The due date for our podcasting platform is creeping up, and we've chosen not to renew for the time being. The time and attention our son Aaron needs makes episodes very hard to record and upload. While the money for podcasting is fair, the ratio of cost to episodes released would not be worth it in our opinion. We LOVE doing the show and plan to r…

Alright we got 2 hosts and...156 minutes of content. Now you sure that's how you like your podcasts? Then let me introduce you to our episode on Slappy and the Stinkers from 1998. Episode 45 Reading the backs of movies to know if we'll buy/rent it. Bringing back Transsexual Our lust for B.D. Wong. Can't do shit in this house. Asian Fetish Returns A…

We might have a new baby but we must PUSH ✊🏼, ON✊🏼, THROUGH✊🏼 with our new episode on a Youtube masterpiece. Ryan Higa's Agents of Secret Stuff (A.S.S) from 2010. More fun if you watch before listening: Agents of Secret Stuff https://youtu.be/kMy-6RtoOVU Episode 44 Topics Include: Old Youtube Stop Thanking Your Sponsors Ariana and Alex's First Brea…

We finally did it yall, Ariana and I had a baby boy soon after recording The Prince of Egypt episode. In our hearts the podcast has an even greater purpose now that we truly have the physical ability to pass down our favorite movies to young Aaron. This does however come with an unfortunate truth that we can't upload consistent episodes of The PP S…

Your podcast feed? Why would we care about that? Oh it's because we have a new episode for you: The Prince of Egypt (1998). Episode 43 Topics Include: Take a drink everytime we say "Jesus Movie". What religion we follow. Jesus Songs Alex's co-worker got himself fired. Man Bun > Man Ponytail 2020 Civics do NOT have aux ports. Ariana almost ruins her…

Get your blonde wigs on, because the PP Syndrome Pod is covering Jackie Chan's First Strike from 1996. Episode 42 Topics Include: Title confusion Mix CDs Jackie Chan Adventures What's Purple Rain About? Blonde wig fetish. *Correction* The YouTuber who made the Down Rock Cover was named Maneo, not Marion. When we got scammed at our minimum wage jobs…

Back from a small break, we hop on a magic carpet straight to Agrabah as we take on our first Disney Renaissance movie: Aladdin from 1992. Episode 41 Topics Include: The Fate of the Peter Pan Syndrome Podcast Buying bootleg and stolen merch. Discussing the Disney+ warning message. 2nd mention of Live Streaming episode recordings. Aladdin does the v…

This announcement comes in the middle of our 2nd break, same time frame as last year. We have officially bought a house, and moved from our beautiful hometown of Austin, TX to Del Valle, TX. A small outskirt bordering Austin. While it's been a long running joke, we learned first hand how hard gentrification and the California migration has affected…

IIIIT'S TURBO TIME! And we're coving our first Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. You know it, you love it, it's Jingle All The Way from 1996. Episode 40 Topics Include: Reflecting on recording one episode a week. Opening gifts Christmas Morning or at midnight on Christmas Eve? Fraternities are just fancy gangs. Phil Hartman How late is too late to put u…

While this movie might put us in a Really, Bad, MOOD. We had a lot of fun on this episode, and we hope you do too. So please enjoy our episode on Richie Rich's Christmas Wish from 1998. Episode 39 Topics Include: Attacking the super gelled Quiff fade haircut. Keep sexual Inuendos in our Disney movies! 6 month old babies playing newborns. Movies try…

It seems we were missing something, something money could not buy. It was Richie Rich from 1994, and we're covering it today. Episode 38 Why you buy/keep VHSs Boys & Girls Club Power Wheels Hiring Fat Kid Actors Butt Play Mansion vs Manor Alex's mom wasting money on tutors. Old man milestone of appreciating golf and cowboy movies. Unnecessary stock…

Your Co-Host Ariana is now officially Thirty, Flirty, & Thriving! And as a celebration, we're covering a Rom-Com Classic: 13 Going On 30 from 2004. Episode 37 Topics Include: Turning 30 Salt n Pepper/grey hair Thriller Hate Screw Streaming, Buy Your Movies! One of Ariana's favorite teachers in high school. If we wished we were older as kids. The st…

