The tale of the doctor who defied Death - Iseult Gillespie

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  • Опубліковано 11 бер 2020
  • Dive into the German tale of Godfather Death and his godson, the doctor who tries to master mortality.
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    A husband and wife were in despair. The woman had just given birth to their 13th child, and the growing family was quickly running out of food and money. Wandering into the woods, the father encountered a skeletal figure with sunken eyes and a gaunt face: this was Death himself, come to offer his services as Godfather. Iseult Gillespie tells the tale of Death and the doctor.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 5 тис.

  • @TEDEd
    @TEDEd  Рік тому +103

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  • @tlyke
    @tlyke 4 роки тому +19426

    Death: *sitting at the foot of the bed*
    Doctor: Uno reverse card

  • @rupontiroy9685
    @rupontiroy9685 4 роки тому +11514

    Imagine them travelling together and they see a sick person and death is just like:
    I CALL DIBS

  • @bedboyhalo-butismeelo4488
    @bedboyhalo-butismeelo4488 3 роки тому +5606

    Husband: *snatches child out of wife's hands.*
    Wife: Hey what are you doing?!
    Husband: Well I just made a deal with d e a t h and he offered to take care of our child so I accepted.

    • @sheer9203
      @sheer9203 2 роки тому +41

      Good idea

    • @zan821
      @zan821 2 роки тому +95

      @Marcel Reiner lmao
      but seriously if youre not gonna trust god himself to be a godfather to your son then you might as well not trust anyone at all

    • @zan821
      @zan821 2 роки тому +2

      @bts armyy yup

    • @thatdamncrow9197
      @thatdamncrow9197 2 роки тому +107

      @@zan821god is one who passes judgement
      He has killed countless out of anger
      Death has never killed out of anger
      And unlike god all are equal to the eyes of death
      Everything has the same value

    • @zan821
      @zan821 2 роки тому +25

      @@thatdamncrow9197 okay okay man leave me alone
      im scared

  • @axolotl.5667
    @axolotl.5667 3 роки тому +5238

    This guy’s voice is so mesmerising, and I cant look away from that magical animation!

    • @noli915
      @noli915 2 роки тому +7

      THE WATER MONSTER SPEAKS!

    • @mr.mischiefiknowyourpasswo8224
      @mr.mischiefiknowyourpasswo8224 2 роки тому +7

      @@noli915 I brought the toaster, quick walk into the water with it. I'll plug it in as soon as you're close enough. Your heroic deed will be recognized

    • @noli915
      @noli915 2 роки тому +1

      @@mr.mischiefiknowyourpasswo8224 a

    • @bingbonghafu
      @bingbonghafu 2 роки тому +3

      What’s his name?

    • @buonopesci
      @buonopesci 2 роки тому +3

      Anyone knows who the voice of the video is???????

  • @shaswatinayak4523
    @shaswatinayak4523 4 роки тому +6947

    "We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one."
    - Confucius.

    • @randobob4733
      @randobob4733 4 роки тому +15

      Then whats the point of that line?

    • @jahimalnar7978
      @jahimalnar7978 4 роки тому +248

      @@randobob4733 to point out we period of our life when we live carefree and perhaps reckless, and the other when we realize we only have so much time left
      But that's my guess

    • @killuazoldyck_
      @killuazoldyck_ 4 роки тому +89

      Its means once you realise you need to appreciate your life and doing good deeds thats your second life obviously its the same one life but you will be better after you understand life and yoir purpose.

    • @softlocked9586
      @softlocked9586 4 роки тому +18

      Rando Bob what I think is that once people start realizing they only have one, their second live starts, but there’s only one life according to the first statement, so people realize they only have one live much too late in their life.

    • @lick28
      @lick28 4 роки тому +12

      That just sounds like having one life with extra steps

  • @cameron-5740
    @cameron-5740 4 роки тому +10831

    "all people are equal in the eyes of death"
    Death: * only wants the lives of royals *

    • @JadeSpecter
      @JadeSpecter 4 роки тому +92

      @The Third Horseman good reasoning

    • @XIIconstNvChr
      @XIIconstNvChr 4 роки тому +242

      death: "eat the rich!!!"

    • @mehrapi7621
      @mehrapi7621 4 роки тому +161

      @The Third Horseman maybe death only wanted the king, and he decided to claim the princess in his place when the king was healed by the doctor?

    • @PS-vr1uv
      @PS-vr1uv 4 роки тому +175

      I think it is because both was linked with greed. The doctor wanted the fame for the saving the king, and he wanted love and gold from saving the princess. Both times death was at the foot of the bed.
      Edit: not to be that person, but that's alot of likes lol

    • @kiranecromancer3679
      @kiranecromancer3679 4 роки тому +11

      Xx sTrAnGe xX but death judges none and it cares about it not

  • @winterlstorm4794
    @winterlstorm4794 3 роки тому +3093

    When you realized that if even the doctor didnt broke rule and let the princess die, he would still die by king's orders

    • @oussamat612
      @oussamat612 3 роки тому +384

      but death takes the life not the king so even if the king ordered the doctor to die and death refused he wouldn't die

    • @whoami6064
      @whoami6064 3 роки тому +108

      @@oussamat612 but there's a 50/50 chance he might have survived. And even if he survived, he would have died from the shame of not saving the princess

    • @ladyteacupii784
      @ladyteacupii784 3 роки тому +173

      @@whoami6064 yeah but at the same time Death promised happiness once the boy returns, so I'm guessing the princess's death was some sort of test, it doesn't matter if the boy wants to die or the king wants him to die, since Death controls death, if you know what I mean.

