No joke, right after the in-video pause, I had some new jersey number call my phone and immediately hang up. Despite the fact it was 100% impossible Meti could have done that, I half expected to hear Psycho Mantis or some sort of code when I called the number back. Meta narratives get to me way too easily.

@a_jerry808

3 жыл бұрын

You: hel- Hello!? Mantis: so, you like watching Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn't Exist. You: :0

@Pensive_Scarlet

3 жыл бұрын

Bonus meta narrative hook, just for you! S3 Plan actually just stood for "Snake-3 Plan". They took a person with a childhood like Liquid's, put him into a situation built on Solid's career, and pit him against Solidus in order to create a perfect memetic clone in the same way Solidus was a perfect genetic clone. See, Python Selkan spends hours saying what I can say in a single comment, why don't *I* have a huge following already? ;p

@QueenMonoChrome

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine if you picked up the phone and on the other end you hear in your own voice "10 21 16 47" before the line went dead

@imadrifter

2 жыл бұрын

@@Pensive_Scarlet ok, I will sub because you are right, and you deserve it more than that baiter

@Liex59

2 жыл бұрын

You were almost in a real life creepypasta

Psycho Mantis: Now i'm gonna read all of your folders Snake! Psycho Mantis: Ohh some kinky stuff heh- what the... eyeball licking? 10000 year old vampires? Snake: I can explain.

@Joawlisdoingfine

3 жыл бұрын

Psycho Mantis: This shit is why I hate humanity

@ZyroShadowPony

3 жыл бұрын

@@Joawlisdoingfine me: humanity can't understand eyeball licking, that's why it must be destroyed!

@latviandragon2718

3 жыл бұрын

eyeball licking?

@TheEnmineer

3 жыл бұрын

@@latviandragon2718 Second Floor Basement? Psycho Mantis? You're that ninja!

@partyrock4144

3 жыл бұрын

Psycho mantis: . . . Ok how and why do you have THREE ENTIRE TERABYTES OF PORNOGRAPHY!!

*Psycho Mantis searching thru my YT history* : I see you too enjoy watching Meti NTBG videos

@Abdega

3 жыл бұрын

Psycho Mantis: Hmm… what other videos have you watched? … I’m calling the police

@peterkonyar4946

3 жыл бұрын

Psyco mantis searching MY yt history: i see you like watching Nuxtaku, i see you like watching videos on anime power systems

@smokeymcbongwater4141

3 жыл бұрын

Hmmmm, I see you enjoy Zeducation and SC reviews. 🤣🤣

@icehoof

2 жыл бұрын

"huh.. I see you like watching yoga videos dispite not practicing it yourself"

@channel45853

2 жыл бұрын

@@icehoof *takes off mask and raises eyebrow*

Him commenting on what you’ve played and messing with the console is one of my favorite moments in any video game

"You have been playing Super Mario Sunshine" *Johnny looks to his left*

@Combustible_lemon

3 жыл бұрын

ah, I see you're a man of culture as well.

@mandalorianhunter1

3 жыл бұрын

@@Combustible_lemon glad I got to meet him twice. He is such a cool guy

@HyperFlame64V1

3 жыл бұрын

AHH, ANOTHER OF OUR CLAN!!

Age 11 I woke up crying because of a nightmare about psycho mantis with my grandmother rocking me back and forward saying it was only a dream sweetheart. The words "good care....just like that" have always given me chills to this day. R.I.P gran , I miss you.❤️

@imadrifter

2 жыл бұрын

Your new movie sucks

@assman3862

2 жыл бұрын

I had a nightmare cus of kid ma tis cus mgsv was my first mgs game but i knew all the story

@ewanb1086

Жыл бұрын

Honestly that’s a pretty wholesome nightmare

In MGS4 when you fight mantis. When you assign the controller to a different player other than 1, an automatic codec call comes on with snake muttering "I...can't...move..."

@slynthehedgehog8061

2 жыл бұрын

Missed it. I did the trick, but nothing.

I went to see a work-from-home psychic the other day. I arrived at her house and knocked on the door. She asked "Who is it?" So I turned around and went home.

