Fanta's Regrettable Origins | Tales From the Bottle

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[@purplehaze2358]

The sad part is, Coca Cola - and pretty much any corporation, for that matter - would _absolutely_ do this again if it was financially beneficial to them.

[@Vandal_Savage]

nestlé.

[@fishsmell3939]

Yea I can't believe they cut off our boy for protecting Europe

[@davidhynd4435]

No way. All these massive companies are very moral and caring. Oh, hang on...Takata Airbags, Ford Pinto, Volkswagen diesel, Purdue pharmaceuticals OxyContin, Facebook, Boeing 737 Max, Any tobacco company, Monsanto, Monsanto, Monsanto...

[@GrafRamolo]

Of course, that is what the corporation is all about, Well they doing it right now. Using poor people like a slave just to get richer.

[@jj02mc27]

@@davidhynd4435 you forgot Monsanto

[@graveylegs7590]

This dude is the polar opposite of anything I’ve seen on KZbin it’s perfect. If you were wearing something terrible and everyone else said it looked wonderful this dude would be there to give you fashion advice after hitting you over the head with an empty bottle.

[@juliandavidhoffer2022]

A true reminder of classic KZbin. Where a guy just makes videos about what he wants.

[@LUNE.44]

i think its just called being Irish

[@teinhart]

No it’s called being human

[@cablevamp3163]

His wit and cartoons and story topics are all ace I don’t think there’s a video I didn’t like so far dudes hilarious

[@glenmel78]

Graveylegs 75 then you might like the channel High boi for movie breakdowns. His humor and delivery is second to none.

[@theunwelcome]

came for the extreme sarcasm, stayed for the extreme sarcasm love this series

[@JTA1961]

Athefumen ✅

[@half_real]

i also came for the extreme sarcasm i then cuddled it for a while

[@hahahahaha7237]

@@half_real had a smoke or 2 with sarcasm

[@B33fSupreme]

subbed for the extreme sarcasm

[@Huh.0]

@@B33fSupremerelatable

[@RomanHoltwick1]

In Germany we actually have a recipe called "Fanta-Kuchen" (Fanta cake). It uses Fanta to make it fluffy and sweeten it. Maybe that's a remnant? 🤔 Edit: Thanks for all the likes! I have been told that the Fanta is for sweetness, but reading the recipe it might primarily be for Orange flavour, havn't looked it up yet. For everyone interested, here's the recipe I used multiple times before: For the dough: 350g wheat flour 1 packet of baking powder 230g sugar 1 packet of vanilla sugar 1 pinch of salt 4-5 eggs 200ml orange soda 130ml cooking oil (e.g. sunflower oil) Butter or margarine for the pan For the icing: 250g powdered sugar 6-7 tbsp orange soda It is basically just mixed to a dough (first the dry stuff, then oil, eggs, fanta) as with any other cake and baked at 180C. You can do a lot of creative things with it. A favourite of mine would be to use two layers with (sour) cream and tangerine in between.

[@freedomofspeech2867]

You're going extinct because you lost the war.

[@Calvin_Coolage]

That sounds pretty tasty.

[@MarcelinoDeseo]

I guess this is one of the good ol' times . . .

[@JTA1961]

Someone's fantasy

[@Mate_Antal_Zoltan]

same here in Hungary, I suppose we *were* "allies" of Germany at the time, but still

[@cyrex686]

Their old slogan was unfortunate: "Eliminate all the juice."

[@ROOSTER333]

😆

[@b8nnytez]

ROFL

[@UncleSeraph]

Jesus christ, what level of irony are we on today

[@iamhungey12345]

Fucking juice.

[@themune2541]

All he did was just ask for a glass of juice

[@the_retag]

As a german i would totally buy a drink called panzersprit (tankfuel)

[@BloodmoonPyke]

Prost!

[@the_retag]

@@markusjuenemann im very well aware of it... but not quite what i thought of

[@frigginsepone446]

@@the_retag Only as praline with a shot in it... 🤪

[@stahlhelmturtle9822]

@@markusjuenemann isn't that the meth chocolate?

