WORKER & PARASITE

Eastern Europe's favourite 'Cat & Mouse' team!

[@robertpond4919]

What the hell was that?

[@1997residente]

The alternative ending of Evangelion

[@Gordazo13]

1997residente I cried xD

[@caigemalinowski5247]

East Germany's favorite cat and mouse duo

[@Spookspek]

WORKER & PARASITE

[@numbuh1507]

A CARTOON ON THE INTERNET

[@Movel0]

I just love how the cat's unintelligible grunts become more aggressive

[@somewhatsurprisedpikachu2887]

Especially in the last scene when he just goes "bababrrrrrr *BRRRRRRRRAAAAAA* "

[@questionblock8949]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Arkiasis]

0:03 - "Oh look it's lunch time!" 0:09 - "The lunch line is too long." 0:13 - Because we didn't get our much needed lunch we are now in a hallucinating state of vertigo!

[@tommy1gtr]

Thank you so much for the translation!! Now the clip is even funnier!! do you know what is written at the end?

[@matthewb.7358]

tommy1gtr i really don't think they're speaking actual russian, lol

[@FuckingGolems]

tommy1gtr He made that up.

[@Luixmai]

tommy1gtr Matt Groening said long ago that last words had no sense.

[@Fuckethead]

tommy1gtr lmao tommy bless you

[@OmniTerror]

This must be Poochie's planet

[@DJSheard0]

очень забавно! очень хорошие шутки ха-ха

[@mdizzle99987]

This is what he meant when he said that his home planet needed him

[@barneynedward]

No wonder he was in such a hurry to leave it.

[@jasonmichael1109]

Is this a JoJo reference

[@robcat2075]

The difference between that and real eastern European animation is that real eastern European animation would be about 10 or 15 minutes longer.

[@TheFrmnz]

Isn't it longer? I remember seeing some old movies...at least an hour long, and they some had slightly mature themes that scared the shit out of me, lol

[@Vebinz]

I remember watching some Soviet cartoons as a kid, and they really did seem as depressing and gloomy as this, which tells me someone who worked on that episode was familiar with Soviet cartoons.

[@RostislavBycek]

I watch to many soviet cartoons... aka Nu pagadi, rabbit and wolf... its soviet analog to tom and jerry.

[@crazygrainger2006]

Not entirely Soviet, but the Gene Deitch era of Tom and Jerry episodes (commissioned by MGM) were made behind the Iron Curtain (Prague).

[@Mafon2]

Check out "Film! Film! Film!" - it's a hilarious cartoon about movie-production and you don't need knowledge of the language to enjoy it. One of my favourites from soviet era.

[@manuelmanzanero5057]

More than some cartoon from USSR or Eastern Europe, they look like avant-garde animation from the 40s. Even the thread ball from the last scene could bring to the memory a cheap parody of the lines and figures of Fischinger or Norman McLaren. Although some details, such as the replacement of language by gibberish, do remind us of some animated series from Eastern Europe, such as "Mihaela si Azorel"... The "depressing" part is a psychological categorization that is not in the cartoon, but in your head. You decide to interpret it as "depressing" , but the level of abstraction they have leaves little room to say anything about them.

[@MaoistRebelNews2]

liar

[@raksh9]

I wish there were more Worker and Parasite shorts. This one was a really surreal parody of East European cartoons and culture.

[@barakpick]

What can be added to the joke?

[@mrbibs350]

Glory to Arstotzka

[@Ivaed]

DETAINED!!!

[@binarypench]

слава арстоцке

[@andrewwinslow9315]

Cause no trouble

[@VillagerMan2006]

So the country that made Worker and Parasite is none other than Arstotzka

[@TheNoahGuy1]

What a great episode of Tom and Jerry

[@GonzaloDiazMoles-il4ks]

It's The Simpsons.

[@TheNoahGuy1]

I know.

[@FriendlyLocalGeek]

I dunno, there was always something "off" about those Gene Deitch episodes...

[@PrincessofPower84]

Lol

[@hkey_current_user]

Ah yes, Том и Джерри

[@TheGamerPandA]

lmao this is so brilliant one of the best things ever in Simpsons

[@haze_productions9715]

Krusty: "What the HELL was that?!!" Me: It was funny that's what it was.

