BRACEFACE: The Beautiful Mess (feat. offbeat kiki)

[@offbeatkiki]

Tell your guest they need to write more jokes. Thanks for having me, man. It's been... complicated!? 😂 and really fun.

[@Sp1n1985]

You tried telling my boy to lower his audio.. The audacity

[@offbeatkiki]

@@Sp1n1985 Guess who wrote that into the script 😭 it wasn't meeeee

[@Sp1n1985]

@@offbeatkiki I said the AUDACITY!

[@HeyitsBri_]

Marcus INfinity one more time bruh

[@SirBrucie]

@@offbeatkiki hello!

[@harriyanna]

this show is so freakin frustrating to watch as an adult cause sharon and her friends did the same stupid things i did as a middle schooler and i get bad memories back lollllll

[@ToonrificTariq]

Oh hey! I get recommended your stuff all of the time! Thanks for watching, you do great work!!

[@harriyanna]

@@ToonrificTariq thank you!!!!

[@ToonrificTariq]

harriyanna hook No problem! Let me know if you ever wanna do something!

[@alwaysannoyedforever518]

KD yess🤗

[@AnyahKearney]

I’m living for this exchange, I’ve been waiting for it...

[@cashnelson2306]

I have this theory that somewhere in California in the 80s there was a high school where "popularity" and prom queens and shit like that actually mattered, the people who went there grew up and made movies and tv about high school, and in the early 2000s the rest of the country had to nod along and pretend to understand

[@MyDogIsYoshi]

As a person who is from California, I support this theory.

[@hassanbeydoun2460]

That is definitely a very good theory. Considering most of animations/movies come from California or people who went/grew up in California, there has to be some origin for this trope.

[@Awesomebaconman123]

I believe its like this in rural areas.

[@aquariusangel816]

lmao ur saying this as if california is the only state in which popularity in high school matters, when that’s like, everywhere

[@amaris152]

@@aquariusangel816 i don't think they ment California because of popularity in just high school it's just known for being one of the most popular states where lots of famous people live like Hollywood and Los Angels

[@Azaleus19]

Should've made the series finale when it came time for her braces to be removed. Logical conclusion really.

[@wizzem7890]

They end the series with her eating a twix. She gets a cavity. Now she's Metal Moler.

[@annysk93]

And then she discovers that don't solve her problems, and her life is still difficult. All the time wasn't about the brackets!

[@wizzem7890]

@@annysk93 "ooohhh. My life is hard because I make bad decisions, not because I have braces. Lit!" Fucking dies*

[@SailorMoonFriends]

At least the series ended with Sharon and Alden finally getting together and kissing and holding hands and watching the sunset

[@stuffwithsoph8264]

@@SailorMoonFriends Adam??? Her brother??

[@DT-rb3dc]

“Your bangs kinda look like a headband” Me: *always thinking that she just had straight hair with a light yellow headband*

[@potaeotosareawsome832]

Sameee

[@MixxedCj]

Now I can't unsee it

[@Escapestarlight]

Literally could never see it as anything BUT a headband and if I try to force myself to focus on it actually being her hairstyle it feels wrong somehow

[@iwakeupandboomimarat]

...is it not????

[@faithd2834]

The one episode that I think will stay with me forever is the one when she goes to Italy and meets this guy. She's all in love with him in Italy because he all foreign and "exotic", but when he comes to visit her in Canada she's embarrassed by him because he dresses and acts differently. Like this is so realistic. I've seen my friends do this and 90 Day Fiance is basically just that plus a green card...

[@ToonrificTariq]

That episode’s pretty good! I almost referenced it here, but you know. It’s already an hour long. 😭

[@ennibee6684]

Italians exotic? 🤨

[@imnotpaulavery7608]

Enni Bee To canadian kids? yes.

[@faye_isc]

OMFG YESSS❤️❤️❤️

[@Vickpiure]

Those two are also the episodes i best remember!

[@Calpsotoma]

She's image conscious, anxious, and selfish? So she's a teenager?

[@duck-bt6uy]

Yes

[@skxlter5747]

Exactly like all teens are

[@aseles6202]

@@skxlter5747 Not all of em, but yea, many of them are, or at least a combination.

[@MixxedCj]

Y e p

[@zacharywood9416]

@@aseles6202 thanks for expounding on that

[@Housewarmin]

Tariq had been holding that theme song in for a while. 😂😂

[@bom2362]

For realll

[@ToonrificTariq]

FAM, YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW THE HALF

[@browneyesblackdragon7999]

Omg

[@eatatjoes6751]

@@ToonrificTariq I'm over here thinkin' the people who wrote the theme song to this show just rolled dice on edibles and wrote what they saw, and here you are belting it out loud for us. *slow claps*

[@chickofmusic001]

I am vibing to this in the train 😂🎵

[@scott2k23]

I’m seeing a lot of hate in this comment section on the evaluation of Sharen. I get that Sharen is a teenager and makes mistakes most teenagers do. But just because she’s a kid that does not make her being egotistical and selfish ok. Every one around her grows except her. At the end of every episode where she makes a mistake she says “ OH I LEARN MY LESSON”. The next episode she does the same thing. She doesn’t grow. You are allowed to grow and makeup for your actions as a kid.

[@ToonrificTariq]

Perfect articulation of the point of the whole video. Thank you for this.

[@scott2k23]

@@ToonrificTariq No problem keep doin what your doin

[@kelsey1467]

@@scott2k23 I feel like sharon has like every negative trait a teenage could posess she whines constantly about stuff, always thinks she's right when she's usually not, butts in to people's personal lives too much, cares way too much about what other people think which in my opinion even though I like her and Alden together ruins what could have been some nice relationship's with other guys, lets nina push her around too much and the few times she does stand up to nina she goes too far case and point Griffins Girl and kind of treats her mom her moms new boyfriend and her dad's new girlfriend kind of badly even though in my opinion their all great people I do like this show but it could be great if sharon was just more likeable and also I don't know if you have seen Lizzie Meguire or not but if you have would you say the main character is more likeable

[@Jen-cj2br]

@@kelsey1467 this is the longest sentence I’ve ever read

[@kelsey1467]

@@Jen-cj2br am I wrong in my observations about sharon

[@mintman325]

Something else I enjoy is, that Conor didn’t crush on, his 2 main friends. Edit: thanks for all the like everyone this is my most like comment ever. I stand by this 🥲

[@shyeline5007]

?

