The Super-Short Stick-Figure Show! is a short series of shorts made by Cary Huang before BFDI. The show's menus inspired the menu of Feb 20, 2009 BFDI bios. The show's episodes are shown on HTwins.net, and can also be viewed on YouTube and the Internet Archive[1].
Season 1[]
The first set of zany, super-short, three-second-long shorts!
Episode 1: Playing Tag[]
| “ | Do you like playing tag? Well, find out how something so wonderful can go horribly wrong!!! | ” |
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Two stick figures are standing on a cliff, the right stick figure touches the left one and says "Tag, yo' it!". The two figures run to the right but the right stick figure stops once it meets the edge of the cliff, saying "WHOA!". The left stick figure continues running and attempts to tag the right stick figure, saying "TAG!", but they accidentally push the right stick figure off the cliff and so they say "OOPS!".
Episode 2: Coaster Pt 1[]
| “ | What happens when a rollercoaster has a curve too tight? Watch and see! | ” |
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Three coasters travel down a drop in the track and two coasters end up being quite close to each other when the track curves to go back up again. The text "SLOW-MO" flashes on screen red before the clip replays again at a slower speed and shows that the first coasters passengers and the second coasters passengers bumped their heads together. Text then appears on screen saying "To Be Continued!".
Episode 3: Coaster Pt 2[]
| “ | What to[sic] all those rollercoaster cars look like? Watch and see! | ” |
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The camera zooms into the top of the track, which is just a simple point, before showing two coasters traveling upwards towards it and the two coasters end up flying off the track. The camera zooms into some random stick figure who says "I WANT SHOES!" before the two coasters from earlier land in front of them and end up resembling shoes on the figures feet.
Episode 4: Bowling[]
| “ | What you've always wanted to know - How do you really get a strike in bowling? | ” |
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A stick figure throws a red bowling ball forwards, the camera then shows three bowling pins but the bowling ball misses all three. The camera cuts back to the stick figure and they say "NO FAIR". The camera then zooms out a bit and another stick figure appears from the right who points at the first stick figure and says "YOU'RE NOT DOING IT RIGHT!". The second person then throws the bowling ball into the air and when the bowling ball lands it collapses all the bowling pins.
Episode 5: Building Hop[]
| “ | It's fun to watch, but still, be a good person, and don't try this at home. DON'T! | ” |
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A walking stick figure runs across a flat surface before jumping off the edge of the surface. The camera then shows that surface's edge along with a lower down middle surface and another surface on the right side. The person then lands on the edge of the right and he accidentally jumps off of that edge falls down the gap in between the left ledge and the middle surface as the stick figure ricochets off the side of both surfaces while falling down and then "FAIL!" appears in big red text at the top of the screen.
Episode 6: Taste Test[]
| “ | The answer is always in your mouth. | ” |
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One stick figure holds a cherry and puts it one a second stick figures mouth, who has their eyes closed and their mouth open with the tongue stretched out. The second stick figure then retracts their tongue, closes their mouth, and starts chewing. After a brief moment of thinking the second stick figure responds that it tastes like an apple to which the first stick figure gets angry and punches the second stick figure's face and they end up spitting out the cherry.
Episode 7: Mountain Climb[]
| “ | The Number One Rule: Stay Away From Traffic!!! | ” |
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A large snow-capped mountain is shown. The camera then zooms into the base of the mountain and shows a guy running in from the left who then attempts to start walking up the mountain. A stray coaster then rides down the mountain, knocking the guy off the mountain.
Eipsode 8: Be Careful[]
| “ | Uh-oh, Sticky's got himself into some trouble! Can he use his magic to save himself? | ” |
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Two ledges with a line connecting them is shown as one person on the right walks towards the line. Once they stand on the line the line falls into the gap between the two ledges and so the stick figure falls as well. The line then rotates into a spike as the camera zooms in to show it, then the camera zooms into the stick figure falling until the world rotates and the person falls back up.
Episode 9: Rainy Day[]
| “ | This one is 20 seconds long - 17 seconds longer than normal! It's got cool features, too. | ” |
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This short is interactive, allowing you to play it, reverse it, fast forward it, scrub the timeline, skip to a certain scene, zoom in and out, head to a random frame, go back a frame, go forward a frame, and go back to the main menu.
Scene 1: Oh, it's raining![]
In the short, a tree and a grass field is shown, as raindrops slowly begin to fall from the sky. A stick figure walks in from the left and notices the rain due to a raindrop hitting their hand, and they put their hand out to check for it. Another raindrop hits their hand. They look towards the camera, frowning, before the sky goes from normal to grey, with the rain picking up again.
