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GC13 and David discuss  Simon Petrikov from Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake. Simon is no longer the Ice King, but that doesn’t mean things are good: he’s not better now that he’s not part of a madness. At least it’s always wonderful to hear a Rebecca Sugar song. And adventuring with Finn isn’t very fun  when you’re not a seasoned adventurer. With Cake in the lan...

GC13 and David discuss  Fionna Campbell from Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake. In this move to Max Adventure Time has taken some steps they couldn’t have taken on Cartoon Network while remaining fundamentally itself, if you can get over the sadness. Some people are not meant to give bus tours, and others need their own bakery as soon as possible. It’s not a pleasant first episode, but r...

GC13, Soren, and David continue their discussion of the Netflix movie Nimona. This is a movie that couldn’t have been made just a decade ago, and even still it almost got lost to history. A theatrical release, once planned, wasn’t even in the cards after its rescue. It’s a complicated world we find ourselves living in. Fiction can be a mirror to that world, but it can also be an...

GC13, Soren, and David discuss the Netflix movie Nimona. Nimona took a long road to come to fruition, but now that it’s here it’s a wonderful adaptation of a graphic novel collected in 2015. Fantastic characters, beautiful art and transformations, with a kind message too. There was a lot to say about Nimona, so next week the discussion will continue where we left off!

GC13 and David discuss  The End of the Beginning from Unicorn: Warriors Eternal. Tell me if you’ve heard this before: the heroes all join together into one body to confront evil. At least it goes better for them this time than it did the last… And Anubis is always in style. With no more episodes announced it’s certainly a cruel tease of an episode title, but it  very much encapsu...

GC13 and David discuss  A Love’s Last Light from Unicorn: Warriors Eternal. Things are getting heavy. You thought Unicorn was just about stopping a little monster rampage every couple hundred years? Well, what Unicorn fights for is no less than the protection of time itself. What the evil lacks in personality it far makes up for in ambition. Maybe this episode actually should have been calle...

GC13 and David discuss  Darkness Before the Dawn from Unicorn: Warriors Eternal. When things kick into high gear, things kick into high gear. When Merlin shows up and starts acting suspicious, it’s time to ignore his warning that deception is the Evil’s greatest weapon and split up into small groups. Thankfully there’s a certain werewolf in the group now to help balance the books...

GC13 and David discuss  The Heart of Kings from Unicorn: Warriors Eternal. Edred’s homeland! His backstory! Merlin finally gets some face time!  The Heart of Kings was packed to the gills, running longer than an ordinary episode in order to have enough space. And while everything in the land of the elves is dark and serious, there are plenty of funny things. It’s the one thing a necrom...

GC13 and David discuss  The Mystery of Secrets from Unicorn: Warriors Eternal. As redundant as a mystery of secrets may be, we’ve come across another exciting episode of Unicorn: Warriors Eternal. The Inspector finally realizes that magic is real, and we meet the famous Otto and discover that he is the one who will eventually create Copernicus. The London of Unicorn: Warriors Eternal is quit...

GC13 and David discuss  The Past Within from Unicorn: Warriors Eternal. This was definitely a memorable episode—inside Melinda’s memories, no less! While the events probably didn’t take place with Emma’s involvement, we have every reason to believe what we saw accurately described Morgan’s fate—explaining while Melinda is such a sourpuss. But with a backstory like that, we...

GC13 and David discuss  What Lies Beneath from Unicorn: Warriors Eternal. It’s the middle episode of a trio of closely linked episodes. We start off with a chase through the London city streets, but we end up on a haunted/living ship that is a clear and present danger to our heroes. Seng/Alfie has it worse than everyone else though: not only is he cut off from the spirit world, a whole new s...

GC13 and David discuss  A Fateful Encounter from Unicorn: Warriors Eternal. It’s the third of ten episodes and it’s when the mystery really picks up: what is going on with this combination Emma and Melinda? But we don’t have time to worry about that, because the heroes have heroic things to do. … After Twillion makes sure everything is safe for a general audience first. Plu...

GC13 and David discuss both parts of  The Awakening from Unicorn: Warriors Eternal. They’re the first two episodes of a whole new property, so they have a lot of setup to do. We’re introduced to our eternal warriors, and learn that this time, everything is different. Our enemy of the week is none other than Lulu: the non-psychic, non-tandem, non-war elephant! It’s… Not near...

