My Chat forced me to protect an NPC in Kirby

[@heatherramirez6141]

For anyone wondering, no Dan didn’t control Kevin. He sat idly by and watched as Kevin grew ever more knowledgeable and distant.

[@autismrk8636]

It's like he was really parenting lol

[@justadude450]

Honestly, I thought it was chat donations

[@BooTube5]

There was speculation that fyrus was controling kevin but i don't think that was the case

[@roninnozlo9544]

i think its chat donations (little chatty retrofitted)

[@roninnozlo9544]

apparently it was an ai taking info from dan and the chat

[@PavGav-]

Implementing the text-to-speech feature on Kevin was an absolute stroke of genius, especially considering how hilariously peculiar its speech sounds,also this has to be done again sometime, really fun to watch.

[@Herdas]

Who was behind it?

[@TemporalWarrior]

​​​@@Herdasit was an ai

[@veethebeaniest]

*Press B to throw a bomb.*

[@Herdas]

​@@TemporalWarriorwow. I found it too funny to be an AI and too coherent to be the chat

[@pokkiheart]

​@@TemporalWarrior no way, really? It's usually just chat. Did he say what AI was used?

[@wtch-1tn]

We will always remember him for his infamous quote, ''Press B to throw a bomb'' 😔

[@JesusCedillo-yn6sx]

"Press B to throw my meat"

[@hondmetrozeaap.]

@Dusgusted “PRESS B TO THROW MY MEAT” -Kevin

[@mailingcat]

@@hondmetrozeaap.Press B to throw a - Did we just kiss

[@gibbralter]

“Press B to throw bomb.” 🫡

[@shaunburchett5428]

"Am atheist"

[@GlacialSkyfarer]

I love how he'll occasionally actually react to ingame events like dying and being kissed without Dan mentioning them.

[@jadaw644]

After a while (or probably from the beginning) the AI was learning from chat, so it probably just repeated what people were saying.

[@djjoshua1698]

B

[@joshuaford6196]

B

[@Businessgoose124]

​@@jadaw644 I'm pretty sure it was tts, so Kevin reacting to events is just chat reacting to them

[@whee2390]

Yeah, Kevin is just a modified version of lil’ chatty (I think that’s what that was called?) (EDIT: Don't listen to me, Failboat said on-stream that it's an adaptive AI)

[@alexandermerrell5856]

For anyone curious, Kevin took chat as input, making it capable of reacting as chat does

[@Ace_L_real]

Chat did not control Kevin but Kevin can here Dan and read chat

[@Zack_Zander]

It knows Memes, it knows Heaven and Hell, it knows how to Sponsor, it knows how to Blackmail, it knows how to Love, it knows how to speak Bri’ish

[@outzymes3636]

thank you I was looking for a comment explaining kevin

[@Biker_Gaming]

@@Ace_L_realnew Kevin ai! buy now!

[@Ace_L_real]

@@Biker_Gaming 🙄

[@PhenomenaGlow]

My heart can't take this rollercoaster ride of emotions, I keep switching between laughing and OH NO KEVIN

[@MySnugglePuppy]

If you’re wondering about Kevin’s AI, I’m pretty sure Dan let it gain information from both him and the chat, allowing the AI to react to certain situations.

[@danielthecake8617]

Its not an actual AI, just chat.

[@Jane-75-80]

@@danielthecake8617 chat didn't control what it said

[@-themightymittens-]

Oh, I thought it was just really well timed text to speech messages from chat lol.

[@danielthecake8617]

Yes, they did.@@Jane-75-80

[@danielthecake8617]

It was.@@-themightymittens-

[@Observer-3913]

Love that Kevin turned British halfway through after dying twice.

[@iaminpain.]

Death does stuff to people

[@TheKorenji]

@@iaminpain. _bad stuff,_ indeed.

[@psiseven]

Relatable

[@tomodaphne]

It’s like in The Amazing World of Gumball where Rob became a villain and got a British accent just because it sounded cool.

