#invincible season 2 episode 8

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why did everyone have a black eye on the left side in the invincible s2 finale

[crismakesstuff]

“What if I become him and I don’t even know it?”

[buffysummers]

"season 2 of house of the dragon was filler. nothing happened"

Things that happened:

Daemon ordered Aemond's death in retribution for Lucerys' murder, Jaehaerys is instead beheaded

Rhaenyra is blamed for the murder, labeled "Rhaenyra the Cruel"

Rhaenyra realizes Daemon is at fault. She confronts him, tells him she isn't sure if she can trust him, calls him pathetic. He flees

Aegon fires Otto as his hand and sends him away. He then makes Cole his hand

We later find out that Otto has, in fact, been held prisoner ever since he was exiled

Rhaenyra sneaks into Kings Landing to vie for peace with Alicent and the Greens. She wants to avoid bloodshed in a needless war after inheriting years of peace from her father's reign. Alicent rejects her and says it's too late

Rhaenyra forces a blockade on Kings Landing, withholding food and resources in an attempt to make the Greens surrender

The people of Kings Landing are starving, start to turn against the Greens

Rhaenyra sends food and resources to the smallfolk in an attempt to get them to support her claim. This seems to work

Rhaenys and Meleys die in battle against Aemond

Cole parades Meleys' head through the streets of Kings Landing, calling her a "traitor dragon." This is seen as an omen by the smallfolk. It disrespects the symbol of the House Targaryen and in turn makes them look weak. Whereas before they appeared invincible and god-like because of their ability to ride and command dragons. "It's just meat."

Aemond burns Aegon, almost kills him, Sunfyre also dies

Aemond then goes to finish the job, but is interrupted by Cole

Aemond becomes Prince Regent despite Alicent advocating for herself to become Queen Regent again

Aemond fires Alicent from his council, then later threatens Aegon

Daemon almost goes insane in harrenhal after he is haunted through dreams and visions by the witch Alys

Daemon considers turning against Rhaenyra out of jealousy and anger

Daemon sees a vision of the song of ice and fire. He re-pledges his loyalty to Rhaenyra and has an army at her command

Helaena also appears in this vision and tells Daemon to kill Aemond

Rhaenyra finds three new dragonriders

Rhaenyra now has seven dragons versus Aemond's two. (Three if you count Dreamfyre)

Helaena reveals to Aemond that she knows he burned Aegon. She refuses to ride into battle after he demands her to. He threatens her, she says she saw his death and that Aegon will be king again

Aegon flees the city with Larys to ride out the war between Aemond and Rhaenyra. Aegon's dick was also burned off

Aemond burns Sharp Point out of fear and frustration after he learns of Rhaenyra's new dragonriders

Alicent realizes she misinterpreted Viserys' final words

She goes to Rhaenyra with the hope of saving herself and Helaena. She offers Rhaenyra the city, and offers her Aegon's head

Rhaenyra kisses a woman. She's a girl-kisser!

Corlys comes to terms with the damage he did to his two "bastard" sons

Rhaena potentially finds a dragon of her own

Jacaerys contronts Rhaenyra about her infidelity and about the threat he faces as her heir since it is plain for everyone to see that he is a "bastard." Rhaenyra does not understand his concerns because she has never seen him as anything but her son, she has never considered him or thought of him as a bastard. He voices his frustration with her deciding to let Targaryen bastards ride dragons because he questions his worthiness to be King. He struggles to see the difference between him and the other Targaryen bastards

Tyland makes a deal with the Triarchy and gets them to back the Greens

I know I missed some stuff but, just so you know, things did, in fact, happen this season. It was only 8 episodes.

[based-bobcat]

Invincible Season 2 episode 8.

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Invincible - Season 2 Episode 8

[darkryt]

The Arcane S2 Rant

WARNING: ARCANE SEASON 2 SPOILERS

CONTENT WARNING FOR DISCUSSIONS OF SUICIDE

So I was torn on whether or not to do this, as my internal debate was "is it worth it to dwell on the negatives" or do I want to ... not do that and try to focus on the positives. But I saw another Tumblr post talking about the same things I was feeling and it was very cathartic for me to see someone else thinking the same things I do, so I will commit this to pen and share it to the world in the hopes it shares the same healing.

