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Description NOTE: It may take a while to load; blame me for wanting the music to be high-quality! And I'm still pretty new to Flash so I don't have any fancy bar to tell you it's loading, so you can read the following ramble instead.

I've been on a huge Disney kick ever since seeing The Princess and the Frog, and have downloaded a lot of Disney music. Even the music itself is so animated and lively, and it reminds me of my inspiration for drawing in the first place, which is quality animation. Therefore, it really gets my cartooning fuel going.

So I'm listening to "Gaston," and I just can't resist the image of my personal favorite egomaniac, Rawk Hawk, singing some of these lines. The song is perfect for him after he finally gets ousted from his championship seat, with his fans trying to cheer him up. So I start doodling... then think hey, I'll do most of the whole song and make this into a comic! But I couldn't resist how great it was to listen to the song while viewing the pictures, so I decided... to make it into a movie. And thus something totally new for me was created.

At first I was using Windows Movie Maker, which was alright, but then after many years of waiting, I finally went out and grabbed my knight in shining armor, Flash, and started over... and it was so much easier.

Most of the illustrations were hand-drawn, scanned, then vectorized, but I did a few on Flash. At one point I had the idea that maybe this should be fully colored, but then I slapped myself and considered that I could be using that time to make more cool stuff; it looks decent enough in black and white, and this is more about the humor than the artistic factor anyway.

Rawk Hawk needed an butt-kissing sidekick just for this song; I made him a Goomba because they are fun and easy to draw, plus they have that reputation already of being the downtrodden goons; I mean, doesn't LeFou in the movie just scream out "Goomba" to you anyway? It was an easy choice. Accordingly, this little guy is named LeGou, and he's become a part of my fanon as the Hawk's official little sidekick. (I considered giving him LeFou's hairstyle, but I thought that was overkill, plus it got in the way of his expressive eyebrows.) If you're curious, he's one of the Goomba Bros, pretty much the lowest tier on the Glitz Pit ladder.

Anyway, I've got so much to say because I spent a lot of time on this, but I'll cut myself off, and conclude with... I hope you enjoy this as much as I loved making it. It was a blast!

Rawk Hawk (c) Nintendo/Intelligent
Gaston (c) Disney

Oh, but here are the edited lyrics, if you want to sing along XD (Just kidding, don't do that)

RH: Who does he think he is? That guy has tangled with the wrong man! No one Rawks the Hawk!
LG: Heh heh. Darn right!
RH: Ousted, humiliated, and by a bunch of losers! Why, it's more than I can bear.
LG: More beer?
RH: What for? Nothing helps. I'm disgraced.
LG: Who, you? Never! Rawk Hawk, you've got to pull yourself together.

Gosh it disturbs me to see you, Rawk Hawk
Looking so down in the dumps
Every guy here'd love to be you, Rawk Hawk
Even when taking your lumps
There's no man in town as admired as you
You're ev'ryone's favorite guy
Ev'ryone's awed and inspired by you
And it's not very hard to see why

No one's slick as the Hawk
No one's quick as the Hawk
No one's neck's as incredibly thick as the Hawk
For there's no man in town half as manly
Perfect, a pure paragon
You can ask any Tom, Dick or Stanley
And they'll tell you whose team they prefer to be on

Chorus: No one's been like the Hawk
A king pin like the Hawk
LG: No one's got a swell cleft in his chin like the Hawk
RH: As a specimen, yes, I'm intimidating
Chorus: My what a guy, that Rawk Hawk

Give five "hurrahs!"
Give twelve "hip-hips!"
LG: The Hawk is the best
And the rest is all drips

Chorus: No one fights like the Hawk
Douses lights like the Hawk
Craw-Daddy: In a wrestling match nobody bites like the Hawk
Fangirls: For there's no one as burly and brawny
RH: So attractive it must be a sin!
LG: Not a bit of him's scraggly or scrawny
RH: (That's right!)
And ev'ry last inch of me's covered with WIN

Fans: No one hits like the Hawk
Matches wits like the Hawk
LG: In a spitting match nobody spits like the Hawk
RH: I'm espcially good at expectorating
(Ptooey!)
Chorus: Ten points for the Hawk!

