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IrelandRichard Franks' Mum has no time for Parma Violets
The inflatable pumpkin is finally out trick-or-treating, but viewers are defending the sweet Mum compares to soap.
Richard Franks
Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 270,804 views a day, 19 times a normal first day on this channel (14,016).
Nobody wants Parma Violets 🤢 Mum goes Trick or Treating 🎃 PART 2 #mum #halloween #trickortreating
The sweets need inspecting. Richard Franks' Mum has made it down the street in her enormous inflatable pumpkin costume, and a look inside the treat bucket produces a complaint: someone has been handing out Parma Violets.
"Might as well go home and suck on a bar of soap, honestly," she says. The title's verdict that nobody wants them hasn't gone unchallenged: several commenters volunteer to take the sweets, with one offering to claim the entire bowl.
The second part of Franks' trick-or-treating sketch has drawn about 173,000 views in ten hours, already far beyond his Shorts' usual full-day audience. The comment section is almost five times as busy as a typical first day, too. His separate Halloween greeting also made an unusually fast start, though this outing attracted more views.
Franks plays Mum as both the guardian of doorstep etiquette and someone easily distracted by the prospect of better chocolate. She insists that the children visit only decorated houses, take a single treat and remember their manners. Viewers pick up on the pumpkins-out rule as a familiar piece of trick-or-treating protocol.
Then comes word that their father has recommended trying wealthier houses. Mum initially takes offence at the suggestion, before noticing a promising driveway.
"Range Rover. Two of them."
That is enough to redirect the expedition. For this Mum, good manners are compulsory, but the route remains negotiable.
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What viewers say
give me those parma violets
@aleezathepizzaSee it on YouTubeLove there is a universal rule that you only go to houses with pumpkins or decorations
@HarryB-g6uSee it on YouTubeDid they say thank you though? 😂
@Renie8000See it on YouTube
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I'd take that whole bowl if it is full of Parma violets 😅
@Amelia-bachiras_babeSee it on YouTubeBrilliant! Cannot stop watching "Is that rain?" and then the arms disappear inside 😂🤣
@littlekatie1977See it on YouTubeLove the costume . 2 Range Rover house.......definitely a Lindor choc treat!!!!😂😂❤❤
@Hillbillies51See it on YouTube
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- Channel
- Richard Franks
- Subscribers
- 135,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 7,410,131
- Channel views, pace per day
- 575,099 (on a normal day: 733,104)
- Video published
- October 31, 2026
- Video views so far
- 173,377 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 270,804
The numbers
The trick-or-treating sequel has already passed Richard Franks' usual full-day views for a Short. These are its views and reactions so far.
💡 Test your knowledge
What costume does Richard Franks' Mum wear on this trick-or-treating outing?
Mum makes her way between houses in an oversized inflatable pumpkin costume.