can they understand the cat in Stuart Little?

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  • čas přidán 12. 08. 2021
  • now you can finally stop asking me to make this video!!!!
    support me if your conscience allows it: / leovader
    follow me on twitter, I promise I don't even tweet very much: / leovader
    thanks Manton Minnick for producing! www.dropbox.com/s/84mlkplaczi...
    music is from Stuart Little, Library of Ruina, Bee Simulator and Detective Pikachu.
    I own the rights to all of these movies and the whole franchise. dibs
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  • @LeoVader
    @LeoVader  Před 2 lety +797

    thank you all for your thoughtful feedback re: Bruce looking like a cat. i have now posted the full scene on twitter and you are never allowed to doubt me again: twitter.com/leovader/status/1426628122317922304?s=20

    • @colette2529
      @colette2529 Před 2 lety +80

      I personally think you should've included this compelling evidence in the video (especially with the bonus meme at the end), but you are the auteur here

    • @LeoVader
      @LeoVader  Před 2 lety +89

      @@colette2529 i truly didn't expect it to be so controversial.

    • @gonzalofraguasbringas8617
      @gonzalofraguasbringas8617 Před 2 lety +46

      I mean, I was literally just about to say. Without him being calked a dog he looks exactly like a cat. Like, even the way he runs. I guess that's just a result of Bruce having to look like the "laddy cat" snowball is pinning after for the joke to work

    • @PhoenixWrightfan101
      @PhoenixWrightfan101 Před 2 lety +53

      My issue with this conclusion is that the scene in question is coded like a scene in a 90's comedy when the leading man hits on someone he thinks is beautiful, only for the person to turn around to reveal themselves as a man in drag and/or a Trans person. A terrible, outdated joke that has no place in modern society.
      However, I would not put it past the writers of the TV show to take that joke formula and also confusingly map the gender element of the joke to the dichotomy of cats and dogs. Because the punchline in the clip you've shared is not just that Bruce is masculine (unless calling Bruce a "dog" is itself a play on calling him ugly because he's not seen as a girl) but also that he is a dog. Which raises several questions about the relationship of gender and species in the Stuart Little universe I don't think it's prepared to answer. But the appearance of an androgynous dog like Bruce does provide an important clue useful for further analysis.

    • @gotsomham
      @gotsomham Před 2 lety +11

      Your cat is adorable

  • @gy7uj917
    @gy7uj917 Před 2 lety +3481

    I like that the original book suggests Stuart is human, just a little fucked up face and height wise. that's canon now. all talking animals in Stuart Little are human. most of em were orphaned by their very reasonable parents for being so short and beastly. cats are not human tho, they just like to chat

    • @lucs028
      @lucs028 Před 2 lety +187

      But if stuart is a human and humans can't understand cats, how does he understand snowbell?

    • @porodaxthepunted7582
      @porodaxthepunted7582 Před 2 lety +509

      @@lucs028 schizophrenia

    • @gy7uj917
      @gy7uj917 Před 2 lety +131

      @@lucs028 he has fucked up lil ears too

    • @lucs028
      @lucs028 Před 2 lety +82

      @@gy7uj917 it all makes sense now

    • @genericname2747
      @genericname2747 Před 2 lety +148

      Not just suggests. The book straight up say's a human gave birth to him.

  • @altusshow7574
    @altusshow7574 Před 2 lety +5862

    I've never been so hyper-focused on learning the answer to a question that I've literally never cared to ask.

    • @aceroy9195
      @aceroy9195 Před 2 lety +36

      It's called being a genius

    • @Jordan-zt6jq
      @Jordan-zt6jq Před 2 lety +15

      Do you have adhd

    • @altusshow7574
      @altusshow7574 Před 2 lety +44

      @@Jordan-zt6jq you know, I don't know. Maybe? I once was supposed to get tested but I didn't go cause I got distracted, I think my buddy came over and we went for a walk. It was summer, ya know? Can't pass that up.

    • @kdburner7356
      @kdburner7356 Před 2 lety +10

      @@altusshow7574 oh wow! you REALLY get distracted hehe, quirky🥰

    • @nicklewis876
      @nicklewis876 Před 2 lety +13

      I mean this respectfully but I feel like that’s this guys whole niche.

  • @nomisunrider6472
    @nomisunrider6472 Před rokem +1015

    "If more people gave up there would be fewer wars." is surprisingly insightful from a talking cat in the sequel of a talking mouse movie.

    • @johnh6065
      @johnh6065 Před 9 měsíci +73

      lmao even after rewinding and listening to it again i thought he said "there'd be fewer whores" and was astounded that was allowed i na kids movie.

    • @Cuddly2
      @Cuddly2 Před 9 měsíci +9

      @@johnh6065 LMFAOO

    • @CommanderCodyChipless
      @CommanderCodyChipless Před 9 měsíci

      I thought he said fewer whores

    • @wavyplz5785
      @wavyplz5785 Před 9 měsíci +3

      I thought he said oars!
      I thought it was a really wierdly shitty joke about cats hating water!

    • @jesusramirezromo2037
      @jesusramirezromo2037 Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@johnh6065Same

  • @cosmic_mango33
    @cosmic_mango33 Před rokem +316

    That “dog”, Bruce, was 100% a cat. Looking at how it acts towards Snowbell by hissing and seeing how it’s tail moves when chasing proves it.

    • @denisnevsky3734
      @denisnevsky3734 Před 9 měsíci +40

      Other characters refer to it as a dog later in the episode

    • @radicool86
      @radicool86 Před 9 měsíci +45

      @@denisnevsky3734 dont care i agree with cosmic_mango33 that was full cat. whiskers n all

    • @SlvtSammichArchive
      @SlvtSammichArchive Před 9 měsíci +48

      Isn't it possible Snowbell was using "Dog" as a derogatory term to suggest Bruce wasn't an attractive cat?

