♫ Arrow in the Knee (Skyrim Music Video) | Johnny "WLB" Medlar
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- čas přidán 14. 03. 2012
- A tribute to one of the most viral memes (for better or for worse) of 2011-12.
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This guy deserves as much subscribers as PewDiePie
UltraRandomed pinned, bruh!
UltraRandomed Actually, pewdiepie should have 20 million of his subs transferred to this guy.
UltraRandomed I agree
this is epic
UltraRandomed defi
Requirements to be a guard:
-Was an adventurer
-Took an arrow in the knee
Well for me the cult leader is Jarl BALLIN
Leet Speaker hehehehe yes
Daniel Devin must say "did someone steal your sweetrole every fucking second"
Daniel Devin I will apply
Jared Lilley But sick dance moves are a requirement to be an adventurer, meaning it's already in the list.
We need to find this dude who keeps aiming for the knees.
The Witcher 3...
There is a Gwint card that says "I aim for the knee... Always!"
DaBluMew John Reese in person of interest
DaBluMew the guy at the damn stables
DaBluMew I know he is know dead 💀 💀 💀 💀 and his family
You guys will never find me
Imagine attacking Whiterun as a Stormcloak and you open the door to Dragonsreach and just see Balgruuf being protected by a whole barricade of guards dancing in perfect harmony.
Lmfaoo
Then Tullius and Rikke walk out of the back wearing Whiterun Armor and says, "We used to be soldiers like you, until we took an arrow in the knee." And then the entire Imperial Legion, armed in the armor of Jarl Balgruuf destroyed the Stormcloak Army, and conquer all of Skyrim, and the same happens across the Dragonborn Empire. In High Rock and Cyrodiil, all warriors don the Armor of Whiterun, and the Emperor himself takes an arrow in the knee.
Suddenly, with a roar, the entire Empire shouts aloud "FOR WHITERUN!" and charges accross all the borders, conquering the rest of Tamriel.
I think this is the most likely outcome for both the Civil War and second Great War.
“This is why I stay in Windhelm..”
At first i'd be like😕then join in
I'd walk right tf back out in defeat, there isn't any winning that.
10 years ago, this song cracked me up. Now in old age, my own knee is going out and I use a cane. People ask what happened and I say, "I used to be an adventurer like you but then took an arrow to the knee" It helps me find true skyrim fans! Love it!!!
Sorry to hear about your knee, but your sense of humour awesome! You should do a little dance as well when you say it hahaha
Very similar situation here. I shattered both sides of my left ankle and split the tibia up from my foot a ways 15 yrs ago. I now am starting to have to use a cane as well. When you limp people usually can't tell what specific area it is. When someone asks what happened I also use the line. You can find fellow gamers who get a kick out of it and then sometimes you get those folks who just give you the blank stare. I laugh much harder at the dumbfounded folks.
"I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took an arrow in the knee"
*Proceeds to dance into Oblivion*
Actually "taking an arrow to the knee" is a slang for "got a child/married" in skyrim so....
@@morpheuslp4738 oh crap ur right.
Oblivion huh?
Elder Scrolls 4
The plains of Oblivion is no place the living should go. But this holy harmony of guards could walk in without fear.
i used to be a knee like you, then i took an adventurer to the arrow
This makes perfect sense!
Logic out of ten
Fucking 9
The SuperWhoLockian much senses has thats
The SuperWhoLockian best comment ever!
The SuperWhoLockian I used to be a guard like you, but then i removed the arrow in the knee.
Steps on how to be a guard.
1. Can dance
2. Were an adventurer
3. Took an arrow in the knee
4. Be a groovy dancer
5. Finding somebody's stolen sweetroll
6) Curved. Swords.
7. NO FRICKIN LOLLYGAGGING
8. Don’t have a belly full of mead
9. Can't conjure your own bed
@@emyra1345 10. Must have heard that they were forming the Dawnguard
Jarl Balgruuf’s sinister plan: defend Whiterun by “recruiting” adventurers into his dance cult. 🏹 🏃♀️🎯💥
Jarl Ballin.....
