Kinda Macbeth

Kinda Macbeth is the 6th Kinda animation. It is set in Universe 16's 11th Century Scotland and follows the rise and fall of the eponymous Macbeth, parodying the Shakespeare play of the same name. It was revealed on the 25th of June, 2020 and then uploaded on the 8th of February, 2021.
== Characters ==
=== Main Characters ===
* Macbeth
* Lady Macbeth
* Banquo
* Macduff
* The Three Witches
* King Duncan
* Malcolm
=== Side Characters ===
* Fleance
* Ross
* Lord
* Lady
* Macduff Junior
* Lady Macduff
* Lady Macduff Junior
* Warrior
* Bossman
* Porter
* Doctor
* Thane of Cawdor
* Demoman
* Assassin Rand
*Scottish Mickey Mouse
== Contributors ==
=== Artists ===
* Alice
=== Voice actors ===
* Lidela - voiced Macbeth
* Captain Blossom - voiced Lady Macbeth
* Toulou - voiced Macduff + Warrior
* frankf - voiced Ross + Doctor
* Sid - voiced Malcolm + Thane of Cawdor
* Samir - voiced the Three Witches and Scottish Mickey Mouse
* LDthebadman - voiced King Duncan
* Tacocatcommunist - voiced Banquo
* Jammy Tekkerz - voiced Fleance + Macduff Junior
* Missonious - voiced Assassin Rand
* Edge - voiced Porter
*(Furter also voiced the Guards and Bossman)
== Events ==
During a battle between King Duncan's troops and some Scottish traitors, The Three Witches were plotting in a cave. Nearby, two of these traitors, Warrior and Bossman, had noticed a Scottish nobleman and plotted to steal his valuable armour. However, this armour-bearing soldier was none other than the legendary swordsman, Macbeth, who quickly beheaded Warrior. One of King Duncan's guards was observing this, and ran to inform the King of Macbeth's exploits on the battlefield. Duncan was impressed, and decreed that Macbeth replace the current Thane of Cawdor, immediately executing him. Ross overheard the news and ran to tell Macbeth.
Macbeth and his best friend Banquo were returning from the battle when they passed The Three Witches' cave. Each of the Three Witches gave the two soldiers a prophecy - Macbeth would be Thane of Cawdor, Macbeth would be King, and Banquo's kids would become Kings. Ross appeared to inform Macbeth of his promotion to Thane of Cawdor, leading Macbeth to believe the prophecies to be true. However, when Macbeth returned to the King, he was furious to hear that Duncan's son, Malcolm, was next in line for the throne instead. Macbeth sent a letter to his wife, Lady Macbeth, informing her of the prophecy.
Later, a sleepover was held at Macbeth's castle, with King Duncan himself, Banquo, his son Fleance, nobleman Macduff, Malcolm, and Ross staying the night. Lady Macbeth took the opportunity to persuade her husband to kill Duncan to seize the crown, swaying him through use of his fragile masculinity. As Duncan slept in his room, Macbeth walked in with a broadsword and murdered him. The next morning, Macbeth's Porter was doing his usual rounds when Macduff burst in, announcing his discovery of the King's corpse. An emergency meeting was called and Macbeth intimidated Malcolm out of the room, this leading the others to believe that Malcolm's disappearance was an act of guilt. It was decided that Macbeth would be the new King.
During a bagpipe performance to celebrate his coronation, Macbeth was suspicious of Banquo's genuine excitement that Fleance would become King. Thus, he hired Assassin Rand to kill both of them, but she only managed to kill Banquo before Fleance defeated her and fled. Meanwhile, Ross had been analysing King Macbeth's finances and discovered that he had paid an assassin. He informed Macduff, who mistakenly believed that this meant Fleance had murdered Banquo, and fled to England. To help cover his public image, Macbeth held a banquet with Lord and Lady. During the meal, Banquo returned as a ghost to haunt Macbeth, leading Macbeth to shout profanities at this hallucination in front of the people he was attempting to impress.
Macbeth returned to The Three Witches and asked for further guidance. They could not be bothered and instead gave Macbeth a vision in which Demoman warned Macbeth of trees, Macduff and men born of women. Macbeth awoke from his vision and was informed of Macduff's travel to England. He sent two guards to kill Macduff's family, managing to assassinate Lady Macduff and Lady Macduff Junior, but leaving behind a very vengeful Macduff and an even more furious Macduff Junior. The father and son returned to Scotland and discovered Malcolm hiding in a forest from Macbeth's wrath. They worked together to recruit a resistance of the people who had been wronged by Macbeth, including Assassin Rand, who had nearly been killed carrying out one of Macbeth's missions; Fleance, who had lost his father due to Macbeth's paranoia; Bossman, who had witnessed his friend's death at Macbeth's hand; Ross, Lord and Lady, who had been suspicious of Macbeth's strange behaviour, and Demoman, who had been left behind in the Witches' realm. The resistance decided to cut down tree branches and hide behind them to disguise their advance on Macbeth's land.
During this endeavour, Lady Macbeth had begun sleepwalking, so the Porter called the local Doctor in to diagnose her. She died in the middle of the appointment. Meanwhile, a guard informed Macbeth of some trees wishing to talk with him. Macbeth, remembering the prophecies, summoned his army to go fight them. He was correct in doing this, as the trees were actually the resistance, and the two sides clashed in the climactic Battle of Scotland. During this, Macbeth believed himself to be invincible, as every human is born from a woman. However, Macduff was born from cesarean section, excluding him from this rule, allowing him to behead Macbeth once and for all. The Porter rightfully crowned Malcolm King and the resistance returned home to celebrate the coronation.
== Legacy ==
=== Macduff ===
Macduff went down in legend as the one who united the country in times of need, leading the Guardian of Time, Carlson to time-travel and awaken him as the Guardian of Space. Macduff would go on to become an important figure in the battle against Paris.
=== The Three Witches ===
The Witches realised that their time was better spent in the music industry, so roughly 1000 years in the future, they joined Hecate as backup singers.
=== Paris ===
The deaths of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Warrior, Banquo, Duncan, Lady Macduff and Lady Macduff Junior further fueled Paris's Shadow Monster army. Paris would send a shadow monster of Macbeth to face Macduff about 950 years in the future.
== Furternator's Notes ==
In my opinion, this is one of the most solid Kinda animations. Overall, the characterisation of the characters and gags are consistent and don't overstay their welcome. From watching it with others, the joke that tends to not land the most is the Assassin Rand joke, which is an in-joke in of itself, so it makes sense, but in hindsight maybe I should have cut it shorter as the reference to Scythe isn't subtle at all. The Porter appears about as much as he does in the actual play, which is fine, but I definitely underutilized Edge's brilliant take on the character. Maybe one more line would have made me happy.