Ultimate Minecart Race - Animation vs. Minecraft Shorts Ep 31

DJ wasn't wrong in his prediction of who would win: https://youtu.be/8nmqkAtZZlc

I think this is the best and most clear display we've had so far of each stick figure's respective play styles. Green, being the best builder, is the only one to use blocks offensively (slime blocks), and prefers to fight with a fishing rod. Blue of course is a master of potions and almost always fights with a bow or crossbow. Red (my fave) has a strong connection with mobs and is the only one to uses spawn eggs as an advantage, plus prefers using a sword. TSC doesn't stand out in any particular field but he's decent at everything and uses the shield and fireworks a lot. And lastly there's Yellow who built the course using knowledge of redstone and coding. I also love how none of these traits appeared immediately. We do see hints of them from the very first Animator vs. Minecraft, but it's amazing how we got to see each character figuring out their expertise. Like we saw Blue trying to figure out how a brewing stand works, or yellow first learning how to operate a command block. Their developments are awesome.

The reason why I loved this competition episode the most out of the other contests is because we actually see everyone's greatest strengths here all put together. TSC's resourcefulness and natural ability to create new mechanics (catapult from TNT plus shield) or use solutions from a hindrance (using the chicken trap to get ahead in the air) Green's absolute ego made him wild with a mixture of parkour, going on the offence and doing whatever can be done to slow down the others. A lot of his moves were skill based. Blue kept things at a distance. Being the more patient one of the group, the way he used mainly long distance attacks and waited out to attack multiple of his friends at once (i.e the first TNT thrown) was just epic (plus I think he was laughing after that was thrown). Then when that didn't work, he used drugs. And finally, this made me happy the most. We got to see Red being smart here. He was literally the first out of the group to keep finding ways to get a lil faster. And that chicken trap was chef's kiss Usually Red acts like the childish one of the group, tantrum and playfulness alike. But here, we saw what happens when a child gets pushed too far and yearns to win. Like when he was pelting Blue with snowballs, like come on. Plus we got some of his animal knowledge to help too. Even all of their tantrums at the end reflected their behaviour. Red, being the childish one, threw his trophy first and near Yellow while comparing himself to the rest of the group on how he's better. Green, having an ego to match his cool skills, threw his away the most powerfully with a whole "WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?" SC is in complete disbelief since his competitiveness matches Green and the fighting nature from being a second version of The Chosen One is made apparent. Then Blue, as he's the most patient and empathetic, is the last to throw his away as he's trying to process what Yellow just said despite all his "efforts" (drugs) to stay ahead

"Guys calm down! You're all winners!" " I DONT CARE WHO'S THE WINNER I CARE WHO'S THE LOSER "

This and “The Chef” are like those series when after the main show is over, they do a lighter secondary show with no overlaying plots.

Can we just take a moment to apreciate Yellow for the huge amount of work he put into designing this race? Edit: Thank you everyone for... A LOT of likes. I apologize if this kind of comment is kind of unoriginal but I really didn't expect it to blow up, I kinda expected maybe 100 or 200 likes at most with this, not the HUGE amount that it is at... I really appreciate it

The way they display different skills and show how competitive they are really is refreshing Edited:Holy moly the likes I guess we had the exact same feeling which really makes my day

TSC: Superman Green: Spiderman Red: Antman Yellow: Iron Man Blue: Dr Strange

This is one of the rare videos that has so much replay value because of the amount of details that can easily be missed the first time you watched it, like in 1:22, while Green and TSC fell into carts, Red spawns a cart for him to fall on, how Red caught an arrow with their hand in 3:00, or how the collapsed bridge created a lava splash in 6:15. It was an awesome trip every time the replay button is clicked.

In a way, I was really hoping Red would come out on Top here. You can see just how aggressive he is in this race (despite not fighting the most. That goes between TSC and Green) that his straight forward competitive side really flourishes. He is arguably the first to think of every minute way to gain just that extra little bit of speed. He is the "Work harder, not smarter" arguable variant of the group. This has caused him so many losses in the past. From the pedaling with the Minecarts -to actively trying to swim in the water - using the rowboat on ice - and slowing the others down with chicken spawning eggs. And of course using his animals. His skills rarely get to flourish and put him ahead of the others in many of their competitions. It always seems like he tries the hardest yet his fruits never truly pay off. Despite it all just being for fun between them. In a way I kind of hope he gets a real golden moment to shine where he gets his payoff in the future for all this hard work. I am not expecting anything super grand - but a nice definitive solid win he can claim as his own between them.

love how blue, like any good racer, chose to make his strategy drug abuse

SC and Green are so eldest and 2nd eldest coded. I love how competitive they all are and it’s chill having friends you can go all out against without any serious bitterness. Real talk, their found family dynamic is definitely… SC: Eldest Green: 2nd eldest Yellow: Middle child Blue: 2nd youngest Red: Youngest

I’m glad that after saving the entire world of Minecraft they can finally get back to just having fun

I like how even when Yellow went the extra mile to give them all gold podiums and trophies, they were so aggressively competitive that they just tossed them aside and were like "NO, I WON! ONLY ME!" A pretty refreshing twist on the "Everyone wins because we had fun" trope.

Usually a short like this wouldn’t have music, but I’m so glad it was here to enhance it so much. Also, I’m glad that the “everyone’s a winner” solution was still met with annoyance by everyone.

2:07 Bro tried Midoriya's technique

I want to live in the timeline where all of these different combinations and interactions with/between mechanics are stuff you can actually do in minecraft.

I love how the second Yellow tries to do something nice by letting them all win, they immediately turn all their frustrations onto him. It’s amazing how much personality you convey through these stick figures.

It’s really cool to watch the four of them use different aspects of Minecraft to keep up with each other, like Red’s knowledge of mobs, or Green’s red stone and overall knowledge of obscure mechanics (such as fishing rod minecarts). It’s great to watch each one use their skills, either if against each other or togeather.

These are literal masterpieces of animation and storytelling. I wish Minecraft could actually be played like this.