Puts a whole new spin on Missy's jab at him in Episode 3, "You want to be like your father, it's his approval you're after",,,

Ladies and gentlemen, there is very little left to find out what baby Duke is and his life story. The credit goes to the school's art bathing project. Thank you very much to everyone who helped Daria Cohen with that, and we will support her for the rest of our lives. This person needs encouragement to always be credited. daria Cohen and her helpers

Well, now we better understand why Duke was so pissed when Missy suggested he wants to be like his father.

I LOVE that it's very clearly hinted here that Daria herself is Duke's mother, especially during the part where she appears with a pencil to bring him to life. It's already been hinted at before when Duke shows a portrait of Daria in "Stuck with You" that Missi stabbed in the chest with a Korean bayonet, and her portrait also shows up in episode 3 when Missi is jabbing at him wanting to be like his father.

I like how the father is designed after Aurelio Voltaire since it was a cover of his song that started the series... His look fits well too.

The more I learn about Duke's life, more I want to hug him.

I really like that Daria put herself as Duke's mother and Voltaire as his father, as he is quite literally born from both their creations lol. And 0:21 when he sings 'cause I feel you all around' is pretty funny as Daria is drawing him constantly.

After a few months of waiting for the new episode , A new surprise of events that lead us to reveal that duke’s father was a vampire hunter or necromancer. Duke actually moved to the castle. This series keeps us waiting on our toes. Can’t wait to see the next one.

With him losing his mom and his dad being emotionally absent in his life, I’m starting to see why he chose a life as a vampire

Duke became a vampire to lowkey spite his dad lol. All seriousness this was a great addition, I congrats to everyone working on this!

Somehow, the revelation that his father is a vampire hunter makes his desire to be a vampire/his finding them to actually become one make total PERFECT sense. He blames/hates his dad, so became what his dad hates. Or at least that what I'm getting. Love it!!

Pictures in the background really paint his history. Prized ballet dance that was the envy and ire of the girls but also explains why he's so good at dancing. Class of 81 where he looked to be around 8-10 and was ostracized by the group, which we knew but now see how much. Not good at fencing or horseback, so guessing his father tried to groom him for the family 'business' but disappointed when he wasn't cut out for it. See his love of dogs. Already musically inclined. More Mama's Child than Daddy. ALOT conveyed in under 3 minutes. Impressive. EDIT: Something else of note. Duke now notices his father's vampire hunting. I'm assuming his mother did her best to keep him from seeing his father's activities. Now, its all for him to see.

A Beetlejuice song? I can already tell it's gonna be amazing!

We're going from Voltaire to the Betelgeuse musical, I'm so excited I love all of Daria's content.

There's a lot shown here about Duke and the potential ideas of what kind of episodes will get released in the future. It appears Duke as a kid wasn't popular with others, was forced to keep a smile at most times, and was only good in the arts rather than the athletic sports he was pushed into (1:07 to 1:13). His dad became a vampire hunter in order to get over his deceased wife and family problems in his household (0:55, 1:17 to 1:24). And it's apparent that Duke was falling into a path of self-destruction (2:13 to 2:18) and ultimately his vampirism. I think in the next episode will explore the story about his dad, his career on killing vampires, and how his next target will be his own son after discovering Duke has changed and has a transformed human girl in his possession

Just as I suspected... ... Duke's always had an amazing singing voice, ever since he was a kid!

Crawling through the video there's hints that Duke's been having nightmares/dreams of a black bird as a child, and during the scene where the floor explodes upwards you can see a black bird/gargoyle creature curiously looking at Duke and/or the key he carries. In the same scene you can also see what appears to be spirits flowing upwards with the explosive fluid/matter. Also, Duke's dad seems to become more and more obsessed with hunting and killing vampires as time goes on, Duke even completely misses the fact that his father seems to be carrying a locket that he stares intently into instead of paying Duke any attention. Addendum: 1:07 Here's a picture of Duke's class in 1981.

Vampire hunter and baby vamp? The drama! This series is so amazing and I'm going to need to rewatch this video at least 7 times to pause and catch all of the wonderful details slipped in.

Now I feel like Duke's Mother was actualy killed by a vampire and this is why his father look very fixed with this idea that he must kill vampires. His father was so focused on having revenge for his lost wife, then he just ended making his son feel this way. Sadly, maybe Duke was too young to undertand his father pain, a father that prefer to look distand, then actually showing his emotion regarding this lost. (This is just my point of view, and sorry, tried my best, english's not my main language.)

