"Boys 2 Dead", Way to Die #87, is the seventh and final death featured in the episode "Death On A Stick", which aired on August 3, 2010, and the eighth death to be featured in "Death By Request: Special", which aired on October 24, 2011.
Plot[]
An over-the-hill one-hit-wonder boy band "4EVER", consisting of Tim, Norman, Jeff, Tony, and Joe, was popular in the early 1990s performing for large crowds in amphitheaters and arenas. However, their glory day had come and gone and they now perform in dive bars and dinner clubs for less than enthusiastic audiences.
On one night, 4EVER performs on stage for a very small, unenthusiastic crowd at dive bar, with the exception of a single cheering fangirl. Tim, the egomaniacal lead singer (who refused to accept the fact his star had faded), deludes himself into thinking there is an arena filled with 100,000 screaming fans Tim worshippers in front of him and decides to do a stage dive while the band sings their song, "(Stop Calling Me) Baby". He dives, but with nobody to catch him, he falls to the ground, shattering his spine, causing paralysis. His entire body shuts down and he dies. Tony, Jeff, Norman and Joe internally mourn his death and finish the song in Tim's memory and are applauded by the audience.
Transcript[]
Tim: Hit it.
4EVER: (singing) Baby. Stop callin' me, Baby
Narrator: There's only one thing more annoying than a boy band and we found it.
4EVER: (Singing) Two babies can't be in love.
Narrator: An over the hill boy band, filled with men who refuse to recognize they're no longer boys, Ladies and gentlemen: give it up for 4EVER.
Stephen Warner: Being in a boy band, you know, has a lot of its challenges. The thing that I loved the most, now that I think about it, is the camaraderie. You had four brothers there for you all the time to share memories, to goof off, to play pranks on each other. I think it's a blessing to be better looking than the rest of the world.
Narrator: They were a one hit wonder in the early 90's. But their glory day had come and gone. Now they're reduced to playing dinner clubs and dive bars to less than enthusiastic audiences.
Bar patron: You suck!
4EVER: (singing) I'm sick of you, baby. Couldn't we just stop it, baby.
Narrator: Even in their prime, front man Tim was a raving egomaniac.
Tim: I'm the lead singer. That's how it is
Narrator: He refused to accept that his star had faded
Manager: Hey, guys! You gotta go on.
Band Mate: Let's go
4EVER: (singing) Baby. I'm not gonna save you.
Narrator: Tonight, Tim was determined to pull out all the stops.
Tim: (singing) Why can't you call me dude?
Narrator: It was working. The 90's weren't so far away after all.
Female Patron: 4EVER! Whoo!!
Narrator: Tim had finally lost it. When he looked out upon the pathetically small audience, he saw an arena filled with 100,000 screaming Tim worshipers. They were calling out to him.
Female Patron: Tim, I love you!
Narrator: They wanted to be close to his burning flame of greatness. How could he let them down? Ouch. (Tim jumps onto the Audience, causing him to die of paralysis and a spinal fracture)
Female Patron: Oh my God!
Dr. Khyber Zaffarkhan: The initial impact would be to the rear aspect of the vertebrae, which would focus all the force onto the vertebrae itself, causing it to fracture. The likely fracture would be the C3 vertebrae, and the force and momentum of his body would cause his spinal cord to push into those fractured pieces, and result in fragments of bone tearing through spinal cord, which would cause spinal cord damage and paralysis to not only his arms and legs. but also, his lungs.
Narrator: While Tim lay there paralyzed, his lungs stopped breathing, his heart stopped beating, and his brain just...stopped. In other words, Tim was dead... 4EVER.
(Tony, Jeff, Norman and Joe internally mourn Tim's death and finish the song in his memory)
4EVER: (Singing) Baby, the thing is maybe. I'm not going to save you. From being the baby that's a baby alone.
Audience: (Cheers)
Goofs[]
Continuity[]
- When Tim jumped, he was doing a belly flop. But when his corpse is shown, he's inexplicably on his back.
Crew and Equipment Visible[]
- Camera shadows in some shots.
Cast and Interviewees[]
- Stephen Warner (Ex-Boy Band Member)
- Dr. Khyber Zaffarkhan (Physical Medicine & Rehab)
- Tradim Cadruffedgeman - Tim (lead: intended victim)
- John Bruce - Tony (lead)
- Mark C. Hanson (as Mark Hanson) - Jeff (Lead) (also portrays Josh in Shanks for the Memories)
- Ryan Tyler - Norman (Lead)
- Chris Waters - Joe (Lead)
- Mia Ruth Kiarle - Band Listener (Lead)
Trivia[]
- The actors who portrayed 4EVER rehearsed for weeks to perfect their dance moves for this way to die.
- Despite being called "4EVER", the boy band has five singers until Tim died, assuming they didn't disband afterwards. It's possible that they started with 4 members and one of them later joined the band.
- The song "(Stop Calling Me) Baby" is a parody of *NSYNC's "Bye Bye Bye".
- This death scene is awarded the "Dumbest Death" in the "Death By Request" Special.
- "(Stop Calling Me) Baby" is heard in the background of first death of the same episode, "Blood Bath & Beyond".
- The opening of this song is also heard in Pop and Lox during the introduction of the group "The Levittown Lady Breakers".
- Tim's death is similar to that of Handy's death in Happy Tree Friends TV series episode, "In a Jam". and Alice's death in Bad Assid.
Foreign Names[]
- Clavado Fuera del Escenario (Off-stage Diving) - Latin American Spanish dub
- Do de pecho (High C) - European Spanish dub
- Melodia Mortal (Deadly Melody) - Brazilian Portuguese dub
- Take Death - German dub
- La estrella estrellada (The Crashed Star) - Pluto TV Spanish dub
- Estreya Klato (Star Expected) - Lazoran dub
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