Flash In The Pan

Animator Alex Salsberg joins us for a special episode to discuss his early viral success with A MEN'S ROOM MONOLOGUE, flash animation culture, and two unsung toons from his younger career – SMELL CHECK and BANK ROB! Plus, some of your lovely emails! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

The ultra-kawaii Guts joins us once again to finish the epic NYAN NEKO SUGAR GIRLS saga! We've got the bonus EPISODE 1.5, the KURISUMASU SUPESHARU, and the finale, EPISODE 10. Can Tom and Alex make it to the end of this journey with their brains – and hearts – intact? Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Alex and Tom delight in the affable crapness of Rathergood's WE LIKE THE MOON, THOMAS THE WANK ENGINE and CAN I HAVE A GO ON YOUR BAPS, but not before we explore a little-known creator's work in stickfights and depressing music videos with THE SHINOBI and ASILOS MAGDALENA. All this and your emails, and some of the strangest tangents we've ever been on! This is a really packed episode! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

It's our seventh anniversary, and Alex returns to join Tom for the noble quest of finishing the ARFENHOUSE saga. Sound, fury, visual noise, bizarre comments, secret history, and some really lovely emails. Thank you for supporting us through another year! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

With Alex waylaid by her agonies, it's up to Tom and special guest Micolithe to take on some toons! We've got a return to BONUS STAGE and then a Sick Animation showcase, with BAND ON THE RUN, THE LAST TWO MEN ON EARTH and HOW MANY TIMES, MR. BUSH? Plus, your favourite future cities, emo high school, and a man of mystery... Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Not even a winter storm can stop Tom and Alex from bringing you all a tinsel-wrapped trio of treats this Xmas! We've got the brief and nasty SANTA HO, the classic HOMESTAR PRESENTS: PRESENTS, and the extremely sexy UNDER THE MISTLETOE. Plus a new song from Alex Valentine herself! On this episode, we decide that there should have been lesbians. Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Tom and Alex climb out of the wreckage to check out a pair of NG classics! PORTAL OF THE DAMNED is a Pico crossoverween special, and ALADDIN 3150 is a tour de force with a beefy animorph. Tom yelps in confusion; Alex gets mean and enters her crone era. Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Our adventure with Alicia E. Goranson continues into animal emotions with THE FOX AND THE MIRRIOR, and MACK DADDY MARIO supplies a surfeit of silly sprite shuffling! Plus, your early-fandom emails! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Success! Tom and Alex summoned Alicia E. Goranson to join in the fun! She brings forbidden Dreamcast Flash lore, and together we wax lyrical about the glory of XIAO XIAO. On this episode we learn what it is to be shibby. Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Violence has arrived, as Tom and Alex check out two good and grisly animations! LAST DUET ON EARTH is a quirky zombie caper, and GENRYU'S BLADE is a legend of anime-inspired flash with graphic violence. Plus, your fandom emails, and some unhinged commentary! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

You asked for it, and the wait is over: Ranged Touch's Michael Lutz is here to tell us about HOMESTUCK! Using JACK: ASCEND and CASCADE as our anchor-points, we talk about rabid fandom, assembling an art team, and accidentally creating a clown cult. Plus, your emails! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Ranged Touch's Michael Lutz joins Tom and Alex for a bumper crop of armageddon toons! In this first half we explore the wasteland of THAT'S TOTALLY BS: FALLOUT 3, and dive back into the politics of 2004 with COUNTING BODIES... by A Perfect Circle. On this episode: Turd manipulation. No, really. Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

In a Weird Al double feature, Alex and Tom explore the wacky excess of ALBUQUERQUE and the surreal adventure of EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG. Plus, an addendum to last episode's invention pioneers, and your Star Wars emails! In this episode, Tom tells a very sad story. Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

LPer and podcaster extraordinaire Grant returns to FITP to endure a gauntlet of comedy toons! We guffaw at INVENTION PIONEERS OF NOTE, grimace at STARWARSOHMYGOD, and thrill at STAR WARS TRANSITIONS. Plus, your emails, Carpet Right, Emilio Estevez, and naked animes! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Tom's birthday picks are a fabulous one-hit-wonder and a questionably-aged comedy caper! Alex appreciates a fish! THE JCB SONG is catchy and KERRI'S BIG INVENTION is pure 2003. Plus, Ed Sheeran Facts! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Alex is back! So is Tom! So are TOMORROW'S NOBODIES... uh oh. We crash into the springtime with NATSUMI STEP and revisit nobody's favourite edgelord sitcom. Also featuring critters, frogs, and... Donald Glover? Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Ooh dear... Alex and Tom finally return to the horrors of SALAD FINGERS! Then we revisit the wonders of Brackenwood with THE LAST OF THE DASHKIN! The emails from our Flashketeers are wild and silly, and we just have a lovely time with Sonic... religions...? Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

