My favourite mafia movie

[@KateIsShy]

The fact that this is sponsored by squarespace and not surfshark is a crime

[@hugitkissitloveit8640]

😂

[@nastiaandrej]

or Shark Ninja 💀

[@barbarab.6799]

the fact that they got one of the biggest directors of mafia movies to play a fish in this is kind of excellent

[@canozumeraydin3037]

And the fish low key looks like him like

[@Sodapop-gi4bu]

@@canozumeraydin3037wait I see it

[@Joanbueller007]

​@@canozumeraydin3037highkey

[@trequor]

A​@@canozumeraydin3037 all the main fish are modeled after their voice models

[@tulip7903]

mikes mic always makes me feel bilingual bc like 50% of the script is memes and cultural moments that do not get explained while the other 50 is english

[@emmawoodrich5127]

Hahaha same oh my god

[@alise6813]

We're out here studying by immersion lmao

[@chesito15]

I cant even speak english, if I watch an American movie I have to read the subtitles but I understand every thing Mike says every joke and all the references and all the memes. It doesnt make sense, its the magic of pop culture I guess

[@Rowan_nawoR]

Move over Spanglish, a new mixed language has arrived

[@elielelwy]

He’s really for the chronically online girlies 😭🫶🏻

[@luke.jaguar]

the "who's gonna clean your reef donald trump" joke had me busting out laughing for 5 minutes

[@emstav11]

me when i BUST💜

[@alti2b]

Funny how Mike consistently keeps us rats fed yet he never leaves a crumb

[@KingOfGaymes]

I love that our fan name is just rats

[@lil_rata6994]

could have never said it better

[@Myiic]

​@@KingOfGaymes🐀✨

[@akaemmaclaire]

my favorite comment

[@softlion3516]

​@@Myiic🐀🐀

[@gabriellaberman]

girl, you can’t talk about the animated fish era of the 2000’s without mentioning the bug era!! a bug’s life, antz and the ant bully? truly revolutionary

[@roxanne_]

The bug era needs its resurgence 🐞🐛🪲

[@kaciewolverton2692]

We need to revisit the bug era! Yes yes yes

[@NeonBeeCat]

The animated bear era is probably the worst (brother bear, kung fu panda, brave, and open season)

[@peachy.-sky4640]

@@NeonBeeCatnever slander brother bear ever again :(

[@NeonBeeCat]

@@peachy.-sky4640 the bear era was the definition of a mixed bag

[@scrbusaucuparia]

i am so intrigued by the in-world sociocultural/political implications of “Tuna History Month” . are tuna more historically marginalized within the fish society? or is it because they’re underrepresented in society due to overfishing by humans? what IS the legacy of tuna history? they set up the questions and so i must ask them

[@nia..6041]

much to consider

[@Rowan_nawoR]

Where’s the HBO spinoff when you need her?

[@kiricappuchin]

Tuna lives matter

[@xaivercampbell1587]

Thissss. Theres so much to unpack. We need a Vox short at least.

[@whatever9097]

So glad I’m not the only pondering these questions

[@theanxiousanddepressed6241]

The FACT they got Ziggy Marley the ACTUAL son of Bob Marley to be in this movie singing to the reoccurring song "Three little birds (don't worry)" by the man himself what a mindblowing thing!

[@rondeeshalee8927]

This!!! I was hoping Mike would point out how iconic that was 😂😂

[@evelynwebb924]

The Olivia Wilde reaction gif recreation is always funny to me like 6 times a video and it’s still a guaranteed giggle

[@salemsmith7085]

i do it along with him 😂😂😂😂

[@gino97r]

​@@salemsmith7085same 😂

[@camryngrace1]

@@salemsmith7085I do it all the time because of him

[@preeyagovil7816]

The transition to Frankie'S funeral... jaw on the floor, eye popping out of head, millions found deceased. GAGGED.

[@SmallCactus22]

This movie did more for LGBT acceptance than any Marvel representation and you canNOT change my mind

[@sylvy16]

you can just change marvel to disney. this movie did more lgbtq than any movie made by the mouse

[@danachos]

Yuh-Gi-Won't change my mind!

