Monster Factory: Surviving Bloodborne with a Gun-hating Toucan Man

In this installment of Monster Factory, Griffin and Justin abuse the character creation tools of Bloodborne and somehow end up with a human-bird hybrid who adheres to a strict anti-gun platform.
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[@banjokabooby]

“This looks racist for a race that doesn’t exist” is a fantastic quote.

[@clairemaclaren5788]

ah yes a quote applicable for both the McElroys and for Tally Hall

[@teknoarcanist]

Toucan Dan looks like Jeff Goldblum went into the teleporter with a troll doll and a maraschino cherry.

[@HamburglerStanAccount]

teknoarcanist This is oddly specific but also accurate

[@robynthethird4776]

But then Jim Henson saw it and tried to recreate it from memory.

[@jessebananasaurus1526]

That or with an oompa loompa.

[@maiwisdom9839]

Toe to tip, this is a Cumberbatch.

[@missyemmy93]

take it to the bank boys

[@sicko033]

Thomas Wisdom Just like Shelfthroat!

[@lychenthrope]

Shelfthroat sounds like a racial slur lol

[@andyjett9053]

SherlockLover69 says, just like Cumberbatch!

[@leahl5007]

Just like Cumberbatch

[@cottontaelle5863]

is his full name toucaniel daniel

[@janesmith1840]

Thank you for this.

[@knightsoftarot6794]

Toucaniel Daniel The Spooky Kabuki Toucaniel Maniel.

[@cormorantcolors6791]

evyrgreen This is Bichael all over again.

[@sprousprou]

No It's Toucaniel Danantha

[@alexanderpumpkin3423]

It is now.

[@Omnigeek6]

Ya know... Most people don't ascend into eldritch horrors until the END of the game. You managed to do it in the character creation window.

[@matthewhope9621]

That’s why it’s the best BB speedrun around!

[@why.are.you.here.]

666th like

[@violatyrant]

I genuinely believe that the delivery of “now it looks exactly like Benedict Cumberbatch” is possibly the funniest thing I’ve ever seen. The completely straight delivery corresponding with the spin revealing the most awful creature face you’ve ever seen sends me every time.

[@whatr0]

SherlockFan140 says Just like Benedict!

[@nicksnyder1024]

I think the comment that follows is even funnier.

[@axkuhn7116]

Toucan Dan is probably the friendliest-looking of the Monster Boys. That's disturbing.

[@powdgaze]

CONFOUND THOSE MONSTER BOYS! HOW THEY DRIVE ME TO DRINK!

[@WatchdogGoon]

A HATSUNE MIKU CAR! I'LL STEAL IT! NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW!

[@powdgaze]

UNHAND HER DAN TOUCAN!

[@ahobbit1273]

I love the benign expression on his monstrous visage. It makes him seem much less horrifying, somehow.

[@latrodectahespara2728]

Chiquita Dave was pretty damn friendly, to be fair.

[@darlingicarus]

"does he interlock? with another one of his kind?" i can't stop laughing oh my god

[@Universe04]

bilbro-baggins the open part of his face is shaped like a normal human face

[@robocalico419]

Giving a whole new meaning to “mindfuck”

[@bubba_y5426]

they found the brow ridge featire

[@MusicOtaku165]

11:30 is such a slept on clip. Griffin just revealing this being with little preamble and Justin's horrified "oh my god, Griffin" while Griffin in proper little brother fashion asks "do you like how I expressed myself? 😀"

[@sethescope]

question: would you say perhaps that :3 also could encapsulate Griffin's tone? I don't think you're wrong at all! but it just also feels to me that there could be an undertone of :3 there in our boy's voice during the goof

[@MusicOtaku165]

​@@sethescope oh for sure, that could also be griffin's tone. Anything and everything that expresses his delight in his own menace, haha

[@abloogywoogywoo]

He looks like Ganondorf's racist father.

[@abloogywoogywoo]

I have no f**king clue. What is this creation I don't even-

[@faroshscale]

Implying that ganondorf himself isn't racist

[@anonym3]

Yee

[@anonym3]

@@faroshscale Well, is he racist?

[@thepantweaver]

Toucan Dan looks surprisingly like that guy from the Pixar short who plays chess with himself.

[@sylph8005]

YOU'RE RIGHT

[@joeyfromschool]

That’s the same guy who fixes Woodys arm in Toy Story 2

[@sdcrew61523]

Yo, he really freakin does!!! I read your comment and snort-laughed. My coffee came out my nose 😅

[@theghoulishgrabber]

If he was boiled in hot oil, yeah he does.