[@asadunbar3324]

that works, you'd be better off drinking it anyway. why waste it on a tank that's going to be destroyed regardless?

[@regularcasanova7137]

I've once heard that M&M were inspired by the way some chocolate rations were packaged. Between that and this video it makes me wonder how many more foods/drinks of today could be attributed to WWII

[@theironrhino110]

Quite a lot. Either they took off because of the war (SPAM) or the generic brand produced for the war was so popular with soldiers that it got re-released under a new brand.

[@OpusBuddly]

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. The GIs loved them.

[@kutter_ttl6786]

From what I read about M&Ms it was actually inspired by the Spanish Civil War. Forest Mars saw Spanish soldiers eating British Smarties, chocolates covered in a hard candy shell, during the war and saw that the shells prevented the chocolates from melting in your hands. It basically inspired him to recreate them as M&Ms. For the Americans reading this, British Smarties are different from the hard candy tablets you might be familiar with. Up here in Canada the American Smarties are called Rockets to avoid any confusion with the British chocolates.

[@GrafRamolo]

Persil and IBM , I'm I joke to you

[@runlarryrun77]

@@GrafRamolo *cries in aerosol can & WD-40*

[@jhypyro]

Qxir, the only channel on KZbin that is not scared of getting demonitized because of showing a swastika in his video.

[@gerardflynn3899]

The swastika was an Indian symbol for warding off evil spirits. The Nazis perverted the symbol.

[@joeg5414]

It's pretty sad really. People are so scared, they're censoring words like sex and death. It's so ridiculous

[@LTPottenger]

Only the finest hand drawn artisanal swastikas

[@jhypyro]

@@LTPottenger chef's kiss

[@andreaseverin1346]

@@joeg5414 not people. Those who are scared are advertisers, and their pressure forces KZbin to demonetize these words. Then creators do the only reasonable thing for their own good

[@ecmproductions11]

Why is that when I drink alcohol, I'm called an alcoholic. But when I drink Fanta, no one calls me fantastic.

[@nao8859]

No, they call you gay

[@gooseylucy99]

It be like that

[@maxasaurus3008]

You’re fantastic.

[@patfre]

I see what you did there

[@justaramblin835]

You poor man, here have an alcoholic Fanta. 🥤

[@joshua.recovers]

Those are some damn good old times at 6:12

[@kazoot8265]

I already know Fanta's origins, but can't miss out on a quality Qxir video

[@noelblack8159]

Same!

[@jonaseggen2230]

This is relevant to coke: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHO5kGpvptOZmaM

[@_p-x-l_]

yup, i see useless information i already know presented by qxir and i have to click

[@jonaseggen2230]

@@_p-x-l_ It's not useless though

[@dogwithhat947]

Same

[@FightCain]

I knew Fanta was a war time drink but never beyond that. This was really interesting

[@CJM-rg5rt]

Goddamn, those alternate fanta names are great. Oh and the "Good Old Times" bit. Both had me dying.

[@kittytrail]

don't die yet, the new and improved _fun_ hasn't started... 😏

[@runlarryrun77]

Actually lolled at THE GOOD OLD TIMES bit 🤣🤣🤣

[@chucklebutt4470]

Hail Boognish!

[@haroldbalzac6336]

Based Fanta

[@skylined5534]

"Nice Liquid!"

[@Alex_K221]

So Coca-Cola was in ties with Germany, and Pepsi had ties with the Soviet Union. I guess Operation Barbarossa took cola wars to a whole new level 😅

[@wy4h17]

The Fanta flavor marching across your tongue

[@skylined5534]

"Like a million tiny jackboots pressing on towards the invasion of your stomach!" was not used as a slogan despite Göring been quite keen on it.

[@nyralphecca2253]

No juice?

