Richard Franks gives Mum a pumpkin-sized car-door problem

The inflatable costume is awkward enough before rain and an elusive door handle complicate the family outing.

Channel: Richard Franks Story of October 31, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 268,800 views a day, 23 times a normal first day on this channel (11,718).

Are you ready parents? Mum goes Trick or Treating🎃 PART 1 #mum #halloween #trickortreating #october

There are sweets at home. Richard Franks' Mum would like the children to consider that perfectly reasonable alternative before she has to leave the car dressed as an inflatable pumpkin.

In Franks' trick-or-treating sketch, the familiar parental negotiations come with a practical problem: Mum has bought a costume that makes an ordinary car door an obstacle. She can't find the inner handle, calls for David and suggests she might need engine oil to squeeze herself out.

The Short has reached about 150,000 views in nine hours, an unusually fast start for Franks. It follows a run of Mum's seasonal grievances, from Halloween decoration shame to an appeal for help with the festivities.

Here, Franks plays the gap between the promised family memory and the parent responsible for making it happen. Mum blames the purchase on late-night online shopping after red wine, points out that Dad has escaped the outing and tries to summon some gratitude. Then comes the determined declaration: "Family memories!"

Viewers are picking out the huffing and puffing inside the pumpkin costume and the recurring cry for David. Others recognise their own mothers in the performance. The costume supplies the physical comedy, but Mum's running commentary makes even getting out of the car feel like another job she's been left to organise.

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The numbers

The trick-or-treating Short is drawing views much faster than Franks' usual Shorts. Across the channel, daily views are also more than three times their typical level.

the video's first day

usual first day here

11,718

this video

268,800

subscribers

134,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

73,838,067

views per day

1,970,562

typical day: 595,608

the video

views

150,504

likes

5,578

comments

86

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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142,000

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134,000

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120,000

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As of October 31, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.