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[@viobliterator]

I always liked that they made Victoria perfectly likeable and normal instead of a brat

[@lollipopscherrytops]

I truly believe that the Victoria hate is completely unnecessary 🙌

[@drunkduck8073]

I really love Victoria, she's so cute and actually good and sane person. Ppl who dislike her are just disappointed bcs Victor didn't end up with Emily :( (who is also awesome)

[@essencetune7341]

@@lollipopscherrytops Wait a minute, she gets hate?

[@lollipopscherrytops]

@@essencetune7341 yeah I heard she does and I’ve probably seen some hate comments about her

[@dsofic]

Right? Like, all three parts of this 'love triangle' are perfectly likeable, normal individuals, with their respective quirks.

[@CrypticCharm]

my favourite scene, is when the dead go up, and the living are scared until that little boy says "Grandpa" and it becomes a massive family reunion. also, the bit where the old woman, is yelling at the skeleton, until he, with a smile on his face, makes her realise that he's her late husband, who clearly died young and has missed his wife in the living world. i always imagine, that when she did pass on, he was waiting for her, to take her arm, and they could enjoy the underworld together

[@typo1345]

yeah that scene was very sweet

[@cidevant002]

Just because they are dead doesn't mean they aren't still family.

[@laurenluna460]

Gurtrude my heart that scene hurts me every time

[@bella-mccord]

"Alfred? But you've been dead for 15 years." I don't know why but that whole reunion scene (including the little boy and his grandpa) get me every time.

[@princesserika9899]

Now that's just bittersweet and they're both so romantic to each other 😍

[@arsenette17]

"No son of mines gonna be a communist" Ah yes the defining traits of dentistry

[@Blodhelm]

"From each tooth according to their ability, to each tooth according to its need" must be the Dentalcratic oath or something.

[@christianhardtofind6349]

Ironically that's actually the opposite of what Santa was like in the Rudolph special. He wanted Rudolph and Hermie to conform and be like everyone else.

[@PorterNetwork]

But also that character was queer-coded as hell, and thus likely a communist. Also there's no way a labor revolution isn't bound to happen given the conditions at that workshop...

[@julius_the_cat.]

hitler:watch me.

[@yashaswinisingh569]

Gonna share this in my class group - A dental student

[@ChrisTheDuck20]

One of the darkest parts of the film that flies over so many people heads is that she was *left* for dead. She wasn't killed. He knocked her out, and buried her alive. That's why her hand was sticking out of the ground. She woke up. And she tried to get out

[@frog_with_a_gun9397]

Omg that makes me feel so much worse for her. Emily deserves so much better than what she got

[@rosegirl3220]

I'm worried about how high that dress slit is, and worried that Lord Barkas did other stuff to her

[@msk-qp6fn]

The stuff you just notice when you get older.....

[@Rania-vh7wg]

@@rosegirl3220i assumed that she ripped it up to be able to move and save herself

[@olganova65]

Ya I really liked her so sad

[@StoryMing]

I feel like SO many people underrate Victoria. Yes, I get it, Emily is amazing and she deserved so much more than she ever got. But Victoria, I am convinced, is just as amazing in her own right: only she doesn’t get as much screen time and character development, because it isn’t her story. The glimpses we do get are enough to show that she is not the boring, generic nobody that most people seem to take her for.

[@msk-qp6fn]

Yes!! I personally think people tend to really undermine Victoria and overly criticize Victor due to their preference for Emily. Now I do find Emily very charming; while a little unhinged, you can tell she is kind and fun person, and her piano skills are just lovely; and these traits of hers do mix well with Victor because he is also kind albeit more shy, and he also plays the piano well; Emily and Victory playing the piano together is my favorite scene. That being said, Victor is very socially awkward and nervous, and Victoria is calm and gentle and soothes his side of him. She may not play the piano herself but she admires the piano and Victor's ability to play it. And let us not forget her determination, loyalty, and hidden sass; she freed herself and ran in the rain to get Victor back when she realized he was married to a dead person and her snide remarks to Barkis how things did not go according to his plan! People often say Emily deserves better than Victor because of how he tried to get away from her and his frank/harsh(?) comments to Emily, not realizing that him trying to get away from Emily is him trying to get back to Victoria who he loves; that is LOYALTY right there; it does not matter if others say he is better matched with Emily, HE wants Victoria and he stays loyal to that until he sees that Victoria is now to be married to another "better" match; and then he decides he might as well use his life to make Emily happy then; that is honestly quite admirable really. Victor, despite his immaturity, is actually a pretty good person, he just did not love Emily in the way she wanted, and Emily deserved someone who loved her is all.

[@StoryMing]

@@msk-qp6fn I would call Victor awkward, or clumsy, but not really immature. Yes he could definitely have worded some of the things he said a little better; and his attempt to abandon her in the woods, given her past history, was unfortunate. But he was panicked, not thinking clearly; and she was stalking and holding him captive against his will, after all! He didn’t mean any of it the way it came out, you could tell he genuinely felt bad about it. And I think it says a LOT that he was fully prepared to keep his word, even if it meant giving up an unexpected second chance to be with the girl of his dreams. I think Emily could have done really well with someone as vivacious and lively as herself, and I wish there might have been someone like that for her; but In Victor’s case… It was really more the idea of love and marriage that he represented, than Victor himself, that she was in love with.

[@msk-qp6fn]

​@@StoryMing Victor is honestly really sweet. I agree that him being awkard is probably more accurate than being immature.