So here's all my beef with Arcane Season 2, in one place for your location.

We needed a Season 3. It's already been confirmed Arcane gets the two seasons, then we go off to somewhere else. But the latter half of Season 2 had so many misfires. And this is all we get. If we had another season, there'd have been more room for error, and the errors we DO get wouldn't drag the whole experience down as much.

The alternate universe makes no damn sense if you think about it too hard. Okay, sure, maybe Powder doesn't become Jinx if Vi is too dead to abandon her, but how does that any of that make Silco NOT try to kill Vander? Silco wasn't mad Vander tried to kill him (mostly) - he was mad Vander tried to kill him, sure, but what really set him off was that Vander started making deals with Piltover.

"I hated you then. But you still had my respect. Until you started making peace with them." (or however it went)

Vi's emotional state is tied too much into Vander. When she realizes Warwick is Vander, she nearly completely lets go of her grudges against Jinx. But Jinx killed Caitlyn's mother and kidnapped Vi herself once - AND Jinx still killed Mylo and Claggor because she didn't listen to Vi. And Vi's breakdown crying fighting Vander in the finale makes her out to be such a codependent unstable person.

Fuck the Noxians. This was supposed to be Vi and Jinx and Zaun and Piltover's story. The story of Piltover versus Zaun. Instead we got an uplifting (read, centrist) story of Piltover and Zaun coming together against an external threat.

Sevika got sidelined. Yes, she got to be a Councilor in the end, but she had such chemistry with both Vi and Jinx, and more of this season, of this story, should have been how she interacted with both sisters.

Ambessa is a boring invincible villain, and everything Silco wasn't in Season 1. Silco got caught off-foot. People did things that surprised him. Vi being alive is a shock to him as much as it is to Jinx. Ambessa, meanwhile, the only 'setback' she receives is Vanderwick's rampage through the prison, and even that becomes a positive for her as she goes 'yo I want one of those.' She doesn't even raise an eyebrow about Mel's disappearance.

We should have gotten interactions between Ekko and Vi. It's all about Timebomb, but given how Ekko reacted to Jinx becoming Jinx, we ought to have seen how he reacted to knowing Vi signed up to be an Enforcer.

Caitlyn should have done something horrible on-screen. In Episode 8, Vi accuses her of listening to Ambessa, but all we actually see Caitlyn ... DO is sit angrily at a desk while the Noxians and Enforcers harass the people in Zaun. Something the Enforcers were ... already doing. She should have been the one who spotted that one Jinxer at that checkpoint, not Rictus.

Also fuck Rictus. We didn't come here for the Ambessa and Rictus show. We came here for Jinx and Vi and Caitlyn show. (And Jayce and Viktor, I guess).

Jinx should have been allowed to do her self-termination on her own. Keep in mind, in real life, it is ALWAYS correct to try and stop someone from un-aliving.

But in the context of the fate of a fictional character, given everything Jinx had been through, it made sense for her to blow herself up. All her life she's only ever wanted to be good for something, to be useful, to be loved, and she keeps messing up and hurting people - it would have been cathartic for her to finally hurt one last person - herself - and in so doing spare others from further pain.

Isha's storyline was tropey and uninspired. Isha herself is a darling, of course, but the way the narrative choice was "Jinx ends up adopting a child" in order to motivate her to come out of her hiding hole ... when Sevika was right there ... rubs me the wrong way. And it's not like Jinx hadn't suffered ENOUGH losses and grief! Oh wait! She totally did!

And if we had to put up with all this nonsense ... could we at least have gotten the uncensored version of Caitlyn and Vi's sex scene?

Making Arcane canon is also dumb for League of Legends what with the whole "Vi is not an Enforcer by the end" and "Caitlyn LOSES a freaking eye." Because that's a cool thing for a What If in a multi-versal storytelling. It's a little hard to buy into that as the Raw, Default Canon.

And look ... I think Arcane Season 1 was a perfect story. It was always going to be a tough act to follow. My first reaction when Season 2 was announced was dread and apprehension, because there didn't seem to be anywhere they could go that didn't make the whole thing worse - it should have been just the Season One and Done. And you know what? I was very right!

