Creating a baby monster in Crusader Kings 3 | Monster Factory

[@Erthradar]

I can't believe they didn't comment on the fact that an eight month old's death was described as being "cast into hell."

[@NiceTryLaoChe]

FINALLY

[@denisehuston2573]

Well he was a witch...

[@FinalGamerJames]

Well his name is Beetlejuice, not Baptisejuice lol

[@gwynjustice6664]

A conscientious “MAN”

[@lemmythetrash-goblin8291]

It could be historically accurate. Mediaval people were pretty big on pre-determinism

[@-Liska]

"horse wearing a human mask" is one of the most terrifying phrases I've ever encountered

[@johannwolfgangvongoethe8090]

It is Glitterhoof's hybrid child!

[@-Liska]

@@johannwolfgangvongoethe8090 Thanks, you're making it worse

[@EpicBeard815]

But does it have legs or fingers?

[@newflesh666]

this technology is the next step in espionage in the human + horse vs centaur war.

[@takethewordss]

what about "torsey wearing a human mask", is that worse?

[@DoomDahlia]

I like how they just *didn't* talk about the fact that Beetlejuice-Beetlejuice immediately went to hell.

[@sweetssandbox3526]

Beetlejuice

[@leeblock9573]

He has every sin!

[@Kryptnyt]

He was full of so much malice and evil that no one else went to Hell for a whole thirteen years after he died.

[@evilthing8963]

original sin

[@rosePetrichor]

Of course, it's so natural that he went to hell that it wasn't even worth commenting on. Can you imagine a world in which he didn't shoot down there at breakneck pace the minute the soul yeeted from his tiny baby body?

[@TheAcidwire]

I especially like that this 0 year old baby had 26 prowess, absolutely dwarfing all the other kings around him in physical strength. The universe corrected itself when he died.

[@TheNosnets]

A candle that burns 26 times as bright burns 26 times as fast😞

[@musiclikerperson]

@@TheNosnets this made me wheeze and tear up for a solid minute, thank you

[@TheNosnets]

youre welcome son

[@Champiness]

Heartwarming 80’s comedy where the nobles of Dal have to take care of this evil sick kid who’s the heir to the throne for however many months until he hopefully dies but discover in the process that they love him

[@Beairstoboy]

"8 Vassals and a Tyrant Baby

[@temporaltoast9692]

I love this, but what if they just ended up hating him even more

[@GippyHappy]

And then he dies of typhus

[@Archibaldh1pp0]

​@@temporaltoast9692the final arc is about how a doctor is able to discover a miraculous cure meaning that he would survive until adulthood so the whole cast bands together to throw the baby into a volcano.

[@moss_yt]

26:50 “Can’t murder, you’re a child” “There should be a button like ‘Please? I won’t live until adulthood!’” Y’all want a Make a Wish murder?!

[@MarbleLestrange]

💀💀💀

[@harperreese264]

"so timmy, what's your wish?" "death to my enemies" "what? you're a child." "perhaps you misheard me."

[@Tommyvercetti_yt]

@@harperreese264 You gotta be 18 to wish death upon your enemies. We learn that in high school.

[@parkerb4449]

@@Tommyvercetti_yt In this game its actually 16 which is nice :)

[@epochii2756]

@@parkerb4449 legal age to murder

[@Jakeshapedworld]

The boys accidentally made a historically accurate Spanish King

[@halcyonacoustic7366]

Were those guys born in Dalsland?

[@breadmage5951]

I read this and had to take a time out I-

[@fushiijo]

Charles II 🥰

[@robertkiehn7459]

This show needs more hapsburgs.

[@LS-jj4sy]

Came to the comments to say "that's a hapsburg" but yeah I mean basically

[@JoshuaBenton22]

The McElroy brothers will create Trolles, too.

[@feathersoffancy8988]

Dear god you’re a genius

[@mossstitchbitch8047]

Shut your whole entire mouth that was hilarious!

[@skylar-dm]

This is the best thing.

