"Take one step on that rope and I'll cut it!" | Mario Vs. Donkey Kong | 8-bit Animation

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

The 8-bit sprites of Jumpman and Donkey Kong are accurate to their cover art counterpart and it feels like an actual cutscene to the game.

[@BBWahoo]

It feels like I want it to be a real game. We have so many iterations of Mario that are celebrated by Nintendo and I would love for these two to make a comeback!

[@seronymus]

It feels like 40s animation - ohWait i Wonder why

[@robbiewalker2831]

@@BBWahoo I would've loved Game Boy Donkey Kong to make a return. I know people keep saying that's meant to be Cranky Kong, but Cranky's own bias towards modern game development, and the fact the Game Boy version was released just a few months prior to Donkey Kong Country (and how much deviation there was between the Arcade Game and the Game Boy game) makes me believe that's not the case. I can believe Cranky can be the OG DK, but not the same DK presented in the Game Boy game.

[@jackatk]

That’s not 8 bit at all but it’s still awesome

[@nokkbryce8255]

Yes I agreed

[@andrewcrowley6331]

It isn’t the same when he’s not casually pulling an entire continent

[@robproductions2599]

🤓🤓

[@SubroOrbus]

wat

[@SubroOrbus]

Is this why North and South America are connected?

[@yourcordialvermillionchapw2398]

DK is pretty powerful, so I can see him humorously doing this xD.

[@SNBreal]

@@SubroOrbus Yes

[@protocetid]

the fact the character sprites are based on the original promotional art for this game is a very nice detail

[@PS54228]

I knew that already

[@protocetid]

@@PS54228 Congrats if you did, kind of annoys me when hardcore gamers don’t know their gaming history. Just had someone call Return to Castle Wolfenstein the OG, even though it’s preceded by id’s Wolfenstein 3D and the game that started the saga, Castle Wolfenstein.

[@Neilapolitan08]

Specifically the U.S. counterpart

[@Ozzy622]

​@@PS54228Okay, Mr. Important

[@levilukeskytrekker]

This is fantastically animated! Great stuff, Pip!

[@SuperMaster10]

As a kid, I thought this gag was genius, and it still is obviously I also love the promo art accurate sprites and this wouldn't technically be the first time Mel Blanc's voice was used for Mario huh 👀

[@Toonrick12]

I mean, they did use his voice while working on Mario 64.

[@gahler8552]

As a kid, shut up lmao.

[@beesree39]

@@Toonrick12yes that's what they literally meant

[@JacobShowens]

"My, what big muscles you have"

[@TheAdventuresOfJimiJaden]

Mario was originally based off Popeye, I feel like Bug’s voice actually fits him. Also, the fact they had a cartoon like this with the same characters are amazing.

[@beauwalker9820]

Yeah, and DK was based off Bluto/Brutus, so he wasn't actually a "King Kong" parody like people think.

[@SakuraAvalon]

To think how different the gaming world would be, if Popeye's rights holders had given the license to Nintendo for this game. We wouldn't have a Mario at all.

[@tsp1999]

@@SakuraAvalon a world without Waluigi singing opera with clones of himself is not a world I want to live in

[@danyo5786]

@@tsp1999 I think that's a lot like a nightmare I had once

[@Beessokoo1coo1]

So does that mean we called Jumpman the plumber Man or something?

[@chickencurry420]

I love how Donkey Kong's eyes bug out like "You'll cut what now?"

[@Leonardo22309]

YoUr BoDy

[@tomsawyer9629]

Oh. My. God. This was perfect,the animation,it's so smooth!!!

[@Danominator]

Mario is referencing old cartoons? Now we've come full circle (if you know who Mario's based on)

[@Daveandbambifan19]

Popeye

[@zekromsxnobi1817]

and the audio was from a bugs bunny short by friz freleng

[@ThomsoCD]

*Popeye? Never heard of that.*

[@Danominator]

@@ThomsoCD it's okay neither has Sony Pictures Animation 😔

[@ThomsoCD]

@@Danominator fr

[@LandonEmma]

The fact that Mario was voiced by the same actor as bugs bunny 2 times makes this amazing! (In the beta of Mario 64, and some obscure show that Mario first aired on, ironically it was before Super Mario Bros was even made and his only game was Donkey Kong)

[@Wendy_O._Koopa]

On the Saturday Supercade, Mario was voiced by Peter Cullen, most famous for voicing Optimus Prime, Eeyore, and to a lesser extent Monterey Jack. Whoever told you it was Mel Blanc lied... except about the Mario 64 beta, that part's true.

