Episode 44: Battletoads, Part 2
Written by CR Wednesday, 24 November 2010 00:07
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11.24.2010 - 00:51 | pap64
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WHY did this not become a Saturday morning cartoon instead of that Sonic show? Sonic SAT AM was way better anyways.
This made less and less sense the more I learned about it but somehow that just made it more fun and funnier than it should have been.
I was hoping the Toads would of used their powers to beat up the principle and other students cause that's what a lot of heroes would like to do. These guys probably would have too, so double fail.
After my sides stop hurting I'll look forward to the next Familiar Face.
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11.24.2010 - 01:31 | NintendoFanboy
Wow. What kind of donut shop has that kinda dress code? Did Hooters have a spin-off chain?
Well, maybe we'll get a remake someday. maybe a major franchise can put them in a company crossover game to gain attention and release a new game...eh, Nintendo? It worked for Pit.
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11.24.2010 - 01:33 | OzzieArcane
Is it just me or did the only effort from the artists go into drawing the Princess and the Dark Queen?
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11.24.2010 - 01:39 | MCBigman
Hands down your funniest episode CR. Did your time with Nostalgia Critic rub off a little?
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Where has Rare been for the past 6-7 years? It seems like they just can't get a break since Microsoft bought them. And I had such high expectations from them as well! Seriously, where's Killer Instinct 3? Banjo-Threeie? Conker's Bad Fur Day 2? Jet Force Gemini 2? Blast Corps 2? Perfect Dark 2? There are so many things Rare that us fans have been wanting!
If you make them, we will buy.
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11.24.2010 - 02:36 | Cinnamon Scudworth
No you won't. Rare's few attempts at their franchises on Microsoft systems have sold terribly. They'd have a very hard time convincing investors to make another at this point. Also, most of the programmers that made the original games great no longer work for the company.
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11.24.2010 - 04:38 | Sonic_UndergrounUm, Perfect Dark Zero? One of the launch titles for the 360? I'm just sayin'...
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11.24.2010 - 07:16 | dennett316
Yep, a critical and commercial flop. That horrible Banjo Nuts and Bolts game? Also a flop.
Rare got gutted by their association with MS it seems...and their reputation is forever tarnished because of it.
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11.24.2010 - 10:37 | Falcovsleon20
I'm getting sick of people calling Nuts and Bolts horrible when it's not. I know, I've played my fair share of bad Rare games.
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11.24.2010 - 16:18 | Mr.JoeyFandango
There was Banjo Kazooie Nut's and Bolts wich is now considered 3, KI 3 well, you git me there, CBFD2, that had a remake game for Xbox, butif they're a sequel, then conker will die early on, and would be focused on the Milk wars, perfect dark had a prequel, so thats all i have to say
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11.24.2010 - 01:58 | SpotTheShingoKero! Kero!
(Surprised no one has done that yet! Kero.)
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11.24.2010 - 20:30 | No oneThats the first thing I thought when I saw the art!
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11.24.2010 - 02:05 | InkmonkeyWho on the creative licensing team decided that the Battletoads had to be humans that became Toads in these adaptations? It just seems so arbitrary. I mean, if these were standalone projects I wouldn't really think about it, but seeing as they're adaptations of something that has a plot already (albeit a poorly fleshed out one), you'd think they'd preserve what little of it there is. I think the story would be a lot more entertaining if it was just space-frogs fighting space pigs.
But I guess that was just one of those weird things in the 90's... every story needed to be "grounded" somehow... somehow imply that there's a connection to the real world. Whether it's inserting some kid who magically transports to the world of the story, or he turns into the hero of the story, or whatever.
Like that My Pet Monster movie the Critic reviewed not too long ago. It was an adaptation of something that, granted, didn't really have a plot, but it STILL managed to fuck up that minimum premise it had. The appeal of the product was that it was your PET monster. Not the idea that the customer could somehow turn into a monster themself.
