“He’s trying to climb the counters to get it” so this toy started making death threats and you kept it? This is the kind of person who died first in a horror movie
She needs to hide it somewhere else when the kid isn’t paying attention! She wants her son to stop saying the phrase so she keeps making it say it in front of the kid?? Moms a little weird
@@Sebas_Tian66 but I always heard it "yeah,James" and nothing else to the point where I was wondering what the hell is the threat they are talking about. maybe they misheard it and thought it was a threat ?
May be the toy recorded the first words it heard from the running TV in the background (coincidentally a crime thriller?). Look how EVP devices behave and what psychologists tell about people interpreting the recordings.
I like how she says she doesn’t want her son to hear the phrase yet she continued to press the Elmo in the presence of her son many times to show the news crew.
My younger brother had a furby that talked like that. The thing had a major attitude problem. It even turned on one time with no batteries in it. It was like something straight out of a horror movie.
LOL I was wondering if maybe they'd been watching Kenan & Kel: You know, that episode where someone introduces Kel to James 🤔 "James, Kel" "Kel, James"
@@AlPootis Watch the video again. The doll is supposed to be one that can remember names. Why people always attach dirty or sinister messages to Elmo toys is beyond me, except that the idea of a kid-friendly character saying them makes such urban legends irresistible.
@@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316 it’s a cheap Elmo toy. It’s more believable the toy just broke and is making a sound that vaguely sounds like it’s threatening to kill someone then some random mom taking time out of her problably busy day to reprogram a kids toy AND somehow get audio of Elmo threatening to kill her son to use. Sure, she could’ve used some voice mixing software but this was the 90s. People are retarded if they believe it’s more likely someone would reprogram a kids toy in the 90s over a kids toy just being a shitty kids toy.
I think the doll was saying "Hell, James," because the disc was broken, I believe it's the cause of it being interrupted during the "Hello, James" quote.
Melissa: "Yeah, the Elmo Knows Your Name doll that you produced is making concerning death threats towards my toddler." Fisher Price: *"It is what it is."*
My theory when this came out i think is that it was a Voice box malfunction like when they said that It had no battery i bet she hit the voice box so then the string in the voice would go forward not backward so when it says "hi james" its sounds like "kill james"
If my grandma ever saw toys on the news and be explained about darkness/evilness types,she would be like: *alright throw those toys out,I don't care if they ain't bad*
@@grovnargaming2387 There’s no need to be like that. There’s been some unfortunate politicizing of Elmo and other characters recently but the boy does not view him through that
Reminds me of The Twilight Zone episode where the step-father was getting death threats from his step-daughter's "Talky Tina" doll! I never would've thought that Elmo would be as evil!
Put it on 0.25 and at @1:24 and it's saying tell James, not kill james. The toy batteries probably needed changing for a long time and plus the toy might be mess up bc kid's always throwing their toys around.
Reporter: "Elmo doll she bought for her two year old is now making death threats." Me: chuckles Reporter:" she's not laughing" Me: laughs hysterically 💀💀💀
Fun Fact: there's an Elmo potty training book that has the feature where if you press a certain button with a picture make sound but one of the buttons was supposed to have Elmo say "Let's try and use the potty" but some copies most likely due to a malfunction has Elmo say "HA HA HA who wants to die?".
I remember having one of those as a kid. My mother said that the Elmo doll would go off every night going "It's time to play *cue my name here* " and even when she took out the batteries it was still doing it. I'm glad I didn't miss it lol
😆 We had a doll like that: a clown named "Happy Hal" but the laugh did sound possessed! 😳 One day when it was going off by itself, my mom finally took the voice box out (which we later used to terrorize each other) 🤣
I love how fisher price just doesn’t care until the news gets involved
Elmo toy: *threatens to kill a two year old*
fisher price: I sleep.
The news: *talks about it*
fisher price: Hol’ up
Elmo: Kill Ted
Fisher Price: Eh Imma sleep.
News: Ey wake up it's sayin Kill Ted
Well it's bad publicity so they have to do something about it
Yep
tbh, if someone called about that, I wouldn't believe them
The teens that snuck into your house last night know how to program
😂😂
Yes
Stacksmashing?
LMAO
Don't sleep on Computer Nerds
"2 year old James loves Elmo"
*Proceeds to show him violently throwing Elmo to the ground*
So Elmo was just retaliating.
