Phase One: Celebrity Take Down

Overview

The DVD places you in the role of a police investigator sent to Kong Studios because of unusual activity. The building is in decent shape here, a contrast to its later state in Phase Two. You start in the lobby, where a jukebox lets you view all four music videos. Navigation uses icons at the bottom of the screen. Lingering too long in any room triggers an attack that kills you, but you revive in the lobby. The animation is mostly traditional, with some 3D elements. You can explore Noodle's room, Murdoc's Winnebago, 2D's room, Russel's room, a toilet, and a box office. Content includes music videos, animatics, storyboards, G-Bites, a 24:55 documentary called "The Charts of Darkness," live show visuals for several songs, a website tour, and a hidden feature that unlocks after visiting every other room at least once.

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Noodle and Del have a bet: can 2-D clear Russel's stomach on a tricycle? 2-D pedals hard but keeps his hands on the brakes, while Russel sleeps on the ground, scratching himself. 2-D rides up a wooden ramp but fails to jump over Russel's gut, waking him up. Del gets knocked back into Russel's head, and 2-D flies through the air. Russel stands up with money in his ear—Del's betting cash—while Noodle scoops up the money Del dropped. Russel picks up 2-D, angry, and warns him, "If you keep doing this, man, I'll be jumping you next time you're asleep." He decides neither of them "are going to make it."

The band sits in front of their model toys. 2-D complains they are useless, pointing out that his toy's head doesn't wobble. Russel grabs 2-D's neck and shakes it, showing that it does wobble. Noodle is amazed, and Murdoc tells Russel to do it again.

Russel and Noodle spar in a short scene that clearly copies the movie Game of Death. Noodle wears Bruce Lee's famous yellow jumpsuit. Noodle wins quickly, and then it turns out 2-D and Murdoc are controlling them like video game characters. Murdoc says the Russel character "is rubbish" and that his controller is broken. He asks for a rematch, which Russel does not like.

2-D sits meditating with other Tibetans outside the Chinese embassy in London, protesting how Tibetans are treated. At the end, a message appears: "Free Tibet Campaign stands for the Tibetans' right to determine their own future. It campaigns for an end to the Chinese occupation of Tibet, and for the Tibetans' fundamental rights to be respected."

Russel orders 2-D to prepare an eel for dinner by hitting it with a mallet. The noise wakes Murdoc, who takes the eel from 2-D and says he will "melt its face." Russel comes in asking for the eel, and Murdoc replies that it feels 'eel (ill)'.

The band takes a Halloween photo. Murdoc sets the camera focus and runs back to join the pose. Russel thinks Murdoc should not dress up as a Nazi, because Russel has an appreciation for clothes. This cartoon was never finished and later appeared on Slowboat to Hades.