAN" at Vorago is a mood.
"I have a thing for women" is such a funny line because I do not for a second believe the creator of this sees anything other than being straight as typical, but it absolutely reads as a line in a world where being anything but is the norm.
Anyway, Jay is great, as always, I always love when he makes an appearance.
It could be the creator misunderstanding "I have a thing for women like you" as "I have a thing for women, like you"
He was straight, but she was Bi-curious.
ESL + beginner writing = gems like this
Also straight IS the norm, lmao 😂
I prefer “more common” :))))
@@AB0BA_69 dog what are you doing on a jelloapocalypse video being homophobic
I can't believe Kira Buckland had a major role in these... masterpieces.
Now I'm imagining all of Jolyne's swearing coming out of green shirt girl's mouth.
Watching the entire video had me thinking "yknow... red hair girl doesnt have the worst voice acting." And then I remembered Kira voices her and it made sense.
Yeah she was in a lot of these games back in the day. You wanted a lady voice, you get Kira Buckland.
@@CrossTrash Kira Buckland is a bad VA, is that what you mean?
@@Vulgarth1 Nope, i made a typo lol
@@CrossTrash Ah yeah, I see it.
I unironically love Dan McNeely's VA, he sounds like he's trying to put effort into a character who never puts in effort, I love it
didn't he go on to voice the main character of Detective Grimoire and Tangle Tower?
@@SunroseStudios no idea tbh
@@SunroseStudios yup! it's Edwyn Tiong
One must always remember the regular weight of a finger, it’ll help in situations like this
Tbf fingers are very light
@@mrminecraftcubeable in what situation have you had the lovely opportunity of holding a dismembered finger?
@@jazzycornflakes6581 it was a preserved finger
But still even if you never held one i think it would weird you out if it was heavier than a candy bar
@@mrminecraftcubeable not gonna lie that's cool as fuck, dude
@@mrminecraftcubeable The forbidden candy bar
I think my favorite part of the whole trapped trilogy is Dan looking "visibly shocked" to find out he was really an infamous criminal, and then immediately goes back into his crime boss ways in the sequel
Fun fact: there is a Godlimations crossover fighting game! it's called Flash Bash and its only redeeming quality is having a playable Dan Mcneelie
Does he have his signature gay little command grab?
@@boiyado6717 well, it's heavier than a normal grab
@@boiyado6717 It isn't specifically gay, but he DOES have a command grab.
his voicelines are full of refrences "youre trapped now" "pursuit" "you must defeat the bannana fishing pole puzzle to stand a chance"
thank you so much this is amazing information
Jello, holding a small box: "Hey Jay, I got you something small for our anniversary."
Jay, opening the small box: *gasps, cradling the gift* "It-it's-."
Jay, brandishing a fake finger: "-heavier than a normal finger."
Love the fact that the first game stars Detective Grimoire and Jolyne Cujoh lmao
It took me a second but I was like “omg that’s Detective Grimoire!!”
Holy shit! That's why his voice is familiar!
I thought the same thing, I love those games!
I legit screamed when I peeked at the credits and saw KIRA BUCKLAND HOLY SHIT.
It was like being suckerpunched with a wet pool noodle.
HOLY SHIT. Detective Grimoire?? Now I can’t unhear it. 😂
There isn't a part of me that doesn't believe that the evil force in Vorago was just Dan McNeely's lifeforce seeking to torment the mortal plain.
I mean he did like taking inspiration from the bible
@@thesolidestsnake the Bible is a great inspiration
That's some Fnaf/William Afton type shit
@@UserTheSecondI should get back on it. Fell off at around season 2 or 3
@@sabbathb6548 it makes up for it in seasons 4-5, and also the third show in the series "The book of revelations" is pretty good too.
It's weird seeing people surprised at Kira Buckland showing up in an old flash. For me, it was surprising to see Rina-chan show up in mainstream games and anime.
Same, a lot of voice actors like Kira and Edwyn got their start on Newgrounds,so to hear them still doing stuff is a treat
Right? I remember seeing her in the credits of the sixth Ace Attorney game and being "Wait, _what?!"_
I would occasionally say "It's the devil's work, ma'am" when people would ask me what's going on and there wasn't a good answer. And i legitimately didn't remember where I picked that up from until this video reminded me about Vorago.
It was a new JelloApocalypse video. It felt heavier than a normal video.
Every time I see stuff about this it sounds like Dwarf Fortress descriptions
The whiplash I got seeing Kira Buckland’s name in the special thanks is astronomical
Can't believe the small time indie game NieR: Automata & small indie animation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure part 6 Stone Ocean acquired such a legendary VA from the iconic TRAPPED series.
This is what Qlyne got up to in Pucci’s universe to get arrested
THE DEBUT OF GAMING LEGEND, DAN MCNEELY
Mob boss and serial killer Brian Stevens.
