Finding the Origins of Unusual Images

[@Cyynapse]

AI will never be able to capture the raw energy of a worm smoking a blunt

[@saulinvictus9274]

Am I wrong or that is the villain in the movie bugs life lol?

[@hengedraws]

oh hey! didnt expect to see you here!

[@Qobp]

Bruh that's a caterpillar, not a worm

[@babykata-dt3ys]

Skill issue, if you know how to use AI properly you can make truly cursed and blessed images

[@LizordSword]

​@@babykata-dt3ys🤓☝️

[@dragonxlink]

God, I remember that first image terrifying me and my sister when we were kids, but we called it the "Ugly Girl". There was a point where I was scared to watch any video on KZbin out of fear of being jumpscared at any moment.

[@SidVacant69]

Same. I remember watching barbie videos and I would always see a specific video being recommended to me with that damn thumbnail called "Ugly guy sings barbie girl" or something, And it'd always make me jump or cover the screen

[@Intheflesh1]

Same. But I watched a weird video version of the maze game with that picture on it. I was terrified to watch any videos in fear of screamers, unfortunately it seems like I was a magnet for them lol

[@DomPeriod]

That picture is honestly classic KZbin at this point. Crazy to think about how long it's been.

[@adrianpaul1985]

Holy shit that same thing happened to me but with a different image. There was an image of Ed Edd n Eddy drawn extremely grotesque by an animator, JaimeR who made that animation "Prank Time". I saw it on google images a while back and it utterly terrified me to the point where I didn't want to look up anything Ed Edd n Eddy related in fear of seeing it again. Some youtube channels used to use it as the thumbnail for Ed Edd n Eddy creepypasta vids. I still think it's creepy but not the same way I did as a kid.

[@aetherland1883]

Someone must bring back that KZbin, not this woke hellscape

[@ZeroExperiment]

“Pretty old image” “2014” I can feel my hair graying in real time

[@calvinthedestroyer]

Yeah, remember the cartoon of the frog getting eaten by a stork but the frog was still fighting back by strangling the stork? I think I got that image by fax.. I'm so old...

[@govenormayor87]

@@calvinthedestroyerhuh?

[@calvinthedestroyer]

@@govenormayor87 natureworks.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Never-Ever-Give-Up-Original-Concept-Drawing-Stalk-trying-to-eat-a-frog-Image-1.jpg

[@LilXancheX]

I was 16 In 2014 😟

[@crazyhighbitch6271]

Yea it was 10 years ago🤣

[@rosewolf9355]

i bet the person who created the first image just sat back and laughed as everyone was horrified by it

[@davoohm2779]

Fr and I can only imagine the moment of discovery after that person creating something that horrific.

[@антоха_гандохин]

I like to imagine that at some point the creator was jumpscared by their own creation some time after it blew up

[@SillybillyDesignpro]

And it's why I hate lclc a bit bc he uses it

[@thonghoang0123]

The fact that the first picture scarred my childhood for some reason is just actually terrifying. But I guess the horror vanished as we grow, looking back to the memories. :)

[@neshitvgaming]

Fr

[@Cordray.]

Am the only one who laughed at it and thought it looked funny when I was a kid?

[@star_pawsangels]

Its funny😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@_callmeifyougetlost]

@@Cordray.yeah this was funny but MOMO FREAKED ME OUT SO MUCHH

[@whitebox5871]

so after some digging I have found the original post of "Michael Alone". The original poster said it's from a place called "Guichuan". There is a long-distance bus stop named "广东高要贵川长途客车服务区" (Guangdong Gaoyao Guichuan Long-distance Passenger Transport Terminal Service Area) which is located in Zhaoqing, Guangdong.

[@whitebox5871]

Sadly the Baidu Map only provided with streeview outside of the service area. edit: have found a recent video that shows Michael Alone maybe abandoned and repurposed as a toilet /a/FOBXNRB

[@whitebox5871]

here is the screenshot of the original post and rough translation /a/3iwFl83

[@whitebox5871]

just complete it with imgur

[@internet_user9822]

holy shit the madlad did it

[@arsondarksea]

God bless you in the name of Jesus Christ, who is the name above all names & the only way to Heaven❤

[@ringkunmori]

I've been meaning to say this, but you sound like Izzzyzzz's older brother or something, except instead of covering 2000's internet tween culture, you cover lost media. Seriously the infliction shared between you is spot on.

