Monster Factory: Recreating a Beloved Sitcom in The Sims 4

Justin and Griffin turn their dark Monster Factory arts toward The Sims 4, and recreate a beloved television sitcom in the process.
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[@TheAnjelHarte]

"can we flirt with death" griffin sure loves to answer his own questions across content boundaries

[@Valtharr]

well, to be fair, it was Justin who answered that question

[@scheyeguy2479]

Thank you for making my day

[@CoRLex-jh5vx]

@@Valtharr further proof that they all share one brain

[@kristinad4810]

That was my first thought

[@fairuzmanuzman4811]

Flint725 total eclipse of the heart

[@justaddwater6644]

The way Griffin's brain works is beautiful. Justin: "She got deported." Griffin: "To space?"

[@yellobanana6456]

I want to rent his mind for a day

[@sinnerssandwich4140]

Can't believe that Daytrader Vader is a much more accurate Artemis Fowl than the film version

[@ethanritterbusch8910]

Isabella Tiberi TRUTH

[@frnk8650]

i can’t stop thinking about this comment

[@literalruleslawyer]

and percy jackson

[@sycastells1212]

I like how you made this comment a year ago and it's accurate

[@ollieno971]

@@literalruleslawyer what does it have to do with Percy Jackson?

[@Jack_Cats]

They were so close to calling it "My Father, My Father, and Me"

[@Ends_Of_Invention]

The name "Daytrader Vader" doesn't get the appreciation from Griffin that it deserves.

[@CoRLex-jh5vx]

I'd heard the name daytrader vader years before I even knew who the mcelroys were. None of my friends knew them, I had literally no link to them and I somehow knew that name. That name was technically my first introduction to the mcelroys, and deserves recognition for that

[@leiram8833]

@@CoRLex-jh5vx Is it maybe because Daytrader Vader catfished you online for pokemon cards?

[@CoRLex-jh5vx]

@@leiram8833 .........brb gotta do some hypnotherapy real quick to unlock these secret memories

[@matthillfromcollege4109]

I think the mother's name was Ruth Vader Chinsberg

[@mmots1294]

This is a very underrated comment

[@clumsysilence]

hey im a representative of Harvard u want a scholarship ?

[@taakotuesdays]

You absolute genius

[@IIocust]

i saw this comment & gasped aloud. im going 2 b thinking ab this 4 the next 15yrs of my life thank u

[@IIocust]

@@wizardbugs YKNOW IT DIDNT AND I WISH IT DID

[@ariw9370]

"That's where the squared comes in, because 2 squared is 3." i love this series so much

[@haiironi]

2 squared is 2x2. that's 4

[@brunamesq5070]

that's the joke.

[@thefinalpam6347]

Nightcore lover It's… It's a joke.

[@vexced8753]

This is why you don't listen to nightcore

[@vexced8753]

Did Greenleaf17 I don't think so, look at their channel. They've got roblox videos with misspelled titles.

[@FSEThompson]

"Now can we flirt with death?" -Taako Taaco, The Adventure Zone, 2016

[@BeepDerpify]

"Now that's a boy that I can get into"

[@ecto_boy]

Yum

[@OliveGarden420]

Pemphro I knew this would be the top comment

[@kerokerobonita]

Pemphro GRIFFIN NO!!!!!

[@gumjack]

boy's soul* excuse you

[@STRIKR-dq7rj]

Pemphro now that's a boy I can get REALLY DEEP INSIDE OF

[@liamh1621]

I can't believe the McElroys created Boss Baby

[@WolfgirlAidan]

Fuck, that'd be a much better movie if they had though, huh? XD

[@Nono-Bunny]

I'm like 99% sure they actually fully did come up with a similar idea in a MBMBaM episode a couple of years before the movie came out, so, yeah, they sorta did lmao!

[@kremit985]

"he's the champion of nothing" is so underrated

[@kremit985]

"cosmos, cosmo for space" too. justin is the undisputed king of comedy

[@hazeltree7738]

This sounds a lot like Mithrix

[@poego6045]

Saw the thumbnail, and the title "recreating a beloved sitcom" and clicked it, thinking they were making Bob's Burgers characters

[@naktura7409]

+Rpp Wing And? Do you really expect anything to make sense on this series?

[@poego6045]

Rpp Wing It's animated, but in essence, it's a sitcom sans the studio audience, or at least modelled off them.

[@FaintedInCoils]

+WFDolphinPilot I did the exact same thing, honestly.

