Gotham, The Good Place, The Black Cauldron

[@seanmaddex4104]

I love how Brenan patiently waits and lets everyone else try to answer the DND question despite clearly knowing the answer

[@HovektheArtist]

Its only to let their hopes raise so he can swiftly rip that hope away in a more satisfying way

[@KevinCrouch0]

In EXCRUCIATING detail too

[@lyndon4010]

he's too good

[@kildemal]

Marisha on the phone: Maaaatt

[@songsofsyren7862]

@@HovektheArtistl

[@coolboy2153]

Brennan “I wanna get creamed” Lee Mulligan is my favorite character in this entire anime

[@kapnkerf2532]

Um actually, Hentai?

[@OneEyeShadow]

Get in the damn robot, Brennan.

[@nutmeggaming11261]

HE WINKED

[@blueblitzblaze]

This thread couldn't be more perfect

[@catdragon1313]

But who would write the questions?!

[@Hpollan89]

Fun fact, the reason for the whole Joker situation was because Gotham didn’t have the rights to that character so they had to dance around it.

[@davvolun]

Um Actually, it's not that they didn't have the rights per se, it's that Warner Bros wanted to reserve Joker for the movies so they wouldn't "water down the brand." Why that doesn't apply to ANY OTHER VILLAIN they used in Gotham, I don't know, or more importantly why they chose to water down the brand anyway with the terrible version of Joker in Suicide Squad. Oh yeah, and the final look at "not Joker" in Gotham couldn't look any more like Joker anyway (minus the green hair they apparently weren't allowed to use).

[@themonster6888]

In the last season did they not make Jeremiah the Joker? I thought they finally chose to go that route after the fail of Leto

[@davvolun]

@@themonster6888 Quote from showrunner John Stephens "I feel like Cameron's character, in all the iterations of the characters that he played Jerome, Jeremiah, and the new character that he plays, if he's not The Joker, then he's someone who does provide the origin story for the person who you're going to see later on." So... IDK? (Incidentally, they describe the "third iteration" of Cameron's character being Jeremiah after falling into the vat)

[@Hpollan89]

@@davvolun So as I recall that came from Cameron Monaghan’s tweets, and as far as motivation goes, I think that’s correct. My understanding though, is that those restrictions did come in the form of WB not giving Fox the rights to use the Joker character, and the show more or less got around that by avoiding certain specific trademarks ie the green hair. Regardless, great additional info!

[@Hpollan89]

@@themonster6888 That’s a good question. I don’t recall them explicitly calling him The Joker, but I won’t complain about having a reason to rewatch his scenes.

[@jackdog06]

The first real life skill question Brennan ever got right was a bird fact

[@gerbendekker3273]

That's because it didn't relate to Siamese firebacks or roseate spoonbills. However he knows his roosterchickens

[@timkozuch4624]

@@gerbendekker3273 hahahahahahha

[@dannahbanana11235]

I was about to comment the same thing 😂

[@adde9506]

And he got it wrong. The removal of the coating is a byproduct of the washing process, not the reason for it. Eggs are washed to prevent food poisoning from chicken feces and other yuck normally found on eggs.

[@SirNightmareFuel]

Um Actually

[@TeenoGames]

The Avatar Roku bit made me realise that the contestants don't get to read the question, just hear it, and now I feel like they have it a lot harder than it seems

[@KelpTheGreat]

Yeah, and I don't think he repeats it, either.

[@ayooobro]

@@KelpTheGreat nah he does repeat if asked to, they just dont usually because it means they're slower to buzz in

[@ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr]

yeah, they should get to see the question on a screen

[@ConstantChaos1]

OK but water bending is literally a form of energy bending or as it's more accurately known, spirit bending, that's how water bending healing is done Amon is an energy Bender he's just using blood bending as his medium, all bending is spirit bending

[@Arcy18]

@@ConstantChaos1 energy bending can permanently remove bending. Bloodbending just blocks the flow of chi, something like one of those blocked meridians in cultivation novels.

[@JudithOpdebeeck]

knowledge is knowing that Frankenstein wasn't the monster. wisdom is knowing that Frankenstein was the monster

[@tinkerer3399]

Charisma is knowing not to bring it up.

[@DrZaius3141]

Wonderfully put, although phrasing it as "knowing that Frankenstein was a monster" would bringt out the distinction even better. Up for debate, certainly, just thought I'd put it out there.

[@mcmonkey26]

@@DrZaius3141 id say Frankenstein was the monster of the story

[@gamingtime9716]

Also, The Monster is technically a Frankenstein, since he is Victor's son, in a sense

[@hackersbeware6044]

Ehhh In my opinion victor was the monster for his blatant abandonment of his creation and his desperate measures to hide the death of his brother going so far as allowing the maid and family friend to be executed leading to the death of his mother before eventually seeking out his creation to kill it but dying to it after coming to peace when hearing its story Fun fact: Victors monster was never referred to as the monster and was not an ugly creature but rather a 7ft tall beautiful man with flowing golden hair and gold eyes and was even said to be as beautiful as Thor

[@Splintr1322]

I love how they started the episode hoping Brenan might lose for once, and ended the episode with him not only winning by more than 4X the other players' scores, but he also somehow managed to get them to tie for last place, cementing his place as number 1 and leaving only the absolute bottom as the remaining option

[@justlola417]

AND worse than the other episodes because he also got the real life skill one

[@NoriMori1992]

He sort of did the same thing but backwards in an episode of Game Changer 😂

[@Gameknight2169]

I love how when Brennan questions Catwoman's villain identity within the context, Trapp just goes "Nice try, but fuck you, executive decision - yes."

[@gingerwithglasses]

I’m realizing this was probably Trapps way of defending the viewer who made the question- we all know how much he loves a technicality

[@choppingfrogsfroggingchop8707]

​ 9

[@leontrotsky9268]

He was also actually correct, the joker is in the show, he just only shows up in the finale

[@blistow3519]

@@leontrotsky9268I believe technically that is not the joker like his name is the joke or something like that because legally they couldn’t call him joker so why he’s clearly meant to be that technically in the universe of Gotham the joker just doesn’t exist instead a guy with a very similar name and theme does

[@thewerewolff7248]

@@blistow3519 I mean no. He is the joker it’s just that they weren’t allowed to call him that. In the final episode he claims he wants a new name but can’t settle on one, only knowing it’s something beginning with “j”. In a similar manner they’re never allowed to call Bruce “batman” even in the final episode but that doesn’t mean he isn’t batman. Edit: the idea is he will take the name “joker” after the series’ end

[@trinianblack]

Um actually, the Avatar movie question concept is a really good idea for a full episode. "We have here a stack of questions about the properties you passionately _hate_."

