How To Get Your Son To Remove His Halloween Costume

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  • Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
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  • @patrickwhelpley1745
    @patrickwhelpley1745 5 лет назад +1098

    I like how the doctor gets a few words in before everything goes off the rails. The final 30 seconds he’s just sitting there watching the chaos like the rest of us.

  • @johnsquarez6806
    @johnsquarez6806 6 лет назад +1127

    Wow Tom Holland is great

    • @vyl4650
      @vyl4650 4 года назад +24

      And he looks so mature too!

  • @RivasSarah123
    @RivasSarah123 8 лет назад +918

    This is probably my favorite one they ever did. I love the idea a newscaster would devote an entire segment to trying to parent her kid.

    • @howard5992
      @howard5992 3 месяца назад +1

      plus she threatens to put him in the "silence chest" again !

  • @ec1385
    @ec1385 5 лет назад +1559

    Classic case of the over-commercialization of Halloween. What do you want to bet that Spencer knows none of the traditional Halloween songs or the importance of making propitiating sacrifices to the dark lord Algol?

    • @alanarmstrong3186
      @alanarmstrong3186 4 года назад +29

      had me in the first half

    • @hawkrochester297
      @hawkrochester297 3 года назад +5

      I just had a laughgasm

    • @TheGoddamnJefe
      @TheGoddamnJefe 3 года назад +27

      Exactly. That’s what’s wrong with this country these days. We have all forgotten our core traditional American values.

    • @CaveraGamerzZ
      @CaveraGamerzZ 2 года назад +21

      Smh kids these days don't know the thrill of slicing your first goat's throat and bathing in its blood to show the dark lord you commit your body and soul to him to do as he pleases. Nor the feeling of sleeping terrified for your life because you felt sorry for your dog as he was dismembered and eaten by the village

    • @Caleb-hs1dl
      @Caleb-hs1dl 2 года назад +2

      this comment, it’s perfect

  • @shawnstruck
    @shawnstruck 11 лет назад +2017

    Silence TRUNK?! Man, kids this days are so CODDLED. I was put in a silence DITCH, and I turned out just fine.

    • @TheMamaluigi300
      @TheMamaluigi300 5 лет назад +45

      My mom threw me right into a silence hole leading to hell. Both of you are pussies

    • @Sumschmuck
      @Sumschmuck 4 года назад +79

      Back when I was a youngin we were shoved in the silence coffin and left in a steam room

    • @gregoryeverson741
      @gregoryeverson741 4 года назад +19

      my mom would make me sit and watch her TV programs with her if i was naughty, after a TV shows, i started to like Golden Girls, HAHA

    • @ivanmegafanboy1981
      @ivanmegafanboy1981 4 года назад +1

      @@Sumschmuck Why did you do this?

    • @Sumschmuck
      @Sumschmuck 4 года назад +1

      @@ivanmegafanboy1981 do what?

  • @TommyBShow
    @TommyBShow 11 лет назад +505

    Lol the silence trunk. Holy crap hahaha.

  • @olaoluwaafolayan6554
    @olaoluwaafolayan6554 4 года назад +275

    “There’s no such thing as heroism in real life.” God that was the best!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @DDosAndDonts
      @DDosAndDonts 3 месяца назад +1

      caught me off guard lol

  • @myXusername
    @myXusername 11 лет назад +294

    "sit down right now or I'll break the rest of your toys on purpose" I'd call that bargaining XD

    • @donovanumbra9704
      @donovanumbra9704 2 месяца назад

      Kind of implies she's done it "on accident" before😂😂

  • @helloofthebeach
    @helloofthebeach 11 лет назад +503

    Wow, I'm not used to having the expert be the straight man, this is a really good sketch!

    • @FirstnameLastname-kn5sw
      @FirstnameLastname-kn5sw 4 года назад +3

      Gamble a stamp.

    • @arikalamari19
      @arikalamari19 2 года назад +4

      how do you know he is straight?

