I was surprised no one was talking about this. But now it begs the question, is Andrew Lloyd Webber a billions-of-years-old clown from outer space or a fraud?
@@KNIGHTMARE__ there's a third option: given enough time, things may begin to repeat independently due to probability. However, I definitely think the clown composer bears a striking resemblance to Andrew Lloyd Webber, so I think they're the same person; it would explain a lot.
Putting the main character's backstory on the theme song, but being too absurd for anyone to think he was being literal about it, was Worthikids' greatest prank.
He did the same for Cesare. It's actually wild how much detail has gone into this. And like it has to have been planned from really early on because the song has existed since the start.
@@tokyoghoulfan21 Yeah, it really calls back to _It's_ "smoke-hole" ceremony, does it not? Has to be some sort of reference. That part always confused me, as they're supposed to have gone back to the time of the dinosaurs, but they also see gigantic bats, modern birds and sabre toothed tigers, but Chiopterae, Neoavians, and Smilodons hadn't been invented yet.
I love how this series absolutely obliterates the Clowns as Horror Villains trope. Clowns being whimsical beings of mirth and mischief from beyond the stars is so much more compelling.
It actually reinforces everything they represent. Look at what Steve caused...and his kin as well. They just banished Steve as it was a special slap in the wrist; also they obliterated the Mezosoic Era just out of spite and sense of fun.
I like the implication that either A. Steve brought the play Cats to earth with him inside of his head, and it proved to be not quite the world-defining hit it was on the clown planet or B. Cats, as a play, is an art object in the collective unconscious of the universe, such that ANY planetary society, after inventing writing and theatre, will eventually independently come up with Cats.
It could also be complete coincidence. If you look at the infinite monkey theorem, you see that if you sat infinite monkeys at infinite keyboards and had them type keys at random, one would eventually write the entire works of Shakespeare with no typos. This theory clearly proves that even with complete randomness anything can happen
I love how Cesare is just a guy doing a job who employs all theater majors, whereas Steve is a theater major who employs people just trying to do their jobs
I love how Steve faced lifelong trauma and banishment for ruining a performance of Cats, while Cesare’s reaction to being murdered, having his body dumped into a canal and being resurrected as a walking corpse is “I can’t wait to retire! Tampa, I’m coming!!! :)”
@@alexhead2645 "Friends in Low Places" from this series (eg the after-credits song) and "Down" from last series' soundtrack, though we get a reprise of it when he's slamming Steve with the hammer.
That are so powerful that one of the average clowns of that place can literally get send at possibly beyond speed of light and blow the planet earth by causing the extinction of the dinosaurs. All that without any fatal wounds. That some anime or comic level of power.
@@firdanharbima6997That's not what understudy means, understudies simply learn the same role in the event a theatre actor is unavailable to perform on a given day and serve as a substitute, they're also known as a cover. They are not the actor's student.
@calculusbandit6127 I... never knew this. I never used the word myself, but just realized I've misunderstood it whenever i've heard it all my life. So thanks!
I kinda like the implication that the reason Steve has a clown theamed burger van and makes his employees dress up as clowns is not just so he can blend in but also because he misses his home and being around people like himself. I love this series and look forward to how it develops further
not to pain you, but this felt very conclusive to me :') I hope there's more to come, but also looking forward to whatever else Worthikids puts out tbh
The way Steve says “I didn’t DO anything,” makes me feel like he knew who/what he was and who/what was watching him, so he tried not to do anything too chaotic to avoid drawing attention. When I go back through to series and watch how he reacts every time he sees Cesare, it really drives the theory home for me that he knew what Cesare’s job was and was trying to avoid him.
One time he Naruto ran at about 80+ MPH and then sliced Cesare's truck in half with a katana before jumping onto his own vehicle and steering it by standing on top of it. So. I 'unno about that one.
@@TallestKAT Mr. Munkustrap is a separate character from Peanut. Munkustrap was the one that sent Steve to be banished and Peanut just took his place in the play. They even have separate voice actors
i love that the flashback scene is entirely handdrawn / no 3d models for the characters whereas the modern day stuff is done with a mix of 3d and 2d...really gives the clown backstory this more storybook/retroish feel
It also adds to how important this episode is, in episodes before this the fact that they're done in 3d is used for some jokes and is generally used to give the show a lighthearted feel. But this episode being entirely 2d adds more weight to the events and how characters move/emote
I can't figure out if Cesare referring to Andy Serkis is a nod to all the wacky characters he's flawlessly portrayed, or because Serkis is pronounced like Circus, where clowns are typically found, but I loved that line regardless.
not only that. Steve literally a Celestial Being banished from his World and The one who responsible for the creation of human being. just like The Engineers. talk about God among human. His lore is exceed my prediction. love it
The cause of the Late-Devonian extinction is unknown, with an impact being one theory. I guess it makes sense now that we don't understand the cause- no one would have guessed a banished Clown launched into the earth!
I love how you can see Steve's orbit path as he passes saturn at 4:34. This implies his flight path through the solar system brought him within the orbit of at least jupiter before orbiting saturn which then must have sling shot him towards earth. Cool detail Worthikids :) Thank you for making and sharing this art :)
Origin stories for mysterious characters usually kill all the magic, but this one was quite charming and solid enough in its unspoken denials of other questions to keep some of that magic.
Yes, the key to keeping the magic of mysterious, incomprehensible characters is a backstory that is EVEN MORE mysterious and incomprehensible and damn if Worthikids deliver! I am in awe
It's doing less hot for the fact that Clowns were pretty much invented in USA by appropriating English bastardizations of mainland European commedia dell'arte traditions, and jsut turned it into a hateful public mockery of drunks, on who the pale face and red nose is based on. The mockery then lived on in blackface because same culture so openly hates these other instances, that they want to make the PAINT a problem without addressing positive depictions of the same thing. And so they DON'T HAVE positive depictions like Aqualung by Jethro Tull. It's just blackface for an acceptable target, while blackface for genuine comedy is not even acknowledged as possible because Americans want to blame the depiction, and veer away from THEIR OWN hateful APPLICATION of it as the problem. For example japan happily uses archetypes in anime like Iyami from Osomatsu, but black people are openly encourgaed to become violent when even seeing same kind of imagery.
@@themanwiththeplan3793I don't thinkthe hate id pointed directly at Steven, Cesare's simply someone who takes his job very seriously. It's kind of like how certain detectives/officers can connect with the criminals they are hunting down, even while knowing they feel some kind of sympathy. At the end of the day they NEED to be stopped and this was Cesare's BIGGEST case. He said his 1000 years were up, not that they were GOING to be up, which makes me think Cesare stayed on the forece knowing that if anyone could catch Steve it was him. Steve was his biggest case, he can finally hang up his badge knowing he finally put in everything he had for the force. Even if he feels sympathy or contempt for Steve, doesn't matter. He got the one Clown no one could catch off the streets. His jobs done, and that's the end of that.
@@artisticdreamer2429 ANdy Serkez, but he said that he doesn't normally need help on a case either but for Steve he basically had to pull an entire trap expo. SUre he couldn't snag Andy but Steveis clearly up there
4:38 Semi-fun fact! Assuming that Steve was roughly the average male clown weight of 100 kg at the time of his banishment (due to their denser and more comedic molecular structure) -- to cause the Chicxulub impact (estimated energy 300 ZJ), he would need to have been traveling at 182.7 times the speed of light! Or in Star Trek terms, warp factor 4.8. _Edit:_ We can therefore deduce that he was fired out of a Warp 5 cannon.
@@13.ghaniziyadsagiansyah66 Good point, and I will admit I did not initially pick up on that. But that said, we can presume the impact was at least comparable to the K-Pg event, given the way we see the ejecta similarly cover the entire Earth. This calculation may be in fact a lower bound for Steve's velocity!
I went to go recalculate your results for the Siljan impact, which is the one I believe Worthi is attributing to Steve, with the presumption that the effect of the impact was artistic license so I wouldn't analogize to K-Pg. Unfortunately, it turns out that from what literature I could find, most Siljan impact structure research is focused on oil & gas, not the impact event itself, so trying to get an estimated kinetic energy for the impact to make a stupid little joke on CZcams would be like...... actual geophysics research.
The fish-creatures at 4:37 are Tiktaaliks, which lived during the late Denovian Period, over 100 million years before the earliest dinosaurs. They are believed to be an important link between fishes and four-legged (land) vertebrates. Coincidentally, the second of the 'Big Five' mass extinctions took place around that time. Specifically, it seems that Steve was likely the cause of the Hangenberg Extinction Event, which marked the end of the Denovian Period and the beginning of the Carboniferous Period.
Worthikids wrote the music for this episode two whole years ago. Damn, that’s respectable to be able to keep something planned and work on it for that long. Bigtop Burger is such an incredible animated show!
So yeah, Alex Hirsch gave one of his best performances as Munkustrap. Also such an amazing episode. Great animation, story and world building. I can’t wait for more.
The realization that Steve's lore was in the song "Up" the whole time has me shook. I was just jaw wide open this whole time. Insane. Rewatching. Thank you so much, this is always such a joy.
