Where did Frankenstein's brain go?

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  • Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
  • Extreme Nerdy Horror Trivia! Have you ever thought about the history of the Frankenstein monster's brain? It'll make your head hurt. #retro #retrogaming #nes #snes #jamesrolfe #mikematei #atari #playthrough #gameplay #gamereview
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  • @AitorMolina.
    @AitorMolina. 6 лет назад +2076

    The lantern man hid the brain behind a piece of cardboard.

    • @VicJang
      @VicJang 6 лет назад +119

      M E T A
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    • @riddleiddle
      @riddleiddle 6 лет назад +47

      Good one XD I love these videos because he doesn’t take them too seriously.

    • @kevinr.3542
      @kevinr.3542 6 лет назад +12

      Aitor Molina funny references are funny

    • @autumnsorchard7435
      @autumnsorchard7435 6 лет назад +4

      Lol

    • @Poisonjam7
      @Poisonjam7 6 лет назад +61

      I think you mean "dimming arrangement."

  • @MrJonnyPepper
    @MrJonnyPepper 6 лет назад +438

    I thought Phineas and Ferb found it

  • @RogueT-Rex8468
    @RogueT-Rex8468 6 лет назад +293

    Where did the brain go?
    Simple. He's been in the same place he's always been.
    In a lab with Pinky trying to take over the world

  • @PantaroParatroopa
    @PantaroParatroopa 6 лет назад +306

    I know a couple of step-brothers who located Frankenstein's brain.
    It was over here.

    • @serignedrame6389
      @serignedrame6389 6 лет назад +11

      David Dalziel thank you I needed that I miss that show so much

    • @gream4u
      @gream4u 6 лет назад +5

      What show?

    • @pineconerudy1519
      @pineconerudy1519 6 лет назад +23

      May Nunez Phineas and Ferb

    • @Thoralmir
      @Thoralmir 6 лет назад +17

      Weren't they a little young to be looking for the brain of a Universal Classic Monster?

    • @roman_xj259
      @roman_xj259 6 лет назад +7

      It was in Buford's balloon.

  • @yuke4208
    @yuke4208 4 года назад +23

    What brain did you bring?
    "Oh it said aby-normal."

  • @tbb033
    @tbb033 6 лет назад +142

    We know the criminal was named Abby Normal

    • @pianotm
      @pianotm 4 года назад +11

      Are you saying ... that I put an abnormal brain ... into a seven and a half foot long ... *fifty-four inch wide ... **_GORILLA!?!?!?!? Is that what you're telling me!?!?!?!?_*

    • @classicgunstoday1972
      @classicgunstoday1972 4 года назад +3

      I’m almost sure that was the name

    • @MARTalks
      @MARTalks 3 года назад +1

      Give him the...!

  • @elfang0r
    @elfang0r 6 лет назад +68

    That was brilliant. The monster is Legion, for he is many.

  • @griftingnightmares
    @griftingnightmares 6 лет назад +143

    The brain became Krang...it allllllllllllllllll makes sense now.

    • @crimsondynamo615
      @crimsondynamo615 5 лет назад +1

      Siderico with that in mind, I’m honestly surprised they haven’t made a figure of the android body painted up like the monster

    • @clarenceclarence9529
      @clarenceclarence9529 4 года назад

      bruhhhh

  • @Azfar90
    @Azfar90 6 лет назад +219

    Another question still remains; where did the hair go....?

    • @marywilliams2154
      @marywilliams2154 6 лет назад +34

      I asked Rambo Commando.

    • @ellisd3165
      @ellisd3165 6 лет назад +5

      It's called male pattern baldness and it'll happen to you someday

    • @LouJNT
      @LouJNT 6 лет назад +17

      EllisD TV it's a quote from an AVGN episode

    • @delalatines
      @delalatines 6 лет назад +14

      Scrotum guns.

    • @maxtegmark1851
      @maxtegmark1851 6 лет назад +1

      Azfar90 - A2ZGames - brain transplant

  • @tannerbruning868
    @tannerbruning868 6 лет назад +16

    That “life force”you mentioned might be the heart, which would connect this to “Frankenstein conquers the world”

  • @metfan4l
    @metfan4l 6 лет назад +578

    Love these kind of videos :D

    • @imlaughing2death
      @imlaughing2death 6 лет назад +15

      I agree, I could listen to James nerd out about classic horror films for days.

