Critrole Animatic: Molly Knew Things [EP 89]

Edit: english captions for memes. English (United States) captions for regular captions that are also not messed up fonts
In which Jester speaks of a god
All sketches shittily drawn on Photoshop CC and slapped together with the audio in Sony Vegas Pro 13
also its my bday, happy bday to me
The sudden style change is due to the fact that i made like 15 seconds of this video last month and did all the rest yesterday... mb abt that

[@aaronberry9334]

Jester: "Think of Molly! He was so smart!" Taliesin, Molly's creator: *[immediately laughs]*

[@ravenartistofficial]

He knew man, he knew it was just bullshit that made him LOOK smart and I love it!

[@tacothecat1604]

I mean he was the one who rolled his INT stat, so he knows better than anyone

[@tawesssoabbox]

Yeah Molly was and idiot... the gods favourite idiot... Now what he was, was insightful and quick of thought... That can get you very far in life. Until it all comes to a point at least.

[@damiensharman135]

Molly's intelligence of 11: you're joking, right?

[@boser2562]

@@tawesssoabbox 11 int is average commoner in dnd but yea

[@YoshiOombaa]

Jester: "MOLLY KNEW THINGS, MOLLY KNEW THINGS!" Molly previously: "I dont know ANYTHING, its part of my charm"

[@huilgnerlotteotaviano555]

"I know that I know nothing" socrates/ molly

[@malikwest8367]

@@noblefrankfurt9027 barely

[@callumreilly9107]

To be fair to Jester, her perception of a god is "a quirky and entertaining friend who knows stuff she doesn't". Just look at the Traveler

[@WiseDelilah]

Oh damn, you're right. That changes perspectives.

[@symphony_in_plaid4592]

aaawwwWWWWWW 😭

[@chromatic_fate7114]

LMFAO

[@seanmurphy3430]

"I don't know ANYTHING. It's part of my charm!" -Mollymauk Tealeaf

[@folkuey_artster]

Absolutely amazing quote to being up for this XD 👏👏

[@chromatic_fate7114]

It truly is his charm

[@Ashezth]

And to stay on track Caduceus also, knows nothing. xD

[@Kadel___]

@@noblefrankfurt9027 Actually he didn't lol. At least not until Cree told him.

[@김민지-k4p]

The faces, that quick flash of Molly's INT stat, the pyramids in Jester's eyes, Caleb's quick "What's a shotgun?" Yasha's Sensible Chuckle... It's killing me, I love this so much

[@zucc3446]

김민지 00:14 for reference

[@crazy8286]

its even funner with the captions on my dude

[@rolasmola9641]

Just a reminder that 11 is still above average intelligence. You don't have to be Wizard smart to think that Tarot cards are a scam.

[@myrrhfortheroad]

@@crazy8286 Dude, you’re so right! Those captions are gold!

[@danieloceansmith3156]

Wait molly had a int of 1?! I thought he at least had an int of 5!

[@vin9693]

"whats a shotgun" PEAK dnd humour is when someone brings up something modern just go 'whats that?'

[@coleslaww4346]

One of my party members wants his magnum opus in our campaign world is that he wants to invent the donut 🍩

[@michaelbryant3640]

"I read about something called 'Bad News' over in Tal'Dorei..."

[@damiwayne8289]

Michael Bryant that was a rifle though

[@woflield]

@@damiwayne8289 Percy did make a Blunderbuss, he used it to shoot out the wheels of a carriage at one point I remember

[@spaceapricot4855]

Made the mistake to refer to the bathhouse as a swimming pool today and got pestered for at least 5 minutes by the other pc’s

[@jetvulcan2020]

I love that basically a god has become such a critical role punch line.

[@mistamemewide]

How to say “I’m going to die!” In Critical Role “we’re basically gods!”

