How is it that the ASDFMOVIE SONGS can make me feel so uncomfortable and yet make me wanna bounce?

[@MathewMcKenna]

thanks for being here again yall, I appreciate u & hope things are amazing for u 💙

[@Ruby-lee33]

💕

[@SeinIshamiado]

PLEASE LISTEN TO THE WAFFLE SONG Remix!!!! It's at the end of a Roomie official video of him making a ASDF Remix, but I'm sure you can look it up for the song only. He sang in the it's muffin time song, and he wanted to make his own song I guess? Lol

[@lunarrepublic6777]

Man i love you and your reactions But you look kinda dumb because you don't understand what Tomska want to tell you in the muffins song. He was in the bad spot and have problems But that song show that He overcome it and stop being depressd.

[@poppywaldron4042]

Please can you react to our flag means death out of context 🏴‍☠️

[@Feelthederp]

This is my 45th of many times asking you to listen to the Guilty Gear Strive character themes I will ask you this every single video until you make a video of them

[@ShadyDoorags]

Tomska admitted that he has suicidal thoughts and that these thoughts affect his skits, which is why a good chunk of ASDF has people wanting to die. The Muffin Song was his attempt to directly express how he feels through his work. Like most Shmoyoho songs, it mixes up lyrics from his past videos with the main goal of just rhyming, but there is a story being told.

[@--Rye--]

Thank you shady for this perfect encapsulation of the message also I love your vids

[@Y_r_u491]

I hope he's doing ok now

[@rayanna7188]

wow that's sad. I hope he's okay now, & I also hope he knows that he has some bops

[@SkillsLoading]

Just for more context, he suffered with strong suicidal ideation, which is an obsession with the idea of death but not necessarily having suicidal intentions. He did a whole video about the situation and how asdf, especially the muffin, helped him find an outlet for it.

[@DJSkywalker716]

I'm sure someone has told him already, but the final song was more of a tribute to ASDF as a series rather than solely about the muffin and telling the story of Tom's journey over the years with the series.

[@IcyLightning00]

If not, someone in the comments will

[@BaconNuke]

Honestly I love him taking it at face value and contemplating "lore"... not getting bogged down by the background about it all makes it more whimsical ngl

[@jocabr1241]

I think the muffin song was meant to symbolize a time when the creator was depressed

[@randodude3469]

Yeah, and the end representing his feeling of "Were all gonna die, so let's make the most of this world while we're here."

[@MistyExtras05]

From what I know, it's about Tom's life and about how he made asdfmovie And as time went by, and when Edd passed away, his mental health slowly grew worse

[@MattTOB618]

​​@@MistyExtras05 Just a note: Depression isn't equivalent to insanity

[@ARandomEliatrope]

@@MattTOB618 useless note considering the fact tom was going down that route mentally and it was getting REALLY bad for him

[@MistyExtras05]

@@MattTOB618 Sorry sorry 😓

[@finnisqueer]

The Muffin Song is actually about Tomska, dealing with depression and suicidal thoughts while forcing himself to continue creating ASDF Movies, despite the sense of humour being rather outdated - Watching his friends and fellow creators move on with their lives while he felt stuck making ASDF Movies - Letting go felt right, but he couldn't afford to let go of his life's work. That's why there's a suicide warning at the start of the video. The Muffin character is.. More like a self insert, of sorts, I guess. It's actually a very sad song, and if you go back and look through Tomska's ASDF content, a lot of his jokes began to revolve more and more around the concept of death as his mental health deteriorated.. poor Tomska. I hope he's doing better nowadays.

[@TheTurtleCube]

This is a very accurate summarization, and from videos on his (TomSka's) second channel it looks as if he's doing quite a bit better than a couple years ago when Muffin Time came out.

[@finnisqueer]

@@TheTurtleCube That's really good to hear!

[@rayanna7188]

@TurtleCube that's good to know! glad he's doing better

[@dabatman5187]

Not all of his friends shown in the video moved on. Edd died

[@kaseywoods6533]

@@dabatman5187and tom had to take over his channel

[@sushiroll3795]

Who's gonna tell him about the...other version of "Beep Beep Imma Sheep?"

[@Jorpda]

Hopefully no one, I don’t think he would handle it

[@randodude3469]

Minus8 is a legend

[@IcyLightning00]

I don't think he can handle it

[@jakk2631]

He would die of a heart attack after seeing one second of it

[@jcat2923]

Uhh

[@lochie2804]

Somehow, when I was in 10th grade, I manage to convince one of my teachers to play "Beep Beep I'm a Sheep" during an "End of term/year Party", and they continue to play it even after I graduated highschool (one of my younger siblings were in the teachers class and told me that the teacher was still using the song the song) I also say "convince" but it was just a suggestion to the teacher

[@ragg232]

Well, it's better than when someone convinced the teachers at my middle school to play "Don't trust a h0e" at my middle school graduation. At least Beep Beep I'm a Sheep is just weird.

