Is Mario Really Evil?

[@Vsauce3]

Yes, I am aware GameTheory made an episode about this topic. However, you can talk about topics ENTIRELY differently so before disregarding something by the title try watching the video.

[@themetapod]

well said

[@RocoPwnage]

Vsauce3 But hey, that's just a theory. A VSAUCE THEORY!

[@superbullseyegamer4350]

Thought this was a collaboration

[@maple...]

sorry i thought i was watching vsauce3, not game theory

[@Vsauce3]

Jason Cabell watch the video

[@chickennugget6903]

I was just looking for a fun theory video, but now I'm in the middle of an existential crisis.

[@heathenmm7709]

I agreed with this comment a hundred percent and then I realized it was written by a chicken nugget so now I feel even more bonded with it as a whole

[@Roger-di3ib]

+Mindy B. L_M_A_O Little_Mario_Ate_Overworld XD I made that up

[@KatouMegumiosu]

It's just a theory... C'mon...

[@chickennugget6903]

And this comment was just a joke... C'mon...

[@chickennugget6903]

NO!! YOU CAN'T EAT ME!!

[@MZHUSA]

As a game theorist myself, I feel the need to apologize for the community. Jake, you did a wonderful job of using Mario as an example to teach us a bunch of psychology and philosophical stuff. You gave us something to think about, as always. And that's the point of the video, that's the point of the whole channel I would say. To amaze us and get us thinking. We could care less if mario actually is mental or not, Jake put a lot of work into this video to show us everything is just a matter of perspective, and he did a marvelous job at that. Keep it up Jake :) you're awesome

[@Vsauce3]

MZHUSA Thank you so much and, as always, thanks for watching!

[@cowcain4089]

+Vsauce3 I think this video acted as a great analogy for today's segregation and was a magnificent eye-opener. It was an awesome watch.

[@gremcilia_immermurin]

Vsauce3 No Super Amazing End Card Tournament?

[@CowMilkSlurper]

MZHUSA I am also a theorist and I think VSauce3 isn't very similar. Sure, there are some topics that are said in both channels but when you watch the videos associated with them, you realize that's all they are. Topics.

[@CowMilkSlurper]

MZHUSA To clearify I am agreeing with you ;)

[@TheFancyRoman]

Welcome to GAME THEO-Oh wait...

[@madelinetheater6897]

TheFancyRoman haha right

[@anagarcia9707]

Lol

[@Mewyz]

TheFancyRoman 😂😂

[@Alan-kn8bx]

TheFancyRoman ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

[@ShoovShoovMan]

haha tru.

[@BoringMan]

Every Villain Is Lemon

[@eggtimer7545]

EEEEEEEEEEVILLLLL

[@ImInAgonyLOL]

I love lemons.

[@aaron3554]

BoringMan UNEXCEPTAABLLLEEEEEEEEE!!!

[@aidanbeattie8341]

HaHa

[@dryued6874]

BoringMan The Lemon is still evil.

[@nickcarbaugh4301]

I know goomba propaganda when I see it.

[@DrunkDuckXD]

LOL!

[@fuku102]

LMFAO!

[@satanscounselor9138]

+Nick Carbaugh yep

[@cristiantorres8509]

hahahahahahaha

[@petercraigg1]

fuckin lol

[@xisumavoid]

These are fantastic thoughts and observations. I hope people watching take them aboard and see how their own psychology effects there lives. The link to mario was a little loose but of course its just a medium to relate on :-) Great video as always!

[@adrianbornabasic7499]

xisumavoid Hi Xisuma!

[@blobcreeper]

xisumavoid I remember being shown the experiments in a history lesson a few months back, and questioning good and evil a bit then, my teacher even did the eye colour separation experiment albeit on a smaller scale, people with blue eyes were moved to the back of the class and were given work from one textbook (the harder one I think) and everyone else was at the front with the easier textbook, the teacher also gave subtle hints that everyone sitting at the back of the class were smarter than everyone at the front of the class, nothing really came from it since it was for about 20 minutes rather than a longer period of time but still, it happened. Also yes the link to Mario is pretty loose except for things like the mention that Mario thinks that he is doing the right thing and bowser thinks that he is doing the right thing.

[@blobcreeper]

xisumavoid Also, 12 hours ago from when I posted this :O Actually I guess that was at about 10 PM so I will let you off this time :P

[@cmoo7053]

Hi Xisuma!! I didn't know u watched Vsauce!

[@zanderhulk9722]

xisumavoid I did not know you wached Vsauce

[@morezco]

I had forgotten how interesting this one is

[@Dicyroller]

interesting, but flawed. Jake, I believe is not talking about Mario nor our choices in a video game. He is speaking about our us and they mentality. We are good they are bad. He is talking about trying to overcome that. Unfortunately reading the comments not going to happen.

[@carsonchiu6069]

how is it flawed?

[@Jason-ty6ds]

+Carson Chiu he is saying how Jake is saying how we think about mario not how he actually is. But I disagree since in the end he sums it up pretty good

[@carsonchiu6069]

IsJasonJay sorry bro, your english is...unfortunately really bad too so I have no idea what you just said either

[@Dicyroller]

Just, saying that I don't believe he was really talking about video games. It was more about how humans tend to go for the us agents them. We are always looking for a " bad guy" . I liked the comment tho.

[@HelenaRedgrave]

"Someone made a video about this topic before, therefore no one can ever touch on it ever again" What the hell kind of reasoning is that, people?

[@MrDaredevil747]

Redgrave192 Group bias. If you were on MatPat's side, you'd be less receptive to this, like the people in the MRI machines when confronted with facts about the presidential nominees. It is messed up, though.