@slynthehedgehog8061

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair, unless Psychic power are as easy to control as breathing, I don't think anyone would use them 24/7, let alone for that (unless they're paranoid of course, but in that case they probably wouldn't advertise themselves as psychics).

@UriahElroy666

2 жыл бұрын

@@slynthehedgehog8061 I believe it exists to an extent. Edgar Cayce fascinates me.

@UriahElroy666

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrreyes5004 Oh, simmer down mate. It was a joke I didn't even remember making until you replied. Go to a party sometime or something.

@mrreyes5004

11 күн бұрын

@@UriahElroy666 Nah, parties are loud af, not sure how you think that's a good way to chill when it's just barbaric noise. Didn't even know this was here until I checked this video out again. Check out a book to actually learn something, "mate". If you don't have the attention span for even that much, that's just on you. And yeah, I know the comment dates say that it's been years. I just don't care. Peace out, kiddo.

Psycho Mantis? Metal Gear? The Patriots? The La Le Lu Lei Lo? Crabs?

@oom5768

3 жыл бұрын

You're that ninja.

@QuantemDeconstructor

3 жыл бұрын

So... how does it taste?

@crystalalumina

3 жыл бұрын

@@QuantemDeconstructor tasty

@QuantemDeconstructor

3 жыл бұрын

@@crystalalumina That's *DAMN* good!

@SSD_Penumbra

3 жыл бұрын

Boss...?

"You like to play Castlevania, don't you?" I will admit, I got scared shitless when he said that.

@goldlight1322

3 жыл бұрын

Nowadays, that would be met with something like “but I don’t even play pachinko!”

@abysschef5078

3 жыл бұрын

@@goldlight1322 so true it hurts

@KevinGsWK

3 жыл бұрын

Super Mario sunshine

@DrCrabnuts

3 жыл бұрын

“Ah... I see you like to play Suikoden...”

@REvoLverj98

3 жыл бұрын

Psycho Mantis was the DDLC before DDLC (I'm keeping it abbreviated as to not spoil any potential people that haven't heard of it) Edit: I made this comment thinking I was going to be original but alas, he also makes the connection in the video. Oof me I guess :/

I hope that with the release of MGS1 on GoG, PC players will finally get to experience the dread of Psycho Mantis reading your games' library. "I see you like... nekopara"

@hsd6716

3 жыл бұрын

bruh whats gog

@Alberich_Prince_of_Dwarves

3 жыл бұрын

@@hsd6716 Good Old Games, CDPR's version of Steam. They have a lot of fantastic offers and they're DRM free. If you like old games like Heroes of Might and Magic they tend to have them on their marketplace.

@hsd6716

3 жыл бұрын

@@Alberich_Prince_of_Dwarves thanks

@PASTELXENON

3 жыл бұрын

That would require new voice acting

@Alberich_Prince_of_Dwarves

3 жыл бұрын

@@PASTELXENON crazier things have happened, but you're right.

"Compared to you, I'm not so bad." Daaaaaamn I still remember hearing that as a kid and thinking "Holy shit, what did Snake do??" lmao

@godnyx117

2 жыл бұрын

LMAO! Yeah, I love that line! Really shows you what Snake means be saying that "soldier" is just a nicer word for "killer".

@yourmomshouse6984

Жыл бұрын

​@@godnyx117definitely crazy to think about the amount of random soldiers a man as skilled as Snake has probably killed his entire career lol still a hero though

@godnyx117

Жыл бұрын

@@yourmomshouse6984 Yeah, he is a hero.... from his side! Remember! The difference between "good" and "bad" is our perspective. Hence, why I don't believe in these two terms anymore.

@mrreyes5004

11 күн бұрын

@@godnyx117 Except no, because genuinely evil people do exist. Unless you seriously want to argue that unrepentant serial killers, rapists, and dictators (I.e., Josef Mengele, Pol Pot) have any kind of "good" perspective, because no. Just no. That thought is a bad attempt at being edgy, at best. Obviously, most wars have nuanced sides, but Solid Snake's entire character is that he is a good man determined to stop genuinely bad people (For f--k's sake, Volgin is literally called *"Evil Personified"* by _his own_ theme title).

