What the HELL is Snowflake the White Gorilla?

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[@roykoopa58]

No

[@blkjolynecujoh6868]

🌸

[@ijamcrung]

NEVER

[@pleasantdashi7112]

no

[@eric620]

hola

[@GabrielTheMagolorMain]

The fact that "She wants to be black you moron" is a real line said by a real human being is insanely funny to me.

[@Griffith74]

well it came out of david spade so its quite normal in that aspect lmao

[@yankoelgueta1116]

That way she can say the n word

[@goldylover1000]

It, sounds like kuzco wanting to race change someone.

[@TheBonkleFox]

"Don't shoot! That man isn't Black!"

[@neraslight4997]

I just fucking squealed at this 😭

[@lordfreerealestate8302]

Zootopia tackled the issue of discrimination with animated animals, but they did a hell of a lot better than this. This is a fever dream.

[@charlestonjew7587]

It's tone def approach is the most jarring and cringe-inducing aspect.

[@aljaberhk]

@notnow bot account 🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@Synthis_Bioji]

fever dreams are more entertaining.

[@Chirashin]

Yeah, better I suppose, but still...predators are built for predation and objectively physically more dangerous even though the animals are "civilized"...idk if it's a good thing comparing predatory animals with racial minorities...

[@Creepystalker102]

They still didn’t do great, making the oppressed class actually physically dangerous to the oppressors

[@K1ttyGam3r]

I love how that other English dub actually had good voice-acting like with that one line (“YOU’LL NEVER BE ONE OF US”) and this one is just like “hhngh I don’t like you”

[@WhereIsLumey]

Saber finally accepts his true self at 3:44 🥺

[@lunaria973]

I wheezed when I saw that 😂

[@goldengame8864]

Luckily I slowed it down and I made my own one and then I found you in the time he turned into a furry

[@annelisewilliams03]

It was so beautiful 😭

[@Quinzeey]

HIS FURSONA.

[@TxzwP]

lol yeah it scared me for a sec XD

[@issytheamateurnerd9877]

The real snowflake actually lived a pretty good life. He was rescued as a baby and was extremely well cared for his whole life and lived comfortably in the zoo and grew a big family. He did develop fatal skin cancer and was eventually put down before he was in unbearable pain, but he still made it to his forties and did alright for himself. Rest in peace Snowflake, you are worth so much more than this movie

[@deen7530]

Gorillas can get skin cancer??? Huh, I learned something new today.

[@issytheamateurnerd9877]

@@deen7530 Almost any animal can get cancer, cancer is just a cluster of cells whose growth got out of control. It's pretty scary

[@deen7530]

@@issytheamateurnerd9877 This is the first time I've ever heard of an animal getting skin cancer. Is it common in gorillas, or was it because Snowflake didn't have any melanin for protection?

[@goku-san]

@@deen7530 Albinism has an increased risk of skin cancer because of the lack of melanin in hair and skin which normally provides protection from UV radiation.

[@juandacharroninja]

@@deen7530 That's because Snowflake was albino and he had some mutation, but yes animals do get cancer. Also, he got a daughter called Virunga who recently died back in 2012 bbut who didn't inherit his albinism.

[@vrakosneedimagination]

10:42 i love this trans representasion

[@indigowendigo8165]

There was a kid's book I really liked when I was little called Black Sheep White Raven and it was about like how there's an outcast on two sides of a family, not just one, and when they meet up one day they try to paint themselves the right color until all of it sudden it rains and washes the stuff off. :p So instead they decide to switch places. :? But as their both completely different species, with the black sheep trying to fit in with the family of ravens and the white raven mixed in with all the white sheep, the two families decided they hated this even more than they did with the outcasts so they end up actually missing them and wanting them back. :p Consider the usual metaphor for a black sheep being different from everyone else in their family for any number of reasons and maybe being considered an outcast for it, and thanks to Disney movies like Beauty and the Beast or The Hunchback of Notre Dame (or even Mulan with how a woman can't join the army, or at least the Chinese one back in the day apparently), I didn't even think it might explicitly be about racism, I just thought it was a nice message that their unique and special in their own way or something. :p I mean, in a literal sense, the rarity of such a species including an albino gorilla right here seems a lot cooler than the average folk to me... :?

[@gothcxnt]

This looks like a movie I'd watch when I was a kid and then randomly remember it while eating cheerios 15 years later

[@hiatusfandom]

That's actually what happened me, I remember watching this on repeat when I was about 6 but I couldn't tell you the plot to save my life or why I watched it so much

[@aljaberhk]

@Chad 007 do not trust reply bots like these

[@gothcxnt]

@Hanan Aljaber I blocked all those clowns 🤡 annoying af!

[@friendlyneighborhoodnoob]

Literally me

[@popeo1973]

​@@gothcxnt please watch this ⬆️

[@Ability-King-KK]

Considering they changed Snowflakes gender just so they could have Ariana Grande as the star, I'm willing to bet that most of the script was changed as well and that the original Spanish version is VASTLY different in tone.

