#guest-animated episodes

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A Glitch Is a Glitch: The land of Ooo begins to literally fall apart when Ice King infects it with a virus.

Ketchup: While downloading files, BMO and Marceline tell each other stories.

[superbat-lmao]

Wildlife Adventures with the Waynes

The Wayne family being notable like the Kratt brothers or the Irwins. They’re all conservationists or zookeepers of some kind.

The only animal Bruce makes his children handle on camera for him are bats because he was bitten by one as a child.

Dick gives off that vibe of Rob Irwin out for a run and seeing a giraffe. He posts a lot of candids to social media and does segments focusing on circus animals.

Jason lets things sting/bite him and rates the pain like Coyote Peterson. He also handles the most dangerous animals on the show.

Tim does like actual research and is in academia. He publishes a lot of papers about animal proteins or migration patterns. If he’s on the show he talks about what it’s like to study animals for research purposes. Things like tagging or catch/release.

Damian, being the youngest, talks a lot about what animals are safe to domesticate and which ones aren’t. People often confuse wild animal with pets and can get themselves and the animals hurt.

Cass guest stars with animals that are learning sign language.

Stephanie is a veterinarian and does episodes about what to watch out for in household pets or farm animal health.

Duke does segments about misinformation, animals that get a bad rap, or famous animals. He talks about what foods are safe to feed ducks, stigmas against pitbulls, and the history of riot dogs. Those sorts of things.

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every day i wish that Rats SMP was a cartoon bc it would make the greatest show ever i think

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Made this connection the other day, but why did it take me four entire years to realize that Eric was wearing The Green Shirt during Price to Play: August 12th, 1968 (with guest star Eric Burdon)??

The lack of a collar, the short row of buttons, the slightly darker complex of the shirt... This whole time, I was always bemoaning the fact that we never got to see Alan in photograph next to Eric in some of his more iconic "EB & The Animals" outfits... and it's been staring at me all this time. They are aesthetic complements always (and undeniable complements in many other ways as well)... now's a good time for a Dr Pepper.

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[hotwaterandmilk]

Huge shoutout to the Paripi Koumei/Ya Boy Kongming! drama for giving me nothing but quality content of Eiko's two dads each week.

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Episode 85- May 16th, 2023- Jaiden Animations Episode- Requested

Author’s note- Sorry for dipping in the middle of chuckle lore week, I got sick. I’m not 100% there yet but I still want to finish what I’ve started even if it’s later than expected. More details on my previous post if you’re interested.

Lore- Jaiden gets significantly cooler compared to her first appearance thanks to her tattoo sleeves and her newfound drug addiction (coke and crack)

Thoughts- I’m not going to lie, I’m a huge Jaiden fan and I was really happy to see it be one of the two episodes chosen for the fan request. I have easily watched this one episode at least five times, it’s the episode that made my mom a fan, the episode I attempted to introduce to my dad (more on that later), and it’s the episode I watched as a pallet cleanser to the Karl Jacobs episode. This is just a long winded way to say I really like this episode.

I was nervous at first that I was overhyping this episode in my head but it still holds up since the last time I watched it in November. Jaiden had really good chemistry with the guys and she seemed a lot more confident compared to her last appearance back in episode 26. The humor and overall banter just hits hard and it’s one of those episodes where no one was trying too hard to be funny. It’s just such a vibe and I hope Jaiden returns as a guest in a future episode. 10/10, don’t question my bias.

Things I noted:

Jaiden was included in the intro which is such a nice touch

Is Schlatt drinking Kool Aid?

Schlatt is the only person who could get away with saying that Jaiden (an aroace person) gets pussy

12:50 I’m living for the Tucker Live Reaction

21:04 Ted yells at a fly to fuck off

Hasan is so right about Ted being the whitest white man

“I can’t believe that I’ve had a positive impact on your life” “You’ve had and that’s the only one” 💀

The way Schlatt makes sound effects of bits vaguely reminds of Fluffy

42:03 MEG MENTIONED ‼️‼️

Jaiden chooses unlimited games and is a pickle with a toothpick

(Originally notes, favorite comment, + a little story under the cut)

Okay story time:

This is the only time I will ever mention my father btw

(For context I had been trying to get my dad to listen to CS for a while but my little siblings aren’t allowed to watch/listen to Schlatt)

There was this one time my stepmom took my brothers out grocery shopping while me and my father were cleaning the house. Usually, my dad would put on the radio as we cleaned but he didn’t for whatever reason that time so I used it as an opportunity to put on this episode of CS without my headphones on.

