Monster Factory: Recreating a Beloved Sitcom in The Sims 4

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  • Опубликовано: 28 май 2015
  • Justin and Griffin turn their dark Monster Factory arts toward The Sims 4, and recreate a beloved television sitcom in the process.
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  • @justaddwater6644
    @justaddwater6644 6 лет назад +1687

    The way Griffin's brain works is beautiful.
    Justin: "She got deported."
    Griffin: "To space?"

  • @Jack_Cats
    @Jack_Cats 4 года назад +321

    They were so close to calling it "My Father, My Father, and Me"

  • @TheAnjelHarte
    @TheAnjelHarte 7 лет назад +3277

    "can we flirt with death"
    griffin sure loves to answer his own questions across content boundaries

    • @Valtharr
      @Valtharr 5 лет назад +238

      well, to be fair, it was Justin who answered that question

    • @scheyeguy2479
      @scheyeguy2479 5 лет назад +13

      Thank you for making my day

    • @CoRLex-jh5vx
      @CoRLex-jh5vx 5 лет назад +76

      @@Valtharr further proof that they all share one brain

    • @kristinad4810
      @kristinad4810 4 года назад +6

      That was my first thought

    • @fairuzmanuzman4811
      @fairuzmanuzman4811 4 года назад +1

      Flint725 total eclipse of the heart

  • @Ends_Of_Invention
    @Ends_Of_Invention 8 лет назад +2784

    The name "Daytrader Vader" doesn't get the appreciation from Griffin that it deserves.

    • @CoRLex-jh5vx
      @CoRLex-jh5vx 5 лет назад +83

      I'd heard the name daytrader vader years before I even knew who the mcelroys were. None of my friends knew them, I had literally no link to them and I somehow knew that name. That name was technically my first introduction to the mcelroys, and deserves recognition for that

    • @leiram8833
      @leiram8833 3 года назад +47

      @@CoRLex-jh5vx Is it maybe because Daytrader Vader catfished you online for pokemon cards?

    • @CoRLex-jh5vx
      @CoRLex-jh5vx 3 года назад +25

      @@leiram8833 .........brb gotta do some hypnotherapy real quick to unlock these secret memories

  • @FSEThompson
    @FSEThompson 6 лет назад +1560

    "Now can we flirt with death?"
    -Taako Taaco, The Adventure Zone, 2016

  • @sinnerssandwich4140
    @sinnerssandwich4140 5 лет назад +986

    Can't believe that Daytrader Vader is a much more accurate Artemis Fowl than the film version

    • @ethanritterbusch8910
      @ethanritterbusch8910 4 года назад +24

      Isabella Tiberi TRUTH

    • @frnk8650
      @frnk8650 4 года назад +31

      i can’t stop thinking about this comment

    • @literalruleslawyer
      @literalruleslawyer 4 года назад +5

      and percy jackson

    • @sycastells1212
      @sycastells1212 4 года назад +27

      I like how you made this comment a year ago and it's accurate

    • @ollieno971
      @ollieno971 3 года назад +7

      @@literalruleslawyer what does it have to do with Percy Jackson?

  • @ariw9370
    @ariw9370 8 лет назад +2768

    "That's where the squared comes in, because 2 squared is 3." i love this series so much

    • @haiironi
      @haiironi 7 лет назад +23

      2 squared is 2x2. that's 4

    • @brunamesq5070
      @brunamesq5070 7 лет назад +337

      that's the joke.

    • @thefinalpam6347
      @thefinalpam6347 7 лет назад +57

      Nightcore lover It's… It's a joke.

    • @vexced8753
      @vexced8753 7 лет назад +96

      This is why you don't listen to nightcore

    • @vexced8753
      @vexced8753 6 лет назад +14

      Did Greenleaf17 I don't think so, look at their channel. They've got roblox videos with misspelled titles.

  • @matthillfromcollege4109
    @matthillfromcollege4109 7 лет назад +2464

    I think the mother's name was Ruth Vader Chinsberg

    • @mmots1294
      @mmots1294 5 лет назад +75

      This is a very underrated comment

    • @clumsysilence
      @clumsysilence 5 лет назад +96

      hey im a representative of Harvard u want a scholarship ?

