Pou: A Retrospective

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During the 2010's, mobile apps and games experienced a huge boom in popularity- Subway Surfers, Fruit Ninja, Temple Run, Talking Angela, and yes- everyone's favorite amorphous blob, Pou! Today, let's take a trip back to this era to revisit Pou, one of the most popular apps of the decade, as well as one of the strangest.
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[@skullchimes]

I'll never forget classmates forcing Pou to eat until he can't anymore and said NO, out loud, in the middle of class, few people doing that in the same room. That was too funny

[@snoleopard]

can we just appreciate the url that the youtube gods decided to give this video

[@ps1hagridoufofcharacter]

that "no" noise is so iconic, me and my siblings say it all the time lol

[@lillukoita]

Ou and I remember not feeding it so it would stay in that "cute baby form"... so I had a starving baby-pou that was like level 35... I was a horrible child xd

[@annahimmel]

those kids grew up to be sociopaths for sure lol

[@ps1hagridoufofcharacter]

@@annahimmel i was one of those and no i didnt

[@LauracLaurac]

I remember begging my dad to lend me his phone to download and play Pou. Apparently the day after that Pou got hungry during my dad's meeting and kept making weird noises. Needless to say he didn't stay downloaded for long.

[@cementarii8458]

LMAO

[@bluesheep7]

Lol, it happened to my mother too XD

[@dapotatoe7959]

​@UnknownAccount-excuse me?

[@lamibonxd]

@ferret ur carrying on the legacy

[@waltuh1000]

IT HAPPENED TO ME TOO, WHILE MY DAD WAS IN THE COURT DOING HIS JOB AS A SAUL GOODMAN THE SOUNDS STARTED 😭💀💀💀

[@charlieflowers8032]

i showed pou to my poppa (grandfather) when it first came out. he has had a few strokes and is a bit slow so i figured it would be fun for him. he still has his pou on his phone to this day. he loves it and i can tell he really feels for it. he has never spent any of the in game currency because "i like pou the way he is, i don't feel the need to change him" so 10 years later, he's still just a brown lump being tended to by an 80 year old man every day. it is so sweet. i was literally in intermediate when i downloaded it on his phone, i'm 23 now 😭

[@charlieflowers8032]

there is nothing like looking over to him and seeing an innocent grin on his face while he quick swipes the screen. when he does that i know he's cleaning pou, and it warms my soul.

[@charlieflowers8032]

i've just been informed by my nana that he's actually had to upgrade his phone, but due to not knowing if he can transfer his pou he keeps the old phone charged* next to his bed so he can look after pou still... i'm not crying ur crying

[@charlieflowers8032]

also in nz here! we pronounced it the same as you within our friend group

[@korn6722]

THIS IS SO SWEET!!

[@awakeache3627]

This is so adorable, I genuinely think I'll cry

[@outrage_swampert979]

A childhood memory that didn't went horribly wrong because the devs weren't hungry cash grabs? Wow, Miracles do happen

[@Snowy_snow561]

WOWWY

[@ShatitoLlegando]

Wos

[@luigi7834]

pou story!! my brother originally downloaded this game but my mom became obsessed with it. one day she needed a surgery and had to stay in the hospital a few days. she left us detailed instructions (like a full page) about how to take care of the pou. like what to do with him and at what times. when he needed to be fed, played with etc. like you would a real pet

[@MisakiPopo]

This is so cute 🥹

[@lluminescent]

That is adorable.

[@Kittyuwu8888]

That is sooooo sweet! I hope you took good care of em

[@SheHulk-jg2jc]

Proud pou mom!

[@guytrashgurtdog]

ain’t no way bruh 💀

[@vitor8128]

Here in Brazil Pou was a really popular game, I remember when I downloaded it on my cellphone and got addicted playing the minigames, earning money to buy him clothes and checking my phone everytime to see if he was hungry or dirty. Almost everyone here knows Pou as being a part of their childhood and I am fascinated by how such a simple game managed to become so popular.

[@nicolelouise7295]

It was quite popular when I was young, my data consist of seeing other kids playing it and also me wanting to play it as well but idk why I feel uneasy looking at him now.

