WHAT WAS MTV's Happyland? (siblings or dating?? Oh no!)

[@kirby12crystals20]

Some tropes for the bingo board should be incest, irresponsible mother's, affairs, predators, unnecessary love triangles, and teenage pregnancies

[@lemonofcake]

I agree

[@ClowncoreisCool]

Every 2018 GLMM

[@blackxprice]

don't forget the younger/nerd sibling that goes to one party halfway through the show and changes their entire character in one episode

[@At0mic0la48]

This was the source for a lot of fanfiction

[@3MB3Rx134]

And a gallon of irony bc the writers don’t know what subtly is

[@jasminethegrayknight]

I honestly wonder how a single human being can watch so many weird shows and still be able to function. Kudos to you Athena, I tip my hat to the champion.

[@heavenmoore6964]

I've watched all of these shows 🤣🤣🤣

[@Amy.Stewart]

Function is debatable

[@justinwatson1510]

They do a great job of "helping" kids whose moms try to pass themselves off as the sibling of their chidren.

[@castform7]

I cannot tell a lie, I am not a fan of implied incest especially by blood as I assume most people aren't (whether true or not) but a show ending with 2 people glued to each other right after both of them figure out they *may* not be related with fireworks in the background right as both their partners who still think they're related come in to see them passionately macking on each other some of the most "looking at a car crash they can't look away from" faces I have ever seen is probably one of the (unfortunately for lack of a better word) hardest endings I've ever seen a show do. Legitimately, wtf.

[@AthenaPOfficial]

You summed it up PERFECTLY. That ending should not be iconic and yet it’s just incredible they went there

[@genericname2747]

Not being a fan of incest is the natural state of humanity. We're hardwired to not want to be with relatives.

[@clarehidalgo]

It isn't implied, as long as "the dad"'s name in on Ian's birth certificate, in the eyes of the law it is incest. Adopted siblings are treated as blood siblings in the eyes of the law

[@AMEMEaP]

@@clarehidalgo I don't think the dad's name is on her birth certificate though

[@pqcowboychanel]

This is why I hate the George Michael scenes in arrested development, like he’s played by Scott pilgrim, super bad, legendary actor Michael cera. And when the plot centers around his relationship with his dad it’s great.. when it’s centered around his cousin, Maebe it sucks.

[@DoloresFIshbarc]

As someone who’s never watched MTV, this sounds like a fucking nightmare thanks to Athena. Lovely makeup as always

[@ew6641]

As someone who almost exclusively watched MTV for drama shows, yeah. It is a nightmare. But that’s why I kept coming back

[@madnessarcade7447]

Not that bad it can be fun sometimes

[@purplepitbullpuppy5669]

Here's something for the bingo board: "Overly traumatic/extra for no reason." Maybe also "bad mom" "toxic relationship" "something not taken as seriously as it should be" 15:51 biggest cliffhanger ever

[@leafeon8956]

I think it should be "toxic/problematic relationship"

[@prcervi]

@@leafeon8956 i thought that was the free space?

[@ellam5931]

absolutely unhinged and crazy that the brother was hiding a body and its never mentioned again? .... you'd think maybe that could come up again ...

[@cosmik_koto]

At this rate, "underage drinking" should be the free space on the bingo board. 💀

[@IShy2]

I didn't realize the Yo Gabba Gabba plushies were gonna be permanent But I don't mind because it's funny when she's talking about something edgy and NSFW and you just see the kid friendly Gabba friends sitting right behind her, it's just funny to me Edit: Put "insest" on the MTV Bingo

[@_Unoffical_Norahhh_]

yes mx

[@hexinthelilypond4213]

Athena’s look in this video is honestly so iconic. The fluffy dress, the tiara, the makeup? *chef kiss* Exquisite

[@nuckertix]

i feel like suburgatory would be a great show for camp or cringe. it fits perfectly in that era of sitcom/dramas that i definitely watched but couldn’t tell you a single thing about

[@PharaohOfTheDamned]

Yo it would! I forgot about that show!

[@twiggledowntown3564]

I watched bits and pieces of it.

[@hearitcall]

It's hilarious to me that Katherine McNamara has stared in not one but TWO different shows with "did i kiss my sibling?" as a plot point.

[@Sweettransvestite-vx8zl]

Was the other the mortal instruments?

[@hearitcall]

@@Sweettransvestite-vx8zl yes it is!

[@bombseel]

The way this show's premise was an episode of good luck Charlie (the lead actor played Teddy's terrible boyfriend)

[@KaylaKasel]

Good Luck Charlie even had a theme park arc (with Spencer and Teddy working together playing a couple)

[@lucasmarble2572]

Is it weird that she is making me want to watch weird tv shows that I'm DEFINITELY not the target demographic for? It looks like she's having way too much fun.