Also: this is way more subjective but I didn't think the songs were as good as in Season 1. Wasteland just doesn't hit as hard as What Could Have Been IMO.

[willosword]

WOOO now that i'm done with my rewatch i can post my little side project :]

below the cut is my personal record of invincible's rate of adaptation with episodes vs issues and pages bc im super normal about this kind of stuff (not fussing too much with it so some pages might slip through the cracks here and there):

SEASON ONE

s1 episode 1: #1 (19 pages), #2 (9 pages), #6 (3 pages), #7 (21 pages), #16 (2 pages)

TOTAL ADAPTED: 54 pages from 5 different issues

s1 episode 2: #2 (7ish pages), #3 (16 pages), #4 (3 pages), #5 (21 pages), #8 (1 page), #14 (5 pages)

TOTAL ADAPTED: 53 pages from 6 different issues

s1 episode 3: #6 (2 pages), #8 (14 pages), #9 (13 pages), #10 (7 pages), #21 (1 page)

TOTAL ADAPTED: 37 pages from 5 different issues

s1 episode 4: #15 (2 pages), #18 (18 pages), #21 (2 pages), #25 (2 pages), #26 (2 pages)

TOTAL ADAPTED: 26 pages from 5 different issues

s1 episode 5: #14 (1 page), #18 (5 pages), #19 (16 pages), #30 (1 page)

TOTAL ADAPTED: 23 pages from 4 different issues

s1 episode 6: #6 (13 pages), #8 (3 pages), #20 (15 pages), #21 (2 pages), #22 (9 pages), #25 (2), #30 (1 page), #31 (4 pages), #32 (1 page), #36 (9 pages), #37 (7 pages)

TOTAL ADAPTED: 66 pages from 11 different issues

s1 episode 7: #9 (3 pages), #10 (9 pages), #26 (1 page), #34 (6 pages), #35 (2 pages)

TOTAL ADAPTED: 21 pages from 5 different issues

s1 episode 8: #11 (21 pages), #12 (20 pages), #13 (20 pages), #14 (7ish pages), #22 (1 page)

TOTAL ADAPTED: 69 pages from 5 different issues

(season total 349 pages)

SEASON TWO

s2 episode 1: #13 (1 page), #14 (3 pages), #16 (11 pages), #17 (3 pages), #18 (1 page), #20 (1 page), #21 (1 page), #22 (1 page), #24 (16 pages)

TOTAL ADAPTED: 38 pages from 9 different issues

s2 episode 2: #9 (2 pages), #14 (2 pages), #15 (12 pages), #17 (3 pages), #19 (3 pages), #21 (12 pages), #22 (1 page), #25 (1 page), #31 (4 pages), #38 (2 pages)

TOTAL ADAPTED: 42 pages from 10 different issues

s2 episode 3: #20 (3 pages), #23 (20 pages), #24 (1 page), #25 (14 pages), #36 (1 page), #37 (2 pages)

TOTAL ADAPTED: 41 pages from 6 different issues

s2 episode 4: #26 (16 pages), #27 (10 pages), #28 (15 pages), #29 (17 pages)

TOTAL ADAPTED: 58 pages from 4 different issues

s2 episode 5: #22 (4 pages), #28 (7 pages), #29 (1 page), #30 (16 pages), #31 (9 pages) #38 (6 pages), #39 (17 pages), #40 (19 pages)

TOTAL ADAPTED: 79 pages from 8 different issues

s2 episode 6: #24 (2 pages), #28 (3 pages), #35 (15 pages), #41 (16 pages), #43 (13 page)

TOTAL ADAPTED: 49 pages from 5 different issues

s2 episode 7: #10 (2 pages), #25 (4 pages), #32 (3 pages), #37 (4 pages), #38 (3 pages), #41 (2 pages), #43 (1 page), #44 (10 pages), #45 (13 pages), #47 (2 pages), #48 (2 pages),

TOTAL ADAPTED: 46 pages from 11 different issues

s2 episode 8: #33 (20 pages), #34 (14 pages), #43 (2 pages), #45 (2 pages), #46 (5 pages), #47 (2 pages)

