“my name is norman skip takamori” after sidney and barry coping with being the last of their kind has the same energy as ricky matsui saying “if we’re all admitting secrets, i wasnt always a firefighter”
I love how Zac started this character off in the first episode as this toxic captain who’s quick to blame everyone but himself before hitting us with the fact that Skipper is actually the parasite that attacks him. The fact that a brain parasite is more chill and nice than the original person it was hosting just adds more to the hilarity as well as the chemistry between these characters. It’s such a good move.
It's such a good, immediate twist. I always love Zac's characters and I really didn't vibe with his captain. I was kinda bummed about it until Skip was revealed, which made Skip a double treat lmao
Til we find out that Norman's personality is a result of the trauma of witnessing his superior killing dozens of cadets with poisoned champagne, and then putting him through memory alteration to make him forget about it, followed by being framed for that tragedy he can no longer remember as well as the murders of the Sisters of the Cosmic Veil (whom Skip outs as a bunch of con artists).
This is so silly but genuinely like I knew Zac was pretty but Skip is so hot it made me notice how hot Zac is as an actual human person 😂 “I put my boot on his shoulder and shoot straight down” fuck me up
Skip standing over Barry and staring at him while he slept, only to motion at himself when Barry opened his eyes as if to say, "Like what you see?" followed by running away is one of the funniest moments ever in D20 history.
" I got my proldiers license right here " is one of the best dimension 20 moments for me. Sherif is being subtly threatening and good old brain slug skip, arms crossed, says fuck this guy, ballet kicks him in the neck and shoots him with a gun boot. So badass lol
How could you forget the absolute BEST Skip moment, of him decapitating the sheriff, propping his head on a cactus and then rolling a nat20 intimidation which causes all the police force of Baustin to fled town??? istg Zac first roleplays and then the dice gods reward that
I just realized that the name Norman probably came from Normal Man, because that was what he was (relative to the Starstruck universe), prior to skipification
I cannot love Skip any more. He's just a little slug man who didn't get to see the world. The first couple of episodes where he still struggles with language just lay me out because everyone else is working so well with it, especially Brennan with the NPCs. People just accept that Norman speaks weirdly but they roll with it. Such fun.
I’m glad Norman skip Takamori slowly became more comprehensible as the story went on. His first words sounded like his mouth was filled with marshmallows 😂
I love that Brennan and Zac built a Paul-Atreides-style space prince who doesn't want to be a leader but is thrust into the deep political ramifcations of the universe who is a LITERAL worm, such gorgeous non-humanoid-centrism
skip is probably my favorite of zac’s characters in d20. it plays to all his strengths. it’s ricky and gorgug’s goofiness, himboness; it’s lapin’s high status, calculating nature, and “i didn’t ask for this” vibes; it’s cumulus’ martial prowess and somewhat lack of/disregard for social cues; it’s zac’s own less-is-more improv style and d&d system mastery. it’s all of it!! i also adore that skip can really validly be read as queer by this point in the season. it doesn’t come up a ton but when it does, boy does that headcanon fit perfectly and add so much to the story. every single one of zac’s characters is wonderful, hilarious, and integral to their campaigns but. starstruck and skip have really allowed zac to SHINE. tldr skip supremacy thank you for coming to my ted talk
Skip supremacy! He’s probably my favourite d20 character for all the reasons you mentioned (it used to be Lapin, so maybe I just really enjoy how Zac plays high intelligence characters.)
I haven’t finished all the campaigns yet, but from what I’ve seen, I can say Starstruck is definitely my favorite, and I totally agree with Skip being Zac’s best character. All the characters this season have been great, but Skip, Margaret, and Gunny are phenomenal.
Oh man, if you make a part 2, you gotta include the end of the episode right before they leave Rec 97. Skip sees Norman on a wanted poster and just goes: "...My name is Norman Takamori.."
