Yellow Cake - Animated Short Film (HD remastered)

Yellow Cake was completed and originally uploaded in 2009 in standard definition. I was never really happy with the final look of the film, so went back to the original edit and remastered it in HD.
This film was written in 2003, and was a reaction to the geopolitical situation at the time...sadly, in almost 20 years, not much has changed.
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[@amberhenderson8560]

Fun Fact: 'Yellow Cake' is another name for Uranium!

[@mrsnayarlhats4242]

Really this animated gives me the odd feeling of WWII

[@XSilver_WaterX]

Simpsons reference. Everyone there is suffering from all lower organ failure hence yellow skin.

[@smexy_man]

I want to eat some uranium now

[@West_Coast_Gang]

I FUCKING LOVE URANIUM

[@zephodb]

That's what I had thought this was about, but... really not. c.c

[@samrussell9264]

" This film was written in 2003, and was a reaction to the geopolitical situation at the time...sadly, in almost 20 years, not much has changed. " -This message was probably Relevant 4000 years ago...

[@StalKer-vy9lq]

Это будет всегда актуально

[@Ben-uw8wx]

Not much has changed? my friend it has gotten so much worse

[@StalKer-vy9lq]

@@Ben-uw8wx ничего не меняется толком. Все, что меняется, так это оружие.

[@coreytaylor5386]

yeah, these people dont know their history very well lol

[@marckasprzyk9276]

@@Ben-uw8wx how??

[@samuelfontenele9527]

bro, I think it's incredible how the mice really thought that ONE cat was consuming all the yellow cakes they were making every day and all in a GIGANTIC tower

[@ThatMelonGirl]

I think they're supposed to be rabbits

[@FibinianRepublic]

Well, I mean they slaughtered all the soldiers so probably the guys delivering the cakes were soldiers and died in the rebellion. So they didn't expect to have a whole city in there

[@samuelfontenele9527]

​@@FibinianRepublicIn this case, I still find it strange how they didn't look at eh... some record from the king, he probably must have noted down about feline society because of this trade

[@BenjaminMorel-xs2vi]

Those were mice?

[@joejug162]

What's incredible about it? You got America now trying to pin Ukraine's invasion fully on putin.

[@Wayward_Fox]

The mice made two critical mistakes: 1) They didn't use more bombs. 2) They didn't plan for or even consider the inevitable retaliation. Edit: I never expected such a response to this comment. Thanks for the upvotes!

[@Puffyb12345]

Wait they were mice

[@impelau]

it seems they didn't even think that there was a civilization of cats there, seeing one monster that comes and spoils their lives perhaps this could be compared with some kind of tribe on a hot continent on whose territory the enterprise of an international corporation has settled and pumps water for sale - and their capabilities will figure out how this is due to the fact that somewhere in another country other people are promoting the idea that selling water for money will allow it to be used more wisely, and therefore water resources should be privatized - In the sense that for them this is just one problem, which hardly sets out the nature of the processes behind it, requiring specific information, access to which, depending on, for example, language barriers, may or may not be)

[@electrobob992]

@@impelau Yeah they probably thought it was only ONE monster and the bomb would have killed their only threat.

[@mirospool6992]

Wait ! they were mice

[@Hazarid367]

​@@impelauthis is Africa.

[@TheCart54321]

“For the sake of freedom, we must be willing to forsake our liberty” The moment you forsake anything is the moment you have forgotten what freedom is!

[@joshuawadsworth6417]

Freedom doesn't come for free kid.

[@oberonpanopticon]

Absolute freedom is known as anarchy

[@Cotillion308]

Reminds me of the patriot act and the politicians proud of it.

[@theprophetofhate7188]

​@@oberonpanopticon Anarchy is a poorly understood ideology, explain where the power vacuum is in a nation of 250 million armed citizens, with shared ethical values. Power in the hands of the people is NOT a vacuum.

[@cosmicreef5858]

THANK YOU THE WHOLE POINT is to NOT give up ANYTHING!

[@mugenjin205]

The mistake was complacency, they forgot about the terror of the cat that was eating them when they had money they should have used it to develop weapons against the cats instead of hoarding it and the king became corrupt and oppressive against his people which eventually ended up with them being destroyed.

[@isaacvitela5131]

That falls on the king for being complacent and letting corruption get to him An intimidating grasshopper once said "first rule of leadership... everything is YOUR fault.

[@YT_XTaha]

Why do I think I have experienced this story? Because I have really experienced it and not only me but everyone who lives in Iran

[@Cotillion308]

​@@YT_XTaha just like the royals throwing lavish parties while the country crumbled.

[@pihlajafox]

​@@Cotillion308and now a days capitalist

[@The_True_Mx_Pink]

With what resources? With what manpower? They're in a coercive "trade" relationship, they either provide for the greater authority or they die. Their first violent interactions were devastating, even if they somehow grew a sufficient military, even if they matched in power, they would still be intrinsically unable to match the production of the greater nation; who would, of course, possess greater industry. It would be, at its very best, a war of attrition. It is _strictly_ the fault of the greater authority in regards to imperialist, neo-colonialist, and libertarianist implementations and their consequences. Do not blame the oppressed for being oppressed.

[@kuriwashere]

Moral of the history: "Use guns, and if that doesn't work, use bigger guns." -an Engineer Gaming

[@abromine]

engineer gaming

[@klon_en]

Такую тактику КНДР и использует. Надеюсь понятное, кого кошки пародируют в этом мультике

[@Maks_K074]

"The whole world is in dust ... But then (later)." (с)

[@Maks_K074]

​@@klon_enдавай угадаю... США, Великобритания, Франция? Ан-нет, это же другое. 😂 Капитализм столетиями наживался на экспорте ресурсов и контроле за технологиями и распределением благ. Как думаешь, почему страны Зап.Европы и США живут так хорошо, а их бывшие колонии и "союзники" (читай клиенты) в Африке и в Азии, в массе своей, не очень хорошо? Во всем виновата КНДР, не иначе... Слышал о бойне на Чеджу? Когда Южно Корейский диктатор Ли Сын Ман, с помощью американского контингента подавил местных несогласных, отнюдь не демократическим путем... А суть истории в том, что США прибрали к рукам японскую собственность на юге Кореи и не горели желанием возвращать её под контроль единому корейскому правительству, саботируя всех кандидатов, на намечавшихся выборах (под эгидой ООН), кроме своего, а следовательно, нужна была марионетка, на первых ролях в правительстве отдельной Южной Кореи, иллюзия свободы.

[@ZuraTheCat]

A TF2 reference!? huzzah!!

[@AgentKrypton_36]

Time traveler: *steps on rock* Attack On Titan timeline:

[@Inspector098]

Imagine how terrifying would it be if titans had modern weaponry☠️

[@Bdraws882]

@@Inspector098and you had tiny rifles that couldn’t pierce the nape 💀

[@Inspector098]

@@Bdraws882 armor piercing fin stabilized discarding sabot: 🗿

[@ancientragerv2561]

@@Bdraws882a grenade launcher, rocket launcher, bombs, etc. AOT in the modern day would last 1 week at max. They struggle to be successful in the WW1 climate of paradis.

[@Bdraws882]

@@ancientragerv2561 I meant during season 1 with muskets and all that not modern

[@MADGennaro]

We’re so lucky about those 35 millimeter prints that allow these classics to be appreciated in HD

[@ItsDylanHarding]

@@thefarmer6541 bruh

[@Stowneyo]

What the f are you talking about

[@rabbitonsteroids95]

Dude repeat that, but dumb it down for those who don't know what you're talking about about.

[@SpectrumAssociates]

Balls

[@SkyNick]

@@rabbitonsteroids95 I think it has something to do with the way the animation strips for this film were preserved, you know those rolling film projectors with reels, same reason IMax theaters exist, same reason if you wanted to watch a Christopher Nolan movie in 8K in the future you'll be able to do so with help of those strips

[@magala9287]

This movie deserves more recognition, given how it SHOWS that there is more than meets the eye. This movie has so many layers!

[@MichaelWitt-tx5zv]

Many layers! Like a cake!

[@moneminer1915]

this comment has real "I'm 14 and this is deep" energy

[@praisedaduck7390]

@@moneminer1915bro doesn’t think everyone knows

[@sasha1mama]

And so corruption leaves us all starved and dead.

[@spiritsafe-ko4ee]

It's not corruption, it's capitalism.

[@Penguingot]

@@spiritsafe-ko4ee its corrupted capitalism

[@mrbones9332]

​@@spiritsafe-ko4eeThe difference being...?

[@BonnieBunny118]

@@spiritsafe-ko4ee so what’s the alternative

[@mestredosmagos10]

@@BonnieBunny118 you know the alternative, even the mices saw the alternative, the problem is that they didn't plan for or even consider the inevitable retaliatiation of an external threat

[@jeff_theepic1011]

Mistakes the leader made: 1. Not building some damn cannons 2. Not killing the giant dude Edit: Just saw the ending…. Bigger cannons.

[@thesuperbasearmor812]

This is human nature showing. The only thing they could do is to bunker down. Spread out, advance themselves, wait for the cats to become complacent and entirely dependent on them as they become more and more lazy due to everything being handed to them without real work. Wait for the cats to fail at developing due to them not having the pain. Of reality and become weak. Wait for the cats to make a massive mistake and then take a massive strike on them to "fix" the arangement... I think this is a metaphor for real life some how... I can't put my finger on it... This ofcorse will repeat again in the future as the new winners will repeat the process as humanity slowly develops more tech but the same nature behind it.

[@magala9287]

Not just the leader, but the rest of the people. They forgot that the giant dude came from a whole city.

[@shithoagie]

​@@thesuperbasearmor812 exactly... China's communist motto was supposedly "Bide Your Time." And freak Zs now are saying "oh, Iran is scared huh? Lol." Russia is playing the same game, just doing a worse job than the other two. As the US is outsourcing everything overseas and creating jobs that ultimately mean nothing, it is weakening itself. If this country invested in itself instead of just funneling capital to elites who produce _zero,_ we wouldn't be in this mess. But hey, America was built on actions like the fat cat... there's just also a whole WORLD out there to deal with.

[@tidepod10yearsago97]

Even if they had cannons, the cats have air superiority

[@cheapgaming3252]

​@@tidepod10yearsago97MF when they have f***in jets

[@robloxgamessmisteries6524]

7:52 Man, this reminds me of the photo 'Napalm Girl' 💀

[@discipleofthelorentz]

very well could be a reference

[@DemirSays-xd3od]

You know.. History

[@MedievalFantasyTV]

It is blatantly clear it is a reference.

[@MaiPham-nj8wq]

Oh, This girl is actually from my country, In fact, during the Vietnam War, America bombed the Truong Son Mountains or Viet Cong facilities in five countries.

[@MaiPham-nj8wq]

I understand the meaning of this movie, the cat represents the western capitalist company or the old bourgeois family The rat is a person at the bottom of society Capitalist companies always take advantage of resources in other countries using tricks that I don't know, such as coups or human rights repression, for example. In fact, there are countries that have always resisted approaching capitalist owners, such as Iraq, which is nationalizing the oil industry to avoid monopolies, for example. Actually, I only know about that, but I'll give lil sis a phone

[@masonbagneschi1460]

dang bro this new Smurf’s movie is crazy…

[@xxrodangamerzxx3177]

Yeah lol💀

[@user-cq2tq4mi4r]

heh heh

[@ptrd4111]

The ending was a really good example of todays media. At one point you can be watching the horrors of war televised from your local news and at the press of a button you can change the channel. I swear it makes people more desensitized.

[@MrAsaqe]

It's worse, online algorithims silence you if you speak up

[@Randomusername56782]

Eh, thats kinda the price you pay for free flowing information, its a double edged sword if anything.

[@thatrandomguy8567]

​@Randomusername56782 yeah, you can chose to educate yourself, or you can 'switch the channel'

[@Randomusername56782]

@@thatrandomguy8567 It’s not my place to lecture people on what types of information they consume, and neither is it yours. Its nature and apart of human nature as cliche as it sounds to shut off information they dont typically like, from dissenting opinions to pieces of information like the My lai massacre for example, whats your solution anyways? Forcing it in peoples face and causing them to likely disagree with you?

[@EWWFFIX7753]

@@Randomusername56782 “bUt HuMaN nAtUrE!!!” That bullshit argument has been long debunked. To quote a certain show: “What are you, a scorpion in a Navaho fable? Everything can change their nature.”

[@user-qr3zi9om3c]

1 - peace 2 - terror of cat 3 - hungry 4 - protested 5 - dictator 6 - revolution 7 - terrosrist attack to cats 8 - war

[@shuaibyaslam4channer]

More accurate than my vision

[@diplexnormal3353]

Something about this sounds familiar. I don’t want to say it because I could be wrong. Can you elaborate on what this story is about specifically, maybe give a hint?

[@terranceaddison4599]

One sided war if you ask me...

[@Book_Theory.]

9 - Extinction

[@bwilliams463]

It doesn't really matter what particular time in history this represents; humanity has operated in this way as long as we've been on this planet.

[@Skizze37]

Not true at all.

[@itsmrbigsmoke862]

​@@Skizze37 name one time where it wasn't like this

[@Laikafan02]

Humanity isn’t inherently like that. Human behavior is a response to outwards stimuli of the environment, society, or culture. We made ourselves like this We could undo it.

[@Owlbearwolf2]

@@itsmrbigsmoke862We were hunter-gatherers living in democratic tribes for nearly our whole history. And Imperialism didn’t exist to this extent before Capitalism.

[@itsmrbigsmoke862]

@@Owlbearwolf2 completely wrong! Human tribes were not "democratic" in any way and were not anywhere near peaceful like you make it out to be. Yes we were hunter-gatherers but that's actually what led to imperialism. You had some meat or some berries that I wanted, so I'd get my friends to beat you within an inch of your life so that I could take it. A lot of the time there wouldn't even be a fight, one side would understand that they had to give something up in order to avoid bloodshed. Those stronger tribes are what later became empires and then even later, countries. As for the "democracy", I've got no idea where you heard that. It's not like they would have elections, they would just fight until it was determined who was strongest. And if that person sucked, they'd sometimes team up to overthrow that person. That's as close to democratic as it would get. In fact you should research chimps, they show a lot of behavior that early humans exhibited. Including imperialism! It's quite interesting

[@teachmg428]

I have been using this in class since 2011 to teach about how imperialism works. As I have learned more about how modern imperialism works, I always notice new analogies and symbolism. I have kids from 8 years ago come up to me and ask me if I still show Yellow Cake. It sticks with them. About to show it today! Thank you.

[@ncross]

Wow that's amazing. It feels really good to know my work is having an effect on people. Thanks so much!!

[@Multi1]

Did you know that the European Nations and Settlements have basically taken over the world, and kept most others from progressing technologically.

[@jacksonl9899]

Oh my gosh hi Mr gorton, it’s Ava! I randomly remembered this video and spent an unreasonable amount of time searching for it

[@GameZ-bu8cn]

​@@ncross أحسنت لقد شرحت أغلب الثورة السورية

[@lesterwei2299]

You know there’s some VERY mature parts including 7:54 It has some let’s say uncensored

[@Salty-Unggoy]

“This is clearly a critique on [specific ideology or government doctrine I don’t like]” - Comment Section. It’s not one thing or the other. Rather it’s human nature as a whole, this scenario plays out regardless of the parties involved.

[@magala9287]

And worse? Neither side is completely wrong. Yet the movie is relatable on so many levels.

[@zna9297]

the “human nature” thing is a nazi arguement its not biology. youre parroting the nazis rn

[@zna9297]

the cats are wrong for forcing labor. yall are so dumb. so dumb youre cruel

[@nathanielchieffallo4273]

Capitalist realism, look it up

[@noose04]

"b-but what about human nature??"

[@kharijordan6426]

All dead? Ok, at least the suffering came to a stop. Im surprised the blue guy never got ready for a war. They really thought that all the cats would be dead after that hu. They were to kind for this world.

[@toucan6109]

Bro what

[@el_blanco_loco]

It's a reference to show the hypocrisy of the US's war in the middle east. The US starts flexing, the leader of the time makes a deal for "the country's safety" then that leader becomes corrupt, they get overthrown, the people of that country retaliate towards the US in the form of terrorism, then the US comes in with "morals and ethics" to stop the "terrorists" by method of shock and awe.

[@kharijordan6426]

@@el_blanco_loco Mmmm. No fragging....I guess the cats never told their people the truth. Can't fight back against Injustice if you don't know about the injustice.

[@justadude8716]

your missing the point that it was a little isolated village with no outside contact, while there was a whole civilization out there with advanced tech. They never stood a chance

[@kharijordan6426]

@justadude8716 I didn't say they stood a chance...I said I was surprised they thought they were going to be left alone after making bombs. they really are isolated if they never thought the cats that were at first eating them mind you weren't about to murder them all. Bombs and nothing else show their innocence.

[@daviddickey9832]

Apparently the secret to winning this game is to produce everything, not just the yellow cake, and keep doing it until the cats become complacent. By that time you'll be manufacturing all their weapons too.

[@fterimage]

You'll notice one industry that never gets offshored is weapons manufacturing.

[@daviddickey9832]

@@fterimage weapons manufacturing is propped up by the pyramid of the economy, if there isn't a way to support it financially it dies

[@samdumaquis2033]

The cats keep their weapons and keep invading other countries (Irak, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Lybia...) edit: sry not Ukraine, I can instead write "A 2016 study by Carnegie Mellon University professor Dov Levin found that the United States intervened in 81 foreign elections between 1946 and 2000, with the majority of those being through covert, rather than overt, actions.[95][96] A 2021 review of the existing literature found that foreign interventions since World War II tend overwhelmingly to fail to achieve their purported objectives."

[@ValorGuard]

​@@samdumaquis2033 And who are these cats?

[@kertagin1]

@@ValorGuard who ever has the power at any given time. the bakers are weak so they get trod under by any who has the power to do so. not the most pleasant characteristic of civilization but a true one none the less

[@totalbadass500]

I just watched this yesterday! It's sadly remarkable how much this holds up in the present day. Thanks for taking the time to make it HD and bring the subject matter some much needed light.

[@teachmg428]

It came out like ten years ago why would it not hold up? lol... You speak like it came out in the early 1900's.

[@totalbadass500]

@@teachmg428 there are so many cartoons that don't hold up even 5 years ago. I think it's still an impressive feat

[@itsgonnabeanaurfromme]

​@@totalbadass500it's a very well known general issue. Why tf would it not hold up? Care to give a few examples on the "so many" cartoons that don't hold up?

[@totalbadass500]

@@itsgonnabeanaurfromme Shows like Big mouth, recent seasons of The Simpsons, Code Lyoko. Just because it's a well known issue doesn't mean that it automatically gets greenlit as a good video. A lot of time and skill went into this video and that can still be seen today.

[@solaireofastora1664]

@@totalbadass500 Chose the easiest ones to prove but go off.

[@benjaminlefebvre1866]

It's baffling how everyone seems to slightly miss the point : some people are arguing the mice should have done this or that but the truth is there is nothing they could have done. The cats are to blame. This is a simple metaphor for imperialism, you could apply it to Iraq for example : the british installed the Hashemite king in 1921 so they could exploit the country's oil at an unfair price. The population remained poor and the political climate very instable but the power was kept aligned with the west through American intervention. All those years of oppression nurtured a profound hate of the west, eventually leading to 9/11 and the following Iraq invasion, with the complete destruction of the country and 600,000 dying. Just so a few could profit.

[@sasusaku3373]

9/11 had nothing to do with Iraq. 9/11 was the justification for Afghanistan. The official justification for Iraq, 2 years after Afghanistan, was that Iraq was hiding WMDs and wouldn’t let UN inspectors.

[@shantyman161]

The cut from the major protecting his village to a corrupt dictator was sudden.

[@Yourlocalveneersimp]

I thought the little yellow things were cookies for a sec.

[@justahammer]

I thought they where pizzas due to them being baked.

[@Guy9580]

They look like yellow cakes

[@typhoons3185]

Most likely cheese. They are mice. Although I have heard that yellow cake does mean uranium.

[@surumu993]

Nope, they're 5.56x45mm bullets, the mice like to eat intermediate power cartridges

[@lincolntime]

KZbin never gave me a notification that this was uploaded, share it around, the world needs Nick Cross cartoons ow more than ever

[@xbulelo]

*Absolutely!*

[@FortSewerRat]

6:54 "A plane has hit the second tower."

[@noobfromtheuk1113]

The bakers had guns and weapons, which makes you think, if they fought back when the first cat arrived to eat them, none of that would have necessarily happened.

[@magala9287]

I guess the mice did not think of that.

[@chrisonmagic0312]

Probably took it from the soldiers in the rebellion

[@ndh06]

They were funked from the start. Kill one cat, and another will come with less motivation to bargain. They were overpowered from the beginning and had no chance.

[@DrrZed]

Given the size difference, those guns would have been like mosquito stings to the cat... If they could get through fur first.

[@tomaszprzegwizdane3679]

Nah, the cat king would consider this as a terrorism anyway

[@NeightAnimate]

If these politicians did their job well, the cats would get to enjoy cakes and the little guys would live in prosperity. But it was probably the workers who were blamed for not doing their job well and were forced to work even more… Great work here! Love the animation and the colours, and the plot too! Please make more.

[@thirstyserpent1079]

Well the issue here was that the cats seemed to not give a shit after the mouse leader was killed and over thrown. We quite literally see them completely detached from the situation. Not only that but they continue to buy the yellow cakes, even their leader who not only is buying them but is shown to be seemingly bored and disinterested until what appeared to be a group of mouse political extremist used the cakes to launch a terror attack at which point the cats brought the hammer down on the mice.

[@sasquatchredbeard9385]

What do you mean? The politicians did their job perfectly. Have you not been alive for the past 4 US presidential elections? Politicians aren't doing their job apparently unless poor people are working all the time just to struggle to pay rent and feed themselves with cheap unhealthy food. "Oh you weren't born into a family rich enough to give you advantages in our society? Wellp, here's the production line: if you die we'll just pull you off the line and replace you and continue business as usual."

[@TheWizardGamez]

Lesson. Remove government. Allow the profits to flow directly to the small producers. And then they can trade for more than just cake

[@drunkenslav2334]

thats not how economics really work, also government really is just the concentrated expression of the economics of a society@@TheWizardGamez

[@TeVoyAMear]

​@@TheWizardGamezanarchcapitalism?

[@TheIndogamer]

Perhaps this is too far stretched, but one detail I paid attention to is the military equipment, specifically helmets. The Baker infantry helmet are shaped like Danish WW2 helms with a crown insignia similar to Sweden's, while the Cat infantry helmet are shaped like German stahlhelms. I'd like to interpret it as: 1. The Cats and Bakers have similar ethnic/racial roots, implying that despite rooted similarities, one's greed still dominate 2. It is a visual nod to the German occupation of Denmark

[@guy6074]

The channel change at the end was a very sobering conclusion. As someone living in the United States I can just “turn off” the horrors going across the world whenever I want by ignoring it

[@LegoMinecraftKid]

7:26 Germans invading the smurf village in Belgium 1914 colorized

[@surumu993]

The cats seem to have German helmets and Russian Federov Avtomats (?)

[@LegoMinecraftKid]

The have Stahlhelms and Flametrooper

[@LegoMinecraftKid]

But they don't have that in early war

[@randommam769]

​@@surumu993Nah, these look more like m14

[@randommam769]

​@@surumu993And lmg looks like stoner 63

[@PowWowChikaBowWow6902]

This was so good. Kinda remind me of Ren and Stimpy

[@AndrewColomy]

It feels like John K.’s style both artistically and musically but without the derangement.

[@mestredosmagos10]

​@@AndrewColomy for you it felt like John K.’s style, for me it felt like John F.'s style if you understand me

[@steamedham3]

Don’t forget The Mighty B and The Loud House, Dexter’s Laboratory.

[@curtoonstudios3809]

​@@mestredosmagos10 who is John F.?

[@mestredosmagos10]

@@curtoonstudios3809 it's a joke, when when i said John F. i mean John F. Kennedy

[@labbit3574]

The cats may not even know how did they got the yellow cake. They probably just saw someone bring some yellow cake in and then they just accepted it. To the cats, the mice may have just randomly decided to bomb them. This whole ending could’ve been prevented if the mice told the cats what happened or decided to not make the bomb

[@margarine3844]

either they have no media at all, or the information is filtered and distorted by the feline authorities. And even if they found out, it's not a fact that they would immediately give up cakes.

[@labbit3574]

@@margarine3844 well not saying they should give up, but they could definitely bargain and end up with a deal that benefits both sides

[@margarine3844]

@@labbit3574 so that the mice don't starve? No, then they won't cook enough for the cats, and it's not profitable. On the plantation!

[@quantumpanic]

It's a reference to history how when oppressed nations retaliate against their oppressors they get labeled as terrorists. Think palestinians or the irish.

[@noabsolutelynot3660]

You're probably American or western in general. Media monetization and centralization prevented people like the Iranians and the Yemenis and Afghans from being able to communicate what America was doing to them, because fatter cats like Rupert Murdoch got their way. Then when people went ahead and used violence it was easy to slap the label terrorist on them and pretend the religion was at fault to dehumanize rather than reveal the 60 years of exploitation the west was paying for.

[@Private_jin]

Props to the 3 soldiers of the entire mice army fighting back for 3 quarter-seconds 7:43

[@unknownmanmoment6174]

Actually there were 7 soldiers at 4:03

[@user-dz2jw6wc6j]

​@@unknownmanmoment6174those are the government soldiers and not the peoples army

[@MaiasauraMia]

I think a lot of people here push whatever they believe as a lesson. No, doing nothing would have destroyed their village, and compliance without rebelling over their captors would have allowed them to survive. However the truth is the captors were unreasonably stronger and there was no method to match their strength. The only way this village could have survived is to retreat and hide from the oppressors (the cats).

[@impelau]

It's not like they didn't really have a solution. After all, size is a double-edged tool. It's not like cats couldn't find them if they wanted to. Rather, they went through a series of mistakes: their leader, who sold his people to a foreign force, their people, who decided that it was enough to scare a foreign force. Could they have better distributed these resources to achieve justice (or more subtle suppression of discontent, which also works)? Apparently, yes. Could they have studied the society of cats better, taken protective measures, perhaps infiltrated this society by bribing the defenders with pies? Probably. The problem is that their strong government acted in its own interests, while the other did not act at all.

[@xbulelo]

I see ordinary people striking for reasonable pay. The hardest jobs are the lowest paid jobs & it breaks my heart that most of these people struggle to make ends meet … Violence, greed & propaganda are used to oppress. The civil wars are inevitable. This cartoon articulates how many feel without much dialogue &, in my opinion, that is morbidly beautiful. I discovered your channel through your mind-blowing cartoon, *The Clockwork Elves.* I don’t need to explain why I like that cartoon … 😂 This really is beautiful, bro. My only selfish criticism is that you don’t upload often enough. With that being said, I also understand why. Quality over quantity &, oh my word, this is quality. You have a subscriber for life in me. ❤

[@gavinnewton7221]

quit yapping in the comment section

[@xbulelo]

@@gavinnewton7221 a positive comment triggered you. You have a lot of work to do on yourself. I thank the heavens that I am not you.

[@unbearablysmug2437]

bro... lower paying jobs aren't the hardest... if you understood anything about the world you would know this.

[@xbulelo]

@@unbearablysmug2437 Hmmmmmmm, nah, bro, it depends what job & what you define as poorly paid / underpaid. Firefighters, police officers, paramedics, surgeons, military staff, nurses & teachers can be underpaid, depending on where you’re from. If you were from the real world, YOU would know this.

[@unbearablysmug2437]

@@xbulelo wow you somehow managed to not address anything I said, you are either retrded or pretending to be retrded. If you're trolling then respect, I guess you got me.

[@TigOriMish]

Therefore, little people needed to build military factories and prepare for war, cats could not do anything if they had a strong army)

[@ra-ge]

The cats will never allow it in the first place. The mice are doomed in any scenario

[@muhammadashshiddiq8752]

​@@ra-gewhy is that? Have you heard gunboat diplomacy?

[@ptolemaicfoxxo3032]

So instead of living freely they are now thrown into an 100 year war, yay!

[@ra-ge]

@@muhammadashshiddiq8752 Have you heard of mutually assured destruction(MAD), that's how things will end up for both cats and mice, if we the mice are lucky. Because in the first place we let the cats become so powerful after WW2.

[@muhammadashshiddiq8752]

@@ra-ge afghanistan and vietnam would disagree.

[@Snuffedstar2004]

And to think there would be a happy ending if the mayor just shared the yellow cake recipe to the cats.

[@TheUnknown-zq6ym]

8:00 pov: Palestine, Iraq, Syria, Yemen

[@carlosferreira6420]

Also Ukraine, Somalia, South Sudan, Lybia

[@pissedoffbucketguy9115]

What if the mayor used the money he got from the cats to make better bakeries to produce more food?

[@54032Zepol]

Provide social services to provide for more families, free education in order to invent better machinery, technology to handle more demand, etc etc

[@pissedoffbucketguy9115]

@@54032Zepol exactly. He's gotta do SOMETHING with the money if he doesn't want to get destroyed by his own people Also maybe he could reach out to the king, the news, anyone in cat city about their situation and the cruetly they're facing

[@ghoulbuster1]

Mice aren't very smart. They choose violence and paid for it in blood.

[@Jimraynor45]

Why was the mayor getting all the money in the first place or getting any money at all for that matter if the cats could just come and take it?

[@territorial.io_player]

The cats needed the mice to produce the cake Constantly.​@@Jimraynor45

[@dimthegreat5398]

Am I the only one that gets reminded of the animation style from the cartoon "Wayside"? Also goddamn this was good. Amazing work!

[@kaylastanley7402]

This actually went from classic to horror,r-rated film

[@valmid5069]

“…it was the apathy of the masses that gave rise to the current regime” -Ray Bradbury

[@Dehslash9]

Ive been looking for this for years. Thanks for reuploading it.

[@user-pl5qn4re8u]

このアニメーションは大学生の頃から見ている好きな作品ですが，今の日本がこうなりそうだと感じてしまう今日この頃です。

[@user-we5xp3rb9w]

Bro! Unfortunately, Historically said, Japan don't deserve to mention about this video.

[@flax72l.a13]

何。?！ああ、いい加減にしろ!!何のことをいっているのですか。?！

[@nigelaishaandnathaliavlog6062]

Try to click Translated to English

[@Pvnth-R]

For me the most important part is the end. How the tv changed channel and we're just back at being subdued into our daily mediatised antidepressants... Most comments talks with such distance about this animation, but that's still is a reality for many places on earth. People are still suffering from Imperialism, colonialism, and capitalism. This is just a reality made understandable for kids... There is modern references, like the naked mouse at the end running on the road which is a reference to a popular picture from the vietnam war. People should rewatch this more often and educated themselves better on how we're all in the position of the cats.

[@epapuelvalve3250]

Ireland's history in a nutshell:

[@kurwaka]

I sometimes like to review your work again and now it's just a gift. Thank you!

[@MyDude199]

I really love this animation and thank you so much for uploading it in HD.

[@cottonuwu3167]

Love how here the mice seemed like terrorists to the cats and the ending , being just news a cat that has nothing to do with it might just say “those pasky mice at it again” without knowing the whole story

[@Sudokuwiz]

Shame geopolitics haven't changed since but expected cause we're trapped in a never ending loop of history

[@ValorGuard]

War... War never change

[@joshuawadsworth6417]

Zero sum game unfortunately.

[@cosmicreef5858]

WILL learn because the specie is NEVER the problem The society is which are THE PEOPLE the CORE part

[@UnknownCommenter3]

@@cosmicreef5858 Are you high? Wtf are you saying?

[@CStone-xn4oy]

@@ValorGuard War changes quite a bit actually.

[@MrMiguelNz]

Tasty to look at and engaging narrative, thank you for the HD Nick

[@Lim0nSt0leMym00n]

The fact that they just want to eat in peace😞

[@cyanshadow3515]

I really like how this animation is styalized like a old cartoon, from the music, to the no talking, its really cool.

[@DjMaxi005]

Weakness invites aggression, the little blue guys should made an alliance with a dog nation in the first place, instead of dealing with cats later

[@lancethewisp1097]

The victims are not to blame when they are attacked

[@CStone-xn4oy]

@@lancethewisp1097 Which victims? The cats or the bakers?

[@OwenBalderston]

@@lancethewisp1097 They are blamed for the way they react to the problem. The French were insulted as Frogs by Americans in WW2 for the same reason, even though they had all the men and equipment they needed. It's that same spirit presented here. If the mice were innocent, they shouldn't even be a nation to bear that responsibility.

[@AndrossUT]

Wow, victim blaming abuser logic designed to create an environment that exterminates the disabled. Cool

[@jonathanwells223]

@@lancethewisp1097no, but they’re still losers and that itself is shameful

[@user-wm5qd9kl3q]

Well. It was actually an incredibly logical ending that I wasn't expecting, but somehow wanted to see.

[@robotnikkkk001]

...INDEED, HEHE ......BUT....THERE STILL *_WAS_* AN OPTION, ABOUT ONLY *_VERY_* SMART PEOPLE WOULDVE SEE...THO.....ABOUT *_EXPLOITING OF TRUST_* .........WHICH OWNER DOES TOWARDS 100% OBEDIENT SLAVES...... .......SO IT COULDVE BEEN LIKE......IN THESE BAKERY.......A POTENT LETHAL POISON TO BE ADDED.....ALL OF THIS........WHICH KILLS THROUGH 10DAYS..........OR SO.............AND YOU KNOW HOW *_THIS_* COULDVE BEEN ENDED, BECAUSE *_EVERYONE_* WAS EATING AND BY A LOT, EVEN CHILDREN .........BUT......YOUR PSYCHOLOGY ISNT GET USED TO DIGEST SUCH LEVELS OF CRUELTY, ISNT THAT?SO YOU WOULDVE END UP LIKE THESE....I GUESS

[@thatbachus]

That whole blip of where we see different cat related programs to me shows how much didn't really care about the mice once killed. The earth continued to move and the cats continued to progress, going down an... American route. But the mice are gone.... It's not like they cared about them before, and they wouldn't after

[@greendude7650]

This was great but i feel like we're missing a little bit of the cat's side of profiting off the villages suffering and I love the message.

[@Mysterious.Entity]

This is a good short film with some important messages but maybe a little change in the thumbnail might help it get more views.

[@deepdall876]

Feel like this is a lesson us humans will never learn

[@CStone-xn4oy]

I know right...I can't believe some people actually keep cats in their homes.

[@markobucevic8991]

​@@CStone-xn4oythey are the superior species between dogs and mice

[@CStone-xn4oy]

@@markobucevic8991 Dogs are pets...cats are tiny tigers who live in your house and tolerate your existence as they lack the ability to open food cans.

[@racingraptor4758]

Most of us know this well. Its the politics and corpo ceos who never learn

[@CStone-xn4oy]

@@racingraptor4758 No wonder the game never changes, if the people who know better are the people who do nothing. People who don't play the game aren't players.

[@TheGamingG810]

Did youtube suddenly start recommending everyone this video

[@hiddendesire3076]

Yes. Sadly some of the old animation channels like Aniboom are gone. I miss seeing the various works that got uploaded to it.

[@lildinosaur8856]

If the one mayor of the little peoples had not been a greedy bastard they would’ve never ended up dyeing at the end situation he had plenty of money so that they could live nicely and have a good life and work conditions.... what was he even gonna spend that money on like it is so annoying how one mans greed can kill an entire community ... like yeah the cat attacking is bad but if they’re just formed the treaty of the trade for the cakes and what not then used the money responsibly [ after all he was clearly being paid plenty for the cakes ....] they could’ve made them with nice work conditions ect. but no no no little mayor had to keep all the money for himself and then when he died he didn’t even have the decency to tell them that he was getting paid enough he just wasn’t sharing it thus dooming his people to seek revenge on the cats who had no idea they were getting abused by there own leader to make the cakes😅

[@tinnasell4161]

Same thoughts exactly

[@a_3x]

This has always been one of my favorite of yours.

[@rajeshbaldeo4315]

1:23 pov caseoh when there not enough food in the village

[@theodorelopez8971]

The problem was that the cat never bothered to terrorize the mice every now and then to remind them who was really in charge.

[@iamacaterpillar3881]

People keep saying these were the mice mistakes they should have done it this other way. The cats weren’t expecting that after enforcing a brutal totalitarian puppet government. I’m gonna be real. It’s just messed up to say. There was no right or wrong way. There were no just actions. This is the truth of human history in action. It probably won’t change either just because how life is. It’s depressing in a sense but this is life. And the blurb at the end where the viewer is presumably flipping through tv channels is pretty much what it’s like today. A near inconsequential blip. Blame it on what you want, only hindsight is 20/20. Us people all need to live and breathe. And we need to be able and willing to fight and defend it. We are not slaves. We will live as we please and in order to do that we need to pull together for each other. We must create a sense of real community and comfort.

[@loodgack]

it has strong Macskafogó/Cat city vibes the animation and the music is A+

[@AngeryCrow]

This art style seems familiar...like Ren and Stimpy creator style.

[@mah2418]

I think everyone miss the lesson: Hey cats, please don't annoy little mice.

[@TheExcelsia]

To have it be revealed as but one 'news flash' among different to zap in between ( cat's pov) is pure genius.

[@ayobode130]

If only it had that cartoon skid, then it would fit the music

[@balcansexgod2893]

A Classic. Enjoyed rewatching it in hd but i still prefer the vintage look ;).

[@SarawakianChao]

I like how in the end, there is only channels of cats, no mice, just cats.

[@Guy9580]

3:39 I can’t take that sign seriously

[@Shadow_Bcyes]

“King P*ssy Enjoys YELLOW CAKES”💀💀💀

[@lancethewisp1097]

Cats will really say that the bakers attacked them without reason

[@danbeaulieu2130]

Exactly like how colonial democracy says the Palestinian attacked them without reason. Ignore how you treat your slaves. And get angry when those slaves revolt.

[@territorial.io_player]

​@@danbeaulieu2130brother be justifying Islamic terrorism 😂

[@et5216]

The problem is it doesn’t matter how justified the attack was because at the end of the day most cats are ignorant of where the yellow cakes come from. To them they were attacked and killed for no reason. Even if they did know that bomb killed bystanders and innocents who had nothing to do with oppressing the bakers. The cats are tossed into a situation where they feel prompted to destroy a hostile power. Because from their perspective they paid for those cakes as seen by the mayors wealth.

[@nathanielchieffallo4273]

​@@territorial.io_player bro be justifying Israeli terrorism

[@1harrismccarty]

@@et5216 it's almost like capitalists rely on the ignorance of consumers to maintain their wealth and status. The mayor certainly wasn't paid the full value of those cakes, he was paid just enough to keep him complicit. Same way the US can prop up warlords for a few million and extract billions in natural resources from poor countries.

[@user-xl2th2lj9d]

How to make a super edgy war scene: Have a part where one or more of the people getting destroyed have their privates out

[@77Bubble]

One of the best animated short films I've seen tbh love the messages

[@Channel-bx5lm]

The animation style is similar as if John Kricfalusi were working on the creation of a cartoon

[@seanb.6793]

This reminds me of Spumco / Ren and Stimpy style animation - did the animator work with them?

[@Convincing_Reality]

Why the re-reupload I wonder?

[@ncross]

i noticed an error in one of the scenes....

[@Convincing_Reality]

@@ncross I appreciate the reply, would have itched my brain something fierce trying (and most likely failing) to figure it out by myself 😅

[@ncross]

@@Convincing_Reality Yeah, and the reason you would come up with would be far more interesting than the boring reality that one of the layers was turned off on one scene that was so minor that i only noticed accidentally.

[@afederici75]

Wonderful work! I really enjoyed watching it and I love the simplicity of it.

[@cringeyidiotterry]

Beautiful, brilliant work! How long did it take you to make this 8 minute & 20 second animation?

[@haicopiatoalverofavijdegre2807]

a second cake has hit the gala

[@cadenliam5309]

1:22 caseoh he's pet cat:

[@suspectdominick9326]

Damn, I love the quality and animation, And the shadows.

[@christianwhalen9263]

When the cat went “gulp” I felt that

[@user-pi3ks6qv7z]

This was a 9/11 animation

[@abunazirjan2263]

For sure that cats look like americans

[@yoboi999productions]

We need part 2 for this or good ending!

[@maxxtrotter9591]

The mice weren’t smart with their victory. If they wanted to truly defeat the cats, they shouldn’t have used a bomb; they should’ve added something more slow acting, like a sterility poison. At the same time, they could’ve worked on a fortified underground bunker with a means to expand.

[@umutdemirci4870]

Detail in 7.53 is amazing!

[@Private_jin]

6:17 9/11 6:29 Finding out the perpetrators 6:37 national crisis just like real life 😱😱😱 6:53 oh hey its bush 7:01 US Military sent 7:26 *war on terror incident*

[@rtu9734]

You forgot the part about occupying a country that has nothing to do with the perpetrators

[@zenderman3495]

The cat on crown seems like a Jew

[@UnnamedGreenDemon]

7:52 no way they referenced that photo

[@54032Zepol]

Yeup, the Vietnamese children surviving a napalm strike

[@2danimationmentor]

Awesome. I liked the color and it's simplicity. Great work.

[@cap7920]

the parallel with µVietnam is quite astonishing

[@daniellima-yz7sq]

This is the Stalin Village? Holodomor ?

[@margarine3844]

No

[@youcef-cs8yz]

I get it, these dwarves after the king was expelled, the whole city became a republic, but the cats depend on the monarchy

[@erdwin5613]

Mistake did they made: Cat kingdom: didn't ask to mice how to make a yellow cake Mice village: didn't think about their consequences

[@saral299]

A good animation, leading to think where is the border of state and individuals respectively and how to maintain a sound balance between the state and individuals. Besides the possibilities such as technology progresses etc could play a role in changing history.

[@QEDAGI]

Wow, Nick! That was very cool to watch -- had me glued until the very end. I'd fallen asleep that way sooo many times o_O