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new-to-me #262 - Ear for Eye

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Today's episode is a special one on Agoston's Film Odyssey. I talk about Black British Films exploring motifs and character types in 3 key films from the last few years. Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoy. :)

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tagged by @herbaklava @timrothencrantz and @wutheringdyke to post my top nine new-to-me watches of the year—thank you all! in no particular order (l-r, top row to bottom row):

skinamarink (kyle edward ball, 2023) great freedom (sebastian meise, 2021) earth mama (savanah leaf, 2023) nineteen eighty-four (michael radford, 1984) enys men (mark jenkin, 2022) marina abramović & ulay: no predicted end (kasper bech dyg, 2022) paris 5:59: théo & hugo (olivier ducastel and jacques martineau, 2016) nationtime (william greaves, 1972) giants and toys (yasuzo masumura, 1958)

while i hit my continual goal of half of the films by women and nonbinary filmmakers, i still definitely need to keep up with deliberately seeking out films by directors of color! tell me your faves if you’ve seen any of these; do we think i can hit 150 titles in 2024? 👀🎬🍿🎥

i'll tag @sightofsea / @lesbiancolumbo / @nelson-riddle-me-this / @draftdodgerag / @edwardalbee / @majorbaby / @radioprune / @glennmillerorchestra / @deadpanwalking and anyone else who'd like to do this!

my full watchlist is included under the cut, favorites of the year are bolded in red:

The Final Exit of the Disciples of Ascensia (Jonni Phillips, 2019)

Nothing Bad Can Happen (Katrin Gebbe, 2013)

Dive (Lucía Puenzo, 2022)

The Menu (Mark Mylod, 2022)

The Wonder (Sebasti��n Lelio, 2022)

The Whale (Darren Aronofsky, 2022)

Shapeless (Samantha Aldana, 2021)

Skinamarink (Kyle Edward Ball, 2023)

Avatar: The Way of Water (James Cameron, 2022)

Actual People (Kit Zauhar, 2021)

Honeycomb (Avalon Fast 2022)

Warrendale (Allan King, 1967)

Women Talking (Sarah Polley, 2022)

This Place Rules (Andrew Callaghan, 2022)

Nationtime (William Greaves, 1972)

Deep End (Jerzy Skolimowski, 1970)

Incident in a Ghostland (Pascal Laugier, 2018)

Keane (Lodge Kerrigan, 2004)

I Start Counting (David Greene, 1970)

Bones and All (Luca Guadagnino, 2022)

Tár (Todd Field, 2022)

The Most Dangerous Game (Ernest B. Schoedsack and Irving Pichel, 1932)

These Three (William Wyler, 1936)

Dead End (William Wyler, 1937)

The Sport Parade (Dudley Murphy, 1932)

We're All Going to the World's Fair (Jane Schoenbrun, 2021)

Ratcatcher (Lynne Ramsay, 1995)

Smile (Parker Finn, 2022)

Holiday (Isabella Eklöf, 2018)

When Women Kill (Lee Grant, 1983)

Softie (Samuel Theis, 2021)

My Old School (Jono McLeod, 2022)

Beyond The Black Rainbow (Panos Cosmatos, 2010)

The Diary of a Teenage Girl (Marielle Heller, 2015)

Infinity Pool (Brandon Cronenberg, 2023)

Murina (Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic, 2021)

The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022)

Doubt (John Patrick Shanley, 2007)

Enys Men (Mark Jenkin, 2022)

Bully (Larry Clark, 2001)

My King (Maïwenn, 2015)

Festen (Thomas Vinterberg, 1998)

Marina Abramovic & Ulay: No Predicted End (Kasper Bech Dyg, 2022)

Elles (Małgośka Szumowska, 2011)

Poison Ivy (Katt Shea, 1992)

ear for eye (debbie tucker green, 2021)

Spring Blossom (Suzanne Lindon, 2020)

God's Creatures (Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer, 2023)

I Blame Society (Gillian Wallace Horvat, 2020)

Bama Rush (Rachel Fleit, 2023)

Is This Fate? (Helga Reidemeister, 1979)

Paris 5:59: Théo & Hugo (Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau, 2016)

Madeline's Madeline (Josephine Decker, 2018)

The Strays (Nathaniel Martello-White, 2023)

Here Is Always Somewhere Else (René Daalder, 2007)

The Weather Underground (Sam Green and Bill Siegel, 2002)

American Revolution 2 (Mike Gray, 1969)

Judas and the Black Messiah (Shaka King, 2021)

Underground (Emile de Antonio, Mary Lampson, and Haskell Wexler, 1976)

Saint Omer (Alice Diop, 2022)

Baby Ruby (Bess Wohl, 2022)

Welcome to Me (Shira Piven, 2014)

Clock (Alexis Jacknow, 2023)

Knock at the Cabin (M. Night Shyamalan, 2023)

Blue Jean (Georgia Oakley, 2022)

Soft & Quiet (Beth de Araújo, 2022)

Jesus' Son (Alison Maclean, 1999)

The Rehearsal (Alison Maclean, 2016)

Violent Playground (Basil Dearden, 1958)

Grizzly Man (Werner Herzog, 2005)

