Disenchantment's (mostly) AMAZING Final Season
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Well, that’s all folks. Disenchantment has completed after 5 seasons and a grand total of 50 episodes. While I was initially on the fence about this show, over time I REALLY grew to love and appreciate its characters, lore, worldbuilding and storytelling. And now, I can honestly say, I am incredibly sad that it’s over. I’ve watched through the show so many times that it’s become a true comfort show. Though it has its flaws, it’s genuinely become one of my favorite animated series in recent memory. And fortunately, in my opinion, it delivered an incredibly satisfying and heartfelt conclusion with these final 10 episodes. I’ve got A LOT to gush about, so let’s do this one last time and talk about Disenchantment Part 5.
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I love how Oona went from evil stepmother to the mother Bean never realised she had all along, and Dagmar goes from the mom Bean always wanted, to the stereotype of an evil stepmother
Oonas character development in the show was peak that she became one of mine fav characters in disenchantment next to luci
I loooooved Oona's character development. And the interactions between Bean and Oona this season. Literally loved the "Is Girlfriend?" "Or is?" interaction between them. So sweet!
"Especially when you were dead. That was a... a great time."
Evil Stepmother trope is very problematic.
@@SavataricLucy is my fave too, i Even got a tattoo from him, with his Catch frase 😊
The scene with Luci admitting how important Bean is to him made me cry. Such a good finale.
It made me cry too 😭😭
@@sammoon1028 That and that scene with Elfo and Bean. I'm such a sucker for sweet moments between friends like that.
I hear a lot of people complain about Luci not getting a happy ending, but it's the fact that he gave up a chance for his for Bean is what made his wish have so much weight.
He's such a good cat and best friend😭
"This isn't a fairytale" and Luci's admission both had me welling up
After rewatching the series and finale twice I realized Lucy,Bean, Elfo, and Mira while they didn't get one last moment together and say goodbye , they will get to say Hello again in Heaven thanks to Satan writing their names out of his book. And knowing that this will happen puts a smile on my face and I can finally say goodbye to this series
Well... he didnt cross out elfo... he is going straight to hell
Wait, is that what that meant? I thought he was crossing names out because those characters came back to life, and that him coming back and crossing out Luci's name meant he was going to be resurrected, but then I was surprised they didn't show it.
Its because God got insulted and Elfo was forever banished from Heaven
I'm honestly shocked that Oona became one of my favorite characters, but I adored her nearly beginning to end. She's just a great character, and a great mom to Bean. As someone who's stepmom stepped up to REAL mom when there was a big family shake up, there's so little representation of this kind of relationship. LOVE Oona, and I'm so glad she got the kind of attention and ending she deserved.
I loved the full circle "Or is?" and "Oh no" jokes
I loved that too! And loved that they didn't retcon Bean's biological mom being evil into some kind of heartwarming mother/daughter reconciliaton at the end where it turns out Dagmar was just 'misunderstood and trying her best all along' or something like that. I've seen so many representations of abusive motherhood in fiction but they always turn out to be stepmoms or 'not the real mom' like in the Disney Film Tangled. I can't express how happy it makes me that Disenchantment was willing to openly depict that yes your 'real' mom can be evil too.
Oona is Deus Ex Machina 😂 I also thought she was one of the funniest.
@@peterzeger7263UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH
it's oona during her drug trips. I loved those random moments so much🤣🤣🤣🤣 like damn if Zog don't want her I'll take her.🤣🤣🤣
@@princesseuphemia1007Sorta like how Odalia Blight of the Owl House wasn’t really getting any redemption and was just an evil monster to the end.
That “loss of the future” monologue Elfo gave hit me so hard. I lost my dad three years ago and a lot of my current grief is buried in what he is missing
Sorry to hear about that internet stranger. I think that scene hit us all hard in its own way
Same here. I never expected Elfo to make me cry. I lost my dad almost ten years ago, and knowing all he is missing out on is what hits me hardest most days. I’m sorry for your loss.
I loved that too. It was unexpectedly raw from Elfo. I think normally he puts up much more of a shield/mask, as much as he pretends he doesn't.
@@bootastic8081 yeah it was unexpected. Though I'm not sure it would've worked as well as it did, if it didn't stand out as a rare moment of real honest vulnerability from Elfo. He normally turns everything into a joke even when he's pretending to be "real". So this part came all the harder, really demonstrated how much it was affecting him.
The same with how I lost my grandad last year
For a writer who hasn't ended a series for good, Matt did a good job finishing this one up
I'm glad Matt ended this Disenchantment on a high note and not letting it go on for 30 years.
They wrote like 3 final goodbye futurama episodes
@@tinkerman__ and all of them were great
Too bad it undid its most amazing finale for a mid season so far.
Given how many shows have downer endings, I’m not gonna complain for a second about a show that decided to have a truly happy one. It’s refreshing af.
I agree!!!
Completely agree. I never realized how much I'd craved a true, all around wholesome happy ending in fiction until I saw it in this show. The good ole all loose ends tied up, all the good feels and all the sappy lovey dovey googly eyes kinda ending has become so painfully rare these days.
@@Catras_unfairly_gorgeous_smirk Shows wanna make the audience suffer and suffer...
"Downer" yea those are called accurate endings, nothing is happy
@@ejosjek52.87 Fiction doesn't require accuracy. To stray from it is the genre's whole point.
