Mickey's Descent Into Madness

[@EtherealSnake]

I've released Mickey Descent Into Madness OST on spotify and all streaming platforms! open.spotify.com/artist/10iFh3psxvBxiiyvveUJYY?si=RliKrKCcRHuYy8qA2PqZrw

[@hulkminer1942]

Thank you, the ost for this is one of the best KZbin soundtracks I’ve heard in a while

[@StrawberryWarlord]

Nice! Guess we'll have to listen to it all again :)

[@berzerk8196]

Thank you very much

[@joaquizzletwizzle]

YESSS thank you good one.

[@arzetek4694]

Thank you, I really loved the OST and the story of Mickey series of yours

[@Joel-Haver]

The backgrounds are insane, holy dang!

[@rizalalbar]

Hey you here too. I think you both and meat canyon should colab. That's gonna be a masterpiece.

[@MakeDamnSegura]

Glad to see you here, Joel. This is some awesome animation just like yours

[@basselsabubgarcia9195]

Hi joel hope you have a great day or night.

[@Perfectix]

I LOVE U JOBEL

[@phildonjohn]

Joel now I'm analyzing the hell out of these backgrounds

[@mtv_levus]

the fact that a shitpost turned into a legitimately high budget saga never fails to amaze me

[@Human_traain]

Amaze us

[@raygaullas2179]

I guess no one will see this but I’m a 12 year old artist/producer making trap and hip-hop songs. You would make my day by simply liking this comment so more people would notice me. Thank you all, and god bless you.

[@oshdubh]

Not to mention that over $5,000 got raised by the community to fund it

[@bruhmomento9032]

@@raygaullas2179 it's okay to follow you dreams, however self advertisement is not the way to reach them

[@Odibio.Skins.]

and its insanely good.

[@lt.dashkov1079]

"Give a farmer seeds and he'll create food, give a musician a melody and he'll create music, give a soldier an enemy and he'll create nothing, he only destroys, kills" - Mickey Mouse, 2020

[@danisob3633]

give them a shitpost and...

[@wertygamer3687]

@@danisob3633 theyll make a series

[@subjectverbargument9871]

@@danisob3633 they'll make a masterpiece

[@bautistaarmada5152]

I’m pretty sure the year is 1969

[@wertygamer3687]

@@subjectverbargument9871 our end quotes are similar.

[@designationc6042]

I love the deeper meanings of this animation, the characters were never Disney characters at all. It was all the result of the broken mind of a war veteran who had to live with a horrible mistake he made. His slow and steady fall into madness caused his sense of self and reality to blend with so many things he had seen before until he couldn’t tell the difference between the reality he’s trapped in and the fiction he watched as a kid. It was all a blur, a blur that only gained clarity when he realized and accepted his mistake and the way it affected everyone and himself

[@greyshadow37]

I was thinking exactly the same and was about to comment about it until I saw your post. Yes, the protagonist's mind is so broken he is replacing them with his childhood shows. It's sad. Tragic. And this just only shows the masterfully crafted work of art which is this video. and its prequel.

[@AuntyBethra]

oo, personally i thought it was him de-humanizing himself, to lesten the burden

[@siddharthajfk7722]

We shouldn't forget about the shot with the needle shown during the part where we can hear his 'interrogation' by (probably) the CIA. I understood it in the way that they gave him a max payne like serum that together with the 'interrogation' itself brainwashed him into seeing everybody as disney characters.

[@thesmartone6601]

Oh Now it all makes Sense

[@Pan_Z]

People who struggle with the present and fear the future often cloister themselves in the past. Mickey here clad his own reality in better memories from childhood to make living more bearable.

[@orcacam0715]

Mickey’s downfall ultimately being that he couldn’t look Max in the eye, and that being the same thing that Goofy asked of Mickey before he was killed, is so absurdly good. You have an incredible talent.

[@Mobilizes]

his downfall isnt where he couldnt look both father and son in the eyes, it was when he chose his country over his friend from childhood, or at least when he started dying inside.

[@orcacam0715]

@@Mobilizes True, but I’m talking about his downfall in the sense that not being able to look Max in the eye is what exposed him.

[@TheTank531]

Yes but the thing that wows me the most is that twist, he was hallucinating, seeing his past as cartoons where the last place he felt alright, driving himself to almost committing suicide, it’s just so well thought out, I love this

[@Ajc-ni3xn]

@@orcacam0715 I feel like him looking at max is what made him remember

[@brodienolegs308]

@@TheTank531 🦒

[@veitongowarriorjml440]

When i saw the twist that they weren’t Disney characters at all, that was when I realized this wasn’t a shitpost anymore. This was art.

[@MonkofVibes]

A gorgeous display of a tortured empty man struggling with his own decisions

[@13Js0]

shitpost is art

[@veitongowarriorjml440]

@@13Js0 damn you right you right

[@rozza3135]

fuck I just spoilt it for myself

[@Wulk]

When they reveal that true name of Goofy was Gabriel Gibson it blow my mind

[@YesItsbee]

When they showed that they're real people, It's not a parody anymore. It's a full on drama about the Vietnam war.

[@duckmaster291]

It's called yoloing everything in

[@almightynugget3843]

Shut up

[@YesItsbee]

@@almightynugget3843 who was that directed to?

[@lejenddairy]

@@YesItsbee it was directed to me. I’m that guy.

[@brenxbux]

@@lejenddairy You're not that guy pal, trust me you're not that guy.

[@TrippZ8]

11:22 I like how with everything Mickey says to the interrogator he immediately responds because it’s all expected but when he says goofy the interrogator pauses because he has to think about what he means

[@thebxtcher8378]

question for you, this is the most recent comment that I could find on this video. Does this correlate to what the video is talking about when it comes to MGS games? If so I 1000% want to play the games now. If not, do let me know. Thank you.

[@TrippZ8]

@@thebxtcher8378 I’ve never played mgs

[@Науэль2002]

​@@thebxtcher8378You can tell there's some influence, I really like the games so do play them

[@JAVASTRONIVLA]

​@@thebxtcher8378 Dude ikr, it felt so much the same

[@WaiGee_]

​@@thebxtcher8378it does feel pretty MGS-y, really love it

[@AFoxinSpace]

There's no one else in the world who can do what you do.

[@patriksjorgensen]

And Your Voice-Work Was Great!

[@Tom-jq8ck]

Well done, I recognised that voice instantly.

[@4kduck947]

*episode two*

[@R3TR0--93]

Your grizzly voice is so badass, you could technically voice Snake

[@Maverick626]

i got some damn chills down my spine with your voice acting

[@srbrant5391]

“The truth, Mickey, is that you’re here because you wanted to be something you’re not: a hero.”

[@harrisonfackrell]

No matter what comes next, don't be too hard on yourself. Even now, after all you've done, you can still go home.

[@schnitzelblitzer8201]

Lucky you.

[@blackgem12]

I know it’s hard to hear micky. Your all that’s left. And we can’t live this lie any longer.

[@Alex-lr9pg]

The horror

[@ComradeAesthetic]

"Remember back in Saigon, Mick? Before thing got bad, we were talking...About nothing really. I said something about goin' home and you...You said "Home? We can't go home. There's a line men like us have to cross. If we're lucky, we do what's necessary, then we die. No, all I really want, Lieutenant is peace."

