A film about love and regicide.
Made by myself over the course of 2 years.
Get the DOUBLE KING soundtrack at felixcolgrave.bandcamp.com
A film about love and regicide.
Made by myself over the course of 2 years.
Get the DOUBLE KING soundtrack at felixcolgrave.bandcamp.com
All this happened because that mouse guard didn't pop his ass right then and there.
”You had one job fuckó”
He's a rat you fucking racist
End rodent profiling :(
I suppose that brings up the question of why there weren't more guards.
@@Powerdestroyer I guess they weren't anticipating any hostiles.
Double king is so greedy that, quite literally, not even hell could take him.
mohamed errjali u mean 8:58?
Yes sry 😅
mohamed errjali it’s fine
That's like going to the gulag, losing, and then annoying everyone to the extent that they just put you back in the game
@@mohamederrjali6679 ok
its telling how the king disregards all his new acolytes, even his own fortress… he was so obsessed with the superficial allure of greater power, he never appreciated the power he already had
He wanted MORE crowns
Big brain energy 😮
He became more obsessed with the SYMBOLS of power than the power itself.
It's so funny how the Double King insists on committing some violence when he takes a crown, even if it's completely unnecessary. Like smacking the beached fish-king with his scepter or punching the unmoving mountain-king with his fortress-mech.
Also kind of sad as well. That poor fly didn’t deserve to get decapitated. 😢
I don't even think he wants a kingdom. I think he just likes the shiny crowns.
*he's a crow*
The rich and powerful dont care about spending the money or using the power, they just want money and power
The mountains one wasn’t too shiny
It's a hobby.
Keali'i Cooper It was still a regal symbol
The way that he just fits in every single door perfectly
Gabe Itch Ironic how he actually fumbled through some of those doorways when he has the crown on. Like when the rat assassins comes and he checks Them out from above.
Just to let you know, the rats were the rat king’s followers/people so when they bowed down to the double king, they were showing that he was now their king
Yes sir 7:44
IKR
When your royal so you can make every door have your same form
A key part of the story that really sticks out to me: He murders a bug for it’s crown, fits it on his finger and later chopped his own finger off thinking it’s another creature with a crown. Blinded by greed, he killed himself because of it.
For a guy that stole lots of crowns, he only ever managed to have a max of 3 at any given time
4 actually, though he just sat in the snake’s crown rather than actually wearing it. Also those few seconds he was holding the mushroom crown
This guy was more scared of not having a crown than hell
Teh only real thing people in power really fear - is them loosing power. This is especially visible in Politician's behaviour :P
This comment carries more weight then you thought when you posted it
Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis The Wise? I thought not. It’s not a story the Jedi would tell you. It’s a Sith legend. Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise he could use the Force to influence the midichlorians to create life… He had such a knowledge of the dark side that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying. The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so powerful… the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice killed him in his sleep. Ironic. He could save others from death, but not himself.
@@MatTheGameGuy Is it possible to learn this power?
Not from a Jedi.
"No young one...we musn't touch the cheese"
I like how we dont need context because everyone who has seen this knows what you mean
It is a baby mouse / rat after all 🥰♥️😍😅😂
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Lol
@@thewendigowithwifi3739 ঘ।
Every couple a years this video resurfaces and it’s still as goated as the last time 😭🙏
based!
1:44 As goated as this?
I love how unique each king is, they all have burial rites and culture
I think that rat monarch at the beginning was a queen.
@@LQABP Nope. The rat monarch was a king. His name is in the credits, Ratking Augustus the Agreeable.
I have to rewatch this every now and then just to make sure I did not imagine it.
Same
This just appears I forget what happens in it then watch it then I remember
Literally thought I dreamed this thing cus it was just so weirdly entertaining but alas it was real
Yea dude
Everyone has to watch this at least once
Even in death the rat king was still so reasonable and kind.
Well are you familiar with Theo Von? The one and only Rat King baby GANG GANG
No wonder he is Augustus the agreeable. (It’s his name in credits)
Meanwhile the handy-dandy over here going full on Karen.
before anyone says that rat was female, he's listed as "king" in credits.