[@kieranstark7213]

Reminds me of when in an English dub of another Hispanic-languaged movie by Harvey Weinstein of all people/companies, they decided to cast Ariana as the main female character with no personality other than the young woman waiting to be rescued and make sure Jennette McCurdy stays unpopular (well, with “I’m Glad My Mom Died”, look who got the last laugh on haters!).

[@aljaberhk]

@Darktion bot account

[@aljaberhk]

@Not gonna lie bot reply

[@brogamin179]

@YeaMan both a bot and a liar

[@robinsordahl8947]

@@kieranstark7213Luckily I got the copy of the film from Spain that also includes the original Argentine Spanish version. The movie is called Metegol, or Futbolín in Spain.

[@Stormflame]

I recently researched albino great apes for some reason (adhd rabbitholes don’t ask) and interestingly enough discrimination against albino mutants might actually be a thing in ape communities, at least there was one case documented where there was an albino baby chimp (I think, not 100% sure, might have been a gorilla) that, aside from their mother, other chimps reacted very strangely to. making warning sounds for danger when seeing them and it was eventually killed by other adults. Infanticide is unfortunately a not so uncommon occurrence though, so it’s hard to tell what the reason was. The surrounding situation was just bizarre. Anyways, the movie is obviously still ridiculous and none of that is in any way comparable to human racism, it just reminded me of that story lol

[@AnikMonette]

I read Sphinx cats also suffer racism from their "normal haired" peers so I can see it happens in apes, and now that we're upon the subject I seem to distincty remember albino children being mistreated in some african countries as well! Damn, they had a real life issue to tackle and they blew it in every way conceivable!

[@NylaTheWolf]

"adhd rabbitholes don't ask" god if that ain't a mood

[@lehashura490]

Hello there, in the french dub of the movie (wich I presume is closer to the original script) the bad guy is introduced to be extremely unlucky (like curse level of bad luck) and his "trophies" are actually lucky charms meant to stop his bad luck. In his introduction, some random guy delivers him a new object said to make bad luck go away (there's a actually fun scene when he get's his item, where he's like "hey it worked, that thing on the roof didn't fall and crush you" to the deliveryman and I don't remember what but something bad happens, showing that he still has no luck). In this version he doesn't want snowflake for immortality but because it's supposed to be the strongest lucky charm in existence, also when he get to the witch she's like "no don't do that I already told you there's nothing that can be done against your curse". I have no idea why the english dub changed it the way they did but there you go

[@hellothere9520]

"Killing albinos and harvesting their organs as a luck charm" is unfortunately a very real thing that is done to human albino children in certain parts of the world to this day, so kind of really fucked up to include as a throwaway conflict in the haha funny gorilla movie. it might have been seen as passable for spanish and french audiences, but america is a bit more socially conscious, so i wager the higher ups decided it'd be better to play it safe and remove any of the more uncomfortable, dark, real-world connections to ongoing mass murder of disabled children.

[@lehashura490]

@@hellothere9520 that might be the reason... people in america are always scared of mistaking fiction and reality, personally I don't blame the movie for choosing this path. I would say it makes the movie better by actually criticizing and making people aware of real world practices. Sad that it was in a bad movie

[@Game_Hero]

@@hellothere9520 *a bit more easily offended.

[@hellothere9520]

@@lehashura490 Just including a serious topic in the plot doesn't mean the movie is "criticizing" said practices, imo. Unless a movie fully commits to the commentary and says something worthwhile about the issue rather than just using it as a backdrop for the movie's own plot about "being yourself

[@hellothere9520]

@@Game_Hero no

[@reptilebirb4252]

Ariana granda being in a movie called "Snowflake the White Gorrila" is the most fascinating thing I've heard this year....and theres been some pretty interesting things so far.

[@Very_Silly_Individual]

I don't understand why that is fascinating

[@Raggy_df]

​@wewillbebackokif ur not a bot respond

[@kaiserfoxi266]

​@More Based Than You 🏳️‍🌈⃠ yeah I know I feel like there's something I'm missing here, the way saber keeps mentioning how ironic it is

[@felixsfreckles6822]

@@kaiserfoxi266 Ariana has been accused of cultural appropriation of african american culture a lot in the past (braided hair, darkening her skin, making songs with plenty of black rapper stereotypes ex ;7 rings) I don't have much of an opinion on it myself, but I think the cultural appropriation controversies is why Saber calls it ironic

[@kaiserfoxi266]

@Felix's Freckles dang braided hair qualifies as cultural appropriation? Anyway thanks for answering, I guess that probably is what it's about.

