Rules Of Nature Goes With Everything

About

Rules Of Nature Goes With Everything is a series of videos that combine footage from a variety of sources with Rules Of Nature, a boss battle theme from Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.^[1] The theme is usually used in tandem with over-the-top action to allow for more exciting skirmishes.

Origin

The song first plays in the tutorial level of Revengeance when Metal Gear RAY attacks Raiden, the game’s protagonist.^[2] The vocals kick in when Raiden initiates the finishing move on his enemy, which first involves launching the machine upward before jumping on it and cutting off its arm, and the song returns for a reprise when he cuts off the other arm and bisects the Metal Gear.

The first parody utilizing the song was posted by Youtube user KazNDS on March 8, 2013, and featured footage an obese woman picking up and throwing a table and subsequently blocking and dodging chairs thrown at her during a riot (shown below, left). The video has since gained over 19,800 views and 407 “Likes”. In homage to the original Guile’s Theme Goes With Everything video^[3], another YouTube user by the name of RulesOfNatureFitsAll juxtaposed footage of the Super Mario Brothers live-action film with the song on April 24, 2013, utilizing “Soundtrack Dissonance”^[4] in order to make the scene more engaging (shown below, right). This video has gained over 2,200 views and 31 “Likes”.

Spread

Following the initial parodies, montages featuring the song became increasingly popular. User Versacality uploaded two volumes of moments edited to feature the song, and two other users known as Baiken 梅喧 and CesiumHippo included their own moments. Each video has over 10,000 views and over 100 “Likes”.

Furthermore, more users selected single scenes from shows, films, and video games to combine with the song. The series of videos became popular enough that “Rules Of Nature Goes With Everything” became a search tag on YouTube.^[5]

Search Interest

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