The Just Enough Trope Podcast

Welcome to the all-new Just Enough Trope, the podcast where we explore the reasons that your favorite media is the way it is. From movies to TV shows to literature to video games, stories are often built around repeated elements and we're here to talk about them all! Some are maybe magical schoolgirls, some may be hardened biker dudes, some may even be your typical cape-and-tights heroes. But we'r...

Welcome to the all-new Just Enough Trope, the podcast where we explore the reasons that your favorite media is the way it is. From movies to TV shows to literature to video games, stories are often built around repeated elements and we're here to talk about them all! It doesn't matter if you don't know it...you do know it. The hidden musical cheat code that laces the foundations of hip-hop and R&a...

Welcome to the all-new Just Enough Trope, the podcast where we explore the reasons that your favorite media is the way it is. From movies to TV shows to literature to video games, stories are often built around repeated elements and we're here to talk about them all! A spider-bite, a lightning strike, cosmic rays...why do so many of our comic book heroes get their start as accident victims? What r...

Welcome to the all-new Just Enough Trope, the podcast where we explore the reasons that your favorite media is the way it is. From movies to TV shows to literature to video games, stories are often built around repeated elements and we're here to talk about them all! It's the world's oldest profession and surprisingly, one of it's oldest stock characters. But why is the cheery sex worker, a.k.a. t...

Welcome to the all-new Just Enough Trope, the podcast where we explore the reasons that your favorite media is the way it is. From movies to TV shows to literature to video games, stories are often built around repeated elements and we're here to talk about them all! You've heard it...you just don't know it. It's the secret sauce of pop success, the splinter in Paul Anka's eye, the face that stare...

Welcome to the all-new Just Enough Trope, the podcast where we explore the reasons that your favorite media is the way it is. From movies to TV shows to literature to video games, stories are often built around repeated elements and we're here to talk about them all! In 2023, video games are more impressive than ever, they make billions of dollars, and they're played by people all over the world.....

Welcome to the all-new Just Enough Trope, the podcast where we explore the reasons that your favorite media is the way it is. From movies to TV shows to literature to video games, stories are often built around repeated elements and we're here to talk about them all! There is something decidely Japanese about the idea of a giant robot, whether it needs a little kid to control it, transforms into a...

Welcome to the all-new Just Enough Trope, the podcast where we explore the reasons that your favorite media is the way it is. From movies to TV shows to literature to video games, stories are often built around repeated elements and we're here to talk about them all! Every single time that two superheroes meet...they have to fight. Every damn time. But why? Mistaken identity? Establishing dominanc...

Welcome to the all-new Just Enough Trope, the podcast where we explore the reasons that your favorite media is the way it is. From movies to TV shows to literature to video games, stories are often built around repeated elements and we're here to talk about them all! Time loops in media are scenarios where the protagonist is trapped in a day or place and sees the world round him resetting itself o...

Welcome to the all-new Just Enough Trope, the podcast where we explore the reasons that your favorite media is the way it is. From movies to TV shows to literature to video games, stories are often built around repeated elements and we're here to talk about them all! On our inaugural episode, we're tackling one of the most recognizable tropes in recent cinematic history. Picture a man, ounumbered...

Finally, on our last episode, we shatter the hoary ice and get to the warm and sentimental center of the timeless classic "Doctor Zhivago"! I have such Proof! Check out the new show on the JET Network, Sailor Noob! http://www.twitter.com/noob_sailor Celebrate guilty pleasure movies with Kal on Craft Disservices! http://www.craftdisservices.com Reminisce with us on Facebook and Twitter and on our D...

Our celebration of Black History Month continues this week as our Patreon Producers pick the 1967 Best Picture-winning classic "In the Heat of the Night"! They call me Mister Sequel! Check out the new show on the JET Network, Sailor Noob! http://www.twitter.com/noob_sailor Celebrate guilty pleasure movies with Kal on Craft Disservices! http://www.craftdisservices.com Investigate with us on Faceboo...

This week, we're celebrating Black History Month with Spike Lee's classic civil rights masterpiece, "Do the Right Thing"! Sic your phant better! Check out the new show on the JET Network, Sailor Noob! http://www.twitter.com/noob_sailor Celebrate guilty pleasure movies with Kal on Craft Disservices! http://www.craftdisservices.com Vibe with us on Facebook and Twitter and on our Discord! http://www....

Slip on your goggles and sharpen your shiv 'cause we're going on a sci-fi movie flashback with Pitch Black ! Plus, we review this year's Super Bowl trailers! Off To the Races (Business As Usual)! Check out the new show on the JET Network, Sailor Noob! http://www.twitter.com/noob_sailor Celebrate guilty pleasure movies with Kal on Craft Disservices! http://www.craftdisservices.com Survive with us o...