    • @taakotuesdays
      @taakotuesdays 4 года назад +20

      You absolute genius

    • @IIocust
      @IIocust 3 года назад +18

      i saw this comment & gasped aloud. im going 2 b thinking ab this 4 the next 15yrs of my life thank u

    • @IIocust
      @IIocust 3 года назад +4

      @@wizardbugs YKNOW IT DIDNT AND I WISH IT DID

  • @liamh1621
    @liamh1621 6 лет назад +1332

    I can't believe the McElroys created Boss Baby

    • @WolfgirlAidan
      @WolfgirlAidan 4 года назад +10

      Fuck, that'd be a much better movie if they had though, huh? XD

    • @Nono-Bunny
      @Nono-Bunny 3 года назад +2

      I'm like 99% sure they actually fully did come up with a similar idea in a MBMBaM episode a couple of years before the movie came out, so, yeah, they sorta did lmao!

  • @BeepDerpify
    @BeepDerpify 9 лет назад +3655

    "Now that's a boy that I can get into"

    • @ecto_boy
      @ecto_boy 7 лет назад +53

      Yum

    • @OliveGarden420
      @OliveGarden420 7 лет назад +40

      Pemphro I knew this would be the top comment

    • @kerokerobonita
      @kerokerobonita 7 лет назад +83

      Pemphro GRIFFIN NO!!!!!

    • @gumjack
      @gumjack 7 лет назад +56

      boy's soul* excuse you

    • @STRIKR-dq7rj
      @STRIKR-dq7rj 6 лет назад +35

      Pemphro now that's a boy I can get REALLY DEEP INSIDE OF

  • @kremit985
    @kremit985 5 лет назад +511

    "he's the champion of nothing" is so underrated

    • @kremit985
      @kremit985 5 лет назад +30

      "cosmos, cosmo for space" too. justin is the undisputed king of comedy

    • @hazeltree7738
      @hazeltree7738 2 года назад +1

      This sounds a lot like Mithrix

  • @drawinggunblades4263
    @drawinggunblades4263 7 лет назад +1329

    Cousin Specialagent died from "Overexertion".
    Yeah, standing up in the kitchen would kill me too.

    • @zelg.5551
      @zelg.5551 5 лет назад +68

      Cleaning up your roommate's piss didn't help either.

    • @janesimpson2741
      @janesimpson2741 3 года назад +31

      thats anemic culture, babey

    • @willd.4808
      @willd.4808 5 месяцев назад

      POTS mood

  • @CaptCam13
    @CaptCam13 7 лет назад +331

    I like to imagine that Dark loves his kid, not only because he makes money catfishing married women for Pokémon card, but also because he is a lot like Daytrader. Dark hates children, but he hates Daytrader the least.

  • @holharr
    @holharr 7 лет назад +315

    "Why am I the only one dancing, come on ladies, it's 4:00pm on a monday afternoon"
    Honestly that made me laugh so hard, jesus christ this series is the best thing

  • @Nevets123
    @Nevets123 8 лет назад +564

    Lost it on "Amber was the color of my energy"

  • @camtankerous
    @camtankerous 6 лет назад +400

    20:10 "Can we.. flirt with death?"
    I can't believe they foreshadowed Taako's romantic date by a little over a year
    12/10 fantastic storytelling

  • @Wolfstar26
    @Wolfstar26 4 года назад +167

    “Wait a second, you’re a sun fish”

    • @alicepersson9568
      @alicepersson9568 3 года назад +10

      "Youre a creature from the beetlejuice waiting room"

  • @defn0tjake
    @defn0tjake 2 года назад +38

    "oh my god, his chin goes inside him"
    "play your cards right, it'll go inside you too"
    poetry

  • @daveysooley8212
    @daveysooley8212 9 лет назад +482

    "I gave you a task, I am your God" I love these videos.

    • @goonsdirge3464
      @goonsdirge3464 5 лет назад +12

      That's a funny trick to play on God.

  • @derpoverload
    @derpoverload 8 лет назад +466

    I lost it when the grim reaper took the trash out

    • @theaegis5284
      @theaegis5284 8 лет назад +57

      Listen I have to be in a perfect environment to kill.