[@luazul_]

O funk do Pou ta na minha cabeça INTEIRINHO ate hoje

[@quack505]

Muito louco ver br assistindo vídeo da Izzzyzzz

[@69_Satan_69]

yeah, had seen all my friends with it, to bad I didnt have a cellphone when it was at the hight of its popularity

[@ThatiiSantos]

acho que eu era a única Br assistindo izzzyzzz 🙃

[@Lidia__]

I love that they didnt make pou in to something massive. Its still the cute little app and not just a distant memory like some other things

[@jasperjazzie]

same tbh, it's nice seeing something just do what it set out to do and not try to be anything bigger than it needs to be by making it into a franchise and milking the hell out of it

[@robertschnobert9090]

​@@jasperjazzieI wish Nintendo finally stopped milking Mario. He's a plumber for Jesus sake! A plumber! He's not supposed to be in space or other planets. Nintendo is CRAZY 🌈

[@Muv22HD]

I managed to log into my old account and he was 1 health 1 food 1 fun and 1 energy with 6 poos and extremely dirty, but he is level 50 and

[@Lidia__]

@robertschnobert9090 what makes you believe they are milking mario? It's a game series that focuses more on gameplay and new ideas than anything else.

[@Brekfestus]

​@@robertschnobert9090 this fella might be stupid

[@KrabbyPatty99Archive]

Believe it or not, those "Pou knockoffs" you've mentioned have a fanbase. Also, Pou was temporarily deleted in December 2019 for an update. People went mad when they saw their beloved game go.

[@lambertstarr1218]

There was a “mou” for windows phones 😂

[@dashBoard818]

Ohh I remember that

[@Jadeddoxy]

Pou is a good memory for me if I gotta be honest cause my dad really cared for that little fella My dad was going on a trip and I played Pou on his phone at the time and he promised me that he'd take care of Pou and when he came back from the trip Pou was groomed very well and he was so proud of it ,and Pou had a yellow suit too I love my dad I added the same comment in insta with awful grammar lol

[@90sPikachu]

that's sooo sweet c':

[@jasontvghost]

your dad sounds awesome

[@B0OBIES]

Aww that's so sweet! What an awesome memory to have 💖

[@Batbitesthesecond]

Oh my god thats actually adorable, my dad would have immediately murdered my tamagotchi

[@barkingsandwich]

C:

[@CitroutheDuck]

I still remember the dumb rumours about this game that I would always believe in, "but did you know that if the pou makes 1000 poops they will have a child" and ""if you let your pou without care for 1 month they will die" were my favorites

[@CCClarinet12]

I remember me and my cousin actually believed the Pou dying rumors back then 😂😂😂😂

[@fadedgames1]

The one I recall most is the rumor "an ugly old bastard watches you through your camera".

[@CCClarinet12]

@@fadedgames1 that wasn’t a pou rumor it was a talking Angela rumor

[@fadedgames1]

@CC Clarinet12 I am aware, but I have heard it for Pou as well.

[@bl4mmed]

reminds me of the talking angela myths i never believed

[@firestar4407]

My mom loved this game. She would sometimes ask me how to feed it, wash it, play games, etc. I Miss you, mom.

[@raphniamagna2567]

honestly its nice knowing that Pou didn't go the way of fnaf and stayed its own game without turning into a heavily marketed multimedia franchise that lives and dies by the decisions of execs who couldn't care less about it as long as it is generating loads of money every second

[@maddieb.4282]

Lol someone’s bitter

[@losalphaenterprises]

I would say Talking Tom is the better comparison. They are really the same concept, one became big and the other stayed humble. Even tho I'm not really interested in fnaf, it has genuine care put into it

[@erinbadger2158]

Pou being "an odd bonding experience" is the best way to describe it haha. My sister & I would take turns on our shared iPad playing the mini games & customizing the lil dude

[@kittypeanut4102]

I did the same with some of my older cousins!

[@vetrovnik]

There was a whole theory in my primary school about poop in Pou. Someone started a rumor that if you let the poop accumulate up to a certain point, without clicking on it to get coins, you would get a baby Pou alongside your regular Pou. So you'd have two Pous to take care of and that would apparently unlock a tone of features? I vividly remember a kid saying they could have their Pous fight and that on their phone they had two fully grown Pous in golden suits, but alas he couldnt take his smartphone to school...

[@camthecamposer5912]

This is incredible, I remember that exact same rumor making it to my school in Chile. I wonder how a rumor this weird made it both to a random school in south america to a small town in eastern europe. Cause like, these things were mostly spread mouth to mouth so... how on earth?

[@vetrovnik]

@Steph Im also from eastern europe! not a small town, a rather large one :D maybe thats kinda where it started?

[@victorlolxd7347]

Yikes i guess early video game trends and theories goes like salt and pepper i remember there being this theory that if you played temple run enough or earned enough coins or whatever you unlock a secret Blue monster with a rainbow face and a secret movie-like backstory to the orginal monster and since the person telling me this was 2 years older it had to be true right?

