The Book Designed To Cause NIGHTMARES

[@SpikeSmeagol]

"Something about it seems off" The train has teeth, Michael

[@clovess1013]

Hah

[@GoldenYaldabaoth]

The forward facing eyes means it's a predator

[@WISE-TREE.]

And gums.

[@PyromaniaGaming]

If it has a mouth then it probably has a whole digestive system

[@MeowMeow_95_]

@@PyromaniaGamingand it probably shits and pisses!!! 🤢🤢🤢

[@Mr.Pancake-7092]

For me it’s the eyes. All of the other characters have cartoonish and soft eyes, while the train has these jarringly realistic eyes

[@Mel_Bat]

and teeth too (and as sb in replies to a different comment mentioned: visible fleshy gums)

[@yektaagra741]

Lets just say the smoke coming out of the train isnt from the coal

[@ant7723]

He looked like he was stoned😂

[@ValkerionTM]

If the train has teeth... then he eats...

[@copper_coin]

@@ValkerionTM You might be on to something...

[@Lestyrin]

Vsauce is living proof that you dont need to be locked up in a basement to go insane

[@unexpected2475]

All you need instead is ayahuasca!

[@patai16]

He did get locked in a white room tho

[@doggirl.]

Matpat is another example!

[@Bane520]

Nobody ever claimed that though

[@violet-D29]

Fr

[@SlySpectre96]

Is that where that Choo Choo Charles game came from? Now that I see myself typing the question I realize it probably is. lol

[@SauceBringer]

I don’t know

[@hylianro]

I don't know

[@ssnakeyboi]

welp nothing here helped

[@crypticchrome7488]

No, no its not. Its just a coincidence. Likely because Charlie is a really good name for a train.

[@JoeTheRealOne]

Yes, the dev of choo choo charles confirmed in one of his videos 👍

[@pup64hcp]

I love when fictional media within media is defictionalized

[@richardwatson5437]

Give me another example.

[@bradley8614]

Right

[@ceilinh6004]

Philip José Farmer wrote *Venus on the Half-Shell* pseudonymously as Kilgore Trout, a recurring character in the works of Kurt Vonnegut.

[@ammoniteg]

@@richardwatson5437Vought from The Boys has a Twitter account that does the “media runs” in ways that it would actually do in the show. Really cool

[@Number81ght]

​@@richardwatson5437Duff beer from The Simpsons Sleepy kittens books from Despicable me The Grey Stuff (dessert) from Beauty and the Beast Voice recording carrot pen from Zootopia The iconic red stapler from The Office The American Express Black Card which started as an urban legend, but later became real. The Dethalbum from Metalocalypse Jumanji from Jumanji Tri-dimensional chess from Star Trek Edit: Apparently it's Office Space, not The Office. My bad

[@littlebigcomrade]

This is the best kind of horror, the one that makes you think everything’s fine but you can’t ever quite fully believe it’s safe.

[@cubisttubist]

oh my god literally the only kind of scary media that actually freaks me out is the "think everything is fun and nice but it's actually incredibly dark and unsettling" genre. DHMIS gave me nightmares.

[@orthodox_german_patriot]

Well let me introduce you to the German childrens book I industry where there’s no book which is to scary as long as it teaches you something about life. If you’re interested search for „The Struwelpeter“ or „Max and Moritz“. But I warn you, as a German every household has to have one of those books but if you’re from another country you might be disturbed😅

[@claytonharting9899]

This also works really well for gut punches if it’s not secret horror, but secret sad. Like when you realize the mysterious adventure music isn’t in minor to be mysterious - but because it’s an elegy

[@DreamPinkClouds]

​@@cubisttubistlol yes.. do you have any book/series/movie recommendations for this?

[@soraxzora6300]

@@DreamPinkClouds⁠Theres one game I know that kinda did this, you could probably find a no commentary play-though if you do not like games, called Soma.

[@TibsisTops]

Lots of people have mentioned the face is horrific because of the teeth, but I'd argue it's the gums. Lots of anthropomorphized characters have teeth that we instinctively accept without question. But the gums, so fleshy and prominent, push the smile into the uncanny valley.

[@Tayloraurrekoetxea]

That’s a spot on observation.

[@GJ_504_b]

also, the creases of the upper eyelids and the prominence of the lower eyelids, and the narrowed gaze, give the impression of a drunkard's leer or the dead gaze of someone who truly does not care

[@Anonymice]

Plus the exhausted eyes.

[@Amethyst_Topaz]

The conductor's face in the page where he's inside can look like a right-side-up face even though it's illustrated sideways; the left eye fills in for the mouth.

[@redaipo]

@@Amethyst_Topaz what in tf are you talking about

[@justsomechips5944]

Alright, one more short before bed. The short:

[@jesss101]

i'm lying in bed rn about to go to sleep 😂😂😂

[@Im_The_Roms]

"Turns alright at the end" ... "Or does it?" **vsauce theme intensifies**

[@MisterSingh.]

this michael guy hates his life, you can tell

[@ijudgetakes]

​@@MisterSingh.What makes you say that

[@kiko3971]

Now available on vinyl

[@gelaj9152]

Dark tower series 💕

[@Spoiledmilk3507]

I was waiting for the music and it never played 😔

[@geboaebo]

The reveal that it was actually Stephen King is such a post credit marvel scene thing

[@Youtubecensorsfreespeech-cg2es]

I thought it was giving Dark Tower train vibes.

