26 Fun Facts From The Fix (and Friends) | Mentopolis

[@UnlikelyContent]

Watching Brennan's face transform from, "what a fun, silly fact" to "this is legitimately the most threatening thing I have ever heard" is top tier entertainment

[@eddiemate]

The best part is Brennan said in one of the Adventuring Parties that his thoughts after one of the fun facts (i wish I remember which) was basically just "I need to be dead right now."

[@UnlikelyContent]

@@eddiemate it was the fact about bones in your hand, and yeah. Just nope right out of that threat

[@daekieisms]

The way that Hank manages to condition the other players into knowing he's about to say some *absolutely wild shit* as soon as he says about five words that appear to be completely unrelated to the situation at hand, or 'did you know', is insane. His power...

[@Michael_Raymond]

The scene with Ronnie Reptile and the shadow really undersells how that terrifying beat came out of FUCKING NOWHERE

[@eddiemate]

And that it CONTINUED TO BE TERRIFYING

[@spillymcspillmore3426]

One of my favorite moments of that campaign.

[@jamietodd2560]

Brennan is a genius. Able to hear that fact and immediately use it to terrifying effect. One of the best storytellers I’ve ever heard.

[@13mungoman13]

I like to imagine that the excitement Brennan plays as Ronnie is half him realizing how he can perfectly segway into the next plot-beat, and thinking to himself "no fucking WAY do I get to tie these things together"

[@darkhalo153]

The moment The Fix intimidates that dude into breaking his own fingers needs its own animated short.

[@NickyLunaLove]

PLEASE

[@Idefilms]

Somebody call @DeepBlueInk

[@jai_the_guy]

Hell yeah!

[@JasmineGeminiDragon]

Top Ten Most Brutal Cross-Over by WatchMojo

[@Emily-tv1iz]

The swallowtail butterfly fact followed by "I do not think you are the tail of a swallowtail, I think you're the butterfly" is a shockingly wholesome and well meaning compliment. Like wtf???

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

Right?? It's lovely

[@seraphsilent5255]

i like how it could also just as easily be extremely threatening. "I don't think you are the distraction, i think you are the main problem!"

[@sarahbearbabygirl]

i teared up when the fix said that the first time i watched because that’s exactly what a kid like conrad (as well as your conscience) needs to hear

[@nunyabizness3598]

I tear up EVERY time I hear it. That shit hits harder than jawbones rant about panic attacks

[@paigewright6875]

@@nunyabizness3598OH GAWD the Jawbone Anxiety SpeecH!!! I had to pause the episode and cry and go tell my friends I love them, lol. Most wholesome character in Dimension 20 history in my opinion (and wasn’t even meant to be a character!)

[@tackyoptic]

I will never forget the "you know, half your bones are in your hands and feet" because yeah, what the hell, that's MORTIFYING in a threatening context

[@logicaloverdrive8197]

And the added thing of this coming from a guy 4 times your size holding you like a misbehaving toddler.

[@Delmworks]

Ken Kanecki- “write that down, write that down!”

[@YaburuRunyaru]

Have you read Tom Sawyer?

[@liveadhdtv]

Yknow, I always wondered, what would hurt more, breaking the bones in your hands and feet, or every other bone? We can find out together.

[@skywarr5508]

​@@YaburuRunyaruI am curious why you are asking

[@Wragnaroq]

Brennan knew exactly what he was doing when Pasha started talking about woodpeckers.

[@Lucifersfursona]

Slutty, slutty bird facts 🥺

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

There are so many non-horny bird facts, but Pasha needed to pick the one about pounding and powerful feelings (With hand gestures) Also: Freddie just losing his shit in the middle of it there x)

[@crazysasha1374]

Now that I've heard that fact in this context, I doubt I could ever hear without thinking of a dirty meaning.

[@HelloParkingMeter6]

"There's a shadow downstairs" is still one of the scariest moments in Dimension 20 history

[@jdk2535]

Almost on par with "reality shatters" for me.

[@Julie-hl8ub]

​@@jdk2535Where was "reality shatters" from again?

[@holly2786]

Also "romance partner"

[@HelloParkingMeter6]

@@Julie-hl8ub It sounds very Unsleeping City but I'm not 100% sure?

