Hello fans and (finally) we uploaded something. It's a long listen but it should remind you of Red Squirtle! Down below, post Master of Rock's Final Grade! remember, be critical! Pretend you are a 30 year old music teacher who knows NOTHING about The Red Squirtle. Enjoy, I hope you liked it!
~Alex
3/24/2012
3/17/2012
How I write a Red Squirtle episode
Now for something new! I have a free night, so I will try my best to explain how I write an episode of The Red Squirtle. On my Red version, I have my Red Squirtle file, where I follow (almost) everything Red does. I have all his pokemon (with some HM slaves) and I only use Squirtle, Squirtle (Pikachu), and Growlithe (unfortunately not uber-glitched)
For this explanation, I'm gonna use Episode 14: Saucy! as an example. All of our episodes begin with an explanation of what happened in the last episode. In most episodes (including this one) I like to open with an unrelated funny bit. Here is what we did...
Battles can be hard to write for. If its just attack then attack then attack, it can be boring. Looking back to older episodes, I did not perform the art of comedic battling well. I think in this episode it is done fairly well especially since we did something completely unexpected, the singing part. This helps keep the audiences attention. So Red wins and I decided I accomplished what I was going for in this episode. So I let the announcer summarize the episode and give a small hint to the next episode and I call it a night. I'll come back to the episode later a few times, read it out loud by myself and make sure everything sounds right. I'll make changes if I need to (which pretty much is 100% of the time) After a few revisions, I send it over to the others, if they catch anything I change it and resend it. Also right before recording, we do a read through as a group and if any else needs to be changed, it is.
Hope this gave you a small insight on how I write the episodes, I thought this was fun to write. See y'all later!
~Alex
For this explanation, I'm gonna use Episode 14: Saucy! as an example. All of our episodes begin with an explanation of what happened in the last episode. In most episodes (including this one) I like to open with an unrelated funny bit. Here is what we did...
I feel doing this is a good way to get into the story of the episode, so you don't begin too heavy. Soon after, Red goes off on a new path, this is where I start going on online guides as well as my Red Squirtle file for information about the new area. In this case, there are a bunch of trainers. Here I'll have either a battle or a small bit of dialogue. Here I just chose a lot of dialogue with various people
Red- So…you dragged me out of there?Squirtle- SquirtleRed- Ah…okay. That solves that plot hole. Thanks flanger hanger danging durgenSquirtle-…Squirtle(kinda quiet)Red- Excuse me?Squirtle- SQUIRTLERed- Flanger hanging danging durgen…is something bothering you?Squirtle- Squirtle!Red- You don’t like your five star name?Squirtle- Squirtle!Red- Oh…I didn’t knowSquirtle- Squirtle!Red- I’m…I’m sorrySquirtle- (sniff sniff) Squirtle (crying like)Red- I didn’t think it would hurt you so much. I hope that one day you’ll forgive meSquirtle- Squirtle(no)Red- Fine….if you want it that way…I’ll leave…..and scene! Flanger hanger dangen durgen, if we ever get our own serious show, we will get such high ratingsSquirtle-…squirtleRed- oh…you still want to change your name?Squirtle- SquirtleRed- oh okay
So Red made it to a new city, I'll spend a lot of time walking around the city, talking to people, deciding what Red should do. This is where I really get into what the episode is about. Here, Red goes through the pokemon mansion and gets the Eevee, which he finds out later, is very saucy. So the episode is focused on Red going into a new city and getting the Eevee. What better way to introduce a pokemon than a battle? I look around and find a battle Red could get into without the battle lasting too long. I look on the online guide and find a medium sized battle around 3 or 4 pokemon. I found a gambler with poliwags/whirl.
Red- I swear that pathway wasn’t there before…Guy1- Hey no shovingGirl1- I need my spaceGuy2- really? You need that much room?Girl2- maybe if you lost a few pounds you would get more roomRed- Hello people in a line!....whatcha doing in a line in the corner where no one walks and some people are facing a wall…Guy3- ummm…waiting for people to walk infront of us…Red-…yeah I don’t think any sane person will walk up thereGuy4- like what you are starting to doRed-huh? What? LEGS WERE GOING THE OTHER WAY!
Battles can be hard to write for. If its just attack then attack then attack, it can be boring. Looking back to older episodes, I did not perform the art of comedic battling well. I think in this episode it is done fairly well especially since we did something completely unexpected, the singing part. This helps keep the audiences attention. So Red wins and I decided I accomplished what I was going for in this episode. So I let the announcer summarize the episode and give a small hint to the next episode and I call it a night. I'll come back to the episode later a few times, read it out loud by myself and make sure everything sounds right. I'll make changes if I need to (which pretty much is 100% of the time) After a few revisions, I send it over to the others, if they catch anything I change it and resend it. Also right before recording, we do a read through as a group and if any else needs to be changed, it is.
Hope this gave you a small insight on how I write the episodes, I thought this was fun to write. See y'all later!
~Alex
3/04/2012
And here rolls March
First I would like to say sorry we didn't have anything up yet, Taco Man had a lot of projects to do. This month we will definitely have something up. I promise!