[@saxmaverick]

Amazing

[@ManyMonstersMedia]

I laughed so hard 😂😂😂

[@Zzeppna]

TIL That "juice" is a funny way that Griffin calls his brother Justin and not just an unrelated word he randomly says for no reason like I was so eager to assume til now

[@amandabacon128]

Omg nooo

[@treywilson9901]

They all got fun nicknames. Justin is Juice/Hoops, Griffin is Ditto, and Travis is Scraps

[@araa5422]

@@treywilson9901 i think Juice is Justin's bastardized version of "Grif" and "Trav", but i rlly do love that griffin is Ditto, etc

[@jaydenapollo5337]

It took me SO LONG, like 2 years of listening to McElroy content, to realize that they were calling Griffin “Ditto” as a nickname (I assume he mimicked his brothers when he was younger like the Pokémon or something) and not just using the term “ditto” extremely wrong

[@treywilson9901]

@@jaydenapollo5337 It's actually a reference to Hi & Lois. The two baby twins are Dot and Ditto

[@sasukuto]

My favorite part of "Monster Factory" was when the boys spent like 2 years saying "Pretty soon this show is only going to be on our channel!" And then basically as soon as it actually started only being on this channel they just stopped making them.

[@lukewoodward4658]

almost at the year anniversary of the death of monster factory

[@ryanw3874]

i forgot about this show and came here expecting to have a backlog to watch but no ;_;

[@BaconMcSwagger]

People got offended that the faces were starting to look like real people with deformities so they decided to stop doing them.

[@StoutShako]

@@BaconMcSwagger Shit, is that the real reason? Sad to hear.

[@aplant9980]

@@BaconMcSwagger that makes me want to lie on my bed and stare at the ceiling for all eternity

[@sethbacon7490]

On this episode of Hapsburg Factory, Justin and Griffin accelerate history.

[@iciajay6891]

European royalty, the crappy genetics that ruled the world.

[@hazycosmicchild9672]

Family tree? You mean family wreath

[@vwalkersperling]

The character didn't even start looking too far out of the realm of what the Hapsburgs ended up with until 6 and a half minutes in, which I think says more about the Hapsburgs than Justin and Griffin.

[@tomakeyoumylamb]

Toe to tip, that's a Charles II!

[@silversaige6066]

this is the funniest comment thank you for this lmfao

[@MiseFreisin]

"...*finally* been cast to hell at 0 years of age..." yikes

[@Tommyvercetti_yt]

Probably didn’t go to confession lol

[@molybdenumrose]

to be fair, he was a *very* bad baby

[@Jiemboh]

Long 8 months for everyone else in the kingdom.

[@Musicanimedork01]

It was a *hell* of a pregnancy

[@CodfishJoe]

even the game mechanics hated this little bastard

[@gunkwizardry]

AMAB: assigned married at birth

[@orangeismyfavoritecolor]

Arranged marriages be like

[@weneedaladder8384]

"Everybody hates your guts because of all your negative characteristics!" is a phrase I would love to work into more conversations if only I was capable of fully burning social bridges.

[@ApotheosisTK117]

Griffin's utterly hopeless panic at the realization that every single other character in the game hated his king's rotten little soul absolutely killed me. My stomach hurts from laughing and I blame you, McElroy. Premium speedrun, boys.

[@sweetssandbox3526]

“Lustful Baby is a character archetype you don’t see that much”

[@Mike_Jones1980]

Someone forgot about Blade and Soul...

[@planetslime]

What’s up, you lustful baby?

[@joyphil4399]

I know people might not be particularly interested in this anecdote, but my favourite production of Macbeth features a twelve-year-old as Malcolm, the son of the murdered king. I still very much remember the extended speech about the endless cistern of lust which he possesses, and shall fill once he becomes king.

[@dragoniraflameblade]

There's Who Framed Roger Rabbit. And yes, it's worse in the book.

[@mobius273]

@@dragoniraflameblade was just about to mention baby herman

[@Lowekinder]

We've found him. The cool baby.

[@ArloMathis]

How does this not have more likes lmao

[@apollomars1678]

he was cool after 8 month.