It may be weird but I like that the 3 friends never actually said goodbye, yet they all got their own life going on and live to pour into other people. It feels like a good metaphor for overcoming grief
The thing that ruined the finale for me is Bean not saying goodbye to Elfo, or thinking about Lucy's whereabouts, they spent the entirety of the series together, yet at the end they split up like nothing. Kinda sad how they were separated and it wasn't acknowledged by anyone except for Elfo, the one that needed the friendship more than everyone. For everything else, it was fine, idk what they wanted to do with Alva (the inventor guy). Also I wish we got more Satan scenes.
I agree with your Satan take, I loved his voice!!!
I think Bean saying goodbye to Elfo would have taken away from the whole running away from her own wedding again, which is what they were going for.
@@swanchamp5136you can run away from ur wedding but still say goodbye to ur best friend
My biggest issue with the final season is that Mora felt like an underdeveloped character, and when she died I was only able to feel sad for Bean's loss, not for the character herself being lost. As it is, she feels like she never felt significant beyond being a love interest, and her pieces of characterization didn't amount to anything particularly deep.
Yep, I feel like this happens a lot with live interests.
"What's a hatch?" That pretty much sums up her characterization. The only time she had any real development was when she got into an argument with Beanie about being "half a woman".
It was kind of empty
They didn't have enough episodes I think
My late friend and I used to watch this show together, she was so SO much like Bean as a person, pretty broken but so lovable and full of life/experience. I miss her every day, and all I thought about during the final episode was how much she would have loved it. can't wait to fix a "god-head-lightbulb" with her someday.
Sorry for your loss- just like beans resolution, the person might be gone, but the love never is
Aww😢
That’s sad
The people we love, stay in us for the rest of our lives. I lost my dad 35 years ago my best friend 15 years ago. My mom 7 years ago. So much of who I am and how I see the world are because of the things they left with me.
I have a suspicion it might be the same for you. Hold on to what you have left of them.
@@LambentLark I never thought of it that way
Alva's ending felt a lot more fitting in the context of "You don't get what you want you get what you deserve"
Weirdly i think zoggs my favourite character, cause he does so much growing throughout the series and by the end he gets to finally livew his best life with the two that need him most and want him most, oona is another absolute amazing character and her budding friendship with her step daughter was awesome to see, shes basically another one of beans beast friends by the end and i found her accepting and voicing she loves her brother derrick to be adorable.
Yeah, there was hints Zogg totally preferred the wild over being king. It is perfect ending for him and I was so glad for him.
I think the main thing I loved about this last season is the growth u see in the characters and it especially shown in the main cast but my favs of this is zog,oona and mop girl (miri)
HONK!
Yeah I’m glad he got his ending him leaving to the forest was funny too
Dude finally got to mend the fence with his ex and his daughter, quit the job he hated, and find love again after finding out his late wife was not who she passed herself off as.
What is interesting is if you go back to the last episode, the rocket launch, for a split second, the Trog's emblem was actually the mop girl the whole time. It kinda was never about the three of them, despite it actually was.
Oh yeah that was very cool!
This!! I wonder if Johnny saw it? 🤔
Just commented this! I hope he sees it
Another fun detail (that probably isnt as “hidden” as the one you noticed lol) is in PART ONE, there’s a scene where bean is going through the caves and you see a Trog pass by. This show was so planned out
On P4 E6 at 5:55 you can see a painting on the ceiling of a girl that looks like Miri but I think isn’t her mom
The missing 10 episodes are sorely missed! But honestly I think the whole creative team did the show full justice! Plus, having the window guy keep popping up felt like the writers comforting viewers by saying that the show is ok
I loved him too! He's funny!
I love OOna's story. A stepmom that was first set up to be not a good mom and Bean hating her. Slowly she built up to be totally awesome and shown that she loves Bean. She was totally on board getting revenge for Bean's love dying. She ran right into danger to save Bean. Also her calling Bean 'crazy girl' is too cute. Once she started to get development she became my favorite.
To think she was actually the one who helped Bean defeat Dagmar is crazy I don’t think anyone expected that
The one thing I was disappointed by in this season was that a lot of the mysteries that were set up got kind of unsatisfying conclusions, but the stuff that really matters was so good I don't mind too much
Same, and the one mystery and subplot that never got closure is the well I think you already know what I’m talking about, the Zøg conspiracy or Curse of the Øg’s u would say, and this really pisses me off because I was so fascinated with this and what it was about then they just forgot about it around season 3
@@Pwilliams4000 that really went nowhere
Man😔 I really wish when Elfo had told Bean about Luci’s death. Bean would start crying for it. But when Elfo tells Bean that Luci isn’t coming back this time. This would cause Bean’s power to go crazy giving Bean the cougar to go fight against her mom. The way she took Luci’s death was so disappointing.
They literally ignored the fact that Luci was from Becky and Clyde
@@chelsearunyan it’s like she didn’t even care
The only thing I’ll say is, I just wish they did more with luci and satan and gave luci a proper funeral just made me sad when that didn’t happen
A lot of things did feel semi rushed but it was good, they did what they could with the limited final season they had
I think the same
He literally saved God and probably had the most touching scene at the end 😢
Yea in the last episode when bean thanked everyone and talked ab luci she didnt sound really sad.
The finale without a proper goodbye between Bean, Luci, and Elfo feels very inexcusable. Especially for that finale which gave just about everything else a proper ending. I mean it feels true to life to say that not everyone gets to say goodbye, but I don't see why Bean had to leave without saying goodbye to Elfo if nothing else, that just felt needlessly cruel on her part.
