Monster Factory: Stopping All of the Crimes in Saints Row: The Third

There is one thing you need to know about Trüllbus - this tough dude absolutely hates crime. He hates it nearly as much as he loves Dairy Queen, and boy, does he love Dairy Queen.
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[@fishtick]

I like how "No-Crime Dairy Queen" implies that there is a "Crime Dairy Queen."

[@traitwopronounwncethess2566]

That's just a waffle house

[@Bigcatthief]

Thats just a grill n chill

[@gremlinman9724]

every dairy queen is a crime dairy queen unless it's indicated otherwise on the front door.

[@oppositecatchyghost8025]

That's just normal Dairy Queen

[@juliamavroidi8601]

No-Crime Dairy Queen and her Arch Nemesis Crime Burger King

[@Agrellar]

Funny thing, I was introduced to the Mcelroy Brothers through Monster factory. So the first time I ever saw what Griffin looked like, it was in the reflection of an oiled up asian man.

[@kayj5807]

it is the only way he must be seen

[@ewyeth7713]

......same

[@Gallant_Silver]

I had this exact same experience!

[@Bi_scotti_5]

Me too lmao

[@newspaper_stand]

IM *H O L L E R I N G*

[@forgetbeams]

i work at dairy queen. we have a joke that it sometimes it legitimately feels like customers just spawn outside of the store. this must be the explanation.

[@stevensonbak]

Instead of "RIP" on my tombstone, I want "RADQ" engraved instead: "Resting At Dairy Queen"

[@erin1912]

stevensonbak THIS COMMENT IS 2 YEARS OLD, BUT I JUST CAN’T STOP LAUGHING

[@johnthedork723]

I want “RIPGB” Rest In Peace, Good Boy”

[@backuppixiedust1115]

How about “Gone to Chicago. Be back soon.”

[@bobcat_baker]

Can I do that too?

[@HankCarver]

The eternal battle between Piss Hell and Shrimp Heaven.

[@leiram8833]

Dairy Queen is the Purgatory in between.

[@literallyglados]

piss hell later

[@nostopit179]

They are all subjugated under final Pam

[@porcupineangel6632]

piss hell and shrimp heaven are like the black and white lodges in twin peaks

[@tpate123345]

SHRIMP HEAVEN NOW

[@sterlinga.5410]

"Shaundi, I swan to john!" Is one of my most quoted phrases ever, and I have absolutely no idea why it has stuck with me for so long.

[@pastelguts6182]

Same. Still use it after all these years

[@pokesonav]

"Look what you made me do Shaundi!"

[@zoombeanie]

Same here! Still using it and it’s even become apart of my friend group’s daily vocabulary. Trullbus lives in all our hearts

[@levirhoden]

I’ll say “I swan to John!” Multiple times a week. It’s too good!

[@internetlurkerr]

18:23 for my own personal reference lol

[@Kkid54]

“That’s definitely a crime and that one’s punishable by crime”- accurate description of American law enforcement

[@anaeliseianna]

Kkid54 it’s so sad that I have to agree with you.

[@johnthedork723]

Welp. I’m sad now.

[@marandaburnett7063]

spicy

[@GarnetBanzai]

I went to like this, and didn't realize I'd already liked it from a year ago. Well done

[@slggbr]

damn mister prophet over here

[@InvincibleRodent]

I desperately need a sitcom in which Toucan Dan the Gun-Hating Toucan Man and Trüllbus the Crime-Hating Batboy form a crime-chasing cop-duo. Whacky slapstick humor, homoerotic subtext, witty banter, seven seasons, and in the end, they realize that all they needed in this life to find true happiness was each other.

[@joshua7529]

We all need that in our lives. It would make the world a much better place.

[@williamcarroll3868]

Can Knife Dad be the wise older father figure character that helps them through tough times, gives the classic sitcom advice, and delivers a wacky line or two?