[@MrDaredevil747]

RvB Fan I completely agree, and as for people getting mad about Jake "stealing" MatPat's idea, the answer is quite simple-People love to get mad on the internet. Mob mentality is quite common on the internet, and it's amplified by anonymity.

[@Aaron_Potter]

MrDaredevil747 Yeah I think a good example of the internet creating a sense of mob mentality is the human flesh search (I could be getting the name wrong I'm going from my less than stellar memory) were a video or story of someone doing something bad such as a man cheating on his wife will spark a whole community of people to find everything they can about this man's personal life and bring out in the open, which could get him fired from his job,ruin his reputation etc.

[@paulz5403]

Internet reasoning. Duh.

[@finesseandstyle]

MrDaredevil747 That's why I belong to no group.

[@thetayz72]

So, in a nutshell, you're always the hero of your own story.

[@matthewkress6161]

Also known as Protagonist Syndrome

[@vesper7312]

Explains the internet, doesn't it?

[@logictruth1]

Have you ever seen someone rubbing hands saying to himself "oh boy what evil things can i do next?"? No because no one deliberately does evil stuff. You will only ever do what you think is right.

[@somedude1826]

TheTayz *hustle *hustle *injustice 2 *hustle

[@maxfelson9467]

I think that is an oversimplification with an added bit of misunderstanding

[@Turbininh0]

Gosh I just love Jake Chudnow's "Olive". Keep playing it forever.

[@Vsauce3]

***** Olive is so good!

[@joser9237]

+Vsauce3 When is his album going to be released in Spotify? He only has Shona there.

[@Vsauce]

***** Olive that song.

[@jorge666]

+Vsauce olive u

[@GreerFried]

Oh wow guys, that's not even good.

[@SjorsTea]

Killing hundreds doesn't make Mario evil It makes *you* evil.

[@dukedp5227]

But are we Mario? But a video game character is in a video game

You ARE Mario

[@dukedp5227]

but who is mario??? MIND FART

[@TheShyGamer]

Ikr

[@isaisdevious]

True! Ha ha

[@STUV101]

What is better: To be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort. -Paarthurnax

[@Bmac_Gaming]

vegeta. He is the true hero. Goku is good because he bumped his head, Vegeta overvqme his evil upbringing. :)

[@STUV101]

xhound That's actually true XD

[@stepienmaximilian]

Fun Fact: The Voice actor of Mario also voiced Paarthunax... No, seriously. Look it up.

[@ocspams2654]

+Maximilian Stepien Ikr the irony

[@smartpeople17]

It's always better to be born good.

[@laterbot]

Mario has never killed a Goomba in a cut scene. killing them is always up to the player, Marios character, has never been seen to kill one.

[@laterbot]

you count mario RPG?

[@laterbot]

IDK I never played them... and they don't really fit into the main story of mario....

[@epicwarlord58]

+No Name So we can believe if something is canon or not in the franchise?

[@Ray-mond]

In the RPG Games however, it's the Goombas, Koopas and other troops of Bowser that WANT to kill Mario, and he can't stop them... Basically it's self-defense.

[@CuddlyTheMadElite]

Robert Bigg Some levels actually do require you to kill Goombas tho. Some of them need to be killed in Mario Galaxy to take down a force field and to free the Lumas, but technically speaking, we never see Mario kill his enemies, just crush them. We always see Goombas vanish when we flatten them and we know that Yoshi, along with DK, comes back out of the pits in some fashion. So why not Koopas?

[@zdecfzdcvz]

Those blue-eyed students later became members of the PC Master race Reddit forum.

[@zdecfzdcvz]

You brown-eyed peasants have facts to face, facts to face, facts to face. You can't compare to the blue-eyed master race. Cuz' the blue-eyed master race will FAQ YOUR FACE !

[@bbruinenberg]

+Spaghetti Productions You're funny. Sadly, you have no understanding of what pc master race is about. Pc master race is about having a choice. A choice of having better or worse graphics than what a company decides. A choice of picking a high framerate or good graphics. A choice of making your pc the way you want and using it the way you want. There are of course the bad apples who go outside the subreddit bragging about being better than others and making ridiculous claims like everyone who plays on console being a peasant. The thing is, most members of the pc master race have a problem with the consoles and the companies behind them, not with the people playing them. The exception to that is when console players spread lies and refuse to pay attention to anyone who disagrees with what the companies they are loyal to say. That is the type of behaviour that most members of pc master race call peasantry.

[@zdecfzdcvz]

Dude relax im a member of the PC master race. YES INTERNET YOU CAN MAKE FUN OF YOURSELF !

[@jackvoorhees7827]

+Rendom Stranger there's no such thing as a master race

[@ganjahfarmer4469]

+Rendom Stranger fuckin nerds

[@Medbread]

But that's just a theory, a Vsauce theory! And as always, thanks for watching!

[@DodgeThatAttack]

it IS just a theory tho

[@sagargiri6233]

??? Those are not theories anymore because they proved it with experiment

[@thatonepersonwithoutacreat7503]

Film theory reference!!!

[@licensedblockhead]

he says we kill the goombas because the manual says they are bad. ive never read the game manual. i just kill them because its fun...

[@noahwilliams8996]

IJustShot MarvinIntheFace That says more about human beings than any psychological study ever could.

[@noahwilliams8996]

***** Yes it is. But what's of interest here is the person playing it. We are a species that can be entertained by killing things. That's why we make video games about killing things, because our brains are primitive enough that some parts of them can't tell the difference between a video game and real life.

