This video is like having a stage magician patiently explain to you over the course of twenty minutes how he's going to accomplish a magic trick, and then he does the trick, and it blows your goddamned mind anyway.
4 years later, and this is still the most skillful working of a crowd I've ever seen. This wasn't a panel; this was performance art of the highest caliber. Ironically, a true gesamkunstwerk.
BDG occupies this perfect intersection between musical theater talent, creative writing major, and video game nerd that makes him the most powerful man on this earth.
The emotion Pat shows in his performance goes beyond human comprehension, so it has to be dumbed down for us mere mortals to comprehend. Brian and Pat's emotional capacity transcend what was thought to have been set by the ancients millenia ago
Recovering Heroin addict here. Been clean over 7 years now, just wanted to say I'm proud of you. Getting clean is incredibly difficult, but absolutely worth it. I hope you're doing well and taking care of yourself!
This is a brilliant comment under a really good video. My cousin’s on recovery after 10 years of being on drugs, and comments like this help my hope. Head up man. You got it.
I got into unraveled before I got into gill and gilbert, so watching this again fills me with pride!! I now know how soft and shy pat is when it comes to performing, and this must have taken a lot of courage for him to do!
sunnysea24 [shouting] PAT GILL WE LOVE YOU AND ARE PROUD OF YOU AND WE HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY AND WEEK AND YEAR AND LIFE. THANK YOU FOR EXISTING
They rly are, Pat does an episode with just Allegra one time and it’s rly good but he’s just not the same and very anxious, but he’s so relaxed when Brian is around
There are two camps in this. Your life pre BDG and post BDG. everyone post BDG knows exactly who the polygon think is and what happens if he becomes to powerful. Anyone pre BDG is sitting there like wtf who is the polygon twink
Elizabeth Powell I remember the day I first encountered BDG so vividly I am certain no matter what, I will maintain the exact moment in my mind until I pass into the immortal realm.
Goddamn, I clicked on this thinking I'd get a longer PokéRap. I wasn't prepared for a half-hour emotional rollercoaster full of love and loss, success and failure, happiness and sadness, anger and fear, and hating that little psychopath-in-training who demanded a goddamn sacrifice of your first and only child for just one of an infinite number of fire-breathing dogs.
The best thing is how completely stoic he is. Like, no joy, we are giving homage to the greatest of the greats and that is a responsibility to be taken SERIOUSLY
The more I watch this the more I realize the genius behind Brian writing three entire broadway songs, a lecture, a dance, and performing it all from memory without stumbling in front of a crowd.
the difference in brain's theatre kid energy to patrick's kid stuck at the grocery store while his mom is talking to her friend energy is more raidating then the beauty of terry
What BDG says: "Let's organize the pokemon by type and quality" What BDG actually means: "Let's organize them by how much they sound like euphemisms for marijuana"
@@derrilazkia1002 not all of them. I don’t know all the types of the ones he named there off the top of my head but I know there were a few psychic types (like Hypno) and at least one water type (dewgong).
Wagner's Der Ring des Nebelungen is much longer than that, and that guy was a Kevin Punt, but people still go to see it. BDG is twice the person in both artistry and humanity.
My favorite bit is at 22:03 when that one woman very passionately yells out Ducklett. It's as if she feels the same way about Ducklett that BDG feels about Tangela.
You know something that makes this even more perfect? It's unintentionally future-proofed! During the part where people shout a collective 400 names, you could insert every new Pokémon that wasn't out at the time!
the level of meta involved in explaining the concept of a gesamtkunstwerk, attempting to create a gesamtkunstwerk, feigning the failure of a creating gesamtkunstwerk, while the entire time creating an actual gesamtkunstwerk is legitimately brilliant.
thinking about how brian and patrick really had to choreograph and rehearse the dream ballet... i hope they did it on company time. just like, in a conference room. ...beautiful.
@@lorendaemon7945 Given that the company in question is Polygon, that probably counts as working. Modern-day workers would be extremely lucky to earn 10¢ for every dollar the boss made.
He's literally always been like that. I went to middle and high school with him, and I don't think he's ever missed a chance to be on stage and make people laugh.
I've been following this incredible wholesome boy since his own youtube channel was at 1k subs, he's absolutely goin places. He's too good for polygon's youtube channel (and I don't mean that as an insult to this channel, BDG is just on another level).
Marty Fox I unironically see Brian becoming the next Conan. He has the personality, charm, humor, wit and writing. He’s gonna be big, you can just tell. I enjoy everything he puts out no matter what it is! He can make anything funny and enjoyable.
idk if it makes sense but Pat joining in the dream ballet has the energy of an emo guy supporting his possibly insane theater kid brother in his craziness and i absolutely love it with my entire being
For anyone confused: the rough definition of “gesamkunstwerk” is “total art.” When all the art forms come together to create something superior to all art. For example, Wagner’s operas.
It is to be said that Wagner's Gesamtkunstwerk is only concluded with an extra component: geography. There is one special location on this planet where Wagner's magnum opus, the Nibelungenring, can be experienced as a Gesamtkunstwerk: The Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus in Bayreuth
"One night I dreamed a dream. As I was walking along the beach with Griffin McElroy, Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life. For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand, One belonging to me and one to Griffin McElroy. After the last scene of my life flashed before me, I looked back at the footprints in the sand. I noticed that at many times along the path of my life, especially at the very lowest and saddest times, there was only one set of footprints. This really troubled me, so I asked Griffin McElroy about it. 'Griffin McElroy, you said once I decided to follow you, You'd walk with me all the way. But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life, there was only one set of footprints. I don't understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me.' He whispered, 'My precious child, I love you and will never leave you Never, ever, during your trials and testings. When you saw only one set of footprints, It was then that I carried you.'" -Brian David Gilbert
To anyone reading this that is not sure if they should watch the full 30 min: DO IT. The buildup is so great and you will miss a ton of humor and jokes before the rap begins. The rap also makes more sense if you watch the 20 min before it.
