Fanthropological

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This week, we're talking about the who, what, and why of Chiptunes! A few parts music theory, a few parts video games, and a lot of speculation!

Next week, Nier, far, wherever you are, we know that your heart will be... drifting out in space, ready to take down aliens? We'll be talking about the Nier series!

## Episode outline

### Fandom Facts

**History and Origins:**

Chiptune (also known as chip music or 8-bit music) is a style of synthesized electronic music which is made for a programmable sound generator (PSG) though the term is also often used for music made in the _tracker_ format, which is intended to sound like PSG-created music. This music is often composed from 'simple' wave forms such as pulse waves, square waves, triangle waves, and sawtooth waves.

Although real-time synthesized has been possible since as early as 1951, it wasn't until the golden age of video arcade games (late 70s and early 80s) that chiptune music began to appear in video games (and by extension, reach the masses). Of particular note, artists such as Yello Magic Orchestra had started sampling video game music in the late 70s which had a major influence on music that would later come in the 8- and 16-bit eras.

Various advances in computing, such as frequency modulation synthesis (FM synthesis), MIDI, and sample-based sound synthesis furthered chiptune music up until the end of the 1980s where chiptune music declined in popularity until a resurgence in interest in the mid-2000s with mainstream music leveraging the artform again (for example, _Girl_ by Beck, or _On Top_ by the Killers).

We could likely have a whole episode on the history of chiptunes...

**Search Data:**

Interest in Chiptune is probably [about the same as the oldest data we have from 2004](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F0lc1r). As mentioned in the history, the mid-2000s did see an increase in chiptune music, from 2004 until the height of interest in August 2010 (possibly related to Kesha's best-selling single of 2010, _Tik Tok_). Since then, interest has been on a slow decline to 2004 levels.

The top 10 countries, by search volume, are as follows: Sweeden, Norway, Finland, Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, United States, United Kingdom, Japan.

**Size of Fandom:**

Based on a few data points...

- The [chiptune subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/chiptunes/) has over 22 000 subscribers

- [Anamanaguchi released their album _Endless Fantasy_ (and then some) on Kickstarter](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dreamhax/anamanaguchi-make-endless-fantasy-more-than-album) with over 7000 backers and over $250 000 USD

- DJ Cutman has [almost 9000 followers on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/DjCUTMAN/)

- Ben Briggs has [over 12 000 subscribers on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRC_MIZGejtGSsM8AE6GNwQ)

It's safe to say that there are probably *tens of thousands of fans of chiptunes*.

**Fan terms:**

There are some terms that are not exactly fan terms, but more generally musical / technical terms:

- _Sample_: a digital sound file of an instrument, voice, or sound effect

- _Note_: the frequency a sample is played at, like an instrument (e.g. _C_, _C#_, _G_)

- _Track / Channel_: a space where a sample is played back at a time. Some hardware limits the number of channels available, and modern trackers often have an unlimited number of channels.

- _Pattern_: a group of tracks that represents a full section of a song

- _Order_: part of a sequence of patterns that defines the layout of a song

- _Fakebit_: Poorly defined, but often referring to music that is written that is possible to be performed on a particular sound chip, but may have been written on modern hardware

- _Riptunes_: A more extreme version of Fakebit; music that uses chiptune sounds without regard to whether or not the piece could be played on a particular sound chip

**Fanac Fast Facts:**

### [Last Episode's](http://fanthropological.com/e/#-name) Famous Last Words

**Z**

Is there an artist who treats different chips like different instruments? Is there a band where someone plays Genesis, NES, etc?

**T**

Difference between Chiptunes and EDM fans?

[// Everynoise.com says that it isn't far from eletronic music. Not sure about fandoms, but I did read some interesting stuff about Anamanaguchi]: #

**Mike**

These people who make chiptunes... do they care what version of the chips they use are?

[// Didn't look, but for purists, yes ]: #

**G**

A majority of chiptunes do not use chips.

### The Verdict

**G is out.** You up the bitrate and it sounds like New Order. Imports dance trends. Loves music... but music and nerdy stuff never crossed.

**T is in.** Contrary to G, _has_ crossed nerdy and music a lot.

**Z is out.** Enjoys 8-bit music and retrogaming, and music is important to games... but chiptunes doesn't have the lushness that prog rock has.

### This week's spotlight

**[Game Chops](http://gamechops.com/)**

> GameChops is the record label for video game remixes. We are a group of passionate musicians and gamers who’ve grown up along-side video games.

> All GameChops remix albums and singles are sold with a Creative Commons license, allowing you to use our remixes in your streams, youtube videos, podcasts or other projects. Buy a GameChops album on iTunes or, other online music store and it’s yours to use, as long as you credit the remixer and provide a link back to GameChops. Questions? Contact Us.

>

> — GameChops

### Famous Last Words

This week's famous last words around *next week's* fandom, Lego fans!

**G**

We all know that there are AFOLs, but are there a AFODs (Adult Fans of Duplo)

**T**

Is there a large divide between fans of megablocks and fans of LEGO?

**Z**

How do fans feel about the corn cob guy minifig?

Why do some fans come back to LEGO after their dark age, while others don't?

## Where can you find us online?

We are everywhere! Most notably though, we like to hang out in a few places on social media:

- If you want to be part of our podcast (or just want to check us out), we record our podcast LIVE on [twitch.tv](http://twitch.tv/thenickscast) every Monday at 20:00 Eastern Time!

- For all the latest updates, check us out on [Facebook](https://facebook.com/thenickscast) or [Twitter](https://twitter.com/thenickscast)

- To see the latest hijinx from our conventions or even our daily lives and adventures, check us out on [Instagram](https://instagram.com/thenickscast)

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- We're also on [iTunes](https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/fanthropological/id1163621210), and [Google Play](https://play.google.com/music/m/Icmngxz7yhaoivdvivvf6q6c2pu?t=Fanthropological), and would love it if you could leave a review and rating!

- if you want to reach us, and for some reason none of those work for you, try [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

- You can check out [our website](http://thenickscast.com); that will mostly bring you back to this stuff.

- Everything is `thenickscast`, so if you can't find us, go on your social network and search for that!

## What is "Fanthropological"?

How did you read this far without asking this question?!

Fanthropological is an anthropological (ish) podcast where we bring the fan's-eye view to you! Each week, we take a look at a different fandom, dig up interesting background, trivia, and history, and try to get to why it is that people are a fan. We also try to highlight good causes related to that fandom, and find interesting things that fans have created to share those to the world. Each episode is about an hour. Ish.

## Who is "The Nickscast"?

*We* are the Nickscast! Three products of late-80s / early-90s pop culture who love exploring fandom and everything geek ... who also happen to have been best buddies since high school, and all happen to be named Nick. Yes, we are super creative (dare we say, the _most_ creative).

*Ahem*

We are Nick Green, Nick Terwoord, and Nick Zacharewicz: We started the Nickscast as a labour of love, and as a place to entertain and to discuss our love of fans and fandom, and all that is shiny and interesting in that realm. It's what lead us to start our first podcast, our satellite podcasts, Fanthropological, and so much more.

We want to help others learn more about different fandoms, and to create empathy with other fans: We dream of a world where other fans aren't "those Weird-o's", but just folks with different tastes. A world where fandom is full of discourse and analysis, and there are plenty of tools and resources to help. Fans building communities to do good in the world. *Because everyone's a fan.*

## Credits

### Sources

- [Wikipedia - Chiptune](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiptune)

- [Wikipedia - Music Tracker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_tracker#Terminology)

- [r/chiptunes](https://www.reddit.com/r/chiptunes/)

- [Google Trends - Chiptunes](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F0lc1r)

- [Kickstarter - Anamanaguchi - make ENDLESS FANTASY more than an album!](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dreamhax/anamanaguchi-make-endless-fantasy-more-than-album)

- [Facebook - DjCUTMAN](https://www.facebook.com/DjCUTMAN/)

- [YouTube - Ben Briggs](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRC_MIZGejtGSsM8AE6GNwQ)

- [BeepBox - BeepBox](https://www.beepbox.co/#5n31s0kbl00e03t7m0a7g0fj7i0r1w1111f0000d1111c0000h0000v0000o3210b4h4h4h4h4h4h4h4h4h4h4h4h4h4h4h4h4h4h4h4h4h4p16000000)

- [Quora - Audio and Acoustical Engineering: Why Are 16-bit Chiptunes so Rare?](https://www.quora.com/Audio-and-Acoustical-Engineering-Why-are-16-bit-chiptunes-so-rare)

- [Quora - Why Is Chiptune Music so Appealing?](https://www.quora.com/Why-is-chiptune-music-so-appealing)

- [Quora - What Is It Like to Compose Chiptunes and How Is It Different from Composing Music Using Traditional Instruments?](https://www.quora.com/What-is-it-like-to-compose-chiptunes-and-how-is-it-different-from-composing-music-using-traditional-instruments)

- [TV Tropes - Chiptune](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Chiptune)

- [Wikipedia - Chiptune](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiptune)

- [Youtube - SNES & NES soundtrack on SEGA Genesis sound chip [PART II]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQCya6yn73o)

- [Kotaku - The chiptunes band that just might break through](https://kotaku.com/5272206/the-chiptunes-band-that-just-might-break-through)

- [Everynoise - Chiptunes](http://everynoise.com/engenremap-chiptune.html)

### Music / Sound

- ["Chiptune Downtempo Funk Party"](http://teknoaxe.com/Link_Code_4.php?q=788&Genre=Eight) by TeknoAXE used under [CC BY 4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

- All other music and sound for this week's episode were provided by Nick Green!

### Artwork

- ["Glasses"](https://thenounproject.com/term/glasses/132894) by [Anton Anuchin](https://thenounproject.com/antonwebium) used under [CC BY 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/)

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This week, we don't want to hold down the B button as we talk about fans of retrogaming with special guest, Mike, from Lost Without Translation!

Next week, we'll be continuing the feel-good beeps and boops to talk about Chiptunes!

## Where can I learn more about Mike?

Mike is an avid collector, but _also_ part of a YouTube channel that reviews and runs retrospectives on games... without an English translation. If you want to check out their work, visit [YouTube.com/lostwithouttranslation](http://youtube.com/lostwithouttranslation)!

## Episode outline

### Fandom Facts

**History and Origins:**

Retrogaming is the playing or collecting of PC, console, and arcade video games; usually these games are for systems that are obsolete or have been discontinued. To make a distinction, it can broadly be broken into vintage retrogaming (i.e. on the original hardware), emulation retrogaming, and ported retrogaming.

Whether or not they go by the name _retrogamers_, _classic gamers_ or _old school gamers_, one thing is clear: there is not a ton of agreement on what constitutes the 'retro' in retrogaming (though the first usages date back to 1997 with the RetroGames video game store, and 1998 with the emulation website retrogames.com).

Some commonly used definition include:

- Consoles from the 70s, 80s, and 90s

- "Anything older than the consoles that came out when I was younger"

- "Anything that doesn't work with my TV"

- Anything before the 6th generation (e.g. Nintendo Gamecube, Sony Playstation 2)

**Search Data:**

Based on the [search data](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F07hmmd,%2Fm%2F0c9qyj), interest in Retrogaming has been on the upswing since around October 2012 after generally being on the decline (and in general, dwarfs interest in video game collecting). The most notable spike in interest is probably December 2017 (Christmas after the release of the SNES mini), though it isn't very dramatic.

The top 10 countries, by search volume, are: United Kingdom, Japan, Ireland, Canada, Australia, Sweden, Greece, United States, Netherlands, France.

**Fan Demographics:**

From a [2017 demographic survey on the RetroGaming subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/retrogaming/comments/7pezx6/lets_learn_about_each_other_the_results_of_our/). Of the over 600 respondents:

- _Age_: The largest group was people ages 25 to 34 (42%)

- _Years Playing_: The largest group was people who had played for 26 to 30 years (23%) but its worth noting that only 1.7% of respondents had been playing video games for five years or less

- _Top five retro platforms_: SNES (71%), NES (57%), Genesis (47%), N64 (40%), PlayStation (38%)

- Most prefer to _play on original hardware_ (59%)

Worth noting, the top five platforms [more or less line up with Game Stop's survey of PowerUp Rewards members](http://investor.gamestop.com/news-releases/news-release-details/retro-consoles-modern-gamer-gamestops-holiday-wish-list-yours?ID=2228598&c=130125&p=irol-newsArticle) (all five platforms were in their top 10).