[@jedediahhopkins6051]

Yes officer? That’s it. That’s it right there. The shitpost that spun out of control and became an amazing story. Please arrest it. It’s making me sad

[@Wulk]

The creators of this just decided that they were gonna tur this meme into a masterpiece of writing, this is absolutely crazy

[@_mossy_8520]

No can do its too good to arrest, now we just have to live with it

[@dubuyajay9964]

"Coward..."

[@Jirovanhatalo]

I dont Even understand how IT hit so hard

[@darthnox125]

It never was a shitpost.

[@ghostrights9314]

You tricked me. You made me think I was going to watch some meme-ish nonsense, but I ended up watching a dramatic masterpiece.

[@bigolnoob5491]

absolute facts, man.

[@rewenemp]

Same

[@normalperson2637]

"How I stretched a 3 minute joke into a fucking trilogy"

[@MidnightMission-ir]

It's actually 4

[@VuPhan-kt2ww]

@@MidnightMission-ir good thing

[@vn9574]

@@VuPhan-kt2ww r/stfu

[@VuPhan-kt2ww]

@@vn9574 Nobody cares

[@Vic_Lit344]

@@VuPhan-kt2ww stfu

[@copykaktus4193]

The fact that Disney cartoons have historically been used for the USA’s war propaganda machines also makes it all even more of a masterpiece about the horror that was the Vietnam war.

[@TheArklyte]

Horror is in the fact that they've learned their mistake in Vietnam and used those lessons to teach media how justify and glorify every war since that. War hasn't changed after all...

[@murty4529]

@@TheArklyte war never changes

[@alanyuhki28]

@@murty4529 "If there's one thing that my time in the army has taught me... is that... War, war never changes" -Sole Survivor, Fallout 4

[@A_TIPSY_AVIATOR]

Wanna know something worse, we literally repeated it again over the past 20 years because we didn’t learn

[@Smittiy]

"War has changed..." -Solid Snake

[@mimiblilly]

The worst punishment for Mickey was to not be punished at all

[@fadedsoul7837]

To live with his guilt yes

[@JockeyStrappers]

God just sat there picking his nails barely summoning the urge to judge him.

[@doubledownpleasegosubtotte4274]

Forever in pain

[@kingsarues1586]

Mickey received a punish worse than living with his guilt. He has to live with the manifestation of his guilt haunting him forever through max.

[@deadinside2342]

I'd say this is worse than death

[@SteekSty]

it's no coincidence that steam boat willie goes public and youtube recommends this video again

[@pepebotellas4781]

This started as a fucking parodie, now it has its own lore......and that’s amazing

[@businesscatt]

parody to what?

[@CarlosRuizisthebest]

This type of shit I like.

[@kingbroly2534]

Is this a parody of something?

[@INeverWanted2010]

@@kingbroly2534 he means a parody as in Disney characters coming back from war lol

[@kingbroly2534]

I thought this whole thing was from a movie

[@sebastianalvarez6006]

And remember folks: If disney copyright claims this its officially canon

[@meemcat188]

nice. Hey stop scrolling

[@yggouro9613]

A Meat Canyon fan, i see

[@sebastianalvarez6006]

@@yggouro9613 Never forget RIP

[@yggouro9613]

@@sebastianalvarez6006 How could I, he was stolen from us Till this day I mourn our loss

[@jmozart198]

Let his struggle be a lesson to us all

[@S1apShoes]

This is legitimately better than 95% of anything Hollywood produces. . . . and it started as a parody shitpost. Never change.

[@odethious5639]

S1apSh0es watching ethereal snake? Awesome. Just awesome.

[@Exuro_]

95? The number 100 is what your looking for my friend.

[@S1apShoes]

@@Exuro_ No lies detected

[@lean5384]

Have you watched apocalypse now?

[@毛凌峰-y3l]

can somebody tell me about the parody shit post?

[@VinlandicSoul]

My father was in Vietnam. I only found this out after he died. It cleared up a lot of his solitary quirks that I never understood when he was alive, and I wondered why he never told me himself… After seeing this video I can’t help but think: Perhaps it was because he was perpetually battling his own descent into madness, and none of us realized it at the time.

[@lidmc796]

When war was war it must've been traumatising. When war is deception and dishonourable like it is today, it must be brain snappingly destructive to the psyche.

[@wesleyhassmer1753]

That’s deep man… Your dad fought for his country, whether or not it was for the wrong reasons. Wherever he is right now, Ik he’s proud of you. 👍

[@zachburskey8868]

Pain can be addictive. You see so much of it you can't imagine a world where its not. We can only be the support beam for those who lack it.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

It started from a shitpost that escalated into a cinematic masterpiece

[@eugenicssupporter5139]

This could definitely be a movie

[@thebloodyalbo4580]

It never was a shitpost bro

[@Bugilbagel]

@@thebloodyalbo4580 yes

[@GUStavoSuperCool]

Yooooo link me the shitpost lmao

[@pinguoindubg3607]

@@GUStavoSuperCool well the first video where shitpost

[@MeatCanyon]

Came out amazing dude! Thanks for letting me voice in this!

[@favre4ever39]

You did a pretty great job as Donald champ!

[@Stinky.Wizard]

THAT WAS YOU??? YOU DID AMAZING MAN THAT WAS GREAT

[@Pepperoni-h3m]

Thanks papa meats and friends!

[@gmk9321]

Yeah great collab my friend

[@doubledownpleasegosubtotte4274]

Collab

[@capello5688]

"We wanted a full length Vietnam mickey story, and for our sins we got one."

[@Paladen_X]

Why are we here just to suffer

[@金木研-e9g]

@@Paladen_X Why we still here? Just to Suffer* They played you like a damn fiddle.

[@nickkerr3902]

Never get out of the boat. Unless you were going all the way..... Mickey got off the boat. He split from the whole fucking program...….

[@killercougar753]

What have we done

[@darksouls76letsslaysomedem59]

War....War Never Changes.

[@cleaning7187]

I tried showing my friends this video. All of them scoffed at it saying "What is so special about it" or "It's alright." or "Why is it Mickey Mouse themed?". This has got to be the most meaningful and deep 17 minute video of my life. The way the film displays PTSD and the effects of war are amazing. Being able to see all the characters interact with each other after what Mickey has done to Goofy is phenomenal. Please keep making more films like this, it is an eye opening experience with the writers and VAs make it sound and feel in the moment.

[@DanielPlaceholder]

​@@dickrichard626 I think this is just a classic case of people being different, having different views and conotations for quite literally everything. What is profound to one person is mundane to the next. As for the animation, I don't care about the work put into it. Everything we do only matters as much as its consequences, and the consequences of animating this video are a neat psychological story in my eyes. Still more work than some of the videos in my feed. Damn I need to get off of youtube.

[@DanielPlaceholder]

@dickrichard626 You make a good point. There are some videos I love and some that I hate. I wish the youtube algorithm would change to get rid of stupid youtube videos like those cringe and childish animated SCP videos. I hate those, but at the same time, I enjoy youtube videos from dj Peach Cobbler because of the ideas he talks about. You might think that he is cringe, and I can not in good faith say that you are wrong. But presumably, people still enjoy this cringe induced content, and we should present our case, but also be prepared for people to reject it. One day, maybe people will understand how to make a world without cringe, but until that day comes, we will endure the chaos of creation. (Edit: i just realized I failed to address your main point. I will correct this in the morning.)

[@talisman_g1]

@@dickrichard626 Uh, buddy, most people don't like videos.