One day, months before this panel, the polygon boss walked into the normal recording studio to see Brian and Pat doing some bomb ass dancing, and I can’t unthink that.
the best part is for all we know Kevin Punt could’ve been in this audience, and he also could’ve been not real at all. Kevin Punt is forever a mystery in Unraveled lore
Brian goes through the entirety of the Hero's Journey throughout this performance. 1. The Ordinary World - Brian has heard the original Pokerap 2. Call to Adventure - Brian gets idea to create the perfect Pokerap/song 3. Refusal of the Call - There's 812 pokemon, it's impossible to say or the enforcers will thrash Brian 4. Meeting the Mentor - Richard Wagner and his understanding of the gesamtkunstwerk 5. Crossing the Threshold - Brian begins the writing of the perfect Pokerap/song 6. Tests/Trials - Brian struggles to fit all pokemon in anything less than 4 hours 7. Approach the Innermost Cave - Brian can't figure out how to make this song manageable, even after cutting all of the acts 8. Ordeal - Brian gets PTSD from Kevin Punt taking Terry away 9. Seizing the Sword - Brian accepts audience participation 10. The Road Back - Brian struggles with the performance (as indicated by the few times he had to take a breath) 11. Resurrection - Brian's performance has immortalized Terry the Tangela and destroyed Kevin Punt for good 12. Return - It's over, Brian has become more accepting of audience participation, and has come to terms with Terry's unfortunate kidnapping. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk
the fact that kevin punt did not stand up from the audience at the end of the song in a moment of emotional turmoil and return terry after a long speech talking about how he regretted trading away his arcanine is a travesty and would have been the perfect ending to this perfect pokerap.
God: It's time to go. Terry: Was I a good Tangela? God: No... I'm told you were the best. ~R.I.P.~ Terry the Tangela (1999-2019) Your memory lives on, in us all.
Brian I think you've made an e3 presentation - Musical number - Business gamer fashion - Blazer - Gamer shirt - Human performers - Lots of numbers - Groundbreaking, Never been done before, Seems impossible, but we're did it. - What? Hell yeah! What? - Recounts (many) childhood memories - Gets a little choked up. - Technical Gaffes - Human Gaffes - Planned Gaffes - Big finish
I'm still just so amazed that he was able to do that whole routine without smiling _even a little._ If you look closely, You can see him almost start to smile when he glances back at BDG, but that's it. Now THAT'S acting (I mean not really but you know what I mean). The stone cold nerd energy pairs nicely with Brian's in your face theatre kid energy, it's perfect!
I've only recently encountered BDG, but I'm completely enamored, and at the moment both he and Danny Sexbang are at the top of my list for "most impossibly convincing swagger in a single human being."
BDG has killer pitch control. Even after a solid 32 minutes of all-out, almost solo performance (which is ridiculous, might I add) I can still hear him working so damn hard to maintain and I'm impressed at how well he does! Not only funny, but pretty damn good musically.
05:58 Part 1: The Shortcomings of the Original PokéRap 06:44 Shortcoming 1: A Mid-2000's Suburban Mother's Conception of Rap 08:02 Shortcoming 2: Grocery List 09:11 Shortcoming 3: Not a Gesamtkunstwerk 09:39 Part 2: The Development of a Better PokéRap 10:53 Making it Listenable 13:12 Ordering the Pokémon 14:14 Make it a Gesamtkunstwerk 24:12 Part 3: Performance
"A slant rhyme so terrible even Emily Dickinson would vomit" This is the smallest niche of English majors who enjoy Pokemon, Emily Dickinson, and BDG, and I am so glad to be apart of it
chloë holt I have an English degree and I have somehow never once read Emily Dickinson. I’m aware enough of her reputation for slant rhymes that I still got the joke, though ^_^
the amount of foreshadowing, dramatic tension, comidic timing, actual musical talent, clever writing, natural and compelling acting, and everything else that goes into this performance makes this so much better than almost every work of art of any kind that I've ever seen. i true gesamtkunstwerk.
Mleqa . It is a real German word, used multiple times throughout the video as foreshadowing for the pokerap. Honestly, without all the context, the pokerap would’ve been a lot worse. Everything he says is foreshadowing the pokerap and necessary to understand half the things he references in the pokerap.
Plot twist: The real "Kevin Punt" sees this video, realizes it's about him, goes back to his parents house to search through his old stuff, finds the one Pokémon Red-cartrigde with Terry on it, contacts Polygon and offers to trade it back to BDG, resulting in the most heartwarming reunion in UA-cam-history. Or, Kevin being Kevin, he released Terry the second he got him.
More likely the save's long gone when the battery died, since the early cartridges used battery power to store their save games before flash memory was created.
@@NickTheGreatAndPowerful It is pokemon red, so doesn't use battery power. It is gen 2 games which run out because of the clock. Terry could still be alive.
@@timeluster Gen 1 also used batterys for saves(all cartrigde based games with saves used batterys, that was the only way to make CHEAP saveable games as non volatile rewritable memory was expensive back then so they just Volatile memory(aka if power gone it ded) )just WAY less power then Gen 2 with its internal clock
@@MajorSkalle as long as the battery has just a tiiiny bit of juice left you can replace it with a new one if you're careful enough. THERE'S STILL A CHANCE FOR TERRY, WE CAN SAVE HIM!!
Every time I watch (this 33 minute presentation about once a week, the song only at least once every 2 days) I lament the fact that 2/3 of this is spent explaining the process (very entertainingly) just to stuff half the pokemon in the audience participation part
Brian: I want to put an educational section in, you know, teach a message Polygon: Oh cool, that sounds like a good idea! What did you have in mind- don't drink and drive, eat healthy, something else? Brian: Big Pharma is the root of our country's opiate problem.
The first time I heard this perfect pokerap I listened to it without any context. So the terry part at the end seemed so random and also really funny. But now, I got emotional every time listening to this
I disagree, Male peak performance is an individual who is physically powerful as well as intellectually powerful, good with words, confidence, strength, empathy, etc. This is just a dude good with matching words, kids memorize pages of presentations in grade school, the ability to memorize names, words, structured sentences is in us all and a lot of us still do it. He is good though, lot of men out there are great at what they do but if we talk the "peak" of any sex, we have to look at the one extreme. A bodybuilding theoretical Physicist with a loving home life would be a Peak male. But that is a LOT of work, would create stress and would turn that peak male into something bad quick, we're humans. We're limited. For example, a Woman saying "I can do everything a man can", I reply by saying "Impressive, because I can't". We are animals, we all can specialize in certain fields but our brains and body, plus the little time we're here, limits our ability to reach the "Peak". So whats more realistic? A health toned male, respectful, reliable, has integrity and dignity, confidence, works hard at their Career/specialized field, has his flaws, but loves his family and friends and always tries to be there for them. But now this is my definition. So.. what is the peak?
