I remember watching this with my grandmother back in 1999 and we just laughed through the whole thing. Gosh I miss having her to laugh with she truly was a lot of fun to be with. RIP Mama 1942-2018 you will never be forgotten may the force be with you ❤❤
Back in the day, they used to sell this movie in the shop you wind up in after riding Star Tours in Disneyland. I’m so glad this is now on TH-cam for the next generation to enjoy.
@@m4sterb1rd Disney did not distribute Star Wars back then 20th Century Fox did Just because Disney own Star Wars does not mean they distributed the original ones
8:43 "I wanna help more than anything, but my Uncle *Soondead* and Aunt *Gonnabiteit* need me to help with the harvest." "Wait a second, *what're their names?* " " *Soon dead & Gonna bite it?* ... OH MY GOSH!!"
"I need some cover!" "Copy, Stray Dog." "I don't think I'm Stray Dog." "Alright, Red Rooster!" "I don't think I'm Red Rooster either." "You got it, Nasty Butler!" "I'm ending this transmission."
27:00 “Wait ‘till your father gets hooooooome!!” One of the _many_ things of this special that stuck with me throughout the years and a genuinely hysterical joke in my opinion.
@@42realdeal Sounds like the oft-jabbed at Tails line in Sonic Heroes. “Whoa, my head's spinning!!!” th-cam.com/video/zRHBB6wJjv0/w-d-xo.html (I assume that's a coincidence; I doubt you vaguely recalled that and somehow subsequently got the two mixed up. 😆)
9:15 "Who?" "Your Father...EH I mean uh a MAN who's farther....a farther away man!!!" This lives in my head rent-free since like 16 years ago, so gd funny
@@luckyexplorer1053 Speaking of Cartoon Network, next month in September 2021, Cartoon Network will air the first six Skywalker Saga movies and Rogue One all week long.
I remembered that “luke, I am your mother” scene for 10+ years now. I remember looking for this video a few years back. Now that I found it, I gotta say. Does not live up to the memory
I just lended one of my coworkers bat thumb... These movies are a gem... Before youtube became a thing, this was wild. 😅😆 I also suggest checking out Spike and Mikes twisted animations. Came out around the same time. 😅
when the Sam Goody in my town went out of business in like 2004, I was able to get a VHS combo set with all the thumb movies. it was 5 bucks well spent
“Harvest, harvest, harvest!!” Hahaha. Even all the thumbs in the movie aren’t enough to say how much I love this movie 🙌🏼😍 Thank you for the awesome restore!! 👍🏼👍🏼
Cn :Quick we need to celebrate the arrival of a new Star Wars show on our network Random executive: I know a Star Wars movie marathon Cn: we have no money Random executive: see the rights to thumb wars is five cents
I remember being a kid absolutely in love with star wars and seeing this for rent in Hollywood video, long story short it ended up being one of my family’s classic favorites 🤣
I had a bunch of these movies as a kid, I saw the star wars one, the batman one, and the titanic one. I was terrified of them. But now I realize they're a true gem
5 years ago, me and my friend were doing landscaping. the neighbor of one of our houses put a bunch of DVD's on the curb, and we found this. We never ended up watching it, and I just thought of it now
My daughter (shes young and therefore silly) said "touch your tongue to mine". I cracked up (and freaked a little) then started showing her this. She's a huge star wars fan so I don't think I'll show her the rest. It might ruin her experience.
Girly giggles lol😂 I'm still laughing and enjoying this again, year's after watching this the first time ❤. Time for some binge watching the thumb movies skits on TH-cam
This is one of the funniest fucking things I've ever seen in my fucking life. I remember this vaguely from childhood but now that I'm watching it as an adult stoner.....I'm actually fucking dead from laughter
I thought I was free of the Thumb Wars. I haven't seen any of these videos since probably 2008. Along with that damn sociopathic orange. Yet still, it found me. Harambe wasn't the cause of the end of the world, it was Thumb Wars. It was a deadman's switch all along!
We taped this off TV when i was kid. It was the edited for TV version, so some lines were different. I miss Black Helmet Man saying "Ohh, im spinning!!" at the end lol.
Out of curiosity I just looked up Steve Oedekerk to see how he’s doing and there is a credit on his IMDB for “Thumb Wars IX: The Thighs of Skyskipper”. I AM EXCITE!
20:55 "Should we keep going?" "He said to keep going until he gave the signal to stop." "Did anyone hear the signal?" "Well, he was WHINING for a while." "Do you think whining was the signal?"
This is a fever dream that just resurfaced.
Right, I thought I hallucinated this part of my childhood lmao 🤣
Why is there ONE reply to this
Holy shit I thought the same. I remember watching this on Cartoon Network
A fever dream I for some reason remembered the name of lol
@@MexicanMoreno Cartoon Network? This was Newgrounds baby.
