Sorry this was late. Wanted to take extra time with this one. Making every 2020 vid the best it can be. Maybe next is a vid on ALL Mortal Kombat Kartoons. Follow UNDERGRADS Movie Updates: twitter.com/UGPeteWilliams?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor facebook.com/BringBackUndergrads ua-cam.com/users/undergrads2 BTW The pilot and shorts footage was taken from this vid: ua-cam.com/video/BJhBjLgnHKk/v-deo.html
All these old 2000 adult cartoons give such a nice, cozy feel. I like it when they stay mostly down to earth and don't overblow it with stuff like excessive swearing or gratious violence.
It's cool how good character's can stay down to earth not be like Family Guy. But I feel a good cartoon should have some of it's elements overblown. A good example is Gravity Falls. Some of it's character's are down to earth and true, Meanwhile the plot situation is basically the X-files on a kids sugar high.
@@josephcalabrese6337 what is it with cartoon stans and their hate boner for Family Guy? Is it so big you gotta bring it up on something completely unrelated?
I honestly want to see (or make if it's possible) a down to earth chill cartoon in modern times. Kinda like Downtown. Not overly adult, just natural dialogue and jokes when they are needed. And not a parody of modern society, smartphones do exist but not everyone is obsessed with them
Many of the network ones felt buttoned down to me. Stuff like The Oblongs and Bob, The Devil, and God are still alright, but they definitely feel "safe" despite their wacky set-ups.
Wait, he only won because almost nobody participated and he was the only one to follow the rules? I won a contest the same way! I did an animated PSA for my local water companny. It was horrible so it wasn't ever published, but at least the laptop that was also part of the price is really cool.
There was a Comicbook drawing contest at my local library that I participated in. There were two categories which were Cover and Panel Scene but I went with Cover because I knew my limits lmao. But I ended up winning because I included all the important details, such as filling out the backstory info and such. My brother also entered but he didn't actually include any info so his was rejected, but I feel like maybe othe kids also forgot to fill out the non-drawing parts. I wonder if that's up somewhere still.
I should probably have mentioned that it was for original characters only, so I think that may also have been a rule others didn't follow. I only vaguely remember the winner of the Panel category, it was back in 2008, maybe 2009, though.
I've won a few art contests by the skin of my teeth xD My happiest so far has been winning an 'honorable mention' type place in a frickn Mindless Self Indulgence video contest just out of sheer aesthetics looking cool xD ...and I submitted on the final day //wheezes. But hey I won a t-shirt and silly random items from Jimmy, and a twitter follow lmao I think it's always like a magical moment when even if it's not the "best" art skill gets some recognition, all that energy and perseverance got SOMETHING to be proud of for going through with the project.
@@BaranoffIsaac fuckin MTV, they cancel the one show that rose them to popularity (I know it was also other cartoons and their music videos but B&B had a huge influence on MTV).
That's the most frustrating thing about MTV to me. They've shown they're capable of making good shows, great shows even. But most of the time, they choose not to, and that's the sad part. Why spend money on compelling stories or unique animation, when Pregnant teens and drunk assholes get you more for less.
@@xblade149 Yup. MTV no longer has any relevance, especially among its 12-34 year old target demo who has since retreated to Netflix. Even when MTV moved away from Music, it still had relevance as an entertainment channel for teenagers and twentysomethings. Now it's just a name, a name without any real purpose or meaning.
The part where you showed the crowded mall as a transition into an ad like you always do in your videos hit me harder than it normally does. Seeing a crowded, bustling mall made me realize how much I miss hanging out & shopping in public, with everyone socializing around me. Never take the little stuff for granted, I suppose.
@Fordo I was surprised when I realized that the mall in this video is from my country and I often go there with friends. Watching it now also hits me hard because of the fun memories I have from there. That place is also where most con and concert goers go to eat something, there are two buldings nearby that host cultural events.
I'm glad to see this show is getting proper Justice. Sadly the closest we'll probably ever get to a Clone high revival is that one Cameo in Into the Spiderverse.
Dude you've been killing it with the production value lately, it's crazy to go from watching one of your older videos like the Panty and Stocking to one like this and see how well the pacing and flow of everything is. Thanks for the high quality content giving cartoons the respect they deserve
It always kind of bugs me when people make their self-insert the cooler lead of the main cast while exaggerating everyone else or making them have a notably worse image. As much as I love Regular Show, you can see the same thing with Mordecai
If that was the intention, I'm not sure they succeeded. Nitz was kind of a loser. And personally, I thought he was pretty bland, and the other guys were far more sympathetic and likable.
But Nitz and Mordecai are honestly pretty sad losers. Even when they win, everyone else around them kind of wins more and better. They are the protagonists but I think making the loser with less skills and powers the other guys is a way to kind of put the viewer in that position
Brian Griffin is the embodiment of that, he shares all of the same beliefs and voice is closes to Seth's normal voice but now he's been more exaggerated with his liberal beliefs.
It really does nail it pretty much perfectly. The whole show really has the feel for the time it was made. It does have a almost quaint vibe to it nowadays.
