Brave Little Toaster - Worthless

One of my favorite songs from the Brave Little Toaster.
I can't take this kinda pressure
I must confess one more dusty road
Would be just a road too long
Worthless...
I just can't, I just can't
I just can't seem to get started!
Don't have the heart to live in the fast lane
All that has passed and gone
Worthless!
And there ain't nothing you can do about it
Worthless!
Pardon me while I panic!
Worthless! Worthless! Worthless!
I come from KC Missouri
And I got my kicks out of Route 66
Every truck stop from Butte to MO
Motown to Old Alabama
From Texarkana and east of Savanna from Tampa to Old Kokomo
Worthless...
I once ran the Indy 500
I must confess I'm impressed how I did
And I wonder how close that I came
Now I get a sinking sensation
I was the top of the line, out of sight out of mind
So much for fortune and fame
Once took a Texan to a wedding
Once took a Texan to a wedding
He kept forgetting, his loneliness letting
His thoughts turn to home and we turned
I took a man to a graveyard
I beg your pardon, it's quite hard enough
Just living with the stuff I have learned
Worthless...
Once drove a surfer to sunset
There were bikinis and buns there were weenies
Fellini, just couldn't forget
Pico, lets go up to Zuma
Pico, lets go up to Zuma
From Zuma to Yuma the rumor was I had a hand in the lay of the land
Get up and go hit the highway
I worked on a reservation
Who would believe they would love me and leave on a bus back to old Santa Fe?
Once in an Indian nation
I took the kids on the skids with a hope
He was happy until I heard him say
"You're worthless"

[@willowbarrelmaker8269]

Just learned that my car has been totaled, and KZbin dares to recommend me this. Rest in peace, you beautiful car.

[@blurrrrrr44]

They told me my car was totaled. I told them to fix it anyway. Predates air bags & other expensive stuff to repair so it's not as bad as them new-fangled cars.

[@RockinRocketScience]

@@blurrrrrr44 damn, people still be responding after this while

[@Krystalmyth]

@@RockinRocketScience Uhm, its only been a few days. You can comment on things anytime,

[@RockinRocketScience]

@@Krystalmyth I'm just talking about how alive this comment section is after 15 years on one of the most depressing kid's songs I've ever heard

[@ootdega]

@@blurrrrrr44 "Costs more to repair than it's worth." "Worth to who?"

[@elleeme9451]

It's not the "death" that's the upsetting part. It's the broken spirit.

[@Nic_2751]

They’re physically run down but their spirit even more

[@SeanLives]

20th century worker vibes

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

Depression and lack of motivation and falls from glory can all be cured. Death? Not yet.

[@jonnyxquest]

I don't know.. when that last truck got crushed and his muffle landed on toaster... that's like the equivalent of his colon... I'd find it pretty upsetting if I saw a dude get crushed alive and his dismembered butthole landed on my head.

[@punchthecake82]

i need context, why everyone in the comments sucking this movies dick

[@thordismazza1545]

Types of cars in this scene 0:57 1962 Porsche 356 B 1:35 1956 Ford fairlane 1:49 1957 Aston Martin DBR2 and 1956 Lincoln continental mark II (side character) 2:28 1966 Chevrolet Corvette 2:33 1957 MG mga 1500 (side character) 2:52 1911 Lozier Indianapolis 500 3:28 1949 Bentley mark VI 3:49 1940 Cadillac series 70 hurst 4:28 1940 Ford de luxe woody 4:51 1962 Porsche 356 B and 1957 MG mga 1500 (side character) 5:01 1959 Austin Healy sprite 5:09 1958 crown coach bus and 1962 Porsche 356 B (side character) 5:11 1941 Chevrolet 3100

[@l9darkin477]

Really nigga?

[@OGSuki.]

So cool! Thanks!

[@thordismazza1545]

@@OGSuki. your welcome

[@aghouser4159]

How to say you get girls without saying you get girls.

[@NRF-ql3bq]

I think it's poetic in a sense. They're all old cars so it makes sense. Outdated. Literally. But also poetic in this sense: Many humans are symbolized by the car they drive. So you can take in the metaphor while watching it too and it makes it all the much darker!...

[@Mickelraven]

Not gonna lie, the TV is a true hero. The fact that he's directly communicating with the master without actually revealing his sentience just to save his and the master's old friends.

[@Gearz-365]

It works out the best considering his form of sentience is a TV announcer rather than having his face being directly on his screen like others. Makes him very unique too

[@gaskinforeman303]

The real homie.

[@LucyLovettLestrange]

The real hero! I think the voice actor was really good

[@jaynewallace8592]

I'm convinced this movie is what turned my brother into a hoarder.

[@theHedgex1]

Can you blame him? He's saving lives.

[@joehumpston7937]

Well, can you blame him?

[@SheenaDawn]

It did that me too

[@scofieldvictoria]

I’m not sure if it was this, Dad’s genes, or both

[@joehumpston7937]

@@scofieldvictoria I have to admit, this scene certainly made me think twice about throwing out old appliances.

[@Elementroar]

Oh my god, the cars opening with ‘I must confess’ is because it’s like they’re giving their last confession to a priest while on their deathbed. It’s their last rites.

[@xiahouscream]

No doubt that was done on purpose

[@aurex8937]

*last rides

[@danielwilson7193]

@@aurex8937 b r u h

[@someonerandom704]

Fellini grew up in a strict catholic school (part of why he was so sexually outgoing) so this is most definitely the case.

[@CarsonHoy]

@@aurex8937 one last ride. Family.

[@SergeantExtreme]

We all need to thank Jerry Rees for fighting tooth and nail for this song to be included in the film. Producer Donald Kushner demanded this song and scene be cut from the film, and Jerry had to fight his hardest to keep it in. In the end, I'm so glad Jerry won. This song is probably the best in the show.

[@Nic_2751]

It’s literally the movie’s defining moment and Van Dyke Park’s pinnacle masterpiece

[@Stovetopcookie]

Why would he not want it in the show?

[@SergeantExtreme]

@@Stovetopcookie He thought it was too scary for children.

[@Savagewolver]

@@SergeantExtremeoh please. If that’s the case then this entire movie should’ve been canned. Sounds like Kushner wasn’t a good fit for this.

[@007kingifrit]

i used to be obsessed with this scene as a kid, i had so much fun putting my toy cars through my "crusher" down a conveyer belt i made out of like a barbie grocery store belt thing i borrowed from my sister

[@sharkrancher282]

Can we appreciate just how hard TV goes for his friends here? This whole sequence was top-notch. Amazing scene, in one of my favorite movies.

[@Nic_2751]

Best character

[@indigothecat]

Also an accidental (maybe purposeful?) predictor of the future. All our internet connected devices track our activity, and then use that data to send us targeted advertising. When TV's first ad attempt fails, he continues to adjust the delivery and type of ad until he basically just out-right lies and tries to be as loud, annoying, repetitive, and obnoxious as possible until he can finally get a response from Rob.

[@554cortez]

The tumors on the rats bit with the picture of a girl in a bikini was a joke that I definitely missed as a kid

[@mauriciogarcia4795]

​@@554cortezExplain the joke. What am I missing? Lol

[@DanyRobertHunselar-sq3kp]

Plus the depressing music

[@riverscuomo7140]

I'm a brave little toaster. ...NOT A BRAVE ENOUGH LITTLE TOASTER FOR THIS SHIT

[@pissbaby7306]

Rivers Cuomo nice pfp and name, rivers

[@yulisaramirez8225]

*THE CARS STARTED TO SING OF THEIR LIFE I THINK BEFOR THEY DIE*

[@pissbaby7306]

Rivers Cuomo weezer is the best band of the 90s

[@N3XTREVOLUTION]

Rivers Cuomo JonTron maddness

[@benjaminartroom7910]

HA!

[@thefancydoge8668]

2:41 Seeing the steering wheel turn like the car is trying to turn away creeps me out till this day

[@rubenssilveira5765]

Small but terrifying detail i didnt notice

[@tactishovel2247]

Oh wow, I always thought "broken car, broken wheel." I never thought of it that way.

[@thatguyzorv6650]

WHY DID YOU HAVE TO MAKE ME NOTICE TOO???

[@K1Nd0m]

oh god..thats horrible...

[@Vi-Vi-Kitty]

This traumatized me too, man. Nice to know that I'm not the only one. This shit was too real for tiny sensitive 4-year-old me.

