The Uncanny Valley Is Still Terrifying

[@rachelm4933]

1:40 That’s actually the famous mannequin from La Pascualita, a bridal shop in Chihuahua, Mexico. There’s a rumor that the mannequin is actually the preserved corpse of the owner’s daughter, because of how uncanny she looks. She had been in the store window since 1930, but in 2024 she was removed

[@aphroflame]

ahh i just commented this! glad someone beat me to it

[@alexandermenzer7782]

Are we sure she was removed and didnt just leave?

[@alexandrahill9176]

Honestly her eyes look so eerily human compared to the rest of the mannequin body

[@sharkedforlife4075]

@@alexandrahill9176 Wouldn't they have had to replace her eyes with glass eyes though? It's the hands that get me

[@Polyeurythane]

⁠@@sharkedforlife4075to be honest if it was an actual corpse it would’ve rotted away already. Embalming doesn’t last forever and certainly not as long as people think it does, and I assume it would be a Herculean task to try and find someone to not only taxidermy a human but also keep the secret (though with how much fat and tissue humans have it would probably be impossible to make a human taxidermy without it rotting from the traces of fat attached to the skin)

[@chandelure5925]

4:55 he looks like a normal sized and buff gnome

[@CardboardRaider]

That’s what I was thinking

[@FormerlyIvorMinecraftStoryMode]

it reminds me of that one video of the old guy in complete darkness being spray painted silver

[@Merchant074]

He’s just a gnome barbarian

[@TayWoode]

I was actually thinking he looks quite hot, just needs to tidy the beard up

[@sorensouthard927]

I think that he looks weird since has white hair, a beard, and is super buff but somehow he has like perfect skin also and childlike facial features, it's a total mishmash, not one I find uncanny though.

[@capt.rezzec300]

Nicholas Cage looks so happy with the strange creature and the bug. Its like what youd find on ur phone camera roll after a degenerate night out

[@capt.rezzec300]

My good sir I feel honored for the like

[@БогданКрименюк]

Relatable?...

[@capt.rezzec300]

@user-ek2xg3ps5s man I wish I could relate, big bug friend would be cool

[@kruksog]

11:30 audio clip is from "The Magnus Archives," a fantastic podcast for anyone who is into "creepy." Such a quality show that got almost no attention.

[@yuletide4452]

So true. Not enough people know about it, but it's so well-written and horrific, I am still taken aback by how long it took me to discover it.

[@cptsteele91]

It did nothing wrong

[@TayWoode]

Thanks I’ll look into it, sounds like what I like, I just hope it doesn’t get too ruined like they did with backrooms full of kids now adding stupid music and cartoon characters

[@OroTheEye]

I love tma sm! The fanart is so good, too, and Nikola is AWESOME

[@backshift6974]

The magnus protocol is eeeeeeeh but archives was so fire

[@sacarymoviesamu]

3:20 It says "Change the face of the people closest to you with some beans very dominican and creamy"

[@isaacgary6801]

Lol change the face thats super creepy 😅

[@FlekyJeky]

GOD i love creamy beans

[@isaacgary6801]

@@FlekyJeky same^

[@kiddcavalierdjmcandlilgas5331]

"bien" means good or fine. right?

[@isaacgary6801]

@@kiddcavalierdjmcandlilgas5331 correct

[@bubbletractor]

11:38 this is from a podcast called the magnus archives, she (it?) ends up saying that she needs his skin for a ritual but he's horribly moisturized and she's gotta keep him alive for a while and supply him with lotion 💀 rude as hell if you're gonna kill me you get my unmoisturized corpse. It has a lot of thalassaphobia and uncanny valley episodes among others, you should check it out.

[@yuletide4452]

I'm so glad people in the comments are shedding light on The Magnus Archives. The best part about this podcast is that it covers nearly all types of fear, so there's gotta be at least one episode that will scare you. That and impeccable writing, it's actually incredible.

[@nathanstroud2223]

Is it weird that I still found myself being kind of attracted to that... entity? Oh lawd, she gonna moisturize me!