💀💀💀💀💀
😂
Of course, there is a civil war going on. That may be why he's abstaining from picking sides, the coming conflict is bound to have more than a few viable "recruits"
And you know it's serious when even his housecarl is dancing with the guards.
dragonborn: can i be a town guard
town guard: what can you do?
dragonborn: hold on
(grabs an arrow)
(stabs his knee with his arrow)
town guard: your in
F4GG0T M4N LOlolololol
F4GG0T M4N *You're
F4GG0T M4N hahahaha LOL so true
F4GG0T M4N YESSSSSSSSS SOOOO TRUEE XDD
I actually looked for a mod so I could become a guard. There is one on Nexus, but the steam version was discontinued.
For an injury to the knee it looks like it didn't affect their dancing.
Everette Bradfute Thats what i was going to say 😂
Everette Bradfute I know
What doesn't kill you makes you a guard
Well the saying I took an arrow in the knee means that the guard got married
That's the joke, Maxine. It's literal in this case, an actual arrow to the knee, not the saying. An actual arrowhead punctured his kneecap.
I have no idea why. But this song gives me nostalgia, sadness, happiness, and so many more emotions. Like this song is a parody of a few lines in the game. But for some silly reason it means so much more to me than just a random song.
Same man
same man
same man... i come here every few years just to remember good ole times...
Same man
Fck yeah.
This song will literally never get old.
69
Archer : I can headshot this guy....
Knee : *EXIST*
Archer : *YEET*
NOMAD MELODY LYRICS My theory is that all nords are born with magnetic knees
@@flargarbason1740 underrated comment there
This is the latest comment I have found so far and it was THREE MONTHS
@@cdragon7583 ain't yt recommendation a beautiful thing?
haha luckily i took out my knees years ago
This is so... Skyrim.
V0!D lol
Can we all just appreciate that a whole song was written about 1 single dialogue piece of a skyrim gaurd?
And an entire video that matches the music and story perfectly and makes excessive (and perfect) use of an epic dancing mod.
Not just "A" SKyrim guard... there are a lot of them who have taken arrows to the knee, that's what makes this song so amazing.
"of a skyrim guard" is an understatement...
Now we need to know who th, is shooting arrows to the knee on other places.
@@ashurad_fox5991my theory is that it’s an inside job to bolster white runs army do ballgruff can as send to the ruby throne and smash the dominion
2024 and still coming back to this 🍻 waking up to this song again "hey you, you're finally awake"
Top ten anime plot twists
10: the stable master can use a bow
And aims directly to your knee
2 the stable master has a bow
1 he's aiming at your knee
Matias Espinoza stand name : ze ARCHER
We found the guy shooting people in the knee
Stand name: emperor
Stand user: stable master
The dislikes are from people who got arrow in the knee.
Wow that's alot of guards
Link's Mysteries I did, and I liked it.
Or by people who got their sweetroll stolen
I guess i took an arrow to the knee then
And now they're investigating stolen sweet-rolls.
Hope everyone's knees are feeling better after 10 years! I think it's finally time to find that sweetroll.
Nope, old age starting to settle in. I can feel it in my knees...
Ask Covid. 🤣
*Aims for your knee*
@@trevorsizzle3705I am the lorax I speak for the the trees if ou chop one more i will aim for your knees
Nostalgia is the worst and best feeling, heres to my fellow adventurers of old 🍻 O how time passes.
Damn, we've gotten old.
@@aramhalamech4204 we really have
Legends, every one of us 🤙
Plot twist the stable master is paid by the jarl to make more guards
Fairly hilarious X"D
That would be the best plot twist xD
That sounds meast up
Plot twist all of the people in Skyrim took an arrow in the knee
Omg ur right
An adventurer might get nervous, a guard approaches with his knee drawn
House of Games XD
House of Games lol XD
House of Games 100th like
House of Games Lmao 😂
I laughed so hard that i wanted to like this but my finger went to dislike😂😂(i liked it)
I am sure the studio who created Skyrim would see this and crack up laughing. This song is amazing and so many memes are made from "I took an arrow in the knee." That line is so common that even if you didn't play Oblivion or Skyrim (or any of the elder scrolls games) you will still remember that line.
The best way to start 2021... With an arrow in the knee!