Hilary Duff has graced our screens for the first time on this show, as Wendy the good little witch, from Casper Meets Wendy (1998). Episode 36 Topics Include: Welcome to Simp-toper as Alex reflects on the love he had for Hilary Duff in 2003. Songs made for movies need an official release for the public. Sunglasses & Eye Doctors Reaching the Alarm C…

Save Applegate Mansion! And while we're here, might as join us as we unfold the issues of parental neglect. On our episode on Casper: A Spirited Beginning from 1997. Episode 35 Topics Include: Explaining big bad beetle borgs to Ariana. Did Lori Loughlin deserve jail time debate. First ever Beretta Watch/Alex's First Gun Story The Full House Convers…

Don't let this be your unfinished business. Help us explore Whipstaff Manor and discover the secrets it hides, as we go through our episode on Casper (1995). Episode 34 Topics Include: Plans for The Land Before Time Series. Alex cringes at shaking Polaroids. Movie Commentaries Naming our Manor. We don't deserve Rick Moranis. Ariana cannot give 2 fu…

It's Autumn? It is. A time of hot chocolatey mornings, filled with the Peter Pan Syndrome Podcast covering Pooh's Grand Adventure from 1997. Episode 33 Topics Include: Our first memories of the movie theatre. Learning to respect autumn. Assuming these characters genders. Heffalumps=Elephants The downfall of the show Nailed It. Songs we learned in E…

This is my idea of a Podcast. Especially since we're doing a gem from Ariana's past. The Swan Princess from 1994. Episode 32 Topics Include: Ariana is our host. Our note taking process. Don't Take the Girl by Tim McGraw deserves more recognition. Alex's is pulling a Mr. Brightside with Odette and this guard. The most we've ever talked about Aladdin…

My mom said the pads you gave us, weren't enough. She also said the best way to celebrate The Peter Pan Syndrome's first year is with Little Giants from 1994. Episode 31 1 Year Anniversary!!! We find out which one of us relistens to old episodes, and which one of us don't (spoilers: the answer will not shock you). Alex vs. Hot Cheetos Ariana's live…

As Hosts of the PP Syndrome Pod, it is our duty to present to you Man of the House from 2005. Take a stroll with us through the city we grew up in, as we end our first year as podcasters talking about a movie filmed in the most beautiful city we know, Austin. Episode 30 Katy Perry's Teenage Dream is about losing your virginity. Hood babies growing …

On today's adventure we join the Minotauk Tribe with Little Wing & Squatting Dog. Classic characters from a childhood favorite. Will we laugh in the face of racial insensitivity? Or will our Cringe Meters keep us from enjoying a touching story about a soon to be Step-Father & Son learning mutual respect for each other? Find out on our episode of Ma…

Monstrule! Monstrule! That's right, we're doing that OTHER gorilla movie that only 90s babies seem to remember. We're covering Mighty Joe Young from 1998. Episode 28 Topics Include: Be afraid of mazes. *Correction* The Rescuers Down Under is Renaissance, The Rescuers is Bronze Age. Van road trip memories. Ariana shares a tidbit of an old show she u…

Hey Jack's Mother! Can Jack Come Out And Play? Help us bring Jack (1996) out of the shadows, as we cover our first Robin Williams movie. Episode 27 Topics Include: First Robin Williams/Bill Cosby Movie Borrowing a friends nudie mag. Ariana's Pet Peeve of "new born" babies in movies. Separating Art from Artist. What age Alex stopped sleeping in his …

Our envelope with black sand just arrived, Ariana is our host once again, so join us as we take on the Ozunu Clan in our episode on Ninja Assassin from 2009. Episode 26 Topics Include: Ariana's 2nd time hosting. Our Asian Fetish Are Indians Asian? Alex Vs. Laundromat We don't appreciate pillows enough. Power Puff Girls Best and Saddest episodes. Th…

"A world without movies would be chaos", but luckily we have Mouse Hunt (1997) this week. Episode 25 Topics Include: *Correction* Hallie Eisenberg did Pepsi commercials, not Welch's. Alex had to listen to some hardcore underground gangsta rap while his grandpa was being buried. Alex's most memorable story from Scary Stories to tell in the dark. Ari…

We give a listener wings by doing an episode on one of her most favorite movies. Join us as we experience our first listener requested movie, Ever After from 1998. Episode 24 Topics Include: Happy Birthday Nicole! CMD=Coal Miner's Daughter Alex continues to cry that he didn't grow up with a dad or siblings. Ariana falls off a horse and is chased by…

