Lol i remember when i was visiting the us for the first time reading this book, same age as the characters and rread this very scene on the car ride to the dam.💀I literally told my family we shouldn’t go to the Grand Canyon class bridge bc of this book lol
Not only that but these are 14 year olds pushed to the breaking point time and time again, it makes sense that there would be a few times where they lost it over something small.
The Gods: “do you know what this is?” Percy: “uhhhh, that’s Bessie my pet sea cow?” The Gods: “This is the Ophiotaurus, it is capable of razing Olympus. And you named it Bessie?” Percy: *shrugs* “Doesn’t look like a Charlie or a Nick now does it?”
Favorite instance is in HOO when someone makes a metaphor about a leaking dam and percy grins like he's lost his mind and goes "We've got a dam hole," and everyone stares at him like "wut," and then he remembers that nobody who would get the joke is there.
@@kadeisstuck8802 no i googled it she's 13 in season 1 and she turns 14 in season 2. i think they're 16 by the end of the show at that rate but they start out at 13
@@snowfire321 He started out the series by basing Percy on his oldest son, who was the same age at the time. So he really did have a good reference for that age...
Once we had visited a dam, (sadly not hoover dam in specific, god dam it) and i ABSOLUTELY wouldn't stop making these dam jokes to my brother who hadn't read the series 😂😂 he was so dam annoyed with me
Fr, like poor kid was the first to die in the series and Percy is 13. Like, did Rick just ignore that Percy should probably be grieving the loss of his friend while being at least a little disturbed.
@@JasTheSassPretty sure this _is_ their way of grieving. There's lots of people who respond to trauma by forcing smiles and making jokes, Percy is definitely one of those
@@wolfishpotato6978 Yeah, but you’d think that the other two wouldn’t have the same response. I get it’s a children’s book and all, but Nico was the only one who had much of a reaction.
I wrote Dam on my hand, went out in public, and at least 3 random people approached me and asked if it was a Percy Jackson reference. I love this fandom
They brought the joke back in HoO and percy laughed at his joke and everyone looked at him as no one else in in those books is prominently in that quests and it was a funny call back i think it was in HoH if anyone is wondering
2 things that made this scene all the more wild: 1. Zoë being absolutely out of the loop about what theyre laughing about 2. This is literally the chapter after Bianca died.
@@TrueOracle True, I don't have a problem with it, but I know how overprotective/sheltering parents can be (partly because mine were veryyyy sheltering)
This is the most 13/14 year old behavior And honestly I'm very glad Riordan knows how a early teen would act like. That is so far my favorite part with the group joking around.
Literally love this chapter!! My friend and I were reading Percy Jackson and we were almost racing each other. I asked if she got to the dam chapter. Her face was priceless! She told me she didn't want to hear me cuss. I told her that she can't put the book down until she understands what I just said. 😂
Every interaction Percy has with every God is great too, specially with Ares. Like he treats them soo chill, like, hey, they are gods. Every prophecy is good too. P.S. thank the gods someone is giving some recognition to Percy Jackson 😊.
Its so accurate tho. Its a buncha 13 year olds and the serious grumpy old lady (Zoe) just accidently said a swear. Of course they lose all control for a solid half a chapter. 😂😂
Lmao not only that they literally got attacked again but this literally stayed in my memory for the longest time lol and I still think about it sometimes
AND THE FACT THAT THE ENTIRE DAM FANDOM HAS KEPT IT SINCE THEN
Why wouldn’t we keep the best dam part of the book
Dam right
Say dam and you summon a whole dam fandom
It's the best dam inside joke
That is so dam true
No but in the end when Poseidon says to Percy “you have named the Ophiotaurus Bessie?” Has me rolling
IKR❤❤❤❤❤❤
Ikr
@@nobodybutmyself7713 he dident name the helhound mrs oliry was alr named
I now read it in the same tone as 'you named my daughter after the loch ness monster???"
Oh yeah, it was amazing!
There was also a mythical cow and they called it "holy cow" 😭
I think that was on Labyrinth when they go to the ranch and they see Apollos sun cattle
@@owenmaleski2203That is incorrect, it's actually (atleast I'm pretty sure) used for the Ophiotaurus.
@@thatamphibian.or dam Bessie??😂
"Grover did you hear the cow?"
