Finding Creepy Things Hidden in Family Friendly Video Games (Iceberg Explained) Part 2

Welcome back to the channel! After about a month I decided to take it back to the last iceberg we took a look at to cover the rest of the entries! Today we are dissecting the iceberg located on icebergcharts.com known as Creepy Things in Family Friendly Video Games. Today we are taking a look at a few entries from each layer and covering the rest of the iceberg. Thanks for watching, and links to the iceberg itself and my iceberg playlist are below.
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[@MikeVonwolkenstein]

The devs behind the ending of Drawn to life really said “Screw them kids, we about to turn this game ending into a M. Night film plot twist.” Closes thing to an irl version of those dark cartoon theories where the main character being in a coma 💀 Another banger video 🔥🔥

[@GirlPowerFlower]

One of the levels in the second world (?? one where you have to rescue some lost monkeys) of the sequel was so creepy. (Wii Game)

[@mtamer2943]

That's fifth cell for you. I remember one of the final levels of either Scribblenauts or Super Scribblenauts had a tip (like every level; 1 tip to solve the level) but it was like an existential nihilistic venting from the developer. Atleast for the young teen that I was back then when I played it to death. It did leave me a bit shocked back then.

[@xXBoykisserXx]

The Poptropica New Jersey Devil jumpscare scared me so bad as a kid I still have a deep fear of dark windows. Like the idea of something being on the other side of the glass is scarier to me than being in the same room as it.

[@maliamalora1734]

THIS. I remember watching my sister play this level and when he showed up in the window we both jumped and screamed 😭😭

[@demontamerbf18]

I seriously love this dude's style, his narration and humor are so nice to listen to in the background, I can't stop coming back to listen to his iceberg videos again and again.

[@Rdotmop]

The funny thing about the Drawn to Life section is that Mike isn't even the main character. He's literally an incredibly minor NPC in the first game who doesn't even show up until the final world of the first game and only serves as a source of comedy revolving around the fact that he is clearly a human that ended up in the world of weird furry creatures who don't know what a human is. Then in the sequel he's mostly just a supporting character until the reveal that he was actually dreaming the whole world, and even then from what I remember he still doesn't even contribute much to the plot after that as it's mostly the antagonist and another main character dealing with this revelation

[@ripleyandweeds1288]

You really didn't talk about why the clock from Epic Mickey is freaky. A: You're supposed to paint his face back on, but you can also use the paint thinner on him too, and you can essentially make this thing experience an acid attack. B: The music is a distorted version of the 'Its a Small World' song, complete with creepy children singing the lyrics.

[@inkii-y]

I was absolutely SCARED of the clock as a kid and I think about it every now and then... tbh I was kinda creeped out by that entire game but still thoroughly enjoyed it- just like the whole everything is run down and or abandoned, its past its golden days and simply forgotten and now everything is literally melting made sooo sad/creeped out (especially the robot enemies thay didnt have a skin) but the clock area just gave me the chills... though you can also heal him with the paint!

[@mr.monkey354]

The ingame version doesn't have the lyrics but it was supposed to during development.

[@TheKoopaTroop1985]

I played it before...

[@SniperOnSunday]

31:24 Since it means "next", I've always assumed that this line was part of the original recording, and slipped past quality assurance so it never got cropped out.

[@MrKneeBeeYT]

yeah

[@someai3959]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I heard somewhere that it was supposed to tell the guitar player to play the next chord.

[@iitsmeromii]

I USED TO LOVR CLANKER I always thought its fascinating how such a creepy dude is not an enemy, I thought he‘s oddly cute, rest in peace buddy

[@Overglock]

The Defcon scale goes in reverse. Defcon 1 is the highest (nuclear war as you mentioned), while Defcon 5 is the lowest. Defcon 4 is slightly above normal readiness for war.

[@Rin_The_Pianist]

Glockenspiel is actually a german word and it's used to describe a couple of things, for example the sound a Bell makes on a cathedral, it's also used for a big music instrument thats on the sides of hystorical buildings that play songs on specific times via mechanics and bells....so the name does make pretty perfect sense!

[@TerribleVA]

The best part of the Sega CD warning message is certain games have completely unique messages, I don't remember what game it was in particular but one of them had the main cast start acting angry surprised and confused about you putting them in a music machine.