2020 was the arrow and we were the knee
@@williamgutsell4887 yeah, and we can't even fus ro dah at the arrow
2022?
I love how Avenicci is just standing there like "they're doing it again aren't they"
And Irinet joining them lol
your not my brother
I'm jarl ballen
Rambling Hyena, it's Irileth.
It's tradition that when a new guard joins they dance.
When you realize even this song is better then most singers whole albums
@Adolf Hitler bruh, didn't you die?
This is a genuinely good song.
Better than most rap these days
Ohohoho! Now that’s what I call a BURN!
@@grog447 fax
Every couple years I come back to this video cause this is just my childhood man I loved this song so much lmaoo
This video has been out for 11 years and it still a huge hit! and I still listen to this as I play the elder scrolls
The moral of the story is that the stable master has practiced archery for years just for these moments
That's the only reason the jarl doesn't hire a new one. He gives the jarl an Infinite suplly of theives and assassins to protect him for the rest of his days.
Southp
Plot twist he shot every guard in the kingdom to defend the kingdom
Becky McMurray lol the stable master sent hired thugs after me so I killed him
The story is they are being controlled
2020 and i thought i would pay my respects to the most legendary skyrim fan song
Oreo Is A Good Boy
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This game stole my heart like the arrow stole all mobility below my kneecap
@@cavemanchonny lol
Me dos
Jangles The War Pilot How are so many people still watching this😂 I remember watching this years ago
Professional quality, actually one of my favorite songs. Years later and I'm still coming back and listening to it regularly. Of course being a big Skyrim addict lends to this but this song totally stands on it's own in quality and enjoyability, Two-Thumbs up, great fun for the whole family. I've shared it with a bunch of friends, all love it.
Man, I love this song and I have a grand total of 0 mins playing Skyrim....
@@JeKramxel I mean.. maybe you should change that. Just look how fun it is! You too can take an arrow in the knee.
@@darkwrathdclxvi1557 you're replying to a post I made a year ago, and the funny part is that i recently started playing, and am absolutely loving it! Really great game, still wondering why it took me so long...
It has returned to my recommended, I have relapsed fully back into Elder Scrolls
"He's aiming for my legs, oh NoOoOoOoOo"
**epic dark elf lute solo**
9 gaurds dancing*
I USED TO BE AN ADVENTURER LIKE YOU AND THEN I TOOK AN ARROW IN THE KNEE!
JUST ASK ANY OF MY FELLOW GUARDS THEY'LL TELL YOU THAT ITS TRUE WE'VE ALL TAKEN ARROWS IN THE KNEE
AN ARROW IN THE KNEEEEEEEEEEE
oOoOoOoOoOoOo
"but then i took an arrow in the knee" *dances amazing without any problems*
An arrow in the knee means to propose
Yeah, I was just about to say that
Deserves more likes
Exactly Yolo Bet!!
@@aidaniles6021
in this case though, they literally took an arrow to the knee.
Every few months I come back here and this always cheer me up.
still a banger
fr fr
Yes
8 years after and I'm still watching this.
And I'm not ashamed
"Skyrim liked that"
"I liked that"
Respect
Neither am I.
Same until I took an arrow to the knee
how many people still play Skyrim i still do
me too
I have for the past I think 5 yrs
***** I used to love USA, then I took an arrow in the knee!
I've not even completed it yet
Just started a new game. Sadly, I took an arrow to the knee and retired to playing a settlement guard in Fallout 4.
This is not just a song now its a cult spread to all. Its fun and addictive to watch and listen.
Ive been listening to this song for years and still am in 2024.
For a person that took an arrow to the knee, he busts some godlike moves.
They all dance pretty well for people who've been shot in the knee😂
And 1% of their moves involve their knees! The other 99% is arrows. =D
Arrow in the knee actually mean getting married
U think unjured ppl will be qualified as guards
@@yacine778 it's actually a myth that an "arrow in the knee" means to get married, so all of the guards have indeed been injured if their stories are true.
@@draconicvoid8576 Incorrect, Ryu is right. In nordic times an "Arrow in the Knee." Typifies men getting down on one knee for proposal.