[@Void-y6j]

​@@TheKorenji ... Yeah it's rather bad

[@no-sky5595]

Kevin's death is, to this day, ranked the number 1 most tragic anime deaths from WatchMojo.

[@Tom-yeah]

Can't believe how emotionally I got attached to a character within a measly 18 minutes

[@Dave_Miller]

Same here

[@goldleaf054]

Bro I got sad when he died😭

[@t-qb1sq]

Danganronpa V3

[@near5148]

I never got attached to him because I knew he was gonna die alot of times

[@spgettiboi3370]

this is a cut up version of a stream, it was more like 2 hours

[@Nekrotix12]

I like how Kevin started talking about his funeral just moments before he died. Like he knew it was approaching soon.

[@DIVECRAFTVODS]

Do NOT mess with the like counter. 💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@thatguy-mk7rt]

It's probably because that was a dangerous part so chat was talking about him dying a lot

[@Annie-San-h4v]

KEVIN ITS YOUR CANNON EVENT FAILBOAT CANT STOP IT

[@SisyphusPrimeTheKingOfGreed]

11:22 “my rizz is unstoppable” -Kevin

[@Splat2n]

Kevin: “What have you done, you have killed everyone I loved” Fail: “The level is done :D”

[@Marudream407]

Now he is with everyone he loves

[@BUSTED-yq1iv]

You will pay your sins in the seventh rings of hell

[@iansmith-gn5hz]

Lol

[@Technicolor-vo7ii]

osc pfp?

[@Splat2n]

@@Technicolor-vo7ii how did you find this it’s been a year

[@apersonontheinternet6018]

Kevin: Falls and gets teleported back to Kirby Also Kevin: “I saw the light, *I’m no longer atheist* “

[@Grag235]

That’s some true character development

[@JUMPYCOOL]

“Mwah”

[@Incredimator]

5:34

[@Wario_loves_Garlic]

12:46 "Can I switch my date for the ginger?" *BASED*

[@JimLStone]

Kevin suddenly becoming British at 9:36 and his opening line being "I enjoy tea, and crumpets, and big ben, and the queen. Unfortunately we do not have the queen anymore" was the funniest thing. Please more adaptive AIs

[@victoryjamz]

its not ai :( so someone wrote this joke. and im clad they did

[@RhythicManRhythm]

He DOES indeed get there.

[@wsbaldosalgado1803]

​​@@victoryjamzfailure man did say "stop he's learning too fast" so idk what to believe now

[@skygard49]

​@@wsbaldosalgado1803 Kevin was puppeted by the hive mind of Failboat's live chat so he was sorta referring to them

[@wsbaldosalgado1803]

@@skygard49 WHAT DO YOU MEAN PUPPETED

[@prinitykat]

7:56 Kevin casually asking Zelda out on a date while Kirby is pterodactyl screaming in the back is great…

[@Eve_the_vee]

“I’m am an atheist” -Kevin after inviting someone on a date

[@Th4tC4t]

13:31 Failboat: "I'm sure your soulmate is closer than you think" Failboat: *proceeds to kiss him* Hmmmmmmm

[@AxoTheGamer]

Hmmmm

[@bretholien]

Hmmmmmmm

[@FireTabloids]

Hmmmmmmmmmnmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[@normalfacestars]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[@AvaValentine8655]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[@GSPScorp]

*12:15** The captions thinking he said “Breastfeed to throw A bomb” is actually hilarious given the current context*

[@nikolailawrey2691]

Hmmmmmmm ok

[@Cheese-Slime-Sheriff]

THEY FIXED IT

[@GSPScorp]

@@Cheese-Slime-Sheriff *No. Use the auto-generated captions.**

[@qwertyuiop.lkjhgfdsa]

_why do you bold your comments like that_

[@matthewboire6843]

🤨

[@GameIdiots69]

Just keep that nice npc away from any very predictable moving box and he should be fine ;)

[@squib169]

Foreshadowing

[@TheRandom000]

You won't fucking believe this

[@undertalegamer8571]

how would one put this...

