The Smark Avengers - Vol 3, Ep 38: The Smark Avengers Watch More Cartoons

Episode Date: November 15, 2024

We are children of the 90s. Anthropomorphic animals who fought crime and did karate were all the rage, inappropriate movies adapted to cartoons and toys for kids were common, and who didn't love Uncle Phil voicing any number of cartoon characters. We are children of the 90s. We also discovered that we were fucking idiots as children who had no taste. Join Corey, Dylan, and Jon as the Smark Avengers watch the first episodes of Battletoads, Toxic Crusaders, and Iron Man! We are children of the 90s.

Okay. Oh, you guys are a treat, man. Well, hello, everyone, and welcome to these Smart Avengers. My name is Corey, and I'm here with Dylan and John as usual. Fellows, how are things? Hi. It's all good in the hood. All good. In the hood, the hood is correct. That's good.

Yes, we like that. It is good. Don't ask questions with the hood because we have no answers. This week, we're going to do something a little easier. It's been a bit. We're going to watch some cartoons. Last time, John wasn't with us. We watched cartoons.

John, I missed out. John, Dylan, do you remember what we watched? We watched the Swamp thing. Yep. We watched SWATs. Not SWATCats. What was we watched? Nope.

Wildcats. Wildcats. We were both excited to watch SWATs. and then neither was my swigat, so we got very disappointed about it. And then something else. I don't remember what the other thing was. Phantom 2040.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Which is not that good. No, I was definitely a little more artistic than, like, entertaining for children, I think. It was definitely a show that had some messages that was trying to get across about, like, environmentalism and the dangers of technology. Not that fun.

So, ideally, the cartoons that we have lined up today are also going to be fun. Dylan, we're going to start with your pick, and I was kind of curious what you can tell us about Battle Toads before we watch the first and only episode of it. Yes, there's only one episode of the Battle Toads. If anybody here is familiar with video games from the 90s, you'll be familiar with the concept of Battle Toads. that were made by a company called Rare. Rare went on to make a lot of other very, very, very good, critically acclaimed games such as

Donkey Kong Country on the SNES. They made Donkey Kong Country 64 on the Nintendo 64. They made Conquers Bad Friday. They made Andrew Guzui 1 or 2. Rare made a lot of very, very good games.

But very early, on they made a beat-em-up style game called Battle Toads. And Battle Toads, as you would imagine, is like you get these three Toads who have interesting names. Rash, Pimple, and Zitz. I think of the three names. So they're very disgusting names. Very early 90s kind of, you know,

disgusting kind of, that was the angle. You guys might not remember the early 90s, but we do, we remember. remember in the early 90s and it was a very disgusting time to be alive. Everybody had a horrible name. And so rash and pimple and zits that just stood out. That was just the start of the time. But I also think that if you have your characters who are called the Battletoads and their big, muskly versions of, you know, they're quite ripped and they're very clearly an analog to the teenage Indian Ninja Turtles, right? Because again, in the 19th,

people don't remember this in the 90s that was the gimmick the gimmick was make a version of ninja turtles but not ninja turtles and so where created the battle toads which were big whipped toads and they were horrible you know they they were called rip zits and whatever but they were ripped up big fucking muscle-bound dudes and they were kick ass and that was their gimmick right they were very clearly a chat of the 90s. Here's the thing. I want to hit this home really hard before we watch the pilot is that they were a child of the 90s. Right? You guys haven't seen the pilot.

I have seen the pilot. I have seen the pilot. I want to hit home so many times that they were clearly a child of the 90s. And it's pretty clear when you look at them. They're a child of the 90s. right they're a rip-off

the teenage meat ninja turtles they're bottle toads they're called like whip you know zits and pimple and whatever the fuck they're very

like all of the music in bottle toads are like this like hardcore like metal music they are childs of the 90s

I want to reiterate that a hundred times over before we watch the pilot okay Okay. So I do have some information.

Everybody at home knows the bottle toes were Charles of the 90s. The 90s. Yep. So some information about this. So this was produced by DIC Animation City in attempt to capitalize on the popularity

of Teenage Mutants Turtles. They also went on to make street sharks and extreme dinosaurs. This was... I mean, let me say this. Extreme dinosaurs and street sharks were very much children of their time. The 90s, you'd say.

Correct. They understood the brief. John, you remember street sharks? Yeah. Yes? Yes. Street sharks were the most 90s show that ever existed.

Yeah, I'd say it's up there. Yeah, they're pretty... They're like so 90s that hurts, right? Mm-hmm. Now, bear that in mind, whenever you think with this company that already made, they understood how to make the street sharks the most 90s show that ever existed. And then they also made, before that, this pilot of the Battle Toads, who are already met in the 90s.

