I remember reading a quote from Don Bluth, whom said, "Children can handle ANYTHING in a movie, as long as the story ends well!" That sums up this movie perfectly. This movie is loved by all that remember it.
I blame this scene and film for ruining my childhood. This was the SADDEST THING to me at 10 years old. I think I only watched it the once but it stuck with me for at least 15 years after that. I think I was even afraid to let my mom watch it this scene freaked me out so much. Insta-banned it from my own VHS collection.
Yup, dark, but beautiful, I guess although this stuff did "upset" me a bit as a kid, in the long run it actually gave me some comfort. Long story short, I have haven't had the darkest of lives, goodness no! My life has been very tame compared to others, but it has had some rather dark parts for sure... And the concept that, even if things get dark, seriously dark, it doesn't have to be the end like that, was of significant comfort in the back of my mind.
They told me my car was totaled. I told them to fix it anyway. Predates air bags & other expensive stuff to repair so it's not as bad as them new-fangled cars.
It goes further. Some fan theories say that the 1949 Bentley mark VI (wedding car) and the 1940 Cadillac series 70 Hearse (the hearse) are singing about the same man, and that the man died in a car crash on the way to his wedding, and the car that was carrying him to his burial also crashed. This might be why the Hearse also says, "I beg your pardon it's quite hard enough just living with the stuff I have learned." The fact that this man died on his way to his wedding, only to then have another accident during his funeral procession, would be a lot to bear. Keep in mind the wedding car's lyrics are, "He kept forgetting his loneliness, letting his thoughts turn to home and we turned." Thus, the poetic-ness goes up even more, the 2 cars being crushed together because they transported the same person.
I don't know.. when that last truck got crushed and his muffle landed on toaster... that's like the equivalent of his colon... I'd find it pretty upsetting if I saw a dude get crushed alive and his dismembered butthole landed on my head.
The clown dream that toaster had? Remember that? Also vacuum thinking his friends had fallen off a waterfall. The guy who strips appliances down for parts?
Not gonna lie, the TV is a true hero. The fact that he's directly communicating with the master without actually revealing his sentience just to save his and the master's old friends.
It works out the best considering his form of sentience is a TV announcer rather than having his face being directly on his screen like others. Makes him very unique too
Also an accidental (maybe purposeful?) predictor of the future. All our internet connected devices track our activity, and then use that data to send us targeted advertising. When TV's first ad attempt fails, he continues to adjust the delivery and type of ad until he basically just out-right lies and tries to be as loud, annoying, repetitive, and obnoxious as possible until he can finally get a response from Rob.
We all need to thank Jerry Rees for fighting tooth and nail for this song to be included in the film. Producer Donald Kushner demanded this song and scene be cut from the film, and Jerry had to fight his hardest to keep it in. In the end, I'm so glad Jerry won. This song is probably the best in the show.
i used to be obsessed with this scene as a kid, i had so much fun putting my toy cars through my "crusher" down a conveyer belt i made out of like a barbie grocery store belt thing i borrowed from my sister
Oh my god, the cars opening with ‘I must confess’ is because it’s like they’re giving their last confession to a priest while on their deathbed. It’s their last rites.
“I must confess, I’m impressed how I did it, I wonder how close that I came.” That will always be the most depressing line in the whole thing, for me. He’ll never get to try again, see what he’s truly capable of.
He wont be able to do it again since his owner most likely got paralyzed, because it sounded like his driver was in an accident during the race causing permanent damage leading to paralyzation
the reason he didn't seem to get another chance is likely from the last part of his bit "I was the top of line. Out of sight out of mind. So much for fortune and fame." Judging by his appearance, he's a Kurtis Kraft (minus the headlights, which were likely there to give him eyes), which in the 50s, was one of the best racecars to have. However cars quickly evolved from there and the Kurtis Krafts were quickly obsolete. And once he was no longer a good racecar, he was discarded and forgotten. And unfortunately, not all racecars can make it into a museum.
Is it depressing? He tried, he got to experience some of the life he was chasing. That's more than a lot of us get. I'd say his is one of the least depressing for that reason.
You might be pleased then: someone in the comment chain beneath the legend who identified all the car make/model/years pointed out some of the famous Indie 500 cars that were #8. One of them did end up in a museum, so it’s possible that one’s story was better, in reality.
I was never bothered by this when I was a kid. Now that I'm an adult....man this is some dark stuff. But that's what I appreciate about this film. It has enough light stuff mixed with dark stuff to make it a perfect film for kids and adults alike.
No one seems to be pointing out how amazing it is that this video is still up and getting views. This video was made in may of 2006, RUclips was a little over a year old, and Google wouldn't acquire it for another 6 months. This video has survived through literally everything the site has been through, both apocalypses, the removal of stars and implementation of likes, the COPPA incident. I just find it really neat that a disturbing clip from a kids movie holds so much history in RUclips
It also holds record of comments being deleted in June 2021. EDIT, after 56 thumbs up: comments were temporarily unavailable, but now the same comments seem to be back. I never saw _that_ before.
as of the end of July 2021 it has only 970 dislikes. It's been up for fifteen years and has fewer than a thousand dislikes. This comment will live forever so I'll also go ahead and say that it's at 29k likes and 3.2 million views, just for sake of preservation.
@@someonerandom704 Remember though, if this gets marked as _"for kids",_ all the comments will be deleted. Hopefully this is too edgy to be marked _"for kids",_ but you never know. The simple fact that this movie was originally marketed towards children could be enough to set that off. I hope to be able to look back at this comment in a little over a decade when I'm 30.
i always felt like,while the cars represent those deemed "worthless" by society...the magnet personifies the rest of society. and is such reflected in its suprised expression many dont hear the pleas of the suicidal (be it out of ignorence or deliberately ignoring it) until after it happens...then its shock and confusion as if they didint see it coming
@@ParanoidParamour he didn't drive onto the conveyor. The magnet's reaction was more like "you're actually going to try and run?" The original scene was supposed to involve an escape attempt but that got cut. The truck isn't even facing the correct way to have driven onto the conveyor. And further, if you look at its tires, even at the end it is driving away from the crusher, not towards it.
I'm impressed that the comments are still here and not disabled. Allows me to pour over the years of everyone's long-standing interpretations of the backstories and representations behind each wrecked car. It's chilling. It's inspiring. It's what we need.
This cannot be overstated. In RUclips's overzealous nature to avoid the issues that were present from unmoderated RUclips comments for kids has cut off a ton of videos that adults flocked to to watch and discuss. Surprise surprise, a lot of cartoons aren't just for kids and there's a lot adults want to say on the matter. Funny, sad, thought provoking, all from cartoon shows and movies from past and present days. And a lot of them we just can't comment on anymore due to the blanket covering of RUclips Kids. Thankfully this one is still here.
Damn, I never realized how dark this song was as a kid. I had just always remembered this movie for the ominous, soulless magnet which took things to their destruction.
I don't even remember hearing the song as a kid, I just remember the magnet. I do remember Rabbit Ears going on the Ferris Wheel. Funny how perception changes, I do remember Rob looking a LOT older than me but I was maybe 6 years old when I last watched this.
@@captainc00tie Which might not have even been directed at him to begin with if you understand what reservations can be like thanks to the U.S. government.
Types of cars in this scene 0:57 1962 Porsche 356 B 1:35 1956 Ford fairlane 1:49 1957 Aston Martin DBR2 and 1956 Lincoln continental mark II (side character) 2:28 1966 Chevrolet Corvette 2:33 1957 MG mga 1500 (side character) 2:52 1911 Lozier Indianapolis 500 3:28 1949 Bentley mark VI 3:49 1940 Cadillac series 70 hurst 4:28 1940 Ford de luxe woody 4:51 1962 Porsche 356 B and 1957 MG mga 1500 (side character) 5:01 1959 Austin Healy sprite 5:09 1958 crown coach bus and 1962 Porsche 356 B (side character) 5:11 1941 Chevrolet 3100
I think it's poetic in a sense. They're all old cars so it makes sense. Outdated. Literally. But also poetic in this sense: Many humans are symbolized by the car they drive. So you can take in the metaphor while watching it too and it makes it all the much darker!...
Same. As a kid I thought it cut to him on the convener belt because it was implied that the magnet got him. Now it's obvious that he drove himself onto the convener belt.
I used to love this song when I was little because it sounded so upbeat. Now that I’m grown I really understand that it’s a song about how we all grow old and die someday. It’s still a good song for having taught me that lesson.
@@Papapsoso No technology will keep the end away and the longer you live, the more you'll recognize the absurdity of staying alive at all. It's best to accept these things at some point, memento mori.
@@slapshotjack9806 If it wasn't sitting at the bottom of a lake for over 10 years, if it wasn't set on fire, if it wasn't wrapped around a telephone pole or tree... It's probably fixable. "How much" depends, though.
You would be amazed what little respect there is for racing history. So many record-holding and one of a kind cars are just rotting out in a field, and the millenial shitbags of today don't give a shit about them.
MrWolfSnack I am a millennial, I go to college in Daytona Beach, there’s plenty of Racing cars around here, the local museum has exhibits on them and so does the Daytona 500 here. A little museum in a mall has at least three racers, one of which resembles the Indy car in this scene. The local museum of arts and sciences has at least 2 of them. Though I don’t know how to repair them, I can’t say I’m not fascinated by the technology that goes into cars, although my ultimate goal is to work in the aviation industry. I find more enjoyment from classic airplanes than classic cars, but I’ve seen hundreds of classic cars flock to this city in the last few days, and I can tell that the owners respect their cars and in most cases have lovingly restored them to perfect condition. And to categorically state that all millennials are scum denigrates those millennials who still care for classic cars, as I saw in the hundreds when I went to the Turkey Run last Friday.
It's basically a metaphor for people, especially celebrities, who are basically has-beens. They're famous and talented one day and then forgotten and unwanted the next. And it's unfair to basically shit on millenials for not caring when: 1. There are plenty of millenials who do care. 2. You're just as likely to find a Baby Boomer or Generation Xer that cares just as little about racing history.
This scene embodies the whole point of the movie. In a world where everyone inevitably gets sent to the proverbial scrap heap in the sky, it's hard to find worth in life. It's all about the journey there and the companions that helped along the way.
What makes this worse, it doesn't actually look like he's trying to turn off to the left and right, it's almost like he's just trying to stay in his lane, the turns are to slight...
the fact that they're cars doesn't change the fact that these are _sentient, sapient beings_ waiting for death, unable to escape. this song makes me sad
hell i don't remember how old i was when i saw this for the first time, now im 31 and almost crying as much as then, just because of what u pointed... they use pareidolia to mess with us T_T
This part of the film made me a car guy at a young age. It heightened my appreciation for old vehicles and how much personality so many of them have. Apart from the sad lyrics, there is something quite perverse and tragic about seeing old machines being destroyed. It gave me a soft spot for old cars to the point that I own and drive several of them now. So thanks to the creators of this masterpiece, for inspiring me to see the world a different way and enjoy classic cars as a hobby. My life is better for it.
