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Drive around the boomgates at a level crossing
Run across the tracks between platforms
Be Safe Around Trains


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Run across the tracks between the platforms is the 21st and last line in the song in group 5.


Characterization[]

Balloondude

The line is characterized by a purple character with tufts of hair on his head, known as Putz. He has only two bottom teeth, slouches sideways, and holds a balloon. After his death, he is split into two halves.

Video[]

Hit by train

Right before the train hits him! Putz only wanted his balloon!

In the video, Putz is seen holding a balloon. It escapes his hand, and he frowns and tries to reach for it, but it is too far away for him to get it. So he jumps off the platform and walks to the other one to retrieve it, but then a train hits him, and the screen is filled with his mouth screaming.

Game[]

App with balloons

Waiting.

Balloon Baffoon[]

In the game, the player must drag the balloons to Putz's hand. If the player doesn't enough balloons or doesn't give Putz balloons at all, he will let go of his balloons, run across the tracks and gets hit by the train again. If the player wins, Putz will wait at the station holding balloons and the train will pass by. In the minigame, there can be 2, 3 or 4 balloons.

Bird Blunder[]

Putz has a new game which involves him flying with several balloons. You must hold the screen and avoid the birds popping the balloons. If you dodge all the birds, Putz will land on the train station safely. Otherwise, Putz will land on the train tracks. He will wipe off sweat since he landed safely, but he then gets hit by a train again, resulting in failure.

Super Stoked[]

The player has to tap to help Putz shove coal into the train engine and keep the gauge in the middle. If the gauge remains in the middle, then the train, filled with balloons, leaves. Otherwise, the engine will catch fire, spitting out Putz's halves.

Hippo Hop[]

The player has to tap to help Putz hop on the hippos so he gets to the other side of the river. If he makes to the other side, he'll grab the balloons there and float back. Otherwise, he'll fall in the water and be squished by two hippo bottoms, causing him to be decapitated.

Vicious Cycle[]

The player has to circle their finger clockwise to help Putz cycle fast. If he goes fast enough, he'll be rewarded with flowers and a trophy, then drop them to get a balloon instead. Otherwise, he'll fall off his bike and get split in half after the bike rides past.

Pluck Your Luck[]

The player has to pluck all the clovers while avoiding any of the spoons. If all the clovers are plucked, Putz will have picked a clover. If any spoons are plucked or not all clovers are plucked, Putz will have picked a spoon and will get electrocuted by a thunder, resulting in failure.

Deadly Photo 'Op[]

There's a winter-themed minigame where the player has to drag the 3 clones of Putz below the ledge, similar to Stumble's first minigame. If so, Putz will take a photo from the Everest Mountain and some of them from Dumb Ways to Die 3:World Tour. If the players loses, Putz will fall off the cliff, resulting in failure.

Trivia[]

  • This features the last character of the song, Putz.
  • He wasn't safe around Trains.
  • He doesn't actually get hit by the train until the lyrics talk about how the train lyrics don't rhyme but they're quite possibly the dumbest ways to die.
  • He is the last Standard Dancer in the song.
  • He appears in the center with Stumble and Bonehead.
  • On dumbwaystodie.com, he is cut horizontally in three parts by the train, not vertically in half as in the music video, reminiscent of Stumble and Phoney's deaths where they were split into thirds by the train's wheels.
  • In later versions of the game, rather than holding the number of balloons displayed on the screen, he appears to be holding more than that number. For example, if there are 2 balloons the player must give to him, after the player successfully gives him the balloons, there will be more than 2 balloons in his hands.
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