[@HelloParkingMeter6]

Also, "The smile of a devil you never believed in"

[@Patch-lz9yi]

This is very much what being in college is like. You'll just be going throughout your day when someone at lunch says, "You know, whales become more stressed with increased levels of nearby human activity such as noise from ships. So, after 9/11 when the noise levels fell..."

[@autumn-is-a-silly]

"Holy shit, Martha, you hearing this? The humans finally shut up!"

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

It sounds like an implication that the whales were involved in 9/11 and that is a conspiracy theory I can get behind.

[@gormauslander]

Why did you trail off WGAT HAPPENED AFTER 9/11

[@gormauslander]

Also did you know that sperm whales speak a language of clicks that is so complex that it rivals English vocabulary and grammar

[@Patch-lz9yi]

Fascinating! Did you know that sperm whales are also one of the species that sleeps the least? They sleep about 7 percent of the day and only in naps of about 10-20 minutes. Now, this kind of sleep pattern would cause significant mental and physical distress to a human being but thankfully not to this species of marine mammal friend.

[@pricerowland]

I feel like Brennan was out-Brennaned by The Fix. Hank was an unstoppable force.

[@GZilla311]

One of the best parts about The Fix is he genuinely has no idea how terrifying he is sometimes.

[@NarcissistMargarine]

The Fix is just the embodiment of a menacing vsauce intro where he tells you a fact and then states at you deadpan

[@Xanderj89]

So normal vsauce

[@sissy021]

A menacing saucepan, you could say

[@jaceylong8646]

You are really onto something with this, vsauce walked so fix could menace

[@jedinxf7]

not a bad call

[@QuikVidGuy]

@@sissy021 or a sosspin, as Babbish says

[@Zelmel]

Freddy being SO FUCKING INTO the back and forth about birds is just the best.

[@dark_neverland]

Brennan & Hank flirting in character as The Fix & Pasha actually taught me what flirting is....and I'm 37

[@reynastrange2828]

I loved watching Hank and Brennan flirt, especially with the knowledge that Hank vaguely finds him attractive

[@lukijez]

"vaugely"

[@Lucifersfursona]

Double Scaroused

[@dark_neverland]

I mean who doesn't find Bleem a little bit attractive....and I'm ace 😅

[@KikoKay-Kay]

​@@dark_neverlandsaaaaame 😅

[@KarlEller]

"Vaguely". Hank Green: "Please never tell Brennan how hot I think he is." 🤣

[@OctopusOwl]

The most interesting things, delivered with a calm even demeanor, in the MOST STRESSFUL SITUATIONS, means he's utterly calm and unbothered. Which is TERRIFYING.

[@ash-xc2fj]

Ok but did you know that snow leapords have the longest tails in comparison to their body of any cat? And sometimes if they get tired of holding their tails up they'll just hold them in their mouths

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

That is the CUTEST

[@thomashongshagen4912]

@@IrisGlowingBlue Like the pallas's cat, they will also sit on their tails to warm their toebeans

[@miritallstag336]

Adding this to my cat fact arsenal, thanks!

[@jsmountain]

Snow kitty go ommf.

[@doornumb]

The "He can't think of any facts" was actually brilliant That would mean that the big guy dealt with his hyperfixation Pasha fixed The Fix

[@submortimer]

Pasha didn't FIX the fix, she gave him something to focus on that he actually loved. The big guy is finally getting to Fixate on his Passions.

[@DreaOnzagle]

Seeing Brennan merge Hank’s great facts with the world is absolutely class.

[@UltimateStarky]

I love how absolutely ecstatic Hank is at 7:52 when Brennan starts telling *him* facts.

[@auradmg]

Unexpectedly getting into an improv skit with Brennan Lee Mulligan is like getting called up on stage at an arena concert

[@paigewright6875]

@@auradmgand Hank is the kid who busts out “Eruption” on stage with Steel Panther

[@giuseppe9653]

"I feel very threatened all of a sudden"

[@maxsalmon4980]

Hank's performance evokes some Cohen Brother's movie character...sort of the guy from No Country For Old Men, but like, if he wasn't actually a psychopath, he just came off that way and everyone was terrified of him even though he wasn't violent.

