adventure zone by the mcelroys boys - maximumfun.org/shows/adventure... animatic by me: tumblr: / khozen twitter: / khozen_
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@caffenefree7 жыл бұрын
taako, who stole a priceless antique silverware set from A LITERAL CHILD, which had been in his family for GENERATIONS... draws the line at bank robbery.
@MaffSalles7 жыл бұрын
But let's not forget this kind soul that gave THREE FORKS to the child to make him feel less bad
@EmerlyNickel7 жыл бұрын
Caffene And don't forget the boots of jumping he knicked off of Meryl's dead cousin in episode 2. (I just started listening to this podcast, btw. loving it so far!)
@danj88927 жыл бұрын
people do business there he's not an animal
@patanu7 жыл бұрын
Everybody has standards.
@TheDragoMorph6 жыл бұрын
Capitalists, man.
@spehizle5 жыл бұрын
"We can't steal this gold!" Oh, so Takko's Lawful Good. "The Chief of Police is RIGHT OUTSIDE." Oh, so Takko's Common Sense Good.
@liamwhite35225 жыл бұрын
Taako, two arcs previous, found Merle's dead relative, looted sweet magic shoes from the corpse, and then gave them to Magnus. He didn't even want them, he stole them for kicks! Taako, the arc previous, stole the antique silverware collection from an NPC helper for gold, then bought back 3 utensils later to convince him of their bond. Taako, later this arc, will steal an engine partfrom a competitor's workshop, and kill several people to do it. Chaotic Neutral, Chaotic Good at best.
@Ray-hk1zm4 жыл бұрын
@@liamwhite3522 He's a good boy, he's just also sort of a kleptomaniac.
@logicaloverdrive81974 жыл бұрын
@@liamwhite3522 didn't magnus start that fight tho? I remember him pulling the lever on the lift and killing those two guys.
@notjamin4 жыл бұрын
Taako is not good I love him but he is definitely chaotic neutral
@quackthulu95753 жыл бұрын
@@liamwhite3522 also to add that NPC helper was a like 10 year old boy
@raisedbybears19917 жыл бұрын
I like that the Chaotic-good character is threatening to turn the Lawful-good character over to the authorities
@Sleepy12ftPanda7 жыл бұрын
I guess that means Magnus is more Lawful than he is good because he justifies himself by saying that the bank's insurance will cover it while Takko argues from the moral perspective of not screwing the bank's patrons over.
@helenasommerville7 жыл бұрын
Bruna nah, the character sheets have taako as chaotic good and magnus as lawful good
@raisedbybears19917 жыл бұрын
I'm still pretty new to the series (just finished Rockport Limited, and was still on the Gerblim arc when I wrote that comment) but I remember hearing or reading that those were their intended alignments. I doubt the McElroys take it very seriously, but it was just funny to consider when you see the way they act here
@BrooklynJackBlue6 жыл бұрын
I feel like Taako is actually Neutral Evil!
@pearlyp98986 жыл бұрын
Justin Kalman I'm sorry, your comment is old so you very well might not care anymore, but I wanted to ask, why do you think he's neutral evil?
@PurpleDingoPress7 жыл бұрын
I love that every character in this is behaving exactly opposite their respective alignments.
@keaton51017 жыл бұрын
wait a second whats merles alignment
@fist-of-doom4876 жыл бұрын
I think Taako has some wiggle room, since he's chaotic Good. He still has a moral compass just not a super strong one. Apparently he draws the line at federal crimes.
@DeathnoteBB5 жыл бұрын
Keaton merle seems pretty true neutral
@quisslequassle4045 жыл бұрын
The best thing is how it all makes perfect sense through their backstory.
@AnubisFactsGames4 жыл бұрын
Fist-of-doom I haven’t seen much of TAZ and I also do not know the economy’s inner workings in this story’s specific kingdom nor DND in general. But if the kingdom these people are in works with capitalism similar to America (or whatever), then I believe I know a perfect quote from the Joker which will explain also why Taako is worried. “I’m crazy enough to take on the Batman. But the IRS? No thank you!”
@Birdofprey-cg3pj7 жыл бұрын
I KEEP STARING AT TAAKO *i DON'T BLINK*
@biddodiggo21765 жыл бұрын
Same here bud
@WhatTheFlox4 жыл бұрын
took me 2 years to find this comment.
@oligb14694 жыл бұрын
@@WhatTheFlox it took me 2 years and four days to find this reply chain.
