Dead Light Green Light

Way to Die #944
Dead Light Green Light
Name of the death is a pun on "Dead" and the famous children's game "Red Light, Green Light"
"Steve was a slimebag counterfeiting scalper. Mr. Slug was just trying to keep from burning up. When Steve and the slug crossed paths, the scalper...got his ticket punched." (US Version) "Steve was a scalper and a hustler. Mrs. Slug just wanted shelter from the sun. When Steve's and the slug's paths crossed, the cheater got a ticket to the cemetery." (Translated LAT Version)
Information
Date	April 18, 2005
Location	Everett, Washington
Episode this death was featured in	Death – Putting The "Fun" In "Funeral"
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"Dead Light Green Light", Way to Die #944, is the sixth death featured in "Death – Putting The "Fun" In "Funeral", which aired on February 22, 2012.

Plot

Steve (Art Roberts) was an infamous scalper who sold tickets for sporting events and also a con artist; without people knowing, the tickets were fake, allowing him to easily rip them off of their money. When a man discovered that the tickets were fake and were ordered to the back of the line, he confronted Steve. Steve tried to escape and started pressing the pedestrian light button to cross the street but what Steve didn't know was that he wasn't the only animal loose that day, while he was robbing people, a wild slug was trying to stay wet and away from the street. The slug entered a traffic light control box and sabotaged it by causing a short circuit, which led the green light for cars and the walking light for pedestrians to come on. Steve started to cross the street when a car hit him high speed. When the car struck Steve, it broke his bones, destroyed his organs, triggered internal bleeding, and Steve died before hitting the asphalt, much to the shock of the crowd.

Cast & Interviewees

• Art Roberts - Steve (Lead: Intended victim)
• Ron Kublin - Himself (Ticket Scalper)
• Gary Kauffman - Himself (Civil Engineer)

Goofs

• Factual Error: While it is possible for an electric box to be shorted out a fast-moving liquid (such as water) due to its low viscosity, slug slime, on the other hand, is too thick and has high viscosity. Therefore, it should not have shorted out the electric box. However, Gary Hauffman explains that not only can the electric box get a shortcut by a fast-moving liquid, but also if the box is irregularly open by insects or small animals.
• Anachronism: Steve gets ran over by a 2007 Jeep Wrangler, when the SUV was introduced a year after the death was happened.

Trivia

• Steve's death is similar to that of Harold's death in Sumowed, Shuggy's death in ReTired, Toothy, Giggles and Cuddles' death in Happy Tree Friends episode, "And the Kitchen Sink", Flaky's death in Happy Tree Friends web series episode: "Treasure Those Idol Moments", Cub's death in Happy Tree Friends TV series episode: "As You Wish", and Flippy's death in Happy Tree Friends episode: "Without a Hitch".

Segment Nicknames

• The Traffic of Terror
• Scalped
• Stop Lighted

Foreign Names

• Semáforo Infernal (Infernal Traffic Light) - Latin American Spanish dub
• Luz Verde Para La Muerte (Green Light For Death) - European Spanish dub
• Luz Morta, Luz Verde (Dead Light, Green Light) - Brazilian Portuguese dub

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