A Banquet (Ruth Paxton, 2021)

Jagged Mind (Kelley Kali, 2023)

The Night Porter (Liliana Cavani, 1974)

Good Boy (Viljar Bøe, 2023)

Sanctuary (Zachary Wigon, 2022)

Little Girl (Sébastien Lifshitz, 2020)

Séance on a Wet Afternoon (Bryan Forbes, 1964)

Massacre at Central High (Rene Daalder, 1976)

Summer of Soul (Amir "Questlove" Thompson, 2021)

Bad Things (Stewart Thorndike, 2023)

Still (Takashi Doscher , 2018)

Lake Mungo (Joel Anderson, 2008)

The Vanishing (George Sluizer, 1988)

The Ringleader: The Case of the Bling Ring (Erin Lee Carr, 2023)

Giants and Toys (Yasuzo Masumura, 1958)

Spoonful of Sugar (Mercedes Bryce Morgan, 2022)

Double Lover (François Ozon , 2017)

Hereditary (Ari Aster, 2018)

Bodies Bodies Bodies (Halina Reijn, 2022)

Don't Call Me Son (Anna Muylaert, 2016)

Great Freedom (Sebastian Meise, 2021)

Mother! (Darren Aronofsky, 2017)

The Mind of Mr. Soames (Alan Cooke, 1970)

The Bloody Child (Nina Menkes, 1996)

Bunker (Jenny Perlin, 2021)

Polytechnique (Denis Villeneuve, 2009)

Scouts Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America (Brian Knappenberger, 2023)

The Woodsman (Nicole Kassell, 2004)

Giant Little Ones (Keith Behrman, 2018)

The Killing of a Sacred Deer(Yorgos Lanthimos, 2017)

Nineteen Eighty-Four (Michael Radford, 1984)

Saltburn (Emerald Fennell, 2023)

Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé (Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, 2023)

May December (Todd Haynes, 2023)

Free Chol Soo Lee (Julie Ha and Eugene Yi, 2022)

Girl (Lukas Dhont, 2018)

Queen of Hearts (May el-Toukhy, 2019)

Streetwise (Martin Bell, 1984)

System Crasher (Nora Fingscheidt, 2019)

Burden (Richard Dewey and Timothy Marrinan, 2016)

As Above, So Below (Larry Clark, 1973)

The Captive (Chantal Akerman, 2000)

Run Rabbit Run (Daina Reid, 2023)

Subject  (Jennifer Tiexiera and Camilla Hall, 2022)

Earth Mama (Savanah Leaf, 2023)

Woodshock (Kate Mulleavy and Laura Mulleavy, 2017)

Swept Away (Lina Wertmüller, 1974)

Meadowland (Reed Morano, 2015)

Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power (Nina Menkes, 2022)

La Ciénaga (Lucrecia Martel, 2001)

Zola (Janicza Bravo, 2021)

The Starling Girl (Laurel Parmet, 2023)

Night Comes On (Jordana Spiro, 2018)

Dance, Girl, Dance (Dorothy Arzner, 1940)

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TAOCC but it’s 14 by Peter Clines because I am NOT NORMAL ABOUT 14

After all being offered what might be the lowest apartment rent in LA, a group of mismatched tenants start noticing some weird stuff about their new home. Bright green cockroaches with too many legs, a wall that’s freezing cold, apartments that are huge or have weird layouts, complex population calculations and circuitry below the painted walls, a massive geothermal generator miles below the ground, and whatever’s going on with the completely blocked off Apartment number 14.

CAST:

(If you’re wondering why they’re all so random, that was on purpose)

-Tennants-

Nathan “Nate” Tucker: Caleb A very normal guy with a very boring job in Data Entry in LA. After being offered an apartment for a ridiculously low rate, he moves into the Kavach Building. He ends up as the impromptu leader of the tenants, who slowly shift from a vaguely acquainted group of random people to a makeshift apocalypse prevention team.

Malavika "Veek" Vishwanath: Felicia A woman who works from home as a “call center employee”. In actuality, hacking and web investigation pays the bills. She’s closed-off and snarky, but does care for the group. She ends up with Caleb by the end.

Xela (Zeila?? Literally what is this girl’s name): Conny A bubbly, blue-haired Artist with massive social anxiety and a liking for the Greek Mythos. Has a large snarky streak, meaning she tends to bicker with Felicia.

Roger: Starro A outgoing wannabe actor who is stuck in set design. He does like his job, even if it isn’t his dream. Says “dude” a lot and has a hopeless crush on Conny.

Tim Farr: Charles A “retired publisher” who knows way too much about survival and has an arsenal of weapons big and varied enough to rival a police station. Turns out, his “publishing job” was probably the CIA. He’s being tracked by a PI because of his past.

Debbie: Elysia A very quiet ballet dancer who’s getting a degree in biology. She’s a good baker and very sweet, although she doesn’t handle the dangers of the Kavach building very well. At least she has her husband around.

Clive: Blaze A self-employed carpenter and the third guy who knows how to use power tools in the building. He’s upbeat and a bit dumb, but beloved by and super supportive of everyone.

Mandy: Umbra A nervous wreck who wants NOTHING and I mean NOTHING to do with the group’s investigations. Period. She ends up getting dragged into it anyways.

