Cartoon Combat

We are back- Good lord I have been sitting on this audio for months. I just needed to get this out there because the 90's bois are almost done with a season. But before the final we need to figure out which set of mutants gets to go. This episode has everything- Mutant Turtles, Mutant Men, Jokes! That's it for description. I have been dragging my feet posting this so done.

We are into the final four for the first season of cartoon combat. And a new round means a new format. Who likes consistency? Nobody! We will be putting Powerpuff Girls and Gargoyles head to head to see which episode is going to the final. The other show? Death penalty.

They Bite!  They Fight!  They engage in a centuries old battle, seeking to prove to humanity that they are more Friend than Foe!  That’s right, on this edition of Cartoon Combat, the shadow-cloaked protectors of New York City, the Gargoyles, will go toe-to-toe with the rude, crude, gene-slamming dudes, the Street Sharks! Who will triumph in this battle of humanoid heavyweights?  Will Goliath and his clan soar to untold heights?  Or will Ripster and his bros evade the dual threats of Dr. Piranoid and copyright attornies and skate on to the next round?  Find out by tuning your ear-holes into this week’s edition of...CARTOON COMBAT! This week we’re watching: Gargoyles, available for streaming on Disney+ Season 1 ep 1:  Awakening, Part 1 Season 2 ep 1:  Leader of the Pack Street Sharks, available from streaming on Amazon Prime Season 1 ep 1:  Sharkbait Season 2 ep 1:  Sharkquest Season 3 ep 1:  Jurassic Shark Music was arranged and performed by Nick Purcell.  Nick does lessons and commissions and can be contacted via Instagram, @npurcell22. We Tweet sometimes @combat_cartoon

Welcome back to Round Two of Cartoon Combat!  This week, it’s the Small Children Who Protect The World episode, as the Kids Next Door square off against the Powerpuff Girls. Who will triumph in this tête-á-tête of tinsey titans? Will the Kids Next Door stave off adulthood for one round more?  Will the Powerpuff Girls beat them up and justify getting a live action reboot?  Did we use the term “tête-á-tête” correctly in this description?  There’s only one way to find out!  By listening to this week’s edition of...CARTOON COMBAT! This week we’re watching: Powerpuff Girls, available for streaming on HBO Max Season 1 ep 1:  A Sticky Situation Season 2 ep 1:  Stuck Up, Up, and away/Schoolhouse Rocked Season 3 ep 1:  Fallen Arches/The Mane Event Season 4 ep 1:  Film Flam Season 5 ep 1:  Monstra-City/Shut the Pup Up Season 6 ep 1:  Prime Mates/Coupe D’etat Codename: Kids Next Door, available for streaming on HBO Max Season 1 ep 1:  Operation CAKED Season 2 ep 1:  Operation POP/Operation  CATS Season 3 ep 1:  Operation FUTURE Season 4 ep 1:  Operation RABBIT/Operation FLUSH Season 5 ep 1:  Operation ELECTIONS Season 6 ep 1:  Operation SAFETY Music was arranged and performed by Nick Purcell.  Nick does lessons and commissions and can be contacted via Instagram, @npurcell22.

Sometimes this show is fun to make. Sometimes. This is one of them, we draw up the battle lines between Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers and X-Men The Animated Series. The main points? Merchandise, Gravestones, and figuring out if Wolverine can fit inside a tree.  Also Just for fun I made episode specific "art". Have fun everyone. This week we watched: X-Men: The Animated Series Season 1 ep 1 Night of the Sentinels: Part 1 Season 2 ep 1 'Til Death Do Us Part: Part 1 Season 3 ep 1 Out of the Past: Part 1 Season 4 ep 1 One Man's Worth: Part 1 Season 5 ep 1 Phalanx Covenant: Part 1 Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers  Season 1 ep 1 Piratsy Under the Seas Season 2 ep 1 Rescue Rangers to the Rescue: Part 1 Season 3 ep 1 Zipper Come Home

