Note Block Universe - Animation vs. Minecraft Shorts Ep 29
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ค. 2022
- Green has to use music to ask where Purple went.
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Nice animation♥️
That looks Soo reaal
alan becker i love you
Hi
Okay but let's appreciate how we can see Green gradually learning the rules of this universe.
•Woodland: Tries communicating "verbally", has to learn to use music to communicate.
•Cave: Communicates with music, has to learn to match the style.
•Village: Communicates with a matched style, has to learn to sing.
•Desert: Green doesn't really learn anything here but I want to shout out how you can *_hear_* the growing desperation in the Wandering Trader's voice as he's rejected.
•All culminating in the emotional climax at the mountain.
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purple's redemption is unironically one of the best i have ever seen in all of fiction and it's one of the reasons they're my favourite character. having the usual "my dad abused me as a kid" backstory but then it's revealed that he is still looking for his dad to prove he can be a warrior, him looking up to king and being betrayed, him gaining the courage to fight against him and realising he doesn't need to be good or evil, just himself.... perfection.
actually showing his motivation and not just being depressed is important here
I think showing Purple's explanation here rather than simply telling does wonders for their backstory reveal. Sure, words can have emotion behind them, but having their story told through animation and music allows for you to get what's going on over an extended period of time and shows you Purple's perspective more directly while still keeping that feeling of letting it out all at once.
And after it's all out, everything we just saw is distilled into a few seconds. Purple stands in the remains of their mother's flower, his dad walks away, then they break down crying.
Their theme, too, is perfect for showing Purple's determination in spite of it all, really giving that feeling that they HAVE to get their father back, or (when used in episode 30) that they HAVE to stop the King.
I legitimately still don't know if or how they're going to top this and episode 30, even with how good AvA 6 has been so far.
Also not to mention showing purple is not 100% without responsibility. Tons of redemption arks tell you "Oh he had a troubled backstory" and then expects you to automatically forgive said character for that. In this case, it's shown that purple willingly disregarded his morals just for another attempt to please his abusive father, and it's not until he reaches his lowest that he realizes his own fault.
purple had daddy issues
I bet his dad is pre-helicopter oxob
One interesting thing I noticed is that Purple specifically selected this universe, whereas everyone was panicking and rushing to Portals because the Black hole was destroying everything, Purple deliberately ran towards this Portal, now, this could mean that it was because there wasn't anyone in the way to it, or because this Universe is his safe space in some way, or just a place he likes going to, if you guys noticed, Green had to learn how to sing with the villagers, but there is no depiction of Purple learning it as he goes, meaning that perhaps he came here before more than a few times, him knowing a way to sing that is unique to him, the violin, could mean that he even got to the point of honing his skills here, whereas Green was just doing what the other entities did, using the note block and the lever, and finally acquiring a singing voice by hanging out with the villagers
I find this interesting because when Green arrives, there is a childishness to this universe, something you'd see in a kids' tv show, maybe a toddler watching it is a vision you could have, to me this shows how Purple is a kid or a teenager, whereas King, who is bigger than the other stick figures, is an adult, the only adult we see in this series actually.
Idk, just something I took notice of, maybe I'm wrong about it but I thought it was interesting
I honestly just jumped to this one after the note block battle one and I got the impression of it just being light and happy like a kid show at first too. And then some like boy band stuff with the zombies and funny 90's musical number, but holy crap I did NOT expect this to get so deep. I need to watch the rest of the series now lol.
I’m not saying this because of the color but I thought Purple was a girl. It just seemed like that but It had nothing to do with the color.
@@Gpzeldafan10 chill out abut the color thing, nobody assumes its about color
@@mrseriousv1 Ok good thanks 👍
Good observation omg
I've been teaching music for 10 years. My son showed me this out of joy and oh my goodness, i am left with no words, this was so unexplainable and the story line was just unbelievable, this is just an amazing animation. Good job Alan, you have made your generation proud.
Thats great mr.
I completely agree but musically my favorite part is at 0:31 where the animals are introducing themselves you can almost hear the introduction verbally through the melodies and I love that attention to detail
That showed music can really show fellings
This went from just a simple stick figure destroying his pc to a storyline with lore and has all the features of a movie, betrayal, sadness, adventure, and action which makes this a great series. My respects Alan, you deserve a Netflix show
Y E S
BUT PUT IT ON EVERY STREAMING SERVICE
@@fluoxvonhoovienheimer4706 HECK YEAH
@@fluoxvonhoovienheimer4706 i agree
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RIGHT NOW, NETFLIX
Everyone talking about Alan Becker's great storytelling, but no one's talking about how good the llama beatboxes.
Llama had absolutely NO business dropping it that hard. Merchant was trying.
I want to call it spitboxing
wandering trader had no business dropping some fire for free
Wandering Trader just wanted to get some money to buy some food. DON'T BULLY HİM!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes
Out of literally everything Alan has put out, this has got to be my favorite. I keep coming back to it. The music, the different instrumentation to convey characterization, the choreography, the art, the emotions… I could go on and on, but honestly thank you so much for this, Alan! This episode is so inspiring, comforting, and lovely on so many levels.
Me too. I must have watched this ten times already but I always go right for it
same
@@sooyster4033 literalmente es mi episodio favorito ❤
Timestamps Music:
0:00 Animal Friends
1:12 Zombie Rave
2:55 Forest Villages
5:11 Annyoing Merchant
5:57 Not Forgiven
11:12 Reeded
12:26 Wilded
12:57 To Be Continued...
Where did you get these names?
@@cycrothelargeplanet I found at fruity493's channel!!!
purple: 8:59
After almost 1 yrs this comment is fresh
zombie rave is just straight up fire
This guy made an entire musical show using stick figures and Minecraft notes. Can someone PLEASE get this man every single art award. Good lord, where do you get these creative and amazing ideas? This series evolved from something so simple and fun, to incredibly deep, thoughtful, and downright brilliant story telling.
FR
@@troyoh9264 Ye
this team*
@Tom look at credits in desc
He’s truely a blessing from god!
