Monster Factory: Building an Even Better Shrek in Spore

Justin and Griffin perfect their Shrek-like creation, and - thank God - bring their time in Spore to a close.
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[@justz3196]

Good thing they never discovered that pressing "a" while doing stuff in the creature creator, makes things ASYMMETRICAL. The results would belong to the ninth layer of hell.

[@mildlydistressedmaninaturt5452]

Oh god it really would have just think of all the weird ass creatures they’d make

[@Lordodragonss]

They couldnt do that because they experience gliches before the patch where this was added.

[@votecthulhu9378]

It has been 11 years now. I never knew this Well time to power up Spore again

[@tallysingatsby]

shhh they'll hear you

[@FaliusAren]

@@votecthulhu9378 it was in a pretty late patch

[@comraderosa6058]

I think it's very interesting that Griffin and Justin are friends with Lin Manuel Miranda, who is friends with Larry David, who is friends with Jerry Seinfeld. There are only two degrees of separation between the McElroys and Jerry Seinfeld. And I think about this.

[@m1lfmanilovefishing823]

Oh boy

[@leiram8833]

The McElroys will be in Bee Movie 2? 😞😞

[@way2dead4u]

I love this comment more than life itself

[@bepis602]

This is some choice knowledge you have bestowed upon me

[@ohnoagremlin]

ew, why would they wanna be associated with him ever?

[@BelleUmbra]

anyone notice how JAAM SURVIVED THE CRASH AND LOADED INTO SHREKS TRIBAL STAGE

[@delcidkidv250]

What timestamp?

[@CM-lr7tf]

@@delcidkidv250 13:00

[@skullyink2764]

YES

[@scoopishere7881]

Ja'am was made in the creature creator, independent of the story mode, and automatically saved, I believe.

[@StanleyFlinn]

Bug report: this video series kind of made me want to play Spore.

[@Mordalon]

I enjoyed it back in the day.

[@Blackhearted3312]

Hard same

[@aurelia65536]

bug report: this video series made me go on steam and buy spore

[@codytaylor7861]

It's honestly a fun time

[@Pablo360able]

if I believed it would actually run on my computer this video series would totally make me get back into spore

[@violettchi]

Look in the bottom left corner at 13:00. Jaa'm lives. Jaa'm is coming. Get ready to catch his juicy Jaa'm wave.

[@calebmerritt8788]

WHAT THE FUCK. WHAT IS THIS GAME

[@jiujitsutj9994]

I can't believe this was the first PC game I played as a kid. Even more shocking, I played it on my mom's shitty windows vista laptop and it never crashed.

[@hypnoticat4363]

Elsie-poo the Bold FJUCKING JAA'M

[@matthillfromcollege4109]

JKDtyler dude oh my god I also played this on my mom's shitty windows vista laptop

[@tggt00]

Played on my mom's shitty windows vista laptop as well Is life real?

[@justinjambles3374]

SUN TZU'S 1st LAW OF WAR, BABY : DO EM DIRTY IN FRONT OF DEY DAD.

[@dajosh42069]

Sun Tsu 101.

[@Flevir]

Okay, they unintentionally made the weird frog (?) balloon from Shrek. That thing looks exactly like it from the back. I swear, this is the greatest unintentional thing ever.

[@nix6940]

My favorite Miyazaki movie "My niece Garbanzo."

[@victoriaasenjo524]

"My Cousin Torpedo"

[@samanthaharris2964]

The next video in "up next" for me is actually Shrek the Movie

[@rosePetrichor]

hearing Griffin say 'yeah, google Shrek Without Clothes' completely deadpan, a pause, and then Justin begin to chuckle hysterically was maybe one of the funniest things in the whole series

[@auroraisland6477]

DO EM DIRTY IN FRONT OF THEY DAD

[@FallFluff]

READ THIS RIGHT WHEN THEY SAID THAT I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE LUCKY IN MY L I F E

[@dougthealligator]

L M yo saaame

[@stephenwaters3770]

Anyone else notice the JAA'm cameo on the tribal stage loading screen at 13:00? Like if they had played longer, would they have seen JAA'M as another tribe, resurrected like BeeMovie?