[@bangitybangbabang]

I would hate watch that so hard

[@maniakb416]

The Avatar Movie, the Mario Bros Movie, all the other video game movies that suck. Doom, Bloodrayne, Tomb Raider and Street Fighter.

[@alexinitalics188]

Don't forget Perry Johanson

[@heszedjim9699]

And the hardest question would be lore from the ATLA movie that's slightly wrong based on the show

[@heftylad]

Replace those underscores with asterisks to make that "hate" be in *bold*

[@Bemwidood]

The way Brennan’s voice just cracks when he says “I don’t just know nerd shit” just friggin gets me… but in all seriousness I wish I knew as much nerdom and “adult shit” as he does XD

[@CalebBohanon]

Such a beautiful moment :') Brennan is probably one of my all-time heroes, but definitely the only one that's a real person

[@orangelake2268]

"I AM NERD SHIT!" -Brennan probably

[@anthonystaton3740]

I AM AN ADULT

[@Kewlausgirl]

I love the fact that it was the egg coating that is the life skill that Brennan has lol (I think it's called the cuticle btw). Also um actually, the eggs are also refrigerated in Australia xD Which is because we also take off the outer layer, the dust. The reason for that is because if you don't wash the eggs and your hands before you crack and open the eggs, it can lead to salmonella. Buuuut on the flip side, taking off the protection means if you take it out of the fridge and let it stay in the bench for too long, that's when the salmonella gets u into the egg.

[@smalltime0]

​@@Kewlausgirl Umm, Actually we do it because we refrigerate it in transport. If you heat and cool the egg repeatedly it forms condensation which allows bacteria to permeate the shell. We don't remove the outer layer, and all countries remove the dust prior to packing. As per Health Victoria: "Do not: repeatedly move the same eggs to and from cool conditions. This causes condensation on the shell, which allows bacteria to enter the egg." "Do: store eggs in their outer boxes at below 20 °C, until displayed for sale." The eggs go to depots on refrigerated trucks that are set to 0-2C, when they are ready for dispatch they are taken out and sorted and often placed on a truck alongside frozen items to go to the supermarket. They're considered the least priority to put away (there is stuff like fish and meat that really need to go in first). As the rear of a store is often not air conditioned (and can easily be 30C+ in summer), they're stored in the fridge before going on the shelf (eggs should never be stored in an environment >20C). To avoid that repeated heating and cooling, they're on display in refrigerated units.

[@fenixmeaney6170]

We need an episode with Brennan, Matt, and another dm where all the questions are about dungeons and dragons

[@MrDude-ez8cm]

Your third player is Brian Murphy. He occasionally corrects Brennan on the rules

[@softchonk1448]

I would like to suggest Griffon Mcclroy for the 3rd dm, simply because it would be funny

[@sebarus8108]

Mark Hulmes would be cool to see. He's British but he's the DM of Highrollers and a friend of Matt's

[@TehConqueror]

Travis McElroy

[@softchonk1448]

@@TehConqueror Yeah, Travis would be cool as well!

[@sauceyguitarist]

The subspace emissary one hit me out of nowhere and I SHOUTED the answer across the room

[@diosrightcalfmuscle4090]

And the replacement isn't even true. There's a Loud House fan fic that has more than 3 times as many words called "Revamped, Loud House and X-Overs"

[@axeheadshot7793]

@@diosrightcalfmuscle4090That one isn't actually valid. The writer of it will copy and paste whole Wikipedia articles in order to up the word count and assumes that people won't actually read it

[@tatzecom]

@@axeheadshot7793 things are heating up in the "who got the longest fanfic" fandom

[@KelpTheGreat]

Yeah, I was surprised that no one instantly knew "the subspace emissary is from Brawl, not Harry Potter" like I did.

[@TheEtherny]

For real, the one question I knew the answer to and no one else did lol. It's one of those things that you hear in forums and it sounds so weird it just sticks with you forever

[@leiakasta7602]

The fact that the fanfiction question was the one I knew right away is so sad. And watching people randomly stumbling around the correct answer drove me nuts so congrats!

[@DeathnoteBB]

For the life of me I couldn’t remember the actual subject the fanfic was about, but I am proud that I heard the real fact before and could remember it wasn’t a Harry Potter fic

[@firer2017]

I knew both the fics, because I've read them before! :D ...and yes, it is pain that that's the one I knew first lol

[@theverbalasymptote8332]

SAME!

[@placeholder_username9528]

I thought the longest fanfic was a Loud House self-insert?

[@firer2017]

@@placeholder_username9528 Not sure about that one; however, the HP fic on spacebattles has, iirc, three to four entire threads for the story.

[@dedmnwlkn5796]

Its hilarious that brendan called larry cukey the cuccumber but missed flowey the flower.

[@Oak_Eggar]

Yeah, absolute golden moment

[@thomascampbell4535]

And the freaking Great Deku Tree! Argh!

[@OrangeNOrange]

@@Oak_Eggar Golden flower

[@TheFallingFlamingo]

Um actually, it's Brennan.

[@MsDianagentaToYou]

​@@TheFallingFlamingoI'm gonna start a new drinking game, going through the comments of episodes Brennan is in and drinking for every time his name is corrected this way. It makes me unreasonably happy.

[@damienrookwood1917]

When I see Brennan I GET IN THE COMMENTS!

[@thewingedporpoise]

IN THE COMMENTS!

[@lab-at-home]

Can someone make a playlist with brennan episodes

[@mcmonkey26]

i have arrived IN THE COMMENTS

[@DrNinjar]

Brennan's Real Life Skill was actually a bird-fact in disguise.

[@rowanlavellan9755]

I'm sorry, we were looking for a grouse...

[@luckyassassin1]

I just wanna say, Frankenstein wasn't a monster for making the creature, he was a monster for what he did to it. He brought it to life, screamed at how it looked and left it alone, and cold. It never knew kindness and had to steal clothes just to be covered. It's like taking a baby out in the woods and leaving it there. The creature actually explains this to Victor.

