[17] Within the app, players can also pledge to "not do dumb stuff around trains. If so, Stumble will leave the train and arrive at the station and get upset. This is the only mini-game that doesn't actually show the character. Dumb Ways to Dash is a brand new crazy 3D race runner game from the world of Dumb Ways To Die. [47] Some renditions and parodies have been featured in national and international media: Due to their success, the Dumb Ways to Die characters have been featured in a promotional campaign for Empire Life Insurance, with their key message being, "the dumbest way to die is without life insurance. The official takedown notice sent to Livejournal.com was quoted, in part, by Lebedev in his blog. Although John Mescall, who created the concept for Metro with advertising agency McCann Australia, isn't so sure everyone sharing the song on social media over the past few weeks knows about its origins. The ad agency including Mescall who came up with the idea and wrote the song lyrics was paid an initial flat fee for the project including all copyright. There can be as little as 2 and as many as 6 upon the game getting faster. Putting the potions in the potion in the correct order turns Ninny into a werewolf and then he howls. At the time, PlaySide called it a strategic mobile franchise acquisition and spoke about growing the brand. An Android version was released in September 2013. Scrub the screen to wipe the snot off the screen. The video was animated by Julian Frost and produced by Cinnamon Darvall. This minigame is discontinued. Stop the blood by holding a finger over every hole and leaving it there until time runs out. Dummkopf has another minigame where he washes dishes and the player must not let any appliances fall into the sink by dragging them. One of Christmas minigames where him putting up Christmas lights that wrapping his own Christmas tree. If so, Knucklehead as a guard, will insult Crash telling him about not skating. Reading the lyrics in the studio, I didnt think much of it, Lubitz says, laughing. "[3] McCann estimated that within two weeks, it had generated at least $50 million worth of global media value in addition to more than 700 media stories, for "a fraction of the cost of one TV ad". Dumb Ways To Die Fanon Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. If he hits one, he gets hit by the drug dealers car and pushed into the screen, resulting in failure. "[18][19] The activities include things like getting toast out with a fork and poking a stick at a grizzly bear. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. [26], Another spinoff, titled Dumb Ways to Dash was released on 13 December 2019. This minigame is discontinued. Dumb Ways to Die for Android - Download the APK from Uptodown This minigame has the player rescue Numpty from a burning building. Otherwise, if Putz falls in the water, goes to far offscreen, or the timer runs out, then Putz falls in the water and is squished by two hippo bottoms and splits in half, resulting in failure. Reference was made specifically to the claimed 20 per cent reduction in risky behaviour as being "social media bullshit".[39]. [29] They have recently been uploading shorts of ingame characters dying in real life. Players will need to tilt, blow on, and tap their device to survive an endless sequence of absurd, death-defying mini-games. [33], Logan Booker of Gizmodo described it as "taking a page out of the Happy Tree Friends book and mixing cute with horrifying". If the player destroys all the asteroids, Numskull can safely ride the asteroid. Otherwise, he falls and gets sliced by the safety net. Otherwise he will knock Lax down, resulting in failure. Otherwise, he explodes in a flash of blood again, resulting in failure. [35] Stocks attributed the success to "A snappy headline. If the player succeed, a piece of toast will fall and Dummkopf will catch it with a fork and eat it. [1][9] Draw lines with your pencil and save the beans with your sketch! [When it first came out], some advertising agency in America got in touch, trawled through my bands songs, and we got a sync on a Samsung ad. Lubitz whom Mescall describes as hugely important to the songs success was paid a simple session fee for one days work. With Rhonda Pownall. The lives of those DWTD characters are now in your hands! He is sometimes seen with a peanut-shaped body. The player must move the three Stumbles below the yellow line into dotted circles, or else the Stumbles will fall off. In 2021, the rail network sold all Dumb Ways to Die assets and copyright to Melbourne game developers PlaySide Studios for a reported $2.25 million. If he hits nothing for the whole time, he will get into one of four straight roads as soon as he will watch the movie on the drive-in theater, which is showing the Numpty running toward the camera. If the player doesn't, the volleyball will bounce away and Doomed will go and get it but gets ran over by the drug dealer's van, leaving blood behind, resulting in failure. Otherwise, Stumble falls through the floor under the weight of the weight he's lifting, resulting in failure. This minigame is discontinued. 