The Protomen: Hope Rides Alone (Animated Music Video)

Music video for 'Hope Rides Alone' by The Protomen. Video taken from their website at www.theprotomen...

[@MrKajithecat]

I remember when I would work in a kitchen we would blast this album during the morning shift to keep us all very alert and to keep our shit head manager out of our way. This was working music. Literally the battle drum while we fill breakfast/brunch orders. Lots of skilled short order cooks listened to this to keep them ready, willing and prepared to fight.

[@Julie-do2dr]

dude, i literally did the exact same thing at work in the mornings. just pump the speaker to full volume and play act 1 and 2 of the protomen back to back.

[@crad1899]

You are the dead!

[@123dg63]

@MrKajithecat Imagine hearing a complete kitchen crew yell "We Are The Dead!" while you grab a meal, love it

[@systemerror07]

same!!

[@ChibisOnTheLoose]

Wow, it took me a while to realize the Proto Man took down 4 out of the 6 Robot Masters after that "ATTAAAACK" part. I needed to watch the video 0.25 speed, but it was worth it.

[@dialgaofpower2]

I don't know about you, but I really only say him get rid of Fire, Cut, probaby Ice, and possibly Guts. Don't really know what happened to Bomb Man.

[@PitchIncorrection]

That’s still a pretty good K/D ratio

[@nexusgiga]

dialgaofpower2 it was bombmans fault.

[@ChargeJN]

From what I've gathered, He shoots Fire man, I think he throws Bomb man's Dynamite back at him, Shoots Ice man, and straight up Decapitated Cut man. Meanwhile Guts man shook the ground while Elec man charged his Kamehameha or whatever tf that was.

[@takkoy8658]

@@ChargeJN I'm pretty sure Fire Man is alive after Proto Man's onslaught, though. In 2:57, Fire Man is seen next to Guts Man.

[@KojiroDangerous]

Apparently they announced an "Act Two", which will be a prequel focusing on the relationship between Light and Wily.

[@amphibiouslanding9383]

Yeah sounds weird

[@zakbitzinger2403]

And damn is it good

[@LordOfSilense]

Can't wait for Act 2 to come out, been waiting years

[@vengarlof7033]

Sile Animus what about act 3?

[@KilosFoxo]

@@vengarlof7033 from what i have seen in my 2 months listening to the protomen they want it to be as good as possible so they aren't rushing it

[@CodeMarbles]

It's been 10 years... and im still here...

[@Jemar630]

You here too?

[@calebeskew9628]

Marbels -2 years ago

[@craca02]

...here we go again

[@Jemar630]

OVER: 1,000 likes here... :]

[@cokerpilot]

Maybe if you make it number 1 in Ather Raids they will finish Act III... I kid but at the very least they are saying they are making good progress on it.

[@almungos4076]

10 years later. Still waiting for ACT 3

[@nexenojustice552]

16 years later. Still waiting for ACT 3

[@lephalacat]

We are *STILL* the dead

[@lephalacat]

(No, really. We're holding out for the heroes like the city's Mankind. At this point, maybe we the regular citizens should create our own Act 3 to rebel against Wily, maybe the real Act 3 had been resting inside us this whole time... /jk, jk...)

[@HalDoom]

This is the kind of album you can listen to all the way through because the story is so strong.

[@megafan1137]

I have a playlist with protomen music and anytime one song comes on when I have it shuffled, I end up queuing the rest of the album.

[@eckitronix]

Even now there is hope for man.

[@eli6929]

no. there are no heroes left in man.

[@eckitronix]

@@eli6929 Our darkness will block out the sun.

[@lupusalbus3795]

​@@eli6929 Hope rides alone!

[@chance9512]

Even on my death bed I'll say it. There is yet hope for man.

[@Spacialvekter]

What can we do? Where will we turn? Is there nothing we can do? How did it come to this? Where did we go so wrong? We are the dead.

[@takkoy8658]

Words cannot express how much I love this video, and my favorite thing about it is how crudely animated it is. It makes everything much more nightmarish, disturbing and powerful. That scene of Proto Man being mangled in 4:26 in particular gives me the chills every time because of the way it is animated. His legs and head are just separated from the torso. No wires or bolts or even blood, they just... Disjoint. All that while the vocalist screams "We are the dead" in the background. And the use of real life footage throughout the video is also damn unsettling in a way I can't really explain.

[@Madison__]

Rock opera on mega man..? *FUCK YES*

[@lucuspreston8507]

They serious need to do a full length rock anime in this style for the entire MegaMan series. There's a loose enough plot to build around like this. You guys are brilliant, icons of a generation presenting a future we may one day be faced with. A.I. is real. The war is coming. ROCK ON!