[@yourfriendlyinternetmeatshield]

I agree. Personally, it's been a long time since I've read it, but if I recall the "monsters" actions that were bad were usually a requiste for survival or self defense. Until he started to ya know, spend his life tormenting the Doctor.

[@emilysmith2965]

Yeah the monster is hella smart in the book

[@TheShieldsMD]

I mean, he was kind of a monster for graverobbing and bringing dead people back to life when he had no permission from the dead people or their families.

[@kaybadberg534]

@@yourfriendlyinternetmeatshield Um, actually Victor Frankenstein never received the title of Doctor. He never finished his doctorate.

[@lance5445]

Everyone should read Junji ito's Manga adaptation of Frankenstein

[@ech0drake985]

I love how Brennan said “I want someone to put me in my place” and then like a minute later said “I want to get creamed” like bro that’s mere better ways to say that

[@mgold700]

A weird way to phrase that he wants to get fucked, but surely more family friendly

[@mrCabbages_]

He winked. He knew what he was saying.

[@bottompercy]

I literally thought the exact same thing 😂

[@gemwest]

Better or worse than Marisha's "I'll come for you next time" comment?

[@RabblesTheBinx]

No, you interpreted that _exactly_ how he meant that. I'm guessing Izzy has several whips.

[@yobywon]

For anyone wondering, this is the uncensored version of the already uploaded one.

[@emonoglesby]

Thank u lol

[@MrBaldsoprano]

I was trying to figure out why I had seen this one already

[@necktye1315]

Bruh, i thought i was psychic

[@fortress61]

Thank you

[@Shady_Fungus]

Please accept my like

[@oakiecroakie2822]

Kirk being able to quote many episodes of The Simpsons instantly steals my heart. Gimme this singing silly guy

[@T1J]

Brennan would go on to literally put a "reverse Indiana Jones" in Unsleeping City Chapter 2 lmao

[@truedarklander]

Based Brennan as always

[@birduwu]

truly based

[@dinospumoni5611]

follow me but that's just my opinion tho

[@X.tlal.]

Love you TJ!

[@adamrodger5351]

Wasn't that also basically Killmonger from Black Panther?

[@Dalenthas]

Brennan's voice cracking as he said "I'm an adult, I don't just know nerd shit." Was probably the funniest thing in this episode.

[@atfti]

“I just want someone to put me in my place” Brennan is a power bottom confirmed

[@musiclikerperson]

Um actually (ha) a power bottom is someone who gets penetrated while being more in charge/active than the person penetrating them

[@samaramorgan8023]

As a Brat, agreed

[@danielcastillo591]

You use this quote to prove it, even though he deadass said "I want to get creamed" just 3 seconds later

[@samaramorgan8023]

@@danielcastillo591 all bottoms want to get creamed, not just power bottoms (source: Bottom Brat)

[@mattymerr701]

@@samaramorgan8023 lies. I just want cuddles. And to tickle the fuck out of people. -I'm mostly ace though so...-

[@LucasTheDrgn]

Physically recoiled with how strong a reaction i had to the subspace emissary's world conquest being referred to as harry potter fanfiction, and even moreso that NONE of the panel members recognized it

[@PedroAugusto-yw9mv]

Brennan screaming IM AN ADULT feels more relatable than i would like to admit

[@Nicolas_Payne]

The voice crack in it made it amazing 😂

[@swordswaltzing]

it’s become the thing I yell in the mirror after I have to do Adult Stuff

[@WoozleProduct]

Love it that the only real life skill question brennan gets right is basically a bird fact.

[@Grandtheatrix]

This is a highly underrated comment

[@jbnelson]

Um actually, Janet from The Good Place is in fact “not a girl” but is frequently referred to with she/her pronouns and is accepted by the character and treated as canon

[@georgeharrisonfricklas7927]

we stan she/her genderless cosmic entities

[@alexschofield8085]

Um actually, they did mention this in the video

[@Sky-pg8jm]

she/her enby icon

[@MateusSFigueiredo]

Brennan shouldn't have gotten this point. And maybe Marisha shouldn't either: being robotic does not necessarily mean being a robot.

[@CreoTan]

@@MateusSFigueiredo the question was worded ambiguously on purpose-they were meant to correct that Janet is not a robot and likely hoped that the double meaning would trip them up.

[@Palemagpie]

Um actually (always wanted to say that) its "The Great Deku tree" not just the Deku tree. Theres Deku scrubs, and Deku sticks and several unnamed trees with faces that could reasonably be Deku trees. But the one's we see and converse with in the games are always refered to as "The great Deku tree"

[@ratkingj8231]

i would watch just brennan on his own play this for hours. i genuinely love just watching him know niche shit. it’s very impressive and i love him for it

[@TheQwerty256]

This mfer won 50k on who wants to be a millionaire, At this point I think we can grant him the title of knower of things

[@Kewlausgirl]

Although it was satisfying watching him not know things... Fancy not knowing Flowey or the Great Deku Tree!!! Marisha did know though... That made me happy 😁

[@yaya-mk3nn]

@@Kewlausgirlwwc

[@poz5570]

Um Actually bird fact episode

[@NoThankUBeQuiet]

If you want Brennan to lose....All real life skills, one nerd question

[@calomfore]

As a huge fan of Avatar watching them trying to do the first question KILLED me knowing amon was using water bending, not energy bending

[@HEWY24]

Thank you, i was so frustrated

[@laurashumaker7253]

OMG, same!

[@DuckDoolittle]

I would have buzzed in early to scream “it’s NOT magic, it’s bending!”

[@JameyMcQueen]

@@DuckDoolittle Same thing.

[@DuckDoolittle]

@@JameyMcQueen It’s literally a quote from the show. Katara says it in the first 5 minutes of the first episode. I know it’s magic in a literary sense, but it’s not magic in universe.