[@holmj6208]

I think I heard a rumor that if you collected enough poop you could get a special poop (probably golden or something) that would be worth a ridiculous amount of coins... I obviously tried it, but all I got was amusment from my brother and dismay from my sister :/ I'm from Finland if it matters :)

[@Silvery_jade]

OOOH I REMEMBER THAT My classmates used to call me dumb for cleaning my pou saying that I "wouldn't get the baby pou" but I always thought it was dumb 😅

[@RegsaGC]

Pou looks super simple in still images, but it's so animated! This took some time and talent to do.

[@FlamingSkyess-ni6ri]

Nintendogs cats ARE SO CUTE!! Also thank you for referencing wobbledogs, literally my favorite game

[@dr.ducttape2161]

I feel like Pou was one the last games where playground rumors were a thing, I remember all the "how to get a second Pou by letting the it poop a hundred times" talk lol

[@liveatlife]

I HEARD THAT AS WELL. Also that it could explode if you fed it too much... I was so scared but also highly tempted at that time

[@lizardasslick]

The amount of "how to kill pou" videos is insane

[@ouchyeouchzowie]

omg i remember believing that rumor

[@nev8755]

Its a good day when Izzyyzz posts

[@cennix]

Fr!! I always look forward to her videos

[@notaseat5934]

I’m always rewatching their old videos whilst I wait for a new one

[@bellepeppermint]

frabjous day

[@lamibonxd]

i love how none of us can ever spell their username right

[@itzzzzyor_boi_staticTV]

Yup

[@kennysdirtyhoodie3459]

Pou was actually the first game I bought and played on the App Store. I had it on my iPod Touch I was OBSESSED with that little fella

[@VeryCrunchyPretzels]

My Boo is a game that lives in my nightmares, I remember playing that game so much back in the day💀 I’m glad it was mentioned here cause I for the life of me couldn’t remember what it was called, but I did remember something about Pou seeming similar to something in my childhood and then there it was

[@simplyblank]

In elementary school, a substitude teacher (she was pretty young, around 30) had downloaded Pou on her phone and played it on breaks and i remember me and bunch of my schoolmates giving her tips and tricks while watching her play. Sure was an odd bonding experience but it was nice.

[@itsjustmaddisen]

That’s so adorable lol.

[@gemcorker3982]

I'm not gonna correct your spelling because I really like the very 90's/early 00's concept of a "substitude" teacher- a substitute with attitude, who roller skates into the class wearing sunglasses and a backwards baseball cap, saying things like SIKE! And NOOOT! in a super obnoxious way. (I bet all the kids would just cringe their way into just behaving themselves and nor saying a damn thing unless they wanted to get the human version of Poochie to do literally anything and they cringe themselves to the Shadow Realm.) Your story is very cute, sorry I didn't mean to make fun of it - it was just such a strong mental image I got I had to share 😅

[@victorlolxd7347]

@@gemcorker3982ohhhh gosh! I had a cool “hip” sub teacher like that and he was just too much plus he had a ponytail

[@reign_issue]

@@victorlolxd7347 those ones are always really fun people to be around, annoying, or sexual predators

[@benayers8622]

@@reign_issue i was a real man by 15 so in my experience they weren't predators simply admirers of my true top G Alpha Chad Status.. Strange how perspective can totally change how things are perceived eh :) 🫡miss harvey i salute your mega magnum oppai 😁 im glad i wasnt brainwashed into whatever these skinny ankle curly hair lot have let themselves become! They certainly aint men no more! Thats why so many vile manly females now, sum1 had to take up the slack i suppose 🤷‍ also like this was never really an issue in my day but to be sure izzyzz is actually genuinely a girl right? I mean im pretty sure like but its best to be sure these days ✌❤️

[@kenajgold]

It was the best feeling going to my grandmas house, eating apple pie and playing pou on her kindle. Grandma would often help me with the games and collect coins when i wasn't there because she grew to liking it. Sometimes my cousin would come and we would make a challenge of who could dress pou up the most ridiculous (he always won) I really miss those days, grandma also had a ps2 and played super bust a move 2 with me, she would always position the pointer and tell me when to shoot the bubble She was the coolest grandma on earth Miss you oma

[@PytD]

What a lovely memory!

[@noranizaazmi6523]

Coolest grandma ever!

