Year of the Rats - Jerma985 Animation

[@TheFuzzyOcelot]

I thought it was a really good ratpost and then I saw Fireman and the giant enemy spider and I realized this was a really good Jermapost

[@atomicwinter31]

You fool, the year of the rat is a jermanian magnum opus

[@acidset]

Jerma is the rat king

[@MiorAkif]

The fireman caught me by surprise ngl

[@arthurschmidt3104]

@@MiorAkif "look at this dude"

[@connor48880]

The Fireman is my favorite part! He’s so cute! Look at him, makin' his way downtown

[@StickMaster500]

This is the perfect song to play at the Rat Cafe where there are no rats there

[@wannabesomeone]

nope, just hamburgers in there

[@Wilson_brb]

a lot of comments are coming in a little moment

[@solharv7817]

“Eh, that would be real nice if it were true. Except it isn’t, you’re a rat.”

[@OdieD]

Hi stick!

[@bonniemuffins2417]

WOULDN'T IT BE FUNNY IF THIS WERE REAL!? AHAH.. Be careful though, there's apparently a giant rat around

[@twistedtimelines1781]

rats, rats, We're the rats, we pray at night we stalk at night WE'RE THE RATS

[@EnderbrineJr]

I'm the giant rat dat makes all of da rules~

[@potassiumnitrate420]

*prey

[@wannabesomeone]

@@EnderbrineJr Let's see what kind of trouble we can get ourselves into!

[@medickxddd927]

Awesome lads

[@weejr2256]

Beautiful job everyone

[@maggieh2664]

thank you, dnd party member, for providing this as background music as we fought giant rats in a storage closet

[@mac6na6na26]

that must have been amazing

[@TwilightFlower9]

did they make all of the rules

[@inspectorjavert9868]

Did you ever face the Giant enemie spider

[@747streams]

Giant enemy rats

[@tablegrimlin27]

*slowly adds this to the campaign I'm writing*

[@SuperWiiBros08]

thanks Joel

[@mellibean_]

@Granddad Fleenstone holy crap,the Granddad Fleenstone himself is here

[@penciloctopus2231]

helo it is me jole i am sayig your welcum

[@GWAHGWAHGWAHGWAHGWAHGWAHGWAHGW]

W-why are you here? Actually, don’t answer that question. We all know why.

[@user-ko2xw3hv5p]

Ohhhhh cool

[@yiff]

He's a little confused, but he's got the spirit!

[@Berd]

this is VERY good

[@3zekiel1227]

It’s him it’s berb!

[@rsnake1842]

it is

[@iyean9560]

indeedly!

[@disjointedhoudini]

thanks. i made this :)

[@Jetstream_Vector]

@@disjointedhoudini dude

[@_woozapapa_5197]

I can't imagine how people who don't know jerma feel like

[@justandrew5641]

_Woozapapa _ Enlightened.

[@tperez210]

sad

[@UwUDaniUwU]

Ikr

[@funnydotyes]

They don’t know the power of rats and the giant enemy spider

[@deborahamos5401]

Confused

[@Grayalloy337]

This feels like less of a tribute to Rat Movie, and more of a tribute to Jerma as a whole, and I think that's kinda wholesome.

[@gubrey5705]

Its A Jerma Tribute

[@ChicaneryBear]

That must be why it's so short

[@sunwukong2]

@@ChicaneryBear got his ass bro. high five 🤚

[@basicallyjebuscrust536]

Because that's what it is you fucking idiot

[@darknes4150]

I don't know id think it would have more baby shpees if that was the case

[@Kuriyama_Mirai]

Im Michael. -Its my birthday today -I was such a good boy this year -Its my golden birthday today -Its the year of the rat my entire life has led to this moment

[@RexcorJ]

Congraturation!!

[@candycoated_rage6591]

THE CHOSEN ONE

[@ShuTheIdiot]

Pog

[@owenmcc6686]

Open up your gifts while we all cheer

[@ThatSpaceMann]

So that’s what the Radio is saying? Edit: Oh wait nevermind I get in now.