[@AlasdairGR]

"A collection of sentient plants" Marisha: *immediately reverts into Keyleth and claps her hands*

[@eijirokirishima1882]

“I’m an ADULT I don’t just know nerd shit!” The way his voice breaks sounds just like Ragh when he’s upset and it makes me so insufferably fond of him

[@mr.moviemafia]

Brennan’s hypothesis about why the Joker wasn’t allowed to be name-dropped on Gotham situation was surprisingly accurate

[@JubioHDX]

also never seen gotham myself but in many dc universes the joker is only created through batman knocking or scaring the joker into falling into the vat of acid that bleaches and changes him to be insane, so a prebatman gotham with the joker doesnt make sense in many versions of the gotham setting

[@Saturnm0ss]

And that catwoman was never named and also never fully appeared until the last episode I belive

[@bobbyfernando]

@@Saturnm0ss Nah, Selina Kyle (Catwoman) was one of the leads _Gotham_ since the beginning - she did only become Catwoman in the final episode, but it's because she was a child/teenager for most of the series, just like Bruce Wayne only becoming Batman in the finale (the final episode was a time skip, where the two finally become adults).

[@bobbyfernando]

@@JubioHDX You'd think so, but Jeremiah - the show's version of the Joker, and the twin brother of Jerome (the red herring mentioned in the episode) - _did_ fall into the acid vat and all that! He fully became the Joker in the traditional sense (only with teenager Bruce Wayne in the place of Batman, obviously); they really just couldn't call him by the Joker name, due to rights issues.

[@Saturnm0ss]

@@bobbyfernando but I can't remember if they were ever named, like if we heard “Catwoman” out loud. If not you could just argue it was the same with Jeremiah and Jerome

[@Thedragon5881]

I've just noticed that under Marisha it said "Professional D&D Player" not even "Professional Voice Actor"

[@RasmusVJS]

I mean, for the nerds watching, that's the more important info. :D

[@jder6071]

And the fact that Marisha has been a celeb/pro dnd player longer and has only done a few voice acting scenes (see the critrole Halloween episode where everyone dressed up as their voices characters) especially in comparison to her fellow VO actors at critrole

[@evilbeardedman]

She's also a creative director at CR.

[@DisArt95]

Um actually I 100% agree with Kirk on The Simpsons question: the Be Sharps didn’t win the Grammy until Chief Wiggum had left and Barney joined the group and Homer saw Marge’s new bumper sticker. “Baby on Board” won the Grammy and it had nothing to do with Chief Wiggum’s initial involvement because he had left. Saying Chief Wiggum was a member of the “Grammy-winning” Be Sharps would be like saying that Ryan Ross and Jon Walker were part of the Tony-nominated band “Panic! at the Disco” when in reality the Tony the band was nominated for was in 2018, LONG after the band was reduced to it’s final member Brendon Urie. Referring to the band being specifically “Grammy-winning” negates Wiggum ever being there because the band was never Grammy-winning when he was involved back when the quartet would sing at Moe’s Tavern to their only audience member, Barney.

[@Carnival_wilson191]

Um actually chief wiggum was never part of the be sharps because they came up with the name after wiggums was kicked out and they replaced him with Barney.

[@Shade01982]

I think it depends on how you look at it. My best comparison personally is for example the military unit citation. Unit members who didn't participate still get to wear the citation, because it's awarded to the group, not the individual. The same is true for the group awarded Grammy. Therefor the statement "award-winning group Be Sharps" is technically correct.

[@evanbadgley5984]

My favorite part of the fan fiction question is that the super smash brothers fan fiction they reference wasn’t just the longest fan fiction at the time, but was the longest single piece of English literature ever written.

[@stevemcintosh9381]

Everytime Brennan yells “GET IN THE COMMENTS!” I always feel so empowered

[@shen-qf9mc]

absolutely obsessed with kirk's entire simpson's bit, i literally cannot get over it. he deserved at least 5 points for that performance

[@thornprick2645]

I would have been so angry if he didn't give it to him

[@YourLocalPlatypus]

It was incredible haha Like he just ranted and explained the whole thing in detail haha

[@kaspermoss8198]

Uhm, actually, he didn't say "uhm, actually" and should not have gotten points.

[@JubioHDX]

@@kaspermoss8198 um, actually it's "um*, actually"

[@powguma]

@@thornprick2645 same, I would’ve been angry too. It’s not incorrect to leave Chief Wiggum out of the quartet members. This guy is a good host.

[@BackLineXProductions]

I like how the one real life question Brennan got at this point was bird related.

[@Whitewizardofwater]

Um, actually, while Amon was not an energybender, the lion turtle that taught Aang to energybend was also an energybender, as well as four lion turtles seen in Legend of Korra, and these abilities seem to suggest that- much like how all flying bison can airbend, all dragons can firebend, all badgermoles can earthbend, and the moon and ocean spirits can waterbend- all lion turtles, in fact, can energybend, not just avatars Aang and Korra

[@Miss_Trillium]

While this is a minor technicality, we don't know for sure if what the lion turtles shown in Korra would be considered energy bending, as it could just be giving the ability to bend that *one* particular element. If that were the case it could be called elemental energy bending. Idk

[@conwaytwittyer2667]

Wait are energy bending and spirit bending different cause can't Aang's granddaughter do that shit too?

[@Whitewizardofwater]

@@conwaytwittyer2667 Jinorra is able to spirit project, which is an advanced airbending ability similar to how water can heal and fire can redirect lightning! Any advanced airbender can do it, but it’s neither energybending, nor spiritbending

[@conwaytwittyer2667]

@@Whitewizardofwater but then how does iroh project himself into the spirit world, also just unrelated would it be possible for other benders to redirect lightning considering it's based on water bending techniques?