[@adwutals]

You found them in a trash can the trash can that all the scientists throw the chemicals in

[@emmaphipps8037]

griffin mcelroy: [gives a baby gout and typhus] also griffin mcelroy: i’m surprised this baby is dying

[@Mind_Idiot]

"And now for a very special Sawbones, with guest Griffin McElroy - Why you shouldn't give a baby gout and typhus"

[@GippyHappy]

Well to be fair, gout isn’t deadly, it’s like arthritis.

[@emmaphipps8037]

@@GippyHappy hmmm okay show me a live baby with arthritis

[@GippyHappy]

@@emmaphipps8037 Unfortunately I don't have any babies, alive or dead, for the presentation.

[@abj6920]

"Boy oh boy I sure as hell hope they do better in their NEXT round of crusader kings 3" I tell myself, embodying a character in waiting for godot

[@emilysmith2965]

Nothing to be done

[@Saiaxs]

“I didn’t know you’d have to do diplomacy” They have no idea how deep and depraved this amazing game/series gets

[@myfbusters]

There is nothing so disappointing as when they skipped over Adamite, the religious option that lets you just be a nudist

[@idiotfiend4584]

I want to like this but I can't because you have a perfect 69 likes

[@leiram8833]

Can you imagine that body without clothes on? I can't.

[@beep_beep_]

@@leiram8833 I don't want to imagine it 😰

[@WaitHowDidIGetHere]

Knights Templar! Open up!

[@gayflower900]

@@idiotfiend4584 Nice

[@ZorakGoesOn]

Griffin mousing over the Christian religions and not clicking Adamitism, the actual funniest religion in game because it makes characters nudists, is deeply tragic

[@adamwise1111]

Something to keep in mind for next time, I hope.

[@squidlump]

It you!!!

[@2fortsmostwanted]

Boost this so we can get it in the next episode

[@terryeubanks8797]

I was devastated when they didn't click it

[@benjireil4243]

can i convert to this religeon? i was raised mormon, but it is a cult, and im in the market for a nother faith and also my tits are basically flawless

[@victorionious]

Never has there been a more effective advertisement for a game I've never heard of

[@fauxrowsdower7610]

Right?? I never buy games because there’s a recession on but i might get this one I really need to make a gay Jewish king of England and see what happens

[@Whimsly]

"Count Beetlejuice-Beetlejuice of Dal's soul has finally been cast to hell at 0 years of age" goodnight sweet vassal prince

[@NationalDevin]

When they bring up the point about having a front and side view, and it reminded me of the first game I ever played that let you edit your appearance, which was Mass Effect. I remember spending SOOO much time working on him, looking at him from only the front, and thinking, "Damn, this man looks heroic" Only to then see the monster I created in the side profile. His face reminded me of the base of a street cone, with the rest of the face pointing outward by a gross degree from the nose.

[@Ajbolt89]

One of the personality traits was Rowdy and I'm so sad they didn't choose it.

[@c.m.880]

Because it’s reserved for the Junker and Garrettttttt

[@rylie8989]

Can't believe they didn't make a rowdy boy :(

[@sansfromcoolmathgames]

Boss Baby is looking a little more fucked up than I remember.

[@LimeyLassen]

*Big Boss Baby

[@vasaus]

Its like how you arent really supposed to grow certain plants past a specific growth stage. Boss baby was supposed to be harvested as a baby now we gotta throw the whole thing out to compost.

[@armleg]

@Vas Saus This image is driving me wild. Farm-fresh boss babies.

[@Foervraengd]

“I dont wanna pick a swedish name just because other names are funny to us” I know grandmas named “gun” so yeah nah you def missed a golden opportunity here

[@lyro3079]

My grannys name is Gun! Gunnar (for the grandpas) works too

[@sbencer]

oh for sure, swedish names are a veritable goldmine of untapped comedy potential! on that note i recently heard an american youtuber pronounce "knut" as NUT and i don't think i'll ever recover from that.

[@MilitaryPyroMutt]

@@vickaboop It's a drawn out 'u', similar to 'Noot'.

[@amanda6981]

@@vickaboop K-new-t, the K is never dropped in swedish lol

[@frostflaggermus]

@@vickaboop yeah, another scandinavian here, we do not drop the K. that's more of an english thing.