[@great_hedgehog8199]

@@ragg232 Beep Beep I'm a Sheep isn't even weird. It's a fun PG song that involves nothing particularly weird except for Tomska's deep voice, which is honestly fine

[@jayde4872]

Charisma Lv 100

[@ghostsurfer23]

The 'I Like Trains' kid, Mine Turtle, and the 'Do the Flop' guy are a trinity of intent. ILTK wants his victims to suffer. Mine Turtle is indifferent to the suffering of its victims. And DTFG is specifically against the suffering of those he hurts. In this essay I will...

[@DannyRayqu]

I was hoping his cameraman explained it to him, its like a goodbye song a season end and it shows how hard to continue do the same for years and ending up byourself, even if you do something you love, can be

[@broblerone413]

i'm thinking the 'Do the Flop' song might have been inspired by the fact that after asdfmovie came out, 'do the flop' became a bit of a trend that actually did result in quite a few injuries, and the creators have said they were really worried about the unforseen consequences of the original 'do the flop' joke

[@lipopcorne489]

You forgot one more song ! The cow song ! And the Muffin song is kind of a metaphore of how Tom felt during his depression and finally got back to make more asdf movies.

[@melsy94]

I didn't know there was a cow song? I know there's a REAL MAN! song about a very real man, but didn't know there was one about a cow

[@zayzyverse7843]

@@melsy94 it’s the newest one

[@bluerious5475]

@@zayzyverse7843 mans missed the joke

[@Robin280497]

@@bluerious5475 Clearly not a real man. Must be a cow.

[@blainechandler2574]

​@@bluerious5475 yep

[@BenevolentRose]

I love how literal Matt gets with this series. XD It's like he's the straight man in this world of stupid, senseless fun.

[@Hotgirlenergy]

Straight?😂

[@edgystuffretarkidnormcring330]

S gay ?😂

[@silvex758]

for the replies: "Straight man" is a character architype in comedy performances who is more ordinary or serious. They act as a foil to more zany and crazy characters. Hope this helps with confusion!

[@Lantern_Light]

Ok so.. Tomska is in all of these music videos.. And you can see as he ages.. in the last one is his most current form. And talking about his actual depression. The muffin being a representation of the desire to entertain and to appear joyful while having depression.

[@may0kyra]

The Muffin song is about TomSka Journey, that's why you can see him with his friends and then working alone, I think it's about his depression. On the other hand, the train kid is supposed to represent a friend on his named Edd who died from cancer, he loved trains

[@hellpenguin3031]

Mine Turtle: Technically I'm a tortoise. Matt: That is not a stegosaurus!

[@ryttyr14]

Fun fact: Ryan (yes, that's the I Like Trains kid's official name) is canonically trains-gender.

[@BaconNuke]

I thought they were dead

[@cubicklecub]

@@BaconNuke what no, the voice is dead but not the train kid

[@ryttyr14]

@@BaconNuke Ryan isn't, but his voice actor Edd Gould unfortunately is. He died from acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in 2012.

[@BaconNuke]

@@cubicklecub Well the character probably technically is since.. read that Tom decided to retire the character out of respect

[@ryttyr14]

@@BaconNuke ah

[@MattTOB618]

I'm pretty sure that the Muffin song was actually about TomSka's depression and how it was affecting his work. There's a really good video about it by Bright Side Euan that I recommend you watch on your own time.

[@bluerious5475]

There’s also a video by Tomska himself detailing how important the music video is to him

[@MattTOB618]

​@@bluerious5475 I hadn't actually watched the TomSka video until I went looking for the video I was talking about, but yes.

[@fireflam1682]

The trains kid, flop guy, and muffin appear so much because they survive.

