Uncovering the Disturbing Return of Elsagate

[@Knightytt]

Thank you all so much for supporting the content! I'm very grateful for everything.

[@disnutsu]

Helloooooo it's been a while how are you?

[@stardusttodorki2679]

I have a 5 year old nephew who watches KZbin kids

[@hood_spider_man]

​@@stardusttodorki2679 save them

[@greenonmyface774]

I didn't know drake bell had a little brother.

[@michaelpeters78]

dude you really look like Drake from that old Drake and Josh show

[@JoeyJo-JoJrShabadoo]

It's so disturbing that there are people in the world who actually put their time and effort into making these freaky videos. Somehow after all this time Elsagate is still out there, and people like you covering it and spreading awareness on the topic are really helpful.

[@misseselise3864]

yeah i’m constantly stuck on this lmao

[@lilatune]

who tf is sitting down making these 😭😭

[@finthetin7275]

​@@lilatune people who want easy money and don't care about what they do, all faceless so no dignity to lose

[@lilatune]

@@finthetin7275 no ik but seriously, theres easier and better stuff to make for way easier money

[@itsjustmenova]

I’ll be honest it is really smart that they can put minimum effort in to some garbage and kids will eat that shit up and make millions Is it fucked up and horrible? Yes. I’m not going to pretend it isn’t, but they’re still smart enough to make bank with something that takes them like 2 minutes a day

[@G.reviewz]

Its also the parents using youtube as a “nanny” to shut their kids up.

[@gpgp1841]

Definitely!

[@st1fish]

it’s honestly kind of sad that a neglectful parent makes their kids watch yt so they don’t have to be bothered by them

[@kiendra]

My dad use a big as coconut to shut me up

[@leatherDarkhorse]

Yes i told my cousin bout what her kids watch elsagate type of videos, she said i dont have kids, dont teach here how to raise a kid, and her kid develop into torture small animal behavior especially small bird he caught. (Not going to describe the grusome things he did) and also accidentable saw he watch sc8t p0rn, yikes. My nephew is 19 now.

[@5cream5]

fr

[@mindlessjulian1666]

Once I was at walmart and I saw a 2/3 year old child watching poppy's playtime animations on youtube shorts with themes like feces, urine, sex, assault, blood, and injections. It was disgusting to see, especially since the mom was right there and it was on her phone. There are way more kids still on regular KZbin than we might think.

[@riyanirfan]

Oh my, the poor baby. What a neglectful mother.

[@GoatGuy36]

All children deserve parents, but not all parents deserve children

[@Alwayscommentseveryday]

The worse part that that is the most youngest child to ever come to the genre

[@sheanartisthunty]

Usually when I see a parent just letting the kids watch whatever they want I just reiterate that they should monitor what they’re watching. I don’t go into detail or anything but I let them know there’s weird stuff going on

[@Anonymous_Identity246]

Tbh it’s probably better for young kids to be in normal KZbin instead of KZbin kids, because besides Elsagate there is also a lot of terrible things on YT kids so it’s probably better for them to be here

[@Trickergz]

This makes me even more enraged that KZbin removed the dislike count on videos. Now that it’s gone it gives the illusion these types of channels are receiving overwhelming positivity instead of the other way around. PETITION TO BRING BACK THE DISLIKE BUTTON!

[@sober_katz]

i used to think removing the dislike button would've been a good thing, but now i honestly wish they'd bring it back X_X

[@KandiHeartCreations]

I sign the petition

[@tandaman1137]

Signed

[@Nonot47]

Signed

[@HazelVsTheWrld]

Signed

[@yammy]

you should do a video on gacha heat and roblox heat... that stuff is disgusting and i've been trying to get it taken off the platform for years with no luck

[@CerysWasTaken]

Yea that stuff is gross Lol I hate to be that person but first like

[@SweetOrangeJuice]

It's probably a product of Elsagate, but I could definitely be wrong! It's really similar, to me. Both Elsagate and Gacha/Roblox heat take really innocent stuff that's meant for innocuous fun, then turn it sexual/messed up.

[@i04q3aa]

Omg hi yammy ❤❤

[@NeyamRye]

Yea...

[@Hehehhihi]

Yammy!! ❤

[@misseselise3864]

it’ll forever piss me off that elsagate is still thriving but ‘dark’ education channels get demonetized, shadow banned, and deleted for no reason

[@misseselise3864]

i’ve seen literal CP on youtube that youtube said didn’t violate any guidelines when i reported it but god forbid y’all say “knife” in any context whatsoever

[@sammyssandwich]

@@misseselise3864 and theres literally a video on yt of a girl playing with her b**bs that was literally up for 7 years and it was literally uncensored all it did was get age restricted and age restriction dosent do much because most kids dont have their real age on their account.

[@Luigicat11]

@@misseselise3864 Take the story and evidence to the news, then KZbin might care . You know, when they're reminded that their actions can still have consequences.

[@valletas]

Thing is youtube does delete these channels and try to control it to some extend but because of the nature of the platform its impossible for them to control ALL of it especially considering that thousends of these videos get released every single day if not every hour

[@JayvanX1]

​@calokifilm6392what's that

[@jujubean9142]

Knowing that people really took the time to make this, add sounds, animate it etc, is more than concerning

[@AllisonRodriguez066]

True. Its truly disturbing. It must be pedophiles that do that

[@Brojogon]

These people usually use assets that don't belong to them, recycle animation and do many other quick ways to put less effort and time into the animation. Still, I agree with you.

[@amoguseater]

most of the videos steal animations from people who put actually great effort into their animations but these stupid elsagate creatures steal them and dont give credit at all

[@splicedframes]

PsyOp, anyone?

[@wr8015]

@@splicedframesI’m with you on that. Sounds like something that was initially started to ‘experiment’ with the dysensititization of children.

[@konzokomo8488]

How many times do we have to teach you this lesson elsa

[@Knightytt]

Apparently a lot of lessons!

[@aisxuu]

@@KnightyttHi

[@elysianblu]

too many times 😭

[@MarmadukeDormedius]

@Daily Dose Of Internet ok James

[@soyunperedor]

“ah, i love the kids these days,” old man jenkins

[@DrDawgg]

As a child who grew up with the 2010s Elsa gate, this just makes it worse, knowing it has never stopped.

[@Isabel-sr8ep]

I still remember that mlp gore animation

[@laylabeles5494]

@@Isabel-sr8ep Oh my god that traumatized me as a kid

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

@@Isabel-sr8ep The one with Pinkie Pie baking cupcake? Hope that nothing bad happen if you know what I mean... right? Right? (Sarcasm)

[@peterbruck3845]

Elsagate existed in the 2014 or 2015 as far as I'm concerned and not the very early 2010s.

