Awesome Videos

(Flashing lights) Link fights Darth Vader, Son Goku brawls with Juggernaut, Samus Aran blasts a Dalek and more in animator Johnny McHone’s expansive stop motion short. It took him over a year to complete the film, which combines action figures, clay and 2D animation.

Did you know that Wi-Fi wasn’t originally an acronym but a pun on Hi-Fi? How about the fact that most Americans who are online are browsing Facebook? Or that it’s faster to say World Wide Web than WWW? All those and more in this Mental Floss episode.

After riding through the streets of New York City, pro BMX biker Nigel Sylvester goes to the West Coast, taking us on a whirlwind tour of Los Angeles with the help of the city’s rich and famous.

Pop thrash metal band Babymetal’s girls are teenagers now, and they’ve gone mainstream globally. So we hate them now. Just kidding. Their new album Metal Resistance gives us more of their unorthodox mix of hair-raising music and kawaii singing.

(PG-13: Language) Comedian Scott Rogowsky and The Chortle lightened up the day of New York City subway riders with this raunchy prank. He rode the trains pretending to read books with fake and hilarious titles.

To show off their Giant Jenga set, Vat19 lit the wooden blocks on fire, then played a game that was only possible thanks to the fire retardant goo on their hands. And here we thought playing Jenga with construction equipment was the most dangerous way to play.

It’s a rare enough sight to lay eyes on a Ferrari F40, but to see one hooning about in the snow is something we never thought we’d witness. Driver Takeshi Kimura made some powder fly in an F40 at Japan’s Ryuoo Ski Park, with the help of some chains and tire studs.

Inventor Simone Giertz teamed up with Adam Savage to build another one of her silly robotic contraptions – this time, she’s made a hat that automatically feeds her popcorn. They should include one of these as an option with the Oculus Rift.

Gav and Dan of The Slow Mo Guys got their hands on a personal flamethrower from X Matter, loaded it up with fuel, then fired it up in front of their watchful lens for our enjoyment. The coolest shot has to be the face-on fireball at 2:40.

YouTuber Madison Blakey shares this compilation of their mother’s dog Luke, who moves from the TV room to the bedroom every time he hears the TV’s power off chime… even though he’s already lying down. A smart way of being stupid.

(Flashing images) An incredibly wealthy and prideful man is diagnosed with a terminal illness. He chooses to go out in a grand fashion by commissioning a Euthanasia Coaster, a roller coaster that theoretically induces euphoria before starving the brain of oxygen.

This award-winning short from Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg’s Animation Institute envisions a day in which nature reclaims the Earth from civilization. It’s a vision we’ve seen in films like I Am Legend, but here we see the process rather than just the end result.

Screen Junkies is several months late with their joke for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which means we’ve heard all they have to say. Except for Maz Kanata’s new nickname. That was good. Anyway, they make up for it with a showdown of movie trailer voice guys.

Aaron’s Animals gets all meta on itself, as the very talented Prince Michael the cat decides to make his own YouTube video, and proves along the way that you can’t force something to go viral. Case in point: this clip has less than 10,000 views so far.

If you like piña coladas, and some screaming in pain, this video is for you. Rupert Holmes’ 1979 hit takes a dark turn with the help of YouTuber Wilton Turdley. Though we’re pretty sure that’s Animal on vocals.

Kuma Films showcases 三峽定點陀螺隊, a group of expert spinning top players in Taoyuan, Taiwan. They perform feats of incredible accuracy while making the trick shots look so easy. The tightrope trick is nuts.

Someone insults The Undertaker. Lights dim, he arrives! Chair to the face! Oh look out, it’s that Sweet Chin Music! Going up! Bah gawd! Hardcore pro wrestling fans RackaRacka perfectly sum up the beats and beatdowns of Wrestlemania.

Another fun cover version of Darude’s mesmerizing dance hit, Sandstorm, this time played on marimba – and a wood box, by musician eemikun, who also does a mean remake of the Nyan Cat theme. Yeah, remember Nyan Cat? Never forget.

An injury derailed Devin Williams’ dream of playing high level college hoops, and he ended up in an art university. End of story? Nope. A class assignment unlocked his eye for filmmaking and teaching. Now he’s a YouTube star who has positively impacted many lives.

Man at Arms: Reforged finally takes on one of their fans’ long-requested weapons: Dark Souls’ Greatsword of Artorias. The divine weapon is like a Gothic column, eye-catching in terms of both size and detail. There’s no way a normal man can one-hand or roll with this beast.

Talking, texting, having the back of our chair kicked. Pretty much at least one rude thing in Reverse Cowboys‘ clip happens to us every time we go to the movies. To those of you who think the theater is your living room, buy a big screen, stay home, and annoy your own family.

A city comes to a standstill to watch their neighbors have a horse race from the suburbs to downtown, while soul artist Charles X sings about opportunities and oppression in Parallel’s animated music video for the single from his new album Sounds of the Yesteryear.

It’s a highly imbalanced race between parkour athlete Ronnie Shalvis, a Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe, and a Traxxas R/C truck. But each one has demonstrates their unique advantages in this fun and action-packed clip from Devin Graham’s Teamsupertramp.