Scene It? - A Deep Dive on the DVD Movie Game

[@karinyupinyan]

When I was just but a tiny little small lad my father left one day to go buy a Biggie Bag... he never came back.

[@NotArmani31]

Suddenly I'm hankering for Wendy's- OH NO IT'S EVIL WENDY'S EMPLOYEE PROPAGANDA KARIN RUNNNNN

[@karinyupinyan]

Sir, this is a McDonalds

[@elphive42]

The Biggie Bag came out in 2019

[@karinyupinyan]

I'm fuckin totally 5 years old ahem ahem goo goo gah gah and some shit like that

[@ethanleslie588]

Back in my Day we had shrunk down board games in our kids meals ✊✊✊

[@fischermusicofficial]

As someone who is from Rochester, NY (the home of the Strong museum) I HIGHLY recommend going if you have any interest in videogames, toy history, or just anything to appeal to your inner child. I go every time I’m back in New York.

[@TenchiFreak5]

Same. Every year I go back home to New York I make sure to make a stop there, mostly to hang out in the pinball room.

[@voyan38]

This is an hour from me (Syracuse,) I gotta hit it up next time I'm there

[@mmarceline3]

my grandma took me a bunch as a kid, and now she takes my brothers kids!! i haven’t been in a long time though

[@Glacier_Nester]

I literally stayed in the Rochester area while living in an rv specifically for the strong museum, it was SO worth it, I absolutely love it and will be going back someday

[@JasontheCartoonFan]

The biggest crime against humanity: we never got a Cartoon Network Scene It?. We got a Scene It? for Nickelodeon and a Scene It? for Disney Channel, but not one for CN. A Cartoon Network edition of Scene It? in 2006 (the same year as the Nickelodeon edition’s release), which was during the era of their iconic CN City branding, would have gone HARD.

[@Megarover]

Cartoon Network Scene It probably wasn't done because they would've had to include Boomerang for it to feel right. Which was meant alot more time than they probably had to make each version of Scene It.

[@connorbeith3232]

A Boomerang expansion would've been cool too.

[@ethanleslie588]

We need to start a petition boys let's make this a thing

[@freakfoxvevo7915]

I nominate the Powerpuff Girls to be the hosts of that

[@ethanleslie588]

@@freakfoxvevo7915 why not Dexter or the Ed's or even Ben 10

[@UltraPaperGamer]

"Setting this up in 2023 was hard work" Oh.... it took that long to make this video

[@memezanimates5897]

You must sacrifice for scene it

[@JasontheCartoonFan]

𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐥𝐮-𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲.

[@JamesCPotter13]

My family uses our PS4. Or my VHS/DVD combo

[@NotArmani31]

DVD menus are my favorite video game genre

[@NotArmani31]

Also I could've sworn the Dance Dance Revolution DVD game (yes that's a real thing) has an ESRB rating as well, however I haven't checked so this could just be me being silly :P

[@heathhutcheson9917]

fun fact: did you know that many people have come forward saying that when they were kids they had an irrational fear of the disney scene it menu music? it’s really interesting and if you go find any youtube video of the disney scene it music you’ll see people in the comments talking about it. also btw i just discovered ur channel and loved this video!

[@blackmarketbingo]

Literally just came here to comment about it, I truly don't understand it but the fear was very real lol

[@stardustsheep]

I was one of those children. I still get kind of scared late at night when I think about it. Also the countdown timer when it hit 0 terrified me and I had to look away. Worst part is that I enjoyed the game a lot.

[@emprizzko6080]

for any 'Scene It' and board games with DVDs to play with (like the Trivial Pursuit Star Wars game), ive always got an eerie and uneasy mood with sitting on the main screen, waiting for mine and family's turns. I dont know what about it frightened me. I had to make my parents play these types of games during the day because it was too scary at night (im getting chills reliving this fear as im typing this)

[@blackmarketbingo]

@@emprizzko6080 you're so real for that i played harry potter scene it as an adult a few years ago and weirdly felt scared driving home afterwards???? I'm like WHAT'S WRONG W ME

[@blackmarketbingo]

@@stardustsheep YES those countdowns were eerie and terrifying

[@sarahgattis3964]

i played disney scene it (version 1 and 2) so much that i had virtually every question memorized and would always win no matter what

[@Bizabizow]

38:25 That's actually Jon Heder of Napoleon Dynamite fame I believe! (I am only halfway through this video though so if you clarify this later I'm going to look suuuuch the fool here)

[@BeMoreFunny]

Haha I paused to make sure someone pointed this out in the comments. Thank you 😌

[@dedem1315]

I hope he does still think about his time as the Quip It mascot

[@MegaSceptile99]

9:00 "If someone who's not playing shouts out the answer, lock them out of the room immediately." Ok, that's terrifying coming out of Spongebob

[@SegaGirlNB]

I still have my boxed copy of Disney Scene It! 20 something years later and the memories I had playing with my family were countless. There was a simplicity to these kinds of things that I feel get taken for granted nowadays. But back then, it was so much fun.

