One of Valentine's Day minigames. If they enter safely, the train doors close and the train leaves the platform. If the player picks the right chest, a panda comes out from a chest inside like in Opportunity Claws minigame. Otherwise, she tries to cut the paper and accidentally slips scissors that stick on her head, resulting in failure. This minigame is discontinued. If the player catches all the candies, Hapless and the bear will eat them. If you fail, his body is eaten and discarded by the shark offscreen. Stumble and Pillock (muscular, or most likely on steroids) are lifting weights. Before a train arrives at a building, the player plays a challenge to counter something related to trains. If all the jellyfish are flicked away, Dippy will get on the shore and give a sea turtle a high five. A message from Metro. If the player wins, the rattlesnake will eat the hot dog and Mishap will pet the rattlesnake. Reportedly, there is a sequel game released on Android/iOS devices, Dumb Ways to Die 2 the Games. If it falls forwards or backwards, he will take an attempt to capture a selfie despite that he approached the tower too closely, and the tower will fall onto him, causing him to be crushed and bleed, resulting in failure. If the incorrect wire is connected or if any of the wires are disconnected, Dimwit's house will burn down, like in the music video. Otherwise, he will fall and then he will get sliced by a net below the Eiffel Tower, resulting in failure. Otherwise, he changes his headgear again, but in an unpleased way and then gets shot, resulting in failure. 28 million views within its first couple of weeks on YouTube, selling a line of NFTs based on the game characters. Doofus has a Lunar New Year minigame where the player must tilt his device to catch the fine china (Similar to his second minigame). If so, Stumble will leave the train and arrive at the station and get upset. Dumb Ways to Dash is a brand new crazy 3D race runner game from the world of Dumb Ways To Die. One of Easter minigames where the player has to drag eggs onto brown basket and avoid rotten eggs. While Dippy is happily gyrating, flick all the piranhas before they eat his bottom half. This game is made by Metro Trains Melbourne in Australia. This minigame is discontinued. Sleeping is a key mechanic in Minecraft that allows you to pass time quickly and staves off Phantoms, those creepy dive-attacking bat . This minigame is discontinued. If the player fails, he will turn burnt red, resulting in failure. If the player loses, 1-3 of them will fall off. Putz, Botch, Dummkopf, Stumble, and Hapless (or Doofus) want Phyllis' toilet paper. If the player makes Dunce resist getting the coin in the trap, he will find a pile of gold. This minigame is discontinued. The campaign video went viral on social media after it was released in November 2012. If so, Doofus will thumbs up to you. If the player wins, Hapless places the USA flag on the mountain that features the beans from Dumb Ways to Die 2: The Games. Draw lines with your pencil and save the beans with your sketch! Stumble is seen standing on the edge of a platform bobbing along to music and then starts to lose balance, and falls off and gets run over by a train. 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. Otherwise, Clod will come behind the bloody bouquet with gold and murder Bonehead Offscreen, resulting in failure. If the player lets the fireworks fall, it will explode while on Numpty's hands, which will char him and set his head on fire once again, like in the video. This game is made by Metro Trains Melbourne in Australia. Otherwise, he falls and gets sliced by the safety net. Not choosing any door will result in failure as well. This minigame is discontinued. Doofus has another minigame where he throws a nest of wasps in the air. This minigame is discontinued. If he falls, he will get eaten once again, resulting in failure, but this time by a shark. One of Halloween minigames where him knocking the nails on the plank, which serves as a barricade to his door from the zombies. If they either don't collect all eggs after times runs out, or tap a pill, Pillock will accidentally eat the pill and his body will begin to sprout bumps all over himself just like in the video, but Easter-egg-like, colored patterns as the Easter version, resulting in failure. [60], On 17 October 2014, the Dumb Ways to Die website was revamped to tease a new installment of the campaign. He's one of the beans with the most minigames, with a total of 8. 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. Then the bear rewards him candies by spiting them out over him, which he then chews them. [17] Within the app, players can also pledge to "not do dumb stuff around trains. This minigame is discontinued. 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. New way to die. 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. 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. If the player lets an asteroid hit her, she gets squashed in between the asteroids and her head explodes again, resulting in failure. Otherwise if the timer runs out, then Putz will be knocked off his bike and split in half as the bike goes by, resulting in failure. The player must swipe to the empty space to avoid being hit by the bat. 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. 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. 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. This minigame is discontinued. After the train runs over him, he is seen sliced into three pieces. Dunce initially is in the lives bar and he tells that how many points to score for a new character. Otherwise, Dummkopf will successfully pull the toast out. Moustache Song. This is the first minigame starring Phyllis from Dumb Ways to Die 2: The Games. Within two weeks, the video had spawned over 85 parodies. Stumble starred in a video in response to the Ice Bucket Challenge. An Easter-themed minigame where the player has to scrub over the egg in order to paint it. 