Monster Factory: Cid Finalfantasy’s Cat Man Quest

Griffin and Justin create a sad brain man who yearns to be a cat man.
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[@slendertomie117]

“i wanna be a cat man!” he cried, “make me a cat man!” but the cat masters did not answer they just kept on cat-ing

[@leahl5007]

I just love this comment so much XD

[@benncook8107]

"We've never done a bald one before" How soon we forget Squirting Turtle Man.

[@horubeeevans]

CHRISTOPHER CHRISTOPHER CHRISTOPHER CHRISTOPHER

[@joegrimes9232]

D BOMB

[@blakethomas8321]

Randy Johnson was balding

[@blakethomas8321]

Also, Dick Chaney if that counts, wasn't really a monster

[@OrionX700]

Blake Thomas So was Trash Hulk.

[@Vivat_Veritas]

"How was that potion you drank?" "It was cool, I turned into a cat, my birthday changed, and i stopped believing in God! It was a good potion! My name is Cid Finalfantasy and I don't know who i am anymore..." had me in absolute hysterics

[@TheQuashingoftheTub]

Like #999 Let's break that 1k y'all

[@jortsapologist9840]

monster factory jumps straight into uncomfortably relatable territory this week as a sad tired ugly boy just wants to be a cute anime cat person

[@shinydino]

jorts apologist Your screen name is perfection.

[@LimeyLassen]

Unlike us, he achieves this dream because in Final Fantasy magic is real

[@calebdodson1054]

fucking relatable

[@prkprk]

"ev-ry body wants to be a cat"

[@captaincrazah6155]

jorts apologist Don't say that, Cid is a sweet boy.

[@hygiei]

im not here for this squirtle erasure. hes bald and the sexiest zombie man alive

[@DeathnoteBB]

Kate Sharpenter i read this right when Griffin said they've never done a bald one before

[@PoisonJellybean]

And D-bomb! You can't forget the original fallout mum!

[@Ladderphobia]

i came here to say this exact same thing

[@callinmygirl]

Damn straight. #LandSquirtleForever

[@thelillymario]

I IMMEDIATELY thought "what the fuck about Squirtle???" How did they forget the very first boy in all of his perfection??

[@OcarinaOfTime554]

your reaction to being able to name him Cid Finalfantasy is exactly how my friend and i felt when we named our characters Nintendo Gamecube and Mariokart Doubledash

[@rinnnnnnnnnnrin]

Lmao amazing. My world is famfrit and I once saw someone named "minfilias underwear"

[@cassidyclement5435]

"never done a bald before" D-BOMB WILL REMEMBER THIS ERASURE

[@slendy9600]

Cassidy Clement dont forget the pebble

[@hackymchackerman]

And Squirtle...

[@Spenstarr]

Tip to toe that's Bart Simpson's mom for a minute

[@Calico-Zac]

spenstarr I upvoted this because you told me to

[@Spenstarr]

Zac What love the love

[@brosef256]

She's a TV mom whose hair is large!

[@jmjfreezie]

They are the new Marge Men now!

[@leiram8833]

Take it to the bank boys, that's a Marge!

[@yepisuredolikecats3979]

"hey how was that potion" "OH IT WAS GREAT I TURNED INTO A CAT MAN AND MY BIRTHDAY CHANGED AND I STOPPED BELIEVING IN GOD"

[@clown-cult96]

I kinda love how into the cat girl they got after just intending to make her as a joke.

[@clavatmage159]

the entire first half of creating this boy he looked like a really tired groose

[@WritingOnGames]

I love how even with a Bad Character Creator That Doesn't Let You Do Good Things to Faces, the McElroys manage to Do Good Things to Faces.

[@wulfbuoygarwalfey3582]

Writing on Games i love how i always find you on polygon videos and it's really nice to see good good video essayists having a nice time watching comedy jokes and or mcelroy content

[@WritingOnGames]

It's really nice how you appreciate me having a Good Good Time With Content

[@axemtitanium]

The FFXIV character creator actually makes it pretty hard to make an ugly character, tbh.