[@TheMcD]

OK, I will admit, when I clicked on a deep dive on Scene It, I did not expect a full on How To Drink bit complete with denim apron, flannel shirt, sassy tasting notes and absurd amounts of spillage, but it's very much appreciated. Good bit.

[@Crigence]

I personally just view it as more filler and unfunny humor for a video that already has an excess of it, but to each their own. It's probably just me "growing out" of this humor as I've gotten older anyway

[@blackmarketbingo]

Wow, so glad you mentioned being irrationally afraid of these games because I was thinking it while watching. Glad to see I'm not alone based on the comments here! Both the menu/UI for Disney and Harry Potter (1-4) scared me so much as a kid and I have no idea why, but I would genuinely feel unsafe while playing lmao. Especially the timer for questions on the HP one, the dark screen counting down with frantic music was a lot 🥲

[@DrawnByAJ]

Disney Scene it gave baby AJ a traumatic fear of the 1989 classic "Honey I Shrunk the Kids."

[@JamboreeBlackberry]

Don’t worry about your weird fear of dvd stuff, I’m still freaked out by “In Loving Memory” screens at the end of movies

[@oh.sorry.dont.mind.meeeee]

wdym "freaked out"? 😅

[@JamboreeBlackberry]

@@oh.sorry.dont.mind.meeeee I’m just incredibly unsettled by them to the point where when a movie is about to end I run out of the room in fear of one popping up

[@EpixAndroid]

​@@JamboreeBlackberryAs someone who had a fear of a specific production logo that used to give me nightmares growing up, I understand. But then again, I'm autistic, so it might be a thing with us neurodivergent people.

[@JamboreeBlackberry]

@@EpixAndroid I’m autistic too, and if you don’t mind, what logo? Was it that one Russian one?

[@mackenziewareing6039]

My family had Disney Scene It when I was growing up and I remember being TERRIFIED after a "guess who" round showed Stitch's silhouette in greyscale. I was convinced he was lurking behind every corner, I'm still extremely wary of the game tbh

[@alienzgalaxy2327]

i’ve never met another person who was scared of the disney fastplay, thank you for reminding me of my most irrational childhood fear outside of a dish soap commercial lmao

[@NeonArsonist]

I was terrified of fastplay too! I also remember the ‘coming soon to dvd’ screen scaring me.

[@kentslocum]

I was afraid of it because if I didn't interact with it quickly enough, FastPlay would start without my intervention! I hated Disney FastPlay with a deep-seated passsion and rage. How dare Disney attempt to short-circuit the menu structure and spoon-feed me content without my input!? 😂

[@elphive42]

Fun fact - The Fat Man also composed the music for the NES version of Maniac Mansion, alongside The 7th Guest, Loom, Zombies Ate My Neighbors, SimCity 2000, Wing Commander, and Ultima Underworld. Basically his entire gameography is full of hidden gems - definitely give it a view.

[@BeMoreFunny]

Maniac Mansion, for my broken piggy bank money, is the greatest 8-bit soundtrack of all time. Respectfully, you're a tuna head if you don't agree.

[@GiroKuluBOWSER]

Was watching this on my TV until 56:13 and the moment they said "why cant I get it working on my Firestick, my tv suddenly disconnected from KZbin. Amazing timing. (Also this is the first video I'm watching from this channel and it's very good, subscribed)

[@danzhigh]

My friend, This popped up in my recommended and is the first video of yours I've watched. Your writing and humour are on point, definitely gonna hit the back catalogue.

[@Buster256]

The biggest crime commited by Movie Scene It? (2022) is that it acknowledges the existence of the Last Airbender movie.

[@EpicToySeries]

Out of all the Scene It? analyses I’ve seen, yours was the best. You went in depth on every aspect of the franchise without coming off as a Scott the Woz wannabe. I kinda wanted to make my own video about my experience growing up with these games (I collected so many and later sold almost all of them; now I own 2), but I guess I can’t do that now lol I would like to point out some information that wasn’t covered in the video. Screenlife’s website had playable Scene It? demos at one point, which are now also lost media (or at the very least, inaccessible). And Imagination Games has been around long before they found Gamestar, making DVD games (mostly based on game shows) in the mid-2000s. This was quite the watch, and I’m glad KZbin’s recommendations helped me for once.

