eldlioshhhshh blaseest, Critical Role Animatic, s2, e54 [CC]

[@ashb9743]

My favorite comment about this scene I've found has been "A man with an American accent doing an impression of a german accent doing an impression of a man with a texan accent whos doing an impression of a British man doing a texan accent"

[@OgunTheShogun]

Thanks, I hate it

[@crystalthunderheart8895]

This calls for a chart

[@gggibson7156]

Accent-ception

[@bonkeytonk]

we have to go deeper

[@lucindatheartist6435]

That's like so many layers of accents

[@ChaseNoseworthy]

You know that this means canonically Fjord actually says "eldritch blast" every time he casts it

[@deffdefying4803]

Travis actually confirmed that Fjord does in fact shout ELDRITCH BLAST on a Talks Machina

[@notnanni]

He's such an anime main character

[@relicmaster445]

Eldritch blast does require a verbal component so.....

[@Lukos0036]

Fjord = Naruto character.

[@stevencooper1103]

@@Lukos0036 or FMA, he did voice Mustang, lol.

[@beozer]

I had closed captions on and the best part of this video is when the captions read: “I like to Sjwallow Sjwords”

[@Clarebear0925]

Ij ljike tjo sjwallow sjwords

[@Zekaz_Nohea]

Thank you for giving me access to further joy.

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

@@Zekaz_Nohea + Ditto

[@annatarsoly941]

@@Zekaz_Nohea the captions are always a gold mine!

[@hhylobates4098]

👌Eld-👌Elteritch 👊Eltricht... bljeeeaasst :^]

[@hhylobates4098]

Oh I - J ljke tjo swjallow swjords

[@orderlysummit]

At 1:05 he looks so pleased with himself

[@shinyblue4774]

So that's how you pronounce it

[@nicholasfranco9003]

:)

[@Mrryn]

And here we see Caleb, slowly devolving into Borat

[@cryophile]

"Aye am a littel gooblaaan." "Ooooh boy."

[@sasharemington6025]

I love how he gets progressively worse drawn as he says eld-elt-aeltdrisch blaaaaeeeeessss

[@madam-mint]

And then just the little :} after that

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

Man, most of us can't even do an accurate foreign accent. Can you imagine playing someone with a foreign accent trying to mimic a different foreign accent? I think my brain would explode.

[@abaddonarts1129]

Now it's a professional voice actor doing an accented character mimicking other characters doing accents that are voiced by other voice actors doing accents

[@alecLogan]

@@abaddonarts1129 _while_ technically being able to do it more accurately than he is doing, because he's setting it canon that his character can't.

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

It's just accents all the way down

[@hanna-liminal]

So, little story from my dnd table. Most of us speak fluent english and german, but we play in german for some horrid reason. I am pretty decent at accents in english, but awful at doing any while speaking german. Ive spent the past few weeks trying to figure out how to do a welsh accent in german,, and honestly i dont know where this story is going,, but--

[@smameann]

The best example of this is Mel Blanc. Mel Blanc played Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. There is an episode where he played Bugs, doing an impression of Daffy, and Daffy doing an impression of Bugs. Imagine doing that and having both voices sound different. Amazing.

[@howarddenaven5165]

I love how Caleb progressively regresses into a child’s refrigerator drawing

[@jnewman7]

I love all of caleb’s expressions as he sinks deeper into trying to say the accents! love this, it’s so funny!

[@EvelynNdenial]

the fact the drawing loses quality as he says eldritch blast just about killed me.

[@phausterclobic7848]

El eltritch, eltritch… blaaeeest.

[@zgblanche1815]

"My god is so cool you guys" *eyes are forcibly removed from chat*

[@emika4583]

Funny story: I'm from Germany and was playing D&D with friends. We are playing the english version because we agreed, that the german version has some cringe translations. Most of us can understand and pronunce english words rather well (compared with the clishee), but it's difficult, if we don't know the word. A friend (new to D&D) was playing a Bloodhunter (with the subclass, that gets Warlock spells) and chose Eldrich Blast as a cantrip. Later, we played and she used the cantrip, pronuncing it like Caleb did. Me and one friend (also watching Critical Role) couldn't stop laugthing. Our poor friend didn't know what was going on. It was hilarious. (Sorry for my bad english)

[@sophiayamagughi]

your English is fine, dont worry nor apologize

[@samueltheblonde]

Good English! Better than me, and I'm American!

