You asked for it, and the wait is over: Ranged Touch's Michael Lutz is here to tell us about HOMESTUCK! Using JACK: ASCEND and CASCADE as our anchor-points, we talk about rabid fandom, assembling an art team, and accidentally creating a clown cult. Plus, your emails! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/fla…

Ranged Touch's Michael Lutz joins Tom and Alex for a bumper crop of armageddon toons! In this first half we explore the wasteland of THAT'S TOTALLY BS: FALLOUT 3, and dive back into the politics of 2004 with COUNTING BODIES... by A Perfect Circle. On this episode: Turd manipulation. No, really. Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon -…

In a Weird Al double feature, Alex and Tom explore the wacky excess of ALBUQUERQUE and the surreal adventure of EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG. Plus, an addendum to last episode's invention pioneers, and your Star Wars emails! In this episode, Tom tells a very sad story. Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/f…

LPer and podcaster extraordinaire Grant returns to FITP to endure a gauntlet of comedy toons! We guffaw at INVENTION PIONEERS OF NOTE, grimace at STARWARSOHMYGOD, and thrill at STAR WARS TRANSITIONS. Plus, your emails, Carpet Right, Emilio Estevez, and naked animes! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flas…

Tom's birthday picks are a fabulous one-hit-wonder and a questionably-aged comedy caper! Alex appreciates a fish! THE JCB SONG is catchy and KERRI'S BIG INVENTION is pure 2003. Plus, Ed Sheeran Facts! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepanBy Tom and Alex

Alex is back! So is Tom! So are TOMORROW'S NOBODIES... uh oh. We crash into the springtime with NATSUMI STEP and revisit nobody's favourite edgelord sitcom. Also featuring critters, frogs, and... Donald Glover? Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan…

Ooh dear... Alex and Tom finally return to the horrors of SALAD FINGERS! Then we revisit the wonders of Brackenwood with THE LAST OF THE DASHKIN! The emails from our Flashketeers are wild and silly, and we just have a lovely time with Sonic... religions...? Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan…

We blast into 2024 with the help of Jack Levine! Finally, we begin the high school action series XIN, and unfortunately, we check out SUPER FREAKIN' PARODY RANGERS. Light and dark, good and evil, all things are contained in Flash. Plus, your festive fury emails, and a total breakdown in the final hour. Video links in the show notes. Support us on P…

Alex and Tom share a bounty of Crimbo crackers in this jolly episode! We've got zombie funtimes in EDDSWORLD: ZANTA CLAWS; a badass cigar-monster in NIGHT OF THE WARHOG, and... Foamy. Yup. Foamy's seasonal rants, NO CHRISTMAS FOR YOU! and X-MAS SONGS. Also, Catholicism??? Bah, humbug! Happy holidays from Flash In The Pan! Video links in the show no…

We finish up our Late-o-ween special with two classic Homestar Runner toons! We've got HOMESTARLOWEEN PARTY and PUMPKIN CARVE-NIVAL, and we’ve also got Canadian earworms and blistering listener expertise! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepanBy Tom and Alex

Tom and Alex overslept, and so we rise from our graves a little late to bring you a mega-spooky special! Part one has us partying like it's Halloween 2007 with SPOOKY SCARY SKELETONS and OH OH OH SEXY VAMPIRE, featuring Twilight rage and musical controversy! Part 2 coming next week! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www…

Streamer, video essayist and Let's Play superstar VoidBurger joins Tom and Alex for some strange and wonderful cartoons! We dive deep with THIS IS A STORY ABOUT LEET, get wacky with JAMEZBOND, and get mall-goth with SILENT HILL 2: CE. Also, nostalgic advert chat, soundboard shenanigans, and Goth Teen UrbEx! Video links in the show notes. Support us…

What's up gamers? Tom and Alex are here with a brisk and breezy pair of videogame funniess to get lodged in your noggin. SPLASH ATTACK is a randomised brain-assault, and QUAKE III WAZZUP?!? is a relic of a bygone age. Also, Alex's mint rant and a selection of thoughtful and cathartic emails! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - ht…

Tom and Alex explore both ends of the Flash spectrum, from anarchic amateur noise machine BEEBO to slick and world-renowned SATURDAY MORNING WATCHMEN. Featuring cat violence, bad Australian accents, and something called "Bebbo"...? Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan…

We go even deeper with our pal VileMoon and push through season 2 of CTRL+ALT+DEL: THE ANIMATED SERIES. The journey is long and hard and we emerge exhausted and changed... for the better? We read some very kind emails and talk about our century of episodes. Thank you all so much for being part of this, Flashketeers. We couldn't do it without you. V…

A huge milestone episode, with the lovely VileMoon in tow to go deep into the belly of Gamer Culture and stare down CTRL+ALT+DELETE: THE ANIMATED SERIES! In this first partisode we cover season 1, look at the origins and cultural context for the show and the comic it's based on, and stare into the dark heart of Gaming. You don't want to miss this o…