[@roxxmaru]

b-b-b-b-but Damn there's nothing i can even mention. Like they're never giving America a love interest just to appease China. hilarious

[@dumbelion3104]

THIS is how you do LGBT acceptance representation honestslay

[@Tacom4ster]

Martin Scorsese is such a great ally? That's why he doesn't like Marvel I suppose.

[@mahaliadamm2954]

the Italian "Imma vegetarian an' I'm not fuckin' scared of 'im" lives rent-free in my head like this is high-concept art

[@NUBF]

Absolutely obsessed with every single instance of Mike pointing out how this anthropomorphic deep sea world is unrealistic

[@gabby222themoon]

Right bc same tho

[@micahmosse3876]

😢✨oh😢✨

[@pattmahiney]

The "it's just a movie" folks can go back to bed... and starve.

[@blob9638]

bc of defunctland's disney channel jingle video every time i hear about nemo i think about the disney marketing person he interviewed that said "for a year before nemo came out, in every programing break, we added some fish facts, it was basically subliminal messaging" so maybe the pixar/dreamworks fish year wasn't such a coincidence, much to think about

[@Ifnobodyhurtsyoubesilent]

Mike: posts two iconic videos one after another His audience: * Olivia Wilde nod*

[@kemizehabib-mohammed8791]

Facts😂

[@LupitaLaChona]

This

[@lakia-chan]

and reverse!!!

[@c4ts0nm4rs5]

I'd like to mention that in the British release for this movie Katie Current is British instead of American/Australian. No idea why she's the only character they changed to fit the region.... other than the fact that mother KEEPS IT CURRENT!!!

[@lavernebennet7395]

kind of reminds me of how in releases of Zootopia/Zootropolis for different regions one of the two news anchors is changed to a different animal that lives there

[@c4ts0nm4rs5]

​@lavernebennet7395 Oh that's cool! Also why is it Zooptopia in some places and Zootropolis in others?

[@lavernebennet7395]

@@c4ts0nm4rs5 there's a zoo somewhere in Europe already called Zootopia

[@MELLMAO]

"Miss Aria, you're a killer, not Ezra's wife" reference kills me every time

[@xaivercampbell1587]

Every single time

[@alyweekly8472]

IM CRYINGGG

[@fpcooper95]

I'm going back to watch the PLL videos now because he said that so much 😂😂❤

[@lenny98213]

“you know what nemo doesn’t have….a mum” SHOOK ME to my core!! I have been rendered speechless

[@danicee]

As an dual citizen, the mafia storyline went right over my head as a kid. And now I’m so much older that it’s hilarious because it’s so ridiculous. Everyone knows dolphins are the mafia of the seas.

[@AugustRx]

mafias don't gang rape seals

[@Enjemnsnens]

Exactly!!! Though I love Sopranos coded they were

[@LizzieHunterPaul]

Killer whales give them a run for their money. They are diabolical.

[@GoddoDoggo]

Orcas are the mafia, dolphins are more like those anarchist psycho street gangs that wander around in the Purge.

[@givebackmybreadsticks]

i pictured a mermaid commenting this when you said you were a dual citizen

[@elle1107]

That mafia accent...Mike's Italian roots coming in clutch

[@bubbles2215]

I wanna say if you do a video on the penguin movies, don’t forget that March of the Penguins also came out around the same time as Happy Feet, and grossed over $125 million worldwide, even though it was literally just a documentary about penguins. There was legitimately something INSANE going on with penguins during the mid 00’s.

[@emilylike-the-soup2502]

My grandmother insisted on taking me to March of the Penguins when it came out (my mom said “I think that’s a documentary, maybe she’s too young” but my grandma said “it’s a Disney movie, she’ll love it.”) Lo and behold, it *was* a documentary, a bunch of penguins died, and toddler-me left the theater in tears.

[@kaylaisnothere4397]

Club Penguin came out around the same time too. It can't all just be coincidence

[@Silvermoon424]

@@emilylike-the-soup2502 I was legit traumatized by that scene of the leopard seal hunting penguins.

[@beyonceknowlescarter9576]

@@Silvermoon424Same😂

[@sallyjane5280]

Traumatic movie!!

