The TRUE and TRAGIC History Behind the Lorax

[@CineWaveCentral]

Have you heard of TRUAX? 🤔 Man, this version is bizarre, and it was created to be exactly the opposite of the Lorax, against everything he believes in! I'll tell you all about it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqqvfmaMq7l2b5o

[@kyleblack2226]

The Movies# , this video is a lie you liar. STOP LYING!!!!

[@EdwinCaldwellBills]

the og Lorax movie better

[@chefzhou9624]

Suess is his real name just his middle and not last name

[@_treehugger_]

#Lorax ❤

[@DaSecret_Channel69420]

What

[@cyberskullz8975]

Here's a quick fact about the Once-ler from the 1972 Lorax movie: The reason for the Once-ler not having a face in the book or 1972 cartoon was, due to the fact that Dr. Seuss wanted to show that anyone could and/or could've been the Once-ler, as well as become him.

[@matyaskassay4346]

just another point in the story illumination completely missed

[@Common_box]

They made him human to show that we are destroying the planet and there is no fake creature making a fake problem, the cause is real and the problem is too

[@ainkastewart4378]

@@matyaskassay4346actually illumination had a good reason for it. They said that the second you make the Once-ler a monster, it makes you think, “Yeah, but that couldn’t be me.” Giving the Once-ler a face makes it so we realize that if we don’t care about the environment, we could become the once-ler. The thing is, Illumination missed the point of their own movie.

[@cyberskullz8975]

@@matyaskassay4346 exactly what im saying!!

[@matyaskassay4346]

@@ainkastewart4378 not giving the onceler a face doesn't make him a monster. In the movie he was portrayed as a nice person who became the way he was because of his toxic family background and other unfortunate circumstances. Thus, he feels more like a tragic character, a victim of his bad circumstances, rather than a villain who should serve as a deterrent example of how not to act.

[@UncSamsonite]

Fun fact: instead of the song “How Bad Can I Be?” There was a song called “Biggering” you can still listen to it! #lorax

[@-Axio-]

Biggering is sooooo good

[@VolcanicoD.S.]

Biggering was cut for being “too anti corporate”

[@UncSamsonite]

@@VolcanicoD.S. very true

[@Cxxkielovesruinene]

To be honest "how bad can i be?" Is better and mkre child-friendly bc it sound more happy and cute and idk how "biggering" is

[@phantom-ri2tg]

@@Cxxkielovesruinene Pretty sure a song showing the dangers of corporation destroying the environment is not supposed to be happy.

[@pjwestin]

What's more depressing than the book is realizing how many kids are more familiar with the movie than the book.

[@chaos60]

Yeah, I read the book years before the movie came out. I think it is better as it is more original.

[@bluropaque]

I honestly like the movie better, more characters and a lot of great scenes.

[@Bob-ri2ke]

I've read the book, it sucks

[@mp3music804]

I’m familiar with the other movie

[@SpacatoTT]

I mean, that's kinda their goal

[@kgrfirdjy]

Lorax sounds like a cleaning product. Use Lemon Fresh Lorax: the toilet will continue to stink unless....

[@Janetita214]

😮😮

[@Butter3dcorn]

For real 😆

[@quynhdinh579]

Ha

[@kazueballesteros3665]

Clorox

[@Tetaxkep]

@@kazueballesteros3665 clorax

[@Bodacious_Crustacious]

Unfortunately for Dr. Seuss, Illumination completely bastardized the message of the original book by labeling the Once-Ler as a loner who is misunderstood and his family's greed and influence are to blame while O-Hare is labeled as the true villain. O-Hare took advantage of a business opportunity that was so stupid yet worked so well and is providing free air for everyone in his artificial utopia. The Once-Ler originally felt sinister and greedy just like a corrupt CEO who wants wants wants but never has enough. Illumination also ruined the Grinch but at least the Lorax is a movie so bad it's good.

