Line #20 Advertising/Cryptoland


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3	->'''Connie:''' ''Ahem,'' wel-coin to Cryptoland!
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5	[[https://cryptoland.is/ Cryptoland]] was a planned island resort (originally intended to be in UsefulNotes/{{Fiji}}) for UsefulNotes/{{Bitcoin}} and general cryptocurrency enthusiasts, billed by project founders Max Olivier and Helena Lopez as "the first physical crypto island". It was first publicly unveiled in November 2021, presented in a [[AllCGICartoon computer-animated short film]] exploring the founders' apparent vision for the island together with an additional mostly documentary presentation afterward. The full animation is 16 minutes long, but the version shown alongside the presentation was cut down to 10 minutes.
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7	In the animated short film, a "crypto-degen" named Christopher travels to the island, meets his old friend [[PunnyName Connie]] [[AnthropomorphicPersonification (an anthropomorphic crypto coin)]] who shows him around, and experiences Cryptoland through a rather trippy sequence of in-jokes, musical numbers, and surreal self-aggrandizement.
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9	The official [=YouTube=] channel with the videos can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/@cryptolanders here]].
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11	!!Tropes found in the presentation:
12	* ALizardNamedLiz: A coin named Connie.
13	* BizarreAndImprobableGolfGame: In the Bitcoin Cash Super Golf area, Connie hits a golf ball really high into the air, then it bounces off the word "FAST" and a melex, making it fly for a while, and still manages to land in a hole.
14	* BuildLikeAnEgyptian: The pyramid in which you gamble with pinball machines is modeled after the Egyptian pyramids. Adding to the theme is that it has a lot of sand around it and a statue of a man wearing stereotypical Egyptian clothes is in front of it.
15	* CallARabbitASmeerp: The talking seagulls are referred to as "hackers", presumably because they specifically try to steal people's crypto wallets.
16	* DisembodiedEyebrows: Connie has a detached pair of eyebrows levitating above his coin body.
17	* DisguisedInDrag: Connie is seen inexplicably disguised as a flight stewardess when Christopher first lands, although Christopher recognizes him almost immediately.
18	* DreamWorksFace: Connie sometimes dons one, most infamously when Bianca reveals her name.
19	* DroppedInSpeechClip: When Christopher is handed his keys, an audio clip of cryptocurrency advocate Andreas Antonopoulos saying "Your keys, your Bitcoin. Not your keys, not your bitcoin!" comes out of Connie's mouth.
20	* FeatheredFiend: The talking seagulls residing around the island, known as "hackers", are generally frowned upon for stealing people's cryptocurrency and [=NFTs=]. At one point, a seagull steals Bianca's hardware wallet.
21	* FireworksOfLove: At the end, as Christopher and Bianca share a ride into the sunset on a Cryptokitty float and hold each other, fireworks go off.
22	* GISSyndrome: It has been discovered that most of the 3D assets used in the video were either purchased from sites like Turbosquid, or taken from elsewhere on the internet and used without permission or credit.
23	* IAmGreatSong: The musical number in the middle of the short, where Connie sings about how Cryptoland's facilities give people what it takes to be a crypto-investor, and Christopher (backed by an ensemble of other Cryptolanders) sings about how great life is in Cryptoland and how he never wants to leave.
24	-->'''Christopher:''' ''Crypto is in my chromosooooome!''
25	* IndecisiveParody: Despite Cryptoland being a seemingly genuine attempt at establishing a physical place for crypto investors, the animation satirizes the very thing it was meant to promote; from the constant over-the-top crypto in-jokes to repeated HypocriticalHumor like the ''actual pyramid'' dedicated to cryptocurrency scams and the name of Connie himself having a DoubleEntendre as a PunnyName on "con".
26	* LivingCurrency: Connie the crypto coin.
27	* LosingHorns: The losing horns from ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' plays when Cristopher tells Connie he needs to take security more seriously.
28	* MusicalisInterruptus: A bizarre instance occurs during the mid-short IAmGreatSong about Cryptoland; Connie [[MoodWhiplash abruptly interrupts]] his own slow, vaguely bluesy number with a much more bombastic and up-tempo song ToTheTuneOf [[Film/{{Grease}} "You're The One I Want"]] where Chris and the Cryptolander ensemble take the lead. The extended cut reveals that this is the product of an entire verse between the two being cut out for the presentation version.
29	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Connie is heavily reminiscent of Creator/RobinWilliams's performance as [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} the Genie]], or at least that was the apparent intention.
30	* ParodiesForDummies: One of the books Connie had to read to make Cryptoland is “SEC for Dummies”.
31	* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Connie's password is "sexycryptoboy123", which he took from a bench on the island.
32	* PooledFunds: The "De-Stress Room" is full of physical Bitcoins. Christopher takes the opportunity to swim in it.
33	* ProudToBeAGeek: Christopher, as he describes himself in the opening narration, is a "crypto-degen" with a "crush for cryptokitties"[[note]]"Cryptokitties" is the name of an interactive collection of cat [=NFTs=] (which the floats at the end are based on)[[/note]] According to him, whenever he goes out in public and buys something, he always asks if he can pay in cryptocurrency just so he can [[CharacterFilibuster explain at length what is.]]
34	* SentientVehicle: Among the different species residing on Cryptoland are sentient Lamborghini convertibles who speak via mouths formed out of their front bumpers. The yellow one that shuttles Connie and Christopher around likes to yell “To the moon!”, much to Connie's annoyance.
35	* SpontaneousChoreography: A throng of Cryptolanders suddenly burst into choreographed song-and-dance on the beach with Connie and Christopher during the musical number.
36	* TechBro: Christopher generally acts like a cryptocurrency-obsessed fratboy from the moment he introduces himself to the audience.
37	* ToiletHumour: When Christopher asks Connie where he gets his ideas, Connie looks at a public restroom labeled "[[{{Pun}} Shitcoin]]". The camera zooms in on [[OnlyUsefulAsToiletPaper a roll of US dollar bills labeled "Wipe paperrr"]] with an angry Wojak printed above.
38	-->'''Connie''': [[YouDontWantToKnow Iiii'm not gonna tell you where]].
39	* TokenRomance: The romance subplot with Chris and Bianca is completely unrelated to presentation's aim of showing off Cryptoland. [[FlatCharacter Bianca herself]] exists solely to be Chris' "plus-one", appearing only to interact with him.
40	* ToTheTuneOf: The second half of the musical number uses the melody and instrumentation of [[Film/{{Grease}} "You're The One I Want"]] wholesale, only changing the lyrics. The outro after the break does the same with the final bars of "Prince Ali" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''.

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