@@mintvulpix8761 I know they put freaking primal on TH-cam kids, oh and also some scenes from fritz the cat including the crow scene (if you know what I'm talking about you know)
That would kind of be hilarious cuz it’d prove the algorithm is trash. Because you would need to watch about half to know this isn’t for “kids” @Carlos Wow.... Uh, was not expecting to see that lol Whole time I’m like this ain’t so bad he must be exaggerating then i got further and further I’m like “Pssh, they’re not gonna show it. 🙄They’re not gonna show it 😏and YUP! 😨they showed EVERYTHING 😳 @Gr
A . B Shah You're parents must really trust you if you're getting all that at age 12. Then again, I was playing MK1 as early as age 3, so I shouldn't really judge. Keep being awesome.
All times that rain get boofed Punched at 8:41 Kicked at 10:06 Shot at 10:38 Snipped at 11:16 Screamed at 12:10 Kicked at 12:46 Used as a sheild at 17:43 "Hedabedayyyed!" At 18:17 Finally put out of his missary at 22:29
All Jason Location 0:36 Left Side behind a tree 2:01 Right Side behind a tree 3:16 Water reflection 8:21 Pause and look behind Subzero 10:37 Pause before Striker does the Front Flip 12:28 Pause and look at the temple 15:27 Right side behind a tree 16:28 Left side behind a tree 17:26 Pause Quickly at that time 19:14 Jason Hiding in the Dark at the Door 20:23 Jason on a rock 22:19 Machete Reflection 24:01 Jason in the Water My God it took me a while to find all 13 Jason I hope I helped Like if you enjoyed that 👇🏻
I've had this in my watch later forever, finally watching it now and I love it! It's not the funniest thing ever but you can tell there's a lot of love and effort put into it.
when i first saw this, i had no idea what mortal kombat was. but after i played 3 mortal kombat games, finished their story modes, i know every character well.
Most sweets moments: Cyrax and Sektor plays 0:26 Reptile is so sweet 0:36 Best friends 0:44 Sweet dance 1:31 Found you 2:46 Tremor... 5:53 Stryker is a good cop 6:39 WHO?! 7:17 YESSSSSS! 8:41 Yahoooo! 9:19 Scorpion... 11:29 Come on! 11:49 Piu Piu Piu 13:21 Girls like Blood yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah Girls like Blood! 12:41 Sweet scream and Get over Here! O-o 13:24 Aaah! 14:13 Test the knocks you can 16:47 Yes! 17:09 Kintaro is sweet too 19:18
For those who wanna know who are final 10 are (in order) 10). Hanzo Hasashi/Scorpion [you could argue him and Kuai Liang should be tied/interchangeable but it's clear that Sub-Zero lost life in his eyes before he fell into the giant demon's mouth] 9). Sindel 8-7). Kitana and Mileena [they are both interchangeable since they died at the same time] 6). Sheeva 5). Rain Now, the top four is when things get a lot more complicated due to our final four (Liu Kang, Nightwolf, Bo Rai Cho, and Predetor) die at the same window of time but it can be diserned who died first and who died last by using distance from the blast. 4). Predator [Mf was literally at the center of the fucking blast, he ain't surviving that] 3). Nightwolf [he was in close proximity from the blast and therefore should be dead] 2). Bo Rai Cho [he was further from the blast then Nightwolf was therefore he technically outlived him] 1). Liu Kang [he was the furthest from the blast therefore he would technically outlive both Bo Rai Cho and Nightwolf, once the Champion of Mortal Kombat always the champion]
You missed out Jason, if you want a kill count for him, it's 1 (presumably), The second scene showing the dead fighters shows a dead Tanya and Tremor, Tannya has been killed by a machete, and you can see Jason's reflection on it if you look closely, he's techinally the winner, because he is unkillable.
@Edward chew because people are just seeing this, its literally that simple..its sad people have nothing better to do than be the lemon of the bunch. ipray for y'all
@@dedlyocen1684 I'm not a parent or an edgy 5 year old. Just a jackass with some common sense. You wanna make assumptions and try to insult me all you want, you're nowhere near close enough to the epic troll you think you are.
I've gotten several questions about Scorpion's voice. That's an actual 2 year old. The son of Matt Bradford, who voiced Johnny Cage, Liu Kang, Kung Lao and Nightwolf.