[@Whitewizardofwater]

@@conwaytwittyer2667 To my understanding, there’s been some speculation as to how Iroh ended up in the spirit world, ranging from that he achieved enlightenment, to simply being so in-tune with spirits, to the idea that the spirits themselves brought him there. Personally, I’m of the belief that dying played a role, as he waited until death to do it before meeting avatar Kora And I don’t believe others can- except insofar as water itself can redirect electricity. Firebenders can bend lightning, so it makes sense they can redirect it. That said, it *would* be neat if other benders could unlock more bending styles by learning from one another

[@startingfromlevelone9510]

Brennan always wins because he incepts the topics into the minds of the writers in casual conversation leading up into writing the episode…

[@Ramonerdna]

24:09 Brennan asking for fan art of two lady trees in a corvet with arms wrapped around each other going over a cliff just reminded me that such a thing DOES exist. Its called Adventure Zone's Petals to the Metal by the McElroys

[@FabulousaAliya]

Also, in the part with naming sentient plants my first thought was the plant door that Merle seduced so hard it orgasam-ed and opened. A lot of romantic plants in that arc lmao

[@ahobbit1273]

Holy shirt, yes 😂

[@Ramonerdna]

@Screw KZbinsrules Yes...but Thelma and Louise didnt transform into trees...as far as I remember...But yes, the Adventure Zone DID pull inspiration from Thelma and Louise

[@nicestpancake]

@@FabulousaAliya oh my God please why did you remind me oml no

[@timothycarney9652]

I love the fact that Dorne avoided conquest via guerilla warfare- I imagine the rulers leaving their capital and living in hiding, along with the army, forcing the Targaryans to send their army roaming around, while the dragonriders can do nothing without a target. While every other kingdom fell, because the standard warfare and castle seiging methods they used fall apart against dragons.

[@emmathomas2832]

more or less! The dornish army retreated into the desert where the Targaryans didn't know how to fight, attacked bases and then fled back into the desert before the dragons could be mobilised against them. Whereas a static castle can only be in so many places. This, incidentally, is why weapons technology hasn't progressed at all since there have been dragons on Westeros because they're the ultimate weapon

[@weirdguy7451]

I’d say that they could do this at Comic-Con but they couldn’t because people would shout out the answers abusively.

[@royalalchemist6939]

Nah, they'll whisper, gasp and scoffs tho.

[@davvolun]

Um Actually, there's at least one from NY Comic-Con that's was uploaded in 2019 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaq0iomIr9qDba8

[@omnipedia-tech]

Ha :3 I love it. The barbarian in our D&D group, her character is really engrossed in her romance novel, and she fuels her barbarian rage by getting really upset over the foolish choices of her novel's protagonist.

[@miguelcantu1835]

This is great.

[@Mary_Studios]

Oh my gosh I love this so much! I might steal this if I ever play a barbarian.

[@kimisjustokay]

That's brilliant

[@m2012o1]

That is amazing.

[@alalalala57]

@@TheCoolCucumber A barbarian penny dreadful writer that gets angry and petty when other writers go for the crappy ideas they wanted to go for first.

[@brandonmiracle9810]

Love the "surprise round" question specifically planted in there like a landmine for Marisha, since Critical Role used the older version of this rule for years.

[@jerodast]

For some reason even though I never played 4th OR 5th I still somehow knew they'd taken out the surprise round. Knowledge floating around the ethereal plane I guess.

[@patrickmontie9583]

I used to bodybuild once upon a time. When you brought up rage I remembered a guy that always listened to what I thought was weird music to motivate him. I asked him about it one day. He took off his headphones and placed them on my head. It was his alcoholic mom screaming at him nonstop for hours. RAGE!

[@CAPappy]

Poison Ivy isn’t technically a plant, it depends on the continuity and the time the comic is being written. She was a woman who got plant powers but more recently she was reborn as a full plant person in the Tom King story Heroes in Crisis.

[@christopherbartko6042]

I'm glad someone said it so I didn't have to.... She especially wasn't a plant in the pictured version that they used.

[@skaytrix4373]

Didn't say "um actually" 0 points

[@candlerunner]

For a second I thought you were talking about just the plant poison ivy, not the character, and I was REALLY lost for a second lol

[@christopherbartko6042]

@@candlerunner botanists ftw

[@Ubermensch9240]

We don't talk about Heroes in Crisis.

[@i-sore]

It still saddens me that no one knew what the Subspace Emissary was, my damned nostalgia won't let it go!

[@themaqueovelic]

I felt the same way, the second he said Subspace Emissary and my inmediate reaction was: "OH MY GOD! SUPER SMASH BROS BRAWL!!!"

[@MythrilShotgun]

I know this is a reupload, but it features one of my favorite Um, Actually lines. "Ooh, interesting. We're going to, though." The delivery was just perfect.

[@rebeccadittman6350]

You want to put Brennan in his place? I want to see Abria, Matt, and Brennan all answering pure D&D questions and see who comes out on top!

[@Shade01982]

Personally, if you want to see him put in his place, watch a DnD game with Emily in it :P.

[@taylovesfun]

Brennan being repeatedly disillusioned with the Dropout game shows he’s on is endlessly entertaining

[@ollie4716]

it genuinely pains me that i instantly knew the fanfiction question

[@Lily-fu1xl]

same

[@sunnyokapi]

When he said "longest piece of literary fiction" I was immediately like "Smash Bros,, Subspace Emissary something something"

[@morgansearle3912]

@@sunnyokapi My instinct was 'Taylor Varga' because he doesn't stop writing it lmao

[@sunnyokapi]

@@morgansearle3912 I've never heard of that one!

[@morgansearle3912]

@@sunnyokapi it's better that way. Only like 2 million words but with almost no actual conflict or story, and less materially written about than in a story four chapters long.

[@penelopeworsham3590]

Brenan saying "I will remember this", confirms to me that he is in fact a goose in disguise. An agent of chaos and truth

[@jessevancooney6963]

I dont know why but Brennan's voice crack at "I don't just know nerd shit" is the funniest part of this video for me

[@dragonsgorawr302]

25:43 Brennan would LOVE Carmen Sandiego then, a very charming and intelligent “good side” turned adventurer who grew up as an orphan in a spy school, who turned against her school heads after learning it was really a super villain school, and who now works against said villains- in some cases, stealing artifacts from museums in order to keep them from the real villains who want to make a profit from them, and often time returning them to where they originated, or to somewhere safe for said artifact.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

How much of this is true?

[@magpieodocoileus1847]

@@Blasted2Oblivion its a cartoon

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

@@magpieodocoileus1847 clearly...but cartoons have backstories and I haven't heard any of hers.

[@magpieodocoileus1847]

@@Blasted2Oblivion oh yea it absolutely happens. its a very fun over the top cartoon thats supposed to educate kids ab different cultures in the process

[@sarcasticrayofsunshine75]

@@Blasted2Oblivion its true and its a super fun show, the animation's also really fun to look at!

[@stevenjanson3100]

That Brennan voice break as he gets the real life skill question. If done for comedic timing he is a genius if not, this is just treasure

[@lisarenee3505]

@30:05 I love how Brennan's voice cracks just a little on "I don't just know nerd shit."