There's something really surreal and disturbing about this in a way that I can't describe. It's like... anti-nostalgia. Not bad enough to give you nightmares, but enough to be unsettling.
@@commissarchristopherjohnso4745 He called it anti-nostalgia. Imagine instead of thinking of good past memories, you're thinking of future bad memories
Yeah, think of all the great memories, bad memories, life changing events that happened in God knows how many cars that have been scrapped. The closest I can ever be to my grandpa now is to drive his old Buick.
My favorite was the Indy 500 race car. He talks about being the top of the line and living in his happiest moments before destruction. Its great because he's explaining that even the greatest and prized machine at one time will still suffer the fate of the poor mans car. Deep shit right there.
My folks showed me this movie when I was like 5. People say it's dark but it left an impression on me to the point where I tear up rewatching 30+ years later. 37 now, and I wouldn't have it any other way. I truly believe it helped shape me into the person I am today. Helped prepare me for some hard truths in a fun way and open my mind at a young age.
This scene, along with one during a storm when the lamp guy gets his bulb exploded, is the bedrock of my childhood trauma. I remember watching this movie in kindergarten and being utterly terrified. An amazing movie that I will never forget.
Yup, pretty much. I'm one of the more positive nihilistic assholes though so only advice I got for this kind of mind blow is "give your life it's own meaning and never let anyone else define who you are. Then when the time comes you will be able to take pride that you gave your own existence value rather than being told it's value by the ignorant masses and their labels"
Man. As a kid I loved this song because of how morose it is. But its deep and dark message never hit me until now. I never noticed how truly horrifying this scene is. I mean, they get sprayed with parts when a car gets crushed. Given that everything is personified in this movie, it is absolutely horrifying. On another note, I think this movie is the reason I developed sentimental feelings for inanimate objects and have found it hard to get rid of things over the years.
Yep, I'm a hoarder. I in fact go to garage sales sometimes to save what poor objects are getting chucked out to the garbage and give them a second life in sweet old home.
To all my friends out there, you aren't worthless. Life is tough but we are happy you are here to share the journey with us. Everyone has an amazing story of who they are and how they ended up here, Id love to hear yours.
Fun detail: At 2:41, you can see the steering wheel is trying to turn left and right, but the car isn't moving. He's trying to escape from the conveyor belt, but can't.
Nothing from Disney CURRENTLY compares to the masterpiece I experienced watching this one. As much as it traumatized me it was a big part of my childhood and it had a good message to learn from it. This song specifically will be engrained in my memory for all time.
I didn't even know the lyrics all the way as a kid and this song impacted me heavily. The visuals tell enough as it is. You're very well aware that the cars here are dieing by being compacted into cubes as well as peices flying everywhere
I love how all the brave little toaster appliances would more or less still hold their utility today, but all the flashy "New" appliances from the apartment are pretty much complete shit.
Very true, most of the older appliances were simple and easily repaired. Electronics of the solid state variety were much more difficult and expensive to repair. And they more than likely wouldn't be repaired, _but replaced_ .
dragonkeeper19600 It would be out-of-place in a movie that doesn't have any dark scenes, and it still wouldn't make up for the fact that it's easily one of Pixar's worst movies.
THE MAN Several characters die on screen in Cars 2. I remember one scene pretty early on where a spy car is given faulty fuel that will explode if exposed to radiation. You don't see him blow, but you hear it, and you do see the reflection of the flames from his smoldering corpse. Trust me, a sequence like this wouldn't be that out of place.
Supposedly, the script originally meant for him to try making an escape attempt, but he broke down on the way out. I never researched this, I only read it was cut to keep the song momentum going.
I cannot tell you how much I love and respect this movie for that. As a tribal member, I can tell you that natives are RARELY spoken about in American culture. Whenever we are, there are times were we are told how worthless, stupid, and poor we are. That truck brings tears to my eyes every now and then.
Frozen ? A dark movie ? *laugh in Brave little toaster, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Prince of Egypt, Black Cauldron, Nightmare before Christmas, Antz, Land Before Time, Secret of NIMH, must I go on ?*
The green pickup has really stayed with me over the years, he's the only one of them that can still move, he could try to escape, instead he rides out to meet his fate head-on. LEGEND.
@@mrwow1667 it doesn’t, it’s been debunked, and was confirmed, it almost got the song cut entirely, and he was literally called worthless to his face, don’t even bother sugar coating it.
@@mrwow1667That doesn't fit what he's singing. He drove himself onto the conveyer belt to spite the magnet. He was heartbroken by the loss of his purpose, and too proud to let somebody else put him down. Really chilling.
@@mrwow1667the green pickup sang he worked on a reservation; the metaphor is native American indians. The writers were very purposeful with their lyrics it would seem
The moment the cars surround the main characters and creepily sing 'you're worthless' raises hairs on my arms to this day. I never understood why appliances scared me so much as a child, and now I get it rewatching this as I'm older. This is dark.
Watching this as the son of a mechanic is why I have the upmost respect for everything in scrapyards and saddened by the cars that get crushed. Too many great vehicles have been destroyed that were perfectly restorable
Dang this movie was crazy. This was my favorite movie as a kid. Watching this now i feel like it could have a dissertation written on it about the themes and symbolism.
Freaking loved this movie as a kid, but I can appreciate the morbidness of this song whole lot more now. One of the very first things that really got me when I rewatched this years later was the moment we cut into the sports car and you see the steering wheel jiggling frantically as he’s trying to get away. That made me shutter.
When you look at it, it's interesting how much you can tell about the cars' personalities by their lines, and how they reflect human problems in a way. First car: Suffered a nervous "breakdown" (no pun indended), possibly from not being able to take the stress from life. Second car: Lack of motivation, can't "seem to get started" on her own way, not able to keep up with everyone else ("Don't have a heart to live in the fast lane / all that is past and gone") Third car: Spent his life mostly on the road, never really settled in one place (a foreign translation of the song noted his travels came to an end when his engine blew or something) Fourth car: Was once a celebrity, the top of his class, but now is forgotten, abandoned ("out of sight / out of mind") Fifth car: Witnessed a soon-to-be groom run from the love of his life, too nervous to go through with the wedding Sixth car: Spent his life carrying the dead, possibly jaded from the fact that he spent his life in such a sorrowful job. ("I beg your pardon / it's quite hard enough / just living with the things I have learned") Seventh car: Spent his entire life working for and with people he considered family, only for them to turn their backs on him and call him worthless. Especially sad when you realize he was still functional as a truck; he drove himself off the bus and onto the conveyor belt. His "family" evidently replaced him for a trivial reason.
ya just left out the Surfer car indicating that she was a dreamers car just enjoying one sunset to the next till the sun set on her last horizon but left with fond dreams of being told she made history (had a hand in the lay of the land)
Indeed. These cars get literally seconds of screentime in a full length movie, and we learn more about them as a character than a lot of other characters featured in their own films. Very well written.
DarkRedDragonOfEgypt Ah yes, thank you for reminding me. My translation of the Surfer Car is that of someone who spent their lives living it to the fullest, attending parties, having sex, perhaps even experimenting in drugs. However, despite them living to enjoy themselves, they never become a productive member of soceity, so used to enjoying themselves that even in death all they can think about are the "good times"
AINGELPROJECT667 Well the machine was still gonna pick him up and drop him off into the little road where it would be smashed. I mean it basically said no need i'll do it myself. Though I often wondered while watching this movie if the cars can actually drive away by themselves without humans. or if just for short bursts.
Unfunny Dilbert 1876 Well... the author of the book that the movie was based on, did commit suicide in 2006, so the dark content of the overall story becomes more understandable when you know that the original creator was struggling with his own misery.
This bit stood out to me as a kid but never understood why. Here, years later, I realize this is one of the darkest and most fascinating sequences in mainstream western animation. From the pacing between frantic panic in the music to the ominous calm of the cutaway segments, to the intriguing and bleak stories each car tells in only a few lines, to the relentless beat of the of the crusher. Everyone talks about the clown nightmare, but this? How the hell did this get okayed by the censors? It's brilliant.
It wasn’t, the pickup commits suicide and that almost got the song cut but was miraculously left in (only for it to become the most infamous part of the movie)
The song's a perfect way of explaining how the main characters in the movie felt, too. They wanted to stay away from the junkyard and find purpose again, but other jealous appliances literally kicked them out a window into a dumpster or a garbage truck, to die.
You know if you watch this movie and then watch Blaze and the Monster Machines on Nickelodeon you can actually see that Nickelodeon should have been copyright laws for copying the looks of these cars for their own show
Hands down to the TV for not only communicating to the master to go to the junkyard and save his friends in a way that doesn’t reveal his sapience, but also being the comedic relief to quench the pain of such a depressing and heartbreaking song by driving himself to insanity of total bargain madness!
I'm 18 and recently saved enough to buy a beater '91 F-150. It was a farm truck at one time. All it needed to run and drive was a new alternator and the lady I bought it from was going to have it scrapped. It has some dents and the paint is faded but I couldn't be happier with just keeping an older vehicle moving.
This part always depressed me as a child, I think I was always aware of it. Even the toys r us theme song took a dark turn for me and made me sad. Really did not want to grow up and every time I heard it was a constant reminder that the end was near.
Best movie of my childhood. The dinosaur one called “we’re back”, land before time, fern gully, Feifel goes west. We really need to go back to those days with animated cartoons.
5:20 you know this is a dark movie where a car is like "nope, if anyone is gonna kill me it's going to be myself" The car legit committed suicide I have no words.
Wrong. The last car represents the state of being elderly and trying to escape death only to face the fact that there is no escaping death in the end. The car was actually trying to escape before being put on the conveyor belt
Splinks The truck was in fact committing suicide, and the whole song was originally going to be cut from the movie because of this. I've heard the director brought it up in the movie's commentary, but I can't find any proper sources on that.
I like the hearse's lines the best. It sort of indicates that he's indifferent to what's about to happen to him because he's seen so much death himself. With that "I beg your pardon," it's almost like he's a little indignant towards all the other cars that don't want their existences to end, as if he's come to realize that death is easy compared to living and seeing all the misery and loss around himself. I mean, he's been "filled" with death for decades. Why fear his own? He's only taking the same ride he's given to hundreds or maybe thousands of people.
It's also strongly hinted that the guy he took to the graveyard was the same that the texas car took to the wedding... well, "took". She is busted and she says "they started to turn", indicating she and her driver crashed on their way to his own wedding. Yeah, those two carried the same people... one to happiest day, other to the final rest.
