We play a bunch of Petz games and LOSE OUR MINDS.

[@Silver_Arrow]

Dan calling hamsters “high-functioning plants” is exactly the perspective I was looking for in this

[@sporkboy7380]

as someone who's had a hamster, he's not wrong

[@PeinMartyn]

I love how dead-quiet the hamster game is. No music or nothing. Just you, your hamster, and your thoughts.

[@lilykat.]

Post-apocalyptic

[@spencers5898]

It's a time to reflect. Just like toilet time.

[@baconpancake6]

a vacuum

[@Fatleg]

9:23 Danny: Listen, I love hamsters. I think they're adorable, and sweet, and lovely. I also think they're basically high-functioning plants.

[@sleepyote]

Best description of hamsters I've heard

[@Zibani]

He's not wrong.

[@DirtyDanAvidan]

I love hamsters but I will never keep one lol

[@williammccallum4760]

Fun fact, hamsters will tear the testicles off of rival males, in order to increase their chances of producing offspring. So there's your internet for the day. You can thank Andrew Huberman for that piece of knowledge

[@siaj92]

I'm so fucking angry at Arin for saying ants just scramble though. They fucking build amazing structures, have a caste system in their societies, build bridges out of their own bodies, some species can kill and eat a fucking rat (Dorylus)... I could go on for several paragraphs.

[@wordydird]

This episode feels like we're in the room with them as they're recording an episode they won't upload

[@Puffleman24]

You know it's going to be a good one when Dan asks, "Is this a game?" four minutes into the episode

[@foo219]

I'm about halfway through and still not sure.

[@erhanjpg1467]

@@foo219 4:50

[@arlogatsby7508]

Is this my son?

[@greatscornholio]

“this is a game” “is it?” “roughly!”

[@resileaf9501]

Having seen some Japanese animal videos on KZbin, I think the hamster 'game' is just an emulation of these styles of shows/videos. Seems to be unique to them, as far as I can tell.

[@Vrikrar]

I am both absolutely in love, and baffled, at the fact Dan's first thought as to why there would be a stick in a pet dog game was so you could beat it with it.

[@LaceNWhisky]

He had just watched Arin harass the poor thing with a spray bottle. I think Dan is a tad traumatized.

[@sunshinegamer1981]

Pretty sure it's because Arin was throwing the stick at the dog, not away from it, as you would do during a game of fetch. 😅

[@thejohnsweeney]

I laughed so hard! LMAO I love beating dogs

[@infinitcheez]

This episode goes out to everyone up past their bedtime

[@m00k61]

I don't get it. Was it a mistake??

[@squeaks1432]

3 am lets go

[@RandomImaginings]

@@squeaks1432 One hour behind you, let's gooo gamers.

[@PyroWaffel]

Or for breakfast for the Europeans

[@jonasnygren7230]

Perfect time for us Europeans

[@chriserony]

Arin trying to fix his dog after repeatedly blasting its face with a dog horn by petting it for 60 seconds is peak Game Grumps and I'm crying from laughing so hard.

[@saraasylum]

The wiki for the last game literally says “More Toyz can be unlocked somehow, but heck if I know.” I can’t 😂😂

[@entr3_nou5]

You know shit’s hard when the WIKI EDITOR gives up 😭

[@DivineAdversity777]

@@yellobanana6456 Why? It’s THE INTERNET 🤣 There’s a cabal of fan girls who worship The Onceler from The Lorax ffs!!! Anything’s possible at this point…

[@RabblesTheBinx]

@@DivineAdversity777 still? I thought Onceler got canceled after the... incident...

[@wasabiperson2616]

@@RabblesTheBinx - What incident are we talking about?

