Ranking YOUR favorite halloween specials

[@AthenaPOfficial]

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[@supercjm3306]

"That felt a little too edgy for Disney Channel" Athena, you haven't watched enough A.N.T. Farm. That show was basically Always Sunny for children. There's straight up an episode where a teacher attempts suicide on-screen. (It's in the first scene of "The ReplacemANT", which is available in it's entirety for free on KZbin, just in case you don't believe me).

[@AthenaPOfficial]

DEAR GOD????

[@pineappleprincess9704]

​@@AthenaPOfficial And there was the episode "Body of EvidANTs", where it seemed as though one of the characters "killed" a "Flurbot" For the record, the Flurbot was a toy and it faked being dead, but it's still pretty fucked up

[@maddiekoester7785]

@@AthenaPOfficial I had to check it out for my self- It’s real.

[@chyannerose7595]

@@AthenaPOfficialthe second halloween special is so much better & the song is underrated

[@KryocorruptEian]

@@AthenaPOfficial Why do I feel like you’re gonna do a lore video on that show?

[@itswizardtime63]

I really need her to explain the lore of Dino Dan, because i feel like there are tons of potential theories about the show

[@gorek1tty]

i second this

[@wowiezzowiebowie]

i literally LIVED off of this show when i was 5 😭😭 i would love if she went over the series

[@dabatman5187]

There definitely are

[@Flugel_Halogen]

Please 🙏

[@dinodefender]

YESSSS SOMEONE ELSE WANTS THIS!!!!!!

[@ScarletRebel96]

Scary godmother is a film with pretty outdated cgi graphics but thats part of the charm of why we love it

[@TheTheninjagummybear]

It literally looks exactly like the comics, it's great!

[@cheesemcmuffin7229]

I remember growing up and seeing Scary Godmother every October and I was only able to watch it one day of the whole year and I thought I was insane and imagining things since my siblings never watched it 😂😂

[@facelesscat1138]

I loved Girl vs. Monster as a kid and I vividly remember a line from it I will never forget "Teens, am I right?" "How would you know?" "I have a cat... he's at a very difficult age right now." The delivery is PERFECT and I will never get over it! It cracks me up!

[@genemelendez368]

Fun Fact: The Mario cartoon episode you saw originally featured a cover of Thriller by Michael Jackson. All of the episodes had song covers, but they were cut from DVD and streaming versions due to licensing issues

[@evangelinewood3325]

Was NOT ready to hear my own voice say "Yeah im that guy. A silly sitcom guy." But im HERE FOR IT LMAOOO

[@AthenaPOfficial]

Your execution was AMAZING. I was thinking about that stream all week! So much fun!!

[@dancegregorydance6933]

I remember Disney having some scary Halloween special for kids like Don’t Look Under the Bed, Halloween Town, Can of Worms. Which is probably where my love of horror comes from.

[@maddiemeep]

Don’t look under the bed scared me SO BAD as a kid lol

[@mk-aka-morgan8386]

I watched this with my older sister and she got so unnecessarily angry at you for not knowing the vampire kids name from Scary Godmother 😬😬😬 Loved the video 💕

[@AthenaPOfficial]

Oh that’s little Jeff?? (I still don’t know lmaooo) thanks so much for watching and enjoying

[@20000dino]

11:31 Not the Hereditary reference, I literally know Toni Collette’s monologue by heart and never noticed how funny that line is 😭😭

[@devonmunn5728]

It is a reference I wouldn't expect Athena to make but hey who says she can't enjoy all kinds of media

[@Frames12521]

I'm so happy there's a channel on KZbin almost entirely dedicated to over-explaining kids shows from 10-20 years ago. Thank you

[@finnneedshelp6653]

As a zim fan, it's definitely an acquired taste. I loved it from the first frame, but I can absolutely understand why some people don't lol

[@MarianaMartinezOfficial]

I totally forgot about "Calling all the monsters"! I used to listen to it on loop all October! 😂

[@madnessarcade7447]

China did a new version of the song

[@ElizabethMidfordHatesCops]

​@@madnessarcade7447And it's soooooo good. I wonder if her and her sisters will do another updated version after twenty years. If so, I don't know how they're gonna manage to improve upon perfection.