[@plywoodman8626]

and Christopher Christopher Christopher Christopher as the wacky neighbor

[@therandomone8791]

And the beloved animal sidekick, Jaa'm!

[@creativeusermeme]

final crime-boy they have to catch is todd howard

[@WritingOnGames]

"You do the crime, you get the crime." - Griffin 'Trüllbus' McElroy, 2016

[@LittleBearRomero]

Writing on Games this only has 999 likes.. it needs more..

[@gusto1481]

@@LittleBearRomero ik mold tou

[@favoritemustard3542]

Biblical, really...

[@TheGhostofAbigailMills]

Period.

[@mbates5249]

"SHAUNDI I SWAUN TO JAUN"

[@zephyruswild638]

Can you give me the time stamp I'm to lazy to watch the whole thing

[@alicehealy99]

@@zephyruswild638 18:22

[@graciana.13]

Alice tha nk you so fucking much i love you

[@blahfox]

What does it mean though!?

[@franz.francisco]

Alice Healy thank you god bless

[@kayleerichardson5336]

"non-lethal, that's fine" *griffin shoots* *man literally explodes into nothing no more than 2 seconds later*

[@BaronFowling]

he LEFT!

[@joshs.5384]

"...well."

[@nastyleg4571]

He had to go to Dairy Queen don’t even worry about it

[@lashieldmaiden]

HE LEFT AND EVERYONE SAW IT

[@elijahelkwood5459]

I laughed so hard I absolutely could not breathe and then I started crying and eventually it turned into coughing and just generally was really painful But worth it

[@RaeLovesGrimm000]

Okay I just have to say it but the way these guys talk is so.....not frustrating? Like they just go with whatever the other says and its so refreshing. KZbinrs are always trying to one-up each other and it gets obnoxious but these guys are like "Trüllbus from big bang theory" "of course, right" like its so wholesome and fucking hilarious at the same time??? And their speech patterns are just lovely and every time they say "boy" it makes my day for some odd reason. This is the kind of content I wanna see on youtube. Keep up the good work, McElroy boys.

[@reighfreuden6473]

Yeah, they really work well together.

[@nomukun1138]

The first rule of improv: Never negate or conflict with what the other person comes up with. The McElroys are fantastic improvisers.

[@theraveniscool]

i think so too holy shit!!! They are so refreshing

[@mike42192]

The way Griffin says "Thanks for watching my comedy video" is just so effortlessly good.

[@TheAnjelHarte]

I highly recommend their other content if you love their speech patterns as much as I do. Justin and Griffin do a podcasts with their third brother Travis called My Brother, My Brother, and Me and a DND podcast called The Adventure Zone that brings their dad into the mix. I recommend them both wholeheartedly because they're fucking amazing

[@MakoAirRush]

"Shaundi I swan to john" is def an under appreciated quote

[@makeshift-moth]

I say that line on the daily

[@Denemil]

I crie evry tim

[@spacetearable]

You threw off the angle of my dangle!

[@svartiske3283]

Remember that early 90's cartoon movie, All Dogs Teleport to Dairy Queen? It was kinda sad but helped me become a man.

[@crepuscule7721]

*two solid yellow lines* griffin: “i can pass on the left right” i’m a little worried about griffin’s grasp on driving

[@nerveagent1905]

West Virginia rules

[@caspianodinsson5084]

it's okay he's half car

[@MusicOtaku165]

Pass on the left on a two lane road, then turn left from the far right lane, in front of a cop car. How is he not in real life jail with driving rules like this. XD

[@ianaumy]

@@caspianodinsson5084 half car half boy boy car, protector and chief of chilladephia?

[@CoRLex-jh5vx]

@@ianaumy he makes the rules!

[@MrToasty9000]

griffin sure says "i love that south park humor" a lot for someone who's actually funny

[@Dylan_Platt]

Pretty sure he's being facetious. South Park and Family Guy are Griffin's go-to examples of bad "irreverent" humor.

