What If "Monster Factory" Was A Fighting Game?

When the infallible Final Pam breaks from her infernal coded restraints, it's up to two brothers to create new monsters to save the world from her destructive grasp. Who will emerge triumphant?
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This video is based on the McElroy Brothers' webseries, "Monster Factory." It is completely fan-made by me, not monetized, and is in no way officially associated with the McElroy Family brand or Polygon.
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This started out as a small project to just practice idle animations for fun using Toon Boom Harmony, inspired by the McElroy's absurd creations, but I eventually made a whole video out of it. For anyone wondering, I am not interested in making this into a full actual fighting game. I just love character design as a whole and I would consider this as just a love letter to my favorite creations of the McElroy Bros. Thank y'all for the many years of goofs and entertainment you wonderful boys!
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Programs: Toon Boom Harmony Advanced 17, Clip Paint Studio Pro, HitFilm Express 14, and Audacity.
SFX: Freesound.org (heavily recommended for all SFX needs.)
Music: The Adventure Zone OST - Griffin McElroy (His Bandcamp):
- "Wonderland - Round 1"
- "Wonderland - Round 3"
- "Sauté!"
- "Robot Rematch"

[@GrixieKong]

“A new challenger approaches!” “*Immerse yourself in the waters of JAA’M!*”

[@ant9610]

SPECIAL MOVE: APPLESAUCE

[@kennethbaker4114]

You unlock one of the secret characters by drinking a potion so good it turns you into a cat, changes your birthday, and makes you stop believing in god

[@clockworx7689]

And that cat is none other than G.A.R.F.I.E.L.D.

[@KaeWinters]

This whole thing is incredible but Truck Shepard's rapidly glitching facial features absolutely sent me

[@danielmcelroy4505]

I think he's our only hope 🥲

[@nevarware]

I would give Garfield the Deals Warlock my most valuable rock to purchase this.

[@ant9610]

Bad ending: you try to kill Final Pam, and you obviously lose, but she feels bad for you so she adopts you as one of her many ghost boys Worse ending: you try to kill Final Pam and say something mean, so you are erased from existence when she strikes back True ending: You befriend Final Pam by bringing unto her a new wedding ring for her husband

[@GrizzlyMittz]

This is a story mode I can get behind. Eat your heart out, the entire Street Fighter franchise!

[@creampop8553]

Her _metal_ Husband. Not Trash Hulk.

[@GrizzlyMittz]

@@creampop8553 ^^ Very important distinction. :V

[@presshusfightlady3966]

This was exquisite. The intro gave me chills and Truck Shepard's character select made me ascend to a higher plane of existence. I love this video so much. This video is my new son.

[@GrizzlyMittz]

Thank you. I'll make sure your new son gets the proper childcare.

[@presshusfightlady3966]

@@GrizzlyMittz that is all I can ask for. Such a sweet, beautiful, well-animated boy.

[@SeveSavoieTeruel]

Video games are too expensive these days, that being said, I would pay any amount of money for this game.

[@GrizzlyMittz]

I quite agree. :D

[@popcornenthusiast]

There’s no amount of money I wouldn’t pay to see this become a reality, god bless your beautiful soul

[@ant9610]

I love how Final Pam's battle stance is Literally Just Chillin'

[@ChoralAlchemist]

The locked characters give me so much joy.

[@rynemcgriffin1752]

Who are those masked boys?

[@086ism]

Awesome...Shepard's face being an ever morphing cycle was so clever -- esp. with the drawing behind him being done in a more humorous comic style. The whole idea is so fully realized!!

[@ezekielmartin4323]

This, and I do not say this lightly, is fucking *art.* Gotta share it around.

[@shizaya]

JUST LIKE ART

[@Alizudo]

Matt Greoning says, "this is just like art."

[@ashejohnson816]

OMG IM DEAD THIS WAS SO AMAZING "pretty good it doesn't seam" had me DEAD

[@jacobtrost5048]

"A new challenger approaches!" G.A.R.F.I.E.L.D.

[@clockworx7689]

The only one who can deafest a Bethesda game character is another

[@calfriedman6981]

HOW HAVE MORE PEOPLE NOT WATCHED THIS

[@GrizzlyMittz]

*shrugs*

[@elvastan]

Gotta say, your Knife Dad looks badass

[@GrizzlyMittz]

Thanks, he was my favorite to animate!

[@funnyccore]

coming back to this I can't believe it only has 2000 views this is so underrated

[@discobeque]

omg i was not prepared for how good truck shepard was gonna be!! your art captures all of them so well

[@BusketPosket]

Oh. My. God. Delete the rest of KZbin, this is the only video humanity will ever need to see. HOLY HECK IT’S SO GOOD!!!

[@ferin111]

!!!!!! This is amazing!!!! I really liked the opening it was very well done but my favourite part was definitely the boy mayor vs. final pam fight

[@ericchan5396]

Holy shit Holy shit *This is so so awesome!!* The design for each character is absolutely stunning and amazing The 8-bit sound design and music... hey WTF how is this so good *(chef kiss)*

[@sophiabrown5144]

The fact that I haven't seen this before is A CRIME. This is so good I can't believe this doesn't have at least a million views

[@Missart34]

I need this to exist soooooooo badly.

