The Dumb Ways to Die Original (Shortened as Dumb Ways due to insufficient space for the text) is the app based to Android/iOS on Dumb Ways to Die. Their ad ' Dumb Ways to Die' - featuring animated characters playing out the lyrics of a comedy song about idiotic deaths - quickly became a viral hit and won a series of awards. Otherwise, Dummkopf will successfully pull the toast out. If any of them fall off the platform, Stumble will get killed by a train and the player loses, like in the video. 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. This minigame is discontinued. In February 2013, Artemy Lebedev's blog was censored by Roskomnadzor, the Russian government agency in charge of Internet censorship, for including the video. 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 the player chooses the right bottle, Pillock will give himself a thumbs-up. This minigame is discontinued. This minigame is discontinued. [42][43], The public service announcement was awarded the Grand Trophy in the 2013 New York Festivals International Advertising Awards. If the player loses, Lax will explode, a burnt hot dog will land on Dunce's plate, while one of Lax's legs lands on Ninny's, resulting in failure. It will explode, and he will calm down. There can be as little as 2 and as many as 6 upon the game getting faster. If the puke is cleaned up, Lax will cheer. [8] It was released on iTunes, attributed to the artist "Tangerine Kitty" (a reference to Tinpan Orange and The Cat Empire). [20], The game is similar to games in the WarioWare series. The Clods and the panda pop up for a second and then vanish, so choose carefully. The campaign won seven Webby Awards in 2013 including the Best Animation Film & Video and Best Public Service & Activism (Social Content & Marketing). This minigame is among the Easter minigame series, where the player must tap all Easter eggs hidden in the grass field, while avoiding the pills before the time runs out. The player has to put on Doofus' boxing gloves and helmet. The song was attributed to a fake band named Tangerine Kitty a hat-tip to the musicians respective groups. Numpty will accidentally set it on and throw it in the air; the player must click on the firework to keep it airborne. Dumb Ways To Die is an Australian public campaign made by Metro Trains in Melbourne, Victoria, to promote railway safety. Doing nothing in the minigame correctly will result in a rainbow appearing above the Earth. If the jump is missed, too early or too late, one will fall in the gap, and at least one character will react with a worried expression, resulting in failure. If it is successful, Clod will be sent to jail. "Dumb Movie Ways to Die" - from The Movie Maniacs parodies well known "dumb" movie deaths from famous films. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-13020-6_6 Corpus ID: 181633174; Fun Ways to Engage with Rail Safety Through the Dumb Ways to Die Social Marketing Campaign @article{Algie2019FunWT, title={Fun Ways to Engage with Rail Safety Through the Dumb Ways to Die Social Marketing Campaign}, author={Jennifer Algie and Nicole L. Mead}, journal={Springer Texts in Business and Economics}, year={2019} } Tapping too early, too late, or not tapping at all will make the Bear eat Hapless' head off, like in the video, resulting in failure. If the player dodges all the cacti, Stupe's plane will fly away safely, with a present falling out of the plane. 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. The Greater Good newsletter delivers stories to your inbox to brighten your outlook. If the player wins, the crocodile kisses Dummkopf, and Dummkopf gets pleased. Otherwise the locomotive will be burnt inside and will release two pieces of halved Putz out of its chimney, resulting in failure. While Dippy is happily gyrating, flick all the piranhas before they eat his bottom half. Bungle has another minigame in which the player must turn the dryer off by rotating the handle. 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. The player must nail all the boards so that the zombies wont get him. A message from Metro. One of Valentine's Day minigames where the player has to stop him by hold the screen, after passing the sign. The game is recently also available as a web and mobile-web version by MarketJS, license holder of the HTML5 web IP. If he falls forwards or backwards, he will be washed ashore with his leg eaten by a shark (similar to Dippy's death), resulting in failure. Dumb Ways To Die Fanon Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. 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. If all of the balloons are connected, Putz remains safely on the platform as the train passes by. Hapless has an Easter minigame which is similar to his second one, the player has to tap to make Clod tip toe to the window. It is also the first line related to trains. Players will need to tilt, blow on, and tap their device to survive an endless sequence of absurd, death-defying mini-games. If the player wins, Hapless places the USA flag on the mountain that features the beans from Dumb Ways to Die 2: The Games. One of Pirate minigames where he is in a cannon. With so many different characters and funny stories, you can challenge yourself through the multiple amazing levels of the first title of the popular series. [60], On 17 October 2014, the Dumb Ways to Die website was revamped to tease a new installment of the campaign. Like the original game, the game's characters do plenty of dangerous and unsafe activities. This minigame is discontinued. Stumble can be appeared in some levels where the player has to guide him to his phone and avoid obstacles like wrecking ball and more. Wipe the screen with the player's hand to clean the puke. Tilt the device so that he can stay balanced. Spell "PATIENCE" by tapping the missing letters in the correct order. 