The tale of the doctor who defied Death - Iseult Gillespie

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  • Опубликовано: 11 мар 2020
  • Dive into the German tale of Godfather Death and his godson, the doctor who tries to master mortality.
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    A husband and wife were in despair. The woman had just given birth to their 13th child, and the growing family was quickly running out of food and money. Wandering into the woods, the father encountered a skeletal figure with sunken eyes and a gaunt face: this was Death himself, come to offer his services as Godfather. Iseult Gillespie tells the tale of Death and the doctor.
    Lesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by Yael Reisfeld.
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  • @TEDEd
    @TEDEd  Год назад +102

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  • @shaswatinayak4523
    @shaswatinayak4523 4 года назад +6936

    "We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one."
    - Confucius.

    • @randobob4733
      @randobob4733 4 года назад +15

      Then whats the point of that line?

    • @jahimalnar7978
      @jahimalnar7978 4 года назад +247

      @@randobob4733 to point out we period of our life when we live carefree and perhaps reckless, and the other when we realize we only have so much time left
      But that's my guess

    • @killuazoldyck_
      @killuazoldyck_ 4 года назад +89

      Its means once you realise you need to appreciate your life and doing good deeds thats your second life obviously its the same one life but you will be better after you understand life and yoir purpose.

    • @softlocked9586
      @softlocked9586 4 года назад +18

      Rando Bob what I think is that once people start realizing they only have one, their second live starts, but there’s only one life according to the first statement, so people realize they only have one live much too late in their life.

    • @lick28
      @lick28 4 года назад +12

      That just sounds like having one life with extra steps

  • @tlyke
    @tlyke 4 года назад +19415

    Death: *sitting at the foot of the bed*
    Doctor: Uno reverse card

  • @axolotl.5667
    @axolotl.5667 3 года назад +5231

    This guy’s voice is so mesmerising, and I cant look away from that magical animation!

    • @noli915
      @noli915 2 года назад +7

      THE WATER MONSTER SPEAKS!

    • @mr.mischiefiknowyourpasswo8224
      @mr.mischiefiknowyourpasswo8224 2 года назад +7

      @@noli915 I brought the toaster, quick walk into the water with it. I'll plug it in as soon as you're close enough. Your heroic deed will be recognized

    • @noli915
      @noli915 2 года назад +1

      @@mr.mischiefiknowyourpasswo8224 a

    • @bingbonghafu
      @bingbonghafu 2 года назад +3

      What’s his name?

    • @buonopesci
      @buonopesci 2 года назад +3

      Anyone knows who the voice of the video is???????

  • @bedboyhalo-butismeelo4488
    @bedboyhalo-butismeelo4488 3 года назад +5599

    Husband: *snatches child out of wife's hands.*
    Wife: Hey what are you doing?!
    Husband: Well I just made a deal with d e a t h and he offered to take care of our child so I accepted.

    • @sheer9203
      @sheer9203 2 года назад +41

      Good idea

    • @zan821
      @zan821 2 года назад +95

      @Marcel Reiner lmao
      but seriously if youre not gonna trust god himself to be a godfather to your son then you might as well not trust anyone at all

    • @zan821
      @zan821 2 года назад +2

      @bts armyy yup

    • @thatdamncrow9197
      @thatdamncrow9197 2 года назад +107

      @@zan821god is one who passes judgement
      He has killed countless out of anger
      Death has never killed out of anger
      And unlike god all are equal to the eyes of death
      Everything has the same value

    • @zan821
      @zan821 2 года назад +25

      @@thatdamncrow9197 okay okay man leave me alone
      im scared

  • @albertamalachi3560
    @albertamalachi3560 4 года назад +3645

    Death probably just likes scented candles.

    • @TEDEd
      @TEDEd  4 года назад +469

      It's his most relatable quality.

    • @moonlightikah6753
      @moonlightikah6753 4 года назад +33

      from bath and body works for sure. they smell great.

    • @kairosdragon1130
      @kairosdragon1130 4 года назад +6

      What scent is his favorite?

    • @justasaddragon3778
      @justasaddragon3778 4 года назад +13

      @@@moonlightikah6753 bed bath and beyond the grave

    • @justvibin338
      @justvibin338 4 года назад +4

      Gwyneth Paltrow's candles are his favorite

  • @aMissAdventure
    @aMissAdventure 4 года назад +5961

    "But he was so moved by her grace..." (just after they animated her puking out of a window onto his head)

    • @white_exe8053
      @white_exe8053 3 года назад +45

      Lmao

    • @squidbro6635
      @squidbro6635 3 года назад +190

      It was cute how the butterflies were holding back her hair.

    • @TallSilentGuy
      @TallSilentGuy 3 года назад +38

      Into his mouth, no less.

    • @Basic_Cat
      @Basic_Cat 3 года назад +38

      very graceful indeed

    • @Basic_Cat
      @Basic_Cat 3 года назад +10

      Also, Simon, that’s a mask. It couldn’t get into his mouth.

  • @winterlstorm4794
    @winterlstorm4794 3 года назад +3088

    When you realized that if even the doctor didnt broke rule and let the princess die, he would still die by king's orders

    • @oussamat612
      @oussamat612 3 года назад +383

      but death takes the life not the king so even if the king ordered the doctor to die and death refused he wouldn't die

    • @whoami6064
      @whoami6064 3 года назад +107

      @@oussamat612 but there's a 50/50 chance he might have survived. And even if he survived, he would have died from the shame of not saving the princess

    • @ladyteacupii784
      @ladyteacupii784 3 года назад +173

      @@whoami6064 yeah but at the same time Death promised happiness once the boy returns, so I'm guessing the princess's death was some sort of test, it doesn't matter if the boy wants to die or the king wants him to die, since Death controls death, if you know what I mean.