[@rhaegnarok]

Its only a punchline till it isn't :D

[@codytheisen5655]

That and anything that involves the word "Goldfish". But "We're basically gods" is a lot easier to work in and an easier call back.

[@codytheisen5655]

@@rhaegnarok Nah, considering what happened when it was said in C1, I'm pretty sure it'll remain a punchline for quite some time.

[@wolfenrichtophen6010]

*if you believe hard nouf its true*

[@bigbrainenergyguy]

I now love the idea that Molly's spirit is watching over the Nein, and he's laughing his ass off most of the time.

[@chromatic_fate7114]

It is officially cannon

[@bigfatcarp93]

@@chromatic_fate7114 You mean canon. Or you mean that Molly's spirit is an artillery weapon. Which, gonna be honest, I don't hate.

[@chromatic_fate7114]

@@bigfatcarp93 the former. But the latter sounds fucking helarious

[@CertifiedRookAppreciator]

I could see him as some awesome ghost cannon just watching over the nien. Something bad coming? Gatta knock some sense into them with a big ol cannon ball of *stop being stupid, you lovely idiots*

[@chromatic_fate7114]

@@CertifiedRookAppreciator 😂😂😂

[@mllwcrmpmpkn]

"...and he was basically a god..." "He wasn't." The good quality Molly sketch transitioning to the bad quality Molly sketch is fuckin amazing

[@aromaladyellie]

I love that the scribble just floats around in the background.

[@danielahelfer9933]

When Jester said 'He was basically a god' I just imagine Molly swandiving off a cliff Keyleth' style

[@Ilicia16]

Like that Old Spice commercial?

[@bizzybuzz2198]

"F*ck it, let's do crazy" *300ft cliff dive intensifies*

[@lurchlasagne6346]

With a platter of fruits, wearing nothing but a tapestry.

[@graxal8076]

I imagined Molly drinking tea and doing shots with the traveler as he makes the calls in the background.

[@8Bitnoobgamer]

Swandive off a cliff, but instead of landing on the rocks at the bottom, he lands on a glaive

[@BubuOwO]

My favorite molly moment was when he told nott she didnt know as much as she think she does and nott has 16 int and he was described as "barely literate"

[@TheAnonyomusGuy]

Molly may not been book-smarts but he knew people

[@nbv6975]

And Taliesin Jaffe has said that Molly is “functionally illiterate” due to his lack of interest in reading, which makes that quote even funnier

[@akrinornoname2769]

I mean, that quote works very well when directed at people smarter than you. Just because you stupider than them doesn't mean they're immune to hubris.

[@willnelson9906]

@@akrinornoname2769 and caleb was the one teaching nott shit at the time, and caleb is filled to the brim with hubris

[@Sogeking995]

will nelson Molly was filled to the brim with Hubris... and sadly moments like this are why I don’t remember Molly so fondly. I wish he weren’t gone, but he caused such a rift between Caleb/Nott and everyone else early on that it was almost painful to watch. Not to mention his ridiculous backstory would have overshadowed everyone (again). Cad is exactly what the party needed, both mechanically and with RP.

[@ScreamingInTheV0id]

Okay but the level of irony of Marisha saying he wasn't a god is amazing because of "we're golden gods" keyfish is amazing

[@FoxHound-ut1hu]

And her weird thing about calling Jester a god, seriously she doesn't get how clerics work.

[@worm8245]

PLEASE RELEASE INDIVIDUAL PNGS OF ALL THE MEME IMAGES I BEG OF THEE OH POWERFUL ART MASTER

[@MaruSouza]

UADUHASD Well, I compiled all the images I used into this drive, though they are weirdly cropped and some are.. well.. not put together. but alas, here it is: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1sqmyi-28gVruL-L2bMSyt2H3ukOoBflq?usp=sharing

[@worm8245]

@@MaruSouza Thank you for your service.

