Biggering Lorax - Animatic - (Proyecto Escolar)

As a wise commenter once said "How bad can I be is the story the Onceler told Ted, Biggering is what actually happened"

I love how in this, the Lorax isn’t just trying to save the Trees, he’s trying to save the Once-ler

I love how the Onceler repeats what the Lorax says: “My biggering is triggering more biggering”, he’s actively acknowledging his flaws and does nothing to stop them, even encouraging them

Absolutely love how this version has him say “Who cares if some things are dying.” Rather than “Who cares if a few trees are dying.”

I’m so glad Biggering is still getting attention even after all this time, it genuinely does go hard.

The idea of Danny Devito giving an animated speech about greed in the middle of a rock song is just so funny to me

As an eight year old kid in 2012, I absolutely loved How Bad Can I Be? As a nineteen year old adult in 2023, I realize Biggering is superior in every way.

I love how the hands are sending Onceler up to the sky, instead of him growing. His company didn’t grow on its own, the reason he got as big as he did was because of his humongous fanbase. He knows he can get away with everything because his fans will defend and support him no matter what, and THIS is what ALSO triggers his biggering.

What makes this cooler is that instead of "trees" it's "things" that he says are dying, meaning that he knows the greater-scale impact of his deforestation, endangering the lives of innocent creatures. It truly makes him a villain

They made a huge mistake cutting this song... It's one of the best villain songs I've heard. I don't care if it's "anti-corporate" or "too scary for kids" it's actually true to the story. Also great storyboard

This song would’ve literally changed a whole generation if they had kept it in the movie.

3:04 never fails to send chills down my spine because it's like a parallelism to "How Bad Can I Be" but with a darker tone.

a school project can be better than the whole movie

The army of green gloves is not only really cool imagery, it’s also an excellent reference to how only the Onceler’s arms were ever shown in the original book. Great work!

cant believe we almost got a punk rock version of the lorax

That moment you realize a company cut out a song about corporate corruption because it was to real for them

OMG I just had the thought, wouldn't it be fucking awesome if the office was actually pristine white and monochrome, but as the song goes on, the inside of the building gets more and more red, until the line "a company's an animal" where everything inside is just red and green. Showing how the onceler, in his green suit representing pride, acts as a parasite inside the corporation, representing greed and literally inside the belly of the beast. I absolutely love the parallelism

wow that visual of all the hands reaching out with the "WHO CARES IF, SOME THINGS ARE DYIIIING!" was really good this definitely stands as one of the best visualizations of the song

This puts "how bad can I be" to shame. And I aslo like that he knows what he is doing to the environment, unlike the original he only recognizes untill the last tree, so this makes him a real villain.

Here’s the thing. I like How Bad Can I Be? It’s a glitzy pop song that showcases the PR campaigns to sanitize the company’s image, eventually starting to show the darkness underneath and is scary in its own right. The problem is that when it comes to the Onceler, it’s not played as a front; it’s played straight. It shows the Onceler getting caught up in his own messaging and being stunned at the end when the last tree is chopped down. Canonically, the Onceler has deniability. He doesn’t realize what he’s doing until it’s too late. It’s the exact sort of thing CEOs hide behind every time they do something horrible, and that’s the problem. This song, on the other hand, shows the Onceler knowing everything he’s doing and the impact of it. The movie is good, but if not for corporate meddling, it could have been incredible.