[@TotallyNotAToastOrAnything]

"SHE WANTS TO BE BLACK, YOU MORON!" I will forever quote this scene

[@XxTheCupidKidxX]

The follow up “it’s actually not uncommon in teenagers” is fucking amazing

[@Axiepan]

Fr

[@qwerty-dm8gr]

The irony of Ariana being the world's most notorious black fisher having a line in a movie "she wants to be black" is not lost on me. Truly a treasure.

[@PeterGriffin11]

What's a Black fisher?

[@Game_Hero]

@@PeterGriffin11 Someone that kills salmon apparently.

[@Game_Hero]

"black fisher" c'mon americans, are we really there? How dare an human use human culture...

[@notatallfunctional]

@@Game_HeroIt’s not really a cultural appropriation thing. People just don’t like that she tans a lot, and say she’s trying to look black.

[@PeterGriffin11]

@@notatallfunctional That’s so dumb although I think the whole “cultural appropriation” thing is people being overly sensitive over someone’s choice of clothing.

[@valeelens]

13:30 THE TOES 😦

[@caitlynreardon5422]

Heck I think even Maya and the three did a great job talking about discrimination with Chimi and even gave a reason for people not wanting her around.

[@carolyns4519]

I think the dubbing might have been done back while Ari was on Victorious or Sam & Cat. Back when she was a supporting character on a teen sitcom, and absolutely NOBODY thought she would ever be as big as she is now. If she was offered this role now she would almost definitely say no, but back then she was a much more minor celeb which makes it less weird. (Still super ironic given the subject lol) Don't know why David Spade said yes, though. He was in the funniest Disney movie ever! He should've known this would've been nothing like it!

[@AeridisArt]

Not to mention that she would've still been a minor at the time, so it was most likely her manager/handlers that convinced her to do it and she accepted believing in their judgement.

[@kieranstark7213]

My best guess is because this is secretly a Nickelodeon/Dan Schneider movie, made to make Ariana Grande look better than Jennette McCurdy by putting them in the same movie with Ariana as the lead so that a year later, they would make Ariana the famous one and Jennette the most overhated Nickelodeon member since Alexa Nikolas (it’s all Jamie Lynn (and most other cast members and Dan himself)’s fault!)

[@brawler5760]

With this context, it actually makes more sense.

[@drjekyllmshyde]

David spade hasn’t been relevant for years though

[@peachymunmagenta]

@Darktion291 shhhhh go away bot

[@fransthefox9682]

I feel so sorry for Saber for having to violate his eyes and ears with some of the worst atrocities cinema has created.

[@TheSoCalledZoner1]

something to laugh at or YTPs

[@JustAnObody812]

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[@FoxGoesSquee]

ew a furry. makes sense the bots came here in full force. you deserve it

[@markiangooley]

Back in the day, I was a huge fan of National Geographic magazine. My family had a subscription. They really hyped the real-life Snowflake from shortly after his capture in 1966 (cover of the March 1967 issue and a big article: I would have been 5) until… I’m not sure, because I started getting skeptical about National Geographic maybe ten years later and wouldn’t always read it. I’d entirely forgotten about Snowflake until this video was announced: I hadn’t even heard that he’d died. Apparently the movie was mostly in Catalan originally and filmed in Barcelona where the real-life Snowflake lived (in the zoo of course). I can see that a sort of twisted local enthusiasm could result in such a movie, but making an English dub with product-placement jokes and a few big names was just a bad idea.

[@mauithemallking7171]

Saber, love the content you’re making. I’m not sure about others, but I enjoy painting my Warhammer stuff while listening to you in the background. Semi therapeutic in a sense. Keep up the good work!

[@anapaola7241]

11:32 in the spanish version he actually wanted to be turn into a black panther, because thats what he feels he is in reality. They really changed everything

[@scp-682-cu6]

WhAt

[@ivanacurna6577]

​@@scp-682-cu6 It's true

[@ivanacurna6577]

​@@scp-682-cu6 also the villain apparently suffers bad luck on Donald Duck's level and wanted Snowflake's heart because apparently heart of white gorilla is a main ingredience to potion for eternal luck, not eternal life.

[@Lissy_YT481]

​@@ivanacurna6577 that explains a lot...

[@hellothere9520]

@@ivanacurna6577 Makes the movie even more fucked up and inappropriate tbh, since "killing an albino and harvesting their body parts for good luck" is quite literally exactly what happens to human albino children in some parts of the world to this day... definitely not something to make light of in a kids' movie for sure

[@asalways1504]

If you put this movie side-by-side with Zootopia, that would be a prime example of “There’s no such thing as a bad idea, just bad execution”

[@LadyLeomon]

No, this was just a bad idea period. Okay an albino animal dealing with being outcast could have worked … but an albino gorilla, wanting to go see a *witch* so he/she can be turned black like the others … then he/she doesn’t use it right away? Why would you not use it right away???