God- Green's message at 11:19 always gets me. You aren't good or bad, you're just *you* The entire episode is amazing, but that specific scene always makes me emotional because I've felt that before. There are no good or bad people, just, people.
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sure thing @@jadienjames823
@@jadienjames823so what?
I was crying from this part sm
Everyone has the potential to be good or bad. At a young age, our parents or whoever is around us shapes the beginnings of that, but you are not truly good or bad until you take responsibility for yourself and your own actions. When you hit that point, you can be good or bad. You have the power to act justly, you have the power to act unjustly, and it is your responsibility. The people or circumstances that shaped you may have made you more likely to do one or the other, but that does not take away from your responsibility, nor does it take away from your own power to reshape yourself if you wish. Subjectively? Sure, everyone is good in the moment in their own head, but that doesn't make them objectively good nor can we judge people by their internal thoughts because we do not know them. You can't stand in front of God (or whatever judging entity you believe in. If you don't believe in any, then it's meaningless anyway) and say "I only killed those people because I was told to" or "It was too hard to do the right thing" and expect not to be held responsible for it. You are flawed, it is not your place to blame others for it, it is your place to fix it.
7:04 and 7:32 make me cry every time. Idk who did the sound design for this, but this is the musical equivalent of pure distilled anguish and emotional pain.
It was Scott Buckley! He's an amAaAazing musician
The pained singing of Purple’s voice makes me cry each time. The chord ring a bell.
Lifefull Field - 0:01
The Undead Riff - 1:20
Orchestra In the Village - 2:58
Llama Spit Boxing - 5:13
Llama Spit Boxing + Salesman In the Dunes - 5:19
Musician's Break-through - 6:11
Story in Purple - 7:50
Note:These are not Official names for the soundtracks
Amazing
6:11 Musician's Boss Fight
Coconut mall 2:58
my favourite ones are Musicians Break-through and Llama Spit Boxing + Salesman in the Dunes
Forgot the LICC at 4:20
Edit: 4:24 or something like that but 420 would have been awesome
Who knew Minecraft noteblocks could create an amazing backstory. Can’t wait for the finale.
Well. THE FINALE IS HERE!
oh
Also, a short with 30 minutes is a thing that i never saw before
It's time
@@sthvideos158 I know
8:14 That scene felt oddly shocking to watch the first time around. But seeing the trope of fighting stick figures from the perspective of a physically abused child is quite poignant. I don't know if you meant to make that parallel, but it's very interesting.
4:23
It's cool how he hid the lick in here and no one noticed
I was looking for someone else who noticed it in the comments!
Jesus Christ. Most movies with dialogue don't have this level of depth. Beautiful visual and audio storytelling. This series started off as "silly, goofy stickmen having awesome martial arts fights with Minecraft flavor," and it has no right being this goddamn good. It has transcended into some real, high-level art, and I love it. Truly excellent work by Alan and his team. I hope we have many years of their storytelling ahead of us.
Indeed, the Stickman universe has evolved into a narrative masterpiece! The layers of storytelling are as intricate as a Redstone contraption, and the characters' journeys resonate on a profound level. It's like witnessing the birth of a new mythology within the Minecraft realm. 🌌 If you're seeking a platform as reliable as Stickman's journey through genres, Scalacube is here for you - offering a canvas for your own creative narratives.
I genuinely cannot believe this is 13 minutes, it felt so much longer than that
This was perfectly executed, and so well made, even made me shed a tear
God tier episode
pie
first :D
No seriously tho my bro be spitting fax
Aye wassup man!
especially, purple's flasback was impressived.
@@verifiedtoaster4593 pie?
you’d never expect something as simple as sticks and minecraft make such a beautiful and intriguing story.
At first it may seem silly but
as you go deeper into the story, you’re bound to get attached:
how you expressed emotions, especially when purple’s past is shown, the music and
the repetitive cycle of falling and getting up desperately, it’s such a deep scene that doesn’t even need words to get through to you, the music and art being just incredible.
I can confidently say, as an artist myself, that everyone could take some inspiration by you,
from the creativity and passion you put into what you make
to the ability to make something simple than anyone can understand that shows you don’t need to make super detailed or intricate designs to make art people can enjoy,
I think that’s something to respect, no wonder this series is so famous.
I really wish I could be at this level of dedication, but it’s obvious you really love what you do, you’re amazing, kudos!!
Green be like: I feel the pain bro
Green now: why is it always me.
11:55 This scene is so good, Purple finally puts down his mistakes and trauma behind, knowing what's the right thing to do, and says to himself, "I'm the good guy now!"
But Green wipes out the halo on his head, it's like saying to him, "You are not a bad guy nor a good guy, you are just you, and there's nothing wrong about you."
Yeah, you tend to put yourself into primitive labels when you get dehumanized and you don't really get to see yourself as a human with emotions, shit is complicated 😭
Followed by "and you have us."
amazing interpretation!
10 seconds before: "Wilson!!! Wilson!!!!!!!!!!!"
How do you know purple is a boy?
Never once have i seen someone encapsulate the Wandering Traders personality so well. You can practically understand what hes saying even though theres no words, its genuinely incredible how groovy and understandable that scene was.
Ditto
I was too carried away by the llama’s fire beatboxing 🔥 🔥🔥🥶🥶🥶🥶
@user-xx5rt1iw2g He's saying "Please, I'm literally begging, I haven't made a sale since the week following my release date."
Gggg🎉@@jacycranshaw9333
I like how the first part, (animals to wandering trader) was only composed by Aaron Grooves. Then after that it's all composed Scott Buckley. They both made their own scenes have tons of emotion from their music.
Purple is the type of character that you think is genuinely evil until you hear his story. I feel like 90% of villian arcs start with the person who has gone through a lot of pain and they will do anything to anyone to help fill that void. That is so relatable
Alan Becker is a remarkable storyteller. Conveying a story not through words but through elements of a pre-existing particle that was used differently than intended. Truly one of the best examples of “Show Not Tell” and he already did this with the many other animations revolving around the same characters and artstyle he’d done before.
ive found another one
@@Taha_A Oh my god, brother?!
true
@@Taha_A friendship
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I love the little detail where Purple resolves to change for the better and gives himself a little halo, but Green brushes it off, because he shouldn't define himself by terms like good or evil. Instead, he is just human, and humans make mistakes.
