*5 MINUTES* to Write Spider-Man Fanfiction | Show of the Weekend

Spider-Man 2 is out now for PS5, but can Ellen and Luke write a great Spider-Man story in just 300 seconds? The answer is no.
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[@zanite8650]

Ellen's first story: a fun, well-crafted short story Luke's first story: Jabba the Hutt passed my window, I stuck my middle finger up at him

[@ToriKlepto]

This comment made me actually full-on laugh, so thank you for that

[@jackryan8736]

Same here @@ToriKlepto

[@robstuart8474]

Luke is Tara Gilesbie confirmed!

[@kcollier2192]

This HAS to become a Ox Xmas Challenge for everyone- I'd LOVE to hear some of the stories that would come out of that.

[@TheWindwall]

That's a pretty good idea

[@dexterpearson8689]

Yes please! Watching Jon's reaction makes it completely worthwhile.

[@green_dragon_knight]

It could be Pikachu themed, and Andy could judge

[@theyorkrose5274]

It would only work imho if it's Pikachu and Christmas themed. Maybe they create the dice themselves, and have 2 dice with gen 1 Pokémon like pinsir, 4 Christmas dice eg frost troll, 3 generic dice eg flamingos, and 1 that has six different pikachu pics on it eg shocked pikachu or crying pikachu 👀

[@ramsay2234]

Yes! Great idea!

[@JaffaCakeGecko]

The money I would pay for a T shirt with an illustration of Jabba the Hutt saying "Good morning Spiderman" and Spiderman saying "Fuck off Jabba!"

[@angrysnowcone1025]

Where the hell is Barry? You can't just get rid of such a crucial part of the group.

[@dee...]

They're trying to _bamboozle_ us!

[@flemmingpedersen567]

He really was the heart and soul of their set design. What I've heard is that he told Jane that she was almost a Jane sandwich, and she put him through the wood chipper.

[@angrysnowcone1025]

@@flemmingpedersen567 😔 R. I. P. Barry.

[@LMixir]

@@flemmingpedersen567 The best part is knowing Barry is, canonically, plastic, making this extra spiteful.

[@ofkashii]

lukes hesitant "do you kinda wanna do another one" is just everything. oh my heart.😭

[@CaitlinRC]

...sometimes I wonder whether Luke picks topics specifically to get Andy baffled by his behaviour

[@Leith_Crowther]

Luke is a normal adult man doing normal adult things.

[@nramos33]

I was half expecting Andy to walk in during the hot dog scene lol

[@ArkaneStephanie]

I would. The expressions of disappointment are hilarious

[@ultimapig]

5 minutes isn't long. The first set took me over 10mins, so here's the second: Spiderman stalked the yeti through the snow. He wasn’t sure where it came from but that didn’t matter. He had been chasing it for days, after a neighbourhood kid asked him to find his teddy bear. The map the kid gave him seemed strange, but was strangely detailed, so who was he to judge. He lured the yeti into a toy shop, by turning on a droid toy. He knew yetis couldn’t resist the sound of laser fire. “Take this yeti” he yelled, as he pelted it with a beach ball. Admittedly too light, he tried a football. The yeti was still unphased. He grabbed a net full of toy butterflies and tried to throw it over the yeti, but it had put roller-skates on and started to skate away. Grabbing anything he could, spiderman hurled a fish into its tracks, which the yeti tripped on. They faced each other down, Spiderman putting his recent ballet practice into use, to avoid its powerful blows with grace (he even had ballet shoes on underneath his suit, to remind him). He finally webbed the yeti enough that it was captured. He swung it back to the forest where it belonged.

[@jackryan8736]

Nice 🙂

[@burgermike92]

This was hilarious! I love the stark difference in how the stories were written. Ellen's was short and to the point and then Luke's was long and descriptive. Also I love how Luke's second story made Peter seem like The Grinch.

[@katfromthekong414]

Jon having major indulgent-older-sibling energy again 😂

[@DannySkyt]

I mean, Tie Fighter *could* have been a villain who runs around slapping people with his fashionable tie or something, "The Tie FIghter"

[@not_on]

Sounds like a hero to me :D

[@Brasc]

"Do not presume to challenge _me,_ Wall Crawler! I, the Tie Fighter, shall show these dingy, ill-clad New Yorkers the _true_ centerpiece of Fashion!"

