Pitch Perfect: A 2012 Period Piece

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[@mybrainbroke5279]

i just love how becca was just like...a girl who listened to music and wore eyeliner and everyone acted like she was morticia addams levels of trad goth plzzzz

[@beckyheath6560]

literally 😂 i got bullied so hard for saying i liked her style,,, girl was barely alt let alone trad goth 😭😭

[@lllllllllllllllll905]

Literally

[@sunnfIower]

Dude everyone was talking about her “scary ear spike” and I literally didn’t notice it

[@princembat]

girl was the extent of edgy for upper middle class people with parents with enough money to pay for college lmao. she could afford to actually wear any alt fashion but like. thats too scary for her for sure

[@littleguy8714]

@@princembat not trying to um actually you, but shes only going there bc her dad is a professor and its a free tuition

[@Duolingoservant]

The cups song did more for humanity than any U.S president could ever do

[@CaulkMongler]

100% facts, no fact checking needed whatsoever.

[@LiaAwesomeness]

? US presidents have always been an active menace to humanity

[@JanPyt]

I will never forget the feeling of first getting the Cup Song right, I felt like a God lolll

[@ahuynh52]

@@CaulkMongleri checked the facts just in case and can confirm this is true

[@taylorellis6358]

We the people, have our tickets for the long way round. Two bottles whiskey for the way… etc etc, do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America .

[@Diamondgamervideos]

The scene where Aubrey violently throws up for like fifteen seconds straight and they're all scrambling around in it for the little whistle thingy literally scarred me for life and I've never ever been the same

[@wlammy3171]

Yeah if I didn’t already have the phobia, that would have done it haha

[@mandyfrommars8789]

And then the one girl starts making a barf angel 🤢🤮

[@Diamondgamervideos]

@@mandyfrommars8789 I was genuinely starting to think I made that up

[@agneseditsstuff]

ahahaha I've tried to suppress that memory for years now

[@harptastic]

SAME LMFAO ive been in therapy for 9 years because of the opening scene 💀

[@grazzz000]

as an acapella girly, i am here to confirm that Pitch Perfect is, in fact, a non-fictional movie. it is life. it is history.

[@ew4316]

*Herstory

[@aknopf8173]

100% aka-urate!

[@helenagordon2341]

its even funnier that the ICCA's are a real thing too lmfao

[@tatiana.c]

that ofc@@ew4316

[@ribenaaaaa]

The additional cultural impact Pitch Perfect would have had if Becca and Chloe kissed would have made the world start spinning in reverse

[@kir-is-here]

i will always be enraged by the fact that they only kissed in one take that wasn’t even in the bloopers

[@IWouldHaveGoneWithYouToTheEnd]

Homophobia would’ve been destroyed

[@HigherFurtherFaster]

literally, the fact that they didn't kiss is criminal let's be honest here

[@queenizzy01]

@@HigherFurtherFasterthey were in the shower naked together but didn’t kiss, make it make sense 😂

[@milh1803]

@@IWouldHaveGoneWithYouToTheEndREALLLLLL

[@rebmichelle]

Everyone shocked at Mike’s beat boxing and acapella abilities clearly forgot the iconic old video outro

[@magventures]

no lie i still sing the old outro to myself when im leaving places or like, moonwalking out of awkward situations

[@marthatitus5341]

the split screen of him doing acapella instantly made me so nostalgic for the old end screen 😭😂

[@Rosalineem]

real and true!!!!

[@monochromatic_melodramatic]

@mikesmic you need to bring back that iconic outro bruv

[@rebmichelle]

@@magventures that's also a perfect situation to pair with "it's christmas let's go home"

[@sagittariussquad3257]

Fun Fact: When Cynthia sings S&M and sings the "na na na c'mon part," Esther actually sings that in the real S&M. Esther does the background vocals in that song so that's another cool correlation/

[@Xxth3_murder5cenexX]

i've read somewhere that they kept the back vocals from her original demo

[@PizzaHutCEO]

Absolute banger, good for her

[@adi_Iastname]

wait that’s so cool !!