Ms. Linda(?) Knight: Sun The oldest tenant and everyone’s favorite snarky grandma. Nobody is spared. She also gets thrown into space. No, you don’t get context for that.

Oskar: Jacob The kind but a bit intimidating manager for the Kavach building. Very German. He knows both more and less than he’s letting on. Keeps telling everyone to stop investigating the horrors, to literally no success.

Andrew: Vamp A cleanly dressed member of some congregation. Everyone assumes she’s hardcore Mormon or something. But it gets more and more apparent as time goes on that whatever she worships, it sure isn’t a god we’re familiar with.

-The Cool Old People-

Alexander Kotorovich (please tell me I spelled that right): Dusk Saw beyond the veil, single-handedly figuring out the interdimensional threat to the world. She was called crazy, but she was right, and with her colleagues, she created the Kavach building. She died brutally inside the machine that she adored in the 1800’s.

Nikola Tesla yes that Nikola Tesla: Dialtone Dusk’s business partner and one of the people who helped turn her ideas into a physical reality.

W.P. (I can’t remember his name help): Uhhhhh like freaking Abayomi or smth Funded the Kavach building. He told his grandson (H.P. Lovecraft, yes THAT H.P. Lovecraft) the stories of Dusk’s theories after being minorly traumatized. Poor guy.

-the Horrors-

The Great Old One (“The Squale”): Clown Termed “the Squale (squid-whale)” by Conny in an attempt to make it less threatening. Whatever it is, it really wants worship and to eat all of humanity. The Kavach building is the only thing standing in its way.

The Kavach Building: It’d be really silly if it was House A huge machine created by Dusk, Dialtone, and Abayomi. Not alive in the original, buuuut heck why not make it House. It is benevolent, and saves the world every second that it exists. It is studied closely by the government and the manager. The control center is in Blaze and Elysia’s room, and apartment 14 just straight up leads to deep space as a counterweight for all of the dimension shifting that the control room does.

-Extras-

Anne: Niko Caleb’s coworker. Likes pizza. Thinks he’s pretty cool.

Eddie: Zachariah Caleb’s boss. Not too good at his job but goodness is he trying. Eddie sucks in the original but Zach in this version is a seriously cool guy.

Carmichael: Calamity Investigating Charles at the behest of the government. May or may not be dead by the end of the novel. Oops.

uhhh tags I guess because I used y’all’s sillies

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Read 14.

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For Talk Shop Tuesday! Reverse Uno! Are there any particular writers you feel are very influential on your style? Are there any other kinds of media that have a strong influence on your writing? Movies or music?

Ooooooh thank you!

So uh. I'm going to say some people that will make me sound a bit conceited, but I don't think I write like them! They are the writers I come back to all the time, who I credit for making me want to write. And this kind of hits on that other kinds of media question, because...

I'm going to start with theatre! There are a few theatre writers that have been basically the reason I write. From the "older" lot, it's all about Chekhov to me (who is also a short story writer, and to me one of the finest writers of all time. From when I was growing up, there's two names: Philip Ridley, who is a legitimate polymath who can literally make any piece of art an execute it flawlessly (look up Tender Napalm, I saw the premiere of it and it blew my mind) and of course, Sarah Kane. Nobody changed my life like Kane. I hope everybody knows what a tender, beautiful writer she was. Then in contemporary writers Lucy Prebble, Caryl Churchill, debbie tucker green, who are all huge influences and are masterful writers with incredible use of language, form and subject.

As far as novelists. I go back to the classics a lot, even though I feel I have a more contemporary voice these days. I've always been a Tolstoy fan, I think his books tell us so much about people, and relationships. I think Middlemarch is the best book of all time, and those characters are so real to me. Jane Eyre is an essential text to me too for depth of narrative voice. As for contemporary writers, Daisy Johnson broke me out of a long, long rut of reading, I think she's phenomenal and I'll inhale everything she does. It's outside of my style I think but I admire Elizabeth Strout SO much and she taught me a lot about creating brevity in my language. Alice Munro is an almost flawless writer, and teaches a lot about how to indicate character through language, not through telling us who they are, you know? And Michel Faber is the kind of writer I'd love to be. Every book is different and ambitious and plays with language in a new way.

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FEBRUARY screening log

12. Ferrari (Michael Mann, 2023)- 5.0

13. ear for eye (debbie tucker green, 2023)- 7.9

14. Tótem (Lila Avilés, 2023)- 9.0

15. Godzilla Minus One (Takashi Yamazaki, 2023)- 6.9

16. Perfect Days (Wim Wenders, 2023)- 8.6

17. The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future (Francisca Alegría, 2023)- 7.8

18. Bottoms (Emma Seligman, 2023)- 7.6

19. Kokomo City (D. Smith, 2023)- 8.3

20. The Royal Hotel (Kitty Green, 2023)- 7.8

21. Master Gardener (Paul Schrader, 2023)- 6.6

22. Chile '76 (Manuela Martelli, 2023)- 7.9

23. Suzume (Makoto Shinkai, 2023)- 7.5

24. Four Daughters (Kaouther Ben Hania, 2023)- 8.9

25. Nimona (Nick Bruno and Troy Quane, 2023)- 7.2

26. War Pony (Gina Gammell and Riley Keough, 2023)- 8.3

27. Robot Dreams (Pablo Berger, 2023)- 8.3

28. The Kiev Trial (Sergei Loznitsa, 2023)- 8.7

29. Rotting in the Sun (Sebastián Silva, 2023)- 8.6

30. Orlando, My Political Biography (Paul B. Preciado, 2023)- 8.8

31. The Iron Claw (Sean Durkin, 2023)- 7.4

32. About Dry Grasses (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2023)- 7.9

33. Monster (Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2023)- 7.4

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Facts about Family Guy you probably didn’t know (or maybe you do!)