[@Twilight_Light_Lord]

O'hare could have been the guy who take over onceler's Business (Because onceler tried to stop the production) And then after ban "onceler" for the forest tomb And them he builds that city using the onceler's self-sustaining plans A "utopia" Theres a lot of Lost musics and scripts who could be used to "IMPROVE" The 1972 lorax actually But ilumination but the company that produced the movie would criticize themselves if they used the original music and scripts(who were the better version of original lorax)

[@KafuKemeh]

Do you even know good people can fall down into the path of greed and destruction right? It is not a bad thing made when it is realistic

[@Bodacious_Crustacious]

@@KafuKemeh Of course I understand that. The problem is Illumination bastardized a beloved book by changing the message to fit their own interests while pinning the blame on someone. This movie is a corporate circlejerk.

[@KafuKemeh]

@@Bodacious_Crustacious but it fits the modern themes that having idealistic dreams can be corrupted. The movie likely delves upon that

[@Bodacious_Crustacious]

@@KafuKemeh It's an Illumination Movie. There may be a song that actually does call lots of attention to this but they purposefully scrapped it for being too anticorporate. If Illumination wanted to actually say something about how bad corporations truly are then they wouldn't make any money.

[@allys744]

I like the Lorax movie, the animation is very good But the Lorax original story by Dr Seuss always had a feeling of dread by the end of the book. “Unless someone like you care a whole lot, nothing is going to get any better…it’s not.”

[@Swan.-.-.]

I actually always felt hope at teh end of the book, it felt like saying there was a new beginning if you're willing to care enough for it.

[@Melodyinthemoss]

​@@Swan.-.-.If only really young kids understood that

[@adammartinez8061]

Same. The ending of the movie though, I like how they could’ve done a ThneedVille epilogue but they did not…it ended with the Onceler and the Lorax. ❤️.

[@KIMABO]

I remember the Lorax being my fav movie when I was a kid and it was unpopular and suddenly became a hit now😂

[@fco64]

The Lorax is way more serious than people think just because of the 2012 movie

[@Tuxxythemuffinlol]

First

[@fco64]

@@Tuxxythemuffinlol what

[@daviddimitrov3696]

Well to be fair the original song "Biggering" was giving a much more real and darker theme but because of "oH nOoO wE'lL sCaRe LiTtLe TiMmY" it was cut from the movie and was replaced with "How bad can I be"

[@fco64]

@@daviddimitrov3696 unfortunately...

[@daviddimitrov3696]

@@fco64 unfortunately indeed

[@MeowsclesPrime]

Dr Seuss’s name was from his mother, and was also his middle name. The doctor was from him pursuing a doctorate in college, and he got it many years later.

[@MeowsclesPrime]

His mother’s maiden name

[@LunaiCarmen]

I’ve heard it’s pronounced to rhyme with voice…not sure if that’s true though

[@hixxra1]

the dark and true story: basically dr suess wanted to write another book and then wrote the lorax

[@animatedhat1262]

Omg I’m crying rn

[@laksananthanandarajah1477]

😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨

[@pacoramon9468]

Ilumination letting every company use Lorax for ads (even car companies) was just genius.

[@CaramelPuddingTea]

“I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees, you break the trees I break your knees” -Lorax (edit:I did not make this line it was made by someone else I do not know who made it)

[@holydumpit61]

Be careful were you lean-Lorax

[@peestrem31]

"A tree falls the way it leans, be careful which way you lean."@@holydumpit61

[@r0z557]

The Lorax is a great example of a movie that could have been the best, but Illumination wanted to be family friendly (because more money)

[@vectorizlit4083]

animation studios like disney: "we are the best" SFM creators: am i a joke to you?

[@LeenixYT]

The thumbnail looks scary

[@Hadi_Haris92]

The most emotional part is when the lorax picks up his ass and litterally flys

[@alicebthegachaweirdo8378]

I speak for the trees

[@WeAreVenom-n3t-no]

So do i

[@Fooddraws709]

Need Lorax pfp

[@likhitreddy990]

That thumbnail will continue giving me nightmares till I am sealed underground in a box

[@thebanman2293]

ikr, honestly pretty creepy

[@Pokemaster-wg9gx]

i still feel like the Lorax movie did a better job of being memorable for kids thus being more likely to stick its message in their minds *and the sheer fucking amount of hate it gets online even after all these years just proves how successful it was and still is lel*

[@khantzaylinn79]

1:10 the film has been gaining a lot of prominence again mainly because of the message it convey. reallly i pretty sure it became popular because people think onceler is hot

[@aceplaysyt1]

Bro the thumbnail version looks like some creepy pasta called “The LorAXE incident.”

