The Ugly Duckling: Improved Edition

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  • The Ugly Duckling is a classic fairy tale by some Danish poet, this is the modern Swedish take.
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  • @thinthle
    @thinthle 6 років тому +9103

    But mother I'm adopted you didn't create me

    • @daianmoi8528
      @daianmoi8528 5 років тому +620

      It adds to the dramatic irony.

    • @jaysonyoung9197
      @jaysonyoung9197 4 роки тому +43

      thinthle you are no god to me, you aren’t my real mother.

    • @martaleszkiewicz5115
      @martaleszkiewicz5115 4 роки тому +160

      Frankly, I was waiting for this sentence to drop.

    • @crowcollector5267
      @crowcollector5267 4 роки тому +33

      Marta Leszkiewicz Didn’t we all just expect this to happen

    • @daniellecoburn8163
      @daniellecoburn8163 4 роки тому +6

      cute gyro cat says facks

  • @Awesomepedia
    @Awesomepedia 7 років тому +16992

    I hope this gets into some playlist with a bunch of children's songs and stories.

    • @nonexistent8292
      @nonexistent8292 7 років тому +518

      I'd be laughing if that were to ever happen.

    • @nickytree3005
      @nickytree3005 6 років тому +642

      "mommy look what i found
      LOOK AT THIS SHIT ITS L I T"

    • @spacebastard9297
      @spacebastard9297 6 років тому +555

      i could just imagine a four year old looking at ducks then suddenly realizing the cruelty of existence.

    • @twinknecrosis
      @twinknecrosis 6 років тому +89

      God i need to do that

    • @stroof-is-tired
      @stroof-is-tired 6 років тому +341

      Imagine if a teacher showed this to a bunch of younger kids and then slowly realised that this story isn't the original

  • @federicobinaghi8118
    @federicobinaghi8118 3 роки тому +4043

    That escalated quickly, from a children's story, to action, to Evangelion-like existential crisis.

    • @the_jingo
      @the_jingo Рік тому

      No just starwar you weeb ass

    • @normanclatcher
      @normanclatcher Рік тому +78

      Shubangelion

    • @froog2
      @froog2 Рік тому +42

      @@normanclatcher shuba duck and NGE need a crossover RIGHT. NOW

    • @normanclatcher
      @normanclatcher Рік тому +9

      @@froog2 I agree entirely, young Master Marcy.

    • @swishfish8858
      @swishfish8858 Рік тому +30

      don't forget the random delve into Revenge of the Sith

  • @TBTabby
    @TBTabby 4 роки тому +7953

    Still a better ending than "It's okay because he grew up to be pretty."

    • @syppy7416
      @syppy7416 Рік тому +181

      Agreed

    • @14megasxlr
      @14megasxlr Рік тому +254

      I think you’ve misread that story….

    • @kozlowskinator6056
      @kozlowskinator6056 Рік тому +792

      The moral of the story is actually to not judge people based on their appearance but by their character.
      The ending is just a metaphor for showing/finding inner beauty not initially seen in appearance. The ducklings represent both people but also their personalities.

    • @VeryPeeved
      @VeryPeeved Рік тому +854

      No, the point was that he wasn't ugly to begin with, he just wasn't a duckling at all, he was something else entirely, so it doesn't make sense to judge him by the standards of a duck. It's a moral about how just because you don't fit in somewhere, that doesn't mean you're worthless, that just means you're in the wrong place.

    • @thecluckster3908
      @thecluckster3908 Рік тому +168

      ⁠@@VeryPeeved not the message I got from it, the ugly duckling didn’t go somewhere else to find people who liked him, he just eventually became a swan and that’s when people liked him.
      Moral of the story, change yourself to fit in with your peers.

  • @Lulie
    @Lulie 7 років тому +5271

    This is the new late-night adult cartoon programming.

    • @oworcestershire7331
      @oworcestershire7331 4 роки тому +46

      Yeah i'd watch this at 4 o'clock on a thursday

    • @svrvphimprod
      @svrvphimprod 2 роки тому +53

      Ok but this deadass is something that would be on adult swim between shows.

  • @tiktokplus956
    @tiktokplus956 6 років тому +6347

    "By why mother, why did you choose to create us?"
    The mother duck paused for a moment before replying "you were a mistake. Expired bread slices and a shit ton of alcohol was involved."

    • @dinasimone9815
      @dinasimone9815 4 роки тому +300

      Expired bread slices 😂

    • @sophiaparisi7573
      @sophiaparisi7573 4 роки тому +261

      Someone spiked the pond

    • @ratare40show
      @ratare40show 4 роки тому +38

      lol, good one

    • @typea5426
      @typea5426 2 роки тому +210

      Male Ducks aren’t exactly known for asking for consent

    • @DARKthenoble
      @DARKthenoble Рік тому +66

      ​@@typea5426 that explains why she waited for them to hatch.

  • @basilumeh2458
    @basilumeh2458 5 років тому +340

    “Oh yeah he became a swan or something like that”
    *begins to clap furiously*

    • @nathanielvaughn6728
      @nathanielvaughn6728 Рік тому +3

      Nah man, he was a swan from the get-go. That's the trouble with eggs, you never know if your eggs are actually yours.

