The Ultimate My Babysitter’s A Vampire Retrospective 

i remember this show playing when i was in the psych ward

My friend was equally upset at the lack of an ending, so she emailed a bunch of the writers until she got a response. Here's the ending! "Hey, sorry for the slow response but at first I thought this was spam or something... Glad you enjoyed the show and it's been a LONG time since I thought about that climactic season ender. As showrunner and head-writer, I was mostly in charge of the stories and season 'arc', including the 'Lucifractor explosion'... I think I still have the Lucifractor prop somewhere in my office. (!) Actually the initial finale idea that 'everyone is trapped in a big explosion' came from the producer's budget concerns - they wanted me to make it possible to cut cast members in season 3. And we never imagined that we'd get cancelled after 2 seasons because the show was doing very well on Disney Channel (I think it was #1 or #2 in the ratings at the time). BUT it turns out Disney cancelled us anyway because they didn't own the show... My plan WAS to reveal a hidden portal or tunnel in the basement of the house - my memory's a little blurry here - and then I wanted to start season 3 with all our main characters being transported to either a) Some important Vampire Castle in Transylvania (so we could do a mini European adventure for a few episodes), OR they all get thrown back in time to the founding days WhiteChapel (1880's or so) when Jesse first showed and ran things... For a while there was a plan with Disney for us to do the Transylvania idea as a summer TV movie, and possibly an ending to the show/series. But all those plans fell through and we all moved on to other jobs. Sigh. THERE. I admit I feel bad about the way things ended, but a) the producers insisted and b) we were pretty confident there'd be a season 3 and I knew the writers and I would have fun coming up with interesting ways to solve the plot puzzle we'd given ourselves!"

Referring to Erica and Rory as "girlboss and her malewife" is so fucking funny and I love it.

"Unfortunately the nature of being a male theater kid means that he's also a master manipulator" that was an extremely underrated line.

I’m just now realizing that Teen Wolf also introduced a nerdy blonde girl named Erica that lacked confidence until she was bitten by a man in a black leather jacket who hangs around high schoolers way too much and then she becomes a supernatural creature, becomes way more confident and is acknowledged as attractive, and becomes weirdly ok with violence a year after this show premiered.

the fact that Sarah is the trigger happy "violence solves everything" character is actually very girlboss of her. this is modern feminism

18:46 Regarding the whole 'Erica not being a Tumblr girl anymore' thing; I always assumed her obsession with vampires was the reason she changed so much when she became one. She's just been given an opportunity to live out her Wattpad fanfics

"Does this show have a dedicated shipping community because I think I found my favorite ship" got me every time.

I think the best thing about the blue moon episode is the big twist on WHY dog dude acts the way he does- He's super overly familiar, hungry, and offputtingly friendly, and the entire episode keeps building the supposed reveal to be that he's some big threat maliciously worming his way into their lives... but then you find out that he's... just a dog? like straight up he's just the human and supernatural equivalent of a dog. friendly, hungry, and just wants to play. There was never any threat, just paranoia on behalf of the heroes. Like even the weird scene where he tries to get the one kid to brush him makes perfect sense because... dog. its actually a pretty damn good storyline for a series like this because its a reminder to the heroes that not everything supernatural is automatically bad, and could've been a good lesson for people watching the show on not making assumptions and judgments on others. Also its actively criminal that dog dude doesn't become a permanent main cast member.

"they see her eating a rat and they freak out bc they hate to see a girl boss winning" iconic

I always liked how this show was actually shot like a tv show. And didn’t have the same camera in one spot filming style that all the other live action Disney/Nickelodeon shows were using

This show was definitely my bisexual awakening and the start of my vampire obsession

I still don't forgive them for leaving us on a cliffhanger. I was 10 at the time and I was so curious to wonder what happened to them. 10 years later and we still have no word about it.

Man the ending of this video was quite anticlimactic, I was 12 at the time of the finale, and I just like, accepted the fact that they died?? Like the show ended, with the town blowing up, and never returned, so me being a kid I was just like “welp, guess the characters I’ve grown attached to over the past several years are canonically dead, this definitely won’t give me trust issues”.

What got me about the "ethan seeing dead people" plot point was that what we saw on screen wasn't even close to what Ethan was actually seeing. Bennys grandma not having a head and such confirms that. What we see is a toned down version just so they have an easier more PG way of portraying it. Ethan is seeing mangled corpses in the faces of his friends and family! that is FUCKED!

Okay to be fair, with the head cheerleader going to school forever thing. I can ABSOLUTELY see somebody who's like, super ultra head-cheerleader popular in high school wanting to relive that over and over again. Like, she peaked in high school and now that she's immortal she's gonna relive her glory days.