[@plasticmonkiez]

omg. I never even thought of this. you're so right

[@opalmoonbeam]

I’ve been thinking the same thing for months! Didn’t think anyone else would mention it lol

[@ataridc]

Anyone remember a photo called "my chemical bromance" it was a photo 4-5 emo dressed guys relatively normal til you notice all their trousers unzipped and their doinkers hanging out. I remember one guy had a really intense creepy smile. Please help me find this image known only as "my chemical bromance"

[@dylaaan420]

and instead of the cool makeup he has cool liminal spaces 🫡

[@Owen1n_only]

HE DOES

[@gangstarmama]

the smoking caterpillar one permanently ruined my sense of humor

[@mikuenjoyerXD]

Mhm

[@CarlM]

The hardest picture ever made

[@gangstarmama]

@@CarlM I wonder if I'm allowed to take a screenshot...?

[@CarlM]

@@gangstarmama feel free to screenshot and use as a wallpaper

[@aWildRat]

The smoking caterpillar forever changed the trajectory of my life

[@mrperson6455]

funny how he posted "eat at WcDonalds" in 2010 and now in 2024 McDonalds is now doing a promotion that is WcDonalds 14 years later

[@austinaltemeyer7302]

That's exactly the comment.I was looking for because I knew someone was gonna say it before me.I just wanted to Reply to your comment and let you know.

[@dtxspeaks268]

I'm pretty sure the WcDonald's special earlier this year was a parody of Wichael Alone 😂

[@StayinEzze141]

"I'm like it" Is wichael alone catchphrase

[@islahuerta6711]

your visuals are amazing, it really brings back that sense of childhood nostalgia

[@timothysimon8528]

Love this guy for discussing the image we see in the thumbnail first

[@prodwh1]

i was thinking the same thing lol

[@Chechtiychess]

yeah its great because that is what i clicked here for

[@cryybabyysalem]

Always wanted to know how to find that image/what it's called

[@TwistedLullabies]

Usually KZbinrs will discuss it last or not at all

[@Mtv-get-off-thee-air]

Fr

[@JonnyCrackers]

I remember seeing that first image for the first time in 2002 in the computer lab at my highschool during my freshman year. It was posted on funnyjunk. Wasn't part of a jumpscare or anything, just the image. I remember laughing pretty hard at it because I'd never seen an absurd photoshop before. It's creepy looking and weird, but it reminds me of simpler times.

[@ImTanasinn]

i remember when i saw the first picture on a musical lyrics video of the song "Aquí Mandan Las Divinas" from the argentinian novel "Floricienta". Old times, that was between 2007-2009

[@erin22222]

The man woman thing didn’t scare me as a kid but it sure does startle me when it appears. It’s just disturbing in an uncanny valley way

[@Frenchdefense9404]

I have the same experience, really.

[@iamthecopium]

Same

[@Proto-Martyr]

Fr, I don't know why it scares me so much and I'm a grown ass adult lol It's just uncomfortable to look at.

[@JaggedBird]

Staring at it is more unsettling than using it as a jumpscare tbh I'm not scared of it but it's uncanny valley vibe makes it unsettling to state at

[@smailydude]

less scary than the man in the mirror tbf

[@Notbinimikha]

0:28 SOMEBODY TOLD ME THAT I LOOKED LIKE THAT ON TWITTER!

