The Superhero Show Show #540

Sweet Tooth's Sappy Sweet Series Finale

In the latest installment of "The Superhero Show Show" podcast, the hosts delve into the series finale of "The Sweet Tooth," focusing on episode 308 titled "This is a Story." This episode marks a significant milestone as the beloved series concludes its journey, and the hosts leave no stone unturned in their comprehensive analysis. Alongside this, they also touch upon other popular superhero TV shows, including "The Boys" and "My Adventures With Superman," making this podcast episode a must-listen for superhero enthusiasts.

Series Finale: "The Sweet Tooth" Episode 308 - "This is a Story"

The podcast kicks off with an in-depth discussion of "The Sweet Tooth" series finale. The hosts reflect on the journey of Gus, the hybrid deer-boy, and his companions. They explore the emotional and narrative arcs that have brought the story to this climactic point. The episode "This is a Story" is lauded for its poignant storytelling, compelling character development, and the resolution of long-standing plot threads. The hosts dissect key scenes, analyze the thematic elements, and share their thoughts on the series' overall impact on the superhero genre.

The Boys - Dirty Business

Next, the hosts transition to a discussion about "The Boys" episode titled "Dirty Business." This gritty and intense episode showcases the dark and morally complex world of the series. The hosts examine the shocking twists and turns, the ethical dilemmas faced by the characters, and the satirical take on superhero tropes. They also highlight standout performances and directorial choices that make this episode a standout in the series.

My Adventures With Superman - Olsen's 11

Following their analysis of "The Boys," the hosts shift gears to "My Adventures With Superman," focusing on the episode "Olsen's 11." This lighter, more comedic take on the superhero genre offers a refreshing contrast to the darker tones of "The Boys." The hosts discuss the heist plot, the camaraderie among the characters, and the clever nods to classic Superman lore. They appreciate the show's balance of humor and heart, and how it captures the spirit of Superman's world.

Spider-Man: The Animated Series - "Sins of the Father Chapter 5: Rocket Robots"

Towards the end of the podcast, the hosts revisit a classic episode of "Spider-Man: The Animated Series" titled "Sins of the Father Chapter 5: Rocket Robots." They reminisce about the nostalgia of the 90s animated series and its influence on the superhero genre. The conversation focuses on the plot involving Spider-Man's battle against high-tech robots and the intricate storyline involving his personal struggles. The hosts praise the animation style, voice acting, and the episode's contribution to the overarching narrative of the series.

In conclusion, this episode of "The Superhero Show Show" podcast offers a rich and varied discussion on some of the most compelling superhero television episodes, with a special focus on the series finale of "The Sweet Tooth." Whether you're a fan of dark and gritty narratives or light-hearted adventures, this podcast has something for everyone. Don't miss out on this comprehensive and entertaining analysis of your favorite superhero shows.

Links and Resources

• Catch up on our previous discussion about The Boys
• Previous Episodes
• Research Links for the nerds!
• The Boys Wiki
• My Adventures With Superman Wiki
• Sweet Tooth Wiki
• Spider-Man: The Animated Series Wiki

Stay connected, stay super!

Takeaways

• The hosts debate whether the finale of Sweet Tooth stuck the landing
• Memorable moments from the episode include a well-done action scene and the return of a beloved character
• The hosts discuss the overall storytelling and character development in the series
• The conversation is filled with humor and banter, making for an entertaining discussion The Boys explores the themes of power and manipulation, particularly in relation to the billionaire characters.
• The introduction of Moolah and the Brain in My Adventures with Superman adds humor and depth to the show.
• The heist storyline in The Boys provides an exciting and engaging plot.
• Both shows demonstrate the importance of well-developed side characters and their impact on the overall story.
• The hosts express their enjoyment of the unique and unexpected elements in both shows. The hosts find humor in the character development and relationships in the Spider-Man animated series.
• They enjoy the comedic moments and references to other pop culture works.
• The conversation highlights the transformation of the character Robert from a 'bad boy' to a 'good boy.'
• The hosts discuss the dynamics between Felicia, Peter, and the introduction of Mr. Phillips as a potential love interest. The episode features 90s elements such as skateboarding and the use of slang like 'skitching'
• New York is portrayed as a character through its accents and references to local news channels
• The hosts give out awards for the best webzinger, best mover power, most 90s thing, and compliment each other
• Upcoming episodes will focus on The Boys and Superman

