Making Whoville's Anti-Grinch Guardian in Elden Ring | Monster Factory

Monster Factory is back! We’ve got a fistful of boiled prawns and we’re diving into the world of Elden Ring to see if we can answer the age-old question, “What if a Who kicked ass?”

[@wumbology6072]

“Have we made a sad monster before” *how quickly time forgets Gil*

[@25isopods]

omg how appropriate is that for the souls series?? "and Hungry-Faced Gil, once feared amongst all blood dinosaurs that roam this foul land? thy own maker remembers thee not. what canst thou give save for ashes and cheat codes" - the dark souls 7 trailer, 2029

[@neurop0d]

Even funnier that they remembered The Succ, who wasn't even an official monster!

[@silvan_night5609]

Gil whom time forgot

[@leiram8833]

Only true fans remember Sid Finalfantasy, the original sad boy.

[@notthat8163]

To quote Justin “he’s too sad”. He was a lighting rod of suffering and sadness to carry our emotional weight, then be forgotten so we may live unburdened. To remember him is to disgrace the sacrifice he made for us.

[@PirateWitch64]

I'm so glad the legend is back. I guess somewhere...a soul still burns.

[@yourspookyaunt]

The dang kids didn't clean the oven last time they made soul pizza bites...and now there's just a little hunka soul in there, setting the dang smoke alarm off

[@auroraPalace_]

a ring still eldens...

[@kylefox2397]

@@auroraPalace_ I feel like I just read a message in Elden Ring

[@Roman-hg6rg]

Best comment hahaha

[@lenorebelladonna]

@@kylefox2397 i agree its very ‘try finger but hole’

[@Jakeshapedworld]

Real talk, I’m so glad you guys haven’t given up on this series. I know Justin had kind of lost his passion for monster factory but it’s like my favourite series and it’s wonderful to see it back.

[@TheDiplomancer]

Never lost faith!

[@mephostopheles3752]

I feel like it’d be perfect to just revisit it every once in a while rather than have it be a consistent series like it used to be. It sustains the hype, it doesn’t burn out the boys… Win-win.

[@jordan3636]

It's not "back" they're just doing a episode to jump on the elder ring hype train. It's not like this means they're going to be doing weekly or monthly episodes. Compared to the media company they already run it doesn't make much sense to put so much effort into video, when people don't pay for video.

[@slicknicdwyer]

you made it weird, great job

[@rebekahsmall1386]

SAMEEEEEEEEEE

[@marsupialsofmars3886]

"Finglepuint" made me shed about 2 tears. Almost made up for justin calling the philtrum a glabela

[@Actiondanny]

The Finglepuint armor set gives you some pretty good stats for it's weight.

[@jeikeiLMNOP]

Phil Trum

[@ambiguity9]

“I like a THICK PHILTRUM”

[@itshaitime2089]

It sent me to the moon

[@alexread6767]

Festeling Finglepuint Vwyke

[@trillgutterbug9378]

Clayton deserves a huge raise just for immediacy of that cut from "Well, we'll make these sort of tasteful," to a full face tattoo and "Can we give him a third eyeball?"

[@Taurusus]

"Have we made a 'sad monster' before?" Yes, Griffin, of course you have. All of them.

[@user-cz9lo]

How could they forget about their son Gil

[@OmegaSoypreme]

Squirtle was a sad boy!

[@sydposting]

Now now, I would argue that Daz is a creature of passion and rage, though he underwent expressions of sadness in the process of his creation.

[@kadabuwan]

This part just came on and I answered “Yeah, all of them??” only to scroll down to this comment and see it in words. Thank u

[@mephostopheles3752]

Excuse you? The Final Pam had one emotion and it was Destruction

[@antibob72]

Fun fact, the prisoner helm stretches to fit your character's face so it doesn't clip. Mine was running around with an enormous beak

[@chelseafreeman4080]

VERY plague doctor of you

[@yungoldman2823]

As does the rulers mask that increases faith, stretches waaaay out to fit my whole pancake face

[@starblocks5479]

have you seen jerma's elden ring stream? his whole chin clips thru the helmet

[@asmrtpop2676]

@@starblocks5479 it stretches to fit the head.but chins don’t go in the helmet so it’s not counted

[@oweneastwood2223]

@@starblocks5479 so glad these fandoms overlap

[@PoopVintner]

“Pores that you could drop a grape into” made me laugh so hard and yet is such an uncomfortable concept my god

[@sethescope]

your comment made me think about it, and I am literally covering my cheeks with my hand because no no no I do not like that nope nope nope

[@Magnoliaschnolia]

isnt that just a junji ito story?

