Labubu (Premium E298)

Just found out that UNO LABUBU playing cards are " available"! Probably just as difficult to buy so gonna stick with LABUBU GIFs for now.

Found today, Jake being held to account for being a Performative Male!! https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025/aug/22/labubus-bell-jar-tampons-performative-male-attracts-attention

A month ago, I listened to this episode and thought it was completely asinine but hilarious. However, even though I'd never noticed them before, I started seeing them around. They made me chuckle at first, but then I started to think, it would be kind of funny to have one, almost like an obscure piece of QAA merch. I resisted as long as I could until yesterday, when I bought a shitty knockoff at the state fair with my kid. I opened the box and was delighted to discover I had gotten the 'secret' Labubu. I'm here to report that these things are, in fact, most likely demonic. I can't imagine how else this ridiculous episode wormed its way into my brain to the point where I actually brought one of the gd things home and then had feelings about which one was in the box.

Fell asleep next to the tablet after listening to the episode. My wife: ?? Me: “Ah, was listening to an exceptionally melted QAA about Labubus.” My wife: “The boobies?” Me: “Labubus” My wife: ?? *shows picture on phone* My wife: “Oh. What age group are these popular with?” Me: “It sounds like… us. Melted millennials.” My wife: “Oh… you remember Lil’ Homies? I liked them.”

I had no clue these even existed until this epsiode.. and my daughter came home with 2 of them today.

Love this episode, Julian, you’re my man, Finnegan’s Fuckin Wake. My sides are so split right now

I've never spent so many hours listening to things I would much rather not know anything about

L(abubu)iv Agar

Friend said that Labubus remind him more of Cheburashka dolls than Monchhichis and I agree

Why Jake, WHY? 😭😭😭

This is the worst thing you've ever talked about

There needs to be a Chimbawamba song about this

Labubus

Hey, I’m a bit confused about Cursed Media. I signed up thinking it was essentially an independent alternative to Patreon, then realised it doesn’t actually have QAA Pod 🤦‍♂️. Are future special limited series going to be released only on Cursed Media? Because if I’d I realised I was just double-dipping without getting QAA I wouldn’t have done at this point tbh

This was my favorite premium episode ever— can we please get a part 2 at some point?

Jake's bringing little brother energy.

The drop between gollum voice and thank you for listening was whatever the evil twin of asmr is on the back of my neck

Pet rock

I wasn't even interested in these... until Jake twisted my brain... I nabbed one from the app using his prescribed methods!

Upping my Patreon tier so Jake can get those final two Labubii (idk what the plural form is).

I have a Labubu swimming in a Stanley cup full of McDonald's Szechuan sauce, suck shit all of you

As someone in anime figure collecting circles, I knew about Labubu when Popmart acquired them. But damn, if I had known it was gonna blow up, I would have grabbed those little fuckers.

There’s a lot of “god” on Tik Tok—fundamentalist, Pentecostal, nondenominational—everything is demonic apparently, even energy drinks. I watch compilations of conspiracy/ghost/alien TikToks on YouTube because reality makes me cry. It’s the shit end of the democratization of media (I can’t say journalism because that makes me cry too). It’s scary when I think about all the people who solely get their information from algorithm-driven and monetized platforms. CNN is responsible in large part for the downfall of our civilization. Once information/news became a competitive 24-hour commodity; we were fucked. The complete dissolution of a generally accepted reality has slowly eroded as trust, truth, and fact have become so subjective the words have lost their meaning. Ugh. I just made myself cry again. Time to immerse myself in what witchcraft Bey is up to today.

jake is a chaos magician

disturbing episode!

i love you Jake as someone who got into doll collecting a few years ago these kinds of experiences are familair to me. and also after checking out the BIE series i do really want one. Hail Labubu

For the record, the Labubu sex toy does exist: https://www.instagram.com/p/DLxX3TIsk6-/?igsh=Z3RuZ3BmcXN2ZjBx

I loved this episode so much I listened to it twice.