Episode Breakdown

Sound Bites

• "Did this show stick the landing?"
• "The return of a beloved character"
• "Fuck this show. Actually, fuck this show."
• "Moolah and the Brain are my new favorite characters"
• "The Boys reveals the big bad: billionaires and the system itself"
• "The introduction of Moolah and the Brain in My Adventures with Superman was gold"
• "He's a good boy. He shreds on the skateboard."
• "He used to be a very bad boy."
• "This is what we have here is a Dr. Chase Meridian example."
• "I always did want to hang with the homeboys."
• "Spider-Man, how'd you find me? I left you licking diesel exhaust."

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Overview

09:28 Sweet Tooth Finale: Did it Stick the Landing?

23:47 The Storytelling and Character Development in Sweet Tooth

30:15 The Delightful Addition of Moolah and the Brain in My Adventures with Superman

37:42 The Exciting Heist Plotline in The Boys

45:43 The Importance of Well-Developed Side Characters

51:05 Embracing the Unique and Unexpected in TV Shows

57:51 Humor and Pop Culture References

01:01:03 Felicia, Peter, and Mr. Phillips

01:03:03 The Transformation of Robert

01:13:00 Exploring the 90s Elements in the Episode

01:16:05 New York as a Character: Accents and Local News

01:25:32 Awarding the Best Webzinger, Mover Power, and Most 90s Thing

Transcript

Cassie (00:30.632)

On this week's episode of the Superhero Show Show, we'll find out... Who America's favorite new couple of crime is on My Adventures with Superman? Whether or not the boys need their safe word when they are getting their feet tickled? And if Sweet Tooth stuck the landing? All of that and more on an all new episode of the Superhero Show Show.

Cassie (02:59.4)

What's up nerds, welcome to the superhero show show. Podcasts that watch is only the best of the best comic book TV shows and reviews only those. My name is Cassie and I will be your host for this week. I am joined by my two, huh, how come, when.

Ryan (03:10.856)

You know what, Cassie, actually, since why not, since we're recording this on America's birthday, let's just try you introducing Mike first.

Mike (he/him) (03:14.481)

Rude as fuck.

Cassie (03:22.888)

okay. And this is in honor of America? Okay, great, great. Very last Fourth of July, it's a big one. I am of course joined by number one, no, no, Ryan, you put it out there, we're committing to it, okay? We're fucking doing it, it's for America. Respect this country, the red, do you respect it?

Ryan (03:26.76)

and he loves america on this our last fourth of july

Ryan (03:35.592)

No, no, no, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, no. Go back to me first.

Please don't do this.

Ryan (03:49.067)

Neither the red nor the white, either the blue nor the gold.

Cassie (03:52.008)

Well, that's why you're not coming on first. You know who respects all three of those colors? That's my friend Mike.

Mike (he/him) (03:56.753)

I gotta tell you, when the new founding fathers take over and we have a new, new Independence Day, this kind of shenanigans and interrupting from Ryan will not be allowed to stand. You will get sent right to those internment camps.

Cassie (04:07.464)

Dang I was gonna say timeout zone is where my mind went but you're this

Mike (he/him) (04:10.993)

Well, that's what we call it for the first year, just so people are like, what? We're not sending our enemies to prison camps. They go to the timeout zone and then they're never heard from again. You two libs will rue the day.

Ryan (04:11.464)

Cassie (04:25.384)

Look at what you birthed. You brought this on here, Ryan. You created this. You set the scene of this boy loves the red, white, and blue.

Ryan (04:27.976)

Meet you introducing first!

Ryan (04:34.376)

Have you ever seen a smaller amount of power of getting introduced first go quicker to somebody's head than -

Mike (he/him) (04:38.929)

And I wasn't even you interrupted her her host due diligence

Cassie (04:46.536)

just to get a word in so we could technically bring this guy on.

Mike (he/him) (04:50.001)

If, hey new listeners, if you are wondering what this wacky energy it is, it is we are recording on 4th of July because fuck this country, this is how we're celebrating. We're celebrating each other.