So BDG didn't just *leave* Polygon: he was killed by Matt for not producing a verbal pronouncement of the name Dialga during the rap, and hat to make a Pact to be resurrected which explains the style of his own channel after he left.
So it’s like it incorporates every art form via theatrical performance? Perhaps like a certain German opera writer?? As described by a very long German word????? 🤔
This video contains: >rap >tribute >a message about friendship >kevin punt diss >ballet >educational song >diss on big pharma >character arc of the main protagonist >education about words and stuff It's 30 minutes long. JESUS
Want to listen to the STUDIO VERSION of The Perfect PokéRap? That’s right here, pal: bit.ly/perfectpokerap-song
Bless you, Porygon
Thank you for this gift
when he said "..to complete my pokedex" I thought he would rhyme it with "sex"
This was way cooler than having Brian explain his thought process on if a bulbasaur is edible
The Lord's work is what this is... thank you.
bdg is the best possible outcome of a high school theatre kid
He’s the only valid theater kid
What's the worst
@@piperd9069 probably thomas sanders hhh
@@carnigob42069 that was the answer I was looking for and honestly I respect your bravery for speaking the truth
What about MatPat
Brian creates the impossible paradox by being an anxious-looking dude with incredible, overpowering confidence.
drama kids
BDGEnergy
Also known as theater kids. What's cool about this guy is he isn't being obnoxious about it and feels relatable and genuine.
Lee Fletcher aka the overconfident nerd that you cant stand to hear speak.
Fil Medina why are you even here then
This video is like having a stage magician patiently explain to you over the course of twenty minutes how he's going to accomplish a magic trick, and then he does the trick, and it blows your goddamned mind anyway.
Lmfaooo, perfect description
I think that’s just BDG in a nutshell
Sir...are you comparing THE Brian David Gilbert to such esteemed magicians as Penn & Teller? Well you're absolutely right.
That is exactly what this video is about
BDG is the new RIcky Jay
4 years later, and this is still the most skillful working of a crowd I've ever seen. This wasn't a panel; this was performance art of the highest caliber. Ironically, a true gesamkunstwerk.
It’s certainly one of the best 30-minute comedy sets I’ve ever seen, and he wrote it for a single performance!
brian went through an entire character arc just within this single video
Nice
He's a fucking genius
What about the villain´s arc? And the hero´s arc within the villain´s arc within the norting?
eduardo Soares
kevin punt is the villain, he doesn’t get an arc
@@theweakestbrazilianmale3398 what about the Data Cube?
BDG occupies this perfect intersection between musical theater talent, creative writing major, and video game nerd that makes him the most powerful man on this earth.
Exactly. This is what he was made for.
to quote a funnier commenter than me "This man breaks my fragile heterosexuality"
It's this kinda energy that made queen what it was. We need the science major now
And the power to turn straight men gay, the only other man that can do that is danny sexbang
Almost a powerful as, ZELDA MONOPOLY
I love how Pat is just purely emotionless while dream balleting.
oh no, there is emotion, so much of it, that it can only be conceived through dance
The emotion Pat shows in his performance goes beyond human comprehension, so it has to be dumbed down for us mere mortals to comprehend. Brian and Pat's emotional capacity transcend what was thought to have been set by the ancients millenia ago
At 31:13 he was smiling
And then the ninja roll
LOL agreed
I'm a recovering addict and didn't expect such a great decriminalisation argument from a Pokémon rap
Recovering Heroin addict here. Been clean over 7 years now, just wanted to say I'm proud of you. Getting clean is incredibly difficult, but absolutely worth it. I hope you're doing well and taking care of yourself!
@@altusshow7574 I really am! Thank you, recovery is rough but worth it x
hope you guys are doin well!
Keep your chin up, you got this :)
...Golem.
This is a brilliant comment under a really good video. My cousin’s on recovery after 10 years of being on drugs, and comments like this help my hope. Head up man. You got it.
was NOT expecting a call out on big pharma for the opioid epidemic in the middle of a Pokémon rap
@Memelord fun fact, the weed verses begin 4:20 into the song.
this sounds like a needledrop comment
I'm dying
@@jimonaldo3108 "the... crazy triplet flows on the beginning part of the rap is just amazing" - antwan fantwan
I thought you were joking but it was actually true lmao
Let's just take a second to appreciate Pat. He danced in this despite having stage fright.
I hope he knows how proud we are
I got into unraveled before I got into gill and gilbert, so watching this again fills me with pride!! I now know how soft and shy pat is when it comes to performing, and this must have taken a lot of courage for him to do!
sunnysea24 [shouting] PAT GILL WE LOVE YOU AND ARE PROUD OF YOU AND WE HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY AND WEEK AND YEAR AND LIFE. THANK YOU FOR EXISTING
Patrick is the perfect counterpart to Brian, they just complement each other so well in the stuff they make, I am so proud
They rly are, Pat does an episode with just Allegra one time and it’s rly good but he’s just not the same and very anxious, but he’s so relaxed when Brian is around
All I can think of is that post I saw on Tumblr that simply said "The Polygon twink has grown too powerful"
I cackled
There are two camps in this. Your life pre BDG and post BDG. everyone post BDG knows exactly who the polygon think is and what happens if he becomes to powerful. Anyone pre BDG is sitting there like wtf who is the polygon twink
Elizabeth Powell I remember the day I first encountered BDG so vividly I am certain no matter what, I will maintain the exact moment in my mind until I pass into the immortal realm.
The Polygon twunk
LMAOOOOOO "polygon twink" LOLOL DEAD
Goddamn, I clicked on this thinking I'd get a longer PokéRap. I wasn't prepared for a half-hour emotional rollercoaster full of love and loss, success and failure, happiness and sadness, anger and fear, and hating that little psychopath-in-training who demanded a goddamn sacrifice of your first and only child for just one of an infinite number of fire-breathing dogs.
Thanks for watching!