@godnyx117

11 күн бұрын

@@mrreyes5004 Yes there are some objectively bad people but even then, they can still see no wrong from their actions. The environment you grew up in, influences the way you think and see the world, the way you think and see the world, influences your personality and your personality influences your decisions. This goes DEEP! In fact, probably the deepest thing we can talk about.

Psycho Mantis reading my internet history: "Get some help man. Nah but for real tho get some help man."

@randomt-9034

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine Psycho Mantis seeing walls of rule 34 and 🅱️entai in your history. Bruh

@Vance415

3 жыл бұрын

@@randomt-9034 he just fucking explodes

@kumi6797

Жыл бұрын

@@randomt-9034 i don't think he would like that

"Changing controller won't help you defeats boss" **laughing gas mask**

@thenexus8384

3 жыл бұрын

Psycho Mantis: *laughs in gas mask mantis

There needs to be more "Psycho Mantis" type characters. The kind that forces the developers and players to get clever with the technology they interact with, or using metadata to create moments where the player thinks for a moment, no matter how brief, that the game is actually real.

But was he able to pass on his Memes, the DNA of the soul? Also, he despised everyone for wanting to pass on their genes. He was sending everyone to horny jail

@radioraptor9110

3 жыл бұрын

A true good man/child

@thenexus8384

3 жыл бұрын

Why did i read this as snake

@godnyx117

2 жыл бұрын

He passed his memes actually. Search for "antinatalism"

@smokey12823

Жыл бұрын

You’re giving me ideas of making a Monsoon vs Psycho Mantis battle

"You like watching Shimoneta: A Boring World Where The Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn't Exist, don't you?"

@thenexus8384

3 жыл бұрын

Get out of my head Mantis

@8-bitsarda747

3 жыл бұрын

I would like to plead the fifth on that one

@Overlordien

3 жыл бұрын

LMAO Thiscomment is underrated

It's ironic to think that the sorrow a medium slash psychic killed volgin by frying him with a bolt of electricity but kid psychomantis another psychic brought volgin back to life by reanimating him

It's crazy to think that the salanthrupus being controlled by kid psycho mantis was the final boss in mgs5 instead of skullface

"Radius of Big Boss' hatred" fucking killed me XD

@donaghwilson7715

3 жыл бұрын

The angy zone

@jaypea30

2 жыл бұрын

@@donaghwilson7715 Frustration Area.

...and then every indie game designer recreated psycho mantis in their game.

Whenever Psycho Mantis gets mentioned seriously I can't imagine anything but Dunkey.

@philswiftdestroyerofworlds1988

3 жыл бұрын

Justin "My guy" Y.

@jonjon4634

3 жыл бұрын

Why do you have such great tastes in youtube channels?

@FaLaN69

3 жыл бұрын

Me no like u >:(

@heretohear1847

3 жыл бұрын

hello

@threehotdogs

3 жыл бұрын

psycho mantis??

"starting first by changing the channel on the tv-" *Ad break* That was majestically timed.

I like how upset he gets when he discovers the controller can’t vibrate

Other than blowing the minds of every 90s gamer yeah I'd say he's pretty important to gaming as a whole

Psycho Mantis has always been SICK and acting as a metanarrative tool for storytelling. MGS is always great about that--see MGS2. Hell, even MGR has a good amount of metanarrative aspects to it through its analysis of how Raiden's real motivation is violence and how he enjoys it. This acts as a great parallel to how players play games to enjoy the gameplay and how many games are centered around violence or killing, despite how journalists and gamers may convince themselves otherwise. Enjoying or being wired to violence isn't a bad thing in and of itself though. People who are typically use it to be a productive member of society via military service, sports, or other hobbies.

I remember being a kid fighting psycho mantis. I must of died 30 times before I was told to put the controller in the second slot. Shit was epic!

"I see you've intentionally mispronounced 'Cyprus' as a part of some convoluted plan to implant a desire to watch Shimoneta into every creature with eyes to see it!"

@teslashark

3 жыл бұрын

Altis!

"I've never used my psychic powers to help someone." [cuts to excising vocal chord parasites from Eli in a way not even the best scientists Diamond Dogs had could do] Just a friendly reminder that retcons are fine and not every writer is flawless, as long as you enjoy the ride... But it's still funny to catch contradictions.