[@StoryMing]

Also, his trying to escape was not _only_ about getting back to Victoria. It is true that he DID very much want to; but even apart from this, there is also the fact that he doesn’t really belong in the land of the Dead, because he is still living. And that he was not actually speaking the vows to Emily, in the first place: he had no idea she was even there! It was in fact the thought of VICTORIA which inspired him to say his vows so perfectly. The marriage to Emily was without his voluntary consent (until afterwards).

[@atlanablake]

You are so not my type of thing to like 😏

[@Peek_7]

One of my favorite parts of the movie was when Emily's ex is in the chapel/wherever they are for the wedding, and all the dead people want to attack him, but the old skeleton says that they're not allowed to interfere with the living, but then, after he drinks the wine, he just says "OK he's all yours"

[@amandapanda5087]

Same

[@JackalopeBunny]

right? its like what happened to not interfering with the living? lol I guess its only cause he died from drinking the wine and wasn't alive anymore so they could do what they want.

[@ghostuser_19]

​@@JackalopeBunnyBarkis drank poisoned wine, and by dying he became fair game. Notice how blue is associated with death? Barkis' skin turning blue signals his death, which is his comeuppance given how much death is associated with him throughout the film. The dead followed the rules and got some revenge on Emily's behalf.

[@RandomDragonEXE]

Them: Its free real estate, lol

[@CandaceDreamer]

Yes! Love that scene so much!

[@VannahSavage]

Fun fact: life expectancy in the past wasn’t low because people tended to drop dead at 40, but rather because babies were more likely to die before becoming toddlers.

[@kennyrobyn1997]

That's not a fun fact, that's the very opposite of fun?!?!

[@Narra0002]

Fair

[@ashleyr6809]

What does that have to do with the video?

[@dwarflord420]

​@@ashleyr6809Corpse Bride is set the 1800's.🙄

[@dwarflord420]

​@@kennyrobyn1997You clearly don't have toddlers. Everyone that does,fantasies about kicking the lil mofo down the stairs from time to time and saying they "Accidentally Tripped".

[@trinaq]

Emily was the true hero of the story, not Victor. She didn't get to settle down or have children, but not everyone does. She accepted her death, and that her life was cut short. She honestly deserved better.

[@CrypticCharm]

i always envisioned when Victoria and Victor had their first child, she was a little girl whom they called Emily in tribute. who grew up to be adventurous, play the piano and had a really big interest in butterflies

[@lauracerqueiramachado8979]

@@CrypticCharmI saw a fanart once that was like that, she could be the reincarnation of the “Corpse Bride”💙

[@melmelon3393]

She was the true hero bc she didn't force herself on a man?? What a hero

[@RavenHaili]

​@@melmelon3393 I gagged at this comment, jeez how intellectually void. Calm down

[@Vampiislay]

@@melmelon3393chill

[@darwinwatterson1494]

I love Emily's decision, she was robbed of a full life, unfairly and realized she was doing the same to victor, victor and Victoria were destined to be together from the very beginning.

[@Raphaeltheslayer]

Yeah it was wrong of her to try to force something just because she didn’t have it

[@anjalik1136]

Yes I always felt the ending was perfect

[@xitlalisantillan6813]

Emily was seeking refuge after being betrayed by the man she married. This was not a love story between Victor and Emily but a tragedy focusing on Emily. Emily wanted someone to fill her hole in her heart, which, unfortunately, Victor became the victim of (or most likely the “target”.) Victoria, in her first interaction, was attractive from his love for piano and his awkward personality, while Emily just wanted to feel affection. Regardless, she would have fallen in love to whichever man proposed to her, while Victoria, although they had a small interaction, fell in love with what she witnessed. Therefore, I ship victoria with Victor.

[@msk-qp6fn]

❤

[@MsMrExe]

Incredibly put, love your interpretation.

[@opheliebell22]

It is still a beautiful love story when everybody finally realises what they truly feel and accept it; as for Emily,accepting she's in place now.

[@mayvis165]

couldn't agree more

[@neflufv6392]

Insane? Yes. Still iconic and gorgeous? Also yes.

[@ShaiLai]

I loved it so much I designed a Bratz doll based on Emily😂

[@THANDISWAQUEEN]

@@ShaiLai honestly... I wanna see that 🤔😔

[@Guremien]

It is not insane. It is a canonical biblical tale.

[@msk-qp6fn]

​​@@Guremien i dont everything jewish is canon biblical 😂 also the bible itself is insane

[@tomatosoup1304]

This movie always makes me feel so conflicted for all the characters, they were all stuck in situations they didn't like: Victor was forced into an accidental marriage, Emily wants to be a bride but her husband doesn't want her and Victoria's fiancee was kidnapped. They were all fighting for what they wanted and didn't quite get what they wanted

[@tomatochemist]

Victor fell in love with Victoria though, and they can get married now, so both of them get what they want. Emily is no longer tortured in the underworld for having been abandoned, now that she's resolved the reason for her death (her murder and her shitty fiance.) The only one who really gets screwed and deserves it is the serial murderer guy.

[@lauracerqueiramachado8979]

Ever watched a 1993 movie called “My Boyfriend’s Back”? It’s almost the same as “Corpse Bride” only genderbent, a 17 y/o guy gets shot to save his girlfriend’s life and comes back from the dead the next night to take her to the prom. It’s a horror but mostly a rom-com, it has a really nice cast and it has one of the most satisfying endings I’ve ever seen

[@YellowishGreenDragon]

Victoria wanted to Marry Victoria, it was the pressure from the families and the entire town that was making him anxious about getting married. Their wedding was going to be a major event.

[@neonicon8500]

@@YellowishGreenDragon Victoria wanted to marry Victoria you say, old chap?