Considering Kronica's powers... this is canon
No because she's dead.
this is the New Era she was talking about
@melovecats123damn it i was gonna make a jojo reference
kronika*
1k liker
My childhood memories. I actually remember enjoying this 6 years ago.
I'm still enjoying this now.
the animation really did hold up, gotta love 2012-2015 youtube
@@neojenshi4055 yessir
Same. Had to come back for some memories.
I watched this 2014
Who child me?
7:00 Ermac: “Oh my gosh Fujin! No one even remembers you!”
Fujin in MK11: “Look who’s laughing now!!!”
Ermac in MK1: “LOOK WHO’S LAUGHING NOW!!!”
LOL
Vanessa Feliu and he dead
Jajajaja
For real tho lmao
LMAO😂😂😂
Why did I get recommended this absolute childhood masterpiece in 2023?
Same !
oh god I'm looking at 2023 too
“So how long do you want scorpion and subzero to be falling for?”
*yes*
"How long are they falling for?"
"Ever."
Bernie Mac: "You know it's a long time if they take the 'for' off that mf."
Imagine if TH-cam put this accidentaly in TH-cam Kids
They already put blood and gore into TH-cam kids
And demons...
@@mintvulpix8761 I know they put freaking primal on TH-cam kids, oh and also some scenes from fritz the cat including the crow scene (if you know what I'm talking about you know)
That would kind of be hilarious cuz it’d prove the algorithm is trash. Because you would need to watch about half to know this isn’t for “kids” @Carlos
Wow....
Uh, was not expecting to see that lol
Whole time I’m like this ain’t so bad he must be exaggerating then i got further and further I’m like “Pssh, they’re not gonna show it. 🙄They’re not gonna show it 😏and YUP! 😨they showed EVERYTHING 😳 @Gr
@@falenas8165 thank you, it's practically the "oh $hit black lady" scene
It's time to learn about death kids
After all of these years i’m still waiting for the sequel
Bro same
Facts
Same
Me to I keep coming back just in case
Same
This is like if South Park and Happy Tree Friends were morphed together and with a dash of Mortal Kombat
Boys if this ain't the absolute weirdest episode of South Park I've ever seen
This would be South Park if they used computer animations
L o l
@@frederoplays9793 que
Yoo season 24 e3 looks good🤣
@@frederoplays9793or old paper stop motion for old school vibes
I love how Rain is just a punching bag throughout the entire video!
Oh my God, they killed Rain!
You basterds!
:(
The fact that rain is overpowered in mk trilogy
just like in the games lol
Love how Jax had like a 3-4 kill streak then just died to acid
lmao
To reptile of all people
Bro, he had a 7 kill streak
Good thing night wolf avenged him by kill big reptile
Who else noticed jason
How can this be 8 years old. Why am I just seeing this?
Apparently Kombat Kids is playing on the big monitor in the entryway to Netherrealm Studios..... I'm speechless. Thank you!
+Tedakin And Ed Boon just retweeted it - this is a bloody brilliant video and please make more
+Tedakin Ed Boon brought me here. I was not disappointed, to say the least. Well done dude.
Same here
+Tedakin It totally is! We have it up on our lobby television! :)
A . B Shah You're parents must really trust you if you're getting all that at age 12. Then again, I was playing MK1 as early as age 3, so I shouldn't really judge. Keep being awesome.
Mortal kombat 12 looks so good
You later 5 years
Mk 11 is better
@@zuhairaltaee6743 motal kombat 12 comes out soon
@@kinglakimc4062 imagine doing concle wars
fr
All times that rain get boofed
Punched at 8:41
Kicked at 10:06
Shot at 10:38
Snipped at 11:16
Screamed at 12:10
Kicked at 12:46
Used as a sheild at 17:43
"Hedabedayyyed!" At 18:17
Finally put out of his missary at 22:29
??? Poor Rain
Misery*
Pushed at 5:29
RIP Rain
An Pacifist Ninja
@@mikehock778 undertale pacifist in a nutshell
why are we all just finding this now 😭
Sub-zero and scorpion definitely should've had their voices switched the other way around, but I love this version more. Makes it 100 times funnier 😂
i love the way he says get cold
sub zero voice is epic
The fact that people still come back to this is great lmao
I still come back to it 💀 Like oh my gosh I just remembered this video today and decided to look it up 😭
Recommended
Bro i have not watched this in 3 years
this video came to me
@@limitthedoomslayer5598 lmao same
The way the children are drawn somehow reminds me of South Park, not to mention Cage's voice resembling Cartman's. :D
And smoke reminds me of tweek
Probably because it’s almost exactly the same art style 😐
I was watching this when this came out
Ya
Most definitely
Mortal kombat: *fatalities and chaos gore*
Kombat Kids: THERES NO KOMBAT, ONLY FRIENDSHIPS
I like how these characters almost look like south park characters
And power puff girls combined
@@atomicx2681 yesss
U right
And they almost sound like South Park characters too
@@FranceUSSRCountryball true
If there is a sequel to this I promise I'll make Rain beat the hell out of someone.
