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[@angrybidoof847]

"Have we ever made a fashion icon? " It seems that death wasn't the only one who forgot her. For shame boys, for shame

[@narrativematters4100]

To be fair, they did not make her with the intent that she would be a fashion icon. Pam became that on her own.

[@hollyfelis4197]

also: Slime Burger, Senior. in a way.

[@JC-ln6on]

To be faaaaaaaaaaaaiirrrrr!

[@EmissaryofWind]

Pam is a fashion icon but it's not her main feature, she's a Chaos Goddess who also happens to be a fashion icon

[@thomashigham7638]

Champloo Ronin Texas sized 10-4 on the reference good buddy

[@bigbadgammagnome]

Griffin: We have to have done Shrek at some point right? Me: *vivid flashbacks to their Spore playthrough*

[@bigbadgammagnome]

I didn't even remember their skateboarding Shrek Damn these boys love their Shrek

[@OozeBear]

Shrek me, shrek me hard

[@cryssnail]

someBODY

[@lotusauer4785]

*somebody come fuck this!!!*

[@N3rv3d4m4g3]

mmmmmmmm shhhraak

[@Champiness]

The fact that they made a whole bit out of how weird the character creator room is and didn’t address the apparent nonstop stream of insects emerging from the koi pond mystifies me

[@salioubobosow8569]

🛬🏰🏯🛩️✈️⚽📢🎭⚾⚾🏈🎾👾🎮🎯🔫🎽 avakin sei bravissima mi piace molto il tuo video molto scintillante molto fantastica belloperò non voglio metterti un po' adesso nessuno te lo metterò di portarti giù non permetterò mai capito molto bravo ciao sono Filippo mi chiamo sono molto bravo ciao ci vediamo dopo

[@bravetherainbow]

It's like jazz, baby. It's all about the elephants in the room that you DON'T mention.

[@unicornkitteh5332]

I'm pretty sure they did? right after the piles of pumpkins & Halloween presents and right before they said something about the clothes needing 3 inches of space in the closet.

[@rubyrider7902]

where is the koi pond? i feel silly but i can't see it

[@akiipy22222]

@@rubyrider7902 There isn't one, its a rug.

[@richardarden4620]

If you asked my dad to describe what he thinks the "gay lifestyle" is, it'd probably look a lot like this game.

[@ZanraiKid]

He wouldn’t be wrong?

[@toryslapper69]

He's right

[@sethescope]

I wish this game was what my gay lifestyle looked like. instead I'm a 30 year old trans guy with two posters from the show white collar on my wall and I have a small bookshelf that's just for my dnd stuff and I still haven't put up my law school diploma on my wall in the two years since I graduated and I don't think I've washed my face today yet

[@captainmario6464]

@@sethescope too real

[@Omnibushido-]

@@sethescope did u wash ur face yet

[@landfillbaby]

feeling a profound loss over the character we'll never see

[@gabriellarena2256]

the boy that wasn't, will miss him forever

[@jayhedegard7528]

I bet his name was Gushie.

[@gwen6622]

@@jayhedegard7528 holy shit i know you left this comment a year ago but thats such a great mbmbam deep cut, nice job

[@laurynstone1818]

“thats griffin waiting outside a very cold ben folds concert” is the realest joke in this whole vid

[@canismori]

I love how Griffin forget the entire episode they did in Spore of Shrek

[@LolCamulous]

His brain has blocked that horrifying memory.

[@hollyfelis4197]

i _also_ forgot about that. i just thought of the time they did Shrek in Tony Hawk

[@RatKingShriggy]

i remembered those two but then i was sitting here trying to remember if there are any other shreks that i was forgetting about because it does feel like they have made shrek multiple times doesn't it? with how often they mention him and all

[@unicornkitteh5332]

I'm pretty sure that was supposed to be an ironic joke..... obviously he could never forget the 3 fucking episodes he did on Spore Shrek 😂

[@GippyHappy]

He was traumatised and now he's repressing it

[@bravetherainbow]

Holy shit, Justin saying "Oh, I can do the Rock n Roll Twist!" immediately after his character disappears from the screen is the funniest thing ever

[@cahillcomics918]

Griffin: have we done shrek? Will Wright: Hi, Im Will Wright, and the Monster Factory bois have foresaken me and and me beautiful spores

[@PissBoys]

In a desert bereft of boys, this appeared as an oasis on the horizon to slake my monster factory thirst.

