Food Theory: No, Vampires DON’T Hate Garlic! (Halloween)

2024 ж. 15 Мам.
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Dracula, Edward Cullen, Count Chocula… they’re all vampires who have one thing in common: they hate garlic! Or, DO they? You see, Loyal Theorist, it’s a lie we’ve been told all of these years. They don’t actually hate garlic! But, where does this all originate? It’s certainly not Transylvania! So let’s suck some blood out of this theory…
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  • Fun fact: Since here, in Romania, Halloween isn't a traditional holiday, garlic is used during Christmas and New years Eve to ward off evil spirits by hanging garlands of it around the windows

    @potted_lavender@potted_lavender6 ай бұрын
    • I'm kinda sad that we don't celebrate Halloween in Romania. Well, I still celebrated it in some way, but still. It would be fun to trick or treat lol.

      @ionelalexandra@ionelalexandra6 ай бұрын
    • We may not go house to house for candy in autumn, but at least we get to go house to house for nuts, pretzels and money in winter in more rural areas lol

      @potted_lavender@potted_lavender6 ай бұрын
    • He hang it just so it doesn’t spoil during winter

      @omciiioiooo1706@omciiioiooo17066 ай бұрын
    • I'm in the team Halloween though. I'd like a day in the year to celebrate our fears of the unknown. Vampires, witches, ghosts and mythical creatures were so important to our cultures and they faded away in the last 200 years. They never existed but shaped our society for millenia.

      @CosminNeagu@CosminNeagu6 ай бұрын
    • Oh wow

      @Art.and.Hamsters@Art.and.Hamsters6 ай бұрын
  • the fact that the subscribe button actually does something and matpat isn't just lying is absolutely amazing. protect this person at all costs.

    @ekto250@ekto2506 ай бұрын
    • My subscribe button made da sparkles ✨

      @cmwolf5124@cmwolf51246 ай бұрын
    • I was like 😮😮😮

      @Top_Goon@Top_Goon6 ай бұрын
    • It didn’t do anything when he said subscribe. It does sparkle or whatever that was supposed to be when you press it though.

      @Rand2k1@Rand2k16 ай бұрын
    • It's the same effect for when you like the video :D

      @doggo_woo@doggo_woo6 ай бұрын
    • ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

      @Nani-yd1hq@Nani-yd1hq6 ай бұрын
  • Personally I subscribe to the notion that they thought it would be funny to convince their food to season themselves

    @benjocaz45@benjocaz456 ай бұрын
    • This is mentioned somewhere, right? 🤔🤔 Where is that from, haha

      @silasfrisenette9226@silasfrisenette92265 ай бұрын
    • 69th like

      @Psilomuscimol@Psilomuscimol5 ай бұрын
    • That's not even possible.

      @AudioPerplex@AudioPerplex2 ай бұрын
  • I thought it was common knowledge that the "garlic" myth was spread by werewolves, during the third "moonlight" war, as their heightened canine sense of smell meant they could sniff out potential vampire victims, as a method of starving out the enemy.

    @KelniusTV@KelniusTV6 ай бұрын
    • 🌝

      @origamimore4503@origamimore45033 ай бұрын
    • Is this from a book or show?

      @Gene1nABottle@Gene1nABottle27 күн бұрын
    • @@Gene1nABottle no, just my own brain.

      @KelniusTV@KelniusTV27 күн бұрын
    • Thing is, canines die if they eat onion or garlic.

      @nkyfong@nkyfong9 күн бұрын
  • I love one book that claimed it was a different plant that looked kind like garlic and people been doing it wrong the whole time. And the vampires weren't going to go correct them.

    @shadowscribe@shadowscribe6 ай бұрын
    • which book?

      @SilverWolf713@SilverWolf7136 ай бұрын
    • @@SilverWolf713Wouldn't you like to know, vampire hunter

      @RubyCheetahCub@RubyCheetahCub6 ай бұрын
    • @@SilverWolf713🌝

      @origamimore4503@origamimore45033 ай бұрын
    • 🌝

      @origamimore4503@origamimore45033 ай бұрын
    • @@RubyCheetahCub🌝

      @origamimore4503@origamimore45033 ай бұрын
  • MatPat should do a Food Theory on what the most important meal of the day is.

    @master106@master1066 ай бұрын
    • Lunch is the most important meal of the day!

      @wackywert9081@wackywert90816 ай бұрын
    • Dinner, because you can plan that according to your calorie needs.

      @Ensensu2@Ensensu26 ай бұрын
    • ​@@wackywert9081but hey, that's just a theory

      @thatwaterriver3824@thatwaterriver38246 ай бұрын
    • The people who know… know

      @sheepy1215@sheepy12156 ай бұрын
    • I really doubt it's breakfast. So I would really want to see that.

      @ArnLPs@ArnLPs6 ай бұрын
  • I personally like the Hotel Transylvania explanation of Vampires just being garlic intolerant

    @elinasheoran5374@elinasheoran53745 ай бұрын
    • Father-Daughter garlic farts.

