Over the Garden Wall is basically Dante’s Inferno turned into a cartoon, it’s an absolute masterpiece of animation!

Miscellaneous trivia: The show was planned as a single season, though it was originally going to be longer and had to be trimmed. During the opening title card of each episode the sound of the train whistle plays. In episode 9, the names of Quincy Endicot and Margaret Grey (the tea couple) can be seen on the tombstones Wirt hides behind. I watch this show every Fall. Such immaculate vibes. It was all a rock fact ;)

Fun fact, people have determined that Wirt and Greg’s time is the 70s based on some of the Halloween decorations, that flower wallpaper, and the cookie jars at the party.

If you don't "get it", the boys were drowning. The unknown is the other side. They were allowed to see the otherside and come back because they were in the process of dying and Wirt had to find the strength and responsibility to get him and Greg "out of the woods"

The Beast is one of the scariest cartoon villains I have ever seen. Even worse once you realize what he represents. He creates edelwodd by making people that are already lost completely lose whatever hope they may have, until they simply lay down and slowly turn into edelwood. And while he's singing in the last episode, he says the following lines _"Sorrow and fear, are easily forgotten. When you submit to the soil of the earth."_ When do people submit to the soil of the earth? When they die. The Beast represents Suicide, when people lose all hope, decide to lay down and embrace death.

"This feels like such a fall series to watch" that's because it IS and ive watched it every fall with my siblings and now with our kids. It's become a yearly tradition for us up in Sleepy Hollow

The Woodsman gave clear instructions to the boys. Wirt had to look after his brother, and Greg had to give his frog a proper name. It took until the end of the series, but they eventually did their responsibilities.

There's multiple video essays that go way more in depth than I will here but the way they write Wirt's anxiety is so interesting. He's so self-conscious and obsessed that he'll mess up or make a fool of himself that he fails to realize that he's pretty well-liked by his peers. He considers Jason Funderberker his bitter rival, but Jason is nothing but nice to him. OtGW is the single most finely crafted piece of media I've ever seen, and it's an annual Halloween tradition for me. Thanks for watching this show, it's such an incredible journey

Dude the part where Greg leaves so he can save Wirt always makes me tear up. Even though Wirt goes off at him, Greg is just so pure of heart that he’ll do anything to keep Wirt safe. 🥺

11:41 "Aren't you a little... early?" Because he's still alive.

The woodsman backstory is funny to me. In the end he may just have been a paranoid or overprotective father. The thing is, his daughter was NEVER lost, she just went into the forest for a day and he thought the worst. He got lost himself while his daughter came back to an empty house and waited for him. In the end he had to realise his daughter was never in any danger, and i thought that was what allowed him to come back.

Wait, ALL THE EPISODES??? HOLY SHIT LET'S GOO. Part of me wishes we could see individual episodes to hear you guys have more time between each and break down what you think it happening, but this is so much more fun to see. It becomes a bit of a trip once you watch enough of it in one go. I watch this every October with my best friend, and binge it together. It's one of the most wholesome and unique shows I've ever seen

If you love the style of this show then I suggest watching Infinity Train!! A lot of people who worked on this show also worked on that show!

Its unbelivable how good this show is having only 10 episodes to present its story.Ideal Haloween series

the unknown is some sort of purgatory, theres a lot of hints through the show pointing towards the fact that everyone they meet in the unknown is dead already. mr endicott is on one of the gravestones where their picnic thing was, and all the people at the inn were references to how peoples profession used to be engraved on their tombstone along with their name, so they were identified as "the tanner" "the cobbler" and stuff like that. also pottsfield, the place with all the skeletons is named after a "potters field" which is a term used to describe areas that people bury unidentified bodies.

my take on the woodsman is that he thought he was doing something to help his daughter but his actions were actually keeping her away the whole time. and theres a bunch of parents that fall into that kind of thing.