  • @TheLugiaSong
    @TheLugiaSong 4 роки тому +619

    I... I really was not expecting this.
    I thought it was going to be like a version with improved morals lmao.

    • @novoe-mailnovo4125
      @novoe-mailnovo4125 Рік тому +1

      ​@Scott's Precious Little Account ?

    • @crazy_pyromaniac
      @crazy_pyromaniac Рік тому +42

      Yeah, the moral lesson from the original was questionable.

      Then, the bird who used to be the Ugly Duckling knew what had happened! He was no longer an ugly gray bird that wobbled when it walked.
      At one moment, all the swans flapped their wings and took off into the sky. “Come with us,” one called back. “Take the lead!” So he flapped his wings fast and took his place in front of the whole flock. All his new friends flapped their wings behind him.
      “Say!” he said, gliding and dipping through the sky as he sped on. “Who’s an ugly duckling now? Surely, Not I!”

      The original lesson was basically “don’t make fun of an ugly duckling, because they might actually be a swan!”

    • @novoe-mailnovo4125
      @novoe-mailnovo4125 Рік тому +3

      @@crazy_pyromaniac so what's the moral of this version of the story

    • @GilvaSinner
      @GilvaSinner Рік тому +47

      ​@@novoe-mailnovo4125 Your choice in life is either taking the easy way out and dying young or fighting your creator to prolong your own existence.

    • @meyearsago-lc8bq
      @meyearsago-lc8bq Рік тому +3

      The swan later became known as Raiden the Ripper.

  • @MelodyLiuJade
    @MelodyLiuJade 6 років тому +7051

    "Who would like to sacrifice their mortality?" Mortality is death, so she's asking who wants to be immortal.

    • @Villager811
      @Villager811 6 років тому +81

      true, idgi either

    • @cloak5857
      @cloak5857 5 років тому +1011

      I think he meant Mortality as their physical being, like the corporeal representation of their spirit because Mother Duck talks about the babies being made from nothing but empty space. So the sacrifice she's asking is of their very being and existence. That's fucked up, Mother Duck.

    • @nicolasdellano280
      @nicolasdellano280 5 років тому +272

      If u die, u no longer have mortality, a dead thing only is imortall, cause it ain't alive

    • @atlix2
      @atlix2 4 роки тому +34

      Whichever it is, idk, I volunteer
      Surprise me

    • @exquisitecorpse__
      @exquisitecorpse__ 4 роки тому +17

      No. mortality is your remaining life span.

  • @michaelr8189
    @michaelr8189 7 років тому +6530

    can't wait for the sequel

  • @NedTheUndead
    @NedTheUndead 4 роки тому +760

    This sounds a lot like how the Grimm's version would go. It would be awesome to see some adaptations of those stories, the original version of Rapunzel is just waiting for your comedic touch.

    • @kelly-bisson
      @kelly-bisson Рік тому +55

      Hans Christian Anderson: ...This is the last time I collab with you guys.

    • @Decapitationtrain
      @Decapitationtrain Рік тому +32

      Nah man the Grimms were edgy, not deep.

    • @corystarkiller
      @corystarkiller Рік тому +10

      Grimm's versions weren't the "originals". Grimm's versions were just some of the first written down. Folk and fairy tales were shared through the oral tradition. So these tales are likely as old as us telling stories. They were morality lessons and life lessons, and weren't told to young children for entertainment. They were told to teens and soon-to-be teens, as warnings for the dangers in life, and how to overcome the hardships that you will encounter.

    • @TheCapedWanderer
      @TheCapedWanderer 11 місяців тому +1

      ⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@corystarkillerRight and on point, until you overgeneralize with the last two statements. There were several types or modes of folktale for different contexts, and some were certainly told to young children for entertainment, or education, ideally both. Nursery rhymes in England, for instance. Many tales in various cultures were passed on by an old grandma in a small village, told to little kids gathered round, perhaps while their parents work or farm.
      On the flip side, some tales had their oral tradition strictly among adults, like the more lewd stories that make up _1001 Nights,_ or the _Facetious Nights of Straparola._ Folk tales existed in every culture, and the efforts to document them began sort of in tandem with the creation of the literary genre of “fairy tale.”
      Like Straparola’s in 1550, Charles Perrault’s 1697 collection _Stories or Tales from Past Times_ has a mix of old fables retold for high society (Sleeping Beauty, Cindy, Puss in Boots) and original fairy tales written by him for the purpose you mention, a warning: Little Red Riding-Hood is a moral imperative for little girls in the woods not to listen to or talk to strangers, men specifically-Be wary, girls, lest ye be ‘pounced upon and devoured’ by the wolf.
      Grimm’s fairy tales were collected from a variety of sources, storytellers whose audiences were surely not all teens looking for advice about the adult reality they would soon enters. The transmission of these fairy tales was wide-ranging and often peculiar to the cultures in which they were being transmitted, or the culture whence they come.
      Generally speaking, however, you are right that they were not mainly for little children the way they are today. Maybe not mainly for teens either, but broadly they were popular among the people.