[@notlaracheyenne]

the fact that this is a siblings or not show with the actress who plays clary in shadowhunters is hysterical

[@iwakeupandboomimarat]

"wait we're actually siblings/cousins/parent and child/related" NEEDS to be on that bingo card i beg

[@thegayghost872]

MTV Bingo Board tropes: Abusive/neglectful parents, teacher/student relationship, cheating

[@kattraction1973]

I'd never seriously ask Athena to do this, because holy CRAP would it be a major and arduous task, but this video made me think of what would happen if she ended up doing a lore video/series on Once Upon a Time. Mainly because of the dress (you look great btw Athena) and royal stuff.

[@atomicko]

Ideas for Bingo Card: "SURPRISE FAMILY MEMBER!" "Unconsensual Kissing" "Character's Main Trait is "Liar"" "Unrealistically Crazy Cliffhanger" "Plot Twist Never Happened" (Plot Twist: They're siblings! Plot Twist 2: They aren't siblings!)

[@_.rainydays._]

un-kiss-sensual

[@rachunicorn]

"Their mutual dad" had me crying laughing 😂

[@giorgiadiieso8641]

Things that always seem to be part of MTV shows -Question bisexuality -Bad mothers -Best friends being bad -The main character is selfish -An adorable ship that the show ruins -Several dramatic and traumatizing events played for laughs

[@tornado5d267]

“A little wind never hurt anyone” she clearly doesn’t know that tornados can rip apart metal and concrete like they’re nothing

[@coastalshenanigans4413]

But that's not a little wind, that's alot

[@caitlinabbott7895]

5:29 "Ey! I'm kissing your daughter here! Keep it down!" 6:48 (SpongeBob sad violin music) "Boo, MTV! Boo! Pay for my therapy bill!" 7:27 (Athena singing time) 8:55 "Wait, what! You're my sister!? But- you dropped you shoe... I should give it back to her- but no!- she's my sister! That's weird! Ugh, but she should still have her shoe, I guess... WAIT!" "Didn't you hear what I said!? Shoo!" "Exactly...here's your shoe" "Oh... Thanks..." "Yeah, no problem" (They almost kiss) "-NO! RIGHT! WAIT! SIBLINGS! SIBLINGS!" "YOU ARE MY BROTHER! YEAH! YOU'RE MY BROTHER! Oh shit, this is weird-" "Is that silly little sketch how Episode 3 opens? Let's see!" (Text reading HappyLand Episode 3) (Kurtis Connor's Blood Related) 10:48 "Will Will be willing to willynillingly throw punches again? Or will Will willfully wilt with sadness from the cheating/breakup?" 12:15 "Now he can attack people who don't deserve it looking like THAT! Yikes!" 15:33 "Hey, you better be nice to my secret crush you're going out with!" "Yeah, bud! You better be nice! That's my sister/ex-fling!" "I know guys! I- wait, what the fuck???-" 20:52 "It's pretty wild that they're related, right- AAAHHHHHH!!!!-"

[@Charlotte-k4p5g]

“COUNTRY GIIIIIRL, COUNTRY BOOOOOY, WHAT THE FUUUUUCK-“

[@gumballfan13]

Trope suggestions for the bingo board: Liar third act breakup, stuff such as "You lied to me! You've been lying to me this whole time!" Sibling/Family character reveal Deadbeat dad and/or neglectful mom. Character saying "No one understands me!" Girl falling for the hot guy. These are just a few. I've got more.

[@pondsmelts]

I remember watching episode 1 with my sister and when the reveal happens we were both so uncomfortable. We were in total shock like “Did that ACTUALLY just happen…?” and we never watched the show again.

[@bigfootsbreakfast]

i had never heard of these shows and i am so disturbed at the plot lines trying to justify innapropriate relationships

[@GOLDFIZHHH]

WE WILL NOT LOSE NNN THIS YEAR BOYS🫡

[@hunterishomophobic]

o7

[@elizabethwinifred9331]

the mental whiplash of knowing good luck charlie guy did this and god’s not dead in the same year

[@Mister_Dollz]

I’d love to see Athena make any type of video, about Pretty Little Liars because that show is bonkers.

[@livelollobotomy]

OH MY GOD ATHENA P IS MY FAVORITE DISNEY PRINCESS anyways ugh it is SUCH a delight to be aimlessly scrolling youtube just to see that upload notification come through like fuck YEAH

[@Arealhuman-gh7zk]

Seeing the mom in this show made me so sad that I called my mom just to talk

[@PurgatoryProductions1]

i don’t know why i get so surprised every time you make a kurtis conner reference. your senses of humour are so similar and yet it always catches me off guard.

