Episode 31.5: Flushed Away

I turned this on on my shower speaker after listening on my headphones for the first part, and the first thing that comes blasting out of the speakers is November's "RAT PANTIES"

please guys it was Odysseus not Jason 😭😭😭😭

Rita the trans exclusionary rat feminist

youve GOT to do great mouse detective

the insane thing is that the plot of this movie is the same plot as in an episode of Aaahh!! Real Monsters, which was done both better and in about fifteen minutes back in the 90s

Whitey and spike sound like bulk and skull from power rangers

Unfortunately I have been described as looking like Whitey on my old, pre-queer glow up passport photo :(

I always thought the Minions were knocked off from the Raving Rabbids from the Ubisoft video games.

Extremely glad I listened to the end so I could discover the next bonus ep is on a film that I a) love dearly and b) realise I haven’t seen in many years so it may in fact be bad. Looking forward to it.

On the topic of rats is Alfredo Linguini Gusteau from Ratatouille a mecha

i'd recommend you watch le samoraui (1967) ; its a great french film about a lone assassin, and doesn't get too much love in english language circles

Professor Salamandy: The Amphibian of Crime

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Johnson_(film) 1990 film about West Africa starring Pierce Brosnan, with A Lot To Say.

Ranties.

I recently watched Spies Are Forever (by Starkid productions) and it seems like it may fit the KJB vibe! It is a filmed musical rather than a normal film though so possibly not relevant. Either way a highly entertaining watch :D

New dreams, new dreams for the Rat Queen...

You know I remember seeing the 3D Simpsons episode in an IMAX at one point. Did that actually happen or is it one of those implanted memories they use to identify replicants?

"Ranties" was right there.

(1) I want to note that the bad guy in this movie has the exact same motivation as the John Malkovitch octopus from Pengwings of Madagascar (2) It was glossed over in the pod, but I wanted Devon to elaborate on the "I've seen rats catching the Tube" comment.

I suppose that "I don't want to think about that name" is the best I'm gonna get with my old name. Maybe DeeDee Megadoodoo will do better

Have you considered doing Valiant (2005) as a followup? It's spy themed right? I think? I remember the villain being a Nazi falcon and nothing else

Honestly let them do a good film for once. I nominate The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, because when I read the book it had a non-Singaporean use the phrase ‘talk cock’, which I’m sure was the main message Le Carré was hoping to get across. Also, Alice would enjoy it.

Ah, it's a furry bait movie, but make it racist

I feel slightly responsible for recommending this; I saw it when I was 9 and my friends and I loved it. I thought the Bond reference in the opening montage and the fact that Roddy was acting like a wannabe Bond up until this persona (and his tuxudo) fell apart would have made this a good pick. 9-year-old me didn't clock the racism. This was a great episode though, so I don't feel too bad: keep up the great work!

Maybe y'all could watch some swords and sandals... Kill Conan? Kill Krull? Kill Fritz R.R. Tolkien?

The incredible cast list made me think of another awful kids film that I don’t really think has a lot to say about masculinity but IS a Bonus Craig Film: Golden Compass

"the criteria are well known and bad, not well known and good, or not well known and bad" so what i'm hearing is there's an outside chance you could do sword of the valiant (1984), feat. sean connery as the green knight, doused in glitter and really kind of regretting his wiccan hockey pads + no shirt costume combo

I regret to admit that I was obsessed with this movie for about a year after it came out, to the point of watching it three times in one weekend. I was ten years old and loved all things Aardman.

Also it was Odysseus. Scylla and Charybdis are from the Odyssey.

I feel like the title of this alone unlocked several repressed memories

why.

I’m friends with multiple furry artists and I can assure you that they are *very* proud of drawing rat bondage.

Well it's been a good run, let me express my condolences for the three of you now the Classics degree contingent of the wider TF podcast empire are surely hunting you for sport for confusing Odysseus with Jason

Remember when the stop motion man were Aard?

“on one hand, fuck france and the french” s tier abi drop

Aardman are great, I live in somerset where they're based and because I did gcse D&T we spent a whole afternoon fucking about making models and chatting with an animator instead of doing work. Love em with all my heart & I still have my aardman approved clay shaun the sheep

Also I'm surprised the pod hasn't changed name to Assigned Movies At Birth yet.

I mean, it's not Chicken Run but I'll give it a shot.

Oh boy this is a movie I haven’t seen since I was a kid. I’m sure by the end of this episode I will be horrified