[@vanilla-u6n]

HELPP

[@Seafire411]

lol X now

[@kuro_o_o]

NOOOOO

[@eeriebucket.mp4]

LOL

[@Rustyscorner2]

HAMILTON SPOTTED

[@Polska_Edits]

6:58 this thing is going to get vandalised/stolen one day

[@Thedude1357]

:(

[@Cat-y4w]

No

[@Chill_Calvinist_guy]

No

[@farewelltimetofly]

I first encountered the "creepy ugly guy" as a kid, in the form of a fake quiz that claimed it would generate a picture of you from a description of your features. I was young and naive enough to believe the claim, and I was pretty upset by the result, lmao. Then I got my dad to try it, and was absolutely mystified when he got the same image. I was a pretty gullible kid... 😅

[@TraxDragon]

That website was from the 90's, 1st place I saw Image#1 also

[@sexygirlmax2019]

thats crazy someone else said the same thing haha small world

[@Observing-NPCs]

Omg yes! I thought it was at the bottom of an email that said it had a photo of you attatched at the bottom but what youve described actually rang more bells in my mind. I know it hurt my feelings lol.

[@BabyCharmander]

Ah! Was it from Netlaughter? That’s the one I remember.

[@thuyvannguyenthi1459]

Wow, l've seen another person like you in the comments😂😂

[@Mayarmageddon]

My dad was a major stereotypical 80s kid. When he discovered the internet as it was born, best believe he shared it with me as a kid. I remember seeing this man-woman-monkey in one of the hundred of weird videos on the internet that my dad showed me. Along with videos like “Charlie the unicorn” and “Harry Potter puppet ticking bomb”, he showed me a song called “Shwifty Five” (if I remember it correctly). This is the first time I saw this image and I remember being TERRIFIED. Now when I see/hear a “55”, I think of my younger self being traumatized 😂

[@p-__]

My farts are better than ShaiiValley’s farts 💨

[@chaotic.content]

lmaooo I remember schfifty-five omg

[@scarleteye2]

Neil Cicirega reference? Potter Puppet Pals? Yooooo

[@SidVacant69]

It still scares me and I'm an adult lol

[@okayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

Good someone else who has early childhood memories of shwifty five. That image will always make that song pop into my head even though I barely remember it.

[@XxLeafGreenxX]

each image getting their own montage of them in random places in killing me

[@sharkgal4]

Same , although i really like it

[@matthewisguy7336]

5:10

[@VCN01]

I can't believe that so many people was scared by "creepy ugly guy" when I literally never thought that was supposed to be creepy - I always took it as funny

[@awlomthesheepermen]

To me it’s both

[@robotronxgd131]

Fr I feel same!

[@Robolodacool]

Same

[@PurpleMoon799]

its the eyes that creep me out the most

[@MarliaGacha]

SAME

[@liminaloner]

AUUUH immediate chills. That image haunted me for a while after seeing it on YT back when i was a kid. Looking back now that image accompanied by "Beautiful Girls" seems like what would pass as a shitpost.

[@CvH-wo6kc]

My sisters would lock me in a room with the picture with someone screaming, it gave me some kind of trauma

[@JellyNutButter22]

gosh, thats crazy. as a scot i got ptsd from the barney thing, i have a few photos of me with the den and the glen/storybook glen statues.

[@Nekolaws]

This is so messed up. I'm sorry that you went through this

[@wind2536]

That sucks friend

[@manga_kit]

Stop the cap 🧢

[@CvH-wo6kc]

@@manga_kit I know for a fact because it happened

[@boicegroundbeef7732]

Remember guys, "M" is Mcdonalds and "W" for Wumbo

[@Subsaibot2526]

The study of wumbology

[@sexygirlmax2019]

Wcdonalds

[@mustard9808]

W is for Wichael

[@uberrex8073]

Wumbodonalds

[@echonomy.]

Wario

[@williamrusso3130]

Creepy Ugly Guy was huge in the pre-KZbin days. I think I saw it the first time in the Schfifty-Five music video, over 20 years ago.

[@maxlap7855]

Albino black sheep !

[@Observing-NPCs]

Gonads n strife

[@AwesomeYena]

WAT U SAY?

[@mathphysicsnerd]

Schwam Doo TWO AND HAIF Scheven

[@wytreeey3645]

@@mathphysicsnerd Four teen-teen

[@jcookie8614]

The "creepy ugly guy" was created by my high school art teacher when he was a college student. He made it as a joke for his friend when saying what his girlfriend would look like if he ever got one. He told us this a couple years ago and I watched this to see if his claims matched up with the video. Amazingly, they do. He said after he put it online, quote, "people saw it and now it's everywhere." I'm not saying I'm right, but my art teacher was defiantly not the type to make something up like that.