@GBDupree

3 жыл бұрын

It could be construed that Mantis wasn't being selfless when he removed the parasite, since he wanted Liquid to achieve his own goals. While helping Snake was never beneficial to Mantis himself, so it is selfless in a way he never did before.

@mrreyes5004

2 жыл бұрын

@@GBDupree Exactly. Mantis still had something to gain from letting Liquid live. However, with Solid Snake, he had literally _no possible benefit_ from opening the hidden door. Mantis was going to die from those wounds either way, and he truly didn't care if either Solid or Liquid won. In that moment, he was truly selfless, just like his mother giving her life for his. Not a contradiction.

@slynthehedgehog8061

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe he thought he was being selfish by doing so ? Or that he was just following Eli's orders ? It's also fun to try and resolve contradictions.

@genogamma13

2 жыл бұрын

@@slynthehedgehog8061 mind blown

@genogamma13

2 жыл бұрын

@@slynthehedgehog8061 Also yes, didn't realize until the replies I was thinking too literal.

Whoa whoa, hold up. How can both the ending where Meryl dies and the ending where she lives both be canon? I know this is a game made by Kojima, but I'm going to need an explanation for that one.

@demi-femme4821

3 жыл бұрын

I dunno, the ending where she dies seems pretty non-canon to me.

@kh2fan145

3 жыл бұрын

I think that it's referring to that in the series as a whole the ending where Snake rides off with Otacon is the "canon" ending of MGS1, where Meryl dies. However, Meryl is still alive in the rest of the series so it's some kind of weird amalgamation of the two possibilities.

@MrFluffyWolf

3 жыл бұрын

@@kh2fan145 at the end of the Meryl ending, Snake tells the colonel to send a chopper to Shadow Moses to pick up Otacon. There's no need for the Otacon ending to be canon, he gets out either way

@davfree9732

2 жыл бұрын

Think of it as your experience instead of official canon, Ala Mass Effect. If you explored the variations of Meryls game state then Hideo isn’t going to argue with how you experienced his game. … but later on in MGS4 Otacon and Meryl are both alive so a series canon does exist. I reason Hideo’s intent is not to seek to control player interaction, interpretation or sway the player to his way of thinking. He strikes me as a man who wants to know other peoples experiences so he can experience aspects of the series he created he wasn’t aware existed until the player experienced the game and applied their mind to the gameplay and narrative… Or in other words, 100 people can have the same experience and have 100 subjective interpretations. Going through those 100 interpretations will yield good, bad and middling results that can lead to ideas as to what and how to build in a later game. … but seriously, the series does have a canon.

@imadrifter

2 жыл бұрын

He made not caring about canon canonical

Still creepy that a psychic can read your memory card

Y'know, if psycho mantis just met an asexual person, he'd probably not be as evil

For his "Third child" phase there is also the scene with Shanbani where he can be seen to be wearing Shanbanis necklace

Psycho Mantis going over my YT feed: "I see, you enjoy watching vtubers...a little too much."

The fight kind of reminds me of the Telence T. D'arby fight in Jojo with the mind reading and having to changing controller ports.

@adlidoeslifting4563

3 жыл бұрын

IKR

@8-bitsarda747

3 жыл бұрын

that was D'arby the younger, right?

@cadeyoung4406

3 жыл бұрын

@@8-bitsarda747 Yeah

I got an ad and thought that it was just part of the video

Mantis didn't pass on his genes. He passed on his *memes*. Monsoon approves

Gotta say, his kid self in MGSV was pretty cute. I really wanted to feel his hair

@Mate_Antal_Zoltan

2 жыл бұрын

🤨

@cinder_9144

Жыл бұрын

Ur weird bro

The Flair Guy cameo at 14:14 took me for a hell of a ride, very nice

On PlayStation: "oh, looks like I found some more USA supersoldier projects, that more powerful than the metal gears: gears, specifically Adam and Eve and their child": guilty gear On GameCube: "oh boy, despair, a whole of despair, not only that, but one of your games was inspired by Cthulhu mythos"

Oh hell yeah! This'll be great

They really have to port Metal Gear to the switch so a new generation of gamers, myself included, can experience the mind fuck that is his boss fight.