[@chromatic_fate7114]

@@MaruSouza I am officially using all of these as reaction images to every text I have from now on. These are just pure perfection

[@charliescheirmann2926]

13 a and b are golden

[@michaelfradley6950]

13b KILLS me I love it so much

[@BloodyBart888]

Jester turned Artagan into a god by sheer power of belief, who's to say she can't do the same to Molly

[@skoigetti]

Holy shit you're right

[@beholdnonsense5100]

Tbh the whole fandom could get behind her and do it

[@calnoseworthy1220]

dear lord imagine what a pantheon that would be.

[@CryptidCritter]

@@calnoseworthy1220 It would basically be like the Dionysians: Chaos. Also, can I just say that I totally would be on board with this? Like...I see it being a Chaotic Good Religion, where the main point is to leave everything better than what your found it, but then like....also cause ridiculous amounts of chaos.

[@celesdiamon8421]

My counter point: Artagan is still alive, Molly ain't!

[@johnandersenjr4731]

I love how besides Yasha, Beau was the most effected by Molly's death, and yet in a heart beat she'll admit that he was totally full of crap

[@chadnorris8257]

Molly had to die, so he could ascend to godhood. It all makes sense.

[@harbinger3546]

This aged well

[@kaikozuki3718]

@@harbinger3546 Like the finest of wines

[@Styxintheriver]

YALL

[@TheSpencermacdougall]

Oh you have no idea op. You have no idea. Lmao. (It's funny cause it's true)

[@AshNotKatchum]

This aged very very well

[@indianna1549]

THE CAPTIONS ADD A WHOLE NEW LAYER TO AN ALREADY INCREDIBLE VIDEO

[@incandescent.numinousity]

Thank you for this revelation. Even more re-watching of a mastapiece. (note for the creator: "brilliant" has two Ls)

[@LordVader1094]

@@incandescent.numinousity Let's hope they don't disappear since youtube is removing community captions

[@crov.0375]

@@LordVader1094 w h a t

[@KevinMacku]

[Struggleau] I'M DEAD

[@NafenX]

Omfg I already had watched this three times but thank you for this, I'm. Dying. Now 😹 😹 😹 😹 😹

[@Eggs_hatching]

i loved caleb whispering around the corner like an evesdropper

[@pidgeonpatrol861]

JESTER ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE ANOTHER GOD.

[@tuesdaynext7370]

I mean, I feel like being a cleric of Molly would be a much healthier cleric-god relationship than the one Jester's currently in.

[@pidgeonpatrol861]

@@tuesdaynext7370 Now I wonder what powers Molly would give. Which domain would he be? Probably Trickery. But I think Twilight, Zeal, Ambition, or even Arcana (if Jester believing someone is a god can make them a god, then Jester believing someone has the power of the cards arcana can probably give them that power) could be interesting!

[@tuesdaynext7370]

@@pidgeonpatrol861 I really like the idea of Twilight Domain with Molly as a god! I think it would tie in pretty well with the "leave every place better than you found it" philosophy associated with him.

[@pidgeonpatrol861]

@@tuesdaynext7370 all I can think of is his cult's art of him evolving in the same way art of Saint Sebastian did.

[@tuesdaynext7370]

@@pidgeonpatrol861 I... I really want to homebrew this now.

[@thejanitor3337]

Two months after this video was released: Yeah, Molly is basically a god.

[@olivesantos1840]

even worse now lol

[@cassandragidney7682]

"He was basically a god." After meeting Artaghan, I understand exactly why she believes that...

[@allisonm4493]

Jester’s “MOLLY KNEW THINGS, MOLLY KNEW THINGS!” always breaks my heart... Great job on the video!!!

[@iwillcry]

Allison M poor Jester misses Molly :’(

[@Grim_Sister]

I miss him

[@uhkingdom]

Laura's acting was so good and so goddamn in tune with Jester that Sam's face during that part in the actual video is just him revving up his fanboy motors as he got a front row seat to pure 100% Laura-to-Jester transformation.

