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The Worst Spirit Animal

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The setup

At a forest ayahuasca ceremony, one seeker discovers his spirit guide is Barry, a deer-antlered bro with terrible advice.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

A shaman leads three seekers through an ayahuasca ceremony around a campfire and calls on their guiding spirits. The others receive a noble fox and a wise owl that offer calm, mystical counsel, but Arturo gets Barry, a bearded guy in antlers and white jeans who claims to be a deer. Instead of wisdom, Barry pitches drones and molly, refuses to help with Arturo's question about being a better husband and father, humps the air during the group mantra, tries to lure the other spirits away, and finally throws up while insisting it is good luck.

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Highly quotable.

You gotta get a drone, dude.

Okay, my spirit, while I'm on drugs, is offering me other drugs.

My spirit animal is just having sex with the air.

Behind the scenes

The people who made it.

A little extra

Notes from the archive.

John Gemberling, who plays Barry, previously worked with Arturo Castro on Broad City, where Gemberling played Bevers and Castro played Jaimé.

ScriptEnglish · 57 turns

Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.

  1. 00:02

    Shaman

    Welcome, my friends. You have journeyed far for this enlightenment ceremony because you are seeking answers in your lives. Are you ready?

  2. 00:11

    I am.

  3. 00:12

    Yes, please.

  4. 00:13

    So ready. I really need this, you know?

  5. 00:15

    Shaman

    Breathe deeply. Sip the ayahuasca tea, and open your third eye to a guiding spirit. Reveal yourselves, great spirits.

  6. 00:26

    Speaker 1 ?

    I am Volpe Magnum, the fox.

  7. 00:33

    Speaker 2 ?

    I am Trivictor, the owl.

  8. 00:38

    Barry

    Oh, yo, what up? I'm Barry. I'm a...deer.

  9. 00:43

    Shaman

    Tell us what form your guiding spirit has taken.

  10. 00:46

    Mitra Jouhari ?

    Mine is a powerful fox.

  11. 00:48

    Mike Hanford ?

    And mine's a brilliant owl.

  12. 00:50

    Arturo Castro

    Mine says he's a deer, but he's just some dude in white jeans wearing antlers. Is that...is that normal?

  13. 00:56

    Shaman

    Breathe deeply and accept your spirit's wisdom.

  14. 01:00

    Speaker 1 ?

    You alone can achieve your dreams.

  15. 01:02

    Speaker 2 ?

    Let curiosity guide your success.

  16. 01:05

    Barry

    You gotta get a drone, dude.

  17. 01:08

    Arturo Castro

    I'm sorry, what?

  18. 01:09

    Barry

    Drones, dude! You can fly them up to any window, and they got these 4K cameras on them, and they can see everything. Everything!

  19. 01:17

    Arturo Castro

    Okay, I feel like I drew a hard short straw on my spirit.

  20. 01:21

    Shaman

    Trust. Know each of you. Ask for the answer you seek.

  21. 01:26

    Mitra Jouhari ?

    How can I connect better with others?

  22. 01:28

    Speaker 1 ?

    The most basic human need is to be heard.

  23. 01:30

    Mike Hanford ?

    How can I do anything when I fear I will fail?

  24. 01:34

    Speaker 2 ?

    The journey is the reward.

  25. 01:36

    Arturo Castro

    How can I be a better husband and father?

  26. 01:40

    Barry

    Pass.

  27. 01:42

    Arturo Castro

    No, you can't pass. You're supposed to help me.

  28. 01:44

    Barry

    You want help?

  29. 01:45

    Arturo Castro

    Yeah.

  30. 01:45

    Barry

    The ayahuasca's trash. You gotta get down with this Molly, man. This is good shit.

  31. 01:50

    Arturo Castro

    Okay, my spirit, while I'm on drugs, is offering me other drugs.

  32. 01:54

    Shaman ?

    Shh, man. Shh.

  33. 01:55

    Shaman

    repeat carefully as your guides give you your new mantra

  34. 02:00

    Speaker 1 ?

    I am strong I am powerful

  35. 02:03

    Mitra Jouhari ?

    I am strong I am powerful

  36. 02:06

    Speaker 2 ?

    clear mind clear thoughts

  37. 02:09

    Mike Hanford ?

    your mind clear thoughts

  38. 02:11

    Arturo Castro

    my spirit animal is just having sex with the air

  39. 02:18

    Barry ?

    yeah

  40. 02:21

    Arturo Castro

    Oh God

  41. 02:22

    Shaman

    and so it What shall be your mantra?

  42. 02:27

    Arturo Castro

    Um, I'm good.

  43. 02:30

    Shaman

    Ah, it is now time for your guides to return to their realm.

  44. 02:34

    Speaker 1 ?

    Remember, I am with you always.

  45. 02:36

    Speaker 2 ?

    If you ever need me.

  46. 02:37

    Barry

    Hey, Fox. Hey, Owl. My guy's kind of a narc. Let's get out of here, back to the spirit realm, figure out which one of you's got a pussy.

  47. 02:44

    Arturo Castro

    Is this about Trip? Is this what people mean when they say about Trip?

  48. 02:48

    Shaman

    It is all in your mind.

  49. 02:49

    Arturo Castro

    Oh, no, I'm pretty sure this is about Trip.

  50. 02:50

    Barry

    Oh, man. I went full biscuit on some vodka Gatorades, man. I think I'm gonna...

  51. 02:59

    Oh.

  52. 03:04

    Barry

    Hey, relax, man. It's good luck.

  53. 03:09

    Arturo Castro

    It's good luck? Is that true?

  54. 03:10

    Shaman

    It is not true.

  55. 03:11

    Arturo Castro

    Goddamn it!

  56. 03:12

    Barry

    All right. Later, bro.

  57. 03:14

    Arturo Castro ?

    and Barry.

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