[@SYSHGSJSGXUXBYS]

I used to have a fear of the lorax. Ik it sounds rly stupid but my little 3 year old brain would have dreams about it brutally killing my family and friends

[@chasg6862]

Why though? The Lorax wasn't presented as an evil doer

[@chasg6862]

@@SYSHGSJSGXUXBYS huh

[@sutomuarashi]

LMAOOOOO

[@tywalker2397]

I used to have nightmares bout the grinch who stole Christmas 😂 I'd have the same nightmare of me being in his mountain or lair and he would walk up to me and tickle me 😂.

[@KOTKCereal-1jhkjhjkhjkh]

dude wouldn't have had this problem if he just picked up the saplings before they despawned

[@babygaga821]

Yeah… one problem- trees take 20 years for it to be able to be chopped down.

[@Brilliant_bullfish11037]

@@babygaga821 still better than nothing

[@babygaga821]

oh well

[@KOTKCereal-1jhkjhjkhjkh]

@@babygaga821 was intended to be a minecraft reference but i then realize the term sapling was a real thing so i changed it

[@babygaga821]

woew

[@fluffyboigaming415]

am I the only one who was waiting for the realistic creepy picture of the Lorax in the thumbnail to be shown in the video?

[@LeSpaget]

Nope!!

[@TigruDinescu-uy3ui]

Yes... You are The only one...

[@Captainrex5741]

@@TigruDinescu-uy3uishut up

[@RyanZacharko]

Maybe…yes?…no?

[@cheyannestill502]

I am too

[@Geiger_]

The original movie from the 70's was always a winner to me

[@MCPro24]

His real name is Theodor Seuss Geisel (Suess is his middle name)

[@Uncle228]

I love that fact that everyone forgets the first story of the Lorax movie and only focuses on the once-ler story so much that I can even remember the name of the main character

[@YellowSteamVR]

The lumberjack is actually not evil he’s just stupid cause he’s cutting down trees, but not regrowing them

[@r2shxftyy]

Onceler*

[@sense.reginald]

mf really called him "the lumberjack" 💀

[@r2shxftyy]

@@sense.reginald Fr💀

[@YellowSteamVR]

@@r2shxftyy thank you I forgot the name

[@YellowSteamVR]

@@sense.reginald maybe you could be nice and actually help me out and tell me what the name is because I forgot it sheesh you’re rude and keep it to yourself OK BUDDY

[@Tobias_Klein]

the lorax having over (to my knowledge) 70 corporate tie-ins is the definition of irony

[@ChaotixAshuraPlays]

That thumbnail is HORRIFYING

[@theloraxreal527]

You don't know me, but my name's Cy, I'm just the O'Hare delivery guy. But it seems like trees might be worth a try, So I say, let it grow. My name is Dan - and my name's Rose. Our son Wesley kinda glows And that's not good, so we suppose We should let it grow. Let it grow, let it grow, You can't reap what you don't sow! Plant the seed inside the earth, Just one way to know its worth. Let's celebrate the world's rebirth, We say let it grow. My name's Marie, And I am three! I would really like to see a tree, La la la la la lala lee, I say let it grow. I'm Grammy Norma, I'm old and I've got gray hair, But I remember when trees were everywhere, And no one had to pay for air! So I say let it grow! Let it grow, let it grow, Like it did so long ago. It is just one tiny seed, But it's all we really need, It's time to change the life we lead, Time to let it grow. My name's O'Hare, I'm one of you. I live here in Thneedville, too. The things you say just might be true. It could be time to start anew And maybe change my point of view! Nah! I say let it die! Let it die, let it die, Let it shrivel up and - Come on, who's with me? Nobody. You greedy dirtbag! Let it grow, let it grow, Let the love inside you show! Plant the seed inside the earth, Just one way to know its worth! Let's celebrate the world's rebirth, We say let it grow! Let it grow, let it grow You can't reap what you don't sow It's just one tiny seed But it's all we really need It's time to banish all your greed Imagine Thneedville flowered and treed Let this be our solemn creed We say let it grow In Thneedville we say let it grow It's a brand new dawn We say let it grow In Thneedville we say let it grow It's a brand new dawn