[@KenPurchase]

Every time this comes up in my youtube recs, I get a littler bit sadder that even more time has passed since the last Monster Factory. I hope it comes back some day

[@leiram8833]

I'm right there with you.

[@JazzyFizzleDrummers]

Yeah... . . . yeah.

[@BaconMcSwagger]

People got offended that the faces were starting to look like real people with deformities so they decided to stop doing them.

[@mattp928]

@@BaconMcSwagger where did they say that?

[@BaconMcSwagger]

@@mattp928 it was on a podcast. If you go on the monster factory subreddit. There’s a post about it there.

[@tomhudson8405]

I know Griffin has a Greedy, Wrathful, Stubborn, Impatient baby of his own now but I NEED a follow-up to this!

[@shadowsnake94]

this is what happens when your dad is also your uncle for 6 straight generations

[@planarbindings]

as a swede i’m wildly excited about this representation we’re getting

[@RatBrain]

Please send me snus

[@theWeaverofTales]

This one's for the swedes 🎵

[@Narokkurai]

Ok but what's Dal's deal? Were they just a bunch of hipsters who didn't want to be Swedish or Norwegian? Are they where the Dalish Elves come from?

[@gunnysmack3163]

Last name twinsies

[@muckschmuck1853]

@@Narokkurai Dal means Valley, and is a part of Sweden! (It's called Dalsland now and is a province)

[@rebeccagolding4702]

So you're just going to ignore the sentence 'Count Beetlejuice-Beetlejuice of Dal's soul has finally been cast to hell'?

[@mozarteanchaos]

at 0 years of age

[@JormungandrTheWorldSerpent]

And he was known for “his excellent skills as a steward and ruler” He was 8 months old. What could he have actually done?

[@RoboBoddicker]

He was a wise and conscientious steward, and we're so glad he's finally in hell where he belongs. lol

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

@@JormungandrTheWorldSerpent He made plenty of fertilizer for the crops, he did.

[@TACHENRY]

It's the "finally" that kills me.

[@buggywing]

Justin's noise as 12:59 absolutely floors me. impeccable seagull call.

[@chaseonthefly]

Finally, a book accurate Joffrey Baratheon

[@moongem4489]

Griffin singing the names of illnesses to the tune of Mambo No. 5 absolutely made my day.

[@kquinnvandevelde1384]

The sound Griffin made when he clicked disfigured killed me

[@nerdychocobo]

"did they just iron mask him" 😂😂

[@tomsidwell4928]

19:16

[@jodeco]

Griffin turned into a whole damn fog horn

[@Mike_Jones1980]

That was the sound of his brain powering back up

[@kiapple422]

"this is our first baby griffin" this is Ratbaby erasure and I won't stand for it!

[@joshualuke7003]

Ya girl Ratbaby

[@SLUDGEWARE]

ratbaby is this guy's great grandmama

[@leiram8833]

And yet how quickly we forget Robert Downey Junior Jr... Smh 😑😑🙄

[@abj6920]

Okay, I have to actually get im this discourse, is Ray Baby actually a baby? In my headcannon she is incredibly old and wise, that's just her name

[@femmeknife8131]

@@abj6920 i think that she is super old in human years BUT she’s a baby of her species. which are vaping rats i guess? also i headcanon that she owns a bakery but the pastries are just so fucked up and bad because she uses vape cartridges for flavor

[@jordanhunter7052]

And when the world needed them most, they vanished.

[@jaydenapollo5337]

God I know they’re busy and stressed and I’m sure have gotten some controversy about this series for SOMETHING but I really miss Monster Factory. New ones are literally the only things that I watch that actually gets me to laugh uncontrollably. When I’m in a rough spot I rewatch them. Take y’all’s time of course but man do I miss it. Rewatching them should suffice though

[@joshualuke7003]

It got shelved because it could be seen as ‘ableist’. Never mind that it actually helped out a lot of struggling people and brought them such much needed laughs, someone on Twitter was offended. Please be vocal about this if you’re upset about it.

[@jaydenapollo5337]

@@joshualuke7003 I guess it could be ableist? Specifically for character creators that don't let you get as silly with the proportions. Laughing at a deformity and labeling people that might look similar as "monsters", but I don't see why that would stop them from doing completely "out there" episodes like with Truck Shepard, the woodworking one, or the Skyrim mini series. I feel like there would be a better way to tweak and continue the series without just getting rid of it completely. I don't even know where I would be vocal about it? Do I tweet at them or something?

