The Deserted Husks of Youtube Fad Channels

What happens when a KZbin channel dedicates their entire channel to a short lived fad and then its left to rot? Let's dig them up and see what is left of them.
0:00 Intro
2:02 KZbin Poop & Blooper Channels
9:00 Reply Girls
13:55 Smike
23:03 Outro
Videos used for research:
• How "Reply Girls" Chan...
• The Most HATED FNAF Yo...
Morshu Rap God (Please for the love of God watch this)
• Rap God Morshu (Epilep...

[@JesusVEIVO]

I was a mod on r/fivenightsatfreddys when the first few games came out and we liked to fuck with Smike by hiding fake teasers and secret messages in the banner. One time we hid “Merry Christmas” and he made a whole video speculating on a potential Santa animatronic.

[@Mr.Maybel]

I usually don't like Reddit mods but you seem like a cool guy

[@ThePhantom4516]

nerd

[@hsthatzo8063]

@@Mr.Maybel No Reddit mod is good. Bunch of censorship lovers

[@concept5631]

@@ThePhantom4516 nerd >>>> reddit mod

[@rymacreeks2k07]

HAHAHAHAH

[@majorasmaskguy_8452]

KZbin Poop never really died, the library of remixable content just expanded with time.

[@yellowstarproductions6743]

Agreed

[@JP-hg4kt]

But the amount of companies that allow use of their content decreased

[@LakeofCrystalclan]

@@JP-hg4kt Who still allows it?

[@bigpoggers6507]

@@JP-hg4kt bold of you to think they cared enough about that for it to matter

[@neonthunder3261]

YTP is like a roach, it’s never dead.

[@masterboa6321]

Half the internet: I miss YTPs so much YTP creators: Stop telling everyone I'm dead! Half the internet: Sometimes, I can still hear their voice...

[@HelloHelloe]

Is this a dota 2 voiceline cos I feel like I’ve heard this nearly word for word before

[@masterboa6321]

@@HelloHelloe it might be from dota idk where it originated

[@phoenixdouchebag904]

​@@masterboa6321the meme originates from Brother Bear. Yes really.

[@masterboa6321]

@@phoenixdouchebag904 that's so cool! i used to play the tie-in game all the time

[@Syngrafer]

I actually made a few terrible YTPs in 2008, one of them got 80k views The good old days

[@rhettorical]

Something you missed about Reply Girls and why they were actually a problem is that KZbin used to allow Video Responses, and those responses would show up directly beneath the video being replied to. There were more issues with that than just Re:Girls, because people would upload adult content with explicit thumbnails, and those thumbnails would get shown in the replies in the few seconds or minutes before being censored. What killed Re:Girls wasn't any kind of algorithm change or backlash. It was literally just the removal of the reply feature. That killed them instantly. KZbin themselves actually did comment on Re:Girls, stating that they disliked them and would do something to quell them. That was all they needed to do.

[@vanessaashford9203]

honestly, I *always* hated the video reply feature and was glad when they got rid of it, like even beyond reply girls there were other channels that seemed to exist entirely to start flamewars with other users (usually vloggers of various sorts, back when that was a thing) via reply videos, they were particularly a big thing in the atheist KZbinr community if I recall (yeah, I know, fucking cringe, but keep in mind I was literally a teenager when I watched any of those channels...and even then wasn't entirely sure why I watched them, as most people in the "community" were just so insufferable and obnoxious), but I'm sure they existed in other niches as well. Like there would be these entire channels where the only content they put out was hostile video replies to other channels they disagreed with, and then sometimes the other channel would respond with a reply vid of their own, and the thread of angry videos would just go on and on and on. It was just such a bad feature on every level. The worst part? We can thank this past feature for the existence of lazy reaction video channels, which are still very much a thing; like sure, I can see the humor in those old reaction videos where someone would show 2 Girls 1 Cup to their grandma or something, but a lot of current reaction vids are just some loser giving their unsolicited opinions about whatever random higher-effort videos they can find, it's such lazy and boring content.

[@ScrewBall105]

Oh God, even a 1 second clip of Fred is like being hit by flashbang. It's almost violently disorienting.

[@TheKaffeekatze]

Almost? I'm certain you could use Fred as effective decently effective acoustic weapon

[@pieofchart]

I long for the day that Fred meets Gorillaz, just like when he met Weezer

[@ElSirRexy]

Thankfully I never experienced Fred until after a icarly episode aired about him I still think what I witnessed was a parody of him

[@Sorrelhas]

When you first showed Super Mario 64 gameplay accompanied by Scatman, I was shook to my very core It was like saying Voldemort's name out loud

[@bramnemeth565]

I was there, and I remember it all.

[@darthgamer9861]

holy hell the old days of Mario 64 bloopers came flooding back

[@ChArLie360115]

I don't even understand but I can appreciate I would like if I understood

[@guest-1564]

I wonder how Fleskhjerta is doin these days...

[@StealthTheFoxz]

@@guest-1564 He's on Twitch a bit more from what I saw. Seems to be all right.

[@sirexilon49]

YTPs are still going strong, they may have faded into relative obscurity but you still have people like CS188 or HourofPoop who are actively making YTPs even today and the editing in their videos is truly phenomenal it's not something anybody with Windows Movie Maker could make. Edit: just look at the replies to this very comment, you can find people mentioning several other active YTP channels

[@toxicatgaming4880]

FlyingKitty is a big one also

[@NazoCrystal]

don’t forget DaThings!!

[@ArjunTheRageGuy]

Ey, don't forget VeryTallBart too

[@bongibot1104]

Hourofpoop isn't just making ytps, tbat shit is genuinely better than the old guard imo. Some of the best ytps gave been released after the supposed days of golden ytps.

