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September 18, 2009

The 15 Types Of Strangers

This is a very important Public Service Announcement, obviously, and all American children should have to memorize these 11 types of strangers, as well as the exact scripted thing that they say each time (any deviation from the script means it's probably safe to get into the car). Although, I'm pretty sure we could use a new name for Hero Trap since huh? Hero Bald Fashion Photographer Who Prefers Shooting In A Parking Lot For The Natural Light Trap? Total Hero Trap.

But also, there are a few strangers that the video missed, and they are important. You know, so that the children don't get raped.

Garbage Trap
"Hey, I left you a present at the bottom of that dumpster. Why don't you go find it. I will be in there in a second to help you celebrate!"

Helium Trap
"Have you ever heard how funny someone's voice gets when they inhale helium from a balloon? They sound like they are in a cartoon! Do you like cartoons? Do you like getting raped and then watching cartoons?"

Sad Bubblegum Pizza Trap
"I was supposed to have a bubblegum pizza party with all my friends, but they canceled at the last minute. Now I have all these bubblegum pizzas and no one to share them with. My mother is in the hospital and it's been really difficult living in the old house by myself. I really just need someone with a set of times tables flash cards to talk to."

Dax Shepard Trap
"I'm Dax Shepard, get in my car!"

Jesus. This post is a nightmare. Sorry. (Via FourFour.)

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"Do you like getting raped and then watching cartoons?"

Yikes.....

Posted by: dwayneshintzy profile link at 09/18/09 2:50 PM  | Reply
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Throw in some weed and some XBox and I'll meet you downstairs in an hour.

Posted by: I Basically Don't Respect Your Country's Cultural Underpinnings Face King profile link  in reply to  dwayneshintzy's comment at 09/18/09 3:35 PM  | Reply
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1:53 mark is really good.

Posted by: Zapruder profile link at 09/18/09 2:51 PM  | Reply
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If you tell anybody ... about our little secret ... I'll keep fucking your chicken.

Posted by: GusMcCrae profile link  in reply to  Zapruder's comment at 09/18/09 2:55 PM  | Reply
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I like his Beatles mop-top wig. Is their little secret how to unlock Pete Best in Rock Band?

Posted by: dude profile link  in reply to  Zapruder's comment at 09/18/09 3:06 PM  | Reply
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I like how that wasn't a warning to the child, but to the would-be rapist. "Children should NEVER be asked to keep special secrets from their parents!"

Posted by: youbastid profile link  in reply to  Zapruder's comment at 09/23/09 12:00 AM  | Reply
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Wait, isn't the woman who needed her bag brought to her car the secretary in Ferris Beullar's Day Off?

Posted by: Casey Malone profile link at 09/18/09 2:52 PM  | Reply
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gabe...you gotta stop posting these AMAZING videos...you're gonna make the internet explode!!!

Posted by: Saad profile link at 09/18/09 2:54 PM  | Reply
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Hey, don't knock the hero trap. It's my favorite, it works every time.

Posted by: Sharky profile link at 09/18/09 2:56 PM  | Reply
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Billy Ocean Trap:
Get outta my dreams. Get in to my car.

Posted by: bingo gas station profile link at 09/18/09 2:56 PM  | Reply
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The only minority used is for the "Threats Trap." RACISTS!

Posted by: ber profile link at 09/18/09 2:59 PM  | Reply
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Racist? 10 out of 11 child rapists are white.

Posted by: GusMcCrae profile link  in reply to  ber's comment at 09/18/09 3:01 PM  | Reply
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Yeah, and also SEXISTS! 44,999 out of 45,000 are not sexy blond ladies trying to get you to play a gameboy.

Posted by: lemonne profile link  in reply to  GusMcCrae's comment at 09/19/09 10:02 AM  | Reply
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What if your mom really is in the hospital, and the person who came to pick up at school instead also needs help finding their puppy and will reward you with candy and professional photography if you help them and get into their windowless van? These are the dilemmas American children face every day!

Posted by: kiss the pan profile link at 09/18/09 2:59 PM  | Reply
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That actually happened to me when I was 7. Everything worked out fine.