[@beef5010]

Writing on Games Your random capitalization bothers me more than it should...

[@gbrooks2]

Jacob Tangen it’s not random.

[@honeycrisp695]

Justin saying "yeah this seems like a good way to spend your limited time on earth" to someone crafting in FFXIV, as I literally was crafting in FFXIV, and had been happily doing so for like a week, has wounded me emotionally in an unexpectedly deep way :(

[@nathanael6058]

Emily Scott lull

[@Chris_Meade]

Emily Scott I CAN COOK THE BEST MEAL IN THE GAME JUSTIN! Yea, it took 4 weeks to get to that level, and yea I'm bankrupt from buying the ingredients from the market board bc I'm too lazy to go to the one vendor that sells them, but damn it it's cool!

[@unclefiend2138]

Pffft. HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!

[@dasutin]

If you enjoy it, it IS a good way to spend your time.

[@em_birch]

"Chase your bliss."

[@reighfreuden6473]

In this episode of Monster Factory, the real monster was the HUD.

[@lenacarey2333]

you so right, somehow the altered HUD they made was easier to parse

[@astervillanueva5374]

Cid Finalfantasy combines two of my favorite aesthetics: cats and pompadours

[@Zeppelee]

Nate Malaqui Are you me?

[@benbotka8010]

Jojo's Part 4: Cid Finalfantasy is unbreakable

[@defiantdeer13th]

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 4: Cid Finalfantasy is not crash

[@9oomtar]

Jojo's Bizzare Adventure: Cid Finalfantasy Run

[@damac7016]

Jojo's Bizzare adventure: Finalfantasy Ocean

[@jackpumpoen]

finalphantomsy blood

[@diplodorkus970]

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 4: Just Like Bart

[@livibobivi828]

i just noticed that when you can see griffin’s full character list, his first characters name is henry 🥺

[@BraigeRoleyMusic]

🥺

[@TheTrashball]

...they made Josuke even more fabulous

[@argetlamgirl711]

Griffin: "Problem is, I'm sort of into Susan Crushbone territory" Justin: "...Who?"

[@edenmadeline]

pocoloki i cannot believe this

[@mahlon2477]

pocoloki how dare u hurt me like this.... I'm having TAZ flashbacks

[@lexsedman4611]

this comment implies that justin and susan crushbone are identical twins

[@edenmadeline]

lexa sedman arent they???

[@2401blue]

Sorry to disturb you folk, just letting you know that this is canon now.

[@elizabeth920]

Susan crushbone and generic anime furry girl are girlfriends and this is the only wlw representation I've ever wanted

[@genesisfrog]

Elizabeth i might draw this tbh

[@weeseet]

Everyone is Susan Crushbone's girlfriend.

[@elizabeth920]

Meow Susan is polyamorous and all of her lovers are completely accepting and supportive of this because they are all consenting and in love

[@literalruleslawyer]

No Susan and Melissa are OTP

[@cas6174]

Elise Preedy mëlissa is dating knife dad’s gay daughter and they are in a loving relationship

[@jubxxlee]

I'm living for the Susan Crushbone callback

[@insect-man]

[STAND USER] SAD WIZARD BOY

[@android19willpwn]

This series is the true form of [SCARY MONSTERS]

[@AurildisSoulcatch]

I can confirm that Cid Finalfantasy, the lvl2 Arcanist still exists in Malboro.

[@himynameishelen]

7:35... that voice. Jenkins, it may allow you to cast potent magics, but you have to be willing to burn a spell slot so we all know you won't do it.

[@LKVal]

I have literally been looking through the comments to see if anybody thought that as well

[@wolfvanderbijl]

am i allowed to say something? cids kinda hot for a guy with his brain exposed

[@Roxy_D_Rose]

youre not allowed to say things.

[@cas6174]

westley van der bijl imma need you to log out for me

[@zombifying]

Take it to the bank boys, this one's just like Mondo

[@Shadowblade147]

garbage oowada

[@ohdeer9916]

I was gonna say-

[@mothkeytv]

That was my first thought lol

[@alynajeannegorman1228]

so so very good cid finalfantasy is my favorite jojo character

[@KDBryan]

RIP Robert Downey Jr. Jr. X-3175-Beta. (2017-2017) You were too impure for this world.

