#victor and hugo bunglers in crime

[granitoons]

[giggleboxstudios]

2 gay-ass Victor edits because swag.

[fitzfunnymoments]

I'm sick so basically all I've been doing all day is sitting in bed watching various things (starting with Victor and Hugo)

[jellofangy]

Hi Cosgrove Hall fanbase. Bye Cosgrove Hall fanbase.

[chrissignore]

If you grew up watching any of the following animated shows (and others too numerous to mention), you can thank one person for that:

* Danger Mouse

* Count Duckula

* The Wind in the Willows

* Victor and Hugo, Bunglers in Crime

* Cockleshell Bay

* Jamie and the Magic Torch

* Budgie the Little Helicopter

* The Treacle People

Writer, Voice Actor, TV Presenter. A true powerhouse in children's TV. There'll never be another like Brian Trueman 💔⭐

[topperhay]

And so, Victor & Hugo R34 was invented. Based on a spoonerism my mother made whilst she was at the cinema.

[thevideogameshutterbug]

Two of my favorite witnesses in this game. Their comic routine was a delight. Did anyone else - say, someone from the 80′s or 90′s, who might’ve watched the occasional British cartoon - immediately get reminded of Victor and Hugo (or their original versions from Duckula)? Their entire aesthetic and bit reminded me so heavily of those characters that I’m seriously wondering whether the translator picked up on the similarity and skewed their dialogued in that direction somewhat. Either way, that direction is intensely fun, and they make even better “comically inept crooks” characters than the Skulkins did in the previous game. I suppose I should do some photo explorations of The Great Ace Attorney. Even given that it’s a compilation (and that it was evidently designed as a single game before being split up), Great Ace Attorney 2 is panning out to be significantly better than GAA 1. Not that the first one is bad, exactly, but its not paced well and its cases aren’t as engaging to play as a result, whereas the second game has more of a handle on how the mysteries and stories will progress. Both games, however, have some of the best characters in the series imo - either because they’re so endearing, so heartwarming, or just so fun as these two are.

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Day 26 - The Man Who Laughs (1928)

Have you ever danced with the Devil in the pale moonlight?

As it is written in the great traditions of this blog, all films starting with ‘The’ must immediately be followed by a second movie starting with ‘The’. Just ignore that whole Town That Dreaded Sundown misstep...Still, we have the earliest point on our timeline for this year, all the way back in the 20’s. That’s a final answer as well, I don’t have plans to go back to the 1910’s in these last few days. I’ll have to plan that out in a future year, maybe 2021. Give the cinematic world a chance to release some good movies in 2020 and then just have a movie from every decade from like the 1900’s onwards.

This was the era before talkies but I’m a little confused on the sound used here. I was always under the impression that music would be performed live at a screening to accompany the pictures or maybe there’d be a recording of music played alongside it. There is music here but there’s also some sound effects thrown in and crowd noise during certain parts. There’s no dialogue though so maybe this is like some sort of transitional period between the silent and sound era where they were experimenting with limited sound?

There’s a sense of familiarity in this movie, it being a Universal picture so it has Carl Laemmele’s name slapped all over it. But also you have Conrad Veidt as Gwynplaine, who was also Cesare in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Plus, Mary Philbin as the love interest Dea, who played Christine Daae in the 1925 version of The Phantom of the Opera. Apparently Lon Chaney was meant to play Gwynplaine here but due to difficulties in obtaining the rights to adapt the story, they ended up making Phantom instead. This was a story written by Victor Hugo and published in 1869, Hugo also known for Les Mis and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

That and providing the names for Victor and Hugo: Bunglers in Crime.

Of course, the massive elephant in the room is the grinning visage of Gwynplaine on the poster there, very much inspirational for a certain clown character in the future. That’s right, he’s the prototypical Krusty. No wait, the other one...

To be honest, this isn’t really a horror movie but there’s something creepy about that face. It ties into that early Universal thing and with Joker in the cinema at the moment, what better time to watch this? I’m getting vibes of Cesar Romero here moreso than any other version. Minus the painted moustache, obvs.

Before we start, let’s pan over the credits, specifically looking at the dog. Calling it Homo really throws me off at times. I’m not sure if it’s meant to be short for something but it’s kinda funny when it cuts to the text to show what the characters are saying and you get “Shut up, Homo!”.

Our story takes place in 17th century England, with King James II dispatching with one of his rivals, Lord Clancharlie, who he sends to the Iron Lady, not Maggie Thatcher but some form of Iron Miaden device. To make matters worse, Clancharlie’s son has been sold off to Comprachicos who have disfigured him with a permanent Chelsea smile so that he may ‘laugh forever at his fool of a father’. The Comprachicos are banished and leave the child behind, he finds a blind baby beside its mother who has frozen to death and he seeks shelter at the caravan of Ursus.

