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	Title	Pub. Date	Duration
	65. Elvira In Edison's Manhole	08 Jun 2026	02:09:18
Welcome to The Animated Arcade Podcast! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/”The Legend Of Zelda”! First, Mario is dreaming about Elvira! Can he save “The Ghoul Of My Dreams” from a mummy? Then, it’s the last episode of Zelda! When Ganon is overthrown by his minions, they launch an attack on Hyrule Castle! Can Link and Zelda claim the Triforce Of Power while “The Moblins Are Revolting”? (00:00) - Intro (05:52) - Ghoul Of My Dreams (36:21) - The Moblins Are Revolting (01:27:00) - Mailbag (02:04:46) - Predictions, Outro Power Rangers Day Of The Dumpster cut footage (at 4:00) - https://youtu.be/iEKilL5p9jo?si=-aI-vipGvHrK0FtX Ganon's Theme Cover - https://youtu.be/ZDMtmXibdEc?si=zDLsRib0_w5Dt5M0 Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	64. Gone For Good (Fried Chicken)	25 May 2026	01:58:25
Welcome to The Animated Arcade Podcast! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/”The Legend Of Zelda”! First, guest star Cyndi Lauper needs the Mario Bros. help to find her friend Capt. Lou Albano! It’s a worldwide effort when “Captain Lou Is Missing”! Then, the last Mario short blows a fuse when the crew face off against the mech-suited “Robo Koopa”! (00:00) - Intro (03:25) - Captain Lou Is Missing (31:35) - Robo Koopa (01:01:54) - Mailbag (01:55:28) - Predictions, Outro RebelTaxi Duckman review - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-I6kNdize0 Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	63. That's Cable, Man	12 May 2026	01:21:32
Welcome to The Animated Arcade Podcast! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/”The Legend Of Zelda”! Here comes a REAL Star Wars Holiday Special! First, it’s a damn depressing Christmas as the broke Mario Bros. share some holiday cheer with a bearded sleigh-jacking victim in “Santa Claus Is Coming To Flatbush”. Then, the Farce is strong with this one as the Mario crew fend off the evil Darth Koopa! A short time ago, in a galaxy pretty nearby… “Star Koopa”! (00:00) - Intro (03:32) - Santa Claus Is Coming To Flatbush (39:30) - Star Koopa (01:18:04)) - Outro, Predictions Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	62. Roundy Rodney Piper - Ft. Myk from @ReclaimTheSun	20 Apr 2026	02:03:21
Welcome to The Animated Arcade Podcast! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/”The Legend Of Zelda”! First, wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper has come to reclaim his “repaired” bagpipes from the Mario Bros.! Can Mario stall long enough for Luigi to recover “Rowdy Roddy’s Rotten Pipes”? Then, it’s not a “G'day Mate” as Koopa sics a pack of gators on Down Under Land! Will “Crocodile Mario” send the repulsive reptiles packing? (00:00) - Intro (05:20) - Rowdy Roddy’s Rotten Pipes (41:43) - Crocodile Mario (01:15:33) - Mailbag (01:58:22) - Outro, Predictions Myk’s band - “Lush” - Reclaim The Sun - Lush - YouTube Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	61. Aaron Keeps It Weird - Ft. Myk from @ReclaimTheSun	06 Apr 2026	02:06:25
Welcome to The Animated Arcade Podcast! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/”The Legend Of Zelda”! First, Luigi covertly coaches Mario in the language of love to impress his fiancee(!) Roxanne (Vanna White) in Cyrano De Mario! Then, the crew help a faceless treasure hunter conqueror his Koopa-phobia in “Raiders Of The Lost Mushroom! (00:00) - Intro (09:00) - Cyrano Dr Mario (55:20) - Raiders Of The Lost Mushroom (02:00:40) - Predictions, Outro Myk’s band - https://www.youtube.com/@ReclaimTheSun “Lush” - Reclaim The Sun - https://youtu.be/q-OKNxjzlew?si=mEJJuqCy9FUVx_X4 She Cried Cyanide - https://youtube.com/@shecriedcyanide7081 Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	60. Throwback To The Future - Ft. Ed	16 Mar 2026	01:14:26
Welcome to The Animated Arcade Podcast! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/”The Legend Of Zelda”! First, it’s a radical rerun as the Super Show serves up a second helping of “Tutti Fruitti Mario”! (We would’ve skipped it, but we had a guest) Next, the Series Finale Energy continues in what definitely should’ve been the last Zelda episode (but wasn’t) as Link goes ghost to help Zelda retrieve his mortal remains in “The Missing Link”! (00:00) - Intro (03:05) - Tutti Fruitti Mario (19:58) - Zelda - The Missing Link (01:10:18) - Predictions, Outro Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	59. Final Episode Energy	02 Mar 2026	00:49:25
Welcome to The Animated Arcade Podcast! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/"The Legend Of Zelda"! First, the Mario Bros. contend with an extremely noisy neighbor in "Opera"! Then, King Koopa invades Brooklyn in what REALLY feels like a series finale (but isn't) in "Flatbush Koopa"! (00:00) - Intro (03:38) - Opera (23:58) - Flatbush Koopa (46:05) - Predictions, Outro Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	58. A Good Vertical Slice	17 Feb 2026	01:41:34