[@nathanstroud2223]

Killer android or not, that... entity is still quite easy on the eyes. I'd let her/it moisturize me.

[@figthegiant4065]

I was scrolling through the comments when I got to that video to see if anyone else recognised Nikola

[@AsAboveISoBelow]

@@yuletide4452 Yeah, another video introduced me to it, and I fell in love. It's so incredibly well written, and honestly I think I like it more than SCP.

[@Tinnerz10]

19:50 That's a parody of Justin Timberlake from NSYNC's It's Gonna Be Me, where they're all made up like dolls. That whole video in hindsight is uncanny valley but 12 year old me LOVED IT -Old lady

[@Feelingfruity]

I always wondered why I hated seeing that when it came out. You unlocked a memory for me.

[@KieranH612]

Yup! That clip was from the Music Video Night episode, where the dancers paid homage to iconic music videos :) the guy in the makeup is Harry Jowsey, a reality show star that caused a LOT of drama with the fans bc he just. REALLY sucked at dancing, but people kept voting for him

[@sky_the_enby]

This will greatly effect the tour

[@BeautyKhaleesi]

Figured this as much cuz he has fake JT frosted hair. Its gonna be May

[@EllawoodBlues]

I didn't know the context but automatically knew it was supposed to be Justin from the It's Gonna Be Me video haha ETA: it's the ramen hair and weird patchy jean outfit that gave it away 😊

[@jabbra1837]

Greg doesn't annoy me - unless he turned into a stairlift. Then he'd really drive me up the wall.

[@celestialrodent]

nice

[@StarSailor1343]

Boooooo 👎

[@whackadoo]

lol

[@sergeant_cheese]

lol

[@antonywilliams5503]

@@jabbra1837 gosh golly no way 😱

[@DiaryOfJane04]

It’s honestly, in my opinion, rare for something to be purely uncanny, a lot of the times the creep factor comes from filters and scary background noise tht makes it eerie, it’s difficult to find something that’s completely uncanny without any of the extra pizzazz that I’d normally added to it so I’m glad to see so many of these are actually uncanny and arent heavily edited but that might just be me

[@Muffinn_Cakes]

I like your profile picture

[@pacificoslim]

4:48 since when did Dopey from the seven dwarfs get so ripped?

[@masonjohnson4310]

He's just going through his Himbo phase

[@Brambrew]

Himbo Santa

[@ItsBunnyBuns]

Support your local himbos, people

[@orionishi6737]

Would smash

[@Steve_V1066]

At that size, it's "Mr Dopey" to you...

[@naomiswisher6816]

2:18 ive been cackling at this for several minutes pls help

[@Nataviaa]

No Same LMFAOOOO “ *ALIEN* “ 😂😂

[@timogeerties3487]

That sound effect did it for me 😂

[@ariwoodward]

i love these videos cuz u don't just read off a slideshow of pics you actually talk about what makes it uncanny, it's cool to think about what triggers the uncanny feeling for different people

[@Matthew-gl6ni]

I love Google translate because of how clunky it is "Change the Face of your people with some very Dominican and creamy beans"

[@Whookieee]

Somehow that makes it even creepier

[@mkv2718]

fuggin bean magicians

[@tonyattardo9350]

Aren’t beans “frijoles” en espanol?

[@PrincessMultiracial]

@@tonyattardo9350Not in DR lol. Just like tacos means high heels in DR

[@PrincessMultiracial]

That is the literal translate, they did it right lol, but it doesn’t have the same ring. “Change/Fix your face” is a catchphrase over there. Stemming from the notion of someone who looks unhappy or bored in a setting where they’re supposed to be presumably happy, like a party [ik this is gonna still sound creepy lol] “Tu gente” is another catchphrase type phrase which just means your family or people who you are very close with like your family. People congregate often, not just for holidays or occasions like here in the US. To the point where people’s doors are unlocked and you just find your neighbors inside your house lol, like family. This is whole thing is in reference to “habichuelas con dulce” which is a Dominican dish. Which is a creamy sweet bean dish. All of this probably still is creepy given the ad’s poor form lol, but it’s saying to use Carnation milk to make the dish so good it livens up the party.

