Luke's Secret Superpower and A Plague Tale: Requiem | Show of the Weekend

A Plague Tale: Requiem is out now, and to celebrate this sequel, Ellen has put together a fun quiz for Luke. We find out about Luke's swarm summons and his secret superpower!
A Plague Tale: Requiem is out now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
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[@zotha]

I don't think i've heard anything more British than wanting the ability to emit a pheromone to avoid an awkward conversation

[@rodrigocampos1302]

I'm not even british and i want that

[@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor]

I want that just to avoid people in general and not just awkward conversations (I'm antisocial)

[@TekMerc]

Or as middle class as a pheremone to 'get service'.

[@ViirinSoftworks]

I only know how to emit a pheromone that creates a single awkward conversation.

[@ethanlappin]

Honestly it's the dream

[@b4nd1t9]

"A crocodile is just a big rat." I would pay so much money to be in a biology class taught by Luke that was mostly just him comparing animals that are nothing alike.

[@GarmrKiDar]

Plot twist, every animal is compared exclusively to rats. 'An ant is just a small rat'. 'An elephant is just a really big rat'. 'A rat is just a rat'.

[@theyorkrose5274]

Next week: choose your own adventure, Ellen trying to navigate through 300,000 crocodiles where every choice ends in "you get rolled to death by a crocodile"

[@utility63]

Ok, I lost it when Luke said "I don't know. Bees can dance?" and then his little reaction after.

[@GrannyTerror]

Ellen and her fear of a phonecall is the most relatable thing I've felt in 2022

[@nathanglasser6845]

I hate talking on the phone. I can relate to her fear 100%

[@fynnh5459]

I hate it as well. That I live in a counrty with 4 national languages just makes it worse. Oh how I dreaded getting a phone call from a french-speaking person while working in the office...

[@GrannyTerror]

@@fynnh5459 I feel your pain, 3 languages and French is also a slight nightmare, haha

[@2013Fangirl]

I love how this show is just going off the cuffs and Ellen and Luke are just able to be their goofy selves. Man I love this channel!!

[@Just_Some_Person]

“I don’t like the phone because I can’t see their face” “Would you FaceTime a restaurant?” “… nnnoooooo.”😂

[@toymachine2328]

Fortunately, now you can download a restaurant. Or the next best thing, order online. Or probably even make reservations if you actually *want* to leave your house. But I really wouldn't know anything about that

[@atomic3691]

I think we learned more about Luke and Ellen this episode than of the game they set out to introduce.

[@not_on]

That's why I watch Show of the Weekend.

[@atomic3691]

@@not_on Same...and also the normal things that normal adults do.

[@sstsalazar]

And that makes this a great ep.

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

Every episode, really.

[@shotgunshells2]

I had no idea Luke was pescetarian!

[@MsCunningLinguistic]

I am absolutely LIVING for this slightly unhinged energy omg

[@mattball8622]

I, too, become a being of pure anxiety when confronted with the sheer horror that is phoning another human. Luke is some sort of higher being.

[@notoriousbmc1]

Games explanation for seeing through walls: Plague Tale: "Rat vision" Hitman: "heightened senses of a hitman" Mafia 3: "...because he fought in Vietnam..?"

[@Amaritudine]

The Last of Us: "listening really hard (by a guy who's spent 20 years firing guns without ear protection)"

[@TigerofRobare]

I think the reason people went to the seaside to convalesce was because of respiratory illnesses not liver damage. All the smoke from coal could aggravate everything from tuberculosis to bronchitis to asthma as well as cause plenty of illnesses on their own.

[@Icam_here]

Luke has the superpower to phone people, i don't understand how anyone can posses this power

[@austinknight5881]

I'm told that phones were once used exclusively for phone calls. Sounds like the past was Actual Hell.

[@Banquet42]

It was a dark time. Especially because phones didn't have back-lit screens on them, or torches.

[@danielharvison7510]

@@Banquet42 It gets worse, my friend. Far worse. 'Twas a time that phones were tied down, unable to be moved from a fixed spot. One would have to stand in place, unmoving, in order to make a call and maintain a conversation. What's even worse is that primitive dial-up internet depended on the damn things!