[@lady_draguliana784]

he could wield neckties like spidey's webs, and bow-ties like shuriken!

[@MrMBinder]

In Luke's universe, Spiderman has been around for long enough to turn into the villain we need.

[@cheddarssalad1230]

I’ve said it before but Show of the Weekend is just my mom paying Luke and Ellen to babysit me and they are scrounging for ways to keep me entertained.

[@LJay_1985]

So Luke ate the inedible plant, then? Knew Colin, er, I mean Barry, wouldn't last. RIP.

[@MrMBinder]

Plastic Nutrition Boy origin story.

[@harveyrowan1187]

Deeply upsetting loss to the set 😔

[@michaelmengarda6984]

Spiderman was walking through an alleyway of New York City, his footprints washing away in the rainy Brooklyn night, when suddenly, a strange figure appeared in the distance. A caution sign flashed in Miles's mind, and so he pulled out his spidey binoculars (spidoculars, if you will), and formed a shocked face at what he saw....an usual creature, seemingly speaking on a mobile phone. He slowly approached and asked, "who are you?". The creature turned and faced Miles with a smile. He smiled at Miles. "Hello there," he said jovially. "Allow me to introduce myself - Hutt, Jabba." Miles shook his hand and asked him what he was doing. "Oh, not much," Jabba said. "Just trying to make a sale for these Snowflake brand candlesticks and boomerangs....but with no luck unfortunately. I guess I'll be on my way." Jabba got into his TIE Fighter and flew off in search of another city that may be more befitting of his unique wares. The End.

[@michaelmengarda6984]

Believe it or not...less than 5 minutes. 👍 I was tempted to add a "f**k off, Jabba!", but thought better of it.

[@lady_draguliana784]

👍John DiMaggio should voice Jabba with a thick bronx accent! 🤣

[@Amaranthyne]

Luke being genuinely embarrassed about something he only had ten minutes to write was so cute 🥰

[@DocDocGoose15]

Watching this at 2AM instead of sleeping. I regret nothing

[@jmosthaunted888]

How can I play spider man 2 now after watching this, knowing the story cannot possibly compete with the literary genius offered here by Luke and Ellen 😁

[@simmadpaul2880]

If you ever find yourself having a bad day or feeling depressed just spend a few minutes listening to Ellen's laugh.

[@ssj4922]

Now this is real content, Spider-Man 2 _cannot compare_ to this masterpiece

[@LegendaryTalesandTrails]

You know it’s gonna be good when their is Spider-Man and Fanfic in the title. I still to this day love Luke and Andy’s Romancing through deserts across Europe fanfic. If you know, you know what I’m talking about. 😂

[@abydosianchulac2]

The fact it grew organically out of conversation and didn't need to have happened is what I love most about that story

[@freyjathehealer5559]

What is this and where can I find it. Is it a MCC episode?

[@ollie3976]

@@freyjathehealer5559​​⁠​​⁠ it was a stream on oxtra where they did buzzfeed quizzes to find out which animal crossing characters they are

[@rayquazzenron3853]

​@@freyjathehealer5559 It's in the animal crossing quiz stream

[@pmonday]

Still my favorite oxtra moment of all time.

[@AB-yz7bo]

Ellen won both rounds pretty handily. Would have been good to have Andy adjudicate and award it to Luke!

[@bustinarant]

Now this is the type of thing I apparently like to see at 3 am.

[@Kaleidoscope179]

Can’t help myself but have a go using the 2nd set of dice (too much risk of it turning adult with jabba involved 👀) Miles leapt out of bed, feeling fully charged after a nights hibernation. He was super excited because today he finally got to order tickets to see his favourite Ballet: “Teddy & Yeti Map Dance”! He even had a pair of the promotional pointe shoes on his desk next to his new beach & football collection. He basically had roller skates for feet with how fast he got over to his computer!! Logging onto the website, he quickly selected his tickets and - “oh blasters!” He thought. One of these silly verification puzzles was stopping him in his tracks! He scanned and scanned the little boxes but he just couldn’t understand how to press the next button! Then with horror, it dawned on Miles. He looked from his fish screensaver to the butterflies outside - he couldn’t complete this task, because he was, in fact. A droid.