[@HalloTschuess]

7:30 this stems from robot lore that a robot cannot lie directly about being a robot. They are programmed to say or "think" they are a real person but they can basically literally not say "I am NOT a robot" which is why the person asks the "woman" to tell him that.

[@mayaelise5208]

Cleverbot is officially a real person

[@PorcupineTheOneandOnly]

5:50 the fact he didn't realize his hips were morphed and the fridge was moving with him, and bending with every move he made. it's the same as the guy with the unreal buffness, the chick with the tiny head, or the lady with crazy long legs.

[@rs-mt6kl]

Bruh I was chucking when he said "it's just some big buff dude" as the filter was glitching around his arms lmao

[@PorcupineTheOneandOnly]

@rs-mt6kl lmaooo. I was laughing at that too!

[@freddiemossberg7204]

@ 11:04 that audio is from The Magnus Archives podcast. Brilliant and creepy pod.

[@lucifherbivore100]

I came here to say this. It's sooo good.

[@gnsmovies8849]

Beat me too it! At first, I thought somebody was reading a transcription and re-creating the voice and then I heard Johnny’s voice and realized it was just a soundbite😂

[@immortal_jairo88]

She's beautiful 😍

[@figthegiant4065]

@@immortal_jairo88She can dance for you if you want

[@camronchlarson3767]

It INFURIATES me that greedy companies are already trying to give us shitty, half-baked, unsettling, AI generated content like those sports casters to save money and they ACTUALLY think it's an okay thing to do.

[@dianthis]

Agreed! There’s a commercial going around soliciting their AI spokes”people.” No please.

[@KenericTheGeneric]

Don't accept it. Everyone needs to speak up and take action against it.

[@sarahberkner]

It annoys me too but I saw that coming, because I noticed a lot of people either don't care about providing good quality content, or they think something looks fine that doesn't to most people because taste is subjective. I noticed a clearly AI generated ad on the Internet Explorer homepage aka MSN newsfeed a while ago. But a lot of people have trouble being able to tell that it's AI generated.

[@DreuScuhDoo]

That money could be used to pay an actual human being

[@blademasterzero]

@@DreuScuhDooor it could line the CEO’s and shareholders pockets, that’s what unchecked capitalism is all about honestly. Profit at all costs

[@subdeaconk]

Buff cheese guy is a gnome wearing a buff man suit

[@Selrisitai]

He's also using a filter. Notice how the wall behind him curves in. It's to make his waist smaller to give him a larger waist-to-hip ratio. As you can see, it looks _amazing,_ but unfortunately it's fake.

[@subdeaconk]

@@Selrisitai gnomish sorcery

[@Merchant074]

Gnomes are skilled illusionists

[@biljam972]

My theory is that Mark Zuckenberg has his own robot to represent him, so he doesn't have to personally go to public. That's why he is so weird looking. It's not him, it's his avatar robot.

[@m.kristofer]

The Uncanny Valley stares into your human soul because it wants to be human

[@eva1585]

Its trying to find what its lacking

[@marijacvetko8638]

Step to the beep level 1

[@Nataviaa]

The Mark Zuckerberg Video Had Me So Dead When He Switched To The Other Scene 😂😂😂 He’s So Creepy Dude

[@RonaldMcDonald-nf9jj]

i think hes just autistic. i'd feel bad for him if he werent a super villain.

[@orionishi6737]

Sasquatch walk 👀🚶‍♂️

[@Nataviaa]

@@orionishi6737 Sasquatch Indeed

[@Nehauon]

I think it’s his eyes and lack of emotion

[@БогданКрименюк]

Connorsss isss dead Ssspider-Man There'sss only Lizard !

[@crossont-yl6mx]

11:13 this might be just me but thats the woman of my dreams

[@surroundingflesh]

same

[@HalloTschuess]

Go seek therapy my man

[@izanagi2488]

…same.