[@memecollector1238]

Same, that’s usually a trope in these kinds of shows. Conor was actually my favorite character

[@liampannell]

Yeah man, that is a, really, good point.

[@leemythic4400]

He did at one point in 1st season

[@Ahrone1586]

@@leemythic4400 when

[@thefourthgrde1954]

I wouldn’t call Sharon a bad person. She has good intentions, but she’s a self centered teenage girl, and she grows from that over the series. She has high expectations, both for others, and herself, and that can lead to her either making bad choices. She’s still figuring out who she is, and what teenager doesn’t have a selfish phase like that?

[@birdlover5]

Yea she seemed like the typical teen for that era. I was pretty selfish and cared what everybody thought about while groing up too.

[@kellodrawsalotkello7058]

yeah, they wanted Sharon to be the main character people could relate to but at the same time making her make all of these mistakes so they could teach its young audience a lesson, which can sometimes backfire

[@owo4945]

L

[@Darrimus]

As Alucard once said "Don't mistake youthful selfishness for genuine malice. No one isn't kind of an asshole in their early twenties, and if they weren't, they were probably sociopaths."

[@basskitten808.]

Exactly, claiming someone is a "bad person" just because they make a lot of silly mistakes, can be self-centered, etc is an overstatement. A bad person is someone who has bad intentions, treats everyone like shit, steals, abuses and murders. People who make these overstatements as if they're holier than thou, as if humans have to always be a certain way all of the time and share the same values is why cancel culture exists and that shit in itself is toxic.

[@phantomstrider]

That was beautiful. Thank you to both of you for the effort and earnesty you put into this.

[@offbeatkiki]

💗💗💗

[@castielabloodwings6301]

Omg you're always so cute

[@themanthemyth4522]

I forgot your channel name and you have been lost to me after all these years... Hello

[@Mr.Timwell]

Oh hi Phantom

[@TheAssassinLoverYT]

I love seeing creators I love overlap.

[@rudy3947]

fun fact: The voice Actor of Sharon is Alicia Silverstone ( who play Cher in Clueless)

[@kostajovanovic3711]

Wow

[@oliviadufort9431]

Ooh i thought it sounded like her

[@burnteffigy87]

Don't forget she also.was Batgirl

[@chaotickazoo560]

i thought she sounded familiar must be my magic ✨

[@bamboyant8366]

I KNEWNIT. YASSS

[@stzrgirl369]

She gives me tall girl vibes like”ha you think your life is bad I got BrAcEs”

[@TheLyingFigure]

You dont even know man I got made fun of alot for it in middleschool it kinda sucked

[@idkwhathandletomakelol]

They actually thought my braces were cool they never bullied me or made fun of me because of that

[@Nominaze]

Back then it was different. Now, people are in LOVE with braces. People that don’t even need braces want them🙄. They shouldn’t, braces hurt.

[@idkwhathandletomakelol]

@@Nominaze Definitely hurt I couldn't eat properly for a few weeks

[@Nominaze]

@@idkwhathandletomakelol Fr, I rmr my bracket came off 😭

[@trytoholdon]

i'm sorry but that "and also your bangs kinda look like a headband" took me OUT

[@kpopfan246]

I never knew those were bangs! As a kid I thought, "that is a weird headband".

[@island_girl_shan]

Wait... it's not a headband?

[@kpopfan246]

Shaneka Gray Apparently not! This whole time it was a bayang.

[@chrisrichfield8906]

@@kpopfan246 wait..... that's how you spell bayangs?

[@khariahpayne]

I feel like Sharon was a normal girl that was dramatized at times because it’s a cartoon. Tv shows at this point were all about extreme high school girls who create their own conflict lol. At 13/14 you’re learning a whole different level of socialization. As a child you’re essentially told being good means good things will happen; however, you get older and realize that’s just not life - which is the cycle they clearly kept Sharon in.

[@gamewheels1755]

69 likes, nice

[@kawaiicookiuwu3322]

I'm glad u were told that, lol I was told if I came home pregnant I'm gonna get kicked out that house.

[@jus9744]

“Remember kids, the only thing worse than being wrong is being LOUD and wrong.” Holy shit that part makes me lol every time I watch this

[@mFabulous14]

I thought Braceface was a fever dream. This just unlocked the memories deep in the vault of my brain

[@lilkitty2396]

Fucking same, bro

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

Me too and I just briefly saw this show

[@Unkle_Genny]

Same for me but with Jetix

[@BankruptMonkey]

I thought Marie was cool this way because she wasn't the racist stereotype of a demure obedient math nerd. Her getting up to trouble was kind of revolutionary and cool.

[@TOAOM123]

@Chuck Spadina Well, a huge amount of "Hollywood" content is made in canadia yet still falls in the same holes

[@snailcat487]

@@TOAOM123 canada* Also fr?? I didn't know this hdjdgdjd

[@TOAOM123]

@@snailcat487 HEY: either its canadia or people from there are canadans

[@00imz]

TOAOM123 Canada and Canadians my guy

[@TOAOM123]

@@00imz are people from america called americanians? People from Germany germanians?

[@aboutmybacon]

No lie, I like Tariq's vids before I watch them, I just want this brother to grow and be successful. Shout out to everyone and spread the love

[@Deoxys911]

W

[@m_winewood]

High key dawg im a black animator so his platform is where my support resides.

[@cluelesscheese1]

Same and i only found him today.