[@afartinghuman]

@@peterbruck3845 I think they meant the 2010s meaning the ¬2010-2019 time period

[@itspaperbagkid]

As an animator myself, I was so scared to have my animations flagged during Elsagate. For myself and a lot of animators I knew, we were all scared of our animations being flagged, taken down, and even our accounts being suspended or terminated for doing nothing wrong. It's scary to see it come back again -- not just for us, but also for all the kids that were traumatised having to see that when they were little. Despite my fears for my own animations, I would much rather have these kids saved from seeing those animations instead of saving me. All those poor kids having to see those animations... :(

[@robocatssj3theofficial]

yeah, i think i'd give up my dreams so these kids don't have to be traumatized too.

[@yourtypicalcupoftea]

I’m definitely making family-friendly videos then

[@theoddbox]

its weird, having grown up in the 2000s i always looked at the internet as more of something for adults. People back then understood that if you just leave a child with internet access theyre bound to see something they shouldnt. I played webkinz and watched a few things on youtube but there was always an adult with me and they could always see the screen until i was about 13 and had already been taught by my family to know when something is wrong.

[@vibrantgleam]

Yeah. Exactly. I was exposed to the internet at a young age and it wasn't such a great idea. But thank god I wasn't raised where a tablet would be shoved in my face if I acted up, I was properly disciplined. But also I went to school until 6th grade so that limited my computer time as well until I was at least 11/12 years of age. I was homeschooled eversince and even at 11/12 years old, I was still pretty young. I am now almost 16.

[@maravreloaded]

Right. Kids SHOULD NOT BE ON THE INTERNET. I'm a Gen Z and I had contact with the web since like 9 but I just used it to play some flash games. The biggest contact I had was my family through Facebook. Untill like 12 I started to watch more KZbin content and, honestly the content of KZbin in 2013 was not the same of the modern KZbin. Not even the internet. Internet wasn't so massive in the 2000's there was just one or two sites and not so many people used them. I spent more time in places like Club Penguin, heavily moderated pages for children. Not like now with TikTok and their brain parasite virus that made the next generation to mine to have an attention span of 60 seconds.

[@vibrantgleam]

@@maravreloaded glad you were under stricter moderation.

[@adish1401]

I was well moderated, and I am glad i grew up with some things I did, but for fuck sake, i am so sick of this kid friendli EVERYTHING Just let adults be adulting

[@maravreloaded]

@@adish1401 The problem is that when you have "extremely adult" stuff, it always ends with edgy humour, gore, sex and drugs. It's basic teenager "this is what adulthood means" fantasy. That's why I don't like "adult" cartoons.

[@Errfbond]

One of my cousins had probably the worst experience with this. He saw a thumbnail that looked child friendly and the actual video was hardcore pr0n.

[@soyunperedor]

oh my god 💀💀

[@clarissaputri8797]

Damn

[@retro_cam925]

L youtube

[@AllHallowsEve223]

fr, they'll demonetize people for saying "fuck" but will let that shit run free.

[@puffy_peppers]

wth 😭

[@nulliebee9236]

when my little sister was 3 or 4 she was obsessed with elsa gate videos, my mom came across a cinderella plush completely decked out in bdsm with electrical tape . hands bound, eyes and mouth covered, everything. she stopped letting her watch youtube after that. she eased up after a while and let her use youtube kids, but now at 9 years old my sister has moved on to gaming videos on regular youtube. while im glad my mom stopped that ball that was beginning to roll and my sister doesn't even remember it now, i can't help but wonder what those videos did to her subconscious

[@midgetwaffles8635]

That's absolutely haunting. And she was only 3-4? Jesus christ, I hope she's okay now. It seems like these creators are quite literally hacking kids' brains. It's like something out of a dystopian sci-fi.

[@nulliebee9236]

@@midgetwaffles8635 shes doing well now thank you :) but yeah she was so young when she was watching them and its so scary how easy it was to find those videos. even now i have anxiety over what she watches on youtube and she isnt even watching anything bad anymore. im so thankful that youtube has really started cracking down on these types of videos but unfortunately it will never be enough, those creators will always find a way to exist and more kids will be exposed to it. it sucks but at that point its up to the parents to stop that in its tracks and redirect their kids to something more appropriate but if theyre neglectful enough that the kids even found the videos i fear that they will never monitor what their child watches. i can only imagine what those kids will turn out like

[@MyledBlaze]

As people would say now adays: “W mom.”

[@midgetwaffles8635]

@cringe🇲🇲 Is she okay? She doesn’t mimic anything in the videos, does she?

[@geministrial950]

I hate to be that person, but i was in the same situation as your sister and let me tell you. Those things dont just disappear out of your mind just because you stop watching them. Theyre still there and they probably will be for the rest of her life.

[@REALNOTKYLE]

As a victim of the original Elsagate, you don’t understand what’s going on. All you see is your favorite characters and you think “oh hey, it’s Spider-man!” You’re too young to understand what they’re doing and what it means. The other day, I saw my younger cousin watching content containing characters from poppy playtime, rainbow friends and FNF all interacting sexually. Children as young as 7 are exposed to sexual content without even knowing it. People say that they care about children yet are ignorant enough to let a algorithm babysit for them.

[@shinobuswifee5025]

nah I grew up w elsagate and I knew that I was watching sexual content yet I still continued to watch it 💀

[@muadupe]

@@shinobuswifee5025frr

[@LizardDoesStuff]

@@shinobuswifee5025bro💀💀💀💀

[@worldwidefunnyguy]

i first experienced elsagate when i was like 12 and it was always the spider-man getting elsa pregnant videos. i thought it was stupid and went back to my fnaf gameplay videos

[@ArcticAirUltraPro]

@@shinobuswifee5025 that doesn’t mean you weren’t a victim… if you were underaged then you probs just aren’t aware how it might have effected you because you don’t know anything else.

[@ploopydiper]

I’ve caught my 5 year old niece watching my little pony squid game animations. Her favorite characters playing red light green light, with gunshots in the background and cutting to their faces disappearing on the board. Needless to say I took her ipad and told her grandma (because her mom doesn’t care and thinks it’s funny) and we watch her a lot more closely now

[@frenchfrigaming3562]

Good for you:)

[@haihai9022]

Such a shame you and grandma are doing a better job at parenting than her actual mother

[@afartinghuman]

Shame on her mother. I truly feel bad for that kiddo.

[@afartinghuman]

Thank you for doing nice things.

[@ayaassi892]

This is why parents shouldn't let their kids on youtube. The internet is an unlimited resource of media and what not. You can never truly know what your kids are seeing

[@foregroundeclipse8725]

Yep exactly

[@bannedfor30daysonfacebook41]

no this is why parents should moniter what their children watch

[@jorami4838]

@@bannedfor30daysonfacebook41 You can't monitor everything your kid does on the internet. It would be easier and safer to just prevent little kids from using it (until they are older).

[@RosesTeaAndASD]

Teaching your kids internet safety is a vital life skill given that we now live in a digital age.