    • @denisnevsky3734
      @denisnevsky3734 Před 9 měsíci +23

      @@radicool86 dogs also have whiskers

    • @SineN0mine3
      @SineN0mine3 Před 8 měsíci +9

      ​@@denisnevsky3734but they don't look like cats...

  • @SunnyBrummy
    @SunnyBrummy Před 2 lety +2350

    The odd thing about the vandalized car is that it's not up on bricks, it's up on the wheels themselves. This implies a market for mouse tires but not mouse rims...

    • @dandywaysofliving
      @dandywaysofliving Před 2 lety +153

      As someone's who's seen, removed, and felt those type of wheels I wouldn't doubt it.
      I remember playing with those wheels and wondering if they sold replacements for the tire incase it rips or the thread is worn thin.
      Now that I'm older I understand getting replacement parts for toys and collector items isn't as easy as I thought.
      So yea.
      Stealing them rubber times could cost more than the car itself.

    • @smokedbeefandcheese4144
      @smokedbeefandcheese4144 Před rokem

      They have rejected human culture obviously including drip And it’s decadence so they only take the tires they’re like communist mice

    • @gunop11
      @gunop11 Před rokem +14

      Or/And a lack of mouse bricks...

    • @christianali5431
      @christianali5431 Před rokem +13

      Well, you know, not every Mouse has a car. A lot of mice do not know how to drive and therefore, do not need the wheels. The tires on the other hand, can be recycled into several different rubber toys or implements. To a mouse, the rubber is probably more valuable than the car.

    • @sugoistalin7809
      @sugoistalin7809 Před rokem +17

      What's the state of the mouse class divide in the Stuart little universe.

  • @JacobGeller
    @JacobGeller Před 2 lety +5339

    The weirdest thing in the Little universe is there's one of the books where he encounters a tiny...human women? like, she's a regular lady just small, and he tries to romance her??

    • @speedymark8517
      @speedymark8517 Před 2 lety +151

      I love your being although you never existed

    • @HiperPivociarz
      @HiperPivociarz Před 2 lety +1143

      Stuart in the books is a tiny human man. He's described as "looking rather mouselike", but people misinterpreted it to mean he is a mouse.
      Like how Twoflower from Discworld was described as "four-eyed" meaning that he wore glasses, but the cover artist drew him with straight up four eyes.

    • @complainer406
      @complainer406 Před 2 lety +564

      @@HiperPivociarz The illustrations in the book have him as a literal mouse, so it's not hard to see where people got confused

    • @thompkins6796
      @thompkins6796 Před 2 lety +140

      So that begs the question, if they had a child together, what size would it be? Would it be proportionately as small to them as a mouse is to a human or would it be "normal sized" to them?
      (Edit: an average mouse is about 9cm long, the average American male is about 175cm tall, so that means their child, if proportionately small, would be about 4.5mm tall)

    • @jakedanielsen4512
      @jakedanielsen4512 Před 2 lety +159

      @@HiperPivociarz Or how Balrog from LotR are described as having darkness behind them that look like wings and now most depictions of them have literal wings

  • @Bottenbig
    @Bottenbig Před rokem +738

    It takes guts to make a video about Stuart Little without mentioning that M. Night Shyamalan co-wrote the first movie

    • @rachelcookie321
      @rachelcookie321 Před 8 měsíci +5

      Who’s that?

    • @Bottenbig
      @Bottenbig Před 8 měsíci +146

      @@rachelcookie321 He is a co-writer of Stuart Little

    • @rachelcookie321
      @rachelcookie321 Před 8 měsíci +6

      @@Bottenbig but is he important for another reason?

    • @s942
      @s942 Před 8 měsíci +45

      @@rachelcookie321he wrote “industrial society and its future” and also “avatar the last airbender”

    • @eisgnom7383
      @eisgnom7383 Před 8 měsíci +24

      ​@@s942note: he didnt just write it, he also directed it. No not the animated series. Also the sixth sense.

  • @tuffemily1431
    @tuffemily1431 Před 2 lety +422

    Something of note is that Stuart has several small books that presumably contain the full story. So that means that there's enough small animals able to read that publishing miniature versions of books is viable

    • @AfromanRants
      @AfromanRants Před 7 měsíci +28

      I’m not even religious and I have no idea where it came from but I own a bible literally so small you *need* a magnifying glass to read it. It’s like at most an inch and a half tall. I have no idea who printed it or how, but it is possible.

  • @BrianGefrich
    @BrianGefrich Před 2 lety +733

    "Falcon is just named Falcon" Okay, but we have humans out there named "Guy", so

    • @Thor-Orion
      @Thor-Orion Před rokem +77

      I'm pretty sure we have humans named Falcon as well.

    • @lazerfrogstudios
      @lazerfrogstudios Před rokem +46

      @@Thor-Orion so there are probably falcons named gy

    • @Chillerll
      @Chillerll Před rokem +29

      There are also humans called Dick. Makes you wonder what kind of society we truly live in.

    • @TheBibleIsaWeirdThing
      @TheBibleIsaWeirdThing Před rokem

      ​@@Chillerll Dick is just short for Richard

    • @theonlybilge
      @theonlybilge Před rokem +6

      "Guy" as a given name is derived from the Italian name "Guido", which is Latinised from Old High Germanic "Wido". The actual meaning of either name is debated.

  • @louisdurand4748
    @louisdurand4748 Před 2 lety +1176

    stuart little is actually a clever (and very subtle) metaphor for how being short fucking blows

    • @jade_is_tired
      @jade_is_tired Před 2 lety +107

      no it’s a metaphor for how being short is awesome because you get to use small things instead of normal-sized things

    • @_ikako_
      @_ikako_ Před 2 lety +238

      @@jade_is_tired all my short kings love driving their hot wheels to walmart

    • @Gh0st652
      @Gh0st652 Před 2 lety +28

      When you're short you say "awwww rats"!!

