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…Err, @christian-cosgrove , that was uncalled for. It’s already posted above, in a much nicer style.

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—UPDATE POST: WILL BE DELETED SOMEWHAT SOON—

I am back, everyone.
Good news and bad news. Bad first:
I have Internet back, but it’s satellite (To be specific, Excede), meaning that I have so-so internet during the day, but between Midnight and 5:00 A.M., it gears into high speed. This means that I have a limited time to see each episode.
Also, I have lost a bit of passion for writing these reviews. But worry not, as we still have yet to cover:

GOOD NEWS: I will indeed continue to review the rest of the episodes. (I have seen each one at least once on the go. Just about every one I haven’t covered is at least good, with one or two exceptions (Looking at you, “Photochucked”).)
For the sake of reviewing offline, I will grab an offline copy of each episode and review them all separately (I am a techie, if you didn’t know) and post a review for each, as you have seen above. And, if you think my scores are always a little high, I have become more attuned to the rank scale and will post an updated score for all 26.

Good tidings and howdy-hoo,
-Justadoo444

(P.S. Okay, here’s another first-time bit to satiate your appetite: One short I particularly enjoyed was “Stalker”.)
—END UPDATE POST, CARRY ON—

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…And the internet goes out before I get to see the episode. Arg.

SHORT AND SPECIAL:
At the carnival, a bunch of pigs are on a roller coaster. A short pig who really wants to ride, but cannot because of the height restriction. What will he do to get on?
Solution: After failing to get on again (and getting a “pain bump” on his forehead), our little friend still cannot get on, even with the extra height. Seeing this, the guard pig enforcing the height limit gets out a giant mallet and… Taps him on the bump, making it grow high enough for him to get on. (Do NOT take that line out of context, whatever you do.)

Notes:
The “Bash goes to tap” gag seen at the end is previously seen in the game series “Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Adventures”, with a wooden mallet and an egg.

Review: I need to update this later after I see the episode again, but it’s safe to say that it’s about in the 4.25 range.

Next Episode: HOCUS PORKUS, coming on Friday.

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EGGSHAUSTION:
Chuck goes to retrieve the eggs while Bomb is busy reading a comic book, and in the meantime, Rovio toys with us again.

If you don’t like spoilers, that is all I’m going to say about the plot. The basic plot/twist will be put up when Rovio puts the episode up again.

People on the title card, you are simply geniuses.

(Everything italicised below this line is gibberish to not reveal spoilers to those who missed the episode the day it accidentally premiered. Use this tool to decode, making sure to select Key 13 from the dropdown.)

NOTES:

– The Toons.TV description is spoileriffic as usual, but I have to say that it’s quite amusing.
– Bomb and superheroes again.
– When Chuck is going through Pig City, yrnivat n genvy bs sver, the animation on the pigs jura gurl oevat bhg gur znefuznyybj fgvpxf is, oddly, just still images of the pigs rotating. It would be a simple fix, just animate a few more frames.
– Watch the Fantasia short “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” before (re)/watching this, and listen for similar musical scores: The tune that plays when gur guveq gevb bs cvtf jvgu rttf nccrnef is similar to the motif of the enchanted brooms marching.
– The scene where Puhpx tbrf ubzr pelvat nsgre snvyvat gb ergevrir gur rttf is quite effective, and I can relate when V ybfg fbzrguvat qrne gb zr.
– Speaking of snvyvat gb ergevrir gur rttf, Cebcf gb gur perngvir grnz sbe znxvat gur fbhc fcynfu jura gur zvkre snyyf ba gur “rttf” ybbx yvxr na rssvat OYBBQ FCYNGGRE.
– Bomb’s jaw drop reminds me of Crane’s impressive one from the Kung Fu Panda films.
– The Return of the “Chuck Time” Butterfly!

Review: An all-around excellent episode. It felt strange watching it the first time, and for good reason (Lbh jrer orvat frg hc). Props all around. And how the whole shebang is executed (Action/Gag-wise) is nice, too. The phg gb Xvat Cvt va gur onguebbz jura Puhpx bcraf gur svefg qbbe jnf dhvgr fhecevfvat gur svefg gvzr, naq erzvaqrq zr bs gur snzbhf Fvzcfbaf’ Gerrubhfr bs Ubeebe fxvg “Gur Fuvaavat”, jurer Ubzre nkrf qbbef.

Overall: 4.65/5
(I wanted to give a 4.75/5, but I figured that Porkula is better than this episode, even after all of the praise showered on this. After a few viewings, it got a little dull, probably because of there not being a lot of gags. This leaves “Mind the Pony” in First, “Porkula” in Second and “Eggshaustion” in Third place for the best episode this season.)

NEXT EPISODE: Short and Special (Coming Friday the 25th).