[@ss-nu3qf]

2:32 the face you've made after dropping that line EVISCERATED me, oh my goodness

[@robbiejansen6975]

Actually obsessed with Katie Current having a different accent for the American, Australian AND British version. Genuinely thrown me that she wasn’t always British

[@GoddoDoggo]

Katie Current's name is also a play on Katie Couric, an American news anchor who also voiced the American version. So Katie Current's name is a triple joke including that, the "current" of water, and the "current" news cycle.

[@washedblue]

the thing I don't get is why. like, it's fine lol but why just *that* character? Katie Couric is an American, so wouldn't the bit make more sense to keep it the same regardless of country? or come up with fish puns for the Australian and British VA equivalents?

[@iwakeupandboomimarat]

​​@@washedblueit was a common thing for animated movies to have small parts be voiced by regional celebs, especially in the 2000s to (id say) the early 2010s, its not as common anymore bc its a lot more effort to create different versions of an english dub

[@amberdow99]

@@GoddoDoggoits even better for the australian version because tracey grimshaw is known from an aus news show called a current affair

[@crbstompr]

omg just like in Zootopia they have one of news anchors be a different animal relevant to the country it’s in

[@catd9988]

Michael Imperioli and Vincent Pastore voice acting in this too is incredibly iconic, as they were starring in The Sopranos at the same exact time. Excellence.....

[@catd9988]

Vincent Pastore (Don Lino's Octopus assistant) saying the line "If you don't want to see her sleeping with the fishes" is a quote-inception reference to his character on Sopranos correcting Michael Imperioli's character misquoting the line from The Godfather, "Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes"....... and the Octopus' name...... is Luca

[@reflection95]

On top of that, James Gandolfini was originally going to play Don Lino! But unfortunately he dropped out, so De Niro took his place.

[@catd9988]

the world wouldn't have been ready...@@reflection95

[@olivejuice5772]

Frank Vincent was also in this as a random shark! Who references another Sopranos line “may whoever did this.”

[@johnindigo5477]

Micheal is daddy

[@liamnuge428]

Nemo's motherlessness nearly made me fall down the stairs laughing. My heart definitely lost a few years of beats but it was worth it

[@NinaWTF]

Bless your heart 😭❤

[@Hopeskyesk]

Agreed, I literally scream laughed when he said that 😂😂😂

[@reindeerage]

Laughter is scientifically proven to increase lifespan so it balanced out for you 😇

[@Krasauskaitevi]

16:12 “Give me a call if you ever get rich, I could be one of your fish” the mind you have, I’m deceased

[@Duolingoservant]

Absolutley wild to drop TWO iconic videos in just two days. What a slay thing to do Michael Microphone ❤

[@JuniorBaconSleezeburger]

Forever unworthy

[@c0urtc0urt]

WILD LIKE WILD FROM TROYE SIVAN 2015 TITLE TRACK FROM THE ALBUM BLUE NEIGHBORHOOD

[@nandinighosh7338]

MICHAEL MICROPHONE- im gagged

[@evelynaaa]

I remember owning the Shark Tales, Robots and Cheeta Girls CDs and played them religiously on my Hello Kitty CD player when i had to clean my room 😂

[@monicagabriela4397]

I had those 3 as well!! also the first 8 kidz bop even the mcdonald’s editions

[@marissagreen1853]

mike I want you to know that I was in a literal class in college where we learned about the mafia and I had a whole project where I analyzed shark tale. it is incredibly accurate as far as the inner workings of the mafia! like one of the most mafia accurate movies to date. comparable to the godfather!

[@mars8378]

This is amazing, my week has been 200% improved by this knowledge 🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️

[@Measuresderepo]

ThAt’S iNsAnE 😵‍💫🤪

[@marcelafranklin2429]

im so happy to know this 😭😭

[@meggy_davidson]

Please, please, please tell us more!! 😭🙏

[@itsgonnabeanaurfromme]

The inner workings of the mafia aren't that complicated though

[@currantevents5607]

At 3:40 , Stephen Spielberg is one of the founders of Dreamworks so that why they could use the Jaws music lol (Though that does imply that Stephen Spielberg, like Schrödinger’s cat, simultaneously exists in both as a director of a movie in the universe of Shark Tale and as one of the people who brought that very universe into being).

[@13realmusic]

Dragging Nemo for not having a mom is a bit criminal to me. And yes, we need a video on the Big Penguin Agenda especially because Brittany Murphy was in Happy Feet and I love her! Rest in peace Brittany, you would've loved Mic's Mike.