Elmo is just getting his revenge
They loved the news attention 😂
@Peter John YTP Oh. Oh no. I think i will be going to hell now bye y’all.
The news loves being ironic I guess.
“He’s trying to climb the counters to get it” so this toy started making death threats and you kept it? This is the kind of person who died first in a horror movie
FR
She’s hoping for a payout. Without the proof then no money so she won’t throw it out
@@audreyramsey982 that and it’s really funny. I’d definitely keep it as a funny little memento.
She needs to hide it somewhere else when the kid isn’t paying attention! She wants her son to stop saying the phrase so she keeps making it say it in front of the kid?? Moms a little weird
Elmo knows your name doll? Nobody thought that was creepy...
You plug it in ti the comouter
Probably gonna say innapropiate things next
+Justin.R Gaming Play I'm not amused.
:)
i love your file picture
"Hey your toy is malfunctioning and is making death threats"
Fischer Price: *It wasn't a malfunction.*
r/holup
Karma.
lol
@@D2UbleDibs r/Ihavereddiy
@@menoislucky8179 what is “reddiy”
Elmo: Kill James
News Reporter: What Was That?
Elmo: *K I L L J A M E S*
😝
**elmo says something inaudible**
**Zooms into Elmo's face**
"What was that?"
Ngl I still don't know what he's saying xD
Oh what the hell.. now I hear it lol, pretty creepy if you ask me.
@ManlyFashion it's saying "Kill james"
He's saying kill james
@@Sebas_Tian66 but I always heard it "yeah,James" and nothing else to the point where I was wondering what the hell is the threat they are talking about. maybe they misheard it and thought it was a threat ?
You made a purchasing mistake, you bought the Emo doll.
Who got an emo doll? All I see is an Elmo doll.
Did you pherhaps misspelled 'Elmo'.
GhastmasterSky {LUKE} it was a joke
Zombie Oshawott they didn't know😰
Nope, she set the doll's switch on evil.
@@error2205 whooosh
If that happened after she changed the batteries, she may have just accidentally switched the doll to "Evil". Set it back to "Good".
Medium
Tree house of horror xD
But it was made by Fisher Price, not Krusty the Clown.
Toy story reference?!?!
Why didn't the mom from Child's Play think of that?
If Elmo is saying "Kill James" I'd be more concerned about who has been in the house that would say such a thing for Elmo to hear.
You figured it out. Mom was plotting something. Found out elmo knew. Decided to blame fisher price.
May be the toy recorded the first words it heard from the running TV in the background (coincidentally a crime thriller?).
Look how EVP devices behave and what psychologists tell about people interpreting the recordings.
Is it a coincidence that they had a 007 movie marathon the night before? I think not.
I like how she says she doesn’t want her son to hear the phrase yet she continued to press the Elmo in the presence of her son many times to show the news crew.
Later that day little James had choked many other kids named James until he was the only James in his neighborhood.
Josh fight in a nutshell
I read this in a voice of the narrator of Caillou LMAO
James killed james
Natural selection
og josh fight
Elmo : *stares at the camera*
Elmo : Remember kids
*Elmo is ALWAYS watching you*
*evil elmo laughing*
YOU ARE NOT WATCHING ME, ELMO!!!!! YOU WILL NOT BE WATCHING US!!!!!!
@@speedtracker9556 stfu
@@Opana223 calm down Jeez
@@speedtracker9556 Are you five?
Calm down would ya
“Kill James!”
I’m no toy expert, but I’m pretty damn sure that isn’t a malfunction.
What is it then
An objective
My younger brother had a furby that talked like that. The thing had a major attitude problem. It even turned on one time with no batteries in it. It was like something straight out of a horror movie.
"Here's your problem, someone switched this thing to evil"
"I'm Krusty the Clown and I don't like you" 🤡
I still say that's what happened to Lore.
"That doll is evil, eeeeeevvillll I tells has"
"Grandpa you said that about all the toys"
"I know, I just wanted attention"
@@pi_beta7306 "I'm krusty the clown and I'm going to kill you"
@Olivia 757 Simpsons.
"she doesn't want him to hear what the toy is saying"
*proceeds to play it multiple times in front of son*
😆
Yes lol
That bitch set that up. I am nearly certain
@@rinabitoni3746 I seriously think so too
@@rinabitoni3746 .
Elmo: Kel James
People: IT SAID "KILL JAMES"
Yow ching?