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. The player must drag all of the beans away from Phyllis before time runs out. The minigame did not originally have the superglue, but it was later added. Dumb Ways to Die Original | Dumb Ways to Die Ideas Wiki | Fandom Winning results in the Panda coming in. If it is fed well, Hapless approaches toward the bear, then opens his mouth and looks upward. Eleven years ago, Emily Lubitz, a singer with the indie-folk band Tinpan Orange, spent about one hour in a Melbourne studio recording vocals for a public-safety jingle for Metro Trains. If not, he slips on his own puke and the pie falls in his eyes, resulting in failure. One of Easter minigames where the player has to tap the bunnies popping up from holes, and avoid piranhas with pink rabbit ears headbands. He loses his phone after his death, but his plush toy still has his phone with him. This minigame is discontinued. In this minigame, Bonehead sees Clod disguising as a beautiful girl in the phone. The campaign was devised by advertising agency McCann Melbourne. In this playable version of Dumb Ways to Die you can enjoy 15 minigames where you'll have to take action to save your cute little characters. [38] Writing in Mumbrella in February 2013, a former employee of Victoria's Department of Infrastructure advised critical thinking when evaluating claims made regarding improvements to safety. If it is landed safely, he will take a brown bag with a hamburger marking below the "PICK UP" writing from a drive-through, and then he will take off. The player must hold their finger on the leak(s) to stop them, similar to Botchs first minigame. If the players loses, Chinese Dragon will crush Stumble who bleeds, resulting in failure. If the egg falls off the spoon, Numpty will slip on the egg and fall, bursting into flames, resulting in failure. One of animal-themed minigames where Putz hops on hippos to get to the other side, similar to Madcap in Reckless River Crossing. It is encouraging the safety points of behaviour . Some people remember singing the song at school or liking the video. The animated safety message uses music and dark humour to warn people against. If at least one vine remains uncut after the time runs out, Clod will try to escape but will bleed to death by the vines, resulting in failure. He can be unlocked by watching 5 ads. If all of the piranhas are flicked away, Dippy will continue gyrating happily. 28 million views within its first couple of weeks on YouTube, selling a line of NFTs based on the game characters. If the players loses, a Chinese Dragon will crush Stumble who bleeds, resulting in failure. One of Halloween minigames where him knocking the nails on the plank, which serves as a barricade to his door from the zombies. This minigame is discontinued. The campaign's animation was developed into an app available to iOS devices.[1]. This minigame is discontinued. The horror is made presentable. Contents 1 Description 2 Characters with minigames If the player doesn't sew the wound shut, Dunce will bleed and faint, resulting in failure. Stumble | DumbWays2DieFanSisters Wiki | Fandom If the player presses a wrong letter, it will make a noise indicating that the player has pressed the wrong letter. If successful, they will put the weight down. If an angry porcupine is tapped or all the porcupines aren't petted after the time runs out, Stumble walks to a porcupine as soon as he tries to pet its back while it is nervous to him approaching; it then spikes him and runs away in a single bounce, causing him to be impaled and pass out, resulting in failure. One of animal-themed minigames where he have to pet porcupines but only when they are calm. Very similar to Button Blast, this one of the Halloween minigames, where the player must memorize the combination of potion bottles. The player must swipe to the empty space to avoid being hit by the bat. The player has to tap the screen as fast as they can to extinguish the fire on Numpty's head. Otherwise, if the player does it wrong, Bonehead drive around the boom gates more impatient and get hit, like in the video, resulting in failure. If the toast touches the sides of the toaster or if the player doesn't get the toast out at all, he will get electrocuted, making his flesh get burnt, turning him into a skeleton, like in the video, resulting in failure. If the player dodges all the lasers, then Dunce will grab the painting, with a newspaper headlined "Expert Thief Steals the Mona Beana!" Emily Lubitz from Tinpan Orange, performing at the Port Fairy Folk Festival in 2016.Credit: Vicky Hughson. "[58][59] However, the campaign was met with mixed reviews, with some advertising critics accusing Metro of "selling out" on a successful campaign. The music helps block out the dreary monotony of commuting to work and unfortunately for Stumble - the sound of approaching trains. If the player turns off the dryer, the dryer opens again and Bungle sighs with relief and shows the player a t-shirt with "I Love You" on it. The campaign video went viral on social media after it was released in November 2012. He has semi-long yellow hair that covers his eyes; sometimes he holds a black phone with red earbuds plugged in it. There are three Stumbles instead of one. This minigame is discontinued. 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. Otherwise, he will fall and then he will get sliced by a net below the Eiffel Tower, resulting in failure. While Dippy is happily gyrating, flick all the piranhas before they eat his bottom half. His ability is Edgy which makes him immune to the first hit. This is the first minigame starring Phyllis from Dumb Ways to Die 2: The Games. [4] According to Metro Trains, the campaign contributed to a 20 per cent reduction in "near-miss" accidents compared to the annual average,[5] or 30% with respect to the same time of the year before from 13.29 near-misses per million kilometres in November 2011 January 2012, to 9.17 near-misses per million kilometres in November 2012 January 2013.[6]. Dumb Ways To Die:play Dumb Ways To Die online for free on GamePix Here is a list of the Characters in the Dumb Ways to Die series. The player has three chances to prevent the characters from dying.