    • @noranabo8205
      @noranabo8205 2 года назад +8

      i-thats true

    • @sobree9743
      @sobree9743 2 года назад +83

      the king was supposed to die, i think death knew this and meant it more as a prophecy than a warning. He was supposed to listen to death, not the glory of men.

  • @daysofwineandroses1723
    @daysofwineandroses1723 3 года назад +681

    If anyone is wondering what this is from, it is a short story named 'Godfather Death' one of my favorite tales. Without knowing that this video is the same, i clicked it and watched seeing how they were the same. Very deep and beautiful. C:

    • @daadaa6356
      @daadaa6356 2 года назад +4

      same :D

    • @daysofwineandroses1723
      @daysofwineandroses1723 2 года назад +1

      @@daadaa6356 (◍•ᴗ•◍)

    • @mrssld456
      @mrssld456 Год назад +1

      Same

    • @NoriMori1992
      @NoriMori1992 11 месяцев назад +3

      Also called "Death's Godson". In the version I read, Death was female. There were other differences too.

    • @synsvids
      @synsvids 4 месяца назад +1

      I like this story as well, and I've always loved the line "All people are equal in the eyes of death". It gives me comfort. I remember in the version I first read; it was if death was at the side of the patient they could be saved, but if death was at the foot, then they could not.

  • @rupontiroy9685
    @rupontiroy9685 4 года назад +11504

    Imagine them travelling together and they see a sick person and death is just like:
    I CALL DIBS

  • @otxchy
    @otxchy 4 года назад +21141

    "all people are equal in the eyes of death"
    Also Death: *cats get 9 lives*

  • @burntburndog
    @burntburndog 3 года назад +658

    "The doctor wasn't the first to try to cheat death"
    Joseph and Okuyasu: _allow us to introduce ourselves_

    • @SylverUI
      @SylverUI 3 года назад +1

      how'd you do that font?

    • @deleted4913
      @deleted4913 3 года назад +2

      @@DGolden247 wow youre a cool dude

    • @rajankunwar24
      @rajankunwar24 3 года назад +1

      @@DGolden247 _Really_

    • @VirusCity17
      @VirusCity17 3 года назад +8

      @@SylverUI
      *Did you know you can bold your words as well with asterisk?*
      *_In fact, italics and bold can be combined together._*

    • @sicadafly
      @sicadafly 3 года назад +1

      _cool_

  • @itzkirml
    @itzkirml 3 года назад +336

    2:16
    Death: omg wait so you guys held hands???

  • @bella9698
    @bella9698 3 года назад +7024

    4:08 doctor: so where is Queen Elizabeth’s candle?
    Death: oh, it’s in the back
    *_see’s massive 90 foot candle burning brighter than the sun itself in the back_*

    • @user-mg7wh8zq6v
      @user-mg7wh8zq6v 3 года назад +226

      I wouldnt doubt to see that

    • @eadweard2214
      @eadweard2214 3 года назад +193

      This sounds believable

    • @gitimonidutta234
      @gitimonidutta234 3 года назад +96

      That cleared all my doubts
      Thanks man..

    • @anonguy772
      @anonguy772 3 года назад +63

      Prince Philip at 99: *smugly sips immortality juice*
      Kane Tanaka at 114: That's adorable

    • @mysincerestcondolences
      @mysincerestcondolences 3 года назад +15

      "wait what do you mean this isn't true?"

  • @cameron-5740
    @cameron-5740 4 года назад +10827

    "all people are equal in the eyes of death"
    Death: * only wants the lives of royals *

    • @JadeSpecter
      @JadeSpecter 4 года назад +92

      @The Third Horseman good reasoning

    • @XIIconstNvChr
      @XIIconstNvChr 4 года назад +242

      death: "eat the rich!!!"

    • @mehrapi7621
      @mehrapi7621 4 года назад +161

      @The Third Horseman maybe death only wanted the king, and he decided to claim the princess in his place when the king was healed by the doctor?

    • @PS-vr1uv
      @PS-vr1uv 4 года назад +175

      I think it is because both was linked with greed. The doctor wanted the fame for the saving the king, and he wanted love and gold from saving the princess. Both times death was at the foot of the bed.
      Edit: not to be that person, but that's alot of likes lol

    • @kiranecromancer3679
      @kiranecromancer3679 4 года назад +11

      Xx sTrAnGe xX but death judges none and it cares about it not

  • @ey8648
    @ey8648 3 года назад +69

    Whats interesting is that although death was supposed to be unbiased, I think he grew to love his godson but felt bound to his strict rules of equality.

  • @baniello1
    @baniello1 2 года назад +58

    I was actually raised with this story and as a small child, I absolutely loved this :) In the version I was told though, the doctor was allowed to choose any candle in the cavern to replace the princes', but of course he chose his own candle per "chance".

    • @ananthakrishnanbalajee
      @ananthakrishnanbalajee Год назад +6

      I read a version where the doctor pleaded with death to light another candle for him on top of his candle, which was almost out, but death cunningly placed the candle on the wick and the first one went out.

  • @zititan3015
    @zititan3015 4 года назад +8332

    Why does Death looked so cute when he is at the foot of the bed in this video? 😂😂😂

    • @Josh_Schwarz
      @Josh_Schwarz 4 года назад +303

      He‘s happy.

    • @thecavendishslostkitten3898
      @thecavendishslostkitten3898 4 года назад +133

      All those who liked this comment is a psychopath. Yep, including me.