Instructions unclear
Converted to Christianity
and lit my hands on fire
Joan of Arc be like
Was your hand heavier than a normal hand?
No, just the finger@@stonks3507
Seeing the lads play good old Flash game puts a smile on my face, their chaotically wholesome vibe is on point
Everywhere i go, i see his face.
And click
Dan McNeely sounds like a joke name you'd give to an O.C you made whose personnality is 90% american
just letting people know, Dan McNeely is in a flash fighting game, and when he wins a match he says "you need to beat the banana fishing pole challenge to beat me"
14:47 "did I forget to mention the fact that I have a thing for women?" Besides the absurdity of Jason being a creep out of nowhere that line just kills me 😂😂😂
Because it implies, on accident, that being cis het is not the norm
@@sophie6413 exactly, while it’s obvious that the line was probably supposed to be something like “I have a thing for women like you” or “I have a thing for redheads” it’s still pretty funny to think that being straight is bizarre 😂😂😂
Sometimes, Jello and Gang come out of left field, foaming at the mouth about some weird game, and MAN is it a rollercoaster ride every time
I never knew where "it felt heavier then a normal finger" came from
what video was that from?
@Victor Bergstein . I think a ace attorney investigations but I don't remember
@@dawnbray8325you're probably thinking of the "nonchalantly pointed at me with his right hand" line
It's in the last Ace Attorney Investigations video
“This finger is gayer than a normal finger”
*GOT ME*
So this is why most point and click games have their narrators speak exclusively through text
Kira Buckland playing Dialla is the cherry on top of this agony cake
Excuse me
The Hbomberguy nod was top notch!
do you know what video that clip is from?
"Only the bear gets removed the bunny has to say spoilers for Ephitet Erased Prison of Plastic"
I'm a bit worried for Loreai
You should find out what happens to her buy my book buy my book buy my book
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@@JelloApocalypse smooth transition.
You should be
so much of my tween years was playing these three games over and over. Literally iconic enough when you made a reference to them in another video I lost it.
What video did he make the reference in?
Oh please tell me which video
@@Celestial914Miles is a robot episode 5
It’s in the final episode of Miles is a Robot at 11:48.
I like how he gives the detective who’s been chasing him for who knows how long a shotgun and a potion of immortality. Truly amazing.
"It was a finger. It felt heavier than a normal finger."
21:16 Seth’s stupid run accompanied by Jello’s gremlin noises SENDS ME EVERY TIME 😂😂😂
Oh my god this is bringing back soooo many middle school memories 😂 I LIVED for point and click room escape games, and this one was legit one of my favorites, lol. It’s so dumb and I love it.
I swear this was like an OG escape room game too
Dan McNealy is the antagonist we deserve in every game
I have watched this video over 40 times. I watch it every day. I had never even heard of the Trapped series before this but now i can safely say Dan McNeely is the best character of all time in anything. Idk what to do when i close my eyes i see Dan and Diala looking at me
Same here lol
Is the Dan expression in your head the blank stare at the key on top of the bookshelf? Bc that's the one that pops into my head at random points of the day 😂
Petition to make Dan McNeely the secret true leader of Bliss Ocean
Seeing Edwyn Tiong and Kira Buckland in this threw me for a bit of a loop. Then again, it was the Newgrounds days, so it makes sense that they'd be a part of projects like that. I still remember seeing Tiong in Smashtasm.
I looked it up, and TRAPPED came out exactly the day before I was born. This comment is here to make you feel even more like a fossil.
Why would you do this to us
what is a baby doing here typing on the internet get out of here baby
I don't know how old you are.
@@firewolfandrewbconveniently, we can use the release date of trapped (July 25th 2006) to determine that this commenter is 16
This is some heavy info. Heavier than normal info.
I just realized that over that between the 1st two games Dan goes from "Serial Killer" to "Organized Crime Boss" with no explanation
I deadass thought the second game was a prequel and it was going to end in a fight where she gets knocked out and Dan gets amnesia (presumably from falling off a building) so when the two meet in the first game it makes slightly more sense that she was still alive.
Same here tho she had to have slight amnesia too with how chill she was in the first game lol
I think the plot mentions her taking immortality drugs that also give amnesia (which is why Dan is also immortal and gets amnesia). That's what I got from tv tropes anyway
@@appelofdoom8211I think I figured it out. Here is my theory on the timeline.
