Cartoon Combat

Mutation: It is the key to our evolution.  It has enabled us to evolve from a single-celled organism into the dominant species on the planet, a species that has created cartoons and, consequently, podcasts about said cartoons.  This week, we’re getting dangerous and pitting X-Men: The Animated Series against Darkwing Duck, in a battle for genetic supremacy!

Will the X-Men prove that mutant kind is friends to humans, or will the Justice Ducks be able to maintain the peace in St. Canard?  Find out on this marvelous episode of...CARTOON COMBAT!

This week, we’re watching:

X-Men: The Animated Series, available for streaming on Disney+

Season 1 ep 11: Days of Future Past: Part 1

Season 1 ep 12: Days of Future Past: Part 2

Season 3 ep 7: Phoenix Saga, Part 5: Child of Light

Darkwing Duck, available for streaming on Disney+

Season 1 ep 21: Just Us Justice Ducks: Part 2

Season 1 ep 20: Just Us Justice Ducks: Part 1

Season 1 ep 2: Darkly Dawns the Duck: Part 2

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

We Tweet sometimes @combat_cartoon

Holy podcast description, Batman!  This week, the Boys avoid the evils of adulthood by revisiting the late ‘90s classics, Batman Beyond and Codename: Kids Next Door.

Will Batman’s new Boy Wonder become a Boy Blunder?  Or will the kids of Sector V be decommissioned and begin their grim march towards being a grown-up with responsibilities and debt and stuff?  Find out, this Bat Time, this Bat Channel on...CARTOON COMBAT!

This week, we’re watching:

Batman Beyond, available for streaking on HBO Max

Season 3 ep 8:  The Call:  Part 2

Season 2 ep 18:  Sneak Peek

Season 3 ep 7:  The Call:  Part 1

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

Season 2 ep 13:  Operation E.N.D.

Season 3 ep 1:  Operation F.U.T.U.R.E

Season 6 ep 14:  Operation T.R.E.A.T.Y.

Music was arranged and performed by Nick Purcell.  Nick does lessons and commissions, and can be contacted via Instagram, @npurcell22.  https://www.instagram.com/npurcell22/

We Tweet sometimes @combat_cartoon

Come and join the Boys on a nostalgia trip down the information superhighway!  We’re going from the Mainframe to the city of Townsville and talking about the Cartoon Network classic Powerpuff Girls and the seminal CGI show ReBoot.

Will the girls be able to save the day, or will Bob the Guardian succeed in protecting the digital world?  Find out this week on...CARTOON COMBAT!

This week, we’re watching:

Powerpuff Girls, available for streaming on HBO Max

Season 2 ep 12:  Speed Demon/Mojo Jonesin

ReBoot, available for streaming on Prime Video

Season 4 ep 8: Crouching Binome, Hidden Virus

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

Greetings True Believers!  This week, the Boys learn that with great shark power, comes great shark responsibility as they pit the swingin’ Spider-Man: The Animated Series against the jawsome Street Sharks.

Will the Wall Crawler be able to best his fishy foes, or will Big Slammu and his bros take a bite out of the costumed crime fighter?  Find out on this episode of...CARTOON COMBAT!

This week, we’re watching:

Spider-Man: The Animated Series, available for streaming on Disney+

Season 5 ep 13:  Spider Wars, Chapter 2

Street Sharks, available for streaking on Prime Video

Season 3 ep 13:  Shark Wars

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

We Tweet sometimes @combat_cartoon

It is the first official episode of Cartoon Combat! Brief Introduction: We put together a bracket of 16 Cartoons from the 90's, this particular bracket focuses on action or super hero cartoons- Maybe we do other genres in the future. Maybe we don't.

For now Peter, David, Justin and Don (animator) will work together to decide who comes out on top between Captain Planet and Gargoyles. 

You can check out the full bracket HERE!  (https://imgur.com/a/TpOEU7x)

For Captain Planet we watched S3.E9 Canned Hunt, S4.E13 Gorillas Will Be Missed and S6.E13 Greed Is the Word

And for Gargoyles we watched S2.E5 The Mirror, S2.E9 City of Stone: Part One and S2.E12 City of Stone: Part Four

Gargoyles is available on disney+. Captain Planet does not appear to be on any major streaming service.

Music was arranged and performed by Nick Purcell who does lessons and commissions! 

Insta: @npurcell22

https://instagram.com/npurcell22

We are recording a podcast about cartoons! As we try to wring some joy out of this existence we are rewatching American 90's cartoons and determining which is the best cartoon in a bracket style competition.