[@SirHurricane_]

Fiancé

[@Mislu]

You totally misunderstood the dynamic between the parents. Victoria's were destitute nobility and were seeking an advantageous union with a rich family while Victor's were noveaux riche merchants from humble origins who were seeking for high society status through their son's wedding. The arrangement was advantageous to both for different reasons.

[@monkyznblondz]

Was going to comment the same thing if no one else did 😅

[@uncletea5632]

Maybe because they delivered it in song form 😭not everyone is a fan of characters breaking out in song..im glad you pointed this out tho

[@snowangelnc]

@@monkyznblondz I was going to do the same, but both of you beat me to it. Oh well, that's what I get for waiting around until four hours after the upload.

[@nuvolett]

yes, thanks for pointing this out. It's a classic example of jumping social class through marriage. Literature is inundated with such examples.

[@marissawilson4644]

I said the same thing. Basically Victor's family = new money looking for status and Emily's family = old money with status that lost their wealth.

[@Shadeadder]

When I saw this as a kid at age 7, the main thing that stayed with me was how sad Emily's story was. The movie didn't freak me out with all the death and underworld (it was enjoyably creepy), but it was probably the first piece of media that made me seriously comprehend the concept of tragedy - a pretty girl who just desperately wanted to be married, but was instead cruelly murdered, spending her afterlife still waiting on a groom...

[@zayanaut]

Today I learned Laika studio did contract work for Corpse Bride. While they didn't produce it, they had animators work on Corpse Bride

[@trinaq]

I used to want Victor to end up with Emily instead of Victoria, but everyone involved would have been completely miserable. Victor would have had to die to be with Emily, while she would feel guilty about having him die for her. Meanwhile, Victoria would be forced into an unhappy marriage with Barkis.

[@kiwimiwi5452]

I really apprechiated the dynamic between Emily and Victoria. Especially at the end where Emily gives her all to protect Victoria, and that she is no rival to her. Jealousy was a string of plot of course, but Emily didn't make Victoria responsible for it, they respected each other and in my opinion could have made great friends. I too love Emily and would have liked seeing her happy with Victor, but Victoria was his true happy end afterall

[@lisahuber9329]

Victoria would get killed off by the mean husband and then Emily, Victor and Victoria would be in a corpse love triangle lol

[@lauracerqueiramachado8979]

@@kiwimiwi5452 you know, there is even this theory that Emily and Victoria were actually sisters, that Victoria’s parents lost their money because Emily took it when she was about to elope and it all happened when Victoria was a baby and her parents probably never even knew she died so they were so angry they chose to never talk about her again (something that happened back then if one of the children refused to get married) and that’s why they didn’t remember/recognize each other. Some things that hint that is the fact that it’s said Emily’s parents had a lot of money and the Everglots seem to be the only actually rich family there, Victoria says her mother doesn’t allow her to play or even get near the piano because she says “music isn’t proper for a young lady” because it’s “too much passion” and Emily plays the piano really well, the mother probably associated Emily’s excess of emotion and lack of reasoning with her passion for music, and it’s said in that song that Emily’s dress was her mother’s wedding dress (some families have a habit of keeping their wedding outfits for their kids to wear it someday) and Victoria’s wedding dress looks brand-new

[@pipedream2556]

​@@lauracerqueiramachado8979that's a pretty cool idea but it seems weird that Barkis tried to marry into the same family twice and got denied the first time and the wedding got speed-runned the second time, and nobody noticed, not even Barkis who's been successfully hiding his murders until he's able to come across as very wealthy and can't be TOTALLY stupid

[@skwisgaarskwigelf2775]

Not only an unhappy marriage, but he most likely planned on murdering her for her “fortune” when the time came… and upon finding out there was no fortune… yikes who knows what would happen

[@Elleore]

Actually, I’m pretty sure Victor’s parents are rich commoners and Victoria’s parents were poor nobility- Victor’s parents wanted to climb the social ladder, Victoria’s needed money, which is why they were betrothed.

[@msk-qp6fn]

Victor's parent seems like merchant class to me. Victor and Victoria's marriage is basically like Bingely (new money, merchant class) and Jane (old money, gentry/nobility) getting married.

[@miloshroom1]

victors parents were new money who got everything from selling fish and victorias parents were old money who lost everything. so yes, basically correct

[@mochi_jess]

i was looking for this comment😂

[@MariAnimates]

Victor and Victoria was the best couple in the end. Emily didn't need to be a bride, what she needed was peace. Victoria and Victor were each other's people. There was genuine love that formed between them.

[@trixie_pixie]

Yes, absolutely!

[@zynpkrdg]

Yes! Victor and Victoria understood each other and were perfect for each other. Emily's story is about acceptance and finding peace.

[@trixie_pixie]

@@zynpkrdg Totally! Emily was forcing Victor to be with her because she so badly wanted to be a bride. Probably would be the same if it was any other guy that happened to slip a ring on her finger. I feel bad for her because she was robbed of her happily ever after but of course, what she really needs is freedom and as Marianimates said, peace. Meanwhile, Victor & Victoria are a very endearing and sweet couple.

[@msk-qp6fn]

As much as I love Emily, I have to agree. The end goal of Emily and Victor's journey together was not romance; Emily's journey was finding peace and moving on, Victor's journey was maturing.