What's Cal-Cu-Las? We're learning exactly that, and much more in our episode of Stand and Deliver from 1988. Episode 23 Topics Include: First Mexican Movie! That looks like my High School! Alex's mom working at Galaxy Theatres. Spanish Speakers in Class. Alex & Ariana growing up only thinking there were 2 races. Learning our multiplication table. G…

That 'ol Podcast right over yonder. The Peter Pan Syndrome Podcast. That's us, and we're covering The Coal Miner's Daughter from 1980. Episode 22 Topics Include: We clearly don't smoke weed. Are Alex's boot heels too high? Lost Audio at 34 min 38 seconds, tried to peice it back together as best as I can. Trying to unpack the age gap. Asking Ariana'…

Ohana means Family. It also means 3 hours of Alex & Ariana holding back tears through our episode of Lilo & Stitch from 2002. Episode 21 Topics Include: Ariana is not a gamer Should we destroy mosquitoes? The tolerance we have for sitting outside in the heat. Alex should be shamed for the way he treats alligators. Kids give their pets the dumbest n…

I hope you like personal stories because Napoleon Dynamite brought out the most stories we've ever told on a single episode. Join us as we relive our school years from Elementary through College, thanks to the time capsule that is Napoleon Dynamite from 2004. Episode 20 Topics Include: The 2 times Alex was straight up a bandwagon How Ariana & Alex …

It's gonna look good in the feed! We're doing Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House from 2002. Episode 19 Topics Include: Ariana challenges everyone to a Harry Potter off. Alex doesn't know how Hanukkah works. Should your kids be raising your other kids? Kids blaming themselves for their parents divorce. The trauma of "Why is it called a dumbwaiter".…

We're slamming toilet seats on our things again, as we join Alex and the Pruitt family in 1997's Home Alone 3. Episode 18 Topics Include: Alex learning to pump gas Asking parents to tell us a story from the old country Never borrow money from Alex Do child-less co-workers deserve weekends off too? Let your kids decorate their own room Cringing over…

Merry Christmas Ya Filthy Animals, we get Lost in New York with Kevin McCallister in Home Alone 2 from 1992. Episode 17 Topics Include: Multi Outlet Adapters should not exist in the 21st century. Our Wedding pianist fucks up Ariana’s bride entrance. Where we were on 9/11? Struggling to understand a flatbed credit card imprinter. Were candy shooters…

You guys give up? Or ya thirsty for more? We're doing Home Alone from 1990. Episode 16 Topics Include: Mexians are a bunch of Orcas Diagnosing The McCallister Manor Milk with Pizza > Soda with Pizza Back to Back True Crime moments with Ariana (Someone tries to break into her mom’s house & Someone tried to get into our house) Alex’s facial hair natu…

***Headphone Users*** If you have Air Pods or similar headphones, the clips from the movie will have no dialogue if only 1 headphone is turned on. Don't ask me how it happened, my only guess is that I'm stupid. Thank you for understanding. Time to head outside and dance in the snow with Edward Scissorhands from 1990. Episode 15 Topics Include: Alex…

Sunboist Cookies light up my day! And so does the new episode of Life with Mikey from 1993. There were cookies EVERYWHERE! Episode 14 Topics Include: Ariana talks about her families bones. We are the old couple who ask you tot take both headphones out when we're talking to you. 4 minutes of Alex struggling to understand Afro-Latinos. Hershey's Kiss…

As mentioned in Part 1 of our episode on The Goonies (1985) we continue our episode in Part 2 where we discuss our catagories and close out the show. Episode 13, Part 2 of 2 Topics Include: Ariana opens Part 2 with the tragic tale of Adam Walsh Our Likes, Dislikes, Hate, and Love of this movie. Ariana hopes Andy is prepared to go to Hell with all h…

Hey You Guuuys, our episode on The Goonies (1985) was SO good it had to be split into 2 Parts. This is Part 1 where we will go over our Memories and discussion of the movie itself. Episode 13, Part 1 of 2 Topics Include: Alex Fights to Bring Back "Gen Y". Alex is salty because he can't speak Spanish and Mouth can. Ariana confirms that the Spanish o…