The rat kings crown was made to be stolen by double king
5:51 Absolutely in LOVE with that visually spectacular panoramic parallax effect with the nearby forestry in the foreground against the crown peaks in the distant background. Just stunning and glorious ❤
8:00
This has been my favorite animated short film since it released and I come back every year to watch it.
Crown: *exists* Double King: Get on my head your king is dead
Idk why but i read crown as clown so i double read this lmao
Double King : It's free real estate
Double King: mHm I think I'm boutA STeAL
@Hecktic Studios double bubble
Double King: I'm about to commit some serious regicide
I fully apologize for ignoring this video for whole 3 years.
So do I.
So do I.
So do I.
HOW COULD YOU
I saw it on my feed so many times and ignored it because I thought it was a Disney short film or something
I have to rewatch this every few Years to make sure this wasn't a feverdream
this was some of the highest quality animation I've ever seen from an independent animation. Absolutely awesome!
The way the king skeleton treats him like an irritating child and rest of the dead kings are just agreeing with him like his elder siblings
They're all like "Oh ffs, does it even matter if he learns a lesson at this point? Just give him the thing so he shuts up and we can enjoy our eternal dinner party in peace."
That's queen skeleton. Says so in the credits.
How dare you address QUEEN AGATHA AS KING SKELETON 😤😤😤😤😤
@@80sneon-rainbowgalaxyempre12 AGATHA, MATRIARCH OF DEATH, WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS.
Simps
I love that when he sets the mouse trap out one of the bigger mice silently holds the smaller one back.
Joseph Dickman who are those 3 mice anyways ?
@@MateooMJ , are they blind?
@@MateooMJ Here to avenge their lost king.
@@rogerphone481 actually i think they are there to serve their new king as they bow down to the double king
1:28
I like how he gave every king and queen a name
Who is watching this in 2024?
🙋♂️
Me
Me
Didn’t intend to but genuinely can’t look away.
Me
I love the fact that he spent a lifetime stealing crowns, eventually got over the fact that maybe he can't have every single crown he sees, only to lose his shit when his little paper crown got taken away.
I would also be pissed if my paper crown was taken
Well I mean he did make it
that second part?
He can handle not having every crown, but having no crown?
I don't think it's so much that he got over it, but rather that he realized his usual methods aren't going to work this time.
My favorite part is where the door to the Skeleton Kings hall is perfectly tailored just for him.
Matching carpets too XD
That's Agatha, the Matriarch of Death (according to the credits)
*slip* *wgere is my acraown*
This made me chuckle
Well it's his personal hell.
死亡シーンの描写が死に際の幻覚って感じで好き 瞳孔開いてるのも良い
I’m surprised nobody has made an “in the hall of the mountain king” joke, even though this video contains a literal mountain king
Anyone else feel bad for the rat king at the beginning? He was so kind and welcoming just to get his skull pulled out like no ones business
Yeah, feels bad man. Edit (1/26/22) I can’t believe this video still gets as much traction as it does that’s impressive.
Same with the fly
Yeah poor rat man
He’s doing okay in hell it seems
I think actually a queen
Poor rat king, just sitting on his throne, when a stranger walks into his castle and straight up kills him.
Not even killing him normally, guy gets his skull pulled out
He literally greeted the stranger just to get killed. Not only that, he was the one suggested that death should give him the crown.
@@amadeuscalovetral7052 Thats some forgivnes right there.
@@amadeuscalovetral7052 i know, i felt the worst for them :(. Bro didnt get scared or ask for guards. Just was gonna say hi
@@amadeuscalovetral7052 he probably just wanted Double King to stfu lol
0:25 "well hello there fellow ki-" *VIOLENTLY PULLS OUT SKULL*
Ngl the kings hands are MASSIVE. Idk why but I love that feature.
I love how death was like a parent with a toddler.
@Mr Birb “TOUCHE IT”
well she is a matriarch
Wait that skeleton was death?
