Why Sky High Is My Favorite "Disney Channel Original Movie"

[@chickenwinna]

I don't know if I ever watched this whole movie. And as a side effect I always thought Adam Sandler was in it.

[@hikeilokei]

That’s… weird

[@SquirtleSquad443]

I could’ve sworn the parents of the main kid were the same as the parents from Spy Kids because that series as well as Shark Boy and Lava Girl and the era of the cgi hero kid movies all blend together in my memory

[@isaacgogna9856]

I was gonna say you're thinking of "Zoom" but I checked and he's not in thag superhero movie either

[@avafranco8004]

or ty

[@DecemberDaydreams]

@@isaacgogna9856 imma call this the Sam Addler effect.. Sadam Anddler... Adam Sandler! Effect! My brain stopped computing while writing this so now it's just gonna be like that lol

[@timdavis6567]

The ending line “my girlfriend became my arch enemy, my arch enemy became my best friend, and my best friend became my girlfriend” is ICONIC and I will not hear otherwise.

[@hikeilokei]

No that very very fair

[@Watchmanskey]

But hey, that's high school

[@breezy3392]

I like that Will and Warren become friends

[@arthur1428]

It was literally playing in my head the entire video

[@blakehouston6065]

Lynda Carter, the actress who played principal Powers, was best known for portraying Wonder Woman in the 70's.

[@deearr420]

Beat me to it bc I didn't know abt this channel 12 days ago 😢

[@KingKari_]

And is fine as hell 😫

[@cassualtea2040]

and is also very funny on tumblr

[@Lunarwingluna]

I paused the video right at her entry to make sure someone made this comment because it's actually so cool that they got WONDER WOMAN for their superhero movie. that's fucking awesome!

[@RikkuEcRud]

Wait, in the *70s?* Damn, nobody playing an adult character in the 70s has any business still looking _that_ good in 2005.

[@tevineleven11]

Warren's dad was a super villain while his mom is a superheroine. That's part of the reason his name is Warren Peace; "War and Peace"

[@tevineleven11]

And the obvious book reference

[@hikeilokei]

They mention it in the lunch table scene! I just didn’t really find it more important than the reference the the book so I didn’t reference it lol

[@tevineleven11]

@@hikeilokei ooh

[@thehermit8618]

Also its extra fucked up that one of the powers his dad had is apparently extreme longevity if not straight up inmortality. Imagine living your whole entire life, being a crusty old man in your deathbed with children and grandchildren and still waiting on your father's 3rd life sentence

[@danicee]

What I don’t get about this film is that they really thought they could convince us that Will was a better choice than Warren.

[@hikeilokei]

Will: small, annoying, named "will" Warren: big, so fun to be around, named after a book

[@viktoryc]

@@hikeilokei and thick

[@hikeilokei]

woah

[@darylesells19]

It's why I'm forever grateful that there's bountiful amounts of fanfiction out there showcasing this (wait for it) power couple. As fair and balanced as all things should be.

[@DisneyRocks4evah]

Fun Fact: The couple whose house is almost destroyed by Sky High were played by Tom Kenny (Spongebob) and Jill Talley (Karen), who are married IRL. I don't know why, but this has always been one of my favorite pieces of Sky High trivia.

[@hikeilokei]

I was aware of that actually! I just didn't want to cut away to reference it. But I thought it was cool that they were there!

[@darwinbowman8512]

That's the closest we'll ever be to a disney/nick crossover

[@jazzinikki01]

no way!

[@anitanielsen1061]

And Doctor Two-Brains!

[@creed8712]

I haven’t seen the film in years and yet I can now vividly see Tom fainting

[@iamlael1009]

Fun fact: When Principal Powers says “I’m not Wonder Woman you know” she’s lying because her actress in real life has played Wonder Woman serval times 🤨

[@E-G-G-O-Fall]

my mom would reference that everytime we would watch it LOL

[@neivilde.1242]

The bi panic of warren and layla is REAL

[@hikeilokei]

THEY'RE BOTH SO FINE

[@SwanSongsDiary]

HONESTLY THOUGH

[@PancakeTheKat]

Same man

[@wonderlandzer0]

SAME

[@blazingiron2024]

Ew... but true

[@secretlyamonkey]

That comment at the end of the movie about the villain girl having to undergo puberty a second time struck me through the soul when I was 9. I have been miserable since.

