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In preparation for Lightyear, Arun and Patricia decide to bring PixMinis back where they look back on a Pixar short every day until July 12. In this episode, they discuss about the 2017 Pixar short Bao, which paired up with The Incredibles II. A woman is surprised to seeing her baozi dumpling come to life as an infant and she raises it as her own child. As time goes on, the dumpling grows more ind...

In preparation for Lightyear, Arun and Patricia decide to bring PixMinis back where they look back on a Pixar short every day until July 12. In this episode, they discuss about the 2017 Pixar short Lou which paired up with Cars 3. Lou, a creature made out of items from a school's lost and found box, returns the items back after the kids leave them behind on the playground. A kid named JJ steals al...

In preparation for Lightyear, Arun and Patricia decide to bring PixMinis back where they look back on a Pixar short every day until July 12. In this episode, they discuss about the 2016 Pixar short Piper which paired up with Finding Dory. A baby sandpiper is learning how to get food from the seashore, but when a wave crashed on her, she fears the water and refuses to leave her nest. But when she h...

In preparation for Lightyear, Arun and Patricia decide to bring PixMinis back where they look back on a Pixar short every day until July 12. In this episode, they discuss about the 2015 Pixar short Sanjay's Super Team which paired up with The Good Dinosaur. Sanjay is watching his favorite superhero show while his dad wants him to kneel and pray to the Hindu gods Vishnu, Durga, and Hanuman. When he...

In preparation for Lightyear, Arun and Patricia decide to bring PixMinis back where they look back on a Pixar short every day until July 12. In this episode, they discuss about the 2014 Pixar short Riley's First Date?, which was featured on the Inside Out DVD and Blu-Ray. A teenage boy is picking up Riley to go out somewhere and Riley's dad assumes that he's taken her out on a date. Both of the pa...

In preparation for Lightyear, Arun and Patricia decide to bring PixMinis back where they look back on a Pixar short every day until July 12. In this episode, they discuss about the 2014 Pixar short Lava, which paired along Inside Out. A volcano sings every day for many, many years about wanting to find another volcano to be with so that he wouldn't be lonely. When he's almost goes extinct, lava er...

In preparation for Lightyear, Arun and Patricia decide to bring PixMinis back where they look back on a Pixar short every day until July 12. In this episode, they look back on the 2014 Pixar short The Radiator Springs 500 1/2, which is part of the Cars Toons shorts. Radiator Springs is celebrating Stanley, the founder of the town, with Lightning impersonating as him. A group of Baja racers challen...

In preparation for Lightyear, Arun and Patricia decide to bring PixMinis back where they look back on a Pixar short every day until July 12. In this episode, they look back on the 2013 Pixar short Party Central, which was featured on the Monsters University DVD and Blu-Ray. The Oozma Kappa fraternity is throwing a party, but no one has shown up. Mike and Sulley decide to liven up the party by borr...

In preparation for Lightyear, Arun and Patricia decide to bring PixMinis back where they look back on a Pixar short every day until July 12. In this episode, they look back on the 2013 Pixar short The Blue Umbrella which paired up with Monsters University. On a rainy evening, a blue umbrella meets up with a red umbrella and is interested in getting more acquainted. However, they separate and the b...

In honor of episodes 17-21 of Season 2 of the Disney Channel animated series The Owl House premiering on Disney+, Patricia and Arun discuss about their thoughts of the episodes with its plots, characters, major reveals, theories, and final thoughts. Warning: major spoilers ahead!   00:00 Introduction   1:56 Edge of the World  22:34 Labyrinth Runners  36:40 O Titan, Where Art Th...

In preparation for Lightyear, Arun and Patricia decide to bring PixMinis back where they look back on a Pixar short every day until July 12. In this episode, they look back on the 2012 Pixar short The Legend of Mor'du, which was featured on the Brave DVD and Blu-Ray. The Witch tells the story of Mor'du, the main villain of Brave. Mor'du is the eldest of four sons to King Wee Dingall who led a pros...

In preparation for Lightyear, Arun and Patricia decide to bring PixMinis back where they look back on a Pixar short every day until July 12.  In this episode, they look back on the 2012 Pixar short Partysaurus Rex, which is the third and final Toy Story Toons short. Rex is called a "party pooper" when he isn't seen as much fun as the other toys. When Bonnie takes Rex in the tub for her bath p...