      @jaketaller8567@jaketaller85675 ай бұрын
    • Yup

      @adas201love2@adas201love24 ай бұрын
    • 🌝

      @origamimore4503@origamimore45033 ай бұрын
    • Same with My Sister The Vampire🧛🏻‍♀️

      @venomousbunny9875@venomousbunny98752 ай бұрын
    • Yaaah

      @altalia07@altalia076 күн бұрын
  • So, basically, we're seasoning ourselves for vampires? 😂

    @Tokuijin@Tokuijin5 ай бұрын
  • i actually like that idea, a group of vampires going around sparing people who have garlic so that it spreads and becomes a popular idea that garlic wards off vampires when in reality it has no effect, i may add this to my dnd campaign

    @purplefanadic234@purplefanadic2346 ай бұрын
    • Counter idea. Vampire scam. Garlic help them they need you to eat it they sold it to humans bye pretending it was a repellant.

      @lahlybird895@lahlybird8956 ай бұрын
    • Don't read my name !!..

      @Dont_Read_My_Picture@Dont_Read_My_Picture6 ай бұрын
    • IC: Great way to get the herd to season itself, eh?

      @ZukiraPhaera@ZukiraPhaera6 ай бұрын
    • I imagine a vampire being caught eating garlic bread and a person is like “hold up… that’s got garlic so shouldn’t you be dead?” And the vampire straight up plays dead until they leave.

      @Possibly_Olivia@Possibly_Olivia6 ай бұрын
    • @@Possibly_Olivia yes!!

      @lahlybird895@lahlybird8956 ай бұрын
  • Another interesting tidbit, Garlic flowers were one of the plants sacred to Hecate, Greek goddess of witchcraft and necromancy, along with Aconite, aka Wolfsbane, aka a popular plant to use against werewolves in fiction

    @v.v365@v.v3656 ай бұрын
    • Fun fact, in Irish and even Scottish folklore, werewolves actually were more good guys than bad guys

      @JamesTDG@JamesTDG6 ай бұрын
    • Fun fact about that interesting tidbit : You're saying a Werewolf-specific weakness (garlic) has become a Vampire-specific weakness ... but that's not all ... In fact, a Vampire-specific weakness (silver) has also become a Werewolf-specific weakness. Yes. In Bram Stoker's Dracula novel, Vampires are vulnerable to silver.

      @jackwilliam4436@jackwilliam44366 ай бұрын
    • Is that why it's called wolfsbane 😳

      @impudentstrumpet2655@impudentstrumpet26556 ай бұрын
    • @@impudentstrumpet2655 no clue actually

      @v.v365@v.v3656 ай бұрын
    • @@jackwilliam4436 To add on to this, the reason both werewolves and vampires were weak to silver is because they were considered 'unholy' and evil creatures, meaning they couldn't touch the holy silver. Thus, some of the more heroic, "good" vampires nowadays could potentially cite this non-weakness as proof of their alignment(depending on canon). Haven't seen it yet, but I don't just casually read vampire stories.

      @michaelcheng9987@michaelcheng99876 ай бұрын
  • MatPat saying Slavic word upior (upiór in Polish), was one of the things I've never thought I would consider adorable

    @agatawisniak2981@agatawisniak29816 ай бұрын
  • Little known fact: the association between garlic bulbs and vampires has possible origins in Ancient Greece and Rome. Since vampires of that time were seen as jellyfish-like creatures and there were no windows or curtains in most buildings, people would hang garlic bulbs on twine to wrap up the tentacles and stop the vampire from entering your home

    @ugandanknuckles2392@ugandanknuckles23926 ай бұрын
    • Wait, but that sounds adorable.

      @ikmwrime29sorryaira60@ikmwrime29sorryaira605 ай бұрын
  • Garlic is quite literally natures antibiotic, so it really is good for your health.

    @saltypepper3340@saltypepper33406 ай бұрын
    • Unless you're deathly allergic like me

      @sarab3888@sarab38886 ай бұрын
    • … I wouldn’t use “Nature’s antibiotic” for anything, other than actual penicillin, because y’know, it’s from a fungus. It’s too strong of language for… garlic.

      @NoFlyZone31@NoFlyZone316 ай бұрын
    • @@sarab3888 Are you allergic or...are *you* a vampire? DUN DUN DAAAAH

      @user-dn9fx3cz6f@user-dn9fx3cz6f6 ай бұрын
    • Uh no... PENICILLIN is actually LITERALLY natures antibiotic.

      @hejgustavful@hejgustavful6 ай бұрын
    • @@Rabbfy many things are good for you in moderation. Dont over indulge :) (Ye, i know u joking)

      @saltypepper3340@saltypepper33406 ай бұрын
  • I thought it was just that Vampires having hellishly stronger senses made the smell of garlic unbearable to them. Then again; by that logic, the smell of rotting corpses should also deter them. However, rotting corpses don’t cause you to tear up like how Allicin does

    @TheEvanDude112@TheEvanDude1126 ай бұрын
    • Omg same lol😅

      @haileyjones2336@haileyjones23366 ай бұрын
    • Same.