LOL
I was wondering if maybe they'd been watching Kenan & Kel:
You know, that episode where someone introduces Kel to James 🤔
"James, Kel"
"Kel, James"
@@serart41 right?!! I literally had no idea of what it said!! YOW CHING is EXACTLY what it SOUNDED like!
The mom said she was disappointed the toy was saying “Kill James” like I would be shocked asfff
".....shes not laughing "
But I am 😆
That's literally what I said when I heard that
“She’s not laughing”
Me: “Well that sounds like a personal problem”
At least im not the only one then.
IKR lmao 😝
@@ChaosMyth1012 lmao exactly
Elmo must really have it in for James Bond.
Lmfao
James bond killed elmos uncle
Lmaooooooo
Me: *get’s an Elmo knows your name doll*
Also me: *inputs my name as kill dolphin*
Elmo: kill dolphin
007 Sesame Street
Fun fact: Tickle Me Elmo also caused someone to get mauled by a monkey
Travis the tree rat!
@@nickyblue4866 yep
You can't just tell us and not give us the video to it
@@boogiesarcade, its called Travis the Chimpanzee on Wikipedia, its also on SSSniperwolf's 911 call vid
@@jonthegamerboy ok
The name of this toy, "Elmo knows your name" is already terrifying enough.
If I found out a doll I owned made death threats I would like it better.
'Wow! It makes death threats? I love it!'
You should buy Chucky instead 😆
Scare the shit out of my enemies
Right 😆
FUCK HELL YEAH
Ohh hell yeah I love when my 2 year old gets death threats 🙄
0:59 looks like Elmo was attempting to act upon his threat
Lol XD
😅😅😅
Bruuu😂
LOL
UNDERRATED
I love that the title for this is just "Elmo's Death Threat"
Imagine if someone was robbing their house
“K I L L J A M E S”
Ok
*BANG*
I'm sorry
Imagine if the persons name was James..
Bro even the Robber would call the cops, he would be wondering what the fuck kind of maniac serial killer home he broke into !
Burglar: good advice Elmo
It could just as easily have been saying, "tell James" as "kill James."
Yeah I don't hear the "Kill James"
Now that you pointed it out, I can hear it. It was probably meant to say Tell.
Makes sense.
@@AlPootis Watch the video again. The doll is supposed to be one that can remember names. Why people always attach dirty or sinister messages to Elmo toys is beyond me, except that the idea of a kid-friendly character saying them makes such urban legends irresistible.
Why would it say tell james tell him what to kill
"Kill James."
"Tell James."
Like if you hear both.
Edit: How did this blow up? lol.
Yea I hear both
I heard Gouging...
@Nemanja Milosevic Good point Nemanja, Where is he today anyway? Probably playing Fortnite.
Or he said kill me
I only heard (kill James ) not the other one
The fact that 2008 was 13 years ago and I actually remember this on the news I was 8… miss how the news looked then
After all these years of being punked Elmo finally hit his breaking point. Watch out all you children out there.
"your toy is making death threats to my son"
Fisher price: understandable, have a nice day..
Can I speak to your manager?
🤣🤣🤣
@@martingardner9124 Bigbird is the manager
This looks and feels straight out of the onion
“They didn’t even sound concerned”
I don’t think they should because of the straight up bullshit this woman’s saying
Yeah the doll can be programmed this appears to be a giant troll lol
@@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316 it’s a cheap Elmo toy. It’s more believable the toy just broke and is making a sound that vaguely sounds like it’s threatening to kill someone then some random mom taking time out of her problably busy day to reprogram a kids toy AND somehow get audio of Elmo threatening to kill her son to use. Sure, she could’ve used some voice mixing software but this was the 90s.
People are retarded if they believe it’s more likely someone would reprogram a kids toy in the 90s over a kids toy just being a shitty kids toy.
@@ImranKhan-ty9ij you must not understand the art of trolling lol
@@ImranKhan-ty9ij they even offered her a new one and she refused
@@ImranKhan-ty9ij ok you could have made this a short paragraph. Didn't have to turn it into an essay. Just saying
don’t ya just love it when youtube recommends a video 13 years after it was posted? cause i know i do.
Same lol but this video is nostalgic because I found this vid in 2010
Somebody probably got ahold of the voice chip
Ikr
@SCP-049 gotta clutch up in the gulag for the team
True but I wonder who would prank a child like that
Or maybe the mother is just a Karen
Mhm
I think the doll was saying "Hell, James," because the disc was broken, I believe it's the cause of it being interrupted during the "Hello, James" quote.