[@abvmoose87]

I laughed so hard to this. Im from Sweden and my family didnt get cable so all we had to watch as kids was public tv who always showed these weird low production value shows from eastern europe and this is not far from the truth

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

At least you got ABBA!

[@JoshFreilich]

Krusty: WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!

[@AMReed8]

I wish that they didn't cut that part out.

[@KinaAnderson]

you stole that from ponies the anthology II

[@j311ycaa5]

***** This is actually a legitimate Soviet cartoon, the Simpsons just hijacked it.

[@JoshFreilich]

J311yman Oh, really? PROVE IT.

[@j311ycaa5]

Dude, look it up. The tangled lines are supposed to represent the bureaucratic inefficiencies of the communist system. I shit you not, google it lol

[@dxfan18]

I saw a "Worker and Parasite" segment in a Simpsons Comic which was 'dubbed from Slovakian' Worker (the cat) is trying to convince Paradise (the mouse) to join the revolution, but all Parasite cares about is cheese, which Worker promises will be rationed out when Parasite smashes his foot with a Soviet hammer.

[@AddictedtoBlistex]

Sadly Krusty's priceless face expression is missing from the clip.

[@Tigerman1138]

“What the hell was *that* ?!”

[@TheGamerGeek128]

Dat music though...

[@Piggy_Piggerson]

Scares the shit out of me.

[@haydenstock21]

It sounds really depressing

[@PrincessofPower84]

Kids, say no to drugs! *Unsmiles* The End

[@Spanky711891]

Still a better love story than Twilight.

[@superciezano]

Genious

[@superciezano]

Genious

[@godzillavkk]

I am so tired of that joke.

[@godzillavkk]

SgtBaker16 Not until people shut up about Twilight, because frankly I think those who complain about it are more annoying the Twilight itself.

[@asafisher2461]

Very true

[@Greenpoloboy3]

Better than new simpsons today

[@NevanSlone]

I need some WAP Worker And Parasite

[@polemikful]

That aargh of the cat at the end omg

[@VandelayH]

Me: "Mom, can I go watch cartoons at my friend's house?" My mom: "We have cartoons at home" Cartoons at home:

[@nedwards1123]

When my Polish fiancee shows me shows she watched growing up it constantly reminds me of this 😂

[@steveluvscows2490]

(Glances at cartoon with a cigar in the mouth and a face of utter disbelief) What the hell was that?!?

[@ganados0]

I love Simpsons gags about animation creation. My personal fave was them referencing Itchy and Scratchy being made in Korea and in a twist it's revealed it's done in North Korea, not South as you'd expect.

[@YoungAF1]

It's weird remembering that The Simpsons was brilliant once upon a time.

[@frankelgueta1350]

I was 15 or 16 years old when I first saw this. I’m 44 years old now and I still find it fucken hilarious 😂

[@RedWelshDragon]

Worker and Parasite = LEGENDS

[@theodorou123]

WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT ?!

[@thomasbaleno5822]

I don't know.

[@IAmTheStig32]

In Soviet Russia, YOUR cartoon makes no sense... wait a sec...

[@christopherwallace7903]

J. Jonah Jameson Wait. What’s the reverse of that?

[@barneynedward]

In Soviet Russia cartoon is less funny than you.

[@lk2704]

Me: Can we have Tom and Jerry Mom: We have Tom and Jerry at home Tom and Jerry at home:

[@Rosi_in_space]

There will never be enough ENDUT in my HOCH HECH!

[@m1ke1981]

That “aoow” at 00:06 always cracks me up! 😁

[@luckyjosh7]

"This is cinema." - Martin Scorsese

[@Omegajunior2658]

This never gets old and it will always be a timeless classic.

[@Jared_Wignall]

What the Hell was That?!

[@VancouverTVGuy]

The "Hoch Hech!" part of the ending looks like how someone would write out the sound of someone hocking up phlegm.

[@seththomas9105]

I want this written up in my epitaph.

[@MarvinPowell1]

In English: "THE END! NOTHING!"

[@ZakWolf]

R.I.P. Gene Deitch, the animator whose Tom and Jerry cartoons of the early 60s served as inspiration for this cartoon.