[@imjustwatching1964]

Respect to whoever wrote these subtitles because they are *ON POINT* . And i am not just talking about the language itself.

[@resdamalos]

Thank you for getting me to turn on the subtitles because they just turned my enjoyment of this animatic up to 11

[@chromatic_fate7114]

@@resdamalos same😂😂😂

[@tjmakes_]

This made me appreciate the “... if you shotgun blast (shotgun blast) things..” 😂😂

[@Koenna99]

"He was so smart" Molly who had the lowest INT of the group before Caduceus.... Holy crap why did this get so many likes?!

[@ramdarow4045]

But he had the highest charisma of them! He BSed his ass off!

[@1SunnyDaze0]

@@ramdarow4045 Molly had a charisma of 11!

[@HipsterKhan]

And here I am with the point buy minimum of eight intelligence...

[@1SunnyDaze0]

@@HipsterKhan Don't worry, Travis's campaign one character, Grog, only had 6 INT!

[@chromatic_fate7114]

@Dvlinhb Wait, Percy had an INT of 20?

[@eeveelicious2573]

‘Sensible chuckle’ had me pissing myself

[@dawnwojtkowiak2554]

Danger 5 is great

[@jerey42]

The most amazing part of this is how flawlessly Laura manged to basically walk Marisha into the 'he was basically a god' punchline. its the same thing she does with the Hag( and other cases). What makes a good trickster is making others think it was their idea or completely coincidental when you know where you want to lead them from the start

[@someonebored0100]

Jester: Molly was basically a god- Beau: He wasn't She wasn't having any of that shit she shot it down so quickly XD

[@HeathsHarleyQuinn]

It's a cr1 in joke, re Keyfish

[@hehehe88]

Jester has the power to make gods, i'd nip that in the bud as well.

[@georgeweasley54]

She knows intimately well what happens when PCs claim to be gods 😂😂

[@winstonpan6051]

Coming from the future maybe Jester was the real fortune tell all along

[@Tairine795]

"And he was basically a god" hits so different now

[@1stBadFriend]

"What's a shotgun?" Okay how many episodes until Caleb invents a super cool shotgun spell?

[@toshomni9478]

They do have guns now in this world thanks to Percy.

[@christopherbacon1077]

Considering that rifles and pistols are pretty common now It's only a matter of time before someone invents the shotgun

[@christopherbacon1077]

@@toshomni9478 And Ripley who unlike Percy deliberately spread the technology

[@Zekaz_Nohea]

Widoghasts Wicked Shotgun

[@jvanputten9669]

Jester: "Molly was basically a god" Matt Thinking to himself; "watch out what you wish for"

[@acasad7978]

Ok... But somehow, by the next campaign, jester accidentally elevated Molly to God status, like the traveler

[@andytheflag]

I’m imagining Jester with her hood up holding Molly’s symbol head down whispering to it. She goes to cast Sacred Flame and his symbol glows pinkish purple along with the spell. High above Molly smiling in glee as he gets his first cleric.

[@chromatic_fate7114]

@@andytheflag this made me cry. Thank you for sharing this vision of yours

[@zennyblades]

Molly wakes up from his grave in a cold sweat as he snaps to consciousness with the power of a chaotic good blood god of memes. He smiles and says under his breath"god dammit jester" as he gets up bare ass naked and puts on his rotten coat and begins his silly adventure as a wholesome edge lord god man thing.

[@winstonpan6051]

This aged beautifully

[@Shindenize]

I suddenly remembered that one time Jester asked how Molly got so good on reading tarot cards. Taliesen asked Laura if she knows the "forcing a card" trick (basically "forcing" secretly an audience to pick a card you want them to pick as pretend they picked a "random" card). Laura herself, doesn't know what it means, which also represents Jester not knowing that Molly basically tricked her. Such poetry.