I agree with you
I keep laughing like a hyena because the captions are just saying yeah when Elmo says that phrase! I'm a horrible person!
Don't worry I'm the person who laughed when someone had a heart attack because of shoveling snow
Oh my God, James is now like 15 or 16, time goes by fast.
James never got to grow up. Elmo's death threat was carried out.
I hope they kept that particular Elmo doll for when their kid grew up. That's quite a souvenir!
I hear "Tell James"
These people have wild imaginations
Same. Definitely not a death threat.
thats not even a sentence tho
I heard draw James but eh I guess we all different
I said kill
I mean
I never thought that Elmo would be as evil as Chucky or Talky Tina! 😂
she doesn't want to reprogram it because she knows it's probably worth a ton of money now.
I shouldn’t have smoked before this 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😭😭 I’m dying.
I'm smoking hash right now hahaha
Y’all shouldn’t smoke
@@MrTroutBum I’ll tell you what, I’ll quit right now…if you never say y’all ever again
Oh
Lol
0:28 Does anyone spot the “Sing and Dance with Elmo’s Greatest Hits” toy that innocently said “beat up Elmo” in 2007 in that collection of toys?
lol he was tired of himself
No
0:23 he loved Elmo
Proceeds to throw it on the ground
I had that toy!! Wtf??
The fact this kid is 16 or 17 right now
I hope he's ok
If he’s even around
Today he’d likely be 17 or 18 or maybe 19
The fact that the name of the talking doll is "Elmo Knows Your Name" would be enough to make me feel like there was a hit out on me...
This kid is probably 14 or 15 now
0:54 Kill James? WHAT WAS THAT!
😏
COW JAMES
Loud james
Had an elmo in the mid 90s that said F$cK Elmo, supposedly it was suppose to be saying hug elmo...but that's not what I heard
@@charliepastrami2813 Lol I want a elmo toy that says that 😂 that would be hilarious
This is the origin of... “Lalalala.. Elmo’s world “
Elmo: *Says death threats*
John Connor: It's to late Genesis is taking over
I legit thought this came from The Onion at first because it's so random.
Seems like something they'd do
This reminds me of da chucky movie when Andy and chucky met. Remind y'all of dat 😂🤣
Yup
Yup
“His real name is Charles lee ray!” “He said that she was a real bi*ch and got what she deserved!” Yup, sounds familiar
I know right!
yea
Melissa: "Yeah, the Elmo Knows Your Name doll that you produced is making concerning death threats towards my toddler."
Fisher Price: *"It is what it is."*
Fisher price: "Oh that should wear off in time"
It's the "Elmo Knows Your Name" doll. It's programmed to know that the childs name is James.
But it's not programed to send death threats to its owner
Yeah no shit I watched the video
@@Is_kitten I posted this 8 years ago dawg
@@Is_kitten 8 years ago
It was sposts to say "hi (the kids name) and NOT kill (the kids name)
...
Supposed xD
o
My theory when this came out i think is that it was a Voice box malfunction like when they said that It had no battery i bet she hit the voice box so then the string in the voice would go forward not backward so when it says "hi james" its sounds like "kill james"
hi six years later
If my grandma ever saw toys on the news and be explained about darkness/evilness types,she would be like:
*alright throw those toys out,I don't care if they ain't bad*
This was news in the 2000s never thought I’d miss it
I had heard this story from a friend about 4 years ago. I never thought it was actually real until this happened to pop up into my recommended.
I just realized this was 13 years ago 🤣🤣 the James kid is as old as me now
Edit: how did this get 105 likes lol
Frrrr
Same. I “heard” he still has that Elmo doll
@@dagamerd9440 "and he's not laughing"
@@Someone-zf6tr nope
You mean he's ALWAYS been as old as you...
1:54 Elmo raising dominance
Whatever Elmo is saying he's putting it in the form of a question. So he's questioning it...not making the threat! Sheeesh!
Uh oh! I think Elmo wants to kill James Bond! o_o
😂
@@miabyd5079 and now he is dead rip
welp, looks like he did
Noo he doesn’t like 007 on the N64 and James Bond 007 on sega sg1000
lol
God it’s so cute how much he loves Elmo 💖
V ᴇ ʀ ʏ-
@@user-yp7br4py1b yesss
@@grovnargaming2387 There’s no need to be like that. There’s been some unfortunate politicizing of Elmo and other characters recently but the boy does not view him through that
@@grovnargaming2387 oh ok haha
Natalists are so fuckin weird
When elmo becomes self aware
Reminds me of The Twilight Zone episode where the step-father was getting death threats from his step-daughter's "Talky Tina" doll! I never would've thought that Elmo would be as evil!