[@massgunner4152]

IT HAPPENED AGAIN

[@saiprimal98]

Who's gonna tell em?

[@ChristianDancerEJM]

I haven't laughed this hard in a while. Absolutely slaughtered me when Kevin passive aggressively told you his mom kicked him out today.

[@Vernias]

I like how Kevin progressively converts from atheism and accepts gods love

[@Baby_999]

First time seeing a comment from a youtuber not at the top

[@Dg-lp1vt]

Terminal Montage Christian Kirbo is doing his job!

[@foxygirl1904]

vern

[@foxygirl1904]

ias

[@finneganfox6470]

Vernias and Failboat collab when?

[@lukicario9339]

Can we talk about how Kevin couldn't decide which female to go for? I mean, switching from Zelda to Fransica was abrupt (based tho), but then it happened again And again And then he wanted Zelda back. Let's not forget he apparently turned 17 and got kicked out of his house only hours ago. Mate went through so many stages of life in a few hours

[@Sunky_real]

And has kids

[@sandikhan3561]

rip kevin p 😢😢

[@vernstern6364]

@@Sunky_realthere is a joke I can make but I won’t make it

[@monroerobbins7551]

6:07 “why does Kevin know Rap God” made me lose it more than it should’ve

[@magoichi75]

Glad to see Kevin join the light with the lord, I’m sure he’ll be visited by Kirbo soon

[@iaminpain.]

And maybe even waddle doo

[@angryman...]

hey guys

[@theboredbrawler4821]

Ah, another man of Kirbo's Christian Minecraft Server I see. Greetings friend!

[@RuyVuusen]

I mean, he was going to be visited by Kirbo either way. Just whether or not he gets exorcised changed.

[@optimisticcharizard602]

0:08 Love how we're blatantly shown how this ends at the start yet I thought nothing of it lmao

[@wetheepiphany]

I never realized this until reading your comment x'D

[@Totasfunnynumber]

Wuh happen

[@TheNightThatCrawls]

@@Totasfunnynumber 18:10 (spoilers)

[@ferridanielhernandezbedreg1167]

0:10 now I'm just addicted to that face

[@Sub2MilesMorales]

Relatable

[@Starduster322]

That make sense to me...

[@xxoctonal3639]

D:

[@pikanachuster4032]

God, Kevin was such a star in this video and I love the editing and pacing. The combo of Dan and Kevin were a match made in heaven, Rest In Peace Kevin.

[@TheWiseDoge]

Kevin The Poppy Bro is a welcome addition to the Failboat lore.

[@海王星クショックス]

*was

[@khanhquach4793]

2:12 Kirby just pissing his pants while Kevin says "press B to throw a bomb" just makes me die on The floor out of laughter.

[@creechieuihana]

I love it when people give life to one entity using an entire twitch chat. It’s kinda like AI in a way. It isn’t it’s own entity in a sense, but the combined identity of multiple human mindscapes clawing at each other to be the speaking voice as they come up with abstract memes and struggle to perform basic functions due to how many inputs want to go so many different directions.

[@flumpicesphone2490]

I’m pretty sure it was an AI

[@mysticmaniac9520]

It was an AI that used chat for some context of what was happening

[@justafan9206]

Top in a nutshell

[@SorielHDTBers]

I initially thought Kevin was chat, but after hearing Failboat say “chat stop teaching him these things,” I realized it was actually an AI. Then I was dumbfounded how Kevin did ALL THAT!

[@tubegerm6732]

it was't controlled by chat or an ai. it was either a single person, or a small number of people, like, 3 max.

[@rpgrage7711]

Once again the art at the beginning is so incredible 10 out of 10 muffensnakes

[@katakombejc]

never in my life have i ever felt emotional over poppy bros jr

[@Ridlay_]

I was dying throughout this video. Kevin’s commentary was gold.