[@VortexKiller2]

Trypophobia face

[@urlocaldevilbaby4797]

Justin always finds something particularly deplorable that haunts me evermore in the soul's videos and he did not disappoint w "this is what sonic looks like shaved down" along with their abomination staring at me through the screen

[@denimandlead7725]

They had no idea how perfect the 3rd “Grinch Seeking” eye would work with the in-game “beast eye” item lmao *The beast’s eye quivers* “A grinch is close…”

[@psyducktective]

“Boiled Prawn” being a possible keepsake makes it seem reminiscent of the messed-up translated version of Dark Souls but no it’s just a legitimate part of the game apparently and that’s beautiful

[@sethescope]

whichever dev came up with that must be a sweet sweet soul

[@soupalex]

BOILED PRAWN HEAVEN NOW! ! ! ! !

[@sethescope]

@BearSeek Berserker reference to the small spoiler: I trust two video game merchants: the Duke from RE8 and Boiled Prawn Guy

[@yeah2956]

@BearSeek Berserker another spoiler Hes connected too the nefarious dung eater quest, which gives you and ending.

[@lizardmix]

Food loss

[@c1nnamodoll]

this man is genuinely upsetting on the eyes and gives me a grotesque feeling of unease when i stare at him for too long. this is exactly the monster factory i was missing

[@Eh-its-me]

He gives me a deep, primal sense of fear to look at. Is this uncanny valley?

[@herrschneider5310]

@@Eh-its-me this is to the uncanny valley what chemo therapy is to shaving your head

[@sidhackney8831]

"The thing about the Grinch is, he's usually over there" I don't know why this made me laugh so much

[@MeganAshleyCox]

Towards the beginning, y’all somehow managed to make a character that looked so eerily similar to my shithead biological father. I was BEGGING you to name him Jeff. Absolutely glorious. Sent it to my mother with no context. Thank you

[@cheeryheart7487]

I neeeeeeed a time stamp, so I can view The Jeff™️

[@0BucketMask0]

Did she catch the resemblance when she watched?

[@MeganAshleyCox]

@@cheeryheart7487 8:27 !!!

[@MeganAshleyCox]

@@0BucketMask0 Oh I didn't send her the full video, just a screencap. Though your idea is much better. She definitely agreed though lol

[@BOWNK]

Was your father a Hapsburg prince from the middle ages because the familial jaw is STRONG in that one

[@emriley4754]

Justin laughing at Griffin’s character of himself gave me so much serotonin

[@chickensalad2572]

He looks like if you looked at him for long enough his eyes would peel up to reveal they’re actually his eyelids and his eyes have been closed this entire time

[@sethescope]

thanks, I hate this

[@BlackieSootfur]

God i forgot how FUNNY these are i made the mistake of trying to eat while i watched and nearly inhaled my pizza

[@Noonmark]

my pain trying to watch this while eating a Soup at panera LOL

[@BenDover-sl9zx]

Are y’all being ironic when You say this is funny? I’m being serious

[@BlackieSootfur]

@@BenDover-sl9zx no, i am easily amused and find videos like this hilarious. hope this helps 💞

[@BenDover-sl9zx]

@@BlackieSootfur wow that’s a shock. As long as you like it that’s all the matters I guess

[@posermetal8884]

me but in the middle of rippin a cone 💀

[@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth]

DID YOU KNOW: If you tried hard enough, you can make your character's eyebrows go UNDER their eyes, and have the pupils/eyelashes protrude from the forehead.