[@R3_dacted0]

IJustShot MarvinIntheFace I think that him mentioning the manual was moot. A more powerful point would have been if he said we think killing them is good because of self experience. Everyone and their mother who has ever played Super Mario Bros for the first time has died by that first goomba. In fact, the first brick placement there is designed to funnel new players into rebounding right in front of the goomba, causing you to die. From the very moment you realize "Oh, he caused me to lose a life, he must be an enemy!" you're mind is instantly set on defeating the enemies presented in front of you. Even if you don't even know WHY they are enemies in the first place. You only know that they inflicted damage on you, therefore they must be bad.

[@licensedblockhead]

Noah Williams I have heard there are parts of the brain involved with observing others and they are the same neural pathways involved with encoding memory. I.e. seeing others (the character) do something makes a person remember the action as if they did it (i.e. people know the difference between reality and fiction but are able to chose to pretend they are the character to help the become more engaged.)

[@artfire28]

we killed them because it was easier to beat the game.

[@SendyTheEndless]

Stomping on a goomba makes a sweet sound effect, though.

[@MoonwalkerWorshiper]

And that's all that matters. People need to grow a brain and move on with their lives.

[@jako1234567890jako]

It does taste like tuna..

[@OmegaX5000]

Nice video, but there's a bit of an error in it. In the manuel it says that the Toads were transformed into bricks. What does Mario break apart when powered up? Brick BLOCKS. Those blocks are not a single brick/Toad, they are multiple Toads stuck together. As such, when Mario shatters the blocks, he separates the Toads from being stuck to each other, thus saving them once Princess Peach undoes the spell that turned them into bricks in the first place.

[@pharroz1355]

OmegaX5000 but they smash into a lot of little pieces

[@sciblastofficial9833]

OmegaX5000 But you destroy the bricks too!

[@CreeperUniverseTV]

Kinda, but they fall off the map and disappear...

[@tylerhorne1099]

Creeper Universe but isn't that what happens to Mario when he dies?

[@nlucodeine2564]

mind blown

[@AJG0107]

I got a nintendo switch ad before this...

[@thaddeustoth7460]

Nice

[@MrCubFan415]

Well, I got a mattress ad

[@pennylenny5]

You got a nintendo ad?

[@braincraft]

Now I'm not sure if this video is shocking or if you're just a Freud. Awesome to work with you!

[@pazz199]

Whether something is evil depends solely on the viewpoint. For the germans, Hitler wasn't an evil person, he promised them jobs, he promised them good lives. Everyone else percieved him as evil because of his way of doing so. (I don't want to defend his actions, not that you think I'm a nazi or sth) Also, for most people, these enemies in Super Mario are percieved as obstacles which aim to make the adventure harder. So the answer to the question why we should kill them is that they make the reaching of our goals easier.

[@Heliophanus]

***** Pfft. Many Germans hated Hitler from the start, and thought that he was evil. He tore families apart, sent sons to die, imprisoned or killed their friends and relatives. 'course, that number dwindled over the years. Because of the purges and all that. The smart ones learned to keep their mouths shut, and survived long enough to outlive him.

[@pebblessyou]

***** If there was a level with a flagpool at the end but without ANY obstacles but 1 single goomba, I'm sure that more than 90% would jump and kill him, myself included. Most people don't go out of their way to kill a goomba when it's not needed (for instance, there is a goomba below the player while he only has to move to the right), but most people also don't try to intentionally avoid killing one. Also, it's technically easier to jump over a goomba and let him be instead of jumping on him.

[@Treemike1000]

yeah. ;)

[@pazz199]

Blagno4 You're apperantly the one who doesn't know history... How else could he take over germany? If he promised them war from the beginning, they wouldn't have voted for him (germany was a democracy at the time, Hitler then changed it to a dictatorship). They didn't know about his intentions from the beginning.

[@Darticus42]

Heliophanus Polarization. The middle-ground dies out. That's one of the first stages of genocide.

[@FizzyK-45]

*"OHMAIGAHMATPATFRUMTEHGAEMTHEOREEHASALREADYMADETHESAMEVIDEO!!!"* ~Everyone in the comments right now...

[@FizzyK-45]

Victor Dalloz But is it really necessary? If anyone wanna comment, comment about the video. Not comment about someone already did it. /)_-;

[@567thatoneguy]

+Victor Dalloz Not really. Yes there was a game theory saying Mario is evil using a multitude of evidence to support the theory. This video used the argument about Mario's questionable alignment and turned it into a discussion about if there even is a good and evil. The took the same topic and did completely different things with them. It's like the difference between a thanksgiving turkey and turkey bacon. Yes they originate from the same place but end up very different.

[@baconspaceman4094]

That One Guy Bacon what now?

[@Eco419]

Fizzy Note i havent read nothing other than you people thinking other people are writing this comments ,wtf are wrongwith you judgy guys

[@Oujouj426]

+Fizzy Note Sounds censorship-y.

[@lensaprastowo]

Haven't I've heard this before?

[@lensaprastowo]

Is he following Mat?

[@williamlag7939]

+Lensa Animations yep

[@Dana-dp8sw]

+Denis Deki I think this is A LEST the 2nd time

[@luckynumber7908]

+Lensa Animations The only similarity is the title, the video it self has nothing to do with MatPat's video.

[@lensaprastowo]

Oh, but is he following the same topic?

[@Lmskilla]

This is why we need to become Earthlings and stop grouping ourselves by stupid countries and races!

[@CreepahKillahRSA]

Amen.

[@R3DDWOLF]

Franco Gonzalez +1 agree

[@rivaldoniofantariousnelson1491]

Franco Gonzalez truth.

