A Pokémon Halloween Part 1-Toon-O-Ween Special

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Halloween night's crisp air had arrived once again. The brown autumn leaves fluttered in the breeze. The day was still young, so there was still plenty of time to get preparations ready, and the citizens of the town were using every second of it. As soon as the children got out of school they began to get to work. Decorations, costumes, buying candy. This was set up to be the best Halloween ever. Especially for Evan. He was a bit too old for trick or treats (he decided this last year when an old lady gave him a strange look when he asked for candy), but he was still determined to get into the spirit of the season. He got a bowl of candy to pass out, and decorations skewered all over the place. Skeletons, ghosts, vampires, bats. Evan tried his darnedest to cram in as much Halloween as possible to every square inch of the house. His mom was out of town with his siblings so it was the perfect excuse to have a Halloween party with the gang. 

Evan (with a checklist)-"Bats. Check. Hershey bars. Check. Lots and lots of T.P. Just in case anything spills......Nah, just kidding we're totally T.P.ing somebody." Evan chuckled to himself. "There everything is accounted for, except for my costume that is."

Evan ran into his room and came back out wearing his costume. Blue jeans, black gloves. There was also a black jacket with a yellow line through it. The makeup on his face consisted of squiggly lines underneath his eyes, and a red cap with a black streak in the middle. In the middle of the black streak was a half a pokéball that was blue. 

Daniel-"Uh...what are you supposed to be?"

Evan-"I'm Sinnoh Ash Ketchum. It's my favorite of his outfits so that's the one I went with. Oh, maybe I should grab a Pikachu plush to put on my shoulder." While Evan went to look for a Pikachu he suddenly got a call on his cell phone. It was Sam.

Evan-"Hey Sam, you ready for the party tonight."

Sam-"Yeah, about that. I can't come."

Evan-"What. Why?"

Sam-"I met this really hot chick dressed as a sexy Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, and she invited me to a party."

Evan-*Sigh* "That's fine. The others are still coming at least."

Sam-"They didn't tell you?"

Evan-"They didn't tell me what?'

Sam-"They're also at this party."

Evan-"What!"

Sam-"Sorry, I thought they told you."

Evan-"Everyone is there? Cassie, Ryker, Naomi, Bradley?"

Sam-"Yes, yes, yes, and yes."

Evan-"Even Rob?"

Sam-"Yep."

Evan-"Darn it. He was supposed to be Paul."

Sam-"I mean, he's still dressed like him. If you want to come I can text you the address."

Evan-*Sigh* "How many people are there."

Sam-"Hmmm, About 300."

Evan thought about going, but even the thought of him just standing at the front door of the house made him anxious and nervous.

Evan-"No, I'm fine. I'll just enjoy Daniel's company."

Sam-"Oh, Daniel is here to."

Evan-"What!"

Sam-"I'm just joking. Ok, well see ya bud. Love you."

Evan-"Love you too." *hangs up* "Well, this sorta sucks. You know what, who cares. I can still get into the spirit of this fabulous holiday all by myself. Who needs them. And there's only one way I can think of to get the spirit I'm looking for. 

(END)

Hello my name is Evan A.K.A. The Animated Critic. So Toon-O-Ween never happened. Whoops. Sorry I just got busy with other stuff and lost track of time. Well, at least I have enough time for one special. And it's gonna be big. This month on the Pokémon TV app (which is great if you're a fan of the anime) they made a special section dedicated to Halloween episodes. Well, more specifically, haunted house episodes. 

So today, why don't we review them all. The cool thing is we got an episode from every generation of the anime minus Gen 7. We're also not going to cover the episode from Gen 1 as it's an episode we've covered before, The Tower of Terror. So that leaves us with Gens 2-6. 

Gen 2-Illusion Confusion

Gen 3-Take This House and Shuppet

Gen 4-Get Your Rotom Running 

Gen 5-Scare at Litwick Mansion

Gen 6-Scary Hospitality 

I have to admit, I'm super excited for this. I've never seen any of these episodes before so I'm interested to see how this goes. Lets start off with Illusion Confusion, and lets try to not hurt ourselves. 

The episode starts with the original gang heading for Violet City to face Falkner, the flying type gym leader of Johto. Only problem is they're lost. Like usual Ash is overconfident in his skills to get them out of the forest, but this just ends with them getting more lost. They do stumble into Gary though who instantly begins to act condescending towards Ash. He does tell them though they need a Hoothoot to get through the forest. Apparently Hoothoot has the ability to see through illusions, which this forest is known for having. Ash and the gang quickly run into them and decide they need to get a Hoothoot. The funny thing is the illusions they see are trees with faces. Did they predict Trevenant all the way back in Gen 2? Ash especially wants one so that Gary can't get any more farther than him. They actually have a hard time finding the thing, which is surprising cause at night Hoothoot is as common as dirt. They finally find one though wondering the forest. They chase it down and run into a man named Hagatha. 

He owns a business where he lets trainers borrow his Hoothoots to escort them through the forest. Unfortunately for the gang the only Hoothoot remaining is not very good. He just gets people more lost. On the bright side it's still better than most GPSs. So Hagatha just keeps Hoothoot with him. Ash lets his passion get the better of him once again and begs to use Hoothoot to catch up to Gary. You know, I had completely forgotten how lovable Ash's passion for his quest is. Sometimes he does let it get the best of him, but it rarely, if ever, gets annoying. It is decided that Hoothoot will accompany them through the forest. There's a problem already though. Hagatha explains that he only listens to pretty girls. So only Misty can command the thing. Ash has a killer line about how there's no pretty girls around and of course Misty gets mad.

And so does Hagatha. Wait...he's a girl.

