TAZ Animatic Episode 17 Carnival Chaos

It's finally done. It's finally here. My first The Adventure Zone Animatic, and my longest animatic so far. This one took forever (plus having to start over when my computer decided to delete all of my work on it) I hope you all enjoy. I have added a ton of easter eggs and references in this one, and not just for MBMBAM and TAZ fans, there's some generic nerdy Easter Eggs and special appearances. See if you can spot them all!
(Spoilers for those who haven't caught up to episode 17 in TAZ)
Enjoy!

[@srirulean]

I love how Clint, seeing his son disappointed in getting just a fish, pulls a classic Dad trick and offers a bunch of money for his fish. Which makes Travis more attached to the fish.

[@jarondratman]

I wish Clint was my uncle

[@sexualtaco308]

@@jarondratman I really wish Clint was my grandfather 😭

[@fernandod4046]

@@sexualtaco308 so, which McElroy brother is your father?

[@and.desist2171]

I wanna like but I can't ruin the 666

[@dennisdavis6943]

And the way Clint said, "alright" like he knew exactly what he was doing, and with a slight hint of disappointment to really cement Travis's desire for the goldfish

[@audreyhall137]

I love that we're continuing the whole "the McElroys never described Garfield the Deals Warlock so everyone just draws him as the orange cat" it makes me happy 😂😂😂

[@bobcat_baker]

Garfield the Deals Warlock is forever the Orange Lasagna-Cat

[@MsDianagentaToYou]

As a matter of fact they utterly *refuse* to describe him. :-D

[@biddyfox]

I forgot Justin wrote the last part of the Fantasy Costco jingle

[@hannahrohlfing7898]

One time I dreamed that I was fish sitting for Steven and I dropped him and his bowl broke so Taako put me in a glass ball and said that I had to spend the rest of my life pretending to be a fish.

[@SymBatAnimations]

Lols that's a pretty cool TAZ dream XD I can see Taako doing that

[@quinnmarchese6313]

"hey, its either that or i can go tell Magnus and he's got Railsplitter"

[@dorkinabubble7772]

That’s canon right there

[@7upvids]

That is most certainly canon

[@rebeccasylvia5377]

That wasn't a dream, it was a prophecy

[@DarcyThompsonFilm]

Hold on hold on hold on (SPOILERS FOR BALANCE): But if Garfield says he's a new hire at the Costco in this episode it means that by the time they find Garfield closing up the shop for good during reunion tour, that means Garfield in a matter of maybe a year, went from new hire to OWNER. That is mercantile wit beyond belief!

[@Xel963]

He made a very good deal on that job investment

[@DevanLund]

I believe in one of the first "The 'The Adventure Zone' Zone" episodes, Griffin admitted that was a bit of a retcon, because he wanted Tres Horny Boys to interact with Garfield from that point on whenever they went into the store. So rather than just a new hire, Grif turned him into the owner and sole proprietor of Fantasy Costco.

[@selfanothermostlikely478]

definitely eliminated the original owner

[@kayleighgould3793]

Devan Thayer Lund while that’s perfectly fine, I like to imagine he struck up a deal with the OG owner, and bought the store suuuuuper cheap

[@lastlife0726]

They had a deal for him.

[@55445]

I like how their belief that Garfield the Deals Warlock is their 'first cross universe character' and the DM probably smirked a little on the inside on hearing that.

[@55445]

@@noblefrankfurt9027 It's a pretty big spoiler so stop reading if you want to listen to the podcast. Around 2/3 of the way through their campaign they find out they themselves, Magnus, Taako, and Merl are not from the universe they have been in the entire campaign. They are cross universe characters. Canonically.

[@whereami8940]

55445 are you taking about the dimensional merge?

[@55445]

@@whereami8940 No, They came over from another universe or plane of existence on the Starblaster.