[@oxylepy2]

Brennan saying that knowing the reason for needing to refrigerate eggs isn't nerdy is so wholesome. Meanwhile our nerddom has us over on SciShow where they cover this

[@mattsam1311]

The "I'm an adult, I don't just know nerd shit" has got to be such a great soundbite 🤣

[@austinkoford3784]

Can I just say how happy I am that they all know the Black Cauldron movie. My grandfather actually worked on the movie and I am so happy to hear that others enjoy it

[@jerodast]

I was gonna say, it was funny of them to give any shade for reading the books in the wrong order, cuz I think MOST people started with Black Cauldron first due to the movie, but it's actually the second book in the pentalogy.

[@twylap8525]

Princess Eilonwy is criminally underrated and Disney did her wrong by never including her with the other princesses!

[@lobo5274]

I don't know if I've ever watched the movie (if I have, it hasn't been in a long time) but I had these ausiobooks when I was a child. They were picture books and included a CD so you as a kid, would listen to someone narrating the story and see the pictures. It's where I discovered the Black Cauldron and it's a movie that I always consider as part of disney whenever disney comes to my mind

[@bhelliom3]

I just watched it again last year, it's such a weird lil movie I loved as a kid because I liked anything "medieval". He had good taste

[@rlsad1]

Ummm actually... None of the bending is considered magical. In the first episode katara specifically says bending isn't magic

[@rachelrachel9152]

Yeah that was the first thing i picked up on too, but that's kinda a hard distinction to validate i guess, my next guess was amon but i couldn't remember the right info about him

[@madelineewing1022]

um actually amon wasn't an energybender as that is a skill only the avatar can possess, but he was a bloodbender pretending to take away benders' abilities to equalize everyone. i know it is mentioned but i legit noticed it when the question was being read

[@ryadinstormblessed8308]

"A rose by any other name..."

[@vaderswingman4005]

@@madelineewing1022 Um actually the lion turtle should be considered as an energy bender.

[@MateusSFigueiredo]

@@madelineewing1022 why would only the avatar be able to energybend?

[@v2micca]

Um, actually to answer Brennon's question regarding why Dorne was never conquered by the Targaryens is because the population of Dorne was not compromised of either The First Men or the Andals, the two most prevalent ethnicities of Westoros, but instead primarily decedents of refugees from Essos that fled the expansion of the Valyrian Freehold. Basically, they knew about dragons, knew how useless conventional warfare was against them, and understood the tactics required to defeat Aegon's army.

[@richardhoran3694]

And um actually; if you count the Riverlands and the iron islands as two separate kingdoms currently conquered by King Harren, there are *7* kingdoms: the north, the Westerlands, the eyrie, the reach, the iron islands, the stormlands, and the Riverlands. The Riverlands had their own kings in the past but had been conquered by the iron born at the time of conquest, and aegon appointed the Tully’s as riverlords. So there *were* 7 distinct cultures and political groups who add up till 7 kingdoms. With dorne; there are 8 It depends on where you count the iron islands

[@sydneyginter9680]

I got the fanfiction question right because of a single cursed tumblr textpost about that fanfic that made the rounds on Pinterest (for some reason!!) like 5 years ago lmao

[@symphony_in_plaid4592]

bro every big tumblr post makes the Pinterest rounds 😂 that's where I get my memes. I'm usually a couple of weeks behind, but I see the memes. I see them. 😂

[@TheSamkrox]

I think this is the fourth time this has been uploaded...and the fourth time I’m watching

[@WardNightstone]

at LEAST the 3rd for sure

[@yobywon]

second time but this one is uncensored.

[@GaryStewart2020]

Always watch anytime Brennan is on the show.

[@gurujot951]

Um, Actually Please make new episodes.

[@pokefan124]

@@gurujot951 right! Lol

[@toomanyneutrons]

The slight zoom on "that would mean a return to feeling anything" was perfect, what an editing team 😂

[@urmajerk]

With the release of the Avatar: The Last Airbender Netflix live action adaptation, they absolutely do an entire “Avatar” themed episodes that consists solely of questions about the live action movie, the live action Netflix show, and (just to fuck with players) Avatar the blue people movie.

[@mr.moviemafia]

It’s ironic that Gotham wasn’t legally allowed to use Joker since Cameron Monaghan’s performance as both Jerome & Jeremiah Valeska is my favorite Joker ever. He truly understands the character and he embodied The Joker better than most actors

[@benstevens44]

You know what, re-upload or not (I don't remember seeing it, anyway), I'm gonna take offense here. Um, actually, Chief Wiggum was never a member of the Be Sharps; he was a member of Homer's unnamed barbershop quarter which was only LATER named the Be Sharps - AFTER establishing the Barney lineup!

[@ViggoMor10sen]

Um actually this is actually an inconsistency within the episode, because before they officially establish the name through dialogue, they perform at the Springfield Church with Chief Wiggum and the letter board in front of the church mentions the Be Sharps by name.

[@rexology2]

Um, actually, regardless of the name, Chief Wiggum was never a member of the Grammy Award winning Be Sharps. He was dropped from the group before the Grammy win, so the name is moot. He was a former member of the Grammy Award winning Be Sharps.

[@epicpeachtime]

I have never felt such frustration and joy about knowing the answer, and having nobody on the show get it right until this episode. (It was about the longest fanfiction)

[@eileensnow6153]

Ugh the Avatar: ATLA question was _killing_ me! I usually don’t get why people talk back to the tv or their phones, but I was aggressively saying, “Um, ACTUALLY” to this video 😂

[@cheemerthelizard]

I’m so glad you understand. It was killing me. I thought every nerd knew that the Subspace Emissary was Brawl’s story mode

[@epicpeachtime]

I miss Subspace ;w;

[@wowacat5932]

i've never felt so ashamed to know the answer, but here we are.

[@Danina_]

As soon as I saw longest piece of english literature I was like um actually its a smash bros fan fic. I've known about it since like 2014 and its just hit me that that is not common knowledge

[@nickbankston296]

I love how Marisha Ray just seems like a big fan of the show.

