The immense amount of patience that makes a resurgence in Justin every time Griffin says "I wanted to ask you about something" is how you know he's the oldest brother
Griffin: *after trapping Justin on the phone for nearly like 45 min* okay I stopped recording. I actually want to talk to you though. Justin: (a hostage and the world’s best big brother) Yeah okay *stays on the line to talk*
at 18:24 when griffin cuts justin off and says "night at the museummMm" followed by brief silence is literally one of the best interactions ive ever heard betwen two human beings
I feel like we're all complicit in this hostage situation that's on going. like we're all just watching waiting for the negotiator to show up and they are just not showing up. so we're all standing outside watching this, unable to do anything.
This cat is knocking things off because it isn’t getting enough attention from its owner, and Griffin is holding Juice hostage because he’s not getting enough attention from his brother
I think the question on everyone's lips right now is, when will you be releasing the full, uncut, uncensored, 48 minute version of this video? Thanks, I'll take my answer off the air.
it's from a Line sticker set, you can buy it here store.line.me/stickershop/product/1349/en (but i probably just downloaded it for free from somewhere else, i don't really remember it was years ago)
justin probably did that to griffin all the time when they were younger, older siblings always get first play on video games and if you tell your parents you're a snitch XD i feel, i was the younger sibling who had to watch
17:08 Justin, giving up entirely on pleading with Griffin to have sensibility, turns to the audience; if they stop watching the video, his torment ends.
i think when you die and go to hell, you get stuck in a perpetually infinite call with your little brother who wants to talk to you about about Catlateral Damage.
When you censored the phone numbers with piteous kitten mews, my cat leapt up to investigate my PC speakers. Bizarrely, that is the first time she has been tricked by Internet kitten noises. Congratulations on your choice of kitten noises.
I just love when the siblings go and play games together, or one watch over another. I used to play Mario Bros with my sister watching and she didn't ever complain, I even asked if she wanted to play but "nah, I'm terrible, just want to hang out and watch you, maybe later on Mario Kart". :')
I forced my brother to watch this video with me and he kept trying to leave but I kept saying that there was only 3 minutes left when it was more like 15 minutes left. Sure reminds you of something huh
Hearing Justin heave that sad, sad sigh at 8:19ish and knowing that there's still so much video to go is powerful moment for me. Makes me tear up every time.
Favorite thing about this is that as a game review it leaves you with the overwhelming feeling that this kitty cat game is a prison from which you can never escape
I want it known to the creators of this video (Griffin and Justin, thank you) that is video is the peak of UA-cam to me. I come back to this video so often to hope to live in the glory of the first time I watched it, and am in TEARS every single time. God this video is amazing, and to think it only feels like 5 minutes, don’t it?
There's a lot of wonderful things that Justin says to Griffin in this video. I love Justin's attempt to logic his way out, his confession about responding to texts, his continued insistence on the video! Ending! Riiiiiight now!! But I gotta say my favorite of all of the things he says here has to be the bold assertion he makes at the end of the video; the part where he says "you don't have a brother". Now this line in particular is intriguing to me because Justin is not the only brother Griffin has, and Justin has just preemptively disowned Griffin on Travis's behalf in saying that he, Griffin, did not have a brother, thus making him an only child. It's a bold move and 1000% older sibling culture, Justin McElroy we salute you
20:00 "Do you know that since we've been on this call, the announcement for Fallout 4 has begun?" Griffin immediately disrespected The Final Pam in that moment. She both has and will enact her full vengeance.
Years later and still, the knowledge that Tribulation is about to occur when Justin says that he's basically done with the game when they're not even a third of the way through the video is just. Mwah. Chef's kiss.
I NEVER comment on videos but I have to break the silence just to say that these two need to make WAY more videos. Haven't laughed this hard in a long time.
i've watched this probably 150 times in the last year or so and i feel like griffin's convinced me that's Exactly how real life cats are (like especially at 2:55 when he knocks himself off the shelf along with the books and 12:45 which is like... idk what I assume to be kitten attention/excitement span, and like literally all the dialogue tbh)
"Oh yeah, when's your beach trip?"
"... [strangled] *July."*
"It has been 41 minutes."