[@joshprice4855]

I know this is an old comment but seriously, your english is better than a lot of people I know. Don't worry about it.

[@cormorantcolors]

I’m kinda curious what some of the translations were now 👀👀

[@draochvar9646]

@@cormorantcolors trust me, you don't wanna know.

[@sunsetsynth]

Eyldryich /bläæest/ Caleb’s little c: KILLS ME

[@mysterioso2006]

"Ooooohai. I am....eh loving pastries. And also, my godt iss sooo coolyougais..." PERFECT

[@WorgenGrrl]

*perfection meme*

[@avianascended2918]

*I am a loving pastries*

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

She Sure Is

[@oliviahaglund8978]

I will always adore Nott's "So you were lying. So clever!" She really is just that mom with the bumper sticker on the back of her van that says in giant letters 'MY SON IS AN HONORS STUDENT'.

[@lemnlyme]

ok so, quick story. i’ve been sobbing over this for 5 minuets, my boyfriend has a german accent and it comes out more when he’s upset, long story short our friends put him in this situation and we’re trying to get him to do an american accent and it sounded so much like how caleb mimics jesters accent, and his grammar was all messed up too aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@trapical]

It's been years since this episode aired, and I'll still just sometimes randomly think back to Caleb saying "El...el ...elteritch bljeeeaasst", and then spontaneously burst out laughing.

[@liefygreens]

oh my god this is my favorite animatic of all time I literally died when Fjord t-posed into frame jesus christ

[@antoniacoutts3716]

1:05 is my favourite frame by FAR

[@orderlysummit]

He looks so proud of himself it's precious

[@toastyowlarts]

Caleb is a precious boy and needs to be protected

[@emo6577]

I’m cackling like an old witch rn

[@GammaAlanna]

The changing styles makes this 10x funnier, I love it

[@StormyBuckets]

The way the art slowly deteriorates and springs back... very good

[@Soul_Slayer]

1:01 I love how the drawing quality deteriorates each time Caleb attempts it! 😂

[@yesmaam603]

This is THE BEST. I love you, and I love fjord t-posing into the scene

[@lilyminer9164]

I love how vivid Caleb’s German accent is, you can tell Liam worked on it a whole lot and now it’s perfect! Liam is such a good voice actor

[@Heisenberg772]

this is AMAZING lmao, the devolving art style of caleb as he trys harder and harder on eldritch blast, and all their expressions, gods this is freakin gold.

[@earthenbuilt4677]

I'm absolutely WHEEZING. All the characters and their respective entrances (Fjord T-Posing, Cadeuces entering from the mist, Beau wheezing into view Yasha chilling in the back) were amazing on their own, but how you drew Caleb as he attempted all of their accents? Crouching down to Nott, sparkling with Jester, slowly getting more meme worthy with Fjord, looking like he's super sleepy with Caddy. (Also all their character designs are so amazing and gorgeous omlllll) New favorite CR animatic! Have a great summer (or winter, respectively) and Is It Thursday Yet?

[@beansbees]

E M this is for real the best comment I ever have or will receive. I would die for you. Thank you so much!!!

[@leetleshinigami6099]

I love the changing art styles, it's so expressive. This was one of the funniest moments in the campaign

[@Tom-zr6yn]

this is incredible and I can’t emphasise enough how much i love the nott at 0:55

[@allykazam3268]

Lmao wow, Nott there is a Whole Mood

[@maxfitz8577]

“ohh, hai. i am, lovingk..pastries” NEVER fails to get me

[@Skeleton---Arts]

My face hurts from smiling, Fjord's embarrassment is palpable akcjdjc

[@Jonic_P]

Honestly, doing another accent poorly while still being recognizable WHILE trying to maintain a completely different accent to stay in character is a pretty impressive feat

[@bionicdragon5]

0:30 It's all fun and games until Fjord T-poses into frame. It then goes back to being fun and games when Jester steps out of a rip in spacetime.

