Just what we needed after the minor fiasco of Contest 96: a return to solid, classic, crowd-pleasing P-chop action in Contest 97. Our challenge to Take a screenshot from a movie or TV show and change the entire cast into children and/or animals struck a chord with y'all, and you responded with hundreds of entries. In fact, we had so many to choose from, we decided to whimsically and capriciously enforce the "screenshot" aspect of our challenge. That means no posters, DVD covers, or vertically-oriented shots are among our winners, with one monkeyfied exception:
First Prize - $100
Josephus - Flags of Our Feathers
Who needs opposable thumbs when you've got the spirit of America on your side? Click for a huge version.
Second Prize - $50
dpoe - iCat, Robot
I'm an iDog person myself. Click again for another huge version.
Third Prize - $20 (tie)
mnementh - Hellrover
We're praying to God that this was done in Photoshop and not in real life.
Third Prize - $20 (tie)
tgentry - To Catch A Predator
Not the springbok you were expecting, eh, Mr. Lion?
Honorable Mention
faithcoaching - Meerkatton
We find this generally hilarious.
Shannarie - Fauna of the Dead
Final version - now with zombie children!
codex - Midnight Deerboy
We're walkin' here!
KMA2 - The, Uh, Three Animal Stooges, We Suppose
Sorry, couldn't come up with anything clever here. Move along to the picture itself.
intaglio - Ostrich or Die Tryin'
We haven't seen an ostrich this pissed since that time we tried to steal those ostrich eggs.
twallis - Ghoats
They're just working on a potter's wheel, see? Strictly PG-13.
Champions' Championship Champion
biscuitwarmer - Primates of the Caribbean
A perfect synthesis of scene, actor, and baboon.
Along with the tough competition for the real prizes this week, the battle for the Monkey Prize was also hard-fought. In the end, we couldn't ignore this ludicrous entry from the poetically-named Dograt1234 :
Sigh...thus ends one of our better contests. If you created a money-winning entry, please email your Paypal info to jtoon@woot.com . The Monkey winner should send his/her mailing address to the same, and Honorable Mentioneers may use coupon code HONMEN-FS
for free shipping on a future order. Until next time, never work with
children or animals, unless you could maybe win a hundred bucks for it.