Green kind of learns this himself after seeing Purple's backstory. At first he asks Purple if he wants to be good or evil, but that's such a narrow way to view something as infinitely complex and nuanced as a person, which is why he later emphasises brushing off both the devil AND the angel, and encouraging Purple to see himself instead as a fellow human being. An equal.
The very thing Purple most wanted, to be considered worthy. An equal.
Music!
Haven't seen anyone else notice this
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@@alanbecker Your work is too good, man.
Alan Becker can we have meeting tomorrow
Alan Becker : **makes silly animation about stick figures playing with Minecraft**
Composers, writers, and animators : oh yeah? **Makes the most impressive and well made story, music, and visuals known to mankind**
As a music nerd, this episode was honestly amazing and probably my second favorite by far
The only ones that beat it are tied for first, and it’s the other 2 musical episodes, and only because it’s not only great music but also how the music came to be
Creative genius really
i like how you can see actual dialogue when they sing.
like how green says "thank you very much", when leaving the cave, and a lil "thank you!" while leaving the village.
at least, that's what it feels like he's saying lol
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Ah yes. I didn't know sacm detectors existed
@@cyanisnicelol lmao
Both the little drawings from Red & SC and this are the best, both with a message and none too confusing!
Absolutely blown away by that sequence with Purple. I've been impressed time after time with Alan Becker's knack for visual storytelling, and this was a beautiful example of that. The detail I like most is how Purple is represented as literally using other people as stepping stones on his way to his goal, which seems to involve becoming stronger than his father. I take it that this means he served King so loyally because he was the most powerful person he had met, and he believed that King would make him stronger. I'm intensely curious to see what he will do now, and I wonder if King will even try to appeal to him or just try to take the block back by force.
I agree with you. It made me emotional because the purple guy just wanted the recognition from his father. Other words, he wanted to make his father proud.
I think it isn't being stronger than his father. He's trying to impress his father and win him back into his life. Purple isn't the fighter his father wants him to be and so he left.
Thank you for clarifying that last part. I understood he was using other people as stepping stones but it didn't click to me that he was trying to get strong enough for his father's recognition. 🙏🏾
For me, Purple saw Orange ( the evil one ) as a father figure, a better one, and when Orange decided to choose the cube instead of Purple, it feels like he loses him a second time
@@TyDreacon
Being king, getting the dragon egg, even serving the evil king. Everything he’s ever done was just to show his dad that he was good enough. But no mater what he did or how high he climb, it was never enough.
8:00 nah I'm bouta' start cryin' man
:''(
This whole story was heart-wrenching
I find it really interesting that each group uses their own instrument group. The animals use basic tones, notes, and sounds, the zombies are all about synth and notes that slur together, and the villagers 'voices' are actually all wind instruments. You can hear saxophone, brass instruments with different mutes, a flute, I think a trombone in the background (when the villagers are first introduced at around 3:00, doesn't sound deep enough to be a tuba, ) and Green's voice is a clarinet (I think lol idk reeds that well. If someone wants to correct me than sure), and then Purple's voice is a violin.
Idk just a random little thing I found really interesting, showing just how much thought and effort is put into this series. Once again, the Alan Becker team is legendary.
Ok, can we just talk about this man's MAD legacy? This episode alone has already inserted dark lore that tugs at our heart strings, and all that was BEFORE the avalanche of fan made lyrics for the damn thing. You, Alan Becker, are a blessed, talented, underrated, underappreciated, infinitely creative role model that the world simply cannot have enough of. We need more people like you
yes
Very much agreed my friend
facts
Bro that is a fricking fact
He isnt underrated nor underapreciated tho
My interpretation of the Purple's backstory:
Purple's father (Blue) was a fighter. So, he trained his child to be a strong fighter too but purple hated fighting. His mother (Pink) noticed this and asked Blue to stop but he insisted to train Purple no matter what. The two had been training for quite a while until Purple finally gave up and the mother stopped Blue once again (This probably had happened quite a lot than what was shown in the backstory). Blue had enough and finally decided to leave his own family behind and go somewhere else.
Purple took care of his mother but she didn't live long and died of a sickness. He tried to reach out to his father but he knew the only way to get to him was by getting stronger so he tried to find some way to prove it to him. He made everyone that he met as stepping pedals to impress his father. He found out that, to be the strongest, he had to steal the ender dragon's egg (because that's the ending of the game. You kill the dragon, steal the egg and become the "strongest" in minecraft) but he failed. Once again he lost his father.
Then, Orange reached out to him. Purple saw him as a father figure. Strong and admirable. From then onwards he knew about the ultimate weapon and tried to impress Orange just like how he tried to impress his own father without knowing he was only repeating the same trauma. He once again used The Second Coming and his friends as a means of achieving his goals to get validation from someone he admired and cared about just for him to get betrayed at the end.
it fits so well
Perfect explanation that’s my idea of it too
I though he was trying to get back at him and blamed him for his mother's death, but this works better I think.
@@echris10sen same thought! but i wasnt able to complete the story myself...
the fighter story may be true probably; at 8:14 we can see both of them nodding before fighting each other...
I love how this turns from something that felt like filler into one of the biggest lore pieces of the series
It isn’t filler
@@jin_cotl typo
Sweet Jesus, first the Warden episode made me cry, now this too. You've got great storytelling and a phenomenal animation team, Alan. And in my wholehearted opinion, you deserve your own commercial studio. I'd pay for a movie made with your phenomenal level of storytelling.
So your telling me that while the others were having the most intense, life risking, soul crushing battle in existence greens playing the protagonist in a Disney Movie?