"Feels like 5 though doesn't it?"
GUTS hey guts, I see you everywhere.
That is all
*dudnit?
The immense amount of patience that makes a resurgence in Justin every time Griffin says "I wanted to ask you about something" is how you know he's the oldest brother
Peak oldest sibling energy
wow bots
Never has it been so obvious that Griffin is the youngest brother.
Peak younger brother energy
Except for the time when he realized that his brothers tricked him into eating the raw fettuccine at Olive Garden lmaooo
*babiest
Isn't it the "littlest brother"?
I love the moment when Justin starts to sign off for the first time, then you realize that theres still 20 minutes left in the video. Gold.
But it felt like 5, dinnit?
"please. step with me outside of this bit" ahahaha the frustration is so genuine when he says that
Justin's total demeanor change into "yeah, what's up?" when Griffin says he wants to ask a question is one of the purest things I have ever witnessed
An Actual Stranger it’s @ about 20:32, btw :)
Carefully concealed rage. It's a required older sibling skill
welcome to catlateral damage where griffin holds his brother hostage for nearly an hour
Felt like 5 though, didn't it?
I love how Justin says that Griffin doesn't have a brother. Like he is making it so Travis is also no longer Griffin's brother
FHSKJDNGsDLVNB HE DECIDED FOR HIM
older sibling solidarity
We older siblings have that power. We can blink other siblings out of existence on a whim.
And what a fine choice he made
He took Travis in the divorce
Justin: "You're a stranger. You're a stranger to me."
Griffin: "Now Justin, this is called a swat upgrade."
XDDD
Griffin: "A swat upgrade, Justin! Can you believe it??"
Justin: "I can, actually."
Griffin: *after trapping Justin on the phone for nearly like 45 min* okay I stopped recording. I actually want to talk to you though.
Justin: (a hostage and the world’s best big brother) Yeah okay *stays on the line to talk*
at 18:24 when griffin cuts justin off and says "night at the museummMm" followed by brief silence is literally one of the best interactions ive ever heard betwen two human beings
Griffin did this little hum of like trying not to laugh and it cracked me up do bad
Just getting to the point where Justin is trying to end the video and seeing that it's only on minute 8/24 is the purest joy
I agree
hearing Justin say the word "shrimpies" singlehandedly made me a better person
Gwyn Paige SHRIMP HEAVEN NOW
"So there's a whole nother mode called litter box mode-" "Fuck you." Literally the perfect representation of brotherhood.
this episode is how you know griffin is the younger brother
As an older sister, I can definitely agree.
(also, nice username!)
not only that, he's your sweet baby brother and 30 under 30 media luminary
He prefers to be called the sweet baby brother
"We'll just finish this level real quick" has never sounded so obnoxious and cruel. My stomach hurts from laughing.
I feel like i learned more about Justin and Griffin's relationship in this than i did about Catlateral Damage?
I feel like we're all complicit in this hostage situation that's on going. like we're all just watching waiting for the negotiator to show up and they are just not showing up. so we're all standing outside watching this, unable to do anything.
this comment makes me laugh every time I come back to this video 💝
Griffin is on some PEAK little brother shit in this video, it's spectacular
CorvidCastle like 420. nice.
SpecCATular
This video is a demonstration of the 5 stages of grief
Holy shit you’re right
Mostly anger and sadness
Had to unlike to keep the 420 likes on this comment
the 5 stages of griff
He never quite got to acceptance
"So that's gonna be Cat Strangulator" is maybe my favorite Justin comment of all time.
This cat is knocking things off because it isn’t getting enough attention from its owner, and Griffin is holding Juice hostage because he’s not getting enough attention from his brother
Ludonarrative synchronicity
I think the question on everyone's lips right now is, when will you be releasing the full, uncut, uncensored, 48 minute version of this video? Thanks, I'll take my answer off the air.
well, not uncensored, then griffin's number would be public
@@belugaval144 yes uncensored, then I can text Griffin about how he broke my heart with every taz finale
I imagine it’s in the same place as the Quantum Leap argument:
Hell.
feels like five though dudnit
Release the Gushie tapes and the catlateral damage tapes
When Justin is on the phone BEGGING FOR HELP and Griffin is just singing "catlateral damage"
and some say Justin and Griffin are still playing Catlateral Damage to this day
19:08
Griffin: *dies* OH COME ON!!! NO!!