[@COSun25]

Women should never have to go through that many periods of childhood to teen years on repeat.

[@idrisa7909]

I've had to go through female and male puberty, she's just weak

[@davekisman2763]

"Royal Pain's plan is to drop Sky High out of the sky. So, this is where Ultron got his plan in Avengers 2." What a brain. It's true.

[@angelad230]

A senior going out with a freshman? ...yeah, that's our supervillain. Called it.

[@so_much_for_jj]

@@ninjanibba4259 I’ll be a senior next year and I have some friends who are going to be freshmen. I’ve known them for a long time, but to me, they’re still children. There’s a big difference maturity-wise between being 14/15 and being 17/18. Not to mention, freshmen are still getting used to high school and seniors have already been there for a while. I’m not saying all freshman/senior relationships are bad, but for the most part it is a red flag for a senior to want to go out with a freshman.

[@jvever4904]

Instead of fighting over Will/Layla or Warren/Layla, we can be based and make them a throuple. Warren's got mad amounts of chemistry with both of them tbh

[@hikeilokei]

Will doesn't deserve them

[@zainawalker1407]

*Coach Boom Voice* Layla/Magenta

[@INTERNECION101]

Hell no. HELL NO

[@angstydoodles1101]

I remember loving this movie as a kid and having a major crush on the hamster (or is it a guinea pig?) girl because the only thing I was more obsessed with at the ripe age of six to ten than kidnapping and ransom stories was shapeshifting. Didn't hurt that I thought she was really pretty too.

[@hikeilokei]

Most of this comment was concerning but also based

[@serpenking]

Watching this movie as a kid made me genetically predisposed to obsess over my hero academia

[@hikeilokei]

Its a slippery slope

[@yepthatsegg3604]

Love the implication that watching sky high rewrote our actual genetic code lol

[@serpenking]

@@yepthatsegg3604 did it not tho?

[@Watchmanskey]

Beware the pipeline

[@deaf-tomcat]

oh man, i was never gonna be normal, after this movie came out I also became obsessed with mutants and the Xaiver School lol.

[@dakat5131]

That moment when you get to your first day of school and your gym teacher is Blackbolt, who kills you instantly for not having super powers.

[@hikeilokei]

Happens to all of us

[@sassysimonetheprincess1996]

Sky High: The Prototype for My Hero Academia

[@DisneyRocks4evah]

If I had a nickel for every kids property that came out in 2005 that featured an angsty teenage boy with fire powers, I would have 2 nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

[@serpenking]

Wait I'm dumb, what's the other one?

[@DisneyRocks4evah]

@@serpenking Avatar: The Last Airbender

[@serpenking]

@@DisneyRocks4evah OH MY GOD HOW COULD I FORGET ZUKO

[@MuscleManRandySavage]

If I had a nickel for every movie featuring Mary Elizabeth Winstead as the love interest that featured actors who would eventually portray characters in either Marvel or DC, I would have two nickels. The two movies are Sky High and Scott Pilgrim, which has Mae Whitman in it and she plays Katara in TLA. Michael Cera is also in Arrested Development where Mae plays one of his ex girlfriends, Anne, who is very forgettable. In Scott Pilgrim, he completely forgets about their first encounter by the time he fights Roxy, Mae's character, and she is his girlfriend's ex instead in the movie. On top of that, there were multiple references to Arrested Development in the MCU. Mary Elizabeth Winstead plays Huntress in the DCEU. So I think that means Michael Cera is going to be in the MCU eventually. I'm pretty sure at least 😂😂😂😅

[@CheerBear-w9o]

Today is the day I find out Avatar: The Last Airbender came out in 2005- Oh my God I'm old and so is the show- N o 😂😭

[@beanieboi_8708]

20:39 this scene was just to poke fun at the fun at the fact that Principal Powers is played by Linda Carter who also played Wonder Woman

[@_korfee_]

I just found your videos and they’re so good! The banter between you and the squishmallows always makes me smile :) thank you!