    • @slendy9600
      @slendy9600 8 лет назад +7

      +Grim Reaper this made me laugh more than it should have

    • @deanky
      @deanky 8 лет назад +28

      new overwatch leaked footage

    • @taylorb213
      @taylorb213 2 года назад +4

      The devil works hard but the reaper works harder

  • @yourmother7052
    @yourmother7052 8 лет назад +882

    "Now that's a boy that I could get into!" --Griffin McElroy, 2015

    • @pretty6144
      @pretty6144 6 лет назад +3

      My boyfriend makes me soooooooooooo mad I want to stab him in his cheating texting ass

    • @yourmother7052
      @yourmother7052 6 лет назад +15

      Pretty 614 *UNRELATED*

    • @dinofeino1811
      @dinofeino1811 5 лет назад +5

      @@yourmother7052 VERY *RELATED*

  • @poego6045
    @poego6045 8 лет назад +1965

    Saw the thumbnail, and the title "recreating a beloved sitcom" and clicked it, thinking they were making Bob's Burgers characters

    • @naktura7409
      @naktura7409 8 лет назад +57

      +Rpp Wing And? Do you really expect anything to make sense on this series?

    • @poego6045
      @poego6045 8 лет назад +77

      Rpp Wing It's animated, but in essence, it's a sitcom sans the studio audience, or at least modelled off them.

    • @FaintedInCoils
      @FaintedInCoils 8 лет назад +16

      +WFDolphinPilot I did the exact same thing, honestly.

    • @benawisphoenix
      @benawisphoenix 7 лет назад +66

      Right????? I was confused when they didn't make any references. He even ate burgers!

    • @EskimoClownBoy
      @EskimoClownBoy 7 лет назад +5

      WFDolphinPilot We are so sorry for this

  • @c.m.880
    @c.m.880 5 лет назад +142

    “It’s nice that she got a break from starring in the Dark Crystal long enough to come chat with him” is such an underrated comment

  • @lenacarey2333
    @lenacarey2333 7 лет назад +195

    I just keep coming back to this video. It's like a homing beacon. A beacon of boys, of beautiful boys and homoerotic subtext.

  • @nutsmasher420
    @nutsmasher420 Год назад +19

    “7 years ago” oh god oh christ oh jesus

    • @Unsavory
      @Unsavory 27 дней назад +1

      8 years ago?! Oh god, oh jeez, oh no 😭

  • @DasKomet
    @DasKomet 9 лет назад +877

    This is the greatest series in Polygon history.

    • @blarg2429
      @blarg2429 7 лет назад +89

      "This is the greatest series in human history."
      FTFY.

    • @Relco12
      @Relco12 6 лет назад +1

      blarg2429 he said polygon, not human so whyre you putting quotes?

    • @noahduncan126
      @noahduncan126 5 лет назад +5

      Relco12 it’s a joke

  • @somejackass
    @somejackass 8 лет назад +649

    daytrader vader is a precious child

  • @Lateralus03
    @Lateralus03 7 лет назад +822

    I swear to god these videos are honestly a very hard laugh every 10 seconds how is that even possible

  • @scoobysnax
    @scoobysnax 6 лет назад +49

    "He's crying as he pumps it!"
    Me too, buddy. Me too.

  • @kandyt2ntr
    @kandyt2ntr 7 лет назад +1860

    i cant believe kravitz killed cousin specialagent

    • @chupenot
      @chupenot 6 лет назад +152

      kandyt2ntr "Can we flirt with death?"

    • @BrooklynJackBlue
      @BrooklynJackBlue 6 лет назад +20

      ...I don't know who you are, but I'm IMMEDIATELY a fan.