[@dakota6054]

I know nobody asked but that short is what came on before A Bug's Life. It's called Geri's Game.

[@chococake]

mister sandman toucan me a dan

[@falloown_]

Give him a throat,and eyes so soulless

[@LeviathanLP]

And rainbow-colored hair, that's a great bonus

[@alexanderpumpkin3423]

LeviathanLP mr sandman send me a dan

[@stevenunyabidness]

make him less cute than a garbage can

[@SeventhEve]

Facial balance? I'm gonna set this to "NO"

[@20firebird]

imagine your in the 1800's and you go to some nobleman's spooky house and you see him and its toucan dan

[@ianjobe8388]

I need "Guns Don't Pay, Crime Never Wins" on a tshirt.

[@MrDoctorColossus]

Two years later and I'd still pay money for "Drugs Aren't Your Friend"

[@MissMouchies]

I can't believe the McElroys were responsible for the Emoji Movie

[@maverickREAL]

I love the sheer intensity in the statement "GET FUNNY" when they're randomizing the second time around

[@Gigan83]

'Here is where you do your dark deeds in your flesh church.'

[@Pomlithe]

that sounds like an actual bloodborne quote

[@mintakamothkind]

imagine just minding your business playing bloodborne and getting an ominously vague pm from Griffin McElroy

[@localracer]

Pretty crazy

[@mjolnir1208]

Jindo_Gae is the perfect foil for Toucan Dan. Completely loyal to the end, despite their differing ideals. Willing to stoop to using firearms for the greater good. A tragic hero who sullies their honor so that Dan can continue to live by his code. The flawed, cynical antihero to compliment our optimistic-to-a-fault protagonist. What a story.

[@blarg2429]

It's so byootiful... ;~;

[@ahobbit1273]

It's like watching a beautifully crafted episode of Doctor Who

[@rynemcgriffin1752]

mjolnir1208 And now there’s Dr.Sexgun, Toucan Dan’s Worst Nemesis

[@mysouptoocold1656]

And spoilers: toucan dan become a god

[@localracer]

Thank you so much for your kind words. Beautiful🥲 perhaps I should visit Yharnam once again And help another weary soul

[@TurboNemesis]

"Here's where you do your dark deeds in your fleshchurch" is honestly a pretty good synopsis of the story of Bloodborne

[@TEHFOOK]

I saw Toucan Dan's face and decided I needed a drink.

[@s3dchr]

Reminds me of Ethan Klein from H3H3.

[@YersiniaPest]

If only Toucan Dan had known that in five years a skip would be discovered that would allowed him to skip through that exact gate.

[@waffleless]

Having watched these already, I simply listen to the audio to relive the memories.

[@othergeorgea]

waffleless me too

[@lifeanddecay]

Toucan dan is what happens when you leave iggy pop in the sun too long

[@bigbaboon1131]

Iggy Pop already looks like he was left in the sun too long.

[@netherb4503]

I'd like to see a battle between Toucan Dan and The Junker. They're pretty much opposites. Dan of course is an anti-gun activist, while Junker is a gun-lovin southerner. Junker likes to get dirty and have some fun, but Dan is a clean boy who is very organized and mature. These traits could help them succeed on the battlefield in their own ways.

[@netherb4503]

one year later and I now realized this comment is just a thesis for a toucan dan x junker crack ship

[@sand__witch]

@@netherb4503 toucan dan x junker crack fic is something i haven't heard of yet and somehow i'd both love and hate to read

[@e-811]

I think they fought in the Monster Factory Wrestling video,,

[@glassphoenix9095]

enemies to friends to lovers, slow burn au

[@plushs]

this is it, the worst comment thread. and yet i can't say that you're wrong.

[@123tatirox]

16:05 “i mean people are definitely- *HEEEEEY THEERRREEEE*- um, people are definitely gonna see my shadow.” this had me in STITCHES

[@nix6940]

Hoods, the middle slider of clothing.

[@JaesadaSrisuk]

The final face looks like something out of a Hieronymus Bosch painting.

[@moshua]

"does he interlock with another one of his kind??" i'm screaming

[@dsher503]

Toucan Dan. Hard on guns, lax on firebombs. 2016 Yes we Dan!