[@uhkingdom]

Like the old man with the shovel in the first Home Alone movie, but just carry that energy throughout the whole movie

[@Xanderj89]

Yes, “autistic people = odd/unsettling = frightening” in mainstream media is a fairly common ableism

[@TonkarzOfSolSystem]

There’s a hitman in Terry Pratchett’s The Truth who brings up obscure facts all the time.

[@joeysingingchannel]

@@Xanderj89 Go look somewhere else for things to be upset by. He's literally a manifestation of hyperfixation which occurs in just about everyone concerning one thing or another.

[@burlapknapsack]

​@@Xanderj89I don't really see any reason to connect it to ableism. The bizarre, unrelatable pattern of people being bothered by more knowledgeable/more intelligent people to me stems from the disappointing and embarrassing commonality of anti-intellectualism in US culture most significantly but it also harms other cultures. I find the pattern/cultural value utterly bizarre and surreal and also the cause of so many intelligent fictional characters in popular media being inexplicably intelligent in everything ever.

[@MeonLights]

I love how even his comrades and friends are constantly intimidated and horrified by the random facts.

[@Infinite_Archive]

Going from a really morbid description of oxygen deprivation and asphyxiation to "you can shit so hard you have amnesia" was an experience.

[@paigewright6875]

And Mike Trapp with the impeccable comedic timing

[@EricJonsson_]

One of the absolutely best characters in Dimension 20 history

[@rowanbrown5541]

The first one will always have a special place in the fact tierlist because of how no one was expecting it

[@sabinrawr]

I use this fact whenever I possibly can.

[@shannonmacomber1983]

I just love the little dance he does when he meets pasha, it's adorable

[@Blue_Lunacy]

12:32 That head tilt laughter and the sudden jolt back to delivering the fact was very scary to witness.

[@writerintherye]

“Do you wanna know some facts about your bones?”

[@siefnour1017]

WHAT'S SO WIERD ABOUT WANTING MY BONES

[@uhkingdom]

I completely forgot that The Fix is the reason Elias was shitting

[@captain_eaglefort]

That whole scene was wild. The Fix went from nearly dying to making an MVP move in about five minutes. Hand and Alex were my two favorites for this show. And it was NOT easy narrowing that down to two. I’ve rewatched it so many times.

[@chrisjett6232]

Some tough telling you that fact about hands and feet has got to be one of the most terrifying things D20 has ever seen.

[@auradmg]

I love that the cast all figured out that this was going to be terrifying before he even got to the punchline

[@claireh4756]

i was so hype for hank and trap in a Brennan game, but then FREDDIE WONG enters the chat. Unbelievable. Get this man back and involved, he's a treasure

[@jamietodd2560]

The Fix never needs to roll Intimidation.

[@swordsmancs]

If you intimidate the DM you skip the roll

[@ianlarue8937]

He rolls intim-formation.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

That absolute excitement he had when Brennan returned with a "Did you know". was great.

[@Emily-tv1iz]

15:58 "Everything's based on some pre-existing structure" like how jaws evolved from gills

[@me-42by42]

And scales came from teeth.

[@nogoodboyo1200]

That's why they call him hank mean

[@MeredithHagan]

I’ve been a fan of Hank’s for years so it was rather unsettling to find him so attractive as The Fix, especially since I’m asexual.

[@arolurker3511]

Gentle giant + facts + that voice = “am I really asexual?”

[@dark_neverland]

I'm super asexual but also super queer & still experience various kinds of non-physical attractions :)

[@TheSaberWolfDuchess]

YOU TOO???

[@entr0pic_]

No fucks, full facts.

[@marcusdaloia2974]

@@dark_neverland I _had_ heard that asexuality was a spectrum.

[@joshuahitchins1897]

3:30 Freddie's OOC "Broslowdownwhat?" Amazing.

[@risperdude]

Hank Green is an American Treasure.

[@Lonely_Raven_666]

"boy dinner" "girl dinner" No this is my autistic dinner let me have it !

[@cairozephyr]

YES!

[@thesinaclwon]

Throughout Hanks childhood he would study, study, and study even more. He never knew what he was studying so much for until he got a call from Brennan Lee Mulligan.