@@kujakubes241 That show definitely still has that 90's edge that you just don't see in shows anymore. This was the early 2000s and somehow that edge survived just a little bit longer.
I was in college at the time when Undergrads first came out and I remember really enjoying it, watching it now is like a nostalgia rush of carefree college memories.
Mission Hill is such an interesting show that was dumped onto the WB with shows like the oblongs, Baby blues, and some others that I've completely forgotten. It was pretty much sent out to die like the other shows I mentioned. Network TV just didn't seem to ever know what to do with edgier animated shows it seems like. The landscape of the early to mid-2000s are littered with the corpses of a million shows that barely got through a single season.
Pan:"At least he didn't draw his characters based on real life friends and made lewds of them like I did " Me:"Is this your secret way of telling us you're Crying while Nutting "
@@DefinitiveDubs Im actually referring to this NSFW account on Twitter who makes lewds of Pan's characters , and since the style was so similar it seemed like the person behind the account was obviously Pan.
I feel like the reason why collage settings isn't a very popular setting for animated show is simply because that collage culture doesn't really exist like how it does in the US. In Europe, from my experience at least, collage is just treated like the final stage of school and not much more. The social aspect does exist, but nothing like the "live hard, die young" attitude that is depicted in shit like American pie.
I don't think Mr.Pickles is too bad but I do think they should put something else in it's spot. As for Big Mouth that's just utter garbage as far as I know. Never watched it though.
@@smaurf2499 Let's be fair here, the only reason why people watch Mr.pickles is to sate morbid curiosity and explore feelings of disgust. That or they are high.
@@rorrim0 It's airs late at night on Adult Swim. So a weird combination of both. Speaking of Adult Swim I'm still pissed they canned "Moral Oral" for getting too dark, especially since it has been confirmed that there was still a good amount of story left to be told.
And when one of their biggest cult classics gets a movie it's a really average live action film. (Aeon Flux's unique animation style on a movie budget would have been really neat to see, but no MTV just had to do it in live action instead)
@@BloodRedFox2008 It's weird all I can think of when I think of that movie is Charlize Theron. Kind of like literally the only memorable thing about ghost in the Shell live-action was Scarlett Johansson. (So much whitewashing)
Kinda reminds me of a story my dad told me about his university years. Him and his friends engaged in a 3 day Risk game, only for one of the friend's younger brother, who was visiting at the time, to knock the board over, ruining the game. Obviously, everyone got really pissed off with him.
That the opening theme was going to be done by Blink-182 makes a ton of sense. This show just looks like what you'd get if Dammit was an animated series.
...I will totally admit to doing the "Continuity error!" thing with friends when watching stuff. We all knew Undergrads, so it stays a funny thing if not said too often. Hell, we still quote the show unconsciously on occasion.
I remember randomly stumbling across this series at like 12:30am while flipping through channels one night and it instantly becoming one of my favorites.
Yeah, this show was on Teletoon for years and even migrated to Adult Swim Canada for a bit (on the late night CN block, not the channel). Ironic I got my first real taste of this show when I went into college, being that one of my teachers worked on the show as an artist - I still have a comic assignment I made with Gimpy and Nitz at my bedside. Even though my college experience was nothing like in Undergrads, I still really enjoyed the show. I'm glad it's getting some kind of continuation and really wanna see where it goes!
@@stratomarten That's just it. There was a total demographic shift at some point and they really stopped focusing on the M of MTV. It's not completely gone but it hardly matters anymore. The thing is MTV is a memorable Brand name like Nickelodeon,cartoon Network etc. And that's all that they really are a brand name. I've seen people's videos explaining how music television just didn't make sense anymore and from a business and financial standpoint I get it. Still it's sad to see a once-great channel turned into an absolute pile of crap.
hopefully this movie is a bookend to the series. it'd be nice to get closure on an old series like nickelodeon seems to be doing with its own major cartoons. i'm actually hopeful for once.
I have very fond memories of this and clone high growing up, what's interesting up here in canada is during the summer they'd re run both shows, almost to signify those graduating highschool and those going into it atleast how I saw it.
the creator uploads videos of him making the movie, he's using 3-d models and ai to toon shade the characters so they look like 2d hand drawn counter parts, it looks really good to be honest.
I wasn't aware of this series until late 2006, but I can see the potential, the creator's ambition and learning of some programs is pretty inspiring back then when certain new things were underway.
Yes, finally someone talking about how there are hardly any animated shows about college! There's so many aspects about college life you could center a show around. Also every time it switches between young Pete and older Pete I think of Jay from RLM for some reason.
You can still do it with improvement with time compare the undergrads pilot to the final product and a lot of other shows starting off looking not so great.
Man that intro with the block buster and all the shots of stuff in his room while he sets up for the review is cool as hell, he should definitely add more stuff like that in future vids it adds alot to the 2000s mall rat Internet nerd aesthetic that makes his stuff so unique
Holy shit. I was at a Ren fair and this guy with a pickle cart was singing “pickles pickles pickles, put them in your mouth...” was the dude making an Undergrads reference? Have I finally discovered the origins of this memory from 7 years ago?