1. Creator/executive producer Seth MacFarlane was only 25 years old when the pilot episode, “Death Has A Shadow,” first aired in 1999, making him one of the youngest executive producers in history at the time!

2. Family Guy was based off a cartoon a young MacFarlane made in 1995 as a school project when he attended the Rhode Island School of Design, titled “Life of Larry.”

3. Meg Griffin has had three different voice actors: Rachel MacFarlane voiced her in the 1998 unaired pilot pitch, Lacey Chabert voiced her for the entirety of season 1, and a percent of season 2, and Mila Kunis, the current voice of Meg.

4. The giant chicken Peter is constantly fighting with is named Ernie. Their feud started way back in season 2 when Ernie gave Peter an expired coupon!

5. Seth based Brian entirely on himself. Brian speaks with Seth’s natural speaking voice, they’re both supporters of the Democratic Party, and they’re both atheists.

6. Even though Seth hasn’t written or directed an episode in over a decade, and despite that now his only contribution to the show is his voice work, he still has his work cut out for him! He voices Peter, Brian, Stewie, Quagmire, Ida, Tom Tucker, Seamus, Carter Pewterschmidt, Dr. Hartman, God, Jasper, and even the Kool-Aid Man!

7. When Seth Green auditioned for the voice of Chris, he was the only one who didn’t talk in a surfer voice. In fact, he auditioned using his Buffalo Bill impression!

8. Stewie’s sexual orientation has remained intentionally ambiguous throughout the show, but Seth MacFarlane himself has “comfirmed” the character to be gay, in an interview with Playboy Magazine no less!

9. Brian’s feud/“frenemy-ship” (I know that’s not a word) with Glenn Quagmire dates back to season 8’s “Jerome Is The New Black,” when Quagmire goes on a major tirade on why he hates his best friend’s dog. Brian ends up pouring gas in the fire near the end of the same season when he ends up having sex with Quagmire’s parent Ida after her gender affirmation surgery.

10. Peter’s third grade teacher, Mrs. Wilson, is confirmed to have died as she was seen in the boat with the other deceased characters in “Coma Guy.” Her death was due to Debbie Reynolds, who voiced the character in her only appearance, unfortunately passing away in 2016.

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Danny, for the tenth or maybe eleventh time today, held back a yawn as he sat in his chair at his high school graduation, listening to the superintendent going on and on and on.

He hadn't gotten a lot of sleep since Skulker had teamed up with Technus to attack him as a 'graduation' present. Danny had spent most of the night on Skulker’s island dodging and weapons that were even more dangerous controlled by Technus

Long story short, Danny got the two ghosts to fight over who would get the credit for beating him and trapping the both of them in the Fenton thermos

"And now Casper highs one hundredth and fourth graduating class," the Superintendent said, finally ending the speech. Principal Ishiyama took his spot at the podium. "when I call your name, please come and receive your diploma."

One by one, Danny’s former classmates were called onto the stage to get their diploma

"Danny Fenton," Principal Ishiyama called

People clapped as Danny stood up, his family clapping the loudest. Danny walked onto the stage, taking the diploma from Mr. Lancer. "I've been a teacher for many years, Mr. Fenton. I can honestly say I've never had a student quite like you," he said, shaking Danny's hand. "congratulations."

"Thanks, Mr. Lancer," Danny said, shaking his hand and walking off the stage

After Danny got back to his seat, he drifted off, only really waking up when Tucker and Sam's names were called. He cheered for his oldest friends before he drifted back to sleep

"Ladies and gentlemen, the graduating class of two thousand and-" the speaker system gave out as red storm clouds began to form over the football stadium

Danny's ghost sense went off as he felt a familiar shiver go down his spine

"Oh man, not Nighloks again," Danny groaned in annoyance

A bolt of red lightning struck down. Standing on the fifty-yard line was Sharktapus, wearing dark red and black samurai armor. Half his shark face was covered with a burn scar from Sam and her eternal flame.

Danny was surprised to see standing in front of Sharktapus were the mummy ghost Hotep Ra, whom Danny hadn't seen since Tucker sicced the sphinx on him, Prince Aragon, the creep who tried to make Sam marry him against her will, and Penelope Spectra, the worlds worst guidance counselor.