@@Ataurion no, but basically. her name is Agatha. 9:30
@Glass Makes Weird Stuff “aww”
That goat king got lucky and he probably didn’t even know it...
That was his friend
What were those things in the cave earlier. Also why did he kill himself?
Austin Dial They are meant to represent what he would be like without his crown, just another cave dweller like the rest of us, also they serve to add to his paranoia by there always being something watching him waiting to take his crown. He threw himself into the void cause he didn’t care about the afterlife or making amends with the other kings he wronged he only cared about the crown and he had it so why stay in a place where someone might take it. It will be just him and his crown now.
It says in the credits that she's a queen but yeah she got lucky
Or just do like the butterfly, past on the royalty before the double king arrive. Or just have a different type of crown, like the toadstool thing.
This is like one of those animations you watch at 3 am, when u just cant even recognized what you are watching, feels like if you were high ☠️
how the fuck did you know I was doing that
@@Coljq5jd wizard powers
I hope the real afterlife has a jovial skeleton queen waiting to greet the departed with an endless feast. That sounds hella fun
if you look at the credits, said skeleton is actually a queen!
@@themosaicshow Hell yeah, we boutta oil the bones with this one🙏🗣🔥🔥
The question begs, did he steal his first crown or is he the king of his species?
prob the king of his species.
The sole heir to his species
I don’t think his species have a king. I think he left because he dreamed of something bigger than the cave.
Hermit king
3:09
I love the little detail of the Bug King moving his head over when the Double King throws a temper tantrum
Me too lol
Same here. 8:57
"Just give him the crown. He won't stop until then." "Ugh... fine. He's giving me a headache anyway."
Then died of blood loss
Is it Alright that i find the bug king's death kinda satisfying?
What I really like has been the music, esoecially when we see the Mountain King. Such a bombastic piece.
The royal religious precession tune gave me crazy goose bumps. Such incredible sound design and music you’ve produced for this. Every single aspect of this piece is an awe inspiring masterpiece.. truly beautiful to behold.
I’m surprised this doesn’t have *AWARD WINNING* in the title
Yes
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I see
Eeee
bungee gum has both the properties of rubber and gum *AWARD WINNING*
You’re just making a historical documentary about England.
Alexander Martin Well, i don’t think we can argue with that
Oof
Except the queen doesn’t fucking die
@@kieran5099 she will...
@@jugee8 is that a threat?
I remember the first time I watched this I had a fever and fully thought I hallucinated this. I am so happy I found this a year later. It is just as unnerving and surreal and awesome as I remember.
i'm genuinely convinced at least half the dislikes are people bitter & jealous over the massive success of these animations smooth animation, lovely art style, wonderful key poses, very expressive. Overtly comical with a solid moral lesson, done with no words; it needs no translation. The two years of work it took are on full display every frame, it is a masterpiece. It should be in an animation museum. (edited to fix typo)
He's so power hungry he can't even enjoy his afterlife.
Humans in a nutshell...
Samuel Gaspar thank you for your reply not human person
He doesn't even want power. He doesn't care about ruling things, or enjoying a life of luxury, or controlling the laws and people of a nation - he just wants to _be the king._
fireflocs all he wants is the crown 👑
Layla Loves After life is a game
I kind of find that little mushroom guard awfully cute certainly when it squeaks "Halt".
I friggin love that little guy.
One of my favorite parts of the whole video.
[authoritative peep]
Onderod yeah a very cute "Peep" XD
Kapu Official that little guy deserves a medal for taking on a guy so much bigger than him XD All Praise the "PEEP!" Guard.
I remember this cartoon when I was young, and it is still stuck in my head because of the scenes in it 💀
This is art....this is something a man of talent and creation would make,as a animator myself i have never seen such ...such art ,am not joking,am serious
I love how king king just casually walks into the rat king’s castle completely unhindered and just fucking glory kills rat king.
