Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer
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- This article is about the live-action film trailer. For the video game preview, see Peasant's Quest Preview.
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, The 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
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Transcript
NARRATOR: It began {the words "It Began..." appear on the screen in Gothic text} as the best selling video computer TV game of all time. Uh—Not really {the words "Not Really," appear on the screen}, but still. {The words "But Still." appear.}
{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 live action version of himself.}
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 labeled 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
- These are the largest Flash files on the entire site. The 2.6 MB "Jhonka" trailer is smaller than stinkogame.swf, but the other versions are larger.
- 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.
- The credits are clickable in the "Trogdor" version; however, doing so doesn't seem to activate any Easter eggs.
- Our hero just might 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.
- In the game, Rather Dashing neither fights the Jhonka nor eats the meatball sub.
Inside References
- The movie is directed by Leomard Sportsinterviews, well known for his book This Book is Better Than 1st, 2nd and Quite Possibly Even 3rd Base, among other things.
- Litigation Jackson was the fictional movie mentioned in A Decemberween Pageant. Its sequel was mentioned in rampage.
- 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
- 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 pterodactyl 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" refers 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
- The heading "A Lem Sportsinterviews Joint" is a reference to Spike Lee's movies which are called "A Spike Lee Joint."
- The depiction of the battle between Rather Dashing and the Kerrek is very similar, in style, to the battle between Dennis Cooper and the Jabberwock 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 beginning 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 1.
- 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.
- The Blue Knight's face guard slamming down over his face after he says his last line is reminiscent of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, in which Sir Bedevere's face guard slams down after he says many of his lines.
DVD Version
- The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
Commentary Transcript
(Commentary by: Mike Chapman, Matt Chapman)
MIKE CHAPMAN: So Matt, what's this, that we're watching?
MATT CHAPMAN: Mike, you know what it is.
MIKE CHAPMAN: It's the Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer.
MATT CHAPMAN: Based on the Peasant's Quest video game.
MIKE CHAPMAN: That's based on the Trogdor video game.
MATT CHAPMAN: That's based on the Trogdor email.
MIKE CHAPMAN: That's right. {sighs exaggeratedly} Now that that's out of the way...
MATT CHAPMAN: That's a tongue twister, eh?
MIKE CHAPMAN: Look at my brother's ugly face.
MATT CHAPMAN: It was pretty ugly that day.
MIKE CHAPMAN: So, this was pretty fun to make though, wasn't it Matt?
MATT CHAPMAN: It was very fun. I wanna make more of these.
MIKE CHAPMAN: We made this in... January, I think?
MATT CHAPMAN: Right.
MIKE CHAPMAN: Mostly. And it was cold. So, uh, but it was a nice thing, to go out and do something different than sit in the office and animate stupid animal characters all day.
MATT CHAPMAN: It was nice to go out in short pants and have you spray me with a hose in January.
MIKE CHAPMAN: {laughs} That was particularly difficult.
MATT CHAPMAN: {referring to the king} That's our buddy Z. Gillispie. We employed a lot of our friends, improv friends here in Atlanta to be in this.
MIKE CHAPMAN: A who's who, if you will.
MATT CHAPMAN: Of Dad's garage.
MIKE CHAPMAN: That's uh, a lake behind our parents' house. And that's Poor Gary.
MATT CHAPMAN: That horse's real name was Moonshadow, I believe.
MIKE CHAPMAN: That hor— That's not a horse. That's Matt's wife Jackie.
MATT CHAPMAN: Hey! {both laugh} You shall not recover from that one... {referring to Mendelev and Dongolev} That's Matt Gribbon and Matt Gribbon.
MIKE CHAPMAN: That horse's name is Matt Gribbon.
MATT CHAPMAN: {referring to Naked Ned} That horse's named Neil Steinberg. Neil would come over all the time and help us win games like Peasant's Quest when we were little.
MIKE CHAPMAN: King's Quest and Police Quest.
MATT CHAPMAN: Space Quest.
MIKE CHAPMAN: He was the best at video games.
MATT CHAPMAN: I ate that whole meatball sub way too quickly and felt really bad afterwards.
MIKE CHAPMAN: Impressive. I kinda wanted half of it and you ate both halves.
MATT CHAPMAN: {laughs} I got carried away. {pauses} Oh. Awww.
MIKE CHAPMAN: Look at our um, costume rental. We blew our whole— Uh, what do they call those things?
MATT CHAPMAN: Strident.
MIKE CHAPMAN: {laughs} Strident. Budget! Yeah, on the costume shop.
MATT CHAPMAN: Yeah. That Kerrek mask was— uh, was pricey.
MIKE CHAPMAN: The Kerrek mask— Oh, that— The peasant robe, our mom made that.
MATT CHAPMAN: Yeah, Mom made the peasant robe, which was very nice of her. I made that stop motion pterodactyl.
MIKE CHAPMAN: I made that computer Photoshopped Trogdor.
MATT CHAPMAN: I made moons. I made moons dazzle, Mike, with my performance.
MIKE CHAPMAN: {laughs} It's true.
MATT CHAPMAN: That was on top of a big hill on a construction site behind my house.
MIKE CHAPMAN: And that was supposed to be just a— He fell and it's like "Let's do this again," but liked that one the best.
MATT CHAPMAN: Yeah.
MIKE CHAPMAN: Wobbled...
MATT CHAPMAN: Oh. That's spooky. That sword was pretty awesome. We got real swords.
MIKE CHAPMAN: {simultaneously} It was a good sword.
MATT CHAPMAN: They obviously weren't sharpened, but they were metal. {snores}
Fun Facts
- Dad's Garage is an Atlanta based comedy and improv troupe.
External Links
Mirrors
- Coral Cache (Current version)
- JelloB.com Mirror (Original 13.1 MB toon)
- HSRForum.com Mirror (Original 13.1 MB toon)