    • @jimbo5276
      @jimbo5276 Před 2 lety +17

      @@jade_is_tired only if you're mouse sized. If you're just a short human all you get is laughed at by women

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB Před 2 lety +3

      @@jimbo5276 Never seen a short woman laughed at by other women for being short

  • @techwiz81
    @techwiz81 Před 2 lety +641

    The orphanage lady being openly bigoted against mice is such a bizarre thing to include in a movie

    • @Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1024
      @Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1024 Před 9 měsíci +10

      And being openly bigoted against cats is such a bizarre thing to include in a CZcams video
      19:08

    • @observer5615
      @observer5615 Před 9 měsíci +18

      ​​​@@Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1024 men literally tried to use his *orange* cat as a reference for the entire species 😂

    • @karinalumen9722
      @karinalumen9722 Před 8 měsíci +7

      I never saw it as bigotry but rather how humans like to “own” animals/anything none human. And dont treat animals as equals. Given the idea that all sentient live is equal. I saw it as her being like we discourage it because sentiment life treats other life not as equal

    • @JukaDominator
      @JukaDominator Před 8 měsíci +10

      It's not that complicated dude, she's just correct. It'd be more difficult to adjust.

    • @TheReZisTLust
      @TheReZisTLust Před 7 měsíci +4

      I accodently step on my cats tail if we're both unaware, a mouse would literally be dead & its be traumatizing if said mouse was your child. I'd be anti adopt mouse if I could

  • @happy_girl_1
    @happy_girl_1 Před 2 lety +65

    This was the first movie I ever saw in theatres. I was 4. When the evil cat put him in the washing machine I began screaming and we had to leave.

  • @camusarchetype9326
    @camusarchetype9326 Před 2 lety +1505

    "They don't respect him enough to communicate with him" Damn the Little family is cold as hell

    • @gagne6928
      @gagne6928 Před 2 lety +72

      when youre respected less than a talking rat

  • @AceKarsh
    @AceKarsh Před 2 lety +379

    Citing his own fanfic as a source is a real power move

  • @MerkhVision
    @MerkhVision Před 2 lety +127

    Did y’all notice that extremely subtle but very realistic touch at 6:51? Monty’s ear turned in the direction the Mafia boss cat’s voice was coming from before he fully turned his head to face him. Nice attention to detail!

    • @robertflinch2447
      @robertflinch2447 Před 9 měsíci +19

      I mean they probably just called the cat by its name.

    • @jamesrichardson7619
      @jamesrichardson7619 Před 6 měsíci +8

      The cats aren't fully CGI, just the facial expressions are. They will have made a noise to get the cats attention so that it turned its head. It most likely wasn't delibarate.

  • @ninja34744
    @ninja34744 Před 7 měsíci +38

    I think one of the main misunderstandings regarding Stuart is that he's not actually a mouse. He is born to human parents, and is described explicitly in the books only as "looking like a mouse in every way". As per the lore, he is entirely human, he just has the exact biology of a mouse for... some reason.

    • @BE-fw1lr
      @BE-fw1lr Před 2 měsíci +2

      That answers zero questions!

    • @MrCheeze
      @MrCheeze Před měsícem +1

      The Stuart of the books is unambiguously a small human, and the Stuart of the movies is unambiguously a mouse.

  • @magnusheide6253
    @magnusheide6253 Před 2 lety +793

    The fact that he watched 9 hours and 14 minutes of Stuart Little content and read the book. Shows the serious dedication to the video

  • @skylerknight850
    @skylerknight850 Před 2 lety +635

    “The mice have DENTAL RECORDS dude” is the same energy as “SHE WORE A CROWN AND SHE CAME DOWN IN A BUBBLE DOUG”

  • @brickchains1
    @brickchains1 Před rokem +90

    Leo Vader feels like the most authentic expression of what CZcams is supposed to be and intended for

  • @jacobellinger8027
    @jacobellinger8027 Před 2 lety +50

    I like the theory that their real son died and they got Stuart to cope and everyone they know just plays along to not upset them.

  • @anxietyprimev6983
    @anxietyprimev6983 Před 2 lety +992

    The way _I_ see it, Snowbell can speak fluent human english whenever he wants, he just chooses to speak animal language most of the time out of spite. He still hasn't gotten over that one trip to the vet, and he kinda just feels betrayed by humans now.

    • @justTheDoctor
      @justTheDoctor Před 2 lety +11

      That one trip to the vet: czcams.com/video/X40CQIh6q5Y/video.html

    • @anxietyprimev6983
      @anxietyprimev6983 Před 2 lety +8

      @@justTheDoctor Personally, I was talking about him getting his balls cut off, but you know what? I can definitely imagine that.

    • @capuchinosofia4771
      @capuchinosofia4771 Před 2 lety +26

      @@justTheDoctor lmaoo now we know why dr house looks so grumpy all the time xD

    • @kallmekaziX
      @kallmekaziX Před rokem

      @@justTheDoctor 9. [6.

    • @A10.33
      @A10.33 Před 8 měsíci

      😂

  • @poralitical
    @poralitical Před 2 lety +2005

    "I don't care if the creators have zero answers for any of these questions, *I* am going to have answers for these questions"
    This the kind of fan theory energy I am here for.

    • @smoppet
      @smoppet Před 2 lety +42

      If they don't do the work, he'll do it for them

    • @stefanalexanderlungu1503
      @stefanalexanderlungu1503 Před rokem +3

      Based and Foucaultpilled

    • @randomindividual948
      @randomindividual948 Před rokem +2

      In my eyes, it's second only to "conspiricy theorist who's off the deep end, off the rails and off their meds".

