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"If you're lying, I'll skewer you and roast your liver!"
-Sarah Huffington, Jolly Roger and the Pirate Queen
Non-Canon The subject of this article is not canonical to Mustache Maniacs Film Co.'s official cinematic universe.

The Hit Man is a never-released film created for MEA 261 class, Advanced Animation, at College of the Canyons. The edgy concept was developed for several weeks before being dropped in favor of New Friends ~ An Environmental Fable.


Plot Summary[]

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"Stop it! Stop it! You're ruining everything!"
-Theodore Taylor, Mustache Maniacs Film Co. is Coming to LEGO Dimensions!
Spoiler warning! This section contains details that reveal crucial plot points. If you do not want to find out what happens, skip to the next section.

The film begins at the food mart, where customers come and go. One of these customers is named Juniper, who moonlights as a hit man.

While putting some groceries in the trunk of his prized car, a man by the name of Tim walks up and opens the door to his car too fast, leaving a dent in Juniper's car. Tim apologizes, but Juniper masks his rage. As Tim pulls away, Juniper writes down his license plate number and follows close behind. Juniper is ready to take down his next target.

That night, he tracks Tim to an elegant hotel and disguises himself as a butler. He heads up to the room where his target is residing. Lightly knocking on the door to the suite, Tim answers the door and then recoils in fear. Wanting to know why Juniper has come to see him, Tim panics and trembles with fear in his words. Juniper slides out his handgun and fires away. Tim stumbles back, out onto the patio, and trips, sending him over the railing. Juniper rushes to the railing and observes him land on top of a conveniently-parked car. Juniper then groans in frustration; it just so happened that Tim crushed Juniper's prized car.

Production History[]

As part of the Advanced Animation Class, teacher Masha Vasilkovsky had the students find their character designs in wood grain. One of the characters found was a ghoulish, phantom-like form that spoke the essence of a villain. In late August 2012, pre-production started, with an expected release that December (even though the film was never officially announced). However, as the concept lagged, creator Andrew Bermudez expressed increasing disdain for the story, stating that "if I don't care what happens to these characters, then the audience won't." The project was cancelled early September, and Mustache Maniacs Film Co. moved its development efforts over to New Friends ~ An Environmental Fable.

Characters[]

Credits[]

  • Andrew Bermudez - Creator, Concept Artist, Story
  • Masha Vasilkovsky - Teacher, Adviser

Tropes[]

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"Stop it! Stop it! You're ruining everything!"
-Theodore Taylor, Mustache Maniacs Film Co. is Coming to LEGO Dimensions!
Spoiler warning! This section contains details that reveal crucial plot points. If you do not want to find out what happens, skip to the next section.

The Hit Man contains examples of the following tropes.

  • Art Shift: All three characters designed for this film all have completely different art styles. While the bellhop has a very traditional look, Juniper (whose form was found in wood grain) looks like a ghoul with unnatural forms, and Tim looks like a character from a broad and expressive cartoon.
  • The Bad Guy Wins: Subverted. Juniper manages to kill Tim, but Tim ends up falling on top of Juniper's prized car.
  • Cool Car: Naturally, Juniper's source of pride is this.
  • Disproportionate Retribution: Juniper's entire motivation for killing Tim is that he accidentally left a paint scratch in the side of Juniper's prized car.
  • The Everyman: The character of Tim. He's just an ordinary man who becomes the target of Juniper's wrath.
  • Evil is Petty: Juniper Kills Tim just for scratching his car.
  • Pride: Juniper's entire existence, at least in this film, centers around his prized car.
  • Professional Killer: Juniper is one. The title, The Hit Man, says it all.
  • Room Disservice: Juniper poses as a member of the hotel staff in order to get to Tim.
  • Villain Protagonist: The main character, Juniper, is a pretty reprehensible guy who gets away with murder, with only his ego stained. The apathy that this induced is what got the film cancelled.

Trivia[]

  • Juniper is named after the juniper tree, referencing the fact that his form was found in the pattern of wood grain.
  • Father Juniper in New Friends ~ An Environmental Fable is named after Juniper the hit man.
  • Originally, Juniper was just going to shoot Tim; the car was added to give Juniper a motive to shoot Tim.
  • As suggested by the concept art, a bellhop was going to appear in the film. The role he would have played in the story is unknown.
  • In a piece of concept art, Tim's room number is 424, alluding to the month and day The Adventures of Legoman was released (April 24).

Gallery[]

Documents[]

  • Script (COMING 2024)
  • Treatment (COMING 2024)
  • Rough Storyboard (COMING 2024)
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