Monkey Wrench Ep1 - The Ghost Egg 

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youtube is doing this series dirty for not recommending it enough

It’s an actual atrocity that this isn’t getting more attention, it’s so well animated, designed, voice acted, everything is divine 😭

“Why… why didn’t you hit them?” “We don’t have any eyes.” 😭😂

I liked the fact that once gravity literally left the building, they showed Beeps and Shrike having the advantage. Not because they had magnetic boots but because they were used to the zero gravity. Since their home ship doesn't have any AG.

I love Shrike so much i wish Spanish was real

"NooOOoo" "Pleeease?" "NooOOoo" "Pleeease?" "NooOOoo" "Pleeease?" "NooOOoo" [ S U M M O N S D E M O N ] "Yes Mother" Still my favorite example of random humor done right. This series is amazing.

Who ever made the captions deserve a raise

I CANT BELIEVE I MISSED OUT ON THIS!!! RU-vid IS DOING THIS SERIES SO DIRTY!!!! I hope they will still do episodes....

"all sleep's good until you wake up amigo!" WELL SAID BUDDY, WELL. SAID.

The fact that Tyneen is more jazzed about meeting Karra than she's mad about losing the bounty LMFAO "Ms. Karra wait! sign my pecs!"

Such a nice detail that the characters that have lived with no gravity for a while is used to it while the rest aren't.

It's just nice to see an indie cartoon where the characters actually like each other and aren't swearing every two seconds :P

I will watch Monkey Wrench no matter how many times it's reuploaded. It's so good, and deserves success

One thing I hadn't quite noticed before is how Beebs seems to genuinely be having a good time during the first encounter with Ricket and the gang, even teasing them a bit at the end. Which ends up following on the second encounter. Despite looking like the "gentle giant" character, he's actually a bit more complex than he let's on, he enjoys the action just as much- he's just a biiit more responsible than Shrike. I love the way the *characterization* of the characters is presented in subtle ways like that!

Whoever did the subtitles needs a raise immediately! It added alot more soul and character to the show

RU-vid hates animations

20:27 After all the screaming this guy does that barely audible "noew :(" really just tickles me.

My favorite thing about this first episode is how efficient and natural it makes a lot of the exposition. A quick line or two between a pair of characters and you INSTANTLY get where they stand with each other. The entire Scratch scene is probably the best example of this. You could probably take that scene out of context and show it to someone and it'd stand on it's own as a self contained short.

That entire last 10 minutes was the funniest thing I’ve seen in a hot minute

19:53 Love that brief “Could you NOT!”

Still one of the best indie cartoon pilots out there

God the animation is just amazing, the smears, the expressions, it's just oozes late 90s early 2000s fun.

3:40 "HopeUPausedToReadThis" yes. I did.

Indie animation will save the industry. But we need to support the creators. SPREAD THE WORD!!

I *highly* reccomend watching with subtitles, especially in the first encounter with Scratch, the montauge, and in the final fight scene. 21:14 “ *Ricket crying like a BITCH* ” Is one of my favorite quotes from the episode, *and its not even said outloud*

I like how Shrike's threat rating is only a 5 out of a max of 10 but when push comes to shove he proves to be incredibly capable. With quick thinking he basically had Kara cornered. If he was only able to keep his mouth shut he would have had her and he'd have been able to sequester Nobert back to his terminal.

This show is incredible wtf! RU-vid saturates it’s audience so much with helluva boss and digital circus it leaves shows like this in the dark

aww I'm back from watching episode 2 and I love the detail that Shrike mentions that he doesn't like the dark, and there is a night lamp in his room 2:15 😭😭

“Chester dies :(“ whoever made the closed captions deserves a raise ❤😂

It's nice to see that Monkey Wrench has it's own channel on RU-vid now rather than having all the episodes on Zeurel's main channel, i have a feeling this series is going to blow up soon enough because it's too good to be left underrated!

It's not even a competition, this is EASILY the best indie animated series I have seen. Beats out all the others by MILES

(16:50) The sign flashes "Come to your g ay rim" love using broken signs for hilarity. If anyone else wants to see it, you have to pause and use the '' keys to navigate frame by frame.

