Death Throes!

Another morbid one, guys. Motherfucking DEATH THROES. So, before I go off and form a Doom Metal band, I'll run this by you - pretty much, this unfortunate Archaeopteryx (pictured above) has come to the end of his life. And since he's now a beautifully arranged fossil, paleontologists have been able to study him and figure a few things out about evolution. But never mind that, this poor old fellow is sprawled out in what is called the "Death Throes".

Death Throes: A violent last-ditch spasm before the Grim Reaper arrives and leaves you in the dust. Epic. Putting it all out there on the line in the final hour. Parting with very bit of energy you've got left, and adding a little drama to the final arrangement of your limbs. Death Throes. Mine are going to be epic, I might try and leap out of a window or something.



Here's the extinction (containing at least one Death Throe, at 6:40) according to Disney's "Fantasia" - except this uploader's been awesome and decided that Rush would be a great soundtrack. Enjoy!

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Things that are a "Masterpiece" are great. This is Disney's. Say what you will about Disney (I'm shamelessly a huge fan) - this was made in 1940. This shit stands up to any Miyazaki shit any day.

Fuck yeah. Masterpiece, man.

Honest John

Honest John. He's very, very cool. Basically, he's a good-for-nothing hobo Fox, with a catchy name and a sly disposition. Also he wears human clothes and walks on two legs. He meets this little puppet boy, Pinocchio - on his way to school (at this point, Pinocchio knows literally NOTHING about the ways of the world).

Honest John convinces Pinocchio that he should skip school and become a star instead, under his guidance. Also, later he convinces Pinocchio he is sick and suggests a vacation on "Pleasure Island" (Bam!) as treatment. Anyways, here's how it went down:



Man, Disney are geniuses. I'm such a Disney Mark.

Anyways, yeah - Foxes + Disney = great stuff.

Total Badasses: Shere'Khan

So the Jungle Book has been mentioned before, but this post will serve as the first of many - profiling our favourite badasses throughout the history of the screen. I'm nominating Shere'Khan. Watch him interrupt this lovely "friendship" song:



What a suave, cool guy. So scary, too. That baritone voice sends shivers down my 8-year-old self's spine. Considering how old this movie is, I think the cat-form George Sanders gives cat-form Jeremy Irons a run for his money (Irons was the voice of 'Scar' in the Lion King, duh.)

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Big Cats

...imagine these three were "coming for you" - you'd be so fucked.



Nature has such badass regal creatures in it.

Speaking of regal creatures - I love in children's stories, particularly picture-heavy books, where there's some sort of hierarchy or monarchy in the animal kingdom. For example, the Lion would usually be king, but for some reason a SNAKE is queen, and they have a trusted bird as an "advisor" and monkeys do their bidding, and whatnot.

Such a cool "utopian society". I'm certainly not basing this on JUST the lion king, but it is a very classic example.

This guy is the best animal king of all time, however:



...Have TWO bananas.