[@thehmmyone]

they need to make a spin off just about warren

[@hikeilokei]

6 seasons and a movie

[@wonderlandzer0]

So true. It would be like Angel and Buffy

[@dandandaniel1]

One thing I REALLY wish they had in this movie was the main character never getting powers, I think it could've been a cool message about being yourself or something lmfao

[@moseskuria1234]

There was a disney channel film called up up and away that describes everything you said about s powerless teenager with a super powered family en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up,_Up_and_Away_(film)

[@Sr.Anonimo-bk1uz]

I felt like it was a common trope. I dont remember many examples right now, apart from Rio, which literally the same happends, that the character is weird for not flying (in those 2 movies at least), but they are able to in the climax

[@breezy3392]

I would like to see Warren's story. How did a hero and villain get together? If his dad gets out of prison, how will he react to his son being best friends with his enemy's son? How does Warren feel about his dad?

[@litrim1285]

I feel like Warren’s parents would’ve been neither heroes or villains at first, but then, well, not long after having Warren, something happened to set them on their separate paths.

[@meganleach8661]

I wanted Warren and Layla to end up together so badly I felt like Will didn’t deserve her 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@breezy3392]

​@@tauntingeveryone7208 😂

[@Silburific]

@@tauntingeveryone7208 Why can't all three be together in a throuple? That would make everyone happy.

[@-_minttea_-5841]

​@@Silburific yeah, Warren has 2 hands

[@COSun25]

The fact that the Sky High TV series never happened makes me disappointed. We ended up getting Avalon High. Booooo!!

[@hikeilokei]

I actually would’ve loved to see that!

[@asapling]

Sky high has a potential for a sequel imo.

[@hikeilokei]

I think a reboot. Its been 15 years so most of these actors are in their early 30s. I mean there are plots you could write about them being adults. But a lot of the movie's identity revolves around the fact that they're kids.

[@shizaanimations7634]

@@hikeilokei Exactly, show us their kids!

[@Attackontrashcan]

I heard it was supposed to get 3 sequels but idk if that's true

[@belizelover21]

​​@@hikeilokei Could be 2 with him taking on being the next stronghold and the struggle he's faced with living in his father's shadow even after getting his powers. Maybe give him a preteen kid that's going thru his own identity crisis bec he's thinking about going dark bec of their shit parenting leaving him basically alone to grow up. Which allowed him to become closer to the villains of the world who basically raise him while his parents are too busy being heros.

[@belizelover21]

Then maybe have the parents realize they've been shit parents and that that's their 1st Job even before heroing. Then learns to be better parents, get the kid therepy and the end!

[@theonlyrosy]

The nurse has been my favorite character since the first time I watched the movie at, like, 7 years old. She kinda seems like the cool grandma that takes you to Disneyland every year. She also gives off very strong “elderly lesbian” vibes, idk maybe it’s the hair

[@RoyalVartist]

I think two of my biggest revelations watching this video was that A. There were other people who loved Sky High and B. THIS WASNT A DISNEY CHANNEL ORIGINAL ??

[@hikeilokei]

I almost had a heart attack when I was researching for this video and found out that it wasn’t a DCOM

[@notsarah1154]

SKY HIGH IS ONE OF TE MOST CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED DISNEY MOVIE OML

[@hikeilokei]

🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@Animefan-uk8pw]

Very underrated and was basically My Hero Academia before My Hero Academia

[@franartthegeek5009]

Fun fact: Mary Elizabeth Winstead was my gay awakening, but it was only when she was in the suit that I thought she was pretty. The tank top and mini skirt apparently didnt do it for 5 year old me as much as a suit ig

[@khumokwezimashapa2245]

Hold on. Royal Pain still made out with a minor. She turned into a baby and had to grow up again. That's some Future Mai and Future Trunks shit right there

[@breezy3392]

I think Warren must have gotten powers from both parents as well, like Will. He has the fire 🔥 and he super durable since he shrugged off being thrown through a wall and inyo a pillar like it was nothing.

[@khumokwezimashapa2245]

Bruh. I was also shocked that it was released in theaters. I'm 23 so, I was also young when this came out. We totally missed that

[@hikeilokei]

I wish I saw this shit in theatres

[@DarkTruth6]

The scene where the principal said she's not Wonder woman is supposed to be ironic humor because she actually played Wonder woman

[@imaqueen223]

I physically COLLAPSED from laughing with that bus joke and the soap from the dishes I was washing got in my eye.