4:48 is the best, I love that he basically just walks into the room, motions at his outfit and then leaves - absolutely bewildering even the less intelligent crew members
Early episodes Skip is the funniest character in Dimension 20. Rick Diggins, Cody Walsh, Ian Prescott, Liam Wilhemina, they're all hall of famers. But Norman "Skip" Takamori is *transcendant*.
I like that the initial speech impediment isn’t played for laughs, the only jokes are about what he chooses to say. Zacs economical comedy really lends itself to making it funny without relying on ableism.
Didn't they give him an out with the voice by sid realising he never un-W-ed his tongue before he started talking? So after that he vould ease away from it
It would only be ableist if the reason for the voice was to imply he’s stupid or just because. But he’s a body being controlled by a slug. Of course he won’t sound quite right.
I love Skip but honesty I was really disappointed that Zac wasn’t gonna play Norman for the entire season cause I think it’s super funny just watching Zac play a complete douche and I was obsessed with Norman as soon as he was introduced
4:49 I made the mistake of taking a bite of food, almost choked on it Then at 4:59 I took a sip of my drink. Reader, I did not learn my lesson the first time
I was excited by the title alone for this video, then abruptly hearing "Don't Let's Start" as the video"s intro let me know I was in for something good.
I can just imagine that episode ending with the camera panning behind sheriff from one side of his head showing Margaret and one half of the diner, to the other side of his head showing the other half of the diner and Skip resting his foot on the sheriffs shoulder and a tiny gun pops out, points down and just produces the biggest blast (like the cricket gun in Men in Black)
I came to Dimension 20 through Brennan, Emily and Co being on Critical Role, and after watching basically everything I just wonder how Zac hasn't been on CR in some form.
0:00 starting off strong with wait...wait.......*sprints* 0:15 call me skip ;) 0:49 barry! barry! 0:59 you're important 1:20 my name is norman takamori 1:44 rescind baby 2:39 big deal gust weatherall! 2:53 galalalalalalalalalalala 3:02 i got my proldiers license right here 3:15 audible smile origins 3:30 would you want some pleasure- 4:03 former lover? 0.0 4:32 plug hitting on skip 4:50 the truly iconic first 'right on'
I love how the finale didn't give us Valdrinorman outright, but it did make it a much more plausible option for any post canon fics... No? Just me? Okay then.
@kev3599 honestly I was hesitant to bring it up cuz I didn't wanna seem to be implying that their symbiosis *needs* to be romantic in nature but like... God I'd just love it if it was
This comment section has convinced me to watch Starstruck next. I already consider Zac hot but sounds like I’m about to lose my mind with this campaign 🥵
Catching that if his body's old owner wanted milk substitutes his body might be lactose intolerant was lightning quick thinking.
Truuu
Also very common in Asian bodies (speaking from experience). Doesn't mean we don't still risk it for cheese and ice cream lol pain is gain.
@@emericcson123i think about 90% of Asians are lactose intolerant
@@Butterratbee*East Asians, likely
@@saikanji9570 yeah you’re right the 90% was easy Asian. But I just checked and it’s still about 70% in India and all the way through the Middle East
“my name is norman skip takamori” after sidney and barry coping with being the last of their kind has the same energy as ricky matsui saying “if we’re all admitting secrets, i wasnt always a firefighter”
I love how Zac started this character off in the first episode as this toxic captain who’s quick to blame everyone but himself before hitting us with the fact that Skipper is actually the parasite that attacks him.
The fact that a brain parasite is more chill and nice than the original person it was hosting just adds more to the hilarity as well as the chemistry between these characters. It’s such a good move.
It's such a good, immediate twist. I always love Zac's characters and I really didn't vibe with his captain. I was kinda bummed about it until Skip was revealed, which made Skip a double treat lmao
Til we find out that Norman's personality is a result of the trauma of witnessing his superior killing dozens of cadets with poisoned champagne, and then putting him through memory alteration to make him forget about it, followed by being framed for that tragedy he can no longer remember as well as the murders of the Sisters of the Cosmic Veil (whom Skip outs as a bunch of con artists).