[@gfox9295]

Yeah, that's his biting sarcastic wit at work. Can't you hear the "I am soooo tired of people loving juvenile humor from such-and-such hit show from 10-20 years ago" tone in his voice when he says that 2 or 3 times throughout the video? ;D Now, I can't tell if he's being sarcastic or not about all the Squaresoft classics a minute or two later, though. ;)

[@gavindillon1486]

@Jay Crwz that was unwarranted.

[@synterlu]

South Park's social observation and commentary is spot on, it's not just irreverent humour for the sake of being irreverent.

[@jimmybean420]

@@synterlu I'd agree, but i feel it has lost its steam the last few years.

[@rachelturner693]

the best part of this is the few minutes that justin spends genuinely looking at pictures of jim caviezel

[@jeffmoocow]

i started swearing thanks to this video and now I'm in jail. thanks.

[@juanjuri6127]

"Alright, so that's what the weapon does." "Non-lethal, that's fine." (target explodes into a million bloody chunks) "Well,"

[@nitobeato4056]

if this man existed I would never break any laws out of fear

[@jakeraby1394]

Oh he's out there. And he's got a tracer on ya.

[@detectivepigeon8699]

It’s ok. I too have an irrational fear of being teleported to Dairy Queen after my crimely doings.

[@leiram8833]

I would commit all the crimes, cause I wanna hold on to his moustache handlebars and take a ride on that nasty nose before being blasted over to DairyQueen to get a tasty shake

[@DD-ds9gb]

He does exist

[@christinedial4397]

I think about “Shaundi I swaun to jaun” at least ten times a day

[@stimlord]

I say it often in public to weed out the winners

[@charliecharlie1868]

"does he eat crime?" "I think he eats crime."

[@paladinosaur_]

Your PFP is so cute!! What is it from!!

[@ElvesAreAwesome1]

"I'm gonna go next door and steal a candy bar" "NO. no crime." I choked on my hotdog and almost died 10/10 comedy.

[@oobnoname5294]

Hello internet goer, this is your reminder 6 years ago you enjoyed our good good brothers and their factory of monsters. Whether you keep up with them or not is up to you. Enjoy the blast from the past

[@Galgorithm]

Lookin for dirt crime! Now I'm lookin for cloud crime

[@passionateromp6557]

Someone stole on the dang clouuuds.

[@maiwisdom9839]

The brothers violently crime -gasming upon finding Southern Belle is probably the best thing.

[@sunlightfire5925]

Trüllbus looks like if the human Beast from Beauty and the Beast was put through a shredder and then haphazardly glued back together

[@furygeist]

This was my exact thought. 😂

[@apothekerrie]

4:51 "He looks like every elf from an early Elder Scrolls game." Truer words have never been spoken.

[@EclipseAtDusk]

So I busted out a tally counter, to see just HOW MANY times they say the word Crime or variations thereupon in this video - and I got 72 distinct instances of crime. I'm honestly VERY impressed with these boys

[@elizapancakes4911]

They said crime 72 times and only did 6 crimes, that's a 1:12 ratio of crime!

[@Kodocha7]

I want The Final Pam to make Trüllbus one of her many husbands, I feel like they'd be a beautifully horrifying couple!

[@SpectrumHazard]

And then fuck him, and that's the weird part.

[@involith]

w0nder f0x dirty crime son

[@teaerrors360]

@@awkwardavocado5307 technically she doesnt do crime, because, in her own words, "wasteland, no rules, just right" the only crimes she commits are against god, but since she became god, those laws no longer hold her

[@penguinstarlette4028]

@@teaerrors360 a very true point

[@kassiekeys2538]

crime husband

[@johnathankindall2804]

This is one of those monster factories where it feels like the monster was in the marble all along and the brothers are just chiseling it out

[@ltshep713]

24:25 "I'm about to Dairy Queen that thing out of the fuckin' sky!" Best thing I've heard all day.

[@TalexTheLich]

hey griff, one of the scientists here, just wanted to let you know what that jelly was they leave behind after using the teleport gun? its just all harmful things in the persons body being left behind, pretty much healing them.