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BATTLING BUTLERS:

King Pig’s (behind the-scenes) butler (“Old Servant Pig”, says the credits) teaches a new butler (with “Surfer Dude” stylings, named “Young Servant Pig”) how to but. (Butl? Butte? Bah.) The student quickly surpasses the master, leading up to a butler battle.
Twist: After the two butlers (inevitably) destroy the castle, King Pig seems ready to snap, leading to a bathroom joke (It’ll be clearer when you watch it.) The two butlers have become bathroom cleaners ( :-( ).

Fun Facts:
– More awesome environmental effects here (This time, it’s rain), proving that the sound design can really dazzle if it wants to.

Review: An O.K. episode, in my opinion, but nothing more. It was kind of fun for the first three quarters, but it started to fall apart after the action picked up in King Pig’s castle. It’s also capped with a “Sneezy” ending (Coined by me, a Downer Ending involving King Pig overpunishing his servants). Here’s a few nitpicks from that scene:

– What type of crank-power is the jukebox on? The record player keeps going after the crank stops momentarily (Hand-Power Generator, as with some flashlights), but speeds into overdrive when spun fast (Electro-Mechanical, pardon the pinball pun). *ding*
– Shouldn’t King Pig’s gold crown NOT split into two if a vinyl record hits it? Or is it Pyrite? Plus one sin for making me wonder what the jewels are. *dingding*
– There’s a flush-handle, which means the two pigs can easily flush the toilet, no cleaning necessary. *ding*

Overall: 3.8/10

Coming 3/18/16:
CHAPTER XIX
In which the Birds are in on a joke, but Chuck is not.

A.K.A.

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Thanks, @circlerev. Updating shortly.

On my iPod Touch, the text covers most of the title card.

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Thy Rovio has fixeth thy error, but ye still can’t get Ye Flask.
Here’s hoping at least one person gets that…

SPACED OUT: Red, Chuck and the Blues go camping. The Blues prank Chuck with alien-ish trickery.
(Official Description for once: “The truth is out there. Unfortunately for Chuck, so are The Blues.”)
Twist: It’s more of an epilogue than a twist, but what the hey: Pig Aliens abduct Red, to the Blues’ surprise. (@mp127, You hit it right on the button.)

Music Motifs:
– The “Twilight Zone” four-note theme is heard several times throughout the episode, some less blatantly than others. (Don’t believe me? Listen to the final scene before the epilogue again, as it has a couple uses well-incorporated into the score.)
– Remember the Blues’ bouncy motif in the early episodes? It comes back here, even if in short bits.

Voices:
Blues: “Sweet!” (Clearly.)
Chuck: “Hey!”

Review: An above-average episode, but not a legend either. It also preforms the “Chuck that Cried Wolf” concept better than (instead of just having Chuck always getting the short end of the stick in) “The Bird that Cried Pig”. (Speaking of which, EVERY episode of both Seasons 1/2 are available online again). There’s also nothing that stands out as a whole, the entire episode being of a consistent quality. (And that’s great, considering the score.) But if I had to choose one thing, it’d be the Blues’ seemingly Chuck-with-his-Headband-fast cornfield cropping or Chuck’s total fail of a pop gun.

Overall: 4.3/5 (Final Score)

Next up: Battling Butlers (Thanks again, @circlerev), pitting the Piggy Maestro dressed in black against a more proper (as in fancy) one with white hair and black hairbows (not Philosopher pig). It’s also another two-week timespan.
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Waitaminute: Who was guarding the eggs!?!?

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Forgot to tell, but I dug up my old iPod Touch 4g! I can watch the episodes on the day of premiere again! @mp127: If you want, you can post the basic plot, minus spoilers, and feel free to post any facts. So, where were we? Oh, yes:

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EGGSHAUSTION:

This episode originally premiered the day “Spaced Out” aired by accident, leaving the short to be out for a full day before being replaced with said short and shortening the wait for “Battling Butlers” by a day. The review has been moved to the second page, after the review for “Battling Butlers”.

Here’s to “Spaced Out”! If we’re lucky, Chuck will break the sling again! Edit: What I THOUGHT was a sling wasn’t. Plus, the sling was NOT broken. See the review below…

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@mp127 Nice review, but please check your grammar. It makes the review hard to read.

My own review as well, just because:

KING OF THE RING:
King Pig – a big fan of wrestling now, apparently – decides to attempt to take on the toughest wrestler in the city, Muscle (a.k.a. Hulk) Pig. Antics ensue and the score amounts to the first quarter of this year’s Super Bowl, “Muscle Pig” being the Broncos. (Non-Sporty Folk: Muscle Pig utterly annihilates King Pig.)
Twist: King Pig is in bed, recovering, and spots two pigs playing with dolls representative of the match. King Pig sees and (instead of getting angry) is jovial about there being a talking doll of him and decides to showcase it in his gallery.