      @montanajackson3713@montanajackson37136 ай бұрын
    • Majority of people are vampires these days, veganism isn't that popular like old days when meat was too expensive and only kings was able to have bloody and brutal diet

      @18nwk@18nwk6 ай бұрын
    • ​@@18nwkfound the "I'm vegan and if you aren't you're evil" vegan

      @johnathan_maximiliam@johnathan_maximiliam6 ай бұрын
    • @@18nwkstuff a sock in that nasty piehole im never giving up cheese

      @Nullthewolf01@Nullthewolf015 ай бұрын
  • 4:08 I once worked at an Archival Office where they had an original copy of that.

    @CornishCreamtea07@CornishCreamtea076 ай бұрын
  • Nobody nothing: (3:40) Matpat: ThE StRÂgHoYy ✨💅 😭😭😭

    @cheese7119@cheese71196 ай бұрын
  • FunFact: Vampires dying in Sunlight didn’t come until the Nosferatu movie. Before that Vampires simply weakened or at worst lost their powers temporarily.

    @star.master_cranium@star.master_cranium6 ай бұрын
  • You should do a theory on how Welcome mats are essentially an invitation to enter your home. Vampires love them.

    @stationthemighty5534@stationthemighty55346 ай бұрын
    • Fangs for watching!

      @Lrbearclaw@LrbearclawАй бұрын
  • 8:29 mat can really never stop saying LORE

    @lilith613@lilith6136 ай бұрын
    • I made a mistake it's 8:20 or 8:24

      @lilith613@lilith6136 ай бұрын
  • 7:01 Idk why, but our class did a whole unit on the Salem with trials, and all were hung except for one(male, I believe) was pressed under stones. They did do the river test, but they also did normal court trials as well. :)

    @bc1448@bc14483 ай бұрын
  • As a kid I was so afraid of vampires, I considered sleeping with garlic in my bed. Then I found out about the guy who chocked on garlic he had in his mouth to ward off vampires.

    @kiyo4476@kiyo44766 ай бұрын
    • *New fear unlocked*

      @hakunamarada@hakunamarada6 ай бұрын
    • @@hakunamaradaxD

      @HiruzenShireshard@HiruzenShireshard6 ай бұрын
    • Really? How would that even happen? Why would anyone put garlic in their own mouth to fend off vampires? Is that actually a tradition or something? That’s not something I’ve ever heard of. Seems kinda random.

      @thenamelesschannel2334@thenamelesschannel23346 ай бұрын
    • @@thenamelesschannel2334they used to put garlic in dead peoples mouths it must have gotten mixed up

      @Pedro-kd4sm@Pedro-kd4sm6 ай бұрын
  • I like the explanation they gave in the manga/anime Interviews With Monster Girls (Demi-chan Wa Kataritai). Basically, it's not that garlic repels vampires, it's just that vampires have more sensitive eyes and noses, so the smell is extra potent to them. But just like how some people like smelly foods, so do some vampires. In fact, the show's main vampire, Hikari, loves garlic specifically because of the strong smell.

    @Kartoffelkamm@Kartoffelkamm6 ай бұрын
    • In the Bram Stoker novel, the way garlic is used to ward of Dracula is by filling the room with garlic flowers after securely fastening the windows shut. To quote the book, "First he fastened up the windows and latched them securely; next, taking a handful of the flowers, he (Van Helsing) rubbed them all over the sashes, as though to ensure that every whiff of air that might get in would be laden with the garlic smell". The entire point of the garlic was that it would smell bad. The plan then fails due to Lucy's (the victim's) mother throwing all the flowers out, and opening the window for 'fresh air' because _they were too smelly,_ and she was afraid the smell would be too much for the poor girl... Ironically enough, dooming the very person she thought to save.

      @tygerion4404@tygerion44046 ай бұрын
  • 2:29 While on the topic of Egyptian vampires, many red haired men were sacrificed to the god Osiris because redheads at the time were assumed to be vampires.

    @jaketaller8567@jaketaller85675 ай бұрын
    • You taught me more than my 6th grade science teacher during my Egypt unit

      @superfanwildbill3478@superfanwildbill34784 ай бұрын
  • I actually read a story which rejected garlic & silver, saying it was spread misinfo so humans think they're not as vulnerable, making them more vulnerable in turn 🤣

    @toonasag@toonasag6 ай бұрын
  • For those who are wondering, the subscribe button does actually have a new animation. It’s nothing too special but it’s very cool! :))

    @s3nsory_overl0ad49@s3nsory_overl0ad496 ай бұрын
    • Rainbow sparkles 🌈 ✨

      @bierymolina4379@bierymolina43796 ай бұрын
    • Does it work on mobile because mine doesn’t?

      @funforlife9893@funforlife98936 ай бұрын
    • lol i just unsubscribed and subscribed just to check if it glow but sparkles ✨ was much better

      @Finalfazone@Finalfazone6 ай бұрын
    • @@funforlife9893 I’m on mobile and it worked for me but I’m on an iPhone so I’m not sure

      @s3nsory_overl0ad49@s3nsory_overl0ad496 ай бұрын
    • Nothing happened for Me on mobile

      @silentnight6810@silentnight68106 ай бұрын
  • The whole flowers vs cloves thing actually came to a lot of people's attention when Dracula Daily took off really big last year. There were many posts online commenting on how television and film has lied to us.