Scene 2: Look at the Map[]
A map is shown, detailing that the place the stick figure was in was The Park, before zooming out and showing that down the road is the the stick figure's Home.
Scene 3: Go, go!!![]
It then zooms into the stick figure's feet as he runs back Home in the rain, as big red text that reads "RUN!" appears on the top of the screen. The stick figure then runs even faster as the previous text changes to "FASTER!". It then cuts back to the map and shows the stick figure route back to their Home.
Scene 4: Home sweet home![]
The stick figure then appears from the right, running towards the door of their house, but can't open the door. The camera then cuts back to The Park, showing that the stick figure had left their house keys back at The Park. "END!" then flashes on the screen.
Season 2[]
We squeezed out some more creative juice to make yet another witty set of short shorts!
Episode 10: Apple Tree[]
| “ | Watch out for the most dangerous thing about an apple tree! | ” |
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A stick figure walks up to a tree and shakes it. An apple falls out of the tree and he catches it and walks away. A second stick figure walks up and shakes the tree as well, though the apple falls out of the tree and hits his head.
Episode 11: Car Stunts[]
| “ | A simple stunt that sure will leave you absolutely amazed! | ” |
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Two stick figures fly around in a spinning coaster. The coaster perfectly lands on a slightly diagonal platform.
Episode 12: Be Careful 2[]
| “ | Poor Sticky. He now has to use his magic more and more! | ” |
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Episode 13: Tall And Short 1[]
| “ | Being tall can be a good or a bad thing. Also, cherries are a good thing to battle for. | ” |
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A short stick figure attempts to grab some cherries hanging from a rope above. A tall stick figure walks by and grabs the cherries, though he walks right into a floating platform and drops the cherries. The short stick figure slides onto the ground and takes the cherries.
Episode 14: Tredmil[sic] 1[]
| “ | Ouch! Puzzle: Which button did it hit? Answers in lower right corner of Episode 18! 0:02 | ” |
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A stick figure is running on a treadmill when an apple lands on one of the buttons, sending the stick figure flying forwards.
Episode 15: Tredmil[sic] 2[]
| “ | Ouch! Puzzle: Which button did it hit? Answers in lower right corner of Episode 18! 0:02 | ” |
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Episode 16: Tredmil[sic] 3[]
| “ | Ow! Just like those dominoes you used to play with, these tredmills[sic] cause chain reactions. | ” |
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Episode 17: Tall And Short 2[]
| “ | Being tall can be a good or a bad thing. Also, big boxes can be a real pain! | ” |
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Episode 18: Vases[]
| “ | You'll never want to ask your friends that strange old question after you watch this! | ” |
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This short is interactive, allowing you to play it, reverse it, fast forward it, scrub the timeline, skip to a certain scene, zoom in and out, head to a random frame, go back a frame, go forward a frame, and go back to the main menu.
Season 3: Easter (Egg) Edition[]
The (overdue) Easter (Egg) Special-Edition season, with super-secret secrets for (post-) Easter! Try to find the super-secret secrets with secret letters that make up a secret code that unlocks a secret secret!
Episode 19: Bowling Tag[]
| “ | Bowling balls aren't exactly smart, but they are pretty good at tag! | ” |
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Episode 20: Traps[]
| “ | The good and bad about those little traps that don't even trap the right person!!! | ” |
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Episode 21: Time To Tip[]
| “ | This machine could actually be pretty useful, but right now... not really. | ” |
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Episode 22: Unfair World[]
| “ | Ugh, it's unfair! It happened again! One person does work; the other gets the reward. | ” |
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Episode 23: Morning Jog[]
| “ | Be careful where you rub! Here's why. Well, not really. | ” |
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Episode 24: The Chain[]
| “ | Uh, just to let you know, there's always a person who doesn't know you. Why'd I sat [sic] that!? | ” |
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Episode 25: Fruity Delight[]
| “ | "When the world gives you... a person on sticks, make fruit." ...Does that really make sense? | ” |
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Episode 26: Be Observant[]
| “ | Can you spot ten things that are different from "Tall and Short 2"? It is hard! | ” |
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Episode 27: Pineapples![]
| “ | Gee, half a loaf of bread is better than nothing! They could've shared, y'know? | ” |
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This short is interactive, allowing you to play it, reverse it, fast forward it, scrub the timeline, skip to a certain scene, zoom in and out, head to a random frame, go back a frame, go forward a frame, and go back to the main menu.
Fake seasons[]
- Your Super-Man Action Figure Show! Season 0: Don't we start on one?
- A Super-Long Anime Show! Season X,679: Toe in a Thimble Edition