updog - clown // original meme 

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Damn not only the animation is awesome but also tthe backstory!

0:20 *T-poses with malicious intent*

1:04 THE DEAD FLOWER DETAIL

I love how instead of killing him for revenge the clown just puts him in jail. like even if this man murdered him for some kind of money reason he still abides by the law and instead of killing him he puts him in jail. beautiful

This is SO sick!!! 🤡🤡🤡

This is literally the sentence: "you're not a clown, you're the entire circus"

The bandages on the middle of his forehead are such a good detail. I didn't even notice them at first, but once you realize why they're there, it just perfect characterization.

Am I like the only one who is literally obsessed with this animation and watches it again and again?

Finally, a KFC VS McDonalds animation.

THE COLORS- THE FLOW- THAT WAS SO GOOD WHAT

There are two types of clowns 1. spinning around in circles until my little feet fall off - spellcasting 2. THIS (ngl this is amazing i love this sm)

After a few years I came back to watch this, still very cool! I appreciate that he locks his ‘friend’ up instead of killing him

Bruh he legit went like: *You are not a clown. You are the entire circus.*

Redhead is so pure even as an undead clown back for revenge. Like, “haha, remember me, the best friend that you murdered? Well I’m going to PUT YOU IN JAIL BECAUSE I ABIDE BY THE LAW”

I’m just honored to say the creator of the animation is my friend irl, and I’m proud of how much work was put into this animation. 👏👏👏 Super proud

THIS is art He doesn't kill his friend because he is not like him, there is a 100% bad and 100% good, that's why I've been watching the animation for 4 times a day minimum

Smacks video: this baby can hold SO much back story in under 2 minutes!

I love how the white haired guy just feels so small even though he is very tall and in contrast the clown feels like such a domineering presence even with his short stature.

I love (S)Miles's facial expressions! They're so full of anguish and anger. His anger at Jjames(James?) is portrayed beautifully here.

This animation is amazing! Paired with fitting music, smooth and enticing animations, and incredible story that draw the viewer in. Now to rewatch it for a 3rd and 4th time

Theory: The clown is actually his guilt made into a person, it’s just a hallucination. In this whole animation he’s beating himself up for doing horrible things

Sooo epic 💛

STAWPPPPPPP HES ADORABLE. I LOVE CLOWNS SM THIS IS LITERALLY GODLY.

The plot in this animatic is just amazing. The characters are wonderfully designed. This is the e best animatic I’ve ever seen. Greta work

“I may be the clown here, but you’re the whole circus!” Edit: I genuinely forgot this was my comment and my dumbass went “lmao that funny” Anyways I can’t stop watching this I think I may have a problem

The way the clown waves his hand over his face to change expressions with the beat was awesome

Это настоящая НОСтальгия.) Помню как по-много раз смотрела, пересматривала, засматривала этот мем❣️

okay something is really wrong with me. I don't know why but good clown concepts/ art designs really and EXTREMLY impress me. I do have a few Examples but honestly it would be mildly embarrassing to list them, but one example is The Rascal from a childhood show called Glitter Force (search him up if you'd like). Art Concepts like that impress me and even the designs, backstories, or the purposes of the character the artist gives their clown character. It's just AWSOME and this is definitely in my top 5 clown art\concepts. Honestly love it 😍. Love the design and Backstory

Fun fact: I have no idea why I genuinely want to see them as a team.

i love how the clown have a reason of why he's doing this and a backstory

Dude I have seen this video over 100 times because of how good this is

0:25 THE BEST PART OF THE SONG THE BEST PART OF THE ANIMATION :D

This keeps popping in my recommendation and every time I go “lol sure why not”

Omg this so amazing At Lojart so much love for you for making this 😊

Even a year later, this meme is still on my list of favorite videos.

the clown at the end looks so cute🥲

I just...I just cannot stop rewatching this. sometimes I like the colour sometimes I like the plot sometimes I like the pacing sometimes I like the animation itself sometimes I like the art style sometimes I like the character designs right now...I love _every single goddamn thing about it_

