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The Animated Arcade

Laugh along with John and Aaron as they watch, review, riff, and share trivia about video game cartoons! (Formerly "The Excuse Me, Princess! Super Show!")

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01:38:09

54. Looked Better, Moved Worse

The Animated Arcade ·

2025/12/02

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

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01:34:25

53. Meaner, Cleaner, and Greener

The Animated Arcade ·

2025/11/17

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

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01:07:16

52. More Unfortunate Foot Stuff

The Animated Arcade ·

2025/11/03

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

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01:44:47

51. We Come Back Offended

The Animated Arcade ·

2025/10/20

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

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01:14:29

50. Segue Off A Cliff

The Animated Arcade ·

2025/10/06

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)

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00:49:56

We've Got Mail (Feat. Cole)

The Animated Arcade ·

2025/09/22

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 memoriesOur Theme Song: “After-School Keyboard Club” by

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01:00:24

49. Give Pizza A Chance!

The Animated Arcade ·

2025/09/08

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

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00:55:38

48. Food Fight

The Animated Arcade ·

2025/08/18

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, 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

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01:33:50

47. Oddly, Creepily Familiar

The Animated Arcade ·

2025/08/06

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

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01:08:40

46. Unstoned Mushroom People

The Animated Arcade ·

2025/07/21

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) -

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01:17:17

45. The Triforce Is his Best Friend

The Animated Arcade ·

2025/07/11

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) -

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00:59:40

44. It Might Be Ugly, But It Floats!

The Animated Arcade ·

2025/06/16

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)

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01:15:53

43. The Right To Bear Fire Flowers

The Animated Arcade ·

2025/06/02

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

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00:50:31

42. Let My Mushroom People Go!

The Animated Arcade ·

2025/05/19

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

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01:34:30

41. Retroactive Girl Crush

The Animated Arcade ·

2025/05/05

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) -

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02:07:13

40. He's Much Worse When He's Awake

The Animated Arcade ·

2025/04/21

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,

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00:55:25

39. Paddington Is Generational

The Animated Arcade ·

2025/04/07

(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

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01:16:36

38. Are You Bogus?

The Animated Arcade ·

2025/03/26

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

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01:09:09

37. Un-Seasoned And Un-Sauced

The Animated Arcade ·

2025/03/10

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

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01:38:13

36. Faded Canadian Froot Loops

The Animated Arcade ·

2025/02/24

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

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