In honor of episodes 15-18 of Season 3 of the Disney Channel animated series Amphibia premiering on Disney+, Patricia and Arun discuss about their thoughts of the episodes with its plots, characters, major reveals, theories, and final thoughts. Warning: major spoilers ahead!   Click on the links below to watch Amphibia.  https://www.disneyplus.com/series/amphibia/4jsQ0zDkUTeN  https...

In this episode of In Search of the Crystal Skull, Patricia and Arun conclude Fantasy Month with the 2005 live action film adapation of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis produced by Walt Disney Studios and Walden Media. There are four children named Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy who were sent to live with a professor after their home was threatened by b...

In this episode of In Search of the Crystal Skull, Arun and Patricia continue Fantasy Month with looking back on the 1991 film adaptation of The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald and produced by the Pannonia Film Studio, Sianel 4 Cymru, and NHK. A princess named Irene has learned that there evil creatures lurking about when she got lost in the woods one evening and was rescued by a young...

In this episode of Casual Chats, Patricia and special guests Arun Mehta from The Arun Mehta Show, Jim Bevan, Taylor "Whyboy" Wyatt from ToonGrin, and newcomer Elijah aka Not-So-Average-Fangirl discuss about the 2019 Disney Channel animated series Amphibia in honor of the show's completion. Three girls named Anne Boonchuy, Sasha Waybright, and Marcy Wu steal a music box from a pawn shop and opening...

In this episode of In Search of the Crystal Skull, Patricia and Arun continue with Fantasy Month with the 1982 animated film adaptation of The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle produced by Rankin/Bass and Topcraft. A unicorn is informed that she is the last of her kind when a red bull summoned by a king named Haggard had kidnapped them and lured them to the ends of the earth. The unicorn journeys in...

In honor of episodes 10-14 of Season 3 of the Disney Channel animated series Amphibia premiering on Disney+, Patricia and Arun discuss about their thoughts of the episodes with its plots, characters, major reveals, theories, and final thoughts. Warning: major spoilers ahead! Click on the links below to watch Amphibia. https://www.disneyplus.com/series/amphibia/4jsQ0zDkUTeN https://disneynow.com/sh...

In this episode of In Search of the Crystal Skull, Arun and Patricia venture out into a new themed month: Fantasy Month! They begin with the 1977 animated TV adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's novel The Hobbit produced by Rankin/Bass and Topcraft. A hobbit named Bilbo Baggins is called in by a wizard named Gandalf to join alongside 13 dwarfs to help defeat a dragon named Smaug who had stolen their tre...

In this episode of In Search of the Crystal Skull, Arun and Patricia conclude Nicktoons Movie Month with a vs. match between the 2004 film The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie vs. the 2015 sequel The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. In The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, SpongeBob and Patrick travel to Shell City to retrieve King Neptune's crown in 7 days before he executes Mr. Krabs whom he believed...

In honor of episodes 11-16 of Season 2 of the Disney Channel animated series The Owl House premiering on Disney+, Patricia and Arun discuss about their thoughts of the episodes with its plots, characters, major reveals, theories, and final thoughts. Warning: major spoilers ahead!  00:00 Introduction   2:08 Follies at the Coven's Day Parade  25:13 Elsewhere and Elsewhen  39...

It's the 25th anniversary of The Angry Beavers! Patricia invites the crew members of the show who made all the craziness and zaniness happen. They also answer fan questions, look at fan art, and watch videos from the fans congratulating them on 25 years.   Cast and crew appearing on the livestream consist of:   Mitch Schauer- (Creator, Executive Producer)  Keith Kaczorek- (Writer, S...

In this episode of In Search of the Crystal Skull, Arun and Patricia continue Nicktoons Movie Month with discussing about the 2001 Nickelodeon animated film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. A 10-year-old boy named Jimmy Neutron wishes to go to the opening of a theme park, but was told by his parents he couldn't. Meanwhile, he sent a satellite made out of a toaster to try to connect with aliens for inter...

In this episode of In Search of the Crystal Skull, Patricia and Arun venture into a new themed month. This time, it's Nicktoons Movie Month and they start with the 2000 Nickelodeon animated film Rugrats in Paris, the second film in the Rugrats movie trilogy. The film starts with the wedding of Grandpa Phil and Lulu, but the focus is about Chaz wanting to find a wife for himself and a mother for Ch...

In this episode of Casual Chats, Patricia and special guests Jim Bevan and Eli Stone aka The Hero of Tomorrow discuss about the Adult Swim anime block Toonami in honor of its 25th anniversary of its premiere and 10th anniversary when it made a comeback after a four year hiatus. They talk about their introductions, T.O.M., the video game reviews, the life lessons, their favorite shows showcased in...