Hey, actual biologist here! The whole meme about “everything becomes a crab in the end” came from a misunderstanding of the term carcinisation. Carcinisation refers to the tendency of non-crab crustaceans to evolve a crab-like body plan. It only applies to crustaceans (and other chelicerates), not all forms of life. Also, evolution does not end up with the most “optimized” body plan. Bits are kept as long as they are not actively detrimental to survival. Evolution will simply be selecting for what fits into and survives the environment best.
To go with the theme of weird animated fish movies, you should look at a movie called "The Incredible Mr. Limpet" I used to watch when I was a kid. It's about a man who loves fish so much and he wishes to be one and then he gets pushed off a pier and somehow turned into a fish. He saves and falls in love with a actual fish and in the end he breaks up with his HUMAN wife to be with the fish. It's a fever dream
It was also a big influence for the Disney animators when they did “The Little Mermaid”. Mr. Limpet even makes a brief cameo in the “Under the Sea” sequence.
“Overweight” animated characters are usually weird like that. Hell, Homer Simpson is 6’0, and only weighs 239 pounds and yet his stomach is shaped like a beach ball.
This movie could well be a long lost Don Bluth film, the character designs, the stereotypical toddler with pigtails, even the disturbing villain with an equally harrowing demise, it really has the hallmarks of early Don Bluth films.
As a French, this movie is a way to recognize people with good movie taste, only a few know about this movie, I had the Vhs when I was young, I know the movie by heart ❤
I watched this movie so many times as a kid. Its such a strange, but fun, ride. I also love the defeat of the villain in this movie. The main character basically played on his pride to literally drown himself by becoming too human. The way he, or rather his corpse, just floats away in utter silence is *chilling*
I rewatch this movie from time to time, it’s so nostalgic. I’ve always really liked how mature it was at moments, as it wasn’t afraid to show blood or just drastic moments in general. It’s rare for family movies to treat its audience so maturely. Sometimes movies act like kids are the dumbest species on earth, and this movie said ARE THEY? WATCH THIS. 26:20 Chuck became o lot more chill in general. He was very “I gotta listen to my mama, I’m a good boy” kind of guy and then you can see him at the end, just having fun at the slide - uncaring. Also the music SLAPS
My older sister watched this movie a few years ago with her kids, and they all liked it. It looks like a pretty decent film that I might want to see. Good video, as always. 😊
I used to watch this a lot as a kid and loved it, to be fair, I still love it. Just haven’t watched it in years. So much nostalgia coming back for this film :)
I watched this one a lot when I was young! You say the stakes weren't high but I remember the fake-out at the end making me nervous every time. Plus the villain is scary! And the setting really has an eerie vibe that I remember though the details are foggy.
To be honest, i thought Fly would have his arm broken or fractured instead of his leg, since the punch was more closer to his arms/fins instead of the Tailfin where his legs are.
I don't quite agree that the characters don't develop. The little sister starts by not wanting to let go of the seahorse, but ends up sending her overboard, of her own free will, without selfishness. Otherwise, I agree with what else you say. I am Danish, and was a child when this film came out, and hold it close to my heart. Try checking out Valhalla, The War of the Birds, and The Monkeys and the Secret Weapon. Danish cartoons are not for children, but I loved it.
Man I remember watching this ONCE at my grandparents house as a wee little kid and I remember it vividly. The thing that stuck with me the most was the main villain death and the fake out death with kid with hat lol Even back then I was like "Jesus H. Christ that was horrifying"
All of the comments say, that how great the movie is and how much they liked it, but me and my sister hated this movie. It was so dark and traumatizing for us. Maybe traumatizing is a strong word for here, but you get the idea.
this movie might seem mid but among Dutch audiences it used to be pretty big! That is because a Belgian band called K3 (who made songs for kids) made a dutch cover of the danish song that went with the movie. K3 used to be CRAZY popular in the early 2000's so when they released that song a lot of kids saw it!