[@honestmonk2564]

Woah what a twist, that was so good!

[@thomaslane1547]

Nice. Very Kafka, there at the end. ^^

[@lady_draguliana784]

R.L. Stein would be proud!

[@Umlee-Kerymansrivarrwael]

What did you do to Barry? Are they okay? Are they sick? Get well soon, Barry!

[@ZttackFrmBhind]

I missed Barry in this episode. Get well soon Barry!!!

[@nickdejager8873]

Ahh, yes, Tatooine, famous for its many large buildings. Perfect for Web-swinging. Five minutes isn't long. For the first prompt, I was thinking of a story where Peter meets Kingpin for the first time, only to find 'Wilson Fisk' is actually the holographic disguise of an alien named Jabba. And Jabba was bringing a fleet of Imperial surplus TIE fighters Jabba bought to take over the technologically inferior Earth.

[@beesforbreakfast]

Spider-Man / Spider-Man Friendly beachfront Spider-Man Pops a ball / with a drone Downloads apps to his mobile phone

[@zacharysmith4856]

My face hurts from smiling and laughing.😀 If none of this makes it into a best bits video, I’ll be confused.

[@pmonday]

This was fantastic, absolutely brilliant idea, and the Jon appearance as always was a wonderful addition.

[@xenogil180]

Fun seeing the two of you stretching the creative muscles. I was chuckling along the whole video

[@AB-yz7bo]

It's always extra special when jon appears

[@JockeSohls]

Ah yes, as all intellectuals know, the four pillars of any good story: General, Kids, Mystery and Star Wars.

[@poodlemuffin]

Johns face as he read 😂

[@johnlarson8264]

sorry but ima need about 30 more episodes in this theme; hope you enjoyed it 'cause it's all you're allowed for the next few years

[@gellusmarc5936]

Please PLEASE PLEASE do more of this kind of thing! I have no laughed so hard in quite a long time 🤣🤣🤣

[@coreysierchio4650]

That opening song is a nice jam. Really lets me know it's he weekend. *Thanks for the Content!*

[@bernard832]

Luke: ...and it can't get erotic. _rolls Jabba_ Luke: _sweats profusely_

[@werewolfgod6469]

Recently lost my cat and Luke's stories cheered me up. As bad as Luke seems to think they are, they were what I needed.

[@lady_draguliana784]

"he isn't the Author we wanted, but he's the Author we NEEDED" 🤣 Best of luck finding your feline friend, unless you mean they'd passed, in which case, you have my condolences, I've been there! 😥

[@TheWindwall]

Peter and Miles especially love the butterfly house....... as the mutation of spider DNA took further hold and they began to Devour the small insects

[@Jenna_Miles]

One night I dreamed a dream.
As I was walking along the beach with my Friendly Neighbourhood Spder-Mam.
Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,
One belonging to me and one to Spider-Man. After the last scene of my life flashed before me,
I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
I noticed that at many times along the path of my life,
especially at the very lowest and saddest times,
there was only one set of footprints. This really troubled me, so I asked Spider-Man about it.
"Spidey, you said once I decided to follow you,
You'd walk with me all the way.
But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life,
there was only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me." He whispered, "My precious citizen of New-York City, I love you and will never leave you
Never, ever, during your trials and testings.
When you saw only one set of footprints,
It was then that I, Spider-Man, carried you." (Caught that joke, Ellen! Felt like I should expand the concept)

[@lady_draguliana784]

SOMEBODY had to! 🤜💥🤛

[@mrmonopoly645]

Haven't watched the full video yet but I can guarantee that whatever you come up with is better than the current comic run 😂

[@MsKornkitty]

The normal adults are at it again. 😂

[@Becktastic01]

Such good stories, all of them. Don’t think so little of yourself Luke. Everyone has a different way of thinking and approaching things, and it’s great for us to see that. Remember you may have viewers of many varying ages, with all kinds of different ways of thinking. You encourage them with everything you do and say. All of you do, Oxtra and Oxbox teams both. Thank you all for the years of wonderful videos.

