Episode 40 + a Trailer

Hey-o Alex here again. So recently we released Episode 40: What if Squirtle was a Broom? and that episode was such a delight. Shall we discuss it?

• I think we've had the announcer say that Red is going to a new city a million times in these intros. Don't worry. One day it'll be true.
• Bringing back the vikings is something we've wanted to do for a long while. Before we had the idea of Red "completing his journey" and releasing all his Pokemon, we initially planned that Red would run into them during the trip from Cinnabar Island to Pallet Town. Plans changed and the vikings would be put aside.
• Incase you didn't know, the vikings are named after the characters from The Lost Vikings, an old puzzle platforming game.
• We also used music from that series. One of which is used in Heroes of the Storm, as the vikings are in that game too.
• To this day, we all still sing the glass of water song.
• I found the Holy music on youtube and while scrolling through the comments a lot of people were saying how this song makes them feel spiritually. Then here comes me with my comment that says "Aw man! This will be a great song for the Holy Broom"...but hey I wasn't wrong.

So I hoped you enjoyed that episode because I did a ton. So here's whats happening in the next episode!

Coming next Friday!

~Alex

So 9 years huh?

Happy 9+ years to our very old and slow moving series. To those who stuck around, you're old now. To those who recently found us...sup. Anywho Here are some fun details on Episode 39: Train the Trainer...

• Since our series is strictly the gen one Pokemon games (specifically Red), there is no such thing as special attack and special defense. It is combined into just one stat called special.
• The voice of Scott was based off of Sgt. Hatred, a character from The Venture Brothers.
• Another title we had for this episode was Red Actually Goes to School
• When Red is naming the Pokemon types that he knows, he mentions bird type which is famous for being a type that exists in the games data but never used.
• We also used the Maple Leaf Rag during the lesson on Pokemon stats.

And thus Red learns for the first time in 9 years. As for what happens next...well Let's just say later today there will be a new episode going up. No trailer this time around, but you don't need one anyway. Until next time

~Alex

Episode 37 and 38 Write Ups + New Trailer

Hey everyone, Alex here, finally returning back to the ol' blog for some episode write ups. Between last post and this one, we've released 2 episodes and a blooper collection. So lets dig right into Episode 37: Operation Dew-Gone

• We had two different names for this episode, one being the actual name of the episode, Operation Dew-Gone. The other one being Noir to be Found. I thought both names were equally great. 
• When writing the episode, I hit writer's block. I got as far as V throwing out his new Vaporeon before putting down the episode for a bit. The original intention for the episode was to have them fight, but I wanted to do a little bit more than just a battle. Eventually that little bit turned into the entire episode and we scrapped the battle.
• We love to use music from other sources and boy did this episode give us that opportunity. We used music from Donkey Kong 64, L.A. Noir, and some generic Noir music I found online.
• If the ending seems familiar, it is because it is ripped directly from Rocky 3

So that's that. So Let's go into...well the same episode in a sense. Episode 38: The Red-con

• Of course Red and V have to battle! What kind of series would this be if we didn't have the battle?
• The joke about paralysis was part of a rewrite. We did a recording before this one that ended up not being great. So we met up another time to redo the recording and with that extra time, I added a few lines, including the joke about putting Squirtle down. In current recordings, whenever someone messes up a line, we joke that we may need to put them down.

Hope you all enjoyed those episodes. They were really fun to make. Now onto the main attraction. The trailer for Episode 39!

Coming next Friday. Until Next time,

~Alex

New Trailer and More!

Hey everybody it's your ol' pal Alex here with another blog post. Before we move onto the episode write up let me announce here our Soundcloud page. We have been uploading our old episodes on Soundcloud, but they have been slightly remastered so they don't blow your ears off anymore and the also include a small blurb at the end by yours truly. If you're interested Go Here. As of now we have the first five episodes uploaded

So next up is Episode 36: A Tale of Two Kings. Let's get to it.