    • @noranabo8205
      @noranabo8205 2 роки тому +8

      i-thats true

    • @sobree9743
      @sobree9743 2 роки тому +83

      the king was supposed to die, i think death knew this and meant it more as a prophecy than a warning. He was supposed to listen to death, not the glory of men.

  • @daysofwineandroses1723
    @daysofwineandroses1723 3 роки тому +684

    If anyone is wondering what this is from, it is a short story named 'Godfather Death' one of my favorite tales. Without knowing that this video is the same, i clicked it and watched seeing how they were the same. Very deep and beautiful. C:

    • @daadaa6356
      @daadaa6356 2 роки тому +4

      same :D

    • @daysofwineandroses1723
      @daysofwineandroses1723 2 роки тому +1

      @@daadaa6356 (◍•ᴗ•◍)

    • @mrssld456
      @mrssld456 Рік тому +1

      Same

    • @NoriMori1992
      @NoriMori1992 11 місяців тому +3

      Also called "Death's Godson". In the version I read, Death was female. There were other differences too.

    • @synsvids
      @synsvids 4 місяці тому +1

      I like this story as well, and I've always loved the line "All people are equal in the eyes of death". It gives me comfort. I remember in the version I first read; it was if death was at the side of the patient they could be saved, but if death was at the foot, then they could not.

  • @otxchy
    @otxchy 4 роки тому +21146

    "all people are equal in the eyes of death"
    Also Death: *cats get 9 lives*

  • @dubeydagreyt2504
    @dubeydagreyt2504 4 роки тому +3319

    Death: Your time has come
    Me: *pulls out UNO reverse cars*

    • @navivan768
      @navivan768 4 роки тому +102

      Now I’m just imagining uno but with different car models

    • @dubeydagreyt2504
      @dubeydagreyt2504 4 роки тому +45

      @Shriyansh Pandey You haven't seen an UNO Car, have you?

    • @zeezee451
      @zeezee451 4 роки тому +19

      @Shriyansh Pandey it is a card game. But something called Uno Cars also exist.

    • @stevede5275
      @stevede5275 4 роки тому +5

      that’s it. that’s the entire myth of sisyphus fooling death

    • @ArnieOcfemia
      @ArnieOcfemia 4 роки тому +2

      @@dubeydagreyt2504 We're can I find one? I'm interested.... 😁

  • @burntburndog
    @burntburndog 3 роки тому +660

    "The doctor wasn't the first to try to cheat death"
    Joseph and Okuyasu: _allow us to introduce ourselves_

    • @SylverUI
      @SylverUI 3 роки тому +1

      how'd you do that font?

    • @deleted4913
      @deleted4913 3 роки тому +2

      @@DGolden247 wow youre a cool dude

    • @rajankunwar24
      @rajankunwar24 3 роки тому +1

      @@DGolden247 _Really_

    • @VirusCity17
      @VirusCity17 3 роки тому +8

      @@SylverUI
      *Did you know you can bold your words as well with asterisk?*
      *_In fact, italics and bold can be combined together._*

    • @sicadafly
      @sicadafly 3 роки тому +1

      _cool_

  • @itzkirml
    @itzkirml 3 роки тому +339

    2:16
    Death: omg wait so you guys held hands???

  • @aMissAdventure
    @aMissAdventure 4 роки тому +5970

    "But he was so moved by her grace..." (just after they animated her puking out of a window onto his head)

    • @white_exe8053
      @white_exe8053 3 роки тому +45

      Lmao

    • @squidbro6635
      @squidbro6635 3 роки тому +190

      It was cute how the butterflies were holding back her hair.

    • @TallSilentGuy
      @TallSilentGuy 3 роки тому +38

      Into his mouth, no less.

    • @Basic_Cat
      @Basic_Cat 3 роки тому +38

      very graceful indeed

    • @Basic_Cat
      @Basic_Cat 3 роки тому +10

      Also, Simon, that’s a mask. It couldn’t get into his mouth.

  • @sumitkumar-qi2vl
    @sumitkumar-qi2vl 4 роки тому +35314

    " All people are equal in the eyes of death " what a line.

    • @dru4670
      @dru4670 4 роки тому +699

      @@vasudevraghav2109 all in all they die. That's the point.

    • @Georgia307
      @Georgia307 4 роки тому +738

      @@vasudevraghav2109 If you think about it, illness is not death's responsibility. How someone dies, the moments leading up to death, are under the umbrella of life. Death is only there to collect, no matter how healthy or poor of health a person is or how rich they are in wealth. Death takes everyone in any state.

    • @Ruby321123
      @Ruby321123 4 роки тому +126

      Igualdad en la Muerte. Death does not judge - she comes for us all. If Death does not judge, then who are we to? 🌹❤💀❤🌹 A prominent belief in many forms of Santisima Muerte devotion.

    • @brodychapelle6997
      @brodychapelle6997 4 роки тому +198

      Death does not discriminate

    • @Panda_Roll
      @Panda_Roll 4 роки тому +258

      You might be a king or a little street sweeper, but sooner or later you dance with the reaper.

  • @ey8648
    @ey8648 3 роки тому +69

    Whats interesting is that although death was supposed to be unbiased, I think he grew to love his godson but felt bound to his strict rules of equality.

  • @TheXboxReviewer
    @TheXboxReviewer 2 роки тому +15

    4:50
    Narrator: "His inscrutable face..."
    The Animation: " :< "

  • @bella9698
    @bella9698 3 роки тому +7026

    4:08 doctor: so where is Queen Elizabeth’s candle?
    Death: oh, it’s in the back
    *_see’s massive 90 foot candle burning brighter than the sun itself in the back_*

    • @user-mg7wh8zq6v
      @user-mg7wh8zq6v 3 роки тому +226

      I wouldnt doubt to see that

    • @eadweard2214
      @eadweard2214 3 роки тому +193

      This sounds believable

    • @gitimonidutta234
      @gitimonidutta234 3 роки тому +96

      That cleared all my doubts
      Thanks man..

