A Punch Above

thank god donkey kong is wearing boxing gloves otherwise this would look like a very silly boxing match indeed
Edits and thumbnail by Lark!
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Heilung - in Maidjan
Handel's Messiah - Hallelujah Chorus
Deep Purple - Hush
Donkey Kong Country OST - Jungle Groove
Nadine Shah - Ville morose
The Beatles - Long, Long, Long
Michael Giacchino - Married Life
Perfume Genius - Otherside
Daler Mehndi - Tunak Tunak Tun
Pop Smoke - Mood Swings
Dark Souls III OST - Deacons of the Deep
Dark Souls III OST - High Lord Wolnir
Dark Souls III OST - Lorian, Elder Prince & Lothric, Younger Prince
Smash Bros 64 OST - Fighting Polygon Team
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[@modernkiwi6447]

I love how DK is just in the audience, analyzing your every move so he can annihilate you when he enters the ring

[@robertwyatt3912]

He has that real-life actual gorilla anger.

[@Shala_Boi]

Instead of kicking your ass, he just starts dancing and memeing on you and it's great. I love the DK fight.

[@DaKingKayden]

he's preparing to mentally break your spirits, so you never box again

[@return4887]

@@DaKingKayden youll never box again because he kidnaps you

[@LemoneMan]

​@@return4887He doesn't just kidnap you. He makes a wife out of you.

[@dentonlong7005]

Menacing crowd DK is up there in my favorite editing jokes ever

[@friedwater6519]

the ape

[@lorenn4113]

him

[@Natoursofcourse]

Denton Long that isnt edited in lol. thats a real thing in the game

[@heyyalexis477]

@@Natoursofcourse but the bit was edited

[@yuugienjoyer]

*_d o n g_*

[@imaginaryboy2000]

Lark really did just make this video to beat himself up over the fact that Donkey Kong's been staring at them this entire time

[@djsnopel9594]

Andrew really had to bs a reason why DK was in the audience and it was great

[@JARGUN145]

@DJ Snopel, Andrew is lark but they only sometimes clarify it so it's understandable for the confusion

[@r.j.tammaro8383]

We were so close but he noticed him the audience right before the fight.

[@djsnopel9594]

@@JARGUN145 Holy crap I only just saw this I actually mistyped it but I swear I know the difference

[@JARGUN145]

@@djsnopel9594 Understandable, have a nice day :)

[@Thyyyyyyyyme]

13:10 Fun fact, Great Tiger's Exhibition mode theme was played and edited by Daler Mehndi, the guy that literally made Tunak Tunak Tun

[@kidkangaroo5213]

WHAT

[@nathanblevins158]

It make so much sense!!!

[@mothwhomightnotbetrustworthy]

SAY H-WHAT

[@Katia_Managan]

Jacob and Andrew simultaneously look not at all how I imagined them yet exactly how they sound.

[@xanious3759]

agreed

[@pabloarias9734]

Watch the vods whenever he occasionally shows his face it feels like a face reveal every time

[@jr.jackrabbit10]

I don't like it! They stay as disembodied voices in my head, anything else shatters the fragile world my mind lives in. hi Katia btw, feel like I see you everywhere.

[@MikeHawk-bg5ss]

Khajiit

[@anxietyprimev6983]

I know, right? Gray sounds like he looks like Fonzie, and I'll admit I was a little disappointed when he showed the webcam for the first time and he wasn't rocking a leather jacket and pompadour.

[@OhNoBohNo]

19:45 “he goes total apeshit” *ominous zoom to background Donke Kong*

[@sir_boinkerton]

Losing to donkey Kong is just him cargo throwing you off stage for a 0 - death

[@kingcookie9777]

I imagine that's when he carries mac to smash

[@christopherthomas484]

Lark actually synced the monkey mug bit. A true gentleman, giving such fine china the respect it deserves

[@llDbGll]

The fact that he had a monkey mug, had no shame in showing it on camera and then proceeded to fight Donkey Kong is a true testament that he is monki

[@temporaltoast9692]

Foreshadowing

[@BoundaryBreak]

8:36 o rly?