I like to think she won't ever see him again but she is just going on her honeymoon and will still hang out sometimes
She'll definitely come back to visit. That's what I tell myself
No I was genuinely sad when she never said goodbye to Elfo it just made her look like a shitty friend also keep in mind Mona is also Elfo’s friend, bro was the whole reason they met 😭
@@Pwilliams4000 I completely forgot about that. Yeah, nonetheless it was devastating to not see a goodbye
@@OReily08080i blame Netflix for everything
I'm surprised Johnny didn't mention it, but when Alva's rocket to the moon took off, the propulsion from the jet showed Miri the Mop Girl's face carved in the cave floor beneath the settled dust, which I thought was just perfect. This show really was amazing.
The only thing I didn’t like about the finale was the main three characters, Bean Elfo and Luci, didn’t get or give a proper goodbye to each other. They hardly spent any time with each other this season and it just felt like their friendships didn’t matter in the end. Bean didn’t know Luci brought Mora back to life, Bean left Elfo AGAIN without saying a word, and Elfo was just cool with everyone leaving because he finally found real love.
It was very out of character for all of them and it really makes Bean look like a shitty friend, also I don’t like how they spent no time together at all this season, I love she spends most of her time with her dad this season and we finally get to see them bond more but it dragged on to long for too many episodes by the time they got to dreamland it was already the final battle
I think the ending should been with Bean waiting for Elfo. As the two hug Luci appears to the two of them. The 3 hug as they as they say their goodbyes.
@@chelsearunyan or at least have them fight Dagmar together like the prophecy said
or they can head to another adventure as a team and end it there :0
@@chelsearunyan
Okay, but I was actually so happy with this ending. I felt like it answered the big questions I had, and left me feeling so happy. I'm sad I won't have new episodes anymore, but I'm super content with how they wrapped everything up. And also glad that the series hasn't been dragged on past it's prime.
I think you phrased it so nicely Johnny, I too am satisfied with this ending!
I’m not satisfied because I wanna hear about the curse of the Øg’s
@@Pwilliams4000 honestly fair
It is not over yet. I expect a disenchantment x Futurama crossover soon.
I liked the post credit shot. There is a line in the finale that goes like "Wouldnt it be weird if all was a dream." And in the final shot Dreamland disappears like it was all a dream and now its over because the series is over. There is an interesting meta element in the series, that it constantly challenges you to think what kind of show it is. Even God is handmade, a lightbulb that can be replaced. The Horror ride through dreamland you described, thats basically "Dreamland", a ride in an amusement park. So I thought it was lovely that they addressed it in the final shot. Its a dream and its over, the characters now in a place somewhere else.
Forever in cartoons and comics, a lightbulb appearing above someone's head represented an idea being formed.
Maybe Groening was saying that God is simply an idea or rather a thought conjured by man.
Did anyone else catch the connection between Bean's realization that when you understand it, stience is magic and the most recent Futurama episode, where Hermes says that any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from science?
There are several connections between the new season of each show.
Each show has a time travel episode in the new season.
Magic and science are closely related.
Lauren Tom voices a character who gets significant development, which is tied to the green weakling.
John DiMaggio's most prominent character shows how much he cares for the ones he loves.
Mermaid.
@@Chiggerand Billy west voices an old man!
Hermes is quoting Arthur C Clarke there :) but yeah I took Bean's little revelation as being much the same thing, but said from her perspective where magic is the normal thing and science is the weird one.
Edit: whoops, I've read that quote so many times my brain auto-corrected it to its normal form - didn't see that you'd flipped magic and science in the Hermes quote too. That's interesting! Definitely the exact same vibe.
Did you notice that the restraint suit Alva uses to harness Beans electricity looks amazingly like the Maria robot character in the silent film "Metropolis" (1927) ? This can't be a coincidence. I think it's a very cool homage to the classic movie.
Came here to say exactly this! Glad im not the only one who noticed.
Im happy with it it did feel a little rushed. I wish they would’ve gave us more time with Mora and figuring out her powers and getting to know Miri before she became queen
I wish we got to see what the Zøg conspiracy/the curse of the Øg’s was all about
@@Pwilliams4000 Yeah! This was never mentioned again, was the only thing I got truly disappointed about 5S. Aside from the "rushed" feeling.
The previous seasons took their time to tell things. Sometimes, too much time in my opinion, taking forever to reach the point without need.
So it was weird how everything happened so fast in this last season.
@@luvithdrevis u can tell this season was rushed because the main characters barely got to spend time together this season they didn’t even get a proper goodbye with Luci I get but there’s no reason that Bean and Elfo never got to say goodbye, also I feel like some of subplots really needed to be addressed like Bean and Oona are perfectly fine with the fact their Uncle and Husband was murdered by the secret society
@@Pwilliams4000 Their uncle and husband?
@@jordanwright2072 Yøg was Bean’s uncle and apparently Oona’s husband before Zøg
When Futurama ended its run back on Comedy Central, I thought "How could they leave the series like that?" So, when I started Disenchantment, I wasn't sure whether it was going to be a Simpsons (a show that goes on forever) or a Futurama (a show that truely ends before it's ready). Now that Disenchantment is over, I can say with 100% confidence, this is how you end a show.
I wonder if this comment will ever age well.
Separate character development videos for disenchantment characters would be awesome!
Agreed the final season closed so many arcs and it was well done. We need a retrospective from season 1 to 5
I agree!