Time passes to the children all grown up and Gwynplaine is now famous as a travelling clown known as ‘The Laughing Man’. Hugh Morrus?

What’s really weird is that Gwynplaine and Dea are now romantically linked. Presumably they grew up together with a sibling sort of bond so that’s a bit creepy. He still has some reluctance though as he feels inadequate, thinking himself not good enough for her due to his disfigurement.

Meanwhile, Duchess Josiana takes a shine to him. Maybe she just has a thing for disfigurement or she’s just really put off by the man she’s arranged to be married to. Or maybe he’s put off by her, he looks a little Tutti Frutti, if you know what I mean...

The former court jester Barkilphedro, now working under Queen Anne, comes to learn of the lineage of Gwynplaine but things don’t pan out quite as I was expecting. He always comes off quite devious so I thought he was going to start manipulating things to his own ends, maybe some blackmail here or there. It starts going that way as the Comprachico that originally discovered the truth is arrested and ‘dies’ under mysterious circumstances but Barkilphedro pretty much tells the Queen and she puts things in motion to have Gwynplaine restored to power and married to the Duchess so she can keep herself in the life she’s become accustomed. Maybe Bark is more loyal than I thought, he still acts in an underhanded manner by trying to separate Gwynplaine from his old life and Dea but he’s still acting in the interest of the royal family.

It’s definitely an emotional piece at times, just the general isolation that Gwynplaine has existed in from childhood and continues to suffer now with people mocking his appearance. There’s a bittersweet moment as well later on where the carnival has been led to believe that Gwynplaine has died whilst in custody but, in order to spare her feelings, Ursus tells everyone that the show must go on and the crew fake the sound of the cheering crowd. Even through his own grief, his main concern is to tell her to listen to the adoring crowd that loves Gwynplaine more than ever.

It feels a little long but I don’t know how much of that is down to having to stall so you can read the dialogue between characters or read signs or letters that would be quickly summed up through normal speech. It’s been a while since I’ve seen a silent movie, I always feel slightly lost during them as they’re something you have to focus on and my attention span always fails me. It is something that intrigues me though, the idea of them being more universal and being able to convey things through body language and facial expressions alone. Obviously Gwynplaine’s face is very striking but Ursus can be very expressive at times and Bark always seems to have a devilish look on his face.

In all of that near 2 hrs though, the biggest disappointment is that still couldn’t find time to show us the 5 legged cow. They talk up this big attraction as part of the freaks on show, like the two snouted pig, at the carnival but all we get is a distant crowd shot. Don’t promise a 5 legged cow if you can’t deliver!

[stumbeline]

hahahaha listen to HUgo's voice XD I love it so much!

[granitoons]

Finktober day 15 - Victor & Hugo, Bunglers in Crime (and Interpoll)

[jellofangy]

Another year gone another art summary! (Why is time going by so fast this is so fucked help-) Happy new year 2023 everyone!

ORIGINAL TEMPLATE CAN BE FOUND HERE!: https://www.deviantart.com/arieldrawsdragons/art/F2U-2023-Summary-of-Art-Template-1006564218

[jellofangy]

JELLOFANGY'S ELEMENTAL HUEVEMBER 2023

Day 22: Oceans

[jellofangy]

2023 is almost upon us so I thought it's time to revisit some randomly picked art from 2022. Happy New Year-

NOTE: Template is not mine and instead belongs to EspiPhantom on Deviantart.

[fitzfunnymoments]

I literally only learned how to draw in the style of the show so I could do this

[fitzfunnymoments]

the volume is probably weird in certain places but whatever this vb turned out way better than I expected and I figured I’d test it out with one of my fave songs :]

(song is Cat Ear Archive by  Kusoinaka-P)

[jellofangy]

Redesigned my Victor and Hugo OC because I was bored. For those who aren't caught up with her character here's her original bio.

NAME: Claudie Clementous

BIRTH DATE: February 27th (Pisces)

RACE/NATIONALITY: Mixed (French-Greek)

OTHER INFO: Straight-Asexual/ISFP/3w4

DESCRIPTION: Claudie mainly works as an amateur musician around many cities. She is skilled at mainly the flute and can usually be seen playing on many sidewalks, parks and train stations as an effort to gain money to work off rent, jobs and other stuff. Her personality I can call a mix of Victor and Hugo's. She's caring, ambitious and independent, but is also unpredictable, can make her situations more complicated than they are and can be a bit moody at times-

ORIGINAL DESIGN (2022)