I recently found one of those 2006 Mario balls in my childhood home’s backyard while cleaning underneath the back porch. The thing somehow survived after all this time and it’s been cleaned, but is incredibly faded. The weirdest part is I have zero memory of owning this ball, nor of any family members owning it.
I mean, the thing was a Mcdonalds toy so Im guessing you or one of your siblings were younger and got one of these, played with it a couple of times, then it managed to get in your porch, and just forgot about it’s existence and have no memories of owning one. I know I definitely don’t remember half the toys I got from Mcdonalds
The gummy box pulling "oddly specific" characters uses box art from Super Mario Bros 2 (the weird one with shy guys and turnip throwing). All of those characters were featured in that game. So I'm thinking it was a promotional thing released alongside SMB2. Edit now that I've watched through: Favorite game: Mario Party DS is a super fun and often overlooked game whose singleplayer campaign has gotten me through two separate longer-term power outages. Favorite product: I had an LED light of one of Racoon Mario's sprites. Loved it since SMB3 on the GBA was my first game. Unfortunately during college moving I forgot I'd left batteries in it so it's a bit corroded now. :/
The voice activated Mario Telephone is by far the most interesting and dynamic piece of technology. Once again Charles Martinet knocks it out of the park. Also Super Mario Galaxy is my favorite Mario game, as well as my first video game ever.
Such a shame that the Yoshi egg mug has extra death seasoning on it, I would genuinely use one otherwise . Also, the Mario Kart Hot Wheels have no business being so cute
1:07 I remember finding this at Stop And Shop and buying it. It's a shame that they stopped producing this, the cereal slapped and the marshmallows gave the milk a berry flavor. Still to this day my favorite cereal.
This is usually said in a way as to say something is mid like the morbius origins it has but the meaning already got lost in translation 💀 This is video is not mid, it is a masterpiece
As someone who grew up with a ton of this stuff, I can honestly say the Mario Mac and Cheese slapped. I think they had a Ninja Turtles one too. The fruit snacks were good too. The characters are all from Mario Bros 2.
12:20 Fun Fact: these used to play sounds if you pressed either of their noses or emblems. It was most likely 1-1 that it played, but I somewhat remember a voiceline? It gets worse when you break the voicebox and it just spazzes out when you try to press it
I got some news. I have those and I coincidentally broke them because they sounded weird. Also you had to click the m in Mario. Also also my mom thought when I broke it was a rat.
This happens to me as well when I created my characters for a video games. I made overworld sprites for them, and then when I made portraits I had no idea how to make their faces look based on the sprites.
2:36 They are all from Super Mario Bros 2 and at that time probably didn't know that shy guy would become a staple character while the others pretty much disappeared.
I had so many Mario toys, games, and items back when I was a kid. It's good to see that some of them were featured in the video. If one of those items appeared on screen I said to myself "Hey, I had that!". Well done with the video man. I hope you talk about transparent technology next!
I was expecting off-brand imitation cursed items but these are all OFFICIAL MERCH??? hilarious and also so upsetting. perhaps this was before such thing as quality control. Thank you for making these videos!! I love how excited you sound when presenting everything it fills me with joy
Reminds me of all the Mario themed pinatas, party supplies, brinca brincas, and ceramic piggy banks made by the local vendors every time I visited Mexico. The ceramic Mario always looked a little off but it adds a certain level of charm and nostalgia for me. 😊
On "Wake up: it's time to leave dream land!": The sound of Mario's voice was not defined as the high pitched squeaky thing we know today until Mario 64 in 1996. If you look at the Mario cartoons that were made at the time that alarm clock was released, that voice was the voice of Mario at the time. He was an Italian-American plumber from Brooklyn. Also, "dream land" is probably a reference to Kirby's Dream Land.
1:50 Incredible acting. Whoever that boy is,he may have won tons of prizes for that incredible, majestic and totally natural acting. This boy surely acts better than a lot of random guys that acted in forgotten movies. Forget Titanic bro,men watch the Mario cereal commercial 🍷🗿
Every time he makes one of these videos I just like to imagine some Mario fanatic who somehow owns all of these products and how they might decorate their house with all of them.