    • @anonguy772
      @anonguy772 3 роки тому +63

      Prince Philip at 99: *smugly sips immortality juice*
      Kane Tanaka at 114: That's adorable

    • @mysincerestcondolences
      @mysincerestcondolences 3 роки тому +15

      "wait what do you mean this isn't true?"

  • @albertamalachi3560
    @albertamalachi3560 4 роки тому +3650

    Death probably just likes scented candles.

    • @TEDEd
      @TEDEd  4 роки тому +470

      It's his most relatable quality.

    • @moonlightikah6753
      @moonlightikah6753 4 роки тому +34

      from bath and body works for sure. they smell great.

    • @kairosdragon1130
      @kairosdragon1130 4 роки тому +6

      What scent is his favorite?

    • @justasaddragon3778
      @justasaddragon3778 4 роки тому +13

      @@@moonlightikah6753 bed bath and beyond the grave

    • @justvibin338
      @justvibin338 4 роки тому +4

      Gwyneth Paltrow's candles are his favorite

  • @baniello1
    @baniello1 2 роки тому +59

    I was actually raised with this story and as a small child, I absolutely loved this :) In the version I was told though, the doctor was allowed to choose any candle in the cavern to replace the princes', but of course he chose his own candle per "chance".

    • @ananthakrishnanbalajee
      @ananthakrishnanbalajee Рік тому +6

      I read a version where the doctor pleaded with death to light another candle for him on top of his candle, which was almost out, but death cunningly placed the candle on the wick and the first one went out.

  • @CelticMudkip
    @CelticMudkip 3 роки тому +133

    Did anyone else click on this after a series of riddles, and wait for the actual moment to solve the riddle to come, only to find it wasn't actually a riddle?

  • @ajmeraprakash3855
    @ajmeraprakash3855 4 роки тому +8657

    "All are equal before death"
    Also Death: so, like how long do you want to live
    Queen Elizabeth: *Yes*

    • @kiwiluiz8675
      @kiwiluiz8675 3 роки тому +131

      I am shooketh and bamboozled

    • @bleisenberg
      @bleisenberg 3 роки тому +304

      Queen Elizabeth: I'lL tAkE yOuR eNtIRe StOcK

    • @HAZNAUT
      @HAZNAUT 3 роки тому +23

      takes son in plane crash

    • @adityas3587
      @adityas3587 3 роки тому +44

      You are acting like she's the only person to reach the age of 94

    • @bradley8148
      @bradley8148 3 роки тому +65

      @@adityas3587 it's a joke dude

  • @aadi7529
    @aadi7529 3 роки тому +6510

    death: sits at foot of the king
    man: casually flips bed over and heals him
    "Sometimes my genius, it''s almost frightening"

    • @aksheee
      @aksheee 2 роки тому +19

      im ur 1000th like

    • @indianboy9575
      @indianboy9575 2 роки тому +16

      How does this comment has 1.3K likes and only one replie

    • @aksheee
      @aksheee 2 роки тому +4

      @@indianboy9575 even idk

    • @Anonymous-zd1ow
      @Anonymous-zd1ow 2 роки тому +11

      @@indianboy9575 Kinda spooky tbh

    • @bumbaaclaaat2866
      @bumbaaclaaat2866 2 роки тому +1

      Joe

  • @andyodels
    @andyodels 2 роки тому +46

    The animation is engaging and a great fit for this type of story. I learned this as a Lithuanian folk tale, as a child, but it had a different ending. The doctor built a one-legged bed and rotated the bed with the princess until Death grew tired. Death left, wearied, and the doctor married the princess.

  • @priyanshubaderia1945
    @priyanshubaderia1945 3 роки тому +59

    " All people are equal in the eyes of that "
    Death - *proceeds to give his mortal godson immortality potion*

  • @zititan3015
    @zititan3015 4 роки тому +8333

    Why does Death looked so cute when he is at the foot of the bed in this video? 😂😂😂

    • @Josh_Schwarz
      @Josh_Schwarz 4 роки тому +303

      He‘s happy.

    • @thecavendishslostkitten3898
      @thecavendishslostkitten3898 4 роки тому +133

      All those who liked this comment is a psychopath. Yep, including me.

    • @aperson504
      @aperson504 4 роки тому +8

      Time stamp

    • @TheGoobieDoober
      @TheGoobieDoober 4 роки тому +45

      @@thecavendishslostkitten3898 Or people who are too familiar with Death.
      Wait..
      Deadpool?

    • @parvathy8441
      @parvathy8441 4 роки тому +33

      TRULY Maniax 2:50 lmaoo😂

  • @ordinaryextraordinary9484
    @ordinaryextraordinary9484 4 роки тому +2934

    Death: You can cure all illnesses, but I still need to take some lives every now and again. Just don’t touch anyone I want. That’s the only rule. Other than that, go nuts.
    Guy: **breaks rule**
    Death:
    ಠ_ಠ Bich...

