Hey Riddle Riddle - Patreon Preview #325: Dinosaucers! (and other stuff) w/ Thomas Sanders

Episode Date: May 30, 2025

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Well, Thomas, thank you for coming back. You're going to be doing another in your series. Thank you for having me back. This is, I think, my fourth appearance, and I can't wait for the next one where I join the five-timers club and I get my robe. Yes, we're just like S&L and that we'll have a very nice robe.

It's less of a robe and more like a rash that everyone gets after being here five times. It's less of a robe and more like a rash that everyone gets after being here five times. It's sort of like a disease. The robe gives you the rash. We'll talk later. We'll talk offline. Yeah, but I'm, yeah, as a tribute to the first appearance that I had on Patreon,

I am bringing back the real or fake game. Yes. The first time we did it was with real or fake anime and then a short little stint with real or fake game. Yes. The first time we did it was with real or fake anime and then a short little stint with real or fake superheroes. This time I am bringing to you real or fake Western animation because apparently it doesn't have to be an anime for it to be

something that you haven't heard of and for it to be very, very strange. And I'm looking forward to hearing what you guys may or may not know. Ooh, very exciting. Have you watched any of these? Ooh, that's a great question. Most of these I have not. A lot of these, you'll find there was a very experimental era

with cartoons, and it really took place in the decade of the 80s. So most of these, most of these come from the 80s, because I was like, what is this? This is very interesting. Children, sit down and let Uncle Addle tell you of a little thing called street sharks. Huh?

Yeah, no, I know street sharks. I do know street sharks. They're like sharks in cutoff jean shorts. It was sort of the Ninja Turtle craze, uh, launched many ships. It did. It was sort of the Ninja Turtle craze, uh, launched many ships. It did, it truly did. The 80s is wild because I feel like animation nowadays is so big, like I can't keep up with TV and movies just in general, but I feel like the animation, I was with a group of other parents and they were like talking about the shows that their kids are watching.

And man, they just had lists and lists of shit I've never fucking, because I've heard of shit. I've heard of Bluey, right? Cocoa melon, Peppa Pig. Yeah, these are things I've heard of. There are so many variations of cocoa melon. It's insane. Delicious.

That's my favorite breakfast is cocoa melon and Peppa Pig. This is my backyard barbecue. I got a Peppa Pig under the ground right now. It's been cooking for 18 hours. Ladies and gentlemen, salt and Peppa Pig. Peppa Pig is adorable though, I gotta say. Peppa Pig and Bluey. Bluey's the best.

These are from the 80s. These are mostly from the 80s. If not all, but I could be missing some, but yeah, a lot of these are from that era. And yeah, maybe you have heard of these, maybe not. I'm going to just stick with describing the plots to you and then giving you the name of the animation, if you guess it.

And then some of these have come from my audience, so I'll also precede it with who may have submitted the prompt. A lot of these are going to be from me, so that's not going to be required. I think you should say your own name before you read a lot of these. I was born in the 80s, but I predict I'm going to do very poorly here.

Yeah, same. Exactly. I've never done well at a game on this show, and I'm not going to start today, Thomas. Not today, Thomas. I've never done well at a game on this show and I'm not gonna start today, Thomas. Not today, Thomas. I don't know, who knows? You might have a good intuition on these. I wanna say there's a cartoon called The Snorks

and it's sort of like, if you drown Smurfs. Hey, Addle, don't spoil, don't. The Snorks, if you drown Smurfs. Yeah, and there's also The Wuzzles, which I think was like. Oh yeah. There's like an elephant crossed with a bumblebee. Yes. And there's also the Wuzzles, which I think was like... Oh, yeah! There's like an elephant cross with a bumblebee. Yes!

And there's like a lion cross. So there's a bunch of animals who lived in a little community, and they're all like hybrid animals, like they're all freaks. Yeah, I was gonna say, they're absolute mutants. It was the cuter version of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, like JPC said. It launched a lot of ships. Mm-hmm. But yeah, I remember Snorks.

If you want to just do a buzz and then give me a real or fake based off of your answer, you totally can. I think that might be the best way to go through it. But let's start out with this plot. In the near future, a mad scientist wants to conquer the Earth and turn everyone into robot slaves. Luckily, he's thwarted at every turn by a team of three warriors known by the Centurions.