[@michaelpopowich5095]

Actually that's a dreamcast game skies of Arcadia I believe

[@RianzGoofy]

I would say the first and OG ending to Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter works better, as the patched ending kinda messed up the story in a way. Even though the original ending was dark as hell, it made sense since it put Mike in a coma, aka creating a whole new world within his head.

[@DrawnToast]

...and then that was all undone in the third game. Oh, well.

[@TheDarkChrysalis]

It did not

[@Moschel91]

Actually I might have forgotten about the existence of Drawn to Life if it wasn't for this ending. It's just one of the most memorable experiences I've had in my gaming history and one of the very few moments a piece of media made me cry. Absolutely blew my mind.

[@eggseed6543]

If I remember right, clanker was a normal shark that was kidnapped by grunchilda and turned into half shark half rusted robot to be used as a garbage disposal machine

[@Iris-nw1xs]

The red eyes on the painting in the nintendo labo thing is really freaky. Everything else in there kinda has a cute art style. But the painting is just nightmare fuel lol

[@Save_Frog]

You have activated a suppressed memory with the Monster Ock chase omg. I actually had real nightmares about that.

[@dur_durr9387]

Your way of describing the creepy shit is hilarious, especially the monster octo part Subbed

[@Slascoplerd-Sorasu]

19:43 A piece of info that might be relevant to this part of the entry: There are a type of Japanese Yokai (think something like folklore monsters) called "Daidarabocchi" which in Wikipedia are described as "colossal humanoids resembling bald priests (...) with pitch-black skin". It's possible that this is what inspired the giant shadows in the WarioWare minigame, but there's no way to know for sure if the same could be said for the Hell Valley Sky Trees. Also it's definitely not the ghost in 4-4 lol Great video! Love the little transitions between entries

[@JaxTheEpic]

Why were they never localized

[@bewearstar9462]

​@JaxTheEpicAKATheEpicCarbuncle because anicent mythology can't really be localized anymore

[@Idkpleasejustletmechangeit]

@@JaxTheEpic that's like asking why Greek mythology never got a localisation where they renamed Zeus to Peter.

[@AmbrosiusAmaimon]

I was one of the kids who played the original version of Drawn To Life... :') I clearly remember crying in the bathroom

[@alexanderhdmi7704]

23:46 I love that concept but it's baffling Disney allowed it in the game. That is, a real-life theme park attraction (that they own) essentially becoming sick of itself, and thus losing its mind and becoming hostile.

[@too_oden2199]

I'm so glad Rayman 2 got a mention, this game had such great ambience, even outside of the spooky level. The fact that the pirates have effectively enslaved all the fairies in the main story is pretty brutual lol

[@Larkatiel]

The only notable thing about that Jam Sessions game is that it had an Australian commercial of a kid at his birthday party smashing a cake and screaming "FUCKING SPONGE CAKE?!" I'm not making this up for the record.

[@p3tux024]

The entire plot of metroid fusion is that samus switches role with a metroid

[@balanceherosmt7170]

Yea, that was a pretty good twist to the games after spending three games hunting down Metroids.

[@IsaacG97]

Wasn’t going to get up today. Then I saw a new Gambado upload. Thanks

[@sekinui]

the original ending of drawn to life is awesome. experiencing it firsthand after putting tons of hours into the fun, bright, cutesy environments to be then hit with the extremely dark reality behind the scenes was an experience I'll never forget. although it did absolutely mess me up and give me trust issues where games were concerned as an unassuming 9 year old. lol

[@cruisinobscurae3274]

Having a bad bad day, seeing this in my feed really cheered me up.

[@sillyg00fyg00ber]

AW YEAH NEW GAMBADO VID THE SECOND I WAKE UP

[@Bacxaber]

29:30 So, to my understanding, the door was _supposed_ to lead into Lego Island 2 in a similar concept to the (also cut) game swap mechanic from Banjo Kazooie.

[@Newline_Void]

Wondered why I had morning wood when I got up this morning. A new GambadoGaming video was up, much like something else.