@@noahrevan5452 No
Bethesda Softworks needs to watch this
Snappy Cat10, trust me they probably have lol
day sould
wow, Puns
They really should
And make a brand new quest when you must shoot that guy in the knee( kinda like borderlands 2)
Came back 8 years later to feel the nostalgia from simpler times
I can't believe this song came out over a decade ago
Legend says The dovahkiin is still looking for an inn
Nah he’s a guard now
@Dovakiin 007 And I was the one that stole the sweet roll!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
@@jordangarcia3635 by order of the jarl stop right there
Atrji_the_khajiit The stablemaster shot him in the knee with an arrow in this video. Dovahkiin is now a Whiterun guard.
Haha
aweome moves for people with shattered knees
and i can't even walk with a mildly grazed knee
ikr xP
Banana Mustard yeah they have awesome moves but broken kneecaps
Banana Mustard 100th like
Pretty limber.
I love the implication that the method to become a guard is 1. Get annoyed by the guards telling you they took an arrow in the knee 2. Attack one out of annoyance 3. Run 4 get shot in the knee
How time passes, wish all my fellow adventurers, the ones we've lost on the way, those yet with us; happiness and peace 🖤
Also to you my friend
You to mate , lets hope people still come back in another 10 years to this song
"I took a arrow to the knee"
*continues to dance majestically*
Yes
@@BigM1020 You sir are the greatest dancer ever... Do you give classes?
I know
Taking an arrow to the knee is actually Nordic slang for getting married. Why do you think guys get down on their knee when they propose?
@@jordangarcia3635 Holy shit no one told me that.
Maybe because im a khajiit
The 1k dislikes is the guards because they felt like they were being made fun of
XD
No, they're heretics... and people who haven't played skyrim. (Who could also be heretics)
Dreconit Nah, they're the vampires who are triggered that they can't join the "arrow in the knee" squad because they only get bolts in theire knees.
Or maybe the creator of this stole their sweetroll.
Oh my.. This is the best comment I have seen in years :D
This is just pure nostalgia
Seriously though 😔
Fun fact: “Taking an arrow in the knee” is nordic slang for getting married. They used to be adventurers but now they have spouses and possibly children.
Can you stop ruining the meme?
@@gj4047 Ruining memes is my sole purpose on this earth. ^w^
@@ArcadianFBC by the order of the Jarl, stop right there!
This is true, my dad used to fly airplanes and do all sorts of crazy stupid stunts. Then he got married, he no longer an adventure now, he guards my families house.
He took an arrow to the knee lol
Turns out the guards weren't being weird. They were just rubbing in the fact they were married.
Interviewing for any Skyrim Guard Position:
Have you ever taken an arrow to the knee before?
I have indeed
HIRED
Brian Ellingburg Oh, and one more thing..can you dance?
Me: I have not...
Employer: *Takes out bow and shoots me in the knee* well you have now welcome aboard...
oh i am hired already =)
Doom Driver Awesome! 😁 How is it so far? I’ll be working in Whiterun soon, I’m just waiting on my arrow appointment.
@@Branbran1993 kkkkk yeah my arrow appointment its already its great the service hehe man
guard: takes an arrow to the knee
also the guard: dances with insanely flexible legs
He can dance good because his kneecaps are gone lol
Lol ya
That’s because take an arrow in the knee is an old Norse saying meaning “ getting married”
@@CrashDiesel23 This seems like a rude saying, but im laughing anyway
@@CrashDiesel23 I am genuinely surprised some people still believe this nonsense. There is no such saying documented. "Arrow in the knee" is basically just that - a joke from developers.
The first time I watched this is when I was 8 years old and my brother showed me this, well... I'm thirteen now. I was just sitting down on my couch and as soon as I remembered that this song even existed, I immediately got on my phone and searched it up. I am so happy now. God bless you, you are a true legend.
I tried to send a bio to one of the cities of Skyrim, so that i could get hired and support my family. Then they all asked me, and i quote: "Αre you interested in a job? Are your knees intact? Healthy? Do you have healthy knees?" I answered: "Thank Mara, i am healthy'.
Nobody ever hired me.
60 bounty added to Whiterun.....