    • @BelleFlower15
      @BelleFlower15 Před rokem +1

      doylist vs watsonian thinking at play 😂

  • @onyxraze
    @onyxraze Před 2 lety +78

    "I couldn't find the specific date so let's just say the day Hitler killed himself"
    Best line on the internet so far 🤣

  • @stephenspataro6012
    @stephenspataro6012 Před 2 lety +36

    My daughter watched this movie non-stop for like two weeks straight, so I liked this video way more than I should and actually pondered a lot of these same things.

  • @captainnermy5608
    @captainnermy5608 Před 2 lety +1317

    The fact that cows are confirmed to be capable of speech and meatloaf is confirmed to be a food in this universe is disturbing.
    I think it lends credence to the idea that only a select portion of animals are intelligent and able to communicate with humans, while most behave like real-world animals.

    • @miab-p6874
      @miab-p6874 Před 2 lety +46

      Yeah, this theory makes the most sense. ...But the cats! What about the cats? They're still a mystery.

    • @Kickiusz
      @Kickiusz Před 2 lety +87

      @@miab-p6874 cats are sentient, but are treated as slaves. Meatloafs are made of disobedient cats.

    • @miab-p6874
      @miab-p6874 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Kickiusz Ha ha, lol. XD

    • @RAFMnBgaming
      @RAFMnBgaming Před 2 lety +2

      @@Kickiusz Is Snowbell a Cannibal?

    • @Kickiusz
      @Kickiusz Před 2 lety +20

      @@RAFMnBgaming the real question is: does he _know_ he's a cannibal.

  • @mananwashere
    @mananwashere Před 2 lety +435

    "Good questions inform, Great questions transform"
    The question "can they understand the cat in Stuart Little" has truly transformed me.
    Thank you Sir Leo Vader, I will never be the same.

  • @callmeperch
    @callmeperch Před 2 lety +35

    This formatting was perfect: movie 1, 2, & 3 gathering clues, an analysis of the tv series, then returning to the source material for a conclusion.

  • @benjaminstiles
    @benjaminstiles Před 2 lety +55

    I want this man to have an extastential crisis about the world of Redwall. Are mice the proportional size of humans? Is Portugal a canonical place? HOW BIG WAS THE HORSE?!
    Seriously man, that horse and cart are something else. It just hurts.

    • @Thor-Orion
      @Thor-Orion Před rokem +8

      I love the red wall series! I thought I was alone in this fandom, but apparently there's 8 more of you somewhere out there on the internet.

    • @maddieb.4282
      @maddieb.4282 Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@Thor-Orionme too!

    • @thomasparker3526
      @thomasparker3526 Před 8 měsíci

      Is the old barn the cat and owl live in human sized or animal sized? Who built it. In the prequel, when a cruel cat queens brother just goes and becomes a farmer, does that mean he’s actually like farming?

    • @benjaminstiles
      @benjaminstiles Před 8 měsíci

      @@thomasparker3526 I DONT KNOW!!!
      *breaks down sobbing on the floor*
      NOBODY KNOWS!!
      Ps i’ve never actually looked for an answer online

    • @jvgreendarmok
      @jvgreendarmok Před 8 měsíci +3

      @@thomasparker3526 It's interesting how the first book seems to take place in a world where there are humans just around the corner as it were, but when Brian Jacques turned it into a series he realised that humans would be out of place in it.

  • @kc3d777
    @kc3d777 Před 2 lety +481

    My theory is that the Littles adopted Snowbell as a family member and never actually bothered to learn the complex language of cats only just knowing the fewest necessary to talk to snowbell who in turn only knows a few human words to respond since no one taught him how to speak human. He acts out because he has no way to voice himself in the family who just treat him like a pet. Stuart grew up in orphanage with humans and probably other animals so he learned the other animal languages there.

    • @kc3d777
      @kc3d777 Před rokem +7

      @@leeroyjenkins0 I don't claim to have all the answers but a possible explanation could be that we see the movie through Stewart's lens of understanding so the translations between animals is seamless to him. The different animal languages could be similar but distinct perhaps like if you knew spanish you could make out a few phrases in Italian but without further study you couldnt really understand it. So perhaps to other animals the conversation is legible but more broken than the fluency that Stewart interprets it as? I

  • @Jicholson
    @Jicholson Před 2 lety +608

    I don’t want to be that guy, but Bruce is surely a cat

    • @LeoVader
      @LeoVader  Před 2 lety +272

      i swear snowbell specifically referenced it as a dog in dialogue but i'm sure not going to watch it again to find out.

    • @Jicholson
      @Jicholson Před 2 lety +23

      @@LeoVader well that’s me told! Great video btw

    • @donjohnson1335
      @donjohnson1335 Před 2 lety +161

      @@LeoVader maybe "dog" was being used as a euphemism

    • @vonniepunch
      @vonniepunch Před 2 lety +8

      @@LeoVader Bruce has whisks

    • @weekenddrew3330
      @weekenddrew3330 Před 2 lety +19

      @@vonniepunch dogs have whiskers too

  • @lefteyereport6354
    @lefteyereport6354 Před 2 lety +12

    Dude every cat I've owned has learned what "trim your claws" and "bath" means. And let me tell you, none of them are fucking pleased when they hear that.

  • @jarkmonsoon5527
    @jarkmonsoon5527 Před 2 lety +16

    Seen a couple videos but finally subbed after I heard “I don’t care if the creators have zero answers for any of these questions. I will have answers for these questions.” That’s the honest self awareness I need

  • @LeoMafraArt
    @LeoMafraArt Před 2 lety +716

    Did Leo just make his Patreon canon in the Stuart Little Universe, the SLU?

    • @NoFairiesAllowed
      @NoFairiesAllowed Před 2 lety +28

      Only in movie canon. The tv show is alternate reality where Leo has Onlyfans.