[@PLAYER_42069]

You can't learn this power from a Jedi. By the way, have you ever heard of the tale of Darth Phoneis the Wise?

[@ethanlappin]

He was bitten by a radioactive phone

[@Sara-qz1jw]

When my aunt and uncle called to wish me Happy Thanksgiving last year I automatically handed the phone to my mom like I was thirteen again and answering my parents' phone. That instinct to hand it to someone "more responsible" is REAL.

[@bigdognuniff]

I had to phone in an escape room before! My teen cousin picked up the phone, dialed the number then was like "AHH! THERES SOMEBODY ON THE PHONE!" and gave it to me. It was really awkward after that

[@amaeve1950]

All the phones in escape rooms I've had to use just went to voice messages 😬

[@bigdognuniff]

@@amaeve1950 mine had the games master on the other end :') I had to apologise to a cleaner on behalf of her boss and order some cheese via room service. We were looking for a diamond the mafia hid in a hotel room

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

The thing is, the human equivalent of emitting a help-me pheremone is basically screaming. And that *is* always an option for getting out of an awkward conversation.

[@RuptimusPrime]

Luke: Brings up Avatar Also Luke: "How are we still talking about Avatar???"

[@ArcaneOwlchemist]

As someone who is paid to answer phones, I can assure you that, no matter how bad you feel the conversation has gone, I have heard much worse, and will likely not remember if you panic on the phone, or take a bit of time to figure out what you want to say. But, like Ellen, I would never call anyone, ever, if I could get someone else to do it.

[@Michael_Lindell]

A quiz? Nice! Though I was expecting a "Let's Plague"...

[@kingsleycy3450]

This is such a classic SOTW episode. A shame we don’t have many of these anymore since the game industry stopped making games.

[@nightmarethrenody8232]

Didn’t you hear? Games are back!

[@ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh1]

15:50 feels like the weirdest solution to a game of Clue ever. "It was Luke, in the chair overlooking the sea, with the steaming heap of cornish pasties"

[@bethenhiemer]

Luke being the designated Phone Caller ™ is my favourite bit of Oxboxtra trivia.

[@LightningfistCal]

I like how the gestures Luke makes for “releasing pheromones” just basically looks like passing gas from your entire body. 🤣

[@Alexitty17]

"Crocodiles are just a big rat" - luke October 22nd 2022

[@namesnex6160]

I am sure i'm not alone in this.. we NEED a podcast where luke and ellen just talk about whatever

[@Arragon5xpwm]

OMG, Luke can speak to people on the phone AND reach stuff on the top shelve? Isn't that too much power for one single individual?

[@exterminatuss4380]

He is basically chuck norris

[@cearnicus]

Making music, DMing, creating a tabletop game, and now phones! Is there anything Luke can't do?

[@Banquet42]

Is Chuck Norris basically a Mary Sue?

[@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor]

@@Banquet42 Less Mary Sue and more an all-powerful entity.

[@dominichoughton8119]

@@cearnicus Well, according to this video, he can't eat steak. Maybe that's his kryptonite.

[@Peppermint0M]

Scariest room in a Horror House/Haunted House - Room with ringing landline phone.

[@TubususCZ]

I'd note that the "weak muscles for opening jaws" thing is only true for _wild_ crocs / gators who don't have much reason to excercise these muscles. It can be very different for captive ones, especially if they've been cared for (which can include binding the jaws with several layers of tape, just to be somewhat safe) for a while.

[@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor]

Yeah. I'm just happy that Luke mentioned crocs and not gators since gators are actually pretty docile unless you mess with them. Crocodiles on the other hand are really aggressive.

[@suikofan]

Luke I need you to use your superpower to make a doctors appointment for me, thanks.

[@SergeantSphynx]

Ellen, your aversion to talking on the phone or making a phone call is completely relatable.

[@Inlelendri]

I thought for sure that it would've been 300k flamingoes for Luke, but then...could the world handle that many flamingoes at once? Plus, of course, a crocodile is sort of dinosaur-y, so that fits for Luke.

[@flaziola]

Then when the debate started about whether fire or earth benders can bend lava, Luke realised he'd studied the wrong Avatar entirely.