[@CuteSkyler]

I still make and watch youtube poops on the regular.

[@TheMightofDab]

21:44 "Skyrim is a pretty old game now" *comment left 8 years ago* Todd for the love of god give us a new game

[@tornado3842]

Very few things make me as nostalgic as YTPs and blooper videos do

[@gringusgaming]

Truth

[@w4976.]

And Minecraft

[@tornado3842]

@@w4976. I would find it difficult to be nostalgic for something as saturated and drawn out as Minecraft.

[@w4976.]

@@tornado3842 Doesn’t matter whether I find the game fun any more, back then the memories with my brother who I barely see anymore are some of the best moments of my life

[@Nintendogs08]

Same to be honest.

[@terminator572]

One of the weirdest things to do if you have an old enough account (like mine), is to go back to your Favorites playlist. You can see a stark change in what content used to be and what it is now, together with a slew of deleted videos that keep you wondering just what the hell was it that you used to watch that got copyright claimed.

[@Kuchito08]

It's so weird that KZbin's copyright claim system is both better AND worse than the one from when I started watching back in the day. Like at least just leave the title for what got deleted so I can find a reupload on some obscure Taiwanese mirror site lol

[@isaiahjoseph7352]

Yeah holy you aren't wrong. Large drift from the old stuff. Gonna try to avoid being confusing though but it really feels like content has changed yet stayed the same

[@southpaw117]

I took it a step further and went through my Google account to see my interactions dating so far back (likes, dislikes, favourites, comments even!). I discovered stuff that I had completely forgotten about that I used to be obsessed with!

[@circleinforthecube5170]

thats why you gotta download your shit, archives are important, also dig around the internet archive for stuff you cant find anymore, i found a lost blockland short (old late 2000s game) on the internet archive after thinking it had been lost for years

[@lShishkaBerryl]

My like list is at 5000 videos, I hit the limit long ago lol they probably remove the oldest liked video when I like a new one. I should sit down and scroll for 5 hours tomorrow see how far back it goes.

[@ratkinzluver33]

I'm glad there's still a small but dedicated fanbase for YTPs, I still love them after all these years.

[@kaden-sd6vb]

Even smexuals, the mostly tf2-specific relative of YTP, are still kicking a lil bit

[@ratkinzluver33]

@@kaden-sd6vb rainbows make me crylenol

[@kamiloalvarez5800]

@@ratkinzluver33 YTPs now are, ehh

[@Pimploaf_YTP]

@kaden-sd6vb some of the best stuff that is basically YTP except the name is almost pure audio stuff like Dirty Potter. I think it's the necessary reliance on sentence mixing (and making sure the sentences are understandable since you can't rely on visuals for clarity) that makes some of them so noteworthy. I've been working on an audio YTP of God Emperor of Dune and it's been some of the most fun I've had with the craft in a while.

[@chainswordcs]

YTPs arent dead, just a fair bit more niche. YTPMVs are still massive, but they might not really be recognized by that name

[@symptomofsouls]

I still watch Jeff Lindblom. Nintendo should just give him the rights to Morshu at this point

[@circleinforthecube5170]

neil ciceraga for example, a professional musician that makes well made mashups with his own spin, he turned the annoying song wonderwall into like 10 creative original pieces

[@kaden-sd6vb]

​@@circleinforthecube5170or Saint diccholas, with all the slam jam mashups

[@demen9497]

Vinesauce does a good job bringing back ytp for a segment stream

[@PixelHeroViish]

Vinny Pizzapasta Vinesauce is KZbin Poops personfied

[@ezidaioh]

Joel is the human version of those jack black swearing samples

[@shitpost-o-matic7469]

@@ezidaioh exactly

[@mr80s81]

Those classic game commerical & ytp streams are hilarious, bing bing wahoo never gets old

[@TallTapper]

SeeS

[@BaconMinion]

A lot of the really active YTP people back in the day actually really hated if anybody "got famous" from the whole thing. An example would be EmpLemon, when he started to get millions of views, they really shat on him in forums and video comments, to the point where he just gave up. I'd say he's making better content after that, but it took one Hell of a downward spiral for him to get there.

[@Ranixo286]

Ah yes the "YOURE SUSBRICKER COUNT WILL GO DOWN JUST LIKE THE TWIN TOWERS" incident

[@hectorg5809]

wtf, seriously? gosh, people can be such losers

[@carlosemilio5180]

I see what you did there

[@nejdalej]

Ha good one😊

[@AwesomeYena]

​@@Ranixo286GOOD LORD, SOMEBODY ACTUALLY TYPED THAT OUT!?

[@WonderSparkPuppets1]

I don't know if you mentioned this, but KZbin didn't allow more than 10 minute videos for the first 5 years of its existence. This rule absolutely encouraged short-form stuff. It wasn't until 2010 when YT started its Content Creator verification system for partners that you could upload more minutes. When this happened, the floodgates were lifted and a deluge of hour-long+ videos hit the world. YT now paid more for longer videos, thus the "skip the first three minutes as it is nothing to do with anything" rule that still applies today. Poops evolved and adapted, getting shorter and transforming into seconds-long memes that can be embedded on platforms like social media, message boards or in comments sections on any website. One might even argue that the low-quality s--tpost is the natural evolution of YT Poops as they are short, easily made and have the same quality control issue.

[@b1tchb4by3]

That would explain why I would see snippets of YTPs on different social media occasionally.