Wouldn't be mad at an "Every Disenchantment Ranked" video either!
Mora’s Mermaid Orgy song was such a banger. The Elfo speech and Luci wishing for Mora back for Bean made me cry. What an amazing series. Thank you Disenhantment. And Good Bye Bean and Dreamland.
Getting a Netflix short where the main characters run into each other for whatever reason would be great.
Maybe Elfo and Miri go on a holiday and find themselves on the island where Bean and Mora eloped and set up shop. Merkimer is left in charge. Shenanigans ensue, Derek and Bear Boy try to get fancy royal positions in the absence of the Queen and King Consort, and Zøg, Ursula, and Oona try to rein their kids in; there's room for extra storytelling there as well in how the kids grew up - the last few episodes show Derek with a proper goatee so we can infer that time does pass normally.
I'd love for there to be a brief character conflict where Elfo holds Bean accountable for having left without closure, and where she explains herself: I think she'd probably indicate that in some way she was fearful of saying goodbye because it felt final, and leaving without goodbyes would be her internal mechanism for telling herself 'if I don't say goodbye, it isn't over'. They reconcile, Bean visits Dreamland and sees what great work Miri and Elfo have done with it, and sees Zøg, Oona and the kids. Seeing in some way (maybe in a throwaway shot) how the Trøgs and Sea Trøgs fit into the new society / on the Moon with Alva would be great as well - I feel like we didn't get a good ending to their stories.
Luci uses his heavenly abilities or angel wings to somehow convey some sort of sign that he's watching over them...maybe through shadows dancing, or they hear him scatting or something. I'd LOVE for Luci to be able to manifest himself as the typical angel and devil trope on Bean's shoulders, but both of them (despite being dressed stereotypically) are encouraging her to do bad (not evil but unorthodox) things.
I love the show and I'm a big fan of Groening's work, loved the cast, but I wasn't so thrilled with the final half of Chapter 5 (I vaguely remember reading that they had to squish 2 seasons into 1, so I understand how it may feel rushed). So this was my little idea for what a Netflix Special might look like.
Do it! Do it do it do it.
Imagine if Elfo and Miri get greeted by an ivory-haired mermaid girl, who leads them to her moms’ cottage. That’d be so hype.
My only real complaint with the finale is how Dagmar was handled, it seemed like Bean defeated her a little too easily and the way she is taken out felt like it could have been in any other epidode/season finale imo. They really set her up as the most evil character so she kinda deserved a more powerful send off, i feel Bad Bean got a way more cathartic end then Dagmar and she was only in like 6 episodes of the whole show. Besides that it was pretty solid and the epilogue at the end wrapping things up in a nice almost bonus episode was really sweet and exactly how the series shouldve ended.
I think that was the point, Dagmar was only powerful when Bean let her have control over her. Satan called her a blunt instrument.
@@jacksonvoet8312 I agree. She could throw a few lightning bolts, but her biggest threat was her mind games, getting inside Bean's head and influencing her decisions. At the end of the day, she was just a person, and in a fair fight she lost. A fitting portrayal and ending for an abuser.
I'm happy with how the show ended on the whole. I hope we get a similar serialized show from the writing team whenever the strikes are over.
I wished final space had a proper ending
@@thesweetone I'm thankful Olan got the graphic novel at least. It's a shame Inside Job ended the way it did.
So much adult animation that is more than just crassness, grossness, "edginess," nudity/titilation, or some combination thereof has been killed off recently. Just when it was really starting to be respected as a legitimate medium.
Hopefully, we'll see a turnaround, but I fear we won't.
@@scaper8Fiona And Cake's only got like 3 episodes out so far but they rock, I'm glad Adventure Time is transitioning so smoothly to adult animation. The new season of Harley Quinn is pretty good too. This is the first year in a while that multiple of my favorite summer cartoons were cancelled without a proper conclusion, and it burns me specifically because I'm a low-level 2D animator who can't even find a local internship due to the state things have been the past few years, but I hold out hope for more quality adult animation. Good art seems to have a way of developing despite the state of everything surrounding it.
@@pepesilvia429 given all the new art of Fionna I was wondering if there was a new show. Those episodes were always a bit more risqué than the rest of Adventure Time so I'm pleasantly surprised to hear it's an adult animation!
i cried so damn loud when luci said ‘because i love bean’ and i dont know why -probably because he said it in a sad tone- but i thought he confessed his LOVE for bean AND I CRIED FOR POOR LUCI. and i dont care if he meant it as a friend or not but it will always be a hopeless confession for me.
OMFG THE MOON IN DISENCHANTMENT LOOLS LIKE THE FAR SIDE OF OUR MOON. IT ACTUALLY MAKES SENSE
I really almost teared up at the end when Elfo realized Bean would run away from her own wedding & was begging for a chance to just say goodbye to her 😢 "Just let me say goodbye" Truly sad. I would've been fine w/all the dropped/unexplained plots if it weren't for that...maybe. That makes me think about those ppl who disregard their previous relationships when they start a romantic one.
Friendships are still important you can't just drop your friends because you got a girlfriend. Especially friends that helped you grow & sacrificed themselves for you. Elfo & Luci were her 1st friends, she had no one before them. I choose to believe she'll go back to see Elfo again, even if the castle is concealed.
I shall miss Oona's drug induced yell lol. Badass stepmomma who always showed up when help was needed.