    • @guilhermecorrea545
      @guilhermecorrea545 4 роки тому +19

      Bich lol

    • @bertez5501
      @bertez5501 4 роки тому +5

      🤣🤣

    • @arcalyte4905
      @arcalyte4905 4 роки тому +123

      Death: You can cure all illnesses, but I still need to take some lives every now and again. Just don’t touch anyone I want. That’s the only rule. Other than that, go nuts.
      Guy: *breaks rule*
      Death: Aight you got one more fukin chance cause im in a good mood, do it again and i break your fuckin neck kid
      Guy: *breaks rule*
      Death": *so you have chosen death*

    • @prokeyset2346
      @prokeyset2346 4 роки тому +1

      Guilherme Correa lol

    • @kermittheblanket6838
      @kermittheblanket6838 4 роки тому +18

      death : *gives a second chance*
      Doctor : *break rule again *
      death : shocked pikachu • □ •

  • @cristopherleshnick1122
    @cristopherleshnick1122 3 роки тому +89

    "Doctor Who: The doctor always defies death through regeneration." Honestly thought that was where this was going.

    • @dottore590
      @dottore590 3 роки тому +3

      I'm surprised they didn't reference it at least once

  • @trixzplayzz6944
    @trixzplayzz6944 3 роки тому +46

    Doctor: Turns the bed around
    Death: NO, that's not how you are supposed to play the game

  • @ineedabettername1752
    @ineedabettername1752 4 роки тому +5733

    Basic summary of the first time the doctor cheated death:
    Death: I call dibs
    Doctor: *Spins table around
    Death: ...
    Doctor: ...
    Death: *Listen here you little sh-*

    • @DRACOFURY
      @DRACOFURY 4 роки тому +36

      Yup

    • @pomegranate10017
      @pomegranate10017 4 роки тому +228

      T H E T A B L E S H A V E T U R N E D

    • @comicsans3421
      @comicsans3421 4 роки тому +89

      @@pomegranate10017 dont you mean the "beds" have turned? :3

    • @hungrymusicwolf
      @hungrymusicwolf 4 роки тому +107

      @@comicsans3421 Listen here you little sh-

    • @sudhirnair3080
      @sudhirnair3080 4 роки тому +4

      @@hungrymusicwolf sh ?

  • @coolguy27
    @coolguy27 4 роки тому +9594

    It's ironic he could save others from death, but not himself.

    • @lostcause3720
      @lostcause3720 4 роки тому +335

      *[LAUGHS IN SITH LORD]*

    • @hamborger7187
      @hamborger7187 4 роки тому +207

      @@lostcause3720 Have you heard the tale of Darth Plagueis the Wise? It is not a story the Jedi would tell you.

    • @Turtvig12
      @Turtvig12 4 роки тому +105

      A man who can save himself from death is no longer human. A man with no fear for death, will have no delight in life. idk i just wanted to write something:D

    • @thetechnoking
      @thetechnoking 4 роки тому +53

      He actually could, he only had one thing to do.. FOLLOW THE RULES

    • @ghostbunny4774
      @ghostbunny4774 4 роки тому +11

      Jardiel Wendson that’s a Star Wars reference so chill

  • @marissafurtado6428
    @marissafurtado6428 2 роки тому +4

    The music, the animation, the sound effects, the narration everything's so on point... Gosh! This video is phenomenal

  • @Sciencedoneright
    @Sciencedoneright 3 роки тому +21

    "But he rejected both offers."
    You saying he rejected god himself taking care of his son

  • @bigmanitb
    @bigmanitb 4 роки тому +6964

    God: offers to save this man and his entire family
    Man: nah mate, I'm good
    Death: hello i..
    Man: take my son

    • @shreyaraman6664
      @shreyaraman6664 4 роки тому +652

      Actually, God offered the same thing. However, the man kenw that God also held judgement over humans, and that all humans weren't equal in his eye, unlike Death, who didn't care about who the human was, since they were all equal.

    • @slobodanreka1088
      @slobodanreka1088 4 роки тому +226

      Because he didn't like being judged. Tell you what, 13 kids and not enough money to feed them? They deserve to be judged.

    • @animeviewer66
      @animeviewer66 4 роки тому +141

      A God's deal may not be just , but all are equal in deaths eyes.
      Basically he was the most likely of the three to give a fair deal

    • @lucyk2634
      @lucyk2634 4 роки тому +117

      @@animeviewer66 except what you consider fair. I looked at it the other way. Death have no judgement, he takes anyone or no one, all the same who they are. God has judgment so he see whether a man is good ar bad so that's how he would decide one will live or not. This father knows that if some of his children were bad God will take them. That's why he made a deal with death who will spare all his family.

    • @lucyk2634
      @lucyk2634 4 роки тому +86

      @@animeviewer66 fair is one thing, equal totally different thing. So I think God is fair, death was just equally choosing.

  • @siriyadla1334
    @siriyadla1334 4 роки тому +6132

    Well this bought a whole new meaning to *"So you have chosen death"*

    • @jomiarielle4045
      @jomiarielle4045 3 роки тому +113

      its more like "so you've been chosen by death"

    • @potatopancakes101
      @potatopancakes101 3 роки тому +10

      why does this only have 300 likes

    • @thenewthalita406
      @thenewthalita406 3 роки тому +7

      It now has 666 and I don't wanna uin it lol

    • @khyathialluru5830
      @khyathialluru5830 3 роки тому +4

      this is such an underrated comment hahaha

    • @jobama9909
      @jobama9909 3 роки тому +7

      @@jomiarielle4045 So you ahve chosen *,* death*

  • @alefiyavohra3395
    @alefiyavohra3395 2 роки тому

    Thsi video is just so beautiful, the animations, the music, the narrators voice, the narration, just perfect

  • @boniaditya
    @boniaditya Місяць тому

    What a great story telling - it is gripping - each sentence more suspenseful than the one before.

  • @aatreyobanerjee4216
    @aatreyobanerjee4216 4 роки тому +1471

    Doctor turns the table around : "ohh look how the tables have turned!"
    Death : .......

    • @sakuya9017
      @sakuya9017 4 роки тому +34

      “ Oh how the turn tables.....”