[@benawisphoenix]

Right????? I was confused when they didn't make any references. He even ate burgers!

[@EskimoClownBoy]

WFDolphinPilot We are so sorry for this

[@drawinggunblades4263]

Cousin Specialagent died from "Overexertion". Yeah, standing up in the kitchen would kill me too.

[@zelg.5551]

Cleaning up your roommate's piss didn't help either.

[@janesimpson2741]

thats anemic culture, babey

[@willd.4808]

POTS mood

[@CaptCam13]

I like to imagine that Dark loves his kid, not only because he makes money catfishing married women for Pokémon card, but also because he is a lot like Daytrader. Dark hates children, but he hates Daytrader the least.

[@holharr]

"Why am I the only one dancing, come on ladies, it's 4:00pm on a monday afternoon" Honestly that made me laugh so hard, jesus christ this series is the best thing

[@Nevets123]

Lost it on "Amber was the color of my energy"

[@thebinarybiscuit]

Investigate 311!

[@Wolfstar26]

“Wait a second, you’re a sun fish”

[@alicepersson9568]

"Youre a creature from the beetlejuice waiting room"

[@camtankerous]

20:10 "Can we.. flirt with death?" I can't believe they foreshadowed Taako's romantic date by a little over a year 12/10 fantastic storytelling

[@c.m.880]

“It’s nice that she got a break from starring in the Dark Crystal long enough to come chat with him” is such an underrated comment

[@defn0tjake]

"oh my god, his chin goes inside him" "play your cards right, it'll go inside you too" poetry

[@yourmother7052]

"Now that's a boy that I could get into!" --Griffin McElroy, 2015

[@pretty6144]

My boyfriend makes me soooooooooooo mad I want to stab him in his cheating texting ass

[@yourmother7052]

Pretty 614 *UNRELATED*

[@dinofeino1811]

@@yourmother7052 VERY *RELATED*

[@daveysooley8212]

"I gave you a task, I am your God" I love these videos.

[@goonsdirge3464]

That's a funny trick to play on God.

[@derpoverload]

I lost it when the grim reaper took the trash out

[@theaegis5284]

Listen I have to be in a perfect environment to kill.

[@slendy9600]

+Grim Reaper this made me laugh more than it should have

[@deanky]

new overwatch leaked footage

[@taylorb213]

The devil works hard but the reaper works harder

[@nutsmasher420]

“7 years ago” oh god oh christ oh jesus

[@Unsavory]

8 years ago?! Oh god, oh jeez, oh no 😭

[@Lateralus03]

I swear to god these videos are honestly a very hard laugh every 10 seconds how is that even possible

[@fate7669]

ikr!

[@DasKomet]

This is the greatest series in Polygon history.

[@blarg2429]

"This is the greatest series in human history." FTFY.

[@Relco12]

blarg2429 he said polygon, not human so whyre you putting quotes?

[@noahduncan126]

Relco12 it’s a joke

[@LunchBXcrue]

2 and a half chins

[@lenacarey2333]

I just keep coming back to this video. It's like a homing beacon. A beacon of boys, of beautiful boys and homoerotic subtext.

[@kandyt2ntr]

i cant believe kravitz killed cousin specialagent

[@chupenot]

kandyt2ntr "Can we flirt with death?"

[@BrooklynJackBlue]

...I don't know who you are, but I'm IMMEDIATELY a fan.

[@cyplop]

this comment is a year old but im fucking co signing it

[@noodletongs2664]

I FINALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MEAAANNNSSS

[@gammagoop]

Pfft oh my god

[@ThePsychedelicGoat]

still waitin on My 2 Dads² Part 2

[@Mick_92]

Electric Burgerloo

[@omega1575]

My 2 Dads^2^2

[@taylorb213]

@@Mick_92 ELETRIC BURGERLOO IM DED

[@somejackass]

daytrader vader is a precious child

[@disdiot2995]

Trash He's a perfect boi

[@TheOctavian316]

I love my baby boi!

[@disdiot2995]

A good beautiful kid

[@nightcollapse]

Trash best boy 10/10 -ign

[@robbieboydudeguy]

A perfect precious business boy

[@scoobysnax]

"He's crying as he pumps it!" Me too, buddy. Me too.