[@foakjljrwajkltawtrawtwa441]

Yo we found him guys

[@foakjljrwajkltawtrawtwa441]

Any source of the monkey picture though?

[@Cartmaninlikainenhattu123]

5:00 jesus christ why did that sound give me goosebumps

[@luckyear]

idk but me too 😭

[@emmalliss]

De i was falling asleep then got woken 😭

[@kmz-mh2js]

as a funfact- the smokeing bug meme beacame a reaction meme in poland with caption "ta? to zajebiście" wich means "yeah? thats fucking awesome" usually used to show how small and unimportamt the information was, alternatively it could show genuene apperciation

[@Mejmet]

Poland mentioned

[@KaijuEdits875]

Poland mentioned

[@kmz-mh2js]

no shit

[@KaijuEdits875]

@@kmz-mh2js Poland mentioned

[@nicomariaw]

POLSKA SPOTTED🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@thelov3bats]

honestly knowing the ‘origins’ of the first image and that it was just stock images spliced together kinda healed a part of my inner child 😅i used to be so scared of it i couldn’t look at it. now it’s just funny lol

[@alexwallberg5607]

I feel like I remember watching a video on how the image was made. and yes, stock images were used. Everything was dragged and pasted (like a Timelapse photoshop). I remember the eyes came from a black dog with brown spots but a chimpanzees eyes makes sense. The head came from a 30ish or 40ish year old man, and the pigtails came from a little blonde girl with overalls. I watched it probably 13 years ago when I was 7. My memory is a bit fogged also incase anyone is curious, I first saw the image in a KZbin video titled, "Ugly Barbie Girl"

[@Scarlettttaaaa]

Unrelated but I love your Cibo Matto pfp

[@SuamineShirokoCoeg]

In Indonesia, smoking caterpillars are also popular Commonly called "Ulat Rokok" Well, there is no context in it and usually it's just an absurd image that is included in the absurdhumor format

[@riflya6012]

usually have something like "Whangsaff" or whatever that is

[@SuamineShirokoCoeg]

@@riflya6012 Wangsaff is Absurdhumor, which is a pun on an application called WhatsApp, I don't know the context of the meme

[@SvssvsAmogvs]

REHAN WHANGSAFF REHAN WHANGSAFF

[@terrodactyll]

Rehan Wangsaff

[@exonzigma]

I am indonesian but never heard of it anjiirr populer pas kapan sih ini ulat rokok 😭😭😭

[@Santanadkz]

If you notice on the whackdanolds image on 14:38 its says "I'm Like it" instead of "I'm lovin' it.

[@draccqueen1770]

I lost so many nights of sleep over the first image. Childhood trauma right there.

[@Spubbily01]

It's crazy how the lower the image's quality is the creeper it gets.

[@SimsWhoSmokeWeed]

its kinda like being scared of the dark. when you dont know what youre staring at your brain starts to assume the worst

[@LilXancheX]

@@SimsWhoSmokeWeednot for me. I control my brain. It listens to what I say. And if I say it’s not scary, it’s not scary

[@Thaereos12]

and a little funny that the opposite happens with memes.

[@MontyTheMothman]

@@LilXancheX what a cool guy

[@B33fyblu3]

First image is Generational trauma

[@AhhBullyCreep_Roblox_Official]

It scares me the living hell out

[@rlm2933]

People in 2024 are trying to look like him

[@Barcafan89]

Kinda like Momo

[@tarabear7744]

That picture scared me so much as a kid. I remember seeing him on KZbin videos and immediately turning off my monitor and crying while finding my DS to try and get my mind off of what I saw.

