In terms of expansive fantasy worlds, they don’t come much grander thanSkyrim. While not the biggest game ever made, not even for theElder Scrollsseries, it’s generally consideredone of the best open-world games of all time, alongside the likes ofMinecraft,GTA 5, andElden Ring. So popular is the game that it often bleeds into other forms of pop culture, and this one fan has managed to do a mashup of the Bethesda epic with one of Britain’s most beloved 90s sitcoms.
The YouTube channel My Two Pence has put together a short clip which combinesSkyrimwith the Irish-based comedyFather Ted.Specifically, it’s the scene in which the titular priest converses with local farmer Colm. After a brief exchange of words, Colm questions Ted about whether he’s become a racist. The whole scene plays out with the farmer’s deadpan questioning becoming more and more hilarious, as Ted gets more irritated and defensive.
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For anyone who is not familiar with the show,Father Tedis a classic British sitcom. Co-written by Graham Linehan, who would go on to create the cult hitThe IT Crowd, it lasted for three seasons in the 90s, ending when Dermot Morgan, who played Ted, passed away in 1998. What’s quite clever about My Two Pence’s mashup is the subtitles have changed some of the words to make it more relevant to the lore ofSkyrim. Ted’s name is replaced with “Dragonborn,” and when being accused of having a problem with people from Greece, it swaps it out the word for “Dunmer.” It’s a brilliantly hilarious scene, and a classic from the show itself.
This is also not the first time something like this has been done. A while back, YouTuber Pertinax created acrossover betweenSkyrimandThe Sopranos. In this impressively crafted clip, Tony Soprano can be seen wandering the streets of Whiterun in his bathrobe and white vest, stopping briefly to pick up the newspaper before being accosted by Nazeem asking if he’s been to the Cloud District.
It’s mashups like this that are the reason Bethesda’s open world fantasy game is still going strong, despite being more than ten years old. As avideo game that players can sink hundreds of hours into, there is so much for fans to see and do, with people still discovering new things to this day. With any luck, there will be more amusing clips that put famous sitcom characters into the world of Tamriel.
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim - Anniversary Editionis available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
