As a pakistani i would say that for a american it would be different due to cultural differences but the film was extremly popular in pakistan due to recent poltical situation in pakistan as are former prime minister was arrested due to corruption charges and pakistan does have some good animated stuff like burka avenger and 3 bahadur but it is still a developing industry also finally they fucked the english localization so much that i understand why english speaking audiences would find it cringey like if you listen the urdu versiom of the songs they are so many times better (Sorry for my poor english) I actually remembered one thing that all the stuff like voter suppression and electoral fraud and the fox admiration of boots is representation that the military is secretly controlling the goverment

“[the protagonist is] stupid, annoying, random, loud, blunt, wants to be rich, wants to have a girlfriend” Greg Heffley: Did someone call me?

"he's stupid, he's annoying, he's random... he wants to be rich, wants a girlfriend" sounds weirdly like shark tale

you forgot to put in the gay line. the line where mangu tells the prince to take his hand and the prince says "you'll have to ask my father". like. legit best line in the whole film. i love this movie.

"In A Anthropomorphic World, Humans Are Canon." Sonic: Hold My Beer.

"I'll send animals to the *SUN* because it's *B* *I* *G* *G* *E* *R* " what a power move

"an animated show about washing your hands" man he was way ahead of his time

I have to be honest. That “hear all evil, speak all evil and show all evil” joke is really clever.

"Give the people an illusion of choice that they are actually voting" Probably the most accurate thing in that entire film lmao

Bearnie Sanders: "I am once again asking you for picnic basket support."

“He has arthritis and has to step down” But he can’t, because he has arthritis

Saberspark: "no no, I'm not a furry! It's just for the meme!" Also Saberspark: 7:37

“I’ll send them to the sun, because it’s bigger!” His intelligence is unquantifiable, you could never even imagine it.

I'll tell you what The Donkey King isn't: Veggie Tales.

Immediately, the hole in his tooth is making me uncomfortable.

That the human character only growls, laughs and grunts actually is an amazing designe choice!

Dan Green was the only actor who did a good job representing his character in my opinion. He’s excellent at making characters sound depressed or disappointed. His wife’s passing probably contributed to that ability. Dan, if you’re reading this, I’m sorry you had to go through that. You were a huge part of my childhood, so I only wish the best for you and your twins.

*Saberspark:* The Veggietales video is gonna take one more week, but it's gonna be amazing! One week later... *Saberspark:* I'm sorry, guys. The Veggietales video is gonna take one more week, but it's gonna be the best video i've made! 150 years later... *Saberspark:* The Veggietales video is gonna take one more week, but it's gonna be worth the wait!

My wife: What are you watching? Me: I'm watching a grown man make a 30 minute critique of a children's movie from Pakistan.

i think the fox girl talking to the audience were supposed to be kinda like old looney tunes fourth wall breaks, like "Y'know? I think that duck's screwy!"

The fact the human ringmaster communicates in growls and inhuman laughter is a nice way to show he is lower than the literal anthro animals in the movie.

The fox character being named "Fitna" is honestly very clever considering what her role in the movie is supposed to be. In Arabic, "Fitna" means "conflict" which in this movie fits since she was trying to cause conflict and pull the strings, etc. It's such a shame her character was poorly executed though. Also the name can mean "sexual temptation" so the joke you made was even more hilarious than it was lmao

Saberspark: "I'm not a furry!" Also Saberspark: 7:39

I'm now legally obligated to sing "Washing the Clothes" everytime I do laundry. Thanks Saber.

"I will send them to the sun, because it's bigger" that actually made me laugh and I am sick right now and coughing a lot so it didn't help.

I find it rather weird that only the donkeys have ""realistic"" hooves

"And in the future, Monkey News will show no evil!" "Uhh there's a serial killer on the loose right now. Shouldn't we make viewers aware of-" "SHOW NO EVIL!!!"

I kinda thought he would put the bear in charge at the end because he seems to know what the people want and how to lead them

Saber: "I'm not a furry" Also Saber: 7:37

I can't be the only one bothered by the fact that Mangu has a hole going straight through his tooth

"Fitn his **** in her ***..." Best Saberspark line this year and definitely one of his best ever.

“Ok 3 2 1 let’s jam” 19:08

“Americans may have trouble relating to this” They… they made a donkey the main character, they wanted down to the 1%, and they protested corruption…

the ring master communicating in nothing but growls and laughs in a movie of talking anthropomorphic animals was a pretty neat idea.

That hole in his tooth gives me uncomfortable chills

The funny part about comparing this to the Russian Revolution is that during the Russian Revolution, a provisional government overthrew the Czar and the monarchist government, then the Bolsheviks overthrew the provisional government

Thanks to this video, I can no longer do my laundry without ominously chanting “washing the clothes. Washing the clothes. Washing the clothes.”