[@chaaaargh]

i just love seeing another black person who loves talking about animation just as much as i do

[@frogradar]

"The Nega-chin!" *THE WHAT, BRO?!*

[@darkdefender9919]

Yeahhhhhh they changed it so he said nega instead of you knowww

[@geroldcooper6686]

Man I had to stop the video to laugh at this shit lol

[@BagOfMagicFood]

From the Negaverse from Dic's Sailor Moon?

[@voidlemonbun19]

43:20 The stamp if anyone's interested

[@CaptainCat101]

I never liked the word Nega, it feels wrong to say

[@WhenDaxAttacks]

The transition from the Tubi shoutout to Skillshare was like getting punched in the stomach twice, one after the other, and somehow being surprised both times.

[@hyacinthlover9370]

Did I really watch an hour long analysis of a show I didn’t even watch ? Yes.

[@impati3nce50]

Same lol

[@jillmont3342]

I watched this as a kid, but I’m shocked I actually sat down for an hour to listen to this

[@nevermore270]

I didnt even notice it was an hour.

[@chaaaargh]

same, this is a really well put together video so why not lol

[@jessicamurphy5553]

“You can’t tell me what to do! I have braces!” Dude, you just summarized 3 season in one joke scene

[@pizzahuthonoka]

Sharon the kind of girl who probably ended up going to college and living a very normal life.

[@antifascistamerican3782]

Like Doug, but more interesting.

[@YeetProductions]

Does anyone know what else you can find this on except tubi?

[@perspective1645]

@@YeetProductions you can pay for it on KZbin, iTunes, and Amazon prime. and if you’ve got a subscription for sling tv it’s on there too.

[@kalilreviews7852]

@@YeetProductions or you can watch it on KZbin it’s actually good quality but you have to deal with the pop girl logo

[@Lucailey]

@@antifascistamerican3782 She and Doug are neighbors.

[@ultimatelegend8306]

I hope he does "my life as a teenage robot" too. that was one of my favourite cartoons to watch when I was younger, and even now watching it back as an adult still is atleast for me great to re-watch

[@lucinawalker3261]

Oh I hope so too, that shows actually just holds up, and the retro future aesthetic is freaking dope.

[@courtneyspov]

Ultimate legend would love to see a video about this show!

[@PlanetZoidstar]

Same. Jenny is my fave of the teen cartoon girl protagonists of the era. More flawed than Kim Possible. Less immoral than Sharon Spitz. Plus the aestetic gives me PPG vibes and Jenny being a robot only adds to the show's charm.

[@yveltalsea]

please do this oh my god it' was the best

[@okjeffy6581]

I completely forgot about the cartoon until 2006. Then, it got canceled then i forgot it for 5 more years. Then in 2016, 10 years later, I remembered that it was a thing. Teenage girls

[@shayslayer1161]

One of the few teenager shows with fairly realistic awful personalities. Just like normal teens.

[@MyFictionalChaos]

I think it is a mixture. I can imagine why this show was started since i just realized alicia silverstone produced it. We are so used to the smart, down to earth girl being the protagonist that we forget about the 90s and early 2000s in which the dumb, chaotic, and very selfish girl was the protagonist. I like both having a protagonist that always makes mistakes and also one who makes none. I think th e former is fitted for kids shows while the latter is fitted for more older teenage or young adult shows, since "teenagers" aka preteens and early teens are the ones making all the dumb mistakes and having the WORST personalities ad being a terrible person to everyone. and later teens / young adults are often made to look dumb when they tebd to have their shit together. The word "teen" gets thrown around, thus, because everyone peaks at a different time. Some never do lol

[@maschaorsomething]

@TheRapper10000 Cry

[@westvirginiascoolestcanadian]

horseland

[@Zeverinsen]

Am I the only one thinking of the "Sharon's racist grandfather" episode like an episode showing how ignorant boomers will basically never change, so there's no point in arguing with them and that it's better to make change by confronting your own prejudice or helping your friends instead? I've definitely learned as an adult that some people will NEVER learn their lesson, or will certainly not change if you push them, so at some point all you can really do is say your piece and focus on things yourself and things you can actually change, just hoping they'll change some day.

[@Luvelyte]

But they didn't even try to change his mind.

[@angelsmusic2560]

Her grandfather probably grew up in the greatest generation so he is not a boomer. Her parents are most likely boomers.

[@jessicavictoriacarrillo7254]

@@angelsmusic2560 True her Mama found Donna Summers to be an icon

[@AlyxDps]

You have no idea what the word 'boomer' means, do you.

[@lemonywater2979]

@@AlyxDps you have no idea how words change and their meaning gets altered with how people use them, do you? Obviously you knew what they meant with "boomer", so there's nothing to be gained by being pedantic

[@Johnny2Cellos]

“SO LONG DENTAL PLAN!” *clicks like*

[@Goosethelabrador]

Johnnny 😍🥰

[@skootergirl22]

Oh god its a ear worm

[@jmlkinc]

Hearing Americans talk about how 'groundbreaking' Canadian kids shows were definitely highlights some of the differences in what our two countries consider normal.

[@PGOuma]

Fr

[@itsmixiecle]

Bruh Canadian series really hit different. And the sad thing is that a lot of people still don’t know that most shows they watched outside of Disney are Canadian 💀

[@pancakecosmos6080]

@@itsmixiecle including porn

[@TOAOM123]

@@pancakecosmos6080 My tentacle hentai is Canadian?!