So, those fish we saw when Steve crashed onto earth are most likely Tiktaaliks, the first vertebrate animals to ever "walk" on land. They first appeared in the fossil record 380-385 million years ago. This means Steve is most likely in the range of 385-400 million years old
Cesare has probably seen the whole world several times over and deciding that he wants to retire in Tampa is crazier than anything Steve could ever pull 😂
Sometimes Worthikids has to remind us that they can make unsetling sounds and animations... That initial scene of the cats surrounding Steve was SPOOKY.
Right?? I was so prepped for more laughs and that scene caught me so off guard, worthi is so freaking good at tone setting I was scared and nervous for Steve who was under such intense pressure and scrutiny
As a fellow clown I must say that I love how this series is playing it's own big part in changing peoples minds on clowns and getting people to enjoy clowns outside of horror and/or villain rolls again!! Cuz it's about time!!!!!
1. I really love the lonely plucking, harmonizing, and fittingly creep-fantastic rendering of the Cats theme - I hope it's eventually available somewhere 2. Also, if I felt the cast spiritually waiting for my failure, I, too would brick and "fumble it" eventually (if not immediately) 3. ALW as the consummate prophet of Clown World is really something
A lot of people think that Steve has been training for this one role for almoat his entire life, but I don't think that's the case. I think he has actually held this title for mutplile years after getting it, since in the first flash-back with "back on Broadway yet again." he is actually seen singing. What i think happened is that in this performance, he had simply cracked under pressure from how long he had been doing this.
The way all the other clowns were saddened during his punishment seems to indicate indicate that yeah he had been doing this for a while and people loved him. His boss and understudy were legitimately saddened at what happened and what they had to do to him based on their traditions.
Or his successful broadway performance happened here on Earth after he.... excavated himself? I mean, the stakes are much lower here (we won't fire an actor into the next galaxy for flubbing a line) so that probably let him relax a lot more.
That was my impression too. Looking at how much time passed, and the reactions of the other clowns, I think he'd successfully played "old deut" for literally a million years. One day he just cracked
Longer it seems even. I think it's suggested he was at this for 225 MILLION YEARS. He's not some nobody, he's at the very least spent actual eons climbing up the ladder. My guess is he's had this part since forever, and even though the performance didn't, time itself changed. New clowns came in, new standards evolved, ever demanding more and more from him until eventually he just.... cracked. This wasn't some simple banishment, this was a high profile excising from clown society.
@@vigorouslethargyI don’t think so since all the other clowns in his act look the same as in the clip from “Kid”, so I think he has indeed been at the role for a long long time, the way he was yelled at “you’re supposed to be Old Deut!” And Steve proclaimed “I AM old Duet! I..” then “NOT! ANYMORE!” So yeah he just seems to have cracked after millions of years of performance and then gotten banished. Otherwise I don’t think Steve would’ve had something THAT important placed on him that he’d be banished on his first try and failure.
It's almost an insult to the industry as a whole that you haven't broken 1mil subs yet. Every frame is beautiful, every musical note is a melody, the voice acting is surreal, and the story just becomes deeper each episode.
People with real talent dont get subs. People who use others content for views like streamers/letsplayers/reactions get them. Trust me, I've been making original content for like 2 years with my music then see people who sell out to the meme of the week suprpass it.
It is a shame that most of the time great art gets unnoticed. However, that not why great artist make great art. They make it because they must, and even if only one person sees it and enjoys it, then all the effort will have been worth it.
@@DaBaSoftware Oh dont get me wrong, 250k is no small feat. Worthikids deserves every single one of those views. Most of us just think more people should know about projects and creators like this.
The fact that this song was on Spotify the entire time and the lyrics match what happened, that weird episode with tiny Steve, and Greaselaint show how brilliant they are at foreshadowing!
Nooo! Not Adult Swim!! Those fucktards don't like their shows to be too complex! See what happened to Metalocalypse Maybe Rick & Morty are an exception, but it doesn't require to watch the episodes in order so you can understand the story
I haven’t felt this kind of absolute child-like joy and love for a series in years. I have watched this so many times already and have not been able to stop smiling. The way worthi writes, animates, and composes; the performance from the VA’s, and just the line by line and shot by shot pacing, it’s goddamn good and I’m so glad this show exists.
I like the fact that Steve caused the extinction of the dinosaurs and also that he can survive in lava which means the deer he fought in season 1 was more of a challenge to fight that being in lava
I could be that Steve is literally a being of emotion as his people are built around performance and he was told that the entire planet spins around happy feeling, this could be figurative but knowing this series it might be literal. He could have just thought the elk was stronger than it was resulting in him somehow losing. (This could be utter bullshit though I am NOT a writer)
@@finderfinder4290Yeah, Maybe he emerged during the Permian (when what is now Russia literally blew up because lava got into a coal seam as wide as the us and 12km deep)
I listened to the up reprise religiously after my terrible coming out because I related so much to the feeling of putting on a different face and acting as someone other than you are for people. At the time I felt like I was slowly sinking to the center of the earth, like the weight of my problems broke the earths crust and pulled me down with it which I also found in this song. It’s so silly but it fits so well to know the song was about a clown’s tragic backstory all along skskdkdkd
I can't get over the look on Steve's face as he's shot out of the cannon. Fear and uncertainty turning to regret and grief at having lost everything. The fact he is being banished for a goofy reason doesn't even matter, the raw complexity of emotion is deeply moving. I really, really like this cartoon, you guys.
I got the general feeling that Steve's director meant the "moments of happiness" line more literally. Perhaps, for Steve's home planet, these seemingly silly productions meant to entertain are actually vitally important to the way they live their lives or maybe even vitally important to the planet they live on.
@@HiThere-ig5iz yeah i think the implication is that somehow their planet is *literally* powered/given life by entertainment and the happiness it creates, which would explain why messing up something that is literally vital for the entire population is such a terrible crime & why ppl practice their whole lives for it. it also explains, well, why their civilization is one of clowns lol
@@HiThere-ig5iz Yeah, I think it's made fairly clear in the flashback sequence that _Cats_ is something akin to a religion for the clown people. But that's a Watsonian explanation. From a Doylist point of view, it's goofy (and that's not a bad thing! It's meant to be as silly as it is heartrending).
@@hotelmario510| Couldn't have said it better! If we think metatextually, a "clown" only ever exists in a state of performance. It's a stage persona. When a clown steps off the proverbial stage or breaks character, they stop being a clown and start being just a guy in makeup. In the context of this clown world, a clown failing to perform puts themselves and every other clown at risk.
My dumb ass really thought that at 1:18 he said Andy CIRCUS instead of Serkis. That he was trying to catch a different clown literally called Andy Circus. RIP
Backstory of Steve is absolutely breathtaking, the fact that you all tied in the different animations you’ve done over the years was fantastic. I’m happy to wait the next 8 months for more! Edit: I love how you incorporated Up within this episode. Already had it downloaded on Spotify but this just now adds to the fun of listening to it!
I'm blown away by Steve's backstory. The fact that he came from outer space in a clown world is something I never expected. Along with that, the fact CATS is the reason he got banished makes me go crazy. This is such a fascinating story. You went over the top on this one Worthikids! AMAZING!!!
I always loved the implication that steve and cesare were actually weird guys and not just dudes in costumes, and now that theres confirmation its even better! the parallels are incredible
For all of you who don't know the name "Big Top Burger" is a reference to the restaurant in the classic movie Killer Klowns from Outer Space, so yeah, that and so many other clues have been dropped throughout both seasons and its prefect.
Im not sure how much vocal direction he was given, but his weird vocal inflections are unlike anything ive heard and kind of make the character just as much as the writing.
Seeing references to previous animations was actually a chill inducing moment. Overjoyed to see how far, large, and bizarre the world of Big Top Burger has come :)
Many people pointed it out, but I can't get over how a throwaway gag from season 1 has been incorporated into the story, and in such an intriguing way too ! My favorite part has to be the eyes, especially when they sentence Steve to banishment. Your artstyle and ways of storytelling are so cool and satisfying to me, I can't get enough of it !!
I know this is a fictional story but Steve's backstory + character progression makes me feel a little better about myself. He's so resilient and durable, mentally and physically, and even though I think this whole experience was like an ego death/rebirth for him, he STILL struggles with being socially awkward in the current day because you cant just cure social anxiety. He learned to accept his limitations and found happiness in running a burger truck. It's kinda silly but I find that inspiring since I've lived a similar life. I pursued dreams that didnt work for me as a person (but were socially acceptable), got humbled, took some time to think, and came to accept my true self along with my true dreams
Love the choice that Penny and Steve’s mom have the same voice (and hair color), makes me wonder if Steve hired her bc she unconsciously reminded him of his mother.
@@AgentSteffiOn top of that in the episode where Steve turns into a child, which we now know is how he canonically looked as a kid, he first presented himself to Penny and didn't start disappear until the others showed up. He probably sees Penny as being the most clown like, and thus the closest thing he can get to his old clown society.
