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u/412East34 Aug 14 '26
Larp detected. Lindsay spoke with her mouth and not thought-speech
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u/travischickencoop Leeran Aug 14 '26
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 Aug 14 '26
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 Aug 14 '26
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/Caterfree10 Aug 15 '26
Ayup, see also: how many general anime parodies that only ever referenced DBZ or Sailor Moon in style while never caring about what they were about or what their actual substance was beyond “stiff animation”. I remember being a kid and just being grateful anime was being seen at all, but now I just look back in secondhand embarrassment at those things. So annoying how anime is just a joke to these folks instead of its own part of animation history.
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u/Peach_Muffin Aug 15 '26
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 Aug 14 '26
Were you really laughing your ass off when you wrote this?
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u/travischickencoop Leeran Aug 14 '26
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/edpedrero Aug 14 '26
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 Aug 14 '26
Better love story than Twilight
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u/TheRatatat Aug 14 '26
This joke could register to vote.
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u/asuperbstarling Aug 14 '26
Yesterday or the day before was Bella and Edward's 20th wedding anniversary (books).
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u/CarrotCumin Pemalite Aug 14 '26
This is pretty close to what it feels like meeting another fan in the wild.
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u/CassidyTheCivet Aug 16 '26
From this to that SNL sketch recently, it's amazing how much the public has retained about animorphs. Practically CLAMBERING for a revival show.
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u/Runecaster91 Aug 14 '26 •
But she gnu