[@6lackgrlmgc641]

Esther wrote it!

[@tink6225]

Esther is an amazing producer irl

[@meghanmccrary9317]

The fact that I was in A Cappella in college and we basically exclusively partied with each other but hooking up was HIGH DRAMA and every practice was HIGH STAKES because all 3 groups were competing for the favor of the Musical Director of the school….. Pitch Perfect is very accurate

[@meghanmccrary9317]

practically a documentary

[@DKdrop]

That’s exactly why I stayed the hell away from a capella. I got neither the time nor the energy for a bunch of kids LARPing glee fanfic.

[@clawruh28]

it’s based on the university of oregon’s a cappella choir Divisi

[@BethanyNash]

Can’t believe my husband actually got me exactly what I wanted for Christmas: a Mike’s Mic video talking about one of my favorite movies of all time

[@frnzilla]

W husband

[@sully42O]

your husband is a KEEPER

[@elliejohnson7029]

LITerlly

[@taylorellis6358]

Thanks to your husband bc I ALSO wanted this for Xmas

[@petrify4814]

Man, I thought my fiance got it for me

[@statesofgracie]

as someone who HAS seen the breakfast club let me just say there is absolutely no reason for Becca or anyone to be crying like that over the ending

[@charliefielding2297]

Incorrect that movie made me ball my eyes out. More so in the middle, but you can have a kind of end-of-movie relief cry.

[@efnfen]

Don't cry because it's over, cry because it happened and it wasn't that great

[@sully42O]

maybe i’m just a cynic but I’m so convinced that the directors just googled “emotional movies with good endings”, saw The Breakfast Club and ran with it without ever watching it

[@g00chi]

I've seen it multiple times and still don't like it sorry! I don't get the love for that movie.

[@Knives.424e]

The Breakfast Club is one of those movies where either you get it or not. not the really the meaning but the feeling. I bawled my eyes out on my first watch and so did many people.

[@TimeBucks]

That hanging tree beatbox was so impressive

[@prakashjoshi4753]

It's are amazing and fabulous

[@JannatulManha-ek4nc]

Nc

[@Usmanosee]

It's a mazing and fabulous

[@rijonkhan6059]

Wow

[@ivanajovanovic2337]

It's acamazing

[@Emily-hc7ub]

i think that pitch perfect being released in 2012 is key to why it is so iconic. if it wad released today, tiktok would CAPTURE AND DESTROY the cup song and everyone would hate it. but due to it being made in the olden days, it is and will forever be iconic.

[@eevee2411]

Honestly it was annoying then too but it had a good few months of being fun before it got too much.... I agree these days it would get annoying within a week and it would've been done

[@erin9841]

Don’t worry the cup song was all over vine LMAO

[@WhiteOreoCookiez]

no the cup song was annoying back then too. everyone was doing it😭

[@lllllllllllllllll905]

it was kinda cringe back then but it brings so many nostalgia

[@swain-Ix1tv]

it was 2012 they were annoying too

[@stephaniefrost4910]

16:43 the fact that US universities’ acapella groups have riff offs now bc of the IMPACT of this film…iconic

[@claudiabortey4789]

Wait it actually became a real thing!?

[@maddieodonnell6159]

@@claudiabortey4789yes! Also, the ICCA’s are a real thing that have been happening pre-2000’s and pre-pitch perfect.