@@polygon Hey Polygon?
@@polygon Please Polygon, I require an answer.
@@BusiedSasher jesus christ LMAO
@@polygon I swear to god if you don't respond, there will be fucking consequences.
Pat’s roll after the dream ballet is godlike and nobody’s talking about it
It is beautyfull, yea. But its not legendairy, godlike or ultrabeasty
The best thing is how completely stoic he is. Like, no joy, we are giving homage to the greatest of the greats and that is a responsibility to be taken SERIOUSLY
"Okay. I've done my part. Now. I need to exit with minimal disruption"
*tactical roll*
nailed it
We all agreed not to adress any other being of sex appeal other than our Gillby Boi
holy shit i never noticed that. that's fucking great
This is absolutely meant as a compliment, Brian David Gilbert has all the energy, stage presence and charisma to be an excellent cult leader.
He already did when he did that sonic video
I'd join it I don't care
I mean ain't he one already?
OMG he does lol
"could" yeah he would never do that of course what are you talking about
The more I watch this the more I realize the genius behind Brian writing three entire broadway songs, a lecture, a dance, and performing it all from memory without stumbling in front of a crowd.
I think he had a screen showing him the slides, but it’s still amazing
@@ThatGuy-zh7jl he later recited it on the go on a live, it was a drawfee live, he 100% memorized it all
I truly can't believe he so perfectly memorized that rap, the man never ceases to amaze
Well when you consider that he's had to memorize 2 hour musicals before, 33 minutes of staged chaos sounds pretty doable.
@@itsalladream5559 that's fair, but it's still very impressive
"porygon, porygon z. porygon 2 ribombee"
the world was forever changed after that banger of a line.
Skrrrelp!
@@JRTIntervencionAlakazam, Patrat.
Woobat, Swoobat, Golbat, Crobat, Zubat.
25:25
PILLOWSWINE, CARNIVINE, ILLUMISE, AND REMORAID!
“New verbal stim unlocked”
Hiring BDG was the best thing Polygon ever did
i concur
This is a fact
I didnt know polygon did anything before hiring bdg
@@ifoundthespacebar6609 polygon ain't just BDG I had no idea
This is THE alpha male
Damn, "It's not that we should catch them all, but that we should love the ones we catch" hit me harder than I expected
I like felt a tear
I don't remember this line. What's the time stamp?
But catch them all tho
but what if you love them all
That’s the Nuzlocke way
Professor Oak: "Did you do it?"
Brian: "Yes"
Professor Oak: "What did it cost?"
Brian: "Terry"
Audience participation
Terry was Gamora and Kevin Punt was Red Skull, forcing Brian to trade a soul for a soul.
I hate that I knew the comment before hitting read more.
Well. It's not exactly clever
"Terrything"? c:
the difference in brain's theatre kid energy to patrick's kid stuck at the grocery store while his mom is talking to her friend energy is more raidating then the beauty of terry
Nothing is more buetiful than terry
@@crayondrawssometimes896 That is the best spelling of beautiful that I have ever seen
🧠's theatre kid energy lmao
*Local man processes the childhood loss of a Pokémon in front of a live audience for thirty-three minutes*
Pfft that's epic
healing
**BECAUSE KEVIN PUNT DESERVES JAIL TIME INTENSIFIES**
Damn this made me laugh so hard for some reason.
What BDG says: "Let's organize the pokemon by type and quality"
What BDG actually means: "Let's organize them by how much they sound like euphemisms for marijuana"
I assume it's only the grass type?
666th like
@@derrilazkia1002 not all of them. I don’t know all the types of the ones he named there off the top of my head but I know there were a few psychic types (like Hypno) and at least one water type (dewgong).
And hitmonchan. He was there too.
@@rexythet.rexfromjpreadabou186 yeah but that one wasn’t used as a euphemism for weed.
Terry: “Did you do it?”
BDG: “Yes”
Terry: “What did it cost?”
BDG: “Everything”
Imagine going to vormir and seeing a cloaked figure that turns around its revealed to be KEVIN PUNT
John Appleseed actually it should be
Kevin: Did you do it
BDG: Yes
Kevin: What did it cost
BDG: Terry
terry is everything
@@arcticarduino he didn't spell it wrong tho
In this reply chain: People that didn't understand the soul gem portion of Infinity War.
I can't be the only person who would gladly watch the 4.5 hour long gesamkunstwerk this dude originally planned
I would do it.
Wagner's Der Ring des Nebelungen is much longer than that, and that guy was a Kevin Punt, but people still go to see it. BDG is twice the person in both artistry and humanity.
I would love a fantasia style BDG gesamkunstwerk
I would watch for eternity a sonic god episode for each pokemon if he was making them.
Watching this again, i just think we need to take some time to appreciate BDG for managing to call out Big Pharma as part of the PokeRap
Ok we've taken enough time appreciate, BACK TO THE MEMES!
he really is the perfect man
OPIATE ADDICTION.........................GOLEM
I always thought that was an ironic joke, given how that verse ends.
I thought you were jokeing
Bruh when the audience said “adyghakrbsbnshawayu” I felt that
My favorite bit is at 22:03 when that one woman very passionately yells out Ducklett. It's as if she feels the same way about Ducklett that BDG feels about Tangela.
*DUCKLETTT*
I paused the video and read all of them
Qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm type that
@@daviddet yes
“Did you do it?”
“Yes”
“What did it cost?”
“Terry”
Moo
ITS COSTED ME TERRY-THING
Joe S Too soon. ...Too soon.. ;-;
SoLuna Escutcheon no you not
TERRRYYYYYYYYYYYYY
The reveal that BDG was a theatre kid and did Accapella is the least shocking plot twist we've witnessed
STOP COMMENTING!
...it's basically audience participation.
Big brain thinking over here
Matt big Brian*
@@Mirbeet no Brian is the name of a person he spelt brain right
@@poisonmushroomcookie1452 i know what im about, son
@@Mirbeet not you literally correcting someone who spelt the word right and used the right word
brian at the tailors: I need a suit you can do a full split in
I seriously need to know where he gets his damn suits
@@sacharubinstein5305 the soup store
@@scottdparrott the only VAILD response
@@scottdparrott but whys he buying clothes at the soup store
Daley Huard "FFFFFUCK YOU!"
