"Meat Your Maker", Way to Die #372, is the fourth death featured in "Tweets From the Dead", which aired March 26, 2012.
Plot[]
A butcher shop worker was putting boxes of meat in a freezer truck without knowing that he was being watched by two thieves, Marco and Ramirez were perfect strangers, Marco was a loser who was trying to steal some steaks for himself and his unemployed colleagues, Ramirez was a member of a mafia network that sold stolen food to restaurants and both planned to rob the same freezer truck.
Marco got into the back of the truck and the worker closed the door, then he got into the truck when Ramirez threatened him with a gun, Ramirez got into the truck and escaped without knowing that Marco was behind. The escape caused the truck to shake violently, hitting Marco while he was yelling at Ramirez to stop the truck.
A police officer was informed of the theft of the freezer truck and the truck was just passing next to him, so the policeman turned around and started chasing the truck, the chase caused the truck to shake more and Marco was beaten until a meat hook stuck under his chin and severed his carotid artery and jugular vein and another hook stuck in his right arm causing him to bleed out and die in minutes. Then Ramirez arrived to a dead end alley and as the policeman arrested him, he checked what was behind the truck, only for both the police officer and Ramirez to be horrified when they saw the corpse of the other thief, Marco, while his blood splashed on the boxes of meat.
Transcript[]
Marco: Stop the truck!!!
(The meat truck is stopped, Ramirez gets out the truck, the policeman arrests Ramirez)
Policeman: What do you have, huh?
Ramirez: Man, it's just meat, man. Calm down.
Policeman: Oh yeah?
(As the policeman opens the rear portion, both the policeman & Ramirez shock of horror, the meat boxes are bloody)
Narrator: It turns out Ramirez was right; nothing in the back... but dead meat.
(CGI shows the human got hooked, his jugular vein)
Dr. Jeffrey Lake:
(Recap of the policeman opens the rear portion, both the policeman & Ramirez shock of horror as they saw Marco hooked and died)
Narrator: Death: It's what for dinner.
Cast and Interviewees[]
- Trey Albright - Marco (Lead; Intended victim)
- Carlos Ragas - Ramirez (Lead)
- Steve Crest - Policeman (lead)
- Adrian Bustamente - Himself (Insurance Specialist) (Only in German version)
- Dr. Jeffrey Lake - Himself (Colorectal Surgeon)
Trivia[]
- Also called "Hooked On A Feeling" on the Spike TV website.
- In the CGI, the USDA meat stamp is seen on his forehead.
- This death has the third shortest doggerel quote, the shortest one being Way to Die #753, and the second shortest being Way to Die #112
- Since Ramirez was arrested, he would face theft, robbery, grand theft auto, selling stolen goods, carjacking and manslaughter charges.
Segment Nicknames[]
- Hooked On A Feeling (Spike TV)
- Meat Hooked
- Meating Their Demise
- Captain Hooked
- Dead Meat
Foreign Names[]
- Carne Fresca (Fresh Meat) - Latin American Spanish and European Spanish dubs
- Carne de Pescoço (Neck meat) - Brazilian Portuguese dub
- Gut abgehangen (Suspended Well) - German dub
- Carne sangrado, Frio muerto (Bleeding Meat, Coldly Dead) - Pluto TV Spanish dub
- Karne na drezak, Nakuti talahandan (Injury Meat, Shocked at Breaks) - Lazoran dub
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