Easily one of the most masterfully crafted Cartoon Network series. The story, the dialogue, THE ARTWORK, _THE FREAKING MUSIC!_ While this show is meant as a Halloween series, it’s way more autumnal and wintery to me. Like I watched the show during Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas season. And yeah, Elijah Wood as Wirt was PERFECTION! As someone who remembers Beck from Tron: Uprising, his voice is so noticeable to me and suits Wirt’s etiquette and intelligence. It’s a shame that Max is getting this gem so soon, and for no reason, but that makes you guys watching all 10 episodes really good.

The Halloween Costume reveal blew my mind when I first watched this, cause they mention some modern things here and there yet they seem to be wearing old-timey clothes and it's like When are you kids supposed to be from?? Also Greg is so damn cute and imaginative with his tea kettle elephant costume like how does this boy think of the things he does??? Glad y'all enjoyed this masterpiece!

P.S. i hope people told you that the tape “for sara” is REAL-- it indeed has poetry and clarinet on it, and you can listen to it on youtube.

A bit early for my yearly Over the Garden Wall binge, but I guess I'll make an exception this year because I can't wait until October to watch you guys' reaction knowing the video is out.

You know a show is good when you get chills just form watching the intro..

NO FUCKING WAY WHAT!? I loved how unnerving this cartoon was when I watched it in high school, I remember it airing around after a specific arc in Adventure Time which had a similar vibe

was getting ready to get baked and y’all drop this banger???? yessir

This is my favorite thing to watch on Halloween, I binge it like a movie with snacks and is amazing

You guys mention how the whole thing feels like fall or getting ready for winter. Thats basically it. This little series captures the feel and essence of an american autumn. Its cheerful and fun, but theres a vague sinister undercurrent to everything, like autumn leading into the dreary bleakness of winter. It has this uncomfortable dread you cant quite put a finger on, nagging at the back of your mind

Fun fact to the Pottsfield episode: From the name of the town alone, you can figure out the twist, as a mass grave used to be referred to as a potters field. Not to mention that one lady saying Wirt and co don't look ready to join Pottsfield.

Oh my god, I did NOT know you guys were going to react to this-- I am so excited! The best short Halloween series ever. A Masterpiece you'd say

I GOT SO EXCITED WHEN I GOT THE NOTIFICATION FOR THIS

My brothers and I made it a tradition to watch this show every fall. It’s something special

Fun bit of random trivia: The Beast is played by Samuel Ramey, an accomplished operatic bass singer. One of the roles he's known for playing is the part of Mephistopheles in 3 different operas based on the story of Faust, the sort of archetype of the modern day "deal with the devil" story.

Yes they finally did it

This mini-series had such a wonderful cast: Elijah Wood, Christopher Lloyd, John Cleese, and even Tim Curry

I've watched this show about dozens of times, and only now realized that all the props Greg was using in the first episode were used in "knocking out" the Woodsman. The detail in this show is fantastic.

Over the Garden Wall is a telling of Dante's Inferno, the unknown is purgatory and the boys are lost trying to find their way back home. I truly love this show and I'm so glad you guys enjoyed it.

- Wirt is voiced by Elijah Wood, Greg is voiced by Collin Dean, Beatrice is voiced by Melanie Lynskey (with her being a bluebird is a reference to the story “The Bluebird of Happiness”), & Jason Funderburker 🐸 is voiced by a singer named Jack Jones, the Woodsman is voiced by Christopher Lloyd, & the Beast (which seem to be based on various creatures like the Wendigo) is voiced by another singer named Samuel Ramey - There is a pilot to this series called the Tome of the Unknown & that it also got a comic that extends the story - Chapter 1 is a reference to Disney animated short film The Old Mill, Ch.2 makes a reference to the pilot with "Vegetables can't move on their own. Can they?", Ch.4 the Highwayman is a reference to Minnie the Moocher by Cab Calloway, Ch.6 is a reference to the story The Wind in the Willows, Ch.7 Lorna comes from the book “Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor” & Auntie (voiced by Tim Curry) is based on Yubaba from Spirited Away, & Ch.8 Greg’s dream is based on old style cartoon which reminds me of “Somewhere is Dreamland”

39:46 THE DELAY IN THE REACTION WAS PERFECT 🤣🤣

I watch this show every year when nearing Halloween, easily in my top 5 favorite animated shows of all time!