[@VentiVonOsterreich]

That poor car that ran the Indy 500 could've been put in a museum

[@okamijubei]

With restorations since those are usually spoiled when in a museum

[@mathmadedeadsimple]

You might be pleased then: someone in the comment chain beneath the legend who identified all the car make/model/years pointed out some of the famous Indie 500 cars that were #8. One of them did end up in a museum, so it’s possible that one’s story was better, in reality.

[@Simipourfangirl]

Yeah think of the history!

[@stansearcheslife6363]

In the dutch version of the song he says that he was put in a museum but replaced by a better model

[@Krazy-8fangurl]

He’s so me

[@thelastroman7791]

The sad part is that every one of those cars could be lovingly welcomed as restoration projects today.

[@slapshotjack9806]

Most of them would probably be beyond restoration or even worth fixing

[@sirboomsalot4902]

@@slapshotjack9806Not really, the truck still drove and those old Indy cars are worth insane money.

[@bonniesilva5162]

Or at least parts cars...

[@dragonsamurai559]

Unfortunately as the racecar said "out of site out of mind"

[@101Volts]

@@slapshotjack9806 If it wasn't sitting at the bottom of a lake for over 10 years, if it wasn't set on fire, if it wasn't wrapped around a telephone pole or tree... It's probably fixable. "How much" depends, though.

[@greenie7927]

No one seems to be pointing out how amazing it is that this video is still up and getting views. This video was made in may of 2006, KZbin was a little over a year old, and Google wouldn't acquire it for another 6 months. This video has survived through literally everything the site has been through, both apocalypses, the removal of stars and implementation of likes, the COPPA incident. I just find it really neat that a disturbing clip from a kids movie holds so much history in KZbin

[@goldenninja9053]

That's very cool to know about. I guess this makes this video almost invincible to anything KZbin throws at it.

[@101Volts]

It also holds record of comments being deleted in June 2021. EDIT, after 56 thumbs up: comments were temporarily unavailable, but now the same comments seem to be back. I never saw _that_ before.

[@someonerandom704]

as of the end of July 2021 it has only 970 dislikes. It's been up for fifteen years and has fewer than a thousand dislikes. This comment will live forever so I'll also go ahead and say that it's at 29k likes and 3.2 million views, just for sake of preservation.

[@anisomniac5931]

It also has astonishing quality for such an old video. I've never seen a 480p option from any other KZbin video from 2006.

[@anisomniac5931]

@@someonerandom704 Remember though, if this gets marked as _"for kids",_ all the comments will be deleted. Hopefully this is too edgy to be marked _"for kids",_ but you never know. The simple fact that this movie was originally marketed towards children could be enough to set that off. I hope to be able to look back at this comment in a little over a decade when I'm 30.

[@justuspickle]

the fact that they're cars doesn't change the fact that these are _sentient, sapient beings_ waiting for death, unable to escape. this song makes me sad

[@flipflierefluiter5665]

Sounds alot like all of us

[@blackstar0000000]

Exploding Crow deep

[@sopelloprzecudny3203]

they're basically dying people, thinking about their lives in their last moment and having regrets

[@paxvictori2385]

Humans don't know their alive though

[@Aaron_GKV]

hell i don't remember how old i was when i saw this for the first time, now im 31 and almost crying as much as then, just because of what u pointed... they use pareidolia to mess with us T_T

[@justinkwong8071]

I'm impressed that the comments are still here and not disabled. Allows me to pour over the years of everyone's long-standing interpretations of the backstories and representations behind each wrecked car. It's chilling. It's inspiring. It's what we need.

[@Propanesucka]

This bit stood out to me as a kid but never understood why. Here, years later, I realize this is one of the darkest and most fascinating sequences in mainstream western animation. From the pacing between frantic panic in the music to the ominous calm of the cutaway segments, to the intriguing and bleak stories each car tells in only a few lines, to the relentless beat of the of the crusher. Everyone talks about the clown nightmare, but this? How the hell did this get okayed by the censors? It's brilliant.

[@Nic_2751]

It wasn’t, the pickup commits suicide and that almost got the song cut but was miraculously left in (only for it to become the most infamous part of the movie)

[@MyBigBlackCup]

They had to give the crusher a malevolent face too. Just discovered this somehow wasn't Don Bluth, despite the everything

[@severalcakes3267]

“I must confess, I’m impressed how I did it, I wonder how close that I came.” That will always be the most depressing line in the whole thing, for me. He’ll never get to try again, see what he’s truly capable of.

[@Ospey]

Now I'm sad about that too...

[@CRWNVCTRA]

He wont be able to do it again since his owner most likely got paralyzed, because it sounded like his driver was in an accident during the race causing permanent damage leading to paralyzation

[@dragonsamurai559]

the reason he didn't seem to get another chance is likely from the last part of his bit "I was the top of line. Out of sight out of mind. So much for fortune and fame." Judging by his appearance, he's a Kurtis Kraft (minus the headlights, which were likely there to give him eyes), which in the 50s, was one of the best racecars to have. However cars quickly evolved from there and the Kurtis Krafts were quickly obsolete. And once he was no longer a good racecar, he was discarded and forgotten. And unfortunately, not all racecars can make it into a museum.

[@steph13326ify]

Is it depressing? He tried, he got to experience some of the life he was chasing. That's more than a lot of us get. I'd say his is one of the least depressing for that reason.

[@jamesmedina3297]

i find that one so sad because if he had won, hed probably be in a museum for years to come. but since he failed.. its off to the junk yard

[@AINGELPROJECT667]

When you look at it, it's interesting how much you can tell about the cars' personalities by their lines, and how they reflect human problems in a way. First car: Suffered a nervous "breakdown" (no pun indended), possibly from not being able to take the stress from life. Second car: Lack of motivation, can't "seem to get started" on her own way, not able to keep up with everyone else ("Don't have a heart to live in the fast lane / all that is past and gone") Third car: Spent his life mostly on the road, never really settled in one place (a foreign translation of the song noted his travels came to an end when his engine blew or something) Fourth car: Was once a celebrity, the top of his class, but now is forgotten, abandoned ("out of sight / out of mind") Fifth car: Witnessed a soon-to-be groom run from the love of his life, too nervous to go through with the wedding Sixth car: Spent his life carrying the dead, possibly jaded from the fact that he spent his life in such a sorrowful job. ("I beg your pardon / it's quite hard enough / just living with the things I have learned") Seventh car: Spent his entire life working for and with people he considered family, only for them to turn their backs on him and call him worthless. Especially sad when you realize he was still functional as a truck; he drove himself off the bus and onto the conveyor belt. His "family" evidently replaced him for a trivial reason.

[@DarkRedDragonOfEgypt]

ya just left out the Surfer car indicating that she was a dreamers car just enjoying one sunset to the next till the sun set on her last horizon but left with fond dreams of being told she made history (had a hand in the lay of the land)

[@TheKrossRoads]

Indeed. These cars get literally seconds of screentime in a full length movie, and we learn more about them as a character than a lot of other characters featured in their own films. Very well written.

[@AINGELPROJECT667]

DarkRedDragonOfEgypt Ah yes, thank you for reminding me. My translation of the Surfer Car is that of someone who spent their lives living it to the fullest, attending parties, having sex, perhaps even experimenting in drugs. However, despite them living to enjoy themselves, they never become a productive member of soceity, so used to enjoying themselves that even in death all they can think about are the "good times"

[@TheYankeesUnited]

AINGELPROJECT667 Well the machine was still gonna pick him up and drop him off into the little road where it would be smashed. I mean it basically said no need i'll do it myself. Though I often wondered while watching this movie if the cars can actually drive away by themselves without humans. or if just for short bursts.

[@_Satorius_]

AINGELPROJECT667

[@OJ_36]

Ah yes, the song that's made me determined to keep a car running for as long as humanly possible.

[@LobotomyTC]

Oh good, another one. I've got 6 in the yard and four of them work today. All $500 beaters that served me better than any post-recession car ever has.

[@OJ_36]

@@LobotomyTC You're doing the Lord's work right now. Ride on man.

[@maw4734]

@@LobotomyTC I feel you. Three old VWs and two old motorcycles out back (with the engine to a third upstairs being rebuilt), along with my daily. Daily's a little newer but the Ghia, Rabbit P/U, and GTI were all cheap and are all fantastic in their own way -- amount of PB Blaster used notwithstanding...

