Texas: Aw man, I been waitin' fo' this since 1845!
"The Great State Fight" is a short animation made by Paul Jury of PandaSmashTV in 2011 to advertise his book States of Confusion. In this short, states start arguing with each other until someone calls another state a communist (gasp!), launching a full-scale brawl among the states. Hilarity Ensues.
The original short can be found here
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- Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: A few states are differentiated by something they wear; Nevada a bow, Texas a cowboy hat, and Iowa a bicycle helmet. The others are differentiated by bodily features: New Mexico has a mustache, Vermont has a bowl cut, and New Jersey has six-pack abs.
- Blood Knight: Texas is portrayed this way.Texas: Aw man, I been waitin' fo' this since 1845!
- Butt-Monkey: Oregon gets thrown into the sea early on.
- Camp Gay: Vermont, who has a bowl cut hairstyle and speaks with a lisp.Georgia: Why don't you get yourself some more gay marriages, huh Vermont?
Vermont: [gasp] You did not just go there! - Description Cut: Connecticut calls the states "all a bunch of idiots." Cut to Iowa mooing.
- Gasp!: By forty-six states after Mississippi calls Alabama a communist.
- Grievous Harm with a Body: Of a state variety. Texas hits New Mexico, Louisiana, and Arkansas with Oklahoma.
- Groin Attack: Florida hits Louisiana twice using this.
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Hilarious in Hindsight: This exchange, after Georgia voted Democratic in multiple races in 2020. note Illinois: Blue States!
Ohio: Red States!
Georgia: You're not even a real red state! - Improbable Weapon User: A few:
- Kansas stabs Missouri with a corn-cob.
- Maryland tells Virginia and West Virginia to "Eat crabcakes!" before using herself as a rapid-fire gun.
- Idaho blows Wyoming's eye off with a potato.
- Texas uses Oklahoma to bash New Mexico, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
- New Hampshire and Vermont pour boiling maple syrup on Massachusetts. Massachusetts later becomes a flamethrower himself.
- Minnesota attacks Wisconsin and Iowa with politicians.
- Limited Animation: The mouths are ellipses that shrink and stretch for limited lip-syncing, though there are idle poses in which they are simply smiling, and at one point they even frown.
- National Stereotypes: Rather, state stereotypes, used for many jokes:California: That's it Arizona! We're boycottin' you!
Arizona: Pff, good luck doing without P.F. Chang's! - Really Gets Around:
- Alabama accuses Mississippi of this, which leads to her calling him a communist.
- Implied with Nevada, if this is to go by.Have unprotected sex with me. Come on. I dare you.
- Squashed Flat: Hawaii at the end by Alaska, who awkwardly grins as the cover of States of Confusion comes up.
- Stop Hitting Yourself: Michigan's lower peninsula fights with her upper peninsula with hockey sticks for a moment.Wait a minute...
- Tempting Fate: South Dakota after North Dakota launches a few nukes.Ha-ha! We got no people here!
[nukes land on South Dakota]
Oh no Sioux Falls! - Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: Nevada has a bow, blushing cheeks, and a red mouth, while every other state has a black mouth.
- [Verb] This!: Said by New York.New Jersey: Come at me bro, come at me!
New York: Occupy this! [punches New Jersey] - Visual Pun: "Blue States!" Illinois is literally blue, and "Red States!" Ohio is literally red. Georgia calls out Ohio for not being a real red state, despite being purple himself.