[@DefinitelyAPotato]

I fucking love this show

[@tzovlask]

I tried to write a story that had all the words across both the challenges and it became way too weird to post. It was also very very long and took more than 10 minutes to write. You guys rock!

[@Elelwyn]

Truly, a testament to the power of editing. :)

[@chefbreccia2642]

12:30 especially :D

[@OneWingedRose]

I went slightly over (5 minutes 26 seconds), but I did one too because this was TOO fun! Here's mine lol (edited to make the 10 needed words bold): It was April, an odd time for *snowflakes* to be falling in New York, but Miles ignored the voice in his head telling him it was a *sign of caution* . He was too focused on getting to Ganke's house on time, and without breaking the hastily put together lego *tie fighter* in his bag as he swung through the city's heights. You see, Miles... was Spider-Man. Ahead, on the building far at the end of the street, Miles could see a glint of light reflecting off of a pair of *binoculars* looking out at him, it was Ganke for sure, watching him from his apartment's balcony as he thwipped his way toward him. Suddenly, Miles' spider-sense went off, and he pivoted to the left to avoid a *boomerang* that came flying at him from the ground. He turned to look down and saw a child staring up at him with a *shocked face* , embarrassed and surprised that they had accidentally almost hit THE Spider-Man. Miles gave the child a reassuring one handed salute before turning back to look where he was going, and quickly caught the little lego *Jabba the Hutt* that fell out of his bag as he did so. Yes, things were going okay, school was out due to the weather and today was going to be a good da-- Just then, a call came through on his *mobile phone* , it was Peter, the other Spider-Man. "Miles, where are you?!" He called down the line. "On my way to Ganke's, are you out of breath? What's wrong?" "It's the *Candlestick* Man, he's... he's back." Miles immediately stopped swinging, allowing himself to land on the wall of a nearby skyscraper. How could he have been so foolish? He'd let himself get carried away with the surprise joy of snow in April like all the other kids at school, but nothing surprising ever turns out to be because of a good thing, not in this city... he should've been looking at the snow as evidence, clear *footprints* to lead him to the horrifying truth: The Candlestick Man could not be contained.

[@green_dragon_knight]

Candlestick Man, the fearsome leader of the Rub a Dub Dub gang, with his allies Baker Man and The Butcher

[@thomaslane1547]

This one _is_ totally a Spider-Man story. Hits all the right themes.

[@OneWingedRose]

@@thomaslane1547 Yay! Thanks! :D

[@corrinbielawski8035]

Things like this make me wish there was a way to bookmark comments. Brilliant!

[@writeon2593]

9:50 This was a missed opportunity for a great pun. If this droid is shaped like a candlestick, it should be called Loom E. Air (or something like that).

[@ronincritchley8814]

I love the pterodactyl scream at 16:37. (Sorry to whoever’s laugh that was, but in fairness it really sounded like a pterodactyl.)

[@freddierhodes8201]

The "Fuck of Jabba!" Hit me like a tonne of bricks

[@Genesis3Chi]

Please bring this back! Love the concept

[@anniebengtsson8328]

This was beautiful

[@ramsay2234]

Love it when Ellen drops the presenter voice and goes full London on Luke.

[@JTGallant]

*"PARKER! BRING ME MORE FANFICS OF SPIDER-MAN!"*

[@oraclle]

6 minutes 😬, but I'm typing on a phone: Miles' mobile phone went off, jolting him awake. He realised he was late for school and had fallen asleep making his Lego Tie Fighter. Sprining out of bed, he left the half-finished model next to Millenium Falcon and Jabba the Hutt before grabbing his bag and flinging open the window. Snowflakes blew in, a typical January morning in the big apple. New Yorkers trudged to work, their footprints turning the snow to slush as Miles sailed through the air above them. One little girl watched him from her window through her toy binoculars, a shocked look on he face. Miles was too busy waving at her to see the caution sign and had to pick himself up off of the wet sidewalk, quickly dusting himself down before taking to the air once more. He boomeranged around the last corner and clambered in through a teacher's office window, knocking over a candlestick and just barely catching it before it hit the floor. In a moment he was in the hall and joining the crowds filtering to their classrooms just like a regular student.