[@cardboardking577]

You could say Juicestepping

[@_Grops_]

Actually the Fanta story is widely known here in Germany. Fanta Classic as it was called was actualy pretty popular and featured the taste from the "second" Fanta launch. It was quite successfull but sadly failed

[@OGbluetooth_]

Ich glaub wir hatten die Geschichte sogar in der Schule, ist aber schon ein bisschen her, deswegen weiß ich's nicht mehr sicher

[@GregTheBaumann]

Yet another fantastic video, simply amazing Qxir!

[@liminalmessaging]

Your channel is one of the very few channels I will instantly tune into regardless of the topic. Keep up the good work!

[@richardsanchez9190]

So I assume you're a Chad subscriber

[@rigobertohidalgo2487]

I enjoyed watching this nonsense you made, thank you for providing it.

[@YF-23]

Qxir makes excellent nonsense, 10/10

[@fidelio9301]

@@YF-23 10/10 would nonsense again

[@skylined5534]

When I see the word 'nonsense' written down I almost always think of 'Brass Eye'.

[@petermontoya1796]

He is filled with nonsense.

[@Wooargh]

Just like all German tech it was stolen from AMERICA.

[@Ikcatcher]

I do enjoy hearing about old companies that were involved with WW2 somehow. Like Mitsubishi going from creating one of the most feared planes in the Pacific to cars

[@gustiwidyanta5492]

Not to mention that one of their rivals, Nakaijima Aircraft, survives to this day as Subaru.

[@lorenzmaut3708]

Ah the good old times, they had everything, Fanta, Hugo Boss, Volkswagen, BMW, Bayer, Siemens, among many others.

[@OGbluetooth_]

You act like all of those don't exist anymore, or i didn't get the joke 😂

[@lorenzmaut3708]

@@OGbluetooth_ all of those are brands that worked in Germany during WW2 and were closely related to the Nazi regime. Some of them fabricated things for the war, like armored cars, the uniforms of the SS, some electronic system for submarines, the "good" old times of the Nazi rule over most Europe.

[@Lengsel7]

@@OGbluetooth_ You didn't get the joke.

[@lexprontera8325]

...and Bayer used to sell heroin in bottles and speed in tablets. Ah, the good old days!

[@charlessaint7926]

I do World War II reenactments. Our last big event, Rockford, a man came as Fanta Bear! He blends right on in with the German troops.

[@boxesoftacos]

Tales from the quite literal bottle this week.

[@JTA1961]

Good observation 👍

[@0therun1t21]

A high school friend of mine had an orange Volkswagen Thing car, I didn't realize it's origin back then. It was pretty cool though.

[@slohmann1572]

Der Coken Colen cracked me up. As well as the suggested names on the board. I went back and paused to read them all. We’ll done Qxir.

[@ostry66]

Der Coken - Colen had me spit out my food, lmao well played

[@TheConjurersTower]

I love language parodies like that, if it was Roman coke it might be called Cokus Colus

[@voidbite]

@@TheConjurersTower Or just coka cola as that'd also still be latin.

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

I did actually know where this came from, but I'm here to listen to you explain it to me because I love watching your videos.

[@5_qm610]

I appreciate not censoring any of the symbols or names, most would

[@JTA1961]

Athefumen... thanks for the reminder ima gonna put a fiver in his pocket now

[@thedrdoctor4547]

6:07 I remember it like it was yesterday

[@A_Ducky]

As much as I love your gorgeous face.. today, the animated video hits the spot. Like a Werther's caramel to a senior! 😋

[@peterpetersilie6739]

Jo die hat mir mein Opa auch früher immer gegeben.

[@elliotw5918]

God damn dude. You have the best channel. Informative and hilarious all at once. So epic.

[@Garrett316]

You always find the best stories about Naz…a certain group of Germans with questionable morals. Keep up the great work!

[@L_HD]

*Nazis

[@kittytrail]

speaking of questionable morals, you haven't read the talmud, eh? 🙄

[@Garrett316]

@@kittytrail No, I don’t listen to Hip-Hop, 😂

[@kittytrail]

@@Garrett316 speaking of questionable morals, whatizit them _irishes_ did in wwii again? 😏

[@Dockhead]

@@kittytrail lost a loada taties i heard.

