Could you have the deadline sometime during the summer vacation?... That would be very convenient for me to finish up my part for this collab. I WILL JOIN.

Speaking of other animators. Get Astropuff. (Not only did she/he create Everyone Poops and Weeds of Destruction, she/he also has me as a fav artist!) Oh! And get LazyMuffin! He liked the Dangerous April Fool's Collab!

ConcorX, could we have a NEW RULE: the death must be funny, and must be caused by a usually innocent birthday related tradition. Presents, parties, cake, balloons, friends, etc. That would be awesome.

...by the way, can we call the 'brutal birthday collab' the 'dangerous birthday collab'? Y'know, so that people know it's a series?

At 4/9/08 04:26 PM, SpedsonaPlane wrote: yep, its all out of hands now, It has grown bloody flying wings and taken off like an angel. Remember, front page is a mixed blessing a very mixed blessing. It'll be hard It'kk be mean, but We'll all grow a little as animators because of it.

He's quite right. We have, as of merely a day and a half after, 33... no, 34 now... people who fav'd this collab. We also got into the Weird Al Collection. However, our score went down 0.07 points. Oh well.

But Speds is spot on in that we DID learn. The main criticism is that it's a mix of parts with starkly different quality. They want all good, not juxtaposed by the bad. For the next collab, we will invite (in more blunt terms, BADGER) talented authors to consider joining. Daily 2nd ain't too bad. We might also have to disallow people under a certain batting average to join next time.

Second criticism is that 'it's a ripoff Happy Tree Friends'. I admit it's my bad that I unintentionally designed the bunny that it looks like Cuddles, and am overtly a fan of HTF, which may have mislead people. (Along with the Giggles cameo from waiyan) I'll avoid bunny next time, or at least redesign the bunny to look more unique. Sorry. My bad. Though HTF didn't INVENT the dead cute animal idea.

Third, while NOT a criticism, in fact a COMPLIMENT, is that people want a sequel. Dangerous Halloween, then? I'll start working on the details of this collab. Anyone want Weird Al's Nature Trail to Hell in 3D for the Dangerous Halloween collab? Weird Al is awesome. AWESOME I SAY.

I'm voting for the nest being Halloween 2008, followed by Valentine's Day 2009! What does everybody think?

I've pretty much been stalking Newgrounds for a while, just anxiously WAITING for the Dangerous April Fool's Collab to win a trophy! And now it happened! **happy tears** Thanks everyone!

At 4/8/08 08:33 PM, SpedsonaPlane wrote: wellI got a BA now (and 3.8 is not too shabby!) , so I'm fully capable of launching this collab! I'd like to thank the mods on the forums for being cool with all this anyway, not to be dick riding but you guys are pretty cool :) anyway ON TO UPDATES

the parts
Kickass menu - Captain Chu/ Spedsonaplane
2001 a space odessy- CLockwork Kubrick
A clockwork orange - Jiggity smith (with a potential assist from lenkio biscuit)
The shinning - Hexobolic
PPP- Full metal Jacket
Dr. Stangelove - Speds on a plane
Spartacus- Speds on a plane
Barry lynndon - not taken
Lolita - not taken
eyes wide shut - Probably not going to be taken

soo confession, I had an Idea to make my strangelove part a madness based submission. If anyone has any real experience with madness, please let me know, I'm looking for tutilage. I think it would be fitting to help discribe the crazyness of strangelove (and of course the madness of jack D riper) not to mention its already grayscale! well anywho send me some updates soon. I wonder how you all are doing?

As a note the reason I set the deadline so late in that I'll be preforming in england for Shakespeare's birthday (no joke) and I'll be offline for the 19 through 29th. either way, WE CAN DO THIS VIVA STANLEY KUBRICK! and I'm going to completely redising the preloader, its kinda crappy right now

***Uh-HEM. And who helped you get a batting average AND a Daily second trophy?***
You're welcome! <3

I did 20 seconds of Madness-like animation for TheNightSantaWentCrazy:
-basically for EACH madness character, I had layers for each a body, two hands, two feet, and a head. (Sometimes the fancy FBI glasses and another layer for weapons)
-Each body part was a graphic
-I moved their body parts frame by frame
-I made bullet wounds a symbol
-When a char got REALLY disfigured, I would break down the graphics (Ctrl-B) and draw the appropriate wounds
-I also studied how Zombies, the Clown and Jesus looked like.

Course, you might have a different, more suiting way. These were just hints. Best of luck.

At 4/9/08 12:09 AM, xxflareknightxx wrote: Daily 2nd!!! Woot! OWN3D!

I see we've both been stalking the collab.
Now let's hope for front page. *HOPES*

Lawl. Bloshlocky Horror Show.

w00t, you guys! Daily Second!
...that's the best award I'VE gotten so far anyway. Great doing work with you guys. We should plan for a sequel. Not too early though. Some of us have projects to do. I was thinking Trick or Treat for Halloween.

