Hard to believe this film came out ten years ago…

Let me guess: You’ve reached Wednesday arvo, and are running low in the motivation department as you battle through the week-long slog. Understandably, you need a pick me up to keep you going until the weekend, but where to look? The answer lies in your Netflix subscription, in the form of the 2012 comedy Ted.

Birthed from the mind of Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane, the critically acclaimed film follows Mark Wahlberg and his best mate/childhood teddy bear Ted as they tackle the monotony of everyday life together. Featuring plenty of dick jokes, weed and essentially every form of depravity you can think of (with most of it coming from Ted himself), it’s essentially a treasure trove of dumb humour, and manages to double not only as a good stoner film, but bromance epic.

And so, our minds are made up, you’re doing yourself a favour and chucking on the 2013 comedy Ted tonight. No ifs and no buts, but certainly plenty of laughs. To further convince you it’s the only option, we’ve put together five crudely thought out reasons for you below:

Ted (obviously)

A shit-talking teddy bear that smokes ridiculous amounts of weed and is a total ladies man? It’s a character that can’t go wrong, and with comedian Seth McFarlane bringing him to life, he’s the standout of the film. So much so that at various points you forget he’s a teddy bear altogether. Case in point, the scene below where he beats the absolute shit out of Mark Wahlberg’s John Bennett.

The copious amounts of Mary Jane

Speaking of weed, this film rivals stoner favourites Pineapple Express and This Is The End with the amount of magic herb it features. Add the fact that Ted himself is more often than not cradling a bong like his own teddy bear throughout the two hour runtime, and well, let’s just say that to this day we’re still hoping for a sequel of Ted 3: Ballad of the Gatorade Saxophone.

The thunder song

One of the most wholesome moments of the film comes when Ted shits literal bricks (still not sure how he’s capable of shitting in general) during a thunder storm. Understandably, Mark Wahlberg’s John is similarly terrified, and the two band together to comfort each other in the form of ‘The Thunder Song’, with a weirded-out Mila Kunis third-wheeling in the background (a sentence I never thought I’d type).

The ‘white trash’ names list

Mark Wahlberg’s reciting of the ’57 White Trash Names’ list is a scene that doesn’t get enough praise in Ted, the mere linguistic stamina of the 50-year-old on full display as he rattles off the countless monikers with total ease. Add the fact that he manages to maintain the Boston slight of tongue throughout its entirety, despite losing his real Boston accent many years ago, and you can’t help but marvel at old mates commitment to the part. It seems it’s a skill he kept long after the film however, as shown in this interview on the Graham Norton Show.

Giovanni Ribisi’s dance moves

Giovanni Ribisi’s Donny is creepy and unnerving in his role as the main baddie in the Ted duology, his obsession with Seth McFarlane’s Ted bordering on psychotic (scratch that, it’s full-blown psychotic). He manages to endear himself to the audience however in this scene of him dancing toward the end of the film, and without being too hyperbolic, the man has some moves (2:14 to save you time).