[@vascohenrique]

Franco Gonzalez It's good to have individuality and different cultures. We don't need to eradicate borders, we just need to accept our differences.

[@MrGameaAddict]

Franco Gonzalez Look at you being so outspoken. Better said than done. NEVER gonna happen.

[@kyledilbert6424]

Hey princess peach , how about raising an army to protect the kingdom , ever think of that for once .

[@singingsun04]

She had that, they are called "Toads" Just because they are an army, doesn't mean they are a good one

[@kyledilbert6424]

I'm talking an army of SOLDIERS

[@xeno4445]

+Bluslime Productions well what else can she make an army of? an army of every good goomba? that mean around 20? 25?

[@deeglenv]

+pokespriter4445 maybe clone marios?

[@xeno4445]

The New SuperJake1764 you'd need a cloning machine for that

[@MehDragon99]

Nintendo Social Experiments [GONE MUSHROOM]

[@BellaBehindAKidBehindACamera]

(IN THE CASTLE)

[@Johanisnotreal]

+BellaBehindAKidBehindACamera (gone sexually/mushroom tip)

[@Mike-km6vg]

I like tuna

[@DeadDelta275]

Me: *WATCHES VIDEO* Also Me: *Questioning my sanity*

[@MrStarman926]

"Putting people in groups immediately creates bias" Gold team rules!

[@MrDaredevil747]

MrStarman926 Yeah, right? Screw those Green wankers.

[@blobcreeper]

MrDaredevil747 What about the Purple arseholes, they are a right bunch of pricks

[@MrDaredevil747]

Phijkchu_Blob Don't even get me started on those teal jagholes.

[@blobcreeper]

MrDaredevil747 Oh my word, the Cerulean Cu... I will stop there :P

[@storn7024]

The Goombas were already trying to kill Mario. When the game starts Mario hasn't yet harmed anyone but the Goombas are already threatening to kill him. In fact, if you don't kill or avoid the Goombas you will lose the game because Mario will die. In the experiment with shocks they didn't threaten to kill the teacher, did they?

[@aspiknf]

Actually Mario is free to avoid Goombas if he wants to, just jump over them and not onto them.

[@mattsodano6264]

It's also worth noting that in the Mario universe, not every Goomba and Koopa works for Bowser. Some actually befriend Mario.

[@TheKeyofAwesome]

I watched BOTH videos Jake, and they are TOTALLY different! (Yours is better btw but don't tell the other guy hehehehe)

[@HedgehogStudios1]

Of all the videos you've done this is the one that makes me think the most.

[@ultr4tr1ps]

5% of people commenting on this video are people saying "*OMGMATPATMADETHISALREADYURSOSTUPID*". 94% of people commenting on this video are people saying "95% of people commenting on this video are people saying "*OMGMATPATMADETHISALREADYURSOSTUPID*"" And the other 1% are people here doing other things.

[@unity-kapwa8702]

SHORELY YU JESTIN The fuq are you saying

[@ultr4tr1ps]

AbsorbedTV I dunno lol.

[@Jonathan-zj6to]

SHORELY YU JESTIN this is true

[@Deathbysnakes90]

SHORELY YU JESTIN Other 1% pulling fake statistics right out of their asses

[@twistedpixel756]

The sky is falling because tomatoes are really annoying. 76% of statistics are made up on the spot.

[@RoofusTheRoofus]

Most people: Mario is bad! Meanwhile Mario is randomly possessed when ever the princess is in trouble and is forced against his own will to commit mass murder

[@eyt3046]

@player Seriously?

[@TheSummerCoast]

Everyone is saying this is scarring, I can't wait to see their reactions to Matpat's videos on Mario

[@PotatoMateYT]

abourdirbetweenworlds I saw that video way before I have ever seen this video

[@swailer-rocketleaguemore3305]

abourdirbetweenworlds lol I watched every game/film theory

[@clevername6872]

Mellow Yellow ha, yep

[@sisconhimejoshi]

MatPat’s video is full of sweets and daisies compared to this one, because it doesn’t show how scary we can be. Simple speculations about how Mario can be a sociopath may ruin your childhood for sure, but it says nothing about your mind and what horrible things you might do just because of those simple mechanisms which you may be totally unaware of.

[@lunarmist8330]

Mellow Yellow heck yah!!!

[@kaizadpatel7527]

11:14 so this is where Toby fox got the idea of making Ashore destroy the mercy button in undertale

[@rubixman7x7]

You forgot to even mention how these possibly innocent creatures will kill you if you touch them. I lot of times, it is safer to stay alive by killing them since it's difficult to avoid them. We may not have tried to understand them, but they don't either. They are set on kill mode and don't stray from that (at least in this game).

[@servalerror]

A few enemies attack you, but most don't. The goombas and koopas just ignore you, walking left to right. It's not their fault at all that touching you kills you.

[@davidmendez3899]

Code Man X in mario galaxy, the goombas charge at you and their bodies don't look like much and don't they only move when you see them i.e. they see you

[@nooneknows7268]

He mentioned that .........

[@MrFakelwr]

Anyone know what song is playing at 12:27? DISCLAIMER: Anyone that says "Darude Sandstorm" will be banned from this plane of existance.

[@25blackninja]

mrotsdnaS-eduraD

[@Toadsomniac]

Sarude-Dandstorm

[@ACEonYT]

Edurad Mrotsdnas

[@ru40342]

FakeLawyer It is Darude Shitstorm. You are welcome

[@CuddlyTheMadElite]

FakeLawyer Smashmouth-All Star

[@devonng9399]

11:18 how to know if you are a psychopath: - if you play a DS like that

[@zotethedead7779]

I fear no man, but that that *thing* It scares me

[@neonfoxtrot4840]

I will never look at Mario the same again. Subscribes

[@paigemartins286]

NeonFoxtrot ikr

[@Olamanchi]

NeonFoxtrot just an opinion if doesn't mean their right. just think.. would you have your childhood.. getting hunted? or just save your childhood. and just think.