Okay? I hear to keep harping on about this but I think that when you see it you hate it you will understand why I'm really talking about the 90s specifically and why this show fucking blew my mind when I saw it

you know what I mean you'll understand when you see it but I think we should maybe give it a go so this was a pilot for a full-fed series that this aired on the weekend of Thanksgiving in 1992.

It was never picked up though... 1992. It was never picked up for a series. However, apparently there are ads in GamePro magazine that was kind of claiming elsewise. So this is considered a prequel to the video game. So I guess we'll get some insight on that for whenever we do our Battletoads Let's Play.

Which we will do. Which we will do. Yes. All right, so you could find this video on YouTube. It's actually a couple of different people have posted the version that we're going to be watching is from the YouTube channel Wild Brain Superheroes. So if you pull that up in YouTube, we'll give you a countdown. It will go three, two, one, go, and we'll hit play. So I'm good?

Yes. Yeah. All right, guys. three, two, one, go. Okay, you see the Battle Todes? Yeah. Do you hear the music? I'm quite like the Beach Boys.

Yeah. Where does the music sound like it's from? It sounds like the Beach Boys. The fucking 60s! 30 years away for the 90s. What? Right? Right?

Yep. 30 years away from the 90s. It sounds like the Beach Boys. Who thought this was an idea. Who he thought this was a good idea? And to be fair, I love the Beach Boys. I love that whole music stuff. I love that stuff, right?

But John, you know this. There's a big difference between music from the 60s and music from the 90s. This is true. And if you look at the, if you look at the bottle toads, they're not, they're not the 90s. Beach Boys. I like how they're wearing knee pads. Oh yeah.

Oh yeah. They got the knee tautas. Yeah. Safety first. Oh yeah. It's like a Cody Rhodes thing. Like he got to, you know,

you got to wear the, they got to wear the knee pads, right? Although the knee pads do have big spikes on them. The David Wise, I think was one of the battle totes, like, um, actual like creators.

Look at how bad this animation is. I know it's, I know it's a pilot, but like, come on. this is like shocking oh my god I know it like I said

it sucks because I play baltodes and I love battle toads they're one of my favorite games I love the battle toads so much but I remember watching this pilot I'm thinking this is not a good representation of the battle toads

you know that looks like Bebop and Rocksteady before they got mutated. We got a nerdy guy, a punk guy, and a fat guy. Correct. Who can they end up in? They're a bad influence. I like how abusive

principles were back in the day. That's the 90s for you, man. Yeah, I was just thinking of back to the future. Oh, yeah. Don't hang out together. You guys are fucked. Whatever you do, don't all three of you turn into the toads.

Yeah He called him a toad so it's fine Is it good? He's a basketball So it's fine It's a big game today So Yeah the big game

Big games today But what's the green skull I'm supposed to Do to bring people To this big game I don't know Would it be cool What do you know with fine art

What do any of us know With fine art That guy sounds really familiar Oh, that's the voice actor who is like Yako from I don't think it is. Dude, I'm going to say this. I don't think that is. Rob Paulson.

Yeah. I don't think it's Raucson. I don't think that's Yako. No, you're right. You're right. It's not Raulson. I feel like that was the voice actor from like one of the Stonik the Hedgehog. I'm in a TV shows, but I don't remember his name.

I don't want to be that guy, but like I'm a stickler for Rock. Paulson. It is not him, you were correct. And the reason it was because John Yulov is Rob Paulson was Hydraman in the Spider-Man TV show. Yeah. Wasn't he one of the turtles as well? Rob Paulson originally was Raphael in the original TV show. And then when they brought it back a couple years ago, he was Donatello.

So he was two different turtles in the cannon. I'm a big well-pals of fun so that's let's put that out there this shit's happening by the way

we should be in what the fuck going out here I really yeah I know I'm still lost scared

that's a fucking thing out of his pocket they look at this spaceship why is she like a regular blonde woman

but he's a bird he's a bird yeah but that's that's balthos man guess so so oh man

oxnard we gotta go to California we gotta go to California do the portal yeah it's a bath man

here's oxnard galaxy wars you hear that that rock in like 70s like 60s music oh and it'd be awesome for real life

was like this would be cool nothing's more punk than flip-flops this is how punk started oh man hot jerky this is how it started man

that guy couldn't get a fuck about this just reading this new paper like whatever yeah so this apparently was the canon for battle toads like three fucking teenagers couldn't give a shit about anything yep they just turned them into toads yep like this

this is not the way the games work I want to make that very clear this is not at all what happens. I don't know how I'm doing this. Yeah. What? What happens in the game?

Like how... Oh, they don't get sprayed by a fucking bird. Yeah, it's about to say. A bird doesn't spray the shit. You're the Battle Todes. The greatest history heroes in the history of the universe history. Wow. Oh, sloppy slurp.