[@bjorns1135]

I've always been a satellite appreciator of Mega Man... But The Protomen set my heart on fire for the Blue Bomber!

[@oliviacisme]

Absolutely love these guys music! I've been listening to them since middle school, I'm in COLLEGE now. Kinda wild!

[@ianmiles4892]

14 years and this video still kicks ass!

[@Scrublord4200]

Saw me through my twenties this did. Always a fan of the Protomen.

[@Ninjake67]

Me too and even now a little still.

[@trabunt7111]

I wish there was a way to get this video at a higher resolution. Or at the very least get high res art of all of the robot masters. Their designs here are awesome

[@lupusalbus3795]

SIX TEEN YEARS AGO !

[@cactusjack901]

He did in the Capcom canon, however, this is The Protomen, they reworked the story as they see fit, and I see it to be badass

[@acceptnosubstitutions4353]

Protoman died for your sins.

[@shuavincent]

If Knowing You Are Free is virtuous, i.e. that which defines a hero, then what you describe here is Sins my dude.

[@janderson6756]

Jesus did actually

[@glowing_purple_girl]

Amen

[@makvande576]

Christ is ProtoMan.

[@thatguyoverthereinth]

Come listen to this song again

[@PitchIncorrection]

Primary differences between Mega Man and Proto Man: Mega Man has the beam shooty thingy Proto Man has a fucking vulcan cannon

[@pr9039]

Possibly one of the best fan-animated videos ever. Love this.

[@ScreamingAndDying]

This could be a badass stage show.

[@Galford4000]

Some of the stock footage was from Night of the Living Dead!

[@folbykleetwood7462]

I knew I'd seen it before somewhere!

[@dregs-of-virtue]

least he downed cut man

[@astrangeriremain]

*Cutsmin

[@seemo5789]

Cut Man couldn't make any paper dolls out of Proto Man. To be fair, though, Cut Man's weak as hell, even with just the Buster.

[@Serkel]

*KUNG FU CUTMAN*

[@cumulonimbuscapillatus9312]

and then got btfo by elec man, just like in the games

[@waluigisilver7773]

It looks like he destroys Fire Man with Bomb Man's explosive and shoots up Ice Man too.

[@thevegetor5985]

Still hyped for act 3

[@CoriSparx]

Man... That version of Elecman gives me the creeps O.o

[@noneofyourbusiness4133]

Still brigns a fuckign tear to my eye, even all these years leater. jesus fucking CHRIST thsi is the good shit. This music video is fucking PURE punk.

[@formertofu]

Better than anything Capcom comes up with nowdays.

[@Xenoocean]

2:48-3:02 I thought protoman died because of a glitch in his power supply system (assuming he even died. Was he actually killed by Wily's robots or that glitch? OR was this all made up by the protomen?

[@henryzimmer]

WOOOOOOW!!!!! What a wonderful elaboration! Keep up the good work! Cheers from Sweden! =D

[@Lasergoose]

Definitely one of my favorite parts.

[@serke]

Honestly, this is ridiculously good. And the video is very creative.

[@lephalacat]

....I have no idea what's happening half of the video, but still very epic.

[@DraegonX]

This September will be the 15th anniversary of this masterpiece

[@WinglessRain]

It's been 15 years, and I'm still here.

[@SECONDQUEST]

How did I not know there was this video. Fuck. Love you all.

[@SECONDQUEST]

It's been 2 years. Wow. Here is my algorithm engagement. I love the band.

[@vinegarh2o]

This is something I would very much love to see.

[@_ZimZam]

Absolute Kino

[@cactusjack901]

Indeed they have, the first single from it has also been released, look up Father Of Death, and also look up Breaking Out which they officially released the Demo for

[@McMalle]

This would be awesome on MTv, before MTv turned to shit.

[@kirax10a]

i love the protomen

[@Frightenerd]

Beautyful

[@NovaAnimations365]

Look at yourselves, Protoman died because of YOU!

[@zosoknight]

Imagine having wrote this and seeing all the bullshit that went on since 2004 until today. We really are the dead.

[@onethirdlbofbeef]

@CrazyAnimatorOfDoom man they just need a whole movie to tell this epic tale

[@playstationhero9564]

John Csiha or a musical which ever comes first.

[@matturner6890]

the fact that this singer is not world-renowned is baffling to me.