[@bigpete111100]

Your videos and commentary just gets better fella Best regards from England

[@D.M.S.]

I like his slight obsession with soft-drinks companies

[@TheRealEMURSE]

Incredible video! Thanks QXIR! YOU ROCK

[@AreTheyAllYours]

This may have been my favorite video of yours yet. I always pause to take in your drawings. Simply genius 😅

[@talion4033]

That whole “good old times” section is genuinely lethal to watch high. S tier video

[@rogerszmodis]

I can’t think of any old times that were good. Life sucked total ass until pretty recently.

[@anynonymous1585]

Your Irish accent is very nice, Qxir man.

[@ilikecarsandtacos]

Dude he is from ireland

[@anynonymous1585]

@@ilikecarsandtacos ik.

[@papagalooleo559]

Already knew this one, but loved hearing your take.

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

Never ask where Fanta comes from. Never ask what the name H.P. Lovecraft cat. Never ask a woman her age.

[@guitarbxl]

I had to google Lovecraft's cat.. omg! lol

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

@@guitarbxl _Never ask!_

[@frigginsepone446]

Oh boy, sometimes it's better to listen. Shouldn't have googled it... 🤪

[@sharonrigs7999]

Never ask a woman her weight...unless she asks for your height first

[@kathrineici9811]

Lovecraft didn’t name his cat tbf, his dad did

[@doktormcnasty]

I like the historical documentation of subscriber count at the end. Excellent measuring device enabling transparency of channel growth.

[@MrKidroboto]

1:04 love the American flag flying the wrong way

[@itriedtochangemynamebutitd5019]

The first minute of the video perfectly sums up companies

[@Taomantom]

How a pleasant young man such as yourself does not have a million subscribers yet boogles.

[@JTA1961]

True dat...

[@Gogeta70]

It does boogle. Hell, it even *boggles* O_O

[@jritechnology]

@6:03 I love it when he drops the over-the-top Irish accent and tries to replicate an American accent.....it makes my fuc*ing day.

[@harrisonfackrell]

Bear in mind that this Fanta was not at all like modern Fanta. Using it for cooking was more intuitively reasonable.

[@annoyedbipolar7424]

This is the best retelling of one of my favorite corporate stories. Btw I wonder if they made a commemorative t-shirt and what would be on them...

[@SnowBunneh]

Back when I was a Coca-Cola merchandiser I would love to talk about Fanta originating in nazi Germany. Although not technically created by the nazis. The circumstances around Germany at the time basically gave rise to Fanta. I will never forget when my Coworker looked genuinely freaked out that I was still talking about it :D

[@BlooMule]

Absolutely love the smug expression on the 'high horse'

[@robbyblackwell7247]

Oh my God dude you're hysterical I literally spit out my drink when you said cow rectums🤣🤣🤣

[@solsol1624]

Your Fanta?

[@rogerszmodis]

@@amongitopremium maybe your brain assumed he was eating a McDonald’s burger?

[@lopeza.8046]

I just found your channel and I can listen to you talk all day

[@Corrosive_Fluid]

Fanta is actually the blood of faeries, unicorns and dwarves, that's why you don't see them around anymore and why Fanta is so tasty.

[@RedMage815]

5:48 Yep, that was a Thing. No, seriously, it's called the Volkswagen Thing. Most of them aren't feldgrau and there's one in my town that's a nice bright orange.

[@crouchinggiraffehiddenllam7764]

man I hope they bring back the good old times

[@farinafranqui]

Nice to see a Seasons in the Sun reference. Never thought I'd see a reference to that anywhere.

[@scottessery100]

2:56 what a great slogan “It’s not American coke it’s nazi coke”

[@galaxy1234]

I miss the good old sound of bullets, the smoke coming out from burning building. So good.

[@HANKTHEDANKEST]

Friends, this is why I only drink beverages I brew myself in my bathtub: "gin" wouldn't hurt anybody except me and my liver.

