Thanks to this great thread here by user nimbinned, I was able to come across this great video of I, Pet Goat II by team Heliofant. The animation is some of the best I have seen in awhile, even better than major Pixar and Disney movies (albeit much shorter). It is obviously a highly symbolic short and subject to many different interpretations, but I thought I would propose my take on it and you all can hopefully add your takes or tell me why I am wrong. I do regret not adding this to the main thread already started but I am about to post so much content that I did not want to hijack nimbinned’s thread. This is going to be a large thread, so, please bear with me. Also, I am going to be time-stamping all the screen shots so you can refer to them in the video.
So, in case you haven’t seen the video, I will post it here. Please go to nimbinned’s thread and flag and star theirs if you enjoy the video:...[The video has been previously taken down by YouTube (surprise, surprise) and uploaded by a random user. If it gets removed again, please use these sites to access it: www.heliofant.com... and vimeo.com... ]
The name “I, Pet Goat” is reference to the storybook read by President George W. Bush to a classroom of children on the day of 9/11 named “My Pet Goat”. He continued to sit in the classroom and read the book for a total of seven minutes after the buildings had been hit.
Here is the video of him in the class:
President Bush took a lot of flak for not leaving immediately. Another eerie aspect of the event was the fact that the teacher was having the children rapidly read words from a book. The five words in the book they were reading were “kite, hit, plane, steel, and must”. At times it would sound as if the children were chanting “Plane must hit steel, plane must hit steel…” Then a plane did hit steel.
I, Pet Goat II starts off by showing us a goat trapped in a box inside a concentration camp looking area. The goat at one points gets hypnotized. There is also a barcode on his forehead with the numbers “666″ written under it and a drawing of an authority looking person keeping a leash on an animal on the box:
The video then moves on to show a pair of hands holding the controls to a puppet. The Puppet Master. These hands are very reptillian looking, covered in blood, and sporting some bling that shows attribute to currency, suggesting that all this puppeteer cares about is money and is not afraid to get its hands bloody:
After he is done dancing he sits down in the chair and begins to babble on about being fooled. I would believe that this entire event is another poke at the event shown in the video during Bush’s reading of “My Pet Goat” to the classroom. It is a classroom setting, he is in a similar position in the chair, and the teacher slightly resembles the one in the video (a larger, dark-skinned woman):
2. There is a clock in the noon position, this might point at a new dawn, or a new start since the clock is technically in the “start” position.
3. There is a picture of an owl, which, honestly, I am not too sure of the symbology behind it. Perhaps, someone with more knowledge on this can help me out here.
4. A drawn-in-chalk penis that is either ejaculating or urinating. This could suggest that kids are becoming ornery or sex-involved at younger and younger ages.
5. A house burning down. Really, it’s just a grim image. It could also suggest that kids’ minds are becoming darker.
6. A shark. Not sure of the significance but it does look scary, probably along the lines of number 5.
7. A game of hangman. The word shown is “evoL_T__N” which is obviously “evolution”. Perhaps pointing back to the enlightenment at the top. The L is capitalized to show that, when read backwards, it spells “Love”. Another thing to note is that the man was hung before his last leg was drawn in. This would mean that he was killed before given a fair chance, or at least, his full chance. Perhaps this suggest that we are not given a fair chance to look at our spiritual evolution in society.
8. There is a map with various pinpoints. I’m not sure of the relevance of this but it could just be a personal thing involving the creators of the animation.
9. Snowflakes lie under the map. While we are all still snowflakes, we are still all beautifully unique.
To every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction: or the forces of two bodies on each other are always equal and are directed in opposite directions.While true in physics, it is also true of life. For every good there is a bad, for ever bad there is a good. Duality.
11. A brain that is dramatically split in half. A lot of people will argue that most people are either “left-brain thinks” or “right-brain thinkers”. The truth of the matter is, the left and right brain both take duties of analytical and creative thinking and one hemisphere does not control solely one aspect. However, the message is still the same; people either see things as beautiful, or they see things analytically, not beautifully analytical.
12. A dragon. A dragon could be interpreted many ways to many people. I’ll leave that one up to you.
13. A Heart. Before the song breaks in, you can hear the constant beating of a heart playing. The heart holds supreme significance in this animation. The creators even make the statement that this is about:
“A story about the fire at the heart of suffering. “We need to use our hearts to break free, the burning fire within.
“And suddenly a startling realization arose in Lily: “This apple is not mine”, she thought. “It belongs to someone else.”
The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. 6 Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.A pretty positive message.