    • @absolutelysearchingmyreality
      @absolutelysearchingmyreality 2 года назад +47

      @@arikalamari19 idk if this is a joke but "straight man" is a comedy term that basically refers to the sane person in the scene.

    • @TheFriendlyGod
      @TheFriendlyGod Год назад +22

      ​@@absolutelysearchingmyreality idk if this is a joke but "straight man" can also sometimes refer to an adult male human who is heterosexual

    • @alfredotebasco
      @alfredotebasco Год назад +26

      ​@@TheFriendlyGod Idk if this is a joke but "straight man" can also refer to a man who is physically straight

  • @KakkoiiSasuke
    @KakkoiiSasuke 11 лет назад +146

    Yes, that is exactly the kind of mother I always envisioned her to be. (They should do this show MORE)

  • @swilson3d
    @swilson3d 11 лет назад +826

    What is my mom doing on the Onion?

  • @takeshiasahi5494
    @takeshiasahi5494 3 года назад +90

    Mom...."do u want me to yell at you before the entire country"
    Spencer..... silently sits down.

  • @jjmboston5832
    @jjmboston5832 2 года назад +113

    this one and the "Finding Masculine Halloween Costumes For Your Effeminate Son" are my two go back to vids each year during this time.

    • @daywidd
      @daywidd 4 месяца назад +2

      what about the 'is halloween over-commercialised' in the know panel video

    • @annaf3915
      @annaf3915 3 месяца назад +2

      That one!! 15 years and two kids later I finally have a son who likes to dress up as Elsa. I might have stopped after the first child if not for this sketch. Thank you, Onion!

  • @elmerfuddgantry8946
    @elmerfuddgantry8946 9 лет назад +137

    Who among can honestly say that they liked the silence trunk?

    • @inspectorjavert8443
      @inspectorjavert8443 8 лет назад +22

      I did, I loved it so much I crawl in there sometimes with my special friends that I meet at the bars and clubs. But they don't like it much...
      For legal purposes I'm just kidding.

    • @SilverbackGorilla69
      @SilverbackGorilla69 5 лет назад +14

      It taught be valuable lessons, but it also taught me to hate.

    • @sloth_army1709
      @sloth_army1709 3 года назад +10

      AMOUNG US???????

    • @fjdkfdfjdf33
      @fjdkfdfjdf33 2 месяца назад

      where can you buy one?

  • @JonValtandtheEvilRobots
    @JonValtandtheEvilRobots 2 года назад +16

    “That there’s no such thing as heroism in real life…..” 🤣🤣

  • @moistnugget4147
    @moistnugget4147 4 года назад +45

    "Do you want to be put in the silence trunk again?"
    now that's some mothering

    • @paulyou4629
      @paulyou4629 3 года назад +2

      Not so fun fact - a child actually died in my home country because of this. The mother is now in jail.

    • @moistnugget4147
      @moistnugget4147 3 года назад +11

      @@paulyou4629 You don't want to be put in the silence trunk, do you?

  • @joiedeceivre
    @joiedeceivre 11 лет назад +72

    i think in our hearts we are all spiderman

    • @spare7230
      @spare7230 6 лет назад +4

      joiedeceivre D E E P
      I N S I G H T I N T O T H E M E A N I N G O F L I F E
      Am I right or am I right?
      Oh shit 4 year old comment uhhhhh... It was an accident...?

    • @wolfie8012
      @wolfie8012 5 лет назад

      Fuck that shit

  • @stinkyham9050
    @stinkyham9050 2 года назад +48

    I went out on Halloween when I was 5 year old as a socially awkward nervous guy with no friends. 37 years year later I'm still wearing that costume.

    • @flat-earther
      @flat-earther Год назад +1

      hi stinkyham, have you become a flat earther yet?

  • @porschetorch
    @porschetorch 11 лет назад +141

    We should really start voting up the comments that don't realize these videos are a joke. They're just too good to be condemned to oblivion by downvotes

  • @taputechnic
    @taputechnic 11 лет назад +207

    Did you try showing Spencer "Spiderman 3"?

