Charley and Ella are joined by digital illustrator, Tezuka scholar and Charley's longtime best friend Ray to discuss "Blendin's Game." We talk about the way it beautifully executes a story that so many other shows fumble, as well as the return of Blendin Blandin and the time travel shenanigans therein. Follow Ray: https://twitter.com/meloncrab Check out Ray's piece on Princess Knight: https://www.animefeminist.com/anifem-recommends/general-feminist-friendly-manga-recommendations/ Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MysteryShack Watch Gravity Falls episode 28 "Blendin's Game": https://www.disneyplus.com/video/1a826793-64a3-450e-abb0-8c650743f725 Watch Galavant: https://www.hulu.com/series/galavant-110b031f-28ac-4ac9-90a2-84a7a037f3b2 Watch Astro Boy Real-Time Fandub: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvZR6rRWuJc Watch the CrossFire commercial that inspired Globnar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCwn1NTK-50 Read the episode's alternate ending pitched by Jeff Rowe and written by Michael Rianda: https://twitter.com/michaelrianda/status/1380609856055341056?s=20 Download the theme song: https://ellacesari.bandcamp.com/track/my-hearts-in-gravity-falls-20-ft-pryin-brian "Hall of Conspiracies" theme by https://simandthedimbulbv2-0.tumblr.com/post/664143564235800576/back-when-i-was-working-on-guide-to-neil Outro sung by https://twitter.com/tonygoldmark Theme song instrumental and Stan voiceover by http://twitter.com/PryinBrian Gravity Falls score by https://www.youtube.com/c/BradBreeckMusic/featured Rain sound effect by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6G0EuPAoKQ Audio cleanup by https://twitter.com/AdamNewVA  Join our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/ZTRu7qyZcR Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mysteryshackpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mysteryshacklookback/ https://pipedreampodcasts.com/mystery-shack-lookback Email us if you have well-archived experiences in the original Gravity Falls fanbase: [email protected]