[@skootties]

@@joshualuke7003 did wittle baby get his entertainment taken away by the mean old disabled people? poor you

[@jaydenapollo5337]

@@skootties Hey now, there's no need to be like that. I totally understand it's difficult to see people who don't understand ableism well, I'm both mentally and physically disabled, but you shouldn't insult them over it. It comes from a place of not understanding, not hate. The series was ableist, but the solution to completely discontinue it seems rash. I think they could return to it by just doing strickly nonhuman or very absurd creatures- things like the Spore series and the guy made of wood. Calling someone a baby because they don't understand why something is wrong isn't productive at all and isn't going to change anyone's mind; it's simply just mean.

[@skootties]

@@jaydenapollo5337 "someone on twitter was offended" is not coming from a place of ignorance. that is a deliberate reframing of the issue to put the focus on the people with the audacity to point out a problem rather than on the problem itself. lecturing that person on ableism will get you nowhere because they could not give two shits about it.

[@phiphisaysunsubscribe]

"Why would you let us do this?!?!?" is a question that could be asked in any episode of monster factory

[@Eeter26]

Bruh your pfp has a cool art style, what’s the source?

[@phiphisaysunsubscribe]

@@Eeter26 It's from a game called The World Ends with You! It came out on the DS and there's a port on both switch and iOS/Android, it's a seriously underrated game that's finally getting a sequel this year + a dope looking anime based on the original game I really really recommend it, also thank you for asking lmaooooo I got to talk a bit about my favorite game

[@Eeter26]

@@phiphisaysunsubscribe thanks man, that sound really cool actually.

[@kittyshippercavegirl]

@@phiphisaysunsubscribe TWEWY Fans in the wild! :D

[@phiphisaysunsubscribe]

@@kittyshippercavegirl hell yeah :D

[@tokidoki3405]

8 months means he spent longer in the womb than he did on this earth and honestly it may in fact have been a mercy (for him AND us)

[@smactork]

"They had their own stuff they were going through" is the BEST explanation for people in medieval times to get zonked

[@coltonmcallister7683]

The reason the follow up to this episode is taking so long is because griffin is studying medieval history and elite CK3 strats to min max his next play through

[@nateszigeti3653]

"why would they let us do this" is exactly the phrase we come here to witness

[@banannarama]

I love how when they got to "personality" they just started making Henry VIII

[@XerxesTexasToast]

This is the comment that finally broke me.

[@tuzikopalo]

"Count Beetlejuice-Beetlejuice of Dal soul has finally been cast to hell at 0 years of age" is such a powerful sentence

[@How-Do-I-Nezzy]

"...Hey, Juice? [...] Did we make a horse?" Me: Ah, they finally noticed

[@MattyChap]

I wish they would play this game long enough to get to the point where they make a horse the leader of the Holy Roman Empire, or whatever, just so we could get their reactions.

[@MentalVideographer]

@@MattyChap Glitterhoof?

[@nquinn91]

@@MentalVideographer Glitterhoof rides again!

[@intereality]

If they selectively bred for limblessness would they eventually end up with a Torsey?

[@MentalVideographer]

@@intereality Norse to Torse?

[@MrGrim]

Dont chicken out, when you're this close to art is the best thing i have ever heard

[@spiritsiphon]

RIP Monster Factory... this series helped me make it through the most painful years of my life and it will be dearly missed and fondly remembered.

[@joshualuke7003]

Your feelings don't matter unless you performatively act offended on twitter and tie your personal baggage to your minority status and hold everyone else accountable for it. Try that, maybe they'll resurrect the series if you say it's offensive to people with depression and anxiety that they took away a source of joy from you or something. Also stick in that you're non-binary or something to be safe.

[@AP-uj2fg]

@@joshualuke7003 Sometimes people just bring up concerns without being performative, you know. Just because you're not hurt doesn't mean someone else isn't.