[@fawnrb8711]

I love Stephen king so much and the dark tower series are amazing

[@HolySerega]

​@@KZbincensorsfreespeech-cg2es well, this book is referenced in the DT series

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

​@@HolySerega... which is what the OP probably meant.

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

Not everything is about marvel 🙄

[@avocado8116]

His face alone is enough to make this a horror story.

[@Edv077]

It looks like a pig ngl

[@gaygandalf4004]

Yes! The book cant even be compared to that horror

[@NX-Delta]

AYO I can't with how they are all humiliating Michael with this one

[@Emiruuu]

@@NX-Delta humiliating? nah

[@lrobin-is8dg]

he looks hi

[@xstarsystemsx]

Yesss, i immediately went "isn't that from the dark tower?" Damn, i loved that part. The waste lands is probably my favourite dark tower book.

[@nobodytrulyimportant]

"Yessir, they call him Charles. Half train, half giga-spider from hell!"

[@dr.funnybones]

"HE'S NOT TAKING ENOUGH DAMAGE! GET SOME HEADSHOTS!"

[@skythewolf35]

I was looking for this comment

[@maetricks]

"My Pickles!!!!"

[@redacted7319]

“This isn’t how things were supposed to end I thought we could still fight like the old days yes sir easy in easy out”

[@ArcticGaming133]

@@bird_0446didn’t think I’d find another Spigg fan in the wild.

[@Astrix_Jaeger]

You noticed that fine detail where there are no coals while engineer guy was looking that the coal storage.. The children were the coal.

[@pullfunnystick]

broo 💀💀

[@PeriluneStar]

Omg-

[@VoidPaul97]

Sauce?

[@benparrish672]

LongPig tastes delicious

[@peteryeeterson5766]

@@VoidPaul97 bro tfym “sauce”?

[@LeeannG]

As soon as you started describing this I thought “dark tower” but had no idea that it had been made into a real book. Cool!

[@sabrooskie]

Blaine is a pain 🚂

[@Firedrake18]

Same

[@leovillant768]

@@sabrooskie indeed

[@theTeleforce]

I really like how the illustrator(s) clearly took a cue from the book's description of Bob as looking cheerful at a superficial glance, but insane if you look closer.

[@crash5786]

"Blaine is a pain" I love the dark tower series

[@owenmahan2854]

And that’s the truth.

[@jacksong.5982]

Stephen King really found a way to make Thomas the Tank Engine creepier. That’s pretty impressive.

[@Paul-kc4uy]

This is literal nightmare fuel😭

[@Jedgeisepik]

i’m claiming this spot 😎

[@JemarcusTheLamb87]

Thomas ain’t even scary

[@HullabalooMaster]

Actually Duck and the Diesel but dark and twisted

[@carbonatedgunslinger4115]

Blaine was a nightmare to face so yes

[@wilkesreid]

“Or does it” from Michael without the music kicking in really threw me for a loop

[@bananaduck14]

I heard the music in my head when he said it but then I realized there was no music and that Michael has just broken my mind

[@SetOfSkills]

Was looking for this comment

[@toyngracia4877]

sameee!

[@dominikkolarevix6455]

Don't ask him silly questions, he won't play silly games.

[@Neurolayt]

altough he is wacky, he is not silly.

[@dazachknow]

Dude I was reading the Stephen King dark tower series and this little train creeped me TF out

[@tobiramasenju6290]

​@@dazachknowfr 😂 lil blaine

[@What_A_Great_Dude]

His just a simple Choo-choo train, and he'll always be the same.

[@clararose1795]

Blaine the Train was both one of the most frustrating arcs of the series and one of the most creative…I can still vividly imagine the scenery of the Wastelands beneath the train. Not my favorite plot line, but certainly memorable.

[@GraceJaneg]

Hidden Time Wealth is so unique. I can’t believe I hadn’t heard about it sooner. It’s amazing how life-changing this can be for anyone battling procrastination.

[@Grizz-Barr]

“We’re coming for ya Charles!!” -Eugene

[@katethenesuneqom]

The book of old...when Eugene was young...

[@JayVP9]

Choo choo charles baby

[@sonny_d.324]

R.I.P

[@notfunnyxd4376]

“It’s not taking enough damage, get some headshots!”

[@Nolangames-ep8up]

Spiff ​@@notfunnyxd4376

[@rainofkhandaq6678]

Any kid who watched Courage the Cowardly Dog wouldn't be fazed by this.

[@Manbat23]

That episode with the stone slab still haunts me to this day

[@cubemage1045]

@@Manbat23 "Returnnnnn the slaaab..." :D

[@makfrags14]

@@cubemage1045 or suffer my curse

[@G.r.e.g.g.l.e.s]

You're not perfect.

[@CarSpotter4415]

​@@cubemage1045...or suffer my curse..."

[@happymantis2860]

Another off thing is the color palette. A story like this, which should be cheery, would be expected to have bright colors (such as a clear blue sky, green grass, and a bright red train) but everything is muted and rusty colored (even the balloon!), a palette usually reserved for children’s books with a retrospective or serious tone.