From earlier this year, Ipsos Connect's GameTrack consumer survey also has some nugget about European retro gamers:

- 41% of retro gamers believe that older games are better than current ones (23% disagreed)

- 66% like to revisit games from their youth

- 38% stated that classic games are never as good as they remember

### [Last Episode's](http://fanthropological.com/e/reboot-the-original-matrix/) Famous Last Words

**G**

Classic rock still means music from 70s... is retro gaming the same? Does retrogaming expand as time goes on?

**T**

What more is there to retrogaming fandom than collecting?

**Z**

Why do people bother making their own NES or SNES carts (as in, new games)? Why do they go that extra mile?

### The Verdict

**G is in.** Still loves the SNES, loves retro-style games.

**T is in.** Got emulator running on a Pocket C.H.I.P. to play Chrono Trigger.

**Z is in.** Super in.

**Mike is in.** Obviously. Has been paring down his collection, and loves trying new (old) esoteric games.

### This week's spotlight

**[Rose Colored Gaming](https://www.rosecoloredgaming.com/)**

Do you like showing off your collection, or maybe are looking for some parts to repair your old console? Rose Colored Gaming has you covered!

**[Games Done Quick](https://gamesdonequick.com/)**

> Games Done Quick is a series of charity video game marathons. These events feature high-level gameplay by speedrunners raising money for charity. Games Done Quick has teamed up with several charities in its seven-year history, including Doctors Without Borders and the Prevent Cancer Foundation. We are currently the largest fundraising event globally for both charities!

>

> To date, Games Done Quick has raised over 14 million dollars for charity. We also average over 1800 people in attendance at our events, including staff, volunteers, runners, and attendees just looking to have fun and support the event!

>

> — Games Done Quick

### Famous Last Words

This week's famous last words around *next week's* fandom, Chiptunes!

**Z**

Is there an artists who treat different chips like different instruments? Is there a band where someone plays Genesis, NES, etc?

**T**

Difference between Chiptunes and EDM fans?

**Mike**

These people who make chiptunes... do they care what version of the chips they use are?

**G**

A majority of chiptunes do not use chips.

## Where can you find us online?

We are everywhere! Most notably though, we like to hang out in a few places on social media:

- If you want to be part of our podcast (or just want to check us out), we record our podcast LIVE on [twitch.tv](http://twitch.tv/thenickscast) every Monday at 20:00 Eastern Time!

- For all the latest updates, check us out on [Facebook](https://facebook.com/thenickscast) or [Twitter](https://twitter.com/thenickscast)

- To see the latest hijinx from our conventions or even our daily lives and adventures, check us out on [Instagram](https://instagram.com/thenickscast)

- For our latest convention updates, *Let's Plays*, and other in-real-life video, [check out our YouTube channel](http://youtube.com/thenickscast)

- We're also on [iTunes](https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/fanthropological/id1163621210), and [Google Play](https://play.google.com/music/m/Icmngxz7yhaoivdvivvf6q6c2pu?t=Fanthropological), and would love it if you could leave a review and rating!

- if you want to reach us, and for some reason none of those work for you, try [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

- You can check out [our website](http://thenickscast.com); that will mostly bring you back to this stuff.

- Everything is `thenickscast`, so if you can't find us, go on your social network and search for that!

## What is "Fanthropological"?

How did you read this far without asking this question?!

Fanthropological is an anthropological (ish) podcast where we bring the fan's-eye view to you! Each week, we take a look at a different fandom, dig up interesting background, trivia, and history, and try to get to why it is that people are a fan. We also try to highlight good causes related to that fandom, and find interesting things that fans have created to share those to the world. Each episode is about an hour. Ish.

## Who is "The Nickscast"?

*We* are the Nickscast! Three products of late-80s / early-90s pop culture who love exploring fandom and everything geek ... who also happen to have been best buddies since high school, and all happen to be named Nick. Yes, we are super creative (dare we say, the _most_ creative).

*Ahem*

We are Nick Green, Nick Terwoord, and Nick Zacharewicz: We started the Nickscast as a labour of love, and as a place to entertain and to discuss our love of fans and fandom, and all that is shiny and interesting in that realm. It's what lead us to start our first podcast, our satellite podcasts, Fanthropological, and so much more.

We want to help others learn more about different fandoms, and to create empathy with other fans: We dream of a world where other fans aren't "those Weird-o's", but just folks with different tastes. A world where fandom is full of discourse and analysis, and there are plenty of tools and resources to help. Fans building communities to do good in the world. *Because everyone's a fan.*

## Thanks

Any special thanks to Mike and for taking the time to chat with us, and the whole Lost Without Translation crew for making such awesome content!

## Credits

### Sources

- [Google Trends - Retrogaming](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F07hmmd,%2Fm%2F0c9qyj)

- [r/RetroGaming - Let's learn about each other! The results of our 2017 demographics survey.](https://www.reddit.com/r/retrogaming/comments/7pezx6/lets_learn_about_each_other_the_results_of_our/)

- [Wikipedia - Retrogaming](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrogaming)

- [GameStop - Retro Consoles for the Modern Gamer: From GameStop's Holiday Wish List to Yours](http://investor.gamestop.com/news-releases/news-release-details/retro-consoles-modern-gamer-gamestops-holiday-wish-list-yours?ID=2228598&c=130125&p=irol-newsArticle)

- [GamesIndustry.biz - 49% of European gamers like to revisit classic games](https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-01-04-49-percent-of-european-gamers-like-to-revisit-classic-games)

- [Make Use Of - 9 NES Homebrew Carts You Won’t Believe Exist](https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-nes-homebrew-carts-wont-believe-exist/)

- [Kickstarter - Eskimo Bob for the NES by Tomas Guinan](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/80534516/eskimo-bob-for-the-nes)

- [Eurogamer - Why People Are Still Making NES Games](https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-07-05-why-people-are-still-making-nes-games)

- [NES Coding Competition - 2017 Coding Competition](http://nesdevcompo.nintendoage.com/rules/2017/)

- [NESDev - Search: “Why NES”](https://forums.nesdev.com/search.php?keywords=%22why+NES%22&terms=all&author=&sc=1&sf=all&sk=t&sd=d&sr=posts&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search)

- [Boss Fight Books - Bible Adventures by Gabe Durham](https://bossfightbooks.com/collections/books-1-12/products/bible-adventures-by-gabe-durham)

- [Quora - What Do You Call a Person Who Loves to Play Retro Games but was Never Born in the 90s?](https://www.quora.com/What-do-you-call-a-person-who-loves-to-play-retro-games-but-was-never-born-in-the-90s)

- [BBC News - Retro Gaming: Why Players are Returning to the Classics](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40427838)

- [Talk Nerdy TV - Why Retro Gaming Will Never Die](https://talknerdytv.ca/blogs/geek-101/why-retro-gaming-will-never-die)

- [Nerd Bacon - 25 Reasons Why Retrogaming is Better](http://nerdbacon.com/25-reasons-retrogaming/)

- [YouTube - Wii U Virtual Console Retrospective](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FWxgzgQIo0&feature=youtu.be)

### Music / Sound

- ["Retroland Recital"](http://teknoaxe.com/Link_Code_4.php?q=1368&Genre=Eight) by TeknoAXE used under [CC BY 4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/us/)

- All other music and sound for this week's episode were provided by Nick Green!

### Artwork

- ["Glasses"](https://thenounproject.com/term/glasses/132894) by [Anton Anuchin](https://thenounproject.com/antonwebium) used under [CC BY 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/)

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"I come from the Nickscast. Through conventions, people, and cities, to this place - Fanthropological. My format, Co-host: To state and investigate. To learn about my new found friends, their hopes and dreams, and to defend them from their enemies. ... They say _the chat_ lives outside the podcast and inputs text for pleasure. No one knows for sure, but I intend to find out!"

Uh... yeah. We're talking about fans of ReBoot (the animated series). Next week? Retrogaming!

## Episode outline

### Fandom Facts

**History and Origins:**

> ReBoot is a Canadian CGI-animated action-adventure television series that originally aired from 1994 to 2001. It was produced by Vancouver-based production company Mainframe Entertainment, Alliance Communications and BLT Productions. The series follows the adventures of a Guardian named Bob and his companions Enzo and Dot Matrix as they work to keep the computer system of Mainframe safe from the viruses known as Megabyte and Hexadecimal. It was the world's first ever half-hour, completely computer-animated TV series. ...

>

> A reimagined, live-action/CG-animated series, ReBoot: The Guardian Code, was announced in 2015 and is slated to premiere on Netflix worldwide (excluding Canada) on March 30, 2018. YTV will later broadcast the series sometime in June 2018.

>

> — [Wikipedia - ReBoot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReBoot)

**Search Data:**

Considering that the show aired until 2001, _Google Trends'_ usual 2004 limit on data almost works in this case! Interest in the show has been mostly flat, or [arguably on a very slow decline](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F01k3bp). There have been some notable spikes in interested around July 2007 (likely due to the announcement of a potential trilogy of films), May 2008 (Countdown to the launch of a webcomic, _Code of Honor_), December 2010 (Possibly due to the rights being acquired for a full DVD release) and February 2018 (The announcement of _ReBoot: The Guardian Code_ with a release date).

The top ten countries, by search volume: Canada, Philippines, South Africa, Kenya, United States, Pakistan, New Zealand, Croatia, Puerto Rico, and Singapore.

[// 100 Can, 47 Phil, 37 US ]: #

**Size of Fandom:**

Some of the notes on ReBoot in fanlore mention it as a [microfandom](https://fanlore.org/wiki/Microfandom): a source with some interest beyond a single fan, but perhaps not with a specific community or fansite, or without a lot of fanworks.

That being said, we can still give a rough estimate of the size of the fandom based on a few different data sources:

- There are [over 4000 ratings on IMDB](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108903/)

- The [ReBoot subreddit has over 1600 subscribers](https://www.reddit.com/r/ReBoot/)

With so few data points, and the new series not being released yet, it's hard to estimate the size of the fandom. A rough estimate would be in the low _tens-of-thousands_.

**Fanac Fast Facts:**

- Archive Of Our Own has [almost 90 fanworks related to ReBoot](https://archiveofourown.org/tags/ReBoot%20(TV)/works)

- Did you know that Gillian Anderson was in an episode of ReBoot?

- The show only had 4 seasons, totaling 48 episodes, and the delay of seasons three and four was partly caused by Mainframe entertainment's work on other TV shows

- Over 30 different established computer games are featured throughout the series

### [Last Episode's](http://fanthropological.com/e/scp-foundation-its-all-winks-and-nudges-or-is-it/) Famous Last Words

**G**

How much non-nostalgic interest is there in the series?

[// Seems limited ]: #

**T**

Is there a reboot fan convention?

[// could not find a dedicated convention ]: #

**Z**

Is there another country where Reboot was and is popular?

[// Not really, possibly US or UK ]: #

### The Verdict

**Z is in.** Missed some episodes, has some fond memories...

**G is in.** Would like to see what he missed. Too old for other new show.

**T is in.** Enjoyed it fondly.

### This week's spotlight

**[ReBoot Marathon](https://www.twitch.tv/shtfther)**

At this point, it may no longer be available but when the episode was recorded, Shout Factory was running a marathon of classic ReBoot before the new series was to be released!

[// Plugs go here ]: #

### Famous Last Words

This week's famous last words around *next week's* fandom, Retrogaming!

**G**

Classic rock still means music from 20 years ago... is retro gaming the same? Does retrogaming expand as time goes on?

**T**

What more is there to retrogaming fandom than collecting?

**Z**

Why people bother making their own NES or SNES carts (as in, new games)? Why do they go that extra mile?