When I was younger I saw this movie on On Demand And I asked my mom if I could watch it and she said "no your to young to watch it" even she knew how dark it was
This movie gives me serious Freddy the fish vibes. For those of you that don't know what that is, I don't really know either. I just remember from my childhood there's an old PC ROM game I would play that was like a point and click adventure or something with a yellow fish and a green guppy...
I’m currently writing a story about a girl accidentally becoming a shapeshifter, so you could probably piece together the pieces and figure out why I’m here
It's so weird seeing this movie again, I used to watch it a ton when I was a kid and had the DVD disc but the name was "A fish tale" not "Help! I'm a fish" lol
I watched this move with some friends a while back because we were all bored and one of them was like "want an obscure movie no one knows about?" Yeah, it's definitely flawed and had lots of lost growth potential but... it was fun xD I think it's one of those movies that didn't have a point to prove, just here to have fun drawing fish making funny faces and kids getting pummeled in the face
wooo scandinavian repestation! i grew up with this movie haveing watched it so many times as a kid and then rewatched it as a adult, persnoly its not as good as i rememberd but hey i liked the movie "the quest for camalot" as a kid sooo yea
I know you've said this before countless times, but what time do you stream these so I can watch with you guys in real time as opposed to just once they're uploaded to youtube?
holy fucking shit i remember this film, i thought it was a fever dream - I didn't realise it existed, and I definitely never thought id see it/find it again :o great video as always!
It’s fair to assume Goliath groupers are aggressive due to size and how intimidating they look but really their not, all they do is eat and chili on the sand bed
Loved this movie when I first saw it in the UK, wasn't able to get it before we left for the US and when I ever searched for it I struggled hard, wasn't till the closing of a borders book store that I stumbled across it, found out in the US its called "A Fish Tale"
I watched this as a kid, and I actually liked it. My mind didn't keep it in memory despite watching it several times, and I think it was because of the villain's death.
I think there were 2 Junji Ito anthology series, one more recently on NEtflix, the other was available (maybe still) on Crunchyroll. Gyo is the one with the shark on mechanical legs, I think it had a film adaptation, but might be getting a newer one. But I'm pretty sure Uzumaki is getting an anime adaptation proper, which I don't think it's actually had an animated one, but there was a live action one in 2000 and Gyo's animated "film" was in 2012
Speaking of the Future Is Wild, you should do that next! Just the Docu series though. You don't have to review the animated series. But since that's what you're all about, then... whatever
Can ANYONE, PLEASE, I have been looking for a long time to rewatch this movie. Does anyone know where I can find it. This movie has such a huge part in my memorie
Adding to Goliath Grouper: The reason they are such assholes to deal with is they steal your bait/fish then will find a place in the reef they can hunker down. Extend their gills and essentially "lock" themselves in place.
"Squid will be the next intelligent life" *_laughs in Splatoon_*
woomy
**approving squid noises**
Agrees in bloodborne
The Future is Wild be like:
[reject squid]
[reject octo]
[return to blender]
Hey, actual biologist here! The whole meme about “everything becomes a crab in the end” came from a misunderstanding of the term carcinisation. Carcinisation refers to the tendency of non-crab crustaceans to evolve a crab-like body plan. It only applies to crustaceans (and other chelicerates), not all forms of life.
Also, evolution does not end up with the most “optimized” body plan. Bits are kept as long as they are not actively detrimental to survival. Evolution will simply be selecting for what fits into and survives the environment best.
To go with the theme of weird animated fish movies, you should look at a movie called "The Incredible Mr. Limpet" I used to watch when I was a kid. It's about a man who loves fish so much and he wishes to be one and then he gets pushed off a pier and somehow turned into a fish. He saves and falls in love with a actual fish and in the end he breaks up with his HUMAN wife to be with the fish. It's a fever dream
Edit: also it's a war movie
It was also a big influence for the Disney animators when they did “The Little Mermaid”. Mr. Limpet even makes a brief cameo in the “Under the Sea” sequence.