[@randomgamer-te8op]

@parker1216 have you considered that no one cares about a comment not having replies? it's fine, just let it be

[@xanman434]

@@randomgamer-te8opwhy you so upset if it doesn’t matter

[@randomgamer-te8op]

@@xanman434 lol im not upset, just saying because these bros seem to take a lot of matter with no replied comments

[@xanman434]

@@randomgamer-te8op he made a harmless comment and you took issue with it correct me if that’s wrong but that’s being upset Also lots of people make that comment on KZbin it’s a trend

[@randomgamer-te8op]

@@xanman434 creating a conversation is not having an issue lol, is not like im physicaly mad or anything

[@Mehmehmehmehmehmeh-q1k]

POV your a millionaire in a submarine with a controller for a steering device. “Hey! V-Sauce Michael here, your submarine is safe! Or is it..?”

[@rapidrowlet45]

“One more short before bed” *The Short:*

[@You-are-definitely-right-but]

Have fun with your nightmares

[@justsomegeek5764]

Bro Literally me right now lol...

[@floridflesh]

Me but I'm in my car about to go into my dark empty house alone 🥲

[@rachelppython]

Same here 😂

[@ramblingguy3439]

He got the raise already, my man

[@minuwangodamgr]

" and thus the horror game know as choo choo Charlie was created"

[@B3RSERKED]

maybe this is what choo choo charles was based off of this has gotta be my most liked reply bro

[@Birdsong231]

So I'm not the only one who thought of this!! Thank goodness!

[@Toast13267]

​@@Birdsong231same I was scrolling and being like " pls tell me I'm not the only one who thought of this"

[@Annihilated64-13yearsago]

Charles*

[@stephensmith7327]

​@@B3RSERKEDthe Book Wastelands is decades old

[@itzyaboizan7263]

"If all they consume is fuel, why do they have teeths?" -some quotes from the simpsons

[@Finnbobjimbob]

You butchered it

[@jeromevaleska2014]

“If gasoline is their food, then why do they have teeth?” - Milhouse Van Houten

[@JosueHernandez-mw9xk]

To be fair we also use are teeth to make some sounds

[@S_W_]

@@JosueHernandez-mw9xkour*****

[@xz3ss]

@@JosueHernandez-mw9xkour

[@A-random-K-pop-fan]

At the end of the story, he gets asked if he's dying... He never replayed

[@adamskywalker2327]

Give children nightmares ❎ Give everyone nightmares ✅

[@the-GameRipper]

yeah

[@Jalabhar_Xho]

Just like Coraline

[@Entity-of-the-void]

Not scary for me

[@killerkitten7534]

“Think it’ll give the kids nightmares?” “I think it’ll give the parents nightmares”

[@KIKURAsky]

im a child but wanna have this book 😃

[@Zulooth1]

Choo-Choo Charlie is a really well made indie horror video game. Now I know where the idea came from.

[@Mr.Fulton]

Finally found the comment

[@JosephBrown]

​@Mr.Fulton not the only one

[@Gnosoupforu]

Loved watching The Mighty Jingles play that game on his channel. Such a cool Indi Game

[@Zulooth1]

@@Gnosoupforu I watched Gara Gura and yeah that was entertaining.

[@steele_heart77]

I’ve had it on my wishlist for awhile, glad to hear it’s worth it. I’ll definitely yoink it once it goes on sale next.

[@zepolanan]

In the Dark Tower the way they kill the train is by making really bad jokes. The train loved riddles, and was able to get all the riddles right, but he couldn’t understand bad jokes and died by over heating for all of the stupid and incoherent jokes that one of the characters threw at him. So cool that Michael talked about the Dark Tower!!! Thank you!

[@Bullboy_Adventures]

"What's a ghosts favorite lunch meat? BOOloney!"

[@josephzado2377]

Don't ask him silly questions, he won't play silly games

[@lucieeatssnekkers2756]

If i remember right, the one that did it was "Q: Why did the dead baby cross the road? A: because it was stapled to the chicken!"

[@ezanamedhin]

​@@lucieeatssnekkers2756I kind of hate this. But I commend it for being very unique 😭

[@kevinclark8534]

When is a door not a door? When it's ajar!

[@Gguyrules]

That train illustration would give "me" nightmares.

[@ultimatechickenhorsesweat2614]

Wrote a book report on this two years ago senior year haha, did not receive a good grade since it wasn’t considered a book smh

[@superliogaming]

That’s some bad teachers

[@parkseybeams2297]

​@superliogaming well it's a short story not really a book tbh but still should of got a good grade if it was good work but it's so short

[@bertvanbeterbed9702]

Well it's definitely not a bicycle either, so maybe they shouldn't try to redefine what a book is

[@RCmies]

Well I mean if the point of the task was to read a proper book and write a report on it, I can understand why you'd not get a good grade when your book is super short and others have to spend time to actually read the book.

[@korinoriz]

​@@superliogaming Bet you were a great student. It was always the teachers' fault after all.

[@Nilgon.]

Blaine the Mono was one of the most scary shit Stephen King ever wrote and The Dark Tower series is incredible. I'm so happy you mentioned it here!!

[@tenjenk]

Take that fucker out with dad jokes.

[@clararose1795]

I low key hated that arc lol. Super creative and the imagery described during was awesome, as it always is in those books. It for sure had that suspense aspect King is famous for…but did it really require half a book? 🫠 lol.

[@wyattcole5452]

I love the series, didn’t finish it bc I’m scared of being done with the characters. I’ll get to it

[@wyattcole5452]

@@clararose1795Blaine had their own arc?