Would be nice.
+Ermac_Auditore Totally asskickery.
kinda like happy tree friends ! XD
+Tedakin PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE MAKE A SEQUEL!!!!!!!!
+ILLUMI ZOLDYCK yee its like south park + happy tree friends + any mortal kombat :)
I’m just sad this never got a sequel
Me too 🥺😔
same
Same here
Me too
If people watched this when they were kids, they had a wonderful childhood 😭
I remember watching this when I was 12, not I'm 18 😭
Ah yes, nostalgia flowing through my blood.
Same i remember this
A moment of silence for those parents who've thought this video was child-friendly.
It’s been 7 years and I’m still waiting for a part 2😂
Hahaha
From what I saw it already existed but was deleted
scorpions voice: ❤️❤️❤️❤️
scorpion in battle:💀
This is the strangest South Park episode that I've ever seen.
best*
+Kelvin™ ドミニカン忍者 most weird boner inducing*
That what I thought of when I saw it
Ikr
+Kenshi Mortal Kombat ikr
If your watching this in 2021 your a legend
Nah I watching in 4000
Thank you
I’m a future ghost
Me too
😁
I don’t know why I expected this to actually be a kid’s version when it’s mortal kombat 😂
you poor poor soul.
Puro pinche toasty! Posteo para todos los kombatientes y no mmds 👻👻👻
Exacto
También vienes de verlo en Facebook?
@@ramirosalgado7914Yo sí jajaja
También vengo del grupo
igual yo
Who else thought they were the coolest kids for watching this back then?
Me honestly
Same here bruh
These fights lasted longer than the ones in the new movie lmaooo
@Banner Gusler it's actually bi han
I got all hyped for a crazy goro fight for him to die in 3 minutes
@Banner Gusler Just like in the game continuity Scoripion kills Bi han and in the movie continuity he will presumably become noob in the sequel.
@@thejudster7505 is it me or modern movies are just too quick?
@@thegnarledpirate9198 Ikr
Sub zero: Rips out scorpions spinal cord
Scorpion: Owie
Me thinking this is how me and my brothers fight
8 years later and im still waiting for the sequel
This MK cartoon was made 5 years ago, and it still stands out today.
Ya
I liked
When Sub Zero spells "COME AT ME BRO" Its hilarious
2024 anyone?
Ahhh
Sup
Me
I'm
YEA BUT IM RE-WATCHING IT
I WATCHED THIS A FEW YEARS AGO
I was 8 when I first saw this and now I'm 14.
Memories😿
SAME
Same
Same
I'm 23.
I like how everyone is commenting hours ago
Same
Why?
hours ago
Funny right
I’m five years late
south park and happy tree friends make a child
Seed shut up ur not worth it
South park and happy tree friends: ok
U spelt it wrong so i had to make a joke out of it
Hey?, you me comment
Couldnt have said it better myself
pretty much
This be a perfect "im never going to skip a cutscene again" type of thing
All Jason Location
0:36 Left Side behind a tree
2:01 Right Side behind a tree
3:16 Water reflection
8:21 Pause and look behind Subzero
10:37 Pause before Striker does the Front Flip
12:28 Pause and look at the temple
15:27 Right side behind a tree
16:28 Left side behind a tree
17:26 Pause Quickly at that time
19:14 Jason Hiding in the Dark at the Door
20:23 Jason on a rock
22:19 Machete Reflection
24:01 Jason in the Water
My God it took me a while to find all 13 Jason I hope I helped
Like if you enjoyed that
👇🏻
Wow
You're a legend
Yes he is
You have a great eye dude
Jason killed Tanya haha
This must be the New Era
Kronika: What have i done..... Nah looks perfect.
