ENA vs. Once in a Lifetime (Comparison Video)

Dislike count as of 3/06/2023: 647

A video showcasing the similarities of ENA's animations to the music video for Talking Heads' Once in a Lifetime. I probably missed a few, so feel free to point them out in the comments or something!

[boltumbles]

after just about four months, this little passion project i made in less than 2 hours has hit ONE MILLION BIG ONES HOLY SHIT

a heartfelt thanks to everyone for the kind words, support and "turron" comments. if you like this video you should subscribe to see all the stuff ill do in the future, and maybe check out some other videos so i can make more money off of youtube's godawful ad program. thanks again! :)

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just some quick observations since this video is blowing up far more than i expected:
- there's an animation similarity i missed in auction day when sad!ena is bashing her hand against her head
- the animation for "salutations, sir! may i please enter?" is mismatched; the specific scene it references shows up earlier in the song
thanks for all the positive feedback! it means a lot to have on my humble little channel :)

[pastelwasteland]

SHES BEEN REFERENCING THIS VIDEO THE WHOLE TIME AND I ONLY REALIZED AT TEMPTATION STAIRWAY? IM SO MAD THATS MY FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO ON THE PLANET AND I NEVER NOTICED IR

[SuperWiiBros]

0:54 I immediately recognized this one, but didn't know the whole series had references

[gemstonegynoid]

when with the dolphin, ena quickly does a chopping motion that can be considered similar to once in a lifetime too

[paperfishstudios]

i love how these are both equally incomprehensible

[Delayzado]

Wow, I never thought those poses were a reference to something... Nice!

[cuef]

"And you may ask yourself-" "SALUTATIONS SIR—!"

[thrownstair]

New lore: ENA is a corrupted digital clone of David Byrne created from a napkin and a copy of Windows 3.1

[shmurblethebirdmanbarbarian]

I looked up “once ena lifetime” to find this

[GloomyFish]

You missed one from Auction Day where sad ENA is bashing her head

[cheese-and-ricemooney]

The fact that Joel G made these references in ENA seem very appropriate to me, however, that song seems to fit the world of ENA visually speaking, in terms of words unfortunately I do not know, I have never heard it because I didn't know it existed, but I'll listen to it.
The Turron part (if you spell that) always makes me laugh, it's one of my favorites and seeing it in real version made me laugh the double but it was nice to see all the similarities.

[misshibiscus]

I originally only noticed the comparison with the ENA and the Shepard scene. I can't believe the references were sprinkled in since Auction Day. 🤣

[RosiePosie-ellj]

You know, learning "Joel uses Talking Heads music videos as reference for ENA" is one of the most "oh yeah that makes sense" sentences I've ever heard.

[meaganfarr]

God i hope someone just animates Ena doing the whole music video.

[Moetron_V]

“AND YOU MAY ASK YOURSELF-




*ЅᎯℒUᏆᎯℐᎾℕЅ Ѕℐℛ”*

[newspaper_stand]

Wait, it's all Once in a Lifetime?

[fissilepear]

I knew 1:00 looked suspicious when I watched the episode for the first time

[mostlyghostie]

i’m so glad people are getting introduced to talking heads through ENA. i’m mostly glad that more people are learning about talking heads, either way but the fact that it’s through ENA, too is really Neat :D :Þ

[Frikamoik]

Ena: Is being polite, saying hello to us and asking permission as she's trying to find Moony
David Bryne: *random hand swinging*

[lincolnsnewaccount]

"And you may ask yourself-"
"Salutations, sir! May i please enter?"