[@Moony1568]

Nice to know I wasn’t the only kid horrified by the disembodied Scene-It voice. Legit would run out of the room in fear.

[@noahmckinney4268]

This was like having an old friend from childhood and knowing they probably went down a weird path but not wanting to get involved. Only for a kind stranger to post an hour long deep dive into the road that got then where you already assumed they were. Thanks for checking on Scene it? For me. I didn't have the strength to do it myself.

[@mactheman2500]

51:16 I am in love with the sound you made to represent the concept of "clean the crust off with your touch screen so you can answer a question about a childs drawing"

[@Ninjacatmuffin]

I just found your channel from Salty's kart racer video. I'm having a great time watching this recap on Scene It games. I never played them growing up, so I appreciate this look into them

[@gogetta159]

Something fun you could’ve mentioned is that Artificial Mind and Movement is now Behavior Interactive who make Dead by Daylight. They changed their name cause it was shortened to A2M or as everyone referred to them Ass to mouth.

[@Thatchannelcalledsistube]

Having finally finished this hour long epic, I now have proper knowledge of that one board game that my family has that we never played once and the legacy it left behind on this mortal world. Thank you Jonii.

[@tortle3224]

Thank you for making sure I wasn't deprived of one of life's purest joys. Thank you.

[@joniivee]

You're very welcome, tortle3224.

[@Nic_2751]

The opening alone is enough to watch this next big deep dive

[@clairemaddyparanoid]

this video is criminally underviewed. i ADORE jonii's voice and editing and it is so well researched!! thank you for the content!❤

[@bobindsey]

i think you're the first person to ever share my fear of disney fast play. yes i was also scared of scene-it

[@DoctaHelghast]

The Disney Scene it game gave me nightmares as a kid. Something uneary about the dark background with no voice and unnerving music playing. This experience is enhanced if im alone and randomly booted up the dvd with no one around Its still eary to me to this day

[@connorbeith3232]

If the brand had lasted longer, we could've had Breaking Bad Scene It. Edit: Found out that Exponential recently put out their own successor to Scene It called Clipology, it doesn't have any crypto stuff so it's already a little better in that regard.

[@epicdip7734]

Glad to see you back and The Coincidence of a new monkey ball game releasing around the time of your return

[@idkany293]

She never left

[@Hoodie9129]

1:10:27 "You guys wanna play Scene It? In the metaverse with me?" *My video freezes* I genuinely thought it was a bit

[@CassiDS]

I think the Twilight Saga Scene It announcer voice being Like That is just a symptom of twilightsagaitis

[@myguy9320]

I had nightmares about this game lmao. that one game in the cartoon version where you just see upright versions of the characters clothes without the character present themself. my 8yo self started imagining my friends and family disappearing and becoming upright versions of their clothes

[@Chandlr]

26:53 is that a motherfucking kappa mikey reference

[@fullmetalpianist]

It’s so wonderful to see you making videos again!!!!

[@salemheideman808]

Absolute banger of a video. The ethan section was sick. In general, love seeing all the live action jonii and friends clips

[@TyGuy9001]

After watching the video, it’s interesting to get your take on the “Scene It?” Legacy, I was also happy to see how you also greatly disliked Gamestar trying to bring it back cynically and poorly lmao. It’s like there is a corporate clock in every private corporate office that showcases when any of their properties or IP is 20 years old so they can remake it. I knew that Gamestar seemed bad, I just don’t know HOW bad, but now I do, so thanks for that as well lol. Lot of interesting history about Scene It here that I didn’t know, I hope that if I’m able to go to the Strong Museum of play someday, that I’m able to check out some of their info on Scene It and other games I’m interested in. Best of luck at the new job and on the move!

[@hvgo1]

Something about the narration style and humor always gets me, I love your vids Jonii!

[@DaGreatCedji]

Honestly, i think this is the one thing that got me into trivia games.

[@cosplayingchao]

This video reminded me of my irrational fear of DVD menu "games". Something about how direct it feels, like the DVD is actually taking over your screen. Even leaving it idle is enough to creep me out. As the DVD menu loops or loads anything new, that brief pause feels like something could randomly pop up like a jumpscare. I blame the Harry Potter DVD menu game, which has an explorable Hogwarts interactive menu. One of the rooms is the library, and if you pick the wrong book, you would get the screamer. Since then, having anything load on a DVD that wasn't just the movie always made me anxious

[@Zerphses]

1:05:30 choosing Mouse Trap as your visual example while talking about how board games are easy to set up *has* to be purposefully ironic

[@DandiLion22]

BABE, CANCEL ALL OUR PLANS, NEW JONII VIDEO JUST DROPPED

[@idkany293]

Nothing special

[@maccamachine]

@@idkany293and you think you are?