[@Banquet42]

I'm watching book three and the earth ad water benders can separate sewage from water so I think it's similar to that with lava?

[@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor]

@@Banquet42 Magma bending is an advanced form of earth bending introduced in TLOK. It's earth bending because the magma is still fundamentally rock, just superheated and melted.

[@nightmarethrenody8232]

@Coda Blair My question is, shouldn’t firebenders be able to freeze things by moving the heat out of them?

[@Banquet42]

@@nightmarethrenody8232 Would Firebenders that have mastered electricity be able to simply remove the electrical impulses from someone's heart and kill them?

[@nightmarethrenody8232]

@@Banquet42 Move the individual electrons, transmute matter from one (chemical) element to another

[@andybrown4284]

Crocodiles? Luke has clearly not felt the dread that comes when the rain stops falling and a cloud of midges rises from the ground around knowing that as a warm body you're going to be feasted on.

[@crowbrew]

This is my favourite Saturday Morning Show !

[@hypershark40]

Quote of the Year: Crocodiles are just big rats. 🤣🤣

[@xenogil180]

Fun fact: Crocodiles can regrow their teeth.

[@MSte21]

This was a particular delight of an episode. Ellen's expressions, Luke's perfectly normal obsession with crocodiles, another demonstration of the easy chemistry between these two. I am surprised about the phone thing since Ellen seems like such an extroverted and gregarious person. So relatable.

[@thembill8246]

She is anything but extroverted. Watch her vlogs sometime.

[@MSte21]

@@thembill8246 On her personal channel? I guess given that Ellen has friends everywhere and is so gregarious and charming on screen, I just assumed she is an extrovert.

[@bryangibbs7191]

Once she gets to know someone she's talkative, but trying to approach someone she doesn't know? Very hard. I don't remember where I saw her talking about it but that's the gist of what she said. With the yt videos it's easier because she's talking to an inanimate camera.

[@MSte21]

@@bryangibbs7191 I actually get that. Another aspect of parasocial relationships, I guess, subconsciously building up assumptions about people you don't really know. Thanks.

[@albertot1857]

Silently release a pheromone to avoid human contact? It's called a fart Luke

[@SolaScientia]

I'm with Luke when it comes to phone calls; I mostly don't mind making them, but it does depend on who and why I'm calling. Doctor's office or veterinarian office? That's fine, because it's necessary. Something major like with my bank or related to my student loans? Yeah, I'd rather talk to an actual person where I can make myself clear and make sure there isn't some misunderstand. All to easy for things to get misinterpreted or whatever in an email. There are also a number of situations where I'd rather go in-person to talk to whoever I need to.

[@plipster1]

Wasp's pheromone causes other wasps to enrage, not help. Somehow, that makes things much better though. "My food is taking a while..." *All the patrons suddenly get up from their meals and dogpile the waiter*

[@hannahnielsen5165]

That's such a funny mental image lmao

[@druinofodd1762]

Good news: Games are back!

[@kookoo47]

Outdone yourselves again! “show of the weekend” is by far the best series of both channels!

[@Frogglin]

I watched this while doing some hand sewing and sewed my project to my skirt because I was laughing too hard to focus.

[@julienarmand1473]

Proof that Luke is an alien pretending to be a human being #87 : he can call people on the phone without hesitation.

[@MadnessInLivingColor]

Here’s to the legendary fanartist who creates the piece “Luke Among His Thousand Crocodiles” 🍻

[@nicholascross3557]

I've seen that image... kinda. It showed one person and many, many crocodilians, underneath which it said, "When you are up to your arse in alligators, it han be hard to remember that it's your job to drain the swamp."

[@MadnessInLivingColor]

@@nicholascross3557 searching for that now!

[@davidmylchreest3306]

I would send a swarm of seagulls. Nothing more terrifying.