[@therandomvlogger1]

I saw a video of To Catch a Predator on KZbin and it was labeled as a kid’s video. What I mean was I was watching it on my phone and tried to swipe down to look at other videos and it said that I couldn’t play it while it was down. This is done on videos labeled for kids. I sincerely hope this was an accident.

[@random_ocassions]

I grew up watching Elsagate videos and it definitely affected me growing up. Those videos lead me down some really deep rabbit holes that took me a long time to get out of. I don't want anymore little kids to find the videos I did.

[@uraveragedumbass]

I'm so deeply sorry for what you have been through, as a person who was also a victim from Elsagate, it really affected the way that i saw various topics, like pregnancy or love, and it also gave me a f*tish at a really young age

[@random_ocassions]

@@uraveragedumbass thank you and I'm so sorry that the same thing happend to you. I hope that you are doing well now.

[@Jay-uu5lu]

​@@random_ocassions no way that was your childhood

[@Dab_it_Boymonoceros]

I used to watch elsa and spider man videos But I started to ignore them and then I have my little cousin who is a fan of spider man and im Trying to stop him from watching elsagate

[@camdecay]

@@uraveragedumbass i’m so sorry that both of you had to experience that. i hope you don’t feel any guilt or shame over what you saw or how it affected you after. i hope you both have found brighter, nicer, more wholesome content to watch.

[@animalmace]

Why are people surprised that poppy play time and fnaf related videos feature some sort of g0re? They're both vi0lent horror games Pretty sure both are rated 12+. I am of course not siding with Elsagate content but I wonder kids end up being fans of those franchises to begin with.

[@evelinthemelone5990]

That's what i've been wondering too! My six year old brother watches poppy playtime videos and the like, and i've tried to tell my parents that it's not appropriate for a kid his age, but they basically let him do whatever he wants. It's pretty frustrating.

[@effithet]

yeah, these games are for teenagers and adults, not kids. yes, it's a big problem in elsagate, but i hate when creators (in general) act like it was for kids in the first place. just because 8 year olds go feral over it doesn't mean it's sunshine and lollipops.

[@mysryuza]

I never understood that. I understand Fnaf and Poppy being gorey because the games pretty much heavily imply dark themes. Even the phone guy in fnaf mentions being stuffed into a suit with eyes out of the sockets. To think that they’re child friendly is a major fallacy and a misread on the franchises as a whole. Disney and other franchises intentionally made for little kids, the ElsaGate thing actually has weight to why it’s a problem.

[@Grigeral]

I mean, they aren't 'gore'. They are horror for children (well, poppy's playtime at least). It uses jump scares and character designs etc which might be scary for kids below 13, but I don't recall any actual gore. But even then, I wouldn't freak out if my kid see's something with a little bit of blood on it. But the stuff they show on videos like this goes well beyond, it goes into full on fetish territory which has no right belonging on a kids application.

[@spontaneouslycombusted7664]

I'm pretty sure it started with adults porting games like poppy playtime to roblox, which is a kids game. So, kids play poppy playtime on roblox, then they watch the videos on yt etc. It's awful.

[@SimsyHazel]

As one of the victims of Elsagate, the most common thing between the victims is that we were given un restricted internet access. My immigrate mother after teaching me English for a few years decided to let me go on KZbin. I loved frozen (also a common thing between us) and naturally watched all toy unboxing videos on the market. Then came the innocent cosplayers, the ones who wanted to show of their makeup skills. Then came the Spiderman and Elsa being chased by joker ones. Then came the needles and other fetishes and it evolved and evolved and turned into THIS 😖 Honestly, I wish there was a class action lawsuit against these horrible companies. Luckily, I wasn't heavily affected (I'm not hypersexual or have weird fetishes soooo)

[@Snow_Sailor]

​@@joemcdonagle7177my parents are also immigrants and I also grew up with elsagste so I think they may be onto something unless this is a coincidence

[@lazyspacepirate]

Right, I definitely noticed how much worse the videos got after the phase with Spider-Man and Elsa, I'm glad I was mature enough to stop me and my siblings from watching that content but that shouldn't have been my job. Our parents should have taken care to really pay attention to what we were watching.

[@NeyamRye]

​@@lazyspacepirateeldest siblings coming to the rescue again (even though it's not their job)

[@Elisabeth-tq3jr]

I can’t believe so many parents were oblivious to what their kids were viewing.

[@vylbird8014]

I can.

[@Dumb_Killjoy]

​@calokifilm6392 I can. A lot of parents flat out don't care what their children are exposed to. My brother grew up on KZbin with no supervision from the age of 4 and it fucked him up really badly. I was raised without supervision from around 11 and it messed me up too. Our parents just never cared.

[@ele6312]

I remember when the first wave of Elsagate happened, I (a 13-15 y-o) ran to my grandparents, my uncles and aunts and anyone else and told them about it. I warned them and actively used myself as an example. I told them what kind of stuff I saw when I was 8-9 y-o, how violent and sexually explicit is the internet if you don't know how to use it or control it and... well, no one really listened, now that I'm 20 and having experienced any sort of blog and video I feel disappointed when I see the same family members I warned about Elsagate leaving their kids with a fucking Ipad to watch youtube and tiktok. edit: and yeah the type of shit I watched in, for example, youtube, tumblr or facebook really fucked up my mind to the point I developed eating disorders.

[@AllisonRodriguez066]

Thats so f-king sad. I hope you were able to overcome it and i hope you live a happy life clean and joyful without that bullshit

[@ele6312]

@@AllisonRodriguez066 I've been doing better, I stepped out of the internet for a few years but with the pandemic, I kinda went back to my old bad habits. I'm mentally way more stable now that I'm not that much on the internet tho, so thank you so much!

[@adish1401]

Allowing kids to scroll tiktok/shorts/reels should be a crime in it's own... And than these people complain how kids are so shit nowadays...

[@Simply.everything.skywalker]

Yea I understand I was exposed to elsagate without even knowing it’s seriously terrible luckily I only saw it once and I realized how bad it was I was like maybe 7 when it was popular also my parents found out I was watching this and told me not to do I stopped but yea I don’t want anyone to go through that

[@76o90]

Exactly! I see 4-6 year old kids in malls holding their parents’ phones and watching weird videos. The parents just sit by their side glued to their own phones without inspecting what their own kid is doing. Parents don’t deserve kids nowadays >:(

[@keranous1111]

I'm so glad this is finally being talked about. When my little sister was much younger, I remembered her watching this and trying to tell my parents but they thought it was pretty normal. There was even a point where she started injecting stuff into her dolls and it was pretty scary but it's alright now.

[@theoddbox]

My younger sister stumbled upon elsagate aroubd 2015 (she was 4) and she went to her dad scared saying "this is weird!", after that she only watched sesame street and mickey mouse videos on youtube that we found for her

[@Fallen._.Cheshiraphim]

​@@theoddbox At least your sister knew it was bad

[@colossaltoad]

My siblings were watching this stuff as well, but my mom thought nothing of what I said about it until I actually showed her some of the content they were seeing. Unfiortunately, some parents don't understand the dangers of "child-friendly" apps, and it isn't completely their fault either. I like to think that the next couple generations of kids will be more protected from this due to all of our experiences.