[@flameonflick8038]

Return of JAA'M

[@sarah9045]

Griffin: “I hate this game!” Griffin: *makes three episodes with it*

[@Star_Rattler]

I laughed so hard at "My Dad Totino's" that the stitches in my mouth from getting my wisdom teeth removed opened and now my mouth is bleeding but i'm still laughing

[@grasstypefire8125]

same here, totally worth it

[@Star_Rattler]

***** lmao i'm all good no infections and they're all healed, thanks

[@Heulerado]

Same here!

[@reybeck8952]

thanks for the visual

[@elizabethmacklin4768]

Yesssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Misakiu]

I haven't watched any of the Shrek films past the second one and now I feel like I don't need to. This is the new Shrek canon.

[@heyhey8722]

idk man this is pretty accurate to the movies anyway

[@TheDrawable]

You're not missing much....

[@thatjojolesbian]

@@TheDrawable The third was bad but the 4th was actually pretty good imo

[@MouseChili]

I'm sure I'm not the only one who's noticed this but they've had the spine reversed since they went to the creature stage pretty much

[@benthomason3307]

I'm a big Spore player, and I really have to say that that is genuinely one of the best tribal stage outfits I've yet seen.

[@bowpow]

“Do em dirty in front of they dad” is my favorite quote as of right now

[@driverpromise]

"WHATS THE DEAL WITH ME BEING EXTINCT??"

[@SirForwyn]

"Sometimes this games makes the sounds of ... uh .. hell" Oh my god.

[@Lateralus03]

If I had been stabbed in the stomach and you told me "hey there's a new Monster Factory upload today does that cheer you up" I'd probably still say no I'm dying but I do love Monster Factory very much thank you

[@Simon74]

Toe To Tip: This is a Shrek!

[@mbates5249]

Yes, they are the Shrekmen now.

[@AnnDVine]

+M Bates John Lasseter says, in his KZbin comment review of this video, "just like Shrek!"

[@abunchofletters9507]

pSyk DonkeyLover69 says "Bring this to the bank boys. This one's just like Shrek!"

[@KittyKat2648]

They're better at Shrek than I am!

[@uiop60]

That armor you settled on is my new Roswell headcanon.

[@PaupersSerenade]

preeety sure that you made Mike Wazowski's distant cousin

[@eli9214]

[MY LONGEST YEAH BOY EVER]

[@kingofburgerz]

20 minutes long

[@OrneryPeaches]

[10 HOURS LONG]

[@blarg2429]

[INDEFINITE, EVER-CONTINUING]

[@fudgegorilla]

I thought griffin was gonna say "That's sun tzu's first law of robotics!" and I wish that was real.

[@brookebleazard73]

sun tzu's laws of robotics is what you use to learn how to play zenyatta

[@CarryLarry]

*UNLESS IT'S A FARM*

[@wherefancytakesme]

"What's the deal with me being extinct??" For some reason never fails to crack me up.

[@swillpudding6037]

You guys should definitely do Petz 5 for one of these. There's a bunch of fan-created content and mods like PetzA that will let you download different animals and breed literally almost any of them you want together. I once force-bred a creation that so unsettled me I put the game down for two years. every time i put it on a new computer i'm still haunted by what i did. I have so many other nightmare stories about that game I wouldn't know where to begin. If you pop a balloon in the circus room in front of a chinchilla persian it will scream and literally roll up into a ball you can throw like a toy.

[@4dultw1thj0b]

I played the heck out of that game when I was little and I would love this

[@cheezorger]

Aw heck yeah petz 5 gang

[@hotdog-nq3kz]

im in the middle of hurricane matthew and this video will be the last thing i see before i die and thats fine

[@hotdog-nq3kz]

just kidding though im in a relatively safe place

[@jiujitsutj9994]

Did you live

[@druffner]

JKDtyler no

[@heyhey8722]

You all know he's dead now. Rest in peace, beloved hot dog

[@hotdog-nq3kz]

I miss them

[@ameperyton3947]

things that physically pain me as a spore player 1. griffin ignoring tons of bones and new parts 2. them not knowing that you need tools to have actions in tribal stage 3. them CONSISTENTLY fucking up their creations by putting their spine on their belly and wondering why they move weird I love this

[@XYZB0RG]

worst part is them not saving the game and complaining about how they lost progress

[@CircusPeanut]

I can't stop laughing at "I SEEN THE VESSEL"

[@cas6174]

i know this is a SUPER old comment but can you give me the time stamp cause i’m too lazy to find it myself

[@froge168]

@@cas6174 8:23

[@cas6174]

@@froge168 thank you!!