[@TheEchomirage]

@@wyattcole5452 Finish the Tower series, it is fantastic, but you may not want to read past where the author tells you not to.

[@chickennuggetpaw]

I love when authors/creators make stuff like this! I still wish I could actually read BoJack’s biography book from BoJack Horseman.

[@cyborgsaiko]

right! i pogged face when i found out there were horsin’ around episodes u could watch xD

[@skinnex3236]

Aint that the horse from horsin around ?

[@lucascarr-og3ku]

I never thought of that, that would be SO SICK, I feel like it might give a little too much depth, the show gave us enough details to fully understand how bojack became who he is, I feel like the novel would just be the same principles portrayed through more stories

[@thecleanslateshow4593]

@@cyborgsaikopogged face? Jesus Christ you people need irl social engagement

[@CasperTheRamKnight]

cute pfp

[@Vanaam1999]

“Mom, can we get Thomas the Tank Engine?” “No! We have Thomas at home!” *THE THOMAS IN QUESTION!*

[@MitzuMage]

These are my favourite kinds or horror, not ones where they just try to shove jump scares in your face for cheap scares. Ones that leave you with more questions than answers, ones that give you chills without even trying to.

[@funnygameker1554]

That’s a thriller 🤓👆

[@mattpatt4976]

And then choo choo charles came out which did exactly what you said it doesn't have to do

[@Johnnyvtg]

@@funnygameker1554 afaik those two don't close each other out. It can still have enough horror elements to be called horror.

[@jimmynesbit1803]

There was a small book in my primary school that was creepy af. To sum it up a girls car broke down in a rural era she walked miles to find the nearest house. The house was a time warp everything from the house was from the Victorian era. Including a cold little girl grieving over her missing family. The book ends with the woman grown up and realising she’s driving down the road where she met the girl. There’s no sign of a house. And she can’t find any records of a house being there. I think I read this when I was about 8 and it has stuck with me ever since anyone know the name of the book?

[@funnygameker1554]

@@Johnnyvtg yeah, you're not wrong i was just joking

[@firehawk2324]

The Dark Tower series is one of my all-time favorites and Charlie the Choo Choo lives rent free in my head.

[@mellotone713]

See the turtle of enormous girth

[@DumbBeeeeeee]

​@@mellotone713 on his shell he holds the earth

[@matthewellis4483]

​@@DumbBeeeeeee his thought is slow but always kind,

[@acibdath2510]

He holds us all within his mind.

[@DewyTheBigBoy]

@@acibdath2510 If you want to laugh and play

[@mistertwister2000]

“Are these children really laughing . . . or screaming?” Reminds me of the BTS for Nope where Peele actually had the extras record two sets of screams, one where they were screaming in terror and another where they were screaming with excitement. In the final cut of the movie both sets are meshed together, adding this weird and uneasy feeling to the screams because they don’t sound right.

[@FranciumBoron]

Is there a link for that? It sounds intriguing.

[@kinman3051]

What's a BTS

[@FranciumBoron]

@@kinman3051 It stands for behind the scenes.

[@kinman3051]

@FranciumBoron ohh. Thanks. Been bothering me since the first time I've seen that acronym

[@FranciumBoron]

@@kinman3051 No problem, mate.

[@XenonXyrxys]

AHA! CHARLIE! I bought this book as soon as I saw it existed. Now it sits next to my Dark Tower books. I was so happy to see this was actually published.

[@maxcar7298]

Then, the train gets possessed by a spiderish entity and develops legs

[@EEEEEEEE]

E‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎

[@forgottenOnion]

Really wonder what reference that is🤔/j

[@Berzerkules]

I don't know the source material, but I bet this has some connection to it@@forgottenOnion

[@IDK-il5ny]

​@@forgottenOnionChoo Choo Charles

[@Jason_Altea]

​@@IDK-il5ny /j means they were joking. They already know.

[@ytuser4562]

Putting “if I were to write a children’s book, this is exactly how I would write it” sourced to Stephen King is wild

[@nullspace_xxii.]

NOOOO I JUST GOT THE JOKE

[@webkid4567]

That is amazing. That's the kind of genius shit I would hope I could think of were I in his position

[@leemarshall348]

@@nullspace_xxii.what joke?

[@leemarshall348]

@@webkid4567i dont get it

[@KirbyH.I.T.S]

​@leemarshall348 the joke is that Stephen King wrote the book

[@ijtyt]

That's how Choo-Choo Charles was made. 💀

[@GrimLock0027]

Bruuh

[@curse5697]

Surely

[@The_Good_Guy-s6u]

It was based off this book

[@deskdoll]

I'm pretty sure it actually is

[@Angel-ih6tl]

⁠@@curse5697the book is literally has Charley and choo CHOO in the name so ya

[@namitapathak262]

By now Michael’s favourite question has to be “Or does it?”💀💀💀

[@UnluckyCharacter821]

Oh THAT’S the inspiration of Choo Choo Charles

[@conortopasna9623]

My thought exactly!

[@Sam3097]

@@conortopasna9623same

[@Rushdoesstuff]

EXACTLY

[@TheOnlyPedroGameplays]

It actually wasn’t the inspiration, as confirmed

[@TwilitbeingReboot]

The fact that the game about a locomotive named Charles, with clown makeup and spider legs, _wasn't_ at all inspired by Steven King still blows me away.

