Pou: A Retrospective

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During the 2010's, mobile apps and games experienced a huge boom in popularity- Subway Surfers, Fruit Ninja, Temple Run, Talking Angela, and yes- everyone's favorite amorphous blob, Pou! Today, let's take a trip back to this era to revisit Pou, one of the most popular apps of the decade, as well as one of the strangest.
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  • @skullchimes
    @skullchimes Жыл бұрын

    I'll never forget classmates forcing Pou to eat until he can't anymore and said NO, out loud, in the middle of class, few people doing that in the same room. That was too funny

  • @snoleopard

    @snoleopard

    Жыл бұрын

    can we just appreciate the url that the youtube gods decided to give this video

  • @ps1hagridoufofcharacter

    @ps1hagridoufofcharacter

    Жыл бұрын

    that "no" noise is so iconic, me and my siblings say it all the time lol

  • @lillukoita

    @lillukoita

    Жыл бұрын

    Ou and I remember not feeding it so it would stay in that "cute baby form"... so I had a starving baby-pou that was like level 35... I was a horrible child xd

  • @annahimmel

    @annahimmel

    Жыл бұрын

    those kids grew up to be sociopaths for sure lol

  • @ps1hagridoufofcharacter

    @ps1hagridoufofcharacter

    Жыл бұрын

    @@annahimmel i was one of those and no i didnt

  • @LauracLaurac
    @LauracLaurac Жыл бұрын

    I remember begging my dad to lend me his phone to download and play Pou. Apparently the day after that Pou got hungry during my dad's meeting and kept making weird noises. Needless to say he didn't stay downloaded for long.

  • @cementarii8458

    @cementarii8458

    Жыл бұрын

    LMAO

  • @bluesheep7

    @bluesheep7

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol, it happened to my mother too XD

  • @dapotatoe7959

    @dapotatoe7959

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@UnknownAccount-excuse me?

  • @lamibonxd

    @lamibonxd

    Жыл бұрын

    @ferret ur carrying on the legacy

  • @waltuh1000

    @waltuh1000

    Жыл бұрын

    IT HAPPENED TO ME TOO, WHILE MY DAD WAS IN THE COURT DOING HIS JOB AS A SAUL GOODMAN THE SOUNDS STARTED 😭💀💀💀

  • @charlieflowers8032
    @charlieflowers8032 Жыл бұрын

    i showed pou to my poppa (grandfather) when it first came out. he has had a few strokes and is a bit slow so i figured it would be fun for him. he still has his pou on his phone to this day. he loves it and i can tell he really feels for it. he has never spent any of the in game currency because "i like pou the way he is, i don't feel the need to change him" so 10 years later, he's still just a brown lump being tended to by an 80 year old man every day. it is so sweet. i was literally in intermediate when i downloaded it on his phone, i'm 23 now 😭

  • @charlieflowers8032

    @charlieflowers8032

    Жыл бұрын

    there is nothing like looking over to him and seeing an innocent grin on his face while he quick swipes the screen. when he does that i know he's cleaning pou, and it warms my soul.

  • @charlieflowers8032

    @charlieflowers8032

    Жыл бұрын

    i've just been informed by my nana that he's actually had to upgrade his phone, but due to not knowing if he can transfer his pou he keeps the old phone charged* next to his bed so he can look after pou still... i'm not crying ur crying

  • @charlieflowers8032

    @charlieflowers8032

    Жыл бұрын

    also in nz here! we pronounced it the same as you within our friend group

  • @korn6722

    @korn6722

    3 ай бұрын

    THIS IS SO SWEET!!

  • @awakeache3627

    @awakeache3627

    3 ай бұрын

    This is so adorable, I genuinely think I'll cry

  • @outrage_swampert979
    @outrage_swampert979 Жыл бұрын

    A childhood memory that didn't went horribly wrong because the devs weren't hungry cash grabs? Wow, Miracles do happen

  • @Snowy_snow561

    @Snowy_snow561

    8 ай бұрын

    WOWWY

  • @ShatitoLlegando

    @ShatitoLlegando

    5 ай бұрын

    Wos

  • @luigi7834
    @luigi7834 Жыл бұрын

    pou story!! my brother originally downloaded this game but my mom became obsessed with it. one day she needed a surgery and had to stay in the hospital a few days. she left us detailed instructions (like a full page) about how to take care of the pou. like what to do with him and at what times. when he needed to be fed, played with etc. like you would a real pet

  • @MisakiPopo

    @MisakiPopo

    Жыл бұрын

    This is so cute 🥹

  • @lluminescent

    @lluminescent

    Жыл бұрын

    That is adorable.

  • @youngmilli660

    @youngmilli660

    Жыл бұрын

    That is sooooo sweet! I hope you took good care of em

  • @SheHulk-jg2jc

    @SheHulk-jg2jc

    11 ай бұрын

    Proud pou mom!

  • @guytrashgurtdog

    @guytrashgurtdog

    11 ай бұрын

    ain’t no way bruh 💀

  • @Jadeddoxy
    @Jadeddoxy Жыл бұрын

    Pou is a good memory for me if I gotta be honest cause my dad really cared for that little fella My dad was going on a trip and I played Pou on his phone at the time and he promised me that he'd take care of Pou and when he came back from the trip Pou was groomed very well and he was so proud of it ,and Pou had a yellow suit too I love my dad I added the same comment in insta with awful grammar lol

  • @90sPikachu

    @90sPikachu

    Жыл бұрын

    that's sooo sweet c':

  • @jasontvghost

    @jasontvghost

    Жыл бұрын

    your dad sounds awesome

  • @B0OBIES

    @B0OBIES

    Жыл бұрын

    Aww that's so sweet! What an awesome memory to have 💖

  • @Batbitesthesecond

    @Batbitesthesecond

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh my god thats actually adorable, my dad would have immediately murdered my tamagotchi