Live your lives and live them well while you can for there are many inevitabilities in life. Taxes, the kids learning to do what the adults do while the adults criminalize it because they have no clue how bad they really had it as children when they all lived without money and lived with dependence, the worst way to live regardless of when you were born or what today is. And biggest of all, death. Live your lives well while you still have it it's not going to be here forever and you only live once
The acceptance of death is as stupid as accepting a drawing to be a photograph despite the fact that it was drawn by a two year old, wake up people c'mon
5:35 It's like watching a man intentionally jump into a wood chipper and then having a bit of intestine land on your face. I remember as a kid loving this movie but feeling a sense of unease that I didn't understand. Now I know where it came from...
Why do I feel like a kid's movie like this would never get the green light today? It's a real shame too, bc I loved this movie growing up. Many times I bypassed the princess movies and went straight for this one. I liked that it was creepy and different.
Ultimately movies are more of a business these days. They always have been, but it is far more corporate now. A film like Brave Little Toaster would be changed to "maximize potential marketability". So it would either be neutered to the point it would be for young children or a stoner comedy.
Oh this movie could have got greenlit.... Toy Story series is more or less a sanitized version of this story if you think about it. Just it wouldn't have this level of brutality.
In my sophomore year of high school, I got in a wreck driving my dad's truck to school one morning. We'd had it so long that I'd known it over half of my life, and I begged him not to total it; I'd work off the money for the repairs and do anything so that she'd be okay again, and when it was back from the shop I did give her a hug, promising I'd never get into another wreck. I still drive that truck too.
@@LobotomyTC I feel you. Three old VWs and two old motorcycles out back (with the engine to a third upstairs being rebuilt), along with my daily. Daily's a little newer but the Ghia, Rabbit P/U, and GTI were all cheap and are all fantastic in their own way -- amount of PB Blaster used notwithstanding...
Got an old 1972 beetle around 2 years ago for 2000 as my first car Sounds very healthy and runs well as long as you dont leave it sitting for a while Love it to bits and honestly i might buy another car thats more durable just so i can preserve this one (its my first car so im attached to it)
AidanMations, I thought that when I was a kid, but when Wikipedia came around, and when I learned about it, I read it WAS actually a suicide, and was almost cut from the film ergo.
First car: “I can’t take this kind of pressure. I must confess one more dusty road would be just a raod too long.” He’s the car of an old workingman who had a long life of service. The car was worn down from year after year after year of driving a long commute on a dusty road. The engine and air filters gave out one day when the road was way too long and hard. He represents the work exhausted, those who can't handle the pressures of work and life. Second car: “I just can’t, I just can’t, I just can’t seem to get started. Don’t have the heart to live in the fast lane. All that is passed and gone.” I would assume that this was the car of a female in either college or high school. She wasn't driven much before she conked out while her new owner was driving on the freeway. Given how she mimicked a failed starting engine for her first line, chances are it was a serious problem with the electrical system. This car represents the depressed. Life speeds past these people, because they can't get started. Third car: “I come from Kasi, Missouri. I got my kicks out on Route 66, every truck stop from Butte to MO. Motown to Old Alabama. From Texarkana and east of Savannah From Tampa to old Kokomo.” His owner was a definite drifter and rode all around the states, especially on every stop you can think of on Route 66. He was driven hard and fast until his axiles busted. He probably rode on a very rough patch of road and was structurally damaged. This car represents the drifters, who drift along without any point, never rooting down. But, he clearly has an appreciation and zest for life. As he is on the conveyor belt, he is seen turning his wheel in a vein attempt to get off of the belt. He can’t turn, because he is old and beat up. Fourth Car: “I once ran the Indy 500. I must confess I'm impressed how I did and I wonder how close that I came. Now I get a sinking sensation. I was the top of the line, out of sight; out of mind so much for fortune and fame.” This oldie was a top of the line race car and genuine contender for the Indianapolis 500 during his last run. He likely lost control when his wheels failed (note his missing wheels on one side). He skid out of control. I'd say he managed to avoid crashing and killing the driver. The car was deemed a failure by whoever built him and he was mothballed. This car represents the has-beens who were once famous or important, but have been tossed aside. Fifth and Sixth related. The fifth car says “Once took a Texan to a wedding, once took a Texan to a wedding. He kept forgetting, his loneliness letting his thoughts turn to home and we turned.” The sixth car said “I took a man to a graveyard. I beg your pardon, it's quite hard enough just living with the stuff I have learned.” After the fifth car is placed on the conveyor belt, the sixth car is placed on top of the fifth car and the two are crushed together. That was probably to represent the fact that the two drove the same man. The Texan probably died while driving the fifth car and the sixth car was likely a funeral hearse which drove the Texan’s dead body to the funeral. Fifth Car: This limo was taking a Texan man to his best friends wedding. The mention of lonliness gives me the impression that the Texan likely was not the groom. This guy was forgetting something due to feeling lonely. I get the vibe that he was showing up for a friend's wedding, and just couldn't take the feeling that he was still single and alone while his friend was happy with a new wife. He forgot about his obligation out of pain, and demanded to be turned around. This car represents the uncommitted, who are unable to commit to their relationships or love. Based on how dented the limo was, I would assume that the Texan died while riding in the limo. Which leads to... Sixth Car: The last line of the fifth car felt unfinished. Regardless, the Hearse was there to take the Texan to his funeral, but got into his own accident on the way. It's hard to see but you can see serious dents and a busted headlight in his front. I think he might have gotten stuck in another accident on the way to the funeral, and he saw that the coffin he was carrying was filled with a dead man when it accidentally burst open. He learned that death touched humans too, and he couldn't live with this knowledge. Seventh car: “Once drove a surfer to Sunset, there were bikinis and buns, there were weenies. Fellini just couldn't forget. Pico, let's go up to Zuma, Pico, let's go up to Zuma. From Zuma to Yuma the rumor was I had a hand in the lay of the land. Get up and go hit the highway.” This one was owned by a college male. This guy was very likely laid back dude who liked surfin and goofing around with his friend Pico. The car had dings and dents from a few fender benders, but her master treated her well and took her everywhere. He was likely a campus legend, but she remembers him as the master who shredded waves from Zuma Beach to kayaking on the Colorado at Yuma. Based on the clearly bitten surf board, I am guessing that the master was eaten by a shark. His mourning family scrapped the car with the surf board. This car represents the traumatized, people who suffer from mental illness or trauma and are unable to cope. Eight car: “I worked on a reservation. Who would believe they would love me and leave On a bus back to old Santa Fe? Once in an Indian Nation. I took the kids on the skids where the Hopi was happy 'til I heard 'em say... The rest of the things in the junk yard say: "You're worthless." This car worked on what was likely the Hopi and Tewa reservation as an impromptu bus for the community. He was likely used frequently by one family in particular, who used him to take their kids out of the place and for long haul goods carting. He grew to love that family, in particular the kids. He was a tough and reliable old truck with at least some more time in him left, but his heart broke when that family chose to ditch him and leave the reservation. He took them out to the skids, thinking he was just taking the kids out there to play like usual. They then got on a long bus to Santa Fe, and called the reservation and himself by extension worthless. He couldn't take this rejection and essentially refused to work out of depression. There was this one detail that is very easy to miss if you do not pay attention. I probably would not have noticed it if people on the internet had not pointed it out. As the magnet waves over this car, the truck drives off screan and is seen parked on the conveyor belt in the next scene. He was about to die, but chose to go out on his own terms, because the last thing that he would want to do is give the crane the satisfaction of knowing that he (the crane) is what sent him (the car) to his death. His musical number that he sings to achive a catharsis before his death is just as sad as that of the rest of the cars, but for a different reason. For the rest of the cars, they were sad, because they weren’t ready to die and they all tried in vein to resist it. This one was actually capable of resisting it, but he didn’t. His story was depressing in a “I am so sick of life” kind of way. This car represents the elderly, who were loved by their families, but age has made them worthless. All of these cars represent a collective experience of the way depression affects the mind. Each one has a story and even achievements. Each one has a life: but despite any of it, they are 'worthless'. The crusher is a symbol for death and suicide. The conveyor belt a symbol of struggle. All vehicles (aside form the last) attempt to resist it. This means that each car represents different levels of depression, from mild to severe. And each is handicapt so that it cannot escape the crusher. This is what depression actually does to a healthy mind. The knowledge of being loved and having some sense of worth disappears, you become drained of energy, and you become blinded to the truth of your own value. You stop bathing, sometimes even 'getting started' on anything. Left untreated, and especially if the sufferer finds confirmation, the feeling of being worthless ends in suicide.
This is a great theory, but I would say the 6th car is trauma, the whole "I beg your pardon, it's quite hard enough just living with the stuff I have learned.” tells me it seen some fucked up shit and couldn't stop thinking of it, thus being traumatized While the 7th car is more so about someone who had no meaning in life outside of a interest, going back and forth from Zuma to Yuma, and once that changed (Either by the owner changing interest or by a shark related accident) they had no meaning and became worthless
Car #2 ("Can't seem to get started") might have had a fuel line break. Car #8 (the truck) also sounded like a shotgun blast when he was crushed, and before all his parts fell on Toaster & Company. I have to point out, though: despite all of the cars dying in the crusher, Toaster & Company (and Rob) did not. Why? Toaster *threw himself face first into the gears.* Rob was not even harmed one bit, and then Toaster somehow ended up being repaired, so it was not death for Toaster. Rob has gotta be one heck of a repairman.
guys. think about it though. if these things were human it would just be lines of broken people lamenting their lives before getting executed and dumped in a mass grave seriously wtf
Limo: "Once took a Texan to a wedding Once took a Texan to a wedding He kept forgetting, his loneliness letting His thoughts turn to home and we turned" He was going to a wedding, got cold feet, headed back home... Hearse: "I took a man to a graveyard I beg your pardon, it's quite hard enough Just living with the stuff I have learned" He never made it back home. Not only that, but most of these cars owners probably died. The Surfer car's surfboard has a massive shark bite taken out of it. Owner most likely died from shark attack. Then there is the Race Car. "I once ran the Indy 500 I must confess I'm impressed how I did *And I wonder how close that I came* Now I get a sinking sensation I was the top of the line, out of sight out of mind So much for fortune and fame" He never finished the race, he was totaled and due to the older design of the race car, the driver probably didn't make it.
He headed back home, as in present tense of doing so at the time.. He could of gotten into a wreck, died, and had the hearse take him to the funeral. never says he made it home, just the act of going home. Or maybe he made it home, his Loneliness got the better of him, got depressed and committed suicide and the hearse drove him, As for the limo, it's a rental it get old, took too much to cost for upkeep and repair... It broke down and that's the most traumatic memories of many it remembers and is the one it had to get off is chest Idk I was drunk at the time of the writing when I came to the theory lol
The fifth and sixth could be telling the story of the same person. Hence the guy bailing out of his wedding and maybe doing himself in due to depression and loneliness, explaining why the two cars are taken to the crusher in the same sequence and crushed together.