I know this is a year late, but this video is truly joyous. The peculiarities of the items and foods are just so…..silly. Polygon, you are my favourite hyper fixating goober :3
imagine mario, before he got thrusted into the mushroom kingdom, walking into a customer's house to fix their sink or something, and then he sees that the customer's house is filled with cursed mario merch
your videos are just joyful and i started to rewatch them when i feel horrible 😊 also i never remember what these weird products were so it's like watching for the first time 😅
Honestly, this videos are some of the on youtube that just brighten up my day when watching them, just the pure love for what is going on really warms my heart. Keep up the good work!
3:46 - Wait, in a normal case, the disk would look super tiny because the Gamecube used Mini-DVD. That means... OMG, Small Gamecube boxes, that's so cool!
the old mcdonald's mario ball brought back so much nostalgia because it was passed down from family dog to family dog like an heirloom for them to play with.
I remember getting the Mario and Luigi slippers as a Hanukkah gift. I love how cute they looked and even used them as beds for my Mario and Luigi plushies.
I had the fast food toy at 4:14 (I believe it was from Wendy's). It's worse than you think; the wheel itself doesn't turn and just slides left/right along that track. You have to wind up the green knob on the right, which will cause the track to scroll and loop when released.
So glad I found this channel, I’m addicted. It sounds like you’re smiling when you talk and you’re so energetic, I always cheer up when I stick one of your vids on. I also started saying scrunkly (sp?) about cute things. Also, with your blindbags, you might just be right with your scam idea cause sometimes you can tell the content of a blind bag (by feel or by the barcode) so the seller might have picked out the whole set and sold off the doubles. Guessing boo was a common.
I only know this cause I used to work retail and it happened in store. We had loads of different blindbags from every show you could imagine, plus generic animals and shapes. You’d end up with a load of commons cause someone’d picked out all the rares.
12:18 I’ve actually owned these before, and a little fun fact for you is that if you pressed Mario’s M, the Mario Bros theme will play. I removed the button that did that though, as people kept on accidentally stepping on the M, and it just got annoying.
That's... oddly specific. ^^; Reminds me of the weird indie game Froggy Pot that goes from cute to bittersweet as a cute frog girl disturbingly relaxes to death while being cooked alive in a pot and you have to got to like, help her out of her existential suicidal depression or something. :p
About the koalas, that's actually really neat! Here in Minnesota we have a similar thing but with seals that are less character themed and more painted.
The fact that they didn't call the cereal "MariO's" is infuriating
Maybe they didn’t want people to confuse it with the character Mary O. or the fan game Mari0
Real.
Or call the mario spaghettios mariOs
they arent O's tho
THEY ARE NOW MUAHAHAHAHAHA
I feel like this series is slowly going to become polygon's agenda
Yeah
true
Cursed polygon products
@@slimeysnail uh yeah
Uh huh yup ya
I recently found one of those 2006 Mario balls in my childhood home’s backyard while cleaning underneath the back porch. The thing somehow survived after all this time and it’s been cleaned, but is incredibly faded. The weirdest part is I have zero memory of owning this ball, nor of any family members owning it.
r/glitchinthematrix
I mean, the thing was a Mcdonalds toy so Im guessing you or one of your siblings were younger and got one of these, played with it a couple of times, then it managed to get in your porch, and just forgot about it’s existence and have no memories of owning one. I know I definitely don’t remember half the toys I got from Mcdonalds
💀 and r/cursedcomments cus the way you didn’t put toy. Edit: Thanks for 3 likes those 3 people😊
Haha, I still have mine, too! Mine still has the colors on it, and looks brand new.
@@S113Productionslegendary ball fr fr
16:11 okey dokey calling "BURGER KING" you got it all set
yes
Its more like you gotta say yes
It's spelled burga kiing
16:10
Burga kin'
The progression from cube shaped mugs to a mug that can kill you to a warp pipe mug that is actually a mug is insane!
He is referencing Kirby
@charlesnickolaus4107 Uh, no?
lol, a mug that can turn you into a skeleton.
