What if Doom invaded Real Life? This is the premise behind the fan-made short film "Doom Day
".
Now that'd be a problem, unless the ones facing the refugees from Doomland were two Doom fans. Enter Tennie and Hertog Jan, whose boring afternoon was interrupted by a Space Marine game of Capture the Flag!
Tropes used in this work:
- Acceptable Breaks from Reality: It portrays video game-style fights in real life, and the duo's speech is shown through Doom-style chat.
- Bloodless Carnage: Zig-zagged. Tennie and Hertog Jan don't bleed, while the people from the game do.
- Comedic Sociopathy: The first thing Hertog Jan does when he sees Tennie in "Doom-vision"? He starts punching him.
- Failed a Spot Check: Hertog Jan. Seriously, how can you not notice noisy Doom enemies roaming down the street, outside of your window?
- Mythology Gag: Before the final stand, Hertog Jan's "puzzled expression" is lifted straight from the Doomguy. However, the whole thing is Reference Overdosed.
- Pragmatic Adaptation: The Announcer Chatter voice is borrowed from Unreal Tournament.
- Pun-Based Title: Heh heh... Doom Day... doomsday... get it?
- Punch! Punch! Punch! Uh Oh...: After taking out some Space Marines, Tennie realises the last one of them has God Mode on.
- The Scapegoat: When Hertog Jan escapes with the Red Flag, Tennie just sits on a bench, shrugs it off, and points at his friend when an entire army of Red Space Marines starts chasing him down.
- Too Much Information: Tennie is introduced by coming out of the bathroom. It wouldn't bad enough by itself if it wasn't for the pretty explicit sound effects heard from said bathroom.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: The Doom Monsters?
They're still out there.