[@rontanamo_bae]

omg the final movie in the trilogy... dragging nemo 😂

[@figsuitcase]

As a Frankie who grew up absolutely obsessed with this film, I am so satisfied by this. Shame I was killed by an anchor. Also, Mike, I wish you had the DVD, because there were about a billion special features and easter eggs, including this surreal full-cast dance-off sequence and if I'm not mistaken, a whale-wash mini game? The SF menu was just the fish-city scene but you could select different signs and open secret menus.

[@marcellakilgarriff]

When he said we're all stressed worms on the fish hook of life...I felt that

[@amethyst6603]

Love that Michael is turning more and more into schaffrilas productions as we speak

[@jamiegdubois]

Honestly, it doesn’t matter if you’d already made a Shark Tale video, Mike. You know we’d all happily watch a second one.

[@adrianomaly1760]

The comedic “BONK” sound near 20:02 got me cackling aloud

[@santipapa6986]

I think Mike talked too much about this movie so we collectively made a Mike's mic video in our heads

[@prettyprincess8187]

"you know what nemo doesn't have? A mom." I cackled😭😭

[@lauraguglielmo]

i swear to god mister microphone could summarise the crustiest movie in existence and I'd still watch

[@anarchobaby]

"but i mean who watched The Wild?" ME 😭 i had it on dvd as a kid and watched it weekly, ngl idk how well it holds up now but rest assured there was at least one of us out there obsessed w that movie

[@AudacioresPuella]

Two actually lol that movie got me obsessed with Coldplay at a very young age

[@c4chu]

i need everyone in this comment section to know that when i was in elementary school, my school put on a musical/play that combined a bunch of early 2000's movies into one titled "a pirate's dream" where the students from high school musical went on a vacation on the pirates of the carribean ship but crashed into madagascar where they ran into the surf's up penguins and alvin and the chipmunks, had to rescue garfield (which plot-wise was sharpay's pet) from a bunch of disney villains, and at the end, took their ship to a car wash... the fish tales car wash.

[@elisesanchez3813]

Oh, so the most iconic thing ever. Literal icon behaviour. Could never imagine my Christian school having that much creativity

[@c4chu]

@@elisesanchez3813 our script writer deserved a nobel peace price fr

[@tulip7903]

this is so amazing.

[@isazarts3159]

That's literally the best thing I have heard! I hope whoever made the script is proud of themselves.

[@adrianomaly1760]

I hope that teacher knows how happily remembered they are

[@Saltyandsad]

Shark tale has been such a staple in my life. I’m so glad to see this come up so I can re-hyper fixate on this once more

[@princessjellyfish98]

They probably got the rights to the Jaws theme because Spielberg is one of the founders of Dreamworks but still wild way to open this movie tbh

[@cambriajade8313]

I am absolutely living for Mike trying to desperately figure out how there is so much technology in this universe meanwhile it’s a movie about talking sea animals

[@savannahblanch1991]

What did we do to deserve this level of mastery? Your videos are my Roman Empire. Thank you for becoming my entire personality

[@savannahblanch1991]

My fiance doesn’t even question my fake australian accent when I quote your videos.

[@AugustRx]

​@@savannahblanch1991wilde nod

[@alexhynes7960]

This might be the best video on this platform thank you for giving this film and all of its most glistening golden moments some love and thank you for doing the New York accent

[@kemizehabib-mohammed8791]

Yes, YES, absolutely would love a breakdown of the entire Disney vs Pixar vs Dreamworks drama of the 2000s. I was but a child in the 2000s and I watched everything and anything. How cool would it be to have you, in that fabulous way you do, give us the tea on all the shit that was going on behind the scenes 😂

[@luthientinuviel3883]

It was a juicy time. The girls were fighting, Shrek is the manifestation of Jeffrey Katzenberg's pettiness

[@thewhiterabbitchaser]

the creator Lindsay Ellis has really good videos talking about this based around a book called disney wars that was an academic analysis that summarises the whole 100 year legacy, Lindsay's great her and mike have a lot of overlap in the media they talk about

[@kemizehabib-mohammed8791]

@thewhiterabbitchaser I'll actually check that out, thank you 👍🏽

[@stephaniefrost4910]

12:49 The amount of times my Jamaican family & friends at school quoted that part “I’m not a loser…I’M A WEINER!!” 😂😂

[@reinarey1637]

The transition from Lola saying " let me explain something to you " to the next scene is EVERYTHING.✨️😂

[@KhumoMarkham]

“So you got *insert object* down there?” Took me out every time 😂

[@guldkamel]

So confused when I saw this video was released. I was full on convinced that you had already uploaded a shark tale video. I’m glad you addressed the Mandela effect we’re all apparently experiencing.