[@spiritsiphon]

@@joshualuke7003 bruh just chill

[@Fredbob392]

@@joshualuke7003 What on earth are you talking about?

[@Cableties]

@@Fredbob392 they stopped doing monster factory because the character creaters in newer games make it harder to make non-humans. And the more human looking creations offend people on twitter

[@haj9337]

Absolutely devastated that they didn’t keep going with the McRib thing and call him Geralt McRibia

[@Joel-tm7xq]

I love when they find something unexpected and go quiet as if they don't want the game to realise what it's letting them do.

[@iamokayfather8934]

Please boys.. you've cut me off cold turkey.... I need my monster factory I'm dying out here, I've watched em all and it's been 6 months PLEAAASSSEE

[@boredwarlock5216]

Some say that the old Monster Factory lies abandoned. But on the night of the new moon, ye can still smell the sulfurous black clouds billowing out those old smoke stacks. And little Jimmy swears one night he saw a light a'flicking through yonder broken window, and the shadow of those 2 brothers running.... running...

[@memoriam.victoriam]

they literally created Charles II of Spain i love it

[@Donteatacowman]

I was wondering when someone was going to clown on the Habsburgs in here

[@alilaro]

Okay, but unironically this game's character customization is actually really awesome. Good for them.

[@elliot_rat]

if the game lets you make abominations of god then its a good game

[@Pytas23]

I'm sad they didn't remark on the fact that Count Beetlejuice-Beetlejuice was *FINALLY cast to hell* at the age of 8 months.

[@RadioactiveCheese0]

The thought of everyone despising a sick baby is making me lose it

[@cheer90099]

rest in peace monster factory, we will never see the return of beetlejuice-beetlejuice of house beetlejuice

[@mottski1]

Bald high eyebrows face looks eerily like handsome squidward.

[@autumnmarilyn5216]

Lol I love your pfp

[@ahobbit1273]

Definitely thought the same thing 😂

[@KO-vb4tg]

I was just thinking that!

[@terryeubanks8797]

Justin: "No one saw this coming." Every Crusader Kings 3 player: "That baby's gonna die immediately."

[@jirzetta]

Really, the unexpected thing is that it survived a whole *8 months*.

[@ez-ru3do]

he looks like the boy mayor of second lifes son

[@stopmefoamjumping]

Despite their similarities (and possible blood relation), The Boy Mayor of Second Life would never associate with Beetlejuice-Beetlejuice even if it killed him

[@blarg2429]

The boy tyrant of third life, Beetlejuice-Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

[@Paraves426]

His distant ancestor

[@TheRealAtello]

Boy Duke

[@coltonmcallister7683]

It’s a shame they didn’t continue with another more healthy but equally messed up looking character because when you have kids in this game they actually look similar to your character. It’s like an in fiction random face feature

[@emoboy42069]

I want more of this PLEASE I would love another episode where the child doesn’t die instantly as you said. It could be the same child or a new one. This should be an ongoing thing I love it

[@Jackallleo]

God this is the best episode in a while and that’s saying something because most episodes of Monster Factory are instant modern classics

[@COLDCHEMICALpresents]

I have not laughed this hard in *months*, holy shit.

[@ragggen]

I gotta say hearing Griffin say my name was an out of body experience

[@Neandertron]

holy shit guys, it's beetlejuice!

[@stopmefoamjumping]

Did he say it right?

[@ragggen]

@@stopmefoamjumping he said it as right as one could expect of an English speaker, really!

[@solveigg]

How is it really pronounced?

[@myettechase]

ok this is the most actively monstrous creations ever to emerge from this series

[@OkamiG15]

How soon we forget Truck Shephard

[@myettechase]

@@OkamiG15 that was God’s mistake, not the boys’

[@armleg]

This baby has a flesh ‘stache where his lips go

[@grantmiller8014]

trüllbus: the crime eater has entered the chat

[@jasonpetitjean8332]

Just popping in to say that I miss Monster Factory. That's it. I love you.