[@stargirlparadise.01]

i CAN’T agree with you, because HOW CAN U LOVEEE SOMEONE THAT U KNOW FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS *2 days!! I think that they wanted to be together because they didn’t want to marry some “old man” in case of Victoria!! The parents force them to marry and when they saw each other they thought “yeah i can marry this person. He’s young, beautiful and doesn’t have experience just like me so i don’t see a problem”!! Not saying i prefer Victor with Emily. I rather prefer Victor and Victoria BUT don’t say it’s love, because it isn’t!! Perhaps with time they can love each other BUT in that whole movie situation THAT WAS NOT LOVE!! thank u soo much for reading

[@Shadowluigi-pj9nq]

I honestly still feel really bad for Emily. She didn't deserve anything that happened to her but she still stayed so possitive

[@demonghost8232]

Eso le pasa por irse con un desconocido en tan solo un dia de conocerlo

[@blending_in]

10:08 there's no way the pun "over my dead body." was unintentional hehe

[@billibambi]

'Pete davidson rehab chic' to describe Victor is actually insane 💀 like, at least Timothee Chalamet or Bill Skarsgård would've sufficed 😭

[@astrorat7228]

Victor would get crushed in the world of Lies of P, he can try to be Timothee Chalamet, but he will never come close 😂😂

[@Llamacoints]

Timothee chalamet?!? Absolutely not. Insulting comparison

[@wonieism]

live laugh love bill skarsgard 🚶‍♀️

[@SpagettiSpeltWrong]

If Coraline is baby's first horror movie than Corpse Bride is baby's first Twilight spin-off

[@Nicamon]

"Corpse Bride"has *NOTHING* to do with"Twilight"for a very simple reason:Emily is not an abusive stalker!

[@hollowsonictale702]

Only ya know ...good.

[@SpagettiSpeltWrong]

@@Nicamon Maybe not but she is also forcing a guy into a wedding when he didn't know that he was actually proposing to a dead lady. Not saying she's abusive but maybe a little one track minded

[@Nicamon]

@@SpagettiSpeltWrong She didn't _force_ Victor to marry her. He did everything on his own and then,when he later *accepted* to marry her,she stopped him from doing that because she knew it was unfair for him to die.Emily is the *opposite* of a toxic/abusive girlfriend/wife.

[@SpagettiSpeltWrong]

@@Nicamon I know that towards the end Victor did marry her out of the kindness of his heart, but in the beginning he was clearly opposed to the idea until he started growing closer to her. Again I don't think she's an abuser or a stalker or even a bad person, but she was very persistent

[@autism.and.blankets]

This video went from Alex being horrified, to just being straight up in love with a cartoon zombie. Get it dude 😂

[@DementisXYZ]

I mean....I can't blame him.

[@alejandrasanchez3022]

@@DementisXYZ yeah, like what is necrophilia anyways?

[@DementisXYZ]

@alejandrasanchez3022 why's it gotta be a sex thing?

[@tornadodee148]

@@DementisXYZ lol thats a Helluva Boss reference. Liked!!👍 .......... That is a Helluva Boss reference, right?😅 ...... right?😐

[@DementisXYZ]

@@tornadodee148 Dang! Well done! I thought I was being too vague with it, especially leaving out "always."

[@cicadathegod8277]

As a kid I didn’t like Victoria but now as an adult I realize Victoria is wonderful. She’s nice, caring and didn’t mind how clumsy Victor was. Emily and Victor were perfect too but Emily was more in love with the idea of it. The fact Victor would have had to die to be with her was wrong as well. In the end everything turned out for the best.

[@demonghost8232]

It's funny to me that they hate and get angry with Victory and don't hate Lord Barkins who was and is the one who took Emily's life and dreams away. emily yes he found love, which is self love and rest in peace. Also, Victor only accepted the poison out of spite, not for Emily. If Victor stays with Emily, she will never rest in peace.

[@christinaleone6626]

6:19 *this is like the most horrifying thing i seen since-coraline.*

[@sunspotmill1291]

I agree that stop-motion animation are in a league of their own and deserved more attention.

[@RBToys_yt]

Fr

[@pbsuite]

​@RoyaleMusicalparanorman was also creepy

[@JackebBee-iz7qi]

Fantastic Mr. Fox's stop motion is also really good

[@Bahr_2006]

It does. But studios are more interested in profitable movies, and stop motion films, due to being few and far between, don't have the best track record financially, with only one ever grossing above $200 million. It's just not the kind of risk most studios are willing to take, especially considering how time-consuming stop motion is.

[@billibambi]

Maturing was realising Victor and Victoria were probably a better couple than Emily and Victor,, even tho 7 year old me felt robbed of my ship💀

[@gotiqirrii]

I still wish he should’ve married Emily I’m still hooked on that wish till this day💀

[@lauracerqueiramachado8979]

Well, of course Victoria is a more reasonable option since Victor wouldn’t have to die in order to get married to her but she and Victor barely spent any time together before they “fell in love” but he and Emily spent much more time together and actually getting to know each other, I mean, in a way it was also shallow since it feels like Emily would have fallen in love with anyone who would be willing to marry her, but you know ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@trinaq]

Agreed, Victoria was actually alive, and could give Victor a future, whereas he'd have to die to be with Emily.

[@thathymel1617]

Tbh I still think Victor had better chemistry with Emily, but that's inevitable considering he spent the greater part of the movie with her and not Victoria, there should have been more scenes of him and Victoria bonding together before he "married" Emily, to explain his feelings for her a bit more, I mean they only had two interactions, the piano scene and the failed wedding rehearsal scene so when he said "I should be with you always" after briefly visiting her in the living world it seemed forced to me as it was basically their 3rd interaction. Not saying he shouldn't have ended with Victoria (he would have to DIE to be with Emily) but I think there should have been a bit more of development between the two just so we wouldn't feel robbed of a ship 🤣

[@gotiqirrii]

@@thathymel1617 ok

[@gustykraken]

Alex realizing he's a twilight girl wasn't on my itinerary but I'm here for it.