We blast into 2024 with the help of Jack Levine! Finally, we begin the high school action series XIN, and unfortunately, we check out SUPER FREAKIN' PARODY RANGERS. Light and dark, good and evil, all things are contained in Flash. Plus, your festive fury emails, and a total breakdown in the final hour. Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Alex and Tom share a bounty of Crimbo crackers in this jolly episode! We've got zombie funtimes in EDDSWORLD: ZANTA CLAWS; a badass cigar-monster in NIGHT OF THE WARHOG, and... Foamy. Yup. Foamy's seasonal rants, NO CHRISTMAS FOR YOU! and X-MAS SONGS. Also, Catholicism??? Bah, humbug! Happy holidays from Flash In The Pan! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

We finish up our Late-o-ween special with two classic Homestar Runner toons! We've got HOMESTARLOWEEN PARTY and PUMPKIN CARVE-NIVAL, and we've also got Canadian earworms and blistering listener expertise! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Tom and Alex overslept, and so we rise from our graves a little late to bring you a mega-spooky special! Part one has us partying like it's Halloween 2007 with SPOOKY SCARY SKELETONS and OH OH OH SEXY VAMPIRE, featuring Twilight rage and musical controversy! Part 2 coming next week! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Streamer, video essayist and Let's Play superstar VoidBurger joins Tom and Alex for some strange and wonderful cartoons! We dive deep with THIS IS A STORY ABOUT LEET, get wacky with JAMEZBOND, and get mall-goth with SILENT HILL 2: CE. Also, nostalgic advert chat, soundboard shenanigans, and Goth Teen UrbEx! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

What's up gamers? Tom and Alex are here with a brisk and breezy pair of videogame funniess to get lodged in your noggin. SPLASH ATTACK is a randomised brain-assault, and QUAKE III WAZZUP?!? is a relic of a bygone age. Also, Alex's mint rant and a selection of thoughtful and cathartic emails! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Tom and Alex explore both ends of the Flash spectrum, from anarchic amateur noise machine BEEBO to slick and world-renowned SATURDAY MORNING WATCHMEN. Featuring cat violence, bad Australian accents, and something called "Bebbo"...? Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

We go even deeper with our pal VileMoon and push through season 2 of CTRL+ALT+DEL: THE ANIMATED SERIES. The journey is long and hard and we emerge exhausted and changed... for the better? We read some very kind emails and talk about our century of episodes. Thank you all so much for being part of this, Flashketeers. We couldn't do it without you. Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

A huge milestone episode, with the lovely VileMoon in tow to go deep into the belly of Gamer Culture and stare down CTRL+ALT+DELETE: THE ANIMATED SERIES! In this first partisode we cover season 1, look at the origins and cultural context for the show and the comic it's based on, and stare into the dark heart of Gaming. You don't want to miss this one, folks. Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Stick figure fights are BACK, baby! ANIMATOR VS ANIMATION III brings the ruckus, and then the mysterious DUCKTALEZ 3 shows us that you can indeed reach heaven through violence. Elsewhere, lovely talk about LGBTQ media, and anticipation...! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

FITP has gone totally quackers! We celebrate Pride with QUEER DUCK, and get THE DUCK SONG stuck in our heads! Tom's bit is stolen, and Alex loses her marbles! Celebrity voices, lost Simpsons lore, and your favourite robots! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Tabletop podcaster and let's play legend Colin is here to talk STRONG BAD's KIDS BOOK, WEEBL AND BOB, and the indecipherable CHRISTIAN MAGIC. Elsewhere, we talk Jack Thompson, the VG Cats forums, and Gundam Wing. Plus, your emails! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Comics and animation veteran Ryan Estrada joins us for this star-studded foray into animated amazement! We smile at ARJ AND POOPY, cower from BILLY'S BALLOON and finally wade into the runoff that was THE CRITIC WEBISODES. We also discuss banned media and Hollywood's attempts to take advantage of this wacky new thing called "The Internet"...? This one's a real treat, folks. Plus, your emails! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

After a timeskip, the rough-and-tumble Guts joins us again to put Alex and Tom through more NYAN NEKO SUGAR GIRLS! And as an appetiser, we observe the DAY OF THE DEVIL. Plus, your teacher emails! And Runescape? Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Pow! Zap! Swipe! Alex and Tom have three adrenaline-pumping shorts to enjoy! ROCKMAN!! NEXT ATTACK has a lemon-shooting robot pal, PIXELATED BUNNIES is a music video nasty, and THE FINAL TASK is classy and violent. Plus, your lovely emails! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

FITP is now FIVE! And our frenemy Great Joe is here to celebrate with Alex and Tom. We finally finish THERE SHE IS!! with FINAL STEP – IMAGINE! And then our ears are harmed by ADVENTURE QUEST! Technical difficulties and emotional reminiscences and very kind emails fill out this lovely, lovely episode. Here's to another five years! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Woot woot! Alex and Tom are back with ERIK THE JUICEMAN 5 and 6! It's still wild! Oh, and also a stylish noir action toon called KONG... and some horrible cartoon animal creatures from our Flashketeers! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