[@aspertia]

*THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN*

[@eli9214]

FINN IM SO EMOTIONAL

[@finnclougherty453]

Eli :/

[@Altamyr]

"My Niece Garbanzo" I had a bad time trying to watch this at work

[@mildlydistressedmaninaturt5452]

Timestamp

[@Andy-ew5fu]

Am I ok? Absolutely not 18:47

[@aeidla]

‘a long sequence of an idiot picking up a stick’ was definitely my takeaway of the first half hour of 2001, so good job will wright on that recreation

[@mascott106]

This video has only been up for a minute and twenty four seconds but I can only assume it's everything I've ever wanted in my entire life.

[@SD-hf4wh]

6:50 Losing my mind over Justin going “I can… I can DIE!!” when Shrek the Movie’s brain got bigger - might be my favorite part now after all these years

[@Nono-Bunny]

Rewatching this trilogy again reminded me that the last time I watched this video, I was desperately trying to remember when during the Shrek movies the intro song played, and so, I decided to play it for my brother and ask him if he remembers. Except I accidentally let it play for too long, and the sound of Griffin saying "come fuck this, QUICK QUICK COME FUCK THIS" was blasted throughout the house, and THAT was An Experience™.

[@Spotsthekitteh]

the biggest tragedy is that they never tried going into the ocean

[@BurningFyre]

5 years on and im still amazed and horrified that after everything, that thumbnail is recognizably Shrek

[@RamoneKemono]

I actually made a Shrek creation on my channel :3

[@basilmacabre7951]

when tribal started loading and jaa'm showed up i fucking lost it

[@LuvTonique]

Monster Factory Ideas: - More Second Life - Star Trek Online - Champions Online - Wildstar - More Black Desert (Still a lot of classes they haven't made into Simpsons characters) - Graffiti Kingdom - NBA 2k series - More wrestling games - Dark Souls 3 DLC coming this month! - More Blade and Soul (Considering they didn't get very far, your characters show up in cutscenes and it's amazing) - I know you guys don't wanna hear this, but... Finish Spore. You left us with so many questions! You need to get to space, jam your Ja'am into a SpaceShreck the Movie: All That Glitters is Space brand spaceship, and take to the fuckin' stars to destroy the game once and for all, The Final Pam style.

[@IzayaV]

Jay Van Esbroek they tried Star Trek Online they mentioned it during the Elder Scrolls video

[@bentrill9702]

Graffiti Kingdom would be the end of this series. The customization goes all the way to the bones.

[@holy_magikarp]

Eidilon I went to google Grafitti Kingdom after seeing yours and Ben's comments about it and oh man is customization just completely bonkers! Somebody made friggin' BATMAN with it

[@princessmaly]

Graffiti Kingdom would be SO GREAT THOUGH Also they only did one Saint's Row and given that's the series' only platform is just to be a doll maker game and nothing else and it's kind of THE ONLY THING IN THE GAME it's so fucking baffling and frankly stupid that it rook them so long to get to ONE of the games when there's like, what, 5 or 6 now?

[@bowlofpasta8846]

That's a horrible idea

[@phillyfanmatt]

“Oh that scamp, he tried to kill our child again”

[@augustlovesjosh]

the first iteration here looks like the frog that shrek blew up into a balloon and gave to fiona

[@Hawwwlucha]

You know what would be awesome? If your videos had the options for fans to add subtitles to your videos, because I would actually sit down and transcribe them.

[@JordanB-zp7ps]

Risingmatsu I've thought the same thing! I bet a ton of people would be willing to transcribe these

[@abunchofletters9507]

Car Boys and Monster Factory in day? SUCH GOOD BOYS!!