Posted by: Rebecca profile link  in reply to  kiss the pan's comment at 09/18/09 4:00 PM  | Reply
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how'd the pictures come out?

Posted by: bird profile link  in reply to  Rebecca's comment at 09/18/09 6:07 PM  | Reply
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Oddly, totally safe for work.

Posted by: Rebecca profile link  in reply to  bird's comment at 09/19/09 6:28 PM  | Reply
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The officer was the creepiest person in this PSA. The old make-an-anti-abduction-PSA trap... We're on to you, sir.

Posted by: Becca profile link at 09/18/09 3:03 PM  | Reply
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My diagnosis: reaction formation. Well, played Becca. Well played.

Posted by: Sigmund Freud profile link  in reply to  Becca's comment at 09/18/09 4:07 PM  | Reply
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BIKE SHOP TRAP!

Posted by: whoa! profile link at 09/18/09 3:06 PM  | Reply
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Posted by: sen_tankerbell profile link  in reply to  whoa!'s comment at 09/18/09 3:14 PM  | Reply
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Poor Dudley.

Posted by: JPC  in reply to  sen_tankerbell's comment at 09/18/09 4:19 PM  | Reply
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I'm impressed by their ability to cast 15 people who look like child molesters.

Posted by: thebigm profile link at 09/18/09 3:06 PM  | Reply
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In Hollywood? Every fourth person looks like a child molester.

Posted by: EtWB profile link  in reply to  thebigm's comment at 09/18/09 3:19 PM  | Reply
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Craigslist?

Posted by: mk profile link  in reply to  thebigm's comment at 09/22/09 10:08 PM  | Reply
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I would totally have helped her put the batteries in the Game Boy if she had asked me when I was 9. Lucky for me she didn't.

Posted by: sen_tankerbell profile link at 09/18/09 3:07 PM  | Reply
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Where (besides my head) is the PIZZA DELIVERY MAN considered an AUTHORITY FIGURE?

Posted by: ClownCoffee profile link at 09/18/09 3:08 PM  | Reply
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Am I the only one who gets the feeling that #3 is an executive by day and a wild man by night?

Posted by: tiredandwired profile link at 09/18/09 3:18 PM  | Reply
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Stay away from bribing trap, she looks like a clap trap.

Posted by: Deezey profile link at 09/18/09 3:18 PM  | Reply
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Hey, I got a gun. Let's go to a Broadway show!

Posted by: oh. profile link at 09/18/09 3:22 PM  | Reply
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So I instinctively upvoted this because it was a phrase that I recognized. Then I realized I didn't remember what it was from. And then I felt like an episode of Family Guy.

Posted by: lemonne profile link  in reply to  oh.'s comment at 09/19/09 10:05 AM  | Reply
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You forgot these:

The Money Trap

The Parent Trap

Posted by: Bubbles profile link at 09/18/09 3:24 PM  | Reply
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I don't know if the StrangerSmart folks were intending to find the creepiest people on Earth, but Mission Accomplished. StrangerSmart on the aircraft carrier.

Though, the "Bribing Trap" lady: I would wreck that shit. Sideways. With the batteries.

Posted by: EtWB profile link at 09/18/09 3:25 PM  | Reply
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I would definitely go to the arcade with the Having Fun Trap guy.

Posted by: Amennn profile link  in reply to  EtWB's comment at 09/18/09 3:33 PM  | Reply
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Never get in Perez Hilton's van!

Posted by: mtobey profile link at 09/18/09 3:25 PM  | Reply
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Damn it, we must of posted at the same exact time. Oh well, Perez....Wormtail...Child Molester...all the same, right?

Posted by: Detroit Dutchgirl profile link  in reply to  mtobey's comment at 09/18/09 3:43 PM  | Reply
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"This is what I do, I sit on you."

Posted by: Caleb  in reply to  mtobey's comment at 09/21/09 2:13 PM  | Reply
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If a man offers to play a game of NEPTUNE say no. This is what I learned from a rerun of Diff'rent Strokes.

Posted by: Calliwell profile link at 09/18/09 3:34 PM  | Reply
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Posted by: Detroit Dutchgirl profile link at 09/18/09 3:35 PM  | Reply
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"Do you like cartoons? Do you like getting raped and then watching cartoons?"