[@Belleuchtung]

Watching you run around with your UI all rearranged like that made me feel physically ill...

[@android19willpwn]

I could feel the layout trying to pull my soul out of my corporeal form

[@JacobTheLoofah]

9:44 That little boy looks like Clint Mcelroy

[@sammiwhite9575]

Jacob The Loofah he do

[@MiloKuroshiro]

And Travis, who just looks like Clint

[@rose52152]

For those of you who have seen Space Dandy, this guy is literally depressed Dandy.

[@lambcutiepie2960]

"The helmet gives me plus two intellect but it destroys my forebrain" -- should have named him Phineas Mage

[@feli3235]

this is absolutely genius and an underrated commend

[@sethescope]

GET OUT. that pun is unacceptable

[@koiran_liha]

BEST COMMENT HANDS DOWN.

[@raddude4334]

" we've never done a bald before I don't think" How DARE you forget squirtle

[@RainbowPowerRangerX]

TIL Justin McElroy doesn't know what a pompadour is

[@goldstarsupreme]

They literally just made Mondo Owada, I'm dying

[@monochromegreyson]

goldstarsupreme Omg. I love you.

[@Cosplaybuddygiraffes]

goldstarsupreme they made his alternate clone, a perfect version of Mondo

[@BC-mj2vo]

It turns out all Mondo ever wanted was to become a sweet, sweet cat boy! If he would've just met Ibuki then nobody would've had to die!

[@famtomerc]

nah bro this hairstyle is my boy Josuke

[@MossoDaBanana]

Josuke, you meant josuke, not that horrible badly written character from that badly written anime called Danganronpa.

[@turkeygrasslesnatch4742]

JoJo's Bizarre Final Fantasy

[@Pthaloblue2]

Whats your profile picture from? Or who's the artist

[@coolghoul8515]

@@Pthaloblue2 it's been a year but that's bee from bee and puppy cat, a really cute and good channel frederator show that has had like 7 episodes with a bunch of story and then basically they just stopped making videos they're on youtube

[@Naturetoa]

"I do want to put as much shit on this child's face as we possibly can." - Griffin Mcelroy 2017

[@lenacarey2333]

The music from the beginning is the same music used in The Final Pam's title card and I actually got chills

[@cthulhuhoops]

It's Final Fantasy music lol

[@caffenefree]

squirtle isn't bald, he's a turtle, turtles don't have hair. d-bombs baldness was a result of their manipulation of her head, and it's a bald spot not full baldness, the pebble is a clone of the rock and the baldness wasn't left up to them. if we're talking about CREATING a bald monster, it hasn't been done.

[@sayurikatsuyami]

Caffene adult d-bomb had a fully shaved head, does that count as bald?

[@PschocatIII]

DICKOLAS????

[@daviespeck6566]

“We’ve never done a bald before, I don’t think” the eldest child never gets the recognition they deserve. Ahh, poor Squirtle

[@JOKAKAKA]

I'm thrilled Griffin mentioned the Jojo thing but I thought I would just mention it again cause damn that boy's a Josuke

[@rootbeef]

“As if you couldn’t get any sadder...you’ve absorbed The Smiths”

[@Bup]

The hair colors at 4:50 make me want to buy this game and RP a Pepe LePew character.

[@thecrabjail]

Watching this after playing endwalker is just so much funnier

[@panzersnapdragon3087]

I don't think Cid Finalfantasy is my favorite monster factory baby, but he has one of the most compelling life stories of them all for sure.

[@plushs]

it's been a whole month without Monster Factory time to binge-watch all the old episodes, cry, and die

[@ConnorShea]

"I could make a religion out of this." No, don't.

[@TheBrock2525]

How did this happen?

[@ROldford]

Connor Shea knock knock who's there? it's final fantasy

[@DallasVakarian]

New jingle for Monster Factory: "That's a human person!"