Oh, man. we're the battle toads what isn't that a shitty way to like appear to soft serve yourself that guy makes the most sense

that of anybody else why should they do anything but the guy that just turn them into the toads right seriously what the fuck like he's right

why would they because she's hot it's such a bad premise like all of us is terrible right? What the fuck? It is fist really big.

Why? How? I know you can do that in the video game but that's it. Whopam! Big punch. Nice hands.

But I throw it in watermelon at the guy. That'll stop him. One watermelon. Is that Miserilu playing in the background? Potentially. Jesus Christ.

So like, what about this makes you think of the 90s, right? I know it's Dickdale, that's for sure. The sign track itself is very clearly in the 60s, right? Yeah, but then... You don't agree on that.

It's very clear the Beach Boys in the 60s. It's a surfer rock from the 60s. None of it's from the 90s. None of it. He doesn't even have a pimple. Correct. It doesn't even have a pimple. I find it a bit weird that they're like,

buck naked, except for the. knee pads. Correct. Yeah. What happened to their dick? But like, why aren't they just bottle toads? Like, why do they have to turn into

bottle toads, right? Hmm. Can't they just be what they are? Why do they have to, like, oh, they turn into, like, they were teenagers, but they turn into, like, crazy things.

Like, we don't want to see this bit. We want to see them just be the bottle toads. So, like, why don't they just be the bottle toads, right? we gotta make some place a high until we're the baltoads Did they shout Let's get horny before they transformed? Yes, they did say that.

They did. They did say that. It's very important. Very important. You're going to get the tape player. Surfboard. You got a bean sprites. Well, then I set a wheel, so pretty cool.

I think you're about 10 seconds behind us. I am. because I had to do the adverts because my YouTube has to do the adverts. Oh, yeah. Which I assume that everybody else's efforts have to do as well.

So I'm a mile of the people. You know. So you're representing our people who don't have YouTube premium? Well, correct. I don't have YouTube premium because I can't afford that. I don't either, but I don't have any outfits. I also didn't have that,

but then YouTube were very clear to me a couple of months ago. they're like we will not let you play YouTube videos unless you try to put videos online and let them have their adverts because I do have a YouTube blocker I do and YouTube we're very clearly like dude you got to let us have their adverts so I'm like I don't give a shit why not whatever that's fine let people get paid you know but I since that happened there's a lot of YouTube videos with average I'm like, I don't want to do this. It's too much, you know. Anyway, they have a car. We all know what's going on. It's a bottle toads.

We all know what the deal is, you know. Toads rule. So you can see what this pilot didn't get an episode. Right? It's very chaotic. Mm-hmm. You can understand what I was talking about with the like

the bottle toes are very 90s and this entire show was very 1960s right including the pink Cadillac yeah all of it all of it every every inch of it very very 60s

even the animation quality is like correct more 60s and 90s correct all of it was 60s and you're like well why would they do any of this like why it's a battle toads. They're from the 90s. Why would you make it the 60s?

The music, the animation, the stylistic qualities, it's all the 60s. Why wouldn't you just make it the 90s? It doesn't make any sense to me. Right? Yeah. So strange, man. That's what I think.

How did he just do with his hands? That's a battle toads in the 90s for you. Doesn't make any sense, but there it is. I mean, it's a bad show, right? It's a bad show.

None of it makes any sense, right? Yes. Yeah. Thank you. Oh, God. There's still another seven minutes to go as well. Oh, yeah, it keeps, I never stop. Yeah, I had that feeling too, John.

I was like, we have to be near the end, right? Yeah. Oh, no, that's the problem I have with it. It feels like it's at the end, and you look at the time stop, and we're still like 10 minutes. saying like what do you talk? What? It's the end of the show. How much more could there be?

There's a lot more. Shit never ends, man. I don't believe my voice sounds like this. Oh my God. I messes my voice. This is how everyone sounds at California. I sound like Tom Newk. He does sound like Tom Nook. He does sound like Tom Nook.

Princess. Oh, back to the future joke there. Yeah. So hang on. Why do they want the princess again? Who cares? So important, is it? What do you mean? Why do they want the princess?

Everybody wants the princess. She's really hot. Got to get her on top of a regenerated tower. So climb up the central shaft or regenerate a tower. You'll probably find the princess. Is this one of the levels go, Dylan? Kind of, yeah. They do do this.

They do, like, turn their fate and harms into, like, like axis and stuff like that so that is kind of what they do but they've done in such a shuddy way so like you don't care about it this I don't think is part of the level I just think it's funny that like for something

it's supposed to be set in space they look like earth animals all the time all the time correct Corey if you ever play like actual baltos you'd be like this is not what it is I've watched people play baltletos before I've definitely picked up on that.

