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Pound Puppies the Movie
Tuesday, 21 September 2010 20:15
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09.21.2010 - 20:44 | TGwtGfan
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09.21.2010 - 22:33 | axlryder
I've got a [i]bone of stone[/i] right here! eh? eh?
as in, in my pants?
no takers?
my apologies
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09.21.2010 - 22:46 | moviemaster8510
you mean bone of SCONE. wait, what the fuck is a bone of scone? the skeletal system of a british pastry? seriously, were the writers too lazy to change the 'c' to a 't'? well, considering the rest of the script, I can see that my question has already been answered.
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09.21.2010 - 23:34 | Remake_TrapYou've never heard of the Stone of Scone? It's a major symbol of power in Scotland and England... and is part of the coronation ceremony at West Minster Abby...
While the folklore about it isn't directly connected to Arthur's stone it does often get used that way in pop culture.
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09.22.2010 - 10:20 | Lan
[color=blue]I've heard of the [b]Scone of Stone[/b], the seat of the low king of the dwarfs. =D Same thing right?
This is just the version for dwarf dogs, or "puppies" if you want to be politically correct.[/color]
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09.22.2010 - 14:04 | uberjoe19
Nice Discworld reference there.
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[quote=Remake_Trap]You've never heard of the Stone of Scone? It's a major symbol of power in Scotland and England... and is part of the coronation ceremony at West Minster Abby...
While the folklore about it isn't directly connected to Arthur's stone it does often get used that way in pop culture.[/quote]
Nothing English about it. It's the symbol of the Scottish throne... Or it was until a gang of drunken Limey university students stole and broke it.
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They try to take it back because it wasn't really England's it was Scotland's but england stole it back in 1296. But in 1996 it was returned to Scotland. My mom told me about the history of the stone because we both find UK history interesting.
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09.22.2010 - 19:47 | moviemaster8510did they expect kids learning how to count to 15 to know that?
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09.24.2010 - 01:58 | the_call_up
As Remake_Trap stated, the Stone of Scone is a symbol of Regal Power in Great Britain, more specifically, Scottish Kings had been crowned on it since the Dark Ages. It was stolen from Scotland by Edward I "Longshanks" in 1296 and moved to Westminster(the place of coronation for the English and later British monarchs). It was incorporated in a coronation chair specially built for this purpose at Westminster Abbey. After 700 years the English saw fit to return it to Scotland in 1996.
And sadly, yes, I did go to school for 4 years to learn that. =D
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Well, no one wanted the pound pussies. Why does that sound marketable?Also, why does sound like some kinda of rock band? :want: Did i mention i didn't take my medication.And that the cops and more than likely a few doctors are looking for me.
And i'm a stoner.I like that white thing that gets mistaken for coka-cola.I looove red wine. :drunk:
But i bought a lot of Pound Pussy.Anyone want some? please.I live on the street.With barely any clothes.I almost die....everyday.Please, i need money!I'm addicted to Disney!My God-I[i][/i]DO[i][/i]need help!!! :psychotic:
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09.22.2010 - 12:38 | sign_ninja....And that was the ranting crazy guy, everyone give him a hand for trying too hard!
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09.22.2010 - 00:47 | Nycea
AWESOME.
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09.22.2010 - 08:08 | Lodeman AKA LARUCUS
im glad that they repaired the bone and the dogs and humans can finally talk....but...
[size=large] WHAT ABOUT BOOMER?!?!?[/size]
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09.22.2010 - 10:13 | Lan[color=blue][b][i]BOOMER WILL LIVE.[/i][/b] [size=medium][/size][/ color]
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09.22.2010 - 11:28 | saint23thomas
[size=x-large][b][i] Boomer will live.[/i][/b][/size]
[size=x-small]I couldn't resist.[/size]
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09.22.2010 - 17:21 | WiiStation360
*Praises the heavens*
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09.22.2010 - 18:18 | airworldpwnr123[color=silver][/color] [size=x-large][/size] BOOMER WILL LIVE!
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09.28.2010 - 15:51 | k-dog01=D LMFAO! Good one, dude!
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01.23.2011 - 21:32 | TheSirenofthenight
sorry im gonna go for it as well but no one's gonna even try and pound this purry....
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"Instead of putting "first comment, I'll just write a short comment before I even watch the review. I'm so smart, no one will ever know"
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09.23.2010 - 14:27 | Sheranda
Better than "First!," I think.
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09.22.2010 - 11:48 | KingKaoryou know, interesting fact: Peter Cullen, the man most widely known for and famous for voicing Optimus Prime, actually did a main character on the show of this. Who he plays, i dont remember.