    • @cyplop
      @cyplop 5 лет назад +25

      this comment is a year old but im fucking co signing it

    • @noodletongs2664
      @noodletongs2664 5 лет назад +15

      I FINALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MEAAANNNSSS

    • @gammagoop
      @gammagoop 5 лет назад +3

      Pfft oh my god

  • @yojimbo989
    @yojimbo989 8 лет назад +60

    fucking lost it when dark vader was crying while working out

  • @LunchBXcrue
    @LunchBXcrue 8 лет назад +434

    2 and a half chins

  • @ThePsychedelicGoat
    @ThePsychedelicGoat 7 лет назад +483

    still waitin on My 2 Dads² Part 2

    • @Mick_92
      @Mick_92 5 лет назад +12

      Electric Burgerloo

    • @omega1575
      @omega1575 3 года назад +1

      My 2 Dads^2^2

    • @taylorb213
      @taylorb213 2 года назад

      @@Mick_92 ELETRIC BURGERLOO IM DED

  • @offbrandcereals
    @offbrandcereals 7 лет назад +194

    "he looks like fat freddy mercury"
    this shit is so funny

  • @porygonlover322
    @porygonlover322 8 лет назад +133

    I love this because they just look like characters from a bad CGI kid's movie

    • @garlicbug
      @garlicbug 3 года назад +6

      I've been rewatching these cos I saw an ad for Spies in Disguise on the side of a bus and immediately thought of this video

  • @TheStacksGaming
    @TheStacksGaming 8 лет назад +714

    I love this fucking channel now. I never cried of laughter so much

    • @skimbi
      @skimbi 5 лет назад +1

      Matthew Stacks you should listen to some of the McElroy’s podcasts (its some of the same peeps)

  • @DaMaLoJo
    @DaMaLoJo 7 лет назад +42

    "Daytrader Vader's going to need a positive influence in his life, but I *do* want to make him gigantic." Of course, of course. Obviously.

  • @applesKIWISbananas
    @applesKIWISbananas 3 года назад +22

    An emotion similar to dawning horror overtook me when I realized Dark has the mouth of a Potoo bird. A gaping maw. The only thing preventing him from cannibalizing people is his giant chin

  • @avathequeen14
    @avathequeen14 6 лет назад +50

    The irony of "Can I flirt with Death?" coming from Griffin and not Justin

  • @taylorb213
    @taylorb213 3 года назад +22

    I never noticed that at 3:59 they just kind of start making sounds to find Dark’s voice and it sends me every time

    • @sycastells1212
      @sycastells1212 2 года назад +5

      That gutteral *HMMM* is quite delicious

  • @SevenOne_71
    @SevenOne_71 2 года назад +14

    I'd like to thank Griffin for when i was a young lad 6 years ago learning maths i never could do squared because i kept thinking 2 squared was 3 because of this video. Thanks Griffin

  • @randomgooberness
    @randomgooberness 7 лет назад +77

    All I want is for them to create Taako, Merle, and Magnus in the sims and watch them live together

  • @deadxiii
    @deadxiii 9 лет назад +250

    Before the glasses, I thought the beloved sitcom would be Bob's Burgers

  • @Mr_Sev
    @Mr_Sev 8 лет назад +220

    the search has ended - I have found my all-time favorite series.

  • @ariannebrodeur
    @ariannebrodeur 2 года назад +11

    My favorite Monster Factory moment will always be Justin's mid thought interruption at 2:45 where he goes, "Now, in previous episodes of Monster Factoruh... HE LOOKS LIKE FAT FREDDIE MERCURY!" Literally Flawless, caught me so off guard the first time I heard it and now always stands out no matter how many times I replay these videos while I sleep lmao I love this man

  • @discolives79ify
    @discolives79ify 8 лет назад +488

    This show deserves to be as big as Game Grumps, at least.

  • @suprevadak
    @suprevadak 7 лет назад +128

    You made Artemis Fowl

    • @MetaGiga
      @MetaGiga 4 года назад +4

      I choked on my oxygen

  • @Narokkurai
    @Narokkurai 4 года назад +44

    I sing, "Here I go to work, I've got my face cream on--and I vanish like a ghost!" almost every day.

  • @kennynitro17
    @kennynitro17 7 лет назад +90

    This is their original sitcom, Borp's Bugles

  • @solluxpesters3848
    @solluxpesters3848 7 лет назад +243

    "Because two squared is three"

    • @piccalele
      @piccalele 7 лет назад +2

      Melody Kostek Tindall is that poland with eyes or a weird pokeball as your profile picture

    • @jarydseess945
      @jarydseess945 5 лет назад

      Is three squared five?