[@shinyrayquazaaah]

​@@LadyLeomon Incredibly late comment, but there's an interesting story someone made of their own original character with a plot premise that's extremely similar to this, being a pale albino cat is discriminated against by her clan of dark colored cats who worship corvids as they see her as a bad omen, and she tries to seek a way to be accepted by them. The character is a cat named Crowsong and there's a lot of animation and projects about the story on KZbin, it's worth checking out to see the idea done in a less disastrous way lol

[@KittenoftheBroccoli]

8:30 Jesus Christ Jennette just could never catch a break...

[@j.d.t.5761]

The funny thing is once I clicked your timestamp, I got a NICKELODEON ad! 🤣🤣🤣

[@EndishGal]

Maybe if the story was about that particular gorilla trying to find her origins, parents, or even another one like her, it would be a lil better? And as a side story, we could have that rich man trying to hunt her down cause she's an ancient gorilla or whatevs. Taking a similar approach like httyd 3 or rio. Yeah.. that would be cool, I'd watch that. Oh and bring some actual good animators for that movie, along with some decent voice actors.

[@anthonyoliver418]

I can’t believe they did my boy so dirty, not only was Snowflake a father of many children and lived a happy life before dying due to his own skin pigmentation, but he was respected by everyone. But this movie straight up just turned a movie about him, into a tone deaf anti-racism story, while changing Snowflake’s gender and identity for the sake of marketability! For shame!

[@katsucandy]

To be fair, it wasn't the movie per se as much as the english dub lmfao in the spanish dub he's a boy

[@flyingstonemon3564]

Not the movie but the english dub

[@dr.altoclef9255]

Especially since the issue wasn’t just ‘Snowflake needed confidence’. He contracted skin cancer because of his albinism. In captivity a western lowland can live into their fifties. Cancer took him when he was maybe 38. He needed to spend time in sunlight to thrive but it was also something that killed him. Confidence wasn’t going to help that. If anything the movie could’ve been about how despite having this condition that eventually did take his life, he was able to find success and love. In spite of and because of this condition. Other gorillas clearly didn’t care, as he had three wives and 22 kids (and currently 8 living great-grandkids), and he remains a legend and an icon among people because he’s the only known albino western lowland gorilla.

[@evilemperordude]

I love how real Snowflake looks so smug in both photos.

[@lsthero5863]

There is so much of this movie that is contextual of Barcelona. I’ll tell you. In Barcelona the were very proud of having the most unique gorila, and they tried to breed him many times, reproduce the gene. It didn’t worked, and well, on the 2010ths it’s memory was still very alive… I remember watching this film many times on TV3 when I was a child.

[@johnpiper5546]

Gonna be honest, low-key want to own this movie now, mostly for to see the RedPanda voiced by David Spade.

[@AvatarMimsy]

Jennette McCurdy is also in the English dub. You know, the one who was forced to do acting by her mother. She wrote a memoir about it called "I'm Glad My Mom Died".

[@jeabeas1238]

I’ve seen that book in stores Lmao

[@hypernova_119]

I need to get that book when I have the chance.

[@tjg121389]

I read it recently. It's insane the way her mom treated her.

[@nickjasperse9903]

Nathen kress is also in this movie

[@OcraStars]

I love Jennette's book. Sadly my mother was a lot like hers, so I relate a *LOT* to what she went through. Good on her for bringing awareness to other victims of toxic parenting. ❤️‍🩹

[@whokitten]

Reading Snowflake and white at the same sentence killed me

[@pleasantdashi7112]

Noo why do you have the ugly night light for pfp 😭

[@whokitten]

@@pleasantdashi7112 Why do you care?

[@noblesseraizel3741]

I'm like 🤨🧐

[@pleasantdashi7112]

@@whokitten im curious why people like those sausage heads

[@thephoenixlord2355]

​@A Zee is this a conspiracy or fact? Because Sabre literally said he died of skin cancer and had kids and grandkids

[@ChroniclerKael]

Well I must say, the Sabertooth tiger you threw in at the end of your ad is cute. Even though it was flashed super quick at 3:44 ish.

[@bluefox1901]

What really gets me is that they made this movie and an old saying is ringing I’m my head. “ Some things are better left unmade” and I think this movie fits the bill perfectly

[@moomateus4116]

Seeing Saber talk about a random movie i've never heard of takes me back

[@aljaberhk]

both of these replies are bots do not trust them

[@Foxett25]

@@aljaberhk no shit Sherlock

[@FoxGoesSquee]

@@Foxett25 no surprise furry is toxic

[@Foxett25]

@@FoxGoesSquee Mabye exept im not a furry? Buy glasses. My profile picture is a wild cat.

