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Kid Cosmic, Earth Force Enforcement Force, and Heroism

Kid Cosmic is a show about heroes. We start off with Kid Cosmic himself, and quickly recruit the Local Heroes. Towards the end of the first season though, we’re introduced to Earth Force Enforcement Force, and at first they seem like they’re everything Kid Cosmic and the Local Heroes aren’t.

Earth Force Enforcement Force has …

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Lunar Sea Spire podcast episode 353: Susie’s Fantastical Scavenger Hunt

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GC13 and David discuss Susie’s Fantastical Scavenger Hunt from Summer Camp Island.

Yeah, Susie’s lost a lot of earring backs, okay? At least she remembers vaguely where she lost them. And apparently isn’t too particular about where she …

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(Some of the) Cartoon Network May 2021 Ratings Report: The Final Report

We might only have numbers for the first two weekends of May, but those ratings still need to be reported. Besides, we have Cartoon Network’s ratings for the rest of 2021 we need to look at for trends. Who topped the ratings for the months we have on record?

It’s sad, but this will be …

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Lunar Sea Spire podcast episode 352: Dark Harvest

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GC13 and David discuss Dark Harvest from Invader Zim, AKA “Body Horror: The Episode”.

You could do body part replacement without it looking so uncomfortable, but that’s not the world Invader Zim takes place in. Everything is awful, …

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From Kind to a Killer: Sieve’s Journey Through Infinity Train

When we first met Sieve in the first season of Infinity Train he was just a rookie officer in Reflection Enforcement. He shied away from using a sander on the sliver they had been called in to deal with, and he showed kindness to a Prime when he had no need to.

Well, by Infinity …

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Lunar Sea Spire podcast episode 351: The Glitch Modder

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GC13 and David discuss The Glitch Modder from Glitch Techs.

Introducing a new character is a heck of a way to start a season (or the second half of a season for you sticklers). Well, Ridley… If you’ve …

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Magical and Mundane: How Steven Universe Introduces Its Thesis in Two Episodes

Steven Universe is a show about the mixing of the magical and the mundane (that is to say: the non-magical), and the fascination the magical can have with what we might call ordinary. Rather than spending its first two episodes telling you where in the story we are, Steven Universe instead sets up this central …

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Lunar Sea Spire podcast episode 350: Together Again

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GC13 and David discuss Together Again from Adventure Time: Distant Lands.

Finn and Jake are finally together again! We knew this was coming ever since Finn had his Jake tattoo in Obsidian, and it’s a suitably epic adventure …

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Hinobi’s Secret Project: What’s Really Going on in Glitch Techs?

Glitch Techs may prefer to focus on video game fun, but there’s definitely some funny business going on at Hinobi. What could they be up to? You know, besides massively over-engineering their video game consoles and sending out the Glitch Techs to mind wipe anyone who saw anything suspicious.

We’ve heard some names… And the …

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Lunar Sea Spire podcast episode 349: Sneeze Guard

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GC13 and David discuss Sneeze Guard from Summer Camp Island. Yes, an episode about being sick to follow an episode about germs.

And oh how sick things become. Alice doesn’t pass her illness on to anyone, oh no—she …

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