"a dam cow?"
@@thatamphibian. nah it was for the apollo cattle, annabeth was like, "u stoopid"
But when Grover, Percy, and Thalia all started spitting out random architectural facts about the Hoover Dam because of Annabeth 😢
That was hilarious and tragic at the same time 😭😭😭
And how zoé was like HOW
Lol i remember when i was visiting the us for the first time reading this book, same age as the characters and rread this very scene on the car ride to the dam.💀I literally told my family we shouldn’t go to the Grand Canyon class bridge bc of this book lol
IF I HAVE TO SAY THAT WHEN I AUDITION FOR THE ROLE OF THALIA I WILL DIE
Also how in the second series he remebera it by saying 'we got a dam hole'
The best things about Percy Jackson is that you can NEVER forget that these characters are like 14
Not only that but these are 14 year olds pushed to the breaking point time and time again, it makes sense that there would be a few times where they lost it over something small.
wasn't grover like 20
@@Naruto121289he's in his 30's at the start of Lightning Thief. It was Thalia who was technicalky in her 20's in the third book
@@eddardblackhart6305 ohh ok
@@eddardblackhart6305Thalia was 16 in the third book, when she decided not to be the kid of the prophecy and became a hunter of Artemis
You can just summon the entire Percy Jackson Fandom with the word 'dam' and trust me it never gets old.
Dam
@Rbslife225 a single dam comment disappointing
Dam right
Dam this is sad
Dam boy😂😂
The Gods: “do you know what this is?”
Percy: “uhhhh, that’s Bessie my pet sea cow?”
The Gods: “This is the Ophiotaurus, it is capable of razing Olympus. And you named it Bessie?”
Percy: *shrugs* “Doesn’t look like a Charlie or a Nick now does it?”
XD
Charlie or nick??? Is that a reference?
@@addisongrove1961 nope, just two random names
You sure? Because it sounds like a Heartstopper reference to me!
@@addisongrove1961 as the person who wrote the original comment. I can say with complete certainty that there is no reference.
"It's a dam Percy Jackson thing, you wouldn't understand 🙄"
Those dam uncultured swines don't understand
Dam right
"a dam cow"
"Oh that's just Bessie my pet ocean cow "
"What?"
Grover: "Like a manatee?"
Percy: "No."
And when at the ended they were just like “Percy? You named the Ophiotaurus “Bessie”?” And he’s like “Naw he’s so cute he couldn’t destroy the world.”
4k likes but only 2 replies lemme fix that
Unhinged
Percy: what Bessie is a good cow name
Grover: Percy it's male
Dam this is amazing. And accurate. Also the fact that Zoë, who is older than most gods, is just with these guys. And she has no choice.
And the fact that she died later 😢
@@unpopularfanopinions3992 dammmm
hey man, there was no need.....@@unpopularfanopinions3992
@@kennethnwebbwell dam
@@unpopularfanopinions3992 please don't spoil this, man
that's uncool
It makes me ridiculously happy whenever the dam joke is brought up later in the series 😂
Favorite instance is in HOO when someone makes a metaphor about a leaking dam and percy grins like he's lost his mind and goes "We've got a dam hole," and everyone stares at him like "wut," and then he remembers that nobody who would get the joke is there.
@@An-on-YT-at-UWDon’t worry Percy, we get it!
Cant forget Thalia and Zoe fighting over the words “thee” and “you”
Rick Riordan: accurately writing teenagers since Percy Jackson
Edit: dam that's a lotta likes :) thanks!
yeah this comment reminded me that i found out the miraculous characters were like 13 literally yesterday they do not feel 13
maybe that person was wrong though
@@snowfire321 they have to be at least 16, like they feel 16- maybe I'm wrong
@@kadeisstuck8802 no i googled it she's 13 in season 1 and she turns 14 in season 2. i think they're 16 by the end of the show at that rate but they start out at 13
@@snowfire321 He started out the series by basing Percy on his oldest son, who was the same age at the time. So he really did have a good reference for that age...