[@Garrett316]

Never hurt anyone…not counting the people that went blind, of course 😂

[@TiagoBarufi]

This story is also wonderfully told by Mark Pendergrast's 'For God Country and Coca-cola'

[@reachandler3655]

Of the possible names on the board, Sprudel Doodle is my favourite... rolls off the tongue nicely.

[@PaladinOfNerds]

I’m genuinely curious about that “war time flavor.” to me Apple scraps and cheese whey just sounds like apple pie in soda form.

[@SyndicateSuperman]

From what my buddy in Wurzburg says about the "war time formula" and the taste you are correct. I really would try it if I could.

[@shyrain67]

i feel like a proud parent watching qxir grow up. i cant believe how lucky i am that i was able to experience his videos before he even had 10k subscribers. i always felt like he deserved way more subs and now he has them!! to this day qxir remains the only youtuber i own merch for. thanks for making my days brighter for all these years qxir! keep doing you :)

[@Brandon-rc9vp]

Two thumbs up, this is your best content I've seen and I love all your stuff.

[@JTA1961]

I rectom...

[@jonahfastre]

I remember my grandfather once told me, after the war was over and everything was in ruins, a big Coca-Cola semi-truck showed up and handed out free Coca-Cola’s to everyone, seems like an odd marketing strategy to me

[@inamecomeunico8935]

I just binged all of the tales from the bottle up to this video, many stories I already knew but watched again, to see how you would portrait them. Good job on all of the videos you have made they are entertaining and informative about this obscure and interesting topics!

[@enalche2]

3:42 pass me a cold one of panzer fuel 💀

[@ceejayrox23]

I like these type of videos you make. Truly awesome! ❤

[@ezpz2680]

Fucking hell Irish this is one of your best, absolute gold. P.S. who wouldn't like to enjoy the refreshing cool taste of a Nice Liquid?

[@alger8181]

Absolutely wonderful, sir.

[@ElHombreGato]

God damn it Qxir You fantastically funny bastard. Great video as always. At the end there I really thought you were going to promote your new line of soda made from the waste of w/e you guys eat over there the most .... But the "You came to the wrong place" line was both hilarious and reassuring knowing that You're not going to make a soda lol 🥂 Cheers mate

[@Gunny1971]

FANTAstic video as always!

[@cifafahy1261]

That's why Fanta is my favorite drink

[@gunsbunsandfun]

bro? 🤨📸

[@pluto8404]

Never really had the desire to try fanta, wasnt really anything appealing about it, though I might need to get me one now.

[@cifafahy1261]

@@pluto8404 Atta boy

[@jamesshipley9164]

Had to pause this one a lot, great details

[@aurex8937]

Coken Colen, we're gonna Cook'em and Cool'em! ~German Man, circa 1944

[@Onesie7]

This is one of the few facts I already knew but it was great to head about it in more detail! Well done

[@harrywebb3304]

Where are you Qxir? My Friday wasn’t the saaaame 😢

[@briandowers9486]

Another banger in the books. Keep’em coming.

[@jonathanjackgoodman2764]

Do a vid on Nestle. Forget about a closet, they have airplane hangers full of skeletons.

[@dnf7778]

The good old times! Another killer video mate

[@BatCaveOz]

At 4:49 the American flag is backwards... the stars are always closest to the pole.

[@gryphon1804]

I think that's the joke mate

[@electricplayz4778]

nerd

[@harrisonofcolorado8886]

I honestly thought that Fanta was a Latin American company since it seemed so prominent in Latin American countries and Spanish speaking communities too.

[@ThomasTheThermonuclearBomb]

Well, a certain group of Germans did escape to Argentina

[@shawnganske8731]

I think it's cause Fanta sounds spanish, all of my Mexican coworkers drink fanta and they don't belive me when I tell them it's german lol

[@DeuxisWasTaken]

Well, you know where the n***s who escaped justice ran off to…

[@iamhungey12345]

So did I the first time I knew about them. Plus the ad campaigns...