The look on Cesare's face when he realizes what he just said and that both he and Steve have no clue why Steve (or clowns in general) needed to be caught
My theory is, Steve was not chased by Cesare because he was a clown, but because he was perceived as an Underworld denizen. Cesare's other jobs included imps, which are small demons, and he was aiming for Andy Serkis, known best for his role of cave-dwelling Gollum - making me believe that his actual job is to send Underworld escapees back home. And the reason Steve was on the Underworld's radar was because he was slumbering under the ground for millions of years, having landed before humanity was even a twinkle in the Earth's eye - meaning nobody would ever know he is an extraterrestrial and likely perceiving him as some kinda primordial chtonic being. And the lyrics of Down do say "trickster gods rise from the deep", conforming that they see him as a god from the deep, not as an alien from above. Cesare's doubt, I think, is because he's wondering if Steve is actually a native underworlder; he never had to wonder before, but Steve himself being surprised at the "under the ground" bit did sow a seed of doubt. My prediction is that the next episode will end up with Steve being let out due to being out of the underground's jurisdiction. That, or other clowns come for him. Or maybe Cesare himself realises Steve does not belong here and busts him out.
"Cesare's doubt, I think, is because he's wondering if Steve is actually a native underworlder; he never had to wonder before, but Steve himself being surprised at the "under the ground" bit did sow a seed of doubt." When Steve is banished, he is shot from the circus looking planet where clown is more like elf than job. He later is an important leader in their society as his role of Dootz is critical to the show making the whole universe go. Where they hail from is not an underworld, but some weird magic place we can only begin to guess about. 9billion years ago, a race of clowns performed the stage play Cats...and even before then it seems the creator of all is a clown too. When Steve is sleeping "under the ground" that is literal. After he is banished from magic LSD clown universe, he is shown landing in the center of the Earth. He slumbers underground for billions of years in exile. After he awakens like some sort of goofy kaiju is when Cesare and "upper management" become interested in him. Cesare knows Steve is from clowntown, they were in clown cats together. I think his expression of disbelief is that Steve didn't remember the exile or realize how long he had been in the center of the planet. It might indicate that there is more going on with Steve, I agree with you there. But I believe it either means Steve was more active during his time in the center of the earth/awoke closer to the dawn of man than present day. More reveals via flashbacks and we learn Steve and hambergers were forever intertwined at some cosmic moment where he saved human history. Thus redeeming his failed performance as Dootz all along.. I think it is also likely we see Cesare learn how much unjust pain he causes Steve and others by blindly following orders from whatever their uppermanagment is. @@Levyafan
@@JokerFace090 wdym Cesare was in cats? He clearly wasn't; if you watch the scene, the only people whose faces we can see is "Mr. Munkustrap", and the older lady (I don't know the name of the play character or anything). He isn't even among the crowd of clowns during the banishment. Cesare's backstory/song establishes him as being a marionette maker who died a thousand years ago and was resurrected by forces unknown (to us) to serve a thousand-year vigil bringing in "trickster gods", "freakazoids", "freaks", and "weirdos". And Cesare isn't even a clown; he's some form of zombie or undead.
@@JokerFace090 Mr. Muskustrap was actually there for Steve’s banishment @3:57 and 4:00 is seen shedding a tear for Steve he’s just not in costume anymore. I don’t think he’s Cesare though
3:57 One thing I can't help but note is that the rest of the clowns are solemn about this. 'Munkustrap' himself, despite being the one who sentenced Steve, is the one who turns away with a single tear, unable to bear watching. Banishment of a clown is clearly a tragedy in their society - yet, it's a necessary tragedy, for the Cats Musical is too vital a ritual to be ruined.
One thing to consider is that Munkustrap isn't his real name, that's just the cat in Cats who plays the narrator, just as Steve being Old Deuteronomy, but in this case we don't know his real name.
@@bazzjedimaster You are very correct, though this makes me wonder: what if the Cats musical is so important that your role in it LITERALLY becomes your identity? Munkustrap and Old Deut do call each other by their role names, though I'm not sure if that's just something theaters do. Steve's mother did say that many clowns spend their whole lives training to play Old Deuteronomy, and Steve himself is in genuine fear about what would become of him now that he's failed at being the Old Deut; perhaps the banishment is less a punishment and more of just a natural consequence of a clown failing at their role and thus no longer having a 'role' in the society itself?
i never thought that alex hirsch and trey the explainer would ever be on the same project in a million years. that is absolutely amazing. what a fantastic job y'all did!!
@@sammieegoldwand I'm unsure who Alex is, but Trey is almost certainly the Tiktaalic that turns to his friend and tells him to make a wish on the falling Steve. Edit: Yeah Alex was the play director who took away Steve's status as Old Deut.
It's really important for me that everyone appreciates the design in this video, because Cesare is based on the character with the same name in the old Silent movie ""the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari", and let me tell you all of those trippy lines across the walls and bars? That's the same art-direction as in the original black and white movie. *chefs-kiss*
yeah i think the big difference is that usually the backstory is something relatively mundane (story-wise) that explains why theyre weird or where their weird powers came from etc. but in this case the backstory is just as absurd, so it doesnt detract from the initial weirdness or recontextualize it as having a normal explanation lol its aaaaallll weird
The banishment sequence is the best musical animated sequences I'll ever see man. I don't know how to express that in a way that fully conveys my admiration.
Something has slowly dawned on me on the rewatches....... Steve's backstory involving the musical "Cats" implies that Thomas Stearns Eliot, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and John Napier are either ALL exiled Clowns too, or somehow became aware of Ancient Clown Knowledge from which they drew inspiration for "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" and the music and costumes of "Cats" respectively.
My coworker showed me this channel and i don't think i've ever been as inspired to create as i do when watching or listening to any Worthikids content.
@@chumblespuzzspuzz4080| It's been one of the main broadway musicals for decades now. You don't stick around that long WITHOUT having good music. Is it for everyone? No. Was it a good idea to try adapting it to film? Hell no. Is it objectively a "good" musical? Unequivocally.
@@chumblespuzzspuzz4080 lol, it's Andrew Lloyd Weber. Nobody ever thought the music is bad. It's just one of those things that got too big for it's own good.
i'm sorry but this has one of THE coolest sequences in an animation ever. cats being the reason for everything, including man is....just so amazing. i love the implication that adam and eve were banished clowns too that we're all products of banished clowns due to failed cats performances on another planet. what a gdamn genius
the idea that steve was canonically the asteroid that caused the mass extinction which made the conditions for mammals to thrive and subsequently give rise to humans evolving is something I think about on a weekly basis
To think the “Back on Broadway yet again” line from KID actually had substantial lore behind it is just so Steve, I love the fact Worthikids used the same side track at 3:03 as his other CATS animation. This is made even better by the fact that, this was uploaded on my birthday.
I've watched this about 3 or 5 times now and everytime the part that catches my attention the most is Munkustrap's reaction to Steve's banishment. Obviously, he probably doesn't feel like the punishment isn't justified considering that the planet spins around Moments of Happiness(which I did not realize till now is referring to the name of the song at that part of the play, I know practically nothing about "Cats") and Steve flubbed it up the most important part, compromising millions of years of the rest of crew's hard work, but at the same time the way he reacts to Steve getting in the cannon portrays anguish and regret in how things turned out for Steve. Good Show.
I cant get over just how pretty and detailed this is. It makes me want to stare at every individual frame for hours. The golden cirus planet with all those lights. The unnerving crowd of cats. Our solar system coming into view. Grandpa Tiktalik. Whats not to love
Dude this is such a perfect, delicate, PERFECT balance between some serious really compelling storytelling beats and just ultimate goofyness, this is the best show on youtube
Oh my god, the uncovering of lore, the initial theme song, Up, clicking into place, hell a new version of Up, and the animation as always is beyond spectacular
Steve was launched from the cannon 600 Million years ago. The impact that killed the dinosaurs is estimated to have ocurred 66 million years ago. That means Steve was travelling for ~534 million years to reach Earth. Ignoring air resistance (as one would do in space) a cannonball would be travelling at between 100 metres/second and 200 m/s, so let's say he's going about 150m/s. That's 540Kph, or 4,730,000 Kliometres in a year. This means, he'd travel 1 light year (9.4 trillion kilometres) in 1,987,315 years. _That_ means the point he was launched from was round about 268.7 LY away from Earth. The closest match for stars at that approximate distance off the top of my head is Spica (262 LY from Earth) Though the SIMBAD database lists 18 other stars in various directions at that approximate distance (82.3 parsecs)... Edit: I just realized if he hit the earth with enough energy to set off an extinction event... he'd need to be travelling far, far faster than 540kph... uh, just ignore the above... I'll recalc using 65kg as his mass (approximately one Danny DeVito) So... the Chixulub impact was estimated (as per wiki) to have released about 300ZJ (zettajoules). Which means... One Danny DeVito worth of mass would need to be travelling at around 320.48C (320 times the speed of light) to set off that kind of impact. Assuming Clown Cannons can achieve this massive superluminal velocity that would place Steve's home planet well outside our light cone aka, the observable universe. Unless of course Steve's mass is variable... which as a clown, is entirely possible. Eh, I'm going with Spica.
This is one of my new favorite Web-Series, should be on Adult Swim, I love the chaos alongside with batshit off-the-walls story and THE CHARACERS,, **MWAH** that just fits into a nice package. The soundtrack of it too! Gonna inspire me on my art styles for SURE! :)
See...after watching this like...10-20 times so far, I can't help but appreciate how Steve's origin story is so succinct. Nothing feels wasted, nothing feels like it needs to be longer, it's just so concise. I love how these episodes can be so short, yet so full of excellent animation, humor, and storytelling.