[@claudiabortey4789]

@@maddieodonnell6159 that’s actually so cool

[@slay9395]

Can we just appreciate how Mr mics Mike is like a jack of all trades like that beatbox moment was genuinely impressive😭

[@lucia.6446]

THANK YOU, I was gonna say this you’re so right 🙌

[@loganr7108]

it was literally so good

[@mgirz]

let us not forget the original mikes mic outro!!! his beatboxing has been knownnnn

[@holliepao]

He did so good but the beatbox paired with the hunger games song had me rolling 😭😭 SO random

[@karmAnonymous]

ON EVERYTHING 👏🏻 haha I just found this channel today with this video... I'm an instant fan girlie now 😂 No, but for real he's talented & HILARIOUS. I thought the anaconda cup song cutaway was going to end my life💀 I was laughing so hard 😂😂😂😂

[@_stel]

the cup song was so *revolutionary* that my music teacher brought in a bunch of plastic cups to class one day and we just learned it in a circle for the whole lesson. Yes. we did it in a circle, exchanging cups, a constant flowing rotation. A dance. That's a core memory right there

[@ARGhostie]

Damn that's actually sick. Probably even more fun to learn in a group.

[@ElasLeinkus]

We did a similar thing but with almost all of the school. I still get the chills when I think about today❤, great to hear there are other people out there with the same experiences😊

[@Measuresderepo]

My choir teacher also did that lol

[@queer_wonder3611]

our literal class teacher would pull up the youtube video and have us do the cup-song as a reward if we did good during class- we were like eleven when she would do this. it was literally iconic

[@memedream69420]

bestie PLEASE cover the second one because my brain could never truly comprehend how the barden bellas, OF ALL PEOPLE, beat pentatonix at an international acapella competition...

[@writteninthestars02]

Pentatonix were in that movie??

[@memedream69420]

@@writteninthestars02 pentatonix and other legit acapella groups!

[@CMThota]

@@memedream69420 the Filharmonic

[@jill7859]

This aged well 😂

[@TheOtherBoobJustDropped]

Omg the second movie cracks me up so much - why did they make the Germans have such thick accents even while singing 🤣

[@daisyallen4954]

thank you for giving ester dean her flowers bc the impact she had on music in the 2010s is immense

[@khadeejones1136]

The fact that she worked on superbass in insane, She literally has the 2010s in a chokehold.

[@rebmichelle]

YES also I don't think he mentioned that she literally wrote S&M the SONG THEY'RE SINGING

[@ef1876]

Ester Dean literally shaped me as a kid she wrote 90% of my favourite songs and I didn’t even know it until like a decade later

[@Njx063]

I love her she’s such an icon

[@pts2.0]

Toni Collette possessing you as soon as the word "mother" leaves your lips is honestly iconic.

[@Iceroadtrucker_]

Real

[@20000dino]

Timestamp is 10:05, for those who don't know. That monologue is forever burned into my memory, I'll sometimes act the whole thing out in front of the mirror. I can't believe Mike did that 😭😭

[@themudkip5295]

whats it from?

[@pasharahbari5368]

Hereditary@@themudkip5295

[@wermluvr]

@@themudkip5295hereditary !!

[@gentlefires]

We also need to talk about the INSANE chemistry between Chloe and Beca... The impact it would've had if they hadn't baited us smh

[@amberbusse]

as a musical theatre girly who LITERALLY projectile vomited onstage during a show when i was like 10,, this was my comfort movie for SO long 💀💀💀

[@jaydaherrera2584]

Awwwwwwwwwww. Lmao that sucks but thank god you had this movie 😂😭

[@m00nrac00n]

Some general praise: Im convinced Mike is actually a genius. To be this in tune with media, culture and memes while having a Master's degree in engineering is wild to me, not to mention the humor, vocabulary and editing. Every student at our engineering and computer science department is a socialy-awkward, musky straight incel dude whose abilities and interests dont go beyond tech and nerd media. Mike has both, witty af. Literally the most tolerable male STEM-Major.

[@yippeeioh]

Not to mention his acting dancing and musical skills! A true Renaissance man

[@m00nrac00n]

@@yippeeioh Also him still having a computer science day job coding while putting together 5 hour videos about TV shows with plot and character analysis. You can tell from his videos that he genuinely loves education and math, but its soooo not his whole personality, which is inspiring tbh cuz many tech people do make it their isolated interest. He knows about fashion as well. Im in awe honestly. As a fellow queer person with STEM degrees (not engineering tho) that is not the typical person you would expect, Mike slays. Being good in STEM *and* being a popculture girlie? Possible!