[@thathollowknightplushthath1465]

​@@dickrichard626what? Because it's an animation made by one person, not your normal animation made by 4/8 animators, it's an individual work, and the whole point of this being lazily made makes no sense... did you even watch another video on his channel? This guy profundizes on weird and surreal art, which means he's not interested in money, and genuinely makes things to improve his all-kinds of art (which goes from 2D, 2D with 3D-like features, 3D, you get it) Also... uhhh... what? You dont like new stuff because it's easier to make? What are you? An anti-technologist? Why would you not like things being easier? Although... i do get your point on things requiring less effort... but you still have to appreciate that art is becoming available to more people because of this. But like... This is completely hand made and doesnt use any CGI, voices are recorded and tested and music is produced by the creators. Although i dont know what you mean with this not making sense or not getting things straight since multiple war veterans or conscripts have visited the channel and OST, reporting that they took the story seriously and understood it. BUT, again, this means that this is content of a genre, implying that some people will love it and others despise it. Last drispoval of your point. How. How the hell is this for kids. It is very clear that this animation did not find it's correct public, and the posibility is that kids were attracted to this animation, somehow werent noticed by their patents, and did not get what it was about. It is also a fact this channel is not that famous But as an ethereal snake fan i can say i do see your perspective.

[@thathollowknightplushthath1465]

​@@talisman_g1and that... also that...

[@EtherealSnake]

Edit : The video got remonetized for now. Thanks everyone for the support ! The video got demonetized, 9 month wasted. Thanks ytb. If you want to support the channel check my patreon or redbubble store: www.patreon.com/Ethereal_Snake www.redbubble.com/people/Ethereal-Snake/shop?asc=u&ref=account-nav-dropdown

[@Sam-ud1ev]

Wow very cool YT… This is a work of ART

[@malttmcd1238]

F

[@coolpfpbut]

F

[@masterparker116]

F

[@elchamanajimolido5815]

No my man, it's not wasted, yt can go fuck itself, what you and the people that participated in this project have created is art, and it shows. Keep up the good work my man, you make wonderful content.

[@rustycage]

This is the best thing I have seen in a very long time

[@Roperfield]

My man

[@mio7283]

Sup rusty

[@Scp_arts]

Same

[@doubledownpleasegosubtotte4274]

Is gold

[@mauriciofernandes1542]

Call of duty take notes

[@notanuberweeb]

I love how mick’s insanity is explained by the use of characters, you can see moments of sanity in the glitches. This isn’t a story of Disney characters in Vietnam, it’s the story of a Vietnam vet turned detective that copes with what he saw and did by imagining his friends, family and himself as Disney characters. It’s the only way he can remember, as you can clearly see the military wiped (or tried to) his memory, leaving only his childhood for reference. And because of that he mistakenly sees people as Disney characters. This story is actually really sad. And I did not expect this out of a shit post.

[@Crazylom]

It is not a shitpost anymore, it is pure art!

[@mx_nana_banana]

And the Mickey Mouse voice is just in his head, and this is how he truely talks

[@culturalliberator9425]

Wow said it was ever a shit post

[@fuzzfiend]

Big lez fuck ye mate

[@HitBang_]

Big Lez another shit post turned into something truly magical

[@ihavenogoodnames8994]

"The clubhouse has gone silent ever since the gang came back from the war. Years gone by, only few remain. A man, a broken man brought to suffer the weight he caused by himself. A weight that made the memories of the war into a vicious hellhole in one's mind." -Pluto

[@generalrubbish9513]

Oh shit, I love the twist of Mickey being MK-Ultra'd to forget what he saw, which broke his already damaged mind even more, causing it to take his memories of the Mickey Mouse cartoons he watched as a kid and conflate them with reality - which, in the end, made him hallucinate himself and others as Mickey Mouse characters. Great fucking work, Snake, cheers.

[@Daud-ix4tm]

I love that twist

[@jacktobias6513]

This is horrifying, completely horrifying. Good job with the story and animation Ethereal Snake , good job.

[@generalrubbish9513]

@@jacktobias6513 It is. My guess is that the government spooks tried to brainwash him into believing that the things he saw in 'Nam weren't real, only something he saw in a Mickey Mouse cartoon, but it ended up having the opposite effect - he still knew 'Nam was real, but now he thought the cartoons were real, too, causing him to imagine himself and his friends as Mickey Mouse characters.

[@christianmccauley7340]

@@generalrubbish9513 yeah, because he called goofy Sargent something gibson.

[@korsekil]

@@christianmccauley7340 Gabriel Gibson. He's the only real world name we know here.

[@samsum4525]

"i lost 30,000 men in a blink of an eye and the world just fucking watched" -Mickey

[@eth8556]

IS THIS A MODERN WARFARE 2 REFERENCE?

[@samsum4525]

@@eth8556 YES

[@wock3643]

No he helped lose 30 000 men

[@MasterJunior93]

"Tomorrow, there will be no shortage of volunteers. No shortage of Patriotism. I know you will understand."

[@beautifulmeeses]

"that's one less loose end."

[@zgrahamcrackerc1]

"People keep telling me life goes on, but to me that's the saddest part... Ahyuck"

[@Human_traain]

Oh

[@raygaullas2179]

I guess no one will see this but I’m a 12 year old artist/producer making trap and hip-hop songs. You would make my day by simply liking this comment so more people would notice me. Thank you all, and god bless you.

[@pyroteknikk3127]

@@raygaullas2179 no

[@namet4k3n4]

@@raygaullas2179 no

[@cosmic-creep1384]

@@raygaullas2179 no.

[@brandonmartone3681]

Its honestly insane, how war drove this man insane. To the point where he kills goofy. But watching as he slowly starts remembering reality. This was a man who was driven so mad, that everyone everything turned into cartoon characters. Or maybe, this was a way to tone it down. But the fact that before he was sounding like the actual mickey, but now, it's a whole different voice. It's just honestly insane what could happen to a man after he truly snaps.

[@brandonmartone3681]

My thoughts were so scattered because of how deep this is.

[@xkavarsmith9322]

Remember: if Disney claims this, demand they hire Ethereal Snake.

[@LazGato]

If Disney claims this , its cannon

[@mattmetawolf8634]

They’re not gonna hire him you don’t even wanna work for Disney these guys are clowns all they’re gonna do is just claim it and try to take the video down the same morons who tried to claim a deity like Loki who they don’t own will try to Claim an Internet series is there’s no the only thing they can claim is the fact that ethereal snake is using their characters and that’s all but there’s nothing else

[@southernfried8502]

@@LazGato dammit, I wanted to say that

[@calebmurray4438]

Since Disney has bought Marvel they could make another wing that does totally different stuff from base Disney and Ethereal Snake could be head of that

[@mattmetawolf8634]

@@calebmurray4438 I seriously doubt that the only thing Disney is worried about is critical race theory

[@brockbaker]

It's....beautiful.

[@Olivermathews0224]

Verified

[@MisterFister612]

This is a new gold standard for youtube

[@golden-facemyme4496]

Yesssssssssssssssss

[@Not_Bage]

Agreed, verified person

[@roccocasarotti9678]

It's... Perfect.

[@bluedog843]

The fact that they were revealed as actual people. Incredible. The fucking storytelling is so insanely well made.

[@frosty8936]

Suprised the fuck out of me but holy shit it was a good suprise

[@ramcode8714]

i saw it as a brain washing mechanic they(gov) used in order to hide evidence or to let mick or mitch or what ever his name is to live back into the country... or it could be a by-product of the things he saw as a kid and used it as a coping mechanism to deal with his own actions. but it will explain why out of all three characters, goofy was the moral beacon of the three, since he was a family man, it helps sell the story better than to establish a character background.