Agreed. Additionally, I loved the revelation that Bigtop Burger and Wire are set in the same universe. And the added depth to little hints in the previous Bigtop episodes, like how Steve doesn't take his makeup off and when Billie says "Dude, clowns aren't real. That's wild."
@@anneabelle7098I'm pretty sure its been said by worthikids themselves that the similarities to wire don't actually mean they take place in the same universe. the fact that they both revolve so heavily around clowns is a weird coincidence but
I like the fact that the Bigtop character names are all refetences to It and Steve's arrival on Earth is more or less identical to how It arrived on Earth.
I need the lore of that clown that wrote Cats. He barely gets any screentime, doesn't say A SINGLE WORD but that smile... The obvious care and love he has for his music... Gold ink! I'd die for that clown but something tells me he'd prefer it if I lived for him and made someone else smile.
don't let Steve and his backstory distract you from the fact that Cats was written 9 billion years ago
I was surprised no one was talking about this. But now it begs the question, is Andrew Lloyd Webber a billions-of-years-old clown from outer space or a fraud?
@@KNIGHTMARE__ he's English, of course he stole it
@@KNIGHTMARE__ when you consider that those two things aren't necessarily mutually exclusive it becomes even more complex
@@KNIGHTMARE__Sir Funny Lloyd Webber The Clown
@@KNIGHTMARE__ there's a third option: given enough time, things may begin to repeat independently due to probability. However, I definitely think the clown composer bears a striking resemblance to Andrew Lloyd Webber, so I think they're the same person; it would explain a lot.
Putting the main character's backstory on the theme song, but being too absurd for anyone to think he was being literal about it, was Worthikids' greatest prank.
He did the same for Cesare. It's actually wild how much detail has gone into this. And like it has to have been planned from really early on because the song has existed since the start.
@@BlazingImp77151 Yeah and i'am super exited to see where this goes.
So this is the origins of pennywise the dancing clown/ IT what a tragic story
@@tokyoghoulfan21 Yeah, it really calls back to _It's_ "smoke-hole" ceremony, does it not? Has to be some sort of reference. That part always confused me, as they're supposed to have gone back to the time of the dinosaurs, but they also see gigantic bats, modern birds and sabre toothed tigers, but Chiopterae, Neoavians, and Smilodons hadn't been invented yet.
Do you think the song or the backstory was written first?
I love how this series absolutely obliterates the Clowns as Horror Villains trope. Clowns being whimsical beings of mirth and mischief from beyond the stars is so much more compelling.
Also the idea of having to make people happy so the world continues to spin is kinda horrifying as an implication
"Clowns being whimsical beings of mirth and mischief from beyond the stars" - Homestuck
@@Zimmothi:o)
It actually reinforces everything they represent. Look at what Steve caused...and his kin as well. They just banished Steve as it was a special slap in the wrist; also they obliterated the Mezosoic Era just out of spite and sense of fun.
Considering clowns were based off harlequins (actual demons). They're fucked over in that regard.
I like the implication that either
A. Steve brought the play Cats to earth with him inside of his head, and it proved to be not quite the world-defining hit it was on the clown planet
or
B. Cats, as a play, is an art object in the collective unconscious of the universe, such that ANY planetary society, after inventing writing and theatre, will eventually independently come up with Cats.
Cats is to consciousness as crabs are to evolution. It just keeps happening
Or Steve didn't do a good retelling... He is an alien after all
It could also be complete coincidence. If you look at the infinite monkey theorem, you see that if you sat infinite monkeys at infinite keyboards and had them type keys at random, one would eventually write the entire works of Shakespeare with no typos. This theory clearly proves that even with complete randomness anything can happen
@@vaga4239We will never experience the true form of CATS 😢
It's a nice spin on Douglas Adams and cricket, that's for sure.
I love how Cesare is just a guy doing a job who employs all theater majors, whereas Steve is a theater major who employs people just trying to do their jobs
Perfect summation, no notes
So profound 😢
This might be my favourite comment of anything ever
Astute
Yeah your right, I thought Cesare was Munkustrap for a minute
I absolutely love CATS being a part of the lore of this show lmfao
I love that CATS is older than terrestrial vertebrate life on earth
From an alien race of CLOWNS, no less.
As it should be
STRAIGHT UP I did not see it coming
Cats and clowns go hand In hand
I love how Steve faced lifelong trauma and banishment for ruining a performance of Cats, while Cesare’s reaction to being murdered, having his body dumped into a canal and being resurrected as a walking corpse is “I can’t wait to retire! Tampa, I’m coming!!! :)”
Did I just completely miss Cesare’s backstory?
@alexhead2645 listen to the song "friends in low places". It's the one that plays during the season credits
honestly based on the song I'd say he was stoked to be revived as a zombie
@@alexhead2645 "Friends in Low Places" from this series (eg the after-credits song) and "Down" from last series' soundtrack, though we get a reprise of it when he's slamming Steve with the hammer.
Well he had 1000 years to find peace
I just have to say, cosmically ancient space baroque is an aesthetic theme I've never seen before and I *will* be obsessing over it
That are so powerful that one of the average clowns of that place can literally get send at possibly beyond speed of light and blow the planet earth by causing the extinction of the dinosaurs. All that without any fatal wounds.
That some anime or comic level of power.
What's his name... Twin Peaks Guy's 1980s Dune did that.
@@DefensiveBalloonsI thought it was more how strong Steve must be, to not only survive but had no visible scratches on him
@maxdefense9914 think it was supposed to be the Permian Extinction, aka "The Great Dying" that made way for dinos and, well, us.
@@dboot8886 Oh yeah, that's true. Also that means he was the cause of the biggest mass extinction in history.
If you ever feel down, remember that Steve trained 225 years for one part and still fumbled it.
225 million years even
@@firdanharbima6997That's not what understudy means, understudies simply learn the same role in the event a theatre actor is unavailable to perform on a given day and serve as a substitute, they're also known as a cover. They are not the actor's student.
@calculusbandit6127 I... never knew this. I never used the word myself, but just realized I've misunderstood it whenever i've heard it all my life. So thanks!
@@calculusbandit6127 sorry I'm bad at english
@@calculusbandit6127 I also didn't know this, thank you.
I kinda like the implication that the reason Steve has a clown theamed burger van and makes his employees dress up as clowns is not just so he can blend in but also because he misses his home and being around people like himself. I love this series and look forward to how it develops further
😭
My headcanon is that Steve doesn't make them wear make-up. They just showed up for for their first work day and assumed it was part of the uniform.
I will point out that pattern is only seen on the clown world as punishment garb .
not to pain you, but this felt very conclusive to me :')
I hope there's more to come, but also looking forward to whatever else Worthikids puts out tbh
He also talks in previous episodes like hes still on clown broadway doing an act, like hes still practicing despite his exile.
The way Steve says “I didn’t DO anything,” makes me feel like he knew who/what he was and who/what was watching him, so he tried not to do anything too chaotic to avoid drawing attention. When I go back through to series and watch how he reacts every time he sees Cesare, it really drives the theory home for me that he knew what Cesare’s job was and was trying to avoid him.
One time he Naruto ran at about 80+ MPH and then sliced Cesare's truck in half with a katana before jumping onto his own vehicle and steering it by standing on top of it. So. I 'unno about that one.
@@FriscoCatshark To be fair, that was already a life-or-death situation for his human friends, so may have warranted some Clowning.
@@clockworkkirlia7475 *honk*
I thought he was being litteral with his performance on cats
Even Peanut is shedding a tear for Steve. Seems like a nice guy.
Pretty sure that’s Mr. Munkenstap
@@TallestKATthey both are
@@TallestKAT Mr. Munkustrap is a separate character from Peanut. Munkustrap was the one that sent Steve to be banished and Peanut just took his place in the play. They even have separate voice actors
@@p1nk_anthem I acknowledge that. The clown who sheds a tear at 4:03 though is Mr. Munkenstrap
@@TallestKAT ah I see what you mean now I assumed you had peanut and munkustrap mixed up
I can't believe that Old Deuteronomy gag ended up being an important plot point
I fucking love this series
I mean it's mentioned in another song but people thought it implied Cesare lost the role to Steve, now we know it's not that
Worth inspires me.. My parents said if i get 40K followers They'd buy me a professional camera for recording..begging u guys , literally
Begging...
@@namantherockstar No
Worthikids is so powerful he not only pulls out full-fledged high quality animations but simultaneously improves the reputation of CATS
The Broadway show never had a bad rep afaik
@@Yuuri066 oh it did, it really did
Yoda real 👏👏👏
@@louzo5175 the people who camped out to get tickets gave it a bad rep, the show didn't earn it itself.
Cats' reputation have been fluctuating from masterpiece to joke to masterpiece to joke again for decades.
i love that the flashback scene is entirely handdrawn / no 3d models for the characters whereas the modern day stuff is done with a mix of 3d and 2d...really gives the clown backstory this more storybook/retroish feel
It also adds to how important this episode is, in episodes before this the fact that they're done in 3d is used for some jokes and is generally used to give the show a lighthearted feel. But this episode being entirely 2d adds more weight to the events and how characters move/emote
I can't figure out if Cesare referring to Andy Serkis is a nod to all the wacky characters he's flawlessly portrayed, or because Serkis is pronounced like Circus, where clowns are typically found, but I loved that line regardless.
