The nameless protagonist from Madness Combat as he beats an attacker senseless
Madness Combat is an Adobe Flash series made by Krinkels.
The series centers on an unnamed man (who has since received the name "Hank J. Wimbleton" from Krinkels on Internet forums). Hank, along with Jesus Christ and Tricky, is an Immortal; when killed, he simply comes back. Krinkels says this is because the Higher Powers find Hank and Jesus' eternal conflict amusing. The reason for Tricky's resurrection is unknown. However, Krinkels has said, "the clown is a third component. He will end them all, or not." To date, all the animations (except the first) are set simply "somewhere in Nevada".
Tricky and Hank
It is distinguished by its unique style of animation; every character in the series is drawn simplistically, the primary color is gray, and facial features are replaced by a cross on each character's face. This is a common technique used in portraiture. Usually it is only used for sketching out the design, however, and not left in the final piece. Leaving these lines in is a unique part of the Madness Combat series.
The series' other distinguishing trait is its violence. People are killed in every way possible over the course of the series, and are often brought back as zombies by Jesus. In addition, Hank is killed at the end of every animation (with the exception of Madness Combat, Madness Antipathy (Hank dies and is revived by Tricky about two-thirds into the episode), and Madness Inundation (where he remains dead from Madness Consternation).
Characters
One important thing to remember is that the characters' names are never really definite until Krinkels confirms them. However, fans have taken and probably will take the most obvious clues they have (posters and such) and have asked Krinkels, whose confirmation of these names make them official. There are three main characters in the series:
Hank J. Wimbleton
Hank is the primary character in the Madness Combat series, having first appeared in the original Madness Combat cartoon. He appears to be exceedingly well-trained in the lethal arts, being an expert marksman and a skilled hand-to-hand fighter. In Madness Redeemer, he was revealed to be hunting "The Sheriff"; he successfully killed him in Madness Avenger, whereafter his goals are unknown (though some believe he hunts after "Jesus"). To date, Hank has died six times. The opening sequence of Madness Depredation nicknames him "The Protagonist" (a fitting title, as he is the series' protagonist).
Jesus Christ
The primary antagonist until Antipathy, he first appeared in Madness Combat. In the early episodes, he works for the sheriff, but following the sheriff's death in Madness Avenger he seems to be independent. Jesus possesses many supernatural abilities, including levitation, the ability to ward off bullets, and the power to resurrect people from the dead as zombies. He was also Hank's most dangerous opponent, having killed him three out of the six times Hank has died. In his cameo appearance in Antipathy, he has apparently given up violence and was shown passively raking leaves. To date, Jesus has died five times. The opening sequence of Madness Depredation nicknames him "The Savior". The Comedy Central television cartoon South Park also has an episode called Red Sleigh Down in which Jesus and Santa fight people with guns.
This episode came after Madness Combat, however, so the show's creators most likely had the same idea.
Tricky
Tricky is named after an Internet meme popular at the time, known as xkittyfroggymeowmeow. Xkittyfroggymeowmeow consists of a clown with an exposed, erect penis dancing to the "Sailor's Hornpipe". Krinkels parodied this by making Tricky bangbanggooberblat, which consists of Tricky hitting Jesus over the head with his giant penis. This has caused many Christians to send Krinkels hate-mail, which he then mocks. Tricky first appeared in either Madness Redeemer or Madness Avenger, but fans are unsure; a M16-toting guy in clown makeup appeared in Redeemer, and in Avenger, an identically-costumed character appeared, wearing a jetpack and wielding an M60 machine gun. If he first appeared in Madness Avenger, it's possible Tricky was spawned by the Improbability Drive. Hank killed him by impaling him to a giant marshmallow with a stop sign, but he was resurrected (not by Jesus, but by the "Higher Power", according to Krinkels) as a zombie... only to be killed again, by a AUG and a Deagle. He recovered (still a zombie) in Madness Apotheosis, donned a welder's mask, and became a DJ at "Club M"; he survived this episode, unlike Jesus, Hank, or the first-appearing 1337 agent.