Exactly, the new era is great
PERFECT
I love how no one in the comments yet mentioned the Charlie Brown dancing at 1:33.
Or the Jason at 17:26 lol
this is basically just what would happen if south park made a parody of mortal kombat
LMAO 😂
And had a three way with happy tree friends.
I wish they came back with a part 2
YESS
Wonder what happened to them
They did
@@goldeneye309 where
Where you’re dad is
13:38 the most accurate recreation of Sub-Zero's slide in Mk11 ever found
Out of all the voices Scorpion could have...
i don't like Scorpion voice he sound like a annoying little girl 😂
@@shakzio7897 no u
It’s funny
He was voiced by the creator's son so give him a break
@@Soultail
How was he/she supposed to know that?
I've had this in my watch later forever, finally watching it now and I love it! It's not the funniest thing ever but you can tell there's a lot of love and effort put into it.
Still watching this legendary film that was a big part of my childhood after 6 years
11:37 the way scorpion said “vengeance will be mine” is just cute❤
Little scorpion screaming is too funny to me
Mortal Kombat + Happy Tree Friends + South Park = This Masterpiece
Me encantaron todos los detalles y referencias.
mal, es alta animación. lastima q no salió la parte dos
2020 Who's Still Watching Kombat Kids
Me
Meh
It 2021 wh
Meh
Baby Scorpion's "get over here " is adorable😁
Confirmo
13:28
I want put this voice on 2021 version
R.I.P 500 dollar glasses
XDDDDDDDDDDDDD
You mean 1,000 dollar glasses because if they can shoot lasers their down right expensive
@@forgot7718 well more like absorb or deflect
when i first saw this, i had no idea what mortal kombat was. but after i played 3 mortal kombat games, finished their story modes, i know every character well.
Does anyone know who plays Scorpion? It sounds like an actual kid.
Katie C yeah it was his the TH-cam's cousin
Ya its cutee
Katie C
Df
Same as Shang Tsung
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I just had to revisit this after almost 6 years
ikrrrr
Same
Litteraly just remembered this
Same bro its 4 am so I've decided to watch this agian
Same
hi
who else was sitting down thinking wow this is 25 minutes of kids beating eachother😂
Me dude.
But It is about at around 5:00
I mean 4:34
Nah It Was 25 Minutes Of Rain Getting Abused
@@joeltan5786 yeah 😂
I was a little kid and was shocked when seeing this. Now im 21 and seeing this is really some 😅. Great artstyle, great storytelling... 10/10
Bro the TH-cam algorithm suggested this to me even though this was seven years ago
Same boat dude, it’s kinda funny
Me too it just showed up
Me too
for realzies on godery no cappery
@@limbo944 REAL
I like how noob saibot is just a blank character.lol😂
They made Rain a punching bag😂😂😂
@@jacobjackson2275 after all the punishment he lasted to the end
Let’s race go carts
That’s what Noob basically was in MK2
Бедный Нубб сайбот
We are still waiting for a second one :(
Unknown CG true
Dont wait the creator quit the TH-cam
@@halukyucesoy301 well shit
@@halukyucesoy301 what happened?