[@1231237914]

Oh wow this is amazing, i just laughed my head off JFHSJSHABSBS THE BEST PART WAS LIAM PLAYFULLY SAYING "whats a shotgun" AND YOU DID CALEB ASKING HIMSELF QUIETLY AND HONESTLY CONFUSED/INTERESTED

[@yargolocus4853]

I can't get over how good this is. The original clip was good, but you made it several times better this way! Thank you for making my day.

[@adamklipp567]

Those suggestions became the truth.....oddly enough.

[@uhkingdom]

This is a god tier animation for the M9. I come back to it constantly.

[@uhkingdom]

I’m here again and was going to leave this comment again but then I saw that I already did that. Where are your million views you’re owed for this

[@Squiggl3art]

The facial expressions are so good oh my god

[@SylviaDragon]

"molly knew things!" that hits differently now.

[@xWinterstarex7]

Jester Lavorre maker of gods XD (I appreciate ghost Molly: Deep wheeze)

[@karo-kun2578]

"And he was basically a god." Oooooooh boy-

[@uhhok8296]

I love the pull back to Caleb whispering to himself, very good

[@louierose8969]

In light of recent developments, "basically a god" is pretty accurate

[@DanE-1212]

Long may he reign [Spoiler] It's because of this conversation that mollymauk came back. It was pure spite.

[@sheevpalpatine1105]

Jester: he was basically a God Neo Somnovum Lucien, 50 episodes later: aw thanks

[@Magus_Union]

*(stab stab stab)*

[@jp3achtr33p6]

Everyone breaking down and Yasha reading “sensible chuckle” is what really got me though well done 👍

[@Dramatic_Gaming]

"...And he was basically a god." I think there may have been something to those tarot cards after all, cuz now Jester's predicting the future.

[@Magus_Union]

*(The Somnovem have entered the chat)*

[@beeta137]

Her tarot reading for [spoiler character] was on point too. "Facing you is Death." Well, we all know who got the HDYWTDT...

[@o0Avalon0o]

Your expressions & editing make this a whole lot funnier. I don't have time to watch the full original show, but even without the full context, your dedication to quality makes it something even I can enjoy.

[@MaruSouza]

thats the nicest things ever thank you so much!!

[@Haybalesnail]

Molly knows* things Well, He seems kinda absent at the moment tbh XD

[@camerontroscianiec5320]

"And he was basically a god" Well...

[@riverofpaint4826]

MoLLy KnEw THiNgS!!!!!

[@luciver3222]

And now 3 month later we know... molly realy knew things

[@itsregal]

Anybody else back here thanks to the recent ep? MOLLY WAS SO SMART. "...Empty"

[@golfshores97]

"he wasn't" "We're gods!" -Marisha

[@chromatic_fate7114]

The fucking irony of Jester saying that Molly was a god is too much for me RN I can't even

[@zaincassis2612]

"Basically a god," kinda hits different now...

[@Paledomain]

god this aged ~horribly~ well

[@chaoz0123]

This video is getting better and better with every new episode

[@MaruSouza]

Oh god you tell me

[@WhiiteStag]

Omg this is all so beautiful. The close-ups during Beau struggling and Jester arguing back “He KNEW things,” Fjord laughing with Travis’s physique, the different color for the lines of past-Jester and past-Molly... There are just so many good points! Also the captions are just 😘👌💕

[@JesterC88]

This was fantastic. I love the way she says "Molly knew things" it always makes me laugh just thinking of it

[@aromaladyellie]

The very blunt yet baffled “He wasn’t.” And the transition to crappy doodle of Molly will always slay me.

[@gator_teeth]

Maybe Jester can just… make gods. Just speak ‘em into reality.

[@swiper-no-swiping]

wow this sure hits different today

[@MaruSouza]

swiper no swiping you tell me.....

[@Ask4This]

lol Caleb's "What's a shotgun?" These guys are great.

[@abramklaassen5656]

"Molly was basically a god" hasn't aged well has it...