Tricky's appearance in Madness Depredation heralded Compromised Reality, a state in which he gained superior strength, speed, and fighting skill at the cost of his sanity (this came to be after Hank shot him in the face, so he was apparently normal before the injury); in this berserk state, he killed both Jesus and Hank. In the opening sequence of Madness Depredation, he is nicknamed "The Clown".
The sheriff
Hank's first target, distinguished from the rest of the characters by his black "cowboy hat". Hank is first seen hunting down the sheriff for unknown reasons; in Madness Interactive, it's because he stole Hank's pie, but Krinkels has said that only applies to the game, and not the series. The sheriff is well-guarded, as suits his position, and has both a horde of inept men and the infinitely-more-successful Jesus on his payroll. At the end of Madness Redeemer, Hank is killed by Jesus before he can kill the sheriff, but he successfully kills both of his foes before dying himself in Madness Avenger. The sheriff is not an Immortal, and so he has remained dead since then.
The 1337 Crew
A group of Agent Smith-like men in shades and suits, they serve as elite (the name comes from "1337" the internet slang word for "elite") anti-Hank in their first appearances. Despite being presumably better-trained than normal grunts, they are still slaughtered in large numbers by Hank. In Madness Depredation, Antipathy, and Consternation almost all characters who aren't Hank, Jesus, or Tricky are members of the 1337 Crew; the opening of Depredation, appropriately, nicknames them "the Victims". It seems that 1337 agents who are turned into zombies by Jesus appear to lose no intelligence like most zombies; they can wield and fire guns, which normal zombies have not done so far.
The auditor
The auditor is a mysterious character introduced in Madness Consternation. He controls superhuman powers, like spawning weapons, warping, and levitation. He is thought to be the higher power that resurrects Hank, Tricky, and Jesus throughout the series.
Misc. characters
The bodyguards, employees, and innocent bystanders that are killed by Hank and others throughout the series. Armed with various weapons, they're still no match for the main characters. Some are raised as zombies by Jesus after their death, but still don't have a good survival rate.
The Animations
To date, there are eight animations in the Madness series:
Madness Combat
The first of the series, it introduces Hank and Jesus, who resurrects fallen victims. Hank approaches the fan-named "Boom-box Man" in a park (exactly why is unknown, possibly fighting for the boom-box). The "Boom-box Man" then sucker-punches Hank without even looking at him. A brawl develops with passerby, and Hank eventually takes out a MAC-10 and begins shooting after Jesus appears. When Jesus shows up, and is killed after a short fight with Hank. The foes don't stop coming. Once Hank fully empties his submachine gun's clip, and draws a sawed-off shotgun (which he also empties), a throwing knife, and two PPKs. As the episode concludes, he retrieves the boom-box from off-screen, shoots the dancing person in the background, and begins to dance as the following caption appears: "And so on this day our hero had slain thirty men. And he would later admit to having a good time doing it. (Thirty-two people actually, if you count the zombies.)"
The animation ends when the caption, "AL A FIN TO THE MAX -Krinkels", appears and fades.
Madness Redeemer
The first of the series to identify its location as "Somewhere in Nevada"; also marks the first appearance of the sheriff and the clown (named Tricky in a later episode, but named "Bonzo" in the official game), who returns in the later animations. Hank sneaks into the sheriff's department and chases after him, running into many, many guards along the way. In the end, he reaches the sheriff and has him at gunpoint when Jesus shoots him in the back of the head. The episode ends with a caption reading, "Moral: Don't try to shoot the sheriff."
Madness Avenger
Hank, with bandages around his head, once again hunts the sheriff down. Partway through, the sheriff activates the Improbability Drive, causing insane occurrences, such as a massive marshmallow and whales falling from above, the sun taking mortal form, and walls descending from the sky to form a room. After the Drive's activation, Hank first encounters Tricky. Hank eventually kills the sun, plunging the land into eternal night, which continues onwards after Avenger (however, Antipathy appears to take place while a sun-like object is setting), kills Tricky twice (Tricky's second death happened after his resurrection by the Higher Powers), and encounters Jesus. At the end, Hank, armed with a shotgun, corners the sheriff, only to be run through by Jesus (with the 316 sword). He manages to kill both Jesus and the sheriff before dying himself. The Improbability Drive and the falling whale (seen in the background of the scene in front of "The Bakery!" are references to the Infinite Improbability Drive (and its effects, also from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a book written by Douglas Adams.)