[@meowthekitten2273]

Um, actually, it's the GREAT Deku tree, not just the Deku tree because Hestu, a tree sized Korok, exists. The great Deku tree is just a really really old korok. There are 900 Koroks outside of the great Hyrule forest, and around 50 Koroks in the forest, so that makes about 1000 other Deku trees that exist, so you have to say the great part.

[@knine53]

Glad someone else caught this and not just me.

[@RainaThrownAway]

Um actually, there is nothing in any Zelda game that suggests that Koroks are somehow a lesser version of the Deku Tree. The Deku Tree is the protector of the forest and is likely related to the Koroks, which are spirits of the forest. But the Koroks, at least in Wind Waker, the game they first appeared in, are stated and shown (through the former Earth Sage) to be an evolution of the Kokiri which appeared in Ocarina of Time. In that game we also see the end of one Deku Tree and the birth of the next, and the process doesn't involve the kokiri in any way. While it's not clear which timeline Breath of the Wild falls into, the Deku Tree hasn't appeared outside of the Adult Timeline, which is also where the Koroks first appeared, making it plausible that the Deku Tree in BotW is the same Deku tree we witness being born in OoT. And not some sort of super Korok. They're related in that they're part of a spiritual ecosystem working together, and the Koroks revere the Deku Tree as their Guardian Deity - but the one doesn't come from or grow into the other. Hestu is just a freak of nature.

[@RainaThrownAway]

He's called the Great Deku Tree in the sense of it being an honorific, not in the sense of needing to differentiate between him and a bunch of lesser deku trees. This is proven by his name in other languages - deku no ki-sama in Japanese, which roughly translates to "Lord Deku" and in French he's called "Vénérable Arbre Mojo" which roughly translates to "Venerable [Deku] Tree" (okay actually its Mojo Tree for whatever reason, but thats silly and an inconsistency with other ways to translate his name. Weird localization decision, honestly.)

[@danielled8665]

​​@@RainaThrownAway I'm fairly certain Breath of the Wild exists in a combined timeline brought together by time and world related nonsense in Hyrule Warriors. That is the only way the Rito and the Zora can both exist in the same timeline.

[@JesusCheeseburger]

For some reason I thought the bottom right one was the Deku Tree. Maybe the one from Oracle of Ages or Seasons.

[@theshybiguy2908]

I know this is an old episode but, Um Actually: Chief Wiggum was never actually a member of the Be Sharps, he was kicked out of the band before they came up with the name

[@mcmonkey26]

um actually, its not confirmed in dialogue, but when they are playing at some church, while chief wiggum still is part of them, the sign at the front shows the name be sharps

[@RealCoolstriker64]

“Subspace emissary’s word conquest” My first thought; hey that’s like the smash brawl campaign name.

[@jaderush4141]

I feel so spiritually close to Brennan, because this is literally the only life skill question I know the answer to as well lol When I moved out on my own I had to read so much about eggs just to know if I had to cram them onto my tiny fridge shelves or not Here in Europe most egg packadges actually have a sticker on them that tells you not only the expiration date, but also the date on which you should start refrigerating them (usually after like 2-2.5 weeks)

[@abyssalplein]

The reverse Indiana Jones Brennan described is literally almost exactly a DND campaign that my roommate has been saying that we should start for a year

[@NishithThakkar]

Sounds like Killmonger except the old ladies part.

[@DrLipkin]

@@NishithThakkar Killmonger talked a big game, but stole a mask from a different culture than his own simply because he was "feeling it." He then tried to take over the world using Wakanda's resources. Dude was a hypocrite.

[@Dubbsteppa21]

@@NishithThakkar except he stole it to make money selling it not to take it back to Wakanda

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

Um actually, Brennnen hit the nail on the head. Just like how it wasn't purgatory in lost and then turned out to be purgatory, one of the Valeska brothers who wasn't actually the Joker DID turn out to be the Joker.

[@Jack-fz8gc]

They didn’t have the legal right to put joker in the show, so he would never turn out to be the joker in the show.

[@tyf.5111]

Neither Jerome or Jeremiah are canonically the Joker in the show, both are considered precursors. That is why they played with Jerome being a more classic Mark Hamill style Joker while Jeremiah is closer to a Jack Nicholson style Joker.

[@theokayishgamer]

As a big Lost fan this 'it was always purgatory' shit is really infuriating. It's not correct, at all. The only parts that are in 'purgatory' is the flash sideways scenes in the last season, EVERYTHING that happened on the island was real and actually happened. It's a common misconception that stems from a few things. 1. The credits of the finale shows b-roll footage of empty sets/filming locations, which some dumb people took as it meaning none of it was real. 2. Due to Lost being a long show with a weekly format, a lot of people missed out on certain episodes and didn't follow the show very closely, so when they watched the finale, they were confused and misunderstood many things. These same people started the rumors of how nothing was real and it was always purgatory. I know for a fact it wasn't purgatory all the time because the show literally tells you it was all real like minutes before it ends. Christian Shepard says (paraphrasing here as i don't remember the exact quote) that the island was real, everything they experienced on the island was real, every death was real etc, etc. And the showrunners have several times stated that it was all real. Like i'm fine with people disliking the show and/or the finale, that's entirely fine, but i hate it when people bring up this factually incorrect take that has been debunked by many, many people, but most importantly by the show itself minutes before it ends and then these people spread around the same shit take.

[@peteocalypse3530]

@@tyf.5111 in the same way catwoman is never called catwoman thus technically speaking Brennan was right the first time (sort of)

[@moothecow6908]

Um actually, as sokka says in episode one, bending is not a magical ability, but is an ainchient art form native to each of the four nations' cultures

[@Xerodude]

Yeah, that bugged me and set me searching for this comment x0

[@ulicqueldromal]

Um actually strictly seen it is not magic, but it is similar to magic. And magical just describes something similar to magic. Like a beautiful sunset can be magical even though it is not magic.

[@Kk-fj5tn]

Um actually, it’s “ancient”.

[@12Penpaper]

Um, actually it was Katara who said that when correcting Sokka, who called it "playing with magic water."

[@TH3H3LLR41S3R]

It is a magical ability that is controlled through an ancient art form.

[@RangerCado]

25:40 Carmen Sandiego. Make this the next reboot of Carmen Sandiego. She robs museums, returns to the artifacts to their home countries, and has a thing for all the old lady curators who have been trying for decades to get these things back the legal way

[@MeaganEllismce]

I like how the one time Brennan gets a Life Skill question, it's essentially a bird fact.