I can’t remember for sure, but I’m pretty sure he actually went to clown school and is technically a clown lol
Or Gollum an underground creature.
I kept hearing Andy's circus until i read the comments. Anything is possible at this point
@@anewhero1216So it's kind of like a triple reference then
He also played a character name Caesar in Planet of the Apes
I love how Cesare has been doing this work for a thousand years and he never bothered to learn the details of his job
nah i can vouch for him on that one
Thats just how it be. If i dont need to know it to do my job, i dont care enough to find out
Probably was not being paid enough to ask questions, just wanted to get there 1000 years in so he could retire.
That tracks.
Makes me wonder who his boss is gonna be then
I can't believe Steve was the meteorite that killed the dinosaurs. It just shows how powerful he really is.
Eh, 375 nillion years ago is way to early to be the dinosaurs
not only that. Steve literally a Celestial Being banished from his World and The one who responsible for the creation of human being. just like The Engineers. talk about God among human. His lore is exceed my prediction. love it
@@TalenkauenTVno telling how long he flew through space
The cause of the Late-Devonian extinction is unknown, with an impact being one theory. I guess it makes sense now that we don't understand the cause- no one would have guessed a banished Clown launched into the earth!
Those animals in the video are not dinosaurs. If anything, steve caused the Late Devonian extinction or even worse, the Permian extinction.
I love how you can see Steve's orbit path as he passes saturn at 4:34. This implies his flight path through the solar system brought him within the orbit of at least jupiter before orbiting saturn which then must have sling shot him towards earth. Cool detail Worthikids :) Thank you for making and sharing this art :)
love this detail!
Oh I actually saw that when I saw your post. It’s small but you can see Steve whip around Saturn!
@@denakay3633 I never noticed that until you said something, that's so cool
Cesar's voice sounding like he's speaking in an empty room with just a smidge of echo when he shouts is something i hope stays around.
Origin stories for mysterious characters usually kill all the magic, but this one was quite charming and solid enough in its unspoken denials of other questions to keep some of that magic.
Yes, the key to keeping the magic of mysterious, incomprehensible characters is a backstory that is EVEN MORE mysterious and incomprehensible and damn if Worthikids deliver! I am in awe
@@EvonixTheGreatestdude exactly, it raised more questions than it answered and I'm all for it!!!
I just like how I did pay close attention to the years and still needed a cut into earth to understand what was going on… the whole scene was great
It's doing less hot for the fact that Clowns were pretty much invented in USA by appropriating English bastardizations of mainland European commedia dell'arte traditions, and jsut turned it into a hateful public mockery of drunks, on who the pale face and red nose is based on.
The mockery then lived on in blackface because same culture so openly hates these other instances, that they want to make the PAINT a problem without addressing positive depictions of the same thing. And so they DON'T HAVE positive depictions like Aqualung by Jethro Tull.
It's just blackface for an acceptable target, while blackface for genuine comedy is not even acknowledged as possible because Americans want to blame the depiction, and veer away from THEIR OWN hateful APPLICATION of it as the problem. For example japan happily uses archetypes in anime like Iyami from Osomatsu, but black people are openly encourgaed to become violent when even seeing same kind of imagery.
STEVE LITERALLY COMES FROM A CLOWN WORLD THAT HAS BEEN PUTTING ON THE MUSICAL "CATS" FOR BILLIONS OF YEARS I LITERALLY CANNOT 🤣🤣🤣
I like how Cesare doesn't even pretend to hate Steve anymore it was always just part of the job.
i mean he might still, but now he’s won so hes happy anyways
@@themanwiththeplan3793I don't thinkthe hate id pointed directly at Steven, Cesare's simply someone who takes his job very seriously. It's kind of like how certain detectives/officers can connect with the criminals they are hunting down, even while knowing they feel some kind of sympathy. At the end of the day they NEED to be stopped and this was Cesare's BIGGEST case. He said his 1000 years were up, not that they were GOING to be up, which makes me think Cesare stayed on the forece knowing that if anyone could catch Steve it was him. Steve was his biggest case, he can finally hang up his badge knowing he finally put in everything he had for the force. Even if he feels sympathy or contempt for Steve, doesn't matter. He got the one Clown no one could catch off the streets. His jobs done, and that's the end of that.
@@tsunertoo9149i thought there was a clown too slippery for him though
@@artisticdreamer2429 ANdy Serkez, but he said that he doesn't normally need help on a case either but for Steve he basically had to pull an entire trap expo. SUre he couldn't snag Andy but Steveis clearly up there
@tsunertoo9149 I think he just ment that he was retiring soon not that he stayed just to catch steve
4:38 Semi-fun fact! Assuming that Steve was roughly the average male clown weight of 100 kg at the time of his banishment (due to their denser and more comedic molecular structure) -- to cause the Chicxulub impact (estimated energy 300 ZJ), he would need to have been traveling at 182.7 times the speed of light! Or in Star Trek terms, warp factor 4.8.
_Edit:_ We can therefore deduce that he was fired out of a Warp 5 cannon.
@@13.ghaniziyadsagiansyah66 Good point, and I will admit I did not initially pick up on that. But that said, we can presume the impact was at least comparable to the K-Pg event, given the way we see the ejecta similarly cover the entire Earth. This calculation may be in fact a lower bound for Steve's velocity!
I went to go recalculate your results for the Siljan impact, which is the one I believe Worthi is attributing to Steve, with the presumption that the effect of the impact was artistic license so I wouldn't analogize to K-Pg. Unfortunately, it turns out that from what literature I could find, most Siljan impact structure research is focused on oil & gas, not the impact event itself, so trying to get an estimated kinetic energy for the impact to make a stupid little joke on CZcams would be like...... actual geophysics research.
@@chronikuru Yeaaaaaahhhh, afraid that's a little above my pay grade. 😁
Wiz and Boomstick over here…
@@cjmoore9966 DEATH BATTLE mentioned.
+1
The fish-creatures at 4:37 are Tiktaaliks, which lived during the late Denovian Period, over 100 million years before the earliest dinosaurs. They are believed to be an important link between fishes and four-legged (land) vertebrates.
Coincidentally, the second of the 'Big Five' mass extinctions took place around that time. Specifically, it seems that Steve was likely the cause of the Hangenberg Extinction Event, which marked the end of the Denovian Period and the beginning of the Carboniferous Period.
aaaand now im obsessed with the idea of interstellar deities being the direct cause behind mass extinctions
I love the idea that all the Big Five mass extinctions happened because a clown hit earth and messed things up.
Oh man, I thought it was supposed to be the Permian Extinction. Good catch!
@@jimboringo9958Go play Pathways into Darkness.
This is why I read comments dude. Thanks for this info man.
Worthikids wrote the music for this episode two whole years ago. Damn, that’s respectable to be able to keep something planned and work on it for that long. Bigtop Burger is such an incredible animated show!
where can i find the music ? this stuffs straight fire
@@tacobelldog1574 Yeah, where banana
@@tacobelldog1574 he's got a spotify under the same name Worthikids
@@tacobelldog1574 It's all on Spotify!
Yeah I would pay for that cover of "The Jellicle Ball".
seeing him reference his other animations is pure gold, haven't laughed and cried this hard in ages. good finale!
Which one did he refer to?
@@zak6933 “Palpatine’s journey” and some other, can’t remember the name
@@mashab.234the other one's called SPACE :)
Please tell me this isn’t the end???
Wait what do u mean finale. is this the last big top burger episode ??
So yeah, Alex Hirsch gave one of his best performances as Munkustrap.
Also such an amazing episode. Great animation, story and world building. I can’t wait for more.
insane that that’s alex hirsch
The delivery on "you - cookin da burgers" is so brilliant + the perfect expression on Cesare's face..! I laugh every time.
Didn't expect to love a show about clowns selling burgers, but here I am thinking it's one of the best shows on CZcams.
Completly Agree 😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤
For sure!
This and Helluva Boss really are the new Kings of Animation.
@@AfroX-StayLegendary helluva boss is really hit or miss tho
@@AfroX-StayLegendaryhelluva is kinda alright, I wouldn't go that far lol
The realization that Steve's lore was in the song "Up" the whole time has me shook. I was just jaw wide open this whole time. Insane. Rewatching. Thank you so much, this is always such a joy.
Sameeeee!!!!!!
Well, yes, just like Cesare's story is in "Down". This episode is such a freaking masterpiece.
It's just like how it turned out that 'Down' was Cesare's story all along.
Dude sameeeee
To be honest, I thought it was just a big metaphor, but it's like word for word. This channel needs more attation.
I really like the added vocal mix to "UP" for this episode. There's a lot more emotion than the usual jam
I hope we get the double reprise on the season soundtrack!
So Steve is 400-500 million years old? I friggin love this show. I hope the Earth's central civilization/chamber treats him well.
He's honestly most likely 700 million years
So, those fish we saw when Steve crashed onto earth are most likely Tiktaaliks, the first vertebrate animals to ever "walk" on land. They first appeared in the fossil record 380-385 million years ago. This means Steve is most likely in the range of 385-400 million years old
@@xenomorphoverlordthe subtitles literally calls them tiktaalik.
Child Steve is going for his audition 600 million years ago. So, no.