## Where can you find us online?

We are everywhere! Most notably though, we like to hang out in a few places on social media:

- If you want to be part of our podcast (or just want to check us out), we record our podcast LIVE on [twitch.tv](http://twitch.tv/thenickscast) every Monday at 20:00 Eastern Time!

- For all the latest updates, check us out on [Facebook](https://facebook.com/thenickscast) or [Twitter](https://twitter.com/thenickscast)

- To see the latest hijinx from our conventions or even our daily lives and adventures, check us out on [Instagram](https://instagram.com/thenickscast)

- For our latest convention updates, *Let's Plays*, and other in-real-life video, [check out our YouTube channel](http://youtube.com/thenickscast)

- We're also on [iTunes](https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/fanthropological/id1163621210), and [Google Play](https://play.google.com/music/m/Icmngxz7yhaoivdvivvf6q6c2pu?t=Fanthropological), and would love it if you could leave a review and rating!

- if you want to reach us, and for some reason none of those work for you, try [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

- You can check out [our website](http://thenickscast.com); that will mostly bring you back to this stuff.

- Everything is `thenickscast`, so if you can't find us, go on your social network and search for that!

## What is "Fanthropological"?

How did you read this far without asking this question?!

Fanthropological is an anthropological (ish) podcast where we bring the fan's-eye view to you! Each week, we take a look at a different fandom, dig up interesting background, trivia, and history, and try to get to why it is that people are a fan. We also try to highlight good causes related to that fandom, and find interesting things that fans have created to share those to the world. Each episode is about an hour. Ish.

## Who is "The Nickscast"?

*We* are the Nickscast! Three products of late-80s / early-90s pop culture who love exploring fandom and everything geek ... who also happen to have been best buddies since high school, and all happen to be named Nick. Yes, we are super creative (dare we say, the _most_ creative).

*Ahem*

We are Nick Green, Nick Terwoord, and Nick Zacharewicz: We started the Nickscast as a labour of love, and as a place to entertain and to discuss our love of fans and fandom, and all that is shiny and interesting in that realm. It's what lead us to start our first podcast, our satellite podcasts, Fanthropological, and so much more.

We want to help others learn more about different fandoms, and to create empathy with other fans: We dream of a world where other fans aren't "those Weird-o's", but just folks with different tastes. A world where fandom is full of discourse and analysis, and there are plenty of tools and resources to help. Fans building communities to do good in the world. *Because everyone's a fan.*

## Credits

### Sources

- [ReBoot Wiki - Data Nully](http://reboot.wikia.com/wiki/Data_Nully)

- [Google Trends - ReBoot](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F01k3bp)

- [Wikipedia - ReBoot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReBoot)

- [Fanlore - ReBoot](https://fanlore.org/wiki/ReBoot)

- [Fanlore - Microfandom](https://fanlore.org/wiki/Microfandom)

- [ReBoot Revival - Michael Hefferon on ReBoot: The Guardian Code - “We tried to imagine that ReBoot had never been made”](https://www.rebootrevival.com/?p=2513)

- [Screenrant - ReBoot: 15 Things You Never Knew About The CGI Cartoon](https://screenrant.com/reboot-tv-show-trivia/)

- [Vice - Everything I Learned From ‘ReBoot,’ the 90s Kids Show That Predicted the Future](https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/7bdnwg/everything-i-learned-from-reboot-the-90s-kids-show-that-predicted-the-future)

- [Fanlore - Microfandom](https://fanlore.org/wiki/Microfandom)

- [Fanlore - ReBoot](https://fanlore.org/wiki/ReBoot)

- [Fanlore - Timesprite](https://fanlore.org/wiki/Timesprite)

- [Fanlore - Turing System](https://fanlore.org/wiki/Turing_System)

- [Gamespot - ReBoot Review](https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/reboot-review/1900- 2546045/)

- [Hex Nuts Unanimous - Main Page](http://www.c4vct.com/kym/slachash/hexnuts/index.htm)

- [Mainframe Chaos - Need to Write a Letter?](http://mainframe_chaos.tripod.com/)

- [Quora - ReBoot (TV Series)](https://www.quora.com/topic/ReBoot-TV- series)

- [r/ReBoot - The More I Think About It, The Worse It Is](https://www.reddit.com/r/ReBoot/comments/80vm3k/the_more_i_think_about_it_the_worse_it_is/)

- [r/ReBoot - Why The New Trailer Both Excites and Annoys Me To No End!](https://www.reddit.com/r/ReBoot/comments/7zrb7e/why_the_new_trailer_both_excites_and_annoys_me_to/)

- [ReBoot - Home](http://www.cyberpursuits.com/heckifiknow/reboot/)

- [ReBoot Revival - EXCLUSIVE - First look at Bob, Dot, and Enzo in ReBoot: The Guardian Code](https://www.rebootrevival.com/?p=2774)

- [ReBoot Revival - Rainmaker begins systematic eradication of online sales for fan-made merchandise](https://www.rebootrevival.com/?p=2706)

- [Slack & Hash’s Domain - Main Page](http://www.c4vct.com/kym/slachash/index.htm)

- [The Mainframe Peanut Gallery - Home](http://www.webring.org/l/rd?ring=rebootwebmasters;id=4;url=http%3A%2F%2Fpagedowngal%2Etripod%2Ecom%2F)

- [TV Tropes - ReBoot Fanfic Recs](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanficRecs/ReBoot)

- [Unofficial ReBoot Home Page - Home](http://www.inwap.com/mf/reboot/)

- [YouTube - *LEAKED* ReBoot: The Guardian Code Intro Sequence!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL8cVMPXg9Y)

- [YouTube - ReBoot: The Guardian Code - Vera](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikri1SGOp1U)

- [YouTube - ReBoot: The Guardian Code - The Guardians](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90WbLQYF9lI)

- [Facebook - MégabogueS / ReBoot](https://www.facebook.com/M%C3%A9gabogueS-ReBoot-51262540868/)

### Music / Sound

- ["Uneasy Truce"](http://teknoaxe.com/Link_Code_2.php?q=653) by TeknoAXE is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

- All other music and sound for this week's episode were provided by Nick Green!

Out of all the games on all the consoles in all the world, this one walked onto mine. This week, we're talking about the re-release of the remastered _Secret of Mana_! Why did Square Enix release it over its contemporaries? And what's the deal with video game re-releases anyway?

All this in 20 minutes or less!

**Sources**

- ["Ringing Phone Sound"](http://soundbible.com/1868-Ringing-Phone.html) by Mike Koenig used under [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

- Opening music, ["Diggin' til the Very End"](http://music.djcutman.com/album/volume-iv) by Dj CUTMAN used under [CC BY-NC-SA](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/)

- Ending music, ["Bounty Hunter"](http://music.djcutman.com/album/volume-iv) by Dj CUTMAN used under [CC BY-NC-SA](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/)

This week, we make sure that everything is cleared by the ethics committee before we talk about SCP-001. That's right we're talking about fans of the SCP Foundation!

...And that's it for this season! Main episodes will be back in two weeks, but stay tuned because next week we have a special introduction to the podcast, our first regular minisode!

## Episode outline

### Fandom Facts

**History and Origins:**

The SCP Foundation (Secure, Contain, Protect) is a fictional organization launched in 2008 that is the subject of web-based collaborative writing project of the same name. Stories from the project often describe situations that violate natural law, and are written in an academic, scientific writing style. The series of stories started with SCP-173 on 4chan's paranormal _/x/_ board.

The SCP Foundation has hundreds of different stories about various SCPs and the SCP Foundation itself, and has also inspired many spin-off works such as _SCP - Containment Breach_.

**Search Data:**

Interest in the SCP Foundation [follows a strange trend](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fg%2F1q2xhks7f). From 2004 to January 2012, interest was on a steady decline. However, after that point there was a sharp increase in interest followed by a mostly upward trend in interest with spikes in May 2012 (Possibly Markiplier playing _Containment Breach_ ), August 2014, and April 2017 (Series IV opens up?).

The top 10 countries, by search volume are: Japan, South Korea, Poland, United States, Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Australia, and Taiwan.

**Fan Demographics:**

Fortunately, the [SCP Foundation website holds an annual community survey](http://www.scp-wiki.net/2017-survey-results). Here are some interesting demographics and data points from the over 6000 responses for the 2017 survey.

- _Age_ : The largest group is those 15-19 (~ 50%), then 20-24 (~ 21%), and under 15 (~ 11%)

- _Gender_ : Predominantly male (~ 81%), with some female representation (~ 10%), and some smaller populations present as well (e.g. 1.9% non-binary, 1.1% agender, 1.6% genderfluid)

- _Language_ : Predominantly English (~ 75%), but many languages represented

- _Country_ : Predominantly United States (~ 55%) but representation from many different countries

Some other interesting notes about the fandom:

- Most found out about the SCP Foundation via Markiplier (~ 16%), one of the SCP games (~ 12%), another Youtube channel (9.9%) or a referral (9.9%) - The SCP Foundation adhere's to the International System of Units

### [Last Episode's](http://fanthropological.com/e/fad-foods-reconstituted-from-meat-flakes-and-delivered-in-a-cheeto-dusted-dorito-burrito/) Famous Last Words

**Z**

Is there a writer who is at least internet famous who got their start with the SCP Foundation?

**G**

How influenced is it by pop culture?

**T**

Are they supposed to be creepy?

**EFG Nick**

Time travel creepypasta.

### The Verdict

**Z is out.** Cool concept… but have a hard time with initial disappointment that they aren't _all_ creepy.

**G is in.** "This is the creepypasta that I want to read."

**T is in.** So much diversity of concept!

### Famous Last Words

This week's famous last words around _next week 's_ fandom, ReBoot!

**G**

How much non-nostalgic interest in the series?

**T**

Is there a reboot fan convention?

**Z**

Is there another country where ReBoot was and is popular?

## Where can you find us online?

We are everywhere! Most notably though, we like to hang out in a few places on social media:

- If you want to be part of our podcast (or just want to check us out), we record our podcast LIVE on [twitch.tv](http://twitch.tv/thenickscast) every Monday at 20:00 Eastern Time!

- For all the latest updates, check us out on [Facebook](https://facebook.com/thenickscast) or [Twitter](https://twitter.com/thenickscast)

- To see the latest hijinx from our conventions or even our daily lives and adventures, check us out on [Instagram](https://instagram.com/thenickscast)

- For our latest convention updates, _Let 's Plays_, and other in-real-life video, [check out our YouTube channel](http://youtube.com/thenickscast)

- We're also on [iTunes](https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/fanthropological/id1163621210), and [Google Play](https://play.google.com/music/m/Icmngxz7yhaoivdvivvf6q6c2pu?t=Fanthropological), and would love it if you could leave a review and rating! if you want to reach us, and for some reason none of those work for you, try [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

- You can check out [our website](http://thenickscast.com); that will mostly bring you back to this stuff.

- Everything is `thenickscast`, so if you can't find us, go on your social network and search for that!

## What is "Fanthropological"?

How did you read this far without asking this question?!

Fanthropological is an anthropological (ish) podcast where we bring the fan's-eye view to you! Each week, we take a look at a different fandom, dig up interesting background, trivia, and history, and try to get to why it is that people are a fan. We also try to highlight good causes related to that fandom, and find interesting things that fans have created to share those to the world. Each episode is about an hour. Ish.

## Who is "The Nickscast"?

_We_ are the Nickscast! Three products of late-80s / early-90s pop culture who love exploring fandom and everything geek … who also happen to have been best buddies since high school, and all happen to be named Nick. Yes, we are super creative (dare we say, the _most_ creative).

_Ahem_

We are Nick Green, Nick Terwoord, and Nick Zacharewicz: We started the Nickscast as a labour of love, and as a place to entertain and to discuss our love of fans and fandom, and all that is shiny and interesting in that realm. It's what lead us to start our first podcast, our satellite podcasts, Fanthropological, and so much more.

