TacoBot 3000 (Official Animatic) [2019]

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This animatic (animated storyboard) was created in 2019 for Parry Gripp's TacoBot 3000. Again, another crude animatic, like I always do for Parry Gripp vids for dat rainin' tacos authenticity!

Commentary (May 2021):
"Speaking of Raining Tacos authenticity, this music video dialed back a lot on that (not ALL the way of course, or else it wouldnt be Raining Tacos anymore). When I started TacoBot 3000, I already thought what everyone else would, "another one? how long can they keep this up?" And look, I love Parry Gripp's songs & I love making music videos for them (I have since I was 10-11 when i first started animating) so naturally I want to keep this up forever!! But to do that I'd have to plan, & lemme tell ya, I sure did plan this music video. I stewed on this one for MONTHS. It came out in November 2019 but I started working on it as early as May that year. Of course a big reason for taking that long was because I was in Canada most of that year & couldn't legally work there (I probably could have secretly but I didnt want to take the risk of being caught, THEYRE SCARY AND MEAN) But while i was there I did a lot of planning; how to make this new music video fresh & original AND how it could stay that way moving forward. I really grabbed onto Parry's lyrics for this one, namely "Saving the world from not having tacos" I decided THATS the premise moving forward. Because that makes you ask questions & questions make people want to watch and get answers. "Who is preventing the world from having tacos?" "How will he save everyone?" etc. That's what you want for a series! The process was so damn fun. I was making all sorts of TacoBot transformations, weapons, villains to spice things up! Answer the questions for that premise. Parry even changed a bit of the song to further push the villains in the lyrics by adding one of his patented rap sequences!! It was just such a great experience working on this. Drawn out a bit too long but a great result in the end. It really set up the series moving forward. View it like this, Raining Tacos was the original, the basis for all of this, the popular video EVERYONE watched, then Hailing Taquitos is made, a faithful sequel that calls back a lot but implements some new features, characters, villains, etc. Its a perfect sequel for Raining Tacos while also being a great transition to something new. Then TacoBot 3000 solidifies the new stuff making future songs (and any other possible plans for the series) a lot easier, original & fun!

This music video is my all time favorite. It was so fun & it still excites me to this day when I watch it. I love all the designs I made, I love the ending montage, I love the song so much (it could battle Raining Tacos for the theme song if it was ever made into a full show), I just absolutely love this music video. I hope you guys enjoyed it too."

FUN FACTS:
1. TacoBot's weapons/transformations were all based on his 4 principals for tacos, Shell, Meat, Lettuce & most importantly CHEESE.
2. The villains in this music video have names, in order in their line up at 0:55: Shell Smasher, Snatch, The Gorger, Dr. Slurp, & Anti-Taco Fiend (A.T. for short)
3. There was one villain cut from the video named Munchkin. He was a tiny ant who wanted to destroy all tacos by eating them all but there wasnt any room in the song for another villain & ultimately he was too similar to The Gorger.

WATCH THE 4K VERSION OF TACOBOT3000 ON !!NEWGROUNDS!! SO CRISP! https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/797321

Be sure to check out the rest of the Raining Tacos Saga (ongoing!):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmhenNDSEZ0
https://www.newgrounds.com/collection/therainingtacossaga

Thanks for reading the description!! You are a SUPER Raining Tacos lover!!! (If you'd like to learn more about this series, be sure to check out the other official animatics on my channel & read their descriptions!)

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https://www.amazon.com/Parry-Gripp/e/B001LHQVKY
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/parry-gripp/26135551?ign-mpt=uo%3D4

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