[@klapollo3861]

Man, your Oma sounds like the coolest grandma ever!♥

[@slakzy7089]

OMG NOT SUPER BUST A MOVE, CUZ SAME, I NEVER HEARD ANYONE MENTION IT BEFORE

[@witchyemofurbs8623]

Semi unrelated, but I've never seen someone who called the grandmother Oma before! It's cool :)

[@Big-Chungus21]

I loved Pou when I was a kid playing it on my mums phone in 2012. I remember that you could visit other peoples pou’s, too 😊

[@chimerianidiot]

Great video as always, just one observation: the hunger potion isn't for pure sadism, it's for grinding. Like, you fill pou with a bunch of food, then when it starts refusing to eat you give it the hunger potion, then repeat. From what I remember this isn't really an effective method of grinding, but if you wanna be a tryhard (on a pet game out of all things) yet also don't have patience for the minigames, then it's there.

[@BananaWrathful]

Pou is an iconic memory, I would take turns taking care of it on my moms old phone in 2013 or so. She got hooked too and would take care of it during her break time at work. We got to level 80 ish and had a nice house, flowers and outfits but she replaced her phone and lost all the save data it was depressing. RIP Pou never forgotten

[@oswwalt_0828]

Pou actually have an account system, so if you want to save your progress you can just log in next time

[@Past3lPawz]

never would I expect a Pou retrospective be something that I click on

[@dancelikean1diot]

lmfao fr

[@barbararab6390]

Same, brb gonna get pou again

[@jewelxx]

i literally just discovered this channel and it all just feels like a surreal yet enjoyable mix and mash of brain matter, a documentary on the story of goddamn pou made by a woman with a unique fashion sense and hair that seems to vary in almost every upload in a room full of garfield merchandise

[@alanalino4554]

exactly, it's so random and i love it

[@armadillosgiraffes2313]

my cousin and i used to play this game all the time as young kids, and they used to like to tell me of an urban legend where if you neglected pou for too long or kept him awake too long, you could come back to the game and there'd be a tombstone/empty screen (presumably pou having either moved on to greener pastures/ or "moved on"). that shit kept me awake at night.

[@lucykemp]

People in my class were obsessed with it around 2012-2014. There was a rumor going around that you'd get a second Pou if you leave enough of his poops lying around lol. Also on a class trip our phones got confiscated and people had absolute meltdowns bc they thought their Pou will die.

[@tylern6420]

hey there

[@nanaki1990roblox]

XD

[@n8than26]

God.. I remember making the most gothic pou imaginable, using wings and stuff like that lmao

[@telesamgram]

me too and i named it bela pougosi

[@Ghost5O5]

Ebpouny Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way

[@april6396]

Same!

[@telesamgram]

@@Ghost5O5 LMFAO

[@straenmusikant7402]

I remember making my pou blue/ pink

[@ChaoscelusApollyon]

Not gonna lie, I only installed Pou on my phone back then because I was ACTIVELY trying to kiII it. I had such deep hatred for that thing for no reason and I still do now. This video has revived my bIoodIust

[@The-Official-B3NNYxGL4M0]

I grew up with this little guy in 2014-2017 and came back in 2022 just to see him again… NOW HES ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA AND IDK WHY

[@angrypanini4260]

Pou was practically every 2000s kid's experience along with Subway Surfers, Temple Run and those Talking Angela spooky conspiracies

[@madelein3167]

God, I loved Pou. I have so many memories of being on the subway, crowded on all sides, and making sure my Pou was well fed and healthy. RIP to my Pou who died when I dropped my phone !

[@ShizuAV]

I miss my pou so much. I created him back in 2014-2015 and found him after 7 years. I contacted the official email twice, to get access to my old account, but sadly nothing ever happend in the last 2 years. Its sad, but maybe some day, there will be active devs again, and even a functional email adress.

[@Persun_McPersonson]

My Boo is an example of an imitator that is actually better designed and more polished.

[@pietoliw7678]

This was my whole childhood while having my first actual phone

[@Jadeddoxy]

Yess!

[@wasserruebenvergilbungsvirus]

Same, I remember playing this on my Samsung Galaxy S3 with Pokemon themed app launcher as a 13 y/o xD

[@foxqy8858]

Pou was basically the only thing that got me to stay alive when I had unalive feelings in secondary school because if I died, he would have no one to look after him ! That's a weird repressed memory you just unlocked... edit : thank you all for the kind messages and now I'm totally fine, it was a long time ago

[@C0ffelover_]

Hopefully everything is okay

[@lepus9588]

i’m glad you’re still here :)

[@huffing_metal]

That is adorable in a sad way.