I remember watching this with my grandmother back in 1999 and we just laughed through the whole thing.
Gosh I miss having her to laugh with she truly was a lot of fun to be with.
RIP Mama 1942-2018 you will never be forgotten may the force be with you ❤❤
that's one great grandma!
@@batlevi2247, no, no!
It's just his grandma. Not great-grandma. Lol
"That's no moon..."
"Oh sorry, let me hike these up."
I haven't watched this since the day it came out but I have never forgotten that scene.
That’s one of my favorite parts.
16:21
Literally came here just to reference that part to someone 😂
😅 Such quote worthy material in this movie... What a classic! 😅
My favorite is "I escaped somehow; let's go!"
Back in the day, they used to sell this movie in the shop you wind up in after riding Star Tours in Disneyland. I’m so glad this is now on TH-cam for the next generation to enjoy.
I had a collection of these "Thumb" movies on DVD when I was a kid. So awesome to find them on TH-cam!! 🤣😅
I still have my collection.
The creator is the same guy who wrote/directed/starred in Kung Pow: Enter The Fist
@@Themanwithn0eyes Nice 👌
@@PjKneisel I had that on DVD too 🤣 Funny shit!
@@PjKneisel lol
So glad to be able to watch this again after so many years - a true parody classic.
😅😅😅
@@CheesusSVT 🐍🦏🐆
I somehow haven’t heard of thumb wars until today
18:25 Same energy as “Somehow Palpatine returned.”
I think this is where Disney got their inspiration
@@m4sterb1rd I concur
Yet this was done better than that. 😂
@@m4sterb1rd Disney did not distribute Star Wars back then
20th Century Fox did
Just because Disney own Star Wars does not mean they distributed the original ones
That moment has lived rent-free in my head for years
8:43 "I wanna help more than anything, but my Uncle *Soondead* and Aunt *Gonnabiteit* need me to help with the harvest."
"Wait a second, *what're their names?* "
" *Soon dead & Gonna bite it?* ... OH MY GOSH!!"
I recite this every time a movie foreshadows a character's death really obviously lol
Steve Odekerk is my favorite. Kung Pow is a masterpiece.
Man, whatever did happened to Mr. Odekerk…!?
@@fernie-fernandez well, one of the Odenkirks was in a great show called Better Call Saul. this is a breaking bad spinoff and is really good.
@@skeppyfan1415 Yeah-yeah, I know...
Kung Pow is one of my most favorite movies ever 🤘
oooooow weeeeee oooooh weeeeeee!
@@skeppyfan1415 They're not related, this is Steve Oedekirk, not Odenkirk.
16:22 "Oh sorry. Let me hike these up." BEST ... PART.. EVER!
Still funny
"I need some cover!"
"Copy, Stray Dog."
"I don't think I'm Stray Dog."
"Alright, Red Rooster!"
"I don't think I'm Red Rooster either."
"You got it, Nasty Butler!"
"I'm ending this transmission."
"we got company,swollen ostrich" 😂😂😂😂
Not gonna lie we used to quote this so much that when we go camping that would be our call signs😂😂
2:25 “Watch out for that word!” 😂😂😂 Still funny after all these years!
27:00 “Wait ‘till your father gets hooooooome!!”
One of the _many_ things of this special that stuck with me throughout the years and a genuinely hysterical joke in my opinion.
I came here to find the ORIGINAL quote...instead of that, I remember him saying, "I'm spinnnnninggg..." Now I'm sad.
@@42realdeal Sounds like the oft-jabbed at Tails line in Sonic Heroes.
“Whoa, my head's spinning!!!”
th-cam.com/video/zRHBB6wJjv0/w-d-xo.html
(I assume that's a coincidence; I doubt you vaguely recalled that and somehow subsequently got the two mixed up. 😆)
*26:47** hey it's you Mother is padme amidala anakin*
10:34 When he called him “Dark Helmet Man,” it sounds like Rick Moranis' character in Spaceballs.
I forgot about spinning the planet and it caught me off guard so hard
“Spin the planet! Let’s play spin the planet, Princess! SPIN IT FASTER!!!”
This movie is more funny to me as an adult than it was 20+ years ago when I first saw it playing at circuit city.
I just love all the thumb movies they are the best.
How many are there
@@blackeye575 6
@@blackeye575 Thumb Wars
Bat Thumb
Thumbtanic
The Blair Thumb
The Godthumb
Frankenthumb
I saw this for the first time 20 years ago. Still funny. 🤣🤣🤣
It is a masterpiece. 😆
15:42 i can't tell you how many times I've died laughing whenever i hear my friend quote this.
I remember seeing this on Cartoon Network. 23:43-2:58 always made me laugh.