Welcome to The Animated Arcade Podcast! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/”The Legend Of Zelda”! First, the Mario Bros. try to impress a baseball scout (Joe Ballen)! Will he see potential in these “Two Bums From Brooklyn”? Then, the Mario crew have to save Aqua Land from Barra-Koopa! Can the crooked King contend with “Mario Of The Deep”? (00:00) - Intro (01:50) - Two Bums From Brooklyn (24:07) - Mario Of The Deep (58:23) - Mailbag (01:37:50) - Predictions, Outro Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	57. That Clock Is Way Too Horny	03 Feb 2026	02:13:04
Welcome to The Animated Arcade Podcast! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/”The Legend Of Zelda”! First, Luigi is learning French to impress women! Can Luigi put his skills to use in spite of Mario’s jabs? Then, the Mario Crew are sentenced to life in prison by the corrupt Judge Koopa! Mario wastes no time in planning their “Escape From Koopatraz”! (00:00) - Intro (02:42) - French (30:44) - Escape From Koopatraz! (01:11:10) - Mailbag (02:07:48) - Predictions, Outro Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	All Filler, No Killer (Clip Show 1)	19 Jan 2026	00:23:11
(Updated with better audio) We ran out of recorded episodes! Here's a Clip Show made of our favourite shorts from YouTube/TikTok! We probably should've taken a Christmas hiatus... Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	56. Now For A Peppa Pig Ad	05 Jan 2026	00:59:44
Welcome to The Animated Arcade Podcast! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/”The Legend Of Zelda”! First, Mario accidentally kills Mrs. Periwinkle’s (Nedra Volz) goldfish, Kenneth! Can the Bros. find a replacement, or is it “Goodbye, Mr. Fish”? Then, to save his friends from Billy The Koopa, Mario cowboys up and gains a racially insensitive sidekick as “The Provolone Ranger”! (00:00) - Intro (03:33) - Goodbye, Mr. Fish (25:26) - The Provolone Ranger (55:32) - Outro (Ratings, Predictions) Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	55. Try This At Home, Kids	22 Dec 2025	00:57:42
Welcome to The Animated Arcade Podcast! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/”The Legend Of Zelda”! First, an infatuated pizza delivery girl (Eve Plumb) has the hots for Mario! Luigi is skepical, until he sees all the free deliveries from Mario’s “Pizza Crush”! Then, the King of Hyrule goes missing while inspecting his new water park! Link and Zelda rush to save him from water monsters in “Fairies In The Spring”! (00:00) - Intro (03:38) - Pizza Crush (23:15) - Fairies In The Spring (53:00) - Predictions, Outro Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Ganon's Theme Cover - https://youtu.be/ZDMtmXibdEc?si=zDLsRib0_w5Dt5M0 Zelda Cartoon Censored - https://youtu.be/2HrJpGJJCzM?si=UX3eanRGGbEA1oVP Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	54. Looked Better, Moved Worse - Ft. Ed	02 Dec 2025	01:38:09
Welcome to The Animated Arcade Podcast! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/”The Legend Of Zelda”! First, the Mario Bros. have a Royal Pain as The Queen (Vikki Bakken) hides from the public with the Plumbers in “No Way To Treat A Queenie”! Then, who’s afraid of the Big Bad Koopa? A fairy tale gets fractured as “Little Red Riding Princess” has to save her Grandmother from Koopa while the Big Bad Wolf is left with nothing but his sexy voice! (00:00) - Intro (05:20) - No Way To Treat A Queenie (39:21) - Little Red Riding Princess (01:22:22) - Predictions, Outro Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	53. Meaner, Cleaner, and Greener	17 Nov 2025	01:34:25
Welcome to The Animated Arcade Podcast! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/”The Legend Of Zelda”! First, the Mario Bros. are trapped in a cliche when Luigi tapes a line between Mario’s messy side and his clean side of the shop! Can Doc Freud (Gary Shwartz) bring together “A Basement Divided”? Then, Mario and Luigi are trapped in a cliche when they’re accidentally reduced to the size of ants! And it’s all Toad’s fault! “Princess, I Shrunk The Mario Bros.” (00:00) - Intro (01:53) - A Basement Divided (22:42) - Princess, I Shrank The Mario Bros. (56:30) - Mailbag (01:29:18) - Predictions, Outro D R Z A I U S (Dankmus) - - D R - Z A I U S - - YouTube Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	52. More Unfortunate Foot Stuff	05 Nov 2025	01:07:27
Welcome to The Animated Arcade Podcast! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/”The Legend Of Zelda”! First, Mario has to be nice to Luigi for a whole day to be “Chippie Chipmunk” Of The Month! Can he put up with Luigi until Mr. Gibbel (Fred Travelina) arrives with his prize? Then, a bonk on the head drives Mario bananas! Can the gang bring Mar-zan back to his senses, or is he stuck as “Mario Of The Apes”? (Updated to remove copywritten music) (00:00) - Intro (03:38) - Chippie Chipmunks (25:00) - Mario Of The Apes (59:37) - Predictions, Outro Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	51. We Come Back Offended - Ft. Cole	20 Oct 2025	01:44:47