[@spaghettiisyummy.3623]

I'm not sure if that's depressing, or..

[@KirboCheesecake]

i mean, same sort of?

[@Talia_Foxx]

I always pronounced it like "poo" when I was a kid. I thought it was some obscure Kindle Fire knockoff thing. A few years ago, I began hearing other people talk about it, and that's when I discovered that, not only was it not as niche as I always expected it was, but I had also been saying it wrong the entire time. Edit: Typed this before I got too far into the video. Now that I'm hearing you had the exact opposite experience, I'm even more surprised.

[@Perfumada]

I'm an absolute Pou fan. A friend of Paul Salameh told me that Pou 3D (or Pou 2) is 50% developed. Also yes new updates are coming as well.

[@AceKing-me5vb]

i remember begging my mother to check on pou for me throughout the day (and she would) this was such a core memory

[@tshunobanks]

your mother is so real for that

[@wowie7568]

That's so sweet

[@nightchyld81]

I’ll never forget the sound he made when you tried to feed him and he wasn’t hungry. It still plays in my head whenever I say “meh” or try a food I don’t like 😭

[@mia-uz9lx]

I'd like to mention aswell that letely theres a slight more recognition to Pou lately since a rookie new idol named Kamden has some similarities with the crying pou and hes seen often with a Pou plush 😭😭

[@PatchworkRose567]

I’ll never forget Pou seemingly bringing everyone in my school together. I remember kids from all kinds of social circles showing off and comparing their little guys and their houses to anyone willing to listen. People would share tips on how to get money fast in order to buy that one accessory you just had to have.

[@aeriszona]

I remember when everyone was in on the conspiracy that Pou could die and tried to do it themselves. I remember there were whole tutorials and everything

[@tylern6420]

funny alien

[@sasaalien1215]

@@tylern6420 the funniest

[@dedchanel4002]

"hey guys here's a tutorial on how to cause your funny poo alien to perish"

[@timohara7717]

​@@dedchanel4002the when i

[@Ali_bdeir]

​@@timohara7717me when the that have the because

[@aydenperry2622]

at this point we need a whole Virtual Pet Site Retrospective in general talking about the absolutely insane world of virtual pet sites and the deeply strange drama it all attracts

[@poixon_asherzzz]

I still miss Nintendo dogs or 101 dino pet somehow 101 dino pet was a Nintendo game abt adopting dino pets but I'd love if someone make a video abt it

[@bebo2629]

@@poixon_asherzzz 101 Dino also had a PC version and got a sequel (also one for the 3Ds). I got the PC version as in extra with some cornflakes which was a great deal.

[@YouTubeUser-qx8ki]

As a Lebanese, I believe the correct pronunciation is [pu] since in Lebanon, most of us speak French as a second or third language and in French "ou" is pronounced [u] as in "you" or "rubi" or "cool"... Further more, "Pou" in French translates to "Lice" in English, so I, and most poeple I know who played the game always thought the alien was a lice... P.S. Paul Salameh's other games are hilarious, thank u for mentioning them and talking about him, gr8 video :)

[@MaddieAndRosannaGachaLife]

I remember was obsessed with temple run, Fruit Ninja, Flappy Bird, Angry Birds, Talking Angela but My Fav was always Pou when I was younger I remember trying to save up to color mine and get eyelashes and outfits for mine lol

[@floofthedoof]

Pou is very nostalgic. It was the time when I was popular in high school -- with my kid family members. They take turns to "take care" of the little critter who I just found out now is an alien. Pou will always be a poop to me. Also I say Pou as Pou. :> Oh and that fuzzy head wear is comfy and cute as heck and the makeup is on point!

[@tashkent561]

Izzy out there making videos about our whole childhood. Thanks for your service. :salute:.

[@485OCEAN]

🫡

[@allyma3]

D

[@BrainoConf]

I wish she was a guy tbh. Only flaw in those vids.

[@chelseashift]

🫡

[@terracethemenace]

o7

[@heyna1185]

My favorite part of Pou was collecting all his poops 🤣 mine had a little army

[@Crux___]

I remember when I was obsessed with this when my cousin had it on her phone. I’m kinda glad I didn’t get my first phone until way later because it made getting to play the 2010 nostalgia games more of an ✨experience✨

[@oreoskys]

All these weird childhood memories really made me think of the obscure tv shows I was OBSESSED with as a kid, from 'Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat' to 'Growing up Creepie' (why was the praying mantis mom so pretty???) and 'Tutenstien'. Honestly I feel like there's an untapped market for those shows. A deep dive would honestly be so cool!!🕴Amazing video as always!