[@fetch300]

didn't expect to see you here. old friend

[@jeniferjoseph9200]

What do you mean try hard enough

[@Oisin2]

Fantastic

[@sethescope]

I didn't know this and now that I do, I miss those halcyon days of sweet summer ignorance

[@Stongna_Bologna]

I hope y'all are able to revisit this series every so often, It definitely is a lot more fun when you guys are having fun and so without expectation and with zero pressure, I fucking love this series.

[@Skal6750]

I love how Griffin says that they're going to give him a "tasteful" tattoo and then it immediately cuts to a tattoo that is for the moment covering the entire face 😂😂😂

[@sethescope]

to be fair, it is tasteful for someone who has some truly wild tastes

[@nathaniel201]

"Well, we'll make these sort of tasteful-- Can I give him a third eyeball? That he uses? For Grinch-seeking?" This is a glorious day.

[@hambor12]

third eye but off center is like a legitimately novel idea that i love a lot

[@TeekyTK]

I truly thought this series was dead and I appreciate this so very much. See you next year boys

[@sp00kyguy]

I use Monster Factory to get to sleep almost every night, I must have seen every ep at least 20 times. I totally understand why there aren't regular eps and had even come to terms that there may never had been another new ep ever again. I say this not to pressure for more content, just to show my deep appreciation for this series and to make it clear that I'm not overstating when I say this is Christmas to me.

[@shawnaeatscats]

put your arm around the fiirrreee.....

[@sp00kyguy]

@@shawnaeatscats yeah, i don't want anymore nog!

[@sophiahermann6804]

me too!!

[@Bigcatthief]

Omg same

[@asmrassassin4925]

Omg me too, that’s so wild that a lot of people do the same!

[@AmateurHuman19]

I was watching someone start Tiny Tina the other day and thought of y'all, you could make a truly wretched creature out of that CC system. There's even a "slider overdrive" or some such setting that puts the sliders past their normal limits, it was truly MADE for you!! Super glad to see this series back, much love

[@MegaPenguin-bl7hd]

I literally had to take a breather after the iris part @ 16:53 Even though this will get lost in a sea of comments, I still wanna thank you guys for making another monster factory video, I've been going through a tough time mentally lately, and nearly pissing myself laughing has helped

[@phillyfanmatt]

Exactly same here. I’m using this new MF episode to cope with some pretty serious shit (won’t get into it, no bummers) but just know you’re not alone, and of course the reaction to those horrible, awful iris’ was fantastic

[@mephostopheles3752]

There’s something poetic about the fact that the Grinch-Hunter started out as Griffin’s approximation of himself in the Elden Ring character creation system. Has the same energy as Griffin playing a more smooth and athletic version of his child-self in Ballad of Bigfoot.

[@nerdynoah]

Much love to the boys, but can we give a standing ovation to our favorite editor, Clayton? Dude has not missed a beat

[@rhiflux]

the hidden hero of the factory

[@sethescope]

@@rhiflux griffin and Justin out there in the limelight while Clayton is out on the monster factory's factory floor with a mop, a screwdriver, and a can-do attitude putting in the work

[@amandavalentine37]

This man is without a doubt a direct descendant of hungry-faced Gil

[@RamoneKemono]

This is the mpreg child of Hungry-faced Gil and Toucan Dan

[@RamoneKemono]

By that I mean they each gave birth to a half of him and then stitch both parts together horizontally

[@sethescope]

@@RamoneKemono an incredibly cursed mental image from an incredibly cursed comment I like it

[@METAL_HARBOR]

during the past 6 years, monster factory has helped me get through some very, very dark times in life. seeing a new upload in the series nearly made me cry tears of joy. thank you for always making me smile griffin and justin

[@catandnova]

Once I heard them play off Griff's mouth blunder, I had to turn CC on. Thank you to whoever put the subtitles in. I wish you the best

[@percy445]

hi clayton if you’re watching this. this is your magnum opus of editing. very good job incredible

[@goofydess]

Once my husband started playing Elden Ring he said, “Is there a Monster Factory yet because this game has massive sliders” 😂

[@PjKneisel]

My EXACT reaction

[@ibreathefiction]

I legit returned the game cuz it wasn't my thing, but I had so much fun with the character creation and kept showing my husband things until he finally said "I smell monster factory material," to which I posted about it being over. This was an amazing surprise

[@QsPhilosophy]

Literally yesterday I thought "I bet the McElboys could make a real mess of Elden Ring" and went looking to see if they were gonna do one. So glad to have you back in the factory, boys. A soul still burns!