[@pals_312]

God that must horrifying to see!

[@Skidibibapbap]

My cousins start to make annoying moan sounds after watching similar videos to that and my mom says to ignore them while their mom gives no shit unless we call this out. Im so tired of trying to fix this but i know that they will regret it once they bring this to school and growing up

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Considering that we are still stuck with COPPA nowadays, I still never forgive Elsagate and other so-called "KZbin kids channels" for creating the atrocity of those "kids videos" and how it affected the kids' mental state later in life. There's nothing wrong with young kids learning about the basics, but having a fake cartoon characters doing questionable stuff means nothing to learn about.

[@princesssunset8362]

I agree, I was exposed to those videos when I was young.

[@KlawMan27]

How it affected the kids mental state in life tho?

[@punkysnarks]

["Um, ackshully" glasses activate] COPPA is the LAW. It HAS BEEN HERE. KZbin VIOLATED IT AND THEY CAME UP WITH THE FOR KIDS GUIDELINES THEMSELVES.

[@CCmeronn]

@@KlawMan27 when I was younger I watched it and I became hypersexual, I still am to this day, it’s horrible and kids shouldn’t be exposed to it. They lead to mental illness, disturbing sexual thoughts, and more. It ruins kids heads. I’m a teenager now I’m still hypersexual because of all that sexual content made for kids that I grew up watching.

[@KlawMan27]

@@CCmeronn What did you watched? Because often, hypersexuality is a symptom of a neurological disorder and you can't acquire that simply by watching videos. Another "meaning" of hypersexuality is porn addiction. And if this is what you're referring to, then it's pretty normal for a teenager imo. So idk, but it sounds like you either have an underlying neurological disorder or you're just a regular horny teenager

[@celinepersonman6448]

There has always been such a sinister, dark, uncomfortable feeling to all of these videos that gives me the ick like nothing else, holy cow

[@sofiaa_abad]

i grew up on youtube, i wasnt on elsagate but i eventually stumbled onto gacha, one thing led to another and i was at a fetish site where a predator wanted to date (note this, I was 12) my mom took full control and told me the reality of that, my best advice to parents is that, most of us already pay for netflix/cable tv utilize that, there are tons of actually good shows for your kid to watch that aren’t sick or overstimulating like most stuff on youtube

[@Arelated]

yeah rather than letting kids watch these sickening videos, kids should just watch good old tv shows like mr bean and etc

[@NeyamRye]

I also was a Gacha kid Bro I saw Gacha heat at age 7 😭

[@ForestElfLego]

I was waiting to pick my sister up from some club and some girl was watching some Elsagate Mickey Mouse stuff. Seemed pretty innocent at first, until there was a s£x scene and some other disturbing stuff. The mother wasn’t even looking or caring. Shame on them.

[@Arelated]

its true and sad that many parents just give their phones to their kids without thinking twice what their kids gonna see

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

For me, I just noticed some two Mickey Mouse guys beat each other up over Minnie and the one who lost would lied down on the streets cold. This just went to 0 to 100 percent real quick.

[@lemonkero]

as an 18 year old that sort of “grew up” with elsagate, it’s negatively affected me a lot (created unhealthy behaviors, etc) and I regret my parents not monitoring my internet behaviors more. its super toxic and really messes with your mental health, and it’s horrible for younger kids to have to see such horrible things. hope this gets taken care of. love ur videos!

[@Goth_and_toons]

Same thing with me! Glad to know I’m not the only one that had that happen lol

[@CarrotSpunk.]

Because of channels like these I now have a p*rn addiction and now I hated myself for it

[@sentientdogma1206]

Roundabout way of admitting you’re a degenerate coomer. It’s not KZbin’s fault, it’s yours.

[@lilpepe9588]

👁👁

[@lemonkero]

@@Goth_and_toons yeah fr. from maybe 10-14 I had a huge addiction to watching g0re videos and it seriously affected my view of people/real world.

[@amin8707]

I recently went through an extremely low point in my depression and I've been working myself back on my own two feet. In a non-parasocial way, thanks for that beginning message. Sometimes it's nice to just hear kind words to break you out of any trance. Excellent video, btw. Subbed.

[@robocatssj3theofficial]

i'm sorry man, i live with my brother who has suicidal depression and from what i know it seems incredibly horrible for him. i really hope you get better.

[@robocatssj3theofficial]

@Calokifilm it's not really like an illness, where it just comes and goes. it's a deficiency in the brain that reduces the output of certain chemicals, he can suppress it but he can't necessarily stop it. thanks for the concern, though.

[@nullboy222]

The most horrifying thing is, the pokemon kid from reddit who mentioned that it “gave him fucked up kinks” is not the first to have this happen. This is the most evident, and alarming product of early on exposure. As an adult who grew up looking for my favorite characters on DeviantArt in 2009, I most certainly suffer the same side effects (noticeably appearing by the time i turned 11). It’s horrific. Something needs to be done! edit: if this has also happened to you please know that you’re not alone. You’re not “weird”, this is a normal response from the brain when exposed to abnormal content. (please consult a therapist in the future as well, i know i’ll be doing so)

[@april4524]

same omg

[@NeneARZ]

So sorry this happend to u dude that's that's messed up :(

[@playdoh658]

The brony fandom was ruthless, I was so young being exposed to nsfw and gore. Pretty sure I got hypersexual disorder from it and desensitized from gore. And deviantart was a different animal lol

[@colorblockpoprocks6973]

@@playdoh658 oh no did you catch the gay too?

[@nullboy222]

@@playdoh658 sonic fandom aswell.. mid-2000s deviantart fandom culture was truly a sight to behold.. especially for such young eyes :( ... it's unfortunate to see that many others have seemingly related with my last comment.. however i'm glad we're all finding eachother n realizing that it's not our faults.

[@tankladd]

I will never understand how Friday Night Funkin specifically ever became known as a “kids” game. The entire premise is a guy wanting to have sex with his girlfriend and her dad cockblocking him. It has guns, a decapitated head, blood, one of the most popular songs is quite literally named MILF, I could go on and on.

[@Arelated]

Vibrant colors and the cartoonish art style, also i though the main premise was the main guy was trying to date the girl but her dad keeps trying to prevent him to date her or smth like that

[@Wateredlmao]

Also the mods kind of got it label as a kids game, because there are multiple mods for kid games (i can’t name a few), oh yeah and sonic mods, especially the sonic exe mod which got incredibly huge.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Plus, Friday Night Funkin was originated from Newgrounds, which it has Pico as BF's rival, who is also the protagonist of the Pico's School (a game about massacre the entire school). Newgrounds isn't even for kids either, let alone the NSFW content.

