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Phillip the Safety Egg

2010 · 5 min

A quick, quirky animated short that plays like a paranoid fever dream, mixing silly gags with a gently skewed take on modern anxieties.

Overview
Genetically altered world of a paranoid hypochondriac trained in the arts of First Aid.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • technology
  • survival
  • parenthood
Places
None
Era
near-future
Audience
teen
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour7
Realism2
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
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Directed by
Mike Owens
Written by
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Starring
Eric Knobel, Hannah Kuhlmann, Michael Ritchie
Runtime
5 min
Country
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Languages
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