    • @wyattmason8838
      @wyattmason8838 Před 2 lety +2

      @@NoFairiesAllowed that's only canon if you make your own SLU content confirming it

    • @scr0ngle108
      @scr0ngle108 Před 2 lety +2

      Stuart
      Little
      Universe
      Theory

  • @JudahDeNose
    @JudahDeNose Před 2 lety +494

    They really skirt around the fact that he's a mouse in the book, opting only to ever call him mouse-like
    I'm pretty sure there's no moment in the book where's he's actually described as having a tail, or large ears
    Thusly, I think he's just a small human

    • @forestfire3549
      @forestfire3549 Před 2 lety +29

      Holy shit

    • @_ikako_
      @_ikako_ Před 2 lety +68

      AND THE DRAWINGS ARE JUST VISUAL METAPHORS! GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER PEOPLE, THE GLOBALISTS ARE PUTTING CHEMICALS IN THE WATER THAT TURN YOUR LITTLE HUMAN FRIENDS INTO LITERAL MICE!!!!

    • @WobblesandBean
      @WobblesandBean Před 2 lety +107

      Yeah, that's exactly what he is. He's not a literal mouse, he's a tiny man who's "mouse-like". He has mouse features, including a friggin' tail of all things, but he was conceived and born from human parents, and is always regarded throughout the books as a human man. It's.... complicated.
      It's definitely one of those things that can only make sense to children, because they'll just blindly accept anything at that age. A fat guy who stalks you every waking moment to see if you're being naughty and breaks into your house once a year to commit reverse burglary? Sure thing. A kleptomaniac magical woman who's got an unhealthy obsession with human dentata? Right on. A human family who gives birth to a boy but looks like a mouse and matures faster than Benjamin Button, who is fully human yet looks exactly like a mouse for some wholly unexplained reason? Yeah sure, anyway when's lunch?

    • @muther1997
      @muther1997 Před 2 lety +30

      Does the cat mafia try to kill him or is it just the regular mafia?

    • @jackp492
      @jackp492 Před rokem

      @@WobblesandBean so what are his fake parents when they turn up, also mouse looking people?

  • @coreyorey
    @coreyorey Před 2 lety +19

    As I child I had two theories: Stuart was in a “princess and the frog” scenario and he just had to overcome some personality flaw to become a real boy again. The other theory I had was that it was supposed to be a commentary on human experiments on rats. But then why introduce a bird instead of a monkey or a pig, which are other animals we usually use for testing purposes. I also think we could assume that this movie and Enchanted occur in the same universe and that Stuart is merely a cartoon mice that slipped thru to our world. Or maybe the product of a regular mice and a cartoon one.

    • @chuckwagon3718
      @chuckwagon3718 Před 2 měsíci

      Humans do experiments on birds too. Mostly pigeons, but songbirds are also used as a model for the neurobiology of language learning.

  • @Notorietypulp
    @Notorietypulp Před rokem +7

    The animation style used for the TV series reminds me of rwby because of the budget level, and now I cant stop thinking about a recut to fuse the 2 shows. I mean the weird treatment of the faunus combined with the ambiguity of animal human communications in stuart little seems... destined.

  • @z-beeblebrox
    @z-beeblebrox Před 2 lety +233

    "I don't care if the creators have zero answers to these questions. *I* am going to have answers to these questions."
    I've never identified with a statement about fiction more than this.

    • @LukeSciarappa
      @LukeSciarappa Před 9 měsíci +2

      +++. I uh, kind of wish some of the answers were better though... But I've got nothing myself so respect to the attempt!

  • @elipage1317
    @elipage1317 Před 2 lety +331

    Bird Guy here: the falcon noise is the same stock Red Tailed Hawk noise every single movie uses for all large birds. Really gets my goat. Great video

    • @_ikako_
      @_ikako_ Před 2 lety +65

      clearly not enough of a bird guy, otherwise you'd know that all large birds are fake and just have speakers in them that only play that one sound.

    • @dotsydude
      @dotsydude Před 2 lety +7

      Shut up bird

    • @ashcombrink4998
      @ashcombrink4998 Před 2 lety +27

      @@_ikako_ woah woah, he said he's a "bird guy." What assurances do we have that HE'S real?

    • @chrismanuel9768
      @chrismanuel9768 Před 9 měsíci +4

      Birds aren't real. Bird guy is a government plant

  • @GiantGopherNutz
    @GiantGopherNutz Před 2 lety +12

    The entire video was just preparing us so that all the jokes landed in the ending sketch, and it was masterfully executed

  • @mayumi7590
    @mayumi7590 Před 9 měsíci +6

    this is such an insanely classic timeless piece of media analysis that cemented itself permanently in my brain i keep coming back to revisit it thank you leo

  • @ChocolateGiddy-Up
    @ChocolateGiddy-Up Před 2 lety +239

    You know that trope in movies where the super smart kid gets ALL the answers wrong on the test, but the teacher knows they did it intentionally because that's statistically near impossible?
    I feel like that's what Leo's doing with the algorithm. Figuring out exactly what's popular, and then?
    Stuart fucking Little.

    • @monkeybusiness1039
      @monkeybusiness1039 Před 2 lety +42

      Bold of you to assume Stuart Little isn't still hot in the public's inner mind, secretly.

    • @armouredjester1622
      @armouredjester1622 Před 2 lety +13

      I know of someone who I'm sure did a review of the first movie before this
      Yep, BionicPig did his at the end of June.

  • @LeoMafraArt
    @LeoMafraArt Před 2 lety +731

    Only one question remains: What about Chicken Little? Where does he fit in the lore? Is he related to our little mouse friend? Much to think about...

    • @e.d.5766
      @e.d.5766 Před 2 lety +37

      Is it a contained town that was exposed to the virus? In which case, was the sky falling actually the collapse of the dome/roof ceiling built to prevent the airborne virus from spreading? Does that mean that following Chicken Little, more wildlife is exposed to it?