We want to help others learn more about different fandoms, and to create empathy with other fans: We dream of a world where other fans aren't "those Weird-o's", but just folks with different tastes. A world where fandom is full of discourse and analysis, and there are plenty of tools and resources to help. Fans building communities to do good in the world. _Because everyone 's a fan._

## Credits

### Sources

- [Wikipedia - SCP Foundation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCP_Foundation)

- [Google Trends - SCP Foundation](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fg%2F1q2xhks7f)

- [SCP Wiki - 2017 Community Survey Results](http://www.scp-wiki.net/2017-survey-results)

- [TV Tropes - Painting The Medium / SCP Foundation](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/PaintingTheMedium/SCPFoundation)

- [The Daily Dot - Meet the secret foundation that contains the world's paranormal artifacts](https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/fandom/scp-foundation-paranormal-artifact-containment-horror/)

- [Facebook - State of Terror](https://www.facebook.com/pg/stateofterror/posts/)

- [Inverse - SCP, The Creepypasta for 'X-Files' and H.P. Lovecraft Fans](https://www.inverse.com/article/7474-scare-season-scp-the-creepypasta-for-x-files-and-h-p-lovecraft-fans)

- [Know Your Meme - SCP Foundation](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sites/scp-foundation)

[Michelle Proulx - Author - Writing Prompt Wednesday! Hidden Agendas](https://michelleproulx.com/2015/10/21/writing-prompt-wednesday-hidden-agendas/)

- [O5 Command - Max Landis](http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-4616472/max-landis)

- [r/SCP - I'm Recently Suspended Moderator Doctor Cimmerian. I've Written over 50 Articles on the Site and have an SCP Podcast. Ask Me Anything!](https://www.reddit.com/r/SCP/comments/7pcvqb/im_recently_suspended_moderator_doctor_cimmerian/)

- [SCP Foundation - About the SCP Foundation](http://www.scp-wiki.net/about-the-scp-foundation)

- [SCP Foundation - Canon Hub](http://www.scp-wiki.net/canon-hub)

- [SCP Foundation - FAQ](http://www.scp-wiki.net/faq)

- [SCP Foundation - How to Write an SCP](http://www.scp-wiki.net/how-to-write-an-scp)

- [SCP Foundation - Meet the Staff](http://www.scp-wiki.net/meet-the-staff)

- [The Daily Dot - Meet the Secret Foundation that Contains the World's Paranormal Artifacts](https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/fandom/scp-foundation-paranormal-artifact-containment-horror/)

- [Wikidot.com - Max Landis](http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/max-landis)

- [Wikipedia - SCP Foundation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCP_Foundation)

- [Wikipedia - Max Landis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Landis)

- [Youtube - Andjealous (Joshua Sheetz)](https://www.youtube.com/user/Andjealous)

### Music / Sound

- ["Dreadful Things Approach"](http://teknoaxe.com/Link_Code_4.php?q=1323&Genre=Halloween) by TeknoAXE used under [CC BY 4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) All other music and sound for this week's episode were provided by Nick Green!

### Artwork

- ["Glasses"](https://thenounproject.com/term/glasses/132894) by [Anton Anuchin](https://thenounproject.com/antonwebium) used under [CC BY 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/)

For a limited time only\*, you can check out this week's episode IN SMELL-O-VISION as we talk about fans of fad foods! Plus, we've got a special guest: Nick H of the Epic Film Guys and RestauRant podcast!

Next week, we're closing out the season with a callback to the first episode. We'll be getting our D-4 classification to learn about the world of the SCP Foundation!

\* Only at participating locations

## Where can I learn more about EFG Nick and the Epic Film Guys?

> **Epic Film Guy Nick** has been in love with film and filming for as long as he can remember. When he’s not listening to Justin’s lisp, he is focused on his two sons, fiancee, and working on his own screenplays. Other interests include beer and playing music.

>

> — [Epic Film Guys - About Us](https://epicfilmguys.wordpress.com/about-us/)

To find out more, check out:

- The [Epic Film Guys podcast](http://www.epicfilmguys.com/)

- The [RestauRant podcast](http://restaurantpod.podbean.com/)

- The Epic Film Guys on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/epicfilmguys) and [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/epicfilmguys)

- Nick H on Twitter: [@thedraylives](http://www.twitter.com/theredraylives)

## Episode outline

### Fandom Facts

**Search Data:**

We had no idea how to even broach this topic; what is the search term for fad food? What we learned is that [interest in the McRib](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=hipster%20food,fad%20food,mcrib), for example, dwarfs interest in search terms like 'fad food' or 'hipster food'. If you remove that, there is a noted increase in interest in 'hipster food' and decrease in interest in 'fad food' since 2004 (though overall, fad food is the more popular search).

The vast majority of results come from countries like the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.

### [Last Episode's](http://fanthropological.com/e/breakfast-cereals-part-of-a-fanss-complete-breakfast/) Famous Last Words

**Z**

Is there a fad food fan out there who collects wrappers (or similar)?

**G**

What was the first fast food restaurant to have a secret menu?

**T**

Are there people who collect and preserve fad foods? If so, how do they do it?

### The Verdict

**T is out.** Fad food fans are not a thing.

**G is out.** Not tailgatin' in a McDonald's parking lot.

**Z is out.** Not chasing down fad foods.

**EFG Nick is out.** Can't... no. Just eat something else. McRib is garbage.

### This week's spotlight

**[Ronald McDonald House Charities](https://www.rmhccanada.ca/) or [in the US](https://www.rmhc.org/)**

> Ronald McDonald Houses provide families of sick children with a home to stay at while their child is being treated at a nearby hospital. Ronald McDonald Family Rooms also provide a comfortable place for families to rest and recharge, right inside hospitals. And through Ronald McDonald Care Mobiles, we help to bring basic medical care to vulnerable communities. So families can stay together and kids can heal better.

### Famous Last Words

This week's famous last words around *next week's* fandom, SCP Foundation!

**Z**

Is there a writer who is at least internet famous who got their start with the SCP foundation?

**G**

How influenced is it by pop culture?

**T**

Are they supposed to be creepy?

**EFG Nick**

Time travel creepypasta.

## Where can you find us online?

We are everywhere! Most notably though, we like to hang out in a few places on social media:

- If you want to be part of our podcast (or just want to check us out), we record our podcast LIVE on [twitch.tv](http://twitch.tv/thenickscast) every Monday at 20:00 Eastern Time!

- For all the latest updates, check us out on [Facebook](https://facebook.com/thenickscast) or [Twitter](https://twitter.com/thenickscast)

- To see the latest hijinx from our conventions or even our daily lives and adventures, check us out on [Instagram](https://instagram.com/thenickscast)

- For our latest convention updates, *Let's Plays*, and other in-real-life video, [check out our YouTube channel](http://youtube.com/thenickscast)

- We're also on [iTunes](https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/fanthropological/id1163621210), and [Google Play](https://play.google.com/music/m/Icmngxz7yhaoivdvivvf6q6c2pu?t=Fanthropological), and would love it if you could leave a review and rating!

- if you want to reach us, and for some reason none of those work for you, try [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

- You can check out [our website](http://thenickscast.com); that will mostly bring you back to this stuff.

- Everything is `thenickscast`, so if you can't find us, go on your social network and search for that!

## What is "Fanthropological"?

How did you read this far without asking this question?!

Fanthropological is an anthropological (ish) podcast where we bring the fan's-eye view to you! Each week, we take a look at a different fandom, dig up interesting background, trivia, and history, and try to get to why it is that people are a fan. We also try to highlight good causes related to that fandom, and find interesting things that fans have created to share those to the world. Each episode is about an hour. Ish.

## Who is "The Nickscast"?

*We* are the Nickscast! Three products of late-80s / early-90s pop culture who love exploring fandom and everything geek ... who also happen to have been best buddies since high school, and all happen to be named Nick. Yes, we are super creative (dare we say, the _most_ creative).

*Ahem*

We are Nick Green, Nick Terwoord, and Nick Zacharewicz: We started the Nickscast as a labour of love, and as a place to entertain and to discuss our love of fans and fandom, and all that is shiny and interesting in that realm. It's what lead us to start our first podcast, our satellite podcasts, Fanthropological, and so much more.

We want to help others learn more about different fandoms, and to create empathy with other fans: We dream of a world where other fans aren't "those Weird-o's", but just folks with different tastes. A world where fandom is full of discourse and analysis, and there are plenty of tools and resources to help. Fans building communities to do good in the world. *Because everyone's a fan.*

## Thanks

Special thanks to Nick H of the Epic Film Guys for making the time to join us on this week's podcast amidst his many other podcasting engagements!

## Credits

### Sources

- [Google Trends - McRib](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=hipster%20food,fad%20food,mcrib)

- [Google Trends - Hipster food, fad food](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=hipster%20food,fad%20food)

- [Buzzfeed - 22 Outrageously Hipster Foods That Must Be Stopped](https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahloewentheil/22-outrageously-hipster-foods-that-must-be-stopped?utm_term=.xgya6lzzv#.hsyw19LL8)

- [Buzzfeed - 19 Ridiculous Hipster Foods That Will Either Make You Very Angry Or Very Happy](https://www.buzzfeed.com/crystalro/a-twentysomething-and-a-thirtysomething-give-hot-takes-on?utm_term=.db9ekjJJ0#.mrN6x3kkY)

- [East This, Not That! - The 10 Weirdest Food Trends of the Last 10 Years](http://www.eatthis.com/weird-food-trends/)

- [Dorkly - McDonalds Let the Internet Create Their Own Burgers and Guess What Happened](http://www.dorkly.com/post/79724/mcdonalds-let-the-internet-create-their-own-burgers-and-guess-what-happened)

- [Entrepreneur - For McRib Fans, Search for the Sandwich Is Worth the Effort](https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/230063)

- [McRib Locator - Home](http://mcriblocator.com/)

- [CBS North Carolina - McRib Fans Rejoice — McDonalds is Bringing Back Pork Sandwich](http://wncn.com/2017/11/07/mcrib-fans-rejoice-mcdonalds-is-bringing-back-pork-sandwich/)

- [Belfast Telegraph - KFC’s Double Down is arriving in the UK, and fans are very much ready for it](https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/Viral/kfcs-double-down-is-arriving-in-the-uk-and-fans-are-very-much-ready-for-it-36191001.html)

- [Maclean’s - Taco Bell breaks its Cool Ranch Dorito taco promise, fans go ballistic](http://www.macleans.ca/news/taco-bell-breaks-its-cool-ranch-dorito-taco-promise-fans-go-ballistic/)

- [Quora - If people love the McRib sandwich as much as McDonald's thinks they do, why isn't it a regular menu item?](https://www.quora.com/If-people-love-the-McRib-sandwich-as-much-as-McDonalds-thinks-they-do-why-isnt-it-a-regular-menu-item)

- [Munchies - This Guy Has a Collection of Almost 500 McDonald's Boxes](https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/j5gb3d/this-guy-has-a-collection-of-almost-500-mcdonalds-boxes)

- [Munchies - But the McRib is Delicious](https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/3djg49/but-the-mcrib-is-delicious)

- [Munchies - How US Army Technology Gave Rise to the McRib](https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/zmv5nx/how-us-army-technology-gave-rise-to-the-mcrib-fastfoodweek2017)

- [The Atlantic - McRib Everlasting](https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/08/mcrib-lto-fast-food/494585/?utm_source=atlfb)

- [Yahoo! Finance - Why Burger King Is Copying a McDonald’s Cult Classic](https://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/why-burger-king-copying-mcdonald-sandwich-172120222.html)

- [Association for Consumer Research - Consumer Responses to Discontinuance of Favorite Products: an Exporatory Study](http://acrwebsite.org/volumes/8637/volumes/v29/NA-29)

### Music / Sound

- ["Backwater Route 66"](http://teknoaxe.com/Link_Code_4.php?q=1061&Genre=Rock) by TeknoAXE used under [CC BY 4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

- All other music and sound for this week's episode were provided by Nick Green!

### Artwork

- ["Glasses"](https://thenounproject.com/term/glasses/132894) by [Anton Anuchin](https://thenounproject.com/antonwebium) used under [CC BY 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/)

- ["Fast Food Server"](https://thenounproject.com/term/fast-food-server/973877/) by [Gan Khoon Lay](https://thenounproject.com/leremy) used under [CC BY 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/)

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This week's episode is gr-r-reat, probably because we can see why kids love the swirl of Nicks in every bit of this week's episode... on Breakfast Cereal fans!