Though there was something different about the three of them, something in his bones he could tell they were different. They changed, becoming something different, something nasty like Vlad had

They'd become Nighloks

Behind them, of course, was an army of Moogers

Behind him, graduates, school faculty, and parents were being evacuated with help from his parents, Jazz and Valerie

While Dani, Antonio, Buzz, Henry, Luke, and the Changs ran to Danny's side

"Is this really your plan? Sushi faces three of my enemies and an army of moogers," Danny quipped as he went ghost. Tucker had pulled on his beret, tapping a button on the hat, shooting down, covering his body with his Steel Spector armor. Sam had lit a fireball in her hands

Debbie looked at her siblings before they morphed, becoming the Phantom Force Rangers. Antonio Morphed into the Gold Samurai Ranger.

Sharktapus grinned, showing off a mouth full of razor-sharp teeth. "I have more than enough tricks up my sleeves to destroy you, and when I do, human misery will overflow, and the Senzu river will flood this pitiful realm," he gloated before Spectra Aragon and Hotep Ra stepped forward

"Ready?" Spectra asked sinisterly before holding up her wrist. What was on it shocked Danny

It was a Morpher!

Aragon and Hotep Ra mimicked her. "Ready," they said

"Senzu River rise," they said in unison, tapping their morphs in unison. Senzu river poured out from the morphers forming around their bodies before it changed into cloth

Each of the ghosts turned Nighloks was now wearing a dark-colored power ranger uniform: Spectra in red, Hotep Ra green, and Aragon blue. There were spikes on their bracers and shoulders. The helmets looked like sharks' heads, the 'teeth' surrounding the visors

"Uh, since when are evil power rangers a thing," Tucker asked

"According to historical records since the first appearance of Power Rangers in Angel Grove, though in the past 'evil' power rangers tend to join their more heroic compatriots shortly after," Luke explained. "I doubt the pattern will continue with these three."

Not likely, Danny thought. "How'd you get a hold of the morphing grid?"

"The Morphing grids draws its power from both the greatest source of good at any given time and also the greatest source of evil," Sharktapus explained. "you can thank an old friend of yours in Wisconsin for helping me to access the grid,"

An old friend, Danny thought before it came to him, "Rangers still alive."

"I knew it," Buzz shouted. "I knew I wasn't crazy."

Okay, Danny didn't know what Buzz was talking about. He'd ask about it later.

You know, assuming they survived this, that is

With a wave of his hand from Sharktapus, the moogers charged forward. Tucker stepped forward, bending over slightly. A missile shot from the top of his backpack, destroying the first two lines of moogers

"I've always wanted to use that," Tucker said before pulling out his blasters and charging into the fight, the rangers and the others following after him into the action

"I've always wanted to do that, too," Danny admitted quietly before charging into the fight.

 Antonio uses his barracuda blade to slash through the army of Moggers.

Tucker fired shot after shot, trapping Moogers in the thermoses built into his gauntlets or blasting them with his blasters, sending the fish-faced freaks flying. Three moogers swung their swords at his head. Tucker blocked with his bracers, rocketing forward with his jetpack, knocking them to the ground. He turned and fired his thermoses, trapping the moogers inside.

Without the Senzu River, they'd dry out inside the thermos, turning into mud

The only problem was cleaning the mud out of his suit later

"Watch out," Debbie Chang, the green Phantom ranger, cried out from where she was fighting with moogers. Tucker turned in time to dodge a blast from Hotep Ra

"Greetings, my liege," Hotep Ra said mockingly, pulling out a hook-shaped sword. "I will savor smiting you and claiming your kingdom," Tucker's one-time 'adviser' charged at Tucker, swinging his sword at him

Tucker dodged the attack and opened fire, blasting Hotep Ra with his blasters. When Tucker hit Hotep, Ras's body turned to sand the blasts passing harmlessly through him.

He couldn't see it, but Tucker could tell he was grinning underneath the ranger helmet. Hotep Ra was smiling when the mummy ghost turned Nighlok swung his sword, hitting Tucker across the chest and sending him sliding back. Hotep Ra rushed forward, grabbing Tucker by the helmet and pushing him into the wall. A cracks began to form in his visor

"You will regret not using the scarab scepter in this fight, my pharaoh," Hotep Ra said. "if you surrender it to me willingly, I'll let you live in my new empire when I take over the world."

Tucker laughed weakly. "I gave it up," he said

"What?" Hotep Ra stepped back, shocked. "why would you give up the scarab scepter? You had unlimited power. You were a god on earth. You could have ruled the world unopposed."

"That's not the point of being a leader. It's about helping the people," Tucker explained, holding up his bracer and ejecting the contents of the Fenton thermos. Dark red mud-covered Hotep Ra’s face plate, Tucker broke free and opened fire, hitting him with blaster shot after blaster shot. Sparks flew off Hotep Ras's costume

Debbie joined in, standing at Tucker's side and using her Phantom rifle to blast his ancestor's advisor, sending him flying back and crashing into the field

"I learned that after meeting you," Tucker said, about to move on and keep fighting when sand swirled around Tucker and Julie before they were sent flying back. The sand reformed into Hotep Ra.

"You learned the wrong lesson, my pharaoh," Hotep Ra said, picking up Tucker’s Steel Spector helmet and crushing it in his hand.

Sam was throwing blasts of the eternal flame one after another at the moogers, drying out instantly when coming in contact with the 'gift' she got from Loki.