  • @barkingsandwich

    @barkingsandwich

    Жыл бұрын

    C:

  • @Lidia__
    @Lidia__ Жыл бұрын

    I love that they didnt make pou in to something massive. Its still the cute little app and not just a distant memory like some other things

  • @jasperjazzie

    @jasperjazzie

    9 ай бұрын

    same tbh, it's nice seeing something just do what it set out to do and not try to be anything bigger than it needs to be by making it into a franchise and milking the hell out of it

  • @robertschnobert9090

    @robertschnobert9090

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@jasperjazzieI wish Nintendo finally stopped milking Mario. He's a plumber for Jesus sake! A plumber! He's not supposed to be in space or other planets. Nintendo is CRAZY 🌈

  • @Muv22HD

    @Muv22HD

    4 ай бұрын

    I managed to log into my old account and he was 1 health 1 food 1 fun and 1 energy with 6 poos and extremely dirty, but he is level 50 and

  • @Lidia__

    @Lidia__

    4 ай бұрын

    @robertschnobert9090 what makes you believe they are milking mario? It's a game series that focuses more on gameplay and new ideas than anything else.

  • @Brekfestus

    @Brekfestus

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@robertschnobert9090 this fella might be stupid

  • @raphniamagna2567
    @raphniamagna2567 Жыл бұрын

    honestly its nice knowing that Pou didn't go the way of fnaf and stayed its own game without turning into a heavily marketed multimedia franchise that lives and dies by the decisions of execs who couldn't care less about it as long as it is generating loads of money every second

  • @maddieb.4282

    @maddieb.4282

    8 ай бұрын

    Lol someone’s bitter

  • @losalphaenterprises

    @losalphaenterprises

    6 ай бұрын

    I would say Talking Tom is the better comparison. They are really the same concept, one became big and the other stayed humble. Even tho I'm not really interested in fnaf, it has genuine care put into it

  • @foxqy8858
    @foxqy8858 Жыл бұрын

    Pou was basically the only thing that got me to stay alive when I had unalive feelings in secondary school because if I died, he would have no one to look after him ! That's a weird repressed memory you just unlocked... edit : thank you all for the kind messages and now I'm totally fine, it was a long time ago

  • @C0ffelover_

    @C0ffelover_

    Жыл бұрын

    Hopefully everything is okay

  • @lepus9588

    @lepus9588

    Жыл бұрын

    i’m glad you’re still here :)

  • @huffing_metal

    @huffing_metal

    Жыл бұрын

    That is adorable in a sad way.

  • @spaghettiisyummy.3623

    @spaghettiisyummy.3623

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm not sure if that's depressing, or..

  • @KirboCheesecake

    @KirboCheesecake

    Жыл бұрын

    i mean, same sort of?

  • @vetrovnik
    @vetrovnik Жыл бұрын

    There was a whole theory in my primary school about poop in Pou. Someone started a rumor that if you let the poop accumulate up to a certain point, without clicking on it to get coins, you would get a baby Pou alongside your regular Pou. So you'd have two Pous to take care of and that would apparently unlock a tone of features? I vividly remember a kid saying they could have their Pous fight and that on their phone they had two fully grown Pous in golden suits, but alas he couldnt take his smartphone to school...

  • @Steph-ty6lg

    @Steph-ty6lg

    Жыл бұрын

    Wtf, that fake rumors made it to my small school in eastern europe, Pou really was a fever dream, and poor guy, i remember so many kids pous were surrounded with shit for that magical 2nd pou to be made

  • @camthecamposer5912

    @camthecamposer5912

    Жыл бұрын

    This is incredible, I remember that exact same rumor making it to my school in Chile. I wonder how a rumor this weird made it both to a random school in south america to a small town in eastern europe. Cause like, these things were mostly spread mouth to mouth so... how on earth?

  • @vetrovnik

    @vetrovnik

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Steph-ty6lg Im also from eastern europe! not a small town, a rather large one :D maybe thats kinda where it started?

  • @victorlolxd7347

    @victorlolxd7347

    Жыл бұрын

    Yikes i guess early video game trends and theories goes like salt and pepper i remember there being this theory that if you played temple run enough or earned enough coins or whatever you unlock a secret Blue monster with a rainbow face and a secret movie-like backstory to the orginal monster and since the person telling me this was 2 years older it had to be true right?

  • @holmj6208

    @holmj6208

    Жыл бұрын

    I think I heard a rumor that if you collected enough poop you could get a special poop (probably golden or something) that would be worth a ridiculous amount of coins... I obviously tried it, but all I got was amusment from my brother and dismay from my sister :/ I'm from Finland if it matters :)

  • @KrabbyPatty99Archive
    @KrabbyPatty99Archive Жыл бұрын

    Believe it or not, those "Pou knockoffs" you've mentioned have a fanbase. Also, Pou was temporarily deleted in December 2019 for an update. People went mad when they saw their beloved game go.

  • @lambertstarr1218

    @lambertstarr1218

    6 ай бұрын

    There was a “mou” for windows phones 😂

  • @dashBoard818

    @dashBoard818

    4 ай бұрын

    Ohh I remember that

  • @RegsaGC
    @RegsaGC Жыл бұрын

    Pou looks super simple in still images, but it's so animated! This took some time and talent to do.

  • @vitor8128
    @vitor8128 Жыл бұрын

    Here in Brazil Pou was a really popular game, I remember when I downloaded it on my cellphone and got addicted playing the minigames, earning money to buy him clothes and checking my phone everytime to see if he was hungry or dirty. Almost everyone here knows Pou as being a part of their childhood and I am fascinated by how such a simple game managed to become so popular.