[@lShishkaBerryl]

I remember when they opened the floodgates to 10 hour videos lol

[@claykennedy6790]

As a millenial, Pokemania is the closest I think I'll ever experience to The Beatles arriving in America in '64. If you weren't there you'll never understand.

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

Ringo Starryu.

[@katswarrior]

SMG4 is actually doing pretty good with their series Murder Drones! Kevin Temmer just announced that he's gonna be a lead animator

[@audiovisualcringe]

yeah smg4 didn’t really “fall off” he just wants to do something more than just goofy mario videos in gmod, and it’s starting to show with the quality of the latest uploads

[@SiDoesMinecraft]

I subscribed to SMG4 when they had hit 5k subscribers or so. I remember one of the first new uploads I saw was actually a video where they responded to fans harassing another Mario 64 blooper channel and threatened to shut down their own channel in response. Crazy to think that drama could have potentially stopped a channel that would go on to have millions of subscribers.

[@dravenmartinez6311]

@@audiovisualcringe there is an actual replacement or new version of smg4 old content theawsomemario revamped is essentially that in the modern day and shockhat734 is that but kirby and incredibly funny.

[@CalzoneStudiozOfficial]

why do KZbinrs do better with original content than their outdated parodies

[@SiDoesMinecraft]

@(CD) SJ-12 Old school parody or blooper content was just so easily copied and regurgitated that people grew bored with it. Having a very unique or flexible style will mean you can cater to changing tastes and make your content unique (in other words, worth watching) among the sea of other creators. That's likely why SMG4 has done so well. That's also not to say all blooper KZbinrs didn't put in effort, it's just hard to stand out when a genre becomes so old and inflated with garbage.

[@phillipclearman859]

Thank you for making this. KZbin just doesn't feel like it is what it used to be.

[@GldnClaw]

I've not seen a Cunningham Muffins-esque video in a long time.

[@phillipclearman859]

@@GldnClaw Yeah. So much content, yet so much of it just derivative or lacking creative energy or effort. Or maybe I'm just spending too much time on here (probably).

[@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778]

Yeah its filled with crappy video essays, drama and corpo content. So sick of how bland and safe everything has become

[@phillipclearman859]

@@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778 I like video essays, but yes many of them don't go beyond a wikipedia summary and dont even break the 30 minute mark.

[@moosesues8887]

@@phillipclearman859 21 century humor never misses tho

[@vampvhs]

“Because KZbin is where the poop is” really takes me back lol. also speaking of features that have been removed from KZbin, among the favorites playlist that I loved (now I just treat my liked videos as my favorites and only like videos if I want to come back to them, I absolutely miss how custom your KZbin channel could be, custom pfps but also with custom pages, and color schemes to match, it was the shit back then, really reminiscent of MySpace, and it really made people’s channels stand out from one another, gave it more character and it might have been the deciding factor for if you started watching a new channel, simply bc you liked how they made their page look, KZbin has removed all form of personality aside from the actual videos and luckily we still have custom pfps (knock on wood) but there used to be so much more life in these channels before KZbin was just another money making machine

[@avocado9381]

Holy shit, I didn't recognize Smike's name but the moment his voice started playing... I watched the hell out of his fact videos back in the day.

[@poisonpop328]

It's honestly kinda weird how despite watching a shit ton of his videos I remember literally nothing from them. I wonder if that's an indicator of quality. It's still pretty nostalgic to see the dumb stuff I use to watch, though.

[@LobsterMobsterTheCrispiestLoaf]

@Kaiser_Spooky Same here, at max I can probably only remember like one or two videos of his despite the fact I watched a lot.

[@AmyelidaK]

Calling KZbin poops and blooper videos a dad was a sad but real reality. At least the ones who grew up with them can go back to see them.

[@deadinsidemcgee411]

So many memories…

[@Mr.Maybel]

ytps are still out there

[@saccorhytus]

They’re fathers now???

[@sam-cw3hc]

@@saccorhytus my father!

[@TheAbsol7448]

@@saccorhytus A lot of the people who uploaded them probably are fathers now.

[@Asteros1453]

KZbin poops have become a niche of their own, ever since the MLG era they've evolved and morphed modern humour into them, they've become better.

[@holstonmatt]

i miss the mlg era

[@_-Lx-_]

@holston matt I don't, they were usually really unfunny.

[@Asteros1453]

@@_-Lx-_ I despised the MLG era because it basically forced YTPs underground for a good few years, when their popularity finally died down post 2014 we had a ytp renaissance. For example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/moO2gn2er7tqhK8

[@beetle__bug]

​@@_-Lx-_ the high quality ones by materialismo and senpai kush were pretty damn funny though

[@b1tchb4by3]

I think MLG and YTPs evolved into 21st Century Humor that blew up (I think) 2 years ago.

[@2gupsy4me]

I was there when YTP's got popular, the actual reason it died is unfair copyright takedown. Popular YTP creators would spend weeks, if not months on a singular video, only for it to be deleted instantly due to youtube's bs copyright system. I feel like if that didn't happen, YTP's would have naturally declined and would maintain a natural audience.

[@kaden-sd6vb]

It was also due to the "family-friendlifying" that has been corrupting the internet over the years.

[@loboqueso5392]

NO THANKS TO IRRESPONSIBLE PARENTING.

[@humanity_moment.]

​@@someguynamedmatt2907 Jesus Christ, man. Don't even remind me. Roblox is one of the few internet places where a toddler can see futanaris without even having to know or search up what it is.

[@kaden-sd6vb]

@@someguynamedmatt2907 eugh, don't remind me. I make sure to inform people of the predatory nature of that hellhole whenever possible.