@@plymexgaming8516 i dont know we just know he quit like a ghost
South Park + Mortal Kombat = This
I thought I was the only one who saw that until I read the comments XD
Most sweets moments:
Cyrax and Sektor plays 0:26
Reptile is so sweet 0:36
Best friends 0:44
Sweet dance 1:31
Found you 2:46
Tremor... 5:53
Stryker is a good cop 6:39
WHO?! 7:17
YESSSSSS! 8:41
Yahoooo! 9:19
Scorpion... 11:29
Come on! 11:49
Piu Piu Piu 13:21
Girls like Blood yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah Girls like Blood! 12:41
Sweet scream and Get over Here! O-o 13:24
Aaah! 14:13
Test the knocks you can 16:47
Yes! 17:09
Kintaro is sweet too 19:18
Kill Count:
4:15 Shao Kahn
6:12 Johnny Cage
10:43 Cyrax
11:04 Kano
12:38 Stryker
12:50 Fujin
14:42 Kabal
14:52 KIra/Sareena
15:08 Noob Saibot
15:26 Darrius
15:29 Baraka
15:33 Sonya Blade
17:08 Kotal Kahn
17:16 Smoke
17:18 Mokap
17:26 Poor Tree
17:28 Drahmin and Hsu Hao
17:36 Kung Lao
17:54 Reiko
17:58 Sektor
18:05 Jax Briggs
18:12 Reptile
18:21 Ermac
18:33 Raiden
18:56 Raiden (Soul)
19:25 Shang Tsung
20:31 Scorpion and Sub-Zero
20:36 Sindel
21:21 Kitana and Mileena
22:05 Sheeva
22:18 Tanya and Tremor
22:28 Motaro
22:29 Rain
23:34 Jade
23:27 Nightwolf
23:46 The Predator, Liu Kang, Jason Voorhees, Kenshi Takahashi and Bo Rai Cho
24:04 Random Guy
TOTAL KILLS: 45
15:23 Hotaru
20:36 Kenshi got decapitated
23:46 Scarlet was blown to bits along with Predator, Liu Kang, Jason, and Bo Rai Cho
Thanks James from dead meat
@@ThankThe25th not scarlet. Its Liu Kang
@@ericjohns8522 Whatever.
Jason doesn't count and we all know why
This is basically south park innit. 😂
Ikr
It's the artstyle
Yeah it looks like South Park
Thats exactly my thoughts
Southpark+Happy Tree Friends
This is total dramarama Mortal Kombat and south park combined
This Video: 5 years old
The comment section: 1 hour ago
SunSoak - Tunes lol it’s exactly 1 hour ago
E
For those who wanna know who are final 10 are (in order)
10). Hanzo Hasashi/Scorpion [you could argue him and Kuai Liang should be tied/interchangeable but it's clear that Sub-Zero lost life in his eyes before he fell into the giant demon's mouth]
9). Sindel
8-7). Kitana and Mileena [they are both interchangeable since they died at the same time]
6). Sheeva
5). Rain
Now, the top four is when things get a lot more complicated due to our final four (Liu Kang, Nightwolf, Bo Rai Cho, and Predetor) die at the same window of time but it can be diserned who died first and who died last by using distance from the blast.
4). Predator [Mf was literally at the center of the fucking blast, he ain't surviving that]
3). Nightwolf [he was in close proximity from the blast and therefore should be dead]
2). Bo Rai Cho [he was further from the blast then Nightwolf was therefore he technically outlived him]
1). Liu Kang [he was the furthest from the blast therefore he would technically outlive both Bo Rai Cho and Nightwolf, once the Champion of Mortal Kombat always the champion]
You forgot Skarlet, she appears when sindel kills stryker, it's not shown her death, so i think se may have died in the explosion
Also I'm pretty sure kenshi's death was not shown so yeah. He probably died to the bomb but who knows
@@coatrak1357 actually kenshi was shown died in 20:36
@@icyfrost9498 that was Fujin
You missed out Jason, if you want a kill count for him, it's 1 (presumably), The second scene showing the dead fighters shows a dead Tanya and Tremor, Tannya has been killed by a machete, and you can see Jason's reflection on it if you look closely, he's techinally the winner, because he is unkillable.
It’s been 5 years and there’s still no sign of a second part
Pooler57 2 minutes ago lmao
Right
Fujin: "At least I'm a creator from a lesh ER MAC"
Everyone: OOOOOOOHHHHHH 7:03
Even a better and more consistant story than Mortal Kombat 2021
There's no mortal Kombat 2021-
@@sensitiivv_ oh, I wasn't informed of that yet
Even down to having a better Jax VS Reiko fight.
@@Holden_Carter lmao its hilarious. How much better this fight was in here than the movie.
@@Cristian_that_artist i had a fucking stroke trying to read this
Why the hell are the comments like 5 hours old when this video came out years ago
@Edward chew because people are just seeing this, its literally that simple..its sad people have nothing better to do than be the lemon of the bunch. ipray for y'all
Because stupid kids think it's actually a show for kids
@Ret Neychozken bruh
The little "Finish Him!" Tremor does is so cute!
