Disco Elysium-Kim is the best

He's got the "Boogie street shakes"

[@jakubbackowski5072]

Alternative title: Kim fails his Electrochemistry check

[@qugmo]

Hi, I'm making an animation of this scene and your comment perfectly sums it all up! Would you mind if I use that as the title? I'll credit you in the description. Thanks!

[@jakubbackowski5072]

@@qugmo Of course you can, i would be honoured. No need to credit me, though

[@AHeroWith1000Names]

​@@jakubbackowski5072 Narrator: 'He did get credited.'

[@jakubbackowski5072]

@@AHeroWith1000Names Inland Empire (Easy: Success): "You did get credited."

[@thehippie3610]

@@qugmo Is the scene done? I need to see it lol

[@rahjeel]

Lol Kim is the very definition of "How do you do fellow kids?"

[@nicholasjackl7531]

In his defense, that meme was literally his job for 15 years. Channeling it is beyond muscle memory at this point. :p

[@bothquickanddead]

​@@nicholasjackl7531He must have been convincing, too, to pass as a teen until he was 38. He's only 42 here.

[@AwesomeAdmirak]

@@bothquickanddead Measurehead describes him as "paedomorphic", i.e. "in the shape of a child", so Kim might be convincing in that role. But it's also implied that he was in that role for so long because of anti-Seolite racism at his precinct.

[@titanuranus3095]

You don't think he is actually riding that D?

[@RaspberrySuprise]

Part of me wants to think this is Kim being so absurdly obviously a cop trying to buy drugs that he ruins Harrys chance of getting any drugs to protect him.

[@Zotjad]

15 years in juvenile crime unit

[@ananimal9779]

As experience, or punishment? 😂

[@Hypogean7]

@@ananimal9779According to Kim, the latter.

[@bruhman5829]

15 years in the juvenile crime unit made you a fucking square

[@CripplingDuality]

And four months

[@BerzekGamer]

I think Kim took morale damage at the end.

[@warwickknight3247]

"How do you do fellow kids? Might I acquire a pint of your finest meth?"

[@Ahmadabdal_]

"He's got the boogie Street shakes man! He really needs the capital M if you know what I mean, you know! That thing that rhymes with Beth and starts with an m."

[@HellishSpoon]

Kim failed Electro-chemistry check
and composure check
potentially encyclopedia check as well.

[@michaelbronder9147]

At least he passed his drama check with his shaking and bouncing and scratching

[@k80_]

The fake drug slang is the funniest thing to me it’s like when teens call alcohol and nicotine “alc” and “nic”

[@MrHerecomesjohnny]

As expected of a pinball legend.

[@Angryprobedroid]

The legend of Kimball Pimball leaves little to be desired

[@idooard420]

Kim rolled the worst undercover ever
Asked to leave the RCM

[@lauralide4804]

Kim totally knows he's coming off as a narc, but that's his whole goal: don't let harry get his hands on more drugs

[@thehippie3610]

Kim: *Passes Drama check*
Hears about the new drug
*Immediately Volition takes over again*

[@CatwithaKnife12]

When your dad tries to sound cool in front of your friends

[@Svoorhout85]

Its a fathers duty to embarass their teenage kids in front of their friends. Its easy. Just shout "What up, fam?" and no matter the response reply with "World star!" and dab.

[@stanbasicidol9444]

Ah dads, always failing their electrochemistry tests, is why we love them

[@artlover6923]

Yo, Kim isn't trying to pass a Drama check to just entrap Acele, he is concerned for Harry and his sudden seriousness into probing what Harry's intentions are reflect that and is making a mock character of a narc to signal to Acele to NOT comply.
From Kim's Disco Elysium Wiki
*If Harry has previously used speed or pyrholidon, asking Acele if she "wants to party"[154] will lead to Kim attempting to solicit drugs by pretending to be high.*
Besides, there’s many other real flaws within the lieutenant anyways, just not this one. I think people misread this scene.

[@sandwich2473]

Yeah, it's clear that he's trying his best to look like a cop
I love Kim

[@minttea8784]

I like to be goofie with Kim. Get him to loosen up a bit. If the game let's me juggle on a unicycle, I would do it to make Kim laugh

[@Handhandme]

Absolutely, Kim is pure.