[@MyFictionalChaos]

well yall give yourselves too much credit as well because it wasnt just "canadian" shows -- a lot of american shows tackles these issues as well. they just DONT anymore because of karens. there were a lot of shows that were "groundbreaking" (as in, they werent groundbreaking at all because it was normal) in a LOT of american tv back in the 90s and 00s. It is just that channels became streamlined to a certain audience. You have cartoons being catered to the "random" ness of the early 2010s, (a lot was inspired by youtube and internet culture) which eventually gave rise to pointless plotlines and just garbage cartoon styles. Disney, which is mainyl popular for its live action shows, DID tackle a lot of these issues in the 90s and 00s. It's just that since disney is so goodie two shoes, it started becoming the popular channel for the karens to let hteir kids watch. so the second they have two SIDE CHARACTERS as gay parents, the internet goes absolutely BALLISTIC. So not only do you have cookie cutter recycled disney shows, but you have the completely random nickelodeon shows, both sitcoms and cartoons, having little plot.

[@Misch13f]

"that clip was loud, shouldn't you level your audio?" "we don't do that here" bruh why was that so funny

[@kirikakirikakirika]

I actually hated Sharon when I was a kid, and I was the same age as her when I watched the show. Even when it came to the animal rights stuff, it was still usually the result of her being selfish. For example, the episode where the fashion company stops using fur. She was almost willing to sabotage her best friend's possible future career because she didn't want her wearing and promoting fur. In the end, it was actually _Maria_ who convinced the company to change, not Sharon. Sharon was just annoying.

[@jessicavictoriacarrillo7254]

Blame Alicia "Its bad Russian Prisoners Don't have vegetarian meals" Silverstone, I love her but clearly she can be a Becky

[@-Scrapper-]

I mean it stopped slaughtering cats

[@colncold]

i DEPISED that episode when i was a kid. especially since maria was one of my favorite characters

[@jonalemon7414]

As a canadian that had braces in the 2000s, my orthodontist’s office was a room of chairs facing away from eachother and the orthodontist went from person to person (while the hygienists did most of the work)

[@kikoizme]

Better than my orthodontist. I just found out that he was secretly recording underage girls...

[@sonshawnzy9975]

My orthodontist office was the same . There were 6 chairs basically right next to each other . I think it’s because they usually can just tighten them fast

[@Hi-Im-Paul69]

Lmao and we all thought it was some weird "eh it doesn't make sense but it helps the show and it's just a cartoon no one will care" Kinda shit.

[@whatthepick]

I remember a switch between Teletoon YTV and Family Channel different yet all were good and Fox for morning cartoons lol 90's things I remember the YTV am flag lol

[@potatolettuce3416]

American, but yea there were multiple chairs in one room, rarely any more than 2 different patients in the room

[@Shenaldrac]

You know on the one hand, the "antagonist" girl in these kinds of shows/stories/movies/etc having no real solid reason to hate the protagonist is kind of annoying. But on the other hand, if they're 14-16 and they're really taking a look at living as a teenager... fuck man, you don't need a *reason* to mock and insult someone at that age. You can make up a reason as an excuse, that's just shitty teens being shitty teens. I was ostracized and mocked because when I was 12 I liked to read books. I was a nerd because I read freaking books. You don't need to be a certain ethnicity, or a minority, or a religion, shitty kids will *find* a reason to mock you.

[@MyFictionalChaos]

fr this entire show is accurate

[@tyroneking6883]

That’s why it’s so important for parents to instill security in children at a young age.. teens are gonna be teens but NOBODY was a teenager forever, and everybody is a bit of a mess at that age

[@Home_Rich]

Well said

[@Szyna301]

well i was bullied because i was short, but it ended when they realzed i practiced boxing for few years xD

[@mandx-chy]

I don't even know the reason why I was bullied. they mocked me, hitted me, I cried and they mocked me because I cried. that's the story of my life. they keep calling me crybaby nowadays

[@uncommon_nettle]

As a white girl who had roof access from her window. Yep, I totally climbed onto my roof to get away from my family when I'm stressed.

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

Lucky

[@lucretia1709]

I do, but the roof is really steep amd I wouldn't be able to climb back

[@isapenguinagirl]

Id jump off of it if i had one

[@deadaccountlolimnotusingth2971]

Dude, I have a fear of heights, I would do that but I can’t.

[@GentleHeretic]

All I had was a second-story door that opened into nothingness. Gave me vertigo and a deep-seated fear I'd sleepwalk through it and fall to my death.

[@jellybean22295]

Idk why but I find this video so comforting. I’ve watched it like a zillion times

[@offbeatkiki]

[@kialuvsyoo]

same here. It's kind of a go-to for me to feel at home.

[@namiehitomi7297]

I just realised 15 and a half minutes into this and just realised that it’s an hour long video

[@FeliciaLyons]

I’m 10 minutes in and read you’re comment. And realized that

[@thundrrcloud6838]

I was 20 minutes in lol

[@pepiperfecto1723]

𝙊𝙝

[@chaserred4155]

It took me seeing this comment to realize it

[@jordansiarya762]

nice pfp 😁

[@cidasanctus3373]

"The Nega-chin!" "THE WHAT BRO?"

[@fkooliofereal5974]

scrolled through the comments just for this.

[@g.o.a.t_ee4074]

Time stamp?

[@sophiqu354]

@@g.o.a.t_ee4074 43:21

[@g.o.a.t_ee4074]

@@sophiqu354 thx not all heroes wear capes

[@dianarivera6521]

Lmao 😂 🤣

[@fenpirikala]

"Shouldn't you level your audio?" "We don't do that here." Immediately subbed.

[@SinisterSally]

I'm pretty sure the voice change was because Alicia Silverstone was to busy to voice Sharon after the first season.

[@jlark2077]

Everyone in the comments be like: I cLicKed oN tHiS FaSTeR ThAn "Insert Toonrific Tariq running gag here."

[@emmanuelwil-jeff]

toonrific is on a reel one and there is not many like him who speaks the way he does about cartoons many had watched as kids and a dude who remembers watching im learning all kinds of things kid me would not catch on to most obvious dion being gay but he had some fyre fashion 90's boi represent

[@mae-hy3cm]

can verify, sitting on rooftops is a teenage white girl thing. me & my friends all liked climbing on top of buildings & pretending to be cool rebellious gargoyles

[@Devin_Jazzberry]

What??? How??