[@devonmunn5728]

I still listen to that song every Halloween

[@PastaMasta09]

I never really thought of s’mores as an American thing, but I guess I’ve never seen anyone outside the US talk about them.

[@fletniapana3789]

it's one of the most american things i can think of as an european. i always wanted to try it

[@anitachamberlain3391]

You gotta have smores in your life. It's kind of a summer/fall thing, just depends. Make sure to actually fire-roast the marshmallow, microwaving it IS blasphemy. You can also swap out the Hershey bit for a Reese's or something if that's more your thing. No one has to know. @@fletniapana3789

[@Willy_bob_14]

I live in the UK and I have never known anyone who hasn’t tried a smore

[@VxlvetCece]

Invader Zim is just like that. There's an episode where Zim turns Dib into bologna, and there's an episode where the worst thing in the world is just a blank room with a moose. It's very 2000s 'randem xD' at times but it's also weirdly freaky at times (looking at you, dark harvest) and I love it, but if you don't, I get it.

[@wegotthechoccies]

As an Australian, i do believe that the biscuits used on traditional s'mores aren't something that the UK and Australia have readily available. We typically just roast the marshmallows and just eat those

[@shrimpy4689]

graham crackers?

[@wildstarfish3786]

what biscuits? /gen graham crackers aren't cookies

[@MeganMikkelsen6037]

​@@wildstarfish3786Yea I don't blame anyone for calling them a biscuit/cookie because they're sweeter than usual crackers.

[@maddiekoester7785]

When you had asked for Halloween specials and episodes I completely forgot to put in my request for DuckTales’ The Trickening! It’s such a good episode! Oh well, there’s always next year!

[@hunnitbaehunnitbae8804]

replying to remind you about this because in the hopes that Athena would inclide this in her next Halloween special video bc i miss Duck Tales and love Halloeen and am currently obssed with Athena's videos

[@Allthingsasian]

Could you do a lore video on the octonouts? It was genuinely a banger and is super underrated in my opinion. The lore is probably wild as well.

[@wornouthoodie]

I think she’s planning on doing one. Also I agree 💙💙💙

[@kel.sharpe]

This show was my entire world as a wee lass, I recall seeing a blob fish for the first time on that show and that was… something! Haha (beware that the blob fish isn’t the cutest thing)

[@meowmeow7476]

It's also a WILD rabbithole learning that nearly an entire SEASON is still being held captive and the english version STILL has yet to be release from its clutches 😔

[@whatalsaid]

Fun fact: in Scary godmother 2, the role of Jimmy was recast with Alexander Ludwig, who you may know from his role as Ken in Nicki Minaj’s “Super Freaky Girl” music video.

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

No way

[@nothingisrealnothingtogeth6833]

I was SOOOOO excited for this video, and it came out right on my birthday! This is the best unintentional birthday gift I've ever uhh, witnessed. Thank you, Athena! ☺️

[@itswizardtime63]

Happy birthday 🥳🥳🎂🎂

[@morgancrabtree6248]

Happy birthday.

[@AthenaPOfficial]

Hope you’re having a great birthday!!!

[@andromedatheharpy9087]

happy birthday!

[@wornouthoodie]

happy birthday!!!

[@kgbofficer5629]

Ok Athena it has now officially been a year to the day that I discovered your channel!!!

[@AthenaPOfficial]

Omg that’s awesome! Thanks for going on this silly weird journey with me!! Lots more fun to come of course

[@sarahtelles1931]

Oh sweet Invader Zim. Zim is an Alien tricked by the tall ones, leaders who are chosen because they are tall, into going to a planet for "invasion preparations" when they were just getting him out of the way for the actual planets they were invading.

[@leewitten4758]

My favorite Halloween Special is "The Halloween that Almost Wasn't", where Dracula and the Queen of the Witches have a power struggle, and she threatens to quit, and thereby cancel Halloween forever if she's not given equal authority and merchandise revenue as Dracula. It is just so silly, and Judd Hirsch as Dracula is just conceptually hilarious.