So the trek begins and we see Hoothoot is god awful at his job. So much so Ash begins to get frustrated with him, saying he needs to try harder. Again, letting his passion get the best of him. Misty is a little calmer and more understanding. She says he should do his best as it benefits them and allows him to get stronger by using his powers. It's a win-win situation. Misty and this Hoothoot are honestly adorable together. I kinda wish that Misty got to keep this thing. I mean up to this point the only Johto Pokémon they have is Togepi I believe so it'd help in giving the new Pokémon some more screen time. Team Rocket is also there....for really no good reason. They don't add much to the plot. They're really only there to fill the Team Rocket quota every episode apparently needs to have. You could cut them out and this episode wouldn't change. One could argue they're there to show what the illusions Ash and the gang are going through look like to outsiders, but that's not really necessary. I like Team Rocket, but sometimes it just seems they're shoved into episodes they don't need to be in. Either way they kidnap Pikachu. Then after a mere few seconds lose Pikachu. See what I mean. It feels like they were added in just to be filler. It takes less than a minute for Ash to get his Pikachu back. Oh, what tension! Then shortly after that they see a Dragonite illusion and chase after it. That's all they do in this episode. Yes, I can really see why they were necessary. After that Misty has an illusion of bug type Pokémon surrounding her. In case you don't know she's deathly afraid of bug Pokémon. Dark Types (A.K.A. The evil type)? Fine. Legendaries? No problem. A wild Kakuna! Oh, God have mercy on thy soul. Despite knowing it's an illusion though Misty still can't handle her fear. She needs Hoothoot to help her, and Hoothoot runs off faster than a trainer in a cave from a wild Zubat. Ash calls him out on this. Even though Ash may be a bit too hard on Hoothoot, mostly caused by the fact he wants to catch up to Gary, the Hoothoot does deserve to be called out. Ash says Hoothoot should be ashamed and that Misty was the one who believed in him. It's cheesy, but it works. Hoothoot gets his act straight and fends off the illusions. The illusions are revealed to be put together by our good old pals Haunter and Gengar. I think it would've been cooler if it was Misdreavus that was behind this though. I mean Misdreavus was one of the new Pokémon, and it is known to like messing with people. Maybe I'm biased because Misdreavus is one of my favorite Pokémon, but I think it would've worked. Anyway the episode ends with the group beating the ghost duo, getting out of the forest, Ash apologizing to Hoothoot for being hard on him, and the gang leaving for Violet City. This episode is pretty good. Hoothoot as a character is pretty fun to watch and I like the development it goes through. Ash also goes through some development. Starting as a stubborn child who let's his dreams get the best of him, to apologizing to Hoothoot for taking it out on him. I also like the connection Hoothoot shares with Misty. It's pretty cute, and I'm kinda sad they never had Misty keep it. I understand she's a water trainer, but she's had non-water Pokémon before. Case in point, Togepi. And if I recall in the episode So Near, Yet so Farfetch'd she tried to catch the titular Pokémon, whose a normal type. She's not just restricted to water Pokémon. But I found it a pretty fun episode and so I recommend it. 

Evan-*Sigh* "Well, back to my natural state of loneliness. This is where I thrive. That's sorta true. Ever since I made really good friends with those guys my review output has significantly decreased." *Stretches and Yawns* "I think I need a snack before the next episode. I mean I have plenty, cause no one has come to eat them." *Gets up off chair and heads to kitchen.* "Lets see, Reese's, Candy Corn, Caramel Apples. Do we have anything in this house that's not candy."

Daniel Enters

Daniel-"Uh...Evan"

Evan-"What's up Daniel?"

Daniel-"I...I don't feel to well."

Evan-"What, you got a ghost fever or something?"

Daniel-"I feel....a darkness."

Evan-"A darkness? Can you give more specifics."

Daniel-"Someone's...weeping. And there's a force looking for the source of this sound."

Evan-*Laughing*

Daniel-"What?"

Evan-"I see what you're doing. You're trying to scare me aren't you. Well, it won't work." 

Daniel-"Evan I'm serious!"

Evan-"Sure." *Continues laughing and leaves.* "Aw, man. That's one interesting story."

Daniel follows him.

Daniel-"Evan, please listen. I'm seriously worried."

Evan-"Daniel, I think you just got the Halloween spooks."

Daniel-"Why don't you believe me?" 

Evan-"I just think everything you're feeling could easily be explained away. The dark feeling is probably just the Halloween frights getting to you. I think you just imagined the weeping sounds. I mean wouldn't I be able to hear them to."

Daniel-"I guess you could be right."

*Baby crying sound that's loud and audible.*

Evan-"Ugh, Elizabeth woke up."

Daniel-"Um, Evan. Your baby sister is out trick-or-treating with your parents."

Evan-"Then....."

Daniel-"Run?"

Evan-"Yeah that might be a good idea."

Evan-"What the! There's nothing but darkness"

Daniel-"We can't escape."

Evan-"Daniel, remind me never to doubt you again."

Daniel-"Well do, but now what?"

Evan-"To the basement closet."

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Daniel-"Why this place specifically?"

Evan-"There's only one door, and no windows, so if anything is going to get through it has to go through the door so it can't sneak up on us."

Daniel-"Ah, I see."

Evan-"Also we're away from that wretched crying sound so I can watch some more Pokémon" 

Daniel-"Of course."

Evan-"Next up we have the Hoenn episode Take This House and Shuppet."

TO BE COMTINUED



Out of character-Ah, glad I finished this first part in time for the holiday. Wait, Halloween ended 30 minutes ago.
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Toon-O-Ween 2017 Intro

Ah, my favorite time of year has come again. It's October, and you all know what that means. 

.........

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY MONTH

Yes, on October 9th of this year I'll officially be a legal adult, and none of you care do ya?

Yeah, I don't blame you. Halloween is much cooler than my birthday anyway. *Sigh*

Another October though brings about another round on Toon-O-Ween. This is our 3rd annual Halloween celebration where we look at animated Halloween specials or just other pieces of animation to help get us into the spirit of the season. This year is going to be the biggest year yet. Most of the stuff we review here is just campy horror and is more fun than terrifying. This year we have our first legit horror product to showcase. We also have our first full anime series and not just 1 but 2 movies. 

This Toon-O-Ween is something you don't want to miss. 

Every Saturday in October prepare for animated apparitions and creepy cartoons. 5 more Toon-O-Ween episodes are coming your way this month. 

10/07-Monster House

10/14-The Halloween Door (The Real Ghostbusters)

10/21-The Graveyard Shift or Clams (SpongeBob)

10/28-Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (When They Cry)

10/31-Coraline

We'll start of this otherworldly October with a look at the mostly forgotten Monster House. Then we visit the Ghostbusters, and see how they celebrate this haunting holiday. Thirdly we return to the world of Bikini Bottom for either one of two classic season 3 episodes. On the last Saturday we'll watch an anime that I've only now had the balls to watch for the first time. Higurashi When They Cry (also known in Japan by the cooler name Higurashi no Naku Koro ni). And on October's final nightmarish night expect a review of what is probably the creepiest movie targeted towards kids, Coraline. 