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. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It is an horrific death but depicted in cute graphics. The player must control Putz (with his balloons) by tapping/pressing the screen to let him lift. "Dumb Ways to Die (In Video Games) Parody", "The Walking Dead + Dumb Ways to Die Parody" - live-action parody of characters from, "Dumb Ways To Fail" - several versions on YouTube by different channels, "Dumb Ways to Blind" - on YouTube, about the dangers of powerful laser pointers, This page was last edited on 23 April 2023, at 19:41. This minigame is discontinued. The player must rotate the wires to create a connection. The minigame involves connecting the balloons to Putz hand. If she stays balanced by the time runs out, she will wink. The minigame did not originally have the superglue, but it was later added. Otherwise, he will notice that Clod is stealing eggs and leaves the place, breaking the window bloodily, resulting in failure. This minigame is discontinued. If so, Stumble will leave the train and arrive at the station and get upset. The player must move the three Stumbles below the yellow line into dotted circles, or else the Stumbles will fall off. If successful, Dingy will be wet by a wave. Failure results in Clod scratching the screen with a hook instead of his claws like in his minigame Psycho Search. Putz, Botch, Dummkopf, Stumble, and Hapless (or Doofus) want Phyllis' toilet paper. Stand on the edge of a train station platform, Dumb Ways to Die - Ice Bucket Challenge Fail, standing on the edge of a train station platform, Dumb Ways to Die: Crazy Chronicles Activity Journal, Characters that have plushes made of them, Characters that are seen as two or more of themselves, Characters that have revealed their skeletons, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Original video, Dumb Ways to Die - Ice Bucket Challenge Fail, Behind The Line, Pedestrian Peril: Got run over by a train, The "I Fall" Tower: Fell down and sliced by a net, His name was approved by Ms. Waymark who is the General Manager of, He is among a few characters whose eyes aren't visible throughout the whole original music video, even when he falls off the edge of the train platform. 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 it is fed incorrectly, the steak he threw flies back to his head and the bear eats his head again, resulting in failure. 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. His appearances commonly involve him standing on the edge of a train station platform . If he keeps his balance, he jumps over a shark. Plenty of spin-off games were also released, including Dumb Ways to Draw, Dumb Ways to Dash and Dumb Ways to Die: Superheroes. Resulting in failure. If you fail, his body is eaten and discarded by the shark offscreen. It is encouraging the safety points of behaviour . [1] The band on the recording consists of Gavin Pearce on Bass, Danny Farrugia on drums and Brett Wood on guitar. After his death, his disfiguration comes from the wheels of the train, as he was sliced in three portions. If the player chooses the wrong bottle, Pillock will grow dots all over himself, like in the video, resulting in failure. Emily Lubitz from Tinpan Orange, performing at the Port Fairy Folk Festival in 2016.Credit: Vicky Hughson. 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. 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 player has to pluck all the clovers while avoiding any of the spoons. 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. This minigame is discontinued. ), 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. Otherwise, Dunce will again bleed and faint again, resulting in failure. 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 wins, Dimwit will have sparkling lights all over his house. 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. The player has to guide their character in a 3D race against other characters to the finish line while avoiding the obstacles. Here is a list of the Characters in the Dumb Ways to Die series. One of Easter minigames where the player has to drag eggs onto brown basket and avoid rotten eggs. If a raging bull gets towards Numpty, Numpty gets knocked forward and gets bloodily trampled by the stampede, resulting in failure. Stumble is seen standing on the edge of a train station platform. If all the clovers are plucked, Putz will have picked a clover. This minigame is discontinued. One of Pirate minigames where Dippy is on a small board and the player needs to tilt the device to make sure he won't fall off. 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. Please try again later. 