[@sarahthompson5082]

I drive my 97 Dodge Ram beast and play this song on her stereo

[@memeslife-wq2tx]

Got an old 1972 beetle around 2 years ago for 2000 as my first car Sounds very healthy and runs well as long as you dont leave it sitting for a while Love it to bits and honestly i might buy another car thats more durable just so i can preserve this one (its my first car so im attached to it)

[@Commanderziff]

The green pickup has really stayed with me over the years, he's the only one of them that can still move, he could try to escape, instead he rides out to meet his fate head-on. LEGEND.

[@mrwow1667]

i don’t like the suicide theory, so i like to think he got caught while trying to escape, it makes more sense

[@Nic_2751]

@@mrwow1667 it doesn’t, it’s been debunked, and was confirmed, it almost got the song cut entirely, and he was literally called worthless to his face, don’t even bother sugar coating it.

[@brettzforeman]

​@@mrwow1667That doesn't fit what he's singing. He drove himself onto the conveyer belt to spite the magnet. He was heartbroken by the loss of his purpose, and too proud to let somebody else put him down. Really chilling.

[@cjmars822]

@@mrwow1667the green pickup sang he worked on a reservation; the metaphor is native American indians. The writers were very purposeful with their lyrics it would seem

[@rippingtons60]

He wanted to keep at least SOME of his dignity as he died rather than let the magnet do it.

[@ocarinaplaya]

It's a shame none of the sequels had this kind of effort put into their songs and writing.

[@Rebel_Railroad_Productions]

Agreed. I consider those two films to be unnecessary cash-grabs.

[@zero00044]

There was a sequel?

[@Rebel_Railroad_Productions]

@@zero00044 Two.

[@beverlyarcher546]

There's sequel?

[@mysticpied]

@@beverlyarcher546 yeah BRAVE LITTLE TOASTER TO THE RESCUE BRAVE LITTLE TOASTER GOES TO MARS

[@ekojar3047]

The wedding car was crushed together with the Hurst. This is way more poetic than I remembered as a kid. Till death do us part

[@neville2308]

Good eye

[@indigothecat]

It goes further. Some fan theories say that the 1949 Bentley mark VI (wedding car) and the 1940 Cadillac series 70 Hearse (the hearse) are singing about the same man, and that the man died in a car crash on the way to his wedding, and the car that was carrying him to his burial also crashed. This might be why the Hearse also says, "I beg your pardon it's quite hard enough just living with the stuff I have learned." The fact that this man died on his way to his wedding, only to then have another accident during his funeral procession, would be a lot to bear. Keep in mind the wedding car's lyrics are, "He kept forgetting his loneliness, letting his thoughts turn to home and we turned." Thus, the poetic-ness goes up even more, the 2 cars being crushed together because they transported the same person.

[@Espityl]

​@@indigothecat and yet some people also claim that it was his friends wedding and he couldn't deal with being single anymore

[@Simon_Electric]

​@@indigothecatthat's deep.

[@erinbeepbeep5238]

​@@indigothecatwow, this blows my mind! Thank you for sharing. Where can I read about this theory??

[@LightLife4]

Listening to the life stories of each of the cars you realise how sad and dark the song is. Abandoned, depressed and left waiting to die

[@progamer69243]

Bruh

[@charliemunson7467]

To all my friends out there, you aren't worthless. Life is tough but we are happy you are here to share the journey with us. Everyone has an amazing story of who they are and how they ended up here, Id love to hear yours.

[@MrFunreal]

The green pickup.... The god damn green pickup was not broken, he was fully capable of leaving, but he chose not to.

[@captainc00tie]

Not to mention his last words "Was happy until I heard them say, your worthless."

[@George-Hawthorne]

The Green Pickup is the one who endured ever hardship thrown at him. A true survivor of life and in the end he decided his time had finally come.

[@1Up2081]

@@captainc00tie Which might not have even been directed at him to begin with if you understand what reservations can be like thanks to the U.S. government.

[@captainc00tie]

@@1Up2081 True, you're not wrong

[@Motolmang]

suicide is a hell of a thing

[@SirIkeMedia]

Such a strange dark movie... Glad it was part of my childhood.

[@badreality2]

I remember reading a quote from Don Bluth, whom said, "Children can handle ANYTHING in a movie, as long as the story ends well!" That sums up this movie perfectly. This movie is loved by all that remember it.

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

Wasn't part of mine, but I remember a trailer on some tape.

[@nickobrien1298]

I blame this scene and film for ruining my childhood. This was the SADDEST THING to me at 10 years old. I think I only watched it the once but it stuck with me for at least 15 years after that. I think I was even afraid to let my mom watch it this scene freaked me out so much. Insta-banned it from my own VHS collection.

[@skoonthatraccoonskunkguy3865]

Yup, dark, but beautiful, I guess although this stuff did "upset" me a bit as a kid, in the long run it actually gave me some comfort. Long story short, I have haven't had the darkest of lives, goodness no! My life has been very tame compared to others, but it has had some rather dark parts for sure... And the concept that, even if things get dark, seriously dark, it doesn't have to be the end like that, was of significant comfort in the back of my mind.

[@66gs]

It was really for college kids who want to you know want to watch a cartoon so this was made the creators didn't want to make a kids movie.

[@rosevining2867]

The moment the cars surround the main characters and creepily sing 'you're worthless' raises hairs on my arms to this day. I never understood why appliances scared me so much as a child, and now I get it rewatching this as I'm older. This is dark.

[@wafity]

True

[@simonantonehie6392]

The shot of the steering wheel desperately trying to turn off the track is what gets me

[@julianbigelow2794]