Hope to see you all on the 7th night of this monstrous month. 

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Out of character note: I have a lot of catch up to do, so while Toon-O-Ween will be priority I'll probably have other stuff go up this month as well. 

Credit for the video goes to merydam rewas on YouTube. The song itself however was made by the Arrogant Worms. 

Sweetness and Lightning-Anime Experience #1

Anime-Sweetness and Lightning

Aired-July 4th 2016-September 19th 2016

Production Studio-TMS Entertainment 

Hello and welcome to the first official episode of Anime Experience. The show where I review and rank every anime I see in a given year. 2017 has been a bit of a slow year, both for this blog and in terms of my anime viewing. It kind of says something when we're this far into the year, and this is the first anime I've seen completely all year. With that said I should begin the review. Sweetness and Lightning is a slice of life, cooking anime. I'll just say this right off the bat, t is good, and is probably one of the best slice of life anime I've seen. That said though there are some minor problems I have with it. Nothing too bad, but let's just dig into Sweetness and Lightning and maybe learn how to cook a few dishes along the way.

The anime begins with an assistant teacher named Kohei Inuzaka. 6 months before the series started his wife dies due to...uh, I'm not sure. Some sort of illness. Either way he was left a widow and a single father of his daughter Tsumugi. He doesn't cook a lot of food, he mostly resorts to microwaveable stuff and pre-made bento meals, because he's busy and doesn't have much talent in terms of cooking. One day they see one of Kohei's students eating by herself. Her name in Kotori. She was supposed to be eating with her mother, but something came up with her work so now Kotori's alone. Tsumugi takes interest in the home cooked meal she was eating, but unfortunately Kotori ate it all. She does decide to invite Kohei and Tsumugi to her family's restaurant though. Kohei doeen't seem interested, but then he sees Tsumugi craving a proper meal like her mother use to make. Kohei feels bad for neglecting to give his daughter a proper meal for so long, thus he decides to go to the restaurant. It's closed, but Kotori invites them in anyway. Again, she's alone. Her mother's a really famous chef so that's why she's always so busy. It seems Kotori doesn't know much about cooking either, but manages to put a decent bowl of rice together. The two love it. Kotori then suddenly asks if Kohei wants to join her more often and cook with her. Luckily this anime doesn't take place in America, cause I'm pretty sure a teacher would be put through some sort of hell from the school if he agreed. Either way Kohei is still unsure weather it'd be ok. He gets reassurance from the principal, and Kotori's mom writes a letter explaining it's ok. So with all that settled the group begins cooking together. Over the course of the series Kohei becomes a better cook, and is able to cook more meals for Tsumugi. He also grows as a father. Not that he was ever incompetent as a parent. He is shown to really care for Tsumugi. He's just not perfect. In reality no father truly is. The trick is to be as good as you possibly can, and improve in the areas where it's necessary. Which is what Kohei does, and it's really sweet to see him develop like that. Kotori meanwhile finally has someone she can indulge in her passion with. You see, like a lot of anime girls, she really likes to eat. She's not very good at cooking though and her mother's never around, so she's in a bit of a rough place. Like Kohei her cooking skills improve. Since her mom is a chef she does have the basic knowledge to get the group started, and access to her recipe's. In reality she could probably do the cooking by herself, but she has a huge fear of knives that keeps her from doing that. I'll talk about that later. Tsumugi also goes through some development, like learning to appreciate her dad more and not crying as often. Like most slice of life shows there isn't much to the premise. It's all in the characters, and I like the characters.
Kohei is a great father, not just to Tsumugi but to Kotori as well. Well...father figure anyway. He does end up giving her some pretty good advice in one episode. Most of his personality stems from wanting to care for Tsumugi, but I think it works. He's constantly developing as a father in a really well done manner so because of that he's enjoyable to watch. He's really polite and kind to just about everyone he meets as well.
Kotori is a loner. She doesn't seem super shy, she just doesn't really mind being alone. She probably got use to it considering how often her mother leaves her alone. She has only one close friend, who we'll get to later. I feel like eventually anyone gets tired of being lonely and so that's why she asked Kohei to help her with cooking. It's again really sweet that they're able to get together and she finally has someone to indulge in her love of food with. None of them can really cook, but they learn and grow together which is really nice to watch. I feel it helps develop their relationship.
Tsumugi, like her father, has some great development near the end. She probably has the most personality though out of everyone. She's highly energetic, doesn't like being scolded, and can be prone to feeling sad. She also has this vivid imagination. They could've just created this bland character to just be cute and attract an audience, and while she's kinda like that they did try and give her an actual personality. She never crosses the line into bratty or annoying either. I do have a high tolerance towards little kids though, so some might see her as that. Again though, she goes through some development.
These are the three main characters we are stuck with, and I enjoy watching them all. I know I'm saying this a lot, but it's really sweet how cooking can bring this group of different people together. They all have different experiences with cooking, but they all grow as chefs together. I'm always a fan of stories where characters, who otherwise wouldn't of met, meet up because of their love for one thing in particular. In this case it's cooking.
We got two other characters as well. Kohei's best friend named Yagi, and Kotori's friend Shinobu.
Yagi is a laid back, cool character. He's an actual chef as well. He helps watch Tsumugi when ever Kohei can't get her to daycare or get a sitter. It's pretty clear he cares for Tsumugi as well. In fact the only time he's unchill is in this one scene where Tsumugi was in danger.
Shinobu seems more like a tsundere-like character. She cares for Kotori, and other than that doesn't have much going on. She's bland, but she doesn't appear much so she doesn't bog anything down.
Honestly my biggest, and pretty much only, problem with the show is that I feel it needed more episodes to develop the characters and their relationships with one another. Kohei and Tsugumi's was good, but I feel like some of the other relationships could've been developed more. Especially Kohei and Kotori's and the one Yagi and Shinobu form. Not to say that the development we did get with the relationships was bad. No, it was good. I just feel like they could've expanded upon them more. Maybe if they had 24 episodes instead of 12. I feel like the manga this anime is based off of  would have more development in that department. It's still ongoing and has a decent amount of chapters under it's belt, with 8 volumes total so far. If anything this anime does make me want to read the manga to see if and how they develop everything better. I also wanted some sort of resolution with Kotori's knife problem, or at least a sign that she gets better about it. Nope, there's none of that though. I understand it was mostly used for a couple of quick jokes, but it still would've been nice to see. Oh well, I can't really fault the anime for it. It's not like they never did anything with the plot point. With all that said though I still enjoyed myself while watching the anime. Every second of it. Even the cooking segments were fun. The characters were good, the music was ok., the opening and ending themes were great though. The animation is really good, and overall it's worth watching if you're a fan of slice of life stuff. If you want a heartwarming anime about people coming together to enjoy something this is the anime for you. Sure you might want some more development, but you'll still enjoy what you get. It's like vanilla ice cream. You may want more flavor, but vanilla ice cream is still really good.