[@20000dino]

16:43 I think that’s kind of the point (and appeal) of Invader Zim. In an dark mirror of our Earth, humanity’s numbness and carelessness towards their own impending destruction renders them blind to the imminent threat of a literal alien invader. Their only savior is, ironically, a mere 12 year old conspiracy theorist black sheep, which epitomizes how insurgent yet helpless a lot of us feel at an age when no one takes us seriously, especially the marginalized (a premise which fit especially well back in the cultural land escape of the early 2000s, when the goth scene and counterculture was still thriving).

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

That’s true

[@clemclemclemclemcl]

as an invader zim fan, *we are coming for you./j*

[@IShy2]

I knew that Yo Gabba Gabba had a crossover with The Fresh Beat Band, but I had NO IDEA the Big Time Rush cameo was a thing But oh wow, perfect timing would you say

[@UltraCenterHQ]

2:16 It kinda plays into the fact that they underestimate Cedric a lot

[@wornouthoodie]

the headband thingy and makeup look💞💞💞💞

[@AthenaPOfficial]

Thank you so so so much!!! 🥰

[@wornouthoodie]

@@AthenaPOfficial ofc! 🥰

[@kaylagaymon4873]

Halloween specials are both scary and funny. I enjoyed watching some of them, but the others still freaked me out 😨😨😨🤣🤣🤣

[@bratgurl130]

I’ve been thinking of Casper’s Scare School for weeks now they had a great Halloween special

[@morgancrabtree6248]

Also while watching I had the thought you should do lore on Monster High, Ever After High, Strawberry Shortcake, or Care Bears. Probably not the new ones that are going on but the old ones would be neat.

[@pineappleprincess9704]

It would be interesting for her to talk about any of the care bears movies, but I'm specifically hoping she'd do the 2nd one Speaking of the 2nd care bears movie, IT NEEDED MORE BABY CARE BEARS IMO!

[@cassidyszewczyk5029]

Same here. I feel like you could get a pretty decent amount of lore from those movies, especially the first two. More than anything else though, I would love to hear her talk about both the DIC and Nelvana TV series, as they both have that classic creepy villain and bumbling henchman setup (No Heart & Beastly > Coldheart & Frostbite, but I'm curious on your thoughts).

[@morgancrabtree6248]

@@cassidyszewczyk5029 I grew up with Nelvana but I personally love all of the villains from both of those eras except Shrieky No Heart's niece. Sorry for late reply.

[@lemonberryconda]

Absolutely adore today's makeup, this was a brilliant edition of Ranking Things, I also adore your editing style!

[@lukasilver1342]

Scary Godmother is always amazing!!! The creator has a tiktok and still draws Scary Godmother. She made a video I think that was like “Scary Godmother loves you” and I cried for like 10 minutes

[@NinaTheFox5]

I’m so happy Scary Godmother was the highest on the list 🎉 I wish I saw the community post because I would’ve recommended Chalk Zone 😂

[@alexandersweetboyo4242]

Favorite youtuber rn! I keep seeing her on jacksfilms channels videos and get so excited haha

[@AthenaPOfficial]

Omg thank you so so much!!! 🥲🥲

[@alexandersweetboyo4242]

@@AthenaPOfficial commented this before watching the video and seeing the jack clips was so funny lol, your videos are the best and make my day!

[@BinglesP]

That's how I found her channel personally

[@shadetheenderman5787]

Yes! it's here I'm so excited! remember to take breaks when you need to!

[@TheFlamingDoh2]

17:24 As long as you can appreciate the Hot Topic Gir hoodie, you’re good with Zim fans

[@toddfsmith]

i love all of your opinions athena please, i need more, i cannot be satiated.

[@cindyvo9785]

The fact that Big Time Halloween is my first introduction to Big Time Rush, and having James being my favorite member bc of this special😅

[@WhaleM1lker]

You love doing this and we love screaming at u ❤❤❤

[@kaden_the_libra]

So glad someone’s talking about girl vs monster it’s one of my favorite Halloween dcoms you should do invisible sister in the next one it’s so good!!!