[22]. The others being. In his mini-game, there are three Stumbles instead of one. This game is made by Metro Trains Melbourne in Australia. Full of your favourite Beans but not in the way you remember! Otherwise, the player touch the wrong food and Lax will barf again (just like in the music video), resulting in failure. One of the two mini-games during the COVID-19 update where Lax sneezes some snot. If the player wins, he will land on the boat and get out a sword. If its size isn't raised enough after the time runs out, his eye will get stabbed by the falling snowman's carrot nose as the snowball wasn't big enough to support all the above parts, resulting in failure. If successful, bonus points can be earned at the end of the game. This minigame is discontinued. The game is recently also available as a web and mobile-web version by MarketJS, license holder of the HTML5 web IP. 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. A whole new adventure to experience! Dumb Ways to Die - Games for Change Lax has a 4th of July-themed minigame, he is seen in a BBQ party along with Dunce and Ninny, he will notice a gas leak. A Melbourne train safety jingle became a global hit. One of Christmas minigames where the player has to drag and dunk all the cookies in milk. One of Easter minigames where the player has to find a hare beneath the forest litter by swiping them away. One of Euro Summer 2019 minigames where the player uses their finger to keep Numpty from being hit by the raging bulls. Doing it incorrectly will end up with the same explosion, resulting in failure. 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. The animated personages demonstrate dangerous ways of suicide in attractive for children and teenagers comic format. When the player dodges all the bats, Doomed will jump up and down, and a car follows him. This minigame is discontinued. Otherwise he will knock Lax down, resulting in failure. This tickled people so much it amassed more than 28 million views within its first couple of weeks on YouTube (an especially impressive feat in the early 2010s). If it was tapped right, he'll jump out of chimney and safely arrive on his flying sleigh with his red-nosed moose, which then leave the house. Dumb Ways to Draw on the App Store [10], On 6 May 2013, Metro released a Dumb Ways to Die game as an app for iOS devices. [21], A sequel titled Dumb Ways to Die 2: The Games was released on 18 November 2014. The minigame involves connecting the balloons to Putz hand. 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 enough medicine was poured after the time out, Pillock drinks the medicine and grows hair. Dimwit has another minigame where he tries to connect the wires again. If any of them fall off the platform, Stumble will get killed by a train and the player loses, like in the video. It was more money than Id ever made.. If any petals are unplucked after the time runs out, Dippy will be displeased by seeing a flower that is yet fully plucked out and will shed a tear from his eye, as soon as he will notice that the piranhas are attacking him and he then will drown in water by them, resulting in failure. I was like, Oh, this is funny and kooky, and I can see how thats going to tickle people.. 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! This line is characterized by a pink oval-shaped bean wearing some earbuds and has semi-long, yellow hair covering his eyes. Not feeding Pillock the medicine at all will also result in failure. The player has to duck by tapping the screen at the right time, when the bear head is at the middle of the bar. Dumb Ways to Die, as a whole, is still considered one of the most successful Australian advertising campaigns. [24][25], A spinoff was also released, titled Dumb Ways to Draw on 5 May 2019. Otherwise, he changes his headgear again, but in an unpleased way and then gets shot, resulting in failure. If Dunce touches at least one of the lasers, then he will fall to his death, with a newspaper headlined "Bumbling Thief Dies Dumbly!" This minigame is discontinued. If the player wins, Dimwit will have sparkling lights all over his house. Dumb Ways to Die - Apps on Google Play 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. This animation published by Australian train company, Metro Trains Melbourne, is called Dumb Ways to Die. After the train runs over him, he is seen sliced into three pieces. ", The song "Dumb Ways to Die" from the video was written by John Mescall and co created with Patrick Baron, music by Ollie McGill from The Cat Empire, who also produced it. 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. Otherwise, Calamity will knockout Doofus, resulting in failure. This minigame is discontinued. Lax also has another minigame involving him picking the right food. If the player jumps over all the rocks, Botch will hug the moose. It featured characters known as "beans", each bearing punny names such as "Numpty," "Hapless," "Pillock," and "Dippy" (the first four beans in the video, listed in order of appearance) dying as a result of their own stupidity (doing such unwise things as setting their own hair on fire or provoking a grizzly bear); the final three beans shown in the video, named "Stumble", "Bonehead", and "Putz", all die as a result of unsafe behavior at train stations and/or railways, which are deemed "the dumbest ways to die". The player must safely guide him to an ambulance by dragging a trampoline. He then looks to his right and falls off. Three Stumbles are standing on the edge of a platform. If the player taps too late, too early or if they don't tap at all, Bonehead will get run over by a train (just like in the music video), 