Double ends joined Thank you for the Finnigans Wake interludes. Truly the sanest part of this entire episode. JFC.

We've been cooked at least since Cabbage Patch Kids.

I’m here for the Finnegans Wake refs

This is one of the most spiritually void episodes you've ever done, absolutely cursed, made me consider unsubscribing for a second because it seems like an abhorrent waste of money lol

Speaking as someone also with a mental illness - After listening, I studied up on form and got two BIEs purchased tonight in the app. Truly a cursed purchasing experience, the 5/1 method seemed to work

That was seriously melted. In other words, I loved it.

Our teenage daughter Jake <3

Because of you Jake I have Labubu jargon and acronyms in my head. BIA !? Are you serious?! Fuck all the URLs and the sheets. What the fuck is wrong with you?! Why Jake why?!

That piano music Julian mentions behind one of the anti-labubu TikTok’s is what they would play at church when they were trying to say something moving or do the prayer to accept Jesus. It honestly super triggering music but Christians like to use it because they think it makes what they are talking about sound moving and important

once again getting the feeling right but the facts wrong: there are some museums that illegally withhold human remains of Indigenous people.

I'm always so disappointed when christians and bigots lie to me. Why can't I find one of the possessed ones??? And the bigots! -- I was threatened with a taco truck on every corner and forced Starbucks coffee consumption if I voted for democrats. My arms are not filled with tacos, coffee, and demon toys!! Why won't my labubu chant spooky latin and try to kill me?? I'M SO BORED, SATAN!! T_T

This gives my brain a labubu

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico… specifically.

I'm in my late 30s and I JUST THIS WEEK bought a tamagotchi to relive The Joy from my youth. eerie. But also just a coincidence as all of us millennials become middle aged

I had never heard of these until last week when we were in Mexico with our traveling group of families and so many of these kids bought them at a local store. Guess they are easy to get in Mexico 🤷🏼‍♀️. Also, they look like a possessed Max from Where the Wild Thing Are.

I’m lowkey disappointed that Jake didn’t run across the lady that trolls TikTok by saying she has the world’s first and only 24-karat gold labubu. Also, my teen daughter is also heavily into TMNT and got Sean Astin to sign a picture of Raphael at our local Comic-con.

This is sadly old hat for people who collect Pokémon Card, stabbings at Target and all.

I love Labubu, our nation feels so fucked right now it’s heartening to hear about American brain melt that is totally apolitical. So nice we can still have knives pulled on us for things completely unrelated to identity. This episode genuinely warms my heart

LA Marzulli was on Beyond-The-Edge Radio in about 2018. Yes, Jake has heard of it - Bigfeets, ghosts, aliens, slightly famous for introducing the world to the lady who had a ‘gifting’ relationship with Teh Squatches. Marzulli quickly galloped over the hosts and is genuinely unfamiliar with the entirety of reality. Anunaki, apocalyptic’ proof, and surprisingly savage right wing beliefs. The next week, the hosts, of a Bigfoot show, to be clear, apologized to the audience for having him on because he was just that offensively nutsycuckoobananapants.

Julian not liking Murakami is straining our parasocial relationship :(

Great episode,Jake ( and the other guys) ! 😝. Pretty absurd but no less so than all the other crazy stuff that's going on around us so it was a welcome break from all of that! Keep up the good work! Love to all ! 🫶

I have two exciting macrons. They were blind boxes and ended up being twins… sea salt and coconut😂

Another episode of deranged lunatics being right but for the wrong reason. God I love this Podcast so much!

The neurodivergants, Americans, and neurodivergant Americans may not see the intimate humour and passion Julian brings to this podcast, but I and others still do - it's definitely more European + Brit-coded which I see so many times misunderstood online over the decades usually by US folk no matter who's under the lens, but if it needs to be said, it's just playful banter and the vibes ain't negative for anyone who's used to this style or form or socialisation. (Maybe watch some 8 out of 10 cats does countdown or something to understand the groove I dunno lol)

This was insane, insane, but i haven't laughed that hard in so long. Insane, but very funny.