By the way, don't forget to recommend this collab for NG Collabs, Weird Al, and Ultraviolence

At 4/8/08 07:56 AM, waiyan wrote: YES! Awesome score! Nutcase u rock! and plus add me on da author list

Done! Now to get denzel crocker on the list! I've just PMed him

There's also a newspost bout this now. Let us bask in the spotlight while we can.

sry for double post

but waiyan, still send that extra part for the .fla! I'll add it!

At 4/7/08 11:17 PM, chickendance333 wrote: thanks for putting my name on mine! the collab looks awesome, youre an amazig animator, thanks for including me!

Speeeeaking of which, denzel_crocker and waiyan, add me as a co-author!

Well guys, it's finally out...

Imagine some dramatic music playing in the background.

...we did it. It's only a matter of time. http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/43 4027

Sure! We'll use it! Good timing too, btw...

Now I SWEAR, I SWEAR that I WILL finish the collab by today. I'm REALLY REALLY close. After I get back from school.

Yeah. Sorry bout this guys, I'm getting a little too ambitious... I've just put everyone's characters as a disembodied head on the credits singing to "Don't Worry be Happy".... Time-consuming, but I feel that this collab may really be a big hit. Does anyone else think so with the parts we have?....

At 4/6/08 08:15 PM, Nutcasenightmare wrote:
...oooo-kay then. I'll upload the collab in TWO HOURS. MEANWHILE, here's the finale for the collab!

http://media.putfile.com/WarmWater

And by 'TWO HOURS' I mean 'THREE HOURS'... coz... 3 = 2... obviously.

if a = b
a^2 = ab
a^2 - b^2 = ab - b^2
(a-b)(a+b) = b(a-b)
a + b = b
b + b = b
2b = b
2 = 1
2 + 1 = 1 + 1
3 = 2

ta da. Totally not a fallacy from dividng by zero.

xxflareknightxx, up to you whether you want to put your name and resend. Coz if you do, you can give yourself a kewl logo. Otherwise I give you a generic one.

At 4/6/08 07:39 PM, chickendance333 wrote: are we submitting today?

cause I need something to be exciting... I'm bored

...oooo-kay then. I'll upload the collab in TWO HOURS. MEANWHILE, here's the finale for the collab!

http://media.putfile.com/WarmWater

Yup. It's good. Some shading would do the trick. I'll add the gory sound effect for you as I did your spider prank part.

That's a nice short, brainsurgonist! Needs moar gore, though! Have his BRAINS expload!!! Mwahahaaaa! And yeah. You don't need a background. I think it's fine background-less. You could even stick to your noir style.

BTW, dialogue is okay for shorts, since no music will be playing for them.

Actually, here's a new deal: send shorts, not parts. THey'll go to the Extras. You know, coz they're extra.

At 4/6/08 08:48 AM, brainsurgonist wrote: all sounds good:P that song would fit too

if you want to use it, this is what ive got so far for my simple part:

CLICKERS!!!!

its not finished yet, basically he falls over and his head gets stuck in a bear trap, then guy no.2 goes 'wtf's a bear trap doing there?'

tell me what you think pleases

A little too simple, plus it seems a lot like Waiyan's part, where he gets punched by a present and dies in a chain reaction of events. If you add colour, background, all that jazz, I'll give you another spot in the extras.

Wow! You guys are awesome! Thanks for the suggestions! I think that Don't Worry Be Happy is the most ironic, but Three Little Birds fits with the musical style. I dunno.

...And.... could I finish the collab tomorrow? It IS still kinda within the week. Plus I'm finishing this really awesome and long part, with a cameo of Weird Al. It'll also help fill out the last 40 seconds of the song.

I've compiled the rest of the parts already, WITH the song at 44 kbps, and it's under 2 MB. Not bad for compression.

I'm gonna also throw in a few extras, polish things up and stuff. I don't want to rush it. I want it to look really slick.

Thanks for stickin' around, guys!

At 4/5/08 09:32 PM, chickendance333 wrote: so... nutcase... how muxh of it have you put together so far?

Denzel Crocker put his part into scenes, so I'm currently compling all that into one scene.

And maybe cheerful music would keep up with the humor... could you guys help me find cheerful music?...

At 4/5/08 08:09 PM, chickendance333 wrote: I meant rock... silly me and my short attetion span (sorry for double post... D:)

Rap... not a bad idea... da Pranksta Gangsta is in the house!...
I'm thinking of pardoying Thanks for the Memories from Fall Out Boy to Pranks for the Memories (by the fictional Fool Out Boy)

I dunno. I'll finish my last part first. If we need to delay this to tomorrow, we may need to delay this to tomorrow. I learnt that delaying (NOT procrastinating) is often better than rushing something. This way we'll have more awesome stuff.

At 4/5/08 07:08 PM, chickendance333 wrote:

At 4/5/08 07:06 PM, Nutcasenightmare wrote:
The song lasts exactly 4 minutes, and we need to fill 30 more seconds without ZayanuZorac. I'm also doing another part. Then again the last 10 seconds of the song is just fade away... But, THEN AGAIN, l can slow/speed up either the song or animation to make it all fit within a certain range, without any noticable change.

may I ask what the song is?