TardisPays HD and now 60 Likes :3
Eclipse Bee yes! Lol
You disrespected the law now you must pay the fines
40 bounty added to Whiterun
9000 bounty added to whiterun
Who would've thought that the stable master knew how to use a bow
Wait, HE IS AIMING FOR MY LEG!
@@Jynxxxxy ...
*OOOOOH NOOOOOO*
I USED TO BE AN ADVENTURER LIKE YOU
When I killed his son he just hired
Some people to kill me
There's probably good medicine in Skyrim if the guards dance so well with a shot knee))) LOL)))) This is a masterpiece! Why can't I put more than one like????
@Ian I have a joke on my channel about a bottle of skooma and more jokes about Skyrim! Now I'm making a Daedric dagger out of steel. The video will be published soon!
@@sdfageorgesvlog6248 welp… I might’ve checked it out if you didn’t just advertise it on someone else’s video
@@flargarbason1740 I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings! But if I had not written this, you would never have seen it! Because CZcams makes a negligible amount of recommendations, and it's not a fact that someone who loves Skyrim will see these recommendations! Better believe your eyes, see for yourself!
Since i heard this song it popped up in my head once in a while, i had to hear it again. And from a musical point of view its really damn good !
"he looked at me and then he smiled and the he saiiid.."
Oh it's just down this street
THE END
You wish lol
Yessssss
Who all wish's Guards danced like that in Skyrim
Rion O'Connor bruh I shit you not I would never get off the game again
Saaaaammmmeee
If they danced like that in Skyrim I would not stop playing at all
That would be a sexy surprise
me
I know this is so old, but that medieval sounding guitar sounds so good
Anyone new with proper working knees : * exist *
Stable Master : Aw shit, here we go again.
Everyone's obsessed with TikTok dances when the real star is the guard's dance
Lmao tru
For a guard who quit adventuring due to knee problems, he sure can dance
you know, youre right. i never thought of that
Well their dance skill is 100
Actually "taking an arrow to the knee" is a slang for "got a child/married" in skyrim so....he still can dance.
@@morpheuslp4738 well but in dragon born case...
@@morpheuslp4738 it doesn’t mean that
I like how the Stablemaster looked as if he was doing a celebratory dance for finally getting that 100th guard (Johnny's character)
I used to be a knee like you, then an adventurer took my arrow.
I love how the the Jarl's advisor isn't dancing. IT IS SOOO HIM
Yeah Right lol ! And I love how the jarl's huscarl is like "I wanna dance too !"
He simply doesn't participate in cultural appropriation xD
“......fucking lollygaggers.”
😂😂
RIP
Anyone else five years late to this video
Grayson Hazlewood yup! All my friends are into Skyrim and I used to just be meh, but then this one girl I know on Fanfiction wrote a How To Train Your Dragon/Skyrim crossover and now I'm hooked to Skyrim, I was already obsessed with HTTYD, which is the only reason I started read her story and I'm glad because Skyrim is so awesome!
Grayson Hazlewood me lol
Grayson Hazlewood Meh
Grayson Hazlewood sadly
Grayson Hazlewood Sadly I am.
Hearing this for the first time after re-playing Skyrim for the first time in a few years, and holy crap, this is soooo good!!
Is this heaven?!
Whiterun - 14h35
Jarl: Hello my friend, why are you here today?
Potential guard: i wanna become a guard in whiterun.
Jarl: Oh! Fine, are you good in combat?
Potential guard: no but...
Jarl: but what?
Potential guard: i took an arrow in the knee
Jarl: you're hired!
lol
Aaaand... that's why we siege Whiterun
The guards dont take an actual “Arrow” to the knee, the phrase “I took an arrow to the knee” refers to marriage, as in...the guard got married/proposed ☺️
LOL
Chloe K dude no offense but it doesnt todd howard said it himself they didnt mean it that way
Now I know not to pick a dance fight against a whiterun guard
True so true
Chase Balmer lol
And thats how I lost 100 gold
Tru
Chase Balmer yea that's great advice
It's 2021 and you randomly remember it and it's still beautiful
2024 and still going. Happy adventures and may your knees be arrow free.