[@doorlord1521]

God the animation choices in this are fucking GOLDEN!💀 Caleb’s eyes flying off his face, Caleb becoming less detailed and more silly when the becomes stuck/clueless, 🤌

[@maggie1690]

My face is so red from holding in my laughter I’m with my family right now they’re gonna think im having a stroke

[@avianascended2918]

*My Got is, my goat is, my got is soooo cool you guyyyyss*

[@tylerbarnick8750]

Caleb may have been a depressed string bean alot of the time...but once in a while he'd destroy your guts with laughter.

[@Hey-Its-Dingo]

Fjord saying "I don't sound like that!" held more meaning than any of us knew at the time. Lmao

[@emmettmcnally8203]

The animation....from 1:00 to 1:05... Is so amazingly funny... I love the de-volution/pride on Caleb's face so much I want a perminant flip book by my side

[@BombaGibiMinecraft]

OMG FJORD T-POSING. Great job with the animatic btw. All oh the expressions loooks beatiful.

[@EvilPaladin11]

I loved that Fjord "loaded" into the scene in a neutral model pose.

[@jeefberky9101]

A character losing all their details to express an emotion is my new favorite thing

[@zanite8650]

Liam as Caleb as Jester is just wonderful.

[@frydfish4934]

The deterioration of reality as Caleb sinks further

[@Angelic_Anon]

God the animation style changing while caleb says eldritch blast absolutely KILLED me

[@ninemilegnome3895]

Okay, so, I know he was trying to be Caleb doing a Fjord accent, but it ended up as Borat. Thank you for bringing more selective attention to this scene, it is great.

[@42point53]

I just want you to know that this is, and will remain, my favorite CR video of all time. I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve watched it, and I laugh like an idiot Every. Single. Time. The way the animation gets worse with the accent is just so damn funny, it’s amazing. Impeccable comedic timing, spot-on expressions… basically, I just love this video lol

[@keplerr1512]

with scenes like this you almost forget how much this show breaks our heart

[@ddynamite3835]

one of my favourite things about this is how supportive everyone is about the accents until he says eldrich blast when nott is instantly like "NOPE"

[@SebastianWeinberg]

*Älltritsch **_Blääähhst…_* 🤣 It never fails to make me laugh.

[@sheameyerson4233]

I like hearing him crack and laugh at himself near the end. I like to imagine that at a certain point during this Caleb realized it was funny and started laughing too ^^

[@chillycharizard5985]

The devolution of Caleb as he says "Eldritch Blast" is so good

[@lynkhart1108]

I've watched this so many times and it still brings tears to my eyes - the expressions, Caleb's eyes literally leaving his face when he says 'sooooo' and the closed captions and just *chef's kiss*

[@Sirvantir]

"This counts as a long rest right?" Killed me!

[@qrrbrbirbel2]

I just noticed that beau in the corner at 0:40 is similar to what matt looks like in cami cats "3 way boulder parchment shears" animatic

[@samzisk2098]

0:47 made no sense but I understood it anyway

[@hannahwestbury2615]

this almost reads like a taz skit... like ‘eildreeeeetch blaaaayst’ is so Griffin taking the piss out of his players

[@MadamFoogie]

Hee. I really liked the changes in style. How Caleb degrades when he's doing poorly. Nice work!

[@reggieM2w2]

The beau wheeze gets me everytime. I want that face tattooed

[@jesscork5500]

Whoever did the subtitles, hats off, 'swjallow swjords' was a beautiful addition

[@RiverM8rix]

My favorite callback was Caleb saying the thing when they’re trying to figure out if he’s possessed.

[@batty_valentine]

this is one of my fav animatics now im crying. i love how expressive this style is also can we talk about how cute that cad is? soft....