Rating: Like “Catching the Blues”, it’s a nice bit of fun. It differentiates from the “small guy is unable to nudge big guy” trope in wrestling just because the big guy doesn’t take action for a while until KP stretches his mask (It’s small, but an interesting twist). Plus, more El Porkador, singing again!
Overall: 4.25/5

IN 2-6 WEEKS: “EggsHaustion”, starring Chuck and Bomb!

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NOTICE: I cannot post reviews of new Toons episodes on Fridays anymore, as my tablet recently broke. Reviews will be posted on Sundays until further notice.

Thanks for coping with an exhilirating 2-day gap,
–Justadoo444

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Seen it yesterday. All of it was awesome, but the ending joke I felt extended a bit too long. I’m also expecting a “Boy That Cried Wolf” situation with Red, the other birds and the pigs. (Not gonna lie, I’m personally NOT a fan of those situations at all.)

Also, I noticed that ABN is just not on the ball about all of this news anymore (They would have posted something as big as this by the next day), but that’s another topic. For now, we have a great trailer.

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Eg stealing Plan #351
ROBO-TILDA:
1. Kidnap Matlda.
2. Send ot Robo-Tilda
3. Steel Egs!
4. Spelchk latr.

But in all seriousness, this really is the plot, plus the rescuing of the eggs. There are a few more flourishes that add to the fun, but the plot really is this simple.

Twist: Not so much of a twist, but the piggies grow to love Robo-Tilda. It’s somewhat like a Piggy Tales cartoon’s ending (or the one to Cordon Bleugh).
Also, the title card has a lie in it. Not telling you, but after Operation Opera, “some may harbor suspicions” (to quote Kermit the Frog).

Music Cues: A sort of cheap bugle fanfare. Trust me, it does good in the episode.
No running gags, however.

Thoughts to ponder: Apparently, the birds patrol the nest in ‘shifts’, because when Matilda goes up to the nest, Chuck happily goes away. Like “Dopeys on a Rope”!

Review: Even with it’s straightforward plot, Robo-Tilda is a sweet little episode. It’s not as good as “Mind the Pony”, but it still nice to see. Plus, we see how Matilda treats the pigs without the eggs in play.

Overall: 4.35

Next episode: KING OF THE RING (Appears to be Wrestling, Not Boxing. John Cena, not Mike Tyson).

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@circlerev Sweet! Updated the post.

@mp127 Plus, “Pigs from the Deep”‘s title card was accidentally switched with “Gnome No”, revealing that episode in the lineup. Also, the title cards for “Bombina” and “Pig Possessed” were swapped for a few days.

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@circlerev Nice fact!

MIND THE PONY: Chuck and Bomb are on an epic chase in Pig City to recover the eggs.

…That is, before something squawks the plot over two thirds of the way through. Seriously.

Running Gags (Newly Made Section):
Twice, Chuck/Bomb destroy part of a house and no-one seems to notice.
–Music Motifs: “Ride of the Valkyries”.

Random Fact: Rovio either finished this last year, or they forgot to change the ending credits to reflect upon the new year. It still says 2015.

Review: After a sweet first half of action and a chunk of suspense, when the third… well, third arrives, Rovio successfully pulls off one of the most clever and unexpected twists I have ever seen in my life. I won’t spoil anything this time. Just be amazed that they pulled it off.

If you really want the ending spoiled, go to this Caesar Cipher decoder, choose key 13 from the drop-down and paste this text:

Gurl chyyrq n “Zbagl Clguba naq gur Ubyl Tenvy”.

Overall: 4.85/5 (Final)

Sadly, there is no episode in the “Coming Soon” section this time. However, @circlerev has confirmed that the season is now halfway over, with the next episode delayed for what may possibly be a while.

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Merry Christmas, all!
HAPPY HIPPY: After Red destroys the landscape following a pig rush, Matilda tries to show him inner peace.
Twist: After Red is successfully soothed, Matilda becomes angry after noticing that Red destroyed her grotto in the process. Cue role reversal chase ending.

Rating: Not much to say here. The only complaint that I have is that Red calmed down immediately after grasping the paddle drum. Otherwise, generally pleased.

Score: 4.25/5

(Let’s set 4.25 the “average” mark for an episode.)

Next up: MIND THE PONY, involving Chuck, Bomb and a leapfrog match with pony figurine. (Not a unicorn, but a pony.) and a wild chase around Pig City.

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LAST TREE STANDING: Chuck rescues the annual Christmas tree from the pigs.
Twist: None, if the birds allowing the Pigs to celebrate Christmas with them again doesn’t surprise you.