@berbtheherb

2 жыл бұрын

Just buy a PS2?

@lovethesunlovethemoon

Жыл бұрын

have i got some news for you buddy

"no matter who he went through it always came to the same sickening result, and this only built upon his inner hatred of the world" sounds like when i try to meet new people

When i first played mgs5 and saw psycho mantis during the hospital raid i let a loud yes! In excitement.. He's one of my favorites characters.

wasted a minuto inputting the link for Doki Doki Literature Club! OST - Your Reality (Credits)

@ceresthestarspinner4609

3 жыл бұрын

I mean it’s not really a waste

@overseerpjoe9477

3 жыл бұрын

Just -Mantis- Monika

@chokahn6677

3 жыл бұрын

The link don’t work no more

@michaelzhang9806

3 жыл бұрын

Is this the link that Monika says or the more code that appears later in the vid?

I hope someone will translate the binary code from the beginning and the middle of the video and look up that link

@tryinglyon

3 жыл бұрын

@@cohenvale6342 What even is shimoneta?

@SnowBaller985

3 жыл бұрын

@@tryinglyon an anime about ecchi terrorists

@cohenvale6342

3 жыл бұрын

@@tryinglyon Just imagine a world where sex jokes and vulgarity of it was removed and banned by the government. even saying the words was banned. Meti always mentions it at the end of his videos. and sometimes a thumbnail will show this black haired yellow eyed girl with a school uniform on or the same girl with panties on her head. I haven't been on the channel long enough to know, why he references it

@dedan496

3 жыл бұрын

@@cohenvale6342 In my gut i knew it would translate to something like that

Thanks monika! Have a good day too!

Him reading out my hands felt like the original dox

As crazy as it was when psycho mantis read my mind, Eternal Darkness got me better with “Please insert disk 2”

even after all these years , i still get goose bumps , i love these games so much , im glad the creators know how awesome their work is , psycho mantis blew my mind , exactly how he was supposed to

Monika showing up was hilarious I'm digging the metal gear videos for sure !

Ok so very neat thing! (At least in my eyes) Most of the lore from the MGS guidebook is completely outdated, but a part of Mantis's extra lore got worked back in by Phantom Pain: The "fact" his powers are parasitic.* This parasitic nature might help explain why Mantis is so much weaker in his MGS appearance. Basically, guidebook lore stated that personalities he parasitized stacked onto each other and came out while he's parasiting someone else. So he literally is "like the men he met as a child" during his time with Foxhound. But since he compartmentalized his parasitic nature as it's own personality after he killed his father**, while back with Eli it takes over again. The guidebook describes that the two personalities joined Foxhound for competing reasons- "the parasite" wanted to kill, while Mantis himself only wanted his own death. This odd bit of old lore might be the key to explaining why he's so much weaker during MGS- he's trying to hold back so Snake can kill him, because he doesn't just want peace from everyone else's mind- he wants peace from his own. *The guidebook posited this as the reason for the "Mantis" name, but as Mantids aren't parasitic I've got to doubt that. But the parasite label already isn't correct (it would be more accurately described as mutualism, given that while he feeds off a person they gain access to his powers- but that's pedantic.) **Given when this split happened, it could be inferred that the fire that consumed him and his village wasn't just a fearful psychic blast- again, while parasited his powers belong to whoever is the stronger willed, potentially meaning the blast damaged himself as well as killing his village because his powers were contested between himself and his father's will.

Everyone knows that the most successful execution of trying to scare the audience that Hideo has ever done was to show Olgas' armpits

@LouiesLog

2 жыл бұрын

Urraaag!

so much information at once i gotta rewatch and really understand im too drunk for this right now but its amazing thank you

One of the most unforgettable boss fights I’ve ever faced

"A bit sad" he fuckin got ANGY

You’re a cautious man, and quite skilled. You don’t save much. Still don’t believe me? I’ll read further into your mind: You seem to enjoy role playing games. I see you like action games. You’ve played a couple Konami games. ...You like Castlevania don’t you?

Mantis will always be one of my favorite characters.