I went to exactly one panel at PAX East 2019 and I am so happy that it was this one.
I wish I was there. 😢
me too !! and there was a lot to see at this year's pax but i had to go see this live
JelloApocalypse!?!?!?! You watch polygon and went to see them at PAX!?!?!?@-@
Jello and Polygon a dream team ,please make a video together
I went too! I had no idea you were at PAX Brendan :o
You know something that makes this even more perfect? It's unintentionally future-proofed! During the part where people shout a collective 400 names, you could insert every new Pokémon that wasn't out at the time!
You gotta get new moves for the interpretive dance tho
@@menelik6635 yeah Pecharunt for example is a devious fker and it's gonna need a new dance
I wish my hair looked that good after hiding under a table for 20 minutes.
I wish my hair looked that good ever
Conspiracy Theory: Brian David Gilbert is wearing a wig.
@@Sweeny_de the wig is wearing him
Duh
@@Sweeny_de Conspiracy Theory: Brian David Gilbert is Arceus's human form
Mine does
the level of meta involved in explaining the concept of a gesamtkunstwerk, attempting to create a gesamtkunstwerk, feigning the failure of a creating gesamtkunstwerk, while the entire time creating an actual gesamtkunstwerk is legitimately brilliant.
IOnceAteAPinecone if you google the word this performance is actually listed on the Wikipedia
I legit went to check it out and I found it in the English wiki but not in the Italian one sadly
@@Aster-ORIME Be the change you want to see in the world.
Ok I added it in hope that people will see this masterpiece
i was so happy when gesamtkunstwerk popped up bc i'm german uwu
"I'm not a rapper"
proceeds to spit absolute fire
I'm super hot fire leather jacket 100° cus I'm super hot fire BOIIII
Boom badaboop bap
syke
@@Theory_enjoyer OHHHHHHHHHHHH
I think my favourite part of rewatching this video is watching Pat aggressively gesturing at the crowd to GIVE Brian his standing ovation at 32:41
I wish the camera zoomed in on him sometimes he does some really funny stuff 😂
In the captions it lists 30:56 as *INTERPRETIVE DANCE* and 31:08 as *INTERPRETIVE DANCE WITH A FRIEND* and that put a lil smile on my face
isnt it everyones goal in life to do interpretive dance with a friend??
I am going to die from wholesome
Later after he yells "TERRYYYYYYY" at the very end it says "Desperate dancing" I think it's around 33:00
I went to put captions on and found the only ones available were auto generated Dutch which is probably poetic
thinking about how brian and patrick really had to choreograph and rehearse the dream ballet... i hope they did it on company time. just like, in a conference room. ...beautiful.
Catherine Mary boss makes a dollar, I make a dime, that's why me and my co-worker make interpretive Pokemon dances on company time
I mean half of it was stolen from Napoleon Dynamite
@@wiggledixbubsy98 i prefer the term borrowed
@@lorendaemon7945 Given that the company in question is Polygon, that probably counts as working.
Modern-day workers would be extremely lucky to earn 10¢ for every dollar the boss made.
@@skyclaw isn't it like a reference to the super common poem turned anticapitalist slogan?
Pat coming in for that fusion dream dance was as perfect as his exit.
DawnApon my god I’ve seen this like four times, I’ve never noticed the roll away
Drea West lol
It is incredible. And all with a stoic expression
I love how he disguises it as “I’m looking at something Important Behind The Scenes” and then suddenly he’s dancing
@@ClownOwO I thought it was disguised as him going for the jacket that Brian took off and threw away, it was all so perfect.
This entire live performance is Brian's magnum opus. One of the most talented, skilled, and charismatic individuals on this platform.
Genuinely might be the best thing he's ever done! And that includes a lot of great stuff. It's just so dang triumphant.
Brian is going places. You can tell he lives to perform. ESPECIALLY about information nobody really needed or wanted.
We're on the ground floor of the next big thing, for sure. The next Bo Burnham? The next Lin-Manuel? The next Conan?
He's literally always been like that. I went to middle and high school with him, and I don't think he's ever missed a chance to be on stage and make people laugh.
I both need and want this information
I've been following this incredible wholesome boy since his own youtube channel was at 1k subs, he's absolutely goin places. He's too good for polygon's youtube channel (and I don't mean that as an insult to this channel, BDG is just on another level).
Marty Fox I unironically see Brian becoming the next Conan. He has the personality, charm, humor, wit and writing. He’s gonna be big, you can just tell. I enjoy everything he puts out no matter what it is! He can make anything funny and enjoyable.
Hes like a standup comedian for nerds who dont want to do this much research
Now I kinda want to catch a Tangela.
Thanks for telling me I was confused
Explains why he's not funny
Reminds me of John Mulaney at times.
Exactly
idk if it makes sense but Pat joining in the dream ballet has the energy of an emo guy supporting his possibly insane theater kid brother in his craziness and i absolutely love it with my entire being
nothing has ever made more sense
@@sofiabeaufrand2251 this comment came up as that part happened, and it made so *much* sense
The way he fucking rolls away afterwards killed me 😂
Pat being totally devoid of expression makes it better
Cuuuuttteeeee
For anyone confused: the rough definition of “gesamkunstwerk” is “total art.” When all the art forms come together to create something superior to all art. For example, Wagner’s operas.
or this pokerap
@@GDNashit well of course, that goes without saying
It is to be said that Wagner's Gesamtkunstwerk is only concluded with an extra component: geography. There is one special location on this planet where Wagner's magnum opus, the Nibelungenring, can be experienced as a Gesamtkunstwerk: The Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus in Bayreuth
oh, thanks that cleared everything up. I have precisely zero questions now!
wagner's operas *according to him*
Polygon losing Brian is equivalent to trading away Terry.
so true.
This is the most true
?
What
@@Xander-mn1bi Brian quit
"Local man murders Kevin Punt live on stage before doing numbered jojo poses"
"There will be no audience participation"
*runs into audience for high fives 45 seconds later*
Audience participation every few minutes throughout the whole thing
It's not audience participation, it's participation of the audience's hands
IT WAS A TEST
Then proceeds to get 400 of the 812 Pokémon in the rap from the audience
TheGreen Banana it’s still part of the audience
"porygon, porygon-z, porygon-2 ribombee" has lived in my head rent fucking free for four years now and counting
Seeing how he acts when he’s got an audience makes me believe that the only difference between BDG and John Mulaney is circumstance.