Same here.
Instant fan after watching this
I do too! How did they allow this on there? lol
Yeah true
Same here
My memories of thumb wars are way happier than the last 3 big films.
9:15 "Who?" "Your Father...EH I mean uh a MAN who's farther....a farther away man!!!"
This lives in my head rent-free since like 16 years ago, so gd funny
I've seen this on Cartoon Network in honor of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. By the way, Star Wars is from 20th Century-Fox and Lucasfilm Ltd.
When did it play
@@ShadowGaming26548 2008.
I saw it on Cartoon Network before The Clone Wars Episode Hostage Crisis.
@@luckyexplorer1053 Speaking of Cartoon Network, next month in September 2021, Cartoon Network will air the first six Skywalker Saga movies and Rogue One all week long.
I remembered that “luke, I am your mother” scene for 10+ years now. I remember looking for this video a few years back. Now that I found it, I gotta say. Does not live up to the memory
Was Black Helmet Man a transvestite?
I love when everyone is making fun of Luke who sucks at being a Jedi lol. Am I a master now? Yoda - Sure. Fantastic writing.
Fun Fact: Did you guys know that Steve Oedekerk was also the head writer for the Ace Ventura movies?
12:28 love the references to Harrison Ford's career
I haven’t seen this in years, and it’s still as funny as the first day I saw it 😂
21:40 - 22:09
As dumb as this special can be, this part is actually pretty damn funny.
0:00-29:03.
@@englishatheart fact
the faces he makes really sell it
Still better than Spaceballs.
The most memorable joke in the special IMO.
Late 2000s Cartoon Network Star Wars Events.
Was it in a promo?
@@Octofox01 Nope tv event
@@TITANMAN251 I know a tv event promo
I remember watching this once, in I think elementary school, and it was a trip back then too.
I can’t believe I took this movie seriously as a kid when it was on TV
I watch this once about every 6-7 years. The first time in 2008, the second time in 2014-2015, and the third time in 2021.
I just lended one of my coworkers bat thumb... These movies are a gem... Before youtube became a thing, this was wild. 😅😆 I also suggest checking out Spike and Mikes twisted animations. Came out around the same time. 😅
Hello from 4 years ago.
I watched this movie too many times to remember with my cousin when it came out, laughing all the worries away. It's a masterpiece!
26:45 I genuinely wasn’t expecting this
10:20 best minute of the whole "movie" imo
"oh big sacrifice,everyone you know is dead. glad you could tear yourself away" . 🤣🤣
when the Sam Goody in my town went out of business in like 2004, I was able to get a VHS combo set with all the thumb movies. it was 5 bucks well spent
“Harvest, harvest, harvest!!” Hahaha. Even all the thumbs in the movie aren’t enough to say how much I love this movie 🙌🏼😍 Thank you for the awesome restore!! 👍🏼👍🏼
Cn :Quick we need to celebrate the arrival of a new Star Wars show on our network
Random executive: I know a Star Wars movie marathon
Cn: we have no money
Random executive: see the rights to thumb wars is five cents
I remember being a kid absolutely in love with star wars and seeing this for rent in Hollywood video, long story short it ended up being one of my family’s classic favorites 🤣
"Luke use the instrument panel... that's what it's there for...advanced weapons designed to hit tiny targets..."
that never gets old for me LOL
10:20 that officer has a very heavy pair for saying all that to Vaders face
It's the "oobie-doobie" rant that just kills it. :kisses fingers: Perfect.
"… one ounce less pathetic than you already aaargh." :pop:
@@GothAlice "Truly are".
Greatest movie ever. Bravo bravo! *standing ovation with tears streaming from eyes*
Yes
Standing O-vation
12:23 when he named Harrison Ford movies 😂😂😂😂😂
What a trip. I remember seeing this way back in the day on Fox one random Sunday. Funny then, funny now. Good times.
4:20 I thoroughly remember this.
Why am I the only one and a select few that knows this exists. I was cursed to fall upon and witness this fever dream of a movie.
Never mind I enjoyed every minute of it...
We rented this from blockbuster when I first saw it. As a kid I loved the humor.
These movies are all masterpieces 😂
All time classic. So many great lines. ❤️
We seriously need thumb Holiday Special. The wookies is the way.
18:26 I escaped somehow. Let's go.
I always remember this randomly every so often
13:21 Crunchy immediately gets aroused 😂😂😂
I love the naked guy! He’s my favorite part
IM STILL NAKED
very well made, quality is top notch
I had a bunch of these movies as a kid, I saw the star wars one, the batman one, and the titanic one. I was terrified of them. But now I realize they're a true gem
😅😅😅 So true!
You need to check out Blair Thumb, Frankenthumb, and The Godthumb. Classics.