I find it interesting that the Clown has rounded corners and the man has pointed ones, which line up with the fact that the man is the only one who hurt anyone and the clown was rather merciful in comparison (points and triangles are usually associated with danger and rounded designs are seen as friendly)

I love how Ghost before attaking prepare a perfect dance or dialogue or idk before they attack so its more creepy. Its art

2 years old, yet a masterpeice

"the world is a stage, and the stage is a world of entertainment"

Moral of the story: Don’t kill a dude you know cus they’ll turn into a clown and throw you in jail or something.

Help I can’t stop watching this video

Wow... This is frickin amazing! Everything from the animation, the characters, and the ability to tell a complete story in a minute and 23 seconds. I love this. Also, you did something not very many people can do. You made a clown look way better than a regular person.

Nobody’s gonna talk about the clown casually T-posing in the ceiling??

They always ask "What's Updog?" but never "How's updog?" :,(

I can't be the only one obsessed and visting this routinely and also hungry for the lore! Like I just gotta know the actual story! What is exactly the jesters dirty deals? What is the relationship between them ? Give me them juicy deets! I'm so hooked, what incredible world building insuch a short form wow !

I adore this no matter how many times i watch it, it's just so fun and a big inspiration to me

wtf i cant stop whatching this why are the characters, expressions, colors, animations and everything so perfect

Wow that clowns a nice guy. Gave him a free makeover and everything.

I personally love the way clowns are portrayed in shows and stuff, because they're always very fun and interesting characters

The clown actually looks kind of cute.And love the animation.

I love how he has bandaids over the bullet wound.

“I may be the clown but you're the Jester and that makes you the punchline.”

James was probably a spy or an assassin. Since on the piece of paper that James' friend was holding in the flashback, it was visible crossed out, as if there was a photo of the person he killed. A friend found his papers and saw that he was either a spy or an assassin. James had to kill him, or they would have killed him. And the clown is a symbol of his guilt, well, or he just went crazy. but this is unlikely. I'm more surprised that James didn't resist. The clown dressed him up and threw him in jail. But James didn't even say a word to him, apparently he was aware of his guilt. I still think James was a spy and he needed to do it. 1:18 this is probably the moment when he confesses to the world that he killed him. There's a lattice of eyes, it means everyone is looking at him. There is a loud trial at the end of which he finds himself behind bars. And in the end, the balloon bursts, as his guilt bursts and disappears.

this will for ever be one of my favorite videos on youtube

The art is absolutely gorgeous and the animation, *chef’s kiss* Flawless.

This is like a whole tv show's worth of plot in less than 2 minutes.

When I clicked on this half asleep I thought this was McDonald's vs Burger King

The art style. The characters. The animation. The colors. EVERYTHING Omg

0:48 THE HANDS ARE SO GOOD OMG

I feel like he's specifically a clown because the guy in white made a fool out of him or made him feel like a clown. So once he came back from the dead he made him feel like a fool via humiliation and literally dress up- then at the end he had to look at his sad reflection in the balloon before having it pop- That would be the last time he saw his face too goddamn edit: OSNWJDO WHAT TYSM FOR THE LIKES IVE NEVER GOT MORE THAN 5 😭💀

the art is so CLEAN AHH. Also the storytelling is amazing (chefs kiss)

1:12 "You were a clown for fooling me, and I was a clown for believing you. But when all is said and done, we are still on the same stage, just under different spotlights"

Artists doing animation memes of unpopular songs be like: "I'mma start this mans whole career"

I like how Miles’ eyes gradually appear because it’s to show how J doesn’t really think too much of a friend but the more the memory of him killing him brings up, it’s to show the eyes of his victim.