I always just assumed it was because they were both dealing with entirely different tracks of life-- marriage, which is equated to life and birth of a new life, and death-- and yet both ended up at the same end. The vehicles even look similar, other than color.
Someone else in the comments pointed out this before but I'll point it out again... "I took at Texan to a wedding.." and "I took a man to a graveyard..." cars follow the exact same pattern through the junkyard before getting dumped on the conveyer. They were both carrying the same person.
It’s so strange how I ended up here. This song was stuck in my head for the past 48 hours and I couldn’t figure out where it was from. I started browsing random movies from my childhood, starting with “Little Shop of Horrors”… I eventually made my way to this video. I was super stoked when the music started up because it was going to drive me crazy. Glad I can finally put a name to this incredible song 😂
After all, this is for kids but in the international dubs with the higher pitch, Ernie literally pulled up photos of a lady with stars censoring something inappropriate
![Hunxho - Ball Forever [Official Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/nki9ZTF9Uls/mqdefault.jpg)
Such a strange dark movie... Glad it was part of my childhood.
I remember reading a quote from Don Bluth, whom said, "Children can handle ANYTHING in a movie, as long as the story ends well!" That sums up this movie perfectly. This movie is loved by all that remember it.
Wasn't part of mine, but I remember a trailer on some tape.
I blame this scene and film for ruining my childhood. This was the SADDEST THING to me at 10 years old. I think I only watched it the once but it stuck with me for at least 15 years after that. I think I was even afraid to let my mom watch it this scene freaked me out so much. Insta-banned it from my own VHS collection.
Yup, dark, but beautiful, I guess although this stuff did "upset" me a bit as a kid, in the long run it actually gave me some comfort.
Long story short, I have haven't had the darkest of lives, goodness no! My life has been very tame compared to others, but it has had some rather dark parts for sure... And the concept that, even if things get dark, seriously dark, it doesn't have to be the end like that, was of significant comfort in the back of my mind.
It was really for college kids who want to you know want to watch a cartoon so this was made the creators didn't want to make a kids movie.
Just learned that my car has been totaled, and RUclips dares to recommend me this.
Rest in peace, you beautiful car.
They told me my car was totaled. I told them to fix it anyway.
Predates air bags & other expensive stuff to repair so it's not as bad as them new-fangled cars.
@@blurrrrrr44 damn, people still be responding after this while
@@RockinRocketScience Uhm, its only been a few days. You can comment on things anytime,
@@Krystalmyth I'm just talking about how alive this comment section is after 15 years on one of the most depressing kid's songs I've ever heard
@@blurrrrrr44 "Costs more to repair than it's worth."
"Worth to who?"
The wedding car was crushed together with the Hurst. This is way more poetic than I remembered as a kid. Till death do us part
Good eye
It goes further. Some fan theories say that the 1949 Bentley mark VI (wedding car) and the 1940 Cadillac series 70 Hearse (the hearse) are singing about the same man, and that the man died in a car crash on the way to his wedding, and the car that was carrying him to his burial also crashed. This might be why the Hearse also says, "I beg your pardon it's quite hard enough just living with the stuff I have learned." The fact that this man died on his way to his wedding, only to then have another accident during his funeral procession, would be a lot to bear. Keep in mind the wedding car's lyrics are, "He kept forgetting his loneliness, letting his thoughts turn to home and we turned."
Thus, the poetic-ness goes up even more, the 2 cars being crushed together because they transported the same person.
@@indigothecat and yet some people also claim that it was his friends wedding and he couldn't deal with being single anymore
@@indigothecatthat's deep.
@@indigothecatwow, this blows my mind! Thank you for sharing. Where can I read about this theory??
It's not the "death" that's the upsetting part. It's the broken spirit.
They’re physically run down but their spirit even more
20th century worker vibes
Depression and lack of motivation and falls from glory can all be cured.
Death? Not yet.
I don't know.. when that last truck got crushed and his muffle landed on toaster... that's like the equivalent of his colon... I'd find it pretty upsetting if I saw a dude get crushed alive and his dismembered butthole landed on my head.
i need context, why everyone in the comments sucking this movies dick
I love the tv in this scene. he doesn't give up.
Reminds me of Justin Roiland.
@@reanimationxpthis aged like milk
Was looking for this 8 years ago comment from a 16 years ago video (from a 37 years ago movie)
But for real TV guy was MVP and no one talks about him
For a movie about various appliances just wanting to find their owner, there are some serious dark elements to this movie.
This movie horrified me as a kid.
I think a lot of kid's film is way more traumatizing than the creators realize.
@@dustrockblues7567 There is no way they didn't no. The lammp sacrificing himself for lightning. the briars. The arsonist AC unit. like holy shit.
This show DID scare me a lot when I was a kid. I still remember it very well, but this song was quite catchy, although scary
The clown dream that toaster had? Remember that? Also vacuum thinking his friends had fallen off a waterfall. The guy who strips appliances down for parts?
@@kylehenline3245 oh jesus christ I had forgotten about the AC.
It's a shame none of the sequels had this kind of effort put into their songs and writing.
Agreed. I consider those two films to be unnecessary cash-grabs.
There was a sequel?
@@zero00044 Two.
There's sequel?
@@beverlyarcher546 yeah
BRAVE LITTLE TOASTER TO THE RESCUE
BRAVE LITTLE TOASTER GOES TO MARS
Not gonna lie, the TV is a true hero. The fact that he's directly communicating with the master without actually revealing his sentience just to save his and the master's old friends.
It works out the best considering his form of sentience is a TV announcer rather than having his face being directly on his screen like others. Makes him very unique too
The real homie.
The real hero! I think the voice actor was really good
So true, and that's why the other appliances shut him away, because TV 📺 knew what to do.
I haven't seen this move since the 90s and completely forgot that the guy inside the TV was the TV itself.
I'm a brave little toaster.
...NOT A BRAVE ENOUGH LITTLE TOASTER FOR THIS SHIT
Rivers Cuomo nice pfp and name, rivers
*THE CARS STARTED TO SING OF THEIR LIFE I THINK BEFOR THEY DIE*
Rivers Cuomo weezer is the best band of the 90s
Rivers Cuomo JonTron maddness
HA!
Can we appreciate just how hard TV goes for his friends here?
This whole sequence was top-notch.
Amazing scene, in one of my favorite movies.
Best character
Also an accidental (maybe purposeful?) predictor of the future. All our internet connected devices track our activity, and then use that data to send us targeted advertising. When TV's first ad attempt fails, he continues to adjust the delivery and type of ad until he basically just out-right lies and tries to be as loud, annoying, repetitive, and obnoxious as possible until he can finally get a response from Rob.
The tumors on the rats bit with the picture of a girl in a bikini was a joke that I definitely missed as a kid
@@554cortezExplain the joke. What am I missing? Lol
Plus the depressing music
I'm convinced this movie is what turned my brother into a hoarder.
Can you blame him? He's saving lives.
Well, can you blame him?
It did that me too
I’m not sure if it was this, Dad’s genes, or both
@@scofieldvictoria I have to admit, this scene certainly made me think twice about throwing out old appliances.
We all need to thank Jerry Rees for fighting tooth and nail for this song to be included in the film. Producer Donald Kushner demanded this song and scene be cut from the film, and Jerry had to fight his hardest to keep it in. In the end, I'm so glad Jerry won. This song is probably the best in the show.
It’s literally the movie’s defining moment and Van Dyke Park’s pinnacle masterpiece
Why would he not want it in the show?
@@Stovetopcookie He thought it was too scary for children.
@@SergeantExtremeoh please. If that’s the case then this entire movie should’ve been canned. Sounds like Kushner wasn’t a good fit for this.
i used to be obsessed with this scene as a kid, i had so much fun putting my toy cars through my "crusher" down a conveyer belt i made out of like a barbie grocery store belt thing i borrowed from my sister
2:41 Seeing the steering wheel turn like the car is trying to turn away creeps me out till this day
Small but terrifying detail i didnt notice
Oh wow, I always thought "broken car, broken wheel." I never thought of it that way.
WHY DID YOU HAVE TO MAKE ME NOTICE TOO???
oh god..thats horrible...
This traumatized me too, man. Nice to know that I'm not the only one. This shit was too real for tiny sensitive 4-year-old me.
Oh my god, the cars opening with ‘I must confess’ is because it’s like they’re giving their last confession to a priest while on their deathbed. It’s their last rites.
No doubt that was done on purpose
*last rides
@@aurex8937 b r u h
Fellini grew up in a strict catholic school (part of why he was so sexually outgoing) so this is most definitely the case.
@@aurex8937 one last ride. Family.
“I must confess, I’m impressed how I did it, I wonder how close that I came.”
That will always be the most depressing line in the whole thing, for me. He’ll never get to try again, see what he’s truly capable of.
Now I'm sad about that too...
He wont be able to do it again since his owner most likely got paralyzed, because it sounded like his driver was in an accident during the race causing permanent damage leading to paralyzation
the reason he didn't seem to get another chance is likely from the last part of his bit "I was the top of line. Out of sight out of mind. So much for fortune and fame." Judging by his appearance, he's a Kurtis Kraft (minus the headlights, which were likely there to give him eyes), which in the 50s, was one of the best racecars to have. However cars quickly evolved from there and the Kurtis Krafts were quickly obsolete. And once he was no longer a good racecar, he was discarded and forgotten. And unfortunately, not all racecars can make it into a museum.
Is it depressing? He tried, he got to experience some of the life he was chasing. That's more than a lot of us get. I'd say his is one of the least depressing for that reason.
i find that one so sad because if he had won, hed probably be in a museum for years to come. but since he failed.. its off to the junk yard
That poor car that ran the Indy 500 could've been put in a museum
With restorations since those are usually spoiled when in a museum
You might be pleased then: someone in the comment chain beneath the legend who identified all the car make/model/years pointed out some of the famous Indie 500 cars that were #8. One of them did end up in a museum, so it’s possible that one’s story was better, in reality.
Yeah think of the history!
In the dutch version of the song he says that he was put in a museum but replaced by a better model
He’s so me
I was never bothered by this when I was a kid. Now that I'm an adult....man this is some dark stuff. But that's what I appreciate about this film. It has enough light stuff mixed with dark stuff to make it a perfect film for kids and adults alike.
No one seems to be pointing out how amazing it is that this video is still up and getting views. This video was made in may of 2006, RUclips was a little over a year old, and Google wouldn't acquire it for another 6 months. This video has survived through literally everything the site has been through, both apocalypses, the removal of stars and implementation of likes, the COPPA incident. I just find it really neat that a disturbing clip from a kids movie holds so much history in RUclips
That's very cool to know about. I guess this makes this video almost invincible to anything RUclips throws at it.
It also holds record of comments being deleted in June 2021.
EDIT, after 56 thumbs up: comments were temporarily unavailable, but now the same comments seem to be back. I never saw _that_ before.
as of the end of July 2021 it has only 970 dislikes. It's been up for fifteen years and has fewer than a thousand dislikes. This comment will live forever so I'll also go ahead and say that it's at 29k likes and 3.2 million views, just for sake of preservation.