@@PC2000 The horse head chess piece!
I just remembered this today, I used to watch this at my grandparents house a lot
5 years ago, me and my friend were doing landscaping. the neighbor of one of our houses put a bunch of DVD's on the curb, and we found this. We never ended up watching it, and I just thought of it now
I cannot believe this video doesnt have more attention, cinema masterpiece right here
6:51
Crying quote
Man, I recall seeing this at a Blockbuster back in the day. Never really did get it, but now I know.
Steve Oederkerk, visionary.
Indeed he is.. given that after all these he went on to write and direct the Ace Ventura movies :)
@@TheGamersGrotto ace ventura was years before these movies
I actually caught this episode when it came on tv.. the 1st chance I got to buy it was 4 or 5 years later at Universal Studios
it's my college time when i watched it for the first time. thank you for this
I cannot believe they aired this on Cartoon Network, in full without any cuts.
I think Cartoon Network actually edited some of the content out from doing my research.
It was edited on cartoon network but it was shown uncut on adult swim
A comical masterpiece just like "Bat thumb" and all the others
"Isn't his voice amazing..?"
2:25 Watch out for that word!
20:59 Okay! That's enough! Enough it is!
“Oh my, she’s beautiful!”
*Princess Bunhead picking her nose*
“EEEEEEEEEeeeeww!”
Kills me every time
I KNEW IT! I KNEW THIS MEMORY WAS REAL!!!!
Thumbs Wars is amazing short movie ❤
17:48
Me when Disney shut down Blue Sky Studios
All because of money and mr chapek
fake yoda will forever haunt my nightmares
My daughter (shes young and therefore silly) said "touch your tongue to mine". I cracked up (and freaked a little) then started showing her this. She's a huge star wars fan so I don't think I'll show her the rest.
It might ruin her experience.
@@CS-pm5bf nah idk watching this when I was younger probably made me even love Star Wars more
😝 Touch your tongue to mine... To make it all official.... 😹
16:00 always cracked me up as a kid 😂
“Dooooooo!”
Then the fucking, "that's no moon". I lost my shit.
I forgot this fever dream existed. Oh my God.
This was made by the same guy who made Barnyard.
What a mad genius
And Kung Pow
11:08 he does have a very valid point
11:17 I find your lack of logic disturbing.
14:07 What the hell?! How did this make its way into Cartoon Network?
Cartoon Network always felt like it walked the line like this
Girly giggles lol😂 I'm still laughing and enjoying this again, year's after watching this the first time ❤. Time for some binge watching the thumb movies skits on TH-cam
This is one of the funniest fucking things I've ever seen in my fucking life. I remember this vaguely from childhood but now that I'm watching it as an adult stoner.....I'm actually fucking dead from laughter
Thumb Wars:
The Phantom Cuticle
Parody Of:
Star Wars:
The Phantom Menace
I thought I was free of the Thumb Wars. I haven't seen any of these videos since probably 2008. Along with that damn sociopathic orange. Yet still, it found me. Harambe wasn't the cause of the end of the world, it was Thumb Wars. It was a deadman's switch all along!
I wish he would bring out the sequel already. Me and my dad reference this movie all the time.
This blew my mind as a kid renting it from the library
It kills me that they make the lightsaber sounds themselves.
May the 4th be with you
@@nadiel42 may the 4th be with you too (a bit late but yeah)
We taped this off TV when i was kid. It was the edited for TV version, so some lines were different. I miss Black Helmet Man saying "Ohh, im spinning!!" at the end lol.
Remember watching this when I was younger still a hell of a movie. 😂😂😂
Anyone remember when cartoon network aired this?
I do. My memory is a blur.
17:48 How we all felt when Carrie Fisher died.
She will be missed but Carrie fister will be remembered
Today is Steve Oedekerk's 60th birthday!
Out of curiosity I just looked up Steve Oedekerk to see how he’s doing and there is a credit on his IMDB for “Thumb Wars IX: The Thighs of Skyskipper”. I AM EXCITE!
25:07 I’m going in!
Gabba the Butt and ObiDobi Obi may be my favorite of these names
This looks awesome in 4k also I can't belive they added an upskirt😂
A core memory
26:43
Edit: 17:47
20:55
"Should we keep going?"
"He said to keep going until he gave the signal to stop."
"Did anyone hear the signal?"
"Well, he was WHINING for a while."
"Do you think whining was the signal?"
4:29 hahahahahahahaahhahaha I don't know why that's so funny probably because it's a meme clip on TH-cam
"Bad is bad and good is good"
I feel like they're roasting Disney before they bought star wars
Did Disney just steal their dialogue for the sequels from this?
"The Resistance."
"I escaped somehow."
It's all starting to make sense.