I laughed so hard at king king, cause I thought I read it wrong and realized the title is double king 👑
*Doom music starts *
👑 👑 👀
Well Ratking Augustus isn't called the Agreeable for nothing
A flork in the wild
I love how calm he is when he sees the grotesque creatures of the underworld and only panics when he realizes he doesn't have his crown
He lives with grotesque creatures daily
Ou quando a cobra tenta comer, e ele bisa na cabeça dela.
Maybe he is more grotesque due to his greed which makes other horrible creatures seem normal to him.
I feel bad for the fly
**Crown(s)
I like how it’s a modernized take on Richard Williams animation in Thief and the Cobbler with more abstract surrealism, a simple story about greed with no dialogue
6:46 it’s crazy that they made it so it goes from flowers to his blood
Poor king fish, he was just trying to enjoy his cake
No! King Snake :'
Pablo Warsong lmao
Thing
The names of the Kings/Queens are “The (Double) King” Ratking Agustus the agreeable, Queen Daisy VII, Stratomonarchus, Lady Gertrude of Squash, Lord of the Flies, Harg the Serpent Queen, King Ronald the moist, King Aldo and Queen Aldine of the Glade, Olov the Mountain King, Durt the Elder, a cockatoo (not royal,) and Agatha, Matriarch of Death.
Eh, it doesn’t look like he minds.
It feels so satisfying to see every crown fit perfectly. Edit: almost*
I like this part →2:17 = 2:19
5
True
Ikr
Except the mushroom king's crown
Has anyone else pointed out that double king didn't sustain his injury (his index finger being cut off) in death, but everyone else at the table did? You can see he's got all his fingers intact at 8:42
I'm just now discovering some of the works of Richard Williams, and I'm seeing a ton of the influence that this animation must have drawn from him. Incredible stuff
Adult Swim hire this man at once
he's done some stuff for trip tank but thats a different channel...
Couldn't they hire him as a writer/art designer?
They did for a short miniseries
love the residents profile pic
Fuck yeah dude
That poor snake king just keep getting slapped every time he tries to do something
i love the snake so much
i think she is.
@Direct sunlight is my worst enemy Idk lol
Lorelai Akins and stabbed in the mouth with his fork
@Direct sunlight is my worst enemy how can you tell
I have been recommended this for 4yrs. I finally caved. congrats
The first time I watched this, I was 7, and I was so amazed by how smooth it was and how brutal. The fact that this was made by one person is amazing XD
Crown: exsists* Double king: And I took that personally
A little better And i took that
@@em6392 saying he took that could mean he got someone else to do it
Double king: And I personally took that
@@joshclements5314 the meme said "And I took that personally", theres no "he" in the meme, so it just basically works out
king: **exist** double king: *_your free trial at life has ended_*
king:no you can't just murder people for having another crown double king: ha ha skull go woosh
lol
This animation was kinda iconic.
You fool! I have 70 alternate accounts!
Cadence John Ohhh- I realize now, that “alternative” is what alr stands for.💀💀
I feel like there needs to be a sequel to this, where the Double King finally gets taught a lesson. Seeing him finally get what he wanted after throwing a big temper tantrum in the end was a bit infuriating. Seriously yo, please make a sequel to this whenever you have the time. I think I speak for everyone when I say we wanna see the double king face a punishment so intense, that he'll wish he wasn't such a douche. Like this comment if you agree.
I don't think you understand what the very end was.
O god, so many geniuses live on this earth. This anim really surprised me. I can't believe waht I'm watching, perfect pure genius art . Graphics and events are perfect, everything is perfect, it's one of those unforgettable masterpieces i will always remember.
Monarch: *exists* Double King: Hippity hoppity, your crown is now my property.
Tbh this is actually one of the better examples of this meme.
True
😂🤣very true
.
@@user-lz1be8ug7t Could you at least come up with a different comment that isn't just a punctuation mark only?
Holy crap he got so pissed when his little napkin crown got taken away damn
Froggos and Doggos i know right
that's me when I cant figure out a math problem
I mean, it's all he had left
thats me when my parents to tell me to do my homework lmao
Froggos and Doggos yeah good one he was so mad and he was scary
I've watched this animation so many times n still find something new within it every time.