[@zynpkrdg]

It's funny to hear Alex say those things about Victor because as a girl, I would love to be with someone like Victor. He lied to Emily because he didn't want to hurt her feelings, not because he was a coward. He is very empathetic and cute and kind and he tries to do the right thing. Idk I think he's pretty great haha.

[@PoonamSingh-ie9bv]

So true I really loved Victor's charecter really calm, genuine nice clumsy

[@unow3nskilla280]

"That no fade, high top, scrotum cut" had me dying beyond belief. Haven't laughed like that in a while. Thanks

[@restingsadface]

I loved corpse bride because its frank take on death really demystifies it for kids. it makes death an inevitable and fun part of life which I think is a really emotionally mature way to put it to an audience of children.

[@kayleighdriessen]

That's what I thought too.

[@ayesaov7410]

i loved this movie and grim adventures of billy and mandy as a kid, they made me be not afraid of death

[@alvafairchild13]

Then book of life and its just setting them up to have a edgar allen poe phase

[@msk-qp6fn]

Animations that gave me lessons on death in my childhood: Bambi, Lion King, Corpse Bride, and Frankenweenie to some degree.

[@thelastjerkbender2505]

Man. Tim Burton can be so damn good when he tries, shame he's so goddamn inconsistent.

[@Boomtiger47]

I love the way Victoria says “you play beautifully” after hearing victor play piano.

[@MostDefinitelyNotRosie]

That part made me want them to get together ❤

[@monmasva]

When I was 6 I was so obsessed with this movie, that I just HAD to recommend it to everyone at my school. Mind you, it was a private catholic school. My parents were called to the principal office because apparently I was “talking about blasphemies and necrophilia”. My parents had to take the DVD of the movie to the school to calm my director down. Good old days 😊

[@pickleBOB405]

💀

[@alvafairchild13]

Nice i used to make sculptures out of barbies and unironically want to learn latin i love weird kids

[@cthulhupriestess]

🤣

[@monmasva]

@@alvafairchild13 Well that’s an odd coincidence cause I’m actually learning Latin at Uni for my degree lmao. Weird kids stay together 🤝🏻🌟

[@ajbudgie]

8:47 The realization and denial after that question. XD

[@milmils.]

This is such a sweet movie. Victor and Victoria were meant for each other and Emily knew that. Emily was the true hero, she was set free and turned into butterflies ❤

[@billibambi]

I always resonated with Emily so much as a kid, I remember bawling when she erupted into butterflies 😭😭

[@trinaq]

Me too, Emily really deserved better, it's a shame that she never received her happy ending.

[@SocialExperiment232]

@@trinaqthat technically was her happy ending tho. She got to get justice for her murder and she was able to punish her killer. And realize that she didn’t want to steal another girls dreams as she lost her own. She grew to love and accept herself. And she went to heaven. I call that a happy ending indeed.

[@briarjacobsen7214]

Exactly. She was confined just like Victpria with constricting rules pf high society. She felt unloved and caged. She received love and freedom when her abuser died and she gained friends close to her heart. Her relief was beautiful. Just like Master Uguae in KungFu Panda.

[@phoebevaughan5095]

That scene saddens me but it is soothing to as she goes to Heaven! The saddest scene in the film, for me personally, is the Tears to Shed song! Poor girl needed a hug!

[@msk-qp6fn]

She got her peace. It is sad, it is unjust, but a poetic beautiful ending.

[@medicineishere]

This movie will always make me cry omg. Also Emily deserved better and Victor deserved Victoria, I don't think people understand that

[@darlingkorexo]

Fr

[@Cerulean13]

i don't really think victor deserved either of the girls tbh. in all honesty, both deserved way better

[@alejandrasanchez3022]

@@Cerulean13 I see your point like they both deserved something good but Victor isnt a bad guy, wdym by "deserved better" lol Maybe they all deserved to know something else before staying with the first person they met though

[@MithridatesIX]

​@Cerulean13 If you were all of a sudden married to some dead guy who wanted you to die as well so you could be together. What would you do? I think we're being a little too harsh on Victor here.

[@Guremien]

Well, Victor got Victoria and Emily got tge very best one could get - a peace for her soul.

[@videohistory722]

Fun fact: this movies stop motion animation is so good, people were convinced it was actually CGI. And Tim Burton was super offended by this, because he's proud of the art of stop motion, so when he made Frankenweenie, he really held back on it ON PURPOSE so they could tell it was stop motion.

[@awedelen2]

I liked Frankenweenie

[@jahkugou]

Such a good movie!!@@awedelen2

[@sunspotmill1291]

So this movie's animation was basically The Lego Movie in reverse! In TLM, the CGI and stop motion aesthetics were so good, some people were convinced it was actually stop motion. Frankenweenie was also a good movie and I still like the original short.

[@videohistory722]

@@sunspotmill1291 for the record: they were mechanized dolls with rubber skin. That's how he did it.

[@karentriminio3146]

Frankenweenie was stopmotion? It looks so amazing

[@demiifrost]

I absolutely love corpse bride, and I feel like it's severely underrated. It's right up there with Nightmare before Christmas

[@electricmastermind]

Throwing it out there: Victor's family wasn't poor. They were marrying for status, and Victoria's noble (but broke) family were marrying for cash.

[@videohistory722]

In arranged marriages, they don't let the couple see each other until the actual wedding for fear they'd chicken out beforehand. That's where the "bad luck to see each other before the wedding" superstition comes from.