    • @aperson504
      @aperson504 4 года назад +8

      Time stamp

    • @TheGoobieDoober
      @TheGoobieDoober 4 года назад +45

      @@thecavendishslostkitten3898 Or people who are too familiar with Death.
      Wait..
      Deadpool?

    • @parvathy8441
      @parvathy8441 4 года назад +33

      TRULY Maniax 2:50 lmaoo😂

  • @sumitkumar-qi2vl
    @sumitkumar-qi2vl 4 года назад +35313

    " All people are equal in the eyes of death " what a line.

    • @dru4670
      @dru4670 4 года назад +699

      @@vasudevraghav2109 all in all they die. That's the point.

    • @Georgia307
      @Georgia307 4 года назад +737

      @@vasudevraghav2109 If you think about it, illness is not death's responsibility. How someone dies, the moments leading up to death, are under the umbrella of life. Death is only there to collect, no matter how healthy or poor of health a person is or how rich they are in wealth. Death takes everyone in any state.

    • @Ruby321123
      @Ruby321123 4 года назад +126

      Igualdad en la Muerte. Death does not judge - she comes for us all. If Death does not judge, then who are we to? 🌹❤💀❤🌹 A prominent belief in many forms of Santisima Muerte devotion.

    • @brodychapelle6997
      @brodychapelle6997 4 года назад +197

      Death does not discriminate

    • @Panda_Roll
      @Panda_Roll 4 года назад +258

      You might be a king or a little street sweeper, but sooner or later you dance with the reaper.

  • @TheXboxReviewer
    @TheXboxReviewer 2 года назад +14

    4:50
    Narrator: "His inscrutable face..."
    The Animation: " :< "

  • @CelticMudkip
    @CelticMudkip 3 года назад +132

    Did anyone else click on this after a series of riddles, and wait for the actual moment to solve the riddle to come, only to find it wasn't actually a riddle?

  • @dubeydagreyt2504
    @dubeydagreyt2504 4 года назад +3318

    Death: Your time has come
    Me: *pulls out UNO reverse cars*

    • @navivan768
      @navivan768 4 года назад +102

      Now I’m just imagining uno but with different car models

    • @dubeydagreyt2504
      @dubeydagreyt2504 4 года назад +45

      @Shriyansh Pandey You haven't seen an UNO Car, have you?

    • @zeezee451
      @zeezee451 4 года назад +19

      @Shriyansh Pandey it is a card game. But something called Uno Cars also exist.

    • @stevede5275
      @stevede5275 4 года назад +5

      that’s it. that’s the entire myth of sisyphus fooling death

    • @ArnieOcfemia
      @ArnieOcfemia 4 года назад +2

      @@dubeydagreyt2504 We're can I find one? I'm interested.... 😁

  • @siriyadla1334
    @siriyadla1334 3 года назад +6132

    Well this bought a whole new meaning to *"So you have chosen death"*

    • @jomiarielle4045
      @jomiarielle4045 3 года назад +113

      its more like "so you've been chosen by death"

    • @potatopancakes101
      @potatopancakes101 3 года назад +10

      why does this only have 300 likes

    • @thenewthalita406
      @thenewthalita406 3 года назад +7

      It now has 666 and I don't wanna uin it lol

    • @khyathialluru5830
      @khyathialluru5830 3 года назад +4

      this is such an underrated comment hahaha

    • @jobama9909
      @jobama9909 3 года назад +7

      @@jomiarielle4045 So you ahve chosen *,* death*

  • @andyodels
    @andyodels 2 года назад +45

    The animation is engaging and a great fit for this type of story. I learned this as a Lithuanian folk tale, as a child, but it had a different ending. The doctor built a one-legged bed and rotated the bed with the princess until Death grew tired. Death left, wearied, and the doctor married the princess.

  • @priyanshubaderia1945
    @priyanshubaderia1945 3 года назад +59

    " All people are equal in the eyes of that "
    Death - *proceeds to give his mortal godson immortality potion*

  • @coolguy27
    @coolguy27 4 года назад +9594

    It's ironic he could save others from death, but not himself.

    • @lostcause3720
      @lostcause3720 4 года назад +335

      *[LAUGHS IN SITH LORD]*

    • @hamborger7187
      @hamborger7187 4 года назад +207

      @@lostcause3720 Have you heard the tale of Darth Plagueis the Wise? It is not a story the Jedi would tell you.

    • @Turtvig12
      @Turtvig12 4 года назад +105

      A man who can save himself from death is no longer human. A man with no fear for death, will have no delight in life. idk i just wanted to write something:D

    • @thetechnoking
      @thetechnoking 4 года назад +53

      He actually could, he only had one thing to do.. FOLLOW THE RULES

    • @ghostbunny4774
      @ghostbunny4774 4 года назад +11

      Jardiel Wendson that’s a Star Wars reference so chill

  • @aadi7529
    @aadi7529 3 года назад +6507

    death: sits at foot of the king
    man: casually flips bed over and heals him
    "Sometimes my genius, it''s almost frightening"

    • @aksheee
      @aksheee 2 года назад +19

      im ur 1000th like

    • @indianboy9575
      @indianboy9575 2 года назад +16

      How does this comment has 1.3K likes and only one replie

    • @aksheee
      @aksheee 2 года назад +4

      @@indianboy9575 even idk

    • @Anonymous-zd1ow
      @Anonymous-zd1ow 2 года назад +11

      @@indianboy9575 Kinda spooky tbh

    • @bumbaaclaaat2866
      @bumbaaclaaat2866 2 года назад +1

      Joe

  • @cristopherleshnick1122
    @cristopherleshnick1122 3 года назад +89

    "Doctor Who: The doctor always defies death through regeneration." Honestly thought that was where this was going.