Next! lets go over the date question of February. How would a date between Red and Misty or Red and Erika be like?
This month got some very interesting responses, let us go!
B-rad thinks it'd be like this... "All I know is there would be a LOT of yelling and singing and Red would want to eat chocolate... lots of chocolate"
Twinkle twinkle little star...
Ryan says "Well, a date with Misty would probably end up in a huge argument on wheather the sun is yellow, or if it is in fact orange...........And a date with Erika, well, if Red was upset from the Pokemart selling drugs for Pokemon, it would end really badly, not to mention Red having to put up with Erika's "lovely" singing of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.....Red would probably have more fun with Brock."
Suggesting he'd like Brock more? that maybe a tad much
Annony thinks that "Since Misty is mad at Red for losing to him because of That Other Move and Erika thinks he is a one-year old, Red should bring his Pidgey with him since it has a lot of fury and can roast his opponent's onions easily if Misty wants revenge or if Erika starts annoying him by singing, that or he can fly away when he becomes bored after 5 seconds."
Honestly...I can see that happen
PAPAYA ponders "I have a hunch that both dates would end with a certain blue squirrel/turtle creature using a certain other move."
He thinks this would end in a complete disaster and...I could see that happening as well
James simply said "SO MUCH HORRIBLE NOISE"
I do agree
ComputerBug says "Huh, that's a thinker. I would say that Red would order the veal at a resturant on a date with Erika. Erika would then get mad at him for eating a baby Tauros and that would somehow turn into another parody of a game show where Brock would shave of all his hair, then kill Zapper so that he may be the host of "Veal or no Veal" (note: I am very messed up tonight). A date with Misty would probably end with both blood, starfish, beards, and oatmeal. GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY!"
....veal or no veal. Veal or no veal. AHAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh I do love that pun
while finally Tolvan makes a prediction about the next episode
Great turn out for last month! It was very entertaining reading them all.
This month I ask something a little more serious. Would you like to see the blog more active and if so what kind of content would you like to see on the blog? Give me suggestions because I'd like to do more stuff relating to The Red Squirtle.
~Alex
Next! lets go over the date question of February. How would a date between Red and Misty or Red and Erika be like?
This month got some very interesting responses, let us go!
B-rad thinks it'd be like this... "All I know is there would be a LOT of yelling and singing and Red would want to eat chocolate... lots of chocolate"
Twinkle twinkle little star...
Ryan says "Well, a date with Misty would probably end up in a huge argument on wheather the sun is yellow, or if it is in fact orange...........And a date with Erika, well, if Red was upset from the Pokemart selling drugs for Pokemon, it would end really badly, not to mention Red having to put up with Erika's "lovely" singing of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.....Red would probably have more fun with Brock."
Suggesting he'd like Brock more? that maybe a tad much
Annony thinks that "Since Misty is mad at Red for losing to him because of That Other Move and Erika thinks he is a one-year old, Red should bring his Pidgey with him since it has a lot of fury and can roast his opponent's onions easily if Misty wants revenge or if Erika starts annoying him by singing, that or he can fly away when he becomes bored after 5 seconds."
Honestly...I can see that happen
PAPAYA ponders "I have a hunch that both dates would end with a certain blue squirrel/turtle creature using a certain other move."
He thinks this would end in a complete disaster and...I could see that happening as well
James simply said "SO MUCH HORRIBLE NOISE"
I do agree
ComputerBug says "Huh, that's a thinker. I would say that Red would order the veal at a resturant on a date with Erika. Erika would then get mad at him for eating a baby Tauros and that would somehow turn into another parody of a game show where Brock would shave of all his hair, then kill Zapper so that he may be the host of "Veal or no Veal" (note: I am very messed up tonight). A date with Misty would probably end with both blood, starfish, beards, and oatmeal. GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY!"
....veal or no veal. Veal or no veal. AHAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh I do love that pun
while finally Tolvan makes a prediction about the next episode
Great turn out for last month! It was very entertaining reading them all.
This month I ask something a little more serious. Would you like to see the blog more active and if so what kind of content would you like to see on the blog? Give me suggestions because I'd like to do more stuff relating to The Red Squirtle.
~Alex
2/08/2012
February...that certainly is a month
Hello Red Squirtle fans, honestly not too much has been going on. So lets dive into Brock's New Years Resolution.
-Our good friend PAPAYA said "To be Snorlax Pizza Man's Employee of the Year." I wonder if Brock is a good employee.
-Another good friend of ours, Anon, said "I think Brock wants to train endlessly so he can become the Champion, or at least become strong enough to take Bruno's place in the Elite Four so he can gain respect from everyone and most importantly Red." Red and respect? HA good one.
-Another good chap of ours, James, said "Well that's a pretty obvious one. He wants to finally get Red to love him! Or at least defeat him in a battle. Maybe both." I think the second would come before the first and we all know the second would never happen.
- Of course another great friend of ours, B-Rad, said "To not get thrown in jail again!" I'd say that's a good resolution
- And finally, we have another good friend, Ryan, who said "To open his eyes!" well if that happened, the world would explode.