Welcome to The Animated Arcade Podcast! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/”The Legend Of Zelda”! First, Mario is struck with stage fright while shooting a commercial in "Adee Don't"! Can TV star Tawney Tyler (Melanie Chartoff) salvage the sinking situation? Then, things get a little problematic as the Mario Bros. train in the art of "Plumb Fu" to save the city of Sayonara from "Karate Koopa"! (00:00) - Intro (03:57) - Adee Don't (32:39) - Karate Koopa (01:05:55) - Mailbag (01:40:42) - Predictions, Outro Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	50. Segue Off A Cliff - Ft. Cole	06 Oct 2025	01:14:29
Welcome to The Animated Arcade Podcast! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/”The Legend Of Zelda”! Inspector Gadget (Maurice Lamarche) returns to help the Mario Bros. follow a treasure map! Can the goofy gumshoe find “The Treasure Of Sierra Brooklyn”? Then, Ganon plans to use a magic necklace to brainwash Princess Zelda into marriage! Can Link stop this “Hitch In The Works”? (00:00) - Intro (07:31) - The Treasure Of Sierra Brooklyn (25:07) - Hitch In The Works (01:09:18) - Predictions, Outro Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Ganon's Theme Cover - https://youtu.be/ZDMtmXibdEc?si=zDLsRib0_w5Dt5M0 Zelda Cartoon Censored - https://youtu.be/2HrJpGJJCzM?si=UX3eanRGGbEA1oVP Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	We've Got Mail - Ft. Cole	22 Sep 2025	00:49:56
Welcome to The Animated Arcade Podcast! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, it’s a Mailbag Catch Up Special! (00:00) - Intro (01:43) - Stealing powers from other podcasts (07:36) - Super Mario World cartoon (12:10) - Food Fight (starring Charlie Sheen) (14:55) - Elvin Lives, Superman 2025 vs Fantastic Four: First Steps (32:39) - Other video game cartoons (38:18) - Plumbers Academy, School memories Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	49. Give Pizza A Chance!	08 Sep 2025	01:00:24
Welcome to The Animated Arcade Podcast! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/”The Legend Of Zelda”! First, in “Glasnuts” the Mario Bros. see red when Mikhail Gorbachev (Martin Garner) drops by to learn how to make pizza! Will the kooky Commie like his culinary creation? Then, we flashback to the Mario Bros. early days! Can the Bros. save Brooklyn and graduate from the “Plumbers Academy”? (00:00) - Intro (02:47) - Glasnuts (23:25) - Plumbers Academy (51:00) - Outro (Ratings, Predictions) Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	48. Food Fight	18 Aug 2025	00:55:38
Welcome to The Animated Arcade Podcast! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/”The Legend Of Zelda”! First, the Mario Bros. win a contest to have radio host The Wonderfully Wacky Willy White (Gary Owens) broadcast with them from the Plumbing shop! Can the Bros. keep their energy up for this “Home Radio”? Then, it’s The Return Of The King! Again! When Koopa The Kool conquers Sock Hop Land, the gang have to save the rightful king and show the world that “Elvin Lives”! Also, Goombas can talk?! (00:00) - Intro (03:05) - Home Radio (27:47) - Elvin Lives (50:53) - Outro (Ratings, Predictions) Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	47. Oddly, Creepily Familiar	06 Aug 2025	01:33:50
Welcome to The Animated Arcade! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/”The Legend Of Zelda”! First, after a head injury leaves Luigi convinced that he’s a tv presenter, Mario enlists Jim Lange to help him realize that he’s not, in fact, a “Game Show Host”! Then, there’s gold in them thar Mushrooms! When Klaimjump Koopa takes over a new boom town, it’s up to the gang to make sure the Toads get their share of “The Great Gold Coin Rush”! (00:00) - Intro (02:04) - Game Show Host (20:00) - The Great Gold Coin Rush (48:39) - Mailbag (01:26:50) - Predictions, Outro Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	46. Unstoned Mushroom People	21 Jul 2025	01:08:40
Welcome to The Animated Arcade! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/”The Legend Of Zelda”! First, the Bros. hope to cash in after finding a mysterious painting! Can an art expert (DiC president Andy Heyward) determine the worth of “The Painting”? Then, Mario’s got a fever, and pizza is the only cure! Can they out maneuver King Koopa on their “Quest For Pizza”? (00:00) - Intro (02:47) - “The Painting” (26:00) - “Quest For Pizza” (01:02:17) - Ratings (01:04:17) - Predictions, Outro Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade Tumblr - http://www.tumblr.com/theanimatedarcade
	45. The Triforce Is his Best Friend	11 Jul 2025	01:17:17
