No Story Is Sacred

In this episode we once again play a game of our own devising called “Wheel of Tropes.” We use random TV Tropes, entries from Diana Wynne Jones‘s The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, and parts of Judy Blume’s Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret to create a new story. 

Content warnings for strong language, discussions of child endangerment, and a shocking lack of cursing on Kat’s part.

We reference or spoil: Knives Out, kpop stans fighting fascism, Savage Garden‘s “To the Moon & Back“, LMFAO‘s “Sexy and I Know It“, Blue Swede‘s “Hooked on a Feeling“, Hamilton: An American Musical, TV Tropes’s “Fancruft“, Zybourne Clock, No Story Is Sacred ep 69: “Jupiter Ascending“, No Story is Sacred ep 9: “My Best Frenemy“, TV Tropes’s “Academic Alpha Bitch“, TV Tropes’s “Mistaken Declaration of Love“, Tamora Pierce‘s Circle of Magic series, TV Tropes’s “The Fool“, Scooby Doo, Steven Universe, Shakespeare‘s Twelfth Night and King Lear, The Cabin in the Woods, Portal, The Eric Andre Show, The Untitled Goose Game, Jupiter Ascending, Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald‘s Bad Blood, Dinosaur Comics “Feelings are boring, kissing is awesome“, improv group “Select Start“

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In this episode we discuss the 2015 film Jupiter Ascending. You can watch it online on YouTube, Amazon, or Netflix. 

Content warnings for strong language, specific sexual fetishes, incest discussion, space capitalism, references to (space) police, reference to Terry “oh white men have it so hard cry for me” Gilliam, and bees

We reference or spoil: SNL Stefon sketches, NYT article about omegaverse, Archive of Our Own, Greek/Roman mythology, Cavendish banana plague, Fuck Marry Kill on tumblr, Old Yeller, They’re All Good Dogs Brent, Homeward Bound, A Dog’s Journey, The Princess Bride, Inuyasha, Brazil (film), Psycho, praise kink, alpha/beta/omega, Emperor’s New Clothes, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Twelve Dancing Princesses, Bluebeard, Thousand Furs, Agent Carter, The Wicker Man, Dune, “I Got Rhythm” by George Gershwin, Singin’ in the Rain, Katherine Crighton‘s “They’re Made Out of Corn“, Terry Bisson‘s “They’re Made Out of Meat“

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In this episode we discuss the Dungeons and Dragons adventure module The Curse of Strahd. You can purchase the module from your local bookstore, your local game store, or Roll 20. 

Content warnings for strong language, discussions of racism, blood, kidnapping, cannibalism, consent issues, death, gothic horror, and debating how specific rules should have worked.

We reference or spoil: Dungeons & Dragons in general, The Curse of Strahd/Ravenloft, The Game Grumps, Chris Perkins, Waterdeep: Dragon Heist, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Buffy the Vampire Slayer “Buffy vs. Dracula”, The Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount, Critical Role, Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus, Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage, Harry Potter, High Rollers, Dimension 20, Slayers, The X-Files, and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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We heard that a new Twilight novel, Midnight Sun, is coming out. With that being the case, here’s our opinion on Twilight, the movie.You can buy a copy of the book on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or a bookseller of your choice. You can rent the movie online from Amazon, iTunes, or YouTube. 

Content warnings for strong language, discussion of violence, and references to stalking, gaslighting, and abusive behavior.

We also reference or spoil the rest of the Twilight series, the book Dracula, the novella Carmilla, the movie Back to the Future, the television show Arrested Development, and both the ballad and fantasy novel “Tam Lin”.

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In this episode we discuss the 1995 film Mortal Kombat. You can watch it online on YouTube, Amazon. or Netflix. 

Content warnings for strong language, discussions of racism, loud obnoxious noises, vague references to self-isolation, unending martial arts violence, and the general existence of Mortal Kombat II.

We reference or spoil: Planet Builders series by Robyn Tallis, Circle of Magic series by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald, Mortal Kombat: The Movie: The Novelization, Mortal Kombat for Sega Genesis, Lion King video game, Mary Shelley‘s Frankenstein video game, Mortal Kombat movie soundtrack, Teen Wolf (TV series), Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Law of Henson, Highlander, Animal Crossing, Marvel’s Luke Cage, Mortal Kombat vs. DC, Marvel Contest of Champions, Leather Goddesses of Phobos, Mike Birbiglia‘s Sleepwalk with Me, No Story is Sacred’s episode on Snowpiercer, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, The Martian, Terry Rossio‘s “The Task“, St. Sebastian, The X-Files, Supernatural, Super Smash Bros., Super Mario Brothers, Metroid, Fire Emblem, Soulcaliber, Wonder Woman, Marvel vs. Capcom, Shazam!, Deadpool, Ranma 1/2, Ghostbusters, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Die Hard, The Witcher, Tom Swift: Monster Machine, Tom Swift: Aquatech Warriors, Spider-Man: Global War, Spider-Man: Midnight Justice, Requiem for Boone, and The Loch Ness Monster (Unsolved Mysteries)