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09.22.2010 - 12:18 | ToonMaster
It was Captain Slaughter, and he was actually a pretty good character on the show, even though he appeared in a few episodes.
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09.22.2010 - 14:39 | LordOfWin
Why the hell did you have to tell me that? Now I have the urge to burn War for Cybertron, the films, and every toy I've bought in the last ten years. Thanks for raping my happiness.
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09.22.2010 - 15:04 | WerewolfRiverSo if you see a puppie in the pound, let the people kill it.
I hate saying this, but Fuck you Nostalgia Critic.
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09.22.2010 - 20:52 | SherandaThat's a good point. I thought the Critic liked animals, but I guess he would let them die if it meant no more Pound Puppies movies. A world without Pound Puppies would be like a world without beanbag chairs, you jerk! A world without dogs would be no world at all! :grr:
I'm still a fan of the Critic, by the way.
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09.23.2010 - 14:31 | SherandaIsn't that what the Critic said? "Next time you see a puppy at the pound, let it rot"? Are WerewolfRiver and I the only ones angered by that?
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09.23.2010 - 18:31 | NCFan1223
Me to dude :psychotic: [color=black][/color] [size=medium][/size]
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09.29.2010 - 05:58 | Plume
Me three :notfunny:
The rest of the review was spot on, though. If it was me doing the criticizing, the whole video would've been about an hour long, cause I wouldn't resist underlining ALL the copy-cat scenes and plot points. McNasty being a poorly-animated, male Cruella de Ville especially got on my nerves. I'm surprised he didn't yell "Anita!!! Daaarliing!!!" when he first came to collect the pups.
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09.23.2010 - 21:13 | blpoker
i was terrified, the rest was funny, but still thats horrible
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09.23.2010 - 22:17 | Semudara
I see some people who take jokes WAY too seriously.
So, yes, it wasn't that funny. But you COULD tell that it was a joke, right? The Nostalgia Critic is simply a character, one that can be downright heartless sometimes. It's what allows him to tear apart childhood favorites.
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09.27.2010 - 02:21 | Xatike
Yeah, I knew it was a joke, and I know that the Critic says some things to be funny (and trust me, I am one of the few people who are very rarely offended by anything), but this one seemed a low blow.
Maybe it is just because I finished watching Equilibrium again and the puppy scene always gets me...
Maybe it is the fact that I have always had a soft spot for animals in need...
But some jokes just go a bit too far. That one stuck a toe over the line. Didn't cross too far, but it still stung a little. I was surprised, is all.
I don't think any less of your videos, but this is just my little bit on that.
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09.28.2010 - 21:27 | darkmindedsith
Oh dear. I sense the Pound Puppy joke may appear in the next Top 11 Fuckup list.
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09.26.2010 - 17:12 | Amzer352Indeed, a great review. But you missed something. In the review, I noticed when they show the owners, the girl is holding a black cat. A few frames later, she's holding a white puppy in place of the cat. This had me saying What the frig?
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Why is your comment so hated? Is it because it's first and people hate it when others comment first?
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09.21.2010 - 20:25 | KingofAnthea
I used to Love the Pound Puppies...but when it turned into a television show and film I was turned off of them forever!!
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09.21.2010 - 20:29 | KKmario_fan
Great review NC, whose idea was it to make a movie based on a toy line with nothing to it? I liked the Scooby-Doo joke. But I was disappointed that you never made a Scrappy-Doo joke, I mean it's Puppy Power
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09.21.2010 - 20:33 | Dr. Simetra
Yeah, I was also disappointed he didn't make the most obvious joke in the entire thing. I was thinking it as soon as I heard it.
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09.21.2010 - 23:17 | whatever42
I was also thinking Scrappy Doo, but I'm not going to complain. This review had a ton of recurring jokes in it, and that made me really happy. Seeing "Of Course," scary slo-mo, and the skull and shooting again made me laugh a lot. XD
In my opinion, this review was one of your better ones Doug. Not to say the others are bad in any way, but this one was especially good. Pretty much all the jokes worked and you got in tons of great references. Nice job. =)
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09.22.2010 - 10:34 | InformationGeek
Dude! I forgot all about Scrappy's puppy power! That would have been a great joke indeed!
Anyways, another solid review Nostalgia Critic. This review is easily in my Top 3 of the year, next to the Carebears and 100th Episode.
Speaking of Carebears, this is a pretty bad movie when the Carebears' plot makes more sense in comparsion and actually follows a more coherent storyline.
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09.23.2010 - 17:05 | IMANOOBSHOOTME
The joke was right there!