    @brittanywalker4792@brittanywalker47926 ай бұрын
    • i literally forgot about dracula daily 😭.

      @lunarssecond@lunarssecond6 ай бұрын
    • Ooh they redid dracula daily? I remember it was a big deal on the live journal. *Old voice* yes we used to read that too, which is when I put an onion on my belt which was the style at the time..

      @antomie@antomie6 ай бұрын
    • @antomie yeah they just wrapped up the 3rd year. This year there was also an audio drama called Re: Dracula that was released in that same chronological format, and they released a hard copy that was listed by date and included Dracula Daily commentary and art.

      @brittanywalker4792@brittanywalker47926 ай бұрын
  • the garlic flower looks an awful lot like vervain (vampire diaries) and would certainly explain a lot

    @Nebula_o7@Nebula_o76 ай бұрын
  • Depending upon the iteration, it is sometimes just the smell of garlic that repels vampires. Meaning a very well-disciplined vampire would be flat out immune to it.

    @SomeRandomKydd@SomeRandomKydd2 ай бұрын
  • The answer to why garlic wards off vampires is right there in the first historical example MatPat gave (from Egypt): Vampires are feline, and therefore get poisoned by plants from the lily family!

    @iota_tau@iota_tau6 ай бұрын
    • I think Matpat got confused between Sekhmet and Bastet. Sekhmet just has a lion head while Bastet is the cat goddess. Do lions get poisoned by lily plants too?

      @jessy1982@jessy19826 ай бұрын
    • ⁠well, I'd assume since they're very similar animals, it'd be very likely... but of course, you can't assume anything around MatPat, lol.

      @Molten_Anarchist@Molten_Anarchist6 ай бұрын
  • Oh please MatPat, what’s next? You’re going to tell me that Vampires don’t sparkle or play baseball?

    @CiaoKnives@CiaoKnives6 ай бұрын
    • Or that they are immune to holy water and crosses if they are atheists. Unless they are drowned in the holy water or if the cross is used according its original purpose, that is.

      @krzysztofczarnecki8238@krzysztofczarnecki82386 ай бұрын
    • Vampires always play Baseball ⚾🧢 lol

      @SparkleP8nter@SparkleP8nter6 ай бұрын
    • I don't think vampires sparkle or play baseball

      @dadDDD235@dadDDD2356 ай бұрын
    • Some American vampires might play baseball, I highly doubt that they sparkle.

      @kairon9225@kairon92256 ай бұрын
    • 😂😂😂

      @catherinewiese7282@catherinewiese72826 ай бұрын
  • I love how plants develop defense mechanisms so that they can survive, reproduce, and whatever and humans are just like "Dude! This stuff is delicious! Let's cultivate it!" Leaving the plant like "task failed successfully?"

    @ThatOneLadyOverHere@ThatOneLadyOverHere2 ай бұрын
  • i remember this one theory i watched a while ago where they basically explained how they saw the world in another view. The reasoning on why the cross worked was because they would basically have a seizure when seeing structures. So, not only the wooden crosses, but it started out with made made structures randomly appearing for them. I may have forgotten that in that theory, vampires were here before our beautiful gross tall towers were. Honestly, it was a funny video to watch. Definitely enjoyed it

    @alexdonthavelastname2182@alexdonthavelastname21825 ай бұрын
  • 1:28 For me the button sparkles with little stars. xD

    @milkafuchs3909@milkafuchs39096 ай бұрын
  • Sounds like matpat is a vampire who doesn't want us to know his weakness

    @helva_krasts@helva_krasts6 ай бұрын
    • fr

      @Mlgfluffy725@Mlgfluffy7256 ай бұрын
    • ok, i will better say you i will die from being stabbed with a silver sharpening, and perhaps it would work as 3ple blef

      @eduardostapenko6808@eduardostapenko68086 ай бұрын
  • editing was mega good and funny in this vid!! nice job editors :)

    @Nat-pz8yl@Nat-pz8yl6 ай бұрын
  • Fun fact, the original story that turned vampyers from monsters to seductores was written at the same party where Mary Shelly wrote Frankenstein.

    @alma4938@alma49386 ай бұрын
    • If I recall correctly, the author's actually met up earlier and basically dared each other to write a horror story. Mary Shelly wrote Frankenstein, and he wrote Dracula.

      @abbadon9693@abbadon96936 ай бұрын
    • ​@@abbadon9693Dracula was not written at that gathering. The Vampyre was written; Dracula wouldn't be written for another 80 years

      @cubriffic172@cubriffic1726 ай бұрын
  • One of the reasons I love all these theory videos is that they use REAL LIFE science and maths to answer questions. Like, call me a nerd or whatever, but math and science have always been interesting to me, and the theories all ways make use of them in a way that makes me incredibly satisfied and happy. :) Edit: Also, the subscribe button does glow. Edit:Heyy! 45 likes! Didn’t get that much before! Edit:101 likes??? That’s surprising… Edit: 178 Likes??? Thanks???