[@djfrogtime9956]

ordinary Oddball he said in several ttazz that he knew the basic outline from the beginning. he didn’t start writing in earnest till Crystal Kingdom but he knew that -spoilers- that they were from a different dimension by like episode three

[@mildlyupset6011]

@@55445 thanks for the spoiler warning bro

[@DropOfMidnightOfficial]

I like the bits where the bag and the steven bubble change as Griffin describes them !

[@MichaelWacht]

VeryIgnored I know, right! The snowman getting the snorkel was clever! ⛄️🌊

[@whalesharko4465]

I like it because that's always exactly what happens in my head

[@virginiamooney4105]

"Cause that tune is just gonna stuck right in your dome" self-fulfilling prophecy.

[@2MeterLP]

Thats why I dont buy lootboxes. You pay 300 goldpieces for a mystery bag and you get a goldfish.

[@SymBatAnimations]

XD hahaha exactly

[@kirabrooks3510]

Steven is an agent of love!

[@lr-]

This is exactly why you DO buy the mystery bag. Steven is worth way more than money can buy!

[@sketchycat6223]

Riesenfriese a great prize btw

[@floriansmulders8682]

It's still worth it

[@CJtheRad]

That bit at the end when Steven goes pink is so flipping good. Great styling of the boys and I really like how you have griffin in his god bubble.

[@SymBatAnimations]

Thanks :3 I'm glad you liked it. Yeah I based Griffin's bubble off of the graphic novel. Thought it would be fun to do something like that X3

[@FieryArtemis]

I forgot that Travis’s pet naming conventions and insistence upon strictly calling pets by true names started this early.

[@duvetdiaries]

It is absolutely astonishing to me that Griffin made this mystery bag so Magnus can have a pet and Travis immediately was like “That, I want that now.”

[@lydiah12]

3:02 - It swims around in its tiny ball and loves you, Magnus! Thank you for illustrating this iconic scene! Beautifully done!

[@SymBatAnimations]

Thank you so much! I'm happy to have been able to share it with you guys ^w^

[@partlyironic]

This reminds me of Justin’s later buyer’s remorse over the pocket spa This is an EXCELLENT animation - I love how you kept the three as their characters even though technically they weren’t always in character. Perfect decision that helped the flow of it all. Favourite moment was Magnus asking Griffin to paint them a word picture.

[@SymBatAnimations]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@dorkinabubble7772]

See, the fact that Garfield smiles wickedly when he says the benefits are terrible tells me more about his character than any other animatic about this point 😂

[@cartoonking1895]

Garfield winking at Takko always gets me. XD

[@jondoh6477]

Also hey look Jeffery is doing that trick where he swims upside down at the top of the glass.

[@degallo360]

This is sooo good! I love their designs and expressions. And how Merle keeps trying to eat Steven.

[@SymBatAnimations]

Savannah Williams thanks! :3

[@ChoralAlchemist]

Magnus when he says “paint us a word picture” is perfect. You’re amazing.

[@SymBatAnimations]

awww thank you X3 Im glad you liked it

[@Myce_Mycologic]

Kianu Reaves: You're all amazing!

[@someonessidechannel1485]

The soft pitter of dice as Griffin draws out his words to quickly read what the rolls determined... By the way he described it on the spot beautifully

[@whalesharko4465]

Do you have a time stamp?

[@keaton5101]

garfield refers to himself as a "new hire" at the fantasy costco which leads me to believe that at some point in the story, he took over as the owner

[@danghostman2814]

"Newly hired at..." is Garfield code for, "I just bought out..."

[@MichaelWacht]

I love the transition from Griffin to Garfield. This whole video is awesome! You did a wonderful job and I'm so glad to see these are still being made. Thank your so much for sharing it!

[@SymBatAnimations]

Hey! Thank you so much! :) I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@braindeadmemer]

It only occurs to me now that Garfield is a warlock, and therefore made a deal with a form of Devil for power so let’s let that sink in.

[@ViscariaASMR]

This is absolutely the cutest animatic I've seen so far. I love it so much. Thank you so much for making it.

[@SymBatAnimations]

Thanks :3 Im glad you liked it!

