One of Easter minigames where the player has to tilt the screen in order to keep an egg in the spoon. This animation published by Australian train company, Metro Trains Melbourne, is called Dumb Ways to Die. Otherwise the locomotive will be burnt inside and will release two pieces of halved Putz out of its chimney, resulting in failure. Lubitz whom Mescall describes as hugely important to the songs success was paid a simple session fee for one days work. One of Euro Summer 2019 minigames where the player must help Stumble get to the top of the Eiffel Tower by tapping left and right in turn to go up. Doofus has another minigame where he throws a nest of wasps in the air. Winning results in the Panda coming in. Visit the multiplayer challenge arena and battle against your friends. If an egg is painted before the time runs out, Bungle will win the 1st prize with his painted egg, gaining congratulation with claps and the falling confetti, the egg is placed below the pedestal with the blue medal attached on a red cushion above it. The player must safely guide him to an ambulance by dragging a trampoline. But if a rotten egg is taken, or if not all of the good eggs are taken, he will eat a rotten egg but then barf just like in the original music video, resulting in failure. This was probably the most pure project Ive ever worked on in my life.. Safety-Rail Showdown Stumble has a train safety minigame along with Mishap and Lax where he has to touch they empty railing by holding the screen. If the egg isn't painted enough after the time runs out, Bungle will accidentally crack the egg while painting with a brush, as soon as he will toss out the egg with his disappointment, the egg will hit the dryer button and the dryer will closed, causing him to stuck in it with his blood and spliting a pair of his arms away from his body, resulting in failure. During the intro of the minigame, Dunce is holding a lit matchstick on one of his hands and is about to light the candle(s). [29] They have recently been uploading shorts of ingame characters dying in real life. One of Europe-themed minigames where the player must help Stumble get to the top of the Eiffel Tower by tapping left and right in turn to go up. Reference was made specifically to the claimed 20 per cent reduction in risky behaviour as being "social media bullshit".[39]. If the player spins the wrong way or doesn't spin at all, Bungle explodes in a flash of blood, resulting in failure. This minigame is discontinued. Otherwise he will fly away with his flying sleigh containing aligned presents, with his red-nosed moose. This minigame is discontinued. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! One of Euro Summer 2019 minigames where the player uses their finger to keep Numpty from being hit by the raging bulls. Stumble likes listening to dubstep music on his headphones while standing dangerously close to the edge of the platform for his train. If any of them fall off the platform, Stumble will get killed by a train and the player loses, like in the video. If the player misses one, the bear will eat Hapless head off, resulting in failure. This minigame is discontinued. Its been a funny thing in my life, Lubitz says. Otherwise he will knock Lax down, resulting in failure. There is another minigame for Hapless where the player has to help him pass a sleeping bear without waking it up. The game is recently also available as a web and mobile-web version by MarketJS, license holder of the HTML5 web IP. At the risk of sounding terribly retro and Web 2.0, it's a bona fide viral sensation. If the player taps too early, too late or if they don't tap at all, he will be hit by a train again, resulting in failure. If so, Hapless will wake up and see some melted eggs. If the player wins, the crocodile kisses Dummkopf, and Dummkopf gets pleased. "[8] Alice Clarke writing in the Herald Sun described the video as "adorably morbid" and wrote that Victoria's public transport "broke its long running streak of terrible ads". If all the candles are lighted before the time runs out, Dunce will appeal himself with a wink and smile to Ninny and Ninny will be impressed by him. The player has to guide their character in a 3D race against other characters to the finish line while avoiding the obstacles. Otherwise, Stumble falls through the floor under the weight of the weight he's lifting, resulting in failure. Stumble is a Common bean in Dumb Ways to Die 3: World Tour. If he gets to the top before the time runs out, he meets Calamity holding a croissant and she shares it with him, having a romantic moment with each other. Otherwise, Clod will come behind the bloody bouquet with gold and murder Bonehead Offscreen, resulting in failure. Clod also has another minigame in which the player must use their finger to guide a small light around a dark room to find him. This minigame is discontinued. One of Halloween minigames where the player has to drag the bag to catch the falling candies. The player has three chances to prevent the characters from dying.