Over the Garden Wall is Dante’s Inferno with the filter of autumn, old American artwork, cartoon, music, & niches. Take that information as you will to the location of the Unknown versus the real world. Also note that every character in the unknown is dressed as if they’re from a different time period: Ms. Langtree - Edwardian Gibson Girl (early 20th century) Quincy Endicott (whose grave is seen in the cemetery) - 18th Century Georgian Margueritte Grey - 18th century rococo Beatrice - Regency (early 19th century) Lorna & Auntie Whispers - 17th Century American Everyone in the pub ranges from 17th to 19th century

Oh my gosh this mini series was so amazing and good. Absolutely a masterpiece that proves CN needed to take risks with storytelling more often plus amazing to watch during halloween

i like watching over the garden wall every halloween :)

My teory: the unknown is a place of lost stories, where souls whose stories were tragic in life, goes, like: Beatrice died like a bird, quince thinking he was crazy, the woodcutter working for the beast, Lorna the teacher and stuff... when the brothers passed the cemetery wall and died in the lake, they were transported to this world to resolve the stories and if resolved, they would gain their lives back (which is what happened) About the skeleton pumpkins, the frogs, the turtles and the fish, i think they are part of that world, because they represent death in some way (to board the frogs raft i need two coins, as well as the death boat in some mytology needs two coins) And as we can see, the unknow is like... 1700 or something, so i belive that the brothers worlds use to have magic as we see in the unknow.

This is one of my absolute favorite shows - rewatch every fall! It's so fun watching it charm y'all, and also watching you identify every voice actor correctly! The only one I knew right away was Greg being Tiffany from Adventure Time!

ALL OF THEM WHAT I never got around to watching over the garden wall but I've always known it was good so I didn't know it was short this will be great

"How about you and I ditch your brother?" "Hmm, *maybe later"* 😂

You have GOT to watch Infinity Train, we may have not gotten you to watch Over the Garden Wall earlier but here we are bringing Infinity Train to your attention

i know its unlikely they'd watch it on the channel cause the show wasn't super popular and you mostly watch cartoons but theres another incredible show with elijah wood called dirk gently which is a "detective" show written by the guy that wrote hitchhikers guide to the galaxy where theres a bunch of weird supernatural shit going on and the story is revealed in weird little pieces that dont make sense until everything eventually starts falling into place. its incredibly well written and i love it.

Telling a story like this just in 10 episode its crazy and so many good songs

Watching Over the Garden Wall is one of the ways I get myself into the Halloween mood. Thank you for providing this reaction. 🐈‍⬛🌩🎃

This show was Cartoon Network's first miniseries, and everyone agrees it was amazing. That's a rock fact!

SO GLAD YALL SAW THIS!! I watch this show every fall and it’s almost a personal tradition at this point. The settings, music and overall aesthetic are just so comforting yet so ominous. Perfect way to kick off the autumn vibes every year. I’m glad you enjoyed it and I hope you also watch some analysis videos on it if you want more detailed interpretations. Always here for the vibes and so happy to see content I love!🍂🍃🍂🎃🐦

I watch this every fall, a masterpiece

I rewatch this show every October, no matter how many times you see it you will always notice something new

That show was so amazing and touching. The way it was played on Cartoon Network and managed to convince us they would actually kill the child and we fall for it was incredible.

It’s still 110 degrees out right now but I’m fully on board for spooky season!