[@CoriSparx]

Dude.. this is like, Dr. Light vs. Nazi Wily.. O.o

[@bensteinsrightear]

Easily my favorite local band.

[@cvbabc]

Very well done. Not my taste, but quality work and well executed. I think the Protomen would love that someone was this inspired by their work!

[@bunnybleats]

Well I mean, it's from their website, so I'm sure they at least like it a little.

[@mauriciojorgeyattah8871]

dude they made this

[@Coolio_Ash]

10 years...

[@desperadowest2004]

Its 12 years since release.

[@Spooktergeist]

holy crap I just noticed that! cool

[@CrazyAnimatorOfDoom]

They need a video for Will of One.

[@kamenzero9488]

The ending is sad. =( Great song and video though.

[@andrenaveed]

@Nebetsu Try to find the lyrics, and read along, a lot happens that isn't told to you in the song. also, try to keep an open mind until you get to Act 2, because they get A LOT better with that album.

[@WrightOnTarget]

I like this one better, honestly. Act 2 is amazing, but I connect more with act 1

[@DaisiesTC]

@@WrightOnTarget Yeah I love how gritty and powerful it is. Act 2 is incredible and has stronger individual songs, but I find myself returning to the first album more.

[@Jemar630]

OVER: 1,000 likes here...

[@ryshenton]

Is megaman a tool only following orders? or is it the opposite? so in Megaman X, even when the other robots are all infected by the viruses, megaman is not infected, and he was created by Dr.Light. Why is this? why makes Megaman immune? all robots then become bad and are "infected" but not him? all of the robots around X continually defect; but Megaman never truly does, because he always fights to do "the right thing" it's the opposite in that he's not fighting for any specific organization, he's fighting on behalf of good everywhere. I think that the organization X works for does turn bad, but he never does, think about it. Often times, it's just to protect regular humans and robots.

[@macrocosm2778]

ryshenton in this universe wily built the robots and protoman was brutally destroyed in an effort to give up light tried destroying his workshop and he accedently made MegaMan

[@ryshenton]

ah yes. Well I haven't listened that closely cuz I haven't bought the music yet and i don't want to continue listening to it for free. I shouldn't criticize, I just have a lot to say I guess.

[@macrocosm2778]

ryshenton yeah actually the plot is strown through there songs and the ending is very tragic same with the second albums ending

[@MrPikaGammer]

@@macrocosm2778not quite accidentally but more so, he is a builder at heart and not a destroyer. It's why he felt so sorrowful when his creations went awry. He built Protoman to destroy Wily's armies and couldn't bring himself to destroy his own workshop, creating a second son out of grief instead. Thomas Light is a man of creation, while on the other hand Albert Wily believes in destroying all that opposes him.

[@Xenoocean]

Agreed

[@gemsoldier069]

Hey guys I'm just a comment passing though #ProtomenWillLiveOn

[@ROSHing1]

@pillowby: leadman, of course

[@jesselindsey9760]

Hell the FUCK yeah

[@RyuzakiKaiten]

this should be canon

[@ObaREX]

*WE ARE THE DEEEEEEAAAD!*

[@tunesmithdainfinitytunegat1691]

Tune It Up Gsy well that’s what it was who set the forest ablaze

[@Xenoocean]

There's only eight. To verify, look up the album on wikipedia

[@Eclipse344]

@pillowby That's Elecman.

[@eragonus]

@pillowby According to the lyrics it's Elecman. *shrug* Atleast from what I can gather.

[@non-applicable3548]

We are the dead.

[@pillowby]

who is the top hat guy supposed to be

[@walksinrain]

To be fucking bad-AAASSS! B-)

[@kodyap1293]

I am deeply confused.

[@taekinuru2]

In the year 200X, Dr Wily took over the world after the public shaming of his once friend and business partner Dr Light after the murder of Emily Light. Dr Light was warned as to the horrors of Wily, who armed his robots to control and subjugate humanity. Light had been exile, but returning now, he sends a custom built robot to help humans know that there still is hope, that the Wilybots can be defeated, that their so called utopia supposedly free of scenarios where an innocent woman would get killed by a madman's robot... That it's choking them, oppressing them, making them stagnate as a people in the name of security. But, Proto-Man... failed to win against the robot hordes... He died... Or did he? Dun dun duuuunnn (TL;DR: Megaman games' plot, but with Orwellian overtones.)

[@kodyap1293]

Thanks for informing me on something I was slightly confused about over two years ago. I really appreciate the info.

[@taekinuru2]

kody Smith No problem! I didn't look at the date of your post, so now I feel like an idiot.