[@blackharvest13]

This two guys in the white shirts are just normal jehovah witnesses

[@БогданКрименюк]

Can confirm

[@local_waver]

5:34 that's one of the dwarfs from LOTR for sure

[@JB-cd8eb]

Big Bofur energy

[@KittyBGaming]

“Maybe he’s an alien” Probably not. He looks more like a buff gnome

[@Sisren86]

Zuckerberg is like a weird failed attempt at a CG Spock/Vulcan.

[@TayWoode]

I always think Data from the next generation

[@Sisren86]

@@TayWoode Agreed! Data is more who I was thinking of at the time.

[@sarahberkner]

He looks like if Kirk and Spock had a kid.

[@amandaparish2408]

Fun fact about the polar express,from what can remember the kids are animated based off their voice actors which probably is the reason for their “uncanny look”. Extra note:I honestly never found this movie to be uncanny I actually really like it I think the only thing I hate about it is any scene with the train drivers- not the main guy with the moustache, the other two ,freaking hate those two

[@captainsquare6735]

13:52 yeah I agree with you Greg, this stuff is most definitely some weird photoshop fetish stuff.

[@Habanero_Chi]

Greg, what should I make my dog for dinner tonight?

[@AmbersDaintyBush]

Shake n bake

[@SebastianGibek]

A table

[@DwaIrus]

With salt

[@MissteriousOne]

Pigs ‘N A Blanket

[@JamSparing]

Food

[@samsamsam446]

The dancing with the stars one is actually a recreation from the N’sync music video where they’re toys dancing on a shelf. I the song is “It’s gonna be me.”

[@Grayfox541]

"Change the face of your people with some good Dominican and creamy beans". That's what the ad says. "Change the face" in the sense of "make a person who is sad happy"

[@sadakopilled]

16:50 the head to body ratio is actually normal, because many south korean's have naturally bigger head, but my goddd, dude looks like if seonghwa from ateez got botched.

[@blue_hour_appeared]

Not Seonghwa! 😂😅

[@FreddyA85]

5:18 laughed way too hard as your sanity decayed, and trying to understand from the cheese gremlin.

[@timbomb374]

The guy with the cheese looks like the biggest gnome ive ever seen

[@itsyourstarboy]

4:48 Bro's waist is SNATCHED

[@toxic_misery6369]

The statement “Corrupt the face of your people with the good beans” is sending me to a laughing fit 😂

[@slimshaney1183]

4:48 I love the cheese dwarf he's awesome

[@SharkAttack-kz1dq]

12:58 Why is tom hanks there? you do know that most of the movie is just tom hanks talking to himself right? he played so many characters lol

[@trogdortheburninator3621]

The cheese wheel dude looks like a super buff gnome

[@Thepineappl3PsYCh0]

14:05 is when the people from scientology come for you 😂💀

[@stanleech666]

19:52 he looks like Toy Santa from the Tim Allen movie 💀

[@pixwool]

4:55 One of santa's elves escaped the north pole and started lifting

[@derrickmiles5240]

If you think about it, humans have probably been spooking each other with scary stories around the campfire since we learned spoken language. It's good entertainment. This is probably the reason why spooky stuff can be cozy.

[@FlekyJeky]

Every time I hear a robot talk, no matter how "good" they say it is, it always sounds strained. Like it hurts to force out the words.

[@EmOgirlGuilbert]

Thank you Greg. My grandpa died today so I need to take my mind off of stuff. Your channel is just what i need. Thank u

[@HadesHJ]

11:08 THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES!! MAGNUS ARCHIVES AUDIO OMG I LOVE NIKOLA SO MUCH SHE'S THE BEST CHARACTER AAA

[@mateogarcia3190]

The cyborg chick saying she can't have a soul: She's real with pre-recorded voice and only lining up a few syllables and she's lifting her eyebrows and doing a decent acting job.

[@09simid]

Your videos has something really comforting over them Greg. You give out a really good aura, that works like detox for my brain. I'm feeling safe and normalized watching your channel. It is hard to describe, but I'm serious. Love your content dude!