  • @nicolelouise7295

    @nicolelouise7295

    Жыл бұрын

    It was quite popular when I was young, my data consist of seeing other kids playing it and also me wanting to play it as well but idk why I feel uneasy looking at him now.

  • @luazul_

    @luazul_

    Жыл бұрын

    O funk do Pou ta na minha cabeça INTEIRINHO ate hoje

  • @quack505

    @quack505

    Жыл бұрын

    Muito louco ver br assistindo vídeo da Izzzyzzz

  • @69_Satan_69

    @69_Satan_69

    Жыл бұрын

    yeah, had seen all my friends with it, to bad I didnt have a cellphone when it was at the hight of its popularity

  • @ThatiiSantos

    @ThatiiSantos

    Жыл бұрын

    acho que eu era a única Br assistindo izzzyzzz 🙃

  • @CitroutheDuck
    @CitroutheDuck Жыл бұрын

    I still remember the dumb rumours about this game that I would always believe in, "but did you know that if the pou makes 1000 poops they will have a child" and ""if you let your pou without care for 1 month they will die" were my favorites

  • @CCClarinet12

    @CCClarinet12

    Жыл бұрын

    I remember me and my cousin actually believed the Pou dying rumors back then 😂😂😂😂

  • @fadedgames1

    @fadedgames1

    Жыл бұрын

    The one I recall most is the rumor "an ugly old bastard watches you through your camera".

  • @CCClarinet12

    @CCClarinet12

    Жыл бұрын

    @@fadedgames1 that wasn’t a pou rumor it was a talking Angela rumor

  • @fadedgames1

    @fadedgames1

    Жыл бұрын

    @CC Clarinet12 I am aware, but I have heard it for Pou as well.

  • @bl4mmed

    @bl4mmed

    Жыл бұрын

    reminds me of the talking angela myths i never believed

  • @jewelxx
    @jewelxx Жыл бұрын

    i literally just discovered this channel and it all just feels like a surreal yet enjoyable mix and mash of brain matter, a documentary on the story of goddamn pou made by a woman with a unique fashion sense and hair that seems to vary in almost every upload in a room full of garfield merchandise

  • @alanalino4554

    @alanalino4554

    11 ай бұрын

    exactly, it's so random and i love it

  • @firestar4407
    @firestar44073 ай бұрын

    My mom loved this game. She would sometimes ask me how to feed it, wash it, play games, etc. I Miss you, mom.

  • @nev8755
    @nev8755 Жыл бұрын

    Its a good day when Izzyyzz posts

  • @cennix

    @cennix

    Жыл бұрын

    Fr!! I always look forward to her videos

  • @notaseat5934

    @notaseat5934

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m always rewatching their old videos whilst I wait for a new one

  • @bellepeppermint

    @bellepeppermint

    Жыл бұрын

    frabjous day

  • @lamibonxd

    @lamibonxd

    Жыл бұрын

    i love how none of us can ever spell their username right

  • @itzzzzyor_boi_staticTV

    @itzzzzyor_boi_staticTV

    Жыл бұрын

    Yup

  • @BananaWrathful
    @BananaWrathful Жыл бұрын

    Pou is an iconic memory, I would take turns taking care of it on my moms old phone in 2013 or so. She got hooked too and would take care of it during her break time at work. We got to level 80 ish and had a nice house, flowers and outfits but she replaced her phone and lost all the save data it was depressing. RIP Pou never forgotten

  • @oswwalt_0828

    @oswwalt_0828

    Жыл бұрын

    Pou actually have an account system, so if you want to save your progress you can just log in next time

  • @kennysdirtyhoodie3459
    @kennysdirtyhoodie3459 Жыл бұрын

    Pou was actually the first game I bought and played on the App Store. I had it on my iPod Touch I was OBSESSED with that little fella

  • @FlamingSkyess-ni6ri
    @FlamingSkyess-ni6ri Жыл бұрын

    Nintendogs cats ARE SO CUTE!! Also thank you for referencing wobbledogs, literally my favorite game

  • @erinbadger2158
    @erinbadger2158 Жыл бұрын

    Pou being "an odd bonding experience" is the best way to describe it haha. My sister & I would take turns on our shared iPad playing the mini games & customizing the lil dude

  • @kittypeanut4102

    @kittypeanut4102

    Жыл бұрын

    I did the same with some of my older cousins!

  • @simplyblank
    @simplyblank Жыл бұрын

    In elementary school, a substitude teacher (she was pretty young, around 30) had downloaded Pou on her phone and played it on breaks and i remember me and bunch of my schoolmates giving her tips and tricks while watching her play. Sure was an odd bonding experience but it was nice.

  • @itsjustmaddisen

    @itsjustmaddisen

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s so adorable lol.

  • @gemcorker3982

    @gemcorker3982

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm not gonna correct your spelling because I really like the very 90's/early 00's concept of a "substitude" teacher- a substitute with attitude, who roller skates into the class wearing sunglasses and a backwards baseball cap, saying things like SIKE! And NOOOT! in a super obnoxious way. (I bet all the kids would just cringe their way into just behaving themselves and nor saying a damn thing unless they wanted to get the human version of Poochie to do literally anything and they cringe themselves to the Shadow Realm.) Your story is very cute, sorry I didn't mean to make fun of it - it was just such a strong mental image I got I had to share 😅

  • @victorlolxd7347

    @victorlolxd7347

    Жыл бұрын

    @@gemcorker3982ohhhh gosh! I had a cool “hip” sub teacher like that and he was just too much plus he had a ponytail

  • @f4rgetf4l36

    @f4rgetf4l36

    Жыл бұрын

    @@victorlolxd7347 those ones are always really fun people to be around, annoying, or sexual predators

