Mechawhales!

November 5, 2014 8:27 AM

In 2037 mankind almost destroyed its own planet through greed, pollution and war. Salvation came through the evolution of a new species of hyper intelligent whales. Via telepathy the whales send their grief over the planets sorry state into the minds of every man and woman on earth. This made humanity rethink its ways and the Whale-Human Alliance was founded. With the guidance of the wise whales mankind healed its planet and began to peacefully explore the universe. But peace was not meant to last long. In deep space humanity encountered an evil race of marauding aliens bent on enslaving anyone in its path. Vastly outclassed by the weapons and fighting skills of the aliens the humans had to turn to their brother whales to defend them against this new threat...[2:55] [all videos contain animated violence and gore]

There are three more episodes in the Mechawhales saga:

Mechawhales Animation II: Venegance of the Mechawhales [2:09]
Mechawhales Animation III: Triumph of the Mechawhales [2:01]
Mechawhales Animation IV: Last Stand of the Mechawhales [1:42]

Want more Mechawhales? Learn more at the official website or creator Hauke Scheer's DeviantArt page.

posted by Small Dollar (23 comments total)

Reminds me of Cachalot by Alan Dean Foster.
posted by Nevin at 8:47 AM on November 5, 2014 [3 favorites]

In 1987 this would have gotten an after-school network slot for sure.
posted by GuyZero at 9:06 AM on November 5, 2014 [4 favorites]

Yeah, just think of the action figures and playsets.
posted by Rock Steady at 9:11 AM on November 5, 2014

NOBODY -HUMAN- HAS ANYTHING TO SAY TO ME TODAY!!
posted by The otter lady at 9:13 AM on November 5, 2014 [1 favorite]

I'm pretty sure the world is going to be destroyed in 2037 by time_t rolling over.
posted by Bovine Love at 9:23 AM on November 5, 2014 [5 favorites]

Mechawhales Animation V: These Whales; They Vibrate.

Rule 34
posted by CynicalKnight at 9:40 AM on November 5, 2014

I love me some sci-fi whales.
posted by GrapeApiary at 9:47 AM on November 5, 2014

My brain hurts.

Also, if you really want cybernetic space whales, Jablokov's A Deeper Sea is what you want.
posted by redbeard at 10:01 AM on November 5, 2014 [1 favorite]

And David Brin sends their little friends, the dolphins, across outer space in water-filled vessels in the novel Startide Rising (part of his Uplift series about recrafting entire species to give them sentience).
posted by wenestvedt at 10:45 AM on November 5, 2014 [1 favorite]

I like that there's one bit of looping generic rock music for every single episode.
posted by clockworkjoe at 10:46 AM on November 5, 2014

I want the whole playset. Whale/Human Alliance HQ. Alien HQ. That invisible ninja orca with 4 katana...
The whole megillah.
posted by mikelieman at 10:47 AM on November 5, 2014

Disappointed the narwhal didn't gore anyone with their horn.
posted by GuyZero at 10:50 AM on November 5, 2014 [1 favorite]

Lord, that is awful.
posted by LarryC at 10:52 AM on November 5, 2014

It does, though! Go to 0:42 on the third video.
posted by Small Dollar at 10:53 AM on November 5, 2014 [1 favorite]

Makes more sense than Biker Mice From Mars, at least.
posted by EndsOfInvention at 10:57 AM on November 5, 2014

Mind-numbingly stupid, I approve.
posted by Mister_A at 11:14 AM on November 5, 2014 [1 favorite]

So two whales are sitting at a bar.

The first whale turns to the second whale and says:

wwwwwwwwwoooooooooooooooooooooooooeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeemmmmmmmmmmmmmmoooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhmupmupmupmupoooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoooooooooooooooooooo.

The second whale looks sternly at the first whale and says:

Steve, dude, you need to go home. You're drunk.
posted by allkindsoftime at 11:54 AM on November 5, 2014 [5 favorites]

I don't even know what's going on here. This is all incredible.
posted by incessant at 2:07 PM on November 5, 2014

Did everyone catch the salute that the narwhal in the third video gives, just before he dies? God, the pathos. In fact, the usage of the salute as a signifier of stoic, yet affectionate camaraderie throughout the series is just brilliant.
posted by demonic winged headgear at 3:12 PM on November 5, 2014 [2 favorites]

I like that there's one bit of looping generic rock music for every single episode.

i swear it's this partial loop of a back in black midi i used to hear on angelfire pages in 1999.
posted by emptythought at 3:17 PM on November 5, 2014 [1 favorite]

I also like how the whales only show up after all the humans die. Clearly, this is propaganda for a whale uplift fascist system where humans form the underclass, to toil and die for their psychic whale overlords. The whales say they are for peace but have no problems drawing the humans into interstellar warfare. They may deny it all they want but they obviously resent humanity. After all, what do the whales have the humans build for them? Human-shaped mecha with arms and hands with opposable thumbs. What kind of fucked up symbolism is that? The whales are saying that only dirty and dangerous humans are suited for war, while the noble form of the whale is to be left pure and untouched.
posted by clockworkjoe at 3:18 PM on November 5, 2014 [1 favorite]

Simpsons did it.
posted by ostranenie at 5:48 PM on November 5, 2014

These remind me of the Nudist Beach Mecha from Kill la Kill, due to the way both involve laying awkwardly across it.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 6:44 PM on November 5, 2014