I LOVE IT.
and the purple stick has FATHERS that are also stick figures and suffered ABUSE as a child
@@bonavina545 okay maybe not the most disney movie then
@@bonavina545 im assuming u mean like blue was his father, pink tried to protect purple, but purple suffered abuse, in which after all of this orange (or the king) took him in and acted like his father figure since purple didn't have one and since his mother died. So when orange took in purple, it was not only to fill the hole left in his heart from losing his own kid, but it also helped purple in a way like he had a "parent".
@@kermitthefrog4405 no i am assuming How the fuck stick figures has children
@@bonavina545 who gives a shit how they have kids its just some fun animations that are really good to watch stop over thinking it
I love how this explored one of greens main talents after a really long time of not seeing music blocks. It’s also super cool to see green have to adapt to each music style so he could communicate. Definitely one of my favorite videos, specifically the zombie synths make the video amazing. The story telling of green and purple was so good. Best decision to make purple strings so he could convey his feelings of trauma and how he just wants to impress his dad after he walked out on them. Scott did a perfect job composing that part.
Is it wrong if I don't know who Scott is?
@@BrunoMaricFromZagreb its the music composer
@@BrunoMaricFromZagreb read the description
The zombie part was cool, but why did the zombie sound like a rubber chicken on a kazoo?
@@brayonyx14 which one? I specifically hated the desert one if that’s the one you mean
Wow... Minecraft the Musical; the "I Didn't Expect to Cry" Edition... So many emotions conveyed with only visuals and music... It amazes me how much can be clearly communicated without words or a specific spoken/written language. I don't have the words to say how good this is and do it justice... Just breathtaking storytelling marvelously presented by everyone involved. I applaud each and every one of the participants for their efforts to create such a moving video. It shows in your work that each of you care deeply about these characters and their stories. I never would've expected the fun and thrilling adventures of a stick figure friend group to ask the "Why?" behind the enemy's actions. Or to express so much pain, sorrow, mourning, and inner conflict that we all can relate to on some level. Or to extend forgiveness and invite the former enemy to join their family... Thank each of you for creating this masterpiece.
Also, what a powerful reminder that we don't know where people are coming from, we don't know their backstory. Their actions, words, or behavior may look like something else from our point of view, but for all we know, they're in pain, they're having a bad day, and all they need is someone willing to listen and show them kindness.
I really like the detail that when Purple says he is bad, Green "tells" him that he doesn't have to be good or bad, he just has to be himself, and being yourself means making mistakes, but making mistakes doesn't make us bad That's what Purple needed, to know that making mistakes didn't make him a bad person, a terrible bad person with no chance of being forgiven, and that no one would abandon him when he made a mistake. And in the same way, you shouldn't expect yourself to be "good," because, in the end, no one is ever completely "good." Plus, Purple was probably just a kid or preteen when his mom died and his dad abandoned him. He was very young and had to deal alone with very complex feelings and emotions that he had never encountered before. The fact of not having experience managing his feelings and emotions, in addition to being very young, was one of the reasons why he made bad decisions. He didn't know how to handle himself in that situation, because it seemed like he had no one to help him. (Bad english i'm sorry)
One thing that I love about this episode is that every character has a different “voice”. This is especially evident in the scene with the Villagers and the last scenes with just Green and Purple.
The villagers are all Brass and Wind instruments, this probably influenced Green’s voice becoming a clarinet (and a flute in that one scene and that other time) instead of like a synth or an animal voice like previous mobs he visited (or it’s just way easier to have an actual instrument as the stickpeople’s voices instead of minecraft sounds since by themselfs, they are totally separate)
And once we get to the scene where Purple begins to use his voice, we figure out his voice is a strings instrument (probably a violin). And when we see the scene where we see the root of Purple’s trauma, the only instruments used are Strings (as far as I can tell).
And once we get the “chase” scene in the void, the primary instruments are strings with any other instruments only being in the background. I think this is a good representation that Purple was so focused on earning any sort of his parent’s validation that he ended up pushing any other voice that wasent his down, making them just background noise, focusing only on the big booming expectations of an absent parent. The only time we ever DO hear instruments play along with the strings is when all the sticks are running past Purple and when Green runs by and looks back at Purple (in a totally normal friend type way not at all anything else being hinted at maybe 👀) and a small flute melody plays before they run off.
After the scene, Green’s voice becomes another main voice with Purple’s strings. And when the two fly off, a very emotional mix of both Strings and (Brass) Winds are used. Both voices are working together to make a song.
Edit: Adding some things, spelling and rewording
That's a pretty good analysis!
So what was with all the brass in the...chase scene
Also that distinct synth arpeggio I think
That's a lot of musical storytelling :O (still it might need the visual context to be understood)
I am banana milk
There's also one more detail I found.
During that chase scene, purples voice when he screams out is intentionally dissonant, which implies that he has yet to find what he really wants and he's in an internal conflict.
Here before this blows up
Small little theory/headcanon: The only way we've seen stick figures created in this universe is through being drawn, we've never seen a figure actually be born. In that case, _what if Purple's entire backstory was actually part of an animation?_ Maybe someone had wanted to animate an entire series about Purple living this tragic life only to become a warrior and fight his dad one last time (think Tekken) except the animator never actually finished it, only being able to complete his tragic beginnings and nothing more. That's why he's constantly trying to get more powerful, he's both figuratively _and_ literally trying to gain the power that was 'owed' to him.
That's an awesome theory. It could be true.
Yeah!
I don't know, I feel like it was taken from an anime
Tekken moment
@@uncanalrandom5438 Lots of TH-cam animations are
EVEN AFTER A YEAR THIS ROCKS!!
I love how Alan relies on show not tell type of storytelling, it's really hard to find a movie that does this type of content that does it well and the fact that there is no words throughout this is just making it more and more exciting
The use of music to tell a tragic story of divorce, being backstabbed and falling to the bottom mentally, emotionally and phisycally is something i have never seen like this before. Watching the perspective of Purple makes me not even question why Purple does what they do. this is in my oppinion the best exhample of this type of storytelling. I really did cry while watching this. Alan Becker, you have done something with this series and your use of storytelling that had never seen before, and i dont thing anyone will be able to do it better than you. the animation itself is on par with big budget animation studios, if not better than them. The music added to everything on top is what makes this 13 minuite animation with a funny little block game plus stick figures, a masterpiece. Alan becker, thank you.