    • @leelongvideo
      @leelongvideo 8 лет назад +32

      taputechnic That's child abuse.

    • @TheMamaluigi300
      @TheMamaluigi300 5 лет назад +13

      leelongvideo Oh shoot, you’re right! Put him in a BabySafe Ball and shake him
      While Spider-Man 3 is playing

    • @domesticcat1725
      @domesticcat1725 4 года назад +10

      @@leelongvideo nah mate we loved that movie as kids

    • @man-who-sold-the-world
      @man-who-sold-the-world 4 года назад +8

      Spiderman 3 was good.

    • @zinniaq3020
      @zinniaq3020 4 года назад +4

      Spiderman 3 is a cult classic. Much better than the amazing spiderman series

  • @ecos889
    @ecos889 11 лет назад +20

    That poor mom. Her plight is now open to see through the whole world.

    • @dondraper4438
      @dondraper4438 11 лет назад +3

      It's a fake news report lol. Meant to get some laughs

    • @ecos889
      @ecos889 11 лет назад +6

      I know it was a joke in relation to it. The essence being that the kid deserves pity not the mom.

  • @TheOnion
    @TheOnion  11 лет назад +88

    From The Archives: How To Get Your Son To Remove His Halloween Costume
    Subscribe to The Onion's RUclips Channel bit.ly/xzrBUA

  • @igoronline
    @igoronline 11 лет назад +46

    Aah The Onion, despite the laws of thermodynamics you just keep getting better.

  • @LordSandwichII
    @LordSandwichII 8 лет назад +37

    1:43 Ooh, that's gonna drop you a few places on the overall Mom leaderboard...

    • @Sumschmuck
      @Sumschmuck 4 года назад

      How?

    • @nicknamed1267
      @nicknamed1267 11 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@Sumschmuckidk, but intentionally breaking your kids entire set of toys and then locking them in a trunk for misbehaving doesn't strike me as top tier parenting tbh.

    • @Sumschmuck
      @Sumschmuck 11 месяцев назад

      @@nicknamed1267 alright It's been 3 years, what was my original stance?

    • @nicknamed1267
      @nicknamed1267 11 месяцев назад

      @@Sumschmuck idk, I figured you were just asking a question lol, not sure if there was a stance, unless it was rhetorical.

    • @Sumschmuck
      @Sumschmuck 11 месяцев назад

      @@nicknamed1267 i don't even remember. I don't even watch the onion anymore. Nowadays I'm strictly Babylon bee

  • @inspectorjavert8443
    @inspectorjavert8443 7 лет назад +102

    I laughed out loud at this video, and I woke up my mom who put me in the silence trunk...

  • @customtoggle7938
    @customtoggle7938 4 года назад +31

    That kid must have had the time of his life filming this lol

    • @endersdragon34
      @endersdragon34 19 дней назад

      Well.... Until he got put into the silence trunk

  • @leonhart423
    @leonhart423 11 лет назад +80

    I have this same problem with my cousins, I found that lighting their costume on fire worked quite well at getting the little shits out of 'em and into some real god damn clothes.

    • @CaveraGamerzZ
      @CaveraGamerzZ 2 года назад

      How do you do it? I usually pour gasoline into them and if they manage to take their clothes of, great! If they don't, great!

  • @LaughingManRa
    @LaughingManRa 11 лет назад +17

    Man, the host's acting was excellent in this one.

  • @PandaMikey05
    @PandaMikey05 4 года назад +5

    I think they got a real child psychologist and didn't tell him what was gonna happen

  • @Steve27775
    @Steve27775 11 лет назад +8

    You know, the silence trunk actually works. I put my son in there 3 days ago and... not a peep.

  • @jeremym8490
    @jeremym8490 11 лет назад +16

    "The silence trunk" lol brutal.

  • @ImperialCeaser
    @ImperialCeaser 11 лет назад +15

    Still Has On His Costume. Cause Nobody Puts Spencer In A Corner

  • @justacup8676
    @justacup8676 6 лет назад +8

    I love the kid’s middle name (Heathcliff). So cute!

