2.10.2006
Round 1 Match 10: Animal Division
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The Mice that Roared!
Muffy: The rhyming mouse from Today's Special. Aided the others in their nocturnal adventures around the department store.
Matty: Hammy and GP's (just wait folks they're coming) nervous and jittery mouse companion. Like piglet on caffeine.
Round 1 Match 10: Potpourri Division
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Clash of the Giant Blob-Shaped Puppet Suits!
HR Pufnstuff: What's that? You thought Scooby-Doo was about drugs? Take a look at this piece of LSD-influenced children's fantasy. That's right, a world where inanimate objects are alive and you get there by puffing on a magic flute (read: bong). Makes Alice in Wonderland look like a documentary.
Grimace: Wonder why Barney ended up purple? Look no further. Sure, A&W had a big teddybear. Sure, Harvey's shakes were better. But no one could deny the power of the big purple blob to shuck sugared ice-milk beverages. His happy meal toys were always the coolest.
Round 1 Match 10: Cute/Funny Division
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Small and Mighty Battle!
Great Gazoo: From the future, master of time and space and "teacher" of Fred and Barney. Brought in to capitalize on the "I Dream of Genie" and "Bewitched" craze.
Papa Smurf: From a mushroom patch, master of alchemy and potions, and commander to a seemingly endless army of blue imps. Papa Smurf is also the default answer to any Trivial Pursuit question.
Round 1 Match 10: Action Division
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Retro-action-turned-contemporary-parody Battle!
Birdman: Hanna-Barbera's winged warrior, recently co-opted as "Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law". Created with all the same prerequisites as most action cartoons of that era (headquarters in a volcano, animal and kid sidekicks, devilish bad guys with logic-defying devices, distant supervisor who wears an eyepatch, etc.)
Space Ghost: Hanna-Barbera's ghost-themed cosmic crusader. A little more successful in his original incarnation than Birdman, has also been parodied in "Space Ghost Coast to Coast". Recently enjoyed a comic book revival, (think "Batman Begins", but in space!).
Round 1 Match 9 Winners
 | Hamburglar escaped the clutches of the good Cap'n to live another round. Although, it's worth noting that Cap'n Crunch's uniform incurred the anti-colonialism movement, but this same contingent did not single out Babar last week, who many have criticized for symbolizing European colonialism. |
 | Jeremy trounced Lambchop, mostly due to the demographic of the participants. Seemed like we were all in the same place around 6:30 each night as kids... |
 | Astroboy soared past Calvin as the surprise winner of the week. Calvin seemed to suffer from the "not-obscure-enough-to-be-cool" phenomenon (which, curiously, his tiger friend did not). Perhaps Calvin should be promoted to the upcoming "Masters" tournament? |
 | Snake-Eyes proved his superiority in icon-ness, as well as Chinese astrology, biblical symbolism and zoological taxonomy. |