    • @giaphu2091
      @giaphu2091 4 роки тому +8

      *Slide away awkwardly*

    • @menelik6652
      @menelik6652 4 роки тому +3

      Oh how the turn beds

    • @the_neon_08
      @the_neon_08 3 роки тому +4

      Turns have tabled*

    • @scrantimous
      @scrantimous 3 роки тому

      Oh how the have tables turned*

  • @vaishaligoel2321
    @vaishaligoel2321 4 роки тому +18660

    "The women had just given birth to her thirteenth child"
    Yeah she needs a better hobby

  • @NoizZy_
    @NoizZy_ 2 роки тому +4

    this has to be my favorite from this channel, the animation, the story, the voice acting just yes

  • @Blue-yr8bv
    @Blue-yr8bv 3 роки тому +1

    This is one of favorite videos on UA-cam. The story is so interesting.

  • @yourcommentmightnotworksop9987
    @yourcommentmightnotworksop9987 4 роки тому +2294

    "He could not trust in some one who judged human life"
    But death see no man.
    Beautiful

    • @lillyswann9922
      @lillyswann9922 4 роки тому +24

      Can u plz explain that part... why he rejected God's offer but accepts death to be his son's godfather??!!

    • @jenbunnyaqua
      @jenbunnyaqua 4 роки тому +151

      Lilly Swann you can explain it in many ways, but essentially what we all have in common is dying; whereas our beliefs, our ‘gods’ and our ‘demons’ are all dependent on an individual, case by case basis, and each belief comes with its own set of rules, dictations, and determinations of who is ‘good’ or ‘bad’ or ‘worthy/unworthy’. So the father felt it was best to trust death, because death eventually takes everyone, there’s no avoiding him, so he truly had no reason or agenda to either trick or help the father. Plus it was his ‘13th’ son, so perhaps it was fate. 😂

    • @htoodoh5770
      @htoodoh5770 4 роки тому +3

      @@jenbunnyaqua Do you know this story?

    • @mohammedavdul5247
      @mohammedavdul5247 4 роки тому +14

      @@jenbunnyaqua so its like a metaphor and doesn't actually implies that god is bad, then it's all gucci👍👍

    • @femcel_estia8013
      @femcel_estia8013 4 роки тому +10

      @@mohammedavdul5247 god is indeed bad tho lmao

  • @f.t633
    @f.t633 4 роки тому +4826

    the little butterflies holding the princess' hair while she was throwing up was such a cute moment 😊😊😊

    • @deadhill814
      @deadhill814 4 роки тому +10

      Faten T so true

    • @jerry0331
      @jerry0331 4 роки тому +1

      665th liker... YES 666!

    • @reuvelyne
      @reuvelyne 4 роки тому +1

      1,000th like

    • @netslayeruk
      @netslayeruk 4 роки тому +15

      It was pretty cute and then when the doctor was puked on I just lost it xD

    • @narozstyle
      @narozstyle 4 роки тому

      "A sweet two minute story about the meaning of life" answers the eternal question: "What's the point of it all?" : ua-cam.com/video/Jt0hV6xvWSI/v-deo.html

  • @guest7491
    @guest7491 2 роки тому +27

    Actually, in Japan, this story is known as “Shinigami”: one of the famous rakugo titles. As a Japanese, I’m glad to know the origin of it XD

  • @rachelcornelia9681
    @rachelcornelia9681 Місяць тому

    I love the STORY! I like the type of motion graphic you re using to express the story. Thank you for the infos u included as well. Im checking the website for the animation graphic.

  • @bryanpedrosa8061
    @bryanpedrosa8061 4 роки тому +4854

    "Any doctor here?"
    : I'm a doctor what's going on?
    "A heart attack."
    : I'm a doctor in philosophy.
    "He is going to die."
    : We are all going to die.

  • @The_Immortal_
    @The_Immortal_ 4 роки тому +4754

    God: *literally offer's to help man's dying family*
    Man "nah."
    Actually Death: "oh h-"
    Man "SAY NO MORE FAM."

    • @simulationone
      @simulationone 4 роки тому +11

      UsedMcDonald'ssodacup _ 🤣

    • @mediocremuffin6770
      @mediocremuffin6770 4 роки тому +17

      UsedMcDonald'ssodacup _ underrated

    • @txmpest21
      @txmpest21 4 роки тому +26

      UsedMcDonald'ssodacup _ you didn’t understand that part right

    • @mediocremuffin6770
      @mediocremuffin6770 4 роки тому +84

      Twisted X he probably did. He took the reference and made a joke

    • @mohammedavdul5247
      @mohammedavdul5247 4 роки тому +11

      @@txmpest21 I didn't understand that part, explain it.

  • @mamaree2326
    @mamaree2326 2 роки тому

    I come back every so often to listen to this story.

  • @connected.
    @connected. 3 роки тому +1

    This was such an amazing tale....the narrators voice was on point for such a video. Thank you so much for enlightening us...

  • @bellatrixlestrange4136
    @bellatrixlestrange4136 4 роки тому +5328

    “Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.”
    -Haruki Murakami

    • @garimajain8216
      @garimajain8216 4 роки тому +12

      Norwegian wood

    • @eran9126
      @eran9126 4 роки тому +4

      My favorite author ❤️

    • @sleeexs
      @sleeexs 4 роки тому +21

      Death is the beginning of life, and also the end

    • @garimajain8216
      @garimajain8216 3 роки тому +3

      @Stephanie Logan it's the name of the novel out of which this quote was taken (and it's also a Beatles song? )

    • @left6121
      @left6121 3 роки тому +4

      -Bellatrix Lestrange-

  • @tebaayy8141
    @tebaayy8141 3 роки тому +7003

    I just realised that the doctor is the 13th child and 13 resembles death.