Dialla and Dan are crime bosses who discover immortality, dialla uses it, but it causes amnesia and she believes herself to be a detective, her cover job, and starts to date one of her "coworkers". Dan kidnaps her to try to make her remember, but then a rival crime syndicate attacks, forcing Dan to use his immortality elixir. He wakes up with no memory in the bathroom (unrestrained) with the wallet of the guy who owns the mansion he's Trapped™️ in. He gets out, tricks the guard into thinking he's another guard IN THE ROOM HE WAS GUARDING, then frees Dialla, who doesn't recognize him somehow. (Note: the only logical conclusion is that there WERE two guards, but dan ate one of them and stole his wallet.) He opens a way out, "leaves dialla behind" even tho she could have just followed him out the way he came (and she got out anyway), and Dan gets his memory back. Then, Pursuit happens, Escape begins, and Dan makes dialla solve his Cool Escape Room to find out her identity and get the key, hoping she will stay if she knows who she really was. Dan is promptly locked in a safe and thrown into the ocean, forced to drown eternally until the safe erodes or someone comes to rescue him.
Alternatively, one of them is a detective, and the other a crime boss, but they've been Trapped™️ in a purgatory-esque time loop for so long that everything starts to blend together and no-one knows who was who originally.
The fact that Jolene Joestar herself voices Dialla is hilarious.
Jolyne Cujoh. She’s part of the Joestar bloodline, but she doesn’t have that name.
This video immediately had some weird energy for me personally because of hearing these two interact. after watching Jell-O apocalypse for years, and finally almost completely catching up to thrilling intent. It feels almost like two worlds colliding, even though it shouldn’t at all because I’ve seen these two play in a Pokémon TTRPG together, and the only reason, I know of thrilling intent is because of Jell-O apocalypse. And my shock only increased when I learn these two are dating and they played this game on their anniversary, which is adorable I might add.
You clearly haven't heard of good'ol Jonny'two partners (jello) there's a third person in that relationship yam. I don't know what the relationship between Jay and yam is . Jello and yam I'm pretty sure are .could be a polycule not sure though
Also Stabbyness is where you can find more content that Jay DMs Reflection is great and Art
There's a Pokémon table top RPG?
@@revenantproxy9100 ruclips.net/video/8XTbjyaDcWI/видео.html
@@ethanbodin7083correct, Jay and Yam are only dating Jello
This is like, the epitome of “so bad it’s good.” I have no words to describe how insane this is
ive seen this video end-to-end 16 or 17 times, and not once do i EVER anticipate "i have no use for this blowtorch of mine"
Ended up playing myself and discovered some random things. The bible is mandatory in trapped since Dan McNeely will die entering the balcony without it. The mirror has screws you can't interact with since you lose the ability to re-enter the bathroom when you get the guard to leave and your inventory is cleared except for Bible and Key when escaping. A game over in Trapped (Where the guard catches you if you light the bathroom after leaving Dialla) is retconned by Mickey taking out the guard as shown in ESCAPE. Also, the game has a snarky message for you if you take to long to enter the bathroom.
I grew up with these Flash games made so its nice to see them getting attention
I also remember another Newgrounds animator by the name of SpikeVallentine who made the amazing "Snow Snow For Lucy" short movie. Sadly, he purged all his works after going through a "Christian awakening" but some of his works can still be found RUclips
That's a strangely common occurance in my experience
Man this takes me back. Vorago was goofy as Hell looking back but its ending horrified me as a kid. It was so abruptly dark compared to the other random games I was clicking through on Kongregate.
Kid you was a genius to figure out those ridiculous puzzles lmao
Edwyn Tiong as Dan McNeely is an iconic part of my childhood
HOLY SHIT. THIS IS THE SAME GUY WHO PLAYS NAZO
@@RprSonic THAT'S WHY HIS VOICE SOUNDED SO FAMILIAR!!!
I recognized the voice immediately from TOME
@@RprSonic You mean like the Hedgehog?
Or to some others, Fuse from Dust or the Magister from freedom planet for example
Kira Buckland (the voice of 2B in Nier Automata and Erika from the Fire Emblem series, among other things) being credited as the voice of Dialla is a fact I'll never recover from.
I'm just relieved that Dan McNeely and the safe finally got together in the end. They kept teasing us the entire trilogy with it and I'm glad they actually delivered. Pity we didn't get a fourth installment where Dan could say "Despite all that's happened, I feel... Safe."
Oh my god, one of my favorite vaguely christian flash series is getting a lets play almost 20 years later, happy birthday to me 8D
"You know... I have a thing for women" also kills me evey time i hear it lol
I know everyone focuses on the Trapped trilogy and the pure greatness of Dan McNeely - which is totally understandable. But I have to love how Vorago - despite posing itself as a "prophetically true event" - is just a blatant ripoff of The Mist with some batshit crazy deviations.
Oh man I remember this stream! Jello spoiling us with two videos close to each other
I am deeply uncomfortable learning the dev voiced the rapist in a way I cannot put into words
Did he forget to mention he has a thing for women?
15:15 I love every time jello does the Dan McNealy voice so much
seeing Kira Buckland in the credits feels like getting flashbanged and kicked in the nuts simultaneously
Exactly
Fun fact: Dan McNeely and the Armored Gamsees gang are references to the actual human being Dan McNeely and his website Armor Games.
