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zimbra1006 and slfcllednowhere both did:
Take a picture of yourself right now.
Don't change your clothes, don't fix your hair...just take a picture.
Post that picture with NO editing.
Post these instructions with your picture.
Here are a few quiz results:
And some more Captain N reviews:
Simon the Ape-Man - This one isn't so big on plot or attempted emotion, but focuses on gags all the way through. Simon hits his head and loses his memory, and the rest of the N Team has to retrain him so he can fight off the Count's zombie attack on Castlevania. Incidentally, the guy who contacts the palace to report the attack is wearing a suit and tie. The zombies must be attacking Castlevania's business district. Kevin proposes retraining Simon from scratch, which he saw in a Star Trek episode. I don't know what episode he's talking about, but you KNOW it's a desperate plot device when Captain N takes a swipe at it. :P This episode has one the best random gags in the series. Simon, temporarily believing himself to be a ballerina, accidentally dances through a warp zone leading to a dark alley where a ninja is about to throw down with three bank robbers. (Perhaps it's the world of Ninja Gaiden, but this is never stated.) Simon dances in, knocks out the robbers, and warps back to the palace. The title of the episode comes in when Simon visits Kongoland and thinks he's Donkey Kong Jr. With Donkey Kong's help, Simon manages to ward off the zombie attack, and eventually has his memory restored due to a clonk on the head with a coconut. When will cartoon characters learn that another hit on the head is a sure cure for head-trauma-induced amnesia?
In Search of the King - The kindly but absent-minded old king with an attractive daughter seemingly too young to actually be his child is an archetype that shows up pretty often. Even the Oz books have it (at least if you accept Ruth Plumly Thompson's characterization of Pastoria), although Jack Snow's statement that Ozma was adopted helps to explain this. In the case of Captain N, Princess Lana's father, King Charles, was banished to the Mirror World by Mother Brain (who isn't in this episode, although she's mentioned a few times). No indication is ever given of what happened to her mother, but Charles (who actually isn't named in this episode; it's not until the second season that it's revealed) contacts Lana through her mirror, and tells her to find the Mirror Warp at the End of the Rainbow on Excalibur. Lana warps to Excalibur with Kevin, Duke, and Simon, using a different warp than the one from "Nightmare on Mother Brain's Street." They split up to find the End of the Rainbow, and Simon manages to miss it despite the sign right next to him. He's directed there by a guy who looks a lot like King Charles, but turns out to be his Mirror World opposite. When the others go through the Mirror Warp (after a cool slide down a rainbow), their opposites come out as well. As you might expect, these mirror opposites are evil, but they're more interested in partying with monsters and eating bats than in any truly wicked schemes. In the Mirror World itself, everything is backwards. Rabbits are vicious, werewolves are friendly, people dirty their clothes instead of washing them, and the King lives in a sad little village instead of a castle. The reversed world idea is hardly an original one (I'm inclined to think that Through the Looking-Glass was the main inspiration), but I always have to wonder just how much is actually reversed. I mean, the people in the Mirror World don't walk backwards, or on their hands, or anything like that. Anyway, the group of heroes finds the King, and Kevin has the idea to contact Kid Icarus and Mega Man through the palace's mirror. It doesn't really make that much sense, but it works, as his ideas pretty much always do. Maybe he really does have psychic plot powers. Pit and Rock use a vacuum warp to suck the monsters into the Garbage World (which, incidentally, was featured in a Captain N comic story), and bring the mirror doubles back to the Mirror Warp. In the chaos that ensues, both versions of the King end up in the Mirror World, and the Mirror Warp shatters. Will they ever manage to rescue the King? Well, no, but they do make another attempt in the next season. I kind of think they should have rescued him in the series finale, but I guess they didn't really have one.
I think I'll make a new mythology post tomorrow.
zimbra1006 and slfcllednowhere both did:Take a picture of yourself right now.
Don't change your clothes, don't fix your hair...just take a picture.
Post that picture with NO editing.
Post these instructions with your picture.
Here are a few quiz results:
You See The World Through Red Colored Glasses |
 You live your life with intensity. You have strong emotions and experience everything vividly. You judge all interactions through the lens of power. You determine who has the most power and how to improve your position. You face challenges with courage and strength. You can will your way through any problem. You see love as the utmost expression of your passions and desires. Your romantic life is very passionate and overwhelming. At your worst, you are easily angered and quick to fight. You will go to war with anyone. You are happiest when you are expending a lot of energy. And you love the feeling of danger! |
Your result for Reincarnation Placement Exam...