Edit: This is basically Mortal Kombat and Pico's School's love child.
Happy tree friends
What’s tree friends????!
Ain’t no one gonna talk about how the Kombat kids are shape at the South park kids?
11:08 rip kano
12:39 rip stryker
12:53 rip fujin
14:45 rip kabal
15:09 rip noob saibot
15:32 rip baraka
17:17 rip smoke
17:38 rip Kung lao
18:10 rip jax
18:16 rip Reptile
18:23 rip ermac
18:37 rip Raiden
19:31 rip shang tsung
20:32 rip sub zero Scorpions
20:36 rip sindel keshin
21:25 rip Kitana and Millena
22:03 rip sonya
22:30 rip motaro rain
22:07 rip sheeva
14:56 rip kiran
15:27 rip darrius
17:30 rip drahmin and hsu hao 17:22 rip mokap
18:02 rip sektor
10:44 rip cyrax
22:19 rip tanya tremor
23:35 rip jade
17:55 rip reiko
23:48 rip Liu kang
14:56 That is not Sareena?
This is Kira.
what about sub zero and scopior
i mean johnny
What about rain, predator.
He Made Dvorah Look Cute,What A Legend
Comments:
1% Happy Tree Friends Reference
26% South Park Reference
999% OMG I SAW JASON!!!1!!1 LIEK DIS COMMENT IF YOU SAW HIM AHHH!!!1!!!1
where
george Mienert 🤨
What do you mean where
Resurrected Anims I saw Jason like 17 times throughout the video
2,000% THIS IS NOT FOR CHILDREN 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
CT
Duh
It’s Mortal Kombat related
What were you expecting
I think I know some references here.
1:10 Chess Kombat
1:15 Puzzle Kombat (Perhaps?)
1:20 Motor Kombat
Been like 5 years but still want kombat kids 2
Like for real 😅
Sad Rain 😭:
5:29
8:41
10:04
10:37
11:17
12:10
12:45
17:44
18:17
22:27 no...
.
Stfu
Noooooooooo😭
it’s been 5 years since I used to watch this almost every day. time flies
The year is 2024 but its still a masterpiece
It has been 5 freaking years and part 2 still didn’t come out
I KNOW, RIGHT!?
This is a bruh moment
nightrap I don’t get it
Bro I clicked on this when I was little and was traumatized 💀
😂😂😂😂😂💔💔💔
@R33FK1DD same
Who knew a child’s animation could be so horrifying and imagine a 5 year old watching this
That's why it's not for kids
Winged BluJ you and Sp3ctre are just parents or 5 year olds trying to be cool
@@dedlyocen1684 I'm not a parent or an edgy 5 year old. Just a jackass with some common sense. You wanna make assumptions and try to insult me all you want, you're nowhere near close enough to the epic troll you think you are.
Winged BluJ eh I don’t f*cking care I mean what use am I
@@dedlyocen1684 Then why comment in the first place?
I can't believe this is my first time seeing this.
We are never gonna get another one of these.
Scorpion: how come my voice didn't changed?
12:51: When you accidentally hit your horse by accident in red dead redemption 2 be like:
If you are watching in 2024 you are a legend
@sohamnag5152. BROH!! 😂😂
Just barely 24 hours ago lol
Yeah, o watched this when i had 5 years
lol
Thank u bro
This video was made like 4 years ago and there’s kommets from an hour ago
Noob Brothers right
Ikr
Factz
Oof 12 hours
Comments with a K
Oh this is cute
Edit: nevermind
LOL
Underrated
@ikr Same no
XD
I've gotten several questions about Scorpion's voice. That's an actual 2 year old. The son of Matt Bradford, who voiced Johnny Cage, Liu Kang, Kung Lao and Nightwolf.
pls change scorpions voice if ur gonna make another man
+Tedakin Where is Goro!???????????????? He was the main boss in the first game!!?!?!?!?!?!!??!?!?
WA LukeDiamond SD Stay till after the credits ;)
+Tedakin (In Mortal Kombat voice) Excellent!
No, let him voice scorpion it's so cute :3
My brother says this animation is more violent than Mortal Kombat 1 2023
Exacto bro
Exact
What
Just because they are children?
Exactly 🗿
I mistakenly ignored watching this for years. It's well-animated, smartly written and layered with loving references. Great work