Cesare has probably seen the whole world several times over and deciding that he wants to retire in Tampa is crazier than anything Steve could ever pull 😂
The only good thing in Tampa are Cuban sandwiches. I completely understand him.
@@AaronTatsDudes doesn't eat food how can he enjoy any of that
Someone's gotta tell him about the state of Florida right now, not the place to be
@@widget5718 that’s why I said the only good thing in Tampa lol
Bros going to Margarittaville
Sometimes Worthikids has to remind us that they can make unsetling sounds and animations... That initial scene of the cats surrounding Steve was SPOOKY.
No one is talking about this!!!!! I got chills! Felt straight out of Mandela Catalog
Right?? I was so prepped for more laughs and that scene caught me so off guard, worthi is so freaking good at tone setting I was scared and nervous for Steve who was under such intense pressure and scrutiny
Honestly!!! That creeped the hell outta me
when the stage fright is truly frightening
insane that he can animate, voice act, and produce music all to a standard greater than 99% of studios put out. ridiculous
As a fellow clown I must say that I love how this series is playing it's own big part in changing peoples minds on clowns and getting people to enjoy clowns outside of horror and/or villain rolls again!! Cuz it's about time!!!!!
Can we not forget that Worthikids MAKES ALL THIS MUSIC THEMSELVES!!!! and STILL puts out quality animations like this! TALENT TALENT!!!!!
Literally the most talented person on the planet
I was wondering why the audio was so damn crisp. I know the audiophiles are pleased.
Holy shit, the Steve lore is a lot deeper than I thought.
I wonder if Seal Team Clown will tie in at any point
There is no way that doesn’t tie into anything.
@@caseyp5861 he gets rescued 100% by them. this is the only way forward.
I think Worthikids has denied a connection, but also I don't believe him
@@thegreatandterrible4508just different faction of clowns
@caseyp5861 I say the clowns have started a war with the vampires on earth while Steve was slumbering
As a lover of clowns as wholesome beings who bring silliness and laughter to people, I super duper quadruple appreciate this series ❤
1. I really love the lonely plucking, harmonizing, and fittingly creep-fantastic rendering of the Cats theme - I hope it's eventually available somewhere
2. Also, if I felt the cast spiritually waiting for my failure, I, too would brick and "fumble it" eventually (if not immediately)
3. ALW as the consummate prophet of Clown World is really something
Seconding for the Cats theme, any updates
A lot of people think that Steve has been training for this one role for almoat his entire life, but I don't think that's the case. I think he has actually held this title for mutplile years after getting it, since in the first flash-back with "back on Broadway yet again." he is actually seen singing. What i think happened is that in this performance, he had simply cracked under pressure from how long he had been doing this.
The way all the other clowns were saddened during his punishment seems to indicate indicate that yeah he had been doing this for a while and people loved him. His boss and understudy were legitimately saddened at what happened and what they had to do to him based on their traditions.
Or his successful broadway performance happened here on Earth after he.... excavated himself? I mean, the stakes are much lower here (we won't fire an actor into the next galaxy for flubbing a line) so that probably let him relax a lot more.
That was my impression too. Looking at how much time passed, and the reactions of the other clowns, I think he'd successfully played "old deut" for literally a million years. One day he just cracked
Longer it seems even. I think it's suggested he was at this for 225 MILLION YEARS. He's not some nobody, he's at the very least spent actual eons climbing up the ladder. My guess is he's had this part since forever, and even though the performance didn't, time itself changed. New clowns came in, new standards evolved, ever demanding more and more from him until eventually he just.... cracked.
This wasn't some simple banishment, this was a high profile excising from clown society.
@@vigorouslethargyI don’t think so since all the other clowns in his act look the same as in the clip from “Kid”, so I think he has indeed been at the role for a long long time, the way he was yelled at “you’re supposed to be Old Deut!” And Steve proclaimed “I AM old Duet! I..” then “NOT! ANYMORE!” So yeah he just seems to have cracked after millions of years of performance and then gotten banished. Otherwise I don’t think Steve would’ve had something THAT important placed on him that he’d be banished on his first try and failure.
It's almost an insult to the industry as a whole that you haven't broken 1mil subs yet. Every frame is beautiful, every musical note is a melody, the voice acting is surreal, and the story just becomes deeper each episode.
People with real talent dont get subs.
People who use others content for views like streamers/letsplayers/reactions get them.
Trust me, I've been making original content for like 2 years with my music then see people who sell out to the meme of the week suprpass it.
I'm sure the million plus sub count is on its way
It is a shame that most of the time great art gets unnoticed. However, that not why great artist make great art. They make it because they must, and even if only one person sees it and enjoys it, then all the effort will have been worth it.
It literally got 250k views in 8 hours. I swear if it's not over 1 million in the first few hours ppl lose their gd minds
@@DaBaSoftware Oh dont get me wrong, 250k is no small feat. Worthikids deserves every single one of those views. Most of us just think more people should know about projects and creators like this.
Everything about this was amazing. From the animation to the fact that you got TreytheExplainer and freakin' Alex Hirsch to voice characters!
The fact that this song was on Spotify the entire time and the lyrics match what happened, that weird episode with tiny Steve, and Greaselaint show how brilliant they are at foreshadowing!
I can't decide what you deserve more, an adult swim series or a record deal. For real man, you are crushing it.
Why not both?
Nooo! Not Adult Swim!! Those fucktards don't like their shows to be too complex! See what happened to Metalocalypse
Maybe Rick & Morty are an exception, but it doesn't require to watch the episodes in order so you can understand the story
New age Brendan smalls
"New age Brendan Smalls" super truth here
Adult Swim ain't what it used to be. It's probably safer to stay independent at this point.
I haven’t felt this kind of absolute child-like joy and love for a series in years. I have watched this so many times already and have not been able to stop smiling. The way worthi writes, animates, and composes; the performance from the VA’s, and just the line by line and shot by shot pacing, it’s goddamn good and I’m so glad this show exists.
Beep bop... I'm the Philosophy Bot. Here, have a quote:
"All we have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to us"
~ Gandalf
Same here. Its just so amazing.
couldn't have said it better myself. i feel the same way dude.
I like the fact that Steve caused the extinction of the dinosaurs and also that he can survive in lava which means the deer he fought in season 1 was more of a challenge to fight that being in lava
That elk was JACKED
*YOU LOST THE MOMENT YOU ENTERED THESE WOODS!!*
I could be that Steve is literally a being of emotion as his people are built around performance and he was told that the entire planet spins around happy feeling, this could be figurative but knowing this series it might be literal.
He could have just thought the elk was stronger than it was resulting in him somehow losing.
(This could be utter bullshit though I am NOT a writer)
The timeframe and pictured animals suggests it was the Devonian extinction he caused
@@finderfinder4290Yeah,
Maybe he emerged during the Permian (when what is now Russia literally blew up because lava got into a coal seam as wide as the us and 12km deep)
I listened to the up reprise religiously after my terrible coming out because I related so much to the feeling of putting on a different face and acting as someone other than you are for people. At the time I felt like I was slowly sinking to the center of the earth, like the weight of my problems broke the earths crust and pulled me down with it which I also found in this song. It’s so silly but it fits so well to know the song was about a clown’s tragic backstory all along skskdkdkd
love how the little joke of "back on broadway yet again" was a real statement with a real backstory and was clearly planned from that orignal episode.
My brain gained a wrinkle from all the dots connecting! It’s like Pepe Silvia all over again!
I can't get over the look on Steve's face as he's shot out of the cannon. Fear and uncertainty turning to regret and grief at having lost everything. The fact he is being banished for a goofy reason doesn't even matter, the raw complexity of emotion is deeply moving.
I really, really like this cartoon, you guys.
ME TO
I got the general feeling that Steve's director meant the "moments of happiness" line more literally. Perhaps, for Steve's home planet, these seemingly silly productions meant to entertain are actually vitally important to the way they live their lives or maybe even vitally important to the planet they live on.
@@HiThere-ig5iz yeah i think the implication is that somehow their planet is *literally* powered/given life by entertainment and the happiness it creates, which would explain why messing up something that is literally vital for the entire population is such a terrible crime & why ppl practice their whole lives for it. it also explains, well, why their civilization is one of clowns lol
@@HiThere-ig5iz Yeah, I think it's made fairly clear in the flashback sequence that _Cats_ is something akin to a religion for the clown people. But that's a Watsonian explanation. From a Doylist point of view, it's goofy (and that's not a bad thing! It's meant to be as silly as it is heartrending).
@@hotelmario510| Couldn't have said it better!
If we think metatextually, a "clown" only ever exists in a state of performance. It's a stage persona. When a clown steps off the proverbial stage or breaks character, they stop being a clown and start being just a guy in makeup.
In the context of this clown world, a clown failing to perform puts themselves and every other clown at risk.
Star wars finally has a cononical time for when exactly "a long time ago in a galaxy far far away" was
My dumb ass really thought that at 1:18 he said Andy CIRCUS instead of Serkis. That he was trying to catch a different clown literally called Andy Circus. RIP
Backstory of Steve is absolutely breathtaking, the fact that you all tied in the different animations you’ve done over the years was fantastic. I’m happy to wait the next 8 months for more!
