MTV's Downtown, Episode 09: Testing

[@sofalint2905]

This show and Daria are like cultural timecapsules. It's cool seeing how teens back then acted so much like teens do now, yet we're still so different.

[@matthew.maduli]

Kinda miss teen/young adult shows animated shows that really take a comedic but realistic aproach to someone in there mid/late 20s questioning there purpose/failed potential and working a dead end job

[@justingreen575]

@@matthew.maduli right? Why is that such a specific but dead genre? This kind of representation makes me feel validated lmao

[@sofalint2905]

@@matthew.maduli me too. I love high fantasy and sci-fi stuff, but I've been craving animated content that's more grounded like downtown.

[@WhatTatiDoinHere5265]

Tht Part‼️👏🏾❤️

[@purplebanana9]

@@matthew.madulii genuinely feel like times are getting worse and because of that, shows are aiming to take a less realistic approach on everyday life. instead of having relatable things, shows are treated like escapes. thats just a thought though.

[@aariegood8343]

“man , they’re lookin fugly all of a sudden” sent me 😭

[@cowmilk1124]

theyre so mean to him😂

[@oddball3264]

@@cowmilk1124 Alex needs some better friends

[@MissTracyyy223]

@@oddball3264 it’s a guy thing, no need to be sensitive

[@oddball3264]

@@MissTracyyy223 I was kinda joking about it. If Alex did get some new friends it would kill the show's dynamic lol. But honestly though they can be mean to him at times

[@isabelaglo]

bet he lost the receipt

[@steventylerrocks8382]

Four episodes left. I'm sad.

[@laurxmoonlightxx]

SAME OMG

[@kungfugareth8243]

@@laurxmoonlightxx same same

[@rem3531]

Me too man, in my mind I’ll make up stories about this

[@solangethomas]

Same

[@pbot2029]

Seriously, I get so sad when it gets to the last episode.

[@ChatterboxFM]

"Young adult males between the ages 18 and 24." Goat is a HAGGARD 36 at this point.

[@ZedAmadeus]

Haggard is such a good word.

[@BEEFWAD]

wish adult swim would pick this up

[@davidbrady6077]

I do also cause I would definitely watch

[@prestonbushman4790]

@@davidbrady6077 a somewhat modern version of this would be killer, if they could reboot it somehow I would love that but only adult swim, Netflix would fuck it over

[@rallycobra5738]

@@prestonbushman4790 i mean i don't really see what they'd change the still holds up very well it doesn't feel old at all.

[@evergreen9927]

I get that this is still enjoyable in the modern day but i still dont think its the kind of thing that could ever be produced nowadays. Its just so,,, of its time. And that was a very different time, whether u want to admit it or not. It just could never be done well, and even if there was a reboot and it was good, it wouldn't have the same charm as the original.

[@captainatt]

@@evergreen9927 people don’t do things anymore

[@roybucket4169]

This show has such a good soundtrack.

[@reillyjarrosiak63]

MTV

[@shellshock10]

@C0rpseClown what song is that?

[@phatdawg1]

Badfish by Sublime had me jammin too !

[@thebeholder5055]

Does anyone know the name of the band/song that is playing during the waiting room scene, it is very familiar?

[@thebeholder5055]

@C0rpseClown That's Beck's 'Loser'. I'm trying to figure out the music around 6:00

[@frenki710]

3:28 that hello kitty backpack joke is funny as shit in 2023

[@mikaelad9734]

fr i was just thinking that

[@person97392]

wdym? cuz everyone is wearing them nowadays?

[@rollerkittenn476]

Any special meaning behind it or i dint get it ?

[@cedi7390]

RIGHT LMFAOAO

[@7xreaper]

​@@cedi7390gonna kns can't believe it's almost over fr

[@AdrenolinFlux]

Every episode is undeniable high quality which shows any show can be unjustly cancelled

[@magicalnewsmaneditsbumpers4374]

In my first year of college and man Alex trying to find out about himself is so relatable it hurts.