    • @matiasbosques3002
      @matiasbosques3002 Před 2 lety +15

      @@e.d.5766 holy shit, I think you just broke the code!

    • @mrchicken388
      @mrchicken388 Před 2 lety +20

      This reads like a Kojima tweet.

    • @WobblesandBean
      @WobblesandBean Před 2 lety +12

      @@e.d.5766 Dogs and cats living together, MASS HYSTERIA!

    • @cobwebinthecorner
      @cobwebinthecorner Před 2 lety +4

      What about the Garfield universe?

  • @DNOPLAYSGAMES
    @DNOPLAYSGAMES Před 2 lety +8

    This is the most petty thing I’ve ever watched and I absolutely love it. 6 minutes in and I cannot believe there’s nearly 20 minutes left. Please just do this for every movie ever.

  • @kate2create738
    @kate2create738 Před rokem +11

    The more you describe Snowball’s family dynamics, the more I related to him as an adult lol 😂

  • @word69420
    @word69420 Před 2 lety +562

    I can’t believe I laughed at your “art”. You win this round, Vader.

    • @casteanpreswyn7528
      @casteanpreswyn7528 Před 2 lety +5

      @@georgedowns4034 *perfect
      Ftfy

    • @casteanpreswyn7528
      @casteanpreswyn7528 Před 2 lety +1

      @@georgedowns4034 so what exactly is your issue? Be specific.

    • @joeb2309
      @joeb2309 Před 2 lety

      @@casteanpreswyn7528 Watch the video.

    • @casteanpreswyn7528
      @casteanpreswyn7528 Před 2 lety +1

      @@joeb2309 I have.
      I just want this dude to be specific and back his claims up, but it seems too much for the coward.

    • @casteanpreswyn7528
      @casteanpreswyn7528 Před 2 lety +2

      @@georgedowns4034 so you are incapable of defending the position you have taken, and are now resorting personal attacks when called out.
      Good to know you are a coward, like I said earlier.

  • @jacksonpollard4106
    @jacksonpollard4106 Před 2 lety +47

    Makes me think of Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated where they explained the lore of why scooby could talk. Apparently there was a race of extra dimensional aliens that crossed over to earth during Egyptian times and used animals as host bodies for their minds, hence the Egyptian reverence of animals, and then they interbreeded with the animal population and many of their descendants have human level intelligence and can talk, so basically a small minority of all animals descended from the aliens can speak and scooby is one of them. They even have a criminal insane asylum for intelligent animal criminals as well. They gave way more "talking animal" lore than I ever expected in that show lol.

  • @lavasharkandboygirl9716
    @lavasharkandboygirl9716 Před 2 lety +2

    It’s a testament to your personality that this video is longer than your Now you see me video

  • @obscureskeleton
    @obscureskeleton Před 6 měsíci +2

    15:14 lmao this whole video is great watch from start to finish

  • @Bandalorian
    @Bandalorian Před 2 lety +101

    "In this scene the bug farts just like a human, so theres much still to think about" I'm in orbit

  • @simonamorim8178
    @simonamorim8178 Před 2 lety +115

    I haven’t seen this movie since I was very young, so I was not expecting to be confronted with and have to deal with the implications of mouse bigotry so soon into the film.

  • @nathana3170
    @nathana3170 Před 2 lety +5

    I’m very interested in the Stuart Mech fan fiction

  • @ayekareads
    @ayekareads Před 9 měsíci +1

    I'm so glad the Leo Vader Patreon in now apart of official Stuart Little lore!

  • @handlesRdumb
    @handlesRdumb Před 2 lety +79

    In later years when Stuart's dad couldn't save him from a misdiagnosed disease (in which he sacrificed leg muscle and tissues for some strange transplant treatment) he abandoned his family and became a doctor that specialized in diagnosis. But the memory of Stuart took it's toll on his mental health and he eventually fakes his death and escapes to Mexico on motorcycles with his doctor friend who has terminal cancer.

  • @th4tw3irdg1rl
    @th4tw3irdg1rl Před 2 lety +359

    Cats can absolutely learn words. My cat will react to the word "food," in particular. Granted, that's due to some serious day in day out associations, so snowbell reacting to "bath" in the same way would mean they bathe him regularly. That's not completely out of the question, given that he is a white long haired cat who is allowed outdoors, but even with that they're probably bathing him too much.

    • @lefteyereport6354
      @lefteyereport6354 Před 2 lety +51

      All of the cats I've owned have eventually learned to hate the word "bath" to the point that they would hide if it was said at them and it would become far more difficult to bathe them, requiring us to spell it out.

    • @LittleZbot
      @LittleZbot Před rokem +59

      @@lefteyereport6354 Same here. One of them even managed to figure out B-A-T-H and we had to resort to the word "Cleansing".

    • @roymarshall_
      @roymarshall_ Před rokem +58

      ​@@LittleZbot I'm a human and I would be terrified if somebody told me "its time for your cleansing"

    • @plipplop1769
      @plipplop1769 Před rokem +4

      @@roymarshall_ I’d be scared at bath too over 6 years old

    • @yuki97kira
      @yuki97kira Před rokem +6

      My cats understand. They know their names, would sit on the place i pat, and would run if they think we are angry at them

  • @k-theory8604
    @k-theory8604 Před 2 lety +3

    No one, absolutely not a single soul had to dive this deep into the Stuart Little universe, but I'm so glad you did.

  • @honeychicken1216
    @honeychicken1216 Před 2 lety +5

    These are the hard hitting questions we need to be asking thank you 🙏🏽

  • @bloomindoom
    @bloomindoom Před 2 lety +85

    "What is the structure of the animal kingdom in Stuart Little?"
    finally, someone asking the real questions

  • @PieMastyr
    @PieMastyr Před 2 lety +244

    interesting thing to note is that the only speaking mice are white lab mice. Perhaps in this universe science figured out a way to create hyper intelligent mice. Then again the other 2 mice were meant to look like they could be his parents so... who knows. Also I hate this spelling of Stuart, it just looks weird to me.