Welcome to The Animated Arcade!John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/"The Legend Of Zelda"! First, the Bros. hire a psychic (Elaine Kagan) to talk with their late Grandma! Can she help the connect to "The Great Hereafter"? Then, Link gets swindled out of his sword by a con artist! Can Zelda help teach the crook a lesson on "Stinging A Stinger"? (00:00) - Intro (02:25) - "The Great Hereafter" (18:16) - "Stinging A Stinger" (42:58) - Ratings (44:10) - Mailbag 01:14:6) - Predictions, Outro All Our Episodes! - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKmbD3QbEO8W2iufeDmcMiatreHLV05IV&si=qHN6Jc8E9Z-8HOe1 Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Ganon's Theme Cover - https://youtu.be/ZDMtmXibdEc?si=zDLsRib0_w5Dt5M0 Zelda Cartoon Censored - https://youtu.be/2HrJpGJJCzM?si=UX3eanRGGbEA1oVP Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade Tumblr - http://www.tumblr.com/theanimatedarcade
	44. It Might Be Ugly, But It Floats!	16 Jun 2025	00:59:40
Welcome to The Animated Arcade! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/”The Legend Of Zelda”! First, the Mario Bros. strike oil! Can oil tycoon Ted Bull (Norman Fell) help the Bros. get rich with this “Texas Tea”? Then, King Koopa is holding Princess Toadstool prisoner! Can the gang smuggle themselves past the guards within “The Trojan Koopa”? (00:00) - Intro (03:49) - “Texas Tea” (24:04) - “The Trojan Koopa” (51:27) - Lore Or Filler? (53:45) - Ratings, Predictions, Outro Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade Tumblr - http://www.tumblr.com/theanimatedarcade
	43. The Right To Bear Fire Flowers	02 Jun 2025	01:15:53
Welcome to The Animated Arcade! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/”The Legend Of Zelda”! First, Mario tries to learn self-defence from the spectral Obi-Wan Cannoli (Arsenio Trinidad). Can the day be won by this “Zenned Out Mario”? Then, Luigi plays Paul Revere as the crew help General Washingtoad stand up to Red Coat Koopa! It’s no Tea Party when “The Koopa’s Are Coming! The Koopa’s Are Coming!” (00:00) - Intro (02:28) - “Zenned Out Mario” (15:58) - “The Koopa’s Are Coming!” (37:59) - Lore or Filler?, Ratings (40:03) - Mailbag (01:12:22) - Predictions, Outro Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade Tumblr - http://www.tumblr.com/theanimatedarcade
	42. Let My Mushroom People Go!	19 May 2025	00:50:31
Welcome to The Animated Arcade! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/”The Legend Of Zelda”! First, Vincent Van Gook (Larry Gelman) arrives to teach the Mario Bros. some art lessons, and declares Mario as his greatest pupil! The con is on in “The Artist”! Then, things get Biblical as Mario and the crew have to free Pyramid Land from Koop Tut and his rotten rules, “The Ten Koopmandments”! (00:00) - Intro (02:24) - “The Artist” (22:11) - “The Ten Koopmandments” (45:59) - Lore Or Filler?, Ratings (48:17) - Predictions, Outro Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade Tumblr - http://www.tumblr.com/theanimatedarcade
	41. Retroactive Girl Crush - Ft. Cole	05 May 2025	01:34:30
Welcome to The Animated Arcade!John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/"The Legend Of Zelda"!First, Mario and Luigi fend off a hairless Health Inspector (Gary Shwartz) in "Toupee"!Then, the Mario Bros. sub in for a stolen swordsman in "The Mark Of Zero"! (00:00) - Intro (05:42) - "Toupee" (33:05) - "The Mark Of Zero" (01:12:05) - Ratings (01:13:06) - Mailbag (01:29:43) - Predictions, Outro All Our Episodes! - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKmbD3QbEO8W2iufeDmcMiatreHLV05IV&si=qHN6Jc8E9Z-8HOe1 Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show:Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade Tumblr - http://www.tumblr.com/theanimatedarcade
	40. He's Much Worse When He's Awake - Ft. Cole	21 Apr 2025	02:07:13
Welcome to The Animated Arcade! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/"The Legend Of Zelda"! First, Inspector Gadget (Maurice Lamarche) visits the Mario Bros. for some repair work! Can the Bros. fix his “Defective Gadgetry”? Then, Link and Zelda have to fix the shattered Triforce before Ganon gets the pieces! Will our heroes make the “Underworld Connections”? (00:00) - Intro, Cole’s history with the Super Show (09:38) - “Defective Gadgetry” (45:58) - “Underworld Connections” (01:24:09) - Ratings (01:25:35) - Mailbag (01:58:34) - Predictions, Outro Pop Fiction: The Fire Temple Chants - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U34MFcJdGCo Ganon's Theme Cover - https://youtu.be/ZDMtmXibdEc?si=zDLsRib0_w5Dt5M0 Zelda Cartoon Censored - https://youtu.be/2HrJpGJJCzM?si=UX3eanRGGbEA1oVP Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade Tumblr - http://www.tumblr.com/theanimatedarcade
	39. Paddington Is Generational	07 Apr 2025	00:55:25
