"Vermin-ated", Way To Die #505, is the fourth death featured in "Death Bites!", which aired on December 9, 2009.
Plot[]
Mortimer was on the run. He was a two-time offender and was being chased by 2 police officers in a forest, his last crime was an armed robbery. If they caught him, he would end up in jail forever.
The cops needed a break, so they sat on a rock. While they recovered, Mortimer went to rest in a drainage pipe: The perfect hiding place for a human rat. The cops found the pipe, they saw nothing and refused to enter, so they left.
Mortimer didn't want to risk it, so he kept crawling and the pipe became more and more smaller, until... he got stuck. There was an opening through which light came in and he tried to ask for help, even if it meant going back to jail. In a short time he went from giving up... to apologizing... and finally crying. The day turned into night and for the first time, Mr. Big and Scary was scared... rather he was terrified. He lit his Zippo lighter and heard a sound... rats. He started screaming in fear, shaking his lighter and trying to keep the rats away from him.
Jules Sylvester: You've got to see how the rat sees this: there's this... thing, that's blocking their escape. The best thing he can do is shut the (Chuckling) hell up, but he won't, because he's afraid. So the rat, with their massive incisors and little claws, he can grab onto any part of your face, and he will bite you.
The rats weren't scared of Mortimer. In fact, they liked him. So, they ate their way right through him. The rats climbed on his face and began to bite his skin, later his muscle and finally his left eye, through his eyeball, they reached his brain and finally managed to get out. Killing him in one of the most gruesome ways imaginable.
Dr. Vyshali Rao: The first path of least resistance they would come to is the human skin, which is very fragile. Second, they get into the muscle, and finally they get into the human eyes. And... even in fact going through the eyeball to get into the brain, the person will be conscious, feeling every single little thing that's happening. Unfortunately, this is probably one of the most gruesome deaths somebody could even imagine.
By the time that dawned the next day, the human rat was already dead.
Narrator: They say crime doesn't pay. But it did make a nice meal for a pack... of dirty rats.
Transcript[]
(2 police officers search for Mort, Police Chase Death is playing)
Narrator: Mortimer was on the run. A two-time offender, his latest felony, armed robbery, would put him away for good. If he was captured.
(Mortimer flees from the cops, later, officers are exhausted)
Police Officer #1: Take a break, man.
Police Officer #2: Yeah.
Police Officer #1: I'm getting too old for this now.
(The 2 cops sit on the rock, while Mort is about to hide in a drainage pipe)
Narrator: With the cops catching a breath, Mortimer caught a break: A drainage pipe.
(Mortimer goes through the pipe, Baroque Death is playing)
Narrator: What better place for a human rat, to hide out in.
(The 2 cops check the drainage pipe)
Police Officer #2: I don't see anything. I ain't going in there.
Police Officer #1: (quietly) Yeah...
(The 2 cops give up, walk away from the pipe, Supernatural is playing)
Narrator: Mortimer wasn't going to take any chances. So, he kept on crawling. And the pipe kept getting smaller, and smaller, until...
Mortimer: Help!! Help!! Help me!! I'm stuck!!
Narrator: In a short amount of time, he went from surrendering...
Mortimer: I don't care if I have to go back in jail, I'll go back, I just want to get out of here! I got to get out of here now!
Narrator: to apologizing...
Mortimer: (Crying) I'm sorry... I'm sorry...
Narrator: and finally crying.
Mortimer: (Cries)
(More Serious Suspense is playing)
Narrator: Day turned to night, and for the first time in his life, Mr. Big and Scary was scared...
Mortimer: (Cries)
(Mortimer lights his Zippo lighter)
Narrator: make that terrified.
(Mort hears a sound)
Mortimer: What was that?! What was that?!!
Narrator: And then salvation. Or so he thought.
Mortimer: Is anybody there?!!
(Mortimer is about to be eaten by his worst nightmare: rats!!!)
Mortimer: (Screams)
Jules Sylvester: You've got to see how the rat sees this: there's this... thing, that's blocking their escape.
(Mortimer takes a rat's tail and throws away to not get close to him)
-Jules Sylvester: The best thing he can do is shut the (Chuckling) hell up, but he won't, because he's afraid.
-Mortimer: (Screams)
Jules Sylvester: So the rat, with their massive incisors and little claws, he can grab onto any part of your face, and he will bite you.
(Jules dissolves by the biting translation, [] is playing)
Mortimer: (SCREAMS)
Narrator: The rats weren't scared of Mort. In fact, they liked him. So, they ate their way right through him.
(Die Science 12v1 is playing, CGI rat jumps to the human's left eye, bites it, then eats the brain)
Dr. Vyshali Rao: The first path of least resistance they would come to is the human skin, which is very fragile. Second, they get into the muscle, and finally they get into the human eyes. And... even in fact going through the eyeball to get into the brain, the person will be conscious,
-CGI Human: (Screams)
-Dr. Vyshali Rao: feeling every single little thing that's happening.
(View of rat cleaning his body)
Dr. Vyshali Rao: Unfortunately, this is probably one of the most gruesome deaths somebody could even imagine.
(Dr. Rao also dissolves by the biting translation, cuts to Mortimer bitten by rats, dead, Music Box Death is playing)
Narrator: They say crime doesn't pay. But it did make a nice meal for a pack... of dirty rats.
Cast and Interviewees[]
- Dave Levine - Mort (lead: intended victim)
- Nicholas J. Leinbach - Police Officer #1 (lead)
- Matthew Andrade - Police Officer #2 (lead)
- Jules Sylvester - Wild Animal Trainer/Wrangler
- Dr. Vyshali Rao - Cardiologist
Trivia[]
- Also called "Mortimer's Bad Day" on the Spike TV website.
- There was no recap at the end of the death.
- This is one of two deaths that happened because of a rat, the other being Pissed Off.
- In the German dub, the cops don't say, "I don't see anything, I ain't goin' in there," which may imply that they saw Mort go in there, but still refused to go in.
- This is similar to the nutty putty caverns incident.
- The cause of death was described by Richard Lichten interviewing Golden Die-angle.
- This is one of the only deaths to feature both a visual of the victims skull and their face.
Goofs[]
- Crew or Equipment Visible: When the two police officers walk away from the drainage pipe, a crew member can be seen behind them on the left.
Segment Nicknames[]
- Mortimer's Bad Day (Spike TV)
Foreign Names[]
- Was für ein Rattenfraß! (What a Rat's Dinner!) - German Dub
- Banquete de Ratas (Rat Feast) - Latin American Spanish dub
- Entre alimañas (Among Vermin) - European Spanish dub
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