it's important to remember they're all secretly immature teens 😭
What part of that is secret? Percy was like 13 at that time
Except Zöe of course
@@evobrand1210 He's fourteen at the time according to the wiki. Thalia is fifteen, and Grover is more unclear ^^
@@krankarvolund7771 ah, i wasn't quite sure. Grover ages twice as fast as humans, his age is stated in the first book
@@evobrand1210Grover is canonically 25
@@vanessagamboa9163wasn't he 28
Percy wanted his dam Annabeth back 😂😂
😂
YESSS
@@ana.kate2921 he's was upseted
@@LeoTheRepairBoi 🤣🤣💀💀 the funny thing is I just finished Titan's Curse so I understand
@@ana.kate2921 He was very upset
What’s even funnier is that the Hoover Dam tour guides do the same thing 💀
Thalia, Grover, Percy: tHe DaM sNaCkBaR!!!! dAm FrEnCh FrIeS, DAAAAAM
Zoe: ...........my newest hunter just DIED. why is this funny
Dam, that’s rough XD
Dam, that's rough buddy... 😂😂
If one is already summoned, why not summon another one?
It’s the trauma lol
@@dirisiri1267YES
A really tragic moment a silence for Bianca
Dam this is the fandoms favorite joke. Imagine how dam obsessed you’d have to be to use this in a sentence. Dam.
*in a dam sentence
Like damn ikr
@@Random_artonline *dam
Once we had visited a dam, (sadly not hoover dam in specific, god dam it) and i ABSOLUTELY wouldn't stop making these dam jokes to my brother who hadn't read the series 😂😂 he was so dam annoyed with me
Dam you keep saying dam!!🤣🤣
YOU HAVE A DAM OCEAN COW?!?!?
Bianca I’m famous! oh right - Nico Di Angelo
HOLY DAM COW 🤣
DAM
Fuck my heart
I will never not hate Artemis for taking Bianca away from Nico.
DAM!!
I have a pillow on my bed that say “It’s a dam Percy Jackson thing you wouldn’t understand!” 😂
I remember Instagram large font text posts with that quote word for word from 2016, vividly
OMG I FORGOT ABOUT BESSIE💀
Percy naming his ocean cow Bessie was the most wholesome thing ever 😭
How could you forget about Bessie?!
I haven't read book 3 in years, okay?😭
@@gretaoakley4167 Yeah, it’s totally fine, I was just kidding 😂
I didn’t remember him after book three until I read five either-
That dam cow/fish/ophiotaurus
You ever forget it was a guy and percy just thought
Hm, grill
No bc rick was honestly a savage for putting the best joke in the whole rickriordan verse only ONE chapter after the death of a 12 year old 🙃
Fr, like poor kid was the first to die in the series and Percy is 13. Like, did Rick just ignore that Percy should probably be grieving the loss of his friend while being at least a little disturbed.
@@JasTheSassPretty sure this _is_ their way of grieving. There's lots of people who respond to trauma by forcing smiles and making jokes, Percy is definitely one of those
@@wolfishpotato6978 Yeah, but you’d think that the other two wouldn’t have the same response. I get it’s a children’s book and all, but Nico was the only one who had much of a reaction.
Well, Percy WAS upset for a bit, but then he realized he couldn't stay depressed, as he had to like, yk, save the world again...
@@JasTheSassif you haven’t noticed yet, almost all the demigods respond to trauma by joking and smiling, with the exception of nico and Reyna
and lets not forget that bianca JUST died before this 😭😭
Dam, they forgot about just like that? No wonder nico hates Percy after that dan incident
@@ked49 i dont think they forgot i think they just have awful coping mechanisms
like me 😻
Zoë being the most confused person ever while Artemis just laughing while they look for her.
You'll go crazy when you meet Leo
OH MY GODS LEO THE UNHINGED KING
LEO THE SUPERSIZED MCSHIZZLE YESSSS SHE NEEDS THAT SCENE
ALL THE LADIES LOVE LEO ❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The super sized mcshizzle!!!!! ❤😂
Bad boy supreme!! 😅😂
He INVENTED scrawny baby!
Poor Zoe. Still mourning the death of a Hunter and surrounded by complete idiots.
