The Simpsons Season 28 S5 E5 ‘Trust but Clarify’

Homer and his family go to a museum and soon Homer ends up seeing the world as impressionistic art. A nice couch gag really, quite majestic really.

The episode begins with a parody of Making a Murderer revolving around Itchy of Itchy and Scratchy. Krusty soon appears on screen to peddle a candy, that is actually good unlike other things he has sold.

Homer’s ambition knocks out his apathetic side and alcoholic side. Homer now feels like he could do more if he changes up his look.

Kent Brockman is on a talk show, and performs a little Talking Heads.  Kent Brockman’s lies finally catch up to him and apologizes to the world. Right after this Brockman is fired and replaced by Arnie Pie.

Homer decides to get new clothes and of course asks for Marge’s help. Bart is out to prove Krusty’s candy is something good even though it is giving people awful side effects. Homer gets a fitted suit, and now feels like he can do anything.

Bart and Lisa sneak into Krusty’s factory and steal some chemicals to see what these candy’s are made of. Kent Brockman is looking for work but to no avail.

Homer shows off his new suit to his friends. The kids take their chemicals to Frink who finds the candy’s are filled with Formaldehyde. Brockman goes to work for a Buzzfeed type sight but isn’t what they are looking for, especially since they went bankrupt.

Homer goes to Burns for a promotion but is rebuffed because he thinks the suit is garbage.  Lisa brings her story about Krusty’s candy to Brockman who thinks he is unworthy to report any more. He heads to a former anchor support group.

Homer is about to continue trying to get a promotion when his other sensations take out his ambition and he goes to Moe. Brockman heads to show Krusty what his candy is doing to people who eat it. With this report he is back on top and has given up lying.

The Simpsons is such a classic show and it is good to see episodes based mostly on characters that don’t usually get the full spotlight. Kent Brockman really showed some depth in this episode and it was interesting see him at his lowest and highest in an episode.

Son of Zorn-S5 E5 ‘A Taste of Zephyria’

Zorn is in the office playing Minesweeper when a coworker disrupts him laughing hard. He shows him this terrible comedy about Zephyrians and this upsets Zorn to his core being a Zephyrian himself. I think its humorous that he thinks its really racist.

Zorn makes his son wear a special belt from Zephyria so he can show some respect for his nation. A friend of Alan’s named Layla is obviously interested in him and he isn’t sure what to do.

Alan asks his friend out for coffee and to do some work and she is totally up for it. Suddenly Zorn comes and steals Alan away with a lie, because of course Alan can’t be happy can he? At a Zephyrian restaurant Alan gets a text from Layla.

Zorn hates the Zephyrian restaurant because it is rather terrible and brings Alan home. Edie goes to talk to the neighbors about their talking gnome and Zorn comes to drop Alan off. Angered by the restaurant he destroys a trash can, and soon, the neighbors take the gnome in.

Alan once again invites Layla to hang out and watch a movie. Edie uses the neighbors fear of Zorn to get a few changes from the neighbors. Taking Layla to his father’s house he finds his father “bringing” Zephyria to him using Craig’s idea.

Zorn shows off his culture to Layla and Alan and it is rather odd. Layla is taken over by an evil spirit and hit in the face with a tongue from his instrument made of throats. She leaves when he yells at his dad, and goes outside to talk to her. When she is about to leave a harpoon launches out of his Zephyrian belt.

Edie’s lie comes out about Zorn being her fiance and the gnomes come back in full force. Alan proves to Zorn that he sort of cares for his culture and the belt is removed. Edie is watching Alan and Zorn be close when her neighbor calls, soon bashing Zephyrians. She finally takes out her Zephyrian weapon and destroys the gnome once and for all.

What an interesting and somewhat powerful episode. Zorn really is upset that there is so much racism towards Zephyrians. This show keeps pulling me back for more and that is good as it is so weird.

Young Justice Season 3 is actually happening!

After a few years of waiting and hoping Young Justice is finally getting a third season. 

This show was truly brilliant even though it only lasted two seasons. It told the story of the sidekicks of the great DC Heroes forming their own league similar to the Teen Titans but so much better in my opinion.

Not much has been announced about this upcoming season but we will learn more soon enough. The fact that this show is coming back to do popular demand proves the power of fans and the internet.

I hope this show continues to be excellent in the next season so they don’t cancel it again any time soon.

Clarence S2 E28 ‘Worm Bin’

Clarence, Jeff, and Sumo are playing around in Jeff’s kitchen. Jeff ever the neat freak, is not a fan of their new composter a worm bin. Clarence and Sumo head out as Jeff is tasked with feeding the worms. He really doesn’t want  to deal with the worms because they are so dirty.

