This video analyzes the 2021 animated short 'Gaslight' by examining its cartoon logic and narrative consistency, highlighting how the film's ending defies expectations by having a fire element character die from an explosion rather than being extinguished, which raises questions about the internal logic of animated storytelling and the challenges of maintaining narrative coherence in surreal comedy.
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Dating a Lighter is a Terrible Idea.... || GASLIGHT Animated short film || ReactionAdded:
Hey, what's up guys? Today we're what?
Hey, what's up guys? Today we're reacting to the animated short called Gaslight by channel literally named Gaslight Animated Shorts. Honestly, I feel like I'm being [music] manipulated before the video even starts. So, let's watch it before they somehow make it my fault.
No, our fault.
Huh, it's some nice music.
Uh.
Hey babe.
Who's he talking to?
>> situation at the the counter is >> Oh, it's I can't sit away.
He's a dating a lighter?
It's kind of weird, dude.
You have Are you objectum sexual?
I've always wondered about these people, like how are they genuinely attracted to objects?
I mean, like she's talking. So, >> Well, I was just >> Wait, I have a theory.
>> [music] >> What if the spirit of his dead girlfriend is in the lighter?
Cuz if you really think about it, there's no other like alive objects.
>> [music] >> Like in the scene, the cigarette isn't alive.
>> That's okay. Let's just get it on with it.
>> Uh, okay.
What's she licking?
Is she licking it?
Is this like sex for them?
I mean, it kind of makes sense, but at the same time it's like >> That's okay.
>> Can't be that good.
>> [crying] >> El, there's something I've got to tell you. I I want to break up with you.
>> What?
>> Good job. What do you mean what? You're a lighter. Why would anyone be dating you in the first place?
>> I've decided to quit smoking.
>> Good job.
>> I really need to work on myself, you know?
>> Yeah.
>> Get some breathing room.
>> It's really hard for to break an addiction, so proud of you, man.
>> El, El, are you listening to me?
>> Ew, she sounds like a kettle, bro.
>> I just met her, like >> What? Her face is on the pole. What the heck?
>> No, no, it's not like that.
>> But, it is. You're You're going to ditch her, right?
How?
Does she smoke it, too?
If she's a fire lighter thing or whatever.
How in the world is she Never mind.
>> [screaming] >> Uh uh Does Jewel do drugs? Like meth?
It's true. Yo, why'd you kick her so far?
Yo, she's going to burn the trash down.
Or does Or does the wood behind her?
Ooh, that's kind of tough.
It's kind of tough.
Oh my What is she doing?
How'd she get all the way over there?
How did a pinch-off mouse size in 2 seconds?
This is what you get for dating a lighter.
Uh-oh.
Bro, she's going to put you in jail for arson.
Babe, come on. Why you trying to reconcile with a freaking object? You're pissing me off.
Alcohol wood. She's really just trying to kill him.
Is she still yapping away? Wait, let me try and hear what she's saying.
I'm trying to hear what she's saying.
Okay, wait. One more time.
Can't hear.
I only heard better than you.
Like that one song. Hey, L. How is she picking that up?
How is she picking up a whole nozzle?
She's like the size of a pinky finger.
She's pretty strong. She might solo Goku.
How'd you even get in there? Just just just put the nozzle down. Nice and easy.
Oh, she's going to explode it. Oh, no no no no no. Why is he just standing there?
He can kill her like with the with the extinguisher. Why is he trying to plead with it all? This dude's so sorry.
Firstly, he's dating a lighter.
Then on [music] top of that, when he tried to break up with her, he's like he's still trying to like make her not feel bad. And then thirdly, while she's [music] literally threatening to explode the whole place, he's still pleading. He should have just immediately extinguished her. She's a lighter, right? [music] Even in the beginning of the beginning of the um video, you can see that um that he had a clicker for her to come up. But even if you were to extinguish her, she'd still come back to life later.
So, what's going on?
Oh, just just just put the nozzle down.
Nice and easy.
She's not going to die.
Oh, my god.
Stupid.
A terrible way to lame way to go. The saddest ending of all time.
with fire.
Ooh.
Wait, what? Why'd she die? This doesn't even make sense, boo boo.
This doesn't even make sense.
She's a literal lighter. Shouldn't she be awakened?
by fire like she should be like a the lightest side god.
What? How did she die? For what what what For what did you do all this? You just killed this dude who was trying to better his life. This dude this literally angry angry issues a lighter killed a guy who was just trying to better his life cuz he didn't want to break up with him. And then you ended up dying, too.
Like he kind of deserves it though. He let it happen to him.
>> just can't quit.
>> Now, imagine imagine like becoming a ghost and you're talking to your ancestors and they're saying how they died like in epic ways or maybe some mediocre ways like illnesses and you say you died to your the lighter cigarette lighter girlfriend. Um this was a very nice reaction video to a short film. If you want to see more videos like this, just um like, subscribe, and give me some suggestions.
Oh my goodness. Give me some suggestions.
Peace out.
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