Monster Factory: Saving the World One Knife at a Time in Champions Online

Knife Dad is not the hero that the world needs, but he is also not the hero the world deserves. It MIGHT be a stretch to call him a hero at all - he could be more accurately described as "a bunch of knives stuffed into a shirt."
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[@spicyjuniormint]

Fucking good luck fan artists

[@HunterJE]

Was just thinking that, it's like they were trying to make an undrawable face...

[@HamousIceCreamTruck]

they made the character equivalent to all Cryptic's MMO UI's.

[@stormeagle8678]

To be honest. All they have to do for the face is a scribble xD

[@SeventhEve]

how. how did you guess my comment? how is my exact comment already the top comment and someone else posted it? SCREW YOU, PSYCHICS!

[@thatsaweirdbug]

twitter.com/BarfCityDotOrg/status/820082520624693250/photo/1 I can't imagine how people are gonna do like fully rendered things of this dude his hat situation is unintelligible lmfao

[@peachyceej8772]

sometimes a family can be a dad and 40 knifes

[@theiveyed8677]

peachyceej some time a family can be a wolf, rabbit, robot, dad that's made of knives and 40 knives

[@chomskyhonks]

no kids just knifes

[@literalruleslawyer]

Ohana means family. And family means nobody gets left in a man torso

[@RobertSemmler]

A fat guy, a watermelon and a stack of magazines? Family.

[@bcreel83]

peachyceej like a harem or a knife block?

[@shiisiln6122]

"show face sliders?!" *Audible heavy breathing from both brothers*

[@gfox9295]

The McElroys are face-slider-philes. They're totally into it. Always.

[@bcreel83]

@@gfox9295 OMG.....like when Griffin had an asthma attack when they were creating ARBY...and he discovered that they could dent in the head and use the marquee to select the whole head shape...

[@mjuno2909]

Griffin has 1 kid and it goes to his head.. uses his platform to promote his dadsona.. unbeliebable

[@Zabe_B]

madie hansen i wish knife dad was my real dad though. he's a good dad

[@bcreel83]

you're welome for 1k :) god i'm full of myself...delete this. lol

[@Silverwind87]

Well when you see Clint, it's clear the McElroys take dads very seriously.

[@bEccleston]

now with a second kid, his dadsona only intensifies

[@nix6940]

"He fuccs like a broken train, but he runs on time, if you know what I mean." I don't know what you mean. But I really want to.

[@Aethrin]

Are you sure about that?

[@ToAqui210]

Please keep this comment as 666 likes

[@RAFMnBgaming]

Well i can tell you one thing, the wrong type of leaves is definitely not on the line.

[@bcreel83]

this is my favorite all week

[@soupalex]

i _do_ know what they mean but i really don't want to

[@ZombieTurtleInvasion]

Griffin's increasing levels of distress as he discovers more and more layers of customization is such a mood

[@bcreel83]

i love it when they both almost have an asthma attack at the moment they find the sliders.

[@yellobanana6456]

The absolute panic in their voices every time they find a new feature to add to their swirling tornado of character creation

[@seelcudoom1]

you know when writers describe eldritch horrors as indescribable, i think this is what they mean, because you can see what that is but there is no way to describe it

[@MrImawesomerthanu]

hot topic toilet garbage*

[@hugsforastarion]

OHMYGOD

[@rynemcgriffin1752]

Mac Koushki America’s biggest mistake

[@bcreel83]

they use that...and "lovecraftian"

[@Silverwind87]

That's a funny trick to play on Cthulhu!

[@CAPES4CHRIST]

The fact that every randomized character could have served as their own video is the reason why I'm downloading this game

[@bardlikegames]

I honestly am downloading it and not playing it, I'm just gonna make all kindsa superboys.

[@Gamemaniac92711]

same

[@Holgast]

I played it for over four years premium, the character creator is great, but they switched owners a bunch and I stopped playing after there was very little new story content and they wanted me to migrate my account a third time to a new client (though sometimes I wish I had so I could use that character creator again). You can definitely find fun in it, but if you want to venture into the RP stuff, keep in mind there are also loads of ERPers and Mary Sues. Lot of fun quests, but the main gameplay is kinda grindy.

[@CAPES4CHRIST]

ended up making a bat gargoyle who wears the american flag on the front of his shirt and would kill you if you didnt vote. unfortunately, the character was lost once i shut my laptop. trying again today,

[@OKCoolRancher]

Ryan Hardt does bat gargoyle think dogs should vote?

