Awesome Videos

The Legend of Zelda‘s hero Link needs a new shield, but the one he wants is too darn expensive. So the Hero of Time goes off on a money-hunting spree. YouTuber Callegos-Y’s 3D animated short is as funny as it is polished.

The Smithsonian Channel shares this amazing slow-motion footage of violets, touch-me nots and squirting cucumbers (yep, that’s really a thing) as they procreate by exploding, which spreads their seeds all over the place.

A direct-to-video animated movie featuring twisted versions of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. To promote the movie, DC and Machinima are releasing an animated short film for each character.

When Seth MacFarlane and Cyndi Lauper were both on The Graham Norton Show, the host put Seth on the spot to perform some of Cyndi’s hits in the voices of his Family Guy characters… and his true colors came shining through.

Drones seem to be turning up everywhere these days, so it was only a matter of time before the flying motorized giant insects would make their way to wedding photo shoots. Sit back, relax and enjoy this happy couple on their big day.

Redditor axw820 shares how he reacted while driving away a pigeon from his house. At least he got karma and money out of it, unlike when we and four other grown men tried to fend off a scabby rat with a feather duster and shrieks.

(Flashing lights) The Black Hole is a 255ft. water slide with lots of LEDs inside. The lights’ trippy patterns over the slide’s black tube make for an awesome trip. The Black Hole is at the Bad 1 indoor leisure pool in Bremen, Germany.

A woman patiently assists an elderly mother, who insists on sending a text message to her child even though she barely knows how to use a mobile phone. Stellar acting brings the humor and drama in this simple short film. Also on iTunes.

“If someone you love walks through the door, even if it happens five times a day, you should go totally insane with joy.” A heartbreaking account of Ben Moon’s relationship with his dog Denali, told from the latter’s perspective.

While messing around with a new gas burner, YouTuber TaoFledermaus poured a can of Coca-Cola into a pool of molten lead. While highly dangerous, the end result was surprisingly cool. It looks sort of like the T-1000 from Terminator 2.

The indicted former FIFA VP Jack Warner bought TV airtime in his home country to play hero, threatening to release evidence of FIFA’s corruption. Last Week Tonight did the same and talked to Trinidadian viewers with this segment.

The guys from The Warp Zone, along with Peter Hollens turn in a pitch-perfect rendition of John Williams’ epic theme from the classic Jurassic Park. The only thing missing are the killer dinosaurs and that cool Ford Explorer.

Artist Benjamin Ducroz created a series or small wooden sculptures from layers based on sine and triangle waves. When spun, they work like zoetropes, resulting in some trippy, morphing organic shapes.

(PG-13 Language) Nope, this is not footage from a video game. Director Claudio Voicu and a group of freerunners wonderfully recreated a time trial stage from the upcoming prequel Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst. Behind the scenes here.

(PG-13 Language) Thug Notes sums up and breaks down George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones, which is the basis for the TV show’s first season. Those were the good ol’ days, when you could still keep track of the characters. LATA’!

A housewife says screw it and moves in to their refrigerator. Yvonne is twice as long as it should be and waters down its point – taking our wives and mothers for granted – but since it’s a Samsung NX1 ad we’ll take what we can get.

Having trouble using a selfie stick? CollegeHumor suggests using an ancient technique: bring a friend – or make a new one! – and have them take your picture. The joke kind of misses the point of a selfie, but it’s still funny.

Back in the ’60s kids could still play with toy guns without worry about being shot by the police or being told they would become sociopathic killers. And the Johnny Seven OMA (One Man Army) was quite possibly the greatest toy gun of all time.

On paper it seems so obvious. Of course a successful actor should be able to fake emotions. But seeing it in action is another thing altogether, especially since Bryce pulled it off while Conan droned on about the importance of Home Depot.

Mauricio Hoyos shares this 2013 video of a huge and pregnant great white shark named Deep Blue, who’s about 20ft long and at least 50 years old. This was taken in Guadalupe Island, around the same time Discovery tracked Deep Blue.

Karen X. Cheng and Ross Ching hit the hilly streets of San Francisco to mess with our heads, capturing action on the steep sidewalks tilting the camera to compensate for the grade. The track is I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ by Scissor Sisters.

While isn’t nearly as impressive as opening five bottles with a chainsaw, this quick cap-popping technique that requires six guys and five rulers is far less likely to result in a severed limb.

Two fish enter, one fish leaves. Velda’s whimsical pond accessory lets fish and their owners get a better view of each other, allowing fish to swim above the surface of the water for a brief moment and peep their heads out.