    @J4FA@J4FA6 ай бұрын
    • same

      @kiracomments-chca2747@kiracomments-chca27476 ай бұрын
  • 5:45 I’m crying through the screen

    @Thegamerking312@Thegamerking3126 ай бұрын
  • it did a very pretty rainbow outline thing. Love your vids btw

    @tristankenneth4508@tristankenneth45086 ай бұрын
  • If you've read the book "I Am Legend", it's basically the story of a scientist trying to figure out why vampires are the way they are, including why they don't like sunlight, garlic, etc. Lots of the points from this video feel like they were taken straight out it. Also, because the book is so sciency, we've never really gotten a faithful adaptation of it (and the ending is brilliant)

    @hawkfu@hawkfu6 ай бұрын
  • Matpat’s the only guy that can disprove any myth with the words “But that’s just a theory”…

    @GeraldTheOnion69420@GeraldTheOnion694206 ай бұрын
    • Don't read my name !!

      @Dont_Read_My_Picture@Dont_Read_My_Picture6 ай бұрын
    • ​@@Dont_Read_My_PictureOkay

      @ReyvLC@ReyvLC6 ай бұрын
    • ​@@Dont_Read_My_Pictureok, we won't

      @Bryce_the_Woomy_Boi@Bryce_the_Woomy_Boi6 ай бұрын
    • The food theories inspires me... My parents said if i get 50k followers they'd buy me a professional camera for recording begging u guys❤️

      @mirjinou7999@mirjinou79996 ай бұрын
    • Inspired me to each Lunch every day

      @Magic_Ice@Magic_Ice6 ай бұрын
  • As a witch and someone that’s allergic to garlic(actually sulfur and garlic by extension of that),I loved this episode! Thank you for this, it makes me miss garlic even more though. 😢

    @atlantiadragonwing@atlantiadragonwing4 ай бұрын
  • Ooo! I did not expect it to actually do something😁 Pleasantly surprised

    @yaaoduro9529@yaaoduro95296 ай бұрын
  • Actual garlic was also named in Dracula. When Mina is bitten and they travel she is given food heavily loaded with garlic because the townsmen suspected her and she couldn’t eat it because of the garlic

    @anniemal8030@anniemal80306 ай бұрын
  • I like Chibi vampires interpretation of this part of the lore more… It’s not that garlic has some kind of supernatural repelling affect, It’s just that vampires sense of smell is so strong that being around the scent of Garlic actually sickens them.

    @theBRANDOProductions@theBRANDOProductions6 ай бұрын
    • True is also supposed to make it so they can't concentrate on using their mind control and transformation powers due to the smell overwhelming their senses and makes it so they can't detect your smell through the garlic stench.

      @matthew-005@matthew-0056 ай бұрын
    • A WHOLE lot more things than just garlic should bother them, then. Onions are 100x worse, for instance. Never cried chopping garlic.

      @WynneL@WynneL6 ай бұрын
    • @@WynneL Only if you cut them and are nearby when they are cut just an onion alone doesn't smell that bad but I guess garlic is the same it doesn't really smell with the skin on does it?

      @matthew-005@matthew-0056 ай бұрын
  • 2:57 it's not Brahmapurusha it's Brahmarakasa similarly it's not Vatala it's bethala

    @sujay_691_@sujay_691_6 ай бұрын
  • How does this guy have time to make all these videos on all of these different channels!? It’s pretty dang impressive

    @Gundumb_guy@Gundumb_guy6 ай бұрын
    • He has a whole team of people doing the script writing, editing, animation, etc. He's not doing it all single handedly.

      @Lucky10279@Lucky102796 ай бұрын
  • The subscribe button actually did something, I thought MatPat was lying 😂

    @jakepaquette@jakepaquette6 ай бұрын
    • Yea I unsubbed just to check it and it was pretty cool

      @BudgingAcorn@BudgingAcorn6 ай бұрын
    • Nothing too fancy, but it was a nice surprise

      @ethans9379@ethans93796 ай бұрын
    • Its like a quick flash hahs

      @xxchefcookiezz7482@xxchefcookiezz74826 ай бұрын
    • This is why we trust matpat, he’s a truther

      @mariahj1319@mariahj13196 ай бұрын
    • Nothing happenes

      @that1latvian@that1latvian6 ай бұрын
  • 8:48 Me: *getting chased by a vampire* *Sees leeks sitting on a table* “I always knew all those hours of Pokémon would come to use someday…” *wields one in each hand* “Farrrrrr-Ftech’d!”

    @Mobtrapper-hq8is@Mobtrapper-hq8is6 ай бұрын
    • Best comment

      @bottlecap-collecter@bottlecap-collecter6 ай бұрын
  • I'm from Romania and have heard some mentions of strigoi but mostly read about it in the exposition they had at Transylvania castle

    @NaOwOmiNutella@NaOwOmiNutella6 ай бұрын
  • I squealed a small squeal 🤣😂 it glitters gold for a second 😂

    @keltickit2139@keltickit21396 ай бұрын
  • I just watched Horror of Dracula (starring the late great Christopher Lee) there other night. In it, Dr. Van Helsing (played by Peter Cushing) made use of garlic FLOWERS (not bulbs) to ward vampires out of a house. It felt weird at the time, but MatPat's mention of them here makes it all make sense. Those old Hammer films were more on point with their vampire lore.