[@fourkz]

I actually installed this game because of this video. They didn’t go as far as they could have. You can make a character who has metal balls for hands and feet, and whose head is JUST A FLOATING BRAIN.

[@mckinneym.2743]

Is it worth the download?

[@fourkz]

@@mckinneym.2743 I’d say so.

[@grahambarlos8641]

Is it still active?

[@fourkz]

@@grahambarlos8641 surprisingly yes, it is.

[@ROldford]

He's not the hero we want, but he's also not the hero we deserve, or need, or can tolerate, or look at directly too long...

[@MrImawesomerthanu]

but he's here

[@yenee94]

Hey you look a lot like griffin

[@lastsaneman19]

Hey fan artists, fucking good luck drawing this one

[@liriodendronlasianthus]

Hey cosplayers, fucking good luck cosplaying this one

[@nicknasty6369]

That's what I thought when I saw the mass effect monster, but lo and behold those bastards did it

[@stevethepocket]

"I want my superpower to be gun-have." Spoken like a true Strong Badian.

[@slendy9600]

Pocket Fluff Productions knife dad is gunhaver's final form. real talk though now i want to download this game just so i can make the thnikkaman and tell kids to shut up

[@markyates3680]

Pocket Fluff Productions !!!!! happy flapping!!!

[@MrAlice613]

Best possible life goal

[@juanjuri6127]

well, as the timeless advice of Coco Chanel says, ""before leaving the house, a lady should look in the mirror and put every accessory on. Just every fucking accessory you can find. Everything. Put it on."

[@bootypounder666]

Official position to make it canon that Rat Baby is Knife Dad's and Final Pam's illegitimate daughter.

[@confetti_kisses427]

I agree

[@nightmare_creature3757]

Knife dad hid her in blade n soul to spare her from Pam's wrath where she then formed a brother-sister relationship with fellow orphan Succotash

[@Silverwind87]

knife husband

[@jrg2866]

"We can do whatever sins we want, there's no god here to observe this"

[@lime_lorelei]

Spread the love of The LORD! He loves you so much! I understand that being a Christian is hard. It takes time and effort, but we must repent from the world. Love your neighbors, spread the Gospel, try your best to follow the commands of The LORD, and most importantly, give yourself to Him. Let Him into your life. Repent and have faith in God The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit. It's difficult, but soooooooo worth it. Spread the love of The LORD! Amen!!!!

[@jrg2866]

@@lime_lorelei this was a funny quote from the video are you okay?

[@DrORRB-qm7fl]

@@lime_lorelei Nah satan has alcohol I’m sticking with him.

[@joyfulman40]

@@lime_lorelei good context well done

[@Silverwind87]

13:07

[@wolfvanderbijl]

FINALLY a monster factory creation for me. big buff furry dad who can lull me to sleep with his guitar and has many knives to kill me with

[@cas6174]

knife dad would never kill one of his own

[@canijust101]

@@cas6174 thank you

[@hanchymanchy5680]

When Clint jokingly taught his young sons that wolves were actually large, scary rats, I don't think he imagined it paying off quite so far down the road

[@sket0tles]

He looks like smokey found out about knives and decided only HE could prevent forest fires.

[@hotscottrulz]

This guy was bitten by a radioactive everything bagel.

[@fudgegorilla]

Knife dad vs final Pam will be the batman vs superman of this new universe

[@completelyoffensive1958]

Cecil Palmer TEAM PAM

[@Mordalon]

they have to team up to save the boy-mayor of second life.

[@carlosramon8919]

they're married you heathen

[@fudgegorilla]

Magic Johnson fuck, you're right

[@involith]

thats her knife husband u swine

[@noisepuppet]

I'm here because I felt a ripple in spacetime that only happens when someone mentions NBC's The Cape.

[@ghoulstreet]

"What's with his pee pee door knocker?!" I almost threw up from laughing oh my god

[@Ends_Of_Invention]

I really like the MFs where they gain a genuine appreciation for the developers of the character creator. Like, there's no real reason to allow players to add a hat, a top accessory AND a side accessory, *two* additional head accessories, *two* sets of hair, glasses, and facial hair (oh and custom ears and eyebrows). But the developers added all those things, and let them all co-exist! Why? Because those developers, they simply don't know can't.

[@moshua]

"I'm Bronald - Master Chief's secret friend!" "Thanks Barnold!" "You got it Master... Chief... Iloveyou..."

