So in response to my Riverdale video, someone sent me a message and said: "If you think Riverdale is bad,
you should check out Pretty Little Liars."
And I was like, "Pfff, what you think I just go out of my way to
actively find TV shows and movies that annoy me enough to make an entire video about?"
'Cuz you're gosh darn right, that's exactly what I do. So I decided to check it out,
how bad could it be? Now, we need to get one thing straight here: Pretty Little Liars, and really, any of these teen drama shows,
they're not aimed at me.
I'm like the furthest I could possibly be from the target demographic. These shows are aimed at 10- to 20-year-old girls who are
into fashion and cute boys and solving mysteries,
and I am a 29-year-old dude who has uneven facial hair. So I mean I'm about as far as I can get,
ya know what I'm sayin'? But that being said, come take a walk with me.
So Pretty Little Liars is a show about five girls who have a little kickback
party thing at what I assume is a haunted house.
They wake up the next morning and one of their friends, Allison, has gone missing. Now, she could have gone home,
she could have been kidnapped, or maybe she's taking a really big dump,
I mean, it's anyone's guess at this point, but you see, the real mystery
here is how do these girls wake up with perfect hair and makeup after sleeping on the floor?
I mean, I sleep in a nice, you know, normal bed, and I wake up looking like
Euuuuuuuuuugh
I like the part where Spencer (who's this girl here), she walks in to tell us that Allison's missing.
Aria: Ali?
Spencer: She's gone.
Aria: What do you mean she's gone?
Spencer: I've looked everywhere for her.
I think I heard her scream.
Hey, you think maybe you could be a little more enthusiastic about it? "I heard her scream. It was awful. There was blood everywhere."
So then we flash-forward to one year later, where we see Aria, who's just come back from a one-year trip to Europe.
So relatable.
It's the day before their first day of school and Aria's brother has lacrosse practice.
'Cause if you're gonna be white, why not just go all the way?
Dad: You have lacrosse today?
Brother: It's first tryouts. And all my stuff's in about 100 boxes.
Mom: A hundred?
After dropping her brother off at school, Aria goes to the bar, like all 16-year-olds do, and she meets this guy.
And they proceed to have what possibly might be the most awkward
conversation I've ever seen.
I mean hey, no, don't feel bad about it.
Whenever I tried to talk to a girl in high school, it went about just as well.
"Hey, what's your name?"
"Uh, yeah."
"So, uh, I guess we have Physics together."
"Mmmmmmmm..."
"Okay, I'm just gonna go now."
But anyway, somehow, through the magic of television,
Aria and said awkward boy end up doing the devil's tango in the bathroom of the bar.
You know, where all great love stories start. The next day,
Aria goes to school and her friend lets her in on all the hot gossip.
Emily: So I hear the new teacher's really hot.
...And in walks her new teacher, and whaddaya know, it's the dude from the bar.
After class is over, Aria goes up to awkward bar guy to, you know, talk about what happened the other day.
Mr Fitz: You told me you went to Hollis.
Aria: No, I said I was thinking about majoring in English... and that's true.
Look, I think you're amazing, Aria.
When I first met you, I thought,
"Who is this girl?"
Yeah, genius,
that's cuz you didn't know who she was!
You meet someone for the first time, you say, "Who is this?" It's called having a normal conversation, buddy.
But awkward bar guy ends up ending the relationship because the whole student-teacher thing is probably not a good idea.
Now later in the episode, they meet up once again and Aria delivers this line:
I would never want to do anything
to get you in trouble.
Boy, you know, this show has not aged well in today's world. If this was made today,
well this would be a very different show. So now we focus on Emily. Aria's ex-friend-just-kidding-
they're-kind-of-friends-again friend, who goes to deliver a basket of who knows what. She meets Maya, the new girl who's moving into
Allison's old house. Now, for some reason, Emily helps her move in her stuff and the two get to know each other a little better.
Is this your boyfriend?
Maya: His name is Justin.
Emily: He's cute.
He's also 3,000 miles away.
Ah yes, the old "my boyfriend lives in Canada" routine.
I mean, hey, back in high school,
I had a lot of Canadian girlfriends myself, if you catch my drift. Maya pulls out some, uh, boy
how do I not get demonetized, here? Oregano. She pulls out some oregano and shares it with Emily. Now, flash sideways to Spencer.
You know, the girl who apparently could not care any less about Allison's disappearance.
Now, she is redesigning a barn in her backyard.
Totally relatable, right, teens? And finds out that her sister and her new boyfriend are moving into the barn.
And as you can imagine, she's a little upset.
Well, you know what they say about hope.
Breeds eternal misery.
I mean, literally no one ever says that, but sure, whatever, go ahead. Now, Spencer has the hots for her sister's new boyfriend.
You know, because he's British and apparently that's all you need. She then has a flashback to when she kissed another one of her sister's
boyfriends and Allison found out about it.
She's gonna find out.
No, she's not.
I promise you she is, because if you don't tell her, I will.
I thought you were my friend.
Don't you get it? I'm trying to help you do the right thing.
It was one kiss.
You listen to me, Allison.
Or what?
If you say one word to my sister about Ian, I will tell everyone the truth about the Jenna thing.
Aw gee, aren't girl friendships just wonderful?
Haha, we're best friends because otherwise we'd strangle each other. Haha, girl power!
Now, going back to Emily and Maya for a moment.
This is the part of the show that just, just blew my mind here. Watch this.
Thanks for walking me home.
It's no big deal. Practice doesn't start until 4:00.
I didn't tell you everything about the girl who used to live here.
Maya: Allison.
Spencer: She disappeared last summer. She's still missing.
Maya: It must've been awful for you.
Okay, so let me explain this to you, so these two are lining it up in Maya's
new house, aka Allison's old house, and now suddenly, they're walking home back to the house
they were just in. Like how high did you get? I mean,
that's how you know
it's the good stuff, right? When you get so high, you
teleport across town.
Then they find Allison's body (allegedly) and there's a funeral, and then after the funeral, Allison's ghost or something sends them all
a text message and she's like, "Surprise,
I'm still here", and then it's the start of a mystery, or something.
But did you guys know that this show goes on for seven seasons?
Seven seasons. I mean, by the end, like what, is it Golden Girls? Anyway, like I said,
I'm not the target demo for this show, I get it.
But I mean, just because something is aimed at "younger people" doesn't mean it has to be dumb, right? Or maybe I'm wrong, who knows.
Hey, everybody. Thanks so much for watching this video. I mean, let me tell you, the response on these two animations
I'm always done. You know, I guess three now, unless two animations,
has been absolutely astronomical.
I just really want to say, thanks, you know, for
for watching them, thanks for sharing them, you know, I'm really glad you're enjoying them because they're fun for me to make, too,
I mean, I've been doing these video essays for a long time, which I do enjoy,
but there's kind of this like unspoken rule that video essays have to be, like, rather serious,
so it's nice that I can come out here, and just be myself, in a way.
But in doing these two animations about, like, TV shows and movies and stuff,
you know, like, I'm not really sure what TV shows resonate with what groups of people necessarily,
so, you know, I hope even if you don't really care so much about the show itself,
I hope you come back, and you have a good time anyway. I hope you enjoy it. I hope you had a laugh,
I hope you had a good time. If you have any suggestions, you know I'm totally open,
let me know on Twitter what type of things you want to see.
I was thinking of a movie or TV show, whatever, I'm more than happy,
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