TOTAL ADAPTED: 45 pages from 6 different issues

(season total 398 pages)

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2024 Spring Anime

Kaiju No. 8 This series started the same time as SpyxFamily and I've been waiting years for it to be animated. It's a series I was instantly hooked on. The animations in the teasers were incredibly sus but I'm glad to see it's pulled together. This is a must watch for this season. Noteworthy On-going Shows: Delicious in Dungeon - Episodes 13-24 A Character based comedic fantasy that honestly has me hooked. New Seasons:

Demon Slayer - Hashira Training Arc I can't believe we're already here. I think this will be one of the last 2 or 3 seasons of the show. This is one I'm not sure what to expect in terms of story but I'm looking forward to it regardless.

That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime - Season 3 One of the Og's is back baby. This is one of my all time favourite shows, one of the original fantasy/isekai series. This series gets better and better and I'm so hooked to each character. 100% biased opinion but if you haven't seen this, go check it out.

My Hero Academia - Season 7 This is one that I haven't caught up on the anime for so I'm not 100% where we are but I'm pretty sure it's about to get real dark. I think lots of people have put this show on the backburner or have dropped it entirely. But I really have to say we're starting to head into some of the peak of the series. It gets much darker and more serious and starts to shift from the original shonen high school style.

Additional New Seasons: Mushoku Tensei - Season 2 Cour 2 I won't lie, this arc honestly doesn't look very appealing to me. That said, I have faith in the writers and will be watching and updating if it picks up. Both of these shows from 2008 coming back were not on my bucket list but here we are: Spice and Wolf - Looks to be a re-make of the original series Black Butler - Public School Arc - New continuation of the og series Also: The Misfit of Demon King Academy II - Part 2 The Irregular at Magic High School - Season 3 Laid-Back Camp - Season 3 New Noteworthy Shows:

Wind Breaker A new series about a delinquent who moves to a school where it's all about being the strongest and beating each other up. Honestly it reminds me a little of Food wars but if it was actually about fighting instead of food lol. The animations look stellar, I'm actually pretty excited to check this one out. ( I'd also say it looks completely different to Tokyo Revengers so I wouldn't compare the two.)

Mission:Yozakura Family A newer shonen jump series about a kid who tries to integrate with a mismatched family of spies. Looks like a lot of fun and has a similar vibe to some old school SJ series.

Go! Go! Loser Ranger Why does this look so good. This series genuinely looks so cool, the animation look out of this world and the story looks killer. From what I can gather it's a guy who always plays the villain and is sick of his role. The story shows the heroes as villains and gives me a bit of Invincible vibes. (This is a Disney+ exclusive) The Fable I've heard that this is one of the most legendary comedies. I know there's a few live actions for it on Netflix but I haven't had a chance to check it out. I feel like the trailers don't seem to get anything across so this'll be one I'll follow up on.

Going through the extra shows is now the bane of my existence. I want to go back to before all the isekai light novels were being animated. After doing this I feel defeated that some of these look half-decent. Whisper Me a Love Song Wholesome girl's love series about figuring out what kind of love they feel for each other: 3 Episodes The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio 2 girls who's offline personalities are total opposites, their rivalry in a brutal industry. Looks like it could be a fun slice of life series: 3 Episodes Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night Looks like a really well done series about a group of girls forming an anonymous idol group: 3 Episodes

I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability The animations actually look amazing from the trailer and this series could be cute: 1 Episode An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride I think this might be a guilty pleasure show. I like the idea of the awkward romance between these two. Likely wouldn't reccommend this for a normal watcher: 1 Episode Grandpa and Grandma Turn Young Again Animations and concept look fun: 1 Episode Notable OVA's: Code Geass: Roze of the Recapture A prequel to the original series. The animation looks just like the OG and I'm so stoked that this is coming out.

[diabloindigo]

Invincible / Mark’s emotional breakdown.

Season 2 episode 8

[12-cluh]

people of tumblr, let me know what you think of this crossover idea that I may or may not write eventually!