Warning: the audio for this episode is garbage. For the first episode of round 2 we have a powerhouse matchup if ever there has been one. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vs. Batman The Animated series. We introduce the format for round 2 which is randomly choosing 3 criteria to judge the shows on- and boy do we have some shows to judge. These shows are some of the most iconic on our list and it will be a ride to see what comes out on top. Bats and Turtles a classic matchup akin to cats and dogs, Ants and Ant-eaters, humans and humans. Who has the best jam? Which is the best of its franchise? All questions we will try to answer. We are also watching more than the top three imdb episodes, now we are watching the first episode of every season (up to 10 episodes). As always IMDB is our bible for episode numbers and season numbers. Looking at you Disney+ and your 1 season of 64 episodes for basically every show. This week we watched: Batman: The Animated Series Season 1 ep 1 The Cat and the Claw Part I Season 2 ep 1 Shadow of the Bat Season 3 ep 1 Bane Season 4 ep 1 The Terrible Trio Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 ep 1 Turtle Tracks Season 2 ep 1 Return of the Shredder Season 3 ep 1 Beneath These Streets Season 4 ep 1 Plan Six from Outer Space Season 5 ep 1 My Brother, the Bad Guy Season 6 ep 1 Rock Around the Block Season 7 ep 1 Night of the Dark Turtle Season 8 ep 1 Get Shredder! Season 9 ep 1 The Unknown Ninja Season 10 ep 1 The Return of Dregg Dear god that was a lot of turtles.

Rodents- some fly and beat up people with mental health issues, others ride around on motorcycles and hit on everything that moves. That's right this week we watched Batman: The Animated Series and Biker Mice from Mars, it was the 1st seed versus the 16th seed. Can you guess which one was which? We are talking about animation quality, music/sound design, writing, and overall impact factor. All the usual points, but there may be some surprises in this episode. This week, we’re watching: Batman: the Animated Series: Season 1 ep 35: Almost Got 'im Season 1 ep 17: Two-Face Part I Season 2 ep 9: Trial Biker Mice from Mars Season 2 ep 19: Hickory Dickory Doc Season 3 ep 11: Once Upon a Time on Mars I Season 2 ep 8: Back to Mars: Part 2

In this episode the bois explore Anthropomorphism; the tendency of humanity to attribute human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities. Which is considered to be an innate tendency of human psychology. Turtles that act like people, Kats that act like people- What is not to love! Swat Kats and TMNT are similar in a lot of ways but only one show can come out on top. Will it be the shredding on the electric guitar that pushes the Kats to the next round? Or the actual Shredder that seals TMNT victory?  Episodes we watched: Swat Kats Season 1 ep 13 Katastrophe Season 2 ep 2 A Bright and Shiny Future Season 2 ep 9 The Dark Side of the Swat Kats Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 ep 1 Turtle Tracks Season 1 ep 2 Enter: The Shredder Season 1 ep 5 Shredded & Splintered

Peter completely forgot to post episodes for WEEKS! And now he remembered to! No excuses either Dave finished editing weeks ago. We have a pretty solid episode featuring, once again, drastically different shows. Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers and Beast Wars: Transformers. All anthropomorphic animals this week. Will the robots destroy the tiny mammals in a butterfly effect esq disaster? OR will the Rescue Rangers destroy the transformers via goofy hijinks? Episodes we watched:   Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers Season 2 ep 3: Rescue Rangers to the Rescue: Part 3 Season 2 ep 35: Short Order Crooks Season 2 ep 14: The Case of the Cola Cult Beast Wars: Transformers Season 2 ep 9: Code of Hero Season 3 ep 13: Nemesis: Part 1 Season 3 ep 12: Nemesis: Part 2

Mutation: It is the key to our evolution.  It has enabled us to evolve from a single-celled organism into the dominant species on the planet, a species that has created cartoons and, consequently, podcasts about said cartoons.  This week, we’re getting dangerous and pitting X-Men: The Animated Series against Darkwing Duck, in a battle for genetic supremacy! Will the X-Men prove that mutant kind is friends to humans, or will the Justice Ducks be able to maintain the peace in St. Canard?  Find out on this marvelous episode of...CARTOON COMBAT! This week, we’re watching: X-Men: The Animated Series, available for streaming on Disney+ Season 1 ep 11: Days of Future Past: Part 1 Season 1 ep 12: Days of Future Past: Part 2 Season 3 ep 7: Phoenix Saga, Part 5: Child of Light Darkwing Duck, available for streaming on Disney+ Season 1 ep 21: Just Us Justice Ducks: Part 2 Season 1 ep 20: Just Us Justice Ducks: Part 1 Season 1 ep 2: Darkly Dawns the Duck: Part 2 Music was arranged and performed by Nick Purcell.  Nick does lessons and commissions and can be contacted via Instagram, @npurcell22. We Tweet sometimes @combat_cartoon