    • @corystarkiller
      @corystarkiller 11 місяців тому +1

      @@TheCapedWanderer Nursery Rhythms shouldn't be thought of in the same way, as we still speculate on a lot of their meanings. Some are very obvious, and others it's a total guess. But no one is ever tries to suggest that they were purely for entertainment, regardless. Everything that we think of as fairy tales weren't for people younger than I said. Sure, there were some, like Rapunzel, which were for adults, but they were still warnings for life and morality tales. The majority were for the younger teenagers, because they were either gaining some independence from their family to do chores for the family away from their parents or were training for marriage/marriage selection. Even something like Hazel and Gretel's original meaning is a blurred line between many other tales, so even one that seems like it would be for young children, still might not be, especially with the Cinderella connection.
      Even one like The Little Mermaid, where we know the origin, wouldn't be for younger children. The entire message would be lost on them, as it's about showing how great Christianity is, and how it's better than your animalistic abilities to ensure a mate. The youngest mermaid gives up her nomal communication skills, leaving only the "feminine wiles" to get the prince to fall for her, but she's ultimately not willing to murder, and self-sacrificies for the greater happiness, and being given another opportunity to gain a soul to go to Heaven. Getting into Heaven was the entire point, and having the prince fall in love with her, is the means of gaining a soul, instead of dying into non-existence. The ultimate task at the end is helping others for the remainder of her normal length of her mermaid life, and will gain a soul. It ends on the discussion of unaliving yourself as something that's not purely an evil action, and your soul could leave Purgatory, through doing enough good deads. None of that would be useful for a young child. It's all about the teenager who is finally gaining independence, warnings about life and morality lessons.

  • @unamedchild5541
    @unamedchild5541 4 роки тому +112

    This is a whole new level of "I brought you into this world and I can take you out."

    • @user-qi6pv9jh7o
      @user-qi6pv9jh7o Рік тому

      "Я тебя породил, я тебя и убью" © Тарас Бульба

    • @bowfuz
      @bowfuz Рік тому +1

      Best response. U win.

  • @ELITEzinho
    @ELITEzinho 7 років тому +6569

    I prefer this version then the old one even tho the end is the same.

    • @MintBiscuit
      @MintBiscuit 6 років тому +28

      Than.

    • @Space_Potat
      @Space_Potat 6 років тому +33

      499 likes.
      Me - I.. must... push.. the button.. 'like' thiss... even though.. i don't like it.. huughhh....

    • @ijemand5672
      @ijemand5672 4 роки тому +4

      than*

    • @MintBiscuit
      @MintBiscuit 4 роки тому +6

      《Sleepy Head》 people don’t care about “tho” because it’s an abbreviation, although technically it should be tho’ it’s less difference than “then” also, please, check the date before you call someone rude.

    • @mpatel7080
      @mpatel7080 3 роки тому +5

      You spell it like "than". Yes, thank you, please.

  • @naoxiba4536
    @naoxiba4536 7 років тому +3475

    That was art. pure art.

    • @delve_
      @delve_ 6 років тому +7

      +Nao Xiba
      Hi. I'm here to congratulate you on having reached 109 likes! If I hadn't replied, you'd have never known you had achieved such a feat.

    • @lamar_noil
      @lamar_noil 6 років тому +6

      +Delve
      I read your about page because I wondered why you commented on everybody's comments saying they hit a huge milestone in likes.

    • @delve_
      @delve_ 6 років тому +16

      +Lamar N.
      Firstly, you have been immortalized on my about page.
      Secondly, I reply to these people because they have no replies, and, unless they've come back to check on their comment, they have no idea they've gotten a comment with so many likes. There are hundreds of thousands of comments on UA-cam with over a hundred likes each, and their commenters have no idea their comment was so popular, because they received no replies. By replying to these comments, people get to come back to a video they have likely forgotten and see their comments with so many likes. One interesting effect of my replies I've noticed is that every time I reply to someone, their comment has a sudden boost in likes, probably because UA-cam promotes comments with more interaction. But there is also a group of people who seem to dislike my comments of this kind. I might stop soon.
      Update: I don't do this thing anymore. It's too spammy. I also decided to stop doing the immortalization thing.

    • @yoderx1null983
      @yoderx1null983 6 років тому

      Nao Xiba agree

    • @SrLupinotuum
      @SrLupinotuum 6 років тому

      Uglyness

  • @thegrammarpolice69
    @thegrammarpolice69 5 років тому +115

    But you forgot the sequel...the mother duck comes back as darth duckious and fights obi wan swanobi...

  • @pizzamafioso9191
    @pizzamafioso9191 2 роки тому +86

    I have seen enough mother ducks choosing damgerous paths which often killed some of her kids to say that this story kinda makes sense.

    • @namedrop721
      @namedrop721 Рік тому +5

      It’s not even fiction

    • @SeriSeashell
      @SeriSeashell 11 місяців тому +3

      Lots of controlling and abusive parents who demand that their children obey their every command

  • @AnneIglesias
    @AnneIglesias 6 років тому +2563

    "Who here is willing to sacrifice their mortality?"
    *SMASHES THE LIKE BUTTON*

  • @michaeltnk1135
    @michaeltnk1135 6 років тому +746

    Not sure if I should be laughing or legitimately question my existence

  • @narvaliuscontingency3414
    @narvaliuscontingency3414 Рік тому +20

    2:34 that last one caught off guard, I wasn't expecting such reference lol

    • @arduous222
      @arduous222 11 місяців тому +1

      If you haven't noticed, 2:22 also is the reference to the same movie.