(Re-uploaded with completed version) Welcome to The Animated Arcade!John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/”The Legend Of Zelda”!First, Sgt. Slaughter returns to whip the Mario Bros. into shape for a secret mission! Are the Marios unfit to serve, or will they be “Caught In A Draft”?Then, the Mario crew have to save Rap Land from King Koopa! Can we withstand an entire episode of “Bad Rap”?(00:00) - Intro(02:40) - “Caught In A Draft”(21:22) - “Bad Rap”(49:05) - Lore Or Filler, Ratings(52:07) - Predictions, OutroRebel Taxi: Super Duper Sumos - https://youtu.be/fAfDF2JdwPM?si=iViTmPrbB34btWcc Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show:Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade Tumblr - http://www.tumblr.com/theanimatedarcade
	38. Are You Bogus?	26 Mar 2025	01:16:36
Welcome to The Animated Arcade! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!" First, the show gets taken over by some totally bogus dudes as we have to contend with Tommy Treehugger and Co-MC in the only officially available Club Mario segment. With a guest appearance by Joe Piscipo (Yes, really). Then, the show begins properly as Mario and Luigi dream about George Washington (Ed Metzger) declining their use of his likeness (Yes, really) in “George Washington Slept Here”! Finally, the gang have to free Crime Land (Yes, really) from the evil gangster “Al Koopone”, whose magical hats turn anyone who wears them into “The Unzappables”! (00:00) - Intro (02:08) - Club Mario (16:52) - George Washington Slept Here (32:15) - The Unzappables (59:00) - Mailbag (01:12:25) - Predictions, Outro Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	37. Un-Seasoned And Un-Sauced	10 Mar 2025	01:09:09
Welcome to The Animated Arcade! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/"The Legend Of Zelda"! First, Monkey Business abounds as Luigi gets mixed up with an escaped ape in "Gorilla My Dreams"! Then, the Marios take to the air to save Pastaland in a dogfight with both great and lousy music in "Mario Meets The Red Baron Koopa"! (00:00) - Intro (03:14) - Gorilla My Dreams (20:40) - Mario And The Red Baron Koopa (54:38) - Mailbag (01:04:10) - Predictions, Outro Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	36. Faded Canadian Froot Loops	24 Feb 2025	01:38:13
Welcome to The Animated Arcade! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!" First, the Mario Bros share a flashback when Brian Bonsall shows up planning to Run away from home. We wish we could run away from Danny and Lou dressed as "Little Marios". Then, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas as the Crew have to save Santa from the kidnapping "Koopa Klaus"! (00:00) - Intro (02:28) - "Little Marios" (20:33) - "Koopa Klaus" (50:25) - Mailbag (01:34:58) - Predictions, Outro "Drown In Sleep" by Reclaim The Sun - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X94xPhwjSPs Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	35. Good-natured Lady Mud Wrestling	10 Feb 2025	01:12:47
Welcome to The Animated Arcade! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!”/”The Legend Of Zelda”! It's love at first bite when a magic apple causes singer "Mad Donna" (Paula Irvine) to fall for Mario. Will "The Magic Love" last? Then, an evil Zelda clone tries to steal the Triforce! Can Link save the real Princess and beat this "Doppelganger"? And just who is "F--ko The Rat"?! (00:00) - Intro (05:03) - "The Magic Love" (22:02) - "Doppelganger" (01:06:27) - Outro (Ratings, Predictions) Ganon's Theme Cover -https://youtu.be/ZDMtmXibdEc?si=zDLsRib0_w5Dt5M0 Zelda Cartoon Censored -https://youtu.be/2HrJpGJJCzM?si=UX3eanRGGbEA1oVP Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial -https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel -http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree -https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube -https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter -https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	34. Canadian Moral Superiority	28 Jan 2025	01:22:42
Welcome to The Animated Arcade! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, the continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!”/”The Legend Of Zelda”! First, the Mario Bros. call in Madame AGoGo (Kay Ballard) to tell them the future! Can the Bros. trust this "Fortune Teller"? Then, it's kaiju clobberin' time! The gang have to bring a colossal King Koopa down to size when "Mario Meets Koop-Zilla"! (00:00) - Intro (01:59) - "Fortune Teller" (25:52) - "Mario Meets Koop-Zilla" (01:01:08) - Lore Or Filler?, Ratings (01:04:12) - Mailbag (01:18:21) - Outro Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	33. Licking His Fingers And Squeezing It	13 Jan 2025	01:23:50
Welcome to The Animated Arcade! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, the continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!”/”The Legend Of Zelda”! Fame has its price when the Mario Bros. let Rob Stone hide from his fans in the basement! Can the Bros. help this "Heart Throb" shake the mob? Then, it's the Bad Luck O' The Irish when the Mario Crew help a jinxed leprechaun retrieve is Pot Of Gold (coins) from King O'Koopa in "Mighty McMario And The Pot Of Gold"! (00:00) - Intro (02:28) - Heart Throb (16:32) - Mighty McMario And The Pot Of Gold (50:15) - Rating (51:53) - Mailbag 01:17:43) - Predictions, Outro Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	32. Plopes And Rungers	30 Dec 2024	01:17:34