[@fluffybunchy]

⁠@@m00nrac00nfor real, I genuinely aspire to be like him

[@alien-vu7yl]

Why are none of my colleagues this cool?

[@Wooplot]

Forget the masters degree, the boy has an honourary degree in floptropica studies.

[@fionajuliet5720]

Mike is really just casually outing himself as a multi instrumentalist

[@washedblue]

I am in awe, and envious that I could never have this amount of range and talent

[@adrianareyes7300]

The hereditary line delivery was immaculate

[@Hostileminds]

Lmao, I can’t deal with his wit

[@tink6225]

had me stuck

[@simly5189]

How does Mike manage to make "don't piss me off" so iconic

[@xsanchezcx]

I knowwww, I literally started saying it bc of mike

[@victoriatowns9237]

I started college in the fall of 2012. You would not believe the amount of acapella clubs that suddenly appeared out of nowhere. And people singing together in random spots around campus. And doing the cup song in the cafeteria. It was EVERYWHERE.

[@girlgreenivy]

Same. Same. It was a real time

[@DeerieMee]

As someone who was 12 in 2012 I'm so mad that now I'm in uni that this isnt how life is. Like I'm sorry what? You just want me to learn?

[@Wooplot]

slay

[@Nikkisawa]

Being a band nerd around this time and suddenly so many people in the band and color guard deciding that they can and should sing acapella in-between rehearsals and performances, just a little bit of hell. It also didn't help that Pentatonix are locals, a lot of kids thought they had something going on

[@writteninthestars02]

I was in high school when this movie came out and one girl literally started an acapella group for her senior project because of this movie. It was actually kind of slay, ngl

[@savannah115]

In regards to her Dad mentioning she's going to college for free: in the States, many public schools allow their professors' children to attend for free, as like a benefit since most professors make no money. So, she went to school for free because her dad teachs there. (I think they do still have to apply like everyone else, but once they are accepted, it's free.)

[@goonrag]

It's not just professors, I believe all faculty and staff get free tuition for their kids if they're admitted

[@maddieb.4282]

@@goonragbut her dad in the movie is a professor so they were absolutely correct and not pedantic

[@goonrag]

​@@maddieb.4282Yep, just providing additional information

[@alligatorradiator233]

As an american, I wish this was true. Some colleges might have deals like that for some faculties children but most only offer a discount on tuition. Still the chance for lots of debt 😭

[@c3ru1ean41]

@@alligatorradiator233It is true. College ≠ university and public university ≠ private.

[@jennifermitchell1]

Esther Dean also wrote S&M and they used some of her vocals in the final version

[@mermaidcatching]

I was a freshman in college in 2013-2014. The best part of the legacy of Glee & Pitch Perfect was the acknowledged hottest guy on campus wasn’t a frat president or athlete, he was a member of our a cappella group.

[@19Mariya26]

Not afraid to say Cups by Anna Kendrick was my top song of 2022. I listened to it 396 times

[@alysonmartin9151]

Honestly thank you for sharing that’s so brave. ☺️

[@19Mariya26]

@@alysonmartin9151thank u❤️

[@Prosaic0]

you should be afraid

[@nghosh91]

And I applaud you for that

[@siena4235]

ur braver than any marine

[@JNDReacts]

1:07 Speak for yourself, I remember everything about the plot. Chloe’s giant grin when she meets Beca at the activity fair. Chloe barging in on Beca in the shower and the two of them naked singing Titanium. Cup song. Chloe flirting with Beca at the party. Chloe using teaching Beca to dance as an excuse to be all over her. Anna Kendrick rapping No Diggity. Beca and Chloe creating a mash up of a love song and a break up song.

[@samanthaelizabeth8330]

This is exactly what I remember about the plot. Justice for the gay girls.

[@_Ash0099]

Dawg so it's not just me. The chemistry between those two had me thinking they were meant to be a couple.