Sam wiped the sweat from her forehead as she fought back to back with Billy. "bet your graduation was a lot easier," she quipped to him

"Wouldn't know I didn't get one. I just got a diploma in the office," Billy said, using his Phantom mace to pound a Mooger and send it flying. "So this probably isn't the best time, but who knows, we might not get another time."

"Billy point," Sam said, punching a Mooger, knowing her ex could ramble and take a minute getting to the point

"Will you go on a date?" Billy asked

Before Sam got the chance to answer, fireballs flew from above. Sam grabbed Billy’s shoulder and barely got out of the way in time as the fireballs landed. Stepping out of the fire was Aragon

"Hello, my former bride," he mocked, pulling out a two-handed sword dragon wings shot out of his back as he rushed forward, swinging the sword. Billy intercepted sword and mace, colliding "out of my way, you insolent ranger."

"Not going to happen," Billy said, using his free hand to pull out his blaster, hitting Aragon straight on in the chest. Aragon shrugged off the attack before swinging, knocking him away

"Billy!" Sam cried out, rushing at Aragon, throwing blasts of fire at the evil blue ranger. Aragon batted away the fire with his sword before swinging it at her, sending a red slime at Sam and trapping her in a bubble

Aragon stepped towards her. "look at you, the 'Champion of Loki' with the power of the eternal flame," he mocked, spinning his sword. "I am burdened with glorious purpose, and with the power of the Senzu River, I will take back my kingdom with a proper human bride this time and execute you and my treacherous sister to ensure none even think to oppose me again."

Sam couldn't help but snort

"I have you at my mercy, and you dare laugh at me, you witch," Aragon asked

"Just like your last dumb plan, you didn't think things through," Sam mocked. "you're a Nighlok. You can't stay away from the Senzu River forever, or you'll dry out." Sam could obviously see Aragon losing his cool. "also, look behind you."

"Do you really think I'm insane enough to fall for?" Aragon was cut off by Billy hitting him in the face with his mace, knocking him away. Billy turned and blasted the prison holding Sam, freeing her

Sam nodded thankfully

Aragon had recovered by this point, charging at the two. Sam and Billy charged, working in perfect sync with each other. The two kept Aragon on the back, Billy slamming his phantom mace against the ground, creating a shockwave. At the same time, Sam fired a stream of fire. The two attacks combined, creating a flaming shockwave that crashed into Aragon, sending him flying back

At this point, Sam was breathing heavily. Her graduation gown was clinging to her body like a second skin thanks to all the sweating she'd done from using the eternal flame so much, but it didn't matter

Sam was a fighter. She had always been a fighter, and while she hadn't always picked the best fight or the best way to go about it, helping people fighting ghosts with Danny and Tucker was the most important fight she'd ever been a part of, and she was never going to give up

Aragon pulled himself up, his visor glowing blue. "I've had enough of this," Aragon shouted before his visor began to open. Sam pushed Billy behind her and conjured a shield of fire just as Aragon unleashed a massive stream of fire from his mouth

An explosive shockwave crashed into Sam and Billy, sending them crashing down

Aragon stepped over towards them, placing his boot on Sam's chest and pushing down, making it hard to breathe. "now, who is the one who doesn't think things through, witch?" Aragon taunted, using her own words against her before kicking her in the face and knocking her out

With Danny, he'd been overwhelmed from near the start. It was like every Mooger wanted to be the one to chop him into pieces

It's probably because he beat their last boss and his psycho kids, but hey, that wasn't his fault

Then there was Spectra as a red ranger. Danny now knew what it felt like to be on the wrong end of a Power Rangers punch. It was worse than taking a hit from Pariah Dark Mace

At least during that fight, he had the ectoskeleton to cushion the blows. Now, not so much

Spectra spun, kicking at his face. Danny brought his arms up to block. It felt like he'd been hit by a truck. He was sent flying back. Hotep Ra appeared, hitting him in the ribs and sending him flying towards Aragon, who closed-lined him, stopping his momentum before throwing him into the groundbreaking through the ground. Aragon then tossed him up

"Fire!" Sharkatapus yelled out before he and the three psycho rangers fired lightning at him from their fingers. Danny screamed as the evil electricity surged over him and through him. Danny fell to the ground, morphing back. Danny was barely conscious around him. He saw his friends and cousins beaten and on the ground

No

Danny tried to get up, but Sharktapus pinned him down with a tentacle, laughing. "behold the mighty Danny Phantom," Sharktapus mocked. "defeated of Pariah Dark, Undergrowth, Vortex, Nocturne, and Vlad Plasmius, the worst of the worst." Sharktapus threw him across the ground. Danny rolled before coming to a stop

"Look at you kneeling in the dirt like the worm you are before the might of the Nighloks…” Sharktapus continued to mock, shocking him with his lightning. Danny grits his teeth to keep from screaming

"If you're so mighty, how come you wanted to make Vlad, someone with the same powers as me, into a Nighloks?" Danny quipped through gritted teeth as he pushed himself up onto his feet. "How come I've been kicking your scaly butt whenever you crawled out of your sewer dimension for the past three years," he asked

Sharktapus growled

"Nighloks aren't mighty. You're just a bunch of knockoff boogeymen who smell like a fish market trying to scare people," Danny said, "and I'm not afraid, not one bit."