    • @mitchgosselin
      @mitchgosselin 6 лет назад +5

      It's like OverAnalyzers but better. Does..does anyone remember OverAnalyizers?

    • @tbb033
      @tbb033 6 лет назад +1

      no

    • @cameo64
      @cameo64 6 лет назад +4

      This series is awesome

    • @DonDiesel885
      @DonDiesel885 6 лет назад +3

      Let us never bring up overanalyzers again

  • @bryanjensen2614
    @bryanjensen2614 6 лет назад +34

    and in Young Frankenstein he's PUTTIN ON THE RIIIIIIIIIIIIITZ!!

  • @elliecleary6062
    @elliecleary6062 6 лет назад +211

    Seriously, loving the recent content from you guys at Cinemassacre, great videos James and Mike. You guys are awesome!!!

  • @woodengamer
    @woodengamer 6 лет назад +106

    The monsters personality/memories are stored in the neck bolts.. Dr. Frankenstein knew that someone may try to alter his creation and built in this safeguard. Whenever a new brain is put into the body, the bolts kick in and do a factory (laboratory) restore.

  • @Tygerhart
    @Tygerhart 6 лет назад +43

    The brain gets sent to Japan near the end of WW2 = "Frankenstein Conquers the World". lol

    • @Dr0dd
      @Dr0dd 6 лет назад +10

      that was it's heart, not brain

    • @bentramer682
      @bentramer682 6 лет назад +1

      Tygerhart what did gamera do to it

  • @theesickness4080
    @theesickness4080 6 лет назад +620

    Um, it's spelled 'Frankenstain', James.

    • @no-3607
      @no-3607 6 лет назад +19

      THEE SICKNESS Hahaha good one!

    • @ngastakvakis4425
      @ngastakvakis4425 6 лет назад +42

      *x-files theme*

    • @bulkhungry
      @bulkhungry 6 лет назад +19

      THEE SICKNESS The Frankenstain Ferrets !! They were never bears . 😉

    • @Dr0dd
      @Dr0dd 6 лет назад +1

      I'm almost sure he knows and has talked about that in a previous video but also explained he just keeps on pronouncing it the way people are familiar with.

    • @theesickness4080
      @theesickness4080 6 лет назад +11

      Sorry, I missed that.
      I had my headphones on blasting Metallica's song 'Unforgiven', whilst watching Sinbad's movie 'Shazam'.
      My apologies.

  • @StevesGameDump
    @StevesGameDump 6 лет назад +76

    I actually think exploring where the original brain came from would be kinda interesting to see. Something they maybe could've explored in the Dark Universe movies. Maybe a character, a bad guy or something that's established early on in the movies becomes the monster later in the series. Shame they killed the franchise with that Mummy movie.

    • @anonamatron
      @anonamatron 6 лет назад +21

      Eh... that'd be dumb. I think the whole point of it being a criminal or abnormal brain is a big flaw in the story anyway. The Monster isn't a bad guy by nature, he's just treated like one. He's like a newborn baby that just gets beaten from birth. He makes some mistakes because he has no guidance from his parents or family, and everyone in the town takes everything out on him. He's pretty much just an innocent child that needed a real parent. The story is about not playing God.

    • @shupasopni
      @shupasopni 6 лет назад +4

      Gonna be clear off the bat that I've never seen Frankenstein and am not even a horror fan (just not my thing), but maybe the that would be the point right there? A criminal or "abnormal" brain by itself is no better or worse than another. It's not like Frankenstein's Monster is that criminal anyway right? Or at least I don't get that impression from what I've gleamed from pop culture and things like this video. He's a new being starting over from scratch with a borrowed functioning brain, so what brain he has is irrelevant. I think that ties in pretty well with James' last point too.

    • @moongirl786
      @moongirl786 5 лет назад +2

      shupasopni I don’t think you understand how brains work... at least in real life. There are noticeable differences between, say, a psychopathic brain and a neurotypical brain, and the brain IS you... it’s where your personality is, so you can’t say which brain he has is irrelevant

    • @arempy5836
      @arempy5836 4 года назад +3

      I never liked that. In the book he's very much a new creation, a child abandoned by his father. He has no memories because he wasn't resurrected he was created. I don't like the monster being some guy, I like him as he is: a species of one, left to wander in a world without love.