[@cinnamoomin2853]

I can imagine mae saying this

[@sonshawnzy9975]

Yes I did this all the time . Was like a weird white teen troupe

[@gigihasnosoul913]

oh so ur actually mae

[@justsomegirl7274]

I did this too, but I'm also asian lol

[@livingabstraction2206]

Of course you were going to start with the Lisa Needs Braces/Dental plan Simpsons scene

[@larrylaffer3246]

Bullseye!

[@ECL28E]

Now that it's been +10 years, she's just "Face"

[@whodatninja439]

Sharon's boyfriend looks like a skinny version of her brother lmao wtf edit: thanks for 1.9k likes holy shizno

[@geministrial950]

Sus

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

When she cheated on her boyfriend with the camp counselor had me dying like wtf

[@Democratic_Republic_of_Iacon]

Sweet home alabama

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

@Nigel Lush I had a crush on a counselor once but I never had a relationship with one

[@aaadaa4728]

Nigel Lush hol up

[@nojokenacho]

Its the “we don’t do that here” for me

[@gensai93]

Anybody remember The Weekenders? One of the few cartoon shows where they actually change the characters' clothes.

[@TOAOM123]

Brooooooo i forgot about that show

[@crazywoddy]

It has great porn

[@LedosKell]

I remember seeing commercials for it when I watched Fillmore but I never actually caught it while it was airing.

[@blackguyofthesouth2161]

Funniest cartoon ever

[@SweetieXoX27]

The episode where Sharon gets her period will always stick with me - I don't think they aired it in America, but I streamed it online as an adult and thought it was a great episode for girls Sharon's age to learn about their bodies!

[@BassGal92]

I remember seeing it on TV once, so it aired in America.

[@bugloverspiderlover8490]

@@BassGal92 Big Mouth is amazing too!

[@BryonyClaire]

Same, I watched this show at just the right age for it to hit right when I needed it. This, as told by ginger, the weekenders and Hey Arnold were all really helpful to me growing up in an unsupportive household

[@orangeradishneo]

I was SUCH a big fan of Braceface! Born in 94, so I was a bit younger than her character. For quite a while I'd have flashbacks of that episode about her period anytime I'd have cramps LOL. Canadian media was much more progressive at the time in terms of "polarizing" content. The character Snake from Degrassi was the first to swear on TV in Canada in the 80's, which didn't happen in the U.S until after that. Some other serious episodes I believe it didn't air in the US for quite some time, too, due to their topics (i.e abortion & teen pregnancy).

[@ARCtheCartoonMaster]

It’s a shame everyone thinks _Turning Red_ was the first, when it’s barely even about that.

[@A2Adam]

I audbily gasped multiple times. Not with the jokes, but like, a lot of the stuff that the show pulled. This was something that definitely went under my radar so I have no attachment towards it, so I AM glad you and Kiki were able to knock it out of the park. My editor's eye also really liked that montage you did near the end, I saw those shots you chose. You ain't THAT slick, haha. But really great stuff, man.

[@ToonrificTariq]

Love you, homie!

[@TheShockVox]

Remember when she tried to pair up her gay friend with her other gay friend just because they’re both gay and the only two gay people she knows? Couldn’t do that in a show back then, rare.

[@KOTEBANAROT]

FOR REAL?

[@gregstinkston7634]

Why the 90s and 00s gotta do gay people like this.

[@imcold457]

@@KOTEBANAROT found the ryuji

[@kevincolbert58]

@@imcold457 found him

[@Randomfactory56]

Omg no! Lol

[@karastears]

The only way I remember Braceface was that Alicia Sliverstone (Cher from Clueless) was the voice of Sharon for Seasons 1-2. I had the DVDs from FUNimation.

[@klayeiu]

knew her voice in the first seasons sounded familiar

[@rediamond7818]

Sharon reminds me of cher

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

@@rediamond7818 They (tween celebrity magazines) tried to make a big deal about it right before Braceface started airing saying that Braceface was supposed to be a cartoon loosely based off Alicia Silverstone's life as a pre-teen. I'm not entirely sure why they claimed that, because it's pretty obvious Braceface was not that. But I remember CosmoGirl Magazine claiming the same thing about As Told By Ginger being a cartoon based off of Ginger Spice's (Geri Halliwell) childhood. For no other reason other than they're both redheads, and Ginger Foutley shared the same name as Geri's stage name.

[@mayavines8875]

And the fact that in both Braceface and Clueless she had a friend named Dion 😂😂

[@Tudomummeum]

LMAO. "It's ok grandad. You can be racist, I can be vegan!!"

[@Drixenol86]

How her braces doesn’t pick up radio signals is beyond me.

[@Charriii5]

43:05 Damn, son, you didn't have to do me like that. ;-; I love listening to your analyses while working, especially when I get to revisit shows I only watched a handful of times. Can't wait to see what else you have in store, Tariq!

[@dariogallegos1779]

TOP 1 ANIME CROSSOVERS: THIS

[@J.coleswrld]

Eww a sonic geek

[@jupeymupey4963]

Eww sonic nerd

[@J.coleswrld]

@@jupeymupey4963 😂

[@Dan-do2pl]

Hey charriii5

[@theluigifan1]

19:03 Michael Cera was in a fair amount of Canadian cartoons when he was young. Remember the 2003 Berenstain Bears series? He voiced Brother Bear for the first two seasons! I imagine he was replaced after his voice started to change. He was also Todd from Wayside (That Canadian cartoon based on the old Wayside books created by Holes creator Louis Sachar) but only in the pilot. Another example was him being in the cartoon George Shrinks. And he also voiced the kid version of Olie’s uncle Little Gizmo from Rolie Polie Olie.

