@@M1ckTheMan Turns out the shrinking of the city of Kandor was just all over a HOA dispute. What's that, I'm only allowed to build in this 5 inch strip of land? WELL FUCK YOU, I'MA BUILD A CITY
Can we take a minute to appreciate just how much dedication Tran-Zar had for this job? He was looking for Supes for about 30 years! They must have been paying him a LOT of cash for that level of dedication.
Plus he's super polite about the whole thing. Very professionally explaining the situation, apologizing to Ma Kent for the colorful language, requesting some coffee if it's not too much trouble. All-around upstanding bloke, that Tran-Zar...
Oh he's probably pursuing other cases in the meantime. Plus IIRC Kryptonians are nigh on biologically immortal (with medical treatments) so he's got time.
This right here is the best example of Robot Chicken's weird but strangely appealing sense of humour creating a stereotypical PI who delivers lines like "Bar-El - no relation" with a completely straight face. So many kinds of humour in one skit.
Jibriltz Actually there just ripping on all the popular tv shows, games, movies, comics, and every day life the same way people would rip on each other, so no stereotype's here
Yeah, this skit is pretty good. I just wish they put this much effort into all their sketches instead of just doing a few smart ones and the rest being bathroom humor or sex humor.
@@blackshadow37_Wraith probably not likely since he was apologizing to her for the use of the language which implies this is the first time he’s telling the story to her. Then again, he could’ve said a brief summary before Superman showed up, just without the language
That awkward moment when you stop laughing…think…and come to the realization that of all the Superman origin theories…this is the most realistic and plausible.
This is probably the saddest short in this series - how Superman’s adoptive mother immediately comforts him in the end. And even the investigator’s like, “I understand this is a lot to take in” before asking for another cup. This felt a lot more empathetic than most Robot Chicken shorts, with the same comedy of course.
@@gregorytokas8721 what you wrote did happen but this version is more believable than the real version. An entire planet of space faring aliens wipe out when the planet explode. and no one was in space and they didn't have colonies or outpost. But they were so advanced some random could build an intergalactic spaceship for his baby.
@@JayJayM57 If i remember correctly Krypton had a red sun instead the yellow one we all know and love, meaning none of the Kryptonians had any super powers (that they knew of at least) to help them. Also even if they were space fearing, I don't think they had established colonies somewhere they could go to to survive. I believe Kal EL was in a narcotic state during his journey so he wouldn't die from malnutrition.....!
"..like 11in the mornin or 10.. whatever makes no difference i dunno why i said that the point is.." example WHY this is one of the funniest comedy (NOT JUST RC) bits ever!!
@mac 187 Calm down. Jesus. It's a running joke that Superman and Batman fuck with each other. Like I have all these amazing powers and then Batman would slip like a 1 hour blue Kryptonite cocktail in his beverage to mess with him and be like what powers?
@@dadubbsterdumpster5318 Blue Kryptonite doesn't hurt Superman only usually Green Kryptonite and Gold Kryptonite possibly red Kryptonite can cause him harm
@@DTheCritical nah buddy what the other guy means is that batman would create a blue kryptonite laced viagra and spike superman's drink with it to embarass him publicly as a joke
there's sooo much here. Clark coming to terms with the lie, telling Lois, the other super-peeps hearing, Lex finding out seeing his mom, his dad, his planet
I know it's a comedy thing...but I kinda want to see more in this timeline. Clark and Lois going to Krypton to meet his mother, The Kents meeting with their son's biological parents and that sort of thing. I mean, I don't see this storyline going the way of New Krypton, and that alone would make for a really interesting read, especially if we throw in things like Krypto and Kara into the mix. This could be a hell of a cool timeline...you know before DC reboots it again. Damn it, Berry.
serious, this need to become a actual plot for a superman comic. i want a entire saga about Superman finding out his father was just a crazy failed scientist that took revenge on a divorce against his wife by sending their baby away ona rocket.