What a time to be alive. When indie studios are creating far superior shows than any network.

I like the way how monkey wrench is dofferent from other shows, doesn't focus soo much on profanity

Hola shabos, apoyen este jalesote de animacion, saludos :D

Whoever voiced Nubert deserves at least 20 oscars- the NoOoOoOOoOo was perfect

You took the manic energy of EarthWorm Jim and placed it in a character that is actually competent. The second I saw his face and heard his voice, I got nervous that he was just going to be the annoying funny man, but no. You made him into a really fun character with a voice that fits his fits of mania.

Give Monkey Wrench credit: they accepted a dangerous contract for a fraction of the worth of the bounty, then proceeded to succeed on the assignment despite being assaulted by numerous hunters, to only be denied signage when an ELITE ASSASSIN interferes... and even then, only barely!

21:25 wtf Charlie from the hit show Smiling Friend’s little brother

I LOVE that comic-book adjacent artstyle, and the humor, I will continue to watch, with growing interest

all these characters are so likeable

22:44 honestly, i kinda like Shrike's monologue while confronting Kara...

I’ve laughed more in this one episode than the entire season of Hazbin Hotel

Watching this while your parents fight goes so hard

This makes me want to try that 15 cheese atomic supreme pizza

I've noticed Indie animated shows on RU-vid tend to be a tad hit-or-miss due to inexperience. I'm grateful that the folks making this show clearly know what they're doing!

"Why didn't you hit them?" "We.. we don't have any eyes." Lmao that had me rolling, hilarious setup.

8:58 Well, that explains all the movie villains who are bad at shooting.🤣🔫

what i love about this show much more than helluva boss is the fact it nails both character and story plot without needing to be overly profane while keeping a steady and consistent pace, not make 100+ antagonists and dump them the next episode never to be seen again.

Scratch is the best cherchter of all time

15:43 love the Easter Egg of Spoiler & Black Ace. Man, those videos & comics were great back then.

This feels like a fever dream crossover of Cowboy Bebop, Ratchet and Clank, and Final Space. And I’m all for it!! 🎉

The audio rebalancing helps this SO MUCH.

Scratch's laugh gives me a reason to live 19:08 21:25

5:39 i couldn't say it better shrinke

I will break into RU-vid hq just so that this show gets popular

14:27 Shrike sure gave him the bird, alright.

Might just be the best animated series on YT. Excellent job on this series so far, the entire team deserves all the praise! Good luck and godspeed to you all.

Can't get over how good this show is

the subtitles are so friendly :)

This feels like Earthworm Jim.

This series deserves so much more love and praise, I wish YT supported projects like this more

3:11 He feels like a mixture of Rayman and Earthworm Jim.😉

Why isn't this MORE popular than Helluva Hazbin? It's better in every way & even has furries, Gooseworx & a Smiling Friends CAMEO OF ALL THINGS!

Rewatching these a million times. The animation is a treasure. The effort put into this is unbelievable. Yall notice the subtitles? I love the little things they did!

This new audio just made me realise how ABSOLUTELY VITAL it can be at times. The scene where they’re all fighting feels so much more jumpy and faster by simply making the laser gun sounds louder, it’s amazing!

Im just commenting for the algorithm because this show needs more views.

18:12 if you pay attention to beeb's face he slowly turns to shrike, like shrike cursed them by saying "How much you wanna bet Scratch or Tyneen drop in at the last second"

This show deserves all the love and attention it gets.

This show is genuinely one of the best on RU-vid rn and it needs more attention

YO THIS IS FUCKIN SWEET! RU-vid needs to put more of this in my feeds fr. Definitely gonna binge watch everything currently out, and definitely wanna see more.

That was fantastic!

Any excuse for a rewatch!

I'll take any excuse to watch this masterpiece again

Now this is CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED! This is better than most actual animated shows nowadays, and even though that aint saying much, this is still a masterpiece.

I love the semi-episodical nature of the episodes, like the box being so far the most important plot device

Seriously hope you get all the funding you need. Fantastic series and I love the characters especially Beebs.