    • @dottore590
      @dottore590 3 года назад +3

      I'm surprised they didn't reference it at least once

  • @trixzplayzz6944
    @trixzplayzz6944 3 года назад +46

    Doctor: Turns the bed around
    Death: NO, that's not how you are supposed to play the game

  • @ajmeraprakash3855
    @ajmeraprakash3855 4 года назад +8656

    "All are equal before death"
    Also Death: so, like how long do you want to live
    Queen Elizabeth: *Yes*

    • @kiwiluiz8675
      @kiwiluiz8675 3 года назад +131

      I am shooketh and bamboozled

    • @bleisenberg
      @bleisenberg 3 года назад +304

      Queen Elizabeth: I'lL tAkE yOuR eNtIRe StOcK

    • @HAZNAUT
      @HAZNAUT 3 года назад +23

      takes son in plane crash

    • @adityas3587
      @adityas3587 3 года назад +44

      You are acting like she's the only person to reach the age of 94

    • @bradley8148
      @bradley8148 3 года назад +65

      @@adityas3587 it's a joke dude

  • @aatreyobanerjee4216
    @aatreyobanerjee4216 4 года назад +1471

    Doctor turns the table around : "ohh look how the tables have turned!"
    Death : .......

    • @sakuya9017
      @sakuya9017 4 года назад +34

      “ Oh how the turn tables.....”

    • @giaphu2091
      @giaphu2091 4 года назад +8

      *Slide away awkwardly*

    • @menelik6652
      @menelik6652 4 года назад +3

      Oh how the turn beds

    • @the_neon_08
      @the_neon_08 3 года назад +4

      Turns have tabled*

    • @scrantimous
      @scrantimous 3 года назад

      Oh how the have tables turned*

  • @marissafurtado6428
    @marissafurtado6428 2 года назад +4

    The music, the animation, the sound effects, the narration everything's so on point... Gosh! This video is phenomenal

  • @f.t633
    @f.t633 4 года назад +4826

    the little butterflies holding the princess' hair while she was throwing up was such a cute moment 😊😊😊

    • @deadhill814
      @deadhill814 4 года назад +10

      Faten T so true

    • @jerry0331
      @jerry0331 4 года назад +1

      665th liker... YES 666!

    • @reuvelyne
      @reuvelyne 4 года назад +1

      1,000th like

    • @netslayeruk
      @netslayeruk 4 года назад +15

      It was pretty cute and then when the doctor was puked on I just lost it xD

    • @narozstyle
      @narozstyle 4 года назад

      "A sweet two minute story about the meaning of life" answers the eternal question: "What's the point of it all?" : ruclips.net/video/Jt0hV6xvWSI/видео.html

  • @bellatrixlestrange4136
    @bellatrixlestrange4136 4 года назад +5328

    “Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.”
    -Haruki Murakami

    • @garimajain8216
      @garimajain8216 4 года назад +12

      Norwegian wood

    • @eran9126
      @eran9126 4 года назад +4

      My favorite author ❤️

    • @sleeexs
      @sleeexs 4 года назад +21

      Death is the beginning of life, and also the end

    • @garimajain8216
      @garimajain8216 3 года назад +3

      @Stephanie Logan it's the name of the novel out of which this quote was taken (and it's also a Beatles song? )

    • @left6121
      @left6121 3 года назад +4

      -Bellatrix Lestrange-

  • @guest7491
    @guest7491 2 года назад +27

    Actually, in Japan, this story is known as “Shinigami”: one of the famous rakugo titles. As a Japanese, I’m glad to know the origin of it XD

  • @enasan9406
    @enasan9406 Год назад +2

    There is a Mexican movie with this story, Macario, the german autor Bruno Traven wrote the tale on which the movie is based. One of the best mexican movies ever made

  • @ordinaryextraordinary9484
    @ordinaryextraordinary9484 4 года назад +2933

    Death: You can cure all illnesses, but I still need to take some lives every now and again. Just don’t touch anyone I want. That’s the only rule. Other than that, go nuts.
    Guy: **breaks rule**
    Death:
    ಠ_ಠ Bich...

    • @guilhermecorrea545
      @guilhermecorrea545 4 года назад +19

      Bich lol

    • @bertez5501
      @bertez5501 4 года назад +5

      🤣🤣

    • @arcalyte4905
      @arcalyte4905 4 года назад +123

      Death: You can cure all illnesses, but I still need to take some lives every now and again. Just don’t touch anyone I want. That’s the only rule. Other than that, go nuts.
      Guy: *breaks rule*
      Death: Aight you got one more fukin chance cause im in a good mood, do it again and i break your fuckin neck kid
      Guy: *breaks rule*
      Death": *so you have chosen death*

    • @prokeyset2346
      @prokeyset2346 4 года назад +1

      Guilherme Correa lol

    • @kermittheblanket6838
      @kermittheblanket6838 4 года назад +18

      death : *gives a second chance*
      Doctor : *break rule again *
      death : shocked pikachu • □ •

  • @tebaayy8141
    @tebaayy8141 3 года назад +7003

    I just realised that the doctor is the 13th child and 13 resembles death.

    • @ahsmar8662
      @ahsmar8662 3 года назад +348

      You have 13 likes

    • @tebaayy8141
      @tebaayy8141 3 года назад +317

      @@ahsmar8662 Uh oh.