@Ramonerdna4 жыл бұрын
You and me both Merle
@nomi99973 жыл бұрын
the profile pic fits so well
@artisticallychallenged78427 жыл бұрын
This was the thing that convinced me to start listening to the adventure zone- I thought Takko was the brains of the group who was a moral 'don't do bad things' kind of guy based off of this. I was very very wrong.
@biddodiggo21765 жыл бұрын
Same here bud... Saaaame here
@MrLung19915 жыл бұрын
ArtisticallyChallenged is it WORTH watching this ?
@biddodiggo21765 жыл бұрын
@@MrLung1991 yes it is and TAAKO IS THE GAY
@MrLung19915 жыл бұрын
Biddo Diggo so ? Is it bad that hes gay ???
@biddodiggo21765 жыл бұрын
@@MrLung1991 nope... It's better
@epicwatermelon3634 жыл бұрын
Merle’s face at “I KEEP STARING AT TAAKO. *I DON’T BLINK* “
@kofimoon-vv-82793 жыл бұрын
*stares at the camera*
@waggledagger23487 жыл бұрын
The frame on "this isn't a DUNGEON" is the greatest panel I've ever seen
@brandonthegreat975 жыл бұрын
WaggleDagger facts
@shawnaeatscats5 жыл бұрын
I really like the frame on "I grab some CHAIRS"
@biddodiggo21765 жыл бұрын
Its sorta pearl-like trait don't you think?
@nerren50665 жыл бұрын
Biddo Diggo That’s exactly what I was thinking
@biddodiggo21765 жыл бұрын
@@nerren5066 (Shouting in the distance) Your Welcome.
@B4K4xNi7 жыл бұрын
You know, when I first heard this episode, this scene felt really out of character for both Magnus and Taako... but knowing the sort of things you learn later on, Magnus's disrespect for government institutions and willingness to break laws as long as the common man isn't harmed, as well as Taako's fear of breaking major laws makes a lot of sense.
@fortidogi86206 жыл бұрын
>The corruption in the militia
@sophienah46545 жыл бұрын
i didnt think i t was ut of character for taako at all. We'd only ever seen taako take money from corpses and belongings on a train. His unwillingness to steal from a bank just means his character has some form of respect for not screwing with large amounts of peoples money. as for magnus, well. travis did alot of playing around with the type of person magnus was and if it felt right or not and this was probably one of those moments
@Sophia-rk6ck4 жыл бұрын
I always saw taako as a swindler not a thief, he’s a business man so of course he doesn’t want to take from a place where money is rightfully somebody else’s. Devil people? Fair game. If he gets in fair and square? HELL YEAH! But never stealing. There’s no pizazz
@rebeccadaly7204 жыл бұрын
@@Sophia-rk6ck This is actually a really good point, I never thought about it before but clearly Taako has a lot of respect for the artistry of conning people. Most of the time it's less about getting something and more of the satisfaction of having won it.
@XemnasKH4 жыл бұрын
@@Sophia-rk6ck Taako took everyone's valuables from the Rockport train lockbox after tricking them to look the other direction. I don't know what you call that other than stealing.
@epicrapbattlesofherstory7 жыл бұрын
Taako's hand motion when he says "dungeon" is easily the most perfect thing I've ever seen
@Jasmine-mh3kf7 жыл бұрын
Taako's one bizarre flash of non-klepto morality haha
@RileyIsntDead4 жыл бұрын
I am 95% sure that he was trying to convince Magnus to put the money back so he can take it for himself. That's why Merle was watching Taako so carefully.
@saltmomtmissad83843 жыл бұрын
Yeah i remember this episode he was trying to take it for himself lmao
@sapphireshores81377 жыл бұрын
"I am writing it on my goddamn character sheet" omfg srsly i want to have my own D&D adventure. with Taako
@ilivetospiteothers93274 жыл бұрын
I keep having dreams where he's there teaching me magic, and the way he does this is just, so... *TAAKO* !!!