Only Don Knotts could.
YES I don't doubt him with that fishes luscious lips
Fish don't even have penises so huge downgrade
A great Danish film and man star studded and glad they got kid actors playing kids....Joe is the MVP of the film played by the Late Alan Rickman!!❤
“Overweight” animated characters are usually weird like that. Hell, Homer Simpson is 6’0, and only weighs 239 pounds and yet his stomach is shaped like a beach ball.
Yeah like i'm a 5'5 woman and I weigh 255lbs and people assume i'm a lot lighter. I'm like a cement block, just dense.
Though to be fair if Homer had a normal human skull he'd be 5'9" tops
Fat isn’t that dense
I say this movie is worth watching just to hear Alan Rickman sing.
24:12 Aaron Paul constantly showed how great at screaming in horror and anguish he was
This movie could well be a long lost Don Bluth film, the character designs, the stereotypical toddler with pigtails, even the disturbing villain with an equally harrowing demise, it really has the hallmarks of early Don Bluth films.
Damn I totally forgot this movie existed. Last time I saw it I was like 6 and I ADORED it and now I'm just hit with a huge wave of nostalgia.
If this was an anime, it could be called "Help! I met a Weird Scientist by the Beach and Now I'm a Fish Lost in the Ocean"
As a French, this movie is a way to recognize people with good movie taste, only a few know about this movie, I had the Vhs when I was young, I know the movie by heart ❤
I watched this movie so many times as a kid. Its such a strange, but fun, ride.
I also love the defeat of the villain in this movie. The main character basically played on his pride to literally drown himself by becoming too human.
The way he, or rather his corpse, just floats away in utter silence is *chilling*
I rewatch this movie from time to time, it’s so nostalgic. I’ve always really liked how mature it was at moments, as it wasn’t afraid to show blood or just drastic moments in general. It’s rare for family movies to treat its audience so maturely. Sometimes movies act like kids are the dumbest species on earth, and this movie said ARE THEY? WATCH THIS.
26:20 Chuck became o lot more chill in general. He was very “I gotta listen to my mama, I’m a good boy” kind of guy and then you can see him at the end, just having fun at the slide - uncaring.
Also the music SLAPS
This was my favourite movie as a kid, strangely though, the only character I really remembered was the scientist guy and the villains.
is it bad that i have a crush on the villian XD
@@stellaomera8489 I've had countless 'weird' fictional crushes so I would say it's not that weird.
@@theyoshigang2009 same dude and okey i thought it would be XD
My older sister watched this movie a few years ago with her kids, and they all liked it. It looks like a pretty decent film that I might want to see. Good video, as always. 😊
Saber: I’ve seen this before. It’s a solid movie.
Also Saber after one viewing: Eh. Could’ve been better.
I remember watching this movie as a kid in danish.
This movie is insane and in a good way.
Jesse, we need to drown the bad guy from Die Hard.
I used to watch this a lot as a kid and loved it, to be fair, I still love it. Just haven’t watched it in years. So much nostalgia coming back for this film :)
I watched this one a lot when I was young! You say the stakes weren't high but I remember the fake-out at the end making me nervous every time. Plus the villain is scary! And the setting really has an eerie vibe that I remember though the details are foggy.
"This is my own private domicile and I will not he harassed... fish"
-Aaron Paul's character, probably
13:29 *Fly’s face is like really script writers why am I trapped here in this scene😂😂😂🤣😂*
To be honest, i thought Fly would have his arm broken or fractured instead of his leg, since the punch was more closer to his arms/fins instead of the Tailfin where his legs are.
I love that he’s just fully furry on the second channel now
I remember going to the video rental shop and picking this movie as a kid! On VHS! I have a plushie of the seahorse!
The anime with the smelly fish is called Gyo. It was a movie and it was junji Ito.
