History WebAnimation / DiamondJack

* AmbiguousTimePeriod: The classic luxurious setting and big band musical score evoke a time before the 21st century, not to mention the lack of any modern-day technology.

** The thief is 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘺 taken aback in a few instances whenever her plan seems to go South.

** The thief gets *slightly* taken aback a few instances whenever her plan seems to go South.

** The wealthy patrons at the Plaza are utterly horrified to discover that the prized jewel has disappeared. The old man starts [[OverlyNervousFlopSweat sweating bullets.]]
** The thief whenever her plan seems to go South.

* AmbiguousTimePeriod: The classic luxurious setting and jazzy musical score evoke a time before the 21st century.

** The wealthy patrons at the Plaza are utterly horrified to discover that the prized jewel has disappeared.
** The thief has a few of these whenever her plan seems to go South.

* AmbiguousTimePeriod: The classic luxurious setting and jazzy music score evoke a time before the 21st century. [[WordOfGod Word Of God]] says it's loosely based on TheRoaringTwenties.

* AmbiguousTimePeriod: The classy aesthetic and jazzy song along with the absence of modern 21st century technology points to the story being set sometime in the early-mid 20th century. WordOfGod says it's loosely based on TheRoaringTwenties.

** The wealthy woman and short elderly man at the Plaza when they see that the diamond had disappeared. The latter even had OverlyNervousFlopSweat.
** The thief has a few of these whenever her plan seems to go South; all this amounts to is a shocked expression until outwitting the cops once more.

* {{Animesque}}: Its art style is heavily inspired by the works of Creator/OsamuTezuka and the thief and detective’s dynamic blatantly alludes to [[Franchise/LupinIII Lupin and Zenigata]].

* {{Animesque}}: Its art style is heavily inspired by the works of Creator/OsamuTezuka and the thief’s and detective’s dynamic blatantly alludes to Franchise/LupinIII.

* {{Animesque}}: Its art style is heavily inspired by the works of Creator/OsamuTezuka and the thief’s and detective’s dynamic is blatantly a nod to Franchise/Lupin lll.

* {{Animesque}}: Its art style is heavily inspired by the works of Creator/OsamuTezuka and the thief’s and detective’s dynamic is blatantly a nod to Franchise/Lupinlll.

* {{Animesque}}: The style and character designs were inspired by the works of Creator/OsamuTezuka as well as Franchise/LupinIII. Its more western look could be attributed to Tezuka basing his manga and anime off of UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation from the 1930s and 1940s which would be fitting given the time period of the animated short.

Published on May 11th, 2017 by Rachel Kim as a third year college project, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRpiBvwKX6c Diamond Jack]] is a short animation depicting an [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep unnamed thief]] stealing a diamond from a hotel while being pursued by a detective.

* AmbiguousTimePeriod: The classy aesthetic and jazzy song along with the absence of modern 21st century technology points to the story being set sometime in the early-mid 20th century. WordOfGod says it’s loosely based on TheRoaringTwenties.

* DoubleMeaning: At one point the lyrics go, “Won’t stop until I win the race, although I may have crossed the line” which can be interpreted as the thief simply winning the race or her considering that her actions may have gone too far.

* IncrediblyObviousBomb: Averted [[spoiler: though after you spot the two bits of Foreshadowing it’s impossible not to notice.]]

* PercussiveMaintenance: In the casino the thief hits an old woman’s slot machine which apparently makes her a winner.

->''"Nothin' left to do but try to take the leap and follow through… [[Main/{{Determinator}} and that's exactly what I’ll do!]]"''

-> "Nothin’ left to do but try to take the leap and follow through… [[Main/{{Determinator}} and that's exactly what I’ll do!]]"
-->-- The Thief when stealing the diamond

!!This song/animation provides examples of

* WinkDing: Surprisingly subverted as the thief does wink but instead of it being in sync with the classic, “ding!” the wink is used to portray a {{beat}} in the animation.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: The first time you see the diamond you can see small hinges indicating something inside]] and [[spoiler: later when the detective enter the casino a slot machine rolls diamond, bomb, bomb.]]

Published on May 11th, 2017 by RachelKim as a third year college project, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRpiBvwKX6c Diamond Jack]] is a short, fun animation depicting an [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep unnamed thief]] stealing a diamond from a hotel while being pursued by a detective.