RH: When I was a lad I ate four dozen eggs
Ev'ry morning to help me get large
And now that I'm grown I eat five dozen eggs
So I'm roughly the size of a barge

Chorus: No one shoots like the Hawk
Makes those beauts like the Hawk
LG: Then goes tromping around wearing boots like the Hawk
RH: I use antlers in all of my decorating
Chorus: Say it again
Who's a man among men?
And then say it once more
Who's the hero next door?
Who's a super success?
Don't you know? Can't you guess?
Ask his fans and his five hangers-on
There's just one guy in town who's got all of it down
LG: And his name's R-O-C -
R-A-W-C-K
R-A-W-K-K - oh!
Chorus: RAWK HAWWWWWWWK!!
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Comments: 151

GoombaJoe [2010-01-12 20:44:32 +0000 UTC]

That... was just full of win. Very funny and clever. Fluffy continues to be awesome!

I think the Kuribo's Boot part is what did it for me. XD;

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Altermentality In reply to GoombaJoe [2010-01-13 02:13:10 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! That means a lot, coming from you.

I still remember that kickass Hawk you drew for me. In fact, even though I try not to favorite things I already had fav'd on my other account, screw it! That deserves the double attention! *done*

I had you in mind when I drew that one

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GoombaJoe In reply to Altermentality [2010-01-15 03:02:07 +0000 UTC]

Really...? Aww, wow, thanks! ^^

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Altermentality In reply to GoombaJoe [2010-01-15 05:32:04 +0000 UTC]

Of course, your drawings are fantastic and so full of life, so whenever you've done a request for me I squeal with glee. (Unintentional rhyming for the cheesey)

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KingGiantess [2010-01-12 19:19:19 +0000 UTC]

Oh god, his face when he says "disgraced"! XD So cute, I love this!

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Altermentality In reply to KingGiantess [2010-01-12 20:33:20 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

I knoooow, I just want to give him a big hug and tell him everything's ok! (LeGou wants to do that but he doesn't have arms. Oh, the tragic life of a Goomba)

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KingGiantess In reply to Altermentality [2010-01-15 04:05:10 +0000 UTC]

Heee, poor Goombas... well, at least he can provide some good advice.

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Altermentality In reply to KingGiantess [2010-01-15 05:25:13 +0000 UTC]

Or at least prop that ego back up. The bigger they are, the harder they fall, and that goes for egos too.

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Darngoodbacon In reply to ??? [2010-01-11 20:28:05 +0000 UTC]

That was something else X3

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Altermentality In reply to Darngoodbacon [2010-01-12 00:15:08 +0000 UTC]

Indeed it was, especially to make XD Thank you!

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Darngoodbacon In reply to Altermentality [2010-01-26 04:01:12 +0000 UTC]

Oh, you're very welcome

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smashsweetie In reply to ??? [2010-01-11 05:13:16 +0000 UTC]

That was pure awesome.

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Altermentality In reply to smashsweetie [2010-01-11 13:49:48 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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smashsweetie In reply to Altermentality [2010-01-14 00:14:25 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome. (:

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Hawk-of-Rawk In reply to ??? [2010-01-11 04:42:14 +0000 UTC]

Also it loaded pretty fast for me.

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Altermentality In reply to Hawk-of-Rawk [2010-01-11 13:50:27 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, it does for me too, but I thought maybe because the file was already on my computer... or... something...

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Hawk-of-Rawk In reply to ??? [2010-01-11 03:38:46 +0000 UTC]

I shed tears of pure ecstasy.

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LinkMasterJ In reply to Hawk-of-Rawk [2010-01-13 07:33:01 +0000 UTC]

This is fucking win, I loved it.

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Altermentality In reply to Hawk-of-Rawk [2010-01-11 13:52:19 +0000 UTC]

Glad you liked it. It was impossible for me to NOT have you in mind as I was making this. I wonder why.

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Hawk-of-Rawk In reply to Altermentality [2010-01-11 23:15:39 +0000 UTC]

It's a mystery I guess. Like why the sky is blue.

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Altermentality In reply to Hawk-of-Rawk [2010-01-12 05:16:47 +0000 UTC]

MY HEAD IS SPINNING

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Itxi In reply to ??? [2010-01-11 00:11:31 +0000 UTC]

You clearly put a lot of thought into it. Not much else to say other than I like it.

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Altermentality In reply to Itxi [2010-01-11 01:44:03 +0000 UTC]

I've left you speechless, eh. You're just upset I didn't do this song with illustrations of you, but it's only because I don't think the world could handle it.

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TwilightVestige In reply to ??? [2010-01-10 23:19:47 +0000 UTC]

God I'd love to be able to do one of these. XD

But I'd do something like Grunty singing "I Put A Spell On You" from Hocus Pocus.

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Altermentality In reply to TwilightVestige [2010-01-11 01:44:47 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I'd love to do more in the future, getting better and more elaborate.