I've been watching this for 5 years in my old device and i still didn't forget about it
Love how all the kings have a cool dinner party in the afterlife and he’s more interested in having a crown out in nothingness
It was made by Death to teach him courtesy at least posthumously. And he promptly botched it.
I wish death actually let him keep his napkin crown
Most of them are queen tho it said all their name in the credit and the title of most of the snake are queen the pumpkin is a lady the skelaton is a queen
@@weerakadechernkwankaew2303 oh thats a nice detail i didnt notice
I noticed how everyone at the feast of the dead did not have a crown, except for death. And then Death gave the crown away so he could keep having a party. I bet the crown for him didn't really matter to hi. as much as it did for the double king
I love how the Bone Queen just gives up because the Double King was such a brat.
*queen lol thx for editing it btw
TheAdvertisement at the end the credits call her Agatha, Matriarch of Death. A matriarch is a woman who’s at the head of something.
She could just leave double king his napkin crown tho, he seemed fine with it, but she wanted the crowns just as double king
DragonXDDark idk bout that. She yeeted her crown at him in the end so she probably didn’t care as much as he did.
@@malakhussein3506 Ur right, maybe she didnt want them that much as him, but maybe if she wouldnt take his napkin crown, snake wouldnt get the fork stabbed again xd
this is one of my absolute favorite animations of all time. every so often i need a boost of inspiration and i just come back and rewatch this one. genuine gold
8:03 The fat kid when the lunch bell rings:
I love how with the crown at 6:04 he throws it away to then pay attention to the cockatoo whose feathers look more like what he is used to. He didn't realize how something unfamiliar could be valuable.
Cockatoo*
@@fraudricksir-rene5777 Thanks. I just chose a bird ig.
@@Wyrmsforbrains I honestly think it was because it was a queens crown and not a kings, that’s why he got confused
@@nick10519 I think this crown could also be a king's though (look at the previous owners of the St Edward's crown for example) It's probably just because he was unfamiliar with it and/or because he didn't know how to stack it on his head
I think it’s because there wasn’t any challenge, he just picked it up without a fight and was kinda like “oh…that’s it?”
I love how this guy goes from 'Tyrannical king who literally couldnt care less about anyone' to 'entitled toddler' so quickly
theyre the same
Summed up the rich, the corporations, and the corrupt government.
Same difference
@@doomguy19931 what are the odds of seeing a comment within a minute of it being posted on a 5 year old video lol
Could pass as a commentary on Trump's life and many other power hungry gold hugging narcissists.
It's good that the goat, the rain king & the mushroom were not harmed 🤣🤣🤣
You're forgetting his royal highness the crab king. Newly crowned of course.
I watched this when i was younger and had no idea wtf just happend... Now i understand everything.
I would be mad too if someone took my napkin crown
I'd be 5 times louder than the double king
The skeleton king kinda did that to himself he was just gonna settle with his napkin
I'd still be five times louder
Especially because I can’t fold origami well lmao.
who took somebodys napkin crown?
lmao am i the only one who thinks that the fact that double king tried to make himself a napkin crown was cute?
I liked that
Yeah , That was Cute
No. You're not
nah man, it was adorble-
@riel mason skeleton man was being a jerk, i would be mad too.
I don't know why but I just love the music that plays when the Mountain King first shows up.
Omg I have finally found this video again after 6 years
This is like a weird fever dream someone would have
So a fever dream
Basically yeah
Am i the only one that wakes up in the night when im sick and everything looks normal but it feels weird?
A cold dream?
yea thats right
*"The human brain is the most complex structure in the whole entire universe"* _-Human Brain._
Egoistic bastards - another human brain
Qoisjewjnsiqbxuwnqna -another human brain
@Salmon Ella hahaha 😸
@@silence.9376 What the fuck?
