100% ACCURATE CHRISTMAS DOUBLES

[@anonymous7024]

The fact that Peter's prediction of the upload was 1 day off and not 50 millennia off is actually amazing Also 'Blixen' is just mixed with Blitzen

[@sharkyjustin6790]

Its not one day off lmao there like 12 hours behind he was right.

[@skimmington]

@@sharkyjustin6790 they're 12 hours ahead not behind, the description also says "1 day late is surprisingly good"

[@anonymous7024]

@@skimmington Australia is around GMT+11 and I live in the GMT region

[@skimmington]

@@anonymous7024 I guess it depends on what you mean by ahead and behind but yeah I was agreeing with you, I was responding to the other reply to you saying it was on time

[@tbc1880]

@@sharkyjustin6790 here it's 12 the 26th when it came out, So idk if there is a place where it's still Christmas

[@somewildseal]

"Donder" and "bliksem" are both Dutch words for Thunder and Lightning, since the Christmas tradition was completely based off the Dutch tradition Sinterklaas :) You're Welcome

[@finlandsomewhere]

That's not their names in English thoguh

[@questionsayer]

Wait are you saying Christmas as a tradition is based on Sinterklaas or that Donder and Bliksem are based on Sinterklaas? Edit: Sinterklaas is the Dutch name for Saint Nicholas so yeah a big part of nowadays Christmas is based on the Dutch tradition celebrating Sinterklaas. Not everything but a lot. For example reindeers aren’t a part of Sinterklaas tradition. The other traditions when celebrating Christmas that is not connected to Sinterklaas is believed to come from a lot of different traditions over different places in Europe where people usually celebrated a good harvest or that light will soon shine down upon them again or because they usually slaughtered their animals near the middle of December they had a party near that time. There was even a danish king that made a rule that if you don’t party until it’s over you’re gonna get fined. Wack traditions but lovely nonetheless

[@hanstingel__1112]

@@finlandsomewhere If its "Donner" & "Blitzen" its from the German Language. Also means Thunder and lightning or Blitz^^

[@somewildseal]

@@questionsayer The tradition is based on Sinterklaas

[@somewildseal]

@@hanstingel__1112 This, but Im Dutch so I just went with that haha

[@cadynio7335]

DASHER, DANCER, PRANCER, VIXEN, COMET, CUPID, DONNER, BLITZEN, (IDK IF RUDOLPH COUNTS)

[@Dragonier1234]

don't think he does :(

[@armpey]

AHHHHHH

[@Rwtheking]

Nah, Rudolph doesn’t count since Santa made his celebratory post Christmas jerky.

[@aidetund6263]

@@Rwtheking oh

[@lazypaladin]

Nah, don't count. Rudolph only works 1 day a year where I imagine the others are used for labour and transportation most of the year

[@buddy900]

Wow Cogger does play like a computer. The ledgetrap at 8:15 consists of dash attack, grab, grab, dash attack, grab (whiffed).

[@technotenor0487]

but he was schmoving on poppt for a minute there.

[@breadtrd]

I like how out of few actual gods in the roster Zack still picked Duck Hunt for a God

[@RushWheeler]

It was either that or use his god-awful Shulk.

[@michaelwang3439]

@@RushWheeler ever heard of palutena? Edit: Lmao didn’t know they mentioned her later in the video

[@hambughrr8186]

Except he's actually right, because Duck Hunt Duo transcends the planes of the video game world

[@samuelmitschele-dauenhauer2984]

I haven't researched it recently, but from what I remember, Krampus has a switch, (like a big stick or branch), that he would smack the naughty children with. Eating them was probably a change made by horror fans or particularly mean parents

[@f.7681]

Yoooo, a Switch, I just got one for Christmas

[@ryndor2899]

I bet it's the other way around. It usually is. What I mean by that is, I bet the myth was made more lighthearted since being dark and gorey isn't as favored nowadays.

[@seanjohnson3401]

Yo Krampus has a Switch? What's his Friend ID?

[@theboimichael5709]

"We estimate this will come out December 25th, or I'm not named HopwellCat" Close enough, good guess WellCat.

[@octupleodyssey]

oh i heard it as hopwell catthew lmao

[@chickenbob1v837]

He did say Hopwell Catthew

[@GeorgeMarionerd]

Pleased to see Zack playing his best character Dedede again

[@nickreepschlager218]

*random

[@rubberduck8096]

Donner and Blitzen are German for Thunder and Flash, respectively.

[@JoshTheValiant]

TIL. I knew Blitz was lightning, but Donner is new to me. Cheers, merry Christmas. ✌

[@relo999]

Not Flash, but lightning. Also it's New York Dutch, not German. Donner wasn't a word in German when the original poem was written (1823).