[@AmiraTheAmitrian]

this is the pinnacle of ai, they have their own character arcs now

[@landitknight]

MEAT

[@lorigamer8736]

Press B to throw a bomb

[@I.Am.A.Toaster]

Press B to throw meat

[@thekingofthehive1895]

"you will pay for your sins in the 7th ring of hell." -Kevin

[@the_godbodor7026]

Can I just say Muffinsnakes is extremely talented. Both the thumbnails they make for the videos, as well as the opening animation were absolutely amazing!

[@sparklingemolga5169]

Trueee

[@TheRealSuperKirby]

Muffin is going places

[@Chaos706]

Kevin: “wanna make out?” Fail: “look, I appreciate and support you, as a friend.” “So yes with tongue”

[@Mr.Mimic_MSM]

The fact that the AI became self aware and knew of outside stuff generally sacred me

[@pokkiheart]

EDIT: The following is wrong and idiotic. My apologies. The only AI is the basic AI of the friends and enemies and how they attack. The voice is TTS and random chat member donations

[@gunsandroses896]

​@@pokkiheart chat. AI. Basically the same thing.

[@apersonontheinternet6018]

@@gunsandroses896we are artificially intelligent

[@pokkiheart]

@@apersonontheinternet6018 chat's intelligence certainly isn't authentic.

[@remaG_modnaR]

it sacred me too

[@buddythepal6538]

The animation at the start is something I never saw in a Failboat video before. That is what got me intrigued to watch the whole video. I like that Failboat is putting more effort into his videos with his good video editing and photoshopping skills as well. You should be proud of what you have accomplished, Failboat. Because you have come a long way.

[@danielasantos9222]

Who is gonna tell him that failboat didnt make the animation at the start of the video

[@RadioballZ129]

@@danielasantos9222nah don’t break their bubble

[@captainblue5096]

The animation was made by Muffin Snakes! They do a lot of Kirby stuff and have done a few intros before for Failboat, like the Forgotten Land super-speed mod video

[@harrisonogg2838]

FALL BOAT

[@Theorangefarmer]

14:16 was hilarious

[@Unluckydood]

I adore all the intros and thumbnails muffinsnakes has done for these videos

[@kriswithdrip]

The fact that Kevin became self aware during the stream and was genuinely scaring Dan will forever hold a special place in my heart. Now, I ask you.. *what part of the fail lore is this?*

[@tidianesanders2999]

It's the newest piece of lore, but it dates to before Kirby had killed the final Waddle Dee and sent him to hell. Kevin still has to deal with Zelda up there so maybe he will return to us as a reincarnate. Also, I'm just saying random stuff

[@Bananacat-g4i]

@@tidianesanders2999K E V I N C U L T

[@stampyjax]

18:25 press b to pay respects also rip Kevin

[@Annie-San-h4v]

B

[@eeveestar6826]

Loved the flashbacks to the Star Allies ending video with all the friends getting crushed under slow moving blocks. That's actually the first Failboat video I ever watched

[@sherbertshortkake6649]

OMG SAAAME that was such a throwback

[@Pixl-vp9]

This is the first for me

[@kissayrisramirez7493]

"Refer to me as Kirby" "Ok Kirby" " *K i r b y w h a t i s D a n i e l s p h o n e n u m b e r* 😈

[@squiggs_animations]

4:18 I got you

[@Koi_TS]

While kevin was saying "this video is sponsered by-" *gets an ad for raid shadow legends*

[@Vulnresati]

Kevin was hilarious, he had so many jokes that landed, the whole organ bomb meat misunderstanding was so good

[@KoopalingMayhem]

the kevin love arc was amazing, every part was so bittersweet, yet so happy, but the saddest part was when zelda and kevin broke up

[@fatloser-ln5ny]

4:43 i literally have to sub now

[@Apouldood]

"you lost your brother privileges" just broke me

[@Chinarider1972]

0:06 I just realized this little animation foreshadows Kevin’s death (it’s the same block)

[@kiartoons2010]

