Sweeping Changes is a live-action You Tube skit in which Tim Gallagher plays a husband who intends to replace his 4 vacuum cleaners with a robot vacuum, leading the vacuums to rebel against him. Hilarity ensues.
This video contains examples of
- Brains and Brawn: Stanley lampshades this trope:Stanley: I don't know, but I think we need some muscle - Big 5, we need you!Rosie: I wanna help!Candice: This may be too dangerous, Rosie.Stanley: Big 5, Big 5!Big 5: You called?Stanley: We've got a job to do.
- Four-Temperament Ensemble: The four vacuums embody this trope.
- Rosie happily joins in with the other vacuums despite her small size (sanguine)
- Stanley is angry and vengeful towards Tim, because he intends to replace him with a robot vacuum (choleric)
- Candice doesn’t do much of the actual fighting and mostly acts on behalf of the others (phlegmatic)
- Big 5 only joins in the battle as a support in the last minute (melancholic)
- Gender-Equal Ensemble: Among the 6 characters, there are 3 males (Homeowner, Stanley, and Big 5), and 3 females (Hilda, Candice, and Rosie).
- Meaningful Name: All the vacuums have this. Stanley is the standard, Candice is a canister, Rosie is red, and Big 5 is a 5-gallon shop vac.