First car: “I can’t take this kind of pressure. I must confess one more dusty road would be just a raod too long.” He’s the car of an old workingman who had a long life of service. The car was worn down from year after year after year of driving a long commute on a dusty road. The engine and air filters gave out one day when the road was way too long and hard. He represents the work exhausted, those who can't handle the pressures of work and life. Second car: “I just can’t, I just can’t, I just can’t seem to get started. Don’t have the heart to live in the fast lane. All that is passed and gone.” I would assume that this was the car of a female in either college or high school. She wasn't driven much before she conked out while her new owner was driving on the freeway. Given how she mimicked a failed starting engine for her first line, chances are it was a serious problem with the electrical system. This car represents the depressed. Life speeds past these people, because they can't get started. Third car: “I come from Kasi, Missouri. I got my kicks out on Route 66, every truck stop from Butte to MO. Motown to Old Alabama. From Texarkana and east of Savannah From Tampa to old Kokomo.” His owner was a definite drifter and rode all around the states, especially on every stop you can think of on Route 66. He was driven hard and fast until his axiles busted. He probably rode on a very rough patch of road and was structurally damaged. This car represents the drifters, who drift along without any point, never rooting down. But, he clearly has an appreciation and zest for life. As he is on the conveyor belt, he is seen turning his wheel in a vein attempt to get off of the belt. He can’t turn, because he is old and beat up. Fourth Car: “I once ran the Indy 500. I must confess I'm impressed how I did and I wonder how close that I came. Now I get a sinking sensation. I was the top of the line, out of sight; out of mind so much for fortune and fame.” This oldie was a top of the line race car and genuine contender for the Indianapolis 500 during his last run. He likely lost control when his wheels failed (note his missing wheels on one side). He skid out of control. I'd say he managed to avoid crashing and killing the driver. The car was deemed a failure by whoever built him and he was mothballed. This car represents the has-beens who were once famous or important, but have been tossed aside. Fifth and Sixth related. The fifth car says “Once took a Texan to a wedding, once took a Texan to a wedding. He kept forgetting, his loneliness letting his thoughts turn to home and we turned.” The sixth car said “I took a man to a graveyard. I beg your pardon, it's quite hard enough just living with the stuff I have learned.” After the fifth car is placed on the conveyor belt, the sixth car is placed on top of the fifth car and the two are crushed together. That was probably to represent the fact that the two drove the same man. The Texan probably died while driving the fifth car and the sixth car was likely a funeral hearse which drove the Texan’s dead body to the funeral. Fifth Car: This limo was taking a Texan man to his best friends wedding. The mention of lonliness gives me the impression that the Texan likely was not the groom. This guy was forgetting something due to feeling lonely. I get the vibe that he was showing up for a friend's wedding, and just couldn't take the feeling that he was still single and alone while his friend was happy with a new wife. He forgot about his obligation out of pain, and demanded to be turned around. This car represents the uncommitted, who are unable to commit to their relationships or love. Based on how dented the limo was, I would assume that the Texan died while riding in the limo. Which leads to... Sixth Car: The last line of the fifth car felt unfinished. Regardless, the Hearse was there to take the Texan to his funeral, but got into his own accident on the way. It's hard to see but you can see serious dents and a busted headlight in his front. I think he might have gotten stuck in another accident on the way to the funeral, and he saw that the coffin he was carrying was filled with a dead man when it accidentally burst open. He learned that death touched humans too, and he couldn't live with this knowledge. Seventh car: “Once drove a surfer to Sunset, there were bikinis and buns, there were weenies. Fellini just couldn't forget. Pico, let's go up to Zuma, Pico, let's go up to Zuma. From Zuma to Yuma the rumor was I had a hand in the lay of the land. Get up and go hit the highway.” This one was owned by a college male. This guy was very likely laid back dude who liked surfin and goofing around with his friend Pico. The car had dings and dents from a few fender benders, but her master treated her well and took her everywhere. He was likely a campus legend, but she remembers him as the master who shredded waves from Zuma Beach to kayaking on the Colorado at Yuma. Based on the clearly bitten surf board, I am guessing that the master was eaten by a shark. His mourning family scrapped the car with the surf board. This car represents the traumatized, people who suffer from mental illness or trauma and are unable to cope. Eight car: “I worked on a reservation. Who would believe they would love me and leave On a bus back to old Santa Fe? Once in an Indian Nation. I took the kids on the skids where the Hopi was happy 'til I heard 'em say... The rest of the things in the junk yard say: "You're worthless." This car worked on what was likely the Hopi and Tewa reservation as an impromptu bus for the community. He was likely used frequently by one family in particular, who used him to take their kids out of the place and for long haul goods carting. He grew to love that family, in particular the kids. He was a tough and reliable old truck with at least some more time in him left, but his heart broke when that family chose to ditch him and leave the reservation. He took them out to the skids, thinking he was just taking the kids out there to play like usual. They then got on a long bus to Santa Fe, and called the reservation and himself by extension worthless. He couldn't take this rejection and essentially refused to work out of depression. There was this one detail that is very easy to miss if you do not pay attention. I probably would not have noticed it if people on the internet had not pointed it out. As the magnet waves over this car, the truck drives off screan and is seen parked on the conveyor belt in the next scene. He was about to die, but chose to go out on his own terms, because the last thing that he would want to do is give the crane the satisfaction of knowing that he (the crane) is what sent him (the car) to his death. His musical number that he sings to achive a catharsis before his death is just as sad as that of the rest of the cars, but for a different reason. For the rest of the cars, they were sad, because they weren’t ready to die and they all tried in vein to resist it. This one was actually capable of resisting it, but he didn’t. His story was depressing in a “I am so sick of life” kind of way. This car represents the elderly, who were loved by their families, but age has made them worthless. All of these cars represent a collective experience of the way depression affects the mind. Each one has a story and even achievements. Each one has a life: but despite any of it, they are 'worthless'. The crusher is a symbol for death and suicide. The conveyor belt a symbol of struggle. All vehicles (aside form the last) attempt to resist it. This means that each car represents different levels of depression, from mild to severe. And each is handicapt so that it cannot escape the crusher. This is what depression actually does to a healthy mind. The knowledge of being loved and having some sense of worth disappears, you become drained of energy, and you become blinded to the truth of your own value. You stop bathing, sometimes even 'getting started' on anything. Left untreated, and especially if the sufferer finds confirmation, the feeling of being worthless ends in suicide.

[@nickrustyson8124]

This is a great theory, but I would say the 6th car is trauma, the whole "I beg your pardon, it's quite hard enough just living with the stuff I have learned.” tells me it seen some fucked up shit and couldn't stop thinking of it, thus being traumatized While the 7th car is more so about someone who had no meaning in life outside of a interest, going back and forth from Zuma to Yuma, and once that changed (Either by the owner changing interest or by a shark related accident) they had no meaning and became worthless

[@101Volts]

Car #2 ("Can't seem to get started") might have had a fuel line break. Car #8 (the truck) also sounded like a shotgun blast when he was crushed, and before all his parts fell on Toaster & Company. I have to point out, though: despite all of the cars dying in the crusher, Toaster & Company (and Rob) did not. Why? Toaster *threw himself face first into the gears.* Rob was not even harmed one bit, and then Toaster somehow ended up being repaired, so it was not death for Toaster. Rob has gotta be one heck of a repairman.

[@root-beer]

10/10 comment, I’m not even joking, this is the best comment I’ve ever seen

[@1Up2081]

So, this song is a metaphor for depression?

[@CRWNVCTRA]

To be honest now that i think of it this way, cars tell a story, so why abandon them?

[@steph13326ify]

I love the tv in this scene. he doesn't give up.

[@reanimationxp]

Reminds me of Justin Roiland.

[@UnusualSocks]

This scene, along with one during a storm when the lamp guy gets his bulb exploded, is the bedrock of my childhood trauma. I remember watching this movie in kindergarten and being utterly terrified. An amazing movie that I will never forget.

[@ianmiller6040]

Why, oh why, did we all watch this as children?? It is NOT a kids movie!

[@MJB4646]

@@ianmiller6040honestly repressed this movie with the only mental note that it was vaguely scarring

[@brendagonzalez3344]

How in the world did the teacher approved of this thinking it was a cute movie

[@roastinred]

"I wonder how close that I came" That hits hard

[@kreepykevin]

5:15 what’s really depressing is he is probably the one car that can escape but chooses to die.

[@101Volts]

Supposedly, the script originally meant for him to try making an escape attempt, but he broke down on the way out. I never researched this, I only read it was cut to keep the song momentum going.

[@zackshilakintheakakpack2426]

holy shit I didn't notice that.you're right. thanks for commenting.

[@someonerandom704]

@@101Volts it's better this way

[@TheDankEngineer]

Even the magnet is surprised

[@kiowastew]

I cannot tell you how much I love and respect this movie for that. As a tribal member, I can tell you that natives are RARELY spoken about in American culture. Whenever we are, there are times were we are told how worthless, stupid, and poor we are. That truck brings tears to my eyes every now and then.

[@OmnicidalClown1992]

For a movie about various appliances just wanting to find their owner, there are some serious dark elements to this movie.

[@dustrockblues7567]

This movie horrified me as a kid. I think a lot of kid's film is way more traumatizing than the creators realize.

[@kylehenline3245]

@@dustrockblues7567 There is no way they didn't no. The lammp sacrificing himself for lightning. the briars. The arsonist AC unit. like holy shit.

[@VORP125]

This show DID scare me a lot when I was a kid. I still remember it very well, but this song was quite catchy, although scary

[@LilyAvarA]

The clown dream that toaster had? Remember that? Also vacuum thinking his friends had fallen off a waterfall. The guy who strips appliances down for parts?

[@lisalombs1239]

@@kylehenline3245 oh jesus christ I had forgotten about the AC.

[@RichardColwell1]

Best movie of my childhood. The dinosaur one called “we’re back”, land before time, fern gully, Feifel goes west. We really need to go back to those days with animated cartoons.

[@FormulaKG]

Give him the laaaazy eye!

[@doomguy584]

I just watched ferngully like a week ago hadn't watched in almost 30 years

[@RichardColwell1]

@@doomguy584 I need to revisit these movies again… kids today need to watch these movies

[@orbitalbutt6757]

Entire damn movie makes a whole lot of sense when you learn that the author of the book was a chronic treatment-resistant depressive who wrote the entire thing as an allegory for his suicide attempts. He succeeded in 2008 and blew his own head off. RIP

[@som3body3]

Aaaaaaaaand now my childhood is a bit more fragged

[@zerotodona1495]

Good for him for finding the courage.

[@damoji5332]

​@@zerotodona1495 this better be a joke

[@sirhenrymorgan1187]

It seems the final trigger was the author (Thomas Michael Disch) losing his life partner (Charles Naylor Jr.) in 2005. Disch almost stopped writing altogether after that, aside from a couple novellas and some smaller projects (namely poetry and blogging). Suicide by gunshot in 2008. RIP Disch and Naylor. Buried next to each other at Saint Johns Episcopal Church Columbarium, Dubuque, Iowa.