[@fayebunny1759]

I watched Sagwa when I was little! I dint really remember any of it, but my mom says it was one of my favorites.

[@Wolf_Chariot]

OMG I'm glad that someone else remembers Turenstein, that was one of my fave childhood cartoons :D

[@JasonGravewalker]

Discovery Kids was so slept on

[@toothfairy10133]

!! who drew your profile picture? i love the art style :0

[@oreoskys]

@@toothfairy10133 Oh!! I did! thank you so much!!

[@sarabeara9198]

i love that Pou doesn’t have any dark sides or controversies 😭❤️

[@Sopjies]

for some reason anytime izzzyzzz uploads something that i played with/knew as a kid i have to take a couple days to prepare myself to watch them.... the videos are never bad or make me cringe, its just the memories that do lol

[@lifaen]

When I was kid, it was so cool to have Pou, all girls around me played it, but I couldn't download it. When I got a phone, that could, I was so happy. I don't remember seeing the design as cheap and easy, but more like clean and simple to use and understand. I knew the games here aren't original, but I really liked these clean versions. It all had the same style and I found that satisfying.

[@nyananath]

I didn't know Pou was popular to English speaking audiences lol, it is monstrously known in Latin America and I was actually a kid when it came out, so me and all my classmates played it Some of the most common experiences regarding Pou around here are either trying to kill it or trying to get it a baby, both of those obviously myths, don't know if it's a Latin American thing or an universal experience Also, here we pronounce it just as Izzzyzzz does, whoever says it as "poo" can leave Unrelated but as a suggestion: I think a video about Pony Town would be great :D I've played it ever since 2018 and think It'd be a good topic bc of its big relationship with fandom culture :3

[@inklovemail]

omg yes ponytown would make such a good retrospective

[@delusion5867]

I was never into this game, and I thought it was "poo" mostly a KZbinr I watched as a kid would make jokes about it and pronounced it as "poo" (the joke wasn't the word poo though). I always interpret the word "po" as being pronounced as izzzyzzz says. 2 O's is usually a long sound like "look" or "rooster". 1 O is short like "open" or "abandon". But English is a non-sensical nightmare so...

[@MartuPamio]

creo que es bastante latinoamericano porque la mayoria teníamos android en el celular y era el juego más facil y barato de jugar (no tenia anuncios!!! era genial!!!) buenisimo)

[@FoxGameCZ]

Pou was popular in my europe as well, not just english speaking countries or latin.

[@EarlyOwOwl]

Pou es parte de la experiencia latina

[@Alfreedom]

Had no idea it costed money! I had it on my mom’s old Samsung and my family found the “talking Pou” feature so hilarious. It honestly still is an inside joke in my family. I still have it downloaded on my iPad mini and every once in a while check in on it.

[@lildemon6464]

Oh my god. Pou is my childhood. I still play it.

[@Fizszy]

OMG my boo 😭 I remember playing pou but I really loved my boo the most

[@ulkaalcachofajorquera5756]

My sister and i downloaded pou for our mother a couple months back, because i was moving out (my sister already left) so she wouldnt get so lonely, and felt like she was caring for something, cause she loved tamagochi back in the day. Surprisingly it worked! We get pou updates every time we call.

[@maddieb.4282]

I mean this is nice but you know she’s an adult who can take care of herself and who should be able to find entertainment on her own right? Being an empty nester is awesome in a lot of ways and I’m sure she’s been planning for it.

[@_knucklehead]

Oh my goodness I LOVE Pou! My friend and I still mimic the ‘No!’ Pou says when he doesn’t want anymore food! This was such a treat :) awesome job as always!

[@insertusernamehere3173]

I'm on team pou! Lol This brings back some nostalgia. I didn't use pou as much because I preferred my boo but idk why there was less content just better costumes lol. Cool video!

[@kakazet]

I have really good memories from the time my friends and I played Pou. I wish I could come back to a couple of those moments.