    • @ahsmar8662
      @ahsmar8662 3 роки тому +348

      You have 13 likes

    • @tebaayy8141
      @tebaayy8141 3 роки тому +317

      @@ahsmar8662 Uh oh.

    • @uttamdas5834
      @uttamdas5834 3 роки тому +40

      Levi's Waifu very true

    • @maymiller3639
      @maymiller3639 3 роки тому +29

      I am the only waifu levi will get to taste hon

    • @tebaayy8141
      @tebaayy8141 3 роки тому +7

      @@maymiller3639 In your dreams he does. B)))

  • @pimpasparadise
    @pimpasparadise 2 роки тому +1

    I love this story so much that i always come here to rewatch this from time to time.

    • @pimpasparadise
      @pimpasparadise 2 роки тому

      It's been 10 days since I watched this.

  • @olliewatkin1
    @olliewatkin1 2 роки тому

    His voice is amazing and the animation is beautiful, i can't stop comming back to this video

  • @valmid5069
    @valmid5069 4 роки тому +1769

    “Death is his constant companion” -Dr Who
    “He greeted death as an old friend” -Harry Potter

  • @riyaramesh9682
    @riyaramesh9682 4 роки тому +6136

    The doctor wasn't the first, of course, there is one more guy with the invisibility cloak.

    • @sammysusuu
      @sammysusuu 4 роки тому +235

      If I remember he used the cloak to hide from death right?

    • @nazsooki997
      @nazsooki997 4 роки тому +45

      @@sammysusuu yes he did

    • @joroc
      @joroc 4 роки тому +39

      That was just a tale inside a tale

    • @olivercopeland5438
      @olivercopeland5438 4 роки тому +114

      wait is he referring to Harry Potter ?

    • @MNightbirb
      @MNightbirb 4 роки тому +39

      @@olivercopeland5438 yes
      Yes he was

  • @chunnyboo7521
    @chunnyboo7521 2 роки тому +1

    Everything about this is perfect. From the narrator to the animation. 👌

  • @itzclover1473
    @itzclover1473 3 роки тому

    The animation, background music and narration is so good !

  • @lordycostelo9096
    @lordycostelo9096 4 роки тому +4537

    The mother there looks like she has seen the face of death
    Edit: Haven't got this much likes before thanks ♥️

    • @reginaldmustardbacon5866
      @reginaldmustardbacon5866 4 роки тому +139

      I imagine 13 kids are worse than death

    • @reginaldmustardbacon5866
      @reginaldmustardbacon5866 4 роки тому +9

      P.s. i am kidding of course

    • @lordycostelo9096
      @lordycostelo9096 4 роки тому +1

      @@reginaldmustardbacon5866 Ofc hahahah

    • @skyking0356
      @skyking0356 4 роки тому +6

      nope, just being the mom of 13 children

    • @loki2240
      @loki2240 4 роки тому +29

      @@skyking0356 - She was wondering how she could've married a man with such a weak pull out game.

  • @HoradeFidges
    @HoradeFidges 4 роки тому +1828

    Death: For your betrayal, I shall now take your life
    Doctor: *Drinks the potion*
    Death: Dude, that's not cool

    • @anonguy772
      @anonguy772 3 роки тому +163

      Doctor: Hey, this was your idea.
      Death: True. *Pulls out scythe* And so is this.
      Docto: wait hol up let's talk-

    • @ey8648
      @ey8648 3 роки тому +65

      The potion cures ailments, not death forcibly destroying the doctor's lifeline

    • @abrahamtombe
      @abrahamtombe 3 роки тому +10

      Oversimplifiedd

  • @noureldeanswearky255
    @noureldeanswearky255 Рік тому

    Loved this! Thank you.

  • @karlaa2867
    @karlaa2867 3 роки тому +1

    this is literally my favorite tale or myth i love it

  • @JustADioWhosAHeroForFun
    @JustADioWhosAHeroForFun 4 роки тому +1809

    Rasputin: "Finally a worthy challenger, our battle will be legendary!"

  • @DarshKP666
    @DarshKP666 4 роки тому +5541

    The narrator has such a powerful voice.
    Adding to that was this simple yet dark animation. Amazing work again Ted-Ed!! The animation from each video is so distinct yet so suitable to the topic 👏👏👏

    • @PrinceKashyap.
      @PrinceKashyap. 4 роки тому +18

      Oh I just loved the Voice. Those were some strong emotions flowing through his words and the Bgm was equally supporting it. Props to Iseult Gillespie and the musicman

    • @cristineevangelio5223
      @cristineevangelio5223 4 роки тому +3

      he sounds like ewan mcgregor!

    • @shamikpal4449
      @shamikpal4449 4 роки тому +4

      I literally had chills every time he said death...

    • @Bashar3A
      @Bashar3A 4 роки тому +3

      Exactly! That's what kept me watching

    • @ahnrho
      @ahnrho 4 роки тому +1

      Absolutely.

  • @mayzal3702
    @mayzal3702 3 роки тому +1

    This is a beautiful story

  • @craz2580
    @craz2580 2 роки тому

    I watched this many times, and i gotta say, i love these stories

  • @shadowwriter329
    @shadowwriter329 4 роки тому +803

    When does a man die? Does he die when a bullet pierces his heart? Does he die when he is struck by an incurable illness? Does he die when the flame flickers out?
    No...he dies when he is forgotten.