Stick figure fights are BACK, baby! ANIMATOR VS ANIMATION III brings the ruckus, and then the mysterious DUCKTALEZ 3 shows us that you can indeed reach heaven through violence. Elsewhere, lovely talk about LGBTQ media, and anticipation...! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan…

FITP has gone totally quackers! We celebrate Pride with QUEER DUCK, and get THE DUCK SONG stuck in our heads! Tom's bit is stolen, and Alex loses her marbles! Celebrity voices, lost Simpsons lore, and your favourite robots! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan…

Tabletop podcaster and let's play legend Colin is here to talk STRONG BAD's KIDS BOOK, WEEBL AND BOB, and the indecipherable CHRISTIAN MAGIC. Elsewhere, we talk Jack Thompson, the VG Cats forums, and Gundam Wing. Plus, your emails! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan…

Comics and animation veteran Ryan Estrada joins us for this star-studded foray into animated amazement! We smile at ARJ AND POOPY, cower from BILLY'S BALLOON and finally wade into the runoff that was THE CRITIC WEBISODES. We also discuss banned media and Hollywood's attempts to take advantage of this wacky new thing called "The Internet"...? This o…

After a timeskip, the rough-and-tumble Guts joins us again to put Alex and Tom through more NYAN NEKO SUGAR GIRLS! And as an appetiser, we observe the DAY OF THE DEVIL. Plus, your teacher emails! And Runescape? Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan…

Pow! Zap! Swipe! Alex and Tom have three adrenaline-pumping shorts to enjoy! ROCKMAN!! NEXT ATTACK has a lemon-shooting robot pal, PIXELATED BUNNIES is a music video nasty, and THE FINAL TASK is classy and violent. Plus, your lovely emails! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan…

FITP is now FIVE! And our frenemy Great Joe is here to celebrate with Alex and Tom. We finally finish THERE SHE IS!! with FINAL STEP – IMAGINE! And then our ears are harmed by ADVENTURE QUEST! Technical difficulties and emotional reminiscences and very kind emails fill out this lovely, lovely episode. Here's to another five years! Video links in th…

Woot woot! Alex and Tom are back with ERIK THE JUICEMAN 5 and 6! It's still wild! Oh, and also a stylish noir action toon called KONG... and some horrible cartoon animal creatures from our Flashketeers! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepanBy Tom and Alex

New year, new toons! Tom and Alex learn about a charming little creature named KEGEL, and get their minds demolished by CHOCOLATE NIBLET BEANS. Plus, some stomach-turning emails from our Flashketeers! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepanBy Tom and Alex

Tom makes a real oeuf of himself in this holiday toontacular! SONIC and SUPER MARIO BROS provide some CHRISTMAS GREETINGs, we witness THE BEST DECEMBERWEEN EVER, and an I LOVE EGG XMAS... plus some troubling emails! Happy holidays, flashketeers! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan…

The mighty morphin' GreatSG joins us for an episode that sees Alex's worst nightmare come true. THE SENILE SPIDERMAN is a fun dalliance, but STONE TREK... well, you'll just have to listen and find out how bad things get. Plus, your weirdo emails! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan…

Horror! Augh! Eurgh! SALAD FINGERS! Hrrggh, JOE ZOMBIE! Whoa, PICO VS ZOMBIES: DOD! There's a lot of nasty stuff in this episode, but some of the best comments we've found too! Tom and Alex try to find the Arse-Nettle Goldilocks Zone. Plus, your childhood scares! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashin…

We asked and you delivered another esoteric collection of the first online cartoons our Flashketeers encountered! We learn about stinky banjos in WAR, puzzle at AMBURGERS AND WOOTBEER, and then delight and horror at the spectacle of TELEBUBBY FUN LAND. Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan…

Heute auf Deutsch! Let's Play superstar Simply Simon joins Alex and Tom for some horrendous and Bavarian animal antics. We've got the German LLAMAS WITH HATS, the creepy AMAZING HORSE, and the truly regrettable ICH HEISSE MARVIN. Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan…

Alex and Tom take a break from affairs of state to enjoy some funny cartoons! Wow! We look at whatever happened to HYPERBOY, and get gross with Homestar's BUG IN MOUTH DISEASE. And a Strong Bad Email, as a treat. Plus, your childhood stories! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan…

Tom and Alex are back with two legendary tales from opposite ends of the cartoon spectrum! We sing along to Rabbit Joint in LEGEND OF ZELDA! VIDEO, and absolutely lose it over TARBOY. Plus, your emails! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepanBy Tom and Alex

Quite possibly our silliest episode yet, as Tom and Alex howl with delight about VEGETA'S PROBLEM and THE SOLUTION, and are completely baffled by ESKIMO BOB. Plus, a lot of great emails about lost media! And a lot of poo jokes. Sorry. (Not sorry.) Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan…

Oh hey, Brian Clevinger is still with us, to talk about the third part of the classic Flash adaptation of 8 BIT THEATER! Plus, extra webcomic discussion and your lovely emails! This episode, we talk about what happens when every character is the dumbest character. Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashi…