[@Thekimeebee]

Watching a hypnosis video and they pop up :( I am scarred

[@crusfm2801]

I remember back in elementary school of a presentation at what I think was the auditorium when they showed the first image as a warning of who you talk to online

[@RickyHGV]

6:30 i went to that park as a kid lol, that memory just randomly came back to me

[@Sophia-cv6sk]

9:53 I love how somebody’s breakdancing on the floor 😂😂😂

[@matthewisguy7336]

And the sound combined with it 😂

[@fol4636]

8:11 useless knowledge for you today: The “当家” in ”麦当家” basically means “in charge”, so it can be translated to “麦” is in charge. “麦” pronounce “Mai” I guess that’s why they called it Michiel. 9:06 later it changes from 麦当家 to 我当家 “我” means “I”so now it means “I’m in charge”

[@okayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

Thank you for posting this! I only know very basic Chinese so I recognized the characters and their meaning but I didn't know enough to connect it to the English name.

[@Dom_Maretti]

Look at me...look at me. I'm the captain now...and I'm lovin' it.

[@SrMorua]

So, it's real, lonely Michael is in charge, because there is no one else

[@darkjapan]

So perhaps Alone is a mistranslation of "to be in charge" and Mai is the manager's name?

[@TheSecretPower]

Seems more like an edited version of McDonald's chinese name, which is 麦当劳, but they changed the last character to 家. And later when they noticed the flipped logo looked like a W and changed the name to Wicheal, they also changed the name to 我当家 because 我 is usually written as Wo with Latin alphabet.

[@frank18633]

The first image of the guy with the pigtails solved a decades long mystery for me. I had used Kai's Power Tools on Windows 98 as a child and had been searching for that program for so long but was scared to make a post about it anywhere seeing how obscure and generic "old Windows 98 photo editor" sounded.

[@6dragondaddy913]

Chinese language teacher here, if you look at the original Michael place the first Chinese character in the name is 麦 pronounced "Mai" and often used as the first character in the Chinese version of Michael 麦克. The name of McDonalds in Chinese is 麦当劳. If you look at that the first two characters are exactly the same as in the original Michael Alone except the last character is 家 instead of 劳. The name was obviously put through a computer translator like Google Translate (which is ass for translating Chinese, don't let anyone fool you). The three characters 麦 （Michael) 当 (dang which sometimes means alone) and 家 (jia which means family) and you get something like Michael is alone in his family? Utter nonsense so the computer translator broke its little algorithm on it. Now there was obviously a lawsuit somewhere because its name shifts from 麦当家 to 我当家. 我 (wo) just means I or me but starts with a W so they did a tricky little change to Wichael instead of Michael. Shit like this happens in China all the time even with Chinese chain brands. It's always IPviolate o'clock over there. The more you know 🌈

[@princessriahyokai]

That is very interesting. Thank you for the more in-depth explanation. 😄💖

[@BinglesP]

Thank you for the explanation. Based on that information, I assume it was supposed to be a phonetic transcription, and "Mai"/"Mike" was supposed to be "Mc" while "Dang" was supposed to be "Donald's"?

[@danielbettini3921]

0:12 looks like the human version of the l4d2 spitter

[@DerSilvano]

This whole video feels like a time capsule. From the images shown in this video, to the music and also the presentation. SUPER cool

[@TheOfficialSup]

Timestamps because why not? 0:01 Intro 0:25 Creepy ugly guy 5:03 Scary Barney statue 8:10 Wichael/Michael alone 18:04 Smoking caterpillar 20:13 Jacuzzi brocolli Please find this one 22:57 Thats it

[@matthewisguy7336]

I love that sound at the Scary Barney statue timestamp

[@YourMuseBillCipher]

Thanks

[@Ihaventbeenwell]

We need more ppl like u

[@AudreyMcCarty-r5u]

What's that one FNAF character called something like wichael alone, Micheal alone idk

[@zmbdog]

The first time I saw "Creepy Ugly Guy" was on metalsludge in the late 90s. It was used as the image for one of the writers, Bastard Boy Floyd.

[@nuclearblues52]

I am not Bastard Boy Floyd, as evidenced by the fried egg, but I wish I was so that you could have a cool internet reunion.