What we Ortiz's do, you can't call it podcasting. We're watching Tuck Everlasting (2002) this week and discussing our fears of death and how creepy one man in a yellow suit can be. Episode 12 Topics include: That one time Ariana's leg itched in High School. We do a terrible job of selling Coal Miner's Daughter to the audience. Did Twilight rip off …

Probably the closest thing we will get to Alex hosting an episode by himself. We are covering Big Daddy from 1999, and Ariana will just sit in awe as Alex rambles about the movie that shaped his childhood. Episode 11 Topics Include: Take a drink every time Sonny says the words "10 Years" & "Hooters". The rack on Vanessa Couples in their 30s don't l…

It's not a freakin phase mom! We're doing The Nightmare Before Christmas from 1993. Episode 10 Topics Include: Ariana's Emo Phase Our fears of what's under the bed. Sleep Paralysis Stories. Sharkboy & Lavagirl is no Spy Kids. What does your Easter Bunny look like? Should we retire the segment: Can Ariana's Old Skool Mexican Parents Watch This? Alex…

The Olsen Twins make their debut on the Peter Pan Syndrome Podcast with their 1993 Halloween movie Double, Double, Toil & Trouble. Episode 9 Topics Include: Our History with the Olsen Twins Why don't people talk about Ripley's Believe it or Not? Ariana explains the Mexican superstition of owls being evil. Alex's Rivalry with Homeless people. Alex g…

Follow us into the dark hole as we attempt to unpack the fever dream that is James and the Giant Peach from 1996. Episode 8 Topics Include: How much time should pass before a Disney animation gets a live action remake? The Empire State Building hasn't been the tallest building in the world since the 1970s. Child Abuse and the powerful emotions expr…

Oh what a glorious morning as Ariana takes at the reigns on this one and hosts her very first episode of the Peter Pan Syndrome Podcast, as we go through our watch of Hocus Pocus from 1993. Episode 7 Topics Include: Alex is triggered by Movie News. Being bamboozled into watching 6 season of Sex in the City. The superior hairstyle that is the 90s He…

For our first Adam Sandler movie we get drunk and fall in love with 50 First Dates (2004). Episode 6 Topics Include: Alex is a huge Puss when it comes to drinking alcohol. How connecting with someone will go way further than physical beauty. If The Boondocks is considered Anime. Deny it if you want, but Kids Bop 1 is rad. Gay panic in middle school…

Please enjoy this bonus episode that had to be cut out of our full episode on Midnight Madness due to time restraints. The games continue as we play a tournament style game where we go through the hottest characters in the movie until we reach a champion of each gender. If you know the characters SUPER well, feel free to just listen and picture the…

Midnight Madness (1980) has gotten to us and we are down to play this game. Listen to us discuss how fun a scavenger hunt in Los Angelas can be, especially with the hilarious characters we follow. Episode 5 Topics Include: Alex's old Youtube Channel and the Golden Age of Youtube. Ariana confuses Danny Tanner from Full House with Mr. McGuire from Li…

On this episode we get to be swept away by George of the Jungle (1997). We're just lucky I guess... Episode 4 Topics Include: The phenomenon of George Lopez's Why You Crying? Special actually isn't that hype. We finally pick a movie with some damn trailers at the beginning of our VHS tape. Lyle being Colonial as Fuck! Ursula can barely contain her …

It's the right time for a Zoog movie yeaaa, and that movie is The Thirteenth Year (1999). Episode 3 Topics Include: Recorded home movie quarks We poorly decipher where this movie takes place with little to no research How thirsty Sam is for Cody Our hearts get broken as Jess falls for the "You thought you had a friend" prank Gross ass arm fins Does…

Pray you didn't forget your bug spray, we're going on an adventure with Ice Cube and J-Lo in 1997's Anaconda. Episode 2 Topics include: Ariana tries to convince everybody how sexual the movie is Eric Stoltz can't get out of the movie fast enough Paul Sarone is one of the best storytellers of our generation How GREAT the Anaconda effects are Are the…

For our first episode we go to The Show with Henry Rozzenburger in 1993's Rookie of the Year. Episode 1 Topics include: Why do I confuse this movie with Angels in the Outfield so much? The pointlessness of Elementary school graduations. We poorly diagnose baseball logic. Movies continue to lie about Cracker Jacks. We get a little deep and pledge th…