[@stuffwithsoph8264]

I'm Canadian and watched George Shrinks all the time my mind is blown, but yeah our cartoons slap

[@doughjoe1023]

Man, you need to drop a Spotify playlist of all the tracks you use in these videos. This shit is always heat

[@caitlyn9056]

It’s in the description

[@chaaaargh]

fr the songs he uses in his videos just mesh well together. imma wait on them playlists 😭

[@PeachIntoxication]

I always found comfort in Sharon being kind of a bad character who messed up. She was 13 and I was 13. She was like the poster child for “things not to do” even if the intention is good.

[@Amsayy]

The one that sticks out for me most is the one where she overhears her brothers new girlfriend discussing her contact lenses but because Sharon’s braces are not actual receivers, she mistakes the girlfriends pain of putting her contacts of her brother essentially *forcing himself on her when she didn’t want it*

[@ToonrificTariq]

AWWW MAN THAT ONE IS WILD!! Again, one of those things that can be resolved if she just, like, talked to people.

[@kingjamization]

I actually remember the episode your talking about

[@dmansuperich2800]

Bro Tariq, jokes were ON POINT in this video. Had me cackling like a madman. Good shit. Also deep analysis from 2 sides by having a female guest. I liked this one man.

[@Pikachuzap212]

The second “brace yourself” had me doing a spit take 🤣

[@eccentriastes6273]

I had to pause the video for "The Nega-Chin!" "The *what* , bro?"

[@zanfirdelia]

Why tf does Shannon's father looks like a older kurt Cobain

[@XxBloodied_Lambxx]

Yassss!!!!!!!

[@misterlinux9290]

The good ending 😢

[@wafflefalafel9442]

Crazy how braces are in now. Thats a good thing, of course, but it's a turnaround I wouldn't have expected.

[@psychonaut1502]

They've been in for several years. When I was in eighth grade, about seven years ago, it was cool to have braces.

[@AnkleBullyJJJ]

@@psychonaut1502 y'all niggas weird lol jk

[@theradionicrevival8068]

Psychonaut lmao it wasn’t “cool” to have braces when i grew up (i’m 19 now) its just that nobody cared much lmao

[@wafflefalafel9442]

@@theradionicrevival8068 yeah same here, like people w braces were insecure but most people didn't care. but now, now it's a thing thing. Like, people are into that. I think it's mainly inspired by tik tok/e-girls but idk

[@Lellowcake96]

I wore braces about 10 years ago, I was insecure about my teeth because of all the comments I got about them beforehand. As my teeth straightened and I got a couple more diagnoses about other body parts, I realized I’m never gonna be “normal” so I shouldn’t let genetics define how I let others treat me. If someone is teasing you for how you smile, it means they’re unhappy with themselves.

[@LowbrowDeluxe]

Not going to lie, the Rule of Three Tubi/Skillshare/Skillshare sponsor joke/not joke was possibly the best KZbin Meta Commentary Meta Commentary since Lindsay Ellis.

[@pinkmazohyst]

Tariq goated for mentioning Tubi. Finally somebody puts respect on that platform

[@Heavenlyn00b]

That skill share joke, into the skill share read is the funniest thing.

[@andrewfarias4118]

I don’t find as many black content creators and reviewers compared to others so I’m so happy I came across this channel that’s reviews the niche stuff I like. Instant sub

[@Heva1987]

I always saw Braceface as like an alternative reality to Clueless (the film). Because Alisha Silverstone voice Sharron for first 2 seasons it sort of felt like this is Cher, with braces, living with her mum and parents divorcing, not super rich and popular. She even gets a friend called Dion.

[@defineanachronistic1407]

I can't get that theme song out of my head now. Especially the WHOOO! part. So thanks for that.

[@AzureSenbei99]

Ironically, this show made me want to get braces. Then at the age of 13, I heavily regretted it.

[@ToonrificTariq]

Seeing Sharon and wanting braces is hilarious.

[@TheLeah2344]

Same. I wanted braces so bad but I never got them though.

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

I had to get braces at 15 and while everyone thought it was cool that shit hurt

[@christopherwinter2099]

@@theoutsiderjess1869 yeah I can agree it's even fucking worse when your stuck out in the cold of two hours shoveling corn that shit freezes and hurts like hell.

[@noordinarykiwi]

I remember online people talking about just HOW BAD the let your grandpa be racist episode was lmao Sharon is literally the I can excuse racism but I draw the line at animal cruelty joke from community. Also DAMN 4 Blunts absolute the dedication Thanks for another great one especially a long deep dive

[@alphabettical1]

That's Canada for you. The amount of times in highschool my teachers would demonize Americans for racism and then not even blink at students being casually racist ('haha good thing [insert black classmate] isn't around to hear') was astonishing, and that was 7 years after this show ended.

[@SarifaXionic]

TheRoamingHuman Guess I’m Draconian because that’s exactly what I did.

[@Skater122495]

He made sterotyping jokes he never hated anyone based on race hes a dick not a racist lol

[@Tikachu]

@@Skater122495 what kind of Olympic hoop jumping level of rationalization....

[@Skater122495]

@@Tikachu what hoop did I jump through? Or do we wanna call it racism everytime someone says any stereotype as a joke?

[@myafield4039]

I always thought brace face looked like an animated version of Lizzie McGuire

[@MrDmoney156]

Lmao, same

[@zeecaptainsgirl]

Yup!

[@kelsey1467]

But here's the difference lizzie's a more likeable character I feel like this show could be great if she was more likeable

[@inaseloutmani4348]

they had a lot of similaritys the names

[@kelsey1467]

@@inaseloutmani4348 I always feel like lizzie's more likeable than sharon heck even kate who is lizzie's mean girl character is more likeable than nina in my opinion

[@sk8trrr_]

So it’s been 2 years. A lot has happened in my life since this video was originally uploaded. My relationships have changed, friends have come and gone, my gender identity changed. I’ve watched this video at least 20 times. The editing and energy of it makes it feel like a conversation I just happen to be apart of. I love this video. Thank you Tariq and Kiki. This gives me so much comfort every time I happen to give it another view.

