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Mortal Kombat vs Dramatic Chipmunk

The Mortal Kombat series has featured well over 50 characters, hundreds of special moves and strange backdrops. It established the art of the finishing move, something which brought a whole new level of humiliation into competitive beat-em-ups. For the last 16 years, the series has served up endless opportunities to indulge in gratuitously violent action, laced with black humour. Battle cries like, "Toasty!" and "Get over here!" have become iconic catchphrases, while the names "Raiden", "Sub Zero" and "Scorpion" have grown to be popular choices with fanboy parents. And yet...

And yet how can these achievements compare to the greatest short film in the history of cinema? It may be only five seconds long, but Dramatic Chipmunk has a higher amusement-per-second rate than any other video, bar none. It may just be a clip of a rodent turning around with a funny expression on its face - but man alive, it works. When you factor into account the legion of adaptations floating around YouTube - Chipmunk as a jedi, Chipmunk as James Bond - you essentially have a limitless supply of hilarity. Go on, go and watch it again now. It's still funny, isn't it? Yes, yes it is.

And the best thing of all is that the rodent in the clip isn't even a chipmunk: It's really a prairie dog! That's post-modern, that is.

Verdict: Dramatic Chipmunk wins

But only just.

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