Next week, we'll have special guest friend, [EFG Nick](http://www.epicfilmguys.com/), to talk about fans of fad foods!

## Episode outline

### Fandom Facts

**History and Origins:**

Breakfast cereal is a type of food, often made of grains and eaten as the first meal of the day (in Western society, at least). Cereals are often fortified with vitamins, lack the vitamins needed for a healthy breakfast, _and_ are often high in sugar. In 1970, there were only 160 different kinds of cereal in the US; in 2012, there were almost 5000.

[//Apparently, breakfast cereal has profit margins of 40-50%? That's a lot ]: #

Breakfast cereal actually shares its history _way_ back with indigenous North Americans who had found a way to make ground corn palatable (later, called "grits" or "hominy")... though it never gained a foothold in the northern US. Apparently, there was a group of food reformers who wanted to cut back on excessive meat consumption at breakfast (including Seventh-day Adventists, who made the food reforms part of their religion).

Flash forward a bit to the end of the 19th century with a certain John Harvey Kellogg, son of an Adventist factory owner, medical superintendent, _and_ masturbation rehabilitator. The institute he worked at often had wealthy industrialists visit for recuperation and they were accustomed to egg, ham, sausage, fried potatoes, coffee... and so on; at the facility, they found abstinence and a vegetarian diet. Kellogg experimented with granola, which eventually lead to Cornflakes, the archetypical breakfast cereal. Later, Charles W. Post (a patient at Kellogg's sanitarium), impressed by the all-grain diet, began experimenting on his own and eventually introduced Grape-nuts.

...But there is a lot of history. Too much for me to get through. Read it for yourself [on wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast_cereal#History_in_North_America).

**Search Data:**

Would you believe that we are in the middle of a [slow growth in interest in breakfast cereal](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F0l6sg)? While there was a decline in interest from 2004 to about 2008, it seems that interest is slowly on the rise again.

The top 10 countries by search volume: Poland, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Singapore, South Korea, Norway, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand.

**Fanac Fast Facts:**

- There are over 1000 fanfics when searching for cereal on [Archive of Our Own](http://archiveofourown.org/works/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&work_search%5Bquery%5D=cereal)

- [Frankenberry caused a strange health epidemic in the 70s](https://www.theodysseyonline.com/the-strangest-stories-behind-famous-cereals-and-their-mascots)... because kids were eating a lot of the cereal leaving their stool discoloured

- There were some really racist and weird cereal mascots, like [So-hi and a creepy clown for "Rice Krinkles"](http://mentalfloss.com/article/53218/6-controversial-moments-world-breakfast-cereal) (later, Cocoa and Fruity Pebbles)

- [Cap'n Crunch has a backstory](https://www.theodysseyonline.com/the-strangest-stories-behind-famous-cereals-and-their-mascots)

> Taken from the official website as well as commercials and official social media posts, Crunch Island, located in the Sea of Milk--a magical place with talking trees, crazy creatures and a whole mountain (Mt. Crunchmore) made out of Cap’n Crunch cereal--is the birthplace of Cap'n Horatio Magellan Crunch.

>

> — [Odyssey - 4 Strange Things You Never Knew About Your Favorite Breakfast Cereals](https://www.theodysseyonline.com/the-strangest-stories-behind-famous-cereals-and-their-mascots)

### [Last Episode's](http://fanthropological.com/e/wonder-woman-lassoing-the-truth-about-the-fairer-fandom/) Famous Last Words

This week's famous last words around *next week's* fandom, Breakfast Cereals!

**G**

Cinnamon toast crunch is the internet's favourite cereal.

**Z**

Out of all the cereals in all the world... has the most complex song-of-ice-and-fire style background story (the mascot)?

**T**

How divisive is the fandom?

[// Captain Crunch video games ]: #

### The Verdict

**G is in.** Loves eating breakfast cereal.

**T is out.** Didn't get into cereal... and not as much community as I would have expected.

**Z is out.** ...But is a Weetabix man.

### This week's spotlight

**[Magic Breakfast](https://www.magicbreakfast.com/what-the-charity-does)**

Magic Breakfast is a UK charity that helps provide healthy breakfast food and support to schools.

> We work with over 470 Primary, Secondary and ASL/Special Educational Needs schools, plus Pupil Referral Units, to make sure that over 31,500 children start their school day in the best possible way.

>

> — [Magic Breakfast - What we do](https://www.magicbreakfast.com/what-the-charity-does)

[// Plugs go here ]: #

### Famous Last Words

This week's famous last words around *next week's* fandom, Fad Foods!

**Z**

Is there a fad food fan out there who collects wrappers (or similar)?

**G**

What was the first fast food restaurant to have a secret menu?

**T**

Are there people who collect and preserve fad foods? If so, how do they do it?

## Where can you find us online?

We are everywhere! Most notably though, we like to hang out in a few places on social media:

- If you want to help us to create more amazing fannish content, become a patron on [Patreon](http://patreon.com/thenickscast); even as little as a dollar a month pledge really helps us out!

- If you want to be part of our podcast (or just want to check us out), we record our podcast LIVE on [twitch.tv](http://twitch.tv/thenickscast) every Monday at 20:00 Eastern Time!

- For all the latest updates, check us out on [Facebook](https://facebook.com/thenickscast) or [Twitter](https://twitter.com/thenickscast)

- To see the latest hijinx from our conventions or even our daily lives and adventures, check us out on [Instagram](https://instagram.com/thenickscast)

- For our latest convention updates, *Let's Plays*, and other in-real-life video, [check out our YouTube channel](http://youtube.com/thenickscast)

- We're also on [iTunes](https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/fanthropological/id1163621210), and [Google Play](https://play.google.com/music/m/Icmngxz7yhaoivdvivvf6q6c2pu?t=Fanthropological), and would love it if you could leave a review and rating!

- if you want to reach us, and for some reason none of those work for you, try [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

- You can check out [our website](http://thenickscast.com); that will mostly bring you back to this stuff.

- Everything is `thenickscast`, so if you can't find us, go on your social network and search for that!

## What is "Fanthropological"?

How did you read this far without asking this question?!

Fanthropological is an anthropological (ish) podcast where we bring the fan's-eye view to you! Each week, we take a look at a different fandom, dig up interesting background, trivia, and history, and try to get to why it is that people are a fan. We also try to highlight good causes related to that fandom, and find interesting things that fans have created to share those to the world. Each episode is about an hour. Ish.

## Who is "The Nickscast"?

*We* are the Nickscast! Three products of late-80s / early-90s pop culture who love exploring fandom and everything geek ... who also happen to have been best buddies since high school, and all happen to be named Nick. Yes, we are super creative (dare we say, the _most_ creative).

*Ahem*

We are Nick Green, Nick Terwoord, and Nick Zacharewicz: We started the Nickscast as a labour of love, and as a place to entertain and to discuss our love of fans and fandom, and all that is shiny and interesting in that realm. It's what lead us to start our first podcast, our satellite podcasts, Fanthropological, and so much more.

We want to help others learn more about different fandoms, and to create empathy with other fans: We dream of a world where other fans aren't "those Weird-o's", but just folks with different tastes. A world where fandom is full of discourse and analysis, and there are plenty of tools and resources to help. Fans building communities to do good in the world. *Because everyone's a fan.*

## Credits

### Sources

- [Wikipedia - Breakfast Cereal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast_cereal#History_in_North_America)

- [Google Trends - Breakfast Cereal](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F0l6sg)

- [Archive Of Our Own - Cereal search results](http://archiveofourown.org/works/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&work_search%5Bquery%5D=cereal)

- [Odyssey - 4 Strange Things You Never Knew About Your Favorite Breakfast Cereals](https://www.theodysseyonline.com/the-strangest-stories-behind-famous-cereals-and-their-mascots)

- [MelMagazine - How Tony the Tiger Became the Most Sexually Objectified Breakfast Mascot](https://melmagazine.com/how-tony-the-tiger-became-the-most-sexually-objectified-breakfast-mascot-8cad4f6e7901)

- [Mentalfloss - 6 Controversial Moments in the World of Breakfast Cereal](http://mentalfloss.com/article/53218/6-controversial-moments-world-breakfast-cereal)

- [YouTube - Cereal Fans Flock to NYC’s Kellogg’s Cafe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW05r-mXqVg)

- [YouTube - Kellogg’s Cereal Cafe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_94DiFrAh3M)

- [YouTube - Cereal Time TV](https://www.youtube.com/user/MrGabeFonseca/videos)

- [Quora - Why Isn’t Breakfast Cereal as Well Known in China as it is the US?](https://www.quora.com/Why-isnt-breakfast-cereal-as-well-known-in-China-as-it-is-in-the-US)

- [Quora - Do People Outside of America Eat Breakfast Cereal](https://www.quora.com/Do-people-outside-of-America-eat-breakfast-cereal)

- [Quora - Why Is Breakfast Cereal so Popular in Europe?](https://www.quora.com/Why-is-breakfast-cereal-so-popular-in-Europe)

- [Quora - If Breakfast Cereals Were People Which Would You be in a Romantic Relationship with and Why?](https://www.quora.com/If-breakfast-cereals-were-people-which-would-you-be-in-a-romantic-relationship-with-and-why)

- [News-a-Rama - Serial Fiction Meets Cereal Boxes: DC & General Mills Team-Up](https://www.newsarama.com/33435-serial-fiction-meets-cereal-boxes-dc-general-mills-team-up.html)

- [Odyssey - 4 Things You Never Knew About Your Favourite Breakfast Cereals](https://www.theodysseyonline.com/the-strangest-stories-behind-famous-cereals-and-their-mascots)

- [The Robot’s Pajamas - The 10 Weirdest Cereal Mascots](http://www.therobotspajamas.com/the-10-weirdest-cereal-mascots/)

- [Mental Floss - The Stories Behind Your Favorite Cereal Mascots](http://mentalfloss.com/article/18236/stories-behind-your-favorite-cereal-mascots)

- [Ad Age - See the Spot: Lucky Charms Finds Gold With Adult Fans](http://adage.com/article/news/lucky-charms-finds-gold-adult-fans/238551/)

- [Cerealously - Home](http://www.cerealously.net/)

- [BrainCharm - The Crazy Psychology Behind Cereal Boxes](https://braincharm.com/2017/11/01/the-crazy-psychology-behind-cereal-boxes/)

- [BakeryAndSnacks.com - Cereal Psychology: Mascot Eye Contact Sparks Consumer Trust](https://www.bakeryandsnacks.com/Article/2014/04/03/Breakfast-cereal-psychology-Mascot-eye-contact-sparks-trust)

- [PsyBlog - The Psychology of Nostalgia (in under 300 words)](http://www.spring.org.uk/2013/07/the-psychology-of-nostalgia-in-under-300-words.php)

- [Quora - What is Captain Crunch’s Backstory?](https://www.quora.com/What-is-Captain-Crunchs-backstory)

### Music / Sound

- ["Invading the 80s"](http://teknoaxe.com/Link_Code_4.php?q=1285&Genre=Downtempo) by TeknoAXE used under [CC BY 4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/us/)

- All other music and sound for this week's episode were provided by Nick Green!

### Artwork

- ["Glasses"](https://thenounproject.com/term/glasses/132894) by [Anton Anuchin](https://thenounproject.com/antonwebium) used under [CC BY 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/)

- [“Breakfast”](https://thenounproject.com/term/breakfast/163057/) by [Stan Diers](https://thenounproject.com/stan.diers) used under [CC BY 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/)

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This week, in honour of International Women's Day, we're talking about an important fandom in the DC Comics universe. We're talking about that founding member of the Justice League, goddess, and Ambassador-at-Large of the Amazon people: Wonder Woman!

And can you spot the swirls of cinnamon and sugar in every minute of next week's podcast? We'll be talking about fans of ... Breakfast Cereal?