[@realgambadogaming]

👀👀

[@beththedarkmage3359]

Not only did I play the first Drawn to Life game in its original dark version, I played the second game and they doubled down on the dark themes and making the car crash canon. Oh, and it forces you to side with the bad guy because of this, stating the world must be deleted so Mike can wake up. It's implied that if the main characters were more selfish and held on to their lives, this real kid would die in his sleep. Also the main characters, Joey and Mari, are based on the pet rabbits Mike (the boy in the coma) had, and it's not really addressed whether or not they survived the crash because they were definitely pictured in the car at the time and Mike is clearly using a fictional version of them as a coping mechanism. We do know that his sister and parents are alive, however. I haven't played the third game I've heard got released and I'm unsure if that changes anything.

[@69Deez_Nutz69]

Eh-pea-tome gaming is back!

[@walnzell9328]

The original ending of Drawn to Life the Next Chapter is the parents dying in a car crash, the boy going into a coma, and having a dream based on some toys they got at a carnival. The entire story of the series was building up to this point. They knew they were gonna make a messed up reveal. The revised ending is not in line with any of the lore of the games at all.

[@100organicfreshmemes5]

Calling Metroid "family friendly" is like calling Mario "gritty". Metroid is Nintendo's most mature IP by quite a wide margin. SA-X is far from the only scary thing in the series either. Super Metroid has the Wrecked Ship, with ghosts called "Covern" that spawn out of nowhere which look like they're made up of rotten heads, as well as Crocomire who gets his flesh melted off in acid and you get to see him dying in one of the worst ways possible quite graphically. Also in Fusion is Nightmare, a bioweapon made by the Federation with control over gravity and a face that slowly melts off as you kill it.

[@phancoom1087]

theres also the actual, clear gore in the title of super metroids title screen, or the constant indulgence into horror across the series

[@100organicfreshmemes5]

@@phancoom1087 Am I missing something? There are dead bodies with a bit of blood on them but I don't think that qualifies as "gore".

[@phancoom1087]

@@100organicfreshmemes5fair honestly. id still argue it qualifies as reaching a standard though of bloodiness, especially given the other extremely clear gore in the game (crocomire)

[@Temmie_gaming]

Thank you so much for doing the rest of it you made my evening

[@BluBerry3]

If you make a part three, please include the tentacles from chapter 3-2 in super paper Mario. When they first appear, they are always so menacing…

[@GirlPowerFlower]

There were a lot of creepy things in that game, including the underwater hands.

[@panickinglesbian1111]

I was curious so I looked it up and Defcon 4 is the second lowest rank of Defcon. DEFCON 1 - COCKED PISTOL: Nuclear war is imminent or has already begun. Maximum readiness. Immediate response. DEFCON 2 - FAST PACE: Next step to nuclear war. Armed forces ready to deploy and engage in less than six hours. DEFCON 3 - ROUND HOUSE: Increase in force readiness above that required for normal readiness. Air Force ready to mobilize in 15 minutes. DEFCON 4 - DOUBLE TAKE: Increased intelligence watch and strengthened security measures. Above normal readiness. DEFCON 5 - FADE OUT: Lowest state of readiness. Normal readiness. So if that screen had been intended for a different game that was war themed it's not immediate doom.

[@bjp4869]

To be clear, the SA-X isn’t just “as powerful as you” for most of the game. It’s as strong as you are when you have all power ups, which means for the majority of the game it’s infinitely more powerful than you. That’s part of what makes it terrifying, for most of your encounters with it there’s nothing you can do but hide, because once it sees you, you’re basically dead.

[@damiencouturee6240]

Good shit my dude, keep em coming!

[@MatheoZ14]

I watch the first part for 1+ month ago then I see the sequel came out 6 hours ago. Perfection.

[@hatkidshawn4952]

POPTROPICA!!! And yes, Love your "creepy things" icebergs

[@withercat1801]

Something that I’m really surprised isn’t on there is the Wilikin (living doll) ghost from Skylanders Giants. In the Wilikin Village level, in the respective village, there’s a house you can enter despite it not having an entrance arrow in front of it. Inside the house is the ghost of a little Wilikin girl dancing around some floating furniture.

