The Animated Arcade

The Animated Arcade

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The Animated Arcade episodes

  • 32. Plopes And Rungers

    Welcome to The Animated Arcade!


    John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, the continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!”/”The Legend Of Zelda”!

    The Bros. have a Bat-Man in their basement! Again! Jim Ward returns as an exterminator who looks and sounds exactly like Dracula in "Vampire Until Ready"!
    Then, it's sink or swim as the Mario Crew contend with a metallic monster commanded by Koopa Nemo in "20,000 Koopas Under The Sea"!
    00:00 - Intro
    03:03 - "Vampire Until Ready"
    14:19 - "20,000 Koopas Under The Sea"
    39:45 - Lore Or Filler
    42:04 - Ratings
    43:40 - Mailbag
    01:11:38 - Predictions, Outro

    Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ 

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

    Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter 


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    1 hr 18 min
  • 31. Pushing This Button For Real

    Welcome to The Animated Arcade!


    John and Aaron watch, review, riff, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/"The Legend Of Zelda"!


    When a new sauce recipe causes Luigi to start sprouting veggies, the Bros. call Young MacDonald (Scott Nemes) for a cure! Can Luigi be saved from this "Flower Power"?


    Then, the Mario crew have to save Sharewood Forrest from the Sherrif Of Koopingham! Aided by a local outlaw, it's up to "Hooded Robin and his Mario Men" to file for one serious tax return!


    (00:00) - Intro

    (08:55) - "Flower Power"

    (20:25) - "Hooded Robin and his Mario Men"

    (49:27) - Lore Or Filler?, Ratings

    (50:14) - Mailbag

    (01:27:27) - Outro


    Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ 


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


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    1 hr 33 min
  • 30. Little Robert Sings For His Supper

    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 singer Little Robert (Willard Pugh) appears in Mario’s medicine cabinet, the Bros. devise a scheme to record themselves singing with him! Can they make a hit of “Tutti Fruitti Mario”?


    Then, as parts of Hyrule are pulled into the Underworld, Princess Zelda decides to take the fight to Ganon! Will Link and Zelda defeat the evil wizard once and for all, or will they succumb to “That Sinking Feeling”?


    (00:00) - Intro

    (02:08) - Tutti Fruitti Mario

    (17:28) - That Sinking Feeling

    (41:41) - Ratings, Predictions, Outro


    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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    46 min
  • 29. Not In A Dude Way

    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!
    When the mysterious Angelica (Nedra Volz) sells Luigi a watch that makes HIM run backwards, it's up to Mario to reverse this revolting development before it's “Time Out Luigi”!
    Then, King Koopa impersonates a volcano-dwelling Fire God, and has decreed that the Princess be sacrificed to stop his manufactured eruptions! Can the Mario Bros. stop the Lava Machine, or is it “Too Hot To Handle”?
    (00:00) - Intro
    (03:50) - Time Out Luigi
    (22:04) - Too Hot To Handle
    (49:00) - Ratings
    (49:49) - Very Special Announcement
    (53:52) - Mail Bag
    (01:46:20) - Predictions and outro


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    1 hr 51 min
  • 28. King Koopa: War Profiteer

    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!


    Oh, Brother! Mario and Luigi’s supposed long lost brother Pietro (Vic Dunlop) arrives to join the family business (and claim his share of the profits). Can the real Bros. outfox this “Fake Bro”?


    Then, love (and artillery) is in the air as the Mario crew try to stop a Koopa-armed family feud from ruining a badly drawn wedding in”Mario and Joliet”!


    (00:00) - Intro

    (03:10) - “Fake Bro”

    (15:40) - ”Mario and Joliet”

    (57:00) - Lore Or Filler?, Ratings, Outro


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


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    1 hr 4 min
  • 27. Ow. Ow. Ow. The Cat Is Climbing Me. And, We're Back.

    Hey, Pisanos! It's The Excuse Me, Princess! Super Show!