## Episode outline

### Fandom Facts

**History and Origins:**

Wonder Woman is a character in the DC Comics universe and is a founding member of the Justice League. Her official title is Princess Diana of Themyscira, Daughter of Hippolyta but when blending into society outside of her homeland, she adopts the identity _Diana Prince_. She has several heroic abilities including superhuman strength, speed, durability, and longevity, accelerated healing factor, flight, and possesses a variety of interesting technology such as the Lasso of Truth, indestructible bracelets, and a tiara that she often uses as a projectile.

Originally developed in 1941, she was created by American psychologist William Moulton Marston and artist Harry G Peter, and was heavily influenced by Olive Byrne, Marston's lover, his wife, Elizabeth Marston, and early feminists.

Wonder Woman has been depicted in various media including the 1975 TV series, many animated series, and most recently, the 2017 movie.

**Search Data:**

Strangely, the most search data seems to be around Diana Prince rather than her superheroic name. That being said, [interest in the character had been almost flat (slight increase in interest)](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F0sc7q) until approximately 2016 when there was a much more noticeable increase in interest (and notably, with the release of the 2017 movie as well).

The top ten countries, by search volume, are: Puerto Rico, Brazil, Phillipines, United States, Singapore, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Taiwan, United Kingdom.

**Fan Demographics:**

Looking at Facebook data, [Brett Schenker dug into fans of Wonder Woman](http://www.comicsbeat.com/demographics-wonder-woman-around-the-world/) to draw some interesting data:

- Overall, men made up about 52% of the population in the various countries, but accounted for almost 57% of the Wonder Woman fans

- Most female Wonder Woman fans: South Korea (72%)

- Most male Wonder Woman fans: India (88%)

**Fast Facts:**

- Archive of Our Own has over 800 fan works related to Wonder Woman

- The majority of which are categorized as F/M (471)

- The _vast_ majority deal with DC universe

- Top 3 pairings: Diana / Trevor (247), Diana / Bruce Wayne (69), Diana / Steve Rogers (57)

### [Last Episode's](http://fanthropological.com/e/monty-python-fans-fans-and-toast-fans-and-eggs-fans-and-ham-fans-fans-fans/) Famous Last Words

**Z**

As we found in the Barbie episode... is there a Wonder Woman fan who strives to look like Wonder Woman (to the extreme)?

**T**

Is Wonder Woman more popular with men, or women?

At what point did she lose her bizarre weaknesses (and was that influenced by the times)?

[// About equal in popularity between men and women ]: #

[// Aphrodite's Law: Not too long after her early incarnation; Marston liked bondage, and used Wonder Woman a bit as his opinion piece. Apparently, was tossed out at the start of the 'modern age' of comics in the 80s ]: #

**G**

Are there fans out there who see Wonder Woman as an American patriotic symbol? If so, how does that work?

### The Verdict

[// I'm not going to ignore the fact that it's 3 dudes talking about feminism / wonder woman, often talking about issues's affecting women ]: #

**T is in.** Hope is a very powerful motivator... and Wonder Woman has a lot of hope.

**Z is out.**

**G is in.** Will probably investigate some of the recent titles.

### This week's spotlight

**[International Women's Day](https://www.internationalwomensday.com/)**

> International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.

>

> International Women's Day (IWD) has been observed since the early 1900's - a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies. International Women's Day is a collective day of global celebration and a call for gender parity. No one government, NGO, charity, corporation, academic institution, women's network or media hub is solely responsible for International Women's Day. Many organizations declare an annual IWD theme that supports their specific agenda or cause, and some of these are adopted more widely with relevance than others.

>

> — [International Women's Day](https://www.internationalwomensday.com/About)

[// Plugs go here ]: #

### Famous Last Words

This week's famous last words around *next week's* fandom, Breakfast Cereals!

**G**

Cinnamon toast crunch is the internet's favourite cereal.

**Z**

Out of all the cereals in all the world... has the most complex song-of-ice-and-fire style background story (the mascot)?

**T**

How divisive is the fandom?

[// Captain Crunch video games ]: #

## Where can you find us online?

We are everywhere! Most notably though, we like to hang out in a few places on social media:

- If you want to help us to create more amazing fannish content, become a patron on [Patreon](http://patreon.com/thenickscast); even as little as a dollar a month pledge really helps us out!

- If you want to be part of our podcast (or just want to check us out), we record our podcast LIVE on [twitch.tv](http://twitch.tv/thenickscast) every Monday at 20:00 Eastern Time!

- For all the latest updates, check us out on [Facebook](https://facebook.com/thenickscast) or [Twitter](https://twitter.com/thenickscast)

- To see the latest hijinx from our conventions or even our daily lives and adventures, check us out on [Instagram](https://instagram.com/thenickscast)

- For our latest convention updates, *Let's Plays*, and other in-real-life video, [check out our YouTube channel](http://youtube.com/thenickscast)

- We're also on [iTunes](https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/fanthropological/id1163621210), and [Google Play](https://play.google.com/music/m/Icmngxz7yhaoivdvivvf6q6c2pu?t=Fanthropological), and would love it if you could leave a review and rating!

- if you want to reach us, and for some reason none of those work for you, try [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

- You can check out [our website](http://thenickscast.com); that will mostly bring you back to this stuff.

- Everything is `thenickscast`, so if you can't find us, go on your social network and search for that!

## What is "Fanthropological"?

How did you read this far without asking this question?!

Fanthropological is an anthropological (ish) podcast where we bring the fan's-eye view to you! Each week, we take a look at a different fandom, dig up interesting background, trivia, and history, and try to get to why it is that people are a fan. We also try to highlight good causes related to that fandom, and find interesting things that fans have created to share those to the world. Each episode is about an hour. Ish.

## Who is "The Nickscast"?

*We* are the Nickscast! Three products of late-80s / early-90s pop culture who love exploring fandom and everything geek ... who also happen to have been best buddies since high school, and all happen to be named Nick. Yes, we are super creative (dare we say, the _most_ creative).

*Ahem*

We are Nick Green, Nick Terwoord, and Nick Zacharewicz: We started the Nickscast as a labour of love, and as a place to entertain and to discuss our love of fans and fandom, and all that is shiny and interesting in that realm. It's what lead us to start our first podcast, our satellite podcasts, Fanthropological, and so much more.

We want to help others learn more about different fandoms, and to create empathy with other fans: We dream of a world where other fans aren't "those Weird-o's", but just folks with different tastes. A world where fandom is full of discourse and analysis, and there are plenty of tools and resources to help. Fans building communities to do good in the world. *Because everyone's a fan.*

## Thanks

Any special thanks; usually to guest.

## Credits

### Sources

- [Wikipedia - Wonder Woman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Woman)

- [Wikipedia - Cultural Impact of Wonder Woman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_impact_of_Wonder_Woman)

- [Google Trends - Diana Prince](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F0sc7q)

- [ComicsBeat - Demographics: Wonder Woman Around the World](http://www.comicsbeat.com/demographics-wonder-woman-around-the-world/)

- [SciFi StackExchange - Is Wonder Woman's only weakness being bound by a man?](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/83963/is-wonder-womans-only-weakness-being-bound-by-a-man)

- [Kinja - To Be Human: Why I Love Wonder Woman](https://tay.kinja.com/to-be-human-why-i-love-wonder-woman-1796614969)

- [Fanlore - Wonder Woman](https://fanlore.org/wiki/Wonder_Woman)

- [Business Insider - Why “Wonder Woman” Matters to Women - And is Changing Movies](http://www.businessinsider.com/wonder-woman-matters-to-women-movies-2017-6)

- [Cinema Blend - Why Wonder Woman Fans Are Arguing About Gal Gadot’s Armpits](https://www.cinemablend.com/news/1637619/why-wonder-woman-fans-are-arguing-about-gal-gadots-armpits)

- [Crave - Why Have Wonder Woman’s Pants Been Officially Doffed?](http://www.craveonline.com/site/171987-wonder-womans-pants-officially-doffed)

- [Daily Mail - Military Dentist Dubbed Real-Life Wonder Woman](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4966900/Military-dentist-dubbed-real-life-Wonder-Woman.html)

- [Elite Readers - Meet the Cosplayer Who Can Remarkably Transform Herself into Anyone](https://www.elitereaders.com/alyson-tabbitha-video-game-anime-cosplay/)

- [Entertainment Weekly - Wonder Woman Fans are Hiding Swords in their Dresses](http://ew.com/movies/2017/06/15/wonder-woman-fans-swords-in-dresses/)

- [ET Canada - “Wonder Woman” Fans Furious Over Amazons’ Over-Sexualized “Justice League” Outfits: “Completely Implausible”](https://etcanada.com/news/271273/wonder-woman-fans-slam-amazons-over-sexualized-justice-league-outfits-completely-implausible/)

- [Facebook - Wonder Woman Fans](https://www.facebook.com/Wonder-Woman-Fans-104332712993858/)

- [Fanlore - Wonder Woman](https://fanlore.org/wiki/Wonder_Woman)

- [Film School Rejects - Boiling Point: Wonder Woman Sucks, That’s Why](https://filmschoolrejects.com/boiling-point-wonder-woman-sucks-thats-why-a62f50a3e54c/)

- [India - This Girl’s Transformation Into Wonder Woman And Captain Jack Sparrow Will Leave You Amazed](http://www.india.com/buzz/this-girls-transformation-into-wonder-woman-and-captain-jack-sparrow-will-leave-you-amazed-2529131/)

- [r/WonderWoman - Home](https://www.reddit.com/r/WonderWoman/)

- [r/WonderWoman - Wonder Woman [Nubia] by Terry Alec](https://www.reddit.com/r/WonderWoman/comments/7opcbn/wonder_woman_nubia_by_terry_alec/)

- [The Gloss - Beauty Trends From History: How to Shave without a Razor](http://www.thegloss.com/beauty/beauty-trends-from-history-how-to-shave-without-a-razor-344/)

- [The Mary Sue - DC Has No Idea What We Love About Wonder Woman, Introduces New Comic Arc About Diana’s Brother](https://www.themarysue.com/stop-trying-to-make-wonder-woman-about-men/)

- [Tumblr | Agent Verbivore - Empathy and Compassion in Wonder Woman](https://agentverbivore.tumblr.com/post/161413128468/my-favorite-thematic-message-of-wonder-woman-and)

- [Tumblr | Perichat - Wonder Woman is not an Example of the Born Sexy Yesterday Trope](http://perichat.tumblr.com/post/161529153606/would-you-rant-more-on-the-differences-between-the)

- [UN News Centre - “Wonder Woman” appointed UN honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls](http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=55367#.WniBiOdG1PY)

- [YouTube - Wonder Woman was Based on this Real-Life Lady](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H98Q44vwxbk)

### Music / Sound

- ["A Hero Steps Forward"](http://teknoaxe.com/Link_Code_4.php?q=882&Genre=Action) by TeknoAXE used under [CC BY 4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

- All other music and sound for this week's episode were provided by Nick Green!

### Artwork

- ["Glasses"](https://thenounproject.com/term/glasses/132894) by [Anton Anuchin](https://thenounproject.com/antonwebium) used under [CC BY 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/)

- [“Wonder Woman”](https://thenounproject.com/term/wonder-woman/23141/) by [Ben King](https://thenounproject.com/Kinger) used under [CC BY 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/)

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We've no room for dead parrots, flying circus, silly walks, or arguments... or do we? This week, we're talking about fans of that iconic English comedy group that are definitely not snakes: Monty Python!

Next week, we'll be travelling to Themyscira to learn about fans... of Wonder Woman!

## Episode outline

### Fandom Facts

**History and Origins:**

Monty Python (or _The Pythons_) were a group of British comedians for formed a surreal comedy group and created their own sketch comedy show, _Monty Python's Flying Circus_ which first aired on the BBC in 1969. The group consisted of six members, who you may know from many different works: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. As a group responsible for their own comedy writing and performances, they went on to create many different work including at least three movies (_Holy Grail_, _Life of Brian_, _The Meaning of Life_), 5 years of their television program, and several specials and other live performances.

> Their influence on British comedy has been apparent for years, while in North America, it has coloured the work of cult performers from the early editions of Saturday Night Live through to more recent absurdist trends in television comedy. "Pythonesque" has entered the English lexicon as a result.