[@mousy2088]

Holy cow, this is incredible! Well done!

[@GrizzlyMittz]

Thank you very much. ❤

[@chicky6471]

I love the boy mayor fight intro. Dogs should totally vote. (Note: I almost accidentally typed vore. Uh oh)

[@hamletprinceofdenmark5195]

I just noticed who the locked characters are and if possible I am even more in adoration of this video now

[@zoesilver5828]

I can't stop grinning and I need this game immediately, commenting to boost the algorithm to hopefully give this like a million views because I need this

[@gigi-riley]

Just saw this, currently going absolutely apeshit. this is so undervalued that it should be a crime. My good man, i have gone absolutely feral ❤️

[@autumn9301]

THIS IS INCREDIBLE!!!! the character select animations are so fucking rad. thank you grizzlymittz for this masterpiece

[@GrizzlyMittz]

Thanks. ^___^

[@plushdragonteddy]

how did i only just find this channel toDAY, excuse me??? you are too talented, oh my gOd

[@jiggybean8514]

Is it too soon to ask for a Monstery Factory VS 2? This was such a great idea =)

[@Fortunateson69]

Me, selecting Final Pam over and over again: "Oh Hey Final Pam!"

[@poeticcinema5857]

THIS IS SO COOL I CANT EVEN BELIEVE IT

[@Merudinnn]

Truck shepherds face moving constantly is such a nice touch lmao this whole thing rules

[@GrizzlyMittz]

Thanks! The screencapping for reference on all his many faces was a bit of a process but it certainly paid off!

[@Alizudo]

Basically, from the toe to the tip, this is just like art.

[@KamAniMations]

This is absolutely amazing. There’s so much effort here

[@oliviaw-k8145]

HOW AM I JUST BEING RECOMMENDED THIS??? This is amazing!!!!!

[@GrizzlyMittz]

Thank you.

[@galladegamerletsplays]

just seeing truch in there is incredible

[@shockofthenew]

Oh my god this is AMAZING. Can't believe it hasn't been seen by more people... fantastic work!!!

[@TheClassyZombie]

This could have a million views and it still wouldn't be enough

[@3of7tricom34]

Amazing work! Can’t believe this hasn’t blown up!

[@ennnazar8649]

this is so good, i love it! monster who straight up explodes? hilarious.

[@afullgrownadult2492]

THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!! Great design absolutely wonderful job!!!!!!!!

[@rosexofxalabaster]

Wowowow I cannot believe how few views this has. The dog changing into boy mayor is delightful.

[@GrizzlyMittz]

That transformation was very important to me so l very much appreciate the compliment.

[@wildtarts]

Why doesn't this have more likes and comments?! It's absolutley amazing!! Super impressive job, so much creativity and talent went into making this.

[@maxithalo7796]

how doesn't this have more views?? its amazing

[@lucystarlight8887]

This is so good and deserves so much more attention

[@a_fellow_human]

Amazing work! I really appreciate you taking the time to put this together. So good! Perfect choice of dialogue during the fight too. Haha

[@GrizzlyMittz]

Thank you. I knew this one wasn't going to do as well as the other stuff I put out, but I still put a lot of work into it anyway. I'm rather proud of everything that came together.

[@brody2k]

Bloody hell, this is insanely good.

[@GrizzlyMittz]

Thanks! ^___^

[@hannahcamarato1882]

HOW HAVE I NEVER FOUND YOUR CHANNEL UNTIL NOW? This is one of the coolest funniest well-drawn videos I’ve ever seen! Amazing!

[@GrizzlyMittz]

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoy my work. ^___^

[@GraeStar]

This is so unbelievably rad i cannot believe it hasnt been viewed more

[@Zoe-rr8wj]

im commenting to let the youtube algorithm know that i enjoyed this video so it might show up in more peoples recommended feed

[@GrizzlyMittz]

Always appreciated! ^___^

[@numbersninja7858]

oh this is absolutely wonderful

[@Christiancould]

omg the detail. geebus.

[@neurop0d]

This is amazing. I actually had an idea to do something similar with pixel art, but I'm glad I didn't because it wouldn't have been this good. I really appreciate how you included some of the more underappreciated monsters, too!

[@gideongrace1977]

This was fantastic, thank you.

[@MrSandMan961]

Can't wait for Dino Lansbury DLC.

[@mothweb8088]

this is fucking incredible!!!! i hope you've tweeted this at justin and griffin, cause this is one of the best monster factory fan projects i've ever seen!

[@GrizzlyMittz]

Thank you very much! I have tweeted it to them, but there wasn't a response yet. I'm okay with that though considering they probably get a ton of mentions on the daily.

[@LeonardMeltsner]

This is amazing, can't believe I've never seen it!

[@AmyDentata]

This is so incredibly good and I want it to be real

[@j.m.808]

This is SO GOOD!

