Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer

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TROGDOR!!!

Rather Dashing, Trogdor, and others appear in the epic film adaptation of the acclaimed video game.

Cast (in order of appearance): Rather Dashing, Kerrek, Jhonka, The Blue Knight, Poor Gary, King of Peasantry, Trogdor, Baby Lady & Her Baby, Mendelev, Dongolev, Naked Ned, Pterodactyl, The Three Keepers of Trogdor

Places: Peasantry

Date: February 6, 2005

Running Time: 2:55

Page Title: A Lem Sportsinterviews Joint

Contents

Transcript

NARRATOR: It began as the best selling video computer TV game of all time. Uh—Not really, but still.

{Cut to a shot of the Peasant's Quest video game.}

NARRATOR: A simple peasant wearing short pants quested his way into the heart of the nation. Now, for his greatest adventure yet, he will quest...INTO THEATERS!!

{The video game Rather Dashing fades into a real-life version of him.}

RATHER DASHING: Where's my cottage?

{Fade through black to Rather Dashing standing in front of his burninated cottage.}

RATHER DASHING: TROGDOR!!!

{A few random scenes pass on by, before the Videlectrix logo shows up. It is soon modified to "Videlectrix Films". Cut to a throne room. Rather Dashing is in front of the King of Peasantry.}

KING OF PEASANTRY: We have coexisted with the Burninator in these lands for centuries. {Quick clips of a map of Peasantry and peasants being terrorized by a CGI Trogdor pass by.} I can't have you marching up there in your short pants upsetting the balance!

RATHER DASHING: I'll upset your balance, my lord!

KING OF PEASANTRY: Rather Dashing, you will not sass back at this council!

NARRATOR: From the sort of people who brought you Trogdor and Litigation Jackson...

{Rather Dashing walks up to Poor Gary.}

RATHER DASHING: Easy now Gary, I'm just going to WEAR MASK.

{He does so, and Gary whinnies and runs away. Cut to inside a cottage.}

THE BABY LADY: Show me you're a real man, Rather Dashing.

{Cut to a lake.}

RATHER DASHING: THROW...BABY...ahhh!

{He throws the baby. Cut to a forest.}

MENDELEV AND DONGOLEV: Haldo!

MENDELEV: I'm Mendelev...

DONGOLEV: I'm Dongolev...

{We see a shot of Naked Ned peering out from behind a tree.}

BLUE KNIGHT: Rather Dashing? More like Rather Homely!

{We see Rather Dashing eating a meatball sub. Cut back to the Archery. Mendelev is helping him train.}

NARRATOR: A Trog-venture for the whole Trog-Family!

{Cut to the outside of the Inn. Rather Dashing runs out screaming, with the pot of grease over his head. He hits the side of the Inn, and falls down. Cut to the Jhonka, who seems to just be a human beating the ground. Cut to the archery.}

RATHER DASHING: I'm just so mad at Trogdor...

{Cut to Trogdor Cave entrance.}

BLUE KNIGHT: Access to Trogdor is strictly for peasants!

{Rather Dashing frowns. Cut back to Archery.}

RATHER DASHING: He just goes around burning things and doesn't even care!

{Cut to Trogdor Cave entrance.}

BLUE KNIGHT: You don't smell like a peasant...

{Cut to the Kerrek, jumping around. Rather Dashing is next to him, battling him, kills him, and gets his belt. Cut to Trogdor Cave entrance.}

BLUE KNIGHT: You don't dress like a peasant...

{Cut to Rather Dashing battling the Jhonka. Rather Dashing puts on the peasant clothes.}

{Cut to Trogdor Cave Entrance}

BLUE KNIGHT: And you certainly aren't on fire like a peasant! {his helmet lid slams shut as he says "peasant"}

{Cut to the rocky top of Trogdor's Cave. A flaming Rather Dashing is climbing it. As Rather Dashing maintains grip on top, a pterodactyl flies by.}

NARRATOR: A quest for adventure! A quest for revenge!

{Trogdor screams and breathes his horrible fire. The Three Keepers, who suddenly appear, wave their hands. Cut to the very top of the cave. It's night, and a giant full moon appears in the background. Rather Dashing climbs up and holds a shining sword up.}

NARRATOR: A quest...for a peasant! Peasant's Quest!

{The Peasant's Quest logo appears. Rather Dashing struggles to keep the sword up, and then lets it fall. Cut to film creation credits.} 

                        Videlectrix Films
                   in relative association with
                    Thorax Legitimate present
                    
                   "Peasant's Quest: The Movie:
             The Dashing Adventures of Rather Dashing
                     Or Trogdor's Big Movie"
                     
            Matt Chapman   Z. Gillespie   Lucky Yates
          Matt Gribbon   Jackie Chapman   Rene Delefont
        Jonathan Howe   Ryan Sterritt   Christian Danley
editor Ryan Sterritt   cinematographer Ryan Sterritt/Mike Chapman
            original score Mike Chapman/Jonathan Howe
 pterydactyl wrangler Matt Chapman   cartographer R. Craig Zobel
 
                 Directed by Lem Sportsinterviews

{Cut to the King's Castle.}

KING OF PEASANTRY: And the Trogdor comes...in the night.

RATHER DASHING: Not tonight he doesn't...come...in the night... Trogdor.

{Cut to Trogdor. He breathes fire. Cut to the Peasant's Quest Logo.}

Fun Facts

Explanations

  • This was labelled as "Super Bowl halftime!!" on the main page, because The Brothers Chaps put this trailer up at halftime of the 2005 Super Bowl.
  • When Rather Dashing puts on the mask and when he throws the baby, he speaks the actual commands from the game, e.g. "throw baby".

