The transcript documents a YouTube challenge created by Antonio Moniz in which 100 children and their 100 parent‑adults are locked inside two separate large cubes for up to 100 hours. The team that retains the most participants when the time expires wins half of a $500,000 prize pool. Throughout the competition the host (and co‑hosts Karl, Nolan, Jimmy) repeatedly offers cash, food, coffee, pizza, and other temptations to coax participants out, while also introducing game mechanics such as “shrinking zones,” colored‑button triggers, briefcase temptations, and balloon‑pop tests. The narrative follows the ebb and flow of eliminations—early cash offers cause several adults and kids to leave, oatmeal is used as a disliked food bait, and later coffee and pizza are offered to motivate exits. Sponsor integrations for Nerf blasters and Feastables chocolate bars are woven into the challenges. Psychological pressure builds as participants grow bored, experience cramped conditions, and receive surprise communications (e.g., a pipe to talk to parents). Near the end, the host offers a $5,000 payout for a final decision, and after a final countdown the adults emerge as the clear winners, each receiving a $1,000 thank‑you bonus. The transcript captures the high‑energy, improvisational style of the host, the competitive banter, and the staged drama typical of MrBeast‑style YouTube challenges.
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I built two massive cubes so these 100 kids can compete against these 100 adults. Whichever cube has the most people inside of it after 100 hours splits $500,000. 100 kids are going head to head with their parents. We have to stay closed in. The doors are closed. We're by ourselves. Are you going to lose to a bunch of adults? No! You're not going to let a bunch of kids beat you, are you? No! You do have to split the $500 grand. I'm a giver, so I'll share a little bit. That's right. Only the remaining players on the winning teams split that $500,000. We just hit an hour! So far I have been retaining my sanity. Attention— you're 1 hour into the challenge, and I'll give you $1,000 if you get out right now. And this is the only time anyone will be receiving money unless you win. You have 60 seconds to decide starting now. A thousand dollars is not enough for me. I'm going to leave for $1,000. No! No! Is that your son? What's up, Fatherland?! This is not good. You are the last one out. Let's see the damage. In just 1 hour, we've eliminated 12 adults and 10 kids. Why y'all gonna leave and leave us with 88 adults? 9 people just left. I don't know how to feel about that. And now that we know who wants to win, there's something we need to take care of. They gotta sign this. We have to sign this paper that says our kids could spend the money responsibly and we won't use it on ourselves. As long as the kids win. I can't believe they're actually signing it. And Chris brought the bathroom. I've got a toilet. All right, you good? How many times How many YouTubers does it take to move a porta potty? Poop time! Haha! They just drilled a hole because it smells really bad in here now. It smells horrible. Is there somebody in there? Why didn't you tell me? I'm sorry. Enjoy your poop. I don't know how you do this, but is this the fart pipe? That's the fart pipe. I hope that was sand that fell off. We're 5 hours into the challenge, so I left everyone alone until the morning to see what they'd do. So the boredom's kind of kicked in. We've been looking at these tiles and kind of realized that we can take them off. So, so now we're going to do that, all of them. Who's going to school tomorrow? Take this, stand right there. Hey Nolan, I need you. Why are you guys going to school? These things are so much fun. I've got an idea. Yeah. In the next morning, one of the kids tried to see how many adults were left. Hey! He's trying to cheat. Are you trying to tell them? I'm going to have to escort you away from the $500 grand. Oh, what's the number? Oh, it's not. And because of him, both teams are now tied at 78 people remaining. Let's see if we can get some people out. We brought you all oatmeal. No, it's not good. Who made this? I don't know. It was not me. You did a terrible job, and I want your fucking license revoked. OK. What just happened? You just walk out? Oh my God. Wait, whoa. The oatmeal always works. Now that 8 of you just left, who do you think's winning? Them. Oh, yeah. Because the oatmeal is deadly here. It's so bad. Oh, no. Since nobody liked the oatmeal— It didn't have no sugar. —I had an idea. If 2 of you get out, I'll give everyone Taco Bell. Oh, no. Now I'm going to make the same offer to the adults, but I think they might want something else. I want a cup of coffee so bad. Coffee. Caffee. Here's the situation. If you want coffee, 2 of you have to get out, and I'll go get 75% 75 cups of coffee. You'll do it? When's this gonna air on the YouTube? The YouTube? Nolan promised 75 coffees. Let's go see how Starbucks reacts. Can I have 75 coffees? 