None of none of this is correct. No. Oh, you're seeing stars and the stars will come up in that fun. You can think your power was great of the mind. He says to turn in a big 28 of and that's it.

It's all it takes. Look at that perspective. That is part of Bottotes. It's like turning your hands into like a big anvil or whatever. Like that is part of about those. Yeah.

So I wish they did more of that stuff, you know It's really surprising how cheap they got on the level On the, the design of the Setting. Oh, yeah. Yeah, they cheap died in the shit a lot. They really couldn't give a fuck with it. This alien planet is so nondescript. Right. They're very, really cheaped out in this, you know.

It's a shame because I like that guy. He does the voice. I wish to remember his name, man. I'll remember by the end of the show. But he is, he's a good, he's a good voice actor. It's just battle trots, man. I gotta wait till the end of this, Albert. Hey, you're not missing much. Yeah.

Probably, um, a hang on. This feels like the end of the episode. Doesn't it? He's a big sandwich. There's still, like, several episodes, like, minutes left. Oh, yeah, there's still plenty of minutes left. I told you to stop touching each other. Oh, no.

That's very 90s, Dylan. That mall is very not detailed. Yeah. It's just one solid color on the outside. I think the Battletoads powers are kind of a cheat as well. It feels a bit like the Flash. They basically do whatever they want. In the video game, it's more challenging because I know you can hit,

if you're playing two-player, you can hit and harm one another and lose very quickly that way. Oh. Also, the Evil Queen's an Idiot. Yeah. So they were at a mall, but now they're at a farm? I guess. Pretty bad show, right?

Oh, yes. The beginning and the end. Yep. Wow, even the credits look cheap. Well, that was something. Yep. Wasn't it? So can you see why it only lasted for one episode?

I mean, it arguably shouldn't have even lasted that long. Oh my god, it felt like it went too long. They should have given up halfway through animating that. They had... That episode was so long. They had four fight scenes in a 22-minute-long thing. And it included, like, the origin of the Battle Toads. And, like, I guess the origin of whatever was going on in space to bring them all to Earth as well.

So, I was busy. Yeah, like, they didn't... established like the princess we didn't see anybody else like how do we know for a fact she's a princess and not just a weird lady with a talking bird yeah yeah we didn't see like a whole planet we didn't see other servants the whole gimmick of the baltoes is like they're like surfer dudes from the 60s like all the way through that show they're like it's surfer music it's surfer beach boys they're the beach boys they're like crazy server like ho ho what radical I'm like this what is this stuff to do with anything to do with the fucking Pattle Toads Battle Toads

This is not What a bo-bo-to-do do-do do Like that's the theme song, right? Like this isn't at all Like the bottle toads John if you were like a mind to the bottle toads You think of like early 90s like heavy metal Like bar blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

Right? Is that the beginning of kid rocks Bada bo bada bo bada bada bada bada Bada, bop, ba, ba, bottle, boat, bottle, ba, bottle, ba, bottle. B, boad. I'm real kid, rock, you know. Mm-hmm. None of that shit. None of that shit.

They were just like, bu, bo, bo, who, bo, bo, bo, bo, bo. Oh, here we go. Where are the bottle toads? That's the song, right? Yeah. I think it doesn't fit. It doesn't fit, man. It's such a weird fucking song.

It's so strange. Yeah. Yeah. It's a bad, dude, guys. It was so long. The end credit song. Right. Yeah.

It's a lovely song. I won't forget it for a long time. It's a lovely song. But it's not what you think bottle toads are about, right? Yeah, for your child in the 90s. You know, like, there's way too much, like, sweetness to it. Yeah. Bottle toes are not about sweetness.

You know what you mean? So to transition from our first cartoon to our second cartoon, Speaking of something that is a tonal shift from its inspiration, Battle Toads was a pilot cartoon for a video game. We're not going to go to the very first episode of a cartoon based on a trauma film. You both are familiar with trauma, correct? Indeed. Troma, for those who are uninitiated, is a film studio that specializes in really great.

graphic, over the top, kind of gory movies. But on a very low budget. Oh, incredibly low budget. So, like, you know, the classics are, of course, the one we're going to be watching today, but Class of Newcomb High, Tromio and Juliet. One of my favorite ones is, I think, is caution children at play. I don't think I've seen that one. It's got one of the best, like, endings ever that made, like, the test audience walk out of the theater.