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

@@ramcode8714 I'm pretty sure it was a coping mechanism from the Disney cartoons he watched as a kid.

[@kgb4150]

@@neurofiedyamato8763 There is literally a scene where he is shown to be injected with some drug and then mind-wiped

[@ledogehasarrived7167]

@@neurofiedyamato8763 he was brainwashed with mk ultra you can literally see him getting injected with a syringe

[@jackmeredith9289]

12:07 The guitar chord just as "Goofey" disappears and we see the man himself for the first time, it still haunts me. This is absolutely amazing, well done.

[@olliegoria]

It's definitely chilling. He looks a lot like Shaggy.

[@DraxStarr]

Someone's been watching a lot of 80s action movies and mastered the art of their story telling. This is really good. You never disappoint

[@amiraclebuser6154]

any suggestions for 80s movies like this

[@Vince-pm5dn]

yeah suggestions for a movie like this lol

[@dullknifefactory]

@@Vince-pm5dn Deer Hunter Apocalypse Now

[@christopherparadis5503]

@@dullknifefactory Apocalypse Now is 79 not 80's. Same with The Deer Hunter which is 78

[@samthomson3394]

@@christopherparadis5503 close enough generes dont magically change thus each decade

[@fettuccine8699]

Remember kids: If a studio or company of their designated character/show claims/copyrights a video, then it’s canon, thus creating an alternate timeline

[@comradesusiwolf1599]

In plain English: if Disney copyrights it, it's canon.

[@damndaniel7107]

So dragon ball gt is finally a cannon

[@dlobelow760]

Disney better cuz I want this timeline

[@Wulk]

I will be so mad if Disney take this gem down it took a huge effort for the creators to make this and even if it is a meme you can't denie that the writing is amazingly good

[@DrewPesci]

Im waiting for Disney to claim this like Warner bros claimed wabbit season

[@Notaytchannel-i4v]

The genius of using the Disney characters. That’s probably all they actually do remember outside the horrible scenes on the battlefield(Disney made hella footage for soldiers and propaganda during war)

[@sooryan_1018]

Literally made sense as the film progressed. It wasn't Mickey or Goofy's story.... it was just a normal child who grew up to Disney's Mickey Mouse war propaganda.... and as a child... this was how he saw the rest from then... until reality crashed into him.

[@othelliusmaximus]

Some real Full Metal Jacket vibes.

[@drittzthedarktuber4327]

Batman was war propaganda back in ww2

[@bachvandals3259]

Ww2, when the US were populace were still refusing to intervene, deport Jewish refugee back to Nazi Germany, when Bush grandfather is running concentration camps and profit off it and the "Americans race and silver shirt wholeheartedly support our great Aryan friends beyond the sea". That's what war propaganda suppose to be, an necessary tool to awaken whatever left of humanity in an evil country to take back controls and make it do the right thing. It was then morphed into a monstrosity that's modern day war propaganda. Oh do i pity the fools, we all men think they were smart until they listened to one of those. "Vietnam is democratic country, what are we to instil an dictatorship and refusing their right for liberty?" "There is no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq" "Everyone connected to 9/11 is an Saudi, they publicly funded everything and we invade Afghanistan" "Libya is the most prosperous, stable country in the regions, why did we funded the extremists" "The Syrians were fighting themselves, we pretended to care and let the Turks slaughtered them all" But i hear no one sayings those thing when the war started, for we all obey the machine, "Patriotic, brave, fair... Let's wave to the children sent to die in desert"

[@drittzthedarktuber4327]

@@bachvandals3259 know it all

[@-N0V4-]

Steamboat Willie's has entered into the public domain and Donald Duck will soon too. Wondering if we're gonna get more full budget works like this

[@ChansonOignon-qd8nv]

It's best if we leave it at here, I don't want this masterpiece turning into a low effort movie

[@petergray7576]

The timeline in this video was a little confusing because of a lack of context. But Goofy's headstone made it clear that he was 34 to 35 years old when he died, and was an NCO to boot, most likely an E7 (Staff Sergeant). The ending scene shows the three of them visiting the old church when they were younger, probably on the verge of being deployed to Korea in 1951-52, or meeting each other while on leave. The three of them survived that war, and were either active duty or in the reserves subsequently. At one point they passed the Ranger course and got their tabs. -All of them appear to be Irish Catholics, born and raised in a nameless working class East Coast city. -The church wasn't completely abandoned, but was still retained by the Parish for unknown reasons, as it still had running electricity. -Mickey and Gabriel "Goofy" Gibson were both US Army sergeants. But Donald was a Warrant Officer, because he was a helicopter pilot. -Max was born in 1952-53, and was approximately 14 to 15 years old when his father died. He was probably pushing 30 when he kidnapped Donald. -The base they were sent to raid was a CIA operations station that had to be abandoned because of NVA activity. Army Rangers were sent in after the spooks abandoned the facility to "sanitize" it, literally burning the buildings to the ground and destroying all sensitive material that the Rangers couldn't carry with them. Goofy was given a specific list of documents to be recovered, and he had strict orders to disregard and burn everything else. And Mickey had similar orders, including shoot-to-kill orders to ensure the mission was successful. -Mickey grew up under an alcoholic father and a weak willed mother. His father seems to have been a volatile drunk of an unpredictable nature, and probably couldn't hold a job. The Army gave all three an escape from hardscrabble lives, but it was especially meaningful for Mickey because it gave his life both order and meaning. He was emotionally scarred, however, and had a violent temper of his own. But was still very self aware, albeit in a self-pitying way. His psychosis was a result of both a violent childhood and the punitive (and drug laced) interrogation he was subjected to by his superiors after the mission. Brainwashing is the wrong term so much as restrictive conditioning. -Paternal considerations are what drove Goofy to disregard his orders. All three men were a generation older than the typical draftees they were leading, old enough to be their fathers. Even before this mission Goofy had come to the conclusion that the war was a futile sacrifice of the young, and thought that Mickey had similar doubts. -Both Goofy and Max harbored death wishes. Both willingly accepted death at Mickey's hands.

[@mrswishadank2329]

There’s two other previous videos that are somewhat prequels to this that give it more context

[@vihj3645]

Max was hit the worse, being old enough to acknowledge, or understand his surroundings, but far too young to do anything about it, and he could only watch as all that he loved, was shook from his arms.

[@Lukenorm]

Ok

[@namik0644]

also Mickey and Donald became detectives after the war

[@joaogrrr]

In short, Donald did nothing wrong.

[@charonsferryold]

"Fun" fact: Delusional misidentification is a real disorder and can cause things very much like what is depicted in this series. It is usually caused by intense trauma, perhaps including what soldiers experience though it usually stems from child abuse.

[@lunaticscribbles6016]

That combined with the MK Ultra mind control experiments it looks like yeah it makes sense Mickey would be delusional and thinking everyone around him is disney characters from his childhood.

[@henrik3291]

Intresting fact perhaps, but hardly fun. No diss though!

[@syos1979]

The bit about child abuse is also hinted at when he says he's going to punch his Dad come to think of it.

[@liamnissanS2K]

I feel so lucky and grateful that my mind hasn't been altered by trauma. I'm very passionate about CTE awareness. Imagine how It feels to be a prisoner In your own head. No escape or long term relief. Your brain stops working as It should, and your own loved one aren't enough to keep you around. I'll never forget when Dave Mirra, a seemingly happy and succesful man took his own life. That changed me forever.