Ryan (04:59.912)

Hey new listeners, fuck this country. Great work.

Mike (he/him) (05:04.913)

It's what they expect.

Cassie (05:07.208)

And this is how America should be celebrated by talking about TV shows. This is the new America that everyone wants. Let's not respect our troops, let's respect our writers. Thank you everyone. All right.

Ryan (05:18.888)

Now when the troop strike happens, then we'll respect them.

Mike (he/him) (05:22.033)

Oof. Don't ask for that, my friend. It'll come in the form of a drone.

Cassie (05:24.008)

Oof.

Ryan (05:26.344)

The drone strike? do the drones need more money?

Mike (he/him) (05:28.497)

Hahaha!

Cassie (05:30.848)

This other voice that you heard who's technically still hasn't been brought on yet by his request is of course Ryan.

Ryan (05:37.224)

Hey everyone, thank you so much for having me, Cassie. Mike, pleasure to see you. Happy fourth. Do you guys think this is the last one?

Mike (he/him) (05:41.617)

And also to you.

Mike (he/him) (05:45.969)

I think there will be more 4th of July. I don't think the Gregorian calendar will change, but it's probably the last free Independence Day.

Cassie (05:50.184)

Mm -hmm.

Cassie (05:55.08)

It's not gonna be the last day I'm gonna pound a four loco and light up some fireworks, I'll tell you that much.

Mike (he/him) (06:00.017)

No, I mean, that's just a daily ritual for you. How else do you wake up your neighbors?

Ryan (06:01.992)

Yeah. It's the Riverside Alarm Clock.

Cassie (06:06.34)

They rely on me. They're not going to make it to work on time if I'm not launching off fireworks and pounding for locos. It's a... I'm a hero in some parts, specifically inland empire of California. Guys, we got to stop talking about America. We simply have to. We're here to talk about TV shows, as I mentioned. This week, we are going to be covering The Boys.

Mike (he/him) (06:11.953)

The Redneck Reveille.

Cassie (06:31.208)

because you boys love the boys. We're going to be talking about.

Ryan (06:33.384)

yeah, and that will, that'll definitely end this talk about America and its current situation when we talk about the boys.

Cassie (06:38.664)

Yeah, for sure. Don't mention it at all. We'll then be talking about Spider -Man the animated series because we all love that little guy and what he's up to. We're going to dig into Spider -Man. My adventures with Superman, not Spider -Man, guys. It's hot. Everyone should check it out. It's this new joint. But before we get to all of that, let's dive into the finale of Sweet Tooth.

Mike (he/him) (06:51.185)

Spider -Man comma, my adventures with Superman. It's all a story being told by Spider -Man.

Ryan (06:59.336)

It's hot.

Cassie (09:08.36)

On the series finale of Sweet Tooth, multiple gangs of people are trying to make it to the big cave to find that tree of life. Gus gets there first, followed by Dr. Kim and Singh. Everyone screams and finally Gus burns the motherfucker down. The good guys make it out alive and most of them get to grow old. Tastes buds, I ask you this, did this show stick the landing?

Mike (he/him) (09:28.785)

Cassie, I've been thinking that all stories end and ours ends here.

Ryan (09:35.144)

Keep rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling wood.

Mike (he/him) (09:37.617)

And the only way it could have been that we learn that little Gus is the voice we've heard all along. It is, I'm not lying. I'm a deer.

Cassie (09:45.032)

Shut up, is it really? Wow, I can't believe we got Big Gus on the pod himself. I can't believe this.

Ryan (09:53.384)

I took a picture for you guys. I didn't think Mike was going to watch, but I took a picture for you guys. I'll send it to you right now because we can at least get Cassie's reaction to James Brolin as old Gus.

Mike (he/him) (09:53.393)

I'm Big Gus.

Cassie (10:00.424)

what Old Gus looks like.

Mike (he/him) (10:05.265)

Okay, I was wondering the whole time I was watching this episode. So to review the on the current listeners, Ryan didn't think I was going to watch you. He was like, there's a shot I need to send you. And I was like, okay. so instead of like paying attention to the plot or heavy emotional beats, I was just like, what frame? What is it?

Cassie (10:05.48)

Cassie (10:20.488)

No.