Tralfamadorian Messenger
35% Intrigue, 54% Civilization, 47% Humanity, 31% Urbanization.
We had trouble placing you, but finally found just the thing... for someone who adores technology and knowledge, but doesn't care for much else. Intrigue and adventure? Not important to you, evidently. The company of your fellows? Not to your tastes. The bustle and crowd of the city? Not for you. Were it not for your positive attitude toward modern technology, we would have made you a medieval monk and let you live out your days in a quaint little cell, with access to all the books you could possibly want to read. But instead...
You will be a mechanical being, born on a planet where machines have long ago taken completely over and organic life has become extinct. You will be sent as a messenger to the other end of the galaxy with a message of good will -- a journey of approximately 205,125 years.The message reads: "Greetings."
Hello. Goodbye. We hope you have an satisfactory journey.
Take Reincarnation Placement Exam at HelloQuizzy
And some more Captain N reviews:
Simon the Ape-Man - This one isn't so big on plot or attempted emotion, but focuses on gags all the way through. Simon hits his head and loses his memory, and the rest of the N Team has to retrain him so he can fight off the Count's zombie attack on Castlevania. Incidentally, the guy who contacts the palace to report the attack is wearing a suit and tie. The zombies must be attacking Castlevania's business district. Kevin proposes retraining Simon from scratch, which he saw in a Star Trek episode. I don't know what episode he's talking about, but you KNOW it's a desperate plot device when Captain N takes a swipe at it. :P This episode has one the best random gags in the series. Simon, temporarily believing himself to be a ballerina, accidentally dances through a warp zone leading to a dark alley where a ninja is about to throw down with three bank robbers. (Perhaps it's the world of Ninja Gaiden, but this is never stated.) Simon dances in, knocks out the robbers, and warps back to the palace. The title of the episode comes in when Simon visits Kongoland and thinks he's Donkey Kong Jr. With Donkey Kong's help, Simon manages to ward off the zombie attack, and eventually has his memory restored due to a clonk on the head with a coconut. When will cartoon characters learn that another hit on the head is a sure cure for head-trauma-induced amnesia?
In Search of the King - The kindly but absent-minded old king with an attractive daughter seemingly too young to actually be his child is an archetype that shows up pretty often. Even the Oz books have it (at least if you accept Ruth Plumly Thompson's characterization of Pastoria), although Jack Snow's statement that Ozma was adopted helps to explain this. In the case of Captain N, Princess Lana's father, King Charles, was banished to the Mirror World by Mother Brain (who isn't in this episode, although she's mentioned a few times). No indication is ever given of what happened to her mother, but Charles (who actually isn't named in this episode; it's not until the second season that it's revealed) contacts Lana through her mirror, and tells her to find the Mirror Warp at the End of the Rainbow on Excalibur. Lana warps to Excalibur with Kevin, Duke, and Simon, using a different warp than the one from "Nightmare on Mother Brain's Street." They split up to find the End of the Rainbow, and Simon manages to miss it despite the sign right next to him. He's directed there by a guy who looks a lot like King Charles, but turns out to be his Mirror World opposite. When the others go through the Mirror Warp (after a cool slide down a rainbow), their opposites come out as well. As you might expect, these mirror opposites are evil, but they're more interested in partying with monsters and eating bats than in any truly wicked schemes. In the Mirror World itself, everything is backwards. Rabbits are vicious, werewolves are friendly, people dirty their clothes instead of washing them, and the King lives in a sad little village instead of a castle. The reversed world idea is hardly an original one (I'm inclined to think that Through the Looking-Glass was the main inspiration), but I always have to wonder just how much is actually reversed. I mean, the people in the Mirror World don't walk backwards, or on their hands, or anything like that. Anyway, the group of heroes finds the King, and Kevin has the idea to contact Kid Icarus and Mega Man through the palace's mirror. It doesn't really make that much sense, but it works, as his ideas pretty much always do. Maybe he really does have psychic plot powers. Pit and Rock use a vacuum warp to suck the monsters into the Garbage World (which, incidentally, was featured in a Captain N comic story), and bring the mirror doubles back to the Mirror Warp. In the chaos that ensues, both versions of the King end up in the Mirror World, and the Mirror Warp shatters. Will they ever manage to rescue the King? Well, no, but they do make another attempt in the next season. I kind of think they should have rescued him in the series finale, but I guess they didn't really have one.
I think I'll make a new mythology post tomorrow.
