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HAPPY HOWLWEEN!!! RRRRAWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! (2024 vs 2023)

Shovelwarewolf S1 E6: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

First thing I got to point out is the cute holiday music that replaces in the intro theme, it's a nice touch but I would have also loved to see Ivan in all those shots with a little Christmas hat on

Despite Ivan saying it's been 2 months the days without incident still says 0?

All the company could give him for the holidays were those terrible cookies, don't @ me those cookies are just bad

Lol they covered up the re logo on the mail box with a sticky note

I have this theory that this Santa isn't the actual RE Santa at all, I think he works for the company but I'll outline that whole theory in the next holiday episode

Oh look a Grinch reference

The choice to have Peter play Santa but AJ voice him has always been an interesting one to me

I don't know why the Shovelwarewolf mimicking the yeti is so hilarious

Ah the first instance of multiplayer for this series

I can't imagine how sweaty both of them were by the end of the episode in those thick costumes waving their arms around

Shovelwarewolf got recked lol

-asking questions to my characters or me personally

Shovelwarewolf S2 E4: Duke Nukem Forever

Ok so the big plot point of this episode is Susan revealing that she's been fired and honestly rewatching this series, I think this moment really represents how well RE wrote the characters

Even though Susan and Ivan have shared very little screen time in the grand scheme of the show up to this moment and most of that was filled with Ivan's sarcastic comments about shovelware and the Company, you can't help but feel the sadness and disappointment that Susan has being forced to leave. Having the only other real character we meet be this sympathetic character that actually cares about Ivan and builds a relationship with him makes this scene just hurt that much more and I just love how effectively this is done in such a short time frame

(I think the effectiveness of these characters is aided by not watching it in a binging context but in the context closer to what it released in, doing it day by day instead of week by week)

Also fuck the delivery of that "Ivan, I'm sorry" line is just so good and is the perfect pretense for what's to come later in the season

You know what's interesting about this series is that Ivan and the Shovelwarewolf really do feel like two different characters at some points, they way they interact with the world really feels like Shovelwarewolf is less and expansion of Ivan's anger/rage and more like a symbiotic relationship like Venom

The Company really leaned into the evil factor with the knock out gas

Something interesting about this knock out gas that I will touch on with a theory later is that the gas causes the Shovelwarewolf to not transform back into Ivan

You knew it was coming with the licensed shovelware, the Zelda CD-i games!!!

Shovelwarewolf S1 E4: Six Flags Fun Park

Ivan has mini game related stress disorder

I have the foggiest feeling that I have played this game atleast once in my life but I am certain I've never owned this game ever

Shovelwarewolf complaining about all the mini games involving swinging the Wii remote various ways is kinda dumb my dude cuz like what else are you gonna do with it? Put it in the microwave??

There are also some very interesting shot choices that I don't think are helped by the lack of facial movements by the Shovelwarewolf, this was definitely fixed in Season 2

Rip blue Wii remote, poor off brand guy never strod a chance

Also heck yeah let's go first 2 parter!!!

I'm not gonna lie Season one is my least favorite but it still has some good jokes peppered in every now and then (I'm not gonna lie that Shufflewarewolf line made me laugh harder than I should have)