[@coy457]

This has instantly become the episode I’m gonna show ppl who’ve never watched Monster Factory before

[@Willothemask]

When Justin said he played ten minutes of the game and got bored I remembered when my wife had an affair with my son and plotted to depose me so my son could rule with his mother wife and I just thought "Boy howdy are you in for a surprise"

[@kwarra-an]

I can't believe they allowed that to happen in their own game that they created for people to actually play and experience

[@blarg2429]

Man, if their plot had succeeded you'd probably have needed to stop playing Crusader Kings for a while to sort out your domestic affairs. How bothersome, right?

[@Willothemask]

@@kwarra-an Check a history book my dude, the medieval period was WILDIN In fact it was Wild and Out with Nick Cannon Wildin.

[@TealOpal]

this didn't happen in crusader kings iii it was real

[@Arrakiz666]

Not in game of course, that just sorta happened in real life while you were playing Crusader Kings. Truly magical this game is.

[@sophie1307]

At 9:41 Justin saying “don’t chicken out when you’re this close to art” is gold

[@JimJamTheAdmin]

This line really resonates with me. I've spent a good amount of time doing really dumb stuff in videogames and this has quickly become my anthem.

[@Zaldeen519]

Even though it's Pandemic times, I'm glad the McElroys can come tour in Sweden, even if it is as the envoys of a boy king ruling over a county I've never fucking heard of and probably only existed in viking times

[@Zaldeen519]

Oh it's Dalsland. I'm stupid. My mom's friend is from there

[@ElfRightsActivist]

Dal is now Dalsland and it is still on the Norwegian border

[@beevertask]

It's indeed now Dalsland, where i'm from, and you can go visit the ruins of Dalaborg or view a model of what it might have looked like in the local museum. Pretty wild to see it in this video for sure!

[@joshvangilder]

Not that y'all will see this, but I have to say that I always keep an eye out for monster factory. You guys are the best at improv and very few things make me gut laugh, but monster factory always makes me laugh to tears! I'm always with you for monster factories

[@gaarakamaru]

Boys please I know Griffin had a real baby and there's a lot of other stuff going on but it's been 6 months.... I NEED the sequel

[@TenArashi]

I love how they don't let him murder someone because he's a child, but he already has the trait 'murderer' and the other characters hate him for it In the world of Crusader Kings, children are allowed exactly ONE (1) murder.

[@anonymous71207]

As a treat

[@McBehrer]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that

[@fangirlstampede3065]

If he’s a good boy, he can have another one for Christmas.

[@WillBilliam]

Like he is literally a cannibal, where the hell is the line and when was it crossed?

[@lemeres2478]

Well yeah. As a dad, you feel it is awkward to talk to your kids about murder, but then you find a blood knfie in his drawer, and then he says he is holding it for a friend. And then you've gotta have "The talk".

[@g00dbyemisterA]

I have stumbled onto the long foretold treasure of the forbidden monster factory

[@Alison.taylor.c]

oh and what an episode to start with... wow

[@PostalAngular]

oh wow you got in the door early somehow yeah

[@notbot2648]

Welcome to the party! Please take a name tag, and feel free to help yourself to anything at the open buffet.

[@ribby9069]

Welcome! I recommend the knife dad episode - that game don’t know can’t!

[@PostalAngular]

@@ribby9069 i think what they're saying is they found the new episode while it was still unlisted, not that this is their first monster factory

[@HillsideVids]

"Count Beetlejuice-Beetlejuice of Dal's soul has finally been cast to hell at 0 years of age." now THAT'S a legacy. when everyone around is like "FINALLY! fuck... can't believe we spent 8 whole months with that asshole"

[@cscotch1127]

i can't believe its been over 6 months since the last monster factory

[@TheMaskedMarauder0]

Pleas bring monster factory back!!! It’s so many people’s happy place

[@evansmith6552]

I would absolutely watch a whole series of the McElroy's play crusader kings

[@mobius273]

Unfortunately idk if either of them have the attention span or will power to commit to that

[@dandeliondew]

"not enough people allow you to use all the paints in the jar" what a beautiful and apt metaphor!

[@DaveVaderify]

Goddamn, this top tier monster factory right here.

[@Vengedyr]

I can't get over how great it is that this baby was renowned for his stewardship. At eight months old!