    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!
    Al Einstein (Ed Metzger) has sold the Mario Bros. the ultimate computer/pizza oven: HAL 9001! The pizza’s are bad, and the jokes are worse in “9001: A Mario Odyssey”!
    Then, “The Name’s Mario. Mario Mario” as the Bros. join the Princess’s Secret Service in order to save a missing agent and defeat the evil Koopfinger and his disgustingly muscular henchmen in “On Her Majesty's Sewer Service”!
    (re-uploaded to add bleeps)
    (00:00) - Intro
    (02:45) - “9001: A Mario Odyssey”
    (31:35) - “On Her Majesty’s Sewer Service”
    (01:08:20) - Ratings
    (01:09:36) - Mail Bag
    (01:23:39) - Outro
    Cover Song Compilation -https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh 

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    1 hr 28 min
  • 26. Relegated To The Bonus Disk

    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 a “Supreme” surprise as “Susanna Ross” (Regina Wlliams) enlists the Mario Bros. as replacement back-up dancers in “Baby Mario Love”! Wait, this episode has TWO cover songs?!


    Then, it's Monster vs. Machine as a lab accident turns KIng “Koopenstein” into a rampaging reptile! Can the crew fight off the monster with a mechanical menace of their own?


    (00:00) - Intro

    (05:04) - “Baby Mario Love”

    (21:32) - “Koopenstein”

    (46:45) - Ratings

    (48:11) - Mailbag

    (01:09:55) - Predictions, Outro


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


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    1 hr 16 min
  • 25. A Lady Ninja (You Can Tell By The Shape)

    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 mysterious “Fred Van Winkle” (Norman Fell) wanders into Mario Bros. Plumbing after having been asleep since 1929! Can Mario and Luigi help Fred get with the times, or will those times (and ours) be wasted?


    Then, Ganon kidnaps the King of Hyrule to ransom him for the Triforce! Link and Zelda must team up with a shapely ninja to rescue both the King and Ganon’s uncharacteristically elegant new ride in “Sing For The Unicorn”!


    (00:00) - Intro

    (02:25) - “Fred Van Winkle”

    (22:05) - Sing For The Unicorn”

    (54:07) - Ratings

    (55:56) - Predictions, Outro


    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

    What Is Mah Boi? - https://youtu.be/Pg67STalTc0?si=zNA2U1umA6bI_7vx


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    1 hr
  • 24. The Wrath Of Mama Mario

    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!


    When the Mario Bros. enlist the aid of Dr. Toby (Gary Shartz) to save their Mama’s ailing basil plant,whose Super Plant Growth Formula works far better than they’d hoped! Also guest starring Patrick Dempsey (yes, really) as the titular “super Plant”!


    Then, it’s time to pay the piper as Koopa lures away the children of Pastaland with a magic flute! Can the Mario Crew save the mini mushrooms, or will they be forced to pay off “The Pied Koopa”?


    (00:00) - Intro

    (03:50) - “Super Plant”

    (31:46) - “The PIed Koopa”

    (01:02:44) - Ratings

    (01:05:54) - Predictions, Outro


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


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    1 hr 10 min
  • 23. Wedding Cake Facial

    Welcome to The Animated Acade!


    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!


    With the Mario Bros. out fishing, their (familiar looking) country cousins, take over the shop, just as the lovely Ellie Mae (guest star Donna Douglas) comes looking for help! Will the Bros. be upstaged by these “Mario Hillbillies”?


    Then, it's a nice day for a white wedding as King Koopa holds the Mushroom People ransom to force the Princess into an unholy matrimony! Only one question: “Do You Princess Toadstool Take This Koopa…?”


    (00:00) - Intro

    (03:30) - “Mario Hillbillies”

    (19:20) - “Do You Princess Toadstool Take This Koopa…?”

    (44:56) - Ratings

    (46:07) - Mailbag

    (01:10:15) - Predictions, Outro


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


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    1 hr 13 min

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