See Rubber House’s 9 New Adult Swim Promos

Rubber House, an Australian animation studio, was tasked at the beginning of the year with writing eight short idents & bumpers to air between programming on Adult Swim. The results were hilarious, entertaining, and completely mental. They’re currently airing on the network, and are all on the company’s Tumblr page.

Below are each of the clips with the name and runtime, the studio’s short description (RH), a short description of mine (GG), a rating, and the credits.

Please note there are actually nine videos, instead of eight. Why? No idea. That’s just how many they posted. Bonus!

1) “Protein” – 50 secs

Adult Swim. Protein from Rubber House on Vimeo.

RH: Based on actual events at your local gym.

GG: A gnarly way to get ripped that’s as likely to work as any “miracle” ad you’ll ever see.

 

Written, directed, and animated by Greg Sharp.

Sound design by James Brown and Adult Swim.

 

2) “Chess Mating” – 1 min, 12 secs

Adult Swim. Chess Mating from Rubber House on Vimeo.

RH: A 3D/2D hybrid style presentation of the sordid lives of chess pieces.

GG: What yours dreams would be like if you fell asleep on a chessboard – with a few game lessons mixed in. I think I’m a little turned on.

 

Written, designed, and animated by Ivan Dixon.

3D models by Courney Hopkinson.

Voice: Isy Suttie & Ivan Dixon

Music & Sound by Adult Swim

Produced by Adult Swim

 

3) “High Score” – 30 secs

Adult Swim. High Score from Rubber House on Vimeo.

RH: Greg Sharp’s subconscious fixation on muscles, screaming, and exploding.

GG: If you thought curling was a weird Olympic sport…

 

Written, designed, animated by Greg Sharp

Additional animation by Vincent Tsui and Nikhil Markale

Additional clean-up by Hannah Murdoch

Sound design by James Brown & Adult Swim

Produced by Adult Swim

 

4) “Triangl’d” – 37 secs

Adult Swim. Triangl’d from Rubber House on Vimeo.

RH: Why not “tri” looking at the world from a different “angle”? Ho ho.

GG: An imaginiative look at the role shapes play in our lives – with fun music!

 

Written, designed, animated by Ivan Dixon

Additional animation by Charles Huettner (charleshuettner.tumblr.com) and Andrew Onorato (onocoolo.tumblr.com)

Music & sound by Adult Swim

Produced by Adult Swim

 

5) “Muscles VS Skinny” – 10 secs

Adult Swim. Muscles VS Skinny from Rubber House on Vimeo.

RH: This Adult Swim promo features Rubber House co-director Ivan Dixon himself, locked in his eternal conflict between brute force and the healing power of touch…

GG: The best balance between being gentle and being ripped. With half the work!

 

Written, designed, directed by Ivan Dixon

Animated by Ivan Dixon

Music and sound by Adult Swim

Produced by Adult Swim

 

6) “Rainbow Coaster” – 14 secs

Adult Swim. Rainbow Coaster from Rubber House on Vimeo.

RH: What’s at the end of the rainbow?

GG: If the Leprechaun movies taught me anything, it’s that they can’t be trusted, and the gold isn’t worth it. I laughed the hardest at this super-short clip.

 

Written, designed, directed by Ivan Dixon

Animated by Ivan Dixon

Music and sound by Adult Swim

Produced by Adult Swim

 

7) “Fab Sauce” – 39 secs

Adult Swim. Fab Sauce from Rubber House on Vimeo.

RH: It’s the Adult Swim promo we were surprised the lawyers approved! Come with us on a journey deep inside co-director Greg Sharp’s problematic feelings towards squeezy sauce toppings.

GG: What. The. Fuck.

 

Written, designed, animated by Greg Sharp

Additional animation by Vincent Tsui (pstk-way.tumblr.com) and Nikhil Markale (nikhilmarkale.tumblr.com)

Sound design by James Brown (jamespeterbrown.com) & Adult Swim

Produced by Adult Swim

 

8) “Adults Swimming” – 12 secs

Adult Swim. Adults Swimming from Rubber House on Vimeo.

RH: Something to add to your fears of swimming at your local pool.

GG: And you thought pee was your only public pool concern?

 

Written by Greg Sharp and Ivan Dixon

Designed and animated by Ivan Dixon

Music by Adult Swim

Produced by Adult Swim

 

9) “Pixel Swim” – 20 secs

Adult Swim. Pixel Swim from Rubber House on Vimeo.

RH: All the stars of Adult Swim in pixel graphics suitable for the modern world!

GG: It has every character on every adult swim show, in pixels, dancing to music. How can you not love it?

 

Designed and animated by Ivan Dixon

Music by Steve Larabie

Produced by Adult Swim