[@killerqueeenie]

I wish I could bottle this comment up and drink it like a sweet sangria on a Monday morning.

[@GippyHappy]

I have literally never heard the word "slake" before but I guess I know it now

[@varsoonhks3211]

Lowkey EverQuest reference?

[@IchorousIcarus1]

"In a desert bereft of boys..." Soothe my soul with your craft, you wordsmith.

[@bitchboy69420]

I fucking love and appreciate all McElroy fans. Y’all are so verbose and recherché. The McElBoys must be damn proud.

[@mrf4ncyp4nts]

Boy, we really are running out of Boy generators aren't we... but whoooo limitations breed creativity

[@GreyRush]

thankfully code-vein has a WILD one. i saw someone make thomas the tank engine as their characters HEAD.

[@hollyfelis4197]

they have also proven with Skyrim that they _can_ go back to games they've already visited and create new "monsters" without it becoming dull, but they seem pretty reluctant to try it. [granted, the individual episodes of Just Like Art™ _were_ a bit lacking, but that's prob'ly just from the structure of the miniseries, rather than the creations or the game itself]

[@chazruff6898]

@@hollyfelis4197 i pray everyday for them to do second life once more oh god...

[@Anafyral666]

@@chazruff6898 second second life

[@Anafyral666]

@@hollyfelis4197 I'm an art student and I did a legit analysis attempt of Snakel from Frands

[@bellymouth1828]

The way Griffin used "embarrass it" to describe amassing an ungodly amount of spiderweb decor on the stairs to the point of making them unusable hit me like a mack truck.

[@corduroylikethebear]

i was so famished. thank u fathers for my life

[@MrThaes]

I want to learn more about the adventures and grudges of Logan and Zach.

[@narcspector]

God i forgot that was so good ... This episode was a fuckin banger

[@Jessica-ql4wb]

Panu Siuro you know they’ll end up falling in love

[@janesmith1840]

@@Jessica-ql4wb End up? They're clearly already there, and trying their best to deny it to themselves.

[@dennis_duran]

“Leonardo didn’t paint on another painting” “Or did he...?” *DaVinci Code Intensifies*

[@radio_sparks]

Apparently, he did. www.livescience.com/da-vinci-hidden-painting-virgin-rocks.html

[@radio_sparks]

Appareny he did. He once painted over his own paintimg cuz he didn't like where it was going.

[@scorchwave6439]

He did, and as an artist myself I also have. You can actually see under paintings with special ""x-rays""

[@fun2building]

"Creepin' it real" is powerful

[@CloverToast]

Someone should make a character making game where the model can be randomly happy or upset with the choices the player makes, and they act accordingly

[@runeanonymous9760]

I think that some old foreign dress up flash games were like that? I remember playing them on GirlsGoGames as a child (back before it sucked)

[@CloverToast]

@@runeanonymous9760 oh dang really?? Do you have links?

[@runeanonymous9760]

Princess Peachy doing this from iPad so can’t verify, but if I remember right, the ones just called “doll dress up #” should have it They would be the really old ones, with the in game text being in some East Asian language- Korean, maybe? They won’t be as smooth and shiny as modern games- if I remember well enough, you shouldn’t be able to see any shine or shading, as it would have flat colors www.girlsgogames.com/games/doll_dress_up_games

[@monckat4681]

spore creatures do that, if you add a part with good stats they'll look at it and approve, if you remove a good part they won't like it

[@idontcare6736]

Daz did this “YEAAHH... I LOOK FUCKIN GREAT!!”

[@metalbudsgaming8371]

I love how every Monster Factory begins with... Griffin cold open: JUSTIN!

[@LateNiteRamen]

The Dad With the Dragon Tattoo

[@Ahkmedren]

Justin and Griffin trying on skins and persona like literal hats is a one of a kind entertainment

[@katefraz]

the majority of this video I was just distracted by the constant stream of giant ants in the background

[@e-811]

GOOD LORD I DIDN’t NOTICE

[@bg3929Z]

"people like big fuzzy eyebrows... or, none" Two genders only: Rock Lee or Gaara

[@songofthieves]

But if a gay couple is two Rock Lees, which one penetrates the other with their sentient sand?

[@bg3929Z]

Trainer Auro you absolute Fool. They use the Power of Youth.