*A mug that can kill you lol*
The gummy box pulling "oddly specific" characters uses box art from Super Mario Bros 2 (the weird one with shy guys and turnip throwing). All of those characters were featured in that game. So I'm thinking it was a promotional thing released alongside SMB2.
Edit now that I've watched through:
Favorite game: Mario Party DS is a super fun and often overlooked game whose singleplayer campaign has gotten me through two separate longer-term power outages.
Favorite product: I had an LED light of one of Racoon Mario's sprites. Loved it since SMB3 on the GBA was my first game. Unfortunately during college moving I forgot I'd left batteries in it so it's a bit corroded now. :/
dude i LOVED mario party ds back then, and one day i lost the cartridge and was super sad. Bought another about 2 months later though.
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@@Blint324 what
@Just Me Here It honestly shocked me a little bit at first
I love his enthusiasm for these
"Also their faces are just so goofy lookin' !!!!!1!!"
Yeah 😂
Me 3
The voice activated Mario Telephone is by far the most interesting and dynamic piece of technology. Once again Charles Martinet knocks it out of the park. Also Super Mario Galaxy is my favorite Mario game, as well as my first video game ever.
Based Mario game choice
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@@Blint324 You know he asked everyone to stop this like 2 months ago right? That’s long over.
Common Charles Martinet W
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤
As an Australian i can confirm that Koala Mario is always waiting for me in the shadows
I worked at the Timezone that had it at the front, it’s now at the Coolangatta TZ.
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@@Blint324 ok
@Speed Farm i’ve found it now!! such a silly little goober
I found it a few weeks ago in Coolangatta
My favorite part is when Mario says: “wake up it’s time to leave dreamland!” **funky little Mario tune plays** I want that just so he can say it
😂
0:9
"wake up sister it's"
~james charles mario
It's sound like fix it felix theme
5:39 “sPeAkInG oF mArIo bAlLs” had me dying 💀
Fr😂😂😂😂😂😂
Such a shame that the Yoshi egg mug has extra death seasoning on it, I would genuinely use one otherwise . Also, the Mario Kart Hot Wheels have no business being so cute
Polygon please PLEASE keep using Nene's 144p mp4 of her saying "Yayy" it brings JOY to me seeing that little goofy goober say her iconic line!
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AAAAAAAAANONONOOOOOOOOOOOOO
5:45
*_"Giant Mario and Luigi Balls"_*
_-Polygon Donut, 2023_
Truly the quote to lead a generation
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5:38 Speaking of Mario Balls
@@Blint324Would Ya Stop With The Waffle House Spam?
@@Blint324the waffle house has found its new clown, YOU.
13:25 😊 life-changing mug
But it 💀💀💀💀💀
5:38 “speaking of Mario’s balls”
Nothing has ever triggered my fight or flight sense more
Couldn't agree more
🥲🔫
🥵🥵🤤🤤😫😫😩😩
@@isabeltomala4502🙂
@@isabeltomala4502NAHH 😨💀💀💀💀💀
Finding your channel is something I will never regret.
Yep.
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Yey I got a hart :D
*heart
@@Blint324 😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐
True faxx
14:44 As an Australian i can say this is fact
Im Australian too and this is true
@@Lunablues23naw
8:25 polygon: "uhh because is like cows i guess" *the all mighty powerful cow starts showing up on the screen*
Your genuine enthusiasm in your videos is always really heartwarming. Keep up the good work
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1:07 I remember finding this at Stop And Shop and buying it. It's a shame that they stopped producing this, the cereal slapped and the marshmallows gave the milk a berry flavor. Still to this day my favorite cereal.
This is truly one of the Mario videos of all time
IK right
It definitely is
r/technicallythetruth
This is usually said in a way as to say something is mid like the morbius origins it has but the meaning already got lost in translation 💀
This is video is not mid, it is a masterpiece
@@SakhotGamer when was it ever used to say something was mid bro 💀
As someone who grew up with a ton of this stuff, I can honestly say the Mario Mac and Cheese slapped. I think they had a Ninja Turtles one too. The fruit snacks were good too. The characters are all from Mario Bros 2.
Do angry birds next!
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I had a lot of the food products as a little kid, and I remember loving them. Nostalgia...
