[TAS] DS Scribblenauts "crashfest" by hydrideGS in 05:22.08

This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see https://tasvideos.org/6534M
TAS originally published on 2025-05-05

Scribblenauts is a 2008 puzzle platforming game for the Nintendo DS and the first game in the Scribblenauts series. You play as Maxwell, who has a magical notepad that can summon almost anything he writes into it, from zombies to thunder clouds. This notepad is the key gameplay mechanic the game revolves around. Maxwell's goal is to collect Starites, which are found by solving various puzzles and helping people out with his magical notepad.

hydrideGS ( https://tasvideos.org/Users/Profile/hydrideGS ) in this movie gives a demonstration on how such a game with so many possibilities wasn't playtested as thoroughly by crashing it multiple times. Many of these crashes come from glitches that are simple to perform and are very possible to do accidentally.

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There is author's commentary in the YouTube and downloadable encodes in the form of soft subtitles.

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Scribblenauts is... not a very complete game, to say the least.

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In fact, it feels like a late beta version at most.

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Ten game-crashing glitches will be used in this speedrun.

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None of them require starting a main challenge campaign.

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In the game are several memes from the time. One of which is the Rick Roll.

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He normally disappears after a few seconds, but not while you're dragging him directly.

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Drop some Magic onto him to encase him in a huge block of ice, then start dragging that.

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When he disappears, the game will crash.

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I hope you like this little tune, because you'll be hearing it a lot!

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This next one is extremely simple; put stilts on a mannequin and the game will crash.

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Don't ask me how they missed this. One of the puzzle levels is even about decorating a mannequin.

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You'd think they'd do more testing...

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Something a bit more involved, now.

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Using a love bow on a hostile creature that you can ride on top of will essentially "tame" it, making it friendly.

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Now use a teleporter or time machine while still riding that creature, and the game will freeze on a black screen.

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Welcome back! Did you miss me? This next glitch involves riding animals again.

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Place a saddle on an untamed, hostile animal, then start riding it.

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By the way, you'll be hearing that little sound effect a lot too.

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Have the animal get into a fight with another creature that can defeat it.

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Stay on the animal while it dies, and you got yourself another game crash.

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I hate how so much of this run is just... dead air. In terms of gameplay, at least.

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You need to watch these credits in full every time the game starts.

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Considering how the game's code keeps coding (medically,)

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you're likely to run into crashes during casual play too. Isn't that fun?

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Oh, look, a vending machine! I wonder what we can get?

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THIS COLA IS AN ILLUSION AND IS A TRAP DEVISUT BY DOPPELGANGER.

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GO AHEAD DAUNTLESSLY! MAKE RAPID PROGRES!

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The vending machine is also known for a trick involving bringing a Starite directly to you.

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In case you don't want to suffer through the 110 uninspired, boring action levels.

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In this glitch, we see Maxwell trying to re-animate a dead body.

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In doing so, the entire universe collapses in on itself. In other words, the game crashes.

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I'm going to guess that Herbert West wouldn't have liked this game an awful lot.

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This is such a hard thing to miss, though! How does this happen?

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There's even a puzzle level in the game where you have to re-animate a corpse yourself!

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And now for a glitch involving everyone's favourite Bleach character!

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Yes, the "Leek Spin" meme is in this game too!

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Simply create the "Loituma Girl," then drop some Earth Magic onto her.

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The Gods will take offence to this and promptly expunge you from existence.

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Maybe they shouldn't be such poor sports about it. It'd make things a lot easier.

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This one left me so dumbfounded that not even I could tell you what the hell happened here.

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As it turns out, Boomerangs can go through walls.

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While it's being thrown, pick it up with your stylus.

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It will enter a permanent state of rigor mortis and refuse to move.

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Trying to use some rope to bring it along is a bad idea, it turns out.

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I guess this is one boomerang that never returned.

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Here's another that involves a corpse. If you make indirect contact with one using a melee weapon,

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its soul will tell on you and the Gods will once again not be happy.

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A quick and easy way of doing this is through a sword glued to a car.

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You don't even need to be going relatively fast. Just a paper cut is enough to crash the entire game.

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In hindsight, that was probably not the best spot to hit it, no pun intended. Poor guy.

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I hope you've enjoyed this video and the ludicrous glitches being showcased.

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To wrap things up, here's a consistent glitch that's so simple that even a toddler could do it.

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In fact, you could do it on accident without realising.

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What is this glitch that's so easy to activate by accident?

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Well... If you miss tapping a button in the Ollar Store menu, that's enough to crash the game.

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CONGRATURATION ! YOU SUCSESS !