[@austinknight5881]

"a crocodile is just a big rat" shirt when? Or "You MUST know that my answer...(on the front) ... it's Crocodiles (on back)"

[@kieranpriest9609]

“It’s because I can’t see their face”. Thank you. No one gets it why I panic when I have to call someone and I try and explain this’d point

[@diegomoreno6752]

It started as a traditional quiz about the current hot game and it devolved into a talk about crocodiles, millenial problems and fear of phonecalls Oh SoTWe how I've missed thee

[@lucianoschroeder9777]

I fell asleep early, woke up in the middle of the night (it's 3 a.m. where I am) and thought it was all a huge accident. But now I see that it was so I could see this post and download Requiem ASAP

[@flurglhinge3051]

Is 'a pheromone that gets you service' the most middle-class superpower possible?

[@elementarydrw]

I think I've been to Convalesce, Cornwall before... Lovely place. Very refreshing.

[@Alexitty17]

I was looking forward to this game because of it amazing rat physics and the drab adventure through France that luke and Andy couldn't stop laughing about a few weeks ago

[@vacuumdiagram]

Games are back! 🤣

[@Amaritudine]

Other neat animal powers include magnetoreception and electroreception - the power to perceive magnetic fields and electricity, respectively - or the ability to see ultraviolet light. Not necessarily super useful on their own, but they'd be a godsend under the right circumstances. Really looking forward to diving into _A Plague Tale: Requiem_ this weekend, especially after getting it practically half price due to a generous trade-in and birthday discount at my local store.

[@not_on]

Oh god. The phonecall anxiety bit was too relatable :D

[@odysyr]

This episode was wonderful!

[@nathancarter8239]

"And you spent the entire video about the rat game talking about...?" "Crocodiles, obviously."

[@z31drifterlf]

My Luke pheromone senses are tingling. Quick Luke's' assemble.

[@danmoar94]

The Basil Brush head turn at the ebd of the intro 🤣

[@gummybread]

“It’s liver damage” “he’s got gout” I don’t know why but this is one of my favorites

[@finnover9781]

Speaking as a herpetophile myself, I whole-heartedly approve of Luke's crocodile swarm. Ellen? She'd probably do a cat-swarm.

[@timothypena2106]

It's 4:00am here in Texas. I've finally figured out when episodes are dropped. Oh and I'm excited about a new plaque tale.

[@nicholascross3557]

Pretty sure that 'Plaque Tale' is about competitive dentistry.

[@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor]

Here in North Carolina they premiere at 5:00 am.

[@elizabethw.6154]

Here are my answers: -Animal hoard to send out/control in game or IRL: Angry Canadian Geese (vicious beasties everyone hates). -Animal ability I'd want in game or IRL: the extremely fast flight ability of the peregrine falcon (I'd both be able to fly overall people/traffic, and get there extremely fast).

[@dwlr007]

5:00 A group of crocodiles is called a bask or a float. 7:47 Rats can actually smell tuberculosis in somebody. 8:46 Salt water crocodiles can bite with 3,700 lbs per square inch, enough force to bite through steel. The strongest bite force of any living animal.

[@manolismarinakis8444]

A subscription to outside xtra, the gift that keeps on giving, brilliant as always, laughed my plague ridden ass off, now it's in the ground, oh my God, send help!! Anyway, the phone call bit was absolute perfection, the rest was just perfection

[@Aaron-from-BroTrio]

Honestly if someone did voice the rats, it would be Frank Welker. That guy does so many animal sounds in various media. I was very surprised the day I found out that Megatron was also Abu from Aladdin and Slimer from The Real Ghostbusters.

[@natecunha2795]

As someone who has worked retail, I can assure you that the people you're phoning don't want you to phone them either...

[@TrafficJamByCam]

When Luke asked if Ellen would rather FaceTime a restaurant it made me think about how I went to a Starbucks a few years ago and when I ordered through the drive through the barista’s face popped up on the menu and I was so uncomfortable they whole time. I literally saw it one time at one location and have never seen it again.

[@PatrickLongblkwhtrbbt]

I'd set a swarm of KITTENS on myself XD

[@facelessandsmiling8932]

Luke wants the power to be a super Karen. Do you need the manager sir

[@speculativemusings3593]

My swarm? Flying squirrels. Squirrel Girl is unbeatable for a reason.