I don't quite agree that the characters don't develop. The little sister starts by not wanting to let go of the seahorse, but ends up sending her overboard, of her own free will, without selfishness. Otherwise, I agree with what else you say. I am Danish, and was a child when this film came out, and hold it close to my heart. Try checking out Valhalla, The War of the Birds, and The Monkeys and the Secret Weapon. Danish cartoons are not for children, but I loved it.
Man I remember watching this ONCE at my grandparents house as a wee little kid and I remember it vividly. The thing that stuck with me the most was the main villain death and the fake out death with kid with hat lol
Even back then I was like "Jesus H. Christ that was horrifying"
One of my childhood horses was named Stella because of this movie
He really just gaslit his friend about the TIE fighter
I actually watched this for the first time a week or so ago and I had thought the same that there is just a dead guy floating in the professors pipes
All of the comments say, that how great the movie is and how much they liked it, but me and my sister hated this movie. It was so dark and traumatizing for us. Maybe traumatizing is a strong word for here, but you get the idea.
this movie might seem mid but among Dutch audiences it used to be pretty big! That is because a Belgian band called K3 (who made songs for kids) made a dutch cover of the danish song that went with the movie. K3 used to be CRAZY popular in the early 2000's so when they released that song a lot of kids saw it!
Did you know that there's a pilot trailer for the movie made back in 1996 that resurfaced? This movie must've had a troubled production.
4:20 OMG...look at his silhouette. It's Ramses from Courage the Cowardly Dog....but he put on those triangle shades.
as a kid i loved tho sshow. hearing people say its meh or even bad upsets me... rewatching it now... yeah its meh with a hint of nostalgia
“A tai fighter.”
“What is that, Star Wars?”
“Star Trek.”
💀
When I was younger I saw this movie on On Demand
And I asked my mom if I could watch it and she said "no your to young to watch it" even she knew how dark it was
That kid looks like scout from tf2 lol
This movie gives me serious Freddy the fish vibes.
For those of you that don't know what that is, I don't really know either. I just remember from my childhood there's an old PC ROM game I would play that was like a point and click adventure or something with a yellow fish and a green guppy...
I’m currently writing a story about a girl accidentally becoming a shapeshifter, so you could probably piece together the pieces and figure out why I’m here
the villain is this is a more intelligent and competent Hody Jones
The villain fish looks like the joker
It's so weird seeing this movie again, I used to watch it a ton when I was a kid and had the DVD disc but the name was "A fish tale" not "Help! I'm a fish" lol
I watched this move with some friends a while back because we were all bored and one of them was like "want an obscure movie no one knows about?" Yeah, it's definitely flawed and had lots of lost growth potential but... it was fun xD I think it's one of those movies that didn't have a point to prove, just here to have fun drawing fish making funny faces and kids getting pummeled in the face
This is one of my favourite movies of all time.
I love this movie I still sing fishtastic and intelligence now and then
Stella is on Mindy mode.
BTW thats a reference to "Buttons and Mindy".😂
All the songs in this movie are catchy, but only Terry Jones (Professor MacKrill) and Alan Rickman (Joe) got their own songs because they're the best.
wooo scandinavian repestation! i grew up with this movie haveing watched it so many times as a kid and then rewatched it as a adult, persnoly its not as good as i rememberd but hey i liked the movie "the quest for camalot" as a kid sooo yea
Saber changing his avatar to his fursona avatar at 16:00 is brilliant when the Alan Rickman fish drinks the last of the potion
I know you've said this before countless times, but what time do you stream these so I can watch with you guys in real time as opposed to just once they're uploaded to youtube?
Saber has a Twitch channel: www.twitch.tv/saberspark_?sr=a
Unfortunately it's random so it's best to just follow him on twitch to receive notifications when he starts streaming
Is there a place where I can watch all the Let’s Watches in their entirety? Or do they only save the highlights on this channel?
This movie is mad underrated
Omg that was a deeply burried Memories. All I remember is when they transform into fish and when they transform back. It was so weird🤣
holy fucking shit i remember this film, i thought it was a fever dream - I didn't realise it existed, and I definitely never thought id see it/find it again :o great video as always!
