Have you put chocolate in your peanut butter lately? Well we here at DT!HQ want to make sure you've gotten your regular dose of mashup content! The buzzwords of the week are "Comic Book Movies" and "Muppets." So what comic arc would make the best Muppets movie? Only time and 75 minutes of nostalgic vocal impressions will tell!

Wildly enough, Matt has never seen a Muppets, so he opted to go for something familiar. Todd knows the quick way to success is through the toy market and he leans into it. Andrew, on the other hand, is fighting Reaganomics?

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Need a refresher on Marvel's Secret War? Here's our Flavor Text! https://bit.ly/3OT5yKb

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It's been a few years but we're finally getting back to in-person events! If you're local to us here in Columbus, Ohio, come out and join us at CORGS-Con on May 14th! Tickets are just $10 and we'll be handing out pins and stickers from 10am to 5pm. Come fight us behind the proverbial swingsets in person! Get more details at corgscon.com.

Do you like it when we talk about comics? Do you like it when we say comic words into your lil ears? 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!

Properties we talked about this week: The Muppets, Secret Wars, Rise of the Midnight Sons, Morbius, The Watchmen, Driver's License by Olivia Rodrigo

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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It sure feels weird to release an episode about summer road trips on a day after it snows, but we don't control the weather! Today we're pivoting DT!HQ into a AAA as we describe some video game-related Triptiks. Our goal: to plan a family vacation. Our rules: it's got to be related to Mario Kart or whatever. This week we ask the question, "Which Mario Kart track would make the best family road trip?"

Kyle may or may not be arguing for a fun family romp to the shores (shoals?) of Lake Erie. Andrew pitches a track very reminiscent of 2000s Nickelodeon prize packs. Todd has only really played one Mario Kart game, let's see how it works out for him.

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It's been a few years but we're finally getting back to in-person events! If you're local to us here in Columbus, Ohio, come out and join us at CORGS-Con on May 14th! Tickets are just $10 and we'll be handing out pins and stickers from 10am to 5pm. Come fight us behind the proverbial swingsets in person! Get more details at corgscon.com.

Properties we talked about this week: Mario Kart, Double Dash, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Kingdom Hearts 4, Super Mario 64, Atlantis Bahamas

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!

Image Source: This absolutely insane tweet from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Verily, we venture into a vast volume of the verifiably valued graphic novel version of V for Vendetta by Alan Moore in the very early 80's. Vacate your vainglorius valor as we vanquish the veneer of vacillation with verbose veracity...also Kyle does a really good job of summarizing this storyline, you just have to get past the moment he says "Earballs."

TRIGGER WARNING: V for Vendetta addresses all sorts of terrible things assocaited with a facist state including, but not limited to: sexual assault, racism, antisemitism, homophobia, and more. Please be mindful of this if you wish to join us for our Flavor Text today.

Special thanks to Patreon member NathanLV for being vital to the commissioning of this episode by being a proud member of #buttthwompnation! 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!

It's Spring in the midwest which means it's time to break out the grill and throw a backyard BBQ on the days it doesn't snow or rain! We love our low 60's cornhole parties here in Ohio, but sometimes an invitation to a good, old-fashioned cookout requires a little more. Sometimes, it requires a plus one. Well today we're bringing a ringer to our barbeques by answering one of the dumbest questions we've ever asked, "What Elden Ring boss should you invite to a barbeque?"

As we enter our post-modern phase here at DT!HQ, Matt is here with a frisbee. Kyle violates the sacred rule by turning his plus one into a plus two. Todd tried to trick us all into being part of an intervention for his new friend who steals stars. If all of those sentences sound disconnected, you're right. Matt, Kyle and Todd have never played Elden Ring, so we had to call in a guest this week and Giovanni Colantonio answered the call!

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Special thanks to Giovanni for joining us on Debate This! today! You should check out Giovanni's stuff! He's the gaming lead at Digital Trends and one of the cohosts of a podcast called Left Trigger Right Trigger.

Check out Giovanni's Elden Ring review for Digital Trends HERE https://bit.ly/3j5GLE3

Check out Giovanni's podcast HERE https://pod.link/1210260352

Check out Giovanni's twitter HERE https://twitter.com/marioprime

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Hey you! Are you listening to this podcast on Spotify? Our analytics say it's likely that you are and we're definitely not watching from inside your home... Well if you haven't heard, Spotify is now allowing listeners to rate podcasts! If you have a spare second, consider leaving us a 5-star rating on this new validation platform. Or don't. I'm not your dad.

Properties we talked about this week: Elden Ring, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origins, Canjam, Ladder Ball

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!

The year was 2018 and a small, independent podcast called Debate This! decided to reboot some not-so-famous Spider-Man villains from the "silly sixties." Today, 39 whole months later, that same small, independent podcast will dare to do it again. We may never best the likes of Paste Pot Pete, but we'll certainly aim higher than a "Living Vampire."

Andrew brings us back to the wild world of animal-themed baddies this week as he leads us Down Under. Kyle combines The Fast and the Furious with the MCU in the mashup we've wanted for years. Matt brought a mobster with a big dumb forehead, and that's pretty much it. Come take a ride with us as we try to ride that sweet Morbius SEO wave as we decide which classic Spidey Villain deserves a Leto-esque reboot.