His mother talks him into being okay with it but he still is freaked out when he thinks a worm is in his bed. At night Clarence sneaks into his house and plays with the worms letting them out. When Jeff wakes up he almost throws up seeing the worms. Clarence takes all of the food and sneaks into Jeff’s house and over feeds them.

He glues the box shut but Clarence still opens it and gets Jeff in more  trouble. Of couse Clarence isn’t going to stop doing this it is just too much fun.

Jeff has stopped sleeping and is losing his mind. He aims to get rid of them and give them to Clarence who is ecstatic. They make a plan to get rid of the worms even though Clarence has easily been sneaking in for a week.

Clarence and Sumo sneak in and in the rain they bring the worm bin outside. When they drop the bin Jeff sees that it was Clarence’s fault.He runs around free in the rain but is soon covered in worms.

In the end Jeff realizes they aren’t so bad and even helps garden.

The Amazing World of Gumball S5 E9 ‘The Test’

The episode begins with Gumball talking about the power of the internet and how stupidly we often use it.Sarah the ice cream cone gets Gumball to answer a quiz and finds out he is a loser.

Darwin tries to get Gumball to think it is a good thing but it won’t work. Gumball decides he must be the exact opposite of what he normally is, which of course doesn’t work because he’s an idiot.

Gumball works to be nice and it is increasingly hard as the people around him upset him.Suddenly we end up watching a show where Tobias is now the loser of the show. Gumball in an attempt to never say bad things might be popular but he is losing his mind.

Sarah is annoyed with the falseness of this world and aims to change it, a clip show is no way to live. Suddenly Tobias calls in his “sister” Anais who of course is Gumball’s sister. Sarah wants to destroy him as he ruining the continuity of the show. Gumball won’t give up his popularity and he suddenly ends up at his home at night though Tobias is in the family now.

Out of nowhere the show becomes a Christmas special and in an attempt to boost ratings they bring in a robot. When Gumball sees his girlfriend dating Penny he can’t help but want to spit his venomous words. When Sarah talks about dreams Tobias wakes up from his dream just before Gumball spits all of his venom reverting the world to its amazing self.

Regular Show: In Space S8 E21 ‘Ice Tape’

Mordecai and the crew are heading to a movie store on an ice planet. The clerks aim to help but until Pops reveals himself they can’t assist much. Using Pop’s head to open a door they find a tape made of ice. They travel to the mountain to put the tape into the special player.

The shop owners guide them and they find that the frozen lake is the best choice as who wants to cross a magma or lightning lake. They lose one of the video store men but end up safely in a cave to rest.

Pops can’t remember anything before he was two years old and of course that shocks the others. The second of their guides dies at the hands of a snow mammoth even though they could have saved her, maybe.

Sliding down a waterfall they find three players and find the eggcellent knight from  a past episode. He tells them to choose one of the players and put the tape in. Using his flashback he knows  the tape must go into the fire player even though it doesn’t make much sense. As he attempts this, the mammoth attacks and and the last of the guides stupidly sacrifices herself.

Pops pops the tape into the fire player and sees his father, who is actually smiling. He tells them of a meteor that fell to earth and inside was baby Pops carrying a special scroll. He decided to hide Pops in the most mundane place, a park. Pops knows what he must do as the hero of the universe. The legendary trainer then appears ready to train Pops to master his powers.

Amazing World of Gumball S5 E8 ‘The Scam’

Halloween is upon Elmore and everyone is excited for the great night of the year. In her own way Ms.Simian is also in the mood. Dressed up as Beetlejuice Gumball tells a story. Telling a story he tells them not to say a certain name and ends up saying it multiple times. Apparently summoning a vicious demon, but it turns out to just be Carrie the ghost. It’s good to see other character doing things and Carrie fits the bill as this is a Halloween episode.

Darwin is upset that Gumball is scamming the people and scaring them. Every year Gumball scams the town out of candy, and Darwin is sick of it. He wins over Darwin by telling him that Carrie will need a body to possess to eat candy. Darwin has some feelings for Carrie so he would love to be possessed by her.

The trio scams everyone and gets all the candy they could eat. In a ghostbusters style sequence they solve crime after crime, that of course they cause with Carrie’s help. They keep taking candy until they feel like they should stop. As they are about to dig in, they find the villainous ghost is actually real.and now they actually have to stop it.

All the ghost wants is candy so they feed him what they have. They have to run though as they have run out of candy. Darwin tries to speak to the creature and make him feel. Carrie promises to marry him so he will stop his assault. Darwin is heartbroken but Gumball throws one piece of candy and blows up the beast.