[@doctortehe]

My fave bits of these videos is seeong little glimpses of the characters Griff makes for himself as himself. Like no goofs but a digital effigy of the real boy.

[@rocwood]

"His face looks like a bird that is flying away" genius

[@Tigeroovy]

It's hard to breathe watching these videos.

[@theDstandsforDanger]

This video made me do a coffee spit take over my baby. He didn't notice, but I don't feel great about it.

[@SpookyDeerArt]

same energy as travis dropping a fidget spinner on his baby's head.

[@iTurducken]

Justin with that hot "Master of Disguise" reference

[@SpookyDeerArt]

i love coming back to these good good videos and setting the comments to newest first purely so i can see how often others come back to enjoy these good boys.

[@sycastells1212]

Me toooo[oooo

[@raediant3307]

before they turned him yellow, he looked like the white spider villain from mrs. spider's sunnypatch friends,,, what the fuck

[@visiblyupset]

spiderus

[@vnseelie]

James Charles

[@reeseronithemacaroni8946]

You know it’s getting good when Justin says it’s untenable

[@zempmasterz]

This is god's work

[@jonathandye6309]

+zempmasterz =D

[@Jupiters0rbit]

Thats a funny trick to play on god!

[@zelg.5551]

*satan's

[@nfadaloo]

If we were to rate Monster Factory monsters by sheer friendliness, Toucan Dan would be at the top. Ja'am was built to be a lovable pet and thus draws close, but the crippling agony they are perpetually in makes hugging hard to bear.

[@dampfoxes]

For a while there he was looking like a rejected character from Thomas The Tank Engine.

[@FreddyGrn]

Every time Griffin does Garfield the Deals Warlock’s voice my day is made

[@Renzsu]

"this looks racist for a race that does not exist!"... ok, I died... Also, 4:01, it's almost like Vladimir Putin..

[@NuttyMongrel]

+Renzsu Such a perfect line

[@very_much]

Toe to tip

[@hup3769]

its like if the G-man ate a lemon

[@stinkiest]

sadimir putin

[@Nicole-J287]

It’s JUST like Vladimir Putin

[@InsideMyHead95]

How far into the video were you when you realized they MAY have confused toucans and parrots

[@milkcappy]

"Oh shit! The fuck?" "That's his enraged mode. 'Kay when he does that, _don't_ " " *d-Don't???* "

[@ancientglade]

the quiet "brrap" at 14:11 fucking kills me

[@EdenPorterMusic]

Griffin, I didn't know you did a flawless Pops from Regular Show impression 4:18

[@chrisadam3286]

that's what I thought!

[@DigitaIJustice]

Eden Porter it's also Garfield the Deals Warlock.

[@pearlyp9898]

Digital Justice My first thought was Magic Brian

[@kingdyke2786]

I can't believe the Griffin & Justin created the emoji movie

[@STARPHASE]

Oh Monster Factory. You can make any bad day at least a little bit better. Seriously. I'm going to need ALL of these today.

[@kquinnvandevelde1384]

Never noticed how much the default guy looks like jump scare Justin

[@keaton5101]

12:31 HOLY SHIT i wasnt prepared for other people knowing what zoombinis are. that fucking game scared the fuck out of me as a kid and i never thought about it for years and it still haunts me

[@KillerKadougan]

17:00 Hungry-Faced Gil: Origins

[@Lucifersfursona]

“This guy looks like an idiot” IMMEDIATELY dead

[@lunararsenal7187]

13:09 The gurgle that Justin does gives me life.

[@marky7110]

How do these men possibly have a total of 4, living, breathing, children

[@KasranFox]

I lost it when they mentioned Zoombinis. Oh man, the memories.

[@YoSnap]

the attitude that he has here, and the animations that they gave him in the Monster Mania video make Toucan Dan one of my favorite characters in this series. it makes ME want to be the werewolf at 14:37, ya know?

[@ribunny123]

Great, now the aliens have guns and we don't.

[@prestongarvey3025]

Ri Dragon and it's all because of toucan dan

[@sabrinawelsh3543]

4:17 I randomly thought of "... Is it morbin' time already??" in the shower a few nights ago and my sides are still recovering XD

[@mistercovey]

Bill Nighy shows up a few times throughout the transformations.

[@EmeraldDreams7]

Ted Cruz 9:38

[@Ditocoaf]

I was thinking this very thing. It's gratifying to scroll down and see it as the third comment. They made Ted Cruz.