[@nilodelmundo]

Isn't like poppy playtime a horror game come to think of it allot of horror games seems to attract a younger audience now a days

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

@@nilodelmundo The fact they have a real life Huggy Wuggy doll that is profitable for kids -- a character who came from a horror game -- is like making Child's Play an actual kids movie.

[@bathroomshoes]

i developed some weird fascinations as a child and was desensitized to a lot of things because of these videos they shouldn’t exist. people are fucking sick.

[@Skidibibapbap]

Same. Now i hate myself for experiencing these and thinking it was normal

[@pachiita]

Same. People who make these kind of videos are disgusting and horrible

[@kieranindahouse]

⁠@@pachiita Exactly, and I am embarrassed because I was interested in that type of stuff as a kid.

[@jaethegae8691]

Oh yeah, as someone who was in elementary school when the og Elsagate was at its peak, I would not be surprised if it had some sort of effect on me. That shit desensitized me at such an early age which meant I started seeking out more and more shocking things like extreme horror and gore content as a middle schooler.

[@icypaaw]

i was at my little cousin's house recently (for context, he is 8) and i noticed him watching friday night funkin' and sonic elsagate and i immediately recognized it was inappropriate and turned it off. i tried to get him to watch regular kids shows such as TAWOG or spongebob or something along the lines of that, but they weren't overstimulating and colourful enough and didn't have the "themes" he liked. it's genuinely disgusting how these channels exploit kids- i watched inappropriate content a lot on youtube when i was younger (around 9) since it was marketed to my age and as a near adult it has really affected my growth. i really hope something is done, amazing video i subscribed

[@JoeyPeter1]

Tawog and regular show is so good but KZbin should just delete it all

[@NeyamRye]

The way these channels f*CK with kids phycology is disgusting

[@fara3237]

As a kindergarten teacher, I've been seen a lot of kids talking about mutilated or any harmful things bc of this type of videos. It's so sad to see how those kids knowing things that they shouldn't know

[@tobixas]

As a kid who accidentally grew up on Elsagate content and just realized what I’d been watching, thank you so much for taking about this more. I grew up around the 2016 wave of horror game clickbait “kids” content that gave me (aside from a very cringe personality) actual exposure to violence and borderline gore that severely messed me up, and still effects me today.

[@Jay-bq1dq]

Don't worry, we're messed up as well. ~ Sincerely, all the generations before you.

[@Redrose1799]

Thanks for speaking about this. I have two autistic siblings that constantly come across concerning and inappropriate content on this site that I have to redirect them from. I think its easy to feel like if something looks colorful and fun that there is surly nothing sinister about it. But this side of KZbin has definantly taught me otherwise.

[@Crystalluss]

I have a brother who has pretty severe autism, and I'm always trying to make sure my parents are aware of the creepy things that happen online. For example, he now likes My Little Pony and unicorns--things which should be innocent, happy, and friendly to children, if it weren't for some of the weirder bronies out there (though everything has its weirder fans nowadays). I have to warn my parents to be aware of what my brother is seeing and doing online. Fortunately, they listen to me and are appreciative. The internet can be a wonderful thing, but it can also be filled with some of the sickest, vilest sin anyone has ever seen. It is absolutely no place for children.

[@Redrose1799]

@@Crystalluss Your brother is very lucky to have you ☺️

[@Arelated]

i thinks its best for you're sibling to stay off of youtube until they're a teen or older, considering you're sibling keep coming across it, maybe make them watch kids tv show or something,

[@Adam-xf6sq]

@bruhmoment5974 labels are necessary to distinguish between different types of needs. Many low functioning autistic people actually prefer them to be used.

[@JayDonagh]

Something I've also noticed is many of these newer Elsagate comments are created by more international content creators, particularly from India/surronding Asian countries and speaking in Hindi. However they also use English text to appeal to the western side of the algorithm. These videos I've seen have many classic traits of elsagate; smoking/drinking, references to sexual activity and one had a giant syringe being shoved in a character. However, I feel like this language/country barrier makes it harder for KZbin to do anything.

[@shellbatronic]

Nice video! I had no idea this kind of content was still around. My kid is 7 and has never been allowed access to KZbin unsupervised. There are so many "walled garden" alternatives, PBS Kids and BBC, CBC all have kids content online available for free that is vetted. I know my frustration lands on deaf ears to parents who just want whats easiest, but still just a tiny bit of effort can save so much of your kids' intelligence and sanity.

[@afartinghuman]

Thank you for your actions You are a really nice parent.

[@bugseater1]

good parent👍

[@eminemfanboy12]

im about to have a son and people may call me a helicopter parent for not letting my kid online young, but this is exactly why. even when you try to keep them safe online it never works. only movies and tv and monitored youtube til hes older for sure.

[@dorothyallspice1862]

That’s very very smart! We need more parents (or parents to be) like you in this world. I just know your little boy will definitely thank you later. Also, if I ever have kids, I will definitely not let them have their own iPads and shit. But to say that I want to limit their screen time will be hard because I myself am very attached to my phone and I want to set a good example. That’s the tough part. But enough of me rambling. You’re gonna do great.

[@NeyamRye]

Give him old movies or TV series stuff with good moral stories 😄

[@eminemfanboy12]

@@NeyamRye that’s the plan!

[@eminemfanboy12]

@@dorothyallspice1862 so sorry for this late ass reply but thank you! ☺️ i think kids are better off without social media til they’re older, and it would make the world a better place to not let young kids on social media.

[@VessIGuess]

As a person who was exposed to the "weird" side of KZbin as a kid, I can say without a shadow of a doubt that it might have subconsciously affected me, as, truth be told, certain things I was exposed to through those videos have sorta continued to haunt me, and hell, some things still do haunt me from that era of my life. It really is a sad world we live in these days, and if any of y'all reading this had to deal with this stuff, just know you ain't in this fight alone. :]

[@koisamis8597]

leafy and idubbz radicalized me in 6th grade lmao

[@forestunknown]

i was 6-7 when elsagate was getting really popular, and i found it weird even then. like my favorite youtubers suddenly started posting weird fetish content out of nowhere

[@MicrowavedMedia]

I know right!? I feel like 2015-2016 is when fetish stuff really started to appear. Worst timing too.

[@saph4621]

i grew up on minecraft elsagate, and although it hasn't had any last effects on me as an adult, it definitely messed with my head as a kid. it's really just a shame that these creators aren't facing the deserved consequences. this is completely sick.