[@vim.5087]

the shadow fact and the timing of it was *chef's kiss*

[@nymla313]

A few error correction for the cc's: 4:03 Mr. Bishop should be Mr. Bition (the guy's name is Mark Bition -> M. Bition -> ambition) 10:06 Roddy -> Ronnie. Ronnie the Reptile's profile appears a few seconds later 😶 12:26 Juan de Veve should be Joie de Vivre, the feeling of enjoyment of life

[@cjmercado1007]

You didn't say... um actually...😂

[@davidcoolidge5844]

"Just fun facts. They're not scary." This is true. Were I reading these facts in a little compendium by the toilet, I would probably think that book is named "Just Some Fun Facts For When You Ain't Leaving The Toilet For A Long Time And Need Something To Occupy Your Time And Mind". Or something to that effect. What I'm saying is, context and delivery are also incredibly important in determining exactly how fun something is, and almost every time Hank opens his mouth, it doesn't take long for these facts to become terrifying.

[@curlygurly2112]

15:44 um ACTUALLY, TRAPP, breast milk comes from a modified sweat gland. however, breast milk CAN have blood in it (called blood milk) and it's normal and good for the baby. breast milk can also be white, yellow, light green, or brown, all totally normal colors. all safe for baby.

[@mayaenglish5424]

Isn't sweat modified blood? I thought that's where he was going with it. I don't remember though, It's been awhile since I watched the associated scishow videos about milk production lol.

[@the_vik_king]

Trapp: "I see what you're going for, I'll give you the point unless someone can be more specific"

[@DebTheDevastator]

​@mayaenglish5424 Yes, blood is modified sweet and so is milk, but also the glands for breastmilk are from your armpit. Manatees breast feed from their armpits still.

[@quantumblur_3145]

isn't blood modified flesh?

[@curlygurly2112]

@@quantumblur_3145 in a way, yeah. it's more like... modified goo

[@missoxymoronaddict]

Honest to god the constipation fact made me stop and stare into space for a good five minutes

[@jimmy_the_squid9456]

I never thought Hank Green could ever be genuinely terrifying but here we are

[@spectralfrog]

"Bleeding the good stuff out of your nipples" is wild

[@listofromantics]

Mentopolis was legit the best D20 campaign in recent history.

[@p4hagen197]

How long ago has Calamity been?

[@RuiAMGSilva]

​@@p4hagen197 Calamity is from Critical Role, not from Dimension20 😊

[@p4hagen197]

@@RuiAMGSilva Ah Really? I thought it was a collab

[@corasings5580]

​@@p4hagen197a collab with Brennan and Lou as GM and player, not necessarily with D20 :)

[@bskec2177]

"did you know most of the pyramids in the world are in the Sudan?" Oh, this is the most non threatening thing he's said. "Anyways, I killed the kid."

[@dark_neverland]

I am so glad a supercut got made! Some of these facts, both in game & in AP had me in tears

[@fidget0227]

Pelicans have 3 stomachs… and one of them’s just for boooones

[@Havok2123]

Brennan "Bird Facts" Mulligan strikes again!

[@the_senate8050]

Certified Rosate Spoonbill Moment

[@Scienceguy721]

Me when I saw this video dropped: "I feel very threatened all of a sudden"

[@bast713]

I still get chills at the Ronnie scene holy crap

[@TheBierp]

Thank you, Dropout, for making this compilation! The Fix was one of the best D20 characters ever, and his facts (and the delivery) are absolutely worth seeing, even if you don't watch D20.

[@josephstone4842]

This was one of my favorite campaigns, largely because of Hank. Please bring him back.

[@LogicalNiko]

Humans have “taste receptors” in their digestive tracts, urethra, and testicles as well as a few other places in the body. These are mainly connected to autonomic regulation functions for release of enzymes and other substances. They really are just a chemical binding site connected to the nervous system. So these receptors are not truly affiliated with taste, they just share a common mechanism for operating as reuse of common structures is biologically efficient.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

Your statement may be more scientifically accurate but I am still going to share the simple version first to reel people in to the science.

