The Silverfish is the main antagonist of the Animation vs. Minecraft Shorts Season 4 episode "Note Block Concert".
He is an incredibly intelligent and skilled silverfish who, after being denied the chance to join the titular concert by Green, decides to hijack it by force while humiliating Green.
Appearance[]
The Silverfish is a simple Minecraft silverfish: a small, silver bug with two big black eyes.
History[]
In "Note Block Concert", the Stick Gang hosts a giant concert for the Overworld, with Green in center stage and his friends as part of the orchestra among numerous Villagers. The Silverfish crawls into the backstage and sees Green playing with note blocks, coming up to him to ask if he can help. Green tells him no, but the Silverfish plays his own song anyway, to Green's anger. After slowly and dramatically leaving, an angry Green kicks him away, upon which the Silverfish declares war.
He starts playing a full song on Green's note blocks, all while teasing him; The orchestra decides the song is good enough to play along, causing a full-concert where Green tries and fails to catch the Silverfish. He eventually pulls out Yellow's staff with a note block attached to it, causing the audience to applause. As the two musicians continue their fight, the audience finds itself entertained by their antics. The Silverfish eventually steals the Note Block Staff and plays a song that summons an entire army of silverfish to help; they all charge at the stage, causing chaos in the audience and overthrowing the Villagers; a certain silverfish that was watching the concert joins its people in their plan. The Silverfish orders his army to swarm and kill Green as they start making a whole new orchestra.
The Stick Gang finds the whole thing amazing and decides to help the creatures along, replacing their classic instruments for electric guitars and drums, causing the audience to bop their heads to the beat. As Green frees himself, he angrily orders his friends to stick to their original plan of classic music. Once the Stick Gang's song is over, the audience starts clapping to show their enjoyment. Finally having enough, Green challenges the Silverfish to a one-for-one dance-off turned battle, Green using the fact he can sing notes himself to battle the Note Block Staff, the Stick Gang and the Silverfish Army making music to the theme of the battle.
Meanwhile, a group of silverfish climb to the top of the stage to save the leader once he's disarmed, beginning to drop blocks from the roof. The Silverfish reclaims the staff and continues the battle, until Green steals it and launches a massive note-tornado that destroys the whole stage and sends several silverfish flying away. The Stick Gang plays some few final notes to make it look like the whole thing was scripted, causing the audience to erupt in applause. The Silverfish covers the barely-alive Green with note blocks before playing one final song and then winking to the camera.
Personality[]
The Silverfish first presents himself as a kind force that gently asks Green if he can help, but once Green angrily refuses and outright uses violence to get it off the stage, the Silverfish quickly takes the gloves off. In reality, it's a mischievous and petty little creature that's extremely skilled and intelligent, playing Green for a fool throughout the whole episode. It's also quite charismatic, getting everyone's love and convincing hundreds of its kind to help it in hijacking the concert.
Trivia[]
- In the official reaction video by Alan Becker and DJ Welch, the Silverfish has been compared to Remy. Several fans have also compared him to Jerry Mouse.