[@Nessmess001]

Oh God, GREAT job here. I can honestly say the drawings add so much to the comedy How they get rougher and "worse" at certain peak moments And the faces and change in quality when Caleb says eldritch blast lmfao 😂 😂 😂 Amazing job

[@Ashidot]

I swear to the fucking elder gods i have NEVER in my entIRE LIFE LAUGHED LIKE I DID TO THIS YOUR ART IS SO GREAT AND IT ADDED SO MUCH LIFE TO IT THIS WAS SO PLEASANT IVE LITERALLY WATCHED IT LIKE 9+ TIMES IN A ROW THANK YOU

[@Calyptonaut]

the style getting less and less coherent has caleb keeps trying is kILLING ME i love this

[@somethingaboutnothing6012]

1:01 I love how the quality just dwindles, omg

[@wormfood238]

UR CADUCEUS IS SO SOFT LOOKING I ADORE HIM

[@SolrSurfr3]

It’s like an accent on top of an accent - a double-decker accent! XD

[@UncleFester84]

Fjord displaying his dominance by T-posing into the scene...

[@jazzimaxwell8868]

Glorious. Wonderful. Magnificent. The art is so expressive. Calebs eyes just flying off his face sideways, pure majesty.

[@ebonyvoigt7257]

I love that Fjord just slides into the shot while t posing 😆

[@roadtriiip]

1:01 THE INCREASINGLY SIMPLE STYLE CHANGES MADE ME FUCKING CRY............ THE LITTLE SMILE AT THE END WITH NOTT'S DISSAPOINTMENT........... I LOVE THIS

[@silentdebugger]

The closed captions on this are top-notch

[@rayejohnston2821]

i hope you know that when im having a bad day, its become routine for me to watch this to feel better

[@biffyapple]

The subtitles add another amazing layer of chaos too this

[@spookyavery42]

Cad's facial expressions kill me. I love it so much :'))

[@saturnoperative4484]

1:05 caleb widogast final form unlocked

[@AggressiveMexican06]

The "T" pose entry nearly sent me!🤣🤣

[@marias7328]

"This counts as a long rest, right now" 🤣😂🤣

[@lovesick_loser]

when im sad i think about his little :u) face at 1:05 and my day is a little better

[@Samu-oe9pf]

Did fjord just T-posed his way thru this conversation

[@lanaebabs8675]

I wish I could like this video 100,000 more times. The phonetic captions, the animation devolving for comedic effect, the 4th wall break. It's all amazing.

[@Elanchana]

The captions made this 50x as hilarious.

[@bbittercoffee]

Holy shit, this was actually so funny. Like, Liam doing accents was funny, but every single frame of this is GOLD

[@howarddenaven5165]

i love how they just go from detailed to VERY conceptually Simple

[@dantevitale5714]

I love how Caleb gets derpier every time he does one.

[@RonnieFlare17]

This is amazing, and the expressions you give these people are AMAZING, like Beau’s wheezing face being my favorite

[@jocosesonata]

*_Elltrich Plheeest._* Sounds about right. I don't know what ya'll are laughing at.

[@TalkingSoup]

fjord T-posing his way onto the screen was such a mood

[@tjmakes_]

There it is, the unequivocal best Mighty Nein animatic of all time.

[@DarknessandDragons1]

Dude I love how the detail changes sepending on the mood of the character talking! Its like I see something new everytime!

[@angry_android]

Every few weeks I keep coming back to this video I just can’t with this it’s the best thing I’ve ever seen

[@Moose_Hawkins]

Fjord t-posing into frame is DESTROYING my obliques

[@randometer1]

I love that ford t-poses into the scene

[@flipflopzthreeonethree1873]

I've literally watched this like 20 times in a row and I laugh every time god bless you honestly

[@KukaiTori]

Fjord's face scrub is CATHARTIC....

[@siobahnviner-sedgwick4271]

1:06 absolutely kills me. My face hurts from laughing so much! XD

[@rubyhelms2414]

This is so precious!! Your animation is so adorably goofy I was laughing harder at this than the original clip 💖💖

[@left_embolden]

These facial expressions are AMAZING the eyes boggling out with Jester impersonation was so hilarious!!!

[@720Cyclone]

I love how every time he tries to pronounce eldritch blast the quality in which he is drawn decreases.

[@ammoliteslice]

Fjord's t-pose is the best