[@rancidprince3133]

15:35 Griffin referring to the Protestant reformation as Luther getting in there and getting silly with it sent me

[@tabaquaberry]

the bishop looking so much like justin had me laughingnto the point of tears in my eyes sEnd heLP

[@-Liska]

Monster Factory: Habsburg Edition

[@neighandwhinnymchorse2100]

That one portrait of Charles II *really* doesn't look too dissimilar from a Monster Factory joint

[@-Liska]

@@neighandwhinnymchorse2100 I'm waiting for the Sawbones crossover ep

[@percymcplop]

"Griffin, can you spend 7 research points to create pants?" Good to know Justin's keeping his priorities straight Damnit, I just choked on my drink at the throat noise Justin made at 9:30

[@lizardbrain_art]

Justin's near-death experiences every time he finds something funny are the highlight of every episode

[@kuinoaaa5720]

I personally think 12:58 is a treasure to behold

[@percymcplop]

@@lizardbrain_art Agreed!

[@percymcplop]

@@kuinoaaa5720 that's a good one too - but I prefer 9:27 because the monster they're making is so powerful that Justin interrupts himself mid sentence with a laugh and I love it so much

[@NationalDevin]

Jaw angle makes all the difference between "Hercules" and "Hades" from the Disney film.

[@SwerveStarEx]

The "69 Nice" thing is normally not a joke I find funny but the sheer audacity of them to include that as an Easter Egg set me up perfectly for "Beetlejuice-Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" to make me laugh so hard I literally cried in the middle of lunch.

[@risxra]

It’s like game developers have started using more complicated character customizers specifically for Griffin and Justin

[@TheRealAtello]

"More control can't be bad. What's the worst that can happen?" The worst that can happen:

[@katealittle]

and for that let us give thanks

[@chalk6554]

i mean, ck2's character creator literally let you be a horse or a polar bear. if anything ck3 doesnt give you enough control!

[@brenosilvamorais2510]

@@chalk6554 but you do this evil spawn in ck2, you didn't have this level control of the face

[@nicholaskauten1788]

At some point, they crossed into "what if the Crystal Skull aliens from the Shia Labeouf movie and a human had a child" territory

[@nicholaskauten1788]

This dude's whole situation got so wild so fast

[@rorygiambalvo2955]

I haven't heard them laugh this hard this often at a monstr factory creation in a while. God bless. I was legitimately concern Justin might pass out from laughing at one point.

[@misterkingdom3571]

Griffin! Justin! Come back! This has the potential to be the funniest monster factory yet. I want them to try and beat this game.

[@julielaughs14]

16:42 "He's ZERO!!" The raw disbelief in Griffin's voice here ended me

[@olliew6642]

I am ill, and when his mouth was opened I laughed so hard that I nearly passed out.

[@frogpillow8880]

hope you feel better soon

[@olliew6642]

@@frogpillow8880 Thanks Frog Pillow. I'm much better now

[@lucasflowers2774]

@@olliew6642 glad to hear it!

[@Xzeihoranth]

"No one watching this would understand it." Justin, that 'how i make bread' video still haunts me.

[@Corephoenix]

Link?

[@Xzeihoranth]

@@Corephoenix kzbin.info/www/bejne/hn6liX1vfpijgK8 Justin makes a reference to it in the Jim Johnman episode.

[@Corephoenix]

@@Xzeihoranth thank you my dude

[@Neandertron]

@@Xzeihoranth it's also illegal to watch in britain which is very exciting and mysterious

[@garfieldbrooks]

@@Neandertron the how i make bread guy isn't welcome back in britain

[@QWIKGAMES]

You guys seriously need to play Kenshi on steam. The character creation in that game is insanity. It's arguably even crazier than modded Skyrim.

[@kittykat490]

Im glad there arent many games that allow this level of monstrosity because i always forget how deeply Genuine Body Horror this series can get and get to experience all over again the wonderful combo of cringing with horror and discomfort while also scream laughing

[@very_much]

Beetlejuice-Beetlejuice Beetlejuice: *exists* Literally everyone: How fucking DARE you

[@trollololol4601]

Honoured that Batman enjoys the same KZbin I do

[@WillBilliam]

“What?! No, I’m not sending my kid to your court you little turd!”