Let me guess.... somebody stole your sweetroll
Let me guess, someone stole your arrow in the knee
UwU Furry Ramen No lollygaggin
@@dedom5686 Let me guess, someone stole your knee in the arrow
@@k3rt244 yes they did ;-;
@@k3rt244 lol that was propably the best episode of arrow
Love how the Jarl's housecarl was also dancing in the background. Gives the impression that either she herself was once shot in the knee too, or that she just really enjoys the thought of knee injuries XD
Sarah Panther and the jarl and his steward haven't even noticed any of this like it's a regular thing that happens in dragonsreach
Kylie Stevens
"What's going on in here?"
"Oh, the guards have just randomly broken into song and dance again"
*sigh* "Again?"
"Just ignore them. Their knees won't hold out for long"
Well, she does express interest in using force to "solve" the problem of annoying bureaucrats so...
OH MY GOD YES IT DOES
Also, she probably just liked the gaurds pain!! :P
Please take my Internets my fellow adventurer, I have never laugh for 5 minutes straight before.
2021 have not seen this song for a long time since now, it's still just as amazing
"I used to be Dragonborn like you, then I took an arrow in the knee..."
LOL
"Maybe I'm the dragonborn and I just don't know yet"
I used to be a prisoner on the death sentence, then I killed alduin and mirrak
Gohan it is not a sin to fight for the good
i have one thing to say
FUS RO DAH
I have a mod that when anyone mention "arrow in the knee" they actually get shot in the knee or electrocuted
My pc can barely run Skyrim without mods but if it could I would love to use that mod.
What mod is that???
I!! NEED!! IT!!
Cries in PS3
@Ewan Carner I guess so
This video is the reason why I started playing Skyrim.
I feel so old, revisiting this song in 2023. I remember when it was fresh!
This is nostalgic.
7 years later and still a banger
definitely your comment is right above mine from seven years ago
@@Burgerboy118 cool
This going Tobe one of those "lasts forever" songs
Its 8 years now... 2020
Haha yeah that’s not going so great is it... why does 2020 suck
1000 bounty added to whiterun
it's been 11 years with an arrow in the knee so happy 11 year anniversary skyrim.
Still goes hard to this day.
3AM
"Just one more video"
"An arrow in the knee? Well why not"
B E S T D A Y O F M Y L I F E
Yesterday i killed a dragon
Jarl: you're the dragonborn
Me: but i took an arrow un the knee
Jarl: my bad
Un the?
The dragonborn needs like 300 dadric arrows to the knee for the jarl to allow him to be a guard
@@logicalwren2326 make that over 9000 bone arrows
this still will never get old haven't heard it in 3 years so decided to listen to it once more
Playing through again in anticipation of the 10 year anniversary and just remembered this song.
Just imagine walking to the whiterun stables and all off a sudden you hear this song playing from the gate, then whiterun gaurd armor appears on you and you see an arrow flying at your knee's in full speed.
WULD NA KEST
@@Bakkcom uh?
@@mrs.random5972 i yeet myself out of there
@@Bakkcom ah
Whoosh-
Did you hear thaaAAAAHHHHHH!!!! ME FOKIN KNEE CAPS
I was at a festival on the Costa blanca a couple of years ago and I heard this song being played from one of the smaller stages, I went as quick as my drunken legs would carry me and almost died of joy to discover 3 guys from the crowd on a raised platform performing (almost) the very same dance seen here. That was a good day
Should have used your drunked arms to film it I need to see that
I would have been so unbelievably happy omg
11 years and I'm still watching this masterclass
"I used to be an adventurer like you,
then I crossed paths with another of those damned dragon-shouting stealth archers..."
Let's all hope that this song is an Easter egg in the next elder scrolls...who's with me?
Hellz yeah!
Totally
Yah!
cool
and
yes
:3
I am
Imagine this was the last piece of human existence and aliens saw this.
"damn, these humans must have been awesome"
Glorious!! Something to be remembered of
They’re be like “dafuq did these humans do at other times?”
In that case humans would be badass.
Zortec it seems these Earth life-forms have received high-velocity projectiles directly to the lower extremities.
Yet they are engaging in rhythmic movement of aformentioned extremities...
Peculiar to say the least.
Consult the council!
*Weird shrieking noises*
Legit just remembered this masterpiece