I feel like there was plenty of time to wrap up certain storylines that were started in an elegant way. Like the family curse. Im also still confused about Dagmar & siblings plan. Did she promise her 1st born daughter to the devil? Why? What was the prophecy she held about Bean or was there even a prophecy? When did they paint that portrait of Bean in the crown? What was Dagmars plot & what was Bean's real role? It couldn't be to control all magic because how was she going to accomplish that when her plan leaked magic to all of Dreamland? What was w/the crown? Apparently they tried it on Jerry 1st before deciding they'd use it on Bean. Was it some type of magic conductor? And if Dagmar had magic within her just like Bean (didn't seem like either was stronger than the other) why didn't she use her own power? Why was she upset she married Satan instead when that meant she'd be queen of Hell?Also why the heck did they not even talk about the nearly identical previous battle fought in the exact same spot??🙄
Anyway, this started off as a silly lil cartoon i put on for background noise but i really liked it from the 1st season. If i view it now as lighthearted & silly then i won't be disappointed lol.
I also had put on the first season in the background as I did housework but I started to become really attached to the show as the new seasons came out. I'm not sure why they included the "let me say goodbye" scene, I could not help but think of it the way you did. I'm glad Elfo gets a happy ending.
For the nearly identical ancient battle, I wondered if they had somehow traveled to a possible future or something. Who cleared the bones out (maybe I forgot when this happened?) I guess history won't repeat itself again because of the unification of the different species in land with Mop girl and Elfo in power. It's weird that the ancient battle was not expanded upon. Who was the one who had the electric powers to wipe everyone out?
While several plot threads remain dangling, I do agree that in character development and the epilogues of their futures was satisfactory to me. I wonder if the comics will expand on any of this. With all the foreshadowing and attention to detail in the series, I think the writers would have came up with an explanation to all these plot threads.
final episode had me crying. this show and story will be in my heart forever. man it was so well done, the jokes, the writers having fun, it really felt like the final season was just everybody involved having fun and exploring their comedic ideas. everything about it was perfect to me.
I was close to tears
I’m honestly so sad that Disenchantment is over and I’m really in shock that it’s actually over. The ending was really really good and BY FAR one of the best endings to an animated show I’ve ever seen. The part where Luci admits how much he loves Bean made me cry and I wish Elfo had had the chance to actually say goodbye to Bean. But all in all the show’s ending was done beautifully! I’m just so sad that it’s over😔
This series sticked the landing and i couldnt be happier!😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤
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This ending was very bittersweet.
And I'm not super happy about Lucy being dead for good. And the idea that gods head was a lightbulb was weird but funny i guess. I can't believe someone predicted mop girl was the true queen of Dreamland YEARS before it happened
I've been waiting for your review the second I finished the series
Dude saaaame. Literally have been refreshing UA-cam daily since I finished watching it.
Sorry it took so long!
@@Johnny2Cellosyou're the Best
My Mom and I watched the first and last seasons together. We made the "Do it. Do it. Do it." And "Dad stop honking" a running gag with each other.
It’s been such a pleasure to watch you cover this show and have it unfold over the last few years. The longer I’ve sat with this ending the more I’ve grown to love it. This show sucked me into its rich world and characters in a way so few others have. What this show has to say about love and how it all ties together with the character arcs and their endings is honestly beautiful. It’s sad that it’s over but it was a genuine pleasure to experience as it was coming out. Truly remarkable stuff.
To me nothing had weight, everything that happened just felt the same. There was nothing where I was surprised or taken off guard, most of time I wondered how characters would escape from situations and how they weren't caught when they stood just outside the room where people who looking for them were in, but somehow weren't pursued at all. The first few season I thought were pretty good, but the last season just melted together and the last few episodes (again to me) felt like the story was trying to just hit all the points before it ended.
Yes to character study videos! I hope Odval gets one. So many great moments and also unanswered questions. What is he? Why three eyes? Is there a connection to the three-eyed owl and skulls we saw hidden throughout the series? What does it all meeeaaan? 😂
I was really on the fence about the ending until I watched this analysis - it really consolidated for me why things ended how they did. You’ve really thought about this and it shows!
I finished the show 30 minutes ago, and now you release this. Thank you
Can we talk about how similar the battle of falling water is to the flashback Bean sees of the first battle. Even the dagger in the chest of the mermaid looks like it could be Mora. And didn't Bean fry some bystanders when she killed bad Bean? I recall seeing humans and mermaids getting zapped.
I will miss this show. The fact that unlike the simpsons or futureama, this show had a beginning, middle, and end in mind. The ending hurts but feels natural.
this was my comfort show im going to miss it :(
I was so sad, when I finished the finale. While the start was in times kinda rough, I overall liked season 1 and ended up loving the show by season 3. I'll miss the show so much. I also don't understand some of the hate on season 5. I personally found it to be probably my favourite season. And while the ending wasn't what I wanted/expected. It was sad and impactful, which I want from great show.
Side note: I really hope we'll get some Blu-ray discs, Vinyls or something, so we can hear the covers they use in trailers. Because they're so awesome.
The reveal of earth was so confusing I watched the show again from start to find clues. I couldn't find any until I realized the moon we see throughout the show is the far side of our moon. The Disenchantment planet is on the exact opposite of our moon. It feels like the creators were hoping someone would notice earlier, but I haven't seen that idea anywhere.
Also, regarding Mary's parents, the only elf we saw traveling the land and siring children was Elfo's dad. During the montage where he explains his traveling merchant days, we see him hooking up with a human woman that looks vaguely like Mary.