[@ViscariaASMR]

Do you mind if I share it on tumblr? I don't have a huge following or anything, but it's just so cute I want all my friends to see it.

[@SymBatAnimations]

@@ViscariaASMR yeah go for it. :)

[@nicolaswhitaker1173]

Yes! Great job! 1:06 is everything to me. :)

[@SymBatAnimations]

XD thanks! Glad you like! :3

[@antwonpace5175]

I LOVE your Garfield!

[@SymBatAnimations]

Thank you :3

[@nerdatello]

THIS IS SO GOOD *AAAAAAAAA* THE COLORS THE DESIGNS *TAAKO* ITS ALL SO GOOD

[@pokeslash1416]

This shot up to my top animatics list in the first minute and just kept getting better.

[@vampirehunterme]

Love that as it goes on the haunted dolls disappear

[@ellamaefried8185]

I love all the little details in the store! also how magnus keeps his shirt on in the tub! And! how you drew Griffin!

[@SymBatAnimations]

Thanks! ^w^

[@mathewitapson]

Griffin made Travis take care of a goldfish, so Travis is making Griffin take care of a crab

[@snail4641]

the effect where things change as there's more description is super cool!! it really makes it feel like it's being imagined (in a good way)

[@SymBatAnimations]

Thank you! Yeah that was my intention. Im glad you enjoyed it :3

[@MsDianagentaToYou]

The bag changing with the description... Magnus's art style changes... perfection. Also I wanna do a Magnus cosplay pretty much so I can have a magic goldfish friend in a glass ball.

[@Ehh97]

I honestly forgot that this is when he got the fish. When the arc after this began I was so confused as to where the fish came from because I forgot 90% of when happened at the Fantasy Cosco

[@Archon762]

First thing I'd ask is: Is the goldfish real, and if so does the sphere open to feed it, or is it enchanted to never need to eat and water never need to be cleaned? Also is the fish immortal xD

[@shelbystarling8537]

“Voidfish Loves you”

[@jondoh6477]

Yup that's The Deals Warlock.

[@quinnmarchese6313]

toe to tip, thats a deals warlock

[@gung-hopotato37]

I really want someone to animate the quick scene were Magnus slaps the Director and the Director slaps him back and says "Booyah". A very gold scene.

[@rosemarycat5]

Steven origin story!!! I love how you did Magnus's expressions!

[@SymBatAnimations]

Hey thanks! Glad you loved it!

[@Frickll]

Im love steven he's handsome.

[@kadentro8686]

OMG the haunted dolls are gone in one of the scene (3:04)s, I love that little easter egg!! This animatic is so fantastic I love it!

[@SymBatAnimations]

Thank you! Haha I'm glad you love it

[@Companion92]

I just love how you animated this. With the items changing, when they get described more

[@SymBatAnimations]

Thank you :3

[@lazynoodle6739]

It's a realy good animation. I love how images change gradually when things are happenibg and Griffin is adding new detail

[@SymBatAnimations]

Thank you :3 yeah I really enjoy animating those parts.

[@gatereaper]

Yup. That uh... that's about right

[@MichaelWacht]

Four years later this still appears in my feed and brings me joy. Thanks again for making it!

[@MichaelWacht]

I just noticed the dolls 😳

[@SymBatAnimations]

@@MichaelWacht Hahahah XD

[@SymBatAnimations]

Thank you!!! that makes me very happy X3

[@1Maklak]

The closest thing to that ball (which obviously provides sustenance to the fish) is a circlet of sustenance for 2k5 gp. At 300 gp this was a bargain in that it was sold for less than it costed to make. Problem was, it was kinda useless, except maybe as a toy for some rich girl, so they put it in a "mystery bag" to lure some suckers and get back some of the cost. This is brilliant in how much it makes sense.

[@kalebkirkevold5589]

Garfield went from a new hire to owner of the entire Fantasy Costco franchise

[@plutototoh]

This is absolutely precious I love how you draw steven and I loved the style switch when Magnus was EYEBALLIN THAT BAG! You do rubberhose art style very very well

[@SymBatAnimations]

Hey Thanks Pluto X3 I'm glad you love it!