It also has astonishing quality for such an old video. I've never seen a 480p option from any other RUclips video from 2006.
@@someonerandom704 Remember though, if this gets marked as _"for kids",_ all the comments will be deleted. Hopefully this is too edgy to be marked _"for kids",_ but you never know. The simple fact that this movie was originally marketed towards children could be enough to set that off. I hope to be able to look back at this comment in a little over a decade when I'm 30.
5:19 The magnet’s eyes widen a little when he drives onto the conveyor on his own accord, like they’re surprised about it
i always felt like,while the cars represent those deemed "worthless" by society...the magnet personifies the rest of society.
and is such reflected in its suprised expression
many dont hear the pleas of the suicidal (be it out of ignorence or deliberately ignoring it) until after it happens...then its shock and confusion as if they didint see it coming
The only bit of emotion the conveyor has
@@ParanoidParamour he didn't drive onto the conveyor. The magnet's reaction was more like "you're actually going to try and run?"
The original scene was supposed to involve an escape attempt but that got cut. The truck isn't even facing the correct way to have driven onto the conveyor. And further, if you look at its tires, even at the end it is driving away from the crusher, not towards it.
I'm impressed that the comments are still here and not disabled. Allows me to pour over the years of everyone's long-standing interpretations of the backstories and representations behind each wrecked car. It's chilling. It's inspiring. It's what we need.
This cannot be overstated. In RUclips's overzealous nature to avoid the issues that were present from unmoderated RUclips comments for kids has cut off a ton of videos that adults flocked to to watch and discuss. Surprise surprise, a lot of cartoons aren't just for kids and there's a lot adults want to say on the matter. Funny, sad, thought provoking, all from cartoon shows and movies from past and present days. And a lot of them we just can't comment on anymore due to the blanket covering of RUclips Kids. Thankfully this one is still here.
It's such a shame so many great singers got turned into cubes.
you think you're real funny, don't you
@@tigertoxins584
I do actually
@@tigertoxins584 Well he is
Now all their singing will be flat.
I admit it, you brought a smirk to my face this morning with that comment.
Damn, I never realized how dark this song was as a kid. I had just always remembered this movie for the ominous, soulless magnet which took things to their destruction.
I know right
BLACKBIRD and now the magnet has been "repurposed" as a designer of click bait.
There is neither joy not malace in Death's work.
The magnet has to do its job no?
I don't even remember hearing the song as a kid, I just remember the magnet. I do remember Rabbit Ears going on the Ferris Wheel. Funny how perception changes, I do remember Rob looking a LOT older than me but I was maybe 6 years old when I last watched this.
The green pickup....
The god damn green pickup was not broken, he was fully capable of leaving, but he chose not to.
Not to mention his last words
"Was happy until I heard them say, your worthless."
The Green Pickup is the one who endured ever hardship thrown at him. A true survivor of life and in the end he decided his time had finally come.
@@captainc00tie Which might not have even been directed at him to begin with if you understand what reservations can be like thanks to the U.S. government.
@@1Up2081 True, you're not wrong
suicide is a hell of a thing
Types of cars in this scene
0:57 1962 Porsche 356 B
1:35 1956 Ford fairlane
1:49 1957 Aston Martin DBR2 and 1956 Lincoln continental mark II (side character)
2:28 1966 Chevrolet Corvette
2:33 1957 MG mga 1500 (side character)
2:52 1911 Lozier Indianapolis 500
3:28 1949 Bentley mark VI
3:49 1940 Cadillac series 70 hurst
4:28 1940 Ford de luxe woody
4:51 1962 Porsche 356 B and 1957 MG mga 1500 (side character)
5:01 1959 Austin Healy sprite
5:09 1958 crown coach bus and 1962 Porsche 356 B (side character)
5:11 1941 Chevrolet 3100
Really nigga?
So cool! Thanks!
@@OGSuki. your welcome
How to say you get girls without saying you get girls.
I think it's poetic in a sense. They're all old cars so it makes sense. Outdated. Literally.
But also poetic in this sense: Many humans are symbolized by the car they drive. So you can take in the metaphor while watching it too and it makes it all the much darker!...
I always thought the final car was driving to escape the magnet...now that I'm 33 though...
Same. As a kid I thought it cut to him on the convener belt because it was implied that the magnet got him. Now it's obvious that he drove himself onto the convener belt.
I'm about your age and I thought the exact same thing!
Supposedly, before the movie was released, he originally was meant to have tried escaping but malfunctioned and got caught anyway.
@Christian Aguiare Not sure if this is a rhetorical question, or....
@Christian Aguiare I don't. It just said in his comment his age.
This is unironically a jaw-droppingly catchy song
Normally i don't like when people are like VAILSKIBUM OMG, but this doesn't happen often, so, first.
interesting
ikr this song freaking slaps
I watch this just yesterday and then I found you here and then I saw you left a comment on the new elements trailer how funny is that
Ironically yeah it does
I used to love this song when I was little because it sounded so upbeat. Now that I’m grown I really understand that it’s a song about how we all grow old and die someday. It’s still a good song for having taught me that lesson.
When I become an old man robots powered by brains will probably exist, so I ain’t dying anytime soon
@@Papapsoso tomorrow is never promised. Enjoy the time you have as if it’s the last you will have.
@@Papapsoso No technology will keep the end away and the longer you live, the more you'll recognize the absurdity of staying alive at all. It's best to accept these things at some point, memento mori.
@@dopaminecloud Memento mori.
@@dopaminecloud momento mori
The sad part is that every one of those cars could be lovingly welcomed as restoration projects today.
Most of them would probably be beyond restoration or even worth fixing
@@slapshotjack9806Not really, the truck still drove and those old Indy cars are worth insane money.
Or at least parts cars...
Unfortunately as the racecar said "out of site out of mind"
@@slapshotjack9806 If it wasn't sitting at the bottom of a lake for over 10 years, if it wasn't set on fire, if it wasn't wrapped around a telephone pole or tree... It's probably fixable. "How much" depends, though.
God Bless that TV for trying His absolute DAMNDEST in getting the Couple to go to the dump to save the Toaster and his friends.
The TV was an underrated character.
TOTAL BARGAIN MADNESS
*Continues to laugh uncontrollably and finally faint*
Hey have you ever heard about this place before? It looks pretty neat!
is he voiced by the same guy who voices jake the dog?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Benair
Why an Indy car?! Those should be at a car museum. I feel sad for it now.
You would be amazed what little respect there is for racing history. So many record-holding and one of a kind cars are just rotting out in a field, and the millenial shitbags of today don't give a shit about them.
MrWolfSnack I am a millennial, I go to college in Daytona Beach, there’s plenty of Racing cars around here, the local museum has exhibits on them and so does the Daytona 500 here. A little museum in a mall has at least three racers, one of which resembles the Indy car in this scene. The local museum of arts and sciences has at least 2 of them.
Though I don’t know how to repair them, I can’t say I’m not fascinated by the technology that goes into cars, although my ultimate goal is to work in the aviation industry. I find more enjoyment from classic airplanes than classic cars, but I’ve seen hundreds of classic cars flock to this city in the last few days, and I can tell that the owners respect their cars and in most cases have lovingly restored them to perfect condition.
And to categorically state that all millennials are scum denigrates those millennials who still care for classic cars, as I saw in the hundreds when I went to the Turkey Run last Friday.
So you believe that no one born after 1979 gives a shit about racing? Riiiight, bub.
I do too. It should be in a car museum showed off prominently, not in a junkyard getting crushed.
It's basically a metaphor for people, especially celebrities, who are basically has-beens. They're famous and talented one day and then forgotten and unwanted the next. And it's unfair to basically shit on millenials for not caring when:
1. There are plenty of millenials who do care.
2. You're just as likely to find a Baby Boomer or Generation Xer that cares just as little about racing history.
This scene embodies the whole point of the movie. In a world where everyone inevitably gets sent to the proverbial scrap heap in the sky, it's hard to find worth in life. It's all about the journey there and the companions that helped along the way.
"I wonder how close that I came"
That hits hard
2:42
Oh god, you can see him struggling to move through the steering wheel. That's such a sad detail.
That makes it even more messed up now
Then his guts literally hitting 3 cars in the face with looks of horror when he gets crushed
Now imagine if they were all human and he was struggling to save himself from getting killed. That would still be messed up.
What makes this worse, it doesn't actually look like he's trying to turn off to the left and right, it's almost like he's just trying to stay in his lane, the turns are to slight...
@@ChaserPlays creepy
the fact that they're cars doesn't change the fact that these are _sentient, sapient beings_ waiting for death, unable to escape. this song makes me sad
Sounds alot like all of us
Exploding Crow deep
they're basically dying people, thinking about their lives in their last moment and having regrets
Humans don't know their alive though
hell i don't remember how old i was when i saw this for the first time, now im 31 and almost crying as much as then, just because of what u pointed... they use pareidolia to mess with us T_T
Posted "15 years ago"
We gettin old boys
WTF 2006!!!!!
The movie came out in the 80's... If you saw this movie when it came out, then you can say you're getting old. 2006 aint shit...
@@Saintbow Relative to youtube obviously ...
@@thetayz72 This. 15 years is an eternity in Internet time.
Yeah I’m almost 15 myself
This part of the film made me a car guy at a young age. It heightened my appreciation for old vehicles and how much personality so many of them have. Apart from the sad lyrics, there is something quite perverse and tragic about seeing old machines being destroyed. It gave me a soft spot for old cars to the point that I own and drive several of them now.
So thanks to the creators of this masterpiece, for inspiring me to see the world a different way and enjoy classic cars as a hobby. My life is better for it.
It’s really a message about how things that are still useful get scrapped early on not because machines have “personality” 😂
There's something really surreal and disturbing about this in a way that I can't describe. It's like... anti-nostalgia. Not bad enough to give you nightmares, but enough to be unsettling.
I don’t think I understand what you mean by anti-nostalgia.
Nostalgia makes you feel good about past memories. This does the opposite.
@@commissarchristopherjohnso4745 He called it anti-nostalgia. Imagine instead of thinking of good past memories, you're thinking of future bad memories
Realizing everything you never though about when you were younger.
It's called uncanny valley.
As a car guy and a person who loves their car like a loved one, this one hits hard dawg
Yeah, think of all the great memories, bad memories, life changing events that happened in God knows how many cars that have been scrapped. The closest I can ever be to my grandpa now is to drive his old Buick.
I'm a mechanic, and im cry
@@iamwhoimnotimnotwhoiam4431 i am cry
I know it made me lovingly pat my old truck she's a bat out of hell but accepts me now after all the thousands sweat and tears
My favorite was the Indy 500 race car. He talks about being the top of the line and living in his happiest moments before destruction.