[22]. The animated personages demonstrate dangerous ways of suicide in attractive for children and teenagers comic format. If the player wins, a real Moose will show up and fall in love with him. The campaign's animation was developed into an app available to iOS devices.[1]. Dumb Ways to Die, as a whole, is still considered one of the most successful Australian advertising campaigns. Reportedly, there is a sequel game released on Android/iOS devices, Dumb Ways to Die 2 the Games. Lubitz says that the studio which she speaks highly of has approached her to sing more, but shes yet to sign on. If the player doesn't move the beans after the time runs out, Mishap will run with a hotdog and run over Phyllis as the cane and toilet paper get thrown and she will fall onto the floor and bleed, resulting in failure. Otherwise, Doomed will get hit by a bat and bleed, resulting in failure. There's a winter-themed minigame where the player has to drag the 3 Putzs below the ledge, similar to Stumble's first minigame. Otherwise, Dunce will again bleed and faint again, resulting in failure. Dumb Ways to Die, as a whole, is still considered one of the most successful Australian advertising campaigns. The player must connect all the wires in the right order. The cartoon that accompanied the song, released in 2012, featured colourful, blobby characters doing the dumb activities featured in the lyrics things like setting fire to their hair, eating tubes of Super Glue and using their private parts as piranha bait. This minigame is discontinued. Spell "PATIENCE" by tapping the missing letters in the correct order. Hapless has an around-the-world mini-game, this time, he must climb up a mountain. Other prominent spin-offs include Dumb Ways to Die: Wire Walk for Apple TV, Dumb Ways to Die JR, Dumb Ways To Draw, and Dumb Ways To Dash! And Mescall, who now works as global executive creative director in McCanns New York office, says hes ultimately happy that the safety message is still resonating with people today. The minigame stars an exclusive character, Phoney, blue and on a mobile phone. If it is fed well, Hapless approaches toward the bear, then opens his mouth and looks upward. In the Dumb Ways to Die app, if you look very closely in his minigame, one smile is slightly bigger than the other Stumbles. The song's lyrics contains a description of different ways of committing suicide, such as: using drugs beyond their expiration date, standing on an edge of a platform, running across the rails, eating superglue and other. Stumble has a Lunar New Year minigame, which is similar to his second one. The combination of impossibly endearing character design and an irresistibly catchy song has rendered Dumb Ways to Die a runaway success, notching up over 8.5 million views (and counting) in a few days. If successful, they will put the weight down. Similar to Putz's game, the minigames involves matching the wires to their correct color. Dash through crazy and chaotic levels as you compete against others as your favourite Bean. This minigame is discontinued. The animated video has two versions, one in English, and one in Spanish, titled "Formas Tontas de Morir. If it was traced correctly, Calamity will unfold the paper heart chain and then be pleased at it. If the player wins, the rattlesnake will eat the hot dog and Mishap will pet the rattlesnake. "[37], The campaign received some criticism on the basis that suicide is one of the most influential causes of rail trauma, and the ad reinforces deadly trains as a possible suicide method. contain an incitement to commit those acts. One of Halloween minigames where him knocking the nails on the plank, which serves as a barricade to his door from the zombies. He has semi-long yellow hair that covers his eyes; sometimes he holds a black phone with red earbuds plugged in it. If they enter safely, the train doors close and the train leaves the platform. This minigame is discontinued. Otherwise he will bounce out of the crashed plane, then get decapitated in the first bounce, as soon as his head will follow the last bounce and will leave a blood trail after landing on the road, resulting in failure. This minigame is discontinued. It also had a colouring section to colour and share drawings as well as a "trace the picture" section, in which the player is required to hold the screen until a line of sufficient length is drawn to trace the given diagram. His favourite song goes like this Boom-ticker-ticker-boom-ticker-ticker boomahhhhhhhhh!Dumb Ways to Die: Crazy Chronicles Activity Journal. One of Valentine's Day minigames where the player has to trace the line to cut out the paper heart just like Mishap's minigame Tube Snake. On TikTok, the song is being used to soundtrack videos of people hurting themselves in particularly dumb ways whether backflipping directly onto their head on a trampoline or somehow getting their neck stuck in a car headrest. After his death, his disfiguration comes from the wheels of the train, as he was sliced in three portions. Stumble starred in a video in response to the Ice Bucket Challenge. 