[@nyxthelynxalt5942]

IS NO ONE QUESTIONING THE SINGLE FRAMA HE TURNED INTO A FLIPPIN CHEETAH FURRY 😂

[@Sam-fr1kc]

I noticed it too

[@starjumper]

ya that’s his avatar he uses on twitch now, was looking for someone else to point it out, it made me laugh (not cause it’s a furry cause who cares but because of how random it was)

[@BLEBBLEB]

I was surprised too xD

[@Tisserande]

THIS

[@naptuness]

BRO WTF HOW IS THIS THE ONLY COMMENT IVE FOUND ABOUT THAT

[@a.k.6345]

They could of gone about it different, like what it's like to be an albino and the difficulties of what it's like to have albinism. From what I know, it's not easy for people (depending on some people as some have it pretty cool while other we're treated differently) and animals (as it effect their survival in the wilderness). A lil realistic approach.

[@isitjustin4459]

1:01 Now that right there is the funniest thing I’ve heard all day.

[@brynnsievert6371]

my childhood was literally built off of these kind of movies, there was a movie rental place we went to all the time where there was a free section and it was just filled with awful movies like this

[@chocobear4078]

The home video near me also had some weird movies too lol

[@skythefallenangel5326]

You deserve financial compensation

[@hypnospaceoutlaw3376]

I never saw this movie, but the poster told me everything I need to know.

[@stitchlover4381]

I thought this was ANIMATED

[@ZeldaSam1]

You're not missing much, if ANYTHING!!!

[@nazarenoperez4092]

I thought that Snowflake was going to be voiced by Carolyn Lawrence, Nancy Cartwright or the Canadian Tara Strong. But this part at 6:00 rocks for me

[@zombiesalmon4997]

They should have made snowflake bright blue with yellow stripes, then at least he would be considered weird

[@DEV-gz2eu]

You know, the part about Snowflake covering themselves in dirt to look different reminds me of that scene from Disney's Tarzan. The scene were Tarzan covers himself in mud to try and look more like a gorilla. Why does this scene work but Snowflake's did not? Maybe because it wasn't color that was the issue but just being different in general and the scene ends with Kala being one of the best Disney parents ever? Maybe because the film did a better job at handling it's message? They really should have planned out Snowflake's story better. I think I would rather have a totally ridiculous adventure story over something like this. Another great video.

[@LendriMujina]

You've pretty much nailed it. Context is everything.

[@Niyucuatro]

And adding to that. As you say, context is everything. Here in Spain we don't have the same racial dynamics as the americans. So watching this, the whole black people/white people doesn't really come to mind. So to us is much closer to that Tarzan scene.

[@Tusskie]

If you liked Christopher Lloyd in this, you'll love him as The Hacker in the children's show Cyberchase. This man's performance has made me a life long viewer of the show because I'm too old for the educational math content by this point. He really just hams up this children's show villain to the nth degree and it's gold. Edit oh and Gilbert Gottfried is also in the main cast as a bird thing named Digit

[@pinglefaz]

I remember that series The Hacker was probably the best villain in the show

[@iluvsonicxshadow]

YES OH MY GOD they fucking KILL it in Cyberchase

[@chespin3910]

how in the absolute hell did i not know this, despite having watched Cyerchase all the time as a kid???

[@Tusskie]

@@chespin3910 it's okay. I was like 13 when I found out. That was almost 11 years ago. Watching the show knowing it's them gives me a greater appreciation for it

[@amberhawksong]

I fucking loved Cyberchase. I don't like the art change tho.

[@cherry_vals_wife]

I remember watching this movie a couple years ago as a kid, and for whatever reason, I loved it. Thanks for uncovering this weird and fascinating memory.

[@itstotallyplatonic960]

Wow this video was so cool! I enjoyed it a lot!

[@Smalltowngravekid]

3:43 saberspark suddenly turning into a furry caught me off guard lmao

[@TheLadyLiddell]

When you first posted the teaser asking us to guess what the movie would be about, my first thought was it had some sort of environmental message like you see the ducks covered in oil from oil spills. NEVER would I have imagined they'd take THIS route.

[@Raggy_df]

This entire movie is just a mess. That's all I can say about it. A complete mess.

[@MetalSonicReject]

I honestly thought the gorilla was named Snowflake because…well, right wing extremists DO love to throw that name around a lot. Never knew it was based on an actual albino gorilla named Snowflake.

[@genericname2747]

@@MetalSonicReject Well, at least you know that Snowflake exists now. He's pretty cool.

[@GrndAdmiralThrawn]

This was my first thought too. And like, naming the main character Snowflake was ironic because “global warming” or something

[@TheRealMamaBee]

All photos of snowflake makes him look so mischievous and sassy! 😂 I love it!!

[@PikaLink91]

8:00 Is it me or do ALL these bad animated films use that exact same font with the blocky 3 dimensional letters?

[@ShooksKebabs]

No mostly all jungle or animal movies. That are animated for kids like I’m pretty sure they use the exact same font in Madagascar

[@hardyworld]

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist is the greatest comedy ever made. So quotable with non-stop nonsense. The dialog is amazing.

[@Chihirolee3]

Kung Pow is my most favorite live action comedy ever. Nothing has ever come close. Everyone I know who have seen it think it's cringe and I cannot understand why.