Ed Slushie he’s a mix of Mulaney and game theory
@@depressedbreakfast2614 That is the perfect description.
@@depressedbreakfast2614 with just a bit of bo burham
I READ THAT WRONG
John Mulaney, except in a world where he was in the school D&D club
Audience: AHDHSKAHDHDKSKHSKAA
Random Lady: DUCKLETT
I was waiting for one of my favourites excadrill
Time stamp?
@@benren0825 22:01
Griffin McElroy walked so that Brian David Gilbert could Fly
"we are what they grow beyond"
i would die for a taz episode guest starring bdg
Griffin Nuzlocke Ran so that Brian could fly
"One night I dreamed a dream.
As I was walking along the beach with Griffin McElroy,
Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,
One belonging to me and one to Griffin McElroy.
After the last scene of my life flashed before me,
I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
I noticed that at many times along the path of my life,
especially at the very lowest and saddest times,
there was only one set of footprints.
This really troubled me, so I asked Griffin McElroy about it.
'Griffin McElroy, you said once I decided to follow you,
You'd walk with me all the way.
But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life,
there was only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me.'
He whispered, 'My precious child, I love you and will never leave you
Never, ever, during your trials and testings.
When you saw only one set of footprints,
It was then that I carried you.'" -Brian David Gilbert
what do you mean Griffin walked?
This man has a +5 in Charisma and expertise in performance. Every last one of these Unraveled episodes is amazing.
Excuse me, you meant +10? Because its an obvious cha 30.
Was not expecting to hear my name 50 times when I clicked on this, thanks BDG
Are you in jail?
With KEVIN PUNT
King Holden™ why world our beautiful terry the tangela be in jail?
Kevin P U N T HIM INTO THE STRATOSPHERE
Man sorry Kevin took you away
To anyone reading this that is not sure if they should watch the full 30 min:
DO IT.
The buildup is so great and you will miss a ton of humor and jokes before the rap begins. The rap also makes more sense if you watch the 20 min before it.
Terry... 😭
And they will not know who kevin punt is and why a grown man whats him in jail
24:25 for anyone who wants to skip that
I did, and I agree with Lucifronz up there.
One day, months before this panel, the polygon boss walked into the normal recording studio to see Brian and Pat doing some bomb ass dancing, and I can’t unthink that.
My head canon is that they went to the big boss and showed this with pride.
Is big boss Justin, I've never had to think about this? Wasn't he co-creator?
the best part is for all we know Kevin Punt could’ve been in this audience, and he also could’ve been not real at all. Kevin Punt is forever a mystery in Unraveled lore
Brian goes through the entirety of the Hero's Journey throughout this performance.
1. The Ordinary World - Brian has heard the original Pokerap
2. Call to Adventure - Brian gets idea to create the perfect Pokerap/song
3. Refusal of the Call - There's 812 pokemon, it's impossible to say or the enforcers will thrash Brian
4. Meeting the Mentor - Richard Wagner and his understanding of the gesamtkunstwerk
5. Crossing the Threshold - Brian begins the writing of the perfect Pokerap/song
6. Tests/Trials - Brian struggles to fit all pokemon in anything less than 4 hours
7. Approach the Innermost Cave - Brian can't figure out how to make this song manageable, even after cutting all of the acts
8. Ordeal - Brian gets PTSD from Kevin Punt taking Terry away
9. Seizing the Sword - Brian accepts audience participation
10. The Road Back - Brian struggles with the performance (as indicated by the few times he had to take a breath)
11. Resurrection - Brian's performance has immortalized Terry the Tangela and destroyed Kevin Punt for good
12. Return - It's over, Brian has become more accepting of audience participation, and has come to terms with Terry's unfortunate kidnapping.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk
Kevin Punt is cancelled
Okay, but where's The Villain's Tridecagon?
I'd say this qualifies as more of a Terry Talk
Basic Storytelling
Never thought I'd see an Unraveled of an Unraveled but hey, here we are.
Applauds to Pat for the slide control through this whirlwind of a presentation.
they were built for each other, to the point that a lot of people are actually confused when they realize that they aren't related at all.
actually i thought that was a video...
@@Yal_Rathol wait what I actually thought they were brothers
kevin willems Brian has a girlfriend
I’m still stumped that Brian has a brother called Pat and works with a guy called Patrick, who looks more like him than his actual brother.
Hiring Brian David Gilbert is the best move Polygon has ever made.
I was totally just thinking that!
Giving him a show was their second
I mean, after his video audition.... Anyone would hire him...
Cosmo Reverb agreed
They are Bidoofs next to that Arceus we all love.
the fact that kevin punt did not stand up from the audience at the end of the song in a moment of emotional turmoil and return terry after a long speech talking about how he regretted trading away his arcanine is a travesty and would have been the perfect ending to this perfect pokerap.
He probably couldn’t on account of him being in prison
God: It's time to go.
Terry: Was I a good Tangela?
God: No... I'm told you were the best.
~R.I.P.~
Terry the Tangela (1999-2019)
Your memory lives on, in us all.
Must you make me cry?
He was the very best, like no one every was
why did this comment make me cry real tears
actually crying rn, thanks for that, Kevin
Arceus*: It's time to go.
the unsung hero of this presentation is Mr Patrick and his powerpoint prowess
Every slide passed with perfection and, you've got to admire the work ethics of that man. His eyes couldn't stray nary once or he might miss his cue.
Not to mention the sick combat roll he did back to his position after the interpretive dance portion
NEXT SLIDE!
Bless Patrick
“Tangela, just a tumbleweed and some jordans” should be the new Pokédex entry for Tangela
Yes
brian: i'm already sweaty because i had the bright idea to hide under a table for 20 minutes.
someone in the audience: WORTH IT, THOUGH!
Brian I think you've made an e3 presentation
- Musical number
- Business gamer fashion
- Blazer
- Gamer shirt
- Human performers
- Lots of numbers
- Groundbreaking, Never been done before, Seems impossible, but we're did it.
- What? Hell yeah! What?