[@Chitarshol]

I used the creepy ugly guy image in a PowerPoint comic when I was 6 or so and now it's an inside joke between me and my sister. I thought it was funny as hell I never knew it was this popular

[@tonyalcaponey]

Same kinda schitck here I’ve always just known it as a picture that exists it’s never really spooked me

[@urlocalshellyfan1]

Same. this thing looked like it was in 2022 but it was older then I imagined. This is funny and hilarious

[@wallowsdrumsticks6934]

my gen z humor is so severe that tears are rolling down my eyes LAUGHING at the first segment of this video 😭

[@ChrisBlackTV]

I remember seeing it for the first time in a "Generate your portrait" PowerPoint presentation. When I first saw that, I literally fell off my chair, hyperventilating with laughter. That was the most hilarious thing I have ever seen up to that day. I was around 11 years old, good times 😂

[@DKhaos]

16:30 There actually is a Chinese version of Google Maps. It's called Baidu Maps and you can use Street View with it

[@DKhaos]

(I discovered it right now lol)

[@Barcafan89]

i legit got a add for that same place

[@ViperOfMino]

Sadly this is normal "internet video essay" investigative reporting lol. Answer isn't 5 seconds google search away so they didn't even bother to check if there was another way to find it. Not saying it would have worked, but it would have made like he knows what he's talking about a lot more if he tried something like that instead of going off on a tangent to talk about some random mall in the Philippines lol.

[@fzxfzxfzx]

​@@ViperOfMino god I swear youtube video essays are such a huge "trust me bro"

[@ViperOfMino]

​@@fzxfzxfzx I'm in college rn for a very research-heavy major and I sometimes wonder why I don't just try doing this. For some reason every internet essay I get recommended has like a million views and thousands of positive comments no matter how bad and low-effort the video actually is lmao.

[@zivamayne]

This feels comforting to watch. Internet staples from many years ago take me back

[@palmer491]

That first one is such a throwback 😂 i didn’t know other people remember that weird ass pic

[@Ned_FIanders]

Only just discovered you and I'm glad I just subbed. These types of videos are my favourite.

[@tarekxd9159]

creepy ugly man picture was my childhood nightmare i still remember how it traumtized me and still.

[@miklo2077]

9:37 I like how these serious questions are transitioned by some dude breakdancing for no apparent reason (accompanied by very fitting music)

[@rufusthehunalprophet6648]

18:05 literal wallpaper material

[@Fangoria26127]

I had it as my phone wallpaper when I was like 10

[@Rebonzoid]

Kfelipee

[@HugoLopez-hu5yr]

that first pic is still scary after all these year, is the perfect representation of uncanny valley

[@sexygirlmax2019]

are you like 10 or smth

[@Rikisballs]

No

[@justacat2]

lmao what

[@stella-rf6oy]

we aren’t perfect humans chill

[@Sqdlow]

Makes me feel so old seeing you reminiscing about images / memes from only like 5 years ago 😂😂😂

[@luscious823]

The 1st one is from almost 30 years ago

[@esrjhgbweouringrsg]

Kai’s PowerGoo was such an amazing art program for its time, as a kid it was unlimited fun for me

[@liviadalegraziani9939]

I love the "vintage internet" aesthetic of the presentation!

[@winterdouglas6238]

So many false memories of what the past wasn't like

[@matthewisguy7336]

Yeah that’s a great way to say it :)

[@okayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

I think it's worth mentioning that "Michael/Wichael Alone" isnt a translation of the Chinese name. The Chinese name is "我当家" ("wo dangjia") which translates to "I'm in charge". Idk too much about this but I've noticed that oftentimes where I live Asian-run businesses will have a name in English but a completely different name in their native language, both names next to each other and sometimes on the same sign. Idk much about this, but being a resturaunt in China for a Chinese audience, the business and locals likely thought of it as 我当家, not Wichael Alone. My best guess is that the English name was just used as little more than decoration to help with the whole American burger shop vibe. Out of curiosity I did put 我当家 into Google maps and got a Ramen place called Ramen Nagi in LA? Japanese Kanji does use Chinese characters and even though I zoomed out and hovered over China I'm on my phone so it probably brought me to a place that's relatively closer to where I live so it's not too weird, I guess.