[@collaterale1]

Oh MagicMush, not only the Mario bloopers were obsessed with Scatman, we Italians also obsessed with his entire fucking album. In fact, Scatman's World is number 2 at the top 10 weekly charts and most of the songs were used in mid to late 90s Italian films directed by the Vanzina brothers. Hell, Japan is also in love with him, so much so that they recorded extra songs in the Japanese version of his album, Everybody Jam!, by far his biggest claim to fame in the land of the rising sun.

[@EarthRealm_Studios]

Man I remember SMG4’s old stuff I still watch his new stuff out of boredom but I much prefer his old stuff those were the days

[@ralsei3157]

Yeah...nowadays he's a corporate shell

[@nottoofast]

@@ralsei3157 For which corporation?

[@GlonkerDonker]

@@nottoofast His own I believe

[@Blavin]

@@GlonkerDonkeryeah Glitch Productions. They make some pretty banger content.

[@rjuniperr]

The new SMG4 is technically better, but god it doesn’t have the charm of classic SMG4

[@bendonpc5743]

The “original” kind of Mario 64 Bloopers is actually still alive, it’s a small community in terms of popularity today so I can’t blame anyone who thinks these videos are totally dead (Pretty much the entire community lives in the shadow of SMG4), but there are a *ton* of people who still do these kind of videos (myself included) tho they’re obviously much more advanced now. SMG4 is not really considered a part of the community anymore, he’s considered a Gmod animator instead

[@MarioKartSuperCircuit]

Super Mario 64 has been able to stay on the internet so damn long it can never go away In fact Mario 64 is now starting to rapidly multiply and it's inserting itself into other games, it truly was able to become four parallel universes ahead of us all

[@SMD965OFFICIAL]

Same

[@moosesues8887]

@@MarioKartSuperCircuit we realized this when wario showed up in our emulated versions of the game

[@abicto]

eu ainda acho incrível o povo que deixa essas comunidades vivas, e sempre bom saber que ainda tem alguém fazendo conteúdo de um tópico que eu via a mais de 8 anos atrás mesmo que não seja tão popular quanto antes respeito a vocês

[@davidholanda1]

heya

[@realguest]

Don't forget about the abnormally large amount of jumpscares back then

[@afuckingbasement]

So real. But it's coming back dude. I get the shit scared out of me on random Instagram memes like once a week lol (I fright easily)

[@Probably_JENOVA]

The part where you talked about the times when Pokémon and Fnaf blew up in popularity and how hard it was to escape them takes me back to the early 2010’s when My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic suddenly blew up in popularity and Bronies became a big phenomenon and how hard it was to escape the ponies since they were popping up everywhere and having fan crossovers (any pre-established character you can think of having a pony version of them, the Friendship is Magic characters taking on their role, that pre-established character interacting with the Friendship is Magic characters, etc.) and memes with everything. Eventually the popularity simmered down and the older bronies started to move on to other fandoms and/or creating original content and the ponies and bronies weren’t popping up everywhere like they did back then.

[@DakotaofRaptors]

I remember the pony surge. I was an active part of the brony community then, although I was probably a bit too young.

[@collaterale1]

Also, most of the former bronies later became predators. The best examples of these are MandoPony and ToonKritic.

[@DakotaofRaptors]

@@collaterale1 I wouldn't say most; more like a lot of prominent ones

[@MustacheDLuffy]

You do realize more my little pony fans were 40 year old men than little girls

[@Probably_JENOVA]

@@MustacheDLuffy Well yeah, I’m aware of that. Them being adult men watching a little girl’s show was one of their defining traits. Some of them are older adults but others are younger adults. The fan content still attracted kids and teenagers at the time as well.

[@NNNSSSCCC]

I absolutely remember Smike, AKA ‘Smilk’ as he was called. I remember the point when his audience started calling him out on his BS. I really miss the simplicity and overall feel of KZbin at that time.

[@Killakay47]

Is it weird I kinda miss that?

[@L0rdOfThePies]

Remember when people started calling him out for making fnaf videos dispite never actually playing the game 😂 that was literally huge back then with the callouts and the threads but i respect him for getting that bag..good times

[@NOVAFrederick]

In one of his videos he was even drinking Milk.

[@dragonslayermasterornstein83]

Back then he was criticized for milking the shit out of FNAF but for some reason 2022 it was all the suddenly cool to milk the hell out of FNAF now. I guess he pulled a "Looks like you guys weren't ready for that but your kids will love it!" After all that.

[@_-Lx-_]

Smike's content was really bad but completely inoffensive (apart from obviously how lazy and mass producedthey were), I remember UhYeah made an atrocious video raking him over the coals and railing into him for making click bait content when the video was literally called "THE MOST HATED FNAF KZbinR" with the words "HE STOLE FNAF" in the thumbnail when he only didn't think to ask for permission for some fanart he used in his videos, which is a basic mistake countless amateur creators make. That video really pisses me off, basically being completely hypocritical and drama hungry and way more damaging and harmful the guy he spent 20 minutes crapping on.

[@skeletonking2501]

Dude imagine if the video reply thing was still available nowadays. I feel like with today's internet climate they would be HUGE, and pretty useful too.

[@NeonBeeCat]

ever heard of youtube shorts

[@njdotson]

I think they could work but as "linked videos." I feel like if they did it the same way as before, there would still be a lot of spam. Another way to do it would be an option in the video details that allows a video to be linked to another one. Doing this would make the original video accessible in the reccomended or description. It could also have a way to see the linked videos of any video in some kind of tab. This would still have spam but just about as much as youtube comments I think

[@Soulraven2735]

Isn't that literally what Tiktok duets are?