In a bizarre way I'm kind of glad the television show only lasted freshman year. It says a lot about what college actually is that first year is all fun and tearor but after that things dull out, lose there rose scent things just happen. You don't even know the time has passed.
I caught reruns of Undergrads when I started college and it was one of the few times I could relate to a show on so many levels. I'm glad it's getting another chance with the movie and can't wait to watch it.
Going back to this. Even with anime, not a lot are focused in college/university. But that’s just a different culture where high school is viewed as the greatest time ever. Only a few I can think that take place in university like Golden Time or even Rent a Girlfriend.
12:45 They are sweater vests. According to Fairly Odd Parnets they are babe magnets. Remember the boyscouts competetion one where Timmy wised his friends dads were his dads because his dad was embracing. In the end he decided to bring his Mom.
I only now realize how truly great my childhood was in the 2000's growing up with shows like this, modern cartoons are good and all but there's something about this era of comedy and cartoon style that really holds up over the years. This and Clone High were some of my favourite shows.
This show is a total time capsule of pop culture from the late '90s/early '00s and I absolutely love it. I'm gonna go dig up my old issues of Official US Playstation Magazine and feel like a 9 year old again.
God damn, after how well the transition to the intro and how well the script was done, you can tell that there was a lot of work put into this. This is another great work of yours man and was totally worth the wait.
6:08 I almost wanna make a joke that compares this character's design heavily to the likes of Lammy, but I feel like such was something that was already addressed and semi-popularized years ago.
Not to make it a competition but all the "friends" I had in my freshman year of university friend-dumped me and after seven years of resits I failed anyway. So yeah ... kind of wish I got a "proper" experience like in shows and movies, but ... Hope you graduate!
Dude! I just found your channel, and got hit with a rush of nostalgia. I'm glad I'm not the only one who has those warm cozy feelings of early 2000's adult animation
I love the badass 2000s green day highschool nerd shitty edgy flash cartoon on newgrounds aesthetic. (ie clone high, undergrads, happy tree friends, etc.)
I never expected me to relate so hard to a cartoon just showcasing how long the lines are at the financial aid office. also this cartoon is giving me serious Clone High vibes
I never realized how little cartoons there were about college. Hell, it kinda makes me want to explore that more (if I can find a way to make it worth it that is lol)
I do have to say that this was actually a pretty great and super motivational video about not giving up on your dream and to always take a chance to find a new road when it seems like the others are at a dead end in nowhere. I've never heard of this show until now (I was like 6 when this came out and if it wasn't power rangers or CN I didn't give a shit), but watching this video and actually getting to experience college for myself has sparked a sense of curiosity in me to check it out and look into where the movie will go.
I used to watch this cartoon years ago. Looking back some of the gags are still funny after so many years. I can't believe that I'm finding out NOW that a movie is being Kickstarted. As long as production doesn't go through development hell, I wish the creator the best. Don't let fans down, guy.
Been waiting for you to make a review of this show! Loved this series it came out right as I entered college so it was right in my wheelhouse as it were
I know this vid is like a year old now but undergrads creeped its way into my recommendations where I eventch found this video. I have seen some of ur vids in the past but never thought much of it. I can now see that you have some serious talent and incredible skill put into these videos which makes me want to sub. I love the style and way you go about doing your videos in such a unique way. If Scott the Woz can get his own tv show, I think ur type of video is even better suited for that. Literally so good and thank you and will be watching the rest of your videos.
I’ve never seen the show but I know that at my school every night at midnight during finals week people will stand outside and scream so maybe something similar?
THANK YOU!! I've always loved this series, the humor hits just right and the themes always keep you hooked; i always thought this deserved more attention
Sorry this was late. Wanted to take extra time with this one. Making every 2020 vid the best it can be. Maybe next is a vid on ALL Mortal Kombat Kartoons.
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Dude watch Goblin Slayer
Heck
RebelTaxi no worries man. I’m glad you are taking your time on this.
so no mortal combat conquest in it?
Ok
"Don't worry, we'll talk about him later."
And thus, he was never brought up again.
This is an extremely underrated comment.
When was this?
I didn't think that far ahead on that throw away line. Maybe I will talk about him more when the movie comes out and I review that.
@@RebelTaxi GaLazy brain play
RebelTaxi
“We’ll talk about him later”
Like, later in the video?
“Nah, when the movie comes out”
All these old 2000 adult cartoons give such a nice, cozy feel. I like it when they stay mostly down to earth and don't overblow it with stuff like excessive swearing or gratious violence.
It's cool how good character's can stay down to earth not be like Family Guy. But I feel a good cartoon should have some of it's elements overblown. A good example is Gravity Falls. Some of it's character's are down to earth and true, Meanwhile the plot situation is basically the X-files on a kids sugar high.
@@josephcalabrese6337 oh yeah, that's good too. It kinda balances out.
@@josephcalabrese6337 what is it with cartoon stans and their hate boner for Family Guy? Is it so big you gotta bring it up on something completely unrelated?