[@Draciosama]

@@henrik3291 Well fun is in quotes.

[@RushGarcia]

Man that hit differently.

[@hexational105]

This video right here has more depth and emotion and story telling than many high budget movies and shows today

[@demireapers1013]

Shows what PTSD can do to someone. How the difference between being a hero and a friend can be. To show how once you feel lost in the world your reality is distorted and corrupted. It's honestly kinda rough.

[@AstroSalamander]

Rush watches Etheral Snake... friggen epic.

[@greysnake2903]

War changes

[@helloTwig]

Since when have you been watching Ethereal Snake wtf?

[@StantonTheHunter]

"But Donald... He... He was innocent..." _Only the blood of the innocent can wash off sin._

[@usbgamers123]

I'm serious, not a single atom of sarcasm here. This is an actual masterpiece. Period. I've not been emotionally whiplashed like this for a very long time

[@Odibio.Skins.]

100% agree

[@MonkofVibes]

"Animation is for children" Sure it is buddy sure it is

[@MisterImpolite]

Stfu this is awesome

[@earthatom7]

I seriously showed my friend this to tell him it's better then most recent movies lol

[@bababoey_]

True, I thought it would be funny and yea in a certain way it is, but the reality behind is deep and dark

[@tristanbeer1257]

The fact, that they are real people instead of disney characters actually explains Mickeys realistic face. He ignores the memories and faces of the people he hurt, by replacing them with childhood memories, but no matter what, he can never truly forget his own actions, the man he has become. He tries but the sins of the past are always lurking in the background, never to be forgotten. What a masterpiece.

[@Alister22ful]

Holy crap, this level of comprehension is unfathomable. Take an upvote!

[@youkilledma1211]

so true. This shows the devestating effects that war has on the mind, soul and body. as a man once said: "war is old men arguing and young men dying".

[@dailydoseofblues7708]

But you make it seem like he imagined himself as disney character on purpose. When I thought that he got brainwashed by the fbi because he knew to much

[@blitzo1340]

I like rats

[@MrMarkman12345]

Did you not see him get brainwashed

[@bobbywhite6897]

I always find myself coming back to watch this again and again. A series that started as a joke turned into an amazingly well put together story about PTSD and how truly terrible mickey is as a person. Bravo

[@BrickDaniels-qu7bz]

Dude was apparently brainwashed.

[@elijahaitaok8624]

​@@BrickDaniels-qu7bz maybe someone else shot goofy but MK-Ultra told him he did, carrying Goofy's death is what probably caused him to lie about destroying the CIA documents

[@Nocthmyst]

"A psychological thriller masterpiece of a childrens' cartoon series" -IGN, probably

[@iona2225]

It'd be the most accurate they've been in ages.

[@ZhuDaoLong]

7.8/10 too much water

[@seanmclaughlin1994]

@WHOPPER 28 2/10 didnt use their reach to spread awareness aboute climate change

[@andimuhfauzanagung6883]

10/11 it has little something for every one

[@shoemymymymy5228]

And then the rating they gave is 6.3/10 or something

[@ferghalicious1480]

“I…I didn’t mean to hurt anybody.” “No-one ever does, Mickey.”

[@nolanphalin8468]

Do u feel like a hero yet Mick

[@darthkynreeve]

HOW MANY DISNEY CHARACTERS HAVE YOU KILLED TODAY?

[@aaronstrepka3884]

Exepct My sister That thing is pure evil

[@kylehyde215CA]

And on you marched... and for what?

[@jayjay86443]

@Dry Bones Problem is that he already felt his dad's death from 3000 miles away. His mission of course, wasn't of pure malice, but of showing "Mickey" what damage he caused to his family thanks to the ripple effect of "Goofy"'s death. Even if his intentions were good, fact is Max wanted to point out that Mickey did something bad, and it broke the poor boy into aging rapidly and broke his life into actually investigative bits. He had to break "Mickey" into realizing the pain that Max felt.

[@surrealentertainment]

In awe. What a masterpiece, so amazing! Well done!!

[@biggiecheese2088]

Odin is with us

[@TheMusicalKnokcers]

Yay you there too what a masterpiece right

[@doubledownpleasegosubtotte4274]

Is perfected

[@caralho5237]

you need to make your own version

[@danielg1529]

The legend himself

[@NukaVader76]

Mickey got the worst punishment for a guilty man; no punishment at all

[@thisisaname7267]

This series when from: “Haha funni mouse man”, to “Dammit Mickey if you trust me then look me in the eye when you pull that trigger.”

[@bensoncheung2801]

888 likes

[@AureliusAurie]

Its sad though

[@chickenweiner1009]

the scariest thing about this is that things like this happens to real people who never got out of that war

[@blaze_unleashed7286]

@ashy It did happen.

[@blaze_unleashed7286]

@ashy Cool, I guess doesn't change my comment.

[@sunshineskystar]

think about the macvsog operators who survive the war, the CIA definitely messed with their brains. and people still think conspiracy theories are only for lunatics and idiots.

[@Grimaldus18]

@CJED your pfp is correct, actually, wrong. It's a 2 year old not teen

[@krofgninut5984]

@@sunshineskystar thats just what they want you to think. No joke tho, these days we are seeing how easily some people can just be told what to believe. Soon, we will see if the ones who arent so susceptible are numerous enough.

[@Toonwoons]

At first, I was like "Bruh what happened to their silly cartoon voices?" But it makes sense now, knowing that they were real people, not cartoon characters

[@lunch_trey]

My grandfather served in 'Nam. For most of his tour he served over there and then in the final year of his tour he was stationed in D.C. where he was called "baby killer" everyday he went to work. It messed him up to the point he took up drinking which caused rifts with his family and ultimately led to his death. That war... that war wasn't something anybody was prepared for. The Vietnamese were slaughtered and the Americans came back mentally scarred (if they came back at all).

[@Game_Hero]

what did he do to get such a nickname

[@BrazilianDreemurr2008]

​@@Game_HeroProbably involved in several unintended warcrimes relating to the murder of innocent civilians, including babies.

[@RandomDude-ed9lb]

@@BrazilianDreemurr2008 most soldiers, war criminals or not were called 'baby killers', an unfortunate beating down on those who had already been forces into a far off war they did not want or need to go to.

[@BrazilianDreemurr2008]

@@RandomDude-ed9lb Ahhhhhhhh, understood

[@tuanh6277]

Not enough people talk about the dialogues in this. The writing, the pacing between lines, the voice acting that delivers it--just pure, raw emotion and authenticity. Feels so incredibly real. I have literally no words to convey how much I am in awe with such talent. You are everything I aspire to be, mr. Snake.

[@friijolesLIVE]

Oi goofy

[@adoorknob6341]

Oi goofy

[@maxanderson6216]

It is truly amazing

[@sr.365]

Oí goofy

[@CatManThree]

I love how this actually incorporated the fact they are Disney characters into the narrative in a way that manages to be somewhat profound. This series really went from bizarre semi-joke animations to something with a purpose.

[@mimiblilly]

What hurt Mickey wasn’t Donald finding out that he’d had killed Goofy, but instead the realization that his past had caught up to him

[@mimiblilly]

@Frax yes, but he doesn’t get it. And it that realization, Mickey discovers that he’ll never get punished for his actioms

[@doubledownpleasegosubtotte4274]

@@mimiblilly always not accepting

[@mimiblilly]

@Frax well, it’s just my interpretation of what he thinks… like you said, we don’t know. :)

[@rhettsrenderingsinc.4870]

Used to be a funny, 2 and half minute video about mickey in Vietnam. Now it's a half hour long seris about Mickey taking on the full guilt of his actions.