(spoilers for Invincible Season 2 Episode 8)

After Mark and Angstrom's fight across the multiverse and Mark has finished beating the shit out of him, Angrstrom - upon hearing that "I thought you were stronger" line - opens one last portal before passing out. He doesn't know where it's sending Mark and he frankly doesn't care. It sucks up Mark and spits him out midair in a random universe.

Something weird about it though. Mark's suit seems to have been repaired to its pristine condition. He ignores it for now, but the world around him is weirddddd. And what we the audience know is that he got sent to the Arcane universe! Specifically during Season 1, Episode 4. Following this we'd explore what stuff would change and the things that'd happen in Arcane now that Mark's here!

so, whaddya think?

[splitlickity]

Dude, this stupid bitch who works out in season 2 episode 8 of Invincible. He just stops by on his little stupid ass bike and stops in front of a young adult with a black eye standing next to his mom with a black eye as well. Whole ass cast on her arm. And instead of being like, “I’m sorry this happened to you guys. Hope you feel better soon.” He goes, “Man, first the house had a gas leak across your street now your place? I gotta get my place checked out. Yikes.” What the flip. MF YIKES??? Cause honestly why is he doing that. Wtf is this cause that’s such a shitty thing to do lmfao what is wrong with him brah. What the flip.

My poor Mark ;( “You can never be too safe.” I LOVE YOU SM IM SO SORRY

[hi-there-buddies]

I just watched Sand Land, and ignoring how great it was, the release schedule is actually really cool. Basically, Hulu and Disney released the first 7 episodes of the series, and 8 will release 3/27, with subsequent episodes releasing weekly from there.

Now, seeing that seems confusing at first. Like, why stop at episode 7? Why turn to weekly airings there? But there’s actually really good reasoning behind it for once.

Basically, the first 6 episodes of Sand Land follow the story of the entire manga. The story of episodes 1-6, the first arc of the show, is already posted up throughout the internet, in manga form, movie form, and soon to be game form. But episode 7 onwards is where completely new stories show up. Stories written by Akira Toriyama specifically for the game and anime.

So what Disney and Hulu are doing is giving us the first arc in a bundle, along with the first episode of the second arc (of which nothing is known) as an appetizer. From there, the rest of the arc will be released weakly.

I’m gonna be honest, it really got me hooked on the show. Watching all the episodes was a perfect mix of satisfaction and excitement for later episodes.

At the very least, the release schedule was better than Invincible season 2 and Attack on Titan’s final season

[crismakesstuff]

im so excited for invincible s2b now that it has an official release date… and that release date is march 14th

Let me talk about why that has me worried for the future of the show

‼️also no hate to any other shows mentioned‼️

I want to start with these two images :

invincible compared to the boys and now hazbin hotel has BARELY gotten any offical advertising on this level. The boys also got ads in times square for the promotion of s3 and the spin-off gen v im pretty sure but I could be wrong.

Don’t get me wrong I am rly happy to see an animated show get promotion at that level and I think more streaming services should do the same but why is it that invincible, a show on its SECOND SEASON gets nothing? The official invincible accounts have to do most of the heavy lifting themselves with generating hype on their twt,insta and tiktok. People complain that the accounts often make “an announcement for the announcement” but they have too! They literally have no other option! It sucks to see invincible show signs of a show thats clearly being tampered with by executive fuckery that has led so many other animated shows to an early grave.

Also I NEED people to realize that invincible’s release schedule NOT THE FAULT OF THE CREW

I see people regularly being rude and borderline aggressive to crew members online (which ive seen happen in other fandoms too) but the amount of people that were bitching and whining about the hiatus saying things like “this is why we shouldn’t let animators have good working conditions” and people agreeing with those takes were INSANE. The crew have no control over when the show drops or not, that is a decision left up to executives.

Now why could this delay be happening ?

a little bit ago amazon made this announcement to its customers:

this very well lines up with what many people began to speculate online as to why invincible had such a weird release schedule for season 2. They release the first half and get people hooked on the first 4 episodes ending on a massive cliffhanger and then release the second half after ads are introduced in hopes of making more money bc ppl don’t want ads in the middle of their shows.

Even then many people (myself included) think that it would’ve ultimately been better for the sake of the shows own hype to just wait to release them in March back to back all 8 episodes. Because the midseason break just kneecapped the hype the show had built up so hard and now many people are reasonably frustrated.