[@wildfire9280]

@@zerotodona1495 bad bait

[@pokemonmanic3595]

First Car: The Work Exhausted Those who can't handle the pressures of work and life Second Car: The Depressed Those who can't get started, and therefore life speeds past them Third Car: The Drifters Those who drift along without any point, never rooting down Fourth Car: The Has-Beens Those who were once famous or important, but have been tossed aside Fifth Car: The Uncommitted Those who are unable to commit to their relationships or love. Sixth Car: The Traumatized Those who suffer from mental illness or trauma and are unable to cope Seventh Car: The Youths Those who waste their lives away partying and having good times but never contribute to society Eighth Car: The Elderly Those who were loved by their families, but age has made them worthless

[@sombes5985]

Solid analysis

[@koatam]

pokemonmanic3595 i agree for the most part. but I interpret the last part as a metaphor using people leaving the Indian reservation as a loss of respect for old traditions and ancestral lands, seeing them as not worth caring about.

[@maluon_the_ocean_liner]

Well, i screwed 3 ways to Sunday

[@lucarioluva448]

+pokemonmanic3595 I'm the unmarried.21 years old and has never fallen in love. also,i'm asexual and won't ever change for anyone!!#Asexualpride

[@alienhominidboy]

+lucarioluva448 gross

[@warhawk9566]

we literally just watched a car commit suicide cause he was so depressed

[@seanjenkins2188]

I don't think that counts as suicide. Edit; 5:15 Oh okay nevermind.

[@Demolitions75]

@@seanjenkins2188 just read a theory that each car crushed represents an aspect of humanity that society views as worthless (first car is an overworked burnt out employee, 2nd car is a depressed person who cant get going in life, etc.) The truck at the end represented the elderly who can still work (truck still runs unlike the other cars), but are not valued anymore.

[@Mario87456]

Even the MAGNET looks shocked

[@jackdaniels1460]

@@Demolitions75 Yea. I agree with you. Each car represented an aspect of life.

[@Zavitor]

@@jackdaniels1460 Homeless people could be a type of human that others might look at as 'Worthless'.

[@cowerdnerddespacito9518]

What’s sadder is that all those cars are worth a hell of a lot nowadays and would be cherished and well kept They did all have worth, it’s just that it took to long to see it.

[@JaguarCats]

I always loved how the T.V never gave up on his friends and did everything he could to save them. He's the real hero here!...well okay the Toaster helped too!

[@anthonyhack1164]

Yeah he was a real one.

[@joshcoy6748]

In hindsight would the human on his screen count as his actual face I wonder.

[@PRGME7]

@@joshcoy6748well T.V essentially communicates by dreaming. So, I don’t really think he has a face in the human sense of the word.

[@joshcoy6748]

@@PRGME7 that's probably true, but then does his screen count as his eyes?

[@PRGME7]

@@joshcoy6748 maybe

[@PeterDivine]

There's something really surreal and disturbing about this in a way that I can't describe. It's like... anti-nostalgia. Not bad enough to give you nightmares, but enough to be unsettling.

[@bluedragonfly5145]

I don’t think I understand what you mean by anti-nostalgia.

[@commissarchristopherjohnso4745]

Nostalgia makes you feel good about past memories. This does the opposite.

[@dominator9833]

@@commissarchristopherjohnso4745 He called it anti-nostalgia. Imagine instead of thinking of good past memories, you're thinking of future bad memories

[@kaleidoscope5054]

Realizing everything you never though about when you were younger.

[@vanroyal244]

It's called uncanny valley.

[@alicatharris8491]

I was never bothered by this when I was a kid. Now that I'm an adult....man this is some dark stuff. But that's what I appreciate about this film. It has enough light stuff mixed with dark stuff to make it a perfect film for kids and adults alike.

[@aaronsozh]

This song hits way harder when you have depression

[@SilverWolf442]

Yep. Suffering from it heavily at 32, I can very much relate to this song & the feeling of the title, which makes it more hard-hitting. And seems as you get older, it only gets worse.

[@griffy9639]

or suffering from a recently acquired physical disability lol

[@thomasw4422]

This song should not be allowed to be watched if suffering from depression. Could be a full on cognitohazard.

[@greysonvirginia3152]

This movie shows that being brave isnt not being scared being brave is what you do even when you are scared

[@BovineDesigns]

It's such a shame so many great singers got turned into cubes.

[@tigertoxins584]

you think you're real funny, don't you

[@Michael_______]

@@tigertoxins584 I do actually

[@dominator9833]

@@tigertoxins584 Well he is

[@IamDarkeye]

Now all their singing will be flat.

[@onceuponarevenant9409]

I admit it, you brought a smirk to my face this morning with that comment.

[@mattw7557]

This movie is probably the reason why I'm a mechanic. Never sent a car to the yard

[@kaylaleininger2495]

Not all heroes wear capes!

[@blueraccoon1088]

As a dude who's a friend with a mechanic i see there are some that save good cars

[@trustyoldiron5416]

It Probably influenced me too. The newest car I own now is a 1978 Subaru Brat and I refuse to let it go even as parts get harder and harder to get.

[@boogie3001]

It's true I fix all my cars never junked one.this movie I think the reason

[@ryanmulherin2682]

I'm 18 and recently saved enough to buy a beater '91 F-150. It was a farm truck at one time. All it needed to run and drive was a new alternator and the lady I bought it from was going to have it scrapped. It has some dents and the paint is faded but I couldn't be happier with just keeping an older vehicle moving.

[@RamFett]

This part of the film made me a car guy at a young age. It heightened my appreciation for old vehicles and how much personality so many of them have. Apart from the sad lyrics, there is something quite perverse and tragic about seeing old machines being destroyed. It gave me a soft spot for old cars to the point that I own and drive several of them now. So thanks to the creators of this masterpiece, for inspiring me to see the world a different way and enjoy classic cars as a hobby. My life is better for it.

[@slapshotjack9806]

It’s really a message about how things that are still useful get scrapped early on not because machines have “personality” 😂

[@trainguy2155]

Man it’s insane that tomorrow this great video is going to be 18 years old. It feels so strange how fast time has passed by. If anyone reads this comment I hope you have a wonderful day.

[@MemeReviewer]

Thank you :3

[@alexnovak2669]

The early days of KZbin.

[@krizalllid]

I'm still surprised this video hasn't been killed by a copyright strike or something. So many of the videos from 2006-2009 are gone.

[@puddles2967]

2:42 Oh god, you can see him struggling to move through the steering wheel. That's such a sad detail.

[@cyclops8238]

That makes it even more messed up now

[@Nic_2751]

Then his guts literally hitting 3 cars in the face with looks of horror when he gets crushed

[@kagevista3375]

Now imagine if they were all human and he was struggling to save himself from getting killed. That would still be messed up.

[@ChaserPlays]

What makes this worse, it doesn't actually look like he's trying to turn off to the left and right, it's almost like he's just trying to stay in his lane, the turns are to slight...

[@tabletaussendienst2721]

@@ChaserPlays creepy

[@1bowlofsoup719]

Modern Disney Kids: Frozen is a dark movie, Elsa is depressed. Me: *Laughs in Crazy Ernie’s Amazing Emporium of Total Bargain Madness*

[@eliaspeter7689]

Golden comment...

[@RogueSamaelZX]

Frozen ? A dark movie ? *laugh in Brave little toaster, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Prince of Egypt, Black Cauldron, Nightmare before Christmas, Antz, Land Before Time, Secret of NIMH, must I go on ?*

[@The1pokemaster1]

@@RogueSamaelZX yes

[@starwarsnerd100]

Well the important thing is that you get to feel superior to others based on your taste in movies.

[@ezra5514]

@@starwarsnerd100 - 🤓

[@coltonturbville3851]

1st Car: The Exhausted 2nd Car: The Depressed 3rd Car: The Drifters 4th Car: The Has-Been 5th Car: The Lonely 6th Car: The Traumatized 7th Car: The Youth 8th Car: The Elderly

[@cynthia5387]

Damn. As a mechanic I wish I could fix every old car that I see. And when I see someone with a old antique vehicle misusing it. It just shatters my heart

[@Boonehams]

Fun detail: At 2:41, you can see the steering wheel is trying to turn left and right, but the car isn't moving. He's trying to escape from the conveyor belt, but can't.

[@viskerkey747]

i didnt even notice that, jesus

[@wetfart9813]

@Matthew Bigelow or maybe it was picked up and put on the conveyor After it tried to escape

[@HJ-xw9yw]

This detail was not fun

[@genghispecan]

Conveyor = time's irresistible current steadily delivering all things to their inevitable end.

[@thatoneannoyingdude3825]

“Fun” detail

[@thedarkwolfsif1750]

The magnet represents the unstoppable power of death. Doesn’t matter who you are, a drifter, depressed, worker, racer. No matter who you are, death can always come get you. When the truck at the end willing drives onto the conveyer belt, the magnet was noticeably surprised, raising it’s “eyebrows”. This symbolizes the truck wasn’t waiting for death’s firm grip, and decided to take his own life himself, shorting his life considerable.