I honestly want to see (or make if it's possible) a down to earth chill cartoon in modern times. Kinda like Downtown. Not overly adult, just natural dialogue and jokes when they are needed. And not a parody of modern society, smartphones do exist but not everyone is obsessed with them
Many of the network ones felt buttoned down to me. Stuff like The Oblongs and Bob, The Devil, and God are still alright, but they definitely feel "safe" despite their wacky set-ups.
Gimpy looks like an Invader Zim reject.
InvaderWeezle That or what Sheen turns into as a young adult.
It looks like a cross between an Invader Zim character and an Ed, Edd and Eddy character.
He look like Cajun fox from courage.
I agree
He looks like he should be in another show entirely and that kinda bugs the crap out of me.
"Their aren't many animated series based soley on college students"
This is China IL erasure
That's College Teachers
get ya ass back to schooooool
RebelTaxi but pony and babycakes are students......right?
@@Faygogayfo Well pony is like a student teacher and babycakes is only there cause his dad works thier so who knows.
@@RebelTaxi Some are staff, the rest are students
Wait, he only won because almost nobody participated and he was the only one to follow the rules? I won a contest the same way! I did an animated PSA for my local water companny. It was horrible so it wasn't ever published, but at least the laptop that was also part of the price is really cool.
There was a Comicbook drawing contest at my local library that I participated in. There were two categories which were Cover and Panel Scene but I went with Cover because I knew my limits lmao.
But I ended up winning because I included all the important details, such as filling out the backstory info and such. My brother also entered but he didn't actually include any info so his was rejected, but I feel like maybe othe kids also forgot to fill out the non-drawing parts.
I wonder if that's up somewhere still.
I should probably have mentioned that it was for original characters only, so I think that may also have been a rule others didn't follow. I only vaguely remember the winner of the Panel category, it was back in 2008, maybe 2009, though.
I've won a few art contests by the skin of my teeth xD
My happiest so far has been winning an 'honorable mention' type place in a frickn Mindless Self Indulgence video contest just out of sheer aesthetics looking cool xD
...and I submitted on the final day //wheezes. But hey I won a t-shirt and silly random items from Jimmy, and a twitter follow lmao
I think it's always like a magical moment when even if it's not the "best" art skill gets some recognition, all that energy and perseverance got SOMETHING to be proud of for going through with the project.
@@Scribbled_Death I remember that contest! But I think it had already ended by the time I found it was a thing lol.
I won a colouring contest as a kid at my local movie rental store for the same reasons. Won a VHS copy of The Land Before Time: The Big Freeze.
Can't wait for Gimpy's 25 minute rant about The Last Jedi.
25 minutes? More like 9 hours. Gotta cover every minute of the film. And previous one and the following one.
@@elijahblechman8633 but somebody already did that...
@@alexanderkeltz1596 there's more then one out there
@@elijahblechman8633 Excellent..
Excluding Mauler, who should I start with?
But if the movie is suppose to be their sophomore year, doesn't that mean the movie's gonna be set in the early 2000's?
MTV is so short-sighted. Abandoning their animation potential to pursue live-action just because it's cheaper.
MTV died a long time ago.
@@BaranoffIsaac fuckin MTV, they cancel the one show that rose them to popularity (I know it was also other cartoons and their music videos but B&B had a huge influence on MTV).
That's the most frustrating thing about MTV to me. They've shown they're capable of making good shows, great shows even. But most of the time, they choose not to, and that's the sad part. Why spend money on compelling stories or unique animation, when Pregnant teens and drunk assholes get you more for less.
Well we don't have to worry about that since we streaming services that are little more opened minded
@@xblade149 Yup. MTV no longer has any relevance, especially among its 12-34 year old target demo who has since retreated to Netflix. Even when MTV moved away from Music, it still had relevance as an entertainment channel for teenagers and twentysomethings. Now it's just a name, a name without any real purpose or meaning.
The late 90's to early 2000s : The Era where adult cartoons tried to be unique and creative rather than generic family guy clones.
I feel it stretched into the mid 2000s as well
or they tried to be the simpsons
It was a Special Time....
But most of them were Still bad
Also today we have bojack horseman and Rick and morty
The part where you showed the crowded mall as a transition into an ad like you always do in your videos hit me harder than it normally does. Seeing a crowded, bustling mall made me realize how much I miss hanging out & shopping in public, with everyone socializing around me. Never take the little stuff for granted, I suppose.
Fordo Yeah, this quarantine is pretty rough.
@Fordo I was surprised when I realized that the mall in this video is from my country and I often go there with friends. Watching it now also hits me hard because of the fun memories I have from there. That place is also where most con and concert goers go to eat something, there are two buldings nearby that host cultural events.
Ha, what a bunch of loser extroverts!
It’s all fun and games until Disney copyright strikes them for Star Wars
This should be fine as it was made over a decade before Disney owned that. It could be a problem with the new movie though.
Matt Wolf indeed. And we all know the sparkling clean image disney likes to keep up
@@mattwolf7698 shit that's a good point.
just don't call it Star Wars; call it Quasar Conflicts
Halogen32 perfect!