Madness Apotheosis
Hank, now with bandages around his torso where he was stabbed, as well as his head bandages, hunts down Tricky (still a zombie, and working as a DJ at Club M). He storms through the Club, killing anyone who gets in his way; encountering the first 1337 agent and acquiring an MP5 submachine gun and a deadly katana. The clown hunt continues as he descends a short stairway and enters the basement, which is where the rave is in progress. Hank shoots Tricky, making the ravers angry, and they attack him(except one, who stays behind), but Hank slices and shoots his way through Tricky's ravers. At this point, Jesus and the zombified 1337 agent appear (squashing the last raver) with the caption "OMFG", and then, Jesus summons up a white aura of small heads, and resurrects Hank's fallen victims. 'Zombie Mode-Go' appears on the screen as Hank once again fights his way towards Jesus. In the end of the animation, Hank is shot repeatedly by Jesus and a zombie, and sets off an explosive on his body, blowing up himself and Jesus. The final scene shows the clown dancing, with a caption that states, "And he danced." This is the first animation where Hank is referred to as 'Hank J. Wimbleton', in various wanted posters scattered around Club M.
Also, the name "DJ Tricky M" appears in multiple posters showing a silhouette of the clown, as well as silhouettes of "Cheshyre", the music composer for the film.
Madness Depredation
The fifth addition to the series, wherein Hank, now wearing circular red rimless glasses, a mask, a black trench coat (a reference to the movie Léon), also with a matching black toque; of the kind a television robber might use, and bandages all across his body, attacks what might be a stronghold of Jesus. Jesus is now battle-scarred, covered in stitches over his head and bandages across his body, under his white coat. Hank easily manages to take down each bodyguard he meets until Jesus arrives. The ensuing battle ranges from the land right outside the stronghold, to a cliff side below, and finally the valley at the very bottom of the area. At one point Hank employs a fighting style identical to "Gun-Kata", the fictional martial art invented in the movie Equilibrium (2002). The fight between the two swings in favor between Hank and Jesus several times until Tricky arrives. Then, the entire tone of the flash changes; becoming so insane as to make the previous flashes appear tame and sane in comparison. The phrases "REALITY COMPROMISED" and "THE CLOWN HAS BEEN ENGAGED" appear on-screen, and Tricky seems to become powerful, yet insane.
Two men (possible fans or friends of Hank) drive in a car, and quickly throw Hank his katana, before reversing and getting flattened by a falling building which Krinkels has said is the Flying Party (another reference to The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams). Tricky manages to quickly and decisively defeat and decapitate Jesus and then goes into a short fight with Hank. Hank manages to hold his own for most of the fight, and even gains the upper hand near the very end, but Tricky, powered by the Compromised Reality, gets right back up again after having the top of his head sliced off, and kills Hank by ripping his head off and pounding it into the ground.
At the beginning of the flash, the hero, Hank, is labeled as "The Protagonist," the 1337 Crew are called "The Victims," Jesus is listed as "The Savior," while Tricky is simply "The Clown." At various points throughout the flash, hidden gags or "Easter eggs" can be read by pausing the flash and zooming into what appears to be scribbled writing. One such example being, "Skylight: Please do not crash through this window and kill all the people inside. Thanks! - Mgmnt" Hank, of course, proceeds to do just that. Other ones include, a poster with a spoof of the movie "The Passion of The Christ" only to have Jesus standing in a silhouette with a gun in his hand and beside him is written "the Passion of Madness"; this poster also appears in Apotheosis.
Madness Antipathy
The sixth addition to the series, it follows Hank, now with his bottom jaw missing and bloodied, hunting down Tricky. The camera pans across the landscape, the center focus of it being on a building. A caption appears with the same name of the story's setting: "SOMEWHERE IN NEVADA. THE ICON OF SIN." It continues to say, "A BATTERED BODY IS DENIED DEATH... IN ORDER TO GRANT IT EN MASSE." This probably means that Hank was denied the peace of death to kill others. During the captions' appearances, it shows Hank being revived (supposedly by Tricky, due to the white aura that briefly surrounds him and Tricky's hand gesture). On the ground are a Glock, a sword, and a note from Tricky saying: "Just do what comes natural-T." Hank then goes into a club (seen in Madness Depredation, falling from the sky), killing many 1337 agents and guards. When Hank gets to the final room, he goes over to the control panel with the Improbability Drive (seen in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy), which has a note saying; "Very good, now catch me if you can, SUCKA! *.* -T."