[@biiill5259]

Interestingly all these chemical receptors are reactive to at least one chemical regardless of location. Capsaicin. The spicy chemical

[@LogicalNiko]

@ this is because it triggers the vanilloid receptor 1. This receptor detects vanillin and many other similar shaped substances. But this receptor also in one of the receptors that can sense temperature and physical sensation. This demonstrates how biologically there are a lot of unusual overlaps in receptors that developed more on their efficiency of function over specific segmenting of duties. So what Capsaicin does is it basically locks in to the receptor having a shape that’s similar to vanilla, but it causes an overdrives this receptor. It’s basically causing it to stay in an excited state and keep firing, this causes it to register all the sensations of taste, physical irritation, and temperature all at once. Basically chili peppers evolved a perfect defense mechanism to stop mammals from eating their fruit.

[@tersonva]

Best season in my opinion

[@darkhalo153]

hard agree

[@Xiatter]

This and Burrow's End, for me. Just wonderful.

[@eddiemate]

I’m not 100% sure I’d say it’s the best, but by god it’s certainly close.

[@smashertron]

16 minutes of Hank and Brennan just flirting

[@ethanflynn8815]

My buddy asked me for an animal fact and I went on for 40 uninterrupted minutes of animal facts, and he asked me if I was okay. Anyway giraffes fight exactly how you imagine they would

[@holyknightthatpwns]

You have to understand that most people have no instinct for how giraffes fight

[@BroKenYaKnow]

@@holyknightthatpwnsneck big, they literally swing it at each other

[@optimistprime3192]

So either they use their necks and heads like ball-&-chain flails, or their necks are used like swords. Probably more the former, but the latter just brought the thought of “samurai giraffe duel” and the inlying implications of that lol.

[@thatguyinthecorner4648]

Thank you for reminding me of the greatest gag character in anime, Neckson McLongo ​@@BroKenYaKnow

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

And they sleep curled up kinda like cats!

[@Emm_Er]

0:18 There are moments in shows where you realize that you'll never be able to watch this for the first time again... this was that moment for me 😂😂😂😮‍💨

[@captain_eaglefort]

But you CAN watch it over and over and still receive stupid amounts of joy. I know I have.

[@Liatriss]

That Eagle fact gets me every time

[@Ammdar]

Especially when you see Danielle instantly get it.

[@VintageBeauty1313]

Where can I find someone who flirts with me with fascinating/horrifying “fun” facts?!?😭😂

[@ef1876]

An interesting fact about the brain (which feels rather appropriate given the setting of this season) is that its constantly undergoing a process called phagocytosis (or pruning), where essentially it eats itself. The brain's cells will consume smaller cells and molecules to help preserve your grey matter and get rid of unneeded neurological connections. (Edit: spelling)

[@dark_neverland]

This makes sense since all the cells in iur body, outside the heart & lungs, if i remember correctly, regenerate every 7 years. I always wondered what the heck the brain did

[@Pablo360able]

The immune system also uses phagocytosis to deal with virii and bacteria, and tattoos hijack this process - immune cells "eat" the tattoo ink, but can't break it down, so they just... stand there, menacingly. It's why tattoos last as long as they do and don't fade or bleed nearly as fast as they otherwise might.

[@jklappenbach]

Seeing these two together, I'm all: "YOU GOT YOUR PEANUT BUTTER IN MY CHOCOLATE" "YOU GOT YOUR CHOCOLATE IN MY PEANUT BUTTER!!" I'll see myself out.

[@MezephelesArt]

I really wish I could hear Hank say, in the Fix's voice, that the first time someone blew up a plane, the perpetrator was charged with specifically murder because nobody had thought to make the act of blowing up a plane a crime.

[@VivaLaDnDLogs]

The Fix: "Did you know-" Me: "I killed someone drunk driving last summer. My friends & I disposed of his body and swore an oath to never speak of it."

[@marcuswillbrandt5901]

Great season, just for the fact fight. Should probably be a game changer episode: Just Brennan and some guys throwing fun facts

[@Full_Metal_Angel]

Best character in dimension 20. I loved the exchange between the fix and pasha its so cute.