[@linuszarrouk2004]

And what is vixen in German?

[@relo999]

@@linuszarrouk2004 Vixen comes from the Dutch "Fixen", meaning "to manipulate to your will". Similar in origin to where "match fixing" in English comes from. And in dated Dutch can be translated as "magical". In German it's an inflection of "quick", but considering the original writer of the poem didn't speak German, was a New Yorker and used New York Dutch words for Dondor and Blixen it's safe to assume they wrote it in Dutch, but the German translation also fits. Though it should be noted Vixen also can mean the same as in English, but lacks that meaning in Dutch. And I personally doubt they'd go with a word also meaning "angry/fierce attractive woman".

[@superzockertvyt9630]

@@relo999 Vixen in german rn is a verb for m*sturbation, cheers. Im german btw just thought O'd add that

[@ac-72]

i guess he’s not Hopwell Cathew…

[@alexgrubb1057]

Damn you beat me to it.

[@donkas3982]

for anyone wondering, the wingdings that appear on the screen translate to "what was the first pokemon ever designed?". I have no clue what this means but the answer is rhydon

[@Aiden-wd5nf]

THANK YOU. I've been looking for a comment that translated the wingdings.

[@monky4640]

thank you i was too lazy to do it myself

[@brizzybrown9419]

Thank you & bless

[@bestvalleygirl]

rhydon deez nuts!

[@amaranth7596]

rhydon?

[@eborgbruh5482]

I love how peter cuts to 100% at 9:33, meaning that zack and jordan attempted a team combo until peter got to kill percent

[@RedOshawott23]

I’ve always wondered what people say when asked how the elves know how to make the right toys so far in advance and how to make the newest toys so quickly (and have it be mass produced).

[@ThePureSynergist]

Again, Merry Christmas, Underdogs. Thank you for all the brilliant content this year. And happy holidays to all the Underdogs’ fans. I hope you all had a terrific holiday and have a safe new year. The answer by the way is Rhydon, BTW, editor. Rhydon.

[@Cadoe]

Whats Rhydon?

[@ThePureSynergist]

@@Cadoe the answer to the question asked in Wingdings. It says “what was the first Pokémon designed?”. I took ten minutes to translate it cuz I’m dumb and I don’t speak Wingdings.

[@Cadoe]

@@ThePureSynergist Rhydon deez nuts

[@ThePureSynergist]

Lmao, got me!

[@Cadoe]

@@ThePureSynergist I was waiting for you to do it to me 😂

[@matteojames2312]

"Sheik doesn't talk" Sheik is literally exposition the character in her game and nobody pointed that out? Out of the four of them, not one has them has managed to finished OoT? Dunder and Blixen HAS to be an Australian thing. That's not the names I've always heard. They're Dancer and Dasher and Prancer and Vixen and Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen. Then of course Rudolph.

[@christopherhammond5142]

Donder and Bliksem are their native names.

[@ryndor2899]

As many other comments have said, Donder and Bliksem are their Dutch names while Donner and Blitzen are derived from German. Dutch is also the origin of Christmas with Saint Nicolas, who was a man that dressed up in a red suit and gave toys to orphanages in the Winter time. In both languages, they mean "Thunder" and "Lightning"

[@andandampersand8202]

Zack, you can air dodge up at the end of duck hunts up B, take it from a duck hunt main, your spikes are nice and you could have made it back

[@chickenbob1v837]

Them: "What is the Christmas lore? (About elf working)" Matpat a few days ago: "I got you"

[@hammence2922]

I love the names Donder and Blitzen because they are German for "Thunder" and "Lightning." They are probably the manliest reindeer

[@iswiftyfox8997]

Fun Fact: Rudolphs father is Donner, and its also Blitzen. But he also has a mom. So yeah Christmas lore is fucked.

[@meeew_4159]

what in the actual polyamorous north pole fck

[@luigidavid5136]

For anyone curious, the wingdings at 22:23 say, "What was the first Pokémon ever designed?"

[@damn6362]

you mean 21:23

[@monky4640]

thank you

[@holty1314]

Peters estimates it to come out on Christmas ‘This is why my ideas are right and everyone else is wrong’- Batman

[@nicholas1250]

I was actually loving the rum pum pum pum joke, I can’t wait for it to come back next year

[@absol1975]

I'm certain someone has already mentioned this, but "Donner" and "Blitzen" are the German words for "Thunder" and "Lightning." So the last two reindeer are named Thunder and Lightning! Probably because Donner is noisy and Blitzen is fast.