[@smiley9328]

The final Pam will always be the God of monster factory.

[@sanguillotine]

A God in the same way Cthulhu is, like she's the ender of worlds.

[@smiley9328]

+CaptainZapperz More like the consumer of galaxies. Yes the chocolate bar.

[@jadeyxboox]

I disagree. Personally the boy mayor of second life is the overlord

[@oldmanbobTheKIlla]

I'm a D-bomb kinda man myself.

[@Nissun0]

No, the Boy Mayor is the Mayor. Pam is both the measure and the means by which the world will be judged.

[@Yarndragon89]

Literally almost choked on my food at "Big Bang Dimbo".

[@Empoart]

As a non-American I've learned so much about American pop culture just from watching monster factory

[@spencykings3182]

as an american, so have i

[@VRJosh]

18:00 "non-lethal and that's fine" "well...."

[@IVIegadude]

That is definitely a top contender for my favorite moment ever in a KZbin video. I was gasping for air for minutes.

[@MrFlonne]

saints row 3 pacifist run

[@SpectrumHazard]

"what's up guys, this is buttman49, and this is my Saints Row 3 no crime run"

[@teaerrors360]

17:59

[@fukkthisnewupdate8882]

With that face, it wouldn't be hard

[@Crystalfalls100]

So glad to see a video in which zero crimes are committed.

[@mataschmata]

"Okay, it's not lethal! That's fine!" *man explodes into a bloody mist*

[@beebo-]

no they just went to dairy queen

[@leiram8833]

That mist was just red sprinkles

[@chaotic.tired.goblin.]

2016: flightless ones 2019: ground children

[@teaerrors360]

god I get so hype when someone references the ground children bit

[@kyugull]

"I really enjoy oiled Asian"

[@roadtriiip]

"I fuckin' love that look so much but I'm confused and scared by the look and I'm worried about the look." EDIT: 6:10

[@myettechase]

my mom trying to be supportive when i turn up to thanksgiving with a purple buzzcut and a nose ring

[@brandonrahhal6989]

So now searching Big Bang Trullbus in Google Images yields images of this Monster Factory.

[@buck5745]

Chaotic good

[@WhatDoesDStandFor]

Lawful good

[@blarg2429]

Lawful lawful. Not even lawful neutral; lawful lawful.

[@keaton5101]

CHAOTIC LAWFUL

[@Nonon471]

I was having a pretty mediocre time until I saw this in my subs. The McElroy brothers save the day again.

[@gafeht]

It's all going to be okay. Have some pats.

[@powdgaze]

have some matts, woolies and liams too

[@eater_of_garbage_]

I can't believe "shaundi i swan to john" has entered my common vernacular

[@shirofanatic5057]

"yeah, I might go to the grocery bar and steal some candy bars---" *"NO"*

[@plutototoh]

6:27 when Justin gets rocked so hard by the 'do he turned into a stunned Taako for a second

[@benheinz6666]

Make a monster who's just ALL middle sliders

[@benheinz6666]

Like, exactly center

[@ravinghappy_6799]

Ben Heinz blasphemy

[@Mick_92]

Just tried this on Second Life. Everything set to 50. It's actually pretty horrifying too.

[@Sentraman4]

Just a normal boy™

[@teaerrors360]

Jim Averageman

[@leonardcohenfan69]

"Hi, I'm Neil Gaiman. Welcome to Piss Hell, my weekly anthology series" was such an underrated joke

[@WritingOnGames]

oh baby oh boy oh boy howdy what will the beauty boys be cooking up in god's scar oven this week

[@Tuxfanturnip]

"now that's a body I can see myself in, and I mean that literally." 😏😏😏

[@beebo-]

butt hole sex

[@rachelrachel9152]

Great emoji choice

[@Bigcatthief]

A while ago I went through a phase where I’d exclusively fall asleep watching a monster factory video. One night I had an extremely long winded and at times dark monster factory dream set in a saints row like environment it was scary and emotional

[@nix6940]

Best show on the internet right here. Every episode of Monster Factory is gold.