- Recounts (many) childhood memories
- Gets a little choked up.
- Technical Gaffes
- Human Gaffes
- Planned Gaffes
- Big finish
He’s only missing the gamer shirt
underated comment
Kiana Kamp the shirt is so good it makes up for it
Elizabeth Powell lol yeah
the "patrick this wasnt in rehearsals" is the EPITOME of a planned gaff...
“Putting Arceus next to Bidoof is like putting Jesus next to Garfield”
Never in my life have I been so offended by something I 100% agree with
Which Garfield normal or SCP version
@@PinkGoldBeans6197 Yup.
What about perfect beedoof?
But how do you feel about free bananas?
Big Garfield fan?
I mean, we are all impressed with Pat's dancing, but that combat roll back to the desk was flawless.
U mean summersault
I'm still just so amazed that he was able to do that whole routine without smiling _even a little._ If you look closely, You can see him almost start to smile when he glances back at BDG, but that's it. Now THAT'S acting (I mean not really but you know what I mean). The stone cold nerd energy pairs nicely with Brian's in your face theatre kid energy, it's perfect!
Whole facts
That whole bit was choreographed and performed so perfectly
I didn't even notice it until seeing this comment
I've only recently encountered BDG, but I'm completely enamored, and at the moment both he and Danny Sexbang are at the top of my list for "most impossibly convincing swagger in a single human being."
He has such NSP energy in the dream ballet
I guess there's only one king now
this man really be doing the most
Cyranek why are you on every video I watch
i keep thinking cyranek is the guy who does those trippy music videos with sheep
nah thats cyriak @@Lifesizemortal
nah thats china
hello verified
BDG has killer pitch control. Even after a solid 32 minutes of all-out, almost solo performance (which is ridiculous, might I add) I can still hear him working so damn hard to maintain and I'm impressed at how well he does! Not only funny, but pretty damn good musically.
It's all that musical theatre experience
have you heard this man's music he's got a golden voice
Theatre kids, man.
They're just better than you at everything.
tieflinc no he doesn’t have any musical theatre experience. he had to do WEEKS of extra research.
Not really. Not sure what your reference point is, but his pitch is all over the place
This is unironically one of the best short films I've ever watched
AnvilPro100 along with killer bean
@@Seab3551 killer bean is is a full movie not a short film
This isnt even a short film, this is like a low quality ted talk
@@glennmatthews758 You mean the highest quality ted talks could possibly be.
05:58 Part 1: The Shortcomings of the Original PokéRap
06:44 Shortcoming 1: A Mid-2000's Suburban Mother's Conception of Rap
08:02 Shortcoming 2: Grocery List
09:11 Shortcoming 3: Not a Gesamtkunstwerk
09:39 Part 2: The Development of a Better PokéRap
10:53 Making it Listenable
13:12 Ordering the Pokémon
14:14 Make it a Gesamtkunstwerk
24:12 Part 3: Performance
Bless you
A travesty, one must watch the entire thing!
I love you
"A slant rhyme so terrible even Emily Dickinson would vomit"
This is the smallest niche of English majors who enjoy Pokemon, Emily Dickinson, and BDG, and I am so glad to be apart of it
I'm not an English major but I am an Emily Dickinson fan and I lost my shit laughing at that line.
chloë holt I have an English degree and I have somehow never once read Emily Dickinson. I’m aware enough of her reputation for slant rhymes that I still got the joke, though ^_^
I am so glad to be a part of this group lol
I feel like that's his target demo...
the amount of foreshadowing, dramatic tension, comidic timing, actual musical talent, clever writing, natural and compelling acting, and everything else that goes into this performance makes this so much better than almost every work of art of any kind that I've ever seen. i true gesamtkunstwerk.
True gesamtkunatwerk! Did you smash your head on ur keyboard or... IS it like a german word xd
Mleqa . It is a real German word, used multiple times throughout the video as foreshadowing for the pokerap. Honestly, without all the context, the pokerap would’ve been a lot worse. Everything he says is foreshadowing the pokerap and necessary to understand half the things he references in the pokerap.
@@jacobbarker4180 Oh sorry, I should've done research. Thank you for correcting me! Appreciated. :D
Well, he did get a Creative Writing degree from Johns Hopkins, after all.
@Random Citizen Gesamt means "whole, complete", and Kunstwerk is "work of art" :)
i just watched 30 minutes of a power point presentation about the old pokemon rap.
I regret nothing.
Same
I'm watching it for the third time!
You saved me 20 minutes. Thanks
The reason Brian has different hair in every video is to prove that he wasn’t killed after this event
Plot twist:
The real "Kevin Punt" sees this video, realizes it's about him, goes back to his parents house to search through his old stuff, finds the one Pokémon Red-cartrigde with Terry on it, contacts Polygon and offers to trade it back to BDG, resulting in the most heartwarming reunion in UA-cam-history.
Or, Kevin being Kevin, he released Terry the second he got him.
More likely the save's long gone when the battery died, since the early cartridges used battery power to store their save games before flash memory was created.
NickTheGreatAndPowerful RIP terry
But Kevin, being reformed, replaced the batteries on his game and found a new Terry. It won't be the same, but hopeful his apology will be accepted.
@@NickTheGreatAndPowerful It is pokemon red, so doesn't use battery power. It is gen 2 games which run out because of the clock. Terry could still be alive.
@@timeluster Gen 1 also used batterys for saves(all cartrigde based games with saves used batterys, that was the only way to make CHEAP saveable games as non volatile rewritable memory was expensive back then so they just Volatile memory(aka if power gone it ded) )just WAY less power then Gen 2 with its internal clock
he went from soundcloud rapper to tryhard teacher to theater kid in a few minutes
I want to like this SO BAD but it's at 69 likes so just know I carry your like in my heart
Emily Merckx you can like it now it’s at 71 likes.
@Arin Goldstein You can like it now, it's an 489 likes.
I asked myself, “How do I propose to a man I’ve never met?” However, the solution hit me: track down Kevin Punt and retrieve Terry the Tangela.
Really, I was just going to introduce myself as Duke Mirage and go from there
Pretty sure that Pokémon Red cartridge's battery has died by now, and left Terry the Tangela all alone in a virtual chasm. Rest in peace, Terry.