[@jesusalejandrolopezsanchez4186]

the most anticipated by the entire internet connoisseur world has arrived

[@amanzeihedioha]

Let us partake in this series of a duty bound mission and life changing mistake

[@DyslexicMitochondria]

i have waited years for this

[@mattearenzi8972]

@@DyslexicMitochondria Hi bro I watch your channeII. Love your vidss

[@Human_traain]

Sad life

[@Kris.G]

we are the 1% of the Internet

[@danecelestia6087]

I'm saving this, just in case disney goes petty and pulls it down

[@gabrielpetersen1308]

mickey mouse is actually being a coping mechanism for a deeply harmed veteran that regrets everything he has done heh Disney doesn't have the balls to make that canon

[@typicalgamer5036]

@@gabrielpetersen1308 that was deep not gonna lie

[@jarrelljohnson7345]

Make sure you repost

[@KenderGuy]

some fake disney will claim it, I bet

[@KenderGuy]

@@gabrielpetersen1308 you should see "rip wabbit season" by MeatCrayon

[@maniakk3563]

the guy who voiced mickey was such a good actor. When he muttered out "I killed myself" you can just feel the lifelessness in the voice, like he is legitimately dead inside

[@stingurameshi]

If you wanna check out more of his work, look up "A Fox in Space"

[@Mwsa91]

Dude cna you give me a timestamp I can't find that part again

[@Mwsa91]

Nvm found it lol

[@maniakk3563]

@@Mwsa91 its around the beginning at the funeral scene

[@maniakk3563]

@@Mwsa91 1:19

[@colten4333]

"Haha this video looks funny" _Immediately crawls to corner of room to cry in the fetal postion_

[@tony8717]

War doesn't determine who is right... only who is *left.*

[@camaranjones6679]

Defcon’s slogan is great for war; *Everybody dies.*

[@highfivemistertorque4537]

@@camaranjones6679 war ,war never changes but men do.

[@samisen3775]

I ve seen this one from call of duty bt anyways lol

[@atlasdusk6341]

Good people get caught on the wrong side of the war.

[@myeyeshurt9328]

This is surprising a scary and wiseful thinking

[@Finn_01]

“I took her husband. The kid, he’s lost. I’m lost. I’ve killed myself. Maybe that’s my punishment. No burning bush, no smiting, no anything. Nothing. Just that I have to look into the eyes of the people I’ve wronged, see their tortured souls. See Goofy in Max’s eyes. An abyss in my own.” - Michael Mouse

[@lardlover3730]

Lol “micheal” mouse

[@elephoontoftheshanpes8103]

💀💀💀

[@gankus_aurelius4518]

Michael Mouse

[@witherambush]

Micheal Mouse

[@papermacheman2210]

Can't forget the "AAAAAAAAA" That was plain inspirational

[@juliol527]

I say this in a completely serious way: this would have easily won the award for best short film at this year's Annecy animation festival, hands down.

[@entertheabyss9785]

Hands down fr as low budget as it may seem.

[@ryancurtis1881]

can it be entered for next year?

[@muggs9977]

I feel like Disney wouldn't allow that.

[@jackson3475]

If they take it down it's cannon.

[@funymanrae3191]

@@jackson3475 i know what I have to do but I don't have the strength to do it

[@flourrrr]

very accurate representation of guilt it eats you alive. genuinely amazing story, what turned from a joke ended up a remarkable masterpiece

[@BoshMind]

This was one of the most surreal spectacular things I've seen on the internet. Bravo guys holy crap!

[@cursed1285]

This was trippy as hell

[@mrcleanz1540]

Agreed

[@untitled7549yt]

Yep

[@beastlyboi996]

Ah yes bosh the guy who ends his videos off with a demented scream keep the good work up mate.

[@humanpepe7406]

Bruh

[@ka.2917]

did you destroy the documents? "Yes" the only moment you hear a slight hesitation in his voice because he's lying only at this moment; it's the little details that make things that much greater

[@joaopedrodebarrosdaeira5466]

I didn't hear a hesitation in his voice, I did hear his voice tremble slightly.

[@Otakumanu]

Or, if you believe the "Detective Mickey" segment is an hallucination, it could be Mickey reminding himself of just what destroying those documents costed him.

[@vikramo6994]

The ending scene has me confused, did Donald really die, cause they show mick walk out of the church

[@joaopedrodebarrosdaeira5466]

@@vikramo6994 I am too, the only why I can justify what I see is that it might be Donald's son. But I doubt it. What do you think?

[@ka.2917]

@The Monster Under Your Bed 6:15 what did max give donald

[@speckwii]

The voice acting in this is the EXACT reason why having celebrities attempting to be VAs is such a bad practice. There’s a whole art and technique to it that has to be practiced and mastered. These VAs are insanely talented.

[@CRT_YT]

lol the funny thing about your comment is 3 out of the 4 voice actors are youtubers

[@ConzerzOfficial]

@@CRT_YT Exactly. SpeckWii meant Hollywood celebrities, not celebrity youtubers. These KZbinrs are the exact people we need for these kind of videos.

[@jimmythecrow]

@@ConzerzOfficial they do the same thing. Lmfao many actors start as voice actors.

[@CRT_YT]

@@ConzerzOfficial ehh close enough

[@hirotrum6810]

Rich ceos and psychologists will find a way to turn every art on earth into machines optimized to make money, and each year, the artists will become increasingly reliant on these ceos to stay alive

[@AlexofZippo]

3 men dead but one’s still breathing.

[@EcksToo]

You've set a tone in your work that other content creators dream of making. This was astounding.

[@tombrandobrando3931]

Hey there

[@datboiaintdoin326]

found verified youtuber

[@OneFluffyKiriko]

The production value is just so high.

[@ozzylepunknown551]

U m a m i

[@ComradeCorvus]

EcksToo is here? A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one!

[@jozinek876]

So Mickey in this is a real person who just hallucinates himself and his friends as Disney characters due to his childhood of watching Disney cartoons and also delusional misidentification. Interesting. Also this is genuinely brilliantly directed and written.

[@dedsecmania4458]

Dont forget MK ultra Brainwashing as well

[@reggiefreeborn2143]

also a pretty cool nod to full metal jacket, where you could often seen mickey clocks in the background and the ending scene where the soldiers are singing the mickey club song

[@monkestudios2927]

@@reggiefreeborn2143 Where’s that?

[@LaughingMan44]

Wow genius

[@reggiefreeborn2143]

@@monkestudios2927 look up "fullmetal jacket mickey mouse" and you'll see soldiers marching while singing the mickey mouse club song

[@fytra2025]

No one’s talking bout the end credit scene, it’s just beautiful, really adds to everything

[@miles_gt_og]

Holy shit boys, you got Ethereal Snake, MeatCanyon, Minute Hour, Drue Langlois, Umami, Joel Haver, Surreal all interested in in-depth storytelling using originally creative outlets, and all communicating amongst each other. I've been pretty pessimistic about KZbin's future in the past, but I legitimately think we're entering a Golden Age of Awe-inspiring Content. I think I just regained my hope for humanity and a new reason to live.

[@Mousyy]

couldn't have said it better myself.

[@palidin_oc768]

I wouldn't say a golden age but a renaissance.