    • @amagicalduck155
      @amagicalduck155 Před 2 lety +12

      That's literally just how Stuart is spelled tho?

    • @PieMastyr
      @PieMastyr Před 2 lety +16

      @@amagicalduck155 it can be spelled Stewart , Steward and Steuart as well. All of them are kinda awful to look at tbh but i just find Stuart to be the second worst

    • @amagicalduck155
      @amagicalduck155 Před 2 lety +4

      @@PieMastyr my uncle's name is Stuart so it looks more correct to me than any other spelling

    • @PieMastyr
      @PieMastyr Před 2 lety +3

      Yeah these sorts of things always happen with name spellings. It comes down to familiarity most of the time, though for me in this case it's mostly aesthetic. It's also a bit of phonetics too since i like the pronunciation of the name with a distinct 'w' sound like "stew-art" or "stoo-wert" rather than "stoo-art" which to me is implied by the u spelligs. Either way it's personal preference, i just thought itd be fun to mention

    • @nickshaffer80
      @nickshaffer80 Před 2 lety +5

      or those white mice are the same species from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

  • @lukemacinnes5124
    @lukemacinnes5124 Před 9 měsíci +2

    even in the event they can't understand the cat surely stuart could act as an interpreter and they'd completely understand them in that scenario

  • @liambecker558
    @liambecker558 Před 2 lety +3

    “Dame Judy Stench” is probably one of the best jokes I’ve heard all year

  • @knottydm2448
    @knottydm2448 Před 2 lety +143

    modern philosophy needs modern questions

  • @jtwilliams3064
    @jtwilliams3064 Před 2 lety +53

    Stuart Little 4: George's Cousin famously went on to be snubbed at the Academy Awards, winning only one for set design.

  • @bobross2123
    @bobross2123 Před rokem +4

    My theory is that many animals have their normal sounds/body language to communicate with other animals who understand that, like a foreign language to humans basically. The cats can choose to talk to the humans, and the humans figure they’re being ignored when the cats arent speaking to the humans, making the ignoring mutual.

  • @comradestylin
    @comradestylin Před rokem +1

    This channel is so validating to me as I always wind up fixating on the details and implied lore of media worlds. Great stuff!

  • @onfrolicker9317
    @onfrolicker9317 Před 2 lety +103

    I would really like to see Leo Vader riding a tiny little motor bike but it looks completely normal compared to him because he’s mouse sized

  • @inyrui
    @inyrui Před 2 lety +135

    you are seriously one of the most underrated youtubers. your content is really funny i hope you blow up soon

    • @poralitical
      @poralitical Před 2 lety +1

      I think it's cause youTube hates small creators because it doesn't have enough data yet to be able to predict who will like the channel, and they're not gonna waste time on anyone who won't make them that sweet sweet ad revenue so they drag their feet bothering to recommend anyone who doesn't have a decent CTR. Now that he's found an audience and CZcams know his metrics are good and the earning potential is there, I think it's just a matter of time before he releases one that hits the algorithm just right and gets pushed out to a lot of people at once. The growth from his 'are they wizards?' to now is already impressive, and that effect just gets exponentially bigger the larger your subscriber count is to start.
      A couple of channels I watch will talk about the channel itself from time to time, and they all describe a similar process. I think most people are biased against smaller channels as well, so it can be roughest trying to build up from that. And he's already done that incredibly fast.

  • @strawberrylemonadelioness
    @strawberrylemonadelioness Před 8 měsíci +1

    This has not only opened up a whole new world of Stuart Little Lore but has also just raised more questions.

  • @Antifearn
    @Antifearn Před rokem +2

    Reasons why I love Snowbell:
    1. He’s a cat
    2. He and the other cats were the only good part about the Stuart Little films
    3. He’s voiced by Nathan Lane for no damn reason
    4. He’s a beautiful cat and I really want to pet him

  • @bryn4962
    @bryn4962 Před 2 lety +30

    7:26 I’m not super familiar with Catholicism so I might just be misinterpreting what the sign of the cross means but I genuinely thought for a second that the nun believed Stuart Little was a demon and was trying to ward him off

  • @HeatherVsTheWorld
    @HeatherVsTheWorld Před 2 lety +40

    I love how this video didn't end with a straight answer so, now I'm just sitting here still wondering if the little family can understand their cat.

  • @ximachimpx
    @ximachimpx Před 2 lety +3

    Bro you are Hella underrated, and you are funny as FUCK. Coming from a dirty, hardened restaurant line cook, you're making me giggle after a 13 hour shift. Thank you. I will forever like and comment on every video to support your channel.

  • @kataddy
    @kataddy Před rokem

    Obsessed with this video. Gonna have to binge watch your whole channel now

  • @AJellieDonut
    @AJellieDonut Před 2 lety +63

    Are we sure that the "dog" that says it's own name is actually a dog? Is it explicitly stated that it is a dog? Cause it looks like a cat to me. I think it's just supposed to be the common "talk to the girl and and it turns out to be a gruff voiced dude" trope.

    • @TheBrunomindhorn
      @TheBrunomindhorn Před 2 lety +9

      Yeah, looks a lot like a cat to me.

    • @elzoredagreat4642
      @elzoredagreat4642 Před 2 lety +29

      I've seen the episode, I thought it was a cat too until later on Snowbell said it was a dog. I think another character refers to it as a dog too.

  • @TahtahmesDiary
    @TahtahmesDiary Před 2 lety +383

    As a transracial adoptee Stuart being chosen reminds me of when people adopt kids from other countries/communities. Basically for the exotic factor even though they are not in any way prepared or qualified. But they are them and have good intentions so it's fine, right? Their a hero....RIGHT?! Meanwhile Stuart almost dies several times from the cat to other regular modes of living they enjoy. And the kids who would have thrived in that community are.....still in the orphanage 🤷🏾‍♀️🤔🤦🏾‍♀️

    • @_ikako_
      @_ikako_ Před 2 lety +97

      damn, the littles really only adopted stuart for clout, huh?