[@mr.stuffdoer8483]

I think anime would genuinely break this guy’s mind. He’s so fucking literal. I can just imagine “Why are their eyes so big? Why do they tremble so much” “Why is her voice so high?” “Why is her hair pink” “How are the boobs jiggling so much?” “How is he not dead, that was like 2 people worth of blood” “Why are they 2 dimensional? People aren’t 2 dimensional” “So does the CGI stuff look like CGI to the 2D characters?” “Why is his mouth on the side of his face?” “This character is a thousand but looks like a child, how?” “This character is 14 but looks and acts like he’s 30, that makes no sense”

[@animeguy9485]

Imagine when he finds his first well done trap character. He screams "THATS A DUDE, WHY IS HE SO FEMIN...oh yeah 21st century"

[@Mandango]

@@animeguy9485 hi bro! how about we just say feminine (feminine presenting?) instead of trap, that word has a derogatory history of being used in the context of trans/feminines or whatevs people supposedly tricking dudes into dating them aka setting ‘traps’ which gave trans people a pretty bad rep in the anime community 😢

[@animeguy9485]

@Mandango traps aren't Trans people though, they are feminine looking dudes or masculine looking males. Trans people are ones who identify as the opposite gender that they originally were. I never assumed anything in that regard because TRAPS were their original gender and never wanted to change in the first place. If a person looks like a woman and was ALWAYS A MAN, that's a trap. Same thing in reverse for women. Edit: secondly, idgaf about the rep of Trans people have in the anime community because as a black person, we've been here longer, but have less rep. I honestly don't care for it at this point

[@bjp4869]

​@@shawnscouten5184Then why not just call them femboys or crossdressers?

[@mr.stuffdoer8483]

@@Mandangowhat is the designer and writer trying to do with those characters? Trick the audience. What is the name of a subreddit in which feminine guys post pictures and videos? r/Traps. People make that word out to be significantly worse than it is with this stuff. And traps have nothing to do with anti-trans rhetoric in the anime community. Anime fans are just bigots on some level most of the time.

[@JayTheProtag]

Wanna know something funny? Beep Beep I'm a Sheep is in a Just Dance game

[@freezingfire3157]

I think that the last song wasn't about the muffin. But actually about Timska's mental health and his asdf movies.

[@samanimations0]

I love how they vary so many emotions for example happieness and sadness at the same time, really shows the characters personality’s

[@VioletGG4]

He's taking everything so seriously! 😂

[@Kayta-Linda]

Also literally

[@thedomoking]

So fun to see people who think like this, it's not supposed to make sense so it drives them insane

[@Kayta-Linda]

@@thedomoking It does makes sense though. Just not *that* kind of sense.

[@Sandro_de_Vega]

Train Kid is omega level mutant. It captivates me how you completely missed the meaning of the Muffin song because instead of analyzing what it says, you fixate on surreal details without meaning.

[@qweraven9]

Fun fact: The I Like Trains kid is voiced by TomSkas friend, Edd Gould, who sadly passed away in 2012

[@Aviaidan]

5:20 “Man, if they teamed up” … “Dragon?!” Idk why, but this was the funniest 3 second sequence I’ve ever seen

[@fang609]

Idk why but I find it infinently ammusing that Mathrew overthinks some stuff in these songs so much even tho there reletevly simple and easy things to understand. Like the Muffin song is prety much about TomSca himself

[@thisisasupersayin376]

The muffin song does have an explanation, Tom talks about it in his second channel video "The Muffin That Saved My Life"

[@jynfu1481]

I like how Mathew is trying to make sense of asdfmovie characters

[@KingsBard]

Btw the one who sang Beep Beep was Blackgryph0n, the singing voice for Pilot Alastor. He's also the I'm already Tracer guy.

[@A_Goose_YT]

wha... o h

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

He also wrote a ton of MLP songs that are great.

[@KingsBard]

@@phictionofgrandeur2387 Oh I'm aware, I've been following Gabe since him and Nate's first album, I listened to that so much late middle school early highschool. I even used Another End for my highschool graduation slideshow song.

[@BomerPC]

Despite hyper-analysing the muffin song you still managed to miss the whole point of it lmao

[@KiritoNoiharaQuartz]

* deep breaths * Okay, so here's an explanation of the muffin song. Thomas (or TomSka as we know him as) worked on asdf movie for years with some friends. Over time some of his friends left the project and he was all alone. He felt like he was working on something that just repeats itself and doesn't give him joy. He started to feel depressed and didn't want to continue the series. That's why the song is filled with references to other videos, it shows all the work he's done in the past and how it affects him. It ends with his creations begging him to continue asdf movie and make more episodes, to appease the audience and make us all happy, because our support makes him happy. The whole thing about the muffin being the center of the song was just to add silliness to the video so it didn't seem out of place with the whole series. Of course the amazing vocals were there because Shmoyoho helped make the song.

[@Jorpda]

I would honestly recommend watching some other TomSka things, his skits are hilarious and make slightly more sense than asdfmovie

[@Pestheimmortal]

We got him boys!!!!!