It will be "I Remember Larry" by Weird Al Yankovic. Why I chose that song you'll find out when you hear it

At 4/5/08 06:12 PM, brainsurgonist wrote: that parts awwsum nite mare :P love it

also, know i dont think those 2 parts really fit it enough to be in the collab.. as they arent really pranks.

and i cud do an extra part now but it will be short and wont have much detail,

any idea wen we can bring this out? have we not filled the song yet? otherwise you could just have it fade out or sumin at the end, or have it playing through the credits??

The song lasts exactly 4 minutes, and we need to fill 30 more seconds without ZayanuZorac. I'm also doing another part. Then again the last 10 seconds of the song is just fade away... But, THEN AGAIN, l can slow/speed up either the song or animation to make it all fit within a certain range, without any noticable change.

I'm thinking of a cooler, rock and roll song for the credits... I can't decide what though...

Any last minute submittions? I know here's MY last minute submittion. I made it in 24 hours. Not the one I was ORIGINALLY working on, but eh.

http://media.putfile.com/HandshakeAndBre ak-45

We need extra material, because I fear that some people's parts are a little weak. Okay, I won't lie... ZaynuZaroc, the .fla file you sent me was extremely glitchy. For example, a white blob would just float in mid-air for a portion of the clip. Even if all the glitches were fixed, the dialogue would be wiped out by the song's lyrics. Lastly, the quality of the work might compromise the collab. Don't take it personally. We also eliminated two parts which were, in my opinion, worse than yours.

:also are these pranks? O_o
:http://www.ucuaah.com/up/view/AprilFool s Part.swf someone throwing a fruit...
:http://media.putfile.com/April-fools-co l lab-part-swf some spider

However, you WILL get into the Extras section. (Which the two other parts are NOT in) I figure that in the Extra's section, Weird Al's music will not drown you out. Besides, your part's premise was good, and the aliens were a lil' funny.

... what was I saying again?... oh yeah. Right.
EXTRA PARTS, PEOPLE!!!!

And enjoy http://media.putfile.com/HandshakeAndBre ak-45
I'll finish up the collab soon

I'd say Newgrounds is the best place to see flashes and learn from them. Get inspired by different styles until you find your own. However, it's all gonna boil down to this, and it's probably going to be repeated another million times by the other posters, but PRACTICE. And have fun.

Go to your account options, Flash Portal Options, Flash buddies. http://www.newgrounds.com/account/portal buddies

I've added you as a buddy, brainsurgonist. Approve me.

And your clip is cut halfway because you never did upload the entire swf. But I have the whole fla.

Thanks Speds. Didn't notice that before... =P Your part looks great. One thing I loved was the character design contrast of civility and the prank. Making all the guys look the same was a good satire of formal dressing. =)

Okay... so we now have about 202.6 seconds worth of animation. Awesome. We also have 10 authors for this collab...

Menu: http://media.putfile.com/AprilFoolsColla bMenu-v2
Nutcasenightmare: http://media.putfile.com/Prankdeathone
The-K-Factor: http://media.putfile.com/April-fools-fin al-thing
denzel-crocker: http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/120308/3 9794_col01.php
Michael Sandford: http://media.putfile.com/April-fools-fla sh-colab-entry
xxflareknightxx: http://www.swfup.com/file/154933
chickendance333: http://www.swfup.com/file/140462
waiyan: http://media.putfile.com/re-revised-coll ab-thingy
SpedsonaPlane: http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/250308/5 8895_april_fool.php
brainsurgonist: http://www.zshare.net/flash/92380037a05f bb/
ZayanuZaroc: http://media.putfile.com/April-fool-subm ittion-v3-by-ZayanuZaroc

...should we co-author everyone or just the best parts?... Either way, add me as a co-author. Quick.

Any last submittions?... this entire collab looks like a sweet deal...

At 4/4/08 03:32 PM, SpedsonaPlane wrote:

At 4/4/08 02:34 PM, Nutcasenightmare wrote: For SpedsOnAPlane and BrainSurgonist, I could add your names for you. Or could resend it. Your choice.

And BrainSurgonist, if you DO resend it, use Ctrl-B for the text to turn it into shapes, not text. Some people may not have the font you were using.

I'm JUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUst peachy with you adding my name :) I'm excited, this could be the first collab I'm in that's released!

Speaking of which, I don't have a MegaUpload account. Irony, eh?

Couldja send me your .fla file as an attachment to nutcasenightmare@gmail.com? It worked for ZayanuZorac.

I've also been thinking... should you have the posh woman splash around in the shark tank, or just stop your part right after she falls in?... I'm thinking that on one hand, extending it would make it more violent and give you more airtime, but on the other hand it would drag out the joke. I dunno. Your choice. Your part is hilarious either way.

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Okay, I've added ALL the parts' times so far, excluding SpedsOnAPlane since I can't open his file,
and we have 191 seconds of material. We need at least 39 more seconds. Speds would probably fill up that part, along with another part I'm working on.

Anyway, best of luck to everyone! (I'll update the list later)