My father wasn’t fully paying attention, he might’ve gave a comment here or there but it wasn’t until either the Amelia Earhart or the psychic section where he had something to say. It started off with a few fun facts that I don’t really remember but he just made a left turn out of nowhere and starts talking about 9/11 conspiracy theories. I was just so flabbergasted, he kept talking about how it was an inside job by Bush and how somehow McDonald’s was involved?? It was something about the Monopoly sweepstakes scandal and how McDonald’s was going to address everything around the time the towers fell I think???

I have never been so confused in my life but he seemed really excited about it like it was his special interest or something so pop off I guess??? I just kinda paused the episode to let him yap until he was done twenty minutes later and processed what I just heard.

I don’t really talk to him anymore but I think about this interaction at least once a week.

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Hey everyone remember the Eugenics Episode 💀💀💀💀

[bigtimefreq]

THE NEW ONE SHORT????? WOWWW

[episodicnostalgia]

Spider-man: The Animated Series, 113 (June 11, 1995) - “Day of the Chameleon”

Written by: John Semper Directed by: Bob Richardson

The Breakdown

The Chameleon is in New York and looking to commit some good old fashioned acts of international terrorism, which is how you know this episode was written before 9/11. In case you didn’t already know, the Chameleon is a supervillain with the ability to alter his appearance into literally anyone using (at least, in this series) an ‘imaging’ device, which is fashioned into an obscenely conspicuous belt. In fact, considering the episode establishes that his belt is the primary way to distinguish the Chameleon from whoever he’s impersonating, you’d think he might want to at least cover it with a jacket or something, but then I’m no criminal mastermind.

Enter: S.H.I.E.L.D.! That’s right, everyone’s favourite CIA/DHS hybrid (but somehow even more frighteni- I mean, more effective and indisputably good) is on the case, and that means they need the help of none other than… J. Jonah Jameson?  Yes, you read that correctly, Spidey’s news-time-nemesis has a critical role to play for national security. Since time is of the essence, Colonel Nick Fury has Jonah apprehended, and flown up to their secret sky fortress, where he’s briefed on the upcoming situation. You see, as a prominent businessman with security clearance, JJ is hosting the dinner party that the “peace conference” folk will be attending; naturally that’s where the Chameleon intends to assassinate his target (presumably, one of the key political figures involved with a peace signing, but it’s never really specified).  

JJ’s inclusion in this mission conveniently also kills two-narrative-birds-with-one-stone since Peter Parker happens to be with him in the limo when S.H.I.E.L.D. nabs them. As a result, Pete has a prime opportunity to break out of his guest-holding-cell (apparently security cameras were outside the budget), and eavesdrop during Nick Fury’s exposition dump.  Anyhow, Fury explains that he’s been trying to pin down the Chameleon for a while, following a series of attacks on various US embassy and military installations around the world (no evidence that he’s ever targeted schools or hospitals though, so I’ll give him points for avoiding war crimes), but S.H.I.E.L.D. has been flummoxed thus far.  So, Fury gives Jonah a little homing beacon/calling in case he spots Chameleon before a team of highly trained covert operatives. Desperate times, I suppose.

With Jonah and Peter placed back on Terra Firma, the story is finally able to move forward [but I’m going to save us all a lot of time, and cut to the chase, because there is a lot of repetition in this episode].  It turns out, that while JJ and Peter were busy being illegally detained by covert-sky-cops, the Chameleon took the opportunity to break into Jonah’s highly sensitive security files (which his secretary has casual access to), and upload the photos of everyone who will be at the dinner/conference into his imaging belt… [I gotta hand it to him though, that’s a CLASSIC supervillain move. Good form.]

…So, the rest of the episode pretty much plays out exactly as you would expect, with the chameleon predictably switching his appearance between all the established primary-and-supporting-cast, keeping him one step ahead of the law. In each instance Spider-man, and various S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, stumble over each other trying to apprehend the Chameleon from one chase sequence-to-the-next, as he dupes everyone with embarrassing ease, right until the very end when he makes his final assassination attempt disguised as Peter Parker.  Thankfully Spider-man is savvy enough to remember that HE is Peter Parker, and manages to to short circuit/electrify the Chameleon’s image-belt, by way of a well placed punch.

Aside from some minor misunderstandings in Peter’s personal life (caused by the Chameleon pretending to be him), all is well for our cherished web-head, who even gets an attaboy from Nick Fury himself.  It’s like I’m always saying, the absence of punishment from the secret police is its own reward!