  • @MCD183
    @MCD183 7 лет назад +189

    COUSIN SPECIALAGENT LOOKS LIKE MY DAD

    • @alidottxt
      @alidottxt 7 лет назад +60

      I am very concerned.

    • @MCD183
      @MCD183 7 лет назад +28

      TheCloudWing me too.

    • @RageHole
      @RageHole 7 лет назад +69

      Really sorry about that steamroller accident. :C

    • @AveryEngstrom
      @AveryEngstrom 6 лет назад +6

      why does ur dad's head look like a watermelon

    • @teaerrors360
      @teaerrors360 6 лет назад +4

      Is he alive?

  • @Strix182
    @Strix182 7 лет назад +22

    RIP Cousin Specialagent.
    He will always have a special agent place in our hearts.

  • @DrFunkman
    @DrFunkman 4 года назад +12

    EVERY sitcom should have an opening with a character begging the Grim Reaper for mercy

  • @8BlackBart8
    @8BlackBart8 8 лет назад +51

    "See that's where the squared comes in. 'Cause two squared is three."

  • @renwhit100
    @renwhit100 7 лет назад +43

    i can't believe kravitz made a cameo in this episode

  • @toadallyawful
    @toadallyawful 4 года назад +10

    My favorite podcast: My Dad, My FBI Agent and Me

  • @debra-sue
    @debra-sue Год назад +6

    12:28 and a fourth dad: todd coolbody. two dads two, squared.

  • @leadastrea
    @leadastrea 4 года назад +4

    GRIFFIN SINGING "you just call on me brother, ill mop up your piss" FUCKING TOOK ME OUT

  • @luxi7193
    @luxi7193 3 года назад +13

    I Always forget that Daytrader Vader is actually the son. And it kills me EVERYTIME.

  • @rhys4668
    @rhys4668 4 года назад +14

    griffin: i want to create something franchisable-
    everyone pointing at taz:

  • @pizza_party_prison
    @pizza_party_prison 5 лет назад +10

    this is the best series to watch when absolutely horribly sick

  • @Slibbo
    @Slibbo 2 года назад +6

    the amount of justins flawless 1 liners in this video cannot be overstated

  • @goofygoober4901
    @goofygoober4901 8 лет назад +756

    all of his sons look like seth mcfarlane

  • @walkinghypocrite
    @walkinghypocrite 5 лет назад +37

    i’m showing this to my dad and he said “they should have called it r2dad2”

  • @DaMaLoJo
    @DaMaLoJo 3 года назад +17

    I've watched this so many times, I've lost count and it's made my way into my everyday vocabulary

    • @Slibbo
      @Slibbo 2 года назад +4

      i say "hi, im dark vader and im a star wars!" to my friends all the time and theyre over it

    • @DaMaLoJo
      @DaMaLoJo 2 года назад +2

      @@Slibbo I feel this more than I care to

  • @higgyjiggy2222
    @higgyjiggy2222 7 лет назад +12

    20:16 Justin's Taako laugh

  • @44caliberclark47
    @44caliberclark47 2 года назад +5

    i want my tombstone to say 'amber was the color of my energy'

  • @redjasper6056
    @redjasper6056 7 лет назад +24

    19:33
    nice kravitz cameo

  • @Spenstarr
    @Spenstarr 7 лет назад +16

    I have watched this every day for the past week before bed to remind me there's good in the world and to go to bed smiling

  • @syoo2458
    @syoo2458 4 года назад +12

    literally fell out of my chair when they gave the son a suit for everyday wear

  • @FleccaRobinson
    @FleccaRobinson 8 лет назад +63

    "because 2 squared is 3" lmfao

  • @ghoulstreet
    @ghoulstreet 7 лет назад +107

    I need a reprise

  • @hpinkjet
    @hpinkjet 8 лет назад +41

    They should do another episode of this with the new patch that adds more freedom in terms of gender expression! Give me a terrifying monster in a flowery skirt, let's go

  • @Azriel12399
    @Azriel12399 9 лет назад +67

    My face hurts from laughing too much.

  • @bugsySA
    @bugsySA 7 лет назад +26

    Justin's laugh at 20:17 is just the best.