[@ed2003wrx]

Jon's great laugh at 6:54 played over the top of a TIE fighter gif....somebody make that

[@barbararowley6077]

A pity Barry didn’t get a chance to compete too. Did he go to NYCC and get lost in Central Park?

[@B2EMO]

Spiderman wallowed in his self-loathing. He was a yeti, a monster, a dead fish. There was no map showing him a way out of this despair. He'd eaten 1000 butterflies. Caught them in his sticky web and lapped them up like candy. But after this dance of death, the ballet shoe was now on the other foot. Butterflyman stood before him in silent judgement. Usually quite the teddy bear, Butterflyman's eyes were darkened with fury. Spiderman wished he were a droid who couldn't feel guilt, who could eat 1000 butterflies and then go play either football or beach ball with his friends. But that wasn't how this story goes. With Butterflyman looking on, his judgement served, Spiderman roller skated away into the distance, never to return to New York City ever again.

[@xenie1982]

I love Jon reading these! ❤

[@GambitCrowe]

would be awesome to see these stories animated!

[@nutsymcgregor]

Love how you kept this Hallowstream themed by including my own personal fear of creative writing with time constraints. The prompts were fear neutral.

[@sonofliberty1]

Loving the return to form of post-covid SOtW. 😂

[@doddjaj]

Luke’s first story needs to be a poster in the train spotting style!

[@MsCunningLinguistic]

I am FULLY CRYING with laughter oh my god

[@ApesWithEgos]

Ah, Luke with the casual "longer is better." Death by Scrollbar, you haunt me yet.

[@Thyranel]

Make more story challenges ❤❤❤❤

[@echoanimates3141]

This is so funny! Just one question, where did Barry go?

[@Corgidad2222]

I love it when Ellen's london accent organically comes out. Just brilliant

[@JezzyCatProductions]

i'd love them to do ones that then had to be read out by Andy

[@coyoteartist]

It was a pleasently mild evening at Coney Island and Miles Morales was enjoying a Nathan's Hotdog. As he balled up the wrapper to toss into the trashcan, a notification sound on his phone sounded. "A new video from Oxtra.", he muses as he loads KZbin. All thoughts of rides and games are dashed from his mind as he watches the premise being set up. His spidey senses tingle as Luke rolls the dice on the app. Soon he is swinging across the city to seek the aid of Peter Parker in stopping this mence called Fan Fiction.

[@ShinyHubCaps]

Jon AND James on camera in the same week

[@dee...]

Yeah but Barry is nowhere to be seen... 🤔 Coincidence????

[@heatherunderhill3937]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 best way to start the day before work

[@meganhirschi6248]

My story had a young yeti (in ballet shoes)scaring the city, but she was just trying to get by. Miles ended up befriending her and it ended with her showing spiderman her room full of lost toys she’d scavenged from the city.

[@sirbrandalf7813]

Where's barry!?!? They were iconic, we need them back!

[@perfectlyhopeless]

I NEED more of these please y'all they're too silly

[@MichaelBrown-tv6qx]

Show of the week is genuinely one of the highlights of my week

[@Mulbert]

I was dying at "grim work" in Luke's second story, cheers for the laughs lads! I was eating a Subway sandwich while watching which in retrospect was a poor choice

[@jordanbaxter7028]

Story telling masterpiece's. We need more of this

[@Manxsee]

your videos always lighting up my days

[@Formoka]

As a fanfic writer/reader, I vote these get posted to Archive of Our Own.

[@Soulja98]

"How do you think yours went?" Weirdest spirit finger challenge I've ever seen.