@SlabMangrave7 жыл бұрын
Taako is like the most popular 'Vencher Zone character for obvious reasons so I've seen a whole lot of different interpretations of him, but this one has to be my favourite. There's something about the way you draw his limbs so spindly and his eyes so heavily lidded that just perfectly conveys all the sassafras that boy's got goin also, I'm a big fan of the ORB MERLE
@charliescheirmann29266 жыл бұрын
I think that Taako just looks like Pearl from Steven Universe with a few exceptions
@sarahkin364 жыл бұрын
MaMiMuMa To me it was like it didn’t align *enough* with his canon effeminate beauty (see: the suffering game), I feel what OP is saying and am obsessed with this animatic but he’s too bean shaped for me in this one for my brain to fully latch onto the idea that he’s Taako here
@mrcritical67514 жыл бұрын
Comic Taako has the best design, Carey really captured the feminine side of him
@sweetpeabee49833 жыл бұрын
@@sarahkin36 tbh I kind of headcanon that during the Suffering Game, Taako actually goes from funky-looking/elf-y to a much more "normal" conventionally attractive individual -- i.e. that by human standards, Taako would actually seem to have grown more beautiful. Mostly because I just find it funny to think about Taako the Bean being super vain about his appearance & hemming and hawing so much about giving up part of it lol.
@fblaeser20332 жыл бұрын
U
@marinasweeney47274 жыл бұрын
"Magnus, he's right. Let's put the chairs back" is such an underrated line 😂
@CarryLarry7 жыл бұрын
0:38 Why are we looting? This isn't a dungeon, people do business here. Put that back!
@delaneyklutes55797 жыл бұрын
"the corruption in the militia!" also these are the BEST FUCKING character designs for these guys!!!!
@OtaconAmiibo7 жыл бұрын
This was literally my first exposure to TAZ so I wanna thank you, because I'm 17 episodes deep now and my life is has improved drastically since.
@LJLvids7 жыл бұрын
same here, altough i'm only 4 episodes in after 5 days
@theblackzodiacqueen66007 жыл бұрын
I'm 6 episodes in after 3 days ... i dont have a problem
@thinmintthemonkey24355 жыл бұрын
@@theblackzodiacqueen6600 I'm 15 episodes in less than 2 days.... I think I have a problem. 🤣
@TonberryShuffle5 жыл бұрын
"He's right. Let's put the chairs back". That's the part that got me the most when I was listening to it the first time. And everyone just glossed over it.
@javaPhysician7 жыл бұрын
Merle's design looks like Danny DeVito from Always Sunny. Hell this clip feels like a clip from that show.
@blueskybelyr5 жыл бұрын
Oh my god, when I first started listening to this my immediate thought was "this is like if Mace, Dennis and Charlie were dumped into a fantasy world"
@grakki915 жыл бұрын
i feel like merle is a mix of uncle from red dead redemption and frank from it’s always sunny
@kingofburgerz7 жыл бұрын
Your depiction of Taako is perfect. Simply marvelous.
@k.g.75914 жыл бұрын
Between "you and the box both drink POISON" And this interaction, this is my favorite TAZ interaction. It got me into TAZ
@thelonboots7 жыл бұрын
i love magnus' nail polish. and everything about this
@starrats4447 жыл бұрын
thelonboots i love the trend of putting magnus in nail polish bc travis wears nail polish, these boys are style icons
@saber1epee02 жыл бұрын
"Why are We Looting?!" And ”The mongoose mask" are the two actually quintessential bits of TAAKO lore. If you don't satisfy those, your Canon has missed.
@spockedandloaded6 жыл бұрын
I love that Magnus has travis's painted nails
@notoriousjester25934 жыл бұрын
Everyone talking about "This isn't a D U N G E O N" frame, meanwhile I'm here transfixed on "Just cause you found M O N E Y"
@doktortulp54966 жыл бұрын
Your Taako reminds me a lot of Pearl's body language (Steven Universe) especialy when he says "This isn't a DUNGEON!"
@Augie_Froggie5 жыл бұрын
Doktor Tulp y e s
@EpicBeard8154 жыл бұрын
Merle agreeing to put the chairs back is too underrated
@horseonbeach4 жыл бұрын
i watched this without the context of the show so merle staring intensely at taako was So confusing
@cussundriakneal99044 жыл бұрын
Probably thinking: "Who the hell are you and what have you done with Takko?" XD
@officebar7 жыл бұрын
Some rich fan: give this woman a bunch of money to quit her day job and crank out TAZ animatics full-time. (EDIT: gender corrected by Silvia Ceccatio)
@morbidlizard7 жыл бұрын
Ray Sizemore that's be so great!!! p.s. Khozen, the animator, is a girl btw
@officebar7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info-- edited!
@thetopcats.91542 жыл бұрын
What's funny to me is that despite being so worked up about it, he does completely forget to rat them out later.