  • @benayers8622

    @benayers8622

    10 ай бұрын

    @@f4rgetf4l36 i was a real man by 15 so in my experience they weren't predators simply admirers of my true top G Alpha Chad Status.. Strange how perspective can totally change how things are perceived eh :) 🫡miss harvey i salute your mega magnum oppai 😁 im glad i wasnt brainwashed into whatever these skinny ankle curly hair lot have let themselves become! They certainly aint men no more! Thats why so many vile manly females now, sum1 had to take up the slack i suppose 🤷‍ also like this was never really an issue in my day but to be sure izzyzz is actually genuinely a girl right? I mean im pretty sure like but its best to be sure these days ✌❤️

  • @VeryCrunchyPretzels
    @VeryCrunchyPretzels Жыл бұрын

    My Boo is a game that lives in my nightmares, I remember playing that game so much back in the day💀 I’m glad it was mentioned here cause I for the life of me couldn’t remember what it was called, but I did remember something about Pou seeming similar to something in my childhood and then there it was

  • @Big-Chungus21
    @Big-Chungus214 ай бұрын

    I loved Pou when I was a kid playing it on my mums phone in 2012. I remember that you could visit other peoples pou’s, too 😊

  • @dr.ducttape2161
    @dr.ducttape2161 Жыл бұрын

    I feel like Pou was one the last games where playground rumors were a thing, I remember all the "how to get a second Pou by letting the it poop a hundred times" talk lol

  • @liveatlife

    @liveatlife

    Жыл бұрын

    I HEARD THAT AS WELL. Also that it could explode if you fed it too much... I was so scared but also highly tempted at that time

  • @lizardasslick

    @lizardasslick

    Жыл бұрын

    The amount of "how to kill pou" videos is insane

  • @ouchyeouchzowie

    @ouchyeouchzowie

    Жыл бұрын

    omg i remember believing that rumor

  • @Past3lPawz
    @Past3lPawz Жыл бұрын

    never would I expect a Pou retrospective be something that I click on

  • @dancelikean1diot

    @dancelikean1diot

    Жыл бұрын

    lmfao fr

  • @barbararab6390

    @barbararab6390

    Жыл бұрын

    Same, brb gonna get pou again

  • @armadillosgiraffes2313
    @armadillosgiraffes2313 Жыл бұрын

    my cousin and i used to play this game all the time as young kids, and they used to like to tell me of an urban legend where if you neglected pou for too long or kept him awake too long, you could come back to the game and there'd be a tombstone/empty screen (presumably pou having either moved on to greener pastures/ or "moved on"). that shit kept me awake at night.

  • @chimerianidiot
    @chimerianidiot Жыл бұрын

    Great video as always, just one observation: the hunger potion isn't for pure sadism, it's for grinding. Like, you fill pou with a bunch of food, then when it starts refusing to eat you give it the hunger potion, then repeat. From what I remember this isn't really an effective method of grinding, but if you wanna be a tryhard (on a pet game out of all things) yet also don't have patience for the minigames, then it's there.

  • @kenajgold
    @kenajgold Жыл бұрын

    It was the best feeling going to my grandmas house, eating apple pie and playing pou on her kindle. Grandma would often help me with the games and collect coins when i wasn't there because she grew to liking it. Sometimes my cousin would come and we would make a challenge of who could dress pou up the most ridiculous (he always won) I really miss those days, grandma also had a ps2 and played super bust a move 2 with me, she would always position the pointer and tell me when to shoot the bubble She was the coolest grandma on earth Miss you oma

  • @PytD

    @PytD

    Жыл бұрын

    What a lovely memory!

  • @noranizaazmi6523

    @noranizaazmi6523

    Жыл бұрын

    Coolest grandma ever!

  • @klapollo3861

    @klapollo3861

    Жыл бұрын

    Man, your Oma sounds like the coolest grandma ever!♥

  • @slakzy7089

    @slakzy7089

    Жыл бұрын

    OMG NOT SUPER BUST A MOVE, CUZ SAME, I NEVER HEARD ANYONE MENTION IT BEFORE

  • @witchyemofurbs8623

    @witchyemofurbs8623

    Жыл бұрын

    Semi unrelated, but I've never seen someone who called the grandmother Oma before! It's cool :)

  • @lucykemp
    @lucykemp Жыл бұрын

    People in my class were obsessed with it around 2012-2014. There was a rumor going around that you'd get a second Pou if you leave enough of his poops lying around lol. Also on a class trip our phones got confiscated and people had absolute meltdowns bc they thought their Pou will die.

  • @tylern6420

    @tylern6420

    Жыл бұрын

    hey there

  • @nanaki1990roblox

    @nanaki1990roblox

    Жыл бұрын

    XD

  • @Xxeeena
    @Xxeeena Жыл бұрын

    I used to play pou on my mom's thick laptop. I remember myself gaming on the minigame where food would fall from the sky and dressing it up "so cool" to take his pet for a walk. Such great memories

  • @The-Official-MasterE1227
    @The-Official-MasterE12274 ай бұрын

    I grew up with this little guy in 2014-2017 and came back in 2022 just to see him again… NOW HES ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA AND IDK WHY

  • @n8than26
    @n8than26 Жыл бұрын

    God.. I remember making the most gothic pou imaginable, using wings and stuff like that lmao

  • @telesamgram

    @telesamgram

    Жыл бұрын

    me too and i named it bela pougosi

  • @Ghost5O5

    @Ghost5O5

    Жыл бұрын

    Ebpouny Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way

  • @april6396

    @april6396

    Жыл бұрын

    Same!