[@AnnDVine]

Is this a monster? More of a very buff Willem Dafoe, which is less "monster" and more "accidental yet meticulously crafted fetish fuel".

[@stephenrhoades8686]

I can weirdly see that... Also, interestingly enough, did you know that Willem Dafoe has an inordinately large phallus? so having the "sex appeal" up to 100 actually really works too.

[@morgank.6113]

What is a monster but accidental yet meticulously created fetish fuel?

[@juliawertz5282]

I've watched this a good few times now and I always get caught up in the fact that by around 3:00 Trüllbus has developed distinct microkini tan lines without any explanation

[@classyglassy2035]

“Vehicular manslaughter is ok if you’re driving in reverse.” -The Law

[@MarshmallowGamer]

it's gotten to the point where whenever justin goes into high-pitched boy voice, i only hear taako. only taako exists with justin's boy voice.

[@ky6734]

IM ABOUT TO DAIRY QUEEN THAT THING OUTTA THE FUCKIN SKY

[@LegoJunk128]

I just love how Griffin takes the piss out of Saint's Row's 2edgey sense of humor that everyone thought was revolutionary in 2011

[@Hevymin]

Evan i have a sneaking suspicion that you don't know what "edgy" means

[@MuzichMann]

This wasn't edgy and nobody thought this humor was revolutionary.

[@Tunabringer]

Trüllbus looks like Waluigi got hooked on horse steroids and they drove him Buffalo Bill insane.

[@CherryScent]

Thank you, my sweet boys, for this DQ treat.

[@julielaughs14]

"People be like, 'what's with that perm tho-AHH MY CRIME! ...you've stopped it.'" This Monster Factory is full of so many underrated lines. I rewatch it when I'm sad and it legitimately never gets old.

[@ollie3794]

Justin and Griffin have invented a new alignment! Chaotic lawful

[@jackykillian]

"You WILL obey the law SO HELP ME GOD--"

[@ThatOneIrishFurry]

grifin recorded himself specifically for that bit i respect the grind

[@jmcrofts]

Best monster factory in as long as I can remember. You guys make my day every single time one of these comes out.

[@soonmide]

hey its that dog

[@nuclearlo0ve]

Jib Cavizzle actually came to my university to speak to our graduating class.

[@HauntedSidhe]

This guy and Dino Lansbury should team up and make a crime fighting unit together.

[@alyssa.jay.]

RIP trullbus, you shouldn't have done those illegal cupping experiments

[@xmascritter2383]

Came back here after the newest monster factory to pay my respects to the man the myth the legend, prince legday might have absorbed his power but he can never compare to trüllbus the crime eater

[@kyzf]

My three sons have discovered this series now, and we are rewatching these together. I cannot decide whether this is bad parenting or THE BEST PARENTING. That South Park Humour tho.

[@rasamatazz9823]

18:20 SHAUNDI I SWOND TO JON

[@elicassimir5878]

CAN I SAVE THIS

[@nyarg33]

@@elicassimir5878 or can it save you

[@elicassimir5878]

@@nyarg33 ...not wrong

[@DJBlastotron]

I like the implication in that, since we see Griff's reflection at an angle, he is recording this episode, and by extention all monster factory episodes, at about a 30 degree tilt for some reason.

[@Ash-sw5vp]

me sitting here with blue hair: take me to jail Trüllbus

[@shangc2781]

Isn't that that Hozier song?

[@ShabobaX]

the only reason I'm subscribed to this channel is for Monster Factory

[@Fubbington]

And pretty much anything Griffin is in

[@CharterForGaming]

Same, and the Bloodborne playthrough of pickle hedgehog

[@Binary7]

I just have the playlist saved and check it every few days. Shame you can't subscribe to a playlist.

[@harrymason4300]

I absolutely hate Polygon and I have to admit that this show is hilarious.

