DCOMstructed: Halloweentown

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A very happy Spooky Day to all who celebrate. For this momentous annual occasion, we present to you a preview of our new series, DCOMstructed, a monthly breakdown and discussion of Disney Channel Original Movies, or DCOMs. As is the season, our choice for this here holiday is none other than Certified BangerTM Halloweentown!

EDITOR'S NOTE: During the commercial break, we listened to an old promo for A Bug's Life as well as a few other Disney Channel liners of that time. Since famously-litigious Disney Corp included the whole-ass track to Baba O'Reily in that promo, we weren't able to include it on the free feed. If you like what you hear and want more of DCOMstructed (or you just want that Bug's Life promo), consider checking out our Patreon at patreon.com/debatethiscast! For $5 a month, you'll get access to the Premium feed, which right now includes our pilot episode we did about Phantom of the Megaplex as well as the entire backlog of our D&D real-play show The Office Drones.

Recommended reading:

Spooktacular Review-a-thon:

  • Step 1: Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Goodpods, or anywhere else you can write reviews!

  • Step 2: Take a screenshot of your review, post it to social media, and tag us @debatethiscast

  • Step 3: We'll read your review in a spooky voice during the October ad breaks!

  • If we get 20 new reviews this month, we'll make Todd play another spooky game live on Twitch!

  • You can watch last years stream at https://www.youtube.com/@debatethiscast

Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast

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FLAVOR TEXT: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

In every generation there is a Chosen OneTM. One podcast alone will stand against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness. We are that podcast, and this month we are talking about the GOAT teen supernatural action-adventure-dramedy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Listen in as Andrew dictates in no short order the first three seasons leading up to Buffy's high school graduation and the set up for its massively successful spinoff, Angel.

Here's an Imgur library chock full o' complicated prostethetics and late-90s VFX: https://imgur.com/a/Tmh5PiD

Special thanks to "@OCreativeOne" for commissioning this month's episode! If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT and have us talk about literally whatever you want, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast.

Extended Reading

Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at ozzed.net!

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FLAVOR TEXT: Gilmore Girls

Welcome, stranger! You've driven a long way from The Big City, so why not park that fancy car over there and take a load off here at the diner. Which diner, you say? Why, the only one in town! What's that? You don't want to leave your car in the middle of the street? No worries there, stranger! We here at Stars Hollow have evolved past the need of paltry things like cars, or retail chains, or global economies. So, sit back, relax, grab a knitting needle for the annual Knit-a-Thon, and listen to the DT! boys break down the 8 seasons of love and laughter that is Gilmore Girls.

Link to the Imgur library: https://imgur.com/a/JnIK0IV

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If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast.

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Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!

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FLAVOR TEXT: Apex Legends

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A space marine gets marooned on a distant planet after a catastrophic spacecraft explosion and discovers a weapon based on ancient alien technology that has the ability to decimate planets. Together with his new A.I. buddy, this physically enchanced "super soldier" race against an army of space zealots to secure control of the superweapon.

No, we already *did* Halo. This is Titanfall, and it's totally different because it leads in to the real "combat evolved"...the Mad Max-esque bloodsport that is Apex Legends! Soldiers, murderers, mercenaries, thieves, and friendly robots alike emerge from across the universe to compete in a 30th century gladiator-like arena, full of guns, explosions, and--most importantly--a whole lot of cooldowns.

You can find the imgur gallery here: https://bit.ly/3BDAs4E.

Special thanks to #buttthwompnation's own Space Legend, "@zhakix" for commissioning today's episode. If you're interested in comissioning your own FLAVOR TEXT, come check out our patreon at patreon.com/debatethiscast.

Don't forget to check out our Redbubble shop where you can find your favorite debater as a pixelated fantasy hero and a few other DT! goodies: https://rdbl.co/3PWMs5j

Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!

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FLAVOR TEXT: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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Cowabunga dude! Join us today as we stuff you full of 90's nostalgia and New York style pizza as we do a deep dive into the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on todays FLAVOR TEXT! Come along as we have answer the questions like "were the 90's turtles the best?" and "why were the 90's turtles the best?" Stick around long enough and you'll get to hear all about the major misstep taken in introducing the first new turtle, Venus de Milo.

Special thanks to a budding hero of #buttthwompnation, "BaconBitBehemoth" for commissioning today's episode! You would have been our first choice in casting a true to form Casey Jones if they had asked our opinion.

Go check out our fledgling Redbubble shop where you can find your favorite debater as a pixelated fantasy hero: https://rdbl.co/3PWMs5j

Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!