  • @telesamgram

    @telesamgram

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Ghost5O5 LMFAO

  • @straenmusikant7402

    @straenmusikant7402

    Жыл бұрын

    I remember making my pou blue/ pink

  • @angrypanini4260
    @angrypanini4260 Жыл бұрын

    Pou was practically every 2000s kid's experience along with Subway Surfers, Temple Run and those Talking Angela spooky conspiracies

  • @ShizuAV
    @ShizuAV Жыл бұрын

    I miss my pou so much. I created him back in 2014-2015 and found him after 7 years. I contacted the official email twice, to get access to my old account, but sadly nothing ever happend in the last 2 years. Its sad, but maybe some day, there will be active devs again, and even a functional email adress.

  • @ChaoscelusApollyon
    @ChaoscelusApollyon Жыл бұрын

    Not gonna lie, I only installed Pou on my phone back then because I was ACTIVELY trying to kiII it. I had such deep hatred for that thing for no reason and I still do now. This video has revived my bIoodIust

  • @aydenperry2622
    @aydenperry2622 Жыл бұрын

    at this point we need a whole Virtual Pet Site Retrospective in general talking about the absolutely insane world of virtual pet sites and the deeply strange drama it all attracts

  • @poixon_asherzzz

    @poixon_asherzzz

    Жыл бұрын

    I still miss Nintendo dogs or 101 dino pet somehow 101 dino pet was a Nintendo game abt adopting dino pets but I'd love if someone make a video abt it

  • @bebo2629

    @bebo2629

    Жыл бұрын

    @@poixon_asherzzz 101 Dino also had a PC version and got a sequel (also one for the 3Ds). I got the PC version as in extra with some cornflakes which was a great deal.

  • @pietoliw7678
    @pietoliw7678 Жыл бұрын

    This was my whole childhood while having my first actual phone

  • @Jadeddoxy

    @Jadeddoxy

    Жыл бұрын

    Yess!

  • @wasserruebenvergilbungsvirus

    @wasserruebenvergilbungsvirus

    Жыл бұрын

    Same, I remember playing this on my Samsung Galaxy S3 with Pokemon themed app launcher as a 13 y/o xD

  • @Perfumada
    @Perfumada Жыл бұрын

    I'm an absolute Pou fan. A friend of Paul Salameh told me that Pou 3D (or Pou 2) is 50% developed. Also yes new updates are coming as well.

  • @PatchworkRose567
    @PatchworkRose56710 ай бұрын

    I’ll never forget Pou seemingly bringing everyone in my school together. I remember kids from all kinds of social circles showing off and comparing their little guys and their houses to anyone willing to listen. People would share tips on how to get money fast in order to buy that one accessory you just had to have.

  • @madelein3167
    @madelein3167 Жыл бұрын

    God, I loved Pou. I have so many memories of being on the subway, crowded on all sides, and making sure my Pou was well fed and healthy. RIP to my Pou who died when I dropped my phone !

  • @aeriszona
    @aeriszona Жыл бұрын

    I remember when everyone was in on the conspiracy that Pou could die and tried to do it themselves. I remember there were whole tutorials and everything

  • @tylern6420

    @tylern6420

    Жыл бұрын

    funny alien

  • @sasaalien1215

    @sasaalien1215

    Жыл бұрын

    @@tylern6420 the funniest

  • @dedchanel4002

    @dedchanel4002

    Жыл бұрын

    "hey guys here's a tutorial on how to cause your funny poo alien to perish"

  • @timohara7717

    @timohara7717

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@dedchanel4002the when i

  • @Ali_Bdeir

    @Ali_Bdeir

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@timohara7717me when the that have the because

  • @Persun_McPersonson
    @Persun_McPersonson Жыл бұрын

    My Boo is an example of an imitator that is actually better designed and more polished.

  • @mia-uz9lx
    @mia-uz9lx11 ай бұрын

    I'd like to mention aswell that letely theres a slight more recognition to Pou lately since a rookie new idol named Kamden has some similarities with the crying pou and hes seen often with a Pou plush 😭😭

  • @tashkent561
    @tashkent561 Жыл бұрын

    Izzy out there making videos about our whole childhood. Thanks for your service. :salute:.

  • @485OCEAN

    @485OCEAN

    Жыл бұрын

    🫡

  • @allyma3

    @allyma3

    Жыл бұрын

    D

  • @BrainoConf

    @BrainoConf

    Жыл бұрын

    I wish she was a guy tbh. Only flaw in those vids.

  • @chelseashift

    @chelseashift

    Жыл бұрын

    🫡

  • @terracethemenace

    @terracethemenace

    Жыл бұрын

    o7

  • @sarabeara9198
    @sarabeara9198 Жыл бұрын

    i love that Pou doesn’t have any dark sides or controversies 😭❤️

  • @Talia_Foxx
    @Talia_Foxx Жыл бұрын

    I always pronounced it like "poo" when I was a kid. I thought it was some obscure Kindle Fire knockoff thing. A few years ago, I began hearing other people talk about it, and that's when I discovered that, not only was it not as niche as I always expected it was, but I had also been saying it wrong the entire time. Edit: Typed this before I got too far into the video. Now that I'm hearing you had the exact opposite experience, I'm even more surprised.