[@ARISUinW0NDERLAND]

I have now watched hundreds of TAZ animatics, and this is one of the very best! Very nicely done!

[@SymBatAnimations]

Thank you very much! That means alot to me!

[@Ramonerdna]

Justin's twist to the 'are youu looking at it' is Genius

[@msgbbx1860]

Hello good sir! Loved the video! Make more!

[@beeboydraws9655]

A fully inked and colored animatic with detail and good composition and angles????? Wow! Great job! loved this scene.

[@SymBatAnimations]

Thanks! :3

[@brycesmith6427]

This is the best fantasy costco animatic I've seen! Great great job!

[@SymBatAnimations]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it!

[@UberCharger56]

The overjoyed way Travis gasps "YOU MADE IT!" when Garfield shows up is precious.

[@SymBatAnimations]

Hahaha thank you! I'm glad you liked it!

[@ChoralAlchemist]

I’ll never get over steven’s grumpy face at the end. I love it so so much

[@aryanahainsworth624]

wow I adore your style so much, it's easy to tell you put a ton of passion and effort into this. I'd love to see more from you! :)

[@SymBatAnimations]

Thanks! I really appreciate it! :D

[@Mr12Relic]

Who else thinks of the Fantasy Costco jingle when going to regular Costco?

[@distilledwill]

"We can't take that, we're not looting - this is a bank!" "ALRIGHT I take a chair"

[@Jakerthedog]

anybody notice how the haunted dolls went missing? love the detail!

[@squidy5008]

I love those haunted h8 and sono dolls. Good job sym

[@SymBatAnimations]

Thanks Squidy XD

[@yenee94]

I love this! I love our boys!!

[@faitheloo]

I LOVE how you formulate the image based on what you have and then adjust it as you acquire more info. Great work!

[@SymBatAnimations]

Thank you! ^w^

[@alexanderking5676]

this should have all the views

[@TRquiet]

“Is the mystery bag worth it?” is a totally legit question. Most places that offer something like that will say something to the effect of, “$30 bag contains at least $50 worth of stuff.” You just don’t get to pick the stuff.

[@ktfinnst3796]

He foreshadowed Fisher

[@azraelle6232]

One of the best Lunar Interlude episodes of the entire series, and animated so well!

[@SymBatAnimations]

Thank you so much! I'm glad I was able to animate it ^w^

[@MithrilRoshi]

Did you SEE that dad move. "I will buy it for 400 off you then if you dont want it" "No!" Classic.

[@Wolfstar26]

holy fuck your taako design is EVERYTHING

[@Ramonerdna]

Clint offering to buy the goldfish shows why hes such a good dad

[@poeticcinema5857]

Amazing. Love this

[@SymBatAnimations]

Thank you :)

[@cjboyo]

I love griffin in a robe as the dm

[@nicklarocco4178]

I really want some lenses of straight creepin'

[@Uncle-Jay]

So, this reminds me of a thing I did for my players. They were lousy with money so I did something like the mystery bag, each package was 500GP and players rolled a 1D100 to see what they got. One player got a cape that could turn in to bat wings and allow them to fly. Another got a t-rex figure that turned in to a real t-rex. Yet another got a bottomless bag of peanuts that they weren't very impressed with, I let them sell that back for 250GP. The bottomless bag of peanuts was even more useless because I don't use stuff like hunger or thirst in my games, lmfao.

[@SymBatAnimations]

I love the idea of a bottomless bag of peanuts XDDD could be useful if an enemy is allergic to peanuts? lols

[@Uncle-Jay]

@@SymBatAnimations I am the kind of DM who likes to just have fun, so often times, as long as there's a way to involve a dice roll in it, I'll allow it. If they had wanted to use the bag of peanuts on a hole to fill it, or to like suffocate enemies, I'd have allowed it. I do this thing called "Fate Rolls", where a player can roll a 1D100 to try and nudge fate in their favor, so if you were playing in my game and had the peanuts, if you had asked, "Any chance [enemy] is allergic to peanuts?", we let Fate (1D100) decide. Although, while I love and encourage creativity, stuff like that I generally only allow once so it isn't abused.