A bunch of dam idiots 😔
.... dam idiots.... 😏
Dam idiots
Where are the dam replies
@@nainakukillayakrishna6524it says four but i only see one, whcih is urs
Anytime I see dam in anything this is what I think of
I finally went to the hoover damn and got an actual DAM TEE-SHIRT it literally says 'this is my dam shirt' on it
If this scene doesn’t make it to the Disney + series I will cry
ill cry with you
Pretty sure we all will
We will all cry if this scene doesn’t make it
I'll bring the tissues and the pizza
I’ll bring the dam books
I wrote Dam on my hand, went out in public, and at least 3 random people approached me and asked if it was a Percy Jackson reference. I love this fandom
i guess you can call them a fandam
@@aureliaavalonLMFAO 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I mean the dam joke is iconic everyone in the Percy Jackson fandom loves it
I love how zoë is so not in on the joke and she's like w...what is funny? and thalia is just ramming it in. I love this dam scene
“That’s just Bessie my pet.. ocean.. cow…”
“…what????”
best scene ever
And then they find out it’s a monster meant to be sacrificed to bring about the End Times for the Greek Gods.
Zoë: guys there are people trying to kill us right now
Everyone else: dam people
Frankly I'm sure they're all used to people trying to kill them
Dam when did that become normal
Since they are born
dam french fries has lived in my head rent free since childhood
GROVER NEEDS HIS GODS DAM ENCHILADAS!!! 😂😂😂
They use this joke again in heroes of Olympus but only Percy understands it
I know that makes me so sad
Which book?
I UNDER STAND NOW
Which is such an ADHD mood 😂
When?
I agree this is unhinged, BUT WHEN RACHEL THROWS THAT GOD DAM HAIR BRUSH
Best thing that ever happened anywhere
One of the most unhinged scenes for sure
* gods dam
Or the iconic line of ‘great power, great need for a nap.’ From Nico.
@@jeliannysanchez5002 yeah, that one is also amazing
Best scene ever.
Made funnier when in the sequel series, another character put up the perfect opportunity for Percy to bring the joke back.
“Oh that’s just my magic ocean cow Bessie” 💀
AND ITS EVEN BROUGHT UP AGAIN IN LATER BOOKS, PERCY REFERENCES IT AS AN INSIDE JOKE 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Shoulda added that this was directly after bianca died 😂
Exactly! This is directly after the first actual (I think) character death in the entire series. Right after!
Bianca was the first of many. I was rereading the series recently and i forgotten how dark the later books get@@evobrand1210
Yes, poor Bianca
we love u uncle rick
I never laugh and this made me laugh so much
And like I love how Bianca just died and like a chapter later they introduced the most most beloved joke 😂
It's so dam funny 😂
"my trauma didn't make me stronger but it sure as hell made me funnier"
Almost as unhinged as grover bride in the sea of monsters 😂 🐐👰♀
That would be dam good
@@Mimo-wd1yj😂
@@perpetually_dehydrated thank you
bruh u kidding me? this was not in my country's translation?! this is hilarious
Thaila just randomly saying "I wonder if my dad hates me." had me rolling.
They need therapy. Some dam good therapy.
The dam jokes have been some of the best callbacks in this series, truly beautiful
This book series has a special place in my heart. Just wait until you meet Leo Valdez! All Da Ladies Love Leo!
the fact that they didn't really care about the power of defeating the gods was in the form of a little cow. Like why a cow, why a cute little cow. 🔱🐮
They brought the joke back in HoO and percy laughed at his joke and everyone looked at him as no one else in in those books is prominently in that quests and it was a funny call back i think it was in HoH if anyone is wondering
No its was in MoA on page 26 in the U.S version
Oh yea, i would love if percy and thalia would use that joke between them
We got a dam hole
THIS WHOLE DAM REINACTMENT IS AMAZING IM SOBBING 😭
I love how the dam joke makes it to the heros of olympus series as well
One thing I love about the musical is that even though it was just the first book they still included the dam dam joke
Yall forget the unhinged part where annabeth holds a knife to circe's neck litterally dragging her to the guinea pig cage-
Nah that's just Annabeth
and the fandom still collectively agrees this is the BEST dam joke in the entire series.
The way you just unleashed my childhood core memories
2 things that made this scene all the more wild:
1. Zoë being absolutely out of the loop about what theyre laughing about
2. This is literally the chapter after Bianca died.
THIS DAM FANDOM IS SO AMAZING
Still kinda shocked they allowed this in a middle school/ children’s book, but i’m all for it 😆
They are just talking about a lovely little dam nothing else
What? Damn isn't remotely a bad word? Even if it is slightly this is still at least an 8+ book.