  • @heyna1185
    @heyna1185 Жыл бұрын

    My favorite part of Pou was collecting all his poops 🤣 mine had a little army

  • @AceKing-me5vb
    @AceKing-me5vb Жыл бұрын

    i remember begging my mother to check on pou for me throughout the day (and she would) this was such a core memory

  • @tshunobanks

    @tshunobanks

    Жыл бұрын

    your mother is so real for that

  • @wowie7568

    @wowie7568

    Жыл бұрын

    That's so sweet

  • @nyananath
    @nyananath Жыл бұрын

    I didn't know Pou was popular to English speaking audiences lol, it is monstrously known in Latin America and I was actually a kid when it came out, so me and all my classmates played it Some of the most common experiences regarding Pou around here are either trying to kill it or trying to get it a baby, both of those obviously myths, don't know if it's a Latin American thing or an universal experience Also, here we pronounce it just as Izzzyzzz does, whoever says it as "poo" can leave Unrelated but as a suggestion: I think a video about Pony Town would be great :D I've played it ever since 2018 and think It'd be a good topic bc of its big relationship with fandom culture :3

  • @inklovemail

    @inklovemail

    Жыл бұрын

    omg yes ponytown would make such a good retrospective

  • @delusion5867

    @delusion5867

    Жыл бұрын

    I was never into this game, and I thought it was "poo" mostly a KZreadr I watched as a kid would make jokes about it and pronounced it as "poo" (the joke wasn't the word poo though). I always interpret the word "po" as being pronounced as izzzyzzz says. 2 O's is usually a long sound like "look" or "rooster". 1 O is short like "open" or "abandon". But English is a non-sensical nightmare so...

  • @MartuPamio

    @MartuPamio

    Жыл бұрын

    creo que es bastante latinoamericano porque la mayoria teníamos android en el celular y era el juego más facil y barato de jugar (no tenia anuncios!!! era genial!!!) buenisimo)

  • @FoxGameCZ

    @FoxGameCZ

    Жыл бұрын

    Pou was popular in my europe as well, not just english speaking countries or latin.

  • @EarlyOwOwl

    @EarlyOwOwl

    Жыл бұрын

    Pou es parte de la experiencia latina

  • @elliewellie_YouTube
    @elliewellie_YouTube Жыл бұрын

    Egg Baby was the BEST Pou imitator I was obsessed

  • @Fizszy
    @Fizszy Жыл бұрын

    OMG my boo 😭 I remember playing pou but I really loved my boo the most

  • @nightchyld81
    @nightchyld81 Жыл бұрын

    I’ll never forget the sound he made when you tried to feed him and he wasn’t hungry. It still plays in my head whenever I say “meh” or try a food I don’t like 😭

  • @floofthedoof
    @floofthedoof Жыл бұрын

    Pou is very nostalgic. It was the time when I was popular in high school -- with my kid family members. They take turns to "take care" of the little critter who I just found out now is an alien. Pou will always be a poop to me. Also I say Pou as Pou. :> Oh and that fuzzy head wear is comfy and cute as heck and the makeup is on point!

  • @Muv22HD
    @Muv22HD4 ай бұрын

    thank you for pronouncing pou correctly, some people call it "poo" even tho its an alien not a poo which throws out that joke name

  • @lildemon6464
    @lildemon6464 Жыл бұрын

    Oh my god. Pou is my childhood. I still play it.

  • @oreoskys
    @oreoskys Жыл бұрын

    All these weird childhood memories really made me think of the obscure tv shows I was OBSESSED with as a kid, from 'Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat' to 'Growing up Creepie' (why was the praying mantis mom so pretty???) and 'Tutenstien'. Honestly I feel like there's an untapped market for those shows. A deep dive would honestly be so cool!!🕴Amazing video as always!

  • @fayebunny1759

    @fayebunny1759

    Жыл бұрын

    I watched Sagwa when I was little! I dint really remember any of it, but my mom says it was one of my favorites.

  • @Wolf_Chariot

    @Wolf_Chariot

    Жыл бұрын

    OMG I'm glad that someone else remembers Turenstein, that was one of my fave childhood cartoons :D

  • @JoseMorales-oh3do

    @JoseMorales-oh3do

    Жыл бұрын

    Discovery Kids was so slept on

  • @toothfairy10133

    @toothfairy10133

    Жыл бұрын

    !! who drew your profile picture? i love the art style :0

  • @oreoskys

    @oreoskys

    Жыл бұрын

    @@toothfairy10133 Oh!! I did! thank you so much!!

  • @Alfreedom
    @Alfreedom Жыл бұрын

    Had no idea it costed money! I had it on my mom’s old Samsung and my family found the “talking Pou” feature so hilarious. It honestly still is an inside joke in my family. I still have it downloaded on my iPad mini and every once in a while check in on it.

  • @YouTubeUser-qx8ki
    @YouTubeUser-qx8ki Жыл бұрын

    As a Lebanese, I believe the correct pronunciation is [pu] since in Lebanon, most of us speak French as a second or third language and in French "ou" is pronounced [u] as in "you" or "rubi" or "cool"... Further more, "Pou" in French translates to "Lice" in English, so I, and most poeple I know who played the game always thought the alien was a lice... P.S. Paul Salameh's other games are hilarious, thank u for mentioning them and talking about him, gr8 video :)

  • @MaddieAndRosannaGachaLife
    @MaddieAndRosannaGachaLife Жыл бұрын

    I remember was obsessed with temple run, Fruit Ninja, Flappy Bird, Angry Birds, Talking Angela but My Fav was always Pou when I was younger I remember trying to save up to color mine and get eyelashes and outfits for mine lol

  • @ulkaalcachofajorquera5756
    @ulkaalcachofajorquera5756 Жыл бұрын

    My sister and i downloaded pou for our mother a couple months back, because i was moving out (my sister already left) so she wouldnt get so lonely, and felt like she was caring for something, cause she loved tamagochi back in the day. Surprisingly it worked! We get pou updates every time we call.

  • @maddieb.4282

    @maddieb.4282

    8 ай бұрын

    I mean this is nice but you know she’s an adult who can take care of herself and who should be able to find entertainment on her own right? Being an empty nester is awesome in a lot of ways and I’m sure she’s been planning for it.

