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''Baby Cakes'' is a series of several short films created by [[Brad Neely]]. Each short is in the form of a diary entry from Mark Cakes, known by the nickname Babycakes. Babycakes enjoys writing freestyle music, searching for love, and attempting to prove that his father and [[Professor Brothers|the other professors]] are wizards.
'''''Baby Cakes''''' is a series of several short films created by [[Brad Neely]]. Each short is in the form of a diary entry from Mark Cakes, known by the nickname Babycakes. Babycakes enjoys writing freestyle music, searching for love, and attempting to prove that his father and [[Professor Brothers|the other professors]] are wizards.
* '''Diary #1''': Babycakes begins his diary by describing an average day.
* '''Diary #1''': Babycakes begins his diary by describing an average day.
* '''Diary #2''': Babycakes visits his dad's dad. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
* '''Diary #2''': Babycakes visits his dad's dad. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
* '''Diary #3''': Babycakes goes to the park to [[Friend to All Living Things|become one with nature]].
* '''Diary #3''': Babycakes goes to the park to [[Friend to All Living Things|become one with nature]].
* '''Diary #4''': Babycakes divulges his [[Stalker With a Crush|forbidden desire]].
* '''Diary #4''': Babycakes divulges his [[Stalker with a Crush|forbidden desire]].
* '''Diary #5''': Babycakes uses his "me time" to be other people.
* '''Diary #5''': Babycakes uses his "me time" to be other people.
* '''Diary #6''': Babycakes reflects on memories and remembering things.
* '''Diary #6''': Babycakes reflects on memories and remembering things.
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* '''Babycakes Sees A Play''': Babycakes attends a play "called [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]."
* '''Babycakes Sees A Play''': Babycakes attends a play "called [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]."