[@jayl5032]

Hey Gam. Got an idea for a video. You could cover video game rumors(big or small, whichever) that turned out to be true or false. I think it could be a neat and novel concept for a vid. Since you already included some in your previous videos, I have no doubt you could do this too. Thanks for the good times, Big G.

[@eddie4988]

every time i watch your videos i can’t believe how you only have 8k subs! your videos are always QUALITY. proud member of the here before you blow up club right here dude!

[@Soltain]

27:24 Theres actually a lot to be said about this. For one, the entire Sega CD disc has the soundtrack of whatever game its for, with track 1 being the game files. The error message is likely track 2, given the Dreamcast, another CD based Sega console, had this in the discs for the games. In fact, a lot of CD based consoles from the 90s and early 2000s were like this and similar things would happen if you were to play track 1. People have reported damaged CD Players as a result of this, but I havent seen any footage of the CD players being damaged as a result of people doing this

[@MsLoquendo20]

In my case, the "Chase section" of my nightmares was the third level of a shooter of submarines known as "In the hunt" as during such level, you get followed constantly by a gigantic golem monster, and the worst part is that in the end when you have to face it by throwing rocks on its face, which end up tearing his face open in a pretty graphic way.

[@ro77en5oul]

Love your videos and wish you the best of luck for the future 🖖👽🛸

[@gracecleasby1944]

when I was really young, I always got so creeped out in super paper mario when you have to collect all the money for the lady and then she turns into a freaking daddy long legs and starts chasing you. The atmosphere and way she turns into a spider was just so unnerving to me.

[@lcdsoundsystem33]

hell yea love your vids

[@ZefDavenport]

My brother was the one who played Paper Mario (I would watch him play and help with some areas), and I remember the first time we got to the river Twygz. We were curious to see if we could jump into the water, and decided to go down. The change into *that* music along with the skeleton hands is something we'll never forget. Also, the clock boss in Epic Mickey gets a lot creepier when you decided to use thinner instead of painting, as you slowly dissolve his arms and face util he drops dead into the water. Then you use his remains as a step to continue.

[@Windwalker88]

You are so funny bro, subbed!

[@hectorlumbagoCringe]

Great work

[@jasperraine6104]

The bone dragons honestly used to scare me more than the fish, though the fish was admittedly scary. Also the breath-y sounds in the map soundtrack for world 2 made me really scared because I thought the bone dragon was making that noise. Really weird noises in already spooky songs freaked me out a lot when I was younger and still get to me.

[@aidanknasisk-rj5mu]

The pure momentum of panic when you see IT drop down from god knows where and it killing every single one of your blue Pikmin

[@marlonamamiya6195]

Man, i really love your humor

[@woo6855]

That intro was brilliant 😂

[@axeljejeje5294]

keep the good work brother

[@KestrelDC]

SwankyBox found that the Mario ghost actually follows you throughout the game, not just that level. I guess that’s just the easiest instance to catch it in and that’s probably why it’s the one people know. Some of its appearances are really hard to catch, but knowing it’s there the whole game makes it even creepier. And don’t the parents die in the Drawn to Life ending? Or is that just something people have assumed?

[@y2jfan462]

I know it’s rated T, but since it was released during WWE’s most family-friendly era, I have to mention this. In WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011, there are a fair amount of spooky moments in the vs. Undertaker Road to WrestleMania story. However, most of it isn’t actually gonna scare anybody. That is, until the Druid Royal Rumble, which I still haven’t beaten to this day. Instead of the usual exciting and fast-paced gameplay, you have to fight off a hoard of The Undertaker’s druids in a slow match with eerie ambient noises in the background. Also, the backstage area is changed to be pretty creepy too. This spooked me a bit back in the day, not gonna lie.

[@nevengrossman9713]

That defcon part was funny lol

[@Illtis89]

Metroid is not a "family friendly" series at all, it never has been. In super metroid there are literal dead scientists at the BEGINING OF THE GAME, there are also lots of other dead bodies on zebes. I wouldn't call dead humans a "family friendly" game.

[@Oscar97o]

Its main inspiration is the Alien movie series, so yeah, not exactly kid friendly...

[@MattiSavolainen-lb1er]

I agree. It's One of those teenager's game series.