Justin: _im free_
Sorry griffin, game over, you *idiot*, you stupid bastard
Feels like 5 though, donnit?
when your baby brother forces you to watch him play a video game
your icon is so cute!! where did you find the art for it?
it's from a Line sticker set, you can buy it here store.line.me/stickershop/product/1349/en (but i probably just downloaded it for free from somewhere else, i don't really remember it was years ago)
ohhhh ok thanks! i dont have line either way but thanks for linking me!
i don't have line either, i just downloaded them to my computer (somehow)
justin probably did that to griffin all the time when they were younger, older siblings always get first play on video games and if you tell your parents you're a snitch XD i feel, i was the younger sibling who had to watch
Best part was when Justin says, "Game over, I'm free." As if he was a prisoner there and being held against his will, by his own brother. LOL
Justin remarking about his past remarks he's made that we didn't get to see is the best part
this video is exactly what having siblings is like 24/7
Can confirm.
Justin seems so optimistic at the beginning, totally oblivious to what's about to happen to him.
17:08 Justin, giving up entirely on pleading with Griffin to have sensibility, turns to the audience; if they stop watching the video, his torment ends.
Justin saying Griffin's actual phone number in the recording is one of the biggest power moves I've ever seen
I had no idea the level of psychological torment I signed up for when I clicked this video
i think when you die and go to hell, you get stuck in a perpetually infinite call with your little brother who wants to talk to you about about Catlateral Damage.
When you censored the phone numbers with piteous kitten mews, my cat leapt up to investigate my PC speakers. Bizarrely, that is the first time she has been tricked by Internet kitten noises. Congratulations on your choice of kitten noises.
+athodyd it's because it was actually Griffin's number translated into catspeech
This is some next-level little brother trolling, here. Fantastic.
Rewatching for the millionth time and hearing them laugh so hard together at the end of the video makes me laugh too
Why would polygon release just a 5 minute long video?
Every now and again... you just gotta return to the catlateral damage video
It’s my time, personally.
I just did. It was time well spent.
Yep. I'm soaking it in.
I come back and watch this every once in a while because the dialogue between Griffin and Justin just brings me so much joy.
Yup, it's literally such a comfort video for whenever I'm feeling down
in order to get the true justin mcelroy experience, watch this video 3 times in a row.
without doing anything in the background.
I just love when the siblings go and play games together, or one watch over another. I used to play Mario Bros with my sister watching and she didn't ever complain, I even asked if she wanted to play but "nah, I'm terrible, just want to hang out and watch you, maybe later on Mario Kart". :')
the comments on this video are my favorite anywhere on UA-cam. so pure and full of love for these two good good McElroy boys
McElboys
I forced my brother to watch this video with me and he kept trying to leave but I kept saying that there was only 3 minutes left when it was more like 15 minutes left. Sure reminds you of something huh
Hearing Justin heave that sad, sad sigh at 8:19ish and knowing that there's still so much video to go is powerful moment for me. Makes me tear up every time.
Girl's Club 2: Catlateral Damage: Griffin's Vengeance
but didn't this come first it came out in june right? and justin was the one who got revenge?
Idk why, but Griffin's voice just makes me smile. Not the words, but just the sound of his voice.
I love coming back to this video and hearing how chill Justin is at the beginning, thinking he's in for like a 15 minute video
10 Terrifying Hostage Situations That Are Guaranteed To Scare You
this is honestly one of THE funniest videos on this goddamn red website
I'm laughing so hard I'm crying. IT'S DEMO MODE OKAY.
The quintessential older/younger sibling relationship tbh
This video is the reason why Justin as Taako messed with Leon so much. REVENGE!
"ive portioned enough of my short time on this planet on this game!"