  • @williamj.hansard5802
    @williamj.hansard5802 6 лет назад +4

    This went much deeper than I would have expected, even as a fan of these videos. I love your thoughts on the brain, body, and personal identity. Examining the theme of identity in the Frankenstein films would make a great dissertation or thesis.

  • @JimmyDoogs
    @JimmyDoogs 6 лет назад +17

    James is so incredibly smart

  • @Gallzatron
    @Gallzatron 6 лет назад +11

    Fucking beautiful message at the end there, too. No one can define you. You are the only you. Many things will try and define you, but in the end, YOU'RE your only you, and THE only you.

  • @SireSkelly
    @SireSkelly 6 лет назад +29

    This video made me think about Phineas and Ferb...

  • @ProcyonDei
    @ProcyonDei 6 лет назад +4

    Leave it to James to make the Frankenstein's Monster even more awesome than he already was.

  • @VideoGamersOasisPlayTheatre
    @VideoGamersOasisPlayTheatre 6 лет назад +1

    That was a VERY philosophical and metaphysical Universal Frankenstein Monster Movie Discussion, James! Well Done!

  • @RavenHouseMystery
    @RavenHouseMystery 6 лет назад +6

    Another great movie analysis from James.

  • @Robotoaster
    @Robotoaster 6 лет назад +2

    James really seems to know what he’s talking about and has a passion that makes him a pleasure to listen to.

  • @donkarasu-9644
    @donkarasu-9644 6 лет назад +3

    "It's over here!" - Phineas from Phineas and Ferb

    • @heinzdoofenshmirtz8643
      @heinzdoofenshmirtz8643 6 лет назад

      Yeah... Uh... That was on my balloon.
      -Buford, Last Train to Bustville

  • @paranormalzen
    @paranormalzen 6 лет назад +12

    Igor was always a monster, then he got a body to match his personality.

  • @Travigameis
    @Travigameis 6 лет назад +3

    Love this series, I could listen to James analyse stuff for hours

  • @NinjaKIngAce
    @NinjaKIngAce 6 лет назад +2

    Suddenly, a seemingly throwaway line, from the Phineas and Ferb theme song, makes a lot more sense

  • @stepchildofsoul
    @stepchildofsoul 4 года назад +2

    Some excellent points raised here. I like the idea of the unstoppable, insistent life force inside the monster.

  • @criticalgeek9187
    @criticalgeek9187 6 лет назад +3

    Keep these comin', they're great.

  • @mrminecraftcubeable
    @mrminecraftcubeable 6 лет назад +66

    I located Frankenstein's brain
    it's over here

  • @HoboTango
    @HoboTango 6 лет назад +2

    The old blind man, thats my favorite scene of all time in any movie haha, love that comedy.

  • @Aoi2012
    @Aoi2012 6 лет назад +9

    Reminds of "where did the hair go" :D.

  • @RAMCARTGAMER
    @RAMCARTGAMER 6 лет назад +46

    James, your killing it at the moment. Your uploading every other day it seems like, Great hard work all the way too. Respect all the way from the UK!

  • @LPRD
    @LPRD 5 лет назад +2

    In the alternate universe where I come from, it's called 'Frankenstain'

  • @blatherskite3009
    @blatherskite3009 4 года назад +4

    Interesting third theory... Works for me :) I guess we've long had stories like The Hand, where a character receives a transplant body-part which is somehow "possessed" with the personality of whoever it came from, often an executed serial killer :) The concept of body-parts other than the brain carrying the personality and memories of a person is there in horror fiction.
    By that "logic", the Frankenstein monster would be a gestalt entity mentally as well as physically, comprised of however many people contributed parts to his creation. A bit like that Red Dwarf episode, "Legion", where the title character is a gestalt entity made up of four distinct personalities merged into one. Who knows how many people donated all the various parts that the Frankenstein monster is made up of?
    Swapping out any single part of the monster would only "kill" the part of his personality provided by that particular donor, and replace it with a different one. Arguably, as long as any part of the monster "remembers" an event, the whole would. That also works with the "can only be killed by dissection" thing... Divide and conquer, literally.
    So the monster probably wanted a little girl's brain because he thought that would remove a "sick" part of his combined personality and replace it with one that was guileless and innocent, i.e. the opposite of Igor; qualities that he thought would improve him overall.
    I've over-thought this, haven't I? XD

  • @straydogontheroad
    @straydogontheroad 6 лет назад +1

    I'm glad you got that deep into it, because holy moley dude, that is an amazing concept and one hell of a unique take on the monster you just gave us.

