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Normal FriendsThe Mysterious MolesRoger and Michel speculate as to the nature of Colonel Wilcox's career freefall and mysterious de-aging before discussing a Super Friends episode that features everything: air conditioner heists, toxic marriages, bottomless caves, "walk water," tandem bikes, and more!2023-08-1458 minNormal FriendsMenace of the White DwarfMichel and Roger mistakenly identify this episode of Super Friends as containing the series' first use of kryptonite before exploring the nature of the Yeti and actually paying the show multiple compliments. 2023-08-1455 minNormal FriendsThe WatermenIn a very special Normal Friends, we discuss the Super Friends Season 1 finale, and bid a fond farewell to the Junior Super Friends Wendy, Marvin, and Wonder Dog, who, following this episode, disappear forever. Did they retire? Were they fired? Did they die? Listen for Michel and Roger's answers to these questions and more!2023-08-141h 26Normal FriendsThe Planet SplitterSpace Mining! Diamond Heists! Superman's full origin story! Roger and Michel jump into a Super Friends episode that mashes three partial episodes together while still managing to avoid any real stakes. It's an animated storytelling wonder!2023-08-141h 00Normal FriendsGulliver's Gigantic GoofMarvin on stilts! Shrunken Justice Leaguers! A Green Arrow guest appearance! This episode has it all! Listen as Michel and Roger break it all down in typically hilarious and insightful fashion.2023-08-141h 08Normal FriendsThe Ultra BeamIn an appeal to nostalgia, let's say, Roger and Michel harken back to earlier episodes by not sounding great. They also further explore villain types, Super Friends "science," overlong Aquaman scenes, and so much more.2023-08-1347 minNormal FriendsThe Balloon PeopleRoger and Michel return to their normal podcasting format and talk about a Super Friends episode they watched prior to recording. Instead of extended silences and poorly synchronized pausing, thrill to discussions of encyclopedias and what we expected the title "The Balloon People" to actually mean!2023-08-1255 minNormal FriendsThe Fantastic FrerpsMichel and Roger ward off any and all legal action regarding their status, or lack thereof, as "normal friends" before diving into a Super Friends episode featuring bizarre acronyms and the rare healthy relationship.2023-08-1250 minNormal FriendsToo Hot to HandleRoger and Michel (sounding pretty good) discuss the use of numbers as words, the darkness at Wendy's core, and the wisdom of terraforming your own backyard before committing planetwide genocide elsewhere.2023-08-111h 17Normal FriendsThe AndroidsIn this installment, Michel and Roger (who both sound great, by the way) change things up. Rather than discussing a Super Friends episode they've already watched, they watch the episode together WHILE RECORDING and make comments along the way. That's right! This is a watch-along podcast for Super Friends, Season 1, Episode 8, "The Androids." If you have access to Super Friends (which, at present, isn't streaming anywhere), please watch with us. If you don't have access to Super Friends, you are more than welcome to listen, but much of what you hear won't make any sense. Then again, we're very...2023-08-111h 20Normal FriendsDr. Palagian's WarJoin Roger and Michel as they side with an eco-terrorist and explore a Super Friends episode that imagines a world in which only three industrialists don't care about stopping pollution. Apologies for Michel's sound quality. He recorded this episode from SPAAAAAAAAACE!!!! (We'll get consistently good sound quality eventually. We promise.)2023-08-101h 11Normal FriendsThe Shamon UWith pristine sound quality, Michel and Roger discuss magnets, impossibly fast travel, and everything in between. And, in a possibly recurring segment, Michel vamps while Roger moves clothes from the washer to the dryer. Will the action never cease?2023-08-101h 04Normal FriendsThe Baffles PuzzleIn this episode, Roger and Michel explore the toxic hierarchy of the Justice League, and Superman engages in some convoluted wordplay. Also, Michel's sound quality marginally improves over episode 1.2023-08-091h 07Normal FriendsThe Weather MakerMiracle of miracles, Michel and Roger both sound great as they speculate on Wendy and Marvin's ages and explore the class dynamics of supervillains.The interstitial music in this episode is "Bounce Season" by Kirk Osamayo2023-08-0955 minNormal FriendsProfessor Goodfellow's G.E.E.C.Roger and Michel dive into a bonkers Super Friends episode that's chock-full of internalized misogyny, pro-capitalist talking points, and suspicious vans. And this time, Roger has the sound quality issues. Michel actually sounds pretty good.2023-08-091h 02Normal FriendsThe Power PirateMichel and Roger start their foolhardy quest to watch and discuss all of Super Friends with Season 1, Episode 1 "The Power Pirate."2023-08-081h 17