The first is a white man. The second is a white man. And for diversity, the third is a white man with a mustache. And they fight the true blue American way. Just our podcast. Fusing with assault weapon systems known as Power Extreme. God, it's just a plot to a three men and a baby. It's Gutenberg, Dancin, and Selick. Selick's the guy with the mustache.

Of course. You don't realize it, but the baby is a mech. It transforms into a Jeep, I think. If I had a baby that turned into a Jeep, the dream. Obviously, it easily tips over, but that's fine. Erin, you just sent a link in the chat to an eBay item. That's the Wuzzles that I was talking about. Yes. Stuffed animal, it's a piggy pine,

half porcupine, half pig, 72 bucks. A steal. It's got those glow worm eyes. Look at that. Oh yeah. It's cute. You can see those too? Glow worm, Nala, fuck me eyes. Thomas Buzz. Yes, Adol.

Aaron, this thing is terrifying. I'm gonna say- I didn't invent it. That's honestly, that piggy pine or whatever it's called, that's the least egregious of them. The rest of them are like- This one's nightmarish. Absolutely fucking nightmarish.

I feel like the elephant bumblebee. Oh yeah, that one's- How would you rank it in comparison to like a This American Girl? This American Girl? This American girl, this American girl, this American girl, this American girl. Welcome back to this American girl. My name's Ira Glass.

I'm Samantha. I was born in 1900. 12 year old women from the pioneer era. I'm friends with the poor girl next door. This 13 year old lost an arm in a factory. That's honestly I'd listen. I would listen. I would too. I would too buddy. This 13 year old lost an arm in a factory. That's honestly, I'd listen. I would listen.

I know, I would too. I would too, buddy. All American Girl dolls should come with a companion podcast that Ira Glass does. Just reading the book entry for that person. Kate Kitteridge, girl detective and journalist. She's a journalist? All American rejects life. Thomas, I'm going to say that that was a real cartoon. Of course She's a journalist. All American rejects life.

Thomas, I'm gonna say that that was a real cartoon. Of course it's a real cartoon. That sucks. So what was it called? It's called The Centurions. And extra details, there is the power max that they wear can also be equipped for space and for water diving. So I guess the-

Oh. I don't know if this was a cartoon that was supposed to birth a bunch of toy releases or yeah, that seems likely vice versa. I'm not sure, but it does seem like the focus was on the suits, not so much on the very two dimensional in more than one way men that were featured in this show. Three backs and a little baby I think could be something. I love that. Why didn't that movie spawn a bunch of different cartoons?

Three Men and a Little Baby. Three Mechs and a Little Baby. That should have had the one with all the toys. Yes. There's the action figure. I'm Tom Selleck. Cute. Okay, moving on to this one.

Regular teens suddenly attain the gift of powerful rings that summon an entity the likes of which Earth has never known. No, it isn't Captain Planet. What? You walked right into the trap. I know. It isn't Captain Planet. It's actually a bunch of dinosaurs from outer space. These teens team up with space dinosaurs in their war against other evil space dinosaurs.

Okay, wait a minute. Dude, this is so funny. I have to say this is fake. I have to say fake. I'm going to go real for balance. I feel like I have an image in my head of a young Addle watching a cartoon that has like a, on two legs, ambulatory triceratops with like a laser gun.

So I think this is real. That's it Addle, go to your mind palace. Find it Addle. I tripped and fell, I tripped and fell. Addle's mind palaces is talking to him correctly. This is a real cartoon. You're kidding me. I'm looking it up right now. But that's insane because there's so much in this

that is just a ripoff. It's like a ripoff of Captain Planet and a ripoff of Transformers, like, just with dinosaurs. What was the name of this one? This one's called Dinosaucers. And believe it or not, this one came out before Captain Planet. Whoa. All right, this is dark-sided. This has a terrible energy to it.

Adol, I'm so sorry you had to remember this. I feel like it blocked it all out except for the Triceratops. Is there Triceratops with like a laser gun? I think there is. Yeah, the good space dinosaurs have a special ability called Dinovolving, where they transform into their primitive dinosaur state while maintaining their intelligence and speech. And Bruce Banner could never.

It's like the new Hulk. And they use this special ability a couple of times at the beginning of the series and then pretty much drop it for the rest of the show. They never return to that power. Um, it's like, and you're right. It's, it's like one part Captain Planet and one part GI Joe. I don't know. That's why.

Don't worry y'all. There seems to be a hot dinosaur. Good news everybody. There's a hot one. Oh yeah. Have you ever seen Land Before Time? There's always a hot dinosaur. Excuse me?

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