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TheLittleBlueBird In reply to ??? [2010-01-10 21:08:28 +0000 UTC]

RAwk-Hawk ROOOOOCKS!!!!

awesome job! The song suits him perfectly

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Altermentality In reply to TheLittleBlueBird [2010-01-10 22:10:28 +0000 UTC]

Indeed he does! Thank you!

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Missaninty In reply to ??? [2010-01-10 19:06:25 +0000 UTC]

OMG my freaking GOSH.
THIS WAS.
AMAZING.
-yourbiggestfan-
Beauty and the Beast is my FAVORITE movie!
And your expressions were... PERFECT!
It was enjoyable all the way through, and incredibly humorous and free-spirited. I absolutely love how you drew everything, and your imagination is obviously a WIN for being able to picture scenes all the way through the song! Very clever and original.
!!!

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Altermentality In reply to Missaninty [2010-01-10 22:10:13 +0000 UTC]

Awww thank you so much! Beauty and the Beast is my favorite Disney movie, and since I LOOOVE Disney movies that's saying a lot. So I'm glad you enjoyed this! I might do more music videos like this in the future; already I have ideas for a Zelda one! (But don't get too excited yet, because it's going to be quite elaborate and will take a while.)

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Missaninty In reply to Altermentality [2010-01-10 23:33:00 +0000 UTC]

O└────────────────┘O
I'm excited.
XDD

It's awesome. You have skillz.
;D

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stich76 In reply to ??? [2010-01-10 18:21:29 +0000 UTC]

Cool, but is there somewhere it can be watched with sound?

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Altermentality In reply to stich76 [2010-01-10 22:03:08 +0000 UTC]

It has sound I guess you just can't hear it for some reason? It seems most people are able to. Try viewing this with a different browser, perhaps, if you have one?

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stich76 In reply to Altermentality [2010-01-10 22:06:46 +0000 UTC]

Hm...Maybe my volume was down?

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Altermentality In reply to stich76 [2010-01-12 06:50:20 +0000 UTC]

Were you able to view it with sound?

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stich76 In reply to Altermentality [2010-01-12 11:26:20 +0000 UTC]

Yup, my dad turned off the volume.

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Gunpar In reply to ??? [2010-01-10 17:42:47 +0000 UTC]

Good to see one of the most under-appreciated Nintendo characters getting some love. The expressions in this flash are great.

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Altermentality In reply to Gunpar [2010-01-10 22:06:08 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

Yeah, Rawk Hawk is one of those egotistical jerks that I'd want to slap in the face if I knew him in real life, but as he's fictional I am oddly and powerfully fascinated with him. Not to mention he's just one of my favorite characters to draw. He has a beak, epic hair, EAR-WINGS... plus he's yellow, that's my favorite color...

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Jumbi [2010-01-10 17:21:13 +0000 UTC]

It had me laughing the whole time!

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Altermentality In reply to Jumbi [2010-01-10 22:02:04 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad!

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cameron627 In reply to ??? [2010-01-10 16:57:35 +0000 UTC]

That was amazing! XD

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Altermentality In reply to cameron627 [2010-01-10 22:01:56 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! :3

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AlexFili In reply to ??? [2010-01-10 14:00:46 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic. I hope you'll post all these pictures in a gallery

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AlexFili In reply to ??? [2010-01-10 14:00:42 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic. I hope you'll post all these pictures in a gallery

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Altermentality In reply to AlexFili [2010-01-10 22:01:45 +0000 UTC]

I probably will upload some of my favorites just for the heck of it when my art is coming slow, so people can look at them in more detail if they wish. Or I might color them/make more out of them, like I did with Prawpaganda.

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Hatch00 In reply to ??? [2010-01-10 12:09:58 +0000 UTC]

HAHahhaHAHHA, LoL, this is just GREAT!!!


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Altermentality In reply to Hatch00 [2010-01-10 22:00:41 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

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Hatch00 In reply to Altermentality [2010-01-16 17:19:44 +0000 UTC]

I did enjoyed it, hahaha, yup!! REALLY GREAT WORK!

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Altermentality In reply to Hatch00 [2010-01-17 00:09:23 +0000 UTC]

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Channini In reply to ??? [2010-01-10 10:31:06 +0000 UTC]

HAHAHHAHA XD This is GREAT. Fits his personality to a T!

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Altermentality In reply to Channini [2010-01-10 10:36:34 +0000 UTC]

It really does!

Thanks

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