[@dantederi5062]

Hell, I'd treat him with a nice dinner

[@EdgarAllanPogo]

He's just.... so perfect

[@crestren5996]

Kim went from 😎🤘 to 😬

[@xandernightmare4985]

Reaction speed: interesting
Thank you for your input Reaction Speed, you are greatly appreciated

[@werdna55]

we must protect him

[@flawlesssock8153]

Even though this is very much a failed electrochemistry check from Kim, I've gotta respect the way he immediately follows your lead and commits to it. He doesn't do it half halfheartedly out of embarrassment or reluctance, he's like: "Alright sure harry might be right, I didn't make that connection about the hat thing, lets see where this goes"

[@slothsoversin4408]

“We’re from the police by the way”

[@pudding1255]

oh, of course.

[@aSlimyDragon]

The secondhand embarrassment this gives me is powerful

[@anyoneattheendoftime4932]

Acele is so sweet lmao.

[@emilyackland2911]

1:16 Kim calling her 'girl' is so funny

[@mark0yo874]

let him cook

[@Christian-97]

He’s cooking frfr 🔥🔥imma hop on Uber eats 🔥🔥

[@ericvcod2133]

Oh Kim...

[@Filhote_deDisgrassa]

kim stop you sound like a madman

[@gemstonegynoid7475]

Kim failed his electrochemistry check

[@ryanhernandez8324]

Couldn't be any madder than Harry Hatter right on next to him...

[@tinytrtle5681]

This isn't him trying to act like a drug addicted teen looking for drugs. This is him acting like his very annoying, drug addicted partner whose first statement to half the people they meet is something drug related.

[@andresgaliasso8545]

Fed posts worst bait ever, asked to leave the RCM

[@k80_]

It’s endearing only because he fails so hard at it. If he successfully entrapped acele we would see how insidious it is

[@redactedoktor]

You always gotta put a little something before Cop in order to make it seem less bad.
Art Cop.
Commie Cop.
Fail Cop.
Goofball Cop.
Superstar Cop.
Or else if it's just Cop. No one likes it. No one likes a "just-a-cop." They gotta be special. Which is why detectives are far more respected. They're "Basically a cop but less street patrol and handcuffs and more magnifying glasses and notebooks." which everyone agrees is far more approachable and respectable, maybe even take-to-the-local-diner-for-some-coffee-able. Which is why the most rewarding parts of Disco Elysium by design are when you stop being a cop and act like a person. Hard to do after having it ingrained into most of the aspects of your very existence, but you manage to do both with varying degrees of relative success and failure.
But they're not just cops. They're the Revachol Citizens Militia. They're supposed to be better than just cops. Or worse, as moralist pawns. But anyway, the only cop you can't be in Disco is a good one, but maybe, just maybe, you can be a good person.

[@seesaweffect8095]

yeah i dont think he expected her to fall for it at all. likely did it to keep harry from getting drugs and also make him look less crazy for asking a random kid for drugs.

[@itexplodes3824]

15 years in juvie. *15 years.* I love him.

[@raultrashlord4404]

Kim is such a square, he might as well be a cube.

[@AnimeSucksCopeAndSnee-d]

Alternate Title: Kim fails multiple Drama checks

[@adt4864]

The way he drops into an accent

[@time_keeper643]

Harry saying something stupid and Kim having to play along to pose it as a part of investigation and a method of questioning is my favourite kind of joke in Disco Elysium.

[@thetaaaa]

This man is everything to me

[@nettaatzili1936]

Damn Kim is such a dad. He's unaware of his coolness, so he tries to be cool and ruins it.

[@MrGemHunter]

I am actively wheezing

[@DaAsianMan666]

"Angie, where's your goddamn inhaler? You sound like you're dying."

[@Khono]

Gotta hit the D, man!

[@seesaweffect8095]

i think kim was a bit worried that harry maybe meant something worse than drugs when he asked acele if she "wanted to party" lol

[@alexbluer]

Yeah totally, mostly because if im not wrong this only happens if you consume things like speed, so actually kim passed a drama check, it was so good that it even convinced us.

[@Thaibiohazard123]

Some body needs to make an animated film version of this game.