[@The_Watcher_Of_Videos]

Plants vs zombies is dead humans

[@colebrowning]

@@The_Watcher_Of_Videosyes, but they are cartoony and specifically made for a game that kids can play. That is not the case whatsoever with Metroid.

[@piss7610]

🤓

[@BlazePanda420]

Underrated channel. Good editing and you're fuckin funny

[@KevLP]

Btw here a Fun Fact for LBP Karting: this Game was firstly meant to be a Sequel to ModNation Racers, another PS3 Exclusive Kart Racer that also has a Own Kart, Character and Track Builder. But then the Devs decided to turn it into the Game that we have today: Little Big Planet Karting.

[@alexbenavidez4500]

The second I saw Spiderman, I knew it was that Doc Ock chase. The worst part is those blast doors that close behind you, or in front ot you if youre not quick enough. The doors steadily get heavier and heavier, but Ock just blasts through every single one of them without slowing down. Hated that chase as a kid.

[@TheWanwanou]

When talking with creepy things in games I always think about the creepy additional mini zone in Psychonauts dealing with orphants being burned alive. It camos all of a sudden

[@Dinkolish]

Very entertaining. Great jokes.

[@user-ve6yq5qi1x]

Cool vid

[@pandakat770]

After he mentioned being innthe Amazon river with the toy pickaxe from Minecraft, sold in Gamestop, i got an ad for the new Gamestop movie Dumb Money.

[@PackageCat]

The tentacle at 25:17 straight reminds me to one of the tentacles of "The darkness". Lol.

[@theslayer4050]

i had the old version of Drawn to Life, i remember it had to do with the only human character that shows up (i forget the rabbit ppl race name) but they give him fake ears to fit in.. i think later they tell him to "wake up" and then go back to normal dialog

[@dogemaster9676]

the jersey devil kept me up at night i thought i was alone in this

[@pumpkin2505]

I know this is an old video but I vividly remember beating drawn to life ds as a kid and the ending was so abrupt and jarring I still rememberber how upset I was. The upsetting part wasn't even the coma it was that all the people you met and helped and cared about were just gone in an instant and nothing you did for the town mattered because it was all fake. It was really disturbing to me when I was little idk

[@Benobot99]

12:20 Rayman 2 and it's Cave of Bad Dreams with the teeth on the top and bottom of the screen scared the HELL out of me as a young kid! Even the wand with the spiral eyes, and the hands coming out of the walls (like the green chompers in Banjo-Kazooie).

[@akun50]

@21:40 - To be fair, Cletus Cassidy was a serial murderer BEFORE he became Carnage, soo....

[@woo6855]

If you make another video like this, I would vouch for the Grim Reaper in Grabbed by the Ghoulies. A lot of the characters scared me in that game (Hunchback and Medusa for sure 😫) as a kid but the grim reaper was the scariest based on presence. Certain levels had a timer and you had to do something like kill 30 bad guys in 2 minutes or the grim reaper would appear. Once he spawned, it was basically just a prolonged game over. You would only die if he touched you and so if the damn QTEs in that game didnt give me heart palpitations at 6, that grim reaper countdown DEFINITELY did.

[@maliamalora1734]

Hearing the paper mario sound and immediately recognizing it because of fnaf game theory was wild actually. It always freaked me out and it's from MARIO??

[@Clara_Koraidon]

The scariest fact about Giratina is that if you find a shiny one, it might freeze your console 😂

[@J3tr0cks]

Speaking of Rayman, the Desert of the Knaaren level in Rayman 3 terrified me as a child. The game goes from comedic and light-hearted (although some parts aged really poorly) to a level filled with powerful, invincible enemies that say things like “brain, fresh brain” and “stick bamboo under his nails” while chasing Rayman.

[@stephaniethebatter7975]

The remake ending for Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter actually kinda sucks because the rest of the game hasn't also been changed to reflect its existence, such as half of Heather's face being covered in Shadow in Mike's dream world while in the real world she has bandages covering the same side of her face.

[@TheDealer-nb5iu]

i had V1 of drawn to life, the cart is bunk now but it was so creepy when i was like 11.

[@AuthorMorgan7436]

I thought you were crazy when you were talking about stray as because I played it and don’t remember finding it freaky ever but the sewer place near the end was freaky as with all the flesh 🤮

[@mysticcat6295]

I love u gambado, please keep being funny.