[@karikimari]

You should try Star Trek online, if you take alien as a race, the customization options are pretty big.

[@mrman643]

griffin has looked into it. said he wasn't impressed with the options

[@gafeht]

Shrek trek.

[@TreblechinEntertainment]

Endyminion I made an Andorian that looked like Johnny Bravo in Star Trek online and it was lovely.

[@angelayco]

Endyminion Don't you mean Star Shrek* Online?

[@saxmaverick]

Screw the haters, you did it

[@nataliewood6628]

ive watched the monster factory spore series many times now and even though they keep saying spore is bad, i really really want to play it. i cant be alone

[@roobee1234]

Oh my god same

[@ZombieTurtleInvasion]

"bones.. deres bones in my somp" kills me every single time

[@feferis]

"Shrek 5, coming in 2019" It's 2019, I'm waiting

[@4dultw1thj0b]

I know they're not having a fun time with this game, but I really want to see tribal Shreck The Movie in action

[@darlingicarus]

christ "my dad totino" and "my niece garbanza" are up there on my list of funniest monster factory moments, there are tears in my eyes, i can't stop laughing

[@finn8762]

GUESS WHOS BACK BACK AGAIN

[@Altamyr]

JA'AM IS BACK TELL A FRIEND

[@abunchofletters9507]

Altamyr Just kidding, I got rid of JA'AM. This is Will Wright and I hacked into this comment. Want to check out me many spores?

[@Rodarch]

"My Friend Turturro" has been killing me for 5 years

[@Lybra1022]

I was really hoping they'd notice Ja'am was resurrected into this world by Will Wright

[@porygonlover322]

I kinda wanna see you do the rest of the game at some point. I want to see your vehicle

[@giggleloop13]

haven't these poor boys been through enough??

[@Mordalon]

I'm saddened they never ran into one of the giant "Epic" creatures.

[@84warhead]

Honestly the only enjoyable part of the game to truly play was the cell stage and designing your creature. The only other game comparable that I've found to the cell stage was agar.io. As the stages progressed they started to feel more and more like a watered down, not as fun version of better games. Can't really blame them for never getting that far in to the game with each monster factory.

[@Mordalon]

Happy KZbinr I found the other stages enjoyable, but as a whole rather than individually, since each one is about accumulating experience until you reach Space. Seeing what your gameplay choices lead to is fun, it gives the game an amazing sense of scale. It also helps that you don't spend that long in the tribal and city phases.

[@ezekielmartin4323]

"So Justin, what I essentially wanna do here is make a brand new, rebooted, super-cool, family-friendly Batmobile." _ten uninterrupted seconds of Justin laughter_

[@KaizerHiwatari]

*Last possible minute* "Oh, were we supposed to make a dog?"

[@reighfreuden6473]

TRY MOUNT AND BLADE WARBAND PLEASE, MY SWEET SWEET BOYS ;-;

[@themissile3120]

I support this.

[@WitchPilled]

You can make some truly HANDSOME beings in that series.

[@reighfreuden6473]

You can, each and one of my creations are an embodiment of my soul. And I love them like only a father could. My terrifying, deformed, ostrich-like children.

[@MrStevetyler]

My wonderful Rhodok boys

[@stormeagle8678]

I would love to see them play M&B!

[@shlink-boi5736]

This is probably one of the funniest monster factory sagas and it's impossible not to absolutely die of laughter watching it

[@brookebleazard73]

yall should see if the arbys witch cant """remaster""" skyrim for you early for a new episode

[@hugeyuj8675]

Brooke Bleazard that's fucking prophetic, man

[@wubby5315]

My boys! My precious boys!

[@XAncientXBladeX]

my brother

[@dregspromise8118]

Jaa'm was one of the tribal enemy cards. Two weapons have been turned against the McElroy brotherhood.

[@bramblepaw59]

all of these spore hell noises remind me of when i was but a small child with literally this game and thats it for fun

[@-inputoutput]

how did he know shrek 5s release date offhand like that? it was announced like a week before they filmed this probably wtf

[@petewhite3844]

10:00 look at the part they acquired.... "Classic Minion." Even Illumination is getting in on this shit.