[@Kimbie]

I wouldn't like that. To me, the most important part of this game is its medium. I can see how it came from the initial idea of being a book and how it evolves into this beautiful thing. Making a (non-interactive) film about it wouldn't really portray any of the important things the game says... my two cents I guess.

[@LouisKingLouis]

@@KimbieI agree, though I think a animated film exploring other elements of revachol and the RCM and stuff would be cool

[@radiatingstupidity2096]

Kim is a gift to mankind

[@-Mopo]

My favourite narc

[@DueRag]

lol that was unexpected..

[@googplusisawful1922]

this is the funniest shit he does by far, truly unbelievable

[@FloofyOneTorpheus]

Woolie is probably not gonna get anywhere near this

[@AC-gm6dr]

Why?

[@FloofyOneTorpheus]

@@AC-gm6dr I meant this scene with Kim... and he didn't SPOILERS

[@epicplayer6224]

Woolie as in super best friends woolie?

[@FloofyOneTorpheus]

@@epicplayer6224 oh yeah. I was right too, he didn't find this gem.... yet. I doubt he'll do new game plus on his channel but he finished this. EVERYONE SHOULD CHECK HIS CHANNEL OUT

[@fjshdf]

@@AC-gm6dr straight edge playthrough

[@VMKjelly]

Kim, I love you, but I can’t watch this 😂

[@mikeschmidt4624]

unrelated but I haven't seen Harry shaven **with** the Expression. it's horrible.

[@devidevil888]

The fact this freaking worked

[@wege8409]

I have never noticed until now that his collar is popped

[@SorrySod]

Kim falling flat on his face like this makes me want to kiss him on the mouth 😂

[@TheFriendlyGod]

Kim is great but this is one of the most uncomfortable moments in the game for me because this is where you really get faced with the fact that Kim is a cop and, not only that, was (however reluctantly) a juvie cop for years. Acting hip and younger than your age is dorky and cute when you're just trying and failing to relate to a kid. It's sinister when you're doing it to deceive them in order to potentially make an arrest.

[@LPSgal10]

You’re totally right, and as much as I thought this scene was hilarious it was pretty jarring to remember the context. However, I think as long as theyre not distributing, they really do seem to exclusively just confiscate drugs and move on. Kind of useless and small potatoes really on their end lol no wonder the RCM is being absolutely porked by La Puta Madre

[@valfson1]

welcome to the club buddy

[@bellalotario]

Wait, what's you saying is Kim wasn't goofing around and he thought?... Holy 🙄 fuck 🥺

[@XHeartCriztalx]

true but... if it makes you feel any better, it looks like he was never really any good at it... since he doesn't seem like a very good actor lol 😅 so he probably wasn't the one leading any successful drug busts among the youth haha

[@Andikay987]

@@XHeartCriztalx He does a sterling job on the racist lorry driver, when he convinces him that you're peones for Puta Madre. Scares the bejesus out of the guy.
I wonder if his heart just wasn't really in it this time.

[@kinsmanne98]

God love him he’s trying his best

[@endertwelve]

I desperately want to believe that Harry knows it isn't working, but is too amused by this and just wants to see Kim do his thing.

[@normalaboutpathologic]

The shift from "How do you do, fellow kids?" to "Oh, so you're doing bad, actually :|"

[@donglegs]

The shaven portrait with the expression is absolutely horrific

[@chickendrawsdogs3343]

You can literally see his chart just rapidly descend! 🤣

[@iva3839]

uh oh kim moment...

[@Paddlegoober]

You have a shaven and smiling Harry and I hate it

[@bibrosko]

tsk, hater

[@El_Dissident]

I was never more terrified in my life...
Also, when I've heard Kim asking "Should I try amphetamine?" I thought "Oh, no... I've corrupted him" 😨

[@sadtomatoe1457]

How can I get that conversation? I only have two options, do I need to consume some drug or something?

[@waywardjellyfish8353]

videos that make me close my laptop

[@EterPuralis]

Oh my god... 🤣

[@VThetouch]

This was great. Sucks they canceled the sequel.

[@Fierce0Deity0Link]

So far they haven't canceled it, although most of the creative staff behind the original game have been fired because capitalism.