Tell me why I teared up when Rory said “Benny and Ethan will be sad if they miss that” during the explosion 😟

The fact they casted Bindi Irwin as a guest in season 2 but in the mirror episode, the episode immediately AFTER the alligator episode, will always astound me like......how did you not capitalize on having Steve Irwin's daughter as a guest for the alligator episode...

The way Episode 2's "We're the forces of nature, that's what makes a star We may look like girls but that's not all we are." HAS NEVER LEFT MY BRAIN The chant the cheerleaders do? Like maybe that was camp.

As someone who was in the fandom, I can confirm that the MAIN fandom ship was "Bethan." I'd go so far as to say probably 3/4 of shipping content were of those two.

Inviting the pizza guy into the house is also a plot point in The Vampire Diaries and it makes no sense there either

i wonder if this show has a dedicated shipping community

I know Matthew Knight has quit acting and lives a private life now but I wish all of the cast would come together some day for a reunion 🥲

I take the werewolf guy just being genuinely friendly as a joke around the fact that he is a normal ass dog man instead of a wolf man. Just likes to exercise, eat, and be friendly.

You know, while in execution the “Vampires in High School” trope is shit, ideally it makes sense. Teenagers are impressionable, gullible, immature, and impulsive, which makes them easier to manipulate and to turn. As a vampire the idea of being young forever seems ideal at first and they’re more likely to give into their urges because they lack self control and discipline. Also probably explains why Jesse stayed at White Chapel as a student. He sacrificed his entire clan just to kill one guy, and he needed more soldiers. There were probably people he turned before his current clan that either left or tried to overthrow him so he settles on teenagers because they’ll respect him more due to the gap in power and experience.

I’ll never understand why people use a small budget as a criticism for the show like that isn’t the show’s fault they did the best with the resources they were given this applies to any show on any network

the way that sarah has her eyebrow raised when ethan finally manages to ask her out literally says "damn, i never thought he'd ever have the balls"

Theory: The parents didn't go on dates, they were swingers.

When I was younger, I didn’t think it was cancelled, but that it would take a reaaallly long time to make the next season because of special effects and stuff. I’m still waiting for my questionable vampire teen series, mouse.

Erica (Teen Wolf) and Erica (My Babysitter’s a Vampire) would be great friends lmao

i think i subconsciously downloaded Rory’s personality as a child

Totally agree Rory was the best part of the show. I remember having the weirdest biggest crush on his character as a kid, i had even printed out a picture of his actor and placed in a note book surrounded by hearts. I guess that was the twink that started it all for me . Also the babysitter was low-key part of my bi awakening as well💀

I remember watching the movie as a kid and straight up getting “allegory for having sex vibes” or at least fooling around. But, now as an adult I realize it was actually an allegory for sexual assault cuz the way he talks to her about turning her, there are definitely coercion vibes. Also, cheerleaders at my school were required to wear their uniforms all school day every time there was a prep rally or football game. Football team had to wear their jerseys as well and carry around their gear. We also had programs called “academics “ that each had a special uniform (medical academy had scrubs, most of the other just had button ups with a logo) and every Wednesday we’d have to wear our uniform as a grade

Fun fact: In Dracula and Carmilla, vampires aren’t affected by sunlight! That change to vampire lore was made by the movie Nosferatu. (Bram Stoker’s wife sued the makers of the movie because of how similar it was to Dracula and most copies of the movie were destroyed) In all vampire media before Nosferatu vampires were just a little bothered by sunlight, it made them uncomfortable but it didn’t kill them.

I love when youtube reccs something specifically catered to me. I never got over mbav I still make a habit of rewatching it at least once a year and every time the unsatisfying ending makes me depressed all over again

The “human love interest gets bitten by the evil vampire and now our main vampire must suck the venom out but it somehow is dangerous for them” is directly lifted from the first twilight.

The dan and phil joke was so unexpected and quite possibly the funniest thing I've heard in a while

You know it’s a Canadian show when 4 Degrassi actors show up, and one Babysitters actor heads over to Degrassi

Seeing dead Sarah just brought back so many memories for me. That genuinely horrified me so much as a kid I pushed that down so far into my brain

I was such a huge fan of this show as a kid and assumed no one ever watched it….this was such a therapeutic experience to know I others saw this.

the Vampire lore according to My babysitter's a vampire The sunlight doesn't kill vampires, but it can harm them and annoys their eyes. They sometimes need to wear sunglasses and sunscreen in the daylight to avoid this problem.