@@deathbykonami5487 wasn't he a jerk throughout his career and was ready to help Gust clean up the cadets' deaths.
@@dayalasingh5853 Nah, that just meant he was gullible and naive. He became a jerk post-alteration.
@@deathbykonami5487 he was abrasive an unbearable long before Weatherall fucked him up.
zac is so attractive it makes me go into a rage
HE'S SO FINE AND FOR WHAT?
Gorgug energy
Awesome that's a bonus action, you still have an action and a movement left, what's the call?
This is so silly but genuinely like I knew Zac was pretty but Skip is so hot it made me notice how hot Zac is as an actual human person 😂
“I put my boot on his shoulder and shoot straight down” fuck me up
It’s Zelda!
Skip standing over Barry and staring at him while he slept, only to motion at himself when Barry opened his eyes as if to say, "Like what you see?" followed by running away is one of the funniest moments ever in D20 history.
I think about it constantly. It can make me laugh no matter what, it's just so absurd.
Right on.
" I got my proldiers license right here " is one of the best dimension 20 moments for me. Sherif is being subtly threatening and good old brain slug skip, arms crossed, says fuck this guy, ballet kicks him in the neck and shoots him with a gun boot. So badass lol
My soul left my body when he said “I got my proldiers license right here.” Zac is so hot for no reason
How could you forget the absolute BEST Skip moment, of him decapitating the sheriff, propping his head on a cactus and then rolling a nat20 intimidation which causes all the police force of Baustin to fled town??? istg Zac first roleplays and then the dice gods reward that
They've already got an animatic for that, though. That's probably the first thing anyone sees from the campaign.
@@BrasswatchmanI can’t find it anywhere
My favorite is that on some of Skip's smiles, the Dropout captions say "*audible smile*".
I just realized that the name Norman probably came from Normal Man, because that was what he was (relative to the Starstruck universe), prior to skipification
thats a good catch! didn't even realize it but that makes sense
And that's also what Skip is pretending to be while inhabiting him.
norman actually means a person from Normandy :-)
thank you for coining the term skipification i will be adding this to my vocabulary
Skipification is a wonderful term
I cannot love Skip any more. He's just a little slug man who didn't get to see the world. The first couple of episodes where he still struggles with language just lay me out because everyone else is working so well with it, especially Brennan with the NPCs. People just accept that Norman speaks weirdly but they roll with it. Such fun.
It's either, "this guy is just kinda weird," or "a man of few words, I respect it."
I’m glad Norman skip Takamori slowly became more comprehensible as the story went on. His first words sounded like his mouth was filled with marshmallows 😂
Seeing his name on the wanted ad and going “my name is Norman Takamori!” Still gets me every time
Skips wet smile kills me
‘wet smile’ just made me absolutely lose it thank you
I simultaneously love and hate the fact, that Skip has an audible smile.
I love that Brennan and Zac built a Paul-Atreides-style space prince who doesn't want to be a leader but is thrust into the deep political ramifcations of the universe who is a LITERAL worm, such gorgeous non-humanoid-centrism
skip is probably my favorite of zac’s characters in d20. it plays to all his strengths. it’s ricky and gorgug’s goofiness, himboness; it’s lapin’s high status, calculating nature, and “i didn’t ask for this” vibes; it’s cumulus’ martial prowess and somewhat lack of/disregard for social cues; it’s zac’s own less-is-more improv style and d&d system mastery. it’s all of it!!
i also adore that skip can really validly be read as queer by this point in the season. it doesn’t come up a ton but when it does, boy does that headcanon fit perfectly and add so much to the story.
every single one of zac’s characters is wonderful, hilarious, and integral to their campaigns but. starstruck and skip have really allowed zac to SHINE.
tldr skip supremacy thank you for coming to my ted talk
Skip supremacy! He’s probably my favourite d20 character for all the reasons you mentioned (it used to be Lapin, so maybe I just really enjoy how Zac plays high intelligence characters.)
Skip is v. Asexual.