[@slendy9600]

it wouldnt be as bad as scientology

[@Champiness]

"Hey, there, it's me, your old pal Louie Anderson! Don't make a religion out of me! Just kidding - DO"

[@Rugeon]

I don't get why Justin and Griffin don't like cutscenes in Monster Factory: it's the best opportunity to showcase the character, and just talk over/ recontextualise the story!

[@doodleburr]

there are more kiritos and uchihas then sephiroths tbh

[@TheClassyCharmeleon]

Doodle Burr So. Many. Kiritos. And they are all really really bad.

[@crowwithaknife1312]

got hit on by a uchiha once. the perils of playing a catgirl

[@iniminipini]

I s t h i s g a m e s e t i n v a m p i r e t i m e s ?

[@MLGSkittleNinja]

is THAT a M o th e r f u c kin g JOJO REFERENC E?

[@KenzLovesMovies]

it's a very subtle game of Spot the Difference

[@snuffysam]

Griffin even said it was a JJBA simulator at some point, lol

[@aftertraveler]

Josuke's Final Adventure

[@neospacez]

MLGSkittleNinja なに？！？！

[@2Dtube1]

there it is

[@HunterJE]

Headcanon: RDJJ-X3175-β is actually a disguised Ango on a deep cover mission

[@lukaasadorian5824]

Many months after this video's conception, I really wish Griffin just phantasia'd his character to that cool ass catgirl

[@brandonwhitaker8468]

I really want to see someone make a character creation that lets you set it to oscillate between two or more settings, so like your character can be a constantly fluctuating mass of contortionist beauty

[@iansilver6183]

4:00 CRAZY DIAMONDO!!!!

[@mudstick]

cid finalfantasy and i have the same birthday omg throw the jojoke out the window ive discovered my long lost twin brother

[@mudstick]

NO YOU CHANGED HIS BIRTHDAY MY BROTHER

[@redactedwatkins6195]

16:28 oh, so hes a prospit dreamer

[@The_Steele1]

Cid Finalfantasy is best Jojo.

[@mememarten3580]

The Steele looks like someone hasn't read the manga

[@samuelbott6104]

I like how there's a solid 5 minutes where, despite their best efforts, this man looks like a legitimate anime character

[@samuelbott6104]

Until they add the cat whispers

[@samuelbott6104]

All of them look like they could be real anime characters, like this could be an adventuring party

[@ratbanter]

9:22 griffin mcelroy, moments before writing angus mcdonald into the adventure zone

[@russellpierce3987]

magnus would've eaten the crystal

[@kat4421]

Aubrey would’ve eaten the crystal

[@indridmothman6178]

zoox would’ve eaten the crystal

[@gingerspice5477]

I’m hurt as a ffxiv player but as I monster factory fan I’m living my best life

[@sweetprimrose]

as a teeny tiny transman i wish we would have played with robert downy jr jr becuase i would have D E S T R O Y E D that as a cosplay

[@mvwinf]

do it anyway

[@olipolygon]

i hope you got to be tiny robert downy jr jr!!!!!!!!!!

[@fireballninja01]

You’re more powerful than them, it would be unfair to every Robert Downey

[@leedraconis5793]

As another tiny transman, I sincerely hope you have cosplayed Robert Downey jr jr these past two years

[@zillailluhr]

Dooo it doooo it doooo it

[@aspennnnnnnn]

Griffin made both a Jojo's reference *and* a History of the Entire World I Guess reference in one video. I couldn't be more proud.

[@neverloggingout]

Josuke and Crazy Diamond

[@8bitPikachu]

That hair is not at all Crazy, It's really cool like a Diamond

[@e-811]

I can’t believe Cid Finálfantásy predicted Aubrey’s storyline in TAZ Amnesty

[@itsjustaburningname3685]

He looks so much like Mondo Oowada!

[@markclark5230]

This is the entire reason I clicked this video.

[@AceAttorny]

"A Heathcliff out of Garfield." Nice foreshadowing.