[@clownbasher2911]

A scary Halloween to EVERYONE!👋

[@nicocrestmere9688]

May your nights be spooky and your treats sweet.

[@kaorikurenai7560]

My answers; Q1) a swarm of honey badgers. Q2) the ability to sense storms. Q3) a cottage in the woods. Love how these two play off each other. It's clear they're very good friends

[@FictionWriter95]

"Luke, if you could have any animal power, what would-" *_"C R O C O D I L E S"_*

[@MySerpentine]

Animal things I want: breathing underwater, spitting venom, heat vision, UV vision, claws, fangs, changing color, prehensile tail, forked tongue, scales.

[@faizal188]

I was so sure that the first question would be an Ellen-ing. Like the first one, "You didn't need to set a swarm on anyone, you monster"

[@Tirza_]

I'm with you on the phone thing Ellen, I want to be able to read people's expressions. Although it gets a lot better with practice, I'll never find it easy.

[@GriffinWolf]

Just putting this out here, but Luke, if you can just RING people on a telephone and SPEAK to them in a way that efficiently communicates your needs and gets an appropriate response WITHOUT having a minor anxious breakdown... that is without doubt a superpower. Cherish it.

[@oriolgonzalez9328]

This episode was like 5 minutes of talking about the game and 14 minutes of just pure british banter, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

[@LadyBlackmoor]

Puppies, because puppies. And crows, because aesthetic.

[@TessaOswin]

I get horribly anxious doing phone calls but I prefer them to emails or text cos though as Ellie said you can’t see there face you get way more info from vocal tone. I will say I need a notebook to hand to make note, list of anything I need to ask and a person on the other end to be patient if I want to double check time, date ect.

[@rodolfosantos9047]

1 frame per second. It would be the most exciting powerpoint presentation ever. But the emphasis is on exciting

[@riksweeney]

I love the way the anecdotes went on for so long both we all forgot what the point of the video was 🤣

[@CrimBlack]

The voiceover actors of the rats in Plague Tale: Requiem were clearly crocodiles.

[@JrG007]

You are so entertaining that you could talk about anything and I'll watch and laugh. Thanks for that

[@TrippingThru]

Crocodile powers and chilling by the ocean...Luke clearly wants to be King of Florida

[@MegaHentai00]

Can't decide if I'm impressed or disappointed that Luke and Ellen spent the whole video about a game set in France never singjng a single Les Miserables song.

[@merissaj4518]

In our house, whoever orders takeout over the phone doesn't pick it up or pay. My partner much prefers to pick it up and pay with my card 😆

[@rivendellpanda4848]

As a viewer of Oxtra and Plague Tale: I love this video and can't wait for the new game! 😍 As a 22 year old Autistic who had such a panic attack about calling the bank because I needed a new card that I had to get my mother to actually call the number: Feeling attacked by the phonecall anxiety realness 😂

[@mantasr]

Can't wait for Plague Tail 2: Electric Bugaloo. It's plaguing time!

[@allicanseeispink]

I love the tangent about phone calls 😂

[@Becktastic01]

Ok so the plague tale sequel is about spiraling crocodiles, and being carried by your butler to go places to recover from illnesses, possibly crocodile flu.

[@sarajarvis8816]

i once had to call my boss at her home and had practiced what to say before calling and then i got her answering machine, panicked and hung up. then i had to calm down and call back and tell her answering machine exactly what i'd practiced and i know for a fact that if she had answered that time instead of the machine i would have panicked again

[@danielblack4815]

Do you remember that time luke answered every question with Alfred Butler simulator? This gives off similar vibes 😂

[@frodobaggins7710]

I don't understand how Luke can just use a phone and actually call someone with it without breaking into a nervous sweat

[@jaded718]

Phoning is, in fact, an incredible superpower.

[@GodsReaperMan]

ROTFL ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS SHOW OF THE WEEKEND EPISODE!!! Luke and Ellen both had me cracking up the whole time too!!!

[@albertgreene313]

I was this days old when I realized Luke is either an M.R. James character or wants to be M.R. james

[@CantankerousDave]

If that’s a maypole dance at 3:10, they should move right along.

[@cerosis]

Soooo Luke is the most adult of the group it seems