[@RabblesTheBinx]

@@wasabiperson2616 you know, the... incident. I can't say too much more because KZbin will eat the comment, but it involves a tree, 3 balloons, a dog, whipped cream, and indecent exposure

[@zulbie]

the guys going through an existential crisis because they realized they have already played a bunch of these games is so funny to me

[@SuperHothead14]

The worst part is they haven’t playef any of these

[@babykillingcadillac6719]

the first game is just what the Four Dark Devas of Destruction do when gundham isn't around

[@Lol1warriorz]

Love this reference bahaha

[@endless_del]

im disappointed dan didnt want to name the hamster silver hawk san-dee

[@ethereality1565]

fuhahahaha

[@nerdadendem]

now i’m crying

[@fezmonkey4389]

The episodes where nothing works and they jump between games every 5 minutes are the best episodes.

[@L33PL4Y]

*worst episodes

[@cejayidc]

​@@L33PL4Y*best

[@bombasticbag-man1186]

This is precisely the exact type of video of such psychedelic, mind-numbing games you'd expect to find you at the asscrack of dawn with this 3:00 am upload - 8/10 IGN

[@DrFunkman]

“Like Dark Souls but with dogs”

[@That_Lady_Charlie]

big Public Access TV vibes

[@annierebeccaa]

@@That_Lady_Charlie public access tv lmfaoooooi

[@trinalps]

golden comment lmao

[@ActOne25]

I don't know why, but Dan saying he was only 4 years old in 1999 made me laugh way harder than I should have

[@finnegan6903]

I was so caught off guard

[@thadavidrain]

It made me laugh too because I was 4 in 1999 lmao

[@firehawk2324]

I was SO confused, because he's my age and I graduated in 98 lol

[@kelseybarton]

@@firehawk2324 you haven't heard? dan was a boy genius and graduated at age 8

[@snowybookwyrm]

weirdest thing knowing he's the same age as my mom, so 4 in 99? not even close

[@Zephrinth]

Nothing quite like a 3:00am Game Grumps episode to keep my broken sleep schedule consistent 👍

[@miseryremix]

OH BOY 3AM!

[@oivatank]

PRIME BEANS TIME

[@pace1719]

Hello Insomnia, hello new Gamegrumps episode!

[@vine_red]

INSOMNIA GANG

[@thatonekid5961]

I gotta work in the morning too 😭

[@mdccxcii6340]

"What, are you going to go out and hunt your food? You're the food that's hunted!" - Arin Hanson, 2023

[@dakotaedmonds6612]

Correction: -Arin Hanson 12/16/2022

[@just_fork]

When Dan said he thought they played the Dogz game before, he was actually thinking of The Dog Island. It was made with extremely similar models and was basically a reskinned version of that game!

[@sladewilder]

it’s the same skins, just modeled to be ever so slightly more chibi looking

[@just_fork]

@@sladewilder Dogz 2 even has some left over coding from the dog island actually, i think it's interesting how the overlapping companies reused the game to make a new one.

[@RabblesTheBinx]

@@just_fork um... I had Dogz 2 as a child, it came out in the friggin '90s.

[@just_fork]

@@RabblesTheBinx the wii game, not the original

[@farewelltimetofly]

Yes but also no! Dan was referring to the Catz version that they also played, and at the time remarked on its similarity to The Dog Island. Amazing that they've basically played the same game three times at this point.

[@potatofan007]

I like that even for a video game that’s not even good, and for a lil hamster, they still say, “big stretch” 🥰

[@elfiefromangelcity6142]

The last Petz games was one of my favorites back in the day, but the PC version was way better. There was a whole online community, and people made adoption kennels on geocities to trade dogz and catz. And we'd try to create new breeds via breeding in game or using what was called a Hex editor where you'd code new dogs. It was fun.

[@freyaneziah7915]

Yes! The original PC games up to Dogz 5 and Catz 5 were so much better! The breeding system was cool too! 😅

[@entr3_nou5]

I laughed so hard when Arin said “it’s like a screensaver from 1996!” like…. Yeah Arin before they got bought out by activision that’s kinda what the point was 😭

[@saracarman3925]

I know it probably wasn't intentional, but the fact that this was released at 3am really seems accurate because this feels like an episode that was recorded at 3am.