The Verdict

I can’t say I cared for this one. There’s just something a little off-putting about a children’s cartoon that unquestioningly treats a shadow government/military agency with zero oversight as a positive thing.  And look, I realize that a substantial amount of pop-culture entertainment is at least heavily marinated in state sanctioned propaganda, regardless of whether the artists involved are even aware of it.  That’s just the nature of the world we live in, but we all have our limits, and this episode comes pretty damn close to reaching mine. Perhaps one might argue that I’m being a bit overly critical of a silly kids show, but that’s precisely what makes it feel especially gross and manipulative (even if it is unintentional). 

When Nick Fury is talking to J. Jonah Jameson, he explains that his own death was faked (Jonah even wrote the obituary) at the behest of ‘Uncle Sam’, and that S.H.I.E.L.D. is likewise operating in total secrecy, outside of even The FBI & CIA’s awareness.  That on its own wouldn’t be a great thing to endorse, but then Fury goes on to explain that he has been tasked with the secret mission of ‘keeping the world in one piece… no matter the cost,” which sounds like the sort justification Hydra might give, or… y’know, just any real-world fascist regime in general.  Of course, most kids (especially in the west) aren’t likely to consider that ‘keeping the world in one piece’ as it stands, is an ideal that should at the very least be reevaluated.  Anyways, enough of that! There’s a colourful shapeshifting monster right over there, and only the strong leadership of our laser-gun wielding overlords can save us.

And you know what, I might have cut this episode some slack if it had been a real banger, but it was just kind of predictable, tedious, and honestly made ‘the good guys’ appear annoyingly incompetent, to boot.  Even when I was a kid, I remember changing the channel whenever this episode came on, purely out of boredom. What can I say, young me, you were more right than you knew.

Although, I don't hate the art in this episode. It's quintessential 90's sci-fi camp, and I find it quite endearing.

1 star (out of 5)

Parting Thoughts

Openly Covert: For a super-secret group, the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents don’t really dress the part. In the opening scene they charge into a crowded airport, guns blazing, with their leader adorned in a purple jump suit (covered in obligatory 90's leg belts), with a bright yellow eagle emblazoned across her chest. Although I guess this was before everyone and their toddler had smart phones, so maybe they weren’t as worried about being caught on camera as much back then.

Spidey Punch: I believe this is the first time in the entire series that Spider-man is shown throwing a punch (aimed at the Chameleon’s belt).  For whatever reason, TPTB decided that punching was too violent, and so Spidey was largely relegated to kicking and throwing his adversaries, much like a pacifist would.

Holy Plagiarism, Batman: Speaking of that scene, when the Chameleon’s belt is short-circuiting, his appearance is made to involuntarily shift between the various identities he’s stolen.  It’s a perfectly fine visual, but one that seems to be stolen directly from the closing scene from Batman: TAS in the episode ‘Feet of Clay’ (part 2 to be specific).  At any rate, I would argue that both the animation and the emotional beats are considerably stronger in Batman’s respective episode, undermining this one even further.

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Food Chain: Magic Man forces Finn and Jake to learn about the food chain.

Ketchup: While downloading files, BMO and Marceline tell each other stories.

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Day in Fandom History: October 2…

After getting his leg broken after the events of "Ocean Gem" and trying to fix his van, Steven allows Greg to stay over at the Temple for his leg to heal but he keeps on interfering with Steven during his missions, creating some problems. “House Guest” premiered on this day, 10 Years Ago.

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Watching distant lands for the first time ever and the first episode with BMO is genuinely so uninteresting nothing happened to grab my interest until the last 7-8 minutes

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IT'S CONNIE'S BIRTHDAY. MODS ARE ASLEEP. POST THE PRICE-BURDON HIERARCHY OF NEEDS.

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that second title drop in episode 4 immediately followed up by the paparazzi action sequence

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Being in Gotham-side of Internet must be so fun. Like, you open YouTube, and when searching for work-outs, you find "Batman working out routine." Or, you scroll through articles and bump into another 300 conspiracies about Signal. Instagram has reels with Timothy Drake inspired looks. Twitter keeps shipping Orphan & Spoiler and writing blind items about them. Damian Wayne is a constant guest on Reddit, giving advices how to take care of different types of animals. Circuses in the town have the whole Nightwing and Boy Wonder inspired shows. Girls on Tiktok try to re-create Red Robin's wings for the upcoming Comicon. Tumblr keeps score on Red Hood's mystery weapons appearing out of nowhere, trying to figure out if he is meta or not. Bruce Wayne's thrist edits flooding every social media. Local true crime podcasters have a series of episodes on Jason Todd's mysterious death.