Danny didn't notice it at first, but on the Changs' wrists, their phantom Morphers began to beep, glowing red, blue, and green, then finally white

"Ecto genetic repairs complete initiating recombination sequence," a recording of Jack Fenton chimed before white lights shined from the morphers, creating a portal to the morphing grid white light showed over the fallen members of team Phantom healing their injuries and giving them renewed strength

But that's not all it did

Stepping out one after another were clones of Danny, though their features differed about them. Some were tall, some short, some muscular, some skinny, some with different hair, and so on. Henry, Luke, and Buzz recognized them instantly. "brothers," they muttered, recognizing their fellow clones from Vlad's first cloning attempt after becoming a Nighlok

Danis eyes were drawn to four specific clones: one larger and more muscular, one thin one who was six inches tall, and one who looked like Danny but with a shaved head and a birthmark that could be mistaken for scars at a distance

"Brothers," Dani said, tears in her eyes as she couldn't help rushing over. She hugged the four, and they hugged her back

"What is this?" Sharktapus demanded, shocked. "These clones died years ago saving this miserable world from the Disasteroid I know it."

Danny smirked, feeling refreshed as he cracked his knuckles. "this is a family reunion," Danny answered, "and you weren't invited."

Danny looked back to the others, "ready."

"Ready," everyone echoed back in unison

"We're going ghost"

"Phantom Force going ghost."

"We don't have a battle cry," Tucker shouted

Everyone who could morphed before they charged

Sharktapus, if he were smart, might have retreated at the surprise of twenty-nine new enemies, but no one ever called the Nighloks smart. He summoned more moogers. "CRUSH THEM ALL!" he shouted, charging into the fight

The fighting was fierce. The clones tore through the Moogers like wrapping paper on birthday presents.

Sam and Billy working together, overwhelmed Aragon, tricking him into trying the same fire attack as before but this time, fired into his open visor. The ghost tyrant turned Nighlok exploded in a ball of blue flames

Hotep Ra turned into a sandstorm, sending clones flying and making it difficult to see Tucker using his PDA hack into the school sprinkler system and turn on the school sprinklers

Hotep Ra, when hit with the water, turned from sand into mud and tried and failed to reform into the evil green ranger completely and was a sitting duck for Tucker and Debbie to fire, destroying the Nighlok

Spectra was the hardest of the psycho rangers to beat, knocking around clone after clone, knocking Henry into Luke before drawing two swords and rushing at Danny

"There's no way I'm giving up!" she yelled insanely, not that anyone would say Spectra was ever completely sane in the first place, as she rushed at Danny

'I've never tried using this power in a fight,' Danny thought. 'here goes nothing.'

As Spectra swung her swords at Danny's neck, Danny turned into green smoke just like his evil self from the future did. He'd screamed when he developed this power, and part of him even worried that he was becoming just like him

But Danny knew better. He had what he didn't: friends, family, the love of his beautiful girlfriend, and the promise that he'd keep that he wouldn't become him EVER

Danny reformed behind a shocked Spectra, holding up a hand powering up a ghost ray

Danny fired the ghost ray, overwhelming Spectra and disintegrating her

Soon, the Moogers were either destroyed or were drying out from not being in the Senzu River. Even Sharktapus was beginning to dry out he was beginning to dry out

"It's over," Danny said coldly. "Now give up."

"NEVER," Sharktapus swore, "I don't care if it takes me a hundred years, a thousand years, or a hundred thousand years. I will conquer this world, and I will wipe out your entire bloodline. I will make them curse your name and the day you walked into the ghost portal."

Danny knew Sharktapus would keep that promise if he could, so Danny wouldn't let him escape to do it. "not going to happen,"

Danny and the others fired in unison. Their combined attacks were too fast-hitting Sharktapus before he could escape, destroying him completely and entirely in a red explosion

"Ordinarily, I'm opposed to the killing of sharks," Sam said, looking at the spot where Sharktapus had been standing with hatred. Danny couldn't blame her; Sharktapus had spent a while messing with Sam's emotions, feeding on them to make himself powerful, and probably would have eaten her when he was done, "but he's an exception."

"I second that," Tucker said, looking at his destroyed helmet and picking up the pieces. "I'm really hoping that's the last we see of Nighlok…”

Danny and Sam seconded that before they hugged

"Hey!" a clone shouted. Danny wasn't sure which one. He'd have to learn their names later. "Let's celebrate."

Everyone else gave a resounding cheer at that.

Before they left, a giant explosion happened, and Sharktopus grew to a giant size.

“I completely forgot they can do that…” Danny grumbled.

“I will destroy you, Danny Phantom!” as Sharkapus l

raised his foot to stomp on our heroes, a giant samurai robot with wings on its back came down and kicked the Giant Nighlok in the face.

“The Samurai Rangers, what are they doing here?”Sharktopus yelled as he stumbled from the kick.

“Fantastico, they got my message  , and they are here to help…” Antonio said.