Overall everything gets a check, except for music which gets a check minus as the opening and ending were really the only songs that were memorable.
So yes, this anime is highly recommended. So over the course of the year I'm going to compare every anime I've seen by ranking them from best to worst. Near the end of the year we'll see where everything stacked up. So since this is the only anime I've finished all year it gets the number one spot by default.

1-Sweetness and Lightning


And that's Sweetness and Lightning. If you took off the lightning part it'd live up to it's name. It's a really sweet and heartwarming show. Guess there's nothing else to say.
Thanks for reading and I'll see you later.
Peace.

Next up-A Little Snow Fairy Sugar

Other anime I plan on watching:
Charlotte
Big Order
Diabolik Lovers

God help me if what I heard about Diabolik Lovers and Big Order is true.


Oh and I also had a few test title cards for this episode that I wanted to share.

Pokémon Sun and Moon Anime Ep. 1-3-Animated Critic Short #3

"Presenting the series you all wanted to see. The official anime adaptation of Pokemon Academy Life."

Hello my name is Evan A.K.A. The Animated Critic. Today I get another chance to talk about my one true obsession. Pokémon. I already reviewed an episode of the anime, and I made a post celebrating the 10 year anniversary of my first Pokémon game, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. I really should talk about it more often though. Pokémon is not just my favorite game series of all time, but my favorite franchise of all time. I collect the cards, the plush toys, just anything I can get my grubby little hands on. One aspect of the series I've never been a huge fan of though is the anime. I liked it a lot as a kid and watched it whenever I could (it was alway on super early on saturdays, when I prefer to sleep, so I had to wait until episodes went on demand or for the occasional moment where I either woke up super early or it aired outside of its normal time.) up until about halfway through the Sinnoh arc. Since then I've caught a few episodes of the Black and White and X and Y show. Those episodes were pretty bad. I'm trying to get back into the show though. I've rewatched some episodes from the Kanto Arc which were enjoyable (including Tower of Terror which I reviewed) and I plan on watching the Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh Arcs soon. I'll also probably watch X and Y and Black and White, even though those few episodes I saw left a bad taste in my mouth. But now let's talk about the games. I finally got around to beating Pokémon Sun and I absolutely loved it. In fact I loved it so much I was thinking of just reviewing that. Pokémon Sun has become my favorite Pokémon game of all time and a good contender for one of my favorite games in general. The story is the best one yet, the gameplay takes everything that makes Pokémon Pokémon, but makes it much better (for example the ride pager replacing HMs). Plus despite being a bit of a rework of the original formula it still works as a great 20th anniversary celebration. It really feels like a big send up towards everything that Pokémon has accomplished in the last 2 decades. It brings back some old characters, references previous generations pretty frequently, and it really just got me nostalgic for when I picked up my DS and popped my copy of Pokémon Diamond in for the first time. The Alola region is beautiful, and even though I think I still prefer the aesthetics and Pokémon available in Sinnoh, Alola is still the most pretty region we've seen yet and has a ton of awesome Pokémon available. Pyukumuku probably being my favorite of the gen 7 Pokémon. And in case you're wondering who I picked as a starter I went with the most hated one, Popplio. Honestly I don't get the hate. I guess I can understand the hate for Brionne's design, as it's honestly not my favorite, but Popplio is a cute little guy and Primarina is absolutely beautiful. Yes I know it's a rather feminine design for a Pokémon that ends up mostly being male, but honestly I've never been bothered by that. Anyway I was really disappointed when the game ended. Don't get me wrong, I loved the ending, but the game was over. All the characters I loved would be stuck as boring, motionless NPCs. The epic storyline was over. What do I do now? Catch an Ultra Beast? Laaaaame. (JK the Ultra Beast are pretty cool). But I really missed everything i was doing during my journey. That partially lead to my decision to watch the Sun and Moon anime. I figured it'd be fun to relive the Alolan experience in anime form. That and the story of the game was so good. Really if they just did that, but with Ash Ketchum you would've had a hit in my book. They didn't do that though. Ok, makes sense. The Pokémon anime rarely follows the storyline from the games. Is it good at least. Well let's dig into the first 3 episodes of Pokémon Sun and Moon and find out.