I found my first Labubu (the Coca-Cola collection. Thanks Jake

I'm glad Travis also checked out during this one. Jake: seek help

Next April 1st episode needs to be Julian reading Finnegan's Wake

I am once again asking for a Eurovision episode 🙏🏻

Why do I now want labubu?

Jake, I am happy for you, and your beautiful brain, and your many labubus

This was a phenomenal story of the craze, thank you Jake. It's all true. I was looking for a fun distraction from the worst few months of my entire life. I ended up finding myself in the Labubu trenches at the height of the Labubu url method madness. One of the creators of a popular shared Google Labubu hunt spreadsheet (there were a few) started a Discord server. We shared links with each other to help find Labubus and other Pop Mart stuff. People were getting their first labubus, everyone was having fun. The server continued after the url method got blocked. Less than a MONTH after it started, the server got nuked. Why? ILLEGAL LABUBU RAFFLES. The owner had been warned about the legality, but persisted. He used his fiancée's mental health as an excuse, but it was to cover his tracks. Amazing internet drama.

i really didn't think i would enjoy a labubu episode but Jake's writing made it really compelling!

Loved this stupid episode. Keep on trucking.

I enjoyed Jake calling the vestibule at a Denny's, "the airlock."

One of my friends got labubus after he slept on Mike Monty’s couch and they had to get a special cream because they burrowed under his skin and he had these red lines on him and it was gross and i knew this girl that got labubus and she said it was from Matt and Kim the music act and I was like what and she had like slept with or near them probably fucked and she got labubus too it’s so gross

I also wake up every morning like Julian wanting to [redacted]! Solidarity.

My favorite part of the bubble cycle is when supply catches up to demand, and the thing is available everywhere, yet no one wants them anymore.

as someone who may end it within the year, this ep was perfect

There is a real issue of artefacts and human remains in museums that have been stolen from indigenous people by colonialists, and repatriation is a real cause. Kinda doubt this is what our mans is on about

A rare episode where Julian gets on board and Travis remains despondent. Fascinating!

Can confirm my 12 year old daughter knows about Labubu and doesn't really care that much. It's all Jakes.

I had a hard time following Jake’s narrative because of the constant interruptions from Julian. I hope Julian’s okay. I’ve been a long time listener and really enjoy his takes and humor, but this just felt off. I’m sure others will disagree, but the nonstop interruption is draining. Again hope Julian’s alright because this just feels like not the squad at their best.

It really does take over your brain. I listened to a pop mart tiktok live for over 2 hours to get my first labubu

I first heard of these things when Trueanon talked about them not long ago. Looked them up to see what the hell they were talking about and it turns out I have seen one in the wild, hanging off the food truck where I got delicious, delicious pierogi in a college town two weeks ago. When I was a kid, it took a year or two for trends to make out it here in the Midwest, but I guess the little monsters have made it here. I guess folks are buying them online--I looked, and the nearest Pop Mart is more than 90 miles away.

This might be the most unhinged episode. I’ve heard from the guys in a while. Felt like it was turning into a bit of a Clockwork Orange. Did you see a video today of a little girl playing Fortnite with her? Dad probably watched her make head shots. Jake’s future?an

I gotta b honest, I don’t get the hype behind a lot of these trends. I was a teen when Elmo, Pokémon, those goddamn furbies, n a bunch of the others went on in the 90’s n 2000’s. With that being said, the fidget spinners a few years ago weren’t bad. There need to be more trains, cats, n butterfly related trends.

“I’m going to kill you” made me laugh too hard on this plane

Jake, you could go solo and kill it. Travis and Julian are great and all, but just like Justin Timberlake and N’Sync, Jake would kill It as a solo act doing whatever he wants.

Holy s*** I have those same nightmares too. You can never get everything packed

Fascinating to hear Jake's egg cracking over the course of this episode.