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB Před 2 lety +36

      Exactly… you can consider the orphanage administration lady a bigot, but maybe she’s just seen this shit before. She knows what’s up when a WASP-y family adopts a mouse on a whim

    • @finnsweeney2604
      @finnsweeney2604 Před 2 lety +4

      I'm sorry but please tell me, what is a transracial?

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB Před 2 lety +61

      @@finnsweeney2604 I think it means you were adopted by a family that is a different race than your own

    • @chrisrichfield8906
      @chrisrichfield8906 Před 2 lety +12

      You low key calling your adoptive parents racist?

  • @monkskunk8162
    @monkskunk8162 Před 9 měsíci +2

    In the book, Stuart was never stated to be a mouse. Just a very small boy who looked like a mouse

  • @abikuneebus
    @abikuneebus Před rokem +2

    I just found your channel and I’m loving it and would love more movie breakdowns like this. Sorry don’t have the energy to try to make this a witty comment. ❤

  • @ohokaye817
    @ohokaye817 Před 2 lety +34

    I'm glad someone is finally using this platform for good

  • @almostshawn3230
    @almostshawn3230 Před 2 lety +40

    Stuart Little. Written by Greg Booker, best known for writing the screenplay for Stuart Little, and M. Night Shyamalan, best known for writing and directing the Sixth Sense. He also wrote and directed Unbreakable after writing the screenplay for Stuart Little.

  • @ratpacks9781
    @ratpacks9781 Před rokem

    THANK U FOR MAKING THIS I've been thinking about this for years!!!

  • @sugar.bean.
    @sugar.bean. Před 2 lety +3

    The "this bug farts just like a human" bit got my goat. I laughed for a solid 5 mins non stop

  • @Beavis-ej3ny
    @Beavis-ej3ny Před 2 lety +5

    Leo probably best described every early 2000's kids franchise.
    -Successful Movie
    -Kind Of Successful Sequel
    -Bad Straight To DVD 3rd Movie
    -Failed TV show

  • @dare7782
    @dare7782 Před 2 lety +18

    My theory is that based on their personalities, cats pretend to not be able to speak to humans. Although because they are sentient and do know the language, smart and respectful people like the Little family understand that the cats are understanding them (to some degree at least) by their responses when they speak and treat them thusly.

  • @BBones541
    @BBones541 Před rokem +1

    Cats can definitely understand words
    I would say "food" and my cat would go running over to her bowl and wait for me to fill it

  • @harryathornton4463
    @harryathornton4463 Před 2 lety

    Your vids are such high quality, dude. Keep up the incredible work! :)

  • @allaroundtubin
    @allaroundtubin Před 2 lety +22

    I’ve just realized that Stuart’s dad is Hugh Laurie, aka Dr. House and Senator Tom James. What range!

  • @zygoncommander1239
    @zygoncommander1239 Před 2 lety +11

    I completely forgot I read the Stuart Little book as a small child until I saw the illustration of Stuart and the tiny girl. That shit made me terrified of meeting a mouse the same size as me

  • @samuelflabra7326
    @samuelflabra7326 Před 2 lety +4

    Am I the only one that thought the cat said " If more people gave up there'd be fewer whores"? I know that makes no sense but that's what I heard even after playing it back several times.

  • @squattycoati931
    @squattycoati931 Před 2 lety

    This might be my favorite CZcams video. I have watched it a handful of times now making other people watch it and it’s just so great every time.

  • @SteeleGolem
    @SteeleGolem Před 2 lety +34

    Stuart Little? More like A Little Inconsistent Anthropomorphism

  • @michaelmarrinan9981
    @michaelmarrinan9981 Před 2 lety +21

    This might be my new favourite Leo Vader vid, the skit at the end absolutely killed me

  • @Billi_crow
    @Billi_crow Před 9 měsíci

    The flow of ur videos r seriously insane buddy great job

  • @CrazyCatMan13
    @CrazyCatMan13 Před 2 lety +1

    I’ve legitimately been thinking about this and watching this feels like an itch that has finally been scratched. Thank you for confirming I am not insane for bringing this up at every party.

  • @zombiespersonalchanal479
    @zombiespersonalchanal479 Před 2 lety +17

    Fun fact did you know that In real life cats have 2 language one for babies or used when adults when taken care of by humans and the other one used when they turn into adults to talk with other cats. So what it can be is that people may be able to understand cats but only if speaking cat language

  • @jerimoi3084
    @jerimoi3084 Před 2 lety +11

    Dude got in so deep he started calling stuart little 2 “SL2”

  • @c-20_v2
    @c-20_v2 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Bro i just realized house is Stewart littles dad how have i never noticed

  • @vssapaige
    @vssapaige Před rokem +1

    This video came out shortly after I had lost everything and became homeless. Things are much better now, but this video was one of the only good things I remember from that time, so thank you!

  • @RennsReviews
    @RennsReviews Před 2 lety +77

    Leo, you continue to be one of my favorite youtubers. Fantastic video!

    • @Guitar-Dog
      @Guitar-Dog Před 2 lety +1

      Hey it's my favorite boy, Renn with 2 Ns!
      Cut down on the smoking!

    • @xiopia3940
      @xiopia3940 Před 2 lety

      Ew

  • @felixbache5369
    @felixbache5369 Před 2 lety +39

    The farting bug had me in tears

  • @julianmcmillan2867
    @julianmcmillan2867 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I watched this movie such a long time ago.
    I am utterly flabbergasted that it is Hugh Laurie playing the dad.
    I'm going to watch it again.
    Just for Hugh Laurie.