[@KhoiPham-hs7hi]

True art

[@toainsully]

Meanwhile, in the Soviet Union: Krustimir Lenin: Well, comrades. This is where you would watch "Worker and Parasite," except they're on the Russian Gabbo show. So, he's USA's favourite cat and mouse team, "Itchy and Scratchy" *Itchy and Scratchy episode* Krustimir Lenin: What kind of capitalist show is thi- *Gets grabbed by the KGB* No, not the Gulag. I'd promise I won't bring Capitalist shows into Motherland! *Gets dragged off stage*

[@PrincessofPower84]

"ENDUT! HOCH HECH!"

[@dummy3467]

This is what you see in lucid dreams

[@caseypayne5138]

every time I see this I keep picturing Dan Castellenetta and Harry Shearer recording the voice work for this scene and I don't know why but it makes it even more hilarious to me

[@treehouse722]

A deeply moving and beautiful work of art.

[@Shogunelite]

It was difficult for my 9 year old mind to take too when I was younger, but I see it today....it's still difficult to watch without going "The hell was that?!"

[@knightofarkronia9968]

Isn’t that what Krusty asked?

[@havlorech]

I always thought those people standing in line were some of the most depressing art the Simpsons ever produced.

[@legitbeans9078]

Look at the guy handing out rations though 😂

[@SirVandejoda]

What the HELL was that?!!

[@trickso]

Ah, its always a joy to see Eastern Europe's favourite cat and mouse team.

[@Arkiasis]

0:05 Oh look it's time for lunch! 0:10 the cafeteria line is too long. 0:13 because we didn't get our much needed lunch we are now in a hallucinating state of vertigo!

[@Brainstrain]

I call the big one bitey

[@CaryMGVR]

*Is fine statement on Glory of Republic!!* *And I'd be depressed too if all I got for lunch is a candybar ....*

[@questionblock8949]

The end with the cat's groans getting louder and louder kills me everytime 🤣 🤣

[@watermelon-tw8cm]

We need more Worker and Parasite, it's my favorite cat and mouse team!

[@wjgthatsit2357]

[adult swim] when the remote disappears:

[@RoxBelleATL]

Number plus up thumb! Is favorite program of television from years of child! Very much good!

[@RaFaVaDeR80]

When Simpsons were THE SIMPSONS hahahahaha ......What the Hell was that??

[@RotatingLocomotive]

The first time you watch it it's more alienating, but after I watched it 70 times it starts to make a bit of sense

[@supermariobro93]

🚬😳 “What the hell was _THAT?!”_ 😠

[@Mark-lj1dj]

The spanner and sickle on the floor 😂

[@BaldwinVoice]

“ENDUT! HOCH HECH!” is the sound I make when I’m trying to get phlegm out of my throat

[@shaolindynasty]

Superman vs. Batman...

[@individualist00000]

so which one is the worker and which one is the parasite?

[@jjvc3888]

conformist that's the point... I think

[@ruler_of_everything]

Глупый

[@Photosounder]

The mouse is the worker, the fat cat is the capitalist parasite who exploits the labour of the worker by owning the means of production without doing any work of value.

[@manuelmanzanero5057]

If I understood correctly the plot, the crazed shop owner is the butler who did it

[@oriondancer]

The worker is the mouse and the parasite is the cat. It's kinda logical. The cat oppresses the mouse in a natural predator-prey relationship, that's why the cat is the mouse's boss.

[@QuiteDan]

*SHOE AND SHOELACE.* *ONE IS MEANINGLESS WITHOUT THE OTHER.*

[@Teag_Brohman15]

when Parasite said "eep vup vap valeep" I felt that

[@YUFUSLAM]

0:05 Its lunch time 0:10 Ugh, the cafeteria line is too long 0:14 Since we didnt get our much needed lunch, we are now in a delusional state of Vertigo!

[@Surfista775]

Ypok = urok = lesson = lição

[@DTylerFultzVA]

o_0 What the hell was that?!

[@smnk3]

Left out the best bit - "What the hell was that?!"

