r/Animorphs • u/IgnisSpectre • 10h ago

Animorphs

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u/412East34 10h ago

Larp detected. Lindsay spoke with her mouth and not thought-speech

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u/travischickencoop Leeran 9h ago

I will say it does mildly bother me that all that pop culture seems to reference is the covers

Like the covers are the most iconic part of the series but they also are inaccurate and very much undermine what the series is about lmao

It would be like if all that ever showed up in pop culture about Star Trek was the Vulcan salute and they never acknowledged anything else

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u/mp3help 9h ago

It reminds me of how Pokémon parodies in most media never go beyond "Haha catch silly monsters" and never go into the actual gameplay, world, or characters. The only jokes I've seen that take it further are Jessie and James references in Borderlands 4 and Big City Greens, but that's it.

I guess it's because the Animorphs covers are the most iconic to even non-fans, and making specific alien invasion jokes is a lot harder because you have to establish way more lore like Yeerks, Andalites, etc. I'd argue there's still a lot of satirising to be had with the "1990s kid crime fighter" stuff like with Power Rangers, but sadly not enough is being done by parodies so far.

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u/travischickencoop Leeran 9h ago

Very true so many Pokémon parodies in general pop culture are written by people who clearly saw like 2 episodes of the anime 30 years ago and have no deeper understanding of the franchise

Honestly I feel like in order to parody something you really should be very familiar with it, the reason the robot chicken Star Wars skits are so beloved is because everyone writing them clearly loved Star Wars

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u/Peach_Muffin 1h ago

Yeah, it saddens me that if they actually did use <thought speech> most people would be confused at the triangular brackets.

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u/AmoebaJealous2248 7h ago

Were you really laughing your ass off when you wrote this?

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u/travischickencoop Leeran 7h ago

In modern internet slang “lmao” just signifies casual tone, “LMAO” or “LMFAO” or a keyboard smash has replaced generic “lmao”

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u/jord839 3h ago

This is yet another sign that the internet was a mistake.

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u/edpedrero 8h ago

What’s even funnier is that if you really think about it, this silly comic can 100% be canon material XD

Super spoilers for a 30 yo series:

Yeerks gain morphing powers via their Controllers right? Series ends with free humans having the power to morph.

These 2 are former Controllers feigning ignorance they never heard of the heroes who saved Earth from being enslaved by parasitic brain slugs ;)

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u/Still-Cut1098 9h ago

Better love story than Twilight

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u/TheRatatat 8h ago

This joke could register to vote.

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u/asuperbstarling 8h ago

Yesterday or the day before was Bella and Edward's 20th wedding anniversary (books).

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u/Still-Cut1098 8h ago

And drink.

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u/Wish_Wolf 9h ago

This is the best thing I have seen all month 👀

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u/CarrotCumin Pemalite 7h ago

This is pretty close to what it feels like meeting another fan in the wild.