So... let me get this straight: This is Zootopia, additionally inspired by House of Cards and The Crown, but also with Sing subplot. Oh and Joshua and the Promised Land, with sparkly ghost fairy thing!

Fun fact: "Fitna" doesn't have a direct translation from Arabic, rather it is a concept that can take many forms, all of them have to do with influence and taking over one's mind: - Conflict (polarizing parties against each other) - Conspiracy - Charm (seduction / lust) - Distraction - Downfall (irresistible weakness) It's a brilliant name to give to a fox imo

9:30 sooooooo I paused in the wrong time

I agree with almost all of these points. I think an important point that wasn't discussed was that the human ringmaster was meant to blanket represent western nations (which is why his silhouette matches that of uncle sam, despite traditional circus masters/ringmasters have a really round, short, and stout silhouette). It doesn't recover the movie but it's an important part. Also the OST is a lot better in the original language ha ha. Great video, I know it's old, but I thought I'd mention it anyways!

Who else wanted to hear Ronald Crump say "We're gonna build a swimming lake, and the crocs are going to pay for it"

The character designs are very good. A lot of lower budget animated films don't know how to make FASHIONABLE anthro animals. This film does. On another note, I do wonder how much the plot got mangled in the dubbing process, because this seems like a film where trying to make it easy for English speaking kids to understand would take precedence over nuances in the OG script.

It's the Goofy walking Pluto thing.

Ronald Crump: *I will drain the swamp* Shrek: *you better check yourself before you shrek yourself*

The confusion behind this movie actually make sense because that’s how nonsensical real politics are

Its called Donkey king because the people who made this are Donkeys

This seems to be a mockbuster crossover Sherk and Zootopia with a title that reminds me of Donkey Kong.

Okay, I actually laughed my head off at that "I'll send them to the sun, because it's bigger!" line

Not gonna lie “I’ll send them to the Sun! Because it’s bigger!” kinda killed me

Saberspark suddenly becoming sussy with the Fitna joke

7:18 So you’re telling me we went from Mewtwo to arthritis lion?

Saber: "And I've been on a binge of watching-" Me: Anthro movies? Saber: "international content." Me: Yeah... ok.

Saber: the protagonist is stupid, annoying likes to daydream, wants to be rich and wants to have a girlfriend Me: I'm in this movie and I don't like it

“You should be king” “No I’m far to old” “Ok, I’ll be king… but make you king” “Ok sounds good”

She reminds me of the fox woman from that North Korean anime you once did a review on. The human she's talking to on the phone looks like an extreme caricature of Jim Sterling.

can we appreciate that a tiger in this was named "MR PROPAGANDA" 27:51

Can we talk about how they literally use Comic Sans on the protest signs?

I am a Pakistani/ Candadian, and growing up learning about film entertainment, i can toally agree with your points. I watched the movie in Pakistan and all I could say I liked (if I had to like something) is the animation.

i actually recognized the safeguard handwash now that you mentioned it, im not pakistani, but i am filipino and ive seen ads abt it on tv and on youtube in my country

That hole in Mangu's tooth is really painful to look at

"In life you've got to face your problems, not Facebook them." That's the best moral this movie could have.

It's really random but I like how sometimes his talking matches the characters' lipsinking at least once in most of these videos

I mean the human's sounds make sense because although every animal makes many sounds, we always say they make one like cats only going meow and dogs going woof so saying the sound humans make is hahaha makes sense in animal POV logic

Donkey is not cheating on dragon. this is just his past. Remember when he talked about getting wedgie's and swirlies? This is what he meant.

I don't know why, but that hole in his tooth drives me insane.

'Other nations send animals to the moon, I'll send them to the SUN' is such a banger of a line like wtf it had me laughing lol

“Better than Disney! Better than Pixar!” 3:02 *Crown clips through ear*

When he said "Inkie binky bonky" I felt that.

Saber: “from Pakistan” Me, from Pakistan: WHAT OH NO

To be fair, in the United States, the President is the Head of State, Head of Government, and the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. In most countries (Pakistan included), those are three separate roles filled by three separate individuals.

“Mongu, my son, listen, I want you to capture Sonic the hedgehog so that he can’t stop my plans”

Not gonna lie, "Well, I'll send them to the *sun* because it's *BIGGER* !" genuinely made me chuckle because it's so stupid.