[@e-122psi3]

@@Wendy_O._Koopa Funnily enough though, Mel Blanc was still alive and doing voice work for other Saturday Morning cartoons like Heathcliff, so it wasn't TOTALLY unbelievable to think he might have voiced Mario.

[@Wendy_O._Koopa]

@@e-122psi3 He died on July 10, 1989; so _technically_ he could have made it as the voice of Mario for the Super Show... but he wasn't. I never claimed it was unbelievable or impossible, I merely pointed out that's not what happened.

[@e-122psi3]

@@Wendy_O._Koopa Yeah, still though we got Optimus Prime as Mario. That's something. XD

[@ToastComix]

The amount of effort and dedication to this is admirable, my gosh

[@7grand-dad900]

This kind of stuff is what Dorkly wishes it was back in the day. A funny concept with a punchline that isn’t shallow and one noted, and good animation that isn’t a low effort tracing and tweening of sprites

[@BuuBuu-mg6vl]

Not defending Dorkly or undermining Pip, because the animation is gorgeous and simple, but it is easier when the joke is older than practically anyone watching it

[@jeffyoung3756]

Mario was basically "Popeye". Donkey Kong was basically "Bluto".

[@CrazyChris622]

yeah something like that. but they both had a seperate game, so the similarites are what i understand from them

[@beauwalker9820]

​@@CrazyChris622 Mario and DK didn't get separate games till later though. Mario later got "Mario Brothers" in 1983 (2 years after DK) and DK went without Mario in 1984's "Donkey Kong 3," which had a new hero Stanley instead.

[@CrazyChris622]

@@beauwalker9820 well even Donkey Kong Country happened in 1994

[@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000]

Pauline was basically "Olive"

[@Firguy_the_Foot_Fetishist]

Donkey Kong was made because Miyamoto wanted to make another game about Popeye but couldn't get the rights to it so he made up some original characters that have since surpassed them in popularity. Same story for Mega Man and Astro Boy.

[@barneyjuniorYT]

If Mel Blanc lived to be 100, he would've probably voiced Jumpman or Mario

[@beauwalker9820]

Jumpman and Mario are the same character basically. Mel Blanc was alive when Mario was first voiced by Peter Cullen in a Donkey Kong cartoon. He was actually voicing Heathcliff and some Looney Tune clipshow specials at the time too, so he was still voice acting in his old age. His last voice acting gig was the 1990 Jetsons Movie that came out a year after his death in 1989, (he finished all his lines for Mr. Spacely) and the movie is dedicated to him.

[@Princess_Hoshi]

In the beta of SM64 archive audio of Mel was used for Mario’s voice

[@e-122psi3]

@@Princess_Hoshi In hindsight, it's pretty awesome that Charles Martinet tried to replicate all those stock Mel yelps and convert them into one distinct voice.

[@liviasouzamarques5004]

@@beauwalker9820 wait the guy who voices optimus prime make the voice of jumpman?!😮

[@lordfelidae4505]

This is more than just a neat animation, you perfectly adapted the timing and humor of the gag to Donkey Kong.

[@BBWahoo]

I NEVER KNEW HOW BADLY I NEEDED THIS.

[@SoshiTheYoshi]

This is giving me vibes of the Donkey Kong cartoon by Ruby Spears… minus the burglars manipulating DK.

[@ZeddSlayer]

You just keep making such great videos!

[@buildertherobloxian4731]

Should have Included the What Big Muscles you Got Part.

[@DR34ML3SSINC]

This is some SERIOUS talent dude... Keep up the good work!

[@P1ant_man]

Donkey Kong is smart to pull the rope.

[@cesaralvarado9053]

I had to watch a 15 second ad for this....worth it.

[@Eldoofus]

Now you could make the audio extra-crunchy and pretend this was in the actual arcade!

[@WorksOfMagic]

Now I wish we could've had a Donkey Kong cartoon with Mel Blanc as Jumpman. I bet he would've sounded great.

[@thebonely1acc]

As someone who played the hell out of the Donkey Kong arcade machine when they were little (I am 16, but we have one in our basement) this is accurate as HELL, W video

[@yellowshirtfellow]

Nice work, very looney! Keep up the great work!!