Welcome to The Animated Arcade! John and Aaron watch, review, riff on, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, the continue through “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!”/”The Legend Of Zelda”! The Bros. have a Bat-Man in their basement! Again! Jim Ward returns as an exterminator who looks and sounds exactly like Dracula in "Vampire Until Ready"! Then, it's sink or swim as the Mario Crew contend with a metallic monster commanded by Koopa Nemo in "20,000 Koopas Under The Sea"! 00:00 - Intro 03:03 - "Vampire Until Ready" 14:19 - "20,000 Koopas Under The Sea" 39:45 - Lore Or Filler 42:04 - Ratings 43:40 - Mailbag 01:11:38 - Predictions, Outro Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Art Assets by Chel - http://www.instagram.com/yourmidnightcrafter Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	31. Pushing This Button For Real	09 Dec 2024	01:32:17
Welcome to The Animated Arcade! John and Aaron watch, review, riff, and share trivia about video game cartoons! This week, they continue through "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"/"The Legend Of Zelda"! When a new sauce recipe causes Luigi to start sprouting veggies, the Bros. call Young MacDonald (Scott Nemes) for a cure! Can Luigi be saved from this "Flower Power"? Then, the Mario crew have to save Sharewood Forrest from the Sherrif Of Koopingham! Aided by a local outlaw, it's up to "Hooded Robin and his Mario Men" to file for one serious tax return! (00:00) - Intro (08:55) - "Flower Power" (20:25) - "Hooded Robin and his Mario Men" (49:27) - Lore Or Filler?, Ratings (50:14) - Mailbag (01:27:27) - Outro Our Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by Xennial - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xennial/single/after-school-keyboard-club/ Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	30. Little Robert Sings For His Supper	28 Oct 2024	00:45:41
Welcome to The Animated Arcade! John and Aaron are reviewing and riffing on 1989's "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!/The Legend Of Zelda" animated series! They also share trivia about the guest stars, writers, and the cartoon's original, unaltered soundtrack! After singer Little Robert (Willard Pugh) appears in Mario’s medicine cabinet, the Bros. devise a scheme to record themselves singing with him! Can they make a hit of “Tutti Fruitti Mario”? Then, as parts of Hyrule are pulled into the Underworld, Princess Zelda decides to take the fight to Ganon! Will Link and Zelda defeat the evil wizard once and for all, or will they succumb to “That Sinking Feeling”? (00:00) - Intro (02:08) - Tutti Fruitti Mario (17:28) - That Sinking Feeling (41:41) - Ratings, Predictions, Outro Hero's Theme (Cover) - https://youtu.be/QK1HEuXyay8?si=-DsZ1YIZrHfkipO7 Ganon's Theme Cover - https://youtu.be/ZDMtmXibdEc?si=zDLsRib0_w5Dt5M0 Zelda Cartoon Censored - https://youtu.be/2HrJpGJJCzM?si=UX3eanRGGbEA1oVP Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	29. Not In A Dude Way	14 Oct 2024	01:50:43
Welcome to The Animated Arcade! John and Aaron are reviewing and riffing on 1989's "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!/The Legend Of Zelda" animated series! They also share trivia about the guest stars, writers, and the cartoon's original, unaltered soundtrack! When the mysterious Angelica (Nedra Volz) sells Luigi a watch that makes HIM run backwards, it's up to Mario to reverse this revolting development before it's “Time Out Luigi”! Then, King Koopa impersonates a volcano-dwelling Fire God, and has decreed that the Princess be sacrificed to stop his manufactured eruptions! Can the Mario Bros. stop the Lava Machine, or is it “Too Hot To Handle”? (00:00) - Intro (03:50) - Time Out Luigi (22:04) - Too Hot To Handle (49:00) - Ratings (49:49) - Very Special Announcement (53:52) - Mail Bag (01:46:20) - Predictions and outro Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	28. King Koopa: War Profiteer	01 Oct 2024	01:03:54
Welcome to The Animated Arcade! John and Aaron are reviewing and riffing on 1989's "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!/The Legend Of Zelda" animated series! They also share trivia about the guest stars, writers, and the cartoon's original, unaltered soundtrack! Oh, Brother! Mario and Luigi’s supposed long lost brother Pietro (Vic Dunlop) arrives to join the family business (and claim his share of the profits). Can the real Bros. outfox this “Fake Bro”? Then, love (and artillery) is in the air as the Mario crew try to stop a Koopa-armed family feud from ruining a badly drawn wedding in”Mario and Joliet”! (00:00) - Intro (03:10) - “Fake Bro” (15:40) - ”Mario and Joliet” (57:00) - Lore Or Filler?, Ratings, Outro Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	27. Ow. Ow. Ow. The Cat Is Climbing Me. And, We're Back.	17 Sep 2024	01:27:04