[@pebbl_eeater]

it’s been a while since i couldn’t look at something because it caused me so much discomfort, and the irises getting really small really did that for me. that you for bringing back monster factory boys i missed it so much

[@Thorin440]

You guys changed this game for me. I can never see boiled shrimps without hearing "five tasty little shrahmps" out loud, in my brain. Sincerely - thank you.

[@pablofierros6975]

The iris contraction at 16:57 filled me with a visceral fear of the kind I have never felt before

[@robertmacdonald5496]

For real, I made my own Monster in ER, and started him as a frog man with big eyes and massive pupils. For a lark, I made them as small as possible rapidly. I've never seen anything go from "silly special friend" to "actively hunting you" so quickly and I felt real fear.

[@moregan101]

That Grinch is dead fuckin’ meat.

[@atleastmymomlikesme4870]

GRINCH DETECTED

[@QuasiTronOfficial]

I was in tears!

[@TheCrazyChickity]

OH MY GOD!!! I thought this series died. I NEVER clicked faster on a video before. I honestly had to refresh my subscription tab a few times to really make sure I was it right. THE BOYS ARE BACK TO MAKE MORE MONSTERS AND I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER!!!

[@h00pla434]

The show didn't die, just the supply of character generators that let you make monsters.

[@PjKneisel]

I mean modders unlock sliders all the time. That’s how they did Mass Effect so well. Cyberpunk 2077 has gotta have some goodness right?

[@jenoVaswIItness]

I have never been more excited for a KZbin notification in my life.

[@LapsTaps]

The GASP I made when it popped up!! Return of the kings!!!

[@__mads__]

I actually shed a tear or two!

[@ericburgwinkel1309]

I literally did a double take. my favorite series is back!

[@taylorl.4247]

imagine them clicking the random button and a perfect image of you begins to form

[@epicninjafork2866]

15:38 I can't get over how this looks like the man that everyone sees in their dreams.

[@evelynlamoy8483]

For once their creation looked happy, and really drivven to fight the grinch, and they just kept going until he looked haunted and disheveled and STILL JUST REALLY WANTING TO FIGHT THE GRINCH

[@BigJiggly]

More driven to fight the grinch than ever. The grinch graduated from grand theft to child abduction you see.

[@willowjohnson8553]

“We’re grown men-let us slide!” - Justin “Hoops” McElroy, 2022

[@johnthomason9980]

Man, I'm so glad to see it back. Also, at around the 8-minute mark, they start absolutely *hurtling* towards Steve Buscemi.

[@ThreeofMoths]

The last two months have been.....rough. It's hard to explain, but there's been a lot of animal fatalities on my farm and I nearly lost two friends. This made my day and is pushing me to keep moving forward, so, thank you mcelroys.

[@jacobgraham8363]

As I’m sorry to hear that, I hope things get better for you.

[@melissabrouwer7558]

Justin being dead wrong about what the glabella is, and therefore inspiring me to say finglepuint for the rest of my life. Iconic

[@VeritasGames]

Best series on KZbin

[@__Stitchy]

This series has not had a bad episode. The last one is my favourite video ever, jIM jELLIES is my spirit animal

[@Memento_Mori]

It's cool to see other youtubers I know in the comments, your in depth Tarkov videos are some of my favorites too!

[@pog_champion]

I will never ever say "fingerprints" correctly after this experience. It'll always be "fingelprints". Thank you, Grinch-Hunter boys!

[@jusskrey]

I just want to be clear that I would watch multiple episodes of Justin laughing at Griffin's weird deaths playing Elden Ring with this guy

[@mjuno2909]

'have we made a sad monster before?' how quickly you forget gil.

[@spencerwillits2766]

I love the character growth from "i know we always make a naked green man and call him Shrek 2, but let's make a guy who can actually to survive" to "let's see those clothes. Yeah we're gonna take all that off"

[@Narokkurai]

I KNEW IT! I knew the factory would open its doors for one more monster. Now we just need that Crusader Kings Part 2.