I also noted Travis was NOT paying attention to that conversation until the end it was very funny

Julian, chill.

FIFA packs now go by their """cutsie""" name "futties" btw. So prepare for the age of cutsified gambling grifts I guess, get your futties and labubus credit card before it's too late kiddos! (Now rebranded to "creddies"!)

This episode made my day!! 😂 Also, my mediterranean house gecko's name is Pazuzu because 1. obscure Futurama (plus Exorcist) reference and 2. he's a guardian of homes - so appreciate Jake pointing that out 😄🦎

Jake! Have you tried the tiktok lives from Popmart? You have to wait until they drop, but once they do you can get a whole set easy!

It really speaks to how good QAA is that an episode about Jake's online shopping is legit entertaining to listen to

Did Jake call the foyer of a Denny’s the airlock?

Marzulli sounds so much like Adam Scott Glancy it’s uncanny

Yay for the 7 Days to Die shout out!

I'm proud of you guys too. Great stuff. Thanks

I don't even know what these things look like and after that song I want to kill it with fire

I love yall so much but can someone please ask Julian to stop making sexual references. Super off putting which I have never previously felt listening to you guys (e.g. fuck these things, blow job mouth, Lisa is so hot) a lot of the people you cover sexualize everything, don’t be them

Went to the mall last weekend and there was a kiosk selling (possibly/probably fake) labubu’s for $100 lmao

No love for Teddy Ruxpin? Damn

This one goes right up there with the Luigi episode, but is even more important. People need to know about this.

There needs to be a movie night episode for Eddington. I just saw it yesterday and it indulges just about every crackpot QAnon conspiracy you can think of. I can’t think of a movie more tailor made for this podcast.

We literally made a movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad about this phenomenon of toy obsession fads.

Julians bitterness has been ruining the pod for a while

really loved this episode!!!! could you guys make a patreon post or something talking more about Cursed Media? I'm keen to support and probably will (i'm a podcast producer so an independent podcast network is like an easy sell for me), but would love to know more!!

I collect transformers toys but wow I would never go on a crusade so deranged as this

Okay now I want one

The only time I've seen the word is suggested subreddit posts that Reddit puts in my email. Almost every single one. That's the only context i had before this ep.

im now a joyce-pilled wake cel

Must be something in the water, this is today's Guardian comic: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/jul/19/madeline-horwath-evolution-labubu-trend-cartoon I had never heard of these things before this morning and now I feel like I will be seeing them everywhere.

Listening while walking my dog alternating between laughing hysterically out loud and saying "Oh no!" People are staring. Fantastic episode among the many, many fantastic episodes.

The energy in this episode is so crazy. Millenial podcasters doing 60 minutes on labubu; praising the labubu with copious video game references; Coming at the same time that american politics are imploding on the tracks of Qanon and the incoming freight train of Epstein disclosures; Yet more evidence that podcasting causes brain damage

Hand over 2 Labubu’s, Jake! 🔪

I empathise with Jake so much. I got the hookup from my baseball coach with a Hecuba Bluey garden gnome during the Hammerbarn frenzy a couple of years ago. It is my pride and joy. I think they still sell on eBay for like AUD $50 to $300 😂

I polled my colleagues this week, 100% said a Troll Doll would kick Labubu’s ass in a fight

Hell yes

Julian off his meds again? He made death threats on Jake no less than 5 times in 1 episode. Feel bad Jake scripted out this whole episode with tons of research & money spent... Just to have it constantly derailed by a nihilist on speed. Jake had to cut out all the conspiracy & Satanic Panic content due to the 60% dominated by Julian's main character energy. Do better. The last 3 eps have been unlistenable. Seriously, take care of YOUR mental health, Julian. And don't call Jake "mentally ill" just for being a positive person with hobbies... And stop threatening him with "head shots" and the like. I'm disturbed by how few find this sudden shift backwards, disturbing. FML & my ear drums.