[@Reaverbro]

Is Champions Online THE Monster Factory?

[@kagamitheamazingmagicalgir9421]

Yes it is.

[@Leet-iz2fz]

+ma15119 The accessorizing options of Champions Online, the structural customizability of Black Desert Online, and an option to change the character's body by typing in numbers like the 3rd party editor for Mass Effect 2.

[@YeetusVanitas]

Leet 1337 Plus the Random Faces of From Software.

[@leiram8833]

Champions Online is the Brood Mother who lives inside the Monster Factory

[@catspajamboree]

I can't wait for in twenty years when Henry and Charlie take over Monster Factory for their dads

[@ameliej6690]

My Cousin, My Cousin, My Cousin, and Me

[@FiendishSquirrle]

@@ameliej6690 gotta add one more cousin now

[@rachelrachel9152]

@@FiendishSquirrle i think maybe another one too now but i dont really follow their lives so im not sure which one you're referring to and I'm not sure when i actually last heard something so this could all be a terrible mistake im so sorry

[@lmaolmao5587]

His appearance makes sense if you make his origin be that he's like, this knife void, a formless hole in the fabric of space-time that is ever-spewing and ever-consuming knives. Once Knife Dad achieved enough sentience to not just swallow the world, he realized that he had to contain himself within some kind of body-shaped thing, and so he just grabbed literally everything he could get his hands on, including his skeleton hands. The five hundred different hats at once are because that's the epicenter, so he just kept on piling on wolf heads, metal wigs, bunny ears, etc because the more layers between the void that is Knife Dad and the rest of the world, the safer his children can be.

[@aidanleffler4897]

surprised but also incredibly grateful that they didnt look at the predator's female form. i feel like that would have been a bad experience for everyone

[@Dylanquinn666]

Well it couldn't be much worse than 'Knife Mom' AKA 'Mrs. Knife Dad'

[@Zcumgod]

Aidan Leffler arousing experience*

[@moosemaimer]

"SHOW FACE SLIDERS?" *heavy breathing*

[@emilyschrader23]

I’ve watched this video like five times and I just realized that the hat isn’t a fireman’s helmet but TWO HATS TOGETHER

[@Jasmine-mh3kf]

Anyone who is kind to them in these games very soon lives to regret it.

[@liriodendronlasianthus]

Like the person who paid boy mayor?

[@roguetheotter]

@@liriodendronlasianthus raz ogg deserved better.

[@ThatLaurenThing]

"This is a hot topic toilet mistake" Griffin how the fuck are you even allowed to explain something so accurately

[@AverageDoctor345]

"You just made the best mistake of your life!"

[@Doac64]

Griffin panic clicking open a dozen UI windows broke me real good

[@mothbeam8495]

they gave him blue jeans this is the reincarnation of Barry Bluejeans

[@LeMooky]

Taylor Carlson that's cannon now

[@mylahobbit1815]

thats why he has skeleton hands

[@crowe3301]

Reincarnation? This is just regular Barry.

[@kat4421]

Toe to tip that’s a Barry Bluejeans

[@evsauron]

@@kat4421 "Just like Barry!" -Griffin McElroy

[@IzayaV]

i wonder if revolution ever saw this video

[@exclasen]

i have a deep and sincere love for this dumb fucking game and i'm so glad the boys have found it

[@exclasen]

me: griffin please say robotnik griffin robotnik please ro - YES

[@Bluhmann]

Botanicas same. as soon as I was introduced to Monster Factory, I was hoping they'd somehow find this weird game and its crazy sliders

[@zeehero7280]

Even those of us who wont stop complaining about it do so because we care and want the game to succeed after all. not much else like it out there anymore, and that's an understatement.

[@IzayaV]

Imna start this game, after seeing this I hella want to try it! If anyone wants to make characters together or just group up my Tumblr is Zelthane , shoot me a message. !🌝

[@kagamitheamazingmagicalgir9421]

Oh look I randomly found DaZee somewhere on the internet justifying his constant complaining.... lol

[@critttler]

a family can be two fricked up superhero dads and hundreds of thier knive children

[@Oli.V]

This is knife dads gay daughter erasure

[@dylanpenland4895]

Knife dad looks like if every character from thundercats and a totaled suv were star trek beamed up and they all mixed together into one being.