[@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger]

@@Chihirolee3 _"Gopherchucks!"_ (Its very dated in its comedy. Master of Disguise falls into the same comedy stylings)

[@doctabaldhead]

THAT'S A LOT OF NUTS!

[@dog8438]

*My nipples look like milk duds!*

[@Chihirolee3]

@@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger guess I'm dated too. 😅 I totally get that though. I grew up when movies like this and Austin Powers were popular. That type of humor influenced my own sense of humor. And it seems to me that comedy doesn't tend to age as well as other genres. Another of my favorite comedy's is Airplane! But my friends find it utterly boring.

[@KingGargantuas]

It looks like one of those kids films where you can tell just by looking at the cover that not only is it bad, but uncomfortably inappropriate in its intentions!

[@michaelstrong5383]

It also looks like one of those kids films you'd find in a Walmart bargain bin for only one dollar.

[@KingGargantuas]

@@michaelstrong5383 That too!

[@cintronproductions9430]

​@@michaelstrong5383 I think I HAVE seen it in those bins so you're totally correct! XD

[@kieranstark7213]

The message of this film is quite similar to the message of The Birth of a Nation (1915) which is that blacks get more than they deserve, but whites (especially famous women) are the oppressed ones (and with Ariana Grande as the main character being a white gorilla girl and Jennette McCurdy being sidelined as the black gorilla girl that is also the one-dimensional older sister of a gorilla played by Nathan Kress (whom, like Miranda Cosgrove and Jerry Trainor, could’ve said no to the existence of a reboot of a Schneider’s Bakery show, so by 2020s standards, they would be disappointing by going back to being Nickelodeon stars.). The main reasons why both films get less hate than they deserve because of the fact that the only people that like these movies are Arianators who don’t want to hear bad things about Ayn Rand like her justifications of genocide and slavery towards people of colour being bs.

[@genericname2747]

@@kieranstark7213 This movie also gets less hate than it deserves because nobody wants to watch this mess.

[@ima-human9593]

I was crying when I started the video and laughing by the time it ended. Thanks Saberspark :)

[@angelbeas9137]

Ngl, I found the intro for this movie to be better animated and more interesting than the rest of it also, tbh, the friendship between the Snowflake and Wendy, mixed with the whole “being set in the 60’s” thing, kind of reminded me of Shadow and Maria

[@vittoriovatteroni7375]

fun fact: I or saw the film in Italian, in our version it is hinted that the villain is an incredibly unfortunate man (the clumsiness in the Italian version is made to pass for bad luck), and he already knows the witch and seems to have many amulets sent to her (an example is the elephant's tusk) and wants snowflakes for her heart since it would give eternal fortune (it is perhaps also life but I don't remember) however I liked it as a child but now looking at the animations only one thing comes to mind: WHAT THE FUCKING PROBLEMS DID I HAVE AS A CHILD?!

[@nikguimont8546]

That version sounds much better but at the same time extremely southern European so I can kind of see why they changed it but god knows why they leaned into the racial part

[@alejoordizflores4537]

Nah, your version's the right one. For some reason the english dub changes a lot of things in the script and makes it worse.

[@vittoriovatteroni7375]

@@alejoordizflores4537 oh cool.

[@PomegranatePomPom]

Same, I didn't see the issue as a kid. I remembered this movie just rn. I swear it was a fever dream. The white gorilla is a boy in the French dub too. The bad luck aspect of the movie was in it too I think.

[@fralalala]

mio dio la traduzione in inglese è tremenda,non la riesco ad ascoltare

[@dwmlue9299]

I'm gonna be honest. A van driven by a a man being dubbed by Christopher Lloyd is exactly the kind of trap van I'd eagerly climb into.

[@dollybizarro3982]

Hi saberspark i remember you replied to one of my tweets once and i think about it everytime i see your videos. It was a good tweet

[@joecasey581]

Bro I watched this movie years ago and only have a slight memory of it, and it sometimes resurfaces in my brain.

[@MilesSmiles8]

Okay, but that one line by David Spade about teenagers wanting to be black is actually hilarious.

[@yougotcheese4892]

I remember seeing this movie in the $1 pharmacy bin

[@victorhernandez8723]

It’s not even worth 25 cents.

[@tobyszlagowski2983]

The fact that I had a spanish copy (I don’t know spanish) of this movie as a child and used to watch it every week without any knowledge of the issues in it scares me

[@NessieTheDragonNugget2]

I remember this movie from when I was younger, I had the dvd and it was in the other dub so the red panada actually believed he was a black panther in a red panadas body (so the "black magic" was for both of them) so at 11:31 he is really talking about that, and he said nothing about lobsters in that other dub too... from memory it was ok in the other dub.