Who did it slap?
@@HuskyHacker25😊
0:28 look at the lil goober 😊💙❤️🤍
Efcteggyfcecerffr😂
🇰🇷🇪🇸🇸🇴🇰🇷🇸🇽🇪🇸🎉🇰🇷🇰🇵🇸🇹🇷🇪🇸🇽🇸🇳🇸🇹🇵🇳🇸🇲🇸🇽🇸🇽🇸🇱🇵🇳🇸🇱🇸🇬🇵🇳🇵🇳🇸🇹🙂↕️😝🤓😏🥸😉😉😎🤩😛🙂↕️🍎🍊🌊🌨️
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J5)*;**
Iluu
As an Australian-born Australian I can confirm the Koala Mario theory
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@@Blint324 I figured.
@@Blint324no.
at 00:16:52 mario says "wake up it's time to leave dreamland" and dreamland is a level in a game called kirby
yeah?
I didn't know Mario talked to Kirby
12:20 Fun Fact: these used to play sounds if you pressed either of their noses or emblems. It was most likely 1-1 that it played, but I somewhat remember a voiceline? It gets worse when you break the voicebox and it just spazzes out when you try to press it
I got some news. I have those and I coincidentally broke them because they sounded weird. Also you had to click the m in Mario. Also also my mom thought when I broke it was a rat.
@@Potandstew LMAO
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@@Blint324 the trend is dead
I have these slippers and I remember them making sounds. I think one of them is a coin block sound or something idk
“Okie dokie! calling BURGER KING” is so adorable 😭😭 16:10
Dude sounds like he’s on the verge of hysterical laughter throughout the entire video
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@@Blint324 not funny
@@jameshalper5864fr
17:00 The thing that you were actually in Kirby's Dream Land but Mario makes you get out while you in the middle of fighting DeDeDe in your dreams
still can't believe they made a whole franchise based off of chris pratt
Truly one of the franchises of all time
@@PolygonDonut NO WAYY A JACK BLACK BREATHING FIRE TOY IS OUT
Who would name their child after a deep fried rodent?
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@@Blint324 shut up ts dead now
“Calling.. *burger king* “
My entire immune system when I stub my toe: 13:30
Loved when Mario said “it’s marioing time” and mario’d all over the place. Truly one of the moments of all time.
Can’t believe pongon hearted my comment
😐😐😐 how funny
This got a heart?!
@@SuperJman1111 yes 🗿🍷
@@SuperJman1111 yes 🗿🍷
You can really tell right away when companies have absolutely no idea how a character exactly looks like based on their looks shapes and colors
This happens to me as well when I created my characters for a video games.
I made overworld sprites for them, and then when I made portraits I had no idea how to make their faces look based on the sprites.
2:16 got me dying
"Mario and Luigi balls" 😁
"Mario's and Luigi's balls" 💀
mario is truly one of the characters of all time
Truly nolen pest control termites
Mario is all time.
Did you know he’s also the number 1
[I forgor]
of all time?
Yes @@Varaluvscats!
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2:36 They are all from Super Mario Bros 2 and at that time probably didn't know that shy guy would become a staple character while the others pretty much disappeared.
Ah I just saw shy guy is there but for the rest well you know.
Birdo: *am I a joke to you?*
keys, vines, and Bob-ombs:
…
Credits:so why is ostro and birdo swapped, am I a joke to you. Remake credit:at least I don’t have that problems.
I had so many Mario toys, games, and items back when I was a kid. It's good to see that some of them were featured in the video. If one of those items appeared on screen I said to myself "Hey, I had that!". Well done with the video man. I hope you talk about transparent technology next!
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@@Blint324 bro that gigs up now you can quit
I was expecting off-brand imitation cursed items but these are all OFFICIAL MERCH??? hilarious and also so upsetting. perhaps this was before such thing as quality control. Thank you for making these videos!! I love how excited you sound when presenting everything it fills me with joy
Wait, the koala Mario is real? All this time, I thought it was some sort of bootleg or something.
mee to
I worked at the Timezone Arcade that had the Mario Koala statue.
