Lush Caves - Animation vs. Minecraft Shorts Ep 24

Orange and Red meet someone deep in a cave. And it's not a warden.

Animators: Terkoiz, Shuriken255, Kayal, Activeframe, YasHGG, Hexal, Able Rai, Fav, Oxob3000, CoreAdro, Doumaki, Fox, Kursura, JasonTheBoring
Sound Design: Alexander Samarov, Pepper, Egor
Backgrounds: WingSun, Shuriken255, Ellis02
Music: Scott Buckley
Desktop BG: SolidTheCat

#alanbecker #animation #shorts

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[kaylenvee]

The thing I like the most is that, because of their personalities, it's not surprising that these two got into such a big fight. TSC is known to be the defacto leader and reliable, but is not infallible. He can get cocky and make mistakes, and is also extremely stubborn and uncompromising. 'It's my way or the high way' kind of deal. On the other hand, Red is known to be a bit more naive. In the hierarchy, he'd probably be the 'youngest'. He's caring and empathetic, but is very emotional. We see that with his specialty in Minecraft; his animals that he cares about very much, and his priority in the argument, which was that everyone would've been sad and bored. While this is good and balances the group dynamic, it also makes him the most vulnerable. He gets tricked by Purple because he listens more to his emotions than cold rationality. The two of them stand on completely opposite sides of the spectrum, with TSC guided by logic and Red guided by emotions, and that's why they fight so hard; they can't see eye to eye at all. If it was any of the other colours, it wouldn't be this bad. Green has a lot in common with TSC, so while he might raise his voice and they might fight, it wouldn't be THAT bad. Just punch once to vent and that's it. Not an all-out brawl where they're genuinely trying to kill each other. Blue and Yellow wouldn't try to argue, and would likely just try to calm TSC down to focus on surviving instead of the past. The reason TSC and Red go ham at each other is because TSC's stubborn and Red is emotional, it wouldn't work with any other pair.

[roselandacademyshorts]

Red when he has to save his friends: I’m too weak. Red when he has to kill his friends: UNLIMITED POWER

[Darkness_]

Creeper: I'm bout to ruin this man's whol-
Orange: *Shut*

[MicaiahBaron]

Not sure why so many slept on this episode; it's an amazing display of Red and Orange's personalities; these really are the two of the group who'd start an all-out fist fight over an argument. It's phenomenally drawn.

[imthecoolestguyalive]

Orange has clearly been shaken but all the past events, death, suffering, and horrors they had to witness, and Red is notorious for not really thinking before acting, and rushing into action. Obviously putting them together alone in a very unfortunate situation would result in a bit of a fight, where while both have reasonable arguments, that ultimately doesn't matter, as they end up duking it out. Duking it out so well, in fact, that the poor mobs must have been pretty confused, and a bit scared. Kinda funny, not gonna lie.
Poor Alex though, that must have been pretty freaky to witness- But, as always, the characters figured out a natural and creative way of traversing between computers. Wow!

[Pixelcraftian]

Imagine playing minecraft and spotting 2 stickfigures who have no relation with the game, they jump out and mail themselves to an unknown person. Nobody's gonna believe you at school, Alex.

[hansonkerman]

It was honestly haunting to see two of the stick figures fight for real, with no friendliness behind it, ignoring the beauty around them. I feel like Alan would have made a really interesting point on the nature of rage, friendship, and desperation if I had not been in the process of being blown away by the animation.

[snackeries]

red and orange: are hungry

also them: *fights like they have full energy*

[ThatBlueBlade]

The weirdest part isn't the hunger logic, it isn't seeing stickman in Minecraft, The weirdest part is how that person wasn't playing in full screen mode

[VagueVAA]

I LOVE orange and red’s fight not just because the animation was fire but that they both had a reason to be angry at each other and blame each other. They’re both hungry, lost, in the desert, & both of their actions caused them to be there in the first place. Fights like these are my favorites because you don’t know who to root for. Fights that really make you question who’s right? Or who’s wrong?
But I love it even more because there’s no victor. They end up not saying anything at the end & just sit there admiring the view.

[razzyromeo]

You KNOW its a serious fight when Red doesn't even take the time to gush over the axolotls

[iCraft]

*Amazing work! Thank you, Alan Becker!*

[necrostar]

This episode shows TCS and red's friendship perfectly. In the begining of animation va animator/Minecraft red was shown as the first villain (possesed but you'll understand the context), and TCS saw this as one of His friends betraying him and the others. Red the grew to get along with the others as the odd one out. TCS is the protagonist and had to awaken His power, blue Is the alchemist, green Is the musician, and yellow Is the redstone expert, eventually red grew to be the animal caretaker of the group. The there Is purple, at first, the only ones who had met him were green and blue, yellow, TCS and red didn't understand the danger he could put them in until now, TCS saw him as a villain in episode 21 but everyone else thought that he could be reedemed, and red was the first one to show this and fearlessly aproached purple. Finally this episode shows that despite the fact that TCS and red have grown a friendship bond, that doesn't change the fact that they still have some beff for eachother, and they show this with no dialogue or facial expressions. Great job Alan, I'll wait happilly for the next part.

[Blobernik]

I like how in the whole fight, they never take damage once. It means that they are doing the same "play fighting" that they always do. They might be angry and frustrated with each other, and fighting to try and settle the argument, but they don't actually want to hurt each other. It's a nice touch.

[RoseVerdict]

I still can't believe that, with *no* dialogue, we got to see a fully realized argument with points on both sides morph into a knock-down, drag-out, no-holds-barred *FIGHT-fight* between…*checks notes* two stick figures. Visual storytelling at its finest!

[SuperWiiBros]

I wonder where's Alan in all of this

[darisabdurrasyid]

Orange and red: *starts fighting*
Meanwhile, healthbar: aight see you soon

[Wolfgodmak]

Creeper: Beginning Self-destruct in 3-2-1–

Orange: I dont care

[TrlliPop]

I want someone to transcribe their argument. Actually imma do it myself.
Red: Ugh, I'm starving....
TSC: Same, but we gotta keep going.
Red: * about to cry *
TSC: Do I have to care for you like a baby?!
Red: WE'RE ABOUT TO DIE!
TSC: And because of WHO, huh? You're the one who convinced us to go into another of these damned portals when we could've gone back to our home and just chilled!
Red: At least we got to have fun this way, what would we do at home? Die of boredom?
TSC: Doesn't change the fact we're 'boutta DIE from that choice, and we don't even KNOW what happened to the others!
Red: Remind me whose idea it was to combine three beacons? Oh right, YOURS.

[kinty]

I've a theory: The stick figures only take Minecraft damage when they are actively using Minecraft items. Since TSC and Red are not using Minecraft weapons, they do not take Minecraft damage. They may feel the effects, but won't actually lose hearts. The same could apply for drowning damage, falling damage, and starvation damage. It's definitely not a watertight theory, and most irregularities are probably plot armor/rule of cool/stick-figures-bend-the-rules-of-their-world/etc., but interesting to think about.