[@snowangelnc]

It doesn't even have to be an arranged marriage, or the first time they see each other. It's not unheard of for a person to get cold feet when the reality of the huge commitment they're making sinks in. Also, in many arranged marriages the couple meets and spends time together before the wedding. Just because the parents are initiating everything doesn't mean that the bride and groom are allowed no input in the matter. Of course there are exceptions, but in most cases the parents involved do love their children and want to make sure that the couple can actually get along with each other before having them commit to anything.

[@Musicalsfangirl]

Also the reason veils are a thing - traditionally it’s front was shorter than the back so the girl’s face would be semi hidden from the husband, and would lift up her veil only when they say “you may kiss the bride”. Only then would he see his now wife in all her glory (or warts and all).

[@barsxsalicia]

@@Musicalsfangirl😂😂 not “warts and all” 🤣

[@hatersrmotivators6477]

Arrange & force marriages r 2 different things. Its forced marriage not arrange marriage

[@minaldhurve8988]

That's not arranged marriage, that's ✨forced marriage✨. Are you a 100 yrs old, describing arranged marriages like that, cause I really think you've got things confused.

[@talasheart7889]

I always thought Victor's family actually did have money, but wanted the marriage to increase their status

[@leena_asim]

that is why lol

[@thathymel1617]

You are right, if I remember correctly that's the reason Victoria's parents wanted to marry her to him despite not liking him, I think they mention his family being Nouveau Rich. So His family wanted him to marry Victoria because of her family status and Victoria's family wanted her to marry Victor for his money, I think Alex just didn't catch that.

[@MostDefinitelyNotRosie]

They're "new money"

[@marissawilson4644]

This is correct, Alex misunderstood. I said the same thing. Basically Victor's family = new money looking for status and Emily's family = old money with status that lost their wealth.

[@naiteiruakuma2261]

​@@marissawilson4644i think you mean Victoria's family, not Emily's

[@cidevant002]

My favorite scene in the whole movie is when all the dead sing in harmony to celebrate Emily on her wedding day. The way a whole community comes together to help and be with someone they feel genuine loves to is frankly heart warming. They all just knew Emily deserved to be happy. "Until the end we will fight for our dear lovely bride!"

[@Daphne12367]

Ikr it’s so cute they love her so much

[@Donika691]

Emily didn't just go to heaven "for some reason" she did because she gained closure and peace at the end of the story.

[@princesslulu5795]

I was Emily the Corpse Bride for Halloween in the 5th grade and I have to say it was probably the best costume ive ever had. My mom helped me make the dress, gloves that looked like skeleton hands etc & did my makeup. I had EASILY the best costume in the 5th grade if not the whole school

[@Catstronautgirl]

"Always the bridesmaid, never the bride", I never even fell in love but damn I just know this would hit if I did

[@cidevant002]

I mean, if you were killed right before being married by your husband and then your second husband actually loves another woman that would sting a lot.

[@snowangelnc]

@@cidevant002 Yeah, and if all that wasn't already bad enough, then the guy that killed you comes back and makes fun of you over it.

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

I’m always the flower girl and never the flower.

[@geardog24]

The scene where the dead come back and meet up with their living family members was actually kind of sweet. In a PG 13 horror type of way.

[@ryantabor9582]

The part where Lord Barkis died from drinking the poison and gasping while clutching his chest really got to me as a kid. I didnt really understand what was happening at the time, but his high pitched gasping just... messed with me. Also "Remains of the Day" is a banger :)

[@iad0refood495]

I loved it when the dead went to the living and one guys eye dropped into Victoria's father (what ever his name was) soup and he just said "there's an eye in my soup" calmly like it was a completely normal thing to happen

[@Tina-jg7od]

As someone who had access to Child's Play as a child thinking it was for kids, Disney had the right idea with these movies because somehow Coraline scarred me more than Chucky did 💀

[@sophialambert2616]

Scrolling the comments and happy to see we all agree Emily deserved better

[@Guremien]

What is better than a peace for her soul after death? She got her happy end.

[@msk-qp6fn]

If you mean deserve better as in she deserved someone who loves her, yes I agree. If you mean victor is not good enough for her, I disagree.

[@sophialambert2616]

FFS... to the pedantic people questioning the sentiment- She deserved better as in she deserved not to be scammed and murdered in the first place. She deserved the chance to find love and be happy. As for victor- he doesn't have to love her; but she deserved him being honest, and not manipulating her to get topside and then leaving her sitting there with hopes to meet his parents. She's a genuinely sweet, if naive, person who deserved to be treated decently in general.

[@msk-qp6fn]

​@@sophialambert2616 Thanks for the clarification. It is just that I see too many people acting or wording things as if Victor was too bad for her, and that is what I specifically have a history of disagreeing when talking about Corpse Bride.

[@neflufv6392]

For being an animated movie, let’s acknowledge how insane the cast is

[@sekaishinryakusenda3753]

It's actually stop motion And yes I'm shocked when i learned about it XD

[@alysssabear]

You say that like animated movies don’t normally gets casts like this, when they do all the time…

[@only_in_starfleet]

in all seriousness, Johnny Depp might be one of the most talented actors I've ever seen. Dude's got RANGE. I mean, this came out 2 years after the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie and he goes from comedic, drunken, kinda badass pirate to shy, awkward, Victorian teen.

[@emmapitt9547]

Please do not praise an ab*ser…

[@hannahmetzger4880]

I think Victor and Victoria were young adults, not teens.

[@only_in_starfleet]

@@hannahmetzger4880 yeah he's 19 which could go under both classifications

[@LaBellesGrace]

Meanwhile doing this movie he, other shared cast and Tim were doing Charlie in the Chocolate Factory at the exact same time. They would do Charlie during the day, and record their lines at night. Only dedicated artists can pull that off.

