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BONUS: We Are All Bat People (Songified Batman Argument)

2015-03-30 · song · John, Hank · 2:08 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Pop culture · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: song or performance, guest or collab, community lore

A bonus song in which the Gregory Brothers songify the brothers' 2014 Batman argument into a duet: Hank's "we are all bat-people" against John's "crime is not actually caused by evil".

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Voice-over intro: the brothers' epic Batman argument has been songified; clip of John: "I kind of hate Batman"

00:00:08 — The songified duet: Hank's chorus "John, we are all bat-people" against John's "Gotham never gets better for long; crime is not actually caused by evil"

  • ★★ John (sung): Batman is just a rich guy with an affinity for bats playing out his insane fantasy, which is not heroic. (playful) — 00:00:25 · first in: 2014-10-07, I Kind of Hate Batman
  • ★★ Hank (sung): Batman's values and actions reflect our own efforts to make the world better; we see ourselves in his anger and frustration. (playful) — 00:00:33 · first in: 2014-10-10, I Kinda AM Batman
  • ★★ John (sung): crime is not actually caused by evil but by systemic disenfranchisement, poverty and lack of access to job opportunities. (playful) — 00:01:18 · first in: 2014-10-07, I Kind of Hate Batman
  • ★ Hank (sung): we are not the heroes Earth needs, but the heroes Earth just happened to get. (playful) — 00:01:23 · first in: 2014-10-07, I Kind of Hate Batman

00:02:00 — Overlapping sign-offs; voice-over: "and everybody won. The end."

In the description and comments

  • ★★ The description says the Gregory Brothers (Auto-Tune the News, Schmoyoho) took the brothers' Batman argument and made it into a catchy song, which they are honored by. — video description
  • ★ The description says the song can be downloaded on iTunes. — video description
  • ★ The description points viewers to a new Auto-Tune the News video featuring Hank. — video description

Humor (dominant)

  • Hank's reply to John's anti-Batman video becomes the auto-tuned chorus hook. — 00:00:11

    “John, we are all bat-people.”

  • John's sung complaint about Batman swerves into municipal budgeting. — 00:00:40

    “how difficult it is for an underfunded city like Gotham to replace roads and bridges?”

  • After the brothers' overlapping sign-offs, the narrator declares the argument settled. — 00:02:07

    “and everybody won.”

Threads in this video

Mentioned

Batman · Gotham City

Only in the description or credits: iTunes · The Gregory Brothers

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