I'm glad to see this show is getting proper Justice. Sadly the closest we'll probably ever get to a Clone high revival is that one Cameo in Into the Spiderverse.
Wait, really? What scene was the cameo in?
wait, where and when?
When
Benny Wireman it’s on a billboard I think in the scene that Gwen Stacy realizes she isn’t in her universe?? I haven’t seen it but I did search it up
@@zeppyprimo1013 | There's a poster for a 'Clone College' film up in Time Square in Miles' universe. You can see it Gwen's origin story flashback.
Adult Animation shows like Undergrad in the 2000's was is a terribly underrated era. It feels good to see them get more attention now.
Yes yet the 2000s only seems to get shit on by 90s kids because it’s not the 90s
That intro transition was SICK
Ikr, running from the clip to the Go Go Hypergrind! theme and Blockbuster footage, just perfect
i had to rewatch, that was slick
Dude you've been killing it with the production value lately, it's crazy to go from watching one of your older videos like the Panty and Stocking to one like this and see how well the pacing and flow of everything is.
Thanks for the high quality content giving cartoons the respect they deserve
Thanks. been wanting to make every 2020 video as best as it could be.
🍕 yep excellent work Pizza Man🍕
I don't know it is I seems like just another reviewer to me it no ytp
It always kind of bugs me when people make their self-insert the cooler lead of the main cast while exaggerating everyone else or making them have a notably worse image. As much as I love Regular Show, you can see the same thing with Mordecai
If that was the intention, I'm not sure they succeeded. Nitz was kind of a loser. And personally, I thought he was pretty bland, and the other guys were far more sympathetic and likable.
Idk I kinda always got the feeling mordicai was just as big of a loser as rigby or benson
Mordicai is the biggest simp in the world. Even Rigby got a stable relationship before him
But Nitz and Mordecai are honestly pretty sad losers. Even when they win, everyone else around them kind of wins more and better. They are the protagonists but I think making the loser with less skills and powers the other guys is a way to kind of put the viewer in that position
Brian Griffin is the embodiment of that, he shares all of the same beliefs and voice is closes to Seth's normal voice but now he's been more exaggerated with his liberal beliefs.
Mtv: We want to be popular but we hate spending money 💰
Cut to today, where pretty much no one watches them.
Not the best business model to have.
MTV? More like💲V I A C O M🦀
It's called the Bohemian lifestyle, and it's VERY trendy.
@@stratomarten Me too
This show has the most 2000's theme.
It really does nail it pretty much perfectly.
The whole show really has the feel for the time it was made.
It does have a almost quaint vibe to it nowadays.
And it is awesome
@TheGhostKidney7
Hurts so Good!!
Akrenix Clone High as well
@@kujakubes241
That show definitely still has that 90's edge that you just don't see in shows anymore.
This was the early 2000s and somehow that edge survived just a little bit longer.
I was in college at the time when Undergrads first came out and I remember really enjoying it, watching it now is like a nostalgia rush of carefree college memories.
Can’t wait for a video on all the cancelled college age cartoons like Mission Hill and Downtown in the vein of the OG X-Box vids.
Mission Hill is such an interesting show that was dumped onto the WB with shows like the oblongs,
Baby blues, and some others that I've completely forgotten. It was pretty much sent out to die like the other shows I mentioned. Network TV just didn't seem to ever know what to do with edgier animated shows it seems like. The landscape of the early to mid-2000s are littered with the corpses of a million shows that barely got through a single season.
Man it just hurts how short Mission Hill is, it should have lasted 3 seasons AT LEAST
ahhhhhhhhhhhhh downtown is so good, thanks for exposing me to it!
Pan:"At least he didn't draw his characters based on real life friends and made lewds of them like I did "
Me:"Is this your secret way of telling us you're Crying while Nutting "
She had the Ruby Gloom t-shirt tho?
I never thought Pan would have THAT in common with Chris Chan.
Wonder what the backstory behind that joke he made is
Can't make that joke anymore since Pan has a gf. He has achieved sex.
@@DefinitiveDubs Im actually referring to this NSFW account on Twitter who makes lewds of Pan's characters , and since the style was so similar it seemed like the person behind the account was obviously Pan.
"Making lewds of my friends like I did." Huh weird I've got alot of deja vu now.
Real Chris Chan vibes.
Big Squizzy vibes
Out of the loop, who dat
The Kreeper oh god!!!
@@mohammedsami6907 Watch Fredrik Knudsen "Down the Rabbit Hole" series and you will get up to speed on Chris Chan.
I feel like the reason why collage settings isn't a very popular setting for animated show is simply because that collage culture doesn't really exist like how it does in the US. In Europe, from my experience at least, collage is just treated like the final stage of school and not much more. The social aspect does exist, but nothing like the "live hard, die young" attitude that is depicted in shit like American pie.
That sounds like a valid reason
RebelTaxi it’s pretty much the same in Europe and Canada.
Yeah, it's just more school here in Canada. You are already in the "step out into the world" part of your life.