[@nelsoncoronado3703]

The only koopa I would kill again is the one on the cloud.

[@shannonmorgan8989]

@@nelsoncoronado3703 lakitu is his name

[@shannonmorgan8989]

ITS THE PLAYER'S CHOICE TO DIP YOSHI

[@darksev.6468]

And then there're Cat Mario and Unfair Mario.

[@bossqueeat]

Dark Severus true evil

[@darksev.6468]

They should make giraffe Mario.

[@Hero_2222]

Mario maker....

[@darksev.6468]

?

[@Hero_2222]

The Mario maker game?

[@AbyssalExalt]

Mario is not evil. He has saved many people other than peach. The pixies, the stars and many others. Where as bowser has actively tried to hurt others. Koopas are not innocent either. In the newer mario games, the moment a koopa sees mario they rush at him to take his life. And in the older mario games the koopas are so intent on killing mario tht they turn into kamikazes. Willing to throw themselves off cliffs to kill him. When it comes to the bricks part theres the possibility that breaking the blocks is a form of release. When turned into bricks there are 2 possibilities. Either the person dies or they lice consciously as bricks in constant suffering. Their fate already sealed. Mario breaking the blocks is doing them a favor. Finally ending their eternal suffering or he could just be breaking blocks. The mario world is a world of hostility and mario is doing his best to protect his people and the princess he loves. But mario goes a step further.

[@AbyssalExalt]

Mario goes a step further even. He travels sewers, magical lands, new continent and even the cosmos to save people in peril. I would not consider him evil. He is a good person. Violent but good.

[@Lfriborg]

Megastones that sounds a whole lot like confirmationbias... ;)

[@Chaos89P]

Megastones We could pull that with Bowser believing what he's doing is right. There is a Game Theory on this involving the Toads' dark secret, or something of that nature, that Bowser thinks he's protecting his kingdom from harm. Of course, that kinda flies out the window in one of the Paper Mario games (I think it's the first one) where he asks Peach to marry him, and she just bawls him out. It could really go either way: each guy defending his kingdom.

[@michaelvaughn3658]

Let's look at it this way: the koopas know that Mario will most likely try to kill them on sight. They know that he's done it before. To people they possible considered friends. They're scared of Mario. To koopas, and goombas as well, Mario is a mass murderer. They're simply trying to defend themselves and their ruler from a killer, and try to avenge their fallen comrades. There are two sides to every story.

[@batman88891]

Ludwig Friborg Technically, any hypothesis (or "theory" as people call them on the Internet) is going to be full of confirmation bias. GameTheory's videos are nothing BUT confirmation bias. If you look at the information and "proof", everyone will come out with something different depending on what that person believes. Someone who believes that Mario is evil would see almost anything he does as evil without looking at the other side of things, and vice-versa.

[@TheTrueHolyDarkness]

Here's my justification for Mario games: It's just a video game.

[@writative8285]

I love that you used a beloved icon to introduce people to the dangers of a divisive us vs them mentality. This may be one of the things that shifts the world a lot closer to a place where people respond to each other with love, not fear.

[@SALSN]

It's funny how you talk about confirmation bias, and then make a video full of it ;-)

[@Vsauce3]

Simon Als Nielsen Exactly!

[@arthurdent6256]

Simon Als Nielsen Well, it's like when you write a paper on a certain topic. You want evidence that supports your thesis. You aren't there to be completely objective, you're trying to present your argument. This was a video essay, thus it stuck to it's main argument. Mario is evil.

[@SALSN]

@I understand that it is fine in the context of a video like this to be subjective, but if you are doing a real thesis, and you are not even trying to be objective, then you are probably doing it wrong.

[@arthurdent6256]

***** Yes, but you are to use these only to test your own arguments. You would never include a counter-argument in a body paragraph unless you want to contradict yourself. It's the responsibility of the devil's advocate to present such points, this is how a proper argument is established.

[@chas-xx7rl]

Nathan C. _"You want evidence that supports your thesis. You aren't there to be completely objective, you're trying to present your argument."_ That's idiotic and goes against the nature of the scientific community. Imagine trying to argue against a proved theorem, even worse.

[@MikaylaSnow]

I was so excited to hear Vanessa I actually had to go back and rewind because my excitement distracted me

[@louisknight6571]

Mikayla Snow Right! She's so amazing

[@Davetallari]

Hey cool look it's Mikayla Snow!!

[@ocredynate3369]

Wait what it's Ms. Snow!

[@magicconchshell1738]

Mikayla Snow wait a minute

[@MrMaxim]

This is so good. =)

[@deletethis3897]

BananaGaming I like your channel. Very informative.

[@arvin282828]

Who is mojo?

[@Vsauce3]

BananaGaming Thank you!!

[@berkeshrunx1904]

Good to see you here banana :)

[@IanMcCannURL]

BananaGaming Banana

[@AceSpadeThePikachu]

In many of the Mario RPG games, Goombas and Koopas are revealed to be "people" who have lives of their own, live in towns and generally mind their own business, UNLESS they WORK for someone bad, like Bowser or another villain. In SOME games Mario has to team up with Bowser temporarily to stop a greater threat. In many Mario games from the current millennium...I noticed a trope develop between Mario and Bowser... They USED to be true enemies...but over time they became almost "frenemies." Bowser even tells Mario multiple times "What would you be without me? Life would be so boring with we didn't have each other to fight." Kind of like another famous hero/villain duo... Batman and The Joker.