[@ineedabettername1752]

*Lyrics (Provided by KZbin Auto-Generated Captions):* [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Giant enemies fire [Music] [Music] the best 30 percent of the vote [Music]

[@nightnoob6660]

Mitch Bertacchi youtube have small brain

[@xronge]

FIREE!!!

[@AymenZero]

Giant enemies fire

[@AymenZero]

@I had no idea to put here lol idiot

[@xronge]

@I had no idea to put here lol idiot

[@alula563]

Holy hell, this song actually slaps hard and the animations are so charming and well done. You're now the giant rat and can make all of the rules

[@TheKefkah]

Let's see what trouble he can get into~

[@Sgt_Paco]

The song is actually the song Jerma planned for the third rat movie but didnt actually make. He told people about it during a stream a while ago.

[@madelinesparks6145]

(X) Doubt

[@QualityDoggo]

Ayyy a OneShot fan! Also 2.4k In 5 days on a comment wow

[@THExDUFFxBOMBx42777]

Haha “slaps”

[@Yahiamice]

can't stop replaying this tbh

[@ItsTforTea]

Giant enemy spider

[@nightnoob6660]

Yahiamice same

[@urielseptim910]

help me

[@theavregememer4381]

yabibi amogus

[@jeandelhugo6881]

you know it's god tier music when it loop perfectly with the replay option of youtube

[@banditch3257]

I've never heard of jerma before, but by god is this one hell of a way to find out

[@RoachDoggJR4200]

You have a hell of a journey ahead of you

[@AymenZero]

Same dude I've gone through the entire jerma lore to understand this

[@camedialdamage8180]

This is like if Golden Corral had an entire parade as their introduction

[@jeremytitus9519]

Welcome

[@shadesmcgee7653]

Wait until you watch the Ruiner of Fun and Jerma's mad videos, those are gold

[@mikotoh]

got real excited hearing this as jermas theme in vinewrestle this year

[@yourlocalReptillian]

What is that?

[@Chad2Underscores]

@@yourlocalReptillian Vinewrestle is one of Joel's annual VinesauceIsHope streams, where Vinesauce members, friends, and memes complete in a tournament. You could compare it to jermarumble.

[@AymenZero]

**some sick genesis bass** we're the rats we're the rats yes we're the rats we're the rats we're the rats yes we're the rats we're the rats we're the rats yes we're the rats we're the rats we're the rats yes we're the rats where they at? where they at? where they at? where they at? **epic slap** **epic beat swoops in** we're the rats we're the rats yes we're the rats *(celebrating yet another birthday bash!)* we're the rats we're the rats yes we're the rats *(𝕞𝕚𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕖𝕝 it's your birthday today!)* we're the rats we're the rats yes we're the rats *(and 𝕞𝕚𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕖𝕝 is such a good boy this year!)* we're the rats we're the rats yes we're the rats *(open up your gifts while we all cheer!)* we're the rats we're the rats yes we're the rats *(celebrating yet another birthday bash!)* we're the rats we're the rats yes we're the rats *(𝕞𝕚𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕖𝕝 it's your birthday today!)* we're the rats we're the rats yes we're the rats *(and 𝕞𝕚𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕖𝕝 is such a good boy this year!)* we're the rats we're the rats yes we're the rats *(open up your gifts while we all cheer!)* **jermacraft verse** hello! ladies and gentlemen! *(RATS RATS RATS RATS)* welcome to episode one of jermacraft! these series where i play minecraft... *(RATS RATS RATS RATS)* this is gonna be single player let's play... *(RATS RATS RATS RATS)* and when i say let's play i use that term pretty loosely because... *A GIANT ENEMY SPIDER* **P O G** **boss music** -do i eat ass? -that's your question? -"do you eat ass?" *-OF COURSE I DO* we're the rats we're the rats yes we're the rats *(celebrating yet another birthday bash!)* we're the rats we're the rats yes we're the rats *(𝕞𝕚𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕖𝕝 it's your birthday today!)* we're the rats we're the rats yes we're the rats *(and 𝕞𝕚𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕖𝕝 is such a good boy this year!)* we're the rats we're the rats yes we're the rats *(open up your gifts while we all cheer!)* Ladies and gentlemen.... The best joke of the decade.... We've got 30% of the vote.... *= r a t s =*

[@JerryDUMB]

Beutifull

[@starcasm8674]

m i c h a e l

[@carval2001]

" and when i say let's play i use that term pretty loosely because... *GIANT ENEMY SPIDER* "

[@chancey4167]

Rats...