Episode 1, Alola to New Adventure, begins with Ash and his mother on vacation at the Alola region. Ash and Pikachu are testing out a Sharpedo ride Pokémon and run into Lana. Also Pyukumuku is in this scene which is only noteworthy to me as I find Pyukumuku to be one of my personal favorite Pokémon. So I may of had a bit of a fanboy moment during this scene. No matter how bad the anime may get, it's always going to be awesome seeing your favorite pocket monsters in anime form. Back to Lana. Lana is the water type Trial Captain (pretty much Alola's version of Gym Leaders). We'll meet some more Trial Captains later, but for now Ash goes to meet up with his mother. Is it just me or do others also keep forgetting she has a Mr. Mime. Mr. Mime apparently won this vacation for them from some sort of lottery. Weird, you'd think Pokémon would not be allowed to participate in a lottery like event, let alone a Psychic type who could use his powers to cheat. They go out to buy some exotic berries, but Ash sees a Grubbin and in true Ash spirit is excited by this never before seen Pokémon. So he runs off without telling his mother to chase the Grubbin into the forest. Seems like a lot of work for a Grubbin. I mean I know Vikavolt is awesome, but Grubbin in the Alola region is common as dirt. I understand though that Ash has never seen this Pokémon before and as such is excited. So excited he runs into the forest and doesn't even notice until it's too late. He's lost. Ash is kind of an idiot in this show. I mean I know he's supposed to be rash and quick acting, but there's a thin line between that and idoiocy. He eventually stumbles upon the Pokémon trainers school. Which is way cooler looking than the one in the games. There he almost gets trampled by some Tauros racers, remeets Lana and also meets some other students. Mallow, who in the games was the grass type Trial Captain. Sophocles, the electric Trial Captain. As well as Lillie.
 I love Lillie in the games. She starts off as this timid, reclusive girl with a bit of mystery behind her. You always end up helping her out in some way. She later develops into a more independent, stronger character. The mystery is also pretty great. She has a rare, unknown Pokémon which she calls Nebby, but it's actually called Cosmog. There's a whole mystery behind him as well that's she's trying to find out. Also Nebby doesn't like to stay inside her bag which leads to antics. By antics I mean you almost die trying to rescue it. Thanks buddy.
So is Nebby in the anime I hear you thinking in your head, cause if you were saying it out loud that'd be kind of weird. Nope. Not in sight. There's not even a Cosmog. Lillie in the anime is the bookworm of the group. She knows lots about Pokémon. Unfortunately she can't actually be near enough to touch them. She's too afraid. I do know that later she gets an Alolan Vulpix though. Lillie's not as shy or timid as she was in the games though. No the shy and timid one is Lana. It never really occurred to me how much the anime changes the characteristics of certain characters from the games. I mean in the games Lillie also read a lot, and presumably knew a lot about Pokémon, but they took away the thing that really made me like her. Lillie is my favorite character from the games so I guess you could say I'm being slightly too salty over this, but still this version of Lillie is a bit bland. Her purpose I guess was to inform Ash and thus the audience about Alolan Pokémon, but Ash gets a Pokedex later to do that so now I have no idea what they're going to do with Lillie. Lana, as I said before, is sort of shy and timid and well probably develop out of that like Lillie did in the games as the anime progresses. Needless to say she wasn't like this in the games. She doesn't get a whole lot of notable screen time in these first 3 episodes though so...moving on. Mallow. She was probably the Trial Captain with the least amount of personality to begin with in the games, but it was still there. Her anime counterpart is dull. She cooks...that's really it. She's pretty much like the Brock of this group only minus personality. Though she cooks in the game so bonus points for accuracy to source material. She's as boring as watching grass grow though. Mallow does take Ash to the principal, who looks just like Professor Oak. It's actually his cousin, but I guess he's could still technically be called Professor Oak. Either way I hate him. He's always making these stupid Pokémon puns. Half of them don't even work. I'm sure they work a lot better in the Japanese dub with the Japanese names, but still I don't really expect them to be any better. Making puns based on Pokémon names is lame. No matter what the country. And it's not toungue and cheek like the writers know the puns are lame. No, they play them straight. Afterwards he does this stupid face imitating whatever Pokémon he just made a joke about. Literally every time he's on screen he does this, and he's on screen a lot. Its so annoying I feel like I could Exploud at any moment. I just want to throw a Regirock at his face and watch him flail around like a Magikarp out of water when he falls to the ground. Give him bruises and Bulbasaurs. Maybe instead of taking the violent route I can justRapidash away from this crap.
....
Shoot! Now you've got me doing it. It'd be more tolerable though if the puns actually made sense. Sometimes they do, other times they don't work at all. And those silly faces are like a kick in the balls. Needless to say I don't like this dude. Pokemon Rusty, a webshow from Dorkly, also does this but not frequently. Every time we see this dude that's all he does. It wears thin fast. Plus when Rusty does it the puns work and are actually pretty clever and funny. My favorite being Pay-Palpitoad. We also meet Professor Kukui who also has the occasional pun based around move names. But it's nowhere near as frequently done as Alolan Oak's puns. So their more tolerable. Only by a bit though. At least they all actually work and make sense. Otherwise he's not very interesting. I love him in the games, but here...Meh. Anyway Ash's mom is there as well. Professor Oak (the Kanto one) gave Ash and his mother an egg to deliver to Professor Oak (the Alolan one) for...reasons. I don't know, they really don't explain why he needs to deliver it. But whatever Mom is there. She really didn't seem too concerned with her missing 10 year old child. They deliver the egg. Later, outside the school, we meet Kiawe who in the games is a fire type Trial Captain. I'm really not sure how this anime is going to handle the trials. They've made most of the Trial Captains high school students and none of them even mention being Trial Captains. So I'm starting to think that they aren't Trial Captains in the anime. I mean you'd think they'd bring it up if they were sometime withen these first 3 episodes. So here's what they did. They took the epic story from the original game and then made it into a school story. Because you know Anime doesn't have enough shows that follow school students. I mean there's only Clannad, Bleach, Girls Bravo, Lucky Star, Sankarea, DearS, Your Lie in April, A Little Snow Fairy Sugar, School Days, Eiken, Yuki Yuna is a Hero, Suzuka, Free!, Hanasaku Iroha, Hitman Reborn, Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko, Please Teacher, Please Twins, Haruhi Suzumiya, Azumanga Daioh and more. You're right we needed more school anime. Kiawe is going against Team Skull, the local villains. This is the only time they appear in these first 3 episodes and it's pretty disappointing. If you watched the Sun and Moon game trailer you'd probably think Team Skull is just a complete joke. While in actuality they are a pretty big joke (heck even the people in Alola think so) but they had a lot of complex characterization as well. Here they're kinda just portrayed as playground bullies so hopefully they didn't lose that complexity I loved about them from the games. Hopefully in future episodes it'll come through. Team Skull plays dirty though and sends out 3 Pokemon each for a total of 9 against Kiawe's 1 Turtonator. Ash finds this unfair and steps in with Pikachu. This is where Ash learns about Z-Moves. Kiawe demonstrates one with his Firium Z and Turtonator. This of course causes Team Skull to flee. Overall it was an entertaining battle where both Ash and Kiawe showed their skills and it was a good way to show off the Z-Moves. Great first battle. Ash being Ash is excited about Z-Moves and is excited to learn some. Of course to use them you need to complete Trials. Ash suddenly sees something in the distance. What looks to be a Pokemon. When Ash describes it Lillie says it was probably Tapu Koko the Island guardian of Melemele. You see Alola is split up into 4 islands. Melemele, Akala, Ula Ula and Poni. Each Island has a guardian. Tapu Koko is the one for Melemele. Later that night Ash and his mom are enjoying an Alolan dinner. Ash thinks he sees Tapu Koko again and leaves his mother all alone with Mr. Mime. You know my mom would just guilt trip me about how she's not going to be around forever and how I should enjoy my time with her while it last. Ash catches up with the Tapu who gives him a Z-Ring required to do Z-Moves. The episode ends with the reveal that Ash is now staying in Alola with Professor Kukui and that he'll be going to the trainers school.
That was an OK episode. I'm still a bit miffed about the change of the plot, but I'll get over it. It reintroduced us to Ash and Pikachu as well as introduced us to Ash's new companions. It was also pretty fun so I guess it did it's job.
Moving on to episode 2. The Guardian's Challenge. It starts with Ash going to school and attending his first day of class. Kiawe notices his Z-Ring and the Electrium-Z inside of it. He asks about it saying he has no knowledge of Ash doing a trial. Ash explains the Tapu gave it to him. Lillie says that the Tapu is known to trick people and punish those he finds deserving of it. You should've seen what he did to Donald Trump.