[@ARareAndDifferentTune_13]

I love how Mike basically has invented his own language of memes and pop culture references that us rats are now fluent in 😂

[@clairesabol8745]

Let's not forget how iconic the bonus feature games were on the DVD! You could bet on the seahorses, dress up -Lenny- Sebastian the dolphin (and give him an afro if you so pleased), and my mom and I would always play the fish eat fish game together! This entire movie is iconic!

[@johntomlinson04]

there's so many godfather references in this film LOL - at 20:35 when the octopus character says "sleeping with the fishes" it's a reference to an entire scene from that movie lmaoo

[@lizzieheart709]

Two videos in just a few days bc we’ve gotta do the sponsored video before the end of the month. I respect it, mike

[@venuswims]

You know what Nemo doesn't have? A mum. JAW DROP.

[@arianaking2310]

The amount of times I replayed Mike going “im a vegetarian and I’m not fuckin scared of him” in an Italian accent is wildn out wit nick canon

[@chynaking-davis8193]

Sipping my wine, rewatching Mike's Mic.... this is definitely top 10. Yes there are more than 10 videos of Mike's i watch over and over. TIMELESS

[@holherth3986]

Calling this a mafia movie is an immediate yes from me

[@sweetmother2406]

Yes! Shark tale is criminally underrated

[@emy-yc1oq]

recently my best friend and I found a huge stash of DVDs abandoned in our neighborhood and shark tale was one of them. can not even put into words how happy I was because the DVD I had at home was ALL scratched up and wouldn’t play properly. I was obsessed with this movie growing up and I still am

[@meghanmccrary9317]

I remember being on a plane to Germany as a child and one of the only movies available was Shark Tale so I watched it like 5 times in a row. That and the That’s So Raven episode where she turns into a cow.

[@noahmuntwyler5010]

Literally clicked the video thinking "oh he made another Shark Tale video cool" and it's the first. Mike knows himself and his audience well

[@emmawoodrich5127]

3:30 “how did they get the rights to that?!” 😂

[@dablloydtruther]

i was just talking about how every movie was based off shark tale today, perfect timing micheal

[@middsummer]

I'm very curious about how that convo would go

[@richieswar3139]

Is this basically the idea that every movie is either based on wizard of oz or citizen cane, but instead it's just shark tale lol?

[@dablloydtruther]

@@richieswar3139 yes

[@poeticcinema5857]

Love the implications in this movie. The shrimplications, even.

[@amylsmith]

I will never forget my year 9 English teachers face when I handed in a 2000 word essay about how shark tale is a gay allegory.

[@sparkyblizz]

you're so real for that

[@brenna_boop6341]

I’d love a series on the Penguin agenda, but I mostly want to hear Father Michael discuss Happy Feet and how traumatizing it was for children, while still having a bombass soundtrack

[@jermocha]

so true i was so scared by that movie i hid behind the couch and when i ducked down i hit my mouth on the couch and lost my first teeth. my two front teeth. happy feet stole my fucking two front teeth in second grade

[@bunnyfrosting1744]

Posted 3 seconds ago??? I don’t even know what to say other than “thank you”

[@nnjeei]

The Wild actually went triple platinum sweeped the Academy Awards in my house

[@cipherlupin13]

Mike. You’ve been brainwashed by us microphones to think that you’ve never made a video about this delicious movie. This is literally your fourth video on shark tale. Come to the light😭

[@thewhiterabbitchaser]

wait what are the others help us all you have the secret knowledge please share it

[@RaspberryPastry]

I love the little world building asides when they canonize some weirdly specific societally established level of technology

[@katie-allen]

Mike is keeping us well fed, and he never resorts to leftovers. Every video is fresh and delicious

[@cariwhyte]

every time i watch a new mike's mic video i'm like "oh i hope he's still in his olivia wilde smile nod era" and you did not disappoint

[@sophiaisabelle027]

We appreciate how well you've articulated your own insights. Keep working hard.