[@rynemcgriffin1752]

Now that those doors are open, there’s no stopping the tidal wave of boys

[@StevskiMedia]

"we'll make these kind of tasteful" jump cut to full face tattoo. That got me 😄

[@rayngoldberg]

Lord I was hoping they would do this game. I started choke-laughing at the reveal of Griffin's digital avatar, and knew I was in good hands again. I needed this.

[@Karlhuna]

This series has a direct line to my funny bone. Straight up in tears rn.

[@knighthawk1185]

This is the hardest I’ve ever laughed at McElroy content, and I’ve enjoyed almost everything y’all have made - Justin’s infectious laughter and Griffin’s choice of angles is such a powerful combination!

[@clairemckinley691]

6:54 “What’s a glabella?” Oh how such an innocent sentence can awaken so much in the soul of a former Dan and Phil fan

[@maddiedoes3571]

Ntm they were freakin wrong about it they started talking about the philtrum smh

[@plant_f00d]

i was devastated they got it wrong 😂

[@johncameron1935]

looks like your soul still burns

[@Mamushi]

Feels like it's only been a week since the last Monster Factory. So glad it has such a consistent schedule or I'd probably go crazy or something.

[@thempressbee]

Bit of a shame this boy didn't get a proper name, cause from the "next time on" clips it looks like they make a new boy. Very happy to see the monster factory up and running again though :)

[@DeeDee-ye5qe]

grinch hunter in our hearts 4ever 2022-2022

[@PjKneisel]

F

[@joegrimes9232]

6:06. That right there? Front row tickets to a Muse concert. Straight Matt Bellamy vibes. "you think we should have gotten places a bit further back? Take in the lightshow and the...?" "naw naw naw. We want to be front row baby." "I'm uncomfortable"

[@Thetenthdoctor24]

Not only is this video a blessing in every way but knowing there's a second part on the way???? There is no better feeling on this earth. Thank you boys for something to look forward to

[@__mads__]

Today is my birthday, and this is absolutely the BEST gift I could have woken up to. Thank you so much, Ditto & Juice! I’m gonna wear my Monster Factory t-shirt today, even though the pandemic has made it pretty tight on me!

[@ilikezachdaily]

Happy birthday!!

[@johnthomason9980]

Hey, Happy Birthday!!!!

[@HaloProductionsUSA]

Happy monster boy birthday

[@Its_just_mary]

Hey it’s my birthday too! Birthday buddies! Lol I feel the same way though. Amazing gift

[@drinkoatmilf]

Happy Birthday!

[@SkylerL]

I'm legit so excited to get even one more episode of this show. I've watched every episode countless times and it had really helped me get through some really bad times in my life.

[@maggiejackson2160]

Hey boys? Boys. We weren’t two minutes in before Griffin just pulled the trigger on full existential hamburger horror. Great job. 🔊🚘🙌🏼

[@melwasnevergivenaname]

I like how Griffin's visage is only about 9 iterations away from being a Jeff Daniels

[@manwtf3883]

Not going through the best of times right now so I searched Monster Factory to make me smile, expecting to watch some of my favorite episodes. You guys came in clutch with a BRAND NEW EPISODE. Fucking sweet.

[@ion3122]

Tiny tinas wonderlands has a decent character creator and lets you unlock the sliders for extreme action. You should do that for next weeks episode.

[@ddk2358]

RIP to this lovely monster, taken too soon by crashing. I feel like I watched 2 monster factories this week with this ep and SSS's Sleepy Steve

[@moss_yt]

I saw that the title was Christmas related and thought “Well, there hasn’t been a new episode since at LEAST Christmas. Let me how long it’s been, it can’t be more than a few months, right?” Y’all, IT HAS BEEN A CALENDAR YEAR! Time just loves to march on, huh?

[@DeeDee-ye5qe]

AMAZING

[@spencykings3182]

what do you mean? it's only been a week

[@hannahjewel]

This series is what got me interested in mbmbam, it’s been years and these brothers have been an influence to me for better and worse. I’m so glad to see it make a return :)

[@mynaemismoos]

Bad day? Watch a Monster Factory to start cry laughing instead of just crying. Bless you two for these videos, for real.