[@beowulf4808]

Same for me it's more scary than relatable

[@be1967]

Yeah people from the Y2K would never understand why smart people like Alex dropout. Thank God we do now

[@creepycassette]

This show is such a great timecapsule of the 90s, funny how fashion has gone full circle and their style is very on trend, also how much things have changed with time, like how dorky in the 90s is now cool and hip, also Jen was cool in the 90s to be so cynical but nowadays she can be seen as a cynical pick-me who keeps others down so they rely on her for acceptabce. Im glad this show is made the way it is, and to all yhe comments about a reboot i wish they dont go the netflix route and start “deconstructing” everyone and giving everyone some kinda deep backstory with redemption arcs. Just fun quippy natural one liners and situations about life and urban living.

[@Kira-Nerys]

A reboot would be cringe. Guarantee it would be wall to wall identity politics and nothing else.

[@Gaggift420]

@@Kira-Nerys and it will have a bunch of corny jokes made by old people trying to relate to todays youth.

[@Kira-Nerys]

@@Gaggift420 Ugh yeah noooo thanks lol. 😅

[@KaiDecadence]

Your comment about how their fashion style has gone full circle and considered trendy is funny because their outfits back in the 90s were considered casual lol But I get what you mean. And I don't know if I'd want to see a reboot of this show. The show had a unique charm to it, a very lightning in the bottle type of deal and I feel like any attempt at trying to reboot it will have a high chance of failing...

[@Ironmew05]

For those of you who don't know, ballast is just another word for cement.

[@rockdisciple]

thanks! im certainly improving my english watching this

[@chillychew3000]

i think u spelt balls wrong

[@punkrockinrobin]

Household*

[@alainchristian]

Woulda looked that up if I cared but thanks anyway 🤷🏾‍♂

[@majiwanka]

This show is so good such a shame it got cancelled

[@Rustcat666]

Canceled??

[@framedcargo_prints4337]

It only ran one season... Only 13 episodes but the guy who created it work on mission Hill and Daria and another good show I need to mention clone high.

[@shannawelch563]

Alex in college is exactly the type of guy I would've dated.

[@squeezytuna]

He's my kinda dude

[@lizzybethnj617]

Same

[@imhislobster2063]

He’s my type for sure

[@skeleton2389]

Not sure about Alex, he has a lot of low self esteem.

[@nataliekramer5187]

same

[@pbot2029]

Alex is 24! And that's why he's so frustrated that he's still a virgin and in spite of his booksmarts his career hasn't panned out the way he thought it would. He's also not really cut out for the corporate world. I could actually see him as being a pretty decent teacher of sorts. He's got to find and work for something that he believes in but he hasn't found it yet. So for now, he's working for the asshole but not for THE MAN. Alex is a cool dude !

[@davidbrady6077]

Yeah I think🤔he Is also

[@Red-Hood]

Yeah

[@mrblue___]

At least he’s got his own place

[@dariusthurman8835]

In a way I was a tall Fat Black version of Alex. I didn't drop out or do minimum wage after college but my life was a mess.

[@user-bf3yh6ue7p]

Shiii if i was alex i would be proud of having a apartment like that in nyc while working minimal wagw

[@babybutterflyzz]

Them playing Beck in the background has me forever sold to this show

[@enat5896]

This show has the best songs in them!

[@amandamorse825]

I want to know what that song is about 5:30 in!!

[@Ruggada]

@@amandamorse825 I think it's "insomnia" the lyrics go "I can't get no sleep"

[@Ruggada]

That's actually not it. Now I'm as frustrated as everyone else trying to find it lol. I bet the song came out the same year though probs 1997.

[@brianna8487]

@@Ruggada its brainbug - nightmare

[@Ruggada]

@@brianna8487 THANKS! finally we have the answer lol

[@Momo-hh6er]

Damn Goat was onto something when it came to surveillance.

[@mayan373]

No deadass tho💀

[@FridayNiiight]

He was 2 decades ahead of his time...

[@jeremo2085]

That's cool, man

[@SupaCoopaStudios]

No wonder Goat’s real name is Scott, it makes more sense than the world right now.

[@oddball3264]

That's because Goat is actually a real life person

[@ButtPlugMafia]

@@oddball3264 unfortunately he just passed away a few days ago.

[@oddball3264]

@@ButtPlugMafia Seriously😧 where you find that?

[@mikekazz5353]

No I was hopping he was based on a real guy but not finding out like this,he was my favorite in Megas X-LR.