[@daltonfarris]

This was a theatric release from disney but by far their best movie It might as well have been a Disney Channel original movie because it has that vibe.

[@hikeilokei]

Haha yeah I thought it was for all these years!

[@daltonfarris]

@@hikeilokei congrats on you success man I happy I hound your channel.👍🏽

[@xxkori123xx]

I came here to say that too. Definitely not a DCOM but had a similar vibe. There was another super hero movie called Up, Up and Away that was a DCOM though. Also a fun one imo

[@masterseal0418]

This is one of those few movies that should've gained a sequel sooner. It's My Hero Academia in cinematic form, and we have a bunch of kids with stupid powers work together to save the school and adults from a genderswapped Daft Punk member and her group of Power Ranger villain rejects. May Kelly Preston rest in peace, and my pure surprise when Pleakley plays a mad scientist teacher in this movie and a character from the Nickelodeon underrated gem Catscratch.

[@stargazer1778]

I'm so glad someone is talking about this movie, I love it! Also Warren is the best, and I'm DEFINITELY not just saying that because he's the fire boy with rage

[@Greenicegod]

Funny seeing Ramona Flowers be the evil ex for once

[@girlwholovescinema]

this is what we can be heroes wishes it could’ve been

[@_xcso]

“bi panic go brrrrr” 100% this movie was an awakening of sorts for young me edit: 19:35 LMFAAAAOOOO I nearly spit out my drink 😭

[@hphstn]

i always thought i made this movie up lmao it was like a fever dream,, it actually exists wow

[@hikeilokei]

This is how I feel about all 4 Spy Kids movies

[@coriander1521]

I remember watching this movie but I also don’t remember a single plot point from it 😭

[@hikeilokei]

Literally me before writing this video

[@black.crystal.ballll]

Your deadpan delivery might actually be the funniest shit ever. I watch your videos just to hear what you have to say, even when i do not care about the piece of media. Also, i love yiur editing more than i can even say.

[@HauntMyNight]

My favorite movie to catch on Disney Channel was Halloween Town. Man, that movie with one of those jack-o-lantern pizzas from Papa Murphys was always the best time of year.

[@silversparrow9437]

One of the funniest coincidences about this movie is the shocking amount of similarities it has to My Hero Acadamia. Think about it, there's a powerless at the beginning but gets super strong main character, a bully with fire powers, and a teacher with a sonic voice. It's obviously just coincidence, but it's still funny to think about.

[@silversparrow9437]

Also I just think it'd be hilarious for Coach Boomer to end up at a teacher swap with UA. Like...c'mon, Bruce Campbell at UA is friggin' hilarious

[@GOATexp]

Sky High Walked so My Hero Academia could run! 😤

[@tay8824]

Megenta turned into a Guinea Pig, not a hamster

[@hikeilokei]

I'm unintelligent

[@tay8824]

@@hikeilokei lmao, I think you're smart just wanted to let you know

[@poisonedvices6962]

I don't typically subscribe to a channel after one video but this was entertaining and fun to watch so I will

[@wonderlandzer0]

I loved this movie when i was younger!! It still holds up very well and i wish we got more from the "Sjy High" universe. All the characters were so cool and interesting and i feel like they could do more Side note: Warren was one of my childhood crushes (along with the majority of the cast as a closeted bisexual) and he should have ended up with Layla

[@Animefan-uk8pw]

It would have been cool to get more Sky High. But it's ok My Hero Academia exists

[@strangerahhh]

Nah that bi panic caption was too on point💀🤚 same here though

[@hikeilokei]

I cannot choose 🧎🏽

[@SuperiorPosterior]

18:20 HAVE YOU CONSIDERED: The One True Threesome? Warren gets both the guy and the girl, because where there's a Will, there's a Laila

[@dolfuny]

I was gonna make a high joke, a sky high joke but you beat me to it lol

[@hikeilokei]

Probably my most phoned in joke of the video 😭. It was actually the first thing I wrote lmao

[@josephivenegas]

SHE REFUSED TO USE HER POWERS DURING THE ENTRANCE EXAM SO SHE'D RANK THE SAME AS HER BEST FRIEND/SECRET CRUSH???