Sharktapus fired a barrage of teeth from his mouth as the battle wing Megazord flew up and dodged the attack. The Battlewing Megazord flew high into the air, its gears on its back winds, charging with yellow energy before striking Sharktapus down by plummeting and slicing him in half.

“Nooooooo!” the Nighlok screamed before he exploded.

“ Samurai Rangers victory is ours!” The red ranger said.

“That was so amazing!” Tucker gasped in amazement.

“Thanks for calling your team, Antonio…” Danny thanks Jazz’s boyfriend.

“It’s no problem, amigo. Also, my team will finally seal the Sanzo River so Nighloks  will never invade Earth again…”  Antonio said.

“That’s awesome!” Danny stated.

"So wait back up a minute," Penny asked, holding up a hand and sitting next to him on the Fenton Works couch at Team Phantoms graduation party "The clones have been ALIVE this whole time,"

"Well, alive isn't the exact word," Danny said before going into how his parents explained it to him when they asked him to give up the red phantom morphed minus the slideshow they had

"Okay, so Vlad recycled the DNA from Danis brothers and mixed it with Senzu River water. Then he used a computer to mold the clones so that they looked at me on the outside, but on the inside, they weren't completely stable. Not till he added Dani's DNA to the mix than they were semi-stable," Danny said, looking towards Dani, who was happily talking with her clone brothers

They'd been close unaware to Vlad, who had played them against each other, and she had hidden that their melting into goo had really hurt her. Dani had rarely left the fourth side

She did only briefly to talk with her five clone sisters

Yes, sisters, because of Vlad's cloning tech, one out of every five clones got two y chromasomes instead of an x and a y like Danny

"And Danis DNA gave Luke and Buzz their sapience," Penny said. "with it, there were more Fenton genes than the Senzu River."

Danny nodded

"Yeah, something that my parents and Tucker figured out, and unlike with Henry, Luke, and Buzz, they couldn't use ecto dejecto to purge the Senzu river from their genes. The river water was the only thing keeping them stable, but if they didn't do something, the water would overwhelm the human DNA, and they'd turn into Nighlok…”

Something no one wanted one Nighlok with ghost powers was bad enough no one wanted to imagine how much damage twenty-five could do

"And that's where the morphing grid came in," Penny asked

Danny nodded

"Yeah, my parents reached out to all kinds of scientists they knew over the years in all kinds of fields, from ecology to biology geneticists. Even Ben was asked,"

Though by then, he'd broken the Omnitrix

"But only one guy had an answer that could save all of their lives: the morphing grid by having the clones become part of the grid, the Senzu river water would be replaced with genes from various power rangers. Apparently, something similar happened to this one power ranger who got mutated into a evil lizard thing."

Penny looked around. It explained all the different features so that they looked less like Danny clones and more like his cousins

"So the Changs getting the morphs, what was that about?" Penny asked

"Access to the grid whenever the morphs were used sped up the gene restoration," Danny explained. "I only used the power as a last resort, so with the rate I was using the Morpher, it would have been one clone getting genes restored every two years, and they only would have been let out when they were all restored."

Penny did the math in her head twenty-nine times two, and Danny was seventeen. Now, it would have taken until he was fifty-eight years old for all the clones to be restored

"Dang, no wonder you got fired"

Danny nodded. "yeah, I would have fired me too."

Danny looked around, smiling, seeing all the clones interact with his friends and his family. Jazz loved the idea of having new sisters and was spouting about writing a paper about nature versus nurture and possibly settling the debate

Henry, Luke, Buzz, and their girlfriends, who had come when the party started, were chatting happily with the clones. Mina looked overwhelmed about suddenly having twenty-three new possible in-laws

Gwen was curious about the morphing grid and what it was like living inside it, and Alex was unfazed by the situation completely as she talked with one clone happily

'Make sense she's a spy. probably sees some weird stuff on the job,' Danny thought. 'not that I know anything about spies, ' Danny quickly thought, not sure if any of the clones had telepathy

Danny was going to watch what he said until he did

And last, he saw his dad, Tucker Billy, and one husky clone having an eating contest while his mom, Sam, and Velma watched while rolling their eyes

Yeah, Danny would have fired his parents if it meant moments like this would come sooner

Danny smiled, watching until he got a call from Ben

"Yeah, ok, ok, I'm on my way. I'll call Supergirl as backup, and we'll meet you there," Danny said before looking to Penny. "so aliens are invading Middleton,"

Penny nodded understandingly, giving him a kiss on the cheek. "be careful and come back in one piece," she asked. Danny nodded

"Do you want some backup?" she asked, looking at the clones. Man, they really needed to come up with their own names, and soon

Danny shook his head. "Nah, let them have fun. If things get really bad, I'll call."

Danny gave Penny one kiss and signaled to Gwen, who'd been watching the conversation out of the corner of her eye before they discreetly left the house

First Nighloks, now aliens things never got dull around here, did they

Danny looked back for a moment and smiled as he went ghost

He wouldn't want it any other way

[ittooksometimee]

born bad by debbie tucker green

[do-you-know-this-play]

[thehollywood360]

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[awesomeplayquotes]

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- stoning mary, debbie tucker green

[moinsbienquekaworu]

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[scrimbly-bimbly]

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