[@Major003]

Bless you for posting the lyrics.

[@mrfandangojimmies7117]

I hate how insanely smooth this is. Like at a glance you just see a rat flipping back and forth, but then you notice how nice the drummer is moving and that the animators power level is being held back as a stylistic choice. It's intimidating

[@jakescartoons6045]

This comment confuses me.

[@NaiefThegoony]

Jake's Cartoons, it just shows that your brain level can’t compete.

[@jakescartoons6045]

@@NaiefThegoony It just doesn't make sense to me that someone would hate smooth animation. Usually, that's a compliment.

[@NaiefThegoony]

Jake's Cartoons they don’t hate it. They’re intimidated by it.

[@Rincewindl]

the sheer power of a image just flipping back and forth is too strong

[@bumblebot2458]

*Rats.* *Rats.* *We're the rats.*

[@trainfan-ks5hk]

I’m the giant rat that makes all the rules

[@IWillSmurfYou]

*WE PREY AT NIGHT* *WE STALK AT NIGHT*

[@haurenos]

We're the RATS.

[@jessjaffolo]

*lEt’S sEE wHaT kInD oF TRoUbLe wE cAn gET ouRsElvES iNtO*

[@BattleDroidCommanderonabreak]

How Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles should’ve been.

[@atomic-art]

Middle age ninja sensai rats

[@TheTheisson]

4 ninja rat and a turtle master

[@jass783]

Why else do you think master splinter made all of the rules

[@emperorwisel4842]

So, Splinter is the 1st giant rat that made all of the rules?

[@Kisseyhersh123]

can we talk about how the rats in the back were properly playing the instruments instead of hitting random keys?

[@megaman4354]

Also when the small radio appears on the side you hear it on the side lol

[@MrGrappl]

I mean the keyboard rat isn’t playing the right notes but it is playing different notes when it should be which is nice to see

[@ganondorfchampin]

@@MrGrappl Well it's a keyboard so the keys could be programmed to play arbitrary notes.

[@MrGrappl]

@@ganondorfchampin I suppose you’re right but I don’t know why you’d do that

[@justanormalguy5496]

@@MrGrappl they’re rats playing a keyboard, it doesn’t have to make sense.

[@patio8044]

This was Jerma's theme song earlier today for VineWrestle 2020!

[@Silver-lu1dt]

Who is this Jerma dude that can speak piano

[@basicbacon5951]

Michaels who have a birthday today are ecstatic

[@VincentValentineFF7]

Basic Bacon it’s 3:47 in the morning and I can’t stop laughing

[@ChristopherMoom]

1:12 My last few brain cells whenever I try to do anything serious like work

[@Gealoye]

There you are

[@aceofdiamonds2218]

Indeed...

[@thepurestvessel9249]

wait, you aren’t the top comment!

[@youhasbeenbooped.4232]

KirbyFan198 _ Oh, just wait till the other commenters find this. We’re just early.

[@lilynikos]

Was wondering where you were

[@GermanPeter]

Oh my god, this has got to be pretty much the best fan-made Jerma reference I've ever seen. It's catchy, it looks amazing, it's funny, it has all the important references, I love it! Seriously good stuff. AND YOU MADE THAT UNDERTALE HOT DOG ANIMATION TOO! That makes this even better!

[@DDjivan]

nice to see you there Peter

[@skin_lizard]

Peter watches Jerma? Huh, you learn something new every day. I guess it isn't too unlikely because of tf2 though.

[@pphrph]

@@skin_lizard yeah

[@mr.0uterverse]

@@skin_lizard What is that name? *SKIN LIZARD BLOCKS YOUR PATH* i like it!

[@skin_lizard]

@@mr.0uterverse Thanks! I have a skin condition that makes my skin kinda gross and scaly and rough, and a friend just gave me the nickname and it stuck. It's not the greatest thing to be named after, but it sure does sound cool!