[@Nic_2751]

The Dark Wolf Sif was happy till I heard em sayyy “you’re worthless

[@noahb350]

Don't watch this high

[@r0ast5_61]

*will

[@saber2802]

It might also be a subtle poke at the fact Native Americans have a huge suicide rate when compared to other Races.

[@kevinnelson3629]

The magnet is the undertaker.

[@masonfarrow8655]

For sentient electronics, this must be hell.

[@Nic_2751]

It IS

[@cgimovieman]

I know cars are technically just “things”, but even as a kid this sequence had an impact on me. With many things like cars, to me they had their own lives, and impacted my own. From how cool they were when I got them fresh off the showroom floor, to all of the places they took me, experiences I had in them, or even just getting me to work each day so I could earn a living and survive. They sort of had their own life, and I oddly have felt kind of sad moving on to the new cars I’ve had in my life. I often think about my previous cars, and wonder where they ended up. I’ve always hoped their next owners appreciated and took care of them as much as I did. But are in a junkyard now? Still on the road? Taken care of still or now just someone’s “beater”, with that current owner having no idea how special and cool they were to me? This sequence always sort of symbolized those feelings fir me even as a kid, thinking about my family cars I grew up with.

[@Nic_2751]

It’s amazing how one simple change of perspective permanently changes your view point on the mundane things you never considered for before

[@slapshotjack9806]

Normally when they get scrapped they get sent to a junkyard where they either get bid on or used for parts for other cars so the entire thing isn’t going to waste

[@themonkey9603]

No joke I became a mechanic to stop this I'm now 30 and this song still makes me wanna save old cars. Hate the word worthless.

[@swiftprey1628]

Worthless things can become worthy

[@svicide4907]

Good man. Not a lot of people I know appreciate older cars

[@Heinz_Stresseinheimer]

Power to you man. Power to ya.

[@mikabass]

Weird this made me see shit is worthless and I toss shit and buy new cause of this movie.

[@0axel078]

that's so beautiful

[@ParanoidParamour]

5:19 The magnet’s eyes widen a little when he drives onto the conveyor on his own accord, like they’re surprised about it

[@dakotastein9499]

i always felt like,while the cars represent those deemed "worthless" by society...the magnet personifies the rest of society. and is such reflected in its suprised expression many dont hear the pleas of the suicidal (be it out of ignorence or deliberately ignoring it) until after it happens...then its shock and confusion as if they didint see it coming

[@stansearcheslife6363]

The only bit of emotion the conveyor has

[@KSengage86]

My folks showed me this movie when I was like 5. People say it's dark but it left an impression on me to the point where I tear up rewatching 30+ years later. 37 now, and I wouldn't have it any other way. I truly believe it helped shape me into the person I am today. Helped prepare me for some hard truths in a fun way and open my mind at a young age.

[@eikopoppy29]

5:35 It's like watching a man intentionally jump into a wood chipper and then having a bit of intestine land on your face. I remember as a kid loving this movie but feeling a sense of unease that I didn't understand. Now I know where it came from...

[@DisorientedWanderer]

"Dale, one of them damn college kids just threw himself in the wood chipper!"

[@OddDrop]

Imagine this song being sang by a bunch of depressed and abandoned elderly folks in a nursing home. Takes on another chilling meaning.

[@lunerwerewolf]

OddDrop: after seeing this song again I think this may be why I work in senior services

[@MA-ck4wu]

being sung*

[@wetfart9813]

@@MA-ck4wu it doesn't matter you spoon

[@adrunkhomelesguy8675]

I think it was a metaphor of exactly that all along

[@SonowGamer]

While losing their lives of old age or various other problems. Even deeper.

[@MegaChickenfish]

Never too early to teach kids about the horrifying truth of their inevitable demise, I suppose.

[@mechasaurus]

Or that their folks will trash their car for ANY reason that come up.

[@BlaximilianD00d]

I don't think this movies trying to tell them that

[@eriktruchinskas3747]

Kids can understand more than we give them credit for

[@jasonwb6884]

That's not the message I got at all.

[@bobtwo3948]

This part always depressed me as a child, I think I was always aware of it. Even the toys r us theme song took a dark turn for me and made me sad. Really did not want to grow up and every time I heard it was a constant reminder that the end was near.

[@travismaurice6308]

It’s so strange how I ended up here. This song was stuck in my head for the past 48 hours and I couldn’t figure out where it was from. I started browsing random movies from my childhood, starting with “Little Shop of Horrors”… I eventually made my way to this video. I was super stoked when the music started up because it was going to drive me crazy. Glad I can finally put a name to this incredible song 😂

[@Nic_2751]

The soundtrack is available here too

[@sarahjean3670]

This scene was burned into my memory as a kid, and I probably saw it once. I watched it again out of morbid curiosity, and it hits so differently. Not horrifying but sad. All the cars seem so resigned to their fates.

[@Keisok]

So here were some thoughts on the cars: Dad's Car: Was an old workingman's car who had a long life of service. Was worn down over years and years of driving to and fro from a long commute on a dusty road. Engine and air filters finally gave out one day when the road was just a bit too hard and a bit too long. Daughter's First Car: A convertible bought for what was likely a teenage girl or college student based on paint scheme. Likely wasn't driven much before she conked out, possibly while her new owner was driving on the freeway. Likely a serious problem with the starting motor or the electrical system in general given how she mimicked a failed starting engine for her first line. Muscle Car: His owner was a definite drifter and rode all around the states, especially on every stop you can think of on Route 66. He was driven hard and fast until something busted. Oddly though, I don't think it was his engine that blew; I think it was his axles that cracked given how on the wonk his wheels were; he probably rode on a very rough patch of road and was structurally damaged. He likely still had working parts given how his interior is in great condition and he was desperately trying to fight death by turning off the belt. Formula Car: This oldie was a top of the line race car back in the 1920s based on the design. He was a genuine contender for the Indianapolis 500 during his first and likely last run. He likely lost control when his wheels failed (note his missing wheels on one side). He skid out of control, but due to a lack of damage I'd say he managed to not crash and kill the driver. Didn't help though; he was deemed a failure by whoever built him and he was mothballed. Limo: This limo was taking a Texan man to a wedding. I don't think he was the groom like what has been stated here before; I think he might have been the Best Man. Why? It's the cadence of the third line (the written lyrics); this guy was forgetting something due to feeling lonely, which the groom wouldn't feel due to marrying his love. I get the vibe that he was showing up for a friend's wedding, and just couldn't take the feeling that he was still single and alone while his friend was happy with a new wife. He forgot about his obligation out of pain, and demanded to be turned around. Which leads to... The Hearse: Like most of you, I interpret that the Texan died in an accident while riding in said limo. This is partially based on how the Limo was pretty dented, which makes sense if she was in a wreck. The other half being her last line felt unfinished. Regardless, the Hearse was there to take him to his funeral. But I also think the Hearse got into his own accident on the way. It's hard to see but you can see serious dents and a busted headlight in his front. I think he might have gotten stuck in another accident on the way to the funeral, and he saw that the coffin he was carrying was filled with a dead "master" when it accidentally burst open. He learned that death touched masters too, and he couldn't live with this knowledge. Station Wagon: This one was owned by a college student for sure. Her owner was very likely laid back dude who liked surfing, women, and often goofed around with a buddy named Pico. She had dings and dents from a few fender benders, but her master treated her well and took her everywhere. He likely was a campus legend, though not for what she remembers. She remembers him as the Master who shredded waves from Zuma Beach to kayaking on the Colorado at Yuma. But no, it was because he was publicly killed by a shark (my reckoning is Tiger) during a routine surfing expedition with his buddy Pico. This bit being due to that clearly bitten board she has on her. She was scrapped by a mourning family. The Truck: Worked on what was likely the Hopi and Tewa reservation as an impromptu bus for the community. He was likely used frequently by one family in particular, who used him to take their kids out of the place and for long haul goods carting. He grew to love that family, in particular the kids. He was a tough and reliable old truck with at least some more time in him left, but his heart broke when that family chose to ditch him and leave the reservation. He took them out to the skids, thinking he was just taking the kids out there to play like usual. They then got on a long bus to Santa Fe, and called the reservation and himself by extension worthless. He couldn't take this rejection and essentially refused to work out of depression. He then chooses to die, driving out to the belt (which does genuinely surprise the Magnet based on his slight brow raise).