[@TempoLOOKING]

Yeah

[@ericpeterson8732]

I saw it in the theater. Kurt Russell, Kelly Preston, Kevin MacDonald, Linda Carter, David Foley, Cloris Leachman, and Bruce Campbell. Man, what a cast!

[@ken0304]

OMG MY FAVORITE KZbinR MAKES A VIDEO ABOUT MY FAVORITE MOVIE???? TOP 10 CROSSOVERS OF ALL TIME!!!!! great video, as usual ;)

[@hikeilokei]

IM YOUR FAVORITE! LETS GO! HIGH FIVE!

[@ggghost000]

Ive seen this video 10 times and never noticed you called that guinea pig a hamster lmaoo

[@hikeilokei]

Omg it’s weird to know that people think I’m funny enough to rewatch my content

[@Marlodrama]

Sky High was actually the FIRST movie I saw in theatres. Suffice to say, seeing The Avengers did not move me 😂

[@I_Love_CANADA]

My new favorite KZbinr tbh. Never change, my man.

[@hikeilokei]

Aw thank you :)

[@thatonething1287]

i had a couple friends when i was younger that told me about this movie but because they had the explanation skills of seven year olds, (what with me and my friends being seven years old at the time), and the fact that this movie is an actual fever dream, i thought they were like…messing with me or something, so imagine my surprise when i get older and learn that its actually real and my second grade best friend wasn’t just fucking with me!

[@easy_taco4651]

Congratulations on 20k! Also descendants will always be my favorite DCOM trilogy, mainly because of nostalgia and the songs.

[@hikeilokei]

Thank you! I’ve heard mixed this about it in the comments. But I’m excited to get to it nonetheless!

[@luthientinuviel3883]

I was super into Descendants mostly beacuse Disney princesses used to be my special interest and it was interesting to me. However, I only read the graphic novel and didnt watch the movie which given what I've seen wasnt a huge loss

[@peachesncharlotte]

I actually remember this movie airing on cartoon network, not Disney Channel, so the fact it was produced by Disney is surprising

[@himynameis..5857]

20:40 “I’m not Wonder Woman you know” that made me cackle 💀

[@williamshakespear]

This came out at the perfect time !! Work done, food is being eaten..perfect

[@hikeilokei]

:)

[@deaf-tomcat]

i'm commenting before watching the whole video just to say that I was OBSESSED with Sky High. i'd beeline for the DVD whenever we went to Blockbuster. funny, I dont' actually have that much of a memory watching it on Disney Channel as a kid. I'm only 4 yrs older I think, but I remember the movie being this exclusive thing that wasn't part of Disney.

[@LaikasFriend]

Literally yesterday i was talking to my mom about this movie, could never remember the name but the only thing i remember was the kid swinging around the light post and it bending and that the movie rocked and i had to find out what it was called and rewatch it

[@LaikasFriend]

THE BUS FLIES I REMEMBER THAT NOW

[@bunnyraptor420]

Yessss this has always been my favorite (not) DCOM, and I still have so much love for it. The last time I watched it with my boyfriend, I remember thinking it felt like it perfectly encapsulated the 2000's.

[@hikeilokei]

It’s a DCOM in our hearts

[@tay8824]

The twink version of Eminem isn''t something I tought I'd hear today

[@hikeilokei]

I’m full of surprises!

[@cryezen]

It’s crazy how good your editing is when you have 20k subs

[@andynguyen9916]

absolutely great content, im sure you'll make it extremely big

[@hikeilokei]

Hope so!

[@odalis2638]

This was also suppose to have more movies! I would’ve loved to see sequels

[@bekahbabie]

This is one of my mom’s all-time favorite Disney movies, so I showed her this vid and it made her very happy lol

[@abblepied]

dude great video. I’d love to more disney movies like this, I miss this era sm

[@Truth_bee_told]

We need to start keeping a tally of all of your crushes from the movies you review

[@TempoLOOKING]

Yah coomer metter

[@justbeingmar2690]

i think about this movie so often, oml thank you for taking about it

[@asherfalk5425]

4:17 i love the reference to that yearbook picture meme

[@duncan_of_hallback857]

Idk if someone has said it already but the actress that plays principal powers also played wonder woman so that's what that scene was about

[@wokstar99]

Really happy I found your channel! I first found it because I saw a clip of your Zombies video on tiktok and came to youtube for the full vid, love the mix of commentary, jokes, and nostalgia. Love your vids thanks for making them!