    @Sturmjaeger@Sturmjaeger6 ай бұрын
    • Wasn't that the film where it was stated Vampires turning into bats are myth?

      @fuckthisstupidasshandleshit@fuckthisstupidasshandleshit6 ай бұрын
  • You should definitely consider doing an episode on the unseen issues of eating ice. I'm sure most ice-chewers have heard its bad for your teeth, but what about the bacteria from the gross water that's probably frozen? Just a thought over a bad experience with McDonalds ice...

    @silasmiranda7590@silasmiranda75906 ай бұрын
    • ...you mean the bacteria in the water that, if the water wasn't frozen, we would be drinking? Maybe... maybe don't use ice for drinks if you wouldn't drink it as water... even if you're not going to crunch it???

      @Foxflight-pl5nd@Foxflight-pl5nd6 ай бұрын
    • @@Foxflight-pl5nd 😭😭

      @depressantdrug@depressantdrug6 ай бұрын
    • Still, could be interesting. I have heard that deliberately eating ice is a mild form of "pica", the eating disorder.

      @KelniusTV@KelniusTV6 ай бұрын
    • @@KelniusTVCan be. Although it's not unusual for people to chew ice without other symptoms of pica.

      @Foxflight-pl5nd@Foxflight-pl5nd6 ай бұрын
  • Ooh little green glow flash thing. Cool

    @neomehollow1391@neomehollow13916 ай бұрын
  • I does every time I watch a NEW channel's video I am not subscribed to when they tell the viewer to subscribe it actually glows

    @call-me-sun@call-me-sun6 ай бұрын
  • So I have yet to watch this (just haven't had a chance) but for those curious incase mat doesn't address it. The big thing with garlic was from a belief stand point as vampires were believed to bring plague and disease, they were unclean and brought sickness everywhere. Thus garlic and running water countered them as they were believed to be to be pure and clean which would in turn banish creatures or spirits of sickness. Also a bit unrelated fun fact the invitation being needed to enter a home which primarily originates from stoker was due to the belief that the devil and his minions could only do business or interact with those who invited them or chose to do so.

    @kylepeters8690@kylepeters86906 ай бұрын
  • Reminds me of the rumor that fairies are allergic to iron... Which if true would kinda make living on earth close to impossible

    @dissonanceparadiddle@dissonanceparadiddle6 ай бұрын
    • Well tell me how many fairy's have you seen flying about? Coincidence? I think not

      @poxidog@poxidog6 ай бұрын
  • I remember in that show “being human” the vampire character would involuntarily expose his fangs when near garlic 😂

    @bocowan9106@bocowan91066 ай бұрын
  • It adds a rainbow aura when you ask people to subscribe and it shines and glows when people subscribe

    @FunnyDonutGuy@FunnyDonutGuy6 ай бұрын
  • No way MatPat, my friend and me just started building something completely about vampires 😭 And i quote, "OH NO THEY'RE ONTO US"

    @CannyMantis5421@CannyMantis54216 ай бұрын
  • My man Polidori got a shout-out! Far too many people don't give him the credit he deserves. Fun fact, that story was written in part as a response to the challenge Lord Byron gave to several of his contemporaries at the Villa Diodati in 1816, to compose their own ghost stories. Byron wrote a fragment of a novel, which Polidori finished in this story- which led to people erroneously crediting Byron for the story for quite a long time. Actually, the vampire in the story was clearly based on Byron, which just makes it all the more depressing that poor Polidori went so long in the shadows. Also, Polidori did not win the contest; that honor would go to Mary Godwin, soon to be Mary Shelley, with Frankenstein!

    @cashcomposer@cashcomposer6 ай бұрын
    • Don't read my name !!..

      @Dont_Read_My_Picture@Dont_Read_My_Picture6 ай бұрын
  • The fact the subscribe button actuelly does something is amazing

    @gumbilitous2804@gumbilitous28046 ай бұрын
  • MAT IM USUALLY SUBSCRIBED TO ALL OF YOUR CHANNELS BUT SOMEHOW WASNT TO THIS CHANNEL! I TESTED THE SUBSCRIBE BUTTON AND OMG IT DID SOME KIND OF CONFETTI EFFECT! GLAD I SUBBED.😅

    @RussianRebelll@RussianRebelll6 ай бұрын
  • 1:33 OKAY MatPat I unsubscribed from my favorite KZhead channel (Food Theory) JUST TO SEE THE SUBSCRIBE THING AND IT WAS LIGHT GREEN AND I THINK FADE TO LIGHT PURPLE AND THEN SPARKLED!!!! Very cool! I am now subscribed again XD

    @krystalingram@krystalingram6 ай бұрын
  • I like the implication that garlic is somehow a random choice of a weakness, despite running water and the need to be invited inside being popular weaknesses as well. "Ah yes, running water is a perfectly normal thing to say a vampire is weak to. And of course all vampires need to be invited inside. But garlic? That's sooo random!"