And it was worth it. This is some Narnia Mr. Tumnus like Santa Claus shit. This is... We're in it.

Mike (he/him) (10:26.449)

yeah. That is my next Halloween costume for sure. I was thinking that the whole time and Wendy is his wife. She's the pig girl, Cassie. So yeah, I'm going to make my wife dress up as a pig lady. She's not going to understand any of it.

Ryan (10:31.752)

Old guys.

Cassie (10:40.364)

Respectfully, I feel like no babe. I need you to put this on this pig nose. Don't worry about it

Ryan (10:41.672)

I'll be

Ryan (10:46.024)

I'm gonna be Bear and Cassie's gonna be Big Man. And the four of us will go trick or treating. Yep.

Mike (he/him) (10:50.673)

Becky with the good bear? Did we say that ever? Because I thought of that in the series finale, finally.

Cassie (10:56.84)

Worth it.

Ryan (10:56.84)

Well, we'll probably go back into our previous episodes and drop that in.

Mike (he/him) (11:01.329)

Ryan, do you think it stuck the landing?

Ryan (11:03.464)

I was going to ask you that, Mike. I think you didn't watch it, Cassie. Here's what I will say. The show is really counting on you getting so wrapped up in the emotion of the characters and the mystery that it asks you to ignore thousands of plot holes that are roughly the size of a giant tree of life. They just in this in the last back half of the season, but especially in this episode.

Mike (he/him) (11:05.297)

I was first. Cassie, you're lazy.

Cassie (11:06.088)

Why weren't you gonna ask me?

Great.

Ryan (11:32.712)

They've just done whatever they want whenever they wanted to get to the dramatic scenes that they needed.

Mike (he/him) (11:37.329)

Right, you've been talking about the Game of Thrones -iness of it all, of geography is nothing. I think frigid below temperature is nothing. So many people are just like in a hoodie and are totally fine. I will say that they didn't try to explain it. It's like, I don't know, Magic Tree makes hybrid, shut up. Don't look into it. And it was like, you know what, show? I'm so sick of other shows over -explaining shit. So this like, is it fate? Who gives a fuck?

Ryan (11:48.264)

Yeah.

Cassie (11:58.024)

you

Mike (he/him) (12:07.473)

fine because I will say the relationships that I do care about that I think they did the most on of Becky Wendy, Gus Wendy, and Gus Big Man. All of those moments in this last season but in this finale hit for me and even though there's a lot of cheese dickery in this finale, Gus talking to Big Man as he slowly dies. I don't give a shit what other stuff is cheesy. That all got to me.

Ryan (12:33.384)

And when you say slowly dies, you mean for a season and a half this guy has been dying.

Mike (he/him) (12:36.753)

Yeah, he's somebody every half episode somebody different would stab him. And even though all of his friends knew everybody would pretend like he wasn't sad until he went on and they go what he goes nothing and a different part of his body would gush blood.

Ryan (12:54.728)

I think that the two, here are the two big ones that stand out to me. And I think that they're like, they represent two different types of cheating, I guess. You're right about your, you all of a sudden became Brian Regan when you pitched the show about Tree of Life.

Mike (he/him) (13:02.641)

Mm -hmm.

Mike (he/him) (13:09.233)

Big yellow one's the sun.

Cassie (13:11.08)

You

Mike (he/him) (13:13.265)

that Brian Rican I just want to make sure we're talking about the same

Cassie (13:14.312)

I'm gonna go.

Ryan (13:16.232)

That was more of like a Stallone child. Like in the new show Stallone Babies, they all talk like that. But Dr. Kim is so intent on doing this. Like the ticking clock of the show is her pregnant daughter. She doesn't want her to give birth to a hybrid. And if we figure out the thing, her vagina will just know, the disease is over. I will take these antlers or wings away.

Mike (he/him) (13:18.961)

Hahaha

Mike (he/him) (13:43.121)

Yeah, the whole time I was like, this is not how fetal development happens, man. That thing was animal in the third trimester.

Ryan (13:51.092)

Which I wish some doctor would have said that to her.

Mike (he/him) (13:55.025)

Well, Dr. Singh was like, well, I'm not a doctor anymore, so I'm not going to tell you this.

Ryan (13:59.336)

And again, it's Dr. Kim...