[@ghost-fs7th]

I hate that you guys know exactly how my fan-fic went down. Stay the fuck out of my room, damn it. Those are PERSONAL writings.

[@lilr6199]

I cannot argue with this proclamation and it irritates me immensely

[@madelinehart3933]

@@lilr6199 That pretty much articulated exactly what I was trying to find the words for. Thank you for your service.

[@ziggy071621]

Monster factory will stop publishing on Polygon the same day Munch Squad ends

[@TheImpossiBelle]

The neverending farewell tour...

[@KathleenIllustrated]

Watching this while I get ready this morning... it’s almost like my own personal Monster Factory

[@waywardplanet]

Can y’all imagine these boys playing the curse that is IMVU

[@Sarathewise158]

Thanks, I didn't know I needed that so badly until you said it just now.

[@3eyedwonderkid]

Oh god yes please lmfaooo

[@lynnalexanderbergen7158]

I saw gift cards for that game at my local 7-Eleven God help us all Edit: thanks to whoever liked my comment and made me spell check it you saved the joke

[@runeanonymous9760]

I remember playing this, around Christmas, and discovering some teens discussing the suicide of one of their schoolmates around a bonfire on a beach, with an elf in the distance. I felt like I had intruded upon something I ought not have, and also that perhaps they ought not have chosen that as a place to discuss such grave topics. It was really weird.

[@TechnicolorMammoth]

At least they were talking. Suicides can have the effect of not talking about it which just bottling it up. That's even more unhealthy.

[@Taiyama2]

Maybe it's easier to talk about with the distance of online avatars.

[@sethescope]

why are the two comments on this comment so wholesome tho this is KZbin god, mcelroy fans really are just built different and better, huh

[@moss_yt]

15:24 For context, Jim Bankoff is the CEO of Vox media, the company that owns Polygon.

[@minim-ms]

just two chaotic goblin children fucking with a ceo

[@Fx-pp8rg]

lmao I thought it was just a silly made up rich person name. Bankoff??? I'm-

[@PeeZBee]

@@Fx-pp8rg ha ha you end sentence befoar u get 2 da end of it that shit is sooooo fricking funny haha very epic

[@joyphil4399]

@@PeeZBee who pissed in your gamer coolant?

[@f1zz-k1d89]

Joyphil somehow you’ve made the best sentence. we can stop talking

[@Zosio]

No joke: The "Halloween Presents" in the background inspired me and my husband to start a new Halloween tradition where you gift exchange dumb/creepy shit you find at thrift stores. Couldn't have done it without you, you beautiful boys.

[@Nono-Bunny]

Monster Factory presents: Second Life 2

[@deltaphant_]

Second Second Life

[@lilacsmile4321]

Third life

[@SongbirdOfficial]

Peggle2!!.gif

[@mysticjumbles3917]

Life²

[@songofthieves]

Second Life 2: Gross and Horny

[@COWHATE]

In the factory of God we are all monsters.

[@shizaya]

I like how this programming note letting everybody know that in the near future Monster Factory videos will only be posted on the McElroy Family channel has been going for at least half a year

[@redj1101]

ShizayaFanart I think Clayton from Polygon is still editing them

[@KaizerHiwatari]

"The look is to get 9 flu shots, and then you're covered through 2028." This joke has aged well.

[@narrativematters4100]

Font Fact: the "PANTS" lettering uses Monotype Corsiva. I hope this helps any cosplayers who really want to go all out.

[@redj1101]

Narrative Matters Monotype Corsiva was my favorite font as a kid

[@vladimirilyichlenin5697]

*"PANT'S"

[@nopenothappening2242]

@@redj1101 well he's *my* favorite Star Wars character

[@sethescope]

@@nopenothappening2242 this is a very funny comment, and I worry that you don't know how funny it is because it's been so long since you wrote it, but it honestly, genuinely, and truly laugh out loud and brought tears to my eyes

[@annaadams8131]

every day i regret the loss of slimeburger sr. the og fashionista and makeup guru

[@dinokiwii]

I love how they didn’t address the legion of bugs on the floor

[@rachell3460]

I will never call eyebrows anything but “hedge mazes” ever again 😂

[@em_birch]

I still call 'em "eyebrowshes" from the ONE time Justin said it weird on the podcast. XD

[@ashrishaw5435]

"That's Griffin waiting outside a very cold Ben Folds concert-" THAT WAS SO JARRING

[@solophentii3468]

Dear McElroys: the game Kenshi was *made* for Monster Factory.