[@ToothpasteJuice]

Joel haver needs more love

[@narmada140]

u could also add jack stauber to that list

[@enreeekay2754]

You damn right

[@Human_traain]

"I feel like a man dying of thirst watching a man drown" - krilin

[@Human_traain]

This is referencing those billie ellish fans

[@KTTstudios]

@@Human_traain Girls: Haha funny cartoon😂 Real Men: MICKEY NOOOOOOOOOO…

[@mrsung9720]

Tbh that is a good quote for mickey

[@radioactivehalfrhyme]

*a mouse

[@user-bg7xp8of4p]

@Kevin the Teletubbie dum girls all they do is have smal brane and shop clothing

[@brendanplumb8024]

The reason why everyone in this were Mickey Mouse characters was partly because of PTSD for sure, but we see some scenes of him being asked questions, and getting brainwashed. Since he held on to the memories from his childhood, his memories from the war and his childhood got mixed together causing us to see the Mickey Mouse characters. This animation and lil short series was so well thought out and I love it.

[@BokuGlack]

204 likes in 2 days

[@michaelmurphy8736]

It even shows his real face for a second in the mirror scene

[@balther10]

They were fed war propaganda with Disney characters as kids

[@calebr9736]

Ah yes the psychologist

[@thedevourerofglue9162]

thats him hes liying to himself holding onto memories about goofy and his childhood comedy is only a lie a way to cope with reality

[@LordLegoBeerus]

EtherealSnake somehow made an emotinal masterpiece that shows the tragedy of war. And its made even sadder by the fact that Mickey ruined both of his friends lifes. And now he has to live with it. With no punisment.

[@emerson-biggons7078]

The fact that Mickey and goofy are easily nicknames people could have and Donald is just a name makes the whole Brainwash scene work so well!

[@Cyranek]

beyond amazed by this

[@nightstalkerzee715]

Same here

[@alamsyahbatrabatliz9340]

Good to see you here sir

[@7grandnec]

Verified moment

[@aldiy1707]

Hi checkmark

[@Tylermanguy58]

yes

[@coolwaghmare]

"I'm going to be a father." This moment right there, gave me everything I want from art. A sad catharsis.

[@Spacewitchofthelittledancer]

Brilliant. Truly brilliant.

[@doubledownpleasegosubtotte4274]

The best line

[@sangsoopark3905]

When was that said?

[@Spacewitchofthelittledancer]

@@sangsoopark3905 post credit scene

[@sangsoopark3905]

@@Spacewitchofthelittledancer Thanks

[@DigDugFTW]

I created a playlist named hall of fame and this is the first video on it. Cried, touching and amazing work!

[@indigomenace5718]

"What do you remember from the war?" "Nothing." "What do you remember from your childhood?" "Everything." "What do you remember from the war?" "Nothing." This fucking broke me

[@n7a2]

What is America: Life.

[@sebastianmolas9347]

I don´t get it :(

[@Steelierelk1]

@@sebastianmolas9347 He was substantially brainwashed after the operation to make sure no confidential information was leaked. It could be also be argued that part of his PTSD tied things he witnessed in war to his childhood to help him cope.

[@plantinapot9169]

@@Steelierelk1 That's actually amazing. I wouldn't have even watched this if I didn't think it was a shitpost too

[@Ferrari255GTO]

@@plantinapot9169 dude, no shitpost is this elaborate let me tell ya. From the story to the animation the quality is top

[@bendeal2439]

the ending scene revealing why the last place mickey had to go was the abandon church was a brilliant touch.

[@bendeal2439]

ive watched this 3 times since it was released and every time i notice more and more little details. the mark of a real masterpiece

[@ian38022]

What how

[@somerandompersononyoutubew1547]

@@ian38022 because it was when goofy revealed that he was going to be a father and that max was going to be born soon

[@roundduck1504]

@@bendeal2439 ive watched this 16 times already

[@harrytran7754]

The fact that Mickey never got a happy ending, he must live with it, with the truth that Goofy died for the sin of the country, crucified. It's a perfect symbolism.

[@jubusch]

He killed himself, as shown in the first video in this channel

[@kop1522]

​@@jubuschit's possible that bit of the first video was rendered non-canon, as Mick does drop his revolver in the church

[@cipavara7311]

​@@jubusch Mickey killed himself, Mick lived to carry on his sins.

[@zaqueb]

one thing i really love about the scene where mickey confronts goofy's ghost is how it reflects the scene from macbeth where he confronts banquo's ghost - sitting in his seat, silently, his hands covered in his own blood, not speaking a single word while macbeth goes back and forth between convincing himself of the impossibility of the situation, and quickly getting more and more stressed. i think it does wonders for portraying mickey's character - a man who once had ambition, who once sought for the glory of his country, now broken and living with the guilt of his actions; forced to look into the eyes of those who have been destroyed by his own hand, and the ghost of the best friend he killed. his hands, covered in blood, silently glaring at his killer while he slowly breaks down in the face of silence. the parallels between the scenes make it all the more powerful, and make this piece of art something even greater. i adore this video man LOL

[@SuperWiiBros08]

that mickey face keeps making me think of Sr. Pelo's Mokey when he does the human face

[@Pol_n_Kenexel]

no tengo ni la menor idea de quien eres pero como eres verificado supondré que tiene gran importancia responderte primero

[@dead_dude5248]

Yes

[@thatdarnneighbor]

If this Mickey and Mokey were in the same video........ no no no, what am I thinking. That would be madness I tell you, MADNESS

[@sunium5814]

[Insert an insulting reply here]

[@cheeseiusthe69th99]

I'm 6th comment Also cheese

[@JYang0602]

“But Donald, he was innocent.” So was Goofy and Donald’s nephews. What I find so intriguing about this series is that as a Vietnam War piece, it’s so good. Mickey as the villain is nicely done because I believe it that when a soldier has gone through so much that they would do anything to keep a war going on to escape reality until it ends. Mickey’s choice to kill Goofy to keep the war going is done so hauntingly well. But that twist at the end with the realization that it’s just a human imagining himself as the Disney characters as a way to cope with it is so good that not even I would ever think to do that without complex thinking. I’d love to see more darker takes on Disney characters like this. Well done my guy, well done.

[@soupmuncher1862]

ok so thats why they became human halfway through thank you

[@masterzoroark6664]

So Aside this series- it was for a longass time a headcannon of mine that Mikey was a soldier before he becme a detective (i mean about new comics, I know that Disney made propaganda movies)

[@draghicivlad2444]

I think the whole disney characters thing wasn't about coping, You can see in the flashes that he was tied up in front of a screen while being injected with something. I think what happened is that "Micky" was brainwashed by the american government which messed his perception of reality to the point he couldn't tell reality from fiction in an attempt to make sure that he won't talk about what happened in Vietnam

[@AveSicarius]

Mickey was also programmed by the CIA, as you see hinted in his flashbacks, he experienced a forced transformation into what he became during the war, and he was clearly suggestible beforehand. He was brainwashed indirectly by propaganda, and directly through some unknown process. Mickey was, in many ways, a victim of the real players behind the war, he might not be innocent, and innocence is relative, but he was pushed until a breaking point by people who cared nothing for his existence, only that he kill for them without question. I think the most striking point of the whole thing is that situations like this did actually occur during the Vietnam War. Mind control and brainwashing experimentation are recorded events that took place during the war under CIA authority. Soldiers were involved in this, conscripted or otherwise, in an attempt to make a "super-soldier", i.e. a highly trained killer who could not disobey orders and had little remorse over their actions. These experiments did actually produce results, not as intended, but suggestion and programming can definitely make people act in a controlled manner. It's a similar process to what many cults or intensive religious groups use to control their followers. The question is, if Mickey was not in complete control of his actions, is he really guilty? Is he the villain? Or is the villain the faceless authority behind him, with Mickey being yet another victim of a shadowed authority?