[@hikeilokei]

Of course! I really enjoy doing this and I'm glad you like them!

[@Ally.G.]

saw part of this on tiktok and headed right over here

[@hikeilokei]

Glad to have you on the channel! Thanks for taking the time to come over! I appreciate that :)

[@dandandaniel1]

This movie was my FAVORITE when I was a kid lol I remember having a crush on Warren as a kid too

[@cermofbdicidj9748]

i cant take it anymore in the whole video he never said that the actress who plays the principal played wonder woman in the 70s tv series, thats why she says that joke at the end

[@cermofbdicidj9748]

also bruce campbell

[@yepthatsegg3604]

@@cermofbdicidj9748 Bruce Campbell played Wonder Woman in the 70s tv series? Good for him

[@cermofbdicidj9748]

@@yepthatsegg3604 he's a very vesatile actor

[@thetoadwalker3010]

man your taste in video game music is amazing, great editing too, and funny! subbed!

[@MuscleManRandySavage]

Sad you never mentioned Bruce Campbell or Dave Foley. Especially since Dave Foley was in the sketch comedy group the Kids in the Hall with Kevin McDonald and they were both in the scene together. Also, Royal Pain's plan was to raise the heroes and teach them to be villains instead.

[@spyrkle4777]

oh my god i remember this movie as a kid lowkey wild seeing someone talk about it

[@rossevansclips8305]

I looked at the cast on Wikipedia and what a great cast

[@hikeilokei]

Honestly yeah, there was no bad casting in this movie

[@sylsylveon]

found ur channel from the emoji movie video and now im binging all ur content

[@hikeilokei]

Wow I’m glad you enjoy my video that much! :)

[@noahramirez4997]

i remember seeing this movie with my best friend. it changed my life now that i think about it

[@dimension196]

this was one of three movies that my brother and I could watch in the car throughout my childhood, and I will never forget how I had the first 20 minutes memorized for our long drives. The other movies were Megamind and Cars if anyone was wondering.

[@trevenantlord988]

Something I've never understood is why Ethan's power was ever considered weak. Sure, he's not fighting on par with superman or anything like that, but he's definitely stronger than Walmart brand Mystique or Acid Spit Boy.

[@tay8824]

Moderately upset that I never got to watch this as a kid, this looks sick

[@a1m3v]

ok i got to the part abt where the girl says this is fascism i think someone made a whole analysis vid on how the theme of fascism is in sky high lmao

[@kalecrisps]

7:00 it’s a guinea pig 😭😭😭

[@zach123zachary]

I had this on DVD and it was like a top 5 movie growing up

[@frogzillatheki11a007]

I swear I thought Layla was played by the girl who played Harper from wizards of Waverly place

[@hikeilokei]

As a kid that’s what I thought. Cause all redheads are the same person I guess 😭

[@oliviamiller1388]

She was demoted to being a sidekick so Gwen Grayson what to be above everyone by turning them into babies again and then seeing them going through thier daipers years and also potty training and be above everyone else also while Reraiseing them up from scratch as Supervillains at her very own personal Supervillain Academy where she's in charge of everyone else thier own she turned back into babies again!

[@WhimzyInteractive]

The glow stick is the best part of succession

[@BY-yi1kh]

haven’t watched the video yet, but sky high is genuinely one of my favorite movies ever so I’m super excited!!!

[@yaraperez8501]

What a surprise! I just learned that Sky High was released on my 5th birthday

[@stargazer1778]

I'm really looking forward to your Descendants video, I hope you get around to the other Descendants movies

[@a1m3v]

hell yeah new kei vid just dropped (watching rn :] )

[@hikeilokei]

MY FAVORITE DISCORD MOD!

[@a1m3v]

YIPPEE :D

[@otisschulz809]

Saw your clip of this on TT and instantly came to watch this vid

[@normalhuman9878]

Can’t believe the character with my deadname has my dream powers