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Top 3 Terror Tales of the Park Stories

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  Ever since Season 3 of Regular Show , it became a Halloween tradition for it to air Treehouse of Horror -esque episodes with different scary stories told by the characters. Needless to say, these were the highlight of every Cartoon Network Halloween in the 2010s. Without further ado, I will state my top three TTOTP stories. 3. In the House (TTOTP I) Rigby decides to egg a wizard's house on Halloween night, and consequently, is cursed by the wizard to become a house himself. This story has some of the most unsettling body horror I've ever seen in a kids' cartoon. Rigby's transformation into a house is GRUESOME. Muscle Man being skinned alive was also pretty disgusting. The amount of nasty detail put onto the wizard's design looks like it came straight out of The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack . One Easter egg I liked was that inside House!Rigby, there was a portrait of Eileen, showing that Rigby secretly had a crush on her. This story did a good job of making ...

‘Spirit Rangers’ Review

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  This last May, a lot of Netflix cartoons were scrapped because they don’t give two shits about animation (except for The Boss Baby, that is). Having been looking forward to Spirit Rangers since its announcement, I was worried that it was also canned, but luckily it survived and is finally here.  The series centers on three Native American siblings named Kodi, Summer, and Eddy, who are the rangers of Spirit Park and can also transform into animals. It is a preschool show, but is enjoyable for all ages.  The animation is stylized and beautiful. There are a lot of vibrant colors and gorgeous character designs, especially on the animals.  Our three heroes are likable and realistic kids who overcome their flaws to save the day. They’re not perfect, but they work hard to be heroes. Their animal friends are also enjoyable and memorable, especially Coyote with his hilarious egotism. Lizard, by the way is voiced by legendary voice actress Cree Summer, who is part of the Pla...