[@KiiXii]

“If I were to ever write a children’s book, it’d be just like this!” That has got to be the best foreshadowing I’ve ever heard.

[@EEEEEEEE]

E‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎

[@sammceli]

I only got nightmares

[@NorbertoBorrego]

You could even go to court you know that right

[@laurenbraswell7208]

@@NorbertoBorrego What?

[@dante-zc8sx]

bro i think i have his mindset lol exactly why i keep quiet

[@Lestyrin]

Charlie the Choo-Choo is such a material girl slaaayyyy 💅💅💅

[@jtkplays2190]

💀

[@mingthan7028]

nooo

[@HighOnZa]

SLAYY CHARLIE, GOT THEM KIDS INSIDE YOU!

[@kamalmanzukie]

Kimberly

[@zasproductions9258]

@@HighOnZathere’s a double meaning in there that I should not mention 💀

[@namelessnavnls8060]

Ahhh, so THIS is where the inspiration for the horror game came from.

[@noicoiner6151]

The Dark Tower has been my all-time favorite book series since 9th grade, so seeing it covered on one of my all-time favorite classic KZbin channels did make my day brighter. Thanks, Michael 😌

[@Badgerheist]

I really like how some channels have achieved the status of "classic" when YT somehow still manages to feel new and exciting to me.

[@EEEEEEEE]

E‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎

[@JoeSims1776]

Same. The Dark Tower book series is amazing. This was my favorite part of the Wastelands, where Jack is going ‘crazy’

[@Our-Creator-Loves-Us]

The video is really proof that we have a Creator.❤️ If books are written by artistic people, how much more real life? The amount of detail in our universe (from an atom to a galaxy) is astonishing! I applaud the authors whose works are featured in the video - they truly are gifted by our Creator (God); the inventor of the human mind.😌

[@zarrowthehorse]

Why do you like it?

[@CalwbRBLX_4]

The fact that it is named "Charlie the Choo-Choo" Yeah Choo-Choo Charles' Brother

[@KUROASHI66-j8w]

Or maybe these are the origins of choo choo charles

[@inconsistenttutorialuploader]

​@@KUROASHI66-j8wye it is

[@Fill0gg838]

​@@KUROASHI66-j8wexactly

[@uhhhhhhidkkkkskamsksk]

​@colasticc7508no one implied it is

[@PuppyPrincess]

I mean, where do you think the idea for Choo Choo Charles came from?

[@nd4146]

"Blaine is a pain, and that is the truth"- Jake Chambers

[@memeprism1]

0:00

[@1laurelei1]

I literally tear up every time I think of Jake, even this many years later. And Eddie. - Bring on those wise fucking elves!

[@ddrsamuraixIV]

Long days and pleasant nights. 🤠🌹

[@sloco5]

⁠Thankee-sai.

[@groerhahn225]

Eactly 666 likes - perfection.

[@GreeneChakra]

The Scary Smile On Charlies Face- The Kids are mostly “Suffering” as if they’re in Pain or wanna get off. The “Choo Choo” looks like it eats “People” to live- like The “Little Shop of Horrors” “Huge Venus Flytrap”- “FEED ME the CHILDREN CHARLIE!” 😱😱😱

[@PaintingWinterMusic]

This book is what you read your children if you want them to be like VSauce when they grow up.

[@PaintingWinterMusic]

I always wondered what childhood trauma messed Michael up, but I guess now I know. Also--shameless plug--I'm hoping some of you might like the music I make too :)

[@alexanderthemidI]

​@@PaintingWinterMusicHe was pretty sane back when he first started, but then he put himself in that isolation chamber and everything went downhill from there..

[@enere66]

​@@alexanderthemidIHis first video is literally called "Mario Fart"

[@harrisonrobins3689]

You mean viisaus?

[@aguy4970]

@@PaintingWinterMusicyour music is terrible

[@EijiroKirishimaOfficial]

“HE’S NOT TAKIN’ ENOUGH DAMAGE! GET SOME HEADSHOTS!!!”

[@MisterSingh.]

this michael guy hates his life, you can tell

[@kiribonnie]

kirishima mention ⁉️

[@Wungle_bungle123]

@@MisterSingh. bot type reply

[@MisterSingh.]

Is it tho, you shite for brains @@Wungle_bungle123

[@mrwelshaviation_024]

Thomas the tank engine has entered his villan arc

[@violetbean8928]

as if he wasn't in it already

[@enricopucci7105]

What do you mean tank engine? Its like saying Michael the Human Heart

[@thatoneguywiththevoice328]

​@@enricopucci7105that's his name, at least in the states

[@thatoneguywiththevoice328]

​@@enricopucci7105a "tank engine" is just how we talk about steam trains Tank of water hitched to a coal engine

[@chocsise]

@@enricopucci7105a tank engine is a specific type of engine

[@Superpup570]

There's nothing more nightmarish then something that isn't obviously scary, but just that feeling something's just not right

[@Gj15XD]

The lore of choo choo charles has expanded

[@playersap4821]

This comment needs to be up... Seriously

[@Gj15XD]

@@playersap4821 fr

[@local59_Studios]

It made it to the top

[@Brother_Atos]

Charles and Vsauce colab?

[@Thetruesurvivor21]

W

[@sugarlol1326]

Gonna tell my kids this is Thomas the Tank Engine.