I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red.The red color of the moon can convey the judgement of God. Also, we see Mother Nature crying out as they farm the land for oil and neglect the Earth, which would gladly give us cleaner, safer, energy than the form we use now. I’m sure most will agree that the reason we are still revolving our lives around oil is because of the profit involved.
The next scene has a Jesus looking character riding in on an Egyptian-style boat. His heart is prominently display with a burning fire roaring around it and his body shines with gold. Still though, he wears a crown of barbwire. His eyes are shut and his body is constantly in motion. This would suggest that he is keeping himself in a meditative state. The movement prevents energy from getting stagnant and the intense amount of energy in his body could also be causing his slight convulsions.
The character named “Ludovic” lays there helplessly in the cold as Drako and his direct input of media controls the boy’s mind. Ludovic can’t even move as his mind revolves around the market and other societal “requirements”. Of course, as previously discussed, it was too late for him before he even arrived on this planet.
Quickly followed are three B-2 style Stealth Bombers flying in low overtop of a church. They drop their load and the church goes up in smoke, with omening black birds flying away. Perhaps this means that religion will meet its demise through war, or that war is caused by religion. Either way, the two are obviously connected.
On the left we see the character “Aali” who is supposed to represent Islam. Normally the image of Jesus lays in the arms of the Pietá, but this time it is an Islamic embodiment. She weeps for the child. In the background there is a mushroom cloud of a bomb pluming. Perhaps this suggests that the Islamic religion was snuffed out via war.
In the middle we see a small African child wielding an AK-47 assault rifle and staring with dimly-lit robotic eyes, red eyes. The purple piece of cloth is getting pulled undone on her body, hinting at the fact that the person next to her wishes to engage sexually. I would assume the eyes mean that African children are being programmed for nothing but war, sex, and drugs.
On the right we see the character named “Juan Pepito”, wielding a hammer and sickle. Heliofant has this to say:
“After years of economic exploitation and the environmental degradation, Juan “Pepito” has a decidedly sinking feeling.”
In a system that neglects the environment, his Communistic ways have finally caught up to him as he drowns in the same toxic sludge that is a result of his negligence.
Next up we have Sun-Sue (a name punning at Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War”). As Heliofant says:
“Opposing courageously those who wish to enslave her.”which is quite obvious. An anti-nuclear tattoo and a heart lie on her face. She stands in the literal footsteps of the Tank Man while waving the white flag. However, she is then turned and met by a character known as Skullduggery by Heliofant. Of course, being a skeleton hints at skullduggery, and skullduggery is committed, as she begins to feel guilty about her actions. The Skeleton doesn’t need to make you not hate them, they just need to turn you against somebody else, or worse yet.. yourself. This is all too common. The fireworks represent a bombardment of external stimuli to shut down logical thinking, or as merely a distraction.
As Jesus moves on, the Keeper of the Flame, L’enfant Bleu (French for “Baby Blue” or “The Blue Boy”), a very Shiva looking character, continues to dance on, unaffected by the turmoil or the triumphal. Free of Duality it dances.
“Madame Q’s point of suffering is sex. Is it repression or indulgence?Perhaps her over-indulgence in sexual activities is an attempt to fill a void in her heart that only love could meet. Many people often confuse sex for love or vice versa. Inside the pillar we find tally marks covering every inch of the walls. This most likely represents every time she has engaged in a sexual activity, or every day she has been in the tower. Most likely the former causes the latter.
We don’t know. Yet there is definitely shame there. “
Atop her tower also lies a cross, this could explain why she feels shame and guilt in her indulgence.
“The whirling heart of Islam awakened to the one true God! He is free and needs no control.”Perhaps after the death of his religion, he is free of all boundaries. Nothing to constrain him, not even the religion he thought was so helpful. Nothing to get in his way of personal freedom.
The Keeper of the Flame continues to dance on, even still. Showing all the manifestations of the natural world, and the hierarchy system that they represent in spiritual evolution.
The final scene shows Jesus staring into the powerful and blissful radiance of the sun. An object so powerful that even the great pyramids begin to crumble before it, yet it is so beautiful. Though unmeasurable, it represents the powerful essence of the spirit. Nothing can stop it. No powers that be. No skullduggery. No war. No political agenda. No religious doctrine. It is the one thing that they can’t control and it is the one thing that will end them.
Have the desire, don’t worry about social or religious limitations, and you will get what is rightfully yours. Freedom.
Hebrews 4:16
“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”written by ErroneousDylan and coded by Joe

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