It's one of those comedic moments that draws entirely from dialogue, no slapstick or punchlines, just a long dialogue on the hilarity of the situation and where it puts Clark.
Batman: my parent died during a mugging Superman : my dad launched me into space because he didn't want my mom to have me in their divorce. Justice league: we have a winner for dark messed up origin stories
When I first saw this clip, I legit thought that this guy was just an actor Batman paid to get back at Superman for the “Guy with a rock” Sketch. I wasn’t the only one right?
Its such a nice detail isn't it? Like anyone with casual knowledge of the Superman mythos probably wouldn't have come up with this. No, whoever came up with this skit knew his stuff. Its a detail only a hardcore Superman could know.
This is one of the best done scotches from Robot Chicken. The detail work on the attorney's hands and gestures and his tone. It's so funny and plausible. Last line is hilarious.
Robot chicken and family guy (for all its faults) do some tricks with dialogue that really help sell the bits. Like the character getting stuck on a line or his "I don't know why I told you that part" something about having your characters not delivering lines perfectly really sells that it's actually a person talking or telling you a story.
Tranz Ars mannerisms are priceless when he tells the story and apologizes in advance to martha for his language sorry for the blue language maam thats what he said
Well, DC has this whole multiverse thingy that says that everything happened in some universe. So this can totally be canon on one of the DC multiverses.
They did such a good job with the lighting and the animation. It's wild to see how realistic his facial expressions were, obviously stylized but realistic within the expected medium
I know I’m a little late but I like how professional this guy was even though he’s a little late to give Clark the news He still found him and told him anyways talk about dedication to the job and he was calm and collected when he told him everything even didn’t like cussing Talk about professional
I honestly wonder how superman would react lmao. Every little message and hologram messages that your dad left behind was just a coverup to make you believe you were special. But in reality, you were on earth as a result of marriage disputes that end in Superman’s father going into a fit of rage and drunkenness and blasts you off into space, not to be see by anybody for at least 20 or so years. Like how do you recover from that 😂
The reason I like this is because it doesn't make fun of Superman as Superman; it just gives him a far less dramatic but equally messed-up origin story. Hell, he'll be able to appreciate his human parents even *more* now. *They're* not messed up like this, after all.
This new origin certainly explains why every time Superman turns around he's finding "surviving" Kryptonians.
Alim Todd Koroma Superboy's a Clone.
And the ENTIRE bottled city of Kandor.
yoshimickster That was taken when Krypton was still around.
Yes, but we were talking about surviving Kryptonians, not HOW they survived....or why it took the writers 20 plus years to de-shrink Kandor.
@@M1ckTheMan Turns out the shrinking of the city of Kandor was just all over a HOA dispute. What's that, I'm only allowed to build in this 5 inch strip of land? WELL FUCK YOU, I'MA BUILD A CITY
Can we take a minute to appreciate just how much dedication Tran-Zar had for this job? He was looking for Supes for about 30 years! They must have been paying him a LOT of cash for that level of dedication.
Igarappappa of he is just a good detective who never give up of a case.
Oh he's an actor paid by Batman to mess with Superman.
Plus he's super polite about the whole thing. Very professionally explaining the situation, apologizing to Ma Kent for the colorful language, requesting some coffee if it's not too much trouble. All-around upstanding bloke, that Tran-Zar...
Oh he's probably pursuing other cases in the meantime. Plus IIRC Kryptonians are nigh on biologically immortal (with medical treatments) so he's got time.
To be fair the el where some of the most wealthiest family on krypton having some of the biggest political influence
"sorry for the blue language, ma'am, but that's what he said" I love that part
Then casually drops the word fuck but apologies for the word bitch twice has me dying.
@@asylumprowrestling3388 and God damn.
I can't stop laughing at this! They really outdid themselves on his realistic body language too. Solid.
It's solid!
Lol I can’t stop laughing at this either
Truly!! The body language sold it for me
I wonder if they had like a video of him doing this live first before they did his character in stop motion to get the body language down.