[@sirboomsalot4902]

Probably one of the best summaries of the characters I've seen yet

[@austinreed7343]

Keisok Maybe the other cars represent something too. Like those big stacks could be victims of a foreign genocide.

[@JMartini810]

This comment doesn't have the likes it deserves!! Amazing summaries!!

[@Keisok]

Honestly, the stacks of broken cars to me more evokes a graveyard or possibly hell more than genocide. It's mainly since this is where every appliance or vehicle ends up at when its function is done. It's akin to how the repair shop earlier was essentially a lunatic asylum and mad scientist lair.

[@13thvarebel16]

Well summed up.

[@CharuzuAutomatonArtificer]

Interesting.... a pretty well done example showing regardless of accomplishments or status, all are equal in death.

[@ms.pirate]

Life is meaningless, thanks for reminding me!

[@CharuzuAutomatonArtificer]

@@ms.pirate No problem!

[@moissaniteshinierthandiamo3934]

Live your lives and live them well while you can for there are many inevitabilities in life. Taxes, the kids learning to do what the adults do while the adults criminalize it because they have no clue how bad they really had it as children when they all lived without money and lived with dependence, the worst way to live regardless of when you were born or what today is. And biggest of all, death. Live your lives well while you still have it it's not going to be here forever and you only live once

[@WelloBello]

“After the game is played, the pawn and the king go back in the same box.” -Italian proverb.

[@zartexkrontaculys1097]

The acceptance of death is as stupid as accepting a drawing to be a photograph despite the fact that it was drawn by a two year old, wake up people c'mon

[@OverdoseCoach]

“Now I get a shaking sensation” the double entendre here is amazing. He’s talking about how his engine kicks, but also how he is afraid of the end.

[@johnpooky84]

*sinking sensation

[@mikeywooster]

The Mum saying “Oh, I’ll light candles, I won’t read, I’ll go out” whilst offering her son the reading lamp is really underrated comedy…

[@katpottz476]

I also think the son doesnt want to be a burden to the mom. it would make him feel worthless to endlessly take from his parents in this time of his life where he is supposed to be starting taking care of himself. while for the mother this feeling of giving and providing for her son is what gives her worth. so being on the precipice of not being wanted for help by her son is what makes her feel worthless. so it makes sense that the song worthless plays along with this.

[@darkcylander]

this is um, this is really morbid, this is probably the most characters killed in a single scene of any kid's movie.

[@jarvisbrown5299]

until Mulan came along

[@darkcylander]

Jarvis Brown but this is like, one after another right in front of the camera.

[@reverendbluejeans1748]

I don't want to die.

[@hotwax9376]

Cartoons aren't just for kids. Try again.

[@darkcylander]

what the hell are you talking about? you mean to argue that this Disney movie isn't intended for children?

[@Sonichero151]

God Bless that TV for trying His absolute DAMNDEST in getting the Couple to go to the dump to save the Toaster and his friends.

[@halopro8958]

The TV was an underrated character.

[@dudeman1359]

TOTAL BARGAIN MADNESS

[@the_pumpking_]

*Continues to laugh uncontrollably and finally faint* Hey have you ever heard about this place before? It looks pretty neat!

[@Zadamanim]

is he voiced by the same guy who voices jake the dog?

[@NeoDraco00]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Benair

[@CandaceChentel]

I still feel bad selling unused items because of this movie. Like I named every appliance in my house after this movie. I cried when we got a new vacuum cause I didn’t want ours to think we were abandoning it 😂

[@nickvoncloft4566]

When I moved into my apartment I took a picture of an alarm clock, lamp, blanket, vacuum cleaner, and toaster haha

[@davidkesler2686]

Dang this movie was crazy. This was my favorite movie as a kid. Watching this now i feel like it could have a dissertation written on it about the themes and symbolism.

[@GreatDarkWing0491]

I wasn't allowed to watch The Simpsons but my parents let me watch this.

[@FreakinSweet1987]

A lot of parents were stupid back then...

[@kevinnelson3629]

@@FreakinSweet1987 same I could watch it but wasn't aloud to watch ren and stimpy. This movie takes on a whole new meaning when ur older.

[@ZakWolf]

My parents let me watch "The Simpsons" since I was four years old! But they wouldn't let me watch "Ren and Stimpy" until I was ten.

[@hannahking854]

I normally don't reply, but some reason this made me laugh uncontrollably.

[@101Volts]

I thought I wasn't allowed to watch the Simpsons (dunno why I didn't) but my parents let me watch this. I didn't remember this song but I remember "Misery" from The Pebble and the Penguin (but maybe not all of it.)

[@googleuser7219]

I love how all the brave little toaster appliances would more or less still hold their utility today, but all the flashy "New" appliances from the apartment are pretty much complete shit.

[@themichigander4924]

I was thinking the same lol

[@cherrysdiy5005]

Very true, most of the older appliances were simple and easily repaired. Electronics of the solid state variety were much more difficult and expensive to repair. And they more than likely wouldn't be repaired, _but replaced_ .

[@ZAV1944]

@@cherrysdiy5005 An unfortunate consequence of modern man's greed.

[@appletherapy3492]

@@ZAV1944 True

[@n0denz]

Let's say thanks to China for that.

[@DannyGallowsTunes]

I love how the wedding car and the hearse are crushed together.

[@Nic_2751]

The symbolism is all over the place

[@diamondstar1200]

This movie brings back so many feelings from when I was young and carefree and the world was more sane. If I had known what was in store I would have savored my youth so much more.

[@Nic_2751]

“Don’t have the heart to live in the fast lane, all that is past and gone…..”

[@doomguy584]

Yeah you ain't kidding

[@pre-madebreakfastsandwich]

5:20 you know this is a dark movie where a car is like "nope, if anyone is gonna kill me it's going to be myself" The car legit committed suicide I have no words.

[@hamidmalmo7664]

the car commited suicide , this is hilarious. cars dont commit suicude.

[@claypidgeon4807]

+Yummy Bread Ever driven a GM truck?

[@forgottenalex]

Wrong. The last car represents the state of being elderly and trying to escape death only to face the fact that there is no escaping death in the end. The car was actually trying to escape before being put on the conveyor belt

[@DeshraD]

The last one was a truck, not a car. You could call it a vehicle and still be correct though.

[@MoxieCat]

Splinks The truck was in fact committing suicide, and the whole song was originally going to be cut from the movie because of this. I've heard the director brought it up in the movie's commentary, but I can't find any proper sources on that.

[@SurrealKeenan]

wow, this is dark

[@lilcornnugget]

SurrealKeenan real dark

[@klein2042]

Still catchy

[@sweaterpal94]

BrassKnuckles Yeah, and the plague was catchy too but it doesn't mean it wasn't dark

[@klein2042]

LordDuck Butt Never said it wasn't. Knew all the words as a kid and still do. It's dark but still catchy

[@ii_sunsetslushie0]

SurrealKeenan ikr

[@ZephanyZephZeph]

Not just depression but the reasons behind it, overwork, abandonment, andnall the various unreasonable expectations in life that eventually crush them, as opposed to overcoming.

[@galaxycraft2454]

This movie is a great description of life. You can wait for something like you’re supposed to or go on an adventure for the same price. The obstacles being weird crazy people, murderous, and even suicidal makes it even more realistic. When you take the adventure route, you get a good life lesson.

[@magentamustang7342]

The fifth and sixth could be telling the story of the same person. Hence the guy bailing out of his wedding and maybe doing himself in due to depression and loneliness, explaining why the two cars are taken to the crusher in the same sequence and crushed together.

[@grayharlequin]

I always just assumed it was because they were both dealing with entirely different tracks of life-- marriage, which is equated to life and birth of a new life, and death-- and yet both ended up at the same end. The vehicles even look similar, other than color.

[@chaosinc.382]

Dude holy shit.

[@kektagon6809]

I think they’re cubed in the same time because Weddings and Funerals are (almost) opposites,one is where people wear white and other war black.

[@christinastephesn1548]

I actually looked into it. When the car sings “turned” it means they crashed and died. The hearse sings about taking the same man to his funeral

[@HalfEatenMedia]

My favorite was the Indy 500 race car. He talks about being the top of the line and living in his happiest moments before destruction. Its great because he's explaining that even the greatest and prized machine at one time will still suffer the fate of the poor mans car. Deep shit right there.