[@kalimaude3532]

Feeling great joy and vindication about how, despite how much it tries to crash them off and how much they obviously want to loathe it, they do end up having a pretty good time hanging out with Will Wright's Wonderful Li'l Spores.

[@sleebs]

shrek is a nice sweet boy

[@kingofburgerz]

I'm happy that monster factory is back, but I'm not happy The Monsters are back. If you catch my meaning

[@ijustreview]

Why? We're not here to laugh at the monsters we're here to fawn over the beautiful children Griffin and Justin make.

[@basketcarnie]

finally... the origin of sun tzu's famous quote do them dirty in front of they dad...

[@anjaprinsen781]

This is the best birthday present a girl could ever ask for.

[@rebeccaucich1290]

oh my god yes yes all the mcerloy joints that were on hiatus are BACK

[@HunterJE]

Can we trick Justin into mis-remembering that Tomodachi Survivor was one of the things that went on hold for the TV show and not something they gave up months before so that can start back up again?

[@evp.2641]

from your lips to god's ears my friend

[@maximumgraves]

holy shit it's bec benepla

[@MajorZeldork]

I laughed way harder at "My Dad Totino" than I should have. Like, so much that I started crying and my abs now hurt.

[@mildlydistressedmaninaturt5452]

Timestamp

[@dazedpossum]

"the space stage is long and boring" it's VERY long. as in literally unending. the space stage is just a sandbox stage lmao

[@rachelrachel9152]

I love that even in this one they were still calling this mess a singular episode probably not quite realizing that this would be an excruciatingly long multipart series

[@fobbiesareborangeag]

WHO GAVE THAT OGRE A POWER ARMOR

[@Terjay]

KRONKEY?

[@porygonlover322]

The funny thing is that final Shrek actually does look like something out of Laputa

[@jae1058]

Wow! What a fun crossover! I love how they recreated Roswell from taz!

[@roadkill959]

"shrek 5 in theatres 2019" a more hopeful time

[@Thiefree]

rated "Shrek out of dog" by 2/2 McElroys polled. who among us can claim such praise?

[@SirRampor]

If only there were a song about how excited I am that these boys are back in town

[@IzayaV]

The best ending to any Monster Factory episode, the screams from hell..

[@Edbrad]

All character creation should be this good. Imagine playing Mass Effect with this beautiful creature.

[@finnclougherty453]

Man, the sequel to dogs looks great

[@evanlafrance3978]

the quote of “literally the scariest image I’ve ever seen in my entire life…MONUMENTALLY unpleasant” will never not be funny to me

[@bobalinx8762]

9:37 Actually, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was created by Sony Pictures, not DreamWorks.

[@natashamoschovas7908]

FINALLY THANK GOD

[@Foopetsrocks11]

WAIT JA'AAM WAS THERE

[@ZombieTurtleInvasion]

"theres bones in m'sawmp" kills me still, even after all this time

[@Tyflerghen]

"*giggles with childlike glee*" "hes unlovable!"

[@ethanjohnson1832]

3:10 "hey should we just stick around for this?"

[@addisonjeffries4790]

Justin called it. Shrek 5 is actually coming to theaters in 2019.

[@robii254]

he suffered through countless battle and deaths to come out a decorated warrior in the end also I feel like griffin's fevered covering of every inch of the creature was in part due to just being fuckin' done with looking at these things for hours and hours

[@mochann1133]

You can pretend you’re playing as Shrek all you want, we all know you’re really playing as Mike Wasowski

[@brickmastere5535]

"Do them dirty in front of they dad"

[@DeathstarCatFish]

The end of this video upset both me and my dog. I rate it 11/10

[@olivianeugeboren602]

boys lookin like a bionicle now

[@sabeda1647]

Please don't ever stop making Spore episodes

[@oskarcarnwath9665]

peak comedy to me is griffin just making “abrabubramb” noises

[@cheekywendigos4035]

I almost pissed myself from sheer excitement when I saw this in my subscription box

[@shaneregan7745]

Please cheer me up Justin and griffin. I really need it right now.