    • @uttamdas5834
      @uttamdas5834 3 года назад +40

      Levi's Waifu very true

    • @maymiller3639
      @maymiller3639 3 года назад +29

      I am the only waifu levi will get to taste hon

    • @tebaayy8141
      @tebaayy8141 3 года назад +7

      @@maymiller3639 In your dreams he does. B)))

  • @Sciencedoneright
    @Sciencedoneright 2 года назад +21

    "But he rejected both offers."
    You saying he rejected god himself taking care of his son

  • @NoizZy_
    @NoizZy_ 2 года назад +4

    this has to be my favorite from this channel, the animation, the story, the voice acting just yes

  • @bigmanitb
    @bigmanitb 4 года назад +6963

    God: offers to save this man and his entire family
    Man: nah mate, I'm good
    Death: hello i..
    Man: take my son

    • @shreyaraman6664
      @shreyaraman6664 4 года назад +652

      Actually, God offered the same thing. However, the man kenw that God also held judgement over humans, and that all humans weren't equal in his eye, unlike Death, who didn't care about who the human was, since they were all equal.

    • @slobodanreka1088
      @slobodanreka1088 4 года назад +226

      Because he didn't like being judged. Tell you what, 13 kids and not enough money to feed them? They deserve to be judged.

    • @animeviewer66
      @animeviewer66 4 года назад +141

      A God's deal may not be just , but all are equal in deaths eyes.
      Basically he was the most likely of the three to give a fair deal

    • @lucyk2634
      @lucyk2634 4 года назад +117

      @@animeviewer66 except what you consider fair. I looked at it the other way. Death have no judgement, he takes anyone or no one, all the same who they are. God has judgment so he see whether a man is good ar bad so that's how he would decide one will live or not. This father knows that if some of his children were bad God will take them. That's why he made a deal with death who will spare all his family.

    • @lucyk2634
      @lucyk2634 4 года назад +86

      @@animeviewer66 fair is one thing, equal totally different thing. So I think God is fair, death was just equally choosing.

  • @yourcommentmightnotworksop9987
    @yourcommentmightnotworksop9987 4 года назад +2294

    "He could not trust in some one who judged human life"
    But death see no man.
    Beautiful

    • @lillyswann9922
      @lillyswann9922 4 года назад +24

      Can u plz explain that part... why he rejected God's offer but accepts death to be his son's godfather??!!

    • @jenbunnyaqua
      @jenbunnyaqua 4 года назад +151

      Lilly Swann you can explain it in many ways, but essentially what we all have in common is dying; whereas our beliefs, our ‘gods’ and our ‘demons’ are all dependent on an individual, case by case basis, and each belief comes with its own set of rules, dictations, and determinations of who is ‘good’ or ‘bad’ or ‘worthy/unworthy’. So the father felt it was best to trust death, because death eventually takes everyone, there’s no avoiding him, so he truly had no reason or agenda to either trick or help the father. Plus it was his ‘13th’ son, so perhaps it was fate. 😂

    • @htoodoh5770
      @htoodoh5770 4 года назад +3

      @@jenbunnyaqua Do you know this story?

    • @mohammedavdul5247
      @mohammedavdul5247 4 года назад +14

      @@jenbunnyaqua so its like a metaphor and doesn't actually implies that god is bad, then it's all gucci👍👍

    • @femcel_estia8013
      @femcel_estia8013 4 года назад +10

      @@mohammedavdul5247 god is indeed bad tho lmao

  • @sevenaries
    @sevenaries 2 года назад +5

    Tbh death seems like a pretty chill father

  • @Blue-yr8bv
    @Blue-yr8bv 3 года назад +1

    This is one of favorite videos on RUclips. The story is so interesting.

  • @ineedabettername1752
    @ineedabettername1752 4 года назад +5732

    Basic summary of the first time the doctor cheated death:
    Death: I call dibs
    Doctor: *Spins table around
    Death: ...
    Doctor: ...
    Death: *Listen here you little sh-*

    • @DRACOFURY
      @DRACOFURY 4 года назад +36

      Yup

    • @pomegranate10017
      @pomegranate10017 4 года назад +228

      T H E T A B L E S H A V E T U R N E D

    • @comicsans3421
      @comicsans3421 4 года назад +89

      @@pomegranate10017 dont you mean the "beds" have turned? :3

    • @hungrymusicwolf
      @hungrymusicwolf 4 года назад +107

      @@comicsans3421 Listen here you little sh-

    • @sudhirnair3080
      @sudhirnair3080 4 года назад +4

      @@hungrymusicwolf sh ?

  • @riyaramesh9682
    @riyaramesh9682 4 года назад +6136

    The doctor wasn't the first, of course, there is one more guy with the invisibility cloak.

    • @sammysusuu
      @sammysusuu 4 года назад +235

      If I remember he used the cloak to hide from death right?

    • @nazsooki997
      @nazsooki997 4 года назад +45

      @@sammysusuu yes he did

    • @joroc
      @joroc 4 года назад +39

      That was just a tale inside a tale

    • @olivercopeland5438
      @olivercopeland5438 4 года назад +114

      wait is he referring to Harry Potter ?

    • @MNightbirb
      @MNightbirb 4 года назад +39

      @@olivercopeland5438 yes
      Yes he was

  • @karlaa2867
    @karlaa2867 3 года назад +1

    this is literally my favorite tale or myth i love it

  • @mamaree2326
    @mamaree2326 2 года назад

    I come back every so often to listen to this story.

  • @lordycostelo9096
    @lordycostelo9096 4 года назад +4537

    The mother there looks like she has seen the face of death
    Edit: Haven't got this much likes before thanks ♥️

    • @reginaldmustardbacon5866
      @reginaldmustardbacon5866 4 года назад +139

      I imagine 13 kids are worse than death

    • @reginaldmustardbacon5866
      @reginaldmustardbacon5866 4 года назад +9

      P.s. i am kidding of course

    • @lordycostelo9096
      @lordycostelo9096 4 года назад +1

      @@reginaldmustardbacon5866 Ofc hahahah

    • @skyking0356
      @skyking0356 4 года назад +6

      nope, just being the mom of 13 children

    • @loki2240
      @loki2240 4 года назад +29

      @@skyking0356 - She was wondering how she could've married a man with such a weak pull out game.