[@nightmare_creature3757]

Cid Finalfantasy is a depressed middle age man who wants to be a cat boy and travels to obtain a potion that will let him achieve his dreams. However to use the potion he must consume a cat-girl's soul essence so he underwent surgery to allow his body to absorb anime girls but as side affect his brain had to be moved upwards. He quests alongside Robert Downey Jr. Jr., a small child clone of Robert Downey Jr. who was deemed a failure by the factory and killed but was then Isekaied into final fantasy world. They are also joined by a cool anime girl that Cid was saving for later but was caught off guard by her sheer coolness energy and a sentient mickey mouse glove that is always pointing at either the moon or Cid's brain and they don't know which. Another problem is that Cid can't distinguish cat-girls from regular anime girls so he just absorbs every anime girl unfortunate enough to cross his path.

[@mcstronghuge]

"There's nothing funnier than a child with a beard" 12:18 yup

[@mob_by_night]

9:56 He's practically Guy Fieri without the frosted tips and I love this boy.

[@MashieMutt]

Greato Daze!

[@Rainygirl3100]

"We've never done a bald before, I don't think." (Squirtle sheds a single tear, forgotten)

[@13meli55a]

22:30 is Aubrey and the crystal

[@ignaciogmartinho]

Scrolled all the way down for this.

[@giantworm4699]

i’m laughing; griffin was definitely going to say a part of the brain but remembered that he couldn’t get it

[@zelg.5551]

4:45 - I appreciate the old crow laugh

[@mudstick]

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable (2017)

[@noodleware]

9:20 you made Angus how I see him this is amazing Im so happy now steal his neck warmer and sell it

[@Mistheart101]

It's bootleg Mondo Oowada, holy shit. Or bootleg Kuwabara.

[@firstnamelastname5436]

*_DUDE I PLAY ARCANIST AND MY CHARACTER IS JUST TAAKO AND I SAW SMITH IN THE TAVERN AND I SAID "PRETTY GOOD IT DOESNT SEEM, HUH THE SMITHS??"_*

[@katec1935]

9:43 they made small clint

[@Sir_Him]

"For once, we try to make something beautiful." All your creations are beautiful.

[@Sneakis96]

man id like them to make a gw2 monster factory. although theyd mostly just have to go with either a charr or an asura... tbh you can make some fucked up lookin asuras lol me and my friend each have an asura necro and the difference in their appearance was perfectly described by said friend: "your asura looks like she became a necromancer to resurrect her cute, beloved pet... mine just looks like he loves the smell of corpses..."

[@emilyrcronin]

DAVENPORT!

[@GetUpGetUpGetUp]

Atleast we still have you, Monster Factory.

[@lilimpanties3515]

it's been such a long time since i last cried from laughter and had to pause a video just to catch my breath. i feel like my tummy is getting a workout just from watching this.

[@Reieva]

The reason why i'm subscribed to Polygon

[@Zeppelee]

I'm here for that wonderful pompadour.

[@nommable]

I am 1000% excited to see you play this game that I spend so much time in.

[@rookie4796]

My heart broke with Justin's when Griffin let that Crushbone callback slip out

[@c.m.880]

24:45 was bordering on some major Catlateral damage energy

[@5wingeddragon]

"i'm cid finalfantasy! and i don't know who i am anymore :D" im laughing so hard

[@Rheah]

I knew the time would come when you naughty boys would tackle my favorite game. I'm crying tears of laughter.

[@fairyhaven13]

"How was the potion?" "It was great! I became a cat person, my birthday changed, and I stopped believing in god! Life is swell!"

[@Aeiouaaaaaaaaa]

Cid looked just as happy as Griffin sounded when he realized his name got cleared.

[@Stevonicus]

I think Cid Finalfantasy's new birthday is his transformation day

[@angesystem23]

Fun fact this video is partially responsible for me starting to play ffxiv good job boys

[@sweetteahyung6351]

Rat Baby The Squeakquel: Robert Downey Jr. Jr. so beautiful

[@jjrambles683]

They basically just made Josuke and Koichi