[@JNDReacts]

@@_Ash0099 Last time I checked they were far and away the most popular Pitch Perfect fanfiction pairing on ao3, so definitely not just you! Anna and Brittany even filmed an alternate ending to the third movie where they kiss!

[@quinn4330]

Ah i miss this times. Chloe and Becca really should have ended up with each other damnit.

[@_Ash0099]

@@JNDReacts lol I’m glad to hear their ship was popping off on ao3. Oh and the alternative ending?? I’ve never seen it omg

[@brokengirlsrus]

Turning 18 in 2012 and going straight from homeschool to college gave me such whiplash. What a year for pop culture that was

[@RisIgrec]

the idea of anna kendrick (tony-nominated broadway star by the age of 12) having to prove she can sing is so funny

[@caldervitriolic2128]

The Hereditary monologue, oh you ate that, Mr Microphone deserves an Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe for that

[@grimvienne]

Right? Like, Toni Collette WHO?

[@pbgv399]

Thanks for mentioning where it was from! Me, oblivious, thinking it was Lily Van Der Woodsen 😂

[@Chacha-gb2lk]

10:06 amazing

[@CharlieTheChap]

Toni’s Mic

[@donsforever93]

And Toni

[@gc-d9040]

That beatboxing was actually so fucking insanely good, like your sense of rhythm is unmatched

[@gc-d9040]

And being able to match songs by knowing the BPM? Makes sense 😝

[@themudkip5295]

there is one point in one of his glee videos (the one he wears the red sweatsuit, the first one i think) where he just GETS. DOWN. and i listened to it on loop like 5 times

[@Versilly]

That Anaconda and cup song mash up was iconic 👌🏻

[@fpcooper95]

There's so much amazing to discuss in this video that I had to hunt for this comment 😂

[@alexandraross4575]

It's also fun because Ester Dean literally wrote 'S&M' too! (Interestingly, she also sings a lot of the chorus on 'Superbass' as well as being one of the writers)

[@ynezmadden]

shes so iconic

[@ByAnnieBasson]

Me and my mum learnt the cup song and showed my grandparents. In my granddad's will, he said "the song with the cups about missing me when I'm gone". Apparently he always said you'll miss me when I'm gone. I don't think anyone has seen a family laugh and cry at a funeral before. It summed him up. The song always makes me happy and a bit sad

[@liliehot]

This is so sweet ❤️

[@happily_blue]

your granddad ate with that line actually

[@alift8155]

Sorry but why did Mike just show us like five different incredible musical talents in this video this man’s wisdom know no bounds

[@Megan-colletttttt]

Fun fact : I once watched this movie every single day during the entire summer of 2013 and now every single word to this movie is forever burned into my brain :)

[@alexispettler6754]

Same. It was my 2 year old’s FAVORITE movie. I’ve seen it hundreds of times. 😂

[@jalapeno1119]

Why tho

[@Megan-colletttttt]

@@jalapeno1119 bc it was fun

[@morganrae8685]

My sister and I did that too, glad to see kindred spirits in the wild

[@madisun1757]

this movie just feels like the year 2012. like it’s the perfect representation

[@HannahBayles]

Pitch perfect was revolutionary, culturally and personally.

[@Ako-bp6gc]

Oh hey you’re here. I loved your content about Pitch Perfect.

[@katelynlieberman1013]

Omg hi Hannah 😳

[@aaarrriic]

Love that you’re here 💅🏻

[@a.a677]

so true

[@HeyItsOlive415]

I used to have the entire riff off memorised and could perform it at a drop of a hat. And i have never put the same level of effort into learning something since

[@sienaberry464]

Dude I still have it memorized. It is my favorite number from the whole movie

[@gingeryard]

i have been obsessed with pitch perfect for years. i've seen all three movies far too many times. i have no idea why i love them so much. not singing along horribly trying to sing all the parts at once for every song is a crime to me lol. cynthia is my favorite for obvious reasons. i'd die for her. overjoyed that you're covering this absolutely vital piece of media.