[@VThetouch]

@@Fierce0Deity0Link Like I said, it sucks they canceled the sequel.

[@Fierce0Deity0Link]

@@VThetouch like I said it's not cancelled

[@Yam-jt3vw]

@@VThetouch one of the creators is trying to buy the rights back

[@akoyash9964]

@@Fierce0Deity0Link objectively speaking it was cancelled, regardless of what za/um might say

[@melonowl333]

it didnt show me the third option to let kim in on it.. do i need a higher trust level or rhetoric check for that?

[@googplusisawful1922]

According to the fayde reader, it looks like you need to have used speed or pyrholidon prior to speaking with Acele for the first time.

[@sundaddy1077]

And he hates delinquents too

[@takeoats]

He tried 😁

[@gamesdeen3768]

B-Hydroxy-Phenothiazine is not a chemical that exists in real life. Phenothiazine cannot contain a b-hydroxy group, that's structurally impossible. It seems Disco Elysium only used real drugs when they're legal in most places. Nicotine, alcohol, and speed are all just their real world counterparts (speed isn't legal, but they never refer to it by it's chemical name). Pyrholidon is obviously supposed to be a stand in for some sort of psychedelic drug like Psilocybin.

[@MagusMirificus]

Kim used to smoke The Hemp too!

[@bigburd875]

I really can't tell if this is Kim trying to keep Harry from getting drugs or picked up on Harry trying to get evidence on her and was playing along poorly

[@meherinmouly]

I think it’s mostly the first, since some others have said it only happens if Harry took drugs at some point in the playthrough, though the latter option is hilarious XD

[@tythos360]

whats up with the reaction speed line at 1:37? is it bugged and playing a different audio clip?

[@lilfaggy9281]

How can i trigger that i have only 2 options

[@DaAsianMan666]

I had a 4 in Electrochemistry and 8 in Drama. Maybe that's it?

[@lilfaggy9281]

@@DaAsianMan666 nah, i just needed to use drugs..

[@chilldude30]

so it's fentanyl

[@benzur3503]

What thought caused you to get 2 real from the encyclopedia?

[@DaAsianMan666]

Wompty-Dompty Dom Centre

[@TheButterMinecart1]

@@DaAsianMan666 This man really just said Wompty-Dompty Dom as if it's nothing

[@paperbackwriter1111]

It also gets you 10 xp. It‘s worth the hit in suggestion.

[@Cleverconveyence]

1:36 ?

[@quirrelk3116]

Bug

[@suicune2001]

LOL!!

[@aaronhurst4379]

Wait, how did you get 2 Real just for talking? Lol

[@NovastarDoughnut]

What jacket is that he is wearing

[@marskessler]

Orange bomber jacket looks like reversed, modified MA-1

[@GalahadTheSeeker]

Wait, I'm sorry, what is that Net Worth counter? Never seen it before.

[@andrewblalock3037]

I think it might be a thought cabinet thing?

[@slashharkiri4581]

@@andrewblalock3037 you can meet a Super-rich fellow and give him a business idea, that he then gives you stocks in, which adds the net worth counter.
its functionally worthless as harry has no way to actually cash in said stocks.

[@agnidas5816]

so ... the "without even noticing the young womans hand rises to greet your nose" .. we gonna just ignore that ?
this game is broken. The voice over says you got punched in the face ... the game says reaction speed success (so you wouldn't get punched) but doesn't mention any of that. Imagine a street kid punching two cops ... what the fuck kind of story line is this? She would get the shit beaten out of her right there and then. Complete immersion break.
This is a game breaking issue and yet this game gets praised..

[@Geothesponge111]

Sounds like a single voice line got mislabelled and attached to the wrong line of dialogue. Very mildly immersion breaking, but anyone with a lick of sense can see "Oh, that's not what happened, she didn't punch you, the written dialogue is correct." 'Game breaking issue', c'mon...

[@kangsate3459]

I am the law

[@PankoBreading]

I mean, it's a game with a fucking million words, and tbh it's the first time I saw something like it to occur (didn't happened to me during my playthrough neither)

[@joe-qc3ff]

ohh brother hush

[@takeoats]

breathe in……..
Breathe out
Calm down, my friend