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* MagicalProfanityFilter: Howie has a very bad cursing problem, and for the sake of Kwincy, he has the ability to self-censor himself. This means a ''lot'' of censor bleeps in his vocabularity.
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* "The Demon of Sweet Street" - Released October 22nd, 2021
* "Temper's Adventure 2: Part 1" - Released January 10th, 2022
* "Temper's Adventure 2: Part 1" - Released January 10th, 2022
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** "The Fight Before Christmas" ends this way, with [[spoiler:the other Fiends chucking Howie out of the house for ruining Slug-mas]].
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** "The Fight Before Christmas" ends this way, with [[spoiler:the other Fiends chucking throwing Howie out of to the house front yard for ruining Slug-mas]].the Slug-mas kerfuffle]].
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* "Slug Swap" - Released May 29, 2021
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* ShiftedToCGI: Inverted, "Slug Swap" changes to a flat art style, compared to the CGI style of the previous shorts.
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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Hank and Roger, two Slugs that are the worst when it comes to being antagonistic, even as much as they try. Despite being horrible at being bad, they still end up on top a lot of times, at least compared to the other Slugs.
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The web shorts often connect with the game, having their own page in the app to watch them, along with various challenges around the time of release that give trivia questions and Fiend outfits related to the short.
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* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: According to "Boot Camp", the slugs flat-out set themselves up to fail and get defeated by the Fiends. [[TallPoppySyndrome Those who succeed at the slugs' training gauntlet will simply be put through it again]] [[spoiler:only to get walloped worse than they would have been if they had just failed the first time]].
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* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: DiegeticSwitch: In "The Immortal Cockroach", Lapoleon puts on an instrumental record of [[StandardSnippet "La Vie en Rose"]] in the beginning of his introduction scene. It then switches to the background music for the majority of the short afterwards.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption:
** According to "Boot Camp", the slugs flat-out set themselves up to fail and get defeated by the Fiends. [[TallPoppySyndrome Those who succeed at the slugs' training gauntlet will simply be put through it again]] [[spoiler:only to get walloped worse than they would have been if they had just failed the firsttime]].time]].
** In "The Immortal Cockroach", every attempt to off Lapoleon by the Slugs is thwarted by pure luck, along with Lapoleon just straight up being unkillable.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: A majority of "The Immortal Cockroach" has the Slugs accidentally offing each other or themselves during their attempts to do the same to Lapoleon, all while all a bright and jazzy instrumental of [[StandardSnippet "La Vie en Rose"]] plays in the background.
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** "The Fight Before Christmas" ends this way, with [[spoiler:the other Fiends angrily throwing Howie out of the house for destroying Christmas]].
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** "The Fight Before Christmas" ends this way, with [[spoiler:the other Fiends angrily throwing chucking Howie out of the house for destroying Christmas]].ruining Slug-mas]].
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** "Boot Camp" and "Fort of Hard Knocks" focuses on the Slugs, only having the Fiends show up at the very end.
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** "Boot Camp" and "Fort of Hard Knocks" focuses on the Slugs, only having the Fiends show up at the very end. Meanwhile, "King Slug Industries" doesn't feature any Fiends, only focusing on the Slugs.
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* "King Slug Industries" - Released January 9, 2020
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* BadBoss: "King Slug Industries" reveals that King Slug is ''not'' a pleasant guy to work for.
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* {{Retraux}}: "King Slug Industries" uses old VHS effects for the orientation film and credits, to fit the "poor working environment" of the company.
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* "The Fight Before Christmas" - Released December 5, 2019
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* AnAssKickingChristmas: "The Fight Before Christmas" features Howie up against Slug Nick in a kung fu-esque fighting scene.
* BadSanta: Slug Nick, on principle of still being a slug, is not a nice guy, and ends up attacking Howie. However, [[spoiler:the other Fiends still see him as an average Santa figure, so they aren't too pleased with the resulting carnage]].