My favourite part of this episode is how Little Duke was animated. His movements were so expressive and it was hard to take my eyes off of him. They went well with the song you chose.

All this time, I thought the father was secretly a vampire, but turns out that he was a hunter. I look forward to the next episode.

Absolutely gorgeous as always but the expressions are what truly takes the cake. His walk with the black bursts around him, the overly goofy way he smiles and flaps his hands when he mentions his dad wanting him to be like a performing seel, just everything. I'm very intrigued by his vampire hunting dad and the death of his mother

I love how Duke's father looks like a vague Voltaire.

This was so good!! And even though Duke as an adult isn’t a good person, I can’t help but feel bad for him. Losing a loved one is hard, and no one should be told “just smile and move on.” And he was just a kid too! Poor guy

The "To Be Continued" bits have generally been teasers for whatever the next song may be in the season (there were bats in the TBC at the end of Season 2 Episode 1, then Season 2 Episode 2 had the instrumentals from this song in its TBC), so I wonder what song the blood dripping may be hinting at here.

I know it’s unlikely, but I really hope that the future music videos feature Missy and Duke’s parents point of view and seeing what their kids are doing now

The fact Daria is Duke's actually REAL mother... Top ten plot twists. This is a great source for dozens of theories. She was his inspiration that literally brought him to life... I feel a new fan theory emerging.

Its kinda fun to see duke continue the trend of a consistent voice actor, its just now we have a young duke voice and an adult duke voice. so... im making sure i got this all clear, his mom died when he was young, and it seems like they moved into the mansion/castle place not too long afterwards given the boxes, movers, and wrapped furniture at the start, and that SOLD sign still on the yard shown later. so yeah that really upends his whole life from before that. though judging by the hanging pictures he didn't have many if any friends while he was a kid, we already saw was bullied, though now we know he was good at dancing and music while some fencing and horse-riding he more likely got forced into doing, probably by his father. all those hanging pictures are presumably from before the move. meanwhile his dad either became a vampire hunter, or he was one already but only now does duke know of this given his shocked reaction to the axe, or maybe his dad was one before but he's falling back into those old ways after the moms death, or maybe its all the dad having revenge cause vampires killed the mom; but any way it happened, he is a vampire hunter now at that point in time, and this freaks lil' duke out a bit. though it seems duke does still live there for some time, since we know from last episode he was a young adult when he ran away, and he did at least have a friend at that point, but said friend seemed to betrayed him and that was the last straw before duke left for the city, and at that city he found vampires and got bitten. the question is now what happened to the dad, especially after duke became a vampire, since he's not living at the mansion/castle in the present, and also there's also the question of how duke got his hands on that staff in the first place. lastly there's dukes past history with Brahm Dumaris hinted at last episode and if that plays into anything in the present with Missi. any one of those getting elaborated on would be really interesting, and apparently the next episode is gonna be big, and there will be blood! so i'm beyond excited for whatever comes next! seriously though, great work as always. also i just have to shout out how FUCKING AMAZING 2:15 is, and just the timing on all of that. it's so god. damn. good.

So, Duke's father is vampire hunter and Duke became vampire when he got older. I imagine we will see a family reunion in the future.

The animation in this video is a total masterpiece. Duke's expressions and movements from the way he turns and nods his head to how he walks or runs matches the pitch of the song perfectly. Not to mention the level of detail in Duke's hair and how it bounces as he moves. It's better than a lot of animation recently made by big corporations; they need to watch this and take notes.

Something to note is that maybe the dad isn't as cold as he might seem. At the end of the song after dragging that vampire body, he looks at a locket with a picture in it. Might be the mom

now that i know Duke's backstory i want to know Missi's backstory so much😭

I love this song, out of the whole music this and Say My Name are the best. I can't wait to see your animation for it

Masterpiece. The visuals are so well done. The color, the way Daria puts the symbolism to the lyric, telling us the story of Duke and also how she added herself to the video, or at least an apparition of what looks to be her with a drawing pencil. Can't wait for episode 4.

The way the mom is animated is absolutely gorgeous. Perfect work again!!