[@Nae_aka_toras_wifey]

I used to be obsessed with this game when I was younger 😭 I'm so glad you're making a vid on it

[@Guusagi]

this game had a chokehold on my little brother and his friends for a good while😆 can't wait to learn more about it haha

[@Muv22HD]

thank you for pronouncing pou correctly, some people call it "poo" even tho its an alien not a poo which throws out that joke name

[@snowy_gateaway7583]

This really brings back memories. In my home country, Finland, the 2010s were all about mobile gaming! :D That's because games like Clash of Clans, Hill Climb Racing and Angry Birds were all Finnish mobile games and everyone liked the recognition of our country

[@eronmuwu]

I was freaking out for the first 10 minutes cause this game felt SO FAMILIAR but foreign at the same time?!? Once you mentioned my boo I was so calm. That’s what I played growing up lol

[@DarlingKuromi]

I would be playing this in church on my grandmas Amazon kindle fire. It was an absolute bomb.

[@Hugglent]

Frl all the games on a grandmas kindle were fire

[@fernlucas6334]

This video brought back so many memories! I was obsessed with this game on and off throughout my childhood! (Also when I was a teen I used to download pou just for the mini games. Since my phone was a cheap hand-me-down it had very little space and pou was a pretty small app that let me play loads of knockoff games for less space😅)

[@chaoticlucius689]

This reminded me of that one weird adultswim game from years ago; "My Little Bastard". I feel like that was a collective hallucination. Also related but unrelated, Robot Unicorn Attack was another game on that site that had 2 sequels and a mobile app version. Idk why I was so obsessed with those games as a tween, but yeah

[@Junior6288]

There’s something about Izzzyzz’s voice, esthetic, nostalgia content, and video production/editing that bring such a sense of calm and joy. Always a good day when a video drops. 😌

[@kaksoispistekolme]

I remember finding my elementary school phone couple years ago whilst visiting my family and mostly all of the texts between me and my buddies were us updating what level our Pous are.... I'd give anything to get to live those precious moments again

[@Ellempeh]

Not me downloading the app again after watching this video 💀 I have so many treasured memories of my friends and I playing that game during class breaks. I loved it so much. My goal was to purchase every single item you could buy, but I never managed to do that xD

[@galaxyfaraway0]

I thought for the longest time that Pou was pronounced 'pow', like the comic sound effect.

[@SuperSkyhorse]

I remember playing Pou in high school, just after it came out, it's so nostalgic 😭 I was way too introverted, and spent the breaks caring for Pou and beating my highscores in the minigames, before I actually got friends and forgot about him. Sorry, Pou.

[@liveatlife]

I was super into Pou when it was popular. I had my very first smartphone when it launched and I hold it as a dear memory to this day. Also, it is really funny to hear that your family was also into Pou because it became an inside joke in mine as well. To this day my dad sometimes imitates the high pitched "no". Guess Pou really was family friendly :D (Also I pronounce it like... "Poo" because I am german I didn't really know the English meaning behind at that age)

[@meatball349]

i say poo too

[@Sakuralexis]

Non UK Europeans unite

[@SkitsyCat]

I still have Pou on my phone today, along with Subway Surfers, Zombie Tsunami, PvZ 1 AND 2, and Fruit Ninja. I don't really play them much lately, but I occasionally still come back to Pou for Sudoku haha

[@elliewellie_YouTube]

Egg Baby was the BEST Pou imitator I was obsessed

[@nathanwindom3978]

I was 10 years old in 2012, but this is somehow my first time ever hearing of pou despite its immense popularity. I guess it just goes to show how much selling out extends your reach as a mobile game. Props to the creator for never losing the vision of what he wanted Pou to be.

[@yeethittter1285]

For some reason this game really scared me as a kid. I thought Pou's design was really creepy, and the design of his poops, and I especially freaked out at the noise that played when you lost a minigame. Weird times Edit: I played MyBoo a lot more lol. Because I actually liked the visuals

[@estherstreet4582]

My friend had MyBoo on her phone because she didn't like the fact that pou looked like a poo.

[@terminator572]

Over here in Mexico it was a fairly popular game back in the late 2010s, around 2014-2016 when I was in 3rd semester of high school. I remember starting a regular day when I heard that NYOH sound and being so puzzled I slowly pivoted my head back to a very entertained classmate trying to feed his Pou with an apple. He told me you can also clean his poops and that it was very fun.

[@CherryXXCola]

Omg I played My Boo with my cousin, and I was so jealous because her Boo had a hat

[@expensivecoffee]

Maybe you could look into the Petz games? I played one of the earliest versions so much as a kid, and this made me think about it. I looked up a video on YT now which was a Demo Video from 1998, and the pets are so interactive and complicated(in a great way) !? Young me didn't even know all of it. Personalities, learning tricks, interacting with other pets, and more. Would love to hear more about the games, what happened with them, and your thoughts on them 🤩🌸

[@expensivecoffee]

Ew I just found they made Babyz too? You could even talk to them??? I'm uncomfortable

[@estherstreet4582]

the graphics of the petz games were so funny, they're literally made of circles. I really enjoyed the catz games I had as a kid.