Because there was no clarity on when the show would be back. Most people assumed it would be a month long break for the holidays which shows have done for a long time. And then fake leaks came out that the show would come back in early January, and then the invincible accounts were virtually silent, and people were saying the break was intentional for fans to (recover) for ep 4. It was all over the place

What should fans do going forward?

Best thing you can do is stream the show legally if you can! TALK about invincible, don’t let the hype die out. Get this shit on trending ! Boost any official posts online showing that there is still a demand for this show! If you can, buy merch! Read the comics legally ! LET AMAZON KNOW WE STILL CARE ABOUT THIS SHOW!

again no hate to the other shows here bc ive watched all of them! I just want invincible to get some of that love too because this show is so amazing and you can tell how much love the crew has put into it <3

[newgabeorder]

Akira Ono and Kirito are back for the holidays!

Here are the lineups:

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Toon Time Theater Spotlight Show

E/I: Educational & Informational

7.0P - HAIKYU!! (Season 1, Episode 1, E/I)

7.5P - Dr.STONE (Episode 1, E/I)

"The Best"

8.0P - "Pokémon: I Choose You!" (subtitled)

8.5P - MY ADVENTURES WITH SUPERMAN (Episode 1)

Supernatural

9.0P - MY ADVENTURES WITH SUPERMAN (Episode 2)

9.5P - Fruits Basket (2001 series, Episode 1)

"CAPTAIN'S VOYAGE"

10.0P - TSUBASA: Reservoir Chronicle (Season 1, Episode 1)

10.5P - ONE PIECE (Episode 1)

"FLY HIGH"

11.0P - NARUTO (Episode 1)

11.5P - Captain TSUBASA (2018 series, Episode 1)

291124

12.0A - MY ADVENTURES WITH SUPERMAN (Season 1, Episode 10, Season Finale)

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All Times Pacific

E/I: Educational and Informational

6.0A - Bartender* (2006 series, Episode 7, rerun, E/I)

6.5A - Laid-Back Camp (Season 1, Episode 8, E/I)

Gotta Catch 'em All!

7.0A - Pokémon Master Journeys

7.5A - BLUE EXORCIST** (Season 1, Episode 5)

Trails of Cold Steel

8.0A - SONIC X (Season 2, Episode 35)

8.5A - KEY THE METAL IDOL (Ver.5)

Amazing Fantasy

9.0A – MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES** (Episode 4)

9.5A - BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS

Hall of Fame

10.0A - DRAGON BALL Z KAI**

10.5A - HI SCORE GIRL (Season 1, "ROUND 1", rerun, Series Premiere)

Oh yeah. Here We Go! SPORTS TIME!!

11.0A - Rent-A-Girlfriend (Season 1, Episode 5, rerun)

11.5A - HAIKYU!! (Season 2, Episode 50, E/I)

Season Finale

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All Times Pacific

E/I: Educational and Informational

6.0A - Bartender* (2006 series, Episode 8, rerun, E/I)

6.5A - Laid-Back Camp (Season 1, Episode 9, E/I)

Gotta Catch 'em All!

7.0A - Pokémon Master Journeys

7.5A - BLUE EXORCIST** (Season 1, Episode 6)

Trails of Cold Steel

8.0A - SONIC X (Season 2, Episode 36)

8.5A - KEY THE METAL IDOL (Ver.6)

Amazing Fantasy

9.0A – MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES** (Episode 5)

9.5A - BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS

Hall of Fame

10.0A - DRAGON BALL Z KAI**

10.5A - HI SCORE GIRL (Season 1, "ROUND 2", rerun)

Oh yeah. Here We Go! SPORTS TIME!!

11.0A - Rent-A-Girlfriend (Season 1, Episode 6, rerun)

11.5A - SWORD ART ONLINE (Season 1, Episode 1, rerun, Series Premiere)

Runs alongside INVINCIBLE FIGHT GIRL on Toonami

** Also on Toonami

On November 28, the New Gabe Order will host a special lineup dedicated to the launch lineup of Toon Time Theater, but with their first episodes being played to celebrate Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, I had to make modifications to the Toon Time Theater Spotlight Show so the 2001 Fruits Basket series gets used, and the original 2002 NARUTO series will be showcased, complete with a rerun of "Enter: Naruto Uzumaki!" None of T3 Express will be given a special launch lineup Spotlight Show, unless you count the NARUTO episode. That's the best you can get T3 Express-wise.