[@Aerie1405]

I feel like they would be abused and lead to a lot of harrasment tbh

[@johnnygreenface4195]

​@Aerie1405 that's whats fun about it!

[@TheAbsol7448]

I really don't think SMG4 was just a fad. A lot of people watched him for a _long_ time and only left because his overall output quality started to get worse and worse. As someone who started watching him when he had less subscribers than I do now, I'd still be watching him today if he were more laid back with his content and if he were to stop shoehorning in serious storytelling and characters that obviously only exist to sell merch. I think I need to point out that I don't have a problem with change itself. He changed a _LOT_ between 2011 and 2017 and I was happy with all of it, aside from some characters getting used less and less. The changes after that were pretty bad and did nothing good for his content. Now, his content is little more than a husk of its former self intending to only really appeal to kids on the internet. All of the edge and genuine parody is gone.

[@lithunoisan]

The edge is gone? Are you saying there are no obscenities?

[@TheAbsol7448]

@@lithunoisan There's a little bit of it, but it's so padded and advertiser friendly.

[@lithunoisan]

@@TheAbsol7448 no more n-bombs?

[@lithunoisan]

@@TheAbsol7448 should I watch a video to see how much it’s changed.

[@circleinforthecube5170]

@@TheAbsol7448 i wonder if nintendos crackdown on fan-made content affected SMG4's content, he cant say 'fuck' or the nintendo mafia will break down his doors

[@pieofchart]

What saddens me is how some of my favorite YTPs from when I was a little dirt-eating pipsqueak are now apparently gone. For one, I'm from Brasil, and there's a whole ass separate YTP scene here, literally called YTPBR. There was this one YTP about a classic comic/cartoon series from our country that had this lovely little jingle in the beginning, that I just can't find anymore. The video is gone, and I never found out what the song was. This is pain.

[@primarchvulkan4013]

It seems like there's a unique YTP scenes in every country, cuz there in Russia is a specific scene too, called RYTP. Yes, R stands for Russian

[@Breaker_Of_Sieges]

dude, this is a bloody amazing video. Genuinely had a spittake at the "what happened to all the reply girls? they ran to twitch." joke. you owe me for the baja I lost!

[@guyonyoutube6565]

People still make YTP’s even people like Cs188 and Jimmy Davis. And people with some amazing editing skills like Rinse Cycle are amazing.

[@brendanthebomber.]

Don’t forget dathings

[@samuelisliving2952]

As a Gen Z'er who grew up during the FNAF boom, it's awesome people are starting to look on the series in retrospect; back when the series was somewhat indie. Everything after UCN just feels so alien to me. I remember when the original quadrilogy was everywhere in gaming. Its inspired me so much nowadays and how my tastes have shifted to being into murky mature stuff I wouldn't have been otherwise, coming from a kid who was terrified of haunted houses. FNAF was my gateway.

[@monsterman2.0yt6]

I feel like another topic you should've covered was Plush/Toy Videos before channels like Ryan's Toy Reviews annihilated the whole genre. It's really only survived in channels like Super Mario Logan and Monster Island Buddies and even then not in the same way they once were. Like remember when people (usually kids) would just have fun with toys on their camera and telling stories with them? I remember seeing a bunch of videos as a kid of people making dinosaur documentaries with Jurassic Park toys or recreation of levels with Angry Birds plushies.

[@hgarr]

YES! I used to watch those, too. There was another similar trend but with LEGO. Sometimes it was stop-motion, sometimes the kids making the videos would just record the mini figures in their hands. But they would basically do the same thing. I remember there was this really bizarre meme in which two mini figures would be standing in front of Lego urinals, and one would turn to the other, and say "I am watching you PEE!", and that was just the entire video. They were like 10-seconds long. Yeah, I used to watch some trash as a 9-year-old, but at least some kids had fun making them. recording those was probably a good, fun learning experience for them, too. Maybe this video should get a part 2...

[@jimmycarburator2012]

Or maybe you just grew out of playing with puppets?

[@misterspoo7068]

bloopers to me felt like earliest forms of video game machinimas

[@terminator572]

They were, they are Red vs Blue/early Dorkly were the pioneers of machinima

[@Ultra04channel]

Ah man, the blooper videos bring back some memories. Anyone remember a video titled something like "100 ways to die in Mario 64" or something like that?

[@aruce9]

that unearthed an ancient memory for me

[@legoboy7107]

There was an SMG4 episode WAAAYYY back that was like that. Except since it was a comedy machinima it wasn't actually how to die in the real game, it was stuff like "pooping on the castle floor and making Peach mad" and stuff lol.

[@spurrit7156]

@@legoboy7107 the good old days where smg4 was actually a bit funny, instead of videos with cringey deviantart OC's, mario characters horribly animated with stop motion tool, and parodies of popular things that are so badly written that youd think the creator of the parody had never watched the thing (cough cough... dont hug me im mario cough cough...)

[@EXPeepik]

@@spurrit7156 jesus christ every time smg4s old content is mentioned im suprised about how many people are seemingly repulsed by his newer content

[@williamfiore7545]

@@EXPeepik because it sucks, and this My singing monsters fan Spurrit is correct

[@alface935]

3:19 You know your sense of humor is broken when just seeing Bowser going up and down with the sound of the actual video is enough to make you laugh lol

[@xellanoir]

Ironic that I'm watching a video essay, one of the most oversaturated fads on KZbin, about KZbin fad channels.