But, yes, we were going to be talking about the toxic Crusaders, which is a cartoon based off of the toxic Avenger movies. So, this one's a little weird one, because in the 90s, there was this, there was this thing about taking properties that were not meant for children. and but then making them for children. Like when I was a kid, there were alien and predator toys. Yeah. And there was a robocop cartoon. And, you know, police academy had a cartoon. And like, that's a movie that features Steve Gutenberg tricking the, you know,

the guy in charge of the police academy into thinking that he sucked his dick and not the prosecution. That was also hidden in the podium. Yeah. You know, not necessarily movies that you would think like, oh, we should make a kid's cartoon to this. Yeah. So the toxic Crusaders is a cartoon aimed at children that has an environmental twist to it, like Captain Planet and the Planeteers. And it also apparently has a lot of adult-oriented jokes that are intended to go over children's head. So we might see something that is really funny.

Wow. Here's hoping. Here is hoping. So this is on the YouTube channel Old School Kid Memories School is of course spelled S-K-O-O-L Like you do Of course Of course

Yep And so this is episode one The show ran for 13 episodes in one season Which is one of the situations We're like I'm really surprised that It lasted that long I mean it's still got a toy line and everything in so.

Oh, incredibly. You know. So, so yeah, another thing, in the movies, the toxic Avenger takes revenge on his enemies through very, very gory, violent blood baths. And I also forgot to mention another classic trauma movie, Sergeant Kabuki Man in my PD. Mm-hmm. We should all, that should be a good time. So anyway, you know, let's watch a man who has been hideously deformed thing.

Thanks to toxic waste and learn something about environmentalism and maybe hear a dirty joke at the same time. You guys are ready? Yes. Yes. All right. We'll go. Three, two, one. Go.

Now, this theme song is quite 90s. Very fun. Very 90s. Yeah. Toxic crusaders. Like he knocks in the door. Excuse me. This is a very 90s song.

to be fair. The more you hear of it, the more you're like, I like it. You know what I mean? It's pretty much my thing. Guitar solo. Yeah. Sick guitar solo, yeah. Sick guitar solo for no reason.

See any Haygar sing this? Potentially. He had a lot of free time in the 90s. Now, he mentions the tutu in the lyrics, but notably, the Toxic Crusader is not wearing a tutu in the cartoon. like he is in the movie. Yeah. Why don't you want to look stupid?

Chuck Lord. Isn't he the guy who did two and a half men? He don't like it, right? Yeah. I have to verify. Look at that crazy, like, transition up to that tower.

That's quick, man. Is this Vince McMahon? Yeah. Yes, it is the same Chuck Lorry, by the way. Legally, we're not allowed to say at since we're on. How did the Chuck Lorry, like, do this and then also do the lead into AW? Bananas, right? The biggest draw to their promotion.

The only reason people pay attention to the show is because of this shit. You know what I mean? He co-wrote the soundtrack to the Teenage Mutuals Turtle's cartoon. Really? Chuck Lurie. What an icon, apparently. Because that music ribs, dude. Fair play, man.

I always thought he's a hack, but like, that's fair play, man. Because that Tiniage music fucking rips, you know? Makes me feel like you wrote this one, too. Possibly. Like, he's got the crazy 90s attitude to it, like, crazy guitars and what do people like distorting guitars? Oh, I wish I wasn't the fucking guy. I like that guy watching all the other people's

like jumping around and doing their yoga for some reason I wish I wasn't the guy that had to watch all the women doing the yoga but I guess I'll have to I will

It is interesting that they are following The toxic crusader To a degree Oh, he's slipping all over the place Because he did get transformed while acting as a janitor of

a gym. Yeah, just like this. Oh, he was a guy he got to watch something of the women being a little thing, so correct you. So waxing his chicken has definitely got to be one for the adults. Yeah.

Oh yeah, yeah, 100% right? What do you mean you wax your chicken? Like, come on, man. My chicken's like 100% wax just in case. They don't want to get out of line, you know. I want the women to, like, get in there. Let's see that you have a totally waxed, hairless chicken, you know?

He is getting bullied by a bin bet. This is a strange joke so far. Yep. At least it makes more sense than the battle totes, so. You know, you're like, why did that still happen? At least there is a reason with stuff to happen. Good guy. Remember the toys for this being really gross too.

Yeah, the toys were great. Smoke's 90s stint, though, isn't it? That bonehead guy, he glowed in the dark. Yeah, he did. You want some gross toys, yeah, it's the 90s, here you go. Whoa, he fell over. Malvin. Malvin, the fucking idiot.

You could swim real fast, though. what's you going to do who imagine falling in that shit that Dr. Kilimov's toy I think you could put like talcum powder in his little backpack thing

and you gave it a squeeze and then it would shoot it out as if it was pollution when you say you're pretty sure I could do that you mean it did do that it did but I never

it did 100% like you know you're like maybe it did this it did it did do that because you did it Oh no, bad things are happening, I guess. It's this guy turned into some kind of weird.

Toxic moth guy. Oh, it's a toxic moth guy. Oh, my goodness. Unbelievable. How many? What the fuck is this? What the fuck? What?