[@TBTabby]

I'm glad you enjoyed Count Koopula, because there was actually a second Halloween-themed Super Mario Bros. Super Show cartoon, where the villain is Dr. Koopenstein.

[@glasshorse6893]

being completely, unironically honest when I say Id love a video for the book "the word eater". I really wonder how Athena would do with a book where the whole theme is to think of the consequences of something being REMOVED FROM EXISTENCE

[@masterplay148]

2:47 there I am Gary, there i am. That aside, glad you enjoyed the legend of boo kini bottom. Great vid, athena. By the way, I’m the one with the daffy shaggy profile pic.

[@reconpuffin]

To this day I still watch the Curious George Halloween boofest

[@DanielDeLeon69]

Nice Halloween Tier List

[@lyralenn3815]

having never actually watched Invader Zim, I'm pretty sure the joke is that Zim is an alien badly pretending to be human, but somehow Dib is the weird one

[@Thestrangepeach]

You should do a Peep And The Big Wide World lore vid, I never hear ANYONE talk about it.

[@maxluvscats]

HOLY SHIT YOU ACTUALLY RANKED SCARED OF YOU. im so happy to not only be featured in your video but for it to be put in s tier where it belongs. i love the backyardigans >< !!!!

[@BlindStarLily]

As an Invader Zim fan, I love the fact that you’re afraid of us- Very nice take on the special. It has a special place in my heart since it’s the very first episode of the show I can remember watching, but I totally can get why you weren’t the biggest fan of it. Keep up the great work ❤

[@Tango_Raptor]

Calling all the monsters always sneaks up in my head around Halloween. Its such a banger

[@Giran_0]

You said Underfist has Nickelodeon gross out humor, but it's a cartoon network special

[@AthenaPOfficial]

My brain hurts why was I so convinced it was a Nick show?

[@normanclatcher]

​@@AthenaPOfficialeasy mistake to make since they were both known to cater to that... type of gag humor...

[@Giran_0]

@@AthenaPOfficial I'm not sure... 🤔 Maybe the writing for the special? It was kind of different especially from the original Grim & Evil show which 💯% felt like cartoon network. It was after they changed the tone of show maybe to steal some nickelodeon kids away

[@JellyBeanss2027]

i’m so upset that the recess halloween ep wasn’t talked abt 😭😭 But ty for reminding me girl v monsters e existed 🤡

[@mushu1105]

AINT NO WAY BRO CAME APART LIKE A LEGO PERSON💀 27:20

[@name.placeholder1965]

Hi Athena I love your vids and I was wondering if you would ever cover the koala brothers? I vaguely remember it being this claymation/stop motion show and one of the episodes made me very emotional for some reason

[@YakkoWarnerTower]

Man I watch the good old Treehouse of Terror episodes a lot it's my favorite kind of series of Halloween specials lol. And the classical Scooby Doo movies and specials are spooky and good.

[@distortedmizz3ry]

SPOOKY MONTH

[@Nehu_22]

5:00 "The muppets in: Beetlejuice: The musical" with Gonzo as Lydia and Miss Piggy as Delia would be great I think

[@carolinedill6836]

In the SpongeBob stop motion where plankton talks about being in SpongeBob’s brain was a nod to the movie sponge out of water. Where plankton went inside his brain to find the formula. Instead, he found his brain was filled with sweet and wholesome images. I loved that extra detail soooo much!

[@toribees327]

OH MY GOD I have been looking for the scary godmother special for YEARS! I watched it as a kid and vividly remembered the leaf cookies but I could never find it until now! ty ty ty

[@madnessarcade7447]

We need elephant princess lore that show is a fever dream very charming tho

[@user-vp7dk3vj3e]

Oh my god not you waking up at 3 AM to the George Lopez theme song. It was so accurate 😂

[@bentewellsiamgod6298]

The point of invader zim is that the town is to stupid to tell that zim is an alien, basically the joke in that zim fits in to well

[@myponylonelyintheparkinglotyea]

MY PONY LONELY IN THE PARKING LOT YEAHH!!! 🗣🗯🔥‼

[@Fishylucifer]

Scary godmother is an amazing underrated movie series. I'm glad it's on KZbin so I can watch it every year. Halloween specials are always some hit or miss.