  • @tovemanka2125
    @tovemanka2125 7 лет назад +25

    what if daytrader vader business boy was the inspiration for angus mcdonald on taz or vice versa

  • @gabetaylo
    @gabetaylo 8 лет назад +32

    "Now thats a boy I could get into"
    "Let me see that suit"

  • @LovinoFernandez
    @LovinoFernandez 7 лет назад +92

    7:15 The kid looks like Jimmy from Scary Godmother XD

    • @jediknight4951
      @jediknight4951 7 лет назад +14

      A rather obscure reference but you'll get a point for it.

    • @jediknight4951
      @jediknight4951 7 лет назад +2

      +monochrome moans They've probably replaced it with some other shit by now. It might even be a trilogy in 2016. Or an anthology series with animation that doesn't look like a 29.99 Early Access Steam game.

  • @Klick404
    @Klick404 Год назад +2

    I love how Cousin Specialagent sometimes looks normal, and then he turns and his face just goes WOOOOMP

  • @whitelightewhiteheat
    @whitelightewhiteheat 2 года назад +4

    7 years later and "hi, i'm dark vader" still kills me every time

  • @Matkingos
    @Matkingos 7 лет назад +57

    "Now that's a boy I can get into!"

  • @peregrineperry
    @peregrineperry 2 года назад +7

    this still holds up so well after seven years

  • @imthetrashman8620
    @imthetrashman8620 3 года назад +4

    justin saying that one of the characters looks like a character from the beetlejuice waiting room is VERY underrated

  • @laurakramer4888
    @laurakramer4888 5 лет назад +3

    This was the first monster factory video I ever watched and man what an EXPERIENCE

  • @snootsnoot5590
    @snootsnoot5590 6 лет назад +31

    y'know when he sarcastically talks about wanting to make something original that kids dream about i thought it was funny cause
    i showed my sis approximately one (1) video of the final pam and she legit had a dream with her in it so... mission accomplished

  • @shutuptravis5609
    @shutuptravis5609 4 года назад +4

    They should have called it 2 dads 2 furious

  • @lordoflame212
    @lordoflame212 8 лет назад +15

    I literally started crying when cousin special agent died, I miss him.

  • @ebob182
    @ebob182 9 лет назад +7

    Oh my god the ending, I too was crying while getting pumped. Death casually taking the garbage out also made me cackle.

  • @officialnezquick
    @officialnezquick 5 лет назад +7

    I think about sweeps week literally every time I play sims and about 60% of the time I just rewatch it because god was this series glorious

  • @netapearl6667
    @netapearl6667 7 лет назад +34

    If you boys run out of things to goof up, a return to My Two Dads^2 would be amazing 🙏

  • @calcifer6142
    @calcifer6142 4 года назад +4

    this very quickly became that episode of adventure time where finn finds all the tiny people

  • @skudzer1985
    @skudzer1985 7 лет назад +132

    Completely remove the chin and you've got Bob Belcher.

  • @temmiedestructo7309
    @temmiedestructo7309 6 лет назад +5

    Dark Vader looks like what I imagined Jenkins from TAZ to look like.

  • @Hyspellman
    @Hyspellman Год назад +3

    Daytrader Vader saying "Linda - Linda, calm down!" lives rent free in my head

  • @oskarcarnwath9665
    @oskarcarnwath9665 3 года назад +4

    of all the monster factory videos, i’ve watched the sims ones by far the most

  • @Monolith174
    @Monolith174 8 лет назад +16

    my dreaming hours are now haunted...

  • @seancarson7801
    @seancarson7801 5 лет назад +4

    Hahaha 4:50, the characters mouth syncs up PERFECTLY with the "yeah"

  • @yellobanana6456
    @yellobanana6456 Год назад +3

    I think that this video has permanently changed my use of the English language

  • @ahobbit1273
    @ahobbit1273 3 года назад +3

    12:35 I'm glad he took the time to change into his swim suit before hopping in the pool.

  • @StevoDesign
    @StevoDesign 7 лет назад +105

    When I'm watching this instead of filling out job applications...and then your sims are getting jobs... :(

    • @oofoof5750
      @oofoof5750 3 года назад +2

      Did you end up getting a job?