75 what? Even though the kids turned down my offer, a few of them then proceeded to leave. What? Somebody's about to step out of the circle, guys. I'm gone. More money for us as soon as they leave. Coffee! Thank you so much for the coffee, man. Everybody seems so happy and merry now. Thank you. Now we're really going to ramp this challenge up. Karl, Nolan, open the doors. In front of each cube is a giant button. At some point in the next 24 hours, this button's going to turn green. And whichever side presses the green button first shrinks the other team's zone. And Karl, whenever you feel like it, change the color to green. It's up to you. Do you see this? Your foot's an inch away from the line. You guys have strategy? We have 3 people that are ready to run out. 3? We all just had coffee, so we're up. We are jacked. I'm going to change the color to blue and see if we can catch anybody. That was me. You got out? All right, you two together. Come on, let's do this. There's only 50 of you left. How many do you think are in the adults? I think like 60. Let's switch the colors a few more times, then turn it green. Oh. They just barely beat you. I'm sorry. I feel let down to my team. I'm sorry. Look, they love you. It's the end of day 2, and already the kids are down by 18 people. Hey, everybody. I have a new proposition. I think we can all agree oatmeal sucks. If you allow me to shrink your square, I'll give you each a pizza for dinner. Oatmeal all the way until we go home. You have 1 minute to decide. I'll be back. Pizza! Pizza! Oh, dear. Oh, dear. This is all I've wanted all day. I'm sorry. Jimmy's making me do it. Oh, dear. Oh, dear. All right, y'all enjoy. If I don't make it, all right, this is why. As promised, I bring pizza. Here you go. I got one for each of you. We got a whole pizza. I'm going to cry. Yeah! Would you say this was worth shrinking the zone? Yeah! Not much happened during the day. During the day, but at night— It was way harder than I thought it was going to be. It's getting smaller and smaller. There's like no room in there. There's 60 adults left. How many kids do you think are left? They're getting the same oatmeal we're getting every single day. 15, I think. No, I think we're losing by a lot. By day 4, people were starting to get really, really, really bored. Oh! So we decided to give them a surprise. This is not a drill. Hey, do you guys want a pipe to talk to your parents? Yeah! Alright, bet. I'm so excited! Hi! Mama's still here! Jessica! She's not here. Really? Yo! Hello! That's my girl! I miss y'all so much! Hey, stay strong, stay away from the red line. I love you, buddy. Sorry, guys. The boys wanted to play a little prank to see how many people they could get out. This is an empty briefcase, and we're going to bring it in there and try to get people out with it. Hey, everybody, you see this? They can't handle the temptation. Come on, let's go this way. Well, you just said that you were going to get out anyway, right? Yeah. Mm. They could have had $10K, but at the same time, in all the other videos, it was empty. I don't ever trust what they're doing out there. Surely the adults are too smart to fall for something like this. There's no way. Attention! No way! Oh my God! It is just a brief kiss. You know, Jimmy said he was only giving away the $1,000 once, nothing beyond that. Mm-hmm. Bruh. We're going to do it again, but this time it's really going to rock. Why didn't another person leave? Let's see if we can go 4 for 4. Whoever walks out here is straight up goofy, yo. Oh, oh. Now this time with just $1 sticking out. Attention! Was it the dollar? No, I didn't even see the dollar. He also got out for the same thing, but he is a kid. You're really just terrible. Me? Who can blame me? I'm just going to show them an empty briefcase, and if they walk out, so be it. Can I make a shot into the briefcase? I don't think they want it. Surely the adults will have enough common sense. The adults will be smart. It's going to be pretty embarrassing. What's in there? I will point out the kids didn't fall for this one. Oh, I can believe that. Jimmy hasn't been in since yesterday, and we heard noises on the roof, so we're waiting to see what happens. Now we're on top of the cube with a balloon. We told these contestants not to pop these balloons. And if they follow those orders, they won't get punished. Ah! Woo! Send her down. And while we wait to see if they pop the balloon— I want to tell you about our brand sponsor, sponsor Nerf. This is the Nerf Mythic Gel Fire Blaster, and watch this— it shoots gel pellets! I wish we had things