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I don't know if my last review requesting a review of Total Drama influenced your decision to do it next, but regardless, I can't wait.

As for the cartoon, good work as always. I've found Doggy's curmudgeonly demeanor to be pretty charming, but almost too clean. I don't know if you're trying to keep ALL of these PG, but I'd love to see him rip Total Drama to shreds. As for T.U.F.F. Puppy, I hate Butch Hartman's work, so I can't help but want to believe that Doggy's opinion reflects your own.

It's common knowledge that Dragonball Z is poorly paced (and that's putting it lightly), but it's a joke that never gets old (for me, anyway). This made me chuckle. Good to see you're still animating Ockeroid!

Fantastic. I loved the different animation styles you used, and you all clearly put a lot of effort into making this, when you could have easily just resorted to reaction faces or whatever else passes off as "satire" on this site. The ability to view the original strip before each scene played was a nice touch (I can't believe there was an actual strip where he just sleeps).
I especially like the tone you guys chose. I can easily see someone mistaking this for a HI-LARIOUS tribute instead of a subtle deconstruction of Jim Davis's "humor". Honestly, Jim Davis is one on a long list of cartoonists I can't believe have achieved and maintained the success they have. So many funnies cartoonists seem to think that they can put ANYTHING at the end of a comic strip and expect the audience to laugh simply because most assume the punchline is at the end. It's just like canned laughter in shitcoms. The viewer thinks: "I guess this is the part where I'm supposed to laugh HA....HA....HA..." You have to hand it to guys that try to go against the slow--and-often-unnecessary-build-up-
to-so-called-punchline grain like Richard Thompson and Bill Griffith (who often try to spread the laughs to multiple panels) or even guys who cut the crap and use one panel gags like Gary Larson or Tony Carillo.
Am I wrong in thinking the Beavis and Butthead parody was more of a Mike Judge parody? Because it sounded to me like the guy voicing Jon was trying to do his best Hank Hill impression. Could be just my imagination though.
I don't usually write reviews this long, but this really got me going. Thanks again, fellas. Favorited.

TmsT responds:

Interesting you should mention that the expectation of humour makes a punchline out of nothing. When I was a youngster, starting to draw my own comic strips, I always admired Garfield's precise, consistent style, and I was also mystified by how a joke could be delivered in just 3 panels - even though I didn't laugh at them, I knew they were jokes, because they were on the funnies page of the newspaper so they HAD to be funny. I was captivated by Garfield strips and wantde to figure them out and make my own comics like that. My own comics at the time usually took a whole page of panels for any sort of comedic payoff, in which the characters' appearances changed drastically between panels. When I was older, I realised that Garfield's jokes weren't actually funny, they just had a formulaic "rhythm" to them, like a running gag that's only a gag because it's familiar, not because of any hint of humour in it. The art style that I'd admired for its consistency proved to be merely bland and almost incidental to the dialogue at times. Useful to learn from as a generic guide to cartooning, but nothing remarkable.
The Beavis and Butthead scene was a parody of Mike Judge's well-known cartoons as well as Jim Davis'. But parody and tribute aren't completely distinct concepts, to me. :-)

True story. I would like to see Doggy review the Total Drama series next, which is even worse than Johnny Test.

This is the best song yet. I mean, it's catchy and funny enough that I genuinely wanted to learn it. Thanks for the chords by the way.

Almost a year's worth of work? I love it when an ambitious project is seen through to the end, no matter how it turns out. Nice work.

Thank you. Never have I seen a film so deserving of a perfect score. I don't think Newgrounds has seen anything like this, or ever will again. This deserves a permanent spot on the front page.

Dude, how did this manage to get four stars? And I'm not saying that because I didn't like it (I did!), I'm just shocked that it didn't get zero bombed to shit by actual bronies. I thought this was really funny. It's one thing to like something intended for an audience you aren't a part of; it's another to wear it like a badge of honor and start a flame war with anyone who disagrees with you. Great work man.

What a nice man, donating money to that convenience store like that!

Emrox responds:

Who wouldn't?

I remember watching your "How I got through Dark Souls" vid not too long ago, and in a matter of months you've got the likes of Harry Partridge and Psychicpebbles commenting on your work, which is most impressive. The level of idolatry in the video is a bit much for me (we need to stop putting internet celebrities on pedestals, even if it's in jest), but hey the "colossi" seemed flattered soooo shutting up now... I'd like to see a Newgrounds artist as talented as [insert name here] achieve internet fame doing something other than just parodies of other works, but then again I say that to everyone and maybe I should just get off my arse and try animating for a change? All I can say is recognize your audience but don't pander to them; I'd hate to see you start lacing your dialogue with expletives and other cheap gags in a sad attempt to be "funny." But enough rambling, excellent work!

P.S. Oh, and uh, from gamer to gamer, I hear that "Dragon's Dogma" game is the "Dark Souls" of 2012...might wanna keep an eye on that one.

TerminalMontage responds:

Hrrrnnngggg Dragon's Dogma. I have the demo, I'll probably play it later today. And I have lots of original ideas, but I don't think my animation is good enough for them yet, so parodies help me improve, I get positive feed back which tickles my ego, and when I put them on Machinima I make some extra cash!

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