  • @undeadmaruchan2311
    @undeadmaruchan2311 6 лет назад +1

    Horror trivia with a side of inspirational message...thanks James :) Keep up the great work

  • @raccoonstarsmember
    @raccoonstarsmember 6 лет назад

    That was good, man. And now I'm gonna watch all these over the weekend. Thank you, James.

  • @VampyyriSanttu
    @VampyyriSanttu 6 лет назад +18

    Where did the hair go?

  • @GiantMoth
    @GiantMoth 6 лет назад +1

    Oh man, this kind of discussion from a fan's perspective and delving so deep into a thing you thought you knew, and yet manages to give so much new to think about, is really awesome to listen to. I may not be that well versed in the classic monsters but getting into such a passionate discussion about something you really love is what I can relate to and I myself could go on forever about things like, say, Resident Evil. Everyone has their thing and listening to someone who knows their stuff is good fun.

  • @davidranderson1
    @davidranderson1 6 лет назад +1

    I'm really enjoying these videos that take a deep dive into a seemingly small detail of a classic movie. Along the way to explaining a small detail, you're covering some really interesting stuff.

  • @smallpoly10
    @smallpoly10 6 лет назад

    Really love seeing these. I haven't been following James much lately, but the well-thought-out video essay thing works really well for me these days. I'd love to see more of them.

  • @lordmatthews
    @lordmatthews 6 лет назад +2

    James!!!! Your insight and breakdown on this video is Fantastic. Please keep making more videos like this on the Universal Monsters. Plus I'd love to see you at a Comic-Con or Crypticon doing a q&a.

  • @thomasgriffin1273
    @thomasgriffin1273 6 лет назад

    I love these classic topic videos you're doing!

  • @ellocojoncrazy3270
    @ellocojoncrazy3270 4 года назад +4

    Can you imagine if someone had thought of making a movie where someone took the old brain and made a kind of imitation of the monster?

  • @brotalnia
    @brotalnia 6 лет назад

    I am loving the trivia videos, keep them coming!

  • @KinglessName
    @KinglessName 6 лет назад

    Please continue these videos. I love them.

  • @feathero3
    @feathero3 6 лет назад +2

    Just made me think of the Iron Giant
    "You are who you choose to be."

  • @Nope2479
    @Nope2479 6 лет назад

    Make more of these James. More more more. It's the best stuff you've ever done imo.

  • @lelabotoxique
    @lelabotoxique 6 лет назад +14

    Boy oh boy, is this nerdy!

  • @kimcarothers2203
    @kimcarothers2203 4 года назад +5

    Why the bride didn't come back to live like the monster did?

  • @MisterBurgerBeachball
    @MisterBurgerBeachball 4 года назад +2

    Reminded me of the Phineas and Ferb theme.

    • @heinzdoofenshmirtz8643
      @heinzdoofenshmirtz8643 4 года назад

      It was actually Buford who found it. It was in his balloon. In "Last Train to Bustville".

  • @Counterfeit13
    @Counterfeit13 6 лет назад +35

    After the moster got ressurected by A B B A a singing voice can be heard: Where did the brain gooooo? sing it with me! where did the brain gooooo?

  • @senorblanco4993
    @senorblanco4993 6 лет назад

    Love these videos. Love 'em.

  • @zackvanhalen
    @zackvanhalen 4 года назад +26

    The Frankenstein monster is kind of like Cell from Dragon Ball Z. He's a combination of many people, yet has a personality of his own and is nearly impossible to kill. It's weird.

    • @ninjabluefyre3815
      @ninjabluefyre3815 4 года назад +6

      And Android 8 was designed after the monster!
      Is Dr Gero actually just Victor Frankenstein, but in Japanese?

    • @Smithkakarot
      @Smithkakarot 11 месяцев назад +1

      And much like Frankenstein's monster, Cell is often regarded as an abomination by characters in-universe.