Love Tyneen, shes a badass dino lady

this brings me back to the feeling of watching cartoons as a kid, you managed to capture some of that magic

The captions tho- 🤣

Man the new revamped sound effects really help giving the actions scenes the impact they so deserved, really cool tweaking around in this one

All my homies love Monkey Wrench

Note that @17:11 the poster shows an example of a (executed) Terran male and female and it says to execute the species on site!!! VERY IMPORTANT!! Also, on caras Device she pulls up the crate that shrike and bulldog get from the law in episode two end it says Target: secondary Green location, unknown. She also pulls up, shrike and bulldog as a secondary target as she’s looking at the primary target, which is Nobert Potoo. @17:11 it’s very important to notice the sign behind bulldog, see the green part of the solar system?

It really (Redacted) me off that I didn't get notified of this series. This one episode was such a good time and fun to watch with the humor, the characters, and the world it's building. Tomorrow I am gonna watch the other 2 episodes. I really hope more people check this out cause this is genuinely good and brings me such joy to watch.

Damn the audio mixing in this version is QUITE a bit better. I caught a whole ton of jokes that went totally over my head on the first watch. Definitely supporting!

Looking forward to seeing this new channel grow. Im digging the balanced audio too. I WILL miss seeing Saberspark's "This is too good for the likes of RU-vid" comment though 😅.

Finally a funny and well done animated series for an older audience that isn't making profane sex jokes and dropping the f-bomb every 2 seconds

That screaming guy looks like a Smiling Friends character... *credits* Oh! That would be why! What a neat series, can't wait to binge it when I should be working!

The amount of effort put into the closed captions... You NEED to watch this with subtitles

really hope the algorithm will be nicer to this series, it's so cool to see indie animations on this site, especially one as fun as this one.

The series itself is turning out to be pretty good, and the voice characterizations by Jacob Barrens as Shrike Sanchez & Jean-Francois Donaldson as Bulldog Browns certainly help.

THE SUBTITLES 😹

Fun Fact: the coordinates Nobert gives in the beginning are the irl coordinates for Area 51

Really love this series. Mixes, action, drama, suspense & comedy very well. This really needs more eyes on it.

just commenting to boost engagement cause this is criminally underrated

Here’s hoping the algorithm finally gives this the exposure it deserves.

Funny that I accidentally came across this series and now I love it

Heres some stuff in this episode I found to be worth noting for theory craffting or generally interesting and I plan to do this for each episode. Please support the creators! So to start of heres what the secondary target profiles told us about our protagonists Shrike Sanchez Height: 6'3" / 192cm Weight: 125lbs / 57kg Age: Unknown Species: Unknown Threat rating: 5/10 Notes: Target heavily favours long range combat. Useless in close range combat. Take out first to have an easier time taking down the much larger threat Bulldog. Bulldog Browns Height: 8'12" / 272cm Weight: 800lbs / 362kg Age: 32 galactic years Species: Walrinian Threat rating: 9/10 Notes: Target heavily favours close range combat. Take out Sanchez first to have an easier time taking down this massive opponent. The pictures are also interesting as they help show off their personalities Shrike's is in the moment and goofy, showing his incompetence and love of pizza. Whoever made his description didn't care too much or Shrike is surprisingly under the radar, but I think it's the first. There's slightly more detail about Bulldog and it treats him as a genuine threat. His picture helps to show him as a gentle gaint with his soft exertion and posing, making the photographer look small. Someone called 'Primary Red' is mentioned in the news on the scrolling text with a statement about how they hope there won't be another disater when the league of aligned worlds is mentioned, leading me believing their connected. Just before Bulldog shuts off the news we see a large bounty was issued by the Potoo empire, presumably the one everyone was after. A white circle, presumably the 'Ghost egg', is orbiting the planet and its moon based on a drawing seen the background they were speaking to Nobert Tyreens blind minions seem extremely sturdy. Scratch might be the 'Precious sardine' bounty hunters we can see on the ranking list

It’s got a real 90s cartoon vibe that I’m absolutely here for! The animation is well done, the color palette is appealing, the plot is fun and fast paced, and the voice acting and characters are so fun! Good job guys!