[@crimsonstormsurge]

WAHOO THEY ACTUALLY DID CHRISTMAS WITH A TWIST

[@Ares5414]

My favorite Steve combo: L to vehicular manslaughter

[@megamansoupreme7122]

Whoever the editor is, I see you've gotten into Crypt of the Necrodancer, I'm hearin the tunes, you can't tell me that wasn't Stone Cold at 10:00. And then up next we got Dance of the Decorus, niiiiice, I gotcha now, fellow fan of Roguelikes and Roguelites

[@ronronny943]

Seeing them talk about the Bible is both hilarious and sad at the same time

[@lunix1983]

23:00 As a german, im only aware of that the Krampus scares children who weren't nice. In contrast the "Nikolaus" gives candy to nice children on the 6th of dezember. I also heard that due to the look of the Krampus and the loud noises it makes it is supposed to scare of winterghosts 🤷‍♀️

[@AkiraMugen]

Cogger: God's Plan Poppit1 whisper: Drake I love that no one noticed

[@rowquaza5977]

This was a great Xmas 2020 episode

[@trollwholivesu7258]

I give you the “Intellect Joke Award” for being a funny if you get the joke

[@Rwtheking]

Wow, that cat lived to be legal to drink in America. That cat is a legend

[@hbudson1248]

The editor has excellent taste in music. Love to hear some Shovel Knight

[@frostbyte7548]

Dang that synchronized parry is so satisfying at 9:06

[@Veecy]

That Steve vs Villager 1v1 went on for so long I forgot this was supposed to be Christmas-themed

[@thisguyisasquid7659]

I’m absolutely loving the underdogs content

[@ZexalDSJAsh]

I honestly loved the "Rum PUm Pum Pum" bit. Favorite thing outta all of the fights.

[@MrJakeWW]

Krampus: Bipedal goat man slightly resembling some interpretations of Satan. Little Z: Ridley is Krampus!!!

[@alexfernandezvargas8044]

Yoo crazy how Peter almost predicted the day randomly

[@jacobvalenzuela9309]

21:24 translation: what was the first Pokémon ever designed

[@WAZXIII]

5:29 Fine if nobody else will say it, I will. That was Hype Poppt! If Peter had done that everyone would have said how hype he was. I got your back Poppt!

[@noirscafe6988]

"Who's most likely to date King Dedede?" "Pyra." WHY DID YOU SPEAK THIS INTO EXISTENCE HOPCAT

[@FTG_SOLAR]

I guess he's not Hopwell Catthew... Cause it's definitely not the 25th

[@Mrheliosaez]

Hey, props to the editor adding the sick beats of the Necrodancer

[@youseftheh4869]

peter as pyra: "i can't go in if you are ontop of him" :D

[@hambughrr8186]

Doubles with Cursed Questions, and each team gets their own cursed question

[@armaanlatheef7897]

Name a good underdogs vid that doesn't end with them just wheezing.

[@Ridlay_]

That thumbnail already makes me question what is ahead. But based on the squad strike with themed teams series, I’m not surprised.

[@spiffykanger7901]

Peter did such a good job pretending santa was real

[@Camstone0646]

Blitzen, the reindeer: Meaning a diacharge of lightnkng accompanied by thunder; sparkle/gleam.

[@beeztv918]

This video is somehow more cancelble than the Mario kart ones

[@jobby2812]

little z's Steve is truly Christmas from how stale it is

[@kandys9]

fun fact: Donner and Blitzen are both German words, they mean Thunder and Lightning respectively, since those are meant to be fast

[@DiamondBZ]

There's a reindeer named *Blitzen* and another one named *Vixen* , I'm pretty sure you just mushed their names together to make *Blixen* .

[@ryndor2899]

Somebody else was saying it's closer to the Dutch spelling of the name, Bliksem

[@Wheaty03]

"and we estimate that this will come out on december 25th, christmas day, or i am not named hopwell catthew" - not hopwell catthew

[@tacogames9118]

What krampus actually does is put bad kids in his bag, beat the bag with sticks, take them to the north pole for a year to make them good, then return them

[@chefdunsparce4254]

"I definitely read the Bible" - Peter I'm stealing this quote

[@adenkirby5299]

Little mac should've been the kid who opens the presents on Christmas

[@BDOGG345]

Fun fact: The reason gold, frankincense, and myrrh were given to baby Jesus is because they were all considered gifts for a king at the time due to how expensive and rare they were. Myrrh was also commonly used on sacrifices priests made at that time, foreshadowing Jesus death on the cross.

[@TGVengeance]

Bliksem is for lightning btw, its Dutch/German meaning hes basically the flash of reindeer

[@mattpardy2826]

Really loving the more frequent underdogs uploads lately

[@kitty9035]

"Yeah, Jackson respects me." *immediately SDs*

[@ghostchain7354]

Krampus actually drags you to the underworld or spanks you

[@arturomacor3615]

There were a few banger jokes in here. I liked the rapapam pam more then I probably should've.