  • @valmid5069
    @valmid5069 4 года назад +1769

    “Death is his constant companion” -Dr Who
    “He greeted death as an old friend” -Harry Potter

  • @satan1851
    @satan1851 2 года назад +2

    0:44 dang bro thanks for the sick animation

  • @jamesdickerson2466
    @jamesdickerson2466 Год назад +20

    “All people are equal in the eyes of death” what a line.

  • @JustADioWhosAHeroForFun
    @JustADioWhosAHeroForFun 4 года назад +1809

    Rasputin: "Finally a worthy challenger, our battle will be legendary!"

  • @claireborcherding2381
    @claireborcherding2381 4 года назад +1068

    2:56
    Doctor: I'm going to do what is called a pro gamer move

    • @zoldyacks774
      @zoldyacks774 4 года назад +13

      A Uno reverse

    • @dash33r22
      @dash33r22 4 года назад +2

      Claire Borcherding LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  • @pimpasparadise
    @pimpasparadise 2 года назад +1

    I love this story so much that i always come here to rewatch this from time to time.

    • @pimpasparadise
      @pimpasparadise 2 года назад

      It's been 10 days since I watched this.

  • @alefiyavohra3395
    @alefiyavohra3395 2 года назад

    Thsi video is just so beautiful, the animations, the music, the narrators voice, the narration, just perfect

  • @chuckyb9469
    @chuckyb9469 4 года назад +1307

    Death seems very kind though. He really loved his godson.

    • @mariustan9275
      @mariustan9275 3 года назад +147

      He had to kill him though, because of his betrayal. No matter what, you cannot break rules and expect things to be fine.

    • @anirudh2000
      @anirudh2000 3 года назад +56

      But we can't blame the godson, because when you have such powers it's actually difficult to obey rules and appreciate what you have as you wouldn't know the value

    • @somethingelse9228
      @somethingelse9228 3 года назад +29

      @@anirudh2000 In such situations you will have to face the consequences

    • @notyourfriend-li7rq
      @notyourfriend-li7rq 3 года назад +4

      He is. He frees people from their miseries. Sometimes.

    • @--------352
      @--------352 3 года назад +40

      Like the beginning said, death views all man equally you must not break the rules

  • @left6121
    @left6121 3 года назад +7022

    This sounds as if it was a tale from Harry Potter, it gives me a tale of “The Three Brothers” vibe.

    • @ey8648
      @ey8648 3 года назад +154

      *the deathly hallows*

    • @AScheeser
      @AScheeser 3 года назад +140

      The Godfather (original German "Der Herr Gevatter") is actually a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm but I find that several of the stories from "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" are similar in spirit to Grimms' fairy tales.

    • @animations2119
      @animations2119 3 года назад +30

      Except there are *13* here. And we get to know about just one

    • @ileanabriannemari
      @ileanabriannemari 3 года назад +23

      Ah, the Tales of Beedle the Bard.

    • @ee-lo6gs
      @ee-lo6gs 3 года назад +9

      Lmfaoooo so trueee

  • @chunnyboo7521
    @chunnyboo7521 2 года назад +1

    Everything about this is perfect. From the narrator to the animation. 👌

  • @connected.
    @connected. 3 года назад +1

    This was such an amazing tale....the narrators voice was on point for such a video. Thank you so much for enlightening us...

  • @HoradeFidges
    @HoradeFidges 4 года назад +1828

    Death: For your betrayal, I shall now take your life
    Doctor: *Drinks the potion*
    Death: Dude, that's not cool

    • @anonguy772
      @anonguy772 3 года назад +163

      Doctor: Hey, this was your idea.
      Death: True. *Pulls out scythe* And so is this.
      Docto: wait hol up let's talk-

    • @ey8648
      @ey8648 3 года назад +65

      The potion cures ailments, not death forcibly destroying the doctor's lifeline

    • @abrahamtombe
      @abrahamtombe 3 года назад +10

      Oversimplifiedd

  • @malkisehgal2481
    @malkisehgal2481 4 года назад +3387

    I genuinely got goosebumps while listening to the narration. Kudos to narrator. P.S. Animator did a wonderful job too

    • @clarkepercivaljaeblood4886
      @clarkepercivaljaeblood4886 4 года назад +3

      Jack Cutmore-Scott

    • @clarkepercivaljaeblood4886
      @clarkepercivaljaeblood4886 4 года назад

      I think he's also the one who narrates "The Second Coming"

    • @machigiceb7788
      @machigiceb7788 4 года назад

      His voice is so soothing

    • @narozstyle
      @narozstyle 4 года назад

      "A sweet two minute story about the meaning of life" answers the eternal question: "What's the point of it all?" : ruclips.net/video/Jt0hV6xvWSI/видео.html
      ....

    • @miles4711
      @miles4711 4 года назад +2

      @Malki sehgal I totally agree. The sound design, background music, narration ... this is such a well put together episode!! :-)

  • @danr.1299
    @danr.1299 3 года назад +6

    This is my favorite narrator on ted ed. His voice is soothing.

  • @boniaditya
    @boniaditya Месяц назад

    What a great story telling - it is gripping - each sentence more suspenseful than the one before.