[@dehparticles]

I used to love watching SMG4 especially with my brother, but I feel like he really fell off with his recent changes

[@exotic1405]

every single biotic cell to live on earth and all life outside of earth agrees with this statement

[@legoboy7107]

@@exotic1405 Unfortunately I still see a lot of people who get triggered by so-called "old SMG4 fans" saying such criticisms about modern SMG4 and paint them as the toxic bad guys, so there are people who refuse to agree with such statements even though it's a completely reasonable opinion to hold.

[@LightspeedJones3]

@@legoboy7107 Can be reasonable, but at the same time it kinda just doesn't really feel all that right to bring it up sometimes. When you wanna bring stuff like that up, it's bound to raise some people that are against what you think about it. And if you want to be honest, ANYONE can be against anything you say anyway but still.

[@T1MAGEDDON]

been watching him for a while, wouldn't say he's fallen off, but man it really feels like it's gotten out of my age-range

[@SSFplayer2]

Not really falling off, the only problem is that it sometimes miss represents characters with their actual personality and dumbs them down.

[@booleah6357]

Smike had forsaken Todd Howard, so Todd Howard turned his back in his time of need.

[@MetaDHedge28]

I find it hilarious that you used the Witchyworld music while talking about Reply Girls

[@ToniaGlitched]

it's funny how even tho corporations actively tried to kill YTP, it's still around, besides here in Brazil, one of the countries where it's most popular, most of the big guys of YTP stopped their channels unfortunately

[@J_mtoft]

Man, seeing those blooper videos make me feel so old.

[@JaxTheEpic]

i remember seeing a blooper that had the walnuts peanuts part of the dk rap playing in the background while showing gameplay of diddy kong 64 and random sprites from sonic games started showing like dr robotnik sprite from mean bean machine but i can't find the blooper

[@pattymcfatty0]

Man I'm so happy the algorithm blew your channel up with the 4chan video. I've been loving the content you've been putting out and this one is no exception. I remember back in 2016 and coming across react videos whos entire fad was reacting to KZbin poops and SMG4 videos. I think his name was Charmx or something but I eventually grew out of his content and moved on. Of course, like the other people you mentioned such as smike (god that brought back memories seeing his name pop up in the video) once those youtubers/fanbases he was stealing content off of died down he just ended up deleting his entire channel and moving on. It's absolutely crazy how easily these channels can pop up, and also how easily they can disappear. The saying might be "Once it's on the internet it stays there" but clearly in these cases where the channels were so useless and unimportant that nobody bothered to catalogue them that what we have are almost the equivalent of scholars only having accounts by the romans of empires long gone. There's no first hand account for those empires and the same for these videos where only the few re uploads remain of what these channels produced. I think this is a fantastic video just like the rest that really highlights a corner of the KZbin sphere that played a completely underrated role in shaping the internet and what it became. YTP arguably became the new r/comedyepilepsy for zoomers and content farming youtubers helped introduce many young kids (such as I at the time) introductions to these fanbases or channels that ended up creating a whole other set of memories about. Keep up the great content and I look forward to your next video, I know it'll be another banger.

[@alexanderscout]

We as humans have always been hypocritical about our stances

[@omgbulldozer]

Well said. Cheers.

[@williamfiore7545]

i remember watching some of charmx's old videos when i was young but now that i think about it his stuff wasnt that great and yeah i checked his channel and he deleted all of his videos and made two, both about him quitting

[@Jake-0]

Shut up

[@justsomesimplenuclearbirbs4313]

KZbin Poop is pretty much a rare thing nowadays. There's only a select few channels left that still make YTPs, but I feel like KZbin Poop Music Videos (or YTPMVs) and Sparta Remixes are even bigger fads that often became overshadowed by their older brother because of how much easier it is to make characters say something unusual than making said character sing to the tune of some random music or constantly stop something or someone from finishing what they're doing in a rhythmic fashion. YTPMVs often took music the channel owner liked, took a source and edited that source to match the music by having characters and sounds repeat continuously in rhythm with the music. Eventually some folks would start making YTPMVs *without* background music and would somehow make a full on remix of the track that many often listen to compared to the original version. Eventually the YTPMV genre gain popularity in Japan which resulted in videos that instead of being simple edits were full blown production videos using 3D environments, a shitton of effects and editing and camera shifts. Not *every* Japanese YTPMV decided to go that route but the ones that did often used bizarre sources for their YTPMVs. Sparta Remixes are self-explanatory. You take a source, sometimes multiple, and edit them in a way that fits the Sparta Remix instrumental you're using. When done right it can be pretty satisfying to listen to.

[@amberhawksong]

The Thomas The Tank Engine fandom still does a lot of YTPs if you're looking for YTPs. I recommend TheRealXboxNerd. HourOfPoop is also a great generalist YTPer.

[@TheInfectiousCadaver]

the king of the hill ones still get me, those YTP never get old i swear.

[@Marchers46]

As someone who grew up with ytps and blooper videos and is actually currently making ytp type videos myself. It’s sad to see them go pretty much extinct because of corporate greed.

[@quixotes4478]

I disagree with the conclusion, KZbin punishes variety content really hard (case in point: your channel getting its ass beat for not just doing 4chan content forever) so I think Smike actually did the smart thing riding the fnaf wave while it lasted. The actual problem was that FNAF content isn't versatile enough, the true KZbinr Meta is to pick a broad topic and stick with it forever.

[@MMFan2004]

Then there should be a revolution for variety content on KZbin! #youtubevarietyforever

[@johanhernandez745]

In Latin America YTP are still alive there are many channels here that still make content and is still funny and creative.