@@michaelmccarthy579 was going to say, probably makes their job a hell of a lot easier to position everything and get the motion down
This right here is the best example of Robot Chicken's weird but strangely appealing sense of humour creating a stereotypical PI who delivers lines like "Bar-El - no relation" with a completely straight face. So many kinds of humour in one skit.
Jibriltz
Actually there just ripping on all the popular tv shows, games, movies, comics, and every day life the same way people would rip on each other, so no stereotype's here
Yeah, this skit is pretty good. I just wish they put this much effort into all their sketches instead of just doing a few smart ones and the rest being bathroom humor or sex humor.
I know this didn't exist when you made your comment, but the best example NOW is "La La Land".
@@Lover-of-Creative-Priorities So... just like any author in human history?
@@Elmithian
Just like all your friends did as a part of *"Guy Codes"*
Ma Kent is so calm while Clark is just justifiably freaking out
trans-arr must have told her in advance and was most likely keeping calm form clark/kallel
@@blackshadow37_Wraith probably not likely since he was apologizing to her for the use of the language which implies this is the first time he’s telling the story to her.
Then again, he could’ve said a brief summary before Superman showed up, just without the language
I really want to see a full comic tackling this twist in the story tastefully.
I like the fact that Superman didn't interrupt him even once.
whats to say when you find out your whole life is a lie xd
very true seeing how thats what happens in most conversations nowadays
@GentlemenGhidorah I say it has more to do with shock
Kansas manners
I mean if you were in a tragic incident wouldn’t you be shook and silent
One of THE best written Robot Chicken sketches ever
Oh yeah
For real it makes me want a whole storyline of Superman dealing with his entire life being a lie.
And no one got killed
@@DoctorXander That dose sound like a plot line that happened already.
@@DoctorXander only where he came from. "Do not let the specter of your origin undermine your present day worth."
The Lawyer's name should be Le-Gal
That's the name of a lawyer in Eternia, I'm sure.
Gal-El 😂😂😂😂
“Again, no relation”
Apparently El is like Smith on Krypton.
Wouldn’t it be Leeg-El?
I love Superman's expression throughout the whole thing, like he can't believe this shit. Pa Kent is the superior father after all.
If you think this one is good, check out Dorkly's "Less Tragic Superhero Origins"!
nah this sketch is still better.
"My life is a lie!"
Jor-El may have been Kal’s father, but he wasn’t his daddy.
"hey ya dumb bitch! sorry for the language ma'am those were his words."
that part killed me
Lt. Will dude that part is funny
The voice actor for the Kryptonian PI was absolutely killing it!
Yes he did kill it great voice acting and story telling
Hugh Davidson
this needs to be canon
Stanley Armstrong Actually this is actually canon in the DCU because its is a really far out universe like universe 312 or something
yeah dc has said all the robot chicken stuff is canon.
It is cannon
It is. DC calls everything in Robot Chicken as Earth RC.
Well it is in the Robot Chicken universe.
You know...sense the comics have muliverses and all...this legit happened in one fo them XD
Forty One Six This is one of the Mutliverse.
I think DC themselves confirmed that the Robot Chicken sketches do actually exist in the multiverse
@@guldmattbb473 in the Hypertime , but yes.
Read the script to flyby
@@guldmattbb473 true it why us scientists like me are trying figure multiverses this why love science
It’s the subtle, “throwaway” details in this story that make it so hilarious. 😄
It was like 11 o'clock in the morning, or ten. Whatever, makes no difference
That awkward moment when you stop laughing…think…and come to the realization that of all the Superman origin theories…this is the most realistic and plausible.
Martha casually sipping her tea like "fuck yeah, tea time?"
She’s just thinking to herself “well at least I know John was the superior father”
@@mrcritical6751 deadass😂😂😂
She needs to stay calm for her boy, who's having a LOT of difficult information given to him
"YOU CAN'T HAVE THE FUCKING BABY"
JD Marshall and a got damn rocket lifts off from the roof
This is probably the saddest short in this series - how Superman’s adoptive mother immediately comforts him in the end. And even the investigator’s like, “I understand this is a lot to take in” before asking for another cup. This felt a lot more empathetic than most Robot Chicken shorts, with the same comedy of course.
