The Animated Arcade

By John and Aaron

Laugh along with John and Aaron as they watch, review, riff, and share trivia about video game cartoons!

(Formerly "The Excuse Me, Princess! Super Show!")... more

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How many episodes does The Animated Arcade have?

The podcast currently has 50 episodes available.

The Animated Arcade episodes:

January 19, 2024 10. Who Wrote This?
Welcome to The Animated Arcade!
John and Aaron are reviewing and riffing on 1989's "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!/The Legend Of Zelda" animated series! They also share trivia about the guest stars, writers, and the cartoon's original, unaltered soundtrack!
The Mario Bros. try to learn magic tricks from Magic Johnson, himself (who's totally on set, we promise) in "Magic's Magic"!
As Link fakes a cold to avoid Spring Cleaning, Ganon secretly supercharges Spryte's magic, planning a little "cleaning out" of his own in "Cold Spells"!
(00:00) - Intro
(02:41) - "Magic's Magic"
(13:30) - "Cold Spells"
(30:30) - Outro (Ratings, Predictions)
(35:47) - Aaron, The Travel Plan Man
Hero's Theme (Cover) - https://youtu.be/QK1HEuXyay8?si=-DsZ1YIZrHfkipO7
Ganon's Theme Cover - https://youtu.be/ZDMtmXibdEc?si=zDLsRib0_w5Dt5M0
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39min
January 05, 2024 9. Mario's Red Hot Chili Pepper Detector
Welcome to The Animated Arcade!

John and Aaron are reviewing and riffing on 1989's "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!/The Legend Of Zelda" animated series! They also share trivia about the guest stars, writers, and the cartoon's original, unaltered soundtrack!

It's The Return Of The King when the ghost of Elvis (Fred Travalena) helps Mario and Luigi prepare for an Elvis Look-A-Like contest in "Will The Real Elvis Please Shut Up!"!
Meanwhile, in "Love 'Em and Leave 'Em," pilfered peppers land the Mario Crew in the dungeon of Queen Rotunda! An accident with a love potion leaves Mario with two choices: join the manic Monarch at the chapel or join his friends on the chopping block!
(00:00) - Intro
(02:10) - "Will The Real Elvis Please Shut Up?"
(16:39) - "Love 'Em and Leave 'Em"
(35:29) - Outro (Ratings, Predictions)
(42:37) - Aaron, The Travel Plan Man
Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠
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44min
December 22, 2023 8. I've Got A "Bat-Man" In My Basement
Welcome to The Animated Arcade!

John and Aaron are reviewing and riffing on 1989's "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!/The Legend Of Zelda" animated series! They also share trivia about the guest stars, writers, and the cartoon's original, unaltered soundtrack!

The Mario Bros. learn that having a vampire for an exchange student kinda sucks while housing Count Dracula (Jim Ward) in "Bats In The Basement".
Meanwhile, after trading the Princess's cow for magic garbanzo beans, the Mario crew wake up to a giant vine leading to a giant King Koopa in "Mario And The Beanstalk"!

(00:00) - Intro
(02:02) - "Bats In The Basement"
(11:58) - "Mario And The Beanstalk"
(29:25) - Outro (ratings, predictions)
(33:06) - Aaron, The Travel Plan Man

Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠

Follow The Show:
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35min
December 08, 2023 7. The Funny Stuff, Quote-Unquote
Welcome to The Animated Arcade!

John and Aaron are reviewing and riffing on 1989's "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!/The Legend Of Zelda" animated series! They also share trivia about the guest stars, writers, and the cartoon's original, unaltered soundtrack!

After a plumbing accident leaves Mario convinced that he's a chicken, Luigi enlists the aid of Dr. Sigmund Fruitcake (Larry Gelman) to curb his cracked brothers clucking in "Bonkers From Yonkers".
Meanwhile, when a charity spaghetti dinner (in a coliseum) turns out to be a trap set by Ceaser Augustus Septermberus Octoberus Koopa, the Mario crew gotta do as the Romans do in "The Great Gladiator Gig"!

(00:00) - Intro
(01:41) - "Bonkers From Yonkers"
(11:52) - "The Great Gladiator Gig"
(25:34) - Outro (Ratings, Predictions)
(33:28) - Aaron, The Travel Plan Man

Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠

Follow The Show:
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35min
November 24, 2023 6. The Regular Everyday Ordinary Guy Bros.
Welcome to The Animated Arcade!

John and Aaron are reviewing and riffing on 1989's "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!/The Legend Of Zelda" animated series! They also share trivia about the guest stars, writers, and the cartoon's original, unaltered soundtrack!