[@brycehall8605]

I remember watching a Sonic Youth music video and noticing a large amount of weird comments in Spanish. They were all weird references, and I was super confused. Finally, a commenter said that Sonic Youth song was frequently used in Latin American YTP lmao

[@BallinBoy008]

19:43 I remember when Matpat had a small rant about smike’s cupcake theory video. That was hilarious to see

[@elpichula769]

babe wake up new MagicMush video just dropped

[@ironicivan4928]

dammit i was gonna say that

[@KingKalashnikov]

Babe wake up, new MagicMush video. Seriously, you're gonna be another one of my 'before they were big' channels. Keep it up!

[@theeskrungly]

Smike and the Hello Neighbour developer are prime examples of the Fazbear Syndrome.

[@Trynt33]

Surprisingly KZbin Poops are still ongoing with creators like CS188, Captpan, TheRumChum, Jimmy Davis, Jeff Lindblom, etc. There's even a CD-I inspired game that got recently released called Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore made by fans who were avid YTP fans!

[@athy8763]

honestly the fact that ytps still get made is one of the things that gives me hope for the future and gives me the will and strength to carry on. also, as a diehard fnaf fan myself, i feel your assessment on fnaf being in a similar boat to pokemon is rather accurate. it was kinda surreal to me to see smite (and by extension fnaf) suddenly show up in this video. was NOT expecting that.

[@sizzledrizzle104]

lol Smike was the exact person that popped into my head when I read the title

[@thewave-qz9lt]

y'know the FNAF segment also reminded me of how MLP used to be everywhere back in the day and now you barelly hear about bronies and shit.

[@Boredman567]

YTP and Video Replies actually came together for another interesting story. There was a short YTP by kiz038 that was titled "Dragonforce". It was just a simple poop made from the band's infamous 2006 Graspop concert. It spawned some memes, but the video itself isn't really the interesting part. For whatever reason, a bunch of people in the YTP community decided to start setting most of their videos as replies to Dragonforce. They would prominently direct their viewers to do the same, just saying "MAKE ALL YOUR VIDEOS A REPLY TO THIS VIDEO". This fad actually became really huge, and sometime around 2010, Dragonforce actually became the most replied-to video on KZbin. Sadly, the video was eventually flagged and removed. I suspect it was because of another channel that was competing to try and get the most replies to its own video, which was just a GTA4 stunt montage titled "MOST REPLIED VIDEO ON KZbin". (Honestly I have nothing to support this theory, and it was probably just a regular copyright claim.) At the time, the vast majority of video creators weren't really "partners" and didn't have connections or resources to protect their channels from copyright strikes. Plus, it wasn't a career for them, it was just for fun.

[@albertlofling7310]

lets be honest youtube poop just got reclassified, from the mlg noise overload to current memes that base themselves on random it never died, just adapted

[@skrub_king]

what i miss is most YTP channels I called it

[@mlgodzilla4206]

Just because you stopped watching YTPs doesn’t mean the whole genre died

[@stobie9063]

They are definitely much less popular than they were back in the day even if they are still being made and watched

[@mehlessmidori602]

I loved those SM64 blooper videos. They were even better with annotations.

[@Argo_Spiral]

I think I found the channel I've been looking for. You know how people just have THAT channel or THOSE channels that they never miss a video on? I think I've added another to my "collection"

[@bigmanburg7160]

Crazy how hard SMG4 fell off since like, 2015...

[@evdestroy5304]

Was looking for someone to say this, yeah he's not nearly as funny anymore

[@hydrix6419]

I remember watching his stuff back when it wasn't based around gmod or somthing. I don't even know what he's using or up to anymore other than the fact he has a different thing going now. I could care less to check it out tho

[@legoboy7107]

@@hydrix6419 He's basically using like 95% gmod with just a teeny-tiny bit of Super Mario 64 these days, barely any oftentimes. Some episodes only have like a second of Mario 64 in them now.

[@legoboy7107]

I'd say 2016 and 2017 were still pretty good, and while 2018 definitely sowed the seeds for a lot of the problems the series has now, I'd say overall it was decent and had some really good highs. But a few episodes into 2019 (the first one was good tho) is when things really started to fall off.

[@evdestroy5304]

@@hydrix6419 GMod and waifus

[@Pudding404]

Smg4 will always be the golden example of a mix of blooper and ytp videos to me. It can even be argued that ytp/ bloopers never really died, they just grew up like we did. Even so, I'm more happy that they lived and died than never lived at all.

[@circleinforthecube5170]

they evolved, they went from CDI luigi saying spaghetti until mario tried to kill them into a full ringside recreation with link from CDI with original animation

[@HazeX2]

Why do people act like YTP is gone?

[@L_Train]

I think that girl at 12:00 is in a prison cell.

[@jorami4838]

The weird thing about smike is his channel didn't really fall off. His videos still generally got good views. He just stopped uploading.

[@coolguy5133]

Smg4 used to be a Blooper channel, and now they had ascended to greater heights.

[@smt3]

True.

[@mafyboy0420]

Damn right the only person who doesn't get a c and D order from nintendo.

[@settingsun5582]

Personally I dislike modern SMG4, but I cannot deny they have grown, which is pretty nice.

[@totoisayal5045]

the smg4 channel isnt too good. glitch productions on the other hand pretty cool fun stuff

[@omarmatouq3855]

​@@settingsun5582 gotta agree, eventhough I was a late smg4 fan, his content seems to be for younglings(along side the outdated humor). However, glitch productions and their shows like Meta runner, sunset paradise, and murder drones are definitely better than the original root.

[@Kabutoes]

Ah, back when video responses and fads were things. As a kid, the world of YTPMV and Gmod videos felt bigger than it really was. When I got older I look back and I swore they had like millions of views. People still make videos like those, just not the same people anymore.