[@TheDMG45]

That makes sense, you could totally imagine a Chinese restaurant in the west having a sign with chinese characters spat out by google translate with the actual name in English.

[@ferd1954]

I looked around for any info on the gangster Spongebob image and I also couldn't find anything conclusive on its origin, BUT I also searched the name "Bob Esponja cholo" (that's how it's known in Spanish) and according to its page on Memespedia, it would have (allegedly) been made by "Mother Yolanda's Designer T-Shirts", a now defunct eBay store, in 2006. Sadly it doesn't cite any sources, but I thought it would be interesting to point it out.

[@Kylenredx]

I had such a bad fear of the first image when I was little it still scares the hell out of me…

[@FMZ101]

I enjoyed watching this. Very laidback atmosphere! Keep it up!

[@ThrillingDuck]

"I'm like it" is an extra brilliant tagline, because not only is it an obvious bootleg mutation of "I'm lovin' it," but Wichael Alone is similar to McDonalds - or in other words it's "like McDonalds," hence "I'm like it." Of course, I'm 99% positive only the first part of that was intentional on the owner's part.

[@tricksterzyro3230]

5:02 This sound effect is genuinely so whimsical and magical, I've fallen in love with it. 18:04 Honorable mention.

[@zacho123]

Love the reoccurring bit of Jerma appearing in these videos, rather to discuss actual Jerma lost media or just making a cameo like at 8:50

[@-0-__-0-]

I live in General Santos City Philippines. I haven't seen or heard of a Wichael Alone restaurant. The mall shown in the video got half of it burned down from the previous earthquake too so seeing an old photo of it brings back some nostalgia.

[@i8breadcrumb]

am I the only one appreciating this cool fucking editing!?

[@Amrose7]

The surreal and unique editing style has only become more of "your own" as you upload more

[@pappico]

The first time I encountered the first image was seeing it in a gaming/PS1 magazine with the caption "If true, this is the real face of Paul Frank." or something along those lines. I remember I was just like 6 or 7 years old and my older cousin was playing Chrono Cross on the PlayStation.

[@DERRRPZ]

Man that monkey picture never scared me when i was a kid. I pissed myself laughing the first time I seen it. I'm 22 now and I still find it hilarious

[@Sniffyzz]

9:52 McDonald’s employee (or someone) break dancing made me wheeze

[@100ink]

that first image traumatized you guys? i always found it funny

[@NightTimeVRYT]

Same but the catipiller traumatized me

[@Lalalalalalalall4093]

Same lmao. Even in the jumpscares it was sort of a loud funny thing.

[@Grayson32911]

Same lol😂 good times

[@Bullboy_Adventures]

Almost every 90s, 2000s kids have seen this image. Its basically in the early internets hall of fame images

[@Geneolgia]

Origins of viral images or pictures is definitely a very fascinating topic, we mostly don't give them second thought, but looking back at some of them it sometimes makes you wonder what the sorce was, it's like internet "archeology" of sorts. Wouldn't mind seeing more of these, also your editing and transitions are really cool.

[@terrywen33]

8:34 I think I know why it's called Michael alone. In china, the movie “home alone” is called “小鬼当家”.since this restaurant is called “麦当家” ,“麦”translated to Michael ,and “当家” badly translated “alone ”. this kind of translation error is very common because business owners at that time can't be bothered to come up with a actual english brand name ,so they simply type chinese brand name in translate program and just copy and paste it

[@ROADKI77ER]

bro, I like your videos! especially sound design

[@Lagw1020]

I've never seen that picture in my life so this is indeed a first time jumpscare

[@liminaloner]

"First time?" 😏

[@RS250Squid]

3:56 Great. I had to go and watch Schfifty Five for the first time in 21 years and now I've got it stuck in my head for the first time since I was a teenager.

[@Infomaniac_Moment]

I was never scared of the first image, if anything, I find it funny in a weird way.