  • @DarshKP666
    @DarshKP666 4 года назад +5541

    The narrator has such a powerful voice.
    Adding to that was this simple yet dark animation. Amazing work again Ted-Ed!! The animation from each video is so distinct yet so suitable to the topic 👏👏👏

    • @PrinceKashyap.
      @PrinceKashyap. 4 года назад +18

      Oh I just loved the Voice. Those were some strong emotions flowing through his words and the Bgm was equally supporting it. Props to Iseult Gillespie and the musicman

    • @cristineevangelio5223
      @cristineevangelio5223 4 года назад +3

      he sounds like ewan mcgregor!

    • @shamikpal4449
      @shamikpal4449 4 года назад +4

      I literally had chills every time he said death...

    • @Bashar3A
      @Bashar3A 4 года назад +3

      Exactly! That's what kept me watching

    • @ahnrho
      @ahnrho 4 года назад +1

      Absolutely.

  • @bryanpedrosa8061
    @bryanpedrosa8061 4 года назад +4854

    "Any doctor here?"
    : I'm a doctor what's going on?
    "A heart attack."
    : I'm a doctor in philosophy.
    "He is going to die."
    : We are all going to die.

  • @olliewatkin1
    @olliewatkin1 2 года назад

    His voice is amazing and the animation is beautiful, i can't stop comming back to this video

  • @noureldeanswearky255
    @noureldeanswearky255 Год назад

    Loved this! Thank you.

  • @shadowwriter329
    @shadowwriter329 4 года назад +803

    When does a man die? Does he die when a bullet pierces his heart? Does he die when he is struck by an incurable illness? Does he die when the flame flickers out?
    No...he dies when he is forgotten.

    • @Acroflame
      @Acroflame 4 года назад +9

      I wish I could give you multiple likes

    • @shadowwriter329
      @shadowwriter329 4 года назад +9

      Fennekinshow / / Fennemario one is plenty enough

    • @vibingdude8065
      @vibingdude8065 4 года назад +17

      shadowwriter329 That's from One piece doctor Hiriluk

    • @shadowwriter329
      @shadowwriter329 4 года назад +1

      0.1 percent and? You can’t say it’s not a great quote nor that is doesn’t fit so well here.

    • @chimketyanuk5347
      @chimketyanuk5347 4 года назад

      -Dr Hiriluk

  • @The_Immortal_
    @The_Immortal_ 4 года назад +4754

    God: *literally offer's to help man's dying family*
    Man "nah."
    Actually Death: "oh h-"
    Man "SAY NO MORE FAM."

    • @simulationone
      @simulationone 4 года назад +11

      UsedMcDonald'ssodacup _ 🤣

    • @mediocremuffin6770
      @mediocremuffin6770 4 года назад +17

      UsedMcDonald'ssodacup _ underrated

    • @txmpest21
      @txmpest21 4 года назад +26

      UsedMcDonald'ssodacup _ you didn’t understand that part right

    • @mediocremuffin6770
      @mediocremuffin6770 4 года назад +84

      Twisted X he probably did. He took the reference and made a joke

    • @mohammedavdul5247
      @mohammedavdul5247 4 года назад +11

      @@txmpest21 I didn't understand that part, explain it.

  • @craz2580
    @craz2580 2 года назад

    I watched this many times, and i gotta say, i love these stories

  • @mayzal3702
    @mayzal3702 3 года назад +1

    This is a beautiful story

  • @vaishaligoel2321
    @vaishaligoel2321 4 года назад +18661

    "The women had just given birth to her thirteenth child"
    Yeah she needs a better hobby

  • @dodo-ux4po
    @dodo-ux4po 4 года назад +471

    4:39 “His Godfather considered the request”
    1:32 “The father, knowing that all lives are equal in the eyes of Death, accepted his offer”
    Death is so just that he didn’t spare even his godson. This is some strong stuff, gives me shivers.

    • @sarag6792
      @sarag6792 4 года назад +5

      think i've heard a story like that before...

  • @mikelparo
    @mikelparo 2 года назад

    I love the story so much, I wish they make movies out of this stories, it's better than most movies now days

  • @duco1990
    @duco1990 Год назад +2

    An adaptation of this tale is shown in the film Macario (1960) by director Roberto Gavaldón

  • @Achiles5th
    @Achiles5th 3 года назад +1323

    3:00 The way he scoots away, that is a child who knows they done f$%ked up. He's trying to get distance before godfather gets the belt.

  • @Panda_Roll
    @Panda_Roll 4 года назад +1952

    To Satan = Nah, you're too judgmental.
    To God = Nah, You're even worse.
    To Death = Now that's what I'm talking about it. You're Hired!

    • @phirion6341
      @phirion6341 4 года назад +206

      It's not really presented well in the video, but the man's decision not to trust god is pretty amazing. In the original tale, the man tells god that he "passes judgement on lives of other people while still condoning poverty" and refuses to have him be godfather

    • @DairangerSentai7
      @DairangerSentai7 4 года назад +29

      @@phirion6341 stuff like that gets me ticked off. Why do ppl blame God for poverty but spit on the homeless man in the street?

    • @phirion6341
      @phirion6341 4 года назад +9

      @@DairangerSentai7 I do neither haha

    • @siervodedios5952
      @siervodedios5952 4 года назад +3

      @@DairangerSentai7 My point exactly, amen.

    • @sa5m225
      @sa5m225 4 года назад +17

      @@phirion6341 You know even tho, the man choose death. God will still judge him.
      Also God doesn't look on our appearance like we humans. He look in the mankind hearts and see our true self in it.
      God will judge everyone, rich or poor. God is the one who has the right to judge all of us

  • @marcel_chavez
    @marcel_chavez 3 года назад +7

    Si hay algún mexicano/latinoamericano por aquí, les recomiendo ver la película de “Macario” es viejita de 1960 pero es una adaptación exacta de este cuento, escrito por un aleman llamado B. Traven, el cual vivió en mexico por mucho tiempo, finalmente su historia fue adaptada por Roberto gavaldon, y fue la primera película mexicana a ser nominada a los premios Oscar como mejor película extranjera y competir en Cannes 1960

  • @reibiscoito8334
    @reibiscoito8334 3 года назад +4

    I'm a whovian and it took me a long time to read this title properly.