    @mr.outlaw231@mr.outlaw2316 ай бұрын
    • I thought it had to be holy water?

      @richardgurney1844@richardgurney18446 ай бұрын
    • @@richardgurney1844 While that's ALSO a common weakness, old school vampires are also not supposed to be able to cross running water. Usually less of hurting them thing, and more a simple barrier though.

      @hockeater@hockeater6 ай бұрын
    • Were those concepts even mentioned in passing in the video? I don't remember them coming up, so unless that's my ADHD at work, no implications were made. You can't remark on whether something is normal or abnormal if you don't say anything about it.

      @FormerlyEpesi@FormerlyEpesi6 ай бұрын
    • @@FormerlyEpesi Counterpoint: The topic is about vampires and therefore anything related to vampires is fair game. Similarly, I said "implication", meaning that, while they outright didn't talk about those weaknesses, the idea that garlic is somehow random when it comes to horror weaknesses is humourous when considering other weaknesses associated with vampires.

      @mr.outlaw231@mr.outlaw2316 ай бұрын
    • ⁠​Water and garlic may actually be weaknesses of vampires (at least to a certain extent), as it’s believed that the myth of vampires may be closely associated with rabies. There was a major outbreak of rabies in Hungary in the early 18th century, only a few years before the myth of “modern” vampires became extremely popular. Several of the symptoms of vampirism also match the symptoms of rabies, such as light sensitivity, hydrophobia, increased aggression, biting, and sensitivity to strong odors, like garlic. I have no idea where the part about vampires needing to be invited in comes from, but my best theory is that it could possibly be related to the folklore of the vampire spirits, rather than what we would consider vampires nowadays.

      @mindlesscheeseburger@mindlesscheeseburger6 ай бұрын
  • I for real thought MatPat was lying about the subscribing thing. It works!!

    @cadencejacques6523@cadencejacques65236 ай бұрын
  • I am actually writing a story with a vampire, and I actually completely forgot about garlic.

    @danielloosjr396@danielloosjr3966 ай бұрын
  • Now I can't help but wonder about another aspect of vampire lore: the whole bit that if you throw salt over your shoulder as you run away, they'll be compelled to stop and count the grains. I'm sure it's related to the whole idea that if you spill salt, you need to throw a pinch of it over your shoulder for good luck, but looking into all that could be fun.

    @karabearcomics@karabearcomics6 ай бұрын
    • I've never heard salt be used, but rice and wheat were absolutely a part of that myth. The Count from Sesame street was actually accurate.

      @akumasstorytime3910@akumasstorytime39106 ай бұрын
    • Salt is supposed to be a magical and pure substance that is used in magical or religious rituals and in potions or to drawing magical/holy symbols on the floor to ward off evils like ghosts, demons and the undead and some believe a simple circle of salt provides a safe space in the centre so they would draw a circle around their home in salt.

      @matthew-005@matthew-0056 ай бұрын
  • 4:52 ok thanks matpat i thought that pic was representative of actual historical events

    @Bsting2@Bsting26 ай бұрын
  • I love the fact that I know where does the meme at the end of the video come from 😋😋 actually I saw that parody before the original movies 😂😂

    @Shin_001@Shin_0016 ай бұрын
  • As a reader of Bram Stoker’s Dracula I literally slammed my hands down in excitement when he finally mentioned the garlic FLOWER

    @Doodlenuget17@Doodlenuget176 ай бұрын
  • My Dads been going on about this for years. So cool that you’ve covered this

    @gooseguy44@gooseguy446 ай бұрын
    • Don't read my name !!..

      @Dont_Read_My_Picture@Dont_Read_My_Picture6 ай бұрын
  • It seems a lot of food “defense mechanisms” are things that humans can just tank.

    @XrosHeartless@XrosHeartless6 ай бұрын
  • i tried the subscribe thing. it does glow, so thats pretty cool and you gained a sub :D

    @Metalmaniac-pg2cg@Metalmaniac-pg2cg6 ай бұрын
  • So imma need a part 2 on this as to explain why the garlic flower is so important rather then the bulb.

    @gryphonsong4082@gryphonsong40826 ай бұрын
  • (1:26) I tried it, it actually does

    @talkswithleo1027@talkswithleo10276 ай бұрын
  • Matpat: do really vampires hate gallics Me:yes Matpat: R E A L L Y 💀💀 Me:Y E S matpat: NEW T H E O R Y located🤖

    @The_one_true_lie@The_one_true_lie6 ай бұрын
  • The next vid should be “why lunch is the most important meal of the day”

    @gamingwithchristo2624@gamingwithchristo26246 ай бұрын
  • i've always wondered why i never had an aversion to garlic, it all makes sense now, but ill just keep away from the flowers just in case!