  • @tambert3897
    @tambert3897 2 года назад +2

    The mom is just feeding into her son's imagination. He's pretending she's a supervillain that must be stopped.

    • @flat-earther
      @flat-earther Год назад

      LoL
      BTW tamber, have you become a flat earther yet?

  • @avocadomonkey4892
    @avocadomonkey4892 2 года назад +9

    Is there anything Tracy can't do?
    I hope there are photos of the silence trunk in her biography ...

  • @soupbowl2750
    @soupbowl2750 4 года назад +2

    where was this video when my little brother couldn't go anywhere without his batman mask

  • @knight-mares
    @knight-mares 6 лет назад +5

    Me as a kid! I also rocked a batman suit and went just about everywhere as spidy.

  • @tranquilrabies
    @tranquilrabies Год назад +1

    What a sweet mother-son interaction.

  • @iosifstalin2501
    @iosifstalin2501 Год назад +3

    "or i will break the rest of your toys on purpose!" that implies that she broke some of them on purpose lmfao

    • @flat-earther
      @flat-earther Год назад

      LoL
      BTW losifstalin, what do you think about all gubments drawing a line around you and saying you are not allowed to leave?(Antarctic Treaty) If you don't know what I mean, read my about tab.

    • @iosifstalin2501
      @iosifstalin2501 Год назад +2

      @@flat-earther i think you should stop with cocaine

    • @KilluaZoldyck-y3f
      @KilluaZoldyck-y3f 5 месяцев назад

      @@iosifstalin2501
      It's a comedy account!

  • @Kyle-tt1lv
    @Kyle-tt1lv 4 года назад +69

    I think it's brave that the child is deciding for himself his true identity.

    • @hastyhillfarmand4x480
      @hastyhillfarmand4x480 Год назад

      Her wanting him to take it off is down right child abuse.

    • @gomongio
      @gomongio Год назад

      Little shit is not even wearing the mask!!! His logic kinda reminds me of DC executives and creators pretending that glasses can totally conceal your secret identity. Aaaah, zoomanity!

  • @PhilMoskowitz
    @PhilMoskowitz 2 года назад +2

    Yet his Dad refuses to remove his lucky Red Sox World Series underwear he's worn since 2004.

  • @cmilla111
    @cmilla111 3 года назад +24

    I keep trying to tell my son that people only do "nice things" because unconsciously it makes them feel better about themselves so in actuality most good deeds are just self-gratifying acts of narcissism. But the little bastard never listens.

    • @kills26
      @kills26 2 года назад

      Yeah children just do not understand that there is no such thing as altruism. Naïve happy optimistic little sh*ts that they are.

    • @mark9294
      @mark9294 Месяц назад

      Well that message doesn’t really make a whole lot of sense

  • @Lauren007E
    @Lauren007E Год назад +1

    Well, no wonder spencer wants to be Spiderman lol

  • @CarloEPean
    @CarloEPean 5 лет назад +2

    Why aren't we talking about poor Dr. Kareem and the awkwardness we all know of trying to be invisible while someone poorly disciplines their child?

  • @lostonthemoon5074
    @lostonthemoon5074 4 года назад +3

    Ah yes the old time out spot,
    The trunk of my mom's car.
    Good times.

  • @nmills5367
    @nmills5367 11 лет назад +4

    Back in my day, the silence trunk was called the "Boo Box".

  • @MaxBulletGames
    @MaxBulletGames 9 лет назад +15

    silence trunk wtf😂

  • @garycrowder
    @garycrowder 4 года назад +2

    That went well.

  • @endersdragon34
    @endersdragon34 19 дней назад

    They should have had a follow-up "How to convince DPS you were only kidding about the silence trunk"

  • @BigMastah79
    @BigMastah79 5 лет назад +6

    “Do you want me to put you in the Silence trunk again?”
    😳

  • @pikpik42
    @pikpik42 Год назад

    what a sweet and loving mother she is

  • @dwgangsat
    @dwgangsat 11 лет назад +4

    I'm familiar with the Onion but at first I thought this was real until the subscribe button appeared. I was so blown

  • @TaylorTheWall
    @TaylorTheWall 11 лет назад +5

    I could really go for a refreshing 7up Ten at the moment.