[@jilliantavares8249]

Love the book, Love the movie, Love this video. #Lorax

[@mendelberkowitz8235]

ME 2 EVERYTHING

[@gage9153]

How ba-a-ad can i be?

[@Thatonekev11]

Subscribed to all 4 of you.

[@keebymania0911]

#Lorax

[@DreamcastMooon]

#lorax

[@stephaniegomez8911]

4:48 no one gonna talk about how the Lorax jumped

[@Yuewi]

4:48 Blud said :-0 👉 ✋🐻✋🐻

[@Kaylakatwithfish]

"Mainly the film is getting prominence again because of the message it conveys..." Nah, its starting to get noticed again bc of the Onceler/Greedler.

[@TheEerieMaster]

Dr. Seuss: I don't want my books to be made into movies *dies His widow: HA! You tell the best jokes

[@requiemdragon8620]

I've never heard of Truax. That actually sounds really interesting.

[@sdwill07]

Bro, if illumination laughs at dream work is basically laughing at itself because illumination works for universal and also also DreamWorks

[@metroplexstudios2406]

I want to see who this evil Lorax in a video

[@xar_69]

ye me too

[@Skoobly-Idiot]

Suess is the author's middle name He didn't create a new name entirely.

[@johnbyrd1692]

POV: the joke goes too far but you REALLY take it dark

[@guzipato444]

The best song of The Lorax is How Bad can I Be

[@marialash4925]

When you loved this movie as a kid, but you grew up and became an environmentalist. Now that movie "About Captiaismj, greed and what not do to the environment"

[@AndrewN-n8z]

I always heard that was part of an original draft of the Lorax from Seuss that he ended up toning down later when he wrote it officially. Makes alot more sense than any other theory about it

[@johncadenmonsanto6201]

He also made the grinch

[@jnietogaming6472]

"How Bad Can I Be!" Famous Words

[@kazueballesteros3665]

"They killed baba- WHY WOULD A KIDS BOOK CONTAIN GORE??????

[@SlushysSecret]

It came from a diary of a fairy tale that Dr Suess got inspiration for the book, he removed all the dark elements from the original tale since it was a lot darker than the actual book

[@m37onAIdLIVE]

​@@SlushysSecret did a two seconds Google search. It's a fan fiction inspired by the book/movie, not the other way around. The video is just lying

[@Justtme33]

The thumbnail though 💀

[@Hellosomera]

POV you where just looking for this vid at 3:00 am

[@blueblur5995]

Dude actually spoke like he was a therapist.

[@Galaxydestroyah]

The thumbnail will haunt me forever 💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@jaimecooper2945]

Childhood’s were just shattered

[@Muan-vy9hn]

Bro Ruined My Whole Childhood I Used To Watch Lorax Every Day

[@isaacmurray8490]

I’m going to let you in on a little secret… all three of those companies are the same damn thing. 😂

[@outdoorswlilthief]

Bro grabbed his GYATT and floated into space

[@upsidedowntriangle]

I’ve watched this film 20,000 times.

[@thebanman2293]

dope

[@upsidedowntriangle]

@@thebanman2293 Yeah I watched it when I was younger.

[@5XOCYD]

so you have spent 1,720,000 minutes\28666 hours?\ 1194 days/170 weeks/39 months/3 years/0.3 decades of just watching the Lorax? So you wasted 3 years of your life?

[@thebanman2293]

@@5XOCYD 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@5XOCYD]

@@thebanman2293 break the mirror then

[@c.cafton496]

Nobody died in the book

[@MajorHaze143]

0:14 LORAX LEAVING MEME

[@GreatBritianempire]

Ok?