[@j255173]

Separates the whites from the black lol! I laughed more than I should have with that especially with your WOAAHHHHH, I was like Shieeeeeet lol

[@juliachang4810]

@Kingdrago101 25:15 "Whites from the darks"

[@shay4988]

Can’t believe it’s almost been a year since the As Told By Ginger video; that was the first video of yours I ever watched. Time’s gone by crazy fast.

[@aaronford57]

Tariq having too much fun with this review. I could hear it n his voice

[@SDBaeson]

I love when you do giant videos like this. You have a lot of gags that demand a person watch your videos instead of just listen. I like to put you on spliscreen while I do art so I can catch them and learn about some obscure cartoon I’ve never heard of. I know these take a lot of effort to craft, and I thank you for all your labor. Obviously, do what makes you happy, but I hope these videos and our engagement with them make you happy.

[@broomhilder]

Dude your editing is phenomenal. Mostly talking about your ending bit, but piecing together those clips and timing them in beat to that chill af music BRO So good. Much impressed

[@esther7976]

It would be cool if you talked about “Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales For Every Child” it was a cartoon on hbo in the 90s. The premise was basically giving fairytales an ethic twist.

[@kyarabarrion4523]

I love that 💩!!!😍😍😍😍😍

[@sunspotmill1291]

That would be cool!

[@cellus2k3-music]

Please

[@MP-rf8vg]

I remember those!! I used to wake up in the morning for school and that would play right before "a little curious" or something. I watched it every morning all the way until middle school 😭

[@understandingculture8593]

I loved that show! 🥰

[@TheDanTheManShow]

Alright Toon, be real... ...was the Invisalign ad before the video planned or nah?

[@offbeatkiki]

LMAO

[@spongenoob4409]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tristanwells7081]

My orthodontists office was exactly like that. It was a room where 3 kids got worked on at a time by assistants and the orthodontist would wash his hands and change his gloves for every kid

[@wormslime]

Damn the Asian girl with a color streak trope permeates, don't it. Yeesh

[@lala-4458]

I thought she was hispanic all this time

[@offbeatkiki]

@@lala-4458 She's Chinese and Italian!

[@offbeatkiki]

@g0rec0re YES It's freaking everywhere

[@lala-4458]

@@offbeatkiki yeah i looked it up after 30 mins into the vid lmao, thank you though!

[@jeffyiurmom5536]

r u in mermaidsi81

[@caminandoyflotando]

Alicia Silverstone (Cher from Clueless) who voiced Sharon also exec produced the show which is why Sharon is vegetarian and an animal rights activist. I remember this airing back on Fox Family back in the day and seeing clips of behind the scenes of her talking about being very excited about the project.

[@sopranophantomista]

Oh man. I don't know why this was recommended to me, but I'm glad it was. As a Canadian, we have some real gems when it comes to our animation. ReBoot, 6teen, and, of course, Braceface. I think Braceface hasn't necessarily aged well, but it has aged with a certain charm that's uniquely Canadian. I would *highly* suggest you check out ReBoot if you haven't already. It was produced by Mainframe Entertainment (now defunct) and was one of the first CGI only shows. It's basically about the sprites and binomes that live in your computer, their daily lives, and the threats that lurk beyond the seas of information. The first season is fairly episodic, and the character development is pretty flat, but Seasons 2 and 3 go HARD. Especially season 3 when the US channels dropped it and the team was able to just have the freedom of the Canadian Television standards. Tony Jay was hired on to voice the antagonist, Megabyte, and others like Andrea Libman, Scott Macneil, and Long John Baldry do a superb job. Anyways, I'll shut up now, but check it out.

[@gastaprasta9596]

Mainframe are awesome! Transformers: Beast Machines, flawed is it may be, was a Western TV cartoon ahead of its time in terms of its philosophical themes (hope I don't sound too pretentious), let's not forget about their ambitious series Shadow Raiders.

[@sierrajamerson5637]

Do you know where we can watch it? I loved Reboot

[@cheetosleopard9861]

Do you remember detentionair amazing and very underrated show

[@hatguy8225]

Ok

[@bigbawlzlebowski8886]

You guys ever notice they gave minorities the most stereotypical haircuts in these type of shows.

[@rainearnstowski7049]

He even mentions that in his “how to black” video

[@MariAnimates]

Yessss oh my god

[@the1magageneral323]

No

[@MatameVideos]

Well, to be fair Maria's hairstyle was in vogue in that period, but is still rather curious than the half assian girl gets twinbuns with a dyed hair strand. But still, it was kind of a thing on that period😊

[@nefarious_seraph13]

I never understood why all the teen girls in these 2000s cartoons would be wearing belly/midriff shirts to school. Like no girl would wear that when lame school dress codes wouldn’t even let you get away with wearing a tank top. Remember the fingertips test?

[@Helperbot-2000]

Depends where

[@nefarious_seraph13]

helperbot 2000 tell me one actual high school where it’s not “inappropriate” and a “distraction to boys trying to learn”

[@motherofaxolotls2222]

Idk what kind of school you went to lol..

[@nefarious_seraph13]

Really? I assumed most schools had a dress code even if it wasn’t a uniform. No tank tops with the straps less than three finger widths, skirts can’t be shorter than the fingertips, no midriffs showing. Nothing in appropriate displayed on clothes. For guys they couldn’t have saggy pants that showed their underwear. There are some schools that even have rules on hair and jewelry. I’ve never heard of a school without a single dress code in any country before. That’s surprising.

[@ADarkAngelA2]

@@nefarious_seraph13 Never heard of a dresscode in Germany before. Nobody cares. Sometimes the teachers will complain if like everyone wears joggers but it isn't taken serious.

[@Delihlah]

My orthodontist worked on 10 people all in the same room lol. His assistants would work on us individually, he'd just check us and fix whatever needed fixing.

