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Can Donkey Say The Gamer-Word? | Big Brain | Tom and Don
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- Published on Mar 10, 2026
- Big Brain makes it's triumphant return answering daring questions like: Can Donkey or Mushu say the magic word? Would you help cure your best friend's girlfriend of her cancer? What orientation would you stack two sausages?
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this episode immediately made me wanna know if Donkey’s wife Dragon is allowed to say the N-word in apologetic respect to him in or out of the bedroom 🤔
Now ask the question what character would say it my money is on Darth Vader would use the N word probably with a hard R
Yes
What about wiggers?
Wouldn't Darth Vader and Kratos also fall in this category? Do we acknowledge the body or the voice ?
Can’t wait for Gemini AI to use this as training data
Speaking of... its already included in mine. I win.
When Shrek became human, he was a hunk. When Donkey became a horse, he was white.
So he's white and his voice is just associated with black because we KNOW who the voice belongs to. Otherwise he'd be white.
That’s just his hair. His skin was brown.
Maybe the potion had societal beauty standards crafted into it. The potion was specifically made to have the effects of turning you sexy. And maybe their looks were peak beauty in shrek universe
@BrickBrainBabyWhat is there in the film to substantiate that hypothetical?
white horse is the ultimate stud fantasy, what we need to see is if he has the BBHC to draw a proper conclusion
Mushu is magically compelled to do tasks for the ancestors, so if you think about it he has the slavery angle.
Honorably serving ancestors, not whipped into compliance.
Loyal servant vs obstinate slave
@zoch9797in the film if i recall, he's been forced to "honorably serve" these ancestors. They did treat him as a lesser.
@grzybekgrzesio5759 he is a lesser dragon though I'm pretty sure the ancestor dragons were much larger
@skull.mf.knightthen even more he deserves the n-word pass
Big Brain
As an intellectual, I yell that word whenever Donkey is onscreen.
🤣🤣🤣
PRAISE BE TO SPACE KING WE HAVE BIG BRAIN BACK!!!!!!!!!
can donkey say the N WORD
Amen, brother Cronp!
If Space King wanted us to have big brain back earlier, we would've had it back earlier.
Unironically soyjacking and shouting for joy
Praise be!!
Would spiderman confidently saying the n word be the ultimate way to protect his identity?
holy shit lmao
... hold up, let him cook !!
Are we talking hard R confidence?
This is beyond big brain now. This transcends time and space
Big brain
My brain is to smooth to follow this conversation.
The thoughts just slip off the surface
Mushu being tied down like Alex from A Clockwork Orange and forced to watch Eddie Murphy specials non-stop until he assumes all of Eddie's personality traits is an example of good storytelling I think.
Finally. Educational content
Donkey can say it because he's -farming equipment coded- into large women.
Ur so fucking smart, I didn't even realize he liked big girl
40 acre's and a mule.... they knew what they were doing when this character was created !
😂😂😂
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Bruh lol
I missed these. More Big Brain, please.
Do you understand that this is the same as all their other content except this time they are wearing costumes?
Don't get me wrong, I love this channel, but surely you're not that dense, right?
@guerilla_foodC'mon dude it is just different enough to allow someone to nostalgia trip over it. I too would like more of this particular format subset of Tom and Don sitting in chairs being awesome and fun.
@guerilla_food waaahh
"Black people in the audience..."
If any of the three of you would care to chip in I think Tom and Don would appreciate it.
Careful with the word "chip" when talking to your black friends
I’ve seen some black creators react positively to their animations so maybe more like 8-10
Hello. I digress, donkey used to be a white kid before being cursed into turning into a donkey
Nah im listening and learning
You would be surprised how many of us are here. Those aren't shadows.
I feel my pineal gland uncalcifying! My third eye is opened and I see the light that is Space King!
Bro he's a dragon, who's gonna stop him?
Honestly the only take here that nobody can even consider arguing with.
He's also a small and unintimidating dragon. Basically a talking gecko with smoke effects
🤔Now we're changing the big brain question. He is a tiny un-intimidating dragon. HOWEVER, who are the majority of people getting mad at the word. Impoverished Blk ppl and white women...And are those two groups usually afraid of snakes? Which he essentially is at that point. In my experience yes. A whole lot of yes.
Soooo he can say it because blk people are afraid of snakes. Big Brain.
He has that attitude too
You could say he's a Bad Dragon
What if I told you there was no Pass. The pass was merely an illusion. You've always been free to say whatever you want.
That sounds like a trap
I'd say Woolie is a liar and a thief
I would recommend taking a pause to think of how what you say could affect the people around you, but if you're ready to be disagreed with (possibly physically) then you're good to go.