I love this movie, taped it on video then I got it on my laptop rematch it occasionally and I do hum the song now and again
I remember watching this in theaters when I was younger. I thought it was just a fever dream I had!
I know about this because I saw a review on you tube for it but never knew Jessie Pinkman was in it
That’s gotta be a young Aaron paul
@@johnwerner69 most likely
This movie was my CHILDHOOD, i used to watch this ALL the time when i was little!
I loved this movie as a kid I think I was 7 or 8 when I fist saw this movie
It’s fair to assume Goliath groupers are aggressive due to size and how intimidating they look but really their not, all they do is eat and chili on the sand bed
I haven't been to your channel in months but I'm so happy to see you're a furry now :D congratulations
Loved this movie when I first saw it in the UK, wasn't able to get it before we left for the US and when I ever searched for it I struggled hard, wasn't till the closing of a borders book store that I stumbled across it, found out in the US its called "A Fish Tale"
I loved that movie as a kid, I had like 3 different copies of it, video and dvd. It just hit different. I grew up to love dramatic plot points.
Man, I forgot about this name yet I remember it so vividly somehow. It's not a bad movie, it's just not one of the greats.
I was probably five or six when this film was released
Are we just gonna ignore the fact that the scientists just gave that girl a damned KELPIE?! XD
Yesyesyes. Ive been wanting more hiaf content for years, this friday afternoon is ludicrous
I been looking for this film
"You know what that means.... FISH"
I watched this as a kid, and I actually liked it. My mind didn't keep it in memory despite watching it several times, and I think it was because of the villain's death.
That theme song still slaps!
I learned so much about marine biology in this video
14:11 i know this is supposed to be a yawn.
BUT IT SURE AS HELL DOESN'T SOUND LIKE ONE TO ME 😰
1:54 No it's Star Wars
Top tier movie
I used to adore this movie when I was kid!
25:36 [Gets Buy our toys flashbacks from Hasbro and MLP]
I was 6 when this movie came out.
15min56sec in saber finally embraces their true furry form
OH MY GOD I HAVENT SEEN THIS IN YEARS I LOVED THIS MOVIE
I absolutely love help I’m a fish I watched it religiously as a kid
Funny gow he turns into a cat shortly before claiming everything becomes crabs.
Apparently this movie is from Denmark!
Ah,my childhood ^^ underrated gem
I think there were 2 Junji Ito anthology series, one more recently on NEtflix, the other was available (maybe still) on Crunchyroll. Gyo is the one with the shark on mechanical legs, I think it had a film adaptation, but might be getting a newer one. But I'm pretty sure Uzumaki is getting an anime adaptation proper, which I don't think it's actually had an animated one, but there was a live action one in 2000 and Gyo's animated "film" was in 2012
Speaking of the Future Is Wild, you should do that next! Just the Docu series though. You don't have to review the animated series. But since that's what you're all about, then... whatever
Had the dvd of this
This was a wave of nostalgia for me wow
Can ANYONE, PLEASE, I have been looking for a long time to rewatch this movie. Does anyone know where I can find it. This movie has such a huge part in my memorie
have you checked the Internet Archive? A copy of the movie was uploaded there about 3 years ago
Ah yes, my favorite Metric song
Adding to Goliath Grouper: The reason they are such assholes to deal with is they steal your bait/fish then will find a place in the reef they can hunker down. Extend their gills and essentially "lock" themselves in place.
if Recess did another Halloween special Help I'm A Fish would have been a great film to parody for that episode
i love this movie as. Kid i miss it
Waw the voices of the child and teenagers are so much better in french, it doesn’t sound like so young children😅 Anyway I love this movie
Giant enemy crab: the ultimate life form
Problem with squids and octopus is they're very smart but their life cycle is only couple of years.
I love help I'm a fish this movie is so good 🎉
Have you ever seen the incredible Mr limpet? It’s a better fish film in my opinion