As an Avid Bethan fanfic writer, yes we have a decently dedicated community

There is no way Gravity Falls and My Babysitter’s a Vampire aired at the same time… I feel like I was an adult for one and a child for another and I don’t know how to deal with that

This ending still angers me. I have never felt a betrayal so deep.

ive literally been DREAMING of someone making a retrospective video for this series. I was obsessed with it as a kid, but never actually watched too much disney as a kid so i only got to watch a few episodes. thank you for actually remembering this shit

Now all we need is a Wizards of Waverly Place retrospective

Dan and Phil being referred to as the girl version of Smosh is so insanely accurate??? Anyway I love this show and thank you for covering it. ♡

I unironically loved this show as a kid. 100% never thought it would get this kind of attention. Rory is indeed the best character

first, as a kid i was like in love with rory and im glad i was always like embarrassed for finding him cute but now i’m like yea, why wouldn’t i have loved him. second, i’m so glad i rewatched all of it a while ago because i didn’t even know it was being removed

My favourite running joke is Sarah solving everything with violence

Rewatching this show as an adult is truly the best experience. Because you realize nobody has morals, Ethan and Benny should've been an actual couple, and Rory is the best character. I still stand by my opinion that Jilly Putty (Or Double Negative) would be an AMAZING episode if it was given a higher rating treatment. Being a kids show really holds the concept back (which you can obviously say for basically any episode of this, but this one specifically). I honestly think it's my favorite episode just because Evil Benny actually feels and acts downright sinister to me, I wish they could've done more with it. Great video. I literally remember watching the movie on TV when it was first put on Disney Channel, and I'll always view it fondly.

Jessie injected venom into Ethan, so drinking the contaminated blood before it completely spread is what saved him. As for why Erica didn't save Ethan, the theory I know of is she views vampirism as higher than humanity so she was pressuring Sarah to become a full vampire, and she didn't see Ethan turning as a bad thing that she should stop.

The Love potion episode was probably the most egregiously lifted from Buffy, and that's the one you didn't call out.

I vividly remember both the show and movie but didn’t realize that the show aired every day.

The Wizards of Waverly Place Maxine story line will live in my head forever because when I first watched the episode where max gets turned into maxine, I thought to myself "damn I wish that were me." That was years before I realized I was trans, and it's one of the earliest memories of feelings of being trans I had.

Yes, people do actually wear their cheer uniforms around school. My friends said some wear it for attention, some had no clean laundry, & sometimes it was game day.

As a Bisexual, I also don't understand what's hot about pillow fights. Maybe it's supposed to be cuz everyone's wearing pajamas? And moving around/jumping on the bed? But if that's the case, I don't get why a pillow fight specifically has to be the avenue

My Babysitter's A Vampire was by far my favorite series when I was little, and extremely unsatisfied with the cliffhanger

Recently (about 3 years back) Cameron Kennedy had done an interview in which he said "-Well it wasn't a Disney Channel show it was a Canadian show. You should've seen what they made us cut out."

I think this was the only Disney show that showed blood and had parts of the world beyond vampires that made me interested. Seriously, after the movie intro I was hooked to this show as a kid.

Unfortunately, Matthew Knight has quit acting as far as I know. Everyone else is very close online and still interact with MBaV fans aswell so we could have a movie, if Ethan died or was missing.

Y'know, I found this channel originally from the total drama video, but I've discovered that there's so much more. I've binged so many of the videos, and I really enjoy all of them, even if some of them talk about things I don't know about at all, they're still immensely enjoyable.

if i had a nickel for every time a blond haired girl named erica who was a nerd/loser was bit and turned into a creature of the night, simultaneously becoming cool and popular i would have two nickels. its not a lot, but weird that it has happened twice.

The way I laugh every time Ethan and Benny are called “smosh”

I have no idea which version of the lyrics is correct BUT I will say that "nice but not in a heart that's pure" does kinda make sense bc vampires are often viewed as being spiritually "impure" creatures, so she's nice, but still impure of heart due to being a vamp! I was OBSESSED with this show as a kid (and lowkey still am), good vid! It's good to know other ppl remember this lmao

the way the cheerleader plot not only also occurred in Buffy, it also occurred in the very second episode of Buffy.

I can't believe I sat through this in one sitting. I am also deeply disappointed that the show was never finished; everyone agreed to bring it back.

Also with the whole “high schooler vampires” trope: thats like, the least secure way to keep your secret. You could believably spend a decade or two at the same job or something before hopping to another one, but you can only stay in high school for so long. Like, even if you transfer schools theyre going to need transcripts and stuff from previous school years

Literally my favorite show, happy to see someone talk about it finally.

In the back of my mind every day I hope we get an ending to this series in any type of form it doesn't matter if it is a animated movie/show, Book, or even a Comic. I just want to know what happened to these characters I've fell in love with all those years ago.

Moral: Never end a season on a cliffhanger. Newer shows keep getting canceled left and right they don't have the luxury of One Piece. It's better to make every season 1 self-contained story that wraps up.

I think the oh meaning behind the whole “vampires not appearing in mirrors/photos” thing is because a long time ago, mirrors were silver-backed. Silver is a “pure metal”, so vampires wouldn’t show up.