Needed a hilarious light episode like this with everything going on. Love you guys!

Me, not knowing what a Labubu is: "Man, it'd be so funny if Labubus are those horrid little monkey things they had at the checkout at my local off-license last week. [googles] ...oh."

My husband and I had so much fun listening to this...thank you for covering the most important stories of our time 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Jake, your humour is such a welcome tonic to the evil and cursed energy in the world.

I have one real Labubu and three Lafufus that look pretty damn good. I got them all shoes, purses, and little outfits. I made on of them a handmade outfit. I'm 55 and these little monsters give me so much damn joy. No regrets at all. If they're demonic, they are weird little demons because they legit give me a little bit of joy in this gawdawful timeline.

Yet another episode where Julian is channeling my own thoughts. Thank you

Okay my daughter is 11 and she loves Labubu (has two). Had absolutely no idea what the hell she was talking about for months but that’s an age group that goes hard for the little weirdos.

Honestly when I first heard everyone going on about Labubus and before I finally looked it up, I thought everyone had started calling Laboutins Labubus and they'd suddenly gotten a much wider fan base 😂

this is an all timer along with the cryptid romance read aloud, truly incredible episode

This is so funny I'm dying

I kept falling asleep before learning whether or not Jake got his goddamn doll and then the third time I woke up my phone slid off and hit me in the nose. These stupid things ARE cursed and we are all now dumber.

Yo did you say Skate pre-alpha? Hell yeah need a new skate

I was 90% sure these were LeBron James dolls. Once again thanks for settling m me straight.

I had at least 4 pound puppies. Puggles were massive too. They had a full enchanted forest stores.

Looks evil, checks out

Oh my god, I adore Jakes energy in this - also Julian aura farming by being himself and I love it so much!

“A plush toy—“ “COME ON” Travis View, ladies and germs

Opened the Patreon app, saw “Labubu,” brain said JAKE. I did have this on my Bingo card!!!!

I’m having flashbacks to how hard it was to buy a GPU to build my kid a computer 😵‍💫

Canceling my sub because my money going to Ghostbusters I can tolerate, but not labubu.

I'm middle-aged and not terminally online so 7 minutes in I have no idea what I'm in for with this ep. But the other day I heard a relative who works on product design for Large Multinational Toy Company™ use the term "kidult" in reference to an industry trend. it chilled me to my core and I suspect that this is going to be related in some perverse way.

Jake!

I love Jake and Julian's dynamic so much

Sorry Julian, the gen zs are thinking of Timothy Chalamet, not Johnny Depp.

Haven't finished the segment, but I'm going to $20 on the Christian influencer guy is just telling people not to buy them because his kids have been screaming about them for weeks and he can't get the doll. He's just trying to drive down demand so he can finally shut his kids up. This episode is hilarious so far.

Julian’s a monchichi truther

oooh baby I've been waiting for this

Livin' Labubu Agar

https://nwtrcc.org/

We're so labuback

just got to that baby voice singing labubu and think I'm done with the episode. don't need to actually learn about whatever this is

Take care for if you gaze too long into a labubu, the labubu also gazes into you. - kids are too easily tricked into becoming obsessed with the dumbest shit ,I remember how bad it was being young and am glad to have ridden myself of that shameful disability, but it was still worse for the neurotypical kids around me who were way more receptive to mainstream marketing peer pressures, perhaps held back by their functional family upbringings and lack of chronic depression, who can say.

L I V A G A R

LABUBU

Going in blind on Labubu

Labubussy

So yes, always a property in Dubai because that is a heritage that will never go out of fashion.

Lalivliv Agaragar

Oh hell yeah, I was catching up on episodes and wondering which one would feature labubus and Julian's brain melting in real time. Thanks, Patreon feed.

Here for the Lububuversre. Didn't know, ask, or care for it, but here we are.

uncritical support for Julian

Jake! Jake! Jake!

Liv agar