This is a masterpiece
It’s funny how the last time that the double king kept running to get the devils crown then he punched him in the eye and the devil was like nope mortal and grabbed him and the double king made a funny squeak sound it made me laugh even though I’ve watched it like a million times
This is one of the greats, a iconic animation that will live on for years to come
If you were to put this into a written story, it’d sound like an ancient myth
Probably more like a fable, considering the amount of animals and how obvious the moral of the story is.
It would sound like an acid trip... because it probably was one
Nick Kayfabe Yeah, or that, too
+Nick Kayfabe uh, what's the moral again? All I can take away is "just give him the crown"
Lol it would fit right in
I love how the fly moves his head away from double king, even without conveying much emotion it just makes me laugh uncontrollably.
2:25 thats brutal
@@livrontanyuhuaps5048 I’m talking about at 8:57
The lines look hand drawn, but at the same time it looks like it’s a full actual team of animators
The Middle Ages as portrayed by culture: princesses, knights, heroes, romance... The actual Middle Ages:
5 years and I never noticed the monarchs have names in the credits, and somehow each one makes the whole things better. Always a classic
just realised this after a good few years now XD
Just réaliser after read you
I knew that
I also love how most of them are women, and they aren’t depicted as cartoonishly feminine
That skeleton's a lady apparently 🤔
*sees the mountain has a crown* Double King: “so anyways, I started blasting”
That’s enough internet for today.
@@sabrinapham6040 hello this is your daily dose of internet
*blasting
I believe this animation symbolizes the greed of humans and how we want everything for ourselves but we end up destroying nature in the process and in the end we are left with nothing (most of the time)
I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR YEARS AND FOR THE FUCKIMG LIFE OF ME I COULDNT REMEMBER THIS GUYS NAME KZhead RECOMMENDATIONS JUST BLESSED ME
I like how he gets confused at the mushroom king's crown because it doesn't look like the rest of his crowns
he even scratches his crowns as if it was his head "Where do I put this on..."
@@underpussy_"WHAT SOURCERY IS THIS"
You can’t stack more crowns on top of it!
@@underpussy_just put it on top of the two crowns and move it up everytime you conquest more crowns lol, I was mentally screaming for him to just put it on top as normal
@@Unimaginative12 Even then, the shape of the mushroom crown meant it couldnt slip in like the second crown and it would fall off pretty easily.
I like how our main character doesn’t even act like a king in any way. He just locks himself in a tower away from everyone and anything. The only thing he does really is steal crowns as if he associates being a king with being happy and as it doesn’t really work out that way; he delves further into insanity and desperation.
Reminds me of politicians
As the real supposed kings do.
Just like all human desire
plays too much clash
Sounds like not only politicians but companies and the rich as well and the greed over crowns is just as bad as thier greed for money
I really loved the heck out of this. I keep coming back to watch it for the fun of the animation. Very cool
I watched this 3 years ago and still remembered😭😭
I just love how there's no dialog, no explanation of his liking of crowns. Its just a perfect animation. I can't see any flaws.
8:52 there is dialogs
we Just can't understand, just because you don't understand someone talking in japanese doesn't mean he is not saying anything
i think we found the ultimatum of animation
@@catto49yearsago16 that was japanese?
I agreed with this comment
I loved the part where the death king decides to give his crown to the double king, this shows that even death is not interested in matters of material goods and other futile things and that all he wanted was A civilized dinner with the other kings.
The only confusing thing is that when the double king makes a napkin crown death takes it.. meaning that he had some interest in it
The thing Death cared most about was teaching the Double King that the crowns didn’t matter. He knew that, but he also knew Double King didn’t. He hoped he could show him what life was like without obsessing over crowns. But when the Double King rejected existing that way and lashed out, Death declared the effort pointless and could care less what happens to Double King from there on out, as he was deemed beyond saving.
@@Timetraveler2411 i like to think of it as the double king found someone greedier and more powerful than him but the king of death found someone far more obnoxious and just gave him the crown to silence his tantrum
Queen Agatha.
.
When i watched this as a kid i was traumatized for life
Same here