22:09 FAVORITE EPISODE OFF ONE OFF MY FAVORITS SHOWS!!! OMGGG

I love this series, it's such a unique experience! The fact that they were lingering between life and death the entire time, and there's SO many references to the afterlife. Like that old couple in the mansion? You can see their names in the graveyard in episode 9!

HECK YEAH!!!! So glad y'all watched this one, its one of my favorites. :D

I'm so glad you watched this! I think you'd enjoy Hilda for a wholesome, mysterious Autumn show.

Its more like Wirt and Greg was between life and death, like some sort of limbo that was the Unknown, thats why there was a town called Pottsfield, i read that is one name that it's use to refer graveyards, and the villagers are skeletons of people that already died, also the graveyard where they were was a tombstone with the name of the tea guy, so basically everyone that they meet on the unknown were dead or trapped in the unknown because they were too scared to confront the beast or they had a deal with him like the woodsman and Adelaide

Would anyone like too see Jackie Chan Adventures, Swat Kats, Gargoyles and Transformers Prime on here?

This was probably the best miniseries on CN

One of my favorite series of all time. You guys are spot on with the vibes and aesthetic of the show. It perfectly encapsulates that feeling of late fall

Though The Unknown is up to interpretation, it's mostly speculated to be some sort of place between life and death or a place for the lost. In the second episode, the town is called Pottsfield. A term used for a cemetery for people who were either unknown or couldn't afford a marked grave.

Love seeing how hard you all connected with this. Nowhere near the quality, but there was a quickly forgotten failed movie pilot called Party Wagon that I still go back to now and then.

Definitely one of the best animated shows of all time, it's so timeless and unique. I have watched it like ten times, and every time you watch it, you find other little details that make the story more deeper and encompassing, it's damm good! I even have the soundtrack because the music is amazing. There are also a few comics and stories that tie in what happens between episodes, and some other stories of when they were still traveling the unknown. Sadly it was meant to be just a short series, but it's always great to watch it again.

One curiosity. all characters beside wirt, greg and the frog are indeed Dead as it was hinted several times through the show the Unknown is a dark limbo that some can enter when they're between life and death, for instance you can see at episode 9 when they're at the cemetery a gravestone wich greg hides behind of with the name Quincy Endicott which is the rich man from episode 5, other clues like their having to pay 2 coins to use a ferry like in the mith of the charon of the dead. and even potsfield itself being a village of dead people.

A modern Halloween/Thanksgiving staple! Im so glad y'all are reacting to this one!!

One of my all time favorites, I rewatch it every fall to get into the spooky spirit

I love how at the start of episode 8 you guys barely noticed the Beast singing to taunt the brothers that he was close and actively hunting them, because you were too distracted by Greg making up some nonsense line about dinosaur ears. Never change lmaooo. Also real fun fact, while most dinosaur fossils are just their skeletons, there are are actually some very rare fossils that managed to save some soft tissue! The best preserved dinosaur ever discovered (so far) was an anklyosaurus found in the oil sands of Alberta, and it happened to die in conditions that were juuuust right to mummify the body, and eventually the mummified dinosaur became a fossil that some random oil field worker dug up one day. I'm not joking about the dinosaur mummy thing either, it still has some of its original skin pigment. It still has its organs, including its last meal being inside of its stomach. I've seen it in person, it's genuinely amazing, that thing is the holy grail of dinosaur fossils. It's on display at the Royal Tyrell museum in Drumheller, if you ever get the chance to see it I'd definitely recommend going. Anyways, that also doesn't really matter, because we DO know exactly what dinosaurs had going on in the ear department, and it was... literally nothing. Outer ear structures like we've got is a trait exclusive to mammals; everything else just has holes to let the sound in. Mammal's have very odd ears because our hearing systems were made by repurposing our vestigal jawbones to do weird things like hear good; meanwhile everyone else said fuck it and kept the bonus jawbone instead.