[@user-kittycatgirl0073]

@@GreatBritianempirecringee

[@user-kittycatgirl0073]

A lifffffeee

[@GreatBritianempire]

@@user-kittycatgirl0073 your cringe

[@victoriatullos2091]

Him: coincidence? I think NOT! me: *rolling around lauphing*

[@rhinojazzmaster]

Yeah the movie's good but the book's better.

[@Lalaloopsies_United]

The movie personally just doesn’t take itself seriously

[@kraken6183]

@@Lalaloopsies_United In a good way

[@Lalaloopsies_United]

@@kraken6183 not at all, the original book was trying to tell a serious message and wanted to warn people about deforestation, but the movies just “Hahaha, funny slapstick comedy, hahaha so funny, hahaha Onceler be like!” Is just ruining the message That’s like making a movie about animal abuse and you try and get your message across by making everyone do the gangnam style every 10 minutes

[@kraken6183]

@@Lalaloopsies_United Ur comment at the end made me laugh

[@matyaskassay4346]

no, the movie is not good by any means

[@Jordanlukemarks]

The thumbnail: Another young actors life destroyed by drugs and alcohol

[@jimbostopmo4513]

2:08 dr seuss’s middle name was Seuss so actually it’s not fake.

[@banana-boom_bro]

One year later In March 13 I was born wowits crazy the local was born older than me he is 11 years old my so happy for him :)

[@CrustyCat-ut6bn]

The reason why his name is dr Seuss is that his father wanted him to study medicine

[@angelicapersson6944]

POV you watch this at night 💀☠️

[@aubreyhernandez5688]

I have a theory: The once-let kinda looks like Ted in the movie, right? He also doesn’t hesitate planting the trufula seed, right? What if in the movie, Ted is the Once-Ler

[@lapis6944]

There's another theory out there that Ted's grandma and the oncler used to be an item before he exiled himself

[@Sunnee526]

@@lapis6944 used to be an item?

[@sperenity5883]

Thought the old man at the end of the movie is the Once-ler. God bless.

[@whyme3772]

There's a theory that The Once-ler and Grammy Norma dated before he left town.

[@TotaldramaisGreat_924]

"They killed The Barbala" WELL THAT ESCALATED QUICKLY

[@DrPiglin]

I LOVE THE LORAX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@christinemullan8925]

Same so fuuny😊

[@Ispeakforthetrees473]

YES THANKS

[@reginazdrojowy9040]

Now you dont

[@Blazey2778]

“Pulling his tail and flying away” Me : he picked up his own ass and ascended

[@psych_gaming1456]

I speak for the trees he says… but can’t he hear them cry in pain so does that mean the trees speak for themselves?

[@samuelflipaclip7415]

Normal people can’t hear them so he speaks for them

[@psych_gaming1456]

@@samuelflipaclip7415 ah I get it now the Lorax is a Schitzo Cheeto who speaks for his friends the trees.

[@samuelflipaclip7415]

@@psych_gaming1456 probably

[@ebvest30]

In the first week of March every year, many Elementary schools across the United States celebrate reading literacy and a good many of the Elementary schools recognize the children's books of Dr. Seuss. I believe, even though Theodore Geisel is dead, a genuine hope that some things can get better remains for future generations if they understand and can apply the lesson learned in reading Dr. Seuss' "The Lorax."

[@ChillKillaBeta]

"Disney, Dreamworks and Illumination are the only ones in the world of animation" Pixar: *cries in Ratatouille*

[@shiny_crystal]

pixar is part of disney

[@snak47shootrz]

Damn that thumbnail tho

[@Thatonekev11]

8:22 yeeeeeesssss

[@Betsysayshifriend]

I had no idea this was out at my birthday 😂😅

[@shell7722]

I remembered my mom told me i used watch this million times #lorax

[@ANAWINBROOKLYNANANTVAJARAYOT]

Why do the True trees look like cotton candy

[@Thenoobyone2981]

imagine thinking the lorax movie is the original lorax

[@romansgalaxy9093]

What confuses me is the thumbnail.