What? Who's this guy? That's fair enough. I'm going to name my new cat blobby. I call him blobby. Fair enough. What can it be? Is it a blind girl?

Is it more blobby? Is it chocolate? She might be blind, but she's very definitely deaf. Accordian? I have to give you my accordion. Why? Oh, I was right. Why do they want the accordion?

Why? That accordion's going to make us big money in the black market for some reason. So he has a spiky sense? Yeah. Because he's a toxic Avenger. Toxically can envision when people are losing their accordions. Wow, look at that fight scene, man. Yeah.

It's good shit. Acid rain. What's happening to me? getting caught up with acid I don't know what's going on you told me it wouldn't get caught up like Sam Kinnison What

He kind of like Sam Kinnison He did look a little like Sam Knessin yeah Pretty corny baby You shall play recording here you go There it is Random guitar solo This also feels like it's going too long I just looked at how much time is left

It feels like the more they try to put the episode, the longer it feels. All right, good gag. You say so. Something bad's happening as a bunch of kids getting abducted right behind him. Good gag. My mom's still alive. Okay, I can kind of see the tutu now, I guess.

Yeah. Which is not a parent. Right. It's still pretty, like, none of the script. I agree with that thing, though. Wow. There you go. That's all you need. That's it.

Wow. Taking out the trash. Wait, give him like two minutes. They'll say it himself. They're really hammering home that line. They really like that line. They're like, it's so specific. Yeah.

How long do you think before Lloyd Kaufman shows up in an episode? Yeah. I'm surprised he hasn't shown up already. How can this be happening? Oh, look at that. All the talcum powder is coming out of him. What are we going to do? This is fucking Vince McMahon and Bruce Pritchard backstage.

Oh, very different. Actually, he does look like Bruce Richard as well. It does. It does look a lot like Bruce Williams. Still different, though. Goodbye. There is still like 10 minutes left. I can't watch him more of this, man.

I can't. I can't. Kill me? What is this? We've only got one crusader and the show is called Toxic Crusaders. So we need the rest of the team. Do you think they'll squeeze in all the other members before the end of the episode? I feel like we watch a lot of this show already.

The ex-padry. All right. It's got little bright moments of good gags. Yeah. Look at a little girl. all unbelievable do you get the idea that a lot of these guys doing the voice acting

just like couldn't you a fuck you know what I mean like they're so like cavalier they're still like wow I don't know voice acting so this is a cult classic is it

yeah nothing God open up it's me the horrible of the four of mine it's fine I'm worried a top so now you know I'm sophisticated.

Uh-oh. There comes trouble. What's going to happen now? I picked up on the gag that the one character tells his evil boss exactly what's going to happen. We just need to wait for him to get on screen. In a bed now? coincidentally enough, that is exactly what Vince man looks like. How is this a better disguise?

He still has four arms. Yes, it is. Let me just put this mask on that makes me have it looks like a purple skin. Oh, here's the other two crusaders, John. Oh, yeah, yeah. She'll never ends, but. Why don't we make him with a chainsaw?

Why don't we give him seven rockets to come one of his hands? Why don't we make up, beat up the guy that thinks he knows who his wife is? That's just like a cap of. shot and talk about this guy that we think might help us but probably won't help us. This crazy skeleton guy that will attempt to throw a curse on him. It might not work. All right, but we'll try anyway.

Nobody's going to stop us. Here we go. Here we go. We're really milking it. There's plenty of time for somebody to stop us. But nobody's going to stop us. Wait a minute now. I might have been stopped.

Put the, put the, put the, put the, put the, but, put the sound over there and then explodes for no reason. That'll do it. While we're still, like, not super into it. I'm pretty hearing it still. They've heard signs somewhere. Because it's sand, right? People, like, we can't buy sand on this hotel. You can't.

It's sun. maybe better off going to the hotel or cross away there and just giving them a fucking sign from your helicopter would not be a good idea Ben see it that way Squeeze it in one more time Well as long as you're happy As long as if I squeezing something into like a small

space Yeah they're really small space can we stop listening to the woman just admit they want to go on the next one they couldn't decide like they needed to have like two cute inanimate object things like the little weird fur monster

and then the anthropomorphic guy yeah I'm just saying I'm like oh this can we just take over the woman I'm glad we saved the last movie the last cartoon for last yeah this was a rough one is it

I mean, this was still better than Battle Toad. It was. It still... The Pall Toads is really bad, man. Yeah, the more they try to squeeze into one, like, 22-minute block, like, the longer shit feels. Mm. Okay. Well, then we'll see what...

Nah. Most of it should be... It should be, like, a little warning at the end of this credits. It's like, hey, kids, don't watch the movie until you're... Yeah. All right, well, that was the toxic crusaders. The more we watched some of these things, the more I realized we were just really stupid when we were kids. Yeah.