  • @weaselkat
    @weaselkat 4 роки тому +38

    "This is the modern Swedish take"
    I am now scared of Sweden

  • @cowpucinno5619
    @cowpucinno5619 7 років тому +1122

    this made me question my existence...

    • @fatimajaan7365
      @fatimajaan7365 6 років тому +1

      mnm ya not me but for a sec even me too

    • @strawbzz3915
      @strawbzz3915 5 років тому +3

      Same tho

    • @HanSanwich
      @HanSanwich 4 роки тому +5

      We’re all ugly ducklings on the inside

    • @FanGirl-mb4om
      @FanGirl-mb4om 4 роки тому +2

      Same. Very much same.

    • @unclesam8862
      @unclesam8862 4 роки тому +9

      So you are telling me you existed and didn't think why you exist and what will happen after you stop existing?

  • @emilianotype-g6877
    @emilianotype-g6877 7 років тому +560

    Hans Christian Andersen would be so proud

    • @ejsuperstar
      @ejsuperstar 4 роки тому +5

      Nice profile pic

    • @MouseGoat
      @MouseGoat 4 роки тому +34

      He might actually have loved it alot, the hole sacrifice for god thing is not that far of from his other stories.
      at the very least i'm sure it would have inspired him alot.

    • @bradreed2001
      @bradreed2001 3 роки тому +8

      @@MouseGoat Its nice that Jesus was like, "No I" with the whole sacrifice thing

  • @johnmcswag5980
    @johnmcswag5980 4 роки тому +12

    1:28 Parent of the year

  • @Yuti640
    @Yuti640 Рік тому +484

    Honestly, I think a good message can come from this, while it’s obviously up to interpretation, I’ve been looking through the comments here and have only been seeing replies about how depressing this is, but I honestly believe that it strikes an interpretation that can be given to the original story but in a much more profound and direct way
    That being Individuality
    The fact that the duckling that chooses to not doom itself is the ugly one is emblematic of its mental differences from its brothers that followed the will of authority blindly, yet those “sheep ducks” are the apparent “normal” or even “beautiful” ones, yet they die, and the ugly duckling is the only one who lives, due to their mental difference from the others, because of that difference, it took cow the horrific mother figure it had and got to survive, yet it’s still “ugly”, it sees its actions as horrid, as a mistake, in a way, it sees *itself* as a mistake despite making heroic decisions
    And I think this can be translated over to the real world, I mean, do you think the people that invented fire, electricity, phones
    Everything past our caveman days followed what everyone else did?
    No. They had a vision, a vision that was likely bashed and hated by the general public because it was stupid or weird or whatever idiotic insults they threw, yet here we are with these modern inventions because just a few people decided that they would differ from the norm, that they would do something that is viewed as stupid
    Yet that issue hasn’t stopped, people who differ from the norm are still abused and told they are not worth it, that they should jump down the waterfall and ultimately doom themselves just because it’s customary to do so
    We should learn from the ugly duckling and the people who mirror it, we should learn to accept differences in people instead of being abusive towards potentially amazing people
    That’s the message I see in this

    • @heheheiamasuperstarcatgirl8485
      @heheheiamasuperstarcatgirl8485 Рік тому +20

      that was the intended message of the original; all the ducks look down on the "ugly one" until it is revealed that it wasnt ugly or even a duck at all; it says to not judge a book by its cover and to accept or maybe celebrate (depending on the parents' telling) others' differences even if they offend you personally. of course most parents probably dont fully realize this and teach their kids that "its okay, look at the swan!" but thats not the point, its to offer kids their first plot twist and show not to judge people just by what they seem like
      honestly i dont think this version of the story is depressing i think its just regular ol' classic shitpost schlock lmao; trying to analyze this version sincerely for 5 minutes reveals its a deliberate garbled mess, and little kids will most likely think the story is straight up boring and be so confused by the end that they dont even remember it except for that it was bad. This story is meant only as a shitpost and beyond that its meaning is void. Trying to look for anything deeper and you'll find a bunch of bullshit, including "mom never answers any questions and seems to be having a major psychotic break, continuing her monologue and going on tangents rather than answering her children" "hyperbolic abortion metaphor" "star wars anakin obiwan mustafar high ground you were my brother anakin i loved you" and also just being philosophically juvenile like "brooo you were empty space and then i created you, i did that personally like an artist paints a painting or an engineer builds a dam" [is never questioned, accepted as gospel by all ducklings] and "wow is the creation doomed to rebel against its creator? because uhh what has been given cannot be used the way its.. previous owner had intended??" [do i own my life? i thought i WAS my life lol... also wait am i contractually obligated to fulfill the will of whatever entity came before me? and someone owned my life before i did?? i hope they kept it in pristene condition then cos i had no clue i bought a used title...]
      see what i mean? its trite meaningless garbage and its perfect that way