Saber: “I’m not a furry guys, you’re the ones who are all furries.” Also Saber: 7:37

I'm a writer and u actually wrote a sad but interesting fan story about fitna. October 13th, 1988, Fitna was born. She loved her mother lisa a lot, then at age 5, her mom was killed by fitnas cousin dafne, dafne didn't want to shoot fitnas mom. But Daf did because she's being forced to become a member of a terrorist group, Fitna was left into a severe depression for about 29 years. Then she met a Cartoon demon named Howard. He saw her as the love of his love. They then became a very happy couple. Fitna also experienced the events of the donkey king in 2013(the movies in 2018 but whatever). She didn't die but needed medical and mental help. She was being violently assualted by the human from the movie. She was almost R*ped by the human when she tried to escape and get the help of a close friend of hers. Then in 2019. She became a Cia agent and right now. She's living a better and happy life with her friends and family. She's a good woman forced to be bad. She also had her neices who are swats trying to find her during the movies events. This movie would be triggering fitnas PTSD from the human she still is after for revenge. Her cousin dafne then finally escaped the terrorist group she was force to be in. Then on her birthday in 2022, a crazy phyco doctor who's her doctor brought her mom back from the dead. So she's now a happy fox with her friends and family by her side? How did I do with the story? Anything needed to change?

For music the Urdu dub is sooo catchy for me. English one is kinda weird tbh. The voice acting is sooo much better in Urdu than English. I feel like other countries won't understand this because when the movie released there were many big problems going on with our politics. I understand why other people don't like it because it is our culture. Its been soo many years since this movie released and honestly it wasn't the best but l liked it(sorry for my bad english lol).

I figured out what was wrong with the animation: there's hardly any settling or weight. Basically, actions end far too quickly. Like at 29:15, for example, when Godzilla slams down his newspaper, the newspaper just hits the table and loses all momentum when it should've bounced up a bit from the force and fluttered back down. It seems like such a small detail, but when it's consistently a problem throughout the movie, it makes it look unfinished and clunky. I hope that this studio can figure these kinds of details out because it would make everything flow ten times better

Sabre: I’m not a furry Also Sabre: FITNA....

2:19 this reminded me of that one Disney series where it was old lady inspector gadget and the little girl who always had to piss

The donkey king literally told the future

The sun is bigger than the moon joke is honestly really funny

Huh, furry with a human fetish. Weird change of pace

"Commander in chief" is not a role which makes the king the leader of the country. On it's own, the role just means he is in charge of the millitary. It's a relatively unique thing in the US to have the President also be the Commander in chief

17:25 They honestly wasted a VERY MAJOR opportunity for the ONLY Human character featured within the film...

Fitna looks like a second draft for a good character design, but the artist hasn't figured out the style yet.

HER NAME IS “FITNA” ETFSETG THIS IS HILARIOUS I’m not sure if it was on purpose, but “fitna” could be translated to “something that causes chaos or bad things” I’M FREAKING CRYING IT FITS SO WELL!!!

I love how with Saber, his videos are pretty chill for the most part, and then he'll remind us how out of pocket he can be and casually drops a 7:38

Just by watching this, I don't actually think this sucks as much as he's making it to be. It looks very cultural to me, and I actually found it interesting. I'm not American or from Pakistan, so I mean, probably even more unbiased, no? It looks good and sounds like a lot of the trouble came from the bad dub. The weirdest thing to me is how Americans basically can't watch subtitled things 😳

" I'm totally not a furry guys " Says saber as he zips up his fur suit

Saberspark: This video is sponsored by... Me: Let me guess, Raycon for the hundredth time in a row? Saberspark: Underwear! Me: I knew- wait, what?!

8:47 *NOT HIM. MEEEEEEE!*

The animation's indeed all over the place, especially as mentioned in the action/slapstick sequences. It's frustrating because there are several scenes of Mangu talking/acting where the animation's actually really solid, but it's always held slightly back by the limitations of the models/rigging. Also there's no consistent character design; the bull-guy gets hands, but Mangu (the MAIN CHARACTER) is stuck with unwieldy hooves. (yes I know there's a difference between cloven and equine hooves, but still, these characters all need to use their hands)

“Whenever George Washington beat the British, he did a breakdance on stage” **john mulaney voice** I don’t remember that in Hamilton!

OK, this inside joke about Saberspark being a furry is reaching new levels.

16:49 why do I kinda like Mangu mangos voice

i looked it up on imdb, and yes the ghost donkey is voiced by robotnik's voice actor, Mike Pollock. he's also in Ratatoing, an infamous bootleg of Ratatioulle, as the green mouse that says "precisely" and pretty much nothing else

Not gonna lie. Everytime finta was talking around the human she sounded extremely fearful. Almost like there is more to their companionship than meets the eye. If they had given a backstory to her then the movie would make ten times more sense. Props to her voice actor btw

Saber: I'm not a furry. Also Saber, thirsty for Fox tail.

Not so fun fact : something extremely similar to donky Kings' political tale happened in Iran. The only difference is that we didn't get the happy ending after.

2:13 don't worry! we have the Dettol Warriors too!