Holy podcast description, Batman!  This week, the Boys avoid the evils of adulthood by revisiting the late ‘90s classics, Batman Beyond and Codename: Kids Next Door. Will Batman’s new Boy Wonder become a Boy Blunder?  Or will the kids of Sector V be decommissioned and begin their grim march towards being a grown-up with responsibilities and debt and stuff?  Find out, this Bat Time, this Bat Channel on...CARTOON COMBAT! This week, we’re watching: Batman Beyond, available for streaking on HBO Max Season 3 ep 8:  The Call:  Part 2 Season 2 ep 18:  Sneak Peek Season 3 ep 7:  The Call:  Part 1 Codename: Kids Next Door, available for streaming on HBO Max Season 2 ep 13:  Operation E.N.D. Season 3 ep 1:  Operation F.U.T.U.R.E Season 6 ep 14:  Operation T.R.E.A.T.Y. Music was arranged and performed by Nick Purcell.  Nick does lessons and commissions, and can be contacted via Instagram, @npurcell22.  https://www.instagram.com/npurcell22/ We Tweet sometimes @combat_cartoon

Come and join the Boys on a nostalgia trip down the information superhighway!  We’re going from the Mainframe to the city of Townsville and talking about the Cartoon Network classic Powerpuff Girls and the seminal CGI show ReBoot. Will the girls be able to save the day, or will Bob the Guardian succeed in protecting the digital world?  Find out this week on...CARTOON COMBAT! This week, we’re watching: Powerpuff Girls, available for streaming on HBO Max Season 2 ep 12:  Speed Demon/Mojo Jonesin Season 3 ep 13:  Moral Decay/Meet the Beat-Alls Season 1 ep 12:  The Rowdyruff Boys ReBoot, available for streaming on Prime Video Season 4 ep 8: Crouching Binome, Hidden Virus Season 3 ep 16:  End Prog Season 3 ep 12:  Mousetrap Music was arranged and performed by Nick Purcell.  Nick does lessons and commissions and can be contacted via Instagram, @npurcell22.

Greetings True Believers!  This week, the Boys learn that with great shark power, comes great shark responsibility as they pit the swingin’ Spider-Man: The Animated Series against the jawsome Street Sharks. Will the Wall Crawler be able to best his fishy foes, or will Big Slammu and his bros take a bite out of the costumed crime fighter?  Find out on this episode of...CARTOON COMBAT! This week, we’re watching: Spider-Man: The Animated Series, available for streaming on Disney+ Season 5 ep 13:  Spider Wars, Chapter 2 Season 3 ep 11:  Sins of the Father, Chapter  10 Season 3 ep 12:  Sins of the Father, Chapter 11 Street Sharks, available for streaking on Prime Video Season 3 ep 13:  Shark Wars Season 3 ep 27:  Shark-apolypse Now! Season 2 ep 2:  Lone Shark Music was arranged and performed by Nick Purcell.  Nick does lessons and commissions and can be contacted via Instagram, @npurcell22. We Tweet sometimes @combat_cartoon

It is the first official episode of Cartoon Combat! Brief Introduction: We put together a bracket of 16 Cartoons from the 90's, this particular bracket focuses on action or super hero cartoons- Maybe we do other genres in the future. Maybe we don't. For now Peter, David, Justin and Don (animator) will work together to decide who comes out on top between Captain Planet and Gargoyles.  You can check out the full bracket HERE!  (https://imgur.com/a/TpOEU7x) For Captain Planet we watched S3.E9 Canned Hunt, S4.E13 Gorillas Will Be Missed and S6.E13 Greed Is the Word And for Gargoyles we watched S2.E5 The Mirror, S2.E9 City of Stone: Part One and S2.E12 City of Stone: Part Four Gargoyles is available on disney+. Captain Planet does not appear to be on any major streaming service. Music was arranged and performed by Nick Purcell who does lessons and commissions!  Insta: @npurcell22 https://instagram.com/npurcell22

We are recording a podcast about cartoons! As we try to wring some joy out of this existence we are rewatching American 90's cartoons and determining which is the best cartoon in a bracket style competition. In this episode we are discussing where the shows landed after all of us ranked our 16 competitors and used those rankings to seed the bracket.