@@TrueOracle True, I don't have a problem with it, but I know how overprotective/sheltering parents can be (partly because mine were veryyyy sheltering)
This is perfect middle-school humor wdym
i have way worse books in my middle school library…
THE. BEST. SCENE. EVER.
I'm boutta be.... dead as hell cus of this hilarity from the...DAMN SCENE
*dam
The most unhinged part of this?
It's literally the chapter after Bianca dies.
Yeah like not only did the fandom go for
Acknowledging Bianca's sacrifice
Dam.....
Omg I forgot about that 💀
It was their way of coping.
@@RKNancyexactly, all the demigods literally make jokes about their traumas to cope💀
Genuinely one of my favorite scenes, it’s just so freaking random but fits the vibe if Percy to a T lol
The entire DAM fandom was summoned with this
The dam fandom will always remember this dam moment
Just wait till she find out about Leo 😂
I LOVE Leo. I can't ever put down any chapter he's in.
Leo "hot stuff" Valdes!
ugh, i LOVED him in hoo! but in toa....eh
This is the most 13/14 year old behavior
And honestly I'm very glad Riordan knows how a early teen would act like.
That is so far my favorite part with the group joking around.
Early teens??! Hell, I still act like that sometimes...actually every day 😅
THESE DAM JOKES ARE KILLING ME
My home WiFi name is "Where's the Dam Wifi?"
I'm pretty sure they all had a concussion when that happened.
I think it was more a lack of proper sleep catching up to a pack of immature teenagers
Because of this scene, when I went to Hoover Dam, I bought a hat that said, "This Is My Dam Hat" on it.
I think that every single one of us should buy that hat
I read this in Chinese in middle school and I had no idea what was going on LMAO.
You have awakened an entire fandom with one word
✨Dam✨
Literally love this chapter!! My friend and I were reading Percy Jackson and we were almost racing each other. I asked if she got to the dam chapter. Her face was priceless! She told me she didn't want to hear me cuss. I told her that she can't put the book down until she understands what I just said. 😂
Lmao, that made me laugh more than it should have
I love how this is like the most memorable scene in like the whole 'dam' series 😂
It really is the dam most memorable scene
THIS IS MY FAVORITE BOOK SCENE EVER
"oh thats just bessie my pet sea cow"
one of the most ✨ICONIC✨ scenes
Persy: let's kill this DAM titan!!!! Persy said calmly
This was the most unhinged dam scene ever! 😭🤣
The fact that Grover was like are we about to get killed by a cow
This is not unhinged. This is iconic
One of the most iconic moments in Percy Jackson history. It's just too Dam funny 🤣
The way I did not utter a peep until “a dam t-shirt” and then SNORTED at that very moment I-
Rick Riordan really encapsulated the 13-14 year old mindset.
“Annabeth would have loved to see this”
“Annabethhhh”
“Do u think my dad hates me?”
Every interaction Percy has with every God is great too, specially with Ares. Like he treats them soo chill, like, hey, they are gods.
Every prophecy is good too.
P.S. thank the gods someone is giving some recognition to Percy Jackson 😊.
Nico: my dad hates me..
everyone just talking: whagtehshebdhjwhshsbshsbsh
Then they start telling jokes❤
It was Thalia not Nico :)
@@your_favourite_editor1208 Oop sorry my 6th grader child brain wasn’t working 🤗
@@Lexichewy haha it's alright, I relate
“ oh that’s my sea cow besty” made me laugh so f*cking hard
Dam. That was insane.
Its so accurate tho. Its a buncha 13 year olds and the serious grumpy old lady (Zoe) just accidently said a swear. Of course they lose all control for a solid half a chapter. 😂😂
I would like some more dam videos of Percy Jackson
Man....i was 14 when i first read this book i think....and i still laugh at this!!😂😂😂
Aww. I love Bessie. It was so funny when he found out Bessie was male. That scene was truly one of the best of the whole series 😂😂😂
What’s even more unhinged is this took place in the chapter DIRECTLY after the death of a preteen girl
I imagine reading this as a child would’ve been hysterical. As it was, when I read it in my early 20’s, I still laughed like a 12 year old 😂
Lmao not only that they literally got attacked again but this literally stayed in my memory for the longest time lol and I still think about it sometimes