[@MiguelThomasReview]

Don’t you dare

[@Big3Productions694]

@@MiguelThomasReviewFor real

[@oldtimegames96]

That book looks like an adaptation of Shed 17

[@MiguelThomasReview]

@@oldtimegames96 if one of the engines turned out like that

[@loganmargison1016]

DON'T... YOU... DARE.

[@Joseph-f1w]

"one last short before bed" the short:

[@epicphantom589]

Me 2 hours ago

[@SirDoomShotgun]

​@@epicphantom589 Me two minutes ago.

[@SofiaGaming006]

Beat me to it

[@Jake-z1h2m]

@@SirDoomShotgunme 2 seconds ago

[@lilteapot356]

This is quite literally me rn

[@kyrursa]

Ah yes my favourite story time book "the little train who could ... devour your souls"

[@tide279]

“mom i want to read Thomas the train for bed tonight” then the mom pulls up with that 😭😭

[@user-cvbnm]

Mother: 🙎🏾‍♀️“read or bed”

[@bardofvoid174]

pulls up into the driveway, specifically gotten

[@theunholybanana4745]

Did you just call Thomas the tank engine Thomas the Train lmfao

[@West_Coast_Mainline]

I mean, in the books, all of Gordon’s brothers (barring Flying Scotsman) die Sandwich, Gay Crusader, Hermit, Dick Turpin, Colorado Spion Kop, Book Law, Salmon Trout, Singapore, etc, all gone

[@Flesh_Wizard]

This is Thomas the Siege Engine

[@Pit_Wizard]

I'm so glad you explained the origin, because that was going to drive me crazy. I was like "Charlie the Choo Choo, Beryl Evans, where have I heard that before?".

[@erdenebaatarbatmunh6841]

Choo choo charles??

[@Notski]

No it was going to give you nightmares

[@mirzamalokos4779]

​@@erdenebaatarbatmunh6841EXACTLY

[@ThornsXD]

same I was like ‘I’m sure I’ve heard that before.. those kids don’t look happy… hmmmmmm’

[@cherpy]

The horror game

[@ryanside7095]

Me checking my phone right before bed: “Yes I think I will watch a video about a book designed to induce nightmares.”

[@christabellelysander4392]

Lol

[@Greekgeek345]

This is what happens when horror book writers try to make a children's book

[@RulerTrollgeUniverse]

"thats how the game choo choo charles was made" -horror game dev

[@fall_mall.]

Fanny

[@LeanBeansOSC]

Yoooo BFDI!

[@Cyan_DOOMER_19]

Yeah! i Was Gunna Say It!🙂

[@getromire]

brainless 2 year olds: OMg cHoO chu ChArleE

[@marxvargas7697]

From what I remember, the game dev didn't know this book existed. He got the inspiration from a robotic thomas from a different youtube vid.

[@LexLuxray]

"Forget the children. This will give the parents nightmares."

[@petersfilmstudios24]

W jurassic world quote

[@birbsap]

W

[@mukfay]

The artist is a genius. I'm a huge Stephen King fan, and my daughter got this book for me for my birthday. It's one of the best presents I've ever received.

[@owainthetrueexalt6723]

I'm pretty sure Stephen King referenced that book in The Dark Tower.

[@NebulousNebula22313]

@@owainthetrueexalt6723no, this book references The Dark Tower. You got it in reverse.

[@KIKURAsky]

i want the book 🤩

[@kirkenstiensmonster]

​@@NebulousNebula22313 Charlie the Choo-Choo is literally the book that Jake Chambers purchases in 70's New York. Shortly before being drawn to Mid-World in "The Waste Lands".

[@Mel_Bat]

Very nice and thoughtful of your daughter, but I have a bit of a question. Does it feel like front cover illustration is watching you or do you store it in a way that the cover is hidden? Maybe it's me, but from just seeing it in the video it made me feel like I'm being watched by that train

[@СергейШурыгин-м9щ]

watching vsauce at 4 am is something i dont reccomend to do home alone

[@stephenwestergom9620]

It took me a minute, but this was one of the best parts of the Dark Tower Books.

[@krystal7710]

My absolute favorite series.

[@cicadatired]

"Why did the dead baby cross the road" as the ultimate mic drop

[@BlueBlazeGX]

Could this be the precursor to the semi new "Choo Choo Charles" horror game?

[@gorgeousnoxy481]

This was my thoughts exactly. No way the creator of that game did not draw influence from this book.

[@xxabsolitexxx7747]

@@gorgeousnoxy481it’s based around this character from the Steven king books. The creator did say it wasn’t their own character.

[@colinejayne]

I thought so too!!

[@isolated_illust]

I KNEW someone was gonna connect this with Choo-Choo Charles lol

[@danialzulkifli5416]

Choo choo charles origin story:

[@Matt91RD]

I’m so happy Vsauce has read the Dark Tower books

[@r.alexander9075]

Same, it was a great time reading 🎉

[@JM-ms5tr]

The Dark Tower is the actual embodiment of the Family Guy "lamp monster" joke. And it started so strong too.... and then ol' Steve did a jetpack backflip over the shark while shooting it with a RPG.