[@magicmike191v2]

14:04 Happy Land getting a bunch of Disney actors for this show is wild. That's Ross Butler he was in KC Undercover

[@p_b2000]

9:23 NOT "BLOOD RELATED" BY KURTIS 😭😭

[@mx.lilith666]

In all honesty, I would LOVE to be Athena’s friend. She’s gorgeous and hilarious, she ALSO WATCHES THE BEST AND MOST INTERESTING SHIT?!

[@alicebthegachaweirdo8378]

I kinda want you to make a lore video on Foster’s home for imaginary friends

[@isaac_is_unsure]

This show is like if Colleen Hoover wrote a show instead of a book

[@Liam-tv7nb]

you should do a lore video on lalaloopsy lol

[@artzyyangel]

YES PLEASE i love lalaloopsies i still have my dolls

[@tatyanarodriguez1561]

I love this series purely because it talks about shows I've never seen but heard about at school. The only show I can compare them to is the one from Disney that I still can't remember the name of, but my cousin and I were glued to the TV every time it came on.

[@kendelaigarner2174]

I want to take a moment to say this: Athena I love your princess costume. You look super cute. I love your makeup, your tiara, and your dress.

[@MaeArt725]

Would love to see you talk about Teen Wolf in this series, at least the first season. Love your videos!

[@vee6372]

The love triangle trope for Bingo. Also, the good guy never gets the guy

[@alanacrail3244]

I forgot about this show! It was so bad but at the time I watched because I really wanted to be a character performer at Disney lol

[@alanacrail3244]

Oh yeah the surprise incest wtf was up with that?

[@hexinthelilypond4213]

*5:44* I see they pulled a “the mortal instruments”

[@nathalia2448]

I'm so grateful for this channel cause some of these shows felt like a feverish dream

[@tthewizard7667]

PLEASE KEEP REVIEWING OLD MTV SHOWS FROM THE 2010s!!!!

[@devonmunn5728]

I will be tuned In for them

[@Cxde_nxm3_xo]

I love how this is basically just disney meets gossip girl like im so down for it

[@somethings5852]

That guy who played Ian was also that guy in the 1st God’s not dead movie

[@TheLeaphia24]

I was so upset when I found out this show was canceled 😭😭 I hate shit ends on a cliffhanger

[@devonmunn5728]

Yeah I don't watch new shows for that reason unless it's a miniseries

[@devonmunn5728]

Plus cliffhangers have also become kind of overused

[@thenarrator6846]

Haven't finished the video left, but my musical theatre brain screamed when you mentioned Josh Groban Love your content!

[@PharaohOfTheDamned]

Bingo: Gay best friend Surprise gay best friend "Cool" parents Inappropriate age relationship Break up to make up

[@Drewski217]

I SWORE I watched at least one to two episodes of this show but couldn't remember its name and no one else remembered it so I half thought I hallucinated it LMAO I both need more of this show to rectify itself and feel glad we just got this brief moment of television LOL

[@bluejay8422]

No, but the same thing happened with me! I only watched one or two episodes, and then it was never on again. I thought I made it up!

[@crystalforetia5617]

You just unlocked a core memory for me. I remembered Faking It. I remembered Finding Carter. I even remembered Awkward when I didn’t even watch it. But I did NOT remember Happyland, despite watching it. Thank you for undoing my psychological repression 😂

[@codyTHEEstallion]

imagine if i was in lucy's shoes. my fucking mom not only goes to work, doesnt get the groceries and doesnt do basic human things, but if i dont do what she says, she'll get mad when i talk to her about her lack of being a mother..?? like what????

[@nct96]

10:55 the audio you used here is GENIUS.

[@Jman64110]

Thank you so much for bringing this show up. I fully thought I was the only one who watched it cause it was cut and no one talked about it

[@jace2088]

If I had a dollar for every show starring Katherine McNamara in which two characters think they're siblings, are still into each other, find out they're fake siblings, and end up together - AND every show where Shane Harper's character is cast as Prince Charming at Fake Disney, causing awkward romantic tension between him and the main girl, and ending with them rekindling their relationship - well I'd only have 4 dollars, but that's weird right?

[@worknotinprogress7172]

As someone who's witnessed both videos, they're both really funny and entertaining. Also I've had the song from the alien movie one stuck in my head and have listened to it on repeat since then. But on a more related note, Happyland seems like it was the easiest to get through from the characters being a little less problematic a little less often than the other shows that were covered. That ending probably broke people's brains though lmao

[@bettername1973]

Me when Athena posts literally anything 💖✨🤩😍🥰

[@dokiepkosa]

Ooh, ooh. Did you ever watch Hindsight? That show was so good and ended on a cliffhanger before it got canceled after season 1 😭😭😭

[@Sir.chaotic-posssum]

CoUnTrY bOy CoUnTrY GoRl WhAt tHe fU-

[@MaxEverywhereSystem]

for the bingo we cant forget character that shows up at the beginning but then magically disappears

[@erezin]

A tornado has hit the Happyland.