This is my favorite sketch because it's just so..... plausible.
If this was in the Marvel universe, it definitely would appear in a What If? Episode.
I think, it's written somewhere that, Superman actually went to the place where Krypton was to see with his own eyes what's remained!!
only thing is the guy says it with the type of confidence like he was there watching the whole thing lol
@@gregorytokas8721 what you wrote did happen but this version is more believable than the real version. An entire planet of space faring aliens wipe out when the planet explode. and no one was in space and they didn't have colonies or outpost. But they were so advanced some random could build an intergalactic spaceship for his baby.
@@JayJayM57 If i remember correctly Krypton had a red sun instead the yellow one we all know and love, meaning none of the Kryptonians had any super powers (that they knew of at least) to help them. Also even if they were space fearing, I don't think they had established colonies somewhere they could go to to survive. I believe Kal EL was in a narcotic state during his journey so he wouldn't die from malnutrition.....!
The writing, the stop-motion, the body language... EVERYTHING is perfect in this skit!
Jor-El’s A.I., back at the Fortress of Solitude, has a lot of explaining to do.
I hope they gave Traz-R another cup of coffee, that's a level of story telling that could leave anyone parched.
its amazing this guy is so calm when he's come to a planet that makes him an immortal god of strength and speed
He’s a professional, he had a job to do.
@@thomasraines1396 considering how long he's been at it and his polite excusal of swearing inf ront of a lady, I agree.
@@Gojiro7 I liked how he apologized for using the word “bitch” and address Mrs. Kent as “Ma’am”.
@@thomasraines1396 but apparently he didn't care enough to not apologize for dropping F-bombs...
@@deeya those aren’t considered “blue language” those, strangely enough.
"..like 11in the mornin or 10.. whatever makes no difference i dunno why i said that the point is.." example WHY this is one of the funniest comedy (NOT JUST RC) bits ever!!
That, and how after apologizing for "blue language" when quoting Jor-El (1:15), he casually swears twice more without comment.
and this is how injustice started
ironmaster64 I don’t get it.
Yep that's when it went bad
After this Supermen gets so fed up about this he goes Mortal Kombat on the joker.
@@JSPena superman goes corrupt because joker killed the Lois the one most important to Superman
Don’t gonna lie, he’s professional af
who wants to bet batman paid a guy to pose as the guy looking for clark kent dose to screw with him
comic book reviewer I take it
That could happen...
@mac 187 Calm down. Jesus. It's a running joke that Superman and Batman fuck with each other. Like I have all these amazing powers and then Batman would slip like a 1 hour blue Kryptonite cocktail in his beverage to mess with him and be like what powers?
@@dadubbsterdumpster5318 Blue Kryptonite doesn't hurt Superman only usually Green Kryptonite and Gold Kryptonite possibly red Kryptonite can cause him harm
@@DTheCritical nah buddy what the other guy means is that batman would create a blue kryptonite laced viagra and spike superman's drink with it to embarass him publicly as a joke
Ironically, Jor-El's horrendous act ended up saving the universe a couple of times
If they made a comic based on THIS origin of superman, it would hands down be one of the BEST ever created! XD
there's sooo much here. Clark coming to terms with the lie, telling Lois, the other super-peeps hearing, Lex finding out seeing his mom, his dad, his planet
I know it's a comedy thing...but I kinda want to see more in this timeline. Clark and Lois going to Krypton to meet his mother, The Kents meeting with their son's biological parents and that sort of thing. I mean, I don't see this storyline going the way of New Krypton, and that alone would make for a really interesting read, especially if we throw in things like Krypto and Kara into the mix. This could be a hell of a cool timeline...you know before DC reboots it again. Damn it, Berry.
This is not only funny, but also pretty well written and captivating dialogue.