Rating: It’s a good episode, but I can’t help but notice that the final scenes (everything after Chuck lassos the branch with the string of lights) feel a little bit like filler, with Rovio’s two apparent V.I.B/P.s trading presents. Meanwhile, there are some little flourishes that make the episode better, like the apparent Charlie Brown reference (I haven’t seen the special. :-( ) and Chuck “breaking the fourth wall” with flying snow. And, if you listen, you’ll notice that “Silent Night” was the only song used for the musical score.

Overall: 4.15/5

Next Episode: HAPPY HIPPY, Starring Matilda and Red. (I am also announcing these in the News forum, by the way.)

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… and you’re right!

CATCHING THE BLUES: Foreman Pig builds a box trap to snare the Blues and steal the eggs. However, the Blues saw him the entire time, so they decide to mess with him.
Twist: Foreman Pig thinks he’s finally captured those pesky birds and goes for the eggs. Surprise, they are cardboard, with all 3 blues behind them. One has a button, which he presses and lowers a cage trap onto Foreman Pig. The Blues promptly send the package right into King Pig’s castle.

Rating: No Chuck, no King Pig, no worries! A fun episode overall, proving Rovio can make decent stories without resorting to those two who seem to appear in every episode. The gags are also on point (Foreman pig being spotted before he even goes to his building location, for starters), even if the plot is straightforward.
Overall: 4.5/5

Join us next time for the Christmas episode, “Last Tree Standing”, involving Chuck. (Rovio, you have so many other birds…)

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AGE RAGE: Helmet Pig steals Professor Pig’s plant maturing potion youth serum (according to the official description), seeing that it can make things turn very old, and uses it on the birds in order to steal the eggs successfully.

Twist: The pigs successfully immobilize the birds, and fling their potion-filled water balloons into the air in celebration. This was before they realized they have royally squawked themselves over, and they turn old once the balloons come crashing down. The pigs, having terrible sight, manage to steal two rocks and a ovular teapot (Yay, Foreshadowing Payoff!) and head home, only to tread off of a cliff (offscreen).

Review: Whoa, what a mishmash of plot elements. A war-minded pig stealing something from Professor Pig (Season 1-18, “Slappy-go-Lucky”), A potion being used to try to immobilize the birds (Season 1-31, “Pig Plot Potion”) and the entire idea of the birds becoming old and a unable to defeat the pigs (Season 3-2, “Bad Hair Day”). But hey, you can’t argue when it works out quite well in the end. The gags all hit their marks (The spit-take gag is quite effective), the story is simple-yet-nice and the resolution is on-point (Does the pigs about to blindly walk off of a cliff remind some of Lemmings?).
Overall: 4.5/5

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FIX IT: Chuck accidentally breaks the slingshot (under Terence’s watchful eye, natch), and has to fix it.

Twist: Chuck tries and fails to fix the slingshot, and goes slightly mad. After it falls apart one last time, he looks away and back and Terence has built a TITANIUM slingshot. Chuck, officially off-the-deep-end-bonkers, goes to hide in his toolbox.

Rating: This was a fun little episode overall, with some pretty nice jokes. Those who have seen the Shaun the Sheep movie will remember the Glaring Dog joke, and Terence pulls it off just as well. And THAT TWIST.
Overall: 4.25/5

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Also, the Toons.TV creator is still up.

Another one:
http://create.toons.tv/v/9dc5fbedfed1740be306f6e6c70752e5

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Don’t mind me, just dusting off the thread…

The other day, one of those ninja pigs from Epic showed other pigs how to give a pork-chop.

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Quote @mp127:

“If there’s something to talk, I think about bird/pig appearance. Birds are only in 2 episodes (excluding two scenes in Golditrotters and little one-bird army in Porkula). Meanwhile pigs (which have own series and time in Stella) appear in 6 ep. out of 7! (5 time as main characters)”

I find it interesting as well. I wanted to post it, but forgot. I think we might get a bird rush sometime, else everyone favors pigs over birds.

Also, THEORY TIME:
The pigs aren’t being aggressive enough to actually get the eggs (being defensive instead of offensive), as judged by the portraits of past kings in “The Porktrait”.

Thanks for the free insight, Rovio.

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http://create.toons.tv/v/6097994a4af2d6fc396de78aa43d8639
No spoiling this one. It’s too funny

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@korath88 Very nice find!

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***Bird Commercial — Just as unneeded here in particular as regular ones everywhere else***

How many Chucks can a Chuck-chucker chuck if a Chuck-chucker could chuck Chuck?

And if Chuck-chucker-chuckers chuck Chuck-chuckers for chucking Chuck, will Chuck-chuckers chuck the Chuck-chucker-chuckers back? (And will Chuck chuck the Chuck-chuckers with the Chuck-chucker-chuckers?

Key:
Chuck-chucker-chuckers chuck Chuck-chuckers, who, in turn, chuck Chuck.
Chuck-E-Cheese chucks kids’ souls.

(From the old thread, see page 1)