Its great because he's explaining that even the greatest and prized machine at one time will still suffer the fate of the poor mans car.
Deep shit right there.
My folks showed me this movie when I was like 5. People say it's dark but it left an impression on me to the point where I tear up rewatching 30+ years later. 37 now, and I wouldn't have it any other way. I truly believe it helped shape me into the person I am today. Helped prepare me for some hard truths in a fun way and open my mind at a young age.
No joke I became a mechanic to stop this I'm now 30 and this song still makes me wanna save old cars. Hate the word worthless.
Worthless things can become worthy
Good man. Not a lot of people I know appreciate older cars
Power to you man. Power to ya.
Weird this made me see shit is worthless and I toss shit and buy new cause of this movie.
that's so beautiful
God, what a blast from the past... I would beg granny to rewind this for me every day because I watched it so much...
+MisterBoners That picture and name...
Jake Flame What's the matter?
MisterBoners Nothing is the matter.
wow, this is dark
SurrealKeenan real dark
Still catchy
BrassKnuckles Yeah, and the plague was catchy too but it doesn't mean it wasn't dark
LordDuck Butt Never said it wasn't. Knew all the words as a kid and still do. It's dark but still catchy
SurrealKeenan ikr
This scene, along with one during a storm when the lamp guy gets his bulb exploded, is the bedrock of my childhood trauma. I remember watching this movie in kindergarten and being utterly terrified. An amazing movie that I will never forget.
Why, oh why, did we all watch this as children?? It is NOT a kids movie!
@@ianmiller6040honestly repressed this movie with the only mental note that it was vaguely scarring
How in the world did the teacher approved of this thinking it was a cute movie
Oh god, this was real? It wasn't a strange nightmare from my childhood??
Yup, pretty much. I'm one of the more positive nihilistic assholes though so only advice I got for this kind of mind blow is "give your life it's own meaning and never let anyone else define who you are. Then when the time comes you will be able to take pride that you gave your own existence value rather than being told it's value by the ignorant masses and their labels"
peblezQ SAAAAME!
Are your night,ares usually so musical ? Haha
Harry Williams
Mine are too, actually.
peblezQ yea
Revisiting this movie as an adult makes me understand why I have trouble throwing away anything...
Man. As a kid I loved this song because of how morose it is. But its deep and dark message never hit me until now. I never noticed how truly horrifying this scene is. I mean, they get sprayed with parts when a car gets crushed. Given that everything is personified in this movie, it is absolutely horrifying.
On another note, I think this movie is the reason I developed sentimental feelings for inanimate objects and have found it hard to get rid of things over the years.
SO IT'S TRUE
I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON WHO GETS SENTIMENTAL OVER INANIMATE OBJECTS
AFTER ALL THESE YEARS FINALLY I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE
Brandon Smith me too honestly.
Yep, I'm a hoarder. I in fact go to garage sales sometimes to save what poor objects are getting chucked out to the garbage and give them a second life in sweet old home.
And I thought beating my meat to anime chicks was taboo.
I'm glad that i'm not the only one
To all my friends out there, you aren't worthless. Life is tough but we are happy you are here to share the journey with us. Everyone has an amazing story of who they are and how they ended up here, Id love to hear yours.
Fun detail: At 2:41, you can see the steering wheel is trying to turn left and right, but the car isn't moving. He's trying to escape from the conveyor belt, but can't.
i didnt even notice that, jesus
@Matthew Bigelow or maybe it was picked up and put on the conveyor
After it tried to escape
This detail was not fun
Conveyor = time's irresistible current steadily delivering all things to their inevitable end.
“Fun” detail
Nothing from Disney CURRENTLY compares to the masterpiece I experienced watching this one. As much as it traumatized me it was a big part of my childhood and it had a good message to learn from it. This song specifically will be engrained in my memory for all time.
I didn't even know the lyrics all the way as a kid and this song impacted me heavily.
The visuals tell enough as it is. You're very well aware that the cars here are dieing by being compacted into cubes as well as peices flying everywhere
This movie traumatized a lot of kids as did a lot of other weird movies during that time.
I'm so glad not the only one this movie traumatized, I used to wake up in cold sweats thinking about the cars singing before being destroyed
They don't make real sh*t like this that makes you think anymore. They don't do it for a reason.
Any who says they weren't traumatized by this movie is either a liar who has something wrong with them
I love how all the brave little toaster appliances would more or less still hold their utility today, but all the flashy "New" appliances from the apartment are pretty much complete shit.
I was thinking the same lol
Very true, most of the older appliances were simple and easily repaired. Electronics of the solid state variety were much more difficult and expensive to repair. And they more than likely wouldn't be repaired, _but replaced_ .
@@cherrysdiy5005 An unfortunate consequence of modern man's greed.
@@ZAV1944 True
Let's say thanks to China for that.
Listening to the life stories of each of the cars you realise how sad and dark the song is. Abandoned, depressed and left waiting to die
Bruh
Dude, how much better would Cars 2 have been if they'd had a scene like this?
This is what should happen at the end of Cars 3.
mariofan1ish Well, they already did it in Toy Story 3, so I'd say there's a chance...
179marioyoshi971 Also, a lot of the people who worked on Brave Little Toaster went on to work at Pixar.
dragonkeeper19600 It would be out-of-place in a movie that doesn't have any dark scenes, and it still wouldn't make up for the fact that it's easily one of Pixar's worst movies.
THE MAN Several characters die on screen in Cars 2. I remember one scene pretty early on where a spy car is given faulty fuel that will explode if exposed to radiation. You don't see him blow, but you hear it, and you do see the reflection of the flames from his smoldering corpse.
Trust me, a sequence like this wouldn't be that out of place.
Can we just appreciate the TV doing all it can to help the Toaster and his friends get found. Good on you TV *Claps*
Except he's and old tube Tv and he's most likely seen the crusher now 😐
@@jet5910 Not if he wound up in James Rolf's basement!
@@Zucca101 New headcanon acquired!
TV is a bro
5:15 what’s really depressing is he is probably the one car that can escape but chooses to die.
Supposedly, the script originally meant for him to try making an escape attempt, but he broke down on the way out. I never researched this, I only read it was cut to keep the song momentum going.
holy shit I didn't notice that.you're right. thanks for commenting.
@@101Volts it's better this way
Even the magnet is surprised
I cannot tell you how much I love and respect this movie for that. As a tribal member, I can tell you that natives are RARELY spoken about in American culture. Whenever we are, there are times were we are told how worthless, stupid, and poor we are. That truck brings tears to my eyes every now and then.
The shot of the steering wheel desperately trying to turn off the track is what gets me
Modern Disney Kids: Frozen is a dark movie, Elsa is depressed.
Me: *Laughs in Crazy Ernie’s Amazing Emporium of Total Bargain Madness*
Golden comment...
Frozen ? A dark movie ?
*laugh in Brave little toaster, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Prince of Egypt, Black Cauldron, Nightmare before Christmas, Antz, Land Before Time, Secret of NIMH, must I go on ?*
@@RogueSamaelZX yes
Well the important thing is that you get to feel superior to others based on your taste in movies.
@@starwarsnerd100 - 🤓
The green pickup has really stayed with me over the years, he's the only one of them that can still move, he could try to escape, instead he rides out to meet his fate head-on. LEGEND.
i don’t like the suicide theory, so i like to think he got caught while trying to escape, it makes more sense
@@mrwow1667 it doesn’t, it’s been debunked, and was confirmed, it almost got the song cut entirely, and he was literally called worthless to his face, don’t even bother sugar coating it.
@@mrwow1667That doesn't fit what he's singing. He drove himself onto the conveyer belt to spite the magnet. He was heartbroken by the loss of his purpose, and too proud to let somebody else put him down. Really chilling.
@@mrwow1667the green pickup sang he worked on a reservation; the metaphor is native American indians. The writers were very purposeful with their lyrics it would seem
He wanted to keep at least SOME of his dignity as he died rather than let the magnet do it.
Imagine this song being sang by a bunch of depressed and abandoned elderly folks in a nursing home. Takes on another chilling meaning.
OddDrop: after seeing this song again I think this may be why I work in senior services
being sung*
@@MA-ck4wu it doesn't matter you spoon
I think it was a metaphor of exactly that all along
While losing their lives of old age or various other problems. Even deeper.
The moment the cars surround the main characters and creepily sing 'you're worthless' raises hairs on my arms to this day. I never understood why appliances scared me so much as a child, and now I get it rewatching this as I'm older. This is dark.
True
That's what makes it a work of art IMO.
this is um, this is really morbid, this is probably the most characters killed in a single scene of any kid's movie.
until Mulan came along
Jarvis Brown but this is like, one after another right in front of the camera.
I don't want to die.
Cartoons aren't just for kids. Try again.
what the hell are you talking about? you mean to argue that this Disney movie isn't intended for children?
Watching this as the son of a mechanic is why I have the upmost respect for everything in scrapyards and saddened by the cars that get crushed. Too many great vehicles have been destroyed that were perfectly restorable
When I saw this movie as a kid, I gotta say that the crushing machine was DEFINATELY the scariest thing in the entire movie!!
Or the AC killing itself.
for a while, i couldn't watch because of that scary as all hell demon clown from toaster's nightmare lol
Scary clowns? SCARY CLOWNS?? Watch Stephen King's IT and THEN you can talk to me about fucking terrifying clowns!!
TopGunPaintballer
I was afraid of AC units for so long after that. Worried they'd explode.
Rena Kunisaki Lol
Dang this movie was crazy. This was my favorite movie as a kid. Watching this now i feel like it could have a dissertation written on it about the themes and symbolism.
Freaking loved this movie as a kid, but I can appreciate the morbidness of this song whole lot more now. One of the very first things that really got me when I rewatched this years later was the moment we cut into the sports car and you see the steering wheel jiggling frantically as he’s trying to get away. That made me shutter.
I noticed that, but I think he was lost in the past. I kind of got the feeling he didn't even notice his surroundings
His guts flying was just the icing on the cake
When you look at it, it's interesting how much you can tell about the cars' personalities by their lines, and how they reflect human problems in a way.
First car: Suffered a nervous "breakdown" (no pun indended), possibly from not being able to take the stress from life.
Second car: Lack of motivation, can't "seem to get started" on her own way, not able to keep up with everyone else ("Don't have a heart to live in the fast lane / all that is past and gone")
Third car: Spent his life mostly on the road, never really settled in one place (a foreign translation of the song noted his travels came to an end when his engine blew or something)
Fourth car: Was once a celebrity, the top of his class, but now is forgotten, abandoned ("out of sight / out of mind")
Fifth car: Witnessed a soon-to-be groom run from the love of his life, too nervous to go through with the wedding
Sixth car: Spent his life carrying the dead, possibly jaded from the fact that he spent his life in such a sorrowful job. ("I beg your pardon / it's quite hard enough / just living with the things I have learned")
Seventh car: Spent his entire life working for and with people he considered family, only for them to turn their backs on him and call him worthless. Especially sad when you realize he was still functional as a truck; he drove himself off the bus and onto the conveyor belt. His "family" evidently replaced him for a trivial reason.
ya just left out the Surfer car indicating that she was a dreamers car just enjoying one sunset to the next till the sun set on her last horizon but left with fond dreams of being told she made history (had a hand in the lay of the land)
Indeed. These cars get literally seconds of screentime in a full length movie, and we learn more about them as a character than a lot of other characters featured in their own films. Very well written.