[@-_emcee_-]

Same

[@BugsyFoga]

Me: Braceface seems like a simple enough cartoon that makes a nice short little video Tariq :"ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT "

[@ToonrificTariq]

I tried. I really did. 😭

[@SonicXtreme99akaCreeperMario]

And succeeded, congratulations

[@skxlter5747]

I mean it was show based on teenage problems like anxiety, depression, self conscious, self image and lonerism all things that teens go thru in their life we've all went thru those phases in our teens it's what makes us human, and showing teenagers how to overcome it with friends, self confidence and family.

[@Matthew-vw8xn]

“Leveling audio” Tariq and his viewers: We don’t do that here.

[@siloPIRATE]

Matthew there will be no levelling audio today

[@SherrainePhillips]

I’ve come to accept it 😞

[@denied7616]

finally someone talks about braceface! i always really liked it, it's one of my favorite childhood cartoons. it touches on subjects that are complicated and very brave for an animation and it does a great job of showing early teen life. i think sharon is a great written character- she does a lot of stupid things but she holds herself to the same high standard as everyone, she can be really annoying but she wants to do good things and change world for the better. and she always realizes her mistakes and fixes them. i think it's a fair representation of an idealistic, a little bit oblivious and childish girl- she's stuck up but not on purpose and her intentions are good. great video

[@conk444]

Every time I hear them mention Connor, I get scared a little bit because 'how do they know my name?'

[@Majorbrawl]

imma be honest that portrayal of an anxiety attack was spot, and i would know from experience how it feels to be trapped in your room

[@nistheelf]

“She’s sitting on a roof is this some kinda of white girl thing?” I’m a white girl and I can say that sitting on roofs is my favorite pass time. Rain snow, heat the roof is the place to be. I even throw parties on top of the roof but for some reason none of my friends want to come so party of one! Sure I fell off three times but hospitalization and a few broken bones won’t stop me now!

[@WatchOutMyLitBro]

I definitely understand. It's really pretty and for me I love being on roof at night or when is snowing. It's my favorite things to do, it always help me to relax.

[@myapapaya2317]

Being on the roof is the bestttt!

[@sarahn3394]

Yup, same!

[@Rosales3269]

I got a fear of heights. Ain't no way you putting me up there and NOT have the fear of falling thru the ceiling.

[@nistheelf]

Christian Rosales but broken bones r so fun

[@anasdomain9994]

I always thought she was sabrina the teenage witch i was confused back then lmbo

[@inspector5122]

@Michael same here lol

[@TheLeah2344]

I watched both shows back then.

[@mihlaliralarala3340]

Same😂

[@gensai93]

And her boyfriend looks like Harvey

[@moongawddess8161]

Lmfaooooo the magnetic bullshit her braces did didn’t help

[@Evergladez]

This might be the most "white girl problems" show I ever heard about....what was the link again?

[@MaeArt725]

You can find the episodes on KZbin.

[@whoputyouonthisplanet9712]

Tubi tv is free

[@spoopabobble8166]

"A beach trip and four blunts." We don't deserve you. Hope you get those back, ya deserve 'em

[@LilMizRandom09]

This is the show that turned me vegetarian when I was 5! I was sitting eating my fish fingers in the kitchen while my mum did made her food before I went to school and the episode where she goes to the meat factory or where ever it was and it just made it click that the food I ate was dead animals, so I put down my fish finger and said "mum! I don't want to eat animals anymore!" and she was just like "yeah sure, ok" because she's a good parent and I only slipped up once for a turkey twizzler at school and felt bad and never did it again. Until I re-found this show a year ago I always thought it was a Sebrina the teenage witch episode that did it because, blond girl cartoon. Sorry, it's just nice to see this niche show that had a big impact on me talked about and I got excited.

[@thebanjokazoo1050]

Man seeing a show you forgot about from when you were way too young to actually remember anything about it is such a wierd feeling. It's like nostalgia but without any actually positive memories?

[@YourCrazyDolphin]

I get that every so often. Looking at this show I immediately recognized the art style, although I never watched a single episode.

[@maxwellsatoshi5680]

It's an era thing.

[@lilkitty2396]

holy shit you put this feeling into words--

[@xblade149]

I can't believe I'm saying this but braceface is better than 13 reasons why

[@abbyfrancis9062]

Better plot than riverdale

[@bubblesawesome3284]

Yep I would rather watch braceface than watch 13 reasons why.

[@berniekatzroy]

@@abbyfrancis9062 I could never get into Riverdale because it wasnt the archie comics i read.

[@ImmaLittlePip]

Honestly you can do a whole lot worse than Braceface 13 reasons why glorified and actually caused a bunch of suicides and riverdale is really messed up in a bad way

[@MyFictionalChaos]

@@ImmaLittlePip riverdale isnt meant to be taken as a aserious teen show tho. its the CW. all their shows are based off of comics. 13 rw tho,... yikes. it was like they were trying to make a statement. it also became a dramam by the 2nd season tho. neither of them are meant to be "teen" shows, I dont think. Regardless, the "plot" is bad for a drama, for both

[@b1njjj95]

I really liked this show growing up. They talked about some real shit that teens worry about like fitting in, relationships, periods, racism, the problem with trying to look "too grown" too fast, hell they even had an openly gay character. Man, these early 2000 Canadian cartoons were the best! I love how flawed Sharon is and how she doesn't know who she is. She's 14 years old going through puberty trying to figure out who she is and I love it! I really liked the drama between her and Alden and how they went through an emotional rollercoaster. This show will forever hold a special place in my heart. ❤

[@katherinecottes7940]

I'm sorry but this show confused me all she was worried about was boyfriend's and not if shes going to even make it out alive

[@joannam1284]

Damn that does sound like a 14 year old girl tho

[@simplysavyyy]

That’s a youngteenage girl for you

[@angelfoodcake3277]

I'm 12 and yeah that's a lot of what I think of.

[@MyFictionalChaos]

do yall know what a hyperbole is