That’s probably because it is
Reminds me of all the Mario themed pinatas, party supplies, brinca brincas, and ceramic piggy banks made by the local vendors every time I visited Mexico. The ceramic Mario always looked a little off but it adds a certain level of charm and nostalgia for me. 😊
All that stuff has such a nice charm to it, I love them
a
6:59 his eyes also follow u wherever u go into ur soul
6:50 mario with tv on belly could easily be cannon in telletubies lore
As someone who has seen the koala Mario multiple times, it is as intimidating as it looks. It threatens to eat your family if you don't donate
Too bad, I already ate my family
5:24 ITS A ME A BALLIO
Being able to call burger king by asking Mario is something I would never get in my life even if I wanted it
5:46 giant Mario and Luigi balls?!?!?
Ayo
🤤
On "Wake up: it's time to leave dream land!": The sound of Mario's voice was not defined as the high pitched squeaky thing we know today until Mario 64 in 1996. If you look at the Mario cartoons that were made at the time that alarm clock was released, that voice was the voice of Mario at the time. He was an Italian-American plumber from Brooklyn. Also, "dream land" is probably a reference to Kirby's Dream Land.
Or dream land could be referring to your dreams
excited for the next cursed products video where polygon donut rates the most concerning items known to man
atonic bonmnb?
@@VictoriaBarrios96 you read my goddamn mind
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“Speaking of Mario Balls,” Is such an unironically hilarious sentence and i love it-
You mean the joke?
2:58 They we’re trying to promote Super Mario World, and the green gum-ball is supposedly Yoshi!
"If you do drugs you'll go to hell before you die....please"
- Mario
RIP in Pepperoni Captain Lou (He did not go to hell before or after death)
These are definitely some of the Mario's of all time
9:59 was he not already the queen of entire series?
WE LOVE LUIGMI!!!! :D
@@PolygonDonut do we not love luigi?
also thanks for noticing my comment :D
@vannillaAJofficial204 no, LUIGMI
@@princenot o yea ii forgor about thath
Gotta be honest, Luigi’s better than Mario
1:50 Incredible acting. Whoever that boy is,he may have won tons of prizes for that incredible, majestic and totally natural acting. This boy surely acts better than a lot of random guys that acted in forgotten movies. Forget Titanic bro,men watch the Mario cereal commercial 🍷🗿
17:10 the fact that it says "wake up its time to leave DREAM LAND" and this came out when kirby's dream land 1 came out makes it funny to me idk
Every time he makes one of these videos I just like to imagine some Mario fanatic who somehow owns all of these products and how they might decorate their house with all of them.
11:06 Bro, man really just turned into Luigi
I know this is a year late, but this video is truly joyous. The peculiarities of the items and foods are just so…..silly. Polygon, you are my favourite hyper fixating goober :3
imagine mario, before he got thrusted into the mushroom kingdom, walking into a customer's house to fix their sink or something, and then he sees that the customer's house is filled with cursed mario merch
15:17 THE SAILOR MOON ONE
IS SO CUTE!!!!!
WAIT cursed sailor moon products would be a cool video !
8:31 THE DANCEING COW NOT AGAIN
your videos are just joyful and i started to rewatch them when i feel horrible 😊 also i never remember what these weird products were so it's like watching for the first time 😅
I loved seeing the sus luigi toy in the lineup! We have him on the desk at work, I love looking at his odd expression whenever I'm there
Ain't no way I'm letting that mario shower bottle thing stare at while I'm showering 💀
In general, there’s no way I’m having any character-themed shower items looking at me when I am trying to clean myself
Honestly, this videos are some of the on youtube that just brighten up my day when watching them, just the pure love for what is going on really warms my heart. Keep up the good work!
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At 5:25 the way he said I love bro he's so sparkile
16:08 One even more popular video is the same guy calling "bitch"and the mario figure repeats the insult.
12:37 NO WAY. MARIO AND LUIGI AS TBH CREATURES.
yahoo!!!!!!1!1!1!1!1
I swear I remember having this Luigi plush where the mustache was taken off or something?? And he just looked really really weird lmao
i love your personality and the way you present the products and the way u act brings me joy.