DarkRedDragonOfEgypt Ah yes, thank you for reminding me. My translation of the Surfer Car is that of someone who spent their lives living it to the fullest, attending parties, having sex, perhaps even experimenting in drugs. However, despite them living to enjoy themselves, they never become a productive member of soceity, so used to enjoying themselves that even in death all they can think about are the "good times"
AINGELPROJECT667 Well the machine was still gonna pick him up and drop him off into the little road where it would be smashed. I mean it basically said no need i'll do it myself. Though I often wondered while watching this movie if the cars can actually drive away by themselves without humans. or if just for short bursts.
AINGELPROJECT667
It's like this movie is supposed to be the writers venting suicide.
Unfunny Dilbert 1876 Well... the author of the book that the movie was based on, did commit suicide in 2006, so the dark content of the overall story becomes more understandable when you know that the original creator was struggling with his own misery.
@@CStylus This is true, the writer was devastated by the death of his wife.
@@cherrysdiy5005 He was gay
Totally was gay but had lost his partner.
This bit stood out to me as a kid but never understood why. Here, years later, I realize this is one of the darkest and most fascinating sequences in mainstream western animation. From the pacing between frantic panic in the music to the ominous calm of the cutaway segments, to the intriguing and bleak stories each car tells in only a few lines, to the relentless beat of the of the crusher. Everyone talks about the clown nightmare, but this? How the hell did this get okayed by the censors?
It's brilliant.
It wasn’t, the pickup commits suicide and that almost got the song cut but was miraculously left in (only for it to become the most infamous part of the movie)
They had to give the crusher a malevolent face too. Just discovered this somehow wasn't Don Bluth, despite the everything
I had a real hard time throwing anything out after I watch this when I was a kid. Still do lol.
This movie is the reason I always spend the extra buck on quality
Saaame 💔😭
I swear to god this scene gave me childhood trauma, I feel ya'
This movie and toy story taught me to take care of what I have 😂
@@speedybullets713 I still have my Xbox 360 from 2013
Why I have constant existential crises: The musical
WORTHLESS :D
The song's a perfect way of explaining how the main characters in the movie felt, too. They wanted to stay away from the junkyard and find purpose again, but other jealous appliances literally kicked them out a window into a dumpster or a garbage truck, to die.
Bob unironically I advise you to become Orthodox ☦
You know if you watch this movie and then watch Blaze and the Monster Machines on Nickelodeon you can actually see that Nickelodeon should have been copyright laws for copying the looks of these cars for their own show
I always wanted to go to Crazy Ernie's amazing emporium of total bargain madness
Hey look who's there.
Grachtnakk henlo
Hands down to the TV for not only communicating to the master to go to the junkyard and save his friends in a way that doesn’t reveal his sapience, but also being the comedic relief to quench the pain of such a depressing and heartbreaking song by driving himself to insanity of total bargain madness!
This movie is probably the reason why I'm a mechanic. Never sent a car to the yard
Not all heroes wear capes!
As a dude who's a friend with a mechanic i see there are some that save good cars
It Probably influenced me too. The newest car I own now is a 1978 Subaru Brat and I refuse to let it go even as parts get harder and harder to get.
It's true I fix all my cars never junked one.this movie I think the reason
I'm 18 and recently saved enough to buy a beater '91 F-150. It was a farm truck at one time. All it needed to run and drive was a new alternator and the lady I bought it from was going to have it scrapped. It has some dents and the paint is faded but I couldn't be happier with just keeping an older vehicle moving.
Watching this as an adult explains so much about my childhood.
Never too early to teach kids about the horrifying truth of their inevitable demise, I suppose.
Or that their folks will trash their car for ANY reason that come up.
I don't think this movies trying to tell them that
Kids can understand more than we give them credit for
That's not the message I got at all.
This part always depressed me as a child, I think I was always aware of it. Even the toys r us theme song took a dark turn for me and made me sad. Really did not want to grow up and every time I heard it was a constant reminder that the end was near.
Best movie of my childhood. The dinosaur one called “we’re back”, land before time, fern gully, Feifel goes west. We really need to go back to those days with animated cartoons.
Give him the laaaazy eye!
I just watched ferngully like a week ago hadn't watched in almost 30 years
@@doomguy584 I need to revisit these movies again… kids today need to watch these movies
5:20 you know this is a dark movie where a car is like "nope, if anyone is gonna kill me it's going to be myself"
The car legit committed suicide I have no words.
the car commited suicide , this is hilarious. cars dont commit suicude.
+Yummy Bread Ever driven a GM truck?
Wrong. The last car represents the state of being elderly and trying to escape death only to face the fact that there is no escaping death in the end.
The car was actually trying to escape before being put on the conveyor belt
The last one was a truck, not a car. You could call it a vehicle and still be correct though.
Splinks The truck was in fact committing suicide, and the whole song was originally going to be cut from the movie because of this. I've heard the director brought it up in the movie's commentary, but I can't find any proper sources on that.
I like the hearse's lines the best. It sort of indicates that he's indifferent to what's about to happen to him because he's seen so much death himself. With that "I beg your pardon," it's almost like he's a little indignant towards all the other cars that don't want their existences to end, as if he's come to realize that death is easy compared to living and seeing all the misery and loss around himself. I mean, he's been "filled" with death for decades. Why fear his own? He's only taking the same ride he's given to hundreds or maybe thousands of people.
Damn....
It's also strongly hinted that the guy he took to the graveyard was the same that the texas car took to the wedding... well, "took". She is busted and she says "they started to turn", indicating she and her driver crashed on their way to his own wedding.
Yeah, those two carried the same people... one to happiest day, other to the final rest.
@@Mandemon1990 DAMN this movie was dark
Interesting.... a pretty well done example showing regardless of accomplishments or status, all are equal in death.
Life is meaningless, thanks for reminding me!
@@ms.pirate No problem!
Live your lives and live them well while you can for there are many inevitabilities in life. Taxes, the kids learning to do what the adults do while the adults criminalize it because they have no clue how bad they really had it as children when they all lived without money and lived with dependence, the worst way to live regardless of when you were born or what today is. And biggest of all, death. Live your lives well while you still have it it's not going to be here forever and you only live once
“After the game is played, the pawn and the king go back in the same box.”
-Italian proverb.
The acceptance of death is as stupid as accepting a drawing to be a photograph despite the fact that it was drawn by a two year old, wake up people c'mon
5:35 It's like watching a man intentionally jump into a wood chipper and then having a bit of intestine land on your face. I remember as a kid loving this movie but feeling a sense of unease that I didn't understand. Now I know where it came from...
"Dale, one of them damn college kids just threw himself in the wood chipper!"
I still love this movie.
The older I get, the more this song sinks in.
Why do I feel like a kid's movie like this would never get the green light today? It's a real shame too, bc I loved this movie growing up. Many times I bypassed the princess movies and went straight for this one. I liked that it was creepy and different.
Less rules and regulations then today, soccer mums and Karens changed things with many companies like Fox Kids flat out banning mentioning of Death.
Ultimately movies are more of a business these days. They always have been, but it is far more corporate now.
A film like Brave Little Toaster would be changed to "maximize potential marketability".
So it would either be neutered to the point it would be for young children or a stoner comedy.
@@AngelEmfrbl "Might as well not prepare kids for life. No, of course it can't go wrong."
Hollywood's going under because of that mentality. Streaming is taking over.
Oh this movie could have got greenlit.... Toy Story series is more or less a sanitized version of this story if you think about it. Just it wouldn't have this level of brutality.
This song made me hug my frickin car
In my sophomore year of high school, I got in a wreck driving my dad's truck to school one morning. We'd had it so long that I'd known it over half of my life, and I begged him not to total it; I'd work off the money for the repairs and do anything so that she'd be okay again, and when it was back from the shop I did give her a hug, promising I'd never get into another wreck. I still drive that truck too.
Fuckin’ A! I think I’ll go hug mine RIGHT-FUCKING-NOW!!
Can’t relate anymore, my car just got totaled
Ah yes, the song that's made me determined to keep a car running for as long as humanly possible.
Oh good, another one. I've got 6 in the yard and four of them work today. All $500 beaters that served me better than any post-recession car ever has.
@@LobotomyTC You're doing the Lord's work right now. Ride on man.
@@LobotomyTC I feel you. Three old VWs and two old motorcycles out back (with the engine to a third upstairs being rebuilt), along with my daily. Daily's a little newer but the Ghia, Rabbit P/U, and GTI were all cheap and are all fantastic in their own way -- amount of PB Blaster used notwithstanding...
I drive my 97 Dodge Ram beast and play this song on her stereo
Got an old 1972 beetle around 2 years ago for 2000 as my first car
Sounds very healthy and runs well as long as you dont leave it sitting for a while
Love it to bits and honestly i might buy another car thats more durable just so i can preserve this one (its my first car so im attached to it)
Holy cow that last car right drove in himself.
Description Untitled it looks that way, but I think that he was trying to get away, from how he’s facing us
AidanMations, Oh I see. Still this is powerful sh*t.
AidanMations no he definitely did it on purpose cause he was depressed
AidanMations, I thought that when I was a kid, but when Wikipedia came around, and when I learned about it, I read it WAS actually a suicide, and was almost cut from the film ergo.
Antiant IM, that's what I eventually read, and in fact, was almost cut from the film ergo, being a suicide reference.
First car: “I can’t take this kind of pressure. I must confess one more dusty road would be just a raod too long.” He’s the car of an old workingman who had a long life of service. The car was worn down from year after year after year of driving a long commute on a dusty road. The engine and air filters gave out one day when the road was way too long and hard. He represents the work exhausted, those who can't handle the pressures of work and life.
Second car: “I just can’t, I just can’t, I just can’t seem to get started. Don’t have the heart to live in the fast lane. All that is passed and gone.” I would assume that this was the car of a female in either college or high school. She wasn't driven much before she conked out while her new owner was driving on the freeway. Given how she mimicked a failed starting engine for her first line, chances are it was a serious problem with the electrical system. This car represents the depressed. Life speeds past these people, because they can't get started.