28 million views within its first couple of weeks on YouTube, selling a line of NFTs based on the game characters. One of animal-themed minigames where the player has to flick a steak to feed bear(s) that is opening own mouth. One of Christmas minigames where the player must tilt the screen in order to keep his stepladder from him falling over. About this game. If all the jellyfish are flicked away, Dippy will get on the shore and give a sea turtle a high five. Here is a list of the Characters in the Dumb Ways to Die series. If you win, he dodges a shark and continues surfing. Available to watch on YouTube at The Movie Maniacs channel. This minigame is discontinued. In this minigame, the player has to keep Dunce's hand away from the trap. Otherwise, he will fall and then he will get sliced by a net below the Eiffel Tower, resulting in failure. Stumble has a train safety minigame along with Mishap and Lax where he has to touch they empty railing by holding the screen. Many animals mentioned, for instance, are not native to Australia; the animated characters are deliberately without gender or ethnicity; and fans were encouraged to mess with it via covers and parodies from the get-go. Stand on the edge of a train station platform, Disturb a nest of wasps for no good reason, Drive around the boomgates at a level crossing, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. One of the around-the-world minigames where Dippy is in the sea with some jellyfish. Otherwise, he will notice that Clod is stealing eggs and leaves the place, breaking the window bloodily, resulting in failure. The player has to tap the screen to stop them. Otherwise he will knock Lax down, resulting in failure. Old habits die hard, and some habits will get you killed. Emily Lubitz from Tinpan Orange, performing at the Port Fairy Folk Festival in 2016.Credit: Vicky Hughson. If he is over the area after the time runs out, he lands on the area safely and walks toward a nearby brown table, as soon as he takes a cup of a drink on it. If the player lets one of the burgers burn, the barbecue grill will burn and Dummkopf will turn into a skeleton again, resulting in failure. The player must feed Pillock the unexpired medicine. If they succeed, Numpty will successfully catch the firework and throw it in the air again. There are three doors, two with Clods and one with an innocent Panda. The player must tilt their device to help Stumble keep his balance. If the players loses, a Chinese Dragon will crush Stumble who bleeds, resulting in failure. If he does it makes it to the top, he shares a croissant and a romantic moment with Calamity. If he falls, he will get eaten once again, resulting in failure, but this time by a shark. Dumb Ways To Die is an Australian public campaign made by Metro Trains in Melbourne, Victoria, to promote railway safety. [60], On 17 October 2014, the Dumb Ways to Die website was revamped to tease a new installment of the campaign. Otherwise, the light bulb, Christmas tree, wreath, and panel starts to burn, resulting in failure. There is another minigame where the player has to guide Dippy's boat with a hole in it to the island by swiping right. Botch has another minigame where he's riding the moose. Moustache Song. He's one of the beans with the most minigames, with a total of 8. Players will need to tilt, blow on, and tap their device to survive an endless sequence of absurd, death-defying mini-games. He also has a summer minigame where he must stay on the surfboard. If they don't pulls up all bunnies after the time runs out, or a pulls up a piranha, Dippy will notice that a bunny-eared piranha is watching him, and the pack of piranhas will jump out of the machine and will brutally and bloodily attack and punch him, resulting in failure. If it was either held before the sign or not held at all, Bonehead's car along with his mate will fall from the edge of the cliff and make a heart-shaped smoke after landing on the ground, resulting in failure. If it was held correctly, he and his mate will look at the landscape in a car on the edge of the cliff and then leaning on each other, making a heart sign above them. Like the original game, the game's characters do plenty of dangerous and unsafe activities. The campaign, created in conjunction with Melbourne ad agency McCann, has now inspired a series of print ads - and they're just as brilliant. One of