[@cejayidc]

Except we know it was recorded at 4pm

[@zombietori23]

Who even wants a Game Grumps episode at 3AM?! Me, pulling back the covers to reveal this video playing on my phone: Oh boy, 3AM!!

[@dylanwaitt27]

Krabby patty

[@Donttrustthatburger5144]

We are united 🤝

[@marylara1609]

*consumes with vigorous enjoyment *

[@trinidyarmageddon1819]

Omg what a perfect reference to summarize this upload 😭🤣

[@williammilhans5146]

Please, never stop employing this claymation studio. They're an absolute delight.

[@stutastic14]

Fucking Right?

[@DarciousMaluki]

arin grabbing the dog by the face had me on the floor

[@GumGob1in]

The fact that you two played petz “games” while i was getting married is just so great.

[@briecutie4430]

congrats on ur marriage!

[@GumGob1in]

@@briecutie4430 thank you!

[@Signy8]

Congrats!

[@benjaminroberts8396]

Not me going to KZbin to find a GameGrumps compilation to fall asleep to but then having their hot new episode present itself straight from the hands of God

[@Centrifuze]

Wow, way to lie to EVERYONE...

[@danielgoodwin5979]

He givith the Grumps he taketh the Grumps away.✌Be with you bretheren and may your dad kissin endeavors reighn true.💋

[@nicripolas816]

I'm not sure God had much to do with it, given the game... lol Edit: my bad, "game"

[@undeadgentalmen]

That's a pleasant nap.

[@cheddarsunchipsyes8144]

@@nicripolas816 lol

[@maggiejennings1436]

“oh god, hes so vacant” the most accurate description of a rottie ever 😂

[@lazyfoxplays8503]

We’ll always remember you Chi Chi, who was never loved.

[@MochaxMatcha]

The pink fur dog sounded cute in theory but then it just looked like a naked chihuahua 🤣 grabbed by the soulless googly eyes. I can't 🤣 I wonder how they could up the affection

[@OnyxOblivion]

Ah, the semi-regular late night upload because someone mixed up AM and PM. Lovely!

[@Joeseph_Kerr]

You make it seem like some sordid accident.

[@chumbus]

Wait... But how did they accidentally upload the final episode? This series hasn't even started to my knowledge? (At least I'm assuming that this is the final episode.... I haven't started it yet dhfgdhdhd) Edit: maybe the hashtags were wrong too...?

[@kiwikrg]

@@chumbus could be a 1 off??

[@bendystrawz2832]

@@chumbus Could be referring to the previous Petz games they played. Dan mentions a few he thinks they played before. If that's the case, I'm pretty sure there's no kind of meaningful sequence to them, or at least this episode.

[@grimslepers]

but they come out 10am PST?

[@mikecharecky2818]

"I also think they're high functioning plants" is my favorite quote from this episode

[@GrumpoNeo]

FINALLY, AN EPISODE RELEASED AT A REASONABLE TIME FOR ME !

[@chaoticlucy6005]

I don't know why picking the chihuahua up by the head cracked me up so much

[@glennakiovideo]

It's like a tradition to see these at midnight

[@DevinGates]

4am here :)

[@s0mniosidae]

@@DevinGates same!! gang

[@JKDJack]

3AM

[@luichibug]

6pm bois

[@aglxru]

Midday for me

[@RiaCulpa]

I love it when they play "wtf??" games. There's so much room for amusing commentary.

[@thejohnsweeney]

Yeah I wish they would use all that room

[@Molue_]

Arin: "1999!" Dan: "I was only four years old." Me: "No, Dan, *_I_* was only four years old, *_You_* were in *college."*

[@MeghanHavener]

Listening to them argue over penis girth to describe drinking water from a tube while watching a fake hamster shit in a dish is an experience I never thought I'd have.

[@sackattack006]

It's a (unexpected) surprise, yet a delight to my Insomnia-ridden brain to get hamster customization so early in the morning.

[@Dr.JeremyDunks]

"Aww, he's adorableyou know they eat their children when stressed."