  • @manguy01
    @manguy01 6 лет назад

    Wow. James, you always pull something fascinating out of these simple video ideas.

  • @KombatGod
    @KombatGod 6 лет назад

    These videos are James at his best. You see his passion for what he's talking about and his nerdy personality comes out.

  • @danielbaken8569
    @danielbaken8569 6 лет назад +41

    A teacher of mine who loved the Frankenstein novel believed that the Monster's soul/personality was actually that of a demon that Frankenstein unwittingly summoned during his experiments. Perhaps the demon inside is truly the one in control, and the brain is more like the final piece that he needs to be able to use the body effectively? Like, without a brain, he's essentially trapped in a dead body that he can't move?

    • @handsomebrick
      @handsomebrick 6 лет назад +7

      That's similar to That Hideous Strength by CS Lewis, where scientists believe they successfully resurrected a person from death, but this is actually impossible since souls can't come back from the afterlife, and what actually happened was that they created the Antichrist.

    • @willday9316
      @willday9316 6 лет назад +2

      Daniel Baken I had the same idea as your teacher, only I had an amoral, mischievous pixie possess the body Frankenstein put together!

    • @crimsondynamo615
      @crimsondynamo615 5 лет назад +4

      {reads last sentence}
      *DARKNESS IMPRISONING ME! ALL THAT I SEE ABSOLUTE HORROR!*

    • @LOCKEYJ
      @LOCKEYJ 4 года назад +5

      Shelley’s novel is very specifically not about a demon. It’s intentionally un-supernatural

    • @joshuaperrine2019
      @joshuaperrine2019 3 года назад +4

      @@LOCKEYJ I know, right? This demon bs just cheapens a great SCIFI story.

  • @Gallzatron
    @Gallzatron 6 лет назад

    Yes PLEEEEEEASE! More of these James!

  • @SugaryCoyote
    @SugaryCoyote 6 лет назад

    These videos about old monster trivia are amazing.

  • @tangentialtony4358
    @tangentialtony4358 6 лет назад

    Keep making these great videos, Mr. Rolfe!

  • @prasan7561
    @prasan7561 6 лет назад

    The amount of content you guys are uploading is great, like everyday or every other day there is a new video.

  • @Geek_Chorus
    @Geek_Chorus 6 лет назад +140

    So Dr Frankenstein created a creature that is a reanimated corpse with an innate desire for fresh brains? O.G. Zombie

    • @educationiskey3331
      @educationiskey3331 6 лет назад +4

      Geek Chorus actually, frenkenstein is made from different parts from different people.

    • @Zangelin
      @Zangelin 6 лет назад +12

      Zombies are older than the novel about Frankenstein.

    • @Geek_Chorus
      @Geek_Chorus 6 лет назад +1

      Of course, no doubt about it. Just sound so similar movie wise.

    • @Tailikku1
      @Tailikku1 6 лет назад +1

      like Haitian Voodoo older

    • @Asterion608
      @Asterion608 6 лет назад +8

      The zombie as it's been popularized today is a combination of various really old myths created by George A. Romero, but they never ate brains, it was made up for the movie "Return of the Living Dead" and that movie didn't take itself too seriously.

  • @richolson1907
    @richolson1907 6 лет назад

    I really love this trivia.Thanks for cleaning the language up... It makes it so I can listen at work or were ever others are around.

  • @BrandonHanna
    @BrandonHanna 6 лет назад

    Love these videos. I've become a big fan of the classic universal monster movies all because of you.

  • @linkfan160
    @linkfan160 5 лет назад +1

    James, I really hope you do more videos like this next Halloween/November. They're so entertaining!

  • @criticalblitz7894
    @criticalblitz7894 6 лет назад

    Yes, I love these vids! James, you’re the best!

  • @TheGollddMAN
    @TheGollddMAN 6 лет назад

    Love these. Interesting and informative.

  • @awesomeferret
    @awesomeferret 6 лет назад

    I love your videos like this. Please do more movie history videos!

  • @AubreyTheKing
    @AubreyTheKing 6 лет назад

    Make more of these James!!!

  • @gluedtogames
    @gluedtogames 6 лет назад

    James, your analysis of movies is absolutely amazing.