Hey, Pisanos! It's The Excuse Me, Princess! Super Show! John and Aaron are reviewing and riffing on 1989's "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!/The Legend Of Zelda" animated series! They also share trivia about the guest stars, writers, and the cartoon's original, unaltered soundtrack! Al Einstein (Ed Metzger) has sold the Mario Bros. the ultimate computer/pizza oven: HAL 9001! The pizza’s are bad, and the jokes are worse in “9001: A Mario Odyssey”! Then, “The Name’s Mario. Mario Mario” as the Bros. join the Princess’s Secret Service in order to save a missing agent and defeat the evil Koopfinger and his disgustingly muscular henchmen in “On Her Majesty's Sewer Service”! (re-uploaded to add bleeps) (00:00) - Intro (02:45) - “9001: A Mario Odyssey” (31:35) - “On Her Majesty’s Sewer Service” (01:08:20) - Ratings (01:09:36) - Mail Bag (01:23:39) - Outro Cover Song Compilation -https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	26. Relegated To The Bonus Disk	02 Sep 2024	01:15:59
Welcome to The Animated Arcade! John and Aaron are reviewing and riffing on 1989's "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!/The Legend Of Zelda" animated series! They also share trivia about the guest stars, writers, and the cartoon's original, unaltered soundtrack! It’s a “Supreme” surprise as “Susanna Ross” (Regina Wlliams) enlists the Mario Bros. as replacement back-up dancers in “Baby Mario Love”! Wait, this episode has TWO cover songs?! Then, it's Monster vs. Machine as a lab accident turns KIng “Koopenstein” into a rampaging reptile! Can the crew fight off the monster with a mechanical menace of their own? (00:00) - Intro (05:04) - “Baby Mario Love” (21:32) - “Koopenstein” (46:45) - Ratings (48:11) - Mailbag (01:09:55) - Predictions, Outro Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	25. A Lady Ninja (You Can Tell By The Shape)	19 Aug 2024	00:59:59
Welcome to The Animated Arcade! John and Aaron are reviewing and riffing on 1989's "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!/The Legend Of Zelda" animated series! They also share trivia about the guest stars, writers, and the cartoon's original, unaltered soundtrack! The mysterious “Fred Van Winkle” (Norman Fell) wanders into Mario Bros. Plumbing after having been asleep since 1929! Can Mario and Luigi help Fred get with the times, or will those times (and ours) be wasted? Then, Ganon kidnaps the King of Hyrule to ransom him for the Triforce! Link and Zelda must team up with a shapely ninja to rescue both the King and Ganon’s uncharacteristically elegant new ride in “Sing For The Unicorn”! (00:00) - Intro (02:25) - “Fred Van Winkle” (22:05) - Sing For The Unicorn” (54:07) - Ratings (55:56) - Predictions, Outro Hero's Theme (Cover) - https://youtu.be/QK1HEuXyay8?si=-DsZ1YIZrHfkipO7 Ganon's Theme Cover - https://youtu.be/ZDMtmXibdEc?si=zDLsRib0_w5Dt5M0 Zelda Cartoon Censored - https://youtu.be/2HrJpGJJCzM?si=UX3eanRGGbEA1oVP What Is Mah Boi? - https://youtu.be/Pg67STalTc0?si=zNA2U1umA6bI_7vx Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	24. The Wrath Of Mama Mario	05 Aug 2024	01:09:36
Welcome to The animated Arcade! John and Aaron are reviewing and riffing on 1989's "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!/The Legend Of Zelda" animated series! They also share trivia about the guest stars, writers, and the cartoon's original, unaltered soundtrack! When the Mario Bros. enlist the aid of Dr. Toby (Gary Shartz) to save their Mama’s ailing basil plant,whose Super Plant Growth Formula works far better than they’d hoped! Also guest starring Patrick Dempsey (yes, really) as the titular “super Plant”! Then, it’s time to pay the piper as Koopa lures away the children of Pastaland with a magic flute! Can the Mario Crew save the mini mushrooms, or will they be forced to pay off “The Pied Koopa”? (00:00) - Intro (03:50) - “Super Plant” (31:46) - “The PIed Koopa” (01:02:44) - Ratings (01:05:54) - Predictions, Outro Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	23. Wedding Cake Facial	22 Jul 2024	01:12:18
Welcome to The Animated Acade! John and Aaron are reviewing and riffing on 1989's "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!/The Legend Of Zelda" animated series! They also share trivia about the guest stars, writers, and the cartoon's original, unaltered soundtrack! With the Mario Bros. out fishing, their (familiar looking) country cousins, take over the shop, just as the lovely Ellie Mae (guest star Donna Douglas) comes looking for help! Will the Bros. be upstaged by these “Mario Hillbillies”? Then, it's a nice day for a white wedding as King Koopa holds the Mushroom People ransom to force the Princess into an unholy matrimony! Only one question: “Do You Princess Toadstool Take This Koopa…?” (00:00) - Intro (03:30) - “Mario Hillbillies” (19:20) - “Do You Princess Toadstool Take This Koopa…?” (44:56) - Ratings (46:07) - Mailbag (01:10:15) - Predictions, Outro Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	22. Peak Entertainment From DiC Entertainment	08 Jul 2024	00:58:09