[@mchaosg]

welcome back! happy to see you managed to put this out, I can tell how much of an undertaking it was but you nailed it. I don't have a lot of experience with this game, but now i know everything fight me

[@schmunguss]

this came on while i passed out in the shower and honestly? there couldn’t have been a better video to take me out of my slumber. 10/10

[@eggbag4182]

As soon as I heard "Scene It? 2022" I IMMEDIATELY knew it was going to be some NFT slop

[@akasharkieboi]

This is the exact kind of hyper-specific, niche topic, documentary-lite, length-of-a-1970s-Disney-movie video that I crave for Bravo

[@josephtafur]

18:54 Suzuka being reference in this video about Scene It was in my nostalgia watching bingo card but here we are.

[@ink1931]

As someone who was given a DVD player at work last year, found a large JVC I'Art CRT on the sidewalk and collects an inordinate amount of physical media including the complete series DVD set of Animaniacs and the first 8 seasons of Columbo, I must thank you for making videos like this that appeal to musty virgin freaks such as myself

[@chipchapp]

i use to have nightmares about scene it friends edition, thank you for bringing me back to that!!!

[@brycewinchode]

Oh great another amazing video essay channel I'm going to watch every video from and fall in love with

[@CarletonTorpin]

I like the mid-video drink-mixing instructions. I wish all of the hour-long dissertation videos about Scene It would do this.

[@TakoyakiDonuts]

My experience in scene it was when it was the toy included with Wendy's kids meals.

[@periwinkledoodles5167]

I grew up playing Scene it Marvel edition, and it came in the metal box with the holographic top. I loved playing that game with my brother and dad, and I had no idea how many different versions there were!

[@leoartolson4658]

I would love to see an analog horror video based on this game, or using the game’s format to tell a story, that would be pretty cool and surreal

[@insertnamehere1398]

the one video essay I actually KNEW I needed.... ALSO WTF IS THE ALGORITHM DOING TO THIS VIDEO WHY DO YOU HAVE ONLY 15K VIEWS AND LESS THEN 1K LIKES THE HELL!??!

[@soulrecords857]

Omg someone else has my same irrational fear of disembodied voices that randomly start addressing you on dvds/cds!!! And of the Disney fast play logo!! Genuinely they give me anxiety

[@therenegadegamer7422]

Didn't expect to see a video on Scene it? In 2024 fuck that makes me feel so old

[@TJCoolzD]

Finally, a documentary like video on this game series. One of the best things about my childhood along with the 2000s. It seems so forgotten and lost to time whenever I bring it up. Thank you.

[@TheCartoonGamer8000]

Good to seeya back, Jonii!

[@joniivee]

Thanks so much

[@FeralPango]

Oh boy! New Jonii Upload!

[@FeralPango]

Finished and great video!! Glad to see your return and looking forward to the next one!!

[@mguymario]

The creator of scene it recently released a new board game called clipology witch is basically a secesser to scene it. It plays more so the same as scene it but with some changes like the flextime game board replaced with a much smaller board and final cut or final act as it is called in this game being 5 sections instead of 3. It also does the DVD part with streaming instead of with a DVD or Blu-Ray and as such suffers from manny of the same issues as movie scene it (2022)

[@anachavez8009]

the way the ssx tricky music in the background immediately had me locked in

[@SpinDash]

Yeahh Joni’s back!! I remember my family had an old SNL Scene It game but they never had any interest in actually playing it

[@idkany293]

She never left

[@zikamo]

It’s awesome to see you posting again. I’ll have to check out your other projects. I need my jonii fix!

[@megamage911]

This is my favourite type of video: a completely deranged deep dive into a topic I've never heard about.

[@ashton988]

i played nick scene it as a kid and finally found it in a goodwill last year. some kids scribbled over the front in black sharpie but it's not about the box

[@mc.gemstone]

I remember around ether the ether late 00s or early 2012s getting the Disney Scene-it board game for Christmas. We took it over to our Nan's house and I remember it being one of my favourite Christmas memories, the cosy warm fire while sitting on the soft carpet of my Nan's living room and having some other family members over, it was a good time. I'm happy to experience Scene-it as it was one of my favourite board games growing up. I don’t know if we still have it or not but I would love to have that chance to play again some day with friends over and maybe even try some of the other Scene-it board games too. c: Oh I forgot I think I also had the high school musical one in the metal box as well.