[@Giga-lemesh]

I have been reduced to tears, these were so funny (edit: I was laughing to hard to spell properly)

[@mrbrainly]

In the dead of winter, characters from across multiple universes gathered at a mansion on a secluded island to attend a party hosted by the wealthy Jabba the Hutt. Spider-Man gazed out the window at the snowflakes rapidly covering the Tie Fighters outside and the footprints of the last guests to have entered. "No one will be leaving this event anytime soon," he thought. Suddenly, a scream pierced the air. Spider-Man followed the onlookers into the next room where Jabba the Hutt lay dead, a shocked expression frozen on his face. A bent candlestick lay on the floor nearby, telling the tale of how he met his end. "Someone call the police!" a guest screamed, but it was no use; as those who tried to make a call on their mobile phones were unable to get reception. Spider-Man placed a makeshift caution sign near the body as he declared "the murderer is obvious, and could only have been... YOU!" pointing straight at Captain Boomerang

[@cikka3425]

“which is a kind of Star Wars bird”

[@kate1361]

This was perfect, I would watch hastily written fanfic in every genre 😂

[@yutti311]

R2 units: notoriously candlestick-like

[@BenjiRayson]

I listen to Mom Can't Cook in the car, and watch OxBoxtra at home, and amazingly, in the same week Luke has discussed someone amorous about butterflies.

[@typacsk]

I'm having flashbacks to John Allison's "Spider-Man and the Mystery Horse"

[@b_____ng__________________4539]

What happened to Barry the plant?? Is Barry alive? Who killed Barry?

[@RecurringRob]

I love watching Show of the Weekend on the KZbin app I downloaded onto my mobile phone. Tears of laughter this week 😂

[@poodlemuffin]

I think Luke may have cracked the secret of how DCOMs are plotted…

[@lady_draguliana784]

I thought those were scripted by Manatees... 🤣

[@thepiedpiper3034]

Well alright. Let’s have a go. 5 minutes. Sparkle tunic, point, devil fork, hatching snake, broken bones, timer, flower, forked tongue, hemp, target. Spiderman woke up one fine morning thinking about all the wonderful gardening he would get done today. All the flowers he would plant. Putting on his shiny sparkly tunic he pointed outside with a determined growl. Heading outside and picking up a long hempen rope he ran towards his garden on his day off. Alas to his dismay he found a snake hatching in his garden. The snake flicked its forked tongue. With this target in sight, Spiderman picked up his devil fork and broke all of the snakes bones. Placing the snake in an oven and setting a timer to keep track of the time. Spiderman cooked and ate the snake and had a wonderful day. Thus an amazing story came to a close. Edit: I felt it’d be cheating unless I also did a second one, in replies.

[@thepiedpiper3034]

They did 2. So I felt it would be cheating unless I did at least a second one. 5 minutes. Dragon, shuriken, Metroid, vaporwave, candlestick, glasses, sword in stone, lily, shark, lamp. Having had a happy day eating snakes, Spiderman awoke in the middle of the night. Putting on his glasses, Spiderman realized a dragon had broken into his home. Seeking to defend himself Spiderman threw a shuriken at the dragon. This had very little effect. Grabbing a vaporwave candle stick, Pete struck out hoping to slay the beast but it merely ate the candles. In desperation he threw a lamp shaped like a lily flower at the dragon hoping to save his own life. Getting bored the dragon pulled a sword out of its stone scabbard and went in to end the spider menace once and for all. Luckily at that moment a great big Metroid came in through the window while riding a flying shark and ate the dragon. And then Spiderman. Thus ends a second good story in a satisfying manner.

[@ethanlappin]

14:50 it's the dad from cow belles all over again

[@brendandebraga2761]

Camera man Jon guest appearance 10/10

[@RepKyle95]

I want to see these published online. You two are absolutely hilarious and this absolutely destroyed me

[@samuxan]

Spiders eat butterflies. I found that bit deeply disturbing with the image of the spiderguys at the zoo doing that

[@FrankyBabes]

"And when there were no footprints in the Manhattan snow, that was when Spiderman webbed you to a lamppost"

[@5alfous]

may we please have more Jon on Shows of the Weekends?

[@FictionWriter95]

11:30 Ah yes, the famous story that my grandma had on her wall, ending with "And when there was only one set of footprints, that was when Spiderman carried you."

[@THExLIFExISxTOxSHORT]

omg Luke's first story had me in tears, I love it