Disclaimer: The opinions of Tapu Koko do not reflect those of The Animated Critic or the people behind it.

By the way you should've seen how Donald reacted. 

Lillie also states that sometimes he gives gifts to the people he likes. Tapu Koko must not have a good taste in people. Kiawe begins nagging about how people with Z-Moves have a responsibility and blah blah blah it's honestly kind of stupid and feels like they tried having an Uncle Ben 'with great power comes great responsibility' moment. Kukui mentions something to himself about there being a battle between a thunderbolt and a flamethrower. It's metaphorical, but a battle with a literal thunderbolt and flamethrower would still be awesome to watch. We then start the class lesson. Which is taught by Alolan Professor Oak. Oh boy. It's about regional variants and he demonstrates this with Exeggutor. By the way Alolan Exeggutor is the greatest thing ever. His neck is so long it can't even fit on the screen.

And that tail. Oh my god. It's ridiculous but I can't help it. I love it. OK, so I understand why it's so tall but can I get an explanation on why it's now dragon type. I mean just picture this thing standing right next to other dragons like Dragonite or Salamence. It just makes it even sillier. So Charizard needs a mega evolution to become dragon but Exeggutor can just be naturally dragon. What is this?

 Anyway the next day, instead of school, all the students decide to have a series of challenges against Ash. Ash loses them all. This is foreshadowing how the Pokémon leagues going to go for him isn't it? His last challenge is a battle with professor Kukui. Cause that's fair. A Pokémon Professor up against a trainer who just arrived in Alola. Ash is saved from being absolutely wrecked though by Tapu Koko. He appears again, and Ash and the gang chase after him. When they catch up to him the Tapu seems to want to see Ash use the electric Z-Move. Ash is able to use it and then the Tapu just disappears. Well, goodbye then. We probably won't see you again until movie 21. Now that I think about it that's probably when they're going to do something with Cosmog. Ash's Electrium-Z completely shatters. Kiawe says it's because he hasn't done any trials yet. So the episode ends with Ash deciding to take on the island challenge. Though I don't know how this'll work out considering they made half the Trial Captains school students. Oh well, we'll see.
So, I think everyone has been introduced. Now we can finally focus on developing the characters, right?

Oh, right. Have to find a way to bring Team Rocket into this. Cause even though the companions Ash travels with constantly change the bad guy team can't. 

So we begin episode 3, Loading the Dex, with Team Rocket arriving on a plane to Alola. Giovanni sent them there to catch some rare Pokemon. We then cut to Ash who, in the after credits scene of the last episode, got a new Pokédex. Only to activate this one they need to put a Rotom inside. So out of all the features you take from the games it's the talking Rotom dex? Don't get me wrong I don't mind the Rotom dex, but I think there's better things you could've brought to the anime from the games. The next day Rotom dex is introduced to all of Ash's friends. We also get a funny joke involving Alolan Professor Oak's puns. You see Rotom dex doesn't understand them, and that's all I'll say about the joke. Just imagine what would happen if you told Siri to look up complete gibberish. That's pretty much what happens. Finally a funny joke. Good job. So instead of learning the gang go out to hunt for Pokemon in the forest. Team Rocket is there as well. They end up finding Mimikyu. Mimikyu has become one of my favorite Pokemon. I didn't use it on my team as it appears late in the game, but I love it's back story and I have played around with it a bit. You see though, Mimikyu is a Pikachu look alike. 

To be more exact he wears a Pikachu costume and pretends to be him. That's where the mimic part of his name comes in. He does this as he only wants to be as loved as Pikachu is. It's just so sad, but yet this thing is utterly adorable. Also creepy, but we'll get to that later. Yeah this Mon makes you feel a variety of emotions. But I mean it makes sense he wants to be as beloved as Pikachu. I mean even people who haven't played Pokemon know who Pikachu is. Heck, Pikachu is so popular he's even forced into games where the only Pokemon you can find in the wild are new Pokemon. 

Thanks Game Freak. I almost forgot Pikachu was the mascot of the series. 

But he goes through the trouble of making the disguise as supposedly noone is pleased with the look of the creature under it. Apparently someone even died cause he saw what was under there. They say it's because what was down there was just so terrifying to look at, and that it wasn't Mimikyu's fault that he looks so scary, but I think Mimikyu just straight up purposely took his life.

Oh yeah. And this dudes part fairy type (I mean the other half is ghost, but still you'd expect a full ghost type or maybe even Gengar with his Ghost and Poison typing to be more scary, but no. The one with a secondary fairy type is the scariest). Unfortunately, since Team Rocket have never seen Mimikyu before, Meowth takes a look under the costume. And, in a shocking move by the writers, he dies. Yeah they finally decided to break the status quo...and you're not buying any of this. Instead he's teleported to a fantasy land where a cute trio consisting of Glaceon, Lopunny, and Gardevoir are giving him flirtatious looks. 

This is how you flirt, right?

Meowth follows the trio, because Poké-hormones exist. 

So I have some questions. 

1-Why Glaceon?

I mean I understand Lopunny and Gardevoir, heck even some humans think they're sexy, (can't believe I said that, but it's true) but Glaceon? Don't get me wrong Glaceon is adorable, just doesn't seem to fit with Lopunny and Gardevoir. I mean I imagine those two as being the prom queens of the Pokémon world. The girl everyone wants (again, even some humans, unfortunately). Glaceon just doesn't fit this image. Plus I can still look up Glaceon on Google without getting any NSFW pics, unlike the other two. All joking aside, what about a Florges? I feel that fits better. 

2-Why Gardevoir?