[@dogeln3]

I love coming across of channels that aren't as well known to the public as others, I hope you grow and succeed on this platform! Loved this.

[@wouldntyouliketoknowwesath7789]

KZbin poops traumatized me as a kid, cause I found one while looking for Arthur episodes, and what I found had shitty drawn blood, but it still almost made me cry :D

[@ditegrazieasus1880]

Seeing bloopers a decade later really hits like a train. In a way i both miss and don't miss the 2010s

[@luiginumber1549]

21:23 MagicMush turns into Meatcanyon

[@Arceus5555]

Blooper videos definitely bring up the wider history of "machinima" from before the company was made. Just the developing genre of game footage edited and performed in like some kind of narrative that's meant to be viewed and shared on the internet before it was grabbed by the company that took its title. I feel like blooper videos are almost like a separate movement of machinima in that regard and can be looked at as one of those pure expressions meant to be enjoyed, even by people from outside of the community. There's still nothing to be gained like in youtube poops, but the wider mindset was almost found horizontally on youtube before it became a modern, paid internet experience.

[@GreatLordJason]

I really love this rediscovery of old youtube channels.

[@thesonofmalice1999]

The whole "There was nothing left in the f××king cow when he was done with it" bit got me laughing a lot more than it had any right to 😂😂

[@ImmaLittlePip]

Honestly this feels like a series you could do Just youtube fads in general like angry video game/movie critics or lets plays ect

[@peacockcrowe2718]

Yes!!

[@KKHell]

"Nostalgia Critic clones" are surprisingly still a thing

[@oler777]

Thanks for ruining your algorithm so we dont have to there’s no way in hell I would want to see reply girls everywhere

[@doodguytheblank2403]

Surprised you didn’t mention let’s plays at all. Not really dead in the ditch but it has massively dropped in popularity.

[@napoleonfeanor]

Don't they do this at Twatch?

[@doodguytheblank2403]

@@napoleonfeanor yes but it’s a very different kind of experience. Lets plays are recordings that get edited and uploaded later where as gaming streams are raw live playthroughs

[@puke.1393]

It’s so nice to see someone make a video recognizing the importance of blooper videos on KZbin back in the day, I too was obsessed with them. I wanted to make my own but I was probably 9 or 10 years old when they were still a thing, had no knowledge of video editing, much less any idea of how to use cheats or emulators. I put together a blooper video where I recorded myself playing SM64 DS with a camcorder and made the characters talk by just talking. Those were the days haha

[@kolonarulez5222]

YTP Classic > whatever they are now

[@Jazztache]

2:22 YTP is still alive today, just not in the same form. It's changed quite a bit over the years, but the older style is mostly gone, and there are many YTP creators who have stopped uploading.

[@johnwhitters3234]

I'm happy your channel got on my radar. Your videos are pretty great

[@enchilordo8562]

I love ytps. Like you said in the video, they aren’t made for the purpose of money or fame, but simply because they’re entertaining. I could literally never get mad at a ytp, even the worst ytps have their share of funny moments. I hope they never officially fizzle out of existence

[@massproducedeva_]

YTP ain’t dead, it just got more advanced

[@strawby]

18:30 surprisingly, andiematronic is still making fnaf content! Just not a frequent uploader, but by no means abandoned

[@finnacan]

I love YTPs because they are holesome and nothing bad and just funny. The reason why there very rare for new ones is very simple.

[@Honey_Katz]

That's very much not true they can get very dark, but I appreciate them for sure jdjdjfjf

[@pentherapy]

Despite coming to KZbin VERY early and being pretty into YTP, I had NEVER heard of blooper videos at all somehow. Thanks for sharing this fondly remembered pocket of your past with us. (This also explained what the hell SMG4 actually is, I kept coming across pages from a wiki about it and it was like a surreal dream. It all makes sense now!

[@jigandwag2377]

I remember SMG4 being hilarious, then he started taking his channel too seriously

[@FainthedCherry]

^ This right here. I miss the old stuff.

[@jackhayes6084]

I mean his glitch stuff is good

[@adriansplatnieks7702]

​@@jackhayes6084oh it is

[@kaden-sd6vb]

​@@jackhayes6084yeah absolutely. But smg4 itself has gone to cringe family-friendly garbage with no identity...

[@razburry8001]

​@@kaden-sd6vbI mean let's be real here. There was no way making goofy Super Mario videos on Gmod was gonna be worth while, Luke eventually had to change with the times and he succeeded.

[@tonyyx6]

I remember Smike was nicknamed as Smilk for obvious reasons

[@Anonymous_Aussie]

We can all blame Brian Martin for single handedly ruined KZbin Animation channels for years until 2015 because of the whole Reply Girl fiasco with his now ex-girlfriend, you know the same Brian Martin who made a KZbin Kids account that uploaded softcore Minecraft porn and advertised it to kids. (Futuristichub)

[@inept7247]

My guy, you're like if Huggbees hard focused on internet culture instead of just generalist stuff and frankly im totally here for it. Love your stuff

[@alphabulblax1649]

I'm so glad you brought up ild SM64 blooper videos. Those took up SO much of my childhood. MarioMario54321 specifically was my favorite channel for a while.

[@Mr.Galaxia]

Damn you even know smg4? Ok ok you got good tastes

[@partofthetribe3277]

Don't remember reply girls. For the longest time I only used KZbin for music

[@humbleebumblee]

Dathings1 is a current day ytper and boy, are they good at it

[@Schlgrl_]

I wish they never got rid of annotations, so many annotation parody channels I want to rewatch badly but can’t