Things get frankly frightening when Dr. Frank N. Stein (from Transylvania) brings a monstrous surprise to the Mario Bros. Plumbing shop! Meanwhile, the Mario Bros. have to help Mark Twang win a race with "Captain" Koopa to stop the reptilian Royal from being crowned "King Of The River"! Also, to save the Princess.

(00:00) - Intro
(03:20) - "The Mario Monster Mash"
(13:00) - "Rolling Down The River"
(33:20) - Outro (Ratings, Predictions)

Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠

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38min
November 16, 2023 5. A Slightly Magical Timeout
Welcome to The Animated Arcade!
John and Aaron are reviewing and riffing on 1989's "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!/The Legend Of Zelda" animated series! They also share trivia about the guest stars, writers, and the cartoon's original, unaltered soundtrack!
Zelda Episode 1!
Who You Gonna Call when Luigi is haunted by ghoulish green bubble wrap? Guest star Ernie Hudson appears to save the possessed plumber in "Slimebusters"!
Meanwhile, we journey to Hyrule to meet a talkative Hero, a tenacious Princess, and a teleporting, teleporting, teleporting Bad Guy in the long-awaited first episode of The Legend Of Zelda, "The Ringer"!
(00:00) - Intro
(02:10) - "Slimebusters"
(08:00) - History with Zelda
(13:33) - "The Ringer"
(38:12) - Outro (Ratings, Predictions)
(42:46) - Aaron, The Travel Plan Man
Hero's Theme (Cover) - https://youtu.be/QK1HEuXyay8?si=-DsZ1YIZrHfkipO7
Ganon's Theme Cover - https://youtu.be/ZDMtmXibdEc?si=zDLsRib0_w5Dt5M0
Zelda Cartoon Censored - https://youtu.be/2HrJpGJJCzM?si=UX3eanRGGbEA1oVP
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47min
October 27, 2023 4. Half-Eaten Carpets
Welcome to The Animated Arcade!
John and Aaron are reviewing and riffing on 1989's "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!/The Legend Of Zelda" animated series! They also share trivia about the guest stars, writers, and the cartoon's original, unaltered soundtrack!

Guest star Lyle Alzado must contend with the Mario Bros.' man-hungry (and oddly familiar) cousins in "Marianne and Luigeena", while a (fortunately pale) Sultan sells Princess Toadstool to King Koopa as the Mario crew search for Aladdin's magic lamp in "Mario's Magic Carpet"!
John and Aaron are really looking forward to Zelda next time.

(00:00) - Intro (Retroactive ratings)
(05:40) - "Marianne and Luigeena"
(14:35) - "Mario's Magic Carpet"
(29:05) - Outro (Ratings, Predictions)
(33:28) - Not An Ad For "Aaron, The Travel Plan Man"

Cover Song Compilation > ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠
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35min
October 13, 2023 3. Only The French Have Facial Hair (Pilot Pt. 3)
Mario and guest star Sgt. Slaughter both get hot under the collar in "All Steamed Up", and the cunning Kid Koopa forces the Mario Bros. into a well of Wild West worries in "Butch Mario and The Luigi Kid"!
John and Aaron are perplexed by a Sheriff with the wrong funny accent!
(Part Three of Three-Part Pilot)

(00:00) - Intro
(01:44) - "All Steamed Up"
(05:27) - "Butch Mario and The Luigi Kid"
(14:34) - Outro (Ratings, Predictions)
(17:50) - Aaron The Travel Plan Man

Cover Song Compilation > ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠

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19min
October 11, 2023 2. Spear'd By Flying Jeff Bezos (Pilot Pt. 2)
John and Aaron can only watch and laugh as the Mario Bros. Plumbing shop is invaded by an unusually upbeat urchin (Danica McKellar) in "Day Of The Orphan", and the genre parodies kick off as Mario has to get his King Arthur on in "King Mario Of Cramalot"!
(Part Two of Three-Part Pilot)

(00:00) - Intro (and cover song)
(04:18) - "Day Of The Orphan"
(08:47) - "King Mario Of Cramalot"
(16:29) - Outro
(19:30) - Aaron The Travel Plan Man

Cover Song Compilation > ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠
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22min
October 09, 2023 1. Live, From The Tin Can! (Pilot Pt. 1)
John and Aaron learn how to podcast as they review the "Super Mario Bros. Super Show!" Episode "The Bird! The Bird!" and its live action segment "Neatness Counts" (feat. Nicole Eggert)!
(Part One of Three-Part Pilot)
(00:00) - Intro
(05:50) - Neatness Counts
(11:17) - The Bird! The Bird!
(28:38) - Outro
Cover Song Compilation > https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh
Follow the show:
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32min

FAQs about The Animated Arcade:

How many episodes does The Animated Arcade have?

The podcast currently has 50 episodes available.