Darwin tries to ask Carrie out and almost gets a yes when Gumball pulls him away. A classic episode of Gumball with some good references all in one Halloween episode. This show really is a treat to watch.

 

Amazing World of Gumball S5 E7 ‘The Code’

Gumball and Darwin are trying to watch videos online but to no avail. It turns out Gumball’s father Richard has been stealing his neighbors internet and now he has stopped that. Of course he’d be stealing the internet, he doesn’t work and being home all day he’d need something to do.

With the internet down Gumball and Darwin pretend to use online services offline. Humorously doing what we really do, it shows how strange our actions can be to the outside world. They begin leaving reviews on all things in a store.

The duo travels into cyberspace and goes into incognito mode so they can’t be traced. They brake into his internet and get away from the fire wall before disguising themselves as a trojan horse. Of course this is all in their imagination. I really love how real the imagination sequences feel I always end up thinking the events are actually happening.

They find out that the internet isn’t changed, their neighbor is just using it up with toolbars. As soon as they get home they are psyched to use the internet when the power goes out and their father asks for a quarter for their electric meter. What a sad way to live, truly would be troubling living in these circumstances that is for sure.

A pretty meta episode of The Amazing World of Gumball where our heroes commented on the internet world. Shows don’t always do things like this especially cartoons, though this is changing. The world without internet would certainly be difficult for many especially those who grown up in its power.  All in all a good episode though, this show is something else. Excited for the next episode ‘The Scam’

Regular Show: In Space S8 E19 “Terror Tales of the Park VI”

Regular Show in a vein similar to the Simpsons has a Terror Tales episode every season. The characters all tell stories in hopes of scaring their friends. The space gang is also in attendance and this should be a pretty good episode I think.

Skips is up first with the story ‘Fear Planet’. Drifting through space with little gas the gang is forced to land on Fear Planet where all your greatest fears are realized. Benson jumps out to get gas and is killed by what he fears most, sharks. Skips then goes out and clears his mind so no fears appear. Of course he is afraid of something quite mundane, freestyle Frisbee players.

Mordecai tells Pops to name all the cookies he knows so he doesn’t see bad things. Mordecai goes outside and is soon attacked by all of his friends fears. Skips told the story to tell how much he hates freestyle Frisbee players.

Eileen tells the story ‘King Sized Candy-bars’, where the gang is trick or treating. They reach a house where they will get King Sized Candy-bars and shortly are looking around the manor. Muscle man is taken by a vampire  as Eileen runs to find the others. Next to be taken is Skips leaving only Mordecai, Rigby and Eileen to fight off the vampires. They are all soon bitten and muse about sucking the blood from the humans.

As the gang talks about how scary Eileen’s story was a black hole appears before them. I wonder what will happen to our heroes now?

The last story told by Rigby is ‘Alien Roommate’ where the gang is looking for a new roommate. The gang tries to no avail to find a new roommate to help with living expenses. They soon find an alien who is rather creepy but has money. While she seems like a good roommate at first she soon shows her true colors.

When they try to kick her out, she kills one of their space friends. In an homage to the alien movies they look for their roommate. I am enjoying this sequence the most because it is actually a little scary. They lure her out with her favorite television show and drag the TV out of the house so she chases it. They lead her to the air lock and attempt to release it but she has destroyed it. Muscle Man pushes her out into space and drifts away.

Once the story ends we find they haven’t gotten away from the black hole. They find that their bodies have gone through spaghettification. Neil Degrasse-Tyson talks about the science of black holes and eats them.

I think this was a good final Terror Tales of the Park, though I will miss these stories it ended on a good note. Excited for the next episode as always!

 

Regular Show S8 E18 ‘Alpha Dome’

Rigby is asleep at the controls as the ship blasts through warp speed. When it stops they are in empty speech. They find the Alpha Dome or the first dome sent into space.  They soon find the dome and the people living their happen to be Puritan in nature.

Their leader is a pockmarked face man named Silas who knows more than what he lets on about computers. The group is led to a pig silo where a robotic pig shoots at them. They destroy the pig with a pitchfork and run to the computer.

There is a log telling of how the leader Silas and his crew headed into a time anomaly. Running into the computer shed, he doesn’t end up losing himself like the rest of the crew.

Silas, realizing our heroes are going to rat him out, deems them witches. The Park’s dome smashes into the Alpha Dome and they begin an attack on the  opposing dome. They push the dome into the the time vortex, careful not move into the vortex themselves. They run into the shed and are not changed by the vortex. Finding the others now super intelligent energy beings they soon get what they needed to from them and are on their way.