This show deserves a reunion.

If you haven’t I would watch House of Anubis. It gave me similar vibes or maybe I just happen to watch both these shows around the same time and they are forever intertwined in my brain.

A large part of the old lore that vampires have no reflection, is due to the fact that a lot of old mirrors had silver in them. Silver was seen to ward off evil (I.e. silver bullet to kill a werewolf) so that was why they couldn’t be seen in a mirror. Many adaptations have also used this logic with cameras too, but they either skip over it or add their own logic to it 😂

The Archie comics, Total drama island and Car cinamatic universes all lead back to MBAV 🤯

THERE WAS A SECOND SEASON?! Holy hell. I thought it cut off. I’m living in a fever dream. I absolutely mixed in some season two episodes into my season one memories.

Literally everything you said about this show is what I've thought about it for years, like even down to the enjoying it because it's male led It sucks that it never got more popular, it deserved a third season and it sucks it ended on a cliffhanger like it did

Anyone remember “wolf blood”? Was on Disney but I think they stopped showing it bc it was “too scary”. Has much less murder than MBAV tho 🤨

"no high school principal is innocent" is accurate yeah "what does rory do in his free time" probably make out with whichever main character(s) arent on screen

you dont understand, ive watched this show so much more than any show ever. this has still claimed its place as my favorite show ever

If I became an immortal vampire during high school, I would seriously leave in a heartbeat. Even if I were in the middle of 6th period; I wouldn't give a shit. "See ya!" And then I fly out the window

Seeing that scene of Erica opening the minifridge full of blood from the truck, which the mini-fridge is clearly in a kitchen. The girl is a high schooler, and very likely lives with her parents. And, I'm pretty sure they'd notice the bags full of blood in one of their fridge. Like, what? So, like, are her parents just ok with her being a vampire?

If I remember correctly, the Lucifractor-blast was supposed to eradicate all magic from the town, leaving the vampires who left the vicinity the victor of the magical powers. But yes, I'm not against a second movie.

I'm Canadian, and I'd be happy to teach people about our "culture" Rule 1: Canadians are polite. This does not mean Canadians are nice.

I remember watching the show and liking it, but I had a friend in middle and high school that was OBSESSED with it. She rewatched it practically every lunch break all through middle and high school. She made all the characters in the sims. this was a great peek into her mind :D

This was the review I’ve always wanted for this show. My Babysitters a Vampire was one of my favorites show growing up and it’s a shame it never got a proper ending. I still keep up with Vanessa Morgan’s works and is why I started watching Riverdale. May this show forever be remembered in our souls and with it coming to HBO Max, maybe it’ll get a reboot at some point.

I loved Erica, Ethan, and Benny and Benny’s grandma. They were the best part of the show especially the werewolf episode and the episode where Ethan’s little sister’s doll comes to life! I remember having so much with the series until it was cancelled, like that werewolf show called “Wolfblood” that was on Disney channel until that show was cancelled too.

who wants to watch a nearly 3 hour video on "My Babysitter's a Vampire"????? me. i do

How I wish this masterpiece never got canceled on a cliffhanger :(

now i just feel empty but thanks for the fun reminder

“Is there dedicated community to shipping for this show” yes. And Ethan and Benny are endgame 😊

idk if there's a dedicated shipping community but there's apparently 10 years worth of fanfics (525 total) on AO3 soo . . . let's find out lol

i loved this show so much growing up, there was nothing better for a spooky-obsessed child than watching gravity falls and mbav back to back!! i have such fond memories of it. let me tell you i think my first heartbreak was watching that cliffhanger and waiting an entire year only to find out it wasn’t getting renewed😭

I clicked on this video because i was like "oh yeah I love my babysitters a vampire, how have I never watched this before???" and then I went to check the comments and I already commented??? Ialready watched this??

If I had a nickle for every time a fantasy disney channel sitcom about two nerdy best friends who meet a cool girl with superpowers who needs a cure, and are classmates with a duo consisting of a cool blonde girl and a wierdo, that leaned further into serialized stories as time went on, and got canned after a season 2 finale that would have changed everything.. I would have 2 nickles. Which isn't a lot, but.. ..I love Mighty Med.

"Nice but naughty, a heart that's pure" is definitely the correct lyrics and no one can tell me otherwise lmao edit: also if y'all listen to Vanessa Morgan's version of the song you can hear she sings the above mentioned lyrics so...

I think maybe in the whole virginity metaphor the being invited in thing is about the blame being on yourself if you have sex you can’t blame this temptation because ultimately you invite it in.

The flute used to summon all of the zombie animals away mimics the story of Pied Piper who used a flute to summon all the rats carrying Bubonic plague out of the city.

The saddest and semi funniest thing is that gravity falls was a reason for the cancellation of babysitter but then it ended after 2 seasons just like babysitter