[@warrior_lainey]

1 AM game grumps to fall asleep and chill to? Yes please

[@_KungFuBarbie_]

Mountain Time supremacyyyyy 💪

[@warrior_lainey]

@@_KungFuBarbie_ yessssss 🤝

[@rottignbones]

ayyy mountain time

[@evanlundgren5339]

Yeah! Mountain Time!

[@iGrunt]

Hearing Allie laughing in the background will never not make me smile hahaha

[@lilykat.]

Me too!!!

[@mystery5906]

we stan the 3 am uploads, keep it up guys!

[@SilverWolf_-cj4qn]

Midnight here

[@bendystrawz2832]

Ass-O'Clock is my favorite hour. I approve all of the above.

[@D44RK_Iced_Yogs]

I feel like they’re doing it on purpose to tap into the land down under market.

[@woodam11]

Dan coming in hard with that Grease reference during the Petz episode...I am here for it

[@rachelfate3260]

Bro Petz was my childhood. I love these little weird creatures

[@harry5993]

This has such old school grumps energy and I love it

[@8-bitnightshade]

This truly is a game grump moment

[@evilsquirrel0573]

I love that they recorded this a month and a half ago, really makes the experience a lot funnier when you imagine them trying to find the right time to put it out

[@RakuFerret]

I love when you get to track your Petz's FPS!

[@chaselauderdale4899]

Waking up in the middle of the night hearing “it’s too big for him” “oh he can take it look at his cheeks”

[@lilykat.]

Good morning

[@lilMissmAlice]

9:24 "listen, I love hamsters, I think they're adorable and sweet and lovely, but I also think they're high functioning plants" -Dan ..I think he's on to something 🤣🤣🤣

[@andrewbell8571]

I love episodes when Arin tries to keep the bit going, so Dan stays invested even though he has no idea wtf is going on.

[@cookiesyruplover]

Since Arin thinks about it a lot, maybe the merch store should have human-sized hamster bottles. Why not? A work out for the tongue other than kissing your Dad!

[@elsiebartlett6808]

This really reminds me of the “Daze Before Christmas” Jingle Grumps all those years ago where it just devolved gradually into madness. But hey, any Grumps episode where seemingly endless gaming failures result in them playing an old 8- or 16-bit game is something I personally am freaking here for 😂

[@Santrial]

This is such a wonderful late night treat

[@Craftinglarson]

I love everything about this. The 3 am release and the immediate not even a game that this is. I love you guys so much.

[@thejohnsweeney]

You’re nothing

[@rashonsmith528]

The 3am upload?!?? Nice

[@fuzzyotterpaws4395]

Midnight for me lol

[@arduousPopsicle]

The whole thing with chichi made me die with laughter

[@Paddygtc]

Nothing like a fresh GameGrumps episode at 9am in the morning to start the day right

[@stabbycorvid]

One of my favorite things about recent episodes is Allie softly losing her mind with laughter in the background at random.

[@gillybeanyo]

Petz 5 on PC was where the cool kids hung out! You could download extra dog/cat breeds, or even horses, rats, mythical animals. Basically you could create your own species. There was breeding functionality and different locations. Makes me want to play it again!

[@velfaern1716]

So just wanna start out, 1 minute 30 seconds into the video and Dan doesn’t go AAAAAGGGGHHHH when the hamster yawns. Surprised more than disappointed, honestly.

[@nerdypenguin9164]

Ahh yes, my favorite part of dog adoption, changing their fur color

[@erhanjpg1467]

This was a Gem of an episode. We need some more scuffed episodes.

