Pilot Season – Cartoon Edition

On this episode of Pilot Season Cartoon Edition, hosts Kinte, Renee, Jen, John, and Allen break down the pilot episode of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1983), “The Cobra Strikes,” which originally aired on September 12, 1983. It was the opening chapter of the first five-part miniseries, The M.A.S.S. Device.   In this opening episode, the elite G.I. Joe team is called into action when Cobra launc...

On this episode of Pilot Season Cartoon Edition, hosts Kinte, Renee, Jen, John, and Allen break down the pilot episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987), “Turtle Tracks,” which originally aired on December 14, 1987. In this opening episode, viewers are introduced to Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael, four pizza-loving turtles trained in ninjutsu by their wise rat sensei, Splinter...

On this episode of Pilot Season Cartoon Edition, hosts Kinte, Renee, Jen, John, and Allen break down the pilot episode of The Smurfs (1981), “The Smurfette,” which originally aired on November 21, 1981   Recalling Gargamel's creation of Smurfette, where the female Smurf is magically created as a spy to help the evil wizard and Azrael do away with the Smurfs once and for all. Smurfette tricks Greed...

On this episode of Pilot Season Cartoon Edition , hosts Kinte, Renee, Jen, John, and Allen break down the pilot episode of Family Guy (1999) , “Death Has a Shadow,” which originally aired on January 31, 1999 .   In this opening episode, Peter Griffin loses his job after an incident at the toy factory and soon finds himself in trouble when he receives an unexpectedly large welfare check. Instead of...

On this episode of Pilot Season Cartoon Edition , hosts Kinte, Renee, Jen, John, and Allen break down the pilot episode of South Park (1997) , “Cartman Gets an Anal Probe,” which originally aired on August 13, 1997 .    In this outrageous opening episode, the quiet town of South Park is thrown into chaos when strange lights appear in the sky and Cartman has a bizarre encounter with aliens. As Stan...

On this episode of Pilot Season Cartoon Edition , hosts Kinte, Renee, Jen, John, and Allen break down the pilot episode of Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003) , “Chapter 1,” which originally aired on November 7, 2003 .    In this opening chapter, the Clone Wars begin as the Republic faces the growing threat of the Separatists and their massive droid army. The episode quickly throws viewers into battle, s...

On this episode of Pilot Season Cartoon Edition , hosts Kinte, Renee, Jen, John, and Allen break down the pilot episode of DuckTales (1987) , “Don't Give Up the Ship” which originally aired on September 18, 1987 .   In this classic opening adventure, Huey, Dewey, and Louie are sent to stay with their wealthy great-uncle Scrooge McDuck , setting the stage for a brand-new life filled with danger, tr...

On this episode of Pilot Season Cartoon Edition , hosts Kinte, Renee, Jen, John, and Allen break down the pilot episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender , “The Boy in the Iceberg,” which originally aired on February 21, 2005 .   In this opening episode, Katara and Sokka discover a mysterious boy frozen in an iceberg. That boy is Aang , a young Airbender with a powerful destiny. As the siblings learn...

On this episode of Pilot Season Cartoon Edition , hosts Kinte, Renee, Jen, John, and Allen break down Transformers — “More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1,” which originally aired on September 17, 1984 . In this opening chapter, the ancient war between the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons reaches Earth after millions of years. When both factions awaken on the planet, Optimus Prime leads the Aut...

On this episode of Pilot Season Cartoon Edition, hosts Jen (@followingbliss1), Renee, and Kinte (@kintefergerson) are joined by special guests John and Allen (@cartercomics1) of Carter Comics to break down the Futurama pilot episode, “Space Pilot 3000,” which originally aired on March 28, 1999. In “Space Pilot 3000,” pizza delivery guy Philip J. Fry is accidentally frozen on New Year’s Eve 1999 an...

On this episode of Pilot Season Cartoon Edition, hosts Jen (@followingbliss1), Renee, and Kinte (@kintefergerson) are joined by special guests John Lee Dennis III and Allen (@cartercomics1) of Carter Comics to break down the Voltron pilot episode, “Space Explorers Captured,” which originally aired on September 10, 1984.   In “Space Explorers Captured,” a team of space pilots is chosen by the Galax...

On this episode of Pilot Season Cartoon Edition, hosts Jen (@followingbliss1), Renee, and Kinte (@kintefergerson) are joined by special guests John and Allen (@cartercomics1) of Carter Comics to break down the Robot Chicken pilot episode, “Junk in the Trunk,” which originally aired on February 20, 2005.    In “Junk in the Trunk,” Robot Chicken kicks off its stop-motion run with a fast, sketch-base...

On this episode of Pilot Season Cartoon Edition, hosts Jen (@followingbliss1), Renee, and Kinte (@kintefergerson) are joined by special guests John and Allen (@cartercomics1) of Carter Comics to break down the ThunderCats pilot episode, “Exodus (Pilot: Part One),” which originally aired on January 23, 1985.   In “Exodus (Pilot: Part One),” the people of Thundera are forced to flee their doomed hom...

On this episode of Pilot Season Cartoon Edition, hosts Jen (@followingbliss1), Renee, and Kinte (@kintefergerson) are joined by special guests John and Allen (@cartercomics1) of Carter Comics to break down the Afro Samurai pilot episode, “Number Two,” which originally aired on January 4, 2007.  In “Number Two,” young Afro witnesses the murder of his father at the hands of Justice, the man who take...

On this episode of Pilot Season Cartoon Edition, hosts Jen (@followingbliss1), Renee, and Kinte (@kintefergerson) are joined by special guests John Lee Dennis III and Allen @cartercomics1 from Carter Comics to break down the Robotech pilot, “Boobytrap,” which originally aired on March 4, 1985. In “Boobytrap,” Earth prepares to launch the rebuilt alien battle fortress SDF-1, only for the Zentraedi...

Pilot Season – Cartoon Edition – Episode 1: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe “Diamond Ray of Disappearance” On this episode of Pilot Season – Cartoon Edition , hosts Kinte, Renee and Jen take a trip back to Eternia to review the very first televised episode of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe , “Diamond Ray of Disappearance,” which originally aired on September 5, 1983 .    In the epis...