It’s probably the most important exercise we’ve ever attempted on the podcast, finding the most cursed animation character! We debate and grade the cursed-ness of these cursed heavyweights: Hooty (The Owl House), Scratch (The Ghost and Molly McGee), Swift Wind (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power), KVN (Final Space), Tikki (Miraculous Ladybug), Lemongrab (Adventure Time), Dave (Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts), Woodman (Hilda), Pig Baby (Infinity Train), Glossaryck (Star vs. the Forces of Evil), Kyubey (Madoka Magica), Scrappy Doo, Onion & Ronaldo (Steven Universe), Jerry (Rick and Morty).

Hosts this week: Dylan Hysen, Michelle Anderer, & Aly Martin.

See the final grades here (SPOILERS!) https://www.overlyanimated.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/CursedFinalGrades.png

We go over several relationship archetypes that are frequently discussed and go through examples of notable animation ships that fall under those archetypes.

Hosts this week: Dylan Hysen, Delaney Stovall, & Beatriz Mourad.

Timestamps for the podcast:

• 0:00 – Introduction
• 8:30 – Boy Meets Girl: Adrinette, Lumity, Kataang, Troy/Benson, Yuu/Touko
• 49:00 – Best Friends to Couple: Starco, Korrasami, Connverse, Bumbleby
• 1:10:15 – Childhood Friends to Couple: Ron/Kim, Moonboon, Glimbow
• 1:19:00 – Enemies to Couple: Catradora, Raya/Namaari, Chihiro/Haku, Ashitaka/San, Lapidot
• 1:43:15 – Rivals to Couple: Diana/Akko, Hiccup/Astrid
• 1:48:15 – Opposites Attract: Zutara, Rupphire, WALL-E/EVA, Bubbline
• 1:54:45 – Love Triangles: Korra/Bolin/Mako
• 1:57:00 – Red String of Fate: Taki/Mitsuha
• 1:59:45 – Bad for Each Other: PearlRose, Makorra
• 2:03:00 – Polyamorous Relationships: Fluorite, Hollyhock’s dads
• 2:07:00 – Conclusion

We go through all our favorites of the year from 2020 Western TV animation after giving all of our thoughts on the recent Adventure Time Obsidian special, the premiere episodes of Onyx Equinox, Season 1 of the Animaniacs reboot, and Season 3 of Craig of the Creek.

Hosts this week: Dylan Hysen, Michelle Anderer, & April Collins.

Timestamps for the podcast:

• 5:10 – Adventure Time: Distant Lands Obsidian
• 12:30 – Onyx Equinox Episodes 1 & 2
• 22:25 – Animaniacs Reboot
• 33:15 – Craig of the Creek Season 3
• 57:45 – Main topic – Best of 2020 Animation

Dylan Hysen, Michelle Anderer, April Collins, & Maddie Potter tackle some of the big questions that remained unanswered after the end of Steven Universe, like what’s in the chest? And who made the gems?

Alex Bonilla, Delaney Stovall, Michelle Anderer & Ally Martin get together to talk about how Steven Universe has emotionally resonated with them over the course of the show’s airing.

Dylan Hysen, Michelle Anderer, Justin Cummings, & Alex Bonilla give their reactions and all their thoughts on the Steven Universe Future series finale.

Alex Bonilla, Michelle Anderer and Maddie Potter react to the first episode of Steven Universe: Future’s four-part finale, “Homeworld Bound”, released online via the Cartoon Network app.

Alex Bonilla, Delaney Stovall, Michelle Anderer & Ally Martin break down the latest episodes of Steven Universe: Future, “Mr. Universe” and “Fragments”.

Alex Bonilla, Michelle Anderer & Maddie Potter do a deep dive on the themes of trauma, rejection and moving forward in life as presented in the latest episodes of Steven Universe: Future, “Together Forever” and “Growing Pains”.

Alex Bonilla, Michelle Anderer, Madeline Potter and Ally Martin discuss the latest two episodes of Steven Universe: Future, “In Dreams” and “Bismuth Casual”.

Dylan Hysen & Michelle Anderer go through the basics and differences of the script-driven and storyboard-driven animation productions formats.