[@boombangpow889]

CYNTHIA. IS. MY. FAAAAAAAAAAVE

[@yomamamama9000]

i begged my dad to buy the first movie on itunes 😭😭 and watched it MANY times on my ipod

[@paintluver1]

as a librarian, i feel i must inform that this lovely film is loosely based on a non-fiction book titled pitch perfect: the quest for collegiate a capella glory. thank you, that is all

[@zoembutlerr]

i constantly think about the 2012 elizabeth bank’s takeover. between pitch perfect and the hunger games… she was so iconic for that.

[@whitneyayy9995]

The fact it’s been 11 years and I still think about this movie once a day. It’s imprinted in my brain. I still sing the mashups while showering or doing any mundane task

[@ellobo4290]

Not eleven years omg it has to be a conspiracy from big time

[@brewster9235]

I was a huge a cappella fan, and my second year in college, I got into a group. It was only a few months after Pitch Perfect came out. A cappella truly is like a small fraternity/sorority group. You do everything together and party together. And what could have been a very nerdy and niche thing I loved suddenly became a cultural phenomenon and everyone I told I did a cappella thought it was super cool. “You do a cappella? Like Pitch Perfect?? Do you do sing offs too?” I guarantee if that movie didn’t come out, no one would have thought I was cool for doing a cappella. 🤣

[@mariayoung7799]

the mother quake that I felt when u FLAWLESSLY delivered the hereditary monologue… still shaking in my boots

[@cryptox826]

The fact that you released this right when I have to go to work is CRIMINAL

[@ferretappreciator]

"HAVE" to go to work? What, for money? Food? Yeah right you're just not a real fan. Mike is LITERALLY feeding you right now and you want more? Selfish. Greedy. Also have a good day at work ❤️

[@rebeccanater]

Time to clock in and immediately post up in the handicap stall

[@catherineliu06]

I hide my cell next to my desk phone to watch stuff 😂

[@lukelie]

no but like when you get home and you get out of your work clothes you get this as a sweet treat.

[@Patchouliprince]

I’m watching this at work rn

[@bethanybarden1953]

About the free college thing: many schools in the US will let immediate family members of full-time faculty attend the school tuition-free. They usually still have to pay for everything else tho. I think that’s what they’re implying here.

[@Evergreen2219]

To clarify, that’s almost always for private universities, which are usually much smaller and there are fewer of them. They also usually have to be R1 universities which means there’s a very high level of research activity happening and they’re very well regarded. There’s like 40 of those in the US. And I don’t think it’s very many of them that offer 100% free tuition.

[@meggzilla009]

Hilariously enough, I work at a university, in the medical hospital, so that my child can go to college for free. After I've been there a year, their school will be completely free.

[@stuffwithsoph8264]

​@@meggzilla009stonks

[@girlgreenivy]

​@@meggzilla009 I had a professor who did that too. He left the school as soon as his daughter graduated.

[@eddiethewhale3268]

I can never sing “Since U Been Gone” without trying to sing every part of the audition 😭

[@ashleyhall6098]

You mashing Cups with Anaconda is the most iconic thing I've ever seen.

[@allisanember1441]

God, I had a whirlwind obsession with this movie. I watched it every night for like a week straight, and then I was over it. But totally taught myself the cups song during that period of time and performed it for the person that showed me the movie...what a wild time.

[@sylvy16]

i honestly have that happen with every tv show/movie or book i like.

[@leahjk97]

That Nicki cup song performance was the most impressive thing i’ve ever seen I think. quality content

[@ev-marie]

We need to stop acting like treble makers didn’t serve a phat slay with their final performance. Life changing x

[@courtrosss]

fun fact about S&M: the “na na na come on”s in the beginning are actually Ester’s vocals not Rihanna’s

[@julienproffitt]

I was in the competitive acapella scene this movie is based off of, met Deke Sharon once. This is literally biographical to what it's like. My group once learned pig latin so we could trash talk other groups at regionals/semis without them being able to tell.

