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Ultimate Minecart Race, previously named Ultimate Roller Coaster Race, is the 31st episode in the Animation vs. Minecraft Shorts series, being the 1st installment of Season 4.
Unofficial Synopsis[]
Yellow hosts a massive minecart race for his friends to compete in. The only rule: there are no rules. Who will take home the coveted Gold Trophy?
Plot[]
At the finish line, Yellow creates a podium using the command block staff. He then flies through the race track in reverse on the said staff, until he reaches the edge of ALANSPC, where the starting line is. There, Red, Blue, Green, and The Second Coming prepare for the race as they add their items into their inventory. Yellow appears and points to the minecarts, and the four of them hop in. Yellow pulls out a black and white checkered flag and starts the race.
The minecarts go down a tunnel, and they each use a shovel to speed up and end up in a dripstone cave. The contestants start fighting to knock each other out of the minecart, but Blue throws TNT at them, taking the lead. His attempt to taunt the others distracts him from the road ahead, and he falls into the water, though he maintains his lead.
In the water, the stick figures try to go faster by swimming. Green takes out his trident and uses the riptide enchantment, enabling him to travel through the sea with haste and take the lead. Soon, he reaches a lush cave and propels himself out with the trident. Blue and Red follow behind, with Red losing his minecart and immediately taking out another. Meanwhile, The Second Coming uses TNT to get ahead of Blue and Red. Green points a sword at the three, so The Second Coming uses a firework to speed up and engage in battle with him. The two rapidly switch places while Red and Blue fight behind them, before it evolves into a battle between all four of them.
They pause their fight temporarily as Yellow arrives, alerting them to two separate paths ahead. The Second Coming and Green go to the lush cave above, while Blue and Red go to the ice cave below. The Second Coming and Green find themselves in an area with multiple long gaps, and the former swings on vines to get ahead of the latter. Meanwhile, Red uses a boat to slide on the ice and successfully overtakes Blue, but the latter copies him and catches up, so Red uses a shovel to lob snowballs at Blue.
Green and The Second Coming then encounter a mineshaft, where they battle with a fishing rod, fireworks, and various other items. Red and Blue reach the end of the ice river, so they both switch back to using minecarts. Blue shoots Red off his minecart with a crossbow and a firework, getting ahead. Red spawns a horse in response, and when Blue tries to attack him with fireworks, Red sends one back at Blue and retakes the lead. Falling behind, Blue consumes potions in his inventory and surpasses Red with superspeed.
The four stick figures reach the end of their separate zones and reunite, falling from a great height. Red uses leashes and chickens to slow the others' descent, then speeds off on his horse once he lands in a nether cave. Behind him, Green uses slime blocks to bounce forward; Blue drinks more potions to further enhance his speed; and The Second Coming uses the chicken and a firework to fly. A huge fight breaks out as they near the finish line, each of them utilizing everything in their inventory to sabotage one another and get ahead.
Ultimately, the stick figures cross the finish line at the same time, and the race ends in a four-way tie. They begin to argue on who the winner is, so Yellow changes all of the podiums to gold and gives them all gold trophies. However, they only throw away their trophies and direct their anger towards Yellow instead.
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Trivia[]
- This episode was originally titled "Ultimate Roller Coaster Race", but was changed to "Ultimate Minecart Race" on an unknown date. It was later reverted back to the original title around June 14th, 2023.
- There have been three thumbnails in total used for this episode alone. The thumbnails for the original video and the Animators VS Games reaction video were switched at some point, and later on, the thumbnail for the original video was replaced with a completely new one. The new thumbnail was reverted back, before being un-reverted.
- Depending on which side of the blocks is considered the finish line, there are two ways to interpret the outcome of the race. If the left side is considered, which is the official interpretation (according to Alan in the AVG Reacts video at 6:51), the race ends in a four-way tie; if the right side is considered, The Second Coming would be first place, followed by Blue, Green, and lastly Red.
- When this episode was first published, there was an ad for Alan's stick figure plushies at the beginning of the video. The ad was cut out on an unknown date, presumably because the plushie campaign had ended.
- The cut initially caused the visuals and the audio to become out of sync, until it was fixed later on.
- The background during the race loops, possibly so animators won't have to animate as much for the backgrounds.
Errors[]
- Background errors: At the beginning of the episode, when the camera is about to show the start of the race, there's stone in the background instead of deepslate.
- The same thing happened in timestamp 4:01, in The Second Coming and Green's shot.
- Also at the stone tunnel, there seems to be less moss when Yellow flies through before The Second Coming and Green fly by.
- Inventory errors: Blue only brought one swiftness potion even though he drank multiple swiftness potions. All the racing stick figures didn't bring shovels at the start of the episode. But then, at timestamp 0:49, once they start, they suddenly have them.
Inventory errors 1: Blue only brought one swiftness potion even though he drank multiple swiftness potions.
Inventory errors 2: The racing stick figures never took any shovels with them, but in timestamp 0:49, all of them have shovels.
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