[@Mr59J]

Damn bro I kinda needed to hear that message at the beginning. I've been in a depressive episode for the last few weeks and I tried to kill myself two days ago. Hearing you say that made me cry I'm not even gonna cap. I appreciate you, thanks for advocating for me when I couldnt advocate for myself

[@_-Lx-_]

Best wishes dude, as someone who has attempted a few times myself across around a decade of incredibly poor mental health I have immense sympathy. I ended up eventaully clawing myself into the mental state I am now and 2023 has been the best year I've ever had, it took a decade of perserving and stress but after that and getting a bit of luck in the right places I eventually managed to turn my life around and am very content/happy. I say this because that shows sometimes the best you can do is keep pushing on and looking for some doors that may lead you to a better space, I really wish you luck with you getting into a happier and healthier state the same way I have now, depression and mental/emotional pain is unbearable often, and I wish you luck breaking free of them.

[@giuseppecatone7360]

Hey man, i Hope you're doing Alright, you're more precious than you know! If you Don't mind i'd like to share the gospel with you: GOD loves you and JESUS CHRIST will accept you if you Simply believe (trust) in Him to save you, no matter Who you are or what you've done‼️🙏 According to Romans 3:23+6:23, ALL have sinned, and the WAGES(or penalty) of sin is DEATH (Hell🔥) but the FREE GIFT of God Is Eternal Life through Jesus Christ our Lord. The gospel Is how that Christ Jesus died on the cross for all our sins, was buried and then ROSE AGAIN on the 3rd day all according to the scriptures (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). When you believe this 👆 and you CALL Upon JESUS, you will be saved, for WHOSOEVER shall call Upon the Name of the Lord SHALL BE SAVED (Romans 10:13). God bless you Bro, i'm praying for you🔥🙏🤍 Amen

[@MoonShadow333]

A factor involved here is that the ElsaGate controversy did not reach many non English speaking channels. Here in South America, many parents still think that the main YT app is perfectly fine for kids to use with little to none supervision

[@BrutalJambon]

Things like that stay up to this day and somehow even stay MONETIZED, but simple ASMR videos correctly catalogued as adult only with the audio of someone making a kiss noise gets demonetized and even get channel banned for erotic content sometimes, and channels that talks about anything a tad serious have to heavily censor themselves on totally normal words to pass the filter, too. Insane.

[@noturgamergf1917]

There’s a channel on here that makes animated bluey videos that are disgusting. They’re labeled with titles like “bluey teaches bingo how to dance” and it shows the two young girls twerking, they have a few other disgusting videos with innocent titles like that. I’ve reported the channel tons of times but I don’t know if it’s still up. Found it a few months ago. I’m glad you’re talking about this because each time I report it I reference elsagate in the report for it to hopefully catch KZbin’s eye

[@noturgamergf1917]

Just found it. It’s called Hefty Jay. They don’t make the animated videos anymore, and seemed to take them down, but their profile pic is a clip from said twerking video.

[@tickledtoffee]

Absolutely crazy how much of this stuff is still on KZbin. How can they ignore large channels with sk@t etc. videos that are clearly aimed at kids because of a disclaimer? YT did nothing about KS until they were forced to by public outcry. I don't believe for a moment that there were no reports on that channel until the reaction videos. Thank you for your kind words, they help me and others to keep going when things get tough. Take care

[@NeyamRye]

It makes them money Those greedy f*cks

[@DaalmightyJude]

the fact that some parents had to neglect their own children and let them see something they shouldn't see is honestly horrifying.....Children should spend their childhood making friends, have fun memorable moments with friends and family, watch cool cartoons, and not waste their time watching something that are not suitable for them...

[@karak962]

was genuinely so touched by your little notice to not give up, it means so much. I have depression and multiple illnesses, like for example my multiple sclerosis is having a relapse. And this really made me smile.

[@rizkiramadhan9266]

And yet KZbin won't let us swear or discuss mature themes on its ADULT platform smh

[@Player_O1ne]

I genuinely thought this stuff was gone, it's so disturbing in such an awful way, and the fact that it's directed toward kids is just depraved

[@builder_dahomey]

Elsagate never returned. It always stayed on the platform and went under the radar for a while. It's a multi-million dollar industry and a lot of them turned into actual dedicated Elsagate animation studios. Elsagate channels just changed their choice of characters. It went from Spiderman and elsa to Friday night funkin and Poppy playtime.

[@Arelated]

yeah, elsagate just evolves to keep up with trends that are liked by children/kids

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Yeah. I'm surprised that the people behind those new Elsagate channels haven't gone to jail already.

[@lastswordfighter]

The amount content being put out is a concentrated effort using human actors and artificial intelligence bots to mass produce and distribute. What needs to happen is that these videos need digitally tracked and their source code studied to find where it is made and uploaded from. Then a series of police, military, and militia raids launched to kill, capture, and destroy Elsagate.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Elsagate does technically return, it's just evolved into a content farm. These channels went after _The Amazing Digital Circus_ and _Hazbin Hotel,_ of all things.

[@Marinluvv]

When I was a kid I always watched these, I didn't understand what was going on half the time and never got any bad messages from it but when I look back at all that crap today, A lot of it had to do with pregnancy, piss kinks, sexual assault and more horrific things.

[@clayfx4812]

I had an elsagate phase back then when I was younger and I didn't realize that the vids were absurd and inappropriate at that time, I thought it was just funny and normal. I'm glad I grew out of that phase.

[@mordaciousfilms]

You're a really good and well-meaning dude and I like your intro, it took me off-guard but I appreciate the sentiment and I love that you make it a point when presenting these depraved topics to hold a good, compassionate approach and consideration for the wellbeing of others. I think that's super rare in online content but super necessary.

[@Jesjure]

Thank you for the kind words in the beginning, this made me very happy!! I considered committing yesterday, but I didn’t and I’m so happy I ended up not doing it. This keeps me happy, thank you so much♥️♥️♥️

[@Llgyuun.mp4]

Glad you didn't choose to, please remember that things can get better no matter what happens. I hope you're fine or feel a bit better now!

[@ianorr1388]

There was never a "return" of Elsagate. It has ALWAYS been here.

[@izcam]

as a teen now, i encountered so much elsagate when i was younger and i never realized the problem at the time. i knew it included violence and stuff but i didn’t realize the weight of it because i thought it was normal. i think it did affect me getting older and i came to the realization what i was watching. i feel that it did affect me and often left me traumatized when i looked up what certain things were. i developed certain kinks at an early age and i knew about a lot of stuff you wouldn’t expect your child to know about at a certain age which is incredibly sad. as an older sibling, i made sure to try my best to keep my siblings away from this stuff. they’re a bit older but from time to time, they’re really curious when they come across things on yt shorts. they ask me what certain sexual words or potentially harmful subjects mean and i don’t really know how to reply most of the time. it sad how it’s hard to keep kids away from harmful content because the internet is so easy to access now.

[@caa2195]

Great video. There's a youtube channel out there with 21m subscribers called smol_official that creates 'kids content' but with elsagate type themes sprinkled throughout. They even use actual kids in the videos, it's sick

[@Someguy-hw7fo]

Great that you are spreading awareness about these horrors. Let’s go up to elsagate’s doorstep and mass report!