[@FoxieTheWordCapitalizer]

I See What You Did There

[@ToppetREAL]

Very toony

[@nebuchadnezzar8683]

That was so brilliant!!!! 😊👏

[@HUBWORLDNULL]

I love the sense of humor old cartoons have. They make you think of ten ways it could go wrong and they give an eleventh option as the answer

[@naolidecomisso4108]

God damn this is a really good animation. Bravo brother.

[@ferr.6109]

Why does this have so many little views? It's so well done!

[@sinistarman]

oh dear, I've made a grave error. it's appears my opponent was able to easily think of a way around crossing the rope, therefore making my threat to cut it null and void.

[@buster5661]

This is drawn surprisingly well

[@JamesTDG]

Nice work keeping faithful to the cabinet art

[@beauwalker9820]

Fun fact, when Super Mario 64 was previewed at game shows a year or so before release, before having Charles Martinet voice him, they used stock sound effects of Mel Blanc's voice for Mario in it. I think there's video somewhere of Mario falling with a Yosemite Sam style scream when he fell.

[@Vexcenot]

You have no idea how much appreciated the fact that it's proper pixel art in each frame and not and image of a sprite being rotated around

[@LucasLaFontant]

Bugs Bunny's Voice Actually Fits On Jumpman For Me

[@Peepimus]

Mario w/ Bugs Bunny’s voice sure is quite the interesting combo, eh.!.!

[@HatLovingGamer]

This looks amazing!!

[@thor8606]

Love the addition of the sfx when Dk pulls the rope. And the lil lines when Jumpman closes his scissors

[@IaeyanElyuex]

The inventory menu sound from Game Boy LoZ.

[@PadensPixels]

*Insert pixelated recreation of Donkey Kong beating up Mario from the movie here.

[@JRS06]

The sprites for Jumpman and DK look really nice and accurate to the boxart. Would love to see your take on Pauline in a similar style (I don't think I've seen anyone draw her with the puffy blonde hair she has on the boxart).

[@TheCoffeeCatDad]

Mario: Take one step on that rope and I'll cut it! DK tugs the rope connecting the platforms. Mario: I would like to apologise.

[@rocketgeek96]

Dammit, now I need a rubber hose animated toon series about Jumpman having adventures in a 1930s styled NYC. A mix of Popeye, Bugs Bunny, and Marx Brothers humor. Mario going old-timey fisticuffs against a Bluto-esque Bowser. Classic Nintendo tunes done in Merrie Melodies style. God, it'd be wonderful.

[@AmIntrigued]

IT'S-A PERFECT! *W A H O O !*

[@bigal7288]

Beautiful work. My favorite Looney Tunes joke works so well with Jumpman and Donkey Kong

[@sdetimilnu]

the music makes this so much better btw i have an idea for a good ending, either mario does his classic jump pose as he punches donkey kong, or he breaks the laws of physics by cutting a piece of the rope and creating a hammer out of one of the posts keeping it connected

[@visualgagging]

Holy shit at first I thought this was using rigged puppets but no *every frame* is *fully pixel perfect* Bravo!!!

[@TheSameGoobyGuy]

I love the accuracy, the nes and arcade game were only able to have sprites with 4 colours including transparency

[@regularyoutubename]

Funny enough, Mario almost was going to be Popeye. It’s no wonder placing them in a classic cartoon scenario works so well.

[@khanchie9940]

Man just connected two buildings together.

[@just-a-fox-from-2007]

You think he's jump, you think he's go away, but you not expecting this

[@ZacharyDietze]

I know this is completely unrelated, and I don't want to make anyone else upset, but my first cat died today. She was old and deteriorating really bad, so we had to put her down. If anyone else is reading this, please pray/hope that she is doing well and that me the rest of my family may heal as quickly as possible from our grief. Thank you, and have a good week. This is some amazing animation by the way, but that should go without saying. :)

[@scwiby]

Im sorry about the loss of ur cat, I pray/hope she is doing well and that you and your family will heal quickly

[@parker-boy98]

It's funny how much Bugs' works for this incarnation of Mario.