[@Fluktuation]

To me, the most uncanny being in existence is Kenneth Copeland.

[@generalkickass9237]

Yo greg , just wanna say that your content is heavenly, one of my favourite youtubers .

[@dantedetoussaint209]

11:03 I mean... Hear me out... I'd definitely be rather easily persuaded

[@surroundingflesh]

true

[@sakuramikichan]

4:15 is actually an audio clip from the Detroit Become Human game! It's a scene where an android giving an interview about why she's not quite the same as any person, so that's why the audio sounds kinda robotic and weird with the video

[@Kazoeyy]

CHLOE MY BELOVED

[@michaelj1729]

as a freaking filipino we HATED those AI sports casters as we grew up loving real people on the courtside giving live reactions to the game. the backlash that it got was intense.

[@perlyshell]

13:36 omg it's the totally natural queen, sasha 😭

[@katielocke7345]

Sasha susu 😭😭

[@sillypinkewe]

Greggie, can you look at messes up art? Weird sculptures, paintings, installations etc? Love!

[@mamoelgome]

I think he can (his eyes seem to work)

[@robertarnold6192]

22:36 I’ve been listening to creepypasta, horror stories, cryptid lore etc every night when I go to bed since 2017. It started as me getting amped up for Halloween when I was 19. I’m now 26 and only scary things relax me. Send help.

[@sttubz]

Greg, what if YOU'RE uncanny, but you're afraid of regular looking people?

[@GregBroDudeMan]

This is changes everything

[@kimberly8164]

I like your videos because you are not foul acting or talking, you keep it nice and respectful and friendly

[@daveygamey4553]

"change the face of your people with some very Dominican and creamy beans" 3:20

[@geigersnap360]

11:03 is from a really great horror podcast called the Magnus Archives, they employ a lot of uncanny valley stuff in it!

[@Kore_Memories]

This is my favorite series you do. Love uncanny valley stuff. Hell yeah, make me feel mildly uneasy!

[@Lord_Cryptid]

11:03 oho TMA spotted! the character is Nikola Orsinov, she's an avatar of the Stranger, which is literally just the uncanny valley

[@isaiahmcclure8894]

14:20 is how it feels turning off the last light then running up the stairs back to your room

[@DerSauerkrautmann]

the 2 guys in the suits remind me so much of the agents from the matrix movies. waited for them to go mmmister anderson

[@tinhead9260]

Love your content bro, idk if you do requests? but just wondering if you could do a reaction video on Glitches in the Matrix-caught on camera and/or Mandela Effect phenomenon examples.

[@rs-mt6kl]

Oohhh I love the doppelganger and transmutation stories!

[@emissaryzadnor]

The pointy dude looked like a WoW character

[@AntiPattern123]

2:57 looks symmetric (besides the obvious morphed expressions). That is scary too. As if you mirror the half of someone's face.

[@kawaiipotato154]

5:33 the dude looks like a small buff elf and in my opinion its really funny

[@mateogarcia3190]

9:53 Yeah, I've had these Mormon and Jehovah's Witnesses guys stalk me too! It sucks when they have bikes, at least they're on foot.

[@ghosttrick2374]

3:28 Dominican here to give some context. These ads are very common around easter because its customary to make "Habichuelas con Dulce" in that season. Habichuelas con Dulce is a sweet liquid dessert, pretty tasty.

[@Karla-rf4nn]

The model for that ad is from my town, he’s my cousins’ friend. Never thought I’d see someone I know irl on this channel

[@kittywashere9883]

1:58 I think it is his very light and unusually even skintone paired with darker eyes that makes him feel like a replica of silicone. Low contrast face in a way. I do not mean this in a bad way, i have just been thinking about why he always comes up in this kind of contexts. Plus his manerisms, as you said.

[@ASSASSIN_BUG_77]

11:12 Yo guys, why is she attractive, tho?