@skylerfigallo9056I love how it's not racist somehow to assume that black people can't keep their composure when they hear their trigger word.
@skylerfigallo9056just say it around people that wont kick your ass
If the dragon is a sentient being of human intelligence, the novelty of it would probably give him a pass within the boundaries of normal friendly interactions. If the dragon/donkey is a pet that was taught to speak, Mulan is getting kicked off facebook.
Oh my Space King! Big brain 💪🧠
That Sonic the Seneschal of Speed painting in the back is absolutely jarring
"can the Chinese say it?" they sure don't care if they can't!
I already say it all the time so Donkey definitely can
This is why I subscribe to this channel. Not afraid to tackle the big pressing questions that other channels are afraid to ask.
The dragon from Mulan shouldn't be considered poor. Mulan wasn't a peasant, her father is a wealthy landowner.
Literally having a shrine for their ancestors😂, like I'm pretty sure most peasants back in the day just worked farms
yeah, also he wasn't technically an actual dragon he was a guardian spirit in the body of a dragon. But yeah, Mulan's family were on the level of low-level nobles, not at all peasants.
I came to say this. Mulan came from a wealthy family.
We're back Boyz!
Finally content for the employed
"heaven and hell, so to speak" spoken so eloquently, your mastery over words is unmatched
What if LOTR Ents were real could they say the N-word? would it be okay from an ebony ent tree but weird from a white birch ent? If so, even if the ent tree talked like Foghorn Leghorn?
They could but they wouldn’t cuz they have *hour long specific warble insult for every crawling or walking creature warble*
YESSS PEAK IS BACK
6:14 something to think about too, Piccolo from Dragon Ball Z is generally accepted to have the pass because he's green and has a deep voice but in reality he's voiced by the whitest Texan man lmao
Watching Don's face change as Tom says he's willing to let his wife die so she won't cheat and then says he'll later find another girl is priceless. 😂
Same as mine. Like if my dog would die if I didn't let it live with my neighbor, I let it go because it being okay makes me happier than it being mine. Your wife dying because you won't? That's a tough hill to die on.
This is the most "dudes" conversation ever.
If Robert Downey Jr in Tropic Thunder can say it, anyone can
I one hundred percent agree
But he didn't say it, he slapped the black gay kid for saying it.
No, only RDJ, and only until he finishes the DVD commentary
In fact in Tropic thunder, Robert Downey Jr. does not say it, and he actually smacked the actual black guy for saying it to him and tells him “that word has kept us down for 400 years”
@sf90001 Based
THIS IS GONNA BE PEAK YALL
RETURN OF BIG BRAIN!! PRAISE BE TO SPACE KING!! TOM AND DONG ARE THE BEST!!
Happy Black History month Tom and Don
When the world needed them most, they returned!
It’s like my big beautiful brain boys never left. Thank you Space King 😭 praise be!
Wait, what do you mean I can't say it?
Rules based on skin color, always works out great.
They do.
That's pretty casual, i'm more into ranked segregation by eye color.
sums it up nicely
Isn't it funny how one race of people is told they cannot say words and is blamed for all of sins of society despite creating modern society and not being the only ones responsible for it.
In all fairness... when we had those (I mean, we still have those, just ten times more intense in the opposite direction, so when we had the previous version of those), there was much less crime, far less cultural and intellectual decay, and people seemed to be a lot happier on all sides. With fewer rules keeping certain folks on the rails, we have far more theft, murder, grape, and cities being burned to the ground.
This one is much more cohesive and amazing flow/editing
If Space King wills it.
I smell a new space king character in the making. Bonus points if the voice actor is either anonymous or has no social media presence and a racially ambiguous name.
@christopherkaspereen3853flashgitz hire this man
Im so friggin happy yall are doing more big brain.
Thank you guys
Anyone can, but too few are brave enough to try.
*Boards flight with BK crown*
I actually shouted, "YES!" when I saw this
I shouted something else, related to question one....
School never taught us important things like this.
There's no black people in any of the Shrek movies. Donkey could say the N-word and the people of Far Far Away wouldn't even know what that is.
each video leaves me more flabergastered and educationalized than the one b4
Well, I mean it was technically _our_ word first, so, yeah...
True. Blacks using it is technically cultural appropriation.
Also, like most supposed "slurs", it actually wasn't remotely derogatory when it was in common use. People just got the big mad, pointed at a word, decided it was offensive on their own, making it so the average Joe felt weird about using it, and giving the people that actually DID want a derogatory word fresh ammunition.
That's how almost all slurs are formed. Small brains getting offended over common language until that common language (sometimes language that they explicitly demand be used a mere decade or two prior, though not in this particular case) becomes demonized. Then they just move onto being offended over whatever new word is used, because you can't just go from having a word for something common to having no way of referring to it over night, and the small brains can't just live with the fact that people can talk.