[@arcdoes640]

it's really weird that we can see the comments posted so long ago with out scrolling too far back.

[@macrocosm2778]

ArcDoes yeah

[@Kagalei]

@brewx That would be successor. Protoman came first.

[@CrazyAnimatorOfDoom]

@onethirdlbofbeef Rock Opera style.

[@tunesmithdainfinitytunegat1691]

Was it the God comment and The forest n all the killing before

[@doctrow37]

Proto Man and Dr. Light disliked this.

[@antoniocialfi77]

why would protoman dislike this?

[@vaulthunterfromterra4053]

Dr. Light? Or… *Dr. Bright???* 🤔🤔🤔

[@ryshenton]

BUT DR WILY IS THE BAD GUY, HE'S BASED ON ALBERT EINSTEIN. Ahhahaha, I guess that's the point, Zero and Protoman were always the good guys. They truly had free-will where as Megaman was just like "wha" I guess we're all the "players" and since we are the observers, "players" we are "megaman" is that why they make the games so hard? because they won't you to stop playing video games? ahahaha. That's the problem though, Dr Wiley is kind of bad, he flies away in a god damn space ship all of the time. He makes creations of perversion in a way. His robots are meant to serve him. It's harder to make good robots. Megaman and Roll were just simple and peaceful household bots, they were never meant to be fighting robots. THE FIGHTING ROBOTS, MEGAMAN, THE FIGHTING ROBOTS.

[@macrocosm2778]

ryshenton Albert Einstein helped make the atomic bomb it makes sense

[@GBeltran767]

@Nebetsu Your really just contradicting yourself, by something isn't good in anyway means it's bad but you say it's not bad so how about making up your mind before you talk down about a song, I'm not saying don't say anything I respect your opinion but make sense and don't sound like an idiot. Also this is just one song out of many, try doing more research an less assumptions.

[@tunesmithdainfinitytunegat1691]

What if there was something bigger than Tuneworldnyc even bigger than big like big must destroy all Danger hahaha

[@featuringfranklin]

Man, humanity sucks.

[@slateoffate9812]

featuringfranklin Just what does the Doctor see in us?

[@camolotthe42]

featuringfranklin Well, the whole idea behind these songs is that you can't just wait for a hero and hope. You have to become the hero you need, you have to put everything on the line for your beliefs, because if you don't then your halfhearted effort of showing only what support you can get away with in a crowd means nothing. You have to stand up on your own, be Joe. Protoman was RIGHT: "why should we save them if they stand for nothing? if they deserve life, let them stand for themselves." The idea isn't "humanity sucks", it's that people need to make a stand for what they believe in, because if enough people chose to be heroes even over their very life there is nothing they could not do. But for that to happen, you can't just wait for others to stand for you, you must stand for yourself.

[@Drexus88]

@@camolotthe42, But he's right, everyone in the USA expects someone else to lead them, hence democracy, if heroes are men that realize they are free we would not need a govt, federal or state. The heroes of today are corrupt capitalists. There are exceptions to every rule but this is prevalent even in rural settings now. This doesn't mean everyone can be a hero, but if truly free men took lead of situations that demand it, it would inspire other people to do the same. The age of heroes is long gone and now illegal. Words and courts aren't enough anymore.

[@DarttheLegend]

@cactusjack901 this still fit the canon

[@samlee4371]

are you fucking kidding me I never saw this

[@neonfox3]

@doctrow37 lolololol

[@Errornix]

Night of the Living Dead at 4:05

[@nikolozoniani5105]

who is there in 2021 oh you are from 2022.

[@nikolozoniani5105]

just kidding you are here in 2023 right?

[@shadowsintox9]

this is a cool song, cool vid.....but am I the only one who doesn't like how they changed the look of megaman? like protoman looks nothing like he does in the games. I know its a small thing, but I thinks its a respect thing. Just leave the characters and the world looking the same at least.

[@natMMI]

It's too gritty for how cute the original games were

[@WrightOnTarget]

Is there a man among you here?

[@TheFlipside]

Is there no one who will stand up and try to fight?

[@CapsumonMegaManFan]

Tell me Man, is there not one in all your ranks?

[@JuanHernandez-bv8us]

Is there no one who values courage... over life?!!!

[@Twiztrz]

Certainly should The current Megaman plot (Or rather, lack thereof) is complete BS

[@gracerothschild1439]

I love the Protomen but goddamned if that music video wasn't hot fucking garbage.

[@ShuraHaidate]

200X? Fail.

[@exiledPostman]

We are the dead.