[@CelloGamerMatt]

The GB Zelda pause sfx was perfect

[@austinmorrison6953]

I just love how we’ve seen a surge of looney tunes memes with this moment in particular

[@TheMrThyme]

Bug's voice fits jumpman way too well

[@Fatih_M177]

Feels like a gag they would use in a donkey movie, like this is the credits scene or begging intro of sorts, it's giving that kind of vibe

[@Neo-The-Blitzer]

It's hilarious and nostalgic thanks so much for this! 🙏🏾

[@nokkbryce8255]

You did a amazing job Pip Productions 👏

[@dirt8036]

This looks FANTASTIC!

[@GaudyMarko]

Nice to see looney tunes bits from before I was born are still relivent

[@RightNowsReverie]

these sprites are gorgeous

[@Willchannel90]

Happens when survivors forgot the hunter's strength.

[@orbot-cubotfan8377]

Incridible animation and stylization

[@N00B3RT1]

The Body of Mario Jumpman Mario Senior was found 4 days after the Donkey Kong incident

[@sebastiantheshadowkong8798]

Jumpman is Mario. Nintendo and Shigeru Miyamoto himself confirmed it.

[@blueyoshi25]

Mario: Take-a one step on that-a rope and I’ll-a cut it!

[@BovineDesigns]

Now I just want to hear how Mel Blanc would've voiced Mario if given the chance.

[@michaeloverton04]

Everyone jokes about the accuracy, but this animation would take up an entire NES cart.

[@DarkKnight_Rules]

This is amazing. This deserves a million views

[@reubenguttenberg7405]

My, what big muscles you got?

[@Tor-Erik]

Ahh, Popeye-Jumpman. The 8-bit smooth animation is superb! Imagine NES was like that back in the 80s early 90s. Very few NES games do have that.

[@Keychaine]

This is FANTASTIC!

[@themoocow7718]

I love how smooth it is.

[@Herozilla8109]

“OK, now you die.”

[@Super_BiOman]

I love this. I like how you actually considered NES limitations while making this, unlike most people.

[@SmokeTheHorsehog]

Simply excellent animation

[@JustAPersonWhoComments]

I would honestly like to see this when the game starts lol

[@burenyuu-nya]

The day dk punch the mario so hard He completely changed his look

[@retro3188]

Funny. (I was expecting Mario to cut the rope, except his end drops due to the cut rope, and he falls.) Good animation!

[@stuartbarron7117]

This feels strangely appropriate since Nintendo used old voice clips of Mel Blanc as placeholders for Mario's voice in Mario 64.

[@XX-sp3tt]

"What'a big muscle you have."

[@TheJway14]

“My, what-a big muscles you’ve got.”🥲

[@thebananaspeedruns9275]

Casually pulling an entire construction site

[@elgooGmirrorExists]

I got a 45 second ad for this 5 second video.

[@damianrangel4764]

It’s kinda funny to hear Mario talking like Bugs

[@Itstimetostartbackup-ie6de]

The best pixil animation ever seen. Truly a masterpiece 🎉

[@mahadiqbal3917]

The Mario movie DK fight scene accurately depicted in five seconds.

[@ShaggyRogersScoob]

this channel is criminally underrated

[@Lizardman]

Scary thing about this is DK is that strong in canon. Just look at what he dose in Returns and Tropical Freeze. Also great job, stuff like this is so beautiful!

[@jaydeflayme2890]

Or when he punched the Moon!

[@Lizardman]

@@jaydeflayme2890 Yep, one of my favorite things to mention~ Boy punched the moon out of orbit onto Tiki Tong's head!

[@t.vampiro4800]

One of the best videos ever made!

[@luisgamercoolgaming]

Think smarter, not harder.

[@heitorsant1759]

WHY DOES THE VOICE FIT DAMN IT

[@jaydeflayme2890]

Because Bugs Bunny has a New York accent and a mischievous vibe that perfectly fits pre-N64 Mario

[@258thHiGuy]

Bro connected the girders

[@EliTheComicDubber]

Nice Reference. This Is Funny 👍

[@dqnkdoggo_]

i like how he's not even intimidated he's just like "oh yeah i forgot you could do that..."

[@Topplenaut]

The poses in that last frame are just screaming Tom and Jerry.

[@AdahnFlorence]

Mario voice acting good future.

[@primal9007]

This is fucking well animated. Good shit, Pip.

[@jamesjohanjones2026]

Love the animation ❤

[@gabrieldossantosscheffer870]

0:04 / o no the rope