[@KSerge83]

I have cracked up many times watching the McElroy boys work their magic in monster factory, but I had to stop reading halfway through knife dad's backstory because I could not breathe. Holy hell, Griffin, that was amazing.

[@Nonon471]

Last night I stayed up until 3 o'clock in the morning writhing in my bed having an existential crisis. Woke up to a new Monster Factory in my subs. I love my life.

[@copycat6626]

My father and I weren't on speaking terms. New Monster Factory. He just called me and apologized for everything.

[@jirlbalentine7804]

My brother has been dead for 4 years. New Monster Factory appears. My brother is coming over for dinner later.

[@reighfreuden6473]

Jakuzure Nonon My mom took my dog up to a farm in New Hampshire seven years ago. New Monster Factory. My dog is back home with a dozen puppies.

[@heartscurrent]

I had a debilitating physical illness that prevented me from walking. New Monster Factory in my sub box. I'm now a basketball boy and I win all the championships.

[@monotonescreaming6144]

I've been struggling with the reality of death and the inevitable end of all things. New Monster Factory in my sub box. I am now immortal. We are all immortal.

[@WritingOnGames]

Can't wait to tune in to TBS's new hit show Hot Topic Toilet Mistake, airing immediately following Toucan Dan's Toucan Jam!

[@ElwoodPlays]

Did they... Did they just combine a fursona and a Rob Liefeld character?!

[@travdump209]

Elwood This is Edgy the Liefeldian

[@eliburry-schnepp6012]

More like 12 fursonas

[@jackg3344]

17:23 Griffin, you've been a father for less than two months and you're already cracking out these dad jokes.

[@linnaeisblake3886]

clint raised him well

[@eminempreg]

3:57 that's literally just someone's fursona

[@keaton5101]

it's the predator's fursona

[@Panzer_the_Merganser]

It's Imperator Fursona

[@clawcakes]

His name is Dark Edge Meme. He is the father of Jeff the Killer and is a god that destroyed the universe.

[@MrImawesomerthanu]

boaconstrictor37 has the most UNDERESTIMATED JOKE OF THE SERIES LIKE COME THE FUCK ON

[@GreyRush]

Okay look in MMOs theres a reason player models are limited a lot of the time I cant fucking imagine how fucking insane this games polycount gets on some peoples characters christ.

[@Primalintent]

This wins. This is the most monster this factory has ever been.

[@jameswilcox511]

The panic in Griffin's voice when he says "This is top accessory, I promise" will haunt my dreams forever

[@plentyofbagels]

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST MONSTER FACTORIES YET... this character creator is so robust. once knife dad's story is done you guys should make another character, maybe like a human this time so you can really get down and dirty with the face sliders.

[@scruffmutt]

You can hear them smile when they talk, I love it

[@nomukun1138]

Everyone should check out Griffin's Twitter. It turns out the tech team responded to the bug report, and it was awesome. I'm sure it will be included in the continuing saga of Knife Dad.

[@djfrogtime9956]

Andrew Turner link?

[@LeannLeannProduction]

@@djfrogtime9956 I googled it because I also wanted to see, and it is the most wholesome response possible: twitter.com/griffinmcelroy/status/820058614257819648?lang=en

[@DAToft]

I have to say I'm a bit disappointed they didn't call him "Johnny Gash".

[@icedlottie]

if you look at the "Champions Online" logo and take out the letters that are conntected to online, you're left with "Ham Ion". interesting.

[@elov1956]

no sentence has ever come as close to describing my style as "this is a hot topic toilet mistake"

[@roguetheotter]

"there's no god here to observe this" is a fucking powerful line.

[@MrKdnkdn]

Like Chilean miners emerging from the depths

[@porygonlover322]

im surprised you didnt point out that "mullet long" is literally jareth the goblin king's hair

[@shawnreilly8899]

The amazing Revolution and his doting sidekick Knife Dad set off into the world of not-borderlands, to stop crime and to find as many knives as possible. What will the do when they encounter their arch nemesi, Complacency and Gun Mom? Find out next week…!

[@alienguardian]

"I'm surrounded by a world of human demigods, and I want to play as Ted Nugent" lmao

[@k.a.u.4599]

I love how the guitar neck sticking out over the shoulder thing make it look like a banjo

[@mysticmoondustt314]

3:39 *ARE WE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT “NOT THE THING”S FEMALE COUNTERPART??????* I’M CRYING JUST *W H Y*

[@voyagerwitch]

HEY GUYS? THIS HAS TO BE A SERIES. PLEASE LET THIS BE A SERIES. I'LL DIE WITHOUT MORE KNIFE DAD

[@scottcorpany1411]

Every time I remember that Champions Online still exists, it just makes me sad that City of Heroes doesn't.