[@chasyreighvirgilicerelon3197]

Fun Fact : onceler wasn't the bad guy his family forced him too cute down the traffula trees

[@oatmeal69-h6m]

literally everyone knows this

[@peestrem31]

nobody "forced" him to do anything, he knew what he was doing and he was at the bottom of all of it, he could have avoided this. but his greed had already corrupted him

[@maddiemorales1419]

That's the problem, they took responsibility away from him

[@daviasanchez7901]

No wildlife was harmed in the making of this video.

[@tonyeorumajunior5125]

Yes. I would like to see a video of the Truax.

[@Batty23Official]

May he Rest In Peace our legend, Dr. Suess

[@Dankuzuo12]

The best video to date❤

[@Squish112]

the thumbnail bro 😭

[@christinemullan8925]

Lorax is funny, but weird😢😂

[@SerialDesignationaN]

I just realized, what has the Once-let been living on these past years? Like what was he eating and drinking?

[@Brokeboyanimations]

Why is it that every movie or show I’ve watched as a child there’s some dark secret to it

[@noikarerum961]

This guy is a champion at ruining our childhoods.

[@Woopor]

My god this video feels like an AI wrote it

[@Stuartlittlefeet]

ur an npc

[@jonanderson4474]

To you. I'm an npc.

[@Stuartlittlefeet]

@@jonanderson4474 I was talking to memer

[@ghulamahmood8077]

My fav part: Lorax:did u cut down dis tree?? Oncler:Errr Noo... *EIOUGH* Oncler:i think he did it😩

[@articdragon3031]

I’d love to hear about truax

[@DaSecret_Channel69420]

Bro the normal Lorax is scarier than the Black one

[@BoxoftheBox-me]

I loved the book! Read it hundreds of times! #lorax

[@RyanZacharko]

Agreed. The Lorax is my all time FAVORITE Dr. Seuss book!

[@blomperr]

this video irritated my eyes because of the constant flashes of light

[@Onecube3655]

Skill issue

[@tripleh2621]

Actually Onceler was not a villain he is just a young talented man that is full of energy and power, and he runs his business, but this criminal horde tries to get rid of him not even knowing who he was - the scene where he is unpacking before he gave marshmallows, after that he is trying to stabilise some good relationship with Lorax and co but the last one tries to make the animals rebel and actually kills Onceler who is brought back to life because of the bear incident, so actually if we are not subdued to echo propaganda - Onceler is really a protagonist and Lorax is the villain that should be killed

[@Blokythebunny05]

The Lorax ain’t no goddamn Villain, the onceler was completely butchered in the 2012 movie, they made him a softie who was pushed to the breaking point by his mom, the original onceler doesn’t care about the world around him, he’s too focused on his money and Biggering.

[@tripleh2621]

@@Blokythebunny05 I am talking about 2012 movie ,and Lorax is a villain- he tried to kill the poor guy but he failed so it was very kind from the side of Onceler not to kill him, what does mean too focused? He is just raising his own business - and he has right to do it and actually he tried to stabilise a good relationship with animals from the beginning but Lorax made them rebel

[@matyaskassay4346]

@@Blokythebunny05 dude he's trolling

[@maddiemorales1419]

​@@Blokythebunny05 FR

[@jamaoliverfitness5196]

You need to watch the Lorax movie 🤯😮

[@themelonman4979]

Dreamworks is the only company that makes good animated movies

[@srpear7082]

Ur prob one of the people who saw Puss in boots 2 and then said every animated movie that’s not dreamworks is ass

[@goldfishy999]

Illumination and blue sky left the room

[@doofyo-real]

This is so dystopian in a way that is disturbing to the max

[@hanselbarlowe2575]

I heard nothing tragic about the story in this video,in terms of tragic twist I was expecting like grimm's original stories I've been watching

[@_Starberries_And_Cream_]

“Heres the meme!“ *shows meme* Me: ok ok.. *SLOWS DOWN AND ZOOMS IN ON LORAX GRABBING HIS ASS* me: enough meme for today..