Edit: I love how you incorporated Up within this episode. Already had it downloaded on Spotify but this just now adds to the fun of listening to it!
Amén Jesús♥️♥️
So Steve was a hit clown on a floating airship I knew it
but wasn't this the ending?
@@groetaer hopefully not, we just learnt about all the characters
I'm blown away by Steve's backstory. The fact that he came from outer space in a clown world is something I never expected. Along with that, the fact CATS is the reason he got banished makes me go crazy. This is such a fascinating story. You went over the top on this one Worthikids! AMAZING!!!
And that CATS is actually 9 billion years old.
I always loved the implication that steve and cesare were actually weird guys and not just dudes in costumes, and now that theres confirmation its even better! the parallels are incredible
@@vigorouslethargy We normal people didn't create it, Steve blasted it into our minds.
I like how whimsical clown world is.
The not-so killer clown from outer space
For all of you who don't know the name "Big Top Burger" is a reference to the restaurant in the classic movie Killer Klowns from Outer Space, so yeah, that and so many other clues have been dropped throughout both seasons and its prefect.
God I really can't imagine anyone but Chris Fleming playing Cesare, he's just perfect for the character
Im not sure how much vocal direction he was given, but his weird vocal inflections are unlike anything ive heard and kind of make the character just as much as the writing.
Seeing references to previous animations was actually a chill inducing moment. Overjoyed to see how far, large, and bizarre the world of Big Top Burger has come :)
Real as fuck, what an intricate tapestry of lore
Many people pointed it out, but I can't get over how a throwaway gag from season 1 has been incorporated into the story, and in such an intriguing way too ! My favorite part has to be the eyes, especially when they sentence Steve to banishment. Your artstyle and ways of storytelling are so cool and satisfying to me, I can't get enough of it !!
which throwaway gag?
@@Emile.gorgonZolahim being in cats probably
@@Emile.gorgonZola ^^he mentioned being back on broadway again in s1e3 !
was it a throwaway gag though? The OG themesong seemed to be about losing the part of playing old deuteronomy
Well up the full song referenced the play and old deut before this came out. I’m sure he had this all
Planned and it’s just a callback
I know this is a fictional story but Steve's backstory + character progression makes me feel a little better about myself. He's so resilient and durable, mentally and physically, and even though I think this whole experience was like an ego death/rebirth for him, he STILL struggles with being socially awkward in the current day because you cant just cure social anxiety. He learned to accept his limitations and found happiness in running a burger truck. It's kinda silly but I find that inspiring since I've lived a similar life. I pursued dreams that didnt work for me as a person (but were socially acceptable), got humbled, took some time to think, and came to accept my true self along with my true dreams
i can't express how obsessed i am with this lore. clowns existed before earth. the Cats musical has existed before earth.
Love the choice that Penny and Steve’s mom have the same voice (and hair color), makes me wonder if Steve hired her bc she unconsciously reminded him of his mother.
I DIDNT EVEN NOTICE THAT OMG
Shit that's a really good observation. In the intro she also tucks a kid to sleep.
@@AgentSteffi The kid is Penny's kid
@@AgentSteffiOn top of that in the episode where Steve turns into a child, which we now know is how he canonically looked as a kid, he first presented himself to Penny and didn't start disappear until the others showed up. He probably sees Penny as being the most clown like, and thus the closest thing he can get to his old clown society.
Assuming she isn't actually his mother. Could be time travel BS involved.
The look on Cesare's face when he realizes what he just said and that both he and Steve have no clue why Steve (or clowns in general) needed to be caught
My theory is, Steve was not chased by Cesare because he was a clown, but because he was perceived as an Underworld denizen. Cesare's other jobs included imps, which are small demons, and he was aiming for Andy Serkis, known best for his role of cave-dwelling Gollum - making me believe that his actual job is to send Underworld escapees back home. And the reason Steve was on the Underworld's radar was because he was slumbering under the ground for millions of years, having landed before humanity was even a twinkle in the Earth's eye - meaning nobody would ever know he is an extraterrestrial and likely perceiving him as some kinda primordial chtonic being. And the lyrics of Down do say "trickster gods rise from the deep", conforming that they see him as a god from the deep, not as an alien from above.
Cesare's doubt, I think, is because he's wondering if Steve is actually a native underworlder; he never had to wonder before, but Steve himself being surprised at the "under the ground" bit did sow a seed of doubt.
My prediction is that the next episode will end up with Steve being let out due to being out of the underground's jurisdiction. That, or other clowns come for him. Or maybe Cesare himself realises Steve does not belong here and busts him out.
"Cesare's doubt, I think, is because he's wondering if Steve is actually a native underworlder; he never had to wonder before, but Steve himself being surprised at the "under the ground" bit did sow a seed of doubt."
When Steve is banished, he is shot from the circus looking planet where clown is more like elf than job. He later is an important leader in their society as his role of Dootz is critical to the show making the whole universe go. Where they hail from is not an underworld, but some weird magic place we can only begin to guess about. 9billion years ago, a race of clowns performed the stage play Cats...and even before then it seems the creator of all is a clown too.
When Steve is sleeping "under the ground" that is literal. After he is banished from magic LSD clown universe, he is shown landing in the center of the Earth. He slumbers underground for billions of years in exile. After he awakens like some sort of goofy kaiju is when Cesare and "upper management" become interested in him.
Cesare knows Steve is from clowntown, they were in clown cats together. I think his expression of disbelief is that Steve didn't remember the exile or realize how long he had been in the center of the planet. It might indicate that there is more going on with Steve, I agree with you there. But I believe it either means Steve was more active during his time in the center of the earth/awoke closer to the dawn of man than present day. More reveals via flashbacks and we learn Steve and hambergers were forever intertwined at some cosmic moment where he saved human history. Thus redeeming his failed performance as Dootz all along..
I think it is also likely we see Cesare learn how much unjust pain he causes Steve and others by blindly following orders from whatever their uppermanagment is.
@@Levyafan
@@JokerFace090 wdym Cesare was in cats? He clearly wasn't; if you watch the scene, the only people whose faces we can see is "Mr. Munkustrap", and the older lady (I don't know the name of the play character or anything). He isn't even among the crowd of clowns during the banishment.
Cesare's backstory/song establishes him as being a marionette maker who died a thousand years ago and was resurrected by forces unknown (to us) to serve a thousand-year vigil bringing in "trickster gods", "freakazoids", "freaks", and "weirdos".
And Cesare isn't even a clown; he's some form of zombie or undead.
@@JokerFace090 Mr. Muskustrap was actually there for Steve’s banishment @3:57 and 4:00 is seen shedding a tear for Steve he’s just not in costume anymore. I don’t think he’s Cesare though
um because they wrote cats obviously
I can’t believe Steve canonically caused the late-Devonian mass extinction
I just realised big top burger is named after the burger restaurant from killer klowns from outer space. bloody brilliant!
3:57 One thing I can't help but note is that the rest of the clowns are solemn about this. 'Munkustrap' himself, despite being the one who sentenced Steve, is the one who turns away with a single tear, unable to bear watching. Banishment of a clown is clearly a tragedy in their society - yet, it's a necessary tragedy, for the Cats Musical is too vital a ritual to be ruined.
As they should! *smirk*
One thing to consider is that Munkustrap isn't his real name, that's just the cat in Cats who plays the narrator, just as Steve being Old Deuteronomy, but in this case we don't know his real name.
@@bazzjedimaster You are very correct, though this makes me wonder: what if the Cats musical is so important that your role in it LITERALLY becomes your identity? Munkustrap and Old Deut do call each other by their role names, though I'm not sure if that's just something theaters do.
Steve's mother did say that many clowns spend their whole lives training to play Old Deuteronomy, and Steve himself is in genuine fear about what would become of him now that he's failed at being the Old Deut; perhaps the banishment is less a punishment and more of just a natural consequence of a clown failing at their role and thus no longer having a 'role' in the society itself?
i never thought that alex hirsch and trey the explainer would ever be on the same project in a million years. that is absolutely amazing. what a fantastic job y'all did!!
the historical counsel got me good lol
What
I’m almost scared to ask but Is Alex the dude playing the black cat 😭
WAIT ALEX HIRSCH AND TREY ARE IN THIS?????
@@sammieegoldwand I'm unsure who Alex is, but Trey is almost certainly the Tiktaalic that turns to his friend and tells him to make a wish on the falling Steve.
Edit: Yeah Alex was the play director who took away Steve's status as Old Deut.
It's really important for me that everyone appreciates the design in this video, because Cesare is based on the character with the same name in the old Silent movie ""the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari", and let me tell you all of those trippy lines across the walls and bars? That's the same art-direction as in the original black and white movie. *chefs-kiss*
Got to love the fact that no one's talking about Yoda was just straight-up stargazing and so happened to see a shooting clown in the depths of space.
I can see why this episode took 8+ months to make. Absolutely stunning
Oh my god. I feel like that was like just a couple months ago. What even is time?
I’m the 1k like, feeling good
The explosion scene is probably like 90% of the animation time
It’s interesting that what made Steve fumble his performance isn’t the audience’s attention, but his fellow performers
Spending hundreds of millions of year rehearsing must build so much anxiety
The fact the one off gag about Steve playing a patt in cats became lore fucks me up a bit
Alex hirsch being a part of this project is truly one of the greatest when worlds collide moments
The blend of surreal absurdist humor and beautifully stylized character lore is so so good.
