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Are You Afraid to Get Meta? OK KO, Let’s Watch the Pilot, and Recontextualization

There was no uproar when OK KO aired Let’s Watch the Pilot, but make no mistake: there was at least a little bit of discomfort. Even though Let’s Watch the Pilot wasn’t canon (or took place in an “alternate universe”, if you prefer), something about it made OK KO fans uncomfortable.

That’s always the danger …

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Lunar Sea Spire podcast episode 405: Croak and Punishment and Trip to the Archives (from Amphibia)

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GC13 and David discuss Croak and Punishment and Trip to the Archives from Amphibia.

So Anne has finally found out why it’s dangerous to have her hair taste like foliage; Sprig has probably also broken the land speed record. …

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The Owl House’s Forgotten Reveal: The Legend of Steve

Season 2B of The Owl House has thrown a lot at us. Steve, the living legend, got a face reveal and joined the rebellion, but the very next episode left us on a cliffhanger that people were more interested in what The Owl House had in store for us than what it had just showed …

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Lunar Sea Spire podcast episode 404: Civil Wart and Hop-Popular (from Amphibia)

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GC13 and David discuss Civil Wart and Hop-Popular from Amphibia.

Did someone say “Hop Pop episode”? Because Hopediah is becoming a popular man. He’s at least more popular than Hunter. Stupid Hunter. Where would he even be without his …

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Cartoon Network May 2022 Ratings Report

May was a bit of a down month for Cartoon Network’s ratings, but that didn’t stop We Baby Bears from putting up one heck of a fight against Teen Titans Go.

But that wasn’t all Cartoon Network had for us: we also have ratings for Teen Titans Go and DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in …

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Lunar Sea Spire podcast episode 403: Grubhog Day and Hop Pop and Lock (from Amphibia)

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GC13 and David discuss Grubhog Day and Hop Pop and Lock from Amphibia.

If you have trouble reading that first title as anything other than “Grubhub Day” then we feel your pain, and we’ve got just the medicine: a …

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From the Shadows of Kid Cosmic: Who Are the Earth Force?

Season one eventually pits Kid Cosmic and the Local Heroes against the Biker in Black and his Earth Force Enforcement Force. While we know that the Earth Force Enforcement Force enforces the force of the Earth Force though, we never see any other representatives of this Earth Force; Kid Cosmic’s rival, the Biker in Black, …

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Lunar Sea Spire podcast episode 402: Toad Tax and Prison Break (from Amphibia)

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GC13 and David discuss Toad Tax and Prison Break from Amphibia.

Well, it’s official: the plot has come to Wartwood. Three thugs from the tower deputize Anne, but in a startling display of maturity she actually earns the respect …

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Ridley From Glitch Techs: Having No Friends Better Than The Owl House and The Ghost and Molly McGee

It happens a lot: we meet a character with no friends, only for them to get some fairly early in the series. That’s okay. But when The Owl House tries to tell me that Luz Noceda has no friends, or when The Ghost and Molly McGee tells me Molly is in ANY way nervous about …

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Lunar Sea Spire podcast episode 401: Lily Pad Thai and Plantar’s Last Stand (from Amphibia)

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GC13 and David discuss Lily Pad Thai and Plantar’s Last Stand from Amphibia.

Looks like Anne is at it again, and this time Hop-Pop is getting in on the scamming action. Whether you see the connection to Fred Flintstone …

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