  • @Guusagi
    @Guusagi Жыл бұрын

    this game had a chokehold on my little brother and his friends for a good while😆 can't wait to learn more about it haha

  • @CherryXXCola
    @CherryXXCola Жыл бұрын

    Omg I played My Boo with my cousin, and I was so jealous because her Boo had a hat

  • @insertusernamehere3173
    @insertusernamehere3173 Жыл бұрын

    I'm on team pou! Lol This brings back some nostalgia. I didn't use pou as much because I preferred my boo but idk why there was less content just better costumes lol. Cool video!

  • @DarlingKuromi
    @DarlingKuromi Жыл бұрын

    I would be playing this in church on my grandmas Amazon kindle fire. It was an absolute bomb.

  • @Hugglent

    @Hugglent

    Жыл бұрын

    Frl all the games on a grandmas kindle were fire

  • @Nae_aka_toras_wifey
    @Nae_aka_toras_wifey Жыл бұрын

    I used to be obsessed with this game when I was younger 😭 I'm so glad you're making a vid on it

  • @Crux___
    @Crux___ Жыл бұрын

    I remember when I was obsessed with this when my cousin had it on her phone. I’m kinda glad I didn’t get my first phone until way later because it made getting to play the 2010 nostalgia games more of an ✨experience✨

  • @Sopjies
    @Sopjies Жыл бұрын

    for some reason anytime izzzyzzz uploads something that i played with/knew as a kid i have to take a couple days to prepare myself to watch them.... the videos are never bad or make me cringe, its just the memories that do lol

  • @eronmuwu
    @eronmuwu Жыл бұрын

    I was freaking out for the first 10 minutes cause this game felt SO FAMILIAR but foreign at the same time?!? Once you mentioned my boo I was so calm. That’s what I played growing up lol

  • @Junior6288
    @Junior6288 Жыл бұрын

    There’s something about Izzzyzz’s voice, esthetic, nostalgia content, and video production/editing that bring such a sense of calm and joy. Always a good day when a video drops. 😌

  • @whiskywaters
    @whiskywaters Жыл бұрын

    Your style, both in fashion and speech, is absolutely beautiful and I always look forward to your videos

  • @chawywysayshi
    @chawywysayshi5 ай бұрын

    I absolutely LOVED this game as a child. Pou still holds up to this day and a few months ago i redownloaded it. Its almost part of my daily routine to check on him. Great retrospective!

  • @yeethittter1285
    @yeethittter1285 Жыл бұрын

    For some reason this game really scared me as a kid. I thought Pou's design was really creepy, and the design of his poops, and I especially freaked out at the noise that played when you lost a minigame. Weird times Edit: I played MyBoo a lot more lol. Because I actually liked the visuals

  • @estherstreet4582

    @estherstreet4582

    Жыл бұрын

    My friend had MyBoo on her phone because she didn't like the fact that pou looked like a poo.

  • @_knucklehead
    @_knucklehead Жыл бұрын

    Oh my goodness I LOVE Pou! My friend and I still mimic the ‘No!’ Pou says when he doesn’t want anymore food! This was such a treat :) awesome job as always!

  • @kailm.5107
    @kailm.51075 ай бұрын

    I love watching your videos because it seems you’re a bit closer in age to my little sister; I have vague memories of media that I didn’t interact with (like Pou) but that my sister enjoyed. It’s nice to hear more about that era of games and toys.

  • @TheProblemChild555
    @TheProblemChild555 Жыл бұрын

    First video I've seen by you, I subscribed and am looking forward to watching ur new videos aswell as probably creeping into ur old videos aswell. Really enjoy your style of video (:

  • @expensivecoffee
    @expensivecoffee Жыл бұрын

    Maybe you could look into the Petz games? I played one of the earliest versions so much as a kid, and this made me think about it. I looked up a video on YT now which was a Demo Video from 1998, and the pets are so interactive and complicated(in a great way) !? Young me didn't even know all of it. Personalities, learning tricks, interacting with other pets, and more. Would love to hear more about the games, what happened with them, and your thoughts on them 🤩🌸

  • @expensivecoffee

    @expensivecoffee

    Жыл бұрын

    Ew I just found they made Babyz too? You could even talk to them??? I'm uncomfortable

  • @estherstreet4582

    @estherstreet4582

    Жыл бұрын

    the graphics of the petz games were so funny, they're literally made of circles. I really enjoyed the catz games I had as a kid.

  • @chicka-boom7540

    @chicka-boom7540

    Жыл бұрын

    Dogz 5 and Catz 5 are an integral part of my childhood. In fact I might just go download them right now for old timez sake.

  • @CCClarinet12

    @CCClarinet12

    Жыл бұрын

    I played the Petz ds games a TON as a child

  • @zakucat1894

    @zakucat1894

    Жыл бұрын

    Catz 5 had such a weird uncanny atmosphere to it. Such an oddly creepy game and that isn't even exclusive to the horror/haunted areas

  • @CaatsGoMoooo
    @CaatsGoMoooo Жыл бұрын

    The title and thumbnail of this absolutely TRANSPORTED my ass back to middle school. I was so diligent with taking care of my pou, actually got it to a pretty high level but.... sadly the day came where I deleted the app. My Pou lives on in my heart to this day

  • @fernlucas6334
    @fernlucas6334 Жыл бұрын

    This video brought back so many memories! I was obsessed with this game on and off throughout my childhood! (Also when I was a teen I used to download pou just for the mini games. Since my phone was a cheap hand-me-down it had very little space and pou was a pretty small app that let me play loads of knockoff games for less space😅)

  • @itscaptainlisa
    @itscaptainlisa Жыл бұрын

    Not me downloading the app again after watching this video 💀 I have so many treasured memories of my friends and I playing that game during class breaks. I loved it so much. My goal was to purchase every single item you could buy, but I never managed to do that xD

  • @nathanwindom3978
    @nathanwindom3978 Жыл бұрын

    I was 10 years old in 2012, but this is somehow my first time ever hearing of pou despite its immense popularity. I guess it just goes to show how much selling out extends your reach as a mobile game. Props to the creator for never losing the vision of what he wanted Pou to be.