* BadSanta: Slug Nick, on principle of still being a slug, is not a nice guy, and ends up attacking Howie. However, [[spoiler:the other Fiends still see him as an average Santa figure, so they aren't too pleased with the resulting carnage]].
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** "The Fight Before Christmas" ends this way, with [[spoiler:the other Fiends angrily throwing Howie out of the house for destroying Christmas]].
* ChristmasEpisode: "The Fight Before Christmas", in a parody of ''Literature/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas''.
* ChristmasEpisode: "The Fight Before Christmas", in a parody of ''Literature/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas''.
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* LeavingFoodForSanta: "The Fight Before Christmas" has a plate of cookies left out for Slug Nick. [[spoiler:He eats them all in one go and smashes the plate over Howie's head.]]
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: In "The Immortal Cockroach", one of the attempts to off Lapoleon is a plate of poisoned fruit. The fruit itself is obviously wrong, coated in an obvious cloud of green poison, but Lapoleon, being a [[NighInvulnerable cockroach]], eats it no problem and ''belches out'' the poison. The Slug that was attempting to poison him is dumbfounded, and eats a remaining single cherry to see how he failed, only to immediately keel over.
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* CameraAbuse:
** "Howie's Gift" ends with a botched magic spell launching Howie into the camera, slowly sliding down in pain after.
** "The Immortal Cockroach" starts to end the same way, with an explosion launching Lapoleon into the camera. [[spoiler:Instead of reacting in pain, he simply peels himself off, dusts himself off from explosion ashes, and walks away as if nothing happened.]]
** "Howie's Gift" ends with a botched magic spell launching Howie into the camera, slowly sliding down in pain after.
** "The Immortal Cockroach" starts to end the same way, with an explosion launching Lapoleon into the camera. [[spoiler:Instead of reacting in pain, he simply peels himself off, dusts himself off from explosion ashes, and walks away as if nothing happened.]]
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* SomebodySetUpUsTheBomb: Hank and Roger's scheme in "The Immortal Cockroach", posing as delivery men to give Lapoleon a delivery. [[spoiler:Lapoleon's more irritated at how cliche the "bomb trick" is, rather than it being a bomb in itself, since he's immortal.]]
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* AnimatedAdaptation AnimatedAdaptation: Of the ''Best Fiends'' game.
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Starting in mid-2017, Seriously Entertainment teamed up with animation studio Creator/ReelFXCreativeStudios to create web shorts for ''VideoGame/BestFiends''.
Each short look into a snippet of Minutia. Whether looking at the lives of the Fiends, the Slugs attempting to thwart them, or a combination of the two, they highlight the personalities of the characters that are only small blips in the game.
The web shorts often connect with the game, having their own page in the app to watch them, along with various challenges around the time of release that give trivia questions and Fiend outfits related to the short.
The shorts themselves can be found on the game’s Website/YouTube account, the playlist containing them can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1f_4ljw6efAXndWWWyIWAVoGYXRf8N1O here.]]
[[folder:Shorts in the series]]
* "Boot Camp" – Released May 25, 2017
* "Visit Minutia" – Released September 1, 2017
* "Fort of Hard Knocks" – Released July 18, 2018
* "Baby Slug’s Day Out" – Released September 13, 2018
* "Howie’s Gift" – Released January 10, 2019
* "Temper’s Adventure" – Released June 27, 2019
* "The Immortal Cockroach" – Released September 12, 2019
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!!The shorts provide examples of:
* ADayInTheLimelight:
** "Boot Camp" and "Fort of Hard Knocks" focuses on the Slugs, only having the Fiends show up at the very end.
** "The Immortal Cockroach" focuses on Lapoleon, with him being the only Fiend in the short.
* AllCGICartoon: The series is done in all CGI, in contrast to the game’s 2D style.
* AnimatedAdaptation Of the ''Best Fiends'' game.
* AssassinationAttempt: The plot of "The Immortal Cockroach". The Slugs have a crack team of assassins sent out against Lapoleon, who they have mistaken for the Fiends’ leader. Unfortunately for the Slugs, he’s unkillable, being a cockroach.