[@kmart1396]

Um, Actually to answer Brennan's question: Yes by all technicalities the Valeska twins {Jerome and Jeremiah} are meant to represent the Joker. What happened was Warner Brother would not hand over the licensing rights to the character so Gotham was never allowed to expressly call either of them that. Gotham itself was kind of an anthology/amalgamation of a lot of different Batman comics so they used that to their advantage by mashing as many versions of the Joker into the twins as they could. Spoiler warning: The closest they got for Jerome was having him use a Joker from a Deck of Cards on the lunch table to get the Penguin's attention while in Arkham Asylum, plus the whole having his face removed then reattached being a huge refence to New 52; For Jeremiah Valeska, well.... he straight up goes into a vat of chemicals at the Ace Chemical Plant. To this day still baffles me why Warner Bros gave excuses like "wanting the name fore future projects" and "protecting the image" because they let whatever the fuck Jared Leto did be canon representation.

[@bee-zeesoul1018]

Jerome getting killed off to be replaced with basically the same character except we have no attachment to him because he’s a different guy was a massive middle finger to me.

[@nickhishmeh6562]

I just watched this today and the joker questions was sort of bull. The character was joker in all but name. Down to the voice, having his harley quinn, dressing in purple with gloves, vat of acid, etc etc. Bruce and him even have the same dynamic. Warner bros isn't that protective of its properties. In terms of the Gotham tv show he was Joker, and might I add one of the better Joker's. Jared Leto was a waste.

[@dumbidiot1119]

@@bee-zeesoul1018I preferred his brother if I’m being honest. He was way more jokerish and crazy

[@clarehidalgo]

Also one of the main version of the Joker was "made" by Batman when he accidental knocked Red Hood into the chemical vat, so how could he be Joker in Pre-Batman Gotham when his prior identity was Red Hood

[@clarehidalgo]

@@nickhishmeh6562 My response haven't watched Gotham was "It has to be Joker because the man that became the Joker's previous criminal identity was the Red Hood until Batman pushed him into that chemical vat. So the Joker wouldn't exist Pre-Batman"

[@karmaheaven7]

13:00 Um, Actually, it's called the Great Deku Tree. I will accept my point via mail.

[@VonSnootingham]

I love it that the first time Brennan gets a Real Life Skill question is soley because it's a bird fact.

[@sinnes6035]

As a Welsh person, it's wonderfully fun to watch people struggle with Welsh-based pronunciation, as my culture is one of sadists. Brennan did a fairly good impression with 'Cliff'

[@erzaine6545]

Absolutely crazy how none of them knew who flowey or the great deku tree were

[@rachaelshort1704]

Um actually marisha knew who flowey was just not the name

[@darmakx99]

I LOVE that Brennan knew who Zhann was. Farscape was an absolute gem of a show, definitely my favorite bit of TV sci-fi ever (The Expanse and Star Treks TNG & DS9 are also excellent, and while it's more cyberpunk than pure sci-fi I think Altered Carbon is also excellent)

[@FadkinsDiet]

The middle of Expanse. It started slow and the last season wasn't up to snuff either.

[@TimmyTheNerd]

@29:33 I actually always found it weird. I grew up on a farm in California. One of my grandparent's primary source of income was raising chickens and selling the eggs. So growing up, I always found it weird that we didn't refrigerate the eggs from our own chickens but, after moving and being forced to get rid of the farm and all of our animals and crops, we did refrigerate the eggs we bought at grocery stores.

[@SupraViperhead]

Nobody knowing The Great Deku Tree made me sad.

[@joemorgan2390]

No one knowing Flowey made me sad.

[@Ya_boi_jiyu]

IKR

[@monochromedevdle5697]

@@joemorgan2390 i knew him :)

[@MaryLuCrafts]

And in describing it he calls it merely "The Deku Tree"..... actually hurt me!

[@unimportantinformation2805]

@@joemorgan2390 omg me too, i figured that of all of those he would’ve recognizable but i guess not

[@dylandapengu]

25:50 um, actually, you just described the MCU's Killmonger

[@tablepicnic]

Also, with the entwives, they were gardeners and thought that order was beautiful, and the enthusbands were into wildness so essentially it was them being “nah you guys are too messy” as well.

[@KelpTheGreat]

The Chronicles of Prydain are basically my favorite books of all time, so I loved Kirk's initial response to hearing Fflewddur Fflam. And then I died a little inside when they talked about the movie version, not being sure if he was a bard or even was in all 5 of the books, and reading them out of order.

[@HardxCorpsxKali]

13:30 what I love about this segment is that the knowledge that a room full of people is limited to only however many brains you have in the room finding answers for this but when you post this online and millions see it there are millions of brains that know millions of different things so you’re almost always going to get corrected if someone missed something in their research and I think that’s super cool. Like so far I haven’t known a single thing about these but I bet there’s a question you could come up with that’s extremely vague but it is something that I know from my life and then it’d be my comment up there correcting the thing you don’t know. I find that fascinating.

[@AncientSkullKid]

at the announcement of sentient plants, that was not Marisha clapping...that was Keyleth clapping.

[@MauiWowieOwie]

I actually knew the amon and smash bros one, I'm surprised they didn't know them. Also I love how excited marisha got at the plants question being a druid and all.

[@Turn4theWorse]

Knowing something that the people on the show don’t guess is so fun because you get to see them try their best while you’re shouting at the screen that the answer is a major story twist in Legend of Korra season 1

[@kerryann9851]

When Brennan looked at the camera & yelled “I’M AN ADULT!” I absolutely lost my shit 😂

[@richardkirke]

Kirk didn’t say “Um actually” and so shouldn’t have got the Simpsons question point. This is me getting in the comments.

[@dancool708]

Um, actually, Kirk did say the titular phrase. He even said it twice. Once immediately during the buzzer, and a second time to clarify after attacking Brennan's guess.

[@buddhathegod]

FYI the character that breaks into museums and bring artifacts back is Killmonger

[@mohmab8137]

No my friend he sells them to smugol 🤣🤣

[@lory3771]

I’m pretty sure this gets addressed in a later episode, but Um, Actually bending is not magic and hence energybending does not strip anyone of magical abilities.