@TyrannosaurusChexmix4 ай бұрын
I love characters like Taako who can be classified as "They have a moral code, it's just anyone's guess as to what the fuck it is."
@finian95817 жыл бұрын
my fav thing is having seen this, and then as im trying to binge my way through the podcast, hitting this exact point and realizing what's happening
@CaylexT4 жыл бұрын
"I keep staring at Taako. I DON'T BLINK" has the proper context
@fretzl6 жыл бұрын
I love all the little mannerisms in this, like Taako shoving Magnus with the chair at 0:45
@Omnimegas7 жыл бұрын
the way you draw their physical interactions with one another is perfect, and I just adore all of taako's expressions great work!
@Skadfun7 жыл бұрын
Can't stop watching this. I am maybe 30 of your views.
@palmbae68467 жыл бұрын
Skadfun FUCKING same, I am the other 605
@palmbae68467 жыл бұрын
The other 5,941 times now
@ilariacarloni83932 жыл бұрын
Merle's face and design make me laugh my ass off! Beautiful
@smalliesxd2 жыл бұрын
I love it when Griffin laughs so hard you can hear him clapping/slapping his legs
@HonestyJZ7 жыл бұрын
I've watched this animatic 10-20 times in the last few weeks; really great job. My only complaint is that you've irrevocably altered by mental image of Magnus with how perfect your design is.
@slyngn78476 жыл бұрын
Somebody needs to make Merle face at 0:12 or 0:15 a meme.
@marcoresnick89077 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh, for a second I thought you painted Magnus's nails because Travis actually paints his!
@hugenerd2426 жыл бұрын
0:19 *looks into the camera like I'm on The Office*
@emilyh79714 жыл бұрын
I don't know why but I love Taako's ridiculously short wizard hat
@ciaradonegan16076 жыл бұрын
oh man i've watched this like 5 times and i just noticed how merle stares into the camera like he's in the office for a split second... bravo this animatic is amazing
@sarahkin364 жыл бұрын
There is nothing I love more than Taako’s fuckin wheel of fortune of a moral compass
@Amaraofficial3 жыл бұрын
this is literally my favorite animatic between the audio itself and your goddamn art and the expressions and the merle stare
@haileykhon93334 жыл бұрын
Taako: “Just because you found money in a bank doesn’t mean you can just take it with you!” *literally two arcs later* Taako: **steals all the money in a bank vault instead of the thing they were supposed to grab the entire episode**
@Companion923 жыл бұрын
It was in a time loop, so he thought that it doesn't count. Got really akward, when they later realised, that the people remembered everything from all the loops
@fitnessdicinyourmouth1438 Жыл бұрын
He used it for a spell that he would never have another opportunity to use. There was never another opportunity where the gang had access to that much loot and there’s only a handful of spells you can use with that much loot. Plus time kept resetting and every time it reset all the loot you gained would not be kept.
@TapeLeg7 жыл бұрын
dang, you are PUMPIN these out
@Sneakysneaky887 жыл бұрын
One day. One day. The fans will get together and make an entire series of collaborative storyboard-style videos like these for every episode. Every. Episode. And I will listen to the whole series from the start again. ...one can only dream. I mean, sure, the average episode is a little over an hour long, but just imagine. Hnnnng. HNNNNG.
@generellconfusion25928 ай бұрын
Evil Taako be like: I don't want to steal!
@BryceCastillo7 жыл бұрын
I watch this like every day, this moment and your illustration of it are fantastic!
@neonblush48017 жыл бұрын
I adore the way you draw them!
@MegDaunting7 жыл бұрын
I watch this several times a week, your work is so good and other love your character designs! you did a great job giving taako fun gestures. love it!
@pieterskuse3604 Жыл бұрын
The animation of taako is fucking on point
@RileyIsntDead4 жыл бұрын
We all know that Taako is just waiting for them to turn their backs so he can take it all for himself.
@wol52273 жыл бұрын
4 years later, this is still my favorite bit from the whole show!
@Cathar5i57 жыл бұрын
Dude, this animatic is what got me into the adventure zone back then. Thank you so much!
@sebjove53817 жыл бұрын
this is so cute, expressive, and hilarious. im DYING
@WitchyThyme7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this! This animatic is how I was introduced to the show.
@DaNgErDiabolikmusic7 жыл бұрын
I've watched a handful of these and yours are THE BEST! The character designs are absolute perfection. If AZ was an animated series, this style would capture the series to perfection! BRAVO!