Skip deserves so much better of a cuddle than gust fuckin weatherall
I haven’t finished all the campaigns yet, but from what I’ve seen, I can say Starstruck is definitely my favorite, and I totally agree with Skip being Zac’s best character. All the characters this season have been great, but Skip, Margaret, and Gunny are phenomenal.
skip gets hit on by such a wide variety of people lmfao
“Rescind, baby,” is maybe one of my favorite Zac moments ever
i know that this video is about skip and skip is the best but murph's deeply confused r-right on fuckin slays me every time i hear it
Oh man, if you make a part 2, you gotta include the end of the episode right before they leave Rec 97. Skip sees Norman on a wanted poster and just goes: "...My name is Norman Takamori.."
I loved that moment the most from Skip because it's him realizing his body is in deep deep trouble with a bad group to be on the bad side of
4:48 is the best, I love that he basically just walks into the room, motions at his outfit and then leaves - absolutely bewildering even the less intelligent crew members
Early episodes Skip is the funniest character in Dimension 20. Rick Diggins, Cody Walsh, Ian Prescott, Liam Wilhemina, they're all hall of famers. But Norman "Skip" Takamori is *transcendant*.
I totally understand why he did it but I was so disappointed when he transitioned away from pudding mouth & catch phrases
The "you're important" line to Margaret is perhaps my favorite of them all
I've just realised what Skip's "settling in" voice/accent reminds me of - Dr Zoidberg from Futurama
Good call! IIRC Billy West always called that voice "marble-mouthed", that really does match
My favorite Skip moment was when he was convinced that he was actually pulling off this switcheroo, that no one knew he'd been brianslugged.
I like that the initial speech impediment isn’t played for laughs, the only jokes are about what he chooses to say. Zacs economical comedy really lends itself to making it funny without relying on ableism.
Didn't they give him an out with the voice by sid realising he never un-W-ed his tongue before he started talking? So after that he vould ease away from it
It would only be ableist if the reason for the voice was to imply he’s stupid or just because. But he’s a body being controlled by a slug. Of course he won’t sound quite right.
He's playing a slug, not a person with a speech impediment.
man what the hell are you on about
It does sort of give "stroke victim" a little, but the context at least makes sense.
The audible smile is... so good
I love Zac. Honestly his pc for this campaign is ICONIC
I love Skip but honesty I was really disappointed that Zac wasn’t gonna play Norman for the entire season cause I think it’s super funny just watching Zac play a complete douche and I was obsessed with Norman as soon as he was introduced
my fave part of this campaign is ally is always entertained by zac
4:49 I made the mistake of taking a bite of food, almost choked on it
Then at 4:59 I took a sip of my drink. Reader, I did not learn my lesson the first time
Gotta say the beginning song choice and editing was *chefs kiss* its fast and creepy and jarring which sums up this character pretty well tbh
What song is it?
@@elenabauer1151 don’t let’s start by they might be giants!
the word economy on this guy
He truly played this character so well, they all did!
"The word economy on this guy" - Margaret Encino
man I love zac oyama so much. master of comedy and making characters that are so easy to hc as queer
except for ricky matsui. There has never been a straighter man who somehow still qualified as lgbt
@@mibber121 Ricky is an honorary member of the Squad
@@mibber121 ricky matsui is the only man and the only ally in the world
@@mibber121 he exudes such strong bi wife energy
@@kayreski8683 Strong disagree. Straight Cis Malewife Energy
im sure someone has already said this but skip has such big dr. zoidberg energy and im obsessed
I was excited by the title alone for this video, then abruptly hearing "Don't Let's Start" as the video"s intro let me know I was in for something good.
hehe wasn't expecting the little bit of don't let's start at the beginning
Right on.
As a person who has only seen the first episode, I'm deeply confused
Understandable. Lack of context would make this confusing.
as someone who's never watched a single episode, I'm just here for a good time and having it.
Same, but everyone on this cast is so talented and pretty so 🤷♀️😂
same, I would love an explanation lmao
Brain slug piloting skip like a meat puppet.