  • @asdasdasd7178
    @asdasdasd7178 4 года назад +862

    Death Looks Sad When he kills his god son

  • @aaronvalle8199
    @aaronvalle8199 4 года назад +338

    The Doctor gangsta until he sees death lingering over the feet of his victims, i mean patients.

  • @mz.pacman7887
    @mz.pacman7887 2 года назад

    i love the way u told the story and ur voice is perfect for it as well

  • @garyb2392
    @garyb2392 3 года назад

    This was so awesome !TY

  • @limerence8365
    @limerence8365 4 года назад +265

    2:51 Death blinked and they put that cute little sound effect in. I like how this video is meant to be creepy but it's also adorable.

  • @guyyouseewhenyoudie
    @guyyouseewhenyoudie 4 года назад +419

    I misread the thumbnail as “Doctor Who defies death” and I thought “oh good for him”

  • @itzclover1473
    @itzclover1473 3 года назад

    The animation, background music and narration is so good !

  • @theastroguy7417
    @theastroguy7417 3 года назад

    You lads have the most calming voices

  • @kennethsummers6857
    @kennethsummers6857 4 года назад +664

    Reminds one of Tim Burton's style. Also very similar to the style of how the story of the Deathly Hallows was narrated.

  • @Gaga682
    @Gaga682 4 года назад +294

    Death is best godfather everyone could get. Since he do not judge anybody and always happy to take you into his bony cold arms.

    • @ThePigeonsAreAConspiracyTheory
      @ThePigeonsAreAConspiracyTheory 4 года назад +22

      Death: I judge everybody equally!
      Also death: *claims only royals in the story*

    • @Gaga682
      @Gaga682 4 года назад +38

      @@laurenballard6480 Death is just a middle man, an service guy who is just doing his job. He is the one who you meet on your death bed and never judge you for who you are and what you did and he is the one who you will walk with you after your life ends till you get reborn into something new.

    • @yes7607
      @yes7607 4 года назад

      @@laurenballard6480 *Damn u ruined it- ;-;*

    • @hmm7458
      @hmm7458 4 года назад +1

      @@laurenballard6480 r/wooosh

    • @guywithoutaname1163
      @guywithoutaname1163 4 года назад +12

      @@laurenballard6480 he doesnt kill you, he leads you to your judgement. He is a pretty nice guy tbh

  • @siren_gaming8565
    @siren_gaming8565 3 года назад

    This story brought a tear to my eye

  • @rgnszeb123
    @rgnszeb123 2 года назад

    Incredible video, incredible story, I was so invested

  • @0xVENx0
    @0xVENx0 4 года назад +539

    death smelling king’s foot: c:
    doc: flips bed
    death: >;c

  • @whostolemyfries
    @whostolemyfries 4 года назад +386

    "The growing family was quickly running out food & money"
    Well, maybe you should have have stopped at single digits, yeah? -.-

    • @ezzohrae.h237
      @ezzohrae.h237 4 года назад +3

      i stoped myself from liking your comment so not to ruin the number 101 so your comment could be a lesson...
      like a '101' oh how not to quickly run out of food and money...

    • @thevisitor1012
      @thevisitor1012 3 года назад +4

      Condoms didn’t exist back then, give him a break

    • @micahtshibangu7402
      @micahtshibangu7402 3 года назад +1

      The visitor101 pull out won't you!

    • @mohamedameri360
      @mohamedameri360 3 года назад

      The visitor101 Nah, they needed more sons back then to help with the land.

  • @rachelcornelia9681
    @rachelcornelia9681 Месяц назад

    I love the STORY! I like the type of motion graphic you re using to express the story. Thank you for the infos u included as well. Im checking the website for the animation graphic.

  • @abigailbarreto6167
    @abigailbarreto6167 3 года назад +76

    This sounds like the old Mexican movie “Macario”

  • @Alkalus
    @Alkalus 4 года назад +371

    Doctor: *tries to save a sick king and princess*
    Death: *lingers at foot of bed* _Imma stop you right there_

  • @twice8091
    @twice8091 3 года назад +805

    I love how death isnt a horrible person 🥺 i actually kinda like him

    • @angelicazhu
      @angelicazhu 3 года назад +137

      yeah for many traditional cultures (like in greek mythology, Hades), the god of death or the underworld isn't that bad, but because many people fear death, modern writers and people often portray them as villians.

    • @Mellon-Collie
      @Mellon-Collie 3 года назад +59

      He looks like a chill dude

    • @dazler.1
      @dazler.1 3 года назад +13

      i yet again found an ARMY! in the most unexpected place....WOW!

    • @twice8091
      @twice8091 3 года назад +4

      @@dazler.1 Army’s everywhere bestie 😌💅🏾💜

    • @travismoyle4868
      @travismoyle4868 3 года назад +2

      like like ?

  • @jadeyjung
    @jadeyjung Год назад

    one of the top qualities on visual as well as story on tjis channel
    and the very best is the ending

  • @silverspector9718
    @silverspector9718 2 года назад +2

    The doctor and the death walked.
    Holy, this is soo deep. Like sure doctor is know for saving lifes yet he has blood on his hands of the innocent who he couldn't save. With is knowledge of medicine he can save a life as well as is capable of taking a life.