Can we all just APPRECIATE the FLUIDITY of this video please ??? It's amazing! Every time it just gets better and I love it ❤ now excuse me I'm gonna rerererebinge the whole series

As someone else pointed out, you can see his mother's portrait at 1:17 in Resurrection (credit to slvrgirl317!), she does not have pointed ears nor appears to be a vampire. A lot of the furniture around here is gothic-themed, so my theory: His father became obsessed with hunting and killing vampires after his mother was killed by a vampire. He wants Duke to move on so badly because Duke is expressing his pain and grief differently, and men 'shouldn't show emotions'. Duke finds the staff and is turned like Missi, but as we've seen, the staff drives you to insanity and, much like Gollums 'precious', you want to cling to it for dear life. The further case is seen in 'The Silent'. You see the madness setting in, she comes to a breaking point and rejects it by tossing the staff. She is ready to leave, to return to her home (what home there is, hopefully) until she sees the Duke. In the anger of having been turned against her will and having been separated from her family for such a long time, Missi takes the staff back.

Good fucking god. I never thought I'd feel bad for the Duke. Poor kid. I especially like the tension created by his dad being a vampire hunter!

I just went through this again and paused at places and... WOW! >Duke seems to have been austrocised by his peers, even at a young age. >Whilst he was not fond of horseriding or fencing, he seems to like birds. >He had a puppy! But puppy seems to have died too. Oh no... >Seems "daddy" also misses "mama"! He's holding something that looks at a picture, likely her! He's hurting as well, just burying himself in vampire hunting! THIS IS SO SAD!!

I love how even in despair, little Duke has comedic work going on the line "smile and faff like a performing seal".

I like the little things in the background like pressure that lil Duke have to be the best at everything, even when he don't like these things, also the fact that painting of him and his father are everywhere (one showing that Duke are not really enjoying presentence of his father), but his mother are only three (in Duke's room, in dad's weird room and hall). One painting/photo showing that he isn't the most sociable person and that he isn't really happy among others. His unusaly big interest in crowns and ravens that even are showing in his dreams. Monopoly and teddy bear that for me looks like monokuma from Danganronpa. I wanted to knew what is written on book that he is holding while laying on the bed, but I can see only "Top (...) t (...) ay (...)" and something at the bottom right. And it's only my theory but I think that figure showed in 1:40 aren't Duke's mother but Daria Cohen, because of the way that person is drew (figure looks way less cartoonish that Duke and is wealding a pen) Things that are showed with black and white are weird state that author are letting Duke to see and in some way maybe even manipulate, that state is beyond Duke reality and they are author creation that aren't added to his world. I don't know if this theory is true, but I like it. Anyway thank you for next episode of this series, I'm waiting for more.

It always amazes how much the quality skyrockets with every new episode- incredible as always!!

Not gonna lie I’m not even a minute in, but I already want to hug him so much

i think we can all agree that tiny duke is in need of a hug.

Duke's backstory is amazing with the twists! I love that Dad is "literally" Voltaire and he looks to be a Vampire Hunter. What a twist! This only opens me to more questions! Love that new episode! Daria and all her helpers are amazing and working so hard on this! Thank you for another amazing fun video! Plus Beetlejuice the musical is so good! I have a feeling Beetlejuice and Duke would be good friends. lol!

История становится всё интереснее, спасибо, Daria! 🖤

Young Duke is grieving but those faces he makes as he passes the awkward pictures help me see the "vampire sass queen" he'll become. Very suspicious goings on with Voltaire "Daddy of Vaults" in the background. I hope we get clarity in the future. Again, thank you Sophia Anne Caruso and Beetlejuice: The Musical for this stellar addition to our Duke's backstory, and thank you Mina for turning Daria onto them. Speaking of Daria, I love her being referenced (but never seeing her face) as Duke's "dead mom" in this video the best out all the animation.

1:52 I love that touch, it’s such a beautiful creative decision!

So Voltaire is tied to Adult Duke, and the Beetlejuice Musical (specifically Lydia's songs) are to young Duke. something tells me we're gonna get a Say My Name animatic between Young Duke and whatever turned him into a vampire.

Could just be me looking too much into it, but I like how the dad looks quite a bit like Voltaire (could be complete coincedence though) and the mom seems to be the artist, which is really cool! And it shows that if Duke was more of a Momma's boy, like being artisticly inclined (the ballet) if she was more of an artist, there is so much in this that I love! The movements and lip synching are great! I absolutely ADORE the little bitter smile at the beggining of the song where it goes 'i'm probably talking to myself here' like oof, that hurts. You always make such amazing stuff!

Duke's father was a vampire killer ?! cant wait to see how that turns out ! (BTW its a given but each eisode the animation get better and better, it is so impressive to see your work !!)