[@Justin.JM.McNeil]

gad damn brown eyes...

[@brendan8114]

ikr

[@Justin.JM.McNeil]

^

[@carrotcake6572]

Enter A Cool Name Here really?

[@roseae2202]

Blue eyes are better... sue me

[@tomoe6108]

Ha, I have green eyes

[@lalalandd123]

lmao this video is just Psych 101: Abridged Version

[@Althalus2010]

And why is that funny, given that most people don't have the money to DO "Psych 101" these days?

[@lalalandd123]

Althalus2010 You literally just created an argument out of nothing. Nice!

[@Althalus2010]

lalalandd123 Sorry. You know what? You're right, I DID create an argument from nothing. I've just been under a lot of stress lately and I think that, at that moment, I would have been capable of reacting badly to "Lovely day today, isn't it?". So yeah, sorry. The ironic thing? A psychologist would find this whole thing fascinating.

[@lalalandd123]

Althalus2010 It's cool dude, it happens

[@polishfish]

Sorry, Stress and Regret are topics covered in Psychology 102, you'll have to pay extra for those

[@Justin-sl3sb]

The intriguing yet disturbing nature of this is what makes Lord of the Flies my favorite book.

[@Yes_this_is_my_cat]

7:32 "Jane Elliot divided her class in two, brown and blue eyes." What about people with green, amber, hazel or grey eyes?

[@witheredslayer6091]

Those lines underlined with a pen just kicked up my OCD. Also this also applies to war.

[@TheStillmister]

Could someone please tell me the name of the frickin song in the outro of this video that starts at 12:30?? I have been trying to find it for days

[@whitneyx4628]

Same here! Simply crediting "audionetwork.com" is not helpful at all.

[@20jessedie]

Isaac Stillwell flan, I believe. It's by Jake Chudnow

[@TheStillmister]

THANK YOU +Rapolas Navickas I had given up all hope, I am whole again :p :D

[@tristanstone1196]

Sadly, I see a LOT of confirmation bias and cognitive dissonance all the time. Both from people online and people who I know and grew up with.

[@TrippyTulipz493]

0:50 what music is used in this clip? I always hear in it in Hammeh's videos and this one but i dont know the name of the music..

[@luckybandito9356]

what is the song right at the end of the video? so damn catchy. i checked jake chudnow who is listed in the description as the music credit but cant find it

[@ZeacorZeppelin]

undertale, until dawn, fable, and a lot of other games really mess you up in the head with moral issues of the actions you take.

[@boylogan1011]

7:53 King Curtis can time travel confirmed

[@Astroni800]

Well, three matters: 1. Super Mario Bros is such a visually simple puzzle game that no one considers the actions in it as actual killing. If it was a game visually realistic (at the level of eg. "The Witcher"), or at least emotionally (Undertale), then we could feel anything when we kill these characters. I mean, when Mario get hit and dies, it doesn't bother us, even though we like him. Unlike, for example, when Sonic drowns - the simple but suggestive animation makes drowning hurt us more than any other type of death in his game. 2. Many people are not aware that in the Stanford Prison experiment initially had to be strongly encouraged by the author of the experiment. Apparently they have heard that what they are doing is not enough, they had fear of entering the role. 3. It's funny that the fragments with books (when you can just read on the recording) have captions, when hard to understand audio from archival recordings - hasn't. Nice video anyway.

[@accountnotinuse3995]

Does anyone else get a satisfying 'chill' when they watch VSauce3?

[@InsanePorcupine]

***** How about you? That would explain your typing.

[@getpumped87]

Me, someone with a psychology degree: Hey, I know all of these experiments. I had to study every single one of them lol

[@noyz-anything]

There should be a King Koopa-perspective fanual (fan manual)

[@noahn2332]

I love the background music on all the Vsauce videos, they work so well

[@nerfinfineon5589]

Vsauce: hitting the emotions hard with science

[@redditreddit2286]

Finally somebody understands

[@FAROOQ95123]

Now look at Israel and Palestine .....One is still getting 4 billion aid a year and other is suffering.

[@holydoggo4822]

welcome to humanity, where we help those we like the most and leave the rest to suffer.

[@codylujan]

Now look at which one is evil.

[@codylujan]

+Drikker .badevand exactly

[@mazzaleenh8388]

+FAROOQ95123 one chose to elect a terrorist group as their political head and the other is trying to neutralize the threat, or atleast resolve it peacefully by requesting cease fire treaties. But of coarse, the other side seems to keep wanting to break it. Palestine was lost when they decided to make Hamas their head. Muslim or no, Palestine was stupid for doing.

[@qweteryFTW]

+FAROOQ95123 what about what Saudi arabia is doing to Yemen ? They killed 4 times more civilians then Isreal did.

[@matthewklecha729]

doesn't this just make you evil? the player that chooses to sacrifice Yoshi and break the bricks

[@averagesqueaker7121]

Why haven't you had a TED talk before?

[@InsanePorcupine]

Who says anything is being killed anyway? You kill Bowser and he's still here. You kill yoshi, yet you see the same yoshi still around. Hell even mario dies, but is still around. Perhaps no one dies, just like in cartoons, and when they reach the bottom of the chasm they just splat like whil e coyote, and get up after.

[@ZyphLegend]

Go read up on the Manu universes theory

[@InsanePorcupine]

No

[@maerk]

What's that song at the end? I looked all over Jake Chudnow's Soundcloud and couldn't find it.