[@chicka-boom7540]

Dogz 5 and Catz 5 are an integral part of my childhood. In fact I might just go download them right now for old timez sake.

[@CCClarinet12]

I played the Petz ds games a TON as a child

[@zakucat1894]

Catz 5 had such a weird uncanny atmosphere to it. Such an oddly creepy game and that isn't even exclusive to the horror/haunted areas

[@CaatsGoMoooo]

The title and thumbnail of this absolutely TRANSPORTED my ass back to middle school. I was so diligent with taking care of my pou, actually got it to a pretty high level but.... sadly the day came where I deleted the app. My Pou lives on in my heart to this day

[@chawywyiscool]

I absolutely LOVED this game as a child. Pou still holds up to this day and a few months ago i redownloaded it. Its almost part of my daily routine to check on him. Great retrospective!

[@spaghettiisyummy.3623]

I was chronically addicted to Pou as a Child... I used to go after very specific outfits, and then i basically made a whole Family of OCs. I also abused the Energy potions more than a College Students. They helped me grind a ton!

[@Xxeeena]

I used to play pou on my mom's thick laptop. I remember myself gaming on the minigame where food would fall from the sky and dressing it up "so cool" to take his pet for a walk. Such great memories

[@ChristopherSadlowski]

Damn...I'm so old. I never heard of this game ever. Listening to Izzy is like having an alien trying to explain its homeworld's culture to me through a bad auto translator. I kinda understand what's happening, but I'm mostly very confused and have no frame of reference for anything. Still, I keep coming over to learn more and more. Another fun video! Thanks Izzy!

[@onionbubs386]

Same here lol

[@anonybelle]

As a fellow old, I respect your willingness to try and learn more about the bizarre youth nerd culture we missed out on.

[@jasminv8653]

I was, I think, just a little too old for this at the time. I remember one of my younger cousins or a son of a family friend talking about it but never had any connection to it in my school lmao... So bizarre.

[@TPNsBiggestFan]

me but reversed

[@dairallan]

Just think. Theres now an entirely new generation that Izzy probably feels is alien to her in the same way her generation is alien to you. WIld.

[@doodlenoodlex]

I grew up with pou, my mum loved her pou as she used to play it everyday she could and enjoyed making it her own. I have had the app on most my devices as it’s helped me stay alive and kept me distracted through dark moments. I have pou on my phone currently and it proved the best fun when I was on my summer break

[@micahguillemette3344]

Honestly i never knew about Pou. I do remember dowloading My Boo at some point, playing for 10 minutes before getting bored and deciding i didnt care enough and deleting it from my ipod 5. Ah memories...

[@Kade-c0gh4]

I PLAYED MY BOO TO!

[@allisonl6604]

I swear every video you post unlocks another piece of my childhood that I had completely forgotten about. I love it so much. Watching your videos always makes me feel so nostalgic

[@MoonBoy317]

My mom, sister, and I used to play Pou all the time! We would crack up at the "no!" And the noise the notifications would make. I'll have to bring this up next time mom and I get together, I'm sure she will be delighted

[@cutewebsurfing]

I really miss these types of games, I wonder why people don't really make virtual pet games anymore, I feel like nostalgic tamagotchi-like games would be perfect to play on mobile nowadays, I feel like it's a really untapped market, the most recent one I can think of is Pakka Pets

[@sgt.sweetcheeks]

It's so wild being just a few years older because the things they talk about on this channel were apparently hugely popular but I've never heard of half of them

[@payne3133]

im 20 and i know everything they talk about nearly

[@sgt.sweetcheeks]

@Payne lol that's what I mean. I'm getting close to thirty so I've never heard of all these kids apps that were popular when I was getting out of highschool

[@supernovasquid5235]

Oh I'm so jealous you have the MLP Hidden Dissectables! They're definitely my favorite pony figures on the market, and so on-brand for your channel! Wonderful video as always! ❤️

[@drachna]

I love that video essays like this exist.

[@annab.3550]

I played My Boo and didn't even know this was the inspiration 😯 The only reason I stopped playing was because an update reset all my progress. I still think about it saying "boo boo" to this day...

[@thevexster2]

I remember having Pou on both of my parents Ipads because I didn't want to have to share custody with my sister for the one, idk why it hooked me so much - this little trangular creatcher, but i loved him, the soccer game was one of my faves