@ChrisBradel7 жыл бұрын
I still watch this almost every week
@hatch21417 жыл бұрын
holy shit i love this so much! the why each of them is drawn and their expressions are amazing! this is great
@awfulgood86966 жыл бұрын
Great animatic! Man I love these. Nice work.
@gracedorothy4306 жыл бұрын
okay but these are the best interpretations of the characters
@DreamsOfFire5 жыл бұрын
This is the greatest thing ever! I think I replayed it like 9 times, haha! Awesome job!!
@rowsys5 жыл бұрын
this is the animatic that got me into TAZ! i love this, ive watched it so much. thank you for sharing ur beautiful art.
@skylarp55295 жыл бұрын
I only have a 5-minute break before I have to go back to working and I just used all of it to watch this over and over again
@alliebeemac6 жыл бұрын
I am so glad I found this again! Months ago I was watching a bunch of hamilton animatics, and this popped up in suggested. Had never heard of the adventure zone or the mcelroys before this, but I had to look them up because this video had me cracking up. thank you so much for opening that world for me
@dogloversunite6 жыл бұрын
This was the first TAZ animation I watched, before I was even listening to the series, and I feel it was a perfect introduction to the podcast!
@celiad-ff4cp7 жыл бұрын
This is amazing thank you so much
@keaton51015 жыл бұрын
this is one of the first taz animatics i ever saw and it made a good enough impression on me that i decided to listen to the adventure zone still love this
@d.shazzbaa7 жыл бұрын
taako's hand motions are So On Point here
@ZombieDish3 жыл бұрын
I love this scene and can watch it any time. It's great.
@MissMystery14127 жыл бұрын
Oh man these all fit their voices and characters so well, A+++ job
@Epinardscaramel Жыл бұрын
This isn't a dungeon, people do business here! Put that back!
@Seavsta5 жыл бұрын
This introduced me to this show. God bless your soul.
@christopherhancock4722 жыл бұрын
Taako looted Merle’s relative’s body for some sweet kicks he then GAVE to Magnus in the first arc of the campaign.
@KatieShanahan7 жыл бұрын
This is fantastic!!
@ghostification6 жыл бұрын
oh my lord i love your style
@misti-step7 жыл бұрын
i love their nail polish (and magnus' beard) :)
@Dotmw5 жыл бұрын
This is what convinced me to start listening to the podcast; thanks for introducing me to TAZ!
@sqwooshh5 жыл бұрын
Another amazingly iconic scene
@rebeccatrishel6 жыл бұрын
I love the discussion of alignment.
@annak.94834 жыл бұрын
idk why but seeing this animated makes it 1000000 times funnier, I'm literally crying laughing! Well done :) thank you!
@fanboygamer3e4 жыл бұрын
“I’m writing it on my goddamn character sheet.”
@killjoy83727 жыл бұрын
I just wanted to say that this video is what made me listen to taz, it's amazing and this is how i picture all three lol
@cadaverkeys7 жыл бұрын
this is the video that got me into TAZ! Your art style is so cool and neat!!!
@toniconge70037 жыл бұрын
This was the first adventure Zone thing I saw and I just made it to this point while listening!
@superequinox41855 жыл бұрын
I remember listening to this in the car and losing my shit, probably the best adventure zone moment imo thanks for animating this lol
@nyanfem5 жыл бұрын
I LOVE THIS
@theblackzodiacqueen66007 жыл бұрын
Taako is and always will be the greatest thing
@laika95136 жыл бұрын
i highkey love the way you draw magnus hbsbsbsbs
@cristiana80443 жыл бұрын
I love this.
@catcher05 жыл бұрын
love this. especially love your merle, thats now my hc for him. brill
@rosemarycat52 жыл бұрын
love to see it
@flairhayden5 жыл бұрын
0:45 - 0:50 is my favorite drawing of this exchange.
@honeycombkisses75594 жыл бұрын
all of their mannerisms are amazing- taakos little hand gestures?? phenomenal
@snoopsboops14143 жыл бұрын
I love this
@BrooklynJackBlue6 жыл бұрын
I love this so much...
@korbinslookingglass5467 Жыл бұрын
merle's piercing stare!
@milkyblue25194 жыл бұрын
LOVE THIS PODCAST ! THEY SHOULD GET U TO ANIMATE MORE OF IT