When Greg is dying you can hear "potatoes and molasses " in Latin. I missed it my first time watching but it's harrowing to hear. Also, at the very start of the show it briefly shows Wirt and Greg under the water. There's hundreds of little things you only get by watching it over and that's why I watch it every fall!

I've seen this many times and I just now noticed that the kids outside the halloween party are talking about two old cat as a baseball game when Greg passes by, which is why he plays it with the animals earlier in episode 3, but he misunderstood it as being "too old cat". This show's so good.

Hell yeah i love seeing people react to this amazing show!! Ive just been listening to the ost and thinking of doing a rewatch w friends since a few days ago

YESSSSS!!! I’m gonna cry, I needed some thing to watch and this is my favorite show of all time. I’m so ready for fall vibes right now.

The music is the best thing I have ever heard, the entire soundtrack is always played and it is absolutely a masterpiece

every fall i watch this show, i love it, love the vibes, we need more of this nowadays

Cool. I remember first watching this series sick in bed so I was just scrolling through youtube on my phone and came across the episodes. They used to be on yt but got removed. Such a great series : )

I was vaguely aware of over the garden wall but didnt really think to watch it until today. Someone else was watching it and I thought, 'oh what the hell, i wanted to see it at some point anyways'. I was not prepared to love it as much as I do, planning to watch this every fall.

I'm saving this so I can watch it with y'all come Fall. My roomate used to try to get me to watch it all the time.

i love this series SO much. My sister and I have been watching it every single fall since it came out, and we sing all the songs... So many good memories. When it first aired on Cartoon Network, the last two episodes came out the day before halloween, and then on halloween, iirc.

This is phenomenal. I watch it every autumn.

3:00 LOL WHUT! You hear Elijah Wood and your first reaction is the guy from Wilfred XD

if you look, you can see how the frog still has the magic bell in its stomach

Im glad to you guys watched this show I was about to ask for it

my theory is that Wirt and Gregory were in between life and death and all the characters are people who have already died and the beast is trying to lead Wirt and Gregory into death or maybe even further than death. But luckily Wirt and Gregory were able to fight death and return back to the living. However this is just what i think :)

SUCH a good series

So glad Greg actually didn't die. Like, the Unknown is a purgatory and apparently they were kinda having the idea of Greg dying but thought it didn't really do anything but make you sad.

No way I didn't know this was coming! This is such a welcome surprise for today 😀

27:20 so the only who did't know it about the beast soul, was the wood man...

Ah yes, the perfect fall show. Many fans, myself included, watch this every October for Halloween. The autumn vibes and art style, the horror, and the deep philosophical questions about what it means to be lost, forgotten, or unknown. This is up there on my top favorite cartoons ever (with Gravity Falls, Avatar, and Owl House).

One of my favorite series along with infinity train, glad you liked it so much

I love that the majority of this show is basically The View From Halfway Down in Bojack and you can see the seeds of it planted all throughout, but then they challenge that as well by making everything that’s “in his head” feel very real and even show up in the present day

Love how Ruff more or less guessed the entire plot.

Over the garden wall is one of my favorite shows to binge and it deserves a sequel or at least a movie

An annual autumn rewatch for me. I stand on the side that thinks this was an allegory for purgatory or death.

Someone made a video essay comparing this show to Dante’s Inferno (book where Dante explores the afterlife) and it’s symbolisms shown in this show

Has anyone noticed that in ep 1, when the wolf thing got crushed and turned back into a turtle it was the same type of turtle they saw at Lorna’s (the girl forced to do housework). Maybe there’s a connection?

"it sounds like a patrick rothfuss book" yeah man!

This show is like a fever dream into death. Very thankful for your cutting down the downtime that escalated the feverish dreams.

Has ruff never seen a reptile before in his entire life?

The actor who plays Beast is like one of the most fameous opera singers of our times. He's Samuel Ramey, a bass and his most recognisable role is literally the Devil in Faust (by Gounod, french opera) and Mephistofele (Boito, italian opera).