5-Second Films: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''Wasting your time, but not very much.''}}

 

 

In addition to the link above, they have a [http://www.youtube.com/user/5secondfilms YouTube channel]; useful, since it has some of their earlier videos that are no longer accessible on their main site.

 

Not to be confused with [[That Guy With The Glasses|Five Second Movies]].

 

* [[Affectionate Parody]]

* [[As Himself]]: Most of the videos.

* [[Animation Age Ghetto]]: Parodied in-universe in [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/truman_capotes_childrens_hour Truman Capote's Children's Hour].

''[[Badass|[Collapses into his chair, still holding his cigar and whisky glass]]]'' }}

* [[Freeze-Frame Bonus]]: Quite a few of these; prominent examples include [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/vote_responsibly Vote Responsibly] and a blink-and-you'll-miss-it newspaper front page in [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/meanwhile_in_kansas Meanwhile, In Kansas...]

{{quote|''The Board of Highly Scientific Review & Science, as you can no doubt imagine, went on to publish several papers based on Dr. Firenzi’s findings, the most prominent of which were titled “Zhoo! Zhoo! Zhoo! And the Neurotechnological Capabilities Therein” by Dr. Sandoval, and “Pew, Pew: A Rebuffing of Dr. Sandoval’s Hasty Assertions,” by Dr. Gunn. Dr. Firenzi himself disappeared from the eye of the medical world and has yet to resurface, after several long years. ''}}

* [[Furry Confusion]]: [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/bringing_home_the_bacon Bringing Home The Bacon].

* [[Guy-On-Guy Is Hot]]: At the end of [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/what_girls_do_in_there What Girls Do In There].

* [[Halloween Episode]]: The videos coming out around Halloween are typically Horror-themed.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU4L8NyTm9c Oh my God, it's Juliette Lewis!]

** [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/the_final_battle/ ...and Patton Oswalt]

** [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/free-hug ...and Andrew WK?!]

** [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/pressing-business ...and James Urbaniak!]

* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/never_switch_a_switcher Never Switch a Switcher].

* [[Idea Bulb]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joO4W3T7bIA&feature=feedu Resourcefulness]

* [[Imagine the Audience Naked]]: Invoked in [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/jon_worley_gives_a_speech Jon Worley Gives a Speech]. This turns out to be a [[Nausea Fuel|bad]] [[Nightmare Fuel|idea]].

** [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/stuffed Stuffed].

** And in a more [[Mind Screw|mindscrewy]] way, [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/3d-food 3D Food].

* [[Killer Rabbit]]: [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/meeps Meeps?] ... '''[[Oh Crap|MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPS!!!]]'''

* [[Kill Sat]]: [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/death_ray_from_space Death Ray From Space]. It doesn't do much.

* [[Leather Man]]: [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/the_fabulous_four The Fabulous Four]

* [[Left the Background Music On]]: [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/guaranteed_distraction Guaranteed Distraction].

* [[Product Placement]]: [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/the_new_911 The New 911]. With a bloodied hand gripping the phone:

{{quote|"Thanks for calling 911, brought to you by Budweiser, the king of beers! And Emergency. And Hush Puppies. And-" * thud*}}

{{quote|''His brother, always one to try and copy Truck’s genius with wordplay, had his name legally changed to “Ama Pan,” but never found the chance to have his last name spoken first in any setting. Plus, he lost his Halen tape anyway.''}}

* [[Rage Against the Reflection]]: ''[http://5secondfilms.com/watch/self-hatred Self-Hatred]''

* [[Rapid-Fire Comedy]]: They do ''compilations''.

* [[Real Is Brown]]: [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/its_not_ww2-_its_hbo It's not WW2. It's HBO.]

* [[Reality Warper]]: [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/the_changeling The Changeling]

* [[Recurring Character]]: Johnny Quickdeath, Tony & Joey, Officer Sminkle, Elliot Zanderflex and Renegade Pervert. Maybe the Nesquik bunny. Also, the actors usually play themselves; Jon Worley has a recurring character in the form of himself as a sleazy/[[Eldritch Abomination|demonic]] advertiser, and Pauly P is the name of a non-sequitur-happy tragic gangsta guy.

* [[Recycled in Space]]: Inverted; [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/hipster_spaceship Hipster Spaceship] came before [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/hipster_submarine Hipster Submarine].

* [[Ret-Gone]]: [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/morning_after_pill Morning After Pill].

* [[Retraux]]: [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/boss_greedwells_deathbed_wish Boss Greedwell's Deathbed Wish], [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/flarbys_secret_weapon Flarby's Secret Weapon]

* [[Robot Dog]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhRk45Sdg2o "Robodog, walk."]

* [[Running Gag]]: [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/dont_thinko_de_mayo/ SHUT.] [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/dont_sinko_into_de_struction/ THE.] [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/the_history_of_cinco_de_mayo/ FUCK.] [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/the-herstory-of-cinco-de-mayo UP.]

{{quote|'''Woolthorp:''' I'LL SEE YOU IN ''HELL'', PEDERGRAST!

''[Woolthorp and Pendergrast shoot each other]''

* [[Tomato in the Mirror]]: [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/my-grunge-bands-playing-at-a-coffee-shop My Grunge Band's Playing at a Coffee Shop]

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/the_midas_touch The Midas Touch], [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/forgotten_hero Forgotten Hero], [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/wrap-it-up Wrap It Up], and [[Meaningful Name|predictably]], Johnny Quickdeath.

* [[Visual Pun]]: [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/drafty Drafty], [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/the_heart_thief The Heart Thief] and [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/engaging-the-enemy Engaging The Enemy].

* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]: Parodied in [http://5secondfilms.com/watch/coming_of_age Coming of Age]

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