[@marcelinespace7114]

Literally screamed when i saw Underfist in the thumbnail thank you for talking about it!!! I really wish it got to be made into a full series ...if they did they should have hired me I had so many ideas .

[@warrioroflovemax5221]

YESSSS I NEEDED THIS

[@warrioroflovemax5221]

Also ur makeup is on point

[@normanclatcher]

​@@warrioroflovemax5221(her brain is so pretty, inside and outside)

[@warrioroflovemax5221]

​@@normanclatcherI agree I agree I agree

[@normanclatcher]

@@warrioroflovemax5221 ‌*sly smile* Did you pick that up from the wolves in "Storks"?

[@idolevin8795]

You know, your videos are helping me deal with the fact that I am currently living in an active war zone. Thank you for making such entertaining videos such that I can forget about all of the gruesome reality for a second and just laugh. Thank you ❤

[@Purrsephone19]

Phantom of the megaplex was my fav Disney halloween movie, aside from the entire Halloweentown saga. Such a freaky movie as a kid. I was actually afraid to go to the movies alone until i was 12, because i watched this movie when i was 4 and it scared me. But i still watch every year.

[@lucasmarble2572]

Ngl, Saturdays are now becoming a highlight of my week, and these hilarious uploads are partly the reason why.

[@CrazyUFOKid]

oh you NEED to do a lore video on invader zim

[@mariopaintcomposer5975]

CAUGHT AT 31 SECONDS POSTED WITH NO VIEWS WOOOOOOO LET'S GO I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS ATHENA I SHOW THEM TO ALL MY FRIENDS

[@kylemorello4787]

Personally, I kinda liked the laid back nature of the first Scary Godmother- when it focused on Hannah and her getting to know the monsters. It felt like A Muppet Family Christmas meets Hotel Transylvania. When it focused on the other kids, it was kinda boring, with too many Family Guy "a joke goes on for a minute" moments. But I do love hiw the stakes are a lot higher this time around, as it makes sense for a sequel.

[@MollyDollyy774]

9:27 _"Calling all the monsters, calling all the monsters, calling all the, calling all the, calling all the monsters"_ *I LOVE THAT REFERENCE~^^* ❤ 14:23 I've never really had Smores either, there just not a thing here in Ireland !!

[@collibabe2038]

THE GEORGE LOPEZ BIT HAD ME ROLLING OMG

[@trevingrayek1671]

Glad to hear you enjoyed Underfist. And, yeah, Trick-Or-Treater Eaters” is a banger

[@ravenclaw6141]

I NEED you to do Ruby Gloom it’s a spooky show and it’s amazing and funny but it’s also very bizarre and has a insane amounts to talk about PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do Ruby gloom

[@zoroarkking18]

I recently went back and re-watched your reaction to Scary Godmother from last year just cause it brought me so much joy that you INSTANTLY got into it lol. No nostalgia to motivate you, just pure "Oh yeah, this is charming as FUCK. Imma paint my face like one of these characters."

[@huetzizi]

The best way i can explain invader zim is just emo sponge bob

[@HaleyBailey-is4ny]

Hey Athena I love your videos! For the book report series I really recommend the Junior B Jones books they were a really big part of my childhood

[@sarahtelles1931]

If you ever do a tier list of Cartoon songs I have a suggestion, Brains from Billy and Mandy

[@KaiijuBaiit]

16:58 Basically Jhonen’s whole thing with invader zim, and his other comics, is commentary and social satire on the fact of how dumb humans are. Zim is literally barely even hiding he’s an alien, yet everyone would rather just agree that dib is crazy

[@themajestichippie]

i love all your vids. I didn't know what to comment but i know comments help with engagement so here it is. but real talk i enjoy these vids every week and I'm so excited to see all the other things you put out as well (even if you do decide to talk about other things besides lore and rankings)

[@RB-vo4gi]

The eyes of the people in Scary Godmother remind me of Coraline for some reason. I always love your videos.

