This Podcast is a Bad Idea

In this, our Bad Idea podiversary, Froo and Murph decide to do a redux of their first episode by looking at what's new in internet horror. For this they have to learn how to noclip and acquire a taste for almond water as they delve into the turbulent fandom of The Backrooms. What began as just a series of disquieting pictures of liminal spaces morphed into something burdened by lore and children with no restraint.

Do you wanna hear about how the real world's the place for me?

In this episode Froo and Murph warp back to the first-half of the 2010s to experience Video Game High School, the first full series from Rocket Jump and Guitar Hero Savant Freddy Wong. It's a jumping point for discussing the rise of new media and the commercialization of our internet funny people.

Trigger Warning: Harry Potter is brought up an unintentionally large number of times.

Believe it or not, there was a time when folks thought we had this whole Internet thing figured out and they wrote down a meme-filled creed to commemorate that fact. Little besides a rule about porn remains.

Murph and Froo put their heads together to unpack the enigma of "The Wonderbread Guy," a strange soul known for his prolific and highly specific fetish art commissions.

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In this episode Murph and Froo don their booney hats to travel the breadth of Disney Parks to piece together the network of easter eggs and breadcrumbs that make up the S.E.A, the Society of Explorer's and Adventurers. This secret club hides in plain site of most Disney Park rides, connecting them through an ongoing story line of archeology and exceptionally literal last names.

Who are the S.E.A, how long have they been A Thing™, and where are they going?

Also on the explorer's docket: A Kilkenny St. Patrick's Day can make you feel old, Jackass Movies can pull you out of a depressive slump, and a mammary-based beatdown can ruin your dinner.

Not so long ago, in the mysterious land of Toronto, Canada, Bryan Lee O'Malley got inspired by a Plumtree song...

In this episode Froo and Murph espouse nostalgia and introspection as they look back at the mid-2000s comic series Scott Pilgrim to see if it still holds up to their rose-dyed memories and 20 years of public scrutiny.

Is this the ultimate story for incels? Is Ramona Flowers a manic pixie dream girl? Does Murph really not like the movie??

All this and more answered in this hipster-flavored episode!

This is the uncut version of the Kingdom Hearts episode that contains additional inquiries from Froo and what Murph dubs the "Conspiracy Section" regarding the build up to Kingdom Hearts IV.

The additional content begins after the synopsis of Dark Road, right at the 1:33:44 mark.

The Bad Idea this week is surmounting the allegedly impossible task of synopsizing all thirteen entries in the Kingdom Hearts series of games. From the PS2 original Kingdom Hearts to the recently concluded Dark Road, our franchise expert Murph teaches us all about keyblades, X-Blades, and dudes that say "As if!"

The season's upon us, and Froo and Murph are gathering by the fire to tell ghost stories of fandoms of long long ago.

The issue is that this fandom ain't dead. In fact, Rise of the Brave Tangled Dragons has seemingly outlived most of the movies that it draws it's material from. Is there a secret to this 2010s crossover premise that our hosts can discover?

Other topics include Christmas Carol Adaptations, Seth Green's NFT Show, and Listener Mail.

Thanksgiving is imminent. In this episode: astonishingly thorough parade wikis, epic video essays, Tony Hawk, 9/11, and James Cameron's eternal passion project, Avatar.