[@LetoZeth]

Was he really the villain though.

[@Paul_Sergeyev]

In a parallel world Disney produces films like this and HBO makes morning doll shows for kids.

[@krashface4870]

Oh lord the Sopranos puppet show...

[@McQueen95727]

Wow, this is deep. This is serious Oscar-worthy type work mate. Good job.

[@deficit06]

HOW?! How a literal shit-post has become a beautifully harrowing masterpiece?! What kind of witchcraft is this?! Seriously though, this entire saga is FUCKING AMAZING!

[@CarlosianBigWang]

If this all originated from shit posting that’s fucking insane this hit me so god damn hard my brother killed him self this year he had schizophrenia and yeah… I could see something like this going through his head lmao. This animation was beautiful man

[@modeni_adeokun]

@@CarlosianBigWang I hope he rests in peace bro

[@mayonotes9849]

From a shitpost to a video with better story than modern triple A games.

[@mrmuzzle6394]

I did not expect the ending Mickey: The voice of chaos Donald: The voice of peace Goofy: The voice between the two trying to make sense.

[@thrillseeker3528]

And the voice of reason died first

[@waluigi4298]

id and the ego?

[@dekeking9416]

@@waluigi4298 no ego and superego ego: reason superego: morality

[@mrsporadicsporkguy5481]

@@dekeking9416 I thought the ego was morality while the super ego was reason? But I could be wrong.

[@dekeking9416]

@@mrsporadicsporkguy5481 it's the other way around

[@Nurhaal]

I just realized something after watching it again months later - during the MK Ultra styled scene where Mickey is responding to the voice, I don't know how but I completely missed the line where the voice asks 'did you destroy the documents' and Mickey replies 'Yes', which was a lie. Max found those documents in Mickey's house which means Mickey lied during the indoctrination process. This makes it so much fucking worse. Even after making the choice to kill his best friend over the files, he never actually destroyed them as he was supposed to. The entire insertion mission actually makes sense to a degree now - they were sent in to confirm that the Dossier was the original copy that was some how stolen by Viet-cong Intelligence and spies. When the US command structure found out, they tracked down the likely location of the documents and sent a small elite insertion team to confirm the location of the documents so that they could call an indiscriminate Air Strike on that location. They were acting as ground spotters, in a way. The purpose of the strike was covered as an EVAC, there for the only ones who truly knew what was supposed to be burned up in the likley napalm strike would've been Mickey's handlers and himself - Goofy and Donald clearly didn't know until they saw the documents themselves. Mickey had Goofy grab the documents with the intent of destroying them himself or perhaps, he'd always planned to keep the documents as a nagging reminder of his moral consciousness begging him to do what Goofy himself says should be done. But he never does it. In the final scene in the church, Mickey calls Goofy a coward for his opinions of the war and the drafting. Max calls Mickey a coward when he just leaves him behind - coming full circle that Mickey is in fact a true Coward - he chose to kill his friend over the moral obligation and even when his instinct told him to not destroy the evidence of the Governments crimes, he still merely kept them in his house, never ending the War. He could've redeemed himself, even after killing his best friend. But he never did. He's a coward. Max was right.

[@cossaizy6309]

Small correction, Micky called Donald a coward, who was anti war. Goofy never voiced his opinions, was just trying to chit chat to break the news of his unborn son. I think Micky never destroyed the files as a form of self harm over his guilt, to remind himself and subconsciously hoping someone would find them and destroy the lie he was built because he's too cowardly to confront himself, instead wallowing in self pity and depression every day over it

[@fdslk1]

@@cossaizy6309 I think you're right, considering the final call of Max by calling Mickey a coward.

[@Nurhaal]

@@cossaizy6309 I'm not sure if it's so much as Self Guilt, as it is fear, cowardice. He barely pulled the trigger vs Goofy, but when it came time to fulfill his commitment to his country, he failed to do that as well. He failed to destroy the documents 'like a good soldier' and he also failed to leak them, letting the war continue. All for what? So he could fight for something he now knew was a lie? Think about it. He knew the full nature of the war now and due to his cowardice, he couldn't commit to either his humanity nor his duty, he failed to achieve either for his soul. He's nothing. Cold. Dead. Without feeling. The last kill he took that meant anything to him was his best friend. He then chose to stay in a war as a husk - killing others for pure sustenance. For the sake of breathing. Going 'through the motions'. This realization is why Donald suddenly does a 180 and kills himself. It's not that the mission itself was to cover up the truth, but the fact that Mickey took all that power himself and literally made Donald apart of it all - he retained those same documents, thus Mickey purposely chose to let Donalds' nephews die over something he could have stopped. Pure cowardice. Gross, disgusting levels of cowardice. Pretty realistic actually. LOL

[@washingtonnoble389]

I think Max being right was kinda the whole point of the video.Wait but how was Donald alive in the end?

[@Nurhaal]

@Washington Noble it was all a hallucination. The church visit, the case, Max, it was all a hallucination.

[@RashFever26]

That character twist was crazy. Probably the best animation on youtube.

[@ArnieOcfemia]

Remember, if Disney copyrights this, it's considered canon.

[@pinkpugginz]

you know they will. Warner Brothers took down meat canyons video and I know Disney is just as shitty

[@lastson5014]

So Mickey, Donald and Goofy are actually all human.

[@donnovandalusong266]

@@lastson5014 YES

[@davidevans7477]

They dont deserve credit for this.

[@V-V1875-h]

Holy shit

[@Mr.BadExampleMT]

Unironically, if I had a mountain of money, the first thing I'd do is throw it at this guy to make this feature length.

[@tommy8112]

@The Monster Under Your Bed it would ROCK

[@mustard4762]

I would give this man millions of dollar to direct a movie this good

[@jonathanng138]

@@mustard4762 A good movie takes hundreds of millions to make not just a million

[@goddamndoor]

@@jonathanng138 he said millions. and no mate what do you mean hundreds of millions, what are you trying to do? Avengers endgame was 3 hours long and had the most expensive cgi you'll se on most of it and costed 300 mill if I remember correctly. But no one here wants to fight Disney mate.

[@martijnlerutte8826]

@@goddamndoor you'll probably have to fight Disney if you want a feature length movie of this anyways xD

[@heffreys5299]

This isn’t a joke anymore, THIS IS ART

[@axtonnine3829]

Yea

[@TrentDrose]

It was so beautiful 😭 😭 😭

[@Dabigboii]

Was it a joke ?

[@Nidfithwscum]

always has been

[@ipadair7345]

*CINEMA*

[@Adrenalhornet03]

i have been watching this for a while and it never stops being funny that a joke that started years ago turned into a legit cinematic masterpiece and now i want more

[@drbakterius9232]

everyone is talking about the story and the characters, wich are indeed very awesome, but can we all just take a moment to appreciate the sound design and the soundtrack and just how fittingly sad it is?

[@AshaSara]

absolutely!!

[@animationman7772]

I wish I know about credit song

[@metheboys5963]

@@animationman7772 same bro

[@someordinaryindividual504]

Yeah the one at the end hit me like a brick lol