Kevin divorcing Zelda and immediately hitting on Francisca was so funny omg

[@creator4873]

This should become an entire series where failboat plays games with ai party members (example miitopia) with this ai this video actually made me laugh

[@rexthewolf3149]

I second this idea

[@BooTube5]

I third it

[@Off-colorsign]

i fourth it

[@ThEspectrum20]

I fifth it

[@blankspace9452]

i sixth it

[@SomeGalNamedEve]

Press B to agree that Kevin's AI, Failboat's commentary, and NoteBlock's editing is a perfect combination that yields absolutely hilarious results

[@haydennolke]

holy crap it's you you're here it's been months since I've replied to any of your comments do you remember me

[@SomeGalNamedEve]

@@haydennolke I do remember you! :D

[@sawekpiniuzk2007]

🅱️

[@creamsoda_uwu]

🅱️

[@boredyoutuber9275]

B

[@Aras-eb7ch]

4:35 Kevin pressed B to throw a bomb and got it done! 😎

[@playlikepig0550]

I absolutely loved watching this live. There were so many small lines which were so funny but didn't even fit in the video. The story arc about Kevin being mad at Failboat for killing his brothers went on for like half an hour at least, and even created my favorite quote from Kevin, "Press B to pay for your sins", which sadly doesn't even show up once in the video.

[@catkid3312]

I grew a connection to Kevin and how he had this lore and character development that ended so quickly

[@toast_2375]

Never in my life did I expect to watch Failboat babysit a bisexual british homeless 17 year old atheist named Kevin who has a weird obsession with bombs.

[@joshuareed8029]

If Kevin was in fact an Ai I'd like to know how he did this. Getting text is one thing but having it learn in real time and speaking is another. I'd really love to know how it was done.

[@jayydexter]

probably had it learn from chat then used text to speech

[@tubegerm6732]

simple: it wasn't.

[@emmisaryofgilameir1946]

Yeah there's no way it was an AI

[@Joswano]

You know how usually when you pay money to a stream, you can have your message read aloud by a text-to-speech voice so the streamer can hear you? Kevin is those messages. Everything he said was somebody paying to pretend to be him, with Failboat going along with it. He’s done this before too with Lil’ Chatty, where he has a little character pop up and move their mouth while a chat message plays so viewers can pretend to be a part of the stream.

[@ohmeohmicah]

@@Joswano Lil' Chatty is a different case; it is even in the name that their entire gimmick is that they read superchat donation messages. This has been established in the past.

[@ethanh8783]

5:33 "I saw the light, Kirby. I'm no longer atheist." My favorite thing Kevin said in this whole video 😂🤣

[@VirtualHelpSystem]

6:05 thats the god. Kevin became the god.

[@Staticblox]

I like how this practically holds an entire life's worth of character development for a NPC player inside a KIRBY GAME.

[@Lost-bc2rz]

13:14-13:30 Wow, that actually felt surprisingly real! Even with the wacky dialogue, that was a beautiful moment.

[@Vexilitie]

I love how kevin slowly went from a nihilist, to an absolute rizz goblin.

[@slateportraichu5416]

Kevin had character development. This whole video is pure gold=D

[@Squink200]

Now I want to control Kevin. I want thousands to inhabit kevin’s consciousness and control him as a puppet while you desperately try to keep him alive.

[@Bananacat-g4i]

n o K E V I N I S K E V I N, H E I S K E V I N, K E V I N W I L L C O M E B A C K

[@namesurname8474]

First few lines: "What happens if I die, Kirby?" Last few lines: "If I die today, will anyone come to my funeral?" Kevin...