Lindo
Longest comment ever lol
The facts though
Which software he uses?
Which software he uses?
I love how green, the one who most hated purple, is the one who understands him, forgives, and bring him to the good side
This is one of the best episodes that Alan has made, and the fact that you don't need a single word, a single dialog to understand the story and conect emotionally shows that him and his team are top tier, masterpiece artists, this is gold
But green is an asshole
god not gold :D
tbh I don’t think green hated him he just wanted to know why purple did all those terrible things to them, he had a feeling there was an ulterior motive than just serving King Orange
0:00 Note Block Animals
1:13 Note Block Zombies
2:49 Note Block Villagers
4:56 Note Block Trader
5:57 Note Block Pursuit
7:39 Note Block Backstory
11:07 Note Block Redemption
Purple has a sad childhood and has never received love or attention from his father... that's why he's always trying so hard to prove himself to his father, or to the king, who reminds him of his father. Purple's lack of love in his childhood makes him always feel insecure💔but fortunately, he got his friends now to have his back!❤🩹
A short reminder for every phase of this video:
00:00 - Animal's singing
01:13 - Cave & Zombies (my personal favourite)
02:49 - Village
03:52 - Green's Singing (!)
04:56 - Wandering Trader (2nd favourite, BeatBox)
05:57 - Chase after Purple
07:38 - Purple's life story
10:50 - angel or Devil?
12:24 - On the Other Side
Hope you find it useful. Stay within music!
4:24 the licc
I hate to admit it but the wandering trader was my favorite
@@trainwreck237 SAME
Beatboxing llamas are my fave
Ong the zombies were the best
Green honestly had a WAY easier time than the others. They weren’t attacked by Pillagers or a Warden, and they weren’t bullied or anything. Just had to play music and was semi-pressured by villagers into gaining a voice.
The animation here is BEAUTIFUL!
Can’t wait for AVM 30 in a little while :D
Also I just realized: Purple flying into Orange at the end almost directly mirrors TSC flying into Orange in episode 25.
Nice.
Cool idea
the nonbinary pronouns are making me sick man...
@@Densdel Why? People do refer to the Stick Figures as male, but we don't actually know their genders. I don't know of any time that the Stick Figures were given confirmed genders (except maybe the AIM scene in AvA 2, which refers to the Chosen One as male).
@@ARandomSpace all of the stick figures wore king crowns at some point, and reading the nonbinary pronoun as a non-native speaker gives me headache. stop butchering your own language over mental illnesses and attention-seekers whose are stuck in their teenage rebellion and want so bad to be different from others. the sticks are clearly dudes
@@Densdel But this is a stickfigure animated universe thing. Kings and queens may have the same crowns. How are the sticks male? There's no confirmation I know of (maybe Alan referred to them as male in reactions?) other than the Chosen One being referred to as "him" in AvA 2.
This episode shows us that purple isn't a bad guy, he was just a guy trying to climb a mountain and thought that pride came from making his dad proud. And green taught him that pride comes from the ♥ using music.
I was not expecting to get so emotionally attached to these Stick People but the Purple Backstory genuinely made me cry and feel as if my own heart broke!
This is an amazing series and I’m gonna send the playlist to my brother
As a musician who's been a fan of this channel for a while, this made me so unbelievably happy. The way you explained the story and trauma through the musical styles was unbelievably amazing, and the payoff felt so much more emotional than if they conveyed things through words. This is truly a masterpiece, especially with the new visual styles. This music allowed me to feel even more emotionally attached to the story, and I'm more excited than ever for it's conclusion. (Not in an "it's almost over FINALLY kind of way," but an "excited to see where this all leads to and what the final act is going to look like)"
I agree the backstory with the musical styles was pretty emotional
@@robertocarrillo7742 It was absolutely intense, and not to mention I think it was the first time Shading was used for these shorts. If it wasn't the first time, it sure as hell added a lot to it.
Aaron and Scott did freaking amazing with the music
THE VILLAGERS HIT THE "LICK"
I cried after this
This man.
This man is somehow able to inject more personality, humor, gravitas and tension in a story about stick figures having adventures in Minecraft than I've seen in most modern shows and movies...
And he does it without them uttering a single word.
Alan Becker, you are a storytelling wizard and you deserve every bit of praise you get.
Bro shut up
This video is the manifestation of the saying
"Story is conveyed through actions, not words"
That really sucks. A guy with a video software. Stick figs and a computer does better than shows and films with hundreds of millions in funding. Brilliant Job Alan Becker
@フリスクチャンネル fake
One park i love about this is the fact they have the lick in here (4:24), a very famous riff mainly used in jazz
0:01 notes of the plains
1:13 enfected notes
2:49 village masterpiece
5:11 wandering business
5:56 purple chase & backstory
4:24 "The riff" spotted. Ha!
Green doesn't talk but has an ability to sing...
This is the episode that makes me cry. So far as what I have watched few years ago with my younger brother during the pandemic, I watch this episode on this day (2024). I am an aspiring animator (of different style, which is Japanese) and I love how Alan made this story well-written in the overall MVM. Thank you so much, Alan! ❤
this has to be the most emotion I’ve ever felt for a stick figure ever, and it’s insane, Alan is not only a great Animator, he’s great at writing compelling stories without needing dialogue. The fact you can understand everything that happens in every episode and every animation shows the sheer skill this man has when it comes to storytelling. Even if this episode is mostly MUSIC, he still finds a way to use this music to convey feelings, like discovery, desperation, hopefulness, success, the fall back down to zero, and then at last, the idea of a new horizon. Not only does he have Great Animation, Storytelling, and The ability to make you want more, he works with people who create great music to fit scenes, which he then perfectly fits in with his animation and storytelling prowess. This isn’t even the last episode, but The Ultimate Weapon, The Raid, and this Episode are THE greatest examples of his ability to craft a story with an expressionless, voiceless, Stick Figure. The fact these stick figures have greater emotional impact when anything happens to them compared to ANY recently media speaks volumes. In the end, all I can say is that I cannot wait to see the next episode, every character has had their own return, and now the end has come to finish this Oscar worthy piece of animation.