    • @Acroflame
      @Acroflame 4 роки тому +9

      I wish I could give you multiple likes

    • @shadowwriter329
      @shadowwriter329 4 роки тому +9

      Fennekinshow / / Fennemario one is plenty enough

    • @vibingdude8065
      @vibingdude8065 4 роки тому +17

      shadowwriter329 That's from One piece doctor Hiriluk

    • @shadowwriter329
      @shadowwriter329 4 роки тому +1

      0.1 percent and? You can’t say it’s not a great quote nor that is doesn’t fit so well here.

    • @chimketyanuk5347
      @chimketyanuk5347 4 роки тому

      -Dr Hiriluk

  • @Panda_Roll
    @Panda_Roll 4 роки тому +1952

    To Satan = Nah, you're too judgmental.
    To God = Nah, You're even worse.
    To Death = Now that's what I'm talking about it. You're Hired!

    • @phirion6341
      @phirion6341 4 роки тому +206

      It's not really presented well in the video, but the man's decision not to trust god is pretty amazing. In the original tale, the man tells god that he "passes judgement on lives of other people while still condoning poverty" and refuses to have him be godfather

    • @DairangerSentai7
      @DairangerSentai7 4 роки тому +29

      @@phirion6341 stuff like that gets me ticked off. Why do ppl blame God for poverty but spit on the homeless man in the street?

    • @phirion6341
      @phirion6341 4 роки тому +9

      @@DairangerSentai7 I do neither haha

    • @siervodedios5952
      @siervodedios5952 4 роки тому +3

      @@DairangerSentai7 My point exactly, amen.

    • @sa5m225
      @sa5m225 4 роки тому +17

      @@phirion6341 You know even tho, the man choose death. God will still judge him.
      Also God doesn't look on our appearance like we humans. He look in the mankind hearts and see our true self in it.
      God will judge everyone, rich or poor. God is the one who has the right to judge all of us

  • @mz.pacman7887
    @mz.pacman7887 2 роки тому

    i love the way u told the story and ur voice is perfect for it as well

  • @mikelparo
    @mikelparo 2 роки тому

    I love the story so much, I wish they make movies out of this stories, it's better than most movies now days

  • @left6121
    @left6121 3 роки тому +7022

    This sounds as if it was a tale from Harry Potter, it gives me a tale of “The Three Brothers” vibe.

    • @ey8648
      @ey8648 3 роки тому +154

      *the deathly hallows*

    • @AScheeser
      @AScheeser 3 роки тому +140

      The Godfather (original German "Der Herr Gevatter") is actually a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm but I find that several of the stories from "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" are similar in spirit to Grimms' fairy tales.

    • @animations2119
      @animations2119 3 роки тому +30

      Except there are *13* here. And we get to know about just one

    • @ileanabriannemari
      @ileanabriannemari 3 роки тому +23

      Ah, the Tales of Beedle the Bard.

    • @ee-lo6gs
      @ee-lo6gs 3 роки тому +9

      Lmfaoooo so trueee

  • @chuckyb9469
    @chuckyb9469 4 роки тому +1307

    Death seems very kind though. He really loved his godson.

    • @mariustan9275
      @mariustan9275 3 роки тому +147

      He had to kill him though, because of his betrayal. No matter what, you cannot break rules and expect things to be fine.

    • @anirudh2000
      @anirudh2000 3 роки тому +56

      But we can't blame the godson, because when you have such powers it's actually difficult to obey rules and appreciate what you have as you wouldn't know the value

    • @somethingelse9228
      @somethingelse9228 3 роки тому +29

      @@anirudh2000 In such situations you will have to face the consequences

    • @notyourfriend-li7rq
      @notyourfriend-li7rq 3 роки тому +4

      He is. He frees people from their miseries. Sometimes.

    • @--------352
      @--------352 3 роки тому +40

      Like the beginning said, death views all man equally you must not break the rules

  • @rgnszeb123
    @rgnszeb123 2 роки тому

    Incredible video, incredible story, I was so invested

  • @sevenaries
    @sevenaries 2 роки тому +5

    Tbh death seems like a pretty chill father

  • @dodo-ux4po
    @dodo-ux4po 4 роки тому +471

    4:39 “His Godfather considered the request”
    1:32 “The father, knowing that all lives are equal in the eyes of Death, accepted his offer”
    Death is so just that he didn’t spare even his godson. This is some strong stuff, gives me shivers.

    • @sarag6792
      @sarag6792 4 роки тому +5

      think i've heard a story like that before...

  • @claireborcherding2381
    @claireborcherding2381 4 роки тому +1068

    2:56
    Doctor: I'm going to do what is called a pro gamer move

    • @zoldyacks774
      @zoldyacks774 4 роки тому +13

      A Uno reverse

    • @dash33r22
      @dash33r22 4 роки тому +2

      Claire Borcherding LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  • @theastroguy7417
    @theastroguy7417 3 роки тому

    You lads have the most calming voices

  • @soufianovicshinobi
    @soufianovicshinobi 2 роки тому +1

    This is why i subed years ago to this channel. Awesome story

  • @malkisehgal2481
    @malkisehgal2481 4 роки тому +3387

    I genuinely got goosebumps while listening to the narration. Kudos to narrator. P.S. Animator did a wonderful job too

    • @clarkepercivaljaeblood4886
      @clarkepercivaljaeblood4886 4 роки тому +3

      Jack Cutmore-Scott

    • @clarkepercivaljaeblood4886
      @clarkepercivaljaeblood4886 4 роки тому

      I think he's also the one who narrates "The Second Coming"

    • @machigiceb7788
      @machigiceb7788 4 роки тому

      His voice is so soothing

    • @narozstyle
      @narozstyle 4 роки тому

      "A sweet two minute story about the meaning of life" answers the eternal question: "What's the point of it all?" : ua-cam.com/video/Jt0hV6xvWSI/v-deo.html
      ....