    @dwaynemontgomery1851@dwaynemontgomery18516 ай бұрын
  • 0:54 You know what's creepy? Yesterday, I watched a video, and it wasn't talking about subscribing at that time, but when I went to make a comment, my whole screen turned green and glitchy. I thought "This must be a prank that KZhead is pulling. All I have to do is close it out and come back and everything will be fine." Then the green glitch was still there on my home screen. I did what we're told to do, turning my phone off and on again and it was gone. I was able to make that comment without issue. I even thought of asking if anyone else was affected. It's just weird that you mention a green glow after what happened yesterday.

    @writeon2593@writeon25936 ай бұрын
  • One version of this that I’ve heard is how people would leave garlic outside funeral homes (or historical regional equivalents) to absorb the smell of the dead. So the logical conclusion they’d have is that if the dead came to walk up on you the garlic would absorb their essence and weaken them.

    @megarakadmea@megarakadmea6 ай бұрын
  • love your channel

    @caydennelson9802@caydennelson98026 ай бұрын
  • I know you'll see this waaay after halloween but since you've debunked my protection, what food should i stockpile for next halloween to ward off any vampires?

    @denisseharder8982@denisseharder89826 ай бұрын
  • Hey whatever happened to that guy who allegedly found shrimp tails in his cinnamon toast crunch? I'd love to see Matt do a deep dive theory into how something like that could happen, regulations, & whether or not the guy was actually telling the truth. I've seen a lot of mixed results as to whether or not he was honest.

    @GlamRockFurby@GlamRockFurby6 ай бұрын
  • There’s a reason newer vampire media retconned the garlic thing but ig matpat won’t reference that 11:34 ig he did sort of?

    @madnessarcade7447@madnessarcade74476 ай бұрын
  • The first time you said subscribe it did light up and then when i subscribed it did do some little colorful explosion thing 😂

    @AdoseofAlana_@AdoseofAlana_5 ай бұрын
  • I just watched one of those videos where a person rolls some glass bottles filled with liquid down a flight of steps and now I feel like matpat is going to do a video on the most optimal bottle/way to roll a bottle down a flight of steps soon..

    @junsake2797@junsake27976 ай бұрын
  • Thanks for sharing some spooky garlic and vampire facts with us! The myth about garlic originating from the left footprint of Satan was an interesting bit of lore. A while back, I saw on a TV program that boiling unpeeled garlic before putting it in food apparently helps prevent the garlic smell from lingering in your breath after consumption (or reduces the smell at the very least). I haven't been able to test this myself, but the idea is interesting.

    @TheStarryArcher1213@TheStarryArcher12136 ай бұрын
  • 8:43 so we're just gonna leave ramps off the list there?

    @backpackerraden6268@backpackerraden62686 ай бұрын
  • Carmilla was published 26 years before Dracula novel and heavily influenced Braum work. That mentioned the garlic in mouth.Pretty interesting stuff! 👀

    @1CrowSorrow@1CrowSorrow2 сағат бұрын
  • 12:21 There's NO WAY Mat didn't intend for this phrase to be alliterative. "...part of the plant produced as part of the reproductive process..."

    @Shiny_Hunter_Rob@Shiny_Hunter_Rob6 ай бұрын
  • 1:17 Omg it’s true

    @Clawgrip80085@Clawgrip800856 ай бұрын
  • Dude you are my favorite KZheadr

    @TDD13@TDD136 ай бұрын
  • Matpatt, how can I perfectly microwave my food everytime?

    @grantthornton7692@grantthornton76926 ай бұрын
  • 6:47 has to be my favorite descriptions of witch hunts ever!

    @retept1104@retept11046 ай бұрын
  • Mat pat has to do a theory now on wether lunch is the most important meal of the day after his cameo in the fnaf movie

    @Gaming2DMX@Gaming2DMX6 ай бұрын
    • The food theories inspires me... My parents said if i get 50k followers they'd buy me a professional camera for recording begging u guys❤️

      @mirjinou7999@mirjinou79996 ай бұрын
    • Don't read my name !!

      @Dont_Read_My_Picture@Dont_Read_My_Picture6 ай бұрын
    • Yes😅

      @anthonyluclarocque1765@anthonyluclarocque17656 ай бұрын
    • Fr

      @siscasilviana531@siscasilviana5316 ай бұрын
    • He did already !

      @zcovert5289@zcovert52896 ай бұрын
  • You are correct on the glow

    @speakerman1173@speakerman11736 ай бұрын
  • The subscribe button glowd and threw confetti @The Food Theory best channel in the universe Matt and his team all deserves a 🏆 🎉🎉tyvm for all your theories have a great day

    @QUEEN_Alpha_Mama86@QUEEN_Alpha_Mama866 ай бұрын
  • Your timing is always incredible; just studied porphyrias in my master program and there was also another lecture on it from a different school. Additionally, those suffering with porphyria have bloodshot eyes along with the other symptoms mentioned.

    @Marneezyisshort@Marneezyisshort6 ай бұрын
    • Depending on the type of porphyria

      @madestmadhatter@madestmadhatter6 ай бұрын
  • 0:59 it works it glows yellow with sparkle.

    @Sinfully_Honest@Sinfully_Honest6 ай бұрын
    • Yep that's what I got as well.

      @shotintel@shotintel6 ай бұрын
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