Community is the closest thing to my actual college experience represented in media, season 1 especially
@@takahashierik Community is pretty much Disney's Recess morphed to a College setting.
The similarities are too obvious
Glad to see that, despite all these years, it's going to get a closure with the movie.
That communal scream they had at the campus, tho...
Pretty sad how this show got canned 13 episodes in, yet shit like Mr. Pickles and Big Mouth can continue for over 3 seasons.
I don't think Mr.Pickles is too bad but I do think they should put something else in it's spot.
As for Big Mouth that's just utter garbage as far as I know.
Never watched it though.
2 totally different eras. It's not really the same
The only good thing about Big Mouth is that Nick Kroll and John Mulaney are in it, other than that it's absolute trash.
@@smaurf2499 Let's be fair here, the only reason why people watch Mr.pickles is to sate morbid curiosity and explore feelings of disgust. That or they are high.
@@rorrim0 It's airs late at night on Adult Swim. So a weird combination of both. Speaking of Adult Swim I'm still pissed they canned "Moral Oral" for getting too dark, especially since it has been confirmed that there was still a good amount of story left to be told.
MTV: Where great cartoons go to die
Omg yes. Including spiderman
There anyone talking or claiming about The Maxx, a superhero show real deep and psychological topics?
And when one of their biggest cult classics gets a movie it's a really average live action film. (Aeon Flux's unique animation style on a movie budget would have been really neat to see, but no MTV just had to do it in live action instead)
@@BloodRedFox2008 true
@@BloodRedFox2008
It's weird all I can think of when I think of that movie is Charlize Theron.
Kind of like literally the only memorable thing about ghost in the Shell live-action was Scarlett Johansson. (So much whitewashing)
I wish we had more adult animated shows like this
Yeah, not every adult cartoon needs to have gross out jokes, mindless violence or ugly art.
This was show my college years.
It was due to this show that most of them were me and my friends playing Risk for hours and hours.
Kinda reminds me of a story my dad told me about his university years. Him and his friends engaged in a 3 day Risk game, only for one of the friend's younger brother, who was visiting at the time, to knock the board over, ruining the game. Obviously, everyone got really pissed off with him.
@@TheSimplicated123 I know the feeling.
@@TheSimplicated123
Are you sure he didn't just tell you about an episode of Seinfeld?!
Since your aware that The Oblongs exist,
We need a video on that
And how Adult Swim wouldn't put it on their murials yet Futurama was fucking there
I'm surprised that Pan skipped over a goth as fine as Jessie.
Just like Nitz
Theres no way in hell you legitimately think she's a Goth.
If you really stretch it, she may be a punk
Goth?? That's a reach
@@Eltipoquevisteayer I wouldn't even say that Jessies just generic "alternative", the Ramona Flowers special
That the opening theme was going to be done by Blink-182 makes a ton of sense. This show just looks like what you'd get if Dammit was an animated series.
...I will totally admit to doing the "Continuity error!" thing with friends when watching stuff. We all knew Undergrads, so it stays a funny thing if not said too often. Hell, we still quote the show unconsciously on occasion.
Ah yes, a “Canadian” classic.
literally the same with clone high lmao
Yup Clone High, Glenn Martin DDS, Babar, Ed, Edd and Eddy.
“Oh Canada, you make some mighty fine cartoons” 🇨🇦
*A Fucking Leaf*
eak cats the best one
@@concreteman03 Canada does get underappreciated a fair lot.
Somehow I kept thinking this video was out last year but nope, it was back when the pandemic started, wow
God I love this review
Pan: At least he didn't draw his characters based on real life friends and made lewds of them
Me: Haha like Chris-chan right?
Pan: like I did
Me: bruh
We're still cool
@@RebelTaxi I guess that was one of those life lessons you learned the hard way, huh? Well, we all make mistakes I suppose.
@@RebelTaxi yeah Chris ruined his only "friendship"
At least he admitted and owned up to it
@@firepuppies4086 And then he went and preceded to fuck up it and never learned from that incident.
I remember randomly stumbling across this series at like 12:30am while flipping through channels one night and it instantly becoming one of my favorites.
Yeah, this show was on Teletoon for years and even migrated to Adult Swim Canada for a bit (on the late night CN block, not the channel). Ironic I got my first real taste of this show when I went into college, being that one of my teachers worked on the show as an artist - I still have a comic assignment I made with Gimpy and Nitz at my bedside.
Even though my college experience was nothing like in Undergrads, I still really enjoyed the show. I'm glad it's getting some kind of continuation and really wanna see where it goes!
Did you ever scan the comic, I'd love to see it
I can scan it again and share it with you, for sure!
I still cannot believe they had that many cartoons. Sadly, they got replaced by live action shitshows.
@@stratomarten | Or was at least focused on MUSIC. Just not junk reality shows, please?
@@stratomarten
That's just it. There was a total demographic shift at some point and they really stopped focusing on the M of MTV. It's not completely gone but it hardly matters anymore. The thing is MTV is a memorable
Brand name like Nickelodeon,cartoon Network etc. And that's all that they really are a brand name.