[@yojimbo989]

fucking lost it when dark vader was crying while working out

[@TheStacksGaming]

I love this fucking channel now. I never cried of laughter so much

[@skimbi]

Matthew Stacks you should listen to some of the McElroy’s podcasts (its some of the same peeps)

[@porygonlover322]

I love this because they just look like characters from a bad CGI kid's movie

[@garlicbug]

I've been rewatching these cos I saw an ad for Spies in Disguise on the side of a bus and immediately thought of this video

[@offbrandcereals]

"he looks like fat freddy mercury" this shit is so funny

[@suprevadak]

You made Artemis Fowl

[@MetaGiga]

I choked on my oxygen

[@randomgooberness]

All I want is for them to create Taako, Merle, and Magnus in the sims and watch them live together

[@solluxpesters3848]

"Because two squared is three"

[@piccalele]

Melody Kostek Tindall is that poland with eyes or a weird pokeball as your profile picture

[@jarydseess945]

Is three squared five?

[@deadxiii]

Before the glasses, I thought the beloved sitcom would be Bob's Burgers

[@spenceduggs8449]

The thumbnail made me think the same thing

[@DaMaLoJo]

"Daytrader Vader's going to need a positive influence in his life, but I *do* want to make him gigantic." Of course, of course. Obviously.

[@applesKIWISbananas]

An emotion similar to dawning horror overtook me when I realized Dark has the mouth of a Potoo bird. A gaping maw. The only thing preventing him from cannibalizing people is his giant chin

[@avathequeen14]

The irony of "Can I flirt with Death?" coming from Griffin and not Justin

[@SevenOne_71]

I'd like to thank Griffin for when i was a young lad 6 years ago learning maths i never could do squared because i kept thinking 2 squared was 3 because of this video. Thanks Griffin

[@Mr_Sev]

the search has ended - I have found my all-time favorite series.

[@discolives79ify]

This show deserves to be as big as Game Grumps, at least.

[@jimbo-jpg]

_bigger_

[@bensirach3586]

@@koiran_liha YESS!

[@weenrfart3000]

@@koiran_liha y e s please

[@kennynitro17]

This is their original sitcom, Borp's Bugles

[@taylorb213]

I never noticed that at 3:59 they just kind of start making sounds to find Dark’s voice and it sends me every time

[@sycastells1212]

That gutteral *HMMM* is quite delicious

[@ariannebrodeur]

My favorite Monster Factory moment will always be Justin's mid thought interruption at 2:45 where he goes, "Now, in previous episodes of Monster Factoruh... HE LOOKS LIKE FAT FREDDIE MERCURY!" Literally Flawless, caught me so off guard the first time I heard it and now always stands out no matter how many times I replay these videos while I sleep lmao I love this man

[@MCD183]

COUSIN SPECIALAGENT LOOKS LIKE MY DAD

[@alidottxt]

I am very concerned.

[@MCD183]

TheCloudWing me too.

[@RageHole]

Really sorry about that steamroller accident. :C

[@AveryEngstrom]

why does ur dad's head look like a watermelon

[@teaerrors360]

Is he alive?

[@DrFunkman]

EVERY sitcom should have an opening with a character begging the Grim Reaper for mercy

[@8BlackBart8]

"See that's where the squared comes in. 'Cause two squared is three."

[@renwhit100]

i can't believe kravitz made a cameo in this episode

[@Narokkurai]

I sing, "Here I go to work, I've got my face cream on--and I vanish like a ghost!" almost every day.

[@Strix182]

RIP Cousin Specialagent. He will always have a special agent place in our hearts.

[@toadallyawful]

My favorite podcast: My Dad, My FBI Agent and Me

[@Slibbo]

the amount of justins flawless 1 liners in this video cannot be overstated

[@pizza_party_prison]

this is the best series to watch when absolutely horribly sick

[@rhys4668]

griffin: i want to create something franchisable- everyone pointing at taz:

[@luxi7193]

I Always forget that Daytrader Vader is actually the son. And it kills me EVERYTIME.