"You like meeeen!" "You can see into my mind?!" "No." "Fuck."

Big boss was so angry he caused another guy to explode

Thank God he can't search through your search history.

The third child being psycho mantis never crossed my mind while I played V, but it makes so much sense now having learned that

Oh boi! Another mgs vid!

The fact that mantis was silence in 5 Damn

Psychomantis also appeared in Resident Evil: Revelations. lol

I don't he realized the url he put in at 7:19 is effectively useless due to the font

Psycho Mantis? Meti? You’re that bad guy…

Imagine if metal gear solid releases on steam and psyco mantis says "i see you like to play among us"

I clicked my screen you check the time and I saw a big pause icon pop up. Nice

The first time I played the Mantis fight his channel change actually worked on me- I panicked from the load noise, accidentally pulling the box out of the TV plug. I didn't know what happened so I manually changed the channel, thinking that's what happened. Whoops.

Will ya do the sorrow? That dudes a mystery to me.

@SSD_Penumbra

3 жыл бұрын

I think he's a mystery to everyone. He's a medium who turns into a straight-up ghost.

The boss battle with psycho mantis drove me insane I still have not recovered

Thank you Monica, very cool

that surprise appearance of Dough Walker really caught me off guard

That alliteration. You're pretty good.

Dude I just finished doki doki like a week ago. I had to rewatch the video to make sure I wasn’t crazy.

I’ll never forget how Phycho Mantis told me to put my controller on the floor and then moved it with the vibrator.

At 7:16, did anyone know where that KZread link led to?

Does anyone know what media that Mantis Character at 2:32 comes from?

That was a wild ass alliteration in the beginning

7:21 Anyone figure out what this link was for? Says video doesn't exist

whats the video he links in the codec scene? it doesnt load

Entirely unrelated, but it's cool that there's a youtube channel that talks about my 3 favourite things -- JoJo, Castlevania, and Metal Gear.

You like to play Castlevania, don't you?

hey Flair Guy was in this video!

With all the details in the game and story its funny that there is no more about such a magical gasmask since it doesnt cover his entire head/skull and is still capable of keeping out interference.. does it have a invisible aura shield ?

Still remember when he read my mind and moved my controller, i was young at the time and was scared completely shitless how this guy KNEW i played castlevania.

Very cleaver the mind games you did pauisng the video and stuff

What scene is this taken from at 6:45?

Kaoru was the 5th child though. The 3rd child was shinji.

Wait how are both ending from metal gear ps1 cannon?

7:20 Not sure where this one is linking, I keep getting 'video unavailable'

@pikraft84

3 жыл бұрын

It's BYBBOtyuNgU

@samt3412

3 жыл бұрын

@@pikraft84 why is there a link to a Rance video?

I think we all have a bit of Psycho Mantis in us. I felt bad for him in his defeat.

Damn, can't believe psycho mantis never read the mind of a single gay dude

This is one of the coolest metal gear videos I’ve seen in a looong time just one question: Why do you say Cyprus like that

I Finally understand his mgsV's Beginning

It's honestly pretty easy to overlook Mantis' actual personality and character. Like, yes, he set precedents for 4th-wall-breaking and connecting video game software into the game's universe itself (which Flowey and Monika both ran with). But that also ignores Mantis himself as a compelling character too - even without his added backstory from MGSV, it's painfully easy to see why he views humanity as beneath him with so much contempt, given that he experienced things like a loving family and people's friendship rather than his father's hatred and people's depravity. Whether you go with the "it feels... kind of... nostalgic" or "it feels.. kind of... nice" translation, it's clear that Psycho Mantis was not born a monster, but rather molded into one by his toxic surroundings. Ironically, the psychic known for being a puppetmaster was, himself, influenced and shaped by others more than he would ever want to admit.

What's th link at 3:05? I tried searching it but nothing comes up.

@MetiNotTheBadGuy

3 жыл бұрын

It works

7:19 what is that?

Where can I find the second player port on the IPhone?

@KahosSaint

3 жыл бұрын

You don't. The way to beat him without switching the controller is to take out the statues with the bandages wrapped around them.

@raiden1395

3 жыл бұрын

@@KahosSaint you’re pretty good 👉👉