[@musa4539]

+Mark Murphy i guess its from the other source (audionetwork) which is a bummer...

[@xZooSe]

Mark Murphy www.audionetwork.com/Track/SearchKeyword?keyword=Junky%2BMonkey&sort=3

[@musa4539]

x ZooSe you're our hero

[@xZooSe]

Musa.Joker No problem :) All I ask in return is that you check out my channel and if you like what you see, subscribe. If you don't like what you see, no worries. :)

[@111asel]

+Mark Murphy Darude Sandstorm

[@TaylorjAdams]

I wrote a song about this very issue. To the tune of Pork and Beans. Also wrote a comedy bit about how in Super Mario World Mario goes after Bowser's kids and destroys their homes instead of just heading after the princess. Never trust a plumber on mushrooms.

[@GrammarOGs]

I can't be the only one who saw this and thought this was a reupload from Matpat.

[@Schect3r]

ok im really drunk/on lsd/cannabis and this video blew my mind I love you i dont know how im typingthis right now

[@creedking56]

but its not Mario killing its us the players that do it

[@coaiegrup]

1:54 when that bass hit i was so scared lmao

[@robin888official]

I think there is more to it. First: When you say it is possible to finish the game by only defeat Bowser, it sounds a pretty cool objective to achieve. But I have to admit, that just thinking of trying the play the game like that leaves me feeling... uncomfortable. Unsatisfied so to say. Maybe it's because I'm conditioned to play games the traditional way. But it's strange anyway. I noticed some similar effect with playing Carmageddon. I first played the original version where you can kill innocent pedestrians. It even gets you time to win the "race". (There were also levels you won by killing all pedestrians on a map. Maybe there were considered zombies in that game, I'm not sure.) Later I played the german version in which the human pedestrians were replaced by robots (and blood became oil). And - I'm not particular proud of it but - it wasn't as much fun! I pretty quickly installed a patch to bring the humans back. So, the question might rather be: why is killing so satisfying in games?

[@JT11111]

Yeah umm, no ones reading that.

[@robin888official]

Well, thank you for your valueable thought about it...

[@Vini2142BR]

I read it, don't worry. An interesting idea you got there.

[@bossqueeat]

Robin Koch My theory is that because living vicariously is fun. You don't get to be a mass murderer in real life. There are probably other reasons, but that's the main one.

[@robin888official]

Hossein Tashakori Actually no. The Mario series is known to be quite "family-friendly". And Carmageddon is a car racing game with the possibility to win by destroying your opponents. None of them has mating as a theme, But thanks for your input on this matter!

[@r.marenrethew1809]

can someone tell me the name of the ending song?

[@rapolasn3750]

have you found the name of this song?

[@r.marenrethew1809]

Rapolas Navickas no I gave up because is from that royalty free music site

[@r.marenrethew1809]

***** Seriously!? damn it I thought I went through all his songs, thank you for telling me :D

[@r.marenrethew1809]

no it wasn't it by the ending I mean from 12:31 till the end but thanks

[@nightwhish1]

Didn't game theory did a video on this

[@GL4873-r3r]

He made a comment about that

[@TheBlankJoker]

My favorite way to say something like this is that, "a sword has two sharp sides and they both hurt the same way."

[@Nohfegea]

But hey! That's just a theory...

[@belleren9375]

But hey that's just a theory a V Theory!

[@WhatIsSanity]

Nohfegea That's like saying facts are irrelevant.

[@ericcartagena1154]

Nohfegea yep just like atoms were just a theory.......

[@Nohfegea]

Eric Cartagena yeah and gravity and evolution, i'm sorry but i don't see the point in your comment

[@WhatIsSanity]

Nohfegea Yes I have and I hate it when He says that, because it's idiotic.

[@kierankeattch3727]

I had an MRI scan and I fell asleep

[@gerardoacosta5283]

same haha

[@kierankeattch3727]

+Gerardo Acosta I don't know how I did though as it was so loud

[@billcIintonvevo]

I'm pretty big (6ft3in) and that means I absorb more radiation. so when I had an MRI scan I absorbed alot of radiation and became unconscious and very sick for a while after (yay) so... sleeping seems pretty good

[@kierankeattch3727]

+2112 I'm kinda chubby so that may of happened to me as I felt sick plus I just fell asleep with out remembering and woke up to a lady moaning at me because I moved

[@billcIintonvevo]

+Kieran Keattch haha probably

[@flesheyes]

"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain"

[@VxlvetCece]

I see this as the response to Game Theory's "Mario is Mental" theory. It's great.

[@Monody512]

I can't bring myself to play the original Hλlf-Life anymore, because most of the "enemies" in that game are confused and innocent animals, slaves forced to attack you against their will, or ordinary human beings working under contract, with lives and families.

[@Monody512]

It's amazing how you never stop to think about it.

[@another_random_ace8820]

Philo Wintercoat I do

[@Mkilbride2599]

Philo Wintercoat Doesn't stop me.

[@Dylnsgames]

+ExceptionalWaffle seriously? What's wrong with furrys

[@diegoortega1823]

+Dylansgames Everything

[@samlevy7321]

Is it me or is the Vsauce background music... spooky?

[@jetainzedan7946]

Sometimes... Not today though

[@IX8IOPETALOSAUROS]

that's obviously wrong,we kill goombas because it's fun it's more fun to play this way there are plenty of games where you play the evil part

[@BrianMedina460]

I have some suggestion here In mario every Koopa or Turtle you kill Gives you rewards It's like the game is telling us to kill this So you'll get this This is why i keep killing the so called "enemies" in the game Because I feel rewarded It's like doing a mission And if it's a mission you "have" to do it Now like in any game If you succseded You'll get rewards See what I mean? It's like the game's main mission To kill them all

[@BrianMedina460]

Oh wait you already mentioned it *facepalm*

[@agentvenom8394]

Attack On Titan reference confirmed??