[@keepshoppe7151]

Is this the real John Boundary Break?

[@Poly_0000]

You? Here?

[@ramsto_]

Is this another episode of the ongoing series where you take the camera anywhere you want to discover secrets?

[@Boostyyy]

Idk why broke that boundary for the clip 👀

[@Poly_0000]

@@terrariaskeletonpre1.0.39 good name.

[@masat9792]

Yo, that was a sick coverup with the “ah that’s a reference to when Mario toad donkey Kong etc... were in the original game”

[@Platitudinous9000]

the best part is that it's technically true, even though it's also hinting at More

[@sheepertheclassical6597]

Wait, when was that?

[@masat9792]

22:22

[@colorphone5154]

You might say that his save was *S L I C K*

[@knack3381]

i think he was gaslighting him to mix up the audience with the audience from kirby superstar. very slick

[@benswanson5643]

It’s disgustingly obvious when lark edits a video and I wouldn’t have it any other way please never change lark.

[@WhiteKnuckleRide512]

Shame Grayfruit moved away from the Smash montages, those were super well edited but now that they’re gone he doesn’t have as many opportunities to show his own editing strength.

[@TehNoobiness]

"Lemon" is a slang term for a car that has manufacturing defects--the most common example being the Pinto, a car that had a tendency to burst into flames after even minor collisions. Piston Honda, being named after a car part and a car company, can *technically* be called a lemon without it being about his ethnicity. But, like, it could also be double racist.

[@3kojimbles895]

creative racism is always accepted here

[@FrederykStrife]

They probably didn't get it because in Punch-Out Wii he was changed to Piston Hondo, as to avoid copyright, which I don't understand, cause Honda's just a _name_ in Japan

[@thecountercounter9127]

I've done it, little mac, I've achieved a level BEYOND racism! *D O U B L E R A C I S M*

[@__8120]

@@FrederykStrife actually I thought it was to make it less offensive, the same way they changed vodka drunkenski to soda popinski

[@nimajneb8897]

@@thecountercounter9127 I hate how well I can hear this in Doc’s voice lol

[@photocat3872]

DK looming in the background is the funniest shit, Larks editing is phenomenal

[@meta9492]

That isn’t editing, that’s actually in the game on its own and you can only see it in title defense

[@lilddm8558]

@@meta9492 They mean Lark editing it to make it more obvious and menacing

[@micahchoo]

@@meta9492 it's a 7 month old comment but I don't care, you can also see him in contender world circuit

[@QuinnActually]

it's confirmed: grayfruit is officially Hungrybox, we were all so blind

[@NunofYerbizness]

24:37 DK almost nailing the "Alone on a friday night" pose at the audience

[@swisscheeese]

1:01 Behind glass joe's fist and stays at the pillar at the top right 2:53 Top left pillar and stays there 4:32 Top left pillar again 7:09 Middle left right under mac's healthbar 11:15 Again right under the healthbar on the left 13:15 Top left pillar 14:15 Top right pillar 15:00 *HE'S ARRIVED* 15:33 Top right pillar 17:01 Top left pillar 19:45 on sandman's left facing us 21:54 on disco kid's left facing us 22:10 *COCONUT CREAM PIES* 22:20 The blindness potion has worn off 22:27 underneath healthbar 22:35 between the rings at the top right and mario is at the bottom left 23:06 between the third ring and fourth 23:34 He's finally here Thats 16 apperences of DK not counting the other failed attempts, the snes throwback or HE'S ARRIVED i want another punch out already :(

[@DaKingKayden]

Top 16 mohnkee moments

[@logans.7932]

I appreciate how much footage of the Don Flamenco infinite combo was included. Also, imagine being a young child and watching DK kidnap Mac after the third loss in that mode. Like, you go to school the next day and tell your friends that Mac retired because DK murdered him.

[@THEBEEDOOBOP]

dissapointed that nintendo didn't take my title defense suggestion to change him to pistol honda

[@Soulless261]

After losing to Mac he joins the yakuza and comes back with a gun.

[@almost_friday9745]

uh oh, looks like a venture bros fan

[@robertwyatt3912]

@@Soulless261 he doesn’t even use it, it’s just duck-taped to his chest.