[@sodium_and_scales]

I remember this thing from when I was 8 years old, it was the original version tho, 'cause like that's were I'm from. It was a repressed memory, I did not remember it being a thing until now. I didn't remember shit other than this one scene where Snowflake goes "What did I do?" And the black gorila goes "Exist".

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

TBH I think a story about an albino gorilla being rejected by its peers and with commentary against discrimination could actually work and make sense... It the writing staff was good.

[@charaxiphare]

I mean, it is realistic, some animals have known to hurt albino members of their species. It is *however* weird to make that a racism allegory. If anything wouldn't it make more sense to be like a disability allegory?? Considering that it's a genetic mutation and it can cause light sensitivity and blindness.

[@charaxiphare]

@ferret4111 I've never heard of that

[@Rupi1234ful]

Snowflake was originally named Nfumu Ngui (literally "white gorilla" in Fang language, from Central Africa) when he lived in its natural habitat, and was renamed to Floquet de Neu, in Catalan, when he was brought to the Zoo of Barcelona, and later when he became famous, they began translating his name to other languages 🤓☝️

[@saphire1sababy378]

You should watch the red turtle! It’s a really interesting anime, there’s only a few bits of dialogue and an odd plot, involving a deserted island (not to be confused with desert) and ofc a giant red turtle

[@SkibidiSFM69]

I completly forgot about this movie! This movie was my childhood

[@sashamurashi225]

I loved, and missed the What the HELL series and Saber getting toured watching bad movies

[@takumirodriguez1358]

3:44 Anyone else confused as to why Saberspark turns into a furry more than he already is?

[@xpeepeebandit8738]

Broooo fr I was scrolling the comments seein if anyone else saw that

[@GoingSwimmingly]

I didn’t notice bc I had the video going while drawing a furry dragon-

[@pinglefaz]

I just saw it too Had to put it in ,0.25x speed

[@qweeesh]

I guess no one saw it because most people skip the sponsorships

[@kaitlando636]

Lol

[@MadArtillery]

I saw that saberswap in the vessi ad!

[@emeraldthedragon]

I remember this movie! I'm hyped to watch this!

[@makenat5426]

It’s so strange that arianna grande agreed to a movie like this

[@rompevuevitos222]

The bills don't pay themselves And the movie is old, she wasn't as big as she is now

[@k.o.h3599]

It's has to be for tax reasons... There are way to many bad animated movies with big name celebrity VAs

[@adam.n-steve]

​@@rompevuevitos222she was also likely a teen at that time.

[@elfanaticovirtual]

I've watched this movie both in spanish and catalan and they weren't that bad, but, the english dub and version takes to a whole new f***ing level. I seriously laughed very hard with every quote you put in the video of the movie. Great video btw!

[@moonlight51921]

they could have made this film with any other type of animal 💀

[@SirensVoice]

Saber cat for one frame at 3:44. That is an adorable little dude

[@idolevin8795]

I can't help but constantly hear Kuzco, since David Spade portrayed him, and their voices here are quite similarly done.

[@ariadnefrolich7243]

I was wondering why he sounded familiar!

[@gacd2104]

Fun fact: The actress who plays the witch is Chris Hemsworth's wife

[@allenmurallo3730]

That's cool.

[@EndishGal]

3:40 my man thought he could sneak in a lil frame of a furry version of him without us noticing.

[@HedgehogY2K]

10:03 PETE'S FREAKING DRAGON WHY!!! The background looks nearly identical to the musical 70s counterpart.

[@snarticles5976]

I vividly remember watching this movie at the ripe age of 9 years old, eating cornflakes. I remember this because I found the cornflakes box to be more interesting than the movie

[@Snow_Sailor]

Saber, you can't escape. Stop blinking in and out of your fursona, just accept your fate.

[@unaztecamas1683]

"So I think is 'copo de nieve' in Spanish " Glad those babel classes are working saber.

[@Zainium]

I remember getting this on redbox when i was little and wondering what they hell it was for years because I forgot about it. Now i have found it again thank you saberspark

[@Tilinista777]

im hispanic, and damn this movie brings me nightmares IT WAS THE ONLY MOVIE WE HAD IN MY GRANDMAS HOUSE AND WHEN TV WAS BORING, I HAD NO OTHER OPTION THAN TO WATCH COPITO DE NIEVE OVER AND OVER LIKE SOME TORTURE MACHINE FROM SAW

[@nora2348]

"Copit de niev" -Saberspark 2023 Thank you for making me chuckle, love you man

[@liriskiesart6990]

What's funny in polish dub he was cursed with bad luck and white gorilas organ was suposed to brake curse or smt. From what i remember.

[@SuperFoxdemon]

This is the best use of that boondocks quote I’ve ever seen 😂

[@ramenlover1696]

Am I the only one who saw the weird furry saber around 3:50?