    • @eden3669
      @eden3669 Рік тому +42

      ​@@heheheiamasuperstarcatgirl8485 honestly i disagree
      like... the mother duck IS spouting bullshit, but to me thats the point
      to me its not really a metaphor for abortion as much as its a metaphor for _abuse_, and parents that try to have total control over their children's lives
      the mother duck is saying meaningless bullshit because all she cares about is having control, and the ducklings believe it because... well, theyre ducklings. of course theyre gonna be easy for an abusive parent to manipulate.
      and the part at the end reminds me of an abuse victim that's escaped the abuse doubting themselves, and going "what if what they did was actually a good thing"
      "what was given cant be used in the way it was intended" seems like its about how its unreasonable to expect a child to perfectly live up to their parents expectations
      [also, id argue that the duck mother DID try to own her children's lives by trying to have control over them - the ugly duckling is the only one that takes his life BACK]
      ...the anakin high ground joke though, ill give you that one, that is absolutely shitpost energy lmao
      ...honestly, the whole thing, maybe the abuse metaphor was unintentional, maybe it was intended as a shitpost
      but intentional or not, the abuse metaphor IS there, if you know what to look for
      but honestly, i wouldnt say this story is depressing
      to me, its *hopeful*
      what happened to the other ducklings was awful
      but the ugly duckling... he managed to fight back, and he fucking _won_

    • @rubberduckydj
      @rubberduckydj Рік тому +18

      ​@@eden3669 This is one of the most genuinely sincere conversations I've ever seen on the entire internet

    • @dylanzlol7293
      @dylanzlol7293 Рік тому +12

      ​@@rubberduckydj this conversation is true evidence that this version is the improved version of the ugly duckling story

    • @VioletE420
      @VioletE420 Рік тому +2

      @@eden3669 I completely agree with your take.

  • @conradkai9705
    @conradkai9705 6 років тому +331

    wholesome family fun
    -ign

  • @maroonai
    @maroonai 7 років тому +716

    i love how all the suggested videos from this one are legit tellings of the story. however none are as good as this one.

  • @gogl0l386
    @gogl0l386 Рік тому +8

    "Is the creation doomed to rebel against the will of the creator? For truly, what is given to someone, can never truly be used the same way the previous owner had intended. If this is the curse of individuality, then maybe I too should have jumped down the waterfall with my brother ducklings."
    Unironically deep and thought provoking.

    • @norikofu509
      @norikofu509 Рік тому +3

      This is going to be more relevant when AI becomes more and more developed and even with a concious of some sort

  • @alexanderstilianov
    @alexanderstilianov Рік тому +2

    "I reject my duckality, mother!" said the ugly duckling, putting on the stone mask.

  • @Jader7777
    @Jader7777 7 років тому +421

    The Ugly Duckling: A Post-Modern Retelling

    • @robertlupa8273
      @robertlupa8273 2 роки тому +8

      why am i thinking about YiiK now

    • @charcoaleater343
      @charcoaleater343 Рік тому +10

      ​@@robertlupa8273 The Ugly Duckling: A Post-Modern RPG

    • @theatheistbear3117
      @theatheistbear3117 Рік тому +3

      This isn’t postmodern. It’s actually good.

    • @OccultEclipse
      @OccultEclipse Рік тому

      ⁠@@theatheistbear3117 It’s very post-modern. You’re just uncomfortable admitting you actually like a piece of postmodernist art.

    • @theatheistbear3117
      @theatheistbear3117 Рік тому

      @@OccultEclipse Actually, you're right, it's postmodern and kind of shit. Too much meta commentary.

  • @draenthor4621
    @draenthor4621 7 років тому +486

    This is relatable on so many levels.

    • @johnnonamegibbon3580
      @johnnonamegibbon3580 7 років тому +21

      Life is meaningless in that, no matter how long you live, it is simply a fraction of infinity. And any fraction of infinity is essentially useless.

    • @theoneonyoutube4925
      @theoneonyoutube4925 6 років тому +48

      John NoNameGibbon
      Smallness does not equal meaninglessness....

    • @ShoulderMonster
      @ShoulderMonster 6 років тому +42

      Exactly. I don't see the need to feel like nothing from simply knowing how big the universe is.
      Are not the massive pyramids made for just a few graves? A mansion for a family or fewer? A museum for the artworks? A city for the people?
      How about entire movies remembered for just the few details?
      Everything, no matter how small, plays a part.

    • @residentalien818
      @residentalien818 5 років тому +8

      Isn't it relatable when your mom tries to kill you!

    • @svrvphimprod
      @svrvphimprod 2 роки тому +21

      Damn, were you adopted by a madwoman with a god complex??? Dude me too!!!!!!!

  • @sawdust8691
    @sawdust8691 Рік тому +3

    I like the mothers reaponse when questioned.
    After listening to the convoluted explanation, it just amounts to "just cause" 😂.

  • @Ipomoea_Alba
    @Ipomoea_Alba 11 місяців тому +2

    Shoutout to you for having captions along with the actual words on the screen!!!

  • @afish2281
    @afish2281 6 років тому +375

    I do remember hearing that first half in kindergarten, they had to stop because the book was getting too dark.
    Turns out they ordered that book for significantly less than most places would, so they got a bootleg from the internet.
    My school also corrected the mistake later, it took 2 years for the new bootlegged book to arrive.