[@CardboardRaider]

She has gym content, she’s buff as hell

[@idk.8408]

​@@CardboardRaider Oh hell nah ( what's her @)

[@CardboardRaider]

@@idk.8408 idk let me check rq

[@CardboardRaider]

@@idk.8408 can’t find it

[@idk.8408]

@@CardboardRaider 😔

[@C1trusM1lk]

0:56 “go ahead. take a sip of that drink.” Right as I was taking a drink irl. Wow.

[@adrienmack8158]

2:48 That kinda looks like the guy from the “my reaction to that information” meme, especially in how wide the smile is.

[@lizzie333eee]

GREG!!! >:( polar express is my favorite Christmas movie I felt personally attacked fr lmfao it’s a beautiful movie 😭

[@GreenDashEntertainment]

The Movie Coraline falls into this Uncanny Valley as well. Probably why it still freaks me out to this day.

[@nobodyplaylists]

uncanny valley

[@bread496]

uncanny valley

[@Sortaman]

If that's not Mr. Nobody. Love the music themes though! Pretty UNcanny at times.

[@adventurekitty101]

8:55 Remy was never the same after he accidently walked Linguini into a self locking freezer.

[@ArsenicMint925]

11:03 Plastic Lady is making Me feel Fantastic, Hey hey hey hey 🎶

[@surroundingflesh]

yeah she cute as hail

[@pinkeye6803]

11:00 is from the.. I think the magnus archives, a really good podcast on spotify, and such. its called a podcast, but its a audio story.

[@pickingscabs3560]

me when the videos over got me good. aside from the phobia vids the uncanny valley ones are def my favorite

[@Mylene2023]

Greg is pure attractiveness.

[@tylershimek6167]

Your commentary is hilarious. Subbed.

[@Boricua_User146]

4:48 Bro looks like a gnome 💀

[@WellingtonBurkett-i6k]

7:37 I heard somewhere that the reason that ai says “I am a real person” is because they have been programmed to never say “i am not a robot”

[@AnticlimáticA]

3:11 it says: change the faces of your people with some very dominican and creamy beans

[@FynleyGlencross]

the fact you used CanCan in the intro is a deep cut I never thought I'd see

[@FynleyGlencross]

edit: or was it tintin i cannot remember

[@ElderShogun]

21:00 another extra that was in this commercial said that this extra had to be told many times that he was being too extra. Apparently he kept doing things like this and tryin to stand out

[@ChickenLegs-cb7mq]

9:41 The Olive Garden employee asking if I want a refill

[@Felhek]

You should see the chocolate axe commercial , dark temptation, that's the peak of uncanny valley

[@pixie12]

Pretty sure varsity jacket guy just got time warped from the 80’s.

[@lizlovestruecrime983]

It was a series of ads for a breathmimt called mentos. The guy would always put up his thumb when they said, mentos, the fresh maker.. I feel so old that people don't know what commercial that is they were huge with kids making fun of the ads

[@Icey-698]

11:03 I'm not scared, she's wayyy too pretty

[@NoVIcE_Source]

hmmm... im getting some good ideas here for making uncanny characters in a videogame

[@sorapokeball]

The amount of AI mobile game ads I see daily is absurd. It's really noticeable when they say "You can withdraw everything you *eam*" instead of earn

[@StudioAtomahawk54]

9:15 that ain’t linguine that’s spaghetti

[@PWEIcom]

11:40 there is another clip with this dialogue and it has a dark setting and is genuinely creepy

[@Jim_Wool]

11:03 Nah she’s still pretty asf

[@surroundingflesh]

yess

[@Jynx-01]

I don't know... the girl in the thumbnail would make me scream in a different way...

[@hellohellokitty]

love the magnus archives guest audio

[@astariaj4520]

11:20 OKAY hear me out I would.

[@1990sjuicebox]

THATS WHAT IM SAYIN

[@astariaj4520]

​@@1990sjuiceboxhell yeah. She can kill me xd

[@Metro1927]

Thank god... I'm not alone!

[@figthegiant4065]

That depends. Have you been taking care of your skin?

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

I knew the comment section would be filled with these xd