Tower of Pimps Ritual

*"If we can build a Tower of Pimps, we can resurrect one of our fallen brethren."*
―Jeremy Dooley[src]
The **Tower of Pimps Ritual** is a ritual that took place in *Ya Dead, Ya Dead 2*. It allowed the Achievement Hunters to bring back one person from the dead at a time. However, the ritual only worked once, preventing anyone who died after being revived via the ritual from being revived again.

## History

### "Gold Rush"

*"And it only works one time, right?"
"*Dragon Ball *rules, yes."
"So we've been told."*
―Geoff Ramsey and Trevor Collins[src]
The Tower of Pimps Ritual was discovered by the Achievement Hunters after the deaths of Michael Jones, Matt Bragg, and Gavin Free. It was also discovered that the ritual can only bring back a person from the dead once, with Trevor Collins comparing the ritual to the Dragon Balls. The group lamented that the ritual required a large amount of gold, since they would need to build three Towers of Pimps to resurrect each of the three deceased Achievement Hunters. However, before any of the Hunters could be revived, they suffered a fourth loss when Geoff Ramsey was shot by a Skeleton in the cave below the group's island base, causing him to fall to his death. Once the required amount of gold to build a single Tower of Pimps was collected, the group decided to wait until the next episode to commence with the ritual for the first time.

### "Back from the Dead"

After some initial discussion between the Achievement Hunters, and after previously collecting the necessary gold to build a Tower of Pimps, the group decided that Michael Jones would be the first Achievement Hunter to be revived since he was the first to die. The group thereby commenced with the ritual for the first time, stacking the four gold blocks on top of an obsidian block located behind Michael's grave.

Since Michael's ghost was standing in the group's Sheep pen, Michael was resurrected in the middle of the pen. Once he exited, the other Achievement Hunters learned that Michael was now part-Zombie. The newly resurrected Michael exhibited sudden changes in behavior, such as trying to push Trevor Collins into the group's cactus and being unable to tell steak apart from Rotten Flesh when both were offered to him.

Later, Ryan Haywood was killed by a Creeper. After once again collecting the necessary gold, the group stacked the four gold blocks on an obsidian block behind Ryan's grave. Unlike Michael, Ryan fell down from the world's height limit. When he landed, the group learned that Ryan was now part-Enderman. The resurrected Ryan exhibited some of the same behaviors as Michael before him; when he was offered the choice of a porkchop or Rotten Flesh, Ryan instead wanted to eat the arms that were offering him the meat.

### "Enter the Nest"

*"You killed me. You and your fucking sandwich."*
―Michael Jones' ghost to Trevor Collins[src]
Michael Jones, the first person to be brought back from the dead via the ritual, would later become the first person to become permanently dead. While exploring an abandoned mineshaft with Trevor Collins, Michael was attacked by Cave Spiders. Michael decided to destroy the Cave Spiders' spawner before they became a problem, but Michael was cornered and killed by a group of them. Trevor, having left to get a sandwich in real life, blocked himself into a nearby wall to avoid danger, leaving him unable to help Michael in his time of need. Michael's ghost would later blame Trevor for his death.

Meanwhile, Ryan Haywood, the second person to be brought back from the dead via the ritual, would become the second person to become permanently dead. While exploring the Nether, Ryan became lost and built a Nether Portal to the Overworld. Despite being over 2,000 blocks away from Achievement Hunter's island base, he decided to walk the entire way there on foot. When night fell, Ryan built a small hut to keep himself safe. However, he decided to farm experience with a horde of Zombies that were outside. He opened the door to kill them, only for the Zombies to swarm Ryan's hut and beat him to death.

After the deaths of Michael and Ryan, the group decided to resurrect Matt Bragg. Having gathered the necessary gold and obsidian, the Achievement Hunters stacked the four gold blocks on top of the obsidian block behind Matt's grave, and Matt was resurrected. Unlike Michael and Ryan, Matt did not come back as a fusion of himself and another mob, but instead came back with memories of his time in the afterlife. Matt also did not experience the change in personality that Michael and Ryan had experienced.

### "Whatever It Takes"

Jack was revived, crying about the Creeper that had killed him.

### "We Found Treasure"

After the group gathered more gold, Geoff was revived. However, Jack and Geoff were both later killed for a second time (Jack from another Creeper and Geoff from walking into lava), leaving them both permanently dead.

### "A Tale of Sudden Endings"

Gavin was the last person to be revived via the ritual. Matt and Gavin were later killed a second time, leaving them permanently dead. When the deaths of both Jeremy Dooley and Trevor Collins left Alfredo Diaz the sole remaining Achievement Hunter, he decided to abandon the group's base rather than revive them, knowing he could not collect the necessary gold by himself.

## Characteristics

The Tower of Pimps Ritual is initiated by building a Tower of Pimps on the grave of a deceased Achievement Hunter, which will resurrect them once all four gold blocks are stacked. However, it is only able to bring back one person at a time. The ritual causes dark clouds and lightning to appear around the area where the ritual is being performed. While it is able to bring back people from the dead, the resurrected are left horribly deformed; for example, Michael Jones was left half-Zombie, while Ryan Haywood was left half-Enderman. This even extends to their personalities: when Michael and Ryan were offered either meat or rotten flesh, Michael was unable to tell the difference between them, and Ryan wanted to eat the arms offering him the meat. Additionally, every person revived via the ritual is able to remember their deaths as well as what the afterlife is like, with Geoff Ramsey preferring the afterlife to being alive.

## Resurrections

* Michael Jones
* Ryan Haywood
* Matt Bragg
* Jack Pattillo
* Geoff Ramsey
* Gavin Free

## Trivia

* The Tower of Pimps Ritual was added to *Ya Dead, Ya Dead 2* as a result of the ending of *Ya Dead, Ya Dead*, which saw seven players die during the events of the third episode, "Gavin Two".
* Oddly, everyone who was resurrected via the ritual eventually died a second time.
* Jeremy Dooley and Trevor Collins are the only Achievement Hunters who died in *Ya Dead, Ya Dead 2* that were never revived via the ritual.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Ya Dead, Ya Dead 2* episode 2: "Gold Rush"
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 *Ya Dead, Ya Dead 2* episode 3: "Back from the Dead"
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 *Ya Dead, Ya Dead 2* episode 4: "Enter the Nest"
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *Ya Dead, Ya Dead 2* episode 5: "Whatever It Takes"
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 *Ya Dead, Ya Dead 2* episode 6: "We Found Treasure"
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 *Ya Dead, Ya Dead 2* episode 7: "A Tale of Sudden Endings"