[@leancamo800]

I was planning on starting it. Is it worth it? I like wordbuilding and intertextuality. Like, your are reading a book and ig you read the previous one, you'll get a freference to that book and you'll understand sth that otherwise wouldn't have

[@lexiani]

​@@leancamo800definitely worth a read. Great books, that should be read in order only, and they also have references to other Stephen King books (for example you could assume that The Dark Tower timeline is set in the distant future from The Stand book). Just read it, it's worth it

[@coffinflop]

@@leancamo800 if you like those things then yes, especially because intertextuality means references between entirely different books and not just books in the dark tower series, and the whole dark tower is based around collating all of stephen king's works together.

[@algia6112]

when the music didn't play when you said "or does it?" was scarier

[@metro_from_real_steel]

“That’s how choo choo Charles was born.”

[@Bsc8]

It's Choo-Choo Charles

[@metro_from_real_steel]

@@Bsc8thanks for telling me!

[@Bsc8]

@@metro_from_real_steel Ur welcome 😎 i was thinking the same about this book btw :)

[@metro_from_real_steel]

@@Bsc8 :)

[@blazethefox5721]

This the comment I was searching for

[@Baileyface]

"Don't ask no silly question, I won't play no silly games. I just wanna Choo Choo all the live long day"

[@thelastgunslinger21]

How did the dead baby cross the road?

[@Mr.Pancake-7092]

@@thelastgunslinger21 Shut up

[@blake-2585]

​@@Mr.Pancake-7092 its in the book

[@sashakiller8039]

LETSGOOO DARK TOWER

[@rdurkin08]

"He's not taking enough damage, get some headshots!"

[@RStheToon]

“Eugene then gets thrown off the train and Charles fricken kills him”

[@irafoo]

I like your choice of pfps

[@RStheToon]

@@irafoo I made it myself with my broken Ipad

[@RStheToon]

@@irafoo you have a cool PFP too

[@Gert169]

Y’all goin kiss?

[@jakeilano6821]

That diesel locomotive looks like a character on that old Disney Junior show, Chuggington.

[@salvation613]

“Blain sure is a pain”

[@bull1085]

Yet his ass can’t figure out why the carcass of an abortion crossed the road. Pathetic.

[@valsptsd814]

Only if you remain in the train. 😊

[@schuylerBrown15]

That is the truth.

[@ryanm.3776]

Jake?

[@valsptsd814]

@@ryanm.3776 Ake! Ake!

[@kingmuze8219]

that’s cool. a book within a book. like a spinoff or expansion. they should do that more

[@ArcanineEspeon]

You sound like you would love Gravity Falls.

[@fleshsuitman]

Midnight mass.

[@REALITYSANILLUSION]

@@ArcanineEspeon HAHAHA MAYBE THEY WOULD, *M A Y B E . . .*

[@FIowyyy]

Stephen King does that a lot with the dark tower, lots of his books are in the same universe or share similarities Kinda why he is my fav author!

[@sadgreent5138]

I don't know if manga is your thing, but search "The nameless monster" in google. It's a short storybook from the universe of the "Monster" manga. It doesn't look anime-like, so just give it a read :)

[@DanteGrey]

I remember seeing an episode of looney tunes on Jekyll and Hyde, and in all of the parts where there was supposed to be slapstick comedy instead it actually had real consequences for some reason and I have since sent screenshots from the episode with no contacts to my friends asking them how they feel about it and anyone around my age said it made them feel a primal sense of fear. It was a surreal experience

[@jonathonsayre4879]

I looked it up and it said it was the 30th episode of tom and jerry, is itthe the dr jeckel parody or is there another episode

[@fluckter_600]

Seriously, how can I find it? If it's real and not a joke please send a link or something

[@violatte2795]

I gotta see these screenshots. Please tell me where I can find this 🙏

[@logo115]

Is that the one with moth balls in the milk? I never found it that creepy as a kid lol

[@zdravdan]

Sounds familiar, could you link the screenshots?

[@Nolandiaconquers]

why does the train look baked af 😭😭😭😭😭

[@60poon]

Dark Tower is my all time favorite Stephen King novel series. I did not know they made Charlie the Choo-Choo a real book!

[@Thedumestyoutubechannel.2024]

Wait he is from the dark tower

[@IDontCarebears]

​@NoSk389wlthiv yes the part where eddie Susannah and the gunslinger are on the train and eddie beats the train by asking ridiculous riddles to get off the train before it unalives them and himself

[@joseyjenkins6049]

I read the gun slinger and i was slightly sad when i finished it lol.

[@StarvingAutist]

I was super confused for a second, and thought maybe I was having a Mandela effect moment lol.

[@hillarydana3057]

Stephen king what the fuck!

[@leperface]

Blaine is a pain, and that's the truth.

[@Stratobloxxer]

CN m I😂😂

[@Luziferratus]

Why does a chicken crosses the road...

[@brettonsafran9476]

Eddy might not be the sharpest tool in the shed but he does know good humor

[@mechamadness]

Who needs Choo Choo Charles when we already have Charlie the Choo Choo

[@aliceliddell8413]

choo choo charles was based off of this

[@mechamadness]

@@aliceliddell8413 oh, I thought he was just based on those creepy Spider-Thomas the train images and shit

[@trinoxneon1237]

​@@aliceliddell8413nope

[@theredishradish]

@@mechamadness Probably both

[@dragon9839]

This has to have inspired that one game with the spider train chasing you down Yknow choo-choo Charles

[@zacweee4547]

1 more short before I sleep The short:

[@Thegolden-one]

Yeah

[@MangoBrownie11]

Now I need to watch 10 more to forget this

[@raidcrhonos]

Sorry abt that

[@COMMUNITYTABZZ]

Same

[@PiperAtTheGatesOfYourMom]

ChatGPT ass comment

[@sashamurashi225]

When Michael said " or does it " and the Vsauce theme didn't play, i was disappointed

[@maskedfoxx7173]

Same lol

[@nahhjhg]

😔

[@woutgyssels9414]

That's how you know something's off with this video

[@jc_art_]

Moon Men

[@jayme3181]

Get the Vsauce vinyl soundtrack and never be disappointed again. Only disappoint.