[@bashfulwolfo6499]

As a Poptropica fan (my username comes from the account I’ve had since the 4th grade), I love the inclusion of the Jersey Devil because my god the way it happened to me was terrible. The laptop I was using lagged, as well as the sound freezing. So it suddenly flung my camera to the Jersey Devil in the window with the sound suddenly blaring. Ever since then, the Jersey Devil has been one of the most memorable cryptids for me (as well as one of my favorites).

[@smugcu3073]

I have been saying epitome the same way for most of my life until like last year someone corrected me, so don't feel too bad

[@morale.9330]

I'm surprised the Desert of the Knaraans stage from Rayman 3 didn't make the cut seeing as that's just as terrifying as the Jano chase- albiet stretched out across a whole level.

[@crescentmoonrising4852]

One possible explanation for the little big planet thing is it looks a bit like a goat skull, possibly referring to when Sony sacrificed a goat at a god of war pr event?

[@dragonogon]

if you do a part 3, i recommend digging into the unused content of the game "pingus". pingus is an open source lemmings clone from the late 90's and boy does it have a lot of weird unused stuff. stuff like an unused hell tileset, unused guillotines, and so much more. a good majority of it isnt even listed on TCRF but i can assure you all of this weird stuff in funny penguin game is indeed real.

[@PackageCat]

About the Glockenspiel enemy: It's basically Clock Tower in German. More precise would be Chimes or Clock Chimes.

[@animeking1357]

While I can understand why it was changed I vastly prefer the original Fire Temple theme. It makes the temple seem way more mysterious.

[@RepugnanciaDulzona]

Does anyone know what is the name of the song for when the video transitions from one game to another? Is it from Mario 64? Is toad screaming gecko?!

[@SubPriestPepsi]

Can't believe my man the Clocktower got such a short segment smh, not even going to talk about the original ost for that fight?

[@supersayainasriel6745]

The chanting in the fire temple isn't just random religious audio and wasn't removed for being just religious, but because Nintendo were facing massive backlash. It's known as the call to prayer, and comes with so many rules, one of which is that no other sounds may accompany it, ie music. To include the audio tract it as you did can be extremely offensive to the islamic faith. The decals on the sheild and anything gerudo were also islamic are were removed for the same reason. So it probably sounds unsettling because one low quality audio of the call to prayer and two the audio itself is sinful in it's existence

[@dumo._.9800]

Epic Mickey TRAUMATIZED me dude

[@Ironcabbit]

Geez, I wonder what happens if you try to play a tri-tone on that guitar game.

[@tommytsunami420]

New viewer here the toad sound just angers my soul i keep meaning to double tap skip but he keeps getting me every time well played toad well played

[@ethanlantz]

15:32 Where can you get that Yoink sound effect?

[@yoshineitor]

SA-X is scary because you can't do jack to it for the whole game until the end, it is basically a full power Super Metroid Samus (the previous game in the timeline) while you have a lame ahh suit with Metroid DNA, making you weak to ice, which your previous suit was equipped with. It is also nice to see that SA-X's species are consumed by metroids (the species), so SA-X is the equivalent of a giving a zebra a power armor and let it hunt lions in vengance lmao.

[@GEAnjoa]

The reason "Glockenspiel" is called "Glockenspiel" is the reason of "Glockenspiel" being the german word for "Bell Game" because it's a clock and clocks have bells in them...😂

[@FuryMcpurey]

I believe a glockenspiel is an instrument that sounds a bit bell-like, hence the clocktower's name.

[@gexdex-cr4ck]

Pretty sure the A6 chord thing was just left in from the audio guys forgetting to trim it off the end of the audio file- the guy saying 'next' in japanese might be the person recording indicating to move on to the next note to be recorded in the session. Tbh if I was recording every single note on a guitar i'd let something slip in the files at some point.

[@Hypercube2017]

21:47 Ok, one quick question. *_How could you not play the audio clip of Monster Ock!!?_*

[@stashmerkin9576]

The ghost figure in SML 4-4 in my opinion looks like a Kodama. A tree spirit in Japanese mythology. It looks like them and is fading in and out among the trees in the background of the level.