@Sin_Alder thats true. But thats what always happens with words that put people in boxes. First they are just there for categorisation and easier identification, then they develop into judgementalism and then they become derogatory and people demand the word banned and/or changed. After they have not been able to enforce a change/ban, there is a time of resentment and then the word becomes the cornerstone of a group identity. The N word went that route. If the word gets banned however, it gets exchanged with another one that is supposed to sound nicer, but will ultimately go down the same path. Because derogatory words do not just evolve because they are bad, but because there is a solid reason why it develops in such a way. Changing the word doesnt take away the reason. Thats why banning words doesnt work.
@Sin_Alder It was always derogatory in it's use. White people didn't see it as derogatory themselves, but they were also unaffected by it. The word just means black, but it's most common usage was to describe black people. Once it was clear black people didn't want to be labeled that, it became a slur, because using it showed disrespect and contempt for the person in question or the group as a whole. For the Italians and Irish Americans they got called it and became more racist over time because they didn't want the negative PR of being associated with black people especially since they were implied to be subhuman. It's not that stupid people got offended by a '"common word" the word carried baggage from how racists in the country would demean, harass, and lynch them all using the word. People just want to find an avenue to be hateful, and will use any combination of words to demean black people, the word in question is just the one that was prevalent as a hateful word throughout American history.
There was a multi-generational trauma packed into the word and it's use only refers to black people (and "unwanted" white people/other minorities). If it wasn't so stigmatized it would have fallen out of modern parlance years ago. While I do think it would be better if it wasn't used at all these days, it makes for an excellent litmus test. The attitudes of people who want to use the word largely fall into two types, they are either deeply disrespectful and/or racist, or they want to use it in the softer way common among black people themselves. While the latter isn't malicious it's the existence of the former that ruins it for them especially for white people. Most black people are tolerant towards their friends using it within their close knit group (the fabled pass) but no one wants to be the guy who's friend says it hatefully and breaks the trust given.
Holy crap you’re right! 🤯
FUCK YES BIG BRAIN IS BACK!!! I missed this series so HARD.
3:55 Dude’s right. Depends on the race of the Parrot’s owner
idub i will never forgive for creator crash and missing maxmofoe wedding say no to evil girl and take back freedom NOW!!!
This isn't iDubbbz bruh 😭
I love the thought they spent 20 minutes dressing up to debate this 😂
As a man that has watched his fiancé slowly wither away from cancer (she made a shock recovery after the doctor declared her terminal), yeah I'd just have to let my bro smash her. Shit was tough.
I ended up leaving her like a year later, cause she got so used to the lavish treatment and attention I gave her during her illness that once she recovered she got super entitled and mean and abusive once I decided to go back to work and try to focus on myself a little bit.
Hope you're doing well
@00xiNSaNiTYx00Doing great! With a new girl for 8 months and she's lovely.
Dang. That’s so trippy. Cancer sucks but geez… I guess human beings can be worse lol
@DoctorLazers I realize that it’s often considered fake and gay but that entire plot arc is seriously and deeply therapy worthy. Hope all is well!
@Wanhope2 I am very much in a good place. In the year since I left her, I've lost 50lbs, started on new medication, qualified for nursing school and the military. I considered therapy for a bit, but so far just improving my situation in life has made a world of difference.
i think if a dragon showed up sounding like eddie Murphy saying the gamer word people would love it
1. Donkey is voiced by Eddie Murphy.
2. Donkey is an animal.
Yes, he can say it. Literally the easiest question to be answered. What a small brain conundrum.
I wish big brain was on Spotify as a podcast I would listen to it all day at work
The dragon from Mulan identifies as black so its okay
Finally! It's been too long to not have these deep and meaningful condos.
Who knows where this country would be without Big Brain.
Damn this is nuts, I actually JUST thought about the whole donkey and the n word thing the other day, this has to be one of the most insane coincidences of my life lol
Big Brain Psychic power my nigga
Are you being completely genuine? 100%????
@Puppy_Puppington seriously, my fiancé and I watched Shrek recently, and I was thinking about how Eddie Murphy plays Donkey, and my brain was like “oh damn does that mean he gets the pass?” I was just daydreaming at work. Then like a day later I see the notification for this video and I almost dropped my phone lol
In the privacy of your own home you have always been free to say whatever you want.
1:06 some interesting audio hiccup there. I wonder what was actually said >_>
The complication of the self 'in and of itself' is ammusing .
7:47 wouldn’t that be like Schrodingers cat? It’s both until the costume is removed…
So glad to have the boys back for big brain
Blacks invented China. Yakub created public education to convince the world otherwise.