animal-themed minigames where he have to pet porcupines but only when they are calm. If Dunce's hand gets in the trap, his arm will be bitten off, resulting in failure. He is the only character to jump in the third row without. [24][25], A spinoff was also released, titled Dumb Ways to Draw on 5 May 2019. One of Euro Summer 2019 minigames where the player has to quickly circle their finger clockwise in order to get Putz to cycle fast before the timer runs out. Guiding him to his phone will make him dancing, resulting in the level complete. If all petals are plucked out before time runs out, Dippy will be pleased at seeing a flower with no petals left, as soon as the piranhas will swim around him, making a heart shape. Doing nothing in the minigame correctly will result in a rainbow appearing above the Earth. This minigame is discontinued. Its also being used for socially or emotionally dumb situations, like a man complaining about being tired to his pregnant partner. New way to die. One of Summer minigames involves him surfing the waves. [26], Another spinoff, titled Dumb Ways to Dash was released on 13 December 2019. The player must move the three Stumbles below the yellow line into dotted circles, or else the Stumbles will fall off. The player has to spread butter on a pan by tilting the screen. In this minigame, the Bonehead is driving on the road but in reversed way, where the player has to tap the screen to help Bonehead switch lanes to dodge all the oncoming cars. This minigame is discontinued. Stumble is sliced into three pieces by the wheels of a train. Otherwise, he changes his headgear again, but in an unpleased way and then gets shot, resulting in failure. Otherwise he will knock Lax down, resulting in failure. Stupe also has another minigame where he's flying his plane throughout the cactus area. It is encouraging the safety points of behaviour . The minigame stars Klaus, where the player must tap at a right timing of when his body is blinking. Note that a character's name in italic text means that their name has not been officially confirmed by Metro Trains Melbourne nor PlaySide Studios yet. If the player lets Numpty touch the ground, he will fall flat on his face, and the ambulance will run over him before leaving again, resulting in failure. This minigame is discontinued. Now its going viral again. Within 24 hours of its launch in November 2012, the "Dumb Ways to Die" song reached the top 10 chart of iTunes. As they board the train, the aim is to get them to jump over the gap and safely into the train, by tapping anywhere on the screen to jump. If done successfully, then Putz will grab the hippo-shaped balloons and float back to the original side. If the egg stays on the spoon after the time runs out, Numpty will toss the egg with his spoon onto his head, extinguishing the fire. [7] It was performed by Emily Lubitz, the lead vocalist of Tinpan Orange, with McGill providing backing vocals. Some people remember singing the song at school or liking the video. Within two weeks, the video had spawned over 85 parodies. Pillock (Eat medicine that's out of date), Dippy (Use your private parts as piranha bait), Dummkopf (Get your toast out with a fork), Lax (Eat a two-week old unrefrigerated pie), Doomed (Scratch a drug dealer's brand new ride), Numskull (Take your helmet off in outer space), Bungle (Use a clothes dryer as a hiding place), Dunce (Sell both your kidneys on the internet), Ninny (I wonder what's this red button do? The player must control Putz (with his balloons) by tapping/pressing the screen to let him lift. The player must nail all the boards so that the zombies wont get him. This minigame has the player rescue Numpty from a burning building. This minigame is discontinued. You must tap at the right time so that Stumble can cross the railroad safely, or he will be hit by a train, resulting in failure. With it blowing up all over again, however, the original creators of the franchise arent the ones seeing any financial benefit. In need of some good news? This minigame is discontinued. Introduced in August 2014. The campaign's animation was developed into an app available to iOS devices. If they succeed, Lax will patch up the leak(s), sigh in relief, and then look at Dunce and Ninny, who seem upset at him. If successful, they will put the weight down. In the success scene of the minigame "Porcupine Pet," Stumble will pet a porcupine who will have a hairdo just like him, and Stumble will take a picture on his phone. The Metro Trains has also published a number of other videos on its YouTube channel, "Dumb Ways to Die", including the trailers of the second game, a video centered on the MIFF, a series of Christmas-themed short videos, Halloween-themed videos, and some other videos centered on Train Safety.
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