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FLAVOR TEXT: Young Justice

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Take one part Justice League, add in one part plucky youths, and you've got yourselves Young Justice. Aqualad, Kid Flash, Miss Martian, Superboy, and a plural number of Robins all come together in Young Justice to get down in the dirt with your favorite B- and C-list DC villains and today's FLAVOR TEXT is here to tell you all about it! Join us as we discuss the supporting cast and the plot of seasons 1 and 2. Listen in today to find out about your favorite DC hero proteges, stick around to hear us talk about Dennis Rodman.

Special thanks to a budding hero of #buttthwompnation, "Dr Garlicbutter" for commissioning today's episode! You may not be part of the Justice League yet, but we wouldn't force you to train under Green Arrow.

Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!

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FLAVOR TEXT: Gender in Comics

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CONTENT WARNING: at 1 hour 38 minutes we discuss sexual assault in comic books.

Last year we discussed Social Justice in Comics (Season 4, Episode 21) which covered an entire spectrum of social justice issues that comics sometimes handled alright, but often times missed the mark. This week, thanks to continued support of Patrons like Sharkbait, we're dialing in to focus on Gender in Comics. Join us today as we talk demographics, representation, and the artists behind the characters. If you hadn't become familiarized with the terrible history of "fridging" then you will be after today.

We did our homework:
"The Golden Age of Comic Books" - Mark Kelley, Marquette University - https://bit.ly/3brN2JH
"Punch a Nazi: 15 Times Superheroes Fought Fascism" - https://bit.ly/3bvNZAP
"The History Behind Captain America Punching Hitler" - https://bit.ly/3HWNhbU
"NYCC Insider Sessions Powered by ICV2: A Demographic Snapshot of Comics Buyers" - https://bit.ly/3uamIud
"Women in Refrigerators" - https://bit.ly/3Otnafj
"Pink Kryptonite" - https://bit.ly/3OLxorc

Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!

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FLAVOR TEXT: Fire Emblem

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The Fire Emblem: two words that have been a shield, a group of weapons, and a song. Legendary heroes, dragons being revived to start and/or end a war? This series has it all. And before you ask, yes there are child soldiers. Feast your eyes on this full album of uniquely named characters that aren't just our favorite Smash Bros characters: https://imgur.com/a/kvMK0XT.

Special thanks to Dr GarlicButter, who would certainly never start a war with a neighboring country in search of the spirit of a dead dragon. If what YOU want is to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast.

Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast
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Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com

Do you like it when we talk about comics? Do you like it when we say comic words into your earholes? Would you like more content that includes us saying comic words into your lil ears? If you begrudgingly answered yes to any of those questions, check out our sister show, Avenge This! (formally known as The Ploose is Loose) where ever you get your podcasts!

Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!

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FLAVOR TEXT: Flavor Text Wrap Up

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Deep lore, little known facts, and other nuggets of knowledge. For years DT! has been doing deep dives into your favorite properties through our FLAVOR TEXT episodes. To celebrate the start of our 5th(!) season and 30th(!) FLAVOR TEXT, we are bringing you a comprehensive ranking of the lore from those properties!

Which property's lore did we rank the highest? The lowest? Does the fact that there are a billion Bomberman games still blow our minds? Do we mix up the plotlines of Ys and NieR regularly? Does Andrew owe us an apology for the Kingdom Hearts episide? These answers and more in our FLAVOR TEXT of all FLAVOR TEXTS today!

Special thanks to you, our beloved members of #buttthwompnation, for commissioning all the episodes that helped make today's show special! If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast.

Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!

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FLAVOR TEXT: Halo

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Buckle yourself in for the Great Journey as we talk about Spartan IIs, Forerunners, Sticky Grenades, the Flood, Prometheans, SPNKRS, a brief stint experimenting with dual wielding mechanics, and punching the Prophet of Regret in his stupid alien face. That's right, today we're doing our deep dive into the Halo series in our latest FLAVOR TEXT.

With Halo: Infinite just released, it's time to brush up on 7 games worth of deep, intergalactic space lore following the origins of life in the Halo universe, the creation of Spartan IIs, details of what the Halos actually are (and are not!) and ending with some guesses as to the plot of Halo: Infinite. Spoiler: Todd was only partially correct.

Link to "I read every Halo novel and became the Master Chief of loneliness”: https://youtu.be/WEWEdIcx1DI

Special thanks to "mgrum54," aspiring bearer of the Mantle of Responsibility and member of #buttthwompnation for commissioning today's episode! If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast.

Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!

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