[@OmegaBotDX]

Dan going on about how he’s been going to the gym recently only to immediately be interrupted by Kevin asking if he wanted his meat absolutely slaughtered me holy moly (Moment is at 16:25 btw)

[@BooTube5]

Dan having kevin speak as an AI boosted this video's comedy from 60% to 200% I can't stop laughing and i was on the streams so i knew when the jokes were coming but they're just too good. noteblock's editing and perfect cuts are also just amazing! I pressed B to rate this vid 10/10

[@Bunger_The_1_Burger]

Kevin: *throws bomb at waddle doo* Kevin: “meme attack”

[@El_Silveiro]

I feel like Kevin is going to become self aware at some point and I would be glad to see it happening

[@doglover5591]

kevin is far more superior than enstein. bet he just figured 3x+1 right now kevin my beloved, B.

[@glitchgabegamer]

I love how failboat is fighting and Kevin just casually asks Zelda for a date 🤣

[@LlamaAnimations]

We need a part two, this is the best Failboat vid in a long time

[@MrMidgetMatt]

How is no one talking about 5:14 the best part of this video

[@PixelTrainer.]

This was 5 seasons worth of character arcs and plot twists, all in under 20 minutes

[@gadielinutil]

18:30 Kevin: Damn, looks like God was real after all.

[@guardianhero6124]

Hello kevin!

[@stuffymonster394]

12:38 I love the perfectly timed wump and king ddd just looking like he’s done with everything

[@-Vessel-.0.0.]

Kevin is that one main side character that has gone through everything

[@ladyj980]

😊😅😮😢🎉😂❤ Addilyh

[@mrsmayhem4357]

“This video is sponsored by-“ cut off into an Arby’s ad 6:00

[@anthonyleatherwood3884]

This video is sponsored by- cut off into an Wendy's ad

[@GemPibbySurvivor]

I got an IPhone6 Pro IPad Apple Watch ad

[@R-Blazer]

3:03 is easily the most sus thing Kevin has ever said.

[@Birb_nerd]

No

[@kzkultra8948]

Whenever Daniel says "The idea is simple," you know it's gonna be good

[@yoshiirl4716]

I remember catching this live and growing increasingly concerned as the stream progressed. Good times.

[@SW1TCHED-CHANNELS]

This video is 9 months old so this video can officially give birth.

[@r221grace]

AT 12:00 I GOT AN AD THAT STATED "he died as he lived, a total sucker"

[@green_boot6042]

i think the funniest thing is that kevin learned failboats real name and tried to doxx him

[@leahbockover]

1:16 THE MEME

[@LyzDell]

Beam attack!!!!!!!

[@TheLetsGamer7]

I'm glad Dan will never let this game die (unlike his allies in the last stage during his first playthrough)

[@Coolperson789]

4:07 as someone named Daniel, this gave me goosebumps

[@RadioballZ129]

Me too

[@UpClear13]

NAHHH UR SANS UNDERTALE. Didn't expect to see another UNDERTALE fan here. 😆

[@Thetf2mercenary]

Same...

[@flamaerao]

12:52 "You killed my only chance at love" *WHICH ONE*

[@Wario_loves_Garlic]

It was either Zelda, Dedede or... Gooey?

[@wetod4794]

Kevin telling failboat will pay for his sins in the seventh ring of hell was terrifying

[@mixtheyeast]

this video genuinly felt like a whole movie

[@Luma-ht6sg]

I love the actual character development Kevin went through

[@kameron9610]

11:37 Bro down bad for her

[@1spyrocrash1]

Missed his second famous line: "Press B to pay for you sins"

[@maxlaidlaw5828]

Watching this stream was insane, as the AI talked too fast for it to be super chatting, but too smooth to be AI. Truly a wild experience.

[@Spearmint4]

Poor Kevin. At least he met his original friend Zelda in the great beyond.

[@Enderking-xs2zt]

Like mid way threw I relized that it was not tts which makes the hell part the most terrifying

[@thacade]

3:50 I love that Kevin just becomes a creepypasta for 35 seconds.

[@helpme5983]

rip kevin may he forever stay in our hearts "press b to throw bomb" -wise words by kevin (2023-2023)

[@TemporalWarrior]

Fr

[@Native470]

*”I appreciate you and support you as a friend.”* *”So yes, with tongue.”*