Then half of the screen gets filled with Tricky's mangled zombie face, and a caption shows saying "OH TEH NOES!" A steam train, driven by Tricky, zooms towards Hank, who dodges it and jumps onto the back of the train, and climbing on the roof, where a 1337 agent throws a nightstick at him, so Hank goes into a cabin, killing lots of 1337 agents. At the driving cabin at the front of the train, Tricky realizes Hank is on the train, and detaches the driving cabin from the passenger cabins. Hank kills all of the 1337 agents, and jumps out of the door, grabbing hold of the cabin linker, whilst Tricky tries to get him off by stepping on his hands. As this happens, the train goes past Jesus, who is raking leaves next to a billboard saying; "Warning: Bridge out ahead.", and then the caption; "Warning: DANGER" shows, and the train goes of the cliff, killing 3 people. Hank is now injured. Tricky throws a lead pipe to Hank and they have a brief fight, where Hank appears to die his fifth death in the series. He is quickly resurrected by Tricky.
The two continue to fight and Hank seems to gain strength and agility as the fight goes on. After Hank knocks Tricky's hat off, Tricky runs away and points to the sky, where a club falls down. Hank enters and retrieves a battle axe and a P90. When Hank has killed all of the guards and 1337 agents, he exits and sees Tricky buying a hot dog. Hank runs up to him, smashes the axe into Tricky's head and shoots him multiple times in the face and chest with the P90, then proceeds to drop off the cliff. Then on the cliff edge, Tricky respawns as a massive, white, flaming demon. As the screen zooms into Hank preparing for battle, he shoots several times and then the screen goes black with the caption "To be continued".
Madness Antipathy also includes a variety of 'Easter Eggs', such as that on the 'Bridge Out Ahead sign', which says below it 'So like, stop going so fast.', then in even smaller text 'Or not, I don't really care'. Also, Jesus has a new shirt, which says: 'I'm Jebus, lol', followed by 'This is as dressed up as I get', and many on the posters, including the "Wanted" for Hank, saying "For distorting reality, felony evasion, public urination and crime. ONE MILLION DOLLARS", and the Agency Against Hank Wimbleton.
Madness Consternation
Hank's retaliatory attack against the new Tricky was futile; Hank is now lying at the bottom of the cliff, missing half of his head and a portion of his body, and blood soaks the ground beneath him. He tries to get up, even in his current state. Tricky falls from above and swats Hank into the wall of the cliff. He glares at Hank and moves toward him. The word "SUFFER" flashes on the screen as Tricky sets Hank's body alight with white flames, then proceeds to chew on and fling Hank about. "GET UP" flashes on the screen. "NO" flashes near the battle torn Hank; this is the only form of dialogue between the characters. Hank is struck by lightning three times as he is brought back to life in a fully-restored, brand new body. "KNOCK IT OFF", Hank screams at Tricky, wanting simply to stay dead. Two long pillars with doors fall to the ground behind Hank. Three 1337 agents sporting red sunglasses appear and attack Hank.
As they all are unarmed, Hank makes short work of the trio. Another agent appears and Hank dives on him, tearing his head off. It would seem Hank is beginning to suffer the same maddening effects of the Improbability Drive, becoming even more violent than usual (if that were possible). Tricky advances and Hank retreats into one of the doors. The door closes behind him and inside the small corridor, Hank battles a small squad of 3 1337 agents as Tricky tries to break in. Hank moves into the next room where a 1337 agent is pinned to the ceiling by several stakes. Hank defeats the 1337 agents advancing up the stairs and acquires an automatic rifle. As Hank kills and knocks out 2 of the agents at the bottom of the stairwell, Tricky breaks into the room.