[@foxdragon2276]

I haven't seen anyone point this out, unless i missed something, but there's one song Matt missed which is the Real Man (skateboarding cow) song, again idk if he's already seen it but i figured it would be part of this video

[@charliemiko3957]

the kid likes trains the mom likes planes the dad likes cocai-

[@Crasherdrone]

I haven't heard some of these in years

[@dormanius]

I feel sad that he left out the last asdf song. I'm a man is the latest asdfmovie song that came out.

[@jonasquinn7977]

There’s a version of beep beep I’m a sheep that is even more disturbing and I demand Mathew watch it!

[@MrWhatdafuBOOM]

Yeah the comment version

[@NiennaFan1]

Watch the song REAL MAN! It’s actually uplifting and has a positive message and story (presumably because tomska is doing a little better:) )

[@Joseph_Drew_III]

Hopefully he gets to Tomska figuring out the best ASDF Movie joke and reacting to fan ideas.

[@ninjakirby777]

HIGHLY recommend tomskas “literal drinks” skit, it’s my favourite video of his.

[@skylarhart13]

Matthew thinks to much “how do the sunglasses and hats stay on” ITS AN ANIMATED VIDEO MAT TAKE A CHILL PILL love ya man

[@LamirLakantry]

Didn't even react to the right version of beep beep I'm a sheep. And he spent the time trying to act as if sunglasses on a sheep in a cartoon is freaky.

[@victoria-fl8zp]

Are we just not talking about monokuma dabbing in everybody do the flop

[@ScavengingWisdom]

9:50 in a part of the song you might not have paid attention to it went over how everyone was “flopping” onto suicidal hazards

[@LockheartCrow]

1:16 At least we know one thing… ..He never loses his train of thought. (I am deeply sorry but also not)

[@cadenmc3961]

TomSka has admitted that the I like trains song was made exclusively to sell merch lol.

[@peter-rg9jf]

If they would make documentary songs, prehaps people would have a better education

[@AdventuresOfKatChat]

"shape beep" made me laugh lol

[@nobgs4505]

I love the jokes about the videos made of viral dances like that in the Do The Flop one. There's the "live/irl" one, a Minecraft one, an MMD one with some anime character (TomSka chose Monokuma for this one), someone trying to pass it off as their own, a x2 speed, extended one, and the 10,000 Sparta Remixes

[@justyouraveragenerd5152]

You forgot to react to the newest one called "REAL MAN!" It's like a year old now

[@OverationPrimeOfficial]

I don’t know what I’m gonna say this, but Matthew this is a cartoon. The logic does not have to make sense.

[@ladabudilova9262]

I started to think you won’t watch them. So happy to see it:3

[@DR0208]

The “i like trains” kid is voiced by Edd Gould, who made a Little Funny series called Eddsworld. The channel is now run by Matt, because Edd died and Tord and Tom left, but they are still releasing new episodes and i recommend you to React to some of the older ones!

[@zcubeDbz]

At least he didn't watch the minus 8 version of "beep beep I'm a sheep" Might discover something about himself or get in trouble with KZbin

[@WhiteAndBlack82]

I swear to God watching Mathew is like trying to show your grandparents some modern pop culture and im here for it 😂

[@Ic3_Blu3]

Who else remembers the OTHER sheep song?

[@anonymous_idontreplylmaous72]

The coomer one?

[@Ic3_Blu3]

@@anonymous_idontreplylmaous72 Yup

[@jessicacameron313]

suddenly realizes that these songs legit defined my childhood even though id never heard of this channel before today

[@arrash4388]

Still waiting for the 'I Like Planes' Kid. Imagine that interaction.

[@Fish-kj5vl]

The muffin time song is about tom's burnout and depression he developed through the years of making asdf. Dealing with loss, grief, and disillusionment. Getting to a point where it felt like obligation over what he actually wanted to do and then resolving to make it into smth he can be proud of again.

[@Benjiboye]

Best way to end the day? Mathew McKenna. MATHEW FUCKING MCKENNA REACTS TO ASDFMOVIE SONGS 😭😭

[@JustTheJames]

15:45 - the vocals are from the wonderfully talented Rebecca Parham from the channel Let Me Explain Studios

[@Ashurman666]

BEEP BEEP! BTW Beep Beep I'm A Sheep has a different version where they use different animals and rhymes that the fans sent in, you should check it out.