I've seen people's videos explaining how music television just didn't make sense anymore and from a business and financial standpoint I get it. Still it's sad to see a once-great channel turned into an absolute pile of crap.
The slight melancholic-nostalgic feeling this show gives me is unmatched by any other show other than (at times) clone high. Gr8 vid RebelTaxi!
hopefully this movie is a bookend to the series. it'd be nice to get closure on an old series like nickelodeon seems to be doing with its own major cartoons.
i'm actually hopeful for once.
my favorite animation channel by far
Didn't think I'd see you in one of his videos
@@LermaBean who?
I have very fond memories of this and clone high growing up, what's interesting up here in canada is during the summer they'd re run both shows, almost to signify those graduating highschool and those going into it atleast how I saw it.
the creator uploads videos of him making the movie, he's using 3-d models and ai to toon shade the characters so they look like 2d hand drawn counter parts, it looks really good to be honest.
yeah, i was worried abt the animation of the film given the limited independent budget, but these 3d model -> 2d style stuff looks pretty solid
Yeah, arguably a pretty good use of AI.
I wasn't aware of this series until late 2006, but I can see the potential, the creator's ambition and learning of some programs is pretty inspiring back then when certain new things were underway.
Yes, finally someone talking about how there are hardly any animated shows about college! There's so many aspects about college life you could center a show around.
Also every time it switches between young Pete and older Pete I think of Jay from RLM for some reason.
UNDERGRADS it's probably the most early 2000's show I've ever seen.
It's a product of its time and it shows.
I feel old just looking at these episodes again.
I agree, with Nickelodeon's The 'Xs being the most overall 2000's show ever.
I love Undergrads. This one of the best MTV cartoons I’ve seen in recent years. Along with Clone High of course.
Those old school shows got me interested in creating my own cartoon show, Too bad my Drawing style is basic.
Then keep trying and get better
I want to create my own animated series too
Agreed, it's regenerated my hope to concept nostalgic ideas like this.
Weird title
You can still do it with improvement with time compare the undergrads pilot to the final product and a lot of other shows starting off looking not so great.
Man that intro with the block buster and all the shots of stuff in his room while he sets up for the review is cool as hell, he should definitely add more stuff like that in future vids it adds alot to the 2000s mall rat Internet nerd aesthetic that makes his stuff so unique
Holy shit. I was at a Ren fair and this guy with a pickle cart was singing “pickles pickles pickles, put them in your mouth...” was the dude making an Undergrads reference? Have I finally discovered the origins of this memory from 7 years ago?
Maybe. I want to believe
Pan you forgot to even touch gimpy.
I don't want to
@@RebelTaxi you said you would in the video
In a bizarre way I'm kind of glad the television show only lasted freshman year. It says a lot about what college actually is that first year is all fun and tearor but after that things dull out, lose there rose scent things just happen. You don't even know the time has passed.
I caught reruns of Undergrads when I started college and it was one of the few times I could relate to a show on so many levels. I'm glad it's getting another chance with the movie and can't wait to watch it.
Going back to this. Even with anime, not a lot are focused in college/university. But that’s just a different culture where high school is viewed as the greatest time ever.
Only a few I can think that take place in university like Golden Time or even Rent a Girlfriend.
It there's one thing to like about Undergrad. It's that it introduce me to some awesome bands like Good Charlotte.
The best part of soundtracks of that era, a mix tape of different bands that you'll soon be hooked on
This show brings an odd form of nostalgia even tho I’ve never watched it.
There was almost a bootsy Collins cartoon? We truly live in the worst timeline
The pilot's still out there, and I highly recommend it
12:45 They are sweater vests. According to Fairly Odd Parnets they are babe magnets. Remember the boyscouts competetion one where Timmy wised his friends dads were his dads because his dad was embracing. In the end he decided to bring his Mom.
Thoughts:
Finally the wait is over!
Don't remember this show!
Hopefully Undergrads returns!
To more Undergrads in the future!
Cheers!
🍻
I only now realize how truly great my childhood was in the 2000's growing up with shows like this, modern cartoons are good and all but there's something about this era of comedy and cartoon style that really holds up over the years. This and Clone High were some of my favourite shows.
"The Wrath of Khan was a great movie! Spock dies at the end."
"Good! I hope he rots in Hell!"
That got a chuckle out of me ngl
The show's art style gives me some heavy Recess and As Told By Ginger vibes
I could see Recess a little, but thank god they don't have the As Told By Ginger mouths.
In faster than Chris Brown died in Stomp the Yard
I'm barley awake and thought you were talking about Charlie Brown being in Stomp the Yard for some reason
Wrong channel Tariq is next door
@@RebelTaxi it would have been a better movie if he was tbh
This show is a total time capsule of pop culture from the late '90s/early '00s and I absolutely love it. I'm gonna go dig up my old issues of Official US Playstation Magazine and feel like a 9 year old again.
Watched this and clone high at age 14 and I was in love. Why they always gotta take good stuff away from us, Pan :"(?