[@BrigsbyDowers]

Looking back in this vid...I’m not surprised that a ton of bad stuff happened on a year with an animal mascot that’s known for Plagues.

[@pinkman_]

DONT JYNX IT

[@billythemillipede6102]

Not to mention bats are essentially winged rats

[@billythemillipede6102]

Btw we're supposed to get vaccine this year which translates to "obtained from cows" in latin and it's the year of the ox

[@urt1202]

@@billythemillipede6102 Yeah fucking cool from super cough to Super crazy cow sickness

[@billythemillipede6102]

@@urt1202 xd I was being weird

[@cerberusloki.9226]

1:41 i love how he says "Rats." with such dissapointment in his voice

[@Hevymin]

You clearly don’t know Jerma if you think he’s disappointed about that. He’s speaking with endearment.

[@sparkeee3]

I love the attention to detail with the little rats using the instruments at the right time

[@ryanbui2046]

Also the pianist moving and hitting the correct keys lol

[@mrlampy]

nobody: 1347 england:

[@aceofdiamonds2218]

*_We're the rats,_* *_We're the rats,_* *_yes, Weee'reee the rats_*

[@potatosoop3023]

RAT TIME BOYS

[@NaiefThegoony]

They actually were gerbils but whatever.

[@neoniakitsama]

Naief Alromi Gerbils are just worse rats

[@NaiefThegoony]

Neonia the Fox. How fucking dare you call the adorableness that is gerbils bad. And as if rats were even bad anyway.

[@nerdporkspass1m1st78]

1:09 “I didn’t know what to put here” ARE YOU KIDDING ME? WHAT ABOUT THE (small) [enemy] {spider}

[@nightnoob6660]

Jace WHITTAKER no one cares

[@258thHiGuy]

The ˢᵐᵃˡˡ _ENEMY_ *spider*

[@machinkopachine]

THE sᴍᴀʟʟ 𝘌𝘕𝘌𝘔𝘠 𝗦𝗣𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗥

[@megaman4354]

_yeah_

[@MrBruinsfan77]

De (druk) [torug]{serum}

[@juicedup14]

The fact that it loops perfectly is a blessing

[@schboove2668]

I remember when this came out, the world seemed so bright. The year of the rat had just begun, it was a sunny day, driving across the country seeing family.

[@tperez210]

hearing his jermacraft intro has a similar effect to being g-noted

[@RightJackAtYa]

What's g-noted lol

[@thowhy4964]

Onii Sean the black parade from my chemical romance is always recognised from a single g note

[@RightJackAtYa]

@@thowhy4964 ah, thanks

[@DDjivan]

wtf is this i love it make more

[@ZaxorVonSkyler]

It's art.

[@khenbaird6078]

*It's RATS*

[@theaveragebluejay]

Perfection

[@calebreader5818]

Is your pfp the Sonic Mania Encore mode logo?

[@misshooman]

i love ur pfp :D

[@TheAdvertisement]

Rats: Didn’t start Coronavirus. _This song starts playing._

[@intelligencecube6752]

Lol, guess they feel great right about now

[@3zbinwazi46]

Bats bats we're the bats

[@cs_calzone]

@@polocatfan hang on what. Did you just say a virus is fake

[@tallic967]

@@cs_calzone their braincells must be eggs

[@circuscandy9594]

@@polocatfan I'm pretty sure your joking

[@SilentiumLitwicks]

Vinewrestle 2020 jerma moments

[@mac6na6na26]

Bye, Year of the Rats. It’s been quite a year. I mean, every year is always a “bad, totally the worst year” but this one was quite fun despite that. Let’s hope 2021 is a little less chaotic. Actually let’s be honest, we want the chaos.

[@stupid-idiot-555]

@Jacob Da! wha.... what the fuck... are you talking about the BLM protests? I don’t know if you’ve looked outside but there was a bit more than that happening in 2020

[@silverfire1248]

@@stupid-idiot-555 i thank that they are talking about the fact that COVID started in China and therefore they think that saying it sucked means you think Chinese people suck.