Trivia

Ending Credits
  • These are the single largest Flash files on the entire site, with the 2.6 MB "Jhonka" trailer being over one and a half times larger than the runner-up, Puppet Jam: Tropical Lazor Beams.
  • When this trailer was first put up at halftime, the size and popularity of the file apparently overloaded TBC's server. Because of this, the original 13.4 MB file was removed mid-Monday morning and was temporarily replaced with a close-up of Rather Dashing and a note saying that he would be back. By late morning, that was replaced with a screen enabling you to choose which file size you wanted to download: "Jhonka" (2.6 MB), "Kerrek" (5.4 MB), or "Trogdor" (10.3 MB).
  • The loading screen used to read "loading a fairly big deal", but it now says "rather loading", referring to Rather Dashing.
  • Many of the people listed in the credits are mentioned elsewhere on the site: Ryan Sterritt helped create the Strong Bad Email DVD. Jackie Chapman is Matt Chapman's wife, Craig Zobel helps write some of the cartoons and Jonathan Howe helps with many of the games.
  • The word "pterodactyl" is incorrectly spelled "pterydactyl" in the end credits.
  • These credits are clickable for some reason (at least in the 13.4 MB and "Trogdor" versions); however, doing so doesn't seem to activate any Easter eggs.
  • Our hero might just be more dashing than previously thought. At the end when he declares "not tonight he doesn't!", a viewer can barely but surely see a wedding ring on in the first couple of frames as he swings the sword.
  • When Rather Dashing is climbing up the mountain, and you see him from the front, the background is that of the Stone Mountain trail to the top. It is a large granite mountain near Atlanta, near where The Brothers Chaps live.
  • We see that Craig Zobel is credited as the "cartographer", meaning he drew the map of Peasantry.
  • This is the first appearance of Jackie Chapman in a Homestar Runner feature.
  • The Scalding Lake shirt that Rather Dashing (played by Matt Chapman) is wearing is presumably the same one worn by Matt in the Screen Savers Interview several weeks prior to the trailer's release.

Remarks

  • According to the FAQ on the official site, this is the "full-length" Peasant's Quest movie.
  • In the movie trailer, The Blue Knight states that Rather Dashing doesn't smell like a peasant. In the game, however, he says that Rather doesn't stink like a peasant.

Inside References

  • Many of the clips in this preview are taken directly from the Peasant's Quest game, including:
    • Scaring Poor Gary, the horse
    • Throwing The Baby in the water
    • Talking to the Baby Lady
    • The Kerrek pounding Rather Dashing into the ground.
    • Taking Kerrek's belt in the rain
    • Mendelev and Dongolev teaching you how to shoot an arrow
    • Fighting The Jhonka (though you don't actually fight him in the game)
    • Rather Dashing was eating the meatball sub even though he didn't eat it in the game.
    • Naked Ned appearing from behind the tree
    • Rather Dashing's "Scalding Lake" vacation shirt
    • Rather Dashing with the pot stuck over his head
    • The guard's explanation of why Rather Dashing cannot see Trogdor
    • Climbing the mountain to Trogdor's lair
    • Getting pebbles
  • When The Three Keepers of Trogdor are waving in the cave (after CG-Trogdor), the perydactyl flying in the background makes the same noise as Mrs. Commanderson.
  • The Peasantry Map includes places such as:
    • The Frumpish Mountains
    • The Slightly Dangerous Fields
    • That Weird Tree (you know)
    • Trogdor's Keep
    • Clackum Falls
  • The music and ending lines ("And the Trogdor comes in the night!") are taken from Strong Bad's Trogdor song in the email dragon.
  • "Thorax Legitimate" is referring to the Thorax Corporation.
  • "Video computer TV game" is a possible reference to the easter egg in Peasant's Quest Preview, where the first Videlectrix programmer says, "I'm supposed to release a video computer game on TV without this graphic!"

Real-World References

  • "Trogdor's Big Movie" may be a reference to the Winnie the Pooh movie, Piglet's Big Movie, "Clifford's Big Movie", and other children's movies with similar titles.
  • The heading "A Lem Sportsinterviews Joint" is a reference to Spike Lee's movies which are called "A Spike Lee Joint."
  • The blue knight's helmet slamming shut when he says something in anger may be a reference to a similar thing happening to the character Dark Helmet in the movie Spaceballs or Sir Bedivere in the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
  • The depiction of the battle between Rather Dashing and the Kerrek is very similar, in style, to the battle between Dennis Cooper and the Jabberwocky in Terry Gilliam’s 1977 film Jabberwocky.
  • The battle between Rather Dashing and Jhonka is reminiscent of Smeagol and Déagol's battle at the beginning of The Return of the King likewise the flute music that plays at the begining of the trailer sounds like the music from the Hobbiton scenes in The Fellowship of the Ring.
  • Although this trailer is full of obscure nods to various fantasy cliches, the scenes with the shadow rolling back across the land and the map of Peasantry suggest the Lord of the Rings trailers. Similar sound effects are used.
  • Before the Videlectrix Films logo and around the ending of the film, there is the scene melee. One of the shots is of a man fighting in silhouette form behind a blue sky with a sword in his hand and around the end he is struggling with a sword, the same scene is in Kill Bill Volume 2.
  • When Rather Dashing puts the hood of his peasant garb on, it is reminiscent of "The Village."
  • The screaming of Jhonka in the first sighting is similar to the screaming of zombies in Half-Life 2.
  • The ending snort after Trogdor blows fire at the screen is from "Doom".
  • The way in which Rather Dashing holds his sword when he says "Not tonight he doesn't... come... in the night... Trogdor!" is similar to the way a Jedi knight holds a lightsaber in the Star Wars films and trailers.

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