Which would make Mary Elfo's half-sister.
I agree wholeheartedly this was the best way it could have ended if it must end. I feel like inside job could have followed this path, but netflix doesnt know what we really want. I love these characters, I am literally crying at the end of their stories. I'm buying the comics for sure.
"A good show always focuses on the characters".
I was already tearing up again watching your review, all these moments flashing before my eyes as clear as the day Part 5 dropped. Honestly, Johnny, your review made me appreciate the series' worldbuilding even more. Sometimes, good series get bogged down by people's expectations of their mysteries. Still, what a ride. Gonna miss this show.
I absolutely loved season 5 of Disenchantment. It was great getting more time with Mora, I loved the extra bits with the rest of the cast, there were some of my favorite jokes in the whole series... I think they knocked this out of the park. It wrapped things up really well for me, even if it wasn't perfect.
I've never been this on time I think. I'm here for the analysis of my dreams
I just finished the series and I'm so happy with the ending! I was afraid it would be disapointing, but I was pleasently surprised.
I came back to this video just now, to avoid spoilers.
Also "Is it too late to pick a safe word?" is one of my favorite jokes.
During the first 4 seasons, this show was super fun for me. I like this Simpsons/Futurama style mixed with medieval fantasy. Man, I didn't expect the final season would hit me that hard. I literally can't stop thinking about it. It will definitely take a large place in my heart
i really loved that show, like you said, it too became a confort show for me. and the end was so bitter sweet because i was so sad that it ended but also i was so happy the way it did.
also, thank you for talking about the comics, i didn't knew it was coming and it's now in my pre-order list, without you, i would have probably missed it for a long time.
thank you for this video, and yeah, "goodbye bean".
@20:30 I’ve got Vol 1 & 2 preordered
Don’t think I can handle no more Disenchantment so they’re essential now aha
Chippy Cameo moment
True words 👏
Oh, hey! Didn't expect to see you here.
So happy this show got a proper ending, I cried when elfo said goodbye bean and I’m so happy it didn’t get cancelled
One thing that confused me was why Luci needed to wish Mora back. The magic was shown bringing dead people back to life, I thought that was going to bring her back.
Because magic makes people crazy
Yeah, I kept waiting for someone to bring a crystal or throw her in that mystical eater
@@viewer6152I need to watch more of that content because I was so confused on how tf that related to the op comment. But I kinda see
@@viewer6152 heh, I was expecting you to reference Buffy but Xena works too. I definitely took it as a deliberate subversion slash "this is how you do it" to all the magical lesbians that were being killed in 90s/00s TV writing.
I was half expecting the magic rain to revive her. Or the eternity pendant being brought back. Or it’s revealed that it just barely missed her heart/she has multiple hearts. But hey, Mora’s got a new chest scar.
Honestly, if they want to make more of this show I’d be down for, like, a Disenchantment 2. Tell an entirely new story with the same setting and characters, that pushes things into new territory, and a whole new ongoing arc. I could see that being great, especially if it gets picked up on another network. I think it’d be the way to go if we see it go down the Futurama route of ending and coming back on every so often, and would help spark more buzz around each iteration compared to Futurama’s waning interest in light of this new revival.
If that will ever happen, it will take years as Futurama got renewed for two more years, so up to 2026 they'll focus on the more profitable and known show.
Maybe when Futurama will be offed again they'll consider another Disenchantment series or even a movie (which would work better).
I would like a prequel series with King Xøg & with young Yøg, Zøg, Oona & how Mop Girl Miri came to be. Was she the secret love child of Yøg & some elf? Have the show end with Zøg meeting Dagmar.
Just realized, from watching your video, that there is a thematic continuity between the end of Disenchantment and the end of Adventure Time. More specifically, Time Adventure, the music that we can't hear on a dry face that is about how, from an outside perspective, past, present and future exist together and so love can't truly be lost. And then comes Disenchantment saying badically the same thing, that love doesn't stop happening just because people are not together. And I gotta say, I'm hyped to see who and how will tackle this idea next.
Now I want to mention something
When I ended the series I search on yt disenchantment and the first video I watch was the mop girl theory
It was my first time watching it and it was amazing to watch Johnny nailing things 2 years after
Both because he was really clever there but also because of course that's not Johnny being amazing entirely it's also that the writers leave the trail of breadcrumbs so us we could perfectly follow it
Amazing show
I rewatched the series and pay attention to mop girl and she's one of the characters where her development was consistent
I wish I hadn't seen this video back then😅 It really was a spoiler.
@@solar0wind yeah, I discovered the existence of that video mid way of my watch I didn't watch it there because the more prevalent presences of mop girl makes me though that video could be really right
@@J3ff_K1ng I wasn't as smart as you unfortunately😅
@@solar0wind hahahaha
Just gotta say it, Oona and Mop girl are the 2 MVP's this entire season! Love them both!❤😂
⚠️DID MORA GO TO HELL?!⚠️
Luci wishes her back to life but she never shows up in heaven when she dies…?
I absolutely love the season and felt they closed out incredibly well! Sure people want to complain about the multiple endings but they had some coverage to take care of dammit! Much like Simpsons later Christmas special that was supposed to be the finale, and Futurama's comedycentral ending, this one felt very wholesome and complete! Can't give this season praise enough as I am re-watching it a second and third time for how much I just enjoyed it!❤
Very good video. I had my problems with the finale, but I think your video actually helped me grow on it. I‘d love to see more Disenchantment content!