[@awhatsname]

I know some parents who thought Ratatouille was too intense for kids. I didn't say anything, but this clip, the air condition clip from this movie, Little Foot's mom, and The Huntchback of Notre Dame all flashed through my head as I blankly stared off into the middle distance.

[@Nic_2751]

Well Ratatouille is a masterpiece and absolutely delves into one’s aspirations but how pride gets the better of you, it’s definitely not classic dark stuff

[@brandondenver4331]

Oh, how this scene saddened me when I was a kid.

[@cr0w342]

This scene embodies the whole point of the movie. In a world where everyone inevitably gets sent to the proverbial scrap heap in the sky, it's hard to find worth in life. It's all about the journey there and the companions that helped along the way.

[@Nickle_King]

I love that the song doesn't end. it just fades out. Because the song never ends. as long as society deems that there are those who are useless, used up, or unpleasant, the song never truly stops. It is this song in particular that, when someone points to Game of Thrones or Witcher being "mature", I answer back "The Brave Little Toaster has more mature themes than probably any show made in the last 20 years."

[@Nic_2751]

This is only further cemented in the full soundtrack version where it fades out for even longer leaving you listening to the remaining instruments as you wrap your head around it, and with a sign simply reading “Ernie’s Disposal”……

[@MrWolfSnack]

"as long as society deems that there are those who are useless, used up, or unpleasant, the song never truly stops." This is why my life sucks. I have to constantly fight society just because I don't conform and adhere to their braindead logic of ego-chasing and infinite money.

[@Nic_2751]

@@MrWolfSnack That’s why you gotta get up and go hit the highway

[@CrazyManhog]

​@Nic_2751 Exactly people nowdays are stoping and hating themselves idk why?

[@Nic_2751]

@@CrazyManhog well that’s always been a thing

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

As a kid, I didn't really understand this movie and I definitely didn't understand this song. Decades later... It can bring me to tears.

[@MannulusPallidus]

I like the hearse's lines the best. It sort of indicates that he's indifferent to what's about to happen to him because he's seen so much death himself. With that "I beg your pardon," it's almost like he's a little indignant towards all the other cars that don't want their existences to end, as if he's come to realize that death is easy compared to living and seeing all the misery and loss around himself. I mean, he's been "filled" with death for decades. Why fear his own? He's only taking the same ride he's given to hundreds or maybe thousands of people.

[@heavyweapons5749]

Damn....

[@Mandemon1990]

It's also strongly hinted that the guy he took to the graveyard was the same that the texas car took to the wedding... well, "took". She is busted and she says "they started to turn", indicating she and her driver crashed on their way to his own wedding. Yeah, those two carried the same people... one to happiest day, other to the final rest.

[@heavyweapons5749]

@@Mandemon1990 DAMN this movie was dark

[@blackbird_actual]

Damn, I never realized how dark this song was as a kid. I had just always remembered this movie for the ominous, soulless magnet which took things to their destruction.

[@umanzate]

I know right

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

BLACKBIRD and now the magnet has been "repurposed" as a designer of click bait.

[@genghispecan]

There is neither joy not malace in Death's work.

[@elgatochurro]

The magnet has to do its job no?

[@101Volts]

I don't even remember hearing the song as a kid, I just remember the magnet. I do remember Rabbit Ears going on the Ferris Wheel. Funny how perception changes, I do remember Rob looking a LOT older than me but I was maybe 6 years old when I last watched this.

[@havenoshame]

"I beg your pardon, it's quite hard enough just living with the stuff I have learned." What a fucking line.

[@FNKB888]

When I was a child my grandfather had a 1930s Plymouth race car, he passed away, I saw it loaded on a truck and thought it was going to the junkyard and couldn’t stop crying, it went to an auction house, it stayed there for a couple of years in the lot before a car collected picked it up, needless to say, seeing it in the auction lot a few days after seeing it hauled away made me feel a-lot better. This movie scared me as a kid, but it was too fascinating to look away from, and after growing up, and going through dark times, the meaning of the movie has been revealed. Whatever happened to old disney and having important life messages in their movies? I thank my mother for showing me this when I was a kid, and I’m passing it along to my children.

[@Nic_2751]

This was not a Disney movie, they just distributed it, and made the two less than sequels

[@FNKB888]

@@Nic_2751 makes sense

[@CrazyFunTVMovieGuy]

This songs a lot more depressing than you might originally think, cos it's cars singing about their failures in life and how depressingly worthless they feel before being mercilessly killed, i mean the last car went ahead killed himself due to how worthless he felt, and that just shows how dark sad this depressing this song really is. Makes you think that people who are on the edge of suicide could possibly relate to these cars

[@ricomon35]

Yes, the writers songs and art were all about death. In the end Thomas M. Disch did commit suicide.

[@BiscuitDelivery]

Considering that the man who wrote it shot himself, I'd say that's a fair assessment.

[@101Volts]

The last one, the green pickup truck, *is like when an elderly person is sent off to the nursing home even though he's capable of taking care of himself.* He might be a little slow, but he doesn't have diabetes or heart trouble, he doesn't smoke, but his vision's a little wonky in one eye. But he _is_ capable of taking care of himself... Except... For when his own family ignores him and doesn't say "you're worthless" to him exactly, *but they give off that impression nonetheless.*

[@davidcassity3722]

When I saw this movie as a kid, I gotta say that the crushing machine was DEFINATELY the scariest thing in the entire movie!!

[@1TopGunPaintballer]

Or the AC killing itself.

[@rockerseven]

for a while, i couldn't watch because of that scary as all hell demon clown from toaster's nightmare lol

[@davidcassity3722]

Scary clowns? SCARY CLOWNS?? Watch Stephen King's IT and THEN you can talk to me about fucking terrifying clowns!!

[@renakunisaki]

TopGunPaintballer I was afraid of AC units for so long after that. Worried they'd explode.

[@1TopGunPaintballer]

Rena Kunisaki Lol

[@mstretch0430]

Thank God the comment section hasn’t been purged yet.

[@lorins_stuff]

For a song about cars like Lightning McQueen dying, this is genuinely catchy

[@bobmuckle6506]

Why I have constant existential crises: The musical WORTHLESS :D

[@101Volts]

The song's a perfect way of explaining how the main characters in the movie felt, too. They wanted to stay away from the junkyard and find purpose again, but other jealous appliances literally kicked them out a window into a dumpster or a garbage truck, to die.

[@seronymus]

Bob unironically I advise you to become Orthodox ☦

[@joeysreporting8010]

You know if you watch this movie and then watch Blaze and the Monster Machines on Nickelodeon you can actually see that Nickelodeon should have been copyright laws for copying the looks of these cars for their own show

[@Firebrand599]

I think the most basic message is that It's like no matter WHERE you're from, there's ALWAYS going to be that chance of you becoming 'forgotten' to a point where you are considered "worthless". All of these cars had a story where they used to be 'someone' before they became a 'nobody'. This song reflects people's fear that they might one day end up becoming worthless and forgotten by society. I think it can also mean that all things will come to an end. Whether your life was good or bad is meaningless because life will ultimately lead you to the end (death) and what you leave behind will just end up becoming a small (but insignificant) contribution to society.

[@icantw8]

You may be right.

[@redjack2629]

Mm. It essentially states that death is the great equalizer. Be you beggar or king, no man escapes.

[@Overhazard]

The way I interpreted it (having grown up and with the vocabulary to understand what they're talking about instead of laughing at the colorful little cubes), it's that no matter which path you take in life, regardless of the experiences or lack thereof you've acquired, no matter how much or how little success you've gained, every one of those paths will end with the same outcome.

[@xmm-cf5eg]

I thought the message is that death is the great equalizer and there is no escape.

[@xmm-cf5eg]

@gillecroisd 92 The first person to care when an American dies is the IRS, too right.

[@LilithAllure]

I first saw this movie 35 years ago and this song STILL makes me choke up. 😅

[@ButtChugDoug66]

This movie is the reason i had sentimental feeling towards objects...

[@ButtChugDoug66]

Also why I was scared of dumps

[@Dilbert1999]

It's like this movie is supposed to be the writers venting suicide.

[@CStylus]

Unfunny Dilbert 1876 Well... the author of the book that the movie was based on, did commit suicide in 2006, so the dark content of the overall story becomes more understandable when you know that the original creator was struggling with his own misery.

[@cherrysdiy5005]

@@CStylus This is true, the writer was devastated by the death of his wife.

[@ChelseatheCreativeFox-pc2xz]

@@cherrysdiy5005 He was gay

[@doxxielox]

Totally was gay but had lost his partner.