[@genericalfishtycoon3853]

@@iamhungey12345 At least they didn't go all Orangina. Those commercials are nightmare fuel.

[@Vespyr_]

German Fanta tastes AMAZING too... it's a completely different formula from every other version of Fanta in the world.

[@Lemmon714_]

I have drank 7-8 Cokes a day for 40 years. I see where my money went.

[@wrenth8474]

This might be my favorite video from you yet.

[@thegooner-49]

1:18 *Austrian

[@elbarto6668]

*#MrBurns** : ....Schindler and I are like peas in a pod! We're both factory owners, we both made shells for the "Nazguls", but mine worked, damn it!*

[@Alan-in-Bama]

It’s just a part of history… Yes, a very bad time in history, but still. Like many of the cars & trucks produced by Japanese companies that so many of us drive today… Most of those companies were producing war planes and weaponry of all types during WW2, used against our own grandparents in the war. Ultimately, EVERYONE is trying to make a profit to improve their lives…. From the individual person to the enormous corporation.

[@robertharris6092]

Exactly. Its just a company trying to stay afloat and employe people.

[@ksavierkrajewski716]

this is indeed correct and this is how business works, but it in no way means its moral

[@justsayen2024]

It's funny you were singing that song "we had joy we had fun we had Seasons in the Sun"... That was the most all-time depressing songs I've ever heard my life. ahh the 70s..( look it up I dare ya)🙂 That being said great video😃👍

[@samstarkweather5172]

6:00 fun fact, "the good old times" was a euphemism often used by Nazi generals to refer to the years of 1939-1941, when Germany was achieving success after success and seemed unstoppable. I'm genuinely curious whether Coca-Cola knew what they were doing and were pulling a very crude publicity stunt, or if they were just that stupid.

[@ThatZebruhGuy]

Aww, you stay safe also my friend. I liked the video, but definitely wasn't expecting the ending. Your narration is top notch and literally makes the most boring unentertaining topics fun and entertaining! I wish you tons more success in the future!

[@goombsexe6585]

What was the music at 6:12 from?

[@NoOneOfNote86]

Awful by KyZmA

[@chairlegify]

The "Good old Times" montage was fkn perfect

[@therealuncleowen2588]

Holy sh*te, that was truly a terrible ad from Coke. I can only assume nobody in the room when that decision was made had the slightest interest in, you know, actual history. On a related note, my father was in the US Army stationed in West Germany in the early 1970s. He spoke German and enjoyed interacting with the locals. He recalled that on Hitler's birthday, some of the older Germans would quietly remind each other, "today is the Fuhrer's birthday." Dad said that a time or two he didn't think the Germans thought anyone was listening who understood, not expecting the American soldier seated next to them to be able to speak German. It wasn't that they were giving each other the Nazi salute. But the undertone of the conversation was definitely as follows. "Hans, remember that today is Hitler's birthday?" "Yes, yes, Fritz, of course I remember, as do you." "Hans, do you remember early on, when the times were good, before the war, when he first took over and made us feel powerful again after we'd been on our fucking knees? He made us feel like we could conquer the world and we nearly did?" "Yes Fritz, yes, of course I remember, as do you, because that was the central event of the prime of our youth. We also both know it ended with millions dead, Germany in ruins, and that today nobody talks about it. We can't talk about it, but we'll never forget about it either, how could we? Now let's drink our beer and talk about something else."

[@stewcountrysongsstew4980]

So glad you are back with your drawings ...

[@kommandantgalileo]

Qxir, the best example of quality KZbin content

[@marcosmauricio7805]

Honestly, gotta respect the man for his shrewdness, all things considered.

[@jamesbell2902]

I’m surprised the woke nation hasn’t cancelled em. These days your just as guilty of atrocities as people generations before you. Good thing Fanta doesn’t have a statue to tear down.

[@rinner2801]

I've found it's actually quite surprising how amazing orange soda tastes in some foods (such as Shepard's pie - yes, you read that right).