[color=red][/color] [size=medium][/size] :flame: RIGHT! THERE!!!! :flame:
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09.21.2010 - 20:29 | TheAngryAnimeAddict
Gladly, I can not remember this. But that's why I have you. So I don't have too.
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09.21.2010 - 20:31 | Jackass Mask
What was the point of Big Paw? Wasn't the linchpin of the story, crappy as it was, the Bone of Scone? So it should have been called "Pound Puppies and the Bone of Scone." And you could have taken out the parts with Big Paw, edit out Whopper telling the story, make the first flashback a prologue that then fast-forwards to the main story and you have a more streamlined movie.
It would still be crap, but shorter. Therefore, we would have less to forget as we get older and completely forget this abomination of cinema ever happened.
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09.21.2010 - 20:49 | the_call_upThe point of Big Paw was to sell the Big Paw toy! :sigh: I know, I know... shameless
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10.10.2010 - 12:39 | Virgil_theBadassPoet
That title actually has a nicer ring to it.
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09.21.2010 - 20:32 | Moofers
Omg I remember my sister owning the damn find the pound puppy set.
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09.24.2010 - 21:19 | Bora Boras
anything else intresting about you we should know about? i mean thats why we came on this website... to learn about you..... wait, oops... your not the intresting one... your sister is. your just the WTF in the family, theres nothing worth while to hear about you.... get your sis on here, and maybe you can stand in the same room as her and look over her shoulder... if she allows it.
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09.21.2010 - 20:32 | AMPolino
You know, watching this review, I can see what Doug and Rob mean when they say that for a movie aimed at 5-year-olds and based on a marketable line of plushies, Care Bears: The Movie wasn't that bad a film. The Pound Puppies movie can't even hide behind the "it's for little kids" excuse. Even the "ages dead to one" demographic would find this boring and lame. Hell, I get the feeling your dog would probably get up and leave the room.
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09.22.2010 - 21:00 | SherandaNot even your wall would like it! XD Yeah, I remember the TV show vaguely. I remember hating it as a little kid, finding it incredibly boring. I knew back then that no TV show based on a not-so-interesting toy line would be good. Wow! I was kind of critical back then.
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09.23.2010 - 12:09 | AMPolinoWell, back then, a little kid that was critical and didn't just passively go along with whatever was on was a rarity. Probably still is. Either you were an exceptional little kid, or the Pound Puppies really did that poor a job at pandering to their commercial target. Probably both.
Thinking back, it's hard to come up with a theatrically released kids' movie made with such a complete lack of effort. The Chipmunks, My Little Pony, Rainbow Brite, and the Jetsons all had lame animated movies for kids devoted to them, but I doubt even those movies quite lived up to the one's stupidity.
As far as pandering, creative bankruptcy, confused messages, and lame characters, The Pound Puppies movie is probably closest on par with A Troll in Central Park...but even then its much more poorly animated.
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09.21.2010 - 20:33 | Archedgar
Yeah I tend agree.
Who was this even marketed towards? it makes no sense
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09.22.2010 - 06:03 | axlryderepileptic squirrels maybe?
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09.21.2010 - 20:34 | TheAngryAnimeAddictActually I take that back, I had like thousands of their toys. I never herd of this show, thank god.
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09.21.2010 - 20:34 | WyrdOne
Looks like Pavlov got bored of teasing the dogs with food and moved onto some really messed up stuff instead XP
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09.21.2010 - 20:35 | TheDued92
See you got to respect kids and give them something good like Toy Story, something with effort unlike this film.
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09.21.2010 - 20:36 | Fanofyou
does it ever get worse than talking animals?
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09.21.2010 - 20:36 | Gremlinzilla
Is Nc a dog and no i havent watched it yet
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09.21.2010 - 20:37 | Ryman1118Awesome review N.C. How can people make these movies?
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09.21.2010 - 20:42 | Shatora DragondoreWhy did the toys look clinically depressed? Seriously even the new reboot of the toys still look like they should be under suicide watches.
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09.21.2010 - 20:42 | FisandcramHey guys! Does anyone know that song/music that N.C. plays every once in a while, that was in, for example, the "Gargoyles" review, when he was saying that the Goliath's wife must play a lot of '70's music while the actor is arround, he also plays it a few times after that but I can't remember where...
I would really appreciate your input!!!