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Pan - Pizza: The SimSims
#MeToo
The Simpsums
Fuck Kirby
To do lists am i right
The Simpsims
Pan is the best when covering shows that were fucked by lack of publicity
this obscure little cartoon getting a movie after two decades has to give you hope.
Rebeltaxi still has the best videos to late night binge
16:33 that dork Arnold from the magic school bus grew up into exactly the type of person you’d expect him to be.
God damn, after how well the transition to the intro and how well the script was done, you can tell that there was a lot of work put into this. This is another great work of yours man and was totally worth the wait.
So glad you finally covered Undergrads!!! You did such a good job with this vid
6:08 I almost wanna make a joke that compares this character's design heavily to the likes of Lammy, but I feel like such was something that was already addressed and semi-popularized years ago.
This show still holds up. Such a shame they didn't make more !
Watching this makes me really sad because I realize I have no friends to hang out with as a college senior
Not to make it a competition but all the "friends" I had in my freshman year of university friend-dumped me and after seven years of resits I failed anyway. So yeah ... kind of wish I got a "proper" experience like in shows and movies, but ...
Hope you graduate!
this show was awesome but man can we preciate the effort pan puts in every video? now let's go everyone back that proyect!!!!
If I found out my buddy made a cartoon and he drew me the way Gimpy was drawn I think I would kill him.
Dude! I just found your channel, and got hit with a rush of nostalgia. I'm glad I'm not the only one who has those warm cozy feelings of early 2000's adult animation
watched this when i was a kid on Teletoon with Clone High. classic cult cartoon.
Pan Pizza, I love your content. It gives me nostalgia for things I completely forgot about. Please continue to produce content!✊
Gimpy always looked like if Ren (from Ren & Stimpy) turned into a human.
Best undergrads review on UA-cam hands down. Please do MTV’s downtown
I love the badass 2000s green day highschool nerd shitty edgy flash cartoon on newgrounds aesthetic. (ie clone high, undergrads, happy tree friends, etc.)
I never expected me to relate so hard to a cartoon just showcasing how long the lines are at the financial aid office. also this cartoon is giving me serious Clone High vibes
I can’t wait for the undergrad the movie and here’s hope it does air on Netflix or Hulu
This needs to be said but the intro that is used in most of his videos just brings that lonely saturday night in the early 2000s
I never realized how little cartoons there were about college. Hell, it kinda makes me want to explore that more (if I can find a way to make it worth it that is lol)
I do have to say that this was actually a pretty great and super motivational video about not giving up on your dream and to always take a chance to find a new road when it seems like the others are at a dead end in nowhere.
I've never heard of this show until now (I was like 6 when this came out and if it wasn't power rangers or CN I didn't give a shit), but watching this video and actually getting to experience college for myself has sparked a sense of curiosity in me to check it out and look into where the movie will go.
This series has been close to my heart for many years now, thank you Pan for finally reviewing it
In college right now so this might hit me hard.
Wow dude... You're bringing back all of my forgotten memories of shows I've seen as a kid.
15:36
Gimpy was later found dead in Guantanmo bay with a knife impaled in his head with a note reading "legally taken care of by nintendo."
I used to watch this cartoon years ago. Looking back some of the gags are still funny after so many years. I can't believe that I'm finding out NOW that a movie is being Kickstarted.
As long as production doesn't go through development hell, I wish the creator the best.
Don't let fans down, guy.
I'm of the opinion that if most of these cartoons debuted today, they would be very successful.
Same, i can see Undergrads or Mission Hill being held as unique masterpieces or something, like they do with Bojack
Dude totally clone high never would have been canceled
Hopefully we can get them on either Netflix, Hulu, or even tubi.
@@Awsome101Girl I feel like they would be more successful, but then be "cancelled" in that *other* way ...
Been waiting for you to make a review of this show! Loved this series it came out right as I entered college so it was right in my wheelhouse as it were
I can't unsee the main guy as Vinny Pizza Pasta Vinesauce
I know this vid is like a year old now but undergrads creeped its way into my recommendations where I eventch found this video. I have seen some of ur vids in the past but never thought much of it. I can now see that you have some serious talent and incredible skill put into these videos which makes me want to sub. I love the style and way you go about doing your videos in such a unique way. If Scott the Woz can get his own tv show, I think ur type of video is even better suited for that. Literally so good and thank you and will be watching the rest of your videos.
Also, has the creator ever addressed that weird communal scream at the campus in the final episode?
What was THAT?
The communal campus scream
I’ve never seen the show but I know that at my school every night at midnight during finals week people will stand outside and scream so maybe something similar?
@@courtneyfortier5018 Hmmm... Interesting and curious fact. So I guess it was meant as some sort of tradition as well?
THANK YOU!! I've always loved this series, the humor hits just right and the themes always keep you hooked; i always thought this deserved more attention
16:34 damn CinemaSins looks so young here! I almost didn't recognize him lmao.
For real though we all knew or were someone just like this don't lie
Thank you for feeding my nostalgia. I rewatched mission hill again and this cartoon popped up in the back of my mind. Hope you're staying safe. 🖤