Funny / Pandemic Panda

While they may be known as one of the more professional Bionicle-related channels on the Internet, that doesn't stop them from having more than a few funny moments.

General

• The YouTube channel banner features prpl excitedly taking a selfie with a stunned Var, Meso with a look on his face that screams "I'm done with this shit," Eljay (masked) arm-wrestling with Kahi (who has quite the expression on his face), Venom proudly holding an Iron Man figure on his hand, and Viper/Phweffie having what seems to be a mental breakdown.
• During the Tweet announcing Eljay's return to the channel, they decided to announce him as if he were a new cast member...while welcoming prpl back at the same time.

Bionicle Autopsy

• While this show is more or less very proper and professional, there's something humorous about the repeated image of William Furno looking in at 2015 Tahu while standing out in the rain.
  • Along with Var's continuous jabs at Hero Factory, followed by him muttering "Sorry, too soon."

Mata Nui Online Game With Eljay and Mesonak

• We start off strong with Meso immediately ignoring Eljay's advice, starting the main Running Gag of the LP.
  • The other gag is Meso finding some way to insert Hero Factory into the LP, which really annoys Eljay.
• Since this game came out before the whole Maori controversy, it still uses the term Tohunga. Because of this, rather than Nuparu calling the Onu-Matoran, well, Onu-Matoran, he calls them Onu-Koronan. Eljay and Meso have a laugh at this, complete with Eljay asking if it was some type of beer.
  • Also, while talking with Jaller, Eljay asks Meso to move along, as he was just wasting time. Meso's response? "We can't move along, Eljay; it's not 2006 yet."
• "Proof of humans in Bionicle!"
• Eljay wants Meso to go up to the cliff to look through the telescope. Cue Meso getting on the boat and heading for Ga-Koro.
  Eljay (growling in frustration): YOU ARE DEAD TO ME!
• Eljay calls Meso out when the latter accidentally pronounces Turaga Onewa's name as Oh-new-ah.
  Mesonak: Both are valid.
  Eljay: I am not going through this again with somebody else.
  Mesonak: Is it Oh-new-ah, or On-new-ah?
  Eljay: MESO!
• "So, today we learned that Takua is faster than Pohatu using his Kakama, and Pohatu has the ability to not only spawn infinite kohlii balls, but also has the ability to cure Matoran by causing hay-shaped pillars to fall on them."
• They get a laugh at the infamous line "Who ate all the pies? Who ate all the pies?"
• This bit when they get to Le-Koro and meet with Kongu.
  Mesonak: I mean, look at this dude.
  Eljay: What's wrong with Mirus, Meso? What do you have against Mirus? You know, sometimes people with Mirus are the most outspoken.
  Mesonak: You see, Eljay, what had happened was...the Miru...is a dumb mask.
  Eljay: YOUR FACE IS A SKULL!
• Mesonak has to go to Po-Koro to meet with Pohatu and solve the mystery of the diseased Kohlii balls. What does Meso do? Go for Onu-Koro instead.
  • And before that, he goes someplace he's not supposed to — that being the valley full of carvings.
  Eljay: MESO! WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO ME?!
• Upon getting to Onu-Koro and heading for Turaga Whenua's hut, their attention is immediately centered on an Onu-Matoran who, thanks to a graphical error, looks like he has a candle on his head. This gives birth to the Candle Head Cult, which eventually evolves into the NSA, which not only includes Whenua, but also the likes of Kopeke and a random Muaka.
• The entire existence of the Time Travelling Muaka.
• Later in the game, Meso is given a flute that acts as this game's fast travel. While he does use it for its intended purpose at first, he eventually just starts messing around with it to call down the Kiwa bird, much to both Eljay's and the bird's annoyance.
  Mesonak (as the bird): Feed me. This is rahi abuse. You are seriously starting to royally piss me off.
  • Becomes a bit of a depressing existence in the second game, where they say the bird died of starvation.
• Mesonak gives Lewa a very nasally voice, much to Eljay's annoyance.
• During the celebration in Le-Koro, Meso's attention is on a guy headbanging while playing a flute, while Eljay's is on a guy doing the robot.
• During the scene where the Matoran defend the Kini Nui temple from the rampaging rahi, they get visited by the Time Travelling Muaka. According to Meso, that's terribad.