What an essay.
I think this took 3 months because of all the music, i think within august or september we could have the next one
This dude the words is looooong
Fax
About that go check out Henry stickmin it's really good almost better
I just realized how every side-story has kind of been teaching all the stickmen valuable lessons. For second coming, it was not repaying brute force with brute force, but treating violence with kindness, reaching the Warden in a place that'd been locked away for a long time, for red it was working in teams and not always going it alone, for yellow it was embracing his techy side and using command block magic once again, for blue I guess maybe it was not backing down from a leadership role and training the villagers to fight, and for green it was being forced to embrace his musical side and relearn his affinity for song.
So does that mean
Orang is the leaders stuff
@@Deilai_Cyan
the hollow head orange has always been the main character
the non hollow orange is the villain
@ImpaledBerry the hollow orange is called The Second Coming
What about red?
I already said, for Red it was working in teams and not always going it alone
I noticed somethings:
Orange is not Purple’s dad, but what purple saw complimentary to his Dad. This is also seen in color theory as blue and orange complement each other. Interestingly enough, the shade purple is, is a mixture of his parents (blue and pink). So in a sense
*spoiler if you haven’t seen the end yet*
The dad saw purple as his son as well because the two can complement each other in a way, more similarly to a split complimentary or triadic way?
music is the only language that can bring the universe together.
It blows me away just how much character and emotion this man can put into a stick figure.
you can put in *all of it.*
And without saying a single word
creative is unlimited, I think!
@@stickfight1 It IS. !!!
@@ItsLiakTheCat and no faces
Let me just say, Alan's team is becoming an independent animation studio. This is quality beyond what you expect from TH-cam. I can't wait to see what's planned for Episode 30.
Probable the ultimate Battle idk
Hey! Did you know God is three in one!? The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit! Bless him!
Jesus died for our sins, rose from the dead, and gives salvation to everyone who has faith in him! True faith in Jesus will have you bear good fruit and *drastically* change for the better!
@@Call_Upon_YAH no
same!!!! and those songs hit different
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Now I cant understand everything being said word for word, but i recognize that it is all speech in some way, singing. What i do recognize is with the exception of the trader, Green always says "thank you" to everyone while looking for Purple.
songs list
animal music: 0:01
zombies music: 1:13
villager music: 2:58
villager rap: 5:14
purple part: 8:59
sus sound: 3:09
Nice
The storytelling behind this episode just hits the feels a different way. Purple's desire for power and the actions that led up to his current state are so relatable to people IRL. One of the few episodes that made me cry. Well Done Alan
Instruments used in this episode:
0:01 - Marimba, xylophone, bells, animal sounds
1:14 - Synth, electronics, drums
2:58 - Trumpet, trombone, alto saxophone, trumpet with muter, piano, drums, bells, clarinet at 3:52
5:14 - Drums, animal sounds, harmonica
6:02 - Synth, clarinet, drums, electronics, violin at 7:04
7:39 - Violin, cello, viola
8:49 - Violin, viola, cello, French horn, drums, trumpet, synth, flute
11:09 - Clarinet, violin, cello, viola, double bass
12:05 - French horn, cello, double bass, drums, violin
12:24 - French horn, cello, double bass, drums, choir
(4:23 - that's da licc :0)
the villager one sounds like mario kart game
ty for explaining these
@@Tukoendog it fif
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Fauzan mamun I totally agree with you O.O
man, it's amazing how powerful of a story all of these avm shorts are. the fact that it's visually made of stick figures and minecraft features (definitely common interests among kids) and is ALSO completely wordless---so many young kids are able to watch these, understand everything in them, and learn from them. i'm just some teen that likes a good story, but this is beautiful writing, music, morals, everything. well done y'all
The fact that not a singular work was spoken, in all of 30 episodes and yet they still somehow created both the most heart-warming and heart-wrenching story has left me equivocally speechless.
The backstory purple gives is just unbelievable. It's truly incredible how Alan Becker has put so much emotion behind faceless figures. This is no longer just an animation but a compelling story as well.
it's beed a compelling story since first animation vs minecraft video
It make me cry
trueeee
@@Unknown-cs6io almost was too, was not expecting to tear up over purple but now he's precious and I want him to be loved ❤
So purple followed orange king because he saw him as a father figure and told him to get the Minecraft logo. Obediently so searched for it in hopes to make Orange proud but backstab him like his dad.
Purple’s story is probably the best storytelling in the series. Switching to 3d perspectives and the incredible plot that’s been developed for purple’s character is seriously all a viewer like me could ask for. Keep being absolutely incredible, can’t wait for the finale!
The animation is 😙👌
Men
@フリスクチャンネル NO
It’s magenta
@@k.cthedogofficialtheog its dark pink
At 1:37, I can hear the ring around the rosie music.
7:02 Literal chills. I can't put my feelings from this moment into words. The 'scream' is just WOW
In my opinion this is the best episode in phase three in Alan Becker's AVM. The music is perfect, and the mobs like the fox, the zombies, the villagers, the traders are so well animated ! The most expected part in this episode - backstory of purple - his engine, his origin has been told with an emotional tone. Bravo Alan for this masterpiece
agreed
I still dont get purple point... How purple met king?
That fox was me ☺
@@Anonymous5246 This is just my interpretation but Purple is clearly a victim of a “broken home”. He had an abusive “father” and he learned how to fight so he could protect his mother from him. Despite this, he never hated his father and still sought out his “approval”. I have two theories as to his relation with Orange (the King):
1.) The King was his father, formerly at least. Due to his thirst for power, he sought out the Blocks of Power (yes, I’m gonna use that term to describe the Yin and Yang Minecraft Icons xd) and overtime he…changed color idk.