[@TheMichigami]

if you haven't heard yet... boy have i got good news for you. several public rogue servers have been up for almost a year now, COH lives.

[@noesunyoutuber7680]

Did City of Heroes have Knife Dad? No? Well, there's your problem.

[@sizzlyboi4681]

12:33 "My potions are too strong for you, traveler."

[@sarahtwycross422]

Knife Dad is my favourite AJJ album.

[@NikoshiSenika]

honestly a huge percentage of the reason i watch this show is listening to justin slowly fall the fuck apart laughing e v e r y episode

[@rl2052]

"I-I have a blood sickness... Can I be a superhero too?" I love Monster Factory.

[@angelachase2163]

2017 is done. We got our Monster Factory, it is beautiful, we can all go home.

[@mr.j36b82]

just finished listening to episode 69 of taz and i cannot believe this man, who i was introduced to through ja'am and the spore monster factory episode and watched through every monster factory episode for wrote such a great story.

[@alapazam]

MAH SOFT BOIS HAVE RETURNED

[@Liliputian07]

alapazam AND THEY HAVE INVENTED THEIR DAD

[@CapnJigglypuff]

I can't wait to see the Knife Dad fanart.

[@liriodendronlasianthus]

Too complex Edit: I was wrong. There's a few.

[@kappaross6124]

His catchphrase is: KNIFE to meet you!

[@ghostboy7085]

he gots too much face on his got damn face

[@negljbreakergaming]

"I'm a wolf and I'm half knife, but that's not what defines me"

[@IanFraser420]

In my monster factory head canon, Chomp Mom and Knife Dad are a couple.

[@bobdolesrevenge]

"To be continued..." The sweetest, juiciest words ever associated with a Monster Factory episode!

[@emilylamonica6251]

As the arby's witch, I am glad to see these boys return with such good good creations

[@Fausuto27]

this is not a character. this is an event

[@DJBlastotron]

3:37 God, the fuckin disparity on the looks of the male vs female models of The Mountain KILLS ME.

[@Gossamaggs]

He looks like if evolution happened but the big bang didn't

[@TerryHesticles87]

This didn't appear in my sub box. CURSE YOU, KZbin!

[@abbyrose9408]

18:10 Was Justin already writing the origin story for Duck Newton???

[@Ray-hk1zm]

THAT'S WHAT I SAID!!

[@Jedicake]

Used to play this game and legitimately enjoyed my time with it.

[@davisjames8484]

wow knife dad was an hero for all of 3 minutes and he met Revolution? I am the jealous!

[@pidebird]

"This is a Hot Topic toilet mistake." - a quote about me.

[@LimeyLassen]

Revolution's theme song is Go K. K. Rider

[@an1m8r]

Every so often I come back to this and break into struggling tears of laughter. Thankyou for cheering me up, McElroys.

[@iamtheforce14]

I legit thought the Batman music was what played when you joined a group for a second there. If only.

[@JahvsIsTheBest]

As soon as he submitted the bug report I got an email notification on my phone.

[@AntheanCeilliers]

The silence at @9:21 is *magical* as they take him all in.

[@alexconley1196]

Now that's a tagline: Champions Online: "We Can Do Any Sins We Want Here, There's No God Here To Observe This"

[@NotExplosive]

You've created the Level 90 Elite Tauren Chieftain

[@foofofdeath]

Justin and Griffin: Sees a guitar on the player's back is an option *JustinandGriffin.exe has stopped working*

[@scottcombs3882]

I hope the Revolution sees this.

[@PrismTheKid]

I love that you can just sit on this game and generate joke background supers from hypothetical marvel movies for hours on end and make up names, backstories and shitty powers for them

[@LifesNeverHumDrum]

wow they made Type: Null

[@k.a.u.4599]

I laughed so hard I was clutching my refrigerator handles so as not to fall down

[@Zilronman]

because of that fox tail, I think Knife Dad may be Rat Baby's father. Canon?

[@writingsongsforfrogs5672]

sometimes i forget griffin is a middle aged man with a child and not a teenager playing video games in his parents house

[@olivia8243]

"No one's watching. We can do whatever sins we want. There's no god here to observe this" 😂😂😂