[@Lordodragonss]

Shame he was not a good man...

[@ccfreakMetal]

As a reference to Coraline, it's style was inspired by Corpse Bride. The pale real world, and the other more colorful world. All forms and contrasts greatly exaggerated. Love them both! Also, I think the target demographic is probably around 10+, not a young kids game 😅

[@olenaolena9073]

I’ll never understand why Corpse Bride lost its Oscar nomination… One of the best animated films ever

[@jovanabrki]

I love corpse bride

[@MarxistMomentum]

Me too! It's my favorite movie!

[@Bat8697]

Fr

[@madelinefallen1070]

Me too!!

[@spbot2]

You mean you love tim burtons corps bre😂

[@handa2878]

Me too 💗🧟‍♀️

[@mysticalkeyblade759]

Tbh Emily was a childhood crush of mine. I thought she was the most beautiful and interesting female character I ever saw in an animated movie. Honestly I first was scared to watch the movie because I saw Coraline a week or 2 before this one and that movie traumatized me to the point I was ripping off buttons from my shower curtain

[@CrypticCharm]

there was a really popular fan theory a while back, that Emily and Victoria were sisters Emily the elder sister, fell in love with Barkis and took the money when he killed Emily, and Victoria was born several months after the death. the ages isn't mentioned but say it's a good 15-20 years between the pair so when Barkis returned, he made a beeline for the estate, but there was no money left, because he was the one who stole it.

[@dreadsndogs4406]

That makes no sense at all. Why would he try to take money from the same family twice, when he managed to get away with it the first time🤷‍♀️

[@CrypticCharm]

@@dreadsndogs4406 he thought there was more money. he had what Emily gave him, not realising that she had taken almost her entire family fortune

[@tomatochemist]

He would know that there was no money left though (since he took it!), and her parents would've recognized him, even if their daughter was dead. After all, Emily recognized him after all those years, so no reason they wouldn't.

[@galdinoemanuelle]

I don’t think the movie ever mentions that Lord Barkins and Emily’s parents actually get to know each other. In this theory he’d try to fool the same family again out of coincidence

[@marissawilson4644]

​@@galdinoemanuelleexactly

[@wispy3171]

The blue morpho butterfly has been my favorite ever since I saw this film in theatres. When Emily bursts into butterflies I weep every single time. Like someone else said, she was the true hero, and I do feel like Victor and Victoria were meant to be.

[@Gumbier_Than]

I loved it since playing "The Amazon Trail" back in '99. 😊

[@sail4170]

I blame this movie 110% as why I literally started so young realizing that death is a part of life.

[@morganmedrano920]

My new favorite quote. 13:36 "Being alive sucks, tell your friends" -Alex Meyers

[@anna.owo.]

2:00 no, one family is rich but lower class and the other is high class but lost their money, Victors family is marrying up in what they think is a wealthy family but even if they are been lied on they still gain status so it is beneficial for both families.

[@nerdynikki9222]

I LOVE stop motion movies. Since you’ve watched Coraline and Corpse Bride, I feel like you should watch Paranorman, boxtrolls, Kubo and the two strings, and Wendell and Wild. They’re all AMAZING

[@dragonslayer1]

12:10 like we don’t all drop what we’re doing when the amazing Alex drops a new video!

[@bookishnewt8468]

1:54 - Okay so I thought the same thing which confused the hell out of me but apparently Victor's family is rich. They are fish merchants and are apparently 'new money'. Meanwhile Victoria's family is what some would call 'old money' but their wealth has dried out.

[@SuperFlik]

7:55 I have a pet bird, can confirm that's exactly how it happens

[@TUIX_777]

I'm absolutely loving the decendants poster at 0:20

[@just_swiftly_shake_it_off_1989]

Coraline: “Life sucks. Tell your friends.” Corpse Bride: “Being alive sucks. Tell your friends.”

[@08mlascelles]

We miss stop-motion and hand drawn animated movies because they had passion and heart! CGI takes a lot of skill, but there’s a reason people consistently come back to movies with practical effects, stop motion and cartoons, they have soul!

[@RacingSnails64]

The only part of this movie that genuinely scared as a kid was when Emily was chasing Victor through the woods towards the start. The rest was pretty cool.

[@CatValentine1995]

4:38 "Well... whoops" that caught me off guard lol🤣

[@habibaakter8647]

8:55 welcome to the club

[@TasnimAhana-vw8ct]

Maturing is realising you didn't really want Emily and victor to be together. You just wanted Emily to be happy.

[@AryonaSamoto]

I love clay-mation. They take so long to make but I wish there were more. I always believed Emily was just wishing for her own happy ending and it didn't matter who it was with. Even when I saw younger I saw Emily as selfish. She never listened or considered Victors feelings or wants in the situation. She was kind when bushing his feelings aside but that's not a partnership/ marriage. Victor and Emily, while they both played piano, didn't have much else going on. Victoria and Victor started finishing each others sentences right after meeting. Victoria already saw them as a partnership when she helped him with the candle in the rehearsal. They just meshed well seamlessly. You should check out "The Boxtrolls" if you want something equally disturbing but with much less death lol.

[@daphne-o-harper]

can we all just take a second to appreciate the Descendants and Riverdale posters in Alex's animation's background😭the idea, the dedication, the execution, the humor👌👌 like I've been watching his videos for idk how long now, why am I only now noticing them😭😭

[@Kasia_Luna]

I remember being so depressed as a kid when Victor leaves Emily. And how I find it wild that he’d literally have to kill himself to do it - that would be wrong in so many ways 🤣💀 Also I was obsessed with Emily’s song on piano. I used to replay that part over and over.