[@WTFPr0m]

The gigolo one act play is the best TV drama of 2019

[@ssharkbait]

WTFPr0m *robot gigolo

[@lilacsmile4321]

Chemistry class can wait this is infinitely more important

[@fizzycolalizzie]

"my arms are filled with free sprite, for the kids!" justin what on god's green earth caused those words to form in your brain? i love you

[@mynaemismoos]

This moose has learned it is a poor idea to go get a drink from the river while watching these. One may imagine how painful water going through a moose nose is.

[@sethescope]

hi moose, I hope you're doing good 💖

[@trouts4]

Griffin making an Everquest reference was the highlight of my week. Edit: Griffin making two Everqeust references was the highlight of my month.

[@varsoonhks3211]

As a person whose username is just an EverQuest reference, it made me smile ear to ear.

[@kristinad4810]

“A sexy fashionista vampire” dio is that you?

[@brody2k]

If I had a coin for every Monster Factory with a wrap around tiger tattoo, I'd have two. Which isn't many, but it's weird that it happened twice.

[@edenk2938]

I really enjoy the fact that the text on the underwear is "pant's" with an apostrophe, suggesting that it belongs to someone named Pant.

[@brody2k]

Reminds me of ''Why is it called John's Hopkins? Does John possess a Hopkins?'' - Griffin McElroy.

[@victoriaacrage6342]

Not gonna lie, final boy with tiger on his face looks like Julien Solomita in Halloween makeup, and I thought we had gotten a crossover of epically chaotic Aries proportions

[@StarkMaximum]

"AHHHH BUPBUPBUPBUPBUP"

[@maddywebb]

Julien and Griffin have the same birthday! (And so do I)

[@jennifers8023]

Two months until Monster Factory episode 69! The boys are either gonna make the Final Pam fight all of their other creations or it will be a Candlenights spectacular!

[@Ray-hk1zm]

They can't make The Final Pam fight, because if she loses then the world dissolves into chaos and they can't take that risk.

[@julielaughs14]

"Look at that...okay, look at THAT hairstyle" "This top-XEDRIC **leans back from the mic, audibly puts hand over mouth** oh my god!"

[@blahblahblahEMILY]

Justin “I gave my hat a nose ring” McElroy

[@songofthieves]

Justin "Hat Nose Hoops" McElroy

[@TheNutsoCharles]

2:43 The chat log is the best part of the game.

[@HARLANP]

--"smile" --"😏" xD

[@willdouglass6391]

Bro I love the ending “Griffin I asked you not to I begged you not to”

[@octodaddy1602]

It never fails to infuriate me that they either don't acknowledge or don't realize the poster says "creepin' it real"

[@sethescope]

but they do! around 10:05 or so!

[@octodaddy1602]

@@sethescope they get "creepin for real" and "cropin is real" but they never quite put the pieces together and it kills me

[@feaster1984]

I looked over in class and the guy next to me was playing this. Seriously genuinely playing Avakin Life by his own will

[@trahnettilhcs]

You've generated boys before, but this boy generation is one of the best boys you've generated

[@bravetherainbow]

Boys Generation sounds like what my first guess for a kpop boy band name would be if I didn't know any

[@xerodd13]

This really is an eboy simulator

[@pecanarchy]

The further we get from the release of this video, the less topical the Halloween decor is and the happier it makes me

[@TristanRockwell]

the fact that i recognized "Spirit of Wolf Please" immediately both upsets me and makes me so happy

[@onikoneko]

There was a Crushbone belt quest reference a little later, too

[@alcc6641]

the boys repressing the memory of spore killing their spirit is a mood and a half

[@brettomomyces]

I fucking cracked up at the SoW plz. i love all the everquest references Griffin pulls out

[@koen5396]

It makes me sad that I’ll never fully grasp the ben folds concert reference

[@bigdumbidiot6516]

The shes got Steve buschemi eyes bit KILLED ME

[@lucystarlight8887]

I love the idea of a helpful tutorial character who just pops up sometimes to tell you that playing this is game is probably a bad idea, actually

[@steampunkerella]

i have stolen griffin mcelroy's identity using my phone game about everquest references

[@faildyke]

"my arms are full of free sprite, for the kids!" is an underrated line

[@minigiioi]

Griffin really breezed past his "Steve Buscemi eyes" joke when I think it's fucking hysterical since I am someone who has to listen to the radio at work, and regularly hear "Betty Davis eyes" without knowing who Betty Davis is. Now this is a joke I can get behind

[@hollyfelis4197]

they _HAVE_ done Shrek, it was during Tony Hawk. [EDIT] also Spore. i forgot about the part of that one where they did Shrek, but it happened.