Welcome to The Animated Arcade! John and Aaron are reviewing and riffing on 1989's "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!/The Legend Of Zelda" animated series! They also share trivia about the guest stars, writers, and the cartoon's original, unaltered soundtrack! The leader of the Plumbers Union (Marty Allen) has a test for the Mario Bros.! Will a leaky pipe send their chances down the drain, or will they be crowned “Plumbers Of The Year?” Then, it’s Elementary, my Dear Mario! The crew have to track down a disappeared detective to stop Prof. Koopiarty in “The Adventures Of Sherlock Mario”! (00:00) - Intro (02:27) - “Plumbers Of The Year” (19:42) - “The Adventures Of Sherlock Mario” (49:50) - Ratings (53:30) - Predictions, Outro Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	21. They Filled The Diaper With King Koopa	24 Jun 2024	01:41:46
Welcome to The Animated Arcade! John and Aaron are reviewing and riffing on 1989's "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!/The Legend Of Zelda" animated series! They also share trivia about the guest stars, writers, and the cartoon's original, unaltered soundtrack! Guest Star Pam Matteson returns to ask the Mario Bros. to help find her “Lost Dog”! Can the plumber pair find the possibly purloined pooch? Then, the Mario crew have to contend with an aged-down Princess, and King Koopa in a diaper. It’s called “Two Plumbers And A Baby”, and it’s terrible. (00:00) - Intro (03:00) - “Lost Dog” (18:33) - “Two Plumbers And A Baby” (49:35) - Ratings (51:34) - Mailbag (01:30:20) - Predictions, Outro Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	20. We're Taking It Literally	10 Jun 2024	01:04:46
Welcome to The Animated Arcade! John and Aaron are reviewing and riffing on 1989's "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!/The Legend Of Zelda" animated series! They also share trivia about the guest stars, writers, and the cartoon's original, unaltered soundtrack! Luigi is transformed into a Zombie after Mario reads him a recipe from a spellbook instead of their mothers cookbook! Can guest star Elvira help undo this “Mommies Curse”? Then, Link is transformed into a frog by Ganon’s minions! Can he convince Zelda to give him the smooch that will change him back? Time will “Kiss’N Tell”! (00:00) - Intro (02:03) - “Mommies Curse” (19:47) - “Kiss’N Tell” (40:59) - Ratings (42:24) - Mailbag (01:01:13) - Predictions, Outro Hero's Theme (Cover) - https://youtu.be/QK1HEuXyay8?si=-DsZ1YIZrHfkipO7 Ganon's Theme Cover - https://youtu.be/ZDMtmXibdEc?si=zDLsRib0_w5Dt5M0 Zelda Cartoon Censored - https://youtu.be/2HrJpGJJCzM?si=UX3eanRGGbEA1oVP Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	19. We're At The Mercy Of The Internet	27 May 2024	01:22:23
Welcome to The Animated Arcade! John and Aaron are reviewing and riffing on 1989's "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!/The Legend Of Zelda" animated series! They also share trivia about the guest stars, writers, and the cartoon's original, unaltered soundtrack! Magic Johnson returns (for the first time?) to the medicine cabinet wanting the Mario Bros. to fix a trophy. Aaron answers the age old question: “Do You Believe In Magic?” Then, it’s a pirate’s life for the Mario Crew as they have to save the Princess from the “Pirates Of Koopa”! (00:00) - Intro (01:50) - “Do You Believe In Magic?” (13:43) - “Pirates Of Koopa” (36:00) - Ratings (38:08) - Mail Bag (01:17:49) - Predictions, Outro Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade
	18. 1989 Marinara (A Good Year)	10 May 2024	00:45:42
Welcome to The Animated Arcade! John and Aaron are reviewing and riffing on 1989's "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!/The Legend Of Zelda" animated series! They also share trivia about the guest stars, writers, and the cartoon's original, unaltered soundtrack! A magic lesson for Luigi from guest star Harry Blackstone Jr.(the titular “Magician” ) results in a missing Mario! It’s a Nosferatu Nightmare when the Mario crew take refuge in a spooky castle! Are they doomed to be permanent prisoners of “Count Koopula”? (00:00) - Intro (03:27) - “Magician” (17:43) - “Count Koopula” (35:20) - Ratings, Outro Cover Song Compilation - ⁠https://youtu.be/3h8Kcwgyi4s?si=BoHRzisvYDOoAwNh⁠ Follow The Show: Linktree - https://linktr.ee/theanimatedarcade Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimatedArcade Twitter - https://x.com/AnimatedArcade Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/theanimatedarcade.bsky.social Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theanimatedarcade

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