THE END OF THE LINE | The Stupendium & Dan Bull | Choo-Choo Charles Song!

On the remote island of Aranearum something has awoken... Part beast, part locomotive, Charles has arisen and the rails aren't safe. Where did he come from? Why is he here? What will this do to the price of an off-peak commuter season ticket?
These are the questions you must answer. Summoned to the island as a famed monster hunter, the islanders need you to take Charles down. But Charles isn’t your only problem…

Certain islanders think the best way to keep Charles from eating them is to make sure Charles never goes hungry…
Here we go! First big production video of the year! And an absolute blast to get to work with Dan again on a big, fun, spooky collab!

And before you say anything, I know the game is really just an industrial railway but for the purposes of this video let’s imagine it also features a small passenger line. We had access to a beautiful little heritage railway station so were we NOT gonna use it?
Lots of firsts on this project! CG environment extension! 3D printing! Exciting to explore new processes to help grow even larger projects going forwards! A huge thank you to the entire team who helped put this together. My on-set and behind the scenes crew, the various CG artists who worked on this with me, this project couldn’t have happened with you all! And the same goes for every one of my patrons, thank you all too for making this project possible!

Lots more cool things on the way this year! Stay tuned!

#choochoocharles

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Video by the The Stupendium & Lizzy CJ
Lyrics and vocals by The Stupendium and @danbull
Special guest appearance by @Shwabadi
Beat produced by @tunnabeatz
Mixed and mastered by @OxygenBeats
Additional costuming by Lizzy CJ
Set fabrication by Nick J Henderson and The Stupendium
Prouction assistant: Matt/DatedRhyme @DatedRhyme
Filmed on location at the Dean Forest Railway, with special thanks to Nigel, our on-site guide.
3D Printing consultant: Nick H

Choo-Choo Charles, it's world and characters are property of Two Star Games.

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[TheStupendium]

BE SURE TO WATCH DAN'S ALTERNATE VERSION TOO FOR NEW SCENES!

LYRICS:

INTRO
Sleeping deep beneath the sleepers of the isle
There’s a demon creature dreaming, heathen and reviled
Sees no rhyme or reason but for feasting when he’s riled
Better let him be, lest you are sure to see the smile
Of sixteen tonnes of scurrying death
Smouldering souls through funnel of red
With a pick-like grin on the front of his head
Sat atop a most illogical number of legs

VERSE 1
Tickets, please! Let me tell you the tale
Of a wicked beast, that’ll follow your trail
Through the valleys and vales, on your tail day and night
There’ll be chaos on the rails when the railway strikes
Stop, take stock, try to gauge the situation
‘Fraid your train has been derailed, there’s no use waiting in the station
Every engine’s been dismantled, there’s no other service coming
Charles is leading by example, he’s the only train that’s running
All in all, we're in a doozy of a mess
So, all aboard the WTF express
Should you want to stay safe, then I wouldn’t play games
Or you’ll learn another way of saying, “Run away! TRAIN!”

CHORUS
Every life has a light in the tunnel ahead
But you might just find that behind it instead
Of a heaven is an engine and the devil inbred
And we’re next on the menu if we’ve left him unfed
Charlie
Your timetable says it’s almost time for tea
Charlie
And we’ve laid on quite a spread, as you can see
There’s a choo-choo train
Coming after you
Food chain’s
Gone a bit askew
Won’t catch that train
If it’s gonna catch you

VERSE 2
For certain worse than what they say to mind the gap for
The train’s not just cancelled, it’s damn well deplatformed
Since it scampered off the tracks to find a snack from off your back lawn
Couple jackdaws and your cat and then your dad from off the back porch
He’s hungry and he’s hunting down the islanders
With a side of any siding-hiding bystanders
Quite queer what his dietary requirements are
But it’s pretty clear regardless he’s a dining car
Coke? Coal? Petroleum? Alone they’ll never do
No, this engine sends the scent of rendered flesh out from the flue
On this service we’ll be serving something rather more unnerving
Chugga-chugging on blood as he chew-chews you
It’s all true, choo-choos consume fuel too
Humans are a whole new consumable and whole food
Gluten free range and more renewable than coal too
So, who to choose to chew to this tune? Ooh, you’ll do

CHORUS
Every life has a light in the tunnel ahead
But you might just find that behind it instead
Of a heaven is an engine and the devil inbred
And we’re next on the menu if we’ve left him unfed
Charlie
Your timetable says it’s almost time for tea
Charlie
And we’ve laid on quite a spread, as you can see
Charlie
If we sate your lust for flesh on which to feed
Charlie
Will you promise to eat them instead of me?
There’s a choo-choo train
Coming after you
Food chain’s
Gone a bit askew
Won’t catch that train
If it’s gonna catch you

MIDDLE 8
Engine, engine number nine
On the Aranearum mining line
If your train comes off the track
Better run, better run, or you won’t come back