[@fresheggs476]

I was craving a monster factory. I could sense it

[@lucien3568]

I was trying to fall asleep to this but for some ungodly reason it reminded me of a game from my childhood so i just spent 10 minutes looking up random mmos and I found it. It is called fiesta and now I can sleep

[@GODZILLAmonsoon]

why do these people have the low faces. like their faces are down. like they fell.

[@Duskdog717]

"SoW plz" Wow the memories... Everquest circa 1999!

[@DaVeganZombie]

My favorite brothers here to combat my depression symptoms with obscene laughter. Nice.

[@siraaasaucyyy4026]

I play avakin and the fact you stripped down to your underwear in one of the most popular bars on the app kills me 😂

[@missspys]

always the funniest videos when justin gets to join in :)

[@sethescope]

0:48 "hot shot alt right blogger Frances Kleben" is so fucking funny. I just need to express this to the world so that maybe someday Griffin will feel this, even if he never sees this comment, because the man is fucking funny, you guys. I laugh really hard at this joke every time.

[@paynejeremyrichard]

I watched this 3 years ago, and I still randomly think about Nanci Budin.

[@hollyfelis4197]

i enjoy how they just cropped the branding into the tablet aspect ratio rather than just adding a border to the game footage or something

[@willowen3677]

Kanye was in there at the start and they didn’t even say anything

[@69Cherry69]

Kanye's got nothing on Nanci Budin

[@resident-evil-jerma5389]

my arms are filled with sprite. wow. me and zachary are best friends! wowie!

[@allypearlman5569]

I dont know when Justin decided on Jiggalo as a character concept, but he was stuck on it

[@c1nnamodoll]

they've done it. they made the ultimate monster. a white guy with dreads.

[@pxlpizza]

Never clicked on a notification so quickly

[@Charuchii]

"Leonardo didn't paint on another painting" maybe not but Michelangelo sure did cuz there was a whack painting. In fact he did it twice

[@youropinionsucks2668]

Buscemi eyes are watching you watching your every move

[@Safety1stKatey]

I LIVE for Everquest jokes. Please keep them coming. /bow

[@LilyN2099]

idk what it is about this monster factory in particular, but i've watched it at least 10 times since it's come out and i still laugh as hard as i did the first time

[@elleryduncan9991]

I'm a professional tattoo artist. And this is E X A C T L Y what I imagine goes through the heads of every fuckin client I ever have. "I just wanna slap the most cheap tattoos possible"... fukkin don't I know it BUD

[@Bilderbush]

_Never_ stop the Everquest references.

[@Darthplastic]

Never stop the Everquest references. I love them so much.

[@Emmaem111]

18:50 “Identity theft is not a joke, Juice!”

[@jrightly]

yesyesyes you are scratching all of my 1997-2005 pop culture reference itches, great job Brothers McElroy

[@Legon751]

My name is Logan and my brother is Curtis. That was a disorienting bit.

[@PixelPotato]

Hahaha spirit of wolf - I thought the EQ references were great

[@sohtak7208]

I remember giving out/getting those SoW buffs Griffin. Don’t you worry, we’re a rare breed but we exist.

[@dndlee6872]

23:37 "faaather, when can i leave to be on my oWnnnn I've got the whole WORLD to see!"

[@P3t3rPizzarelli]

Kenshi has an interesting character creator

[@AnnDVine]

There's X-ray evidence to suggest that Leonardo actually did paint the Mona Lisa over the top of several other iterations of the Mona Lisa.

[@emmacarlson4276]

This is one of my favorite episodes in a while!! I’m excited to see the journey of this beautiful vampire boy.

[@dallontaylor5840]

feel like they just glossed over that guy suckin that girls blood there in the beginnin

[@angrybidoof847]

When are they going to just upload to this channel? Do they have a set timetable, because it feels like they've been saying this forever

[@kajedhorrors]

"The near future" is eternal.