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. 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 so, Stumble will cross safely at crossing. His ability is Edgy which makes him immune to the first hit. If all the beans are moved before the time runs out, Phyllis will jump up and down twice while holding the toilet paper in her left hand. Dumb Ways to Die really wants people to avoid dangerous situations around trains and other life-threatening scenarios such as extracting toast from a toaster with a fork or dancing in piranha-infested waters. This minigame is discontinued. Reportedly, there is a sequel game released on Android/iOS devices, Dumb Ways to Die 2 the Games . 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. [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. This minigame is discontinued. Dumb Ways to Die Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. If so, Knucklehead as a guard, will insult Crash telling him about not skating. Hapless has an around-the-world mini-game, this time, he must climb up a mountain. The song, with a tempo of 128 beats per minute, is written in C major and a time signature of 4/4. It is encouraging the safety points of behaviour . Bungle has another minigame in which the player must turn the dryer off by rotating the handle. The aim is to jump over all the rocks, by tapping anywhere on the screen to jump. It was uploaded to YouTube on 14 November 2012 and made public two days later. Numskull has another minigame which involves touching the screen to destroy the asteroids. In his minigame, the player must tap the dots in order to suture Dunce's injury. "[18][19] The activities include things like getting toast out with a fork and poking a stick at a grizzly bear. 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 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. This minigame is discontinued. If he does it makes it to the top, he shares a croissant and a romantic moment with Calamity. Stumble has a train safety minigame along with Mishap and Lax where he has to touch they empty railing by holding the screen. 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. The player has to spread butter on a pan by tilting the screen. If it is fed well, Hapless approaches toward the bear, then opens his mouth and looks upward. If the player doesn't tap fast enough or not tap at all, Dummkopf gets scared by a huge crocodile that eats him, resulting in failure. Drag the 3 Stumbles by moving the player's finger on the screen toward the front. Once again the clumsy Beans need your help but this time you'll DRAW the Beans to safety! If the player jumps over all the rocks, Botch will hug the moose. The player must feed Pillock the unexpired medicine. If so, Stumble will leave the train and arrive at the station and get upset. If he falls backwards or forwards, he'll slipped out of his stepladder and fall onto cup tower, resulting in failure. One of Easter minigames where the player has to find a hare beneath the forest litter by swiping them away. 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 the player does it correctly, Bonehead can pass the gate crossings and speed through before getting disappointed at the traffic ahead. 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 the player dodges all the cacti, Stupe's plane will fly away safely, with a present falling out of the plane. 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. This minigame is discontinued. 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. Tilt the device to prevent Calamity from falling. 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. Dynamons World. The player must hold their finger on the leak(s) to stop them, similar to Botchs first minigame. Dumb Ways to Die is the official game based on a popular cartoon video made by the Metro company in Australia to promote train safety. One of Euro Summer 2019 minigames where the player uses their finger to guide Dunce away from the lasers. Stumble has a Lunar New Year minigame, which is similar to his second one. Contents 1 Description 2 Characters with minigames This minigame is discontinued. If so, Putz will drive the locomotive after it whistles twice, along with rolling stocks that carry loads of balloons behind of it. 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. 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. If the player spins the wrong way or doesn't spin at all, Bungle explodes in a flash of blood, resulting in failure. 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. "[58][59] However, the campaign was met with mixed reviews, with some advertising critics accusing Metro of "selling out" on a successful campaign. "[35], The Sunshine Coast Daily described it as "the Gangnam Style of train safety campaigns". He then looks to his right and falls off. 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. One of Christmas minigames where the player must tilt the screen in order to keep his stepladder from him falling over. Description. contain an incitement to commit those acts. In both versions, he is the 12th character to arrive at the train station, and in the new version, he is the 66th thing that can be unlocked. If it wasn't, he'll stuck to there, then he will be decayed and be transformed into a skeleton, resulting in failure. The video was animated by Julian Frost and produced by Cinnamon Darvall. Similar to Putz's game, the minigames involves matching the wires to their correct color. This minigame is discontinued. [21], A sequel titled Dumb Ways to Die 2: The Games was released on 18 November 2014. 