[@elegysonnet5466]

Wish I had been paying attention when ya posted asking about Halloween specials You could have seen the absolute chaos that is Invisible Sister XD

[@TheRichmaster24]

you seemed so excited about the Backyardigans one that I checked it out; it was fun

[@brookie.waffles]

so happy you talked about the big time rush episode!!! my younger self loved this special

[@matthewhaley3674]

I am so happy we in the spooky season! Love this ❤

[@matthewhaley3674]

Also Calling all the Monsters got an updated version by China, really recommend

[@ariablanche4451]

Thank you for the video! I was also really distracted, does anyone know where to get the unicorn dress?! I need it lol

[@FaroshsFang11]

I always love to hear your thoughts and opinions in these ranking vids. Even learning about shows, episodes, & etc that I've never seen or heard of which is cool too !! These and your lore vids are always my favs to sit down and just binge watch while I doodle :3 Awesome work, hilarious puns, and great A editing B] Fantastic videos Athena, thank you for all the work you put into these !!!

[@madnessarcade7447]

Ur gonna have to do patrick star show lore tho

[@xdevildeadlyx7650]

A banger once again

[@morgancrabtree6248]

I can't wait to see how many of these I've seen. So far I vaguely recognize the Sofia the First one, never saw the SpongeBob one, never heard of Underfist, A.N.T. Farm I've probably seen but I remember next to nothing of that show except that it was a good show and had amazing music, never heard of Scary Godmother 2 I don't remember the ranking of the first one either, never saw Invader Zim, Count Koopula, never heard of Smiling Friends, never saw Big Time Rush, I don't remember Backyardigans no idea if I saw any of it.

[@morgancrabtree6248]

Never heard of George Lopez Show, Ned's Declassified, I absolutely loved Girl VS Monster although I haven't seen it in a while. Also no:( I edited the original comment so no heart.

[@rees3s_p1eces]

HI!!! ❤ Omg the friggin butterfly episode of sofia the first is literally so funny to my idk why 😂

[@gutsmasterson2488]

A. N. T. Farm has three Halloween specials and the second one is the best while the first has the best song. 22:15 Thanks for reminding me of Yo Gabba Gabba having two cameo appearances in Big Time Rush. I don't know how many people remember this, but 3/5 of the Yo Gabba Gabba characters (not including the guy who played DJ Lance) were the antagonists for the B-plot of Big Time Rush Episode 5 season 4. I am mostly bringing this up for Athena's upcoming Yo Gabba Gabba video because the Yo Gabba Gabba cast are in character in said B-plot. Implications I stopped caring for around 2015, but relevent for Athena.

[@pineappleprincess9704]

Why were they the antagonists?

[@gutsmasterson2488]

@@pineappleprincess9704 James and Logan wanted the food from their craft services table because the one at the studio they were filming at had bad food. The two got the food, in exchange for making a cameo appearance on Yo Gabba Gabba. Sarcasm: Because booking celebrity cameos is that easy.

[@njivwathomassilavwe2056]

You have no idea how much I loved girl vs monster. I watched it every chance I got and still sing some of the songs

[@Cybernautz]

Ned Declassified podcast is the ONLY nostalgia podcast that's good!! Athena dude you would love it!

[@nasutchi3080]

I kinda wish Athena put Daddy I’m a Zombie and the sequel Mummy I’m a Zombie, I was the one who suggested it, great video tho 👍

[@maleygrasskrew789]

Why is waking up in the middle of the night to the George Lopez show playing on tv the most relateable thing?

[@pineappleprincess9704]

9:16 I remember A.N.T. Farm because of that one episode where the "Flurbot" dies, but ends up not being dead Also, I know that song because I'm pretty sure I danced to it one year in middle school with my dance class