[@carlwheezerofsouls3273]

@@almost_friday9745 is there...... is there some unknown issue with that? or do you personally just dislike the show, cause i totally understand that.

[@Idunno1707]

@@robertwyatt3912 And it's an obviously tampered with pistol, so if you star punch the side it's on it just shoots him. He was sent to title defense for being a traitor.

[@Steely14900]

Ok, I would be pumped for a all-female punch out with peach as the secret final boss

[@3kojimbles895]

that's someone's fetish

[@davidgamboa1260]

@@3kojimbles895 isnt that everyone's fetish?

[@xanious3759]

@@3kojimbles895 normal punch out is also most likely someone's fetish

[@who7111]

@@xanious3759 disco kid is my fetish man, you know he's your's too.

[@grfrjiglstan]

Just do a Fatal Cutie thing where half the cast is turned into girls.

[@shutuptravis5609]

I love the use of dramatic irony in donkey Kong’s ever present piercing stare throughout the video

[@elijahkeay3906]

“in my top five powers would probably be smile and have a little glimmer show up” that is one of the best things I’ve ever heard

[@maverickREAL]

"Nintendo got in trouble with Sailor Moon" implies that Usagi herself saw the art and got mad

[@jankcity6081]

Lark, thou hath blessed me on the last day of school before break with a video of 27 minutes of length

[@railpwn1268]

this comment is proof that grammar is just a concept

[@worldofswords8456]

@@railpwn1268 peepsimean

[@The-toast]

Never seen Andrew before, yall really remind me of Beevus and Butthead and I'm sorry but that's Just the truth.

[@Sleepy_Kitsune]

larkus and fruithead

[@sweet5304]

Baldbeavus and Bu-thead

[@clankennon8253]

Hotline Miami looking ass

[@no-man_baugh]

I would love to have been a fly on the wall when Lark was editing this vid and saw the bit where Jacob was talking about that damn ape behind his back

[@QuinnActually]

Grayfruit returns to monke: a major motion picture

[@OhNoBohNo]

Reject title win, return to monkë

[@zombifiedspacemarine]

Holy shit. As soon as they started talking about a monkey mug I was like "hmm, reminds me of that chimpanzee mug I have where its arm is the handle" AND THEN BAM. I mean not that it's improbable that someone else would have that mug but I was poggin

[@atomicanachronism8849]

I think when Doc said "This lemon's running on empty" he was referring to piston hondo's secret to his superhuman speed, Attachting Lemon batteries to his muscles

[@robertwyatt3912]

Actually it’s referring to the fact that he derives his power from Sailor Moon lemon fan-fics.

[@astracrits4633]

Actually, he's referring to the fact that Piston Honda is actually the pseudonym of Cave Johnson, and he's so mad after getting beaten last time that he's gonna build a *combustible lemon* to *BURN YOUR HOUSE DOWN!*

[@atlantis5496]

actually its referring to the fact he doesnt drink water, he drinks lemon juice

[@Ilovemyfamilyandfriends-z3o]

Sadly there can’t be another pinch out since little Mac was found dead in donkey kings banana horde

[@TheFuzzyOcelot]

im sad there was no moment where you told him "donkey kong was in the audience in every match you just didn't notice him until now"

[@grayfruit]

watch the full stream!

[@tomlenid699]

No

[@fod-der]

@@grayfruit no

[@MikeHawk-bg5ss]

@@grayfruit no

[@texasgamer7219]

@@grayfruit No

[@theman6422]

One of my favorite things that always gets me laughing is seeing king hippo’s face really close up to the screen

[@LGBTCrusader]

The popoff at 26:49 might just be the single best thing on the entire channel. Man I wish Lark kept in the whole fight, even if they get humiliated right after

[@Darkmatter8825]

knowing that DK is in the crowd sizing Mac up is fairly intimidating

[@xBrakit]

11:36 & 19:37 are my favorite Doc Louis impressions, like god just imagining his friendly, energetic delivery for those lines kills me

[@thebadegg8937]

The absolute foreshadowing for Donkey Kong, From the ape mug to saying “he goes ape” it’s purely dramatic irony for the final part here. I come back for it

[@rinkothelad]

Funny how this was released before Smash 4. So the the thing with DK at the end can technically be called how he got into smash. DK just dragged him in and said that he needed to be in smash.