like this when we were kids. This is ridiculous. These things are crazy. So crazy, in fact, that I asked them if I could make my own. This is the brand new MrBeast Nerf Blaster, and as you can tell, the hopper on ours is smoother. It has a retractable stock, rechargeable batteries, and you can put it on semi-fire, which shoots one at a time, or full auto. And this cartridge can hold tons of blasts. Oh! They popped it already. Bring it closer. A little bit closer. We only made a limited supply of these, so click the link in description and preorder our MrBeast Nerf Blaster while you still can. It's Nerf or nothing. Oh, this is so much fun. All right, everybody, who has the note from the balloon? Because you popped the balloon, we're going to shrink your cube. Yeah. So it's Nolan's fault? Yeah. No. I cannot win. Hey, everybody. This is from the kids' balloon. They popped it. Because you popped the balloon, we're going to shrink your cube. So you guys passed the test. But while that was going down, someone did step on the line. Karl, if you want to show them the footage. Right there. But even afterwards, right there, your foot's on the line. I made y'all all more money! Thank you for coming out, sir. Do you know what you're carrying? No. A table. Can you follow me? Oh my— What is this? Before I reveal this, I need a leader Real quick here— all right, I just need you to simply pick a number between 1 and 5. All right, this is your cube, this is The Kids' Cube. The number they picked decides how many lines will divide the other team's cube. X! X! Pick a number between 1 and 5. 3? Oh okay, right in the middle. Boom. Now let's reveal what the adults did to your cube. Oh! Even though these lines don't take up a lot of space, stepping over them can cause a lot of mistakes. It's about to get real stressful up in here. Be careful when you go to the bathroom. If I'm honest with you, I wouldn't cross it that much. Why is everybody crossing it? This is rough. It's going to be a fun night. Now that you just left, the adults are down to 50. Which means every single person in there, if they stay, wins $10,000. That's fantastic. I'm glad that I was the one to make it happen. None of these kids have gone to school for the past 5 days, so I wanted to do something special for their teacher. So first off, I want to apologize for borrowing your students. They're currently competing for half a million dollars, and during the challenge, I asked them who their favorite teacher was, and they said you. So give me one second. They like math? I hope you like math, because I'm gonna need you to count how much money this is. Are you kidding me? No. Are you kidding me? No. So I'm just gonna dump the money right here. If you win and you best math student, no homework for the rest of the year. Really? Yeah. Okay, I'm gonna go tell them that. Oh my God, she freaked out. She also said that if you guys won, no homework for the rest of the year. We're gonna win. With only 2 hours left in the challenge, I wanted to give them something besides oatmeal, so this is a perfect time to see if they like my chocolate bars. Attention, I have Feastables, and if you say Hershey sucks, I'll give you one. This is our milk Chocolate Crunch Bar. It's about to launch at Walmart. Hershey sucks. Beast Bowls for the win. Agreed. Hershey sucks. I agree. Hershey sucks. Which one? You can forget the adults. 3, 2, 1. Woo! We're 99 hours in and somebody just stepped out a little bit ago. You're right. You're right. I'm sorry. We're going to give you $5,000. Jimmy didn't give me permission, but you know what? Better to ask for forgiveness. I agree. There's only 30 minutes left. We're going to win. We're going to win. We just pray that it's less kids than it is adults. How many adults do you think are left? I'd say 73. We have been in here for days. And I'm ready for the adults to win. Really curious to know what's going on with the kids over there. What's the first thing you're going to do when you get out of here? Probably shower. The adults are going to win. Sorry, son. Parents are losing this one. We started with 100 kids and 100 adults. I can't wait to see their faces when they walk out. All right, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. The challenge is officially over. Everyone, you may exit the squares. Come out front. Come on out! Right here. Right here. And it's now time to reveal the winners. The winners of the challenge by a landslide were the adults! Let's go! And as a reward for you guys staying the entire time, we're going to give each of you $1,000 as a thank you. Oh my God, you did it, baby! I don't even know how to feel. I told my mom. Yeah, go say hi to your parents. Ah, baby! I missed you. You made it! Antonio Moniz! Antonio Moniz! Antonio Moniz! Thank you. Thank you so much.