Very easily, please. Didn't have much of the way of, like, taste. Nope. Dylan, do you have any thoughts on toxic crusaders? I hated it. Yeah, it was a little rough. A little rough around the edges. Yeah.

I still appreciate the fact that somebody thought it would be a great. idea to give Lloyd Kaufman a kids show considering, but you know, what are you going to do? All right, so we are going to hopefully end on a high note with our very last cartoon. This is one we're all very familiar with. It's one that we've been waiting to watch until John was with us. We are going to be watching the 90s Iron Man cartoon. So this one was, it was, it's also called Iron Man the animated series. It ran from 1994 to 1996, so obviously a little more a little more successful than the other two that we watched, considering, you know, one only lasted one episode. This was packaged with other cartoons when it originally aired

during something called the Marvel Action Hour. The other cartoons were the Fantastic Four and the Incredible Hulk. And there was also a toy line that was made from this show as well. Okay. Well, we're going to take, we're going to just, you know, run through this the same way you've done the other. Three, two, one, go, and then play. Any comments before we jump into the show? If memory serves correct, the theme music for this absolutely rips.

All right. Three, two, one, go. Maybe I was wrong. I think it might have been the second season so the opening credits John. Well, maybe it was strong, though. Yeah, the second season

he had a mullet in the second season. Oh, I like how they let you know who all the bad guys are. Yeah. So they got away with that mandarin designed in the 90s as well. Yeah. They did the same on

James Bond Jr. as well, but they made Dr. No green. Yeah. James Bond Jr., by the way, good cut on that one. I thought I saw you remember that cartoon. It's another one where I had all the toys as well. We're going to get a Stanley cameo like we did in Pride of the X-Men? Mm-hmm.

Yeah, be inside. Jim Cummings. We got us at the Tessoract? Yeah. The Mandarin. Man, you were underwater? Okay. Yep, fair enough.

What the fuck? Whoa! What was that shot? This is suggestive to say the least. This is a bit like that scene from Austin Powers. Phil! Oh yeah. She did not hang on.

Oh, she's dead. What is that voice? I mean, World Wing can fly. I don't think he needed a lift. Fucking jaw. until they start Jesus. I wonder how they got away would include in Spider Woman in this.

That's a good question. Spider Woman's always been a really weird gray area though I've learned. Hey, it's Modoc. Hey. I had that toy as well. Nice. I had a lot of toys.

That's what I'm learning. Yeah. Surely he could come up with a plan that's a bit quicker than that, though. Well, he was patient. Oh, perfect. That's amazing. Someone disguised that robot as a baby.

I'm not going to say it's a bad disguise. I will just say that's a big fucking baby, if that's what they're going for. I call the sci-fi noises in the background. Yeah. I wasn't in the opening credits for some reason. Oh, this might be why. Uh-oh. Uh-huh. What the fuck?

So I guess was that supposed to illustrate that the Mandarin's a dick? I guess, but I mean, he didn't kill him, so he's not that much of a dick. No, no. Here we go. Oh, we change color. We're only nine minutes in, and he's finally turning into Iron Man. Oh, boy, we got CG. It was crucial we saw this

What do you think of the future Dylan We're back to normal And that's the budget for the entire first season gone Yep We'll find a reason to work that in every shot Every episode Yeah Why is that woman still in a swimsuit a year later

A year later Hey man you find a look that works for you And you just stick with it I hear that sign though Would that be a big deal for you guys to link England to Belgium through a tunnel like that? I can't say it would be that big a video.

Oh, it's Hokai. Hey, Tusnhammer. Irving? Yep. Okay. Yeah, I also was thrown out, you get so used to the MCU way of doing things that when the Mandarin was like, oh, he'll, Tony Stockwell likely sent his bodyguard, Iron Man.

I went, oh, that's right. That's when he has secret identity. Nope. Oh, not Irving. It's a rip, rip. Now, was Irving just really small, or was the Grey Gargoyle really big? I mean, he looked a lot bigger before he flew under the sea. Yeah.

Respectors were a little weird. Oh, well, Hawkeye went flesh tone all over. Yeah. That was weird. Gonna take Rodi a long time to suit up. Wonder why he started with the gloves first. Yeah. I feel like Marvel didn't do a really.

great job with him in the movies with War Machine. Remember him being a bigger deal in the comics. He had his own series for a while. Yeah, they kind of wasted him in the movies. I don't know who the fuck this guy is. I have never seen him in a comic book. I know he's been in them, but I've never seen him in one.

Hell yes. You give himself a halo? What was that? He gave himself a halo just now? Yeah. I don't like how his lips move. That was really weird. When did that happen?

