Cartoon Combat

3 years later. The 90s boys finally remember this project they started during the height of the covid 19 pandemic and release the final episode of Cartoon Combat Season 1!

This episode puts the finalists Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles vs The Powerpuff Girls. We have hashed out these cartoons multiple times in this bracket so how will we keep this fresh? Live watch! we have selected and episode from each of these shows and are watching it LIVE with You!

Now in addition to all that fun we had a special guest join us (Special to us at least) Jason, long time listener and friend of the pod.

Check it out! It only took us 3 years!

We are back- Good lord I have been sitting on this audio for months. I just needed to get this out there because the 90's bois are almost done with a season. But before the final we need to figure out which set of mutants gets to go.

That's it for description. I have been dragging my feet posting this so done.

We are into the final four for the first season of cartoon combat. And a new round means a new format. Who likes consistency? Nobody!

They Bite!  They Fight!  They engage in a centuries old battle, seeking to prove to humanity that they are more Friend than Foe!  That’s right, on this edition of Cartoon Combat, the shadow-cloaked protectors of New York City, the Gargoyles, will go toe-to-toe with the rude, crude, gene-slamming dudes, the Street Sharks!

Who will triumph in this battle of humanoid heavyweights?  Will Goliath and his clan soar to untold heights?  Or will Ripster and his bros evade the dual threats of Dr. Piranoid and copyright attornies and skate on to the next round?  Find out by tuning your ear-holes into this week’s edition of...CARTOON COMBAT!

This week we’re watching:

Gargoyles, available for streaming on Disney+

Season 1 ep 1:  Awakening, Part 1

Season 2 ep 1:  Leader of the Pack

Street Sharks, available from streaming on Amazon Prime

Season 1 ep 1:  Sharkbait

Season 2 ep 1:  Sharkquest

Season 3 ep 1:  Jurassic Shark

Music was arranged and performed by Nick Purcell.  Nick does lessons and commissions and can be contacted via Instagram, @npurcell22.

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Welcome back to Round Two of Cartoon Combat!  This week, it’s the Small Children Who Protect The World episode, as the Kids Next Door square off against the Powerpuff Girls.

Who will triumph in this tête-á-tête of tinsey titans? Will the Kids Next Door stave off adulthood for one round more?  Will the Powerpuff Girls beat them up and justify getting a live action reboot?  Did we use the term “tête-á-tête” correctly in this description?  There’s only one way to find out!  By listening to this week’s edition of...CARTOON COMBAT!

This week we’re watching:

Powerpuff Girls, available for streaming on HBO Max

Season 1 ep 1:  A Sticky Situation

Season 2 ep 1:  Stuck Up, Up, and away/Schoolhouse Rocked

Season 3 ep 1:  Fallen Arches/The Mane Event

Season 4 ep 1:  Film Flam

Season 5 ep 1:  Monstra-City/Shut the Pup Up

Season 6 ep 1:  Prime Mates/Coupe D’etat

Codename: Kids Next Door, available for streaming on HBO Max

Season 1 ep 1:  Operation CAKED

Season 2 ep 1:  Operation POP/Operation  CATS

Season 3 ep 1:  Operation FUTURE

Season 4 ep 1:  Operation RABBIT/Operation FLUSH

Season 5 ep 1:  Operation ELECTIONS

Season 6 ep 1:  Operation SAFETY

Music was arranged and performed by Nick Purcell.  Nick does lessons and commissions and can be contacted via Instagram, @npurcell22.

Sometimes this show is fun to make. Sometimes. This is one of them, we draw up the battle lines between Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers and X-Men The Animated Series. The main points? Merchandise, Gravestones, and figuring out if Wolverine can fit inside a tree. 

Also Just for fun I made episode specific "art". Have fun everyone.

Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers 

Season 1 ep 1 Piratsy Under the Seas

Warning: the audio for this episode is garbage.

Bats and Turtles a classic matchup akin to cats and dogs, Ants and Ant-eaters, humans and humans. Who has the best jam? Which is the best of its franchise? All questions we will try to answer.

We are also watching more than the top three imdb episodes, now we are watching the first episode of every season (up to 10 episodes). As always IMDB is our bible for episode numbers and season numbers. Looking at you Disney+ and your 1 season of 64 episodes for basically every show.

This week we watched:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Rodents- some fly and beat up people with mental health issues, others ride around on motorcycles and hit on everything that moves. That's right this week we watched Batman: The Animated Series and Biker Mice from Mars, it was the 1st seed versus the 16th seed. Can you guess which one was which?

We are talking about animation quality, music/sound design, writing, and overall impact factor. All the usual points, but there may be some surprises in this episode.

This week, we’re watching:

Batman: the Animated Series:

Season 1 ep 35: Almost Got 'im

Biker Mice from Mars

Season 2 ep 19: Hickory Dickory Doc

In this episode the bois explore Anthropomorphism; the tendency of humanity to attribute human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities. Which is considered to be an innate tendency of human psychology. Turtles that act like people, Kats that act like people- What is not to love!

Swat Kats and TMNT are similar in a lot of ways but only one show can come out on top. Will it be the shredding on the electric guitar that pushes the Kats to the next round? Or the actual Shredder that seals TMNT victory? 

Episodes we watched:

Swat Kats

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Peter completely forgot to post episodes for WEEKS! And now he remembered to! No excuses either Dave finished editing weeks ago.

Episodes we watched:  

Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers

Beast Wars: Transformers