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“Go To Sleep Baby Yoda” Perfectly Captures the Torture of Putting a Toddler to Bed

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“Go To Sleep Baby Yoda” Perfectly Captures the Torture of Putting a Toddler to Bed

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“Go To Sleep Baby Yoda” Perfectly Captures the Torture of Putting a Toddler to Bed

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Published on December 19, 2019

Screenshot: Lucasfilm / Disney
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Baby Yoda in the Mandalorian's spaceship
Screenshot: Lucasfilm / Disney

Baby Yoda may be 50 years old, but it’s still just a baby. (Well, toddler. It can walk around and feed itself and recognize its dada.) This means trying to make the tea-sippin’, heart-meltin’ little green jellybean go to sleep is a feat involving Mandalorian-levels of willpower.

Don’t just take our word for it… Actually, do, because the person writing this article was up from 2:30 AM to 4 AM this morning trying to get their toddler to go back to bed, and thus derives great comfort from how hilariously and expertly the Auralnauts‘ Mandalorian fan-cut “Go To Sleep Baby Yoda” captures every little detail of the endless dark experience of putting a child to bed.

Watch Mando lose his mind in less than 10 minutes as he uses a combination of bribes, snacks, threats, videos, songs, deals, and outright lies to try and induce repose in the quinquagenarian space infant. Just know that you’ll be belting “I’ll never stop protecting you / I will never hesitate to disintegrate anyone who tries to harm YOUUUUUUU” for the rest of the day. Enjoy!

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David_Goldfarb
3 years ago

If you enjoyed the sports anime, you might try Hikaru no Go, which is a sports anime where the sport is the ancient board game Go.

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Karan R
3 years ago

I would recommend ‘Legend of Galactic Heroes’ down the line. I found this series to be the epitome of storytelling, imagine LOTR, GOT, Babylon 5, West Wing all rolled up into one

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Kim Aippersbach
3 years ago

I can’t remember in which order, but my gateway drugs were Sword Art Online (I’m still obsessed with Kirito, still watching), Your Lie in April (so, so gorgeous!), Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (such a lovely story), and Ruroni Kenshin (I’m also still obsessed with Kenshin, and really like the live-action version).

Chihahafuru got me completely engaged in a competitive card game based on ancient Japanese poetry—so cool! 

Great post: great point about small stakes. I’ve noticed a lot of posts about “favourite books in which nothing bad happens,” and anime certainly has lots to offer in that category. Proof that the world is still a good place and people aren’t all bad.

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3 years ago

I also don’t care about watching sports, but I liked kuroko no basuke (basketball).

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3 years ago

This thread is my new gold mine of inspiration :) 

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3 years ago

The first anime ever that I saw was “Princess Mononoke”, and I thought it rather good, but very weird. Then I got a few years older and really discovered anime for me and now I find it brilliant. I am very fond of anime, though have to admit that I have mainly watched the full movies, not the series. I think my favourite is “Your name” (Kimi no na wa), but the one that left the strongest impression is probably a sweet little thing named “To the Forest of  Firefly Lights” (Hotarubi no mori e).

I have postponed watching “Cowboy Bepop” for some reason, but it seems I will really have to pick it up now, and also give “Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood” a try. I have seen “Yury!!! On Ice”, it was delightful. And I loved “Banana Fish”. I found it exciting, thrilling, occasionally sweet, occasionally brutal, keeping me frantically grabbing one episode right after the other, and in the end made me wail with my tears flowing.

And what it’s worth, I also prefer to watch these in the original Japanese. It just gives that last extra touch.

bwhawk
3 years ago

3 years ago, James David Nicoll posted Six Stories That Find the Drama in Utopian Settings.  One of the stories was Aria.  Absolutely beautiful.  I just finished my second viewing of the 3-series anime.  Start with Aria the Animation, if it sounds like something you’d enjoy.

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3 years ago

 I too used to think anime was a dumb thing not for me, only difference is I was disabused of that notion much younger, at about 18. Naruto was what started it, through my one anime watching friend. From there it spread to Neon Genesis Evangelion, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Death Note, and Fullmetal Alchemist. (I have experienced the same angst regarding FMA, as in being angry that I couldn’t possibly write something so freaking good.)

For recommendations, definitely watch GitS:SAC if you’re into sci fi. Watch Death Note if you’re into complex games of cat and mouse with a supernatural twist. Watch Evangelion if you like the idea of a story that’s equal parts goofy action adventure and soul-crushing personal horror.

Those are all things that will be recommended all the time though. I’d also definitely suggest watching Moribito. It’s hard to describe, it’s a save the world story sort of, but tonally it’s so much more serene and thoughtful than most adventures. And the animation is astounding. You might also watch Berserk, (the original version that is) IF you don’t mind a totally crap ending that will make you angry for the wrong reasons. That’s another bleak and hyper-violent show but the characters and story are really good.

Also, I don’t know if you count this as anime because it’s American but some people group it in because of the style and tropes, but watch Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. Kids shows, technically, but great shows by any measure.

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David McConnaughey
3 years ago

Serial Experiments Lain: can a young school girl become a computing machine? Quite brilliant, chock full of references to the history of thinking machines. But also a poignant commentary on not fitting into Japanese youth culture.  The Matrix but with smarts.

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3 years ago

Try Iria: Zeiram the (Bounty Hunter) Animation. 6 episodes total, a tight well done story that deals with space monsters, technology, class warfare, rejection of societal norms, big business running worlds, and a big old dollop of found family. And it’s free on IMDB TV right now.

I’d also recommend Tenchi Muyo, but that can get complicated because they’ve done a few runs of it. The OVA is excellent if incomplete, and the movie Tenchi Muyo in Love is an great movie.