[@DaMaLoJo]

I've watched this so many times, I've lost count and it's made my way into my everyday vocabulary

[@Slibbo]

i say "hi, im dark vader and im a star wars!" to my friends all the time and theyre over it

[@DaMaLoJo]

@@Slibbo I feel this more than I care to

[@leadastrea]

GRIFFIN SINGING "you just call on me brother, ill mop up your piss" FUCKING TOOK ME OUT

[@goofygoober4901]

all of his sons look like seth mcfarlane

[@TooMuchIntensity]

or like Code Lyoko

[@UncleLucky]

don't you dare insult his sons like this

[@RaspBerryPies]

Uncle Lucky Oh my God XD best comment

[@m3llo8an4t0s]

its artemis fowl

[@Spenstarr]

I have watched this every day for the past week before bed to remind me there's good in the world and to go to bed smiling

[@syoo2458]

literally fell out of my chair when they gave the son a suit for everyday wear

[@walkinghypocrite]

i’m showing this to my dad and he said “they should have called it r2dad2”

[@44caliberclark47]

i want my tombstone to say 'amber was the color of my energy'

[@quantumblauthor7300]

Casting speed buff

[@redjasper6056]

19:33 nice kravitz cameo

[@debra-sue]

12:28 and a fourth dad: todd coolbody. two dads two, squared.

[@ghoulstreet]

I need a reprise

[@FleccaRobinson]

"because 2 squared is 3" lmfao

[@peregrineperry]

this still holds up so well after seven years

[@Azriel12399]

My face hurts from laughing too much.

[@whitelightewhiteheat]

7 years later and "hi, i'm dark vader" still kills me every time

[@higgyjiggy2222]

20:16 Justin's Taako laugh

[@laurakramer4888]

This was the first monster factory video I ever watched and man what an EXPERIENCE

[@hpinkjet]

They should do another episode of this with the new patch that adds more freedom in terms of gender expression! Give me a terrifying monster in a flowery skirt, let's go

[@gabetaylo]

"Now thats a boy I could get into" "Let me see that suit"

[@imthetrashman8620]

justin saying that one of the characters looks like a character from the beetlejuice waiting room is VERY underrated

[@ebob182]

Oh my god the ending, I too was crying while getting pumped. Death casually taking the garbage out also made me cackle.

[@Klick404]

I love how Cousin Specialagent sometimes looks normal, and then he turns and his face just goes WOOOOMP

[@calcifer6142]

this very quickly became that episode of adventure time where finn finds all the tiny people

[@lordoflame212]

I literally started crying when cousin special agent died, I miss him.

[@tovemanka2125]

what if daytrader vader business boy was the inspiration for angus mcdonald on taz or vice versa

[@oskarcarnwath9665]

of all the monster factory videos, i’ve watched the sims ones by far the most

[@Hyspellman]

Daytrader Vader saying "Linda - Linda, calm down!" lives rent free in my head

[@officialnezquick]

I think about sweeps week literally every time I play sims and about 60% of the time I just rewatch it because god was this series glorious

[@Matkingos]

"Now that's a boy I can get into!"

[@maddiedoes3571]

SPY

[@temmiedestructo7309]

Dark Vader looks like what I imagined Jenkins from TAZ to look like.

[@bugsySA]

Justin's laugh at 20:17 is just the best.

[@Winsii]

This was one of the best Monster Factorys, but I feel like they should return and explore some more of the monster aspects they can do with the house.

[@shutuptravis5609]

They should have called it 2 dads 2 furious

[@LovinoFernandez]

7:15 The kid looks like Jimmy from Scary Godmother XD

[@jediknight4951]

A rather obscure reference but you'll get a point for it.

[@jediknight4951]

+monochrome moans They've probably replaced it with some other shit by now. It might even be a trilogy in 2016. Or an anthology series with animation that doesn't look like a 29.99 Early Access Steam game.

[@ahobbit1273]

12:35 I'm glad he took the time to change into his swim suit before hopping in the pool.

[@jennahinckley8216]

almost five years later and i'm still haunted by the mystery of how cousin specialagent, a non-elder, died of overexertion. glitch or mod, boys?

[@jennahinckley8216]

@Joseph Delahunty I know i'm 5 months late, but that doesn't give you the dangerously tired (uncomfortable +40) moodlet, that just makes you pee yourself and get embarrassed moodlets. unless you were joking. can't tell through text.

[@mickeymckay5459]

In this episode of Monster Factory, the boys create a young Bruce Forsythe.

[@seancarson7801]

Hahaha 4:50, the characters mouth syncs up PERFECTLY with the "yeah"

[@wildjonesey]

did you guys know that right around the 4:00 mark, you... made bob belcher. just before he became dark vader, he was bob belcher. for a brief, shining moment, i thought you were gonna make the belcher family in the sims. i was disappointed at first but justin and griffin could never really let me down

[@netapearl6667]

If you boys run out of things to goof up, a return to My Two Dads^2 would be amazing 🙏

[@drago1514]

This was the best thing I've ever seen, 2/2 dads would watch again