The part where Elfo told Turbish to gtfo while they were tripping on shrooms is the most random and best part in the series.
It's really funny to hear you described 1992 as over 20 years ago whenever really it's 31 effing years ago😂
wow I definitely meant over 30 years ago lmfao
I'll be excited to watch every Disenchantment related video you'll make in the future, be it character breakdowns or something else. I'm sure there is still a lot to talk about in video essays.
Also, I suspect (or hope, at least) that SOME unanswered questions and mysteries will be explained or solved in the comics.
The reveal of the identity of the girl in the wall was all I needed.
Also glad that Miss Moonpence and Merkimer got together.
For some reason that was more satisfying than Bean and Mora 🤷♂️
I loved that so much. They both got the ending they deserved 😊
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Agreed.
That “Goodbye Bean” hit my SOUL😢
I loved this video so much and I would love to see some character studies like you’ve done with Bojack. I’m sure you’ll want to start with the main trio but after that there are so many possibilities. My personal picks would probably be Alva and Satan himself. Alva is a character with such a unique conviction that not many other characters share. He’s just trying to further the field of “stience” by using magic to reach unexplored worlds, like probably Earth which I actually didn’t catch myself lol. He’s not necessarily evil, proved by his alliance with Hell which was primarily done for the advancement of his own city. As for Satan his arc in Season 5 was very underrated imo and is honestly one of the best. Luci being his son did make me eyeroll but his actions during the second half of the season especially once he’s learned Dagmar killed Luci really show some growth. Also the idea of Dagmar being so evil it intimidates literal Satan was one of my personal favorite jokes. Can’t wait to see what comes in the future!
It kinda represented the time Luci (before we knew hes the prince of hell) said to Bean that she terrifies him too :)
Can't agree with you more about Disenchantment needing another 10 episodes. Heck, let's be honest here, it deserves another 10 seasons! Half-way through season 1, I was not impressed. In fact, I thought the series sucked and I stopped watching it, but after about a month, I revisited it and finished watching the first season, and I was hooked! What a great show!
I completely agree about the quality animation.
Can we talk about those background sets? So detailed and textured. They made me take up drawing again because that's the stuff I like to draw.
I have always had this thing of starting a show thats already ended, fully watching it in like 2 weeks, and then wanting more despite not being so attached to it and, strangely enough, exactly the opposite happened with Disenchantment. I started watching it when it was only 2 parts, and i instantly grew to love every single character. I have watched this show for 4 years now, and when i found out this was the last season, i was expecting to (as usual for me) be left with a feeling of grief, wanting more.
Instead, once i watched all 10 episodes, i just couldnt bring myself to want more. I felt like it was a complete cicle, i didnt feel like anything was missing. It didnt feel like i was "loosing" the show, it felt like the show was kindly letting me go. That final scene with Elfo on the beach kind of resounded in my mind, like it was saying "you knew we wouldnt be here forever, and now its your turn, go and live your own adventure".
Aside from the whole series, the beaty in its finale is how the message trascended to be a meta-message. The final season was all about loss, grief, love, letting go and learning to accept change, and thats exactly what the finale teaches you. Yes, Lucy died, and yes, Bean and Elfo never got to say goodbye, but sometimes things just dont go as you wanted, and you have to learn to accept it, and let it go. Besides, the love and lessons the show left in us will stay beyond the end. Disenchantment might have ended, but it will always have a space in our memories, regardless of our personal changes.
I loved part 5. When a lucky brick breaks God's light bulb head and it makes sense to the story then you know you're doing things right.
Disenchantment to me is a show that was always on the verge of greatness and never quite made it
There's so much great stuff in this last climax that I am upset the show couldn't get the proper season it deserved but you are right about just enjoying what we got. Besides I gave us probably the best downfall for Dagmar and I can't hate that, I love seeing her in that cage with freckles.
Not to mention it’s a weak ass cage that could easily be broken out of
Oona truly became one of my favorite characters as the series went on. Her development from this distant and weird stepmother to Bean’s real maternal figure and a badass pirate queen was beautiful.
I didn't bite the bullet on Disenchantment until several months after part 4 was released. And now I regret not hopping on sooner. I loved the final season so much, and I praise the cast and crew for being able to deliver a satisfying conclusion with less time than they were probably hoping for. Even if a Season 6 would've been nice to explore stuff like Freckles more. I'm a lifelong Simpsons fan, and have recently been converted to a Futurama fan as well. But Disenchantment made a strong case to possibly be my favorite Groening series.
I feel like they tied it all up very well. The only frustrating thing is that I'll no longer see anything new with such unique and favorite characters. I'll miss Luci, Bean, Oona, Zog, Dagmar, Chazz, Merkimer, Laughing Horse, Mop Girl, Elfo and Mora, etc.. I did what you did. I watched season 5 and then turned around and watched all of them again. Lol
Say what you will about all the plot holes and what not, But I for one thought the finale was good enough! I mean the series as a whole was fun to watch but still not as good as Matt Groening's other works but it was an interesting series nonetheless!
I have yet to see anyone list a single actual plothole
@@Johnny2Cellos Well you never know Johnny, I'm sure someone will find a flaw or two in the finale. But I for one enjoyed it regardless, I mean it was good that all of the good guy characters got their own happy endings especially seeing Bean and Mora settling down was so wholesome!