[@DimT670]

You people couldn't recognise a troll to save your life @Jsslade is so glaringly obviously trying to bait by stringing words together

[@cousinbluey3166]

Let's hope 2022 will be just as good as 2018

[@admiralrhino4049]

Could've been better. Hope 2022 is as good as 2016 tho

[@Piemations]

SourPls

[@xaxful]

nah

[@waddalup6436]

nah

[@kittycake12346]

nah

[@Nin10doh98]

YEAAAAAH

[@mtftaskforce3311]

nah

[@nintonintendo1]

I don't even watch Jerma. I know about all of his memes trought people from the vinesauce community

[@321gofast7]

I was like that until recently. Please watch Jerma's stuff, it's so good.

[@uppity12]

you should watch jerma

[@boracaybecker175]

You're not the only one. I stop by his streams every now and again. Jerma is a pretty cool rat, but I'll always belong to Pizza Pasta Italiano Man.

[@thegoblinking.]

Me too, dont know much about the guy but joel and binyot mention him every so often.

[@258thHiGuy]

You don't even need to watch every stream, just go to his highlights channel

[@Nomicro4u]

Piano rat is my favorite.

[@Saetta06]

1:31 "Change da world, my final message goodb ye"

[@melibellu1271]

THIS, was my introduction to Jerma. I sought the context for everthing in this video and ended up a huge fan.

[@jikihendrik4281]

I love how each note and beat is animated in sync. The keyboard going up and down, the drummer hitting the right drums. And the horns, Fantastic!

[@notopianne2906]

I love how you put the giant enemy spider in the melody, it was like it was made for it

[@kefrika9950]

Me: Ok I need to focus hard on the questions of the exams or I will fail this year My brain:

[@corazonfeathers8116]

Thank you Joel for introducing me to this Jerma remix during Vineswrestle 2020.

[@GhostlyCoffee]

Best part is, This loops perfectly. The birthday party truly never ends...

[@Waffle_Spaghetti]

This falls into the category of “high quality shitposts”

[@shadowsnake94]

The rats playing music instruments is maybe the cutest thing I've ever seen

[@Jireninyourrecommendations]

Splinter if he had a music career

[@luckyluigi9828]

Listening to this in the year of our psycho 2022 whilst playing Rumbleverse with my best recreation of Jeremy possible. It's very funny runnin around with this on loop. Thank you so much for making it.

[@FamilarGardens]

I cant believe this was 4 years ago. Still amazing

[@georgethehotshot]

This will never get old 🔥🔥🔥

[@shn4sty]

Wait a minute... there's an extra "i" in "Witty" and the next word is... oh my god. Wii U?!?!

[@yesyesyesyesyes686]

No one: Rats after killing 1/3 of Europe:

[@33screamingfrogs34]

😐

[@kingalphawerewolf]

@@33screamingfrogs34 Turn that FROWN upside DOWN. Like this! ☠️

[@ijemand5672]

Shut up about no one and get another joke

[@Goat_Slice]

I love this, the perfect year of the Jerma Rat Pack celebration Perfection, rat movie 3 real

[@CallingSkoot]

One of the best things about this is that it loops PERFECTLY

[@2freejuices]

I appreciate that you animated the drums correctly bro

[@maximus4765]

Rats rats, we're the rats, and we're here today with a tune that slaps

[@TheShadyBoi]

Nothing made me happier than that radio coming in and out of frame

[@eggsamillion]

"Michael, it's your birthday today!"

[@mister.manammegeff5055]

The fact this old joke turned into a meme PROOVES Jerma's high iq AND BECAUSE OF HIS HIGH iq To COUNTER balance that He has to be short

[@flamesoflove4788]

Hes compact

[@bingoccolon]

prooves hehe

[@Brian-lq8uu]

jermas not short

[@moxxiepeppino]

This is one of the best things i have ever seen and heard

[@Vivisector3227]

I won't lie this was my introduction to jerma as a whole

[@jamdi487]

0:11 me and my team in cs go at 3 am

[@EllisHudsonn]

That is funny

[@rayczintos7358]

Jerma better do a community stream where he just plays this for an hour so everyone can appreciate how fantastic it is

[@vulpus]

Great chief warlock, we-we can't shoot man-things, our rat-kin are in the way-way!