  • @gregorybrown3272
    @gregorybrown3272 4 года назад +4

    I love this theory! You need to write a screenplay, call it "Pieces"

  • @hypatiastanhope4716
    @hypatiastanhope4716 4 года назад

    😆 even after years i can't get enough of this 😂

  • @guilhermehank4938
    @guilhermehank4938 6 лет назад +3

    I love these so damn MUCH

  • @Supertomiman
    @Supertomiman 6 лет назад

    I am absolutely LOVING these videos. Way to revive the fanbase. ; )

  • @Ogaitnas900
    @Ogaitnas900 6 лет назад

    hey this got inspiring suddenly haha I love these videos too!

  • @samd2013
    @samd2013 6 лет назад

    The philosophy of classic universal horror movies with James Rolfe.

  • @Warworm-dd7dp
    @Warworm-dd7dp 6 лет назад

    lol please more of these videos
    there are sooooo genuis

  • @mattlandry
    @mattlandry 6 лет назад

    Holy fuck I love these videos. I would watch these forever but you gotta wonder when it'll get to the point where he has to stretch the shit out of it.

  • @andu1337
    @andu1337 6 лет назад

    Oh man, I love this kind of shit so much
    Thanks for the entertaining videos James

  • @steam1873
    @steam1873 6 лет назад

    I love how deep you get in films that almost out of touch, you get lot of material, analyze it and bring out interesting facts

  • @billbobaggins5734
    @billbobaggins5734 5 лет назад

    I love that some one loves these old movies enough to this much thought into them

  • @catherineholden6388
    @catherineholden6388 4 года назад

    What an excellent conclusion! I had always tried to work out something and I think you hit it. The body of the monster is unique, given life by extraordinary means and the body dominates whatever brain is there. Very good.

  • @JENDALL714
    @JENDALL714 6 лет назад

    I like how giving him a different brain, also gave him a mole.

  •  6 лет назад

    Love these vids.

  • @adampoole948
    @adampoole948 6 лет назад

    these video's are awesome.. i hope he keeps doing these

  • @samuelbarber4154
    @samuelbarber4154 4 года назад

    This video opened up a lot more spiritual and philosophical questions than I thought a video about the Monster's brain would.

  • @lakeshoreexclusive
    @lakeshoreexclusive 6 лет назад

    Love these vids

  • @curlyfm
    @curlyfm 4 года назад

    I miss this type of video from James. Bring it back!

  • @chrisrose6014
    @chrisrose6014 5 лет назад

    This was a very good video!

  • @BasementDweller_
    @BasementDweller_ 4 года назад +1

    I’m glad I’m not the only ones who thinks of this.

  • @Aetilus
    @Aetilus 6 лет назад

    These classic movie mysteries are great keep it up

  • @rickw1100
    @rickw1100 4 года назад +1

    I agree with your third explanation. The essence of the monster is greater than the sum of any individual part, including the brain. Obviously the monster in both "House Of Frankenstein" and then "Of Dracula" is not Igor, but the original monster. He has absorbed that organ and continued to evolve. The very essence of Frankenstein's monster is it's own unique reality. Created from and added/ subtracted to and from various body parts he is ( as stated by Wolf Frankenstein, in Son of Frankenstein) totally alien to this world. He is uniquely the Monster and cannot be destroyed as demonstrated in all the films. His very existence either outwits or intuitively seduces those who would scientifically dissect him into instead aiding and making him even stronger. The primal relationship between Man and Monster will always keep the Frankenstein Monster alive.

  • @moonflowersax
    @moonflowersax 5 месяцев назад +1

    The whole is more than the sum of the individual pieces.

  • @nihiliprism
    @nihiliprism 6 лет назад

    These explorations of old school monster movies is great.

  • @mafiamasta
    @mafiamasta 6 лет назад +4

    Always love the movie content. Very insightful and feels genuine every time. Can't wait to see more! I would love to hear more horror history (surrounding the films) from you. I love learning about the context of these movies and your diligent research makes these videos intelligent and informative. Thank you!

  • @seife41
    @seife41 3 года назад

    James your videos are top notch

  • @KentAllard
    @KentAllard 6 лет назад

    I must say, as much as I love the Nerd, these videos about classic movie curiosities are my favorites