I have no idea when that happened. That looked like it happened. How's he breathing fire under the ocean? He's an alien dragon. It's fine. You got smashed to pieces. Yeah, I wonder what happened to you. You got crushed. Good to see that.

This is hard to say you've grown a couple of nights. we'll replay the exact same thing you saw less than 10 minutes ago will we get the CGI head Oh I hope so doesn't look like we are no this is your home country oh yeah

and where's that in London you don't have a giant mountain that separates you from Belgium no it would be a pretty big mountain I imagine. In depth alone. That guy's knows Sam Rockwell.

He certainly is not. Wait, so they're toxic, but like, Hawkeye just dove straight into them. Yeah, don't worry about it. It's fine. Why isn't he using his bow and arrow? Got him with the hip guns. No, Scarlet Witch is here too, right?

I don't think so. Was she? I thought that was her in the background. Yeah, there's shit. So that's why she stood in a swimsuit. The fact that their toxic waste seems like it has nothing to do with anything. So how come Fing Fing Fume is gone? I was just wondering that as well.

They'd show up to brewery fire on Tony Stark once and then leave? I mean, it seemed pretty effective the first time, so... Yeah. Go back to the... well on that one. It's what a titanium man or something? I think so. Oh. No. That seems like a pretty easy problem

to solve. Yeah. Just do that for everyone. Okay. What? How did he do that? Well, I think he I think his little preface he said that he could control like time and space. Wow. Yeah, I think second season is the one

with the infer that you liked on. I was looking forward to that. as well you got something else though what do we got toxic crusader that was the better it intro yeah toxic crusader class bit man we all remember the song hold on john i'm gonna make this better for you we got on the water is just just john was looking so forward to it we're gonna we're calling an audible and we're gonna just watch the intro season two of the iron man cartoon Well, how do you feel now, John, that you've seen the episode? I mean, you know, we had to do a lot of heavy lifting to set things up, I guess, but...

A lot of heavy lifting. Not as much heavy lifting as some of the other ones we've watched, but... It's true, be fair. They had to establish, like, 12 characters. That opening has... shot of like Tony Stark and whoever his physical therapist was under

the water. That was surprising. I think that was starring at which as well. I don't know because it sounded like she didn't have the accent. Let's watch it again. All right. Here you go. I did put a link in the Skype chat for you, John, of the intro that you remember.

Oh yeah. That's this good stuff. That's a nice story. there you go. The very 90s. So of the three that we watched, what are your final thoughts? I mean, it's a bit depressing to go back to the 90s cartoons

and realize, oh, maybe they weren't as good as I remember them. Maybe. Yeah, that one was kind of, this was a rough one. I'm not going to lie. You can tell us the good stuff and the, like, the, the last one you can kind of tell it but like the thing about a lot of 90s

cartoon show was that they ran a budget in episode two and so they can tell it a lot so they really had to do a lot of like kind of marketing and different stuff but like the other couple of episodes

to promote that more than the episode and you can kind of tell it with this one you know what I mean there's a lot of talking there's a lot of like but we've got to watch our even the battle those ones

they didn't battle that much there was a lot of yap you say that apparently they had four fights and 20 minutes didn't see it didn't feel like

you though didn't we watched that whole episode did it feel like there were four fight scenes well it's gonna say there was never a threat yeah

true like this it was never a threat stuff just happened they were fight the world of the battle codes It's never been like a big reason for them to fight each other.

Well, we'll go ahead and call that an episode. Before we get going though, John, what is your movie count at considering now I think we're a little more than midway through November? I am up to 670. Wow. 670. What was your last one? it was the woman in black but not the one with Daniel Rydcliffe

this was pretty good yeah this was like I think an ITV like TV movie but the irony is it actually starred the guy who played Daniel Rydcliffe's dad in the Harry Potter movies

I think the lead guy yeah so He was good. Was it a good film? It was all right. Okay. That's all we get home for. Yeah.

Does there anything you want to promote? Fuck no. Okay. As for me, there's another podcast to do. If you're listening now, it should be back up, but there was a period of time where I was taking a break from it. It's called Large Old Cup. It's on Spotify.

And speaking of Spotify, if you're listening to us on Spotify, check us out on YouTube. Just look up to Spark Avengers. and if you're watching us on YouTube, that's your your motivation. Do you also find us on Spotify? Also, Smart Adventures. Mm-hmm. You love that.

It's a really good show. Yeah. Yes. If you've enjoyed this one, you'll enjoy the 38, 39 episodes that came before this. What are you doing that? What are you doing that episode? You fucking idiot? Yeah.

What the fuck, dude? Go back and watch all the other episodes. There's so many good ones. They're really good. There you go. Well, until next time, though, goodbye. Oh, goodbye, yes. Goodbye.

Er. Er. R. R. That's it.