Also, I have decided to bring back HI SCORE GIRL and SWORD ART ONLINE just in time for the holiday season. On the Thanksgiving weekend, HI SCORE GIRL reruns will replace ONE PIECE, and I intend to bring ONE PIECE back following the season finale of Rent-A-Girlfriend. On December 7, SWORD ART ONLINE will replace HAIKYU!! as a Sports Time Theater program, considering the former's usage of swordplay (chambara).

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8 Characters who should appear in My Adventures with Superman Season 2

My Adventures with Superman has quickly become a fan-favorite Superman story, full of a great cast and interesting story elements. While I loved the series, and had fun with every episode, I think the show should incorporate some new characters into the mythos, to expand the story and the wider DC universe.

While there are characters that people love like Batman or villains already teased like Luthor and Brainiac, I am going to focus on characters I think this story has set up nicely, characters who have history with the Man of Steel, and that can bring a much needed different energy to the show.

I have 4 heroes, and 4, let's just say, antagonists, that I think seem like the next logical step for our heroes.

Antagonists

My biggest criticism of the show was the lack of colorful and impactful villains. While Parasite, Sam Lane, Mxyzptlk, Amanda Waller and Deathstoke all had their moments, there really isn't an iconic villain I can point to from the show.

Adding one or two key overarching villains can make this great show on par with a Spectacular Spider-Man or even Invincible. I have a few ideas for characters the show may have already set up for us. Staring with:

Lucy Lane

Lucy Lane in the comics is the younger sister of Lois Lane, and while originally she was a stewardess, she has more recently been reimagined both in comics and in the television series Supergirl as a major in the army.

Having Lucy take the place of the disgraced General Lane could put her directly on the path of Superman and Lois. We can even have her live in Metropolis with Lois while she is "in town".

In my reimagining, Lucy could be seen as the good daughter who took up Sam's wishes, while Lois is the failure, leading to good classic tension.

Having Lucy as an antagonist with ties to Lois and (like in the comics) dates Jimmy can lead to some good dramatic moments, and could eventually lead to her being an ally of Superman who vouchers for him to the U.S. Government.

I think adding Lucy is a good way to tone down the Army vs Superman story to be more personal and in the background while we face different threats, while still giving it emotional weight.

But if Lucy Lane is the new General, who is her new enforcer?

Bloodsport

We have a Suicide Squad who hates Superman, so why not bring in his best enemy from the team.

Reimagined in James Gunn's The Suicide Squad, Bloodsport is most widely known as the assassin who shot Superman with a Kryptonite bullet. Making Bloodsport Lucy Lane's main enforcer could act as Deathstroke with Kryptonite weapons, making him make more sense.

I'd like to keep the fact that he is there against his will, and has daughter, keeping him grounded and relatable. Make him the new leader of the Squad on the field as opposed to Parasite, who was way too maniacal to be lead.

Ideally there would be an episode where Clark is shot out of the sky, and all his friends and family are worried whether or not he will survive.

Lobo

If we want to introduce an Iconic Superman villain, none is better than Lobo.

While Brainiac and Zod are plenty powerful and could stand a chance against the Man of Steel, sending in an assassin to do their work for them makes their lives easier.

I know he's not the best set up, but Lobo is one of those characters who can show up whenever as long as someone wants you dead. Having Clark face an invader as soon as he thinks the invasion is over would be a hell of a way to kick off season 2.

Lobo is also a character who does whatever for a check, and doesn't necessarily have to be an enemy. There can be an episode where Clark needs back up, so all other heroes team up, and Lobo is there because Jimmy paid him off.

He'd be great recurring as an ally or villain, and bring a much needed livelihood to the villains we have.

Injustice Superman

No villain has been teased more in My Adventures with Superman than Superman himself.

I'm not the biggest fan of the Injustice story, but it's been utilized well here to demonstrate how terrifying a Kryptonian can and should be.