2.) After the death of his mother, he went out to search for his father and found the King instead. For a while, under his servitude, Purple saw the King as a sort of “master” that somehow “approved” of him, something he clearly lacked in his childhood.
Again, these are theories and are just things I’ve come up after watching the video. They’re not canon xd
@@DriedJizzSock Or maybe the dark blue father isn't a stick figure at all, but a really cruel animator that's worse than Alan that takes their anger/frustration out on stick figures due to real life problems or something. Since we saw how stick figures are created, and maybe Purple sees his creator as a stick figure because of some sort of stockholm syndrome. Or the animator knew how to control an avatar-like stick figure. Then the animator probably gotten bored of Purple and Pink, and so they left their creations to rot somewhere. Purple percieving this 'boredom' as disappointment in him and maybe Pink eventually ended up getting deleted by the animator but Purple wasn't aware of it. And Purple is a extended reflection of the animator's low self-esteem and insecurities, insecure enough to abuse programs.
Whoever composed this music...
Can we give them a gold medal? This is legitimately awesome.
yes pls
Aaron Grooves made the first half, Scott Buckley made the second half.
a gold medal isn't good enough
@@black-backdoor platium medal
@@jack-o-lantern7239 netherite medal
0:01
第1段階 音は『言葉』
1:13
第2段階 音色は『個性』
2:49
第3段階 歌声に『貴方』を
乗せて
4:55
幕間 只今ご購入したお客様に
は此方も付けちゃいます
5:55
最終段階 君の『歌(悲鳴)』を
『どうか聴かせて..』
I hate how nobody is talking about 9:30 part, where green stopped for a second just because purple seemed being not okay, and the notes played at this time are gives me delight n creeps every time, this is a masterpiece
That part gives me chills
this might be the best thing ever made, ever. all of the musical styles are beautifully represented, from the zombie boyband to the theatre ensemble village. the fact that the sound was able to seamlessly blend between so many different genres is unreal. And Purple’s ballad was beyond touching. Truly indescribable, amazing work.
FR
LMAOOO zombie boyband, that's so iconic of them
Also the fact on how the wandering trader tried to sell green stuff through rapping was cool but the purple story was incredible on how they showed it going from music notes to anamation was cool
Lucid dreams:
Here Bro have 1k likes
I think that a wonderful little detail to note that Alan payed attention to is the fact that Green was the one to solo against Red Blue and Yellow back in the Note Block Battle, and the three could only step to Green with their Potions of Musicality- So it makes perfect sense Green would be able to figure out and navigate a music-based world like such.
Upon first glance the stick figures are just recolors, but when actually looking at what Alan's created, it's actually clear that he has developed each one into their own distinct character, and I find that fascinating. He didn't have to do that, but he did, and that's wonderful.
Well it isn't a little detail. Their personalities were built over many Minecraft shorts, and they were established in the very first Animation vs. Minecraft video. The development is very good though, yes. He does put effort and really makes these stick animations feel like they came from 10 years ago.
@@taikarhan5617 It kind of is a little detail, though- It's something Alan could have ignored and the series would have been fine to most people, though it's all the more wonderful because he does pay attention to the little details- Things one would only notice upon a closer look. :)
Its not a little detail, they each have distinct personalities/attributes. Yellow with redstone, green with music, cyan with plants, red with animals, orange (the second coming, not the one with the crown) with fighting ability.
@@jawolod I honestly respectfully disagree- I think they're important details, just not super big in your face details. :O
@@jawolod he is brown not orange with a crown (I'm a little color blind but I noticed that he has a darker shade of orange which leans far towards Brown I think Alan did that on purpose specifically to make us associate him with dirt and a certain other typically Brown substance that is gross)
I honestly didn't expect it! I expected Purple to be a villain and that he had to be defeated, but what I found was so much better! his arc was incredible, his growth as a character was amazing, and I love how much he changed throughout the story! I loved every moment with purple, it was so interesting to see how he grew and changed with each experience we saw
Dang, this was 1 year ago? It felt like yesterday when I was waiting for this to finally release.
I feel like any time anyone thinks "Where the hell is the next episode?" that just by watching it on release, you can TELL EXACTLY WHY these take so much time. this was fantastic from start to finish. Purple has a lot to make up for, since tragedy doesn't excuse wrongdoing, but I'm glad we finally have him truly on a righteous path.
Wise words.
Purple guy redemption ark
As soon as I started watching this, i realized why it took him 3 months to make this.
I actually think he makes them in a shirt time.
2012: lol funny stick figures.
2022: incredible dramatic and emotional character arcs/story telling
The extreme emotional power in this episode is more than every episode combined. Outstanding job Alan and Alan’s team of animators.
@Mela (ARYAN AF VIDEOS) no one asked.
@Mela (ARYAN AF VIDEOS) wtf.
11:24 *cries*
0:13 song animals
1:22 song zombies
2:58 song villagers
3:50 green can sing
5:17 song llamas and villager
6:11 song green and purple
7:52 sad song purple
8:56 evil song dads and son
11:07 green and purple the friends
12:09 end
This- this is beyond beautiful. Adding 3D elements to a semi 2d animated series was a very good detail. And Purple’s backstory, it probably the saddest thing I’ve seen all year.
Agreed, my favorite 3D moment is when the villagers throw the note block into the distance 3:43.
Dont read my name! 💐
Sorry, but I couldn't understand what purple's backstory was. Can anyone explain it to me?
Was?
yeah purple's story is verry sad
The fact that I can fully understand every single thing all the characters have "said", when they're actually just singing in noteblocks...
This tells a lot about how well the masterpiece is animated, well done Alan, thanks 👍
The little thank yous at the end of every segment were fantastic
@@ChronoBoltyeah
Ik it's so cool how u can hear what their saying like you can hear them saying "he went that way!" In the caves lol
Ok but how
I think it’s especially prevalent at 0:31 at least to me
You don't always need words to express something. Sometimes, even 1 animation can explain more things than 1 million words
The jazz gave me a goosebumps
I love the symbolism used in the instruments - Green is represented by a flute, while Purple a violin. Purple's Blue parent is of a brass instrument, a lower pitched one, can't place it's name, maybe a tuba? Makes me wonder what the others' would be!