Hanks fires at Tricky as he retreats once again into an elevator. Inside the elevator is an armed lone 1337 agent and some junk. Hank press the elevator's down button and is shot by the agent, whom he then dispatches. Meanwhile, Tricky breaks through the door into the elevator shaft up above. As Hank finishes applying pressure and observing his wound, Tricky lands on the elevator and attempts to break in. Hank forces the elevator into an emergency stop and barely escapes Tricky's grip as he jumps into another corridor, killing two more 1337 agents. Tricky moves in and drools what looks like white lava; Hank jumps and grabs hold of a pipe near the ceiling after lodging one of the 1337 agent's blades in Tricky's teeth. He pumps and fires a shotgun using his free hand, firing at Tricky's head.
An X-ray window zooms in on Tricky's head, showing a Portable Improbability Drive. The three bullets discharged from the shot impale it, sending its "1NT3GR1T13S" down to 42.03%. The window displays the words "DANGER, BRAIN DAMAGE" as bold red letters (Tricky's dialogue) state "OUCH". Tricky backs away as the screen becomes obscured by static once more and the words "MIND: STRONG" and "LOL LOL LOL" appear. Hank tries to pump for another shot but is punched through the opposite wall by Tricky. A 1337 agent comes through another door armed with an Uzi and peeks into the hole as Tricky moves forward. Hank kills the two 1337 agents in the next room and shoots the third agent through the hole he looked through, dodging said agent's gunfire. More agents appear and Hank acquires a sword here.
White flames are spouting from the hole, so Hank grabs an Armsel Striker from a locker and enters the next room, killing the three 1337 agents inside. As Hank ponders his next move, seeing as he's hit a dead end, the floor beneath him begins to crack. At first, it appears to be Tricky, but as the hole enlarges, a gigantic shotgun barrel pokes through and Hank barely ducks in time to avoid its discharge. As the monster below reloads its weapon and fires again, Hank jumps over the shot and into the hole. Outside and below is a giant 1337 agent with a pair of stakes impaled into its head through its jaw (presumably called the Mag-Agent: Torture as referred to on the mysterious console at the end of the movie). The agent fires at Hank again, who jumps up and performs bullet time and unloads several shots into the large 1337 agent's head. The agent, however, is unfazed.
Hank grabs onto the barrel of the agent's gun and the agent punches him backward through a support beam and out of sight. The agent moves forward and swats Hank away with the butt of his rifle as Hank tries to get up. Meanwhile, a 1337 agent is busy training a pair of two new 1337 grunts who are doing push-ups. The agent looks up and points at Hank, who flies right into the agent, killing him. The two grunts get up and challenge Hank. Hank tears the first grunt's heart out and drops it, then turns on the other. He tears a portion of the other grunt's face off, then tears the skin off the grunt's chest. The grunt stands stunned as he feels his wounds, and Hank throws him into a wall, killing him.
The door behind him opens and a 1337 agent comes out with a pistol and fires at Hank who kills him; another agent appears, wielding a katana. Hank kills this agent as well and looks up at the giant agent, who loads a 20 kg slug into his shotgun. Hank retreats into the building and takes cover on the wall, killing a 1337 agent with the slug instead. After taking the killed enemies handgun and dispatching the remaining agents, Hank opens a locker situated between two doors: "RETREAT" and "PROCEED." Inside the locker are several guns and a chainsaw, which Hank throws away his pistol for and chooses without hesitation. As he moves into the door marked "PROCEED", two 1337 agents attempt to attack but are slaughtered with the chainsaw, then the giant agent comes in behind him and Hank finishes the agent off, tearing into the agent's head with the chainsaw. Shots are fired from the bottom of a ladder and Hank is struck in the shoulder once more. He leaps down and tears into a group of agents. After Hank dispatches almost all of them the last agent attempts to get away up the ladder, but is disemboweled by Hank's devastating weapon. In the next room, Hank kills three more agents.
The agents are suddenly absorbed by a white light, and a white flaming liquid pours into the room from a vent. Tricky appears once more, still in demonic form but now normal sized. Hank attempts to cut into the clown with his chainsaw, but Tricky simply grabs it and tosses it aside. Hank tried to fend off Tricky with a lead pipe but he also tossed that aside and Tricky punches Hank when he's done a couple times then throws Hank throw a wall. Outside is a 1337 agent, accompanied by two new agents (A.T.P. agents), who are attempting to fix Tricky's portable Improbability Drive. A building is also seen in the background.