[@Adrionic]

This is one of the best things I've watched on KZbin. Love how precise the instrument-playing rats' movements are to go along with the music.

[@darkranger116]

aliens confirmed. i bet 500$ right now that aliens have tuned in to dance to jerma and rats at some point.

[@JackiW]

After watching through Vinewrestle again, I realised that my life isn't complete if I don't have this tune in my playlist. Thank you Jobel for introducing this song there.

[@wohdinhel]

I have tremendous appreciation for the animation of the keyboard rat actually hitting the correct notes, thanck

[@StripezTheBeast]

Wiitty, you just made my day knowing you know about Jerma

[@EngineMusic]

1:12 that is actually a really smart use of the enemy spider arpeggio. well done on this as a whole man!

[@candycoated_rage6591]

This video is pure serotonin

[@catsphalt]

I love how it almost perfectly loops, Almost as if the creator of this video knew we were gonna listen to it 80 times in a row.

[@Andrew-vy3lw]

Tongo won in our hearts

[@danielbrovender2932]

This is my alarm clock, and I'm allowed to stay in bed and listen to it until the spider

[@a_randomthing]

ah yes, a man of culture.

[@PerogiPalooka]

I keep coming back to this, nearly six months later. You made a solid banger and a great video!

[@PANGPOWER]

I've been recommended this video so many times and I watch it every time.

[@enchilordo8562]

I like that the rats have boiling lines, as in their outlines are always shaky

[@pacifistcowboy]

this is actual perfection

[@notswush]

I love this animation so mucj (: makes me really happy to revisit all these old jerma in jokes. I hope he sees this on a community stream.

[@Friedrice12121]

I love the drum and piano rat animations. They actually match the music!

[@Speyedr]

You put SO much effort into perfecting your shitposts

[@ladictator6920]

I would call this a jam but i am afraid the rats could eat it without me noticing. The spider is also a threat.

[@boomspdool]

if you put it on loop, the end syncs up so perfectly with the start I swear it should not work as well as it does

[@FainthedCherry]

SAME I THOUGHT ayyy :D

[@boomspdool]

@@FainthedCherry ayyy :D

[@firepowder]

Omg the little rat musicians actually play the music... like the animation lines up with the instruments that's so cool :0

[@trymbruset3868]

Clicking on the video: Why does this video have almost 100k views? 1 minute and 46 seconds later: I see, *that* is why

[@Kaleid0skull]

This was the perfect tribute to the greatest thing to happen last decade.

[@thescarletcultist113]

Good-great theme for Skaven yes-yes

[@putinforgod3072]

The Skaven them slaps hard.

[@hexhollows]

this singular video has inspired me so much in many different ways. thank you so much, you have changed my life

[@aolarchive.3538]

This was my first introduction to Jerma. I didn’t know what it was about, I just saw this in my recommended one day and was like: Yeah. I’ll click that. And I did. Thank you for introducing me to one of my favorite content creators of all time.

[@alextremob3814]

History was made today

[@Venuswenis007]

this is now the anthem of the discord server im on, we are the totino rats yes we are

[@CaptainFawfulll]

I actually spit out the water I was drinking at "Do you eat ass? Of course I do!" So thanks for that.

[@KhamranOliver]

IT LOOPS SO WELL

[@craftykit2242]

it's been little over a year, this is still such a good video

[@MachiriReviews]

"I'm da giant rat dat makes all of da roooooools!"

[@gidi1432]

“Let’s see what kind of trouble we can get ourselves into!”

[@pastelpolarbearss]

Congrats on Joel using this song for Jerma's Vinewrestle 2020 introduction!

[@temperstar8411]

Lyrics (Provided by Google Captions): [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] giant enemies fire [Music] [Music] the best 30 percent of the vote [Music]

[@Stanklaahhhhhh]

I watch this every year, and when the NEXT REAL year of the rats. I party.

[@your-username-here2308]

Damn Skaven even got Bands now.

[@chalkwarrior5542]

With this start to the year, you'd think it would've been better.