Yes.

Posted by: eric at 09/18/09 3:56 PM  | Reply
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"Only professional agencies hire child actors"... Wow, they really know what resonates with kids.

Posted by: Mcluskyist profile link at 09/18/09 4:01 PM  | Reply
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I remember watching this is elementary school. I didn't remember anyone until that pizza "authority figure" man appeared and I remembered how much he creeped me and my overalls out back in 4th grade.
Still, I've never been kidnapped but that's only because I never had the opportunity to say "no" to a hawaiian body builder who tells me his secrets and hates my dog.

Posted by: Audra at 09/18/09 4:04 PM  | Reply
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"Trust your own feelings." When you're under the age of ten, all of your feelings are telling you to pursue opportunities to get candy, no matter what. Bad Idea Jeans.

Posted by: lengli profile link at 09/18/09 4:34 PM  | Reply
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Did a bearded Shaquille O'Neil just threaten to murder a child's dog? Or was I imagining that?

Posted by: ryanot profile link at 09/18/09 4:46 PM  | Reply
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this video is right on point.
getting a job is a trap, kids!

Posted by: ICEBERG profile link at 09/18/09 5:16 PM  | Reply
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As an adult I would probably take about five of those bribes. I'd do a lot of things for free pizza or ten dollars, a couple of those guys were kind of creepy cute (Why yes, I love video games. I happen to have a couple at my house, why don't we just go there? Gah-rowl) and #3 please don't hurt my puppy. I loves him so.
Also: My secret code word when I was a child: Nimrod. True Story.

Posted by: Mr. Hausfrau profile link at 09/18/09 5:33 PM  | Reply
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HA what the FUCK WHY did it suddenly GET SO intense with the I'LL KILL your dog THING?

Posted by: An American Patriot profile link at 09/18/09 5:43 PM  | Reply
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Posted by: Gentleman W. T. Effery profile link at 09/18/09 7:08 PM  | Reply
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Why can`t all pedophiles be like bribing trap woman?

Just sayin

Posted by: Rocky O Bannon at 09/18/09 7:15 PM  | Reply
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I know, all of the ones I've ever met look like art model traps who would barely know their way around brain age.

Posted by: elle profile link  in reply to  Rocky O Bannon's comment at 09/21/09 6:32 AM  | Reply
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This is GOLD. Thank you videogum.

Posted by: beccafly profile link at 09/18/09 8:11 PM  | Reply
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oh, gabe.


lolz til i cried. so good.

Posted by: caringiscool profile link at 09/19/09 2:16 AM  | Reply
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Don't you have an AC Adapter, Bribing Hero?

Posted by: magsweeto profile link at 09/19/09 5:37 AM  | Reply
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By Bribing Hero, I mean Bribing Trap. She knows who she is.

Posted by: magsweeto profile link at 09/19/09 5:40 AM  | Reply
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The cop just assumes that I've heard of strangers dressed up in uniforms? Rude, because I haven't. Apparently my parents didn't mind if I got kidnapped. Also, weird thing to say while wearing an ill-fitting uniform.

Posted by: Loz profile link at 09/19/09 11:54 AM  | Reply
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good advice for the chillins.

Posted by: Johnny Mango profile link at 09/20/09 8:29 PM  | Reply
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I cant believe nobody picked up on "The eleven traps to avoid are: helping, bribing, being famous, having fun, getting a job, being a playmate, emergency, affection, authority, hero and threats."

good advice for the chillins.

(that was my whole post, yet somehow only half of it felt like going up there so i'm redoing it)

Posted by: Johnny Mango profile link at 09/20/09 8:30 PM  | Reply
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I'm pretty sure the 'Getting A Job Trap' is the "Being Famous Trap' sans mustache, +wig

Posted by: caserrr at 09/21/09 7:25 AM  | Reply
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Always let John C. Riley teach you how to hit the ball clear over the fence. It'll be fun.

Posted by: biscuitsjoe profile link at 09/23/09 1:46 AM  | Reply
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When do we tell kids that 70% or rapes are from someone you know?

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