The TTV Podcast

• Due to Mesonak saying "Hello and welcome" during a video at Mardi Gras, the other members of the podcast try to insert the phrase at the beginning of a podcast, usually throwing off whoever's introducing it.
• For April Fools Day 2016, the TTV team pretended to fire Eljay (let's ignore the fact that it eventually happened for a moment), so as retaliation, Eljay took over the channel and named it the TTE (The Three Eljays) Channel. Mesonak, Venom, and Varderan had to come in and perform an intervention.
  • Even funnier? This all began on March 30, so viewers had no idea if it was a real thing or part of an elaborate joke.
• In Episode 136, they get into the discussion of the impact 3D printers would have on the toy industry, and eventually whether or not 3D printers will be able to print organic material.. Eljay argues against this by citing the opening to Fullmetal Alchemist as a reason why it wouldn't work. The others point out the flaw in Eljay's argument by saying that a 3D printer is not only a real thing and not the product of a fantasy anime, but that 3D printers are capable of doing so much more than they think. Eljay continues to argue that a 3D printer wouldn't be able to print the organic components of a banana as easily as the individual pieces of a car by dropping this line:
  Eljay: You don't peel a car.
  • Needless to say, the rest of the group goes into hysterics while CONTINUING to argue against his point, which eventually leads to Eljay to mistake the word "theoretical" with "theological."
• In Episode 154, Varderan interrupts the discussion to talk about his experiences with the flying cockroach that the group decides to name Beelzebug.
  • The bug adventures continue in their video podcast at Brickfair 2016 when they bring up Eljay removing a straw Mesonak was using after a fly landed on it, and they bring up the various ways he might deal with whatever else a fly lands on, which includes tackling the President's desk and whipping out a bazooka.
• Sometime before Bio-Talk Book Club aired, Eljay was holding everyone back from actually launching that mini-series. When he finally explained his reasons in a podcast, he admitted it was because he was waiting for enough money to make a bulk purchase off of Amazon, which would have included the (then) new Bionicle book. Cue up Varderan screaming this line at Eljay.
  Varderan: You want to waste our time just so you can get a big box of useless junk in the mail!
• While discussing the characters for the 2015 revamp, Kahi accidentally calls Ekimu "Ekuvu."
• An episode of TTV Talk is about airports, which gives us the story of Eljay being given a pat down by a big burly guy who looks like a lumberjack.
• In a serious case of not doing the right research, Eljay decided to have a meet and greet at a park during Salt Lake City Comi Con. Where does the lack of research come in? Well, Var did the research and found out that the park Eljay chose had a high crime rate, which led to jokes about how the fans would end up either dying or getting mugged with Eljay as the last person they see. The jabs at Eljay come swiftly and without mercy.
  • And when Mesonak looks it up, he admits that he used Eljay's search engine of choice to do this research (for some reason, Eljay has a serious bias against Google).
• Episode 237, with the group moving into their Brickonicle discussion, has them in their third episode of debating over changing the elements of the Toa. They're coming close to changing Pohatu's element to lightning, and have talked about doing the same for Kopaka...and then a fan in the studio audience pointed out that "pohatu" and "kopaka" literally translate to "stone" and "ice" in Maori, something that the entire cast completely missed. Not only does it send the cast into hysterics, but Kahi accidentally drops a Precision F-Strike, setting off more gales of laughter and forcing them to censor the podcast for the YouTube release given their usual no swearing policy.

Eljay's Recap Reviews

• Every episode (minus the very last one) begins with some sort of humorous skit. Since there are over 150 reviews, we'd be here all day if we tried to list them all, but we can name off a few highlights.
  • Tahu is a pyromaniac.
  • Because the Miru is the Mask of Levitation, Lewa usually ends up falling.
  • Pohatu is given a thick southern accent and loves kohlii.
  • The first Onua review opened up with someone setting up a gopher trap. That someone? Onua. The reason? The gophers keep digging up his dirt.
  • When he gets to the Bohrok, he decides to make a commercial out of them and turns "Bohrok" into an acronym meaning Bio-Organic Hydraulic Recyclers and Omni-Directional Kickballs.
  • The start of the Toa Metru reviews has Matau making a jab at Lewa by saying "Back in my day, we had knees."
  • The Rahkshi act like annoying children to Makuta, though Makuta does act concerned when a few of the Rahkshi decide to go visit the Muaka petting zoo. For those of you who may not know, Rahkshi is a Muaka delicacy.
  • This bit in the Ackar review.
  Berix: A car!
  Ackar: Huh?
  Berix: Look out, Ackar! A car!
  Ackar gets run over by a car.
  • When Greg Farshtey decided that Gold Good Guy was canonized as Turaga Lhikan, Eljay immediately took the toy outside to stab it with a sword (since it meant that he had to review it). He did something similar with Solek in 2009, only this time he used a chainsaw.
• You know what, since we'll be here all day if we listed them all off, here's a link to the playlist for your viewing pleasure.

