It’s time to slide down the fire-pole and eat some M&Ms pizza with the Smearframers as they look back fondly on the perennial childhood favorite, The Princess Diaries. Much fawning over Anne Hathaway, Chris Pine and other crushes ensues. They also discuss Julie Andrews's sublime performance, the pros and cons of the sequel, the trope of the invisible girl, the wonderfully dated soundtrack and who the ultimate OTP of the franchise is.

October may be over, but things are still plenty spooky for Ryan and Caitlin, as they are not only Brigid-less for the first time but are forced to confront the wildly fluctuating quality of this cherished DCOM franchise. Hop along in Benny’s cab to track the Cromwell family's progress across each installment, even if some seem to get lost along the way.

British WWI captain Ryan, pretty princess Caitlin and her Victorian schoolgirl best friend Brigid are back to talk about 1995's A Little Princess, also known as the first time that Alfonso Cuaron was able to make a surrealist arthouse film family-friendly. Their main talking points this week include the film's beautiful color palette, the slightly iffy racial politics, the Savage Miss Sarah Crew and just how many times they cried.

The Smearframers start the show off on a high note with the first entry of their four-part Princess series. A beloved masterpiece made by a director who specializes in masterpieces, the intrepid co-hosts (meaning mostly Caitlin) go in depth on its environmental messages, its heavy Kurosawa influences and the incredible cast of characters that includes the underrated Ghibli MVP who doesn’t deserve any of this, Ashitaka...’s amazing steed, Yakul.