Praise Be Father Yakub! Oh Father continue to give me the strength to oppress blackie
@CaesarAquilusPraise be.
Trvth nvke
So he can?
Isn't yakub black
Good lord, whoever's in the next room doing laundry is getting rather an earful here at the end of this one...
I am once again asking where I can find that regal sonic picture
screenshot, cut, crop, apply background.
Tom and Don be philosophizing in the end of 8-3 💀
yes
anyone can
Donkey was a slave, he knows the pain
Lmao! Please let this be an ongoing series! 🤣
I love how it's not racist at all to assume that every black person would lose all rationality at the utterance of their trigger word.
No, that's scientifically documented fact.
@billbadson7598 Its also a fact that when they assault you for saying it the police won't charge them, in fact you get charged with a hate crime for triggering said assault.
I believe there's a recent video of a woman on the subway demonstrating this fact
Winter solider episode ahh
@honeybadger6275 Are we in Europe?
you guys are soooo smart.......
Dude. I have worked with Indian, Chinese, and Philippinos who all used the N word regularly. The African guys ive worked with, never used it. Difference being, the African guys were happy with what they were. The other guys tried VERY hard to be cool.
Well, real Africans get it. We’re not assuming them. We are assuming African-Americans.
Who* they are. Not what, lol.
Love theses so much, glad its back!
It's an oxymoron to begin with.
Throughout the history of the world, there has never been a "forbidden" word where the group whom it degrades, then uses it in comradery toward one another. While simultaneously wielding it as a proverbial beartrap for others.
It's only used by those who choose to omit its meaning, but still wish to hide behind it's divisiveness.
The solidarity is the point.
@fetch300 But that "solidarity" isn't universally held.
When you ask some questions about the "rule" it gets really funny and the rule starts to fall apart.
Victim signalling is just a low hanging fruit to feel superior. Used enough it becomes the quickest tool to use.
I dunno im a proud goyim and we all know jews use it derogatory most of the time
Micheal Cera saying the N word doing an Eddie Murphy impression is the funniest visual ever
Can Darth Vader say it?!
No because he’s just anakin skywalker.
WE ARE SO FUCKING BACK
What if he wanted to save someone's life and needed a word that could cut through all the noise?
Yell "heresy!"
Man I really miss these big brain! We need more
My ancestors invented the word specifically, of course I’m gonna use it.
So happy to see Big Brain return.
Dragons can't be poor, they're hoarding riches, gold gems and stuff, that's in rheir nature
Saying “that one” (哪一个) in Mandarin sounds like “ney-kuh”
Tom and Dom is just Gork and Mork in the warp
I’m glad yall are here to ask the important questions
Everyone says it, those who say they dont are lying.
my brain grows ever larger!
WE WUZ DRAGONZZZ AND SHIIIEEET
BIG BRAIN IS BACK? PRAISE BE TO SPACE KING!
Anyone can say It, is a word not a deadly spell
FINALLY! I have patiently waited the return of Big Brain! I can't believe RUclips hid this from me for two whole weeks!
the 'jesus on a donkey' thing WAS a sogn of nobility, btw,
because warriors road horses,
and he was coming as a king, not the warrior.
that and it was a fullfillment of a prophecy, if i recall.
horses are the ones associated with nobility and power (both warriors and king). the Jesus on a donkey thing was more of a symbol of humility, not necessarily poverty, as donkeys were used for labor. sort of a ‘he didnt show up just to parade around on a fancy royal horse or chariot, but instead came to serve and carry burdens like the donkey did’
@NotoriousICG it was the fulfillment of a prophecy in Zechariah 9:9 - “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”
In the Middle East, kings rode donkeys rather than horses as a sign of peace. Christ was showing that he was the promised Messiah, the Prince of Peace, not a king coming to conquer, which He will be in the future.
.... just say the word. SAY IT! Rob it of its power!
Im glad Big Brain returned, just in time, to start answering the questions that were on everyone's mind.
Anyone can say it. Of any race or ethnicity.
The fact that it's the only racial slur that's treated as if it casts a magical spell of damage if spoken by a white person -- while all other slurs are just insults -- is absolutely insane.
You're kind of dumb.
Somehow it causes 3d4 psychic damage UNLESS it's in a song or just being said constantly in general by their own friends and family. Actually that makes it sound even cooler.
What’s insane is that you could think that
Yes! I have been asking for ages glad to have more Big Brain.
As a black man I am officially giving everyone who sees this comment the n-word pass for life. Please use it as freely as you please.
Thanks my nigga. You're officially invited to join us in Agartha when we discover it.
Already did but much appreciated