We're coming down with something this week as we review the new HBO series "The Last of Us"! Plus, we pitch our own video game adaptation! Eagle tacos! Check out the new show on the JET Network, Sailor Noob! http://www.twitter.com/noob_sailor Celebrate guilty pleasure movies with Kal on Craft Disservices! http://www.craftdisservices.com Last with us on Facebook and Twitter and on our Discord! http...

This week, we're cozying up to our Patron Producer pick, a chilly little thriller called "Whiteout"! Plus, a review of the butt-saturated new Peacock show, "Leopard Skin"! Bust one out on the bus! Check out the new show on the JET Network, Sailor Noob! http://www.twitter.com/noob_sailor Celebrate guilty pleasure movies with Kal on Craft Disservices! http://www.craftdisservices.com Scheme with us o...

It's Chinese New Year and we're celebrating by discussing 4 films by some of China and Taiwan's greatest filmmakers: "Wheels on Meals", "In the Mood for Love", "Better Luck Tomorrow", and "Lust/Caution"! Let them eat TBD! Check out the new show on the JET Network, Sailor Noob! http://www.twitter.com/noob_sailor Celebrate guilty pleasure movies with Kal on Craft Disservices! http://www.craftdisserv...

This week, we're observing Martin Luther King Day by reviewing a the Steven Spielberg civil rights tale "Amistad"! Plus, a review of the super trendy "Skinamarink"! Whose P is this?! Check out the new show on the JET Network, Sailor Noob! http://www.twitter.com/noob_sailor Celebrate guilty pleasure movies with Kal on Craft Disservices! http://www.craftdisservices.com Be free with us on Facebook an...

A new year has arrived so we're taking the chance to revisit an old classic: Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush! You never eat the whole shoe! Check out the new show on the JET Network, Sailor Noob! http://www.twitter.com/noob_sailor Celebrate guilty pleasure movies with Kal on Craft Disservices! http://www.craftdisservices.com Prospect with us on Facebook and Twitter and on our Discord! http://www.f...

It's been a long 13 years but we're finally returning to Pandora for Avatar: The Way of Water! They think they're people! Check out the new show on the JET Network, Sailor Noob! http://www.twitter.com/noob_sailor Celebrate guilty pleasure movies with Kal on Craft Disservices! http://www.craftdisservices.com Whale surf with us on Facebook and Twitter and on our Discord! http://www.facebook.com/just...

We've got a brand new bag this week as we review the Chadwick Boseman-fronted James Brown biopic "Get On Up"! The opposite of James Brown is Bread! Check out the new show on the JET Network, Sailor Noob! http://www.twitter.com/noob_sailor Celebrate guilty pleasure movies with Kal on Craft Disservices! http://www.craftdisservices.com Funk with us on Facebook and Twitter and on our Discord! http://w...

This week, we're talking about characters who have got a long way to grow as we review the new "Willow" series and the 1997 classic film "L.A. Confidential"! I burned my muffins! Check out the new show on the JET Network, Sailor Noob! http://www.twitter.com/noob_sailor Celebrate guilty pleasure movies with Kal on Craft Disservices! http://www.craftdisservices.com Quest with us on Facebook and Twit...

Detective movies will never be the same as enigmatic director Park Chan-wook returns with a story about murder, obsession, and expensive sushi: "Decision to Leave". This fall, you can't escape "The Detrector"! Check out the new show on the JET Network, Sailor Noob! http://www.twitter.com/noob_sailor Celebrate guilty pleasure movies with Kal on Craft Disservices! http://www.craftdisservices.com Obs...

Things get neo-western and a little sci-fi this week as we recap the first season of the Amazon Prime puzzler "Outer Range"! I'm saying "hole" a lot... Check out the new show on the JET Network, Sailor Noob! http://www.twitter.com/noob_sailor Celebrate guilty pleasure movies with Kal on Craft Disservices! http://www.craftdisservices.com Follow us on Facebook and Twitter and on our Discord! http://...

This week, we say good bye to the talented artists Carlos Pacheco and Kevin O'Neill and celebrate the life and career of the definitive Batman, Kevin Conroy! #RIPKevinConroy Check out the new show on the JET Network, Sailor Noob! http://www.twitter.com/noob_sailor Celebrate guilty pleasure movies with Kal on Craft Disservices! http://www.craftdisservices.com Persist with us on Facebook and Twitter...