God I got off on a weird tangent. Anyway, good job again, CR! Totally dig the Keroro versions of the 'Toads. Very clever.
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11.24.2010 - 02:07 | H2O
"Let's get Warty"??? Doesn't really roll off the tongue the way "Cowabunga!" did.
The animated scene you added was just brilliant and I hope you do more of those in the future. Also Blemish is just awesome, didn't know a frog could be sexy. And did I just see the Dark Queen molesting the princess? Cause if I did then this cartoon wasn't all bad.
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11.24.2010 - 02:28 | HiAndromon
You know what I remember about the original game?
Me and my brother punching each other so that person would loose the stick until we both ran out of health.We rarely got past the first level let alone half way through the game!
Please thumbs up this comment because I made you laugh.
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Since has (forgive the pun) croaked, has anyone bought the rights to The Toads? Or are they just going to that big waste basket of abandoned properties in the sky?
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11.24.2010 - 02:46 | writrzblok
Battletoads...wow, that takes me back. Mostly to having my ass handed to me by the game, especially during the jetski levels.
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11.24.2010 - 02:57 | The_Awesometeer
The Queens hideout looked like a penis
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11.24.2010 - 03:55 | Vismutti
Evil lesbian queen! Kind of interesting how many phallic objects she has around, for a lesbian, though... Penis envy?
Okay, okay, sorry, I'll stop. My defense is that all the sex jokes here kinda stuck my brain on childish mode.
Whoah, they actually revealed themselves? :D That's really kinda awesome. It sometimes annoys me that this is like the ONE RULE nobody dares to break in any superhero story, whatever the media. I get it that it's smart to keep your identity secret but sometimes it's unbelievable how many close-calls they manage to go through and how many times they don't even tell people when it would really make things easier.
The princess seems like a pretty funny character, actually. xD Cloud-Cuckoolander, indeed. I kinda love how airheaded she is. :D I definitely wouldn't mind a princess character like that. For once it'd make sense why she keeps getting in trouble. And actually even the boys seem pretty likable, all in all. Goofy, but still. At least it's original.
Grrreat job, CR! Familiar Faces is well on its way to becoming my favourite show on this site. :D Perfect mix of jokes and analysis. I like it how you have more stress on the analysis in contrast to NC who has more stress on the humour. It works great as a combination.
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11.24.2010 - 04:27 | Chaoticevl
They turned this pilot and a few other into this holiday special showcase for a few years, and I don't mean a xmas or one of the major holidays it was like a veterans day one. And while i don't remember the other shows in the group. I always looked forward to it even if it was stupid as hell.
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11.24.2010 - 10:45 | Falcovsleon20Where I lived, it was Thanksgiving they did those showcases. I remember that preceding this there was a Bubsy cartoon. Yes, a Bubsy cartoon. I'll give you time to let that sink in.
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Why hasn't anyone noticed the video problems that CR, Nostalgia Chick, and a lot of the blogs are having problems with?
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Yeah sorry that it cuts out at the end. But it's blip and there's nothing we can do about it.
Seriously, I uploaded this video about 7 times yesterday. I even add about 30 seconds of dead black screen to see if I could get it to finish but it always stops after "Katenjammer Kids".
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I am talking about the incredibly poor video quality. It's so bad I couldn't even finish the video because it was so distracting. It is getting to the point where I am pissed off because I don't know what is causing the piss poor video quality. Nostalgia Critic, Linkara, Film Brain, and Cinema Snob don't have this problem at all. Their videos are just as good as they've ever been. The problem just seems to be with the three that I mentioned. And I'm seriously weirded out that no one has mentioned it.
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11.24.2010 - 18:05 | ShadowWing Tronix
Really, because I saw the whole thing, black screen and all. I think Vangelus mentioned similar issues when he posted his recent video, but I saw it fine. Maybe it just a while for the rest to catch up?