  • @liveatlife
    @liveatlife Жыл бұрын

    I was super into Pou when it was popular. I had my very first smartphone when it launched and I hold it as a dear memory to this day. Also, it is really funny to hear that your family was also into Pou because it became an inside joke in mine as well. To this day my dad sometimes imitates the high pitched "no". Guess Pou really was family friendly :D (Also I pronounce it like... "Poo" because I am german I didn't really know the English meaning behind at that age)

  • @meatball349

    @meatball349

    Жыл бұрын

    i say poo too

  • @Sakuralexis

    @Sakuralexis

    Жыл бұрын

    Non UK Europeans unite

  • @snowy_gateaway7583
    @snowy_gateaway7583 Жыл бұрын

    This really brings back memories. In my home country, Finland, the 2010s were all about mobile gaming! :D That's because games like Clash of Clans, Hill Climb Racing and Angry Birds were all Finnish mobile games and everyone liked the recognition of our country

  • @TheDanteEX
    @TheDanteEX Жыл бұрын

    Great video Izzy. Me and my little guy really enjoyed this one.

  • @ChristopherSadlowski
    @ChristopherSadlowski Жыл бұрын

    Damn...I'm so old. I never heard of this game ever. Listening to Izzy is like having an alien trying to explain its homeworld's culture to me through a bad auto translator. I kinda understand what's happening, but I'm mostly very confused and have no frame of reference for anything. Still, I keep coming over to learn more and more. Another fun video! Thanks Izzy!

  • @onionbubs386

    @onionbubs386

    Жыл бұрын

    Same here lol

  • @anonybelle

    @anonybelle

    Жыл бұрын

    As a fellow old, I respect your willingness to try and learn more about the bizarre youth nerd culture we missed out on.

  • @jasminv8653

    @jasminv8653

    Жыл бұрын

    I was, I think, just a little too old for this at the time. I remember one of my younger cousins or a son of a family friend talking about it but never had any connection to it in my school lmao... So bizarre.

  • @TPNsBiggestFan

    @TPNsBiggestFan

    Жыл бұрын

    me but reversed

  • @dairallan

    @dairallan

    Жыл бұрын

    Just think. Theres now an entirely new generation that Izzy probably feels is alien to her in the same way her generation is alien to you. WIld.

  • @SuperSkyhorse
    @SuperSkyhorse Жыл бұрын

    I remember playing Pou in high school, just after it came out, it's so nostalgic 😭 I was way too introverted, and spent the breaks caring for Pou and beating my highscores in the minigames, before I actually got friends and forgot about him. Sorry, Pou.

  • @kakazet
    @kakazet Жыл бұрын

    I have really good memories from the time my friends and I played Pou. I wish I could come back to a couple of those moments.

  • @drachna
    @drachna Жыл бұрын

    I love that video essays like this exist.

  • @kaksoispistekolme
    @kaksoispistekolme Жыл бұрын

    I remember finding my elementary school phone couple years ago whilst visiting my family and mostly all of the texts between me and my buddies were us updating what level our Pous are.... I'd give anything to get to live those precious moments again

  • @sgt.sweetcheeks
    @sgt.sweetcheeks Жыл бұрын

    It's so wild being just a few years older because the things they talk about on this channel were apparently hugely popular but I've never heard of half of them

  • @payne3133

    @payne3133

    Жыл бұрын

    im 20 and i know everything they talk about nearly

  • @sgt.sweetcheeks

    @sgt.sweetcheeks

    Жыл бұрын

    @Payne lol that's what I mean. I'm getting close to thirty so I've never heard of all these kids apps that were popular when I was getting out of highschool

  • @EleniOperaNoir
    @EleniOperaNoir Жыл бұрын

    Omg Pou!! I used to spend hours playing this game. It was relaxing to me. Moments away from the chaos...thanks for making a video about it!

  • @elgee719
    @elgee719 Жыл бұрын

    This video made me rememeber a lot of mobile games that i played when i was small. I think a video about old google play/app store games would be so cool.

  • @thevexster2
    @thevexster2 Жыл бұрын

    I remember having Pou on both of my parents Ipads because I didn't want to have to share custody with my sister for the one, idk why it hooked me so much - this little trangular creatcher, but i loved him, the soccer game was one of my faves

  • @MoonBoy317
    @MoonBoy317 Жыл бұрын

    My mom, sister, and I used to play Pou all the time! We would crack up at the "no!" And the noise the notifications would make. I'll have to bring this up next time mom and I get together, I'm sure she will be delighted

  • @ashthepowerfulass8154
    @ashthepowerfulass8154 Жыл бұрын

    KZread has bee recommending me this sm I HAVE to watch it

  • @thatcatlover
    @thatcatlover Жыл бұрын

    Love your videos

  • @ArcherPanda
    @ArcherPanda Жыл бұрын

    I would love if you talked about the history of Gaia Online! I was obsessed with it and it has gone through some fun eras, including their matchmaking thing.

  • @allisonl6604
    @allisonl6604 Жыл бұрын

    I swear every video you post unlocks another piece of my childhood that I had completely forgotten about. I love it so much. Watching your videos always makes me feel so nostalgic

  • @ellingbj1
    @ellingbj1 Жыл бұрын

    This unlocked a memory from when I was younger and played my boo none Stop !

  • @josharlington7111
    @josharlington7111 Жыл бұрын

    I like your videos! love your outfits you always look really beautiful!

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