[@Gooboo_]

"Edits and thumbnail by Lark!" N U T

[@feartheb33k33p3r]

the amount of monkey-related foreshadowing in this is absolutely insane

[@lordmustaine3972]

I honest to god would buy that "I fought a cryptid" shirt

[@minerturtle45]

Great Tiger also talked about his favorite Pokemon, Diancie

[@levelthreeranger5561]

Monkey Mug finally graces the main channel canon

[@mpzonson11]

Btw for those wondering, the breif chanting music heard while zooming in on glass joe's face by his health bar at 1:49, is called "In Maidjan" by "Heilung" you can find him on spotify :)

[@rockmanTNT]

26:33 can we take a second to appreciate this luck

[@sebby9793]

Been waiting for the sequel to Lark Out since it came out LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@aborealisglfry]

22:29 the way grayfruit saved that was absolutely insane

[@Kummahndough]

"Game Chumps" This is gonna be a good video.

[@AbstractFigures]

I can not just erase the fact that Donkey Kong just takes you to the abyss

[@senorfryingpan9685]

Fun fact: The reason Piston Hondo has a ton of car jokes is because his original name was Piston Honda, but that got Nintendo into legal trouble with Honda

[@AshAdkins22]

Having watched the vod, I cannot WAIT for Lark to see Donkey Kong again

[@citrusmaximus7379]

Grayfruit has such a great singing voice but he only ever uses it on accident

[@Rhlgull1331]

Piston reading Catcher In The Rye was golden

[@Platitudinous9000]

If Lark is Mac and Fruit is Doc, this is the part where Doc possesses Mac's body to relive his youth and thrive as the champion once again

[@Bee_Tea_Sea]

7:40 pure poetry

[@rodnexafla843]

Speechless, from intro to end card the editing was phenomenal. The content was engaging and funny. Keep it up avian and botanical men

[@harrietr.5073]

Canada-Man's tragic squirrel backstory and everything voice-impression-Doc says is hilarious.

[@grandcanyon1166]

I absolutely love how every time DK appears intense music plays and it slowly zooms in on him

[@TheMemeLiker]

15:13 i like how its edited in such a way that it seems like the jig is all aron did and little mac is like "damn, i can not compete. the world championship is yours."

[@QuicheUnleashed]

I always thought this was a hint towards Little Mac being in Smash, since DK would have just dragged him into the game

[@thundre4879]

i love how grayfruit's top lip barely moves it feels like a rankin bass animation

[@amh7912]

to be clear, nintendo didn't actually get in trouble over the sailor moon, it was discovered around launch so any staff involved got axed, Nintendo bought the rights to have the comic in there because it was found too late to undo it.

[@thechazzler8934]

The ominous foreshadowing with DK is so fucking funny

[@thechief7797]

DK taking Mac is how he got into smash 4.

[@SongbirdOfficial]

Having DK in the audience like that reminds me of the Dedede fight in Kirby Super Star (Ultra) where some of the Mario cast also shows up in the crowd

[@theslimeassassin3287]

So no one’s gonna mention how lark made Don Flamenco feel overly powerful when he showed the intro animation *that head turn was POWERFUL*

[@randomguyontheinternet7940]

I remember Dan on Game Grumps lost to Glass Joe TD multiple times in a row and it took a good amount of an episode for him to beat him. So in one Punch Out universe, Glass Joe was World Champion for a good while.