Favorite thing about this is that as a game review it leaves you with the overwhelming feeling that this kitty cat game is a prison from which you can never escape
Justin's sigh at 8:18 when he surrenders to the fact that he is now Griffin's prisoner
I want it known to the creators of this video (Griffin and Justin, thank you) that is video is the peak of UA-cam to me. I come back to this video so often to hope to live in the glory of the first time I watched it, and am in TEARS every single time. God this video is amazing, and to think it only feels like 5 minutes, don’t it?
There's a lot of wonderful things that Justin says to Griffin in this video. I love Justin's attempt to logic his way out, his confession about responding to texts, his continued insistence on the video! Ending! Riiiiiight now!! But I gotta say my favorite of all of the things he says here has to be the bold assertion he makes at the end of the video; the part where he says "you don't have a brother". Now this line in particular is intriguing to me because Justin is not the only brother Griffin has, and Justin has just preemptively disowned Griffin on Travis's behalf in saying that he, Griffin, did not have a brother, thus making him an only child. It's a bold move and 1000% older sibling culture, Justin McElroy we salute you
9:55 SHRIMPIES! HEAVEN! NOW!
catlateral damage is to justin as girls club is to griffin
The best part of this video is checking the timestamp every time Justin thinks it's over.
20:00 "Do you know that since we've been on this call, the announcement for Fallout 4 has begun?" Griffin immediately disrespected The Final Pam in that moment. She both has and will enact her full vengeance.
Justin’s deep sigh after “WE GOT A BONUS LEVEL” is me all the time
Years later and still, the knowledge that Tribulation is about to occur when Justin says that he's basically done with the game when they're not even a third of the way through the video is just. Mwah. Chef's kiss.
20:38 is such a character change and it's so pure and I love it
Coming back to this _years_ later to note that 2:44 is Shakespearean-level foreshadowing.
???
It's so weird in the beginning when Justin is actually enjoying the game and watching Griffin play it
this made me love griffin even more than i already did
I feel like I'm listening to a divorce in the making...
this video proves once and for all that oldest siblings should unionize
Legendary video. I come back to it occasionally just to hear Justin slowly break lol.
I NEVER comment on videos but I have to break the silence just to say that these two need to make WAY more videos. Haven't laughed this hard in a long time.
what's incredible is that you can actually *hear* Justin go through all five stages of grief in this video
This made me laugh harder than I’ve laughed in years. Depression may fuck my shit up, but the McElroy’s manage to surpass that obstacle.
I love 8:05 when Justin is trying so desperately to end it, but theres still 16 minutes left on the video.
that was the best griffin/justin video ever
I rewatch this video all the time and somehow this is the first time I've noticed the crosshair is a kitty face
This is a comfort video for me
same. it always makes me cackle because it’s so goddamn stupid
It's been five years, and this is still my favorite on the internet.
this is one of my most favorite videos of all time just because of the bonus soda part, i keep coming back for it
8:05...the sigh at 8:15 really characterizes this video
17:40
That sigh was the sound of a man's spirit being vaporized.
Just in case you've ever doubted whether or not Griffin is the youngest brother, here's this video as absolute proof of it :D
its been like four years and this is still my favorite video ever
feels like five though, dunit?
He was about to thank John Roderick and the Long Winters for the use of the Polygon theme song at the end there
For real though, this game is so satisfying to play. I can totally see why he kept playing.
EDIT: Griffin is literal satan.
I fuckin love coming back to these videos, they’re modren classics
damn i wish my little brother wanted to hang with me so bad he held me hostage while playing a video game..
7:11 the beginning of the end
please release uncut versions of this and some monster factory vids
Six years later and this still slaps
OHHH jump is MAXED now! ...for demo-mode
i've watched this probably 150 times in the last year or so and i feel like griffin's convinced me that's Exactly how real life cats are (like especially at 2:55 when he knocks himself off the shelf along with the books and 12:45 which is like... idk what I assume to be kitten attention/excitement span, and like literally all the dialogue tbh)
This is the funniest shit I've ever seen.
Griffin starts thanking us for watching and Justin’s all relieved. But there’s ten minutes left in the video.
bonus soda
I think you mean **BBOOOOOONNNNUUUSSS SOOOODDDAAA!!!!!!!!!**
Being the middle child is wild because at some point you will embody the energy of both Justin and Griffin in this video.