[@julienproffitt]

no cause i've been at a Riff Off before this happens yeah

[@freakyfresh244]

😂😂😂

[@thecavalieryouth]

OMG, what in the Mean Girls?! ... So what would y'all say? 👀

[@riem8966]

It's actually amazing how accurate this is as a glimpse into acappella/choir scenes but most people are so far away from it they do not even understand

[@ellamayothethird906]

I AM ACTUALLY SCREAMING

[@liv-lq9ec]

this is everything i ever could have wanted in life. i can die peacefully now. thank you michael.

[@kgrlktty]

Esther dean also wrote and sang on Starships, i believe you can still hear her in the chorus

[@RachelG11]

10:40-so are we all just gonna ignore that mike had an old acapella outro that was exactly like this??? we know that pitch perfect influenced you, king

[@RubyEmma]

I genuinely don’t understand how mike never NEVER fails to drop an absolute banger

[@Dj-KZ]

The soundtracks for all 3 Pitch Perfect movies totally shred but there's just something special about that first movie's showstopping cups song trickling down into school's worldwide for the soul purpose of annoying teachers. Also, we all know DSM should have won in the 2nd movie + the hard shift into the action genre in the 3rd movie was the saving grace of that film.

[@tuesday6928]

How does a franchise never misses a singleeeee time like literally all three movies are ICONIC

[@maplebard1684]

The hanging tree beatbox is also very 2012 iconic.

[@abadira]

The Since U Been Gone audition scene recreation was iconic 😂 those "zumzumzumzumzum"s were CRISP

[@ferretappreciator]

When beca is mixing titanium she actually has an audio mixing software installed directly into her brain. Shes simply copying down what she already wrote down in her head

[@rowan9884]

i saw pitch perfect in 2012 aged 10 and went on to do 7 years of competitive acapella so this is near and dear to my heart

[@leahshannon759]

This movie urged me to join an Acapella group a year ago and it literally led to me meeting more people on campus and finally feeling like I had a friend group❤ I love this movie and it still makes me smile so much after watching it as an adult

[@ellajoe6036]

i love how mike is slowly but surely showing us every angle of his flat by filming in a different space in every video

[@aurorahoward2746]

mike i am absolutely flabbergasted by the sheer amount of talent i just witnessed

[@user-ss5do5bc9l]

Mike why was your little mashup moment genuinely impressive. How does Mike manage to make "don't piss me off" so iconic.

[@marsgal6027]

I really hope you do the other 2 movies. Your commentary is truly my favorite. And as a chorus girly, your commentary of seniority hierarchy for solos is so real

[@ramshafarooq]

chloe and beca not being canon in the movie OR its sequels still gets me fuming

[@RiniDiamandis]

i cant believe mikel's microphone no longer does the harmonizing end screen for us like if there was EVER a video that called for it THIS WAS IT! !!

[@TheAbigailDee]

Ester Dean gave us the 2010s. Like every pop girly owes her and I also owe her for this!!!!!!

[@hownowbrowncow148]

one of my favourite high school moments was when we used to do house christmas carols and in 2019 the house captain was like "oh hey guys were gonna start with the cup song", someone demonstrated, captain went "okay got it?" and like 5 minutes later all the teachers jaws DROPPED when we just instantly did it in sync they had no clue what the hell was going on

[@omniscient.nescience]

The way 9yr old me legitimately watched this movie twice a day for a full ass month in a state of intense hyperfixation and then repressed it all to the back of my mind immediately after (apart from the cup song which was the only way I could get positive interactions from people at school). This video has been a reawakening. Thank you Michael Microphone.

[@louise8383]

I, too, was obsessed with this movie for like a year when I was in middle school and I rewatched it a month ago (I'm 21 now) and it is legitimately such a good movie like i cried laughing at some jokes I didn't get as a kid plus the NOSTALGIA ?? girl it was an out of body experience

[@Jaesdaes]

IM NOT ALONE!! little like 8 year old me was OBSSESSED with this for like a solid 4 months.