As the agents move to Hank, the camera pans upward to reveal none other than Jesus, once again sporting a halo and his 316 Sword, who fires a multitude of 3 bullets from a Smith & Wesson Model 500 at the agent's heads, killing them. Jesus pulls out his sword and impales Hank through the middle, lifting him up with the blade. The words "GOODNIGHT, HANK", in white text (in contrast to Tricky's red and Hank's black) appear on the screen, obviously spoken by Jesus. Tricky peeks his head out just as this happens and exclaims "HAY!!!". Jesus fires a bullet into Hank's head, killing him. Jesus turns around and fires a bullet into the portable Drive. Tricky's demonic form fades and all that is left is his zombified body, which Jesus kills using his sword by stabbing him multiple times in the head. Inside the building is a computer terminal. A dark, sinister figure moves a switch the computer's panel, labeled "Advanced Training", from "SOME" to "OH SHI-". The figure is accompanied by two more deformed-looking agents armed with shotguns glaring with red narrow eyes, as the episode ends.
Madness Inundation
The cartoon begins with Jesus standing on the cliff. He then says the following words:
"I PURGE THE WICKED."
"THE IMPIOUS MADNESS MUST END."
"I SHALL BE THE INSTRUMENT OF ARMAGEDDON."
"IT HAS GOTTEN OUT OF HAND."
Jesus then puts his TAC-50 away piece by piece then heads down the cliff into the hideout to go after the auditor.
"THE END HAS BEGUN."
He hops down the cliff and meets quick resistance from the 1337 Crew who are quickly killed by Jesus. This later works to his advantage, going along with Jesus' more satanic arsenal, he is capable of ensnaring foes in a dark red beam and obliterating them.
Using his super strength to crush an oncoming guard, Jesus moseys through the facility in a more careful, yet equally deadly path than Hank's previous run.
Soon enough, the auditor, shown watching the original Improbability Drive, infects Jesus with CMD, which causes him to randomly cough up bigger and bigger amounts of blood. Wiping it away, Jesus soon arrives in a lower storage room where it is seen that 1337 guards are being stored. Jesus destroys an unknown power device for the Drive, duels with a pair of captured katanas, institutes an elevator ambush, and even goes up against Mag V2 guards, shown more equipped than the one killed by Hank. As he attempted one shot from his oversized Deagle Jesus pulls out his shield absorbs the bullet and re-deflects it into his torso and brings him to a death.
Jesus appears to be losing his mind from the madness created by the Drive just as Hank had before him, resorting to more brutal tactics such as bashing a guard's face in with a discarded weapon, using his telekinetic abilities to smash a dead guard's body into a wall to create a blood bath, and even ripping one guard's body in half and smashing him into the ceiling.
Losing more and more blood does not slow him as he continues his maddening hunt, re-equipping the Smith & Wesson Model 500, he arrives outside, miles away from a building where the auditor, glowing with dark energy, aims a minigun at him and fires. Jesus demonstrates his speed and flight by speeding through the field and, in desperation, busting into the facility through a wall. The auditor, infuriated, spawns of pair of swords to confront Jesus who, attacked by the virus once more, instantly re-arms himself and slaughters the oncoming waves of guards. Another Mag-Agent appears to fight him, though is killed after several sniper rounds to the head.
Jesus is confronted by the auditor who easily overpowers him via spawning weapons and, in a simple matter, outclassing him. Each attack fails as bullet simply make the man dissolve and teleport, however, he retreats when Jesus reflects a barrage of SMG rounds at him. Jesus, fatigued and losing too much blood after being shot a few times, summons his notorious 316 sword and, leaping up two adjacent walls, chases the auditor to the Drive's chamber. (But not after a quick cameo involving the hot dog vendor)
Killing what appears to be the final guard, Jesus prepares to cure himself using the Drive, but is stopped due to a quick effort by the auditor. They fight briefly, before the auditor spawns a rocket launcher. Jesus vainly attempts to deflect it with his bullet shield power, but is blasted through the wall of the facility.