    • @miles4711
      @miles4711 4 роки тому +2

      @Malki sehgal I totally agree. The sound design, background music, narration ... this is such a well put together episode!! :-)

  • @asdasdasd7178
    @asdasdasd7178 4 роки тому +862

    Death Looks Sad When he kills his god son

  • @abigailbarreto6167
    @abigailbarreto6167 3 роки тому +76

    This sounds like the old Mexican movie “Macario”

  • @garyb2392
    @garyb2392 3 роки тому

    This was so awesome !TY

  • @poodrofartman2802
    @poodrofartman2802 3 роки тому +2114

    how to avoid death:
    STEP 1: confirm you have green eyes
    STEP 2: ask death politely to not take you

    • @chriscj9007
      @chriscj9007 3 роки тому +35

      @@pallavi3329 it's a reference to ome of ted ed's riddles

    • @lisasimpson6162
      @lisasimpson6162 3 роки тому +5

      @@chriscj9007 Yes but which one?

    • @athendity2567
      @athendity2567 3 роки тому +21

      @@lisasimpson6162 I think it’s the one with a hundred prisoners

    • @manastrivedi3841
      @manastrivedi3841 3 роки тому +42

      Oh! I thought it was a Harry Potter reference
      *nervously chuckles*

    • @xindev
      @xindev 3 роки тому +21

      @@manastrivedi3841 AHAHAHAHAHAHA yas Harry Potter, the boy whom evaded death... and became death himself.

  • @Achiles5th
    @Achiles5th 3 роки тому +1324

    3:00 The way he scoots away, that is a child who knows they done f$%ked up. He's trying to get distance before godfather gets the belt.

  • @reibiscoito8334
    @reibiscoito8334 3 роки тому +4

    I'm a whovian and it took me a long time to read this title properly.

  • @jadeyjung
    @jadeyjung Рік тому

    one of the top qualities on visual as well as story on tjis channel
    and the very best is the ending

  • @limerence8365
    @limerence8365 4 роки тому +265

    2:51 Death blinked and they put that cute little sound effect in. I like how this video is meant to be creepy but it's also adorable.

  • @aaronvalle8199
    @aaronvalle8199 4 роки тому +338

    The Doctor gangsta until he sees death lingering over the feet of his victims, i mean patients.

  • @satan1851
    @satan1851 2 роки тому +2

    0:44 dang bro thanks for the sick animation

  • @danr.1299
    @danr.1299 3 роки тому +6

    This is my favorite narrator on ted ed. His voice is soothing.

  • @guyyouseewhenyoudie
    @guyyouseewhenyoudie 4 роки тому +419

    I misread the thumbnail as “Doctor Who defies death” and I thought “oh good for him”

  • @kennethsummers6857
    @kennethsummers6857 4 роки тому +664

    Reminds one of Tim Burton's style. Also very similar to the style of how the story of the Deathly Hallows was narrated.

  • @ScorpionStrike7
    @ScorpionStrike7 3 роки тому

    Love the narration!

  • @Sarah-wc8ev
    @Sarah-wc8ev 2 роки тому

    How magical was this video indeed I loved this

  • @Gaga682
    @Gaga682 4 роки тому +294

    Death is best godfather everyone could get. Since he do not judge anybody and always happy to take you into his bony cold arms.

    • @ThePigeonsAreAConspiracyTheory
      @ThePigeonsAreAConspiracyTheory 4 роки тому +22

      Death: I judge everybody equally!
      Also death: *claims only royals in the story*

    • @Gaga682
      @Gaga682 4 роки тому +38

      @@laurenballard6480 Death is just a middle man, an service guy who is just doing his job. He is the one who you meet on your death bed and never judge you for who you are and what you did and he is the one who you will walk with you after your life ends till you get reborn into something new.

    • @yes7607
      @yes7607 4 роки тому

      @@laurenballard6480 *Damn u ruined it- ;-;*

    • @hmm7458
      @hmm7458 4 роки тому +1

      @@laurenballard6480 r/wooosh

    • @guywithoutaname1163
      @guywithoutaname1163 4 роки тому +12

      @@laurenballard6480 he doesnt kill you, he leads you to your judgement. He is a pretty nice guy tbh

  • @whostolemyfries
    @whostolemyfries 4 роки тому +386

    "The growing family was quickly running out food & money"
    Well, maybe you should have have stopped at single digits, yeah? -.-

    • @ezzohrae.h237
      @ezzohrae.h237 4 роки тому +3

      i stoped myself from liking your comment so not to ruin the number 101 so your comment could be a lesson...
      like a '101' oh how not to quickly run out of food and money...

    • @thevisitor1012
      @thevisitor1012 3 роки тому +4

      Condoms didn’t exist back then, give him a break

    • @micahtshibangu7402
      @micahtshibangu7402 3 роки тому +1

      The visitor101 pull out won't you!

    • @mohamedameri360
      @mohamedameri360 3 роки тому

      The visitor101 Nah, they needed more sons back then to help with the land.

  • @siren_gaming8565
    @siren_gaming8565 3 роки тому

    This story brought a tear to my eye

  • @asthadiwan
    @asthadiwan 3 роки тому +2

    I love this animation and the storytelling ❤️❤️

  • @user-qv2qf1jk5o
    @user-qv2qf1jk5o 4 роки тому +717

    Ohhhh, I thought this was going to be a real life story about a doctor who “deified” death - like made up a god of death or something

  • @0xVENx0
    @0xVENx0 4 роки тому +539

    death smelling king’s foot: c:
    doc: flips bed
    death: >;c

  • @ellaeadig263
    @ellaeadig263 2 роки тому

    I expected to see a historical video instead of a story, but this was mesmerising.