[@masque1659]

It feels like my two dads caught me past bedtime but are cool about it

[@DivineAdversity777]

Arin: I’m loving it. I get to pet a hamster as much as I want *Gundam smiles down from above*

[@KelseyDrummer]

L.xhpn ss1xa 1 xakhxk

[@saturnshlhsjourney]

i had to put my cat to sleep today (technically yesterday now) and it’s really rough doing anything without thinking of her. i really needed this random 2 am upload to distract myself. thanks for the mess up guys ♥️

[@ethereality1565]

i’m so incredibly sorry for your loss. i’ve had the same experience, a few years back. it’s miserable. i’m so glad this video could help a little. my heart goes out to you, maybe our kitties are becoming friends over the rainbow bridge ♥︎

[@mythologigi]

I went through it in November with my 15-year-old dog. Went from happy, healthy, and active to downhill in under a week. It doesn't stop hurting, but it gets easier. What I did to help feel better was cry when I needed to, and when I was ready, I decided to foster a dog in his honor. I've fostered kittens for years, but never dogs. Helping another dog in his memory hasn't healed my heart, but it sure has made it less empty.

[@resileaf9501]

To all pet (not to be confused with petz) owners, remember that although our pets are not here forever with us, we are here forever with them. What we do is give them wonderful, happy lives. From our point of view, it ends too early, but for them, it was everything. Our hearts may have pet-shaped holes in them when they're gone, but I hope you can feel comfort in knowing that their hearts were filled with you until the end.

[@meganheartswell]

I had a dwarf hamster who every morning would wake up and wait for a cheerio. Even if you gave him something else he would still wait for the cheerio and wouldn't go back to bed without it.

[@Vox_Doom]

This was really fucking funny. More chaotic stuff like this please.

[@cassandralyris4918]

Arin, you can absolutely connect real Wiimotes up to your PC with bluetooth. I do it all the time. I got sick of my Wiis always dying on me when I needed them. Just get a bluetooth dongle for your pc or laptop and you're good to go. And Dan: Yes, scientists postulate that dogs have grown more human baby like faces over time. They also developed the ability to understand pointing. Most other animals don't, except primates like ourselves. Not even my beloved cats.

[@babygirloct14]

Hit me right in the childhood! I loved the Dogz and Catz computer games as a kid!

[@abegosum]

"Basically high-functioning plants" is the best hamster description I've ever seen.

[@Metalcherrytree]

this is my first accidental late night game grumps upload and I’m really digging how the the comments section feels like a giant sleepover. let’s stay up too late and eat SNACKS!

[@TheLittlebats]

I loved the Dogz4 and Catz4 games when I was little!! You could breed them and make rly funky lookin mutts

[@courtiusmaximus5150]

Gundham would like these games.

[@RicPendragon]

"Toilet time was a time to reflect before phones"??? Really? I guess reading the shampoo bottle was reflecting then?🤣

[@ukoid]

Midnight episodes always seem to come in clutch for me. Right when I need a little extra comfort content from the Grumps.

[@drizzle8309]

The hamster would actually be decent for one of those programs that runs as your desktop/wallpaper. Just always in the background and you can do stuff whenever you're waiting for something or if you're just bored. Some of the fun of owning a hamster without risking killing something if you're bored of it.

[@STARLORD6789]

This was one of the funniest episodes I've watched from you guys in an extremely long time

[@theMelMxshow]

This has chaotic energy all over it and i love it

[@siresquawks]

Glad to be a giraffe town fan here on a midnight release!

[@dooplets._.5776]

I want that game back so much TwT

[@ari1758]

@@dooplets._.5776 theyre never gonna beat it. the boss fight is insanely difficult and arin will not have the patience to stick it out

[@dooplets._.5776]

@@ari1758 they didn't even have the patience to continue playing the game normally TwT

[@marcizimmer109]

That dog evolution comment at 16:23 is correct. Wolves do not use their eyebrows to communicate whereas dogs do

[@shinobiqueenv6583]

Surpirse 3 AM release? FUCK YEAH

[@Centrifuze]

Yup, surpirse!