>

> — [Wikipedia - Monty Python](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python)

**Search Data:**

Looking at search data for [Monty Python](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F04sd0), interest in Monty Python has been on the decline since 2004. The most dramatic change was between 2004 and 2010, but has otherwise been quite slow (and mostly flat). Nonetheless, there have been some spikes in interest in July 2014 (_Monty Python Live (Mostly): One Down, Five to Go_), November 2013 (a reunion to pay for legal fees for _Spamalot!_), and October 2009 (_Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyer's Cut_).

The top ten countries for Monty Python, by search interest, are: United Kingdom, Australia, Sweden, New Zealand, Denmark, Norway, Czechia, Canada, Poland, and Finland.

**Size of Fandom:**

Given the age of the works of Monty Python, it is quite difficult to get an accurate assessment of the size of the fandom as we are well past the time of their zeitgeist. That being said, here is the data that we have:

- The [Monty Python Subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/montypython/) has over 7500 subscribers

- The [IMDB page for Monty Python and the Holy Grail](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071853/) has over 400 000 ratings

[// Twitter / Youtube ]: #

We were unable to collect any other data, so a rough estimate of fandom size today probably puts it within the **low millions**.

**Famous fan works:**

It's hard to draw a line between inspiration and fan works, but in this case, one example sticks out: [_Spamalot!_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spamalot), a musical 'ripped off' from the movie, _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_.

**Fast Facts:**

- Archive Of Our Own has upwards of 170 fan works related to Monty Python's works or actors (the largest of which are [real-person fiction (RPF) at 86 works](https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Monty%20Python%20RPF/works))

### [Last Episode's](http://fanthropological.com/e/rick-and-morty-ah-geez-fans-i-dunno/) Famous Last Words

**G**

Why does reciting a thing that you're watch make it better??

**Tyler**

How important is it to a fan to have grown up watching it?

[// Didn't find a lot about that ]: #

**T**

Why do so many groups ape Monty Python given a lot of their appeal is their absurdity and unpredictability?

[// It turns out, I was remembering an ancient XKCD comic (#16... Jan 1, 2006). I don't think this is unique to Monty Python; at this point, we've also seen it with the Simpsons, Family Guy, etc. I think it's a kind of geek signalling. "This is akin to a common ironic concept of a teenager who wants to rebel against conformity by doing all the things his friends are also doing." ]: #

**Z**

Is being a Monty Python fan being an Anglophile (or vice versa)?

### The Verdict

**T is out.** Understands the significance... but meh.

**G is in.** Super in. Grew up loving it. Might be nostalgia.

**Z is in.** Will still watch occasioo

### This week's spotlight

**[Silly Walks - The International March](https://www.facebook.com/SillyWalkBrno/)**

> We started doing silly walk marches in Brno, Czech Republic in 2012. After few years Monty Python's officials contacted us to spread the march worldwide!

> ...

> We want YOU to organize the march in your city! Send a message and tell us why you are the one who can handle all the stuff needed to make the Silly Walk happen in your city on 7th January every year!

>

> — [Silly Walks - The International March](https://www.facebook.com/pg/SillyWalkBrno/about)

[// Plugs go here ]: #

[// Race Against time 3.5 - Rage Against the Time ]: #

### Famous Last Words

This week's famous last words around *next week's* fandom, Wonder Woman!

**Z**

As we found in the Barbie episode... is there a Wonder Woman fan who strives to look like Wonder Woman (to the extreme)?

**T**

Is Wonder Woman more popular with men, or women?

At what point did she lose her bizarre weaknesses (and was that influenced by the times)?

[// Was going to ask why Wonder Woman isn't more popular... but a quick search reveals she's the 3rd most popular DC comic hero and #5 on a list of all comic heroes (including non-DC or Marvel) ]: #

**G**

Are there fans out there who see Wonder Woman as an American patriotic symbol? If so, how does that work?

## Where can you find us online?

We are everywhere! Most notably though, we like to hang out in a few places on social media:

- If you want to help us to create more amazing fannish content, become a patron on [Patreon](http://patreon.com/thenickscast); even as little as a dollar a month pledge really helps us out!

- If you want to be part of our podcast (or just want to check us out), we record our podcast LIVE on [twitch.tv](http://twitch.tv/thenickscast) every Monday at 20:00 Eastern Time!

- For all the latest updates, check us out on [Facebook](https://facebook.com/thenickscast) or [Twitter](https://twitter.com/thenickscast)

- To see the latest hijinx from our conventions or even our daily lives and adventures, check us out on [Instagram](https://instagram.com/thenickscast)

- For our latest convention updates, *Let's Plays*, and other in-real-life video, [check out our YouTube channel](http://youtube.com/thenickscast)

- We're also on [iTunes](https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/fanthropological/id1163621210), and [Google Play](https://play.google.com/music/m/Icmngxz7yhaoivdvivvf6q6c2pu?t=Fanthropological), and would love it if you could leave a review and rating!

- if you want to reach us, and for some reason none of those work for you, try [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

- You can check out [our website](http://thenickscast.com); that will mostly bring you back to this stuff.

- Everything is `thenickscast`, so if you can't find us, go on your social network and search for that!

## What is "Fanthropological"?

How did you read this far without asking this question?!

Fanthropological is an anthropological (ish) podcast where we bring the fan's-eye view to you! Each week, we take a look at a different fandom, dig up interesting background, trivia, and history, and try to get to why it is that people are a fan. We also try to highlight good causes related to that fandom, and find interesting things that fans have created to share those to the world. Each episode is about an hour. Ish.

## Who is "The Nickscast"?

*We* are the Nickscast! Three products of late-80s / early-90s pop culture who love exploring fandom and everything geek ... who also happen to have been best buddies since high school, and all happen to be named Nick. Yes, we are super creative (dare we say, the _most_ creative).

*Ahem*

We are Nick Green, Nick Terwoord, and Nick Zacharewicz: We started the Nickscast as a labour of love, and as a place to entertain and to discuss our love of fans and fandom, and all that is shiny and interesting in that realm. It's what lead us to start our first podcast, our satellite podcasts, Fanthropological, and so much more.

We want to help others learn more about different fandoms, and to create empathy with other fans: We dream of a world where other fans aren't "those Weird-o's", but just folks with different tastes. A world where fandom is full of discourse and analysis, and there are plenty of tools and resources to help. Fans building communities to do good in the world. *Because everyone's a fan.*

## Credits

### Sources

- [Google Trends - Monty Python](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F04sd0)

- [Wikipedia - Monty Python](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python)\

- [Archive Of Our Own - Monty Python RPF](http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Monty%20Python%20and%20the%20Holy%20Grail%20(1975)/works)

- [r/montypython - Home](https://www.reddit.com/r/montypython/)

- [IMDB - Monty Python and the Holy Grail](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071853/)

- [ExplainXKCD - 16: Monty Python -- Enough](https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/16:_Monty_Python_--_Enough)

- [Independent - Resistance is futile. ‘Monty Python’ is part of a 60s cultural hegemony that grips us to this day](http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/resistance-is-futile-monty-python-is-part-of-a-60s-cultural-hegemony-that-grips-us-to-this-day-8957838.html)

- [The Guardian - Monty Python reinvented British comedy - despite the odd 'crap' sketch](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/10/monty-python-reinvented-british-comedy-michael-palin-crap)

- [BBC News | Talking Point - Monty Python - Still Funny?](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/463127.stm)

- [Debate.org - Is Monty Python Influential?](http://www.debate.org/opinions/is-monty-python-influential)

- [Fanlore - Monty Python](https://fanlore.org/wiki/Monty_Python)

- [Fanlore - The Complate Monty Python](https://fanlore.org/wiki/The_Complate_Monty_Python)

- [howardjohnsonblog - About Kim “Howard” Jonson](https://kimhowardjohnson.com/about-kim-howard-johnson/)

- [Know Your Meme - Monty Python](knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/monty-python)

- [Monty Python Official Site - FanWall](http://www.montypython.com/fanwall)

- [New York Times - Eric Idle Leads Monty Python to the Web](http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/fashion/07python.html)

- [Quora - How Do You Feel about Monty Python’s 'Life of Brian' Today, 38 Years After its Initial (Controversial) Release?](https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-feel-about-Monty-Python%E2%80%99s-Life-of-Brian-today-38-years-after-its-initial-controversial-release)

- [Quora - Is There an Under-Appreciation for Witty Comedies Today, Compared to the likes of Mel Brooks & Monty Python for Example?](https://www.quora.com/Is-there-an-under-appreciation-for-witty-comedies-today-compared-to-the-likes-of-Mel-Brooks-Monty-Python-for-example)

- [Quora - What Is Your Review of Monty Python?](https://www.quora.com/What-is-your-review-of-Monty-Python)

- [Quora - What Was the Point Behind the Alien Scene in “Life of Brian”?](https://www.quora.com/What-was-the-point-behind-the-alien-scene-in-Life-of-Brian)

- [Quora - Who Is Your Favorite Member of Monty Python?](https://www.quora.com/Who-is-your-favorite-member-of-Monty-Python)

- [The Awl - The Before and After of “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”](https://www.theawl.com/2013/03/the-before-and-after-of-monty-pythons-flying-circus/)

- [The Daily Beast - Why You’re Wrong About Monty Python](https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-youre-wrong-about-monty-python)

- [Wikipedia - Kim “Howard” Johnson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_%22Howard%22_Johnson)

- [Wikipedia - Starlog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlog)

- [YouTube - Elvis was a Python-Fan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ--9TAY5KA)

- [Youtube - Monty Python fan! Ep: 6 "Stories from The Anglo-Files", Meet Joan in Burberry!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWG8xDlvI2I)

### Music / Sound

- Outro music for this episode, [The Liberty Bell March](https://woodstock.bandcamp.com/track/the-liberty-bell-march) performed by Woodstock Present

- All other music and sound for this week's episode were provided by Nick Green!

### Artwork

- ["Glasses"](https://thenounproject.com/term/glasses/132894) by [Anton Anuchin](https://thenounproject.com/antonwebium) used under [CC BY 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/)

- Dead Parrot is a derivative of [“Parrot”](https://thenounproject.com/term/parrot/1046586) by [Iconic](https://thenounproject.com/iconproducer) used under [CC BY 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/)

[// Pregenerate link to episode ahead of time: - clicktotweet.com- sharelinkgenerator.com]: #

This week, are we getting Rick-ity wrecked in order to learn about Rick and Morty fandom? Not exactly, but I guess that's the waaaaaaaay the news goes. We ARE chatting with Tyler Marchant (host of the [Cynical Cartoons Podcast](http://www.futurehorsepod.com/)) to learn more about the fandom and the appeal of Rick and Morty!

Next week, we'll be visiting the Ministry of Silly Walks to learn more about fans of Monty Python!

## Where can I learn more about Tyler Marchant?

The best way to learn more about Tyler are to check out his podcasts, [Cynical Cartoons](http://www.futurehorsepod.com/category/cynical-cartoons/) or [Tynami](http://www.futurehorsepod.com/category/tynami/). You can also [support him on Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/Futurehorse)!

## Episode outline

### Fandom Facts

**History and Origins:**

> Rick and Morty is an American adult animated science-fiction sitcom created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon for Cartoon Network's late-night programming block Adult Swim. The series follows the misadventures of cynical mad scientist Rick Sanchez and his fretful, easily influenced grandson Morty Smith, who split their time between domestic life and interdimensional adventures. The series premiered on December 2, 2013, and the third season concluded on October 1, 2017. A fourth season has been mentioned, first by Harmon in a September 2017 interview, and later in the post-credits scene of the third season's finale.

>

> — [Wikipedia - Rick and Morty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_and_Morty)

**Search Data:**

[Interest in Rick and Morty is definitely on the rise](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=%2Fm%2F0z6p24j), overall (though is in a recent period of decline). It has had some huge spikes in interest, namely at the beginning of October 2015 (airing of season two premiere) and much more dramatically April 1, 2017 (Secret season three premiere) and during July to October 2017 (the remainder of season three).