* BigFancyHouse: "The Immortal Cockroach" reveals that Lapoleon lives in one.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: According to "Boot Camp", the slugs flat-out set themselves up to fail and get defeated by the Fiends. [[TallPoppySyndrome Those who succeed at the slugs' training gauntlet will simply be put through it again]] [[spoiler:only to get walloped worse than they would have been if they had just failed the first time]].
* HiddenPurposeTest: The short "Howie's Gift" tells the story about how Howie, the wizard lizard, managed to get his "greatest gift" when he was younger, going through three tests to prove that he is brave and kind of heart to earn a power beyond his wildest dream. It turns out [[spoiler:he was ''always'' a wizard. The gift was how he got his British accent]].
* SoundEffectBleep: The episodes bleep out Howie’s swearing, referencing how he’s forced to self-censor himself around the others thanks to his bad mouth.
* StandardSnippet: "The Immortal Cockroach" uses an instrumental of "La Vie en Rose" through the short, fitting Lapoleon’s French manner.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Hank and Roger, two Slugs that are the worst when it comes to being antagonistic, even as much as they try. Despite being horrible at being bad, they still end up on top a lot of times, at least compared to the other Slugs.
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Each short look into a snippet of Minutia. Whether looking at the lives of the Fiends, the Slugs attempting to thwart them, or a combination of the two, they highlight the personalities of the characters that are only small blips in the game.
The web shorts often connect with the game, having their own page in the app to watch them, along with various challenges around the time of release that give trivia questions and Fiend outfits related to the short.
The shorts themselves can be found on the game’s Website/YouTube account, the playlist containing them can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1f_4ljw6efAXndWWWyIWAVoGYXRf8N1O here.]]
[[folder:Shorts in the series]]
* "Boot Camp" – Released May 25, 2017
* "Visit Minutia" – Released September 1, 2017
* "Fort of Hard Knocks" – Released July 18, 2018
* "Baby Slug’s Day Out" – Released September 13, 2018
* "Howie’s Gift" – Released January 10, 2019
* "Temper’s Adventure" – Released June 27, 2019
* "The Immortal Cockroach" – Released September 12, 2019
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!!The shorts provide examples of:
* ADayInTheLimelight:
** "Boot Camp" and "Fort of Hard Knocks" focuses on the Slugs, only having the Fiends show up at the very end.
** "The Immortal Cockroach" focuses on Lapoleon, with him being the only Fiend in the short.
* AllCGICartoon: The series is done in all CGI, in contrast to the game’s 2D style.
* AnimatedAdaptation Of the ''Best Fiends'' game.
* AssassinationAttempt: The plot of "The Immortal Cockroach". The Slugs have a crack team of assassins sent out against Lapoleon, who they have mistaken for the Fiends’ leader. Unfortunately for the Slugs, he’s unkillable, being a cockroach.
* BigFancyHouse: "The Immortal Cockroach" reveals that Lapoleon lives in one.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: According to "Boot Camp", the slugs flat-out set themselves up to fail and get defeated by the Fiends. [[TallPoppySyndrome Those who succeed at the slugs' training gauntlet will simply be put through it again]] [[spoiler:only to get walloped worse than they would have been if they had just failed the first time]].
* HiddenPurposeTest: The short "Howie's Gift" tells the story about how Howie, the wizard lizard, managed to get his "greatest gift" when he was younger, going through three tests to prove that he is brave and kind of heart to earn a power beyond his wildest dream. It turns out [[spoiler:he was ''always'' a wizard. The gift was how he got his British accent]].
* SoundEffectBleep: The episodes bleep out Howie’s swearing, referencing how he’s forced to self-censor himself around the others thanks to his bad mouth.
* StandardSnippet: "The Immortal Cockroach" uses an instrumental of "La Vie en Rose" through the short, fitting Lapoleon’s French manner.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Hank and Roger, two Slugs that are the worst when it comes to being antagonistic, even as much as they try. Despite being horrible at being bad, they still end up on top a lot of times, at least compared to the other Slugs.
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