[@imjonathan6745]

im always behind you

[@rus-the-editor]

@@imjonathan6745can we mаже оцт then lol

[@liminaloner]

​@@imjonathan6745that would've been frightening had your pfp been the picture 😔

[@madmikedx]

My dad loved to terrorize me with the first picture. To prevent me from going to the computer room, he printed out a picture of it and put it in the drawer. Knowing I was a curious kid, I snooped and it scared the living shit outta me. My heart skips a beat every time I see this picture unknowingly.

[@edwardwong4883]

Reading comments on so many people's trauma on Creepy Ugly Guy makes me feel blessed that the first time I saw it was on the Flash animation of Schfifty-five by Group X. I could never be scared of it after that 😂

[@davoohm2779]

Lucky you lol. Until recently I thought I was one of the only ones scared by that image. Now it's weird to think about how many people were scared by it considering the fact that it was just made to be silly.

[@biblicallyaccurateregia]

Aside from the video, I just found your channel and love your aesthetic. I love the filler clips of old commercials, graphics, fonts, etc. Very vaporwave-y and nostalgic! Definitely deserves a sub. :3

[@opo3628]

I remember first seeing the "monkey girl" image in the very early 00's as the end jump scare of a "by answering just a few questions about yourself we can generate a rough image of your face" joke program. I couldn't help but wonder where it came from, and now, after all this time, I finally have the answer!

[@Rhylek]

please make more videos just like this. there are so many obscure random images like this and this is a really good video

[@F3LINE_THE_SILLY]

I LOVE your style of editing, it’s actually the best

[@Coal_kit123]

I remember seeing the first image for the first time and was always frightened by it by the uncannny valley vibe it gave off

[@jessiehernandez1624]

At this point I’m sure McDonald’s is actually copying Michael alone.

[@explodamite]

They made their m mean the golden arches to avoid.a suing from Michael

[@explodamite]

Logo* ^

[@xyzgokart]

Great video and impressive work! "Who is Michael and why is he alone" hahaha, great XD

[@tolyo96]

The songs you used are amazing and fit perfectly with the video's theme

[@liminaloner]

Vaporwave/"Weather Forecast"

[@maxvandijk2001]

Feel nostalgic af

[@matthewisguy7336]

17:44 I love the effort you put in to make this edit of the Wichael Alone restaurant 😂

[@D2SProductions]

Great video and thank you very much for not using a click bait thumbnail that isn't even in the video like so many other people do.

[@LillianGraceFullofficial]

The editing style of theses videos bring me back to discovering yabujin’s music video’s thinking I stumbled upon the weird side of youtube again.

[@catticorner]

always love these image origin deep dives!! no one is doing it like u

[@HannahandCailinLoesch]

We're all about to start our Friday so right with some ShaiiValley

[@p-__]

My farts are better than ShaiiValley’s farts 💨

[@X123Monster]

I have to work the weekend :(

[@HannahandCailinLoesch]

Weekend shifts can be a major vibe, actually. You can do it @@X123Monster

[@HannahandCailinLoesch]

@@X123Monster Weekend shifts can be a major vibe! You can do it

[@zipperonk]

5:01 omfg that jump scared me ✋😭

[@DARTHBRIXLEGO]

this has been a really interesting vid, I'd love to see a part 2.

[@Vec-y]

This is like a nostalgic trip back to my child hood I actually shed some tears looking at some of these images remember my old self

[@Shadowszzip]

I love the editing style in this video its literally so pleasant to watch

[@qurn]

I have literally only seen the first image in my entire life, and Ive been terminally online since 96.

[@counterfeit6089]

Real

[@BabyCharmander]

Oh thank goodness I’m not the only one. Exact same situation-I’ve been online since ‘96 or ‘97 and I have never seen any of these other images past the first one.

[@noahzeez]

Damn 😳

[@harrybest2041]

17:31 Probably a joke, like how 'Sussy' used to be shown as an island in Antarctica for a while.

[@SybilKibble]

I first saw 4:00 on an email joke forwarded to me saying you could look up yourself on the internet. Search your name on the linked web page and that image came up. Oh and thank you for the DK Country music in the background!

[@Snesgamer]

I wonder if taking video inside Wichael Alone was banned for some reason. I find it hard to believe it was found by several people and no one thought to go inside and investigate it, what the food was like, etc