[@naryosh_]

@@ButtPlugMafia that was so unfortunate man, he was only 50. he and his dog passed away in a house fire. RIP to the Goat

[@m3ntalbird]

i like in the background you can hear around 10:16 or so the opening to beck's song Loser, nice

[@dersonveloso]

wasn't expecting for it haha best soundtrack ever

[@nickglover4620]

I was just about to comment this!

[@beenthruitalll]

not only was it so fitting but I love how smoothly they transition the songs in and out

[@simonaoronsaye3113]

Goat's monologue about Toronto being a dystopian future is hilarious🤣

[@Ephunker89]

Blade runner reference...nice. Also the sublime track was cool.

[@GdoubleWB]

What Sublime track was that?

[@wlflwronline]

GdoubleWB did you ever find out?

[@mikaela_ugg3329]

@@wlflwronline it’s badfish

[@cowmilk1124]

do u have time stamp that’s i like that movie

[@crakone74]

Minute 12:40

[@lensperspective9753]

The show predicting what the few people who were well read knew the whole time, even 15 years before this show happened lol

[@unknown6390]

Two years later and I'm still trying to understand this comment 😂

[@beowulf4808]

​@@unknown6390 i still wonder what the show pridicted

[@chillychew3000]

@@beowulf4808 the pigmen

[@chumauyamadu2053]

Becoming surveillance state nd leaning into big corporate favoritism

[@mistys256]

Huh

[@GetOffUrPhone]

Having a quarter-life crisis in 2023. Character dynamics and the friend circles are still pretty relatable in this day, albeit their differences in experience. Such a dope show

[@johnshields6852]

Clever writing and characters, accurate situation of young people, very cool.

[@diepreyeujile324]

I like the way Alex talks

[@brotherx6205]

If you have a friend like Jen it’s time to reevaluate ya circle

[@TheStarswearee]

You mean his pokemon party

[@anp9929]

ong shes such a hater

[@cheeze.7912]

Yea she a vibe killa 😏

[@Ayylm_ao]

Im the only one that likes her 💀

[@czms922]

@@Ayylm_aonah she's an icon but toxic asf

[@giniwelle]

10:28 "Loser" caught me off guard. Loveit

[@4evrinvain]

ong i thought my music was playing

[@oddball3264]

I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me 🎶🎵

[@peepoop69]

same

[@Bino.Automation]

Just found this show, insane good. I wonder why it’s so underrated?

[@kahleo_]

it got canceled

[@brandonverna44]

Amazing the way nothing really changed but it did ... wow

[@Bäääääzl]

Nothing ever changes except it kind of does yeah its great

[@Foustdoodles98]

7:35 I love that Goat calls "dips" on Alex's Sailor Moon videos, that's fucking awesome!!

[@Foustdoodles98]

@BONG WATER ok yeah, that is very true! I take back my comment!!

[@nataliekramer5187]

considering he bought “underage midget porn”

[@l.1617]

​@BONG WATER no same i literally heard it and was like....🫥

[@cashmoneyhi5310]

7 year comment is crazy. I was 8 when you posted this..😭

[@rockdisciple]

i thought i was getting crazy when 6 underground and loser started playing background, love this songs!! and love alex

[@dougformerlysekkohegane9303]

Man the music that was licensed was really good.

[@ghwasni]

First saw this show in high school. Good times.

[@davidbrady6077]

I was also k

[@IivingdeadgirIl]

im seeing this in highschool now

[@karishajohnson6537]

They should bring back this show and continue it in the 90s era. Don’t even try to update it. Please don’t! Lol It’s still entertaining and fun to analyze.

[@KaiDecadence]

They'd really have to get writers who lived through the 90s and still have love for it. Just please don't let it be like That 90s Show lol

[@almostmybedtime]

i think a modern adaptation would be really good too. but they should keep the vibes and the style of voice acting the same. also the art style

[@Arteko-mi1ym]

The beat at 15:31 sounds sick haha

[@asyria]

nah fr

[@sajiste]

savoring every moment of this show, i havent been this entertained in awhile

[@azraaydn737]

The song that played while Alex imagining was LIT

[@clitorispilled]

what was it

[@azraaydn737]

@@clitorispilled idkk

[@aaroni5074]

Brain bug

[@xochitlbk]

Ya’ll, Jen is a horrrrrrrrible friend. Wow

[@miss.9836]

Why?