[@Uncle-Jay]

Yeah, I use the 100 sided as much as I can because it's fun to roll, everyone likes rolling that big ass clumsy 1D100. If religious players want to try and contact their God, they can try once a day and on a 95 or better they actually do. That doesn't mean they'll get what they want or anything but they have that chance and they just love the fact that's an option.

[@elianas1121]

Magnus sings to the fish, you say... That one hits different than it used to.

[@miecer]

This was awesome, I love stephen the goldfish

[@meganryan145]

This scene is so different in the comic, but it was BECAUSE OF THIS ANIMATIC I watched and as I read petals to the metal, I love the scene in that comic with the mystery bag. Small fact and tiny spoil: It was 700 gold pieces in the comic while here its 300

[@Molscheira]

3:04 where are the haunted dolls?? O.o spoooooky I love your attention to detail - so so good! Great job!

[@SymBatAnimations]

Thanks! ^w^

[@veshengri]

I love this so much! I wish you had done more

[@SoulQueenoD]

Spoilers if you haven't listened to Balance. Steven can kind of count as foreshadowing for Fisher and Fisher Jr.

[@tadesubaru1383]

This is awesome

[@avery9122]

griffin's slender and beautiful hand at 1:08

[@aru9259]

Very nice! I love the level of detail.

[@Falsedeth]

Loved everything about this! Just wish my costco was a fantasy one,I need a mystery bag.

[@TalexTheLich]

I love the haunted dolls on the shelf lol

[@SymBatAnimations]

thanks XD

[@maeve6651]

Like the comic

[@gabrielanavarro9934]

3:29 nice parenting Clint😂

[@otagen]

this is amazing!!! so cute and expressive!

[@alexpayne7316]

Woah! This is amazing!

[@FlyingSnake]

BAT? BAT IS THAT YOU OH MY GOOOOOOOD

[@SymBatAnimations]

Oh heey!! :D hows it going?? Howd you find my channel? Lols XD

[@FlyingSnake]

@@SymBatAnimations Im doing well!!! I was watching someone who animated the same guys you did

[@SymBatAnimations]

@@FlyingSnake yay! Glad to hear. Lols awesome! Yeah I love MBMBAM and the Adventure zone. Happy to see you stumble upon my animatics of them XD

[@smore14]

this is amazing.

[@sunsetsynth]

This is so charming aaa I never wanted it to end :’’’)

[@emilyshapland9576]

oh my god this is amazing

[@Emma-yn9op]

Fantastic!

[@jmtisdale]

Damn this was great, please makes more for TAZ!

[@Wolfstar26]

your taako is gorgeous and your visual narrative is so engaging and funny and good!

[@SymBatAnimations]

Thanks! :3 I'm glad you enjoyed it

[@DrXaiver]

love your stuff man, hope to see your channel grow

[@SymBatAnimations]

Thanks :) I really appreciate it!

[@DrXaiver]

no prob, im actually trying to become and artist so I appreciate your art man i'll stick around on your channel man so expect me to be around

[@brycemartel]

Amazing

[@arsyn4504]

The peach Bodiepillow is back!

[@SymBatAnimations]

Fizzled hahahaha XD yup!

[@ForeverLaughing221]

This is my favorite.

[@DeathnoteBB]

0:35 Is that... is that Peridot’s poofed gem to the left of the Power Mushroom?

[@SymBatAnimations]

Good eye. Indeed it is.

[@DeathnoteBB]

Sym Bat Thanks! I loved the details on all the shelves in the video! So many easter eggs without the shot being too cluttered. I didn’t expect a poofed Gem though XD

[@SymBatAnimations]

@@DeathnoteBB haha no prob ^w^ and thank you! Yeah theres a lot of Easter eggs that you wont expect in the Fantasy Costco XD

[@everythingart7566]

THERES HAUNTED DOLLS OML