[@fireflam1682]

The dragon is from skyrim

[@jedimalone]

The meow meow I'm a cow is reminiscent of Doja Cat's Mooo!! song

[@esupton783]

I love this videos, but God is Mathew dumb and overthinking everything, but that's what I like

[@t-godly4116]

I feel like you’d want a documentary about someone who *summons trains* to KILL PEOPLE. He could be the best super hero or the most dangerous super villain

[@joseram437]

2:53 the "I like trains kid" got a c for breeding 😂

[@oldGil57]

I agree with you Matthew the Muffin song had me shaking in my chair. : D

[@midnightgirl1654]

His brain is a train. You could say it his train of thought.😊

[@mrfoxfam562]

when i hear the “beep beep i’m a sheep” song i start thinking about the minus8 animation

[@agent941]

muffin song shows the start of being creative, then feeling traped by it when it becomes what defines your success, becomeing brned out an haveing a feeling of meaninglessness, and then finaly embraceing your work as part of u and ur legacy

[@Chucklefuq]

Attempt 33 of asking Mathew to listen to Splatoon OSTs especially Splatoon 3 OSTs

[@Spectarium]

10:27 I saw this video before I even knew what ASDF was so I guess this song was my introduction to tomska

[@skevinti]

EVERYONE is talking about the muffin song, but my personal favorite fact is that i like trains kid was originally voiced by (and designed after) tom’s friend edd! who was the creator of infamous online animated series Eddsworld!

[@jlr1357]

I would really like to see Mathew react to "That Handsome Devil" songs, mainly "Charlie's Inferno" and "Savages" (also, "Eristocrats", "Karmakaze", "Powderbomb", "Wintergreen", "Yada Yada" and "Sleep it Off" are good options too)

[@ros9764]

I haven't listebed to these songs in ages and now i remember how much i loved listening to them on repeat. Thanks for the nostalgia trip Matthew

[@Jockjoe]

these songs are so iconic oml

[@omegaprime220]

Mathew McKenna you should watch chikn nuggit it's like the amazing world of gumball but it's cuter and slightly less weird.

[@kingmagikarp97]

I wonder if Mathew knows about the +18 version of the beep beep I'm a sheep song by minus 8 on here?

[@Captain_Timezone]

1:16 train of thought or something

[@marveludus]

that kid has clearly made a pact with a higher being and summons trains to do his bidding

[@saintbrown]

I don’t see anyone else talking about this, so I’m just gonna let you know that there is another song that wasn’t in the playlist for some reason, it’s called Real Man and, in my opinion, is the best Asdf song

[@zeezee8136]

idk what the title card things are called when sliding the video but it says "Shape Beep"

[@codebracker]

You forgot the "Real man!" song

[@waxlynthesain3358]

I'm not sure if you've seen it already but I really think you'd like listening to the songs from crazy ex-girlfriend. I recommend oh my god I think I like you, it was a shitshow, and tapped that ass. Three great songs from a series of great songs.

[@RedMadMichael]

Ahm... there's a lot of context needed for the muffin song. The context being that Tom was depressed and I believe even s*icidal, that's why there were so many death and s*icide jokes in all of the asdf movies, and the stress of the popularity of the asdf movie wasn't making it better, but this song was kind of a reconciliation, saying that basically 'fuck it, it's already on the internet, why not continue' ("cartoons live forever"). Feel free to correct me on this though, it's been a while and I don't remember the specifics anymore.

[@Rex_Demon-1]

My man Mathew, I don't know if your seriously trying to find the logic in these videos or your just trolling all of us right now, but please for the love of God, don't take everything so seriously and don't try and find the logic because there is no logic. Just let it invade your mind, let it invade your thoughts just let it consume you.

[@SebazuARC]

You are missing the REAL MAN! Song.

[@Milk-ck1wv]

Imagine if he saw the beep beep I'm a sheep animation version with all the other animations and references in one.

[@DeltaDubs89]

You questioning every SINGLE ASPECT of muffin song pissed me THE HELL OFF!!!! You don't question asdf. It's not meant to make sense.

[@annacaligan8352]

The ASDF movie songs are great. I think you would like "Real man". That is a fun song with a story to it and it is great! Happy to watch your reactions to songs and out of context stuff.

[@mark-23-play7]

1:17 Train of thought

[@Martixx22]

3:33 okay, this is GENUINELY straight up scary

[@KristynaMarkvartova]

Love how he is confused about the muffin song and searching for answers for so many questions, not knowing that it just doesnt make sense😂😂😂

[@maxdon2001]

Great reaction!

[@tesladajira178]

The song that made most sence left matheww going insane

[@t-godly4116]

Imagine you a hero fighting the train guy and you tied up and the last thing you hear is “I. Like. Trains.”

[@aggable]

man these were the shit when i was younger lmaoo