[@porshafoss1140]

@@miss.9836 wdym why. she constantly puts alex down and prevents him from progress in life because she instils the fear he'll fail CONSTANTLY. she's never supportive unless it suits her.

[@miss.9836]

@@porshafoss1140 ohhh I get it now

[@strawberrymilk607]

I can't stand Jen, in Episode 2 she was okay but as the episodes went on she became worse and worse. She kills other people's fun, calls other girls hookers just based on their appearance and is rude to them, etc etc I could list a whole lot more.

[@chinitamkz]

Right she’s so annoying and bitchy

[@isaiahmoseley5503]

1:36 "Look no further." proceeds to cough and hawk up a loogie😂

[@iluvhp12]

I would pay money for the soundtrack

[@Remsutukii]

It’s on SoundCloud

[@almostmybedtime]

i think it’s on YT

[@rory2112]

Ha I went to school for engineering as well and hated it. People always ask me why I’m not using my fancy degree

[@BrokamaGay]

Its really awesome how this show evolved into Megas XLR to Metalocalypse.

[@RichardBarkman]

I’ll never surrender because if you have your way the whole world will into one great big TORONTO! -Goat/Scott

[@toyamwarr]

Jen and Alex feel like people who should own their own business. Smart yet disenchanted.

[@filipinosskateclip3940]

i love the vibe of alex man is so chill

[@whiqeddik7615]

Honestly, this show could have kept going if it wanted to... Shit is lit and the ride is fresh and relatable

[@takeoffwithmeburner]

mann Fruity is just naturally funny asf 😂 lol like I'm just now catching him saying: "maybe ole boy is onto something... like how they wouldn't give us a check until we fessed up our real names" well how else would they know who to write the checks out to dude 💀😭

[@stars333r]

Exactly 😂😂 my thought was you can’t cash it unless you use your government name anyway 🤣🤣

[@souless-sneaks3381]

brooo, fruity is a trip, i love bro

[@Weensx]

"Encryption is the future"

[@shuheihisagi7514]

This show has some top tier music. Banger after banger. 5:26 is BrainBug - Nightmare

[@jacksonfromonline]

wow 18:21 they drop pond - spokes !! what an incredible deep cut on the soundtrack. love that song so much, one of portland oregon's most underrated indie rock bands

[@arrowhead2505]

Thanks for the title, sounds cool

[@johnshields6852]

Please make new episodes, I've been watching the same 4/5 over and over, I'm hooked.

[@SonicRiders]

This show is really cool, it's crazzzy how this is like today

[@animalhouse8849]

Goat predicted everything.

[@selasie5013]

Sublime playing in the background was such a vibe

[@MrDman21]

Goat is one of the greatest cartoon characters ever created 😎

[@boomshroom5118]

He was a real man and legend. RIP Scot

[@katom1544]

“Encryption is the future” Goat was right !!!

[@babeblue1000]

not him predicting the future lmao

[@sockbot41]

This episode is more relevant in 2021 with the rise of mass surveillance

[@mccross7]

Funny, I was approached by a psych major a while ago. She asked if I could participate in an experiment and can't tell me what's it about.

[@Drazwin]

Yeah they do that

[@joshuashimo309]

They usually just tell you the basics and what you’re going to do. But they try to keep it vague so that you can answer truthfully and have no previous thoughts coming into it because of like biases and stuff that ruin it

[@abbigalenunley1188]

2020 any one

[@jolia1997]

2021

[@Carlos-qj1ls]

2022

[@solaruchiha2668]

2023

[@Hearteaterwhydueatmyheartalive]

2024

[@Mr.Longbottom.]

​@@Hearteaterwhydueatmyheartaliveyo ass ain't 2024

[@H3lloKittyGrrl]

“Thank you CKS Richardson” we all say in unison

[@rafialfathan9692]

please bring back this show man🤒

[@CosmicPsychonauts]

10:13 It's Beck!