I understand by Pokémon standards she must be attractive, but again she's a bit out of place. You see the only logical reason to have Glaceon with the group is that Meowth is in the same egg group as Glaceon so...they can breed. Same goes for Lopunny. They're all in the field group. Gardevoir is in the Amorphous egg group. Sorry to say Meowth, but she's just not going to go for you. I hate to add salt to the open wound, but Muk is closer to getting some of that than you'll ever be. So is Stunfisk, Weezing, Slugma, Swalot, Solosis, Gastrodon, A literal balloon with a face, a candle, and a sandcastle. Ouch. I think you need a Rawst Berry, cause you just got burned.
But if you want another Field Pokemon that could be called 'attractive' how about Ninetales. Or even better Liepard or Delcatty. After all Liepard and Delcatty are also cats. A female Meowstic would work too. Why wasn't this entire trio just replaced with cats. I already pulled out three. Anyway, Meowth's dream is turned into a nightmare in the blink of an eye. Luckily he's pulled out of it by Jessie and James. That's when Ash and the gang show up. Of course Ash's new friends aren't familiar with Team Rocket so they get introduced. You know, what are the chances of Ash and these guys always ending up in the same region. I mean I know the saying is the world is a small place but it's not supposed to be taking literally. You guys should really try a different region. Go to Orre, I hear shadow Pokemon are a booming business. Anyway Jessie and James left the Pokémon they got in Kalos back at their HQ. Smart move guys. Meowth tries fighting them, but that goes about as well as you'd expect. But there's hope for Team Rocket. Mimikyu joins it's side as it apparently hates Pikachu. This is a change that...I can accept. In fact I really like this idea. In the games Mimikyu is simply obsessed with Pikachu as he's trying to be him. Here though the hatred gives Mimikyu a more complex and frankly dark personality. He probably feels resentment towards Pikachu because as I stated before no one wants to be near this guy, but everyone loves Pikachu. He feels mad that he's forced to become something he isn't just to fit in, all because people rather be near something like Pikachu. I mean that's probably cause A) Pikachu won't kill them and B) Pikachu doesn't threaten to curse people. Still though it's a Mon you just can't help but feel bad for. Before the battle can actually begin though our episode ends with a Bewear, that made an appearance a couple times before this point, coming and snatching up Team Rocket. He takes them away and Meowth, Mimikyu and the rest of the gang follow.

These first 3 episodes were OK. Despite me not being a big fan of the changes they made the episodes were still overall fun. I understand they have to introduce everyone so it's going to start off kinda slow, but hopefully soon we can get funer (I know it's not a word, shut up) episodes as we get further into this shows run. Pokemon the anime isn't really that deep in characterization or storytelling, but it is really good at creating entertaining, fun episodes featuring our favorite creatures. And while I feel it's become a bit lackluster as the years have gone by, I have high hopes for this series. I think they could make some really fun episodes with the Alola region and it's Pokemon. So I'll definitely keep watching, which for the most part is the goal of the earlier episodes. To introduce you to everything and to make you want to keep watching. In that aspect it does succeed.
So score sheet time.

Plot gets a Check minus as the changes it made from the source material are confusing. However it had some interesting ideas and some fun moments. Not much went on, but since these first 3 episodes were made to introduce us to everything, I can't be too harsh.
Characters get a minus as they're mostly bland or annoying, and Ash is an unbearable idiot sometimes, but for the most part I can still watch these guys and I'm sure they'll get more development later on now that everyone's been introduced.
Animation gets a check. It's an art shift from previous seasons, but it still looks really good. I find this new style fits the tropical atmosphere of Alola much better then the old style would of.
Sound gets a minus. For one, there's no theme song. It pulls a Regular Show and has a small snippet wig music before the title card pops up.
Correction: Apparently there are theme songs, but the videos I was watching just used what I described above. Either way score stays the same.
Enjoyment gets a check. I did have fun while watching it. Weather I was riffing it or was just legitimately having fun with myself. It was a good time.
Overall I'll say Check Minus.

That ends this episode. I know updates have been slow. I'll get back into the swing of things don't worry. For now I'll see you next time.
Peace.

Scariest Animated Moments...as a Kid-Animated Critic Homecoming Day 1

Hello my name is Evan A.K.A. The Animated Critic. Well this week is Homecoming week for me and my high school. I'm sure by now most of you have already had your homecoming, it's happening the same time as mine, or it's coming real soon. I'd thought it'd be fun to do something on the blog to celebrate my homecoming week. Get into the school spirit. Every day this week my school is having a dress up day with a specific theme. For example today is Holiday Day. So everyday this week I'm going to review/discuss something that relates to said theme. That's right. A whole week of filler content. Aren't you just so happy about that. Either way we should probably just begin. 

Today, Monday February 6th was Holiday Day. Every class got a different holiday to dress up as. 

Seniors got Christmas

Juniors got Halloween

Sophomores got July 4th 

and Freshmen got Valentine's Day. 

So instead of reviewing a cartoon featuring every holiday listed I'll instead just do something related to the holiday my grade got. Halloween. Seems Toon-O-Ween is early this year. Instead of doing a review though I'd like to discuss something. Things that scared me as a kid. Especially in the medium of animation. Imagine yourself as a five, six, seven year old child in front of the TV. You just want to waste the entire day away watching those silly, wacky cartoons that give you so much enjoyment. Then BAM something unexpected comes and turns the colorful animated landscape into a land of nightmares. Of course none of these things scare me any more. Well....ok most of these things don't scare me anymore. I think it's just best we begin. You are about to hear 3 chilling tales from my

own childhood. So sit back and cringe at how much of a scaredy cat I was, because some of these things are actually quite embarrassing. 

Monster House.

It's been awhile since I've seen this movie, but man as a kid did it terrify me. I couldn't get through it in one sitting. I had to watch it again all the through much later on. I don't know why it scared me so. I mean a house that comes to life is a bit of a silly idea. I don't know, but man did it get to me. It's weird though that I could sit through Coraline in one sitting (which is far creepier) but this took two. What was it about this house that scared me so. Albeit it wasn't the most terrifying thing I've seen. It
didn't keep me up at night, tossing and turning. I didn't develop a crippling fear of houses. It was just something I just couldn't watch until I was older and less of a little brat about it. Oh well, it's a funny story nonetheless.

The tall paw print from Blue's Clues.