[@Valnanailo]

I never noticed DK's powerful presence in the audience, it's menacing

[@bodejazz]

18:01 I was JUST about to fuckin' sneeze, and this game hit me with this bullshit and I laughed my ass off It hurt so bad.. but it was worth it

[@A_Toaster]

Quantum sneeze

[@Dull_Asce]

When Lark said, “Salmon Arm!” It reminded me of a piece of art I made where I had a salmon jumping out of the water holding a light bulb

[@degeneratefurry2286]

Every time a monkey is mentioned its just a smash cut to him

[@zerotsc3583]

Seeing the thumbnail reminded me of my physical science final where I calculated how hard Donkey Kong punches then I compared it to Little Mac to get the definitive answer that Mac punches harder then Donkey Kong

[@averagefearoftheocean3005]

i know this comment is two years old but donkey kong punches the fucking moon out of orbit in returns

[@Mr8bitaddict]

Every single time DK is zoomed in on is comedy gold.

[@creative_leafeonpony_fan1545]

While skipping through the video I saw the "Vs. Donkey Kong" and thought oh, haha, nice editing. I cannot believe they got DK in the audience AND in the ring.

[@curlybrace4984]

I literally never noticed DK in the crowd, ever, until this video.

[@talon5091]

the zoom ins on donkey kong with dark souls music is such a good bit I love this thank you

[@KieranHooper]

I love how you can tell within the first 2 seconds when a video is edited by lark

[@hollow3656]

The "WHAT'S HAPPENIIING!" is the best part of DK

[@Bec-Son]

really love this editing style and the jokes, best two dorks around gonna be honest, could of had von keiser's head put onto stroheims face when the squirrel just destroys his body for the video jojo reference point tally

[@mcklinky2400]

HOLY SHIT ITS THE FRUIT MAN!

[@Atomicrow]

All the Donkey Kong foreshadowing was amazing

[@kbab5329]

I remember hearing somewhere that the secret strongest fighter was originally going to be Peach instead of Donkey Kong, but it was changed due to them not wanting violence against women or something, no idea if that's actually true though

[@tomlenid699]

They literally mention this in the videl

[@peebumz2710]

26:44 you could hear the pure defeat in his voice as he sighed in disappointment, and then you could hear pogchamp levels of OOOO

[@joelubin7811]

I don't know if the intro put the idea in my head but DAMN this is similar to the Grumps conversation style (still love it though)

[@vicentestatic1662]

Every time that Andrew or Jacob say any monkey related word and it zooms in on DK with ominous music, it will never NOT make me laugh

[@SeanCampbell_iRacing]

The “lemon” one liner is a reference to Piston Hondo being Called “Piston Honda” before the wii version.

[@soravsgoku123]

10:13 that completely works for Ringo since he hasn’t taken off his sunglasses for at least 30 years

[@faereman]

I love how happy DK looks in this game. He's really just here to have fun.

[@BardsOnAHill]

I’ve watched this stream so many goddamn times, I’m happy to see Lark’s cut

[@willg1439]

The cut at 5:10 never fails to amaze me, it’s so clean

[@avdusknoir3090]

every single monkey moment 7:31 14:58 15:28 19:45 19:54 20:32 22:08 22:21 22:44 23:35 oh also this 21:08

[@VentWilsn]

HES JUST STANDING THERE MENACINGLY

[@susrock1152]

5:09 is no one gonna talk about rhat INSANELY smooth transition between one boxersize moment to another???? It was like frame perfect!

[@TopityTurvity]

that’s how Little Mac was put into Smash. DK just fucking kidnapped him and brought him to Smash.

[@scrungo8635]

andrew looks like owen wilson's little brother

[@maxg9968]

lark your editing is so good! the edits are only getting funnier

[@Rachano]

23:53 You could say he... Jungle Japed him

[@william.c.robi6880]

Is nobody going to talk about the slick cut at 5:10?? Had to watch it a few times to make sure I wasn't losing my mind!

[@jasoncampbell3558]

I actually never knew DK was in crowd, watching you during Title Defense. Makes his reveal even better when you realise he was watching you, until he was just like "Eh fuck it, I can take this chump. "

[@dealerman5955]

thanks for the early christmas gift greyman, this is exactly what i wanted. now i shall await my birthday gift of you doing it in motion controls

[@colonelflaunders]

i just noticed at 5:09 how it perfectly transitions from round two to three, it's so smooth i didn't notice it till now

[@combustiblebanx]

BIG BOYS COMIN WITH THE BIG PUNCH