New year, new toons! Tom and Alex learn about a charming little creature named KEGEL, and get their minds demolished by CHOCOLATE NIBLET BEANS. Plus, some stomach-turning emails from our Flashketeers! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Tom makes a real oeuf of himself in this holiday toontacular! SONIC and SUPER MARIO BROS provide some CHRISTMAS GREETINGs, we witness THE BEST DECEMBERWEEN EVER, and an I LOVE EGG XMAS... plus some troubling emails! Happy holidays, flashketeers! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

The mighty morphin' GreatSG joins us for an episode that sees Alex's worst nightmare come true. THE SENILE SPIDERMAN is a fun dalliance, but STONE TREK... well, you'll just have to listen and find out how bad things get. Plus, your weirdo emails! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Horror! Augh! Eurgh! SALAD FINGERS! Hrrggh, JOE ZOMBIE! Whoa, PICO VS ZOMBIES: DOD! There's a lot of nasty stuff in this episode, but some of the best comments we've found too! Tom and Alex try to find the Arse-Nettle Goldilocks Zone. Plus, your childhood scares! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

We asked and you delivered another esoteric collection of the first online cartoons our Flashketeers encountered! We learn about stinky banjos in WAR, puzzle at AMBURGERS AND WOOTBEER, and then delight and horror at the spectacle of TELEBUBBY FUN LAND. Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Heute auf Deutsch! Let's Play superstar Simply Simon joins Alex and Tom for some horrendous and Bavarian animal antics. We've got the German LLAMAS WITH HATS, the creepy AMAZING HORSE, and the truly regrettable ICH HEISSE MARVIN. Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Alex and Tom take a break from affairs of state to enjoy some funny cartoons! Wow! We look at whatever happened to HYPERBOY, and get gross with Homestar's BUG IN MOUTH DISEASE. And a Strong Bad Email, as a treat. Plus, your childhood stories! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Tom and Alex are back with two legendary tales from opposite ends of the cartoon spectrum! We sing along to Rabbit Joint in LEGEND OF ZELDA! VIDEO, and absolutely lose it over TARBOY. Plus, your emails! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Quite possibly our silliest episode yet, as Tom and Alex howl with delight about VEGETA'S PROBLEM and THE SOLUTION, and are completely baffled by ESKIMO BOB. Plus, a lot of great emails about lost media! And a lot of poo jokes. Sorry. (Not sorry.) Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Oh hey, Brian Clevinger is still with us, to talk about the third part of the classic Flash adaptation of 8 BIT THEATER! Plus, extra webcomic discussion and your lovely emails! This episode, we talk about what happens when every character is the dumbest character. Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Writer and comic veteran Brian Clevinger joins Tom and Alex for an exploration of comedy, violence, and comedy violence! LOOKING FOR GROUP: SLAUGHTER YOUR WORLD has pipes and mayhem, while SMASH KINGDOM MELEE mostly has eardrum pain. Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Tom and Alex make their meatspace debut with this live episode extravaganza! Recorded at Confuzzled 2022 in Birmingham, England, and featuring a furry flash feast! SONIC XTREME brings the hog thunder, BUNNYKILL showcases some lapine ultraviolence, and KATAN is an ancient, sweeping epic! Featuring live audience groans of disgust and recognition! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Mamma mia! Tom and Alex revisit the videogame maelstrom in SUPER CONSOLE WARS PART 2, and get paternal with DAD'S AT WORK. Featuring graffiti chat from Flashketeers, woodland filth, and a celebrity callout. Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Tom and Alex talk about alien juices in AVATAR: HOT NA'VI SEX, bathroom horrors in MEN'S ROOM MONOLOGUE, and finish up by exploring some MICROSOFT OFFICE XP ADs... starring Gilbert Gottfried as Clippy??? Plus, your emails, and a lorra lorra laffs. Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Games writer and podcaster Sid Menon joins us for a double helping of zombies and a heaping spoonful of anime for dessert! We have guns in RESIDENT EVIL 2.9, giggling in CODE VERONICA: FLASH EDITION, and crisis in GIRL-CHAN IN PARADISE EPISODE 3. Plus, your fanfic! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Games writer, podcaster and cookie expert Terence Wiggins joins us for the highs of TEEN GIRL SQUAD, the lows of MCCAIN'S SEXY OUTRAGE, and the philosophy of KARMA GHOST. Shock images, possums, and your fanfics! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan

Konban wa, Flashketeers! Friend of the show Guts is here to cause maximum psychic damage in the form of NYAN NEKO SUGAR GIRLS! Elsewhere, we get heavily nostalgic with THE RETURN OF GANONDORF, and finish off with a CALL TO ACTION – can YOU help us find these obscure All Your Base ephemera??? Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan