Push Back the Hands - Lisa The Hopeful (Beltboy Run)

I got really hyped when the Lisa the Definitive Edition news came out. But I didn't want to play the old game since I'll play it again on the 18th. So to quench my Lisa thirst, I picked up one of the fan games.
Let me just say. Hopeful was not very hopeful at all...
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[@-Commit-arson-]

I like how Benny’s sunglasses acted as his eyeballs for expressions And when we finally saw his eyes for real it was because he had no reason to keep up his cool guy stick anymore

[@-Commit-arson-]

@@someonion8794 wrong glasses guy. Talking about belt boy

[@someonion8794]

@@-Commit-arson- Oh no, I answered the wrong comment xd. I'm sorry.

[@-Commit-arson-]

@@someonion8794no problems

[@Pudding404]

The poses are so dynamic, especially 0:20 where Dixon is winding up and about to slam them all horizonally across the face in one swing, haha. I love these 3 idiots. First playing it after my first fangame, pointless, it was a hit in the face of what lisa was all about.

[@enzo.6955]

i desperately need a lisa the pointless animatic in your style i love all of your animatics and lisa the pointless (specifically the infinity unfolds expansion mod) is my favorite rpg and one of my favorite games ever i would love to see what what song you chose but im 99% sure id be hopeless bleak despair by they might be giants

[@pancake_pie9]

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[@alperenakdas3479]

i like how benny got blood in his mouth after his ecounter with craig (spoilers from hopeful) he bites craig to death

[@yellow-py]

It's all about the details

[@boingo3275]

When Benny stumbles outside the truck he has blood from his mouth... It's not his...

[@Hehe_yea_boi]

1:00 She do be smug tho

[@sabbathb6548]

My boi Beltboy and his buds didn’t deserve what happened to them.

[@Strawberry_Cubes]

Gonna be fr man. A lot of them kinda did, they where out to rape a girl remember? The only two who didn’t seem interested in it where belt boy and the glasses dude

[@ineedzemedic5810]

@@Strawberry_Cubes Yeah💀 everyone else was intrested in the girl. In the mutant ending thats exactly what happens.

[@Strawberry_Cubes]

@@ineedzemedic5810 tbh. Route wise, beltboy and the glasses guy (can’t remember his name LOL) where the least interested in the girl, they kinda just got pressured by Cyclopes to go along with it Spoilers - in the glasses guy route he’s almost manipulated to want the girl because that’s what the team wanted before they died - beltboy in the painful route is kinda just following the flow/vibe of the team and what they want really, he hasn’t really thought about what he wants to do with the girl - in the beltboy route he kinda comes to an understanding he just doesn’t want the lovely’s to have her, and he purely wants revenge for his friends - Cyclops is the only member who makes it very clear what he wants to do With the girl and that’s even apparent in his route as he doesn’t change his mind on why he wants the girl but also slaps on “this is revenge for my boys”

[@ineedzemedic5810]

@@Strawberry_CubesThe ending where everyone lives makes it even harder as if noy knowing what they were all planning to do. I think it was either belt or someone else who even brought up the girls apperance to looking too young.

[@Strawberry_Cubes]

@@ineedzemedic5810 I know what your referring to in the second part That’s when the crew walks by a poster of buddy who’s wanted (Lisa the hopeful takes place just around the end of painful) and beltboy pauses and states how young buddy looks

[@ChrisXML1203]

"Howdy doo dee." most scariest words known to man of Olathe

[@Adagm]

Howdy doo dee.... doo

[@mightymorphin2472]

well after "i have been dead for 35 years today is the day i live"

[@togeluga_the_cat]

maybe "Scared of death?" its a good one as well

[@ChrisXML1203]

@@togeluga_the_cat yeah that's also good

[@BE-fw1lr]

Also I love the recurring theme of your LISA animatics having a They Might Be Giants song.

[@tauroadventures7897]

Beltboy... you are to good for this universe... you deserve the world and everything because you are my friend

[@eveecco]

I’ve only ever seen Nitro Rad’s review of this game, so I didn’t realize how tragic it actually was. God I barely even know these guys but my heart is still aching for them!

[@ineedzemedic5810]

This is by far my favorite Lisa fangame. The fact its free is boardline a crime. The passion and the writing is fantastic.

[@Kate-uj9rx]

Omg it's free!! I can play this on my break!

[@bucketts6148]

My dilemma is that I want to pause constantly to look over each frame, but this song is so good and it fits so well. Also yellow-py don’t miss fr fr

[@bucketts6148]

Also I think every game you make an animation for I absolutely love

[@Doktor_CC]

Benny, Liam, and Clyde has gone through the hell and back, I feel bad for all of them. Hell even Rodriguez in his route, godspeed you magnificent bastards.

[@internetfreak8137]

Every single detail just gives me so much joy, Also seeing the dumbass smasher visualised is pretty awesome

[@rando5638]

Say what you will about the Engine Enthusiasts, but Dixon Bismuth was a true prodigy of the ambushing arts. Too many people think that the Dumbass Smasher and its ilk happen overnight, but managing a reliable blow to ONE man's frontal lobe - let alone three - hard enough to incapacitate without killing or causing permanent brain damage takes real craftsmanship.

[@hasgames3231]

Yeah when it's drawn like that it makes a lot more sense

[@rrtkddigimon0]

Yellow Pyro is single handly rising my interest in They Might be Giants

[@fionastirling986]

Now all we need is an animatic of Lisa the Pointless set to “I Can’t Remember the Dream” to complete the quadrilogy

[@mungusman3016]

Funnily enough, seeing how Benny’s crush was depicted in this helped me realize that I was in a toxic relationship with my significant other myself. So thanks for the coincidental help!

[@bagofgroceries]

The return of LISA animatics with my all time favorite TMBG song! Perfect!

[@robynrydbergliden]

It's so refreshing to see one of these fan videos finish the whole song, and one of such high quality nonetheless! Very good!

[@smilemore7431]

I’m excited for the influx of new people the Lisa remastered will bring in.

[@alphazed7601]

Grandma wake up Yellow-Py dropped a new animatic

[@anactualcrow6700]

It's so sad. This ending is the best morally and from a storytelling standpoint but it took the most amount of pain to get there. Also I LOVE your Lisa videos

[@a.k8185]

Well, the characters suffer in their own routes too.

[@phantomdragon4518]

I honestly feel like that's the point. In pretty much every other route Benny just goes with the flow and never actually asks what he wants. It's only when he has lost everyone else, and listens to what he really wants, that he tries to reach out to 5. Not as an object, but as a person, a friend

[@alexcat6685]

@@phantomdragon4518 leading to the title, in choosing to give up acts and choose to be vulriable, to be kind does give way to some hope. And the Hopeless would most likely be about how Benny though getting of while in the grand scheme small bit of hope, from whats known thats a huge deal not only for him but 5 who's never met another Man who's sane, who's well Kind. so now Benny has to deal with his Pain and 5 has to save her other allies, other women who to are being most likely searched or hiding. Both have to overcome the Mentally destyroyed men of these lands.

[@Adagm]

I'm obsessed with this...

[@punchdindaface66bowers28]

Man. They might be Giants songs paired with the Lisa series always fucking slaps!

[@zanethezaniest274]

I’m seriously blown away at time by the expressiveness of many of these scenes. They add a lot more depth to the trio of troublemakers and the perverts they come across.

[@blue30827]

im still obsessed with this 💔

[@masterzoroark6664]

Beltboy's ending is the best and yet the sadest of them all

[@GatesOfAvalon1]

I've played through this game twice, but always stopped at the very end because I couldn't beat the last few fights. It's incredible to see this animation and learn the end of the story this way. I'm gonna cry now

[@user-eh2vi6lk7n]

Git gud maybe?

[@princessfetus]

sobbing crying throwing up yet again

[@renatoafonsomaiacarneiro950]

Man...remembering this hit me hard...

[@ramonnavarro8020]

I remember back when the Joyful animatic came out that i suggested you to play Hopeful, assuring you that you were gonna like it... Whether it was because of my suggestion or not, i'm glad you DID played and hopefully (ha ha) liked it!

[@codyjordan8722]

You have gotten extremely good at conveying deep emotions in a short time.

[@robriley6135]

of ALL the things to get after your amazing disco elysium animatic its an animatic for my favourite LISA fangame with my favourite tmbg song?? i love just how well this shows the roadtrip style one thing after another nature of the story, and GOD the impact of the heart's invasion of the sports stadium, lank's death, its all so perfect, even the way the girl from beltboy's past is always looking directly in the camera is so offputting... thank you for this!!!

[@arlo6206]

i can't even begin to express just how enamored i am by this animatic / rough animation. i LOVE LOVE LOVE this so much and your portrayal of them, and the art is lovely (haha) !!! thank you so much for sharing this it made me realize how much i missed these little 3

[@kawiji]

I'm glad you still make LISA-based animation videos, they are so charming and lovely. This is why I love your vision on its franchise. I wish the actual games had this kind of atmosphere lmao. So, keep up the good work as your vids are amazing

[@mccrow4561]

Hopeful is my favorite Lisa fangame and I'm so glad you did this...This is amazing, man

[@chrisbj5251]

not gonna lie, I cry a bit at the end.

[@whuttashame__]

Super under-appreciated, but this animation made my day so thank you

[@thebeeselbow]

**dramatically grasps at my heart**

[@skullmaster322]

wonderful

[@pillow5976]

OH MY GOD THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL I AM IN TEARS i literally waited so long for this and i have to say that you made an AMAZING work on this one. i am very happy that you actually finished it and OOOH MY GOD THIS IS SO GOOD I CANT PUT IT INTO WORDS- ahem, okay so. i really really liked how much you upgraded your artstyle and how MANY frames are here??? i especially liked the way you drew CF in the flashback moments and the cyclops death scene too. literally grips my heart by the amount of details and emotions here. i am very glad you enjoyed this fangame so much since in my opinion it`s actually one of the best ones and had make me have an insane brainrot over it. now if you please i will go and rewatch this a hundred times analyzing every single frame of this.

[@yellow-py]

I'm really happy you like it!! Your hopeful animatic was a huge motivator during the creation of this one!

[@user-eh2vi6lk7n]

Corporate wants you to find the difference between those both pictures. *Pillow's Hopeful animation* *Yellow's Hopeful Animation* They are the *same picture*

[@gretchling5012]

oh man. i've been imagining this song as a great choice for a Painful animatic for years (thanks in no small part to your other LISA/TMBG animatics) but using it for Hopeful is huge brained as well... great stuff here. gets me excited for Hopeless, whenever that comes out.

[@unggoymuffin9163]

MAN, YOUR ANIMATICS REALLY UP THE ANTE WITH CAMERAWORK AND STYLE!!! LOVE IT!

[@Monkeyboy-hq6uz]

My mind is still blows away from this amazing video. Keep up amazing.

[@xander6357]

I kept on being recommended your animations for ages and every time I was like ‘oh that was enjoyable/impressive’ I only recently put together every single one was made by you. I love all of the stuff you make and I’m subscribed so ill see whatever you do next ehehhe

[@zanethezaniest274]

Year of the Lisa baby!!!

[@tajskaowo7222]

imagine the hole series like that taht is about those guys before the game happened or something

[@Kevinopn]

i paused so much just to see evrything, it's beautiful and fit so much with the song pal'. thank you, a lot.

[@timothywilcox1539]

Thanks for more Lisa heartache! Yep, Hopeful I think is one of the most faithful Lisa fangames, just in tone and mechanics. Plus its a good, if heartwrenching, time. Unless you are doing the rodriguez route.

[@drdaffyd7348]

Why does this not have more views, it seriously is so good!

[@RedPineaplleStudio]

I'm so glad that your'e still make works about this game. Your animations are some of the best in the comunity, and you introduced me to They might be Giants. Thank you.

[@cannonballking7]

A simply fantastic retelling of one of the strongest fangames yet made from this wonderful series. I especially love how you pushed the expressions to some great extremes, yet still captured the humanity each of the characters have. Keep up the great work, and have a lovely day.

[@somewade6820]

Fantastic as always

[@phoenixplayer8817]

You've done a fantastic job. I really enjoyed the game, so it's great to see other people who enjoyed the game as much as I did.

[@miguelferreira5873]

i love this so muchhhh your lisa animatics are my life thank you

[@MorrysIllusion]

Oddly enough when you published this I was right in the middle of playing lisa for the first time and saved this to watch until I played the main games and hopeful lol. Took longer than intended because I played painful and joyful like 3 times each w that new definitive content too lol. But so happy I could watch this after finishing hopeful last night... didn't expect to get so many feelings about it

[@scruffles3838]

Also significantly well timed for the definitive edition release

[@curiousauthor9827]

absolutely thrilled to see you making lisa stuff again

[@mrgrivus58]

Love it man, i really love it, amazing as always

[@philipjorgensen2628]

Sorry if you get this question a lot (considering how you have made LISA content in the past) but have you ever played the fangame LISA: The Pointless? It's just such a wonderful, atmospheric game that matches (Or even surpasses!) the source material.

[@Manic2100]

Fantastic work, as always.

[@birdup1_2]

This is absolutely amazing. Thank you.

[@smugdodofart27]

Once again your taste in music is so beautiful

[@Ynnep-Chan]

This was truly breathtaking!!

[@marioandremorochoramos8146]

Thanks for the excellent animation of this game I so awesome

[@bellerueff3484]

I love your lisa animations they mean so much to me!

[@bwfiend]

Amazing stuff. Please make more!

[@indiemedley1209]

Wow, now I get to experience the heartbreaking tragedy of Hopeful once again, now with enhanced expressions! My soul aches!

[@epicmadness2123]

Man this was amazing, I mean it still hurt watching it but damn. So this does mean we're gonna see a lanks, cyclops and Rodriguez route animatic? Of course if you can and have the time I mean. You don't see much Lisa the hopefull animatic or animation but this one amazing.

[@Fitzftw7]

Lanks and Cyclops routes are mostly the same and have complete downer endings. Not a ton of point in making an animatic for those. Rodriguez route could be cool. I imagine this is it, though, considering this video covers the canon route the Hopeless will follow.

[@Burning_Boxx]

YOUR CHANNEL HAS THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS LISA ANIMATICS, TWO OF SOME OF MY FAVORITE THINGS?!?!?!?!?!???!

[@itsasupacool]

OMGGG I MISSED THESE ANIMATICS

[@itsasupacool]

This is so good omllll

[@Miszczuuu]

cool that you came back

[@5aradox974]

yupeee best artist came back

[@whitewolf3078]

THAT IS AMAZING I LOVE UR ANIMATICS SO MUCH >//////

[@zacharysalt8209]

Let me say, yellow-py, this is incredible. I've been watching you since "have you seen my sister evelyn" and this is my favorite thing LISA related... ever.

[@rafaelfigueroa4417]

This is fantastic

[@EpicGamer-kw9cm]

this is amazing! its crazy how much your style has improved since the Painful and Joyful storyboards. Pointless next maybe???

[@hacim42]

I always liked Hopeful quite a bit. Reggie the GOAT!!!

[@BE-fw1lr]

AUGHHHH- wow this hurts so much

[@Markm8]

This is my second favorite run but i love the homies run more personally

[@ohksiy]

Lovely

[@SepZ5]

good work bro

[@arturdzie]

Great animation, would love a comic book in this universe.

[@cakebrunch]

you absolutely never fail to amaze, this is so so good!!!

[@jettisonantics]

If you haven't already, the other fangames you should try are Pointless, Unbreakable, and Timless (all preceded by "Lisa The") they're all free on game jolt! I recommend trying pointless first, then timeless, then unbreakable.

[@eat139]

God damn it

[@Archieapplewoe]

Hopeful is amazing, my favorite fangame.

[@dabelbabel]

WOW DUDE, IM ONLY RECENTLY PASSED IT, YOU ARE GOD

[@ballsjimmy2690]

This is insane to finally see come out, I remember watching the Don't let's start animatic years ago and this is just insane to see how far you've come. The trio looks phenominal and they are super expressive, You managed to capture the story and just vibe of hopeful very well. Also glad to see you're hyped about definitive edition as well, it's going to be a pain waiting these next 2 days but I'm just so excited. Thank yo for making this animatic, and i'm curious if maybe you'll make a cyclops, lanks, and rodrigues animatics. (no pressure obviously)

[@-geeko123]

Yo whos the artist that made your pfp?

[@milkgrayl]

THIS IS SO GOOD thank you as always, it's really nice to see Lisa contenr from you again and fangame no less!

[@drakodedark4892]

So beautiful ❤️

[@Ryan-dx7xe]

thank you for the hopeful content, such a hidden gem

[@-geeko123]

I know my boys werent the best people but goddamn it still makes me sad, also insanely good video wow

[@d0pesmoker]

LETS GOOOOOOO

[@scruffles3838]

You always seem to have to greatest taste in video games and fangames

[@Hot_To_Trot]

Another great vid, much like your others. Happy to see new LISA content, and yours have always been a particular favorite of mine. I hope you're doing well, and keep making stuff like this about things you enjoy.

[@user-eh2vi6lk7n]

Oh boy.

[@dibbybones2194]

Love the details Like when beltboy runs back to the boys to escape the lovelies, after beating off the rapist guy His mouth is full of blood, due to one of his skills when he doesn't have his guns is "Bite"