Madness Combat 1 is the very first episode in the Madness Combat series. It was first released onto Newgrounds.com on July 25th, 2002 where it immediately became a success, earning a Daily Second place award. As of March 7, 2024, this very episode has over 4.8 million views on Newgrounds.
Plot
In this episode, Madness Combat's protagonist, Hank J. Wimbleton, And his antagonist, Jesus, debuts.
The animation begins with Hank standing around a tree and a man with a boombox, Playing a version of the Chicken Dance, and a dancing grunt in the background. Hank, goes up to the owner of the boombox to go to grab the boombox but the owner punches him causing him to fall to the ground; Hank becomes angry and beats the boombox man to death. A riot then starts among the other characters in which everyone tries to kill Hank, except the dancing man in the background, who seems oblivious to the violence. Hank manages to kill multiple people, and makes sure they're dead by blowing up their bodies with a frag grenade.
Hank vs Jebus
After the grenade explodes, Jesus Christ, who distinguishes himself from the rest of the characters with his goatee, long hair and halo, takes on Hank. He turns two of the corpses into zombies with a lightning bolt, which upon contact, not only revives people but also turns their bare skin into a transparent green and make them stronger and more resistant.
The first zombie of Madness Combat
They give another try at attacking Hank, but then get killed again. When Hank tries to shoot Jesus with a MAC-10, Jesus defends himself by quickly summoning a cross-shaped shield. Jesus then shoots hank with a lightning bolt, knocking him down, and repeatedly body slamming him into the ground.
Jebus' cannon
Hank after the battle
When Jesus realizes his zombies do not offer enough offensive power, he pushes the bodies away, then decides to summon a cannon and fires a few shots at Hank, which he dodges by ducking and jumping. While trying to shoot hank, Jesus is then caught off guard and then shot by Hank's MAC-10. Several more people begin charging at Hank, who now uses PPKs, knives and a sawed-off shotgun to take them out. After killing all his foes, Hank brings the boombox to him and shoots the dancing man in the background. Being the only living character left in the animation, Hank dances to the music and a text appears on the screen:
And so on this day our hero had slain thirty men. And he would later admit to having a good time doing it. Thirty two people actually, if you count the zombies.
Appearances
Characters
- Hank J. Wimbleton (Debut)
- Jesus Christ (Debut)
- Boombox man (Only appearance)
- Civilian (Debut
- Dancing man (Debut)
- Grunts (Debut)
- Zombies (Debut)