[@alliec9089]

14:01 "Toucan Da'han"

[@LS-jj4sy]

"Dodge this, Matrix quote"

[@NestanSvensk]

I know you did a bunch of Bethesda games already, but it would be a crime to leave out Oblivion from this series.

[@e-811]

Reading this comment in the future is crazy because the very next video is Chiquita Dave from Oblivion

[@Sad_Zombie_boy]

@@koiran_liha neither they're lover's

[@THATGuy5654]

The vibe I'm getting from Toucan Dan is "overdesigned muppet."

[@debra-sue]

"dracula embargo" is such a captivating phrase

[@ipoopedmypantstoday231]

8:35 he looks like a studio ghibli character that went in for plastic surgery but it failed miserably

[@AoiYukinoMisharu]

At around 8:44... he looks like a severely deformed Mr. Bean

[@lemeres2478]

7:15 when he enters a boss fight, the boss gains insight instead.

[@marleyf8092]

I just had to Google to see if Griffin voiced Pops from Regular Show because he just sounded exactly like him. Wild.

[@joshuajewell5278]

It went from Nick Cage straight to Christian Bale

[@TheGHOOSTGIRL]

" are you sure ? cause it seems to do some pretty dope shit! "

[@madammarshmallow9468]

Just had a wild dream in which I met a biblical angel and one of it's heads was the man at 9:00

[@jedsters2591]

That ending is glorious.

[@janmillsgibson3225]

"Let's see...which of my bottles do I want to CHOOOPPP!"

[@c.c.lilford2916]

12:55 “Let’s see, which of my, uh, bottles, do I want to...CHOP!?!?”

[@biophreaker]

20:00 "OH god *no* he's gonna destroy me _Oh god no he's gonna _*_eat all my bones-"_*

[@californiansniper2133]

His delivery on that kills me 🤣

[@retesu]

Toucan dan looks like 7 different muppets

[@wren1288]

10:37 - justin's approval, to the tune of the "George of the Jungle" theme song

[@EliteMasterEric]

"This is the Travel Yahtzee of tearing the flesh."

[@YadonTheCat]

This is what the Tengu of Japanese mythology are based on

[@Awgez24]

Sorry I dont watch anime

[@YadonTheCat]

Gezo Me neither

[@malignantdentistry8912]

“Here’s where you do your dark deeds; in your flesh church”

[@Szazie]

13:55 i havent spit out my drink watching something in years, but that did it

[@ponyfhtagn3354]

My favourite thing about this is that at 9:00 after Justin tells Griffin to imagine he's meeting this person Griffin says "oh hi there, Daniel" and it's a full minute before they decide to name him 'Toucan Dan'.

[@brainworm205]

"LOOK AT THAT SPOOKY SHIT" "LOOK AT THIS FUCK" Pretty much my entire first playthrough of Bloodborne summed up in two lines.

[@jasonlee6062]

Is Saints Row a future contender (maybe one of the later ones) or is it already too acceptable to make monsters in that game?

[@ci0ci0san]

+Jason Lee Yeah! SAINTS!

[@BepisJones]

enjoy

[@Internly]

hope you had fun at dairy queen!

[@GippyHappy]

7:56 it looks like the chunk missing from his forehead migrated to his nose

[@wispernrain]

This is the greatest series of all time

[@joshsmyth6088]

This is putting a Jim Henson muppet in Jim Hensons Dark Crystal

[@DestinationD]

7:43 I love Justin so much.

[@y6le]

somehow didn't realise the first time i watched this that griffin's voice at 4:20 (nice) sounds just like pops from regular show

[@RegalRoyalWasTaken]

There are two ways to play bloodborne. You either get the ending where you become a lovecraftian horror, or you start the game as one.

[@BlazeDeval]

9:58 "Rise and shine, Mister Freeman. Rise and shine.."

[@screamingmadvoid]

im not convinced that griffin doesn't get a little bit posessed in these videos

[@leilijon]

He kind of looks like a crispy Barry Manilow.

[@brannwen]

"YOU MADE ME LOOK AT THE TIDDY AGAIN" holy fuCKING SHIT

[@victoriarose8136]

The face at 8:50 just reminds me of Spiderus from Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends and the creepy moon emoji

[@BartelsBookshelf]

The Dracula impression fucking kills me every time. Also, "HAS ANYONE SEEN A FRANKENSTEIN?"

[@gormauslander]

4:16 Griffin McElroy finally puts a face to the ever elusive Garfield the Deals Warlock