[@annak.9483]

oh my god hahahahahah this is brilliant... all of it is amazing but Yasha holding the thing saying "Sensible Chuckle" sent me

[@Deelusi]

"he was basically a god" Comes with a whole new meaning now 🤣

[@Ryquard1]

Well, Lucien indeed knew things

[@raytheuglymusician2453]

The artstyle and the subtle jokes are so DISGUSTINGLY good.

[@benmccabe1976]

I can hear Molly Laughing in his grave right now

[@alycias7345]

i rewatch this at least once a week for sustenance

[@alycias7345]

every week

[@alycias7345]

every week

[@TheSpencermacdougall]

He's basically a God has taken a whole new meaning lately (honestly, most things related to Molly has. I both hate and love it.)

[@QuackEternal]

I love how Matt, Liam and Taliesin all have the same laugh and Travis’ is such a dad laugh

[@Max2ds]

Caleb: “what’s a shotgun...?” Molly would know

[@goodyb0y556]

Man this aged... so well!

[@Ellisepha]

"He was basically a god" Well that aged like fine wine, didn't it

[@archy_balt]

- Molly was basically a god! This line aged well

[@AlleyArtisticDTW]

Hits different after 111

[@jodracona2722]

“He was basically a god!” “N-no.... nah”

[@nickhoover9419]

god, i cant stop coming back to this. Its so perfect. The reactions, the subtitles, all of it *Chef's kiss* perfection

[@greyktx]

molly is god confirmed

[@sciencetube4574]

I love how Laura first confidently states that Molly was "brilliant", then realises that that is vague enough for Beau to agree with, and immediately escalated with "saw into the future" and "basically a god" to avoid any such possibility. That is brilliant improvisation right there.

[@carlcunningham7750]

"He was basically a god." Oh, if only you knew...

[@SMelvin4]

"And he was basically a god". Foreshadowing?

[@Reven619]

The inclusion of laughing meme versions of the cast is fucking killing me

[@videolinda123]

THE FLASH OF MOLLY'S INT STATS SENT MEEEEEE

[@buzzkill5833]

•spoilers!!!!!!• God how that “he was basically a god” comment backfired

[@orafennell7022]

Molly is laughing from his grave.

[@orafennell7022]

@@jado7422 oh my blood cleric

[@Mortan1234]

Rolled over in his grave and reincarnated to cause more chaos......... Just like a god!

[@johnpaulcross424]

After the last episode this holds a lot more credence lol

[@frydfish4934]

the caption fonts and accurate spelling of the stutters, the flashing of Molly int score, the illuminate eyes, the sensible chuckle, the picture of god Molly going poorly drawn. perfection.

[@girl1213]

Molly was okay in Wisdom...shit in Intelligence though. He *knew* things, but he likely was shotgunning (Caleb go find the de Rolos, they'll explain it to you) everything since he wasn't smart enough to interpret them.

[@gremlinguru8431]

"- and he was basically a god - no he wasn't." welp. that didn't age well!!

[@jhinpotion9230]

Well, hey, it was true at the time!

[@SatiricalFey]

"It wasn't spit worthy motherfucker" still cracks me up.

[@beaudali6021]

That "And he was basically a God" line hits DIFFERENT post-finale

[@BEEDRILL303]

" He was basically a god " has aged like the finest of fuckin whines 😘👌

[@PaxPiper]

This is the funniest critical animatic I think I've seen! Love the expressions and the cut aways!

[@andrewmiller71]

Looking back at this now... Jester had a point

[@justaghostinthesea]

The pause before "And he was basically a god" is pure comedy

[@keko7599]

This made me finally watch critical role! What an amazing animatic.

[@nordesse]

Caleb coming into frame and just softly whispering, _"What's a shotgun?"_ absolutely killed me.

[@JACKSTER7771]

The face expressions are on point, I love it! Everything is perfect