[@bobbanna6526]

A show that might be intreasting is Insatiable on Netflix. Sister use to watch it but from what I saw it was wild there was a demon possesion storyline and the Main Charecter like accidently killed a guy or something idr well.

[@AthenaPOfficial]

OMG YES I WATCHED INSATIABLE WHEN IT CAME OUT!!!!! Oooooo that would be PERFECT for this series

[@Mudkip-qf4cw]

Now this may be too specific, but I think a trope could be "2 boys fighting over the same girl and that girl fiddles around with both"

[@nyiab]

This is like the trying to be quirky version of life with Derek🤔

[@Amelia_H-A]

I love your dress in this one! I think you've worn it in other videos too but this is the first time I really noticed it, it's so pretty and it really suits you!

[@CharlieSimmer27]

i've never heard of this show, but i watch all your videos so i'm excited to learn about it :)

[@delycan4912]

The Ian actor went to youth group as a leader. One day, he said he was going to Hollywood and then he just dipped lmao

[@icecreamI7]

love the fit!!

[@amultishiper8173]

The makeup in this video is freaking stunningggg 💕and the dress 🩵

[@valentinainthelines]

am i the only one who was violently reminded of that zoey 101 episode where chase rewrites the script to say kill instead of kiss???

[@TheProxy066]

I love all of the Athena P content we've been getting lately.

[@AthenaPOfficial]

Thank you so much!! I’m so so glad to hear that! 🥹

[@gabi_p_silva]

lore video recommendation: Octonauts. there’s lots of main characters, way too traumatic back stories, and a core memory of my childhood. would love to see this! :)

[@CalicoWithWings]

The mascot scares me.

[@BritishLlamaa]

Me waiting for an eye candy video 👀

[@RainIsVibin]

I enjoy this series, it's funny to see reality TV entirely too broken down.

[@thoraortegren]

You look so beautiful in this video!!! I think this is my favorite makeup look of yours yet!!!

[@mchjsosde]

Bingo board request: two characters (that don't like each other)interested in the same person.

[@The_Midnight_Raven]

WOO! THE QUEEN RETURNS!

[@Digyaldemsuga]

Lmaoooooooo nahhhh subscribed I’m In so much pain right now but you got my mind off of it thank you lol

[@AthenaPOfficial]

Thank you so much! Hope you feel better soon!! 💕

[@emilyotsuka5286]

I was actually hoping you would cover this but I couldn’t recall what it was called! I’m so grateful for you!!

[@TheCrazyChickity]

The amount I need a second season of this show now. How can a show end like this and just for eternity leave us hanging???

[@EmpathNaga]

I hate to say it but there have been Harvard studies that siblings that were raised apart from each other and introduced in adulthood *[NOT LIKE THIS MTV PAY FOR OUR EYEBLEACH]* have a _freakishly_ high chance of developing romantic feelings for each other.

[@TREYSOLO314]

Legit your unlocking things in my mind such as the show The Hard Times of RJ Berger

[@Jojo_Ojo_14]

Okay👏🏾 Fairy 👏🏾 Princess 👏🏾

[@a.t.trujillo9970]

Another thing I think should be on the bingo card is off again and on again all the time because some characters they really just do that all the time

[@anaraboudreaux6406]

kay, I've know seen two actors from this show that are most definitely on Disney shows. The guy that plays Spencer from Good Luck Charlie is in this, believe he was also in either Awkward or faking it, and the guy that plays Brett in KC Undercover.

[@savanahbraxton1695]

I love the MTV series! please keep doing these!

[@margaretrojas3002]

Can you talk about the MTV movie ‘My Super Psycho Sweet 16’? I just realized that literally no one talks about this!! It came out in 2009. I was literally a child (8/9 yrs old) and stayed up to watch it and it’s sequels 🤡☠️

[@lunam3w]

This video is so funny i love your makeup and dress Athena keep up the good work 🎉

[@SophiaLaraOryan]

I love your videos so much

[@grenalien]

what is that doll on the table behind you 😆😍 shes right creepy but adorable looking

[@Jinx30000]

Great content!

[@Wailerman]

"I know guys, I, wait, what the fu-?"

[@theconqueringram5295]

I had no idea this existed until now. This video gave me more information I could ever hope to get from Wikipedia...

[@maegangibbons792]

You keep unlocking so many memories for me haha

[@devonmunn5728]

Also funny coincidence that Athena mistook Bianca A. Santos for Camila Mendes for each other since both share Brazilian heritage. A show with them as half sisters (as Bianca Santos also has Cuban heritage) would be cool

[@zenmonster5628]

The quality content I didn’t know I needed 😌

[@JustA-Person]

Athena I had just taken a large gulp of water and when u did the shoo shoe joke I almost spit it out

[@ChuggleDBuglGames]

I’ve never watched any of these, but that’s not stopping me from watching this!