  • @JABS991
    @JABS991 5 лет назад +3

    Pulp Fiction had a Silence Trunk.

  • @listenherejack
    @listenherejack 11 лет назад +2

    But the robot suit on my effeminate son is working wonders. He hasn't skipped or pranced around like a fairy in days.

  • @mark9294
    @mark9294 Месяц назад

    How come I never saw this one? This is gold!

  • @chesleycareystar
    @chesleycareystar 11 лет назад +1

    This is a serious matter.

  • @rc7618
    @rc7618 4 года назад +9

    It’s great to see Tracy lose her cool. 😂😂😂

    • @rc7618
      @rc7618 3 года назад

      @Need2connect
      😂😂😂😂 Thanks for the clarification Xoxoxo

  • @itisnotmeMARCO
    @itisnotmeMARCO 11 лет назад

    They are the only news source that correctly predicts the news before it happens.

  • @kamstewart7755
    @kamstewart7755 4 года назад +6

    We found the only saine character in the onion universe 😂

  • @lydiazap7243
    @lydiazap7243 4 года назад +11

    maybe he likes Spider-Man so much because Spider-Man's mother is dead

  • @sechernbiw3321
    @sechernbiw3321 Год назад +2

    The world needs more heroes. Don't take off the costume Spencer. Never take off the costume. The world needs you. Devote your life to showing the world that with great power comes great responsibility. Never compromise your ideals. Why do we want the kid to compromise his ideals? What kind of villains are we? This is what Hannah Arendt was talking about when she wrote of the banality of evil.

  • @veggiet2009
    @veggiet2009 2 месяца назад

    I feel like someone wants to grow up to be a nemesis

  • @jerryking296
    @jerryking296 3 года назад

    Wow that went sideways really fast!!! Kid is a fantastic actor!!!

  • @unknownandunnamed
    @unknownandunnamed 11 лет назад +1

    Just like the good old days of The Onion interview segments. Fucking hilarious.

  • @lulucalliope713
    @lulucalliope713 6 дней назад

    Instructions unclear, broke neighborhood kid's toys

  • @Kidbuu4163
    @Kidbuu4163 11 лет назад

    I haven't watched the union in a long time. I fucking love what they have done with the annotations

  • @patrickmccutcheon8860
    @patrickmccutcheon8860 Год назад +1

    “Is it not enough that I told him to take the goddamned thing off?!”

  • @aaronlaluzerne6639
    @aaronlaluzerne6639 2 года назад +1

    I see that the kid was token away by child protective services.

  • @xplosivelilly
    @xplosivelilly 11 лет назад +2

    man, i miss the old onion!!! this was so funny!

    • @justinnyugen7015
      @justinnyugen7015 2 года назад

      Back when they had a budget. Now it’s text to speech crap

  • @santa6688
    @santa6688 11 лет назад

    Today Now is my favorite morning talk show

  • @waffles4670
    @waffles4670 3 года назад

    how to get your son to remove his halloween costume:
    2 words
    bullet

  • @Ixarus6713
    @Ixarus6713 Год назад

    "Stubborn little guy"
    😂😂😂😍

  • @mikeblank7165
    @mikeblank7165 4 года назад

    I always hid a small flashlight & a comic book in my silence trunk.

  • @atheistpsyconaut42
    @atheistpsyconaut42 11 лет назад

    Silence trunk... ahh the memories.

  • @bung20
    @bung20 3 года назад

    This is too close to home, I mean prancing around in a Spiderman costumes

  • @MartinLarsson
    @MartinLarsson 11 лет назад

    I thought The Onion made satirical pieces. This just seems like it's been taken from real life.

  • @sotijas
    @sotijas 11 лет назад

    they usually say "click the annotation to see blah blah" when there is one
    at which point you can just turn them on

  • @AdultWereWolfPackLeader
    @AdultWereWolfPackLeader 29 дней назад

    *scoffs* let the boy wear his SpiderMan costume FOREVER!