[@melaniedarmawan5478]

The call out for Nemo's dead mum was uncalled for... still funny. 10/10

[@Thechristianbolton1]

I swear this movie is a masterpiece in my eyes, I had it on repeat as a child, I can memorize the movie line for line, Will smith was a fool he had me dying the entire movie, and of course the soundtrack was extremely fire. Loved the movie back then and I love it even more now.

[@stubbs3023]

The soundtrack for this movie went so hard!! I still listen to it regularly

[@MrsCrangisMcBasketball]

“My name is…suspiciously, still ‘Mike.’” LMFAO

[@pariahcarey1712]

I get way too excited every time you upload lol The nostalgia, the comedy, the attention to detail *chef’s kiss*.

[@Kaykokovids]

Mike talking about one of the most fever dream DreamWorks movies while also wearing the iconic Casino Royale hat. Iconic behavior on full display honestly.

[@cynicalperson161]

Which one is more of a fever dream: this movie or The Bee Movie? 🤔😂

[@morganclaiborne3122]

I just finished my final project for my teaching credential program, and my immediate self-care is watching the new Casey Aonso and Mike’s Mic videos back to back 🤙🏻

[@philippa5892]

thank you for addressing the greatest piece of cinema with a profound plot and the strongest cast ever heard of

[@HaileyRivenbark]

the words "facecard vs queencard battle" has altered my perception of reality

[@polaszewczyk]

two michael microphone videos in a week? WE ARE BEING SPOILED AND I LOVE IT 🎉❤

[@bornana269]

Why you using his legal name

[@aliairving]

You 1000% did a video on Shark Tale but I will happily watch again

[@ilovemybabyblues]

Legit the funniest thing I’ve watched in a while. I was giggling the whole time; no one consistently delivers like you, Mr. Microphone!

[@Miss98Bumble]

I need a mike’s mic retrospective on The Sopranos

[@tuurlijk]

For a long time I actually thought I made up The Wild in a dream, because it's strangely similar to Madascar but bad. Also I remember seeing it in a different language in a laser game hall / cinema when I was nine. Edit: it wasn't a different language I looked it up and the Dutch version apparently has Belgian voice actors in it and I couldn't understand the Flemish dialect as a child (I still can't)

[@mpaulaj]

The funniest about Oscar "killing" Frankie and Lenny is that it doesn't look like him defending the city (or himself) against sharks but but it looks like he's taking a hit against the family lol

[@courtney9180]

someone needs to make a compilation of everytime mike has done the olivia wilde nod

[@moonline9]

Why did i only discover this channel yesterday?? MIKE IS FCKING HILARIOUS I LOVE THIS CHANNEL

[@CathMint]

I think I saw all of these mid-2000s 3D animal comedy movies at around 2 or 3 in the morning at various sleepovers, and all the memories of watching them feel like fever dreams now

[@Takamiko22]

The one time it would be outlandishly perfect for you to have a Surfshark sponsorship 😂

[@Mostach89]

From starvation to devouring, just iconic behaviour

[@simly5189]

Mike's just so freaking funny, man

[@KingOfGaymes]

I never considered shark tale to be a “mafia movie” until I saw this title.. Also I really hope you talk about the Jack black shark being vegetarian as an allegory for being gay 🏳️‍🌈 18:55 YUGIOH MENTION HELL YEAH BABY

[@The_UmbrellaMan]

I was born in the middle of the 03/04 fish craze, and I'd like to think somehow my birth influenced the creation of this beautiful monstrosity.

[@livhallendorff2231]

ugh the camera quality is so CRISPYYYY!!!!! you stay giving us high quality content!!! thank you Mike

[@Tabbycat2701]

I was 6 years old when this movie came out and it’s one of the first movies I can remember seeing in theaters. I spent almost the entire thing hiding under the movie theatre seats because I was absolutely terrified of sharks as a baby

[@blahberrypancake]

This is to this day one of my favourite Dreamworks movies for real. I love it so much. And Lenny was 100% queer-coded and that makes me love that movie even more.