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09.21.2010 - 21:56 | the_call_upThis seems like one of those movies that should have never gotten a Theatrical release (hello straight to video), I guess Hollywood thinks all kids are morons, they already think the parents are suckers… Is it just me or did it seem like Hollywood assumes anything that kids buy en masse can be translated from one medium to another. Some things cannot overcome what they are, and the pound puppies were just a cheesy (albeit clever in retrospect) marketing coup for a toy company. That’s it. The music by the way, was terrible, completely unmemorable, and seemed like it was really out of place; what kid listened to rockabilly in 1988 (besides the kids from Charles in Charge)? I think it’s safe to say even as a kid this movie made me want to puke, and I was its target audience back then. Great review Doug, spot on!
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09.21.2010 - 20:43 | GamerGeex
Ok was anyone else expecting a Kickassia flashback during the "It's Time!" segment?
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09.21.2010 - 21:52 | Quantum Wolf
Lol, yeah, also was expecting a "pudding" joke before McNasty says "The WORLD!".
I don't remember too much of Pound Puppies to be honest, though I can agree that unlike the Care Bears movie, the Pound Puppies movie had nothing redeemable about it. Not even an age 1-1 comment.
And if a song involving dogs is so bad that you need this guy to come back:
[img]http://i.ytimg.com/ vi/qNJTyqo2pKY/0.jpg[/ img]
...yeah.
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09.22.2010 - 02:12 | ThatSwissGuy
Yep, I was just waiting for Spoony to pop up and check his watch. Maybe Doug thought it would have been too obvious...?
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09.22.2010 - 07:58 | pap64
I too was expecting it! XD
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09.21.2010 - 20:47 | NEWGUY
Critic, I have to know.... how much are these studio's paying you? =_=
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09.22.2010 - 04:43 | MattSaotomeAll I gotta say, newguy, is that drain you're circling looks awfully lonely. Buuuuut the Critic said the next time I see a defenseless little puppy all on its lonesome (in or out of pound, I don't really care) to just let it rot so... Bye! =)
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09.22.2010 - 04:58 | dennett316
What? Why would they pay him to insult their films? What point are you trying to make here?
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He does this for fun. Why would they pay him to say their movies suck and that you shouldn't watch them?
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09.21.2010 - 20:49 | singh
you know, I think PAW should have reviewed this with him....heh heh heh....
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09.22.2010 - 12:55 | axlryderI see what you did there
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I had never watched this when I was little. THANK GOD! However, the Bone in the Stone, that's SO stupid, that it transforms from bad into so crappy I don't care! By the way, I think he said, "The Bone of Scone".
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[color=red][b][size=x- large]Awesome video I never miss a new episode of The Nostalgia Critic[/size][[/b]/color] =D =D =D =D =D =D =D =D =D =D
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09.21.2010 - 20:51 | auxFACTOR
Love the Monty Python title cut!!!
and I'm planning on adopting a dog soon so letting one rot is not an option.
That way my dog will be safe from being put to sleep and won't be forced to sing horrible songs ever again.
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09.21.2010 - 20:54 | Death the Kid
OH GOD I REMEMBER THIS!1 LOL Goodness, NC. O_O You got guts.
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09.21.2010 - 20:55 | Ninja Toker
I have to say, this has to be one of the best reviews in a while, definitely better than the latter weeks, the video is just that much more hilarious when you're pissed at it XD
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09.21.2010 - 20:56 | darkmindedsithPound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw.
Hmm...well...I guess it's a good way to make money, I'll give them that.
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09.21.2010 - 20:57 | GremlinzillaWhy No zuul motha fuka
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09.22.2010 - 02:09 | FairfieldMost likely because the Zuul meme is used for [i]badass[/i] dog-like creatures. Big Paw is a wuss.
Pound Puppies--I had them, alright. The toys are actually cute enough, despite all of them being spammings of the same model that is based on a Basset Hound. I may also have had a Pound Purry.
The designs used on the show, though, are completely different; in fact I think I remember wondering if they were too separate franchises that coincidentally had the same title. Of course you can't really anthropomorphicize basset hounds and it would be dull if all the characters were the same design, so they changed them, but they made them so human they lost all of their charm as dogs. That said, I don't remember the show being horrible. This film, however, is indeed horrible.
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The Bone of Scone...Worst..Macguffin. .EVER!
With all the "puppy power" lines I kinda expected a Scrappy Doo joke.
And isn't their weird similarities between McNasty and Cruella Deville? They both have the same henchmen.
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09.22.2010 - 17:52 | ThatGuyNamedCanopenerdude
except when Cruella DeVille had them, Hugh Laurie was there. Notice he's not been in a singe movie reviewed on here hm?
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09.23.2010 - 22:01 | WhiteHawkWell its because he is just that...dang awesome..
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09.22.2010 - 18:31 | Jester
I thought the exact same thing. :kawaii:
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