[@nathanwindom3978]

Hardest I’ve ever laughed at a tv show skit

[@TheOldKing1998]

I will find a way to insert this into everyone one of my reviews

[@maxman1602]

I know what they were saying: I'm hungry. Let's get lunch. The lunch line is too long! Let's just skip lunch. Oh no! We're getting lightheaded after skipping lunch!

[@Howyaduing]

“What country was this made in?!” “It no longer exists..”

[@Gasoline85]

Why aren't Worker & Parasite the olympic mascots this year?

[@laudrupli]

A few years ago, my friend and I printed Worker and Parasite on to some white shirts. The back of the shirt printed "Endut! Hoch Hech!"

[@watermelon-tw8cm]

English translation: 0:01 Boxyn Zorie films presents: "Worker and Parasite" c. 1959 Boxyn Zorie films All rights reserved. 0:03 Parasite: Worker, let's go to lunch Worker: Ok 0:10 Parasite: Oh no, there is too much people in the lunch line Worker: I'm hungry 0:12 Parasite: and now we're fighting because we didn't eat anything! Worker: ITS ALL YOUR FAULT! 0:15 The End!

[@GhostPlanetFilms]

Insert clever BioShock joke here.

[@JasonAWMaidstone]

That was better than the recent Transformers movies.

[@tambocha]

They all say that because that was Krusty the Klown's reaction to it. They're just having fun with the line from the show.

[@MarvinPowell1]

Modern Disney/Star Wars/Marvel = 0:03 Everyone: "What the hell was _that?"_

[@greyfox37]

At the end, Worker sounds like he is getting pissed off about something

[@emilystewart6175]

I love how they didn't even check it was dubbed before airing

[@Haylex98]

The new tom and Jerry movie looks awesome!!!

[@baphochrist]

I remember almost pissing my pants watching this when it first aired. 30 years later and it's STILL funny! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!?!

[@knoxiegb1782]

These feel like the cartoons that you could only watch if you were late to school one specific day and that never played again after that

[@watermelon-tw8cm]

Ah yes, my favorite cartoon, Сфир Et Sepонж.

[@orchidtender]

floating in the primordial yarn.

[@Arkiasis]

Krutsy: "What the hell was that?!"

[@rickydavis5541]

That is a real cartoon show my mom used to watch it

[@kabakke]

0:05 ''Grand Theft Auto'' ? LOL

[@DacLMK]

I though it said "Reagan go out"

[@dextroisdead8357]

The scene with the depressed poor people lining up seriously fucks with my brain and i dont know why

[@willpetnc]

+MC Dextro Bread lines! (Or any other kind of lines. They seriously had long lines for EVERYTHING.)

[@ianfinrir8724]

willpetnc Oh yeah, bread, toilet paper, potatoes. If nothing else, people in the Soviet Union got exercise

[@Dim4323]

Krusty: what the hell was that

[@rodrielsaintrose6272]

*It looks like a footage taken from the deep web* xD

[@Kakorot77]

The Simpsons did it again. They predicted 2020 with this one. This is exactly what is going on right now.

[@DeimosComaBlack]

@YUFUSLAM You've solved the riddle of Eastern European animation.

[@italian504]

Well look on the bright side: At least it's not Flapjack.

[@theoldaccidontuseanymore696]

What the hell was that...

[@papytromblon]

I see a lot of people confused so i will explain the story for non-romanovich. The story talks about worker ( the cat) and parasite ( the mouse). Worker works hard for the sake of his country. Parasite , who is the représentation of a degenerate capitalist , want to have fun instead of working. Worker try to explain to parasite the virtue of working hard but parasite only want to have fun. As worker décide to try that life , he suddendly fall into the great void of capitalist degeneracy and discover the emptiness of the false promises. The end is open to interprétation of course. It's probable based on the essay from Nikolaï gorlachov "inut loto" wich Can be translated to " beware the ennemy of the révolution"

[@gabrielbennett5162]

Krusty: "What the hell was that?!"

[@Andarthiel]

XD I love the nonsensical text done to look like Cyrilic Font. Like the title "Sfir et Seronzh" which absolutely nothing but it's very hilarious.

[@SnootracSpells96]

“What the hell was that?” Krusty the Clown

[@RealQuin]

Krusty: What the hell was that?