Dorkly Originals (2010– ) User Reviews

Spot the video game character in this delightfully sharp and witty animated internet sketch series!

[Foreverisacastironmess123 · 8/10 · 24 October 2016]

I love to watch this show where the very short episodes are made up of absurd and hilarious parodies and spoofs all involving famous video game iconic characters and often run little longer than a minute and a half, which I think helps to make it funnier as you have just enough time to get the situation and the buildup, then the often laugh out loud punch line. The awesome zany skits are particularly funny if you've got a fondness for the many video game characters that act out the comedic scenarios which play upon the inherent lack of logic and natural ridiculousness that is in most games when you think about it! And it plays around with the rules of the different worlds of the games by having their stars like Mario, Link, and Sonic to name but a three in crazy situations, like in one episode the Super Mario Bros. 3 Mario keeps horribly screwing up when he tries to play the Warp Whistle and keeps making things worse each time he tries to fix the results. In another Luigi decides to wear red for once much to Mario's despair, there's one where the Boos learn not to be scared when Mario looks at them, there's a couple of brilliant entertainingly funny offerings were many game characters get their trademark power-ups mixed up and all-around havoc ensues, they did an excellent mini series called "Pokemon Rusty" that was a brilliant spoof on Pokemon, and they also did a few sketches with Scorpion and Sub-Zero from Mortal Kombat living together like in a sitcom complete with obnoxious laugh track! They also started doing top 5s and stuff about things outside the world if video games like movies and comics and TV shows which are just as funny and entertaining in their own way. Most of the shorts seem to involve Mario more than anyone else. He is mocked and portrayed as a bumbling idiot that is unwittingly more of a villain than a hero. I love the animation, which mostly looks just the same as in the original games. Some characters have 8-bit graphics some 16-bit and that's mostly what they stick to, which is just fine by me! Great series that deserves more attention than it gets, I say that fully aware that some of their videos have got millions of views! Anyway it started out with a gag about a Koopa Troopa who gets an invincibility Star power-up and Failed to use it in time and it only gets better from there! Charming, retro, fun and very funny, if you like genuine laughs and video games, this show is very likely one of the best ones for you!

It was new at least

[ericstevenson · 10/10 · 11 March 2019]

This is a YouTube channel that has a seemingly never ending series of cartoons that parody video games of any kind. They seem to be especially fond of "Pokemon". It's great to see sprite animation hasn't died. I remember when it was all the rage on Newgrounds. Now that website's forgotten too. I have already seen tons of video game parodies.

It just never gets old. Most of these are only one or two minutes long. It kind of reminds me of "Robot Chicken". They do occasionally do stuff outside of video games. My favorites are probably the ones where the video game characters meet with their agent. It's a great time waster.

I don't play video games anymore. Well, not go out and buy them at least. They're too expensive and that was mostly before I was introduced to the Internet. Anyone should be able to enjoy how funny these are. It's always nice to see these bright vibrant colors. The voice actors are great too. ****

Very funny

[naipom · 10/10 · 26 October 2019]

Witty commentary with great animation and voice acting, can tell a lot of work goes into it!

It's pretty funny

[mitsubishizero · 9/10 · 10 September 2020]

Maybe not all the jokes hit but the ones that do are pretty funny. Even if you don't roll on the floor laughing, odds are you'll at least get a chuckle. It may not be gold but at the very least it's silver. Take it for what it's worth and watch a video or two from them.

i hate this

[yotambar · 1/10 · 1 May 2018]

Unfunny and boring is a complement to this piece of crap, every sec feels like an hour.