The auditor glances down to see if he is dead, but is distracted as the Drive has been damaged and reads:
TERMINAL DAMAGED.
IMPROBABILITY CONTROL DISABLED.
NORMALITY RESTORATION IN PROCESS...
Jesus, alive but with most of his face blasted off from the missile, stands and watches as the sky cracks. The auditor, possibly uncaring of his imminent doom, watches silently as a white light pours out and hits the earth, destroying the previous building Jesus fled from.
A shot of Hank and Tricky's corpses is shown as the light purges the reddened sky like lightning. Jesus shields his eyes as the light breaks out and immerses Nevada. Suddenly, text appears saying:
'AND THEN THERE WERE NONE'
The credits then roll, and the animation ends with the ambiguity of any character's survival. Krinkels has stated that the Improbability Drive's "restoration" process has actually "fractured reality." What this means is still to be seen, but a recent rumor on MadnessCombat.com perceives this as a more exaggerated effect of the Drive, meaning that the improbable will become even more highly probable.
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Madness 9
Madness Combat 9 will be the ninth installment of the Madness series. Shortly after Madness Inundation, Krinkels announced that Madness Combat 9 will take place directly after Madness Combat 8. On March 8, 2008, Krinkels announced that he had begun working on the animation and posted the first screenshot, due to the numerous fans that agitated him to do so.
Related works
Other Madness cartoons by Krinkels include:
Marsh-Mellow-Madness: This started it all. A man offers to shoot people out of a cannon and into a giant marshmallow for a small fee. The hilarity ensues from there.
Tricky bangbanggooberblat: This is a Madness oddity. Tricky is beating Jesus over the head with his large penis with the happy tune "Sailor's Hornpipe" playing and "OMG" written in the background, flashing bright colors; this could be a reference to the original Tricky meme. Krinkels is known to have said that he likes to think of all of the Madness people as eunuchs, with the exception of Tricky. Krinkels has had many complaints from people annoyed about Tricky bangbanggooberblat, and is known to have replied to one such person by saying "Mel Gibson did the same thing, but he used whips and chains instead of a clown's phallus. Honestly, I don't know which is more kinky myself."
Tricky Madness 2: This cartoon was a side-project Krinkels worked on after he finished Madness Antipathy. This is, obviously, the sequel to Tricky bangbanggooberblat. And like the first, features Jesus and Tricky. Only now, instead of a clown repeatedly beating Jesus over the head with his phallus, to the happy tune of "Sailor's Hornpipe," the two unleash intense violence.
Madness Interactive: There is also a game conceived by Krinkels and coded by Max Abernethy (aka Flecko) called "Madness Interactive" or "MI" for short. The game allows the player to control Hank as he fights through hoards of enemies until he reaches and slays the sheriff. The introduction states that Hank was after the sheriff because he stole his pie, but this is considered to be non-canon and only applicable to the game.
Music Video: A short, random animation made prior to Music Video 2. Although it does not incorporate Madness characters, it still retains the same monochrome style. May have been the predecessor to Crap, Garbage, Piss, and Vomit, due to it's unrelated randomness and quirky humor.
Music Video 2: The sequel to the original Music Video, It's just a short flash about a monster type creature attempting to escape some 1337 agents that appear to be trying to capture it. It is considered non-canonical to the Madness series.
Crap: A short flash animation also made by Krinkels. It appears to be nothing more than a joke by Krinkels.
Garbage: The sequel to Crap, it's just as random and unrelated.
Piss: The third in the short sub spin-off in the Madness series. Again, totally random.
Vomit: The fourth in the random animation series by, only this time it is more of a parody the standard Madness cartoons.
Leisurely Ragtime: A Madness Day short animated by Krinkels, continuing the saga of random animations. It contains considerably less violence than most other Madness animations.
Fan tributes
As popular as Madness Combat is, it has also spawned a large list of fan tributes and parodies. Most of these, although, did not live up to the original series. Some, however, were well thought out and animated. A few of these are:
- Maximum Ninja Series by Sto0g3
- Madness Mini Series by Shrinkz
- Madness Elimination Series by Splurgle
- Madness 1337 By Wigger
- Anti-Clock Day Madness By DeRosa