HIPPO examines the coming-of-age of two step-siblings: Hippo, a video-game addicted teenager and Buttercup, a Hungarian Catholic immigrant with a love of classical music and Jesus. Like the Ancient Greek Aphrodite, Buttercup’s love is unrequited by a brother who prefers to indulge the art of war and chaos. The result is a hormone-fueled, tragicomic waking nightmare that must be seen to be believed.
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00:00Mom!
00:08The boy was Adam, also known as Hippo.
00:13The girl was known as Buttercup.
00:15Call me daddy before you hang up, please, just once.
00:18My dad said I'm all dead.
00:21Their mother is a peculiar woman named Ethel.
00:23When do you think World War III is going to happen?
00:26It's hard to say, dear.
00:27Do you think it might be in my lifetime?
00:28I suppose it could.
00:30Okay.
00:31I need a gun.
00:32As homeschooled students, neither Buttercup nor Hippo ever had much interaction outside
00:38of one another.
00:39That toy is an outside toy, Shepard.
00:41It's not a toy.
00:42It's a gun.
00:43It's outside.
00:44There comes a time in every boy's life when he wakes up in a puddle of goo.
00:51Goo?
00:52Goo.
00:53Very sticky, I might add.
00:55War is a game.
00:57Don't be fooled by simulation theory, however.
00:59True warrior.
01:00Do you want to stay in here with me?
01:02I'm a big man now.
01:03I'm 19.
01:04You have to legally respect me.
01:05It says so in the Constitution.
01:07Everybody respects you.
01:08We all respect you.
01:10You are a firebird.
01:12Ah!
01:21They've arrived.
01:22Quick, go get to the nearest closet and I'll go get my crossbow.
01:23No, no, no, no, no, no.
01:24The crossbow will never work.
01:25You know that.
01:26You need the most powerful thing in the world.
01:27My Godfinger.
01:28Shut your mouth, I said!
01:29Why do you look so sad?
01:30You should be happy.
01:31Ah!
01:32A star dies every millisecond.
01:33But only once in a millennium does a deity rise up with a potent mega-weapon attached
01:34to his own hips.
01:35I hope you find a man just like your brother.
01:36I'm sorry.
01:37I'm sorry.
01:38I'm sorry.
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01:51I'm sorry.
01:52I'm sorry.
01:53I'm sorry.
01:55Let us bear humble witness.
01:59Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you
02:04Happy birthday dear Hippo, happy birthday to you