[@BrianMedina460]

Agent Venom LEL

[@seanmcgill2552]

This is not a ripoff of game theorists

[@justiniani.4501]

+Sean McGill Next in the news, water is wet.

[@seanmcgill2552]

+Denis Paulovič this just in fuckoff smartass

[@justiniani.4501]

Sean McGill You´re a very civil person, I see.

[@seanmcgill2552]

+Denis Paulovič Well how was I supposed to react to that?

[@justiniani.4501]

Sean McGill Well, I don´t know, civil? Like a human being? Like someone, who can understand the pointlessness of his own comment?

[@bobbitworm4563]

what is the ending music

[@rapolasn3750]

anyone?

[@zacharyrobinson3536]

Thank you so much

[@CyleViray]

darude - sandstorm

[@theadrianduron]

._. i thought this was like a german obscure music artist then i read it backwards

[@whitefeather3533]

''Soldiers are doing their job, they deserve respect for saving our country.'' Sorry, had to say it. *grab popcorn*

[@justinphish699]

I hope its buttered because this is gonna be good.

[@kikondewashere1975]

Epic fail on your troll attempt.

[@whitefeather3533]

KikondeWasHere Yeah :( I'm really disappointed

[@92tpeter]

I'm just wondering.. Could the same apply to Hitler?

[@SamuelJamez17]

92tpeter all right people. Let's drop down Hitler for a moment here. How about we see this from another person's eyes? Say ... Batman. Come on, we all love the guy. But is he really the good guy? But the bigger question is, are his villians the bad guys? Take note of Ra's Al Ghul, Talia, Shiva ... they all say the same thing 'Gotham never changes. This city cannot be saved, only cleansed.' To be fair, they are right. Take away one criminal, ten more take his place, and it over and over again. Or look at Assassin's Creed. The Templars want order, because they believe that people need a shepherd to be guided of what is right or wrong (of course, there is a line to not to go to capitalism), while the Assassins want freedom, but here is the catch, freedom can lead to anarchy if not stopped. See my point here. While every side has their own morals and reasons why they fight, what is the bad guy on their side does not necessarily mean that the people on the other side feel the same way. (and somehow they go through an extreme measure to get what they want or just lie, come on, people ... it's Hitler. He killed millions for personal power. He is was not a ruler. he was a dictator)

[@chupamishuevos303]

92tpeter The same is applied to the police here the authority gives them power so they think they do the right thing by shooting ppl

[@pjmasterzz]

92tpeter Well, people surrounding him gave him legal power. So in a way, yes. But he wanted that power long before, and for the wrong reasons. So I think that Hitler got more evil as he gained more power (and didn't see the horror he inflicted himself, in person). + I like the video so much! great stuff :)

[@noahwilliams8996]

92tpeter It can, and it does.

[@ducktales1113]

As a great person once said "history is only written by the victors" so if the axis won the war, in history, he would be the good person

[@argonzoyd]

Hi Jake -e, did you know e that Gomba means mushroom in Hungary? and Gombás are mushrooms. what a surprise! ;) Hungary rule!!

[@odyssey.studios]

Cool

[@odyssey.studios]

Cool

[@bluishwolf]

I thought they were going for goombah, as in a mafioso.

yes, it's true cause I'm Hungarian c:

[@Norsunkorva]

why these videos always have so spooky soundtracks. gives me goosebumbs

[@Friiedbeef]

Does Jaden Smith write your videos?

[@Ksmithy1080]

Jaden Smith is an ignorant little kid, Jake is actually knowledgeable. Try watching the whole video and learning something next time bud

[@Friiedbeef]

Kevin Smith dude,i was making a /joke/. I watched the video,i was just trying to add some humor to the video

[@Friiedbeef]

M Twist wow okay

[@matt_dude2446]

Mario is not evil. The ''evil'' things he does is the players choice.

[@DaSpoonyBard]

Mario was a dealer who introduced me to a lifelong addiction.

[@flow-re5357]

Overcomplicating at is finest

[@samspears8707]

the difference between me and most people, is that I am willing to be proven wrong and I think logically when faced with evidence that supports or contradicts what I believe. Anyone else who thinks this way?

[@haydencriss7709]

I also think this way. It is especially interesting when talking about religion and the meaning of life. Although I'm not religious it is important to me to understand others and to not be ignorant towards others' beliefs.

[@samspears8707]

***** Yeah, that's true and I do have a bit of an ego, but I can think of several examples in my young life where I came to a compromise or changed my view on something after a discussion. I just feel like I'm one of a few open minded people I know.

[@BasedGod42069]

Kind of devalues the whole thing when you have to announce it to the world to feel validated or something. Most people are like that.

[@samspears8707]

Based God I'm just lonely and I figured this would be the best way to find others like me. Besides, only a few people will probably read this. Pretty sure that's not the whole world.

[@QCLagstone]

Most people are actually not like that. Try convincing people the gender wage gap isn't real, or God, or that climate change is real. It's a hopeless endeavour. Anyway, I'd like to see if you really are what you say you are Sam. Do you believe having sex with animals should be legal?

[@Graphomite]

This video isn't really about Mario. Clearly, Vsauce3 just wanted to do a video on the mentality of evil and wedged Mario in there so that they could get an extra 500k views for having Mario's face on their icon.