I have a chattty cathy doll that talking tina was named after. I had dreams of her saying "I will kill you in your lseep!"
Probably trying to say something else but has a faulty chip.
Purple Piano it's saying " Hey james"
I KNEW ELMO WAS EVIL ALL ALONG!!!
To be honest I dumped them all in holy water before they bought them
If I couldn't I would burn it
@•Mr Moe• this was a 10 year old comment lol
You sad this comment when I was 1🥺
Damn you made this comment when I didn't even exist yet
I wouldn’t want my Elmo saying Gayle King either.
Imagine your in your room and then you hear something, you look down and there is a tiny Elmo going *kill. James* with a gun
If it's more than 10 years old and looks like it was filmed with a potato for a camera, it's quality content.
14
I honestly thought this was the Onion the entire time
“but yesterday’s battery switch appears to have taught Elmo how to make death threats”
I can’t even hear what he’s trying to say...it sounds like he’s saying “Y’all stinks” lol
Put it on 0.25 and at @1:24 and it's saying tell James, not kill james. The toy batteries probably needed changing for a long time and plus the toy might be mess up bc kid's always throwing their toys around.
Reporter: "Elmo doll she bought for her two year old is now making death threats."
Me: chuckles
Reporter:" she's not laughing"
Me: laughs hysterically 💀💀💀
Wow. This is almost as crazy as those who claim they hear messages when they play a song backwards.
What if the toy had gained consciousness as a robot and is pleading to die as it realizes its in a continuous state of suffering
Bro, I wish I was that kid. Kid living his best life with Elmo.
Fun Fact: there's an Elmo potty training book that has the feature where if you press a certain button with a picture make sound but one of the buttons was supposed to have Elmo say "Let's try and use the potty" but some copies most likely due to a malfunction has Elmo say "HA HA HA who wants to die?".
Mmmm diabetes
0:21 'james bowman loves elmo'
he proceeds to throw elmo
I like how calm and collected this mother was
I remember having one of those as a kid. My mother said that the Elmo doll would go off every night going "It's time to play *cue my name here* " and even when she took out the batteries it was still doing it. I'm glad I didn't miss it lol
Yup it's possessed
😆
We had a doll like that:
a clown named "Happy Hal" but the laugh did sound possessed! 😳
One day when it was going off by itself, my mom finally took the voice box out (which we later used to terrorize each other) 🤣
She probably went on a computer and renamed the name to “kill James”.
Yeah,she probably did it for attention.
Or it’s an elaborate way of punishing her child.
@rightwing bi girl (inactive) bro the kid is like 3yo he doesn’t know how to read probably
I think what makes this 100x funnier is that they keep showing clips elmo saying "kill james"
I have no clue why UA-cam recommended this for me but im so happy it did.
this is not creepy elmo its bad elmo elmo is going to jail for 5.9 years
Ok I'll never come here ever again
@@maritime_history1912 aw, why? Are you scared of big bad Elmo? Lol 🤣🤣 okay 😁😁😁😆😆😆😆😆🤣.
Walter Szewczyk oooh are u scared of your math teacher lol😂😂😂😂😭
Also Elmo's Potty Time Book had a malfunction and instead of saying "Who has to go potty?" It said, "Ha ha, who wants to die?"
This comment is 10 years old, but I want to correct you.. I am resisting the urge.
you wrote that 10years ago
ELMO: K I L L J A M E S !
Damn imagine getting a death threat from a Elmo doll
Elmo made that threat himself it was not a mess up
Elmo, what are you hiding?
ELMO!!
I love how Elmo talks in the 3rd person even in UA-cam comments
the elmos are evolving, they are starting to become sentient. Elmo knows you killed his brothers and now he is coming after you
If elmos gives me death threats ill love him forever
Elmo probably just found out the kid’s middle name was Rocco. 🤣
SHEEEEEEEEESH! Those Elmo slippers are fire, he got the 💧
All dislikes are from Elmo's alt accounts.
Indeed
It’s not just the toy, it’s a potty training book that also relates to that and Elmo.
>Doesn't want her son hearing the "offending phrase".
>Proceeds to repeat it several times on TV.