Mata Nui Online Game 2 With Eljay and Mesonak

• Eljay reacts with shock that Mesonak completes the bridge puzzle in Ga-Koro on his first try.
• Meso lamenting that Eljay's the one supposed to be mad in these LPs, and yet here's Meso getting frustrated at the both of them getting lost in Ga-Koro alone.
• Meso toying with Hahli's walk cycle to make it look like she's dancing.
• While talking with Nokama, Meso decides to turn Hahli's questions into a rap song for whatever reason.
  • This is followed by Eljay seeing that one of the dialog options is "I am ready to face the team from Onu-Koro." Eljay tells Meso not to click it, since Meso isn't ready to play kohlii yet. Meso clicks it anyway.
    • Though he quickly backs out; clearly, he just wanted a reaction from Eljay.
  • He ends up accidentally going to the kohlii arena anyway, and loses spectacularly. They blame Macku and her lack of goalie skills.
  Mesonak: I can see why you were never picked to be a Toa!
• Meso continues the running gag of ignoring Eljay's advice and going where he's not supposed to.
  Mesonak: I want to see the world.
  Eljay: We have to go to a different part of the world!
• Early in the LP, Eljay compares Meso to one of those kids who gets one of those toys with shapes and holes and the kid has to put the right shape in the right hole, to which Eljay thinks Meso was the kid trying to put the square block in the triangle hole. Well, Meso decides to play that straight by trying to use everything in his inventory whenever he comes across a slot or hole for a specific type of key — everything from his kanoka disk to a plant to his own kohlii stick.
• Meso's poor attempts at the minigames, such as the Accuracy minigame in which he has to hit Nui-Rama with a kanoka disk and the speed minigame in which he has to catch a herd of mahi goats.
  • During Meso's second attempt at the mahi game, Eljay drops this line:
  Eljay: Those mahi disappear faster than Hero Factory: Quietly and without a trace.
  Mesonak: The wounds are still very fresh.
• "I am Kamen, master of ramen!"
• Their surprise that Ahkmou is still around, and is running a shop in Po-Koro. This leads to Meso contemplating knocking him out and taking his inventory.
• Because this game lacks any sort of fast travel, the two decide that the Kiwa bird from the last game died of starvation because Meso wouldn't feed it.
• As the game continues, Meso gets a little better at kohlii, but they still dig at Macku for being a terrible goalie.
  • But at the beginning, when he's still losing horribly, Meso wishes he could find a way to sic the time travelling Muaka on the other team.
• Speaking of kohlii — during one match against Onu-Koro, there are two kohlii balls due to yet another graphical error.
• The return of the Candle Head Cult and the NSA upon reaching Onu-Koro.
• The Miru arguments continue, with Eljay still loving the mask (he does wear one, after all) and Meso still considering it a dumb mask.
• "Welcome to Minecraft with Meso!"
• Eljay decides to mess with Meso and attempt to throw off his concentration during the balancing minigame in Ko-Koro. Rather than get frustrated with it, Meso rolls with it.

TTV Reviews

• In the skit for the Keeper's Village review, Hayley is playing with one of the Keepers and notices a custom Lewa minifigure mask lying on the beach that she has the minifigure kick away, asking who's leaving trash on the beach. Cue a pan to an absolutely furious Eljay shooting her a Death Glare inches from her face.
• During the Bone Demon review, Eljay notes that there's one major factor of the set that he doesn't like, and that's that it reminds him of a Destiny 2 villain. And he really doesn't like Destiny 2. He then admits that's all he wanted to say about that.