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11.24.2010 - 04:56 | HankDeanManIt should of been "lock and toad" and WTF with the principle, it's like they mass murdered or something
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11.24.2010 - 05:51 | jalford
OH CHRIST, NO! This piece of shit is actually on VHS!
Scott McNeil really voiced ANYTHING back then, before he got popular enough to have people cosplaying as him.
The bad guys should've used at their battle cry, "Let's croak some toads!".
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11.24.2010 - 19:46 | BagOfMagicFoodOh lord, just imagine how messed-up a crossover of Battletoads with Bucky O'Hare would be...
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11.24.2010 - 06:18 | yaoinut
Good use of gags here. Loved the visual of Brad popping up at the mention of carbonated donuts.
I can see potentional as seriously random comedy if the right sort of tweaks had been made.
I think it was hard to get this liscense off the ground because it was like TMNT. People are wary about going up against powerhouse franchises because winning over a core audience with them around, is pretty damn difficult.
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11.24.2010 - 06:39 | chaoscontrol14
Kero!
I still love that Title Card.
Ku-Ku-Ku-Ku-Ku!
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11.24.2010 - 06:45 | ArtticWitchica
funny enough I saw these episodes but when they got retsupuraed XD
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11.24.2010 - 07:21 | whatever42
I had no idea that they even tried to make a Battletoads cartoon, although, by this point, I really should just assume that there has been an adaptation of nearly everything I can think of, because it's probably out there somewhere.
Good video CR! I loved your animation for the kinds of people you'd find in that store at night and the jokes throughout. You really do have a great talent for drawing and videos. Keep up the good work mate.
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11.24.2010 - 07:25 | dennett316Didn't the Battletoads do a crossover with the Ninja Turtles? I distinctly remember seeing that as a kid, but it may have been a strange form of insanity brought on by loving the turtles so much.
I tried looking it up, couldn't find anything, but I distinctly remember a scene with them arguing. I'm sure it was from the 80's cartoon (called Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles in the UK). Am I going mad?
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11.24.2010 - 10:48 | Falcovsleon20You sure you're not thinking of the Punk Frogs, a recurring group of mutants in the 80s TMNT series?
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11.24.2010 - 10:50 | Cross X. Brand
I think your thinking of those frog brothers that shredder made [Frogs with hawaian shirts] they did 2 episode appearance
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11.24.2010 - 08:27 | Shinigami
T Bird used SCIENCE to upgrade that pink car.
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11.24.2010 - 09:00 | 2groovey
Let me get this stright, a guy known as T-bird modiified a Pink(probably 59') Caddilac in a way thats simualr to Doc Brown's Delorean DMC-12?
Theres a few car related things going on here.
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It would have been hilarious if the exploding donuts had been filled with cream. DiC all over her body.
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11.24.2010 - 10:33 | Falcovsleon20Ah the infamous Battletoads cartoon. Do yourselves a favor and stick to the Retsupuraed version on YouTube if you ever feel brave enough to watch this the whole way through.
http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=RKkL-e5FfEA
http://www.youtube.com/ watch? v=OOfpqVCkDL0&feature=rel ated
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11.24.2010 - 10:47 | Ashoten2021
lol. They made out one time and the Queen just couldn't let it go. That makes more sense then any other explination.
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11.24.2010 - 10:47 | Cross X. BrandRAARRGGH!!!!
HULK NO LISTEN TO STOOPID FROG!!
IT SO EASY BEING GREEN!!!
Best friggin line from MUA2
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From what I heard, though, the Battletoads franchise is a licensing nightmare. Even though Rare made the games, technically Tradewest owns the franchise, and if I am not mistaken, that company went under. So if any company that wants to revive this franchise they would have to jump over a lot of legal hurdles and folk over a lot of money before they can even start planning it.
Of course I may be wrong, though, so someone please feel free to correct me as I read this years ago and don't remember the exact details.
Oh and great distaff counterpart joke there, CR!