  • @missiontobeaman3111
    @missiontobeaman3111 5 лет назад +31

    *You’re not even wearing the mask!*

    • @IamBHM
      @IamBHM 4 года назад +4

      That mom is truly a great arguer. She poked holes all though her son's counter-arguments with ruthless efficiency!

    • @Nitropapx
      @Nitropapx 4 года назад

      It's not a mask it's a helmet

    • @missiontobeaman3111
      @missiontobeaman3111 4 года назад

      Jaxon Killam dude Spider-Man totally wears a mask. Iron man wears a helmet.

    • @Nitropapx
      @Nitropapx 4 года назад

      I am not Jackson I am Tony Stark idiot in Spiderman wears a helmet not a mask

  • @Yaalah
    @Yaalah 11 лет назад

    It takes off the spidey costume or else it gets the trunk again.

  • @etypefan1
    @etypefan1 11 лет назад +2

    This is pretty much how i pictured her as a mom now what kind of dad would the guy be? And what would his kid(s) be like?

  • @stellarfirefly
    @stellarfirefly 11 лет назад

    What's more entertaining than an Onion video? People in comments letting others know that it is fake. After over 5 years of them.

  • @michaelmurray258
    @michaelmurray258 10 месяцев назад

    This is how Ruby Franke first got started...

  • @ricpad8871
    @ricpad8871 4 года назад

    Also fumny when you take the parenting advice onion sketch into consideration

  • @lonestargazer9255
    @lonestargazer9255 4 года назад +1

    This has been my life for the past 3 years, I was hoping to get some real tips on what to do

  • @LosDog
    @LosDog 11 лет назад +1

    finally a good parenting vid

  • @jcrowley1985
    @jcrowley1985 11 лет назад

    I'm sure he'll take it off after his grandfather's funeral.

  • @funman2100
    @funman2100 11 лет назад

    I remember doing this with my spider man costume when i was a little kid to.

  • @DonPetals
    @DonPetals 11 лет назад

    Not the silence truck, never again.

  • @skylarfoxy6908
    @skylarfoxy6908 2 года назад +1

    Yall this was me when I was like five. I refused to go to the pool unless I had my dinosaur costume on.

    • @flat-earther
      @flat-earther Год назад

      hi skylarfoxy, have you become a flat earther yet?

    • @skylarfoxy6908
      @skylarfoxy6908 Год назад

      Nope@@flat-earther

    • @flat-earther
      @flat-earther Год назад

      @@skylarfoxy6908 okay. BTW skylarfoxy, what do you think about all gubments drawing a line around you and saying you are not allowed to leave?(Antarctic Treaty) If you don't know what I mean, read my about tab.

  • @qpol
    @qpol 2 года назад

    today is the 9th anniversary of this video

    • @flat-earther
      @flat-earther Год назад

      hi qpol, have you become a flat earther yet?

  • @Synnerization
    @Synnerization 8 лет назад

    So that's where my mom learned about the silence trunk!!

  • @broadcast770
    @broadcast770 4 года назад

    She should of called doctor strange hes good at bargains

  • @MintMovies
    @MintMovies 11 лет назад +15

    Hmm... something tells me she never wanted advice in the first place (I know this is the onion).

  • @schlam9320
    @schlam9320 11 лет назад +10

    The sad this is that this isn't that far from the truth.. in fact, probably a lot more PC than reality haha

  • @NautyEskimo
    @NautyEskimo 11 лет назад

    NO....NOT THE SILENCE TRUNK!!!!!!ANYTHING BUT THAT!

  • @hanaisweird
    @hanaisweird 11 лет назад +11

    This mom isnt even an exaggeration of some parents I see in public! Some people just sholdn't reproduce :P

  • @pvshka
    @pvshka 4 года назад

    "Hi mom!" LOL

  • @iILMeeL
    @iILMeeL 11 лет назад

    lol the silence trunk