[@effluviah7544]

YESSSSS WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED ON THIS DAY. I needed this so bad, for real. I am excited to see what new kind of inverted gargoyle you have managed to invent in this specific hell entity generator.

[@JesterIMC]

My heart just exploded with joy at the sight of another Monster Factory. Absolutely one of my favorite series from the McElroys.

[@greatfrito]

My favorite yearly weekly series is back!

[@figurativelydancing]

Where, the heckin' have you guys been :) Glad to have this beautiful thing back

[@PeaceLuvNWubz]

Thank you for keeping this series alive. I was almost finished watching all the old monster factory videos and got kinda sad that there would be no more to watch.

[@tylermilligan1664]

Amazing, the factory is back.

[@catboid]

shoot this straight into my veins boys, i’ve been waiting

[@Tayturs]

The thing I love about this guy at the ~10:15 timestamp is that he looks like if you tried to realistically render an anime character. BIG eyes, tiny nonsensical triangle nose.

[@HerHollyness]

I thought that one looked like Pollination Technician #9 Smith from The Sims 2. 😄 Different frames of reference I suppose!

[@spriily]

my first elden ring character was the grinch and i feel directly challenged by this video

[@kriesas]

I love how morphing Griffin's face into a sad scrunklo kinda just made a fucked-up Willem Dafoe. They did end up landing on a Green goblin of sorts with the Jim carrey Grinch but I'm surprised they didnt catch the Dafoe-ness of it before really stretching out his cheeks.

[@totalspiffage]

Thank you for putting the work in EVERY WEEK making all these monsters.

[@itac.2280]

the face is so detailed that these distortion makes it even more disturbing then usual lol i really missed monster factory, and i hope you guys can find a way to make it fun for you too.

[@dannyjepp985]

The Griffin preset sent me into full-on Justin wheeze mode.

[@jennas3212]

I cracked up throughout, but the thing that fucking got tears rolling down my cheeks was for some reason, "Oh you fucking cowards" when you saw the sliders at 21:38 Holy shit! Hahaha the realization that they scaled, with Griffin sounding genuinely mad at the game. FUCK it's so good!

[@Cupo666]

when he tilted the eyeball tattoo I lost it entirely

[@scottcampbell9859]

I literally, in this exact moment, couldn't be more content with my existence.

[@Minefox25773]

I’m so glad you guys have decided to keep this series going :) final Pam was my gateway monster into the MacElroy family, and here we are so many years later

[@Mchammer37]

“That’s a good place to keep the gravy.” God how I’ve missed this.

[@Kippie-pk2gn]

Missed this series SO MUCH. I was really hoping y'all would bring it back with how much I've heard about Eldin Ring's character creator. We've been blessed :DDD

[@shockofthenew]

I had forgotten this monster started with a Griffin base... a bold artistic statement.

[@delialipkin2143]

i missed monster factory so much, so excited to have a new episode!! i hope you guys keep doing these every so often when you feel inspired :)

[@inknosecat]

OH MY GOD?? THE FACTORY IS OPEN AGAIN?????

[@nerdvideos3562]

I've been watching Monster Factory on repeat for years. I can't tell you how excited I am to see this video go up

[@ThePupSquad]

i truly gasped with joy and thought “it’s fucking christmas” when i saw this upload. the factory is back to business, your return is celebrated boys 🙏

[@TheVoulenterilyMad]

And here we see one of nature's most beautiful creations, the duck billed who from whoville

[@Oli.V]

i have been waiting for this game to come out, not because I want to play it, but because I knew it might be the one game capable of reviving monster factory from the grave. I am weeping tears of joy.

[@koen5396]

MY FAVORITE BOYS ARE BACK TO SLAP MORE MEAT TOGETHER!

[@kacektv9405]

I honestly cant wait for next weeks episode just in time for my birthday in August

[@apandafromhell4375]

I've been tearing my hair out trying to match the glouriousness that is monsterfactory! Welcome back boys!

[@NeedsMoreBirds]

It’s great to see you guys back making monsters again! I’ve missed this series.