  • @brendancoulter5761
    @brendancoulter5761 6 років тому +337

    What the mother duck did not consider is that she was created in the same sense as her own offspring, and was there for of the mater and nature as them. By placing herself above her own flesh and blood, she was acting as a substitute for divinity when in fact only that which creates but was not created may claim the status of the divine.
    Also, how did she not notice that one duckling was a goose?

    • @voidbite
      @voidbite Рік тому +18

      I do not really agree with the part about the part where something that was created can not be divine, something that was created can also be divine, I think it depends more on if they are a mortal and how much control they have over reality.

    • @sunwukong32
      @sunwukong32 Рік тому +23

      ​@@voidbiteyou're probably using two different definitions of divine.
      A created being cannot self-proclaim to be above other created beings because they both owe their existence to the ultimate or prime Creator.
      If by divine you mean "from God" or "similar to God" then it's possible. But if you say divinity and mean "Godhood", or "the state of being God", then no. A created being is by definition disqualified from being God.

    • @voidbite
      @voidbite Рік тому +1

      @@sunwukong32 There are many definitions for divine and god.

    • @D.KlWA-aG
      @D.KlWA-aG Рік тому +7

      @@voidbite There are many and the comments presents one of them. You did not.

    • @voidbite
      @voidbite Рік тому

      @@D.KlWA-aG Mine is an actual definition, although it is not one you know of.

  • @junichiroyamashita
    @junichiroyamashita Рік тому +5

    From Ugly Duckling to Blood Meridian real quick

  • @peppertherealmvp2542
    @peppertherealmvp2542 4 роки тому +15

    The mother duck at 1:20 looks like Skinner’s “pathetic” face

  • @stroof-is-tired
    @stroof-is-tired 6 років тому +223

    This is now my favourite anime

    • @thephony1651
      @thephony1651 Рік тому +4

      The Time I Had Ducklings and Made Them Make The Ultimate Sacrifice (Is It Wrong That The Ugly One Made An Attempt On My Life?!?!)

    • @zulucruz664
      @zulucruz664 Рік тому +1

      Neon Ducknesis Evangelion

  • @Liuhuayue
    @Liuhuayue 6 років тому +148

    At least he wasn't shunned for being ugly.

    • @kanseidorifto2430
      @kanseidorifto2430 Рік тому +14

      He was shunned for being different and capable of self thought. That to them was the ugliness, for they were of external beauty alone while being still and smooth in the mind, without conscious will of their own having surrendered it to the great collective they called a goddess.

    • @jacqmarthy536
      @jacqmarthy536 Рік тому +4

      ​@@kanseidorifto2430in the video only the narrator said that it was ugly. The mother treats them all the same, that is, as sacrifices

    • @kanseidorifto2430
      @kanseidorifto2430 Рік тому +2

      @@jacqmarthy536 just like society and the government... :trollface:

  • @anna48792
    @anna48792 3 роки тому +4

    "all of the ducklings played in the pond"
    skips 10 secs
    "I AM YOUR GOD"

  • @intreoo
    @intreoo Рік тому +8

    I read this out loud to my friends like a children’s book reading session. It was glorious.

  • @kiauneton7154
    @kiauneton7154 6 років тому +619

    "It's over duck mother, I have the high ground."
    Oh my god why XDDd

  • @reibean9542
    @reibean9542 6 років тому +222

    I don’t know why I started cracking up when the ugly duckling said “it’s over duck mother I have the high ground” good Star Wars reference. Lol

  • @ByChromeee54
    @ByChromeee54 Рік тому +4

    “It’s over duck mother, I have the high ground!”
    Truly the line of all time

  • @hoo7797
    @hoo7797 Рік тому +6

    He became a swan and pondered over how Mother Duck wasn't his actual creator, nor were the Ducklings his brothers, and falls into an even deeper existential hole

  • @HolyGarbage
    @HolyGarbage 7 років тому +259

    You should make more of these type of videos. :)

  • @spiritedrenee9895
    @spiritedrenee9895 6 років тому +141

    Oh boy. This should be read in libraries for children.

    • @SrLupinotuum
      @SrLupinotuum 6 років тому +12

      What an *ugly* idea

    • @brendanhall5581
      @brendanhall5581 2 роки тому +9

      @@SrLupinotuum Saw your Ice Bear PFP. Heavy approval. Ice Bear is best bear.

    • @SrLupinotuum
      @SrLupinotuum 2 роки тому +8

      @@brendanhall5581 hah, thanks

    • @runeanonymous9760
      @runeanonymous9760 Рік тому +4

      I feel like, with some changes, like making the Ugly Duckling a runt instead of a cygnet, maybe with some birth defect or something, and cutting out that swan bit, and it could work. The duck flying off at the end while thinking those last lines would probably be a good image to end on

  • @myusernamegotstollen
    @myusernamegotstollen 4 роки тому +21

    I love how in the end he’s like: “Oh yeah, and then he became a swan or something like that”

  • @danielawesome36
    @danielawesome36 3 роки тому +2

    "You were my _mother,_ Mother! I _loved_ you!"