Recommended reading: Check out some classic DT! with Episode 18: Don't Bring a Knife to a Glue Gun Fight https://bit.ly/3NtFrsN

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Do you like it when we talk about comics? Do you like it when we say comic words into your lil ears? 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!

Properties we talked about this week: Spider-Man, Kangaroo, Big Wheel, Hammerhead, Venom, Morbius, Spiderman: No Way Home, Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark, The League of Losers, 30 Seconds to Mars (unfortunately)

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Image Credit: @globalmeander via Instagram

Something a little different for you this week!

"The Ploose is Loose" will soon be transitioning into "Avenge This!" Which will more or less be the same show, except we're going to open up to comic book properties outside of the MCU (and hopefully will stop being asked about The Mandalorian). We wanted to share this announcement on the Debate This! feed because we know you care about and follow along with every single thing we do.

Stay tuned for more changes, and enjoy this taste of the new show where Todd is joined by Matt to break down Matt Reeves's "The Batman"

Image Credit: Warner Bros. via Bleeding Cool.

In a stunning turn of events, today's FLAVOR TEXT involves children fighting monsters, dealing with all sorts of trauma, and is also an anime! Join us as Andrew walks us through the 26 episode arc of Demon Slayer on Netflix! We've got a story of a brother protecting his sister, a horrifying series of spider monsters, and half a dozen surrogate fathers. Stick around as we go over one of the best animes that 3/4 of our team had never heard of. There's a special treat for listeners at the 96 minute mark with Matt yells at his cat.

Per usual, we've got an Imgur link for you to follow along with: https://imgur.com/a/a8b4kOK. Here's that tasty opening credits video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiJu4K2jems.

Special thanks to Sharkbait, who allowed Andrew to tap into his Nerd Breathing First Form: Binge a Whole Series in 48 Hours, for comissioning this episode by being a proud member of #buttthwompnation! If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast.

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The early 2000s were truly a wild a time and nothing personifies the hubris of the new millennium better than the prime time line-up of Music Television. You may know Music Television by it's Christian name, MTV, but you definitely know it as the cable channel which loved to show us the glamourous life of celebrities. Well this week the execs asked us to put together a show for DT!V. They asked us to revamp 2000s MTV staple "Cribs" and determine which superhero lair would fit perfectly into a 2022 episode.

Every once and a while, one of the debaters finds a comic character that they want to talk about, whether or not they answer the question. That was Andrew's game plan this week. Todd and Kyle both brought child soldiers to the party and that's all we'll say about that.

Recommended reading: Here's the referenced Cribs compilation. Redman's feature starts at 6:00.

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Do you like it when we talk about comics? Do you like it when we say comic words into your lil ears? 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!

Properties we talked about this week: Squirrel Girl, The Great Lakes Avengers, The X-Men, Teen Titans, Star Trek NFTs and Bored Apes I guess?

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Image Credit: This listicle from Animated Times. Idk they didn’t credit it.

Look, you're reading the shownotes of this episode which means one of two things: you're either new to this show in which case turn back now and start with a different episode, or you really care about this show in which case we're very sorry. We've asked ourselves a lot of questions, dear listener, but this week we're doing something important. This week, we're predicting what video game movie Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson will star in next.

If you're in to real time strategy games with nuclear diplomats and expansive skill trees, you're going to love Matt's answer. Todd tries to tell a gritty, emotional back story about a genocidal villain and it goes fine. Andrew does a bit and it's super dumb and bad.

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It's been a hot minute since we talked about The Rock, but you can check out Ep. 13: Why is The Rock So Sweaty

If you've never heard The Rock's rap song "Face Off" before, you can do so HERE, but don't say we didn't warn you.

The title of this week's episode was NOT selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community because we didn't want to spoil the bit! BUT if you want to help us choose the next one, come join #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast

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Properties we talked about this week: Rampage, Assorted other The Rock movies, Sid Meier's Civilization, Kirby Right Back At Ya!, Kirby Super Star The Legend of Zelda, Assassin's Creed, Sonic the Hedgehog, Detective Pikachu

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!

Image Credit: WWE via this Buzzfeed clickbait article.

Today we're talking about building a super powered child army, the JFK assassination, and zany time travel antics. No, we're not talking about X-Men plotlines, we're talking about The Umbrella Academy! Join us as we review the origin, cast of characters and the first two seasons of The Umbrella Academy on Netflix! We've got a ranking system of how much a father loves his adopted child soldiers and a dash of eldritch horror all for your enjoyment, so come on in the family angst is just fine!

Per usual, we've got an Imgur link for you to follow along with: https://imgur.com/a/KXSu49M. Also, we've referenced Klaus before in an episode. Here's that, you nerds: https://www.debatethiscast.com/blog/2021/12/7/episode-90-giovannis-persian-is-a-thanos-simp.

Special thanks to Dr. GarlicButter, who is certainly number 1 in our hearts, for comissioning this episode by being a proud member of #buttthwompnation! 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!