• I wrote this episode in two separate sittings. This first session I wrote up to when Red collected the voltorb then I didn't know what to do, so I put it down. Then a few weeks later, I pikced it up again and wrote the whole Zapdos worshiping King character.
• Speaking of the king, my good friend Matt provided his lovely voice to our show and I think he nailed it!
• The title of the episode had to follow one rule ever since we released "I Met a Bird Once" Somewhere in the title had to have some variation of the word two. This is because of the famous Easter Egg where Articuno had the word uno in it, Zapdos had dos and Moltres....well you get it.
• For the first time since July of 2017, Red has his full team back together! Time to continue his quest!

Finally, I have a trailer for the next episode




Coming out next Friday. Until then Buh-bye!
~Alex

Happy New Trailer Day!!

Hey everyone! It's my favorite time of the year! New Trailer day!...oh and I guess also a write up about Episode 35: A Slipper Situation or as I like to call it the episode where nothing happened

• When I was hyping up the episode to the other two , I kept saying it was the worst episode I had ever written. Needless to say I stand by it, but I also love the episode too.
• In the script, our nameless main character of the episode goes by the name of Star because he is the Star of the episode.
• To those who are privy to our early episodes know we referenced Episode 5: Jailbird, the one where Red gets arrested and escapes from jail.

Anywho here's the trailer for the next episode!


Be on the lookout for it next Friday!



~Alex

Episode 34 write up + New Trailer

Hello everybody, Alex here with another write up and trailer combo super pack blog post. Let's start with last months episode, Episode 34: Gotta Clutch 'em All.

• A clear joke on the anime. From the name of the episode to the name of the main character.
• This episode continues the trend of removing Red from the spotlight and because of that, Taco Man is able to do other characters since he does not have every other line.
• This episode brought back V last seen in his introduction episode, Episode 19: V. Although he did have cameos in Episode 28: I Met a Bird Once and in Anniversary, Take 3 (but in that special his voice is a bit...off...oh well)

I hope you all enjoyed it. We had fun making it, as we bring the show back down to reality. So Next up I have a trailer for you all!



Well that certainly was a trailer! Be on the lookout next Friday For the release of Episode 35!

Buh-Bye
~Alex

Happy 2018! New Write Ups and a New Trailer

Happy New Year everyone! Here's to a great 2018 for The Red Squirtle! It's nice to be back to the blog it's been a while. Without further ado let's review the last main episode: Episode 33: The Thirty-Third Episode We've Done. If you thought Episode 32 was strange, well we're just going all in for this here.

• Before the actual recording of this episode we had a long chat about how this affected our series as a whole. We described the series of being in several layers. The bottom layer is the story of Red and his Pokemon on this wonderful journey. The second layer, which we have seen a few times prior to this episode, is where the characters are aware this is a show that they make. So they'll have a director and Red and co are all actors, but they still live in a world where Pokemon exist. The next layer, introduced in this episode, is where this is all a show done by voice actors. Red and co are not aware of their existence. The next layer is one that emulates our real life, where it is us writing the show, but we know its part of the show and didn't actually happen in real life. Lost? Yeah so are we.
• I named one of our fake voice actors after a friend of mine who actually started listening to the show.
• This is also the first episode where we did a little bit of stereo play. I felt it fit in with a nightmare sequence.

Next we can talk about our Halloween episode: Episode H:Corrupted File.

• Clearly based off the popular creepy pasta where the player gets a ghost who can kill any character and Pokemon. A perfect tool for Red.
• In case you didn't know the song used for the montage was an instrumental version of "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen. A perfect fit.

And finally our Holiday episode. Episode H: By the Fire 2.

• Just like the first one we did a few years back, this one had a rhyming section, a musical section, and a final story.
• Even though we released this around Christmas time, it wasn't completely a Christmas special.
• Recording the song portion of the episode was very difficult because we couldn't stop laughing t how ridiculous we all sound.

Alright and now for the most exciting part. The next trailer!!!


Coming this Friday! Until next time!

~Alex