You've gotta make more about these two characters like omg bro

I find it funny how the man who is the clown is basically saying to dollar store tic tac “Please clean up your act cuz you look like a clown” when Ebay KFC is the one with a jester outfit, not a clown outfit.

you're *so good* at the rule "show, don't tell."

I really like how for James you used pointy and straight lineart, and for Miles you used more round curvy lineart. It really helps their design stand out even more from eachother and just another part that makes this fun to watch! 🤡

Really love the fact that Miles got to come back as the spirit in the form of him dressed as a clown to teach James a lesson (The Hard Way╹‿╹ ) and how the bandage in his forhead tells us exactly how he died and the concequences that would come towards his former partner.

this will never get old tbh

Rich man: NOOoOooO you can’t kill me I’m still trying to get rich off other people Clown: haha hammer go brrr

The Fact that the "rich man" doesn't do anything to fight back the clown aka his old pal seems to kinda shows his guilty feelings and his acceptance to what comes next towards him. Edit: thanks for 1k likes guys!

i was addicted to this for some reason... i saved the song and downloaded the video a long time ago..

Oh yes, I'm happy to rewatch it every time

How I see this: The white haired dude betrayed his companion in their business plan, and he probably became corrupt and made a scheme out of everything, excluding the friend. The friend finds the files, and confronts the protagonist; because of the corruption and greed, the white haired dude shoots his colleague. As the years go by, he starts seeing him and feels guilt and judgement. The illusions of his seeing his old friend lead to the white-haired dude turning himself in.

Clowns name: *Miles* White haired guy: *JJames*

Kudos to this person! the art, the characters, everything about this is perfect.

So happy updog has been getting so popular lately! I found them a few years ago from their song hurt, haven't really listened to any of their other stuff but everytime I see a meme with one of their songs I'm like "that updog??? No way, there's so many of these now!" :33 Edit: okayyyy haha this was uploaded a year ago 💀💀 maybe yt is just now showing me these vids

I cant believe Colonel Sanders would shoot his friend like that 😞

Did anyone notice the design choices? (S)Miles design is round and curvy, even his shoes,hair and eyes. While JJames is pointy and sorta like triangles. JJames costume is mostly white while (S)Miles is mostly read. Heck even their noses are different. The animator did so great with the designs and I love how they made them different but alike at the same time. Good job! Edit: And I just noticed that their heads are different too!? This is getting better and better.

This was the second video from this channel that I saw, a few years ago. To this day, it's one of my favorite animation videos, apart from Sir Fluff's "Sleep Walk meme", this is the best animation 💞💞

i like how the KFC man has stiff movments and the mcdonalds has the smoothest movments that can compare to muza- i michael jackson and also a little detail with the character design ive noticed is how you drew them, the presumed villan here (white hair boi) has more of a pointy or sharp look while the clown has more of a rounded look

Pretty sure that 80% of these views are from me rewatching this over and over bc im obsessed with it. /j

I feel so bad for the clown.... poor guy didn’t deserve that. Tbh he was more generous with the boss’s punishment than I thought he would be.

The dude just sits there and accepts his fate. Sorta respectable in a way

i love how fluid the movements are good job!

Not enough people realize just how fucking amazing the scene at 1:11 is. Deadass a prime example of premium directorship.

I feel like this is kfc man and mcdonald's fighting who has better food E-

im in LOVE with this to this day

this is truly an absolute masterpiece i absolutely adore the characters and colour palette

0:39 IM not sure how many people noticed this but on the cup he is drinking from it has a clown on it :D

It's just so good I can't help but watching it over and over and over again

ive watched this five times and still love it, it's so smooth and colorful

I would love to see more of this story line! The characters colour palette fit so well to the theme making it pleasing to the eye and the characters themselves are just brilliant. The plot is very interesting to look into and the animation is smooth and well made. I loved the video, keep up the good work!

fun fact: I was actually rooting for the clown

i could never think of such amazing designs tbh, you're talented!!

I like how the clown didn't killed him, just put him in prison. The clown isn't bad, he just want justice