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). The player must tap to flip the burgers without letting them burn. One of Easter minigames where the player has to drag eggs onto brown basket and avoid rotten eggs. If the players loses, Putz will fall to the cliff, resulting in failure. If all the dunked cookies are placed on the right plate, it is given to rattlesnake with a Santa hat by Mishap to eat, which it then spit a plate back to him. Dumb Ways to Draw is a drawing puzzle game from the world of Dumb Ways To Die! Otherwise, he falls and washes up on shore after the shark bit him. ), Botch (Dress up like a moose during hunting season), Doofus (Disturb a nest of wasps for no good reason), Stumble (Stand on the edge of a train station platform), Bonehead (Drive around the boomgates at a level crossing), Putz (Run across the tracks between platforms), Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Take control of the clumsy Beans and dash your way to victory, knock your opponents off the edge, upgrade and train your Bean, collect dances . His favourite song goes like this Boom-ticker-ticker-boom-ticker-ticker boomahhhhhhhhh!Dumb Ways to Die: Crazy Chronicles Activity Journal. The aim is to jump over all the rocks, by tapping anywhere on the screen to jump. 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. Description. Mescall says: Its so fun to see it evolving and living. He also adds that, though the campaign was designed with Melbourne train safety in mind, we gave it every chance to blow up globally. It was very spontaneous, but it led to a lot. 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. Tap rapidly Stumble and Pillock are lifting weights. If the player wins, the train will pass. This minigame is where the player has to pour enough medicine into Pillock's cup by moving the cup until it gets to the line. If the player tap all the calm porcupines, Stumble pets a porcupine's head that causing its hair turns into the shape of his hair, which he then takes a photo of it with his phone. A catchy tune that gets stuck in your head. There will be at least 2-4 balloons to connect strings to his hand. Failing results in Clod coming in. 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. resulting in failure. This minigame is discontinued. As soon as a new hole pops up, place a finger on it. He is the only character to jump in the third row without. If he falls, he will get eaten once again, resulting in failure, but this time by a shark. In one of the minigames, for example, you have to . Fun Ways to Engage with Rail Safety Through the Dumb Ways to Die Social If successful, Dingy will be wet by a wave. Stumble has a Lunar New Year minigame, which is similar to his second one. It was a quick and easy gig: a favour to her mate, Ollie McGill of The Cat Empire, who wrote the music and had asked her to get involved the day before the record. If the player wins, Numpty's fire goes out and he lands on a stretcher before being loaded onto the ambulance and leaving. This minigame is where the player has to refuel the locomotive with coals by tapping the screen, while the gague must be kept in the middle and avoid red areas until the time runs out. If she stays balanced by the time runs out, she will wink. Introduced in August 2014. With it blowing up all over again, however, the original creators of the franchise arent the ones seeing any financial benefit. This minigame is discontinued. If any spoons are plucked or not all clovers are plucked, Putz will have picked a spoon and will get electrocuted by a thunder, resulting in failure. Numskull has another minigame which involves touching the screen to destroy the asteroids. The Dumb Ways to Die app (Shortened as Dumb Ways due to insufficient space for the text) is the app based to Android/iOS on Dumb Ways to Die. If the player tap all the calm porcupines, Stumble pets a porcupine's head that causing its hair turns into the shape of his hair, which he then takes a photo of it with his phone. If he does it makes it to the top, he shares a croissant and a romantic moment with Calamity. If all the good eggs are taken, Lax will swallow an egg and puke out of it that hatch into a chick. [36], Arlene Paredes of the International Business Times said the video was "brilliant in getting viewers' attention" and "arguably one of the cutest PSAs ever made. Visit the multiplayer challenge arena and battle against your friends. One of Euro Summer 2019 minigames where the player uses their finger to guide Dunce away from the lasers. This minigame is discontinued. The campaign's animation was developed into an app available to iOS devices. [27], A third spinoff, titled Dumb Ways to Die: Superheroes was released on 25 June 2020. If a hare is fully revealed without any forest litter covering it, Botch will replace his moose hat with a pink rabbit headband while a hare pops out, and then wink toward him. If the player misses one, the bear will eat Hapless head off, resulting in failure. If she reaches the helmet, she gives you a thumbs up after putting it on. The player must tap and hold to get him under the ball. If it was traced correctly, Calamity will unfold the paper heart chain and then be pleased at it. Otherwise the locomotive will be burnt inside and will release two pieces of halved Putz out of its chimney, resulting in failure. These are characters featured in . This minigame is discontinued. If the player spins the right way, the dryer opens and Bungle sighs with relief and flashes a thumbs up. If they collect all eggs, Pillock will walking on the grass field with a basket filled with Easter eggs in it.
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