[@MrMooAndMoonSquirrelToo]

No

[@ShooksKebabs]

No I saw it too

[@ihatemirrors1216]

Exactly 3:44

[@crazy_mfs]

Nope i saw it

[@neoe5970]

thanks Saber for unlocking one of my forgoten childhood memories again I'm also happy I saw the czech dub insted as a kid I guess

[@AvatarMimsy]

I guess after Yzma turned Kuzco into a llama he then turned into a red panda and befriended an albino gorilla.

[@Jose_Gonzalez1986]

5:40 bro hoodwinked had a bigger budget than this movie

[@robinsordahl8947]

The voice actress, Ariana Grande, also was the voice of Diasporo in the Nickelodeon revival of Winx Club, who was wasted to being a jealous third wheel between Bloom and Sky in Season 5. And who knows why Diasporo was even in Season 6, Ariana Grande was too busy with her music career to even voice Diasporo in Season 6, so Cassandra Morris took over.

[@kieranstark7213]

And they didn’t even give Jennette McCurdy a role in Winx Club because people think Ariana Grande and the flanderized, privileged bullies of characters she plays are better than everything to do with Jennette (except for the characters SHE played on Nick that just make her look way worse than she actually is. Especially Sam Puckett & Cat Valentine because they were exposed as Karens, especially in the finale of their own show).

[@robinsordahl8947]

@@kieranstark7213 I wish Diasporo from Winx Club has been done justice. In Season 1, it was established that Diasporo was Sky’s fiancée and Bloom accuses her for being part of the Trix, the main antagonists of the show, so Bloom prematurely attacked Diasporo and ruined the live show at Red Fountain, making Bloom feel ashamed of herself. In Season 3, Valtor took advantage of Diasporo’s desire to be with Sky by debugging him into following Diasporos orders, only to be defeated and then banished from Erakylon. Returning to Season 5, She was somehow appointed as liaison of Eraklyon, I don’t know what else happened to her. She returns again in Season 6, somehow invited to Daphne’s coronation party. If Diasporos only purpose to be in Season 5 was to have Ariana Grande voice her in a co-produced season, yet Grande did not return to voice Diasporo in Season 6, then Diasporo appearing in Season 6 would be absolutely pointless. Here’s a link to the video about it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5eYo6V7ocmdr8k

[@robinsordahl8947]

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[@kieranstark7213]

*List of Nickelodeon cliches* • Hetero love traingles (usually of either two incel men (re: Every Witch Way, except Daniel Miller was far more of one than Jax Novoa because at the end that’s whom Emma Alonso decided to go with after Daniel’s “Continuum Break” excuse. Granted, Emma is also a Mary Sue with anger issues of her own, but still.) • The mean girls and jealous main girls are responsible for it (re: The Other Kingdom) • Karma Houdinis (Schneider’s Bakery) • More unlikeable characters • Bad Animation (whether it be lifeless CGI or way too over-the-top cartoonishness for the kiddies) • Forgettable theme songs • Several shows most people won’t care about • Secretly bought by Disney, which has the same issues • High school stereotypes • Foot fetish scenes • Overuse of bathroom humour • Poor man’s versions of the movies they were based on (including DreamWorks except for PoM) • Overuse of canned laugh track • Uncreative names • Even when franchises start off good, they go sour fast • Movies that think they can pass as blockbusters (Nickelodeon Movies) • Nickelodeon Original Movies • Hit or miss original songs

[@BatMan-jd5rc]

Just seeing the black paint next to Snowflake was all I needed to know what I was in for 🤦‍♀️

[@ohnogasp]

i actually watched this movie as a kid and it was one of my favorites, idk even know how i watched this

[@Jay-yc3xi]

Love the fursona briefly on screen at 3:43

[@Gigakoops]

I've only ever seen the other English dub (the one with the lesser-known actors), so seeing this dub is eye-opening. Quite frankly the other dub is somehow miles better, despite also being weird and a bit tone-deaf. What's even odder is that dub *also* changes several characters' genders for apparently no reason, so it has to have been a demand from somewhere when both teams did their dubs.

[@trashotaku]

12:08 I don’t know why but the Tobey Maguire face on the boy made me laugh

[@DraidensDen]

Nobody's mentioned it so I shall. 3:44 I see you Saber. *And I'm drawing it too.*

[@user-zx4cj8su8i]

I remember watching this movie in my childhood and I used to love it a lot bc the story is based directly from my home city Barcelona. Snowflake was super loved and I almost never had the opportunity to watch Barcelona represented in a kids movie. I swear the original version (Spanish and/or Catalan) is much, much better 😭🙏

[@AlexanderBrior]

You never fail to find the weirdest kids' stuff

[@zaidnail3544]

Its like the director saw happy feets animation and said, let's make the animals 3d but more cartoony than hyper- realism. Also this is the second time Keith david voiced a gorilla since the legends of tarzan.

[@sentientcheese1620]

I watched this movie but it was in a swedish dub and i remember really liking it but that was a long time ago and now that i see it again and hear the english dub. I am terrified