VERSE 3
Hey, guess who! This is déjà vu
Like HS2, you’ll be railed right through
Penetrated in the vein of a mainline route
When we come, well then, we’re gonna run a train on you
You might say we’ve got a loco motive
To provide the train with a load of groceries
Locally sourced from the local folk, dear
Granny’s s’posed to host, although she’s toast when the smoke clears
The el choo-choopacabara, the beast come to dine
And it’s far worse than leaves that he leaves on the line
You’ll see when he feasts in the deep of the night
By the pieces of people-y debris left behind
Riding off-peak? Don’t be ridiculous
The worth of your season ticket is
Quickly diminishing with every pillock
We’re feeding into his gleaming scissorous teeth
But if we seem insidious
We’re just uneasy villagers
Seeking to keep the most hideous beast
We unleashed from committing the deed of killing us
If killing a priest, a vicar, a grocer or postman or three is villainous?
Well, what’s it to me? You probably see the feast is imminent
Keep on screaming, pump the bellows, he’ll be drawn to your duress
Charlie loves a little murder on the goriest express
You can ruminate on whether there’s a certain train near
Or pray that it’s a rumour made to circulate fear
But in case you didn’t hear then I better make clear
This train terminates here

CHORUS
Every life has a light in the tunnel ahead
But you might just find that behind it instead
Of a heaven is an engine and the devil inbred
And we’re next on the menu if we’ve left him unfed
Charlie
Your timetable says it’s almost time for tea
Charlie
And we’ve laid on quite a spread, as you can see
Charlie
If we sate your lust for flesh on which to feed
Charlie
Will you promise to eat them instead of me?
There’s a choo-choo train
Coming after you
Food chain’s
Gone a bit askew
Won’t catch that train
If it’s gonna catch you

[X-SPONGED]

Honestly, to see Charles being spoiled like this with an actual railroad location, fully detailed costumes, and an ACTUAL TRAIN??! You are criminally underrated, man! If I haven't said that enough times already.

[captain_fish_head]

The fact this had a intro scene as if it was a movie or video game cutscene is absolutely incredible

[silenteye]

"the trains not just cancelled, it's damn well deplatformed"
HE DID NOT JUST-

[WraifGaming]

"this train terminates here" is the kind of line a cheesy villain would say before rapidly running backwards into darkness while laughing maniacally

[danbull]

I'm CHUFFED with how this video came out! Haha, nobody reply to this comment with a train pun.

[forcicri]

The fact that Stupes and Dan had to do 50% of the acting blind because of the freaky masks and still did it better than I could do while seeing with both eyes feels criminal

[wafflegames]

HOW DID IT TAKE ME THIS LONG TO REALIZE THE BEAT IS A TRAIN CHUFFING ALONG HOLY CRAP THAT IS GENIUS

[BunAndDun]

"You might say we've got a loco-motive..." I'm floored. The amount of puns you guys do while still making amazing music is truly astounding! Kudos to you all, another amazing song I'll be listening to for a long time, looking forward to the next one 👍

[yurritt]

That was such a good use of Sixteen Tons as a reference. Your ability to keep the rhyming scheme while making it about a killer spider train is just beautiful.

[minicher]

I love how every stupendium song that’s released I start off thinking it’s good and then it slowly grows to be the only thing I listen to for a month.

[shootthecow]

fun fact i don't know if this was intentional or not but at the part where he says "If this train doesn't get here in the next five minutes i should go absolutely mad" if you go forward exactly 5 mins Charles is there so he never went mad after all

[RafaelZalsburg]

4:56 imagine if he was saying something like "oh no it is Dan bull he is going to rap to me oh no where is the Stupendoum?" That would be crazy innit?

[MacCraeToons]

Stupendium’s production value is finally getting CLOSE to matching the quality of their songs. It’s truly a speacial thing to watch an artist you’ve watched since the beginning finally get what they deserve. Love you, Stupes.

[declaine]

My thanks goes to the unknown passenger for his sacrifice to make Charlie a happy murder-locomotive and thus sparing our most precious Stupes and Dan. You will always be remembered as saviour of musical greatness. Bless you.

[xwarockx]

"Charles is the only train that's running." Yeah. Running. That dad joke will get you sent straight to hell, Stupes <3

And, the lines at 1:50 where they just rhyme so smoothly is incredible

[betterlooking]

I love catching the musical theatre references in Stupes songs but I can't believe it took me five months to realize this one (if i'm correct lmao)

At 4:49, "If killing a priest, a vicar, a grocer, or postman or three is villainous?" may be a reference to A Little Priest from Sweeney Todd. In the song, Mrs. Lovett and Sweeney discuss hypothetically turning various community figures into meat pies to serve in her shop. Among many others, they bring up the titular Priest and joke about whether a meat pie is made of Grocer or Vicar (it has to be grocer, it's green).

[kory_misun]

'Sixteen tons of scurrying death' is my favorite way of describing Choo-Choo Charles.
I look forward to watching all of your musical dreams come true this year!

[charliewilliford]

Well, can’t say I was expecting this, but I’m glad to have another Stupendium song, especially with Danbull helping out. What an absolute fever dream of a song about a fever dream!

[Egor-jwve]

You blew me away with "The train's not just canceled, it's damn well deplatformed" and the lyrics that comes before that. It is so clever and at the same time it fits narrative of a song so good.