  • @Zorrofunk
    @Zorrofunk 6 років тому +108

    That escalated quickly

  • @drakonicguy
    @drakonicguy 6 років тому +30

    _Is the creation doomed to rebel against the will of the creator?_
    _For truly, what is given to someone, can never truly be used the same way the previous owner had intended._
    _If this is the curse of individuality, then maybe I too should have jumped down the waterfall with my brother ducklings._

  • @ronn201
    @ronn201 Рік тому +11

    The ugly duckling became a swan, however the trauma of murdering his mother, festered a cruelty in his heart.
    When he gained his own brood of cygnets, he would unreasonably ask them their lives, and in their pure love for their father, they too would throw themselves into the mercy of the waterfall.
    In renewing the cycle of narcissistic tragedy, though he had the appearance of a swan, the ugliness within had never abated.

  • @sunnycomb
    @sunnycomb 4 роки тому +14

    0:59 was when it all started going downhill

  • @emmac8652
    @emmac8652 7 років тому +89

    best version ive heard

  • @ShoulderMonster
    @ShoulderMonster 6 років тому +63

    Was expecting some sappier version from the title. Then started expecting the swan to die as they approached the waterfall... Then....
    Didn't expect this... Too amazing.

  • @jommisalami
    @jommisalami Рік тому +3

    I find comfort in existential stuff. This made me laugh. Thank you

  • @elvis5384
    @elvis5384 Рік тому +4

    A gift given cannot be taken
    You have made the deal, the choice, you can't undo such choice. You should've thought about the consequences before you acted DUCK! No bread crumbs will save you now vile beast! **roundhouse kicks the duck into the waterfall*"

  • @Xtinejoijones
    @Xtinejoijones 7 років тому +48

    Okay. You won. Goddamnit you won. I subscribed.

  • @dustbunnie7314
    @dustbunnie7314 7 років тому +682

    While I am aware this sounds bizzare (and a bit stupid), I would have much rather been told this story as a child.
    Beautifully morbid and philosophical themes.

    • @loneberry8905
      @loneberry8905 6 років тому +129

      Definitely a better concept than 'you are ugly and your worth nothing... But one day you will be beautiful! And everyone will love you! Because we all know that beauty is al that matters!' And yeah, I know that that's probably not the message that was meant, but whatever!

    • @mrjoe332
      @mrjoe332 6 років тому +32

      Dust Bunnie but, as a child, would you get the meaning of this story?

    • @thetoontastictoon1720
      @thetoontastictoon1720 6 років тому +53

      +Kaio Alberth
      Perhaps not, but then your parents could explain the meaning to you. Then you'd feel like a smart kid after finally understanding the meaning and rereading the story.

    • @mrjoe332
      @mrjoe332 6 років тому +4

      The Toontastic Toon it's possible... on the other hand, I have already forgotten the meaning of the history

    • @daianmoi8528
      @daianmoi8528 5 років тому +30

      Even if children don't understand the meaning right away, there is value in being able to return to a story and see new things in it.

  • @Cash_ketchup
    @Cash_ketchup 3 роки тому +24

    I love how he made a simple story sound like some intense anime movie😂

  • @Solbashio
    @Solbashio 3 роки тому +202

    This is really depressing for me... With an overly religious mother; this hits hard.

    • @Sylvie_X
      @Sylvie_X 2 роки тому +83

      You know what you must do, now it's just a matter of finding the nearest waterfall.

    • @thenooblet9872
      @thenooblet9872 2 роки тому +53

      @@Sylvie_X ayo slow down

    • @John_the_Paul
      @John_the_Paul 2 роки тому

      Ah yes, my religious parents also commanded me to commit suicide.

    • @pinnacleexpress420
      @pinnacleexpress420 Рік тому +18

      My legit advice is that theres usually a way to run away, probably

    • @WhiteWomanSlasher
      @WhiteWomanSlasher Рік тому +15

      Get the high ground.

  • @dorf7219
    @dorf7219 7 років тому +16

    When a shitpost has you questioning your own existance

  • @yanlok0706
    @yanlok0706 7 років тому +52

    I'm laughing so hard I'm crying

  • @char8791
    @char8791 4 роки тому +11

    beginning of video: sad story but will teach you a lesson probably
    2:24: 10 BEST ANIME FIGHTS

  • @cjck1344
    @cjck1344 4 роки тому +21

    I came here for a good laugh but now I’m having an existential crisis

  • @ira9064
    @ira9064 7 років тому +147

    I do not like this FOWL content.

  • @taviakovaciny9453
    @taviakovaciny9453 6 років тому +16

    that took a dark turn

  • @svrvphimprod
    @svrvphimprod 2 роки тому +18

    I thought the twist was going to be that he learned not to blame himself for the trauma his family caused him or some shit like that but this is even better.

  • @kerbonaut2059
    @kerbonaut2059 4 роки тому +3

    'I got you in this world, I can take you out.'

  • @cowplum946
    @cowplum946 6 років тому +6

    *well that escalated quickly*

  • @overcesium
    @overcesium 7 років тому +203

    wat

  • @goose6988
    @goose6988 4 роки тому +5

    0:28
    Tfw you have an assignment due tomorrow but you didn’t even start it

  • @doctorfunk7959
    @doctorfunk7959 Рік тому +4

    It’s wild to believe that the mother taught them the concept of violence and height advantage, but spared them on the grander concepts of mortality and existentialism.