Writer and comic veteran Brian Clevinger joins Tom and Alex for an exploration of comedy, violence, and comedy violence! LOOKING FOR GROUP: SLAUGHTER YOUR WORLD has pipes and mayhem, while SMASH KINGDOM MELEE mostly has eardrum pain. Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan…

Tom and Alex make their meatspace debut with this live episode extravaganza! Recorded at Confuzzled 2022 in Birmingham, England, and featuring a furry flash feast! SONIC XTREME brings the hog thunder, BUNNYKILL showcases some lapine ultraviolence, and KATAN is an ancient, sweeping epic! Featuring live audience groans of disgust and recognition! Vid…

Mamma mia! Tom and Alex revisit the videogame maelstrom in SUPER CONSOLE WARS PART 2, and get paternal with DAD'S AT WORK. Featuring graffiti chat from Flashketeers, woodland filth, and a celebrity callout. Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepanBy Tom and Alex

Tom and Alex talk about alien juices in AVATAR: HOT NA'VI SEX, bathroom horrors in MEN'S ROOM MONOLOGUE, and finish up by exploring some MICROSOFT OFFICE XP ADs... starring Gilbert Gottfried as Clippy??? Plus, your emails, and a lorra lorra laffs. Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan…

Games writer and podcaster Sid Menon joins us for a double helping of zombies and a heaping spoonful of anime for dessert! We have guns in RESIDENT EVIL 2.9, giggling in CODE VERONICA: FLASH EDITION, and crisis in GIRL-CHAN IN PARADISE EPISODE 3. Plus, your fanfic! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flash…

Games writer, podcaster and cookie expert Terence Wiggins joins us for the highs of TEEN GIRL SQUAD, the lows of MCCAIN'S SEXY OUTRAGE, and the philosophy of KARMA GHOST. Shock images, possums, and your fanfics! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan…

Konban wa, Flashketeers! Friend of the show Guts is here to cause maximum psychic damage in the form of NYAN NEKO SUGAR GIRLS! Elsewhere, we get heavily nostalgic with THE RETURN OF GANONDORF, and finish off with a CALL TO ACTION – can YOU help us find these obscure All Your Base ephemera??? Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - ht…

Powerful feelings abound as Alex and Tom watch two superb animations! THERE SHE IS STEP 4 brings heavy emotions and strife, then ROCKMAN NEO promises us a dark future that never happened. Also, some very good emails! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan…

Alex and Tom go deep into the Internet's greatest book report in HOW TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. Then, a forum invasion history lesson, as we explore the circumstances behind EBAUM'S WORLD DOT COM. Plus, your emails, and a brand new mascot?? Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan…

It's our fourth anniversary, and stellar artist Aulse joins Tom and Alex for some weird and rather excellent cartoons! We've got FOREHEAD SHAVECUT, WE DRINK RITALIN, TV MOUNT, CAT SYRUP, MANBALLON, and even time to squeeze in some cool emails! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan…

The conclusion of our political cartoon marathon with journalist and podcaster Hussein Kesvani! We drill down into the agony and the ecstasy of TALIBAN WOMEN'S REVOLT, get lost in a cartoon porn rabbithole, and read some mind-boggling comments! Plus, your political memories! Prepare to cringe, grimace, and listen to us break down laughing because '…

Journalist and podcaster Hussein Kesvani joins Tom and Alex for our long-awaited deep dive into the world of political flash cartoons! Starting out with electoral satire and a potty-mouthed veep and an awful lot of potent ideological chat! Video links in the show notes.By Tom and Alex

Merry everything! Tom and Alex have a festive foursome of troublesome toons to unwrap to close out the year. We have videogame japes with A DECLINE CHRISTMAS, absurdity with ON THE MOON 5 and EDDSWORLD, and a terrible mistake called SANTA DOGG... plus, your lovely emails and some Xmas wishes! Video links in the show notes.…

Tom and Alex are back with some sequels to classic Flash series of yesteryear! Superhero shenanigans in BURNT FACE MAN, co-ed capers with COLLEGE UNIVERSITY, and vicious violence with MADNESS: AVENGER. Plus, your emails, and some truly bizarre commentary. Video links in the show notes.By Tom and Alex

Tom wishes Alex a NICE birthday this episode, with three **** cartoons to unwrap! Tenacious D's F*** HER GENTLY brings cartoon cherub buns, VIRUS sees Strong Bad's world collapse around him, and $00PAH NIN10DOH! is a showcase of 2009 gamer jokes and uncanny mammaries... Yup. Video links in the show notes.…

That troublemaker BitterKarella joins Tom and Alex once again for a pair of twisted tales to unsettle and upset! TAINTED GOODS is amusingly grotesque, but then THE LITTLE GIRL gets much darker, and sadder. Elsewhere, pony chat, and more of your fan project emails! Video links in the show notes.By Tom and Alex