3:46 - Wait, in a normal case, the disk would look super tiny because the Gamecube used Mini-DVD.
That means... OMG, Small Gamecube boxes, that's so cool!
the old mcdonald's mario ball brought back so much nostalgia because it was passed down from family dog to family dog like an heirloom for them to play with.
u are transgener
just like me
SAME! Had no clue where my dad got it until now.
2:07 I'm not the only one who thought the Fire Flower was Squidward at first, right?
Yup your the only one
@@zeekprado2870I can't unsee the squidward
I remember getting the Mario and Luigi slippers as a Hanukkah gift. I love how cute they looked and even used them as beds for my Mario and Luigi plushies.
15:27 "Ayo we in da jungle"
*Skree
LOL
EE
15:28
Man seeing those toys really reminds me of how creative kids meal toys were
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@@Blint324Phase 3 initiated: Defend the host.
bro so life changing 13:24
1: “you get a cool mug!”
2: 💀
I had the fast food toy at 4:14 (I believe it was from Wendy's). It's worse than you think; the wheel itself doesn't turn and just slides left/right along that track. You have to wind up the green knob on the right, which will cause the track to scroll and loop when released.
7:07 I have the princess Peach set and I can't even look at her when the screens are off
7:14 five nights at Mario
@SarahJohnson-sl9ui it’s from those Roblox games called area 51
@He-D0ESNT-want-meRoblox classic horror music
Suggestion: Make a "Cursed Sonic Products" Video, I Dunno, I just thought I'd ask.
im doing that already and it comes out in like 5 days XD
@@PolygonDonut "YIPPEEEE!!!"
8:32 We will never truly be free of him...
Pnogot lore 😮
RUN 😨😨😨
Let’s go gambling!
So glad I found this channel, I’m addicted. It sounds like you’re smiling when you talk and you’re so energetic, I always cheer up when I stick one of your vids on. I also started saying scrunkly (sp?) about cute things.
Also, with your blindbags, you might just be right with your scam idea cause sometimes you can tell the content of a blind bag (by feel or by the barcode) so the seller might have picked out the whole set and sold off the doubles. Guessing boo was a common.
I only know this cause I used to work retail and it happened in store. We had loads of different blindbags from every show you could imagine, plus generic animals and shapes. You’d end up with a load of commons cause someone’d picked out all the rares.
Yeah I got them on ebay so they probably were just selling the most common one that had doubles
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What's just as cursed is the amount of cursed toys there is
Fun fact: the 90s fruit snacks were based on characters from the American version of Mario bros 2
14:39 as an Australian, I can confirm I have lost my family to the Mario koala
12:18 I’ve actually owned these before, and a little fun fact for you is that if you pressed Mario’s M, the Mario Bros theme will play. I removed the button that did that though, as people kept on accidentally stepping on the M, and it just got annoying.
4:40
"The marvel moves way too fast!!!"
Gravity : what do you want me to do about it??!
*marble*
The earth’s gravitational pull: 🤫🧏
The 1989 luigi has gotta be one of my most prized possessions. He cost me $3 and i enjoy looking at him. He stays on my desk.
watching these videos feels like being a frog being cooked by my slowly warming pool of water
That's... oddly specific. ^^; Reminds me of the weird indie game Froggy Pot that goes from cute to bittersweet as a cute frog girl disturbingly relaxes to death while being cooked alive in a pot and you have to got to like, help her out of her existential suicidal depression or something. :p
9:20 Nnnooooo the grumobile!!!! U should totally do despicable me stuff tho
About the koalas, that's actually really neat! Here in Minnesota we have a similar thing but with seals that are less character themed and more painted.
I’m pretty sure one of those soda cans is the one the girl crushes after she gets the hate note in The Little Rascals.
13:05 I actually have the POW Block mug at my own home. I do agree that it’s a little weird drinking out of a square mug but it’s cool nonetheless!
That’s cool!
I love your general attitude in those videos it is so warm, comforting and silly it's great!
How is no one talking about his voice lining up with the warp pipe sound effect when he says “Warp Pipe Mug” at 13:32???
The "Who is Mario's brother, uhhhh" got me DYING!! 🤣🤣🤣