We thought of Duke as the funny a**hole of a vampire that we love, but now that we are seeing through him with this, the series will never be the same. I cannot wait for the future

Быть преданным одной теме столько лет это круто. Восхищаюсь анимацией, будто б профессиональный мультфильм❤

The more I watch this episode, the more intrigued I get about how it will continue! When Duke's father is dragging the last vampire corpse, he is looking at a locket that my guess is that has his wife's photo inside. What if Duke's mother was killed by a vampire? And that's why his dad started hunting down the creatures that killed his wife while hiding the truth from Duke? And in the end, Duke got turned into a vampire himself and ended up killing his own father while thinking that he didn't care about his mother's death? I love your content Daria!!! Can't wait for the next one!!!

I absolutely love the emotion he conveys through his actions it’s so amazing

I absolutely love Daria's animations and I can definitely see how her animation has evolved since her very first video. keep up the great work Daria, you're amazing.

2:21 , I just wanna point out that Duke seems to really love reading abt ravens and crows and I personally think that’s adorable for some reason

OH YES, the animation, the little edit to the voice so it now sounds like a boy, the plot, everything is just perfect, episode 4 is gonna be amazing

This video is a blessed and beautiful work of art along with this entire series! I've been following her since the first video and it's amazing that it all started as a school project. Long live this great show and bless Daria Cohen for being so talented! Sincerely: A faithful and veteran follower.

I am ready for this animation I watched all the Duke animations love them 🦇💙

That was an absolute another amazing episode. I honestly feel for Lil Duke all he wants is his Mom and feel loved meanwhile his father being out of the picture. Happy Birthday Duke and I cannot wait to put in more art, fics, of Vampair. Beautiful work Daria ❤️ ^^

I didnt notice till watching a few times, the father looks at a locket he owns. so im assuming it is his wife, but hes grieving in his own way by holding in his sadness and turn to revenge as other people have pointed out. possibly his wife was killed by a vampire and he became a hunter to either find the vampire that killed her or to get rid of them all. Ps. The vocals and instrumentals to this song with the visuals make it all so much better

ho por dios, que emoción! que emoción! que emoción!, nuevo capitulo y sobre el pasado de Duke, me encanta, se les agradece a todas las personas que lo hicieron posible por mención de este fan, son increíbles

Хоть и плохо знаю английский но сюжет понятен А вокал это просто брильянт , у меня мурашки по коже

So Duke's father was a vampire hunter, what a twist.

Pasan los años y yo seguire amando y siguiendo esta serie 🖤🖤🖤🦇

Even though I've watched this far into the series, I'm still blown away by the animation and how smooth it is and also how well all of these songs are woven together so perfectly to create a good, understandable story. Thank you to everyone who worked on this!

More beetlejuice?! Yes!

Just wow! Especially that whole scene after 1:30. Just jaw dropping.

The amount of trauma grown up Duke would face if his dad got resurrected would be astounding

Favorite Bits: 0:30 Absolutely adore the imagery that accompanies the lyrics! 1:06 I am not surprised he snagged 1st place in ballet. 1:08 - 1:12 I love how awkward he looks in all his portraits!! So adorable!! 1:09 Wonderful expression! 1:13 Oh no!! What happened to the poor pupper? 1:24 Oh my gosh, his dad is a vampire hunter!?! Quite ironic that his son became one then. (Can also explain why there’s a book to revive the dead in his basement.) 1:30 - 1:59 is absolutely breathtaking. (Especially at 1:45 - 1:59 where the line work gets all scratchy.) 1:59 - 2:03 Love his body language! 2:14 - 2:18 Absolutely phenomena. (Love his little evil smile!!!) 2:18 - 2:20 His expressions are to die for!!!! 2:22 Didn’t know he likes birds, you learn something new everyday. 2:23 I wonder if his dreams have a deeper meaning… 2:23 Also, unsurprisingly, he’s a good musician. 2:25 Is that the portrait Missi stabbed? 2:25 Is that Monokuma!?!? 2:26 - 2:27 Animated so beautifully. 2:27 What is that book he’s holding? 2:32 - 2:47 Excellent animation!! (Extra kudos to 2:38 - 2:41 !!!) 2:58 - 3:08 I wonder who’s blood is that….? (Extra Bit: The Duke as a child is SO CUTE!! Especially with all the adorable outfits you put him in!)

Oh jeeze, adds a lot of context to the axe in part 6...