Plus the music!
You can say it's a nice blend all using blender (Get it? Cuz the program they use... I'll see myself out)
Normally I don't like getting backstory for weird characters like Steve, but that was so outrageous, I love it!
It's very rare that a weird character manages to get a sufficiently weird backstory, but Worthikids has succeeded.
yeah i think the big difference is that usually the backstory is something relatively mundane (story-wise) that explains why theyre weird or where their weird powers came from etc. but in this case the backstory is just as absurd, so it doesnt detract from the initial weirdness or recontextualize it as having a normal explanation lol its aaaaallll weird
It's obvious they were gonna explain Steve's deal though
Cats being twice as old as the Earth is really funny
Chris is the best possible voice for Cesare its insane how well it fits
I’ve never seen a series so fascinatingly comfortable in its own skin- this series is such an unique comfort and endlessly charming!
This and No Evil are like that.
I absolutely love the musical tone of 2:16 to quote a famous musician “It’s haunted, it’s woody, it’s… underutilized in rock music.”
That's cats baby
@@MrSchlesselWhats the songs name to look it up?
@@Sambenmaggie Cats - Overture
That iconic bit is from a ways into the song.
@@BlitzBat313it's more like the leimotif of "The Jellicle Ball", the overture has the melody too but for a very short time.
@@bazzjedimaster You nailed it, thanks a bunch!
Steve's little manbun under his costume is such a cute detail! 3:34 hes adorable. He didnt deserve banishment! Clown planet just mean
It's unrealistic to expect bc he's voiced by such a big (and likely expensive) name in animation, but damn I hope we see more of Mr. Munkustrap.
The banishment sequence is the best musical animated sequences I'll ever see man. I don't know how to express that in a way that fully conveys my admiration.
AGREE AGREE AGREE
This was pretty good but metalocalypse doomstar requiem can't be topped imo
so true, I’ve watched it like 5 times now
So much lore in one episode!
The balance between how goofy and serious it was in this one is such a treat!
I think this is the most cannon episode lol
@@lazyfish7675 Upvote for your service my good fish
@@lazyfish7675 most CANNON
@@lazyfish7675* ba dum tss*
Something has slowly dawned on me on the rewatches....... Steve's backstory involving the musical "Cats" implies that Thomas Stearns Eliot, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and John Napier are either ALL exiled Clowns too, or somehow became aware of Ancient Clown Knowledge from which they drew inspiration for "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" and the music and costumes of "Cats" respectively.
My coworker showed me this channel and i don't think i've ever been as inspired to create as i do when watching or listening to any Worthikids content.
I never thought I'd find a series centred around clowns so beautiful but the 2:15 sequence is just breath-taking
It truly is the animation and the music is just top tier
@@cannibleflower4960 See, the music in Cats IS good!!
@@chumblespuzzspuzz4080| It's been one of the main broadway musicals for decades now. You don't stick around that long WITHOUT having good music.
Is it for everyone? No. Was it a good idea to try adapting it to film? Hell no. Is it objectively a "good" musical? Unequivocally.
@@chumblespuzzspuzz4080 lol, it's Andrew Lloyd Weber. Nobody ever thought the music is bad. It's just one of those things that got too big for it's own good.
Shout out to Worthi for getting a legend like Alex Hirsch to play a role! Speaks to the quality of his work
Gosh I can't for the life of me figure out which character he plays.
The guy who banishes Steve, I get a hint of grunkle Stan in his voice
@@zoeythebee1779 The planet SPINS around moments of happiness, AND YOU FUMBLE IT.
These CZcams animators just pulling massive names out of the blue is something to behold for sure
dude ayo edebiri from the bear is here
i'm sorry but this has one of THE coolest sequences in an animation ever. cats being the reason for everything, including man is....just so amazing.
i love the implication that adam and eve were banished clowns too
that we're all products of banished clowns due to failed cats performances on another planet. what a gdamn genius
The- the last part- I uh-
Hang on now--what???
the idea that steve was canonically the asteroid that caused the mass extinction which made the conditions for mammals to thrive and subsequently give rise to humans evolving is something I think about on a weekly basis
Congratz on getting Alex Hirsch on here dude! I love this series, glad to see it being recognized by one of my favourite cartoon creators as well.
Wait Alex Hirsch was on here???
@@ZeusHadANOTHERkid he played munkustrap
Holy shit, I didn’t even recognize his voice.
Yeah when I saw his name in the credits, I was floored. Worthikids is definitely going places.
@@BlinksAwakening He's an overnight success... because he put in the decades of work.
To think the “Back on Broadway yet again” line from KID actually had substantial lore behind it is just so Steve, I love the fact Worthikids used the same side track at 3:03 as his other CATS animation. This is made even better by the fact that, this was uploaded on my birthday.
Yo Happy Birthday
HB!
@@louisenobrega6183 happy birthday!
Happy birthday!
happy mf birthday :]
I've watched this about 3 or 5 times now and everytime the part that catches my attention the most is Munkustrap's reaction to Steve's banishment. Obviously, he probably doesn't feel like the punishment isn't justified considering that the planet spins around Moments of Happiness(which I did not realize till now is referring to the name of the song at that part of the play, I know practically nothing about "Cats") and Steve flubbed it up the most important part, compromising millions of years of the rest of crew's hard work, but at the same time the way he reacts to Steve getting in the cannon portrays anguish and regret in how things turned out for Steve.
Good Show.
I cant get over just how pretty and detailed this is. It makes me want to stare at every individual frame for hours. The golden cirus planet with all those lights. The unnerving crowd of cats. Our solar system coming into view. Grandpa Tiktalik. Whats not to love
Dude this is such a perfect, delicate, PERFECT balance between some serious really compelling storytelling beats and just ultimate goofyness, this is the best show on youtube
Oh my god, the uncovering of lore, the initial theme song, Up, clicking into place, hell a new version of Up, and the animation as always is beyond spectacular
Steve was launched from the cannon 600 Million years ago. The impact that killed the dinosaurs is estimated to have ocurred 66 million years ago. That means Steve was travelling for ~534 million years to reach Earth. Ignoring air resistance (as one would do in space) a cannonball would be travelling at between 100 metres/second and 200 m/s, so let's say he's going about 150m/s. That's 540Kph, or 4,730,000 Kliometres in a year.
This means, he'd travel 1 light year (9.4 trillion kilometres) in 1,987,315 years. _That_ means the point he was launched from was round about 268.7 LY away from Earth. The closest match for stars at that approximate distance off the top of my head is Spica (262 LY from Earth) Though the SIMBAD database lists 18 other stars in various directions at that approximate distance (82.3 parsecs)...
Edit: I just realized if he hit the earth with enough energy to set off an extinction event... he'd need to be travelling far, far faster than 540kph... uh, just ignore the above... I'll recalc using 65kg as his mass (approximately one Danny DeVito)
So... the Chixulub impact was estimated (as per wiki) to have released about 300ZJ (zettajoules). Which means... One Danny DeVito worth of mass would need to be travelling at around 320.48C (320 times the speed of light) to set off that kind of impact. Assuming Clown Cannons can achieve this massive superluminal velocity that would place Steve's home planet well outside our light cone aka, the observable universe.
Unless of course Steve's mass is variable... which as a clown, is entirely possible. Eh, I'm going with Spica.
A yes, my favorite late cretaceous animal, tiktalik
This is one of my new favorite Web-Series, should be on Adult Swim, I love the chaos alongside with batshit off-the-walls story and THE CHARACERS,, **MWAH** that just fits into a nice package. The soundtrack of it too! Gonna inspire me on my art styles for SURE! :)
The amount of joy worthikids content has given me over the past 3 years is indescribable. The music, animations, comedy; I deeply love it all.
Worth inspires me.. My parents said if i get 40K followers They'd buy me a professional camera for recording..begging u guys , literally
Begging...
See...after watching this like...10-20 times so far, I can't help but appreciate how Steve's origin story is so succinct. Nothing feels wasted, nothing feels like it needs to be longer, it's just so concise. I love how these episodes can be so short, yet so full of excellent animation, humor, and storytelling.
Agreed. Additionally, I loved the revelation that Bigtop Burger and Wire are set in the same universe. And the added depth to little hints in the previous Bigtop episodes, like how Steve doesn't take his makeup off and when Billie says "Dude, clowns aren't real. That's wild."
but we do wanna know what happens to billie and the others
I doubt they were paid thousands by the hour like those art majors
@@anneabelle7098I'm pretty sure its been said by worthikids themselves that the similarities to wire don't actually mean they take place in the same universe. the fact that they both revolve so heavily around clowns is a weird coincidence but
Brings an actual tear to my eye every single time.
I think that’s why they only release like two episodes a year😂
I like the fact that the Bigtop character names are all refetences to It and Steve's arrival on Earth is more or less identical to how It arrived on Earth.
Some of the clowns in wire kinda look like IT also its all connected
I need the lore of that clown that wrote Cats. He barely gets any screentime, doesn't say A SINGLE WORD but that smile... The obvious care and love he has for his music... Gold ink! I'd die for that clown but something tells me he'd prefer it if I lived for him and made someone else smile.