[@HyacinthFlowers]

13:59 Brennan recoiling in fear when Hank says did you know is hilarious. Hank has Pavlovved everyone there lmao

[@mandistiles9976]

An absolutely amazing campaign! Which makes it criminal there are no pins for these fantastic characters on the dropout store (I am not-so-subtly begging)

[@kennethmoses4900]

“Fun Facts” are The Fix’s love language.

[@mindstormmaster]

The ability of Hank to turn his professional fact-dissemination into a truly intimidating character trait will never cease to amaze me

[@bomartinez1110]

I wish we got another campaign with this group

[@alexandrecharest4853]

I roll for intimidate. Did you know.....

[@ikeekieeki]

i hope someday that Hank joins the dome again

[@ob2kenobi388]

Did you know that the axolotl-a species of salamander native to Mexico-has regenerative properties so powerful that it can regrow an entire limb in less than two months? And it can also regrow parts of its heart, eyes, and brain? And scientists, trying to study this ability, have grafted an axolotl's head onto another axolotl's body, and the creatures can survive for over a year like that?

[@musclecat1005]

Take my money, take my clothes, just let me leave with my life, I beg of you

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

What I've read in biology said that mammary glands evolved from sweat glands, and that milks is what happens when you turn the fat content of sweat to the point it will form fat bergs.

[@captain_eaglefort]

I believe sweat itself came from blood, though. My guess is he forgot the middle steps but remembered the overall fact.

[@Lucifersfursona]

People I look up to and respect as creators going, to both Evan Kelmp and The Fix, “holy shit that was legitimately very threatening” gives me hope both as a creative and as a person with the general dangerousness of an unmoving stone. I could be,, The Scary

[@lastnamefirstname1962]

This would do numbers on Tumblr

[@herothebard]

The best part of mentopolis was in fact these fun facts

[@paiged20]

Respectfully asking for another season in Mentopolis!!!! Thank you in advance !!!!!!!!!!

[@jackwriter1908]

The title is _26 Fun Facts_ but it should rather be _26 Ways to Scare your Enemy_

[@PenanceisNigh]

I desperately wish to see The Fix in PF2E. He'd make great use of the Scare to Death skill

[@laurenrice845]

I JUST discovered this, this week….. and THIS campaign is what broke me being into a paying subscriber because I NEEDED TO KNOW AND WATCH MORE…… OMGODS y’all have saved my sanity in this fiefdom

[@Eramiserasmus]

Hank facts were great throughout the campaign.

[@CalamityCannon]

7:46 Brennan fighting terrorism with Bird Facts

[@submortimer]

Obviously, the Fix's facts are fun and very intimudating, but the winner for me was "would you like to turn around and go away, or would you like to see if i can keep myself from punching you too hard."

[@tikalupit]

Alex's reactions really elevate the facts😂

[@kayleighlehrman9566]

It's very rare that a player deals legitimate psychic damage to the rest of the people at the table; but everyone's reaction to The Fix saying that the urethra contains taste-bud-like receptors? Truly one of a kind.

[@thedepthandbreadthofseth]

I will never get tired of watching hank bounce up and down when brennan shares his facts! ❤❤❤

[@AmySay]

i would HIGHLY reccomend you guys watch this season if you haven’t! a ton of puns, a fun take on noir with an intriguing mystery, and a FANTASTIC table using a non-D&D based system. absolutely worth the subscription!

[@grutarg2938]

It's amazing how much emotion they can put into the fun facts.

[@MrSpannners]

The fish light bit is an underrated one, always reminds me of Phantom Menace: "there's always a bigger fish"

[@FireBowProductions]

I love The Fix so much.

[@theawesomealpaca984]

LOVE THIS SEASON SO MUCH

[@whocares9838]

I love how Brennan is slightly nodding his head along when he's getting threatened the first time bc he knows it's about to get good

[@alyssatheexcellent]

I watch this whole video OFTEN. It’s very comforting. I don’t know why. But it is.

[@VoldakHorasimov]

Sweat is somewhat the same as milk. You’re sweating blood practically. It just also has no heem. It’s the “watery bits” from your blood in the very basic sense.

[@unknownalias56]

Now when I watch Sci-Show I feel like Hank is threatening me to learn facts. I have never learned so passive aggressively.