[@hardrive000]

Omg i skipped this ep by accident I’m so glad It’s like I’m rewatching something for the first time

[@curejaylin]

" i have a pair just like them" "you do man they're looking man they're looking fugly all of a sudden" LOLLLLL

[@panarinsriyathep856]

I died every time fruity’s theme song comes up 😭

[@jaimeey4369]

Bro they need to make more

[@rubenlopez2764]

Immediately recognized the Loser by Beck sample in the background, this show is dope. Yet never heard of it.

[@Dollcultist666]

Loser by Beck in the background ;)

[@znyznyzny]

Goat is paranoid in this haha

[@Obscureanimeguy]

ultragaze That's cool man 😎

[@czms922]

Taking a break on this episode to save my time watching this for the first time

[@davidbrady6077]

If Alex Is24yrs.old he must have been born In1975

[@Holisticart101]

I hate Jen bro she is so self centered that she puts her friends down but Steady trying to be in peoples faces don’t even do nun with herself Frl so she’s basically miserable about herself but puts her friends downs to make herself look and feel better sad

[@boomshroom5118]

It's just cause she wants to bang Alex so bad.

[@Caesar_Online]

I'd love to see a Copyshop themed sci-fi movie

[@LFelix-l6o]

😭 I JUST NOTICED SOMETHING. At 19:46 Jen is waiting impatiently for Alex but is reading to keep herself busy. and next to her is an award that says number 1 boss.😭 Which means 9/10, whenever Jen is mean to Alex she feels bad but tries to play it off without apologizing (she clearly likes him but is putting this mask to be friends with Alex, but sometimes fails like in this episode) I think she was gonna give it to Alex, as a way of saying sorry.😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😂😂

[@wrthhhles]

this show is so good

[@lanejanemoberry]

amazing soundtrack

[@Timic83tc]

Where are the shows like this now?!?!?!

[@coffee5276]

Honestly I just know if this show came back the animation quality would go down

[@somethingsomething4393]

19:19 that one coworker that don’t know what’s going on, but the boss is checking so they just try to print using that extra lid on top of another lid. Don’t you just hate when that happens. That animation error sure takes the edge off of making things perfect and just getting stuff out there. I just might go back to animating.

[@moneymaker3208]

This episode was weird. The B plot could have been focused on two other characters. Maybe a scene with Serena or Alex’s friends or Mecca. How did the episode suddenly become about Alex getting a new job?

[@altspidey]

Yea i agree it was weird imo atleast its my least favorite episode of the series

[@Mybzrecords]

The way loser is playing in the background 🔥

[@angieeena4848]

love how alex checked his wrist for the time but he doesn't even have a watch 20:00

[@aidancanoli]

GOAT IS THE G.O.A.T

[@QaptainSlander]

Goad wasn't losing his shit he was just a visionary

[@Carlos-qj1ls]

12:45 Downtown predicted NFT's

[@1f6ixwas9ine]

Wish this was still around or at least had more seasons

[@moonbug7252]

College Alex is so cute.

[@moonbug7252]

Aw Alex should've gone for the job, I mean it's better than the one he has.

[@pinkprincesslxyxx]

such a cool show

[@MeezysTravel]

Goat is dale gribble if he never cut his hair and moved to Jersey after high school 😭🤣

[@clmoore0425]

We needed a NYE episode badly!!!

[@yungsolanum]

I love the background music in this episode

[@sleepy_3L]

The hello kitty reference and sublime playing is honestly jst awesome 🩷

[@Gw3nFr3nch]

I like how this exhibits how annoying and pressurey college can be. I was on a journalism scholarship that made college impossibly busy and they super shamed me when I quit lol. Now most of those fuckers aren’t even reporters now, they’re in PR or tech or pharm

[@AlexThe1Menace]

TORONTO!

[@GdoubleWB]

Vice-free? Clean? HA! Someone's never been to Toronto.

[@missfefeloves]

When I first saw the show I thought it was downtown Vancouver I swear. Anyways love Canada 🍁

[@magdasanchez8512]

2024. Who’s here I like the part when he says. If we’re gonna start using a hello Kitty backpack there’s already people using hello Kitty backpack.

[@takeoffwithmeburner]

i would love to see a futuristic/cyberpunk-esque type of show made with the art style used in scenes 12:34 and 2:41 that would be so sickk. I'm now mad it doesn't already exist...

[@dasneonlicht]

no way Goat is under 30 lol

[@vik_tori8113]

Love this show even more than Daria