[@JovialEclipse]

Missed you so much Jonii! Welcome back🎉🎉

[@antg.2355]

I remember that they did a deal with General Mills Food Company and put DVDs on every cereal box. You can play on the box with the cereal being the pieces. Wish we kept it because it was bizarre lol.

[@trumangraham2602]

58:46 gotta love how they play a random clip from the movie then ask a question about the movie that has *literally nothing* to do with the clip

[@cheeze4brains948]

I remember having the Nickelodeon and Disney ones when i was little.

[@BinglesP]

Props for using tracks from the Mega Man 7 and 8 OSTs as background music, those OSTs are absolutely peak

[@robotortoise]

44:55 The IR receiver is likely included to bring the cost of the controllers down, as IR is wayyyy cheaper than whatever proprietary protocol Xbox used for their controller. That's why they were able to include so many controllers in with the game - clever! 51:51 - DS download play is likely not used because the DS has 4 MB of RAM. They'd have to squeeze each entire video sequence in RAM and THEN have the host DS download the video to each system... for every question. I understand why they didn't do that, even if it sucks.

[@paper-machete]

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE A VIDEO LIKE THIS FOR SO LONG I FUCKING *LOVE* SCENE IT

[@trumangraham2602]

34:56 "Make a guest list that includes all your *Twilight Saga* friends!" alright here goes there perfect that's all of em

[@UnusedCanyon]

crypto NFT bullshit was definitely not something i expected to be included in the demise of scene it, but it’s 2024 so i really shouldn’t be surprised lmao

[@EmmaCoalesce]

I had this game when I was younger… It was absolutely the highlight of my childhood

[@bittersweet4487]

The Harry Potter Scene It would consistently give young me horrifying nightmares for some reason

[@BubblegumPatty]

Oh boy a deep dive of a boardgame I always wanted to play but had insufficient amount of friends and family to actually play! Hell yeah. Good video and good deepdive

[@TheInkTank]

I've only had Nick Scene-It? growing up, so this video was a great evaluation on the game as a whole. I vaguely remember playing the demo version, too. Nice job!

[@Dinoracha]

1:04:58 - my favorite gag of the video. for a video that showed up in my recommendations, i didn't know how far this rabbit hole went. i thought scene it was around for like, six years then stopped like a puff of smoke.

[@sanicsanic6890]

they totally had a missed opportunity to call "Music Scene It?" "Heard It?"

[@emerdoodsmayonnaise3290]

I remember when I was a kid my family would just put the DVD in, split into two teams, and would try to guess movies by the little clips before the other team, and that was enough

[@realjpegmafia]

glad that they made a game like scene it (2022) for big buff men like me

[@SlasherMiniFilms]

Wait wait wait, Did nobody else notice that they "guy on the Quip It box" is Jon Heder, Napoleon Dynamite?

[@redvelvetdoll]

I love Scene it!!! I own the 2 Disney versions and the music for it is totally imprinted into my subconscious. Although early on as a kid, we learned that it was actually more fun for us to just put on the dvd and do free play mode and yell out the answers than actually play the board game itself.

[@yotsubafanfan]

It's because of Scene It that I realized how big the U.S. was. My family and a family from church played Disney Scene it. The tiebreaker was "the person who was born the closest to a Disney Park wins." The other family had a British Mom who was born in London and it was 2 hours to Paris. The rest of us were born 12 hours away.

[@gabrielstar777]

You're back my friend

[@Glacier_Nester]

The egregious volume of spilling really sells the how to drink parody, five stars

[@BleddynsStudio]

Gosh I remember my family and I arguing over the Disney version of this game where a question about a character's name was asked from a clip where their name was never mentioned. Seeing all the old interfaces and screens in this video felt like a blast to the past.

[@montanajackson3713]

I would’ve loved a Cartoon Network edition of scene it?.

[@henriquejambu]

55:58 had to look mario lopez up? bro how old is jonii 😭😭😭

[@cerealexperimentsgrain]

i came here exclusively for nickelodeon scene it and i am completely satisfied that it got the respect it deserves. one of my favorite things period as a kid. it was vaguely terrifying but also incredible. i played with the tokens as toys a lot too.

[@josephtafur]

I had a very unhealthy addiction in collecting Different versions of Scene It? When i was a kid.

[@kelpy_kelp]

I still have my old Nickelodeon and Disney scene it games, haven’t played it in years but seeing the Nickelodeon player pieces brought me right back to my childhood

[@AJPiersonToonParadise]

23:18 I definitely have memories of Nickelodeon Scene It.