Seriously? #3 – The Robot Diva Has Arrived!

 

After months of animation, modelling, rigging, lighting, rendering and editing, Seriously? #3 is finally finished! It's a bit music video ee. I watched some Beyoncé and Madonna a long with some more recent offerings to get in the right groove.

Darling! You're finished?

This one introduces Divatron 9000 – a glamorous gold robot who promises to solve all of Stinky Von Tentacles' problems. As you might expect from the Seriously? universe... things don't exactly go to plan.

 Accepting help from a mysterious robot diva comes with a few unexpected upgrades...

This may sting a little bit.

Set aboard a gleaming sci-fi laboratory filled with transforming machinery, malfunctioning chicken robots and more shiny metal than is probably safe, Seriously? #3 continues the story begun in the first two films with another dose of weird sci-fi comedy and slapstick chaos.

Like the previous films, everything was created by me, from the animation and character work to the environments, lighting and visual effects. It has been a huge project, but seeing these characters and this strange little universe continue to grow has made it worthwhile.

Shiny robot girlfriends are the best!

If you're new to the series, you can also catch up with the earlier films:

• Seriously? – where poor Stinky first meets the hopelessly romantic Pootle McDerp.
• Seriously? #2 – where a hospital visit somehow turns into an even bigger disaster.

Thanks to everyone who has watched, commented, shared the trailers, or followed the project while it was in production. Every view genuinely helps independent animation reach a wider audience.

I'd love to know what you think.

And one question...

Which character deserves their own short next?

🤖 Divatron 9000
💚 Stinky Von Tentacles
🐔 Chicken Bot
🔴 Big Bong & Rinky Dink
👽 Pootle McDerp

Seriously? #3 – Is Your System Sliding? (Trailer 2)

 

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So… things are getting a bit stranger.

This is another trailer for Seriously? #3, this time focusing on DivaTron doing what she does best — performing, posing, and possibly taking over.

There’s less story here and more attitude. It’s very much leaning into the music video side of things, which has been a lot of fun to play with while I’m finishing the film.

DivaTron is one of those characters that kind of designs herself as you go. Started as a simple idea, but the more I animated her the more she turned into this full-on diva presence — very controlled, very confident, and slightly… off.

“I’ll make it right for you.”

Still working through the final shots for Seriously? #3, but I’ve been cutting these trailers together alongside production. It’s been a good way to test different tones and see what stands out.

For anyone who saw the last trailer — this is a different angle on the same film. More performance, less setup.

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If you missed the previous trailer, you can check it out here:

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And if you’ve no idea what Seriously? is, you can watch the original short here:

👉 Seriously? #1

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More soon.

Be seeing you. Seriously.

Seriously? #2 – Sci-Fi Comedy Short Film | Alien Mayhem, Robot Guards & Slapstick Chaos

Seriously? #2 is here!

Back on the giant alien spaceship, things have escalated.

What started as an awkward romantic misunderstanding has now become a full-blown security incident involving two robot guards, one dangerously persistent admirer, and an alien who really just wants to be left alone.

There is love in the air again…

…which is unfortunate, because there is also a lot of alien goo.

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For this second short, I wanted to push things further. The first film was very simple and quick, but this time I introduced more characters, more moving parts, and a bit of full-on slapstick action.

The biggest addition was the two guards:

Big Bong – experienced, unflappable, not paid enough for this.
Rinky Dink – not experienced, very flappable, definitely shouldn’t be holding a weapon.

They guard a very important door.

What’s behind the door?

Well… Stinky Von Tentacles, still recovering from the events of the first film and understandably not keen on any repeat performances.

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Enter Pootle Mc Derp

Pootle returns, and he has learned absolutely nothing.

This time he arrives bearing gifts:

• A large potted plant
• An enormous heart-shaped box of chocolates

Which, in his mind, should smooth everything over.

It does not.

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Building the action

Unlike the first short, this one needed proper choreography.

There’s a sequence where:

• Pootle flips and bounces his way past the guards
• Rinky Dink tries (and fails) to stop him
• Big Bong attempts to maintain some level of professionalism

This was all animated very deliberately to feel fast, chaotic, and slightly out of control.

Rinky Dink in particular was a lot of fun to animate. He’s essentially a walking mistake.

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The problem with adding more

More characters = more complexity.

Suddenly you’re dealing with:

• Timing between multiple characters
• Clear staging so the action reads
• Making sure the joke actually lands

And most importantly:

• Making sure the ending is worth it

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The ending…

Without spoiling too much (although you probably know what’s coming if you’ve seen the first one),

Let’s just say:

• Things escalate
• Physics becomes a factor
• And Stinky’s day gets significantly worse

Again.

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Visual style

I kept the same sci-fi setting:

• Large metallic environments
• Big doors, heavy machinery
• That slightly ominous “something’s not right” atmosphere

But contrasted it with very silly, exaggerated character animation.

That contrast is really what makes it work.

I also made a lot of trailers for this where I experimented with some different directions, my first real try at the youtube shorts format.

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Final thoughts

Seriously? #2 is bigger, louder, and messier than the first.

It’s still short, still ridiculous, and still built around one very simple idea:

Some people just don’t take the hint.

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Just when things couldn’t possibly get any worse…

They do.

Seriously? #3 is coming.

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You haven't watched Seriously? #1 you can catch it here.

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If you enjoy it, please share it around — it really helps.

Be seeing you! Seriously!