Any Red Squirtle news? well...I'll say this. We are going to release something this month. If that doesn't happen. Yell at Taco Man :D
Hmm...this month is the month that has that one day called Valentines Day! How would a date between Red and Misty or Red and Erika be like? I have a one word answer for both. Disaster. See you all later
~Alex
-Our good friend PAPAYA said "To be Snorlax Pizza Man's Employee of the Year." I wonder if Brock is a good employee.
-Another good friend of ours, Anon, said "I think Brock wants to train endlessly so he can become the Champion, or at least become strong enough to take Bruno's place in the Elite Four so he can gain respect from everyone and most importantly Red." Red and respect? HA good one.
-Another good chap of ours, James, said "Well that's a pretty obvious one. He wants to finally get Red to love him! Or at least defeat him in a battle. Maybe both." I think the second would come before the first and we all know the second would never happen.
- Of course another great friend of ours, B-Rad, said "To not get thrown in jail again!" I'd say that's a good resolution
- And finally, we have another good friend, Ryan, who said "To open his eyes!" well if that happened, the world would explode.
Any Red Squirtle news? well...I'll say this. We are going to release something this month. If that doesn't happen. Yell at Taco Man :D
Hmm...this month is the month that has that one day called Valentines Day! How would a date between Red and Misty or Red and Erika be like? I have a one word answer for both. Disaster. See you all later
~Alex
1/08/2012
Happy 2012!
Hello everyone and Happy 2012. I hope you all enjoyed our little crossover new years gift to you. It was fun working with the firegold team and we hope to do it again one day. So did your 2012 begin better than Red's? I sure hope so. As for me....mine was stuck pet sitting alone in a big house...eh oh well I made some money. So let's review the question of Red's top 3 Christmas (or holiday) gifts.
PAPAYA said "3 Pokemon Potions"....I don't think Red even knows what a potion is.
James said "Probably a fancy french hotdog, the new Pokemon games, aaaaaaand a yellow bi-CYCLE"...I see his inspiration comes from Episode 21. I don't think Red would do well with a bike considering his last experience
B-rad said "I would think a glass of water, a bucket of candy and a 7-11 gift card, cause everyone loves 7-11"...OOOOHHHH HEEEEEEEE'S GETTING A GLASS OF WATER! and yes everyone loves 7-11. The Red Squirtle Squad do have fond memories of our 7-11.
and Anonymous said "I think Red would like a money machine, a yellow beard, and to not run into Brock again."....Red would look hilarious with a yellow beard and unfortunatly his last wish didn't come true
So for January, What would Brock's new years resolution be? Leave a comment below and I'll see ya soon
~Alex
PAPAYA said "3 Pokemon Potions"....I don't think Red even knows what a potion is.
James said "Probably a fancy french hotdog, the new Pokemon games, aaaaaaand a yellow bi-CYCLE"...I see his inspiration comes from Episode 21. I don't think Red would do well with a bike considering his last experience
B-rad said "I would think a glass of water, a bucket of candy and a 7-11 gift card, cause everyone loves 7-11"...OOOOHHHH HEEEEEEEE'S GETTING A GLASS OF WATER! and yes everyone loves 7-11. The Red Squirtle Squad do have fond memories of our 7-11.
and Anonymous said "I think Red would like a money machine, a yellow beard, and to not run into Brock again."....Red would look hilarious with a yellow beard and unfortunatly his last wish didn't come true
So for January, What would Brock's new years resolution be? Leave a comment below and I'll see ya soon
~Alex
12/11/2011
Hello Everyone. Here is an update!
Hey everyone, I hope you had an easy time finding the new itunes feed. If anything is wrong with any episode, please email us. We also finally got the name we kinda sorta wanted from the start....well it is the name we've been calling it since the early episodes ("Last time on The Red Squirtle") However, due to this homemade feed, the times won't be displayed on itunes unless you download it, but that's hardly a bother. Within the coming weeks, we will all get together soon and record away. I currently have 3 more episodes I wrote ahead of time and I'm halfway done with another. I'll make sure I finish the 4th one and we will try to power record all 4 during the end of December and beginning of January. Other than that, I don't have much news to share with you. If you haven't already done so, subscribe to our youtube account because we upload older episodes onto there CLICK HERE
So, lets get another question. What would be Red's top 3 Christmas...erm...holiday gifts be? Answer in the comments!
~Alex
So, lets get another question. What would be Red's top 3 Christmas...erm...holiday gifts be? Answer in the comments!
~Alex
11/28/2011
Well, it happened again...
Hey guys. MyPodcast decided to blow up a few days earlier than they said, two days ago Taco Man and I wrote, recorded, and edited this episode. It is incredibly short and it won't make sense why Red is suddenly there. None the less I uploaded it on youtube but you can only view the video here because I made it unlisted. On Itunes we are now "The Red Squirtle" click here for a direct link. As for our feed, you can follow it on a blog we made to create this feed. You can go to it right here. Anyways, here is our short little episode we made that WAS going to be put on our old feed....presenting Episode H: MyProblem
Sorry again,
~Alex
~Alex
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