[@nickola9749]

the way you didn’t talk about the gayification lore that is bechloe was borderline criminalllllllll !!!! the implications that the two leading ladies of this accapella film were feeling eachother did change the trajectory of my life yah thank yew

[@AbigailGibbons]

i worked at my college radio station up to 2021 and about half the music we played was digital and the other half were actually CDs! I know lots of stations are fully digital but in 2012ish, it’s no stretch for them to be using CDs!

[@alyxkruger8477]

Not Mike dropping the dinner monologue from Hereditary in the middle of this one…quaking in my boots he’s too powerful

[@alainaskalski9637]

I saw pitch perfect before it came out because they did screen tests at colleges across the US, and people were dying laughing, so loud that we couldn’t hear a thing Lily was saying so quietly. Cue watching the movie a second time and dying laughing all over again

[@thylionheart]

I distinctly remember watching this movie twice in theaters with my sister; the second time we were literally the only people in the room because it was one of the last showings at the end of its run, and we just belted along to every song. It was so much fun

[@number5518]

we have the same pfp!

[@sus4nah]

Wholesome 🥰🫶

[@Melissaheartt]

My HS choir got pre release tickets to see pitch perfect like a couple months before it came out and wow what a time !!!! A period piece indeed

[@bandibear]

Mike literally dripping in charisma uniqueness nerve and talent that a warning of inevitable drowning in fabulous will occur if you find yourself passed his event horizon of slaying. Okrr yas gawd thpop 😂 bloody great video as always x

[@leena6615]

Why did this movie have such a chokehold on me? I don’t even sing. Anyways every point Mike made is 100% correct.

[@latersk8r600]

the director said "take five" but anna kendrick heard "change lives" THIS 👏👏👏👏

[@petermj]

this movie was my entire personality 2012-2014 . i literally watched it 3 times a day everyday for almost 2 months straight. could recite it word for word in my sleep

[@danahollander4364]

Skylar Astin has such great charisma, he can make me believe he has chemistry with any person he's playing opposite to. You seen Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist??? Yeah he's dreamy

[@kaemincha]

the nicki cups moment is truly transcendent

[@blancaherreroespana5035]

the fact that the toni collette monologue is in the same video as the nicki cups mash up and the hanging tree beatbox... the holiest of trinities i'm afraid

[@laurenlotts3748]

“The random fights in movies being a consequence of the Harlem shake” might just be the most profound thing I’ve ever heard.

[@char6119]

busting out the hanging tree song by BEATBOXING is actually insane. the best part is that you are good at it

[@miayoung4830]

no because the audition scene just tickles my brain in a very particular way I can't explain it

[@Penguinparty101]

When I was in college as a radio DJ in 2015, we definitely still used digital media, both vinyls and CDs! Makes sense that they did in the 2012 period piece masterpiece Pitch Perfect.

[@eleventwelvethirteen]

Used to play a drinking game with this movie in college where we’d drink every time some on screen was wearing a plaid flannel. We would get so drunk.

[@Calderonaaa4]

“THE DIRECTOR SAID TAKE FIVE BUT ANNA KENDRICK HEARD CHANGE LIVES” i can’t.

[@zajmahal8589]

I was absolutely obsessed with this movie in high school. We had it on DVD and when I was home sick from school with a flu or something I watched it like 6x, directors commentery, audio editors commentary, the whole thing. What a weird time

[@taylordacquelclayton]

The cup song playing on the radio, making iMovie recreations of Since You’ve Been Gone, saying aca before every word. What a time to be alive.

[@aaexmendoza1319]

10:40 I’m glad the Mike’sMic outro acapella group finally got to return to former glory since their strike from 2022 ✊

[@shaeatlas]

It’s Christmas, let’s go home!!!!!

[@julia-tq5sj]

the toni collette hereditary monologue ate i cant lie 😭

[@tinytomato]

mike really snuck in that casual beatbox slay. im in awe