[@omwin5639]

If KZbin had 3 versions Original, Kids, and Uncensored/Adult (Which could limit reporting only to copyright, and a few other things). That way channels could direct content to specific audiences and YT could put more attention on YT Kids because it would reduce reviewing Reports on videos/channels of people get offended on what they've seen.

[@insomnion3892]

adult youtube sounds like liveleak tbh

[@ember9361]

hard pass, they can barely keep yt kids and regular yt separate. If you want to watch adult content, just head over to the red website.

[@cdru515]

@@ember9361 Which red website?

[@mothwood4781]

Ahh, Love your intro Knight! It's definitely helpful considering people like me who archive disturbing content can go down a pretty messy rabbit hole of negative thinking. :)

[@lizpaperdeco]

Man, this really brought back some memories of my early days on youtube. I remember watching some of the elsaXspiderman videos and always found them disturbing. After a wile I just started actively avoiding them because I was having vivid nightmares, that which even my parents were concerned. I was like 8.

[@kaifart1605]

I used to watch that stuff with my younger sister back in like 2015/2016

[@pcketemo]

The intros of your videos make me very happy - things keep getting harder for me and it’s nice to be reminded that someone cares :’)

[@pannacottafUWUgo]

this is why im trying my best to moderate the videos my little brother watches. when i was younger, i suffered through elsagate, and worse- straight up vore videos on youtube. i don't want him to suffer the same thing.

[@NotGingerCakes]

Try to make a playlist for him with child friendly content that you have reviewed. Hope this helped!

[@Grannysharonmcduogh]

Whats vore

[@celestialraevyn5187]

@@GrannysharonmcduoghI think they meant gore but vore is also a thing too lol, it’s a thing people do where they draw someone swallowing another person whole and it making their bellies big. It is a fetish.

[@ninlaw9810]

@@Grannysharonmcduogh being consumed while alive

[@SuperKamehameha2]

This is the first time I’ve ever heard of Elsagate but wow. This is insane and I’m really glad you covered this

[@misseselise3864]

HOW HAVE YOU NEVER HEARD ABOUT ELSAGATE IN THE FIVE YEARS IT HAS EXISTED?

[@barcelo2304]

​@@misseselise3864Right? Especially since their account has been around since the stone age

[@SuperKamehameha2]

@@misseselise3864 i don’t watch any that children’s content nor do I have kids. I and I don’t follow anyone who would post or talk about that type of thing at all either so idk what is so shocking about it. I’m out of the loop of 99.9% of KZbin drama lmao

[@AllisonRodriguez066]

@Super Kamehameha i learned about elsagate around a year or two. If you’re new into that pedophilic world i will be your quick tourist. Elsagate is a type of content directed to children made by pedos. The content is made with popular characters like elsa, spiderman and the joker and the subjects that are touched are: Feet fetish, drugs, beer, sexual assault, sex, p-graphic scenes, sryinges, injections and adult dolls. The main purpose of it is to make children accept that and think that is how the world works and that is right, ect. Is truly disgusting and in fact, they even started making AMONG US p-graphy recommended to kids. Truly despicable 🤬

[@UnderworldPrincesslol]

​@@SuperKamehameha2Victim of this “kid's content” rubbish here. It's because the *majority* know Elsagate, so it _would_ be surprising if there's one person who had no idea it actually existed. _(I'm lucky you didn't know about it until now though, you saved your sanity, something I wished I did, can't believe I loved watching Elsagate shit back then)_

[@Greenlight1974]

I remember going deep through these videos with my brother and coming across a minion one of them cutting themselves and crying..it’s honestly scary the stuff kids can get exposed to especially since it keeps getting younger and younger.

[@Paulblartlover]

This honestly makes me scared of having kids in the future. It seems impossible to keep them safe from degenerate content or groomers without being a helicopter parent

[@disgustof-riley]

Don't give them device until they're 13

[@starstorm1267]

Just don’t give them access to the internet until you think they’re old enough. That’s what my parents did with both me and my sister.

[@Arandomaccount343]

As a ten year old just pray that they have common sense

[@NeyamRye]

​@@Arandomaccount343Kids don't develop common sense for a long time and that stage is the stage where they develop it, so it's really important you don't let them watch those kinds of videos because they will think its 'normal'

[@casassin]

Damn dude. I've never seen your content but the first minute or so hit me like a fucking stone. My last days have been terrible. Months actually, because last year in November, I lost my dog, who has been my best friend and biggest pillar of my mental stability for years. He's gone now and with my diagnosed complicated grief, I have been struggling to say the least. Your little reminder at the start? To pick yourself up and try to go on, shook me awake a little bit. I didn't expect to cry at the start of the video, but I did. I think you kind of opened a valve, that has been struggling to be opened this whole week. I haven't watched the video yet, but with your calm and nice aura overall, I can already tell, that I'll like your content. Instant sub and thank you for that little reminder! Can't wait to watch the rest of the video ☺

[@soyunperedor]

may your dog be resting peacefully, and get all of the treats and pets in the doggy afterlife. ily, random internet friend.

[@casassin]

@@soyunperedor Thank you so much kind stranger! That's so nice of you! 😊

[@MicrowavedMedia]

rest in peice puppers : ( dont worry dude i also had a dog who passed away a few years ago. i miss that fat little guy every day.

[@xempororhxppyx]

Rip to all your dogs and animals in general, i’m sure they’re watching over you in the afterlife and caring for you right now. :)

[@Prondipan91]

Hey Knight, just wanted to say thank you for the positive messages you give at the start of every video. It means a lot.

[@kaitlynreynolds5192]

Although I hated it at the time, I'm so glad my parents monitored my screen time growing up and we used Net Nanny. These videos weren't around when I was little. I was four years old when youtube was first starting out. Granted, there was already a lot of disturbing content up. Being an mlp fan, I came across a lot of nasty stuff from that fandom.

[@JoeyPeter1]

Same I loved mlp and some stuff came up

[@nicola_x]

aww that message in the beginning was lovely, just what I needed to hear. thank you!

[@wheatusdeatus669]

Rule 17 of the internet: If a show/movie/game is popular, channels will make content including such as well as other references to other characters to gain popularity and profit

[@henrydickerson9776]

Mocking children's shows is a time honored tradition. Some of these? No foul. The pee and pregnancy test? That's too far.

[@2p0int0h2]

This video popped up in my recommended and I was surprised to see how low the views on your videos are! The production quality is very well done, and I appreciate you bringing light to this issue since most have given up on trying to eradicate this garbage! Good video, keep it up man

[@Murd3rousCrow]

once upon a time, i was one of those kids who watched the original elsagate videos. and honestly, i can't explain why me and my cousins watched them so long ago. but i can boil it down to watching content we were told was too mature being shown to us through characters we already knew and were told was okay. Pregnancy, Sex, blood, needles, butts. all stuff we were told were not good in live action stuff. but they were just there, on youtube, with elsa and spiderman and in bright colours. there was also minimal speaking in the videos, which meant me and my cousins, all three of us ranging from 4-8 years old, could watch the videos together. can't say it didn't mess me up at least a little. I definitely was too mature for my age, hung around people who were so much more older than me, where i could laugh with their 'adult jokes' which eventually did lead to me getting groomed.