MajorSkalle I’ve got blue still going strong, so we have a chance
@@VampChic10210 Well, I guess there's a chance. But he probably drained the last drops of that battery while in jail.
@@MajorSkalle as long as the battery has just a tiiiny bit of juice left you can replace it with a new one if you're careful enough. THERE'S STILL A CHANCE FOR TERRY, WE CAN SAVE HIM!!
I still can't get over Pat and BDG looking here like they're the same oc created on two character creators
i had this exact thought but wasn't sure how to put it into words
“that’s like putting Jesus next to Garfield”
*sexy whistle from the audience*
Jessie Jameson I like to think griffin is watching over bdg constantly as his successor
Griffin is best boy
14:05 timestamp 🤣
When polygon realized they struck gold with this hire
And now he's gone
@@therealmckoy6772 wait what? really? what happened?
what?
Yeah he left Polygon to pursue his own projects
BDG? Your hair? Excellent. Impeccable. Wonderful. Splendid. On point. Wavy, incredible hair.
What an icon
when he dabbed and it all floofed up? indescribable.
A tribute to Terry
this comment is like if donald trump was Good
this sounds like it was written about rapidash by the president of the vermillion pokemon fan club
10:23 I'm reasonably certain BDG's fanbase would gladly sit through a 16-minute-long Pokerap.
Every time I watch (this 33 minute presentation about once a week, the song only at least once every 2 days) I lament the fact that 2/3 of this is spent explaining the process (very entertainingly) just to stuff half the pokemon in the audience participation part
Let's be real, we'd sit through the 4 and a half hour version HAPPILY
the not being able to see the enforcers makes this 100% funnier
Ryland Holt Matt the Enforcer in the special thanks
Brian: I want to put an educational section in, you know, teach a message
Polygon: Oh cool, that sounds like a good idea! What did you have in mind- don't drink and drive, eat healthy, something else?
Brian: Big Pharma is the root of our country's opiate problem.
I mean he’s not wrong
golem
@@ilexdiapason That rhyme kills me every time.
If you think that Polygon didn't suggest that message themselves then you're dead wrong.
As an addict in long term recovery- Brian threw me for a loop with that one, and I love him even more for it 😊
Kevin Punt is the same kid as the "it's the one thing you can't replace" guy John Mulaney talks about.
No crossover is more powerful
Baltimore and Chicago aren't that far apart...
The way he says his name reminds me of the reaction any pokèfan has when I mention Whitney's miltank
"Avengers Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover"
This comment:
Wholly shit your right...
The first time I heard this perfect pokerap I listened to it without any context. So the terry part at the end seemed so random and also really funny. But now, I got emotional every time listening to this
This is what peak Male performance looks like.
For real tho
it truly is
I disagree, Male peak performance is an individual who is physically powerful as well as intellectually powerful, good with words, confidence, strength, empathy, etc.
This is just a dude good with matching words, kids memorize pages of presentations in grade school, the ability to memorize names, words, structured sentences is in us all and a lot of us still do it.
He is good though, lot of men out there are great at what they do but if we talk the "peak" of any sex, we have to look at the one extreme. A bodybuilding theoretical Physicist with a loving home life would be a Peak male. But that is a LOT of work, would create stress and would turn that peak male into something bad quick, we're humans. We're limited.
For example, a Woman saying "I can do everything a man can", I reply by saying "Impressive, because I can't".
We are animals, we all can specialize in certain fields but our brains and body, plus the little time we're here, limits our ability to reach the "Peak".
So whats more realistic? A health toned male, respectful, reliable, has integrity and dignity, confidence, works hard at their Career/specialized field, has his flaws, but loves his family and friends and always tries to be there for them.
But now this is my definition. So.. what is the peak?
@@sacr3 I disagree, this is without a doubt peak male performance
@@sacr3 chill dawg it's a meme lol
Whoever screamed DUCKLETT had PASSION
i know, they were so hyped they got to even the mention the name Ducklett in public
You see your fave, you shout it out
ducklett was replaced with quaxly :(
i really thought they said duck hunt
22:03
"DUCKLETT"
There was so much behind it you KNOW it was their favorite
My life can be divided into "before BDG threw down that SKRRRELP" and after
So that would be BS (Before SKRRRELP) and AS (after SKRRRELP), your life was literal BS before this, and now it's AS good AS heaven itself.
The Skrelp really threw this to the next level.
Wig was sent into a low earth orbit. RIP
25:02
Can you even call the before living? I think it was just existing for that moment and now you're truly living.
So BDG didn't just *leave* Polygon: he was killed by Matt for not producing a verbal pronouncement of the name Dialga during the rap, and hat to make a Pact to be resurrected which explains the style of his own channel after he left.
Adding this to the BDG Bible
everyone just ignored the best possible opening line
“good evening class”
RiceCakes lol he’s impressing his teacher
I was there live. This was not a panel. This was an EXPERIENCE. EASILY a highlight.
You saw God perform. I envy you
Don't let big pharma distract you from the fact that BDG did the splits midair at 32:52
Wow he really did that
skills include: EIGHT-FOOT VERTICAL LEAP
And he did it in dress pants
This is a history tedtalk, songwriting lesson, and a broadway performance all in one.
So it’s like it incorporates every art form via theatrical performance? Perhaps like a certain German opera writer?? As described by a very long German word????? 🤔
ive never related to a single human being more than when bdg said he sorted every pokemon in a spreadsheet by poetric metrical feet
That sentence alone sent shock waves through his body
Is it weird that I want access to that spreadsheet?
That fucking audience gasp when he showed the spreadsheet.
Fuck, I was with them.
This video contains:
>rap
>tribute
>a message about friendship
>kevin punt diss
>ballet
>educational song
>diss on big pharma
>character arc of the main protagonist
>education about words and stuff
It's 30 minutes long. JESUS
There is only one name for something like this - gesamtkunstwerk
And 0 audience participation
You forgot the jojo reference
Yes, it also contains Jesus
This was a TED-Talks.
he’s like if john mulaney was an anime character
how dare you say something do brave and controversial?
Both are twinks in suits
novacrux and both it’s actually a little surprising to find out they aren’t gay
@@gameb9oy pretty sure brian david gilbert is bi or gay tho
thank you