(Edit: I have since been told that it's a clarinet, not a flute. Thanks everyone, I didn't realize that!)
What is also cool is how Purple takes the block from Red - the one who first lost control over its power, and overcame it. Green is the one who looks back (even with three little notes), last to be caged, and the one who chased Purple with the fishing rod. I love the efforts to understand Purple more, asking the questions the rest of us probably have.
But now we know - all in effort to find his Blue parent and have approval and love, no matter what it takes. It took Purple down a very dark path, but maybe now there'll be peace moving forward, with the others as friends.
That said, I can't wait to see how all this resolves!
I would say green sounds more like a clarinet
I play the clarinet and can confirm that Green's "voice" was actually a clarinet, not a flute :)
And King Orange is represented by a pipe organ
Green is definitely a clarinet
Green and Purple have the same mbti personality type: ENTP. Explains Green chasing after Purple. Pretty neat.
The first part is music for the ears, and the second part is music for the eyes and heart. Wow, this isn't just animation, this is really top-quality art. I think the hilarious first part actually makes it easier to feel the second part with its visual poetry. Alan hits a lot of emotions, so you end up really deeply enjoying each one.
I also sense a freedom in Alan's movies that is absent in much media. A lot of media feels a bit tired, like the same person scripts it, and you can predict the whole story after after about 10 min. Not so here. I mean, we knew there would be music, and probably a reckoning with Purple, but the form Alan's team has given it is so unexpectedly funny, beautiful and creative. Thanks for giving me hope for art again!
I mean, you can still guess some stuff, like purple becoming a good guy is a pretty obvious turn for the story after the King shot him down, but it's like 90% stuff that you didn't expect, like i didn't think the King would actually get both Minecrafts, let alone merge them and put them on the staff cuz then it's like "Now what? How are the heroes gonna win?"
Go check it out on captain sauces channel
Yur I make entertaining videos as well
@@adityapratapsingh1502 where on his channel?
@@adityapratapsingh1502 What does captainsauce have anything to do with this?
... I'm not tearing up over stick-figures, someone's just chopping onions in here.
ONE YEAR AGO AND I STILL WANT LYRICS TO ALL OF THESE. 😭😭
I love how each scene has its different genre which matches perfectly to each one!! *And also feeling like a fever dream honestly
Animals 0:01 for kid friendly tunes like in kindergarten (*realizing it was perfect intorduction to the rest of the music that gets progressively intricate)
Zombies 1:26 electric jazz(?) since their undead so very chill both literally and figuratively I guess. *Purple's way of moving forward is just like the zombies, loose and flimsy. Is it because thats how zombies move since their limbs dont work as well coordinated compared to the living like the animals and people?
The Village 2:58 as actual musically performances, I love how they threw the note block since they know full well Green's a stick figure 'human' with a voice just that we nor Green knew till now! (*Love how the first villager we see goes in his house then goes back out just to perform the musical perfectly) Has no one noticed that at 4:35 the villagers surround Green in like a heart shape?
Omg the Wandering Trader 5:13 for silly upbeat seller-mode with slight rugged 'voice' music was fun, sad to see it was interrupted tho.. (*I'm adding a lot of edits but that just shows how this episode is by far my most favorite and I wanted to add that out of all the musicals in the video, Wandering Trader has THE most closest to sounding like an actual voice instead of a note) The llama's as backup tunes are so cute and cool I adore the beginning of their part. 5:27 Wandering Trader just yeets out the leads just so he could negotiate without being pulled or pulling his llama companions 😂 small detail and not that amazing but I still find it cool!
There are a couple videos that have put fan-lyrics on this video and I'd like to try my version too soon!
*Edit Green trying to reach Purple from across each other was beautiful and sad, especially later on at the mountain top, Purple's distance and disruption to Green's melodic questioning (*which I realize is a soft tone so Green was just trying to understand Purple). Purple was exhausted, betrayed and overwhelmed. Suffered and was alone... until now!
i think the zombies are like a boy band, since their movements all complement each other and just the general style
I love how between green and purple is a call and response. An actually musical technique in which one calls and the other responds. And it’s so awesome how green is the clarinet(soothing and gentle) while purple is violin.
🎉❤😊😊🎉❤🎉❤❤❤❤🎉❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊😊😊😊🎉❤🎉🎉🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉😂❤🎉
I'm beyond baffled. Alan has conveyed a storyline so perfectly, not using words but with vision and sound. The perfect orchestral symphony, the use of instruments based on what character is producing - Green's clarinet producing a clear and positive sound, and Purple's tragic, heart wrenching and furious screech of the violin. It all adds up perfectly.
Dam who let this British guy see this masterpiece 😨
This is how you tell a story with sound. To me... I could see it all happening without the visuals being needed.
11:03 i cant hear purple crying
This started out so innocent. THE ENDING IS SO SAD 😭
This episode has it all. It has the fun, it has the whimsy, it has a frickin musical, it has my favorite stick, it has new steps in this animation, it has character development, Green learns to sing, Purple has a tragic and relatable story and goals that make so much sense now, and it has all the music I love out of this amazing series. Alan and his team are the gifts that keep on giving
Edit: Not to mention my favorite two second tune of anything ever
pretty sure it has the lick as well lmao
🎶🎵🎵🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶 is like
Anyone remember when this was just a funny story about a couple of friends enjoying their lives as they hung out together? Me neither.
This episode man... I actually cried for purple because they've been through so much and the entire score was just magic throughout. I cannot thank Alan and his team enough to bring us these absolutely breathtaking journeys that *STICK FIGURES* of all things take. It's wonderful to see how much emotion they can convey just through their movements or even music without a single voice actor to be seen. Stupendous job, everyone.
Would recommend Checking out Scott Buckley's channel too.
Great place to see the talent behind our scores and his repertoire
This is forever my favorite episode ❤