[@elif6908]

Wow this is magnificent!! I think you should sent this to the boys over Twitter I imagine they would be delighted! Thank you for creating and sharing this!

[@amnesiophilia]

what the FUCK this is amazing. i can't believe the level of effort that went into this!

[@GrizzlyMittz]

Thank you! ^___^

[@honeyhannijung]

This must have taken a lot of time and effort. Well done! I loved it so much.

[@GrizzlyMittz]

It certainly did! But it was a labor of love for fighting games and character design, plus I had a ton of fun doing it.

[@nickjones6707]

Truly an amazing work of art

[@art-and-a-half507]

THIS IS SO GOD DAMN COOL OMG

[@yenee94]

Oh my GOD TRUCK SHEPERD'S FACE

[@kaztros2595]

This game's tutorial begins with learning The Daigo Parry.

[@GrizzlyMittz]

It'd be a pretty intense meta tbh

[@Now4elevensies]

Oh my god do we know if the brothers have seen this?? This is truly astounding.

[@Badabumpow]

Dude, this is an awesome homage! Sent the link to their podcast email, probs wont see it, but you need some recognition my man! Ps. Im liking all the goddam comments, lets get this baby out there!

[@Possumbreath]

I cannot believe this doesn't even have 10k views. This is absolutely incredible, especially how you translated all the monsters into a cohesive looking visual style. Great work!

[@GrizzlyMittz]

*shrugs* That's just how it be sometimes. I don't think it has the same appeal as the animatics I usually do, cuz it's easier to expect comedy from those videos before clicking. It's not flashy like how most game trailers are too. Though, like most of my stuff that's more art>entertainment, I don't expect it to pull in numbers. I appreciate your compliment though, thank you! ^___^

[@Risesandy]

Awesome work. This is pretty damn cool.

[@dartdevious561]

One of the games where you can start out playing as the antagonist

[@CrowGigantor48]

Woah! This is cool as hell! You translated their designs incredibly, and the animations are super fun!

[@GrizzlyMittz]

Thank you! I'm just really fond of unique character designs in fighting games, especially like what the brothers created.

[@Ed-fr7mw]

WOAH! these colours are amazing very cool aesthetic and great audio work!!

[@bobbyc9119]

You bring both a blessing and a curse into this world, a blessing knowing this could exist, a curse knowing it will never come to pass. C U R S E Y O U F I N A L P A M

[@GrizzlyMittz]

"Pretty good, IT DOESN'T SEEM!"

[@helly9027]

Holy hell this is phenomenal! What talented work!

[@dogvoter9973]

This is Incredible

[@Joescotterpuss]

The details on this are SO good. My favorite thing is how the menu music abruptly cuts off before going to the character select screen.

[@GrizzlyMittz]

Thank you! I vastly underestimated the amount of meticulous sound work required for this bit to emulate that retro-ish fighting game sound. So I greatly appreciate those who notice. ^___^

[@samuelbott6104]

All your stuff is SO GOOD

[@catcave2137]

AMAZING. ART. BEAUTY. GRACE.

[@krzlcve]

This is incredible

[@lukekuchera1928]

This video is ecstasy. I can't feel my limbs, and I'm ashook. God damn. Have the boys seen this!?

[@Oatmeal_Queen]

Phenomenal work! Thanks for sharing!!

[@Silverwind87]

I love how you drew all forms of Truck Shepard.

[@GrizzlyMittz]

Truck Shepard is probably my second favorite creation of the brothers. I believe he was also the one that inspired the project. I thought he would translate to a fighter similar to Double (Skullgirls) or Charade (Soul Caliber II) where he would shift forms mid-battle. He was also an absolute blast to animate, I remember screencapping so much of that episode just to get some of the faces accurate between different angles, and some of those faces WERE NOT consistent at all! lol

[@Silverwind87]

@@GrizzlyMittz maybe an attack where he jabs you with his sword face

[@CaribouGirlMeat]

The Final Pam is such an intimidating name I love it

[@camerong5661]

This is such a little masterpiece i love it and i think it should have a million more views

[@v.v365]

That was a masterpiece

[@elvastan]

IT'S TIME FOR SUCCOTASH Edit: I'm your 1,000th sub. Happy monetization.

[@cheesepuf5000]

wow, this is incredible

[@joangracemiller3624]

this is SO good wow

[@oOLAoLAOo]

this is incredible and should have a million views

[@laurensanten933]

This is so amazing!

[@Siobio420]

I hope they add Chiquta Dave as playable dlc

[@abeesknee8306]

This is so cool!!! And I love the use of TAZ tunes

[@GrizzlyMittz]

Thanks! I love Griffin's music a lot. I was honestly surprised to see how much of The Suffering Game (and a touch of Crystal Kingdom) felt like it came out of an actual game.

[@FuttheWuk]

I would buy, play and write fanfiction about this game

[@dubiousspacehamster3833]

How. HOW does this not have a million views??????

[@PDXposadas]

Awesome video, worthy of many more views, would love to see more!

[@benkenobi834]

This is so beautiful 🤩