DCOMstructed: Halloweentown

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.

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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

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FLAVOR TEXT: Pokémania

In September 1998, the U.S. was introduced to the franchise that would soon become a worldwide phenomenon: Pokémon. After only 18 months, Pokémon was everywhere--on TV, in car CD players, in school cafeterias, and on kids' backpacks and bedsheets. You couldn't walk 5 feet inside a Kmart and not see something with Pikachu's likeness on it. How did this come about? Why, all of a sudden, was every child aged 7-14 suddenly screaming for their parents in to buy them booster pack upon booster pack of Pokémon cards in the summer of 1999? And, why oh God why is there a Pokémon Christmas album? Find out the answers to all these questions and more on our deep dive into the late 90s cultural phenomenon that was Pokémania.

Special thanks to our first-generational Pokémon Master, "@mgrum54" for commissioning today's episode. If you're interested in comissioning your own FLAVOR TEXT, come check out our patreon at patreon.com/debatethiscast.

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!

  • Step 4: If we get 20 new reviews this month, we'll make Todd play Doki Doki Literature Club live on Twitch!

Spooktacular Patreon Bonus:

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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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Videogame Creepypastas Vol. 5

The spooky tradition continues into its fourth year in this installment of Debate This! hosts reading some of their favorite Creepy Pastas from the far reaches of the internet. Minecraft horrors, a creepy Luigi theory, a napkin-based mystery, and whatever weird shit Andrew brought are all on the spooky menu this year! Tune in to one of our favorite reoccuring spooky bits on the Spooktacular Express 2021!

A quick reminder of the changes to our Patreon tiers! You can join right now at patreon.com/debatethiscast:

Tier 1, Buttthwomp Nation, $5 -Discord access -Debate This! Premium feed including The Office Drones and this years Halloween 1 Shot -Live recordings of The Ploose is Loose

Tier 2, Filibuster Sword, $10 -All perks of previous tier -New Debate This! Directors Commentary for all DT! Episodes -Access to our show notes for all recordings

Tier 3, Master Debater, $25 -All perks of previous tiers -Movie Night watchalongs with the Debaters -Ability to commission a Flavor Text after 3 months of membership

Spooktacular Bonus! -All Patrons will receive a DT! Logo and Buttthwomp Nation sticker at the end of October -Anyone who joins or bumps up a tier will also receive a limited edition, Halloween version of the DT! Logo sticker

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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 ozzed.net!

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