Oh boy this is embarrassing. I swear I'm not making this up. This giant paw print use to scare me. Yes, a show made for preschoolers legitimately scared me at one point. Like Monster House, I don't know why. All it was was just a taller clue that hopped around. Maybe that's why it scared me. Just the way it moved, hopping and creeping around Joe. Maybe it was because it was significantly taller than Joe as well. Again it's really silly, but when you look back at the past a lot of it is like that. Still most people don't have something as silly as being scared by Blue's Clues in their past. 

In case you haven't figured out by now, I love SpongeBob. Especially seasons 1-3. Season 4 is kind of where the show took a turning point though. The shows staff was almost completely changed, and the creator left the show. Luckily he's back now and the show is beginning a reform, but still for 

awhile you never knew what you were going to get with the sponge. In season 1-3 you could always expect a good episode. (Not all episodes from that era were good, mind you, but still whenever a new episode premiered there was always high expectations that it'd be good, and most of the time it lived up to those expectations). With season 4-early season 9 you didn't know what to expect. The episode could be Good, Bad, or just meh. It wasn't consistent with quality. Most of the time though episodes were bad. That's not what I'm here to talk about though. The new writers decided to throw a bunch of new stuff withen the world of SpongeBob. Things like more Squidward Torture.

Grossout

And of course horrible, nightmare,  creations from the depths of hell itself. 

That's what I'm talking about now. There's 4 times SponegBob has scared me. 

1 time during the original movie, and another 3 in the post-movie episodes. 

I'll go from least scariest to most scariest. 

1-Face Freeze (The Entire Episode)

Face Freeze is a season 8 episode. It has one joke. Terryfing faces. 

The plot is that Spongebob and Patrick want to make funny faces, but Mr. Krabs warns them not to as their faces could get frozen like tht forever. Pretty much it's the same deal as when your mom tells you not to stick your toungue out or smile for too long cause somehow your face is going to freeze up like that. Spongebob and Patrick of course don't listen and get their faces frozen. It ends with them not being able to fix the problem and the somehow Squidward and Mr. Krabs end up with frozen faces as well. Because....who knows. 

If you subtract the big issue here that I'm about to discuss it's a boring episode, with a thin plot that rips off a previous episode known as Hooky. Not many funny jokes, and not much enjoyment to be found. The big issue though is this....

 


They make faces like that practically throughout the entire episode. It's pretty unsettling. Somehow this was supposed to be funny. Well newsflash. Even if the faces weren't so scary making funny faces at the camera is not a joke. Even if it was funny the first time it would wear out its welcome eventually, but they stretch this one joke out throughout most of the 11 minutes. So yeah, bad episode. Let's talk about these scary creations though. 

I swear every time I watch this episode I feel the need to banish and repent the demons that haunt these hellish creations. 

Oh and that's the least horrifying scary thing I've seen on SpongeBob. Tells you a lot about what's coming up. Next we have Puffy Fluffy from the infamous A Pal for Gary. A season 7 episode.

I know that he looks cute, but just you wait.

In this episode Spongebob gets a new pet so Gary will have a friend to keep him company while he's at work. A nice thoughtful thing to do. The thing is this adorable creature you see doesn't like other animals very much. That means he acts like a complete douche to Gary. SponegBob doesn't notice it though so he just blames Gary. It's one of the most annoying things in the entire series. Moreso then Good Neighbors. This keeps happening and eventually Gary is forced to share a bed with the monster that hates him so. Said monster eventually sheds his skin to reveal....

OH MY GOD!!!!!!
Do I even have to explain.

Look at that thing. And he's actively trying to kill Gary. Who's the SpongeBob equivalent of a common house cat. Its pretty scary. You actually do root for Gary though as he kicks that monster's butt in a rather awesome way. Oh, but guess what. SponegBob comes in while Puffy Fluffy is about to eat Gary and tells Gary off, as if he's in the wrong. HEY MORON, YOUR SNAIL IS IN THE MOUTH OF A GIANT FISH MONSTER. STOP BEING SO THICK SKULLED AND DO SOMETHING! Then guess what. Puffy Fluffy targets SponegBob. Gary luckily (or unfortunately depending on your point of view) saves him, and Puffy Fluffy runs off never to be seen again. Good riddance. Oh, but SpongeBob yells at Gary cause he bullied Puffy Fluffy into leaving.
....ha....ha ha ha ha.....ha ha ha....HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

HA HA HA HA HA

 
Come here you little....
 


I'll take care of this!


 
 
Ugh......why did you do this to me SpongeBob.

Poor Gary though.

Let me comfort you. 

But all in all Puffy Fluffy is really scary. He could've been in a good episode with high tensions and all that jazz, but nope. Had to put him in the episode with my least favorite characterization for SpongeBob. Listen I know the sponge isn't the brightest light out there, but he's not this dumb. It's just annoying to watch on so many levels. Even if he was that dumb normally it's still aggravating to sit through.

Either way moving on.
The next part comes from the movie. The original one.

This things is.....uh.....I don't even know what. It's a fish that baits people with a creepy fake old woman who sells icecream.

It also does this...

It also has a really unsettling voice, and, oh yeah, lives in an area filled to the brim with bones of other fish. Which is already scary enough,
Luckily we don't see it long as it gets eating rather quickly.

Again, good riddance.
This is a scary moment in a Spongebob episode/movie done right though. It raises the tension, isn't too scary for the little kids, oh, and SpongeBob doesn't bring it home so it can torture his pet snail.
Also I recently found out this things name is Frogfish. You're welcome for the useless tidbit. I'd also like to mention the boss battle with this guy in the video game adaptation.

Being able to beat this thing up, especially after all the trauma it gave me as a kid, is so satisfying. 

All those moments I just mentioned above did creep me out at one point or another. This one however still slightly gives me the creeps to this day. Ever since I saw it as a kid it's left a mental scar on my mind. I'm not even going to explain the context. It won't matter. Context or not it's horrifying.
Here you go the single moment in animation that scared me as a kid...and still scares me as a 17 year old boy.

"It all started when I was born."



You know I think that picture is more accurate now. After today I do feel like I've just been to the depths of hell. Ah, well we're done now. All I have to say is that otherwise the episode this happens in, SquidBob TentaclePants, is OK. If it wasn't for this one scene. Why'd they think it was OK to put this in a show for kids. Heck, kids or no kids it's not something I want to see. This thing scarred me when I saw it. Anyway I'm done talking now.

Tomorrow is Tourist day at my school. What will I review for that. Not even I know. So....I should probably figure that out.
Peace.