[@_h1ghl4nd3r]

The presents brought by the wise men were basically just worth a lot of money.

[@rocketman093]

Blixen can magically gallop around the world better than any other reindeer

[@dippin4dots]

I thought Duck Hunt was gonna be The Father (Dog), The Son (Duck), and The Holy Spirit (The Gunner)

[@blob4477]

Day 78 of telling the underdogs they can unlock diddy Kong in mario party

[@briftdoard]

How do people have this kind of dedication?

[@therencer2o578]

You have to tell them how? They saw all the comments but don’t know how.

[@chunkykong9107]

Day 2 of telling you that, that mario party sucks balls.

[@Gamermonkey-nq7wp]

Day 1 of telling you that they know

[@inamash]

I think we understood.

[@trevandraper237]

As a Pit main, I'm offended that no one chose him even though he would be an obvious pick for Christmas

[@sapphiredagon]

6:08

[@ryndor2899]

His green and red costume probably makes him at least tied for the best Christmas character

[@dkgaz2579]

I love watching the underdogs to misunderstand the Bible

[@theshyguy9855]

14:35 - 15:05 i like this bit where they just decide to learn about resin and wonder why jesus got that

[@atomicfloridaman2830]

I’m surprised no one went “Simon night, holy night.”

[@wynd2857]

I like how nobody questioned hopcats ridley for reindeer pick

[@whatthebeardoin3160]

Donner and Blitzen are Thunder and Lightning if I remember by German classes in high school correctly, but it's been a long time.

[@darthnat]

"We have reindeer at home" Reindeer at home: Dunder and Blixen

[@johnpett1955]

11:05 BTW not trying to rub religion in anybodies faces, just think people might find this interesting. coming from a Christian household I can say that Jesus's mother, marry had a husband named Joseph and there is a reason why she is named the Virgin marry, because she gave birth as a virgin to Jesus. Once again, you don't have to believe me, religion can be a touchy thing for some, and you can believe what would want, this is just my personal belief

[@azuremoon4372]

Santa is classist

[@AbeDorf18]

Poppt really is the most hype underdog now and its not even close

[@karstendepaepe730]

They just offended every dutch/flemish person to ever live with that conversation about the name Bliksem (dutch word for lightning), i should know, im one of them

[@Eclipse_0313]

Zack should have justified his K rool pick as the seasick crocodile from the Grinch song

[@goldwinner456]

21:23 “What was the first Pokemon ever designed?” It was rhydon

[@sharkbit3547]

Twist idea: play doubles but each duo has to share the same character via joycons or 1 GameCube like that one little z Christmas video so you both get 1 half of a controller.

[@mythraosu]

Surprised they didn’t use Christmas movies as references for character selection

[@Bokokirby]

Blixen - Danish writer who lived in Kenya for 19 years and is remembered for her writings about Africa (1885-1962)Blixen - Danish writer who lived in Kenya for 19 years and is remembered for her writings about Africa (1885-1962) totally didn't just copy and paste that.

[@sengir84]

"If your Bowser jr is Jesus I'm gonna be god." Me: "Ah, the dad of Jesus, so obv Bowser, the dad of Bowser jr. "Dog is god backwards" *picks Duck Hunt*

[@Ninteny]

no one picks the character who has canonically gone to christmastown and met santa...smh

[@slypii9362]

At 21:24 it says: "What was the first pokemon ever designed?"

[@Collinized]

"We hope this will come out on December 25th" Close but no cigar

[@PorkMoney]

Another New Years podcast would be hype

[@4Tom4lepus4]

Can we, as a community, please now only refer to Hopwell by the name "Hopwell Cathew" because that is one BEAUTIFUL name

[@seanbardon5597]

Has anyone ever noticed whenever they play doubles hopcat gives out to poppt for playing optimal over hype and gives out to Zack for playing hype over optimal

[@masonmoe4125]

In Germany, Krampus does eat you, he takes you away from your parents for forever.

[@Sualokin3]

15:00 the reason baby Jesus was given frankincense, myrrh and gold was they represent the fact Jesus was God, death since he would raise from the dead, and gold was commonly given to kings.

[@TrackerBase]

It’s fucking incredible that this video came out in time

[@that_one-oof9188]

I'm surprised Zack didn't pick Falco as the Christmas Turkey

[@SandshrewSamurai]

Only took one minute to say eat the rich, good underdogs content right here.

[@lasagnafan4501]

Blitzen is lighting in German and Donner is thunder

[@Ally-rj5eo]

Your right people can comprehend gods as women but godesses as woman we can

[@boiledcabbage7757]

The scat on hopcat’s incineroar up b killed me

[@visorp3667]

Shiek is the wise man

[@azuremoon4372]

you can't convince me cogger doesn't study computers when learning how to play