[@ProxyDoug]

While it's not quite the same train, the diesel locomotive is an allusion to Blaine, the main antagonist of the third Dark Tower book, The Wastelands. A supersonic monorail with an artificial intelligence that went insane over the years and could only be entertained by solving riddles, who agrees to take the protagonists across the Wastelands as long as they can give it a riddle he can't solve before they reach the end of the tracks, or else it will just destroy itself with them inside.

[@Freestila]

Blaine is a pain :)

[@Professor_Utonium_]

"My pump primes backwards"

[@the-h-69420]

​@@Freestilaand that is the truth

[@danielhardman234]

i had completely forgotten about this part of the series, been years since ive read it

[@jakebrooks7481]

Thankee sai

[@Goten1.0]

The page where she turned into a pill is where I started getting terrified

[@aceisthepIace]

I will forever hear matpat’s voice screaming “CHOOOO CHOOOO CHARLESSSSS”

[@your_cute_]

Same 😭💀

[@BreadbreadCharles]

same here

[@Jonioy]

cant charles be short for charlie?

[@And.r_Art]

As an artist who makes it a point to illustrate and express a characters emotions, they are most definitely screaming

[@seleneklarelee930]

Yeah, they don't look happy to me.

[@mr.goldfish7473]

as a human being with functional eyes I concur

[@And.r_Art]

@mr.goldfish7473 lol way to white wash how observation works 😂

[@reaperofcookiez]

​@@And.r_Artlolno

[@mortua_conjuga]

they don't look at all happy to be on this train

[@greatspaceadventure]

When Michael said “Or is it?”, my brain autocompleted the tritone even though it wasn’t there.

[@FlygonkingVGC]

Same

[@Jake-z1h2m]

What?

[@tropixyzrp2k173]

same

[@LeeWalteror]

Anyone else here obsessed with Hidden Time Wealth? It's like discovering a secret formula for beating procrastination!

[@tristandukes5548]

Always love to see this story getting some love

[@cineva420]

This is ACTUAL uncanny valley Edit: accidentally started a war in the replies 🤭💀

[@Mullaloo]

@@Shaboopee yes, it is

[@NathanBlackberry]

It's not Uncanny valley refers to when something meant to look human doesn't seem very human causing an "eerie sensation" 😊😊😊

[@MegaDeathSaint]

​​@@NathanBlackberryhow is it having a face and teeth not it attempting to look human and being off

[@bigd1ccn1ccwiddaSwitch]

@@MegaDeathSaintbecause it isn’t, i dont care what any of you say it just isnt

[@Boogalyhu]

@@NathanBlackberryThe train’s face is literally textbook uncanny valley. How has this flip flop as to where now people don’t even understand the concept of the uncanny valley when it’s staring them in the face.

[@oofoo6666]

“Something about it seems… off.” The train’s face gave me a voucher for unlimited nightmares, Michael.

[@themightycxzeriallord]

Off mentioned pepper steak Ghosts Plastic meat smoke metal

[@dumbotv3820]

​​@@themightycxzeriallordOFF MENTIONED LET'S GOOOOOOOO

[@HelsenbergFan]

like are these bots or just original children i cant tell so many comments just paraphrase the top comment

[@oofoo6666]

@@HelsenbergFan lol

[@chinchillinEveryDayEveryWeek]

stolen bot nobody cares stop promoting your stupid roblox channel 😂 roblox in 2024

[@marcospaulding43]

I remember, about Christmas time, my stepsister and I’s Mom took us to cvs and bought a cookie tin while there. The tin top showed families, one standing outside to another in a neighborhood, as light, fiery lights shown through one’s house windows as they all stood gathered on the step. My sister posed, “Aren’t there houses burning down? They’re calling the fire department.”

[@patchmaupin]

i just woke up from a nightmare and opened youtube and this is what greets me bro 😭

[@koathekid8255]

Hello michelle

[@napstablook25]

Targetted ads. I swear, even the dreams are not safe

[@OPgamer-lz5gq]

How much you wanna bet two star games got the idea for "choo choo charles" from this.

[@marxvargas7697]

From what I remember, Two Star didn't know this book existed. He got the inspiration from a robotic thomas in another youtube vid.

[@emstink]

​@@marxvargas7697I think it's highly dubious lol

[@seantaggart7382]

​@@marxvargas7697LIES!

[@deeznutsifier69420]

Imagine the one sweatlord gamer that reads the books plays the game and realizes it's all a Stephen King tie in and cooms his pants from the meta overload

[@rossthebesiegebuilder3563]

Vsauce said "...or does it?" and the Moon Men jingle didn't play? That is scary.

[@dblandford6103]

‘But everything turns out alright in the end, or does it?’ Charlie about to start his murdering spree