The top 10 countries, by search volume, are: Canada, Australia, United States, New Zealand, Ireland, Russia, Belarus, United Kingdom, Norway, and Israel.

**Size of Fandom:**

Based on the data...

- There are over 700 000 subscribers to [r/rickandmorty](https://www.reddit.com/r/rickandmorty/) (the 75th most active subreddit, according to [this YouGov article](https://today.yougov.com/news/2017/10/23/dont-underestimate-rick-and-morty-fans/))

- It has [almost 200 000 ratings on IMDB](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2861424/ratings?ref_=tt_ov_rt) (and a score of 9.3 / 10)

Based on the scant data available, we would estimate the number of fans to be in the **low millions**.

**Fan Demographics:**

According to a [data provided by YouGov](https://today.yougov.com/news/2017/10/23/dont-underestimate-rick-and-morty-fans/):

> - 70% of fans are men

> - 44% are ages 25-34

> - 36% make less than $30 000 annually

> - 87% use the internet as their primary source of information

> - 71% think that ads are a waste of time

> - 68% consider themselves to be introverts

> - 61% don't feel there's a sense of community where they live

>

> — [YouGov - Don't underestimate Rick and Morty fans](https://today.yougov.com/news/2017/10/23/dont-underestimate-rick-and-morty-fans/)

[// Older male millenials ]: #

**Fast Facts:**

- Archive Of Our Own has over [2500 Rick and Morty fan works](https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Rick%20and%20Morty/works)

- ...Over 800 are rated as 'Explicit'

- ...Over 1300 are categroized as M/M, over 500 as F/M, and almost 500 as Gen

- ...The largest non-Rick and Morty fandom crossover: Gravity Falls (almost 400)

### [Last Episode's](http://fanthropological.com/e/overwatch-team-fortress-2-but-with-more-diversity-fight-me/) Famous Last Words

**Z**

Does the Sci-fi help Rick and Morty transcend English?

**G**

What makes people think that they're watching a 'smart' show? How does that influence how they feel about watching Rick and Morty?

**T**

Why did they greenlight the show based on the short, Doc and Mharti?

[// In 2006, Roiland was fired from working on a television series he regarded as intensely creatively stifling, and funneled his creative energies into creating a webisode for Channel 101. The result was The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Mharti, an animated short starring parodies of Doc Brown and Marty McFly, characters from the Back to the Future film trilogy. In the short, which Harmon would dub "a bastardization, a pornographic vandalization", Doc Smith urges Mharti that the solution to all of his problems is to give him oral sex. The audience reacted to it wildly, and Roiland began creating more shorts involving the characters, which soon evolved beyond his original intentions and their obvious origin within the film from which it was culled ]: #

[// Harmon was briefly fired from Community. Adult Swim, searching for a more prime-time, "hit" show,[6] approached Harmon shortly afterward, who initially viewed the channel as unfit for his style. He also was unfamiliar with animation, and his process for creating television focuses more heavily on dialogue, characters, and story.[5] Instead, he phoned Roiland to inquire if he had any ideas for an animated series. Roiland immediately brought up the idea of using the Doc and Mharti characters, renamed Rick and Morty. ]: #

### The Verdict

**G is in.** Has enjoyed all the episodes...

**T is out.** Has a hard time associating with fans. Something to watch, like _American Dad_ or _Family Guy_.

**Z is out.** Competed for attention and lost.

**Tyler is in.** Came in guns blazing to take the show down... but wants to support it. Owes a lot to the show.

### This week's spotlight

**[Take This](http://www.takethis.org/)**

_Take this_ is a registered non-profit in the United States that was started in 2013 by veteran journalists Russ Pitts and Susan Arendt and clinical psychologist Dr. Mark Kline, Psy.D. in response to the tragic suicide of a colleague of theirs. The organization is known for running "AFK Rooms" at different conventions and in general hopes to help fans who are dealing with mental health issues (among other things).

**[The 2018 Fandom Survey](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScsdtskIFcb-m6BuZ8HwjsTDBApouWOdOO1HVVbAuY-cQBuhA/viewform)**

We want to learn more about fans, regardless of fandom. Please help us, help you learn more about fans by completing the 2018 Fandom Survey! Results will be compiled towards the end of the year.

[// Plugs go here ]: #

### Famous Last Words

This week's famous last words around *next week's* fandom, Monty Python!

**G**

Why does reciting a thing that you're watching it make it better??

**Tyler**

How important is it to a fan to have grown up watching it?

**T**

Why do so many groups ape Monty Python given a lot of their appeal is their absurdity and unpredictability?

**Z**

Is being a Monty Python fan being an Anglophile (or vice versa)?

## Where can you find us online?

We are everywhere! Most notably though, we like to hang out in a few places on social media:

- If you want to help us to create more amazing fannish content, become a patron on [Patreon](http://patreon.com/thenickscast); even as little as a dollar a month pledge really helps us out!

- If you want to be part of our podcast (or just want to check us out), we record our podcast LIVE on [twitch.tv](http://twitch.tv/thenickscast) every Monday at 20:00 Eastern Time!

- For all the latest updates, check us out on [Facebook](https://facebook.com/thenickscast) or [Twitter](https://twitter.com/thenickscast)

- To see the latest hijinx from our conventions or even our daily lives and adventures, check us out on [Instagram](https://instagram.com/thenickscast)

- For our latest convention updates, *Let's Plays*, and other in-real-life video, [check out our YouTube channel](http://youtube.com/thenickscast)

- We're also on [iTunes](https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/fanthropological/id1163621210), and [Google Play](https://play.google.com/music/m/Icmngxz7yhaoivdvivvf6q6c2pu?t=Fanthropological), and would love it if you could leave a review and rating!

- if you want to reach us, and for some reason none of those work for you, try [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

- You can check out [our website](http://thenickscast.com); that will mostly bring you back to this stuff.

- Everything is `thenickscast`, so if you can't find us, go on your social network and search for that!

## What is "Fanthropological"?

How did you read this far without asking this question?!

Fanthropological is an anthropological (ish) podcast where we bring the fan's-eye view to you! Each week, we take a look at a different fandom, dig up interesting background, trivia, and history, and try to get to why it is that people are a fan. We also try to highlight good causes related to that fandom, and find interesting things that fans have created to share those to the world. Each episode is about an hour. Ish.

## Who is "The Nickscast"?

*We* are the Nickscast! Three products of late-80s / early-90s pop culture who love exploring fandom and everything geek ... who also happen to have been best buddies since high school, and all happen to be named Nick. Yes, we are super creative (dare we say, the _most_ creative).

*Ahem*

We are Nick Green, Nick Terwoord, and Nick Zacharewicz: We started the Nickscast as a labour of love, and as a place to entertain and to discuss our love of fans and fandom, and all that is shiny and interesting in that realm. It's what lead us to start our first podcast, our satellite podcasts, Fanthropological, and so much more.

We want to help others learn more about different fandoms, and to create empathy with other fans: We dream of a world where other fans aren't "those Weird-o's", but just folks with different tastes. A world where fandom is full of discourse and analysis, and there are plenty of tools and resources to help. Fans building communities to do good in the world. *Because everyone's a fan.*

## Credits

### Sources

- [Archive Of Our Own - Rick and Morty works](https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Rick%20and%20Morty/works)

- [Google Trends - Rick and Morty](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=%2Fm%2F0z6p24j)

- [r/rickandmorty - Home](https://www.reddit.com/r/rickandmorty/)

- [YouGov - Don't underestimate Rick and Morty fans](https://today.yougov.com/news/2017/10/23/dont-underestimate-rick-and-morty-fans/)

- [Wikipedia - Rick and Morty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_and_Morty)

- [AVClub - Rick And Morty’s worst fans don’t deserve Rick And Morty](https://www.avclub.com/rick-and-morty-s-worst-fans-don-t-deserve-rick-and-mort-1818667256)

- [AVClub - Rick And Morty fans are going to war with each other over this Szechuan sauce thing](https://www.avclub.com/rick-and-morty-fans-are-going-to-war-with-each-other-ov-1819283376)

- [Know your meme - To Be Fair, You Have To Have a Very High IQ to Understand Rick and Morty](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/to-be-fair-you-have-to-have-a-very-high-iq-to-understand-rick-and-morty)

- [Lifehacker - Horrible Rick & Morty Fans Demonstrate How Not to Be a Fan](https://lifehacker.com/horrible-rick-morty-fans-demonstrate-how-not-to-be-a-1818972295)

- [Al Araby - Serial Rick Wemorti: Why Not Have a Laugh?](https://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?dl=en&mkt=en-CA&ref=SERP&refd=www.bing.com&r=true&a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alaraby.co.uk%2Fjeel%2Fculture%2F2017%2F10%2F10%2F%25D9%2585%25D8%25B3%25D9%2584%25D8%25B3%25D9%2584-%25D8%25B1%25D9%258A%25D9%2583-%25D9%2588%25D9%2585%25D9%2588%25D8%25B1%25D8%25AA%25D9%258A-%25D9%2585%25D8%25A7%25D8%25B0%25D8%25A7-%25D9%2586%25D9%2585%25D9%2584%25D9%2583-%25D8%25BA%25D9%258A%25D8%25B1-%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D8%25B6%25D8%25AD%25D9%2583)

- [El Mundo - The 10 + 1 Reasons Why “Rick & Morty” is the Best (Animation) Series of the Moment](https://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.elmundo.es/f5/mira/2017/07/30/597b5e7b468aeb6b788b45f2.html&prev=search)

- [IGN (Spain) - Why We Like “Rick and Morty”](https://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://es.ign.com/movies/72744/blog/por-que-nos-gusta-rick-and-morty&prev=search)

- [Know Your Meme - Rick and Morty Fans](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/rick-and-morty-fans)

- [Les Inrockuptibles - “Rick and Morty” The Most Sad and Poetic Comic Animated Series of the Moment](https://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=https://www.lesinrocks.com/2015/08/26/series/rick-and-morty-la-serie-animee-comique-la-plus-triste-et-poetique-du-moment-11769384/&prev=search)

- [Quora - What Is so Addicting[sic] about “Rick and Morty”? Why?](https://www.quora.com/What-is-so-addicting-about-Rick-and-Morty-Why)

- [r/RickAndMorty - Home](https://www.reddit.com/r/rickandmorty/)

- [Silenzine - How Much Do You Know about Rick and Morty? [Quiz]](https://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=https://www.silenzine.com/cuanto-sabes-rick-y-morty/&prev=search)

- [Topito - Top 15 Reasons to Watch “Rick and Morty,” The Best Animated Cartoon of Life](https://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.topito.com/top-raison-rick-et-morty-serie-peferction&prev=search)

- [Vice - Is “Rick and Morty” as Smart as Its Fans Think It Is?](https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/59dba8/is-rick-and-morty-as-smart-as-its-fans-think-it-is)

- [Vice - The Story Behind that “Rick and Morty” House](https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8x8ajp/the-story-behind-that-rick-and-morty-house)

- [Vice - Why Broke Millennials Love “Rick and Morty”](https://www.vice.com/en_id/article/bj8zyd/why-broke-millennials-love-rick-and-morty)

- [Wikipedia - Rick and Morty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_and_Morty)

- [YouTube - Werner Herzog Explains Human Culture](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw1cdRew-Zg)

- [Zhihu - I Want to Go Crazy with You -- “Rick and Mortimer” Commentary](https://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&u=https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/22005937&prev=search)

### Music / Sound

- ["Rick and Morty Remix"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhdXgSUrCCI) by Leslie Wai

- All other music and sound for this week's episode were provided by Nick Green!

### Artwork

- ["Glasses"](https://thenounproject.com/term/glasses/132894) by [Anton Anuchin](https://thenounproject.com/antonwebium) used under [CC BY 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/)

- [“Vortex”](https://thenounproject.com/icon/22970/) by [Eliricon](https://thenounproject.com/mordarius) used under [CC BY 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/)

- [“Drunk”](https://thenounproject.com/term/drunk/17063/) by [Matt Brooks](https://thenounproject.com/Mattebrooks) used under [CC BY 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/)