Imagine the following idea: the dad actually loved duke's mom and him very much until one day, mom and dad were attacked by a vampire or more. The dad survived the attack but the mom died or worse, got turned into a vampire and was either put down by the dad or ran away. Regardless, this broke the dad so much that not only did he became a vampire hunter to get revenge/maybe kill his wife if she did turn, he distanced himself from Duke to stop being attached and feeling the same pain that he did when he lost the mom. That's why he is pushing Duke to forget her and train him. All of that to ironically make Duke hate him so much that he ran away and became a vampire himself

I don't know why but I love it when Duke does his stomp walk.

Love how Duke is the only character so far to have a consistent voice throughout the entire series, even young duke has a consistent voice.

Absolutely stunning animation as always, I adore the storytelling in this series, through the song choices, and the little background details throughout. Thank you for all your hard work and continuing this series! 🖤

Пол года назад, я так же ждала выхода серии в прямом ефире(или как это назвать), сейчас я снова сижу и жду выхода серии)

This animation is stunning. Round of applause to you for this, so much emotion in little baby duke. Love it

Woooooooo, BEST EPISODE BY FAR!!! love the buildup of the episode and getting to know Duke better and his "home" life. It was interesting to follow him around the castle while singing "Dead mom" from bettlejuce, and the tension between him and his father is huge and I'm all in for it, also couldn't help to be shockenth of the cliff hanger at the end witch left me thirsty for more. You all who worked on this have really outdone yourselves and look forward as always to see what's gonna happend next! On the meantime I'll cheer both for Daria and for the people helping this project come to life ✊✨

you’ve improved so much! the backgrounds, facial expressions.. wow

Daria! This was beautiful! Your animation skills truly flourished in this one!

This was absolutely amazing to watch. You put so much emotion into it that it had me compelling captivated! The story built up here too has me excited for the next episode. Just be sure to give yourself a chance to relax as well.

You have so much talent for timing in animation- all the movements feel incredibly alive.

Спасибо за труд! Очень душевно, внутренняя грусть мальчика чувствуется и конфликт с отцом. Отчасти теперь ясна такая ръяная тяга уже взрослого Героя к женщинам. В общем все очень хорошо сотворено в линейке повествования! Так держать)

My goodness, that was amazing! The animation was so fluid and emotional. And all the background details like the pictures and books and his little dog, Carmen. I just want to know, what happened to Carmen?

I just finished binging the whole series so far after "the Night" popped up in my recommended. It's super awesome to see the progress and talent and growth in this artist. Keep it up. Love every minute of the playlist!

OH MY GOD THIS IS AWESOME the animation and story match so well with the music!

Wait. How the hell did Duke become a vampire if he was a human as a child? Hang on. If his mom is dead... And his dad is hunting vampires... That means either she died from a vampire attack or was turned into a vampire and killed by her husband. Holy shit. 🕷🕸🦇 This is a masterpiece. 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

I love how you put in Ravens Land as a book that Duke reads. Especially since it's one of Voltaire's songs

God, your animation is always so good. Always happy when a new episode comes along.

This was AMAZING! I LOVE THIS SONG! AND YOU DID SO GOOD WITH THIS! I can't wait to see the next video. Keep up the excellent work.

Im honestly curious about the appearance of his mother i guess she'll have a role to play later... The Work though all that movement and the expressions though truly something to work towards its incredible❤️🖤

The plot thickens. *Happily accepts the tasty lore nugget*

I LOVE THIS SONG!! Really cool how you used it in the story

Soo soo amazing and smooth. The work you put into this is so cool. Thank you for putting in the effort even if it was super draining.

Holy shit I cracked up when I saw the title. That's hilarious.

Poor Duke, he didn’t deserve that. Another splendid masterpiece from Ms. Cohen herself. Can’t wait for the next episode! 🦇✨

on my bi yearly rewatch of the entire vampair series and just watching them all in order, you can really see the beautiful improvement in the animation. like just the subtle movements that add so much more life to the animation. like the hair bouncing, the head twitches with the emphasis on certain words, the mouth forms with vibratos, the key flailing around, the footwork being very natural. footsteps and other rythmatic animations being paced to the beat of the music is something I've always noticed and very much appreciated since the first video and the fact that its still present is amazing. and the smoothness of every single frame is so gorgeous. I just love watching and rewatching and seeing the crazy progression in the story and animation and it just gets better and better with each one

I love thisss Thank you for your hard work making this!

1:18 I JUST NOTICED THIS... In episode 6 of season 1, when Duke fought with Missy, HE FOUGHT HER WITH THE EXACT SAME AXE...