There are plenty of flaws! No issue with people having preferences in how it played out. But plot holes are a specific thing! I haven’t seen any actual plot holes listed yet.
@@Johnny2Celloswhat about steamland lady and her bumblebee emblem that was hidden all over dreamland from season 2-4 :( they kinda scrapped her significance this season with bean ignoring her maybe? I really wanted to see how she tied in maybe zogs long lost sister
@@Johnny2Cellosthe Zøg conspiracy/ Curse of Øg’s was never explained or at least completely explained on what it was, also how is Oona and Bean completely ok with the fact the secret society murdered their husband and uncle?
no cuz i cried so hard when mora died and prayed that she would magically come back and ig my praying worked
Oh dude, the scene with the drawn out argument is done that way because it's a common lesbian trope to have those kinds of arguments where neither side is really understanding the other and it's honestly a perfect example of that dynamic. As a lesbian, that scene got some of the hardest laughs outta me!
Finally I have been waiting for your video!!!!!!
I'm quite sad this show has ended. But I am happy they managed to wrap it up as opposed to so many other shows I like being cut short.
Oh, and J2C should TOTALLY do more Disenchantment videos... I don't think i could handle losing that right after the ending of Disenchantment.
This was definitely a show that grew on me over time, and ended up enjoying it quite a lot, and while it sucks it ended, I am mostly just glad it got an ending.
This show means so much to me im glad it got the ending it did but damn ima miss it :/
I love this show so much and I love your videos on this show. And I think character journeys would be a great series of videos from you.
I loved the finale and I loved your breakdown on things I hadn't noticed yet because I only watched it twice so far and both times felt like a first watch through because I wasn't on the lookout for anything in the background, I was just taking it all in. I loved it and I love this show and I think I will always love this show.
I honestly thought the show was cancelled. I tried finding new information on it every month for like a year and most articles seemed to suggest it likely wasn't coming back, especially with Futurama returning on a completely different network. I was really excited and surprised when Disenchantment randomly shows back up on Netflix with "New episodes" and was honestly just glad we got a conclusion and a satisfying one at that.
I know the show had mixed reactions from viewers but I have a feeling this show might make a return years from now as the fan base grows. The world building is expansive and rich with lore and there is a lot more that could be explored and Bean, Lucy and Elfo can reunite on a new quest or adventure. But even if that doesn't happen, that's okay because at least the show actually gave a conclusion instead of leaving it's fans hanging.
I forgot about this Disenchantment so much and I think I will maybe come back to this series because of this video and great video man :]
One thing I couldn’t figure out was why Satan had wanted to marry the Queen of Dreamland. Why was the stipulated in the Maru-Hell contract? Once he was in Dreamland he didn’t really seem to use that to his advantage, or have an interest in the magic.
I wonder if that would have been developed with more time.
Also, would have loved to see his reaction to God’s death.
Satan seems to have lost interest in his plans when Dagmar was being a drag to him.
Needed some analysis. Finally you’re here😭
Omg yes i cried so much and was so shocked when Mora got stabbed I basically felt empty for the next episodes up until it's told that Mora will be brought back to life. Disenchantment landed itself onto my top 3 animated shows it weren't perfect but i loved watching it from start to finish and i think it end the main character arc pretty well, from Bean finally getting the life she chose and deserved to Zog basically redeeming himself (i hated him in the first season)
Dude deserved a w after his wife tried to poison him and he went in denial for 15 years.
And his daughter deserved a w after shanking her girlfriend.
I think someone once said this is like DnD, and for me that explains the fakeout deaths as a player being like "i dont have time for a new character sheet".
I loved most of it. The artwork was spectacular. Elfo's speech over Bean's headless corpse was very touching. The relationship between Bean and Mora was so well done. The final season was damn near perfect.
Only a few quibbles:
1) We didn't get resolution on the secret society (that I could tell, anyway).
2) As much as I loved seeing Mora and Bean together, Mora should've stayed dead. Yes, of course Bean deserved happiness, but I feel like her big speech about love staying with you is wasted if Mora is resurrected. The battle ends up not costing her anything, and it kind of ruins the prophesy you alluded to. It was the finale, so I guess I can't complain about consequences sticking too much, but still, *because* it was the final episode, it felt like too clean a note to end on.
3) Like you, I thought that God being killed was a brilliant move, and I was brought back. Maybe the writers weren't ready for the philosophical implications, but I would've liked it to stay that way for at least a little longer.
1. When u say secret society are u also referring to the Zøg conspiracy/ curse of the Øg’s?
2. Yes I agree Mora should’ve stayed dead it would’ve made the perfect ending Bean one but at what cost
3. What should’ve happened when God died was since heaven wasn’t working anymore magic shouldn’t have either since he did explain Magic comes from heaven, earth, and hell, so Dagmar would lose her buff and that’s how they beat her
I disagree with 2). It was needed in order to show Luci's growth. Besides that Mora and Bean deserved a happy ending. Sometimes a happy ending, isn't the best one. But at least it doesn't make you feel bad.
@@Pwilliams4000 I can't remember it really well, but there seemed to be a secret society apart from Dagmar. It just felt like there was a layer of conspiracy below Dagmar's. I could be wrong about that, though. :)
Yeah. All the magic being turned off and the world remaining gray would've been a good, profound ending. The hero would win, but the world would still be kinda shitty.
Love your videos man this one was awesome and yes I'd love to see more videos
Yesss! Johnny is the best! Im gonna miss the show!