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It’s a fifth Wednesday minisode! In this shorter episode Pippin and Brendan talk about Animal Crossing: New Horizons! Mostly because they’re the only one’s who’ve played it. New Horizons is available on the Nintendo Switch.

Content warnings for strong language, references to home ownership, discussion of spiders.

We reference or spoil: Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Gravity Falls, Hot Fuzz, Griffin McElroy’s Animal Crossing live streams, Nickelodeon GUTS, Glee, The Lord of the Rings, Elijah Wood visiting a fan’s island, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Mortal Kombat.

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In this episode we discuss the 2012 film The Cabin in the Woods. You can watch it online on YouTube, Amazon or Hulu. 

Content warnings for strong language, gore, violence, misogyny, college age kids dying by the droves, sexual content, depictions of rural Americans as creepy, discrete mathematics, and the siblings being jerks to Pippin about her legitimate and understandable dislike of horror.

We reference or spoil: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Mummy, “Tom Sevigny is a thief“, Transformers, Shakespeare plays, Get Out, The West Wing, Apollo 13, Ghostbusters, Scooby Doo, Hellraiser, The Nutcracker, The Good Place, Alien cinematic universe, Tiger King, Ready or Not, The Purge, Scream cinematic universe, SNL Oscar song “White Male Rage“, The Joker, The Witcher, Supernatural, The X-Files, Last Action Hero, Tucker & Dale vs Evil, The Truman Show, A Christmas Prince cinematic universe, The Bachelor, Love Is Blind, and The Phantom of the Opera.

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In this episode we discuss the 1998 film The Mask of Zorro. You can watch it online on YouTube, Amazon or Netflix.

Content warnings for strong language, discussions of violence, and references to child slavery.

We reference or spoil: Patrick Explains The Mask of Zorro (And Why It’s Great), Zorro universe, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Batman universe, Robin Hood universe, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse, Star Wars universe, Santy Anna sea shanty, Schitt’s Creek, Wordplayer website, Desperado, 1933 King Kong, Dunkirk, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Jumanji, Dora and the Lost City of Gold, Jungle Cruise movie, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Hunger Games, Amadeus, The Core, The Count of Monte Cristo, Rapunzel fairy tale, Harry Potter book series, and The Mummy

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In this episode we play an artificial intelligence driven text adventure. You can find it at https://play.aidungeon.io/

Content warnings for strong language, violence, mass casualty incidents, character death, Brendan going blue to a delightful degree, and inappropriate Bugs Bunny jokes.

While we reference slightly the current state of world affairs, it is not mentioned outright and is not dwelled on for any length of time.

We reference or spoil: Dungeons & Dragons, The Witcher, Space Jam, Mystery Science Theatre 3000, Pride & Prejudice, “they’re good dogs, brent“, The Road to El Dorado, “one bed” trope, “they were roommates” trope, Seth Meyer‘s “This Is the Kind of Story We Need Right Now” sketches, Flight of the Conchords‘s “Business Time“, The Princess Bride, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, John Mulaney‘s “New in Town“, Family Matters, Ambrose Bierce‘s “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge“, Fight Club, the Archive of Our Own transformative-fiction archive, Carmen Sandiego, and Hamilton

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In this episode we discuss the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. You can watch it online on YouTube, Amazon or Netflix.

Content warnings for strong language, discussion of dead bodies, discussion of “daddy” and infantalism kinks, references to colonialism, and too much information about antique cars no one cares about except Kat.

We reference or spoil: Ford v. Ferrari, The Court Jester, Ian Fleming‘s James Bond series, Mary Poppins, The Benny Hill Show, Petrushka, The Nutcracker, Star Trek, Of Muppets and Men, Flight of the Conchords’ “Jenny“, Spy Kids series, Fast and the Furious series, David Bowie‘s “Space Oddity“, Gottfried August Bürger‘s “Lenore” (“die Todten Reiten schnell“), Iron Man, Marvel Cinematic Universe, That Mitchell and Webb Look‘s sketch “Now We Know“, folk ballad “Reynardine“, Saturday Night Live sketch “Grouch.”

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