Third car: “I come from Kasi, Missouri. I got my kicks out on Route 66, every truck stop from Butte to MO. Motown to Old Alabama. From Texarkana and east of Savannah
From Tampa to old Kokomo.” His owner was a definite drifter and rode all around the states, especially on every stop you can think of on Route 66. He was driven hard and fast until his axiles busted. He probably rode on a very rough patch of road and was structurally damaged. This car represents the drifters, who drift along without any point, never rooting down. But, he clearly has an appreciation and zest for life. As he is on the conveyor belt, he is seen turning his wheel in a vein attempt to get off of the belt. He can’t turn, because he is old and beat up.
Fourth Car: “I once ran the Indy 500. I must confess I'm impressed how I did and I wonder how close that I came. Now I get a sinking sensation. I was the top of the line, out of sight; out of mind so much for fortune and fame.” This oldie was a top of the line race car and genuine contender for the Indianapolis 500 during his last run. He likely lost control when his wheels failed (note his missing wheels on one side). He skid out of control. I'd say he managed to avoid crashing and killing the driver. The car was deemed a failure by whoever built him and he was mothballed. This car represents the has-beens who were once famous or important, but have been tossed aside.
Fifth and Sixth related. The fifth car says “Once took a Texan to a wedding, once took a Texan to a wedding. He kept forgetting, his loneliness letting his thoughts turn to home and we turned.” The sixth car said “I took a man to a graveyard. I beg your pardon, it's quite hard enough just living with the stuff I have learned.” After the fifth car is placed on the conveyor belt, the sixth car is placed on top of the fifth car and the two are crushed together. That was probably to represent the fact that the two drove the same man. The Texan probably died while driving the fifth car and the sixth car was likely a funeral hearse which drove the Texan’s dead body to the funeral.
Fifth Car: This limo was taking a Texan man to his best friends wedding. The mention of lonliness gives me the impression that the Texan likely was not the groom. This guy was forgetting something due to feeling lonely. I get the vibe that he was showing up for a friend's wedding, and just couldn't take the feeling that he was still single and alone while his friend was happy with a new wife. He forgot about his obligation out of pain, and demanded to be turned around. This car represents the uncommitted, who are unable to commit to their relationships or love. Based on how dented the limo was, I would assume that the Texan died while riding in the limo. Which leads to...
Sixth Car: The last line of the fifth car felt unfinished. Regardless, the Hearse was there to take the Texan to his funeral, but got into his own accident on the way. It's hard to see but you can see serious dents and a busted headlight in his front. I think he might have gotten stuck in another accident on the way to the funeral, and he saw that the coffin he was carrying was filled with a dead man when it accidentally burst open. He learned that death touched humans too, and he couldn't live with this knowledge.
Seventh car: “Once drove a surfer to Sunset, there were bikinis and buns, there were weenies. Fellini just couldn't forget. Pico, let's go up to Zuma, Pico, let's go up to Zuma.
From Zuma to Yuma the rumor was I had a hand in the lay of the land. Get up and go hit the highway.” This one was owned by a college male. This guy was very likely laid back dude who liked surfin and goofing around with his friend Pico. The car had dings and dents from a few fender benders, but her master treated her well and took her everywhere. He was likely a campus legend, but she remembers him as the master who shredded waves from Zuma Beach to kayaking on the Colorado at Yuma. Based on the clearly bitten surf board, I am guessing that the master was eaten by a shark. His mourning family scrapped the car with the surf board. This car represents the traumatized, people who suffer from mental illness or trauma and are unable to cope.
Eight car: “I worked on a reservation. Who would believe they would love me and leave
On a bus back to old Santa Fe? Once in an Indian Nation. I took the kids on the skids where the Hopi was happy 'til I heard 'em say...
The rest of the things in the junk yard say:
"You're worthless."
This car worked on what was likely the Hopi and Tewa reservation as an impromptu bus for the community. He was likely used frequently by one family in particular, who used him to take their kids out of the place and for long haul goods carting. He grew to love that family, in particular the kids. He was a tough and reliable old truck with at least some more time in him left, but his heart broke when that family chose to ditch him and leave the reservation. He took them out to the skids, thinking he was just taking the kids out there to play like usual. They then got on a long bus to Santa Fe, and called the reservation and himself by extension worthless. He couldn't take this rejection and essentially refused to work out of depression. There was this one detail that is very easy to miss if you do not pay attention. I probably would not have noticed it if people on the internet had not pointed it out. As the magnet waves over this car, the truck drives off screan and is seen parked on the conveyor belt in the next scene. He was about to die, but chose to go out on his own terms, because the last thing that he would want to do is give the crane the satisfaction of knowing that he (the crane) is what sent him (the car) to his death. His musical number that he sings to achive a catharsis before his death is just as sad as that of the rest of the cars, but for a different reason. For the rest of the cars, they were sad, because they weren’t ready to die and they all tried in vein to resist it. This one was actually capable of resisting it, but he didn’t. His story was depressing in a “I am so sick of life” kind of way. This car represents the elderly, who were loved by their families, but age has made them worthless.
All of these cars represent a collective experience of the way depression affects the mind. Each one has a story and even achievements. Each one has a life: but despite any of it, they are 'worthless'. The crusher is a symbol for death and suicide. The conveyor belt a symbol of struggle. All vehicles (aside form the last) attempt to resist it. This means that each car represents different levels of depression, from mild to severe. And each is handicapt so that it cannot escape the crusher. This is what depression actually does to a healthy mind. The knowledge of being loved and having some sense of worth disappears, you become drained of energy, and you become blinded to the truth of your own value. You stop bathing, sometimes even 'getting started' on anything. Left untreated, and especially if the sufferer finds confirmation, the feeling of being worthless ends in suicide.
This is a great theory, but I would say the 6th car is trauma, the whole "I beg your pardon, it's quite hard enough just living with the stuff I have learned.” tells me it seen some fucked up shit and couldn't stop thinking of it, thus being traumatized
While the 7th car is more so about someone who had no meaning in life outside of a interest, going back and forth from Zuma to Yuma, and once that changed (Either by the owner changing interest or by a shark related accident) they had no meaning and became worthless
Car #2 ("Can't seem to get started") might have had a fuel line break.
Car #8 (the truck) also sounded like a shotgun blast when he was crushed, and before all his parts fell on Toaster & Company.
I have to point out, though: despite all of the cars dying in the crusher, Toaster & Company (and Rob) did not. Why? Toaster *threw himself face first into the gears.* Rob was not even harmed one bit, and then Toaster somehow ended up being repaired, so it was not death for Toaster. Rob has gotta be one heck of a repairman.
10/10 comment, I’m not even joking, this is the best comment I’ve ever seen
So, this song is a metaphor for depression?
To be honest now that i think of it this way, cars tell a story, so why abandon them?
guys. think about it though.
if these things were human
it would just be lines of broken people lamenting their lives before getting executed and dumped in a mass grave
seriously
wtf
And having their organs harvested to make new people
that sounds oddly right. ware do you think those cubes go
Good question. Probably just to be remelted into other metals.
if not humans, just Androids. I have the Inspirations for a story!!
Cool
I love how the guy who likes his old things, he shows that he loves his things and makes sure to take care of them.
3:27 the limo and the hearse were both used by the same "texan" thats why the 2 cars die at the same time. Symbolic.
Oh shit. This song just gets darker the closer you look.
Nick Voncloft
How did you find that? I can't hear the connection
Limo:
"Once took a Texan to a wedding
Once took a Texan to a wedding
He kept forgetting, his loneliness letting
His thoughts turn to home and we turned"
He was going to a wedding, got cold feet, headed back home...
Hearse:
"I took a man to a graveyard
I beg your pardon, it's quite hard enough
Just living with the stuff I have learned"
He never made it back home.
Not only that, but most of these cars owners probably died. The Surfer car's surfboard has a massive shark bite taken out of it. Owner most likely died from shark attack.
Then there is the Race Car.
"I once ran the Indy 500
I must confess I'm impressed how I did
*And I wonder how close that I came*
Now I get a sinking sensation
I was the top of the line, out of sight out of mind
So much for fortune and fame"
He never finished the race, he was totaled and due to the older design of the race car, the driver probably didn't make it.
He headed back home, as in present tense of doing so at the time.. He could of gotten into a wreck, died, and had the hearse take him to the funeral. never says he made it home, just the act of going home.
Or maybe he made it home, his Loneliness got the better of him, got depressed and committed suicide and the hearse drove him,
As for the limo, it's a rental it get old, took too much to cost for upkeep and repair... It broke down and that's the most traumatic memories of many it remembers and is the one it had to get off is chest
Idk I was drunk at the time of the writing when I came to the theory lol
You could still be right.
This is the Happiest Song I've EVER heard! Fun for the Whole Family!
Alex's Art and Games Channel was this sarcastic?
Alex's Art and Games Channel SLANDER AND LIEEEEEES
This movie is the core of my childhood. It’s till a masterpiece with my adult eyes. That magnet has more threathening aura than many supervillains.
This is literally a perfect example of "When you're happy you enjoy the music, when you're sad you understand the lyrics"
1:07 I love how the sounds of the Crusher just adds to the buildup of the song. Clever writing right there.
Reminds me of a track from the Cave Story OST... not sure which one though...
The fifth and sixth could be telling the story of the same person. Hence the guy bailing out of his wedding and maybe doing himself in due to depression and loneliness, explaining why the two cars are taken to the crusher in the same sequence and crushed together.
I always just assumed it was because they were both dealing with entirely different tracks of life-- marriage, which is equated to life and birth of a new life, and death-- and yet both ended up at the same end. The vehicles even look similar, other than color.
Dude holy shit.
I think they’re cubed in the same time because Weddings and Funerals are (almost) opposites,one is where people wear white and other war black.
I actually looked into it. When the car sings “turned” it means they crashed and died. The hearse sings about taking the same man to his funeral
Someone else in the comments pointed out this before but I'll point it out again... "I took at Texan to a wedding.." and "I took a man to a graveyard..." cars follow the exact same pattern through the junkyard before getting dumped on the conveyer. They were both carrying the same person.
even the same movie to top it all off
Even in the same planet to top it all off
It’s so strange how I ended up here. This song was stuck in my head for the past 48 hours and I couldn’t figure out where it was from. I started browsing random movies from my childhood, starting with “Little Shop of Horrors”… I eventually made my way to this video. I was super stoked when the music started up because it was going to drive me crazy. Glad I can finally put a name to this incredible song 😂
The soundtrack is available here too
The Cars prequel is pretty hardcore.
You know the theory that the Cars took over the world after killing all the humans? If this is how they were treated I don’t blame them.
i sugest loojing up the delited scenes
@@abaxcool1323 what about it?
Looks more like Toy story
lol i can just imagine them doing this today and smashing lighting ma queen xd
Y a k n o w f o r *k i d s*
After all, this is for kids but in the international dubs with the higher pitch, Ernie literally pulled up photos of a lady with stars censoring something inappropriate
I R O N Y
a bedtime story for small appliances (=
I love how it's both catchy and low-key the saddest goddamn thing I've ever seen.
This song always gets me...