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. If the player dodges all the lasers, then Dunce will grab the painting, with a newspaper headlined "Expert Thief Steals the Mona Beana!" Otherwise, he will fall and then he will get sliced by a net below the Eiffel Tower, resulting in failure. Otherwise, the boat will sink and Dippy will get eaten by piranhas, resulting in failure. If the player misses a hole, Botch will get shot and die, like in the video, resulting in failure. But when I saw [the song] with the animation, it all kind of clicked, Lubitz goes on. Otherwise, he changes his headgear again, but in an unpleased way and then gets shot, resulting in failure. If it was poured too much or if the player doesn't pour enough medicine, Pillock will end up in the hospital with his same death from the music video, resulting in failure. Enjoy 82 hilarious mini-games as you attempt to collect all the charmingly dumb characters for your train station, achieve high scores and unlock the famous music video that started it all.. Stumble is a pink oval-bodied bean. Dummkopf has another minigame where he washes dishes and the player must not let any appliances fall into the sink by dragging them. I thought this is kind of strange.. If the player lets an appliance fall into the sink, Dummkopf will get electrocuted, causing his flesh get burnt and turning into a skeleton again, resulting in failure. In the success scene of the minigame "The I-Fall Tower" from, In the failure scene of his summer-themed minigame, a shark eats his leg, revealing a part of his skeleton, just like, In the tutorial of "Deck Disaster", Stumble's sprite is shown instead of an image of. If Putz hits a bird or falls out of the sky, he lands down to the tracks, and eventually get hit by a train again, resulting in failure. But there are so many different levels of experience [with the franchise, too]. If the player spins the right way, the dryer opens and Bungle sighs with relief and flashes a thumbs up. If the player wins, the train will pass. If the player doesn't stack the presents correctly, the presents will crush him, resulting in failure. Despite this, the video was still included into the ABC Show and was shown in more than 50 cities across Russia. Guide these characters through 52 action packed mini-games and try to stay alive long enough to get the highest score and unlock all your favourite characters. Lives can be lost by "dying" in one of the activities. If the player wins, he will do the same dance he did in the video and toss his money. Dimwit has another minigame where he tries to connect the wires again. [29] They have recently been uploading shorts of ingame characters dying in real life. The player must screw the light bulbs, so that he will have sparkling lights. There's a whole new set of dumb characters that have gathered to take part in a newer, bigger game. The player has to rotate the dials to turn the mixer off (Similar to Bungle's second minigame), if so, Lax will get out of the mixer and get a chocolate that he eats. Within 24 hours of its launch in November 2012, the "Dumb Ways to Die" song reached the top 10 chart of iTunes. Otherwise, he explodes in a flash of blood again, resulting in failure. Tap one second at a time so that Hapless tiptoes pass the bear. 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. If the player successfully makes Hapless to the end, then Hapless will make it to the ice cream machine where he gets an ice cream cone and wink at the player like Calamity's minigame Stand Firm. Numskull initially appears on the loading screen. If the player misses one, the bear will eat Hapless head off, resulting in failure. If the players loses, a Chinese Dragon will crush Stumble who bleeds, resulting in failure. 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. An Easter-themed minigame where the player has to scrub over the egg in order to paint it. If he dodges all the birds and stays in the sky for the whole time, Putz lands safely to the station while riding onto the train. [35] Stocks attributed the success to "A snappy headline. Stand on the edge of a train station platform is the third line of the bridge and the 19th line in the original PSA video. If all vines are cut off before the time runs out, Clod will jump out the bush with roses. Since then, the official Dumb Ways to Die TikTok account which boasts 2.7 million followers has been very active in engaging with old and new fans, and PlaySide has started selling a line of NFTs based on the game characters. Latest version. Guide these characters through 52 action packed mini-games and try to stay alive long enough to get the highest score and unlock all your favourite characters. Melbourne Metro Trains Dumb Ways to Die (Public Service/Social Welfare Campaign) GOLD. If the player destroys all the asteroids, Numskull can safely ride the asteroid. This minigame is discontinued. 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. Lincolns Speech. Italic text = Character with unofficial name, Regarding closures of invites to the Discord server. This minigame is discontinued. Stumble and Pillock (muscular, most likely on steroids) are lifting weights. Contents 1 About 2 Appearance 3 Video 4 Game 4.1 Dumb Ways to Die 3: World Tour 4.2 Dumb Ways to Draw 5 Deaths 6 Trivia 7 Gallery About Draw lines with your pencil and save the beans with your sketch! Otherwise, his parachute gets stuck at the top of the Elizabeth Tower, the clock tower in the Houses of Parliament that is home to the bell Big Ben, and he accidentally slips off the bag after expressing his relief, resulting in him to get stabbed by a minute hand of the clock, resulting in failure.