[@dylansuxx]

- Arin we have to play something different. - no we don’t. - this is over - no it’s not! Idk why that killed me 😭 12:14

[@dougiemokki]

I hoped this was actually the Petz games I played as a kid but nope 😭. It wouldn't really make for good episodes but if you ever stumble upon the old pc games Babyz, Dogz & Catz... That would make my year 😭 EDIT: NEVERMIND I LOOKED AT THE PREVIEW YOU ACTUALLY PLAY THE OLD DOGZ GAME IN THIS VIDEO AHHHH 😭

[@dougiemokki]

Nevermind y'all played the Gameboy Advance version 😭 This was a rollercoaster of emotions. Guys I swear Petz 1 to 5 on pc were way better don't let those "realistic" versions fool you 😭

[@2luvanime4ever]

From 21:41 all the way to the end of the video had be DYING I could not stop crying laughing at the sound the dog makes when Arnold* kept spraying him with the bottle. I had to step out of class because I couldn’t stop laughing like a manic 🤣 pure gold.

[@cursed_by_ghost]

I miss dog island but this looks good!

[@thecoolestloseruknow91]

Everyone's on about when the episode was uploaded... all I wanna know is what Allie had to discretely assist Arin with part way through...

[@ethanol1586]

Hope these midnight grumps episodes becomes a recurring thing!

[@Kingskid-ci8tf]

Am i the only one who desperately wants to know WHAT HAPPENED??😭😅 “do you understand what’s happening?” wHaTs hApPeNinG??? 15:24

[@ElektraLeech]

Catz 5 is actually good. I used to play it consistently as a kid. My parents were allergic to anything with fur, so it was the closest I got to a pet and tbh I remember really enjoying it and being very attached to my petz :)

[@Katclub8]

Same, honestly. I can't even recall how many different iterations I had.

[@Ragtatter]

Catz 5 and Doz 5 were gems.

[@Creepybaby2]

One step closer to Dan becoming more like Gundham Tanaka with this one.

[@Amy_Dunn]

I love when game grumps posts accidentally after I finish my after-hours job. lmao

[@NestorCustodio]

Releasing this at like 2 in the morning really rounds out the "hopelessly scuffed" vibe of these terrible games.

[@ginosantos913]

a grumps midnight special

[@prismoprismoprismo]

a grumps midnight special 🧐

[@ginosantos913]

@@prismoprismoprismo IM SCARED ITS ME

[@ari1758]

It's 11 am for me lmao

[@devoteeofmediocrity821]

Fun fact: Hamsters require a lot of space for a decent quality of life. If that habitat were enclosed, those hamsters would’ve probably become depressed to the point of suddenly and violently ceasing all of their life functions.

[@geordieghoulette7142]

Also the platform is so dangerous and if a hamster actually fell off that it would probably die. I'm glad someone else was concerned about hamster welfare 😂

[@Lol1warriorz]

I genuinely appreciate the late night episodes, and while its funny as an accidental mis-schedule, I hope they continue to happen. 12am is when the feels start hitting lmao. so watching them play some of my childhood GBA: SP games heals my soul

[@Lol1warriorz]

Also Dan commenting on dogs evolving to look friendlier; its partially true! They've evolved to look cuter, because they would probably have a better chance of being fed by humans that way. Cats also meow to emulate human talking, I believe! They have other ways of communicating with other cats, and simple meows arent usually high on that list

[@catspajamas_pj]

I played every single one of these games as a kid. Petz horses 1 and 2 are both masterpieces and they never wont be; I’m so sad that one was broken haha

[@eth4444n]

thank you for the late night rations arnold and david

[@HardCodedGaming]

"Who could *possibly* want a Grumps video at 3 AM (EST)?" Me: "Oh, boy, it's 3 AM!"

[@dooplets._.5776]

Welcome to two in the morning, the ideal time for game grumps

[@charlescannon2469]

Internal monoluge *That's adorable, I want a hamster. But I can't, they always die in craziest way. Hmm, I should share my thoughts with my wi* Danny: You know they eat teir babies when stressed. See, I can't even say anything before it comes up. I mean what other animals have My mom had a bad day so she ate me?!?! Also She had a hamster that just vanish from a cage in the middle of bike ride.