PI's monologue is briliant. It's like something out of a Tarantino or a Shane Blake script.
serious, this need to become a actual plot for a superman comic.
i want a entire saga about Superman finding out his father was just a crazy failed scientist that took revenge on a divorce against his wife by sending their baby away ona rocket.
And this would have to somehow lead to Jor-El trying to collapse all reality.
@@jman217 Then another reboot
This needs to be an origin for one of the bad Supermen from the Dark Multiverse.
Well apparently the death wave would have ate that world up, and Duke Thomas would fail to save it
Well I have to say he had good manners, I respect that.
Mans been searching the universe for over 30 years looking for supes. The man has earned another cup of goddamn coffee.
OUCH!!!!! well that explains why there are always surviving Kryptonians all the time, like Kara (Supergirl) and Zod. Last Son of Krypton my Ass.
That brings a good question why is kara there
Including the bottled Kryptonian city
They forgot to let him know about the guy Supe's mom was cheatin on Jor-El with... Pur-El he was a clean dude too!
Again, no relation.
And then jor el had a Relationship with someone named tan el Again no relation
Haha... Puns
Kudos to Robot Chicken, this has to be one of the best sketches they have ever made.
Why was the animation in this oddly smooth
My guess is that it's a guest animator.
sometimes they rise the framerate to 60 which explains the smoothness
Because it was key to the bit that everything looked as smooth and real as possible.
Why do I feel like Batman paid this dude to mess with Superman? It seems like something he would do.
This is actually. One of the rare robot chicken skits, that doesn't end with violence and stuff like that
This is my favorite sketch from Robot Chicken so far, and I can't really explain why
That's easy
Ms. Kent calm face in all that shit
I feel the same way, I don't understand it, I just love Tranzar's explanation
It's one of those comedic moments that draws entirely from dialogue, no slapstick or punchlines, just a long dialogue on the hilarity of the situation and where it puts Clark.
its the most serious one so far.
You guys know of any other really funny robot chicken videos? This one absolutely kills me every time. Same for the GI Joe Trouser snake video.
And the private investigator liked how it
feels under our sun,so he decided to stay :D
Best alternate ending
It is
Batman: my parent died during a mugging
Superman : my dad launched me into space because he didn't want my mom to have me in their divorce.
Justice league: we have a winner for dark messed up origin stories
When I first saw this clip, I legit thought that this guy was just an actor Batman paid to get back at Superman for the “Guy with a rock” Sketch. I wasn’t the only one right?
I like how they used John Byrne's Kryptonian look.
Its such a nice detail isn't it?
Like anyone with casual knowledge of the Superman mythos probably wouldn't have come up with this.
No, whoever came up with this skit knew his stuff. Its a detail only a hardcore Superman could know.
@@markmacgowan5857 It was probably wasted on most people.
This is one of the best done scotches from Robot Chicken. The detail work on the attorney's hands and gestures and his tone. It's so funny and plausible. Last line is hilarious.
This is my favorite Superman parody.
I love that Clark also apparently comes from Space Kansas.
They should add this scene into the dc universe movies. Russell crowe would be brilliant 🤣
Kal-El, Jor-El, Bar-El, Bron-EL…….(no relation)
Clearly the Alabama of the universe
But Kal and Jor-El are related
Tran-Zar sounds like he's from Alabama
EL is probably the Krypton equivalent of Smith or Jones.
El is the smith of krypton
Robot chicken and family guy (for all its faults) do some tricks with dialogue that really help sell the bits. Like the character getting stuck on a line or his "I don't know why I told you that part" something about having your characters not delivering lines perfectly really sells that it's actually a person talking or telling you a story.
Somebody should make an Elseworld story out of this
Tranz Ars mannerisms are priceless when he tells the story and apologizes in advance to martha for his language sorry for the blue language maam thats what he said
Am I the only one who thinks the detective Tran-Zar reminds him of Woody Harrelson?
Same
Isn’t Woody just an Everyman kind of actor? Nothing really unique about him.