GC13 and David discuss  I Won’t Leave You Alone from Bee and PuppyCat. Well, hopefully there’s another season because there’s no way they can end the storyline  there . There are so many new questions for us to answer, and so many new questions for the answers to give us! The business has to add up, we need that new season. At least Cardamon is finally happy. And with Sticky to k...

GC13 and David discuss  Now I’m Really Alone from Bee and PuppyCat. When Moully shows up on the Island, there’s a sudden increase in accidental property damage. Cas doesn’t mind though, so long as she has things she wants. And with Moully able to travel the island very quickly, he and Bee are able to get into all sorts of trouble while Bee ducks her responsibility so badly PuppyC...

GC13 and David discuss  Why Don’t You Help Me from Bee and PuppyCat. PuppyCat spent this episode being ice cold; Tempbot and Sticky probably think so, at least. It was all done in the name of love though—and hunger. But as the romance between Cellphone and Tempbot ends, a new one begins, even if the teachers have two entire classes worth of tattles to listen to now. Oh yes, and the Warlocks....

GC13 and David discuss  Golden Eyes from Bee and PuppyCat. Well, that’s how we expect a Bee and PuppyCat episode to end, isn’t it? Utterly baffled, and yet feeling as though it’s the only ending we could have got. Still, that ship hasn’t sunk, has it? There’s still hope. Not for that poor butterfly though. What’s going on on this island? What’s going on in...

GC13 and David discuss  Two Clown Noses from Bee and PuppyCat. Ah, it’s nice to return to the series on such a kind and charming episode.  Two Clown Noses ships Bee and Crispin, in a way that makes much more sense than Toast and Merlin’s bizarre relationship-for-revenge. It also gives us a change to learn more about Crispin’s past, finally giving some context to why he insists on...

GC13, Soren, and David discuss  King’s Tide from The Owl House. It’s finally been all put together: Belos (Philip?), the Collector, King, the door, and all on the Day of Unity. An arm was nobly sacrificed, but at least everyone made it out alive (even if they have to wait most of another season to see their loved ones again). And with that we’ve finally discussed every episode of...

GC13, Soren, and David discuss  Clouds on the Horizon from The Owl House. If there was anyone out there who didn’t know why Luz’s palisman started out as an egg, well, now you know! You also know why the Owl House crew drew a rat that looked suspiciously like Alador… Speaking of whom, now that he’s no longer employed by Odalia, he’s free to form a better relationship...

GC13, Soren, and David discuss  O Titan, Where Art Thou from The Owl House. Okay, if you had Steve Face Reveal on your season two prediction card, it’s time to take your victory lap. He was the perfect guide to take King on his journey of self-discovery, and he even discovered something about himself while he was doing the driving. Of all the allies Eda and Lilith could have amassed, who wou...

GC13 and Soren discuss the pilot for Lackadaisy. If you haven’t seen the Lackadaisy pilot , go watch it now. This isn’t something we expected to be talking about, but we’re really glad we watched it, and you’ll be glad you did too. It’s 1927, the depths of Prohibition, and the Lackadaisy speakeasy is relying on three youngsters to help keep the lights on and… We...

GC13, Soren, and David discuss  Watching and Dreaming from The Owl House again. What a finale. With a focus on the epilogue, we look into the future of the Boiling Isles. After Belos gets stomped, the characters all get to move on with their lives before Luz’s big party, and we wonder what a new series could cover (and how best to scale the Arm). With this second podcast episode The Owl Hous...

GC13, Soren, and David discuss  Watching and Dreaming , the series finale of The Owl House. Well, it’s over. Did you think it was a good finale? There are so many questions we may never get the answers to (at least one even brought up during this episode!) but happily ever after, here we are. This isn’t the first series we’ve seen end before its time, and it doesn’t get any...

GC13 and David discuss  Bird Friend from Bee and PuppyCat. The sweet episodes keep on rolling (for now). The ever-industrious PuppyCat is hard at work trying to figure out a way to take care of the Warlocks, for good, but his methods range from the direct to the esoteric. But Bee? Bee is smart. Cas said so, and we trust her judgment implicitly. Not so much her wrestling ability these days, but at...