Not to be confused with [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2/E12 Baby Cakes|the ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' episode of the same name]].
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The Shorts include the following tropes:
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* [[Amazing Technicolor Population]]: A few of the background characters.
* [[Amazing Technicolor Population]]: A few of the background characters.
* [[Art Evolution]]
* [[Art Evolution]]
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Baby Cakes' dad. He doesn't do much in the shorts, but is much more developed in [[China IL (Animation)|China IL]].
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Baby Cakes' dad. He doesn't do much in the shorts, but is much more developed in [[China IL]].
* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]: "I started reading this [[The Bible (Literature)|Bible]]. It sucks."
* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]: "I started reading this [[The Bible|Bible]]. It sucks."
* [[Badass]]: Babycakes, in his mind.
* [[Badass]]: Babycakes, in his mind.
* [[By the Lights of Their Eyes]]
* [[By the Lights of Their Eyes]]
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* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Babycakes.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Babycakes.
* [[Eagle Land]]: "My country is wonderful! I don't have to think about anything!"
* [[Eagle Land]]: "My country is wonderful! I don't have to think about anything!"
* [[Exact Words]]: Babycakes isn't a virgin because "[[The Bible (Literature)|he can't give birth to a]] [[Jesus Christ|Jesus]]."
* [[Exact Words]]: Babycakes isn't a virgin because "[[The Bible|he can't give birth to a]] [[Jesus Christ|Jesus]]."
* [[Eye Beams]]: Used in a few videos.
* [[Eye Beams]]: Used in a few videos.
* [[Funny Background Event]]: Often the words or people in the background include blink-and-you'll-miss-it jokes.
* [[Funny Background Event]]: Often the words or people in the background include blink-and-you'll-miss-it jokes.
** Baby Cakes' dog is in every video at least once.
** Baby Cakes' dog is in every video at least once.
* [[Gilligan Cut]]: "They had the times of their lives." Chimmy and Nethario [[People Sit in Chairs|sitting]].
* [[Gilligan Cut]]: "They had the times of their lives." Chimmy and Nethario [[People Sit in Chairs|sitting]].
* [[Good Smoking Evil Smoking]]: Babycakes' dad's dad.
* [[Good Smoking, Evil Smoking]]: Babycakes' dad's dad.
* [[Got the Whole World In My Hand]]: Babycakes repeatedly sits on the world.
* [[Got the Whole World In My Hand]]: Babycakes repeatedly sits on the world.
* [[Great Gazoo]]: The Brain Fuckler.
* [[Great Gazoo]]: The Brain Fuckler.
* [[Inherently Funny Words]]: Chimmy Chummy and Kenny Winker.
* [[Inherently Funny Words]]: Chimmy Chummy and Kenny Winker.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: "Oh shit! Malcolm!"
* [[Kick the Dog]]: "Oh shit! Malcolm!"
* [[Living Forever Is Awesome]]
* [[Living Forever Is Awesome]]
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* [[Missing Mom]]
* [[Missing Mom]]
* [[Mythical Motifs]]: Dragons show up, as well as [[Unicorn|Unicorns]] and Polycorns (multiple horns).
* [[Mythical Motifs]]: Dragons show up, as well as [[Unicorn|Unicorns]] and Polycorns (multiple horns).
* [[The Other Darrin]]: A different actor voices Diary #1 and Babycakes Sees A Play.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: A different actor voices Diary #1 and Babycakes Sees A Play.
** Also, his dad has a much different voice in [[China IL (Animation)|China IL]].
** Also, his dad has a much different voice in [[China IL]].
* [[Precision F Strike]]: Along with [[Cluster F Bomb]] at times, each video has at least one.
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: Along with [[Cluster F-Bomb]] at times, each video has at least one.
* [[Robe and Wizard Hat]]
* [[Robe and Wizard Hat]]
* [[Rule of Funny]]
* [[Rule of Funny]]
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** "Sometimes I go down to the lake and sing songs to the lake about the lake."
** "Sometimes I go down to the lake and sing songs to the lake about the lake."
* [[Running Gag]]: Babycakes' "freestyle." Maybe the Brain Fuckler.
* [[Running Gag]]: Babycakes' "freestyle." Maybe the Brain Fuckler.
* [[The Runt At the End]]: Visually, the characters introduced by Babycakes in Diary #1, which are seven attractive women and a witch.
* [[The Runt At the End]]: Visually, the characters introduced by Babycakes in Diary #1, which are seven attractive women and a witch.
* [[Solid Gold Poop]]: Literally.
* [[Solid Gold Poop]]: Literally.
* [[Space X]]: The Moon Babies.
* [[Space X]]: The Moon Babies.
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: [[China IL (Animation)|China IL]].
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: [[China IL]].
* Squick: ''Often''.
* Squick: ''Often''.
** "It made my poop sick. I was like a ripped bag of peat moss."
** "It made my poop sick. I was like a ripped bag of peat moss."
* [[Stalker With a Test Tube]]
* [[Stalker with a Test Tube]]
* [[Time Capsule]]
* [[Time Capsule]]
* [[Theme Song]]: Though the lyrics change.
* [[Theme Song]]: Though the lyrics change.
* [[Token Minority]]: Nethario
* [[Token Minority]]: Nethario
* [[Waxing Lyrical]]: In Diary #3:
* [[Waxing Lyrical]]: In Diary #3:
{{quote| '''Baby Cakes''': If you try sometimes, you just might find you get what you want. }}
{{quote|'''Baby Cakes''': If you try sometimes, you just might find you get what you want. }}
* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Heinous]]: Subverted. Shirley Moats is pretty ugly, but everyone in-universe seems to like her.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?]]: Subverted. Shirley Moats is pretty ugly, but everyone in-universe seems to like her.
* [[Word Salad Lyrics]]
* [[Word Salad Lyrics]]
** "Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yeyeyes yeyeyes yeyeyes yeyeyes yeyeyes!"
** "Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yeyeyes yeyeyes yeyeyes yeyeyes yeyeyes!"


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Latest revision as of 14:15, 13 July 2021

Baby Cakes is a series of several short films created by Brad Neely. Each short is in the form of a diary entry from Mark Cakes, known by the nickname Babycakes. Babycakes enjoys writing freestyle music, searching for love, and attempting to prove that his father and the other professors are wizards.

  • Diary #1: Babycakes begins his diary by describing an average day.
  • Diary #2: Babycakes visits his dad's dad. Hilarity Ensues.
  • Diary #3: Babycakes goes to the park to become one with nature.
  • Diary #4: Babycakes divulges his forbidden desire.
  • Diary #5: Babycakes uses his "me time" to be other people.
  • Diary #6: Babycakes reflects on memories and remembering things.
  • Group Therapy: Babycakes breaks out some fresh rhymes about his day.
  • Coffee Line: Babycakes discusses wizardry and spells with a patient barista.
  • Lies: Babycakes explains the lies he has been fed by the world.
  • The Role Play Tournament (Be Aggressive): Babycakes sings about his time at the Role Play Tournament.
  • Babycakes Sees A Play: Babycakes attends a play "called Shakespeare."

Not to be confused with the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episode of the same name.

Tropes used in Baby Cakes include:

Baby Cakes: If you try sometimes, you just might find you get what you want.