This was also a scene from a movie...does anyone else remember which one lol
@@cliftonvalor3192 Considering I wasn't even aware of that, no.
Maybe one of the Zombieland movies. Sounds like his character over explaining everything.
the level of depth that went to this setup is amazing
The best variation of Superman's backstory! 😂
Oh my god this is the uncensored version 😂
I wish this was canon.
Well, DC has this whole multiverse thingy that says that everything happened in some universe. So this can totally be canon on one of the DC multiverses.
A lot of these Robot Chicken sketches would make great concepts for 'What If?' Episodes.
I'm not even a superman fan, and this is one of the best robot chicken skits I've seen yet XD
To me this was the funneist clip in that special
I love how the voice acting is so good, I can legit picture this whole scenario the PI is describing in my head
"Bar-el" as the name for the lawyer is brilliant because of that specific word: Bar.
They did such a good job with the lighting and the animation. It's wild to see how realistic his facial expressions were, obviously stylized but realistic within the expected medium
This would make a good elseworlds story.
This Guy is Surprisingly Great At His Job. Darkseid Should Hire This Guy
I would buy a comic about this kriptonian private investigator. He seems like he has plenty of interesthing stories.
Dude this is still so funny 🤣
Man they outdid themselves
This origin actually explains why Superman only had recordings of his dad in those crystals. ;)
I love how he apologizes to Martha twice for quoting “bitch” but has no compunctions whatsoever about saying “fuck” 😂
Even weirder than Kal-El having a secret half-brother?
I’m laughing my ass off not at what’s going on but at the thought of the delightful conversation Martha Kent and Alfred would have over tea
I know I’m a little late but I like how professional this guy was even though he’s a little late to give Clark the news He still found him and told him anyways talk about dedication to the job and he was calm and collected when he told him everything even didn’t like cussing Talk about professional
Still the funniest thing I've ever seen
The man of steel origin story
I like how he's from Krypton but has a heavy Texan accent
Evidently Superman comes from space Kansas and just landed in normal Kansas by coincidence.
I don’t care what anyone says, this is canon to me.
I honestly wonder how superman would react lmao. Every little message and hologram messages that your dad left behind was just a coverup to make you believe you were special. But in reality, you were on earth as a result of marriage disputes that end in Superman’s father going into a fit of rage and drunkenness and blasts you off into space, not to be see by anybody for at least 20 or so years. Like how do you recover from that 😂
I love how this sounds like sincere acting and not just a joke
“You can have the house and the car, but you can’t have the fuckin baby” top tier.
This got way to real, man.
This is canon and NO ONE can tell me otherwhise
The reason I like this is because it doesn't make fun of Superman as Superman; it just gives him a far less dramatic but equally messed-up origin story. Hell, he'll be able to appreciate his human parents even *more* now. *They're* not messed up like this, after all.
I love how his mom is so unbothered by this. Like she’s just there for her son.
This may be the best skit ever made in the whole history of skits.
One of the top 10 Robot Chicken skits of all time.
I love how he is wearing kryptonian clothing
This would be perfect for a superman villain to do just to fuck up his mind
So the only one that can truly kill Superman is a Kryptonian P.I.?!😮
SWEET!👊🤣
Trasr seems like a nice guy
now i wonder how Super Girl, or Power Girl, or General Zod, or any of the other Kryptonian "survivors" fit into all of this?
I think super Girl went looking for Kal el
General zod is the kryptonian version of an isis leader that escaped from jail(phantom zone)
Power Girl is from another universe and Zod was sent to the Phantom Zone well before Krypton was destroyed.
Why is it that everybody but DC is actually good at Superman origin stories?
With so many Els, I am now wondering about Pur-el and their role in all this and the sanitizing.
Please be aware that canonically the DC universe is several times larger than our own universe and this guy searched all of it to find Superman!
perfect woody harldson.
this must've taken hours to animate! I notice there are so many in-between frames to mimic realistic motions.