[@Mankeyyeahhhhh]

I was about six years old when Elsagate began. I remember watching a few of those weird spiderman elsa pregnancy videos. I thought they were funny videos and would watch a ton of them. I used the yourube kids app and I saw that crap on the homepage of this “kids app” all the time. I think it might’ve messed me up a bit, considering how I socialize with other people. I also have really scary intrusive thoughts, which I might think is a side effect of watching Elsagate type video’s. Also I remember watching a video in which lego Bruce Banner’s entire family was stabbed to death by the Avengers so he would rejoin the team. That was weird too.

[@allisonfink8883]

Found you through Plauged Moth about a year ago and I had a feeling you'd blow up. Congrats on 100K!

[@mammoneymelon]

was not expecting to find a moth viewer here but it's a small world lol

[@soyunperedor]

hello, fellow moth viewers

[@dabeltgiver]

Hey. Just wanted to give a bit more context for that FNF Master guy. He didn't make the animations, at least from what you showed on here. He simply took an FNF chart of a random song, put it over an animation he used without the creators consent, and called it original. The one example that I saw over and over is Knuckle's Night, an animation made over 5 years ago, and came from Newgrounds of all places. Just figured I would give a little extra context. Great video overall!

[@soyunperedor]

ah god, not newgrounds…

[@vibrantgleam]

@@soyunperedor ng was unhinged LMAO.

[@fatcat1414]

Yeah, I think this lack of context muddies between adults making edgy parodies for other adults and predators making gross content for kids.

[@vibrantgleam]

@@fatcat1414 fr

[@Nochu]

I’m having a hard time with a stressful work environment but I always find peace while at work when I go on lunch and watch ur videos. Ur little encouragement message at the start of the video really does help. Thank you for the great content and for being so kind.

[@sketchyxp6281]

Thank you for the “keep going” message in the beginning. I needed to hear that :)

[@ghost-gi9er]

I grew up with expose to some very extreme Elsa gate when KZbin had almost no guidelines or age limits at all (uncensored t0rture and murd3r) and it definitely affected me a lot when I was young, it’s a serious problem that needs to be addressed before more kids are traumatised or given a twisted view of the world

[@summernicole-sn]

I hope you realize how truly powerful that beginning message you say means! I love that your open your videos with so much positive energy! I hope you the same in return

[@mischmasch5382]

love the video AND your shirt! elsa gate has always been such an interesting topic to me because I remember watching those videos all the way back when I was a child who didn't understand the internet yet.

[@hfoxx007]

i also remember catching a child family memeber watching those realistic role play ones and it was about sewerslide...

[@saphirestorm7952]

Seeing a jab at Alpha And Omega was a surprise as someone who loves that franchise but never sees anyone mention it-

[@PebblesThePengiun]

I believe i might have been a victim of elsagate. Back around 2016 i was 8 just watching dantdm and popularmmos when i started to come across these strange cartoons with weird stomach and bodily fluids stuff. Now that im a bit older i have started to notice i have an unhealthy fixation/kink for some of those things. Its disgusting and nobody should have to go through this

[@bewilderedstar]

I grew up on elsagate, my parents didnt protect me well enough from the internet but it hasnt really effected me personally. just gave me some little bits of trauma

[@UnderworldPrincesslol]

Same bro, grew up on MLP creepypastas, horror stuff, and a bunch of Elsagate. I honestly grew to be interested in the dark and macabre, but I just cringe at all the Elsagate stuff.

[@MicrowavedMedia]

@@UnderworldPrincesslol i watched SOME elsa gate and i loved creepypastas, the only elsagate shit i saw were those weird minecraft ones, and i thought they were weird and not really entertaining.

[@UnderworldPrincesslol]

@@MicrowavedMedia Lmao I watched the weird Minecraft ones too, particularly the Monster School ones.

[@angeliasanchez1200]

Thank you so much for bringing this up and drawing attention to it.. I monitor my son's KZbin kids to make sure I can keep it blocked, but you never know when it will creep back up.

[@ickyvicky1327]

Thank you for the positive message at the beginning!! It is making a difference!❤️❤️

[@stellacookie1952]

watching this made me realize I may have been affected by similar style videos when I was younger. and boy did they leave an embarrassing impression on me.

[@silverdandylmao]

I consider myself fortunate that I was too deeply invested in Vocaloid to even realize Elsagate was a thing. That said, I got drawn to lots of Dark Vocaloid Songs, but those were at least somewhat artistic, instead of just being traumatizing....probably.

[@NaomiRomeroArt]

Elsa Gate always confused me but you explained it so well!!!

[@lindseytaylor3793]

it's not the fact that this shit exists in the first place that is the most disturbing to me, it's that these people spend actual time and effort making it. people straight up do this for a living. they wake up and think "ah yes, time to make a new poppy playtime piss kink animation. the children are gonna love this one. oh hell yeah, my FNAF vore fetish video just hit 100,000 views! i hope the '2 girls 1 cup but IN MINECRAFT???' video i made yesterday does that well" like, obviously there's not a ton of effort that goes into these animations they're pumping out, but like, actual time and thought gets spent on what type of video they'll make, what characters, what weird ass fetish they'll put in the video, whether the red and green among us crewmates should be doing doggy style or reverse cowgirl in the security room. grown ass everyday people that we actually share the world with that have their own lives and families and shit. the videos and concept as a whole are unnerving and concerning, yeah, but every time i remember that an actual person took time out of their day to think of the concept and then go through the effort to actually make the video and post it, all while thinking "how can i make it so as many kids as possible will want to watch this",, that really fucks with my head

[@secretjanus]

You have to understand (which is hard I also took awhile to understand it too) that these people have a different motive which is worse than money, they get sick sadist pleasure and empowerment from exposing children to their kinks/fetishes, which is why many victims suffer from those same fetishes/kinks as they grow up. Those freaks LOVE traumatising kids and getting them into awful fetishes/kinks

[@warujr]

My niece used to watch this stuff. I never knew that it was this weird. It just looked like normal kid friendly stuff. Now I know what it's like when we aren't looking.

[@63gec]

That opening intro was beautiful.. I'm having a lengthy and rough recovery with scoliosis surgery and that made my day just a little bit brighter. Thank you

[@janetheamazing]

i used to watch these videos with my dad, especially the play doh ones. we stopped watching them together because he noticed there was something wrong and didn’t want me seeing stuff like that at an age like 5 or 6. sad because i used to wake up early and wait for my dad so we could sit and watch videos together.

[@LexVanguard2004]

2017 just seemed to be the year of asinine trends and internet content that I wish wouldn't return. Elsagate ranks pretty highly on that list.