[@LunaWitcherArt]

I've been trying to buy a digital piano for like, a decade now, just so I can properly learn the piano songs in this movie, so... I get it

[@savannahb3389]

I was 7 years old when this came out and I absolutely loved it, I rewatched it whenever I could. BUT at the same time it terrified me so I always insisted an adult was with me 😭 I remember, on more than one occasion, shaking my poor bone-tired single mother awake so that I wouldn't be alone while watching 😅

[@Useridol666]

Emily essentially brought two whole worlds together because of how much she had love and how much everyone loved her. It was because of Emily that the dead and the living connected and it was because of Emily that some family members reunited. She reunited Victor with his dog which was so sweet and all she ever did was out of love. She was just pure. All she wanted was love, she experience the tiniest bit of it and she was able to let go which she did out of love and respect for Victoria and Victor's relationship. She is pure.

[@singenstattatmen5096]

I'll always love Corpse Bride. Also still one of my favourite Halloween Costumes I ever made. ❤

[@Papyrusliker]

You made a costume? Hope it turned out good and if so nice job!

[@pickleBOB405]

I hope it was Emily's, god I love her outfit. Genuinely one of my favorite movie outfits

[@singenstattatmen5096]

@@pickleBOB405 Oh yes it was hers! Along with some very detailed make up (incl. white lenses) to look just like her. 😁

[@rosexiong7839]

One of the best movies to ever exist, hands down. I fell in love with Emily and her dress as a kid although I was definitely a bit scared of her lol

[@pickleBOB405]

Same, I have been in love with her outfit since I first saw this movie. It's so beautiful 😍

[@Love_Iris]

Literally I love Corpse Bride and I remember crying at the end. Honestly I love Emily she was awesome and understanding that her life was over and she cannot change that. ❤

[@lay_1306]

Victor's family WAS rich, but they were new money, which for the aristocrasy and all that jazz doesn't really count, that's why they wanten Victor to marry Victoria, so they were technically royalty

[@adileise1651]

As a child of artist parents I grew up with movies like this and as i grew older I got to love them even more than as a kid. It is now my favourite "genre" and I rather find them pretty/cute in some ways and the stories are so Younique.

[@kivakorkoskold]

YES!! James and the Giant Peach was one of the best videos you ever made, more of these!!!

[@BlNATCH]

I absolutely love corpse bride and personally I love stop motion movies

[@queen78284]

13:30 She's gotten justice for her death, so her soul is finally at peace.

[@melaniecameron3387]

"Am i one of those twilight girls now?!?" And now I'm dead from laughing wayyyyyy too hard at that 🤣

[@neydaa_]

I loved this movie so much as a kid and my favorite scene was when Emily turned into blue butterflies at the end, like she was finally at peace. It was very comforting for me. I actually never wanted Victor and Emily to end up together. The end made and still makes sense 🩵

[@BonesofSmite]

I unironically love this movie. Probably one of my favorites. One thing I always take notice of is that the underworld is super colorful and the real world is dark and depressing. Really the level of detail across the whole movie is great

[@ThatLoserRose]

This was one of my favorites as a kid! I’m so glad it’s still popular today!

[@primRose28-jtr]

i just watched corpse bride yesterday and immediately fall in love as I already adore Victorian gothic life. Your video just added sprinkles on top.

[@invisAG]

Corpse Bride will always be one of my favourite movies of all time

[@MouseofMischief]

This is one of my all time favourite movies! I'm so happy to see you covering it!

[@GuffawedGoomba]

Corpse Bride and Coraline are those fever dream movies that you think you’ve watched before but you dead havent

[@heyheatherlynn]

Corpse Bride is one of my favorite films. I was 14 when it came out and loved how dark it was. I've never had a fear of death and this movie just struck a chord with me.

[@YugiAmane-u6t]

Gotta say, this will forever stay my favourite movie ever. I love Tim Burton and this Movie SOOOOOOOO much! It never gets old. Watched it even more as a kid, this was my childhood

[@charlieiguess7890]

13:06 THIS IS WHERE THAT SOUND COMES FROM?

[@mostnormalbloke]

7:00 is KIND OF what happens in ep2 of the magnus archives, specifically in relation to the get-home-from-a-date-oh-no-eldritch-horror. A guy takes a girl home from the club, they do the deed, she explodes into worms

[@serenityfortune]

Stop motion makes you cry and feel things tbh. Think of Kubo and the Two Strings. That movie is literally amazing and heartfelt, and it doesn't FEEL like a kids movie.

[@AdamIshak01]

YES TO MY FAVORITE TIM BURTON MOVIE! Only Tim Burton can make necrophilia look cute. The puns in this are beyond underrated. I remember I only discovered this movie cause my music teacher specifically got us ahead in the curriculum, so the last week of October we can just binge watch Halloween movies. I’ve been obsessed with it since. Corpse Bride over Nightmare Before Christmas and I’m dying on that hill like Emily! 💀💙 Also Alex’s music choice to avoid copyright is phenomenal 🤌🏽 but the BLASPHEMY to say Victor looks like Pete Davidson- don’t disrespect Victor like that, Pete wishes.

[@YourWorstNightmare.....]

" Only Tim Burton can make necrophilia look cute" huh?

[@AdamIshak01]

@@YourWorstNightmare..... Victor, a living human, was literally going to sleep with Emily- the dead girl who’s been dead for years. The plot of this movie is basically necrophilia. Especially since a majority of people want Victor and Emily together instead of Victor and Victoria

[@AdamIshak01]

Victor is living and Emily is dead, and Victor has feelings and kisses Emily. It’s essentially necrophilia in the same way vampires are. It’s also a meme.