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. But when I saw [the song] with the animation, it all kind of clicked, Lubitz goes on. The Greater Good newsletter delivers stories to your inbox to brighten your outlook. If the nest touches the ground, the wasps will attack Doofus and he will fall again (like in the music video), resulting in failure. [24][25], A spinoff was also released, titled Dumb Ways to Draw on 5 May 2019. [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. If the player has any dotted lines left that haven't been traced, trace them as fast as they can, or the rattlesnake will eat Mishap's eye, resulting in failure. Stumble has a new game which involves him crossing a railroad. Clod has a Valentine minigame where the player need to swipe the thorned vines with their finger. This minigame is discontinued. After his death, his disfiguration comes from the wheels of the train, as he was sliced in three portions. Slated for release in November 2014, the games take on a more sporting, athletic, and fitness theme, and is labelled Dumb Ways to Die 2: The Games and was released November 18. Doomed has another minigame in which the player must avoid cones appearing from the bottom of the screen running from the drug dealers car. But they also have to prevent the characters' deaths by dangers. Stumble is seen standing on the edge of a train station platform. If it was traced correctly, Calamity will unfold the paper heart chain and then be pleased at it. 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. Lubitz says that the studio which she speaks highly of has approached her to sing more, but shes yet to sign on. 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. 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. If not, he slips on his own puke and the pie falls in his eyes, resulting in failure. He can be unlocked by watching 5 ads. 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One of Euro Summer 2019 games where the player must balance the Leaning Tower of Pisa from falling by tilting the device. Lax has a new Easter-themed minigame where he fell down to the mixer. 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. [40] Later that day, the YouTube video was also censored, with the "This content is not available in your country due to a legal complaint from the government" message. 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. If the players loses, Chinese Dragon will crush Stumble who bleeds, resulting in failure. Plenty of spin-off games were also released, including Dumb Ways to Draw, Dumb Ways to Dash and Dumb Ways to Die: Superheroes. Ninny has another minigame where the player must memorize the combination of buttons to press. This minigame is discontinued. He loses his phone after his death, but his plush toy still has his phone with him. One of Valentine's Day minigames where the player has to put the chocolates in a heart-shaped box. This minigame is discontinued. One of animal-themed minigames where he have to pet porcupines but only when they are calm. If the player hits a cactus, Stupe's plane will crash into the cactus, throwing Stupe out, resulting in failure. This minigame is discontinued. One of Halloween minigames where the player has to drag the bag to catch the falling candies. 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. In the game, the player has to draw lines with in-game pens to guide the characters to their goals. If you win, he dodges a shark and continues surfing. If some wires are disconnected, Dimwit will be frightened by the fire starting in the basement, resulting in failure. One of Christmas minigames where the player has to drag and dunk all the cookies in milk. Dumb Ways to Die, as a whole, is still considered one of the most successful Australian advertising campaigns. Stumble has a Lunar New Year minigame, which is similar to his second one. Later levels have asteroids as obstacles to avoid. In one of the minigames, for example, you have to . Otherwise, the rattlesnake will attack his eye again, resulting in failure. Like the original game, the game's characters do plenty of dangerous and unsafe activities. These are characters featured in . Otherwise, Mishap will place the lid on the box and the rattlesnake will attack his eye once again, resulting in failure. It is also the first line related to trains. The player has to tap the screen to stop them. 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. If she falls forward or backwards, Calamity will get stuck on the floor by glue, resulting in failure. Dumb Ways to Draw is a drawing puzzle game from the world of Dumb Ways To Die! This spoof focuses on so called "dumb" deaths featured in various movies. One of Christmas minigames where him putting up Christmas lights that wrapping his own Christmas tree. This minigame is discontinued. Putting the potions incorrectly will end up with the same explosion, resulting in failure. GOLD. It is an horrific death but depicted in cute graphics. This minigame is discontinued. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. 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". Dumb Ways To Die is an Australian public campaign made by Metro Trains in Melbourne, Victoria, to promote railway safety. Change of Attitude / Behaviour: Dumb Ways to Die is a PSA from Metro Trains in Melbourne in Victoria, that aims at rain safety, particularly on the points of platform common sense and railway crossing safety.
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