    • @itspronouncedpon-feeunders3817
      @itspronouncedpon-feeunders3817 Рік тому

      You should convert to Christianity if you're into not going to Hell and all that.

    • @Blaze_1379
      @Blaze_1379 Рік тому +6

      @@itspronouncedpon-feeunders3817the funny part is most christians act like the mother duck from this story

  • @meh3017
    @meh3017 7 років тому +19

    the epic music makes this perfect.

  • @carov2782
    @carov2782 7 років тому +4155

    I hate this english dub!

    • @delve_
      @delve_ 6 років тому +113

      +Caro V
      Hi. I'm here to congratulate you on having reached 88 likes! If I hadn't replied, you'd have never known you had achieved such a feat.

    • @scrampledegg-nj1bj
      @scrampledegg-nj1bj 6 років тому +75

      Delve shut up

    • @laura-vq6zc
      @laura-vq6zc 6 років тому +35

      rude

    • @kitkat-yo8ce
      @kitkat-yo8ce 6 років тому +8

      truth

    • @LemonsRage
      @LemonsRage 6 років тому +45

      +Delve yeah that is really fucked up there is the "like feature" but if you get likes anotatoin appears. I am gonna check if any of my comments got like 1 billion likes but I just missed it because noone commented haha

  • @evergreen6702
    @evergreen6702 6 років тому +5

    "who would like to sacrifice their mortality"
    Well that went from 1 to 100 real quick

  • @blehh_mae
    @blehh_mae 4 роки тому +8

    i was expecting a better version where they never hate the duckling but instead its this existentialism thing and idk if thats better or worse

  • @ghostxlee5565
    @ghostxlee5565 7 років тому +36

    This is beautiful ;w;

  • @nicotony4191
    @nicotony4191 4 роки тому +9

    0:51 "PATHETIC!"

  • @damsarebiotic6263
    @damsarebiotic6263 3 роки тому +2

    I thought that the ugly duckling would say how she cursed him with ugliness and than refuse her based on the fact that she created a imperfect version of what he could have been and as such the ugly duckling has no reason to accept this request from such a god

  • @microwavecoffee
    @microwavecoffee 3 роки тому +10

    this is a classic. if i ever have a kid, this is the original.

  • @coleharding9439
    @coleharding9439 Рік тому +3

    Wow, finally, a fairy tale for the modern day.

  • @Mind_Crimes
    @Mind_Crimes Рік тому +4

    Got some real Old Testament vibes.

  • @dvzz6285
    @dvzz6285 Рік тому +1

    I mean, really shows stuff about not being afraid of being yourself and accepting that you are different from other ppl.

  • @xiiaohao3871
    @xiiaohao3871 3 роки тому +2

    I love how UA-cam keeps recommending me this video although I've already watched it.

  • @WaterPirateGirl
    @WaterPirateGirl 7 років тому +35

    haha this is funny, you should do more retellings

  • @THExRISER
    @THExRISER 4 роки тому +16

    I was honestly expecting some profound life lesson like in "A Man Goes to the Store to Buy Some Milk".

  • @Saphia_
    @Saphia_ Рік тому +1

    I love it when youtube decides to recommend me videos like this out of the blue.

  • @anonviking6969
    @anonviking6969 Рік тому +2

    We need version with beautiful materialist duckling!

  • @ImANormal_Guy
    @ImANormal_Guy Рік тому +3

    I didnt realise that this video was 6 years old when it appeared in my reccomendations.

  • @TheKeenan
    @TheKeenan 4 роки тому +6

    I showed this to my 4 year old cousin, I didnt know what he ment by improving it... I still dont regret showing him it.

  • @cardinalhamneggs5253
    @cardinalhamneggs5253 Рік тому +2

    THE HIGH GROUND REFERENCE I CAN’t XD

  • @LonerSirius
    @LonerSirius Рік тому +1

    Getting this recommended at 3 am is an experience. Thank you UA-cam

  • @MsDawn0113
    @MsDawn0113 5 років тому +7

    You are one twisted story teller. I love it.

  • @RainAngel111
    @RainAngel111 Рік тому +5

    I still don't get why the mother duck wanted them all to die. She spent all that time incubating the eggs. What did she gain from sacrificing them?

    • @HangryOnPaws
      @HangryOnPaws Рік тому +2

      I guess she believes that she can gain divine power through blood sacrifice.

  • @Tooupi
    @Tooupi 5 років тому +1

    I'm impressed you sad "It's over duck mother, I have the high ground" with straight face

  • @loupax
    @loupax Рік тому +10

    Remember the story where the ugly duckling actually hatched from a tiger egg and ate them all?

  • @seallyolme
    @seallyolme 6 років тому +4

    I have seen this multiple times, but I will never get tired of watching it again and again.

  • @bepisdoggo8282
    @bepisdoggo8282 4 роки тому +2

    Just wait for this to pop up in some kids recommendations on youtube kids and they get nightmares the same night

  • @withern2956
    @withern2956 Рік тому +2

    Now you know why the male duck is not there. He knew she had a screw loose

  • @generic840
    @generic840 Рік тому +4

    Even if slapped in as a joke i feel like the "he was a swan all along" could had up to the whole plot of his refusal to submit to the meaningless cruelty