[@jedizzo111]

Same

[@sorou]

this video is singlehandedly staving off my horrendously incurable depression while simultaneously curing it. thank you, my wonderful boys,

[@roguetheotter]

i dont know what it is about the way that griffin says "bastard" but i die every single time.

[@peachslam6922]

"You threw off the angle of my dangle"

[@CaptCam13]

Kaylee Austin You saying that with that profile picture is not weird to me.

[@melancholyjest1911]

Mentioning Hank Hill was a miracle because he once was a crime-eater searching for the button to turn himself in as well.

[@cuddlyasacactus709]

Honestly, eight crimes is really on the LOW end, considering he crimed his own parents to death in crime alley. You're doing good, Trüllbus!!

[@wrenholt1958]

18:23 SHAUNDI I SWAN TO JOHN

[@baileyderose7776]

every single word they say while creating him is fucking choice

[@JasmineBrie99]

7 years later I was just quoting "Hey, grab me a dippy pop!" and I literally couldn't remember where it came from....

[@sandeater0214]

Get me a nerds blizzard!

[@gracedixon125]

Get rid of the CIA, FBI and all local law enforcement, Trüllbus is all we need

[@possumboy5933]

“Sex Grimace” made me laugh so hard I almost puked

[@DarrenPaul]

"I did my very best and I tried real hard, but I'd be the first one to say I didn't do good enough"

[@snowyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

great news folks! this is the first video that comes up when searaching "shaundi i swan to john"

[@wayawuffin]

the swift justice of shaundi

[@carolinewheeler77]

"I'm not under the jurisdiction of bird court" IM CRYING HOLY SHIT

[@poombayz8493]

nice character recreation of willam dafoe

[@justinkroboth360]

"Now it's art." And that's where I finally died.

[@EmsiWolf]

Im going out to a fancy dinner tonight and now i gotta reapply all my makeup cause this video had me crying

[@Wolfstar26]

16:19 griffin trying to arrest everyone for breaking laws is literally the funniest thing i have ever fucking seen

[@nastyleg4571]

Whenever I re-watch this video I just remember how much I appreciate saints row just deciding to be a dumber and campier GTA and owning that shit

[@pissedfists]

"Isn't coloring your hair lying?" rofl

[@GippyHappy]

My favorite quotes in chronological order: “Piss Hell! It’s a special heck for your pee!” “Wait- you cannot have an anti-crime character named ‘Nasty Crime Boy’!” “I don’t _think_ his name is Dimbo. I’ve searched for ‘Big Bang Dimbo’ and it did not give me much-” “Oh there’s no law up here- you’re in the sky there’s no laws to break!” “Like, I know I’m not under their jurisdiction but I’m almost certainly going to get a letter from the cloud council about this one.” *“Alright, we can’t come back to the sky!”* “That’s definitely a crime and that one’s punishable by crime!” “No dawg, I’m never gonna have a wanted level. I love law.” **explodes a man into jelly** "Well-" "He left." "He left and everyone saw it!" _“Shaundi I swan to John!”_ “I mean, first of all, the silhouette is off cause I *know* it’s a gonzo situation down there.” "Oh this is going to be crime-ful, Justin!" “What about my rights as a small business owner?!” “CheapyD is still at Dairy Queen, huh? God, he must really like it there.” “Ma’am it is _imperative_ you do not stand in front of me. It may be the worst and final mistake of your life.” 11/10 thank you, McElroys, for the goofs, the gaffs and the poignant commentary on the American justice system.

[@Grynnongulos]

I honestly love Monster Factory so much. It's one of the most underrated series on KZbin. The McElroy brothers are comedy geniuses.

[@gabrielleengel7476]

Years later and still no one has animated the DQ bit. So tempted to learn how to draw and animate well enough to make something for it.

[@gamergril5940]

you beautiful, beautiful boys. You've done it again

[@norge0209]

Gonzo nose was the best description ever.