These games were even originally hosted on that site, but have since been removed.
There's no way Kira Buckland could refuse to be a Voice Actor in this masterpiece
I remember watching retsupurae play this years ago. I don't think it was covered in this video, but I think the 2nd or 3rd game has a shampoo bottle item that is used for exactly zero puzzles XD
I was desperately trying to find a place to point that out in the edit but there really wasn't a place for it
The main character knowing the average weight of a finger was ingenious foreshadowing for him being a criminal serial killer
the way he says "𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑒𝒹" in "we have to escape this bathroom cus we're 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑒𝒹" is a vocal stim for me
These are so spot on to the look and vibe of point and click flash games of the time, they almost feel like parody. This was quite the nostalgia trip.
My favorite part of this was the BIBLE PRANK at the end of that horrible VHS. I want to interview this developer so I can ask how he decided on the puzzles and why. He fascinates me. I want to study him in a lab environment.
I’m the developer and at the time I made these games I don’t really know how any of the logic of the puzzles fit. And it’s been well over 10 years that I’ve long since forgotten the creative mind of what once was.
Oh dang that VA of Dan must have gotten WORK when it came to flash games, specifically Armor Games. I was trying to pinpoint where I knew him from because i KNEW the voice was familiar.
Took a bit but then i got it, he's Detective Grimoire's VA! And still is. Good for him, and his voicework was one of the best parts of this video. Dude does good work and GETS work, respect.
I love how the game just speaks for itself
the genuine shock and remorse in jellos voice at like 20:00 is destroying me
I would react the same! Like, the only way to progress is to burn a cat?!
Sure the result was "comical" in the end, but still
_BURNING A CAT_
“Oh my god…… WHY DID WE DO THAT?!”
A couple years ago I would have said "you make a good game if you're so smart"
but I did that with TV shows and then he made Epithet Erased. Always trust Jellos mockery.
dont forget he made pizza game too 👌
@@nadiakhanom9437 wasn’t that something he just kind of helped advertise for plasterbrain?
(Could be wrong)
@@gasjebasje99 Yeah. I think Jello's involvement with that was just editing and voice acting for the trailer pretty much. And of course promotion.
He did the art for it right?
@@charlieseen yeah I think he might have.
But that's like saying Alex Hirsch made inside job.
It's not wrong, it's just heavily inaccurate.
This moment at 16:02 literally made me almost run out of air. It was too good
Jello you scared the shit out of me, that reaction to the cat flamethrower was so genuine it freaked me out
“Oh my god… WHY DID WE DO THAT?!”
Dan McNeely looks and sounds like a crazy indie game developer. I'm talking about the kind of dev who makes some weird esoteric game that has some kind of bizarre arg involved with it and somehow gets Insanely popular for like six months.
mdickie is not my fault, he's his own disaster and he owns it
@@Omahdon bro I loved you in anonymous agony
I love seeing games like this and then the VA is Kira Buckland. She really started at the bottom
A bottom so deep Dan McNeely is Trapped (TM) in a safe there
i love how the 4th game was like jay's revenge because he got to know everything and jello got to be baffled by the game's solutions
“I guess you could call me bi-curious” KILLED ME
14:50
I am gonna think about this line for the rest of my life
"I have a thing for women" is such a normal thing to say
"Whats your type" "women"
Every month this video happens to appear in my recommended I just can't help but watch it the whole way through again. PLEASE do more of this sort of thing, it's funny as all hell
That cat part absolutely captured my reaction with the editing - WHAT . . . ??
God I'm so happy this is a video, I only caught the end of the stream when you were playing them
The TPE series is easily one of my all time flash favorites. Despite the hilarious storyline, janky visuals and odd puzzle making, the game just has an captivating and charming appeal to it.
"They seemed gayer than a normal finger." You are fucking killing me. Loved these games back in the day. And now I love this video.
this perfectly captures that flash game feel well done!
Just because nobody's pointed it out, 10:58 Dan McNeely tried doing the "smoothly takes off shades" thing despite being in the dark underground
You got it wrong, they weren’t normal sunglasses, they were heavier than normal ones
I love Jay’s laugh so much, it’s so contagious!
I just realized the bi curious line isnt in the game. He just had a great impression of the character on the spot
THIS is where the "It felt heavier than a normal finger" joke came from?
I've been hearing people make that reference for years, and I never knew what they were on about!
Vorago while crazy as hell compared to the Trapped series does have an interesting art style that fits it quite well!
19:55 there's something i love about "that's a cat, jay"
I’ve already watched this four times. I can’t get enough of Dan McNeely.
I now understand the reference. Thank you Jello, I can now laugh at the "It feels heavier than a normal finger" quip. :)
what video was that from?
@@victorbergstein3764 one of the Miles Edgeworth games