I want to put a close on this chapter of most people fearing Superman and Clark worried about who he could become. I'm hoping by the end of Season 2 after the team defeats Evil Superman, coming to take Lois or destroy the world, we can go on to bigger villains.

I think a version of evil Superman should be utilized in the 2nd Season, and could even be the final battle in an Invincible Season 1 style. Perhaps after Clark has been knocked out by the Kryptonite Bullet, Injustice Superman makes his way here, and Bloodsport, both General Lanes, The Suicide Squad, and some of the heroes I'll bring up next will take on Injustice Superman with little luck until Clark shows up.

I do think bringing in Injustice Superman could give us teases at heroes to come like, "I destroyed the Bat, the kid, the time traveler, anyone who didn't listen." If we want to have a lot of fun with it, we can make him much older and voiced by Dennis Quaid.

Heroes

I think My Adventures with Superman could absolutely benefit from some heroes joining the fold, some longterm and some just for a bit.

Don't get me wrong, this is still a Superman show and I want to keep it that way. But Superman inspires others to step up, and I want to show that. Each hero has a history with Clark, and brings something important to the table. Starting with the ask I want most:

Krypto

It's time to expand the Super family.

Krypto is Superman's super canine from the planet of Krypton who has all of Superman's abilities.

Adding Krypto to Superman's team means some good animal hijinks, and adding a character who can protect Jimmy and Lois when Superman can't.

We can also do fun one off episodes like a day in the life of Krypto, where he throws a post office into space or frees some dogs from the pound.

How we get him into the story is kind of tough, but perhaps he is in another pod that redirected to earth when it saw another Kryptonian was there, or Clark heres stories of another Kryptonian out in the galaxy , and it's this dog.

Either way, Krypto would be a more fun member of the crew.

Steel

John Henry Irons is an inventor and engineer who styles his look and abilities after the Man of Steel. Usually seen as an ally to Superman, Steel also appears famously as one of the four people taking up the identity of Superman once Clark dies fighting Doomsday.

Steel recently has appeared in Superman and Lois, as an other worldly traveler originally thought to be a version of Lex Luthor.

My version of Irons would also be young hero, not exactly at the level he is in the comics, trying to emulate Superman with mechanics but not quite there yet. I'd like him to be a sidekick Superman calls on at times, a recurring character until he is fully brought into the group as the tech support and their 2nd heavy hitter.

Irons should represent that Clark can't really change that he is inspiring people, and should be a sign for more heroes to come.

Brainiac-5

Unlike the other heroes on this list, Brainiac-5 should serve two purposes and should not be an series regular.

Brainiac-5 is a hero from the Legion of Superheroes, a team from 31st century inspired by Superman. He should be an untrusted ally to begin, as he is a descendent of Brainiac, but come with warning of his ancestors plans and how to defeat him.

Brainiac-5 also would be the anti League of Lois Lanes. We see too often in this show what Superman can become on the negative end. We should also see what he can bring about on the positive end as well.

At first untrusted, Brainiac-5 will convince Clark he is on the right path, and can inspire many many heroes from generations to come.

While the character should return throughout the show, for a second season he should appear in one or two episodes, and return for major arcs if he is needed.

And finally, the biggest ask:

The Flash

The Flash and Superman speed rivalry is one of the most fun in comics. There is something about seeing Speedsters and Kryptonians on screen together that always makes for good television.

The Flash was one of the first heroes on Smallville, was the first hero to crossover with Supergirl in the Arrowverse, raced Superman in the Animated Series, and even did a post credit tease in the Whedon cut of Justice League.

Bringing in a major Leaguer in Season 2 could up the stakes for what is to come. Given Flash and Supermans racing history, we can have a fun episode on our hand that builds out this universe, and could even be a backdoor pilot to a Flash show.

We could do the classic charity run, or maybe Gorilla Grodd plans to take over Metropolis, either way, a fun one off episode centered around these two icons could be the warm-up to Justice League we need.

I'm sure some of these characters will come in sooner or later, but bringing on any of them can make for a fun Season 2 that ups the stakes and could lead into something greater.

But time will tell if I’m right.

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