Murph is so great playing with Zac
Filler up
“**once again** can i roll for his sexuality?”
fkin beardsley 😭
dammit thats all it took to get that They Might Be Giants song stuck in my head
This is the worst part 😩
What song is it?
@@elenabauer1151 This is real late, but the song is "Don't Let's Start" by They Might Be Giants
I could believe, for all the world, that you're my precious little girl
Bruh, I recognize the song right at the beginning, and I have to say, it's a good choice for skip
This is beautiful thank you
work of art
ive watched this video so many times i love aso so so much
I can just imagine that episode ending with the camera panning behind sheriff from one side of his head showing Margaret and one half of the diner, to the other side of his head showing the other half of the diner and Skip resting his foot on the sheriffs shoulder and a tiny gun pops out, points down and just produces the biggest blast (like the cricket gun in Men in Black)
"Looks like a tall drink o' water just came into town... 😏"
"ok"
This compilation makes me so irrationally happy 😅
Fine, I'll watch Starstruck Odyssey again.
Upvote for They Might Be Giants intro
What's the name of the song?
@@elenabauer1151 Don't Let's Start
“Gimme that!”
The fact the jingle at the start was TMBG was perfect. Love me some "Skip"
I came to Dimension 20 through Brennan, Emily and Co being on Critical Role, and after watching basically everything I just wonder how Zac hasn't been on CR in some form.
That's the intro chords to Don't Let's Start by TMBG
*fades into the background*
Don’t Let’s Start!
i watched this really, inconsolably high last night and i couldnt figure out how zach was doing that voice and it scared the shit outta me
my little boy
zac is the best
fill 'er up
my name is norman skip takemori
2:55 will forever be my favorite Skip noise because it's JUST so unexpected
Right on
Get nasty.
My all time favorite Zac Oyama quote: 2:54
0:00 starting off strong with wait...wait.......*sprints*
0:15 call me skip ;)
0:49 barry! barry!
0:59 you're important
1:20 my name is norman takamori
1:44 rescind baby
2:39 big deal gust weatherall!
2:53 galalalalalalalalalalala
3:02 i got my proldiers license right here
3:15 audible smile origins
3:30 would you want some pleasure-
4:03 former lover? 0.0
4:32 plug hitting on skip
4:50 the truly iconic first 'right on'
Came here for my d20 hyperfixation and got jumpscared by my tmbg hyperfixation at the start
CAN U GUYS STOP IM TRYING TO TUTOR KIDS
I love how the finale didn't give us Valdrinorman outright, but it did make it a much more plausible option for any post canon fics...
No? Just me? Okay then.
@Ash S EXACTLY
wait... i didn't even think of valdrinorman, you're so right
@kev3599 honestly I was hesitant to bring it up cuz I didn't wanna seem to be implying that their symbiosis *needs* to be romantic in nature but like... God I'd just love it if it was
Descend baby
Whats the somg you used for the intro
Wait was that Don’t Let’s Start by They Might Be Giants in the beginning?
I'd recognize that Dsus anywhere
nice tmbg into
what is the song in the first couple seconds i can't place it and i'm going INSANE
dont lets start by tmbg!
@@lumpyviv TYYY
Realizing I i love him sm bc he feels autistic coded
Is that They Might be Giants at the beginning? Don't Lets Start?
Dont lets start intro??‼️
This comment section has convinced me to watch Starstruck next. I already consider Zac hot but sounds like I’m about to lose my mind with this campaign 🥵
clicked for norman skip takamori JUMPSCARED BY TMBG!!!!!!!!!!! (/pos)
Gotta go against the herd here, this was probably my least favorite season of d20
How come?
@@solkattt Idk I just couldn’t get into it
Fair enough, sometimes things just don’t click with certain people. Persinally my least favourite is acoc so I get it
i love when skip goes "MY NAME IS NORMAN. SKIP. TAKAMORI" and one of his friends is like "DAMN RIGHT IT IS" its so pure